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GEORGIA. PRESS. Augusta News : A shooting affray occurred near Washington, Ga., last Friday morning between Messrs. Slater and J. L. Calloway. It sceuis that there hadbeeu bad feelings between them for some time past. That morning Calloway passed by Slater's house, and Slater asked him how long before he .would be back. Calloway replied, telling him not to speak to him. as ise had not treated him right. Slater started tbward'hiui, and’Calloway drew a pistol, telling Slater not to advance, if he did he would alioot him. Slater stepped back into bis shop, and Calloway drove on. Slater got on his horse and overtook Callowav, and drawing his pistol, said “We will settle this thing now,” and com menced to fire on Calloway. Calloway returned the fire, wounding Slater in the knee mid abdomen. The people seem to think Calloway’s coUree justifiable. Albany News mJ Advertiser: Duels seetu to bo fashionable. We were shown a little missive last night, calling a gentle man to the field of honor. The language, though not choice, was unmistakable in its meeting. If the recipient of the note has his way we will hear more from it. Savannas News: Last evening about, half-past seven o’clock Mr. Meyer, em ployed in the cracker and candy factory of Messrs. Guckcniieiuier, Schwarz & Co., at the corner of Bay and Barnard streets, me: with a very painful accident whilst iu the discharge or his' duties. He was Created on the ground floor, and having occasion to go into the upper story, as cended the stairwsfy and had just reached tae top landing, WhCi: !•* M HZ and fell backwards, rolling the entire length of the stairs.. He received severe contusions on tlie head and body, also scalp wounds, and was otherwise pain fully hurt. He was conveyed to his home, where a physician was summoned, who pror.cunced his injuries severe but not dangerous. Athens Banneri We learn that at LaOrauge only seventj-tbree people as sembled to hear Ceneral Lawton speak, and-that a prominent hanker who had not attended the speaking, said to him: “General, :f you ever come here to speak On your own account, we- will give you a crowd—but I’ll be hanged if we are com ing out to hear anybody abuse Colqnitt.” Died.—Butler Herald'. On Saturday mo.mt»g last at tbe residence of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Miller, Mrs. Ra chael Neisler, in the ninety-fourth year of her age- She was also the mother of our ciieenied citizen, Dr. Hngh Neisler. Her remains were trans't red to Athens, Ga., her former home, where they will be tn- teired in the family burying ground northwest of that city. Columbus Times: Yesterday while Mr. Alex. Matthews and daughter, Mrs. Waterhouse, .of Macon, were returning from Chattahoochee county, where they had been visiting friends, the mule, at tached to the buggy in which they were riding ran away, throwing both of them oat. They both were badly bat not seri- onsly hurt. They were brought to tbe citv in a wagon and carried to Macon last night. Two little children of Mrs. Water- house who wore in the buggy with them, are also hurt, hut we hope not seriously. Augusta News: A pack of dogs’ chased a dock of sheep belonging to a farmer liv ing just above Toccoa Falls one night last woek, and pushed them so closely that five of them pitched headlong over the sulis. a distance of Is* feet, and next morning were founddead—a mingled mass of flesh and bones. Xewnan Herald: Mr. Robert Orr, for many years a highly esteemed citizen of this county, was stricken with paraly sis last Saturday week, and now lies in a vary precarious condition at the residence of Iiis son-in-law, Mr. Wilkes Wilcoxon. Ho has the sympathy of many friends in his affliction-. Atlanta Post: A private dispatch to-day from Toronto, Canada, gives the intelligence that Luther J. Glenn, oi At lanta, has been elected to the. highest of fice in the order of Odd Fejlows of the world. The office to which Col. Glenn lias been elected is.Grand Sire. Colonel Glenn has beeii an Odd Fellow for the pas: thirty years, and has been one of the most energetic workers of the organiza tion. The compliment is well deserved, and we have no doubt that the duties ot the office will be worthily administered. A complimentary banquet will be given Col. Glenn upon liis return-to Atlanta, which will bo iu a few days. Sparta Ishmatlile: We regret to learn that Mr. Tom Mooie, of Sparta, had his only eje seriously hurt last Saturday by a blow from a stick. He was using the slick to place a band on the wheel. The band slipped off, struck the stick, and drove it violently against the lower por tion of his eye. The wound was exceed ingly painful. At first it was thought :liat his eye was entirely destroyed; but we are glad to know that there is a hope that his sight is not permanently gone. This took place in Mr. Smith's" machine shop. 1 Wakbenton Clipper; A few weeks back we advocated the education of Mr. Reese, the unfortunate man near Camak who lost his arm.by a gin. A gentleman Horn his section writes us he is willing to head a subscription with S10. He al.o ■writes that an able professor offers Mr. Reese his tuition free, and his board at $5 per month. Mr. Reese has some know ledge of the simpler branches of English, and will not be hard to start off. We would again call our readers’ attention to this matter. From now on the willing- • hearted Reese, who gladly worked for a living, has a useless arm hanging to his shoulder. Who’ll rise up and push this i matter V Atlanta Constitution: It is stated that a majority of the citizens of Macon are in favor of the election of Mr.; Nor wood. We do not dispute it, but! it is something new for the people of that city to advocate interests that are known to be enlisted in an effort t<# prevent the building of the extension of the 'Macon and Brunswick railroad. Tbe Irwinton Appeal has the two M lowing items from Gordon: Mr. William M. Stevens will move his family irom here to Macon about the last of this week. There is no m*n id our ■mills: that wquld bq more lqisjed, and numbers of people regret t'o seehfci leave. Mr. W.j3.j§MiTHhas resigned tliq posi tion of bsggigediaster on the Milleilgeville and Eatouton railroad and has accepted the position of conductor on the. Central railroad. While we regret -to lose Mr. i from our midst, we aie proud to see ’ ' him promoteduo A posifum ne^sfr Justly djscrves. Cabteksvili.e Express: Hon. Clifford Anderson, of Macon, Democratic nominee ior attorney-general, is one of the p'olejt lawyers in Georgia,and will make the most nrof.cient attomey-gcneraLthe dilate has had for years. Georgia is a great Sta'e, and Georgia needs a great lawyer for attorney-general. t , Major D. N. SrEEK^-GHllln News: In the lieat and excitement df.the gubffr- - tutorial canvass, tl;.e Democrats of Geor gia should not allow'tnemsinves to lie di vided in their suppoit of the nomhtee ,of the convention for tho State House offi cers. With tl)e exception of the State Treasurer, there will be no opposition. Major Speer, of LaGrange. who was a can- 4icatfcjfor the Democratic nomination, re ceived it without opposition. The nomi nee Is an honorable, high-minded gentle man, whose reputation as a practical busi ness mau is known all over the State, and who possesses the confidence of all rfho know him. IIo received the nomination fairly. ' without any squabble or deadlock. That convention repre sented a very large majority of tbe De ri , ,,-i-acy of Georgia, who by every princi ple of party usage, should give Mr. Speer their support. Mr.' Renfroe made no "’aims upon that convention ; by bis re fusal to ask a nomination there he w-as ind". lendent of the support of the Demo cracy represented bv it. We-caunot see, Afore, that he baa any claims upon i Democratic voters of tbe State. On’ other hand, the Democracy, through it* convention, nominated Mr. Speer, and are bound to support him—certainly ,1 portion of tbe Democracy represented “ by that convention. No fight is made up- . a Mr. Speer, no objections are made as to his competency, and he should be ejected. He Is iu every way worthy to fill tLe office, and will make a splendid Treasurer. „ „ . . Sumter Republican: On Monday last about 1 o’clock a. m., the resictenco of Mr. Joe E. Stewart, at Stewart’s Crossing on the Southwestern railroad about four miles from town, was destroyed by fire. Every article of furniture, clothing, to gether frith the kitchen, furniture and provisions, was burnt up. Mr. Stewart and family were absent, on a visit to Dr. D. Bagley, the father of Mrs. Stewart, and there was no white person o:i the place. He supposes that the house was first rob- bed and. then fired. The loss is about twenty-two hundred dollars, and ls quite a blow fo the loser 03 there was no insur ance upon it. He is a hard working man and it will ruin him unless friends lend that assistance which should be granted to the unfortunate. * . 4 . Athens Banner: The case of the Georgia Railroad and Banking company, against Barnard—suit oa bond—was heard vesterday by S. H. Hardeman as auditor. Some new matter was introduc ed, which threatened to prolong tlie case indefinitely, and Mr. Kemp, one of tne bondsmen, proposed to compromise by paying $500 and costs, which wa3 accept ed. The suit was for $4,100. Sumter Republican: The election for governor, senator and representative, will take place throughout the State -on Wednesday, the Sth of October. The much “talked cf whisky issue,” will be voted upon oa that day In Schley county. Those opposing whisky will vote “no whisky,” and those in favor, “whisky. Let the people hear this important issue in mind and turn out to a man, in dead- *h!s question. Savannah *■«. The ™ «? e new railroad from Fernanu*.— to J - C h sonville, of which: mention was recently made in the Hominy N etis, lias been commenced. The projectors expect to have it completed by the 15th December, aud thus put Savanuah and Jacksonville in close connection, passengers leaving this city by boat at night, and arriving in Jacksonville, via the new railroad, early the next morning. This new route, and the Waycross road, will give Florida two more inlets and outlets for freight and travelers. Columbus Enquirer: We were yes terday shown a medal hearing date of June IStb, 1S15. It wa3 presented to Thomas Lynn, of 1st Regiment Dragoon Guards, for gallantry in the battle of V\ a- terloo. It was presented by- Napoleon,, and on it is the bust of King George IH. It is quite an old relic, apd has doubtless passed through many 1 bauds. The last owner is Mr. A. L. Harrison, of this city. _ , . . Sumter Republican: We leam that John, Smith a white man. aud a negro got into a difficulty at Andersonville on Saturday last, in which both parties were wounded. Smith drew his pistol, the ne gro grasped it, and in attempting to wrench it from Smith's hand it went off, the bail passi.ig through one hand of the negro. He succeeded in getting the pis tol from Smith, whose hand had been badly shattered by a ball during the war and Smith turned to get away when tbe negro fired, the ball taking effect iu the small of the back. We learn that Smith’s wound is considered dangerous. The negro escaped. ThomAsvtlle Post: We art request ed by the Master, Capt. L. L. Varnedoe, to announce that there will be a meeting of Boston Grange in the City Hall at Thomasville, on Wednesday, the 29th ills:., at half past 10 o'clock, a. m. The object of the meeting is to make arrange ments for the reception of the State Grange, already announced lo hold its next meeting in this city. Thomas county Grangers,will perceive the Importance of the meeting called for the 29th, and the Master earnettly requests a full attend ance. The State Grange is a live body still, though the spirit may have gone out in Thomas county, and will be represent ed here hy a largo number of the best men in the State. Without previous un derstanding, onr Granrer3frll! not be able to offer them’ a creditable reception, and we hope the brethren here will not lose caste in courtesy and respect. Sandeksville Herald: On Sunday afternoon, Eddie Heath, a lad of some ten or twelve years of age, son of Mr. Dab Heath, was accidentally shot hy a pistol in the hands of a young man by the name of Neel Wisham. The ball entered the bowels causing the death of the unfortu nate boy about two o’clock in the after noon of the next day. The sad event is deeply deplored, aud the sympathy of many friends is extended to the parents in their melancholy bereavement. Savannah News: Mr. James Kenne dy, a venerable and well known citizen, died at his residence, 51 Broughton street, Wednesday night about 9:50 o’clock, from paralysis, with which he had been Afflict ed for the past eight years. Mr. Kenne dy was a native of Philadelphia, but had been a resident of Savannah for over half a century. He was a cabinet-maker by trade and for a long time was employed at tlie Central railroad work shopsi He was in hi3 eighty-third year, aud previous to liis atack of paralysis was noted for his fine*physical health. He leaves six daugh ters and two sons. Hawkinsvillf. Dispatch: We are in formed that Mr. Wright Tomberlin died at his home in Wilcox county on Satuf- day night last. Mr. Tomberlin was prob ably upward of sixty years of-age, and was an excellent citizen, and most high ly esteemed by those who knew hint. Athens Banner: A gentleman'in forms us that the cotton crop in many sec tions is going to be very short. In the upper part of Waltoii, Clarke and Oco nee, for instance, he says there will not be fifty pound? of cotton to tlje acre to open after November.. This is owing to the long drought' during the past summer. What cotton there is, is opening, rapidly, but the supply will not last long, j The hank of the University has paid out $14,000 in silver dollars, since last Thursday. | A lb an r News and Advertiser: Alba ny, like every oilier place, has her unrea sonable street politicians. Tney-despise some truths because they have not exam ined them, which they will not examine, because tliey dislika them. ville and Tennille railroad, succeeded in getting some additional rolling stock from the Central railroad, and shipped, on last Monday and Tuesday, COO bale3 of cotton from the city depot. Griffin News :■ A well known gentle man of this city was sounding an old negro man servant on his place this week on gubernatorial politics, and in discuss ing Mr. Norwood asked the darky if he had heard what Norwood said about the colored people in his Covington speech. The old darkv said he had heard about that speech, and that Mr. Norwood had said some mighty hard things about his people—talked pretty rough about them; “but,” said the old man, with a very wise and contented, look, “Mr. Norwood done apologized for dat!” If the old darky is correct we are in favor of giving Mr. -Nor- wood full credit for the. apology. ~ Savannah - News: Mr. Edward S. Keinpton, a well known and respected citizen, died suddenly of paralysis of tlie heart on Mondav night, at his residence on the White Bluff road. Mr. Keinpton was born In Liberty county, August o, 1S20, and was therefore in his sixty-first year. He was for a long time in business in this city in the firm of LaRoche, Brown & Kempton, Kempton & Verstille, and several other firms. He gave up business several years" ago, and was engaged attbe time of his fatal attack with Mr. GiD. Purse as traveling salesman. He was a pleasant and affable salesman, and liked bv all who knew liim. He was an hopor- ary member of tbe Republican Blues. Gwinnett Herald: We' are indebted to Mr. W. L. Vaughan for the following remarkable case: For some time his fern-: llv horse had refused to eat or drink, and was gradually sinking, and without relief would have died Id a few daj3. Nobody seemed to fr!”* W the maUer, al though our observation is tnat, a horse gets sick everybody knows a sover eign and infallible remedy. After he had ;iven him up as a hopeless case, an exam ination was made of his mouth and thloat, and it was found that a small piece of cob, about two inches long, had got wedged up iu his tliroat and turned end- wavs across 1 the swallow, completely blo'eking it up so that no food could pass. It was with considerable effort that it was removed, but its removal brought instant reBer.il about seventy-eight years’ of age, and dur ing almost this entire- series of years he has been a resident-of-this section; He truly was one of the landmarks if the past, for most of the men who lived and flourished in"pnr section as pioneers of the prosperity ah'd ‘development which we now belioid, have long since gone to their long homes. Judge Harris was one of the few survivors. He was a most exemplary citizen, and in every relation of life proved to be a man of positive character and great usefulness. For a long number of years he was secretary and treasurer of the Mobile and Girard RailreadCdinpany, aud has always been connected With and depply interested in tlio manageaicii^ of that enterprise. At tbe , Jasf ltu-el- mg of tint stockholders, of . that company in .the' spring, Judge Harris, though in » very f-rfile stale of health, was brought in and given a seat, of honor. The meeting paS& ^resolu tions expressive of the esteem arid high appreciation in which lie nas held. The deceased was also during his active life honored by his people with a seat in the Senate of Alabama, where he served faithfully, with houor to himselfiaod io liis constituents. He was a priniuent member of the Independent Ofder Odd Fellows and before disabia^dM ago held the high office in that society ot" Deputy Grand Master of tile Ujuted States. The death of such "men causes aged widow—one with whom the flower and the snared and yellow leaf of his life had been passed—and -who must now walk alone till her time shall come to Join him. Tliis aged wife will receive sympathy and condoleiicc of all who knew her honored husband. The re- :ins arrived by the Atlanta train last oi-ht, and were carried_ to his late rc idence In Glfard. * Sandeksville Herald: Dr. Irwin,the energetic superintendent of the Sanders- J asters of Athens died night before last. The Wrightsville^ Recorder says that fevers of a most’malignant character are ging through Johnson county, and in some instances they seem to baffle the' skill of the ablest physicians. They gen erally assume at once a typhoid type. Gainesville Eagle: The contract for the work of clearing, grading, mason ry and trestling On the Gaiuesyilic and Jeflerson railroad was let on Saturday la3t. The bids, in a general way, were very low. The contracts were awarded to Sampson, Mooney & Co., and C.M. C, Blackstock & Co., on terms satislactory to the directors. . . .1 The Cumberland Route.—Bruns wick Appeal: We are-pleased to learn that Mr. Edwards, general manager of the Macon and Brunswick railroad, has char tered the iron steamer, “H. B. Piantj” to take tbe place of the “Florence” on tho first of October, and the Cumberland route is to be perpetuated, and the time to Jacksonville greatly shortened. The “H. B. Plant” was recently built to run between Savannah and the Tybeo Island summer resort. She Is a charming boat, and makes fifteen knots an hour. On the 15th of December the contract ors are to haye the railroad from Fernan- dina to Jacksonville, 21 miles, completed, and the schedule time over it is to be fifty minutes. The’“Plant’*” time toFernan- dina will be about three hoars, making the time from Brunswick to Jacksonville four hours. ' j- Buena Vista Argus: Mr. Tom iDleg, one of our citizens and farmers, says he has 1,2WJ stalks of cotton from which he will gather one bale; and has made 000 bushels of com with one plow, besides other patch crops. He says that crops of all kinds were never better in his section of the county. • Eastman Times: The tax levy for couniy purposes,as will be seen elsewhere, amounts to only $1 on the $1,000 for all purposes, and the greater portion of this amount is levied for tho purpose of pay ing for repairs on court house and build ing aud repairing bridges. This is but a fraction over half the amount levied last year for county purposes, aud w|ll be quite an item to the tax payers of the county. Died in a Car.—Col umbos Enquirer. Yesterday a negro employed on the grav el train of tbe Southwestern railroad, died in a car near the general passenger depot. He was taken sick on Saturday last, and being without medical assistance the disease had full Scope, and in., a short wjiile death relieved him-of his suffering. There are two others now si^ik iu tho same car, and without attention they will meet the same fate as their comradOL In such cases as this, the officials should em ploy a physician; even if they had Co de duct the charges from tfle pay of the em ploye. f Cartebsville Free Press: We are pained to chronicle in our columns tliir morning the death of Colonel James C Young, which occurred at his residence, near Cartersvilie, on last Monday night at ten o’clock. Colonel YouDg was a na tive of South Carolina, having removed from Laurens district, in that State, to Bartow county in 1851. For many years he has been in ill health, and two or three weeks ago was stricken down with paralysis, which was the immediate pause of his dc-atb. . . , i... . . That Owl.—Editors Chronicle: In your published report of Geh'eral Wofford^ sribedi at j Market Hal), on Tuesday night last, you say: “Justthere an owl flew m,” hut you iomit to istate that he received more vociferous applause than tho distinguished speaker of the mention of his distinguished candidate’s came—in fact, the applause was iramensri,- and if, as the General said, “it came there to'riise it’s hoot against corrupt of ficials,” "it didn’t'-have the courage to raise it.' It was “foo ’owld a bird, to' be caught with chaff,” and hence cbnsolfed ft- seif with (Tying around tlie hail and flap ping its wings over the heads of tbp pudi- encejpw’lt’pfcfcff ii itself upon ihe front _ - , _ T . . coihice of thfe large apafltrient for alcbtri- Death of Judge Walter B. Hat.-' 'fortabie night’s rest. A political (poet “ ~ ■" “* 1 >■« p reS ent got off the following impromptu lines on fh’af cfceaSiBn, which art at your dujtosh]: ’ * •* * 1 Ri.3.—Columbus Ttr#q*:.'Tlic death of this aged and estimable citizen took place yes terday morning in Atlanta, where he was throughout. the community. He[ was A biid grotesque aud small’— Aye, a most in-otnen’d bird: . . But the speaker (most absttrqYgr * Said it was of,omen good— ’■ Argued'well M T. Norwood— - j I Quoth the niglit owl': ‘ “ Xevertnpre!” Bat the General still undaunted) ’ J ‘ ~ By tbe night-owl which had flaunted O’er the windows and the door, •'*; • Boldly asked: “ShallNorwood e’er ; Occupy the Gub’-Uatofial chair ?” Quoth !he bird, in accents clear: 11 -.i -*lc r - “Nevef&Oro’” :— . -V. Nia t,*|/. »J -**f (iuh .“.No, this can never be l No, General—no air-nee!” V' r > j- - . v*Tkdk axd Trie >:« Fort Gaines- Tribune: The dit zeri of-odr town were much shocked on last Wednesday rooming to hear eff the CCath of-Mr. Del! Brooks, which Occurred on the night previons-at twelve o’clock, it Is said Irom the effects ' of- tooriiiinet WhCtlier he intended trf take his oWq life is, of course, not positively known, put he acted in a wild and redkleso" manner for several days previous to hfs death. It Is certain that he purchased sixty *g r^lfts of morphine the day before Ms death and that abonfc one-filth of that quantity tvhs found in a vial,neat his coat.nut !«< (Rffdf “eye evtry «Myo»-two.« ‘ithere'lie bad wandered In MS' 4elli itiro,, andbfsfrrthds think he had tekfcri 'Hib universal lament, for their place* are easily fliied. judge Harris leav<* an he * * the . n * ufr «’ ln 3 from the- eff*^ of morphine.” OGx.Binpr.rE Echo: t Last weski jfiv J. S.Simms, .was taktn. wftli' a second stroke of paralysis, that prostrated, bte,ev ery nerve. He is now entirely helpless. Pr. Faust says his condition >1 very! priv carious, and while he may possiUly i sur vive a short time his ultimate recovery, is impossible. • mIt tilHjS Death of Samuel 'Watkins.—Ath ens Banner: Ore of the old-time cliar- Samuel Watkins was a . colored man, eighty years old, or. more. From the time when “the memory of man runneth not back to the contrary,” up to a few years are, he was janitor of the university, and .was very popular with the students, many of whom will hear of his demise with sin cere regret. After the feebleness of de clining years compelled him to give up the position he had so long held, he still waited on the Demosthenian Society, and was as loyal a Demosthenian as any of them. - * He had been In feeble health a long time, but had been confined to his bed only about ten days. He was industrious, thrifty and provident; and at tho time of his death was living at a home whiehlie had bought since the war, and paid for with the proceeds of the labor of himself and his faithful wife. He was universal ly respected by the citizens of Athens, and his death will be much regretted; Amebicus Recorder: The following fa a cure for hog cholera: Boil corn with poke root, and feed freely 1 to hogs. It is a sure cure, and will present the disease from spreading; is a preventive as well-as a cure.' It is also good for chickens, aud, indeed, fowls of all kinds; 4 The above re cipe was handed ns hy our colored friend, G. W. Kennedy, who ii a reader of this paper and one of the most enterprisingpf our colored citizens. A Poisoned Family.—I. W; S. in the Buena Yista Argus: Five children and the wife of Mr. James Bridges, near Poin dexter, Schley county, were poisoned last Friday morning. Mr. Bridges left early that morning with cotton for Americus, and soon after he left, one of his daught ers, who was sweeping the floor, tell sud denly. Two of the children were then sent for one of the neighbors, and on their way home one of them fell in the road, and. was carried home by an old npgro mail W1, en the neighbors arrived they found five of the children anu tiCJr Both er down with poison; two of the children were having convulsions. Four doctors were immediately summoned, and pro nounced it poison from arsenic or strych nine. It is thought that the poison was put inthe well-bucket, as those (and billy those) who drank of the fresh water were affected. They are all now out of dan ger. Tho perpetrator of the deed is un-. known. ' Oglethorpe Echo: A gentleman who was reared in a hay country says farmers in this county injure their forage by curing it too much. Crab grass can bo cut twice a season if the stock are kept off. Ed Clark has saved twenty tofis of Bermuda grass :ltay and has his hands yet cutting. In his bottoms it is waist high. Several fanners intend to buy mowers and hereafter utilize this vast Crop. Cored hay brings in Lexington fifty foqts per hundred. i i .• . j Brunswick Advertiser: There was brought to this market this week a raft of forty-four sticks of • square timber,' ’that averaged over one thousand feet to the stick. It was cut on lands of Messrs. J. Wilder* Co., of this city, aud sold to Messrs. McCullough & Co. at Darieii pri ces for samo style of timber. ■ ' Darien Gazette: Our good frier.d Colonel M.Ji. Harnett, the clever clerk of the Marshall House, Savannah, has gone on a trip to tho Hot Springs for his health. Friend Harnett lias been closely confined to business in Savannah for the past ten years, and this is the first: trip that he has taken during that time. The many friends of this well-known house will be glad to learn that the Colonel will not remain away from the Marshall very long. j Augusta News: The milling interest of Augusta is one of its principal indus-' tries, and is carried on by three of the largest, finest, best improved mills in the Soutli, but row and for some lime back the supply has not oven been in sight of llie immense demand that is made on our milling product, and which all during tlie fall season has surprised our mjll men. Indeed, our citizens interested and at the head of this industry are frightened at the prospect, for in spite of increased facilities and heavy work day and niglit, they, can not keep up with orders for flour and meal. Every mill in Augusta .is from a week to ten days behind in their orders, and Major George T. Jackson informed us this morning that his mill was turning out 100 barrels of flour per day at this time last year. Messrs. Jackson now turn out from 200 to 250 barrels of flour per day, and don’t grind any meal. Clark’s mill and Miller’s Crescent Mills do not grind as much pour, but large quantities of meal, in which they are as far behind as.in flour. Jack son’s Excelsior Mill is so far behind that their traveling agent, Mr. Wm. T. Butt, has been called lu .off tho road and order ed not to soil any more. He says he has been.offering Columbia merchants.* bit cash premium, with chromos thrown iri if they would cancel orders given! him, and they would not take him up. Capt. John W. Clark, who docs the road talking for Clark’s mills, is also in tlie town, and finds orders coming in of themselves fast er than they can be filled. Toccoa Herald: Mr. Stephen Blair, a shoe-maker ot this place, was arrested on Tuesday last, by Marshal Rainey, charged with having fired into a passenger train of tbe Atlanta and Charlotte railroad jsome ten days ago, at night, in this town. : The case was worked up by Detective White, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. White reports that he is furnished with abundant evi dence to convict the accused. The prisoner was taken before Justice Cook, of this place, and Blair, waiving an examination, was held to answer to the charge before the-Superior Court in bond , of $509, in default of which ho was committed to AGEICTTLTTJBAL DEPARTMENT. Ed ted by Oen William it. Browne Professor Of Ayrioulturs, etc, in the University of Georgia. —— (THE VALUE OF POTASH. It is only within a comparatively re cent period that the great value 6f potash as an ingredient of mixed manures, has been practically recognized on this side of the Atlantic. The reason for this, even among those who -admitted the impor tance of this alkali in its relations to riant life, has been its high price. But lappily for agricultural improvement, the discovery of large beds of mineral salts of potash at Strassfurt, in Germany, has removed this obstacle by placing largo quantities of this valuable substance withhrtlie reach of the former at greatly reduced prices. - The benefits to be.derlved from the use of potash as a fertilizer are demonstrated by -examination of an analysis of the mineral matter which, our commonly cul tivated, crops remove from the soil. In an article written some years ago by Professor Mallott, of the University of Virginia, he gave the following tabular statement of tho percentage of potash found iff the ash of various crops: Wheat (grain); per cent, of potash Barley -“ “ . “ jail. LaGrange Reporter: A stalk of corn was brought to this office last week which was fourteen feet in length. It grew on Dr.. Cary’s form, and he's ays the corn is so thick that it will perhaps, produce 1 one hundred bushels per acre- Ike land was prepared for cultivation last winter,. &nd has proved to be unusually fertile. 1 Oglethorpe Echo: While the streets of Lexington are pav4d with Berimda grass annhot gold, there are undoubtedly several very rich veins of (he precious metal running under the town.' A ledge; heavily charged with gold, passes through Mtp. Shackelford’s cellar; and in digging a well on the place now occupied by Mr. Doster other minerals were found which maik the existence of a gold lead. ' S/’Akta Times and Planter: Mr. |Tom Moore, who 'had the. misfortune , tot lose 6he. ot his ’ eyes .a nuqfoer' of yeard ago, was struck in tke oilier by a splinter, while at work in the shop iof. Sir. James Smith last week. The bone under tlie eye was broken andT was removed' by tho.nhysi- cian.! It is feared that he will l>6*deprived of his sight entirely. Mr. Moore was an industrious apd gooff workman. He lias the sympathy of the’entire community, fie has a Jarge family d6pqudaht upop'his exertions fpr maintenance^ » [' e >. j’”' ‘ Death of Mrs. Cuas. Walker,—Cc- Iuuibus.Times: Mr. Joel T. Walker, of the linn of VV’att & Walker, received tlie sad ; intelligence by .telegraph Wednes day night that, his mother, Mra- Chas. Walker, L*d died at her home iiearKqux* .ville, in Crawford county, in this Stale. Mr. Walker left by the first train after re ceiving Aim. summons. Her. age was about sixty-fiye.! At"- Walker, of Neal’s Landing, was giso a sou. They, have (he sympathy of their friends in this community iu their sad bereavement. Bain-bihdoh Democrat: That new Central Link ■ boat j Rebecca - E verincluun, will be putisoBn.mThey sayshe willtbe a 'perfect daisy of a ffreight .and passqnger steamer. Things are beginning" to flush in the river trade, and we have - a steam- • M ( Oats Corn • “ “ Peas (seed) , “ Potatoes (tubers) “ Turnips (roots) “ Beets . “ “ Clover “ Grass (in early stage) Cotton (fibre) “ Tobacco- “ “ A glance at the foregoing table will ac count conclusively for the poor crops pro duced by those lands which have^ been cultivated year after yeanin com or cotton without any return to the soil of even any pdTti“” the vast quantities of this es- sentiai element of wnicli’li £2! I?^? n annu ally deprived. Any one who has observed the beneficial effect of wood ashes strewn over land, or the difference in the yield of a piece of ground freshly cleared and hnrht off, as compared with that of a field long in cultivation, will be satisfied as to the value of potash to plants. We must not be understood as recommending the use of potash as an independent manure, all-sufficient of itself. It is not to be re garded as a rival of ammoniated fertili zers, bone dust, lime or plaster, bat as an essential to these, affording that which they do not contain and cannot be made to yield. We believe that if our manu facturers of fertilizers would increase the percentage of potash in their compounds, and diminish tho percentage of ammonia, they would furnish a better manure for coni and cotton and other staple crops. “Potash,” says Dr. Voricker, “enters into actual union with many parts of plants, aud it is absolutely necessary to bring the plant to perfection. To show tlie dif ference between the - physiological effects of potash and soda in this respect, I would just mention that,'whereas you Can wash out chloride of sodium with water from a substance like the root of a mangold or a stalk of wheat or from grasses, you can not remove potash so as to show its pres ence simply by the mechanical process of v ashing; you cannot prove its existence before you have reduced llio plant to ashes, destroyed its organic structure, and thus re-obtained the potash from the ash. It has, in fact, entered into an organic combination from which it cannot be re moved by the more mechanical process of washing?’ ’ ’ - It has been found on soils that are very deficient in potash, tho application of mineral superphosphates (phosphoric aetd, lime, sulphuric acid) produces iittie or no effect upon crops in the structure- of which potash enters largely. The rea son of this is that the phosphoric acid in the sifpcrphosphate does npt act because potash was not present to form part oi tho substance of the plant. • In an experiment made in England with rod clover, which contains, as shown iu the above table, 85 per cent of potash, the natural soil yielded per acre 10,540 pounds. An adjoining plat, to which mineral phosphates alone were applied, yielded 10,412 pounds; a third plat, to which muriate t f potash was applied, pro- pucod 10;0-28 pounds, and a fourth ma nured frith a mixture of superphosphate and murihte of potash yielded 547,540 pounds. ■ • liberal use of manure, A lecturer at * recent meeting ol a farmers’ club .-in Ireland truly remarked “It is by the preparation and application of manures that good crops can and will be produced, and just in proportion • as they are largely applied, so will the fond er be enriched. If you want a large crop of turnips, prepare manure and ap ply it; if you want large potatoes, ma- mire; if you want plenty of oats, ma nure. In a word, if you want plenty of money, I would say prepare manure prop erly and apply it.” prepare at once to sow Oats, u We heard intelligent farmers observe recently that “com has become one ofthe most uncertain crops that we raise in northern and middle Georgia, owing to lata frosts in spring which prevent early- planting, and the constant occurrence of protracted drought in Juno and July, jast when the crop most needs mqjsture, What are we to do?” To the question at the close of thq above statement we confidently reply: raise more oats; prepare your land at once, and sow 03 large an area as you can gqt ready this month or early in Jthe next. Where good land, liberally fertilized, carefully, prepared, is sown early in the fall with genuino red rust proof oats, there is no more certain, productive, economical or remunerative crop than oats. Tho old plan of treating oats as a step-child, td be planted anyhow on tho frorst corner of the form, and never manured by any accident, will not do. To rely on corn exclusively as a grain And forage crop for stock, as well as a bread crop for the fam ily, is not only uncertain, but expensive. •With care, we can raise from thirty to forty bushels of oats on land that will produce fifteen bushels of com. Every body knows that as a food for horses and mules, two bushels of oats art more than equal to one bushel of com, and the ex pense of raising a bushel of com is four ortirt tithes that of a bushel of oats- STRAWBERRIES. ' This is the best month to set out straw berry plants, and make new. beds. Ii planted tins month, a good crop of fruit may.-flo gathered next spring, but the plants wifi not be in fall beariug before the following year. •>*•!"«: 1 : ' - Tlie best soil for strawberries is a sandy loam, deeply broke and finely pulverized Let the rows be from three and' a half to four feet apart, and planti at distances of twelve to eighteen inches in the row.’ As soon as,the plants are well established, the spacea between the rows and betfreen thq plants should bo well covered with leavcq,- straw, 1 or < nine straw, which will not only prevent the growth of weeds,—but ■will'*, keep the soil moist in Winter and the fruit clean in spring. Ashes, woods-earth, and a iittie superphosphate are the best dressing for strawberry beds. A small space thus iabl off, prepared aud set in every garden, will yield-a liberal-supply of this delicious fruit for family use. There are several hundred distinct yarleties-of strawberries, for each of which some marked superiori ty in size, flavor, etc., is claimed by its originator. I We have tried several, (we fire now testing the “Sharpless”) but we iiavi found'none equal to the “Wilson’s ’Albany’’■for our climate.” The Trioinphe do Grand and Hovey’s Seedling are good varieties. Freights soon as some repairs can be made. The Cumberland is now undergoing repairs, and will probably be ready for service in a few days. There would have been boats on the rher before now but the merchants ti ought they had marie a permanent agreement with the Macon and Bruns wick road, and were perfectly satisfied with the low rates secured, when, “pres to,” the Railroad Commission steps into the arena and demands abrogation ofthe agreement and an increase of rates to p’easo Americas apd Montezuma. For the want of a boat Hawkinsville is -now paying from five hundred to. one thousand dollars a week more for freight on cotton than would be required if a boat was running on the river.—HawTcinsville Dispatch. We suggest, as a way of escape from the difficulty, that our friends ship their cotton to Macon. The cotton will sell hero for better prices than in Savannah, it we con sider the difference infreight. Macon lias every facility for handling Hawkinsville’s Cotton; tho city is easy of access; hanking arrangements are perfect, and we actually sell Hawkinsville more of her goods tfiian. any one city in the State. Why not give us the benefit ofthe cotton'trade, when it can he done witnout loss. There is not a warehouse man in the city -but who will place it In the power of any factor to real ize as much on his cotton os. though it were sold at the coast. .Savannah Ncw% : Sirtte rhe-fiipt of SegtfTutmr ^hert have arrived at ‘ibis port balance Of the six y gratne. D»a < Irftin" td-enty-fonr foreign steamships. Three was catted fo see him abbut- nkib iff lock have already been loaded Arid ante 'sailed BoCahdAlu at present jorts in | JStf. rope. -One is at -quarantine and one at Ty bee, mk« being Ordered to Charleston and New Orleans. ■ Columbus EhgirirCr: Yesterdaymom- ng Mrs. Maleom McNeill,was walkisg in her garden, wlifch is on' lower Troup Street, When atfe®wHs "bitten by a small g arter snake. Tlie fangs entered about rt ankW, which began to swell very rap idly. Atdirste iti was. thought she would disgusted with the Railroad Commission, not recover, but late last night she was a uu have made arrangements to put the considered out of danger. . - 4 steamboat Cumberland on the river as on Cotton Advanced One Dollar a Bale- Under an order from the Railroac. Com mission, the Macon and Brunswick rail- roa’d has been' required to increase the freight on cotton from Hawkinsville to Savannah from $1.50 cents a bale to $2.55 cents per bale, for a bale weighing 5C0 pounds," or, in other words, tho rate on cottou from this place to Savannah is fif ty-one cents per hundred. This increase has been made to satisfy the business men of Montezuma and Americas, who claimed that Hawkinsville had been al lowed lower rates on account of fiver competition, wheh, as they claimed, the river was not in boating order. ' The merchants of Hawkinsville are The Moral Suasion Fleet. The present naval demonstration,though more than sufficient for bombarding Dul- cigno, can hardly be considered a3 a very adequate representation of the naval power of 'the participants. The pro gramme given by the Diritlo, of Ro'me, tire Ministerial organ, shows that England, Italy, France and Russia contribute three vessels each; Austria, two; Germany, one. England sends the ironclads Alexandra, Temeraire, and Monarch. They are good ships, but only three out of many. The Alexandra and Temeraire are casemate ships, built of iron, respectively 325 and 235 feet" long, G4 and 02 feet wide, about 27 feet each in maxinium draught, and having respectively 9,492 ana 8,412 tons’ displacement. The Alexandra has 13J inches greatest and 6 inches least thickness of armor; the Temeraire has 12 \ inches greatest and 7 inches least thick ness. Both have 9-J inches hacking for tlie armor. The Monarch is a sea-going turret ship, a trifle longer’than either of the others and a little narrower, with about the same draught, and nearly the Teineraiic’s displacement. Bat she has only S* inches greatest and only 5 Inches least thickness of armor. All three ves sels have high speed—the Temeraire 14-| knots, and the two others about 15. The Alexandra carries two 12-inch and ten 10-inch ‘Woolwich guns; the' Temeraire four of each calibre; the Monarch, four 12-incli, two 9-inch and one 7-:nch. Italy is represented by the Palestro, Ye nezia and Venetta. The former, the prin cipal ones, are 205 and 250 feet in length, 58 in breadth, and 25 in draught; they are of 5,780 and 5 l 700 tons’ displacement, and have a speed, respectively, of 12 amj 13 knots. But the former lias only 3| inches greatest and G inches least thickuess of armor, and Hie latter has only C and 4 inches; each has about two feet of wood hacking. The 1’alcstro carries one 11- inch and four 10-inch guns; tlie Venezia, eight 10 inch and one 9-inch. These are powerful ships; but they are enormously inferior both in artnament and armor to Italy’s Duilio. France sends the Friedland, Suffren and Hirondelle. The latter is an old- type wooden steam cruiser, of a thousand tons. The two former are fighting ships, of8,lG4 and 7,360 tons, casemated, with six inches least and, respectively, about ten and eight inches greatest thickness of armor. They have the good speed of thir teen and fourteen knots. The Friedland carries eight 10J and eight 5^-inch guns: the Suflren carries fourteen guns, of which four are lOJ-inch. They are both good representatives, but not the must, formida ble, of the French navy. Austria’s Prinz Eugen and Kaiser, are casemate frigates of 5,810 and 3,550 tons, 0| and S inches greatest thickness ol ar mor, and 12J and 13 knots speed. The Kaiser carries ten 9-inch Armstrongs, and the Prinz Eugen carries eight 8J Krupps. Russia’s contribution is the Askjold, Svetlana and Elborus. Th6 latter ifs a small paddle gunboat of the' Black Sea fleet; the other two are of the Baltic fleet. The Svetlana is a frigate of 3,202 ton3 and eighteen guns; the Askjold, a corvette of 2,402 tons and fourteen guns. Both are unarmorefl, bpt Russia has many armored vessels, some of considerable size and power. Germany, also, has powbrful ironclads, but; according to the Dirilto's statement is to be represented only by the Victoria, which is a second-class wooden corvette of 1,700 tons, but having high speed. The Canvass in Southwest Georgia: Quthbeet, Ga., Sept. 22, I860. - It is difficult to form .an estimate of the general strength of Colquitt and Norwood from the newspaper reports. Representa tions are accepted and published that are not founded on knowledge of the. situa tion, and bv them tho readers on either side are deceived. There are many can did men who believe thatNorwood stands a good chance to be elected, when, in fact, and in truth, no power of elocution or logic can bring him in gun-shot of his an tagonist. We often sea it stated:that counties known to have overwhelming majorities for Colquitt, and where Brown is preferred for the Senate over auy^jvmg man, are to give large No: wood majori ties. From Information that is deemed en ; tirelyirelifible, there, are large .majorities for Colquitt iu Stewart, Quitman,, Clay, Early, Miller, Calhoun, Baker, Dougherty, Mitchell and Randolph, aud other coun ties, with the white people; and that it Is a general inclination of the colored people in all this belt ofthe State to vote for him also, notwithstanding any party priicy that may be .urged to tlie contrary. It is . a question in which the colored people will control their leaders, instead of being controlled by them. The nomination of Mr. Brimbeny has produced no . excitement among the col ored people, who will vote for him as they come to the polls to vote for Garfield. But they have no hope of his election, even if they much desire it. The white people regard him as offering himself a sacrifice to keep on terms at Washington in case it is in tbe power of his party in the future, as it lias been iu the past, to bestow patronage. Still he, avows that he intends to make a vigorous canvass. It seems funny to Ids neighbors, however potential it may sound abroad. , , ,j) '-> y 1-PBWBVfH' A Strange Case in Illinois.—A Chicago dispatch dated September .20, says that “at Galesburg, this morning, the relatives , of Miss Chase, who in a state bordering on ..insanity mar ried a disreputable, negro named Sam Monroe, and has been sequestered by her friends some days,,was brought into town and with relations entered the train to go to Peoria.. Monroe, who had been re leased from jail, appeared on the platform and walking defiantly up to the party, said, “Good morning, brother Horace,” whereupon the young man. addressed knocked hiin down, borrowed a revolver, tried to shoot and followed the negro through the crowd, Monroe also having a revolver in his band all the time, He was hit in the arm, but not severely hiiit. Monroe eventually escaped. There Is much excitement among the negroes, who side with Monroe, and. among tlie white population, whose sympathies are on the other side. THE MACON AND BRUNSWICK EXTENSION. Major R. C MeCalla, Englassr of the Xast Tennessee, Vlrglals and U«or- (la Railroad, Id the Utj with tbe View ol Commencing Mark. Yesterday a reporter of the Post-Appeal had the pleasure of meeting Maj. R. C. MeCalla, engineer in charge of the whole system of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad combinarion, who is in the city lor the purpose of commencing the enterprise of building the extension of tlie Macon and Brunswick railroad irom Macon to Atlanta. “Major MeCalla,” said the reporter, nave you any objections to being inter viewed relative to* the object of your visit?” , “None at all. I am. here for the purpose of making a survey of the proposed line.” “Have you one or two routes in con templation?” “We have two routes in contemplation. One of them is from Macon to Atlanta, the other from Macon to or near Coving ton, and then'by the Georgia railroad to Atlanta. This latter route will obviate the building of about forty miles." “Which route do yon think frill he the one adopted?” “I can’t tell just at present. The ob ject of the survey of these routes Is to as certain the most available. I shall sur vey each route and make a report to the company, and tliey will examine into aud choose between the two.” “When will you commence the sur vey?” * “I will go to Covington to-morrow over land on horseback, and from that point continue my ride to Macon.” “Is your survey party with yon?” “No; they will meet me in Macon about tbe Sth of October. I will not need them until then.” T ’ “Have you any idea about when you will commence the surveys actively P” “About the 5tli of October. 1 expect to reach Macon in about ten days with the reconnoissance, and then the survey will commence.” “What route will you survey first ?” “I will commence the route via Coving ton first, for the reason that it is tho’route I can explore quickest.” “After the company 'decides upon the line to adopt, how long will it be before the grading will be commenced ?” “It is the expectation of the company to begin the work early next spring, or as soon as possible after these surveys are acted upon.” ' _ - ’ “In connection with what lines will the Macon and Brunswick, with the ex tension from Macon to Atlanta, be opera ted?” “I think that It will be an independent line, socking its portion of the business centering at Atlanta.” “Have you any idea about the length of either route?” “In answer to your question, I will say, that all that I know about tlie route is that Col. Hazlehurst, of Macon, told me that the connecting link to build would be about 100 liiiies.” With a promise that at an early day the Major would give a more extended inter view, the reporter withdrew his interrega tion point and the interview came to an end. Major MeCalla is one of the most expe rienced engineers of the country, and is a most pleasant and affable gentleman. While in the city he was chaperoned by Major B. W. Probe],twho is one of his most intimate friends.—Atlanta Post. H —Mr. and Mrs. Ames, of San Francisco, agreed that they were unsuited to each oth er, and that a separation was desirable, but how to obtain a divorce wa3 puzzling, because neither had a grievance that would stand the test of law. Their con clusion was that the husband should give the wife ground for complaint by whip ping her; so he amiably kuoqkd her down* and she got the divorce. The epizootic is raging in Boston, but in a milder form than that some years ago. NOTES ON THE CAMPAIGN. Tlie Toombs Bonds. rose of the garden, is firmly rooted in its native soil; slander, like the odious thistle, scatters its down on every wayward breeze. JIB. TOOMBS’ DEBT AGAINST THE STATE When the Constitutional Convention was in session, the fund appropriated for tlie expenses of the convention was ex hausted and Mr. Toombs advanced $25,- .000 to enable the body to continue its session, Tho convention—tbe highest law—making authority—recognized this debt by issuing bonds of the State to Mri Toombs for that amount. Thus, tills debt was prior to the constitution—it was a first mortgage on the constitution. It is estimated that there are 14,000 words in the constitution; so that the State owed Mr. Toombs one dollar and seventy cents for every word of its organic law. These bonds were bearing seven per cent, inter est. The State at that time permitted parties to loan money at twelve per cent.: and if Mr. Toombs was entitled to make more interest on his money than the State was paying, theH the State was in honor bound to repay this debt of honor without delay. The time had come, too, when the State had a large surplus in the treasury, and there was no reason why she should b: paying seven per cent, interest. This was a peculiar case. The bonds were not or dinary bonds. They were issued hy the authority, not of a legislature,-but of a constitulional convention. Their right to payment was, upon their face, superior to any right that a legislature could confer. The appropriation was made by the convention. Such being the case,* Gov. Colqnitt, in the interest both ofthe State and Mr. Toombs, had the bonds paid. A DIFFERENCE. It is-said'that this'was inconsistent WiEh tlie Governor’s position during the convelition; that he was not authorized to draw on tho treasury for the - expenses of the. convention. Not so. This ‘ position was based on the opinion of the Attorney General, and it was a very different- thin; to draw on the treasury at that time, an< to do so after the convention, which had issued the bonds, had its action ratified by an overwhelming majority of the whole people of Geoigia. TWO MAKE A BARGAIN. ■Mr. Norwood should remember' when he eharges this as a raid upon the treas ury that it reflects as heavily upon his supporter, Mr. Toombs, as his charge about the fee of Baugh ci al reflects on Ids other supporter, General Lawton, t Gov ernor Colquitt could not force tho plun dered contents of the treasury on either of these gentlemen. Tliey would not knon inglv receive money in violation of law. They have never done anything akin to the back salary grab. Why should they be accused of collusion with the governor to rob the treasury ? If. the Governor’s salary had been raised like President Grant’s, by way of inducing his consent to these transactions, there might be ground for suspicion. • - j .. j — . . No.-Axe. Fan-Preabytenan Council. Philadelphia, Sept. 24.—The ses sions ofthe second day of the Pan-Presby terian Council were opened this morning with tho usual devotional - exercises by the offering of prayer by Ker. Dr. Phelps and Judge Strong, reading of the scrip tures by Rev. A.- F. Buscordt and the singing of appropriate hymns. Rer. D. A. Wallace, 1). D, LL. D., of Worcester, presided at the morning session. The or der of thelday, ajpaper ou the “Inspiration, Authenticity and Interpretation of the Scripture,” was proceeded with v Dr. Humphrey’s paper, which he stated had for its object the presentation of a conven ient method by which the younger mem-, bers of the ministry might expound tbe Scriptures, was an analytical examination of the different results of " revelation, inspiration and spiritual discernment in the production of the Scriptures. A general discussion took place on Dr. Hitchcock’s paper, and the general tone of the discussion was in approval of that pa per. The session was concluded by the discussion of Dr. Humphrey's paper ou “The Inspiration, Authenticity and In terpretation oi the Scriptures. Rev. Thos. S. Porter, D. D., of Penn sylvania, presided over and opened with prayer tbe afternoon session. A paper was read on the subject of “Distinctive Principles of Presbyterianism,” by Sam uel J. VTtlson, D. D., LL. D., of Alleghe ny City, whose paper was devoted to proving that Presbyterianism is apostolic and scriptural in its form of government, and that presbyters and not prelatic bish ops, are bishops in the true sense. This was followed by a paper by Rev. John DeWitt, Of Phiiad 'dphia, ou the sub ject of “The Worship i f the Reformed Churches,” whl$b, in the main, was a plea for a divorce of the artistic from the spiritual in church services, and the sub ordination of the material elements to the higher intellectual and moral powers in eiving expression to the worship of God. The remaining paper was by Rev. Dr. C. H. Read, D.D., of Richmond, Va., ou tho subject of “Ruling Elders.” Philadelphia, Sept—“Revealed Re ligion in Its Relation to Science and Phil osophy” formed tbe topic discussed in all the papers read at to-day’s session of the Pan-Presbyterian Council. Rev. Dr. Green, of Princeton College,.presided at the morning session. Prof Henry Cai- derwood, LL. D., of Edinburgh, read a paper on the “Relations of Science, and Theology,” during which the author briefly aud severally reviewed the dis- tinctive auti-tlieological peculiarities of Tyrdall, Darwin, Huxley and the mod ern scientists who have tried to contro vert Bible assertions on scientific hypothe ses. Having described tbe boundaries respecthejy of theology and science, he argued that tbo difference between the two is mythical. The author elaborated the point that religion has been assaulted especially from the ground of scientific influence and not from science itself. The fact to be t&eed however, was, that there had been firmly proclaimed an an tagonism to the recognition of the super natural, and under these circumstances it belongs to the theologians to make their ap peal to intelligent men by a clear state ment of their position. That theology has received able support from science was illustrated by the speaker citing the cases in which avowals of Chris tian faith had been made in all ages by men who had made scientific research the study of their lives. Jle observed that scientific men not, in a body, par ticipate in tlie assaults' maud upon the Christian church, and that those who do are not scientists; that they are scientific was not denied, but the speaker did deny that they were engaged in scientific wonc. This paper wa3 followed by one by Dr. James McCosh,D.D., LL.D., president ot Princeton College, N. J. Owing to re stricted time, Dr. McCcsh was able to read only portions of his paper, epitomiz ing in the briefest manner possible the great bulk of its contents, which, accord ing to the title of the paper, dealt with the question of “How to deal with youngmen trained in science in this age of unsettled opinion.” His advice was, to deal ten derly with young men and prepare them thoroughly with every possible intellectu al equipment, and, lie advised, especially, that teachers should be cautious cf speak ing in an authoritative manner pf subjects on which they were not themselves thor oughly informed. c ‘ Dr. McCosli gave an interesting sum mary of whathe had accomplished during the sixteen years of his ministry and as the head of a college in Ireland, together with what had been done during the twblvo years of his presidency at Prince ton. On the latter point he remarked that of the 1,200 graduates that had left the college during his presidency, only four went away unbelievers, and of those lour throe are now in the gospel ministry and the fourth is high up in the theologi cal class of rrincetcn, having returned as a post-graduate. The reading of these papers was followed hy the usual discus sion of them and of preceding papers. Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—Hon, Hor ace Maynard presided at the afternoon session "ot the Pan-Presbyterian Council. Before tho regular business wa3 taken up a resolution was adopted, providing for the appointment of a committee to con sider and report upon at the*next council meeting, all applications for membership in the Alliance. Hon. Horace Day then moved that the committee to be appointed have power to pass npon applications for admission to the present council. He re marked that the app.licaiion of the Cum berland Presbyterian Church for admis sion to membership had been rejected, although that church represents one hundred and thirty thousand people who are strictly Presbyterian in their doc trine, e: cept nine sections, relating to predestination. Mr. Day asked how many of the churches represented in the council believe in those articles, and ad ded that if the Westminster Catechism was to be written to-morrow he be lieved a majority cf the churches would favor the omission of a great deal now in it. This remark elicited a chorus of such cries as “Order,” “Order,” “No,” “No,” etc. After a warm discussion Mr. .Day’s motion was adopted. . The order of the day was a paper on “Apologetics,” by Rev. E. D. Dupress- ener, D.Di, of Paris, but . as that gentle man was absent, and the paper he had sent was written in French, it was referred to the publication committee. Professor Flint read a paper on “Agnosticism.” Briefly put, his. definition of Agnosticism was that spirit which challenges hut re fuses to be convinced by evidence. We live, Iie'said, in an age when a large num ber of people insist on being guided in religious matters by the exercise of private judginent, when, unfortunately, they have very iittie judgment to exercise. We live in a critical,’ '* analytical age, and numbers art apt to' adopt agnostic views, and support them by what they term critical methods. In the speaker’s opinion, the only method by which agnosticism can he met in a way that will have a permanent effect, is by opposing to its narrow spirit, piety; to its plausible hypotheses, conclusions drawn irom all classes of relevant fact—in a word, by sound, thorough, intellectual, biblical scholarship. Professor Flint said ho had great respect for Calvin, and believed in the doctrines of the Westminster Catechism, but he utterly repudiated the notion, aud one that wa3 largely causeful of agnosticism, that the study of theology came to an end with the production of that catecism. In conclusion, Prof. Flint said that each in dividual could; by* the beauties of asincere, vigorous Christian life, present against agnosticism a more powerful argument than Could possibly be put into words. A formal greeting from the Methodist ministers of Philadelphia was read, and a resolution acknowledging its receipt was adopted by the council, which then ad journed.. . ...., .... Tbe NarragftBBett Disaster. Washington, Sf-pt. 24.—Th<; report of- the local inspectors who investigated the Stonington-Narragansett disaster has been received by "the supervising' inspec tor general of steam vessels. They find, after a careM review of all the testimony and circumstances' of tlie collision, that George F. Nye, master ofthe Stonington, did, through his pilot, alter her course for theNarragansett without giving the proper signals, as required; that he also failed to stop his steamer without properly locating tlie Narragansett, or until proper signals could be given, answered aud understood, as required.. Upon sighting the Narra gansett, through carelessness or forgetful ness, a signal was given to start the steam er, which caused tie collision. Upon his owa admission, there was found in Cap tain Nye a disposition to totally disregard the Jaw as far as it relates to the convey ance and transportation of a greater num ber of passengers than is allowed bv law, and, in consequence, be is liable to tbe penalties prescribed by the law, and his license as a master and pilot would be revoked had It* not already, expired by limitation. W. S. Young, master of the Narragan sett, proceeded from New York without the engineer’s department being in charge of a chief engineer, as'required bylaw. Upon "sighting the Stonington, through carelessness or excitement,, signals were given to go ahead, thereby contributing to the collision. After discovering fire iu the upper works of liis steamer, he did not use tbe proper means to extinguish it, and leaving his steamer in a life-boat with his pjlot, so soon afier the collision, with so many passengers on board, was entirely at variance with good judgment and the duties and obligations of the master ol a steamer. In consequence of these viola tions, |iis license as pilot and inspector has been revoked. Tbe Providence and Stonington Steam ship company did not. provide the Narra gansett with a complement of liocnsed engineers, nor the number of watchmen for her staterooms, deck and ladies’ cabin required, in consequent? . pf. which they are amenable to law as prescribed ¥*.. se ^" tjnna 447S and 4500 of the. Revised stat utes. There was a failure fo keep a cor rect list of the passengers, as required by law, and for which they are amenable.