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_ . •- * - r* a -v • * • *"S *■" *■» ( ’i'vv> J f' ;■ /* . , ■ -- * •*» , GEORGIA HERALD. r A "w* m a ..m < -- *■ ■ - ’ S * r ‘ ■4. > VOL.- t. Cjje Georgia |)cral&. PUBLISHED BY Hall & Alexander. KVERY BATUIiDAY MORNING-. mm „ ■ ■■■ —TI— — . -15. . *2 00 fclx Months AI.L PATMENTfiINV \RIABLT IN ADVANOB. *“■ 7~Tdvektising rates. Thp fol'owlng lire tbe rates to which we adhere in *ll Vontr iets fnr advertising or whore advertisements ft r handed in without instructions. DibrlaykD Ad vertisements will he charged according to the si*a.:e they occupy; • . . gQUAHES jl T rT M. 6M. 1 12 M. ] . .pur. ... • 2 0()! 5 00 1-» (hit Ift 0m 2ft 00 I I 3 00' 7on 15 on 20 00 30 00 8 * 4 ftl( i 1() 0 y 20 00 30 00 40 00 iJiffimn 500 200 80 00 40 00 1 50 00 J : n !100020 oo 3ft oo Oft 00 80 00 TD OUPINABIES, ADMINISTRATORS, GUABDIAX3, AO. As heretofore, since the war, tlie following are the pr , c *e for notices of Ordinaries, &c.-to he paid in ad s' a'Ce: . * kon Thirty l )a y*’ Notices. * 6 Oft Vortv l toys’ Notices T \ * *** /» ~a Lu of Lands. &c pr. sqr of tea Lines 6 00 s ix Mouths' Notices • - TANARUS, n I»av-’ Notices of Sales pr sqr ••• } ( *° shkiuVit Sai.es —for these Sales, for every ft fa Mortgage Sales, ffi r square. sft 00 Obituaries are charged for the same as other adver tisements. Professional Carts. r\(). It. HAKT & J Y. ALLEN, have • ) united for the purpose of practicing Law. One (,r both may always be found in their office. Bv strict attention to business and mir dealing with all they h,.pe to merit a liberal sliare of patronage. The senior member of the firm refers with confidence to all for whom he has done business during the past ‘ Will practice by contract in any of the courts, or in any portion of the State. timnviston (>*., Jan. «2,1870. )an22-3m \NI)KI\SON & McCALL A, Attorneys at Law, Oovineton, Georgia. Will attend regu jT,ami I’ra -t ce in the Superior Courts of the counties of Newton, Butts. 18-nry, Spalding. Pike. M,,nroe Up on, Morgan, DeKulb, Gwinnette and Jas per. _ dt ' c °-Ly r.VMES M. MATHEWS, Attorney at. f | Laws, Tnlbotton, (la., will practice all the counties ,• Mp'ising the i hatiahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by special contract. dedO-ly W/’ILLIS .A WILLIS, Att 'rn“vs at Law Talb-tton, Ga Prompt attention given to business placed in our hands, declO-ly pOHERT P. TRIPPE, Atrnvne.v at Law t. t Forsyth, Ca Will practice in the State Courts am in tho United States’ District Court at Atlanta and Savannah, Ga, dec-0-ly )A HUNT, Attorney at Law, Barnes^ • ville, (ia Will practice in all the counties c.f tin- Flint i ircuit and. Supreme Court of tlm State. 'll \RIO\ r BETIIUNK, Attorney at \ J L:i>.\ T.ilh itoii, (hv Will practice in all the comities of the Clmttaliooi heo Circuit, and Upson and Merriwether counties. declS-ly | !) ALEXANDER, Attorney at, Law, e \ n Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all the coun ties composing the Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special contract Special attention given to collodion, and settle promptly with cliants. declß-ly r jp!K)\IAS BEALL, Attorney a r - Law, i i homaston Ga. VViil practice in the Flint. Cir cuit, and else.vhere by special contract. decls-ly I\U. RO(iE118 will continue the practice / of Medicine. Office as heretofore in the Webb Block. decTS-ly I y\ (1. W. T. TT \ W All, is pleased to Si 7 notify the citizens of Upson that, he will continue the practice ot Medicine in it* various branches at Thomaston, Ga. declß-ly JOHN I lIAI.L. JOSEPH A GOTTEN WM. T WEAVER. H all, cotten & weaver. At. lorneys and Counsellors at Law. Office in At lanta and Thomaston, Ga Will practice in thecoun ti'-s of Fulton, Cobb, Campbell and DeKulb *’apt. J A Gotten, will give his attention to business in the above counties and will be found at all t me* m the office In Atlanta. Will also practice in the counties of Upson, Pike, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot and Merri wether, in the Supreme Court, and in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia Messrs. Kali & Weaver will give attention to business in the above counties and will rein dn in tlie office in Thomaston, Ga. declß-ly DBKTISTBLY. IMIE undersigned Lein nr permanently located in Thomston, still tenders his professional sei vices in the practice o! Dentistry to the citizens of Upson and adjoining eounti -s Teeth inserted on g Jd, silver, adamant.il oor rubber. All work warranted ami a good fit guaranteed Office up stairs over Suggs & Oliphant’s drug store. GocD ts N. BRYAN. DENTAL NOTICE. r PIIE undersigned takes pleasure in 1 notifying the citizens of Thomaston and the vieini- U v that those wishing snv kind of Dental work done, either operative or mechanical, and done right with silty-faction given, can do so by calling at my office or writing to me at LJ rnesville, and let me know where to diem. . G P. CAMPBELL, dec!) kin Bartlesville, Ga. FURNITURE MOONEY, BOYD & CO.. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN FURNITURE of every Description, Onr Manufactory has boon overhauled, and improved wita new machinery, engine, &c., and we are now prepared to fur nish, the public with Furniture of all kinds at very low prices. ihDiPipaHSa ■S-roR’iSSSSS'!!!*•' 1 !“ Dd » Sa'eo* assort lhe eheunJaSn J NS ’ fl,,est Burial cases to n Orders for Coffins should be City Sexton. 'i? e i Ul , toV „ the ! ar - e Patronage extended to thrtoi; ™ Ul,tl '«RI endeavor to deserve anincreaae 4 0 at t ,° ur extt ' nsi ’vo Warerooms on SOLOMON ST > MOONEY. BOYD <fc CO. * THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY MO, 1870. CARRIAGES, BUGSIES & WAGONS. Having procured the services of MR. JOHN BLAND, the well known PAINTER nnd TRTMER, and the best WORKMAN and BLACK SMITH that enn be found in the country ; nj)d have procured the agerwy of s une of the first-class NORTHERN MANUFAC tories, I am prepared to furnish VEHICLES of all kinds and styles, from a WHEEL BARROW to the finest Buggy and Carriage that can be gotten up. BUGGIES will lie my speciality. Samples will be kept on hand at all times, where they can be seen at my REPOSITORY. I can suit the fancy of ail. I propose to sell as low as they can he purchased elsewhere. The best season ed Northern timber will be used, and the WORKMANSHIP will be warranted for twelve months—(and no mistake). Two-horse Wagons of the best and latest styles will be kept constant ly on hand ; also, one-horse WAG O N S and “DUMP CARTS. ” Repairing done. Bring up your old Buggies and have them repaired. I will repair them cheap, or trade you new ones for them. Shop next, door to J. C. Zimmerman’s Furniture Store. Call and see me. If I should be absent Mr. Biand will wait on you. JOSEPH ALLEN. Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 7. 1870-3 m W IGLEY & KNOTT) Importers and Dealers in HARDWARE, CUTLERY And AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS ’ < f all kinds. MACON, GEORGIA. Sole Agents for the Taylor Cotton Gin in Macon. Gin Bauds furnished at Manu facturer’s Prices. Agents for Brinly’s Universal Plows, Doty’s Washing Machine, Universal Clothes Wringer, Buckeye Cultivator. Improved Dickson Sweeps, of our own manufacture 15 to 30 inch. FERTILIZERS OF ALL KINDS. janls-3m associatFcapital wanted r I''IIE undersigned, for many years pro® 1L p-rietor of the Th< mastern Factory, located near Thomaston, Upson county, Ga , which property was destroyed by the Federal troops in the Spring of 1565, is desirous of improving said water power, and wishes to form a connection with someone or more parties to rnise a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, to be invested at said place The property is not offered for sale, but will be out in at a low valuation, and an ad d tional interest retained, amounting in all to twenty five thousand dollars There are two privileges of 120 horse power each, tither of which is capable of operat ing five or six thousand spin les and two hundred looms. There is on the piace, ready for use. an elegant residence, which cost $5,000 before the war, and other residences for fifteen families as operatives: also a dam and stone canai at the upper power, the latter needing repairs; also an inexhaustible supply of ex cel lent granite. The location is <f easy access and as healthy'as the mountains. Address DK, C. ROGERS, dec S-ts Thomaston, Ga Macon Telegraph and Messenger copy one month nnd send bill. ZELL’S AMMONIATED BONE SUPER PHOSPHATE. Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 3, 1870. We are agents for the above Standard FERTILIZER. All persons who intend using it this sea son will please call at our place of business and get Certificates, and we will give all information needed. Respectfully, ATWATER & SIIARMAN. j anß-tf JUST RECEIVED A LARGE lot of Fresh Groceries, etc. of allkinds. New Orleans Sugars of all grades, New Orleans Syrups of nil grades, Fresh Mackerel, etc. Having concluded to continue business will be pleased to see all my old friends and as many new ones as will call. 1 win sell very low ff>r the money. WANTED to buy Five Thousand pounds Dried Pafccbeß. Highest price paid. •eptlfr*f Oh JU CUNNINGHAM GOLDEN MOMENTS! "lA"E would respectfully V? infofm those wanting a , Time Piece of any description they <E: *ln ' ~ ! ’)[ '"V-jtja would do well to call at HIGGINS A WALKER'S New JEWELRY STORE, Barnesrille, Ga., a* we keep on hand anil are constantly receiving fresh from New York lire latest and most improved style of Waiches, Clock? and Jewelry, w hich we are offering at astonishingly low prices, as we are dealing diiectiy with i < porters we feel confident that we can furnish this class of Goods as cheap as any House in Georgia. We are determined to keep on hand a GENUINE WaTCII and CLOCK, which we can sell to our customers and WARRANT AS REPRESENTED 7Ye are permanently located in BARNESVILLE, and are going to build up a busine* in this line purely on merit., so if you want a FINE WATCH or CLOCK cull at the sign of the ‘ BIG WATCH, ’’ in the new BRICK BLOCK, next door to Blood worth & Murphey, East side public square. Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and warranted. IUGGIXS & WALKER, Jan22-t,f Bartlesville, Ga. ALL POLICES NON -FORFEITABLE. THE HAmAKD LIFE INSURANCE CO, OF BALTIMORE. OFFIC IN COMPAKY’S BUILDING, NO 10 SOUTH STREET, BALTIMORE. GEORGE P. THOMAS, President. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: HAMITON EASTER, HIRAM WOODS .Tk , ALLEN A. CHAPMAN, GEORGE 11. MILLER, GEORGE P. THOMAS, THOMAS CASSARD, 11UGII SISSON, \V I LI.IA M DEVRIES, CHARLES WEBB. A. K. Foard, Secretary, Clayton C. Hall, Assistant Secretary, C. Rogers, M D. Medical Examiner, M, Robku.B, Manager of Georgia. Branch Office at Atlanta, Ga. dOSEFII 11. SMITH, jau22-3m Special Agent. W. L FLAY & CO., WHOLESALE. LIQUOR DEALERS AND Commission Merchants, NO. 1 GRANITE BLOCK, BROAD ST. ATLANTA, GrA., ZPZRICE LIST. X WE P per gal SI.OO XX W. P. pei gal 1.15 Ten Corn Whisky, per gal $1.25 to 2.25 Ten. Rye Whiskey, per gal 1.50 to 8.00 Roberson Whisky, per gal 2.00 to 4.00 Clay Bourbon Whisky, per gM. 1.50 to B.DO » lay XXX Whisky, per gal 1.25 to 2.00 Clay Ky. Hell Whisky, per ga' 2.00 to 6.50 Lee’s Best Whisky, per gal 2.00 to 4.5!) Ky. Marshall Whisky, per gal 2.00 to 5.00“ Old Crow Whiskey, per gal 2.C0 to 7.00 jan29-tf M. E. KENNY’S HEW ALE DEPOT, NO. 4 PRYOR STREET, £I.3STTj&., OA. K EN NY is State Agent for the celebraU ed OLD WICKLIFFE. $3?~ KENNY is Agent for Lill’s CHICAGO ALE. KEN YA’ is Agent for London Royal Nectar Gin. KENNY' is Agent for old Tom Gin. in' KENNY manufactures All Grades of Segars. KENNY' S BITTERS cannot be excelled as a tonic. Try them f Go and see KENNY at his new stand on Pryor Street. febs-ly BOOTS, BOOTS AND SHOES! I KEEP constantly on hand and am con stantly making a good lot of heavv RUSSETTS, BROGANS, WOMENS SHOES, and BOOTS Also a good lot of Leather, such as Sole, Uper and Harness, Kip and Calf Skins, all of which I will sell LOW FOR CASH. Hides, Tenhark, Tallow or Provision, Ac , taken ia exchange Thomaston, Ga. dec 10 rs B, B WHITE. 4LBANY HOUSE, MERRICK BARNES, Pro. CORNER PINE AND JACKSON STS., jy* Polite Servants constantly in attendance, and the comfort of Guest studiously regarded. Hacks always ready to convey Passengers to and from Depot. J in '9-ly M.C.&J.F. KISER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c., NO. 76 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLA3STTA, GA. ENTOMOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE COT ION WORM—ITS FIRST AP PEARA NCE. HABITS, TRANSFORM ATIONS, ETC. Before the caterpillar is seen by the planter, its advent is kn iwn by the peoubnr ftti’.id odor ot the locality where the worm is feeding. L"pon a very ciose inspection, a small worm may be seen, about the thir ty-second part of an inch ion£, closely ad hering to the under surface oi the leaf, and in the immediate vicinity of the egg, from whence it has just emerged. By a close inspection, with the aid of a microscope, one will perceive a gma'l. striped worm, the the head larger than tne body, covered with minute round black dots. Touch it and it springs ejuickly away, apparently having fa len to the ground. It is a deception, for it is suspended from the parent leaf by a thread of delicate silk, by which it returns at pleasure. This is the veritable, genuine cotton caterpillar. Emerging from the egg, its first duty is to spin a thread of silk, attach it to the leaf and begin to feed upon the under su i&lce of the leaf. On the third day it has grown sufficiently strong to grasp the edge of the leaf between its greedy jaws and devour it. Oo the fi u th d.iy all of its character.stiee are perfectly developed. It has au amber colored head, divided into two equal halves by a depression running lengthwise, each half covered with fourteen rouud black dots ; on the under surface of which are two heavy scissor-like jaws, by which the leaves of the plant are devoured. On each side of the head are five simple eyes, arrange t in a half circle, the central one of the group being the largest, of abiilli mt dark brown color. It has twelve transverse sections around its body, which, with the head and anal section, divide the caterpillar into four teen distinct anatomical divisions. The first section is dotted^ with eight round, black dots, and contain the beginning of the lateral dark stripes which terminate and are lust within the twelith section, at the anal extremity. On the second and third transverse section, just without the margin of the black stripes, on either side, is one rohnd, black dot; the remaining nine sections have four dots in each. The body and the feet are also covered with these dots, from the centre of which springs a short, stiff, black and pointed bristle. The worm has, running down the back, representing, as it were, the spinal column, a narrow silver stripe, the entire length of the body, on either side of which is a wide, dark brown stripe, then a wide silver one, then a narrow dark, and lastly a narrow silver stripe ; all beginning in the first and terminating in the tvreHth section of the caterpillar. The abdominal portion of the worm is light green. There ar9 three pairs of pectorial feet springing from the first three sections, each terminating inwardly, with a sharp hook, by which the leaf is manipulated when feeding. There are four pairs of ventral feet, oval shaped, tormina’ ating in a series of minute hooks, which spring from the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth sections ; the first pair appearing sup ernumerary, as they never reach the leaf. The second pair are defective, but grow suf ficiently to reach the leaf on the filth day. From me extremity of the worm spring the anal pair of feet, which, in conjunction with the others, constitute the organs of locomos tion, which is that of the looper or span worm. By closely observing their physical de velopments, the cotton caterpillar may be readily distinguished. With short inters vals of rest, they feed constantly for ten consecutive days and nights. On the tenth dav they have readied their maturity—have grown to be one and a half inches in length, and crawling out on a leaf, quietly await their approaching transformation. During the day they select the leaf upon which their transformotion into the nymph or chrysalis is to he accomplished—begin to weave their winding sheet of delicate white silk, fold the edges of the leaf around the frail cocoon, and there await motionless and inanimate the coming change. When the eoeoon is completed the caterpillar contracts at either end, the legs recede into the body, the dark colors change to lighter hues, the eyes lose their brilliancy and assume the leudea hues of death. At the end of the second lay the head and three of the t~an»verse sections open and a green chryaalis begius to appear It has neither eyes, feet, legs, wings nor any appendage necessary to locomotion-, yet perfect in the lesson taught by the laws ot insect life, it frees itself from the integu ment of the caterpillar by slipping it down, section by secti tn, to the anal extremity, when, with a single motion, it fastens ihe hooks attached to the inferior en 1 of the chrysalis into the silken threads of the co coon, there to remain until the develop ment of the moth. Within the short space of ten days, the caterpillar has eaten many times its own weight of the leaves of the cotton plant, and has cast off its hairy integuments five times, at intervals of two days. Through out this change it is attended by the same physical and anatomical characteristics, ex cept as to color. I hav£ seen them in the early spring feeding upon tender plants, c tton and weeds, and recognized the cotton caterpil lar,though devouring the leaves of the care less weed. The color is light green, but by aid of the mieroscrope one can perceive the twelve sections of the body, the longitudi nal stripes, the round hairy dots, the spot ted head, the ten brilliant eyes, the three pectorial, fear ventral, and one pair of anal legs, and the looping gate of the cotton cat erpillar. Then it is certain that the evil omen of the cotton planter is at hand, and will, so sure as time progresses, multiply until countless numbers come to desolate our c it® ton fields and rob the laborer of the reward of honest toil. Careless observers call them gross worms, web worms, common cater pillar, etc., I t;auße seen solitary ar.d alone. In 1867. the first caterpillar I found was feeding upoa the leaves ot the careless weed. The cotton caterpillars in the fall are much darker than those seen in the early spring. No writer has satisfactorily accounted for this change in color ; it is the result of the coloring matter contained in the food upon which the insects feed. By examining the undersurface of the cotton leaf, numerous round, blackj spots will be perceived about the size and color of the spots seen upon the cotton worm. It is the pigment of the leaf and native to the plant. When the green cotton caterpillar cf the spring has passed into the thiri genera tion, consuming only tho leaves of tue ct ton plant, they have carried enough 6F the coloring matter of the plant into their sys tems to change the natural dirk stripes in to those of still darker hue. Light colored caterpillars confined under .a glass ahude and fid on cotton leaves, and reared into the third generation, produced the black caterpillar or Common army worm. After the caterpillar has coco »ned, at tho end of the sooond and » it has changed into the brown chrysalis, remains without aov additional transformation seven days, and on the eighth day the head of tho chrysalis opens and the moth, miller, or parent of the army worm appears, full oflife and vig or, and flies rapidly away, seeking its mate and new localities to begin again its labors of love nnd desolation. The miller is about one inch measured from the head to the tip of the wing, and three-quarters of an inch across the wings from point to point when at rest, and represents a triangle, the two points of the wings and the head making the three angles. It is a light brown or snuff color, and when stationary, folds its wings overthe body angularly, resembling the roof of a house. It has lour wings ; the ends of the upper wings are : errated and bordered by a delicate fringe of dark brown, with a round black spot uear the centre of each upper wing. The spot is pupilated, having a white spot in the centre ot the black. The head is small, eyes convex and dark, surrounded by light creen. The an tennae long, springing from the inner base of the eyes, ft has six legs. The suct"ri al oi gin, by which tho life of the insect is sustained, is coiled within a groove beneath the thorax. It belongs to the order known as lepidoptera, and is called by entomolog ists, noctua zelica. The miller, or moth, is often mistaken for others of that order less injurious to the cotton plant. More than twelve thousand moths and butte; flies have been accurately described by narura lists since the days of Aristotle, but with a careful observer no mistake can be made, since none are 'ike the noctua zelina. Du u ring the day, it secretes itself under the cotton plant, or dense, overlapping weeds and grass, and never seen biskingin the sunshine. On dark, cloudy days, and at twilight, they fly from leaf to leaf, and plant to plant, selecting the must delicate on which to deposit their eggs. This is continued for about twelve days,-during which time they have luid countless num bers. When fourteen days old, the moth be gins to lose its origiial color and becomes paler, casts off its down on the upper por tion of the body between tire wings, be comes perceptibly smal'er, more feeble, hoary with old age, and dies. Some of the most learned modern authors estimate that the moth of the army grass worm deposits twenty thousand eggs; others have asserted that they reach as high as forty thousand. If so, the moth of the cotton calerpilier has like capacity. The egg is a mere speck in the fi>rir of a half globe, compressed, regularly furrowed, and when newly laid, is of a deep eea green color, attached by a glutinous substance to the under sur a:e of tne leaf. With each succeeding dty the egg becomes more transparent, until the embryo caterpillar can be distinctly seer beneath the envelope. On the sixth dav the caterpiller breaks through the shell of the egg and begins its labors anew, having consumed days to perfect its cy cle of time. This is repeated from early spring until the frosts of winter, when, by ! the death of the vegetation, the insect life is suspended until renewed by the warmth of the succeeding spring. Thus it is that oi.e single moth may deposit eggs enough to produce the army worm in the third gen eration in numbers sufficient to desolate whole cotton fields. lluw are they propa gated? By what mysteri us laws of na ture do they appear and disappear? Are they the result of the eggs remaining dor mant through the winter, or the inanimate condition of the nymph? Or does the moth herself seek winter quart< rs in some secure and sheltered spot to be rejuvenated by the warmth of returning spring? L>ke most of the insect world, the moth performs its round of duty, deposits its allotted number ot eggs, flaps its feeble wings and dies. In midsummer, when fed beneath a net ting envelop rig w hole stalks of cotton,with access to dew, rain, sunshine and its na tive food, none survive th > fifteenth day. — Could they survive longer, they wou'd surely perish at the frrst touch of winter, for they feed only by suction on living plants. The m >th that during the summer neat invariably escapes from the chrysalis on the seventh day will, during winter, in an enclosure, protract its stay within th t chrysalis for thirty days. May not the same inanimate condition of the ch/ysdis he protracted throughout the winter in expos ed and bleak 1 jcalit.es until spring, with its genial glow, engenders new life within the dormant chrysalis, when the moth will again appear to renew the scenes of waste and desolation ? The eggs are insoluble in water, and may pass the winter without germination, for it requires gentle and con stant heat to produce the living worm.— Should it survive the winter and hatch the succeeding spring, the young caterpillar would die of starvation, being able only to sustain life by feeding on the in »st ten der vegetation. Tne eggs, as before re mark* and, are laid upon the leaf, which, be ing decayed before the spring, could not sustain insect life. I hatched them on withered leaves, pluck ed from the parent stem but twelve hours, and the young worms not being able to ex tra ‘t sus e ianc# from the lea f , died of star ration the first day. During the heat of summer, pending a protracted drouth, the leal of the cotton plant becomes hard and tough, and thousands of the young cater pillars perish from hunger, being unable to feed upon the leaves tor the first two days: henoe experienced planters say that during hot, dry weather the worms make but little progress. From the days of Aristotle down to 1639, the entomologists of that age held the and Cr trine of equivocal or spontaneous production of insects, but Harvey, Redi and others of lat er date have inconfcestibly established the doctrine of “ Omni ex oco.” That the noctua zylina is produced bv an egg, is ess tablished beyond a doubt, but what myste rious instinct teaches the moth to deposit its egg upon the leaf of the cotton plant; the philoo iphy of man cannot establish. Na> ture is antagonistic in most of her laws. All organized matter is tending to decay, and each particular plant through ut tha vegetable world is beset by eouie living enemy. The mammoth b'onms of the tropics are let!i,upon by g rgeous butter* fltee, and the solitary fbwer that unfolds its petals to the feeble ray«t of an Arctic euu has its tiny moth. Wherever vegetntuu springs, insect life begins. Man follows along, and wi'h philosophy unfolds many mysterious tilings, but the hi iden laws of insect life are known alone to Him wk » created all things for a wise and ber.eliciuQl purpo>e. PR -POSET) REBLDT. So lar, there has been no remedy disco vs ered that will destroy thee »ttou caterpillar. Success lies more with ti e planter than in remedies. Early preparation of the soil, early planting, with an early variety of B'ed, and good cuiivation, will always pros duce a live hundred pound bale of lint cot ton per acre, in Tex is, worms or no worms, unless they appear as early as the month «and July. Fortunately for the cotton plans ter of Texas, the winters arc sh >rt, the growing season long, the rich soil, and the clima e sahib nous. Without the aid > f for* tiliz >rs, despite the annual visitation of the cotton caterpillar, the laborer can produce more cotton than he c iu gather, unassisted. The sluggard who defers the preparation, planting and cultivation of his soil ‘ until a more convenient season," only plants ani cultivates for the benefit of the army worm. The worms cannot be exterminated after they have multiplied into the third genera tion. In my opinion they can only bo de* stroyed by exterminating the moth in the spring and early summer, and that can only be accomplished bv the use of artifi-* oat light and poison. Lanterns set in ves sels containing a s dution of carbolic acid and placed in the cotton fields during the dark nights of .May, Juno and July—ono to each aero of land—will destroy every moth within the circle of its influence. They are allured by the light, fly rapidly to it, and striking the declining sides of the lantern, are precipitated into the 0.. - -b <lic acid aud instantly perish. The lan terns will accomplish nothing during noon light nights, hence the necessity ol begin ing their use early in the season. H. T. FLEW ELLEN. “THE LONE HOUSEMAN.” A REXIMSCEXCB OF TIIR LATE CIVIL WAR. It was nearly 5 o’clock r. u. on the 30th of August, 18G2. The great battle of Ma nages was raging with unabated, terrible fury. The last reserves of either side had" peen ordered to the front, and the struggle was stubborn, deidlv, desperate’. The Fodorals weie slowly, sullenly giving way —obstiuately disputing every inch of ground. One unbroken blaze of lurid light sheeting the interval botweon the oppisin; hosts. The incessant roll of musketry, the hoarse thunder of artillery, the ringing clash of sabres, the piteous shrieks of the d/ing, the grim heca o nbs of the do*, proclaimed t\e drsad empire of Molock. Far into the enemy's lines, as you ap jr ached from the (ii&'nesvJlc roa h on probably tlie most advantageous elevation for military purposes the battle-field afford ed, was planted a battery, supported by fivti regiments of Doited States Regulars, com manded by Fitz John Porter. A murder ous fire war poured into the advancing columns of the Confederates from these awful engines of destruction—gaping laues, causewayed’with dead and w mnded, mark* ed the track of the-dethcl missiles—scores of bravo Southr ms fell at every vollied uU te ranee. The supporting regiments, cover ed by the crest of the hill, watched with pleased anxiety the red carnival of slaugh ter. A Confederate ofiicer—the only nrountol oie 1 saw so tar to the front—observing the frightful carnage the battery is working, determines to charge if. With him to will is to do —and do quickly. lie gives the order, and immediately may bo seen to emerge from u pine thicket—from w hence, after a spirited tigh f , they had alraady driv en in disorder thrice their owe numbers a single regiment of men, blown by the hot pursuit, worn with fatigue, and, but for the unconquerable spirit animating them, faint ing from excessive heat, aggravated by the sulphurous thirst of the battle-fiel 1. Is this mere handful of men, unaided, to charge that frowning battery so strongly supported? Is thatjttlitary raiment to be h irled against seveWiir.es its own numeri cal strength, w ith every advantage of posi tion, and plight, and arms, on the oppress sing side? Are its tiiinnod ranks to breast the double lire of artillery and infantry with bayonets only, and to grapple with the veteran Regulars of the Federal army? Even so! “The Lone Ilorscmal has or ler ei it, and he conducts the charge. Riding along the line, he infuses into every breast the daring resolve which burns in his own. 11 is heroic example is oontageaus, and ih~ spires the uob'e phalanx with that energi* zed unity of will, of constancy, of o >urage, of enthusiasm, of unselfish devotion whioh Napoleon’s “0 and Guard” exemplified, and which made it the glory of France and the tprror of Europe. On they rush toward the belching cannon, defying numbers, da fyicg numbers, despising danger, courting the ‘ austere glory of suffering” in Liber ty's c mse ! The base of the hill is reached, and the perilous ascent begun. The can* noniers, dismayed at the spectacle of un* matched daring, seek shelter behind the wall of bayonets glistening like dimonds in the sun behind the crest. With a bhout that makes the “welkin ring” tho interpid baud dash toward the summit—-each emu* 1 >us of the h n j of reaching tbeguns first. Within » few paces of the fatal goal, suds denly five hostile flagr, simu taneously flung defiantly to the breeze, confront them, while the whulr hill side, as is sowu wi:h the fabiei Dragon's teeth, bristles with it# crop of armed men. A tempest of leaden rain pours upon the devoted ranks, mowing diwn in an instant half their number; still every ravin not disabled stands, unduuted, at his post. Around that “Lone Horse* man” thousand pullets hail; but 1 • “wears a charmed life nor rider nor steed is harmed- Just now a battery on the right enfilades the Spartan bravos with grape and caoh ter. No reinfo o menta in sight, i> were mad* ness to longer stand in front of and flanked by tho terrible odds. The order is given to fail back to a ravine two hundred yards to the rear, and there, under partial cover* Is O. lii.