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rjXHE undersigned, true to Ins promise, again
t_ presents to the Public more data on which
they can safely base their calculations relative
to the respective merits of the depleting system
of the disciples of Esculapius, and of that invig
orating and phlngestic one of which he is proud
to be the advocate.
Leaving the stilts of egotism and shnftsof rid
icule for tlie use of those who have nothing bet
ter to stand on, and no other weapons for attack
or defence, he selects his standing on iruih, and
uses such support only as merit gives him ; and
for weapons, he chooses simply to assail the
ranks of the enemy occasionally with “a little
more grape,” in the form of facts,which are evi
dently the hardest kind of arguments since they
often administer to Ins quiet amusement by the
terrible destruction they cause among the stilts
and the ludicrous effect they produce in causing
certain individuals to laugh, as it is expressed in
homely phrase, “on t’other side the mouth.”
The Mtxicans arc not the only people, these
days, whom vanity lias blinded to their own de
fects ; neither can they claim much superiority
in the way of fancied eminence and blustering
bravado over many that live a great deal nearer
home. A salutary lesson lias latterly been giv
en the former by the Americans, and the latter
may ere long take “ another of the same,” ala
mode de Taylor.
After the following there will still bo “a few
more left.”
Georgia, Jones CousTv,alß4B.
This certifies that for more than four or five
years my wife was afflicted with a disease pecu
liar to her sex, and notwithstanding all that we
could do, she still continued to get worse. The
Physicians in attendance had exhausted their
skill without rendering Iter any assistance till,
in 1844, when she was confined to her bed in a
very low condition, I got her last attendant to go
with me to Macon and lay her case before Dr.
M. S. Thomson, who, without having seen her,
prescribed and sent her medicine that soon re
lieved her, ami in the course of a short time re
stored her to permanent health. She Ims now
been well about .four years and rejoices in the
recovery of her long lost health
FRANCIS 15. HASCAL.
Macon. June 22d, 1848.
Dtt. M. S. Thomson —Dear Sir : —Deeming it
a duty I owe to yourself as well as to the afflicted
generally, I have concluded to give you a short
statement of my case, which you are at liberty to
publish if you think that the best mode of thereby
subserving the interests of suffering humanity.
In May 1841, after considerable exposure to
cold, I was attacked with Asthma, which pros
trated me very much, and notwithstanding all
that could be done to prevent it, it continued to
return about every two'weeks till in 1846, I ap
plied to you. Between thes€ attacks I had avert
6evore cough, which led some of the phvsicians
to whom I applied to believe that I had consump
tion. I applied to physicians of both the Min
eral and Botanic schools, of eminent general
qualifications, but all to no benefit, for I contin
ued to get worse,so much so that I had reduce''
from being a strong, fleshy man, down to a mere
skeleton and could hardly creep about.—When
I applied to you, I had but little faith in being
cured, though 1 had witnessed some wonderful
results following your treatment, especially the
cure of that crazy woman you bought of Aquil
la Phelps, in Jasper, yet they gave me confi
dence and by persevering in the use of your
remedies, and as it were hoping against hope,
am much gratified in being able to announce
mat 1 have got entirely well, for I have had but
one light attack in twenty months, and that was
e, ght months ago. I have now regained about
my former weight, and feel as strong as almost
any man of fifty. one, vvliich is my age. Without
isparageinent to the characterofthe other cures
»at have so frequently resulted from your prac
jce, 1 do not think that any of them can heat
ns, lor confirmed Asthma. combined with a
nnsumptite cough, especially where the flesh
'as vvast ed, has long been classed among the in
ureables. Most respectfully,yonrs,
11. LIGIITFOOT.
ni 51 IC '"'dntsigned still continues to treat Chro
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thr C , f V b “ ardi "S bouses, and at. a ilistance
lo mail or by private hand. Those
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se who are not, will he treated gratuitously.
” Ctcrs ' Hust bepott-paid, and add rssed
M S.THOMSON, M D
Macon, Ga
THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM.
VOLIJIE I.
33 0 r t r g.
MAX A All VVOJIAK.
BY MRS. HEMAXS.
Warrior ! whose image on thy tomb,
With shielj and crested head,
Sleeps proudly in the purple gloom
By the stain’d window shed ;
The records of thy name and race
Have faded from the stone,
Yet through a cloud of years 1 trace
What thou hast been and done.
A banner from its flashing spear
Flung out o’er many a fight;
A war-cry ringing far and clear,
And strong to turn the flight ;
An arm that bravely bore the lance,
On, for the holy shrine,
A haughty heart and kingly glance—
Chief! were not these things thine?
A lofly place where leaders state
Around the council board ;
In festive halls a chair ofstate,
When the blood red wine was pour'd ;
A name that drew a prouder tone
From herald, harp, and bard ;
Surely these things were all thine own,
1 So hadst thou thy reward !
I
I Woman! whose sculptured form at rest
By the arm’d knight is laid,
With meek hands folded o’er thy breast
In matron robes arrayed ;
What was thy tale ?—oh, gentle mate
Os him the bold and free,
Bound unto his victorious fate,
What bard hath sung of thee?
He woo'd a bright and burning star !
Thine was the void, the gloom,
The straining eye that follow'd far
His oft-receding plunte ;
The heart sick listening while his steed
Sent echoes on the breeze ;
The pang—but when did fame take heed
Os griefs obscure as these ?
Thy silent and secluded hours,
Through many a lonely day,
While bending o’er tliv broider’d flowers,
With spirit far away ;
Thy weeping midnight prayers for him
Who fought on Syrian plains ;
Thy watchings till the torch grew dim, —
These fill no minstrel strains.
A still sad life was thine ! —long years,
With tasks unguerdoned fraught,
Deep, quiet love, submissive tears,
Vigils of anxious thought;
Prayers at the cross in fervor poured,
Alms to the pilgrims given ;
Oh, happy, happier than thy lord,
In that lone path to Heaven !
Correspondence of the Alabama Journal.
CAPTAIN McSPADDES,
The Irisli Gentleman in Search of a Scliule.
La Fayette, Ala., April 28, 1849.
Gentlemen —ln the absence of every' thing to
gossip about, I will endeavor to chalk out for
your readers, a rough sketch of Captain Me-
Spadden, an Irish gentlemau who visited our
town, not long since, while on a pedestrian tour
through the piney woods, in search of a location
for a “bit ofa schule.”
We were not looking for Captain McSpadden,
lie came among us, unexpected, unannounced.
Living fish sometimes drop from the clouds; and
there is no particular reason why McSpadden
might not have his entry in the same manner—
for he was an odd sish —except that the weather
was quite fair at the time : no vapor at all compe
tent to the transportation of an Irishman weigh
ing a hundred and odd pounds, havingbeen seeu
for several days previously’, it was therefore
presumed, (in the absence of the possession of
any quadrupedal chattel by Mac,) that he was as
aforesaid, on a pedestrian tour for amusement or
business. Be this as it might, when first observ
ed, the Captain was leaning against a tree at one
corner of the public square. He had easier one
arm, a pair of corduroy breeches ; under the
other, an invalided boot. Mac himself was a
thin “bit ova yathur,’’ with a light gray eye,
white eye brows pnd deligate fair features. The
restlessness of his glances and the convulsive
twitches of his facial nerves, showed that the
poor fellow was suffering from incipient delirium
tremens. As old Tom Martin would say, he had
“swullovitcd some monkey eggs, all along vvid
his bithers, and they had hatched a brood of live
ly young divils to kape him in company.”
Mac's drapery was unique. He had on a mar
vellously duty and ragged shirt, over which was
a coat evidently cut for an individual much
smaller than himself; the tvaist was just under
his arms, while the extremity oftlie tail fell but
a few inches below the small of the wearer’s
hack. His pantaloons, mud-colorcd, were long
waisted and short legged. On his left foot was
the mate of the hoot under bis arm , his right foot
was bare, and as red a* a licet. His silk hat had
a turn up of the rim behind, and a mash-in of the
crown hell.re, and the absence of all gloss and
many indentations showed that it had been a hat
of many sorrows. Still it had a jaunty, impudent
air, that showed that Mac considered himself
“one of ’em”—and as it perched itself over its
ow ner's left eye, any one could see that it was a
hat of “considerable character.”
One of the Captain’s conceits was, that he was
pursued by a woman who claimed to ho a rela
tive, and demanded a provision for her support.
With this distressing idea in his mind, Mac.
leaned against a tree, as I have said, and address-
MACOX, (GA.) SATLBDAY MOBXIKG, JLNL 23, 1549.
ed, alternately a group of little boys that were
standing around him, and his imaginary female
persecutor.
“Whist! —aisy now ! —be aisy ! —I tell ye,’’ he
said, addressing the apnrition ; divil fly away
wid the thing I have to give ye—for be the same
token, its me oicn breakfast that I haven’t tasted
the shmell ov yet, this blessed bright mornin'.”
“Arrali, boys ! ’ this was to the youngsters ;
“I II form ye into a nate little class, for sport,
ye see. Come now, stand up there ! Be the
Saints, I'd a jolly little schule, down below hcie
Heads up ! an I'll flog the whole class for a
musemenf, and niveracent for your allek-liun
ate parints to pay.”
The boys laughed, shouted, and broke ranks
at this announcement ;*and Mac, scowling over
his shoulder, again spoke to his feminine tormen
tor as if in reply :
“\Y ud I give ye a dollar to buy a dacint gown
wid ?—ye say ! Be me sowl, an’its a nice word
that dhropg so swato from yer mouth ! YVud I
give ye a dollar ?—an’ wud a dog shaik hi*
that had niver a stump to wag, at all, at all •
“Avaunt and quit me sight—
Thy bones are marrowless—thy blood is cold ! 1
There is no speculation in those eies
Which thou dost glare with”—and,d-n ye be off!
Just at this time, a huge, cross bull dog, (who
no donbt felt an interest in remarks so personal
to his species,) walked up to Mac, and nosed him
most impertinently. The Captain squirmed
round the tree, looking thunderbolts all the while
and the bull dog followed, with still inquiring
nose, and bristles all erect.
“Begone ! ye baste ! It's Captain Bland Mc-
Spadden, of the Royal Irish Greys, that’s now
willing to tache a dozen or so ov young gentle
men, arithmetic and manners, at two dollars the
year—begone !
“Danger knows full well
McSpadden is more dangerous than he.
We were two lions, (by St. Pathrick it’s thrue ?)
lithered ill one day,
And I the cider and more terrible !”
But the dog was merciful ; and on concluding
his examination, merely held up one hind leg
significantly—as much as to say “ that for you !”
arid walked away.
“Captain McSpadden,” said a bystander, as
Mac vainly assayed to set himself properly upon
his legs, “haven’t you been crowding drinks,
mightily, of late—rather pressing the figure—
~ I. I»>
Bland looked around, and his eye fell on a
full, handsome, judicial-looking personage :
“Did I understand,” replied Mac— ''did I un
derstand yer Honor to say, wud / tali a glass of
whiskey wid ye ?"
“By ho means," was the reply ; “but here’s
a dime to buy yourself something to eat.”
“To ate, yer Honor ? an’ me a dyin’ wid the
cholery ? Bedad, it’s the physic I'm afther, to
dri the bloody faaml out ov me system wid !”
••Did you ever have the cholera, Mac ?”
“Ilu ! ha !” laughed Mac—“did iver I have
the cholery ? Did a fish swim ? Be St. Path
rick, it’s fourteen times the nastiiy crather has
tukthe Gorjin knot upon me enthriis, and I faal
the premonethory simtims rootin’ this blessed
minit, in me stornik, like pigs in a paa-field.—
The cholery. itidade !”
Captain McSpadden now marched into a gro
cerv, walked up to the bar, aud look Mtg the
dealer in the face asked,
“Did iver I see that eye afore?”
“Quite likely,” replied Tap.
“May he it’s only me word for luck ye’d be
takin,’ this pleasant mornin” for a dhrap ov the
corn corgil—and me a-sufferin’ in me bowils,
wid the cholery ?”
“I’ll take the money,’’ quoth Tap, liandingout
a decanter, but keeping his hand upon it as if
waiting for payment.
Mac threw himself into a tragic attitude, and
drawing down his white eye-brows, until they
overhung the tip of his little red nose, he ex
claimed,
“Hath a dog monies > Is it possible that a cur
can lend threwthousand ducats? Holy fathers!
I’ve but a bit ova kine (coin) here, but the phy
sic I must have, to be sure ! Wud ye tell me
whare I cud get a bit ova schule to tache as
thronomy and Shaikspair and manners, all for
two dollars a quarther ?”
“D—n your duckets and your ‘schule’ too,”
replied Tap ; “hand over a picayune.”
Mac handed over the money, and drank his
whiskey ; and just as he was replacing the tum
bler on the board, the female spectre peered over
bis shoulder, and he dropped the glass aud
broke it.
“Shadders avaunt!” shouted the Captain—
“Trny, Blanche and Sweetheart, little dogs and
all”—sick ’em boys ! Hoot, aw ay, ye ugly fa
male witch ! I’ve the cholery, I tell ye, an'it’s
ketchin’ enthirely !”
“You’ve broken my tumbler,’’ said Tap, com
plainingly.
“Shake not thy gaury locks at me; thou canst
BOtsay / did it,’’ replied the Captain ; “it was
the sha divil that’s lazin' the soul out ov me
body.”
“Did you ever teach school >” asked Mr. Tap,
as McSpadden floundered into a chair.
“Did liter? Did the blessed Saint iver kill
shnakes? Why, man, I’d a delightful little
schule below here—fifteen or twenty’s as many
boys as a wakely crathur, like mesi If, can do
his duty by the Hoggin’ ov, and *lic to hale the
big hoys wid a stout shillaly—an’ 1 was (achin'
’em illigint : and ye may kiss the cross the lit
tle darlints loved me inthirely ; but it got
broke up be an exident, be gorra.”
“How came that ?”
“Ye’ll take notice, I was dozin’ in me chair
one swate afihernoon, dhramin’ away all about
nothin’, an’ the little darlints that loved me as
moiher’s milk—for I tachcd ’em arethmetic an’
nsthronomv an’ manners nil, illigint—the little
darlints, ye see, put a quill full ov snuffinto me
nosthril, all for the fun. Holy Pathrick ! but I
was in thruhble wid the snazin’ an’ cryin’ an’
sputterin ; an’ the little darlints all so tickled
wid the sport. So, as sunc as me eyes come to,
I tak the biggest ov the hoys by the heels, in
thirely, and I flogged the whole schule wid his
heqd an’ shoulders an’ arms. Be gorra, they
roared, an’ we kept up the sport an’ the fun, till
divil the sound head was in the schule, barrin’
me own, an’ that was full ov snuff.”
“Then the parents dtove you off?"
1 “Fnlx! They bate me away,” said Mac sor
rowfully ; “the ign'rant spalpeens, that cauldri’t
understhand a joke !”
“But,” he continued, “the divil’s been in it,
iver since I lost my commisshun in the Royal
Greys ”
“Let s bear ’boutthat,” said an honest enqui
rer after timth, ns he sat lazily back, in his chair,
with bis broad-brimmed bat between iiis knees
—“let’s hear about that.”
“I'll tell ye in a mmit,” replied Mac, —“I'm
monsthrous dry.” «•
1 his objection to the narration having been re
moved by a halftumbler of “corn corjil,” Mac
proceeded as follows, Broadbrim resting his face
on bis bands, in an attitude of deep attention :
“Ye’ll notice, quoth the Captain, “I’d a com
pany in the Royal Greys—ye’ve heard of the
Royal Greys, belikes ?no ?—thin I’ll tell ye,
’twits the clanest, natest, gintailest coor in the
kingdom, an’ its moself was the aquil ov the best
in it. So one day, we’d a grate ravu, an’ the
Quane wasout, an’ Prince Albert(may his sowl
rest in purgathory, amen !) in her carriage to see
it”
“Did you ever see the Queen of England ?”
asked Broadbrim, as in doubt.
“Did / iver see the Quane ? Did you ever
put a petatie in the ugly hole in yer face ? So
the Quane was out, as fine as q flower, to see the
ravu. By an’ by, the Juke of Willi nton conies
to me, an’ ses lie, “Mac, the Quane has kitcht a
sight ov yer good looks, and wants ye to present
yesclf before her. Tliair’s luck for ye, me boy’
—and ihe Juke slapped rue on ihe shouldhers.”
“Was it the great Duke of Wellington, you’re
talking about ? Did you know him ?”
“No less, he the cross ! The Juke an* me was
as inthimit as brothers; so we went to where the
royal carliz was, an' thair was her majesty, in
the royal carriage, as lively as bricks and full ov
lun. Ses she, ‘Captain McSpadden ye’ve n fine
company !' ‘Yer most grnshus and airnyable
majesty !’ Ses I, gettin’ upon me knaas.”
“W udn’tye like a hit ov promoshun, Captain
McSpadden?” says her majesty,
“Yer most adorable'majesty has guessed the
sacrit of me heart, ses I.”
“Its the best-lookin’ Itfd, ye are, Captain,”
said her majesty, “I’ve seen this season.”
“I shall be at charges for a lookin’ glass, yer
most heavenly majesty, since yer majesty ses
so ; but its little the advantage I have ov vnr most
grnshus majesty, in regard of looks,-cs I.”
“That last shot did the his’ness for the Quane,
hut tne Prince, ye'll notice, was as savidge as a
tiger, judgin’ be his looks. So I went back, an’
ses the Juke to me ‘Mae, me boy, its all over wid
ye—did 11 tye see A Ibert’s looks? He’sasjaious
as the divil, aq' ye’ll have to lave the Ridge
ment to-mowow ! An’, bedad, so I had ; an’
here lam in purshute ova bit ova schule to
tache fifteen or twenty boys grammar an’ nstliron
omy an’ manners, at two dollars a quarther”—
and here Mac “soothed away” into a gentle
slumber, as he sat, with a consience apparently
entirely at ease.
“I’ve beam tales, and seen liars,” said Broad
brim as he rose to order a glass of whiskey ; and
I beam of “stretchin’ the blanket,” and “shootin
with the long how .” and I always thought we
was great on that, in this here Ameriky, but I
find its with liars, as every thing else, es yon
want an extry article you must send to furrin
parts!” Yours, J. J. H.
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Moraj. Power. —lt may be assumed as an
axiom that free Government can rest on no
other basis than moral power. France has a re
public which is maintained by bayonets. And
there is reason to apprehend that in that country
there is not a sufficient moral basis for the main
tenance of a free Government.— McLean.
Goon. —The following piece of adviccappears
in a New York paper :
“Young ladies should "ever object to being
kissed hy Printers they should make every al
lowance for the freedom of the press.”
’ 03“ Mrs. Partington says a great many more
die now of “suggestion’’ oftlie brain than there
used to when she w’as a “gal.”
O’Addison says fools open their ears to flat
terers, and shut them to truth. '
KI’JIBEII 30.
THE CONQX'EST OP PERI'.
The following graphic description of sn inte
resting event in history is from the pen of Mr.
William H. Prescott. It will no doubt be
read with interest, at the present time.
It was not long before sun set, when the van
of the royal procession entered the gates of the
city. First came some hundreds of the
employed to clear the path from every obstacle,
and singing songs of triumphs as they came,
“which in our ears,” says one ofthe conquerors,
“Bounded liko the songs of hell !”
Then followed other bodies of different ranks,
and dressed in different liveries. Some woro a
showy stuff, checkered, white and red, like the
squares of a chess-board. Others were clad in
pure white, bearing hammers or tnaces of silver
or copper ; and the guards, together with lliose
in immediate attendance on the Prince, were
distinguished by a rich nzure livery, and a pro
fusion of gay ornaments, while the largo pen
dants attached to the cars indicated the Peruvi
an noble.
Elevated high above his vassal* came the Inca
Atahuallpa, borne on a sedan or open litter, on
which was a sort of throne made of massive gold,
of inestimable value. The palanquin was lined
with the richly colored plumes of tropical birds,
and studded with shining plates of gold and sil
ver. The monarch's attiro was much richer
than on the preceding evening. Round his
neck was suspended a collar of emeralds of un
common size and brilliancy. His short hair
was decorated with golden ornaments, and the
imperial borla encircled his temples. The bear
ing ofthe Inca was sedate and dignified : and
from bis lofty station lie looked down on the
multitudes below with an air of composure, like
one accustomed to command.
As the leading files of tiie procession entered
the great square, larger, says an old chronicler,
than any square in Spain, they opened to the
right and left for the royal retinue to pass. The
monarch was permitted to traverse the plaza in
silence, and not a Spaniard was to be seen’.—
When some five or six thousand of his people
had entered the place, Atahuallpa halted, and
turning round with an inquiring look, demand
ed— •
“Where are the strangers?”
Atthis moment, Fray Nicfente tie Valverde, a
Dominican friar, Pizarro’s chaplain, and after
ward Bishop of Cuzco, came forward with his
breviary, or, as other accounts say, a Bible, in
one hand, and a crucifix in the other, and ap
proaching the Inca, told him that he came by
order of his commander, to expound to him the
doctrines of the true faith, for which purpose
the Spaniards had come from a great distance to
his country.
The friar then explained, as clearly as he
could, the mysterious doctrine of the Trinity,
and, ascending high in iiis account, began with
the creation ofman, tiience passed to his subse
quent redemption hy Jesus Christ, to the cruci
fixion, ami the ascension, when the Savior left
the Apostle as his Vicegerent upon earth.
This power had been transmitted.to the suc
cessors of the Apostle, good and wise men, who,
under the title of Popes, held authority over all
powers and potentates on earth. One of the last
of these Popes hud commissioned the Spanish
Emperor, the most mighty monarch in the
world, to conquer and convert the natives in
this Western hemisphere ; and his General,
Francisco Pizarro, had now come to execute this
imporrant mission.
Tho friar concluded with beseeching the Peru
vian monarch to receive him kindly ; to abjure
the errors of his own faith, and embrace that of
the Christians row proffered to him, the only
one by which he could hope for salvation ; and
furthermore, to acknowledge himself a tributary,
oftlie Emperor Charles the Fifth, who, in that
event, would aid and protect him as bis loyal
vassal.
Whether Ataliuallpa possessed himself of ev
ery link in the curious chain of argument by
which the monk connected Pizarro with St. Pe
ter, may be doubted. It is certain, however,
that he must have had very incorrect notions of
the Trinity, if, as Garcilasso states, the inter
preter Feiipillo explained it by saying, that the
“Christians believed in three Gods and one
God, and that made four.” But there is no j
doubt he perfectly comprehended that the drift
of the discourse was to persuade him to resign
his sceptre and acknowledge the supremacy of
another.
\
The eyes of the Indian monarch fltfshed fire,
and his dark brow grew darker as he replied—
“l will be no man's tributary. I am greater
than any prince upon earth. Your emperor may
be a great prince ; Ido not doubt it, when I see
that he has sent his subjects so far across the wa
ters, and I am willing to hold him as a brother.
As for tho Pope of whom you talk, he must bo
crazy to spoak of giving away countries which
do not belong to him. For my faith,” lie con"
tinued, “I will not change it. Your own God,
as you say, was put to death by the very men
lie created. But mine,” lie concluded, pointing
to his Deity—then, alas! sinking in glory be
hind the mountains, —“my God still lives in the
heavens, and looks down on his children.”
He then demanded of Valverde by what au
thority he had said tnese things. The friar
poin.ed to the hook which he held as his author
ity. Ataliuallpa, taking it, turned over the pa
ges a moment, then, as the insult he had re
ceived, probably flashed across his ntind, he
threw it down with vehemence, and exclaimed,
“Tell your comrades that they shall give me
an account of their doings in my land. I will
not got from here till they have full
satisfaction for alf the wrongs they havecnin
mitted.''
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Will be exeen'ed in the most approved sty J e
and on the best terms, at the Office of the
SCTTTSBMr XCT-SEUM,
-BY—
WM. B. HARRISON.
The friar, greatly scandalized by the indigoi.
ty offered to the sacred volume, stayed only to
pick it up, and hastening to Pizarro, informed
bin. of what had been done, exclaiming—
“Do yon not see, that while we stand here
wasting our breath in talking with this dog, full
of pride as be is, the field are filling with In
dians ? Set on, at once : I absolve you.”
Pizarro saw that the hour had come. lie
waved a white scarf in the air*, the appointed
signal. Tire fatal gun was fired from the for
tress. Then, springing into the square, the
Spanish captain and his followers shouted the
old war-cry of “St. Jago and at them."
It was answered by the battle-cry of every
Spaniard in the city, as rushing from the ave
nues of the great hall* in which they were con
cealed, they peuved into the plaza, horse and
foot, each in his own dark column, and threw
themselves into the midst ofthe Indian crowd.
The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the
report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of
which reverberated like thunder from the sur
rounding buildings, and blinded by the smoke
which rolled in sulphurous volumes along the
Fquare, were seized with a panic. They knew
not whither to fly for refuge from the coming
ruin. Nobles and commoners—all were tram
pled down under the fierce charge of the caval
ry, who dealt their blows right and left, without
sparing; while their swords, flashing through
the thick gloom, carried dismay into the heart*
ofthe wretched natives, who now, for the first
l ime, saw the horse and his rider in all their
terrors.
They made no resistance, as, indeed, they
had no weapons with which to make it. Every
avenue of escape was closed, for the entrance to
the square was choked up with the dead bodies
of men who had perished in vain efforts to fly ;
and such was the agony of the survivors under
the terrible pressure of their assailants, that a
, large body of Indians, by their convulsive strag
gles, burst through the wail of stone and dried
clay which formed part of the boundary of the
plaza. It fell, leaving an opening of more than
a hundred paces, through which multitudes now
found their way into the country, still hotly
pursued by the cavalry, who, leaping the fallen
rubbish, hung on the rear of the fugitives, stri
king them down in all directions.
Meanwhile the fight, or rather massacre, con
tinued hot around the Inca, whose person was
the great object ofthe assault. His faithful no
bles, rallying about him, threw themselves in
the way of the assailants, and strove, by tear
ing them from their saddles, or, at least, by of
fering their own bosotn as a mark of their ven
geance, to shield their beloyed master.
It is said by some authorities, that they car
ried weapons concealed under their clothes. If
so, it availed them little, as it is not pretended
that they used them. But the most timid ani
mal will defend itself when at bay. That thoy
did not so in the present instance, is proof that
they had no weapons to use. Y'etthey still con
tinned to force back the cavaliers, clinging to
their horses with dying grasp, and as one was
cut down, nnother taking the place of his fallen
comrade with a loyally truly affecting.
The Indian monarch, stunned and bewilder
ed, saw his faithful subjects falling around him
without fully comprehending his situation. The
litter on which he rode moved to and fro, as
the mighty press swayed backwards and for
wards ; and he gazed on the overwhelming ru
in, like some forlorn mariner, who, tossed about
in his bark by the furious elements, sees the
lightning s flash and hears the thunder bursting
around him with the consciousness that he can
do nothing to avert his fate.
At length weary with the work of destruction,
the Spaniards, as the shades of evening grew
deeper, felt afraid that the royal prize might, af
ter all, elude them; and some of the cavaliers
made a desperale attempt to end the affray at
once, by taking Atahuallpa's life. But Pizarro
who was nearest his person, called out with
stentorian voice,
“Let no one, who values his life, strike at ths
Inca - ’’
And stretching out liis arm to shield him, re
ceived a wound on the hand from one of hi*
own men, the only wound received by a Span
iard in the action.
The struggle now became fiercer than eyer
round the royal litter. It reeled more and more,
and at length several ofthe nobles who support
ed it having been slain, it was overturned, and
the Indian Prince would have come with vio
lence to the ground, had not his fall been bro
ken by the efforts of Pizarro and some other of
the cavaliers, who caught him in their arms.—
The imperial borla was instantly snatched from
his temples by a soldier named Estete, and the
unhappy monarch, strongly secured, was re
moved to a neighboring building, where he wts
carefully guarded.
All attempt at resistance now ceased. The
fate of the Inoa soon spread over town and coun
try. The charm that might have held the Pe
ruvians together was dissolved. Every man
thought only of his own safety. Even the sol
diery encamped on the adjacent fields took the
alarm, and learning the fatal tidings, were seen
flying in every direction before their pursuers,
who, in the heat of triumph, showed no touch
of mercy.
At length night more pitiful than man, threw
her friendly mantle over the fugitives, and the
scattered troops of Pizarro rallied once more at
the sound ofthe trumpet in the bloody square of
Caxamalca.
The number of slain is reported, as usual,
with great discrepancy. Pizarro’s secretary says
two thousand natives fell. A descendant ofthe
Incas—a safer authority than Garcilasso —sweP*
the number to ten thousand.