Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-09-09
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few houses were entered, and the
t0rti7las and tes4j9 drawn forth; but
but there was Ii ttle to be found, at
any time, in the larder Of a Mexican
house, and the ail1ike doors Of most
Of the ein were closely barred The un-
glazed windows were open, but the
mass i've iron railing of the "reja' de-
Tended them from intrusion. From
! these ratings various flags we're sus-
pended French, German, Spanish,
and Portuguese s--signifying that the
Inmates were foreignersin the coun-
try, and therefore entitled to respect
Whd Ire no excuse for such claim ex-
listed, a white banne er, the emblem ol
peac e, protruded through the bars;
and perhaps this was as much re-
spected as t be symbols Of neutrality.
1t was the season when fashion
deserts the Alameda Of Mexico, and
betakes itself to monte, cock fighting,
and intriguing to he romantic "pue-
bios" that stud the valley. San An
gel is one Of these -pueblos, and at
that moment many of the 'fmilias
principaies'' of the city were domi-
ciled around US. Through the rejas
we could catch a an' occasional glimpse
of the inmates in the dark apart
ments With h.
Itis shid that, with women, curios-
Iity is stronger than fear. 1t ap-
ipeared to be SO in this case. When
the inhabitants aw that pillage was
not intended, beautiful and stylish
women showed themselves in the
windows and on the "balcons,' look
ing down at us with timofousl yet
confding wonder This was str;E Enge,
after the stories Of our barbarity, in
which they had been so well drilled;
but we had bedome accustomed to
the courage of he Mexican females,
and it " as d sayin ng a amongst US. that
s:the women were the best men in
the cou uhtry." Jesting aside, ! am
satisfied that had thdy takenup arms
instead of their puhy eountrymen,
we.should not have boasted SO many
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easyvict es.
Our biyonac lasted about an hour.
The rec nnoisan ce having been It
length com mpleted, the enemy waF
discovere ed in a fortified position
around the conve rent and bridge Of
Churubusco- THigg's division wa )
ordered forward to commence the at :
tack, Just ;ls The distant booming Of
cannon across the lava fields told US
chat our Irig ight wing, und er Worth,
had sprl lng the enemy's. left at the
hacienda of San Antonio, and was
driving it along the grea t national
road. Both wings OF our army were
beautifully converging to a common
focus the pueblo OF Ghurubusco.
The brig gadd TO which I was attached
still held the pc sition VIII ere it had
halted III Sd n Angel. w e were to
move dc oNn to the support of Twigg
division as soon as the latter should
get fairly engaged. Gu place in
the eline had thr rown US in front of a
house some what retired from the rest,
single stori ed, and, like most of the
Others, fiat rooIed, with low para
pet around the top. A large door
and two windows lronted the street.
One of the win Idows was open, and
kndtted TO the reja was a small white
han ndkerchief, embroidered d along the
orIlerk, and fringed with fine lace.
there was something so delicate, yet
striking in the appeal, that it at once
attracted the attention of l.
and myself. 1t would have touched
the compassion Of a Cossaek; and he
felt, 1T that moment, tha we would
have protected that honse against a
general s. order to pilIage.
We had seated ourselves on the
edge of the baHquette, directly in
front of the window. A bottle Of
wine by some accident had reached
as; and as we qaafIed it contents,
our eyes constantly wandered upon
the ope n reja. We copld see no one.
All was dark within; but we could
not help thinking that Il be owner Of
the handkerchief f-she who had hur-
richly displayed that simple emblem
of truce could not be otherwise
than an interesting and lovely crea-
tufe.
At length the drums beat for
Twiggis division to move forward,
AND, attracted by the noise, a gray
haired old minappeared at the win
dow. With feelings of disappoint