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13 V GARDNER & 13 ARROW THE CtEORCtIA ffIIRROR, Is published every Friday, in Florence, Stewart county, Ga. at I HULK DOLLARS a vear , ii' paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the year. \dvertiskmknts will he conspicuously inserted , lt () lie Dollar per square, (15 lines) the first, and al) cents for each subsequent insertion. Nothing under 15 lines will he considered less than a square. A deduction will he made for yearly ad vertisein nits. All advertisements handed in for publication without x limitation, will be published till forbid, mill charged accordingly. .''ales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators nivl Guiu-liatis, are required by law to be advertised in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to tlie day oi sale. The sale of Personal property must be adver tise' 1 in like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice tint application will he made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Ne "roes. must he published weekly for four months. nr7*» All Letters oa business must be post run to insure nto uthni. JOiV nUNTiNO (CONNECTED with the office of the 3IIR- J ROR, is a splendid assortment of And we are enabled to escute all kind ut .Tob work, in the neatest manner and at the shortest notice. A‘a y»»x tu :*> i *. ’'.y, jfi of every description will constantly be kept on baud, such as 1N! ilt IT ? 1:. NTS, DECUAH A'!'IONS, SIT.i’.K N vS, JUIUI SUMMONSES, EX EC U i'ONS Ct >ST !•'. X EGUTrOXS. sii;::: su s eigLS op sale. ,bt I'F i;-i ‘<S, l ,\u o’:i-:os, .Its. Si MM ox o;s, do KXSiCtSLTONaS, AiollTO VUES, « LET. VDMIXioTE vTTON, do TKSiNMEX TAKY, do G U AIID iAXSi ii P, \'i l a gre it livr.' others for Justices of the Peace, A lministr.th IL ■ , AN ACT rgiO iucorpovat th ./« of Florence, in the JL countv of Stewart, and appoint Comniis s o icrs for the sim. : S : ;. 1. Beit enacted by the. Sen ah and House of Representatives of Ike Slatepf Georgia, in veri er jl Assembly met, and t' is Lov l>y enacted by tin authority of Vic same, That iro’.n and alter the pas sage of this act, Asaph R. H ill,Thomas Gardner, AsellE Rood, Joseph 31. Miller and Benjamin Gardner are hereby appointed Commissioners for tv town of Florence, in the county id Stewart, al l they, or a majority ot the n, an! tneir succes s ivs in office, shall have power and "authority to p : . all laws and ordinances which they, or a ma jarity of them may and '.n expedient ami necessary fartlv well govennn "lit and goad order of said Town: Provided, sa.d bye laws and regulations arc not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State. Sec. 2. A cl be it further on tried, by the auflwr it >i of the sent , Tint on the first Saturday in Jan n ) v the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, 1 i each and ■ try y :ur thereafter, all free w i,t> m ile persons in the corporate limits ot said ti.u a of Florence, as h -reafter prescribed and lim ite !, who arc entitled to vote lor .Members to the State Legislature, sliail ass nubie at the t ontmis siouers’ room in said towui, and l>y ballot elect live co trnissioners who shall continue in oiiice for one year, and until their successors are elected, at which election one or more magistrates shall pre side; and in case of resignation, removal or death of any of said Commissioner;, the remaining Commissioners shall have power to fill such va c:un'v for the time being. .Sec. 3. An l be it further enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That the corporate authority and ju risdiction of said Commissioners shall include tlie wh le of lot No. ninety and all of tractions Nos. eighty-nine and eighty-eight. Sec. 4. And he it farther enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That the said Commissioners shall lay and collect a tax for the support of said town. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid , That the inhabitants oi’ said Town shall be free front road duty w ithout the limits of said Corporation. All laws and parts of laws mil itating against this act be and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT 31. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, 14th December, 1837. GiiOUGE R. GILMER, Governor. Secretary of State’s Office, ) Milled gevi lie, VMk April, 1838 S 1 certify that the foregoing is a true copy lroui the original of tile if» this office. Given under mv hand and seal ot office. ' \VM. A. TENNILLF, A ’ Secretary of State. TTkonhStk?’"wA V M " \ SKSS....» ** William 11. Pierson, orhc.uu, lor ' the first of January m*xt. A. ' n mn tionetl against trading for said No.' . • kcr from paying the same to any one but the "'Ap C rd2 8 GARDNER. mm* ’ From the Philadelphia Visiter. ORPHAN ELLEN. O! Lady, buy those budding flowers, For 1 aui sad and wet and weary; I gathered them ere break of day. When all was lonely still and dreary ; And long I’ve sought to sell them here, To purchase clothes and food and dwelling For valor’s wretched or pan girls— i’oor me and my young sister Ellen. Ah, those who tread life's thornless way, In fortune’s golden sunshine basking. May deem my wants require no aid, Because my lips are mute unasking. They have no heart for woes like mine, Each word, each look, repelling; Yet once a crowd of flatterers fawned, And fortune smiled on me and Eiien. O, buy my flowers fair and fresh As mine and morning’s tears could keep them. Tomorrow’s sun shall find them dead, And I shall scarcely live to weep them. A’et this sweet bud, if nursed with care, Soon into fullness would be swelling; And nurtured by some generous hand, So might my little sister Ellen. She’s sleeping in a hollow tree— Her only home—its leaves her bedding, And I've no food to carry there. To soothe the tears she will he shedding. O, that those mourner’s tears which fall, That bell which heavily is knelling, And that deep grave were meant for me And my poor little sister Ellen. When wo in silence are laid down in life's la 4, f.\irie;.s, blessed sleeping, No tears will fail upon our grave, Save those o! pity nig 11 eaven son u weeping. Unknown we’ve lived, unknown must die— No tongue the mournful tale lie telling Os two young broken-hearted girls— Boor Alary and her sister Lilcu. No one has bought of me touav, Ail l ui Bit is now the tow n o ers . filing; And I, like these poor drooping flowers, Unnoticed and unwept am finUm;. M« soul is stru rglin; to he free, It loathes its wretched earthly dwelling, 31 y limbs refuse to bear their load— (j, God, protect lone orphan Lken. BURIAL OF THE SUB-TREASURY BILL. Letter from a Loco Vaco m M ash< ngton to his poli tical J'riauL “Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, “As over the ramparts we hurried. ’ Not a word was said, riot a speech was made As the Bill thro’ the House was hurried; No kindlv Conservative came to our aid, As our favorite measure wo buried. The question was taVu in silence and tears, Or only disturbed by our sohhiiitr, While terrible doubts and awful fears in the hearts o! the faithful v.eic tj.oboing. No useless amendment encumbered the Bill, No previous quest ton upon it, ’Twns laid on the table deserted and still, Precisely as't came from the Senate. Sadly we counted the “nays” to the last, And the absent ones strove to remember; We said not a word of elections just passed; But we bitterly thought of November.* We said not a word in defence of it, there, We were not (to tell the truth,) able; But we rose from our scats in silent despair, And left it alone on tlie table. • The month in which the Congressional elec tion takes place.— Providence. Journal. tl [|WW> |, r -~| — Wed din a Presents.— ln the Swedish province of Dalecarlia, it is customary for young females on their wedding day to present each of the guest with a pair of stockings or gloves of their own knitting. This custom is held so sacred, that wed dings are frequently deterred, becauue the requis ite quantity of stockings and gloves are not finished. A sailor was passing one of the petit street-auc tioneers, a short time since, and stopped a moment to hear what wa* going on. -Going!’ exclaim ed the kinglit of the hammer ; Going ! one and sixpence—going ! gone !It is yours, sir . han ding the book to the sailor. ‘3l me, sir! exclaimed lack with a tone of unaffected surprise. ‘\\ hat is it V ‘ Pocahontas ,’ replied the auctioneer. No, q n nl e, if you poke it oil to usf replied the tin, and walked off. Stamm erinsr. —Lieut. L. had a most unfortunate hesitation in his speech—so much so, that w hen he was agitated, he could not he understood. One moruimr, giving orders, a man, in obeying hni, fell overboard. The ship was m full sail, the Lieutenant, in agony, ran about, making every effort to explain what hail happened. In yam no body could understand him. H.s agitation rose «o high, that he attempted to throw himself over board. The sailors held him thinking lie «as sei ned with madnfisv. At last, the admiral came up. The Lieutenant then began again lus umutelli file cllort He, however, could make nothing ot it. ■ \ t last, he said, “if vou can’t speak, you can sing . 'This did the bu fines*. The Lieutenant imme ! diately began a favourite waltz.---“ 1 here s a man overboard, overboard—There ! there . pom.mg Ito where he fell. Instantly the ship was put bacK I —the boat put off; and the poor fellow picked up 1 at the last gasp. FLORENCE, GA. FRIDAY, MAY ii, 1838. maun the broken merchants. a tale of the Troubles of 1637. “To die—to Sleep; To sleep! perchance to dream; aye there’s the rub; ’or in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coii, 3lust give us pause.”—Hamlet. “Bless me! who is moving away?” asked 31rs. Specie-ton, who was sitting at the w indow of a fashionable boarding-house in Brodway. The hulies ran to the window, and behold a cut be fore the door, on which they were [lacking all the etcetras of a boarding family. Just then tie lady of the house came in, and with a heavy sigh threw hereself upon the sofa. “Whose baggage is that, 31rs. Benton ?” asked 3irs. Specieton, “It belongs to 3lr. Smith, who is removing to the country.” “Dear me, I did not know they were going a way.” “Nor did they themselves think of leaving me for a year yet; but did you not know lie liad/ufi ed /” “Failed! no indeed. But now I recollect they have not been at table for two days.” “I knew it,” said young Mrs. Marsden; “but did not care to mention it.” “This is the fourth family who have thus sud denly left me, and really' I do not know vvliat is to become of me. My landlord has raised my rent to seven thousand dollars, and now these hard times have put an end to all travilling, and broken up my house. 1 wish the government was drowned before it had caused such terrible do ings.” “3lrs. Benton, you astonish me,” said 3lr. Specieton, “pardon me if 1 sav you speak in a very irreverent and ungrateful manner of those in office.” “Ungrateful! Pray what reason have I tube grateful, when they have caused all my hoarders to fail and leave me. Grateful it is no worse, i suppose.” -1 never talk politics with a female,” observed Mr. Specieton, gravely, “especially with oue who j . . o short-sighted as not to be able to forscsce the glorious cud of this great experiment.” ‘■Before it ends wc shall be ail starved,” said Mrs. Benton. ••lie! fi.-!” laughed a thin drrk over-dressed ladv, who was reclining on tlie ctlu r end ot the sot i. a Southerner, and withal a violent whip. — • He! he! that reminds me of my poor dear giand fjtiler's experiment —he tried to subsist his slaves upon cotton-sccd, and lie used often to sa f alter svards, he had no doubt be should have succeeded, if they had not all taken it into their beaus most unaccountably to die—he, lie!’’ Mr. Specieton did not deign an answer except * \ skrug'jiug his shoulders and muttering some thing about stale whig jokes. • O , rnamn a ’ said .Matilda Spec'e'on returning *rom the window, “do give me ten shillings. I saw such a love of a scarf at Stewart’s, which he sold for three dollar-last winter, but which he now s ,.;l s for ten shillings. I could not get my fiili.-. changed.” “Ten shillings,” said 3lrs. Benton. “Ido not Know where you are to get that iroin, I have not seen so much specie in a month.” “it is vm v scarce,” said Mrs. Specieton, “i have not had much lately,” “H-w vexatious,” said her daughter, “where fins a’l the money gone—i as it sunk into the sea? “No, dear,”said 31rs. (’otton the Southern lady; “tin* President wants it all for l:i; own private spen din-r. What cares he. or the officers of the gov ernment whether the merchants-the prop, tiic stay—nay, the very supporters oi tin: government, prosper or arc involved in ut; a - ruin. 1 hey are callous to the sufferings and distress ot all—save when it touches their oiva intent's, and th.cn they discover there is a pressure—nut none that ‘any honest man should fear.’ The tyrant is seated on his throne, surrounded bv his sat- lites eager to do his bidding ; and thus lie reclines on liis bed of down, regardless ot the misery a.id min ot the cmmtry’of his birth. Were but women allowed a voice in the legislative halls, 1 war. ant u>e affans would then be changed.” -Pshaw, child,” said Mr. Specieton, “there is plentv of specie and yellow gold. Ho no* believe the story the whigs'tell—here is a handful: but it seems to me you have a variety ot^s curl's, and 'on must not be so extravagant, child. ' “Hcigho!” sighed Mrs. Benton, “I do not care who makes the money pressure—government or whig?, but 1 do hate to see my boarders ruined— and my house empty.” And with another heavy sigh she left the room. “What a silly woman that is,” said ..Ir. Specie ton, after she had left the room, “with her sighs and groans and money-pressure. I tell you it is all a mistake—wait in patience. I have no idea but that all will go oil right—l have no tears.” “It is awful times,” said Mrs. Cotton. “ All my acquaintances are selling off. ruined—and disap pearing from society. -I fancy they are not so de lighted with the experiment you are so fond n. talk ing about.” . 0 Such ignorance and impertinence, as Mr. fcpe cieton considered it, he did not think worthy of an “Dear me, papa,” said 31atilda, “what should we do if vou should fail ?” “1 fail, Matilda! what could put so monstrous an idea in your head ? No, thank fortune that is ""•‘•Of course!” said his wife, drawing herself up in a dignified manner. “It is an absurdity to im- H'rine such a house as Specieton, ©anklcy, & Cos. could become bankrupts—how could you imagine suuh a thins, Matilda.’ kfc Oh, Ido not know, but Wilhelm savs no one is safe now-a-days. He is dull about h.s affairs. 1 leifho! what hateful times-every one glomny, no parties-nothing talked of but failures and U “Aye,” said 3lrs. Cotton, rising to leave tlie room, “you may be glad it is no worse. You will see harder times yet.” And nodding, and twink ling her little dark eyes maliciously, she retired. “How 1 hate that whig woman,” said 3lr. tfjie cieton. “Like all her party she is ever prophe sying evil, and rather than tneir words should not come true, they would ruin themselves and tlicir country.”, “Come, come! leave politics, and take a stroll on the Battery,*’ said his wife. The ladies retired to equip themselves, and joined bv Wilhelm Kozeustion, to whom 31atilda was betrothed, they sallied out for a walk. Seated at the window of a large and elegantly furnished apartment, immediately over the draw iiiiig-ioom, were three persons: 31r. and 31rs. alaisdcu, a young couple who had been married only one month, and Mrs. Granger, a lady who boarded in the same house. “Dear me, what a show our friends the Specie tons make,” said 31rs. Granger, looking after them. “Their gay dresses attract every eye. Pink satin mantelets, trimmed with broad black lace—bon nets all satin and blonde —for my part, I could not bear tube dressed out so splendidly when all the city is plunged in such gloom and distress.” “That lias often struck me,” said Mr. Marsden, rousing from the gloomy reverie in which he had been plunged, “when 1 have been ail day in the business part of of the city, surrounded by men wan with anxiety or haggard w ith despair, and see the ladies in Broadway decked out like butterflies, sailing along as if in mockery of the woes ot their fathers and husbands, it has struck me as some thing so utterly shocking and unfeeling that 1 have turned away in disgust.” “It is not so much the case now as formerly,” observed 3lrs. Granger, “Broadway and the shops are not by any means as thronged as usual, and it will diminish more.” “Besides those who have dresses roust wear them,” said Mrs. Marsden, “and they should not give up all exercise.” “No, Caroline; hut I would have them do as you have done,” he replied, gazing admiringly upon his voting bride. “Do you know, Mrs. Granger, the dear creature has laid aside all her rich wed dingdresses, and wears only cajico in the house, arid plain dark silk tochuri l h---and even her bridal hat of satin and blonde, has given place to straw and plain green ribbon.” “Then that is the reason we never see you in any of tlioss pretty dresses you wore when you fast came here! a just compliment to the times, which we all might follow.” 31 rs. Marsden blushing and smiling fondly upon her husband said. “Pray do not praise me Alfred ; it was from a selfish motive, I assure you; for when I saw my husband and friends w ere so much dis tressed, and there was so much suffering around me, I did not feel comfortable in gay dresses.” “Vou are a noble-minded woman,” said 3lrs. Granger, as she arose to depart, “and it all had acted as you have done, the sinful luxury ot this city would soon cease, and our husbands Le re lieved from a load of care.” When Mrs. Marsden n tuned to her seat after seeing 3lrs. Granger to th” door, she found her husband leaning his head upon bis hand in the same desponding rtitude which had been so com mon with hiirrof late. “Now, Alfred, dearest, you must not look so wretched,” she said ca ressingly ; did you not promise me you would try to look more cheerful.” “Caroline, 1 have tried—l have struggled against this depression, but it is in vain, ii you know what an effort it is to strive to appear composed, when the besom is torn with contending emo tions, you will not ask it. Its costs me too much.” “Well, dear, be dull then if you choose, but toll me what it is that makes you so gloomy and despairing. You have not tailed, and may yet weather the storm.” ••No, my wife—do not deceive yourself; every day I am more convinced ot the appalling cer tainty that the next may sec me a bankrupt, and all my friends involved ill my rum.” “Gertainly there is n thing pleasant in such an expectation. Still it becomes us all in times of great emergency,; l l arouse oursoivss t. om despond encypmd sharpen all our faculties to keep above the current, or to seize upon new resources tor safety. If you are bankrupt, it will not be from any mis management ot yours—and no one will blame vou.” ' “But to reduce my wife to beggary—you who have been brought up to every comfort—no I can not bear it.” And rising up, he paced tlie duoi in the greatest agitation. “Ah, yes, I see I am a burden upon you Allied, said his wife, “if you were not married you would feel it less. When you married me I was an heiress, and vou could rely in ease of reverse upon the assistance of my father—he is now a bankrupt and cannot serve. ' I have also plunged you into more expense by taking this costly suit of apart ments—but l will give them up-to-morrow will see us in cheaper lodgings, and there will he one thing less to reproach myself with.” “Give up these beautiful rooms winch all your friends have admired so much—dearest Caroline, I cannot permit it.” “(H, 1 am the master here, and am dertermmed I will be no more a burden upon you.” “Yo„ a burden?” he exclaimed, seating him self by her side and pressing her to him “A ou are mv only comfort, Caroline. When in my office, barrassed by a thousand unpleasant things, 1 am rea.lv to despair, and wish 1 could lay me down and die ; but when I return to your cheering and sympathising bosom, 1 forget all mv distress.-- Somctimes, do you know, 1 think it it w ere not t„." vou,' lie added, gasping for breath and looking wildly upon he., “I -hould—ycs,Caroline, I know 1 should destroy myself!” , , “Destrov vourself!” she repeated slowly, gazing fixedly into her husband’s agitated face, “And do 1 hear this from the lugh-souled, pious Allied Marsden. Do not let me hear those words again. Oh do not lead me to think, I have been deceived in mv husband, and that his spirit, once so noble awl exalted, has uot been able to bear np against the ills of life!” Vol. I.—No. 7. Alfred shook liis head and and turned gloomily away from her. “What!” she said, “can it be possi? ’e the of mere s worldly goods, of luxuries, when health and strength, and innocence, arc left, can thus break down ail high resolves, all religious princi ples, and throw you into the ranks of the w eak, the imbecile, whose pigmy soui i» unable to withstand the shocks of fate. Have you forgotten, my hus band, there is another and a happier world to the virtuous,” she continued, lifting her fine eyes streaming w ith tears to heaven ; “another home where a kind and pitying father watches his chil dren as they travel their weary and thorny road, hoping iliey will but prove true to him and to themselves, that he may joyfully welcome them to that better land he lias’in reserve for them. “In my father’s house there are many mansions.’ • b, Alfred! rise, 1 conjure you, superior to these trials, and we shall inhabit them together w hen earth and all its troubles shall have passed away ?* Tears burst from the eyes ot young Alarsden, and the stern and despairing feelings w hich had seized upon his heart and crushed all its best re solves, vanished from liis breast, and throwing his arms around her, he called her his guardian spirit, and blessed the hour lie had taken to his heart so firm a counsellor and tender guide. About a week after this, some of the remaining boarders of 3lrs. Benton were seated in the draw ning-room aw aiting dinner. Tlie last to enter was Mr. Granger, who threw himself upon a sofa over come with fatigue. “Any thing new in Wall St. 1” asked Mr. Nor ton, an elderly gentleman, not in business, who. had been out all day. “Matters look worse—stocks are falling—bad news from England.” “Any new caste, as we used to say in Cholera times; any new failures?” “Good God, yes, a dozen. I remember the time when oue failure set all Wall street in a tor ment, and now we have 'twenty-five a-day. r l he* great house of Spec'.etcn Banklry & Go. aie gone all to smash—not save a cent. ’ “He! he!’ laughed Mrs. Cotton. “I wonder if he finds a pressure real now.” “llow uuaminble politics reiulcra woman,* syul Mrs. Granger, aside: Cut what is poor Mrs. Spe cieton to do without money,’ she added aloud; “she never denied hersell any tiling, and 1 fon< V does not possess a mind strong enough to rise su perior to circuras'ances.’ “She was an awfully extravagant woman—and so lazy,’ said 3irs. Cotton, arranging the sofa cushions, upon which the had been lulling all the morning; “that 1 have seen licr lounge on the sofa all the day, she has dresses enough to last her two years, and.so costly, she might support herself by the sale of them. Her pocket hand kerchiefs cost twenty-live dollars a piece. “Any woman who gives so much money fora pocket handkerchief, deserves to suffer, said 3lrs. Granger, “1 declare it makes me shud *i when 1 look around me and see the aw ful waste ot money, caused by some ol the silly, dressy ladies ol onr city.’ “Madam, you are very right,’ said 3lr. Norton. “It is truly ridiculous to see women, whose hus bands toil day and night for a living, and who may one d::v lose it all, tricked out in dresses only tit for, anil only made for the nobility of Europe, whose daily income is greater than the yearly re ceipts of some of their husbands, ll they knew how silly they appeared in the eyes of tlie world, and particularly the third, inp class ot their own countrymen, they would dress less expensively and less gaily.’ “Avery different woman is ray friend, 3lrs. Marsden,’ said Mrs. Granger; “who is almost the only support and stay ot her suffering hus band.’ “By-the bye, how are they making out -'.nee Ins failure ?’ “She behaved nobly on the occasion. Deter mined to economize, she has given up her rooms here, and hired a very cheap one in some very ob scure street. 6he had several invitations trom her triends and relatives to come to them but she. would not consent to part with her husband, who. poor fellow, remains litre to seek for employment and rather than he n burden to him, she applied to the Female Depository for work, with the pr>- ceeds of which she defrays nearly all their expen ses.’ “Dear me,’ sneered Mr. Shallow, “I should like to see the fashionable Mrs. Marsden working fora living: sitting up late sewing by a tallow can dle.’ " ... “Silence, sir !’said old Mr. .Norton, inn voice of thunder, which sent the annihilated dandy into a corner shivering w ith (right. “Noble woman !’ he continued, turning to Mrs. Granger. “Such high-souled brings exalt the character of their sex, and are a blessing to their husbands. Sweet creature—she deserves to be happy—and she will be happy; such moral cour age and purity ot soul bring their reward* and ho turned away to conceal the tear that started.to his '“There is another failure to-day which worries me very much,' said Mr. Granger. “It is the German house ot Manheim Lessing A Go. I am afraid our amiable friend, Wilhelm Rozeu stien, is a sufferer there, and I dread tlie conse* quencc to one of his excitable teinpeiamcnt. “I should be sorry for him,’ said 31 is, Cotton, “lie is so gentle ami good, and sings so intereet * ‘ Mt is that very gentleness which I fear: were he possessed ot more firmness and a stronger judg ment, I should not be .o anxious. These for eiirners think it so great a degradation to fail in tbeir busiuess engagements, that they are unable to sup port the disgrace, and often make way with themselves.’ ~ “Yes “said Mr. Granger, sigloug, “M i?* helm had a quirk sense of honour, and an ardent sensibility, and I have often heard him say he would never survive a failure. I do not know what would become of liis dear mother and sisters in Germany, should he not act like a man, for they all depend on him for their sustenance.’ “An honest man iritx-t always feel an cvsu