ENEY J: STABLE. 39" YEAR. Terms of the "Compiler." ter The &publican Compiler is published veryJ Monday morning, by iiENRY J . STAIILE, at $1,7.5 per annum if paid in advance—.s2,oo ,per annum if not paid in advance. Nu sub scription discontinued, unless at the option of -the publisher, until all arreara,ges are paid. gErAdvertisements inserted at the usual sates. Job Printing done, neatly, cheaply, and with dispatch. ,"3i ce in Sjuth Baltimore street, direct- Ry Wanapler's Tinning Establishment, .one and a, half nuares from the Court-house, •"ComeiLE.a" on the sign. • ~`~oice~ ~'oe~~~~~ MWMORIES OP BOYHOOD. Front the German. of Gcetke. BY lIALLECIC Wm copy 'below an orquillte translation. by 'Fitz Greene PHs!lack, of ;the poetic' preface to tioetlie's Faust : Again yo come, again .ye throng around me,. - Dim. shadowy beings of any boyhood's dresml &ill shall ! bless, its then, your spell alma I.:Kuad met Still bend to rul4t and vapors ; as ye Boom ! Nearer ye come—l yield me as ye found me In youth your Nroraltipper. and as the stream Or air that folds you in its magic wreaths Flows by my 15,pv, loutb.'sjoy my bO9Olll breathes Lost forms, and loved ones ye are with you bringing, And dearest images of happier date; • First love and friendship in your path up-springing, Like old remembered lays ; An I long Mlept sorrows waked. whose dirge like singing Reertils my life's strau4e labyrinthine maze, And 11:1111CP the heart-mourned many n.atertr,doom, „Ere their,*ear's.aulumer, summoned to , the tomb. 'They hear not thohc env ttct songs, they ultose . grenting Giaddened nc tirst—my.tpling-time friends hare gone And gone. feet joorneying from the place of xuerting, The echoeq flf their welcome, one iiy,une Though stranger crowds. my liatenera since. are beat iug 'Tine to my mulaic,r;lielr applauding tali° -Nero grie%es th - an glad me, while the tried and true if vet ‘Ju,earth, are wandering far and few. A long-tine:ollg unfelt, a deeps?.raavu.gdzhnig For theiedrk - spirit lands•'erpoweis me now, 31y 'woe:sq . ...int voice faiuter, - like the dying •ToneAv,f the wind-harp swinging frOm the bough, And my ..Banged heart throb,' warm—ne inure klouyig Tears tq osy eyes or Amtat , is to my brow,, 'The ne.srefar off seems. the distsnt nigh The now 1s dream, the past .reality. EVERGREENS, Whop Amumer's sunny hued adorn sky, Wrep , t, Sr.ith ine:rstovrt The tol!nge of the e% ergreeng, to coutraht t seems ashedurr But wiles: the tints of autumn bare Their sober reign asserted, The lAndscape that 442 d A badosr.attowa Into alight convented. Thus thoughts that,frown upon our mirth 11 ib smile upon .tor sorrow; Arm many dark feo.rs of to-day he blight hopes to-morrow. TIN f4itiop, To Cure Meat. Those who will carefully ad , .pt our method of euriug p,irk and beef, will I.oe en:tole:I to en joy as fine. hums, tongues, "dried beef," aa d ounds, as the Eloperor of all. the Itussias eau .conakand, always providing that the lueat .is.uf the Lest quality.. It is this Take 1 ,allon of water, lrt tto. of salt, of sugar, 3 oz. of saltpetre, oz:of potash in this ratio the pievle to he Increased to ; any quantity desireJ. Let thes boiled to getuer, until all the dirt fr,piu the si , var {which will not he a little) rises to .the top and is ski.tunnia of. 'Then threw it jute a. tub to cool, and when cold, pour it over your beef and pork,. to reivai II the usual time, clay four t six. weeks. The meat must tie wFJI cover .ed with piek.le. and sieiuld not he put do n for at least two Macs afte.r killing during, whielt time it sh.iuld. sligetly -prim - fled with powdered sidtpare.. . - - Several 11 f our frieivis base ow,itted the boiling of the pickle, and found it to answer .equally as well. It will not, however, answer guile bo well. By boiling the pickle, it ire par ijied—for the zmuutit of dirt which is thrown .off by the operation, from the salt and sugar, would surprise one not acquainted witai the fact.— Geretaatuton Telegraph. Saving Bacon. The English never smoke their bacon. They Aav : "Oh thAn, trouble folks have taken, To smoke 14.1141 spoil th*lir ba,coo." The Canadiati Argiculturist, taking the isame - view, says that curiv, bacon is like the Irishman's mode of making punch.. lie said: "Put in the sugar, then till it up with whis key, and every drop of water you put in after that spoils the Ftition.:" Just so with curing baeon ; after being properly salted, and pep pered At the b(Ack end, .:%•ery drop of smoke „you wit about it spoils t.l..‘e bacon. Another made of saving baco Li has been giv en by a eorresnondeht of the N. E. Farmer. lie sacs be way entertained at the h mse of a friend, and at dinner he had reason tv; com pliment hiw „on the , P.s.cellent quality of his bacon, and inquired to know- his method or preparing and pre erring- Tu our surprise, .cars he, we were inf,irm?d that that pirtion of our weal was cooked eight months before. He stated that it was his practice to slice and fry bis bacon im.neltately on its being cured. and then pack it down in its uivn fat. When occasion came for using it, the slices slightly re-fried had all the fresnness and flavor of new bacon just prepared. Iu this way our friend had always succeel.-in “s4...ving his bacon" fresh and sweet through the hottest weather. ter•A. sh:}rt tittle sitioP, a bar:)er offered a reward of fifty (I.llars f)r - the best recipe fur 4 'instawlv supe.rfluqus hair."-- :Among the an:-v. - 2n4. EA-warded by a K i ngsts:). We give it: -.tn . de:take kiss acv „ :nan agaiu-t. tier wii:.” :card at vr )I.k—sausa7 ,, tauza,--e .... . - ... k . • .- • . + . . _ . , . . . -- 0 1) ' tcpu• 1 .. . . .. . .7 . - - -t .. : , . . ... . , . • , i , . . 1 . . . '. ; 1 ' , . . , .. , . r . o ~ . . . , ,: 1 halt - :- .•..•:--,. •••:':-: , frill' . fitt ... ~ . . . . . .. ,_. , , f4sit4 fiettiv4pei----bobote6 to J.ifeNifttke, o,9iiet?ifoe, 40_ aeqatti b)felli9eqeo, taliierF For a few years past, •the potato crop has been a failure, compared with the yield of previous years; this has been Attributed to Narions causes., the most prominent of which, ,the opinion that the root had deteriorat ed by repeated planting on the same soil, and required to be renovated by raining from the seed, or procuring seed potatoes from other sections of the „country. Both of these erpe dients, and many others, have been tried, 'without producing the desired effect ; . hence it is evident that we have to look further for the cause-why it is more difficult now to raise one hundred bushels per acre, than it was for merly to raise two hundred bushels. • - I What the true cause is, ,cati only be deter rained by close observation, and repeated ex ' periments... It is 'a common remark that .I.vhen vines ,die early, .or prematurely in the season, the crop - is light, and perhaps, if- nhe cause of this blight could be discovered, and a nemedy applied that weak' be effectual, the crop would be increase& A. few weeks since, on clearing ,off my pietal. to .ground preparatory to digging, I notined many „of the vines dead, whilst others were green; 'and on examining the dry vines, I dis covered that an inseet had entered the vine &built three inches front the ground, and bor ed down the iheart of the vine. to A littlikhelow , the surface ofithe earth, where I found a we.b, nod a small black bug, just ready to take its departure. From the circumstances of the case it appears evident that this is another of the family of insects—and their name is le gion—that prey upon the industry the far finer, and which. appears to have escaped the notice of those versed in Entomology—and it' this is the Cause of the failure in the crop, the critter caught to be looked after, and a remedy Applied to its devastations. T. PLIILh.DELPELA, Oct. 18, 1856. From the Farm Journal. Does Hot or CSustic Lime Affect Farm Yard manure or Guano ? MESSRS. EDITORS7—You have, no doubt, been .frequently asked the question—whether gu ano or farm - yard manure should be applied limmediately, with, or Shortly before or after hot lime? As the following article on the 1. - 11.1*(1, by an able writer, appears to throw voine light (01 ale subject, you will oblige SOME` sf your readers, - at least, by giving it a place '14,1 the, Journal:: "The question is frequently asked, how caustic Utile should be employed along with farm yard manure, guano s.nd bones, either ground or in combination with sulphuric ACid. It is freouentlr insisted - on, that farad yard manure should never be applied along with, or shortly before or after an application of caustic, lime; the reason assigned beiug, that the ammonium! substances contained_ in the dung are decomposed by the hot lime, and that ammonia, under such cirenmstances, being escaped into :the air, and is there lost. N u doubt such is a correct explunathin. of the results produced by bringing hot lime tired farm yard .dung into immeintte contact 'iv the open air but in the soil we are war raMted in. concluding, that the annnoniacal has is in a great measure retained ; and. if a , rop of any kind be growing on the siurface. the es nape of ammonia is leis appre hended. If, has-ever, we were to lime and dung bare fs,llow in--the heat of summer, amyl plow all in together, and afterwards go on with the usual stirring and working of the the greet likelihood is. that nearly ;ill :he e.mmonia contained in the dung win lii he dissipated by frequent exposure to the air. Bat, on the other hand, were the caustic lime applied- in autumn, or even in spring, and thoroughly incorporated with the soil before applying the dung, there is no reason to fear . any notable loss of anfroonia, esplcially irr the ease .if green crops, where the dung, be 'ng ,eu-losed in sonic ee of bulk in the heart of a raised ridge, is , only in partial con tact with the soil ; and i , , at the same thae, so situated that any viointilf• matter escaping from it, cluld be readily laid hold of by the roots or leaves of plauts growing above. In the ease of guano, there is, no doubt. a emwiderabledifference: inasmuch as the am monia it contains is in much greater quantity iu proportion to the bulk. comp.tred Frit h farm yard dun!).; au 1 being distributed through the ;oil in minute particles, it presents a large surface to the action of a decomposing sub stance, such as caustic lime, which is also, distributed through every portion of the surface soil. Some writerg even go so far as to say, that g uano should not be applied to laud which has been hot-limed, for - at least twelve months afterwards. S one of (air prac tical readers way, nu doubt, he able to give , instances proving the groutille,sgness of this precaution. we are inclined to give (it some consideration, and to r‘r!commend, in the Ca.< turnips especially, the use of bones. either ground or iligested in sulphuric acid, in preference - to guano. Laid on as a tqp-dress- Mg to wheat, or other corn cropi., we counra suppose that guaien can be greatly if at all injured by a previous application of hot 'inv.. ; he-cause all the lime on or near the surface is very Fpeedily converted into the carbonate or mild grate by the action of air and rain-water: and even although a, small quantity of caustic particles were present, the ammonnteal gas evolved thereby from guano, would speedily be converted. into a. carbonate of ammonia, 11:1<t in this state rapidly absorbed by the routs and leaves in eontact with it." The ,Skeet and four Apple.—Mr. Dennis, of Applehaehsville, Bucks county, recently favorel us with a sample of this iii go/arair;)lo. when our incre lulity had to give wav e awl we were forced to admit the exist ence of this truly wonderful freak of nature. —Of those .we received. the stem half was ",sweet as sa4ar," while the other or blossom half, was ..sour as wig." Mr. Dennis says, smite of the apples are wholly sweet, and gen erously offers grafts without charge to appli cants w - 11 --- will. --- pay=the postage aspeose#:— Farhe Jo ,rrnul, P unrlPr Palm Tre , s. —The Hartfe)rd Courant'says:-=-We have been presented with Fame Apecithens of very fine Plums raised iq this eiti. Until last season the fruit upon these trees was very im,erfect, owing to rav ages of the cureulio. but for this sea_son, and the pa.t. - the fruit hal been good, owing. un (i-mhte,lly. to the fart that paaltrT- has beers un , l ,- -..the-tree:s. It is an experiment ea.si- Iv , Dried- - - GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA: MONDAY, DEC. 15, 1856. From the Farm Journal Potatoes. e 1 ec Retraction "Over. the Left." An ingenious English Statesman having charged an -officer of the government with dishonesty was required to retract it tdefore the House of Commons, which lie did in the following words: "I said lie was dishonest, it is true, and I am sorry for it." This was satisfactory. But what was his surprise, the following day, tosee saidretrac tion printed in the piper thus— "l said he was dishonest; it is true and am soirry for it." Tlius . by a single transposition of a comma and semi -colon, the ingenious slanderer repre sented himself as not only having made no retraction, but Its having reiterated the charge! 'Tis a poor rule that won't work hothOways. 4CT"Those trho know the value of timothy for feeding cattle can appreciate the follow ings which WWI ori2jually started by the Gauge, (Ohio) Jocirnai : , "Horrid Afurier.--- , Timothy Hay, s resident of Aurora, Portage county, was found on the morning of the 14th. on his own premises, with his head completely severed from the body, and otherwise horribly. mutilated, har ing the appear: Luce of having been done by some sharp instrument. An Irishman on. the farm; who is known to have had some difficulty with Hay, is suspected. lie is still at large." Many of the papers took it for a genuine occurrence: but some editorial genius has car ried oat the joke by adding the paragraph► below: '..We learn by' n gentleman direct from Por tage county th.tt Bay, in spite of his injuries; has preen comnletely cared. lie had a narrow escape, however, and he i4olemuly realizes the truth of the scriptural declaration, that 'all flesh is grass.' rhe perpetrator of the act Way nr.t an Irishman, as statad, but a Scythian: he is at present out on (straw) bail—never theleK,s, from the horrible manner in which he said to have mutilated the unfortunate Hay, we shall not be 'surprised to learn. that he is uo more (mower.)" iltee Colored Always Culored.—A negro woman was relating her experience at a-gap ing congregation of. color, mid among other things said she had been in heaven. One of the ladies of color asked her: ."Sister, did you bee any black folks in Heaven ?" git out you spore Igo in de kitchen, when I was dux!" This reminds us of the anecdote of a color ed man 'who was so convinced of the lowliness of his position awl that labor 'VMS his natural lot, that he was even indifferent as to a future state, believing that "dey'll make nigger' work ehen of he go to heliben." A clergyman tried t(i argue him nut of this opinion by representing that this could_ not ho the case, inasmuch :Ls there was no work for him t do in heaven. Ills answer was: "'Oh. p.m g'vliy,:Alas..a. I 'know hotter—if Mars no work for oulk , l folks day, dey'll make sume for 'ow. a.nd if dere's nufsti bett4;r to do, dey'll innke r:11(11) ale climds along. . You can't fool this child, Massa.' EL= A ShamPftil Libel.—Thefollowingdiszraee ful attnek upon a portion of our beloved Un ion, which is taken from an English paper, will, we, rear_havea_undenzy_ to dissoke tke friendly relations now happily existing be tween the two countries. It is time that the British press should know that we are sensitive when our glorious .country is agsail ed,as any "Jofumy Cruptu." "fn the yieinity of Cane Cod, two apple trees and a gooseberry hush, are called an iTT - kn.]. Cr 13 •• ,, i five pluo•- cutra. (c.vus five plum trees, and is looked upon as no aristocrat. One year they dt.n't bear, and the next year they can't—the sehthl boys using tl.e fruit for bullets to kill owls with. Great euUntry, that Cape Cud." • VrilPE‘ery one has heard or read the St6ry of '3 he laziest man on record," who always made it.a point to lie in bed till noon. One morning:. he waK induned by- a friend to get up betimes and s'ee the sun rise. It wn.A. in deed. a novel sight. The sun rose slowly find innjetically in the East, climbing higher and higher, every moment. In the heavens.— "Does it always go as slow as that ?" said he, with a sort of Ntupid stare—" Ell he hanged if I didn't always think it went right up like a rocket!" -44111111011 , fiFirr " l/(Pol . do you do, ;Nlr. Printer, I want a Sundny school banner printed, we are ring to have a trainin' Fourth July celebration, and our school wants a I)anner." -So `•ou Ought, riir. What do you want on HES - IS -, 11, 1 don't know; v..e on to have a text of script ur' (Ai it. 'nut's a ;.r , ,od idoa—what ghatl it he?" "Wily, I thought this would he as good ris and•—'B sure you are right, then go ahea,d.' " Sportin.g. —A mule race came off on Thurs day, on the Centreville Course, L. 1., fur purse of $5O, mile heats, best 3in 5. Foie animals were entered, one way drawn after the second heat, The. affair :Of orded the spectators a great deal of fun as the mules ex hibited their natural obstinacy, and complete ly set their riders at defiance. One fellow was pitched head over heels ; one mule baulk ed and could nut be induced to return to the track : another. paid a visit to the interior of the bar, and smashed decanters and glasses in the aiost reckless manner. A fellow called Eastern .Jack won the three last heats and the rider took the purse. lam" Prentice, of the LouLyville Journal. ac knowledges a complimentary notice in an ex change in the followingstyle : "We scarce! know, dear sir, how to fink von sufficient y. We wish you were Ron of the President of the United State', and we were your father.", , A - Fair Inlercrece..--- 4 n old lady. obgerring a aig:Cover a taikiring, bearing the inseripti9n "Fuuntaiu l,f Fa,,;liwi," es clairuP 1: ".th : that must be the plaee where the squirtB came from." Stagulat,—To see'a hoarding scho(il Miqs afraid ofa cow, notwithstanding she did "All the milking to hum," a few aza,uths previous. " TREVI IS XIGIRTY,, AND WILL PREVAIL," == Clerical Politicians. • The Aradiviile (Tenn.) Union, says have been cursed in Tennessee as much as they hare been cursed elsewhere with cleri cal politicians. We suppose that Of those who took the Know Nothing oaths, quite one fourth took them from preachers of the Gospel. These preachers could scarcely have tativ,ht the people a more degrading or demoralizing act. The 4 ) Erects of the excitement they thus helped to inaugurate will. be felt for years ad versely to all they profess to teach. Repen tance like that.of 'Esau, sought diligently and with tears, will not avail these men. The stigma will attach to them forever, and will% grow darker as each. year brings cooler refleo tion to the deceived people. The retribution is as just as it has l.teeu speedy and signal. The influence of these Know Nothing preach ers,is gone forever. It perishes with the dis graceful death of the vulgar fanaticism which they have fostered. Hereafter these clerical politicians—who, for the last, two years, in stead of preaching 'Christ crucified.' 'have been preaching :Crucify the Catholics and foreigners‘—who, instoa of inculcating a sound morality, have been engaged in beguil ing the thoughtless into secret places and there administering. to them nrofane -oaths to hate their neighbors—will held up e Za. warning and an example. Their elm s, in some places, may try* to shield them from the effects of a retribution :.but the churches which do this will lie themselves the sufferers. The age is too enlightened to permit hypocri sy to go long unpunished, no matter in how sanctimonious a shape' it niay appear," I Black republican Consistency. The American paople . ljave been entertain ed for the last twelve or eighteen -months with a constant repetition of terrible outbursts of Black Repel)Bout indignation about Kansas and Sumner. "Bleeding 'K ansas" and bleeding Sumner have been hold up to - our gaze in sea son and out of season, day after day, and month after month. Their whole vocabulary of denunciation has- beon. ransacked and its billingsgate expletives showered with unceas ing industry upon the -Dennicratie party, for its alleged complicity with the occurrences dwelt upon. Now, within the last few weeks the Balti more election has occurred, where, we may say, nearly if ih'd quite as many peotile were killed or wounded us in KAWS)I4 '1 (=Rory since its organization, for no other provoca tion than an attempt to exercise the right of suffrage. , And Kenneth Raynor; a Black Re publican ally in North Carolina, has brutally attacked,' with a Hudgeon, a Democratic edi tor because he commented in fitting terms- up on Raynor's political course. We liart: looked in vain for the howlings of the Freedom shriekers over these occurrences. The pens once so bus - • . th alleged Kansas outrages, have sears been used to titter a word of condemnn , ion again, t the Baltimore outrages. And , we have not :et - seen it single Black- Republican co unent pun the gross at.- tempt of -their mat Ray or to crush out the freedom of the p ess, by assaulting an ed itor ! When it suits tl eir purpos r, they can make the earth vocal w th the' shrieks about guard ing, die ballot-box, brut I as. , .aults, free apeech, free press,(i . ,t%, but when those whose era tioo they desire or possess, are gnilty of :Lets quite as reprehensible as those they have so loudly condetnneJ, they sue si lent as the grave. 1==!=1111 Grand Rally ! There will be it grand Maya Meeting of the Know Nothing party some of these times, tthont midnight, when the elei!toral votes of Fillmore will be counted. It will then be ex plained, why it wa:; thitt Know Ni,thing edi tors so deceived their renders, and enured them to lose so much moncv On the election. It will also he ezplitined why it was thcy fled ahout llitehanan going to withrtraw,— Those who wish 'to Lemonte members, call then have all the oaths administered in rine form, and all the signs and grips taught in the most Neientifie manner. It is to Le' hoped there will Len full turn out. D m't be diseouragerl Know Nothings, "Americans shall rule America," and you shail hale more than ten cents a day. Conte 000, come all: probably the signs and grips may he a little revise l•,—the pa-s-word chang ed, and the oaths made more stringent, and binding. Try it again, you may have better luck next time. It is not yet determined where the ineeting, will be held ; perimpi in Koine of the hay- MOWS, garietc, cellers, horse stable, stone uurricv, or lime kilns. It May he held in Carroll Hall, We , :uninster, but if so, there will he a ladder fixed up at the back part of the building, so that, the members can get in through the back window. By order of the President. Nov. 27,1556. tf (Baltimore, Frederick, Hanover, Gettys burg and York papers, plerve eopv and charge to the Know Nothing-Grawl Council.) A Fell-mourner.—The followit:g is from the letter of a Baltimore Know Nothing to the editor of the Norfolk News : "BALTIMORE, Nov. 9th, 1856, "How are you pleased with the election returns in general and . Maryland in particu lar? Full 5,000 votes were cast here by fraudulent means, and scenes transpired throughout Baltimore, which will always he remembered to the eternal disgrace of the city. Our daily papers have dobbtless re ported to you a list of 115 persons killed and wounded on election day. "I voted for Fillmore, but I must says that the proceedings of hi.s partizans not only in this city, but throughout the State. have so disgusted me that the fact of my having voted for him gives me no satisfaction whatever, and causes me to regard his defeat with far more complacency than I otherwise would have done." A Tnopper.—There is a baby in this city only five months old and wreis_•hin~ one hun dred and fifty-six pounds.—/lartjord Cour ant. "Which is the "whopper"—the baby or the story ? I:3`Coming—Christmas, By the way.--wunder whether somPhody is to make us a present (u*a turkey. eh ‘'Noturtrrons," as Father Ritchie was wuut to say. For the Coinpilor. The Chinoha Islands and the Coolie Slave Trade. BY C. E. O. Having seen' several articles in the public prints in regard to the Coolie Slave Trade, but none of which seemed-to have been writ ten ,by persons who bad had an opportunity of seeing and jiaging for themselves of this horrible traffic, I thought it might be interest ing to seine of our American citizens to read a slight but truthful account from the pen of an aye-witness. The clipper ship "Grey Hound," of Balti more, (ou board of which I was,) Capt. Snow commander, set sail, in company with ,the clipper ship "North Wind," of New York, from the harbour of Cullen, bound to the Chincha Islatels,:on the 19th of Feb. 18.5.1, for the purpose of taking on board a cargo of' Guano. We arrived off the - middle island, (for there" are three, named respmtiiely North, Middle, and S. Island,) -on the" morning of the 22. d, and found all the United States vessels in the harbour with colours fly ing, in commemoration of the birthday anni versary of the illustrious Washington. We wore soon at anchor, and as all vessels were compelled to remain at the island ten days fur every . hundred tons of the article which their register called for, we did not get,away before the last of April, .thereby giving me an nmple opportunity for observation. The day after wo arrived,—having all things "made fast"—the Captain and myself with four mea, -took the "Gig," and' started for the double purpose of reporting ourselves to the Commandant. whom we found to be, a gruff old Spaniard. occupying; an old hull of a vessel as his "Flag Ship," with as dirty a looking set of "Choulers' for-a "shit:es:crew' as ever tread a plank"—and introducing our selves to M. Kossuth, a surly Hungarian ' who is the ehiof overseer on the islands, and with winim the Captains are-expected to he VA the, most friendly fertile, in case - they ,have the' desire to-get their vessels loaded and be off, before the full expiration of their time. . We found the man, and after the usual pro cess of introducing had been gone through with, and inviting .mime to dine with us on beard the "Grey Hound," we obtained per mission. to visit the island . and observe the process of "digging." The Coolies are not slaves according to the strict letter of the law, but :we paid a trilling sum monthly or yearly, are compelled to do a certain amount of' Nvork daily, Sunday _not, ex cepted, are charged the - highest prices for . everything they wear, eat or drink, as ever" pint of water used on the island is brought from Caller', theretiire not receiving mifficient wages to support themselves, are kept contin ually in debt ; and consequently are compelled 1. 0 remain there for life, -which, as I will illus trate by and by. is very often short and tragi cal. , -The ,Guano. is dug: and wheeled on hand carts' to tie edge of the island,--which is from one hundred and fifty-to three hundred feet above the level -of the7oeeme---tind—there-wn voyed down to the vessels by mime of heavy canvas pipes, called "shoots," and it usually takes from three to five days to load a ship under ono of ' them - besides these mate "shoots," there are smaller once, used to sup ply "lighters," or boats bolding frsmn five to ten tons, which belong to the ships -end arc uhed in hope of being, able to 'load , and Away without waiting for their turn under the main shoot, as it is attended with a great' deal of cost. T., give yoU an idea how these poor creatures Are I wougb t to therm ihkttgi9 - 1 will relate an account of a voyage which :was related to me 1)y au old sailor while there, who had Wen "in the trade." Ile said tie had been in Calico for Rome time without finding a vessel "up".for a nor thorn port,—ns be • did •not wish to double q.' Liverpool ship of niiio hundred tons, "up" for the East Indies and California, and immedi ately shipped, after overcoming nom slight objections to sailing in a "lime-juicer"-z-as the sailors call the English merchantmen, from the fact of their dealing out lime-juice every day to prevent the scurvy. They had ti very pleasant "run" across the Pacific ocean into the China seam, and after taking aboard about five hundred Coolies, being as skted by some of the speeulating portion of the Chinese, they started for-the islands, and when about half their time "out," the Coolies became awa-tt: for what they-were destined,— ha,ving been led to believe they were bound to California—rebelled, attacked the ship's crew, and were only after a bloody fight driv en "below," with the exception of what were killed, wounded, (for they were thrown over board,) and what.jtcmped into the sea. They were nut again pertnitted to come on deck, th e effects of which proved terrible in sailing in a tropical climate: disease carried offgreat numbers of them, and as they wore unable to get the dead bodies out of the bold of the yes p,els, the stench was horrible beyond all con ception; a great many starved themselves to death by abstaining, from the food that was thrown into them like wild beaks in a pen, hut at last they arrived at the island, and unloaded one hundred and seventy three, (all that remained of the immense cargo of five hundred,) for the purpose of working out their pass(' fie on the f.vlandB, as the captain told them; he in the meantime sold his claims up on them to the Peruvian Government. This is but an instance of hundreds of such voyages; as it requires a groat mani—owing to the the deleterious effects of the Guano, taken in connection with the effects of exposure to the dews at night, (as they work all night,) and the amount of suicides committed—to supply the demand. - I saw one Sunday, as I sat on the quarter deck of the vessel, a Coolie jump from the edge of the island to the beach below, a height of one or two hundred feet, and fall a man gled corpse within fifty yards of where I was sitting. The shrill and terrible cry which he uttere in leaping, I ifetir shall forget. went ashore to help bury him, and to look at his calm black but glassy eyes, his jet black and wavy hair, his high forehead, his pearly teeth closed tight in death, with his finely .chiseled features, would have melted a heart of adamant, but had no eiTect up,m the tyrant wh o was the cause of the deed by his cruelty. I was told they often _precipitated themselves into the "shouts," and are killed or smothered before reaching the vessel. Nine of them one night took a "lighter" belonging to the "North Wind," and put to sea, and after floating about upon the trackless ocean for 1,,TW9 'DOLL/U.B 4-YEAR. days—during which tinio•they were epnipell ed to eat ofthe dead bodies,of those that died bf starvation, as they took :A :provisions_ with them--=the survivors- were picked np by a New England ship and -delivered over to the authorities, to be executed as an example it; the rest on the-island! TheSe are but few of the cruelties' that these poor creatures are 'subjected to. I hope indeed this may meet-the eve of the Rev. Ward Beecher, and that take ins mediate steps ; -towards the proeuring of Sharpe's rifles, to- bIS sent to suppress this horrid traffic, and lot Kansas, (where there tire no seek doingi,) fight her own way into the confederacy, airshe best likes. I would also suggest .to Lady Byron, and the, rest of the English people, that they bad hotter take steps . toward ending other 'com merce 'for their merchantmen, and correct her own evils, and let Americana& the same. Not that ):,ingiand loves the North, neither the South, kit that she May cripple the strength of the North and monopolize the trade of the South, does she exhibit , this pseudo-philanthropic interest she pretends to tel in , the affairs of the United 'States.-- When we see thousands of converts 'lying to the shrine of Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet", who can wonder -that it power like England should find fanatics enough in our land to re iterate her words and-sentiments. She had her tories in thefinte of the Revolution, and will continue to have through time. • The Decline of Reltginn.—A correspondent of the New Yetic - Journal of Commerce says : "There has been a remarkable decline in mat ,tors of religious interest for about ten years ,past, especially in the Northern States. Ti; last filature of this deans is the scarcity of .faithful ministers of MO Gospel. If any one, doUbts this - we east send him 'facts and fir; urea.'_ We attribute it alntost entirely to-the fact of a large . portion of people and a cur respondin4. portion of the Clergy and rekions Presses being absorbed in the ever annoy ing theme - of anti-slavery. We nOw hope that there is a 'good Mime coming,' as the bubble has burst.'!. _ I l ocuste Oulu ihe' Allies .—The neigh borhood of Odessa; on the Black Sea, has been invaded by infillititudes of-locusts after the old - Pharaoh ,style. The fiallowireg fact gives an idea of the enormous number of these inseehg A. gentleman living in the neighborhood of Odessa invited a large . party to a fete ettliis country house ;_ - and_ in_ the _evening the_placo____ was splendidly lit up With lumps, Bengal lights, - etc.- Sumptuous eideboards were laid out, and it brilliant and select eonipany.liad assembled. The winders of the aparttenta had been opened, when suddenly n loud noise was-heard, and a fair tionients after myriads Of locusts filled the roams, the gardens, sleet* . ing chambers and every part of the villa. They . devoured nil the rich food upon the to-. ble in - a few minutes, and wanted more. FireVrorks, rockets, etc., were disebargod in hope-of--drivituestiy but in vain. The company were compelled to . leave. A Mistake at a Pawral.—Wo pubjithed a paragraph a day or 'two sgo about a. roan who, attended hie OWI9 funeral—the wife mistaking the body of another man for . that of her' hill band, and so proceeding with the ceremonies until the actual buil - anal suddenly.appaared. alive and well. This is only . stirpassed an instance-which °nutted a few inonths - agq: at the Calvary emeterv,'(relltted bY'the gate keeper a the ferry.) eaten the discovery was made that the coffin was empty ! Through some inadVertance. or oversight, or forKetful- . poss . , or.something or the kind, the' indispen sable part of the` funeral had' Leon belt behind I Tourno/. Stir Goo d practical advice'--Be content- as Wig tiny our Luinalt iti fehtliittrAy—CTAVelfit -remember • Aka poor—kiss all the pretty girls---don't robyour neighbor's-hen room;-- never pick an editor's pocket s nor entertain an idea that he is going to treat--kick don 'are to - the deuce—black- your own hoots—an.l be sure to take the Compiler and pay for it. Now and Then.—The sumptuous sekr.riet4 paid to ,ministers of the clove' now ooutra.4 strangely with those of the (Allen times. Mr. Goodrich, "Peter Parley,," in I; Recolleeti(in:i of a-Litetime, 51115 t published, states that Sus father; a- Connecticut clergyman - 4,f tht , Con gregational persuasion, brought up and eLin catedtx family of eight children on a salary of four hundred dollars a year, and left at his death, "an estate of four thousand dollars." fle did not only do this, but his h'u'e watts a. kind of clumosynary tavern for travelling cler gymen. Warnirig to Boys.—The Buxton Journal re cords a melancholy case of suffering resulting from roughness at play among boys. A lar ger boy struck a smaller ore roughly on the ankle with the toe of his boot. The wound was at first apparently a slight one, but it be gan to grow serious, and the little fellow was confined to bed. There he remained six or seven mouths, suffering the must extremo,ag ony, the bone of his leg above the knee having decayed, rendering it at last necessary to amputate it as the only possibility by which his life could be saved. Soap Suds Currant Bnshe.l. A 'corres pondent of the Indiana Farmer says:—'•l have found the cultivation of Currants to he very profitable. By care and attention I greatly increased the size of the bushes and the quan tity and quality of the fruit. My bashes are now abou keight feet in height, and are remark ably thrifty. The cause of this large growth I attribute in a great measure to= the fact that I have been in' the habit of pouring soap' suds around their roots during the summer season. I am satisfied from my own experience and that of some of my neighbors, and this treat ment will produce a most astonishing 'effect on the „growth and product of the bushes." Skeleton of a Giant Found.— A. few days since. some workmen found a skeleton on the ground*: of Sheriff Wickman, at Va., 'which *as that of a man, and, according to the Wheeling "Times," inust have been in. life, ten feet nine inches in length ! The; jaws and teeth -were as large as those - au, horse. Be""I am going to the Post Offii.T. Joe, shall I inquire lor`you?" . "Well, yes, if you have a mind to, 1;21 don't thial: you'll find me there l" NO. 1-2,
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