THE INTELLIGENCE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1881.
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Could the renowned Henry Hudson visit once more the scenes of his early glory, and behold the colony of the Net0 Netherlands rising in her might and making such miraculous advances in building houses, digging canals, running stages, steam boats and above all perfectng the noble art of sailing ships he would scarcely be able to recognize her highlands her islands, the spacious bay of modern New-York or the majestic river which bears his own name.- Even we of the present day, are continually prised at the improvements going forward among the descendants of Amsterdam, especially with that portion ofthem who conduct the press. Instead of waiting for the news there has been the cus- tom in other parts of the Union, the publishers of the daily papers have runners by land and water to hasten on the coming tidings. Instead of boarding ships after their arrival in port. ashappens at Charles ton, Savannah, Mobile and Orleans, we find some of the presses provided with the swiftest and most substantial kinds of pilot boats capable of weather ing any storm, which beat out to sea in search ofthe news bearing ships, when they are yet many days sail from home. These they manage to board in spite of wind or wave, and having obtained the de- sired information return with equal certainty and ceerity to gratiiy the longing multitude.

 By means of the switest river craft, and the finest sea vessel yet known to the world, the New-York printer possesses decided advantage over his breth- ren situated in any other quarter of the Union, and has rendered the elements themselves subservient to his purposes.

 The merchant who had been fretting for several days at the delay of his homeward bound ship, will probably take up the Courier and Enquirer the morn- ing succeeding seepless night, and find to his sur prise, they reported in its columns still several hundred miles off but all aceH. It sometimes hap pens that the papers of vessel, and whatever of moment has transpred during her cruise, will be an- nounced in the city papers long before the outer sig nal posts on the sea beach have any knowledge of her approach. Such expedition and unwearied in- dustry must add to- and greatly facilitate the opera tions of commerce. It creates market for intell- gence, and gives employment to a great number of men and boys, (prilters and seamen,) who cheerful ly take their turns to labor by night day, in fur nishing the great emporium of our country with the earliest news.

 Judging from the progressive improvement in the Courier and Enquirer, its continually increasing cir culation and augmented means for obtaining infor- nation, may infer that it will become in the United States, what the London Times has long been to the United Kingdom.