The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-11-16
From The Providence Journal

A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD
Look on this Picture" Should a believar il
prophecy undertake TO accuracy for tho nresc,
alarming appearances in the world which +, !
believed, he might do with some degree of a.
suranees, he would be Immediately set dow,
Tor oigoi or learned enthusiast. Nor woult
aPoiticai philosopher fare much better. Shout,
snch character however intelligent, who wa
able TO bring TO his aid the wisdom of III,
past, and undertake to accoun, for than
according To the best Of his knowledge, and sa,
what IN all probability will he the result; lie,
TO one, all his wisdom would be resolved int,
party spirit, or he might be considered wise ius
as Tar as opinions coiucided with the dooma,
'if the age Thus does prejudice war agains
wisdom. Nevertheless time rolls on in hi,
course ; and he is now exhibiting under III,
superntendence Of Divine Providence. sucl
appearances must convince the most mat
tentiVe that crisis of some kind or other j.
approaching. Ii we look to the extreme eas
we behold the Celestial Empire torn by REBEL
ION, in many Of its vast provinces, while tn,
Celestial Treasury is almost empty, and hi.
august " Celestial Majesty" il furnishing hi.
best and tried friends FOR daring to give him
wholesome advice. If YOU look to the west
ward of China you will see, the " Dukes o,
Edom are there" and as quarrelsome now as in
the day ofJoshua Now glance your eve on
Turkey and you behold nought but a splendid
ruin, This grand Empire of no wine and
many women" the heart and soul of the 20 east.
ern antichrist" isnow all but crumbling 10 pieces
Although their foreign wars with the Gar
is ended, their internal connections arc dread.
Jul Many of the Pachalc heads are in open
rebellion, while the Grand Sultan, out of n
million, can find no one, on whom he can re-
pose with unsuspecting confidence for twenty.
TOUR hours at time. Having glutted them.
selves with the blood of Greece, the Turks are
now like Vultures, turning on each other.
And now reader look to the north of Europe
and what patriotic heart does not sigh Oh
Poland where is thy Washington. Brave, i'll
tated nation perhaps ere this, another Suar-
row is within the walls of thy capitol turn my
eyes from thee this bleeding country / see its
aliars, but no sacrifice but its " FIRST born" And
now look to the South of Europe, on Spain and
Portugal The latter is cured with its little
Caligula, Don Miguel, whose soul seems
thirst for bloed. He has shed more blood in
proportion to the size Of his kingdom than did
his prototype at Rome in the same length of
lime, while his subjects, poor slaves are so alb
ject polite, as to give him tho handle of the dag.
ger. In Spain, the western antichrist is now
triumphant, but his regin is drawing TO a close
The last arrival from Europe brings US news of
an open rebellion in that country, and no doubt
hut the land Of chivary and romance will yet
be the land offreedom, but thirty. five years has
10 elapse according to the exposition given to
the 9Th book Of David, before this will be &C.
compshed.
Look now at Holland and Belgium, like two
tigers, they arc ready to spring at each ether
The elements of war IRE in full operation in the
hearts of the HEADS of those two Kingdoms and
nothing but the more ferocinus tiger the " Ho
ly Alliance" now prevents them from destroy
ing each other. In the Papal dominions, there
have been continual instructions for the last
year Nor is Austria quiet; she has recently
raised an Immense army to preserve peace
Strange idea In fact the whole of Europe
now presents TO the eye an incipient volcano
The train il laid, the match is touched and the
muttering thunder has begun.
But what s war TO the unseen scourge that is
now wasting the Eastern continent? Unseen
except a3 The whrlwind, by the deathIy track
1T makes pestilence is now stalking at noon.
day, more dreadful than war or famine And
according To the best accounts, nearly as fatal
as that which attacked the camp of Israel in
the wilderness, and worse for now there is no
Moses nor Aaron TO make atonement, to stay
its ravages.
The Cholera, as it is called, which begun in
further India but few years ago, has been
rapidly travelling westward until il has arrived
IN Europe, and It's course has been as plainly
marked as the tOrnado--where it RACES the very
air seems pregnant with death. 1t is supposed
that one hundred and fifty thousand have al.
ready fallen victims. rg
And now, reader, cast your eve on Ireland
and just see what famine has done within the
past year. Does not the heart bleed at the
we'll authenticated tale of wo? Whole fami-
lies in state of starvation According to II re.
cent report of Humane Society two hundred
and ninety thousand have been prevented from
starving,-what a commentary on the wretch
cdness of its inhabitants! Hs.t
Let the faithful historian point to the time if
he can, when the great enemies of man, War
Pestilence and Famine, were ever more united
than now, or ever made greater efforts to hurry
their victims into the eternal world. .s'
''.AOao on this Picture" Blessed America -
except few darkling instructions at the
South, the United States enjoys superlativc
happiness. These troubles, however, though
not alarming, are yet sufficient to convince us
that our country is not to be exempt frem tho
approaching storm. At present, however, we
are at peace with all the world-our gamers
are well stored, and no wasting pestilence is
among us and could we but realize our bes.
sing, who could measure the gratitude we
ought to feel Indeed the only causes of conten.
tion among US seems to be, who shall be our
next Observation-Disclosures the American System
shall he protected-and what we shall do with
the Eight Millions of surplus revenue.
TORTOISE SHE'LL. At San Bias, on the coast
of Darien, small settlement of Indians is es.
tablished, for the sole purpose of taking turtle
1t is under the management Of three English
two American, and three Colombian traders
who make vast profit from the she'll The
quantity of tortoise shell taken by them
amounts, on an average, 10 ! s 600 lbs per year
the value of which is about G28,000. The pro
duce of them varies very much, according tc
the nature Of the season, as in some wears the,
take as much as f32 900 worth of she'll, al
enormous produce for one out OF the many like
establishments on this coast II is curious
fact, that the handsomest shell, and conse quent
ly the most valuable, is stripped from the ami
nal while living, the beauty Of the shell always
becoming less as the animal dies. The dread
full torture which the creature endures by thu
operation, finds no consideration in the mind
OF the traders. ~.
LAzzARoNI. This is a class of individual,
IN the Kingdom of Naples, numbering 80 ol
10000 souls, who live in the streets and public
places, without home or any certain employ
inent, or settled means of support Tho ten
perature Of the climate and the Temperance Of
the inhabitants, added to the fruitfulncss Of the
country, renders living SO easy, that these
wretched fellows pick up living in the char
acter Of messengers, portors and day laborers
without very hard work. They are Harmless.
and good natured people receiving the tuunts
SCOTS, and insults of the other classes mildly
and can hardly be provoked to revenge. They
remain in the city Of Naples ms long as thcl
can exist, and when pressed hard BY hunger