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wcßtflta 3n w t nal and IWu.mcttiuu ]}Y J. W. BURKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER j. iv. BURKE & CO., Proprietor*. w >l. >| BROW,\E, » Editor OFFICE NO. 00 SECOND STREET, MACON, QA. It \ I KS OK SI INSCRIPTION. Dan v, P‘T Annum tlO 00 Six Mouths 5 00 Three Months 2 50 One Mouth 1 00 Tri-U ekki.v, per Annum 5 00 Six Months 2 50 Three Months 1 50 WxtKi.r. per Annum 3 00 Six Months 1 50 • Let l - Bury the Dead and Take Care of Hie Living.” From the Augu-tu Constitutionalist, August sth. This is the heading of a late article in the editorial columns of the Macon Journal and Mkssenokk. We reproduce it in our issue of to-day, with the view of making some comments upon it. We, perhaps, do not understand it. The article, it is true, is written witii marked ability ; but it evidently indicates something not fully expressed. To us. with our ideas and opinions, it seems to be inconsistent with itself. It may tie that tin writer was only “ looking one way while he was waiting another.” All our liberties, he asserts, with the accu mulated capital of two centuries, have been lost, lint the se, he maintains, can be re gained. This is hopeful and encouraging. \Vi. too, lndievo that this end can be attain ed. if tic people are true to themselves in the maintenance of correct principles. But while our esteemed contemporary, if wo understand him. seems to he looking earnestly to this great object (if a restoration of rights and prosperity, his policy, if we are not mistaken, i:i st certainly, if followed, bears us directly the other way. He does not expose his poli cy. i xcept negatively. In this way, however, lie is sulli iently explicit to show his general drift. The dead are to he buried. Among the dead are to he considered all old political parly associations. The Whig party, the Stales Rights party, the Democratic party ure all dead ! These are all, according to lus views, to be buried, or are already buried beyond the hope or power of resurrection ! But we are to take care of the living. Wlmt party then is living? What is the living party that we are to take care of ? Is it the Radical party or either of the wings of the so-called Republican party that he would have us to take care of ? Then, how are we to take care of it ? Is it by joining and building it up ? Is this what our esteemed ( temporary means? If so, let us know it in plain terms. If so, we wish to enter our .olemii protest in the beginning. By no smdi policy can our rights, liberties or pros perity ever be restored. Until win"s of tin* Republican party—the ('niisiTVutiw, so-called, as well oh the ltadi i il are orga .ized upon principles utterly ■■nlnvrsive of all Constitutional liberty; ami il tin people of this country are true to themselves, true to the memories of their ■ ire true to all the glories of the past, as well as the brightest ami surest hopes of the future, they will spurn with abhorrence the embrace of either. “Touch not, taste not, handle not the unclean thing,” will be their motto. All of our troubles come from that wing of the Republican party now called ('■ii.v'rritlire. The so-called Radical wing of tin- party is but the legitimate offspring of the other the necessary fruit and issue of it. If liberty ever is to be restored to this country, it must be done by a total over throw of the present ruling party, now con sider* *d by our Macon brother as the only tiring party. This must first he destroyed, loot and branch, and placed among the things that arc dead and to bo buried. The most effective way to do this, we maintain, is to revive ‘ and bring into active operation the time-honored principles ol the Kentucky Resolutions, which our jtS.iiin wonM have us to con sider us amongst the things that are dead — never to list* again! What an idea this is, ; cluing from one who speaks so confidently of the restoration of our liberties! Is there a single liberty we ever enjoyed which is not cow red ami embraced in these Resolutions? Can there be any restoration of these liber ties but by a return to the living and eternal truths and principles upon which they are based? Never! Os this the people of this uiitrv may bo fully assured. ('•in Ih «• jiriiiri/tlrs ever be re rivet l? Here til.' ,ivut question. We have l>efure rnain jufil, uml still maintain that they can, and (tillin', if tin’ people prove true to theni srlvt's. Nor is the proa]unit of this grand seliie vfiiii'iit so cheerless a problem as our M i on brother would have us believe. That old l’arty organization, which, based upon tla St* prineipit's, rescued the Government from centralism and Despotism in 1801, un der tile lead of Mr. Jefferson, is by no means dead. For sixty years it preserved the in tegrity of the country and the liberties of tlie people. For many times more than OWy it id ty vet live to do the same tiling, if H were once brought into power. The Dem oeratie party dead! Indeed! "Was the wish 'lie father of the thought in this utterance? ii s the Democratic party dead in 1800, wlieii the present ltadieal power came into I'ower by a little over one-third of the votes et the whole country? Certainly not. It " - defeated by an unfortunate division and s 'i'ife between some of its leading memliers mid ditb renees upon ])riuci])les not essential f" the maintenance of liberty. Was it dead in lsiVl, when, even at the North, in time of war. 1.500.000 mov'd with steady step under its idd standard of ]>rineiples? Was it dead in Isos, w hen 2,700,000 rallied to the polls mjiler the smui* standard? Out of some thing over 5,000,000 of votes General Grant was elected by only a few votes in excess of Jhtl,000. llad the disfranchised Democrats "t Tennessee been ]>ermitted to vote, num bering not much under 100,000, his majority would have been brought down to near 200,000. And if Virginia, Mississippi and Texas hail not been denied their right to vote, the result most probably, would have shown that, so far from being (lead, the Dem ocratic party was really the living majority party in this country. 1 his will i rtainly be the case at the next 1 residential electiou in 1872, if those who ih sire a restoration of their liberties are true to themselves and true to principle. Pa tieuee and steadfastness to principles, which can never die, arc the great virtues our jx*o ple are now called upon to exercise. Fhi re are issues, questions and measures of the past which are dead. With all our heart, we say let them be buried. Amongst f : ' se we put Secession as a practical remedy against Federal wrongs of any sort, and all the issues, questions and measures of a su bordinate character growing out of African slavery. Hut never let it b said that the principles of the Kentucky resolutions fwliich so clearly and truthfully set forth the 'lafure and character of our Government and : ‘l! mir safe-guards of liK-rtv,) are dead! lien they die and are buried, with them will die and Ik* buried every principle of American liberty. Nor let it ever Ih* said but tin Democratic party is dead, so long as flies,' principles are borne upon its standard. He regret that our valued ootempomry, h*' l Augusta Constitutionalist, has misap prehended the purpose and misunderstood s *“ language of the article which we pub *'a i a few days ago, headed, * I jet us bury Pi ail and take care of the Living.” We ‘bd a, t intend to be mysterious in our de- M s'i or ambiguous in our expression, nor did dream of advising anybody to “join" or buildup” the ltadieal party or “either of •a* wings of the so-called Republican party,” ** our eotemjHirary seems to fear. Neither b * i we the faintest intention of “looking one Wu ' "bile we “were writing another.” We '■a nit to he dear and explicit, and if our spi, ted triend in Augusta has misinterpre "ur ‘ general drift,” we think it isattrib bi li more to the morbid sensitiveness of ,ls liatui '° tll!U1 to any ambiguity in our lan «*ge. \\ e are as thoroughly convinced as he is f iat “b°th wings of the Republican party” au " ‘ ‘organized upon principles utterly snb |" r siye of all Constitutional liberty,” and ut and Liberty is ever to be restored to this t ouuti \ it must be done by a total overthrow of the present ruling party.” Our thoughts by day and our dreams by night are devoted exclusively to devise some plan by which this total overthrow can lie most speedily and completely effected. And it was this very desire which prompted us to write the article in which our cotemporary has discovered so much insiduous heresy. We do consider—we do confess it—that the present ruling party is a “living party.” It is frightfully lively, and it is daily grow ing in activity and strength, as it is in venom and malevolence. It is rearing its hideous, spotted head in many places at the South, and wherever the Old Line Whig, the straight-out Democrat, and the uncompro mising States Rights man are severally most confident that their party and no other can save the country, and are most obstinate in their refusal to unite for the common de fence, there the “ruling party” will be found to be most active, most powerful, most veno mous and most malevolent. While these divisions and old partialities continue to dis tract us—while the Whig regards the Demo crat as the cause of “all our woe,” and the Calhounite refuses to affiliate with the p irty tluit surrendered the citadel of States Rights by voting for the Compromise Measures— the ruling party will continue to grow in strength. Our sympathies, our predilections and convictions are all on the side of tho State Rights party. We have never be longed to any other. We believe that its principles were nearer the true faith as held 1 by the authors of the Constitution and of the federative system of government under which we are supposed to live, than those of any other party that ever existed. But what hope is there that those principles w ill become the political faith of a national party suffi ciently numerous and powerful to overthrow the ruling party ? Our cotemporary admits that “there are issues, questions and measures of the past which arc dead,” and wishes with all his heart that they may he buried. He refers particularly to the right of seces sion and to the questions growing out of African slavery. We agree with him that these issues, questions and measures are dead, but we insist that when he concede-; this he must agree with us that the party, of whose existence they were the life-blood, is dead too. We may mourn the death, but our regrets and tears can never reauimate the l corpse. Its life departed at Appomattox Court House on the 9tli of April, 1865. Ad mit, as our eotemporary does, that the seve ral members of the political partnership called the United States have no longer the right to dissolve the partnership for any cause whatever, and that it is the right of the majority to rule, and admit the right of that majority to prescribe, regulate and abolish the domestic institutions of the mi nority, nay, even to decree who shall vote •ml who shall not, and the existence of States Rights cun hardly be maintained by sensible people. As to the Whig party it is so long dead that even its bones can no longer be used as relics. It was a great, powerful and patriotic organization. Its exponents were among time greatest intellects that ever adorned any age or country. But belief in its resuscitation is hardly less silly to-day than that of the suiritualist who lias places at his dinner table reserved lor ileceuoea . e , . family. The Democratic party remains. But in what does it resemble the National Demo cratic party of former days. Are the prin ciples held by Democrats at the North and at the South the same as those which they maintained in 1856, the List year in which the party was united in its faith and in its purposes ? What community of feeling is there between the “war Democrat” who flew to arms to annihilate the sovereignty of eleven States of the Union, who sanctioned the tinkling of Mr. Seward's little bell, the banishment of Yallandigham, the arbi trary arrests of the thousands who filled every fortress in the Northern States, —what community of feeling, we repeat, is there between him and the Democrats who like the late Tom Seymour, the recently deceased Isaac Toucey, or that inflexible patriot, Franklin Pierce, insisted that the General Government had no Constitutional authority to coerce a State? What practical resem blance is there to-day between the doc trines of what is now called the Demo cratic party and the Democratic platform which was adopted at Cincinnati ill 185(5, or in Charleston in 18(>0? There is, it is true, a powerful, numerous and earnest opposition to the ruling party to be found in every State in the Union. It was this party that voted for the defeated leader of the U. S. Army in the battles of the Peninsula and the Cliiekahominy; and it was this party which supported Seymour and Blair! But, except in the opposition to the Republican party, where is the community of conviction between the masses of the Demo cratic party of the North, and the Democrats of the South as to the principles of govern ment which used to lie the foundation of their common action? We at the South max con tend for the principles of the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. They do “set forth clearly and truthfully the nature and character of our government and all our safe-guards of liberty.” But are the war Democrats, who plume themselves on their war record, of the same opinion? How do their acts and professions square with the “eternal truths and principles embraced in those resolutions?” It is obvious, then, that to revive the old parties and platforms as they existed before the war is a hopeless and ruinous task. We repeat wliat we remarked in the article to which ouro itemporary took exception, “that each of the old parties believes that the only salvation of the country depends on the re vival of his party, forgetting that the Demo cratic, States Rights, and the Whig party, as living active organizations, are dead and buried, and there can Ik* no parties at the South now but the party of Self-Preserva tion, composed of the intelligence, virtue and respectability of the entire people, fused and cemented together by a common interest, inspired by a common danger, and animated by a purpose to rescue the liber ties and prosperity of their country from the despoiling grasp of the mongrel enemy which seeks to crush the one and ruin the other. ” Wo desire the union of every element of opposition to Radicalism at the North and South, on a platform suited to the times in which xve live, adapted to the circumstances by which xve are surrounded, and freed from the deadwood of bygone issues. We want to see our people grapple with the living issues of the present and not leave the com mon enemy to consummate our ruin, while we spend our strength and time in a vain effort to recall the past. Nor xvill mere party ]>olities —struggles for political supremacy—of themselves work out the redemption of our country. We must make intelligent and xvell directed efforts to re-establish our material prosperity by do vel iping our vast resources, improving our system of agriculture, utilizing the immense manufacturing power which a bounteous Providence has given ns, regu lating onr labor system to suit our altered condition, improving the morals of the peo ple by diffusing more widely the Bible and the spelling book, amending and enforcing our laws, making Truth, Justice and Mode ration the controlling guides of onr conduct, and thus repossessing ourselves of these ele ments of power which will restore our former influence in the control and direction of the Government. e know that our purpose is honest. We believe that it is wise. We feel that we can regain oar liberties and be the most prosper ous people upon earth, but that we can “never do so if we lose our time and waste our energy rummaging in the political dust-heap of the past, and trying to fan into a flame the expired cinders of defunct polit ical parties. ” Radicals Alone are Loyal. No man can be accounted loyal who is not an ultra Radical. If a Southern man, though he stood by the Union from Sumter to Appomattox; though he commanded the Union armies and shed his blood on many a battlefield, if to-day he does not blindly sub scribe to the extremest doctrines of the most violent Radicals, he is a rebel, a copperhead, a traitor, and above all ho is disloyal, and should be forever excluded from everv office in the gift of the people. In all rebeldom where can be found such a malignant copperhead as General Frank P. Blair, of Missouri? Where is there a more infamous traitor than Segar, of Virginia? Where in all the world can ho seen such an impersonation of treachery and disloyalty as Andrew Jolinson, of Tennessee ? Blair fought and hied for the Union, and covered himself with distinction as a commander of a corps in the Union army. But he is a vile copper head notwithstanding liis services, because he will not dissolve the Union he fought to save in order to perpetuate Radical power. Segar suffered severely for his desertion of Virginia in her hour of peril, and for his un deviating devotion to the Federal cause dur ing the entire war; but lie, too, is a rebel, because he opposed Wells and the extreme Radicals at the recent election in his State. What is there tliat Andrew Johnson did not do to prove his hostility to the Confederate State of Tennessee, and his friendship for Ahraliam Lincoln and the coerciug forces? Was he not Lincoln’s military governor of Tennessee, and was he not the choice of the “loyal States” for the second office in their gift? But he is now par excellence, the traitor rebel and copperhead—-the most disloyal man in America. And so it is with some of those who have been recently elected to office in Tennessee, for instance, with Emerson Etheridge, Bail lie Peyton, John Fleming and Ed. Cooper. They are of the select few of the prominent men in Tennessee who stood by the Union and opposed secession when Stokes was raising regiments for the Confederate army and hurling blood and thunder against the invaders of the South. They are now de nounced as “old rebel and copperhead lead ers,” because they have been elected to their State Legislature by the opponents of liadi- To be accounted loyal one must believe in Radicalism, and stick to it as tlic devoted Roman Catholic believes in the infallibility of the Pope and the Immaculate Conception. To doubt is heresy. To offer opposition is an offence to he punished with excommuni cation by bell, book and candlelight. We rejoice to see the number of the here tics is increasing, and that the bulls of ex communication issued by the Radical papers are of no more effect than the old-time Papal Bull against the comet. A not tier Radical lie leaf. It was natural to suppose that the anti liadicals would hold their own in Kentucky, where at one time alone of all the States which governed themselves the principles of the Constitution and of republican liberty xvere successfully vindicated and upheld. The nexvs of the recent election iu that State shows that the people have done more than hold their own. They have made important gains. They have driven the Radicals from their only strongholds, routed them com pletely in the few mountain counties where they had any strength, and added one Sen ator and three Representatives to the Demo cratic ranks iu the State Legislature. May it not be that the tide is turning in favor of Constitutional Liberty? Wherever at the South the people have an opportunity to speak out, unawed by bayonets, they pro nounce the doom of Radicalism. So it xvas in Virginia. So it was in Tennessee. !"k> it xvas in Kentucky; and so we trust it will he in Mississippi and Texas. When the tide of patriotism begins to flow, it behooves the Radicals to withdraw rapidly, for those of them who are caught below high-water mark xvill inevitably be overwhelmed. Nor do we confine our liopi s of its advance to the South. We trust that at the North, too, its waters are beginning to lick the shore, mounting higher and higher until we shall again rejoice to see the good old ships Constitution, Union and Equality of the States floating proudly and serenely in deep water, with honest and solier crews on board, and the pirates who have almost wrecked them placed in irons under closed hatches. The clouds are beginning to exhibit then silver lining. The Express Robbery. BLAND CONFESSES. No judicial examination has yet been held of the parties arrested iu this city on Satur day night, in connection with the late 85000 Express robbery- on the Central Railroad. We have been advised that Frank Blaml yes terday made confession of the circumstances of the robbery, by which the burden of guilt is fastened upon Win. Hargraves. He re ports that on the night of the robbery he paid an unpected visit to a private apart ment used by Hargraves as baggage-master iu the train, when he found the accused en gaged in burning Express envelopes. That he interrogated Hargraves as to xvliat he xvas doiug. aud received in reply the answer : “I have been through the Express, aud xvill divide. Bland further states that he received but a small portion of the spoils, some 8800. As far as we can learn, nothing has yet been developed to criminate Thomas Lassi ter, the third prisoner. Hargraves, xve Icju-u, has heretofore en joyed the confidence of the road officials, and of those who were acquainted with him in this city. Bland's previous reputation is represented to have been of rather a suspicious order, as he is now. we understand, amenable for a forfeited bond, with Foster Blodgett as secu : rity, to the Superior Court of this county, in connection xvith another transaction, in which a man knocked doxvu iu the street and robbed of 85000, some years ago. [ Const it uttonal ist, 10/7<. —The xvarm nights induced a man in New York to sleep on the roof of his hotise; his dreams induct'd him to rail off, and his fall superinduced his funeral. Vita, sin.© T literis Mors ©st The Tenues ee Election. Notwithstanding the direct interference in the contest in Tennessee of Secretary Bout well and Postmaster General Creswell, and the indecent use of their official power and patronage to help the ultra radical candidates, the conservative-democratic alliance lias tri umphed and Governor Senter has been elect ed Governor by a larger majority than his most sanguine adherents expected. tule. as in the ease of Virginia, we have no reason to regard the result as a democratic triumph, we think that all good citizens must rejoice at the emancipation of Tennessee from the radical thraldom of corruption and proscription under which she has lived and suffered for the past four years. Every step that is taken to break the strength of radi calism is a step'in advance towards the resto ration of constitutional liberty, and whether the step is made by men calling themselves conservative republicans or by democrats, or by both combined, we must rejoice that it is made, because it must lead to the overthrow of radicalism. Os the “States lately in rebellion,” Ten nessee was the List to secede and the first to be restored to what was called representa tion. By violent usurpation, wholesale fraud, undisguised corruption, disfranchisement and persecution of all declared or suspected opponents, the radicals, by the votes of thefr negro allies, expected to secure a permanent ascendancy in the Government, and of all the States which liave suffered, Tennessee suffered the most acutely. The means which the radicals employed to perpetuate their power liave been the cause of their ruin. Cooper’s militia, which was organized to compel obedience to radical doctrines and a radical government, created the opposition which grew daily in strength and power until it defeated Stokes and re deemed the State from the profligate tyranny which so long oppressed her. The success of the opposition depends largely on the discreet use of their triumph. It is not by retaliating the violence and had legislation of the radicals that they can re store peace and order to their State, but it is by the repeal of the had laws which now de face their statute book, and the enactment in their plaee of such good, wist l and moder ate laws as will conduce to the re-establish ment of a stable government on which all can rely for the protection of their rights and liberties. In a strictly party sense democrats can claim no victory. Governor Santer and bis followers are very far from being democrats. But every movement which crushes the monster of radicalism and advances the standard of popular self-government and in dividual freedom, is a gain for the demo cratic cause, which may well encourage the hope that the living principles on which the Democratic faith is founded are gaining ground where they seemed weakest and were most contemned. The conservative victory in Tennessee is a scathing rebuke to the two Cabinet of ficers who disgraced their public position by interference on the side of Stokes and his myrmidons. It is a scathing rebuke to the administration of General Grant, who did not promptly protest against the indecent conduct of his subordinates. By his silence General Grant sanctioned the letters of Sec retary’ Boutwell and Mr. Creswell, and be came as responsible for their action as if he had openly endorsed their sentiments; but the people of Tennessee by their voices, have condemned the Cabinet officers and their chief, and have taught the Administration the useful lesson that even a Secretary of the Treasury and a Postmaster-General are im pertinent when they venture to dictate to a State whom they shall elect to administer their government. The threat that Stokes will claim to be elected, and will seize the government by a coup de main, is of course mere idle vapor. He can do nothing of the kind. Even Bout well and Creswell will not dare to recom mend such silly lawlessness. unl’lhbVlV elected IjogistatMre wiri ng anion nS to ensure the election of an anti-radical Senator, and if this prove to be the case, the victory will become a blessing not mere ly to Tennessee, but to the whole country, provided the conservative victors make a conservative use of the power which they have acquired. Turkey and Egypt. Recent cable dispatches announce that the quarrel between the Sultan and his tributary, the Viceroy of Egypt, is in “a fair way of settlement,” and that the representatives of all the Great Powers at Constantinople have agreed in counseling moderation. If this mediation be as active as represented the necessary consequence xvill be that the diffi culty will be adjusted. Bat the interests of some of the Great Powers are somewhat an tagonistic on this subject. It has long been the policy of France to encourage and help to satisfy the ambition of the Viceroy of Egy pt, to become independent of Turkey and shake off his present vassalage of the Grand Signior. It is the continual interest of Russia to promote the dissension and strife between the Sultan and his subjects, and thus afford a pretext for interference and that peculiar hug of the Russian bear called a protectorate. England’s interest is to keep the peace. To preserve the existing relations between the Sultan and the Viceroy, keep the way through Egypt to her posses sions in India open and unmolested, and continue her amicable relations with both. The greatest diplomatic triumph of Lord Palmerston’s career xvas his settlement of the Turco-Egyptian question in 1811, by which lie checkmated the designs of Russia, France and of Mehemet Ali. The cause of quarrel now is, that the Vice roy is endeavoring to establish independent relations with foreign powers, assuming the authority of an actual sovereign, and making Egypt assume the attitude of an independent nation. It is for this that the Sultan thn at eued his vassal that if he did not promptly abandon his ambitious designs and return to his allegiance and subordination, his Suze run would revoke the rights, privileges and immunities granted him in 1811—in other words dethrone him, and resume direct do minion ox er Egypt. Without mediation, it is not likely that one having the blood of old Mehemet Ali in his x-eins, and who has shown unmistakeable signs of ambition, intelligence and firmness would tamely submit to be so effectually snubbed. If the Great Powers order peace, the Sultan and Viceroy liax-e but to obey. But then recurs the question, is it the in terest of all the Great Powers to interfere to separate the contestants? Their interest and not the merits of the controversy will settle the question. A Good Word for the Musquito. As so many readers will find themselves in dost* contact with this insect, presently, we quote xvliat the Entomologist says concern ing him. for their edification: The eggs of the mosquito are laid in a lioxvl shaped mass upon the surface of stag nant water by the mother fly. After hutch ing out they become the wiggietails or wig gling worms that may be seeu in the summer in any barrel of xvater that is exposed to the atmosphere for any length of time. Finally the “xx-iggletails” come to the surface, ami the full fledged musquito bursts out of them, at first, with very short limp wings, which iu a short time grow both in length and stiff ness. The sexes then couple, aud the above process is repeated again, probably a dozen times iu the course of one season. It is a curious fact that the male musquito, which may lx* known by its feathered ante, is physically incapable of sucking blood. The musquito is uot an umitigated pest. Although iu the xvinged state the female sucks our blood and disturl* our rest, in the larvae state the insect is decidedly beneficial, by purifying stagnant water that would oth erwise breed malarial diseases. Linnaeus long ago showed that if you place two bar rels of stagnant xvater side by side, neither of them con tuning any •‘wiggietails,” or other living animals, and cover one with gauze, leaving the other one uncovered, so that it xvill soon become full of “wiggietails,” hatched out from the eggs deposited by the female musquito, then the covered barrel xx-ill, iu a few weeks, become very offensive, and the uncovered barrel will emit no impure and unsavory vapors. —The drinking, smoking and chewing of the laboring men of New York costs them $6,720,000 per annum. MACON. GA„ TUESDAY. AUGUST 17. 1869. Literary, Art and Scientific News —A paper was recently read before the Academy of Sciences, at Toulouse, to prove that the trunks of trees are not of a circular but of an elliptical form, the axis from east to west lieing longer than from north to south. The names of eight distinguished observers of the operations of nature are given as supporting the snot mentioned. —Messrs .J. B. Lippincott k Cos., Philadel phia, have ready the first five parts of their “ Universal Prouoimeing Dictionary of Bi ography and Mythology,”by Dr. J. Thomas, the learned editor of “ Lippiucotts Pro nouncing Gazetteer of the World. ” Such a work of reference is greatly needed, and its issue will be warmly welcomed both by schol ars and general readers. —lt is reported that two French chemists have recently perfected processes by which oxygen can be obtained from common air at so low a rate of expense that the brilliant Drummond light may be made available for ordinary use. The magnesium wire now used to bum in a hydrogen flame is very ex pensive, and though yielding an intense light, is better suited to photography than the illu mination of dwellings. It is reported, hoi* - ever, that the recent experiments show that zirieon will emit a mild light, without con suming in the flame, and that thus a large part of the expense now required l>y the use of magnesium will be obviated. —M. Carre states that when writing has once attained a certain age, an alteration takes place in the ink, which prevents the ordinary process of copying being success ful; but, in that case, moistening with water acidulated with hydroeliolic acid effectually aids the copying process. When, however, the writing his attained the age of eighty years and over, this contrivance also fails to insure a copy. M. Carre found that writing made in 1787 could not lie reproduced by the copying press, even when previously moistened with acidulated water. This fact suggests a method of detecting the age of old written documents. —Archimedes, of Syracuse, declared tluit, if they woidd give him a fulcrum and u suf ficieutly long lover ho would move the world, but, not knowing its weight, he could not have formed a very clear idea of the magni tude of the task. Supposing that he got liis lever planted, and of sufficient length to he moved by exerting upon it a pulling force of thirty pounds; had he moved it through 10,000 feet per hour, for ten hours u day, the remote end of the lever would have to pass through an arc which it woidd take 8,774,- 994,574,737 of centuries to accomplish, in order to raise the earth a single inch. [ Appleton's Journal. —The Omaha (Nebraska) Herald of the 28th July, contains a long account of the re cent archuelogical discoveries of Prof. Henry L. Scott, LL. D., of Georgetown, Ky., who first analyzed moss agates. His object in making his explorations has been to prove the former existence of a race of mound builders who traversed the continent. In the course of his excavations in various mounds, he found a number of skeletons, earthen pots, iron and silver ornaments. His last labors were at Evanston Station, Shelby county, Utah. Evanston lies in the upper valley of Bear river, at the foot of the north western slope of the Utah mountains, and has an elevation of 7,000 feet above tide water. —ls the new Zieoma light ever comes into general use, a large quantity of oxygen gas will be needed. Anticipating this want, a plan for preparing oxygen on a large and economic scale has been devised by M. Tessie du Motliay. Iu tlic bottom part of a retort divided equally by a horizontal grating, is placed a quantity of manganate of soda, which is heated to a dull red, and a stream of super heated steam is passed over. The steam withdraws oxygeu from the soda, and thus loaded is led into a refrigerator, where the former is coudeused aud the lil>erated oxygeu is collected in a gasometer. When no more fp.ryen is given off lw the uiauganate of soda, heated*air*over it. As the atmosphere fur nishes the oxygen, the soda acting ns an in termediate agent solely, the supply of gas is inexhaustible. It lias been found best to deprive the supplied air of all carbonic acid gas before supplying it to the soda. —The death of William Jordan recently took place in England, in his eighty-seventh year. He was for thirty-four years editor of the Loudon Literary Gazette, und was instru mental in seizing Bellingham, the assassin of Spencer Perceval, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in the lobby of the House of Com mons. His connection with the Literary Gazette ceased in 1850, and two years after wards a pension of £IOO per annum was con ferred upon him by the Government. A testimonial, subscribed to by many of tlic first men of the day, was also presented to him, “as a puolie acknowledgment of his services to literature, science, the fine and useful arts. ” Mr. Jerdan wrote four volumes of the Memoirs for “Fisher’s National Por trait Gallery of Eminent Personages of tho 19tli Century.” He also contributed occa sionally to the Edinburgh and Quarterly Re views, Bentley’s, Fraser’s, and other maga zines and periodicals, and to most of the an nuals during their popular career. His “Au tobiography," a record of his literary, political, and social reminiscences was pub lished iu 1852, and met with great success. The Alabama Election. The Mobile Register says: After all the unfortunate white shortcom ings iu the late election, the men who took part in the struggle against our tyrants have reason to congratulate themselves on what has been achieved. We have carried three Congressional Districts, which is a gain of three, and xve liax-e diminished the Presiden tial Radical majorities at almost every polling box. Enough has been done to sh >w that j the Democrats and Conservatives are power- ! ful enough to be masters of the State, when j they shall choose to put forth their united ! strength. In the Mobile District, Col. Mann has ; made a gallant run. He has done his whole duty to the people who nominated him, j working night and day, from the moment the standard was put into his hands, travers- ; ing the entire District, and making forty speeches in the space of four weeks. He has ' also proved himself personally a strong can- ! didate. He ran even with the legislative ! candidate on his ticket in this county, and ahead of the one in Wilcox. His efforts would have been crowued with triumphant success, but for the white men who would not go to the polls. This could neither have been foreseen nor controlled. If we could trust our white people to see their true inter ests, and do their duty, this election proves that next year we can sweep the C. Bag usurpers from the control of the State. In this District, out of ten counties, only two are Radical, and the other eight an* reliably Democratic. Wliat a difference tlint would make iu the complexion of the Legislature. It is to lx* hoped that, when that struggle comes, a lx*tter spirit will prevail, and that all hands will pull together, to deliver the people from the rifle of tyrants. Apropos to “the unfortunate white short comings,” the Montgomery Mail says : From our State exchanges we gather the following facts : A fraction over one-third of tin* voters of Choctaw county voted at the late elec tion. About one-third of the vote of Shelby was polled. About one thousand voters, mostly white men, failed to vote in Lee county. AVxmt one thousand votes in Marshall county were not polled. At least four hundred aud fifty Democrats in Etowah failed to vote. Cherokee did not vote her full Democratic strength. As many as five hundred Democrats in Calhoun county failed to vote. These are only examples. The same may be said, we believe, of almost every county in the State. The white men, from various reasons, refused to vote, and so let the ne groes and other Radicals elect their own candidates —The American Presbyterian Mission has a medical missionary department in Canton and vicinity. It has done a great deal of work the past year, treating 50,(536 out-pa tients aud 1,038 in-patients, and has per formed 1,038 surgical operations, some of them of great importance. A medical class numbers 12 scholars. Letter From Clarke County. The Superior Court—Arrear of Business—The Bar —Crop Prospects—Wheat Culture—Agricultural Society—Negro Labor—Wretched Roads, and L os&fc Bridges. Watkinsville, Ga. , August 10, 1869. Mr. Editor: The {Superior Court for this county commenced here on Monday, Judge Charles Davis presiding. There is a very heavy arrear of business, both civil and criminal, and although there are no very im portant east's to be tried, it is thought that the Court will be compelled to sit all the week and even then lie unable to “clear the dockets.” There are a large manlier of law yers present, among whom I noticed Wm. L. Mitchell, Hon. JuniusHillyer. Lamar Cobb, Joel Abbott Billups, E. P. Lumpkin, J. D. Mathews, Garnett McMillian, Alex. Erwin, the Solicitor General of the Circuit, Mr. Marter, A. L. Mitchell aud James McCleck ey. They nil, especially the older lawyers, seemed to be full of business. It reminded me of old times to hear Judge Hillyer in his wonted impressive style, mid with his master ly knowledge of the law, shaking to a jury, aud looking, I rejoice to say, as hale and hearty as if it were not exactly forty-one years since in this same Court he was admit ted to the liar. I missed the familiar face of that great jurist and eminent citizen, W. Hope Hull, but I learned that he is absent at the Supreme Court, anil that he expects to lie here before the end of the week. Hon. B. H. Hill was here on the first day of the Court, but was culled to Atlanta to urgue some cases in the Supreme Court. As is usual during Court week, Watkins ville is tilled with plaintiffs, defendants, wit nesses, jurors, lawyers aud lookers-on. They come from all parts of the county and from adjoining counties, and those I liave seen and heal’d talk represent the condition of the crops in their respective neighborhood as very promising. They look forward to a good cotton crop fully equal to that of last year, and those who have “bottom com” expect a full crib. Those on the contrary, who have planted upland corn, expect “to have to buy. ” The seven weeks’ drought iu June and July damaged them beyond reme dy. On all hands lam informed that the negroes are working well and faithfully. In this region a share of the crop is the prevail ing mode of compensation for laborers, and those who have tried paying monthly wages in cash say that they believe that the negro works better and more assiduously when he is working for himself as well as for his em ployer. On those plantations where the planter resides himself and is his own over seer the negroes are doing best. They never did feel much affection for overseers, and now that they are free they very frequently take advantage of their freedom to prove to the overseer that he is no longer “ the boss.” I have seen some cotton fields which are lit- tle, if at all, inferior to the finest iu South western Georgia. The weed may not be as tall, but the fruit is there, and us the negro says, “if nothing happens,” the cotton will he there, too, und the lint will lie in the packing screw when the fall comes. Great interest is felt in the cultivation of wheat in this neighborhood. The experience of the Athens Wheat Club has done a vast amount of good in attracting attention to the growth of this valuable cereal, and to the advantages of deep plowing, thorough prep aration of the soil, liberal use of fertilizers and the selection of the best seed. It has been demostrated that to cultivate a small area thoroughly in the improved way, will pay much better than to cultivate a large tract according to the old mode of scratch plowing, no manure, und any kind of seed. Men who did not believe that wheat was a suitable crop for this country have seen their error and mean to grow it extensively, aud the idea that clover could not be grown suc cessfully on the red hills in this vicinity has been shown to lie a delusion by the luxuriant patches of Colonel D. C. Barrow and others near Athens, who have ulro-V -•>* » „„.i ..hi cut another in the early part Ail active Agricultural Society has been organized with Col. Barrow for President, Lamar Cobb for Secretary, and Rufus Moss for Treasurer. This society intends to work industriously, and by well directed efforts and liberal prizes for competition, to encour age improved culture of all the principal crops. If instead of talking polities, the jK'ople would all devote themselves to the encour agement of industry and enterprise tlu-y would find that they could inaugurate l>y themselves a system of reconstruction which would surpass in efficiency and in practical value all that all the Congresses and Legisla tures and politicians can ever do. There are pleasanter things in life than be ing obliged to spend a week hero under a subpoena to testily, watching for the case to be called, which Is my regrettable fate ut this time, but I have derived some compensation for the annoyance by meeting so many prac tical agriculturists, and hearing such cheer ing accounts of the crops in this part of the State. I hope that the Grand Jury before they separate will “ present” the deplorable con dition o' the roads and bridges in the coun ty. It is really a service of danger to cross the bridges, and the roads are in a state which can only be favorable to carriage and buggy makers. They are by many degrees the worst I ever saw in a community which professes to Ire civilized. Dark Corner. Tragedy iu Boston. THE WIFE OF A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN SHOT DEAD IN HEB PABLOB, IN PBESENCE OF HEB FA MIDI'. From the Bystou Journal, August 4. It is our painful task to record one of the most heart-rending tragedies of which our city has been the scene during the present generation, resulting in the death of a wife and mother, by violence, in tlie presence of her husband and family, by the hands of an inmate of the family dwelling, and a patient under treatment by the murdered lady’s hus band —L)r. Alvalr H. Hobbs. An air of mys tery, to a certain extent, seems to pervade the terrible a flair, and, from tlie lateness of the hour at which the murder took place, it was impossible to procure all the facts in the case, but, so far i.s we could collect them, they were as follows: About 10:30 o’clock, last evening, Dr. Hobbs, who is an old and highly esteemed physician of this city, residing at No. 1,206 Washington, a few doors alyove East Ded liam street, rushed breathlessly into the Fifth Station, situated iu the latter named street, and stated to Captain Small, of that stilt ion, tliat his wife h;ul been shot. Ser geant Hawthorn was immediately dispatched to the scene of the tragedy, and arrested Major Thomas L. White, said to Is- a resi dent of the State of Tennessee, but for some time past residing in the family of Dr. Hobbs for medical treatment. This White was the author of the tragical event, and was brought to the Station-house without any resistance. The statements'"of inmates of Dr. Hobbs’ family are to the effect that the members, including the murderer, had taken tea to gether m the most friendly and agreeable manner, and at the conclusion of the repast Major White retired to his room in the upper part of the house, where lie commenced to read aloud. Mrs. Hobbs proceeded up stairs and inquired why he read iu so high a tone, to which White replied: “Iu order to develop nil’ linigs,” or words to tliat effect. Mrs. Hoblis soon afterward came down stairs Again, and was alxaut to enter tlie par lor, when, turning her head in the direction I of the room altove, she saw White coming down with a pistol iu his liaud. She seemed to Is? apprehensive of White's murderous intention, for she immediately called out to I her husband, “He is coming, and with a I pistol,” and almost simultaneously with this | ejaculation the first shot from the assassin’s i pistol resounded tlirough the house. This shot proved ineffectual so far as striking the I murderer’s victim was concerned, who im mediately closed the door lietween herself and White. But, strangely, the second shot —which almost immediately followed the first—after passing through a panel of the door, entered the left breast of tin unfortu nate woman, passed through her lx sly aud came out under the right arm, aud she fell to the floor and in a few moments breathed her last. The dreadful act was witnessed by the husband and young son of the victim—a bov alxtut nine years of age—who Inis since bt*?n almost frantic with grief and horror. | When the officer entered the reom wherein the terrible tragedy took place, the murderer stood iu the middle of the apartment, con templating Ins fiendish work, and still hold ing in his hand the fatal instrument of death, immediately, however, upon the entrance of Sergeant Hawthorn, he extended his arms ill a theatrical maimer, saying. “I'm your man!” and was immediately secured aud conducted to the Station-house, whither he proceeded quietly. White is a good looking man, apparently somewhere in the vicinity of 30 years of age; and, in conversation with the officer on the way to the station, although expressing no regret at the horrible deed he hod commit ted, remarked that there ought not to have been cause enough for him to have done wliat he did. The murdered woman, Mrs. Katie Hoblis, was the second wife of the Doctor, and was about 35 years of age. It is stilted that the murderer had !>oon a friend and acquaintance of Mix Hobb.\, from early childhood, and no reason was given last night showing what impelled the mur derer to commit the awful deed. White, last night, was unaware of the extent of his crime, and seemed to be under the impres sion that liis victim was still alive. It is deemed udvisable by those iu authority to leave him in that condition for the present. Thu ♦ ■mUe otTiiir WWM tilt* must* of cuu siderable excitement in the immediate vi cinity of the tragedy; but owing to the lute hour at which the deed was committed, it had attained but slight publicity. An ex amination of the room of the murderer, af ter liis arrest, revealed a scene of the wildest disorder. Books aud papers were scattered about in every direction, aud innumerable letters were found in a partially consumed condition. Coroner Barrows will hold an inquest on the Imdy, when the details of the tragedy, and probably its motive, will lie explained iu some degree. It is the opinion of such as should have good judgment in the matter, that the murderer was quite sane. For the Journal and Messenger. YVliat are C oolies ? The word «>oly, or something like it,how ever spelt and pronounced, seems to he from the Hiudoostanee, and means simply u port<‘r, or laborer. One hundred and fifty years ago, Kampfer, in his great work on Japan, made use of the word, which he spelt Kuli, “to designate the Japanese laborers employed in the lading and unlading of the Dutch ships at Nagasaki.” The term cooly has, for a nuuilier of years, heen applied f>y Europeans and Americans, to all the lal>orers obtained from Eastern countries, whether India, Japan or the Chinese Empire. In 1839, for the first time, a ship load of Coolies was brought from Calcutta to British Guiana, on the N. E. coast of South America. This was in the year following the emancipa tion of slaves iu that colony. These first appeared to have suffered so much, from some cause, that, with diseased bodies, they were placed in the public hospital, and inquiry into the case caused the interference of the British Government to put a stop to the trade. However, afterwards, the imputa tion was allowed, oil the earnest representa tion of the inhabitants of British Guiana, Trinidad and Mauritius. Agents of the government were stationed in East India, to see that the emigrants understood what they were going to do, and agents iu the colonies to look after the rights of the Coolies after their arrival. These people agreed to re main ami labor in the colonies to which they emigrated for live years; although they were not obliged to work with any one planter more than twelve months; and at the end of their term, they were entitled to transjmrta t-ion back to their own country, at the ex pense of the colony. Their passage to the colonies was generally paid by the colonial governments, and the latter, in some in stances, claimed re-imburs uncut from the planters. The Coolies had in advance an Oil Lilt l»l emuj 4 ,. l , ****4l> J 4 . i'K”r u nte, ing to them for their labor. Their wages were four dollars a month, two suits of clothes a year, food and medical attendance. Quite a contrast between these terms and those of Mynheer Koopmanscliap, with his demand of one hundred dollars in advance, and twelve dollars a month —all in gold! It seems that the thing succeeded admira bly, especially in the island oi Mauritius, where, in about twelve years, the sugar crop increased from twenty-eight thousand to one hundred and eighteen thousand tons. So much for the East Indian Coolies. A great many emigrants have come from China into California, some paying their own way, and some being brought on terms somewhat similar to those already spoken of. The trade between China and Peru, together with that batweeu China and Cuba and other islands, was almost as had a-s the original African slave trade. Chinese contractors were employed who went into the villages, and, by paying the Mandarins a dollar or two for each laborer obtained, they were al lowed to befool the miserable beings to their heart’s content. They gave a little money and said to the poor ignorant creatures, “ you are only to bind yourselves to he domestic servants, or to do some kind of light work for seven years, to lie paid forty-eight dollars a year, and furnished with shoes and clothes.” The dupes were thus seduced iu crowds on ship board—ami the tale of the passage of such vessels across the ocean is oft-told and horrible. Arrived at their new homes, they were put up at auction and sold for seven years, at prices varying from something less than three hundred dollars, down. But it generally amounted to shivery for life. At the end of their term, they were generally so much in debt as to Vie compelled to engage for seven years more, and so on in jserjM'tutnn. In other words they were the slaves of necessity—such slaves as they were at home —such slaves as exists in all the over crowded countries of the old world, including “ Free England ” herself! In 1855, measures were taken to suppress, modify or ameliorate this' traffic, and it was driven from most of the Chinese consular porta, to take refuge at the smuggling town of Gwatow, about one hundred and fifty miles from Hong Kong. The amount of tonnage from that jxirt s<xm reached to a little over twelve thousand, of which between five thousand and six thousand were Ameri can. id esi Yankee, for the Southern people had scarcely any shipping of any kind. The British parliament passed an act confiscating all vessels of every nationality found within British jurisdiction, engaged in the trade, without certain prescribed papers. The Pe ruvian Government forbade the importation of Coolie* “ in the violent aud cruel manner hitherto prevalent” Cuba bad, up to a short time ago, done nothing in the matter. There is an Act of the U. S. Congress, which I have not now before me, and the exact language of which Ido not recollect,but it prohibits the contracting with Coolies and then selling or transferring these contracts on terms of service to others. Contracting with laborers for one’s own use does not seem to lx-forbidden, nor is voluntary immigration at tlie expense of the Coolies. The Act ap jxairs to 1m- directed against the agency, or brokerage business. It is now said, though, tliat Congress, at its next session, will pass a law rendering all eontracts made in foreign lands void whenever the parties arrive iu this country. Tin- dominant faction is di vided, however, on this point, and so are all other parties aud classes. Some Northern men are iu favor of introducing Chinese,oth ers opposed. So with Southerners. Some democrats advoeate the plan, while others declare that it is fraught with evil. So with the radicals. What will come of the agitation of this question only time can reveal. Van. Public Debt Statement. —The public debt statement shows a reduction of the Government indebtedness during the month of July amounting to 87,435,744 2b. The amount of coin in the Treasury is, 366,405,- 770 92; coin certificates, 536,"725.840. The amount of currency in the Treasury is, 323,- 381,054.29; sinking fund. 311,982,147 07; other lannis purcluised, 315,110,590. Ihe reduction is less than was indicated a few days ago, for the reason that there lees been advanced to the Pacific- ltailroad Company interest on their bonds amounting, to 31.- 036,801 37, making tlie real reduction over 39,000,000. Iu addition to this there was an excessive amount of warrants paid on Saturday, amounting in all to upwurd of 32,500,d00, VOL. LXL, NO 22 Supreme Court of (icortia. TRIBCTB TO TIIK MKMOKT or ICON HOWPI i. • -lilt. Wednesday, August 11. The Committee ap] minted by the C<- nt mi Tuesday, made their rojiort which \\*< ,-i\ follows: Tlie Committee ap{ wanted b> r»-j»< >rt a s able tnbuU- Ut the memory of the late <i u. Howell Cobh, ln>g leave to submit, that o a mix'tiug of tlie Superior Court of Bihbe -unt v, and the Bar in attendance, at Macon -n tho 30th of Xoveiultcr last, t-Ste- following p.- .i: hie and resolutions were adopted, to wit [The preamble and resolutions here re. .i by the Committee, were published in tli - Journal A Messenger of Dm-mU-r 1. 1- s —lienee we do not rejn-at the publication. Resolved, That this Committee adopt the form of their report upon the present. sion, and request that they Ir> entered upon the minutes of this Court, and a copy bo transmitted to the family of General t bb by the clerk. S. Hali„ E. A. NnuiKT, , Wm. Ezzakd, Committee. W. H. Hi 11. D. A. Vason, I cuusv Ji nil. e raovx MADE THE FOLLOWING remarks: OenUrmen if (hr li,tr • In behalf of the Court I submit the following reply to v. ur report and resolutions: General Howell Cobb was no ordin >rv man. His name will occupy a large spu in the history of the country and the tim . in which he lived. Richly endowed bv n ituro with intellectual strength, whieli had l>. n developed and cultivated in a very high and grix\ he was eminently fitted for the in on responsible positions which, bv the fr. ui frage of his Countrymen, he was call* and i - To great ability uud force of oharaet. - were added industry and energy, fonniii - l combination which seldom fails to achieve success. Gen. Cobb was admitted to the lmr at an early age, as stated in your report, and < a a rneueed the active duties of hie as a law v--r, in the Western Circuit in this, he ,i\.- Stab*. With the advantages of all |» r sonal appearance, a miml remarkably aetiv. , logical and penetrating, aided by a lib id education, he rose rapidly to position and distinction in his profession. Hut lie was soon called by the people to lay aside, in a great measure, his professional pursuits, and to serve them, as he did during most of the remainder of his life, iu high official pn-i tiousof great importance and responsibility. In the Congress of the United State., where he served during a long period of its proudest history, he not only won rank as t man, but he exercised great control as a leader. In the Executive chair of his State, In. administration was distinguished for ability, liberality, and a vigilant attention to all tin duties imposed upon him. < >f the course of (b-lieral < 'ohh. dui in--, 1 he latter and more thrilling scenes, through which we have passed. 1 will not now .p. k Justice requires that the history of tin • times, as it is to he transmitted to posterity, shall not Is- written; lior the motive , and conduct of men, who acted as prominent a part as did General Cobh, to l»- too fivelv criticized, till the passions and prejudice which were engendered during the emit 1, have entirely subsided, and reason has i mnned her swur. When posterity has ten results, the historian, with the materials, which will lie preserved and placed ut hi-, commaud, will be üble to assign his propel position, to each of the leading spirits who took part in the war, and in the lit inf na tion of the Government, after the disastrous and crushing defeat of the armies of tho South, and the hopeless loss of her cause. During the high excitement of the past, and the great conflict of opinion, as to what was the l>est that could be done for out —i— t -1 -*■ -»nij- it ..I I • 1..- ..n *l.. the close of the civil war, it was the mi bu tune of some of ns to differ widely from General Cobb, and, in the excitement of the times, when men had too little charity for each other, while sitting in judgment upon motives, those differences may, in some cases, have been productive of jtersonal alien ation, which lead to crimination and re rim iuatiou. But, all these differences, which gi- out of conflicting opinions on public policy, m times of high politic-id excitement, anil pm dnce alienation and estrangement, are evaii escent and soon pass away. In the gi v. they are forgotten. And when, under I >i\im providence, one party precedes the ot In . fora little while, to tliat habitation which awaits all the living, they are never rein- m lx-red and cherished by an honorable and generous survivor. Genend Cobb was not only an honorab! , upright citizen, in all the private u lk <>, life, but he was distinguished for many noble traits of character, and many private and social viriues In his death, Georgia ha lost one of her ablest statesmen; the If mm of its brightest ornaments; society om- of its most cherished memlx-rs, and his inblli gent and amiable family an affectionate, kind, indulgent husband and parent. But, relatives, friends and professional as sociates, as well as Stub's ami nations, mu t bow in submission b> these afflictive <1; p< -n nations of Providence, uml we must all reverently, “Thy will l>c done.” It affords the Court pleasure b> testify th ir respect for the memory of Genenil Cobb a distinguished member of this Bar, by di reeling that the preamble and resolution b entered upon the minutes of this Court, in compliance with the request there: i . tained. Ami it is so ordered. Reader, It Your Life InHiirrd I There in no man in this community who wn .. I not be greatly beneUtted by making Mii’abl , vision for his family or for those lie loves in t b<- eventof his being suddenly removed from t! - world by death. The cost of securing a polo . i but trivial when coiiqwred with the udvaM.:_ , man’s family is sure to receive after his death. <ml we sre at times surprised to see that ho few ii ■ - ebonies, clerks, etc., who have nothing to *1- ;.ei l upon but tbeavsils of their daily labor, should • so negligent iu this matter. How many men have lived Comfortably m happy, seeure of all tlie comforts and many --f ti *■ luxuries of life, and at their death left tin ir wiv< > » id children dependent Uj ot, the (oMelni ti.e world, when a slight investment in tin- way life insurance would have left their loved on-- at home perfectly independent for the balance of their natural lives. Why, the sum that many young mechanical invest for whisky and < _.n would secure the yearly payment of a Mini Milli dent to supply ail their wants a* long a- they lived. These are facts that cannot he lost sic lit "f. The “Cotton States Life Insurance Company'’ of this city, is one of the Ixst tnat ai.y of • • 11 r voutig mechanics can apply to for a polie-, Ii y have a capitd of live hundred thousand do! r and which one hundred thousand dollars is dcp“ ted according to its charter under the control of th Comptroller of the State of <»edrgia, for tic- - curity of policy holders. Our well known md very popular Mayor, lion. Geo, 8. O'near, i- tic* Secretary of this organization, and Maj. Praia is R. Shackelford, No. 66 Mulberry Street, ag ' the city of Macon. Rev. J. \V. Rurke. of th tirm of J. W. Burke & Cos., is the general agent Either of these well known gent I < men will be happy to furnish any information that may be re ijuired of them. The “Cotton States Life Insurance r. pans is a Southern institution throughout. It ■ • "■ J tualcompany, one that has a large guarani ‘ ital, granting liberal polices that are non b>r!ec iug, and every dollar due by them in ]■• , ' this city, without having to employ h'- 11 1 n s to go here, there, and everywhere, to e« o claims, reserving large commi-sions tin r ' .. . “A word to the wise is sufficient _ that all who have wife, children 1,111 j * peudent upon them for support, wi •* I M-t into consideration without ueu. First B.le us 'e" *'““" n ' The first bale of the l r Vins .c N th Wed in this place by Messrs. • • mj)| ()n s ,, ut nesday afternoon, W l* . from the plantation oi l* western Railroad. 11 . ~‘„oiintV’—quality, low mid ’V. Jones, of We ~a ril tliat f ., r?v dling in color; jt aU j it was shipped to cents was rv-fu»c*', • un j B Boston. U j Jje of cotton yet rei>orted th This is the Mod US „ OUi . toll county, IVxa season--the «rjtir ® f fiftv cent - a pound and sold in - V *t W <-■> the 10th instant in Bam the second r forty cento The lott r si bridge. *f | SSi“i U nty on the plantation of W raised in M . p or t Valiev, VS hen the differ K. Br.° W .' 1 J• Jude*h»-Iween the other places and M ence inMi u account, we think we hav. a AS? orn ‘ w cot ton at so ea l > * received in '! - ! , on the lSth of August It was ra - last year j 0 f lYr. J Dickson Smith and on the) u„ s Houston county, and was Maj. 1U „ ale received in SSsStto w* at Mobile on the 10th of August, which was sold *t forty-live cent.