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i i.t) -iff ", -. ;oo,,j,-..-i i-:. t ii.twE I'-- ?.---- i . '- 1 . " !-,,,,,,,,,,-,,,,,,,., THOIAS 1. LEIH, Wit YOL.XLII. mmml $i U fii within tlx avsthi; end J at ffc wrfy'- - .' ':'C,i' ' ' ADVBRTIsraO. I tquu (It Hues) srst Ino-rUon, $1, oot I ourta fcr earl nWquat tasertiea. '''"' ' , AtiHUXsVTXBtAU .U.TU.BIIID fi01Wkv .witf' On thi poittt or best; Militarily 1 Hr. Hamilton, late of Pari, who temark a fbl lovet -';' 5'v i ''' -"' ""''i ;. The guanos were still W ' be Ken ta rest number oa th Mora of Africa, during my tint residence thar in 186, but wot in raeh bundaoe a they -warn a few yeaf priot to that periodi fcr, duriu; the war fbr.itidrpen Jence, Africa wu teraral limei tluckrd bath 'by tea and land, when' the cunnoaading had die effect of tearing them from their hauntt on the Mom. Sinod 1828,' Africa hat ' been frequented by foreigner, tome of whom" fired at and otherwise annoyed the irdt, which liar now all hut totally abandoned,, that part of the Pernrian roast. The pianot have liitlierto exitted on the coast of .Peiu in num ber which would appear incredible, except to thoae periont who have tee themV The grealeat naae ofgaanos I erertaw wtt in f 846, at the China Ialea, which are only barren rook in the Pacific steam off Piaca, and about on hundred milea aouth from CaUao, ,i aaw die ,l)irda llireugh a glae from on board a ronae) under easy fail, when the roc appeared. K be a living masai tor , the guanoa teemed to le contending amnng themseliei (hr a retting place. They live on fish and r expert 6h- ra, for which they ere beautifully formed by "tltttt.TheTrhtH in three wfbwhirierlmiT' aeeording to uie age or eize of the bird, and it it. about one inch broad at the ettremjiy, much carved, and altogether welt adapted for hook jng up fond, which rarely escape a. The -uiTrtrty vf? (iittfrrtiaflTi " aceuftiiflittil rirflfe Peruvian enaat mutt lie very great, and may be eelitnated that: i ' ' ' ' '' Allowing the average number nfdtetf liirda to be one million, which I eonxiiler ia muoh within hounds, and that each bird hat one ounce pf drnppingi per day, we shall have not lew than above thirty ton; and deducting one-half of the above auppoted quantity for - evaporation and other-eaettatitieii, Tliere will aU:It be abort fifteen tone of line vtlua()le tuli ttanee produend every day. From what hat .been oWrvcd at to the habjlt and nuiiibtra of tne guano, their Irrquenting pronmntonet, de- clivitipn. and insulated rock, it follnwtthat their sonTri'fff&iiildcalitTes must have aecumiilated'i to such an extent, as might induce those per sons who may not httve considered the sub ject, In expect that the giisno is to be had in unlimited u,uiujUty, but lor obvioat .tossous diet mutt be a fallacious expectation.'' "TrecnAMCXE'IMITlOYEMEJIT OfSOTLS, There are two modes of improving soils. 1 have spoken if ilia composition of soils. Yon see how they very, and what differences there are in qualities of toils, and what it is ibalwmWtiMKw 4jiaiiiy o,iJ, and what the reiatipBMtwern.i)iese wdditieJwnuVsdjwife. position of soils. But how are soils lo be -tmrirnifd? : There -anrTwg'm nhfidlTTIte me" harueal and the ehesnieul. Of the mechsni eal method I shall now speak, and of the chemi cal in my last lecture. Among the various lObcbanii-al mcibods of improvement there sre three principal kinds., TJie 6 est is deep plough ing;; Uiat, in almost alt eases, is found to be ,mpoinL:ind whsrw I have been. In aH parts of F.ut-ope which I have visited, experience has shown that the soil genorathr is not ploughed . to a great depth; three, four, or five incliee is al- ,mtJujmauitt.dfMkoA is very often the ease Hint ferenns xhaut land until they ean Wise no snore cropland am then compelled to leave. The person who Mieeeeds. seeing thr T8lim of lillaje that hs been practised, instead of'adopllnj die former system of shallow ploughing, goes down deep er and wms up a new toil altogether Very likely in this new soil are foand aocQmulate'd the materials which the ether toil onos con tained. The manure that hat been ttnr on and accumulated below is turned up,' and the new' omerg, perhaps, not only virgin soil, hot touch of the (none thai flff rroejt, line Juried there... Tbit is no hypodrilieai.eaae. If h were, I would not stats ii Sir speeolatton and hypothesis are good for nething. - In the neighbnrkeed of Bdinbnrglv there are farmers of the gretMt stilt 'apt yto make ( great deal of money j and, as a jjencral Vute, you may judge of the skill of nlarmer bythe number of sovereign Uul he ha pocketed v we end f the years it i 9 very food test.' One at" these farmers, sfier hearing one of my leerures, in ex-; ptanartnn f this simple prineiple, told me that,' though he lived so near Edinburgh, the thing ud never occurred him kofore, ner h.-i'd he liearil of tt.J and he iarmediavlv went to work to carry out me principle, and b? ploughing down, he had brought to the surface 'fresh oil, and was then growing luxuriant fcttipa where be had the land entirely exHaasir-d. Therefiwe ii, Is quite miO that, in thenndsror uhsoii; there aceuioulate raanf tubstWp which have drained through1 from the upper oil which make ii fuljy t rich as the nppor oil once , was, and ihat tha farmer takes tbe chespeet steps to racbuna poor land, exhausted fcy eerrre cropping, who plought deep. - -: n Thia mutt betufScic.it t thow 'the vaiue ' of the tubtoil, when tnrned op tod mixed Vilh the upper. I new) not dwelljon tliis, but I hsve thin restark. q Wakf. ,,lt happens sometimes dut variont tubslancet aceuvulate lienetUi, which are injuriout to the plant, and InorderUiat they may. not injure tbe upper tso.1, U is not .Urayt adsiabl,.to Mng u" 77 . '. ' yBy, wuere tne. u ,sou it a wnile cuy, whieli it to barren thnl tf brouirht us it wiiil destrav ih. .,.. -:t W-thejWfort it it careryJ!y.voidBa.Ttiis W ease in many parts or the world. - h b quite proper BM to 1 so but not an trtifre 'quent resort with He as mean of deeDeniim lh tail . .k. k :i : ,r - F,iiii vivwu n impervious or 0o tbrong ter suikt below the level of llie snil. ill min Tails, Tilling up all the r pores in the soil to a eertain point, which, with llrt fresh air. effects Hehemical action On these mrtisUnces, change bBj hemkally,endgiee them nliv a oar tshiag OualilV or modifies ill muWmnii u iK.t uBUrongW VM aw.,,, . nu we object ofeubsoil nliuighW, tliit it oinmo in England; .fterdniinj mTtiffclay oils. But the practice is also adopted where .the land ha bee, , drained.' In Scotland. ..2! PWai lotwentrhrebe v Mnerienoi bat aiown, mat land t""in, 'Ml. L fai.''1:;; !''-'. .'...'..,'.' -.-'JJ that treated not mf retain .everything, pot on them in the frtrm of manure, but aie capa ble pf growing crops for a longer time, with out exhaustion, than if Ihey did not plough to deep: -Jonnum 't Actum. . - - TIUXMSO FRUIT. The New England Farmer .observe jo re- UUoa to thinning iruit: " One peach grower Jnrormed be thai he had taken off two-thirda of hie peaehee and at they inernwed in aize and- appeared loo thick on the treea ho wu sorry ho had not taken off one half of the other third. , Uue iinan com nlained to bit neiehbor that certain variety of oeieli that hia friend bad advised him to tul urate wat noor bearer. " Stop your com plaint, "' was the reply. unlit ou tell your Iruit. He! niHO on one tree tnree nen of peOehM toU them at two dollars per dnien and was satisfied. (. ;' . .This, it ae true, was an extreme ease, hut die eUt of overwhelming.contrasted widi die benefits of thinning, can only be understood by actual trial. ...'J he cultivator may be aware that, hjr reducing the number one hdndrod epeeimens may fill hit basket where two hun dred were Teqiiired from an overloaded tree, but until he actually tastes and compares the two products he cannot appreciate the incompara bly tuperior quality of iho former. , Many are deterred from thinniug their fruit by the elow and tedious nature of the oppera tion ; but very lexpeditinus way mure pa r tic nlsrlr pplteh to the peach is to thortm in the shoot cutting off one-half or two thirds of all one season s growUi. VY here trees have been negleetcd fur several years and are be ffinning to-exlend their branches into long bare Urms sh(1rfcijing.ba portions ol the hninch until the tree is orougni into a compart shape. We havi on former neciisions, more particularly pointed out the natura of this mode of treatment but we wjsli now tauiVQ Uie, imnpnauy.af -Uuii .timely- Jvt-L formanee, 1 he earner m winter it is attend ed to, the les will be the liability of its own omission. We . have found it to. sucrceel quit on well even If performed by mid autumn and when felt till spring. HOW IV MAKE VOL'Nl) THKKS BEAU. Whoever plants trees with hie own h'lixl, or I'misr-a them to be planted, is emninnnly aftximis to partake of their fruit as early as possible, - He watches die first flower-hnil. and if the N'Thing fmit durps from the boifgh experiences irreat disappoiuteu. Jo Buih ol our readers at have fult this emotion, it must ' he a sratificatiiin to know how they mav force tliflic. young trees into bearing so ns early to lest their fruit. M'hoever would have his trees bear at nn early age must cut off about one third of the new gmwib from the extrem ity of a few branches about the middle of July. This will force the formation of blossom-buds near the end of. the. branches during the hitter part of the season, for the fruit the next year. On small trees this process should be applied to hut few of the limht, otherwise Uie trees will produce fruit which is imperfect, or of in-1 (prior qimlilv, and may be injured. In this way, we have obuiincd fruit in the third year foam the eittieg of the bud or grfu XATOLEON AT MOSCOW. We subjoin from Ilcadley's work "Na poleon and bis Marshals" a brilliant account of the burning of Mosenw, which is well tpoken of in the American Whig Review at superior even to Croly's picture in Salalhiel," of theconfliigraHon of Rome, ireadley'rdet. ecriplive powert have rarely, if ever, been turpaased. . ".,ALjH?fK. l0"S.wA..w'., .','. Jotpejjjn iow'ersMuT'''palaeesl appeared in sight, and Napoleon, who had joined the advanced guard, gazed long and thoughtfully on that goal of his wishes. Marat went forward and entered the gates with his splendid cavalry, but as he passed through the street he was struck with the solitude, that surrounded him.'' Nothing was heard but the heavy tramp of his squad ron as he passed tlong, for a deserted and a bandonied city was the meiuire priie. for whieh took unparalleled efforts had been made. At hiirht drew it curtain over the splendid capital, ' Napoleon entered the gales, rid lmmtdifltelr tippointed Mortier governor, In hit direction tie 'commanded him to ali staio from til pillage. "'For this, said be, "you shad be answerable with' your lifnu. Defend Moscow tujauist all, whether friend or (cm;"- , , ..- 7.', " The brijul moon rote over the mighty ci- ty tipping .with tilver.lhe domes of more (htn twe hundred churches, and pouring a flood of light ovsr a thousand palaces, and the dwel lings ul (hree hundred thousand inhabitants. 1 The wear) army runk to rest ; but there was no sleep to Mortier s eyes. Trot the gorgeous and variegated palace and their rich orna ments, nor the parks and gardens and orien tal magnificence that everywhere surrounded him kept him wakeful but the ominous fore boding thai tome dire .calamity waa hanging over the silent capital.' When he entered it, scarce a living soul met hit gaze as he looked dowq the long s'reets ; and, . when be broke open; the buildings, he found parlours, and bed-rooms Und chambers, all furnished and in order; bat no occupants. The sudden a baodonmenl of their homes betokened some secret purpose yet to be fulfilled. . .The mid night rnnoa was. tailing nvet tbe city wliea tlis ervof "fire!" reached the ears of Mortier t ani the first light over Nupolcon't failing em pire wat kmdled, and that mott Wondrous tccne or ihiMlern times commenced tfifbilrn ing of Moscow, - nr-i ' 1 f Monie ae 'governor of the eily, immedi ately issued his orders and was putting forth every election wbeo at day-light' Napoleon Isastenadto hint. . Affecting to disbelieve the reports, that tho- tnhabitanm Twer firiugibcif own city, be pot more rigid commands on Mortier to keep the olh.rt from the work of dctrBetlhi. Thie Marsha! simply pointed to some imft covered h nines that' had not yet fit smoke Was issuing like staarn from Uie side of pen! ,up rolcaoo. . Sd and thoughtful, Napoleon, turned, wwards the Kremlin, the ancient1' pshce of 4 thp Cxars, whose huge structure rose high-abore tbe surrounding edi fices. ' : , .' : v ' ' " . ln"Hi tiiorifflrtg' 5f imier, W--gTenr exrr- tions wat enahled to subdue the fire. " The next night ept. lVarmidnigfirthe seniTndt on walrtt anon the loRy Kremlin, saw below them the flumes bersting throngh the house and palaces, and the eryof "firel fire ! firet" pasted through " the:- cityr" niedrea4 sceh'e liad now biriy opened. F;ery balloons were ' 'B'S.t a4- 14'"fi' ; RfiiTI tJMLM-rtiful ii iBttlltrtm!, wrai th ybyiifal nmwn, the laid WEDNESDAY HORNING; JUNE:18, 1851. teen dropping from, the air and lighting upon the houws dull explosion wereiierd on every side, from the shut dwellings, and die next moment a bright light burst forth, and the flames were raging through the apart ments. . - All wat uproar and confusion. The serene air, end moonlight ol the night before had given way to driving clouds and Wild tempests, that swept with the roar of the set over the city. Flames arose on every side biasing and cracking in the, storm, while ctoudt of smoke and sparks, in an incessant shower, went driving toward llie Kreiuliu. I he clouds themselves seemed turned into fire, rolling In wrath over devoted Moscow. Mortier, crushed with rexpoosibilily thus thrown upon hit shoulder, moved .with hi Young Guard amid thi desolation, blowing up the house and facing (he tempest and the flame struggling nobly to arrest the confla gration. lie hastened from place to place amid Ilia blazing ruins, bis face blackened with smoke, and bis hair and eye brows tinged with the fierce heat. At length the day dawned, a day of tempest and flame, and Mortier, who had strained every neive for thirty-six; hours, en tered a palace and dropped from fatigue. I he manlv form and stalwart arm that so of ten carried death, into the ranks of the enemy, at length gave way, and the gloomy Marshal, lay and panted in utter exhaustion. Hut die night of tempest had been succeeded by a day of tempests, aad when night again enveloped the cuy, it was one broad Maine waving to and fro in the blast. Tho wind had increased to a perfect hurricane and shifted from quarter to ouarter as If on purpose to swell the ses of fire, and extinguish tbe last hope. The ttes-wne ppiuW'mliymT-Kfem1IWranyirrea dy the roar of the flames, and the crash of the tailing houses, ana tils ' crackling ol burning timbers were home to the ears ol the stratteu Emperor. He arose and walked to and fro, topping eottviilitii'ely.1 nxti-pitan-tttmp rilic scene. Mitrat, Eugene, and Bertliter, rushed into his presence, and on thoir knees besought him to lire, but he still hung to that hunghty pahice st if it were hit em pire. - Hut at length the shout, 'the Kremlin is on fire !" was heard above the roar of the conflagration, slid Napoleon reluctantly con sen ted fo tcaicLIIe den-ended to the street wilh Ins siair; and looked about for a way of egress, but the Ijaiues blockaded 'every passage.. At length they discovered a postern gate leading to the Moskwa, and entered tt, but Ihey had only entered still farther into the danger. At Napoleon cast his eyes around the open space, girded and arched with fire, smoke and cin ders, he saw, one tingle street yet open, but all on fire. Into this he rushed, and ainul the crash ol falling houses, and raging of the flames oyer burning ruins, through clouds of rolling smoke, and between walls of fire e pressed on, and at length, half. suffocated, emerged in safety in the imperial palace of retro ivukv nearly three miles distants Mor- lier kiicved of his anxiety for the emperor jedu4Hli'd his efforts to ariiest the conflagra- donr'-ithT-tnen cheerful-rushed into every danger. Breathing nothing but smoke and fashss Mcaonpied hv flame, smnke. and cin- tdSsrs sufroundeiT br walls of fire thsit rbrk' ed to a fro, and fell with a crash tmid the blsxing ruins carrying down with them red hot roofs of iron, he struggled against an ene my that no boldness could awe, or courage o- vercomc. I hi'se brave troops had heard the tramp of thousands of cavalry sweeping lo ttleyWifrft still terror before the march of the conflagra tion, under whose burning footsteps was heard Uie kcessant crash of falling bouses, and pa laces, and churches. The continuous roar of the ilamea ww mowtim the artillery, and before this, new foe, in the midat of the elements, ths awe struck army stood powerless and affrighted. v'hen night again descended on the city, it presented a spectacle the like of which wat never seen before, and which baffles all de scription,' '1'be streets were st reels of fire the. heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body pf tho .oity a mass of fire, fed. by the hurricane that whirled the bluing fragments in a constant stream through the air. Incet- tantcxplosiuns from tits blowing up of stores or Oil, tar and spirits, shook the very founda tion of the city and sent vast volumes of -sin o so rouing mnrusiy lowaras me say Huge theeu of canvas on Ore eittne floating like, messengers of death through lbs flames the towers snd dome ol the churches and aces glowed wilh red hot beat over the wild sea below, then tottering a moment on their basis were hurled by the tempest into, tbe eoinnmu ruin. Thousand of wretches before unseen were driven by the heat from .the cellar and hotel mid streamed in an in cessant throng in (he streets. . Children were seen carrying thoir parents the strong the weak, white thousands more were staggering : nnder (he load of plunder they had snatched from the names. 1 his, too, would frequently take fire in the farting shower, and the miser--able creatures would e com pel M to drop it. and flee for .their lives. Oh ! it wat a scene of fear and wo, inconceivable and indescriba ble! A mighty and close parked city of houses said ehtirches and palaces wrapped from limit 10 limit in flames which are fed by a whirling hurjcane, is a sight this world will seldom see. . , . i lJ Hut this wat all within the city. To Na poleon without the spectacle wat Still more sublime and rerriic. When the flame had overcome all obstacles and had wrapped eve rything in lieir red m anile, that great city looked like a sea of rolling ire, swept by tempest Umt drove it into vast billuwi. Huge domes and towers throwing off (parks like blazuig Ore brands, now towered above the waves and' now disappeared in their madden ing jlow as ihey broke liijh over their lops, scat leringjlieir Spray of fire sgainst the clouds. The heavens themselves seemed to have eaughttljs fonQagraUon, and the sngry mas ses t!,i wept )t rolled over a bosom of nre. Columns of flame would rise and sink aloni ruis'surft'ee oTlfiV sea', and 'huge volumes black ssnoke tuddenly ahoot into the air, at it volcanoes were working below, I he black form of 111 Kremlin alone lowered aboey,tbe ehans, now wripped in 0nd smoke, and then began merging into view standiag amid the scene of desolation and terror like virtue to 'weSTtdst'-of a borninsj-'Worlih enveloped but nnseathed bjr thedevrmringelements, :J$?t pTeoit'"st6oXa'lze?''on' JiTs' scehe" (ii silent iwe. Thntgh nearly three miles dis tant, the windows snd walls of his apartment were so hot that he could scarcely bear his liiud agtiust ihtoj. .Said he, year nfurf. ward; 1 tfM Y..-:'e?i "It was the spectacle of the sea ' and bit .lows of (Ire, si sky and clouds of flame, moun taint of red rolling flame, like iinmeusa waven of" the sa; aliernalely bursting forih, and ele vating inemseives 10 skies 01 are, and then sinking into tbe ocean below. - Oh H was the most suikosj, the most sublime end the meet terrine sight the world ever beheld." NcnEXT9 or riiK rmxscUR WAIl. From a publication of, the reminiscences of an English officer in the Peninsular war we extract the following: Nothing in the olden time, not even in the most eltivalrotw period of the middle ages. could equal the exalted politeness with which the adverse out post in the Peninsular carried on their hostilities. Instances of reciprocal courtesy, such as invitations to dinner, inter change ol provisions, and abstaining from all useless annoyances, wsre or daily occurrence. Sometime the apparent contradiction of ene mies being or) such terms was fiercely ludi crous. ' W itnesa the ghastly message sent by a French officer of high rank to one of our most distinguish d commanders ol cavalry, begging him A" with his compliments) to give orders that our dragoon should have thoir sa-i hers sharpened more keenly, as several of the wnunded in the r reneh hospitals suffered se verely from the jugged end of the weapon with which, in hand-to-hand encounters. Die Brnish soldier dealt hit crushing blow. rNeed 1 add the meswig was received and soled up on in the epirit in which it was sent T . At for conks, valuable ss such officials are in a cam paign, thev were Continually being sent back and exchanged, with the utmost readiness and yoT(aWiir." A"cooE,1ikei surgeon, was never obliged to hurry himself or discompose his chemical arrangements, as whether a prisoner or at Inrjo. whichever side gained the d ho was rqnatly eertain of consideration and good treattnenti ; s" --" 1 " A-singular coincidence as regarded these amicable hostilities came under the notice of some officer belonging lo one of our hussar re-jim'-nt. wilh whom I am well nrq'ta tinted, and who will vmirh fo the facts as they are related in the following' curious instance of the wild, retributive justice of war: My friends, a enptatn and subaltern, were on iiutposi duty, ne usual,, in the immediate vicinity of French picket, snd from the aa- hire of the ground amLtlie earlier arrival of the Uritish force, were enabled to command the only spring at which water was attainable for many miles, in that parched and arid fdlinfry; ""As flhey- Sat round 'their fire, a sin gle French Serjeant was seen miking his way on foot, op the hill, towards, them, and wa ving his hand with gestures evidently depre cating hostilities, lie ' vas allowed to ap proach, aad asking for the officer in command, he : presntjted " Monsieur le captaine's" com pliments, and begged that his men might be allowed to water, their horses at the spring without molestation, this request was in stantly and graciously acended to ; nor was there any dereliction ol duty in so Ooinrr. as the-pn-H my friend- oeeepietj wt merely enr of observation, and his orders were, upon no affounjiLJotnnipy- Ot-iuzttft a trncniinlnrlhave been x posted from the - foroe and dura. rththe coeiny--.Ne sooner hadarewtirtwiiis affirmative lo his message been delivered to the French offiner, thin he mounted his horse. gallopped up to the little camp of English cavalry, and threw , himself in the midst of ilieni. Willi 1 the volubility or his nation, he thanked them for their politeness in the riatlle of liiiivaetf, iii men, his horses, and his Emperor! gave V1e.n1 his addrest in Paris. swore eternal brotherhood, and remained to partake of their, simple campaigning fare. Ere he left, after making himself most agree- end, in a most melodious voice, he again thanked them wrarmly for their kint'.ness and hospitality, informing them that as he was under order to retire upon the head-quarters of his corps the following the day, he should leave some white bread, coffee, and brandy at his present post, for the nee of his English mends' hoped they ; might' some day meet without holding "le Wr-r-re a la main," snd took quite-an affectionate leave of his entertainers. ''Curiously enoueh,. that Very night, whilst my friend were discussing their' visitor, and voting him energetically a right goed lellow,. they, received orders to drive in the enemy's outpost at daybreak the following morning. ; "Those; tvho had passed the enp from lip to lip in jovial companionship but twelve hour ago, ware now to be opposed hand lo-Jiand in mortal combat. The French out-pout was brill lantly earned after a sharp and decisive skirmish, and my friends,' on oc-i eupying the ground previously held by the enemy, found the t rench eiptaiu body I- uig ttark and HO, actually within three pact of ih small package of tuxnriee which, ad-' cording to promise, had been teA for the ose of his entertainers of the previous evening. . j lie was a capital swordsman, and more Ulan on of our huzzar had fallen to his deadly thrusts, when Sergcal Oreen, the smartest non-com itiissinned oflicer belonging to my friend troop, shut, htm dead through the heart, without a rest, at fifteen paces, re marking first that the French officer appeared to be troultlosxMne," snd secondly, that it was - pretty fair practice for hostr!fistol,,' Poor fellow ! they di.g hit grave then and there, and with a soldier's tear aad a soldier' prayer, they, laid him in . hi slowly resting place, and mv friend, -with feehwiof re peel whieb did him honor, found time ere he pursued his march, to mark the spol of Uie gilLnl Frenchman' last bivouac, by cutting a white cross in the. bark of a fine old tree. which overshadowed the scene of an enemy's death snd a warrior's burial. " '', Time slipped on, and the distinguished regiment to which my friend belonged had ever the baek.-Wbere blows were goirrg, to be in the thick of them. Exsctly one year after die skirmish I have mentioned, on that very day twelvemonth it was hi let.' as rtiajor ofj the regiment, to reconnoitre Die identical spot of grmindi wbtth. b4 Mvm:y,Mmsiss. snd death of the French officer, previous to t(l operation in whkh cavtlry were destined 10 bear an important paru - iingidarly enough, he was accompanied only by Hcrgeant (ireen : and re idily did they vecognixe the seen' of their tnvnoar and triumph of the previous year. ' Them were the mark of th eainp- 11 rs ruuou wuicn. Hie I renwi uragijnn assviu bled, there stood the fine old tree under which their offieer was buried ,' and sergeant Or n mvmounteel to clear away the moss, and bark from the edges of the white erosn, which still remained to mark tbe spot where his chival rous fo lay, II km in the act of removrng with the point of hi tword the triflinj Irrrg- -.il'V', -,!.'-V'-M..'f'V iL&h 'rj'j fV(,;ifc' if tar tint ud himi f tu tttctOm.'. nhritie which had overgrown tliat emblem of peace and good will, when shot from French " tirailleur," covered hy some buthes St a hundred and filly yard distance, crash ed through his brain, and, springing into' the air, bergeant Ureen fell 00 his bee dead man. ' ' ' '" ' ;"'"! ' Within three hours, his comrades buried htm in the ery grave he hail himself assisted to dig but a year before." They laid him by Ih French officer who" had fallen by his hand. They mourned him for twenty-foor hours, and then corporal became t seiieant. and a private a corporal, "vie Sergeant Green, tilled in action :" and lie wat forgot ten. - .. ' . So wat it in all probability with htm whose grave he shared. A somrsflsA lost is toon re placed. ' Stirring scene And constant dinger cannot fail to blunt the natural sorrow of a soldier's hrestt. : Promotion fills the void, and our fallen friend it a (hough ha had nev er been. And now there they lie, tide by side, the chivalrous Gaul and the iturdv Sax on, rotting in a land whoe very exWnce need hardly .have affected the destiny of ei ther of themr What bad they to do with Mpain children of merry England and sunny rrance that they should shed their hearts Wood lo enrich her soil f Promotion they sought snd glory ! for these they were eon lent to wsde through, Wood and daughter ; they panted 'and prayed for war. Verily, thi it wsr; and tliey' have their reward. FKOM VALPARAISO. ' Dkstmiction or VLeAareor nEith- qraKE. The Valparaiso Neighbor, of the 8th Ln..A DrU R'.tee,!be. 0,lJ.owi awful earuiqeaka. at that placet I his dreadful visitant has come ' with unwonted violence,' On. the 2d instant,' at forty-one minutes after six o'clock in the morning, the moat powerful shock was expe rienced. AightrTTmehad prereiled rtHfatr minutes. A greater number,- some of them quite alarming, have occurred since.' The shock, which ' was felt at lortv-one minutes after six, continued, as we ettimale is duration, about fifty-fiveseeonds. It spread terror throughout the entire eity, but its force was greater in the Almendnil than in the Port or on the hills. This is ordinarily the ease, owing to the sandy natureof the soil in the lormer section. - A number of bouses were -thrown downyf t. .1 thonjh they were generally old ones. There are hardly any dwellings or walls that have not suffered injury. Some are grestly defaced and strained Widiln and wlthouu The custom house haa been disfigured m its ornamenta and cornices, but its walls are said to be firm. The Matrix church hat suffered compera'ively little." The Merced has been eracked and dp- faced considerably. Calle do U Victoria pre senti a- ruinous appearance, the injury done ta more apparent there than in any other sec tion. Tents have been (reeled to the Plsia and on the hills, and, among these latter, rob- here have, been prowling, as if lo augment the distress of the houseless. Somalia ve remained jslVihe night i lire slrefts. The iota of life has been far less than might won of theahoek 1 the t?slt dotttealMf eo boy fifteen year old was crushed," we are told, by falling wall.' A woman also killed by the falling of her house. Other cases have been reported, but they are now oootra- dicted. There have been evOral insutneo of From tlie interior we hear of equal and even greater devastation. Casa Blsnca has ill great part been thrown dnwn. Kenea, a village north of Santiago, is reported at being in ruins. Santiago, itself hit suffered about in the same degree-That ValpsTaiohs'Tmrvdd'grrreffli ment bouse has been more shattered than ev er i the present palan has been injured I the Church of tha Com pan ia has keen closed bo cause of it dsngsroo condition; the bridge hat sustained dsmsge. Un female lost her lifs by a falling tile, snd another was woo ruled in the same way. In CuracaW the church and one of th possda was throws down. Quillou hen suffered kss than th places named already. f!. t y.v;: .,--'.-'i.' -s ... i ', As to th snlire amount of damage caused within the past week exactness Cannot be readily come at. We should judge that the earthquake hsd don injury" at least to tlie a monntof a million dollars in this city; and that the rain, swing to th exposes! state of dwell ings, had produced half much more.' " , New receives) fro nv Mauls sfford tbe grat ifying information thai the earthquake of the td hurt., waa fe4ttherf4m'f lighlly. t 'I By the steamer Chile we learn that it wa not unusually strong at Copiapo. , . -7. . , No injury was eaosed by it ni Ooqntmbn. , .On KaUiiday, in Valparaiso, unususl phe nomena of lightening and thnndee ws witness ed. This wss tlso the cane in Santiago, ' The shock liH occiirt about three during every 21 hours, and diminished in strength. Th hacienda about Santiago have suffered greatly in the demolition of buildings, fence, &e, ' - j -'"',, '-. i Rkmsbssbli case ' or LonaxvtTT. Mr. William Piggford, native of this County, died few 'days ago, 'aged 87 years, fW living with lit wile 03 year, whom no bas left s widow to mourn her lose. Hn is one of six Br.uher snd Sitter, whose average age is HO. He ha left sn only dsugh ten now 3 years old; and what is a little more remarkame, not one of then ever took dose of medicine from a physician,' were ever bled or blistered, until they attained the age of CO; but nave lived temperately and used but little animal lood. It might be well to remark that within 10 miles of Hills Creek, pn which this family was raised, tbern has never occur red ease of Pulmonary disease or consump tion; and - persons -who nsvs been -threatened with Uie diseases and moved into the neigh borliood, have invariably been restored : i;v l fit. Cent, tu sunt tast Is requiem to rmkrouiM a nwsiiir. nt mart emplr resiauerated It the patron. ' I ears not how tiasiMS and nsprtteniilng tlis rxsettt wliiek ks teSes, It tt Best Is imposelU to (II sJtest eftvHwe tiase a year trlthoat Batting iat it ssetliing Ihst n worth th siihseripttoa yrleo. Every vsrent wsios smrts off frosi hiss st school should bs sappHod with a -aewspsperr I well rs- sialMvwlMrt illtjowwee leews wm wslwso tliess at say seboolststss wb had, and those whs had Bat, srat war siway aoeiueulv eapertae to tbo lost, la debet and Bpoaitun at least'. TU rmsoa Is plsia -they had somonad ol store foots, A aswt- Doner is a history of current tvsnta, as well so ecu riimt snd Intarosting aiUKslloay, aad wklek yoatk Win perns witk tUgtit when tby arm " 1- REVOLrTION ixcniLL a From the Valparaiso Neighbor, of the 58th m I of A pril, we find the following account of a ter - iHIJe rtnl and Ihm nt life t M.nii.m, . ' ' ,.. .. . . On Sunday morning, at A. M., the ban- lion Valdivia, cilled sKttby one Colonel II ni ola, broke into open mutiny, and marched at one on the armory and barracks of tho en gineers. These were carried with some toss of life.' Attack Was then made on the barracks of tho artillery. Here- the force of tlie tkir mih appears to hare centered. The alarm was sounded; the militia gathered in numbers and in haste. - -;,! ' Tho President, the Ministers of die interior, of treasury and of justice, as welt as the Chief Jssstiee of the Supreme tTourt were soon gatl.t ered at iho pallnes. President Bolness as sumed the directions of tho National Guard which had assembled to cheek the sedition. The manner rs: had raised quasi barricade on the Canada in Iron! of the hospital. CoL Garcia was placed in command of the troops of tho line, made up of the battalion Chacabuco and the faithful of 'Valdivia. Dy vigorous movement the' skirmish was now soon brought to a termination. And before midday the capital was quiet again. The (Santiago paper, la Tribune, state that ths number of the killed is between sixteen snd twenty; and of the wounded upwards of I ou. - - " " - v Col. I'rriola, lb leader of the insurgents, waa killed; and Col, Oareia was wonndedi several other officer on Both sides lost their lives or were bsdly woondrd. ' The decree was forthwith published by die ! President declaring the provinces of Santiago and. Vatpaniiao ina. lute. at Miege.Ur tiy two days, in oilier words until the first of Juno, At that time Congress is to assemble, and the election for President occur in that month. Of the Htate of Siege public notice is given in ths papers of this city by the In tendehte, who say i Vl ii h atiita nts of V slparaisoT order and respect for law, and in nothing shall you be made aware that yon are under any un usual style of government." . KxTEAORDiNiiv Esoapi. We find in the. last Abingdon Virginian the following account of one of Uie most remarkable escape proVu bly on record. " It wa almost miraculous: Tbe children of Mr. -George Iiickan,a eit- iien of Menu county, were playing logelber a field, and near the mouth of a fatlinrnleet sink hole. In their gambols, on of them, a boy about sight or ten years of age pushed his tittle brother, aliotit four years old, head long over die edge sud down into the deep dark pit below. It was some time sfier tbe child wat misted, before any certain informa tion could be drawn from the other as to what had become of him. and it was only by threats of severe punishment, that -finally overcame their Tear and extorted front the boy who did the deed, a confession of what had happened. An effort was mad immediately to aseenain the situation of die lillh' fellow, and afford him reloif if he was not beyond its power. Ropes were-tied tcher-iMva-Hsvooe-attached to ore and, and an attempt was msds lo fathom the-nVptfr' hn lilty fnet'er rope were"miloyc"dui vain; no boilom oould he reached. A lighted eaadl wat then tat down, but it light gave no hopeful indication, except thai th pit waa free from tkokt damn or impure air, a far down at ih candle de scended. Night earn on and all further ef fort JiaJ tq be for llw iitaUidoaed0 the next day further trials were made of the depth of the pit, but with no boiler to ere. In dopairlhe fruntio parent were about lo give up all hope of recovery or relieving their little Innocent, snd ore mrsiiont worn Iminir i w-ui -. i.i a - .,- ! .- uuuo io laws up ui uiouuioi in pit, in pro-j vent a like occurrence to tha Jutura, when k was suggested snd agreed anon, Ibal another and final effort should be made by' telling soma individual down by ropes lo examine tlie nature of the abyss tnd ascertain If there was any encouragement for farther efforts to be found below. - A brother of lb lost child undertook tha fearful task, Cords wen fastened round hit waist and limbs, and on to hia wrist, by which ho might indicatq to those above, hi Wuheav ei ther to descend or lo be drawn np, Ho wm twung off and slowly lowered, nntil having gone to the depth ofabout fifty feet, he looked Oelow nun, and ther shone through the thick "darkness two glistening eyes inlcnUy looking upward. In another moment hn wa standing on shelf or angle In the shaft wilh Iho child cleaned to his bosom. ' He fasten-1 ed the little fellow seeuHr to his own body, srra BHiuing mm iaan ine rope prraiy in nis j bsnds, die signs! wat given lo draw np. The child hung convulsively to the rope, snd in l lew minutes, they rose within view of the hun dred snxiom tpectttor. who bad sseembled to w ii news th result, tnd when the first glimpse of the little fellow slivs caught their eager gate creams and anout of joy f rom the excited multitude filled the sir, and big tears of sympa thy started from the rye of every beholder. After tlie first paroxysm of delight hid sub sided, the child wtt examined to see If it had sustained any injury, and extraordinary to tell. witn the exception or little bruise on the back of its bead, h wss perfectly sound and unhurt. The only complaint il made wat lhal it was hnngry, being nearly 17 honrt nnder the ground. To inquiries mad' of it, it replied thai it saw light, ami heard it thunder. From the nature of th pit, it appeared that the little fellow had fallen nerpendicnlsr dis use of 40 feet, upon a dope or bend in the haft, and from thai place hsd slided down 86 feet farther to tlie spot Where he wtt lound. leaning against t sort of pillar or wall, and gating upward. How he escaped instant des truction is beyond all account, ' A Duitabyo III Own floo: The London correspondent of ihe Courier snd En quirer nsirstes tht) following incident attending the Inauguration of th (Jrcsl Fniri . : . 'OontrnVlwtirmfmir anil in nn mediate proximity lo the very throne of Royalty; wss person in tho costume of a . . . .. " . . . i . Manila rin. who hsd ssKmeJ that position as of right, and whom the public and the officials of lb Exhibitions beteived to be tlieCAi'nrf Ambatmdor," ' - ' '' .ll'liisdignilsry maiie iheacquamtaneeen the spot, and upon his own introduction, of the lJuk at Wellington, the Marquis of Anglosea, he archbishop of Csnterliury, and many other of Ihe highest person in Ihe realm; and waa regarded with extreme respect by the Assem bly, until il was remarked, ihst when he joined h jrrrcasionj' which accompanied the Queen, in snaking tlie circuit of' the Exhibi- no; ttion. his dinlnmste bnfYinM mmmmmI mke Ss git9 (he Chinaman the Void sbouldeB', snd . t( engih tildes inquiry and reneriioit awskf I i ? k 1. 'r .t ., icncu rroirmurnncs 01 in iac inai-wesa , no tuck uptrton as a "Chines Amntssador" in Ixodon; and Use discovery of anotl superb, imposture wss at lengih completed by ihecW cumsranco, that gentleman ccnorcted wilh the Miiming 'ft (newrpsprr) recognised hi his lot daunt Excellency no less or, other y person than iho distinguished ,-JUandarW who exhibits himself daily in tho CAinrt Junk, pti Ihe small charge of one shilling,' snd of whose sctusl rank and dignity- in dm Celestial Empire, malicioua miaor alleges, our only positive knowledge, to be such w may deduce from the tact lhal his Exeeilenry first visited this country in Ihe capacity, of i thip'i rook! This discovery, however, wan not made nntil di ceremonial of "opening llie Exhibition" wa concluded, and the Mandarin retired hi peace, having stweeeded most bril handy in his undertaking, aad .receiving front Ih not yet vndeloded crowd ontsid th build ing, the warmest demonstration of raped and welcome, a he passed through Ihfir rank on his way to the "official rtwidenc h the TkamtBatin." 1 ... A , t JOHXVANHIREM. T'' ' The N. Y. Evening Post publirhet speec'l recently delivered by John Vsn Bnren before lbs Democratic Slste Convention of Vermont, held at Burlington on the 20th nil. Theineakt er review Ihe ground over which tlie bee soil ere hsve passed sine the tall of I MS, and the) position which they now oecnpy- He nal rates what Free Soil has achieved (ince that period-and wherein U ha failed, .yimang ft failure, he mention the organiitlioiinto try (itnriet ot New Mexico and VMh, without a positive prohibition ot lvei-v. thouldafaV- cry ever b extended there, he proposed two methods tot its extinction l on to abolish il bytawr id The Ofhei; should -ttav"8U(ei be " formed in those territories and apply to Con gress Tor admission, to meet them "with a stem snd anyielding resistance." Us therl ' proceeds to argue the conttilutionality of th fugitive slave law. He assails Mr. Fill mora, (tfclsring lhal he haa "thrown himself into Hie simsof those who are prostituting the govern- tnenl to die extension of slavery, and cat tha teal of hi approbation to a law which, ia ait (Van Buren's) opinion, no eivilized govam aicnt on earth, except our own, would now enact.' Another charge against Mr. Fillmore is. that "he ha called to the head of hi ad ministration tha most Jisiingiiished apostate from the cans Of freedom. The fidlowin; extract may be of interest to Southern Uemo- erals . Tho' sections of the Iemoeratle party with us (idNew Vork,)osIliave staled. bssrere-oBitedi Ths tint traits or that nntun ar then (leo1 nf sevenloen deinoerste to -Confimt; instead of two, and whilst 1 hav ao author ity to speak their sentiments upon any sab. joct, I think I may Safely affirm that si item of mens would to morrow vote rur a repeal ot M Fugitive Slsv act, (Cheers.) W hav tost, a) ia true,, domocrstlo senator In plac of Ma, fUvkintuu, whoa tores- oipired. and wh doehn. ed a re-nominntion; perbnps tlirra tusyb ltd . ' tuum ia at savins, tbat it sW not dd to the) - paignanny ol ir..anuw that . Mt.. Xrkkhitow.,.. should hav ecoa ta nasor wnoa tent e pip ed. (LsujjbUr.) , . . , , . , "It does not bottom me to mv what tha salt. f d democracy of New York will hereafter do. I have no eommlssion to speak for thoia, nor taffloient opportunity of anoortaiping tlioir view in ths ehanfrtd aspeot of tlie slavery question, M b ablets iudicsus their probabls course but I do aet belitv they will vr ondorso ta systesa measures upon Ibis subject styled a roes pea- , mine, or apnror of tfc J'ugitiv filar tsW (Cheers.) When tbe proper time arrive the1 will ipeak for themselves. As for myself, I aiil ;ifww eetsySKite tlwob-'SvkK oteovstlriis tram tti1' , Jrv , , . rrj. r, - ri'SKiZuZLZ'Z. yea 1851. (Cbmr.) - Witbia Ilia limiu of th onttitution, bootility ta knntn alavery i tbd prominent sentiment or my heart, it is a kst, aral to m a tbs air I breath, aad will atruM sidy with mt lire. (Tremendooeeboeriui.)' Mr. Van Bnren wa earned in hi declaJ ration that he did not desire to Inter fere with slavery in (he State in which its exists. ' ' The Convention thus addressed by Mr. Vsn Bnren was called tor the nomination or state officers, which fact, and Van Bwaa'a" speech, are said lo have drawa together "aa1 iinexectedly large g-vthermg or Hi Yermoit Democracy. ' Among other resolutions waf nn denying the existence of my power If Congnrss over slavery in the Stairs; another declaring lhal "the Wilmot Proviso lis the on ly safe way to prevent slavery extension" another "agtinst any mora slave an other adopt Rantouft resolution on the Fu gitive Slave Law, another repudiate (lie Conv prontiM as a lest of Democracy. Among Ihe penker upon the retolutlnns'wttlMf. Stan - bury," editor of the Burlington Courier, whw'' the Post tart, Hwa litlened to with peculiar interest, it he had been in association with tli wJiigarty nntil, 1848, and nntil it ceased to be fashionable in that party to defend th m teres! of human freedom. Mr. 8lnbtiry stsy ted. among other things, lhal whatever might be the errors of individual democrats, the prin riphw upon which that party st based, to had become satisfied, wer Ihe principle of human prog res, and whoever warred upon iho principle, warred upon the true interest of civilisation and humanity. Ha henceforth pledged whatever ability of faith or influence1 he pnestssed to the support and eetaWithrnen of sound democratic principles, and renounced forever ihe whig plalforra and all luhotlof purpose."" Much i Vermont and Van Bnren Dea-wra-cr. Ala, what a fallling off tinea lb palmy Presidency of ihe Nonberatnin with South ern principles "ithmond rrpublitan Destruction Jig PiaATt SaTTiaaisiT--Grtat SlmtcrhtrrThti Spniiiard have ear rird info effect their threatened elrssiiormenl of the Sultsn and people ofSuloo, bet attend ed with a -great sacrifice of human life, with out compassing any ultimate object. . Th expedirion tailed from Zambonnga on tha 19lhj TatOMu-mtlhl tmik 'xpdrtV''himl " Suloo, A general order hinng been issued, announcing the pbtn of attack, the disembark ationof tlie troops commenced early on Feb. 28tb. ' The shores, forts and houses ar d scriheJ a crowded with native eager to hrgia the fmy.and three of them were so impeiuotia a to rash on tho first ciditmn of troops ; two of.ihem were shot, while tlie third threw him self upon eargeant, whom he slew with a Jtnre. ' . j Save thi incident the troops marched on re-' ganlle of llie fire of Uie enemy; their advance in regular order, notwithstanding the harrow ing influence, of th giins, asuinished the Sn--, llnoa.,'.la ilia meant una the. three ateamcrf -u ii." - ! it 'H- -r j-' 5-t- stw ie-iS 1
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