Elyria Courier, The (Newspaper) - July 6, 1852, Elyria, Ohio Published Tuesday Morning By CEO T SMITH subscribers Town iu three months SI I II pukl the vent 2 III Alter expires 250 One Dollar prr for three insertions nnd five cents fur cuch less three One n One Square One one one Whole column W M GEO G OFFICE IN THE EXCHANGE OPPOSITE THE HOUSE J WESLEY UDALL VOL 6 ELYRIA OHIO TUESDAY JULY 6 1852 NO 22 AT LAW nnd Admits in lbr W K M AND A'I iu iu tnL House trui Ohio 18 E F A AND -T X in Ohio opposite f in KELLEY M ND C O PHYSICIAN AND South of tlie MYRON K LAW IN ri- CERY O the I OUT store E L AT LAW in L Court C If A AT in Mdo ui tin Ohio of tin P BLISS AT in tho li COUTL Ij Sil S LAWYER OHIO will to nil to IMS unv the old of Carl CMV of Hume SMITH AND S to inn A AND SOLICITOUS KK run ill Uic Mill fo ur J M il l -is it T tiKO n UM KEWLEY n orders in Cutting tone mul to til Shop two O J P JACOBS Shop door North -J SU Church sUlu of dono in anil it a nil lu tho In In Fur though nufcli sink nnd p In tho bun mold And the Libur be Let be not Still rill sou this ur While some rout nnd ripen Into triut Ti on When thu iu o Cud u ill scud ILLS And thy soul sco the OfiS with sheaves FIKST July MEXICO IICM or A BY W AV U D T CRAKE STOVES AND lit ilio Store live doora of ORRIS COWLES IN WarL f Yankee Notion Store J 11 MERWIN CO IN ALT KIND OF II Mid Hats it itc in the Ohio u 1 h l N B GATES DEALER IN mid Pot nnd Mill D L STABLE rour of Ohio un I HOYLE JR AND door West of the House in till suitable 11 for Furs SCOTT AND TN Vrs ami Holes la door West o- the R C DEWITT DEALER IN DRUGS Varnishes Dye Choice CTV Ac E II NORTON MERCHANT TAILOR of Mansion Cutting I had reached goal of my and my and cd in tho city of the There iu proud anil ancient capital and rounded so many of the comforts and luxuries of life I forgot the toils ant of the march and tlie bivouac and here for awhile ia case tlie and circumstance of glorious is PO to tlic soldier almost The ican army Lad occupied the city long enough to establish order by a and police and the enemy ing retired some distance the and O men began to extend sphere of vation beyond the limits of the capital oil duty to the beautiful suburban towns and villages near by I spent my first Sunday in in a visit to the somewhat celebrated city of Guadalupe de about four miles tu the north of Mexico It is situated at the foot of a rocky mount called iu tlic midst of a romantic but not very country and is approached by one of the six causeways which lead out from tho city They are broad straight finely zed and planted on each sido with DRS MASTER ROSA OFFICE Win Clothing Store first door West of STAUR 10 DEALERS IN AMERICAN Dry Groceries Hardware SI oes Oils Iron Stoves R W H C L- tree's have been constructed the PARSONS No 3 Block AJ O ou lumd if Medical School iiiid-MLvi'lCiLK'nui lish nnd GIJI nnd Letter Pens rils Em elopes E G A AT and ill Chancery O in the Com 11 Lome MUSSEY FULLER in j Goods imd Iron i WIN and of J doors WM PACKARD has shop over T tin ut the sipi of the he to furnish New and other in his line to en any me to mil md la HARNESS say to tlie citizens of Councy ho keeps ou hand uu in first JIG for or good may wish to do well to cull nt his one door west tif the Old fortress llay 25 1352 WATERMAN SADDLES MORSE hns n fine of SADDLES on W MORSE hns n fine assort shop hi lie R ho us to no excuse for one to ridu nudes or other bensti of burden cull und see cnn hull yon for a very HALTERS mid tiling elso In hit line arc kupt to be buiJ ut great N B oue wrst nf Old Fortress f 1852 M TRUNKS of the best me nnd Kejit liy the at hLi shup where idl to dn your old and I to will sell you a TRUNK AS IM A and but trifle for it iU c Before where call at my shop oac door of tlie OW U A TERM VN MORSE HOYLE Jit to tlie Old Iron one door vest IKS lie well of SPRING AND SUMMER j every tiling kept in u HAS re of Ui will up to order in the best und in uU TO Cloths Yea tin w of the moat vie An of CLOTHING exclusively in under my own and tlic mid ted Articles damaged by the Inte fire for snlc N Attention paid to so ns to be up FOR SALE A valuable farm one mile of of The 11.1 one is ud nnd in u state of cultivation It is line fruit trees buildings ire frame Tho house mid out The tc sokl on terms both in the of which e nr of SMITH waters of the lake at great expense In point of size this place is not of much importance and does not contain more thau a thousand inhabitants all told Besides the church ted there dedicated to the patron saint of the country and a few religious ments tho buildings arc of mud and reeds inhabited by a miserable and Hero it was the Virgin of is said to have made her miraculous ance and here once every year a great tival and celebration is held in honor of her which is looked upon as one of the most im- portant days in the church The manner in which the Virgin made hev first ance is very remarkable and the story lated by ono of the early bishops seems quite as incomprehensible us w ho are tlie pale of the church ns the myths come down to us from pagan antiquity Bui since the priesthood appear to put full faith in the modus of her advent tho people of the country as a matter of course e it The legend runs In the year 1531 an Indian named Juan Diego was this mountain of on hit return home from the city when the Mosl Holy Virgin appeared to liim and directed him to go back to the city and tell the bishop to come out there and worship her The bishop refused to admit him into his ence having no faith in the miracle Ir passing by the same spot a few after- ward she appeared to him a second time and told him to return to the bishop and say that 1 Mary the Mother of God have sent you Again the bishop refused lo admit the Indian to his presence being still but required some token of the an- nunciation The Virgin appeared to the In- dian the third and last time two days after- ward and ordered him to ascend the tain and roses therefrom and present them to the bishop as his credentials Now this mountain is a barren rock without a particle of vegetation upon it The Indian however went as he was directed and there found flowers which he threw into his tilma a sort of apron worn by the of the country He returned to the city and was admitted into the of the op but opened his tilma instead of the roses which he had gathered and put in- to there appeared an image of tho Holy Virgin is said to be preserved to this day in the church which bears her name From the name of the town she was called the Virgin of Guadalupe and has been made the patron saint of the country This is the history giro of her appearance and it is as bud ns rank heresy for Catholics to dis- believe it With them she is all and appears to have a powerful influence over all the affairs of life With the mass of the population she is the only tity in religious reverence alpha and omega the beginning and the end of all their faith and wo i ship She is appealed to on every occasion mid her name is given to nearly half the females in tho country her image hung up iu every house and even in the and sho pies a conspicuous place where her presence is supposed to preserve the meat sweet in tlic one and to bring customers to the other On Sunday the of December I rode out to to witness the in honor of this saint I mounted my at an eaily hour and set out alone but by the time I had reached tho Garita and turned upon the causeway 1 found self in the midst of a tending tha same way It was as pleasant and beautiful a ning as ever broke over that lovely valley and every tiling reminded mo of spring time or early summer The air had that balmy peculiar to season of opening and Lho gentle zephyrs which came from the shining bosom of hike weic loaded with a delightful odor The tiCHS nnd bushes and wore dressed in their garb of living green and the merry-hearted were singing their sweetest melodies h honor of the opening day Such a ful season in winter seemed like the order of nature The crowd u hich came pouring out of the city immense and as checkered in appearance as ever made grimage to thu shrine of u From the appearance theio were all sorts and tions of and every class of the prone was fully represented ranging from he caballero to the lepero Here might b seen an elegant carriage drawn by smiling inmates look cd the personification of came n rude cart with raw hide and filled with the family o poor ranchero drawn by a ox made fast by thongs around his ambled by a crowd of cavalry with feet on the gi ound arged the animals avd in hot haste to ward tbe scene of thou came on foot carrying strapped to their backs some bending un der loads of for sale Men wo men and children donkeys and wove all mingled together in ono and the noise of confused sounds me somewhat of a modern on a smal Among this group ny American in their and mounted on prancing steeds On side of the road up to the very gates of Guac booths were erected for the sale o cakes drinks and and where a kinds of buffoonery weio being performed gambling tables were loaded with ras no easy matter as the crowd had closed p again immediately and I found myself n as dense a throng as c er However re- urn I and putting full faith iu the old hige That where there is a tuU there is a vay I set about the matter in good sr and in a short time I found myself at the from I had started i again my horse but was uncertain which vay to turn Just then I was joined by two of my proposed U ride tlic base of tlic hill toward the left nd if possible ascend it on horseback Wo purred our horses through the crowd which to let us and turning to the right ode along the until had reached a nearly opposite to from which vc stai Led The hill of is some six performing solemn commemorative of the occasion In ance church is by far the most one I was in in Mexico It seemed most one blaze of gold arid silver in the streamed through the windows and played upon tho rich tions dome is painted in the most beautiful co and are the images that they appear to speak fiom tho Above the altar al tho cast end of the church in a of solid gold is an image of tho Virgin as life Her dress is gled vith stones and the frame arc strips of gold running the whole length thickly studded with diamonds and rays from into with tho crowd which that way This is one of and most frequented of city it is a beautifully Mc- road half length ted on each Bide with fine and adorned in the centre by a fountain which spouts four jets of water Seats are placed UJ Ilie especially intervals along each side of tho drive eight hundred feet in height and is a j and suspended above it is a silver miss of rocks of igneous origin the surface I as largo as an eagle The altar is of g quite and bale of vegetation t np fiom the plain and is in its si part NVo found Iic ascent niuch more we liad mid it required ft great of s l covered iard labor to get up it We kept in u and tud and in front runs a sih On both hides of tbe middle aisle extending from altar to the choir some sixty lie for some distance but at were j od to dismount and lead up tho steep slope It was really painful to see tlie ioor animals struggle up the smooth of the nick and now and then it seemed for them to keep their ng Thus we labored upward and at stood upon the summit when man and from their toil And we sat holding in our hands thj reins of the looked upon the ami beau- It really magnificent fully repaid us for the toil we had in The elevation of position under our -s Uve alley of Mexico for many in direction To the pure half an Iu addition to these there are many silver lamps suspended the sih er candlesticks before and around the altar and of the sacred desks are wrought in the precious metals choir h made of a beautiful daik wood carved and ornamented and the ng is supported by several marble pillars polished and of great beauty As e crowed the the rich deep jf the organ accompanied by the sound of chanting a song of the south lav the cily briht ing in gilded rays upon the and of the cathedral chinches thorn almost the of mid More in the direction the two mountains of and loomed up in stern grandeur into the clear blue sky and out from all their beautiful To the left the swept over th surface of lake the eastern barrier that shuts iu fair Eden of the New World to the front and to the right the eye upon a of pLiin with i their like threads of them Cl Here and on tho verdant or seeking of the trees to shield thorn from tho sun Such in n few is the ot landscape opened to oni N Jew from the rocky summit where we were seated and for the reader fully to ate if he must he aware of the am enchantment air and All kinds of Job Printing Executed AT TUB The of mid extensile of JOB of lire In iu the Snow KILLS HILLS BlU ic and nb this nrc to ami tion hu fair no errors arc opposite to fountain for commodation oi foot world of Mexico may bo seen toward ning on iv bright in carriages and on horseback and a lively animated scono it presents equipages glitter in the declining bun noble steeds superbly caparisoned and ridden by gay ros proudly along beauty smiles upon every Everybody ean command auy kind vehicle drives to sometimes crowded as to be to or ride along it Tho equipages throng this path of fashion arc of them arc unique and it is to see the of Lhc minister sido by side with a common country cart lined with oxhide and drawn by a poor old for a horse would hardly duvo to look a vulture in this face Yet both parties tiro enjoying themselves in the fashionable would The custom of this drive is somewhat peculiar which all follow to die very letter of the law it is to drive the full length twice stop in tho centre opposite the fountain to uto your friends as they pass by and then return home To show knowledge of the fashionable world we conformed as nearly as possible to the ways of thoso who were initiated into tho mysteries of the and thereby no doubt passed for current coin spent ono hour thus in seeing and being seen pleased with tho animated had witnessed and then returned to our Thus I passed my first Sunday in city of the and he of Tlie building odorous O C O the of the scattered incense which had a few minutes before been cast over the and numerous in their lich robes were ministering around the altar Tli e anxious gazing within the seemed fully im- with lite solemnity of the occasion and conducted themselves with much We remained there a short time then returned to the yard to look atone r two of interest before rodu back to the city Not far from the is a holy over which a small chapel has been erected The water is supposed lo bo sacred and to have the power of healing wounds and irg till who nvo by it Crowds were gathered theic some dipping the tips of fingers in and sing themselves others applying a handful to shining coin mid here and I of chine lend every scene AVe en- pits for with anxious joyed it to the utmost stretch nt human round to the cruel sport to enjoy the beauties ut nature nnd and seemed running high oil the -is we descended the rocky mount so ite Tho whole assemblage 1 were we to have it shut our sight that a cd enjoying and amusing themselves to tlie many a longing Inhering look be- 1 planted with trees and shrubbery the face while some of tho plunged their children in in order that the holy water might be sure to spread throughout the system that K if the dirt of the urchins did nol prevent it from penetrating Being now red of Guadalupe and the dirty crowd we met there we rode out of the enclosure aiu galloped down the causeway toward Mexico we arrived in time to dine Having indulged in a short I again mounted my horse toward and in company with General C rode to the mcda and Nuevo Tha is square in the western part of the HOC us lavo been dona at homo it had no evil fect upon the spiritual or moral man LIFE AND SERVICES OF SOOTT BY A Win field Scott was born near in on tho 13th of Juno in the year He finished his studies at tho Col- lego of Willam and Mary and was ted to the bur in After practising law in Virginia about a year he emigrated to South Carolina Our witli England caused Con- gress to pass an act in April to in- crease the army Scott applied tely for a commission in ono of the ments about to raised and in was a of Light Artillery was not actually declared until Juno Thu interval between and the ation of war was one of great political ex- Scott sided with the ic party supported tho election of deut Madison and approved advocated and in favor of measures July 1812 Scott was commissioned Lieut Colonel in tho 2d Artillery and to the Frontier In Octo- ber of that year Lieut Elliott applied to Scott for assistance in men to capture the Adams and Caledonia vessels of war then lying under tho protection of ion or the accent of the voico veto judged to bo Irishmen The object was to them in a- frigate then to land to be tried and executed for the crime of high being taken in arms against their native allegiance been thus set apart when reached tho deck The moment Scott ascertained the object of the British ho commanded men to answer uo questions in order that no selection should bo made by tho test of speech He them main and they strictly This was dono in spice of the threats oi Brit- ish officers and not another was separated from his companions Scott was edly commanded to go below and high ensued Ho addressed the ty selected and explained to them fully the reciprocal obligations of allegiance and protection assuring them the Uni- ted States would not to avenge their gallant and faithful and finally pledged himself in the most solemn manner that retaliation and if necessary a refusal to in battle should follow tho execution of any of the party In the of this animated harangue he was ly by the British but though unarmed he could not be silenced The Irishmen thus selected wore sent to England As soon as Scott was exchanged he proceeded to Washington and reported the whole to the Secretary of War by a written communication The report was transmitted to Congress and Scott in sonal interviews pressed tho subject upon the attention of the members An act was passed ou tlie 3d of March vesting the President with tho power of re- In another engagement soon tor Scoft raptured a number of prisoners True to hie pledge given at Quebec he im- mediately selected twenty three of the ber to be confined in tho interior of tho country there to abide the fate of the Irishmen taken at and sent to England for trial The result of this firm resolve on tho utmost of capacity in eating and ing gambling and dancing The dancers v ere assembled under the shade of the spreading trees where to the music of tlie harp and guitar they performed their tional dances with much spirit dressed in the romantic costume of the country Inside the whore the sacred edifice stands a jam of men women and dren old and young white yellow and black greasy and well-clad who had conic up here to do honor to the rules over their destinies When I arrived at tho -ate into o 3 the inclosure where the performance was to take place of the Host was passing and if it had not been a religious ceremony I could not have prevented self from laughing loud the scene was so ludicrous and ridiculous The image of the Virgin was aloft on a pole followed by a number of priests in their hats and sacred came a toon of with a band of music playing some national air the whole brought in the rear by a d of red and white blue spirits and shooting squibs and hallooing at the top of their voices It reminded me much more of a Fourth of July celebration or n militia training iu a frontier settlement of the Uni- ted States than a religious festival ting I gave my horse to a soldier standing near to hold while I went in and witnessed the performance On entering I found much difficulty in getting through the crowd but by dint of a good deal of pushing and bowing and also rapping a few stubborn greasy -looking fellows over the shins with my sabre who were slow to make room I at last door of the sacred edifice The crowd was as dense within as without and it seemed wholly impossible to be able to cuter beside an odor not as pleasant as the otter of roses arose from the assemblage These considerations were sufficient to induce ere we reached the ta el of the plain ed with shady fountains and On nearly the highest on the spot and beautifully laid out in walks and where the Indian said to haie plucked the 1 drives It contains about ten acre and is a small chinch has liven erected which i most pleasant place of resort in or near tradition sprung up out of the rock in ulo The shrubbery is kept neatly i single night It a dai stone ding built in the j slyle of o centuries ago It io reached fiom below by a winding cut in the solid by time and by the of the who up to at tho shrine of their favorite saint- We entered the sacred edifice and found it thronged with devotees mostly naked Indians who had come from the mountains and valleys beyond on this annual pilgrimage to the Mecca of their and devout Moolcm who yearly kneels at tbe tomb of his et having finished his mission is ready to lie down and die They jostled and pushed each other in their anxiety to approach the altar and touch the garments of the image of the Virgin and deposit their offering of money in the dish ready to it rents anxious that their little ones should behold the great saint lifted them up over the head of tho multitude and at a given signal the whole assemblage prostrated selves on the hard paved floor to receive the blessing of tho good father who ministered there The poor Indians gazed in mute at all they saw but to them the riddle was not to be soh ed they were taught to believe not to inquire When they had deposited their offerings and received a j 3 sing they turned away to make room for others who were continually pressing on Turning away from this scene we led our horses down the stone stairway into tbe in- closure below The crowd was not so ns before and we now found no difficulty in making our way through Giving our ses to a Mexican to hold wo entered tho cied edifice dedicated to the Virgin of The building was yet crowded with me to turn back and retrace ray steps This I people and the high of the nod and attended with great care and is odorous the year with the perfume of opening llowers The trees clothed in their perpetual green foliage are fairly nine vith birds of bright plumage and sweet song j mon while the Americans were reduced to which carol their morning and evening i loss than three hundred Finding that the the gims of Fort Eric The vessels were both captured but Elliott was compelled to abandon the Adams She got aground and the attempted to retake her but wore repulsed by the gallantry of Col Winfield bcott This was the time he had met the here as in every subsequent engagement where he was first in command ho was victorious A lew days after was fought tho able battle of Heights Scott was the hero of tho day and covered self with glory The battle lasted many hours and was fought on tho part of the Americans with fearful odds against them Tho British army having been numbered not less than thirteen hundred hymns free from harm In the centre of tlie is a laige fountain by tho Goddess of Liberty which spouts pure water high up in the air and at iti base crouch four from whose mouths spout up smaller jots A semicircular row of seats tlie and the surface of the space within is paved with large flat stones laid in tasteful figures From tin's point tho paths find radiate in every direction which are again met by eis running from other centres the point they cross being adorned by smaller fountains In pleasant weather hundreds of children assemble in this charming place in the afternoon and amuse themselves with militia on the opposite shore refused or were unable to cross to their aid and that succor was hopeless Scott's heroic band at length compelled to surrender But their gallant deeds upon that occasion ried inspiration to every American heart Tho of was wiped of the enemy character of American army redeemed Scott was carried a prisoner to Quebec While ho was there an incident occurred which had a most important bearing upon tho future conduct of the war and is ing Of particular mention At tho time Groat Britain denied the right of expatriation Ill other words she the right of any of her to part of Scott and of the legislation quent upon his efforts was not only to save the lives of the twenty three Irishmen but to compel England throughout tho der of the to respect the rights of our naturalized citizens by virtually ing her claim to perpetual allegiance Just after the close of the war as Gen Scott was walking along one of the ves of Xew York ho was hailed by his Irish friends for whom he had interfered at bec They had just been released from the English prisons and now rushed to em- brace him as their deliverer At the capture of Fort George on f ho of May 1813 Scott led the advanced guard He landed on the Canada shore of Lake Ontario formed his command on tho beach and scaled the banks behind the British forces were drawn up fifteen hundred strong Tho action was short and desperate but in the total routo of the enemy Scott was the first man to enter the fort and Jown the British Hag with his own On the 10th and of November Scott defeated enemy iu two actions one at Fort Matilda the other at pole Creek On tho 19th of March 1813 when years old Scott was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General A few days after this promotion Geu Brown then chief in command of the ara Scott at instruct and drill the army was then con- at that point Scott charge of this camp of instruction for about three months The results of the discipline and spirit which his teachings here infused into the Northern army were soon to bo developed 011 the fields of and The battle of was fought oii the jth of July Scott with 1900 Americans met on an open plain and ed with the bayonet 2100 of the veteran troops of very llower of tho army As the two armies approached to close called aloud to enemy say we arc good at long shot but cannot stand the cold iron I call upon tho eleventh instantly to give the lie to that They did charge Beforo Gen Brown could come with tho roar division of can army Scott had already won tho day 111 Ul Lilt trees Hither the beauty and dinS that they owed to her perpetual their innocent gambols in the shade of the become citizens of another country fashion of the capital who seek on foot resort toward evening to promenade through the shady avennes There the dent carries his book and in some quiet cluded corner from the fashionable ancc According to this doctrine a native of Ireland Scotland England who had O grated to tho United States and become a American citizen still a subject of tho British government forfeited his life for treason found hi world which rejoices around him lie sits j arms against her Tlie United States alone and pursues his favorite study and there also the lovers at the ing hour of and whisper anew their vows of faith and constancy A merous throng gathered there ing themselves in many ways apparently unmindful that grim war had erected his shrine in their beautiful and that foreign soldiery were overlooking them on the corner of every street Wo rode through those shady avenues aud then passed out at tho cd this naturalization laws being founded upon the opposite theory While Scott was a prisoner at Quebec the British attempted to enforce their trine of perpetual allegiance in regard to certain Irish prisoners found in tho ranks of tho American army at Tho following is a description of the Scott being in the cabin of the heard a bustle upon and hastened up Thoro ho found a party of British officers in tho act of prisoners and separating from the rest such as aud was in hot pursuit of tbe flying The British had been beaten with their own boasted bayonet Tho vigor and skill of Jjoy General of vanquished all the boasted ess of her world-renowned veterans Gou Brown in his oflicial report of tho battle Brigadier General Scott is en- titled praise our country can bestow His covered itself with Tho battle of Lane or as it is frequently called was fought 20th of July just two weeks that of The battle commenced about forty minutes before sunset and until midnight Hero again Scotc was the master spirit of tho fight can valor again triumphed over the regiments of Britain Scott had two ses killed under him was wounded in tbo side but still fought on until tho close of tho battle when ho was prostrated by a wound hi tho shoulder This was the dest fought battle of tho limited not allow a extended of its details and indeed it would bo on Fourth Pac
