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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
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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- -
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GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA: MONDAY, DEC. 15, 1856.
From the Farm Journal
Potatoes.
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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!"
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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,"
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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.
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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,