GEORGIA.—The railroads diverging from Atlanta generously passed at reduced rates the students of Atlanta University, after Commencement, to their homes and schools in the country. This reduction on one line, and on one trip, resulted in a saving to the students of a hundred and thirty-two dollars, a sum sufficient to pay the board and tuition of a student in that institution one year and two months. ATHENS, ALA.—At the July communion, six children were baptized in Trinity Congregational Church. Two cases of discipline have just been issued. Rev. Horace J. Taylor is pastor. NASHVILLE, TENN.—Nathaniel Nurse, a student of Fisk University, has been appointed a city missionary. * * * * * GENERAL NOTES. —The Atlanta _Republican_ says that, in proportion to their means, the colored people of that city are paying a much heavier tax than the whites, while their school facilities are far inferior. It also alleges that the hostility of the mayor to the colored school is evidenced by the removal of their best teachers, and especially of those who have gone thither from the North. * * * * * —Catlin says that the Indians preserve their health by keeping their mouths shut. Some pale-faces might preserve their spiritual health by observing the same rule.—_Christian at Work._ —“It is a singular _non sequitur_ to refer to the discovery of frauds made by the Interior Department, as proofs of its inefficiency and unsuitableness to conduct the service, when, in fact, they are proofs of exactly the opposite.”—_Independent._ —The following resolutions, written by men who have worked in Oregon and Washington for thirty years, and who ought to know something about this question, were unanimously adopted by the Oregon Congregational Association: “_Resolved_, That the Association affirm its faith in the redemption of the Indian from barbarism. “_Resolved_, That we deplore the policy that tends to his extermination. “_Resolved_, That the provisions of the Constitution, and the acts of Congress, and the pledges of treaties, furnish a strong motive for effort on the part of the friends of the Indian to secure him a homestead and citizenship as the best way to secure his rights in law, and promote his manhood and his welfare permanently, and “_Whereas_, There is now a proposition in Congress to consolidate the various reservations in Oregon and Washington Territory, without regard to the previous labor and rights of the Indians, and without their consent, and “_Whereas_, We believe such consolidation would be unjust to the Indians, dangerous to the surrounding settlers, and, in the end, of vast expense to the government, as well as a great hindrance to the civilization of the Indians physically, mentally and morally, therefore,