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*1 h ? * % * i - ' '' rr mi " ii'iri i n^fr?'?i i n i -j?rn" ' n i , ' ^ ^ ' \ i ^ i,v. < j BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 11, 13ti9. VOLUME XVTI-NO. 7 An Important Movement EMIGRATION OF FACTORY OPERATIVES FROM ENGLAND. The London 'limeg saj-s: i Evor since the cotton famino causcd by tho American war, emigration has been more or less generally advocated by tho factory operatives of Lancashire as the grand panacea for tho ?vils of short time and low wages, hut until recently no definite sj-stcm was propounded nor any geucral effort made to try tho experiment. The :.i? 1 J * - 1 iviciv Bill 111 UCl'CU UDlll iuo reccnt successful eftort of Preston millowners and manufacturers to reducc wages again, evoked it. Gradually the schema was brought to tho surface once more? first in Preston, then in Blackburn, and it is nursed, by nearly every factory operative in North and East Lancashire. Nearly one hundred spinners and minders with their wives and families, have left Preston, chiefly for the United States, since the recent unhappy dispute began, and eight moro families will leave Preston for Liverpool, to depart for tho same destination in tho steamer Mauhattan. Mr. Henro Davis, a gentleman now in London as the agent of certain firms in New York for tho engagement of operatives here in various branches of industry, has been invited to Preston b}' the-'jommittce of the Spinners' Association. to consider a plan for a morenumerous deportation of the members, and ho has replied that ho will visit Preston for that purpose in a short In Blackburn still more energetic measures are on foot* with the same object. Subscriptions are largely collected ari;ong the power-loom v\ cavers, and their executives are preparing to send off as possible, afid as soon may "be, upwards of 6110 thousand having already expressed their desire to leavo for America. About twenty of theso operatives will depart from Blackburn .during the present month. The Spinners' Association in that town have vot(^ fiue hundred pounds UVV>II?g MM Vtu IIIC uii1uii IIIUUS IUI" IMC same purpose, and the ordinary weekly levy por member has been doubled for the solo purpose of augmenting the Emigration Fund. The increased levy will take effect immediately after the Whitsuntido holidays. Arrangements havp already been made to send off between sixty and seventy members of the society, and more will follow them as the funds come hi. Some families must, before this, have readied America, and on Tuesday last another batch of cmigrauts took their departure for tho United States. In Darwen, also tho idea prevails that "it. would bo far better to send iinnnlp f a n V* ' ~ W ? VV/HIJ VI J* H XIVI U n 11 AO plentiful, and where thoy are abundantly paid for their labor." The notion is general among the operatives Ahere that the manufacturing trade is Jeaving this country altogether; and it is a "fact that this !s one of the reasons given and accepted why the operatives should not strike against the recent reduction of wages there, which it was urged, was only enforced in order to " kill the strike in Pros ton," by disabling them from contributing to the support of the operatives there. In Darwen thore are 13,6G5 looms, and it has been agreed to raise an emigration fund by a levy of Id. per loom per week, to raise ?56 18s. 9d., which will bo sufficient, it is estimated, to send five persons per week to America, u giving them ?10 each tp start them across the 4tlantic." The present and projected drain of the heat cotton'Workera from the manufacturing disiricU of Lancashire is undoubtedly a matter that ought to receive the immediate consideration jot the employers, who, if it be not o&ecked, Will/Cortaiuly at some future #rae,,parh?p8 not very far distant, be placed in a positien.of. great cmbarTHmentr, ' M f j Xalv% oir Wooivasam ab Wood-ctehes &ro net quite Common ftf W they were $n ifee^diye xjf '&tw ffttheri, when fire, places and bjtck-logs wero fashionable. Jtotpr.thi* very-reason we oaght to h& jiMfr? earefhllosaving them. Many fanners who have not yet wholly diafailed. the practice of ]bnrmng wood **nr rvT^nrrzrraSkiBSFZ*?ofeota Our Relations with England?The Policy of the President?He Determines to j Manage the Matter Himself. A "Washington telegram of the 2Gth tot ho New York Evening Post says : The rumors current hero in regard to our relations with England?to tho effeet that President Grant is engaged in framing a more energetic foreign policy?arc considered by tho best informed persons as merely sensational. It is true that General Butler advises a war policj*, and that Mr. Sumner is in favor of reopening negotiations with England, but President Grant, notwithstanding all the obsta-1 clcs which arc thrown iu his way by j intriguing politicians, as well as by j iwiL-ina ui bciiu'orrjii inicriurcncc micl j dictation, 1ms taken the management of this difficult question into his own hands. In doing so he feels that he is carrying out the will of the people, and that his course will bo approved by them. It is ascertained from tho most trustworthy sonrccs that tho President considers that England established a precedent during the late war which cannot bo regarded otherwise than" exceedingly favorable to tho United States. It is therefore useless to nslf I'liwrlnnil fn vnlminn 1">? vv &VVI ?IW IIV.1 DbV[/9 so long as slic considers herself in tlio right, and with nothing lo fear from the United States in case she should go to war with any other power. The President believes that these are matters which concern England rather than tho United States, but that on the other hand, if Englandsees that she was wrong,and that the same neutrality principles she applied to the United Slates would prove very disastrous if applied to herself in some future emergency, then it is for her to open again the so-called Alabama matter and make propositions for new negotiations. In this condition the question stands for the present, and the President sees no necessity whatever iu6t now I for pursuing a more encrgctic foreign policy in reference to England. In connection with this subject it has become known that several cable dispatches were recently sent to leading officiuls iu England by Englishmen here, and the answers thereto say that the angry feelings which at first existed after the receipt of Mr. Sumner's speech, is beginning to disappear, and it is anticipated here in official circles that the violent excitement which lias existed in England will soon subside. A good deal of importance is also attached here to the reception given Minister "Wasliburno by the French Emperor. For some months previous to the departure of Mr. Bcrthemy,the French Minister, from the United States, the relations between Franco and this country were becoming very friendly, and it was understood then that the appointment of Minister Washburne would bo very well received by Napoleon, who would regard the sending of a personal friend of the President's to his court as an act of rmnrt will - o It appears from tho report of Mr. Washlmrno's official reception that our relations with that power aro very satisfactory. These manifestations of good will between tho two countries demonstrate tho fact that England will stand perfectly alone in her controversy with this country. Keep tiie Surface op the Ground Loo8E.-r-Tho editor of tho Horticulturist says ho has for many years watched the v.aricd results of the cultivator who keeps frequently stirring the surface of his soil, and the one who hoes and cultivates only I when the weeds compel him to work, and as he has watched and recorded his notes, tho result has always been in favor of the constant stirring of tho surface soil. We do not advocate deep tillage during,the growing season, but we would havo the ground deeply and thoroughly stirrod early in the season whether it were an old or new plantation. Once^ however, that''vigorous growth of top and root has commenced, all deep tillage should' cease, because, by pursuing it, constant and continued oheoks fire given, and a truly healthy growth prevented by a repeated breaking and tearing asundor of the foots . and fibres, the -supplying pipes of elongation, expanBidn and evaporation of the branches and leaves. By the repeated surface tttrring of the soil, however, no foots are broken^ the ton, air and moisture I-.. 1*. i . --.x . ny VUBVIVU VU pUDtrnW MIU UI?U( 1H the chemical tt-ao a mutation of - the eartb'a compoaiids aad fittiog thorn Sot absorption by the roots. . .. THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME. BY REV. T. L. SIIIPMAN. Ilome! how sweet aud sacred the associations which cluster arouud the charmed spot! Ilome ! what longing and lingering looks we cast back when grst leaving home to dwell among strangers! Home ! liow tlic lioart thrills with pleasure when approaching home after a long absence ! The importance of home appears from the fact that it is identified with the family constitution. That constitution dates from home. Marriage, which lays the foundation, is an ordinance of God. It was instituted in Eden. The first home created by marriage was in Paradise : "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his . wife, and they twain shall be one flesh." Left to impulse and caprice we might herd together like the brutes, anil become, for this reason, independently of any other right, fit to herd with brutes. The importance of home appears, from the relation in which it stands to the forming period of life. The plastic, moulding period of life includes iufancy. childhood, and early youth, and this is ordinarily passed under the parental roof. The imitativeness of childhood is a universal law which, like habit, proves a blessing or a curse, according as it is well or ill directed. If the parents are frivolous or vicious, the child will, by the power of example, be educated to frivolity or profligacy independently of any other training, and, I may add, as a general fact, despite aud other training. If the parents possess a substantial, and especially a consistent religious character, the character of the child will be formed on a st>lid foundation. The child will be traiued to manliness, and, under the blessing of God, to prety. Home takes the supervision of the character precisely at the period "when the mind is the most susceptible, impressions the most flni*al?ln otwl inflnn?A/v UI1U lilV IIIUUUU^C I'l CAillii' pie the most exclusive and potent." Education commences at home, and the character takes its "form and presence" from home influences. If domestic culture be cither defective or positively bad, it will be exceedingly difficult, not to b^, in mauy cases, absolutely impossible, for foreign influences to counteract it. I do not mean to Bay that the grace of God can not counteract it; and yet grace does usually but modify natural tendencies. God does not allow parents to comfort themselves in their negligencies and mistakes, with the coufidonce that grace will by and by supply their omissions, and rectify their errors. "I, the Lord the God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers .upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me," recognizes the responsibility of parents for the character and destiny of their children, and binds cucni to nueiuy oy ail tne love tney bear to tlieir offspring. Children generally show in the day-school and iu the Sundayschool and wherever they are, their training at home, and individuals, even in old age, will reveal the home influences which were brought to bear upon them in their earliest years. If economy in domestic expendv tures, carried to parbimouy* was the prominent home influence (unless disgust drives them to the opposite extreme), they will be apt to be close and niggardly through life.; if their tempera were unsubdued they will probably be aelf willed, and headstrong all thqii daya; if thoy were- indqlge4 ip every whim they will grow UJ selfish, sigh for the firat feat ftthc public table, grasp this dish/anc call for that, with very little regarc for the comfort 6f: their neighbor* if the parents woreacdustomed U IV?' W>? back, tu# WU probably h VC'taA-filfort ^ Minds now pliant as tlic ozlor that bends in tho brcezs, will bccomo as inflexible as the gnarled oak. The importance of home appears again, from the order of the interests that centre there. ' How manifold and how momentous are the interest over whi^h home extends its baleful or genial inlluencc. Ilow much docs health?all our habits of person, the minds and the manners, the temper and the taste, everything, indeed, in physical, intellectual and moral training, all, in short, that pertains to the life that now is, and all that, reaches forward and takes hold of the life that is to come, .depend upon family government. How close the connection detween our civil government and family order. "Visit the domestic fireside," said De Tocquevillc, "if you would learn the secret of American Independence. Religion has made JS'ew England what it is." Tlini'n nrn wni<? f""* "VT iwiy liiiiiuius in x\ew England who arc altogether removed from the influence of religion. There arc many families which neglect all r gious duties but yet an influence is brought upoii them from without, restraining, at least, and so far as restraining, mo t salutary. "If men," said Franklin, "are so bad with religion, what would they be without it ?" AVe can not over-estimate the importance of homo influence upon character and upon destiny, aa destiny is connected with character. Parents, spare 110 eftorts to make home the safest, as it should be the pleasantest spot to your children on earth.?Mother's Magazine. The dead of the War. The Eer. Mr. Frothingham delivered a discourse in New York on the day of the decoration of the graves of the Union dead, which concluded as follows : I mean all Trho died in the war wore equally victims. The Southern?? .w J *L- -VT .1 ci auu iqo x\ormerner?those who fell with ub and those who fell against us?all were victims laid on the same altar. I would wish that we did all this as one nation. Let us strew these flowers not on Northern graves alone, but on Southern graves also. They were equally brave they were all equally faithful to their ideal; their valor was common, their feeling was common, and the same devotion to their cause was common to each ; and each side was devoted.to its ideal '?one- tido no less entirely than the other. Northerner and Southerner each cherished his purposes, each had hope, each was full of confidence of the ability of his God; each opened his Bible j each made his prayers to the same Deity who directed the battle ; they were common victims, laid on a common altar, in a common cause. Oh, we ought by this time to be able to do justice to the purposes as well as to the spirit of our foes. They bore morp than we did; they sacrificed more than we did.' Their homes were burned over their heads ' hv fip.ru nKnllu ? i-/v -j ?. j u..v.<u, uuio nci o leu untouched. Thoy are obliged to bow , their heads as conquered ? we are privileged to raise ours as conquerors. I would drop a tear on one of their graves as quickly as on one of our own; and I am willing to affirm that the guilt was not their'a alono. We were all sinners together. * * * * ' These men tilled their place, not shrinking, not swerving. They only > know that they were under orders, ' and in their placo. Whoever they tfere, let us remember that they did meir <u?ty; tbey were soldiers, It t was a great word?^wqetj lovely it ia to die for one's country. ' , A greater word is this swqjter, lovelier is it so to live that, one's country shall be ' sweet apd lovely, -> i .... ?v? The late Stephen A. Douglas gave . a large riurab^ of-ldts to a Baptist university in Chicago, bat the devise 1 bids fair to be off* troublesome to the * recipients and. as profitable , to the | lawyers astbeGirard estate. . N.P | Jglahjurt, acting as trustee for lira 1 Douglas, has filed his bills agjunst th< V trustees of th^Baptist university an;c 1; Q^n*, ??are.#;?n of*fip,Q0< >; mmSi > against the *t*to % u Mjyicos^J monejr A Legend of Massachusetts Superstition. In the history of Gloucester, just written by Mr. Babson, ho tells a legend of Peg Wesson, a reputed witch. In tho year 1745 a company of soldiers were enlisted in Gloucester, as a part of tho foreo destined to operato against the French fortress of Louisburg, Cape Breton. Soino of these men, before their departure, by some means provoked old Peggy's ivrn t K uI.a 4 ?>.?v uuv llllVilWUVU VUllgt'HIICU upon them. While in camp there a crow was observed hovering overhead in rather a singular* manner. Several shots wore fired at the bird without effect, when ono of them thought it might be Peggy, and if so he know that common lead would have no effect upon her. So ho took a pair of silver sleeve buttons from his wrist, dropped them into his gun, and let her have it. Tho charmed missile went direct to the mark, without rogard to correctness of aim or distance. The bird fell, wounded in the loir, and wns soon flmw I - ?1-"~- J afterward learned that at tho exact moment when the old crow fell, old Peg fell in or near her house on Back street, with a broken leg. And more wonderful still, 011 an examination of the fractured limb, tho identical eleeve buttons tjiat. were fired at the crow under the walls of Louisburg were found imbedded in tho flesh. Another version of this story was to the effect that a siege train of heavy artillery was placed in position and in readiness to open fire, when the crow was observed flying back and forth, pausing over" one gun and then another, and not a gun could bb "got I off." The match waspxtinnniiahpfl I the powder would flash in the pan, until tho bird was brought down. Strange as it may eeeni, thiB weird tale was very generally received as truth, and it was believed by many down to a much later date. A Fearful Bide. On Thursday of last week the loco motivo ^Leonard "W. Jerome was " booked" to follow the mid-day train out of New York to Poughkeepsie, stopping nowhere except for wood and water. Just as she was starting, and unknown to the engineer, two lads, respectively eight and ten years old, mounted t'ie cow-catcher, intending to have a short ride along Eleventh avenue, supposing the engine was going-to "pump up." They were seated on a low elevation?the cross beam of the cow-catcher?and were Ijid from the engineer by the smokestack. Faster and faster whirled,the iron horse over tho rails, by cross streets, over rattling, switches, and then with almost lightning speed tho city was left behind as the locomotive ' readied the river bed of the road. The roaring steam, the sharp, rapid crack of the ponderous wheels as they cleared {?e joints of the rails, the swaying to and fro of the tons of iron, the shrieking of the steam whistle as tbo snorting engine dashed past station after station, eont thrills of terror into tho hearts of the youngsters, as they hung with dcatli-liko grips upon projecting bars or bolts, yelling and crying with fright in vain for tho deafening roar of machinery and the clash of iron drowned their cries for help almost before they left thoir lips. And so thoy rodo till the locomotive camo to a stand-still for water fit PflokRlcill fiirHr milna \c1ion one, completely ovoreome with fright and exhaustion tumbled soifccloss to the ground, while tho other, too weak to walk, was conveyed into the statiou, and, after good care, the two wero sent back to New York.?Poughkeepaie Eagle. A writer in the American Farmer opposes docp plowing. His cxperi( ence in Eastern Pennsylvania has beon, that dcOp plowing has not been remunerative, either the first or subsequent Ve&ra. The1 fact Is that the deeper tho 6oil the njoro iiblo it is to > dr6right hardships. If ' tho iand is cultiv?^ted ''deeply it muat > acquire a deep soil, even though the ? cropshould be materially injured the ^ tint few )B^t ;ddbp:'pl<)wing " should not bVfmlowed' erafly, no . ' For altfjajr, Mfc | * ;ilSon-! i; Letters to Our Young Readers. nilloi'oemen. $Iy Youno Friends: The man whoso name stands at the.head of this letter was a Grecian, of the city of Megalopolis, of the province of Arcadia. lie i was very distinguished among his countrymen. Ho was called " the lust of tho Greeks," meaning that after him, Greece produced no great man worthy of her ancient glory. For tho samo roason Brutus was styled " tho last of Romans." Fhilopocmcn was higlily educated, and very ^*iso in Btato affairs. He was also a bravo and skillful soldier and officer. But that feature in his charactcr that stuck us in reading bis history, and which we think deserving of 3'our J imitation, niv vnnn? fV;.?twiu So i.:? -? J J O ",a. simplicity of manners and habits of industry. Though, a scholar, soldier and man of wealth, ho did not think that he was, therefore .abovo his fellows around him, or that ho would ho degrading himself to engago in useful labor It is said that "during the intervals in which thcao wcco no trocqis in the field, ho used to spend his time in throwing up and cultivating - tho ground, on his fine estate, threo niilles from the city." At. Tliirlit. Im waii1<I un.am 0-- - ?l VUIU VI4 4 *7 ?T liiUlOUll on a bed of straw, like one of his servants and sleep till the next day. The next morning by day break, he used to go with his vino dressers, and work in his vineyard, or follow the plow with his peasants." What a noble example was this on the part of thi3 great man 1 It is too much the* prevailing opinions in our days, that to cultivate the soil, or engage in any manual labor, is degrading.^and fit only for tho ignorant and servants, llence, young men think they must be merchants or .professional men in order to be respected ; and as a consequence doctors, and lawyers, and clerks, arc moi'o numerous than tho for them. Now while we would say not a word to disparage in your minds, my young friends, any of these callings, yet we would havo you to feel that there is as much true honor connected with mechanics and agriculture, as with the learned professions,, or mercantile pursuits. We Bhould .remember that respect and honor wil, iu the end, be bestowed on thoso only who .deserve them. It is not tho calling that honors the man, but the man, the calling. Washington as truly great when tilling his soil at Mt. Vernon, as wheu commanding the army or governing his his country. True grcatnoss is something that cannot be put on and oil' at ulcasure. but is inherent w'nh tlw? man. The young men of tlio South should feel that in no way can they serve their country better, or moro command the respect of the wise and good of our stricken land, than like Philopoemen, to improve and cultivate the lands, which owing to the revolution in labor amongst us, now lio waste. Imbedded in our kindly soil, lies the future greatness and prosperity of oor Southern land, and hois the greatest patriot, and noblest benefactor, who, through the aid of intelligent labor, aud persevering toil contributes to its development. Could I command the attention of every youth of our " Sunny South," I would soak to persuado them to cling to his hortie and hit) country, to aban don tlio idea of going abroad to Beek employment and accumulate wealth, but, atnid the very wastes, which war's desolations have mado, go to work with a will, that recognrizes no failuro, and success is suro to follow. Depend npon it, thei'e are mines of wealth in our midst, which only need "the hand of the diligent" to bring out their value, and make our land one of unexampled prosperity. ' How many of my. young riders, will determlne.to devote the combined powers of their minds and bodies to > such a desirable comsnmation T What nobler work th&t of helping to redeem, from desolation,ottr peeled and wasted OfrtKM' ? To Remove Til* Taste op New. "Wood.?A na'W keg, cburp, b'ackct, or vessel well with boillnir mush wtwoff the /w^ter Mechanical Ingenuity of Farmers. One of tho component parts of a 1 good farmer is mechanical ingenuity. , Some lose half a day's time for want of knowing how to repair a brCakago 1 whieli an ingenious person could do in five minutes. A team and two or three men are sometimes stopped a ! whole day at a critical season for want i of a little mechanical skill. It is well ' for every farmer to have at hand the s < - = * - juiiiiibii-o jui- lupjwniig. in addition to j tho moro common tools, bo should keep a supply of nails of dift'eront ( sizes, screws, bolts, and nuts. Com- < mon cut nails aio too brittlo for rc- ' pairing implements or for other similar purposes. Buy only the very j best, and anneal them, and they will ' answer all tho ordinary purposes of 1 the best wrought'nails. To anneal ! them, all that is ncccssnry is to heat ' them red-hot in a common lire and , cool gradually. Lot them cool, for 1 instance, by remaining in tho fire i while it burns down and goes out. * Ono such nail, well clinched, will be j worth half a dozen unanncalcd. ( Nothing is moro common than for a farmer to visit tho blacksmith's shop to get a broken or lost boll or rivet inserted, and often a single nut on a bolt. This must be paid for, and much tiino is lost. By providing a supply 01 bolts, nuts and rivets, much time and trouble may be saved. They may be purchased wholesale at a low rate. These should all be kept in shallow boxes, with compartmentsmade for the puj-pose, furnished with a bow-handle for convenience in carrying them. Ouc box with half n dozen divisions may be appropriated to nails of different sizes, and another, with as many compartments, to scrq^-s, bolts, rivets, etc. Every farmer should keep on baud a-supply of coppcr wire and small pieces of sheet copper or coppcr 6traps. Copper wire is better than annealed iron wire. It isalmostas flexible as twine, and may be bent and twisted as desired; and it will not rust. Copper straps nailed across or around a l'racturo or split in a wooden article will strengthen it in a thorough manner.? Rural Affairs. I* A horrible case of religious aberration recently occurred iu North Carolina. A Ml*. TlOlvl Tnnn l->Ja mlfn and four children named Sarah, Polly EU and Nimrod, becamfc. insane by attendance at a "protracted neeting," and began to see visions. Sally claimed to bo tho truo God, tho mother often saw Polly on the cross, and sometimes herself felt on her head tho thorny crown, and felt in her side the spear, as her Saviour had done ' before. They hold meetings in the fields, and wore seen one day with their sleeves rolled up above their elbows, knocking dried chcsnut-burrs. about from one to another until their naked hands and arms were coVercd with blood. One night, while Sally and her motUer disousscd some pas- 1 sago in. Scripture, a dispute arose, 1 occasioned by both of them claiming to bo God. The mother thought Sal- 1 ly was the devil, and ordered her 1 sons and husband to tie her; thoy did so, and tnruat her, her hands tied together,^ out of tho door. She atiAmninrl 4A r?nf A K!*. vv*i?|/i?vu yv guv.Ail | U ailiV'O OC12iUU lb Ult of board and tried to puBh her away, while the: mother, unable to hold the door against her, ordered Eli to shoot the devil, j he fired, hitting her in the hand, and then, as thoy'described it afterwards, "the dovil scrambled off J the doorstep." Soon shG was back again^fitting her bloody hands in at the hdlff in.the top of'the<Joor,Arhen Eli win again ordered to shoot/ Nim rod leaded the rifio' with two bullets, gav&fl?ti> Eli, Who sriid, "Father must I stytot r "If "nothing else Will do,"' 6aid'fi^v^<yon must 6hodt," And Said. EH,/**this time 'I piumbkl hcr right bet#edivi ther-eyos^ 'Th? body lay oui&Btethe door until daylight ? then * the%f$ther: (Ordered this rest to ca^ry , the,devil to-the log-heap and bnrh it. ; ' :TbU^hoy 4id, nothing being left'but a bw of thVtpfna aWa^kuU^'yihHor tw<$.' tfome t>6*tion> bfthtf abdattien. arid the outline 6f tha-swelling fehoulderVihiffs in tbo ache^,; - The fajnily^Mpe takeD to jail, arifl'tvbilo'thfcy iveVlralK oecapyiug the CBgo, a room 1 gritSfA^U^iJrdii'onoU^ top juxiaiddP, tkEjjmfi JtOfe* th&ifi mother toy chos [timemiVy--> A' trial roeuitcd ift thoif, |yc^tt^?o,thi4grottn(tef lenity. The Presbyterians of the North. ?Some days ago we had a brief anlouneoment by telegraph of tho stops which had been taken by tho Presbyterian General Assemblies in Now ? Ynrkjto reconcile tho differences which liavo so long separated tho"Old and New Schools of that denomination, fho New York papers bring us tho particulars -of tho basis of reunion which has been agreed upon by the Lwo bodies. The doctrinal differences which led to the separation of the Old \nd New School denominations in 1838, consisted mainly in a more or less rigid construction of tho standards jf tho church, especially with refer mco to tho doctrines of election, original sin, &c., the Old School accepting more inllexibly the creed of Calyin, whilst tbe Confession of Faith was interpreted by tho N*ew School n a less literary Calvinistic; sense, rho basis of reunion now adopted requires that " tho Confession of Faith *hall continue to bo sincerely rccoivcd. and adopted as containing tho system nF rlrtAtrinn XT^1 ? V.WVW ...V VWU0UU 111 VUU J.J.UIJ UUlipturc." As each school. had professed to do this in its separate organization, ihere would seem to be no difference on that point warranting a permanent reparation. The plan of reunion abstains from deciding the original questions at issue, and each party is left to put its own construction upon the standards, only that henceforth the differences 'upon these points aro not to interfere with the unity and harmony of the church. This plan has yet to undergo the discussion of the various Presbyteries of the two Assemblies, who are to express their approval or disapproval before the 15th of October next, and if approved of by three-fourths of each, the two assemblies, mooting in Pittsburg in November next, shall feo dcclaro, and take action for formal reunion. Tho unanimity and heartiness evinced in the action of tho Assemblies would seem to warrant the belief that tho Presbyteries will act in the samo spirit, and that tiic reunion of the two churclics will be fijlly completed in November next. This, however, is not, as some havo supposed, a reunion of the Northern and Southern Presbyterian churches; though that subject camo up for diar?iiQuinn in tVm uuv \y 1V& U^UUVt XlDOUUiUIJ ou a report of tbo committee on bills and overtures, and was referred to a special committee. Tbo Moderator, however, stated that any action at tho present tiino might be damaging to tho peace of tho Southern church, and would bo inopportune.?Exchange. .Digestion op Food.?Rice, boiled ; pigs' feet, boiled; tripe, boiled, will digest in ono hour's time. V enison steak, broiled; salmon, broiled; whipped eggs, raw; and sweet and mellow apples, will digest in one and one half hours. Beef liver, broiled; drj cod-fish, broiled; apple saucq, sourand mellow, eaion raw, and cabbage with vinegar, will digest in two hours. Hoas;ed turkey, roasted goose, and roasted pig, broiled lamb and broiled beans, roasted potatoes and boiled parsnips, will digest in two and one half hours. Roasted boef, boiled -mutton, boiled npple-damplings, and : Indian corn cako, will digest in three hours. Iloastcd mutton, Indian corn broad, and'boilud carrots, will digest in threo and one-fourth hours, y Stewed oysters, raw choese, hardboiled and fried eggg, wh?at b?ead, I M ?1* -li-i uuuou putubooa, una DOjiea parsnips will digest in three, and one half hours. . Fried beef, boiled and roasted fowls, roast duck, pod boiled eabbuge, will digest in foup Hours )\yhilo roasted port requires five and%nefourth hours. :.i. '!. <*. - C- it: J .. Adulteration rules in morals,politics ^ literature, food, and even physio. 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