Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-09-14

stone is OF au eXcelleul qudliiy LOT Tue
uses TO which it was applied; it is free
stone, extremely hard, and OF clear
brown colour. The walls Of the temple
Of the Sun (now the church oil ST Do
mingo) are still visible; the Architecture
is plain, simple and very majestic. Ac-
cording to Garcillasso, one side OF the
temple was covered with plate. OF gold
emblematical Of the Sun. aud when piflaged
this share OF the booty fell to soldier,
who gambIed it away the same hight. On
The left side of the temple are the WALL.
of the palace OF the virgins Of the sun.
The dial columns have been converted
into huge stone cross. From this tem-
pie to fort Saxaguaman, there was sub
tsrranean passage about mile 10 length,
called by the natives Chingara. The
entrance is very magnificent; it is on an
inclined plane, with regular graduation
Of steps; but in all probability the Span
iards condemned 1t as heather work,
and have therefore destroyed the shafts
for admitting light. Thus have their
bigotry and superstition injured or con-
verted to their own use all the works
erected by the Incas. This passage APP
pears to have been made for the safety of
the deity and virgins, 10 cases Of public
emergency.
In Cusco there are % places for di-
vine worship. Nine of these are aunne-
ries and moDasteries, containing at least
400 inhabitants. These converts are
built with corridors, cloisters, spacious
courts. &c. all of stone collected from the
masonry of the lucas and il should be
observed that the smallest Of these churches
has three naves, and is much larger than
any church 10 the United States. Some
are IN good style of architecture that
of the Jesuits is of the Doric order, the
cupola covered with beautiful mosaic.
The facade, the columns, and the style of
the arches, &c. are 10 the opinion Of con-
noissears, eq;;a! to the Gae ARCHITECTURE
in Italy. The three squares Which are
decorated with arches, are also Of the
same materials, but placed together with
little taste and much irreguIarity. 1t was
in these squares that they displayed the
gold chain with which they celebrated the
birth of Guascar, the 9th Inca. Guascar
signifies a chain. The account of the
festivities on this occasion is so astonish-
ing, that posterity viii doubtless consider
It as fabulous. This chain, they say, was
itkrowBby the indians into the artificial
lake of Urcos, I8 miles south OF Cusco.
A few years ago Spaniard, named Rexon,
in search of it, and intent on draining The
lake, met with a solid and impenetrabIs
rock. The fact goes far TO prove that
the lake was the result, not of art, but Of
volcanic eruption. The royal gardens,
which now belong TO the Dominican
monks, are a large quadrangle, where,
according to historians, all the trees and
flowers were of solid silver, and of the
natural size, interspersed with figures Of
all known animals. made of the same metal.
The most singular things IN the gardens
were the figures of men, all of gigantic
size Castor, the best historian of that
country, relating the fact, says, 6 they
were either made to preserve the memory
of some noted giants, or to display the
quantity of the metal, and the extrava-
gance of the artist. 1t is clearly ascer-
tanned that, in that part of the world, there
we're uncommonly large animals, (such as
the mammoth) remains having been found
there which Indicate their former exis.
tence aud this the Incas knew, for in
initiating all their known animals they
have not forgotten the mammoth.
Microscope. The Glasgow Astronom-
ical Society has procured Solar Micro
scope from celebrated optician. the
largest that optician has ever constructed.
1t is exhibited to most advantage betwixt
II and O'Clock, during which hours the
sun is in the best position for showing it.
The first trial of this instrument disclosed
some wonderful phenomena-hundreds Of
Insects were discovered devouriDg the
body Of gnat, and scores had lived lux
| uriously for several months on the leg of a
MOTH These animals were magnified SO
as to appear nine inches long, their actu-
al size being somewhat less than the four
teen huedredth part of an inch. The
mineral kingdom afforded another display
Of brilliant objects; their crystaIizations.
and the splendour Of their colouring ex-
coed any thing the most lively imagination
can conceiye.-LondOn paper.
The Cork paper says" At late
hour on Wednesday evening week, two
men, apparently countrymen, went into
public house Oh the Coal Quay, and
called for a gallon Of porter. They we're
carrying a sack, which they laid under
the counter while they drank. After they
had finished, which they did very speed
iIy, they told the landlord that gentle
.,ho o,rod thar eor,e money Uoa