Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-08-19
Correspondence of the Boston Atlas.
MEXICAN CUSTOMS.
MEyICo. Nav o0tb. ISIS

Inc aguadores, or Water-carriers of Mex
ico constitute a peculiar and distinct clas
OF ITS population the lower order. No
thing resembling our American wells OF
pumps Is to be seen, and the pure and re.
freshing element is not, as in New York OF
Boston, conveyed into the city through
pipes, under the ground. The acqueducts
are tupendous pieces of masonry, built sew
raj centuries ago, by the Spaniards, when
at the height of their power. Like the
spanish bridges between this city and Vera
Cruz, they are massive and magnificent.
lhere are two ofthese that enter the city
toward the South, one ofwhch is supplied
with water near Tacubay, and the other in
direction farther west. The latter is from
three to five milesi in extent, built with stone
arches, of great thickness, and some fifteen
or twenty feet from the ground. The o.
ther is of less extent, though of the same
substantial masonry.
These aqueducts, at this moment. bear
evidences of the ravages of the battle at the
Garitas. The numerous indemations on ei-
thcr side of the arches show that both A
merican and Mexican cannon balls and
shells flew thick and fast during the event
:n ~. a"y on "iiII, o"i ioo'' ei''eieu ,he
r"f''a'' T' ', ocn' Suiti'idii eil'eleu oy the
"'.oay' d "IqueuuI'' d, ana Tci'; "cr'i py
way through the splendid parlors and sa-
looms of the wealthy citizens in that quar-
ter of the city. Doors and walls offered
no hindrance. They were cut through d,
easily as if they had been muslin screens.
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.n i, tho ;I," 81 ''0J n'. Iou"
over thot ,,,,,, hn onJafant'o oartLnm,,,a
70 which r b,y.n r,c,rraJ daro not sn'aI,
with rerta;nir tho ,yoior conyo~nd w ;ntn
tho c;tv h,- tbooo oc,,oJrcts ;s or,;t;nd ;nto
laroe stone basins bigbIv ornomnrtod viii
tigircs in the ccnirc to he found in almost
oyorv n,azo nlou1oio and nnhlic nloco IN
thc cop;tal Tt;s also taLen hy n;pos 70 tho
mansions of soma If tba wnaIihiar c;t;1ens
bmt the rreot r,,sS Of tho ;nb,b;ton,s reIy
entirely nnon tbe,cn,dors for the;r s,,n,lr
These NAV ba eoon oor,,, in tho r,orn;rc-
ot the basins in tbe;r crnnnad oval shanad
cony and with two oortbdp ;ors Tbo Int
fer arc immediately {;IleJ and talon to ,be;r
rosnoc,;ro c,,storocrs ,rho nov fron, oan -
two and tbreo Uacoo ncr " Il, II on, my for o. ,nncb
of Tho oIor,on+ &c thav roo,,;r, Irn1o,a ro,,
have seen soma oncroy;nr Of tbo onrSor W.
arce of tho agn,doreS ,s tbny ,~ crowd m ,ho
novonnont ,r;th tho;r t,,,o ;a.s ,ar,.a ono
bob;nd I;,o ,ho r,nha w J'T, a,I,,,, aha',lom,
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III, ,a, ,,,' -, w tho fronr,,or+s or
s''' Ma'er' 'nsy sa'Iea up .,ie nooo
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''ei',ier now 10 reau m nos @ w,lls. VI b;r Wv
most par! they are oi 'nc 1iA'eo l'Cp--'tIeil
compleNlohS Oh 'ne na 'al'ncu anu Swal'ls nue
oil ihe lhoian' iheir o,oPpeu l'aIs ., oat'S
entirely rimieSs-to eIapie 'heih ''ic ou''e'
to 1asten the ieaiherh straps AROUND 'le'l
forehead-wlth their stout leathern aprons
in front, give them sIngularly un'l.e ap
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