The Northern Galaxy

THE MEXICAN CHARACTER.

It appears that the Mexicans are not all barbarians if some of them are. Lieut. Whipple of the American army, who was made a prisoner in the cemetery, near Vera Cruz, has spoken in the warmest terms of the kindness he received from the Mexicans, on his route into the interior of the country; Men, women and children offered him their sympathies and their money in the most delicate and proper manner. A navy officer, who, with a prize schooner was cast ashore, in company with several seamen, at Alvarado, writes home that he and his men met with nothing but kindness after they became prisoners to the Mexicans.

He was sent to Puebla, and thus speaks of his good treatment there: —

For two or three days after my arrival, my time passed delightfully; The prefect and his brother were men of affluence, and used every exertion to make me forget the circumstance of my being a prisoner. The cure too was a polished gentleman, and by him I was introduced to the other padres, who were all well educated and estimable persons. Those were not my only friends, although the most desirable: for elsewhere I was attacked by the fever. At first I thought it a slight affair, and incautiously ventured in the sun. This brought on a relapse which for some time confined me to my bed.