Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 October 1826 — Page 4

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Poetical.

MISS MILLS' SKETCHES. They said I must not sing of Love VI threw my lyre away or, oh, I could not wake one tone, Without that dearest lav. JTwas strange to bid a woman's heart Forbear its loveliest power ; They might as well tell nature's hand It must not rear a Hower. They might as well forbid the sky To give her forms of lightTell forms of light they must not shine Upon the clouds of night. The flow'rets sure are nature's own,

The stars the midnight seek And Love his sweet untranrjuil rose Has thrown on woman's cheek. Tis va?n to fly from destiny : For all is ruled above : Nature has flowers, and night has stars, And woman's heart is love. EPIGRAM. Frank, who will any friend supply. Lent me ten guineas. Come" said I, Give me a pen it is but fair You take my note" Quoth he, "hold there Jack, to the cash I bid adieu

Js'o need to spoil my paper tot)!"

BUIDGB OF TIIE INC AS

From Mr Urighains Journal of his Travels in Soidh America. This bridge, consisting of lime stone rock, is suspended over the Mendoza river, at a place where it is at least 100 ft wide, and running at the rate of seven miles an hour. Irs height above the water.

in the centre, is. as near s we could judge, about 78 feet ; and sloping from the centre to the ends, so a to give it the usual curve of artificial bridges, Its width is about 30 feet ; its thickness at the top of the arch, 8 ; towards the ends 16 or 18. Indeed, such is the symmetry and regularity of this curiosity, in all respects, that a si ranger, placed twenty rods above or below, would have no hesitancy in pro noticing it the work of man. Its curve, its width, thickness in the centre, and growing thickness towards the hutments, would all tend to give him that impression, lint on nearer approach he would see. that it was formed by the same hand, which made the mountains above it, & the stream which rolls below. The probability is, that this place was once a cataract, the water pouring over the top of what U now the bridge ; but that the stream found at length a pas sage through the rock at the top of the present arch, and has been

wearing down its bed until it exhibits the present curiosity. IVit this bridge has not only the dimensions and appearance of an artificial bridge, it serves also its purposes. . Tradition says, that in former times, it was the great crossing place of the Indians in their journeys north and south ; and this tradition is rendered credible bv the fact that the ruins of large stone fortifications, called los (umbos, are now seen but a lew leagues below, and also the fact, that the Mendoza can no where else be crossed nearer than 20 or 30 miles above, or 70 below. We

saw. at this time, a large drove of mules on the opposite side of the bridge, and also rode over our own. & hack again, without their having any suspicion (apparently) of its being built different from that built by the Mendozians. Iut the bridge itself is only one . of the curiosities, which are here collected. Under the south end of the bridge, thirty feet down, there projects from the abutment a Hat table twenty feet square, through which boils up, with resistless force, two sulphurous springs,

which cannot in temperature be I well repay the lovers of nature,! told the young gentleman, that, less than 120 deg. of Fahrenheit, i who must go from Buenos Ayrls ! since the other was silent and conWhere one of these springs forces j to Chili for all their labor, in pas- j founded with shame at the questitself up, a basin has been formed sing the Andes Lady Cockranc, j ion. be would oblige him with an

in the rock sufficiently large and ; it is said, once camefiom Chili deep for bathing, as I bad personal j solely for the purpose of seeing experience I employed a person these wonders, and also descended to bold fast a lash, which was fas- 1 the rocks to the spring beneath tened around my body, while I the uridine. I would not adise

descended to the table mentioned, , her sex generally to follow her in

the last particular ; but those, even of much less romantic turn than that lady, would be justified S? rewarded in making the same

and enjoyed the luxury of this matchless natural bath. Through the bridge, over this "table, tne water was trickling, and bad form-

cd on its lower side many thous-1 journey to these concentrated

ands of,sta!actites, while numerous stalagmites, of all forms, were res-

tins on t lie surface of the table

varieties of nature.

Russian mode of Recruiting.

Many of them by failing on places At this period there came to where there was water, were oval. ! Tehornaia two Russian officers, others perfectly globular, smooth u ith several Serjeants, who were as polished glass on the half which im,ch ,m,e Cossacks than was down, and thickly set with soldiei s. Their appearance was small crystals on the half above, j thc universal of mourning they Breaking these globules, they 1 came t0 recruit -were found to contain a series of' The.V oclaimcdm the emperor's coats like the onion, and a kind ot : "ame that on a certain day all the dark spoimy substance within. I men in the district, u ha'ever their did not fail, ot course, to brin I ge m"ht were to assemble in

away several specimens of these. About six or eight rods west of the bridge, in the side of the south

bank, and half way down to the j

river, there is formed a rock nearly in size, aqd exactly in shape, like a common hay stack, and from the very phiYiaclc of which gushes up another sulphurous spring, and

pours its waters down every side of the rock, tinging it with a yellow color. I do not think that it is possible for this spring, bv cal carcous sulphureous deposit es. to have formed thin singular rock, but its perfect regularity &, color look as if it had done it. in some measure at least, and given ii iis

peculiar snapn

r : v,

he basin in the 1

top of the rock could he seen with

perfect clearness, and contained, apparently, about four or six !al Ions of water, which, as h been said, was constantly passing off Right or ten rods south of the bridge, in the acclivity of the hill is another large sulphur spring, of the same temperature ot that in the table below, Sc where, by art a line bathing place has been formed, which travellers seldom fail to enjoy. v

But this is not all. Only seven'

paces west h orn this great warth sulphur fountain gushes up anoth

er ot a totally diltcrcnt character. Its temperature, so near as I could

judge, (for I had broken my ther

mometer a short distance hack.) was about that of common spring water : its taste near that of the

Seitzcr waters and, by he sides of the little rivulet which it gave rise to, was deposited a white acrid incrustation When passed to the north side of the budge, I could distinctly see the white and the yellow parallel streaks, formed by the rills of these two unlike, neighboring springs. The valley, through which the lendoza passes at this place, is

neany hall a mile in width, with

mountains of immense height cyv

the north, covered with snow. The valley itself, however, is, by day, of tine temperature, 6c handsome in the extreme, gently deseeiuling towards the liver on both

sides, with a smooth green turf to the very edge of its deep channel The entrance of the bridge at both its ends is smooth 6c regular as that of any artificial one, and

has over it as good a load, in all

the public square, there to be inspected. At the appointed day every one was on the spot ; but i was with the utmost tcpugnance that they hail obeyed. All the women weic placed on the other side and anxiously waited for the result of the inspection ; and seme

of them were crying bitterly.

We were present at this scerc

The officers placed the men in two

rows, and passed along the rarks

veiy slow y. Now and then they

touched a man, 6l he was immed

lately taken to a little group thai

was lormed in the centre of the

f.quarc. When they had run over

the two rows, they again in-pected

tne men that they had set apart

i made them walk & strip, verified

tnem in a word, such as our recrui

ting councils did in our depait me: it for many years. When a man was examined, he was allow ed to go, & then the crowd raised a sdiout of joy, or he was immediately put in irons in the presence of his family, who raised cries ol despair ; this man was tit for ser vice. These unfortunate beings, thus chained up. vere kept out of view till tne very moment of their

.departure ' No claims were valid

against the recruiting officer ; age, marriage, the duties reouired to be

Ipaid to infirm parents were all of

no avail, sometimes indeed it happened, and t hut but raiely, that a secret arrangement with the offi eer tor a sum ol money saved a young man. a husband, 'or a fath .... f A I 1 T

ei , irom mis caprice, ior ne was bound by no rule ; it often hap pened also, that he marked out for the army a young man whose wife or mistress was coveted by a neigbonng lord, or whom injustice had irritated and rendered suspected Mtmoivs of a Erench

answer. Many of those losers." saith he." taking the highway to repair their losses, have been banged ; others are gone to sea to earn

their bread ; some have taken up 1 - t t 1 -

the trade ol ocing nuiiies to naudy

houses ; others, that have not hid themselves as servants under a livery, arc begging, or mumping a-

bout the streets or star ving in jails for debt, where you will be ere

long, if you follow that rascal's;

counsel." "The punishment."

savs the your." gentleman, is fit

lor the sin, when men. possessed

with great sunrs of their own mo

ney, will play the fol to make it another man's ; and. if this be the humor of town. Twill return again to the country, spend my estate among my neighbour &. tenants, where you, sir,' pe.iking to the gentleman u ho d alt so plainly with him, shall be very welcome." The Musinrr Traveller The Xewburgh (N Y ) Gazette ol J-aturda -ays; A few evenings sine a gentleman came to the steam dock in this city, with a view 10 take parage for Albany, and finding i hoat with 1 . bow up the ri ec steppi-d on boa: d. and immediately went into the eahin. Meantime the b. at. which had rounded 10 i.: orde to come to the dock moie convenient I v mt tin der Wav & proceeded on her pas-sag-Our unsuspecting f fiend paid his tare w ithout making any enquiries, and before day light was surprised to find himself in New York instead of Albany. He took passage on board of the New Philadelphia & arrived at Albany

just at dark. 6c not more than six hours later than did the boat he intended to have tak n the nijjhi befor at Neubmgh ; having performed a journey tr in NVwhurah to New York.i fmm N York to Albany in about t wen' y hours ! :' vs Hl'lmc An article of traffic. eiy prevalent among the Turoomans will strike the reader as cut ions and unique. The Turcoman buys his wife, & it is aid, will -ive in the proportion often to one. more for a widow that a maid A lady f at has been married, and acquit cd any degree of celebrity for skill in housewifely, will fetch from two to four thousand rupees. The average price of a maide.i. unskilled in the economy of a ooesehold is ftom two to four hundred only.

crzeant.

The old Gamesler An old ruined gamester, in hopes to make

a prey ot a young gentleman that : came to town with his pockets full of money, took him to a gaming house, c there, to encourage him to play, showed him several top ping sparks that were born to no fortune, who, by play, had pureh ased great estates, and lived in pomp and splendor, by a success in shaking their elbows. " You show me." says the young gentleman, : the winnersbut 1 pray what has become of the los-

rcspects, for horses and carriages, ' ers To which the old pri" The curiosities ofthis valley ' making no reply, a third person, are indeed striking, and would j overhearing their conversation'

Tides Several years ago, there was a young ISnglMi nobleman figuring away at aHnnr. ton. lie had not much brains, but a vast number of titles Seveial young ladies were in high debate going over the li-t "he is Lord Viscount so and so. Baron of such a country ; and" My fair friends,' exclaimed the gallant Lieutenant N , -one of hi titles

you appear to have forgotten.'

'Ah!'' exclaimed they, eagerly, kk what i that ?" He is Barren of Intellect' was the reply ' Laconics Friends arc all very true v I en nothing is icquired of them beyond friendship ; but when you rely on them, they bend, and i 1 brook supporting you. ;- However sharp-sighted and shrewd a man may be, he has always a little mote at that coi ner of the mind's eye, which should bo directed to hi; own failings.''