, 1856-03-14

pH- The Paris correspondent Of the
New York Herald, about Louis Napoeon's
IDEAS Of war between England and the
United States, says:
"0ur alarm has, in great measure,
passed away, and the language used by
Napoleon at private soires at ST Cloud
last night, would seem to dissipate the
smallest ground for fear Such a war;
we're the words, is not to be dreamed Of
for moment. The whole Christian world
would cry shame upon it. We are in alli-
ance with England for good and i'll, but
England would cut off her right hand
rather than strike blow at America :
His Majesty uttered these words with
marked emphasis, and in the hearing of
twenty persons who were standing in his
neighborhood. 1t was evidently his desire
that they should be repeated. The old
Bonaparte policy, as instanced in the sale
Of Louisiana to the States by the first Ma
poleon, was to cherish America. The
great Bonaparte was then at war with
England, and bis object was to foster the
nasceut power that had gallantly asserted
its independence, so that one day its mari
time strength might form q counterpoise
with the gigantic force Of Great Britain.
Napoleon the third has an acute and far
seeing vision. So deal with your friends,
as remembering that one day hence they
may become your enemies has been SEN
tentiously remarked, and bis Majesty may
possibly look forward to the contingency
Of lnkewarmness, where all now is coHLeur
deYOe and romantic >ardor on the part of
Ills ally, in which cuse the policy of his an
cestor-that policy which, through another
and more circuitous path, he follows not
less closely-may, in this instance have a
very cogent attraction for him. Whenever
tkeday arrives that he quarrels with Eng
ltnd-as come it will, perhaps, if he lives,
hewill look TO America-and many think
that he will not do so in vain.
B6y- 1t is stated that private telegraphic
dispatches from Halifax announce that the
proposals from a number Of American
houses, for the contract Of beef and pork,
have been accepted by the British govern
ment. There is rumor that all the bids
from this side have been accepted.
We notice by the New York papers that
Land Warrants have declined considerably
lately. Warrants for l20 acres have sold
aslow as 81 per acre, with downward ten.
dency. As there will not be a demand
equal TO the supply for some months to
come, we look for further decline.
A RIcH ACQUISITION letter in the
New York Sun, from Washington, says
"The reports from the Messilla Valley
are exceedingly interesting, and the pri-
Ta.e notes Of the o. S. officials are worth
their public reports, twice over. The
whole country is a vast ore-fsld I; silver,
copper, iron, platinia, gypsum, and coal,
in vast beds, abound in every direction, and
are in the richest quantities in the region
along the Pecos, and up the 33d parallel,
which had been thought the poorest sec
ton Of the Rio Bravo Valley"
~ The Montreal Gazette states that
the Hudson's Bay company, sanctioned by
the British Government, have guaranteed
10 the Russian authorities the unmolested
possession Of the Russian territory upon
Ibis continent while the war shall last, up
on condition that the posts and trading
operations of the former in the neighbor-
hood Of that territory shall continue dut
ring the same period 10 be free from "
tack. a1a .ar 9'
,WoRrHLEss FRIENDs.-It is a deplora-
bla TACT that there are persons who call
themselves friends, In almost every commu-
nifty who win at any time desert the truest
friend they possess on Gods earth, If adver-
Styovertakes bim-if the popular party
Is against him-or the jingle Of the al
mighty dollar" is no longer heard in his
pocket. Such are bat q disgrace to the
name Of friend, and dishonor to the world.
d ~ The cunning Of the foe is not intel
llgence, but instinct; and the cunniugest
men affect to censure all arti6ce, in order
that they may make use Of II themselves
on some grand occasion, and for some great
personal interest.
~ A Philadelphia letter to the New
York Herald says that Of the delegates
elected to the Pennsylvania State conven-
ton, ITO are for Mr.. Buchanan for the
Presidency, and 20 for Mr.. Dallas.
DsF The London Globe says it was not
Buchanan, but Gen. james Watson Webb,
Who |" loudly proclaimed that the Ameri-
can people would rally en- masse to our side,
five needed their aid.n'