The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-08-04


as close and practical preacher that Mr..
sumner first rivetted the Royal attention.
On one occasion the King is known himself
TO have selected the subject. He requested
MS incorporating chaplain to write on the
parable of the Talents. The Royal COM
mand was Of course obeyed. The King
listened most attentiVely to the sermon; in
the after part Ct the day warmly thanked
the preacher, and added these remarkable
words - Sumner you make me tremble at
my otsn responsibility"
PERU. The coast of Peru may be said to con-
SYST OF line ofsandy desert five hundred leagues
IN length, the breadth varying from seven to
above fifty miles, as the several branches of the
Andes approach to, or recede from the shores of
me RACINE ocean: Itpresents great inequalities
Oh surface, and has the appearance of having
once formed part of the bed of the adjoining
ocean. Were it not for the stupendous back
ground, which gives TO every other object a
comparatively diminutivs outline, the sandhills
might sometimes be called mountains The
long line OF desert is intersectsd by rivers and
streams; which are seldom less than twenty, or
more than eighty or ninety miles apart The
narrow strips on each bank of every stream are
PeoPied IN proportion to the supply of water.
during the rainy season in the interior, or from
the melting OF the SHOWS upon the Andes, the
great rivers upon the coast swell prodigiously,
and can be crossed only by means of a bGisa,
which IS raft or frame work, fastened upon
tour bull hides, sewed up, made air tight, and
fllled with wind. A few of the large rivers
reach the sea, but most of those of the second
order are consumed in irrigating the cultivated
patches, or are absorbed by the encompassing
desert,-where it never rains,-where neither
BIRDS, beasts, nor reptiles, are ever seen,-and
where blade OF vegetation never grew. Some
Tunes rill OF water bubbles up, and is lost
within the space of hundred yards. Very
often the banks of the rivers are too steep and
rugged TO admit of the water being applied to
the purposes of irrigation consequently, the
surrounding country cannot be cultivated. No
Stranger can travel from valley to valley, as the
inhabited strips are inapproprately called, with
out a guide; for the only indication that the
desert has been trodden before, is an occasional
cluster OF bones, the remains of beasts of bur-
den that have persisted The sand is frequently
raised into immense clouds, by the wind, to
the great annoyance of the traveller, Who gen.
orally rides with his face muf1ed I'D. The OBJ
stacies to a moving body of troops from one
point to another in this country, can only be
appreciated by military men who have had to
contend with them. But description, unaccom-
panied by statement of facts, will fall short of
conveying even faint idea of the horrors of
the desert
1t is not an unusual circumstance for soldiers
10 drop down dead, or to see the blood gush out
from their ears and nostrils, as they march,
sometimes ankle deep, in sand. On one occa-
SION, SIX hundred men marched from Acria TO
Lluta, only four leagues distant six men died
on. the HIRFey NOT been immediately renewed
by copious bleeding
Perhaps nothing viii more clearly convey an
idea of the distance between one habitable spot
and another, OF the stupendous inequalities of
the intervening ground, than quotations from
local traditions, which state, that between Att.
co and Chaparra, there is valley, inhabited as
is supposed, by descendants of the ancient Pc
ruvians, and which was Unexpectedly fallen in
with by one Navarro, of Chaparra, who, having
lost ms way, came upon it in the night He
saw lights, and heard voices, but was afraid TO
descend into the valley He reported the cir
cumstance when he arrived at home, and sew
erai parties afterwards set out upon Journey
OF discovery, but not one succeeded This was
related by ID. Juan de Neirary Caravaial living
al Chaparra, in 1922, who remembered Navar.
70, and had often heard him mention the cir
cumstance 1t is also asserted, that there is
another unknown valley, between Chorungo
and kaJes, which was once seen by chance,
like the first mentioned, and which has also
a
time with sufficient force to ensure egress, it
being supposed that any person entering slngly
would be Immediately slain, or detained for
lite. These accounts are not generally believ-
ed by those dwelling in the neighborhood, and
best qualified to form correct opinion but
the bare admission of the possibility of the ex-
lssence of such valleys, by people accustomed
to explore the most uninvitlng regions in search
OF mines, may give some notion Of the extraor-
binary country, where the works of nature are
upon scale, equally grand, terrific, and SUBJ
lime.-Jhiiter'S Memoirs.
The FIRST DUTY OF STATESMAN is to build
up the moral energy of people. This is their
first interest; and he who weaksns it, infcts
an injury which no talent can repair; nor
should any splendor of services, or any momen-
tary success, avert from him the infamy which
he has earned, Let public men learn to think
more reverently of their function Let them
feel that they are touching more vital interests
than property. Let them fear nothing SO much
as to sap the moral convictions of a people, by
nnFIghteous legislation, or selfish policy. Let
them cultivate in themselves the spirit of re-
iigion and virtue, as the first requisite to public
( station. Let no apparent advantage to the
community, any more than to themselves, Sc
| duce them TO the infraction of any moral law
Let them put faith in virtue as the strength of
nations. Let them not be disheartened by tenn
porary I'LL success in upright exertion. Let
them remember, that while they and their CO.
temporaries live but for day, the State is to
i've for ages, and that Time, the unerrng ar
bitter, will vindicate the wisdom as we'll as the
magnanimity of the public man, who, confding
in the power of truth, justice, and philanthro-
ply, asserts their claims, and revercntly follows
their monitions, amidst general dsloyalty and
CORRUPTION Claiming
| Cure FOR DUMBNEss. An Irish soldier pre-
tended dumbness, and the surgeon of the regi-
ment, after repeated attempts to restore him de-
claring him incurable, he was discharged. In a
short time afterwards ne enlisted in another
corps, and being recognized by an old comrade,
and questioned how he learnt to speak, g. By