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SA-I LIIS ADVOCATE.
VOL. I.
SAN LUIS TUESDAY UPRIL 13 184J.
NO. 27.
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SAN LUIS ADVOCATE.
TKINTED AND I-LEU3IIFD EEKT lltlDlY
BY S. J. DURSETT
On The Corner of Market and Libert Street.
Tr.nMS! Sirnscnimov. Tire Dollars a car. paya
ble in advance or Seven Dollars at the expiration of
the i ear.
No paper will be discontinued (except at the discretion
of the Editor) until all arrearages hac been paid.
Advertisements -n ill be inserted at the rate of ?1 00
per square for the first insertion and 50 cents for each
week thereafter ten lines or lcs constituting a
square. The number of insertions required must be
marked on the margin of the manuscript or ihcy ill
be inserted till forbid and charged accordingly.
Advertisements from a distance must be accompanied
" with the cash or s;ood reference in tow n
Announcing candidates for any oflice villbcSlOOO
in advance.
Yearly Advertising.
For fortr lines or leS renew able at pleasure SGO No f
routraet taken for J than one year and pa able
half j early in advance. -I
Tlij-niivileseof annml advertisers is limited to their V
mm immediate business.: and a'.l ad ertiscments for
the benefit of other pers-ons sent in by them must b
paid for by the squaic.
Frofbssional Advertisements.
Tor 10 lines or less not alterable 3 months 10
" 10 do do do fi do SO
' 10 do do do 12 do 40
Letters on business must be post paid or they will no?
bi attended to.
Or ALL JOB WORK MUST BE PAID FOR
ON DLL! VERY.
For the San Luis Adi ocale.
adieu: to saxivuis.
Adieu' sunn Island adieu' verdant glade;
Adieu ' sea-girt shore w here so long 1 hai c straj cd;i
Adieu! silver wa clels that sport at my feet;
Adieu! blue expanse where sea and sky meet;
Adieu I waste of waters so dcvoutl3"admircd r
Where my heart revelled daily and necr grew tired
Adien! to wild lancies forever in motion j
Now dai k now bright like thy waves restless ocean'
As they kisihc lastglcamsof lliesun's parting light;
Now burnished villi gold now sinking in night
Adieu! solemn music grand anthems of pmUc 1
The perpetual chorus that the loud breakers raic; jl
Now pealing now swelling in soft cadence moaning; 3
No- lifting to licaven their w lute bosoms loamui:
I on the west bank of the Brazos about tvo
I o'clock in the afternoon. We found a strong
wind blowing and the ferryman unwilling to
risk crossing our horses in his boat; and be-
ing aware that we would find no ferry at the
west pass on our fuither route to Galveston
city we concluded to send our horses to Hous-
ton by the servant and trust to fortune for
some other conveyance to our destination.
We crossed over to Velasco and were told
to give ourselves no uneasiness as n small
coasting vessel would certainly arrive during
the evening which would convey us early in
the morning to Galveston if we felt willing to
trust ourselves in that afflicted city during the
then rageing pi cvalence of the yellow fever.
We had befoic heard that this scourge was ma-
i.i.ig umui nnvoc at Houston and Galveston
and now learned that hundred tongued rumoi
had ik this instance failed to report the mngnij
tude of the facts.
We did not hesitate a moment but determin
ed to press on for Galveston at all risks my
companion being anxious to return totheUni.
ted States and I on thorns to get letters which
I expected at Galveston ; and bolh of us be-
ing tinctured by a recklessness in reference to
disease which only those can understand who
have dwelt for years in a sickly clime.
Night came and morning and noon next day;
but found our tired beasts stiff and unwiljir to
budge. Threats blows Spanish and English
oaths rained down in torrents on the poor
brutes until they slowly recommenced their
journey increasing their speed as they grew
supple. Wc now determined to pause no more
foresee the nrrniilrnni mculi. in l. Jnrlnnrl I H... ... . . . - . .
wiffiYV '"u" '" '"- -"" "- j'nuuii saini nnci ieu ny uie priest moving i
therefrom Ah attempt was made however i towards the plaza. Inquiring to learn what;
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some years ago to navigate the Rio Grande could be. the matter. I was informed that his
and a steamboat ascended as high up as Lare- holiness had ascertained that his patron-saint-
do; but it failed in consequence of the belief ship had isited that portion of the country with
entertained bv the nriestlinnrl tlmt fhr rnni nls nf a flrnnirlil l.oMirn r.1 l - ... .:l...: a
nnt.1 we reached our destination. i specta-hc peojIo wouW becomo corniptcd and de-j made to the church heretofore; and they were
tor would have supposed life and death depen- prnved by Qn unrcstraine(1 intercourse with bearing him around to witness how luVrally
ded on our speed had he w itnessed our ges- ll(reica foreigners Thus these cerber(S guar. money WouU )e bcsto Wcdf tha Ws a ffl Wu ('
tures and exclamations. The Alubam.an led dians of the finatacismj nnJ misery impaing be 0)pcased nn( senJ them q(
the chorus armed with a stout duo of drift- thc pubHc niimJn Mexico have ever bccn jeaI. qu;n(eros vm . as fc d I
wood. He had picked up some Mexican horse f ... n.n.e fi . r..i i... .u ..... .-...
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jargon wntcn ne ocuuiaieu ..i ..c .... r -. Ulose u )0d jn cler;ca llrndom arc cnl;re.
his voice its he stood in front of the carriage rmn..p (rnm ;B .
-j . vu nixti jto ltlHIJill4ii IUItlUllk.U.
and brandished his club ; always rounding his
As I first witnessed thc ceremonies and fes-
periods with old fashioned English oaths. "' livities of the chief national amusement of Ale.
hi!! hi'!! muloiniulo.' In! carallol i pec. co .. r . .. nrnr n . . . n
carraholl G-d d-m. Pity he did not knou thecof nnJ mntc snch anima(velsions as f jH of rnin. T w desilous of re
Sterne's talismanic words
he
be afforded them to intercede forrain ; and they
all came prepared to be bountiful. If I might
estimate from the bulk of sever.il leather bags '"
into which thc money was put they paid the''
saint about two thousand dollars to scnil them t.
mainins t ?
they got for that amount of money but I was V ( J f-A T.-a-or v .
obliged to proceed on my journey. This curi-fc. ' j;7-i-'iaSMsT
osity 1 felt to know wliat use was made nf the h -j :. f.r l a- - v-n
Adieu! to our shell-hunts whin childlike a store
Of .ca-wonders I gathered on the new sanded shore
Where thc elegant little and thc vast-arc combined
And a thousand mjMeriesare in pcarlbeds enshrined.
Adieu! pleasant rambles when with nature alone
Companionship holy was eter my oivn.
With the blue sky above and the dailc sea around
Oh! where can a more fitting temple be found' S
Cau an unde out pilgrim appear at such shrine 1 :
Jor thc AnctiiTECT own Kithout kavth all Divivr 1 t
Adieu.' idle scribbling that nnnj a day
Beguiled of its crnui b innocent play;
Which ambling or trotting lame loo.ed or blind
In mad prose or dull verse would an .docjti: find;
but no boat ! Our patience which had so be
friended us for weeks took wing and we hav-
ing no such pinions to betake oui selves to de-
termined to to take to our scraprrs and walk
fifteen miles to San Luis Island whe.re we ex-
pected to find some friends who would piovide
us with a boat to make the balance of the trip.
Our kind host finding that he could make no
more by our detention determined to make the
most of our departure. In aid of this merito-
rious resolve he all at once found out that he
j could accommodate us with an old bioken car-
1 naff nnrl n nnit- nf upll i-l-'Ti-rn bcrcc If
!... .. . . to dwell upon fondly the beauties and allrac
r WP Wnmrl nir until lip f-nlllrl Tnplni-iir.riil.rtCp n L J
-- -. . ... ...... ....... ... vv..lu .t.iu.i.ui iruuab u
fence-rail into a caniagc tongue and would re-
I - Were .CJlfTrrpctrv Kv ClinnnnAlnrr ttimiii- o. .!.. I f..f Pr.- ! . ...!. 1 rJ f l i
nlos 5 J i""-""B "!"" "" siu i"." uujo iuhi;i;i iu aeu wnai Mini oi u a-iuci ;
ou.u .uvc nau i.u.k- u. ....- u... o.... servaon . cvey V1ffl nm np. .
about using them. If there be aught improper b h .
in the words gentle reader charge the crime to cans Join n a dancjj rcg(jlarIy) ad (his sccms
one Laurie Sterne; I . njfess to be more igno- (h(J ony diversion which divfr(s ai)( recreates
r.inl tlmn lbp mni ft his dav. if tllCV fas 11C i . ......
" " ' u peopie so consinniy galled ny oppression
states) understood tl.em. Tle Spanish word fandamo. a dune. lns its
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.-. !.)( ll ii. h oir ' "- -" v meaning widened and applied by them to sig
. - jr ' For he San Lu!s AdNowiit niiy the pai ty assembled lo dance.
MEXICAN IHAUY. There a. e persons aitho.izcd by law who
The Rio Grande dcINoi'te represented in the ! lccpP juses for regular fandangoes; but any
hecountsof some exaggerating native as one of l'"""' l"'" 8 a wnuango oy procuring
Iip mnsl hP.intif.ll iivrs nf :1ip wnrl.l ! : fnr l"UIi lUe 1'w'w a nse. 1 Ills amusement
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bid and deep stream running at the rapid rate a. a sotrcc of piofit to tlhutipal amodeaua.
me nost or lanuioid; as lie leales fiom the
Df seven miles an hour. Anticipating the tians
ucid waters of a mountain current I had pronv
sed to myself no bounded pleasure in behold-!
ng the Grande liver of the North of which the
VIcxican of the east speaks ever with delight.
s the Roman loved and told of A is Tiber that
lowed near the imperial citj-; so thc rude na
ive of the bordering provinces of Mexico ven
tale of lefrcshmentsin one night's time more
thin could be earned by a month's labor. Tliei e
is constantly kept at the fandango a monte ta-
ble over which some wily virago presides:
ani gambling in all its trickery and low cun-
ninf its arts of swindling and thieving is sanc-
tioned and earned on in public company. The
contributions was pretty well satisfied whel ' ?'
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m i. iiiw nitoi UWIIHI3 ll b1-!. UL lliu ""lt: Ullilll
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rates ever in his simple heait and digresses in "UU'UJ Socman is not moie prodigal oi his
iiiousanus man tnc meagre peasant ot lis
mites who eai ns his daily bread " by the sweat
of his blow.' The hard favored padre with a
he-vening rehearsal of his own wild career
o dwell upon fondly the beauties and allrac
tions of some endeared section of his Rio
ward him with twenty-five specie dollars forwunT ue"'m'"J -" "" "nJ
riMnn fif.PPn m;ip. pwrrr!n. rt... vocations having engendered a disposition as
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passage in an5" other waj than on foot we sub
mittedto the extortion and consented.
By thiec o'clock in the afternoon all was in
readiness and we took our seats. Mr. G. a
melancholy as the dreaiy solitudes of his coun
try he loves the uninterrupted silence and ceas-
Iess monotony of lus favorite stream and
deems in his simplicity that the w idc w 0 Id con
tains no other so beautiful or so fine.
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denunciation in his mouth exacts money of the
ciedtilous; the robber with knife and pistol
presented forces it from the traveller; and the
eleemosynary begs it from door to door to try
again unfavorable fortune at the fandango
montc-bnnk. While upon tramblins I lemcm-
bei me of an anecdote related of thc son of "a f
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. -.4u- ..uuB no . AaDan.a mysen ana I uealt Jane who haj ost hundrcd
a boy to return with the hoi scs. niemneiu oi int. mo ur.inae nriis in iiii-( . 11. rr! r .
Since morning a Mronr nJnr hl mAAm lcrcnl Places- and Ulc meJal wtl"1 1S abot t o b "-- "-;. "-1 "-s- ' -
Thanksthank-s.forindulSenceihoushpoorlvdeeri-di j.. spnino. up brcathin- f-om its n ' M .1 hundred 3ards- The banks are high and ab- poseU betting on ci edit to the amount of anoth-
Inmcmon'scaet Millions be preserved. J AiA ' 'tc n v ' n .... .nipt the course of the liver seldom obsliticted ' cr miieii which was 1 ejected. "Then" said
- . tirst cold blasts of winter; a cold drifting rain ' '. . i .. t ;m i.i m. i. f. i.j.i ..:
Adieu! cherished fneflds.thourli last let not least: h -oe inrn nnn :. ..: .....1 r. . oy snoais or sanuoars ana ll may he said to" ' t"-"o- ".' ""- "" """- Bl"
Mavjonr wealth bringing-tiics be each season in- 8 .... . ... cjhiv to the ocean in nronortinn to width a neas and if 1 lose it will be redeemed to-mor-
rrp.i a uusi i"ai a strong man coum scarce
Jilax j our hopes scd jour houses your bridges' and S' l00"ni
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all things
altop-ethcr s
i not well be imagined.
Wuh each neu -coming project go a-head on Times f Ab w e sat at the bar-room fii e bcfoi e slai ting
ja" nS- ' a benevolent old gentleman w ho was introduced
wnn Miiipattiys ciow be vour hearts ever green 1 T T 1.1
Il'.s vour terdure-clad Islet ihi. momenlis jeen ' A 0 us as JldSe ' urSed us to delaJ' ou
Thro a minueof Springbuds ailoerj-shccn. j 1
: was me . . . ...
SJf"' to the ocean in proportion to width a
more dismal day can
go bo not grieved neiv faces w ill greet you
ICeu fncnds flock aroundand new pleasures meet ou
So wave follows waic on your ea-beaten shore
Each preceding trace siher sands flinging o'er.
And so lift wanes apace to oblii ion's strand
Tillatlastnotaiestage is left in thc sand.
Sav Lns March 25 IStl. M.
ting with the Gulf its cnuisc isthiough an allu
vial countiy over which are spicad innumeia
ble lagoons that impart to the veidant land-
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.IpnnrtnrP until mnrnino- nhrnn-P mUl Pvnprf ?lK ua '"A"'""" ww "" usputi 01 UL.lli
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larger mass of water than any other in tho row- J hs 01lm' was accepted and he lost
world. For moie than forty miles befoic uni-. aSain- At tIie time promised he appealed re-
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paid the bonowed money and redeemed the
pledge It was not continued the narrator from
the intrinsic woithof the hat that it was taken
as suiety forpunctualily ; but its value as thc
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1. . .1 u. 1 1 . ..1.1 . iciiua un wisiM hcsu iiiiauii wuiei s ill L mill
jbetter weather and perliaps a boat "If 'said i.
;t r . . .ginated by elevated shoics alon? which I ob
thc "vou leave now you w ill reach the west" .....
'j '. ir j r- j 11 . served thc sumac arrow-wood wild-cheiry
pass aftei dark and find vour friends unable to . ' ' J
1 nan luuuai uiul-i u.ib .iiiiul iHiiun iiiiipiu
(m ..rti. ni'.r in thmr (in.flmnmnnf r- f
UT ... . ....... . oan prickly ash citron tree spruce and many oth-
- .- IU..U uL.iiii. "iunmi& unuyou win nave
to pass the night on a beach destitute of fire'
ers too numerous to mention Watei fowl sport
For the San Luis Advocate.
SKETCHES OF TEXAS.
I rso.M the Joir.Njr. orji toihist.
NO XI. -
Nov. 9lh "59. Found thc peach ticcs in
. bloom at McNeills.
McNeills house is a commodious two storv
brick one constructed in good taste and fur-
nished in like manrer. He is a man of very
good general infoimation an old settler with "a
strong force of slaves and land enough to form
t Q piincipality. He treated us with easy cour
j tesy and hospitality communicating much use-
1 fnl information. After a long conversation he
paid me the compliment of saying that he had !
rarely met an alien with so conect a knowl-
edge of the resources of thc country the qual-
ity of the lands depth of Bays A.c. ic.;-remarking
that strangers have generally follow-
ed the plain 1 oads to the most prominent places.
j. thus forming croncous opinions prejudicial to
me cour.try as the roads are generally bare of
timber and studiously made to avoid the rich
mellow bottoms.
"When wc reached McNeills ycrtcrday even-
ing it wanted an hour of being dark and v. c en-
quired of him where wc could find a house of
entertainment for the night ? He answered that
-we would find none short of Velasco. but that
none of his neighbors ever refused to entertain
t benighted travellers; and coupled his informa-
tion with a request that we would partake of
his'hospitality for the night. By some means
I misunderstood him and on leaving this morn-
ing drew my fuise on him to pay for what he
had previously told me he would freely give.
'Had he not invited us to remain with him this
would have been well enough but as it was
it seemed as though I thought this gentleman had
bccnjishiug for our custom.
His manner indicated surprise as"he refused
!De pittance and I rode off sorely nettled at my
mistake when my companion explained the
offer of hospitality.
Rode two or three miles over a beautiful
wood-bound prairie and reached Mr. Perry's
dwelling a handsome frame building embed-
ded in the edge of the forest surrounded by
rose bushes of the rarest kinds in full bloom
piarkjoul Nov. 9.
Mr. P. has a large plantation in a high state of
cultivation and a large number of slaves. He
r-wns immense tracts of fine lands.
After enjoyingan hour's Vest in nleasant
eiat we continued our journey and reached-
Wuartana a small village opposite Velasco
of their blue waters where no hostile hand eve:
. ... an stasnns ui me year uiiun inr smei uusoiu
w-nnrt in wpntnpi- rnlHrn. Mmn n r l j J
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ter by conti ast after so sudden a change. " No
danger" cried Mr. G. "my friend R. is ex
peeling me at San Luis and
" Tho1 the wa cs be rasing w hite
He'll row ns o'er the ferrv' "'
G. was eager to reach Galveston before the
departure of the steamer Columbia next day
but one for New Orleans. He was homeward
bound on the wings of love to welcome the
eyes of a 3oung and anxious wife.
In vain did the old Judge protest that it was
madness to brave such a tempest even if cei-
tain of a shelter at night. We were in truth
pot-valiant and taking another parting bumper
and a bottle of ardent for road service we
sprang to olir seats and giving our gallant
steeds their heads away w e went into
the middle of a horse pond! from which thi cats
and pursuasions were equally unavailing in re-
moving our refractory team an inch. While
the landloid was expressing well-feigned sur
prise Mr. G. looked carefully at one of the an-
imals and discovered it to be a young mare
which a friend of his had sold our host a few
daj-s before entirely unaccustomed to harness.
A negro was now sent in all haste to the
prairie and s"oon returned with a patient drow-
sy looking mule which was harnessed in lieu
of the filly; and now at 4 o'clock we took
another parting glass and made another start
at a half gallop. Wc had not proceeded over
one hundrcd yards before the poor horse stag
gered and fell in his tracks without a groan.
"Oh! what a fall was there my country
men" shouted G. as he leaped to the ground
"Reaches to disturb their voluptuous regale. I
"!was surprised to see such a variety of aqualic
birds inhabiting one common home. Among
them I distinguished the rail (raZH? rirginiana)
ild goose (Anaicanaxlinsis) teal (.bias crcc-
to) widgeon (Anas pmehpe) canvass back
luck (Anas telisneria) velvet duck (Anasfus-
:a) scoter (Anas nicer) tufted duck (Anasfu-
igula) mallard Anas boschat) sheldrake
Anas ladorna) scaup (.-lims mat Ha) shoveller
Anas chjpeata) and goosander (mergus mcr-
bandcr mergns serralor and mcrgui albcllus.)
I am no gormand though I did honor to Epi-
kuirus more than once in this aveiial legion.
The main tributaries of thc Rio Grande arc
the San Juan Alcantro Salado Ptiereo and
Ccnchos the two former of which are beauti-
ful rivers The principal towns on the cast
&
covering of the deb'or's head a failuie to re
deem which would deiogatc liom his charac
ter ns a gentleman subject him to disgrace
and deprive him of all claims to honor and in-tegrit-.
Randolph facetiously called thc Mexicans a
blanket nation. Had he been acquainted with
them at home and known much of the ciu'eos U'
he would have added with more rjraitv asal-
lanl people. That the ficquency of which has
l endei ed quite a habit can hat diy be tei med an
amusement; fornodiveision is moie constant-
ly kept iip with them or entered into with'
more manifest alacrity than dancing They
may be said to bounce into life dance throuh it !
lean out asain. The Frenchman dehVhts in
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uuin-mg ui:u.iiiot.- minion i:pifsses nan ins it
ideas ; the Mexican loves it because its antics
give employment to his limbs which aie most
sprightly when his mind is most at case. The
celebrated fandango is a national gala in the
festivities of which all classes join fiom thc
aristocratic pudie to the common pclado. But
certainly no customs can he moredemorahVing
than the practices of this national dancing insti
tution that was evidently introduced into Mcx-
side of this stream and situated in (he territory lco by the Spaniards and established and cn-
:Iaimed by the govei nment of Texas are La-' couraged bj- an impious clergy ; for it is here
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Michael San Juan and Taos being fifteen in
all. Some of those are considei able villages
but the chief part flourishing tow ns ; and it may
be estimated that they contain twenty-five thou-
sand inhabitants though not so populous now
as formerly. Including however their con
that the designing rich tamper with and cor
rupt the virtues of the poor. I may truly say
that in Mexico moie innocent females have
been led from the fandango to dishonor and
niin than from thc altar to virtuous homes.
The devastating revolutions of the country
the' public distractions that have bewildered and
blown about that fiekle people upon the dread-
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rect by the informed upon thc subicct. to
effumerate the number of native Mexicans
east of thc Rio Grande and west of the Nue-
and drawing a large Bowie knife he very cool- ces at thirty-five thousand souls. They arc
ly took the poor brute by the throat and cuti mostly mestizo Mexicans or offspring of Span-
the bottdm of the collar in twain.
The horse immediately recovered his breatb
and feet simultaneous!- having in fact been
choked by the collar.
We soon made a third start and by dint of t on would be the commencement of a new era
encouraging shouts incessant zoadinir and in the mercantile historr of the Texi.in Rcpub
iards and Indians and but very few csteros
strangers among them.
The Rio Grande can be navigated with fa
cility and the introduction of steamboats there
beating wc made pretty good head way for
about six or seven miles when we halted to re-
lieve our lungs and rest our arms ; for I will
have you to know my friends (if not alrcad
aware of the fact) that making a forced march
with a dull ass and a duller horse requires as
much labor on the part of the passengers as
the brutes. Our efforts hadv produced a pro-
fuse perspiration notwithstanding the cold
wind and we ridiculed the auguries of the Ve-
lasco Judge. Our excitement was io great
that we thought thc weather almost pleasant
AiKT some aeiay we essayea anotaer start
lie. In the event of a reconciliation with Mex-
ico there are r.o two water courses in Texas
the navigation of which would be attended irith
so many real advantages to the country as that
of this river. The exchange and barter of
merchandize that could be readily introduced
through this channel into the eastern provin-
ces of that country for silver and gold wool
hides and its various exporting commodities
would amount to a monopoly. And many in-
ducements would be thereby offered to the set-
tlement of the territory bordering on the Rio
Grande: and jt would rcfl"irpno prescience to
cloibter or the privacy of the cell and set in
motion in tho licenliousness of an amusement
in w hich all participate. The horse that is loos
ened for a few moments from his long and
close confinement in the stable is intoxicated
with his freedom and bounds and jumps and
neighs with delight: so the Mexican feels his
privileges only in his momentary enjoyments
and drunken with the exercise is led or driven
into every excess. They meet cach'other at
the fandango where aristocracy lays aside re-
serve where power ceases to exercise tyran-
ny whpre despotism fawns where subservien-
cy is allowed to unyoke where priesthood dis-
mounts and the poor man approaches cring-
ingly but without kneeling and they mingle
together like so many discordant elements
to consume each other or explode and ily far-
ther apart
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one of the Mexican provinces when the season
was unusunlly diy and the farming portion of
tho community was lamenting very much the
threatened dearth. My attention was arrested i
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