The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-20

,snect of the Spanish Mexican 0'eiio G;rtarfe-
Tar brief allusion to our policy OF no III rasnect
rence IN the affairs Of Europe IN winch ~ i
the Post seems disposed to 90 Us Ju;''
proceeds: powers on the CONT
,aat # America. principles less abstne'. na -
constantly influenced the diplomacy u Ma ,
I1n;ted States. America-the whole O Noi -,
A marca-for the United States, IS q ooe, -,
-ah;ah Was acted upon long before the c:lspi"-
t nl1'e aeclaration Of MIR. Monroe. Louisiana
t ta last relic Of that magnificent d az
~ at one time, stretched from the 81. Law :
rence THROUGH the valley of the MISSISSIPPI -
tho MEXICAN gulf-was purchased IN; = ooS
frono France Florida was subsequently ac-
CURED from Spain, and within the la's le"
Lore the limited States, at the rlsk Oh q wal
yyn;th ENGLAND obtained a large accession ~
tarr;torv on the Pacific and in Canada. Ihe
anneyation of Texas and the forced surrender
a e.. California. are other evidences OF the same
chronic nolicy of ACKNOWLEDGMENT. In tts one
nnrnose the United States have spared no e2-
ppenditure Of money or blood. Our own pros.
perous and LOYAL colony of Canada has no'
been exempt from the sympathizing attempts
If the citizens Of the United States. But the
Monroe doctrine received its full development
when the present president of the United states
nut his hand to the Ostend manifesto. I;iei ac-
QUESTION Of Cuba by purchase or by iore'5 .lias
been for more than thirty years caldlna' Poln'
of American diplomacy What Lopez ai:u MS
followers failed in achieving, may now aPpa-
rent]y be accomplished by the United States
should Spain and Mexico engage IN war: me
president of the United States has pledged
himself to this line of policy; and, the pear
heino ripe. will the responsibilities and ool-
cations of his present Office stay his hand
But are the nations of Europe, the allies OF
Snain. to remain impassive spectators Whlie
this act ofinternational piracy is beng consum
mated? We believe that their best exer,lons
will still continue to be applied to the high and
worthy object of arranging the existing cause
of difference.
The London Post has long and confused
article on the amendment by the senate o. the
Dallas treaty, and after aludlng to the same
already before our readers, says:
These alterations may not be very important
in themselves; but they nevertheless snow the
careful and deliberate manner IN Which tne
senate has endeavored to counteract BRITISH IN
Auence, not only in the Mosquito territory Dat
in Central America generally !;
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Commercial, under date of April Cd, says,
It is believed that the plot which has just
been discovered in this ASSASSINATION OF the
emperor of France, is connected with the Aus
roItalian quarrel The mediation of Napoo-
leon. rendered impossible by death, the war
would break out. Hungary and Italy, once
more in arms against Austria, the Republicans
of France would emerge from their conceal,
ment and the day of reckoning SO long waited
for by the refugees of London, would be UPON
us. The calculation was not bad one !or
those who do not stop at such means to gam
their end ...
The plot, it is said, simulated in its plans,
those of the Hipprodrome and Opera Comlqae,
the latter of which came so near execution that
one of the conspirators stood at the emperor,s
side with his pistol in his hand waiting for the
leader 10 give the order of attack. AS YOU
will recollect, the leader, and in fact the whole
party to the conspiracy, were arrested at this.
unproptious moment of their lives by the pp~
lice A considerable number of arrests have
been made for the present plot, and as is usual,
there are two or three prominent men who were
acting as leaders. One of the distinguished
plot, asis proven by paper found in the pos
session of one of the prisoners.
FRUIT CROP OF LoU1sIANA.-Mr Felt, gel,-
tleman engaged in horticulture, at Bayou 81
IA, writes us, under date of It'll inst, as fol-
lows: -
1t is generally supposed in this section of the
State, that the severe weather has destroyed
the fruit crop, but after several examinations,
l find that such is not the case.
The fruit which was upon trees with wide
spreading branches, and airy tops, and espe-
cially that nearest the ends of the branches,
has been injured more than that upon trees
with a close and compact head; | also observ
ed that trees which had been raised in the Nortie
and brought South had their fruit all killed
by the unfavorable weather
On account of our trees having close headsi
made so by clipping the ends of the branches
which not only protects the fruit, but retards
the poisoning, if done in the spring, Just af*
ter the buds have commenced to swell, J the Sc
we're weather did not affect their fruit as much
as it did the fruit upon other trees which re-
celved little OF no extra attention, but were
left to take care of themselves While such
trees are producing one third of crop, ours
are loaded with as much fruit as they can ma
ture properly.
think those who have left their trees to take
care of themselves can calculate upon having
one-half a crop, while those who understand the
modus operandi, and apply it, will be blessed
with good crops. n O. Picayune.
SCARCITY OF FEED.-Under this head the
Charlottesville (Va. Advocate, says:
Great complaint is made by farmers and
stock breeders in many places, of the scarcity
OF hay and feed. The winter was so long anc
severe, that ordinary stocks of feed have giver
out long since. While the backwardness O
the spring and the recent deep SHOWS have oc
easloned an absence of grass, which is severe
" felt. We hear of some farmers who wer.
forced last week to go into the mountains
where the snow was FIVE inches deep, and cu
down trees, that their cattle might feed upo,
the buds. From this until the early GRASS i
sufficiently grown to be grazed, cattle must suf
ter greatly IN many parts of the country. The
Warsaw New Yorker mentions a number q
instances where cattle have been Knocked !,
the head or died of starvation. Fodder beno
so h'gh-S15 to 1875 per toni was consid
cred cheaper to let the cattle die than 70 ro
aertake to winter them through. In Louisv;ll,
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