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LrSSON CO. PUB. COM’Y, \ proprietors. ( )LUME V. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. I .r R T S HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, W' E t'FERSOX, JACKSON CO ., GA. I ~n y. B . COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. Terms of subscription. Lrtrl2 months $1.50 ■jT o *• 1.00 1,, n 3 “ 50 ■ -far every Club of Tex subscribers, an ex ■ “py of the paper will be given. RATES OF ADVERTISING. loss PohhAK per square (often lines or less) ■; thf first insertion, and SEVENTY-FIVE Cents H each subsequent insertion. square is a space of one inch, measured Epddown the column. ■A. Ml Advertisements sent without specifica- Hoof the iiunioer of insertions marked thereon, | lie published TILL FORBID, and charged ■ rfdtuimess or Professional Cards, of six lines H >kvk.v Dollars per annum; and where ■ f , do not exceed ten lines. Ten Dollars. £egaf Udoertisements. , {(li)iinistrator’s Sale. ■i (iIIEEABbY to an order of the Court of Or ■Minary of Jackson county, Georgia, will be K. on the first Tuesday in March, 18.S0, be |rc the Court House door in Jefferson, in said ■ , nlv . within the legal hours of sale, the follow- K. property, to-wit: All of the right, title and fc, rcs t of Alfred Smith, deceased, it being the BtnaiUdcr, after the expiration of the dower or E> estate of Mary K. Smith, in and to all of that Ki'i of laud situate and lying on llig Sandy Creek, 1 Jackson county, Ga., and the place whereon Hlfred Smith resided at th® time of his death, gwl ■n reon Mary Iv. Smith now resides, and odjoin- H j and bounded by the lands of William T. How- Eon the west, by Susan Johnson on the west pi north, by the lands of Warren llawks.de psed. on the north and east, by Z. J. Hardman |nthe east, by James Thurmond and Dianah piers on the South, and by Andy Sailors on the Brest, and containing two hundred and twenty pht acres, more or less. Said place is well im pved, with all necessary buildings ; up-land and ■oltom land in good state of cultivation ; sufficient pod land in original forest to make this one of p most attractive places in the county. The ■Vive land sold as the property of Alfred Smith, pe of said county, dec'd, subject to the life cs litcof Mary K. Smith, tenant in Dower, and for ■he benelit of the heirs ami creditors of said Al lred Smith, deceased. A plat of the premises can bfdrenat the Clerk's office Jackson Superior Court, ltc-sold at former purchaser's risk. X. B. CASH. Adm'r. t# M. K. SMITH, Adm'x. Postponed Mortgage Sale. \lflLl, he sold, before the Court House door. '* in the town of Jefferson, Ga., on the first Tuesday in March next, within the legal hours sale, the following property, to-wit: One tract of land in said county, containing one hundred and ninety acres, adjoining lands of 11. l.Heeman, A. T. Yearwood and A. Del,aper ture and others, and known as part of the Moore pacr. On said place there is a comfortable dwelling house, with the necessary out houses; and about sixty acres of fresh cleared land in a food state of cultivation; the remainder in old f*“b &ll <l original forest. Levied on as the pro jwrty ofH. Silman, to satisfy a mortgage li. fa. obtained from the Superior Court of Jackson county, at tlic August term, 1871), in favor of ‘Tesa k. Stapler vs. J. B. Silman. Property L ited out hy plaintiff’s attorney. Notice .given "' 'k Silman. and Thomas Bennett, tenant in L‘scssion, us the law directs. T. A. Me E LIIA NNON, Sh' if. (}UmIA, Jarkson i'oituly. *! - MATHEWS, Jackson C’t of Ord’y, —H. IRiI'PE, ct al, March Term, 188*0. , ~ Vti - Application to cause ••I. MAI HEWS, Ex’r, titles to be made to ft ; ; heirs at law of land, in pursuance of " Jn Mathews, dec’ll. J bond of testator. I appearing to the Court that Mary Niblack, "'tii Unstick, Caroline Grant. Nancy Ed jUn u an d Elizabeth Mathews, all heirs at law ’’ ’’M deceased, reside without the State— is ordered, that service be perfected upon said y law. of the above application, by publica th i this order once a week for four weeks in 1 orkstNews, a paper published at Jefferson, “toksou county, (ia. "U'n under my otticial signature, this January ll. w. BELL. Ord'y. L Jackson ('minty. _ 'Wrens, \\ . I>. Coshy. makes application to 1 f r °P c f tonn for Letters of Aministration on estate ol Frances C, Cosby, late of said coun- V; deceased J lias :s t° eite all persons concerned, kindred : r editors, to show cause, if any they can, at of the Court of Ordinary of said i Vs ‘ ! ‘ to be hold on the first Monday in March, .pjVj sa id letters should not be granted the h en under my official signature, this January II \\\ BELL, Ord'y. * Jackson County. c hercas, John Pettyjohn, col'd, makes appli u v v to ! r e * n P ro Per form for Letters of Guar s , sn 'Pofthe person of Dave Pettyjohn, col’d, ; c u °f Rebecca Pettyjohn, col’d — ir )’, ls ls . to cite all persons concerned, kindred t.vr rCf t rs ’ to g how cause, if any they can, at c-vit® U ar * erm °f the Court of Ordinary of said , a ; ' 0n fhe first Monday in March, 1880, why Jitters should not be granted the applicant. 2~r' VUn^or my official signature, this January Ilfw. BELL, Ord’y. JiickNou County. torV!° roas ’ Thomas A. Scott makes application ti n ln P ro pe r form for Letters of Auministra c„„ ~? n “ le estate of John A. Long, late of said deceased— f° cite all persons concerned, kindred tK*r r '’'i t° rs ’ to show cause, if any they can, at com ar term °f the Court of Ordinary of said h; 1 011 the first Monday in March, 1880, why ‘.\’ ters should not be granted the applicant. 2'tl, un, i er m 3 r official signature, this January H. w. BELL, Ord'y. Juekwon County. till! \i r n aR ’ Ijouißa Millsaps, Executrix of Mar sonf *, x’P'h fate of said county', dec’d, repre iS t 0 the Court, by her petition duly tiled, that C( l^ s mby administered the estate of said de- ° f t}ie law ’ aa< * is entitled to a it 0r ‘ ils . * s *° cite all concerned, kindred and cred it ‘ , 0 show cause, if any' they can, on the first K April, 18S0, at the regular term of the Di,. .°f Ordinary of said county, why Letters ot ' ss,on should not be granted the applicant. h Pr ’under my official signature, this Dceem *ra*,lß7. ILW. BELL, Ord’y. THE FOREST NEWS. flic I cople their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. TO CONTRACTORS. W In the lowest bidder, before the i T f p ol i rt llousc door in Jefferson, on the 24th clay of February, 1880. the contract for building the bridge known as the McCleskey Bridge, across the Oconee river. Said bridge to be built a queen post truss bridge, on a level with the banks of the river, with three spans—one spar, to be a swinging span—-fifty feet long. All mud sills to oe forty feet long and of good size ; uprights to arches 12 by 12 inches; cap sills 12 bv 14 inches ; rafters 10 by 10 inches ; sleepers 8 by 12 inches, and lap well over cap sills ; flooring 2 bv 12 inches and 14 feet long ; bolsters 8 by 12 inches ; open banisters of J inch scantling ; the iron rods used in truss to be 1 \ inches diameter, of good rod iron, with taps and washers ; arch abutment to be put m on each bank by letting down mud sill six or eight feet in ground, and till in on top of said sill \v lth rock and dirt. All timbers to be good heart, and if hewn must be smoothly and well done. , . on< ? an< l security will be required of the person bidding off the contract, immediately after the letting, conditioned for the faithful compliance of the contract according to the letter and spirit of the specifications, in double the amount of 'the bid, with two good solvent securities. Upon the completion of said bridge in accordance with the specifications the same will be paid for. Full and complete specifications can be seen at this office. Jan. 21st. 1880. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. JacliMon County. C. W. Mathews, j Jackson C’t of OnVy, Vf *. j March Term, 1880. John M. Matiiews, [ Application to cause Executor of [ t itles to be made to Milton Mathews, | land, in pursuance of dec’d, and heirs at law J bond of testator. It appearing to the Court that Mary Niblack, Elizabeth Bostick, Caroline Gran', Nancy Ed monson and Elizabeth Mathews, all heirs at law of said deceased, reside without the State— It. isonloml* that service lie perfected upon said at law. of the above application, ly pub lication of this order once a week for four weeks in the Forest News, a paper published in Jeffer son, Jackson county, Ga. Given under my official signature, this January 28th, ISSO. 11. IV. BELL. Ord’y. ~ Well Tools TxIIJNTJDS ! 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All the nineteen years of her life—ever since she was an infant in fact—Annette Raymond had felt a strange antipathy for Mr. George Wortley, her father's partner in busi ness. I here existed no tangible reason for this feeling, and Annette had tried very hard to overcome it, but without success. Mr. YV ortley was a handsome man, suave, gentlemanly, well educated, and a favorite with the ladies. lie was forty years of age now, and owned the finest house, to say nothing of the blooded horses, the elegant carriages, and the rare collection of paintings. A year previous to the time of which I write. Annette Raymond’s father had died, and her brother Edward, had been received into his place as partner with Mr. Wortley. They emplo3 T ed a great many clerks. Among them, and trusted quite as much as any person, was Lester Arnold, Annette's betrothed lover. Arnold was poor, but his family had been one of the best in the city, and the young man's individual talents and acquirements were sufficent to make him acceptable to a girl of Annette’s strong common sense. She loved him well enough to be willing to risk the life of a poor man’s wife, and he loved her well enough to be willing to work to make her a home. Annette trusted Lester perfectly, an 1 feel ingsureofhislove, her heart asked for nothing more. In two months they were to be married, and begin the new life to which they looked forward with eyes unclouded hy a single ap prehension. One morning about a month before the day set for the marriage, Annette was arranging a bouquet of mignonette and moss roses which Lester had just brought her. when a servant brought up Mr. George Wortley's earl. Mr. Wortley was stroking his handsome hoard and loaning his elbow on the mantel when she entered the room. His usual ruddy face was slightly pale, but Annette did not feel sufficient interest in him to observe it. After the casual morning greetings he came straight to her side, and took her hand. “ My dear Miss Raymond,'’ said lie, draw ing her to the sofa, “ will you please be seated ? I have a somewhat painful revela tion to make to you.*’ Wondering, yet not very anxious over any thing that Mr. Wortley might have to say. she took the seat he indicated, but ho would not suffer her to withdraw the hand he had taken. “ M iss Raymond, before I breath a word of what I have to say I must have your promise that you will keep it a secret. As, of course, if you value his safety, you will be only too glad to do.” “ Whose safety ?” she asked haughtily. “Mr. Lester Arnold's.” She crimsoned to the temples. “ Will you tell me what you mean, sir?” “ When you have promised to he silent.” She bowed her head. “ I will not mention wli'at you tell me. Mr. Wortley.” “ Very' well, y'our promise is as good as your oath. Lester Arnold lias forged the name of our firm, and—” “It is false!” she cried, indignantly, springing to her feet, and standing before him with flaming cheeks and eyes like stars. “ I wish it were,” he said, sadly. “ I should be five thousand pounds richer, for ho has drawn just that amount out of my r pocket. You had best listen to me calmly', Miss Raymond, and be satisfied that I can prove what I say.” And like one under the influence of a horrible nightmare, she listened while in his calm, business way, he told her the story. The evidence agaiust Lester Arnold was perfect. Hard as she tried to disbelieve the charge, reason forced her to acknowledge that there was no mistake. What she felt—what she suffered I cannot describe to j’ou, but she was a proud, high spirited woman, and she gave little outward sign of the anguish within. “ Well,” she said, when he had finished, “ what will you do ? You will not proceed against him ?” “ The law must take its course, Miss Ray mond.” “No! You say that you only know of this —this—” she hesitated over the word — “ irregularity, and you asked me to keep it secret. Surely you intend to save him.” “You can save him, if you like. It is for that I have come to you.” “ I will do all I can. in memory’ of what has been,” she said ; outwardly a woman of ice, but so sick and dizzy that she thought for a moment she was dying. “ I will sacrifice my private income; I will sell my T jewels—any thing to save him.” “And will you marry T him afterward ?” he asked, eagerly'. “Sir, the Raymonds are an honorable family. I would marry no man who could commit a crime.” “ Spoken like a true-hearted woman ! I am glad you are sensible. But this matter is 1 entirely in my own hands; and a million | would not tempt me to spare Arnold from prison. And, if the case is laid before a jury, he will get at least twenty years. Will you save him from this prison doom ?” “ Can you ask ? Only tell me how.” He caught both her hands in his. “Be my wife. I love you as he never loved you. Promise to be my wife, and Lester Ar nold is safe.” “ Your wife ?” she cried, wildty. “ I had rather die.” “ As you like,” he said, coldly, “ I will not urge you. In two hours I shall have him under arrest; and nothing can save him from the horrors of the prison.” She flung herself at his feet. She wept and pleaded with him as she would not have pleaded for her own life, but lie was stone. Wild with grief and despair, she rose at last, and forced herself to be calm. “ I accept your terms,” she said. “ I hate you ! I have hated 3-011 always. I shall never feel any toward you. But I will save him—l will be 3’our wife ?” He caught her in his arms, and pressed kisses on her lips. She made him swear to keep wlmt he knew secret—she made him give her the forged papers which would convict Lester Arnold, and she burned them before his eyes. Then she wrote a note to Lester Arnold. “ Mr. Arnold —I have changed m3' mind. In one week I am to become the wife of Mr. George Wortley. If yqu consult my wishes, you will never let me look on your face again.” “ Annette Raymond.” Most men would have sought an explana tion at once, but not Lester Arnold. At Poplar Hall Annette reigned a queen. She dressed as no other woman in all that region dressed.; her jewels were worth fortunes ; her parties were the talk and wonder of the city. During the five years that this farce of life went on. she bad never spoken to him in any tones but those of the coldest formality, and when they brought him home to her one day stricken down with paralysis, she never grew ■1 shade paler. He died ; but before he became speechless, he made a confession to his wife. He told her the stor} - of Arnold’s forgery a’:is all false—it was a plot of his to win her for his wife. Arnold was an hqpest man in God’s sight, and for five years she had been a wretched dupe. Even in his dying hours the mau seemed to delight in contemplating the success of his schemes, and remembering that he had blight ed the happiness of her whose love he was powerless to gain. “Annette, kiss me onco, and.say that you forgive me.” But she turned from him, and without word or gesture left the room. Three years later she met Lester Arnold. lie would have avoided her, for the wound in his heart was still fresh; but she went to him and told her story’. She did not spare herself, and he was soften ed to tenderness by the pain in her face, and the pathos in her voice. Did he forgive her ? He did, and they were married in lessjthan a week, and maybe after the cloud, the sun shine will seem to them brighter. Grass Lands. The fact that land in grass yields a higher profit than when cultivated in grain, has been long known and practiced upon in many parts of our own country, such as the dairy districts of New York, and in Great Britain and Europe. The mystery is not that the fact is so, but that so many’ should remain ignorant of it and fail to reap its important benefits. Col. John Taylor, the author of Arator, in an essay on the grasses, published more than fifty years ago, thus expresses him self: * “ In Holland, where the cultivation of grass is generally preferred to bread, land sells higher as land, without having its price en hanced by’ adventitious circumstances, in any other country. The industrious and profit-loving Dutch chose rather to import than to raise their own breadstuffs at the ex pense of diminishing the culture of the arti ficial grasses. They’ are as little likely as any people in the world to make an election by which they would lose money’. In Eng land, the cultivation of grass is so much more profitable than that of breadstuff as to have obtained a preference at the expense of con siderable importation of the latter. The hear ings of this fact are weighty. Hay and butchers’ meat in England are nearly’ of the same price of this country—whereas, wheat there is often three times dearer than wheat here, and seldom less than double the price. Yet the English farmer prefers raising arti ficial grasses to raising wheat. Again, the rent as well as the price of land is constantly highest in those countries where the cultiva tion of artificial grasses is pushed furthest. In England, the rent of fine artificial meadows sometimes extends to S2O an acre, rarety di minishes to $lO, and is never so low as the adjoining arable land, however good. It must be our best land which would rent at $1 an acre for a term of twenty-one vears ; and even at this low rent both the land and the tenant are generally ruined. Now when we see the best grazing lands renting higher than the best arable lands, and their farms renting higher than ours, does it not follow that both a great profit and a vast improve ment in the soil must arise from the culture of artificial grasses, and that the difference in the rent between their farms and ours is in a great measure produced b3 r the latter circum stance ? This conclusion is warranted 113* the fact that the longer the term of the lease is the higher the rent there, and lower here, because the tenant in one case calculates on a mode of tillage which will improve the land, and in the other on its becoming poorer.” Leap Year Spunk. A MICHIGAN GIRL WIIO MEANS TO GET A HUS BAND. A Detroiter who was out in the country the other day to look after some poultry got stuck up to the hub in a mud hole, although having a light buggy and a strong horse. He got out, took a rail off tlie fence, and was tr3'ing to pry the vehicle out, when along came a strapping young woman, about twenty-six years of age. She halted, surveyed the situa tion, and said : “ You stand b3 r the horse while I heave on the rail, and don’t be afraid of getting mud on 3 r our hands and boots.” Their united efforts released the vehicle and the Detroiter returned thanks and asked her to get in and ride. She hesitated, looked up and down the road, and finally said : “Stranger, I’m blunt spoken. Who are you ?” He gave his name and residence, and she ! continued : “ I'm oyer twenty-five, worth SSOO in cash, know all about-housework, and this is leap year.” “ Y es, I know, but for heaven’s sake don’t ask me to marry you !” he replied, as 110 saw the drift. “ See here,” she continued, looking him square in the eye. *• I’m a straight girl, wear a No. 7 shoe, and I like the looks of you.” “ Y r es, but don’t—don’t talk that wav to me !” “ Stranger, it’s leap year, and I’m going to pop ! Will 3'ou have me or not ?” “I—l’m already married 1” he faltered. “ Honest Injun ?” “ Y'es.” “ Well, that settles me, and I won’t ride. I’ll take a cut across the field over to old Spooner’s. He has got four sons and a fool nephew, and I’ll begin on the old man aucl pop the crowd clear down to the idiot, for I’ve slumrnuxed around this world just as long as I’m going to ! Good-bye, sir—no harm done !’’— Detroit Free Press. Value of Pine Straw. BY J. B. WILLIS, ESQ., S. C. I have never seen in your valuable maga zine anything on the subject of pine straw as a fertilizer. I thought a few remarks on that subject might interest some of your readers. I have been using it for a number of years. My first plan was to run a deep centre fur row early in the season and fill it with straw, then run a small shovel round it, throwing two furrows on the straw, leaving it to settle when T got ready to make my ridges. I sow ed what guano I intended on that little ridge, and threw two more furrows on that, which made it ready for planting, and found it to be of great benefit. I have since changed my plan. I now run the centre furrow as before —fill it with straw just before I want to ridge. I select sunshiny weather, taking the advan tage of the wind. I put fire at one end of the row, and it burns the straw very nicely. I immediately sow down my guano and ridge promptly ; then lam ready to plant. I find the last plan to bo far preferable. I have, for the last year, pursued the same course on corn, and find, it to make at least from twenty-five to thirty percent, more corn than when I plant without using the burnt straw. I always drill my corn in six-feet -rows, therefore it 19 as easy to make corn as cotton. —Southern Planter and Farmer. Beggars on Horseback. In the narrow, unpaved streets of San An tonio, Texas, ride beggars mounted on shag gy little donkeys and looking all around for somebody to give them alms. These fellows are great brawny Mexicans, with fiery black eyes, quick to catch sight of money. If you toss a coin to one of these beggars—nothing less than a 5-cent piece will do—he is sure to catch it in his hat, and from there it will be slipped into some pocket of his ragged clothes. Then he will grin, touch Iris re placed hat, and ride staidty on. His home, probably in the outskirts of the town, is called a “jacal,” and is built with upright posts, stray boards, bits of cloth, and all sorts o{ materials, and thatched with'st'raw. It con tains but little furniture, yet shelters heaps of sweet potatoes, garlic and red peppers— sufficient food to support existence. \ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. ) SI.OO For Six Months. Miner and Millionaire. A FUASK OF CALIFORNIA LIKB —A PTOIIY C# UPS AND DOWNS. The atmosphere of good luck that hangs around some men is past understandings Take the case of Hob Morrow, the San Fran cisco manipulator, who owns St. Julien, tho' fastest horse in tho world, to illustrate by for instance. The reporter met a forty-niner,> who used to know him in the days wlien - “hi led shirt,’ worn among tho mountain* miners indicated that the possessor was either a blackleg or a gospel expounder, the chances 1 being ninety-nine to one that he was the for mer, (or parsons were then as scarce as cop per pennies, almost. He arrived in Nevada*- City when the camp was a mere infant, so to* speak. The first thing lie did after getting here was to skirmish around and hunt up a* shovel, pick and ranker. With these he be gan to scratch along Deer Creek for gold. By dint of perseverance and hard work— his knowledge of mining did not exceed hi* intimacy with hible passages—and an exer cise of cheek, he got enough to alleviate the pangs of hunger to a bearable extent. 110 stayed around here till 1859, and by that time his clothes were so tattered and torn* that he had to put his old hat under him to keep his bare body from coming in contact with the chair whenever he sat down, aad; then decided to emigrate. Georgia llearst, Joe Clark, A. E. Head, and a number of the other boys whose lines were too hard for com-- fort, wanted to go with him, but the whole caboodle of them were dead broke, and figure' | as they could no alternative presented where* by they could scare up enough coin to get out of camp with. Finally Arthur Haga* dorn came to the rescue. He fitted some of them out with a mule apiece, provisions and coin. They made a bee-line for the corn stock. The next time his old townies hoard from Morrow he was on top of a wave to * prosperity ; that is, had got into the Savage: and some other big mines at Virginia City:. For severalyears he reveled in wealth. After enjoying the rapidly acquired shekels for a few years they slipped away from him, and he was busted once more. His will and eo ergy didn't peter out when his money did,., and, making a little raise, he sprang boldy into the arena of the stock market. SincQ then lie hasn’t drawn a blank in the lottery of life, so far as heard of. Asa Director of the Bank of California alone, to say nothing; of all the other soft things he dropped into through the influence of the deceased Ralston, he has glory enough to satisfy any common • man. As to the three individuals named* above who took sail on the mules with Mor*- row, they are all in San Francisco doing more or less in stocks. One or two of them i have become pretty well fixed in respect to this world’s goods.— Nevada Transcript. . A Mad Stone. Everybody has doubtless heard of the' “ Mad Stone.’’ , Did you ever see one ? Ma jor John W. Pruitt, of Banks county, has - owned one for a number of years, which It now in possession of his son, \Y r . B. Pruitt.. of this city. The stone was presented Major Pruitt when a member of the Georgia . Legislature some years ago. by a fellow rep- - resentative from one of tho lower conntiaa . of the State. Since he has owned it, several i cases of snake bite have been cured by it.. Among the number is Mr. John Lord, now living at Center, on the Northeastern Rail road. Mr. Lord was bitten by a rattlesnake., the stone was at once applied to the bitonnd - the poison soon extracted, he getting over it without any trouble whatever. The 9teno is a peculiar looking, stony substance, and as stone, a remarkably live one, as a Geologist or one versed in such matters would say/. It was taken from the gall bladder of a deer, where these stones alone are said to be found,. It weighs 583 and a 1-2 grains, and is evi-. dently of a lithic acid formation. It is said, that when the stone is applied to a poisonous, bite, it immediately attaches itself, or sticks to the place, and there remains until all, tho poison is extracted, when it falls off. If then, s washed in water, the water will become per fectly green, showing that the stone had ab v sorbed the poison, and after a few washings, is again ready for use and as good as ever. We have never seen the “ Mad Stone”’ used, but are acquainted with those who have* and whose testimony in the matter is per fectly reliable. These persons have implicit confidence in its powers of extracting poison, and say that it will do all that is claimedi for it. If these facts be true, it certainly is. not onl}* a peculiar, but a very valuable for mation. The stone is here at this office oi> ; exhibition, and any one desiring to see it, can do so by calling on Mr. \V. B. Pruitt.' Mr. Pruitt has often been requested to self the stone, being offered goodly sums of money. for it, but as yet prefers to keep it in own possession.— Athens Banner. The bill introduced in Congress at the exr tra session providing for the construction of a canal between Lake Michigan and Lako Erie has been reported upon favorably by. the committee which has it in charge. The length of the proposed canal is two hundred, miles. The route which vessels are now. compelled to take, in order to pass from one. lake to the other, is by the straits of Mack 1 - naw, and its length is about a thousand miles. It is claimed for the proposed canalj that it will save eight hundred miles in dis tance, and that it will lengthen the naviga tion season at least two months. The pros pect that the bill will pass is ver}'promising. — The question of permitting communicants, to dance or not to dance has been agitating the ministers of the Baptist Church of New; York. Some thought it encouraged, lust of. the flesh while others could see no especial) harm in it. One minister took a rather busi ness-like view of the matter. A young lady* he said, dances once or twice, and knowing* that she will be hauled over the coals for it stays away from church and finally joins some denomination which doesn’t care par ticularly about dancing. In this wav. he as serted. more than ten thousand people hatf, been driven away from the Baptist Churchy in New York. NUMBER 37.