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BY GARDNER & BARROW THE GEORGIA TIIKKOU, Is published every Saturday, in Flurerci ,5 ewart county, Ga. at THREE DODLARS a year, it raid in advance, or DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the year. Advertisements will be conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines) the first, and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Nothing under 15 lines will be considered less than a square. A deduction will be made for yearly ad vertisements. All advertisements handed >n for publication without v limitation, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators and Guardians, are required by law to be advertised in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of 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 that application will be, made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Ne groes, must be published weekly for four months. ah Letters on business must be post paid to insure attention. JOB PRINTING. Connected with the office of the mir ror, is a splendid assortment of And we are enabled to excute all kind of Job work, in the neatest manner and at the shortest notice. vHvLAITLCS* of every description will constantly be kept on hand, such as INDICTMENTS, DECLARATIONS, SUBPOENAS, JURY" SUMMONSES, EXECUTIONS. COS T EXECUTIONS. SHERIFF’S BILLS OF SALE, do DEEDS, L\Nl) DEEDS, JUS. SUMMONSES, do EXEC! TIONS, MORTGAGES, do GUARDIANSHIP. I,ET. ADM INISTR ATION, do TESTAMENTARY, And a groat many others for Justices, of the Pence. Administrators, Executors,dec. ALABAMA LANDS FOll SALE. -V HALF 9 M 90 I1 . S. half 't 1 1 50 N. half 8 14 30 N. half 7 14 30 S. half 7 11 30 S. half 0 14 30 S. half 11 14 ’JO S. half 20 18 28 S. half 31 19 28 N. half 30 19 20 S. half 36 19 20 AV. half 20 16 26 N. half 6 16 30 E. half 21 22 26 E. half 22 15 28 N. half .33 20 26 S. half 32 18 28 AV. h • 26 1.5 24 S. haif 2 ’ 13 25 E. half - 18 25 Any of the • ’' ! ,:d on terms to suit purcha- 1 -Leaden to John D. Pitts, Esn. Florence. • • the subscriber, at Ma con. J. COWLES. July 26 l c VALUBLE S i’ t . \ VRT LANDS FOR SALE. THE subscriber has c ! fine tracts of 1, #nd for sale, situate from five to ten miles of Flo rence, some well improved ami in a line state of cultivation, in hod ! >-s f'iun 200 Tract. Any person « hing to buy a good home will do well to make c uiy application, or a great bargain may be lost. Rich Land and good title for cash, negroes or good paper and a long time credit. THOMAS J. S TELE. Jan 1 39 3t 'LOOK OUT FOR BAILIFFST THE subscribers are compelled to have money or suffer greatly, therefore all persons due ♦hem, little or much, on their smith accounts for the last >ear, are requested to come forward with out delay, and make payment, as wc cannot give lurt her indulgence. WHITE & FLETCHER. Florence. Jan. 4,18.3d. 3;) 3t JMttice to EiotM B itrchasers, A LL parsons having notes due and unpaid, for / V Lots in the town of Florence, would do well to call at my office forthwith and save their lots and improvements, as a general meeting of the company will fake place in a few days, and they ■will want money. 11. MV. JERNIGAN, Jan 5 39 3t Agent Florence Cos. NOTICE. r FOREWARN nil persons from trading for a promissory note made payable to one Mr. Woodard for Three hundred and twenty or twenty five dollars, due 25th Dacember, 1838, which note 1 am determined not to pay unless compelled by iv-’, as there is a fraud in part of said note. . R E U BEN WEATHE R HE F. E. Wee .?! f.9 3r EDUCATION. A N Act to establish a general system of edu -Cm. cation by common Schools. Sec. I. lit it enacted by the Senate and House 'J Kej/rescntut; res oj the State of Georgia, in < tcHerat Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from ~<d after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thir ty-erne. the funds o‘ this State hat ml we known as tue Academic and lhior School Funds, he, aud the same are hereby consolidated, and together with the interest on one-third part of the surplus revenue, derived to tins State from the United States, and heretofore set apart for that purpose, shall compose and constitute a general fund for Common Schools, for the State of Georgia. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That within ten days after the recep tion of such notice, the School Commissioners shall assemble together, and elect from their num ber a President of the Board, and .1 Secretary, and shall also appoint a Treasurer, who a hail give bond and security to the Commirsiom rs for the time being, and theii successors in office, in such sums as they may fix upon, conditioned faithfully to discharge his duty as Treasurer, and should any vacancies happen in such board of Commis sioners, by death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the board itself. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That it shall lie the duty of the School Commissioners in each division, or a ma jority of them, to layoff their respective counties into School districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the present Militia districts, in the same, in a manner most suitable and convenient for the purpose contemplated in this act. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, Tuat they shall apply for, and re ceive from the State, their proportionable share of the general fund for Common Education, and shall apportion and divide the same, among the several School distiicts in their divisions, in pro portion to the number of children in each, be tween the age of live and fifteen years, and shall make an annual report to the Governor, of the number of Scheol district in their respective di visions, the districts from which reports have been made to them, and the defaulting districts the length of time a school has been kept in each; and also the amount of funds received by them selves or treasurer, from the State, and from taxes raised, and in what manner the same has beeu ex pended, and the number of children taught in each district; which report the said Commission ers shall cause to be recorded by the Secretary, in a book kept for that purpose. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, by the author ity aforesaid. That the commissioners of each Schcrol otali, !--• «l,li ami flipy are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with like powers as above, both ot which said corporations shall be allowed and entitled to own real estate aud other property, upon which to erect School houses, and for other purposes con nected with the schools. Sec. 9. And beit further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That the Trustees shall within fif teen days after their appointment, proceed to as certain the number of free white persons hi their respective districts, between the ages of gve and fifteen years, and return the same to the commis sioners of the school division to which they be long. They shall also receive from tie- Schools Commissioners, or their Treasurer, the funds to which they are entitled under the law, and ou the first Monday of November in each year, make a report to said Commissioners, showing the amount received, the manner of its expenditure, the number of children taught in their district, the length of time which a school has been taught, and the compensation paid to teachers and their names. They shall locate and superintend tho erection of suitable school houses in theirres pective districts, at the most convenient and suita ble place for the inhabitants and scholars residing in th“ sa me, shall employ and pay teachers and visit < he schools, at lea-t twice in the year. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid. That the Commissioners and Trustees under this ac .shall hold their office for twelve months, or until their successors aro eiei ted, ami receive no compensation for their ser vices. Sec. 11. A t hr it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid’. That it shall be the duly of the Governor, anuaUv to distribute to the Commis sioners of each School division of the State, their proportionable part of the Common School fund, which apportionment shall be made (by the last census, until the next census be taken, and then by that) according to the number of free white persons, between the’ages of five and fifteen years of which In- shall give to said commissioners, in en - 6-v- -a immediate notice. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by the au- Uwrity iit'm-, r.d, That no monies received from the State bv the Commissioners for School pur poses, shall be expended for any other purposes, than for paying teachers and purchasing books and stationary for children, whose parents are un able to furnish the same. Sec. 13. And beit further enacted by the au thority aforesaid. That after those schools shall have gone into operation, no trustees of districts shall be allowed to receive any funds from the Commissioners unless they shall have made a re turn signed by a majority of their number, show ing the amount received by them, and how the same has been expended, and that a school has been kept in theii districts, at least tlirce months in the year preceding, or then ending. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted by the author ity afunsaid, That a!l moneys not drawn by any such defaulting district shall be added to the a mount to be distributed the next year, and ap portioned among all the districts iu such divis ions. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the Commissioners, in any division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund received as directed by this law, they shall be sub- FLORENCE, GA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1839. Ject to a suit for damages, at the instance of the trustees of any district 1 in such division, in anv court of law in this State hivi -g ,m. lictmu, and the amount of damages so recovered, shah be col Dcted out of the private properly of such coin- 1 missioners, and not from the funds c:' the School. Sec. 17. And be. it further enact< and by the au thority ■aforesaid, That all white persons between’ the ages of five and fifteen y?ars, • hail be allowed to be taught as scholars in the respective districts in which they reside, or in case their location may make it inconvenient, in the adjoining district, by making application to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe, though no one over the atie of fif teen years and under twenty-one, shall be exclu ded from said Schools. Sec 18. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, 'That in those countries where the inhabitants are thinly settled, the commissioners may, it they think it best, refuse to lay off the same into school distiicts, but they shall employ a suitable number of Teachers who shall under their directions, teach school not longer than three months in any one district or neighborhood, so tliai every section of each county shall receive as nearly as can be, equal advantages from said lund; and it shall be the duty of the Commis sioners of any such county in which the itinera ting system may be thought best, to mention the same in their report; and so fur as relates to the county ol Baker, the Commissioners shall confine themselves to three Military districts of said county. See 19. And be it. further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, r I hat the Commissioners and Trustees elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act before they enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take the following oath before any Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court a Justice ot the Peace, in the county where they reside, viz; I. A. B do solemnly swear, that' I will faithfully perlorm all the duties required of tne by law, as Commissioner ofComiuon Schools, as the case may be. JOSEPH DAY", Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, 26th December. 1837. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. AN ACT To amend an act, to establish a general system of education by common schools—assented to 2Gth December, 1837. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate , and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the second and third sections of the above recited act, be, aud the same are hereby fppeaieo; ami m.u a. r that each county in this State shail be considered and known as a Common School Division ; and th ton the first Monday in March, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and on the first Monday in January, of every year thereafter, or so soon after the above mentioned days, as the same can be conveniently done, the Justices of the Inferior Court of each county in the State, shall, by order, entered upon the minutes of the Court, appoint five fit and proper persons, as Cotnuus sioners of Common Schools, in the Division wherein such justices may reside, and shall, with in ten days thereafter, cause a certified copy of such appointment to be delivered to them, which shall be sufficient notice ol the same. And such Commissioners shall contiue in office for one year; ornintd their successors shall be appointed, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid. That if the said Commissioners, or any of them, shall be unable, at any time to pro cure the services of a Treasurer, as contemplated in the fourth section of the above recited act, it shall and may be lawful for the President of such Board of Commissioners, to act as Treasurer, who shall give bond and security to his Excellency, the Governor, and his successor, for the faithful dis charge of his duty as treasurer. And the said commissioners, within ten days after theirappoint menf, shall, by order eutered in the minutes of their board, appoint for each school district to be laid out the fifth section of the above recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall re side in the district for which they shall be appoint ed, and shall be notified of their appointment within ten days after it shall be made. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That if the Justices of the Inferior Court of any county, shall not, within one month after the time herein befc-e fixed for that purpose, select and appoint five com missioners as aforesaid, who shall accept their ap pointments, the said J isf eso! the Interior court shall themselves, discharge the < tides of commis sioners in their division; and nut'-, said commis sioners shall within one month i t their appoint ment, select and appoint th ' * istees in each district or division, who shall a such appoint ments, the Justices of cli •Pe e. and such otiier person as the Justices ot the Peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties as trustees, in any dis trict in which such appointment si. I have been omitted ; and the commissioners appointed by the court, may fill, by election, any vacancy which may occur in their board during the year; and a majority of the commissioners, and of the tms tees shall be competent to discharge the duties re quired of them respectively. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall bethedutyof the trustees of the school districts, to collect by subscription, such sums as the citi zens of the district may be willing to subscribe, which shall be applied to supply an amount of mo ney in addition to what may be allowed by the State, so as to enable them to employ a suitable number of teachers in the district, provided there shall be no liabily on the trustees for said subscrip tion money, further than to transfer the said list of subscription to the teachers where such school may be taught. ftec. 5. And be it further enacted, [That the Justices of the Inferior Couet of tho several coun ties in this State, be, and they ate hereby author ized, at their discretion, t# levy an extra tax hi their respective counties, not exceeding fifty per cent, o , the genen I tax, which shall be added to the common school Hind of said comity, and paid over to the commissioners aforesaid, by the Tax t “Hector, who shall give bond and security for the - ime. io case ot other bonds forextra taxes. Si c. G. An; be it further enacted, That the trus tees of any county Academy, be, and they are hereby authorized, to pay over to the commission ers ol common schools, any funds in their hands- Sec. 7. And beit further enacted, That his Ex cellency the Governor, within the month of Janu ary next, be required to cause so much of tliea bove recited act, as this act does not repeal, to gether with this act to be published in the news papers o( this State, and also to cause the same to be published with the acts of tho present session. Sec. 8. And l>c it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second sections, and so much ol the ninth section as refers to the notice to be given by a justice of the Peace and free hol der to the trustees of their election, and so much of the sixteenth section as refers to the balances in the hands ol the trustees of Academies and their treasurers be, and (lie same are hereby re pealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CH A RLE S DO UGH E RT Y, President of the Senate Assented to 29th December 1838 3t GEORGE R. 'MLMER, Governo- m aa wj. From the Southern Literary Messenger. THE SLEET STORM. AT WASHINGTON By the author of‘Love at the Shrines,’Ac. As I lay in my bed this morning I heard a low noise upon my windows, and extending my arm from beneath its folding of blankets, I drew aside the curtain, to see which of winter’s messengers was summoning me to arise. Like a wild ur chin scattering shot from his father’s pouch: the delicate tlakes o( sleet tapped against the panes, ami made music upon the brittle and responding surlace. 1 was fairly awake. There was no sunlight in the skies, but a dull, heavy atmos phere fell over the face of nature, and veiled the distant houses in a dusky cloud. Stil, the sprt tering against the windows continued, aud 1 an swered the summons by a spring from my bed, and was soon equipped. How ( heerfully our hearth burns on a slcetv morning, when the servant is inlustrious - You descend Iroin the regions of Lapland, where fur red mappers and ermined cloaks are necessary, inta.tim >» ion of deli,-inns I'nnjfnrf. 1 lit breakfast room is warm, and you meet your rosy child, with its rich cheeks crimsoned with health, who runs to you from her cricket by the fire, and presses her sweet warm cheek to yours Aon take her in your arms, and both to gether gaze upon the whitened fields ; and how the merry heart laughs, ns she sees the old cow sliding down the bill, like a mahogany table— her four legs stiff as icicles. She chirps and laughs with dehght, when a little boy catches the sliding old quadruped by the tail, and ac companies her on her slippery journey, until they arrive in safety at the bottom of the hill. The wiry, woolly dog has crept from his lair in an old basket, where he has slept all night, covered up in a green baize crumb-cloth which he has cab baged, and he looks around him with a knowing eye as if lie was considering his chance for an up set. He is a droll, sly and quaint chap, and though quite young, has his nits wonderfully de veloped. The only place that he will stand a chance for a fall will be the outside steps that descend to tire kitchen. Bob, the ostler’s shoes, may have iced their angles, as he pased in from the stable. No suu yet—aud the clock is on the figure, of nine. Is yonder white world of ice to stand all daylong? The skies forbid. How the urn smokes again, and the aroma of the coffee ascends in fragrant spires and pervades the room, as if the odor of some Deity descending from Olympus. The hot rolls melt the butter, as I hope the sunbeam, warm and vigorous, will ere long march over the stubborn ice, and conquer its huge surface with a smile. The sleet hurries on apace from the near hang ting clouds, and the very trees sec in to shiver as the ice-bolt splinters about them. How gloriously will he unfold them, and cloak their dusky bark with an armor as pure as the crystal of the spring. Two months hence, and the buds will cluster upon those boughs, and the wild birds hide them selves in the fragrant leaves—the gentle breath of May will whisper to them, aud the soft suu will rejoice amid thoir verdant foliage ; but will they then wear an aspect so lovely as that with which they are now bedecked ? Like teu thou sand chandeliers of diamond spars flashing every ray from the light, the limbs throw out theii glas sy tracery upon the sky, and the wind that whis les through them, clatters them together with a soft and singular sound. The grass is prouder to-day than it has been for a long arid weary time—it is stiff in its con ceit ; and should the old cow that slided down the hill j«st now, attempt to clip it how it will pierce her nose with its sharp and beautiful spear. The grass is in its panoply of silver mail, aud is ready to tilt against anything. Now it is n.ore beauti ful than the lily of the valley, and it lifts its head that the wind may tread over it and hear its mel low song. The horses poke theii: bony heads out at the stable door and sunfftbe cool air, and shake their trembling ears a3 the sleet darts between them. Armed w ith my cane, and wrapped in my coat, l step forth to dare the whistling messengers from the clouds. Whew! How they scatter themselves over my face and cut their h rizoutal way over the tips of my ears: I place my faithful cane carefully in the ice, else away 1 would dart and 'roll -j\ er. »o edification of every market-woman V#l. I.—No. 41. that might feel herself secure in woollen straps passed uuder the soles of her shoes. Progressing along withal! the apparent infirmi ty ol ag-#. though l am but in my younger youth, I reach at last the crowning point of toy *oil—to ascend that knoll on this sine and descend it ou the other, is like the passage of the Alps. \\ arily my cane is placed, as if 1 trod upon the loftiest summit of Mont Blanc, and saw ben eath tne the deep glaciers wherein ’tis almost death to gaze ; 1 stick the point of my square toed boots into the ice ami clamber up. The steep is vvou—but now for the descent. A wild boy on hU aUulua p» ,t oic..aiiU aW»V L‘- gocs like a rail-car, down the steep; he has pas sed the fence corner: aud the rogue has stopped on liis iron heels, to watch the - descent of Bona parte. Lord how the wind whistles around me, and how smooth and clear looks the shining de clivity—there is not the slightest shrub to break the monotonous frigidity of the view, nor the grateful furrow of a cartwheel, and down that in clined plane go I must. Shall 1 sit down anil slide it out ? The laughing eyes of the skater, peeping over the fence, forbids the idea. The w ork is commenced—the caiTc ouce more plant ed—the umbrella hoised abo\*e my head ; foi the sleet storm is pouring upon us all in feathery glo ry, and lam off. It is in vain that I try the slide the equilibrium of my boyhood is gone, and the just prccisiou of my eye, from want of practice, (ails me at this momentous crisis. A slip— mer cy—and all is over. My heels have kicked de fiance to the clouds, and my head has smitten with ao audacious force its mighty mother. The unmbrella inflated with its own conceits has flut tered away, and is beyond my reach. But lam down, and the occasion is favorable. There is no bone broken, and away I go upon my back as gently as a sleigh springing along with four in hand. I heard that wicked urchin’s mirth as my lieels slipped from under me, and as 1 glide ma jestically along, I hear his splintering approach- - lie shoots by me like an arrow, and a broad grin is upon his handsome face. He brought n.o my umbrella, and has brushed the ice from my back. As I wend up the avenue, hundreds t>f boys fiv past me ou their skates, for the pavements and toads are all covered with the ice. Here it is sa fer walking, for they have roughened the surface with their fluted irons, and I pace along as mer ry as the rest. Like an alderman picking liis vvny to a turtle dinner see that solemn steed, how he minces his steps, and hear him how he snorts, as a flvii g skater, like a summer swallow-bird, flashes befi.ie his fr ist-webbed eyes, and his poor rider shakes his whip at the boy, who chuckles in his sleeve, and returns to the’ attack like a Bedouin Arab of the Desert. Tlie klukDUlhli'a sliup U uoimlul -Ul, cam pany, and ilie booted (w in,,;.,,,;,,,, r„i>.. c. i. .. forehead and hisses on the glowing iron. The two white horses are to be frosted first, for they belong to Mr ,and he wants them to pay a visit gif some importance to the President. The blacksmith, with a nonchalant air, snatches up the huge toot of ail honest cartmau’s horse, who earns his bread by his daily toil, and ham-' mers away light merrily upon him 'I :e white servant of the great man has to pocket the insult but his turn will come next. Thanks, honest smith! The poor wood currier will bless you this night, when he pours his eatings into his wile’s hand, and sends his eldest box out to buy milk for the evening coffee. 1 stand by a man who is digging lustily away at something beneath the sleet: choj>— chop—chop the ice breaks off in cakes and he draws forth the last evening’s paper. He will chop logic over the sage editorial; for bent must lie be on learning that would thus stand in tlie shivering air, and pick two inches deep iri ice lor an evening’s jour nal. The editor was highly complimented by the labor. How the hours wear on—how slowly the hands point upon the face of my time-piece and vet how swiftly do our thoughts mount upon the four winds, and seek tiic hearthstone scenes of our friends. Alas ! that they are distant from us. We henr the wind chuckling around the gable ends of tne houses, and almost screaming w ith delight, when it cuts a 'orpulent biped across flu bridge of the nose with its icy sword. The night draws ou apace—slowly the .urtain fails, and dim and iiidiatinct sneak on the living moments of the day—the grass has not bent an inch, and the tall treesshake their heads ominous ly, as m\j has to say, “ IF'tilhave a cold time of it out here to night," Where are your elcgaiir blankets that the gods have sent you ? Will the nucsstir abroad to-night? The cat is rolled up in her night-clothes and purs awav like an old crone spinning wool. The wiry-head dog barks ever and anon in his sleep, for b« is haunted by visions of sacked towns and dismant led larders. Oh ! how the w ind bellows without—“discours ing most eloquent music.” The shutters are fas tened-—the doors are not locked, for some suffer er may knock, and 1 would not deny him the com fort ol iny blazing fire. The curtains are not drawn down in such a night as this, for many a poor houseless wretch passing by anil seeing all dark would pass on, and lie might find his bed in the deep hollow a few yards beyond my door. The sleet and iy ended in a cold and starry night. The fretted limbs are swaying about in the puvv-, erful blast, and as jet I have heard of no ucci danis. 'lTie boys could have met with none, for they were not forced to the deep waters for their skating frolic : and though they, doubtless, have had some delightful tumbles, they are none the worse for that. Fine fellows, how soon the skates arc thrown aside, after their first appearance at the barber’s. Aud now it is growing late ; the wand of Mor pheus has been passed more than once across n’t <sos, as the nodding reader will have percived, and once more 1 am permifed to snuff my bed-room candle, fnd don my nightcap, IFasJiinglon Feb. 16, 1838.