e GLEAIIIOI I303 LATE PAPERS. From the Ellopann Times. Whether we are drawing to the close of a ¢'°"_W||’o 0}‘ only at the beginning of it, is a question which no home foresight at the pre- sent moment can determine. The question is one of deep importance to the world generally, and to the inhabitants of every maritime country in particular; for war brings so many evils in its _trsIII. to so exhausting in blood and treasure. interrupts the commercial transactions of nations so painfully, and retards civilisation so severely, ill“ ‘"9 °l""|°|. we feel. perform a more accept- able duty to our readers, than by glancing for a moment at the chances which may possibly determine the great struggle in which we are now °"8"l°d--"',lI_|I:lI may shorten its duration, or protraet hostilities until the map of Europe is considerably changed. 1“ ll" 5"‘ Pl_l°0 it was evident. years ago. Ill“ “'9 ‘tllltcsstve policy of Russia during the last 0.0Ill|l|’y.ll|d e haf could end. sooner or later. _in nothing short of a European combination ‘° '°‘'“ 1" ‘Y|‘IlIIIy slid to curtail its power. NW"! I0"! ears back. Napoleon, while chained to the rock a St. Helena, distinctly saw. with his eagle glance. that this aggressive policy of the nprtliern despot must have the efiect of inducing I'rance and ngland to unite to put down and punish!-_ Power which aims at universal dominion ; but he little fancied that one of his own name and lineage would wield the French sceptre during the encounter. He based hie opinion on the hereditary policy of the Cars of Russia,-—on their absorption of neighbouring territories. their extinction of separate nationalities, and their treading out by military power all the patriotism and self-respectof those whom they conquered. The provinces of Sweden in the Baltic, the domi- nions of the Tsrtars in the Crimea and the Ukraine, an euormoiis slice of Poland, many of the provinces of the Turkish ein ire and of Persia, -5l“'Ws in their present ac nowledgmcnt of Muwovite rule, the vast extent to which this infamous system of plunder and absorption has been carried. And it is as clear as the sun at noon, that, if France and England had not stepped forward in the early part of the year which has nowlapsed into the past, the Czar would have seized Constantinople and placed the dominioiis of the Sultan under the control of Russia. With the D|ItlInBIIC. and the Black Sea in his pos- session, with the mouth of the Danube at hie coininanil, he could have menaced at any time the independence of central Europe, have struck a blow when he liked at our lnilinn possessions, wiiile the northern nations would have found themselves mete puppets in the hand of this colossal ruler. In a word, northern, central, and eastern Europe would largely have owned hie away. and, in the course of time. he would have come sufficiently westward to make England and France tremble for their own safety. The war, then, was forced upon us. It could not have been avoided without risking consequences the bare contemplation of which makes an English- man’e blood boil in his veins, and the rcfult is that the war is popular beyond precedent. It is the people’: wcr,—a war for national existence as wall as for individual liberty; and, although its cost will be severe in lives and in material wealth, every inhabitant of the British empire, every resident in her Colonies, is prepared to make sacrifices becoming the greatness of the occasion. Certainly. when the war broke out, there was every chance that it would have extended and ramificd on every side. It may do so yet, but the chances are considerably reduced during the last few months. If Austria had sided with the Czar, Germany would have been speedily in a blaze, and her Italian provinces would have instantly struck for liberty. The young Emperor found himself placed in a delicate position, owing gratitude on one hand to the Czar for the retention of his throne during the Hungarian revolution, and feeling on the other, that his own permanent interests. and the true dignity of Austria, were identical with the policy of the Western States. He and his Ministers have weighed and balanced every possible move in this emergency. The have proceeded cautiously in their conferences with the representatives of England and France, and have at length dsliberate‘ly cut with the Czar. The latest accounts from icnna state. that a rotocol has just been signed by the Austrian inister and the French and English Ambassadors at that Court, which is regarded as a supplement- ary compact tc the treaty of alliance of the 2nd of December, and which, in point of fact, is equivalent on the part of Austria to a declaration of war against Russia. The Russian minister. Prince Gortsctiaknfi} who was present at the conference, has asked fora delay of a fortnight to receive instructions, at the end of which time his master, the Czar, must either knuckle down or encounter a new opponent, who can bring half a million of bayonets into the field. This is the state of thin a at the opening of the New Year. and it won d seem to point to a speedy termination of the confiict. If matters take the course which they at present wear, the struggle cannot long be protracted, but the pride of the present ruler of Russia is only surpassed by his obetinacy ; and bafied and defeated at all oints, finding foes amongst crowned heads where he expected to have met friends, he may. possibly, in the very spirit of desperation, hold out as long as he has a re imeut or a rouble. On his indi- vidual will, cpeudl the continuance or the abandonment of the war. and the probability is that be has not yet had enough—-that the cup of his bitterness is not yet sufilciently overflowing, and that another campaign may be required to bring him to his senses. In the meantime. the Western Powers. so far from relaxing, are put- ting forth their energies with unparalleled force ; many of the ob' tions relative to the condition of our troops in lb? Crimea are fast disappearing, and hsve,sre this, been remedied; a we are is hourly expectation of hearing, that something decisive has taken place before Sebastopol. Let us hope that the year which thus commences with slaughter will close in pesce,—a consum- mation must devoutly to he wished. and in which we are certain that our friends and readers will heartily join. (.‘II.\.\'GI’.‘: l.\' rim lli-ssiss Asirv.—A p letter from St. Petorsliiirgh, duted the 26th ult., rm-iitions that some important chon s have taken ilace. and more were ex ecte ,amon the higher ollicers of the army. ' he one looke upon as the most serious is the nomination of General De Berg, who distinguished himself at Revel b the measures be ado ted for the de- fence o the place against the al ied fleets. He been a pointed Commander-in-Chief of Finland, in t e lane of General Rokossowiski. who command there, when Bomareund was attacked by the allies. This nomination is considered all the more significant that Finland is fully ex cted to become the theatre, or rather one of the thee es, of war, next spring. oliticai persons at t. Petersburgh fu y bc- bitter are rnasrns, and bold and thunder- licve, that the King of Sweden is detsrniinedto ing the denunciations, upon themisinan ment in the Crimea. It is o rac- a ndon all idea of neutrality, and whenever hostilities commence lntbe north as e an . terised by very term of ebloqqy active part with the allies. A similar resolve ary. Every style o tioisat adopted, from is expected from the King of DeltlIIll'k,&t‘Iio - the sly lair up through irony ssesr and larly since the fall of the Oerstsdt binet. taunt, until rankcondsianation stalks over 0 goons. _ , would extract several bullets without the neces- sity of again working the air pump. Loan held in as full chorus upon whisper in-Chief or the oflcers o But at last the bonds of silence are of the cast I which was favourable to the Russians. The Commandant of the car a of Greuadiere had leftfur Warsaw. Two divisions of the corps now occupy the banks of the Bug. The letter adds that the Grand Dukes. who had left Se- liseto ion the 15th. arrived at Gatacliinu on the " d Accounts received from Sebasto l at St. Potcrsburgli mention that 7,000_of t e in- habintnts of the former place had quitted it in order to take refuge in Siuipher_opol,_ and that it resembled some vast barracks in ruins rather than it city. HOW Till WAR IS OAIIIIID ON. The chief marvel. the grand event of the war so far, is the amazing proniptitude. fertility of re- source, and lavish abniidance, with which England has addressed herself to the instant rectification of the error. that the most extensive armaments were not necessary for the prosecution of the war‘ With a loss of time incredibly small, transports have been secured, men shipped oil‘, and every means of appliance brought to bear to raise the armament, in every conceivable particular, to the scale ofthe highest emergency that can arise in the progress of the mighty confiict. True, our army is to winter on the dreary plains and heights of the Crimea, but they will have comforts and and slleviations such as no army ever had, since wars and fightings began on earth. he ap- pliances of peaceful life are to be furnished to the troops as far as they are applicable and measures unheard of in military annals arts to be employed to facilitate all the arrangements of the camp, A thousand huts are on their way to supplant the tents now in use. and in a day or two a thousand more will follow: and so on till the men are lndghd weather-proof and water-tight. Then in the way of olotliing, a contract is already com- pleted for forty-four thousand fur cloaks; forty- four thousand fur caps, helmet-shaped ; forty-four thousand fur gauntlets ; forty-four thousand water- proof capes; forty-four thousand pairs of long boots. of cowhide; forty-four thousand suits of inner-clothing; forty-four thousand pairs of legg- ings ; and ten tlioueand suits of for clothing for ofiiicere; every soldier is to have a water-proof sheet, in addition to his blanket. In the way of arms and ammuntion, the siege train is to be aug- mented by a large number of thirteen-inch mortars from Gibraltar and Malta ; by a large addition of Lancaster guns, sarrying shells six hundred yards further than has hitherto been possible; and by howitzers ofa new escription. carrying ten-irich shot five thousand five hundred yards. or above three miles. The number of men has been augmented since the the battle of Inkerman, b fifteen thousand fresh troops, who sailed last month. ?robably ten thousand more will sail this month, besides those who are to be drafted from Mediterranean stations. There is no lack of volunteers from the Militia into the Line and from the voting men of the country into the Militia. Some fins recruits are being rapidl drilled to fill up the fearful gaps in the guards; so that we may qps soon to see those magnificent battalions raise again to their full strength. In the way of provisions, everything that can nourish health. and avert disease is to be copiously pro- vided. Contracts are being daily taken for unheard of quantities preserved meat and provisions of vs- rious kinda. Transports will scour the Mediter- ranean for sheep and vegetables ; while excitcable articles are to be rstailed under Government surveillance, and no longer left to the extortionsts mercy of heartless adventurers. All this is being done by Government; and the surprising part of it is, not only that it is done so amply, but so instantly and with such thorough confidence in the resour- ces ofthe country. Then over and above this. must be reckoned the munificisnt voluntary and private undertakings now set ageing. From the highest to the lowest, every class of society is furnishing its quota with an exhilirating genero- sity. Prince Albsrt clothes all the Grensdiers in for. Several noblemen send their yachts laden with all conceivable good things. 'I‘he Duke of Marlborough subscribes one hundred head of deer. Ladies sell their jewels, and ivs the produce.-— Publicans send hogshcads 0 beer. One firm gives £250 worth of choicest cigars.—Young ladies knit cuffs, mittens and stockings. Whole parishes unite to send out sheets. pillow-cases, bandages and hitndkerchiefs, to the hospitals; while nothing that ingenuity can devise or love provide is wanting to complete the list. But perhaps, the most remarkable of all is the celeb- lishment of aline ofrails from the on to the camp. this iron road much abour and fatigue will be saved both to horses and men. Messrs Peta and Brasey, witha large stall‘ of their best men, undertake this unprecedented work. on terms that prove patriotism beyond a s doubt. s most not forget the electric tele- graph which iato be laid down all through the camp, and right away to the harbour. he aggregate of this is astounding, and speaks vo- lume. for me prosperity of our country, and for the use we have ‘made of our forty years’ peace. While we cannot but regret the war. we cannot but glory that being in it, we can prosecute it after such a manner.-—.‘\lonu'ng art. A cw Bonner Exraxcr-os.—The frightful list of our wounded at the hard-fought battles of Alina and Inkermann suggested to Mr. Esra Miles (ofstoke Hammond) the idea of construct- ing an instrument for extracting bullets from the wounds with comparative easeand rs. idity, and safety. The contrivance is very simple, consisting of a small air- ump and cylinder, to which a tap isafixsd. 0 this tap is attached a suitable length of flexible tubing, about it quarter of an inch in diameter, lined inside with silver wire to revent collapsing. At the other end of this tu there is asmall globe from which a tube suficieutl minute to pass into a bullet wound is fixed, s end terminating with an India rubber collar. On the top of the globe there is a small tapoin order to admit a probe to pass down the to to sound when on the bul- let. The mode of o ration is this :—a vacuum is created in the cy inder, the tube before allu- ded to is passed into the wound, and when it is ascertained to be on the ball the tap in the cylinder is opened. when the bullet becomes fixed to the tube b the vacuum thus created, and is thus with rawn. The great merit of this invention consists in its obviating the necessity for the painful and dangerous opera- tion ofoutting out bullets, and by its means a medical man, with the aid of an assistant to work the air pump. would able to accom- plish the work which now occupies many sur- When the cylinder is exbaus it RAoi.ais.—-The English press, having long as possible, is at length out in an. itherto not a inst the Commander- has been heard a the srmymgprirally. 5 D- in the diction- page. Witii the exception of the Ministerial 0 ns, w o o a feeble defence of the blunders and abortions of the Crimean expedi- tion. the wholo English press is radiitnt with indi nation and wrutli at its conductors. Lord Rag un‘s Military career is run, and we shall be called upon, at an early day, to record his epitaph. A corporal describing what he witnessed af- ter the buttle of Buluklitvii, say :—“I saw it Russian on one knee in the not of taking nim 2 the muzzle of his lirelock rested on a forked stick. Ile wits dead: the side of his hand had been knocked oil by it cannon shot. His death was so sudden and quick, that lie was not knocked down; and the remainder of his face still looked sternly along the lirelock. From late American Papers. I-‘Ross covuiivott cLArixa:’s MESSAGI T0 rat‘. LEGISLATURE or-' THE sure: or . trunk. The subject of the revision of our Excise Laws will demand,and, doubt not, will receive, your serious ttttention. To the rttctical opera- tion of these laws, either through’ their inherent viciousness. or in consequence of their lax administration, is attributed no small ro- portion of the drunkenness which alflicts our and. Something of this is uudoubte attributable to the non-enforcement of our laws, such as the are; but I will not wilrliliold my oonvictiont at the laws themselves are radi- cally defective, and however fitit‘nfull ud- rnimster-ed. must be held justly responsiblzs for thg evils which'they foster, and in many .in- stances create ’ If the consequences of iutempertence were cohflued toits immediate victim though even then the State would have an interest at stake. there might. perhaps. be less occasion for Le- islative action. ut such is not the fact. very interest of society which it is the province of Government to rotect, is, immediately or remotely, involved in these consequences. Intemperance deprives the State of the pro- ductive energy of thousands of her citizens, and so far diminishes its wealth, impedes its enterprise, and militates against the common good. It is a fruitful source of the pauperism which im oses heav burdens upon industry and capitn ; and its intimate relation to crime, and consequently .to the burdens which crime imposes upon us, is too obvious to escape your observation. If the purely inorul aspects which ' resents shall be deemed as not entering wit in the scope of your duties. its relation to taxation, and its producin causes, is clearly within the province of legis atiou, and demands a degree of attention corresponding to the great issues which that relation involves. The right to legislate in reference to the trnllio in intoxicatin liquors will not be denied. Our resent Excise _System is the fruit of such legis ation. It has, re the process of time un- dergone many modifications, but its restrictive element, throughout all these changes, has been retained, in subserviencc to the ori inal ur- pose of the system, via: the prohibition o the trttfiic so far as the public good ma demand and the constitutional limitations 0 the law- making ovrer will ' All restrictive legislation contains the germ of prohibition—is, in fact, prohibition partially applied—-so that what is termed prohibitory legislation, in re- gard to the liquor tr-alliic, is onl the extension of n rinciple indorsed as soon by successive Legis atures, and its impartial application to all The object propose by the founders of our State. when they incorporated the license system into its legislation, has not yet been attained; neither has the constitutional power of the Legislature in reference to it, yet been exhausted. With the utmost desire to reach right conclusions in relation to this matter, and to guard against the assumption of powers not conferred b our fundamental law, I have found myse f unable to come to any other result than this: that the legislative prohibi- tion of the trafio in intoxicating drinks is not only demanded as a measure of protection to the health, the property, and the lives of our fellow-citizens, ut that it is also distincti indicated by the nature and purpose of civil government, and clearly within the limits of its constitutional powers. These 0 inions,‘dilli- dently entertained at first. have seen wrought into conviction by is careful study of the limi- tations and duties of the law-makiri power, by judicial decisions, nearly or remote y affect- ing the principle involved, which have been had in the several States that prohibit the trallic in question, and b the dicta of the Supreme Court of the United ‘tates, which cover the whole ound in controversy, and leave little room or either cavil or doubt. That the good results hoped for from the legislation recommended are legitimate to it, several of the New England States, especially Maine and Connecticut. furnish themost gratify- ing evidence. The steady dimin ' n ofcrime and pauperism in the States ref to, with a consequent and corresponding reduction of taxation ; and the new impulse given to almost all industrial pursuits by the transformation of those who were once a burden upon, the State into producers of wealth, constitute an argu- ment in favor of the policy advocated, which, while it carries conviction to the statesman, will benoloss appreciated by the multitude, unskilled tboifih they may be in casuistry. but also undo b it tits and unpervcrted b interest. Ifanytliing is to be learned from tge example of other States or to be deduced from our own increased experience, it should made available to our use; and our legis- lation upon all subjects. should keep pace with our advancing into ligence, always ex rcssing the highest truth we have received. on reach- ing forward to the greatest good attainable. xsow or no summer riurr is Liitnv ro sucir roott s'r-ra:N'rioN, run INVOLVIS uitavntt AND iron ttoiraiv-rous irrrcnsra, THAN run: on: runs rassxx-rzn ros YOUR coivsiositi-rioi:.—That it is hedged about by dilhoultics which demand the exercise of gfint prudence, and that it may not always easy to reconcile conflicting interests with a nice adjustment of the scales of 'ttstice,I am not die scd to deny. But, gutdedb the purpose for which Government was ordit nod and coping steadily in view the well-bein ofsociety, which aims s rests on a moral basis, these dificultics will disnp ear, or be overcome; and on will be able, I trust, so to perfect the detni s ofa bill as. on the one bond. to secure the suppression of n demoraliz- ing traflic, and, on the other to protect personal rights, and give no just cause of com aint to those whose interests may be afibcteg by the prohibitory legislation which the higher in- terests of the community demand. s- :0 Put Moirrv.w’l‘lie Boston Traveller states that the bill for 1854 of a lady of that city at a and embroidery store. was $2000, and or several ladies at one of the chief dr -goods stores of the city between $5000and 360(I) each, The Mediiition project in Congress is said to have fullon' through. in consequence of the President’s having already oflered the mediation and of its having been rejected. The Washing- ton correspondent of the N. Y. Courier dz En- quirer says :— “ The mediation project is dis sod of ‘by an unofiicial statement that it would unavailable. Mr. Clinginan made an able plea for it. btit when he had delivered his repaired s eecn, admitted. that lie hiid learned that a_pro er of the good ollioes of this Government in settling the European qunrrel hitd beeti made and de- clined.” Cameo Ditsas BALL —Poverty has at last he- come fashionable at New York. Mrs. Col. (3., one of the nristocrac of Fourth street, liua issued upwurds offive iundred cards of invita- tion, which are printed it n common white puper, and expressly stttto,thnt onoh_lndy is expected to appear in a calico dress, which the next dav after the bull. is to be sent to the Five Points Mission. The oldest church in America is one in the State of Virginia, and built of timber imported from Eu lurid during the reign of Charles I.—Note.t am? Queries. Lieut-Col. A. E. Botsford, 2d bat. Westmore- land Militia. anticipating theta New Brunswick Regt. of volunteers wil be formed for aiding the allied forces in the Crimea, has issued it General Order rei nesting the names and places of residence of Ohioers, non-commissioned do. and privates of the 1st and 2d battalions of that r a who may be disposed to serve in this “ patriotic and glorious cause.” The sales of Holloway‘: Pills and Ointment have wonderfully increased lately; we presume. therefore, that the well-known virtues the me icines pouess are becoming universally appreciated, thousands of persons of both sexes testify diurnally that their effect is miraculous; they act conjointly so directly upon the system, the one internally and the ether externally, that the most serious cases will readily yield to their wonderful power. as s za R2D’8 oazlirsll-Iirri. Wednesday, February 7, 1855. tviuriin. MAILB, (continued). We now come to Mr. Lord’e share in the transaction. He, it seems, knew that Bell and Irving’s tender had been accepted. In fact, he could not have failed to know it. because be was one of the Council to whom the fact of these gentlemen's tender bein the lowest, was reported: at, it was‘ wrong, e says, to have notified them of the tender haviqg been accepted, until his return town. by! t Mr. Lord answer this; we cannot give even the shade of a reason for it. When it Government advertise for the lowest tender, and that lowest tender is accepted, all that remains to be done is. to take the pro r securities, that the work shall be performc acoordin to contract, and this is the business of the olonial Secreter , or more properly the Postmaster General. in this case, aided by the law advisers of the Crown. How does the case stand! Govern- ment advertise for tenders for can ing the winter mails; tendon are ut in, the owest is accepted ; the head of the if; rtment for which the services is required is o cislly informed of the fact, and he, in his turn, duly notifies the proper parties that their tender had been ac- cepted, und that they had only to look out for their securities, so as to have them ready when the necessary bonds, and other legal papers, are completed. Nothing can be fairer more regular, or more business-like, than this. Mr. Lord, it would seem, disapproves of this strai ht-forward, upright course, and goes to Mr. ll, one of the parties, and tells him that Mcltae and Muttart have got the contract. whether Lord coaxed, cajoled, frightened, or ribed, Bell into authorizing him to make use of his name (for Be1l’s conduct, according to Irving's account of it, warrant the supposi- tion, that he must have said something to Lord, which the latter might have construed into an authority to make use of his name.) is best known to the parties themselves. Certain it is. however, that Mr. Irving is not consulted, but on the contrary. is kept purpose- iy in the dark and in total ignorance of a transaction which it concerned him most to be well informed of. It is not our wish to be harsh in commenting upon an en te statement. but we must say, that unless r. Lord can explain e matter satisfactorily, he lies open to a char e of fraud, which ought to incn acitate him rom sitting any longer at s bo which should be cent of honest men. though they may not be cit er gentlemen, or men of educa- tion or information. But we shall here sto ; we know well that the old adage is perfeo ue “ one story is good until another is told. We will wait and hear both sides of the question before we pronounce judgment defi- nitively. In one thing. however, we can neither acquit Mr. Lord nor the Government, and that is. the want ofa written credential. r. Lord ought not to haye dared to interfere with. out producing his authority from Bell, he had any such authority) in writing, and the Government should not have listened to any ver. bal statement, come from whom it in‘ ht; nay even if Bell himself had come to Ilentf-quarter; and prayed tosbe released. the ap lication should have been made in writing ; and to E. o 1 co 5" 7 as _. ‘Vt , had he made use of Irving's name. he should have been required to produce his authority from Irving or the latter should have on written to and asked, whether it were by his consent, that the application to rescind the contract was made. \ e repeat there should not exist in public transactions even the appearance of collusion. Charlottetown, Feb. 3, 1855. DcarSir; I not not aware of any notice being given in your Journal,of the progress of that useful and valuable Institution, the infant School. Your insertion of the following will oblige Yours truly, &c., «$0.3 On the morning of December 18th, l854—the nnual Examination of the children—took place at an early hour. he ca cious room belonging to the Institution, was ensely filled with per- sons ofthe highestres ctabilit . Amongst the number. we witnessedpshe wort y Patron. Cc tain Orlcbar, R. N., also a port of Ilia Exce - enc 's faniil . lnder the excellent management of Mrs. Hubbard, who has been connected with the School during a period of eleven cars, we found it in a prosperous state. it appro- priate address was given by the worthy patron : and before the company se rated. a vote of thanks was presented by . M. Stark, Esq., (Inspector of Schools), to Mrs. H., for her un- tiring seal, and the success she experienced in 3.“f.§'.I‘.’.‘.’i"i'.i»",".3'.’.i.ii‘l.'.i.'l..l."i’i§'.’ 'F.‘.li33 I'.i.°.i'.”"~"' an exhibition of the Magic Inntern, by MP1,?‘ when the children ret red to their homes, ugiaui :':.°.P:.°:.:l:: °'~°°~'= -ch «- To run Eur-roe ori llaauan's Ganrra. It is now nearly two cars eincelfirst began, a resident in your littleylaland. At that tim 0 it ver comfortable Steamer was plying between Char otletown and Pictou, provided with M efiicicnt crew, and it Go tnin of known integrity and worth; the proprietor. amen of wo.1|¢}, and one who had a stake n the communit ' Shortl after that period, it was thought prop"; to ma e an alteration, and that unfortunate vessel, the Fairy Queen, was substituted for the Rose : of the and result, need I tell? A1“; aching hearts can testify to that, and man bitter pang will read the heart of loving or... at mention of that dread name. Had it ended there, you would not have been troubled with this appeal, but far dilerent did the awful warning prove from what might have been untici ted. During the pest I|llltIIl0l',—thgn which a more lovei never smiled on on land._ the greatest irregu arlty prevailed, on strau. revented from visiting this lovely spot, by t e uncertainty of the conveyance, And how let me ask, has it been during the autumn and winter months! In the earl part of the season, a canoe I had almost aai , would have carried our Mails to Pictou, but no regular mode of conveyance was provided ; and since the navigation has closed, which I think is not above a month or five weeks, we look in vain for the arrival of an English or Colonial Mail lon after it might reasonably becxpectsd. I am well aware that the crossing in the Gulf has been uncertain, and sometimes impossible, but let me ask, have not the former Contractors crossed with passengers this winter, when the present ones have not efibc a crossing, and only last week when they crossed, did thev not neglect to bring with them the Eu Iieh Piipers, which have not et arrived, an which are anxiously locked or by many etrnn rs residin hero, who have a deep interest in 51: some who have near relatives en god in it! Now, do not suppose I write this party feeling; I am but a Bird of go, in all probability in s fewmonthe I aha iquit your shores to return no more. Persons are expected tocome here from other lands and settle among you, but let me tell you—-and I know. it is the voice of all others who are not alto ther wed- ded to this isolated spot—beauti as it doubt. leu is during the four months of Summer, that unless a more ellicient mode of transmitting the Mails shall be adopted. few persons who can avoid it, and who are interested abroad, will winter among you. For your own prosperity. E. trust are long, a change will come over the imes. Feb. 4e ‘LIL Corespoiideiioe of Easaard'e (iaeette. N:-Tvork, Jan. 17, 1855. Dear Sir; A word about New York :-—-marvellous in its locution—en Island facing down the ocean- swept on two sides by deep and navigable rivers. What could be more opportune for commerce with the interior of the country, and all man- kind in general? What has been so well laid out by the hand of nature. has been seized and improved by the hands of man. The streets, as soon as you leave the old part of the city, are wonderfully regular, level and wide. The marble piles of store houses, the free-stone palaces of the rich, stretch out in long and admirable grandeur. This is not only the great Nanonal city, but it is world wide in its com- position. Babylon pfter all the conquests of 91' 3108!} Egypt bringing men from from eve surrounding nation, never presented so min a conglomerate ‘of the human race. Dutch and English dove-tailed to ther; Spanish or-cued W" A,-“O; Frenc_h_mixed with the blood of the tribes of Phillip. Brent and Tecumseh; Yonkee crossed with Scotch ; African whitened with the stresins from the Csucausus ; Sandi- navian _blood flowing in soft Italian veins; such is. Ind_is_ to be, the composite order of the human M00. flying upa new world of itself. in this great city. _Accordingly, you any 1,." u ,5, tongues, without any miracle, all elattsring together as you go up and down Bi-oadway—not from one lone language, but every nation here both found a ton e. here is of course, a great dealof friction in fittiqlg all these varying materials into the great so beautiful temple of human society. _liun r cents in the resent winter as a disturbing ores, but eh, mud seems to _ t by _a generous and noble charity. eta’:-vation will not be known: per- sons may hide themselves away and starve rather than make their wants knoem_bu¢ this will not be of necessit , but of chain, There i_s much talk are at the resent time, o the discovery made by Dr. gas of the _ ana—a cure for consumption and kindred dl'°5|°|. by the application of -an Inhaler to the breast-—saturated with a healing liquid, and thus absorbed upon the lun . iar PhyI1c_tan_s prpnounoe it a great discovery, and prescribe it with eminent success. One hand a week are reported as dying in this city of consumption and kindred diseases. MS!” Wood, like all new brooms, is not only sweeping clean, but He mani- fests an energ and aptnese or governing which as much _surprises the inhabitants here, as in rare abilt of the 3d Napoleon does the world. 5». he Frene almost think they see the Na icon of St. llelena risen in, “.1 an N.‘ oi-ken 1310-‘ "Maine Do in Clinton has risen from vs. _Cean streetsmest thee ‘pm. guidan- tive police, quiet Sabbathe?" .502. closed. over-reachin haekmen cashflra‘-d a watchful eye and a cose hand put ‘upon, an. public mone . These wonders show themselves in New ork. How true it is, "when thin are the charge committed to her ears. in the at the worst, they begin ,to mend” the th n is to know. when you have reached the worst, t at on me hope for improvement. But Vicks- urg hung her blackle at last and California tnptghp il-Iogues fropphal tqp.artp'rs oI;h the Globqto “ rec em w on no in e un.” New York is poonvaleeoset in hzr gogronaient and in her naaoial interests, as this is the. heart of the union, the pulsations will be felt throughout the nation. The winter thus far, not! it is half as, has been ve mild, favor- ing the n y greatly in the el. The amusements are not arrested hard times nor pi those hyrho an 5 from llliea Peter‘ rnum vin hum I a resto to world, humbusgglsd hlm‘s‘el.f by publishing his life and writin inissif down as a great tells! of libs. and w at is worst of all. weeps not *0 record, nor blaslies to hand it in or put it out to the world. T ‘me \ i