Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-02-12
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Gen. Csdwssass's EnpesWsy~ 90 reiuea.
.HusB3 ,i.s al TosrcA, Jsuusry, 164S.
My Dear Mssiane--l promised to tell you
hst kind Of country, we trsve,sed in reaching
10 place. Hearing that the diligence 10 rob.
d every Day. have waited some other oppor.
nifty in writing, and now hear that the Drs.
ons leave Tor. Mexico in lew moments,
hich gives the little time. ..Ls j. ,s,s
After qoirting Tsc0bays. our road began to
cend. the country continuing sterile and vol.
mic, like that around 'Cun,rras Towards sun.
We reached q hacienda, or inn. and encamp.
|; the night closing on us bitterly cold. The
fantry encamped mostly around the brow Of q
! adjacent, and few pleasant dresme, weeo.
the cold wind permit to them. Early on
.7th, we started again, the earth white with
ST, and cicies hanging from the rucks the
ID, Il possible, harder and more finished than
aerday. and ascending always. Arriving at
highest point Of the mountsin ridge. we saw
lumber Of crosses together. and were told thst
y commemorated desperate conflict the,
ne of here some thirty years ago between
Spaniards and Mexicans. The fret were
,cked in position BY the latter. sud gained
dag. One cross iaetcncd in the eo,id rock
rks the grave Of the Mexican General. 80.
Atthis point opened upon us one of the finest
wsI ever saw-thc valley Of Toluca. Stretch
out in front and on either side /, lay. studied
h villages and hacicndas. and Just enough
tered to give variety. while far away rose
snowy summit ct Nevada de TnIuca. with
side Crater. Thought to myself, had Tom
ore eeen this, he had c. rtsinly written the
;cet Vale Of Toluca, in .tead Of that other.
e road nov descended regularly aud we
Neupon Lerma, small dirty v,ilsge. every
Sc filled with children. gaping women. and
mounted by . white fae--,he only clean
,g about the premises. and that prepared no
b,, just for the occasion only.
e:ore getting to Ler,na. however, We passed
rail- brideed stream the paseaee Of which
defended By . standing fort, snd the hilis
cent were a'so crowned by works-sll made
e we lay st Pucbla and sbandoned on the
IT the capital. Il is said that the fort At the
ge vas Carried by .Dufch Mary certain.
,e was first thcre. Capt Thompson took
squadron on 70 Tolucs THE afternoon. in
,any with the sicald", who had c"me out
sI,c
(sth) We started for To!uca. some ten
distant, marching hr come short dis'arc"
edge Of marsh, whore we perceived
lance Of ws,ersowi. and pr,m sed our
,some good spor, anon. The country on
side became more end more fertile
ior cultivation 20 any we had seen in Mex.
bisined +; fine haciea,lss, with American.
,g farm yards and ersnaries; abundance
lie. &c. &C., al proclaiming . decidedly
we'd state o. society. We reached Tocula
STEW hoars' march, end. as usual. wer'
,ndcd BY q dense mass nj wondering be.
,ad took nur qnarters-the snldiers in con
&C., snd many Of the ofRcers by billet.
never seen . more pacific lokinQ people
our progr-ss. notwithstanding the prrach.
Father Jsrauta. who was lately here.
thousand troopr, Il is said, iefi here on
prosch, with the Monrelia. This town
,ble Of holding fsom 10 600 to 1900 peo.
tat present has not SO many. II ls pret-
tilt. is very clean. and is supplied with
satee by sn squcduct. Nor have we felt
,ree OF cold for which il has reputation
day. the llth infantry were ordered TO
their steps as fer Us Lerma, and occu.
place. Rumor says that the convent
ict they were quarered suffered a Jew
wsy Of gold vessels. aud the General
il prudent to quarter the, regiment
gold and silver are apparently unknown.