Editorial Notes and Clippings [pp. 484-496]

EDITORIAL NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
known corporation has renewed its
southern connections, and are pre pared to issue policies through their
various agencies at lowest New York
rates. Their character for prompt
adjustment of losses has never been
questioned, and it is a noteworthy fact
that they have paid up all losses oc curring during the war, and have
made the most liberal arrangements
with former patrons for the revival of
their policies. We commend this
company cordially to our readers as
combining liberality to the assured
with perfect security.
The Empire State of the South in
the following act passed by its Legislature during the late session of that
body, makes provision for the thorough education of all her indigent
youth under thirty years of age who
were maimed during the war. The
amount for each beneficiary seems
small, but it is to be hoped that the
institutions named will evince a liberal spirit and open their doors freely
to those to whom the education thus
provided will in many cases be the
only means of earning a support. We
give the act in full.
An Act to educate the indigent
maimed soldiers of Georgia, and to
provide the necessary means for
the same.
WRER1AS, it is a matter of primary
importance that Georgia should have
native educated teachers for the instruction of the children of the State;
and whereas, there are many indigent maimed soldiers in the State,
under thirty years, who, by reason of
the loss of limbs, are deprived of the
ability to perform physical labor; and
whereas, it is a holy and patriotic
duty to provide, in the best manner
possible, for those unfortunate patriots; for remedy whereof,
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, That
all indigent maimed soldiers of the
State of Georgia, under the age of
thirty years, be educated at the Uni
versity of the State of Georgia, at the
Mercer University, at Emory College,
at Oglethorpe University, and at Bow don College. free of charge for tuition,
books, board and clothing, until the
completion of their collegiate term.
SEC. II. Be it farther enacted, That
upon the application, accompanied
with proper vouchers, of any indigent
maimed soldier, that he is of the class
above specified, to the Trustees of
said Universities and Colleges, they
shall forthwith receive him into said
Institution, and give him all the ben efits of the same upon the applicant
entering into a written obligation
upon his honor to teach, when he shall
have completed his collegiate course,
the same number of years in Georgia
he may have been in said Universities
or Colleges.
SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That
for the purpose of carrying into efficient operation the provisions of this
Act, that His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized,
should there not be funds provided
for the same in the Treasury, to issue
to the Trustees of said Universities
and Colleges the bonds of the State,
payable at such times and in such
manner as he may deem best, to an
amount sufficient to accomplish and
carry into effectual operation the provisions of this Act; provided, the
State will not pay more than three
hundred dollars per annum for each
beneficiary under this Act.
Approved 18th December, 1866.
From an exchange we clip this
statement of Railroad operations in
East Tennessee.
The Knoxville and Kentucky road
is now running daily trains to Clinton, and the work is progressing toward Cove Creek. President McGee
is now in New York selling his new
State bonds, and preparing for active
work as soon as the season opens.
Colonel Terry has advertised for bids
on the tunnel which is at the end of
his second twenty-mile section. This
tunnel is 1,250 feet long, through
rock, and eighty feet below the surface, at the maximum, A shaft will be
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