March 10, 1859 Upson Pilot At the residence of his father, near Thomaston, on Tuesday, the 18th inst., Edward P. Hightower, aged 17 years. Edward was the son of James W. and Margaret hightower, and was highly promising and greatly beloved by his relatives and associates. La Grange Reporter please copy. At the residence of his father, David Bryan, Esq., in Talbot county, on Saturday last the 6th inst., Cadet Preston Bryan. Young Bryan was recently promoted to a Lieutenancy at the Marietta Military School. He was possessed of an excellent mind, and a noble, kind disposition. He leaves an aged father and mother, brother and sister and numerous friends to mourn his early death, and lament the loss of so much budding usefulness. May his spirit awake to life and immortality when the reveille beats at the resurrection morn.