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' ?' 7' \ 1 '. 11 ;==^==== ' II I . ==c= , ? ; l_lm , . _ __ , . ==? I?a - . BY'W- -A. LEE AND JSPGH WILSON. ' "' ABBEYILLE. S. C.,' 'FRIDAY. MAY 28, im. VOLUME XVII-NO. 5 ' " ?--- .. , ... ; -.- ?_?i -u- TM-FJ : ) if.'iw V-.S r. * . . The Mempiig .ConmticHL a flMJij m df> I*. .;)' ? ' '' li . C & ' ' t J ". Th? lekgjripb gave a brief acooantof A , tba ^bird jlay'a proceedings of tbe Mooawphi? .Coaptation, but w? tbiak that the riinporUaoa of ,tb? basictoi i UaolMUd d?- , , ? toller aoconnL: ,tb* expira v (lion of the morning hour^the Committee ^ tbf Southern P*oi$<l Railroad made the ^ followingreport, which was unanimously q y * adopted amid grea^jBotbusiRSin; > . Resolved, That in the opinion of this ^ CooYefttitra'! irterouU of the whole country, especially those of the Southern , kat?Kooatd b* aerved by a main trunk Railroad line from San Diego, California, ^ throtagh Jd notion River, Colorado, and . V , aJoag the valley of the Gila, South of the riveiy to ? Paso, on the Rio Grande, and thence to a convenient central point near M th6 thirty seoond parallel of latitude East j . mf the Braaoe River, Texas, from wbiob feeder-roads ahoald lead from St Louis. Cairo, Mensiphis, ViokBburg, New Orleans, and other points, all of which feeder roads ^ * ahoutd have equal tight) of connection ^ ?ith the main trunk, while similar feeder- p roads from Sao Francisco, and other ^ points on the Pacific coast, with like qual rights of connection. ' Raolved, Thai lb* President of this (r| Convention b? requested to forward a copj of ibis resolution to the President of tiie United 1 States icd to 'tfc V!<Se-President and Speaker of the House of Represents- ooi lives, wltha request tint lliey preseut the ^ B^ma to the t wo Houses of Congress. . The committee, which was composed of representatives from seventeen States, in- ^ eluding three members of Congres?, give j (lie following^ reasons for the report : . T;?? r? ?i? -1 i! iv iiuo guunau iioe connecting the Gulf of Mexico and tb? Valley of the b1jj Mississippi willi thsPacific coast, ^ 8econd. It it the lioe, of all those now unoccupied, of the most easy grade**, and jjc permitting of the chew peat conetruction. Third. .It passes through a lew in hotpi|ablo and barren country, and urer uaore cqu fertile and hospitable land than any other ^ unoocupied route proposed. , Fourth. The line is touched by water ~ . . n*( transportation at three poinU, affording the ^ greatest facilities for construction, const? ^ qaenVy hastening and cheapening such j construction. . . .. Fifth. The line wHl open to tha world ^ the?reat mioeral resources of Ariauua and Sonora, and render more valuable the atock raising district*. of Texa*, New Mexico end Norther* Mexico, and thus employ an unrivalled traffic. 'Sixth. It would inevitably attract numerous feeder* from Mexico, and thus not ^ only tirou'ate enterprise there, but draw to our shipping porta a greater portion of ^ thi bullion which now eeek9 Euroje by haxardoaa conducts* and smuggling . Seventh. It would open a new. potion r growing area in Texas, New Mexico and Qf Arizona, on (be land? of the cotton grow- w}t i ,'j ing belt sow tueUae for tbe lack of facili- tt)8 tieeibr transportation-. lr8i Kifbtk, Some of the roads which wonld i v sV*'> ' ' be tbf feeders referred . tp have not only ^ been projected bet era already in qgtire. ' coar^ Q(, c?ftatraction, without -waiting Nifctb; and lest, but not leaat. Tbe ji construction of tbia Jioe more than all , *:i- wv .? - ' flrigrstkn ?d4Ldirect ttode with Europe. pjfl The ootnmjUeeou direct inwle with Euro}* frtporU^i# JkffOf of the forma lion of ?U?o?Up M frooi Soaibero port,, ^ i trbich fcbouW be eccoaraged by flubwcnp- , " gt, - threes.Norfoffr*ml WYWpoot? Ihtf Nor- ^ Or, Xi?N}f of Alabama, presented e ^ minority report aaUlaglbtth. tfee claim* of t-j , v - : - - ll ] 'tK* *iST' fc presentation of t SapSWfj -; . . . . ..'. v. '.. _ ., -.- ' "1 .;. od hisses.). The distribution of the irizes "was then proceeded with.? Jeotck paptr. j . 1 ? ? * The Florida Annexation. h ' We find in tbe Montgomery Mail, of ^ le 19ib, tbe following synopsis of tbe ^ 'fras and condition* agreed upon by tbe * ommissionera appointed by tbe States of .labama add Florida, to arrange for tbe Ksion of West Florida to Alabama. The j ems agreed upon are in substance as x, I w 1st. Conveys to the State of Alabama 1 the country in ihe State of Florida ^ ing West of the Apalttchicola river. 2d. Conveys to ibe Slate of Alabama V1 1 the publio lands io West Florida,wbich insists of what is known as Seminary nds, tbe 16tb section lands, and swamp ^ id overflowed lands, amounting in ronod ^ icnbers to about 1.500,000 acres. Tbese * * * ' B0 nds tbe State of Alabama takes, enbjeot the trusts now imposed upon tbem? ^ ticb trusts are for tbe benefit of West w lorida exclusively, for tbe purpose of ^ bools and internal improvements. Tbe ^ ate of Florida bas authority to approiate these lands for tbe purposes of tbe ist until tbe annexation is consulate, and * ' UT arantee* the lilies to the State of Ala- 1 ma perfectly free and unembarrassed. ^ 3d. The 8tnteof Alabama, upon the , # . cd summation of annexation, executes its GB nd? to the 8tate of Florida for one ^ llion of dollars, payable within thirty irs, at 8 per cent. interest. 4th. Tha officers of West Florida re- ^ n their offices until the expiration of lir terms. ?.? pr 5th. The Governors of the two States * til, within sixty days after the assent of ogress is given to lhi* transfer, issue iir proclamations declaring that juris ^ tion over the ceded territory baa been ,pj o?(erred to the State of Alabama. B.h. Relates to the jurisdiction of the ^ iits of West Florida, as it may be ^ cled by the laws of Alabama. BCl 7ib. A railroad from the Apalachicola vii ar to Fensacola, or to soma point on the otgomery and Mobile Railroad, shall be illed to the benefit of the endorsement . rof the Stata of Alabama ($16,000 per e) tui 3ih. Tbe Savannah and Gulf Railroad ^ 11 not receive permission from the Stale Alabama, within three years, to paaa ms lb* ttdtd territory. h 1 )ih. This agreement baa bo fore* matil ball hnve been ratified by competent hority of the States of Alabama and irida, and by Coogress. # Something over 1,200^)00 of the public da meotionad in the seuond item, are imp and overflowed land* and internal mrvemeiil lands, wbicb were carefully ' , teted, and are said to be very valuable. n>* State of Florida recciraa & per oent. the proceeds of all Government lands bin its borders. Tbia per cent, upon ^ i Government landa in 'Weat Florida is P&( nsferred to Alabama. , QA1 [Judar an imperfect*^ revenue law, the tQ enuea realized last year from the terrif proposed to be ceded .amounted to ^ 1,000. A more perfect law would have ^ti ugbt perhaps $50,000. But aa it waa, ^ rate of taxation of - Alabama being fae bar than that af WnrVf* ilia > ?< ? ? ? ep lized under oar laws would have been gyji mt $38,750. gta rbe area of the counties of West ^ { >rida is about 10,000 tqaare miles, wilb Cftr shore line on the Gulf of Mexioo of {n at 180 miles. Their production* are ton, corn, rioe, tobaceo, sugar, molasses ^, i lumber. Besides Apalacbioola Bsj, th, f, Which 1* re&ytnaofa like Mobile Bay, at0 re Me three other harbors of note io ^ A Florida, vis? Peniaoolp, the isoct 0p loodteA oa the Geff, end eeaj of ?pMbltd eetmee by vetaeb drawing 94 Mrtter ;j8t*Joeept? eod 8i. Andrews, ^ b*Ba*Heet harborm, and acoeaubfo by en etc diewiqg lfi bet. * r val : ,, - lay frjeoib liodlO.?The last'number of ere * Revolution presents the following vee abont as good as Anything that it wh 5r heard "on the off-hand side" of pOf rMbject: A negro preacher of the onl ;p?l, and doubtle?a a little inspired, of behjrg i&ked If be was' in favor of thi man mffwuMv '*?*>!-WK ?. sjpip^ r*~ [ry" & todat; It win cw t do a tall X tell yon dat-de woman Cln Wde Ar#t te copiiritt 8ln, 6iur. "I tell ?of n dat tJed?m&el * dematifled de head wk t tell you me rwfcWi'GtKfr dfcade mtffi Ke gave de li In power over all living, ari<l madia, ?ai ;_2>Si JtAItTi'sn n* '/J~ :- '/ -' ? ? wr PP88 w. x ,ow I' y6n dj&Gpd Jet & Wo namV tri fcift 4* '''ttjSP^Sa^d'd? tfc BS^KJffiSa 5;rjfew^rjjfcfflft ' * ' .'"-j <"j>.-.;# ^g&* fcjf"f. vVTl| .Transplanting Trees. A Louisville (Ky.) correspondent of ends us a slip from the New York )bterver, arguing on tho great itnporinee of tho tap root- Our corresondent asks our opinion. In answer ) another correspondent, wo havo Iroadv said what wo think of this ip root question. Tho Observer iy8 : Hundreds of fruit growers have arned, at a costly rate, that when le tap root is severed, we intcrfero ith tho habit of the growing plant : tree. Thousands upon thousands ' fruit trees of all kinds, grape nes, expensive evergreen trees, and llvtlAlllowlir l\AA?*irkM IVAVTB t vivuimij 1IUV UViU 1IJ?^ tl t't'Dj Uttvo ;en transplanted after the tap root as severed, have livod and grown a iflo each year, for a few years, and ien appeared to be affectcd with me disease, which prevented the mal luxuriance and productiveness, he tap root was gone. If the root ere not essential to the thrift and e of a treo, nature would not have at tree or vine to send down, such a ot. Practical fruit growers are waking ) to the importance of this subject, id purchasers aro beginning to see eir error. Many of our agricultural itors, who once relied upon interted persons, when they said, " lot o tap root be cut off," now take les with the backwoodsman, who ntends that the tap root is essential the life and health of the tree, as it >es down deep into the earth to snpf the growing stem with moisture d mineral matter during the dry ison of the year, when the lateral ots eannot find half so much moisre as escapes from the leaves, lerefore, every tap root should be no rx/vnA.nf J uiuvu ua jiwickii uc> jjiutucauie, unu encouraged to grow. A large hole Duld be made with a crow-bar, rcral feet deep, where the tree or 10 is to stand, and a lateral root hen there is no tap root), should be couraged to grow in the hole, [t may be a sufficient answer to 8, perhaps, to say that, if "agricul al editors" would rely on their own owledge and experience, instead of b "knowledge of Interested peris," or any other persons, they >a)d find that manv "frnit" ?nH ?ergreens," "grape vines," &c., have taproots. We begin to think that no who are arguing about this, do t oven know what tap roots are.? rdener's Monthly. 3otjth*rn StaTeb Indebtedness n the carpet-bao legislatures, [t is demonstrable as a problem in >metry that the credit of oar difent State governments should keep se with the appreciation of the tional credit. We do not find this be the case, however, with the ads of onr Southern States when npared either with Northern secu es or with Government five-twens. The reason is to be found in the t that they are in the hands of icnlating Legislatures, who have ;tered away the little money in the >w ucnaunes, iusieaa 01 applying o the payment of interest. These pet-baggers have little or no interest the welfare of the people among pm theyare sojourning, further than naketbe mostmoneypossible out of sift. If they can set oossession of the ck of a railway thoy issue. State ads for its aid or relief, and so heap the State indebtedness. The post 5 interest is left to care for itself, or >aid by the pawn-brokerage of new ids. The securities of our Southi States are for below their real ue. Their oppressive, speculating r-makei* sit brooding upon their dit and warn away legitimate initment.1 With the advantage* ieh the whole region of the South meeses for becoming wealthy, not y through ite agricultural produote cotton, tobacoo * and sugar, but oogh ite immense water -power i manufacturing facilities. it ought rival the Eastern State*, and Ite dii be m good as that of Ifasiia_ fTL. ^ - iw>m. jnuo watn iB'ine present brar from the corruption of those 10 thns control Hi Bute gorera* nta. When these same men come their torn to C&np'em and take rt in the tirf-mmin# of t^e whole lntrjr, . vre abilj find, them well >1 - ? r < - - wov wr H? aoanuDng Of gtgin*' jebfcmd fivrirfUtet t!tailar .16 tbft ?H?V 8*Shr?? whiiW -. ".I r fciA W''| ids urn Ming It. S?lph*te of iron What a Half Acre win Do. A shoemaker over in Jersey bought a half-acro lot. He was fond of fruit and road the papers. The soil wa? clay, and he selected fruit suitable to tho climate. He built a house and put his land into a condition to pro: dtiPft fruit. TTn Vio^l ?>a ' .w MMVk UV 1JIUUUIU uui the droppings of street cattle. In his leisure he brought from the woods bark, rotton wood, moss and leafmold, which he mixed with the soil threo feet deep. This was done by degrees, and as fast as the ground was prepared he planted fruit. Ho becomo so interested and successful that he retired from the cobbler's bench. * I was his neighbor and knew him intimately. His halt acre supported himself and wife comfortably?almost id eioganco. one had no servant, and had plenty of timo to cultivate flowers. Strangers inquired about their beautiful home. Isabel grapes and common currants formed the bulk of his fruit. With a better selection his inc-omo would have been larger. Others had the same success on small picces of ground. One I knew who supported his family on an acre. Half of his was grapes, the crop of which in one season sold for $800, and he had no bills to pay. All this can be done in the South, and even more. But we lack market facilities. In the North railroad and stehmboat companies understand and are awake to their true interest, and furnish every facility for rapid, safe and cheap transportation. In the South there is almost nothing of the sort. "We are cursed with monopolies. Last year, owing to tho miserable system of utter disregard for the interests of producers, which obtains here, the proceeds of tho peach crop were so small that probably but few will venture this year to send peaches North. Fruit is handled carelesslv like travelers' baggage. Tlie railroad and steamboat connections arc incomplete ; the agents are often discourteous ; have no more manners than an ELEPHANT, and both the companies and growers of fruit suffer. Passengers even are sometimes treated like baggage. The Great Nunnery Case.?The Primitive Methodist, in noticing the issue of the case of Miss Saurin vs. Mrs. Starr, intimates that the Lord Chief Justice who presided at the trial leaned to the side of the Romanists. It asks : Will this great scandal, or as Punch has it, " The hussies waoKini* ^* ?*? 12?. ?? -? ?t ? *-* - wiNiiiug w?i uii i/j nuoii in pool 10," be hurtful to popery or otherwise ?, We confess to some misgivings on this point; so Protean is this masterpiece of Satan, and so skillfully worked is the whole machinery, that! poison may be converted into sonnd aliment. The priest, the Jesuit, and the hordes of monks and nuns, have caused their influence so to ramify as to effectually checkmate the operation of disastrous circumstances. Need we point to the Durham letter of Earl Russell, and the hubbub the nation raised in consequence, in consequence, in confirmation ? What an exposure ! Yes, but there were not wanting, even among English ladies, Joan I- I" " * \?wv|* fjruijpiii/iiiftoro 1U iavor OI All mis conventual oppression. A contemporary says that during the summing up the galleries were full of ladies, and, judging from the smiles and sparkling glances with which every oomment of the Chief Justice in favor of the defendants was received by the majority of those Indies, it appears that the sympathies of the audience'' were with the sisterhood. Popery^has the power to adapt itself to all feirctraiBtances that may affect it. "We must," one of its organs says, " take things and parties as we find them, and make the best of them. If real power' in Enrope is passing IntA iV. ' mj?v vuv mouuo oi mc poupic^ we most endeavor to mold thrf people 'so that democracy io Europe may- be Catho^ lio and ft otGom monistic." Efforts will be made to nr? M mftW " __ _r. ?w.vt VIIIO OA|A/Z?are tb?t the papacy will be benefited by ft, notwithstanding the scandaT. On thiicaee the jury, after about two hours' deliberation, ' found on fbttr counte~*-thoe^ ofaasanlfc onrl onmenfc fbr the pUrintif* Damage* worded to Mi^0 8*arint including the dowiy, ?500. , Thp verdict wM pijfm tfcewwt, the gating being kept *p long aftti'tha ooortxoM. ~ Tunnelling under tho Sea. ; i'--j ; i ,!.r! i i > i. ; A, scheme has been'* proposed for 'r , uniting Ireland and Scotland, bo as to J i do away with tho necessity of making ] i a sea passage altogether. The en- . 1 trance td the railway tunnel, by it is | to be'kccoroplished, on tho Irish side i , is to bo from a point About midway < CtiBhfenden and Cushendal), on the 1 coast1 of Antrim, and on the Scotch 1 side, at Glenstrone, from whence it ' would run through the head of tho * Mull'of rftht.vrn Tim fofnl ' ? ? ? ~ w# *UV VUVBi AUU^tll " of the tunnel under the -water would f be fourteen miles three furlongs, and ^ it is said that the ground through ? which it would have to be made is ex- i actly suietd for tunnelling operations, e and the sandstone for lining it can bo & had in any quantity on tho Irish side, i It is proposed, howevor, to lay down r three Jines of rails to accommodate p wide 'knd narrow guago carriages, a Tho gradient at the entranco of the n tunnel on the Irish side would be I one in sixty for about five milcB ; it C would then fall to one in eicrhtv-two t for about half that distance, and one t in seven hundred and seventy-thi'ee p for abont five milee in the centre of a the tunnel under the water, rising c from 'that one in two hundred and ii seventy-two, then to one in one hnn- li dred tod thirteen, then to one in sixty A for abont the same distance as on the t Irish Bide, which continues to the cn- n trance of the tunnol on the Scotch v side. ' The estimated time that would b be occupied in completing the tunnel t is, allowing for all contingencies, b under six years, and the cost under ti four and a quarter millions. To pay 8 a dividend of five per cent., the week- p ly earning must be forty-two pounds per mile, and an estimate is appended f< to show that the gross earnings would be largely in excess of this amount. and tb*t the mineral resources of the land in the immediate vicinity of tlio , Irish end of the tnnnel would be im- f1 menaely developed. Nobody will be I1 disposed to deny that a railway com- ^ munication between the two countries would be a very desirable thing if it can b? accomplished.?Cattcll'a Magazine. y 1 t< A?? Wb to Havk an Empirk?? p Following the agitation for universal b suffrages in this country <iamn natn- <v rally from various sources the aug- r< gcstion of an empire. The two ci things, tbongh seeming wide apart, w are reallv correlated. It wnnlH ?n Tt paradox to say that an empire is as tl legitimately as a republic the product A of universal suffrage. Look at si Prance. There is a country where p the suffrage is universal, and there is w an empire in which the power of one ol man is greater and more absolute than it in any other European nation, save c< Russia. In this conncction it is not 01 necessary to contrast the merits and p faults of th? NftnnlnnniA ?' ? ?.j^ w.wvu.v v ? VI ?J UXVU !< bl Oar business is only to show that la there is an empire in whieh the right ia to vote is in fact as freely exercised as B in this Republic ; and we only desire ei to call the attention of thoughtful sj persons to the comparatively unsuspected dangers which lurk at the bottom of that mnch overpraised institution?universal suffrage, So far v I p from being a guarantee of our liber- f ties, .it may. prove their destruction. 'r Instead of ensuring the perpetuity of 0 the Pretidential office and the other e present republican forms, it may, if n unchecked, some day put an Emperor on a throne,-make the Senate am ere' ? pension house for imperial favoritefl, | and pack Congress with the willing P1 tools of some daring genias who has 01 won the hearts of the neonle *" PI clothed himself with the imperial Universal suffrage actually makes this astounding revolution in our sys tern possible.. Universal suffrage is , the only thing that does make it 01 possible. In universal suffrage is the ^ danger and not the protection of the 111 Kepublic.?M Y. Journal qf Cojnmtrce. 110 J ?. i > o? Thi KsottSAiiY^ ATthtx or "War.? in It would be easy to- bring tod' ih&af I examples of erueltj evinced even in * these times, wben wATissaid to be car- * w^d fo Tfife B war is essentially that of doatruo- ^ tttoa* and .ft V> ty*0*U>le.*h*tt.can be 4U4 aad Of stnrderirig ^ wii KiWiiitf ,nm. M1a? ,I IT Bight and wroi^ <*# of n^ootisidwa- o1 that would be con- q i%m Mmm, Aohhtiiwktt,t$ Tub Anqwcan Clebqy?The Ar PBOAcuino (Ecumenical. Council a: J^ome.?A very important,- if true bit of dowb comes to us by the lasi English mail?-the news, namely that u ^ considerable humbor" of An ;lictfn olorgyraen bavo determined t< attend tho forthcoming "General' Council at Romo, in order to "la} ,hcir difficulties beforo tho a'snemblei ?rolnf.fift of tho TTniwni?..il ' ?- ?..W Viatf VIOUI V1IU1UU? Flieir '-earnest desire," it seems, is t( jo united to Eomo, but their chie: iiffieulty is that they lmvc perfect uitli in tho validity of their ordors ind holievo that it would bo saerilegt >itlior to submit to reordination or ti evert to tho position of layraon. A jmuiui uuiuiimtee nas oeen appointee it Rome to deal with tho subject o Anglican orders, and our conten.po ary has no doubt that the reverent ilgrimB will have all their doubts scl .t rost. ;Ab the ultiraato result of thii uiBsion to Rome, tho London Weekly legistcr?a well-inf'orniod Roman Catholic journal?anticipates that here will bo "an accession to the /liurch of some of tho best and most lious Anglican clergy, and that many mongst the laity will follow their xamplo. This is a curious proceedng, and will be watched with no ittle interest on this side of the Atlantic. The American branch oJ he Anglican Church happens to have ot a few clergymen within its pale, . ho seem to be troubled with the ame difficulties as those which afflict he brethren abroad, and if thore is to e, on the part of the latter, any raveling Homeward, it would not be arprising if they shonld have coinany from this side.?N. Y. Exprtta. Of course the American clergy will >llow suit. Baptizinq Under the Ick.?The ournul and Metstnyer, a zealous Bapist paper, agrees with us that baptizig persons in holes cut through the ;e is not quite to be commended, and liat, at all events, it iB not apostoliully required. It says thut " Bapsts should never shrink lrom the ecessary consequences of their ikith, et they should not allow their good J bo evil-snnkon nf that. hawti&m in ooIb is as scriptural and apostolic as aptism in streams; and that in this aid climate of oars, .where' "jvintor signs ov6p half the year, every hurch should have its baptistery ithin doors, at. least for winter use." t> thinks the Tribune writer who gave le account of the baptizing in the dirondack Mountains probably a ceptic whom it would not be easy to lease, but that " hfl a. r-lnna hom it is rfght not to necessarily Efend when, principle does not roquire Well, it is some relief to find our jntemporary willing to yield a little n the score of limited powers of hysical endurance, and that someling even is to be conceded to that trge and respectable " class whom it i not right unnecessarily to offend." eally, the Mttsenger begins to give rtdence of a hopeful mellowness of >irit?Telucope. ' ,J1-i , # ?i , i ' * ? \ . ... Clerical Fraternization in Neada.?Rev. E. B. Alien, rector of St. eter's Church, Carson City, Nevada, taugurated his ministry with thfc llowing expressions of fraternal eling for his brethren of other denminat.inn*.' " Every minister who wishes to ask clergyman of any other evangelical ^nomination into the chancel, or to reach for him, or co make an address i any occasion, or who may desire .i .it /"? t- ? ? prcauu lor any otner ^nurcn occaoually, should have the privilege of Ding so, without beiDg tried or cen? ired. I shall. fraternize, with my rethron in Christ to that extent which ir Church permits,* and shall unite ith those who hold similar views in kving the restrictions ofinter-<J&munion removed." ; > . The extent which Ills Church perils is no one but Soman Catholics. " - k" < t)ii* V-'il'.'i \mX&tJMrti'Mf ? ajherp. is ? enrions st#y .going >9*t 4$ & the ,prQfrl% of, the Ma^PPn <t? A.GM?t?ne^pa hip (Tw> re. id his bill miglit -her put it that he "pitchedMr. dfViU' frrt/i Khi btil might g? Nkw Birds for Domestication.? r Thero aro in the uorthcru part of , South America at least two gullinat coous birds which may bo vory easily : domeslieated, und be made to take the . placo of tho turkey. One of theno is > , the crested curuasow (era* a lector), a vory bountiful bird, with a white head 7 and neck, a rich olive-brown body, I black wing tips, and a tut't of curleo ' bluck leathers to crown the head. It ) is about tho size of a turkey. The f other is the cashew bird, with a deep i,i....i, ..i ? j, uiuvu piuuiugc, uaviug urits ot oiivef green, contrasting brilliantly with tho > scarlet bill and yellow logs. As it is > tound only at an elevation of 4,000 l foot or more, and adorns many a farml yard of tho Cordillera, there would be 1 f some hope of suecoss of introducing it int.n fnnit<ir I 1-.^ About Moths.?To preserve clothing and furs from moths, the Boston Cultivator enys : Incloso them in a moth-proof box, | no matter whether made of white : paper or white pine, before any eggs are laid on them by oarly Spring I moths. Wo know this to be true. , The notion of having a trunk mado of , sonic particular kind of wood for this ( ^ purpose, is gammon. Furs or , , woolens, put away in Spring-time, bofore moth-eggs are laid, into boxes, trunks, drawers, or closets, even where moths can not enter, will bo safe from the ravages of moth-worms, I provided none wero in them that 1 wero laid late in the autumn, for they 1 are not of spontaneous production." ' Father Hyacinth, a well-known French Catholic priest, seems to lean ] strongly toward Protestanism. In a lato address at Lyons he- said the < following, among other things: "The j day is gone by for preaching op mo- 1 naaticism, austerities, retreats, and i celibacy. There was a time when all ( . that might have been necessary ; but < at the present hour the want of < Francois Christian households I We ] aro behind Protectant, nntinna onrl ? 1 ?specially those that dwell beyond the \ Atlantic and Straits of Dover. I , . ?'0 trodden Euglish soil on two < occasions, and I have come to the j conviction that the strength of that country is from the Bible. Do you . know why Prussia triumphed in the Held of bnttlo ? It was because every Prussian soldier had a Bible in cap or helmet." j 1 AnnATVTk Ttnsin Tn T)..u: ? ~? - f A<uuAi/. All XlUitllllUl'U U bakery baa been Btartud to furnish ' aerated bread, or, in other words, 1 light and wholesome bread made ' without yeast. In Philadelphia this * bread has in a great measure taken J place of ordinary bakers' bread, and 1 several extensive establishments aro ( engaged in its manufacture. We have 4 partaken of the article manufactured * in Baltimore, and find it very Rune- 1 ribr. It is claimed for it that it will h not sour, and that a loaf of it contains 1 ten per cent more of nutrition than ordinary baker's brean.?Baltimore American. i m m Mr. Edgar P. Williams, of York- c ville, in the patentee of a new inven- t tion, io the shape of a ventilating c churn, which performs the difficult 1 and laborious operation of making J batter in from three to ten minuter, ? by simply turning a crank," which a c child can easily manage. The merit t of the invention is in the arrange- I raent of the dash, in such a way as to c admit a continuoua current of atmos- \ ppare tnrougk the nrilk as it ia f stijpred, which not janly makes sweet, a pure batter, but facilitates the churn- t ing. operation. a ,y>h ?.?* !Phb Department of Agriculture has fatftfed a report of the condition of the cwpa itf October, which aaya the fhll * n?Mnlu aP tk> ?**>" CI ? ? t 1 c y.nniwv vi my vnujr uuiuiuot OIW nut been realised in the wheat harvest. 8 TBhe increase h?' scarcely more thai) G three per oent;, and that is obtained ' taafoly fhnn the P*ciflo cost. The 8 decrease: in production ia chiefly in ? l4iiiie,^ew Hampshire/1 Maasachu- t Setts, Connecticut, New Jersey; North E ??or?HHk, ' 8<mtfr ^ftrolinfc,^ Gteorgf*, * Atobwna ?nd Tesrw. * >f -V f'gnri^,- ^vri:') >% .".fcfc* i V'l.. ' jT-'vi. .*):;; U j| tv*. 4 1 ILJ1 tub pttesbytbrians north and Soutu.?York,'May 23.?Intho Old School Assembly a motion was j made fixing Tuesday for discussing reunion. Gentleman from tho Poto- j iijuu o^uuu Buia mey wero not yet ready to consider the subject. A motion to table the wliolo subject was , rejected, and the matter referred to a special committee of throo ministers and tlireo elders, to be appointed by tb? Moderator. The obber business was confined to tho usual routine. Mobile, May 22.?Tho Presbyterian General Assembly of tho South met Thursday, the 29th. Rev. Dr. Robinson, of Kentucky, was elected Moderator, and .Rev. Dr. H. H. Paine, of Missippi, temporary clerk. Rev. Dr. "VVaddell, of Mississippi, preached tho opening sermon. There are ovor one hundred miniotprn in n*i<->r.rJ.... from tbe Southern States and Ohio. 1 Louisville, Ky.f was chosen for tbe { next place of meeting. Reports show that 250 students are in course of preparation for the ministry, about twenty foreign missionaries, a prosperous publishing house, and a vigorous elfor; to sustain feeble churches. A committee was appointed to tnatu'e plans for the better instruction of the blacks, of which Rev. Dr. Girardeau, of South Carolina is chairman. . 1 J Every boy should have his head, his heart and his hand educated. Let this truth never be forgotten. By the proper education of the head, he will be taught What is good and what is evil, what is wise and what is fool- ] LBh, what is right and what is wrong. By the proper education of the heart " be will be taught to love what is g-^od, wise and right, and to hate what is 1 Bvil, foolish and wrong- And by the proper education of the hand, ho will be enabled to supply his wants, to add to his comforts, and to assist those around hira. The hisrheat obiecta nf _ _ _ ? -i good education are, to roverence and jbey God, and to love and serve mankind. Everything that helps us in ittuining these objects is of groat value, and everything that hinders ns is comparatively worthless. "When wisIsm reigns in the head, and love in heart, the man is ever ready to do | good ; order and poaee reign around, and sin and sorrow are almost unknown. Language.?Language is tho amber in which a thousand precious thoughts havo been safely embedded and preserved. It,has arrested ten thousand ightening-flashes ot geuius, which, mleas thus fixed and arrested, might lave been as bright, but would have ilno been as quickly passing ond pershing as the lightning. Words convey the mental treasures of one pcri)d to tli<J generations that follow; md laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfa of n iimo in which empire have suffered ihipwreek, and the languages of comnou life have sank into oblivion. 1 Michigan papers state that a yooLg nan named George Denslow, living lear Borne Centre, in that State, Ireamed on the night of March 13, hat he was deaf and dumb, and >n waking was horrified to find that le could neither speak nor hear. ?rom *hat time till the 4th of May, ifty-tbree days, be remained totally leaf and dumb. On the evening of hat day, while returning from the Lold where he had been at work, pn >dd feeling came over him, and he vas obliged to lean against the fence or support. Presently he heard a bird ing, and he found also that his voice tad returned to him. During thia anpeoBion 01 votce ana bearing he tad enjoyed uncommonly good health. ; f . L',V . 3 About seven years ago two sisters* n-law, in Detroit* got into a dispute rer a baking they were engaged in, ma vowed never to speak to each the* again. Though they have both ive4 together in the tame house ineo then, eaten at the same table, d ,nd engaged at work side by side, | hey have never onoe addressed a re nark to e&cb other, & *n any way ecognizwl each other's presence. The Boston Joaraal Chemistry J ay* t "itfo variety of ?isi is mora langeroas than what is oalled claret, t ia oeoatly a vile mixture. Xhona* tnds of gallons are made by allowing to q}ak thrtngh Airings, and ucnng thereto * o?r**in proportion f logwood fcndAartario acid, and * ittte alcohol. Goad judge* can hardfc;di^nUna4ojt>?tW*?? thijl mUtor? At_ ^ ?- _.*.i ? ? '