The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-11-19
OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II. 1870

the action of water. The wonderful tunnel
bored by the Cuzco River, in the eastern part of
the island. might suggest the origin OF cave
like this OF Bsllamsr The Cuzco 10 an insigai.
ficsnt and ehsllow stream, which, however, in
the rainy season, becomes powerful torreat.
A lofty ridge barred the course OF its ancient
channel, aud through the heart Of this ridge it
has carved . tunnel large enough to admit of
the passage of huge trunks of palms and erioden.
drons. After disappearing Mt the base Of the
hil several hundred feet below the crest, it does
not appear again until it comes out at the other
side of the ridge, distance of nearly three miles.
Any volcanic action tending to alter the level
or bed of the stream might divert it's waters in
to different channel; the former one would be
soon covered with dense vegetation, and all
distinct traces of it be lost. The tunnel, or
cavern, itself probably disturbed from its erigi-
nal horizontal position, would remsin to puzzle
future geologists.-MAJ. GEN. FREDERICK CA.
vADA, in Harper's Magazine for November.
Gen. John 3. Magruder. the hero Of Big Bethel
was once the cknowledged beau and gallant of
the United States Army. Extremely handsome
in person, good talker, with the most fascinat.
ing manners and q profound contempt for money,
of which he was most lavish, it is not surprising
that he won the sobriquet of prince" Through
out the army he was called "Prince John" and
his confreres we're proud of his accomplishments
and aped his manners. On one occasion when
Magruder's regiment WAS stationed near the
Canada border. the officers were invited by the
officers of a British command on the Canada
side to dine with them. The invitation was &C
copied of course, and q most sumptuous repast
partaken of with the utmost gusto and couvlvi-
atty.
The Americans returned to theil quarters
with exalted ideas of their British friends who,
they learned, Jared sumptuousy every day.
Magruder for time seemed somewhat detected
AMI lost in thought; at length bright idea
struck him, and he immediately proposed TO his
fellow officers that they should give enter.
tainment which would entirely eclipse that
which they had just attended. His comrades
thought the idea u good one, but remembering
the collapsed condition Of their purses thought it
slightly impracticable. Not at ALL" replied the
Prince. Let all subscribe two months pay
draw on your friends for all they can advance
us, and give our British cousins such a feast as
has not been witnessed since the days of Epi-
Gurus" The idea took and was promptly acted
| on. A silver service was ordered from New
York, trained walters were procured and dressed
in the most approved style, viands and fruits,
the most luscious and rare were bought, and
every arrangement made that could possibly add
to the eclat of the occasion.
Everything being in readiness the British Off.
GERS we're invited over formally to partake of a
repast The feast was all that even the prince
ly soul Of Magruder could have wished, aud the
British officers were perfectly amazed at the
lavish expenditure evnced by their American
friends, and were at a loss to account for it.
The dinner over, one of the English men, un-
able longer to repress his establishment, observed
| to Mr.. Magruder that the United States must
pay her Officers very we'll, ii he might judg
from the feast before him. "Oh, sir" replied
Magruder III his most lordly style, I'VE do not
depend upon our pay, being all gentlemen Of
large means. The fact H. We present our pay
every month to Wallets
The Euglishmen never discovered the joke
bug it was observed that the American officers
looked singutarIy seedy Tor some time after.
wards.--N o. Ptcayune