Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-22

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hli.gud aiaUerej blanket ,ecrinmed with abo.
rn'ruiuns; aud italurcs piuch,d Ly famine in,o
sharpness; breast barred brown. and ,if lcmales)
WIN ,"o or three miniatures Of the same spe-
Iees iouergg alter her. and arc her certainly
Strapped 10 her back; combine al these iu your
imagination, and YOU have receipt lor Mezi.
can lepuro.
/ There are on the canals, around Inc markets
and pulque shops the Indians and these nscra.
ble ou'casls hang all day long; feeding on flag.
nenis, qunrrelhrg, drinking, stealing. and lying
ABOUT the payemenls, with their children CRYING
with hunger around thernl At night they sink
of to these suburbs, and coil themselves upon
the damp floors Of their lairs, to sleep off the ef.
ecis oi liquor, and 10 awake to another day Of
misery and crime. i it wonderful, in city
with an immense proportion OF its inhabitants Of
such class, Ihopeiess in the present aud fJiurel
inat there are murderers and robbersl >.
Skiring the canal, and leading 10 the plain
which adioins the Chenampas, or former noaling
gardens. is the Paseo De Ia Vega. q public drive
irequen'ed By the beau monde, both in coach and
on horseback, during the season Of LENT
Scarcely an afternoon passes, al that period of
the year, that the observer will not find the ca.
nat covered with gay boat loads Of Indians, pass.
ing homeward from market dancing, singing,
laughing, stunning the guitar, and crowned
with wrca'hs Of poppies. ! do not know the orr.
gin Of the custom Of wearing The iorgetful flower,
bat il is both heather ard more rueic oblivion
Than that resored 10 by many folks in ulhcr
lands aicr day Of toll. Turning once more
westward, we again reach the great square. The
departure Of The President from the laace has
attracted crowd. The adjoining market, ever
hed with people, puurs forth IT'S muIli,udes in
the square. First, there is the ecuador, or water
carrier, wIJh his Two earlhen jar3--one suspend.
Cd by iuaJhgrn belt thrown round his forehead
and resting on his hack, and the other suspended
from lh. buck Of the head in front Of him pre-.
serving the equilibrium. Next there is the IN.
dian with huge coop Of chickens and turkeys,
or craze of carlhcnware, or panler Of oranges,
borne on his back ike the squador's jar. Then
woman, with peas, or ducks, or fish from The
lakes UEo,hcr with potatoes; another drives a.
long poor s'unled ass, laden with radishus and
? onions and all the members Of this molly crowd
are crying their wares and merChandzu at the
top Of their voices. IT Babel.
Amid the lhrong lrcods onward, with step ma,
loec, the queculy Spanish woman. BY her side
Is irar and hard by couple Of prcs,s in their
graceful black cIoaks ard shovel hats. In the
saadow Of a pillar orthe portals sncuks mscra.
bic wretch, wrapped in his touercd bIankcr--aI
lep' ro, ggar, thief, as The occasion offers, and
he ukcs aavanag, Of the atcr employment, in |
this moment of excitement, To case an unsuspl.
cious stranger Of his handkerchief. t.ukIc of
bell a, the door 0fu cathedral aacrisIv, and n !
roll Of drums calling our The guard of honor at
the palace gate, give warning OF a change Of |
il,, 4 f.
glass windows on all sid 3, drawn by spotted
mules; a priest in his vcs'menrs sits Within
n band Of boys walks on each side chanting a
hymn-Ond in II moment, dculhllkc stiffness
pcryadcs the whole square. From the trades.
man selling his lnpes under the portals, to lhe
thief, who has barely lime to conceal The hand.
kercherin his dry blanket, the whole crowd is
uncovered, and kueclmg; the host is passing the !
house Of some dying CN'ho.ic! The carriage
turns a corner, aud the square is alive again |
the tradrsman 10 sell, the lvpcro 10 steal, and the
lesson Of death is forgotten forever.
! Turning westward from the square, we reach |
ed the Alameda, very short walk through lhc |
Gala PIaloros, n street filled with the shops of
pod5mihs, warch-matrr9, French hair drasscrs,
French milIincrs, French carver5 and gdcrs,
and French prnrscIIcr3; and we pass on our
way the rich convent Of the Prolessa, or eX-
Jesus, aud the more splendid one of the blue
robcd monks of ST. Francis. The Alameda is a
beautiful grove ot forest trees, planted on about
ten acres of soft and luxurianl soil. The wood
which is walled and protected by gares closed
every eycuing as ihr bells toll for 0,acion is in.
crseccd with walks aud surrounded by carriage
roads.
Fountains Ting up their waters whcro the
paths cross each other, and the ground beneath
the fall grown tree is filled with flowers and
Shrubbnry. The great centre fountain is sur.
mounted by giDded tgule of Liberty, and gd
ed hons spout forth the water Al his feet This
and the other smaller j,ts, in pIoaaantcr AMI
moro secluded hooks, are clrcIGd with stone
Scals. 1t is the fashion to come here in car.
ragrs and on horseback every evening (exccpl
during lenl;) and 10 drive round and round the
enclosure, on the soft roads in dense shades, un.
I'll the vcspcr beI-or, 10 draw up in line on
the side Of one of the highways, while the cava.
licr5 pNSS up and down in royl ", or praule away
half an hour at the coach window OF some Re.
nowucd bule.
But there can b, nothing more delightful than
"A walk here durug the early morning. There
is a freshness then in the air quiet aud peace.
iuincs' that are found at no other dmc Of the :
duy. The student comes with his book; the
priest from his carly mass; the nurse with her
baby; the sentimental miss to SIGH for her lover,
(and porhaps to nee him.) the dyspcpDc to earn 8
an appetite for his breakfast; the monk, the Ioun.
g-r and even The aboror, stop for moment be. /
meath til, refreshing shades, to take breath for {
the coming day. Ii is almost Drudcal in the q
solemn stiffness orits groves, placed in the mids :
Of a population ortwo hundred thousand. Even
the birds seem to have been assurcd-scarrd '
from the plains, they are here in a sanctuary,
and no prohno hand dare touch them. They a
havcconscquo planted asif by cons nlor each
other distinct colonies in different paris Of the i
wood; the owl, siuing on her branch, in one 4
place, lhe doves makng love The hnsncss Of Ihnir