Presbyterian General Assembly--Old School

Wc fínd ia the papers the following hu tice of the action oi this body on slavery. Tiiey have adopted the fashion of Congress - laying the subject on the table. "In the Presbyterina General Assembly, in essionat Louisville, Ky., on the 24th uit , Dr. Spring, who has been appoiated chnirman of a comiTiiuecon the subject of slavery, reported for the mnjority. ïihe report expressed entire respect for the memorialista, who presentad a oumber Of memorinïs to the Aesembly on the subject; but Jso a conviction that the evil must be reMvei by the influence of Christianuy, and not by the legislative action of the Church. The minon'ty presen ted a report desiring that the memoríais might be heard and givea '.o a select committce. Dr. Plu raer moved that the whole subject be iid o tfee taWe. Dr. Spring moved thai tbis motioa in laid on the table to givc place to anotfaer. Dr. Plumer's motion was carried by U7 u er. ■ XCf In our last paper, the types make us to 6sy that "we do not know that the oomination of Messrs. Polk and Dallas was secured by the staveholders for the acconipÜshment of' tbeir own purposes,7' &c. Tfais is just tbc re rer8ejf-our méanin. Every attentive reader knows that the rejectioa of Van Buren and Cass after they had each obtaiaed more than majority of nll the votes, (for Case at one time reeeïved 158 Votes,) aad the substitution of third rade men lite Polk and Dalias was evidencecoough tkst the whole party was un der tbeiLunRtton of a stnall minority wivose objects were Texas aod Slaveiy. {L? It appears iroö th Wisconsin pa-; pers that the Legi&lature of that Termory lias eaacteá a Jaw, providing that wheoever te&ego.t.es bsll lc eiected to faraa a Sta tó Con - tituúsnn, aï'l f ree white male inhuijilaatsahove: tinc ge of 21 years, who have resided three ftKrtitlis in the Territory, maj vote. This ineludes aü foreignerK, naturalized or not; and; therefow ttts iaw caeete -wiüin mach opposíkii, ; nd teiu!irs fibft-aTe aaakiag fer its pepead The foreignecs have lkl a lwrge 1 tíg in Milwaukie, and put tbrtfc a aödress, ably vindicating tbeir caueo. í t is tated that the foreign bons popuiation tf Wiscotisin; nioujit.8 Co nearly or quite one third of the' whole. The present stwaber f inhaiu tants is ; sUtn&ted at 70, M. O Whea thi Appropriation Bill pas under áiucussioa ia Cangneee, the following i í i ve statement otbe Eaglkh aad Amerieun naval fficers Was p-neeaatod: