Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-06-27

The little bird to nature sings.
Loves breath from yonder starry worlds
Comes down in ether pure and bright
Loves breath is in the winter storm,
Aid in the summer breeze of night
Warm looks of love from Natures face
Allure me to her beating heart
Lost or her pure and fond embrace,
My heart forgets its achlng smart.
Loves breath-it is Gods holy breath
That unto thee, my heart is given
Whose gentle impulse. sweet and pure,
Does softly raise thee up to heaven!-
There shall that earthly plant put forth
Eternal flowers that ne'er shall fall,
All! shall love-and love land lovei
Since love is but the life OF all
Adventure Of the English Pirates In a Silver
Mine.
A HISTORICAL INCIDENT THE LAST CENTURY
Ore day while the English Pirates, un-
der the renowned Captain Davis, were
cruising on the coast Of Peru, dead calm
fell upon the ocean, and the impatient
spirits Of the pirates grew restive through
inactivity. As the shadows Of the night
settled Oh the sea, Davis, yielding to the
general clamor, consented to make land
ing, and run the chance of being unpaid
for the risk and danger. Sixty men, in
cluding captured Peruvian for a guide,
were detailed for the expedition, and at
the head Of these, Davis sought the shore.
After rowing for seine hours, they
reached the main land, and found them
selves at the mouth Of small river, " hich
opened into the sea through a wall of
overhang:ng rocks on either side, forming
a passage apparently torn out by nature
in one Of her strong convnlsions. Leav-
ing the Buccaneers to make their way up
this river, we will change the scene to a
wide, open plain, on its banks, bounded
by range of hills.
On the surface Of the plain. the remains
Of large Peruvian town could still be
distinctly traced out. There was the
place of the public square, and the lines
of the principal streets, diverging from it
TO the four quarters Of the armament,
were still visible. Scattered amid the
ruins, were several Indian huts which
alone gave signs of human habita,ion. On
the brow Of one Of the hills, however, in
bold relief against the sky, stood spa
cious qnadrangular building, built of
square stones, finely cut, closely joined
together, and still showing bu: few. marks
of decay.
One would have supposed that the
building was Of more modern date than
that Of the Incas Of Peru, and that it had
been eIec,eu py F~-r ri-----h-, -. 49,,
had the use of iron tools. But it was no,
SO. 1t was Peruvian structure, and
had been erected long before the Span
iards put their usurping feet on Peruvi.
an soil. How or in what manner the
Peruvians, without machinery, and with.
out iron, contrived to rear such buildings
as .his, and the round tower mentioned
in our last chapter, is not known, for or
this point, and on the meaning Of the va.
rious hieroglyphics found on the stones oI
their temples, although the knowledge
was preserved by tradition, the Pernvi.
ans always remained profoundly silent te
their conquerors.
This ancient monument Of Peruvian
greatness, which was once palace or a
fortress, was now inhabited but by three
persons, Don Felix dc Herrara, his wife
and his mother. Don Felix had, some
two years previously, married young
Peruvian girl, on condition that her moth
er would lead him to rich silver mine
of the locality of which she alone had any
knowledge. She had accordingly brongh
him to this neighborhood, where the mine
was situated. Finding the old s,on.
structure 70 be conveniently near the
mine, and Just suited TO the storing Of hi.
treasure, he had bought it of the govern
ment, had taken possession, and com
menced working the mine with the assist
ance Of few Indians or Peruvians VIII,
dwelt in the huts on the plains below
At the time of their marriage, the wife o
Don Felix had been baptised in the Ro
man Catholic faith, and the name of Jesu
TIA given to her. Such was the place
and lis inhabitants, to which the winding:
of the little river were now leading tn,
Buccaneers, although they knew no
whittier they were going, and to which
also, from an opposite direction, party
of Spanish soldiers, also bent on mischief
but with full knowledge of IFS object
were Fastening as fast as their horses
could carry them.
Deep midnight rested on plain and hill
and while The Indians slept peacefully il
their huts, Don Felix and bis family re-
posed no less quietly within the hug,
! s;one walls ms e. Ct the old castle, neither o
them dreaming Of the startling events
about to take place. A dim light burn
within the chamber of Don Felix, hal
revealing in its dark shadows the forms
of the Spanish husband and Peruvian
wife, as they slept on the low couch il
one corner Of the room.
Suddenly the wife started up from th'
bed, half bewildered, as the sound Of th'
sharp clatter Of horses hoofs came dis
tinctly through the opening into the wal
of the apartment, which served as a win
dow. She had just time to awaken Dol
Felix, when loud and clamorous voices
accompanied by heavy blows on the door
were heard demanding immediate admit
tance. Don Felix fastened in alarm L
answer the strange summons, and TO hi
inquiry, why his repose was thus rudel.
disturbed, received for reply, "Open, ii
the Kings name.
As this was an authority which h
could not dispute, he Immediately unfast
ened the door, and in moment the room
was filled with Spanish soldiers.
! luI arrast Won in the Kings nameo sal