[From the Toledo (Ohio) Blade. The Grcnl Fiiriflc Railroad. I.VBLK OF DISTANCES Br.TWKKN NEW TORK AND BAN FRASCISCO AND THE CHEAT EAST. The ftenr completion >! the great Pacific Rail road attracts *uc!i General niieuliun not inly throughout our own nai ion bui hi Lurnpe, and inquirertes are eo Ir quent regarding ibe particu ar- of travel, that we ha v.- co .'piled ihe follow ng table, from Clie besi material at band showing as nearly a a possible the various disfauces run, front point to point, and the ordinary itne consumed in making the tiip from Kci Vork, over each section oi road, to Sua Krnucisco, the great metropolis of the Golden West: Milt*. Hour*. Kcw Vork lo Chicago, 111 911 894 Ghicago to Omaha, Nebraska 401 2oJ I, Omabft lo Bryan . . tT>8 43 llry an to Ogdeu, Utah 231 10J Ogdon lo Klko, Nevada, via Control Pacific llailroad, 278 12J blkoto S.icnimeuto. (Jal., rta Centra Pacific llnilroad 405 81 ! Sacrnmano lo San Francisco, tia Western Pacific railroad 117 31J I Total . . . 3.853 102$ | Thus a total dVanoo of c..8o3 ruile^Vc made, according io tho present solieJtile lime, in _ix days, seventeen and a liall hours, aciual time, by a traveler's watch, from whicn wo deduct three ntid a halt hours, difference ol lime, wlieu going *\c?t. leaving ttie apparent lime consumed in making tho trip in six days and fourteen hours' At San L'Ynncisco tho mails will connect with the varioit ? steamship I.ties running on tho Pacific, and may be landed at lleinJulii in nine days from the c ty or fit con an i a half days from New Yolk, 'i hey can rrnch Japan in nineteen days from San Francisco, oi twentyfivo and a half days from Great Britain, thus boating the British hi ils sent via Suez sent l>v the Peninsular, i\nd Oriental ?'earners by from three t week" I lie ' ri ' h.'iwi't'M \ nkn? ham i, Japan, and either Hong Kong or Siiunx lini], is .c uJiIy t?y i ho Pacific tn iiI s'eani-hip- in Hum live ! > sis tiny*, which, added tn the time in reaching Japan, will g w the tlnough t mc n cusi ny to reach eilUer o the ubo\e iiiiili! i por.s of China* The .lioiiron Hnclriue So called ?lis Purpose and .>1 caning. The New York Tribune's remark of yesterday thai there is no good rcusou to doubt the truthfulness of the rcceut lamous dispatch from Loudon, has created some discussion here. 1'. is argued by some that the Limed Stutcs must lower her lone, and that sucli hu radiation must vastly etieel the popularity ol the dominant faction. Such is the legitimate effect of g"ing oil' hall'-cockcd, undur the ignition of Sumner's extravagant rhetoric uuu Chandler's braggaJocia. In truth, the whole course of the Senate, and its blind eudoiseuient by tiiu llxeciuive in the itidecetii liusie displayed in tlie recall ot Minister Johnson an.I otherwise, have placed t o people ol this Country 111 an ciiliieiy false poaitiotj. it was attempted some months n-.'o bv the radical p.ess to sliuw that ttic tucalleU Monroe dociriue" JUs.iiku propaganuism ou the pari ot me government, io tutelligeut traueis it is unnecessary to say i. ul n truant precisely llu reverse. fne passage in the message 01 .Mr Monroe to Congress tu ib.o which is pupuluily known under this name, was iuserieu in cons queiice ol the alarini g doctrine of the tight ot "imerven ion ' in the affairs of uidiviaoai nations una their tippen UOKI33, piouiuigcu ny ino combined iihsuiutv governments oi Europe, known us I lie "lloiy Aluauce." I lie iinftj.uii ol Spain bv Fr.iuce in lb_d 10 prevent the establishment ol u constiuiiiotnu government, lo which King Feidinund Lull consented, uiid lo wbi li mete \on little or no opposition in Spain, was an exam- 1 plo of t lie application ol Uie pernicious pi inc.-J1 plei usserte i by these despots. Air. Aluuroe, in i llie message re.erred lo. protested against ih.s I , doCiiine being applied io America, and dc ' clared iliat any attempt ou t -o pari ol Euro- I ' peon powers io extend tlie system ot "national < inierteranco" lor the put pose ol controlling in i any manner the governments of ibis hciins phore, "which bad established their independence," would be Considered as ihe inanilesia : lioii nt'an uati'ieiidly disposition towards (be t the Unied States. ; JL nis is mi Micro is cd' "lie Alonroo doctrine, and u will bo perceived iliai the absurd conduct ol Cougiess, as a body lor 'be past lew I years, and inc leccut nonsensical simin!"? .a I lis individual members, Lave iiui only placed I tins government in ditcci antagonism to ilie | principles tlitis avowed in IdJ-j, l,ui given ti,o governments ol 1 rancc, England ami Spiiu, ! the high bland {join 1 of maintain ug u.ose 1 principles against 1 licit threatened \i.damn | on uur part. A nine may conic, utid doubtless j will, v lieil it Will sun 1 lie litclcMS and sc.ilu 1 Ttients ot all puiics, tlull 1 li piesrnt colon es ' Ct European powets on (liis Com iiieni shad ei I tiler loiui iliuiuselv s into sej ar .iu lepuolics ' ; or becomes absoi bed in litis; but (be policy i ^ii sucti it can be called) iuatignruied by 11 luteals. and in the process ol being carried out . by ioioe, must, in ilie aniure oi (i.iugs, imuiea ' suraby postpone 11. < \Viiy Tiiens Wxi.l be no War With Eng- 1 land.?The New York ZV.-.-ssays that a lead ng 1 member oftho Senate Counuittee 011 Foreign Relations scouis ibe idea tliat there will be a war between England and the I'uiud Stales, growing out of the Alabama claims. lie gives tho following icasotis for his faith: "First, it would necessarily be s. naval war, , for the invasion and conquest ot Canada would be only the work ol a week. licuig a naval war, t e dvsu uotioii of coiinncrc.; and shipping 01 bulb countries wool, be utmost ti.e only 1 result. England has three times die number ! ot sieatii vessels I nut wo have, i:li her passen? ger and man steamships being uvadabto in tweniy-lours' notice as a v.ai llotdla. "Second h war with England would cost . the United States at Ic^st ^d.lioO,t)bU,UUO, | wliich would c.emu.illy end in repudoition. 1 1 .n?.?i)wiiue, ilie iucn:k-*i Ioam nud suturing to j 1 boili cotinirms would bo incalculable. ! I ' Third, ilic lini.ed Sihics cannot afford to liold ilie British Not ill Aiot-i'ituii possessions I as conquered provinces Hour tuitions ot 1 tiisc<>n> eui ed |ii*iipio oil the Aorlli, nud us i i itt.uiy on the ?ou-n. would produce a eiuie of ' ( u liana unything but pleasant ' ; ^ The Corrov Cmoi>. ? > coinnine to receive 1 from nil men.ins ii.o most ' '.. ( imaging an- !i c3iiiiim ot il.c >c -iion crop. Tuo continued , cold i.igli'8 and tlie leceni cold wind' which i bnve prevailed ' liroughout ihcetuire H laiorn I' rind middle sections ot the ' ta e have canned | 1 the plant to dio and in many localities tlie jl crop has h??n ploughed up mil replanted in j' corn. ( She 6atoUnn Jppartnu. SPARTANBURG: Thursday. June 3* 1S4J9. The attention of school teachers is crI'? ed the advertisement of Ilev. 11. H. Keid School Commissioner for Spartanburg. $ut to be Sold. To prevent disappoint tbisnt to any one, we announce tltat the sole of tho Crawfordville potion Factory, advertised for the last three prccks to be sold on Salesday in June, by the Clerk of the Court, has been indefinitely postponed. ia i ru?rni\ Irunwoiks We call sjftwlal attention to the ndvertiscmeut in this issue, of Messrs Goldsmith & Kind, of Columbia, S. C. Our citizens can see a specimen of the work from this establishment en elding the monument erected to Col- O. E. Fdwirds, in the grave yard at this place. T ds beautiful railing will satisfy any one of tiie a*ill ,of these gentlemen as artificers in iron. 1'. G. .llattsie. This gontlctnan, late of the firru of Twittv & Co., has opened n business at the store of \!r. J. W. Hahl-v. This fact lias already beet' discovered by many persons, as seen frctiu the influx of customers to tins establishment. KJ^-Scc advertisement. Uiatiup Lynch. This dignitary of the ltoman Catholic Church, Hisltop of the diocese of South Caro" lino, made a flying visit to our town last week, a.riving Tuesday nftcrnoon, and leaving Wednesday morning. His discourse in the Court House, at night, to a hastily coilectcdaudicuee, was a general review of the history of the Christian Church, lie spoke of the Commission of Christ to the Apostles?the day of l'entcco-t?early persecutions under Roman mperota?heroic firmness nnd fortitude of the Christian martyrs ? the divine preservation of the Church from destruction and from corrupting charge?i s immutable stability nnd continuous growth in numbers and strength, a'l along through the centuries, until the present time. There are not many Roman Catholics in this place, utid this is the first visit of so high an oflicial of that Church, which has occurred within our recollection. a ? State Asscssitx-nt anil Tit&nfioii. We find an Important and interesting ex hibit in sl*ii?lical tables made up for the CI?arle5?ou .Ye its, of the cssessment of taxable property, real and personal, in ttic State, monies nnd credits, nnd statements of the acer (inn viituK 01 piougu tanas, also ot wood. | uncultivated mill marsh lands. From these tables it appears that the following is the as^ sussed value of the leal and persoual property id I lie State : Real Property $125,171,088 Personal i'roperty 38.851,254 Toial $161,022,342 Three fourths of one per ce ?t., the tax upon this amount will produce SI,230.167, State tux, being $7.50 on every thousand, or 75 cents on each hundred dollars of the assessed value of tlie real and personal property in the Suite. In addition to this, Spartanburg pays a County Tax of thirty cents ou each $100 of tiiu assessed amount of the real and personal property in this District. It appears from an tbslract of the real property in this State, as relume t by the District Assessors, that the real estate in Spartanburg was valued by litem at $2 003 886, and 100 per cent, added by the State Hoard of Equalization, raised litis amount to $4,187,772. In an abstract of the vcrxouiil property, monies and credits, as returned by the District Assessors, the value is put down in Spartanburg, at $2,032,705, which t ided to the assessed valtio of the real proper [/, m;iivtis i, inxaoie in Hits District, j itnd produces a lax, Slate and District, ol Bt)5,3lo.'JS 10 be paid by Spartanburg District. ' To tins amount will be added Capitation tax of I ;>1 per bead, increasing tUo tax paid by li.e District, to about $70,(>ti0. The toilowiiig figures, showing the cotnparajve amount and valuo of all the lands in the State and in this District, will also be found of interest, if w. do not question their correct , ness : Value of Ileal Property in State, $125,171,088 " " Spartanburg, 4,187,772 I " Personal property iu State. .38,851,251 | ' " Spartanburg. .2,032.705 j ARADLK OR PLuLOH LANDS. So. Acres in the State 2.490,450 Value $13,504,201 Mo. Acres iu Spartanburg 75,581 Value..., $141,300 woon lands. Mo. Aces in the State............ 11,552.377 Value, $23,111.017 | \o. acres in BpnriAnburg 248.413 j Value, 704,305 ]( will bo seen from (lie above figure* thai | lie arable or plough lanils in Spartanburg are rallied at near i?0 per acre, while ihe wool I and is valued al $3 per acre. U'e also learn \ rout the tabular statements referred to, thai | he assessed value of the personal property, j nonies and credits of Spartadburg District, is ( lie largest ol any District in the .State, except | Jiiirleslon. The assessment of the real estate it Orangel urg was increased 3 ived so thorougli a tu ning as thiN rival species oI the genus usi/ius. He should -enumber, ilinl. lie lias never been educated to delight his auditory with the pcrforinurict of | rotatie interludes and vulgar variations. The next scene we remember, was a feat of legerdemain, who eh; ihc nurt. 11 on 'c wus tnagically converted .nto a bawli ig all.-y ; the floor ol ttie passage vas made the butt-planes, the baok-door tlie pits, and convenient stones, lite halls?there was nothing very remarkable in this part of the pe formtuice, except the cx cceditig brilliancy ol the concept I m. The >cenc was lien rajiidiy changed, and j I he nud'ence permttYd to witness l'cats of stone throwing at Mr. AijK Johnson s wi.uk simp, which for prectsionof aim, jaointory force and effective cxecu.ioti. dwindled into insignilicancc the renowned deed of the slayer ot | Uohult- David h id comparatively nothing to unsteady his nci'ves?nothing but a single gt nt to conlront h m. whilst our ,4Aotaieures" had to tietro theirselves against the fright till possibility ol rousing from his slumbers ot tbr Cbict Marshal of be town. David did nothing but kill a giant, whilst these, by their iii'gin and powers, shattered into a thousand liag. incuts, the window-glass and s isli of mo afo o | said work-Hiup, nmt ovaniadeutcd its phtuk -ribbed walls. The next part of the perfornanco wasan exlii | bition oiiiieciianical skill end ingenuity in re! moving several points frvn ttie bars of an iron lence, and in an iucret limb, tuickness ot tongue and indistinct tie-s of voice, lint with indctnitable perseverance, they continued, until ole by one, from ttioir exhaustion, they rotiredto the most convenient resting place. \\ e would gladly give/lie names of the sev.. al performers, but the modesty of true great iicss lias kept tliem i/icoj, and we refrain Irom mentioning those we do know, lest the others might accuse us of making invidious discrimi nations, lfut if they will only persevere in the course tlicy have begun,, their names will not long remain unknown. It requires no prophet'? kill to piolnre them at 110 d slant day, ftgur tng in liijfi filnctf. and (their names eiuo/Ud a noDg the undying #rcotds id' the country ".Many a rose is born jo blushunsocii," bill these arc a different species of blossom aliogcih er Let ml d tfirrandttvi he their motto, ami it will not be long, befufe the humble tribute, now being paid to their genius, ..ill be lost in the widespread notoriety which shall encircle their mimes. Allhosgh I cannot gratify the public curiosity by pulntsliing the names of the lu rui-s 1 ( li is UU" lu litem to say, that those of litem I know, are young gentlemen of line opportunities?elegit ni manners, address anerve excuse us lor failing in mem ion. Hay 31, 1809. JUSTICE. We learn from Berlin that a Prussian offi-cr who was in the Confederate scivioe during our war, and who was o.i duly at hail est on, has communicated to tlie Prussian Government the secret of the torpedo of American invention which was found very serviceable in the de lcnse of the Cb illusion harbor* Experiment* I were lately made at Kiel wall (It s particular torpedo, in tlie presence of naval and military officers designs ed by tbe government; and ilicy were perfectly successful, uslbcy blew a vessel wlncli bad been prepared for the purpos. all to pieces. Tbe officer (Von Sheliliu) who communicated the sec et, lias received an up puin ruent on the Stall of I lie Prussian service. An Alexandria dispatrh slates that on April 2 1, a timely di"covt?ry was in idc of an >.l einpi I to a-sas-ina:e tbe Viceroy. An explosive ma chuie, wiili a powder train leading lothe door, and ailaclied by a tube to the gas pipe, was found under the seat oi I lie viceregal box iri a theatre at Cairo. The Viceroy was appri.-ed of the projected attempt on ..is lite, ami stayed away. The perpeiralors weie unknown, but several persons bad been arre t td on suspicion' His Higliness bad received tbe congratulations of Ike foreign Ministers and Egypuau func tionarics on bis escape. tfor the Carolina Spartan. LnNt Sunday at Cherokee. Mn. Editor: Lnst Sunday being tbe day set apart for the dedication of ihe new Church built by the mystic brotherhood, at Cherokee Springs, we proceeded to that placo, and nr. rived there after an hour atid a half*' ride. Though it was quite early, we found a targe number of persons already assembled, and tt ey Con iuued to cotigrogite from the surrounding country, and frotu the village, untij the assemblage l.ad increased in numbers to au extent seldom seen in the country. Tho ministers arnveu ?me lieTS. a. li. Lester and U. (J. Oliver. At the close of the singing l>y tho Choir, Mr. L>: stbu road as his first lesson, a part of Solomon's Prtyer at the Dedication of the first Temple. He read u very appropriate hymn, aud offered prayer, which was impressive upon tho entire congregation. Mr. Oliver rend a second lesson, soleo ed from one of the Gospels. Mr. Lester then aunouueed as his text?" XXVII Psalm, 4 verso " For filty minutes lie held the nitenlion of his hearers. The speaker in., creased in warmth ol manner, and wi h mark id effect upon the audience. The writer never heard this learned divine, when he appeared to have gretier liberty, or to Intve been more deeply impressed with the spirit of his Calling. The services were closed with an up propria!e prayer by Mr. Oliver, singing aud the benediction I Wo earnestly hope and believe that a cord was alt uck on this occasion, that will continue to vibrate lor many days to conic. Will not all good people join the prayer of the preacher, "ihni the little hiiihiing at that place may be a nvucleus, around which many may gmhor, aud from winch many may be gathered to the garner above. So mote t be. W. It. Ininnrhciil in Hi iiooi t -? . ... ?WUI B 111,111:1 flTlic follow is a joint resolution authorizihg tho Stuio Treasurer to npportiou the several Counties the appropriation of $25,000 authorized in General Ordor No. 130, of December 3, IS07, forihe support of free sclioo s, same to be paid over to the respective County Treasurers, iu order to pay claims of Teachers: lit il I{esolrtves but cuo reply, vix: That neither proposition can or shall br cuterta tied tor a uioiueiit. I have before me at this 1110tnetil the articles on the subject from all the | leading British j urnals, friendly and untriendiy to the United .States, and numerous private letters Iroui Kngiislt friends of both those chat acers. ami tliev all breath tlie aum? .-pint. Tney nre couched \u various tones ol' indignation, reg.et mikI resentment ; bui tl vy [ all ?evince the same determination to resist hotli of these demands, it'need be, to the very death. m ??? ? A Washington correspondent says that the rep il l of the triple alliance ot' European pmre s to provide against American aggressions is r girded by the t'abinct as a stock jobbing report. It is staled that General Grant himself is rather pleaded w,il? the idea, and it is very evident that lie is-in tav.ir of a war. Some of I lie im-nibeis of 'lie nhinet nre anxious to k iow w at part the Southern Iciders would , lake in case ot a rupture. Toe Kichinou I Knipiirer HUL'gesis that tln-y ask Gen. Lougstrecl. Alnny "ex-iebtd" soldiers, wo douht not. in case of a war would be wring iu iolLw hun ? into the custom houses. A London despntcli nnnounces that it is now definitely ascertained dial tho rumor >f a triple alliance against the Luited States is without Any foundation. General News. WAsntKOTbto?tt is reliably stated that Font well, alter hearing Opdyke, determines to persist in Belling $2,000,000 in gold and buying SI.000 0(>0 in bonds weekly; until the bonds ore placed in a sinking fund that will reach ?20,000,000. This policy involves the sale of nearly 00,000,000 in gold. '1 ho Union Pacific Railroad has organized. Oliver Ames, President; John Duttie, Vioel'resident ; John G M, Williams Treasurer. Nearly all the Directors are Massachusetts men. Mobilk. ? A fire occurred on Commerce, between St. Michael and St. Louis streets, last night, by which Childress Davis. ?rr.ui??? dealers, Fuiiui' & Guvd&vr, ! ' E. Stodluwrtck &. brother, commission merchants, Ober & Anil rson, feed store, ttnd linker & Co., forwafding merchants, were burnt but Col. L. T. Woodruff, one of the moat prominent business men, and President of the Hoard of Trade, lolt his life. Two others were soriously injured l>y the falling walls. The loss is estimated at between $10,(H)0 and $50,000. New Orleans.?The sale of the New Orleans, Opeloufcas and Great Western Railroad toolc place this morning, by virtuo of an order from iho United states Circuit Court, under tha auspices of ex United 8tates .Marshall F. J. It? rrtti. The principal interest? .represented were the Llinoia < entral itatlroud, Mob.lo and Chattanooga Railroad, the hbnd holders of lite road i*ud Charles Morgan. The road was knocked oft' at $2,050,1)00. Mr. Whitney untionticcd tiiat it was lite intention of Mr, Morgan, who was present, to immediately set about extending the road to the Sabine. Titers can be no longer the slightest doubt that the crop is at least twenty to twenty-five dt.\s later than usual, and that the stand is generally veiy deficient. If the season should become more tnvoruble at an eatly day, n tair crop may bo made, but this is quite uncertain. | A H;usta C'hrviucie, 27Ih. News living. ?iiow is still it foot deep in Vermont on th