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General News Hems. 'J hero nro ninety-seven ilinnsmml union of pUhmarlne cable now in use. Columbia foil eg" p ys its pivfea sol's larger salaries tlmn any other collog >, Michigan Univeifuty Inis I,37ostu dents, tlio largest number of any Amcrie.aii collego. binco 1 SCO tin; Pacific Railroad has Inn U and 172,81 1 pnsscii”( rs in San Francisco, and brought away 230,800. It is said the mu-k which was used in a mortar in Constantinople over 1000 years ago still pei'lmm-s tlio air of the mosque ol St. Sophia. There was a bull fight by m on light in Campenchy, Mexico, recently, in which it in said that the (O- vernor oT tires State figured, distiognishod u auintador. Rev. 11. IV. IT eciier believt .-s Unit cliurches and ministers should be 1 ax ed, and that everything should be taxed, except that which belong.-to the state. New Yirk Supreme Judges arc paid e lewn thousand five hundred dollars, while the Supeiior Judges and those of common pleas receive liitacu thousand, each. The Mayor of New York smihs pleasantly when lie draws his yearly salary of twelve thousand, hut the commissioner of jurors smiles much louder s he pockets his liiteen thou sand. ‘•Missouri Fluff,’’ is the name ai plied to a village on die smith side of the Arkansas river, on a very high bluff, which is noted among riv. r travelers ns a natural curiosity in that the roek which forms the MulT makes a complete profile view of a man's fi.ee. The Virginia Legi.-l.iturc p issed a luw witch repudiated about 33 ]>er cent, ol the just and solemn ftuanc.in: pledges of that Siat , but to the honor of the governor, be i! said, lie vetoed the dishonorable measure. The law would have repudiated about thirteen million. In the reign of Louis the XIV., France had a population of 1b.000,- 000, England 8,000,000, and Germa ny uim ten million. In 1780 France had twenty-nine million; England twelve million and Germany tw< iit.\ eight in liion. Under Napoic'n !. France had 29,0'0.000 and Eng’am! 10,000,000. A writer in the lu’piib liqu<: Francaiaa secs great danger l > Franco in these figures. It is recorded of I)r. Johnson that with characteristic j rejiidini; agniu-l ail articles used north of 'l weed, he said that oats were food for horses in England and for men in Scotland. — The response was, ‘‘Yes, but win re can you see such horses or such men?’ Those who are accustomed to the u a; of oat-meal know its value as an ar ticle of diet, and Scotch people fu ly recognize its iuvpoitance as luruUli ing a most, v;holt-some feed. Queen Victoria’s love for Scotland is not confined to the country; sho relishes its productions, and we un<h r.-taml that oat-mcal porridge forms daily n portion ol her morning meal. Messrs. Drc.xcl, Morgan&Co., have organized a companv uniler the laws of New York, for eDukiisimig tele graphing communication with Mexi co, Ceulrai and S< uth Am rica. Mex ico will then bo tlie channel Ihvough which rapid communications can be had with lb : inland of Smith Ameri ca. Ii will c-.st about sixty mil ion, and the entiro connections will con sist of five hundred mil -s of main c. l ie; beginning on the Texan const, and continued to the cities of Tam pico and Vera Cruz, in Mexico, where it will connect with a govern ment wire extending to the- city of Mexico. From tli -re, it will consist of seventy-three miles of wire, which will extend to all impel tint points in Central and Sou.h America. Efforts will be made to obtain a grant from the Mexican government, by which all messages from 155 miles south of the boundary line of the United States, and Mexico, lor fifty years, may be exclusive for the benefit of tho com pany. A railroad in being built across tho isthmus of Tehuantepec,"and the sliip canal in prospect of construction will a fibril centres of communication from the gulf and Pac lie coasts and South AmCiicau towns to the United f takes and Ear -pc. TP. A. SIXGU'VJ'ON, FA ill- I’i'op'r. VOL 5. ST-JvIARIE- I was cnfjagi and. 1 new r could tel! exactly how itenmo about. My be trothed vs as Ingh-bred, beautiful, be longed to ar'i tocratic circles, and de clared by those wlm had become suf fi.-icnUy acquainted with her ini< l led ual development to bo wonder!sil ly intohigi nt. I Imd never become intimate enough with my lady to make any such discovery. My moth er said it was m.y fault. Perhaps sue was rigid. M-irian Cash cart was her n.mv: | and although wo had been engaged several month*, and I hul made a point of spending at 1 "i-t two even- i mgs of each week in her society, 1 had mver yet progressed beyond th • [ formal Miss Marian; and she did imt ; | scorn inclined to invito m-i to any less i I conventional platform. 1 u-ed to | wondei if, after we were married, I ! should simply change too Miss to ' ! Mrs., and Mrs. Marian har through our matrimonial pilgrimage. My mother declared I had chosen wisely. I occasionally felt like eug * gent tig tout, she should take all the | credit to herself, For I certain y h.id had !ii> ehoiea in tho m itter; but 1 i argued tint women mu-t, ot necessi ty, have more oppoitu nltm* f-.r judg ing ot' tin virtues of their own sex ! than we masculine bipeds, who half! the time are not able to discriminate ! between false to. tit and natural ivo- j rv, or sham Inir and the original nr- ! tick*.* So I planed my f-dth o:t my; maternal parent’s stout sleeve of j idyurout, closed both eyes, took 1 bvorytlting for granted, and “w nt it clitid ” 1 occasional*}’ cum! t my.-- -If won - derirtg if there really was such a tiling in the wot id as love. From a boy I had been a great lover of sent.mm t : and sentimental po try—had form- and jan ideal of my b’.fira p -rtner, as mo t b y ; and gi. is and. , 1 f tucy— be lieved that ‘■Lor- In th,- hiv.-iu ; j Of ivvo sjnriU to be oil;. S\vct?hic\s h:in" fill r sv.h" ' ?' •>• V..mt i'ii it lb:i- V b i r <••*:;; nt* s, ]’i mots tv..tiii cl- cru <1 t<> bo T. oth-.i 1* ill* fV • .sity, Xl<‘.uli b* Gii o uth •' ; i ;'it *ri - i;- 'Jiil b. y m i iu'.o a -in I was quite snre that my spir t di-lx’i strive in that dirceiion. My . ottl had no want she cmi l sn-idy, and l!tn prospect was that “plain t twain” we should remain—hadn't the slightest intention of rhyming thorn —to the end of the chapter. It was respectable to marry. Oil bachelors were held in almost ay much odium by the public us ol I maids; and none of ,wr family, on either side of the h-use, had ever been known to s-1 a-idc tit • 'convoii liioaal custom of tn .trunony, ami 11 toy had all marri- and we’l, too—that is, in their own set, as far back as wo could trace. . j Love was a “myth,”my mother de clared—sim; ly .a “something to f mi nute schni 1 vie is and coll mo youths, but will alt di appea red whan th i years of di ere lion ro led. around.” I was possessed of £33,000; my af fianced would have as much inuv i hcn her father died; and so our fi j mmeial future was assured, j Sometimes, as I looked into the mirror, and surveyed tho teatures which appeared as if there might be a soul behind them, f was t tnpted to ! some sort, of an understanding with i myself; bat family tiny, society’s re j strict ions, and the absence of r a! in dependent, manly brain, kept mo in that narrow, cont >inptib!c grove ot prejudice in which 1 had been born and ioared. A few weeks before I ha 1 propos ed, and been accepted, my lady mother engaged anew governess tor my two young sis!cis, Minnie and Anna—the first 12, tin secon 1 li ye U'S of ago. The render, judging by tho maj ci ty of st a i -s, will of course imagine _A_ DEMOCBATIO NIW/SP AP.EB. BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., MARCH 17, 1880. the moment this new individual i, in troduced to t'cir not ce, that the wr.ler f. 11 imuicdiut'jly in love, as is l lie general on-tom in such cases— but file reader is mistaken. Mario do Voro (that was her name) was bountiful, talent and and accom ;.ii died, nml exceedingly attractive, on account of a Womanly reticence which was modest*an I mptiva i; gto I tlm 1 1 t d.'gri e. I ha I always, admired -hv women. 1 Marian—oxen-e m--, “M .<* Marian’' j —had no ■u h beauty. She win u-j s. s- -sial ns a woman of 1", and a- :i iiootii a 3 a fi i).: u lake. It would liavo boon .- ingnlar hud I not looked witii fecliagrt of picas.ir • upon the iit.lo woman wii■> gii ic I so* graceluliy through the ho :s •, alt ml iug to Inr duties with a thoughtful-j ness and p itionce wiiicii seemed to I mo almost angelic. I found myscif j Cilimg' her fit. Ma.ic. lUitiior a strange mime, for a woman; but it came as natural to my lijis as “dh /! : and “D.-ar,” wiinn speaking to my , sisters. Not that liver called h r ! so. By no ni.rau. IVo .-eareely ever ■ cxoliar god a word. Our govci ne-s (of Freucli < :-;t.i-ac-, thm) was my oi.al inferior, and my ill- .thor never a'lowcd any appro udi ti intiin’icy, or conversation oven t i with such membersbf her lions, li I I. 1 The iir.-t time I ever had the pleasure ! cl' acb it with tho dear litt-0 ere tare ! I -hill never forget. It was a bi-lor j c i!d evening, and my mol her an 1 ds | levs were out. When I entered the i library, after dinner, M m do Yen; iv ;s sitting >it Hi • table writing. •‘Do 11 ■ • t iet me and -t >rb ) on,’ I cn t. at'd. a-' s!i< cuuuiicm .'d to gitimr tip hi r ]i q in ord.-r to dep.r; “1 cm write i:i my own room us w ll,’' slio rej li i. ’‘O.dy it is a it . t'c iviiran r licrr.'’ •♦Very wT, t!i >&,’*.l mle an- .vv. ■‘von must rem ti in, If yon eon and t .bs iy isamtl-il fur ■■■■no of u< to 1 avc, i v,:l and. part imm dialul\ The 1; il ■ iady In. ui ! upon me tli • ,u 1 lig ! t f In rby uii'.ig eyes, will" an Cxyrc.-si-o: of fc u I uuvs am! ii - t.erm'.uation dimmed thy shy look fin a maiir nt , atid rid ed, u o.v: of us ni : have! That you know, sir! A 1 lho is ason for such ne ycii understand. If you prefi r your own room, i will remain here If imt, ill i library i at your set vice ! ’ Th; read >r wilt agree with me, 1 think, th it this was dockbdiy coo!.— riicr.e siie stood, her p; 1 1 faco a lit ti flushed, baudio of pan r.s in one hand, an ! her groat brown eyes fixed enquiringly upon my countenance. 1 resolved to make one more effort •!o detain her. •‘As you w 1, Ms si do Tor.;," I re ; 1 !. “But lamat a loss to under stand why you, when, without il dur ing my.-'. Is, I trust, I think wo shall .bo uiss'uady j I a-ssl with an cwniiig toge'her ia tho library, wo may not enjoy it like sons bio f-dks. 1 am loin ly, and desire —yes, r. ally nu-- r eiiterta-'iiinent, an I of a kind not to Ira bad from books. You arc tired, witii your .school-room dados, and should have change and recreation. I’ieaso bo seated, and lie’s converse a wiihe like Ciiri - ians,” Sh; evidently did not hear the la-.t of the sentence. Her ey< s took on a far-away, wistful look, and tears— I could pi limy distingni h t'ao little p -arly drops—trembled cm the fiing ! cd lids. For a moment aim stood, silent, and wistful, tbs n turned away with a sim- I pie, “Good night, Mr. Biaelair.’’ I would iiuve detained her even then, bis 1 she closed the door, and in a moment after L heard her light -t ■;> upon tlio stair;. “An extremely plea 1 ant position for a social man,” I said to myself.— “Wheat sin has this beautiful and in tellectual woman committed against society, that she is no; eniidod to its lull privileges ? ’ And when my mother ci t red iho library, dignifie I and urban- as usu al, ju-t i lea t bit ohihusimt. c, over the brilliant imucmbly site lid just ’oft, I was de pin tho question of woman’s rights, 1 ml h id decided ti at '.. hit vc ■ the ri ;j*i, v,*i: ( or ‘Cia’iy and politically Ostrich • <-!, 1 would di rect my energies lower \ iti • t id li - ve lisliing of ill coiiventionaii.au. v.hi; li pr v.e.t and ail. —: t man's n -joyment. Tli-ro was milling r-eill li, if urns ', in this vi W <;f 111 • < “What and i vi u imagine, mother, t > lie the reason,” I asked of this nu ovt individual, ns i lie stood wann ing h r feet at tin grate, ‘ th t I could le t porrmado Miss do Vero to -O'iciid the evening with me in the ’i Tit ;i y ? Sic-ran away liken Irig’ii ;nod fawn.’’ 1 Do you menu t> inf Innate, Frank tiiat you extimle-1 an invitation to Miss dc Ye ro to that < Ua-tV” inqnir ■al my mother, looking ttraicht into inv eves w t!i her keen Mack ones. “lodmrit ■! N', nioilrr. But I distinctly deehtr* that I did extend jnn invitatfon of that character u> s!i-;s de Yeiv, which invi,t.tion ili • ! 1 dined.” “Wlitdi <!: tir.etl vp; o-. id t’ at the I govi-in-ss had a more correct, idea ol i pmpriet ■ than a g-atlem m, born and | lired. whose education tins l en con iiic'cd v. ith tho stricti•: t regard to the demands of sod. ly. This onlv adds anotiicr jiror.f of Miss de Vi re’s litac s for tin; position, and furnishes the first t alimony ever received of iny son’s imti -m-.-s for the com many ..f ids equ dr. and sup- viol's. ’’ And inV mother, without another word, sailed maj.-stiirdly fixm I tie room. • Knuds il iny h r -id gainst a rock ! Migiit hi'e know'll it !’’ was my in ward ejaculation as the door closed !), 1 wei n us. Tha m-xt eieifiog T scent wi h ttj.Y l-crjlh-d. rdie win. a- cold, dignkmd and fo’i .and as e'er, i •'>>•; way < !c --■*g!Wi--c tv* 1 with the man ner of i; ’ r> Ci p* •• it Nt: ancefy icm ugh, If a.hd eg, s;f Ulr’b':' to n 1 ii.sh two Lours <ui vie snill'* v 'th | a woman vi lio mvu 1 10 1■ y uit iidr v.' ! her Ii ind Iran of a-, soon a- it ! ivii ;t;l k li. :i..;i ;,; •. tot a I. Upon 111 ill'iec St :• ;:i i. Olid o lfg ! was at! the cares.-lag adowablo be i tv.e> nei o go.| p.o : ■■(■■>. j *.‘l ih s tlic wiylVi rs usually be lt. nv , Miss Marian V” I vpntimil ’o ftcr h id or.' Iy snatch* . ed h r mind from mv clasp “i presume so,” was Icr reply, j willi-.ut til- 1 a l he'" ~ e. in-.- D | col or. 11 All weii-tire.l and n fined ;ier so:;s agree in rezai i to th • n q mo ments of i ropricty, I presume.’ and I lien adroidy eiianged the eenvi rsn iion: b'V I v-ns not to be b; iv m dcin t : C new platform I bed .;kcu my stand upon bv any such erti'ico. “And vou arc posi’ivc tint all we'.i brd.l and n fin and persons, ns yon call them, are-able to conjugal.; the v<. rb a mo, ‘t • Inc,’ am! thc-rougidy nuder etaud its moods and te;;s -; end that •II i ic.rugemert: between well b''cd and ix fined- persons are found cl upon love, are yon ? Am Ito j;i !ee tram your behaviour tha; yosi ore iloeply n 1 >ve with the individual now ad <ii i suing you ?” “1 can, I think, r Lr yon to u-me philosophical ti'caiise on th; subject, if yon like,” whs the rip-ly >f my I - dy. ‘‘Bill,” sllC cor. tin ne !, “I trn-t | you \v 11 sec tlm propriety of leaving ' the discussion of th e: ly disn -1 gieeabl-! topic until some tutiire i lime —alL'i' we nro marri.d, if you ;pias -. 1 soil' ccly think your lnotii jer woaU upprovo ol siudi a coins r ' Silt Du ” ! • llumpli I probably not.’’ was my i!i:' uug ilia t :B| ly. “B it what • lin fine: n is it t > Lev how 1 make love ?” It seemed to me that, as 1 laid my head on tli j pill >w, that my posi ieii was anything but a:i enviable one; and, to save my life, 1 c nld m t help contrasting the cold and passionless lire of Mbs Marian, wit ii ■; 1m soulful, earnest i xp;x .■;; i ti of the li tie girl I had named St. Mario. Mo idi.dit flooded the apartment; but tho rays wore ch-eile.-s, and served only t> remind im* of the frigid, c; -c .id, s•- cicty-leticred woman I had jest loft. Sleep came t Fi t —ldes, ed 1'oIrT! fn dream-', ixe saint oily was visit 1 \ ,'trange, lio'.v n< ur.-dio sccno’i't me! I heard Ii r voice in every conceivable tone—now soft and melodious, now earnest mid thrilling, now stern and commanding. A dreadful w.ight pressed down upon my cheat. I could hardly breathe. ‘•lka i: Daciuir!—Frank Sinclair!” | ra rig out in t i ror-stricken tones, and wi*h such a vvealth of tenderness that ! 1 mgiil t" open mv arms and infold the saint; but l wav powvii ss to stir [baud or fool. 11 di inysell idled fotcibly fiom tho pillow, and held in a sitting position. “i'r ii k SiuiT dr, tho house is oii> (ire! Will you not awake? For G • i’ii sake, g't upquieldy ! They no about bnl you> and I! Tim hall and rooms below are all in a Mizo!” For a second I gazed at the rapt countenance, limn c aiiinoneed to re alize the situation. The cries ol Hi,, ti'.emm , .u.jq lin-iug i.nd spluttering of the' (lane uy t h v T rr: l , Vft’st'pt' :t ling of .my saint, I II upon my ears wi h a st. iiego comiuiiiglii g of emotions.— Good Heavens! how I loved tlm little woman “.at. mom nt, froiight thmish ii was with dunger, ami perhaps, dentil. “1> y n not heart ho t -rriblc noi.-.e ? Wc are 10.-t if ion do nt m ,ke hr,me,” 1 cairn.* again lioin th: blinched ii; s. It was !;u; tho W'.rk of a in •mei.t [ tn pixpnr.' my el, fn flight, and then! cover the dear child, who for my si!;e had ri.keil ii r own pixcmus' lii'a, wi.li a thick blank t snatcluii' from the be !; mid, more like n mad-! in; ii than tlm conventional member i ol eo'sety I had id vays considered j my si If, 1 lushed through tho dense! (...a !:e, througii tha hissing iiaines—, down, down, nbno.-t suffocated, scoxclmd, on lire, more dead than alive, ii.to ti; • ripen air with mv bur d. a, and t en (■:.,( w iio mere. 1 came to my sen-cs in n neighbor’s house, my in .tker am! si t rs wax ping roiiud me. S;tsing by a t-dde, her Inir lac-.' r sting on h r hami, ex hausted mi l grii i'-strid.cn, tut my da: hug. 1 HXCII to rBO but could not. ‘•Marie —Marie, come to mo; l want you ! ’ 1 exH.i.med, agonized at the thought ol the poor child’s ion 1.- ncss and suffering. “What docs he mean ?” asked raj im tin. r, evidently supposing mo be reft ot my sc u ss. “I mean my friend, my preserver, Y t 1 y>u not c jme to mv, Marie ?’"■ She erci.-5.-ed tlm apat t-uent, and slnly adv.ut.ced IO try side, her hand in mine, and sai l, “.Mr. ! Sind dr, 1 am so giad that yea ar-- ! r.g. datigerpu.dy i, Jared. I t nred that, in saving my life, you hid sae piii ed yec.'.r o.vn.” —and tec hi th em'. bue.-t tut - “ c.;s. “St. Marie, It was you who kept line from de- ; i uctioo. Mother. ;-o ter.-x •• :va..a —-a 1 icir tae hmi.-e without ■ -vi ni of wan:',eg. You stood by im .ad Ii ■ lk-ve would have slid .- ta - I ii ■(I I faked to awaken, and ] met ih-aih at my sake. St, Marie, 1 | have id a s love and you.'’ ! “Let me examine hi- pulse,” in ! t i ru; ted my mother, “lie is c-.-r --tainlv raving.” “Not a bit of it, mother,” I replied, gaining strength by tho-op; osilion, a: and rising’ to my lect. “This may u l be jn t ti o time and place to de elaie on-, ’s love, in necordanco to yen r - . t i-'eas of s cial < tiquelta ; but tiiis night have I uirncd my back .aie\ . ... the hearth ssness vanity, and ;g likshness of your so-caiiod re- Sim. and society. Marie I love you!’’ iiu-l drawing thu d-ar child to my side. ) and lied til - whole hi’U-i-boli]. “Ti 1 me you return tins r.thoti -n, and 1 shall be tlm happiest man on the faro , f (he cartin'’' She mad- no answer, but allowed her head to remain where 1 had plii-'-d it. Tlm t was answer enough. '! h;- i-.cxt day, “.Miss Maria'.’’ was ‘.tpi-rised if tlio change of atfdis. My mother has nol vet become rec onc 'c'i but- 1 have never ii and res.son to ix gr. tli e c nil igru'ion which dis closed to mo tho b auidloss l-.vc of St. A’ ario. ,M no man ask for h isiux-. The most fail.-Lcicus ideas prevail respect ing leisure. People are always say ing to then; - I.en, I would do this or t art, if I had leisure. Now there is no condition in which tho chance ot doing any good is loss than in the condition of leisure. The man fully employ ed may be aid • to gratify li s good dispositions by improving him self or bis neighbors, or serving the publ c in somo useful way; but the man who lias all his time to dispose of as he pleases has but a poor chance, indeed, of doing so. Vfo nil C.'mp'am ot the slioituess of Fine, and vet have much more than wc ! know what what to do with; wc cotn ! plain that our days arc few, and ye t we net ns though there would be no end to them. Only a man with a tattered coat, And a pair of very black eyes, And tron.ser.s all old,with i'ri'ls at the knees. And a hat of pendcroua size. I Ouee Jie w s riel-, and dressed like a swell, j llt.o Ito She god of Pan, i ai" ! how easily things go wrong,* j I" -l- now he’s a married man ! AXXCAL SUHSCHU’TION, $2 00 WHY TKETII ]>i:c. I r. Upon n careful rev ow of tho opin ion unci experiments nfour invos'.igu t"i's, s ivs Doctor S. M. l’rothro in n paper * ' acl Ik lore the i ennessec Don- j tii A h ciiition, it i.i conclusive that! there arc two active ognti m |j jC process of dental ('uric-, namely tlm action ol acids and tin; dev lopment of i vegi-t d)!o pmasite, the Lipto* Ufie bnct:nUn: By .actual experi ments if is demonstrated that it does not i ci[uirc strong'acids to separate ilu phosphoric, mid carbonic acids lr mi the lime e:>n turned in the tooth sub.-t.iiiCcs. Even water that contains carbonic acid will dissolve the cnlcn t'c 'tis edt-'. And it seems from a cir cumstance that transpired und- r the ere of Mr. Spencer Bate, that water ) can diss >ivc th i te< th. A lady having two sitif artilleial human teeth, ] luted one sot in water to pre serve it till she had worn out the oth er. At tin-expiration of seven years the set she had kept in water was as much corroded as the act she Lad ■worn in her mouth. This enso cor roborates a statement made by \Y<dl ■and Ilcid r, that at the end of ten days fungi hid attacked the enamel ami dentineot the teeth that had been kept, id pure wat r, and that in a few Weeks the tissues were pierced with hi Is like o sieve, A 1 ininer.il, ns well ns vogelaHe acids, act protnp ly on the tc< th. ‘Tn forty-eight hoius accdc, citric, and malic nc: is will cot rede the enamel so tiitil. yon may scrape n groat por tion of it away iviili the tinm-r nail.’’ Acid tartrate of lime, having a great- ! or affinity for the lime of the- tooth I than for its own base, wi.l lat-idh ib'- ! stroy the enamel. • j Grapes, in lorty-cight 1 wr*. w ! render the enann lofa cl Ikv eo: h j teuce. Vigi table substance are iuert j liil fomi-matton takes place and j acetic acid i- lornicd. Sugar has n<> ; deleterious effect, only in tee state ol : aeit ius i'crmeiitathm. Animal u ! - i • tanci s exmt if - i' jil'ions efi' ct until | putrefaction is far advanci and. The World's Lons Tunnels. i T ve-' of th ■ longest funnels in the | •< 'id live a the Iloosac, which is four I and three quarry md- .s long. Mount ft. Gethard Tunnel, just j completed, is a German, Swiss and ! Italian rutin r.se, and lias je t been c int If and Hi rough the mountains of |Switzerland, and contacts G<-rumny | and Italy. It is the longest tunnel in ; he wori I—nino and a qnniter miles j long—and cost forty-five million. It is lined with masonry one half of its length. The cost of its construction i wiii be siinr. and by Germany, Switzer j land and Paly. It was constructed j in Swiss territ ry, that its nuentr.ilitv | may bo more fully secured in limes of war. The Mount Ccnnis Tunnel or Col dc Frcjus, is seven and one-sixth miles long. It was built in 1870, before which time sixty thousand travelers I are said to have crossed over the I mount S\ Gothnrd into Italy every I year. This tunnel connects France ; with It ly, and r.(fords an easy, direct and pleasant charnel of travel and commerce between the countries ; Mu', ugh a mountain. It is in Savoy, j French territory, and the co.-t, which was fifteen million, was shared by | France and Italy. * - -OS, 5 O ■■ ■ ■■■- - The Washington correspondent of j the Cincinnati Enquirer says he has information that England, France ■ end Germany have lorm-il an alliance I for the purpose of constructing under , European eonln 1 a ship canal across j the isthmus of Panama, by the l’ann | n.ia route- an idea of which we gave i sometime ago. 'The correspondent ! thinks the United Staffs is perhaps in a condition which may provoke a war with the three powers above named, and t' at the war may be one ol defense or offense. Should this government begin the work first, and war arises, it would be one of defense j with the United Slates; should the ! allied pow-Ts b'gin first, and war en- I sues, it would then be one of offense. | The same correspondent thinks wis i dom and prudence dictate that the ! United States act quickly, and “in | time of peace prepare for war.” ‘■Trust a boy,” says an exchange ; Certainly; trust him when he catches i you coming m t of a saloon not to i tell his sister, whom you arc sweet | upon; 1 1 ust him to discover the size |of your feet and mention it before company; 'rust him to find the cigar ' you depi sit tn a dark nook on the porch before you enter the house; ti ust him to manufacture misery out of bent pins and tarred front gates. Trust him, of cours , but the best way is to operate on the cash system, am! pay him in advance. —Dos Moines Register. The mantifaeitire of cigars is likely to become one of the prominent in j dust ties ol rioaida. Georgia news* 1 lie old town ol Dublin is improv ing rapidly. The oat. crop In Unit runs county is unusually well. MeVille SotUli Georgian reports a sociityof agricultural laborers in that section. The cotton mills in Atlanta, though tin y run night anti day, cannot keejr np with its orders. Real estate in Brunswick is rapidly advancing since the sale of the Mntloit | b Brunswick railroad. Valdosta Times thinks there will be a largo crop or a largo iailuro this | yt nr from the use of so much guano. The contract for building the Lookout Mountain railroad fiont Romo to Chattanooga has bceu per il eled and signed. Georgia Baptist Convention will meet in Savannah on the 22 of April, It is believed that 2,663 churches and 219,128 members will bo represent i ed. The Macon Telegraph & Messen ger tii; roes with the Times, provided, , a good price can be had. Rather i than sacrifice the property, however, I the Tclegtnj li wool 1 rutlur re-lcaso NO. 27 j oh good terms. Georgia has 137 counties; in which ! 193 papers arc published. Of those, 12 are daily, 4 tri-weekly, 3 setnb weekly, 134 weekly, 2 semi-monthly and IS monthly. Ol these 3 do not take advertisements. Columbus Enquirer says two ne groes had a quarrel about a guinea which the mother of one sold to the other. The one who had lormerly owned the guinea secured a gun and pursued the purchaser about a milo, and came upon him in a house with the door closed. lie then climbed -n the fence and shot the fugitive in Hie face as he sat in the house. It occurs to us, that in considera tion ol the great railroad boom, it wiki id be a good time for the State to dispe-s oi the Western k Atlantic, suiijcoi, of course, to the lease. Tito -a e of that road would very nearly, if indeed it did not pay the entire i State debt. Let the Stale quit run ning railroads. They are too often mere political machines. —Thotnas- ville Times. There is not. an occupant in Troup county jail ; there is only one piece of property levied on for tax; tbo county is out of debt ; has bought and paid for a $3,000 bridge within the last twelve months, and has over $5,000 in the treasury, II Troup isn’t t!ie best county ia the state, let us hear from the next.—LaUraugo | Reporter. The lumber business of Georgia ia attracting considerable attention, and the splendid pine forest on Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, will in future exert a greater influence with farmers and business tnen than heretofore. A Bainbridge firm has recently recicved an order for pine and oak lumber, ni cpssny to complete the bridge across East River, between New York and Brooklyn. The Hawkinsville Dispatch says Vi ena lawyer offered a bee man half a dollar to teach him to handle bees like lie did. ‘‘All right,” said the bee man, and taking off the Colonel’s hat, filled it with bees and restored it to iis accus tomed place on the lawyer, with the re maik that if those bees were not all right be would shake down a hat full of fresh oiu-s from the gum. The bees commenced singing in the lawyer's hat, >nd lie couldn’t stand the racket, and 'jerking off his hat, scratched the bees cut of his hair. [ i James Coleman of tin’s county, has a mule thirty-six years old, Colonel J. D. Stewart lias a bug gy horse known to be thirty-two years old, and Captain Jeff Mc- Dowell says that there is a color ed inan near Hampton that owns a Imrse which he bought at Bowers /Vint, .Mich., before the war, and he’s now young enou h to jump a ten rail fence.—Griffin Sun, We are indebted to Major W; 11. King, United State Engineer, for a copy of reports of the survey, of the Chattahoochee,Etowah and Duck rivers. These surveys were made in pursuance to orders from the War Department to aiscert dn thecostof making said rivers navi gable for steam crafts. Ii regard to the Etowah river Lieutenant W. L. J/arshall, who superintend ed the survey, concludes his re port to d/a jor King as folows T Until the population becomes many times increased, and the products so amplified by diversi fied iudnstiies as to make it the po icy of the government to devel op every possible means of inland transportation, there does not seom to me to he any occasion or need to improfe the Etowah river. No part of it at present is moro. than eight miles from railroad transportation. ” —Borne Courier ;