The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-21 00:00:00

DEATH OF ROWELL COBB.

A telegram dated New York, Oct. 9, gave tbo
curt intelligence—" Mr. Howell Cobb is dead." 1,I!
England the importance of the information will be
little appreciated except among those who kt",°,,
Anierica well. To the last moment of hislife, and,
Cobb had reached his 53d year, he had taken a 'ea
.a
ing part in national affairs, more particularly
those of the Southern States, and more particula.N
still of his own Georgia, wherein he bad bee°l,lli;
strumental in retrieving the State to its Detneer3"
General Howell Cobb was born in Jeffercilil
rel County, Georgia, 7th Sept., 1815. He ente
Franklin College, where he graduated in 183.11
After studying law he was admitted to the barite,
1836. Soon afterwards he was elected by the the
gislature to the post of Solicitor-General of Ia
Western Circuit, which he held for three years' re..
1843 he was elected to the Federal House of IteP.ve
sentatives, a seat he retained in three snece,l49.
Congresses to 1850, being chosen Speaker in -` of
He was successful in the contest for Governor be
Georgia by a large majority, and in 185 d to,
was again selected to represent his coaAstlfter
ency in the House of Representatives. of,
the election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presidlbi
which he warmly advocated, he was appninttbat
him Secretary of the Treasury. At the close 0' "the
Presidential term he threw himself warmly into art
cause of the Confederacy. He took an active Plit
in the Congressional labours of that Goverao'tba
at Richmond, which he finally left towards, to
close of 1861 for the post of brigadier-
generai, o
which he had boen appointed in the Confedt,erbie,
army. His army service was not remark
though he showed skill as a general; but, b„-Ito
strongly some may condemn his career as a r"riced
the Government of his country, he honestly WI% te,
out his conviction of the duty he owed to hiss be
and laboured with zeal and gallantry in lv--reet
supposed to be its service. He was a man o'llDe
ability and force of character, and his loss W 1
felt severely by his party.

COLONEL PARKER ON RED INDIANS.

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We have lately written a good deal ab°llt
Red Indians, but a notice of these tribes I°ol.
have been incomplete without some account. 0.1,05'
Parker, of General Grant's staff, who is..? ,r„,ris
blooded Seneca Indian, from the town of Ps7ool.
New York. His station in his tribe was
manding one, and the Senecas are the larg—o,
the six nations, their reservation being Sal'nt, re'
on the Pennsylvania border. Our readers 101$0a
collect the marriage scene of this Indian chi% the
United States officer, when the bride stood sti
altar with all her retinue and Grant with a' so
staff waiting for the missing bridegroom, wh°o:iiieci
not. The country was scoured, and rumours °DO
ground of a body floating down the Potomac'.evc°
passed, and the nation eagerly- awaited intewbnbe
of what had become of the Indian chief, 10111• its,l
was found in a place to which he had been sees'
away by a medicine man of his tribe. 110virriAg°
the lady forgave him; and we hope the 111°*0ti•
is a happy one. Colonel Parker is a diligent;
quarian and a student of his own people.
cent letter from Washington gives a couvern-ecrn
with h'in regarding the six tribes. The Pe-mbar
he said, are good farmers, and set a fair exaruP,',o'
he did not think the league, as the country, 1155 0
would ever recover its ancient power, whie,;,ob:
sentiment only he regretted. Iu answer terosa°,
servation on the mark his confederation ha', OA
upon America, filling the portal of its histur.",tsdl
destined to become a stranger and stronger-050
as its period recedes, he replied that the Irl 09
were the original Unionists, and held nes`r; tee
much of the continent in sway as their succeSo age
tain. He pronounced the book called "The I)Lefar
of the Iroquois " as being one of the most sa‘ celr,
tory extant upon the subject. Discussingabso;
brated Indians, he spoke of Brandt, who, tb°llfr $11;
as great au orator as Red Jacket had a largsa
finer combination of talents. He translato
gospels into the Iroquois tongue, was a 111°stiitillg
cessful and scientific soldier both in forest flg.beil
and in column ; his manners were distingl
even at the British Courts, and he was a gojed be"
and patriot. Regarding Red Jacket, wl.l°"
fore his birth, he said «he was of my trine,' it,
have very intimate traditions of him. Flo dtr
ignorant man compared to Brandt, desPise
reit"
language of white men and would not aeclsAtoe
but he had force of charucter, adroitness, an erio
derful eloquence. He was extremely interne $8
and his life altogether was a disappointed ones, so;'
wished to be at the head of all the triee4er
Brandt defeated him in this ! I have his /31
presented to him by Washington."

The Peoria, Pekin, and Jacksonville rt3iqll%4
will be fini,hed in three or four months, .3
making a direct route to Jacksonville via F elf el
At a recent meeting of the stockholders 0a 01
Wrightsville, York, and Gettysburg Rail 'cot
e,
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Pennsylvania, the following persons were J. '4
officers for the ensuing year :—President :g 0oo"
Cameron ; Directors : Philip A. Small, 'Joe
Shock, James Myers, A. J. Frey, J. M. St,e.frplir
jr., W. L. Small, Henry Kauffelt, and H. P.,
t)j
lenberg, M.D.
Work on the extension of the Utica, Clintiti.°l3l3s
tro
Binghamton Railroad has been resumed. d
number of men are now engaged in completi°l'
grading to Oriokany Falls. 014
The demand for Illinois Railway shares 13° Oil
te ..nt
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the old quarters. Advices from New ler i
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Births. 01"
Dtromon.E--On the Ist inst., at Kingston, Outari°' .
the Hon. Mrs. F. Sandys Dugmore, of a soB)1•01'
LINDSAY—On the 18th inst., at Balcarres, Fif°s-1
feel
Lady Lindsay, of Balcarres, of a daughter. o,9toi°
MACKENZIE—Oa the 20th inst., at 13, Wroyreayiel
Portland-place, the wife of Dr. Moron Mac'e)-
daughter.

Marriages. no 0,
fc9
BIRCII -READ—On the 3d inst., at St. Gt eorg Ply 4
square, George A. do L. Birch,i son of the IzeALII
Royds Birch, to Fanny, daughter of T. W'
Norfolk.
MORGA N—PLAYSTED —On the 17th inst., 9:_t,.'".tall,fl3ofg
Stoke Newington, Lieut.-Colonel W. I)..iu°,t-er
gal Staff Corps, to Emily Rosa, eldost daug"--orP"
late George Playsted, Esq., of Wick Uous°

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Deaths. Ffi.
CooKE—On the 19th inst., at York, Thos. Coo- cor

aged 61.

.terrace,

QUARE —On the 19th inst., at 29, Osborne-'-
70' ,e 0
ham-road, Jacob Hewitt Quare, aged
aistek d
VENABLES - On the 19th inst., at Langholnal
'William Venables, Esq., aged 50• BOt 0,
WESTCAR—On the 18th inst., at Brenchleh
Westcar, Esq, of Burwood Cottage, Esher, -
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