Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-05

purposes. Messrs. Disney, Haven, Letcher,
Davis, of Rhode Island, Smith, of Va. Cobb,
mons, Stephens, of Ca, Smith, of n. Y, Jones,
of Tenn. Millson, Parker, Benson, Goodrich,
Walsh, Kerr. Taylor, of Tenn, Ready, Keitt
Seward, Walbridge, Lyon, Hughes, Washburn
OF Maine, and others, participated in the de-
bate; during which, Mr.. Bernhisel said there
is no statute in Utah on the subject of poly
gamy. It is an ecclesiastical Institution there
Without concluding the subject the com
mittee rose, and the House adjourned.
PROCEEDINGS OF TO-DAY.
sESArE.-After praye. and the reading of
Some conversation took place respecting
notice given yesterday by Mr.. Hunter that he
should move to-day the taking up of the In
dian appropriation bill, to the exclusion of the
usual Friday business, on doing SO, after the
| reading OF the journal -..e
Mr.. Chase inquired whether o single Objee-
ton would nullify it, aud being answered in
| the Affirmative, objected. aa,
| After some further remarks from Messrs.
Petit, Badger, and other Senator'S
! The bill Is. 64) for the relief of the legal re-
representatives. Of John G. Mackail. deceased,
was taken up, and the report from the Com
| mittee on Claims, on the motion of Mr. Hun
| ter, read IN erteRs0.
| A division took place on the third reading of
| the bill, (the cas- and nays being taken) when
| it was found thata quorum had not voted.
| Mr.. Stuart then moved that the Senate
should adjourn, which motion, on a division,
| was decided by the President to have been ar
| ried
| The yeas and nays were accordingly called
| for, and the motion lost-yeas Is, nays 26.
| A division then took place upon the third
reading of the above named bill, which was
| carried-yeas %, nays Is
| The bill was then passed.
Is. 8S) Bill for the relief of VIM q Ridgely
was then taken up, and objected to.
| Several other private bills were afterwards
| taken up, and the Senate was still occupied
| with the calendar when we left.
HoUsE.-Mr. Benson and Mr.. Valley, by
| leave, presented each joint resolutions from the
Legislatures of Milne and Massachusetts,;
which were ordered to be printed, and were
appropriately disposed Of without being read
| for information.
| 1t was then moved, that when the House
adjourned. they would adjourn until Monday
| next
| Not agreed to-yeas 81, nays 76
| The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, MIR. Phelps
in the chair, wherein territorial business was
again considered. The bill to establish the
Office of surveyor general of Utah and for other
| purposes, was first taken up.
| Mr. Disney addressed the committee against
the pending amendment, proposing to take the
homestead right from white males in the ter
ritory OF Utah having more than one wife,
| MIR. Boyce also addressed the Committee in
| favor of the amendment.
THE HORRORS OF THE GUANo TRADE.
The New Orleans Picayune has the fol-
lowing upon guano: 1--WE have received
full confirmation of the horrors reported
to be in course of preparation, in connec
ton with the guano trade, at the Chincha
Islands, 1t is picked up and wheeled to
the shoots, it appears. by contract. The
contractor has imported Cinnamon for
this work, nearly six hundred of whom
are now on these Islands. They are
hired for five years, at the rate of S4S
per annum. They commence work in
the morning as soon as they can see to
work. They have five tons of guano to
dig and wheel to distance of over one
eigth of mile. 1t is all or nearly all, so
hard that it has to be picked up; and it
they do not accomplish the five tons by
five o'clock, P. NJ, they are fiogged with
raw hide whips, some five feet long, re-
ceiving one dozen stripes, each of which
start the blood: then they are driven back
to finish their work. The guano has a
very bad effect upon them, swelling their
legs and arms, and giving them bad sores
on their legs, feet, and hands. Notwith-
standing all these however, if they can
get along, they are compelled to finish
their task. Our informant SAYS, he has
known as many as thirty Aogged in one
day. They have no Sunday allowed with
the exception of one in year, the same
work going on upon the Sabbath as du-
ring thest of the week. The consequence
of this i'll treatment is suicide, in various
form. such as leaping from the rocks ore
hundred feet high, cutting their threats
and buryIng themselves alive. This last
has actually been the case, to my knowl-
edge. One morning, three were found
who had so buried themselves; two were
dead and one alive. Ike last recovered to
! prolong his miserable existence for short
| time.
1t is time the voice of civilization
throughout the world was heard in de-
nunciation of such horrors as these.
| D@Said once purse-proud rich man,
just getting into his carriage, with his
wife and daughters Haunting in velvet and
furs, to poor laborer, who was shovel
ing coal into his vault:
"Joe if you had not drank rum, you
might now have been riding in my car
riage, for nothing else could have preven-
ted man Of your education and oppor-
tunities from making money!"
"True enough" was the reply, 'and
if you had not sold rum and tempted me
and others to drink and become drunk
ards, you might now have been my driver,
for rumselling was the only business by
which you ever made dollar in your
li(e!'
1.-THE people of Fredericksburg, Va,
in conjunction with Capt. Ben Darracott,
have determined to purchase the steam
ship Zephyr, at present used as ferry
boat in crossing the Cape Fear river at
Wilmington, N. c., to ply between Fred
ericksburg and the mouth of the Kappa
| hammock. Captain Darracott will com.