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iff Duxs ai:k InrK— All biUii rising in this paper*re due .- nmiK of lie iJwfaiM*!. ** c _»f* * "i *crwiae, arranged by contraot, »■<* ( resettled when I rertiaemenib sheultLhtt'ttarked tor*. j lime, otherwise tbfjP irfjl be charged , A a5*%5rar;_ CxV, *v 5 * rule eo‘mucli forlhe £rst Jnser- J u A so DJuckWWk - •" Styles. our Rote* of Subscription and eighty oiie millions. Admitting them fur a moment, that the cornels which may mriko the earth with their nuclei would annihilate the whole hu man race, then the danger ol death to each ititlividual, mmliitig from the appearance ot an Uuknown copit, w ould l»e exactly equal to the rihk he woield run il in an urn there wan ouly one single hall ot a total number ol 281,000,000 halls, aud that his condem nation to death wuuhl he the incvila hie coiuw queiice of the white ball be ing produced at the first drawing.” Accordiug to tlio above calculation would not any insurance company in the United Slates be pretty sale in providing a policy lor a thousand years on the earth lor a smaller burn than it lakes to insure the life of one ol its most healthy hihabitants. Have not those who are agitated by the near approach of the great comet, abundant reason to console themselves with the assurance that the end is not yet. The gospel is to he preached as a testimony to all nations, warn are to cease to the ends of tlie earth, the Jews are to he gathered in to the ful ness ot the Gentiles, and the glory of the Lord is to till the world as the wa ters cover the sea—all things are to precede the liual restitution ol all tilings. It is obviously our duty then to employ all our energies aud means to hasten 011 this bright .lay ol univer sal righteousness and peace, instead ot indulging in gloomy apprehensions in regard to the well established laws and operations ot nature ami provi dence; so that instead of being tilled with alarm at the signs in the sun aud moon ami stars, we may be always rea»ly for the great changes which are to occur iu our individual history, and for the greater events which are one Fiw» the Msooa Tefegnph. The Great f'onteL Editors Tbi.kubaPh': Astronomers,' for some time, have discovered a ‘fierce comet of tremendous size’ approaching Mal con. JUDGE OF US BY THE PAST; COTTON TIES! UTESTISISO bates Joseph Armstrong, Dunn’s Patent Self-Adjusting Horizontal Tettra Tie. 1* S Agent* of! lie above named patent, we beg to commend it to Planters and Mer chants. This tie is a decided improvement, Jones & Reynolds the earth with fearful velocity ami threatening a concuntion with tlu-glohe on which we dwell. This announce ment has produced, in the vulgar mind, a feeling ot inseeuril v and ler- ror, ami is directing the attentrm of scientific circles more earnestly to the nocturnal scenery of. the heavens.— Even the Cluistfaa pulpit is suggest ing that tliis startling phenomenon may be one of the prophetic signs of tins second coming ol the Sou of Man, aud aro accordingly appealing to il as a powerful motive for immediate pre* paration to meet the awful events ol the last day. The ancients regarded the appear ance of comets as the sure haromgers -of great public calamities, such as earthquakes, famine, pestilence, war, inundations find the de tlis ol distin guished limn ; hence they were im pelled by the spirit of superstitious awe to employ mVaus to appease the wrath ami conciliate the favor 01 their avenging deities. We are told that the assassination ot Julius C.usar, iu the forty-Iburlli year before Ciuisi, was lot el old by one of’these celestial visitors. Aristotle, the greatest in. leihcl ot antiquity, credited these orud s supei slit tons, ami the transcen dent power t f his thoughts moulded some of the masterspirits ot the mid.. ; die ages la the course of time, how ever, Tycho BrahejJicpIer and New- tou were raised tip to dissipate the de lusions of astrology to develope to the world the true theory of the plauelaiy bodies. These eminent s ieulisia, alter a series ot oriliiaul investigations, ar rived at the well established conclii- Tlii* tijt is a decided improvement, and contain* the advantages of GUEAjT STRENGTH l GREAT SIMPLICITY aud EASE IN MANIPULATION! Being superior to any other Tie tnanufnc tured, we can confidently recommend it to the piiblio. JNO. W. ANDERSON’S SONS & CO , Agents at Savauuah. U& If. & A. F. TIFT, Agents At Albany. Aug. 6, 18*>9-4iu. w tespectfolly say to the Colton *> Planters of Southwestern and Middle Georgia, whom it has been their.pleasure to serve the past season so satisfactorily, that they will find them fully prepared aud ready to receive, store, ship or sell tgt tbe very best advantage, all Cotton consigned to them du ring the coming season; while to those who have not heretofore irted us, we ifrottld say I ROM Washington Street, in 9* vp sTAiaa. July 2d, 1869-ly CAREY W. STYLES. Adjoining; Passenger LOCHHANK & CLARK, Attorneys at Law, j ^. iuaayatta,*■: >., - H AYING aettled permanently at Atlanta, ■ill |ln special altenlioa to the prepa- STATiS NGE COMP? take pleasure in filling their orders for sup plies promptly and at lowest market rates. Call and see us at; the PLANTERS* WAREHOUSE, Opposite Brown’s and Byinrtou's Hotel. Ang 17, 1809-till 1st Jan. Savannah Medical College a .and argument of ease* before the STAID SVPBB10B COURT. ffe* distance not desiring to an- 1 Iwminw and Utley of attending thin l. conflicting as it dot* with (so many SAVA NS AD, GA. T nE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL COURSE of Lectures iu this Institution will com mence on tbe'FlHST MONDAY IN NOVEM BER NEXT, aud continue four mouths. - Preliminary Lectures, which will be free, will commence on ihe IHth of October next. FACULTY. R D ARNOLD. Al D. Professor of Theory t,ud Practice of Medicine, and Clinical Medi cine 1* M KOLLOCK, M 1>, Professor of Obslet.. rics. Diseases of i Women aud Childriu, and Clinical Midwifery. Professor Adjunct—THOMAS SMITH, M 0. A. LOCH KANE, Judge RICfi’D H. CtAUK. formerly nf Albany, Ua. W E again tender you our services as Cotton Factors an<l Comm : **ioa Mer chants, m our old atan I on Third s«reet. and }>le.lgf ourselves to conduct strictly a Com- tnis-iou Business, ami shall give special care and alteulion to all husiuess entrusted lo us. We reitirn our sincere I hunks to our old pa trons for past favors, and solicit a contin uance of the same, ajtd would request Plan ters generally, to give us a trial, as wc make ATIOIMEY AT LtW ALBANY, GA. Will give prompt attention to any business entrusted lo him. in all the Courts ol Dough erty and surrounding counties. Jan. 1. 18C9 ly W (J RULLOCjll, M D. Professor of Princi ples and Practice of Hurgery and Cliuical Surgery. Protessor Adjune'—THOS J CHARLTON, M D J B RR \I>. M; 1>. Professor of Materia Med- ica aud Therapeutics. Professor.Adjunct—U .1 NUNN, M D. JUKI UUlIAdiUSS, M D, Professor of Physiology. j Professor Adjunct—J Q THOMAS, M D, Lecturer ott PatJbology. W 11 WARING, M D., Prufesscr of Auato_ my W M CHARTEllS, M D, Professor of (Chemistry. Professor Adjunct —W H ELLIOTT. M D. Hon SOLOMON COHEN will lecture on Medical Jurisprudence. R P MYERS, M D. Demonstrator. E T ROGERS, M D, Assistant Demonstra tor and Curator. Clinics at the Hospital. Also, provision mado for attendance on Midwifery cases. Requisites for graduation llic same ns in all regularly chartered Colleges of good standing. For further particulars address W G BUL- L0C11, M D, Dean, or THOMAS SMITH, M. D , /ugust 3, 1809-till 1st Oct. Secretary. Ilf Stole of Georgia, W.4L ! IBoem. aud the Company nurhrM Financiers! t.;n* Hu^iness in the South i •fa'rLha'* Shall be prepared to render the usual ; conunodat ion. JONATHAN COLLINS & SON, COTTOS FACTORS, lG,.’09-3m MioON, ATTOKNEYS AT LAW. TVJjllJL^NHirote the M>w*raM onrta of ▼▼ |j*W«art Equity in t:A* Slate i.iul the tTirchi* C%»»rta of the United Slates lor the State of Georgii. Also attention given to COMMISSION in BANKRUPTCY. Albany, Jan. I. 18t.9. ly IskttW sathoritiea of the SttfC Ifiibr it j Protection of Pulley fl.Al.-r.,. Soofield’s Patent Cotton Presses, Shgar Mills, Christ Mills, Saw Mills, ^feam Engines and Boilers, j»arU ol the solar synU-ui, governed by lixeil and immutable lawn, and mov ing in elongated eclipse , of which the nun f irms mie ol the loci. These sub lime discoveries inaugurated not only a new era *u l l‘ e history ol astronomi cal scienei*, but especially in the corn el ary department ol it. l’Vom this time the tear« «1 men ceased concern ing the latal consequences from this class ol celestial prodigies, and they began the slutly ol the character ol their proportions, the measure ot their distances* the rapidity of their motions, their motions oil this terrestrial habi tation, and the probable period of their appearances Hundreds of comets have been yisL illv to the naked eytiin tlie past ages of the world, and many more have been brought within the range qf tel* cscopie vision. A .few ol these have been of prodigious size and splendor and occasioned considerable constern ation among the inhabitants ot the >)hfe« of Insurance Issued. Macon. Ga- —(* o: )— 'To the Planters ■ICHABD K mass mCHABII It OB US . HINES & HOBBS, ' ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ^ALBANY, GA Will practice in DOUGHERTY and the surrounding Counties, in the Supreme Courts of the 3t*te, and the United States Circuit Court at Savannah ; and will attend to busi ness in Southwest Georgia generally, by special asreenrant. marcbSO—kit iNaisa. O.Tfn when Desired. Ms S«i-ForffIlab?r. OTMNS aS To RESIDENCE t« TRAVEL. Baicies Issued in ^bsfi*Tilie Orgauizalion. IT \ 1I0.MK JUOMl’ANY. «RU it.Js at liTMarnis at Hut AwtWvvVu J o avail tbem- <Vtnsfits af Life InsuraMC* to Maohinery and Castings of all Kinds. SCHOFIELD’S PATENT COTTON PRESS. DIItEIT TRADE TIIOS HARDEMAN. Je. O. 0. SHARKS. Jan. 1st—12mos. BtTSINESS CARDS. riutrmed when every Uiought- hpssul la make ibis wise provis- rdtfcniiM upus k» life WsyfrtfaM* ta give all the ad- •ehaTvafsred by foreign insti- Ut risrs-iff, with tbe oppportu- ■f the rut soar in our own tareaMMllj sent abroad. 'Or raita sum Foster lw E»ifrprisr! ! and Energotio ■*•1 is every C.»uut j and Town Rite Suth. j. s. nerrox, of Macon, Ga, H. ASllBBUXlK, of New Orleans, iron, and no part of the Press liable to decay that touches the* ground; The trims# may be'made of wood, at the option of the Planter. » :• ** . Planters may jmrehase ei'her the screw and nut alone, atid pui the ^fraae acd ,box of wood to it themselves, or may purchase the, screw, hut and iron frames, ahd put the Wooden box toil, or they may purchase the Press complete, with serejr, uut, irctffrainos. and. boz, mat iug the most complete Press in use. Presses complete as last named, are is more gen / eral use, and give great satisfaction to all pa ties using them, as will he seen from'lsUers iu my possession. - ' *" ■ v • rr ' Parlies in need of Cotton Presses would do well to call, if possnde t smd fmuiiiBesBiMr eP if they should favor me with their order, they may rely upon getting a; Bren; that ir nil I claim for it. - , - - .V . . -•< . Having ih-v roost extensive Iron Works in the city, end the greatest variety of patterns of all kinds, 1 am able tc furnish parties with any kind of maohinery op castings at short notlov. .j.aisefiiopntLD; L. J. OHIEXAETIK. Cotton Factors “PEOPLES’ CENTRAL WARK- ItJSE” la now often- for ihe Sole end iuoil. rn times appealed in lhu year 1US0 niul exeitetl intense interest among the leading astronomers of Ecni|H!. Sir Isaac Newton suljecled it l» a close examination, anil ailvanc- ud tile u|iini.iii that its velocity was ten hundred thousand miles an. hour; that its luminous train was a hundred million miles in length ; aud that iu its nearest approaches to the sun il seem - ed to span almost the entire tinnn- ment. The next great comet appear, ed in 1811, was visible lo the naked eye for the space of three months, and 8u>rage of CflWAII and other Produce, at the euetomofj ehorga. They will moke lib. er»l Edraoees on Cotton io Slora or on ship- I,lent*, ot customery charge*. -The Sal* Room will be free lo »ay Floater who wishes io *ell hi* eotlou. end, also, to the buyers. IL J. Cook is tbsnkful tor psst fsvors, and solicits o continuation of lho sane for the new firm RAGGING & TIES or different kinbs will bo furnished si the market price. Albany. G*.. 11. J. COOK & SON., Aug 9. 'r>9, till Jun 1 General Purchasing Agents, . . n n A Al GENERA L COMMISSION HER CUA NTS, Bay Strewt, Savannah, Ga. Agents for Braillry't Superphosphate tf Lime. BAGGING, KOPE & IRON TIES Always qn hand. ijstial facilities extended to customers results ot their mission, at some grand convention ot their celestial sisters. AS1IDRIUGK, SMITH Si CO., New Oeleaes. Consignments S.liellcd. Psrliculsr Etteu. n giveu lo ihe t»le tf Southern Lands lo roman iVpiuliola and inJeuding Iromi- tnts. 0» del** for P.reign goods executed best possible terms, r 30*G9 I a m-ly mU-MAGILL, W. B. Donoho, Esq., writes the Memphis Avulaucho, qf the 27th, from Dixion, Illinois. “Open wide your gates and your hearts, ami be prepared *: .uMtoa toe most cordial greeting to thousands of the good and true men of Indians, Illinois, Michigan Ohio aud New York, who will be found this fall and wiuter seeking permanent homes South. They will bring brains as well as muscle ; ;cncics. J. riRKUAIt. J. B. PAfiRAMOl . J. U. FIN KHAN R. 8. RUST. R. A. BROWN Joseph Fiiiegon & Co, Cotton Factors !5>«»N'. I’rr«itlrnt. U. Vie-*-1 re.-ident W ~KK. «te-|irl al Age-Ill. tjUKRN. M-lical Examiner «- IH 'T. Acrwl, ALBANY. GA. eye ot Herschet, from whose careful observations we learn that its length was greater than the distance be tween the earth and the sun aud its breadth nearly fitteen millions ol miles. This celebrated astronomer concluded that the “solid mailer ct this comet was spherical; that it shone portly by il* own native light; and that it probably had - a rotation -round its axis'.”" The comet td 1843 shone with such surpassing splendor that it was distinctly observable in tbe day tune. Aud 1861 a sweeping comet came so near the earth that i- is believed part of its blazing tail brushed it; but as yet tin serious consequences to this planet have been COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Would You Keep Coal ? FATTtONIZE Scarborough’s It ALBANY, 4 T 'Ah dcralwkl cruls p dmiilssibn M’rcliants BAY STREET- Savannah, Georgia, A man’ character is his C3pttai. , Many people don’t have to distress themselves much about ihe safety of their capital. u Ki*ses ” says Sam Slick, ‘ are like creation, because they are made out of nothing and are very good.” They are also, says the Galaxy, “like Fer ments, requirimg two heads aud an ap* rvlix-of im. ** m E. McMillan, -tiffin: in— Up Stairs, *<1 Ita > M', OjErt. ~^u8CKit Strccl, two doors r IRERAL advances made on Cotton cn«- | j signed to us or lo our Correspondents in few Yoik and Liverpool. August fl, IRfih 3m (Sins £ Eve?a Worth o vte, It U'p (ntj Jlntrt. »UST, JoilXSTON .j CO ) q ceuts per pouud. Retail •iund 9&F Gpen from 7 Suadqii lrom 6 to 91 A T Ah desal«r ;* 5 cents per p ki;. to 8 P. Ml -3to4P. MJ Wra. Ifenry Woods, COTTON FACTOK AND GENERAL < OUHInnIOV Mfc'RfHINr, Hoi so Power. It CONSIGNMENT 3 10 LI CITED Albany, August Sd. J preferable, anil nut tiny them !nn putting them up IN.. Cromwell; y*w» over Wvlcha* Ore* h. tU»4«oe« nex* d* 1 ‘jr Co Ua lariteriy oocupiott ALBANY FOUNDRY RUST, jonxstox d CO.,) -■■.H 3,i- -• t-ti.’.'-' that ftars ql the 16th. magnitude are, -visible lliroiigh these btulies, while other astronomical writers ItavQ at tributed ■ to' them greater density, esj>ec):tlly to tlieir nn>-lei. FroC Otm- eteart’a views are condensed' iu the lolloniin; paragraph: -.‘Though some lit the largest ciimets surpass all other hmKesin tbe solar system in' magni tude, yi-l io respect to iltcir iiiassghcy, are l,w small to have produced as yet the slightest perceptible effect. They sometimes onme very near planet* and their satellites, but arc never known to cxeitlhe least iuliuencu'on them.” Is it not plain from the Processor’s state ment, that vt a collision should lake place Itetween a comet and our globe, that no disastrous edi cts wold follow. We are not »uthori*e,l to make the positive assertion that such an event will never occur, bat tdniuhf it ocent we apprdtcod * boy of five snuttcers zen of Pensacola and now residing some fifteen nr- twenty miles out on the line of the P. and L. R. R., sends ns some; halt dozen rice.-slants of-the present year’s growth. The stalks *ro sturdy and strong and some eeren 01‘eightl feet^^in length,-with large heads well , developed. \Ye presmne it is an av- eniga sample ofhis rice field, add if so, will produce forty or fifty bashel.s to the acre.. The evidences of the capa city of onr pine. lands to produce the staples ofSoathefn agricalmre are rape idly developing. 8 prepared st *11 rimes to edvattae liherst- _ 1, os cuwstcnmenis ofCcltou for **l. iu inslil, or tor -hij-menl lo his oorrerpou* mlstu Now York .sd LirrrpoOl, J.ljr 3tsh, lHt'.n-tis.*' - This Pre3s to ruu by'Water power, for which 1 furnish Ihe necessary adJUiouul umUbott. $50,00 extra. - ■ ' » soHolleld’fl SUGAR CANE MILLS AND KETTLES-1 These Cane Mills htvebeen too longuoo^ by the csira-growsrs of Georgia io used soy recommemlatlon other than planters using them. They are pot up in »tyia and oi best quality of iron ami each Mill I urued. Parties wanting Mills ean,. b* funiiksj best by sending tiieir orders, or e&Uutg*aod examining for themsolvev. Prices. At H. CowiutTTu ; James B.\caa Baker tVmut ,€». * Newtoi .HuoO B. CuLUDITT.' SsTMtinsh, Go. COTTON GATTER BOOTS. Eighteen inoe Cane Mills.... Fifteen iueh Cane Mills Twelve inch Catoe Mills. Eleven Iaeh Cane Mills......, - A lift]*' flit > ttirs up the heart As ti-l ■> *lir up the. fRcM, . An ! -3fi^r.vhiti! muslin, when it fits, Wake* ruauy a curious AothtO. All m*rtd tif fixing thrill Alt* fociiofu, ** Use’ll ortcr— ILiS-'liete OsoslrniWehw** tolilU.t.H.WCWTTOa, iXIRN. BAGGING. alfOSSlHKfi* BK1.TMJO. 0 (Ellon, 40 (Ellow, 50 goBoa, 60 (tloa 0(Ellen, lOUfsUoE...,. 1. ... IgOjiSt- comet ot UmYatTBpcre- >«. sun than we Miter is ouedocrlh th« calcnlatioo of Ifatoi 8«,t)«,0fl<» ofthat