The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-01-08
Manners in New Granada.


Hoton's work on New Granada is the
source Of the following pictures of social life
in that country:
The DAUGHTER OF his Hosr-At one
of the hacicndas where he stopped, he was
introduced to the sister of a friend he had
met elsewhere. The sister Qs,beD was
eighteen years Of age, and wore the peasant
dress. Sometimes she dressed AS a lady.
and read novels translated from the French.
She was an intermediate link between the
aristocracy and Peasantry of the country.
Her ideas of matters and things" are thus
demonstrated:
spent the day very pleasantly read.
ing and talking, with one or two strols
along the margin OF the stream. In one of
our chats Isabel looked up from her work,
and asked me II had any children.
al never WAS married" replied
"l}eliSario told me that you was beche.
lor, but ihoughtiqu te probably you might
have children nevertheless"
"Were 50 unscrupulous as to be father
before marriage, | should be enough so to
deny it also. Were suspected Of such a
thing. have not friend that would not
close his doors against me- Such persons
are not admitted into the society that rre
qucnt."
did not tell her Of the upper ten dom
oi New ork, where only poor aud vulgar
deba"chee' are rejected, perhaps for the
reason that follows:
Were we to be so particular here" SAYS
Donna Paz, ave should have TO live without
society"
\ Crmous PAsuME. Mr.. TIolton ate
dinner with largo party predominant,
among it were ladies-anl the priest pro
noted digestion by getting up some sports,
a Ia rustic rcycls of "Merue England"
One Of them (n which a cock was buried
in the earth, with nothing but his head
and neck above ground,l was as follows:
According to the rules, a lady was to be
b!indio,ded, TO take n machete, and, if posi-
bic, cut of the poor cocks head in three
blows. The curate, who seemed To take
this diversion under his special patronage,
selected for eNecutioper the most respec,a
Die and plous young lady of the company.
our queenly EIodia. With much reluctance
She consented TO be blind folded. took the
machete wen, one step toward the cock.
stopped and removed the hanakcrchiefJ
The cumte's partner in the las, waltz Vas
next applied 80 with much urgency, b1t re-
sisted. Finally, Il was voted to bi.u.Ifod a
rran. No sooner had lie begun tJlstep than
al! called out, You are .9oing wrong
More to the night, More td the left! STRIKE
where you are, Go two steps further,"
And al! this at once. and twenty times 70.
pealcd. Coafouuded bythis advice graf.
is, he gave three sweeping strokes wide Of
the mark. There goesihis head" cry half
dozen, and the cxecu1oner removes his
bandage amid shouts " derisiou, and sees
the cocks head projecting unharmed be.
tween hls feet. \ second followed; but my
curiosity was graifcd, or rather my en-.
durancc exhausted, and left the ground
in search Of plants As | mounted nv
horse to return, tie remains of the second
cock were passed over tho fence to the
kitchen.
y SHOCKING BURrAL-The writer Wis.
tied the ccmelry OF Bogota. Read this:
had lelt the ground, when met n bier on
the shoulders OF fouT men, who we're walking
at a brisk pace, and shaking from side to
side a body of " llich could see the cla~pcd
hands and naked face. The body was ihat
IAN aged female, dressed in white flannel.
Arrived at the grase. it was full Of water.
Here was n pause some were for thrustiug
the body down into t,.s water others for
dipping it ont; but souie men who were
digging an adjoining grave gave it up 20
the necessities ofltlie case, and awkwardy.
and with offensive exposure Of the person,
the body was laid in IT, Then boy
caught up a gelump of mud and pitched
t-down. 1t struck the body with sulcn
sound, made the whole corpse culver, tore
aside part OF the clothes, and disclosed the
face and one little hand OF babe a few
months old that had been concealed there!
| was Mortified, but stood my ground. Clod
after clod fell on their naked faces, until.
little by little, the shocking scene passed
from view.
While these bodies were being buried
like those of brutes. dozen priests were
within the consecrated grounds, but came
not near the scene turned away sick
at heart, but with a stronger desire to live
20 reach my native land than ever | felt
before.
a NEW YouK CoLoREp LADY. Lcav-
ing Bogola, our writer went towards Soacha,
and on his way encountered quinne fac