The Shasta courier., 1855-09-15
NUMBER 2s.
society in Pcsu.

| The Jetfersonian Democrat has published three
Interesting frnm Payta from Que Of which
we take the following extracts:
"a The people nre as ignorant almost as when
the Spaniartls fonnd them. like the Indians in
our own country. The boys. very many uf Them
90 naked until they eight ten years old.
And among the Indian women there il fnr less
motlesiy in regard tn the persnn than we
| accustomed Ia nj home. Arhnugh the habit
Of wearing dresses has generally obtained in
this Province. yet they usually content them
selves with fastening the skirt round The waist
and letting the body fall rutad their hips ex-
posing their arms and splendid bus's. (Of course
| speak of the natives of the lower classes,
Spanish. Indian aud mixed who compose hy far
the majority: thevery few educated Inhabitants
dress precisely as we do NJ home.) The girls
nre fond "f wearing pink blue and white silk
shoes. but as they never wear stockings the con-
,rast brtween these delicate colors and their
brown coaise ancles and legs is anything bur
ine The hair is generally black coarse aud
Straight and they exhibit no taste whatever in
arranging it. ar indeed anything else.
.As for society in Payrn, it does not exist in
the proper sense oi the w"rsi
As regards creatnre comforts, hlve been
here four months aud the ghesi degree "f phys
ical eninv,neut is tn pass whole day unan-
moved by 1eas the next pleasure tn this. which
has n smack of vengeance IN u, is to kill and
b,Iru up in the candle flea which has been an
nnyiug you.
There are living here two persons who were
Intimately CONNECTED with The hs,nry Of Gen.
Bolivar the /" l.berator." One. Gen. Guerra.
was an officer under Bolivar and served with
him in the wars of South American Inicpen-
.dence; and now hy some revolution in Ecua<l0r
he is ex pariaieu. He had scarcely day notice,
ond WAS not able 10 make any preparation;
his wifc's jewels, valued at nbon S25000. cnm-
prising all the property he could take away.
and AS he expected 10 return soon lie lived care.
Ie.sly until now some ten or twelve years have
passed. and he has spent it all; meanwhile hs
magnificent estate is shut up. aud he is n"i per-
,uitted TO enjoy the fruits. He has some fifteen
or sixteen children. sometimes 60 in and
smoke a cigar with his wife. who s still hand-
some woman aud smokes pure Havana with
great gnstn.
The other person is Dona Nanueia Saens.
who was formerly married IN very respectable
nhysician. She Vas very beauiiful and attracted
Bo!ivnr's attention. Why and well educated
she enerossed and retained his affections. She
,eli her husband and attached herseliio Bolivar
whose splendid genius and noble qualities de-
served a better love than she ought to have had.
and she was his mistress faithful io dtn1h Aud
now she is esteemed as his widow. She ispoor
bnr is expecting To receive annnfy lett her
by his will thnugh not yet realized by her
She is still faithful 10 his memory and is respect.
ed The wealthy merchants hereabuul con'r!s
hule tn maintain her IN comfortable style under
pretense of loans until she realizes the annuity.
The ideas of morality here are rather lax:
and the oman who takes the responsibility ot
A wife without HE sanction of The Church does
not lose caste so decidedly with us, though
there is difference between married and I'M.
married wives. They do not visit. But tho
married wife will often serd presents TO The un-
married wife ur To The children of her nale
friend as mark of attention To him.