Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-24
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NEW YORK, Dec. 2lst 1888.

'NEH lOHk Dec. ISL, 1913.
The steamship Moses Taylor sailed yesterday
for A>p;nwall Capt Ezra Nye with some
Other Gentlemen were passengers by her, being
-, ,,.,, r,r Chilli. with the view of Inaugural
ting their erca, enterprise Of placing powerful
steam tug tow boats in the straits OF Magellan.
General i..cz. cx-'rcsiirnt Of the st. Domin'
20 Republic. i in town. 80 route for Europe
lie Ina. been cxilci by President Santana, wto
!, the present chief Of that part Of st. Domingo.
Enrz !, Il mulatio of considerable ability. but
for whom the people Of the United States can
fec, no >nccial prediction. rs he was the tool
in the hands Of Spain and other loresn govern
;cn,,. in defeating or treaty with St Domln'
90. which, gave Us Il c"lling station Tor our
steamers On the Elv of >amana. We trust
tLa, the city corporation will not bc>tnw tic
liberty ol the city upon him. This honorable
body rive us Ia understand that they will only
require S7.,in,l14 10 carry the city govern
mrnt through the ensuing year.
The weather The past week has been quite
variable. and the two past days ui 1t were in
,cnscly cold. which las told upon the bills oi
mortality The tota! number Of deaths, end
I'M, the 18Th Instant amounted to :j5 against
&jl ,lurinr the previous week. OF these, about
300 were boys and girls, and li1 men and wo-
men The mos; fatal disease among adults, Us
usual. was consumption. which carried oil 10
.,ao;n,t - the previous week. The total num-
h-,r Of Death, arising from diseases Of the chest
AM! mir passages, Amounted To 1906 the total
number of deaths from this class Of diseases OH
an average. amount 10 between two and three
n ,l,, paft,.iti.S Ir.,ln MI
supplied 81. the United States 25l; Germany
Il: England 5: Scotland ,; Switzerland ), and
France l.
OF all i!imsy aud ridiculous pretcytS put for
ward to account f'r Lord Napier recall, is that
set forth hy the Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Advertiser, Black Republican pa
per. 10 whom do YOU suppose his l.ord>hp
Is indebted Cor his recall, according TO this Vi
sionarv alnitioni>t? TO the British Cabinet Of
their own free will: Not at all; but TO the i'll
tcrpo.itinn of Charles Sumner, whose influence
was 50 potent with the Derby Ministry as To
make them recall his l.or,lship. That the
aforesaid Senator had told the British Cabinet
tina, his IorlShip had visited. on too intimate
terms. Southern families in Washington. when
il should have been his duty To have confined
his associations exclusively to the families
visiting or residing in Washington Of the Sew
ard abolition stripe. For. says this sage writer
ut is the policy Of England To sustain the Black
Republican party in its opposition to the South "
This i something new. and the writer deserves
credit for his ingenuity rs we'll rs for the mag
n;tudc of his ftl>chood.
The sin. we suppose. his lord>llip has com
Ettcd in the ewes Of these finatical partizans.
, IA; %, l-;ro,;Dio Coz thu
pose Of Attending an agricultural fair at Rich
mond AT which he made an able and conciia
tory speech The most Of his lorl>hip'S time
has been spent in the free States Of the North.
when not present in Washington but the South
has never complained Of this. He has had
>utIi cicnt good sense To treat all respectable
Americans with politcncs, and good manners.
wi,iiou, regard to the section Of country they
And if any foreign minister
should 50 far forget his mission aS to consider
himself virtually accredited to bu. onc.half of
the country, or mix himself up in orr local
politics. h woull clearly prove hi, untitncSS
for hi> office and the United States Govern.
mcnt ough; to dismiss him from the country
Who do the Abolitioni>i wish sent over:
Thompson. or some other English Aholit;oniSt:
SumcS. in ciiccr. Ia be accredited Ia onc.half Of
the country. we imagine his presence would
no, lOng he tolerated. Indeed, considering the
immense agricultural supplies annually drawn
from the South by Great Britain, such as cot
ton, tobacco, naval stores and rice, the first Of
which she cannot dispense with. we should
think that English ministers would more fire.
qucnty visit that section of country. and learn
something reliable concerning her domestic
institutions. and survey her vast cotton fields,
from which Manchester draws her supplies.
and the manufacture and sIlc Of which so
largely contributes to her commercial pros
pcrity. They might. also gain practical ideas
rc.ardin- the system on which our cotton rul
turc is conducted and be enabled 10 under
stand how far they could be applied to its pro.
,luction in Africa and in other regions Of the
world Bv this course they would become bet
Ter informed abont the South, and not be de-
pendent upon Abolition cxas.rrations. iictions
and falSchoodS
The gilano trade is exciting good deal OF
interest Just now The course OF Pcruin main
tainin. the present high price Of glano, in this
narl.ct. is severely condemned. Her agents IL
thi, city. sell the article at 500 per ton now
that frcight> on it amount To only $lo IL per
ton. The same price they sold it al when
rrcichts were at $50 per ton. II the Peruvian
Government would act with lihcralty and
govern the price by the ruling cost Of transpor.
tatinn. it would benefit both consumers and
itself I'y attempting 10 sustain such an un-
reasonable monopoly She compclS Americans
to search diligently, in all directions, for other
rlano dcpo,tS. and no, wthou, more or les
I II u, ,onl,
which nav result in much damage to the mo-
nopoly cilimcd for the Chincha Islands.
Two or three car.oc> from Jarvis Island, I'M
der the direction Of the American Guano Com
panv. were sold in this market. the past week,
at So 10 per ton. And three vessels have
recently been chartered 10 load At the Island
with gilano. Il, $la This gnano is considered
valuable and may he advantagcously mixed
with other fertilizers. The amonia combined
with il is no; in free state, and hence not
iii ,ccrnablc 10 the senses until an acid Is added,
which diScnsa.c. it from the salts with which
il i combined. II j. said that some glano
exists on one Fast end Of the Island. 50 rich
in phospha;cs and amonia. that if it could
he freely had, would bring 500 per ton.
Thc Island Eide. in the Pacific, also supplies
excellent rrrano. which has sold well in this
market. and is much esteemed as fertilizer
The Island Of Sonbrero. on the gull side Of
the Atlantic also supplies fair article Of suano
Other Islands among the Antilles. and OIL the
Spanish main, have been found, and are, also,
in the course Of being worked. and the g,Iano
sent to this country. while searches are active
" continued for it, deposits in other PLACES
So that. in the end Peru will probably he
made To- feel the effects OF her unwisc course,
in driving trade from the Chnchas by her cS-
brilliant charges and restrictions.
Though the deposits Of g'iano on the
Chincha, are immense. they are not unlimited
Bv survey of these Islands, ordered by the
Peruvian Government in 1876. II appeared that
they amounted To IL $50, 06S tons-thc North
crn Island containing I.lS9,iT the middle
, Sos. 94S, and the Southern j.GS0,6lo tons
This estimate would. at the average rate OF cX-
portation Of 300 900 tons per annum. Afford
., H.. ,r,,ij cNr years The ,pbOS