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BY GARDNER & BARROW. XHJ' heirrgu, f, published every Saturday, in Florence ewnrt county, Ga. ut I HREfc DODLA LS a rear, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLAR if not paid until t’ne end of the year. Advertisements will be conspicuously inserted , t One Dolin' per square, (15 lines) the first, and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Nothing uruici' 15 lines will be considered less thr.ua f.enarc. A deduction will be made for yearly ad vertisements. , \ll iiuvcrime -na.it* handed i*i for publication ,v,.';iiut -t limitation, will be published till forbid, and charged acrerdiup'y. Fa! '- of Land, and Executors, Ad ministrators an l Guardians, are required by law t i b - adrert'r -1 in a public Gazette, sixty days pr vious to the day ol sale. The sale of Personal property must be adver tised in like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be publis’ne 1 forty days. Nonce that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Ne rrn''«, must be published weekly for four months. ** Ail Leders on business must be post p tin to insure attention. J 015 PR IN S ING. ff IQNNEG n: with the office of tlie MIR- V-/ lit >I;. is a.:.;.Undid assortment of w’-L-'i? tar*&aWß<> A tid tve ii e ena ‘ “ I to excute. all kind of Job work, in the neatest manner and at the shortest notice. Jut&Sa. of every desc iption will constantly be kept on hand, such as tdDiCT.MKNTS, ) ■ ,Ch \RAT IONS, S lli'iKN MS, .11 1’ A SUMMONSES, F.> I'.'.'t'TKfNN r . . r EXECUTIONS, r ; . TIFFT■BILLS OF SALE, DEEDS, t \:i> DEEDS, V.. UeiMONSES, ETIONS, do GUARDIANSHIP. l.i.T. ADMINISTRATION, (la 'i'LS'i' AMi s i.UD, i■j a c ,- cr .t in snv others for Justices, of the .Adm , Executors,&c. . ,<rz:? "> -eel to f•' ••vj ,t ... j,.;- IMierifl ol t ... next efcc - e • it torised to v - \ , , , . is WILLI VMS •. jy . , ... lid.ito for 'f ix Collector • , Aisigjp 0 < . , av , colin t v at the election ~ Jar uar ne• t. S >t.3 »t r.; \Vc pro authorisctl to V - J\i*£T* nnotv.ee WILLIAM V. DELL , a caichdate for Receiver ol lax Returns for Stewart county at the f; ma> \ next election. Sept. 8, 183s. . COME TO THE POLLS! if \ ELLU DON will be held at the Comm s -tone ■■. Room in tiffs place, on the Ist Sat . la. narv next, for five Comm--.eis f .wß.ta serve for the year 1839. Pulls to hc. 'ii ,(J o'clock, M. P,, ovd.-r ol* the Hoard. TANA R US;,.(. ; , ,r mo. GARDNER. Sec. L< (>K Ol T. * t], th- s-j a; bted to the Black Smith and 1838, must pay u ■ ' •• will 1. • put in an officers hands for V> M. B. HAR • • ■ • r . -.her. 22; 1857 ILG. WH.ll * MS, j \ * a om ,1 themselves in the PRAC '"c r r>g ■ ; iICI NE. respectfully ten ■ service* to the citizens of |ft . . - md the unrounding country. 1 e acquaintance with diseas n- >rt |i e : a Southern clime, they flatter »L 'mmlt. •!,;>) y will be enabled to give com ; ... S 'it <■■ , *■ heir employers. y flP ' .v, i . be found at their office at all •im. .. - ;e. ..at .fessionally encaged, conse >Eie itlv • l :o« •• ho ill honor us with a call, may always ex' cet t and immediate attention. Florence, ' nril 9 2 $ ,v v; R, IJ AV, ATToRN-EV AT LAW, HAVIN'- loehimself in Starksvillcc, Lee conntv. will 'notice mull the counties of the Chattahoochee -. .nut, and in Houston and Upson of the Flint, and Dooly ol the Southern. He hopes, bv strict u-.Jit.ou to the business en trusted to his rare, t. > receive a liberal share ot public patronage. Nov. 15 fit 54 . J. A. H. HIACOW, attorney at law, STARKSVIILE. let COUNTY. GEORGIA \¥TILI, attend the Courts of the CHAi v? lIOOUHEE CIRCUIT. Nov. 25 35 ly , -- - - Allorney .it l-aw, FLORENCE, STEWARD COUNTV, GA Apiil 16 LOTS IN FLORENCE, FOR jSHZE t he subscriber offers for sale on ac '«Mf if commodatuig terms, several Business :,r, d Residence Lots in the town of atfin Florence, beautifully situated, and one improved lot with a comfortable dwelling house, on the same forsale or rent. Persons wishing to settle in Florence and are desirous of purchasing Lots for business or residence will do well to call and examine mine as they will be sold on very liberal terms. Florence is rapidly thriving and iu a short time min t become a place of immense bu siness. situated as it is in a healthy section of the country, surrounded by wealthy and industrious planters. 1 would ais > remark that the citizens are ma king arrangements to have tine schools established both Male an I Female —which are now in opera tion. A fine female Academy is in contempla tion which will shortly be completed when Flor ence will tie enabled to compete successfully with any town in Georgia for advantages of this kind. The subscriber also oilers for Sale on liberal terms GOO acres of land with some improvements on the road leading from Lumpkin to Irwinton, 5 miles from the former place. The situation is j beautiful and health •, the water good. Persons j wishing to purchase orview the premises will call ots Mr. James P. Matthews near the place who is ' triy authorised agent for the sale of said lands or i to the subscriber near Florence. JOHN T. B. TURNER. July 23,1833 13 V A M VBLE PROPERTY i 'OSI S.iLE. fAOR the purpose of closing the estate of Asaph R. Hill, late of Stewart County deceased. The subsriber will soil at private sale, one third or the whole of the following property, viz. ONE COMMODIOUS NEW STOJE HOUSE AND LOTS, The well known stand of Hill Laurence A Cos. Lumpkin Ga. Also 31 acres Land adjoining said Town, handsomely situated for private resi dence. Also the well known, I*2so*?iix fiOtel, FavrsHtare And Lots, in the Town of Florence, at present occupied by Mr. A. Burnett. Also the large framed, WARE HOUSE AMD FIXTURES, In the Town of Florence, at present occupie/by Jernigan Laurence &Cos Also two unimproved Lots, in said Town, Nos. 103 and 109 in square 11- high elevated ground for building. ‘.S i two ettlnnetits of valuable pine Lands, con taining 740 acres, 3 -title . t; t Florence. Also 8 Lots in the cit -of St- Jnue: bs. amongst which are Lots to suit tint merchant or the settler. Also '27 shares of the Capital Stock c • St. Josephs Rail Road&Uatial Company. V->> one fine Sad dle Horse. - Any of the above property will be sold on ac ! comma luting terms, by application to the sub scriber at Florence Georgia HENRY W. JERNIGAN TEx tr. and •> i •»■>’ Y 14 I -ce ted The Subscriber will sc!! several valuable settle ments of Land, from 202-3 to 1000 acres. May ->5, 1833 9 ii. W. IGAN AL A 13AM \ L \NDS FOR SALE. i "\T half o M jo ii • s. half i it nn N. half 8 i t 30 N. half 7 14 30 S. half 7 ! 4 30 S. half G 14 30 S. half 11 14 29 S. half 20 18 28 S. half 31 10 08 N. half 5-3 19 29 S. half 53 if) 29 \V. half 29 10 2G N. half ♦> 10 .30 E. half 21 22 2G E. half 22 13 28 N. half 33 20 26 S. hull' 32 18 28 W. half 26 15 24 S. half 29 16 25 E. half 2 18 25 Any of the above Lands will bo sold oa -n to suit purchasers, by application to John D. Pitts, j Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the subscriber, at Mu j con. J- COWLL.9 Juiv 26 18 LAND FOR SALE. THE subscriber will sell to the j (ffSyjLc highest bidder, on the first Tuesday | Cf m JANUARY next, the Plantation where he now lives, lying on the Fort Gaines road, nine miles north oi Lumpkin, con- , mining FOUR HUNDRED ACRES oak and hickory land, with about 125 acres cleared. Per- \ sons wishing to purchase would do well to call and view the premises. Nov. 5 33 4t W. B. SHIRLING. VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE. The Subscriber offers for sale a vat 4KS r.rdile TRACT OF LAND whereon he now lives, lying in Stewart county, one mile and a half from Florence, contacting 1,000 acres, of which there is between 200 and 300 acres in cultivation. On the premi ses there arc comfortable houses, a good GIN HOUSE, superior GIN and GEAR. Also, a FIRST KA PE SAW MILL, which has only been in operation about six months t surrounded bv an inexhaustible quantity of pine timber, near several towns, situated on the Chattahoochee riv er. The land ts rich and level. I have good soring water, and a healthy and beautiful situa tion for a residence. Any person wishing to pur chase will call and view the premises. -TOSEril REESE. J dry; 28 re eotf FLORENCE, GA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,1839. From the Southern Literary Messenger iiiilj or tiollieisi. BV MRS. SIGOURNEY. Mothers best discharge their duty to the com munity, by traiuiug up those who shall give it strength and beauty. Their unwearied lah-n. should coincide with the aspirations of the Psal mist, that their “sons may lie as plants grown up in their youth; their daughetets, as corner-stones, polished after the similitude of a palace.” They would not wish to leave to society, where thev had themselves found protection and’ solace, a bequest that would dishonor their niemorv. \\ e, who are mothers, ought to feel peculiar solicitude with r-jjard to the manner in which onr daughters are reared. Being more c in-dant'y with ns, and more entirely under out control than sorts, they vvili be naturally considered as our representatives, the truest tests of onr system, the strongest witnesses to a future generation, o our fidelity or neglect. “Unless women,” said the venerable Feller.berg, “are brought up with industrious and religious habits, it is in vain that we educate the rn n; for they arc the oues who keep ti e character ol men in its proper elevation.” Our duty to the com munity, which must be discharged by the educa tion ot a whole race, comprises many unobti (tstv-, almost invisible points, which in detail may se .-tu trivial, or at least lesultory, but which are stiii as in portant, as the ram-drop to the cistern, or the rill to the bro.d stream. A long period allotted to study ; a thorough implauation of domestic taste.s, and a vigilant guardianship over simplicity of character, are es sential to the daughters of a republic-. That it is wise to give the greatest possible extent to the season of tutelage, for t.iose who have much to learn, is a self-evident proposition. If they are to teach others, itisdoubly important. And tln-re is no country on earth, where so many females are employed in teaching, as in our own. Indeed, from the position that educated women here maintain, it might no' be diffieult to establish the point, thrt they are all teachers, ail forming other beings upon the model of their own example-, however unconcious of the fact. To abridge the education of the educator, is to stint the culture of a plant, whose “le v are for the healing of the nation i.” 1 was delighted to hear a young lady say, at the age of nineteen, “1 cannot bear to think yet of leaving school. 1 have scarcely begun to learn.”— With propriety might she express this sentiment, though she was eminent both in studies and ac toin; lishments, —if the great Michael Angelo, could adopt for his mottoi in his ninetieth year— “aneora imparo,"— and “yet I am learning.” It has unfortunately been too much the r.t2om in our country, not only to shorten the period al lotted to the education of our sex, but to fritter away even that brief period, in contradictory pursuits and pleasures. Parents have blindly lent their iuiiuencj to this nsage. To'reform it, they must oppose the tidcof fashion and of opinion.— Let them instruct their daughters to resist the principle of conforming in any respect to the ex ample of those around them, uuless it is rational iu itself, and correctly applicable to them as indi viduals. A proper expenditure lor one, would be ruinous extravagance in another. So, if some in discreet mothers, permit their young daughters to waste in dress and fashionable parties, the attention which should b* s utToiJt! ,f > study, need their example bo quoted as a precedent ? To do asothcis do. which is the rule of the un thinking, is often to copy bad taste and erring judgment. We use more discrimination in points of trifling import. We pause and compare pat terns, ere >ve purchase a garment which, per chance, lasts but for a single sea on. Why should we adopt with little inquiry,—-or on the strenMh r*f doubtful precedent,—a habit, which may stamp the ehnra.-Tr G children forever ! When circumstances require, iM Youngest girl should be taught not to ieac to difler Turn her companions, either in costume, manners, or opin ion. Singularity for its own sake, and every proach to eccentricity, should be deproc . e; and discouraged. Even necessary variations from those around, must be managed with delicacy, so as not to wound feeling, or exasperate prejudice. But she who dares not to be independent, when | son or duty dictate, will be iu danger of for feiting decision of character, perhaps, integrity of principle. Simple attire, and simple manners, are the nat utal orurrmentsof those who aro obtaining their j school education. They have the beauty of fit ness, and the policy of leaving the mind free, for its precious pursuits. Love of display, every step towaros affectation, are destructive of the charms of that sweet season of life. Ceremonious visi ting, where showy apparel, and late hour* prevail, must be avoided. 1 feel painful sympathy for those mothers, who expose their young daugh- j tors to such excitements, yet expect them to re- ■ turn unimpaired and docile, to the restraints of! school discipline. “Those who forsake useful studies.” said an ancient philosopher, “for useless ( speculations, are like the Olympic gamesters, who ; abstained from uecessary labors, that they uaglit be fit for such as were not so.” Shall i allude lo the want of expediency, in ex hibiting very young ladies in mixed society ! Their faces become familiar to the public eye.— The shrinking delicacy of their privileged period of life escapes. The dews of the morning are too suddenly exhaled. They get to be accounted old, ere they tnafure, —more is expected of them, than their unformed characters can yield,—and if their discretion does not surpass their yours, they may encounter severe criticism, perhajts calumny. When they should be just emerging as a fresh opened blossom, they are hackeucd to the common gaze, as the year’s Souvenir, which by courtesy or sufferance, maintain a place on the ceutrc-table, though its value has deteriorated. Is not the alternative either a premature marriage, or an obsolete continuance in the arena of fashion. with a somewhat mortifying adherence to the fortunes of new candidates, as, grade alter grade, they assert their claims to fleeting admiration, or vapid flattery f How much more faithfully does the mother per i-iioi her duty, who brings forth to society, no crude or superficial semblance of goodness, hut 'lie well ripened fruit of thorough, prayerful cul ’ ’.e. Her daughter, associated with herself, in •icmcstic cares, it the same lime that she gathered the wealth of intellectual knowledge, is now qualified to take an active part iu tiie sphere which sb - embellishes. Adorned with that simplicity ’•vliich attracts every eye, when combined with '-Odd breeding, aad aright education, she is ar rayed in a better panoply than the armor of Sem iratnis, or tiie wit and Deauty of Cleopatra, tor whom the Roman lost a world. >iiiip!irity ol luuguage, as well as of garb aud manner, ii powejful ingredient in that art of pleasing, nil ' h the young and lovely of our sex are suppesed to study. The conversation of children is rich in this charm. Books intended for their instruction or amusement, should con sult their idiom. Ought not females to excel iu the composition of elementary works for the ju vcaiis intellect, associated as they are with it, in its earliest and least constrained developments? The talented and learned man is prone to find himself embarrassed by such a labor. The more profound liis researches in science, and the knowl edge ot the world, the farther must he reitice his steps, to reach the level of infantine simplicity. Possibly, he might ascend among tfie stars, and teel at home ; but to search for lioney-dew in the bells t flowers, and amoug the mosscups, needs the beak of the humming-bird, or the wing of the butterfly. He must recall, with painful eiibrt, the far-off (fays, when he “thought as a child, spake as a child, understood as a child.” For tunate will he be, if the “strong meat” on which he lias so long ted, have not wholly indisposed him to relish the “milk of babes.” If he is able to arrest the thoughts and feelings, which charmed Imu when life was new, he will still be obliged to transfuse them into the dialect of childhood.— He must write in a foreign idiom, where, not to be ungrammatical is praise, and not utterly to fail, is victory. Perhaps, in the attempt, h» may be induced to exclaim, with the conscious majesty of Milton—“my mother bore ms, a speaker of that, which God made tny pwu, and not a trau la tor.” It has been somewhere asserted, that he who would agreeably instruct children, must become the pupil of children. They arc* not. indeed, qualified to art as guides among the steep cliffs of knowledge which they have never traversed; but they are most skilful cimdustors tothe oreen plats of turf, and the wild (lower- that encircle its base. They best know where the violets and king cups grow, which they have themselves gathered, and where ti c clear brook makes n irthful music in its pebbly bed. Have you ever lister cd to a little girl telling, a story to her younger brother or sister ? What adaptation of subject, circumstance, atm epithet ! If she repeats what site has heard, how naturally docs she simplify every train ot thought. If she enters the region ot invention, how wisely does she keepin view the taste and comprehension of her auditor. Ait, how powerful is that simplicity, which so readiy* unlocks aud rules the heart, ad which, “seeming to have nothing, | ossesseth all things.” Those who are conversant n.tli littls children, are not always disposed sufficiently to estimate them, or t<* allow thetn the high rank which they reallv hold in the scale of being. In regarding ; the acorn, we forget that it comprises withiu its : tiny round the future oak. It is this want of pros ! pective wisdom, which occasions ignorant persons ' often to despise childhood, and renclws some por | tions of its earl training seasons of bitter bon dage. “Knowledge it an impression of pleasure," said Lord Bacon. They whu impart it to the young, ought not to interfere with its original nature, or divide the toiifrotn the reward. Edu cated females ought especially to keep bright the liliks between knowledge aud happiness. This is on:' moiie of evincing latitude to the age in which thc> |tye. for the generosity with v.liicii it has re unite ed’those prejudices, which tu past !«s citcuinstibed the intellectual culture of their sex. May I be excused for repeatedly urging them to i .nvinre the community that it has ! st nothing by tms liberality 1 Let iiot the other sex be au thorised in complaining that the firesides of then lathers were better regulated than their own.— Give them no chance lo throw odium upon knowl edge, Irom the faults of its allies and disciples— Rather let them see. that by a participation in tht j blessings of education, you art made better in every domestic department, in every relative duty—more ardent in every hallowed effort of benevolence and piety. 1 caiiuot believe that the distaste for household industry, which some young ladies evince, is the necessary effect of a mere expanded system of education. Is it not rather the abuse of that system ? or may it not radically be the fault of the mother, in neglecting to mingle day by day, do mestic knowledge with intellectual culture! iu forgetting that the warp needs a woof, ere the rich tapestry can be perfect ? I am not prepared to assert that our daaghters have too much lear ning, though I may be compelled to concede, that it is not always well balanced, or judiciously used. Education is not indeed confined to any one point of our existence, yet it assumes peculiar importance at that period when the mind is most ductile to every impression. Just at the dawu of that time, we see the mother watching for the first faint tinge of intellect, “more than they who watch for the morning.” At her feet a whole generation sit as pupils. Let her learn her own value, as the first educator, that in proportion to the measure of her she may acquit herself of her immeDce responsibilities. Her debt to the community must be paid through her children, or through ethers whom . VoL. I.—No. 39. 1 she may rear up, to dignity and adorn it. Aristo tle said, “the fata of empires depended on edu cation.” But that in woman, ft »«it any particle ot that conservative [tower, escaped the --criitiai zing eye of the philosopher of Greece. The far-sighted statesmen of our times have discov ered it. A Prusiau legislator, at the beginning of the present century, promulgated the principle, that ‘ to tiie safety and regen.aafion of a people, a correct state of religions opinion aud practice was essential, which could only be effected by proper attention tothe eatly nurture of the mind.” He foresaw the influence, which the traing of in fancy would have, upon the welfare of a nation. Let our country go still farther, and recognire iu the nursery, and at the fireside, that huliowed agency, which, more than tiie pomp of armies, shall guard her welfare, and preserve her liberty. Trying as she is, in her own isolated sphere, the mighty experiment, whether a republic can ever be permanent—standing iu need as site does, of all tha cheeks which she can command, to curb faction, cupidity and reckless competition—rich in resources, and therefore in danger from her own power—in danger from the very excess of her own happiness, from that knowledge which is the birthright of her people, unless there go forth with it a moral purity, guarding the unsheathed weapon—let this our dear country, not slight the humblest instrument that may advance her safety, nor forget that the mother, kneeling by the cra dle-bed, hath her hand upon the ark of a na tion. Hartford, Con. October 18tb, 1838. From the Buffalo Commercial A TtiIII LTNG INCIDENT. Among the perilous scenes of the heavy gale which caused such wide spreading disaster to our lake shipping, a fortnight since one has come to our knowledge equalling in interest the most high ly wrought rale of fiction. Capt. Appleby, was out amidst the terrors of the gale. By tb“ glimp ses caught at intervals when the fitful storm for a moment broke away the anxious and* watchful commander was made aware ot ti e critical situation of his boat which was rap.idly (inlth •; in—uuder the hurricane power of the gain, which blew al most direcctly across the lake—toward a dan gerous reef, from which c• ■ npe would have been impossible. He went directly tothe engineer,and ordered on “more steam,” r .i t:e reply of the en g ueer was that there was already as much on as tiie boilers would safely bear. Again did the captain seek the deck, to see of his laboring boat was makit 1 headv, ay, and again returned to the engine root! Ha explained to the ingmeer the hazardous situation, and tc. dlitin tl»nt uii Lojtc »vii3 Ua», .. • !>•»«•• . vuulvl lie gamed—but left the eugmeerto act his(ii-.cie tion in tha crisis. A mom-st ot reflection and his decision was made. Lite or ivath hung on the issue. Certain destruction awaited the boat aud her devoted crew, iu ;i few brief miuutes, if she did not gam upon the driving stori This might be averted, if the boilers—already c owded to a fearful pressure —could yet b.e.u ,i heavier strain, and that he determined to try True, ilie aw ful horrors ol a.t kxulosi $ were vividly before him—the mangled limbs, ilic scoi hed and life less bodies, the death shrieks ail groans of toe lielpless victims, were hemic Ins eyes aud on his ear — the alternative was a fearful ose, et it must be resorted to. He cooly directed the heads of two barrets of oi] to be broken in, and the furnances were rapidly fed with wood dipped in tiie highly inflammable liquid, while two men witii ladies dashed the oil into the flames. The intense heat which these combustibles created, generated steam with the the rapidity of li. htnitig, and soon the resistless va por forced up the safety valve, an : issued forth with tremendous violence, its sharp hissing heard above the wild uproar of the waters and the storm. With a desperate and determined courage which equalled the most daring heroism that the page of history has ever recorded, the engineer satffowti upon the lever of the safety valve to confine and raise the steam to the necessary power required to propel the boat against tiie drifting waves ! in this awful situation lie calmly remained until the prodigious efforts of tin en gine had forced ,tho Constitution sufficiently offshore to be beyond threatiepiog danger. Thisiotupid act was not a rash and vain glori ous atie.C’ff to gain the applause of a multitude bv a fool hardy ensure ot I j in some racing excursion—it was not tod deed ol ad rutin* anff reckless in in, wickediy heedless o> > -■ - aletyof those whose lives w re perile >— but it was the self-possessed and m • t courage of on; whose Jiunuess i 1 ■w„ Dj mratMn. We give it as it was told to us,, u out of those frequent scenes of real life, whose ..dual realities are indeed “stranger than fiction.” Printer's P> verbs —Never inquire thou of an editor for the news, for behold it is Ins duty at the appointed t me to give it unto thee without asking. When thou dost write for his paper, never say unto him, “What thiukest thou ol my piece?” thr it may be that the truth might offend thee. It is not fit that thou should ask him who is the author ( fan article; Air his duty requires him to keep such things to himself. When thou dost enter into a printing office, have a care to thyself that thou d<ot not touch the type, for thou utayest cause tha-printer mucii trouble. Look not at the copy which is in the hands of the compositor; for that is not meet in the sight of the printer. Neither examine thou the proof sheet, for it is not ready to in!-et he eye, that thou mayest un derstand it. Prefer thy town paper to any other subscribe immediately for it and pay in advance that it may be well with thee and thy little ones. A contrary wife is to her husband what tin ury ruly horse is to hi* master, a “beast of burthen.’