The Chinese war is also absorbing at the
present time- » good deal of the military
force of England, and so she would prefer
to be counted out of any European com
iplication. The remit of the Chinese war
thus far, is briefly summed up. The north
ern forts at the mouth of the P> ih >, gener
ally known as the Taku forts, were captur
ed after three horn’s fighting, and the oth
ers surrendered. The allies (French and
English) lost 400 killed and wounded.—
;Thev occupied Tiemfceeu. The ambassa
dors were there, but would soon proceed
to Taku. The rebels had withdrawn from
Shanghai.
jJSTHenry Ward Beecher, thus given liis
experience to preaching. He says: “YV here
one hairs two sermons a day, and still more
when one hears three, (which it is abomi
nation before God and men tor any man to
preach 1) not much of either can be retain
ed. 1 think there is not one man in a thou
sand that is fit to preach more than once
a day, and I think there is’not one man in
ten thousand that is fit to hear more than
one sermon a day; or that is fit for any
thing tlse if he has heard mom than one.”
Nullification. — It is a suggestive cir
cumstance (hat the famous South Carolina
Nulificnt.ion ordinance of 1832 followed,
like the present secession movemc s im
-1 mediately 3t>on a Presidential election. Il
was adopted on the 24th of November,
within a fortnight after the re-election of
Gen. Jackson, by a Convention cal tod for
that purpose, by an act of tba Legislature
passed at a special session.
f-'pecial 1) 'SpAteli to Hi a Now York Times.]
lIOW TUB 11BSULT IS RECEIVED.
Springfield, Nov. 7, 6 p. ni.
