The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-03-27
Note. in Me,ico.-January 81, Is47.

We drew up in front of it. The Priests
house or palace "a very uncommon luxuryO
was two stories high with a balcony and
iron railing running around It. Soon the
Priest came out on the balcony displaying in
his manner and carriage the utmost hauteur
and contempt. Cooking his hat on the top of
his head and drawing chair to the iron railing
he proceeded very deliberately to count our
force, pointing with his finger as he did so.-
Tree and Rogers regarded this proceeding as
rontra jia centrum, and as denoting spy, and
they only wanted the Colonel's permission to
arrest his progress by a ball through his head.
Doubtless he deserved TO be shot, but as fire.
quehtly happens, he did not get his deserts.--
The Alcalde approached close under the bal
cony, and taking off his hat, gave him to un-
derstand that his quarters were required, par
eli Colonel 6 los soldados A merca The
Priest replied most contemporary that he did
not wish their company, that the last Colonel
that staid with him had stolen his watch, and
thinking he had gone too far, he qualified his
speech by saying he did not mean to say this
Colonel would steal, that the Alcade must get
some other place. The Alcalde and Thomp-
son rode of, but soon returned with the report
that there was no other place in the town half
so good as the Priests. Thereupon the Colo
mel ordered the bars to the Priests yard to be
pulled down, and without further ado we rode
in, secured our horses, and the officers took
possession Of one Of the largest and most
agreeable halls ever saw. 1t was about 80
feet long and is wide. 1t contained every
thing that heart could wish Windows with
iron ratings in front, and protected BY wooden
shutters, so constructed as to admit as much
or as little air and light as might be agreeable
or convenient. Settces, otomsns, chairs, in
abundance. In one corner was sort Of ward
robe Of the richest robes, blankets, &C., in
another very fine bed with embroidered cover
lids, baskets containing female dresses and
6xings-behind which was splendid bath tub
--on the upper part Of which was thrown al
rich scarlet cloak Of diminutive proportions,
showing that in that corner slept the Seniors |
(By the bye, Col. Morgan slept on the Senio- |
ra's bed, and slept on q settee hard by, using |
every night for a covering to my head nd shout
ders, her scarlet ciosk-the Seniora slept, for \
the nonce, in the next room, the Priests sanetum
Into which the room we slep, in opened by
neatly constructed folding doors which opened
more glibly and noiselessly than any folding
doors ever saw. In another corner was on
sort Of rack a splendidly embroidered silver
mounted saddle, and hard by sort Of stool
upon which lay in reverend neglect, about
dozen books in Latin, principally on theologl-
cal subjects, and about half dozen more in
Spanish, one Of which was poetry, and the 9th.
o. nothing more nor less than vsltaire's Maid
Of Orleans. From the walls looked down
from the living canvas in pious tebuke at US
hsreticks, the Holy Virgin, Saint Anthony, the
boy Saint, ito be found every where,) and some
other Of the holy ones Of the church triumph
ant. There was no mistsking the senisra; she
was well dressed; had s,aid matronsl LADY
like Appearance, most generally TO be found in
the next room working at her needle, and not
whiting the kitchen over once or twice a day.
There vas another woman much younger, well
made, tight and tidy, pert, burom, always STIR
ring, though . little lame in one foot; there wss
no installing her-she was the servant maid
The 6rst evening the Priest vas mad at eve
y Thing; be would come in lesk around, retreat
through hs folding doom and return again be.
fore you could say Jack Robertson. II. had