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The following imperfect table will afford a
proximated average of the temperature of At-
lanta from the 2d of June to the 26th of Sep-
tember, 1857. The gentleman to whom we are
indebted for it, was absent from the city during
the month of July. He thinks the afternoon
average of the thermometer two degrees too
high, occasioned by reflection--the exposure
being a South West one without the protection
of a portico or piazza on the wall.

SUMMER OF 1857.

6 o'clock. 2 o'clock.
June 2,........ Morning 60, Evening 76
" 3,........ " 50, " 76
" 4,........ " 64, " 80
" 5,........ " 66, " 80
" 7,........ " 66, " 90
" 8,........ " 66, " 90
" 9,........ " 66, " 92
" 10,........ " 68, " 92
" 11,........ " 62, " 80
" 12,........ " 61, " --
" 13,........ " 62, " 84
" 14,........ " 72, " 86
" 15,........ " 70, " 84
" 16,........ " 70, " 84
" 18,........ " 62, " 76
" 19,........ " 58, " 70
" 21,........ " 66, " 84
" 25,........ " 66, " 82
" 26,........ " 66, " 80
" 27,........ " 68, " 80
Aug. 13,...... " 68, " 84
" 14,...... " 68, " 88
" 15,...... " 68, " 88
" 16,...... " 76, " 92
" 17,...... " 74, " 92
" 18,...... " 78, " 90
" 19,...... " 72, Rain, " 78
" 20,...... " 64, " 70
" 21,...... " 66, " 76
" 22,...... " 68, " 80
" 25,...... " 70, " 84
" 26,...... " 72, " 84
" 27,...... " 72, " 84
" 28,...... " 72, " --
" 29,...... " 66, " 78
" 30,...... " 60, " 70
Sept. 2,....... " 64, " 76
" 3,....... " 64, " 76
" 6,....... " 80, " 84
" 11,....... " 68, " 80
" 12,....... " 68, " 82
" 16,....... " 74, " 88
" 17,....... " 72, " 88
" 20,....... " 70, " 84
" 24,....... " 66, " 78
" 26,....... " 66, " 77

{Italics begin:}Building materials{italics end} abound in the city and the
neighboring country. They are of the best
quality, of great beauty, and exist in inexhausti-
ble abundance. Good brick is sold at fine and
six dollars per thousand. The best Pine Lum-
ber is laid down at $1 25 per hundred. Granite
is supplied from the Stone Mountain. Other
fine building stone is quarried in many places
in and near the city, and a stone resembling
Portland Stone of the most beautiful kind, can
be brought down the State Road in any quantity.
Lime is furnished at $2 50 per barrel of five
bushels, and can be brought down the State Road
by the car load at a lower rate. Sand abounds
in all the water courses in the neighborhood,
and is laid down at 40 cents per two-horse load.
Coal is brought from the mine at $230 freight per
ton, making the entire cost at any point on the
road near Atlanta $5 30 per ton. Oak wood is
delivered in the city at $2 00 per cord.

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Provisions{italics}.--Atlanta is the great outlet through
which Cherokee-Georgia and the fertile State
of Tennessee disgorge their superabundance.
Through it pass the bacon, lard, beef, flour, corn,
wheat, oats, and rye, of this abundant country.
The freight of these articles, per Railroad from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, is less than the cost of
transportation from the same point to the top
of the Look-out Mountain. Bacon is brought
from Chattanooga to Atlanta for 30 cents per
hundred, at which price it cannot be conveyed
up the Mountain.

Sugar, s{proofreader's mark: y}rup, molasses, coffee, tea, salt, rice,
and other groceries, are brought from New
Orleans, Savannah and Charleston, and laid
down in Atlanta at less cost than they can ever
be in Chattanooga, where they are taxed with
the additional expense of fifty cents or more
per hundred, before they can reach their place
of destination.

{Italics begin:}Beauty of Scenery{italics end}.-- There are points about
Atlanta where the beauty of the landscape
will compare with almost any view, into which
water does not enter. True, there are but
few mountains in sight, and they are distant,
and not large. But every one who is at all
familiar with the rules of criticism, knows that
grandeur is by no means essential to beauty.
The blue grass, with a little attention makes a
fine lawn here, as may be seen even in the city.
The face of the country is gently undulating
and is frequently relieved with bold and pic-
turesque features. Trees grow luxuriantly, and
copious streams of clear water are abundant.
We hesitate not to say that where these re-
sources are at command, the beautiful and the
picturesque may be so varied and combined as to
make the landscape perfectly enchanting. Who-
ever has visited the school that once flourished
at Montpelier, Georgia, will not forget how
much of beauty may exist in a landscape, des-
titute alike of mountains and water, and limi-
ted to a prospect of not half a mile in extent.

As might have been expect, the great ad-
vantages of Atlanta, as a favorable position for
business, have not escaped the attention of
persons of capital and enterprise. The nu-
merous mills, founderies, machine-shops, and
factories in successful operation here, together
with the number of large warehouses stored
with provisions of every kind, prove that their
proprietors have not been deceived in selecting
it as the most favorable spot at which to col-
lect materials for their business, and from
which to communicate with the whole sur-
rounding country. Nor does the salubrity of
its climate, indicating it as an eligible place of
residence, vainly invite families of education
and refinement to make it the place of their
homes. It is yearly receiving accessions from
the best society of Alabama and Florida, and
the lower counties of Georgia. In short, we
know no place, that fifteen years ago was a
wilderness, in favor of which half so much can
be said.

THE LOOK-OUT MOUNTAIN.

As the Look-out Mountain has been named
as a suitable place, for the proposed Universi-

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ty, and as its advocates have called attention to
it through the press, it will not be out of place
to point out the advantages and disadvantages
of that site.

It is blessed with a pure atmosphere, is can-
opied with a clear blue sky, and commands a
fine view of the surrounding country. The
landscape, as seen from its top, is charming:
it is broad, rich and varied; imposing with the
grandeur of its mountains; beautiful with its
water and fields and forest; and enlivened
with an endless variety of hill and dale.--
Such features make it a pleasant spot on which
to sojourn, for a few weeks and even months,
in summer. But we hesitate not to say, that
in pointing out these beauties, we have named
all the advantages that indicate it as a suita-
ble place for such an institution as the Church
contemplates. These are features which are
patent to every one, and which make their
strongest impression on the mind of the visitor
at the very first view. They are well calcula-
ted to carry away a lively imagination, and to
win the favor of minds easily impressed with
the grand and the beautiful. Behind them--
out of the view of the casual or fanciful obser-
ver--lie the weighty considerations which are to
determine its fitness or unfitness {italics begin:}as the site of a
great School for the convenience of the whole
South.{end italics}

The Mountain is almost destitute of wa-
ter; a few inconsiderable springs remote from
each other, being its chief dependence. Wells
cannot be dug, except for great labor and at
enormous expense; nor is there any probabili-
ty that a copious supply of water can be ob-
tained, before the limestone is reached, which
would render it unfit for general use.

Lumber{italics} (we are told by those most interest-
ed) {italics begin:} cannot be carried up the mountain,{italics end} the ex-
pense of transportation operating as an em-
bargo on it. Whence, then, is it to be obtain-
ed? It must be cut (is the answer) by porta-
ble mills, erected on the spot. Now, these
mills cannot be driven by steam, because there
is no water from which to generate it; and no
one who is acquainted with the difficulty of
sawing by animal power would think of filling
large and pressing orders by such means.--
This being the case, we venture to predict that
years will be consumed before a sufficient sup-
ply for a few large buildings can be command-
ed; while persons desiring to erect private
dwellings will not be able to obtain any. Nor
is there timber enough on the Mountain, out of
which to construct the buildings of a very
large University, together with those of the
town which is expected to grow up {italics begin:} pari passu{italics end}
with it. This will add beyond calculation to
the expense of building, and with it to the
expense of education; for house-rent will
always be in proportion to the cost of build-
ing, and room-rent in proportion to house-
rent; ALL OF WHICH MUST COME OUT OF THE
POCKETS OF THE STUDENTS.

The labor and expense of reaching the place
and the cost of elevating provisions to so great
a height, must always operate against it. In