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Edited by THOMAS HAYNES. VOLI ME VI.—NUMBER 30. THE STANDARD OF UNION, BY P. E. ROBINSON, pvblishkr (by authority) of the laws of the united states. 03* TERMS.—Three Dollars per annum. No subscription taken for less than a year, and no paper discontinued, but at the option of the publisher, until all arrearages arc paid. CHANGE OF DIRECTION.—We desire such of our subscribers as may at any hue wish the direction of their papers changed from one Post Office to another, to inform us, in all cases, of the place to which they had been previously sent; as the mere order to forward them to a different office, places it almost out of our power to comply, because we have no means of ascertaining the office from which they are or dered to be changed, but by a search through our whole subscription book, containing several thousand names. AH\ ERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of LAND, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held on tbs first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the coun ty in which the property is situate. Notice of hese sales must be gi ven in a publtc gazette SIXTY DAYS previous to the day of sale. Sales of NEGROES must beat public auction, on •of the month between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the letters testimentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving SIXTY DAYS no tice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the doo of the Court House where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in like man ■er, FORTYDAYS previous to the day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS. Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must bo published for FOUR MONTHS before any order absolute shall bo made by the Court thereon. Notice ol Application forJLettera of Administration must be publish ed THIRTY DAYS. Notice of Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administra tion es an Estate, are required to be published monthly for SIX MONTHS. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT? gTT = ’ iMilledgevii.ee, 29th .May, 1839. $ WHEREAS by mi Act of the General Assembly of this State, passed the 26th December, 1838, entitled “An ' Act to piovide for the call of a Convention to reduce the number of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes therein named,” it is provided “That it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor, to give pub licity to the alterations and amendments made in the Con stitution, in teferenco to tho reduction of the number of mem bers composing the General Assembly ; and the first Monday in October, next after the rising of said Convention, he shall fix on for the ratification, by the people, of such amendments, alterations, or new articles, as they may make for the objects of reduction and equalization of ihe General Assembly only; and if ratified by a majority of the voters who vote on the question of‘Ratification,’ or ‘No Ratification,’ then, and iu that event, so by them made and ratified, shall be binding onWfc people of this State, and not other wise.”—And ichereas the delegates of the people of this State, assembled in Convention under the provisions of the before recited Act, have agreed to, and declared the following to be ■lteratoins and amendments of the Constitution of this State, touching the representation of the people in the General As sembly thereof, to wit: “THE CONVENTION assembled under the Act “to provide for the call of a Convention to reduce the number of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes therein named,” passedthe 26th day of December, 1838, having met, under the Proclamation of the Governor, on Monday the 6th day of May, 1839, propose as the final re sult of their deliberations, the following, to be amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and present the same to bis Excellency the Governor of the State, that pub- Icity may be given to said alterations and amendments, accor ding to the sixth sectiea of the Act under which the Conven tion assembled : AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. The House of Representatives shall be composed of mem bers from all the Counties which now are or hereafter may be included within this State, according to their respective numbers of free white persons, and including three-fifths of all the people of color—to be ascertained by an actual enu meration to be made from time to time, at intervals of seven years, as now by law provided. Each county shall be enti tled to one member.* Each county having a' representative population, as above specified, of six thousand persons, shall be entitled to one additional member; and each county hav ing such representative population of twelve thousand per sons, shall be entitled to two additional members; but no county shall have more than three members. The number of members of which the House of Represen- ' tatives will be composed, according to the aforesaid ratio,and j the last census, shall not hereafter be increased, except when ! a new county is created ; and it shall be the duty of the Le- ; gislature, at their session to be holden next after the enumer- i ation provided for by law, so to regulate the ratio of repre sentation as to prevent such increase. The Representatives shall be chosen annually on the first I Monday of October, until such day of election shall be altered by law. The Senate shall consist of forty-six members, elected an- , nually, onthe first Monday in October, until such day of dec- ! lion shall be altered by law ; and shall be composed of one member from each of the forty-six Senatorial Districts follow- iwg: 1 Chatham and Effingham. 2 Scriven and Burke. 3 Richmond and Columbia. 4 Lincoln and Wilkes. 5 Elbert and Madison. 6 Habersham and Lumpkin. 7 Union and Rabun, fi Forsyth and Hall. 9 Jackson and Franklin. 10 Clark and Oglethorpe. 11 Green and Putnam. 12 Taliaferro and Warren. 13 Hancock and Baldwin. 14 Washington an 1 Jefferson. 15 Emanuel and Montgomery. 16 Liberty and Bryan. 17 Tattnall and Bulloch. 13 Mclntosh and Clynn. 19 Camden and Wavne. 20 Ware and Lowndes. 21 Telfair and Appling. 22 Laurens and Wilkinson. 23 Pulaski and Twiggs. And whenever hereafter the Legislature shall lay off and establish a new county, it shall be added to the most contigu ous Senatorial District having the smallest representative population. JAMES M. WAYNE, President of the Convention. Attest: Lucien La Taste, Sec'ry of the Convention.” I therefore, in conformity with the provisions of the before recited Act, do hereby give publicity to the same, and enjoin each voter for members of the General Assembly of this State, on the day therein specified, to wit: on the first Monday in Octobet next, to give his vote of "Ratification," or “ No Rat ification,' as provided in said Act; ami that the presiding officers certify the same to this Department, accordingly. $ . ®** en under my hand and seal of the Execu- ' L.B. tive Department, at the Capitol in Milledgeville this the day and year first above written. ~ GEORGE R. GILMER. By the Governor: John IL Htkki.f., S. E. D. June 4. 20 AGENCY.—The undersigned, being employed as clerk , in the Surveyor General’s office, will attend to the ta king out an J forwarding of Grants and Copy Grants for fifty cents each. Also, to the renewal of all Notes i„ the Central Bank, that may be entrusted to hiscate. for the cus tomary foe of Ono Dollar each renewal. Letters inclosing money and notes (post paid) will meet with prompt atten tion- ALFRED M. HORTON. Milledgeville, Ist June, 1838. 20—ts. of Union. 21 Bibb and Crawford. 25 Jones and Jasper. 26 Butts and Monroe. 27 Gwinnett and Walton. 28 DeKalb and Henry. 29 Newton and xMorgan. 30 Gilmer and Murray. 31 Cass and Cherokee. 32 Cobb and Campbell. 33 Coweta and Fayette. 34 Merriwether and Talbot. 35 Pike and Upson. 36 Houston and Macon. 37 Dooly and Irwin. 38 Thomas and Decatur. 39 Baker and Early. 40 Lee and Sumpter. 41 Randolph and Stewart. 42 Muscogee and Marion. 43 Harris and Troup. 44 Heard and Carroll. 45 Paulding and Floyd. 46 Chattooga, Walker and Dade. millinery and mantla-makino. MRS. LOUISA O’BRIEN, RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of' Milledgeville and its vicinity, that she has lately received from Charles ton, a fine assortment of BONNETS, of her own selection, among which are LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN’S BONNETS, OF THE LATEST STYLE. Sonic beautiful Drawed Bonnets, of a new and late style. Also, the Latest Fashion for CA PS and HEAD-DRESSES, and the Latest Fashions for LADIES' DRESSES—Arti ficial Flowers of various kinds. Iler Bonnets will be sold from one dollar and fifty cents, to two, three, seven and tw-elve dollars. Bonnets and Dresses made to older at the shortest notice, and of tho best materials, very cheap for cash. Also, on hand some splendid Feathers for Bonnets. Milledgeville, April 16th, 1839. 12—ts Agency. THE undersigned will attend to the taking out of Grants and ‘.he renewal of Notes at the Central Bank, for the usual lee of one dollar for each note renewed at the Bank ; one dollar for a separate Grant, and fifty efints for each ad ditional one. They will also transcribe Documents from any of the De partments of the Slate House, such as copies of tho Numeri cal Drawings from the Executive Department, certified co pies of Acts passed by the Legislature, &c., for a liberal compensation. Being engaged in the State House, they will be always ready to attend with promptness, any business intrusted to their care. The money for Grants and renewal of Notes must be for warded in all cases, or they will not be attended to. ANDREW G. LA TASTE, CHARLES E. HAYNES, Jr. Milledgeville, Ga., January 8, 1839. 50—ts General Agency. OTI HE undersigned renews the offer of his services to his JL friends and the public, in the transaction of a GENER AL AGENCY in thisplace. He will attend to the renewal of all notes, &c.. that may be entrusted to his care, in the Cen tral Bank, for the customary fee of One Dollar for each renewal; also, to the taking out and forwarding Grants, for Fifty Cents each. enclosing money and Notes (post paid) will meet with prompt attention. JOHN R. ANDERSON. Milledgevilq, Jan. 8, 1839. 50—ts BRANCH BANK DARIEN, ? Milledgeville, 27th March, 1839. $ A Ta meeting of the Directors of this Bank, this day it was Resolved, That in consequence of the suspension of the Branch Bank of Darien at Savannah, it is advisable that this Branch suspend payment for the present. The Cashier begs leave to say to the bill holders of this Branch that they need be under no apprehension in relation thereto, as the assets of this Branch are more than ample to meet all its liabilities. Resolved, That this Bank will pay an interest of seven per cent, upon all sums of one hundred dollars and over depos ited in this Bank, of the bills of said Bank during the sus pension. By order, 10—ts J. R. ANDERSON, Cashier. BANK OF MILLEDGEVILLE, ( July 2, 1839. $ ORDERED, That notice be given that such of the stock holders of this Bank as have not paid in as much as 75 per cent on their stock, be required to do so, on or before the 2d Monday in September next. Exti act from the minutes. July 9. 21—ts. T. RAGLAND, Cashier. To the Stockholders of the Bank of Milledgeville. AGREEABLE to the provisions of tho 7th section of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, passed 22d December, 1830, “to incorporate the Bank of Milledgeville, with Banking and Insurance privileges,” &.C., and being the owner of more than 500 shares of the stock es said Bank, 1 hereby call a meeting of the stockholders of said Bank to be held on Saturday theVthjday of September next, for the purpose of suspending for the present, the payment called for by the Directors of said Bank to be made on the 2d Monday in September next, on the capital Sto<-k thereof. WILKINS HUNT. July 24—tf. GAINESVILLE FEMALE HIGHSCHOOL. G. BEAUMONT, A. M. of Cambridge University, Great Britain, Principal. THIS Establishment, for which a spacious Building, Botanical Garden, and extensive grounds are in the course of active preparation, will be opened for the education of Young Ladies in the follow ing branches of polite learning: The Modern Languages; French, Italian, Spanish, anil German; the Belles Lcttres, Music, Drawing, Elocution, the Mathematics, Experimental and Moral Philosophy, Botany and Geology; as well as the usual studies of the Primary Departments. The mode of instruction in all branches, will be pursued on philosophical principles calculated to save the time and increase the interest of the student. The ground work of this system is a laborious analysis of the studies themselves, resulting in the compilation of entirely new elementary booksi by the Principal of this Seminary; while the physical sciences will be taught entirely by Lectures, explanatory of facts exhibited by the Philosophical Apparatus. The developement of all the functionsof mind and body, that are calculated for the permanent advantage of the Pupils, will be the care of the Principal and his fellow teachers. The discipline will be on principles of preserving tho self respect of Pupil and Instructor. The advancement of the Pupil will be secured by a weekly rectifying of the classes upon exami nation and review. The charges are (see advertisement, Dec. 1838,) respect ively, §24 00 Primary Department; §45 00 Second ; §BO 00 Senior. No extra charge for any of the above named or any branch of study taught in this Seminary, except for Music, for which arrangements are in forwardness with an eminent teacher; hut in the mean time, the use of the Piano, with competent instruction, free of charge, w-ill be allow-ed to students who have partly acquired that accomplishment. Term, 10 months; commence January Ist, 1839. Board at §lOper month and under, is secured for Pupils at a respectable citizen’s, under the superintendence of one of the Teachers. Mr. G. BEAUMONT, who is an English Barrister, and the author of several appiovcd works on Law, the Belles Let tres. and Education, having selected Gainesville as a location for his family, recommends to others, that which decided him in this selection ; the undoubted salubrity ol this district, the lesidcnce there of the most eminent members of tho Medical Faculty, the quiet manners of the. neighborhood, and the well supplied markets. Jan. 22, 1839. 52—ts ('I EORGIA AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MANUFACTORY JT AND AUGUSTA IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY,corner of Jones and C’umining streets, second corner above the Planters’Hotel. The subscriber would call the attention of Planters and others to the assortment of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, &c. which hr. has on hand, consisting of Ploughs of the most approved kinds and of the different sizes, from light one-horse to heavy four-horse; Hillside and Drill Ploughs, Seed Sowers, Harrows, Thrashing Machines, Corn Shi'llcrs, different kinds; C’orn and Cob Crushers, a first rate article; Wheat Fans, Hominv Mills,Cylindrical Straw Cutters ofdiflerent sizes; also, various other straw Cutters; Suirar Mills, Paint Mills, Turning Lathes, Ciicubtr Saws, Tyre-bending Machines, &c. He is prepared to do heavy Iron Turning, or any other work in his line nt short notice. 'The Iron and Brass Foundry is in full operation, having a first rate workman to superintend the business, and a good stock of the best pig iron and coal on hand. Those in want of machine orany other kind of Castings, may depend on their bring well done and of good quality. Gistings fur Cotton Gin Gearing, always on hand; also, Mill Irons, tec. ROBERT PHILIP. K KAMS of first rate MEDIUM PRINTING PAPER, for sale at the “Standard” office. June 25, 1839 22—if OUR CONSC IE N C E—O U R COU NT R Y—O UR PART Y. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1839. I olitics. —This department of our paper is one in which every class of our citizens is interested. Under this head we shall give the general political intelligence of the whole country; while we, as the conauctors of a public journal, are determined, without fear, favor, or affection, to support, with all our zeal, such measures of policy as alone will tend, in our opinion, to the promotion of our general prosperity as a people, the perpetuation of our liberties, and our beloved Union. 'J his paper, therefore,will be purely Democratic in its principles; ha ving for its object the diffusion (b equal rights, equal blessings, and equal burthens, thereby promoting the general happiness of the people; and to this end will all our energies be directed. W ith regard to the great questions of policy w hich arc now agitating the people of the United States, respecting the currency, we unhesita tingly declare our entire preference of the I ndependent Treasury system, from our belief of its strict constitutionality, and, in its tendency, better calculated to promote the general prosperity of all classes, than any oth er which, in our view, can be conceived. We are strict constructionists of the Federal Constitution, and shall always oppose those splendid schemes,'or ‘ American Systems’ of monop oly, which have ever characterised the policy of the Federal opposition, recognising no implied interpretations of that instrument, and believing that the * GENERAL WELFARE’ of every portion of our wide-spread confederacy, depends on a strict adherence to its plain and straightfor ward meaning, we shall not be sparing in our expositions and denuncia tions of those daring attempts which have and are now being made by the reckless and aspiring leaders of the Federal Party, to rend assunder this glorious Charter of our rights and liberties, and rear upon its ruins a splendid aristocracy of wealth and power. Earnestly advocating, therefore, as we shall always do, these great and fundamental principles of our government, which were conceived by a virtuous and patriotic ancestry while struggling for the rights and lib erties of mankind, we shall, in all cases, give our support, for public offi ces, to such men as we are assured shall have the patriotism, talents, firmness and disposition to sustain and carry out those principles suc cessfully. With all our zeal and ability, therefore, we shall advocate the re-election of MARTIN VAN BUREN, for the next Presidential term, with the fullest confidence in his exalted talents, integrity and patriotism, convinced that upon his success depends, in a very great measure, the firm and lasting establishment of those glorious principles of our revolu tion, so admirably .acted upon by Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson. And for the second office in the gift of the American people, we shall as cordially give our support to the Hon. John Forsyth, now Secretary of State. In announcing our preference of these talented, patriotic, long-tried and approved statesmen, for the highest offices in the government, we feel a glowing confidence in the almost unanimous approval of our fellow citi zens of the West, with an abiding belief that they will rally around the standard thus raised, proudly unfurling to the breeze the names of these distinguished individuals. Mechanics.—Under this head that large and respectable portion of our fellow citizens, among whom wc have the honor of classing ourselves, shall have a hearing. We invite them to the use of our columns. Their rights and interests must be sustained. Domestic and Foreign Intelligence.— Under these different heads will be found all important general intelligence, both at home and abroad. Ct/y News.— This head will embrace all matters and occurrences of interest, of every character, relating to, or transpiring within the city. We shall reserve a large portion of our paper for Advertising Patrons, both of the city and country; and as we anticipate a numerous subscrip tion list and a wide-spread circulation, it will be to the interest of adver tisers to appear in ourcolumns. It is contemplated for this paper to be published daily, semi~weekly, and weekly, on the following TERMS. For the daily paper sl2 00 per annum. “ “ semi-weekly paper, 800 “ « “ “ weekly “ 500 “ “ Subscriptions to be paid, in all cases, in advance, or satisfactory citv reference given, or the guarantee of the Postmaster, at the office to which the paper is ordered, for its payment. Advertisements will be inserted.conspicuously, at the usual city rates, rhose sent from a distance must he paid for in advance, ora satisfactory city referencc given. City subscribers will leave their orders at the Post Office, with the name of the. street and number of their residence ; and those at a dis tance will direct theirs to the Editors, post-paid., at New’ Orleans. All letters on business connected with tne papers, must be paid, or they will in no instance he taken from the office. 1 he publibaiion of this paper will be commenced some time in the month of October next —if there is a sufficient number of subscribers at that time to justify it. Our friends therefore will please send in their names anil subscription lists in time. Editors throughout the United States arc respectfully requested to give this prospectus a few insertions. EDWARD DELONY. August 13, 1339. *,’9 'The Editor has made arrangements for furnishing the most impor tant and interesting Texas news, from various points in that Republic, at the earliest moments. MACHINERY. Millcastings, Ironwork, Cotton and all kinds of Machinery furnished of the best mate rials, and finished in the best manner, by “The Savage Manufacturing Company of Maryland,” who have made ™arrangements with Messrs. Stovall, Simmons &. Co., of Augusta, Geo., to be their Agents, for receiving consign ments, who are authorized to receive payment of bills and expenses on delivery by them,.of the above described work, sent to that section of the South convenient to Augusta. Prompt attention wll be paid to all orders addressed to those gentlemen, at Augusta, to Thomas Landsdule, Superintendent of the works nt the “Savage Factory,” Md. or to GEORGE WILLIAMS, Agent, August G, 1839. 28 3m. ADMINI STRATOR’S SALE. WILL BE SOLD, in pursuance of an order of the Inferior Court of Washington county, sitting as a Court of Ordinary, on the first Tuesday in October next, at the Courthouse door in said county, a ne gro man by the name of Charles, belonging to the estate of James Go lightly, deceased; sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said James Golightly, deceased. Terms of sale on the day. M. BROWN, August G. 28 ts Adm’r of James Golightly, dcc’d. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. W'ILL BE SOLD, in pursuance of an order of the Inferior Court of Washington county, sitting as a Court of Ordinary, on the first Tuesday in October next, at the Courthouse door in said countv, a ne gro woman by the name of Celia, at times subject to fits of insani ty, and a uegro girl Elsey, belonging to the estate of Thomas Golightly, deceased ; sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said Thomas Golightly, deceased. Terms on the day of sale. M. BROWN, Aug. 6. 28 ts Adm’r. of Thomas Golightly, dec’d. GEORGIA, Jones County. WHEREAS William Hogan, Administrator on the Estate of Ridge way Hogan, deceased, applies for letters of dismission. These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under mv h nd, this 23d dav of July, 1839. CHARLES MACARTHY,CIk.C. O. August G, 1839. $1 50 28 Gm. GEORGIA, Washington County. WHEREAS Josiah Amason applies to me for letters of administra tion on the estate of Asa Jordan, late of said county, deceased. These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to shdw cause, if any exist, why said lettcru should not be granted. G.vrn under my hand at office in Sandersville, this 28th Julv, 1839. 11 ' l v Ji JLNHiAN, C. O. j?IOUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Inferior 1 1 Court of Jasper county, while sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real estate of John B. Slaughter, deceased, situate out of said eonntv. SARAH SLAUGHTER, Adm’x. August 6,1839. 28 4m , THE GREAT WESTERN. LIBERTY AND THE UNION FOREVER—THE PRINCIPLES OF WASHING TON, JEFFERSON AND JACKSON. I N proposing to establish in the city of New Orleans, a new paper tin* . tier the above title, we arc encouraged by the glowing and magnifi cent prospects which seem to hover around this mighty Emporium of the West, pointing its destinies to a summit of commercial grandeur, to which no other city in the world can ever expect to reach. Nor are these prospects confined alone to New Orleans. When we take into view the numerous wide-spread, and extended arms of the noble Missis sippi, winding themselves through an extent of country so immensely vast; embracing the most fertile and productive region perhaps in tho known world ; with a climate and scenery as beautiful us nature could form them; and a population of hardy, industrious freemen, increasing with every hour of the duv, we do not hesitate in declaring our opinion, that the West is destined, at an early day, to be one of the finest, the noblest sections of country on the face of the globe; and that New Or leans, as a commercial city, may, at no very distant period, claim the proud appellation of Mistress of the World. With such a field, then, as is spread before us, we cannot but feel con scious of our success in the important labors which we are about to un dertake. Located, as we shall be, at the general centre of the almost entire commercial business of the “ Great Iv’eoi,” and designing that our paper shall embrace all intelligence of importance, of the United States and of I'orcign Governments, it willlie found especially interesting and ] useful to every class of our fellow citizens throughout the Western country. The Great Western will be devoted mainly to Commerce, will support the interests td Agriculture, and will take its political posi tion and plant its standard upon the broad parapet of Democracy ; it will also extend its notice to the interests of Mechanics, and to City News, Sfc. Commerce.—-The larger portion of this paper will be strictly commer cial. All intelligence of importance of this character, both domestic and foreign, will be summed up at as early a moment as possible, so as t<j af ford our mercantile patrons every description of news which they can desire, under this head. Agriculture.—While every other branch of industry in the United States is receiving fresh and encouraging impulses for perseverance, this most important of all, seems to flag behind the general march of im provement and prosperity; and, instead of being placed at the head of our general national policy, and receiving that fosteringcare and protec tion to which it is so pre-eminently entitled, is left to grope its wav, sim ply by the dint of that perseverance and unwearied industry so charac teristic of our hardy countrymen. It will he our especial care to sustain the interests of this class of our fellow’ citizens. JHM.JH.-ia ■WMT’jSI.-JOLO. JB RUNAWAY from the Subscriber, about the 12th of February last, a negro / Man named 808, aged about thirty-six years, about / five feet ten inches high, and weighs about 140 pounds, onmOmimMO of a tolerable lively appearance, has a scar on one of his cheeks which has formed and appears as a substance resembling a small finger from the middle joint. When last heard from he was in Bibb county, Ala., where he was apprehended and escaped; he there staled he belonged to a man by the name of Hartt, and when again ta ken may not give his owners name, he also stated he designed going to Augusta, Guo., he may probably go in the direction of Tennessee, us 1 purchased him last autumn of a Mr. Hearttt, a mule trader, of Bedford county in that State. The above reward will be paid for his apprehension and safe confine mentin any Jail in the South, or South-western States, aud information given to the subscriber, at his residence near Erie, Green countv, Ala. BRYAN HINES. August 6,1839. __ _ 28 4m TO THE CITIZENS of MILLEDGEVILLE AND VICINITY. THE Subscribers take pleasure in informing the public that they have commenced tho business of RENOVATING OF FEATHERBEDS, in the city, hoping to meet with the patronage of a liberal public. The Feather Dressing has but recently been introduced into the south ern country, and we have no hesitation in asserting that no invention has ever given more general satisfaction than the renovating of feathers. from the NEWEST and BEST, to the OLDEST and WORST. It purifies and enlivens all. We invite the public to call at the house lately occupied as the office of the Standard of Union, on Wayne street, where they can see the ma chine and witness its operations. ALEXANDER & SPECK. August 6. 28 N. B. Those who want work done will please make immediate appli cation, as our services are wanting inotheer places. POETRY? “like orient pearls at random strung.” LINES suggested on hearing of the death of my mother. Why should 1 sigh, And bid the bitter tear in vain to flow, That thou hast fled the sorrowing scenes of wo, And scar’d on high ? Why grieve, that thou Hast put aside life’s mortal, impure dress, And walk’st in seraph robes of With angels now ? For this deem not My heart y ields up the labouring sigh— The tear-drop trembles in my fixed eye; But from deep thought. Thought will have tears; For in the floating visions that pass by, Mine now is melting’neath thy tender eye, As in pastyears. And there I trace The gentle smile that frequent gladden’d me, As, kneeling, with my cheek upon thy knee, 1 sought thy face. O mother dear, If ’tis permitted thee of heaven to bend Thy thought* on lowly earth, do thou descend— My pathway steer. For I am lost In deepest maze, which, like the dark And jutting cloud, wild fears spread thro’ the bark By tempest toss’d. Dispel that gloom; O, bear it far as darkness is away From the broad glories of resplendent day; Come, mother, come. Time was when all Our path was bright, and spread with blooming flowers, — When Fortune smil’d—than sunshine ’mid spring showers More beautiful. Days ye arc fled, And with ye life’s young hopes;—to hours of bliss Have followed years of pain and bitterness; — Death shroud my liead. O, if there be A joy fur sorrows past which I may win, No blissful heaven thou art—l ask it in Eternity! m. MISCELLANEOUS. Be JUST and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s and truth.— Shakspeare* MARTIN VAN BUREN. There is, perhaps no individual at the present day, whose charactei attracts and occupies, to so great an ex tent, the thoughts and attention of mankind, as Martin Van Buren. His position as president and responsible head of a great nation—a nation whose progress fiom an infant people to a great and mighty republic is, of itself, one of the greatest wonders Europe or the world has wit nessed for many centuries, now at the height of its pros perity, happineSS and glory; respected and feared by all na tions, civilized, savage and barbarous; whose vessels tra verse every sea—whose citizens tiade in every mart— whose natives ride on every ocean and*on every coast; a nation capable of protecting and defending itself and its interests at home and abroad ; a position pre-eminent ovej that of other men ; acquired not by descent, treachery, intrigue, corruption or conquest; but, as the spontaneous offering and free gift of a free people: given as the deser ved and acknowledged reward of a life constantly devoted to the service, happiness, best interests and liberties of that people; is one to attract the gaze and admiration of mankind. To do justice to his character, is an effort exceeding our feeble powers- It will require the pen and intellect of one who shall have lived in his day in constant familiarity with theincidents of his life, and who shall have out-lived him. Such an one, perhaps may one day be found, who will do justice to the extraordinary qualities which have raised him, by rapid strides through a gradation of public places and honors, from the humblest to the loftiest posi tional present attainable by man. Possessing command ing talents, extraordinary abilities, a varied experience, and a wonderful insight into the motives and springs of ac tion which govern man, this distinguished individual has risen by his own unaided efforts to the eminent station which he now fills. That he has been persecuted bitterly for his political course ; for the identity of his principles and opinions with those of the eminent patriot who prece ded him, and from envy of the success which has attended him, in his course through life, is freely conceded. But if this persecution itas been unjust; it lias endeared him the more to the Democracy of the Union. From the same cause, connected too with the success of his Admin istration, it may be truly said, that the confidence and at tachment of the people of the Union lias greatly increased towards him within the last two years. Already he has passed through tho most severe trials a statesmen has to encourter, endured tho otdeal of many conflicts, been tried in a gieat variety of circumstances and stations by his fel low-citizens, and never been found inattentive or recreant to their interests.— Utica Democrat. P. 1.. KOKJXJSOA, Proprietor. WHOLE NUMBER 290. LIFE OF A FLOWER. LETTER 11. i Dear I did not awake out of this second sleep till the sun liaJ given his own colour and lustre to the morning clouds; but the dew, into which an early hoar-frost had resolved ' itself, lay while upon the ground, and there was a globule, ; as big as a lady’s tear, in niy eye, that entirely filled it. ****** , At half past nine o’clock in the forenoon,' it butterfly,• the first that 1 had seen—indeed the first of the came ill tiering over us. Our chat was immediately pended, and every eye followed the brilliant stranger,; while he sported to and fro displaying his elegant form and gay apparel in every attitude; hovering here, descending • there, alighting nowhere. We violet* breathed our sighs of sweetness io allure him; the daisies—poor things, how I pitied them!—blushed to the tips of their petals, for it was plain that he despised them ; the primroses shivered with spleen, for they were in the shade, an 3 he never went near them ; the butter-cups blazed out in golden splendor; and they seemed his favorites, for now lie dipt towards one,- then towards another of them, till to the chagrin and as ; tonishnient of all, he at length settled on a glaring yellow ' dandelion, the vulgarist flower on the bank—with which not one. of us would even exchange a word ; and there he sate in the sun, opening and shutting his burnished wings; with ineffable self-coinplac.ency ; for it was soon evident that the coxcomb chose the gaudy weed, not for the love' ol it, but because its broad disk afforded him a convenient resting place, on which he could expand his gold and pur ple finery to tho admiration, as he thought, of all that be held him. We were so provoked, that we tried to look any way and every way, rather than at him ; and yet we" caught our eyes continually turning, as it were by instinct; again to him, for reilly he was a very pretty fell >w, and would have been a thousand times more so if he had nos known it. At last he whisked away. • * « We were very silent and pouting for nearly an hour; when a bee came humming along the lane; and as soon as he had wheeled around the corner of the old oak, darted down upon one of us—it was upon me. I was frightened out of my wits, the assailant seemed so rough and warlike in formnay, so unceremonious were his manners, if manners they may be called, that he instantaneously salu ted me, bore me down to the ground, and began sucking my breath till 1 was ready to faint; then off be flew, singing as he went, without noticing another blossom on the When I bad a lil'Jn recovered from the confusion occasion ed by this rencontre, I perceived that my neighbors were' all sneering at me, and sneering so enviously that I soon found—instead of being angry at the honest bee for rifling my honey, 1 ought to have thanked him for bis condescen sion in taking it by storm ; and it was evident, to me at least, from his preference and their jealousy, that 1 «a» the sweetest and handsomest flower of the party. This* notion so delighted my vanity, that I become quite giddy,- and eyed my companions whom nature had made less at tractive than myself, with a kind compassionate contempt. Down from a branch of the oak, that moment, fell a great sprawling spider full on my bosom, where he lay wriggling! on his back, five seconds, I am sure—an age of misery to me ! before he could gather his legs together, and throw himself, rolled up like a ball, on one of my lowest leaves, where he remained to my unutterable annoyance, consider ing h»w he should furthered ispose of himself. The flowers, which had been hitherto stifling their spleen against me, or muttering it in low whispers, now tittered aloud at this* ridiculous mischance, while I was so paralyzed that I could not even cry out for help. * ♦ • At this crisis, the clouds, which had long been lowering, broke suddenly, and poured down rain in torrents on our heads. The mole, neither liking the air nor the water from above, burrowed his way back again into his subter ranean abode, without doing any harm, except humbling the pride of the dandelion, for which we were all very much obliged to him. Il was only an April storm ; towards evening, the sun broke through the gloom, and spread a beautiful rainbow from one end of heaven to the other, as it appeared to me. The blue sk) cleared, the earth glowed! with verdure; every leaf and sprig of plant and flower, glittered with diamonds of the first water. All nature looked smiling and joyous. The gnats, by myriads, were dancing in circular clouds over our heads, repeatedly as sembling, though as often dispersed by the swallo.vs that darted to and fro in the open space between the hedges of the lane, and sometimes skimmed athwart our bank, bend ing our heads with their delicate breasts, or striking tho dew-drops out of our bells, with sudden touches of the tips of their wings. A black bird, perched on the old oak, chanted in his loudest notes a simple tale, about a few sticks and stiaws in the neighboring wood, which he and his true love had gathered in the rambles of their court ship, and woven into what they called a nest, where five chirpers had been disclosed from the shells that very morn ing. This had awakened, for the first time since he him self was hatched, all the rapturous tenderness of a parent in his heart, from the fullness of which he poured forth such a song as made me wish that 1 had been born “with such a pair wings” as his, “and such a head between ’em for that little home was all the world to him ; aye, and l he had a right to be happy in his own way, and to tell eve ry body of bis happiness, though none besides himself cared a straw about either his nest, his mate, or bis young ones. Meanwhile the firmament above rang with the ca rolling of larks ; the thrushes answered each oilier from tree to tree; and in the hedges, linnets, chaffinches, and wrens wore playing on their small pipes as many tunes as there were minstrels among them, yet forming one harmo nious concert. Above all, the cuckoo, continually chang ing his place, but never changing his note, made glad the' ear that haikened to him, while the eye in vain sought him out. All wis peace and concord around, and we flowers, forgetting our little enmities and rivalships, en joyed the breeze that mingled our sweets, and wafted them as incence to heaven. In the height of our festivity, a little company of hu man beings, the first whom I had seen above the rank of milk-boys, jolting along on their asses, with barrels, and an occasional clodpole, in his smock frock, “whistling a« lie went for want of thought,”—a little company of hu man beings, consisting of yourself, and a few of your friend* of either sex, came sauntering down the lane. While I was gazing with delightful astonishment on the apparition, one of you—l won’t say who—-stept aside, and plucked me. O the pang of that separation! may you never feel one so sharp, or, if you must, may it be as momentary;- for the next instant I was the happiest flower in the world ; it was a lady who had plucked me, and she placed me in her bosom. There 1 should have been content to die, but; whether my brain was turned by my good fortune, or whether the south-wind was envious of my felicity, and blew me away, certain it is, that I had no great cause to be proud of the lady’s partiality, for she was so regardless of me, that, before I had gone ten paces, I “fell from my high estate,” and what mortified me most was—she never missed me. Then indeed, had 1 perished miserably in the dust, or been trampled to death by some hob-nailed shoe, had not another personage in your train—he who has acted as my amanuensis in writing these memoirs— picked mo up, carried mo home, and placed me in a lachrymatory, filled, as be assuies me, with pure Castalian dew, in which 1 have lived long enough to tell you the fable of my life, and, with my dying words, to say, that if you find no moral in it, the fault is not mine. Farewell, VIOLA.