A Steep Railway

A letfer from Naples, wrHt.en hy one of' l,lionine persons who nía Ir the experimental trip 6n tlie ncw rail way to (he cráter of Vesuvius, gives sorae particular-i of the lino amí tlie journcy. The actual ra i i road is 800 inotres lonir and termina Les 200 metres short of the cráter. ïho inclines are tremendous : 4 in 10 f.r tne ftrst 135 metres ; 63 in 100 for the next 330 metros; then, 66, 02 and 48 in the 100 tbr tlie reinaiiiiler. The carriaires are drawn up by a steel ropn of fortynine straiiils, which is conted with tar asa protertiun aainstru.st. An Ijoiir's driv( from Nitplea táftTns tlie tnivcler to the mountuin observatory. An excellent nevv road nearly 'two miles lony, has been built by the railway conipany írom the obervatory to the rnihvay station. The ívscent on tho iMihvay was nado in se ve n minutes, but ir, can easily be niade infíro. The motion was quite snioolh, but the Se usa t ion upon iookin out is far from plcasant, and a feeling akin to seasicknoss is said to arise. The view í'roni the summit repays all trouble, Tlie writer says that at every step one feels the proxiimty of tlie great storelionso of'heat. He was infornied that gve&t pillara of smoke frequentl v burst U]) from the yround, close to the spot where the rail road ends, and giieat chasnis open, swallowiny uj) anything whicli niay bo uu the spot, so that (be cxpeviition íiiay sonieúnies íiot bo wliolly l'ree í'roni danger. Idaho Territory holdscourt at Boise, vrhere is located .all the Government offices, nd is the home of the United Suites Marshal. He goes to Lcwiston 400 miles distant, twice :i year to atteud district court, aud also twice a year to Halad for the same parpóse, traveling a distaace of 625 miles to reach therc. To simply atlend the coui'U in the three districts requires him to travel 3,700 iniles. But to do al] his official work last year cauged Mr. Uhase to travel by" stage 9,000 unies. The resnlts of soiindins over the beo ot tne Atiantie have made cloar.it is believed, the existenco tlirough tlie middle of the ooeun, extoudiug from north to south, of a slinken ridge, often less than i,uuo lathoma i'roin the surfacej while on either suie the Water Uh n ueptll ot trom 8,0UU to 3.i50 fatliorw ; so thiit the elovation ot' tlie ocbüu's boii-om requlred to to make these (K'ptha dry land would briiy up betwuuu theiii ft nioiiuuiin ran.ye iruin 9,WO to lü,U00 leet high. The hiirber po i nts ot' thia tu'nUen ridge how l'orm the islanes ot' tlie Azores. An :uiti-il Helling ussociaLion h.'isbcen loi nu; i in Bouth Carolina, willi exJiuige Kcrsliaw as president. "We iuii'ii i," the resol ut ions say, "to train, cilneate and organize the public opinión and mural senae of the people to a trne prei-cpUon ut' the criminalty oí' this wiekei and pernieious practico ; to take proper ineasnres to secure an adjnsUiient ei' all personal diffioulties which udglit tend to involve any ot' our lellow citiztína in a duel ; to eni'oree thelawsagainstduellingin every of tbeir violation herealter occurpiog, the saine shall consist oí' sendinu, accepting or beariiig a challenge of the liyhting oí' a duel, or the counseling, aiding, orabutting any of thesu oU'éoces." Mr. Mooly has at Northfickl.Mass., a well-stoi-keil itable, and has just bouüht two new caiTiagcs anda hórse.