Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-05-08

NEW GUANo ISLANDS. The intelli-
gence from Honolulu, via San Francisco,
in regard to the Guano Islands in the
South Pacific, is very favorable, and
fully justiies the expectations of the
American Guano Company, to which
the islands belong. No little excitement,
says a Honolulu paper, was caused there
by the arrival Con the 18th Of March) of
a vessel with about hundred tons of
guano from Jones' and New Nantucket
islands. 1t is pronounced to be first
rate quality of guano
The agent of the company, Mr. Ar
thur Brown, had taken possession of the
islands in the name Of the United States,
and erected on each flagstaff, which
bears the American flag, and serves for
the protection of the property of the
company. No fresh water was found on
the islands. Birds nests covered the
islands, and the birds were 50 thick as to
cloud the atmosphere.
These are the islands which Com.
Mervine was instructed to visit, and
which he only approached without land
ing. and which he ventured to state, in
an official despatch, contained no guano.
At the first session Of the late Con-
gress, an act was passed for the protec-
ton of the rights of American citizens
in such guano islands as they may dis
cover and use, upon certain conditions,
which have been complied with by the
New York company. M
Small samples of the guano of these
islands were brought to New York, a
year or two ago. aud have been pro-
nounced, upon analysis, by the best
chemists, as guano of the best quality
There are samples of it at the Patent
Office, which Mr.. j. ID. Browne highly
approves of, as possessing the most fer
tilizing qualities.
The company, as / learn, intend this
cargo, of which We now have an account,
as an experiment, for the satisfaction of
the public, in regard to the qualities Of
the deposite in these islands; and to this
end, they had directed that portion Of
it be brought over the Isthmus of Pana-
ma to New York this spring. A mum
Der of tons arc to be sent to Washington
for gratuitous distribution, under the di-
rection of the Patent Office The com
pany have, during the last two months,
despatched several ships from New York
and Boston TO the islands with every ia
cility for bringing back large cargoes of
guano.
Such is the beginning Of trade which
is destined, as it may be hoped, to sup
ply our agriculture with this indispensa-
BILE fertilizer at reasonable rate, and TO
afford much additional employment for
our navigation, breaking up the onerous
Peruvian monopoly = Wash. States.
The DOUBLE MURDER IN PEYNsYLvA-
MA We stated yesterday (says the
Baltimore Sun of Tuesday last) that an
old man named George Wilson and his
sister had been found murdered on FRI
day last, in their house, near Mckees-
port, Allegheny county, Pa. The bodies
Of the two victims we're horribly cut and
gashcd. Charlotte Jones, a niece Of
Mr. Wilson, was subsequently arrested
and implicated two men, one Of them her
own brother. The husband Of Mrs.
Jones and a man named Stewart have
also been arrested, and spots of blood
found on their clothes, and the watch Of
Mr.. Wilson on the person Of Mrs.
Jones, who says they robbed the muir
| derod man Of 1850.