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VOL. IV—NO. 24. The ’Georgia Pioneer, IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, i} y S. M. HOOD & CO. AT THREE DOLLARS FER ANNUM. . . No subscription taken for less,than a year,and no paper discontinued till al| dues are paid, except at the optionor the Publishers. Prates of Advertising IN THE GEORGIA PIONEER. For Letters of Citation, “ Lettters of Dismission, 450 ? Notice to Debtors <V Cieditors, 3 25 Four Months Notice, 4 00 Estrays,;vach, 1 50 . Sales of Personal Property by Exec utors, Administrators or Guardians, pet square,- , . 3 25 Land or Negroes by do. p. 3. 475 ADFE R TIS EM EN J'S conspicitoifs ly inserted al one dollar per square, or less, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for every subsequent continuance. Those sent without a specification of the .number of insertion?, will be published until ordered out,and charged accordingly Monthly Advertisements will be charg ed one dollar per square, for each inser tion. ■ f&Tstteis an Jftisiness, must be tost paid, to entitle them to attention. . Clerks of Court, will be allowed the. usual deduction. Business Directory. Professional Patrons of the Georgia Pi oneer, in Cassville, . Physician— Perry IF. Gideon. .1 - yers--Allen Dyer, Augustus R. Wright, Under-wood V Irwin, IF. Akin, Pethune &/• Russell. Merchants — Russell Alexander, R. 11. Patton,.John C. Hurnetl, S. Morgan, Brown, Dyer. Confectioner —.V. .A. Welch. Globe Hotel— Brown Dqer. - j State Rights’ Hotel— John Dawson. . Saddler-J. Dunbip. t< . Carriage & AV agon-maker— Wm, He ad den. . . Carriage & Cabinet Maker— Henry ' Hateley. 1 Cabinet Makers — G. G. Youngblood. ; House Carpenters — William Syier, Wm. D.-Hassell, Wm. 11. II ilson. Wheel-right —Elis hi I Frig hl. Tin Plate Worker. —J. G. ' Black Smiths— William Thompson, S. Johnson. • ... Gun & Black-Smiths Budget «V‘ Slew art. Boot &, Shoe Makers-L. Gooduin,. Hiram Overby. Tanners — Joseph Bogle, John, IF. Ambrester. CAN WERT-—Paulding County, ■i Nierc.'naiA—James Cleghorn. Cedar Town — Lawyer— T. Walthall. LA FAYETTE, walker ('ocmy, ga. Lawyers — R. M. Aycock, Charles J. Hooper. MARJETTA Cobb County. - , Lawyers —G. D. Rice, IL R. Fool, j Jas. Milner, Underwood & Irwin. Merchant — H. A. Fraser, IF. Harris SPRING PLACE—Murray Co. Ga. Lawyers— Underwood Hunks. Tail )r — W. J. Cantrell. CAN I ON: — Cherokee County. Lawyer— Wni. Daniel. Social Hill— Merchant — R. Jones. To which will be added, from lime to ime, such as may authorize us to do so, by placing their names on our Subscrip tion Lisi. lav; or Georgia AN ACT to nrovide tor the calTof a pnpvention tp yeduce the nuipber pf the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes therein named. Sec. 1. Be.it enacted by the Senate gnd House of Ripresentalites of the Slate of Georgia in General Assembly met,and. it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sumef 'VWnt. the first Monday in April,eighteen hundred and thinty nine I e, and the same, is hereby designated and set apart .as the day on which (he citizens of Georgia,;qualified to vote for members of the Legislature, shall, at the places prescribed by law for h'dding such elections, vote for the delegates rr pr< 'ent them in conven (i;»n,i-i number t qual to tln ir represen tation Hi both branches of the General AjseirJ-'', according lo (he last reusu-; frvU.i c;.xi ui) to be conducted, manag- The Georgia Pioneer. bed and certified under the laws as are of force in respect to elections of members of the General Assembly. Sec 2. And be it further enacted That it shall be (lie duty of such mana gers to transmit lothis Excellency the? Governor, the result of said elections Under the laws now of foice conduct ing, ttiahaging and certifying elections of me mbers of the General .Assembly, as aforesaid, within ten days-after shell election; whereupon it is made the duty of his Excellency the Governor, to issue his Proclamation declai ing the , result of such election,by noticing (fie individuals severally elected to repre sent the good people of Georgia,in con vention, as contemplated by this Act. Sec 3. And be itfurther enacted. That [eveiy citizen of the United States shall be eligible to a seat in convention, {who has attained the age of twenty five years, and been an inhabitant of this State three years,immediately proceed-; ing the day of. election, and who shall have resided one year in the county lor which he sh ill be ejected. ' I Sec 4~ it further enacted That each member returned as duly elected shall, previ jus to taking his seat in said convention, take the following Oath or anii mation, viz: I do solemnly swear that I will not attempt, to add to or take from the Constitution, or attempt to change or alter any other section, clause, or article of the Constitution of the State of other than those touching the representation in the General Assembly (hereof, and that I have been 1 citizen of (Ins Stale for the last three years, so help me God. And any person elected -to a real in said convention, who -shah refuse to take tiie oath aforesaid, sail not he al lowed to take his seat in said conven tion. .. r . a 1 Sec. 5. And led h'nPhergnacled, ; I hat the m .-inliers ot said Convention shall assemble on the first Monday in -May ,a.|Jer their election al iVJ.ilJedgi ville in the Representative Chamber of the State Home, for the purpose of enter ing upo . and cousurnaf iug (he gieat objects of their ermiention to wit? reduction and equal r on of.ltie Goney ,al A-sst Dibly • shall have power toque scrib.e their own rules and forms of business; and to determine on (lie qualifications q( lk(,‘ir own .members; < lect necessary i Auers ai d make hll orders w hich they may derm conducive lothe fmtherance of the object for which sucn Convention shall assemble. S'C 6 And be it further enacted That it shall be the duty of his Exeellenc) rhe Governor, to give publicit) to the tlteiations and amendments made in the constitution in reference to (he re duction of the number of members composing the General AssemhJ) : ;m<J the first Monday in October ncx’, r-r'rt’r the rising of said Convention, he shall, fix on for the ratification,l.v t' e pcoplel of such amendments,alterations, or new articles, as they may make so& the oh, jects of reduction and equaliz ition of the General Assembly only ; and if rati fied by a majority of the voters who [vote on the question of ‘‘Ratification’? jor‘v?o Ratification,” then and in flint event of thc'nlteralions so by them madij and. ratified,shall be'liiirding on' the people of 1 his State, and not other-, wise. Sec 7. And be it further enacted, Tlmt it shall he a fundamental article in tbfe formation or amendments of the con- | vention, tbnW. each county of tiie Slate 1 now organized or laid out, or which may hereafter be created by law shall be entitled to at least cne Representa-{ live in the Representative branch ofj :tire. ,GeiiQral Assembly'. J'ljfe Senate shall be compobed'offorfv-ijx members! bmy, from forty Senatorial Dis-trictsJ composed of two contiguous counties; and in the event of the creation of any ' new county, it shall be added .to some[ contiguous- Senatorial D s.ricl, and that the said convention shall not dis turb the Federal basis, in appoi tinning fhejepresentat-ioii in thje .General As sembly of the State of Georgia. Sec 8 And be it further cvacica. Tha* so soop as this Act shd! havx passed, hi; Excellency the Governoi he, and he is hereby required to cause it to be published in the Gazettes of (his Slate once a wqek until thp day fixpd on by this art (or. (he election q£ Delegates to said convention; as well as the num er to which each county shall be en ■itled in said convention, according to the appoi tio;,merit of members of the General Assembly, to be made under he late census, taken and returned luring tb.e present year. I Si c 9 And be further enacted t Tha‘ CASSVILLE, GA. MARCH 29, 1839. the Delegates to convention be paid at and after the same fates that the members of the General Assembly now receive; and that, his Excellency the Governoi be requested to draw hifi Warya-nt oh the Treas urei for the same out of any money not < flierwise ap, ro priated; and all laws and parts la ws' militating against this act, be, an the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH-b,W Speaker fcjf the H. of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the to 26-h peCcmUe.’ 183$. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. u .. TABLE | Showing the R< presentai ><-,n of the several ( CoimZzcs ojtjus btau by he late Act of Apportionment, - Appling, ,;1 £ Laurens, 2; Baker, 1 Lee, 1 1 Baldwin, .2 £ Liberty, 2 Bibb, 3 ;« Lincoln, 2 Bryan, 1 e LoWtides; S I Bulloch, 1 r Lumpkin, 2 43urke, 3 * Macon, 2, Butts, 2 ' Madison, 2 Camden, 2 > Marion, '2 1 Campbell, 2 5 Mclntosh, 2 Cirroll, 2 j Meriwether, 3 ! Gass, ’-h 2 j Mmroe 4 Chatham, 4 J Montgomery L Cherokee, 2 j Morgan 3 Clark, 3 j Murray,' 2 Cobb, 2 £ Muscogee, 4’ Columbia, 3 j Newton, 3’ emveta, -3 . Oglbthhlpe, o| Crawford, 2 $ Paulding, I Dade, 1 '> Pike, 3 Decatur; 2 ' Pulaski, 2 <■). Kalb, 3 i Pul-iiain, 3 Dooly 2 > Rabun, j 2 J Randolph; 2 Effingham, ] Richmond, 3 : Elbert, 3 ? Scnven, 3 Emanuel, 1 j Steward o.' Fayette, 2 j Sumter., o, Floyd, 2 s Talhot, 'Forsjth, 2 5 Taliaferro, 2 biank’in, 3 Taitneli 1 1 Garner, 1 ? Tciimr, jl Giy r -«X<l» 1 ~r» I Gieenv, - *’3 :$ Gwinnett, 3 ? Twiggy 2' Habersham, 3 £ Uniom ] , Hall, 3 $ 3 , Jlqncock, 3 J II ilker, 2 ' Iteirts, 3 j fFalion, 3 Hear-4, 2 j Karren, 3 : Henry, 3 j fPney. j I Houston, 3 « Washington, 3 Irwin, 4 5 fParne, { Jackin’, 2 J K’ ( lk 3 Jasper, 3 » Wilkinson, . 2i- J. If-r-on, 2 I - Jones, 3 ' Total, 207 j PROSPEC'I US 1 ! OF THE J • LADY’S AMARANTH, ■' I PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER SATURDAY, ! i Bv JOSEPH TORR, ! NO. 274 MARKET STREET, TUI LA DELPHI I. 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' (te”AIl letters, directed to (he pub-, !• fisher, Joseph Torr, 274 Market street , Philadelphia must be post paid. { I ’! 0O“Post Masters and others are re- - quested to act as agents.' ’ * : : -Agepts will.be allowed 25 cents f',' - each subscriber obtained. S’ John XV *l, Uiiderwood, > AND Janes A. R. Hanks, 1 Attornics nt Law, i SPRING PLACE, Murray County Ga . January 9, IB3y. ts HAVING been appointed Sherif of the county of Murray, to fi]j the vacancy occasioned by the resigna fion of Stephen Jones, E?q., the formei Sheriff, my -advertisements will be made in Uie Georgia Pioneer, at Cass ville. ; GEORGE VV. VVACASER. N. B.‘ Letters addressed to me as Sheriff, must be post paid, to receive attention. March 6,1839. 29 3t /Police. thp hlh «n<l Iftth of 1J February, A COMMON CALF SKIN POCKE'f BOOK, with the name of the subscriber written upon the ingide of the book. The book con tained, when lost, a-number of small r iNotes, the most of which were ma e payable to William H. Johnston; and {some made payable to the subscribe), and also a two dollar bank no(e oh the Farmer’s Bank of Chattahoochee- al so, a Power of Attorney executed to the subscriber from Jesse Harris of Cobb county. •-. <’ I The,creditors therefore, of William Fl. Johnston, are hereby notified not to pay their notes to any person other ! than myself, and those who were in debted to me by note, are hereby noti fied not top'or the same 10 any other ! person than mys Hf. 1 believe that I Lsi the book between Cassville and ~l'Oug s 1- erry,on the Etow'ah river, and i?( lieve that if. must have come to the hands of some person before this tim r I JAS. Ml LN FAX. P o if T R Y . [I’OB TliE GEORGIA PIONEER.] , Ao. 2. Ju.ikivo ofca - licst youth, Parental cares Guard protect us from delusive snares. >p. V P e >’S<asion or by gen tie-force, -noir fervent zeal directs our infant course; , I heir watchful minds, intent on us alonu, Pursue on 1 good but think not oflheirown; ! Xor then- exaessive. toil, nor covet case; J o coiirfoi-t us, is but themselves to please: And as the of her brood, Al l gives.to tiieirime (oocl, ►So in ourseKts a second self they see, More dear to them than real seif can Ik?. Gras the shelPring trees in yonder/field, J o plants beneath a Jdnd. p rot Potion yield, I hey stand, ’t.wiyt iis and life's appalling fears, * I That grow upon ua as we grow in years— Reply to all our culls, as echoes to our voice, Weep when wo weep, rejoice we 'Te’oicp. . But wheii these Parers a- u d their need ful aid, i; Low in the tomb shall be untimely laid; YA hen wo, yet strangers to th’ inclement world, .(.► On its rough stage shall be abruptly hurl’d,l .1 o sbek those comforts, which, unsought before, ■ - So freely flowed from a parental store; When scattered fragments of a hroketi' home, V., : s Jn unknown we’re dooined ? i.ytw loam; . ► AV Imre doubtful friends shall keep us if. suspense, ?..• Now whom to trust, r.ow whom to give, offence; When anxious scenes of sorrow, st.rm< r e and new> > ~ Shall rise successive to successive view Whose hand shall minister to our relief? Assuage blip wo< s or mitigate our grief?, in wearied age, when youth’s fair sum mei’s fl-jd, ’ . ; . Who’ll hp ar our plaints, or tears of pitv “shed? . . a Through good and ill who’ll be a co’astunt friend, And o’er our midnight sorrow's lowly bencV blest-genius urcTTpivted" days, XVho lives immortal immortal lays, Wfipae altar once .hy Cupid’s nuptial laws, Utf(Jed \ irtur t o a virtuous cause, vv-n GS v ' or *hy consort, timely got, '' l - prove a blessing to the mortal lot.” 1 Canton. Ga. IL 11. WATFAIS. |- Army Movement.—The company o ( U- S. Artillery wliieh bus been slation |ed at this post for some tim*' ] )as beep withdrawn. It l<-< aboul ' 3 p. M hr I,’trolata, nnder-;. le con)m . ln(! cf Ll |9 i RIEN ’j - - '.X,press anived at 2o’ I 1 y an ll J? supposed brought or i t ' cic ' igi tls immediate departure. The ' Luuse of its sudden movement we havt !not learned.— St. Augustine Herald li! ans-l. ti> 1 f - The house of James Riz, Esq., neat Pico|ata,was burnt to the ground abba two weeks since. It is supposed (ha it was fired by Indians, as, after thr most critical 1 x imirtalion, there wm nd evidence thut ;;ny persons had beer there for some days previous,— tb. WHL'LE NO. 110. U - S - TROGrs --~- r ’‘hc Lillie JLik jAik. j imi-H nl the Cnfi uh. mciitio; s l '| the arrival tlieio r.f (he steimbm Bee, with LJ.I <<- i.-lieis, rt r ! t; <• 4ih fu tn T< t.ne ■ ' see to garrison Feit (►'ib.-rm,' in place of(lie'7(h Regiment, which is cider p cd to Florida. ifiom the N. O. Picayune Qthinst. Seventh Regiment,;U. S. Infantry. I his vetcian regiment is now in our city on its - ?0 Florida. For the last livci, • years it has been '-4 ■’xvr.rrrAirer, ttxt’TT’ i.’.'.Ji 3 ’- been informed by a gentleman at -1 inched, that some of the officers _ fia^e,never left that wild region dur- I iitg the.whole time and buve never ieven seen a rail road or canal. This ► egiment was with Gen. Jackson When he pul an end to the old Sem ’linole war and we sincerely hope it. y may be iosiriiircntal in bringing a ) bout the result on this campaign, f 0. . r . - —J ; ~ . FOREIGN loans. Mr. Stevenson:, our minister, writes >,encouragingly for Virginia. We wish vve Were charged with a loan -for our -city :-—Sav. Gcotgifax. • Extract of a Idler from the American - Minister. ' . London, Feb. 4, {I e ‘Th’s is the time for Virginia to intake a loan for the purpose ofln- Jtrnal Improvement. I can make • any loan for the State,to the amou; t of 5 or 10 millions, that she may ■want, irredeemable or not, for fifty years. Rely on it, she wilt never ‘have so good a chance. It will not jbe aecessarj to send out an agent. I Why not let mo negotiate for tin in before I return?”— Richmond Enq. ' EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. | The Boston Courier remarks, J It is a fact, as stated by Mr. Davis ; in the Senate of the United States, that the British government request ■ ■ ed, on alate occasion, pmmissiD.E-u* ...««-onh»i troop.-*- yhrough the very territory nowclatm ed exclusive jurisdiction of by the authorities of New-Brunswick. If the jurisdiction ' belonged toGrrat Britain, why ask permission?—cotd.l 'she not travel on liei own soil, with Gut asking the consent of ethers? jllovv long has shebeen particularly 'scrupulous of trespassing on the rights ! of others? - An attack on the American Consul at Pierre, -Martinique.— The - Wil mington N. C. Advertiser of Tues day says; { The schr. Willian Wallace,Spauld- ■ ’ n ff« a * tin? port, from St. Pierre, Martinioue, brings the following in lelliger.ee in a letter dated Febuaiv 9th. u Our consul, Payton ay, was attacked in his office, a few days since by a merchant by the name of Draffin, and his clerk Craney, who 1 burst open the doors,threatened hinv with the most abusive language,and ■ closed-the scene by pulling his ears. A prosecution was entered againtl Riaffin and he has been fii.cd and condemned to one year’s imprison ment, and 3,500 francs damagbs by the court as defaulter. Ordnance for the Frontier, L We understand says the Albany * ( Daily Advertiser of Wndnsday, th-,t n train oVwnguTis, cXirying twenty four field pciccs, irft the WatorvliLt } Arsenal, this morning for Maine, under the ’charge of Lieut. G. IL , Tallcottji’u pursuance of orders front Washington. W—... r -, T > two following aitides we ' copy from the New Yoik Heiald. ' GEN. SCOTT AND SIR JOHN s HARVEY-THEIR FIRST MEETING. The* peace, prosperity and ItappG ncss of tiie United States anil Great p. e e Britain now depends, and for some e | tline to tome, will depend upon tl;o above two named Generals. When they meet, for it is probable that ihey will sfioitly have a pcrsciial in -1 tcivicw, it will not be for the first ititime. If wo mistake not, it unsiip itjon the eve of the ever-t Q-be-i emui!i eibered 4th of July, ISI4, that G< w. isjS’Colt was advancing across a bcair n 1 iful plain a'-ont a mile and a LgVi\x ii.i-icc L hip> e.l ith a body of; lit/ice