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Rival classes compose Scotch Lodges. The Yorkinos. Men desert from the Scotch to the York Lodges. Law to suppress Secret Societies. The Escocés, or Scotch Masons, take up arms. The Battle. Their total Defeat. As Jalapa is a pleasant resting-place in a journey to the interior, we will stop here to discuss national affairs for a little while.
Orders were now issued for an advance of the army on Jalapa, General David E. Twiggs, with the Second Division of regulars, to lead the movement on the 8th, two brigades of volunteers to follow.
We must hasten to our journey's end, which, for the present, is Jalapa. While here, we can sum up the story of our eighteen hours' ride. From Vera Cruz we passed through a tropical marsh, presenting a striking contrast to what we had witnessed about that town. In place of being surrounded by hot, shifting hillocks of sand, we were in the midst of tropical vegetation.
Native Artists. A Noble Institution. Amusements. San Pedro. Evening in the Plaza. A Ludicrous Carnival. Judas Day. Jalapa, signifying "the place of water and land," pronounced Halápa, is situated about sixty miles north-northwest of Vera Cruz, and is considered to be the sanitarium of the latter city, whither many of the families who are able to do so resort during the sickly season.
He told me the passengers in the diligence which had brought him up had been warned at Jalapa that the road was infested by robbers; and should the coach be stopped they were on no account to offer resistance, for the robbers would certainly shoot them if they did. Fred chose to ride down to the coast, I went by coach. This held six inside and two by the driver.
The extraordinary Beauty and Fertility of this Spot. Jalap, Sarsaparilla, Myrtle, Vanilla, Cochineal, and Wood of Tobasco. The charming Situation of Jalapa. Its Flowers and its Fruits. Magnificent Views. The tradition that Jalapa was Paradise. A speck of War. The Marriage of a Heretic. A gambling Scene in a Convent.
I called Lucien's attention to it, who soon dug up four or five tap-roots of a pear-like shape. Jalap, which has taken its name from the town of Jalapa, whence it was once forwarded to Vera Cruz, grows naturally on all the mountains of the Terre-Tempérée.
DOÑA MATILDE. ¿Qué hará luego mi padre? BRUNO. ¿Qué? Encerrar a usted bajo llave si no desiste.... DOÑA MATILDE. ¡Encerrarme ... a mí!... Bruno, está visto ... me quieres precipitar ... pues bien ... lo lograrás ... ¿ves este papel?... BRUNO. ¿Y qué hay en ese cucurucho? DOÑA MATILDE. Píldoras. BRUNO. ¿De jalapa? DOÑA MATILDE. De rejalgar. BRUNO. ¡Jesús mil veces!
The enemy's batteries being carried or abandoned, all our divisions and corps will pursue with vigor. This pursuit may be continued many miles toward Jalapa until stopped by darkness or fortified positions; consequently the body of the army will not return to this encampment, but be followed to-morrow afternoon, or early the next morning, by the baggage trains of the several corps.
Our good monk, with whom we parted at Vera Cruz, visited the convent at Jalapa, on his journey, and thus records what he saw: "The night of our arrival at Jalapa we were entertained at the convent of San Francisco, where we passed the day following, as it was Sunday.
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