Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-06-22
UASCAR-A PERUVIAN TALE,
after the manner Of The Eastern Tales Of
DR.. JJhhson.

IftCT the manner 81 NE EdSteFH x0teS ~
DR.. Jhnson.
Uascar had presided with unblen'ished
inte gritty for forty years, over the fiscal
department cf two successive Peruvian
Yncas. Under his mild administration
the scales Of justice were equally poi.
seG, the rich and powerful restrained;
the helpless and oppressed were assisted
and relieved; the horn of plenty scatter
ed its choicest blessings over Peru, and
the inhabitants enjoyed them in the Sc
curity Of peace. The widow and or
phan offered up the silent and grateful
incense of the heart, for the safety Of
Uascar St the multitude showered down
blessings on his head. His few and
venerable locks had been bleached by
the snow of sixty winters, when sorrow
and anxiety took possession of his mind
The cloud of dependency shaded his
brow, formerly iilumed by cheertulness
He entreated foi permission to be ad-
miHed into the presence OF the inea.
On entering, he Frustrated himself three
times to the earth, and then spoke. -
"Soverng of the world, offsprings and
representative of the sun, thou hast
been pleased TO bestow innumerabIe
favors on thy slave. which his Infirmi-
ties will soon render him unable to dis
charge Alright. The life OF man is flee
ting and transitory as the odours exhal-
ed from the flowers which deck the gar
den. of thy valley. Soon the angel of
death will be commissioned to receive
bis spirit. Permit thy servant to spend
his few remaining hours in meditation
and in contemplating the glorious diviii-
ity of the sun, thy father, the dispenser
of life and all its comforts, and in offer
highlands and benedictions to the Great
Spirit, that when lam summoned by
the angel Of dissolution, i may bow my
head in Joy and follow nay fathers in
peace 10 the invisible regions of felici-
ty."-Uascar's request grieved the fn-
ca:-and he was commanded to return
when the Moon should have common
ced her periodical revolution from the
heights of the Andes.
as he lay reclining on his pillow, about
the hour Of midnight vision appeared
unto him and thus addressed him. 81
am the messenger of the Great spirit
whose throne is the heaven of heavens
in whose right hand is the sun, and
whose left hand sustaineth the moon:-
Uascar hast thou aojourned sixty years
in Cusco, and is thy mind still enveio.
ped in the clouds of isnorance9 Has
the hand of time thinned thy grey locks,
and dost thou lack understanding? What
woudst thou. Thou wouldst SOU ander
thy remaining days in idleness and mac
ton. Look about thee and learn that
man was designed for life of activity!
viii the Andes lay her mineral treasure
unsought for at thv feet? win the wall
legs of Cusco spontaneously scatter
their luxurious haryests over the nigh
ty empire of eru:-or-can thy medi-
tations or praises add TO the glory Of the
Great spirit, beneath whose feet ere
scattered the stars OF the firm amentf--
Presumptuous mortalt Learn that the
only wcl ship acceptable TO the great
spirit, consists in the faithful service of
thy fellow creatures. Know that prac-
teal goodness and not ideal perfection,
is required of man.--Go return TO thy
post in the government, execute JUS
tice in mercy. and when the curtain
which separates time from eternity shall
fall, and the olume of thy fate be open
ed, thou mayst be admitted into the
habitations of the blessed to dwell a
mong the happy" The vision disap.
peared as the sun was gliding the tops
of the Chimhoraza. Uascar spose with
altered looks, the marks of gloom and
sadne IS had vanished from his counte-
nance. At the time appointed he en-
tered the imperial presence, and rela.
ted the vision. He resumed his author
itv and again was instrumental in didu-
sing Joy and happiness.
Accounts from Madrid oftha Goth of
April. state that the Independent cruz
sers keep the coast in state of block
AIDE, and even land to obtain provisions.
The smugglers on the coast of Galicia
are at open war with the military; ear
ly in the month they made 50 prisoners,
and shot six OF then,