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BY GARDNER & BARROW THE KEttRGIA MSiUtOR. N published every Saturday, iu Fi.okkjsce ewart county, Ga. at THRe'e DOLLARS a year, it paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the vear. AnvERTisr.Mi.STS will be conspicuously inserted ;n On* Dollar per square, (15 line*) the lir.i, and STI n«n;« 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 *lT.crtißena«nts handed in for publication wfcbont « limitation, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad miniatnuors and Guardians, are required by law tb be advertised in * public Gazette, sixty days pterion* to the day of »a!e. The sale of Persona! property must be sdver tfSo'* in like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors sf an estate must be published forty days. Notice that! application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud and Ne grf)*«, mast he published weekly fcr four months. (jj''" All Letters on business must be post raid to insure attention. JOB PRINTING. ('IONNECTED with the office of the MIR- J ROR, is a splendid assortment of '£ sSiS’iJSij And we are enabled to excute all kind of Job work, in the neatest manner and at the shortest uotice. of every description will constantly be kept on hand, such as INDICTMENTS, DECLARATIONS, FUBPtENAS, JURY SUMMONSES, EXECUTIONS. COST EXECUTIONS. SHERIFF’S HILLS OF SALE, do DEEDS, LAND DEEDS, JUS. SUMMONSES, •do EXECUTIONS, MORTGAGES, do GUARDIANSHIP. LET. ADMINISTRATI ON, do TESTAMENTARY, And a great many others for Justices, of the Peace. Administrators, Executors,&c. ALABAMA LANDS T ()ll tsA-LE. IVT HALF 9 14 90 IX . S. half 4 14 30 N. half 8 14 30 N. half 7 14 30 S. half 7 14 30 S. half 6 14 30 S. half 11 14 29 S. half 20 18 28 S. half 34 19 28 N. half 30 19 29 S. half 3G 19 2S W. half 29 16 2R N. half G 1G 30 E. halt 21 22 *6 F. halt 22 13 28 N. half 33 20 26 ? h-!f 32 18 28 26 15 21 f. • f 29 16 25 E. half 2 18 25 Any of the above Lands will be sold on terms •" i;t purchasers, by application to John D. Fitts, ■ Florence, Ga or to the subscriber, at Ma :.,r; l J. COWLES. July *6 IS DR. T. HARTRIOGE •>FSPECTFVLL i tenders Ins servicoe in v. A • c practice of MEDICINE AND SURGERY, di.xei ■ of Florence and its vicinity, and !., jr . ■ v : emitting attention to merit a share of th> i üblic confidence. Dr. H. may at" ,r,s be found, exsept when pro fessionally eni st his office on Broad street, latelv occnpi and by the Georgia Mirror. Jan 5,1839 39 LAW NOTICE. undersigned having moved to Lumpkin, J will practice Law in the County of Stewart and the adjacent counties All business entrust, ed to his care will be promptly attented to. January 11, 1838- E. . DANDLE. J. A. H. «UO!l, attorney at law, STARKSVILLE. LEE COUNTY. GEORGIA. "ITTILL attend the Courts of the CHA It A- Vy hoochee circuit. Not. 25 35 ly 'lk Hi j s si® ’ $ Attorney at Law. FLORENCE, STEWART, COUNTY, GA Al-rd 46 WANTED A T this office, an active, industrious and intel f\ ligent lad as an apprentice to the Printing Business. Great pains will be taketl’to make him master of his trade, as well as particular attention paid toliis moral deportment. Dec. 15 37 ______ •I. ii. Knott, HOUSE, Sign and Ornamental Painter, Flor ence, Ga. Jan. 19 41 education. A Act to establish a general system of edu cation bv comotou Schools. See. F. Be it enacted by the Senate and Unity •:f Representatives of the State oj Georgia, ,■> (a ncftl Assembly met, and it is hereby ena led b<, the authority of the same, Thu’ from aud after th' first day of January, eighteen hundred and tint ty-nine, the funds ol This Sim. iuuHofure tmm as the Academic and Poor School Funds, be, and ttie .swine are hereby consolidated, and together with the iutvrest on one-third |>art of the surplus revenue, derived to this State from the United States, aud heretofore set apart for that purpose, shall compose and constitute a general fund for Common Schools, tor the State ot Georgia. See. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That within ten days alter the recep tion ot such notice, the School Commissioners shall assemble together, and elect horn their num ber a President of the Board, aud „ Secre t a tVjund shall also appoint a Treasurer,’who ahail give bond and security to the Coimnirsioners for the time being, and then successors in office, iu 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 tilled by the board itself. See. 5. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That ii sha'l he the duty of the School Commissioners in each division, or a ma jority of them, to lay oft their respective counties into School aiitrietp, conforming as nearly as practicable, to the present Militia districts, iu tbe same, in a manner most suitable and convenient for the purpose • ! u.plau ii hi ilnsact. Sec. (j. And. be >t further enncl.-d by the author ity aforesaid. That they shad apply for, and re ceive from the State, their proportionable share of the general fund for Com cn Education, and shall apportion and divide the same, among the several School districts in their divisions, in pro portion to the number of children .u eat h, be tween the age of five amt 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 „ha* been kept in each ; and also the amount of funds rccrircd by them selves or treasurer, from the State, ami from taxes raised, and in what manner the same has been ex pemled, and the number of children taught in each district; which report the said Commission ers rbnlt e«u«« to lie recorded by the Secretary, in a hook kept for that purpose. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid , Tii.it the commissioners ot each School divisions, shall, by this act, be, and they are her* by constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with like powers as above, both of which said corporations snail be allowed and entitled to own real estate and other property, upon which to erect School houses, and for other purposes con nected w ith the schools. Sec. 9. And be it 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 w hite persons in 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 Yiiey lie long. They shall also receive Iroin the Schools Commissioners, or their Treasurer, the funds to which they are entitled under the law, ami on the first Monday of November in each year, make a report to said t omtuLsiuners. “bowing (lie amount recaived, the tnauner ol ■ » expenditure, the number of children tat- ht in their district, the length of time which a .»<■• I has been taught, and the compensation paid to teachers ami their names. They shall locate and superintend the erection of suitable school bouses in tin-irres pective districts, at the most convenient and suita ble place for the inhabitants and scholars residing in the same, shall employ and pay teachers and visit the Schools, at leii't twice m the year. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid. That the Commissioners and Trustees under this ac„ shall Jioltl their office tor twelve months, or until tlicir successors are elected, and receive no compensation lor tlieirser vices. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid ; That it shall he ihe duty of lhe Governor, auually to distribute to the ( bmunis 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 he taken, and then by that) according to the number of free white persons, between the ages of five and fifteen years of which he shall give to said commissioners, in each division, immediate notice. See. 12. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid. That no monies received from the State by the Commissioners for School pur poses, .shall be expended for any other purposes, than for paying teachers and purchasing books and stationary fas' children, whose parents are us able to furnish the same. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the au thority aforesaid. That after those schools shall have gone into operation, no trustees ot 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 then districts, at least three months in the year preceding, or then ending. Sec.'ll. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That all moneys not drawn by any such defaulting district shall' he added to thea mounf to be distributed the next year, and ap portioned among all the districts in such divis ions. Sec. 15. And be itfuilher enacted bjthc authority aforesaid , That should the Commissioners, in any division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund received aa directed by this law. they shall be sab- FLORENCE, GA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 183$. ject to a suit for damages, at the instance of the trustees of any district in such division, in anv court < ; law in tins Stale having jurisdiction, anil «ne ait mt ot i .mages so recovered, shall be col- J-cted in ot the private property of such com tiiswmtH-i.s, and not iroin the funds of the School. ■Sec. 17. And be if further enacted by the au hoi ily dforetaid, 7 hat all white persons between the ages to nve and til teen years, shall he allowed to be tau :bt ns scholars in the respective districts in which they reside, or to case their location may mate it inconvenient, in the adjoining district, by making application to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe, though bo one over the age of fif teen years and under twenty -on*, shall be exclu ded frum said Schools. Sec 18. Aug be itfvr trier enacted by the author ity afuraaid, Tltat in those countries where the inhabitants are thinly settled, the commissioners may, it they think it best, refuse to lav off the same into school districts, but they shall employ a suitable number ol Teacher* who shall under their infections, teach school not longer thau three months in any ouc district or neighborhood, so that every section of each county shall receive as nearly a» can be, equal advantages from said fund; and it shall be the duty of the Commis sioners ot any such county in which ths itinera ting system iwwy be thought best, to mention the same iu their report; and solar as relates to the county ol Baker, the Commissioner* shall confine themselves to tLree Military districts of said county. s®o is. And he it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That the Commissioners and i rustees elected as aforesaid, iu the foregoingacl before they enter upon tiie duties of their offices, shall take the following oath before any Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Inferior Court a Justice of the Peace, in the county where they reside, viz; J. A. B do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me by law, as Commissioner of Common Schools, as the case may be. JOSEPH DAY’, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHt >LS, 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 school*—assented to 2Gth December, 1-37. SEC. 1. lie it emu-led by the Senate and House of Repressniatires of the State of Georgia in General A sr.mbly met, and it is hereby enacted by the tutiiority of tie same. That the second and third sections of the above recited act, be, and tbe earnc are hereby repealed ; and in lieu thereof, that eac h county m this .State shall be considered aud known as a Common School Division ; and th ton ihe first; Monday in March, in the year eighteei liundird and thirty-nine, and on the first Monday in Jaufary, of every year thereafter, or so soon alter thr 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* fir and proper persons, as Commis sioners ot Common Schools, in the Division wherein suilfljustices may reside, and shall, with in ten days thereafter, cause a certified copy of such appointment to fie delivered to them, which shall be sufficient notice ol the same. And such Commissioners ■'hall contiue in office for one year; or until their successors shall be appointed, Sec. 2. And be ft fail her enacted by the au thority aforesaid, 1 hat it the said Commissioners, or any of them, shall be unable, at any time topro cure the services of a Treasurer, as contemplated in the fourth section of the above recited act, it shall and may he lawfu for the President of such Board of Commissioners, to act as Treasurer, who shall give bond and security to his Excellency, the Governor, and liis successor, for the faithful dis charge of his duty as treasurer. And the said commissioners, within ten days after their appoint ment, shall, by order tittered in the minutes of their board, appoint for each school district to be laid out agreeably to 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. Aid be it further enacted, That if the Justices of the Inferior Court of any county, shall not, within one month after the time herein before fixed for tbar pjrposc, select and appoint five com missioners as a’oresaid, who shall accept their ap pointments. th<* saitl Justices of the Inferior court shall themselves, discharge the duties of commis sioners in their division; and nuless saitl commis sioners shall within one month of their appoint ment, select and appoint three trustees in each district or division, who shall accept such appoint ments. the Justices of the Peace, and such other person as the Justices sf the Peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties as trustees,in any dis trict iu which such appointment shall have been omitted ; and the commissioners apjHiinled 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 ttus tees shall be competen to dischargethe duties re quired of them respectively. Sec. 4. And be it ftrther enacted, That it shall be theduty of the tru4ees of tbe school districts, to collect bv subseripion, such sums as the citi zens of the district liny he willing to subscribe, w hicli shall he applies to supply an amount of mo ney in addition to wtnr may bo allowed by the State, so as to enabk them to employ a suitable number of teachers in the district, provided there shall be no liabily oil the trustees for said subscrip tion money, further than to transfer the said list of subscription to the teachers where suchschool may be taught. Sec. 5. Anl be it farther enacted, That the List ices of the inferior Uourt of tho several coun ties in this Stati, be, aud they ate hereby author ized, at their decretion, t» levy„ar> extra tax in their respective counties, not exceeding fifty per cent, on the gener 1 tax, which shall be added to the common schoolfund of said county, aud paid over to tbe commissioners aforesaid, by the Tax Collector, who shai! give bond and security for the same, ns in case of other bonds for extra taxes. Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That the trus tees of any county Academy, be, and they are I hereby authorized, to pay over to the conmusHiun 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 r* <; ired to cause so much of thea bove recited act, as this act docs not repeal, to gether with this act to be published in the news papers of this State, and also to cause the same to be published with the acts of tin present session. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by ihe uu ! thority aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth, i twenty-first and twenty-second sections, mil so I much of the ninth section as refers to th# notice to he given by a justice of the Pi ace and free hol der to the trustees of their election, and so much of the sixteenth section as refers to the balaucM in the hands of the trustees of Academies and their Treasurers be, aud the same are hereby re pealed. JOSEPH DAY. Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate Absented to 29th December 1838 _3t GEORGE R- 'HLMKR. Govermw STATE CONVENTION. A N ACT to provide for the call of a Convtn -c *- tion to reduse the number of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and for the other purpose., therein named. See. 1. H< it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatices of the State of Gecrpia in Gen eral Assembly met, aud it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That tbe first Monday iu April, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, be, and the same is hereby designated aud set apart as the day on which the citizens of Georgia, quali tied to vote for members of the Legislature, shall, at the several places prescribed by law for holding winh elections, vote for delegates tori present them in Convention, in number equal to their representation ii hath branches of the General Assembly, according to the last census ; such •lection to be conducted, managed and certified under the same iaws as are of force in respect to elections of members of the General Assembly. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of such managers to transmit to his Excellency the Governor, the result of said elec tions under (lie laws now of force conducting, .managing and certifying elections of member* of the General Assembly, as aforesaid, within ten days after such election; whereupon it is made the duty of his Excellency the Governor, to issue his Proclamation discharging the result of such election, by notifying the individuals severally elected to represent the good people of Georgia in <'onveutiou, as contemplated by the act. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every citizen oi’ the United Stales shall be eligible to a seat in said Convention, who has attained the age of twenty five years, and been an inhabitant of this State three years, immediately preceding the day of election, and who idial! have resided one year in the county tpr which he shall be elected. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That each member returned as duly elected, shall, previous to taking his teat iu said Convention, taks the following oath or affirmation, viz : *‘J do solemnly swearthat I will not attempt to add or to take from the Constitution, or attempt to change or alter any other section, clause, or article of the Con stitution of th* State of Georgia, other than those touching the representation in Uie Gi■•«.«-«) sembly thereof, and that 1 have been a citizen of this State for the last three years, so help me God.” Arid any person elected to a seat in said Conven tion. who shall refuse to take oath aforesai I, shall not be allowed to take his seat in said Conven tion. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That tbe members of said Convention shall assemble on the first Monday in May, alter their election, at Milledgeville, in the Representative Chamber of the State House, lor the purpose of entering upon and consumtUing the great objects of their convention, to wit: a reduction and equalization of the General Assembly; shall have power to prescribe their own rules and forms of business ; nd to determine on the qualifications of their own members.; elect necessary officers, and make all orders which they may deem conclusive to the furtherance of the object for which such Conven tion shall assemble. Sec. 6. And beit further enacted, That it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor, to give publicity to the alterations and amendments made iu the Cnustitutiou in reference to the re duction of the number of members composing the General Assembly ; and the first Monday in October next, after the raising of said Convention, he shall fix on tor the ratification, by the people, of such amendments, alterations, or new articles, as they mny make for the objects of reduction and equalization of the General Assembly only, aud if ratified by a majority of the voters who, vote on the question of•• Ratification” or ‘‘No Ratifica tion,” then arid in that event, the alterations so by them made and ratified, shall be binding on the people of this State, and not otherwise. Sec. 7. And beit further enacted. That it shall be a fundamental article in the formation or a mendments of the Convention, that each County of the State now organized or laid out, or which mny hereafter be created by law. shall be entitled to at least one Representative in the Representa five branch of the General Assjmbly. The Sen ate shall be composed of forty-six members only, from fort” Senatorial District's, composed of two contiguous Couuties: and in the event of the creation of any new county, it shall be added to some contiguous Senatorial District; and that the said Convention shall not disturb the Federal basis, in apportioning the representation in ths General Assembly of the State of Georgia, v •*.. I.—No. 42. i Sec. 8. And be it ttiac'sd, That so soon is this Act shall Have passed, bis Excellency the Governor be. aim h” is aersby requited to i aus# it to be published iu th# gazette; of this State, once a week uutil the day fixed on by this act for the election of Delegates to said Convention; as well as tbe number to w hich «acti County shall be entitled in said Convention, according to the ap jVtl tmnmxuA sbw*. - bly, t# be naad# under me late Census, taken and returned during ths present year. Sec. 9. And b> it further enacted, That the Delegates to said Couveutiou be paid at and after the same rates that the members of the General Assembly now receive ; and that his Excellency the Governor be requested to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the same, out of any money not otherwise appropuated ; and all laws and parts #f laws militating vainst this act, be, aud the saute ure hereby r*p«ai'd. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House ot Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate. Assented to 2dth December, 1838. GEURGE R. GILMER, Governor. Wvssmr run Tut (itonoiA ui&acE. LINES, Written after u night of Dissipation, Where hast thou been through the weary night? 'L he hue from thy cheek is laded quite, And tliiue eye is (lira that once was bright. Where hast thou beeu ? in every vein The blood flow# slowly ; on thy brow rests a hea vy pain. With a throb that thy nerves will scarce sustain ; Tby eye is dull, thy pulse beats low, Thy stagnant life blood doweth slew. Where hast thou been ! or, dost thou know ? Hast watched by the couch of thy dying friend, Eager each cry of his need to attend; \\ atching, with tears, his lingering end ? Hast smoothed his pillow with friendship’s care ? Hast heard the spirit’s parting tear? Not there ! Alas, thou wast net there ! Hast roved alone, through the miduight hour? Hast been iu tby loved ones rose tree bower ? Have thy thoughts once turned unto that Power, W ho made thee mortal, that thou art, Who readeth each thought of thy sinful heart. And Luoweth whenever you depart From the sacred law sud precepts true By his kind mercy grameu you f Have thy midnight hours in study sped I Tell me tbe tome in thy vigil# read ; What host thou gained f is thy heart or head • Belter or wiser than 'twas yesterday ! Thou hast not studied, teil me, 1 pray, lJow then has passed tfav night away ? 1 have been where the song and laugh wer#'hcard, U here wit flowed freely with every word ; W here the red wine sparkled on the board, More precious than the miser's hoard. Oil, ’tw as a jovial crowd met there, Who lived for mirth—cared not for car# I • ’Twas there our night we spent with Joy and loirtb, And sorrow was bauished at its birth ! Thau hast been amidst revellers, then ; With a riotous crowd of drunken men, Yosr shouts were heard through tho lonely str«e As onward you hurried with tottering feet’ Thou hast been with a druuken, riotous crowd, And thy shouts w«re heard as bold and loud : As any one in that wicked crew, Whose wild excesses werecheer#d by you. The wine has been ragiug iu thy blood, Like the storm beat sea's tempestuous flood ; Tis that which sends the painful thro# Ihrougn tuj n.urr, —i.>,-Vi tnxkes thy ewlsc ruu low, ’Tis that robs tire# of friends, of wealth. Os peace, of charaotei and health. FOR THE GEORGIA MIRROR. Written at the request of— BT B *j. si- . [Tune — Mary's Dream. Adieu, adieu, thou maiden dear, Since late decrees that we must part; Adieu all that’s lovely, fair, Thou charmer of my raptur’d heart. Alas! Alas! I’lJ no more hear Thy plaintive voice in tones of love. Which did so oft thy lover cheer As we’d through nature’s garden rove. When flowers of May their beauty spread. The Jessamine perfumed the air; Whilst on tliy brow a wreath l laid. My love, my hope, my only rare. Not all the pomp of I’rinceor State^ And those of great and noble huo A , Could half such joys create, As to feel that thou art mine. Those tearful eyes, the melting kis*. Oft told of days, more happy days, When in thy lovely, fond embrace, I’d glory in those sacred ties, When all the ills of life seem fled, Ami trouble lost in nuptial charms. Truly happy, ’twould be indeed, To breathe my last within thy arms. But since ill fate decrees me this, ()n terms both fair and free, Then let me seek for other bliss, A home, a country far from thee. 1 am not rich r noryet repine. For richer, richer, far than they. Who boast of wealth* but live asjswine, Aud still they’d thy aflectious sway. Thu’ toss’d upon the briny deep. Or in some distant land I sigh, Tho’ lonely and forlorn 1 sleep, Beneath some far and hostile skj. Tw ill then be sweet to think on thee And scenes now gone, forever gone, ’Mid all the charms of youthful glee. When all our hopes, our oys were one hi