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' Valaka ordered othcrwiaa, AdrarUeuuiaoU will inrariably ba V displayed." Obttaary police a, and all imattcra iuurlne to tu tbo benefit of pay one, arc regarded Advevtlaenents. The English Press Regarding the Designs 6f America on Onhs. Tito London Morning Tust, of tlic 22d ultimo, observes : The We*t Indies, with the exception of llaprti, which ifc independent, pertain to several Euro i>eaa Powers-?to Great Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlauds, and one of tho Islands (St. Bsitiiolemew) belongs to Sweden. It is qwite apparent, therefore, t'lata blow struck by the United States at one of the group would practically be struck at all, and it wonld bo no unreasonable pre sumption that if Onba was wrest . ed from Spain, Jamaica might In turfl be taken from England and Martinique from France. The question, therefore, 6f a possible combination presents itself. But whatever community of interest has existed between Great Britain and France in dealing with European affairs, Spain, although geographically a Westorn Power, lias fur a variety of reasons lung been thrown out of account. It is impossible (the Post continues) to shut our eyas to what is passing on -the American continent or to the obvious bent of Americau policy. The rocent acquisition ol tho Danish possessions m the West Indies, and the purchase of the profitless and barren t e r ritory a tj. iiujie jn;i iniut'u iu iviidsiu iii Northwestern America, are evi dences of a desiro on the part of tho United States to acquire piecemeal all possessions on the mainland or aojoining it which belong' to European powers. Tho only matter in doubt is whether, when tho American Government is una hie to indoce a sale, it will endeavor to effect an annexation.? That, if such should be the designs of the President and his advisers, they should begin with the Spanish possessions is natural enough. Sj>ain is the weakest of the throe Powers holding substantial posses sions in the West Indies, and pe culiar circumstances furnish something like a pretext for the appropriation of Cuba. Where pretexts are desired, however, pretexts are easily found, and it may be for France and Great Britain to determine whether, in the event of these designs on Cuba being carried into execution, they win aid Spain in retaining Lev colony or calmly look on. The London Owl makes the following comment: We understand that the subjoin ed information from New York is correct.' Since it was received the assertions have been so far verified that the Spaniards having seized the Mary Lowell, which was hovering suspiciously on the coast, and attempting to. communicate with the insurgents, the American Government have sent a large iron-clad fleet to demand her res titution. The Spaniards will no doubt make a brave tight for their poasoss ion, but it may ho snatched from their grasp before a triparte alHan? can be formed for the joint defence of European West India possessions. In theso days the /ait accompli is a triumphant answer to an remonstrance, and if Geo. Grant seizes Cuba it U more than questionable whether England and France would make it a earns* Mli> and seek to wrest his pray from ids grasp: "Grant is now rnn mad cat the snhject of CnfcA, an* wiH undoubtedly give aid in souie manner to wrest the Ufopd from Spain. W liethor that would be complacently looked upon by Franoe and England you bare a better opportunity of jodtr ing than I bare. But the compil catiom which wooM arise might inrolro thie country In war with European Powers. The feeling agatatt England, and Prance and Spain, is being carefully workod up in Geagraw and in the public press, 10 a* Jo prepare the people I to til* steps which Grant desires to tftk*. lie and his intimate ifriends ardently long for a foreign war. This will not only give acquisition of territory, l?oi will afford ample field for honor and give a new- lease of power to the present administration. The entire feeling pervading the hij*h officials fs one of hatred to Engiandi' apd to Fiance in a less deirtve.? In a dWy oV two a yacht will leave here for Chba, ostensibly fbr the purpose of a pleasure party.' Its real mission is to team the exact condition of Affairs rind to communicate with the leaders of (he Cubans. The persons on board will be infyrmcu what to do by this Government, i'lie coast pf the island is so guarded by Spanish cruisers that it is impossible for larger vessels to run in, and acvo ral expeditions have been run off lately and tailed iu landing. The Fenian organization is active and in readiness to move against tbo British ]>ossessinns as soon as any difficulty niises, and the highest officers of the array ami navy look to a serious quarrel at an early day. With these views yon may look for fresh demands on the Al-' ahnma question. Knowing what I do, I forewarn you that there is a heavy storm brewing ahead." From the G?lne? villa (G&.) Air-Line Eagle. The Air-Line Railroad. [The following excellent article on the subject of tho Air-Line j Kailroad, is copied from the AirLine Eagle, published r.t Gainesville, Goorgia, through which place tho road is to noss, which puts Greenville in almost direct lino with Charlotte, North Carolina, the settled eastern torraiuus. Altho' what is contained therein does not exactly apply to this locality, yoi much docs, and otir readers who take an interest in this project, and every one should, will be interested. All that this railroad will do for northern Georgia, will be fully realized for Greenville.? < Eds. Ektkkprise.] We promised, in onr last number, to show onr readers bow the Air-Line Railroad will benefit everybody. There is no portion of the United States more inviting in hcalthfulness of climate, purity and elasticity of atinospliorc, in mineral wealth and agricultural resources?all combinca-? than the region through which the road is to run. Many, even in (ieorgia, know little about that part of it; to outsiders it is almost an unknown country, because business moil in these fast days stick to railroads. We will tell those who do not know, that it is a Piedmont country. It lids at the foot of the mountains, all along the railroad route. Grasses grow well, clover, timothy, orchard!* blue and cropgrasses; where grasses flourish, ne cattle, horses, mules and sheep mny be profitably raised; good grass bring* good milk, and cream, and butter. It is a land of milk and honey. With stimulating manures it is a good cotton country. Wheat and oats and corn and tobacco grow well; It Is the best wbeat and tobacco country in the South; it abounds in apples and peaches : nectarines and pears and plums flourish in the few cases where they are cultivated. Those who know, prophesy that it will be the vineyard of tbo country east of the Rocky Mountains; gold is washed profitably from the water courses, and immense qnantititles lie in veins inacccaailile be. cause there is do way of transporting machinery U> crush it; iron of excolleut quality?some of it forgeable from the ore?only waits i tbo means of conveying it off: the same of copper, lead, fine marble, > ooltimbite, sand stone, flag-stone, 1 slate and lime. The streams ; throughout this region abound in water power enfticient to ran all tbo machinery in New England; the forests abound in pine, oak, hickory, ash, walnut and other useful timber; tho valley lands, and river and creek bottoms are ; as rich as any in the State; tho uplands have a clay foundation, .are naturally quick and productive, and as readily improved as any land we know: tho water is as fine aa any in the world; the men are industrious aud as good specimens of imorality as any 8tate or section eon boast pt he women A what shall ive My of them They shall hare a railroad so thi they can trdrel to otiier parts, an let others see why we brsgof thenr and Tore them the bWt in th world; thC'diiWreti are rosy an tat and saucy ) dud to all this w add : It Is man's Countri With such aVonntry, what else a We want! We want more con: fort With less hard work. B? why arc not all riih and able t get comforts and luxuries, too, i such a country? because we liav no railroad* Why don't the farm ers buy guano, and bonodust, am salt and make their naturally goo highlands rid), and thus secnr the means of Comfort and Inxnry a farmer mnst haul his fertilizer from Atlanta of Athens, or If h wishes to sell his produce, he mne trust to his team ; he mnst leav his farm for from four to oigli days, rest his animals after return ing, especially if the roads ar muddy ; during his abeeuco, farn work is, in many cases, entire! suspended, land it not ploughs that ought to be, woods and gras are growing apace, too much i sacrificed, too much neglected ; h cannot afford- to be to long fror homo, the cost it too great, ther is no profit in it. Ilow with th merchant ? -fie, too, roust hai his merchandise, but he adds th cost to his goods, and the furinc pays it. Living in ao iron coun try, the mechanic must pay f?i importing iron, and high price for other> materials and tools.Store goods of all binds are high produce it low. You pay th highest prices for all you have t buy, you get low prices for all yoi sell. If wo had a railroad, won I cotton at Gainesville bring only 2 cents, when selling in Atlanta fo 27 f Compare the Gainesvill price list in the Air Line Eagl with the Atlanta prices; notic the prices of wheat, corn, oati jhjos, eggs, chickens?all produce at Atlanta soino of these article are nearly at double the countr prices. Atlanta does not consum all the produce you take there she has not population cnougl but you cannojt over-stock h e market. She has railroads to cai ry the surplus to Macon, Colun bus, Montgomery, Mobile, even and makes a profit in the busines Let us have a railroad, we wi secure this profit for ourselves au cancel this difference betwee country and town prices, botli i produce and mei clumdise. Th farmer can then procure his ferti izers without losing time an wearing away horse flesh, the ?1 gine docs not mind rain or storu mud or high water ; lauds will b made riclier, productions will I increased, two blades ot grass wi grow where one grew before, oo ton and wool factories, furnace foundaries, foiling mills, w i 1 ppring up, industrial pursuits < all kinds will be stimulated, tlioi sands w4U entigrate to us?in \rord, the resources of tbe coVntr wITl be tfiv^lopcd. Tiie cotton mills in the Unite States are G.527 in number, rni ning 7,585,082 spindles, and coi suming 417,367,771 pounds of co ton per anuutn.. This gives l each mill an average of 1,1( spindles, and a consumption j 03,045 pounds of cottou }>er a num. The statistics, arranged a cording to the great geographic divisi ns of the conutry, are i follows: Northern States, 6,44 mills, running 7,859,020 spindle consuming 385,952,021 pounds < cotton annually. Southern State 86 mills, running 226,002 spindle consuming 81,418,750 pounds < cotton, annually. This gives 1 each of the mills in the Northei States an average of 1,142 spi dies, and an annual consutnplic of 59,921 pounds of cotton, an each of the mills lu the Southci Stales, an average of 2,628 ?pii dies, ami an annual, consumptic of 30$,29P pounds of cotton. Tt mill# in the Southern States, will be perceived, arc large esta lishmcnta. j, What is tbo difference bet wee the entrance to a barn and i over talkative person? One is baru door and the other a dai bore. How to avoid being consider* above your business never lii over your shop. f Cart ef Bonn. it The spring is the nrnat trying d time for teams, buttbose that nave i, been worked iteadHy through the e winter are the best able to stahd d the Increase pf heat'fcnd length ol e days. t. 1 hare driven horses at the o plongh and harrow and seen them I- growing poorer and weaker each it day. They were worked frOm 0 seven o'clock in the morning f II u twelve M., then after a rest of an e hour to eat, were worked from i. rone o'clock till eight 1*. M., w I tail out rost?being left standing in d the field while a hasty sapper was e eaten by the driver. 1 Ten hoars a day fe long enough s to work a team; and if n farmer e cannot do his work in that time, it ho should get another team. - lie e should have the harness well fit it ted, and not us? the same collar i- on a twelve hnndred pound horse e that he nses on an eight hnndred n pound colt. y Galls arc the result of three d canecs?friction, pressure and ? heat. Friction of tugs or traces, s as the horse turns to the right or e left, causes galls upon the legs, n while other straps gall other parts, e The backpad and the collar cause e galls by pressure nnd heat. When il a team stops to rest on a sultry e day, (lie collar shonld bo lifted ir from the neck to cool it. If the horse becomes galled, ir there are various liniment and soe lotions that will speedily cure the - sore, if the cause that produces it ?, is removed. Among the remedies e are saltpe'ro and alcohol, white o lead, tincturo of arnica, salt and n vinegar. A bit of alum added to u either of these mixtures might be 0 beneficial. But it is better to prer vent than to cure. W lien a horse e comes in from work, a free use of e the 6)>onge and luke warm water :e about the shoulders, legs and feet s, will add to his comfort, and in adi: dition to good feed, tend to in w crease his usefulness, y [N. E Farmer. * Sow to Break Up Swindles. ,! The following caution, if generP_ ally circulated, will do more to j_ break up the swindling concerns, . who fatten upon the public, than 9' auy other plan yet devised : 11 Mayor's Office, 1 d New York, Mar. 17, 1809. j n To the Frees of the United n States?I beg to caution strangers o against New York circulars, tick1 eta, chances and prospectuses iu d co operative unions, or gift enter]. prises, or dollar stores, or in any i, other possible scheme whereby >e property or value is promised >e greater than the price asked to be 11 paid. t- Every such an advertised scheme a, is necessarily a swindle andatalso 1 pretence; there does not and can ot not tangibly exist any such a- schemes in this city, a Country newspapers wlucli ady vortise them, simply aid iu the swindle. d. s If all newspapers in the Union l(j would now make a point of pubn lishing and reiterating this informn. ation, they will charitably, and, 1 think, effectually counteract the to swindling intentions of those who (2 use the mails for false pretences, ot and will also save to the unwary Q. hundreds of thousands of dollars. c. A. OAKEY HALL, 8,1 Mayor of the city of New York. ^ Proplb about to marry who wish to know the propor ago, are " referred to the following prece dents: Adam and Eve, 0; bbaks*' peare, 13; Ben Johnson, 21; Franklin, 24; Mozart, 25; Dante, to Kepler, Fuller, Johnson, Burke, "H Scott, 26; Tycho Brabe, Byron, n* Washington, Bonaparte, 27; renn 'S nnH Hlarno OR" T.1 nnimia an/I _ MV) j AM>UH?UO RIJK4 AlOr '" BODt 29 ; Burns, 30 ; Chancer, Ho'n garth and Peel, 83; Wordaworth n and Davy, 84 ; Aristotle, 88; Sir 'n William Joties and Wellington, l.? 37 ; Wilberforce, 35; Lntlier, 42 ; Addison, 44; Woeley and Young, b" 47; Swift, 49; Buffon, 55; Old Parr, last time, 120. Those are precedents, ranging from Adam m and Eve, before they were a year old, down to tbo veteran Parr. te ^ r , 1 u I( i'i!h \ I 9m D 1 Nrw Yoax tells us that oilliardists propose to make a chango in m1 tbo counting of the game, so that rQ all caroms will count three, whether on red or white. It ( ? m'iiw ww? Josh Billiags en the Live Ka*. i The live man tz tike-'a Mule p'g-a-ho it weaned young, and begins for tew root airly. He it the pepper boss of Creation-*?the alUpico of the world. The man who kin draw New Orleans molasses, in January, thru a halt inch angurhole, nod sing home sweet home while the molasses is miming, may be striktly honest, bat aint sadden enough f> r this climate. '' The live man iz as full of bizziness as the conductor ot a street car?he iz often like a hornet, very biaey, but about what the Lord ouly knows. ? lie lites ap like a cotton factory, and ain*t got any more time tew spare than n schoolboy has Batur day afternoons. > lie iz like a decoy duck, always above water at feast eighteen innntllfl itnoino nonli V><*I nig vavn j VIM I lie is like a runaway hose?lie < gets tlie whole of the road. < He trots when lie walks, and only lies down at night because everybody else dttz. The live man is not always a deep thinker ; ho jumps at conclu sions just as a frog duz, and don't always land at tlie spots he iz looking at. 1 lie is the America pot, a perfekt mystery to foreigners; but has dun more (with charcoal) to work ont the greatness of this country than any other man in it. lie don't always die rich, but always dies bizzy, and meets death like an oyster without any fuss. m mm Too Much Land.?We know a farmer who, ten years ago, owned ono hundred and fifty acres of land, and was doing well; lie now owns five hundred, and*is worso off than before. And why ? Because this largo farm is a great expense to him; he cannot afford I to keep it np in good condition, and it hangs like a millstone of care about his neck. His wife and his children, both sons and daughters, are obliged to work hard to keep the great machine rnnning. We presume his boys declare they will leave home as soon as they aro old enough ; and the girls say they will die helore they will tnarry farmers. Neither sons nor daughters are ednented as tlicy deserve to be, they cannot be spared for this from work on the big farm. Now, wo declare that such a farm is a curse to its possessor and his family, and an injury to the whole agricultural interest. If that man wants to save himself and his household, he should sell at least one half of his land, itnpro\c the < remainder to make it more proI ductive. relievo hia ehildron trom bondage, and try to make bib home a comfort. He will live longer, lay up as good a proporty, ana will tram up a more intelligent and a happier family. [American Agriculturist. An Imperial Pu^rimaqe.?Napoleon III, who kec|* remarkably quiet of late, and whose growing r lien mat ic pains make liiin almost an invalid, is abont to undertake a pilgrimage, lie, with all the royal family, is going to Corsica, in August, to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of H his uncle's" birth-day. This will furnish a chance for a great deal of enthusiasm, fire works and white wine, both in France and Corsica ; but it is a very charming little frand, which Napoleon I originated himself. The " Little Oorj>oraln was born in 1768, bnt Corsica didn't become subject to the French nntil 1709; so when Napoleon had the throne of Charlo magno in prospect, he did just what the ladies never do?postdated his birth-dAy by one year. But this is only a very faint specimen of tho subterfuges necessary to support imperial rule. \Springf dd JtepuHioan. If you aro a lover, don't love two girls at once. Love is a good thing, but it is liko butter, it won't do to have too much on hand at one time. Why is a philanthropist like an old horse! Because he always stops at (ho sound ot woe. If tho wavos threaten to engull you don't add your tears to the amount of water. i-i. ' *> i-janssam^sa^mrnrmamA ANxw Instjrumkkt o* Death, Several cases have reoenUy occnrped at Now York and Brooklyn, where windows have t?eeu pierced and persons shot by bnllets without the the usual noise incident to the discbarge of a gun or pistol.?* A correspondent of one of the New York papers states that those ballots are not shot from air guns, as has been expected, but that there is a now kind of gun now sold that somewhat resembles the old cross-gun, except that instead of the arrow or bullet being propelled by the elasticity of a bow, it is in this case accomplished by the equally forcible elasticity of an India rubber strap. A bullet placed in this gun, and the strap being forcibly drawn back and tnen unloosened by a trigger, its sudden relaxation gives a force to the bullet but little inferior to the expansion of tho suddenly released gases of gunpowder; and this cou be done without any greater noise than is creatod by the bow gun as im uow is released, it these statements are true, these woapons will prove very dangerous in (lie hands of assassins, as tho absence of anv report at the time of shooting will greatly facilitate tho escape ot the person using them. i jpb ? Christian Alarm About tub Prookkss or Judaism.?The present aspect of Jndaism throughout Christendom is well nigh Astound' ing, according to Professor Stowe. lie takes three Jewish papers, two in English and one in German; and every week they contain articles against Christianity, very dotermined, and not unfrequently" bitter and violent. The Jews art* very active and growing in woalth and influence. There are ten regularly employed Rabbis in Mew York city, and nearly as many synagogues. Cincinnati is not behind Mow York in this respect, and there are lour or five in Boston. Some of their synagogues iu Mew York and Cincinnati areamongst tho most costly and splendid religious edifices in the United States. They hgve schools of the highest order, are projecting an American Jewish University, and have already one or two theological sominarieg. Three matters of importance, wo are told, are just now occupying tho attention of the Jews at large. One is the revocation of the decree of 1495, by which Jews were banished from Sp.in ; tho second is tho establishment of an agricultural colony in Palestino; the third is the propositi to hold a universal synod in Germany uext summor. For a raco four thousand years old these are signs of conaidorablo vitality. [Niu> YotlcUerdUL There is a man in Washington who is handsome as a man, and delightfully fascinating when dressed and mado up as a woman. This pereon has been one of the most successful pilferers in tho District, but at last he was caught, lie has been courted br men, who have breathed the tender passion to him, nnrl he in ids turn has taught women tho first lesson of love. Whenever ho thought that thero was a clsAnce of being arrested, he would dross in a woman's apparel, ai.i in this way would be incarcerated with women. A paper of that city says his career has been tingeu with every crime but that ot murder. Arrest.?James M. Askew, of Union County, accxised of murdering a colored lad, named Alfred Gist, says the Columbia Phoenix, on 28th of January last, and for whoco apprehension a reward of ?55uu was oTured, was captured a fow days since. lie wa3 trading horses, and was recognized bv a colored man, wbo summoned to hia assistance three others, and arroeted hi in in the presence oi several whir? persons, who made no attempt r.t intorforenco or obstruction. The captors marched their prisoner off to jail at Uuionvillo. ! .*.- -t ' \ The Stat? Department hns information that the lJaytien8 arer highly indignant at the appoint niont of a negro to r op resent t* country there. They thiol i* j intended as an insult- and s' w M 18 a negro was appointed h .,y fj n" I white mau woidd W M 0<'??rso L .... ? COpt " lO *- "?> p V,