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■k.'T'rL'V added lo the' par- „ ... object of the I to show the superiority of \o ant*>y or free over slave i end in the country** resources. The ‘ it a single point, »nd of labor. Here we r »e it I*, whether free or hired— rof bnvine at a high price—wor- in land, end suitable ltopic- . and producing, in prop?, at . on capital; and Geer- »r free or bought, work- of the mw« character in like like pr liiucUnne, in gross, ' 64 percent, on capital, f serf week.] soffaWcw York Herald, firs la Pa? aguajr* f asrington. Jan. 12 1855. etty well settled, that nature are about to and the United r 39 per cent ‘ 1*, whether free European Views of Cabatt Independence. The desire for the acquisition of Cuba la Vary ft»r from being confined In the Southern section of the Union. Recently, more than one promi nent Northern press baa spoken out in It* favor, at the eatne time undertaking to expose the en vious and mercenary policy which has dictated the oppoeitlon of England and France. The fol- lowing is extracted from an able article, which appeared in the New York Tim— of the 30th uit: Europe secs the United Stales making a prog ress. wholly unprecedented in he history of Parh Exhibition. The entyoinod regulations for the government of the “ Exposition Universelle,” soon to bo openod in Paris, have been decreed by the Im- K rinl Commission. They aro now published, ■ the guidance of exhibitors from the State of Georgia. Articles Invited for competition, are, by these regulations, limited to products of manufacture and agriculture, and to works of art Whilst it may be supposed that this Stats would com- r ite flir medals chiefly in agricultural products, am yet persuaded, that the exhibition of our nations; ancient or modern. Europe ace* how. jsnsrte tUton iut*uufactum~«uuIJ he accepts hie this country prospers under the republican to the sagacious spirit of commercial rivalry. > read the official document*, t brother of onr Consul at As- ■ riding pith a lady, waa struck hya'soldicr with the flat othl* sword. Prcei t est called upon for the punishment ler, and he received three blunder- form of Government which give* foir play to the Intellect, the industry, the enterprise of its Inhabitant*, and gives the lowliest man fair and even chanco in the contest for wealth, reputa tion. office. We have got on very well, In the absence of the old fendnlitls which keep hon esty and talent and industry and character al most wholly in tha hack-ground In Bnrope. There is a keen monarchal dread of onr exam ple. Let ns once obtain Cuba, and develop its gr at resources, as we certainly should, and ev ery other of the islands which arc adjacent .incline to the tnotivo cause of such prosperity, and eventually become absorbed by the United States. m Kn land: as the largest Wast India proprietor, is afraid of such a consummation, and would (bin prevent whatever may he supposed to lead to it. Thai is the reason, and not any abstract objects of ifrilly com* for his impertinence. In the cones- friendship r „ r Sptht. why she Is now ‘intriguing i naan ■ Tn— nnl nfshla aaeaMil |Va fvvn. ' . . » * ' » a t . mm pandencegrowing out of this assault, the Con eul made some allusions to his own services in behalf of Paraguay ; and the Secretary of Lo pe* replied that those- services amounted to . that the Consul and hi* friend* were violating the police regulations of . and that the American company . Hopkins was the general agent, > government already about $11,- ~ nothing but a segar r information of an official character ns; hot this we hear, that Mr, i tbo farther course of the difficulty. iwstsr revoked, and also resigned He baa since attempted to withdraw Mat probably because be t strengthening by unexpected Lopes, it seems, as a flnafe. ordered the Am- * agents oof of the country, ti ts detain Hopkins. The W»- ige.happeningtobe“on hand” . and taking, a position to destroy Assumption if the Americans were not allowed * ” ‘ embark, succeeded in that sr- Sbc carried her passengers to capital of the State of the same of the Parana and Par Bueaos Ayers. There MM - ; . Ill - ___ .. a Mr. Hopkins and from Lt - reached Washington, and a "l has returned home to re-* »of affairs t> the company. i the matter considerably is i government is about steamers to Paraguay to Ity about the boundaries •in that quarter, and the English ' i a vessel or two “of observa- i at Rio take the part of it is understood, on his way »river was consulted by tho Ernpe- »those Tory boundaries. The American he largo losers by this sudden i their affairs, and will undoubtedly ‘1 of our government in obtaining H tpkins has always been the great enlo- , and was some years ago much in . complaints about his concoct i time to time, reached-the depart- hut its the consulship was of no value, > 'was taken of them- The passen- > want out with him, and tho meeban- : and engineers who came hack, speak very _ . thim. It may be neeessary to send a special agent to Paraguay to settle this matter, as two thinss are now demonstra ted; that the people of Paraguay offer no great market for foreign products, and will not till their social wants are much greater than they -are now: and next, that without regular steam ers upon tho Plate no trade can be profitably car- ga§Rj£?:y.-' tied on by foreign nations. At the latest dates not a single freightoffer ed for the United o.'ates at Bnenoe Ay res. '• -; - - Extensive Swindling. The New York Times of Saturday, says: For some months past, merchants in different sec- ‘the country have been swindled ontof “ sums of money by a person repre- If as belonging to a firm engaged and commission business both in and San Francisco. The plan adop- to send letters to differ- -themofthe receipt of a of the kind for them which the remittance of money The plan has succeeded ad- Thnrsday last, this financier was the strong ana of the law in the Ohio, who bad been informed the Chief of Police in New York, and furnishing him with » circular received, of which the following is a Jtaw, SRcom A Mnror, Tonvitmsc m commission merchants, Sooth-street. New York; . Front streets San Eraneisco. Cal. J. G. Law, T. W. GrinaeU, W. R. Minot New Yobk. Jan. 7 1855- Sir: "We have received per steamer George Law, a chest of valuables and trunk, which has 'arrived! in good condition. Tbo freight from Shangha. China, amounts to $7. on the receipts of which it will be fat- warded to direction or order, panctually. ■Kg? fW Address fpost paid) g IF. R. Mivot A Co. P. S. None but bankable funds received in payment and sneh money sent at onr risk. Wright 110 lbs. The party engaged in this business hailing Trom Brooklyn, a few days since Offieer Reynor, of the Chiefs Office, wa* not upon the trail, and waited for him at the Brooklyn Post Office, where, about 1 o’clock on Thursday last 'a man -called for letter*for W. R. Minot ft Co., and five were delivered to him. He left-the office fol lowed hy Officer Reynor. and passed down Mir- t’e avenue in Adams st. when he espied the of- fo!!» wing him. and started off npon a ran. > was soon overtaken, and when seised hold a strenuous resistance, but was / captured and locked op for a bear- Tbe pers a arrested is a young man. not more > years of age, and says bis name The fire letters taken I were found upon him-—one . r him before arrested. As to where ho oune from of wbat bis business Is, he tbos far keeps “muni.” It is erl- Ideat •h^'Wcrer, that be has accomplices, and tha police will probably overhaul them ere mjm ~ --fo - - - The Czar’s Design In Hmb War. The Russian Court Journal, tbo month-piece •of tbe Emperor, has an article on the design of the war, which makes some avowals which msv serve to torn fa* tide of sympathy, which V* now setting rather in his favor, in the oppo site direction. It sajs, and it is rather a bold i mission is certainly great. She is to limit fa* msterislism of England. ■* * secondary position. 8h» is a mere hobbling whirlpool—not a durable and •distinctive inundation. Russia mnat fight Eng land, because she alone, and not France, i» the focus and support of revolutionary principles,— Russia hat England, who, imhned with mercantilism, treads under the rights of man. It is lo protect Europe from fa* the West. * • * » the policy of the Western Powers, war has assumed the character of a straggle >en conservation and communist revein- uonr, * * * The Emperor, as a strong •defender of Europe, has to fulfill the lofty mission of consolidating conservatism. To at- -tain this object. Ennis most carry on an obsti nate war, which will break down England's av- i are not such as a free na- ? for freedom ought to bavo made, f the design of the Czar he eneb as are i people of this country will nothes hich party to cast their .sympathies —Pres. Ihrald. - ■ " with Franco against any annexation of Cuba to the Untied States. Six years ago, when Sir Henry Bniwor was sent out of Spain, it was in timated, hy Lord Palmerston to Signor Isturits, that-England was much inclined to take up tho question of Spanish indebtedness to English men, and seise Cuba, in order to retain it until the seventy to a hundred millions of Spanish Bonds held in England were paid off, with se en isolation of interest in fall. England does not mnch rare Into whose monarchal bands Cu ba may fall, her terror is lest it should be ab sorbed hy republican American. She looks to France, now the actual champion of despotism in Europe, and solicits assistance in preventing tho transfer of Cuha to the U. S. on any terms, or even with the frillest concurrence of Spain herself. It wonld not surprise to find, as has been sna- pected. that France and England are uniting for the purpose of preventing onr acquisition of Cubs. Nor is it improbable that at least owe of the objects of Palmerston’s visits to Paris has heen personally to comptete tho alliance on this head. Just now, when France and England are coming off only second best in tho contest with Russia, one would think that they have quite enough on their hands, without laying the foundation for warfare with the United States. Bnt, as the Scotch proverb says, " A wilfn* man monn hto his way,” and” if Victoria and Napoleon trill sow the wind, they may reap the whirlwind by and hy.—o n lj» if Unde Sam should sero nly desire to possess Cuba, it is not in the power of combined Europe to prevent bis obtaining it. Washington Jan. 19,1855. The Gallipagus Treaty ii a fixed fact, and Tnrtiedom is ours. The treaty negotiated by Mr. Philo White, with the government of Eq- nador, is actually in the State Department, though if has not yet been laid before the Sen ate. The provisions of the treaty are said to re quire that the U.S. government shall loan three millions of dollars to the republic of Eqnador, without interest, taking a lien upon the Islands for its re-payment. So it is not to bo a nom inal. bnt a substantial acquisition. The vessels from the United ^States are to have free access to the Islands, 'and the gua na deposits are to be free to onr people, at a very low rate of doty: The deposits, faongh called guano in the treaty, are not so in fact They are deposits not of birds, bnt of turtles, and aro approved, it is said, upon experiment »« equally valuable by chemists and agriculturalists. The supply is represented as inexhaustible. If all these conditions be true, the contract will be vastly beneficial to onr agricultural interest and for planters as well as farmers. The terms of the contract may he objectiona ble, faongh I presume it may bo made to ap pear that as a matter of business, they are ad vantageous to this country. There is a penal colony on the the Islands, but we do not propose to bring that away, though the government of Eqnador, wonld be obliged to ns if we would. Our guano fleets will also be exposed to tbo almost perpetual calms that prevail in that quar ter, hut this will only gi ve employment for onr steamtugs. If the agricultural interest approve of this contract, it pray he confirmed. It will employ a great number of vessels and of seamen, os well as laborers. It will break np the monopo ly of the Peruvian guano, and bring the price of this almost indispensible article within the limits of the means of all our farmers on the Atlantic coast, as well as of the cotton planters, who begin to require it for their cotton.—Cor respondent of tie Baltimore Sun. Thrilling Accident of a Shipwreck.—Tho schooner Albatras, of Kingston, Jamaica, CapL Viguers, from Kingston, sailed on the 29fa Oct. for Now York, with pimento, coffee, rum, bides, copper and specie. She bad'also nine passen gers, gentlemen and ladies. After a tempestu ous passage, when within a hundred miles of the Highlands,' she experienced a severe hurri cane from W. N. W., lost all her sales, and the vessel was driven on her beam ends, in which state she lay four houra. The captain, mate and crew finding it impossible to save faemselves. were lashed to tho rails, where they remained for three days, the passengers being fastened down below- The vessel was then got before the wind, when the weather moderated down te a heavy gale which, lasted seven days. The passengers all this time had no nourishment but breadsnd water, which were passed down to them from the deck. Everything was washed from the deck, and tbo crew were placed on short allowance. The Vessel was making from 4 to 5 feet water in the hold. All the crew working at the pumps. The fourth ntght the vessel was going down by the bead. They then threw the cargo over board at one o’clock, A. if. The crew were worn out and forced the male passengers to work, in order to save life, the ladies being in the water all the time nearly famished. Killed the goat, and fed on that. They were then within 100 miles of Bnrmoda. The gale abated. On the ninth day fell in with the British seboon- ner Port of Spain, bound to Halifax. It was then blowing a heavy gale of wfad from E. N* E. The crew of the schooner manned their boats to take the passengors off. The ladies had tobeibrown in the boats ; they were in their wet clothes for seven or eight days. One lady refused to leave the vessel, on account of illness, preferring to die rather than be remov ed. Relieved tho ship by pnmping. The next day, a British bark from Hull, bound to Charles ton, foil* in wi]h the JAlbairos, .rod the Captain of her kindly offered to take off the lady pas senger, bnt she still objecting, it was found no- eessery to remove her by force. She fainted on deck, and'in this state was thrown into the bark’s boot, a heavy sea running at the time.— The name of the lady is Lopez. She is a native of Philadelphia, very wealthy, and had been to Jamaica for her health. The barque supplied the Aibatros with provi sions and water, and took charge of her letter- bag. They repaired their sails, and tried inef fectually to reach Bermuda, on account of con- tinnors gal*«. They then bore away for Charleston with a fair wind. When within a hundred and fifty miles of that city the vessel encountered a severe gale from the westward, wlib-h struck her abaft, tore the sales, broko the bowsprit and fore-boom, and blew her so far out of her course that, as a last resort, Capt, Nigures resolved upon coming to Nassau. She received assistance from a wrecking vessel, and arrived here on Sunday last. “The same Contain was wrecked on these •bores about four years ago in the brig Erie, when be wa* lashed to a spar for four days.”— JfaMtau Guardian of the 27th nit. A correspondent of tho Atlanta Intcligencer says, that the neighborhood of Villa Rica pro mises lofae a mining region, not inferior to any Bnoxr. .four,.,—Lust night the jail was relieved other now in Georgia. New mines of copper of rix uegroiMb They ri,.vle their esespe by o&d tin hare been discovered,'and it is not sawing off three oftbc iron bars of their cell in doubted, hut that the gold vein* in the vicinity, the back part of the jail, and then making a when sunk to a'sufficient depth, will yield the rope out of their bed r loihlet them down to 'yeOow sidpbaret of capper. There are two the ground. The while prisoners in (ho jail itcatn mills near tho town working gold and . operating In the predominant commercial rice and cotton*, Georgia may auccessf pete. Select samples of these article*, of ten and twenty pounds each, would, probably, belt suit the purpose* of tho exhibition and the de sign of the exhibitor. Planters should be reminded in the security of monopoly which they may indnlge, fast ex traordinary efforts are being made by fat French Government to introduce, auocessftilly, the cul ture of long staple cotton into tie entlonial pos sessions. Already, two thousand bales of Soa Island Cotton have heen reported a* the product of Algeria, for the last year; and tho prices at which this cotton wa* quoted, ranged from fifty cento to one dollar. The facts indicate great adaptation of roll and climate, and skill j man- Ipnlation of tbe cultivator. Tbe comparison of wage* earned by labor In this culture, with tbe interest earned by capital, under our own eyatem, would be a valuable atudy for statistics, and political economy. The fertile plains of Lombardy will send rice for exhibition, which, in the market of the world, baa preaedence of ail for excellence. Whilst I have seen the waters of the Po and Adige, made to fertilise and irrigate tbe rieo 1 fields of Lombardy, I could not but refloat on the productive p wdr of hydraulic engineering, if applied to onr own rivera and canals. The sections and levels made, by onr Florida road might bavo been made to combine with an in valuable system of draina'ge and irrigation, of lands now repelling culture. WM. B. HODGSON. REGULATIONS. ARTICLE I. The Universal Exhibition, appointed to he held in Paris, in the year 1855, will receive the agricultural an<^manufacturing products as well as the works of art. of all nations.' It will open on the 1st of March, and close on tho 31st of October of the same year. ARTICLE VIII. No article will be admitted to the Exhibition, except under the seal of the Department of Foreign Committees. articlr xn. Lists of exhibitors mast be sent to the Im perial Commission at Paris, presenting the names, professions, and address of the parties applying; the nature, number, and qnality of tbe articles to he exhibited; and the space re quired. article XVIII. Committ es of each country arc requested, if possible, to send in one consignment the pro ducts of their division. article xx. Foreign artirlos.will be conveyed to Paris at the cost of the State, from the French frontiers or ports, and likewise sept back. $rticlk xti. They mast be addressed to the Commissioner of Arrangement, at the Exhibition Palace. The address of each package should indi- @1)8 $lomc (gourtcr ROME GA., Tuesday Horning! January 80,1855. During the past week we have had some forty or fifty new subscribers. Wo would in form those of the number who requested ns to republish the principles of the Native Ameri can party, that, their request shall be complied with next week. W* have not tho room in this week’s issue. 1. —The place whence it comes. 2. —The name of the exhibitor. 3. —The nature of its contents. In this form:— OOOOOOOOOO 0.0 000000009 o O o A Monsieur lo Cammissaire da o o Classement dc l’Exposition Universelle, o o Paris, o o Envoi da (sent by) o o Demenrant a (residing at) o o Exposant de (exhibitor of) o o o 000000000000000000009 ARTICLE XXIV Separate packages of less than half a cubic metre should not be sent. ARTICLE XXVI. The admmission of all articles to bh gratu itous, and not’subject to payment of any kind, daring the exhibition. ARTICLE XLn. The ports (at which articles from the United States wonld probably be received,) are Havre and Bonrdeaux. ARTICLE LVIII. The examination of articles exhibited, and decisions for rewards or premiums, will be con fided to a great international mixed joiy. ARTICLE LXXVT. The'natare of the rewards to be distributed and the principles on which they are to be ba aed will bo determined by the Imperial Com mission. Hard of Hearrig—Doiuo a Dux.—“I have a small bill against yon,” said the pertinacious looking collector, as he entered tbe store of one who bad acquired the character of a hard cus tomer. “Yes, sir, a very fine day, indeed,” was the reply. “I am not speaking of the weather, hut your bill,” riplied Peter in a loud key. “ It would be better if we had a little rain.” “Confound the ^ain,’ - continued tlie'collector, and raising his voice: •* Have you any money to pay on the hill?” “Beg yonr pardon, I’m hard of hearing. I have made it a rale not to loan my fonda to strangersand I really don't recognize you.” “I’m collector for the Philadelphia Daily Extinguisher, Sir, and have a bill against yon,” persisted tbe collector at the top of his voice, producing bis bill and. thrusting it into tbe face of bis debtor. “ Fro determined to endorse for no ono, yon may pnt that note back in yonr pocket book, I really can’t endorse it.” “Confound your endorsements—will yon pay it?” “Yen'll pay it, no donbt, sir, but there's al ways a risk about these matters you know, so I must decline it.” “ The money mnst come to-day.” “Ob, yes—ninety days, but I would not en dorse for you' for a week; so clear out of my store. It’s seldom that I'm pressed up- n for an endorsement, even by my friends; on the part -of a stranger, sir, yonr conduct is inexplicable. Du not force me to pnt you out; leavo the premises.” And the bill was returned to the Extingusbor officer, endorsed—“so confounded deaf ho couldn’t understand.”—Illuttrated Newt. Fallixc off ix the Revenue.—It is stated that the entire receipts of customs for the month of December, are estimated at the Treasury Department at not more than two millions of dollars, against four millions and a half for De cember, 1853, The available surplus in the Treasury has fallen off already seven millions of dollars since September. The payments of this month will farther reduce the surplus fire tnilGons of dollars. To Yooxo Men.—We extract the following beautiful paragraph from the Baccalanrente Ad dress, lately delivered before the Graduating Class ef Rutgers College by the Hon. Theodore Frelinghnysen, and commend it to the perasal of the young: Resolve to do something nsefnl, honorable, dutiful, and do it heartily. Repeal the thought that yon can and therefore .may, live above la bor and witboatwork. Among tbe most pitiful objects in society, is tbe man whose mind has been trained by the discipline of education— who has learned how to think, and the value of his immortal powers, and with nil these noble faculties cultivated and prepared for an honora ble activity, ignobly sits down to nothing ; and, ofconrse, to be nothing ; with no influence over the pnblie mind—with no interest in the con cerns of his country or even his neighborhood — to be regarded as a drono, without object nr character, with no hand to lift and with no effort to pnt forth to help tbe right or defeat the wrong. Who can think with any calmness of such a miserable career. And however it may be with you in active enterprise, neverpermit your influ ence to goin hostility to the cause of truth and virtue. So live, that with the Christian poet, you may truthfully ray that “ If yonr country stands n«t hyy*nr skill. At least your follies have not wrought her fall.” Failures.—New Orleaue, Jan. 13.—It is Page ft Bacon, of Sr. Lonis, who have failed, and not Page, Bacon ft Co., of New York, as stated in my dispatch of yesterday. Their as sets will probably exceed their liabilities. Sweeny. Green ft Co., cotton factors, of this city, bare failed. Fellows ft Co, cotton and tobacco merchants here, bavo also suspended. New Phases of Moumoniuh.—Joe Smith, it will be remembered, was rather a bellicose kind of a prophet. Some times he was remon- stated with and pretry closely questioned. Mr. Quincy told a good joke about Joe, a* illustra tive of b!» ingenuity and dignity. Says Joe, “If n man smlght thee on the righteheek, tnrn to him the other also,, bnt If he should then strike face on tbe loft cheek, pitch into the fel low.!” - are indobted to the Hon. E. W. Chastain for a copy of the President’s lost Message to Congress. JBff' Attention is called to tha advertisement of Mr. Robbins nt Care Spring. Those desi rous of purchasing a good house and lot in a healthy and thriving section of the country would do well to negotiate with him. pB* u Farrago” ie informed that wo publish no communications, unless their author is mode known to us. Such is the established rale of all Newspaper offices, and he cannot therefor# wonder nt the non-appearance of hie article. Godet’s Lady’s Book, for February has been reoeivod and contains its usnal amount of use ful and interesting reading. This is among fas oldest if not the veiy oldest Magazine in the United States: the best’commendation of it lice in the fact that very few of its nnmorona Lady readers find it convenient to do withoat it Now is the time for Farmers to economise and they pretty generally feel determined to make their outgoet ns small as possible—lot ns suggest that one of tho most effectual ways of doing this is hy manufacturing your own coar ser fabrics and Negro cloth. This yon can do with ease and facility by buying one of Mr. Wisdom’s cheap patent Looms—see advertise ment The Naturalizatiox Laws.—Tbe cardinal maxim ofevery well regulated government should be the adoption of sneh laws as will result in •’tile greatett postible good to the greatett partible number.” The principles of such laws are high ly oonservatistic in their nature. They alone are the chief criterion by which to solve with any degree of precision the problem of a nation's perpetuity on tbe one hand, or of its prematura declension on the other. La?s which meet the wants of a people, meet their support likewise; and hence it may be said tbe laws of a country are an infallib'e exponent of its patriotism.— YetJ how much soever a legislative enactment may embody the principles and the spirit of jus tice, right and good, it is a rare occurrence that it does not come in collision with interests either local or individual, in their nature. We can claim for hardly any rule of civil, judicia ry or legislative policy an entire exemption from anomalies. An amendment of the naturalization laws wonld, undoubtedly, be conducive to the dissa tisfaction of many, yet there are many cnnatnralii ed foreigners, whom, were it possible to consider tbeir admissibility to the rights of citizenship, as exceptions to a general rale debaring the foreign er, we would gladly recognize as entitled to all tbe privileges of elective franchise. Those aliens who have already been in the United States five years, and hsve become citizens by virtue of their residence and the abjuration of allegis ance to foreign powers, certainly have little or no reason to mnrmnr at the anticipated change of the law relative to immigrants. An ex poet facto law cannot be made, hi< ving efficacy in di- Testing them of immunities heretofore granted to them. Sneh being the case, it can only bea sym pathy for people from the land oftheimatirity that wonld arouse tbe spirit ef opposition on theii port. Opposition based upon sneh a principle would render the question highly problematical whether those who indnlge- themselves in it had proved themselves worthy of naturalization or not—the more so when sympathy for the foreigner would seem paramount or superior to a desire for national good. If they bare no better reason then, than that alluded to, bow much less cogent must be tbe incentives of na tive-born Americans to oppose nn amendment, if tbe aim of that amendment be self-protection. It most be conceded that the only class of peo ple who could, witb any tolerable degree of con sistency, denounce it, is tho one which embra ces cxcln : irely the newly arrived, and still un naturalized foreigner. It is a project in which the North, tho South, tbo East and the Wes* may unite with spontaneity ns well ns with un animity. It is hota question of local bnt gener al interest—not one that should aronso partis anship, but allay it—not one that should engen der the poignancy of party feeling, and tho in vective raUlcry’ofdemagogueism, but one which should induce fraternity of fooling, harmony of thought, and unity of action. Its legitimate aim is republican, patriotic, national. Yet, if an amendment of the naturalization laws would enhance the political well-being of any one portion af tho Union, more than that of another, that fortunate portion is assuredly the Sonth. It has every thing to gain with little or nothing to loso. The rich and exhuberantsoil of newly acquir ed territories in the west is rapidly being peo pled with foreigners. They land in New York withoat means of purchasing land in tbe older settled States, and are consequently directed Westward where land is cheap, and the means -of gaining a livelihood, feasible. Those who di rect them thither are actuated by a two-fold motive—to free faemselves of crime and pau perism, and to lessen tho chances of the exten sion of slave territory. This clone, to say nothing of a thousand other equally as valid reasons, is a sufficient inducement for ‘any un prejudiced man to adopt, and abide by the first article in tbe Native American platform, viz: Firtt. We shall advocate a repeal of tho laws of naturalization, or if that cannot he ac complished then such a modification of those laws, ns will prevent future immigrants from be coming citizens, short of a residence of twenty- one yenra after taking tho oath of allegiance to the United States, and of abjuration of all oth er powers, potentates, and princes. ^HET“On onr first pngo will be foand the Speech of the Hon. A. H. Stephens in reply to Mr. Campbell of Ohio. Tbe reader will perceive that Mr. Stephens perfectly demolishes every position of the distinguished Representative from Ohio. We earnestly recommend this speech to the careful perusal of every subscriber if he would ho the more fully satisfied that <he re sources and products of Georgia, are superior in value, to those of one of the most flourishing Northern States. Ax Honest Max.—On Tuesday evening, a gentleman who had jnst arrived at the City Hotel, Baltimore, by the Philadelphia ean, sud denly missed a bag containing $3,000 in gold. While be was inquiring of tbe hotel folks about tbo hack that had brought him from tbe dopot, honest “Mickey Dougherty," tho driver, brought him tho bog, safe and sound, and received from tho grateful owner $200, with the remark, that “it wonld help to get him a new hack.” Catholic Statistics.—Tha Catholic Alma nac for 1855 gives tbe following statistics of the Roman Catholio Church in the United States; There are 7 Archbishops, 33 Bishops, 2 Vi ears Apostolic, 1704 Priests, and 1824 Cburobos —showing the increase of the past year to have been 2 Bishops, 120 Priests, and 112 Churches. There are also 098 Missionary stations, 28 Col- leges, 117 Female Academies, and 37 Theolo gical Seminaries, which (inolnding those who are studying abroad) are training np to tbe priesthood nearly 700 young mm. The Messilla Valley, reeently pnrchaeed from Mexieo, waa formally taken possession of, on tbe 15th November, by a military foreo under Col. Miles, who had been despatched for tha* purpose from Santa Fe by Gen. Garland. Tbe Stars and Stripes were hoisted on a cotton tree, and saluted by two 121b howitzers. The inhab itant# seemed pleased with tbe change. Rehabkablb Instances of Modestt.—Itis said that a lady once asked Lord Brougham, the great English orator and author, who waa the best debater in tbe House of Lords. The peer modestly replied: “ Lord Stanley is the second, madam.” His Lordship’s modesty is eqnal to fast .of a distingnshed Northern lec turer on Phrenology. He told his audienoe fast there was three remarkable beads in fae United States: one was that of Calhoun; fae other that of Daniel Webster; fae third ladies and gentlemen,” said the lecturer, “modettg forbids me to mention.” The Tribnne states that in tho sixth ward of New York alone six. thousand persons were fed by charity od Friday last, and on Sat urday fae number wa# equally large. At fa# doors of Lindenmnllers, Stewarts, and nt the Fivo Points Mission, where soup is distributed, the Police hare to he in constant attendance to keep order. The Tribune furthor says that no Americans are among those applying for this kind of charity. . -According to the lntst ncconnts Mr. Mason, onr Minister: to France^ Is not, dead bnt was visited by a stroke of apoplexy and is stUi la a ritical condition. Southern Manufactures.—An article in fae Galveston Commercial shows fae increase in Sontbera Manufactures. It appears that in fae Southern States fae consumption of Cotton for fae last four years was as follows: 1851. fid- 000 bales; 1852, 75.000; 1853. 90.000: 185^ 105,000. These facts mnst be gratifying to every friend to the prosperity and commercial independence of the South. The weather in the North, on Friday, was in tensely cold. The New Testament Panorama is on exhibi tion in Charleston. Tuesday next, the 25th lost, is fae anniver sary of fapfairth-day of Robert Baras. * Th*” Canada brought no intelligence from Paris relative to the death of Judge Mason— strange! The great volcanic mountain, Cotopaxi, is in a highly active state of eruption. It is said that New York has a non-resident floating population of 305,000 The Supreme Court of Ftorida has heen abol ished by a bill which has jnst passed the Legis lature of that State. Gen.. Scott apprehends a very troublesome, if not protracted war with the Indians, John Wells has heen appointed U. S. Senator from New Mampshire, to fill the unexpected term of Moses Norris, Jr. At Buffalo, en the 12th inst, Lake Erie was free from ice, and steamboats were departing for Western porta. It is said in New York npon the authority of letters from Havana, by the Cahawba, that Gen eral Zalaba will he appointed Governor General of Cuba. ' The panic in St. Louis has subsided. Three of the houses which have suspended wrll short ly resume business again. Robert Howard, an extensive iron mannfae* tarer in Baltimore, is reported to have failed for a large amonnt- The Know Nothin’- convention for the nom ination of State officers assembled at Louisville on Thursday. Know Nothings, is Virotxa.—The election in Parkersburg, Va. for Couneilmen. resulted in the entfre^suceess of the Know Nothing ticket by a majority of 113 to 17. At Fairfax Court Ilonso, Va., at the election of Commissioner of Revenue for that county, tbe Know Nothing candidate beat his opponent more than four votes to one. Steah Sloop|of War.—The Secretary of the Navy has recommended to the Committee on Naval Affairs, the batiding of seven new steam sloops of war, Swift, the Know Nothing Candidate for May or of Lexington, Ky., was elected. Between eleven and twelve thousand emi grant passeneers arrived at New York on Thursday 20th nit W. J. Smith, of the firm of Smith ft Gale, Cotton brokers at New Orleans, committed su icide on the 8th in£t The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Samnel E. Lecomte of Maryland as Governor of Kansas. James Tnfnell died in the Poor House of An derson District S. C. lately, at fae advanced age of one hundred and twenty years. An extraordinary surgical operation was late ly performed which killed the patient .The physician is doing well. There are nt preset one hundred and sixty- two stores “ to let” in Broadway.. Many will be “letalone,” on acconnt of fae high rents. The Editor of the New Hampshire Journal says that he expects to grow fat as long as he lives. Ah, yes f bat when he dies, will not the fat bo in the fire ? A bill has heen introduced into the legisla ture of Pennsylvania granting political and civ il rights to persons of color, now residing, or who may hereafter reside, in that State. Specie is so scarce in Schenectady, that a man was arrested on suspicion of being a hank robber, because he had three and six pence in his pocket. Cost of Cigars.—It is said to be nn indispu table fact that, taking fae whole United States together, mnch more money is expended for fae single article of cigars, than for all fae eommon schools in the Union. They are having mild weather in Newfound land, neither snow, iee, nor any indications o winter ; nn fae contrary, thunder showers that were evidently intended for last summer are coming down npon the astonished people. Assessment of Cirr Property.—The real estate of the city of Colnmbus Is appraised by the city Assessors, Messrs. Meeler, Toby and Guthrie at $2,025,000, against $1,885,000 last year. Home Manufacture.—Tho Boston Evening Telegraph says that Gov. Gnardinor wore, dnring his innngnrntinn, an entire soft of Amer ican manufacture. Every article of his dress was “homcjnndo.” To remove dirt from linen-*-Jerk a dandy out of his shirt Rather a Poor Showing.—The cashier of the Lewis county bonk, New York safety fund, which exploded in November, has $2 in specie; circulation $125,000; assets neither here nor there. : Fire in ChahlesTon, S. C.—The old Chapel together with its Ea?t wing were entirely de stroyed on fae morning of fae 2fith inst The furniture of fae students was principally saved. Loss «stimated at $20,000. ’I hate to hear people talk behind one’s hock’ as tbe robber said when fae constable called “stop thief l” *1 expect’ said a young physician,on his way to New York, on hearing exaggerated rumors of fae cholera, “to witness a great many death-bed scenes this summer.” ’Doubtless,' replied a friend, “If yohget much practice.” When has • man a right to scold his wife about his coffee ? When he has more than suf ficient groundt. An editor out West complains that tbe milk which he buys is too mueb like mercy, Which as Shakspeare baa it “is not strained.” What our_W<ves Lots. A wife onee kiss’d her husband, and, said she ’My Own sweet William, how dearly I love thee” “Who ever knew a lady, good or ill, Who would not dearly love her own sweet will?” Advices from the seat of war and diplomacy are of bnt little general interest, ^jie most in teresting features are summoned np with fae following point: The Allies at the latest advices hare 300 .* * ■ •’ guns in a position ready to open a fire npon Se vastopol, and are only waiting a favorable mo ment. After bombarding the city 48 hours, day and night they will then storm the city fa fae sonth side, while Menchikoff is attacked in fae field on the north. Tho whole programme is arranged, and the determination arrived at to make a grand attack immediately. The result is looked for with interest as the fate of the Al lies dependson it Negotiations at Vienna are postponed four teen days, to give tbe Czar one more ebanee to come to terms. Turning the Ague to Account.—The Belle- fountaine (Ohio) Republican says the boosters on the Wabash tarn their “ngy shakes” to some acconnt They climb into the top of a “shell bark” jnst as the chill come son, and by fae time fae “personal earthquake” leaves them, there is not a hickory nnt left on the tree. ' At a recent election in » Northern State, a lad presented himself at the polls to chum the benefit of fa* elective franchise. Feeling a deep interest in a favorite 'candi date. the father was evidently opposed to fae hoy’s preference, stood at fae ballot box, and challenged his right to vote, on fae ground of bis not being of age. The young man declared that he was twenty-one years old; that he knew it, and that be insisted npon bis right The father becoming indignant end wishing, as fae saying is, to “bluff him off,” before the inspec tors : “Now, Bob, will you stand np there and con tradict me ? Don’t I know how old you are ? was I there?”, Boh looked bis contempt for fae old man as he replied— “Thm,deration ! 'spose you was, was’nt I there too?/ • This settled tbe sire, and in went fae aeion’a vote. A Challenger Indicted.—Mr. Butt Hew- son, who challenged Prentice, the editor of the Lonisvtiie Journal, to a duel, has heen indicted hy fae grand jury in Little Rock, Ark. His. second, Major Davis, is indicted also. The Robins and Lawrence Company, of Wind sor, Mass., have recently executed for fae Royal armory of Woolwich. England, an order to the extent of $80,009 for fae manufacture of Minie rifles, guns, ftc. Cholera ix the WestTidieies.—The Island of St. Kitte was, at the last accounts, suffering a heavy mortality from cholera. In a popula tion of 24,000 no less than 2,655 deaths had oc curred. A plonsihle swindler, who represents himself to he a clergymen In distress, has been prac tising upon the people of Charleston, and has obtained several sums of money from benevo lent gentlemen. 'It is said Hint Lady Franklin has resolved to expend the laat remnant of her fortune infitting ont another Arctic expedition. ’Tis a pity that sneh noble devotion and sacrifice cannot he re warded hy the restoration of her long lost and loved hnshond. A Forthcoming Wonder.—According to a correspondent of Herapath’s (English) Jnnranl, (team power is to he superseded by “Ponlson’s Patent Pendnlnm T Lever.” which will he brought before the public in about a month.— Two men. in a sitting position, will he able with ease to propel a railway engine of twenty-five horse power with its foil complement of carria ges, at any speed attainable hv steam power.— [For fae Courier.] Messrs Editors.—During the week ending 21st inst we had almost rummer weather nnd on Snnday 21st it was little short of opprettioe,' fae thermometer indicating 67 degrees as fae temperature. At fi o’clock A. M. the wind rose with vivid lightning and distant thunder in’the East accompanied with a slight rain and at 6 o’clock on the morning of fae 22nd the tber-, mom eter indicated 87 degrees, falling 30 degrees in sixteen honrs. It remained quite cold np to last night 25th and the morning at 3 o’clock it commenced blowing and raining and now at 11 o’clock A. M. there is every prospect of clear warm weather. Summer will bud again to be again niped by Jack Frott. “ So here we go np, np, np and here we go down, down, Ac. Those fond of fun and frolich have the most ample means of gratification—the Op era—Theatre—Peak Family of Vocalists, ac companied by the Germnnian Bell Ringers—fae Historical Panorama of fae New Testament, nnd latt though not leaet “Waugh’s Italia” * Those who cannot visit Italy and behold “in propria persona” (I believe that is the*Latin ?) the glorious seenery of that Magic Land and de lightful clime, ought by all menus to visit Waugh’s Italia.” It is true you necessarily call to mind the Pope’s real"Big Toe as well as St Peter’s in bronxo, kissed by a sot of craven j sensless, soal-less, Priest-ridden ignoramuses and scamps, and this makes one’s Republican and Protestant blood coarse more rapidly:— But never mind, “we trill rule onr country” and “ they mag tide thelre.” Our Fathers fled, yes fled, from oppression end bigotry to estab lish themselves where they «onl<i enjoy civil and religions liberty untmmmel’d by Popes Bithopt and Prieiti with their disgusting mum meries and every True American will stand by the doctrine or die—Some of the tame sort Here. Mr. Meagher the Irish Patriot was in Charles ton last week—on the 15th inst he delivered an address on the “menand womon of S. Carolina dnring fae Revolution”—I did not hear bis ad dress ns I was too unwell to go out; hut all who did were delightod—Mr. Meghear is'decldodly tho most modest and meritorious Foreigner we hare had in our midst—He is a Protestant and has no work to do for his immaculate holiness tho Pope. Fires often occur here, thongh by the activity and promptness of the Firemen they are soon checked—some suppose the two lost were the acts of Incondiaries. Money matters are said to be more stringent here than they hnre been sinco 1837—In this connection lot mo ask why don’t the Farmer* sell their cotton?—those whoare indobt aremor* ally hound to do so, and thoso who are not in debt ought in pursuanco of their own interests! to sell—Cotton must reach a lower point.—All the world on the other side of “sunrise” are at sixes and sevens and the great Southern Sinew mnst relax still farther—He who soils his cotton immediately although fae price is low will do better than fae who bolds on for a belter price. Yours very respectfully, SAM. Charleston, 26th January, 1855. While Buggies, the young post office robber, was In custody nt Northfield, Vermont, he asked Mr. Holbrook, the post office agent, by whom the nfrest hod been made, to step up stairs to bis room a moment. After entering and closing the door, fae prisoner took down his rifle and very deliberately proceeded to cock the piece. By this time Mr. H. began to think that be bad to deal with a desperate character j but before be could decide upon any plan of action, the yonng man took from the lock of his gun a piece of paper and banded it to Mr. Hoi'* brook, which on inspection, proved to both* missing sum, $600. Another New Paper Material*—A paper maker of Lee, Massachusetts, has several saru-f pies of paper from fae weed known as “everlas-* ting,” and which fae farmers have a great dread of. It is said to be easily converted into pulp, Tbe paper made from it has yellowish tinge, but a smooth, firm snrfoce. Doubtless tbe veg etable kingdom can supply many different ma terials, beside straw, from which this tsry nec essary article might be produced. A New Rifle.—.Many experiments are Itt progress designed to effect Improvements in tbe celebrated minie rifle. The x Daily Wisconsin tolls of a rifle which has been invented hy Mr. Howe, of Milwaukee and which promises great results. It is a modification of fae minie, hut has not Vet been perfected in its details. It loads at the breech, fae base of which is some what larger than the muzzle. Tha one which Mr. Howe is experimenting with, drove a hall . thirteen inches deep into solid pine forty yards distance. The Wisconsin says “it is proved that this rifle will cany a mile and a half iritis & tone aim!”, The Seventeen Year Locusts.—Dr. Gid- don B. Smith, who is well-informed on the sub ject, announces through the Baltimore Patriot the places at wnieh the seventeen-year looasts will nppear this year, viz : In Massachusetts, about Barnstable and adja cent towns. This is a very small district. In Maryland tho whole of the Eastern Shore, and also on the Old Liberty nnd Windsor Mill roads, commencing about five miles from Balti more and extending to Carlisle, Pa. I* other parts of tho State they will appear In small numbers. Virginia, in Kenawa county. This is a very small district unless it is connected with the next district in Kentucky, fte. In Kentucky, about Lexington, Frankfort, Flemingsburg, and extending In Meiga and Gal lia county, Ohio. - • V. THE CANADA’S MAILS. AS AttHY WITHTCT A HEIDI a Hob before Sevastopol. The Canada’s mails reached N. York Friday at midnight. The English papers make no mention of tbe illness of Mr. Mason, our Min ister to Paris, and we hear of no private advices on fae subject. The presumption is, therefore, that he had recovered from his attack. Tho very latest advices state that. Austria has de clared to Protsia that if peace be not folly as sured hy fae first of June next, Prussia will he compelled to mobiles not less than two hundred thousand men. or’raise a force to that amount within sixty dnys/wfajch must be prepared for decisive action. The Russians have assumed s position north of Sevastopol, and made them selves almost invincible. They were fully hr expectation of an attack and another terrible- battle. Tbe London Times of fae 3d last, continu ing its comments on fae management of fae war in the East and the siege of Sevastopol, makes fae following’ humiliating confession: Tbe case is so flagrant—so manifest to friend and foe, and so confessed and proclaimed to all the world, that it would be ridiculous to slur over tbe fact that the British-army is found to be no army at all in the general military sense of the- word. It is a mob of brave men, not more- than a mob, and rather less, inasmuch as it ir evidently commanded by those who should not command it, and so deprived of its rmle natur al efficiency. AH the accounts that we pulbisb, and many more that for one reason er other wo donotpablisb, bnt which lie in envelopes, loose- heaps, and elastic bands allabout us, aares in - this—that fae organization of the army is eith er none, or worse than none. Again, alluding to tbe pitifal state of tho- camp, the Times says: We confess that we cannot look at tho hor rors of Dalaklava and Inkerman as we once did, for it is plainly better that man and horse should die gloriously, selling their lives dear, and affording a spectacle to the world, than that they should perish unseen, unpitied, unarmed, almost unnumbered—for it has .come to that. We confess, when we are told the British cavalry is no more—that the horses after gnawing one another’s mains and tails have SNnet of thsm perished on the fatal route to the camp some*in the act of dragging their (lead comrades out of the way—we do indeed confess that we could wish that they who aro thns dead bad all died in the battle field, even in somejmud charge into the heart of tbe Russian army. ■* -- Speaking of the ineompetency of Lord 1 ag ism and the loss ofSir DeLpcy Evans, the best general of the army, the Times continues: Now. are we to sacrifice what remains of the 50,000 sent already, and th'e 20,1)00 or 30,009 more told off for tbe Crimea. .to a name that, by fae concurrent and uncontradicted testimony of the whole army is only & name, and even' worse than a name ? We are aware that itis a painful act to hon ors and years—bnt if fae noble ship is to be sa ved at ail, it mnst be by sending its masts over board, to substitute jurymasts, at whatever de sightments, or damage, or risk. Sevastopol' is the Marathon, the Thermopylae, tha Salamie of these modern times, and a thousand years will look hack on the present struggle as we look back ou those and some other cardinal points in the country, of the world. Surely there are men, in this country, or in the Crimea, who cun fight a battle and manage a siege or a campaign. If there arc, let tho filigree rules of of (he Horse Guards be cast away with the 10.COO tawdry uniforms that lie in a rage on the surface of the Crimea, and let the working soldier, the tried and proved commander, under whatever name, be put at the head of the army. Facts about the United States.—Tbe Uni ted States are composed of thirty-one States and nino Territories. They contain a population of 25,000,000, of whom 21,000,000 are white. The extent of sea coast 12,639 miles. The length of its fen principal rivers is 20,- 000 miles. . - .........- >r '‘-J The number of miles of Railway in operation is 20,000, which cost $600,000,000. The length of canals is 5,000 miles. It contains the longest railway on the globe —tho Illinois Central—which is 734 miles. The annual value of its agricultural produc tions is $200,000,000. Its most valuable production is Indian corn, which yields annually 400,000,000 bushels. The amount of registered and enrolled ton nage is 5,407,010 tons. The amount of capital invested in mannfiac- ture is $609,000,000. Tfie amount of foreign imports in 1853, was $267,97S,947—and of its exports $230,971,- 087*' Tbo annual amount of its internal trade is $600,000,000. The annual value of the products of la bor (other than agriculture) is $1,500,000,- 000. Tho value of its farms and live stock is $600- 000,000. Itsminesof gold, copper, lead, and iron, are among the richest in the world. Tho value of gold produced is $100,006,- 000. The surface of its coal fields is 138,131 square acres. ’ • _ '■ • \ ' • - - t Its receipts for customs,’ftc., 4c., in 1852, waa. $51,472,274, and its expenditures $43,743,- 105. Within her borders ore 80,000 schools, 20,- 000 academies, 234 colleges, and 3,800 church* V V.