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

'"S tbat hoHs' ooulh . WIG WAS country
woman of his, our author visited her:
found her Of pure African blood, and a
very favorable specimen OF her race. She
bore in youth the name of Joanna Jackson,
ana thirteen years ago had a mother living
In l1averstraw, 10 whom she said she would
gladly send n hundred or two of dollars If
she knew she was living. She said that
when she left, the people were talking os
voting for General Jackson and Mr. Van
Buren, but she conjectured the general
must be dead by this time In the interim
she has been over Ireland, England. Ger
many, and Russia, rs a servant, and is now
q lady in New Granada, and has a white
servant. OF the two persons who can make
quinine on a large scale in New Granada.
she Is one.
Loose HABIrs.-It will be seen from the
following what a New Granadians ideas
are of deIicacy:
went once to Chaqueral on purpose for
swim with the ladies. There is deep
spot-charco-iu a stream that is so long
that II Is called el Credo-the Creed The
Creed, believe, Is the longest office in the
rosary, and tue extraordinary length of this
deep, still water gave it the name. 1t is.
in fact, a dozen rods long, with an average
depth of three feet, and an almost uniform
width of five or six. 1t is embowered in
deep woods, and bathed with the coolest
air of perpetual summer. Were man born
only 10 swim, his Eden would have been
he'c.
To our party for the Credo, besides Seno
ra Cabal, Label, and Virginia, was added
Don Justo, aud lady who was first mar
ried about three years since, aud her
daughter, simple, not very captivating
girl Of about sixteen.
As we were riding there, Isabel asks II
my horse cannot pace. think SO, though
now on an easy trot. She advises me to
draw III the reins and whip him up. A
pace results, but she decides that il is not
spontaneous, but learned. Afterwards she
asks me If did not speak last night Of hav-
iag come on n horse. Doubtless ! did.
since rode neither mule, donkey, nor bull
. She Informs me that it is mare, and that
She is with toaI. mentally conclude that
never would try to cheat her in horse
! trade
Our horses are at length tied to trees
near the Credo. Justo has brought with
| him no bathing. dress but u handkerchief.
( As he sees me differently provided, lie de-
cdes not TO 60 in at all. The mothers like.
/ wise DO not go III. The senoritas appear
in long robes, open a little on the back, but
! quite rs appropriate rs anything not
"Bioomer' can be- The stranger girl can.
not swim. Justo and the mothers. seated
on the rock, chat aud watch us. We spat
ter them "a liiue.
/ | WAS dressed before the olhers left the
I water was talking with Virginia as she
WAS combiug her hair preparatory To dress
ing At length Justo calls me TO him.
w!ile | am sitting there with my back TO
her. He kindly tells me that it is not
| pleasant 10 a lady 10 have gentleman SO
near her when dressing. So we stand
there talking with our faces toward her.
and not four rods OF, till she and the others
are ready to ride. Truly etiquette is mys-
terry.
CHEAP BATHING.-Our author eventual
ly reaches the town Of Honda He says:
i! WAS rather u busy day, for it seemed
rs If all Interpolation were bent on q pub
nc swim,f The little river has its congrega
I ton when 1t has any water. The Magia-
lena is much frequented just where the ra
pids begin, and again at the mouth of the
Guni. The Guali itself, between the bridge
and the Mngdalena, was the resort of few
quiet ones, but the lvelies, scenes were ia
the rapid current Just above the bridge.
here were full grown men and large bows
stark naked, young girls in the same state.
and women of all ages with their bodies
more or less covered with blue skirt.
The better bred Of these would come
down under an umbrella 10 shade them
from the sun, a servant following with a
skirt, sheet and totnma Tie bather
would throw the sheet over her, and emerge
from it in the skirt. Next the body is Gov
cred into alher Then follows a pouring
of water from the totuma Tor long time
without ntermission. lfany children are
to be washed, now is the time to take ,hcm
IN hand. After this, they plange into The
stream, If they choose, and thus pass the
time they have TO spend in the water
Again thov envelope themselves i'm the
sheet, which now serves for a towel rs we'll
rs dressing room, and al length thew
emerge from 1t nearly dressed. The servant
rinses the skirt in the river, wnngs it. and
puts II aud the other wet clothes into tray.
which She carries home on her head. Thus
the lady has secured a good swim in the
open riveT without any violation Of deco
rum. But it would not be fair to the read
er to leave hun 10 imagine that al these
details are the result Of one days obsesya.
ton. II would be difficult 20 find the iIoar
IN aIl the week in which some Of these
scenes are not going on.
AN lLLusrRAIsos AND CoSFTRMArloX oE
IloLY WMr-TAe Edinboro' Witness saws
Ihal ialhe second edition of Mr.. Smith Of
,lordanbills 'svoyage aud Shipwreck OF St.
Papr there occurs new and interesting
observation, confirming and Illustrating the
narrative Of ST. Luke C'Acts Of the Apos-
ties chapter NNNlI) IL consists of the