New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-19

- saw frequently opo-sus brough;in on the shout
der Of Eorsmen they Feembie raceooa only that they
shade themselves 20 eat what Frenchmen eat they may
procure from the great swamps and marshes ample sup
Mn Of fugs which said 20 in those locations al
ires,s as large and loud-voieed Our New York
rrsnfs will be catching anil boilng them-iheir sour-
sud fellow citizens az home have long esteemed frogs
! 80 delicate and chckeD-se food.
The effect of the convict population on the social
ssrecs of Melbourne is forth in graphic passage
which We will quote:
There i elass Of the Melbourne population which
only be uet with in Australian ciiy-a class which
while mpre-ses rs pre-ence most orcbly and uuplea
,n.lv utor stranger by is marked character salts
fyng testimony The excellence IT the English law and
tie ruriv Of IT, administrations strong proof thar Jus
lice 10 the United Kingdom ii not absolutely unerrnc
dos generally succeed IN finding the right offenders The
c,nvics ~ those who have been SUCH the Lays they
- call.d are numerous enough and requires bur little
sacacity distinguish them Generally they have marks
bv which they May be- readily recognized the high cheek
hone. with gray e,rea,ng unsteady eyes, and orohea
Nanou- low The worst Of our prisons cannot produce
fares q. courare with those that NAV often be IN Mel
hume. faces which moi seen under suspicious circur-
stances or marked with the conscousn of guilt. for they
often belonged individuals wei dressed and IN respcca-
bio rosiious told Of whole generations OF crime
We seldom encounter ,uch face. IN the ni'ei states
hereditary traits les observable an! local ecuar-
ties and ndvidualie- OF sooner We seldom start
a often did in Melbourne before Young, and in more
than one instance beautiful features. thinking almost
aloud d" rs God what forbears what father AMI mother
at must have bad And never saw such ab-
old 80 coarse and vd ard with that had pupils 10
bigger than Iinho on Of which seemed to look devils
ircarnate. What old scochman that was who wanted
ake lodgings with HIM lie might nave snt tor the
ideal al Macho.A "wihcrnC murder. some Gf these
fsce, were Ike hi- the extreme OF ugly and repusve;
ctlc,s were cruel aud cold and full of dark meaning
other not wanting thai had no, always been wanting
IN beauty and a told sal stories of suffering in the
populated manufacturing towns was often reminded by
Them Of Jane Eyre Wuherng Hsh-, Oliver Twist. ana
the hundreds Of les able novels AMI tales Of crime OF the
modern school. They kept continually alive 10 unwel
come thoughts. shall never forget young girl with
slender figure and brown hair and fair, delicate English
features and a voice that haunts now. She be
lonced 10 a fuuy lately from Manchester, who had
just st up their -hanty Of sheet zine and canvas next 10
the OF of my ship companions. never heard
her peak but once but her accents were 50 musical AMI
pure and her manner So feminine that tell IN love with
her sight. Yet there something: in her face.
weakness exactly nor badness but moral dunes> and the
look OF heart that had dared hope which made
NE inc xprc>siby sad. Poor creature
Our traveller was not tempted to remain in the de-
lectabe society of Melbourne and we accordingly find
him in the autumn on the coast of Peru and among
the notorious Chncha Islands. The space in his vol
ume devoted to those localities contains more novel
ties than the rest Of the book and fail to
attract general attention. OF the important product
of the Islands. which has now become such valua-
bic article both in commerce aud agriculture, Mr..
Peck gives detailed account.
Guano. have stated IN preceding page. les upon
end covers nearly every part Of all If Them following the
inequalities ct the underlying rock At distance make.
them all be islands of rock ho'ere ny cavernous
perpendicular cl and covered with reddish yellow sand
but little lighter in color than the volcanic sand. which
every where hills and plains frnges the Peruvian coast
Where il has been cu away il lighter still being
undecided mixture of red white, yellow aud gray sort
ofulCchre be precise about the color OF white
and red ashes of anthracite coal mingled in eual proper
tons On The sides of tie cuttings where II has been
taken away IL be to lie IN separately cOlOrcd
layers Strata generally parallel with the plane of the
horizon. OF all ihcknesses from that of sheet of paste
board to two three inches the red layers were usually
the ckst but they OF all shades and each
other without any ascerainabe orderred white, brown
sh crayish faint yellow. earthly white brown red and
oI-so that could never ndop theory which much
wished to form tina; The differently coerei' strata
DEF os made at different year after for
and that each had peculiar correspondent hue
account of the perodca visits OF different species OF birds
or Of birds and seals
Indeed, although interested in the inquiry as no one
could help being in singular place wa. never able
sas, SELF with any hypothesis 10 account Tor the
guano being there il under all ITS conditions Ihat
Il produced by birds and seals there can he no DOUBT
Every par OF il abounds with the remains OF them Egg,
and wing bones Of brd- and canine teeth OF lion.
charged 10 ammonia found in every par; of IT, cut
them with my knife from the base OF the cutting on he
North Island. where the guano is deepest hundred and
fifty feet below the surface. After gong down Jew feet
Tie woe substance of the stratfed deposit the same
throughout III places there is difference IN depth
of color erc epbe in contiguous strata for foot or two
in thickness, extending along the whole OF me cuttings
where lhey exposed. This would include so many oil
the thin strata that it must have taken years and perhaps
Iuudr.d. Of YEAR in lis formation. What could
have operated give marked change of color whie
the producing and straivng ege ncles were uhenan.c
through 70 long time Why should series o strata,
the same in substance and FORM be rcdder or browner
than ether series above end below ii could no more
account for TIL. than fer the iegulary OF the strata
themselves. , e..
Of Granite not water worn bur freshly fractured keirar
mcnts thrown off in blasting and chipping hey occur 10
niece. large that birds seals could neyerhav Drought
ib. there there granite nearer than san philai
mill. H. All
account for their beng there .r
But what wGs most puzzlng, the strata DO NOT i"hoW
the convexiiy of the hills. They are more level ana
remark in he only place where the cuttings gave On
opportrptv r observing that they continued az nearly
The same level two elevations, and did not follow the
deprcssion of ncOnsidorahe valley hey cropped out
ON ia. sides II swell gentle roll OF the surface and
aUpeared on another ar If the intervening depression had
been by the action of water. But how, II the
euano has been the last few centuries IN process of r
by binds and seals, should these oucropping strata
the surface for should have observed
that the edges of the LAYERS the sides the elevations
come 20 within few feet and mlnge there with loose
unstra;.nd guano which forms surface covering every
where Ii the horizontal strata had been submerged and
away los water into elevations and depres-iOn-
seemed the only reasonable supp0sitiOn why should
the constantly forming deposit the age since It's emery
take the form Of the mounds and valleys which
il resfs We cannot suppose that hesand have changed
their form in the last hundred in that tiae
would hink that strata would have been formed which
would have oyerlai the other Ike md But the level
strata include al the compact -uano, and preserve their
places nearly to the hight of the elevations L. j. true
n 81 the said have resOr.cl the highest
The summit Of the South Island al least four hun
DIT feet above the level This might in par.
for the apparent cutcroppDg Of the the seals might
have preferred the elevations and sesere the depressOns
and tie m thus appear have been abrsded by
after deposition. This the only supposon.
and the strata were strongly marked and the undua