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

could not carry away the other hshi"r
cn..Ilv thinner are from pehcans and inc lres sea
birds There nothing in the way OF the suppostoh MS
the whole deposi, may have been formed ioA s'oo so
building Of tie Pyramids OF me Nie except .v III,
FRAGMENTS sud the wa,er-worn valleys; and an Inc inca
10 think Of recent formation Notwithstanding he~e' very
little decay or oss takes place after the vuues aNe zone
,he:r work ard the chemical acton chanSa~ me ou.
hides and bones ammonia has begun lie chti'e = -
dry that the volatile aka no, set free bn romans tacFo
forever Perhaps the granite fragments were thrown there
the erup;ons tina, may have OCCURRED on 'His
coast within the lat thousand YEAR but then they are
found through Tie wAoe substance No sea mons HOW
visit the islands large enough 20 have carried them mere
PehaVs too the stands have been submerged or great
have lowed over them earthquake such - de-
soycd old Calico and perhaps not Fortunately travel
not obliged 70 accoun, Tor al The Unexplained phe
nonena they meet with. shall therefore leave the SUD-
j,c; with the usual spanish FcH sr'' l. may have
he,n already investigated il not it should he brought to
tie notice Of scientific men rs 4 curious inquiry.
The system of gusno slavery, by which the labor Of
Chinese coolies is employed supply the trading
sells with suano i. commented on by Mr. peckwith
becoming severity.
The cuano i dug from the hills and wheeled 20 depot,
az cp,n Enclosures. called Nengueres. the clre OF
tie cias. places whore launches vessels can be
moorcd below bycoolcs VINO brought Peru By En-
gsh hip, from the free ports OF China There about
three hundred coolies az work the Middle Island aud
seven or eight hundred on The North aid that they
brought here under contracts made WIN them az home
10 nlor for five years real FORK shilling, per day,
and their rice and that after they have served r time
out they are return IL l. said also that they are
induced 10 by beng mace 10 pcLoNc TIC axe sous
labor in gold mines. The real truth suppose 10 DC
that they contracted for by the Peruvian Gov ernment
and transferred TO il AZ a good profit by the English who
hiring fher Whatever their contracts may be, there
are anv tic coolies who of the contracting parties
become in effect absolutely slaves. They condemned
Ia lie digger, OF guano. their labor much more severe
and injurious than railroad digging they have no liberty
DAYS ~ protecting laws, power 10 Obtain even ire -
lance said 70 be paid them, no proper seasons o rest
Most Of Them 20 nearly naked none have more than
enough clothing just cover themselves they i've and
feed like dogs; they constantly within feach OF the
thongs of hideous black dryors-,he link hetv en- men
and devils there are no women among them hotnlS 20
mitigate their hopeless toll Before and around them
the shining bay and beyond it green groves and noun
tans near hand hundreds OF ships coming and going,
filed with like themselves. only free They. too,
have been free they not born IN slavery they are
dome site slaves plantation slaves; ba slaves with
out any title rights, conceded cust0msmere
worked beasts of burden.
Almost every week some of them commit suicide by
throwing themselves from the cliff They said 70 do
this in the belief that their spirits will awaken in their
tive land Kossuth told me that more than sixty had
killed themselves this way in the two years he has been
there One driven the cliff or jumped OFF and
was dashed in pieces escape the tho lash Of black
driver who chased him the verge in sight of Captain
Of American ship, the week before We left. The
cliff where he lcaped is two hundred feet high and al
most perpendicular kosUh affects To pity these coolies
but he is said over-task them Each strong and
weak alike under his oyerseor-, is required 70 dig aud
wheel TO the mangucrss five tuns OF gugno por.day
They are kept labor sunday well as other days un
der Selatc however the North Island, boiele sun
allowed hemor al least they are sad T. be paid
little extra il they choose TO dig guano OH that day
In the close of the volume Mr.. Peck descantS with
glowing eoquence on the numerous destinations of the
City of Lima which he seems to have looked into no
less curousy than into the partcoOred social life OF
Australia He is seldom deferred from pursuing his
researches by any astdous scrupes and he describes
as freely rs be observes.
THE MYRTLE WREATH BY MINNIE MYRTLE ilmo, PIP
Charles scrbuer
8. ftn tho sill ~ ativa
conceits of unnedged asprants for literary honors,
ard are tempted to wage war OF determination upon
the whole tribe who rejoice in this stale device OF
absurd fancy pseudonymes. The success of few
brilliant writers who have become well known TO
fame by their newspaper signatures, has encouraged
the aiectaton to altogether ntolerable extent IL
is high time that n stop were put 10 the hohy and
Minnie MYRTLE had not such profusion OF redeeming
excellences should at once proceed to break the
fair unknown upon the wheel, awful warning to
future offenders But she has really so many commend
able qualities writer for the people, that we are
disposed to pardon her for yielding to AN evil example,
promising that her next work shall bear the name Of
the author on the ttle-page.
Minnie Myrtle is not merely tender sentlmentallst
ipbainc the breath of flowers, bathing her forehead
in dew.drops, and never permitting 1.-THE winds OF
Heaven 10 visit her too roughly She is clearly
GOOD. honest Yankee girl-familar with the cordial
aspects Of country life-mbued with the home-brcd
common sense which i. produced in an active mind
by opening eye and ear TO passing thngs-wlth fund
Of sound and generous feeling aud certain freshness
of thought. which betokens 8 retired lite and an
achieved nature Her fivorte themes derived
from the exercise of the domestic affections in which,
strange say, she finds the true sphere of woman"
Many OF her descriptions of character show powerof
alert observation, and that quick detection OF mo-
Occasionally she INDUCES in gentle vein Of satire,
which is usually effective, though never yrulent. We
prefer her narrative sketches to the more ambitious
reflections and congratulations which she sometimes
deals in undoubtedly from prevalent sense OF duty,
as they are evidently not her forte by nature. In
hitting off the pretensOns Of "gentee society" the
absurdties of pompOus fashion, whether religious or
home she is sure of her ground and seldom fails OF
her mark. In point of expression, this volume has
the charm which always arises from simplicity, free
dom. and straightforward mode Of ''calling cat
cat" We have no doubt Minnie Myrtle can and will
write better than anything here given, but first
trial OF the perls of authorship, her Wreath " is
bound to be cherished in genial mosphere, and pre-
served as an Offering of early flowers in promise of
richer fruit bye aud by
Our readers upon the banks of the Connecticut may
recognize Mnnies picture If "Our Valley in Sum-
mer' and we leave them TO say if it is not true to