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rara . ' l?.*V > ?. *'iv"J ' X*. . 4 ^ TO THINE OWN SELF TRUEi AND IT MUST FO^?W AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN i-.-.-.-sag?sa-rggga ? ?.T . ? mjt?jt^?as>\iam^ -i?m-1-ur BY KEITH, SMITHj^_ WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TIPJttSDAY, MARCH 3, 1881. VOLUME XXXII.-?_NO. 16. Tho South Atlantic Outlet. NEW LIFE TO UK INFUSED INTO TUE lil,UK JUDGE RAILROAD. [From the Nev? York Tito**] Tho Blue Rid go Railroad Cum pun y of South Csroliua n?? chartered tu thut Stute, GeoigM, North Carolina nod Tinnesnco in 18f)-. Thc road was to extend from Ander son, S C., to Knoxville, Tonn., a distance of 100 mtlen. Tho enterpri?o was tho business dream of John C. Calhoun, and hus (teen tho pot ?chemo of the Trcnholms, tho Oourdinn, tho Hamptons und tho load ing men of South Catolina ever Mince the road vus fii*t projected. The object of tho incorp?raloT was to connect Charleston with the great Nnri h wi nt bv a direct liuo of taila which would shorten tho distance to Cbiongo nod Ciooionali over tho exist ing lines by about 200 miles On tho South Carolina end Georgia eod of the liueovor $4,000,000 were expended before the civil war pul an end to tho work. Of thia sum, tho Stato of South Curolioa and tho City of Charleston vofttributcd $3.000, ?000 cud the bulanco waa raised by volun tary subscriptions and tnortgago bonds which are now tito only existing Hons un <tho ro?d lo South Ourulinu 43 miles ot' thc rood were completed, connecting Ander son with Walhalla, and this section of tho rood has been iu good running order ever nineo. Beyond Walhalla tho rnud was proded us tar 0o tho Blue Ridge Mouuluiur, ?nd a tuonel, 6,000 feet in length, wa? begun through tho mountains About 4,500 feet of this tunnel WAS compt?t itt), -460 feet heine bored through fiiut reek By means of thu tunnel tho grada o?e.r thc uiountoius bus ticen reduced to 70 feet to tho milo, whioh is an vaster grado than that nf any of tho other railroads o'basing ibo Btuo liidgo aud the Alleghenies, In tho State o? G coi j; tu two HU,nil tunnels were purl of the original plan of tho road. Ooo of tb.'in is en me y completed, und tho oilier is very ncr.y FO A largo part thc eroding io G corgi-i is ulan completed Tho road IUDS directly through lil? Ri hu ti Gap, which admits of u passage thtoui>h the mouniiiit'H at ? comparatively tnflitig espouse. Ou thc Northwestern cud of th? lu e eighteen miles of ruud wore completed ?from Knox J il to to Maryville, Tenn., and this portion Ii?? been in running order ever .sinoe it '.v.iH built At this end ut thc rood about $1,000.000 were expended by th? State of Tennes-ie, under thu lutortial Im provement Act. One hundred ?nd thirty - live luttes Of ibo rotd, UK originally surveyed, remain tu bo constructed Tho work WM* being rupidly pro icm. d e. hen the uivii A?r began, and that put a veto on th? enterprise whioh bb? not teen renewed up to tho pi went (imo A number ol' New Y?rk and Boston Capitalista uro uow pre paring to take possession of thu oh H rt IT, und push tho road through to comple tion. A prominent. Sou: h Caio?nn ci'izet) DOW in New York told a Thura reporter HO??? vc I y iiilerttslinie fuels in regard to thu Blue Riduo Railrciud and lb? roaos with whioh it wtii competo for business i> lt. il built .\? originally ??Hipnr-d. Hu said: "Th? mort ga|?o Hein? ou ibis plot, oily consists nf iiisi mortgage hoods to tb? innouut ol i528'5 000, willi interest silleO 18?I, and second mort gage, bouda tu thu amount ol" $51?K ODO. In 1864 a fitPt m m i cogo (ono ot $2 50O,0<JO Wis authorized by ill? company, i.ir under this authority bonds lo th? amount of $206 000 only were issued, lu the unie jear ihc Legislature of t'ouih Carolina guaranteed bonus tu tito oom fi .ns to com j.leto tho road lo tho amount ot fe I 000 000. Tills euariT.tee was tu-ver Hoed, but lu 186H the Legislature confirmed it, and added $?,t'00.000 to the guarani'e, provided so much Wi.S necessary to pay t!i? OUtNtBOdiug iiist tuoriuugc bonds und Ibo flo.iting debt of the company und to complote th? road. Owing tn the tianio of 1873, ouly 8508, 000 of these second mortgage bonds j?uur tiotced by lhe Stato wero ever issued, and the bilanoo of tho State guarantee was re turned lo thc Slate treasury and omicell -d The State puutatiteC on ibo second mort gage bonds was declared constitutional by Juflgo Melton, of lb? Court of Common Pleas of Richland County, before the indorsement wm mudo. Tiloso mortgages sro a fire:b and second Hen on fie entire road, with all l ho rights und fra nob isca of tho company, except on thc Tuuueriico end of tho hoc, whore tho Slate of loniiesaoo has a prior Hen on thc 18 miles of com pleted road, for tho $1,000 000 advnneid under tho Internal Improv* ment Aul. The importance of the notion about to bo taken toward the completion of thc roid will bo sppcioiuted by tho^e who understand tho 4?ystoui of railtoadB connecting tho liront Nert h weat with tho Southeastern At lab tin ports. The. Louisville ?od Nashville und the Kentucky ?coltul Railroad comp mies have recently combined willi tho Knoxville and Ohm Company, and agreed to build their roads to tho Tennessee lino, so us ?o form a du .ct connection with Knoxville, and contracts fut tuc work aro about to bo ewurded. Thc Cincinnati Southern (indu ?(pelf ut Chattanooga dependent on tho Louisville uod Nashville tn reach the Atlan tic ports of thc South ?Ri; and in order to make ?(self independent, tho Cincinnati South* rn haft Hli?tidy surveyed ? lino fwui Emory Gap directly cast to Knoxville, a disluneo of 42 Ul Hos, So you seo tho three great Western mid Southern corpnru tions ure making hasttf to rwiuh Knoxville, the Northwestern ?tul of tho Bluo Ridgo Railro-id At Addersun, th? Southeastern end, there aro two railroad connections with Chm lehren, I'oi I Royal and K .vauuall, Ono is ovor tho Oreen ville air? Coluotbiu lt?il road, whioh h;n veoi ntiy been purchased ly tho (%tl? ? ii;, 'd lUfl eitj, .iud ti.-; Stewaris, of Richmond, Va The other is by way of the Savannah Valloy, which is tu bo t uilt, and the route thia way will bo 60 mile? shorter than hy tho Urecovillo road I Tho 12 )u>dodd, Trenton uud Aiken Railroad i is rapidly approaching completion. Tho South Carolina Railroad, the great corpora I lion of the State, is about to pass into tho hands of New York and Ruston capitalists I ft should bo remembered," continued the ! speaker, "thut tho only completed railroad ! from tito Northwest to the Southeast in tho j Chattanooga and Atlanta, nuw controlled by th? Louisville and Nashville Company Tho freight business of this lion is so ?rest that the trains almost touoh each other, and the facilities for doing the business of the section ore totally inadequate. Tho com? plction nf tho Blue Ridge Hoad will supply u want that has long been felt. It will be a trunk line, fully able to compete with the Chattanooga and Alioota linn, aod will rrduoo tho distance from Cbioago and Cincinnati tn the Southeast ports by about two hundred miles. The parties OOH trolling tho Blue Ridge Road at both ends sro now organizing for its rapid completion." The estimated cost of tho work is 83,000. OOO. [From.tho Charlcstou Arcic? and Courier'] THE HLUE RIDGE RAILROAD AND WESTERN CONNECTIONS. I It is reported that a number of Now York and Boston capitalists aro preparing to take possession of toe remains of thc Btuo Ridge Railroad and push tho roud through to completion. What has beau published on tho subject will bu found else where. Ttiero ore elementa of great vitality io the old project. A vast amount of work has boen done, al a cost of over four mil imo dolla-i io actual money, and. in South Carolina, rho scheme will huvo tho eupport of thc whole ul' tho counties lying along thu lino of th South Carolina und Column hm and Creen vi I lo Huilrosds, sud nf tho Edgolield ?nd'fronton mid Savannah Valley Railroads, T hc Ural Ki Op; if tho Now Yi-rk und Bu?, lou ?j.ipiiHh-t? aro in earnest, will be, wu pitjbUim>, tu obtain control of thu railroad ?md charter. Jn what position tho concern U-aW is nobody seems to know. The Blue Ridge H il road iu South Carolina hus been K<dd (mee. and wits attempted tu no sold two or throe rimes; und tho Knoxville und Maryville Rdlroid (il.o Tennessee cud of ibu line) has been bought nv Mr Sibley, of the Air-Lion Riiuo.nl. With ? u'e/r title tu the winde wort,', any now Company would have, UH u nu.Ms of operations, the. aon.plc I d road from Anderson to Walli alla, and fri m Maryville to Knoxville, il? well as ibu tunnelling and grading already dunc a: intermediate points '1 he estimate is that thc loud can bi: completed for three mill on (lullars, und ihifl sum could rot bo helter spent iban in wiving South Oa-oliun dtrcei eommunicutiou with thc Weet. Tho Act of Assembly of February 20. 18M0, remita the luxe* then duchy thu Hine Ridge R?i!'oud, and auch us wu y bc CdUie due dui mg the nnxi three year", if work wore begun on or before June 1. 1881, and the filth merion of tho Act pledges the faith of the Stuto that all taxes shall be re mitted fur twenty years, on condition th.t the work begin cy June 1. 1881, und bo cum ph ltd within three yours Thia shows ibu diapdsithiu nf tho Legislature to give ntl pruotiouhlc aid m tho construction of the loud. We do not exactly uojeratand whnt is published concerning the funded md guar anteed debt of Ibu Binn Ridge Hoad. Thia wil! bo explained, we suppose, if ttiero is anything substantiel in tho present revival. II. The ir oas ip nhom tho recent salo of ibo Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio H nil? road continues, and thu latest explanation of itH signifie mee come from Philadelphia. Thc North American says thai li,o upwmd tendency ut Philadelphia and Heading und Jersey Centre I Rtilruad stocks wu? fully accounted tor hy tho belief that these muds' are to heroine part of a new trunk line from Now Orleans and Mobile to Mew York. Tho Louisville and Nashville's lensed ur controlled brunches afford communication with Memphis, St. Lou ?fl. Selma, Mootgom i ery. Pensaoub;, Mobilo und Now Orleans They include, it siivs, the Memphis line, tho Nashville and Decatur, the South and North A ?burna, the tfushvillA oud Chatta nooga, tho Mobile und Montgomery. tho New Orleans nod Mobile, the Selina und Montgomery tho Pensacola und Selma, und the Si. Louis und Southeastern Railroads, , with several linio foed ors in K'*u tucky, I Too net-see and Florida. Tho We-tern > od J Ar la ti ?io to ? tia Ot*, tho Georgia to A*i I gusta und ibo Georgia Centr.il to S>?V innoli olsu onerato their lines lil closu and Irietidly ! connection with the Louisville mid Nash . villu. A? before nictionod, the plan in H?id i to be tn connect thu Atlantis, Mississippi land Ohio Railroad with the Shenandoah : V 'lloy Railroad, .md sn obtain direct com munication with Philadelphia and New York The North American sujs: "Tho syhtein of railroads which ibm Reotircs no extiellont metropolitan ou'ot i i ioctl f > ex tend UH li ?oches literally over tho wholo S'liitb, East of the Mistisxippi Nor nun it ' hu pronounced lesa fortunato fur Philadel phia than lor New York. Tu say nothing of tho advaoiuges Philadelphia will un doubtedly derive from ntl itnmensn im ' provemeiil io ibo business of tho Reading und SheO'indmih Valley Honda, a lurgc part of tho through trade of the Trunk L'no will naturally flow into this city from Harrisburg, when bu y times put too heavy o presero on tho Rending and Now !Jcrsoy Central for thom to ucoommodito in tho dircotion of Now York. So that Philadelphia is deeply interested in the success of tho now orrangomeut. Tho sU:.umtl<i?h Valley Construction Cow pu ny will now struin every nurvo lo complete thu road to their Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio junction ot Big Liok by thu lat ul' May, if tho w?athi r permits Their ao qui-mioo Emt of Big Lick will likewise prove of great value in relieving tho pres sure of through business by carrying sumo of it to Norfolk, eapcoiully tho oottoo trade, and that growing und prosperous Virgloia City will have no reason to regret tho turn nth.irs havo taken " Sn far, then, tho memling of the purohase of tho Atlan rio Mississippi Hiid Ohio ll-iilrood is that tho Louiavillo sod Nushvil o, which is at work cn the extensions from Livingston to Knoxville, has secured an outlet to tho Reuboard other than that which it now has by way of Chattanooga and Atlanta. But t hero is ooother powerful element to bo takon i< to account I Tho Ai lu nt io, Mississippi and Ohio Rail road oannot reach Knoxville without run ning ovor tho East Tonnesseo and Virginia Railroad, which is tho debouching lino for important roads. Col. Colo, the Superin tendent of the East Tcuucfseo Road, regards tho new purohuse as a promise of an addi tional outlet to tho E i-t ior his own line. It is pluin then that the Louisville nod Nash villo must obsorb tho East Tennessee Road iu order to tccuino iudepondent. Col. Cok says: "Tho East Teouensce, Virginia and Georgia system, in connection? with thc Western North Carolina, is arranging tc oloso up tho gap, of forty miles between Wolf Creek, Tennessee, and Ashovillo North Carolina, giving soother connection to tho East Teone?HCo, Virginia and Qcorgb from Morristown, via the Western Nortl Carolin i end Richmond und Dm wile, tr. deep water at Weat Point, and also vi: Raleigh to Norfolk. Closing tho g?p be tween Asheville and Wolf Creek will pu Charleston in dose ion neel ion with Knox, villo, ns soon as thc Spartanburg and Asho villo Railroad ahull bc completed. Tho Louisville and Nashvillo Railroad ii thu oid opponent nf thc Cincinnati South urn Railroad, which ia now considering th< pru i tioability of meeting the Louisville am Nashville's Knoxville extension hy builditi) for itself o rodd through Emory Cup tu th same point, ft is sato to any thut tho Cin cinnati Sout hern K iii mud whon it roache Knoxville will not consent io rccuuin depen dont un thc Lnui-villo nnd Nashville to com in niiioa timi with tho be.uboird. A frc nutlet is what it needs, and that mulct, if tb Tonuu'SiM) ru'i Ut* be. in eenuin hands, H oa only find by oomiuu down lo Ghurleslur A Western connection with Churlcsfi n, b w.iy of Knoxville is buro to be hud. It is railroad oecisiity. CtllCAOO AND 0IIARLK8TON. [From the Chicago Ti tues. J Thc menus of transportation now avails able, enormous HS they uro, uro uppareutl inadequate to thc demands made on thci l>y shippers and importers. New lines < communication, as i* known, are projects betwecu tin E ulero seuporls und Chim>g nur it will bo several years before any < these new highways uro in practical opera tiotl, und the city, any linne interested i iii* wedfaro, must ha va speedier help th? these usn t?iv i. Tho warehouses of Busto Nc? Yurie, Philadelphia, uud Dal ti more a even now glutted with freight awaitii transportation tu the markets nf tho wort AgHin, the railways aro overrun with bu? ncaa which they are impeded in hiirid'ii hy reason of climaterio and kindred bi dranees, Pur mouths each y ur tl Northern Lakes, harbors and rivers uro fri gen, to thc detriment of navigation. / these ure practical evils tu which proche remedies munt bo applied, ond the lat? phill lo obviate existing dillieullica must allowed to at least puwss these groat el meuta of success-during, ability and ca] Ul. To day, or, if not to day, porno time tl ween, there will bu hold H private mceti of the solid men of Chicago At tl gathering thu plan to be elaborated will prodiouied, to a great extent, upon (.lu fids: Chioago possesses from six to oight Soo Easterly routes whereby present diOicult in the way of foreign truffle may be oo< ?ted. The ports of Brunswick and Savi^ nah. in Georgia, and Port Royal tn Charlo ton, in South Carolina, on the South A luntio const, which aro open tu nuvignti ult the year round, uro not at creator d tunoe from Cnioago than tho Eastern t mini, and the louutli of route from them Europe is the same, but with the udvanti nf being safer, because beyond the reg? i ol icebergs and foys. Chinaco is iho lo end of tho Chicago and Elstern illiiit Southern and Kentucky Central, soon reach Augusta, Qa, via Knoxville, Tet ? This will, ut au e n ly doy, become I : ?holiest route to the Southern seupoi boin? not over seven hundred und fi rollen in length, sud the only link luolit ! ia the lino between indianapolis and Lu ! logion, Kentucky, which wili cross . Ohio River at Vevuy. lt will bo thus si j that Chicago already practically posies ibo increased faoi'iiies tor the dovolopin i of itu bosniens, and needs only strctob Ot j hand to grasp them, j Por some limo back an aoti^e and p I severing representative of Southern sb I ping interefts his agitated tho subject I op' oin/ thc Southeast. Atlatitio ports to ! traffic of this oitv and tho great Wost. '1 project hus already icocived the formal . il ur" erne nt of the Boards of Trado ol C I ango, Ht Louis, Kansas City, Iudianap j nod Cincinnati. Hitherto railway oom , nations have provontod a practioil start; now, instead Ol' ono lino oontrulling i only road to tho SouthouHt Alla ! aenboard, thoro ovo several ind pone I OUtlet:!. I Tho company now forming hore prop* not only to purolia.?o . oomplete through route to Purt Roy'.I, but also a Hoe of steamers ?od sailing packets, so tbut freight toay bo billed through from Chicago to Liverpool via a line never eubjcot to the delays of a Northern Winter. ("From the New York Observer] GALILEE TO DAMASCUS. BY BAMU.EE. 8 DENNIS. Our last totter left us onoamped on the Northern boundary, of the beuuti ul Sea of Galileo, near tho site of Capernaum Christ's own oily, A'o shall not soon | forget that bright, moonlight evening April 27th,- when we strolled ulong tho beueli, far into the night, looking out upon the labe aud tho surrounding hills ?bet are ussooiatcd with so many tender and holy memories. We were on hallowed ground, for herc out Saviour had tarried, hero bo had spoken words uf wisdom and love, here ho had manifested his miraculous power, and hero too, after his resurrections he met with his beloved follower?. Karly next morning n party of four horsemen might have been seen wandoriug elong that Northern shore, visiting with much interest the ruins of Chorazin aod Rothsoidu-the latter tho homo of Andrew aud Peter. Nothtog now remains to mark the site of these eitles, busy iud prosperous iu Now Testamoot times, suvo a few heaps nf rubbish,quito overgrown with weeds and thistles. As wo turned away from tho lake, and mounted tho steep and rugged hills to tho North, on our way to "the coasts of Ctosareo Phillipp!," we thought of Him who lived and suffered and died for us, aud to whom ? his vory route, over which we wero jour neying, was sadly familiar. All day wo travelled over a rolling country, in parts uiider good cultivation. At night wo on* camped by tho waters of Meroin, on the borders of theft ptain where Joshua over threw the Canaanites. Tba following day wo lunched at Dan-thc Northern, as Reersheeba Is tho Southern, boundary of Palestine, iiero ls a beautiful spring ot pure wotcr, flowing into tho Jordan, and near hero, ot Toll ni K?dy, Jcrebram erect od o temple io which bo pla- ed ono of thc tolden IM I ves. Ry three in the afternoon wo ont?red a valley and began to eticcud u gently rising slope, abounding in runoinp water and lux un;'?og in fieldK of wheat nod barley. This is one of thc lovelies' refinos in Palestine; tho flora is varicgatot und boa Ul I ful Tho scenery is exocedinplj grund, and tho woods are vocal with tin ninnie of tho hirds. I llo'iohing Censaron Phillipp*!-the homi of Philip thc Tetrarch-'Sato in tho after noon, we cooa ni ned for thu eight, lu a grovi nf sturdy oaks, within sound of a might; spring, thc principal source of the Jordat und bon ea th tho very brow of old Hermon After dinner we rode to the top of a hil neat by to obtain a moro comprehenoiv view of thc country. Directly below u WHS spread out o wide expans? of tub) land, fertile and Wttll wittered but s-dl neglected Off to our lett, in tho dit-tanoc oould be seen tho Gililoean hills, while t our right roso tho lofty mountain forme c Lebanon. Beyond, across tho plain, w? thc country of tho Phoo'iionns, again whose Western boundaries dashed tho blu Mediteraneau, claiming, as it wcro, a rei o tuition for itu service to the great. "Motin of Oom meroe." Rebind, towering to th height of nearly 10,000 feet, in bold relit s'ood out clear and distinct Mt. Hermoi its summit, "willi u dUdem of snow, gleaming io tho setting fun. Rut fir moi interesting tu us than soy viet/, howevi beautiful, wore tho sacred thoughts BUJ gested by this region. Ou yonder spur i Hermon, to our right, us many believ .'Jesus Christ took Peter and Jumes an John, his brother, apirt," and gave to thc wondering eyes a passing view of his glor when, "his f iee. did shine as tho sun ar his raiment w?s white as tho light," or behold n voice out of the cloud was hear paying, "This is my beloved soo in whom am well pleased: hoar yo him." Wo f( at once tho spell of the place. '.Meantime tho nun descended from ll sk 108, And the bright eveniog star began risc." There is a figure of tho trnusfk'uratl adorning the wulla of tho vatican in Hon considered Oy many iu point of merit, t Gnu. oil painting in the world. Wo do r know, nor om W?? ascertain, whut mounts Raphael had in view, when he painted tl crowning work of his genius; but assured no height in tho Holy Loud pr?sentas mc appropriate claim thun tho wild and m jesiio sides of Hermon. Prom Caesarea Phillipi to Damascus is two day's journey with nothing of spec noto by tho way. As you ascend fr< Hon inti, thc ruined battlements of a Pb nician fortress mott tho view. This is t ousile of Shuboibch, equal in extent to tl of Heidelberg and by tar tho most noted Syria. It figured largely in thc wars I tween thc Sane?os nf Damascus and t Templar? of Jerusalem. About five in tho afternoon of Soturi wo carno iu sight of Damo"cus-"the < of thc li 'flt." Thc view of tho oity fr a'dials ot omi uenoo is wonderfully beat ful Located on the Weslarn ?ido of extensive plain, 2,287 fcotabovo tho M It?rait vat), surrounded by tho desert, < bowered by greco shrubbory, and sparkl with all thc beauties of on OSAIS, it preso a most inviting and fascinating op pea ran Thc city is oval io shape; about four m in oiroumffroneo, and contains 160,000 habitants. Thocouutry lying further to Frist is "thc eradlo of tito human ran uud Damascus i J without doubt tho ole oity ia tiie world, hiving been founded by Uz, tho groudeon o'' Noah, moro than 4,000 yous ago. Wo entered tho oily by the Jerusalem gu to Passing along "the Btreet oallod Straight," we soon oamo to the Btzsars, tho central feature io ?ll Eastern citios. Tliey aro very attraottoe with their rich goods, brought from all parts of Tur key, Persia and Arabia, and presont Q novel .nd curious scene. Tho rich burgher ot Damascus, tho stealthy Bcd a win of the Desert, the hardy Druze mouotaineer, and tho stately iohabitaot of Perola, are all here, gathered together io ono picturesque group. Crossing the square io whioh are situated the Bazaars, wo et mo to tbe Mey deo tho principal prome le of Damascus, at the further end of w* .oh ?9 our hotel. The ooxt day, we visit? , tho grand Mosque -originally a Christ .an church-with ito curious Byzantino gate. Over tho arch'of ono of the entra??os to this mighty pagan temple, in Creek text, is tb? following sen tence: ?Thy kingdom, O Christ, is an everlast ing kingdom; and thy dominion eudureth throughout all generations." How strango that this grind Christian truth should be allowed to remain undis turbed a thousand years, ovor tho gate of ono of tho most august of Moslem shrines. Noar by, within tho very shadow of the Mohammedan tomplo, is the tho tomb of ita greatest defender-the mighty Saraocu warrior, Sultan Saladin. Accepting tho invitation of a friend, wo paid a visit to some of the homos of wealthy Damasoenes, aud found them truly HNstoro and very beautiful. Entering from the dirty, noisy street, by a low, moan door, you aro hardly propared for tho luxury and oleganoo within. In tho centro of the building is a largo square, marbia paved court. Io the middle of this court a foun tain is playing, surrounded by trees in full loaf, affording a oool and refreshing rotrcat from tho rays of the suo. Opening off from this pquare aro the differoot apartments, SOUJO exposed on one sido to the oourt. Around the sides of these rooms run wido divans, covered with costly Eastern fabrics. The walls around and tho ociling above are adorned with richly carved arabesques, in termixed with pious sentences from the Koran. Tho whole effect, quite different from anything we had before seen, was novol, uuiquo aud fascinating. Wo were compelled to deoliae a visit to tho ruins of Palmyra, tho city built by Solomon sod destroyed by Nebuchadoozcr. lt was the homo of the brilliant aud sadly historio Zenobia, who, BB Queen of tho East, field her powerful court there until she was conquered by tho Romans, whoso sway at. ouo limo extended from tho shores of tho Atlantic to the books of the Indus. lt is situated some two hundred miles from Damascus, iu the very heart of tho desert. America Leaping Ahead. The London Times, of tho 22d ultimo, renews its previous y expressed congratula tiona upon American prosperity es shown by thu census returns, and io tbe course of a long article on the subject remarks: "Tbe details wo publiait this morning of the principal foots elicited by last year's oensus of the United States confirm the impression the original summary of results produced- A nation has never exhibited a more magnificent picture of material pro gress for teu years. Si DOO 1870 more than eleven and u half millions have bcon added to the population, at a rate of 30 per ooot. in?rense. Exocpt China and Great Britain and Russia no government can count more subjects. In tho number of citizens moved by similar impulses and recognizing oom mon ends the British Empire itself yields to the great Republic. Fifty millions of human beings in a land like America moro than mutch the eighty six millions of European and ASH'io Russia. The four hundred and twenty-five millions of Chi nu are not to bo compared with thom asa force among man* kind. Tho growth of a population may generally bo understood to imply the growth of wealth and resources. As each censut in a European State indicates a numerical advance, it may for the roost part bo infer red that fresh means of support have beer made available. Wheo, bowover, over} successive oonsus in tho United Statet reveals an expansion by bounds and leaps faith in tho instinct of human nature no to multiply beyond the power of exist ence is scarcely needed to reassure anxiety The granary whioh is to feed the new mil lions whioh have come, the millions whiol aro to follow, piles its stores for the whol world to certify them. Eaoh added Ame rioan citizen has not to search for the live lihood nature hides some where or other fo alt its ohildren. Ho is born or importe with his inheritance labelled and allotted fie hrs but to go West or North or Soutli there it is awaiting Ilia advent." ANDERSON, February 22.-Dirt wi broken at 4 o'olook yestorday afternoon o tho Savannah Valley Railroad. Thero wa a largo orowd, including many ladiot Maj. Whittier, ono of tho directors, m ad o short speech, after which tho first dirt wo shovelled by Stephon MeCully, our olde? citizen and a veteran railroad advooab President Latimer throw tho second shovt and made a short address. A great deal ( enthusiasm was miDifestod. Andcreo rcaohos out another hand to Charlestor Will abo grasp it? Ten millions of oattlo aro annual! slaughtered in this country to supply tli homo demand for mest, whioh is valued t 1400,000,000. North Carolina produces 02,600,00 poundB of tobacco por annum. Tuft Am LINE HOAD.--Tho New York correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution BSVS: "Tho offioore of tb? Air Lino Hoad ?re here, propariug their annual report? The result of tue year's work is most satis* factory, showing $174,000 gain io tbs earnings over the year boforo. Col. Fore? aore's record on this road is a floe one, ?nd confirms his position as one of tba very best managers in America. When ho took the road in 1877 tbo gross earnings wer? about $580,000. For the present year they aro almost 9050,000-a gain in about three years of about 8880,000. The earn? ioga of th *; road oow pay its interest right along, and it will become very valuable property. The New York owners are grati fied st tho result of Ooh Foreacie'a mau-' tgemeut, aud his conservatism and frank? ness has given them such oonfideoeo in him that ho has been able to oommand their monoy for O eorgia development, and cando much more in the futuro." "Tho immigration work of the road io a? leading feature in its management and will grow to great proportions. Already about ono'hundred ano fifty Swiss have bceu brought into the Piedmont'; regions, and have invested in lands. The little colony is doing well and a large addition from Switzerland wilt follow in the Spring. Tho colony will be doubled, and probably tre bled, during tho presont year. Those who have already settled in Georgia aro delighted with thoj outlook. I understand tbst this Swiss experiment Miaa not cost tho road over 81,000, under Maj. Houston's careful supervision." "It is interesting to note that the immi gration statistics of tho road show that tho immigration into the region along its line shows that a net gain of twelve hundred over thoso who havo loft it-this within the psst year, 1 think. A great many South Georgia farmers have moved into tho Piedmont couutry, since it is demonstrated that it is a pcrfcotly reliable cotton section. But we must rely, after all, on foreign im migration to build up our waste places, ?nd Ahe JSwiss colony will give us a ou. oleus." TUE NEGRO IN GEORGIA.-There are to Maoon 0,078 colored persons aud 10.019 whiten. It will be somewhat of n surprise to know that her colored oit i zn tm pay taxes on 886,650 worth of city real estate. In Bibb County, outside of the oity limits, they pay taxes on lands to tho value of $141,004, whioh is ooc-niuth of the entire valuation of the farming lands in tho coun ty. The valuation of all kinds of property owned by colored people in tho wholo county is 8255,558. There aro fourteen churches for those 0,600 pcop'o, with a total membership of about 8,700. Two churches number over 1,200 eaob. There ure thirteen Sunday-.sohools, enrolling 2,000 ohildren and adults. There aro two publie sobcols with sevon teachers, sustained by tho oity, having 400 soholers, out of a Hat of 1,800 ohildren of sohool age. Besides th eso thero is tbo Lo wis High Sohool (supported by tho Amerioan Missionary Association) enrolling 125 pupils this year, ulso three or four private Bohools, number ing about 200 moro, making a total of 725 ohildteo io thc various schools. THE LORD'S PRAYER REVISED-The changes mado in the roviscd vorsion of tho New Testament have already been noted, but tho following comparison will be of interest: REVISED VER8ION. COMMON VERSION. Matthew 6: 9-18. -Our Father whioh Bit in beavon. Hal lowed bo thy name. Thy kingdom como. Thy will bo dono, as in hoavon, so on earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgivo us our dobts, os we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead un not into tempta tion, but deliver us from tho ovil one. Matthew 6: 9 13. -Our Father whiob art io Heaven. Hal* lowed bo thy uamo, Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it ia in hoavon. Give us this day our daily b:ead. And for give us our dobts, as wo forgive our debtors, and lead ua not into temptation, but deliver us fron* evil. LOCUSTS IN 1881.-There arc two breada of periodical locusts, ono appoariog 0000 in 17 years and tho other once iu 13 years. Tho earliest appearance of tho 17-year loousts in this country, so far as records go, was in 1634, at Plymouth, Mass., sod they have not failed tosppoar once in 17 years ovor aiooo. Both breeds will appear this year, but not in tho same localities. Professor Riley, tho entomologist, says that tho 17 year loousts will abound next Juno in Marquette and Green Lako counties, Wis.; io tho neighborhood of Whooliog, West Ya., and probably in Maryland, Virginia, and tho District of Columbia, Thoy may also sppoar, ho say?, in tho West part of North Carolina, in Northwestern Ohio, Lanoaster county, Pono., and West* ehestor oounty, N. Y. Tho Professor says that the 18-year brood will probably bo scon in Southern Illinois, in all of Missouri exocpt tho Northwest corner, in Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kootuoky, Tonnossco, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The two kinds of loousts differ very little io appoaranco. 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