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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
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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* ' ~
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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,
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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
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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">?
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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
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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
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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??
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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, ->
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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
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?>.?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
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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 |
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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
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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.
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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!*.
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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
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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,
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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.
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.. Adulteration rules in morals,politics ^
literature, food, and even physio. Tfce
Journal of Applied Chemistry, .published
lq Now York, informs as that drugs
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are adulterated to a ^re^t extent.
6pium is * mentibpe^as ^ containing
fifty pep cent^df IWtigtf ^a't^, whilo
Turkey rhubarb is, 60; (debo&ed that
it ls doubtfal whethei' fifty p&rinds of
th4 cen uine article, a net in a wJ-ll nro
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