New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-29

place, We cauno' say
D., ssmuel W Johnson, ia his report to tie
-, Sts,e A icultarsl Society In 1857, sayt
80; hosus srtcle Offered ~ 30 per too, aud
- ruproruisioR spp sraOce, bsing mi, ei With
- - sspd and gravel, sell as festhers A
-. .b;cb he procured Of tho agent, A. Longsr
e 1,iT .treet tanned no iess than 66 p.J
~ ssnd and matter iusoluole 10 acid land 10.
a..,,l, WORTHLESS ss manure, and was worth
% ,be farmer Only $40 per 1un.
Mex, IN order 10 the Ichaboe, came Pstagouisr
,,.,o the Quality # which WA inferior to Pe,o
sian oyioe TO a very large sioixture Of sand. M
I'll As 70 the leschiug aud evaporation of the
jroe, pous portions by the alternate heavy rains sno
ho.sups 70 " oich e. hsd been exposed Such of it az
.sus 70 this port very foil Of feathers, bat vac
raOkcueo a good gusuo, The last cargo vas weighed
Of the A,lsniic Docks, eight nte years ago. but las
v.s,tUo or three cargoes If bogus Patssouian wert
;m,cr,eo. 4bich. after remaining long time in store
EN-, fopn6 purchaser III Baltimore 'mauipustor,"
I'd sen, Soutb be mixed with small proportion Of
r.rrins Peruvian snd SOLD as the resl article One
esrso was mixed in privste warehouse 10 the Allan
=; Docbs IN this fraudulent msnner and has found
.s,L.t From -pt article 10 The Journal ofth
I,,,,oa. Geographical aAd Statr,ticdi Soclety, we
,bst M to 1858 there had been taken TO England
"a 49, tuns of PstsgOnian guabo.
More nty thsn the Patagoni'n PHOSPHATE gusno
has been imported into ths country from the Caribbean
S<s pp6er the nsms of Som rero Gdsno, and quite
a large oushtiiy has been thrown iato market. Th,
,ubsar oe occurs III the fom Os hardened deposit no
or,ssHte like the phosphorite Of NewJersey and
Es,rsmsdurs, but ike hsrd-hsked pipe-clsyl, on az
slsrd in lat. 49, SO, l 60 80, mid way between
Apgu LA and the Virgin Islsnds Tue color of the
o;Asrsrt from thar NJ parrv-an
other uanoes being hight dTab thar il would seem
poor article to mix with Peruvian, with iutent to
defrsud. Various eminent chemists have prom 1uncs
sreustabl, rich in phosohoric acid, 10 unirn with
lime generally lIacits as tigh Il. 80 per eeUt. Its
pecu.r uechsIcsl extu't If such tbat it woull seem
oatate Of speedy solu ion in tue sou, snd hence of
rslio sppropris n ty the plant. Whether such lie
sotusiiy the we cannot say, for the gusuo has
only bteu il market three years Ii meets With pecu-
lisr favor with tie la'gs Soutbe Il 6rms, who mix
PeIuyisn with phOsphs &c gusnoes, aud honestly eel
the compound under s proper name. Slice the island
came into American possession, three years ago the
demand 10 this country for its ausoo depo It's has rsen
from 500 tu1s the frst yer 20 600 the present
year; 81 il il quite improbable t1st any than
this quantity could be annually supplied because Of
there berg no haIbors and only two ancborsges az
buoys fourth of mile from shore. We learn thai
the fcroe emf loyed il miuug aud shipping the guano
consists Of 20 bite meD 200 free negroes aud about
dozen for men, under the direction Of superintend
sDt and assistant chemist is also resident upon the
island employ ed to anslyze all the ca-grs shipped,
and send none which 90 not cOntao 20 per cent. of
phosphate CT line. Lieut.. Koox, formerly Of the U.
s. Navy, but now assistant superintendent at the
island, tas eaimsted s cubic conteuts Of guRno at
$4,000 tuns. Tire process OF quarryng aud blasting
with guuPowder has t. be esortd 70 to get out the
guSro sno in Jumps it is brought TO this country,
wi en it is ground 10 a sui able mill before is fit for
use II the phosphate Of lime should prove to be as
soluble as it is claimed to bs, this gusuo is real
acquisition; bat whether be so or not time alone
car demonstrate.
The "Swan Island" guano, Of which come few
csrgoes have been imported, is found an Island 10
the Caribbean Sea- in lat IL NJ, lon. S3o W. Ii is,
we believe, Of crystalline uslure aud quite like stone.
OF ts agricultural value We cannot speak understand
inkly, for We have not it tested, known Of
ssful tnals. II IL is Of the texture the
phosphorite Of HOrdstown, j.. it cannot be highly
esteemed for, hoWever much phosphate Of ime it may
oonsin, tie fact that il lie In crys aine form, like
quartz rock makee it sou ole apd prscucaly worth
less. There oh mists. who ert that these
rock susnos AID phospbates may be rendered soluble
sno valuable manure by Ireaing them with sui
phuric scio; tut Jay, We have little faith In
the sssertion. Il IL said that mu,h of this aud other
rock eusnoes has been mixed by private persons in
the All sntic It rec with intent to deraud. One man
who owned q crushing mill bougut the rock in
lumps IS il came crashed it 10 the requisite hneness,
and then treated it In this manner He spread thick
layer ct it on the floor spinkled small proportion OF
genuine Peruvian over it, and ixed the TWO thorough
~ together then another lsyer and another dose Of
Peruvian were ADDED, aud 90 1t IL thought that
during the past TWO years he thus mixed nearly or
quite coo tuDs, selling it as genuine Peruvian and
Of course made very large profit
Another Of these " manipulators" at Baltimore is
said 70 have realized Sl3 900 in one year. The
anouut Of sVindhng 10 eusno which is practieed Is
perfectly Astounding, and really we are at lose 70
know how il can be prevented. The guano sent from
the Chincbas By the Peruvian Government 70 their
aeepts Al New-York aud Baltimore Is cold at such
p,ices that dealers Gao make very little profit on it.
The demand for the arucle being great, al almost
i-res ble temptation il offered u be dishonest, siace
ap ADDITION OF fifty or seventy five per cent Of yellow
loan cf proper color and consistency, or OF cheap
pboarbsuc guano, cannot be discovered except by
chemical analysis Let a man establish Business OF
sav two Thousand tone per an. um he very soon sees
that BY the use of loan or guano he could make
so coo or $50 900 year while by honest course
he enlo make OILY 5000 81 OOO and in too many
eases execution Of the fraad follows swiftly after its
conception.
The Peruvian Government havs had only three
vusno agents in ths country since the article was In
Cyo6uoeA. viz Messrs. George & Bro. OF Baltimore,
Barreds Bros, ID Barril Br3s the latter OF whom