Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-12
Letter from the Army.

Puebla having lately been taken by Gen. Worth,
and now under the government of the laws of the
United States, the description given OF that place
We are promised more from the same source, il
no interruption in the correspondence takes
place:
"PuKILA, Mexico, May 18th, 1917.
'Our march, for
the last few days, has been througha mixture of
verdant plains and barren mountains consider.
ably greater quantity Of the iatter--with ever.
lasting forests of sombre. melancholy pine trees
that look as il they more efectua,ly blockaded
the rays of :he sun than our navy did Vera Cruz.
But we anticipate much pleasanter march to.
wards Mexico, and will no, be disappointed if |
We may judge of it by the country which sur.
rounds this place took stroll through the
fields. in company with dozen others, (you are
aware that the lasso ani machette Of these shulk.
ing rasca's make it dangerous TO venture out a:
lone.) aud have Just returned The fields are d.
perfect flower garden The flowers are the most
beautiful have ever seen, and, il for the sake
Of contrast, the natives call them by names which
most disonant with the sweetness Of the bios; i
SONS. Oce'jo.chWis the name of one in whose
sing lie blossom rose color, purple and white
most charmnsly iaterspersed. The translation
of the name is viper's head The view from the
towers Of the cathedral is very extensive. To
the south seen the great volcanoes and the
pyramid Of Cholula. On the north the view is
terminated by lofty mountains, on whose top and
sides slis,en the white walls of many a convent
and church. by the way, there are no less than
eleven converts in this city Entering a cons
vent is an every day occurrence, and the ladies'
here think no more OF it than ours do Of taking
the matrimonial vow. There is no end TO the
beauty that is veiled by their walls. The w0
men here much prettier than any have seem
in this country. The peasant girls far exceed
the citizens in this respect. They wear a very.
neat dress which adds much 10 thei. appearance,
1t consists Of white laced chemise, over which
is worn pe,tcoat, the lower part of which is
always different color from the upper, and is
much shorter than the chemise. A satin vest .
laced with gold or silver, and open in fronty
forms the rest of their attire TO which add co..
quri.h hat and white satin slippers, and you
have a Poblann peasant in full dress. Pearls and
diamonds worn by the wealthier.
"The city Of Puebla is very much like Phila.
delrhia in regularity and cleanliness. The houses
| are two stories high and kept scrupulously neat,
| though the city has deserted look saving the
presence of horde of leperos. The streets are
broad and well paved, and the churches are very
! fine The cathedral, the boast of the city, is a
magnificent building. SIXTEEN marble columns,
exquistely carved, support the front the floor is
marble aud the wood work richly worked cedar
This cathedral is said to have been built, in part,
| by angels, who came down every night and ad.
/ ded TO the height SO that the astonished work.
men each day found their work incredibly ad.
yanced To this the city owes its name, "Puebh
de ios Angeos." Their angels seem to have de.
serted them now perhaps they retired when
the city, which once bid fai. TO rival Mexico,
was reduced iearfully by pestience and civil war
II is still the 81 city Of the grand Republic There
is cotton factory in full operation the city.
Its enterprisng proprietor had innumerable diff.
fcutirs TO contend with in its establishment,
but he overeame them all. 1t is called Constan.
"
very little import in country where revolution
follows revolution with the rapd,y of drama.
Yesterday had occasion to visit the prior OF
! FL Carmen, a convent which dozen old monks
iubabit There | saw and admired some fine
paintings, the ascension, circumcision and some
others, said TO be works Of Murilo They are
sadly dis6gured, and, like the country, are too
good TO be in the possession ofthose who, if they
do appreciate them, certainly have a very
extraordinary mode of showing it.
Last night there was a fandsngo A few OF
the volunteers attended il, your CORES poncent a
mong them. There were great many Of the
natives. male, and female, present; some o.
them decidedly handsome and would have graced
ball room in the states. Smoking is quite
fashionable here, even while they dance. l no
ticed very pretty peasant girl, seated upon
cushion at one end of the room, who seemee
quite belle, for she was surrounded by the beaus
She had the air OF queen, and while she listen
ed to their compliments, very coolly pufied q
cigaritto, and elected two regular streams from
her nostrils, like the smoke fiom the chimney,
Of a steamboat. While the fandango was at il,
height, noise was heard like the first murmur,
Of a tornado. Nearer il came, the clanor ia
eTeasing as its distance diminished II seemee
as n all the devils that were ever invoked by fra
Humanity had been let loose from the internal re-
sions IN nass, each indiv idually equal to
"IoarIng lion" Ia the early part Of the even
ing had noticed fox skin hanging at the far