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is mild and the summer almost beatif ic. The road is in the very best con dition, and the accommodations are on a magnificent scale. The Western & Atlantic R. R. Company has issued a book detailing ihe points of interest, which book is a graphic history of the stirring events that took place along the road in 1864, and which minutely describes the many interesting features of the route. Tourists have tried the east; they have “done” the west; they have finished Florida. Now to cap all places, and to insure themselves a trip of more than ordinary interest and pleasure, they must “do” the Western & Atlanta from Chattanooga to At lanta. Daily Times, Bethlehem, Pa. “Tne Campaigns along the Line of the Western & Atlantic Railroad” forms the subject for a most interest ing and valuable pamphlet of some 50 pages, issued by the above named rail road. Besides the beautifully illumi nated covers the book presents, on al most every page, a finely executed map or view of some battlefield or in cident of the late war. The book opens with a resume of the army op erations between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga., and then follow concise descriptions of each battle or minor engagement which took place in the territory between the termini of this road. The book also contains ac counts of many entertaining incidents connected with the campaigns in this section, some of which have never be fore been published.. The statistics in cluded in the work are also most valu able. The book is decidedly fascinat ing, and would induce anyone who is contemplating a southern trip to visit the region traversed by the Western & Atlantic Railroad We doubt whether any other locality is so rich in historic incident and historic locali ties. Terre Haute, Ind., Gazette. The Western & Atlantic Railroad Company has issued a folder giving ac counts of battlefields and historic scenes along the Kennesaw route, which is one of the handsomest bits of railroad advertising yet gotten out. It is properly illustrated with photographs and contains several valuable maps. The Tinies, Fall River, Ks. We have a beautiful, historical and instructive folder from the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company, of their great Kennesaw route. It has battle pictures and maps, portraits of promi nent Union and Confederate generals, and a concise history of Sherman’s march and Johnston’s defense, from Chattanooga to Atlanta. It costs one cent and is worth at least twenty-five cents. Waterford, Pa., Leader. We have received from the Western & Atlantic R. R. a fifty-page pamphlet, which, aside from giving the great Kennesaw route special attention, also gives a graphic description of the fa mous battles fought along its line dur ing the rebellion, which are decidedly interesting. The pamphlet, to keep as a work of historical facts, is worth much more than many of the much puffed histories of the war. Binghampton, N. Y., Democrat. Any one giving his address and en closing a one cent stamp, can obtain of Joseph M. Brown, general* passen ger agent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Atlanta, Ga., a copy of “Battlefields and Historic Scenes along the Great Kennesaw Route,” which is worth $1 of any man’s money. Send and get a copy. THE ATLANA CAMPAIGN. Chase County Leader, Cottonwood Falls, Ks. The historical railroad of the United States is the Western & Atlantic, run ning from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Along the line of that road was fought the battles between the armies of Sher man and Johnston, in what is known as the Atlanta campaign. The pos session of that road was necessary to each army, and every mile of it was fought so trying to drive Johnston away from it and Johnston trying to defeat Sherman’s efforts. Along the line of the road are the bat tlefields of Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Buzzard Roost Gap, Dalton, Resaca, Kennesaw, Peachtree and many others. The W. & A. have issued a very interesting work called the “Battlefields Folder,” profusely illustrated, giving a concise account of each engagement that took place along the 140 miles of battle which lasted 119 days. The W. &A. is one of the direct lines running from Cincinnati and Louisville to Florida, and any of our readers who intend visiting that portion of the south should go over that line. Bangor, Mich., Deflector. From the Western & Atlantic R.R. Company we have received an inter esting and handsome pamphlet of the battlefields and historic scenes on their line of road. It cariied us back to ’64, when we went with Sherman from Ringgold to Atlanta along the line of this road. If we remember rightly the road was not then running on schedule time, and trains were frequently switched off between stations. Brief sketches of the “trouble along the line” in those days that tried men’s souls may be found in the pamphlet. State Journal, Madison, Wis. The Western <fc Atlantic Railroad Company has issued a handsome folder, descriptive of the many battlefields along its line, together with illustra tions of them by means of carefully prepared maps. It also contains the portraits of several of the prominent generals who figured in the war, and a vast amount of readable campaign lore. Northern Ohio Journal, Painesville, 0. The Western & Atlantic Railroad Company has just issued a “Battle fields Folder,” which is a credit both to its enterprise and to its judgment. It is profusely illustrated with fine en gravings, aud liberally supplied with maps of the battlefields and historic scenes along the “Great Kennesaw Route.” All of the letter press is in teresting, and much of it is valuable in statistical information. Wilkin County Gazette, Breckenridge, Minn. We have received this week a copy of the Kennesaw Gazette and the Battlefields Folder, published in the interest of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the great Kennesaw Route. This railroad runs through the most historic portion of the south, passes battlefields and through a most de lightful country. Anybody contem plating a visit to Georgia or Florida, would do well to buy tickets over this line. The main line from Chatta nooga to Atlanta is 138 miles long. Marietta is the sanitarium of North Georgia. The Kennesaw gazette. Psalm XLVI. 1 The confidence church hath in God. 8 An exhortation to behold it. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alanioth. GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the moun tains be carried into the midst of the sea. 3. Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High; 5. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early. 6. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7. The Loud of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8. Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9. lie maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cut teth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the tire. 10. Be still, and know that lam God; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11. The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. The True Test. J. G. WHITTIER. We may not climb the heavenly steeps To bring the Lord Christ down ; In vain we search the lowest deeps, For him no depths can drown. But warm, sweet, tender, even yet A present help is he; And faith has yet its Olivet, And love its Galilee. The healing of the seamless dress Is by our beds of pain; We touch him in life’s throng and press, And we are whole again. Through him the first fond prayers are said Our lips of childhood frame; The last low whispers of our dead Are burdened with his name. 0 Lord and Master of us all, What e’er our name or sign, We own thy sway, we hear thy call, We test our lives by thine ! Wild Hogs Among the Cohutta Mountains. Some years ago, when the writer spent the fall season at the famous Co hutta Springs, east of Dalton, Ga., his attention was called to the fact that there were droves of wild hogs which were generally quite shy; but occasion ally very fierce, whose haunts were among the Cohutta Mountains, a few miles beyond the hotel. They were the off-spring of a num ber of hogs which had been taken up by countrymen and turned loose among the mountains to feed on the chestnuts and other rich provisions of nature, and which were intended for slaughtering purposes at the proper season. They, however, went entirely wild, and multiplied to a considerable extent. In the fall the countrymen who had turned them loose made it a practice to hunt up and shoot some of these hogs for their winter supply of bacon. It was a matter of agreement among them, which was‘lived up to very hon orably —that none should shoot more than a certain number. Several parties had some thrilling experiences with these wild hogs; but no person is known to have been in jured by them. It is said that there was one drove which ran pretty" much to itself, and a number of attempts were made to steal upon them una- wares, or otherwise to kill some of their number; but without success. At last one of the countrymen, who had found the region where they were most frequently seen, concluded that he would try an expedient which, if successful, would bring about decided results. Accordingly, he and his neighbors built a very strong and high fence in a sort of ravine, enclosing a space of nearly an acre of ground. He then began dropping corn in and near this enclosure, one place having been left open so that the hogs could go in and out. They found the corn and began coming tolerably regularly to eat it. At last one evening he poured out some two or three bushels of corn within the enclosure, scattering it, how ever, at the end opposite the open ing. He also shelled an ear or two of corn, and dropped the grains, a handful at a time, from the outside, in a sort of trail way leading into the enclosure up to the point where he had emptied the couple of sacks. The hogs soon found the grain on the outside aud began eating it and rowding together, and going further forward until soon all of the drove, to the number of about thirty, were with in the enclosure. After a few minutes they found the large quantity which was scattered on the ground at the up per end of the large pen, and here be gan what they doubtless considered a famous feast; but like Belshazzar’s, it was the last one they enjoyed, for the countryman, having seen all of them in the pen, went forward quietly and put up the rails of the two panels which were down, and within a minute or two had the enclosure completely arranged. After this was done, he went back to one side and awaited results. The hogs having eaten all the corn started back to go out at their customary gate way; but found that it was no longer open. Supposing they had made a mistake, they began running to the other sides, to discover where to get out; but no such place was to be seen. They soon seemed to become aware of this fact, aud it is said that their fury was something almost beyond de scription. The large boars would rush first to one side then to the other with shrill sounds of ferocious rage. At last with one common impulse, the whole drove ran back to about the middle of the enclosure, and then rush ed forward with tremendous rapidity against the fence, as though to break through it. The shock was terrific, and, although the fence was shaken like an aspen, it did not yield. Again they retired and a second grand charge was made; but as before, the only result was bloody noses and unwillingly acknowl edged discomfiture. The countryman who beheld their actions stated that their fury was some thing which almost frightened him, and several times he thought they would break through the fence in spite of anything. After several unsuccess ful attempts, however, they gave this up and retired to the centre of the en closure with squeals of commingled rage and disappointment. The next day several of the parties at interest came up and shot the hogs, - and after dividing them out, took them to their respective homes. 3