| Show 4 A mexican Conver convene tf The convent of the tile franciscans in mexico was not only the focus of revolution but a for tile the inest mast filthy and repugnant vices und and 11 seem that men could coue live in such a manner and that thai they had such liand hearts us its to oblige the tile novices to pass thir thair th ir time in solitude living in filthy rooms robins where they satisfied all their necessities whoever i visits th a convent although ha lie anny ay enter these elieser rooms with repugnance 1 as we did MI v ill be convinced of the truth of what ve state sante ali oil and d be frightened at the tile sight of the disorder and ab abandonment a anch li he will see in every part the picture which we present to our readers is of tile tiie disgusting lia lla nature ture we found the tiie library containing more inore than thab til in 20 volumes in completo disorder the bocks jumbled together tile the titles ot which with wyth difficulty could be read tead and covered with a thick cl loik cloak of dust the inside of ulem viem tiem ilem sei bei senin genin i ilg gas as a habitation for insects tile the leaves stude studs together gether storied ined and dirty 4 this alone was nt for strong char charges ge S io the possessors oges oies sors sorg L of J tile the convent who it appears dedicated ld theire leisure time in iii pleasures more lnore agreeably than study Js as in ju those books they tiley woold fiad find truths which would not have given to them ver very y agreeable moments and of virtue vinto virto and precepts of morality in direct opposition opposition to their conduct the horribly smell which came imp c from the tile rooms of tile the novi cei oel which nich we have already mentioned pst ill these unhappy beings being slee elee plug on oil the floor not being king allowed to leave the small smail celes which they tiley inhabited satisfying in ill them whatever necessity nature required and even esen fl 1 the cell of the who watched over the them was not liot more spacious or clean in it wa wasa matress which with difficulty we recognized as such of a nameless colour bolour covered with gifth filth in fact everything m ill fil that cell ceil gil ell was repugnant iii in the centre of the chabej of tile the same novices was found a subterraneous passa passage ge which had hal formerly contained some soma munt muni mummies mies which disappeared pea red during t the lle ile time of the invasion oil of the tile ameri americans in I 1 I 1 place of the mummies lles ijes fiere were found coffins of different sizes containing dead bodies and judging roin from the appearance of the wood mod w nod they had not been placed there long also the wood work of thi tile e altar altur small coffins with tile tiie of children were found what is the meaning of this discovery were the th e friars to burry butry 7 at what hour ilour arv orv vre these ceremonies performed we are filled with surprise and mid unfortunately we cannot answer satisfactorily to ourselves eliesa questions we found the whole convent in complete disorder in the cells we breathed the same f filthy atmosphere sphere as in ill the tild above stated and it isnec esary to devote more time than we aid adly yesterday in the convent of the franciscans to give kipu idea of tile the lamentable state ill in which wa we found it and proves that the oe persons which inhabit it c could not merit tiia ilia least consider atlon alion what we have said we trust will prove a lesson to he file superstitious public ili in tile hie convent convention con ventin ill all w i inch the friars faught douht to live in seclusion there were ve very ry fet fex few who walo passed their flights nights there here where did flie ilie he ministers W god and peace pass their nights mexican correspondence 0 nde rice nice of the lealis leatis della delta |
