Washington telegraph., 1847-09-22

TMAs--DmuyArioN OF uE NAgE.--
l4o Camlnghcs c.an 10 - The Inca da.
sceuiauts OF the empire ol Moulezlua.
and the ouy legitimate owners Of the
whole Mexican country. The chiefs say
that when CourL landed ia Mexico, a.
found ghc cuI4lry torn 10 pieces hy inter
nal factions, aud wAs enabled by employing
The d.salscirl chiels, TO raise lDsac 10
seize upon tue capital. Those chiefs Il
they could destroy the power OF M0n,rzu.
me, they could easily despatch tho Span
'atd. aud have tho cnuirO! oi the county
ia thrii own hanis. But too lac they a.
csrainri that they had introduced harder
ml,ier.snd that unrunliiionl. seryi'uiewas
al hey bad To expect. They were r..
qlilsl 20 change their ancient religion,
and thousands OF thcm were sent or 10
work in lhc maei, rom which they Ilrey
over made ll.cf escape. 4 great proper.
lion ol ,h,m bowed lhr,r u'gEs lu tir con
gurror, and herlma schs AMI slaves 10 the
~pAnars; but q .sw, The nDb,esl ana best,
prelcrrsl otlll 10 ser,iiuls aud set Oul on
a pilgrimage To the north, in hopes 10 hHl
a land where they could enjoy their anri.
eat nsliu'uns in peace.
They travelled ior many weeks, at last
ca ne 10 tho grca, river d the norh-ihc
Rio Gunlc--whcfc lhry cHcampad, and
sent ont twenty chosen men In examine
The adjacent country. They crossed lh,
gregt liver and ascenied one ol the highest
p,ahs ot the mountain which o,elook The
adjacent plain. Tho prairie was covered
with buffalo, deer aud aulrlppos. aud they
thought they had reached the happy hunt.
ing ground. and the word TGuAs ! TEuAs !
rEmAs burst from every tongue. Ii WAS
decided unanimously that il should he their
future home. anil that the country should 60
BY the name apparently furnished them by
the great spirit
lehas is the Camlnche name for the
residence Of the happy spirits in the other
world, where they shall enjoy an eternal
felicity anil have a plenty oI deor and but.
lnlo always at hand. BY taking he sound
as they pronounce il, aud giving it the span'
ish ouhography. il giyosus the word "IaA
As. which b lhc "hIppy hunting ground.
or the "Eiga@," 81 the Cammchos.--
This is the true history OF the name, Us de.
rived from lsoWacauy himscll.-. Telegraph.
MApAGAscAR.--A late number oil tur
London Examiner gives an account ol the
Sovereign OF Madagascar. the Queen Kama,
yolaua. She is represented as beng c'ueI
in tho last degreer-a perfect Isn'a'" 'Nef1'
She poispns hereyictims, murders whole
tribos of unollending natives mu'lla'es the
rnJi,, her ss,, and then casts them from
nreeipiess, nad orders that in'antlcidc shall
be praodced. We give the horrible man.
nyr il is accomplished, as specimen
of her refined crucllies: Thus u COM
mon molQs operaaii for the allainmt mt o.
this end, is that of exposing The uneons'
cous babe in narrow passage, through
which a heard oi cattle is luriously drivon'
and by the loe, Of which it is scarcely pos.
| sb.e 10 avoid being mangIcd aud tortured
/ by a Gradual dea'hl-a, other times II L.
SUSPENDED by the heels, whilst its lace y
held downwards in pan Of water unit
snlI6,atlon ensues Or, still more horri
bic to relate, It is sometimes buried awe
with the head downwarJs, in a pit esPeel
: ally dug for tho OCCASION