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True as Pronrliiuj.
From an article in the Lexington
Gazette, on “ the condition of tire
South,’’ we take the following perti
nent extract:
“ If such is the
in the South, upon whom 3m: justly
chargeable. The LocoAurifeffl pf this
latitude ltas even up to thistTfr;e'oon*
stantly accused Southern Whigs of
disloyalty to Southern Rights. Rut
aside from these empty accusations
whose policy is if, that has fostered,
strengthened and populated the free
Stntes, while it has checked the
growth and prosperity of/the South ?
The weakness of the Sobth and the
growing power of the r/orth are main
ly attributable to the insane abstrac
tions and suicidal policy of Southern
Locofocoism.
Look at the paat history of the
South!—wielding,‘a power that con
trolled the sentiipents of the country,
she has adopted a system of political j
l’aith, that lias destroyed the energy of;
her people and driven from her bor- j
ders some of the most enterprising of 1
her sons.
She has uniformly opposed a tariffj
as a monster of oppression on the one
and of protection on the other, instead
of taking advantage of it to build up
manufactories, in her midst, that she !
might be able to live within herself, i
If u idler the operation of the tariff, the j
people of the South , with their une- j
quailed advantages, with mines and |
quarries of every sort,, with her im- j
ilien.se waterpower, her inexhaustible |
supplies of timber, her endless variety I
of agricultural products, the cotton
growing within her borders, and her
slave labor, had established manufac
tories of all kinds to work up her own
abundance of raw material—if she
nad pursued this policy instead of at
tempting to break down the tariffand
finding fault with the North for doing j
what she would not, the South both |
as a producer and manufacturer,
would now instead of hanging on to
the North as a. dependency, hold the
North and the world dependent upon
Iter >or supplies, both of rtivy.material
and manufactured articles. Witji her
fine hemp she could have furnished
rope enough to have hung.every aboli
j lion agitator the North could produce.
But she would do none of tliip—she
wanted no manufactories—she could
get. foreign good*, cheaper than slut
: could make them with the material at
b her hands—and thus.she crippled her
. self in ail the clcmctMs of prosperity
and greatness. • ■>.
S<> in the distribution*~qf tlife pro
ceeds of the sales of ilmv.public lands,
’ .She wonld receive no share ofthe com *
mon property, but it must .go to the I
States in which the Tand Ires,’and but
precious little lay in the Soufti. The
new States took it. established their
schools, constructed their work of in
ternal improvement, their prosperity
invited attention, and a tide of emigra
tion from all sections poured in and
they obtained political power tlmt was
never dreamed of, so that they are
now able to appropriate, of the public
lands, acres by the million, forTiiercas
ing their greatness and power over the
South.
And the South hung on fire stupid
system of self-murder prescribed by the
political practitioners of the Locofoco
quackery. No internal improvements
springing up to give ciiergy and in
dustry to her people. No manufacto
ries being established to turn to dou
ble advantage the endless variety of
her products and resources. No dis
position to keep up with the age. No
effort to advance in all the elements of
true prosperity. Nothing to invite
emigration or active and enterprising
men from other sections The ener
getic and stirring ot her sons leaving
her borders, ami seeking homes in the
nevv States, where they might rise to
wealth and distinction. The labors
and bustling activity of such were
lost to the fcsonth and gained by the
North.
. Such has been the elfect of Locofo
coism upon the South. And so weak
aro we, that when asking for a prin
ciple, which but for the miserable ab
stractions of Locofoco politicians
which have held back the march of
Southern greatness, would be of vast
advantage to the South, but now in
her crippled estate may be barren as
to its effects for good, wo must rely
on Northern men to devise and carry
out the scheme, by which we hope to
be advantaged !
The Allies Hoinforced.
We clip the following paragraph
from the editorial of the Baltimore Sun
of the 11th inst.:
The arrival of reinforcements to the
Allies had raised their spirits. They
were in most pressing need of them,
as Russian reinforcements are pouring
into the Crimea daily. It is said that
a considerable number of Turks had
deserted to the Russian camp, and
this unusual abandonment of their
standard is accounted for by the sev
ere privations they have labored un
der for some time no less than by the
sarcasms and harsh treatment to
which they have been exposed since
their pusillanimous conduct at Balak
lava. It does not appear that the Al
lies had made much progress against
the defence of Sevastopol, but there
were again rumors of a plan of as
sault having been formed. A win
ter campaign in the Criin< a is now
cons. Jeri and certain, and wooden liar
racks for 20.0 )0 men were being ship
ped by the British Government.
THE COURIER.
Al> BA NT Y, GEORGIA.
Thursday, December 21, IM.VI.
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ren, Albany, ’
December 1 lih, 185 t.
The Weather—-Itiver, *Vr.
Tlie weatlier is cold and dry. A longer “spell”
of cohl weather h is not been experienced in this
latitude for years. We have had no raid of conse
quence for weeks. Most of our cisterhs are dry
and water is getting to be a valuable article.
Tiie river is too low for navigation. .Several
boxcp, however, have left for Apalachicola, but
with not iniredhan half freight. Planters and
mechanics are eagerly waiting (or a rise. A few
feet in ire water would give new life to our town
and to business generally. Money is tight
awfully so. We do not know as the good time
is cornuig at all—indeed we are afraid it lias gone
somewhere else—but as soon as the cotton now
in the country c in he got to m irket, we lock fur
a temporary easing up in monetary affairs.
U* There has been but two failure of the
Savannah and northern mails within the past
week.
Rev. IV. B. CrawfoVd, D. D.
By tlie Savannah Republican wc learn that
i this distinguished scholar’'and eminent Dsrine<
lias beerrnnanim >usly elected president of
cer University—and that he lias accepted!. ‘ ■jA;
Iloat. StJiti Houston.
By correspondent of the Tennessee Baptist,
we are informed that this distinguished person
uge was baptised into the fellowship of the Bap
tist church at Independence, Texas, on the 2nd
Sabbath of last in mth.
The First Sli;r<l.
This individual was captured at Savannah* on <
Saturday last, and purchased by the agent of the
f.a|i*er House, hi aeon, for i$ r )5. .He was served
up in “some” style, on Monday.
Congress’.”
This body has accomplished but little yet, and
I will not probably get to work in earnest till after !
| the hollidays. Committees are busily at worlr’
and will probably’ get their reports in readiness
by the time Congress gets ready for them.
Considerable stir lias already been made by the
Know-Nothing sentiment, which it seems has
plenty of advocates, esperi lly in the House.
Rollin'ry.
Wc learn from the Savannah News of the 18th ■,
instant that the Drug Store of Messrs. T. M. 1
Turner & Cos., of that city was entered on Fri.-
day night l ist by a set of thieves, the safe blown j
open by means of gunpowder, and some twenty j
or thirty dollars abstracted.
Several hundred dollars which wore in the j
safe, were overlooked by tlie rogues. From ]
the daring nature of the robbery the News thinks [
that the robbers must have expected to find a
much larger amount of money than rewarded
their labors.
O” We occasionally receive a “Please discon
tipue my paper” from a subscriber who is one or
more years in arrears. Now we have never at
tempted to force our paper upon any one, and ,
although our subscription list is not large, com
pared with some of our city cotemporaries, it is
still respectable, and we have no desire to in
crease it by sending one number of the Courier
to a single subscriber after we are notified tlmt
from any reason he does not want it.
Bur we expect when any person has subscrib
ed for our paper that he will pay up for it before
oidering it stopped. And such persons may or
may not know that we are under no legal obliga
tion to discontinue till all arrearages are paid;
and as we leel under no moral obligation to do it,
we shall not, except at our option.
In all cases where we do not discontinue after ‘
receiving a notice, we forward the bill of amount j
due. When this is settled the paper will in all I
cases be di.-c n inued.
Central ICailroad.
We find in the Savannah Republican of the
1 5th instant, the report of the President and Di
rectors of the Central Kail Road and Banking 1
Company of Georgia to the Stockholders.
The cash received from the road for past year
has been §962.644 36
From the Bank 65,384 01
§1,028,033 37
Out of which have been paid for
road expenses. Bank expenses,
Dividends, carried to reserve
lund, & •., 893 902 53
Leaving §134,945 84
Os this amount §131,353 55 has been paid
out on account of Road, and for Company’s Road
Bonds. Owing to the epidemic the receipts in
September fell off §26,000 and in October $20,-
000. In consequence of this, and the impossibil
ity of realizing on the stock of the S. W. R. R.
Cos., or other stock which the Company holds, a
stock dividend of ten per cent, has been declared
in lieu of the usual cash dividend of 4 per cent.
From the Superinteudanl’s report it appears
that the aggregate earnings of the Road for the
year have been §1,009,793 33
and the expenses 475,266 56 ,
Showing a nett profit of §534.526 56
Increase of earnings over last y’r §92,710 99 I
and of profits 25,178 08 ■
The road is represented to bo in as good con
dition as at the time of the last report. The old
rail is now reduced to sixty miles.
Greytown.
The Administration has got itself into rather
an uncomfortable dilemma in the Greytown af
fair. Take which horn it will, it has certainly
been guilty of one blunder which the President,
willi all the special pleading in his Message, has
failed to explain away. A correspondent of the
N itional Intelligence! thus shows tlie inconsis
tency of the course pursued by our Government.
“If” sajs lie “tlie community at Grejtown was
a nest of pirates &c., how comes it that the Gov
ernment of the United Stales had an official rep
resentative there, and that lie is going, or has ,
gone, again to reside there ?” And if they were
not a set of pirates and outlaws the bombardment 1
of their town was an outrage, which, not even
the Union will attempt to justify, in fact the
only ground on which Mr. Pierce attempted to
justify die action ol the commander of tlie Cyanc,
was, that the squatters at Greytown were a gano
of outlaws, with no political existence, and out i
j side the laws which protect civilized communi
ties. Then why had he sent a representative of <
this government there ? Is it a part of the policy
ol the present Administration to recognize such |
bands of robbers and mauraders ?
Even tlie Arabs will not harm a traveler with
whom they have eaten salt, but Mr. Pierce,after
having despatched an embassador to eat the salt
o! diplomacy w ith these Greytown peopl', and j
thereby recogn : zed them.as a political commu- j
nity, afterwards turns rotind, denies their right to !
the privileges of ciyi'-sed men, and #cclm their
town to pieces with his cannon.
Foreigtien for Diplomatists.
The sentiment of the American people is un
r.iistakabiy against tlie appoint merit of perlbns
of foreign birth to represent this Government at
the courts of other powers. And tlie Govern
ments themselves, to which these alien horn di-
plomats are accredited, have witnessed with as
tonishment a step so unusual and so incoir.-i-tant
as the sending of men ,"broad to lock alter the
interest of a people w ith whom they had no sym
pathy of feeling by birth or youthful associations.
“Place none but Americans on guard” js a rule
which applies with as good rea-on to iir foreign
Ijjntinels now, as it a!id to the military sentries
whom it was originally applied. And yet, we
lire at this moment represented at no less than
.five foreign courts by a i bassadors of greater or
‘hiss dignity, who were born, and some of them
educated,.under institutions'totally dillrrent from
our ow n.
Mr. Soule is just now more unenviably noto
rious than any of tlie others. And no wonder.
He has done nothing since lie was sect to Spain
but em'roil himself in personal difficulties-, in
trigue with revolutionists. anid play the part of
tire red republican. Mr. Snijle is undoubtedly a
I man of talent, hut we doublet another of equal
talent could have been hunted up by President J
Pierce eo totally until, both by his antecedents
and pecuVair characteristics for the po-t of For I
cign Minister —especially to the court o( Spain.
Everybody, except those whose duty and interest ;
j it was to cry laus den , to every act ofthe present j
i.aifininistration, felt the glaring impropriety,bor
dering upon insult to the Spanish Government of
sending such a man at such a time to represent
mi Abroad. And the dennnemewt Tame near be- j
■trig worse Ilian was anticipated—and that it wa* !
not, was no Hull of Mr. Soule. Bio cert a Ally i
showed liim-eifas ready g*’ I f-b ‘ —•* j
into a tight a- lie did to get into one himself, and
oil as trivial a pretext.
But we believe we have had about She livst of
his sayings and doings as Minister I’leiiipotenti- \
\ ary and envoy extraordinary of the United Stales. 1
j We notice he is being pretty roughly handled in i
| Congress,even by political friends. Mr. Leiteher, j
| (Dem.) of Virginia, declared rocen ly tint tlie
| appointment shoo'd never have been made, and
that the interest aof the country require his recall, j
i Mr. Daily, Chairman of the Committee on For
eigu Relations, too, says tint he is opposed to
the appointment of foreigners as foreign repre
sentatives. And Mr. Taylor, of O iio, says the
public are nearly unanimous against it.
Will Mr. Pierce heed this public opinion ? Or
j will be obstinately allow Mr. Soule to remain at
! Madrid to disgrace himself and his country ?
We shall see.
Poor School Fund.
Tlie Federal Union of tlie 19ili instant, say#
that owing to the delay in some of the returns
the distribution of the Poor School Fund will not
be made till the 25tli in-tant.
Congressional.
December 11.
In the Senate, Mr. Adams of Missis-ippi, intro
dneed a hill to change the Naturalization laws,
fixing the period at twenty-one years, to take ef
feet on those who arrive in this country after the
passage of the act. lie avowed him-elf a Know-
Nothing, as far as he understood the doctrine, but
j said that lie was not a member of any secret or
der. lie thought foreigners as dangerous as al
lies, and that abolition immigration should be
} discouraged. The hill was read and referred.
In the House, Mr. Clingtnan asked leave to
introduce a bill, empowering the President to offer
a mediation between Ilussia and the Allies; which
was relused.
D member 13.
I Mr. Mace, of Indiana, has introduced in the
House of Representatives a bill to prohibit slav
erv in Nebraska and Kansas. There was a hot
debate when the hill was introduced to extend for
three years the duty on railro-d iron imported bv
the companies who intend to l.ty it down.
December 14.
The house of Representatives went into com
mittee of the whole on the Indian appropriation
bill, when Mr. Stephens of Georgia, replied to the
remarks delivered the diy b fore by Mr. Mace,
of Indiana. Mr. Mace had introduced a bill to
prohibit slavery in the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska,and had stated that the recent election
were condemnatory of the Nebraska bill of the
last session. In his speech, Mr. Stephens con
tended that the result did not indicate opposition
to that measure by the people.
From Mexico.
Dates frem Mexico state that the election war
progressing. Mexico Iras decided fur Santa Anna
to continue President.
Government employees were compelled to vote
under the penalty ol dismission.
The revolution appears to gain ground. It i
reported that Honduras has agreed to sell Tiuet
Island te the United States for twenty thousand
] dollars. The ownership is disputed between
i Honduras and Salvador.
tSoveriior of Ftali.
Washington, Dec. 14.
Col. Steptoe, of the U. S Army, who has been
for some time stationed in Utah, has been nomi
naled by the President as Governor of that Ter
ritory.
From the Washington Globe, Dec. 11.
Speech of Senator Adams on the
Naturalization of Foreigners.
.The bill to amend the naturalization laws, of
which Mr. Adams gave notice to the Senate a
few days ago, he this day obtained leave to intro
duce. On moving its second reading be stated
its object and the motive which had induced him
to present it to the consideration of the Senate.
He does not, like Mr. Taylor, of Tennessee, in
the House of Representatives, propose to repeal
the law of the 24th of April, 1802; or, like Mr.
Sobers, propose to prevent the enlistment of per
sons of foreign birth in the army and navy; he
simply desires to extend the period of probation
■ from five years to twenty-one years, and even
this provision is prospective in its operation, for
he does not desire to interfere with the natnmli- j
zation of foreigners now resident in the United i
States, according to tlie laws now in force. He i
does not seek to deprive any man of any privilege
nr immunity seciiredjiv the constitution and laws
of the country, or to impair or abridge any pros
pective rights promised by existing laws. His
| design is to extend the probation of those only
who may arrive after his bill shall have become 1
a law, and he is promp'ed to this course by the
| principle of self-preservation, for he looks with j
alarm upon the great accession of foreign popu
| lation.
i ‘• lie admitted it was true that, when the exis
[ ting naturalization law was passed, of the com
! paratively small number who comp from other
| lands many were bold and enterprising men, who
dispersed throughout the country and became
! familiar with our government and laws, as they
! -tifl do in the South ; many who now come may
he intrusted with the franchise within the time
now fixed lor their probation; hut immigrants
comp to the northern and western States at the
| rate of neaily half a million a year, of w bom many
remain in communities and iiev. r learn o ir lan-
I gnage, have hut little intercourse with Americans
I and are slow to learn the genius and structure of
our government, as they are to unlearn the edu
cation of their lives, that there is a divine right
in kings. A longer probation, then, became nec
essary, public opinion demanded the change, and
the salety es the best government ever formed by
liuman wisdom required it.
To Avoid mip-concepl ion of hi* motives, lie quo
ted from .-peer-lie- delivered by linn in the Senate
before the surceases of the Know Notl.iiijis gave
importance to their organization, of which he nev
er had been a member, nor was he aware how
far he agreed with them. If they were in favor
of a repeal of the iiaturalizttion laws, he differed
from them, as he had indicated h_v tiis bill. If
they were in favor of conferring i ffice bn native
born citizens in preference to adopted, qualifica
tions, moral character,and fitncsß in all respects
being equal, lie agreed with them to that extent.
If they would vote at the polls for a Protestant,
all things being equal, in preference to a Roman
Catholic, lie again agreed with them; but be
should differ from them it they would vote for an
unworthy native agiinst a laiihliil, patriotic and
worthy loreigner or Catholic. He preferred the
good to the bad man, whatever in ght be bis na
tivity or liis religion.
lie alluded to the fact that the states exercise
the right of determining the qualifications of vot£ |
ers, and said that as the had conferred on’
Congress the power of passing uniform natural)- ;
zation laws, good laitli required that they should j
conlorm lollie laws the general government might
enact. lie believed the popular sentiment was ]
i now in favor of such an enactment ,as lie propos
! ed, and gliat the Slates would conlorm to it. It I
would do no injustice to any man in the United •
States, and he was not disposed to he more so- j
I licitime about the welfare of the subjects of other
1 governments than our own fellow cii’Z ‘iis. “Sul
j licit'nt for Lie day is ttie evil thereof;.'’ was not a
m ixim lor statesmen. It was not the rule which
controlled the action of the patriots of the Rev- I
olnlain, w ho purchased with their blood tne bles
sings of liberty tor posterity. “•
0 • 1 __• . . •
Oliiciai vote of Sew York.
‘TvAVinMut ecue Canvassers urnVCW lnrK
clo.sed their labors on Sa ur>luy. Toe oflii 1a! |
vice for Governor is given beiow, from wli eh l j
will be seen that Mr. Clark has a plurality ol du&ji
1 over Mr. Sevmour:
Myron U. Clark 156,30-1]
iloratio Seymour. 156 495
Duuicl U-limu 1 33282
Greene C. Uron-nn 33,850
Education in South Carolina.—The m s!
important movement in the South Carolina U’g
ishvtnre is Mr. Tucker’s bill for the improvement
and reorganization of the Common School Sys
loin. Asa similar reform is much needed in
j Georgia we give an abstract of the bill :•
| The bill provides, Ist: For t lie electh nos a
! Board of D.rectors lor Common Schools in each
I election District, to eonsi-t of not le-s than six
! nor more than twelve m unbers; 2 Each L)is
trict shall be divided into school sections not less
than four miles square. 31. A school is to be
located in each section. 4'h, The Board of Di
rectors arc required to select competent teachers
and appropriate all moneys received from the state
or otherwise to theexelusive support o! Common
schools. sh. The bill also provides for the elec
tion of a Superintendent bv the General Assem
bly at an annual salary of $2 000. 6th. Recom
mends an annual appropriation of §IOO.OOO per
annum for the support of Common Schools.
The Suit Shell D ‘tnocrais of New York, are
making great efforts to collect the scattered frag
ments of the democratic paity. and reunite them
in one fold. They have held several meetings
oti the subject, ami resolved that the issues which
separated the hards and softs have disappeared,
and the terms have become obsolete. The hard
or national democrats, however,do not seem in
clined to participate in the proposed nuptials.—
It is stated that Collector Redfield, of New York,
lias recently discharged all ‘be o.Hcers in the
Custom-house who were appointed under Collec
tor Bronson. This dees not look as though there
was much prospect of a fusion.
Burning of the Penitentiary at Richmond.
—On Thursday night, we learn from the Rich
mond papers, all the workshops connected wit!)
the Richmond Penitentiary wore entirely destroy
ed by tire, which is supposed to have originated
in the machine shop and to have been the work
of an incendiary,“as tfie sitop contained a large
quantity of wool. The loss is estimated at §SO,
000. During the cotifl igration the prisoners
under a strong guard, were released from the
main building which at one time was almost en
shrouded by the flames. The Penitentiary was
destroyed once before—on the 9'ii August, 1823.
Offer for the Collins’ Steamers.—New
York, Dec. 11.—It t* currently rumored here
that one of the bellegerant powers in Rurope,
thought to be Russia, lias made a very large anil
liberal offer for all the Collins’ line of steamers
The i lea, however, of selling out, is not enter
tained by tiie proprietors. The rumor has c us
ed a good deal ol talk.
A Washington dispatch says :—The President
is extremely anxious, and will use every means
hi his power to accomplish a modification of (lie
present tariff', the raising of four new regiments,
and the increase of the Navy, and this will be
among the first measures to which the attention
and both branches ot the Legislature wili beoalleu
during the present session.
Government Expenditures.—During the
last year of the administration of Mr. Filanore,
which was denounced by the oppo.-ition as pro
digal, the public expenditures were forty-six mil
lions of dollars. The first year of Mr. Pierce’s
administration the expenditures amounted to fifty
two millions, and in the fiscal year just closed
they amounted to more than seventy-five millions.
Kansas Territory.
Mr Brooks, editor of the New York Express
(Nnow-Nothing,) in bis Washington ccrrespon- !
deuce of that paper, says :
“The Kansas electicn excites much interest.
It was brought about, it was said, by Missourians
crossing over the line and voting in the new ter
ritory. Mr. Atchison, U. S. Senator who has
been spending his time in the new territory, is
charged with advising this result upon the ground
that Missourians had as good a right to vote there
as lhft.“Squatter” sovereigns from New York,
New England and elsewhere.”
So they had !
At its recent session, the Methodist Conference
of Michigan passed resolutions in favor of the ’
repeal of the fugitive slave law, and also doclur- j
ed that it was in favor of the next general confer- j
I enre enacting such a rule of discipline as will !
directly operate to exclude all slaveholders from I
tiie M. E Church.
The Kansas Delegate.—Gen. J. W. VVliit- |
field, w ho has just been elected a delegate to Con- j
gress from Kansas, commanded a regiment from
Tennessee in the Mexican war,served two terms 1
in t lie Tennessee Legislainre, and wa- appointed
j by President I’leceean agent to the Indian tr.bes
in Nebraska and Kansas, lle.is said to be a
man of g*it energy of character and strong ‘
natural abilities, and in bis late canvass maintain
ed the doctrine of popular self .0 eminent.
Life’ll I*©e*rj>
The proudest poetry of youth
Is—“ Would I were a man I”
The golden years that lie,between,
Youth like a dream would spin—
’Tis in its thought, Ms i:i ils heart—
’Tis ever on its tongue;
But oh! the poetry n! age
I< this—“ When I was young !”
Thus, in the morn of life, nor feet
Would distant pathways find:
The sun still face to face we greet,
The shadows fall behind !
But when die morn of life is o’er,
And nature grows less kind.
The lengthening shadow creeps -before— 1
The sunlight falls Behind. 1
With many a murmur s'ow and snd,
The stream of life fl nils on ;
That which we prized not when we had,
L doubly prized alien gone !
And many a sad and solemn truth
Lies written on Life’s-page,
Between the“l* etry of Youth”
And “Poetry of Age.”’
The Philadelphia ledger sys that those who
contend for Congress fixing twenty-one years a
the period of residence for foreigners before
they -hall he naturaliz'd, suppose ilia’ the mal
- is.within the regulation of.Congress. This
is partially and practically a mi-take. Congress
only regulates the siibj-ct as far citizMi-hip o‘
the United Siatos is concerned. The individ
ual States claim and exercise the right of allow
ing any resident the priva gges of a voter on just
such residence as rlie Slate Con-t tuiioii n a
1 say is necessary. Michigan allows am- foreign,
burn c.i listen to vote on reside.uce. —
I ‘File greater number ol States h.ve ab ngaied
| the period fixed by the laws of the United
But the fact that States are in their
local affairs, and that sprue oEJJiein have alto
gether a different rule, shows thill Congress has
j no power over the individual Slates upon t i\
! snt j ’Ct.jp'l h s principle has been judicially e--’
lablisned in uichigun.
Alvbamo and Florida Railroad.—At the
recent letting, i'll tbe4'li inst., ot the Alabam
and Florida Riilroad we learn that the rt'.t ‘s't
I miles were ai once placeJ i nI -r cootrac and ta
ken by a body ol experienced and energetic rim
i tractors. Tne contracts stipulate for ihecoinple
I ti in of the first twenty -five milts during rhe yeai
1 1855. .... ‘ v
Tiie time for breaking the ground at this point
j is not yet and delimited—vlien arranged we wdl
give due notice of the commencement ol this mi
yioruot enterprise.—[Alabama J nirual.
p “'Gold and Sjlver —Secretary Guthrie, in hi
annual report, sa?s officially that tiie total a mono
ot gold and silver coin in circul tinn on the 30
of September, 1854, was §3ll 0 >0.0) 1. a gain's
the total bank circulation ol $301893,010 . Tli
Secretary is opposed to the circulation of note
ot small denominations-
Native Oiiangf.s. —The Orange trees in Ab -
bum, which were nearly destroyed ly lie seveie
winter of 1851, have.since thrown up vigorou
sprou s from Hie old run's, and o n : ol the young
tries are now loaded with fruit.
The Wilmington Chamber of Coin nerd
hive resolved to buy an! sell corn, wheal, rye.
oats and meal, by weight alter t e Ist ot January,
a-i billows: Corn 58 pounds to the bushel[; wheat
and rye 80 pounds, oats 32 pounds, and meal 60
pounds to the bushel.
.Hunt Itnportaiit Infuruiutiuu Irani
Europe.
The Union’s mails brought a letter
from a distinguished Frenchman to a
gentleman in Washington City, from
which the S'ar makes tile following
extract, premising it with the assur
ance that the writer’s position and
means of knowing the secrets of State
affairs in l’aris are equal to those of
any man in the capital:
Paris, Nov. 20, P. M., 1851.
‘ Lord Palmerston and Louis Nap<\-
leon have been almost inseparable
since ‘he former alighted at the Hotel
Windsor. Their interview has resul
ted in a design to unfurl the standard
of Polish, Hungarian and Italian na
tionality, if Prussia and Austria hesi
itate longer to declare unequivocally
against Ihe Czar- Ihe probability is
that neither one nor the otherwill con
sent to this ; in which case all Europe
will he in arms before Spring.
As-relates to the American continent
you may be assured that France and
England have no intention whatever,
of attempting to regulate the “Balance
of Power” there. It would be a bless
ing to each if you would purchase Cu
ba, and pay for it a fair consideration
in cash. All the money in your sub
treasury will be needed on the conti
nent before the restoration of peace.
If Spain will not sell, she will liud no
sympathy on this side of the Atlantic
in the existing state of affairs, if you
be driven by necessity to take posses
sion of the Island. Whatever yon
may bear to the contrary, America is
strong, overwhelmingly strong in
France. Do you want better evidence
of that than the revocation of the or
der for Soule's expulsion? The Em
peror never revoked an order before.
Never did the rising sun of liberty in
the western hemisphere shine so
brightly upon the eastern one as at
present.'’
Fr.im die National Intelligeucer.
Central Atni rii asi Colony
Several months ago we
‘the notice of our traders a
which we found circulating in the pa* a
pers aud apparently weilfounded.gto
the effect that*a company of Ameri
can citizens had obtained the legal
proprietorship to a large district of the
1 rvlusquito Territory, in Central Amer-
ica, whiclj it was intended to
1 immediate measures for the settle* 1
! meat of; and we remember expressing
i our gratification at the scheme, as
promising to become the means, in
j time, of putting an end to the petty
irritating disputes about boundary ju
| risdiction, protectorate?, &c., in that
| region of Central Americe, We had,
I however, heard nothing more of the
I scheme until a few days ago, when a
formal and approving notice of it, em- v
Facing some particulars of the nature
of the title and the purposes and plans
of the Company, appeared in the
Union newspaper oftnisclty. i bis ar
ticle we werethinking of transferring
to our paper for the intormation of our *
readers, when we received from
member of the association a full, ami
we doubt not reliable account of the
nallire and objects of tile Society,
which tor the con venience of our col*
um 11s. we have corjipres-ed into the
loliovving statement. The political
aspects of the scheme may form the
su ji'ct ol a future notice.
As we understand the obj. ct, the
expedit 0:1 is not for the purpose of in
vasion or aggression- but to settm on
their own soil, in perfect good faith,
j and not against the wishes of the in
j habitants of that part or the immedi
ate vicinity. The purpose is to es
tablish a government based upon the
great principles of repubhean'sm ;to
confirm every present title existing in
the country ; to give value to the
country by cultivation and by intro
ducing Americans with their varied ..
indust ial pursuits ; to teach the in
habitants the va ueofa peaceful sta
ble government, established on the
popular will, and to give an example
of what an intelligent, industrious,
enterprising people can acc>mpli<K
This, it is to be hoped, will eventually
exert a happy influence over the peo
ple and Governments of Central
America. Such being the leading ob
jects proposed to be accomplished by.
Col. lvinney and bis associates, as a
legal and p icific enterprise we think
it commends itsr If to public favor.
Wo unfffcrs'and Col. Kinney goes
out as gen Tal agent and representa
tive of a numb r ol'Americ m citizens,
who c'aim to be the legal ovn rs of
about twenty Hvq millions of aces in
tie Mosquitoes intry. Tte title it is
said, is derived from a deed of co ivey
trace made sevetal years sin eby the
Iviqg of Mosqui'o, sanctioned by a
convention ot his chiefs, t Tb*-
glishmen for tt valuable consideration*
Th 3 di ed contemplates the intri due--
tion-of immigrants, and expressly *•
sanctions the colonization of the cour
iry by the gran e “s or the r assignees,
flje ti le thus derived has been con
eyed lo orig'no I giantces to a com
pany ol seme thirty Americans, em
bracing gentlemen of the highest
character lor intelligence, integrity,
and patriottsm This company has
secured the services of Col. Kinney',
and othcijgenllemen of character and
ability to se tie ; nd improve the conn
try aud to build up a stable goveru-
on this tarritory.
Fjorn the well-known character < f
Col. Kinney as a gent eman of honor,
in elhgence, e iterprise, ahd patriot
ism. we tire satisfied the company
could not have en’rusted their inter
ests to one more likely to carry them
success!ully through. He willnotbe
: tlie leader of maraud u s or reckless
adC’entlifers, but lie will carry out a
colony of active, intelligent, energet
ic, and in lustrious men, who go to la
bor and to diffuse the arts of peace
and to lay the foundation ofa regular
government. He will not invade a
country belonging to others, but goes
to take possession of lands to which
he can show a clear title. In all this
we are unable to perceive anything
illegal or to which an objection can bo
raised.
Viewed in all its bearings. Col. Kin
ney has engaged in one of the most
stupendous undertakings of the age.
Its successful accomplishment will
cure for him a worldrwide reputation,
whilst it n~j’ jnrgp-iiUr to riviHauM
ti >n and to, pure
country abut riling in all the elenf
of wealth ani greatness.
The Saut Ste Marie Canal is nearly
completed, and will be entirely within
a lew weeks. The opening of the
spring (says the Detroit Free Press)
will mark anew era in the history of
the Upper Peninsula. The great im
pediment to the development of its re
sources and to the general prosperity
of the country will have been remov
ed. The canal is of sufficieut capaci
ty to admit the largest vessels that
j float the lakes. Lakes Ontario, Erie,
I St. Clair, Huron, Michigan and Supe
-1 rior are made a per ‘eat navigable
i cbhin. A vessel may clear— from the
head of the latter Ibr Imverpool, Ha
vre, or Canton, and passing through
the river St. Lawrence to the ocean,
reach either port without breaking
bulk. Is not the cchievement a proud
one.
It is confidently asserted in Albany,
that Mr. Seward will te re-elected
United Slates Senator.