Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-10-11

first joint Of one Of his fingers. The Peon who
carried the news Of the battle Of Ayacucha
from Chill TO Buenos Ayres in the sxts sosdinss
| ry time of eight days, was in the following
winter caught in snow storm. and nearly
persisted lie lost all his toes. As il wss N
extraordinary journey to be performed in 50
short space OF time, when he arrived at Bus-
nos Ayies they thought him an mpostor, end
put him in prison but he was soon released,
and most handsomely rewarded. During nv
stay at Santiago. I went to see him, when he
described his toes as having dropped off with
ont feeling. regret much not re recollecting
| his name but he was as fine and handsome a
man as ever saw in my life, and is well
known by all the English merchants ''h'if' '
Il South american Supper. -
"a boy was despatched for a sheep for ou,
supper to my astonishment, I saw him rc.
turning full gallop. with tho poor animal trs,l.
ing on the ground. fastened BY the hind log 7:
| It's struggles lasted but little time, for, on
| arriving, life was extinct, being literally
strangled with dragging along the ground..
Without attempting TO bleed it, the head vas
cut oil IN five minutes il was skinned. and
may say smoking with life, put into the DO.
for snpper This I learnt was always tho
case. but never having witnessed thina Of
The kind before, need scarcely add that il
| ''''N """s my HCuUutIOH 10 cal any nart
OF IT, Our Spanish ompabions appeared ia
| feel themselves perfectly at home, and enioyeA
| It very much, quite in the style Of the native
Gauchos, taking bone, and using nothing
| but their teeth and knives
Breakfast.
"On the 25'h we arose betimes. and took
our mate or Paraguay ten, which is much er.
| ;cemod in this country. Ii was by no me.u.
dgrceahle-tnc only part dsliked about IL
was, sucking from the same tube as my COM
| panons, who were not very nice as TO clean
''ncss 1t is made by putting tho herb in a
| small gourd, containing about half a Mint of
water-sugar is added, and then drank bv
sucking through silver tube, which 10 passed
| from one mouth TO another, without ceren,o.
N.Y. ~ - :
| Lodgings, and South american Ladies.
| " We were obliged to stop for the night
! ms Is not regular post house, but our laugh
ing host, who was fat, jolly, good natursd
man, did every thing to make his miserable
abode as comfortable to us as possible. These
people have many amiable qualities that Of
| urhanry ot manners in particular. I wish I
could say that my own counrymen possessed
half their polieness. Give way little to
tneir hnmor' and they may be made any thing
OF. THIS poor man, humby and miserably az
| I've was situated, living with his wife and two
daughters in perfect desert gave up the on,v
room ho had for our service /; and when he
sat down TO eat WITH us, did not touch his
meat without first crossing himself and brea eath-
ing prayer Of thanks TO his Maker While
] we were al our supper inside, we had noble
I view without the thisiles had been set ON
fire TO clear the land and for miles was it TO
be seen blazing and marching maiestirally
! along The horizon, a wilderness OF FIRE. Our
Poems had also two blazing Gres, which thew
were assembled close round cooking their
| suppcrs. Not breath Of wind moved oye.
| the quiet scene, which only tended 20 add mo
| lancholy TO its dreariness. We all silent on
the mud floor of our hosts best room, which
! DID not appear TO incommode either himself or
| h's Iamlly, for his wife and his daughters came
and undresscd, jus. as il no person had been
J there. Shortly after. between talking and
! laughing we heard them at their PRAYERS.
| stopping now and then 10 chat i'm the middia
! Of them"
.fwfui Descent
"Spoakng Of the descent, we came 10 Il
| Immediately It was a very steep mountain
looking down about GOO feet, md was aston
isbed 10 see the Poems unload, and quietly out
their luggage before them, then sitting down.
away they went sliding the whole way TO the
bottom, laughing and enjoying it very much
| cannot say that liked il quite so well but
it was too steep TO walk down without running
the chance of ,umbling head over heels, so I
| even sat down TO try what could do. At
hf't It was all very pleasant, but whom nv
velocity increased so as TO lose all command
over myself, ] began 10 regret undertaking
what knew nothing at all about, for the Pc
ons can guide themselves with their hands any
| way they please. This was beyond my ability
to comprehend. Although know very well
how to steer ship. il puzzled mo very much
how TO apply that knowledge to myself
However, arrived safe at The bottom, when,
on looking up and seeing others follow no
VITA the greatest velocity, was certainly aston
ished at the feat had performed"
Ghast'y Objects.
"Passcd tho spot where the French lady and
gentleman had sbecn robbed, and for which
the two men before mentioned were shot; one
of their heads was hanging on the top of a
pole, II looked rather appalling, swinging To
the breeze, rs the moon shed its pale lirht over
the ghastly countenarc CO, and was an awful
sight on Wild plain, with nothing else 10 at
Tact the attention.. The other head was hang
ing at Rio Zu'nto. ! endcavourcd 10 proctne
II, IN order To present II to DR. Spurzhei,n, the
celebrated phrenologist, but could not succeed
II being stuck there as an example by order of
he Governor Of San Louis, and put under tho
charge Of the postmaster. Tho counteuanco
which was still perfect, appeared TO have been
that OF a very young man. sst.f
IMpREssMENT.-A singular fact is related
in the Edinburgh Review, which places in a
strong light the dotesiaion in which the prsc-
tice of inpressmcnt is held by the best .part OF
Ito lower classes in the British nation. and
which one would think must operate strongly
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