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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. FOR RECEIVER OF TAX RETURNS, EbWlfl J. B A KKKDALE. FOR TAX COI.I.ECTOB, ARCIIIUAED P. GKEER. O’ Col. Zad ic Jackson is authorizd Agen for obraining subscriptions and advertisements, and collecting accounts lor tlie Courier at Arner icus. FOR SALE. ONE HALF OF THIS OFFICE. I To a practical mail who can take entire charge of the Business Department a most desirable op portunity is rffi*red. -For particulars address either personally or by letter, lion. Lott War 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.