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ist and the health seeker, by the ex tension of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad, whose double termi ni are at Marietta and Elizabeth, on the Western and Atlantic. Its wealth of minerals and hard woods is incal culable ; but to the weary invalids its wealth of pure water and surpassingly superb atmosphere, is worth more than all the marble, gold, iron and hard wood of which it boasts. The United States census report shows that this is the healthiest section in America, in the matter of pulmo nary diseases. It has not in winter the intense cold of the lake region and the Rocky Mountain section, nor has it in summer the warm, damp atmos phere of the South in general. The wooded mountain sides catch up the moisture, and the south winds, freed of this burden, pass on gently over the highlands filling space with the most glorious, exhilarating and heal ing air which the lungs could require. It can readily be seen, therefore, that with the building of a fine hotel, as is contemplated, at Elizabeth, the searcher after health or pleasure will find this and its elder and beautiful sister, Marietta, the “ Gem City of Georgia,” the most charming resorts in the Southeast. They have within themselves more advantages, and are within one to four hours ride of the most picturesque scenery or the cen ters of health, capital and refinement in Georgia, and both can be reached without change, by sleeping cars which run from the Ohio river to Jackson ville. By all means, therefore, as you go to or return from Florida, stop at Marietta, and from there go up to Elizabeth and historic Kennesaw Moun tain. The San Francisco and Northern Pacific railway is principally owned by ! Col. Peter Donahue, and runs from San Francisco to Cloverdale, 84 miles, At one of the stations, not long ago, an elderly gentleman got off the cars to take brief observations during the stoppage of the train. The assistant at the station rushed out and made a regular baggage smasher’s attack on a trunk, which he slammed about with a reckless disregard of consequences. The other man inteposed : “Young man, won’t you break that trunk?” The young man turned a withering look upon the old gentleman and im pudently inquired ; ‘‘ What’s the matter with you ? Do you own this trunk?” “ No, sir,” came back in a tone that evinced much indignation, “ but I’ll have you to understand, sir, that I own this railroad.” AsCol. Don ahue moved back to the train the limp : young man reclined against the station for support. MORAL. Railroad employes should be polite to everybody, an angel might be around. “ I see ihat a Chicago landlord has shot a boarder for joking about the butter,” remarked the judge. “ That must have been a queer kind of but ter,” responded the major. “Why?” “That it was not strong enough to re sent the insult itself.” Between the acts in London —“ Ah, Sir Edward, I see you are to lecture.” “ Yaas ! ” “ What subject ?” “ Char acteristics of Hamericans.” “ Why, you’ve never been to Hamerica, ’ave you!” “No, but I had a cablegram from there. I can read the character of the Hamericans in their handwrit- < ing, y’ know.” : THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE GAZETTE. SCFTKIDTJLES —BETWEEN — Jacksonville and Atlanta. Via LOUISVILLE and NASHVILLE R. R. AND— Cincinnati Louisville Nashvillle & SLLouis. READ DOWII. READ UP. South-bound. STATIONS. North-bound 8 20 pm 8 15 am Lv CINCINNATI, L & N Ay 6 40 pm 6 35 am 12 30 am 12 35 pm “ LOUISVILLE, “ “ 220 pm 220 am 2 24 am 2 30 pm “ Elizabethtown, “ “ 12 30 pm 12 24 am 4 50 am 5 00 pm Lv Bowling Green “ “ 10 25 am 10 00 pm 700 am 725 pm Ar NASHVILLE “ “ 745 am 720 pm 715 pm 710 am Lv ST. LOUIS L & NKK Ar 805 pm 740 am 12 45 am 12 45 pm “ Evansville “ Lv 1 55 pm 1 30 am 205 am 1 55 pm “ Henderson “ 140pm12 30 am 530 am 540 pm “ GUTHRIE “ “ 930 am 850 pm 7 30 am 7 50 pm Lv NASHVILLE N C& St L Aril 45 am 0 40 pm 8 40 am 8 50 pm “ Murfreesboro “ . Lv 10 25 am 5 33 pm 10 00 am 958 pm “ Tullahoma “ “ 855 am 415 pm 1 05 pm 12 50 am Ar CHATTANOOGA “ Ar 5 20 am I 10 pm 115 pml 1 (in am LTCHATTANOOGA" AV & A Ar 4~30“am 100 pm 1 31 pm 1 17 am “ Boyce, “ Lv 4 15 am 12 50 pm 1 40 pm 1 25 am “ Chickamauga, “ “ 400am12 38 pm 1 54 pm 1 38 am “ Graysville “ “ i 3 4(5 am 12 25 pm 2 07 pm 1 50 am “ Ringgold “ .. . “ . 3 34 am 12 12 pm 224pm2 00 am “ Tunnel Hill “ ' .. . “ 317 am 11 50 am 240 pm 222 am “ 1 alton “ . “ 301 am II 40 am 313 pm 2 53 am “ Resaca “ “ 225 am 11 07 am 3 48 pm 3 25 am “ Adairsville “ ...... 1 49 am 10 33 am 4 54 pm 4 23 am “ Allatoona “ . . . . “ 12 40 am 9 27 am 5 31 pm 4 47 am “ Kennesaw “ “12 14 am 9 01 am 5 50 pm 5 05 am “ Marietta “ “11 55 pm 8 42 am 0 37 pm 5 51 am Ar ATLANTA “ “ 11 00 pm 7 50 am 0 50 pm 0 00 am Lv ATLANTA C R R . Ar 9 35 pm 7 32 am 7 39 pm 0 47 am “ Jonesboro “ Lv 8 42 pm 0 47 am 829 pm 730 am “ Griffin “ “ 750 pm 553 am 10 50 pm 940 am “ Macon “ . . “ 540 pm 335 am 310 am 1 30 pm “ Millen “ ... “ 12 00 n’n 11 15 pm 555 am 407 pm Ar SAVANN AH “ “ 840 am 8 10 pm 6 42 am 4 32 pm Lv SAVANNAH S F&W Ar 5 35 am 7 40 pm 10 20 am 7 57 pm Ar Waycross “ Lv 12 30 am 1 40 pm 12 10 pm 950 pm “ Callahan “ “ 802 pm 225 pm 100pm1030 pm Ar JACKSONVILLE “ “ 700 pm' 1 40 pm Pullman Palace Sleeping-Cars between Cincinnati and Nashville, without change. Train leaving Nashville at 7.50 pm has Pullman Sleeper to Atlanta without change ; also day coach through without change and without extra charge. First-Class Eating Houses. Meals at Seasonable Hours. The above line may be justly termed THE HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS’ ROUTE OF AMERICA, the passenger traveling this route, passing through or near the famous battlegrounds of Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Chickamauga,Ring gold, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face, Resaca, Allatoona, (“ Hold the fort; for 1 am com ing!”) KENNESAW MOUNTAIN, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Griswoldville and many others, nearly as famous. NO OMNIBUS TRANSFERS. ALL TRAINS RUN INTO UNION PASSENGER DEPOTS. ~30 ams 750 pm Lv NASHVILLE N C&St. L .... Ar 020 am 040 pm 8 40 am 8 50 pm! “ Murfreesboro “ ... Lv 5 05 am 5 33 pm 10 00 am 958 pm “ Tullahoma “ .....“ 325 am 1 15 pm I 05 pm 12 50 am Ar CHATTANOOGA “ “11 45 pm 1 10 pm 115 pm Tot Tam Lv”(Jil ATTANOOGA "W A- A . Ai- 11 31 pm 1 00 jmi 1 31 am I 17 am “ Boyce “ Lv 11 13 pm 12 50 | m 1 40 pm 1 25 am “ Chickamauga “ .. . “ 11 04 pm 12 38 pm 1 54 pm 1 38 am “ Graysville “ . . “ 10 49 pm 12 25 pm 2 07 pm .1 50 am “ Ringgold “ . “ 10 30 pm 12 12 pm 2 24 pm 2 00 am! “ Tunnel Hill “ “10 19 pm 11 50 am 2 40 pm 2 22 am “ Dalton “ “ 10 02 pm 11 40 am 3 13 pm 253 anr “ Resaca “ . “ 923 pm 11 07 am 454 pm 423 am! “ Allatoona “ . . “ 745 pm 927 am 531 pm 447 am! “ Kennesaw “ “ 705 pm 901 am 550 pm 505 am “ Marietta “ . . “ 047 pm 842 am 6 37 pm 5 51 am Ar ATLANTA “ a 22 22? I 22 am I 0 50 pm 0 00 am Lv ATLANTA C R R Ar 12 40 pm 7 32 am 739 pm 047 amj “ Jonesboro “ Lv 11 51 am 047 am 10 50 pin 940 am! “ Macon “ “ 840 am 335 am 5 55 am 1 07 pm 1 Ar SAVANNAH “ Lv .._ . .. 8 10 pm 0 42 am 4 32 pm Lv SAVANNAH S. F& W Ar 7 40 pm 10 20 am 7 57 pm Ar Waycross ‘ l ...... Lv 4 40 pm 12 10 am 9 50 pm “ Callahan “ “ 2 2.) pm 1 00 pm 10 30 pm Ar JACKSONVILLE il u i_- 1 40 I,IU1 ,1U ...... .. Lv MACON C R R Ar 8 16 am i “ Waycross S. F & W “ 10 45 pm Ar Callahan “ 11 802 pm 1 “ JACKSONVILLE “ “ 700 pm Train leaving St. L. at 7:15 pm daily, has Pullman Palace Sleeping-Car, through without change S'.. Louis to Nashville. Train leaving Nashyille at 7.50 pm has Pull man Sleeper to Atlanta without change; also day coach through without change and without extra charge. The deepest boring yet made is at the village of Schladebach, near the line between Leipzig and Corbetha. It has been made by the Prussian gov ernment to test for the presence of coal and was bored with diamond drills. Its depth is 4,560 feet, its breadth at the bottom 2 inches, and at the top 11 inches. It has occupied 34 years to bore, and cost a little over $25,000. The temperature at the bottom is 118° Fah. Kennesaw Mountain. a From the Atlanta Intelligencer, June 23d,. 1864. One of the most magnificent views to be seen on earth is thescene exhibit ed from the summit of the Kennesaw Mountain. From its base a valley on all sides spreads off in billowy like sur faces, rolling higher and higher until it is lost on the south < n the blue out line of the southeastern sour of the X Alleghanies, on whose crest the white line of houses and occasional spires of Atlanta are plainly visible. South ward, beyond that regular line, a smooth, blue cone lifts its head high above all the ridges within view, and overlooks the eminences of all the country. It is Stone Mountain, that barren hill and wonderful curiosity that arises like a huge loaf, and though over twenty miles south of the crest where Atlanta rests in her beauty, it seems as though it was a helmet sitting on the brow of this giant ridge. Eastward, and but a few miles from the base of the Kennesaw, the lovely village of Marietta gleams out from amid the luxuriant foliage which em bowers it like an emerald setting weaved in a cluster of diamonds. In its desolation it remains beautiful. Its arbored shades look as inviting as when the exquisite forms of beauty and the attractive eyes of lovely and loved women, and elegant people charmed the visitorto remain and lux uriate amid its endearments. The de facing touch and destroying presence of an army are evident on its face. Its citizens gone, its magnificent homes deserted, its regal residences desolate, its church bells quiet, its halls aban doned and its music silenced, it re mains but a warlike citadel on the plain. The echoes of war, the fitful signal of the clanging, spurred drag oons, the challenge of the sentry, the snort of the warhorse, the shrieks of the steam engines, the rumbling of trains of cars and long lines of wag ons, and the shouts of teamsters ami workmen, swell aloud on the air at in tervals, and then (he oppressive si lence becomes more intolerable than the noise was before. The destructive finger of war is laid on the village,but it remains beautiful in its ruins. North eastward from the slope of the moun tain the billowy hills wave into the dim, misty outline of the crests whose thin blue brows stretch to the Cat skills on the Hudson. The Blue Ridge, with all its strange contourand fantastic on.lines, fades before us into a cloud, and into the impenetrable depths where even distance does not “ lend enchantment to the view,” by robing the “ mountain in its azure hue.” Brush Mountain casts up its shaggy head before us, and like the hump of a camel sits a ragged monster barrier, on whose sloping face an army defends the pathways that lead to the goal of our enemy’s ambition. At its feet a smiling, peaceful valley shines its fhir face, and laughing in the sunlight its •green fields and treasured homes re flect back the scorching rays of the bright sun, shining like the glorious gems that they are to the husband man. Far off to the northward their bosoms are bared to grow’ the wealth that fills our graneries and storehouses with their golden grain. The limit is bounded by the hills along the Etowah. Skirting the horizon, their broken backs are misty and dim. Sometimes a dull red or barren sandy spot on the iron hills gleams out on their sides or 9