Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-01-27

down tho illil, seated upon The same
brideless donkey, directing his move
menls solely with a stick. Sometimes
cart, with small frame and gigantic
wheels Of almost solid wood, rolls along
drawn by oxen yokcd by the horns. II
The day be bright and fair, uncoulll
coaches may be seen nearlyas large
and not unlike the dtomedery, slowly
dragged by six mules, with drivers on
the backs Of three Of them, and with
armed footmen in the rear.
Below lies the city, built principally
ofadobes, (unburnl hrick) and looking,
like confused jumble Of mud walls,
above which rise the rudely painted
spires oflhe four chapels, the dome and
Arabic facade ofthe cathedral. A visit
TO the latter will be well repaid. .-tTis
a vast pile Of stone, quainliy carved in
font, and decked on top with grotesque
figures, richly and expensiyely fitted up
in The in,c,ior and adorned with many
fine images aud paintings by celebrated
Spanish artists, all however beIraying
wretched taste and gross superstition.
Tie altarpirce and candleslicks are Of
massy silver, and several figures repre-
senting The Virgin are crowned with
pure gold. In beautiful painting near
the aIlar, Gud the father is depicted in
fIle attitude oi blessing Jesus, Mary and
Joseph, fJesus, Maria y lose The.
earthly Trinity as they are universally
called. Another painting represents the
three persons oilhe Heavenly Trinity
standing on The head Of Cheribim--5
while Mary, not needing such support.
is sea,ed on other near; by: A third
shows Mary, Molher. Of: God, as the.
people most commonly name her, in the
of drawing soul out Of purgalory.
with her rosary--ll,e other lost spirits.
are gazing a, her very respectfully, and
arc Two polite to o:er,ask her powers
lby taking hold ofslhe string, two ait a
Ftime. A littte8image, Sperched in the:
zhighrsJ part OF The lolunda.s we we're;
to!d, was 5lfIe Father of / The " World ;oF:
otoff tfIG Universe. II irev0tVfngg 1Igg:s
ure Of wax, encased ina box andsin
tended 10 represent Christ in the SepuI.
cIlre, The Mpxicans solemnly assure US,
was covered all over with perspiration
I althe yeiy moment in Which Ampudia
signed the articles for the capitulatioa
OF Monterey. another vase labelled
Ell Nacimcnto, (the Birlh) Mary is ex-
hibited, gaudiIy dressed in the extreme
Of Mexican fashion, the shepherds have
golden crooks and the stable is elegant
l'ly fitted up with modern furnilure.-San
francisco is portrayed as receiving into
i his heart and veins, blood from the
pierced side OF the Redeemsr of Man
+ kind, suspended from the cross.-Anoti-
er painting, called "The Bleeding
!. Christ" Represents lin bowed forward
on his hands, and with blood gushing
out from every pore-a more shocking
sight 'twouId be hard 10 conceive OF.
,Tis singular factthat in all the pains
lings Of the Virgin under her different
.ppclIations of our Lady Of Guadalupe,
If Sorrow, OF Solitude, &C., she is in.
variably represented as young and beau
j. ,ful, whilst all the pictures and images
of tile Saviour are well calculated 10
excite loati.ing, horror and disgust.
Great as are the distinctions OF socie-
; ", and unbounded as is the difference 10
rank and wealth, a perfect equality exists
5 in Church and Chapel. There are not
as is 100 often the case with us, lnxuri'
!, ousIy cushioned pcws, from which, the
wealthy listen to the soft tones ant
/ swelling periods ofcourlly Priests: The
| di0eren classes and sexes kneel side by
, side on the same hard floor; tho costly
h riJosa of,he beautiful and refined Sen
S orita is frequently in contact wlllIth'
blanket of the coarse and british Ran
S chero. Spite Of the lisllessness OF lii III
!, worshippers, there is something Impo
n sing in their humble posture, and thel
d total disregard whilst in the sanctuar.
# of the despolic relations existing beyon
d IFS walls between master and poon, pro
II prielor and dependent.
e San Jose, next to our lady Of Guada
e lupe, is the favorilc Saint in Mexico
q One of the most common amulets IS
S tin frame suspended from the neck, cor '
: tanning a rude li,hograph OF Marla! ia! an 7,
ID Jose, leading the youthful Saviour o. o.
III tween them. AS the Ro,ulo or inscrIl
t, ton ON the lithograph reads, Jesus, ih'
\. rim n Jose, the word Maria being pl
~ ced directly under the middle hgur
r all The lover class are deceived by
es and we have never yet seen one w
Iy did not insist that the child was wa
!. -. - NE. haue lIti