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together useless, if it were Tieeessafy, lor "Off to say anything in the way of commendation. Therefore, all that we can do or say is, that we feel grateful to an all-wise'and merciful God for blessing us with so good and faithful a laborer in the Lord’s vineyard, and that we most earnestly hope and fervently beseech a kind and beneficent Creator that our brother may, whilst he increases in years, also in crease in grace and in the knowledge of out Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in whom dwelleth the Godhead bodily. Asa Dean, Clerk. Dedication of the Enfanla Church. The finishing touches, in the way of paint ing and furnishing, are now being given to our splendid new building, and the dedication will take place, the Lord willing, on the first Sab bath in November. Rev. J. L. Burrows, D.D., will preach the sermon, and other able ministers will assist in the dedication. Sev eral brethren from a distance havo promised to be present, among them Drs. Mclntosh, Sumner and Battle, of Marion, and I now extend a cordial invitation to all to come. It will be quite convenient for brethren who expect to attend the Alabama Convention, at Montgomery, to be present, as that meeting takes place the Sabbath following the dedica tion. Montgomery is distant from Eufuula only one hundred miles by rail, and the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad will be completed by that time. Brethren who ex pect to come, will please notify me, that homes may be provided for them. M. B. Wharton. October 3, 1371. Ordination. At the instance of the Aberfoil Baptist church, a presbytery, consisting of Elders Wm. Pritchet, J. J. Pitts and W. H. Carroll, met on 24th September, 1871, for the pur pose of ordaining Bro. A. J. Arnold. The presbytery wa3 organized by appointing W. Pritchet, Chairman. By request of the church and presbytery, W. H. Carroll, of Union Springs, preached the ordination sermon ; theme, “ Power of the Pulpitand after full and satisfactory examination, the candidate was set apart to the full work of the ministry, by prayer and laying on hands by the pres bytery. Prayer by W. Pritchet, and the charge and presentation ot the Bible by W. 11. Carroll. Bro. Pitts, being indisposed, took no leading part in the work. Benedic tion by the candidate. The Spirit of the Lord was present in power during the whole ser vices. A large audience listened with undi vided attention and deep emotions to the en tire sermon, and most absorbing interest was manifested throughouttheexamination ; while the candidate enunciated, without hesitation, clearly and smoothly, the great cardinal doc trines of revelation—the Baptist faith. Bro. Arnold is in the meridian of life, a ripe scholar and very successful educator. Ilis diffidence and humble opinion of his own ability has kept him from ordination before this, but he is a good thinker, of earnest, tender spirit,and no doubt would make a successful pastor. For years, he has desired to leave the school and give himself wholly to the work of the ministry ; but the war left his estate a little embarrassed, because creditors would not take the currency, and he has been working that off. He is now co-principal of the Union Springs Institute, working successfully. W. 11. Carroll, Clerk. Union Springs, Ala. Another Baptist Church In Italy. The following letter from Rev. W. N. Cote, missionary to Italy, of the Southern Baptist Convention, discloses the intelligence that another “Baptized Church of Christ” has been organized in Italy. Under date of July 18, he writes: I returned last week from Bari, an important town on the Adriatic coast, where 1 had been invited to administer the ordinance of baptism. The church in that locality, composed of seventy-five com municants, and until recently under the con trol of the London Continental Society, have, after prayerful study of the Scriptures, deci ded to receive baptism by immersion and join our denomination. I had the privilege of baptizing forty brethren and sisters ; the remaining thirty-five will receive the ordin ance as soon as circumstances will permit, at the hands of their beloved pastor, who was duly intrusted with his charge. I consider, the acquisition of the church at Bari a most important one for our cause. Among the leading members is a gentleman holding a government oflice in the city, another who is now at the head of the school, was formerly superior of a monastery at Leeca, and a third is a talented lawyer who exercises his gift of speaking in the meetings with much accept ance. Nothing could be more pleasing than the intercourse I enjoyed with these dear brethren. They all united in requesting me to salute, in their name, the dear brethren of America. As 1 have said, Bari is an impor tant city. It contains a population of eighty thousand souls, lies on the railway from Bo logna to Brindisi, and carries on an extensive commerce with the leading ports of the Ad riatic Sea. The work of the gospel will be prosecuted energetically, for it is an impor tant centre of operations, in the south-eastern provinces of Italy. Ingathering. The churches at Loachapoka and Notasulga have been strengthened by recent valuable accessions to their membership—l 6to the former and 10 to the latter—resulting from a series of interesting meetings held with them, in which I had the valuable aid of Bro. G. E. Brewer, who made lasting impressions by his able, earnest preaching. The good work is still going on. The fruits we hope continually to gather. W. E. Lloyd. Auburn, North Georgia Revivals. I write you a few lines, as to our religious affairs in this upper country. We have had gracious revivals in many of our churches. My design is to give you an account of such as have come under my immediate notice, in churches of which my husband, Rev. LI. S. Moore, is pastor, and one or two others he has attended as a help to the pastors. Pleasant Grove church, three miles from this place. Tbe meeting held there com menced the 3rd Sabbath in August, and con tinued for one week. Result: Quite a num ber, say about twenty, professed faith in Christ, and 15 were added to the church by ex perience and baptism, (two of these yet to be baptized.) The church and community were aroused, and we believe great and lasting good was accomplished. Had not the meet ing been stopped by the ill health of the pas tor, and rain, the meeting could have been protracted another week to great advantage. There were many asking the prayers of the church when the meeting closed. Dogwood church, near Tunnel Hill. The meeting commenced the 4th Sabbath in July, and continued two weeks; our esteemed and faithful brother, J. M. Stanabury, acting as temporary supply. Result: Quite an awak ening in the community ; the church much refreshed; many sinners inquiring the way of life; several professions, and several added to the church by baptism. New Liberty church, near Graysville, Ga. The meeting commenced the Ist Sabbath inst, and the meeting interrupted a part of the time by sickness of the pastor, Elder H. S. Moore. But we trust great good was accom plished. Numbers of penitents, and about 11 conversions, as far as we have learned. The door of the church was opened but once; three joined. To-morrow week appointed as the day to attend to the ordinance of baptism, and we expect then to receive others. The THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 187l' - a 1 . : ~ • #4l 144 pastor had the assistance of Bro. Wor4lh#,*a. very zealonsand useful young minister, living here, Ringgold church. There has beeft no At tempt as yet to hold a series of meetings with this church, but the pastor hopes to, be able, under the favor of our Heavenly Father, to {irotract the next meeting. Zion, throughout his country, has been greatly refreshed from the presence of the Lord, and we trust our prosperity in the future will be greater than in the past. T. S. Moore. Ringgold, Qa., Oct. 9/A, 1871. laformatlen Desired. The correspondence between Bro. Hen derson and Col. Hodgson seems to be draw ing to a close without effecting all the results aimed at. I hear, from brethren of intelli gence, the idea advanced and commented upon, that the Faculty of the University of Alabama will not make their official positions subservient to sectarian purposes. In reply to this, it may be safe to say, “ that which has oeen, may possibly be again." The case of Dr. McGuffey, of the University of Vir ginia, has not passed entirely out of the minds of our people, and perhaps Bro. J. C. Hiden, of Wilmington, N. C., Dr. Jeter, of Richmond, Va., Dr. J. A. Broadus, of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, or, possibly, yourself, might renew our recoliec in regard to the prominent points of that case—at least, so far as to show whether there is danger to the Baptist cause. Is it not due to the Baptists of Alabama to give us the information ? May it not, at least, be prudent to hear from Bro. Hiden before de ciding to send our young men to the Univer sity to the neglect of our own College ? Hoping that Bro. IT. will give us some of the reminescences of his student days, I am yours, truly; A Baptist. Dr. T. C. Teasdale at Morristown, Tenn. We have just closed (Sept. 7th) a meeting, at this place, of 19 days’ duration, resulting in the conversion of 13 precious souls, and the addition of 14 members to the church, half of whom are heads of families. The greater good done consists in the revival of our Christian graces; in the development of the gifts of the membership; in the confi dence inspired in the church, as such, to con duct meetings of this kind; and in the many good and lasting impressions made in the community, from which we expect to gather up fruit many days hence. Dr. Teasdale did all the preaching, and has made for himself many new, but warm friends among us. His untiring zeal, his earnest prayers and faithful sermons—full of gospel truth—will be long remembered. M. V. Noffsinger. JjfttaqUatuous Jepartmtnt. J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. Gov. Bullock and 11. I, Kimball, Esq., have returned to the city. It is proposed to build a narrow gauge railroad from Gainesville to Dalton, Ga. Rev. J. 11. Colley has been called to and accepted the pastorate of the Dawson Baptist church. Savannah elected a Democratic ticket for Mayor and Councilmen, on Monday, by 1,000 majority. The Superior Court of Fulton county con> vened on Monday last; Judge Jhon L. Hop kins presiding. The Constitution will, during Fair week, as last year, issue a daily paper, to be called the Atlanta Constitution Fair Bulletin. The Putnam County Agricultural Fair opened at Eatonton, on yesterday. We doubt not, it will be a fine success. It closes on Friday. Col. G. W. Kinkle, of the Atlanta Fair Association, will address the people of Stone Mountain in the interest of the Fair, next Saturday, and we speak for him a large audi ence. Notice. —The Executive Committee of the Stone Mountain Association will meet, on Tuesday next, Oct. 17th, at 10 o’clock, a.m., in the Pastor’s Study, First Baptist church, Atlanta. E. W. Warren, Chairman. Wednesday of Fair week is to be observed as a general holiday. The Mayor and Coun cil of this city request the citizens and busi ness men of Atlanta to observe Wednesday of next week as a general holiday—as was the case in Nashville during the recent Fair there. The Georgia Association. —We find our self compelled, under the circumstances, to defer our notice of the recent session of this body until next week, as the space devoted to such matter was more than filled when we reached home on Tuesday morning. We re gret the delay. The meeting was of too in teresting and important a character to be compromised with a hasty notice. Dear Bro. Toon : Please announce that the Mercer Association will be held at Val dosta, beginning Saturday before the first Sabbath in November. Would be glad to have you with us. With Christian regard, James Mcßryde. Quitman, Ga., Oct. 5, 1871. Bethel Baptist Association. —The next session of this body will take place with the church at Lumpkin, Ga., beginning on Satur day before the first Sabbath in November. Rev. W. L. Crawford was appointed to deliver the Introductory sermon ; Rev. J. C. Bass, alternate. Rev. F. M. Daniel to preach the missionary sermon; Rev. W. N. Chau doin, alternate. A cordial invitation is ex tended to our brethren of other Associations to visit us. Brethren will please report themselves, upon their arrival, to the commit tee at the church, when homes will be assigned them. T. H. Stout, Pastor. Round Trip Tickets to Oglethorpe Park. —The following note, from Cot. E. B. Walker, notifies us of the very low rate of fare fixed by the officials of the W. & A. R. R. Cos., for ronnd trips to Oglethorpe Park. During Fair week, last season, the rate was fifty cents. This year we have a material reduction. A liberality that we, in common with all good citizens, duly appreciate. Transportation Office, W. & A. R. R. Cos., ) Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6th, 1871. ) J. J. Toon, Esq.: The rate for round trip to Fair Grounds, will be 30 cents. Yours, E. B. Walker. Fair Printing— Gel it in the hands of your printer as early as possible. —Exhibitor's and others who know that they will need printed matter for circulation at our approaching Fair, should, in order to prevent delays, place it in the hands of their printers before the Fair opens. When the Fair opens, printers, as a general thing, will be crowded with work, and will not, therefore, be able to get out the work of friends who bring it in during the Fair as readily as usual. Visiting and Exhibiting at the Southern Fairs. —Our brother Editor, Samuel A. Echols, seems to be the head and front of agricultural matters in Georgia. He writes that visitors and exhibitors attending the Fair of Atlanta Agricultural and Industrial Asso ciation from October 16th to 20th, can then visit the Fair at Macon, held from 23rd to 28th of October, and the Fair at Augusta from Qotober 31st .to November 4th, and after that hit a Fair at Savannah on their re turn North. The Great Southern-Steamship Company issue return tickets from New York to Atlanta for $35. Articles for exhibition paying regular freights are returned free by the same line of ships that take them out. — Hearth and Home, 0c(. 4th. Eli. A. T. Spalding, D.D.-Synopsis el Rift Introductory Sermon. Rev. A. TANARUS, Spalding arrived in the city, fropa his late home in Louisville, Ky„ on Friday last, and immediately entered on his pastoral duties. He preached his introduc-' tory sermon on Sunday morning, at the Sec ond church. His congregation was very large, and deeply interested. We are indebt ed to the New Era, of this city, for the fol lowing synopsis of Dr. Spalding’s discourse : “ The text was 2nd Corinthians, v: 21, from which he deduced the doctrine of the two-fold substitution: that God, in His great mercy, did actually treat His Son, the Lord Jesus, as though He were the sinner, in order that He might treat the sinner as though he were righteous. To the first of these, especially, the attention of the audience was directed: that God did treat Jesus as though He Were the sinner—" God did make Him to be sin.” Injhe elucidation of this thought,it was shown that the promises which God has made to the righteous, though they held good in the case of others—as Moses, Joseph, Daniel and Da vid—yet failed the Son of God in His entire life. Though of the righteous it was written— “them that honor me, 1 will honor;” yet fur Jesus, who ever honored God, there was a birth in a stable, a cradling in a feeding trough, a boyhood in exile, a youth obscured by poverty, a life of hardships, a career cov ered by the world’s scorn, a death of igno miny. Though to the righteous there was the un failing promise of “ deliverance in the time of trouble,” of which multiplied instances were cited by the speaker, yet of Jesus it was written—“ all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.” An instance was here narrated as having occurred in a hotel which once stood in this city, in which the burdened soul of a distress ed suppliant went up in prayer to God, and not unavailingly; and the experiences of God’s children were appealed to as evidences of the faithfulness of God to His promises. And yet God dealt with Jesus as though He were the sinner during all those days in which Jesus voluntarily occupied the sinner’s place. Two more departments of proof were pre sented from the facts that, while to the righteous there is afforded comfort in the val ley of the shadow of death, and then, after ward, support in death’s trying day, yet to Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemene, the cup was given that He should drink it to the dregs, and on the cross, the sense of His Father’s complacency was entirely withdrawn. He was left “accursed,” “forsaken of God,” “ bruised for our sins,” “ wounded for our transgressions.” The Lamb of God sacrificed in our stead. Many instances were narrated of the abounding grace of God to His saints in modern times, when in their days of dark dis aster, as in contrast with the sad end of the Saviour’s life of self-sacrifice for the sinner’s welfare. Fair Week. The Atlanta Fair opens on Monday next, and will continue during the week. The in dications are, that it will lie equal, in all par ticulars, to the great State Fair held here last year. The premiums ranges high in the thousands, and the entries are encouragingly large. The Park buildings and grounds have received additional improvements. Accom modations ample for 25,000 visitors, and as many more as will honor us with their pres ence. The different leading routes of travel and transportation have generously offered, and will bring passengers and freights at half rates. The regulations of the Association are such that exhibitors and visitors must find their attendance on the Fair pleasant and profitable. Let those who have not made entries, do so at once, as the time is very short, and further delay may produce confu sion. Come to the Atlanta Agricultural and Industrial Fair. , Chicago in Ashes—A Terrible Scourge. Dispatches from Chicago, dated the 9ch, state that the fire of Saturday night had been subdued, after a loss of half a million of dol lars’ worth of property, but that another fire in the western district commenced at 9 o’clock Sunday night, two mile 9 distant from the Court House, and this fire, up to mid night Monday, was still raging. Madison Market, and Claiborn, Jefferson, Buffalo and Griswold streets are ruined on both sides. Chicago river is a mass of ruins. Many ves sels have been burned. Three-quarters of the city lying north of the river is in ruins. All is terror. It is impossible, now, to give an approxi mately correct statement of the losses, but a faint idea may be formed, when it is stated that every bauk in the city, except two sav ings institutions, on 22nd street, South di vision, and one on Randolph, West division, are destroyed. All wholesale stores and all retail establishments, the Post Office, Court House, Chamber of Commerce, and every hotel in the South division, except the Michi gan avenue Hotel, which, standing on the extreme southern limit, escaped, though badly scorched ; every newspaper office ; the Tribune building, which was supposed to be fire proof, finally succumbed ; every theatre, six of the largest elevators ; the immense de pots of the Michigan Southern and Illinois Central Railroads; both the passenger and freight depots of the latter ; more than half a score of churches, and much of the shipping in the river are all destroyed. Men who were millionaires yesterday morning, are nearly penniless to-day. But more terrible than all, is the certainty that many people perished in the flames. How many, none can tell. Perhaps no one ever will be able to tell; but it is certain that sev eral perished, and there are heart-sickening fears that the victims will be counted by scores. Hundreds of horses and cows have been burned in stables ; and on the North side, numbers of animals, though released from confinement, were so bewildered and confused by the sea of fire which surrounded them, that they rushed wildly to and fro, ut tering ciies of fright and pain until scorched and kilted. Any attempt at a description of the scenes and appalling calamity would be idle. The simple fact is, that the once great city of Chi cago is destroyed; that hundreds of millions of active capital here have vanished, and near ly a third of Chicago’s inhabitants are house less and dependent. Any attempt to embel lish would be mockery. As the awful day draws to a close, thou sands of anxious eyes watch the clouds of smoke, which still roll over the burnt district, with evident dread that a sudden change in the wind may turn the flames on the portion of the city yet spared. There seems, how ever, to be little cause for apprehension of it, and the firemen from other cities are con stantly arriving. Col. J. J. Wilson, Superintendent of the telegraph, is in receipt of dispatches from the leading cities, announcing that aid Is being prepared for the sufferers. Col. Cloway, of St. Louis, telegraphs that seventy thousand dollars have been subscribed by the mer chants there. Cincinnati promises two hun dred thousand, and Cleveland is proportion ately generous, although a great deal more will be required to relieve the immediate wants. Latest News from Chicago.— The latest from Chicago is, that the wind had veered round to the North, and the fire was raging in the southern part of the city again ; that it had driveu out the temporary office of the Western Union Telegraph, which had been opened at nightfall at the corner of State and Sixteenth streets, a quarter of a mile from any signs or effects of the fire until the wind shifted. The office will be re-opened two miles further south. It is reported that all hopes of saving the city has been given up— that it is doomed. The fire jjstill pro gressing. rtfpidly to the northward, and had passed Lincoln Park. Steam engines and provisions are going to from all points. Very Latest. —All the city was burned north of Harrison street, between the river and the lake, northward to the limit of the city. Even the trees of Lincoln Park were destroyed. The Government is bring ing all resources to their relief, and all rail roads are carrying supplies free, bylast trains. A heavy rain at Chicago put out the fire. This statement is confirmed through regular and official chanuels. All the leading merchants who have been seen, express a determination to resume busi ness at once. The Evening Journal and the Tribune hope to publish small sheets to mor row. A special session of the Illinois Legis lature has been called to aid business men, and to provide employment for the poor, ap prehending that suffering may cause crime. Some losses of New York insurance com panies, by the Chicago fire, are stated as fol lows: Citizens, $25,000; Hanover, $250,000; Columbia, $3,000; Republic, $225,000; Tradesmen's, $25,000; Germania and Niag- ara have risks, but the amount is not given. Hartford, Oct. 10. —The Phoenix Insu rance Company has issued a circular assuring agents and patrons that they can meet their losses, leaving a handsome surplus. The circular concludes : “ The lesson" of this disaster will compel a liberal advance on rates hitherto paid.” Folk Conuty and her Resources. A correspondent of the Atlantic Constitu lion, in speaking of Polk county and her re sources, says: “The means of wealth in this -county are superior to those of any others county in Georgia. Some will think it an extravagant assertion, but capitalists who have had occa sion to examine into such matters will testify to its truth. The Etna Iron Works, in the Western portion of the county, are in sue cessful operation. Mr. West, a large capi talist, has purchased land in the eastern por tion, containing almost an inexhaustible bed of iron ore, upon which he will at once erect other iron works. The two companies will require the employment of about six hundred laborers. There are other localities around Cedar Town where the ore is plentiful, and it is scattered in inexhaustible quantities throughout the county. The State Mining companies are at work near Van Wert, and growing in interest every day. Polk has, or will have in thirty days, perhaps, anew ac quisition to be found in no other county, that is, a narrow gauge railroad in ramvng order —the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad. The grading is complete, and the track being laid, and soon the little truckle wheel engine, with its train of little doll coaches, will wend its way, as a ray of light, our moun tains, pregnant with wealth, and valleys with their beautiful winding stream and rich laden fields of produce. The North and South Railroad is now being surveyed through the county, crossing the other road at Cedar Town, and is being hurried to completion. Who will gainsay that Polk is'tUe wealtiest county in Georgia, when she is sending out her thousands of iron, slate, marble, produce, etc., and laborers and capitalists are flocking in like soldiers to a surrendered .city ? The sources of riches are here, and can be hidden no longer from an inquiring public. Popu lation is coming in, and saw-mills are in de mand throughout the fine forests, to saw up the timber into lumber, of which there will be enough to keep and to spare. Here you may raise corn, cotton, wheat, oats, clover, potatoes, etc., in abundance. \k working ma chinery is your forte, here is water power, ore, and other things ta feed7k,. Are you seeking health and a pleasant community to live in? I don’t think it can Tie surpassed. The water is fine, scenery beautiful, and air healthy and pure. The people are peace tble, industrious, law abiding Democrats.” THE NEWS. GEORGIA. The Herman Livingston deft Savannah Saturday night with the largest cotton cargo of the season—l,Bo2 bales... .Savannah has had four inches of rain during the past few days....Tne Newnan Herald announces the death of Mrs. W. B. Berry, which occurred last Wednesday... .Oscar Brown, of Newnan, has been appointed a cadet at West Point. ... .There is now a tri-weekly mail between Gainesville and Dahlonega Three yards canuot supply the demand for brick at Gaines ville.... The schools commenced in Hall county, under the auspices of the State, have all collapsed... .Mr. W. M. Oliver, of Haw kinsville,died last Thursday.... Early county counts upon only half of last year’s cotton crop.... Forty thousand dollars worth of cotton has been sold in Americus since the season opened .... An unknown man fell down a flight of stair steps in Savannah, on Friday, and fractured his skull so that he died in a very short time... .Frederick McDaniel, of Jefferson county, died on the 3rd inst., aged about 89 ...The Macon people are still deeply interested in thegoming Fair. Mayor Huff is energetically pushing forward the work, and Macon will do her part if she keeps up with Huff. The,__ colored people of Brunswick have organized a Mutual Aid and Charity Association The colored Bap tists of Louisville are having a revival in their church Dr. W. H. Tutt, of Augusta, has determined to remove to the city of New York. The Augusta lee Works turn out about 2,500 pounds of ice daily.... A little daughter of Mrs. CarrSwTay, near Perry, died a few days ago from burns received by the accidental igniting of H&er clothes from a fire. ....Joseph L. Morton, a well known citizen of Columbus, Ga., dii»4 Suddenly, Saturday afternoon, at the Marshall House Madison is to have a Male Academy.... Morgan coun ty has a female fifteenth amendment that re cently picked 430 pounds of cotton in one day... .Col. T. C. Howard will address the Morgan County Agricultural Society upon a “new way to regufioe labor, and too many eggs in one ...The District Con vention for the First Congressional District of Georgia, for the purpose of electing a dele gate and one alternate to attend the conven tion of colored citizens of the Southern States, to meet in Columbia, S. C., on the 18th day of October, met, and was represented by six teen couuties. John H. Devaux,of Chatham county, was elected Belegate, and John Gona key, of Thomas county, alternate... .The street cars in Macon are now running regu larly on Cotton Avenue and to the Fair Grounds... .The City Railroad of Macon has received two new cars.... The revival still continues in East Macon Methodist church. .. . .Mr. John Piyjiket, who was at work at the Fair Grounds on a scaffold twenty six feet from the ground, fell and was badly, if not fatally, hurt.... The body of a white child, with its hands tied, was found floating in a brick hole in Columbus last Saturday. ;Dr. R. A. Ware, of Russell, Ala., took the $506 premium on his bale of Peeler cot ton at St. Louis-Fttir'... .Captain Robert N. Howard, of Silver Run, Russell county, Ala., is dead.... .Mi*. Jake Shoupe, of Columbus, die! from a congestive chill, last Friday night. Cotton market lively in this city. Prices ranged, on Monday, from 12 to 17£ cents. Fine stock of goods of every descrip tion on the market. Prices for meats con tinue firm... ,_Flour relatively lower than in the West'.. .Coffee advanced slightly. Su gars lower ... .Trade, in all departments of business, very good. Money matters are stringent. ALABAMA. There were thirty-three interments in Montgomery during the month of Septem ber.... During the month of September,. 1870, Montgomery received 6,547 bales of cotton. In 1871, she received but 3,441 bales ... R. T. Sanders, of Mobile, is in Paris Col, J. H. Gindrat is in Mobile on business connected with the Alabama & Chat tanooga Railroad.... Mr. Samuel W. Smoot, Tax Collector for Talladega county, while on his way, before daylight, to take the early train for Montgomery, was, according to his statement, knocked down and robbed of about seven thousand five hundred dollars ot public funds, which he had collected and was start ing down to pay into the State Treasury.... Tlie survey of the Savannah & Memphis Railroad, from Birmingham to Talladega, commenced on the 9th inst.. .. Mr. Charles Hunter, an estimable citizen of Dallas coun ty, accidentally shot and killed himself on Thursday evening.. . .Work on the factory, in Selma, is ptogressing finely Mr. Thos. McAdams has been acquitted at the Court in Talladega, for the killing of George Cline. . ...Mrs.L. C. Cast, a lady residing near Talladega, was thrown from her buggy on the 3d, and was so badly hurt that she died from her injuries Messrs. Campbell Wal lace, James L. Pennington, and E. Hulbert, Presidents of* three important Alabama and Georgia Railroads, have been iu consultation in Montgomery.... We learn that Major Wallace has proposed to the Savannah, Ope lika & Memphis Road, to bring the Georgia Western and tliSir road together at Talladega, and make one line in common from that point to Birmingham..... A meeting of the stock holders of the Alabama & Chattanooga Rail road held, and the following officers were elected: Wm, F. Drake, of New York, President. Directors —Russell Sage, of New York, A. J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, R. T. Wilson, of New York, J. F. Barbour, of Alexandria, Va., J. Lowber Welsh, of Phil adelphia, Henry A. Srnythe, of New York, C. A. Bliss, of New York, Philo C. Calhoun, of New York, Wm. C. Sheldon, of New York, C. W. Leavitt, of Philadelphia, G. Hilton Scribner, of New York, A. F. Hig gins, of New York, Win. D. Bishop, of Bridgeport, Conn., Josiah Morris, of Mont gomery, Ala., and John S. Kennedy, of Tus kaloosa, Ala. TENNESSEE. Two members of the Tennessee Legisla ture have died since their election, Messrs. Rice and Peebles, both Senators.... An ex tensive revival is progressing in the Baptist church, of Tazwell, Claiborne county. Busi ness houses are closed, and the entire popu lation are either weeping or rejoicing.... A reunion and reform party has been organized in Nashville, composed of Democrats and Republicans, Whigs and Conservatives. They have spread before the country a declaration of principles and an address to the people. Mr. Frank T. Reid is the President, Gen. G. P. Thurston, Gen. Joel A. Battle, Charles Nelson and Col. A. S. Culyar, Vice Presi dents. Quite a number of citizens have uni ted with the organization... .Attorney Gen eral Akerman was in Nashville on Tuesday. ... .Mr. Harlan, of Sumner counter, brought to Nashville a perfect picture of beauty in the shape of a steer, weighing 2,165 pounds. ....The street railroads of Nashville are doing a lively business... .The old Board of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Directory has been reelected .. .The Cleveland Banner says that sweet potatoes are so plentiful there that they are retailing at 35 cents, with a downward tendency.. . .The Kingston, East Tennesseean gives the particulars of a shoot ing affray in that county, whereby a young lady, Miss Alston, was so badly wounded in the leg, that amputation was found necessary. ... .In East Tennessee, there are 45,000 per sons belongiug to the Baptist denomination. .... lion. Gustavus A. Henry of Clarkesville, has lost the sight of one of his eyes... .The Overton Hotel, in Memphis, has an elevator .... Real estate, in Memphis, improved and unimproved, is looking up.... The wooden ware factory of Cruitt, Spurr & Cos., situated in Edgefield, was destroyed by fire last Friday morning. Loss estimated at $25,000 The National Agricultural Convention, which met in Nashville, closed its session on Thurs day. SOUTH CAROLINA. The location of the Air Line Railroad from Greenville to the Tugalo River, has been definitely settled. The crossing of the river is at Jarrett’s Bridge. This would seem to indicate that Walhalla will be placed upon the route.... The Marion Star has reliable authority for stating there is not a dollar in the State Treasury.. Mr. Parker, the State Treasurer, ha 9 been in New York for some weeks endeavoring to “make a raise,” but his efforts in that direction failed .... At the Sandy Spring camp meeting, which closed last Wednesday, more than one hundred joined the Methodist church... .The Com mittee on School Funds, of the State Board, recommend that the Legislature set apart not less than $200,000 for educational purposes. GENERAL. Elections throughout Texas, passed off qnietly, except at Groesbeck, where five ne groes killed an old citizen, Mr. D. C. Appli cahite... .Democrats, it is supposed, have carried Texas.... A severe storm commenced at Galveston on the 7th, and for several hours submerged the bay front of the city as far back as Church street. Damages great. But one person lost his life. Shipping off Galveston safe Crockett, Texas, was burned on the 7th inst The fires near the Lakes, are still raging. Thirty men were burned near the Rensanki, and the town was also burned. Hundreds of families are left houseless and homeless, thoughout the fire region... .The Cherokee Indians are moving West, to the Indian Territory. Col. A. A. Batner, of the M. & C. Railroad, has made a contract with the Government for their re moval... .Tremendous fire broke out in Chicago on the night of the 7th ing six squares of buildings, between Clinton and Van Buren and Jackson streets. The fire was still raging at 1 o’clock this morning —the 9th. The loss already amouats to millions of dollars.... No deaths from yellow fever, in Charleston, on Saturday. It is, doubtless, disappearing... .The story of the sinking of Orange county, Fla., is a hoax. No such phenomenon has occurred in that section. This statement would be unneces sary but for the fact that papers all over the country have published the ridiculous story with serious editorial comments. FOREIGN. Twenty Professors, in the University of Rome, refused to take the oath of allegiance. ... .The progress of cholera in Constantino* pie, is checked. .. .The Republican journals of Paris demand of Thiers to take prompt measures to suppress the Bonapartist con spirators ... .The Bonapartists deny the ex istence of any conspiracy to. reestablish the Empire......Another revolution has broken out in Mexico. This time, of a formidable nature... .Juarez has been installed as Pres ident of the Mexican Republic. His mes sage is conciliatory, but firm. DIARYOF LETTERS RECEIVED. October 2.—'T R Sharp, T J Bumey, G M Milner, Miss A Talliaferro, W H Brooker, J B Bullard, IH Goss, W D Ferguson, W B Bledsoe, J F Carswell, W A Whipple, A E Dickinson, J C Martin, H H Tucker, H W Cafley. Oct. B.—E W Solomons, F M Haygood, Mrs Shropshire. Oct. 4.—J H Postons, S B Baldwin, J F Morgan, E Hvling, W H Carroll, B W Bussey, G A Nun- nally, A J Minor. Oct. 5.—F I Dibbten, Mrs E A Bennett, Asa Dean, A D Lamotta, E Dodson. J Philips. J S Murrow, J E Willet.J M Black well, A C Ramsay. Oct. 6.—J J Cloud, C W Hare, J T Wingfield, G T Wilburn, N W Arm strong- I R Gaines, Wm & W L Jones, JAB Bisson, W B Wharton. Oct. 7.—E H Scott, S M Pettmgill, James Mcßryde, J H Everett, J ETate, J B Wolfe, D Pratt, J S Billingslea. Oct. 9.—R A Jackson, G P Powell, DDT Moore, M Jones, G T Wilburn, AsarChandler, S G Hillyer, Jr, M T Sumner, J M Sloan, J A Jackson, James Tate. Oct. 10.—W E Lloyd, C Battle, B Puryear, A N Hornady, J T Smith, M Y Noffsinger, T S Moore, E M Amos & Son, Wm A Garner, E W Solomon, Bern Roberts, C F Sturgis. Oct. 11.—Jas Headen, F H Atkinson, J F Awtrey, T H Shepherd, Jno. L Johnson, W M Verdery. Upfltral ROBINSON—STROWED—At Loachapoka, AU., on the sth inst., by Rev. W. E. Lloyd, t Mr. W. 0. Robin son and Miss E. C. Strowed. (©Wluarg. . - Obituaries containing tbn limbs will be inserted in the Index A Baptist tree us charge. After that acharge of twenty cents a line will be made. Persous sending obituaries must provide for the paymentof the excess beyoud the lines published gratis MRS. ELIZABETH SLAPPY.-- Departed this life, ou the 21'th of August, sister Elizabeth Slappy, wife of A. G. Slappy, in her 60th year. She lived with her husband 44 years and 11 months, and had been a lover of Jesus 41 years. She connected herself with the Methodist church in 1830, hut changed her views and joined the Baptist church in 1854. She was a faithful wife, a devoted and affectionate mother, a devout and consistent Christian. She lived the life of a true Christian, aud died tbe happy death ot tbe righteous. She remarked, wheu dying, (hat there was not a cloud between her and her God. She earnestly requested her surviving children to meet her in heaven. The deceased raised 12 children, nine of whom are still living Her aged companion lingers yet behind. We lose, in the death of sister Slappy, a mother iu Israel. G. T. Wilbubn. Christian Advscate please copy. MRS. CATHARINE STONE.-Died.at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. M. A. E Carter, in Wilkes coud ty, Ga., on the morning of the 23rd of September, 1871, Mrs. Catharine Stone, relict of the late William Stone, of Warren county, in the 62nd year of her age. The subject of this notice was born in Jones county, in 1809. married to Mr. Wm. Stone iu 1830, and was baptized into the fellowship of Williams’Creek Bap tist church, in 1855. Being a woman of great intel lectual independence, of strong convictions, ot remark able business capacity, of high aud pure priuciples, and of a warm, sympathetic aud benevolent heart, her life, iu all its aspects, was most exemplary. Bereaved of her husband wheu her youngest child aud only son was an infant, the care of retiring her children, aud managing a large estate, devolved upon herself alone. But she was fully adequate to the great task, and her grateful children boast that they owe to her their pres ent culture, social position and religious training. She enforced al! her good lessons by example. Asa neigh bor, friend, mother, Christian—in whatever light we view her, we are equally impressed with the largeness of her heart, the dignity of her character, and the sanctity of her principles. Her life was a continuous success, aud her death the completion of a great vic tory. The secret of her sucoess and usefulness was her faith in her Saviour. She was “strong in the Lord.” No part of her life was so signal as its close. It was her sud lot to bo greutly afflicted just before her death. But always cheerlul, self-possessed and hopeful, she never betrayed the slightest impatience. Not even the most torturing pains eould extort from from her a single complaint, or hasty expression. As her end npproached, she would often say, “ I am near the end of a long journey—l|shall soon be at rest.” Her leavts-taking, with her weeping family, was most af fectionate and affecting. “ Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth : yea, saith tbe Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, aud their works do follow them.” * October Associations, 1871. Rehoboth, Travellers’ Rest, Macon, Friday, Oct. 13. Cave Springs, Cedar Town, Floyd, Saturday, Oct. 14. Ebenezer, Antioch, Twiggs, Saturday, Oct. *l4. New Sunbury, Macedonia, , Saturday, Oct. 14. Arbacoochee, , , Saturday, Oct. 14. Chestatee. , , Saturday, Oct. 14. Hepbzibab, Hopeful, Burke, Friday, Oct. 20. Mercer, Valdosta, Friday, Nov. 8. Smyrna, , , Saturday, Oot. 21. Bethel, Lumpkin, Stewart, Saturday, Nov. 4. Alabama Associational Meetings. Tuskegee, Salem,. Saturday, Oct. 14. Cherokee, New Canaan eh, Marshall co, Oct. 14. Cah»ba, Pisgah church, Perry couniy, Oct. 14. * Eufaula, Bethlehem church, Barbour county, Oct. 21. In consequence of the removal of Rev. C. Manly, Clerk of the State Cenventiou, from Alabama, breth ren will send copies of Minutes ot Associations, to It. F. Manly, 52 Dauphin street. Mobile. SPECIAL NOTICES. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.— THE next Sunday School Convention will be held at liaynesville, Lowndes county, Oct. 27—29. Subjects and speakers as fellows: 1. Is a Sunday School a Nursery of the Church ; or, What relation does it sus tain to the Church?—Elder D. Lee. a. Does Sunday School Instruction prepare the mind the better to un derstand and receive the Gospel?—R.M. Burt. 3. Are Union Sunday Schools productive of Goed ?—Elder M. Bishop. 4. What are tbe best means to stimulate and keep up an Abiding Interest in the Sunday School ? Franklin Armstrong. 5. What is meant, in the New Testament sense, by being saved?—A. F. Goldsmith. 6. What should be the Qualifications of a Sunday School Teaoher?—G. W. McQueen. 7. The Importance of tbe Sunday School Work—W. Q. W. Puwell. 8. “Arc there any circumstances under which one called to preach the gospel may abandon the work and engage in secular employments?”—B. JA. Jackson. 9. What do the Tares represent in the parable, Matthew xiii: 24-30?—Elder T. J. Miles. 10. Are Sunday School Conventions productive of good?—A. S. Stewart. A good attendance is earnestly solicited. B. A. Jackson, Chairman. Pine Level, Ala., Sept.2S, 1871. 2530-2 t PASTOR WANTED.— A WEAK CHURCH OP pious and orderly Baptists, in a pleasant town in Florida, seven miles below the Georgia line, whose population numbers about 1,600, desires the undivided services of an efficient pastor and acceptable preacher, who can live on a salary of SBOO a year. Their bouse of worship is comfortable and conveniently located. The community above tbe average in intelligence, and refinement. Address A. B. Campbell, pastor Baptist church, Cuthbert, Ga., or Dr. A. B. Harrison, Monti cello, Fla. 2559-2 t HTIHE FLORIDA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION X convenes on Friday, October 18th, with the New Hope Baptist church, on the road leading Irom 'l’hom asville, Ga., to Monticello, Fla., eight miles below the former, and fonrteen miles above the latter place. This is a Working Association. The community where it meets is able and eager to accommodate a large num ber of delegates and visitors. 2559-2 t A. B. Campbell. Ministers and deacons’ meeting OF THE REHOBOTH|ASSOCIATION.—The next meeting will be held (D.V.) with the Marshallville Bap tist church, commencing at 11 o’clock, on Friday before the stb Sabbath in October. It is earnestly requested that brethren be punctual in their attendance. The following are the names of tbe brethren, and of the sub jects on which they are expected to speak or to prepare essays: B. L. Roes— The relation that Good Works sustain to Regeneration. W. J. Collins—How far ought Christiana to indulge in Worldly Amusements? W. C. Wilkes— To what extent should Females participate in Church Business? W. A. Skellie —The Scriptural • Evidences of a Call to the Ministry. B. F. Tharpe— How can our Churches best secure a Properly Quali fied Ministry? W. H. Rice— Ministerial Support. A. J. Cheeves— What are the Scriptural Evidences of Cov etousness in the Churches, or in Individual Members ? F. V. IPaife—What is meant, in the New Testament sense, by being saved ? F. M. Blalock —The Scriptu ral Importance of Practical Godliness. B. W. W hid den— Why do we not regard other Denominations as Gospel Churches ? Our brethren generally, are invited to take part in the discussions. 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