The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-23

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JALAPA.
The city oG J.lara ilseif YOU would NOT
admire mueh. n 10 extremely antique in
iis appearance. the smallness Of is h0us-
80 singnlarly contrasting with the air Of
room and romloFt shout more modern
structures. The streets ino are very mar
row. and in short there is nothing Ame;i-
ean about II. But upon tlie surrounding
country. where man has been almost in.
srtiss. Nature has ..-lzmpedLlhe zeal Of
beauty. % 10 second Eden. u might
not sun the taste ol all who have bsen &C.
ruslnmed IN large fields irnced and made
luIuriani by tie hand Of induslry-hui In
one capable Of appFerialing The wisdom
and power Of that Being who presidcs
over all. il presents vile field Tor admi-
rslinn. The lazy Aztec, WIN reclines an.
der his own olive lrer. and plucks from
nainEr's own vineyard the food that sus.
isins him. raises tie sOire of gratitude 10
ma higher power than that Of a corrupt
priesthood. has M higher aim IlIan self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or sensual qualification.
llow often have ! IhonghI that if The 81.
cred truths Of divine revelation could once
find their way here, if the lamp Of know.
ledge could onee I've lighted among these
heather. or il IN fact this country could he
filed xilh the Anglo Saxon race. what
country il would be. 10 give YOU some
idea of the laziness prevalent among these
people, the slaienen. Of a single fact will
be suflicieni.
Irish potatoes, which require little la'
Dor, are sold TO YOU by the bowl full. while
you can purchase Tor Bit, almost half
bushel Of oranges. Indeed il il degcn.
crate race. the descendants Of the Monte
zuInas; still men Of great physical vigor.
have bscome the slaves 0f the ernel and
degenerate Spaniard. who, in his turn.
yislds, fanatic like, 10 the power Of reli.
giOus s"oersiiiion. the effect OF state OF
extreme ignorsnee. Then the amalgama.
ton il most horrible; there arc few, tie
true, among whom the pure Castilian is
unadul,erased. and they form Of course a
distinct class; hut The larger portion are a
mixture Of the Indian aud negro. To show
YOU how little color is regarded, was sit
ting Sunday morning, (which YOU must
know 10 the largest market day in Mexi-
co., in iron, Of my quarters which overlook
tie marke, square, amusing myself with
the heterogeneous mass, when suddenly a
very pretty Spanish girl emerged from the
crowd taking stroll round the square &C.
companied by negro girl as black as
But this same market Is curiosity, be
assured. On Sunday morning il contains,
Isuppose, between three and four thousand
people, buyers, sellers, and idle spectators.
Hence too, much OF the beauty Of the city
Is 10 be seen: for YOU must know, the Ia
dies, young and old. visit the market. II
seems to be perfect gala day. The Ia
dies dress very neatly, their shawls especi.
ally surpsss any thing Of the kind tina,
ever saw, some of them costing from IS
10 100 dollars. Then the fruits and veg
elables Of every description under the sun,
Even the English walnut which we con-
sIder grea. dclicacy, and the Pine apple
are as common as the hickory nut ant
peach in our own favored land. Then tho
solemn toll Of the church bells, and the ca
ger shrong winch rushes in respectful 81
lence to what they consider lis hallowet
shrine, all wear TO us an air of novelty
but ah how diifcren, the effect produced
by the observance Of this holy day iron
tina, in our christian and enlightened land
PCEBLA.
You would like to hear something abOu
Puebla. l, is one Of The most bcau.ilu
cities hare ever seen, situated in Il beau
tiful valley, overlooked by the snow-cla'
SUNNI, Of Popoca,apetcl, containing so
900 inhabitants, regularly aud beautiful,
built. i, is All exception To every thing Mex
lean that have ever yet seen. Some u
of it's HOUSES are elegant. There is
beautiful walk between my quarters AM
the city, covered with trees and filled witt
beautiful round basins Of clear water, ,hi
part really reminded me al lirs. OF what
have read Of Paris.
Dead Sea.--An exploration of the Dea
Sea is about to he undertaken Ivy the &c
rernment of the United States. The OF
jcct chiefly ha,l in view is thus set fort
BY an officer of the navy:
~" One great objec. Of investigation wi
he to ascertain whether this sea and II
shores arc of volcanic or non-volcanic Oh
gin, and to refu,e the position OF infid'
philosophers with regard to its formation
The elucidation of this subject is desl'
sratun TO science, and would be most or;
tifying To the whole Christian world.
na mystery which has remained impe'
etrable since the awful moment when ii
waters of that wondrous sea first rose
bovc the smoulderinC ruins OF the vale I
Siddim. The coniiguralion Of one-ha
Of its shores, and its very extent, are VI