Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-12

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opinion. .,, ~ ,o5. ar
revising and controlling the discretion OF the county COURT
aud the of opinion that no remedy 10 sGen cases
,is,s at common Law by way OF mandamus writ Of BIZ
ror, Cerorar; they therefore sihim me uuSuen VI
Judge Summers
The UsE OF GuAso.-The Washington correspondent
Of the New York Courier undertakes to show that the
use OF guaoo expensive deluson aud something OF
ahumbus He argues that it extnsushes the land with
which II comes in contact aud nearly burns up the so
ITSELF and states that it has th, year, destroyed nearly
all the corn planted with It. IL 10 estimated that
millions Of dollars expended last spring by the
farmers of Virginia, Maryland the District OF Columbia
Delaware in the purchase Of guano aud that they have
los, eve million Of dollars in consequence. 1t would be
rather hard convince farmers Of the accuracy
those statements. We annex the following from this
correspondent
"Mr Marcy, in his instructions to Mr. Clay, our Minse
near the Peruvian Government estimates the depostes
cu.no in the possession of Peru 900 tons. The
the United States in 1852, he states at 600
tons. The of this qusntity TO our farmers in
that year about Se,6OO,O00. The Secretary
supposes that IL existing disabilities were removed,
it might be offered in markets at $50 or SIS
per tou. The Special Committee however, report
the current price of the OF 2240 pounds TO be SOS,
aud do not suppose reduced below SIS per tou
which, they say would eIuavaganty pay for the article
As however experience will cause the general
abandonment Of its use in the United States. the whole
enquiry is more curious than useful.
''But what Is curous is interesting" send you
letter Of Minister, Mr. Clay, detailing many facts in
respect the guano depostes and the trade in the art
Gle. Mr. Clay, il will be remembered states that the
guano Of the Chincha Islands alone be exhausted in
than century. This is not borne out by the report
OF Admira-, specially appointed to make the inqui-
~ who estimates the of the depostes this
group at not more than 5000, 900 Two hundred
thousand brought away in 1889 which rate
theIwhoe quantity would be exhausted in forty years.
NEw YORK SoFr SHE'LL REsoLUTIoSs.-The resolutions
Of the late Soft She'll Democratic convention at Syracuse
nine in Number and thus sketched by the Bsli
more Patriot
No. expresses the unchanged devotion" of the ST.
Shells TO the principles Of the National Democracy" as
laid down by the Baltimore platform OF 1852. No. de-
ing the Missouri Compromise neIpedient and unncces-
but inasmuch that line has been done with,
they opposed TO its restoration No. congatulates
the democracy upon the united front the presented the
last Presidential eecton-and the country upon the cleo
ton OF Mr. Pierce whose they declare is
characterized By ability and integrity aud entitled to all
praise for swapping unguarded legislation aud for he
uude It has assumed in support of the American
abr Dad" No declares that the Union "ust and shall
preserved No. the doctrine OF civil and
gious liberty be vital Republican system, and that
all citizens equal before the law without reference
creed, the circumstances Of birth No reterates the
old notions of the the subject Of the Tariff No.
accuses the Wings Of delnquences In the disbursement
OF the public funds, while in power, and the demo-
crazy not to follow in their footsteps" No avors the
giving away Of the public lands homeseads TO every
body applying for them, whether native foreign born
citizens. No. 9 compliments Governor Seymour and APP
proves Of the policy Of the State administration.