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VOLUME XV. GREENVILLE. SUUflf^CAROLLSA. MAY 19. IP69. '
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I 9. 0. BAILTT, Pro'r. ? MmUH Editor
Svoocriptios Two Dollara por annum. ,
ADvaRTisawaxra inaerted at tk? rate* of
one ttollair par sqUaro >>f twalra Mtntoa line*
(thioeiacd type) aa laaa far tfca drat inaarlion,
fifty cant* eaoit for tba aoooud and tbird inaorv
tluni, and laenlfdve oonta for aubaequoDt
InDertioitft. Yearly twninteta Will ba niada.
All MiVilHaiqim, mu?t b*V? Iba number
of insertion* marked on tbe?, or they will be
Inverted till ordared out, and charged for. '
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
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