Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-08-14


and upon these were seated the mslo and
female tensn'ry the dancing ground being
lighted by two torchesa Of split pine WOOD !
When the affair got well under way there were |
about sixty female peasants present, oil Of them
brown ss berries and very ugly. notwithstanding |
which they found plenty of partners. The mu.
sic consisted OF two vio'ius and couple Of eui.
tars. and the musicians played some very pref
~ tunes, too. After one or two national, dan.
ces. consisting Of alternate dancing sod dscor
dant, wild suging--the dancing resembling We
~ much that peculiar TO the negroes in the
States aud the singing an Indian chaunt-a
waltz and quadriie were started. ! can as.
sure you the scene was not only novel, but wild
snd picturesque in the extreme. There stood
the victorious, war. worn but hearty old veteran,
surrounded by his brave compauons in arms
who have s,ood the bruo, Of battle with him,
and those who hope to share sew victories un.
der his iesdership, gazing with q smiling face
upon the merry making Of Arisia's tenantry. A
little more than year ago, whrle A,ists was
rIsticatiog upon the same hacienda, he recei
we'd the notification Of ls being placed in com.
rnand, and his very first order on assuming his
authority was dated Mam,lcqni. Daring that
bref period he has been vanqnished, dispraccd
and stripped Of his commsnd--hs vsnqai-her
has penetrated to his very houshold. sod is On.
tertsined Us an honorcd guest BY his drpcndan,s
What strange events come to pass! Who can
tell what the morrow will bring forth flere
LEI me remsrk, that letter was received from
Arista BY tis administrator recently dated
"Mexico, June l6." Tie did nat sllude to mat.
ters tsanspirine in that quarter At all, his iet.
ter being purely tSsi~css ene. I mention this
circumstance merely becanse we he'd act heard
Of his whereabouts fsr some time.
On the morning Of the 9Th we hook ON leave
Of Arista's hacienda. and tvrned our horses
heads towards Monterey, bu: moi she sssse way
that we had como, intending, cn roaie, to pay a
vieit 10 the Villa Real, which is about - miles
| from Mamslequi in a sou,heriy direction. Be.
fore arriving OF the villa we were met by the
worthy and hospital proprietor, Ci seDor don
Jose Maria del Villa Real, who warmly welco
med the general and expressed great pleasure
at the honor Of his visn. The only pecsiisrities
| could then discover pbout the Senor were
Redundancy Of upright shirt coilsr and good
deal Of cotton umbrella which was not opened !;
I iafterwar:s discovered thu, gent1emAnly conrte-
Gus bearing and great hospitality were his di.
stinguishing traits. flis hacienda is very ex.
teDsve and well ordered, a. he 10 always on
the spot himself, and handsome fortune has re
warded his exertions. No sooner had all "a.
thered under his cool roof than csrt load, li;e
rally cart load Of wster and musk melons, and
q large bushsl basket Of most delicious 6gs bars
ting open as IL from impatieRce to have theiI
lusciousness appreciated, were brought in. Need
] assure you that they were duly honored an,
praised! Although quite early in the day. the
Senov insisted that the party must take little
refreshment, and in an hour a long table wal
rich and gihtering with the display Of silver
plate; plates, dishes, spoons, forks, salt.cellars
&C., all silver. The "little rcfreslmenl" con
sisted of seven courses of we'll cooked meat an,
, fowl, a la Meric0no, also served up in massiv,
silver dishes, and continual relays Of tortilIss
Nearly every man had breast work Of ior,ls
before him when The repast ~as concluded. A
noon We bid adieu 10 the extremely liberal Dol
, and started 70. Camp Taylor. ! don't like Il
destroy the IDEA Of the liberalhy Of the Seno
;, that have created, but It was said that he wa
thrown into great state Of agitation n shor
time since, by . report that General Taylor wa
to send an expedition to search his place fo
goods taken from the captured wagons suppose
a to be concealed there. aud that he imagined tn
!. general had come 10 confirm the report ! on
. not disposed to credit the on dit myself, but
true, it may more fully account "Er the mil
in the cocoa nut" Sixteen miles from the will
the road strikes The Salinas road, and crosse
the Aqua Frs, which although fresh, was nca,
ly warm enough to boil an egg. Six mile
more and we were again at Camp Taylor, wher
the party dispersed, all apparently much gra,if
ed with The excursion.
When at Mamalequi the acnlde of a sms
a town near Marin arrived and applied To G' ]
Taylor tor force to capture small band OF rol
70 bers headed by Mucho Martina. one arme
=. robber, long known in this region, who CONNER
d ced suodry ontrages on the Msxicans Fl
=. manifest reasons the General declined.
Il Since arriving here have learned that
ID private named Carleton, Of the Mss@schuset
rs regiment, who left here with Cape Paul On
ID Lieut.. Fuller, on the 7th instant, was killed