No view of the Congregationalism taken into the South by the A. M. A. will be complete without considering the pervasive influence of all of these churches and institutions of learning, that have come to be a power universally recognized. Almost every member going forth from them is, in some sense, a representative of the Congregational idea, though he does not himself take the name. In all the South, among the whites as well as the blacks, these principles have been made known, so that the way, in great part, is prepared for carrying on there a spiritual propagandism that shall yet recognize the essential feature of this past dispensation, which, at the North, has been up-borne by sympathy and prayer, the consecration of substance and the offering of sons and daughters, and which, at the South, has bravely stood, this score of years, for this sublime act and testimony, in sacrifice enduring hardness, ostracism and scorn, viz., the features of the brotherhood of man in Christ Jesus, the real unity of all Christian believers, irrespective of race, color, or social condition. THE CONGREGATIONALIST. * * * * * GENERAL NOTES. AFRICA. —The French government will shortly submit to the Chamber a project for the construction of a railroad from Soukarras to Tebessa. —Dr. Schweinfurth will soon come to Halle to confer with Dr. Riebeck upon the results of their exploration of Sokotora. —The English missionaries sent to reinforce the station of Roubaga have all been detained by the fever at Msalala to the south of Victoria Nyanza. —P. Livinhac, who for five years has directed the station of Roubaga, has been appointed apostolic vicar of Victoria Nyanza. —According to a communication from Rohlfs to the Geographical Society of Berlin, Dr. Stecker has vainly attempted to traverse the Gallas country and will return to Europe. —Mr. Herisson has reported from his new archæological exploration in Tunis, two grand mosaics from Carthage, the most beautiful that have as yet been found in Africa. —Hicks Pasha has defeated over 5,000 Arabs in the Soudan, killing 500. The Arabs fight bravely, but their spears are useless against shells and cannon. The Egyptian loss was two killed. —Captain Casati has traversed the country of the Niams-Niams, following several routes not frequented as yet by European travelers. He has encountered great dangers, was detained a prisoner for two months in the house of Prince Azanga, and only rescued himself from his captivity by flight. —The Wesleyan missions on the West Coast of Africa in Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Yomba, Popo and Gambia have contributed about $150,000 in the last ten years. The number in church fellowship is 15,044; in attendance on public worship, 53,474. * * * * * THE INDIANS.