Western Times, Volume 1, Number 48, Richmond, Wayne County, 25 July 1829 — Page 2

TRAVELLING OVER THEVitIftPAS. We Parted a* the MO rose oier the same vast and dreary plain which shewed neither hpuse, tree, nor shrpbvnothing to obstruct the vrew from iangiag round the horizon of derafetfelii.-vAfs we travelled 101 l speed over this barren country, we were continually statting the affrighted deer, that would flf from us like the wind, It was my custom to ride on horseback ten or twelve leagues every rporniig. I sometimes amused myself hunting these beautiful animals, am! found, after a long chase, I aould generally come up with them. Not so with the ostriche#; they would march away with the greatest apparent ease from a horse at full speed; they sere not numerous, I only *aw two during he whole journey across the Pampas. This day we travelled with speed, and I could not but feel foit the poor, cargo-horses, that carried two heavy portmanteaus, and a bed Macb, keeping up with the carriage at full gallop, 'They late the loads on as if the horses were made of iron; fremjently have I seen two men with their feet agalnst the honrc*’ drawing the rope es bide till it bhs liternlly^eenhid in its belly, and the poor animal, would stand and cough with pain; they then fasten one horse to the other’s tail, one peon, leads the foremost, while another rides behind with long hide whip, which is incessantly applied without mercy. Cruelty to these noble ani* mats is surely the worst trait in these people’s characters; the .first horse that carried the luggage from Buenos Ayres dropped, instantly the load was taxen off its back, and no doubt never rose a, gain, for ittfhen appeared to be breathing its last. Many carcases strewed the oad, lying jtist where they had died, some of them with a straw luggage saddle still on their hacks.— Lieut. Brand’s Journey, Voyage to Ptrue. SfC.

Descent or the Andes.— At length we came to the Cue Sta de Coocual. This was a dreadful descent, leading down to an awful depth below, with the river running at the bottom, but a very short distance to the righ/. It was really terrific to look do wo; and lam speaking within the opinion of many Whom I have consulted on the subject, when t say, that it was at least eleven or twelve hundred"feet io‘ a direct descent, in all parts so steep* that there was nd possibility of standing; many parts were also bard and slippery, and how to get down this was now our task, which I should never have thought in the power of human being to accomplish, had I not witnessed it and done it myself: so little are we aware what we' are capable of performing till brought to the trial, I stood and gazed with wonder, scarcely believing they would attempt it. However, the loads were cast off, and away they flew, tumbling and sliding down like lightning. Our beds went into the river, and were soon swept out of sight. Then the peons prepared, and laying themselves flat on their backs, with their arms and legs extended, to my utter amazement, they flew down one after the other With the . swiftness of an arrow, guiding themselves clear of the river, although going down with such velocity; one turned, and rolled once or twice head over heels, then round and round like a ball. ' till he reached the bottom without the slightest injury. - Now I thought this would never do for me, so I waited to see

how my companion would manage. He approached the brink, and woiking a hole first to rest his heel in, thrust his stick half way in the snow, so )hat it might support him to lower himself do-wn a little, and then dip another hole. In this ipanner he went down the very Steepest part, and then let go and slid the rest in a, sitting posture. Now came my turn: 1 commenced with the plan of my companion, but finding it so very steep, and not liking the hanging posture by one arjn, 1 acted, more securely, but was much longer*about it; first working a hole wish my stick and patting my heel in it, then working another bole and putting tbe other heel in, thus seeing my way clearly before me, and having a footing of both feet at a time in a sitting posture, while I worked myself steps withjny. stick till I passed tbe steepest part; then 1 let go, lying fiat on my back and went down with amazing velocity, a distance of five hundred feet. Coming doWji this place occupied me netirly two- boars; but I would not have let go on the steepest part for all the gold and silver in the mines of Peru.— lb.

Miss Wright . Tbe citizens of Philadelphia are running mad after Miss Wright. At a lecture delivered at the Theatre, in that city, on Tuesday eve nine last, the house was UtteraUy crammed; there was a sad destruction of hats and bonnets, in tbe several entrances to tbe Walnut street Theatre. Tbe boxes, pit and gallery were as full as possible, and very many weto glad to round the stage. Long before the hour at which the jeeture was to com

mence, the box keepers refused to sell lUkets. It would hardly seem possible that t female who has thrown off the fnodefly of her sex—one who is at-tempting,-by her If c tores, to break down the nwHwacred institutions, should thus turn the heads of the people. .But it is Vo; and it is to be lamented. We do sincerely hope if she visits New-Eng-laud, that the people will have , sense enoughto treat her with silent contempt. Providence Cadet. FOREIGN.

LATEST FROM ENGLAND. " Acio York, July 6. Our news boat has just come up with the papers of the packet ship Corinthian, Captain Chadwick, from London, bringing dates of that capital to June Ist inclusive. We have only time to communicate the following particulars, From the Standard, we learn tbat the falling off in the Revenue continues tp a serious extent. The Excise from the sth of April to the 23d of May, is ‘£250,000 less than last year ; Stamps, £ 15,000, and assessed taxes 120,000, leaving, after the deduction of a trifling increase of £4,000 in the Customs, a dicrease of no less than three hundred and thirty thousand pounds sterling. Destruction of the Royal Bazaar , See. On the 27th May, the British Diorama, and the Royal Bazaar, in Oxford street, London, were reduced by fire to a heap of ruins. This was a building of very great extent, and cost -£25,000. An immense amount of furniture, goods, etc. was destroyed.

From the London Courier, May 30. + The French papers of Thursday contain intelligence from Jassey to the 9th, and Constantinople to the 3d instant, which shows on the one hand that severe conflicts have taken place on the banks of the Danube, in which the Turks have fought with unparalleled vigor and enthusiasm, and, it may fairly be inferred, with unexpected success; and on the other, that the efforts of the Russians to,blockade the Dardanelles strictly, have failed, and that a sufficient number of vessels, of different nations, had arrived to relieve the scarcity felt fora short-t period in that capital. In Bulgaria, however, the want of corn continued, but chiefly because it bad been collected for the use of the army,' whose subsistence was secured, however the inhabitants of thtffrovince might suffer from the extremities of famine. It was believed at Constantinople tbat the Russians had experienced repeated defeats in Asia, and that the whole Pachntik bad been wrested from their bands. ' The report of separate negotiations between the two belligerents is not even mentioned in these advices. _ Some of the fortified posts occupied by the Russians, between Varna and the Danube, and securing tbeir line of communication, are said to have been carried by lhe Turkes. Rome, Mat 9. Accounts from Corfu, of the 20th A* pril, says tbat letters from Egina announce that the Russian Squadron has received orders to attempt the passage of the Dardanelles, at a certain fixed time, and that this attempt was to be combined with a movement of the Russian fleet in'the Black Sea, to attack Constaatinople with a considerable .maritime force.— Diario de Romana , May 9. London, Mat 30. Letters from Constantinople, of May 2, say, it is firmly believed tbat the Russians’ project a landing on the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea, and that the attack on Sizepoli was only contrived as a mask to this vast enterprize. London, Mat 31. Accounts from the seat of war iu the East, mention the probability of a desperate attempt being about to be made by the Russianragainst the heart ofMhe Ottoman Empire. It is said that the Russian Generals are determined to transfer the seat of war to the verv gates of Constantinople, by means of a descent in Natolia. It is added tbat the Porte was making the greatest efforts to disconcert his plan, and, amongst the rest, was straining every nerve to equip a fleet capable of coping with the enemy in the Black Sea. We are likewise told that the Russian fleet in the Archipelago is to co-operate in the execution of this project, by making its way through the Daidanetles, as weH cm the Bosphorus, into the Euxine. COLOMBIA AND PERU. Late and imortant intelligence has been received at New York, confirming the rumours which had before reached there, that the ww between Colombia and Peru was about to be renewed. .. r PROCLAMATION, 7o the Inhabitants and Garrison of Guyaqutl. Fellow Citizens and Soldiers!

When the officers of the squadran abd the town,being assembled in a Council of War, on the 11th of the present month, came to n solemn determinatiotf not to evacuate the place until the flecision of the Supreme Government should bte known, they well knew that this determination, dictated 4>y tbeir patriotism, tbeir honor, ahdTtheir rights; was conformed to the wishes of;the pern pie, promotive of tbeir best interests, and demanded by a sense of national honor. ’Shall honor be comprdmised in the presence oflhe braVe defenders of Liberty! Will they suffer the Liberty of Peru to be sold by the Convention of Jiron, and that of the whole Continent to be put at hazard! No, nor they groaned with horror when, by that same enemy, the veil was torn asunder which concealed froth their view the precipice which opened to their country, and the hand of posterity about to imprint a foul blot opbti the brilliant .page which was destinied to transmit to them the brave deeds and Illustrious names of thehr predecessors. Their generous spirits, kindled into the most noble and holy indignation, demandthis day, from the enemies of their glory, a public and explicit retraction of the degrading impostures’frepresentations of the battle, Slc. fee*} with which they have dared to blacken their conduct, and are preparing to convict them of falsehood, in engagements more successful, without doubt, than that of Tarqtii, in which they will have opportunity to display the heroic valor which they claim in this.

Guyaquilenians! Overflowing with joy, animated with delight, I hasten to communicate to you the plausible news that already the tyrants despair of iuling you, of usurping your rights, of satiating themselves with your blood, of enjoying your riches, You are under the protection of the Army, and, as a guarantee of your security, 1 offer you the Majesty of the Peruvian Republic. You enjoy all its privileges. Sold.&ks! You possess the same sentiments which animate your companions of the Army; your desires are one; your intrepidity is the same; the same Peruvian blood flows through your veins; the same, also, will be yoor effects, your sacrifices, and your devotion to the public good; the only rule by Which your ancient companion will regulate his conduct. JOSE PRIETO. Guyaquil, March 22, 1829. PROCLAMATION. Colombians: Since the pacification of Pasto, the victory ei Tarqui, and the Convention of Giron, I address you my felicitations on the termination -of the great struggles which have agitated the Republic, The results, so prosperous, ought to cbereiah in us lively hopes of the august National Representation convoked for the 2d of January. There will be discossed ell your rights, aH your interests, and in unanimity with each other, you will form anew government, able to mamtiau tbe liberty and independence of Colombia. But that we may enjoy this happiness, we must possess calmness amid passions, and firmness in contests. The convention ofGirno has not been fulfilled on tbe part of Peru, and the pretexts she offers are new injuries against Colombia. We find ourselves obliged to employ force to conquer a peace; and although glory with the results of new combats, we overlook every thing in seeking to establish tbe repose of America, whose painful and cruel sacrifices have greatly contributed to repel tbe invasion of the enemy. We shall re-occupy Guayaquil only for the purpose of fulfilling the prelimi naries of peace concluded with Peru: we will not fire a shot, even in self-de-fence, until after having exhausted our patience, and demanded in vain our inconfestible rights. We will do no more: when the Peruvians shall have been expelled, with the functionaries of Guayaquil, we will sue for peace with tbe conquered; this shall be oar vengeance. Such moderate conduct will contradict before the world, the plnos of conquest, and tbe vast ambition, which have been attributed to us; and after having given such evidence of noble generosity, if they should still attack us, calumniate us, add threaten to oppress us, with the opinion of the world, we would reply ip tbe field of battle with our valor, and io negociations with our rights.

Colombians: As a subject of the National will, I do nothing more than make known the intention of tbe people and the power of the army. Tbe first being just, and the Becond heroic, we must expect to obtain victory or peace. , / BOLIVAR. Head Quarters, Quito, April 3d, 1829. . s A letter from HAVANA, June 27, says the EXPEDITION AGAINST MEXICO is nearly ready; but will go with sealed orders as to its first point of attack.

Another account say* it was to sail for Campeachy July 2, with only 3500 men; and;the General doubtful of success. - Other intelligence from Havana, to j June 21, says six American vessels wqre j employed in the expedition- 1 Ship Belvidera, from Liverpool fori Baltimore, with goods subject to the , new duty, saved herself Irom *“e addi- • tional Tariff by 75 minutes! The and. , also brought a quantity of Rail Romo ‘ Plates. New Orleans, June 30. Commodore Porter. Captain Miner, of the Lavina, from Vera Cruz, reports that an attempt has been made to assassinate Com. Porter. He had beep ordered to the city of Mexico, and oo hi* way thither, in company with a gentleman from New York, and attended by two iqr* vants, when about forty league* from Vera Cruz, he was attacked by a party of nine horseman; two of whom had advanced to within a short distance of him, when he turned and discovered tbeir intentioas—he instantly wheeled and shot one of them, who turned out to be the leader, drew bi*, sword and struck off the band of the other who bad engaged him. The rest, seeing tbeir leader fall, fled. The chief of the band, it is said, ft the . very man from whom the Commodore horses for bis journey.— Philanthropist and Investigator. _ __ * MOST MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIVES. Letters were received on. Saturday from Mr. Dawson, agent to Lloy’s at the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, addressed to Mr. Finlay, the agent here, from which, and from information given by Desjardins, the captain of the schooner, who arrived here and saw the parties on the island, we have collected tbe following particulars: * ,

About the middle of May, a number of men belonging to the Magdalen Island who had associated themselves in a sailing voyage, wete overtaken by a storm off tbe North East end of Anticosti, and the ice drifting forced them to take shelter, choosing tbe places where they know that Godin kept one of the provisions po6ts. In landing tboy observed a boat on shore which Wgs not damaged. They proceeded to tbenouse and on entering, wire struck with horror at the sight of a number of dead bodies and a,quantity of bones and putrid flesh. Upon further examination, they conceived tbat they could discern the bodies of 12 or 13 individual*; 3 grown females, 3 children, and 7 or 8 men. The last survivor appeared to be a man who bad died of famine and cold tn his hammock, and from his appearance was above a common 6ailor; (bis name was B. Harrington, as will be seen below;) the men began to gather the chest, clothes and other articles in the house, and buried the remains of the bodies, and a large box of cleanly picked bones which lay in a corner of the room. Oo the fire there was a pot in which flesh had been boiled and a part remained* in its bottom. They nf terwardt went to a small out house Where they were surprised to find five more bodies, suspended by a rope thrown across some beams; the entrails bad been removed and little more than the skeletons remained; the flesh having apparently been cut off. These they left upburied and sailed, taking the boat for the Magdalen Islands. “Another deserted ship (*) has been in the ice near this place all winter, and the inhabitants stripped her of rigging and every thing they could move as provisions.” Extract from Mr. Dawson’s letter, dated June 4: “Since writing to you yesterday, 1 have seen a finger ring brought from the scene of death at Anticosti, with the following inscription inside, ‘Married J. S. to A. S. 16th April 1822,’ and a paper hasbeen discovered which accompanied the sovereigns I mentioned,. with the following label penciled on it: ‘Sir you will find 48 sovereigns in a belt in my hammock, send them home to Mary Harrington, Barrack st. Cove, as they are the property of her sou. (Signed) JJ. HARRINGTON.’ Canadian News. —The United States are vigorous, free from debt, and extremely proud of their national honor; we believe tbat they would not dislike an opportunity todistinguhb themselves in war. They are particularly jealous of their naval character. The spirit with which of their vessels of war have lately broken thro 1 several blockading squadrons in South America, shews with what determination they mean to urge their alleged rights. We should not be surprised to find that the claims against France will lead to serious difficulties between the two powers.— Quebec Gazette. . Prosperity gains friends, adversity tries them.

miaous.— “declared*that be had tb*SS! and thrown away tbe all changes were not improvement/ add that it never was known that tu People ever improved tbeir government by change. On the right of laffisL he said that the noo-freebotdanq^ consent to OStehd to them this rigbt°to tax his land and slaves; be would them a fight.” ;/ t Richmond Whig. How to catch *Zfc—Wben jof **oter one sitthqgua tree, and it looking at yon, move quickly sound fkt tree several times: tbe owl’s attention will be so firmly fixed, that forgetting the u*. cessily of turning its body with its bead it will follow your motion until It wrings its head off. ’Til also saidtbat by putting snuff on apples; Rabbits will mee* their heads off. , *

Original Anecdote.—4n a certain cm* gressional district of Kentucky, there are two Jacklop candidates, now in fuff canvass. We are informed that they bad a meeting .of a number of the voters of tbe district, some days ago, where one of them delivered a very impressive stump speech. He related in a very pathetic and feeling manner, the services be had rendered to his country % the army, and no doubt, in tbs congress of the United States. He told them of the toils, privations and sufferings of a soldier, and when be had wound them up to the highest pitch of sympathy he bared his arm, and exhibited bis honorable scan! Tbe people wept at bis sufferings’ How could they do less! At this fine flow of excitement, when the metal was in prime order for receiving a deep impression, the stump orator asked very emphatically, where was his competitor at the time he himself was thus gloriously fighting for bis country? At Which the gentleman he alluded to, rose up, and said—Sir, I was then at bottle, sleeping beside my wife, who is a very decent white woman!" This little speech had a wonderful effect; tears and sighs were in a twinkling changed, to roaring, laughter and loud applause.— Western Citizen. An Irishman on board a man of war. i waß desired to gD below and draw aau iof beer. Teague, knowing that prepsi rations were making to sail, absolutely ! refused. Arrah! by my soul, says he, , and so while I aid gone into tbe cellar to fetch the beer, the ship will sail and . leave me behind.

MORAL. j . RAPIDITY OF TIME. Swiftly glide our yean—they follow each other like the Waves of the ocean. P Memory calls upon tbe persons we once t knew, tbes cedes In which we once were i actors—they appear before tbe mind like the phantoms of a night vision, t Behold the boy, rejoicing in tbe gaiety 'of bis soul—the wheels of time Cannot ! move too rapidly for him—the light of i hope dances in his eye—-the smiles of i expectation play upon his lip—he looks . forward to long years of joy to come—- : his spirit burns within hhn when be bears of great men and mighty deeds—be- wants to be 1 a man—he longs to mount the hill of atfabihoh, to tread the path of honor, to bear the shout of applause. Look at him again—be is now in tbe meridian of life—care has stamped its wrinkle upon bis brow—disappointment has dimmed the lustre of bis eye—sorrow has thrown its gloom upon bis countenance—be looks back upon the waking dreams. of his youth, sod sighs for their futility—each revolving year seems to diminish something fro® bis little stock of happiness, and he discovers that the season of youth, when tbe impulse of anticipation beats high, is the only season of enjoyment. Who is he of the aged locks ? Hid* form bent and totters—his footsteps move/ more rapidly towards the tomb—bq looks back upon the past—his days appear to have been few, and he es they were evil—the magnificence of the great is to him vanity— tbe hilarity of youth, folly—be considers bow soon tbe gloom of death must overshadow jne one, and disappointment end the other —the world presents little to attract ft nothing to delight him—still, however he wobld linger id it—rstill be would lengthen outbis days—though of ty’s bloom,’ of 'fancy’s flash,’ of l ißU*‘ c f breath,’be is forced toexclaiip, no pleasure in them.” , A fisw yean 0 infirmity, inanity and pain, must coB * sign Mm to idiocy or the this waa the gay, tbe generous, tbe g souled boy, who beheld Ms asieodujg path of life strewed with flowert wiif* out a thorn. Such is human life—& such cannot be the ultimate destines man.