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?hr Georgia depositor. , ELIAS YULEE, Editor. KATIIiDAY, OCTOBEB 80, 1875. EDITORIAL NOTICES. We are prepared to do handsome Job Work, our friend* will please (five na a trial. our correspondence from Augusta will be j ’,,’n'w”loader that the Pope claim. U- ' , Vicar on earth, that they who d< . , t ’ his yoke are held to he in rebel,, -that ail souls are bis by Divin, 1 by beam [!'i!,,rh all men, that he has the key* , . n ar.d hell, that he can bind and looe* . ; Ino other than him iato be recognitt . J,ie of leaching true doctrine—in wil he and hl follower* claim for him, . •.,•! infallibility, It hcoomea us to pn‘ ~ i ~ , i,l,r what effect such aaauwptioi a ,;l Ini', eon our political frame work. W riaims. is it to ho auppoaed, thol had i r, he would tolerate any other th^ \ ~,nui-t communion in these; Unit never tolerate., it is bf> , l ca It. 'cry di.tinotire vltalil" u , robe supreme, or It Imcowc. like o ..,1., rets, and thin It will not endure. i,v iis fruits, in what country uoir . ntr-.1, ha. an enlightened eivilisal',, ...., (1 - Mexico and the South Ameri, e .., a nominally repuhlic., hut mark , 0 'totniod ai. I misrule of |these people. C (y , . re under its teaching, hut H e illation, and cruel lmurder. of old and young, matron, and maidens, e^ in the conduct of their war.. 1™ most enlightened of Catholic count* ~ in u Stale of ever chronic revolution. Why all tills? I" it not because the t® „f the Homisli priesthood tend to <>ma i th,, buiiia.il mind, which to attain its g ~„<t li.-althy growth, require, tiec though „ nlnndeWUf [f It not deigned to war against Cith but apains! Humanism ; and only VT , i, m hceanso it assail, our institui I cheeked will reduce us to the • , t.-.-t i, , I l ire that mark, the conditio I ace, Prussia, and where ever 1 , p.'.p.. can introduce hi. insane idea of 1° a, over sovereigns. Nothingst tl:ew,i.v”d peace in Europe hut th ,, „i the .1 e-uits, Who in 1 runca, prevent the formation of any go, ,1 not favorahloto their dominations forking every whWwi, ,S,ttie ru. -|>i ril of rule. 8 ~ u ,)| \, t) i.o Know KiiOthing ~ t ~l,all hai c nothing to do with derk ily comprehend them by mtdiug to every nrtiolo tho words, "It is error to say”— 11H thuH. It iH error to Hay : “Mou may in any religion find tho way of etornal salvation, and may obtain eter nal salvation.” That iH, that men cannot find salvation but In a particular religion. And again another example as thus. It A ,i | ini Church has not tho is error to sav • \ „ . _ )OW4 . r of availing homelt of force, o any !1 root or indirect temporal power ” That is tho Church may use force ox .ny direct or indirect temporal powors sucli, for inHtance, as tho Inquisition, or by mar shalling the votes of its adherents in this country. It is tube noted, that wo have omitted many of tho articles which, in the whole number, HO. Our reason for the omission is, that they are of less general importance ami would occupy too much space. As wo may have occasion to refer to these articles of the Syllabus, it might l>o wwll for our readers to preserve them tor refer ence. Study them carefully, if you would know what Koiuauisui is. and what you have to conteud against. This wo say to Papists themselves, as few of thorn know or bo lie vo, to what outrageous principles tho l’opo has committed thorn. This Syllabus of the Pope utters no un certain sound, as will bo seen*by careful scrutiny. He has drawn the sword aud thrown away the scabbard. Ho has thrown down tho gage of buttle against our insti tutions aud wo cannot ignore tho issue he itmkoH. Ho cannot retract, if he would. His ilcom'H one© made are irroforumblo by tho councils of tho church, and even by himself. They arc like Ihe decrees of God immutable, and are so declared by tho Vatican Decrees. Ho himsell cannot retract decrees once made, because if bo does he pronounces hiiusclt to hare erred, and therefore falli ble. Nor can a now Pope alter them, for that would also bo denying Popish infal libility. The contest between Popery on one side and civilization and liberty on the other, has to go on untliuehiugly till one or tho other shall be victor. We have either to consign Popery to death, as one of the relics of the dark ages, or we have to return to the days of darkness, of per secution, tho inquisition and indiscrimi nate massacre of heretics, for ttiat is what the Pope means by .Worce. ‘ Had this Syllabus been proclaimed one hundred years ago, the fathers of Ameri canism would never have accorded citizen ship to Papists, as they would have re garded them as alien enemies, and subjects by religious obligation, to a foreigu poten tate. Every government regards this Syllabus os a declaration of war against civil rule. The Pope has forced this issue on us, and wo shall be wanting ill common prudence if w e do not look to the progress of this onslaught on our liberties and un-et it by a steady resistance. The people are waken ing to the issue, and from the AUantio to the Pacific men are being roused to the importance of the questions raised by the l'ope, and they will not rest till the contest is decided. This contest will be, and ought to be, a peaceful one. by the press aid the ballot, unless the Priests incite tie ir followers to Tiolonce. Hou. Carl Seliurz s;iiJ to a reporter of the New York Sun : As far as I can sec, the only lively point in European politics is the struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism, the irnpor anee of vh ch can certainly not be exaggerated.” That astute statesman, Mr. Gladstone, of England, has put forth another pam phlet, in which ho predicts a European war on this question, and that tho Pope will, if he can, arouse the whole Catholic world to fight for tho restoration of his temporal kingdom in Italy. The Catholic world is divided into Jesuit and anti-Je j suit parties, and the old Catholic party, though in a minority, will do much to wards neutralizing the cflort. In our own country thinking Catholics of the old school may also be looked to as antago nists to modern Popery. With these introductory remarks, we commend the Syllabus to our readers as containing the most astounding assump tions—at least, they are so to our Ameri can minds. Bomanists have no right to complain at our publishing these decrees ol the Pope. If they raise the mask and show us the face of Popery, ours is not the fault. THE MEANING OF THE TERM SYLLA EUS. For the information of the unlearned reader, we will state that the meaning of tho word “Syllabus," is-A compendium containing the heads of a discourse -an abstract. Now the Pope has addressed at various times communications of different kinds, called Consistorial Allocutions, Encyclicals and Apostolic letters to his adherents. The Syllabus ho put forth in 1864 is a com pium or an abstiactof these more lengthy communications, and sets forth their gist in a few words. ■— “THE PAPAL SYLLABUS OF ERRORS, A. D. 1861” [Tills document, though Issued hy the sole au thority of Pope Pius IX., Dec. 8, 1864, must he regarded now as infallible and irreformnble, even without the forms! sanction of the Vatican Council, it is purely negative, but indirectly It teaches and enjoins the very opposite of what It condemns as error.) The Syllabu of the principal rrrortt of our time, which ore stigmatized in the Consisto riul Allocutions, Encyclical*, and other Apostolical Letters of our Most Holy Father, PopQ Pius /A . jj 111. —IN DIFEEIIENTIRM, I.ATITUIUN ARI ANISM. 15. Every man is free to embrace anil pro fess the religion he shall believe true, guided by the light of reason. 16. Men may "in any roliglon find the way of eternal salvation, and obtain eternal sulva tton. 17. We may entertain at least a well-found ed hope for the eternal salvation of all those who are I- In the mm ol h„t Chris'- 18. Protestantism ig nothing more than another form ot the true Christian religion, in which it is possible to ho eqhaliy pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church. g IV. —SOCIALISM , COMMUNISM, HEOIIKT SOON TIBS. BIBLICAL SOOIBTIRS, CLKIUCO-LIBEHAL SOVIET I US. Posts of this description arc frequently re buked in the severest terms in the Encycli cals. g V.— BUKOUS CONCERNING THK CHURCH AND II KK RIGHTS. 19. The Church is not a true, and perfect, and entirely free society, nor does sho enjoy peculiar and perpetual rights conferred upon her by her Divine Fournier, hut it appertains to tho civil power to detiue what are the rights and limits with which the Church may exer cise authority. 20. The ecclesiastical power must not exer cise its authority without the permission and assent of the civil government. 21. The Church has not tho power of de fining dogmatically that tho religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion. 23. The Roman Pontiffs and Oecumenical Councils have exceeded the limits of their power, have usurped the rights of princes, and have even committed errors in defining matters of faith and morals. 24. The Church haa not the power of avail ing herself of force, or any direct or indirect temporal power. 25. In addition to the authority inherent in the Episcopate, a further and temporal power is granted to it by the civil authority, either expressly or tacitly, which power is on that account also revocable by the civil au thority whenever it pleases. 27. The ministers of the Church, and the Kouian Pontiff, ought to he absolutely ex eluded from all charge and dominion over temporal affairs. 30. The immunity of the Church and of ecclesiastical persons derives its origin from civil law. 31. Ecclesiastical courts for temporal causes of the clergy, whether civil or criminal, ought by all means to he abolished, either without the concurrence and against the protest of the Holy See. $ Vl. KKKOKS ABOUT CIVIL SOCIETY, CONSID ERED BOTH IN ITSELF AND IN ITS RELATION TV THK CRt RCH. 39. The common wealth is the origin ami soure'e ol all rights, and possesses rights which are not circumscribed by any limits. iO. The teaching of the Catholic Church is opposed to the well-being and .interests of society. •42. In the ease of conflicting laws between the two powers, the civil law ought to pre vail. 43. The elit e • direction of public schools, in which the youth of Christian states are educated, r\c,-pi ito a certain extent) in the ease of episcopal seminaries, may and must appertain to the civil power, and belong to it so far that no ether authority whatever shall be recognised as having any right to interfere in the discipline of the schools, the arrange ment of the studies, the taking of degrees, or the choice and approval of teachers. 47. The be-sl theory of civil society requires that popular schools open to the children of all classes, and. generally, all public institutes intended for instruction in letters and philo phy, anil for conducting the education of the young, ehould be freed from all ecclesiastical authority, government, and interference, and should be fully subject to the civil and politi cal power, in conformily with the will of rulers and the prevalent opinions of the age. 48. This system of instructing youth, which consists in separating it from the Catholic faith and from the power of the Church, and in teaching exclusively, or at least primarily, the knowledge of natural things and the earthly ends of social life alone, may be ap proved by Catholics. 54. Kings and princes arc not only exempt from the jurisdiction of the Church, but are superior to the Church, in litigated questions of jurisdiction. 55. The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church. 57. Knowledge of philosophical things and morals, and also civil laws, may and must depart from divine and ecclesiastical author ity. 62. The principle of non-intervention, as it is called, ought to be proclaimed and adhered to. VIII. THE ERRORS CONCERNING CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE. 65. It can not be by any means tolerated, to maintain that Christ has raised marriage to the dignity of a sacrament. 66. The sacrament of marriage is only-an adjunct of the contract, and separable from it, and the sacrament itself consists in the nup tial benediction alone. 67. By the law of nature, the marriage tie is not indissoluble, and in many cases divorce, properly so called, may be pronounced by the civil authority. 71. The form of solemnising marriage pre scribed by the said Couneil, under penalty of nullity, does not hind in cases where the civil law has appointed another form, and where it decrees that this new form sha.ll effectuate a valid marriage. 73. A merely civil contract may, among Christians, constitute a true marriage; and it is false, either that the marriage contract be tween Christians is always a sacrament, or that tho contract is null if the sacrament be excluded. 74. Matrimonial causes and espousals be long by their very nature to civil jurisdiction, N. B.—Two other errors may tend in this direction, those upon the abolition of the celibacy of priests, and the preference due to the state of marriage over that of virginity. These have been proscribed ; the first in tho Encyclical Qni pluribun, Nov. 9, 1846: the second in the Apostolic Letter Multiplicee in ter, June 10th, 1851. § IX. ERRORS REGARDING THE CIVIL POWER OF THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFF. 75. The children of the Christian and Cath alie Church arc not agreed upon the compati bility of the temporal with the spiritual power. 76. The abolition of the temporal power, of which the Apostolic See is possessed, would contribute in the greatest degree of the liber ty and prosperity of the Church g x.—ERRORS HAVING REFERENCE TO MODERN LIBERALISM. i,i. in me }ic6uui uay, u is no iuu 6or i.*- pedient that the Catholic religion shall be held as the only religion of the State, to tho exclu sion of nil other modes of worship. 78. Whence it has been wisely provi' ?d by nw, in some countries called Catholic, that persons coining to reside therein shall enjoy ih- piiM.ie xercise of their own worship. 80. The Roman Pontiff can and ought to reconcile himself to, and agree with, progress, liberalism, and civilization as lately intro duced, A Crucial Test, Applied to Transubsan tiation -A Eomanist Stumped and Si lenced. A legal friend of ours, of acute logbal uiiml, was in the habit of frequtnt travel on the C. It. K. He thus becaiie on quite friendly terms with one of (he conductors, to whom be felt a likiig. On one of his trips he observed him reading a paper. “Lend me your ja per,” said he, '‘when you are through with it." ‘ Oh, you wont like it,” sad tlie conductor, “It is a Catholic papei.” “Ves I will,” said our friend, "I reid anything that comes handy— but whit are you doing with that paper—you are not a Catholic, are you ?” “Yes I am,” said the conductor. ‘You are,' replied our friend. ‘I should never suspected so sensible a man as you of believing in Popery.’ The conductor reddened and tridled up a little at this remark. Our friend followed up his last remark by asking, ‘You don't believe in trausubstantiatlon.’ "Yes 1 do.' said the conductor. ‘You do, hey. well, let us see, what is this I have in my hand ?’ ‘Why, a knife, to be sure, said the conductor ‘How do yon know it is a knife,’ said our friend. ‘I tell you it is a piece of bread.’ ‘I know it is a knito and not bread,’ replied the conductor, “because I see it 1 feel it, and my experience teaches me that it is what is known as a knife.’ ‘Well, thru,’ said our friend, ‘the priest gives you a piece of bread to eat, and tells you it is llesli. You see the piece of bread; you touch and feel it. Yon feel It in you mouth, and your taste informs you that it is bread, and not flesh; and yet you are taught by the priespthat the bread is flesh—how can you believe it? •Well, replied the conductor, ‘the priest is infallible, and tells me the bread is flesh,and I am bound to believe him. Perhaps it turns to flesh in my stomach.’ •Good,' said our friend, ‘now let us test that supposition : 1 will buy a bottleof good Madeira wine, and your priests may consecrate it to sacramental pur poses, after which, I want you to drink that bottle of wine at once. If it does not make you drunk. I will agree to believe in transnbstantiation, and that the wine has been changed to blood in your stomach.’ The conductor scratched his head, and turned oft' rather stumped by tills sort of logic, and our legal friend enjoyed a hearty laugh at the and iscomtiture of his Romanist friend. DIE HE SUCCEED? Somewhat less than forty years ago there moved among the students of Yale College a young man, poorly dressed, but princely in bearing and in mind. He was bred in the country, among humble surroundings, but he was a gentleman from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, and in every fibre of bis body and mind. Slen der, tall, handsome, with an intellectual brow, a line voice and a Christian spir it, he had every possession of nature and culture necessary to win admira tion, respect and affection. This man was poor; so, before his educational course was complete, he was obliged to leave college, and to resort to teach ing for a livelihood ; but, wherever he moved, tie won the strongest personal friends. Men named their boys after him. Woman regarded him as a model mun, and the name of Stillman A. Clem ens stood in high honor in all the little communities in whicli it was known. He was particularly fond of mechan ics and mathematics—a born inventor, with more than the ordinary culture of the American inventor. He had an ex quisite literary faculty, rare wit, a fine appreciation of humor, and good con versational powers. Indeed, he seemed to be furnished witli all desirable pow ers to accomplishments except those which were necessary to enable him to “get on in the world.” He was horn poor, and the other day, after a life of dreams and disappointments, lie died poor. The brown head and beard had grown gray, the spare figure was bow ed, and the end of his life was accom panied by circumstances of torture which need not be detailed here. The life whicli for thirty years, had been an unbroken struggle with adversity, went out, and the weary worker was at rest. The inventor’s dreams weie always large. They all had “millions in them. - ’ First, in an arrangement of centrifuge 1 force for the development of motive power; then a machine or process for detaching the manila fibre; then in a cotton-press of unique construction, for compressing cotton so completely at the gin that it would need no further treatment for shipping; then in a flax dressing machine; and last, in a roll way in which was to displace forever the present railway system, and solve the problem of cheap transportation. In the cotton-pressing machine he made an incidental invention, to which lie at tached no special importance, out of which others have since made the <or tune which, during all his life, was de- Jj W lain, II o oftrerro J liio WAJ (til along with ideas of immense value to all around him. It is not a year since lie read ids paper before an association of engineers at Chicago, exposing in detail his roll way invention; and it is said that on tlie morning of ids deatli lie was called upon by a capitalist, with reference to sujecting this invention to a praclical test. It was a rnagniticant project, and we hope that it may yet he tried, though he in whose fertile brain it originated is beyond the satisfaction of success and tlie shame of failure. Well, did our friend succeed, or did lie fail 1 There were mean men around him who became rich. There were sordid men in the large community in which his later years were spent whose money flowed in upon them by millions, There were brokers and merchants and hotel proprietors and manufacturers who won more wealth than they knew how to use, while he was toiling for the beggarly pittance Hint gave him bread, or floundering in the new disappoint ments with wiiich each year was freight ed. They “succeeded,” as the world would say, but let us see what this man did. He used every faculty lie possess ed for forwarding the world’s great in terests. He put all his vitality, ail his ingenuity, all his knowledge, into his country’s service. The outcome is not yet, but the outcome is just as sure as the sprouting of a sound seed in good soil. The wealth he did not win will go into the coAars of others. He never sacrificed his manhood. lie kept him self spotless. He did not repine or whine. The man who saw him in his last years found him still the courteous Christian gentleman, bearing his trials with patience, trusting in tlie infinite goodness, accepting his discipline with more than equanimity, and still hopeful and persistent. He maintained his courage and self respect. He won and kept his personal friends. He went to his grave with clean hands, and his soul ready for the welcome exchange of worlds. He left behind him the memo ry of a character which money cannot build nor cannot buy. It was an hour to be affectionately associated with him. It is a high honor to be called upon to record the lesson ol his life, and a high duty to commend it. Did he succeed? Yes, he did; and the community in which rests his pre cious remains could do itself no. higher honor than to erect over them a stone bearing the inscription: “Here lies Stillman A. Clemens, who died poor in this world’s goods and poor in spirit, but rich in faith rich in mind and beatt, rich in character and in all the graces of a Christian gentleman, and rich in the afl’ection of all who knew him and were worthy of his acquaintance." That he wanted wealtli to bestow up on those wnotn he loved we do not doubt. That he wanted it to prove that his dreams were not baseless, is true, we presume. That lie dreamed ol it among his other dream- wi n'.d b" very natural. Thediea.n Im- come trite. “That dream lie carried in a hopeful spirit, Until in death his patient eyes glee dim. Arid the redeemer called him to inherit The heaven of wealth long garnered up for him.” Governor Tilden Against Bribery. Governor Tilden, of New York, has issued a circular to the District Attorneys of that State, in which he says : "The improper and illegal use of money te elections is in some portions of the State a serious and growing evil, sometimes thwart ing the unbiased will of tho people, and al ways debauching the public virtue of| both officer sand electors. You are familiar with the stringent statutes and the constitutiona 1 provisions adopted last year relating to the subject, and are aware that if they are vigor ously enforced this evil will soon be eradi cated. I expect that you will be vigilant in detecting, and diligent in prosecuting persons guilty of the crime referred to within your county, and shall regard any dereliction of duty in this icspect as a sufficient cause for removal from office." The opinion is daily' growing more de cided among those who are well-iuforme 1 that the gases which are constantly es caping from the enumerable wells through out the oil region of Pennsylvania and djacent States represent a value but lit tle, if at all all inferior to the oil itself. The next step to after the realization of this fact it its utilization, and, from occa sional paragraphs that from time to time appear, there is reason to believe that the industrial employment of this material, of which inestimable volumes have for years been permitted to pass uselessly into the air, will soon become very gen eral. In a few instances the wells have been tubed, and their product utilized with most satisfactory results. We add herewith the following from the National Oil Journal, which indicates that some progress is being made in this impor tant field. The Journal remarks that the yield of the few gas wells that have been tubed indicates that the quality of the product is enormous beyond all compu tation. A gas well near Sarnersville, in the Butler oil region, flows with a pressure of 300 pounds to the square inch, and is roughly estimated to yield a million cubic feet of gas every twenty-four hours ; and this is only one of the many large gas wells and almost numberless small ones, for it must be remembered that every well which produces oil yields gas also- A survey has just been com pleted for a lino of pipe from Sanersville to Pittsburg, a distance of about seven teen miles. It is proposed to lay a Six inch pipe between iho points naiueO, wml to supply tha gas to the manufacturing establishments in Pittsburg as a substi tute for coal. Irwinton Southerner : Several weeks since a number of la\Y-aby f Ung, orderly and well behaved colored men published in this paper a card, denouncing in pretty strong terms the late conspiracy, and advising the colored men to refrain in the future from such mad and devilish attempts, and pledging themselves, if future emergencies should require it, to stand with the whites in the preservation of law and order. We learn that indignation has been expressed against the signers of this card by several evil disposed negroes and one of the signers has had his fears sufficiently aroused as to cause him to call upon his white friends for advice and protection, and has been furnished with arms, and promised other protection in case he is attacked. We take this opportunity to inform theso turbulent negroes that the signers of that card said nothing to which exceptions could be taken by any one, and so far from arraying them selves against their race, as has been charged against them, they simply gave their colored friends good advice, which, if wisely followed, will cause many a negro to live to the end of a natural life, who will otherwise die a victim to outraged law, and we want it distinctly and plainly understood that any violence or threats against these colored men will be viewed by the law abiding people as eviden ces of the existence still of an insurrectionary spirit, which will be lawfully prosecuted to a rigid punishment. The judicial clemency ex ercised in fayor of these oonspirators, we fear, is having rather an opposite effect from what was intended, and has emboldened rather than restrained some of them in their lawless course. Our advice to them is to be ware. One man in Chicago is really mad. He was summoned for jury duty, kept dancing round the court for three days, fined twenty-five dollars lor being ab sent, lost his handkerchief, got excused for being a non-citizen, and, on making an affidavit to that effect, had to pay a twenty-five cent fee Besides, he didn't get any remuneration for his services. Work at the Wheeler A Wilson sewing machine factory at Bridgeport Conn., continues to be driving, and it will prob ably be some time before the men are re duced to eight hours again. The amount of pay roll for the last month will amount to $90,009. The United States District Court in New York has decreed the forfeiture of the Empress Eugenie's smuggled silks; but a claim has been interposed to stop the custom officers from selling them. In New York o Thursday a negro by the name of Thomas Sorrell was sen tenced to one year in the penitentiary foi killing one white man and disabling another for life in a fight in a drinking saloon. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. City ol Mexico. October 20 —The Clmmbei of Deputies was prorogued on tne 15th. The extrnordiivarr powers of the executive were voted by one hun dred and thirty nine against fourteen. Advices from Guadalajara state that five participators in the murder of the American missionary. John L. Stephens, which occurred at accapulco, in March, 1870, have been executed. Berlin. October 25.—1 tis reportsd again that Bismarck contemplates resig nation in consequence of ill health. New York, October 25.—Moody and rfankey opened prayer meeting at Tal mage’s Church this morning at eight o’clock. Five thousand were present. London, October 26.—The Morning Standard publishes a special telegram from Santander that Don Carlos, with 10.000 troops, holds an intrenched camp with Pampeiuna London, October 26. —The Catholics are preparing for an imposing welcome to Cardinal McClosky. who will be the guest of Cardinal Manning. He will visit Liverp >ol and possibly Glasgow. Portland, Oregon, October 26.—There is a light vote for Congress. Mr. Lane, Democrat, is probably elected by twelve hundred majority. Washington, October 26. —The Star says the opinion of the Supreme Court on the constiti>*‘ ..ality of the enforce ment act is no£ expected till the last of November. It appears from the report of the Treasurer that there should be deduct ed from the cash balance in the month ly debt statement for July 1, 1875, the sum of $765,966. Three years will probably elapse be fore a final settlement of Treasurer Spinner’s account. Alexandria, October 26. —The Prince of Wales returned to Suez from Cairo and sailed thence for India. London, October 26 The Official Gazette announces that Parliament is further prorogued to the 15th of Decern . her and will probably be prorogued again to the latter part of February. New York, October 27.—'The Daunt less beat the Mohawk badly twenty miles to windward and return. Paris, October 27.—Tlie government is prosecuting the Echo de Agacco, Ruutier’s organ, for saying that the con stitution is an uncertain regime estab lished by a group of persons without authority. Boston. October 27Nitro-glycerine exploded under tlie windows of Harv ard College, and several hundred panes of glass were shattered. There was a narrow escape from more serious diim age. Some students, it is said, were the perpetrators. Berlin, October 27.—The German Par liament met. The Emperor was absent on account ol indisposition, and his speecli was read by the Minister of State. His Majesty says that so far as human judgment can discern peace is more assured now than at any time dur ing the twenty years preceding tho re construction of the Empire. Columbus, October 27.—'The official vote for Governor is: Hayes, 297,813; Allen, 292,204. Haye’s majority is 6,- f)49. For Lieut. Governor, Y'oung, 297,- 931; Carey, 257.9G8. Young’s majority, 9,963. The highest prohibition vote was 3,630. San Francisco, October 27.—A dis patch from Virginia City says: It is im possible at present to state the loss of life occasioned by the lire. Two were killed on C street by failing walls, and there are rumors of other casualties. Hundreds of families are homeless and hungry. The school houses only and public buildiugs are lest unharmed, and they are open to the people, but if im mediate relief is not extended, much suffering will ensue. Utter demoraliza tion reigns in the city, and men, women and children are wandering about the streets seeking shelter. The surround ing hills are dotted with camp fires. But few saloons remain, but the sup plies of liquor have not been lacking. The streets are alive, with a drunken mob ot military, patrolling the streets for the protection of property'. No definite advices have yet been received as to the extent of the damage to sever al mining properties involved. The to tal loss by fire is now placed at from three to tour million dollars. Washington, October 27 —The report of the Agricultural Department for Oc tober represents the wiieat crop of the present year a short one. The deficien cy is augmented by a marked deteriora tion in quality. The Southern States, except Virginia, have increased their productions, some of them from 50 to 75 per cent. The total depreciation is sixty-two millions of bushels. The crop is estimated at two hundred and forty-six millions of bushels. The coru crop will be comparatively large in quantity, but poor in quality, except pi the Southern Pacific States. The result cannot be stated till next month The potato crop promises to be extra ‘ordinary, both in yield and quality. Tobacco, on the whole, is two per cent, above the average. New York is twOj and Pennsylvania ten per cent, above the average. The great central region, including Maryland, is one hundred; Virginia, oue hundred and six; West Virginia, ninety-eight; North Carolina, one hundred and five; Kentucky, one hundred and sixteen; Tennessee, nine ty-five. On the whole, they will raise an unusual crop.