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seen; and the ladies of all classes are more than justified in not giving u, 
their “coquetish rebozo, a small shawl drawn over the head. ~ Both. sexes 
enjoy the cigarrito or paper cigar, hold their siesta after dinner, and amuse 
‘themselves in the evening with monte, (a hazard. game,) or fandangos. 
Their dances are, by-the-by, very graceful, aud Faloelly a combination of 
uadrille and waltz.” The principal ingredient in the Mexican race is 
Indian blood, which is visible in their features, complexion, and disposi- 
tion. The men are, generally taken, ill-featured, while the women are 
often quite handsome. Another striking singularity i is the wide difference 
n the character of the two sexes. While the men have often been cen- 
sured for their near aed treachery, and cruelty, the women — 
tions are reciprocated. Tho ough Fealty not initiated in the art of read ~ 
ing and writing, the females possess, nevertheless, a strong common sense: 
and a natural sympathy for every suffering being, be it friend or foe; whee 
where the cruelties of the Mexican men were mig by the diaenymneniecs 
Bi ai of their women 
, the gov 
strained, and ee only to the law of revolution, which the New 
cans used to administer very fre eee s Mee upsetting. the reer chak 
already received his full share of comment from. the public press. 
of those smart, self-confident. men, who, like their prototype. Santa Bg inn 
are aware that the wheel of fortune.is always turning, and that the Mexi- 
cans are a most credulous and. easily deceived people; and though at pre- 
sent he is a fugitive from bis eountry, and subdued d, [have no doubt he will 
before long appear once more.on the stage, and by some means come into 
power again. The judiciary power in New Mexico has always been as 
dependent as the governor was independent. . Besides that, the clergy, as 
estanquillas, or. the sale of tobacco in, all its fran as a monopoly of the 
general government; but it néver succeeded... _In the same way the 1niro- 
Soins of SOPRA pan was resisted. This loose: connexion .with the 
mother country will aid a. great deal its annexation to the United: States, 
provided that the ie will hace upon it what the Mexican gov- 
ment never could—stability of government, s safety of property and = 
pn rights, and especially protection from the host! ostile Indians 
Finally, we will take a view of the capital of New Mexico. .. Santa Fei is 
one of the oldest Spanish setilements in New Mexico; “4 —— n dates prob- 
ably as =e the end of t she sextet aeeey: lies in 35°: 
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