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BY GARDNER & BARROW TSJi: OLOIUa i Is published every Saturday, in Florksce , ewart county, Ga. at THREE DODLARS a vear, if paid in advance, or FOUR 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 tender 15 lines will be considered less than a square. A deduction will be made for yearly ad vertisements. All advertisements handed hi for publication without * limitation, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. tSalcs 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/* in like manner forty, days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate oust be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Ouurt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Ne irross, must be published weekly Air four months. Qj'"' Ali Letters on business most he post ram to insure attention. JOB PRINTING. (CONNECTED with the office of the MIR- J ROR, is a splendid assortment of S/-4MB ‘l 4 -3 And we are enabled to excute all kind ot Job work, in the neatest manner and at the shortest notice. <>f every description will constantly be kept on hand, such as I N DTCTMF.N l'S, DECLARATIONS* SUBPtKN AS, .lUR V SUM MONSES, KXEUI TION'S. COST EXECUTIONS. SHERIEF'S I?I LLS OK SALE, do DEEDS, LAND DEEDS, .lUS. SUMMONSES, da EXECUTIONS, M< >R TO AGES, do GUARDIANSHIP. LET. A DM INISTK ATFON, do TESTAMENTARY, \nd a great many ot!.. r ; far J ustices, of the Peace, v dministrators. V xeeutors.&c. • 3 . -• 2. Vi i Ijlj 1A HAVING' ;a n incetlv located themselves in FLORE M’!' . respectfully tender their proles ’nml services to the citizens thereof and the surrounding country. From the success * hich lias heretofore attend rd tlif ir practice, they flatter themselves that they will be enabled to give general satisfaction to their patrons. One. of both, may be found at their office when not professionally engaged. .1 an 26 42 drtt; hal t ridge ESPECTRt LL\ tenders his services in -5D the practice ot MEDICINE AND SURGERY, to the citizens of Florence and its vicinity, and hopes, by unremitting attention to merit a share of the public confidence. Dr. Id. may always be found, exsept when pro fessionally engaged, at his office on Broad street, lately occupied by the Georgia Mirror. .lan 5,1839 .39 EM 1 . Win. ML Hardwick, LUMPKIN, O.A. A N, at all tim-sbe found by 'those wishing his J services, at his office, or the house of M. McCullar, Esq. when not professionally engaged. ■lan 20 42 "LAW NOTICE; fiTMIE undersigned having moved to Lumpkin, ■ will practice Law in the County of Stewart and the adjacent counties All business entrust ed to his care will be promptly attenteil to. January 11, 1838. E. W. HANDLE. J. A. H. HA( o\. ATTORNEY AT LAW, STARKSVILLE. LEE COUNTY. GEORGIA. "VV7"ILL atten U the Courts ot the CHATTA- H HOOUHEE CIRCUIT. Nov. 25 35 Iv Attorney at Law, FLORENCE. STEWART. COUNTY. GA Anril IP ALL persons are forewarned from trading for eitln/r of five .promissory Notes given by the subscribers to Samuel Tompkins for Eleven Thousand Dollars each; the first due on the first day of January, 1840, the second due on the first day of January, 1841, the-third due on the first day of January, 1842, the fourth due on theffirst day of January, 1843, and the filth due on the first day of January, 1844, all dated on the 4tli day of January. 1839. Said notes were given in consid eration for Land, Negroes, .Stock. Provisions, i Plantation tools, Ac. for the delivery of which we hold said Tompkins’ bond for One Hundred and Ten thousand Dollars, and said notes are said to be lost or mislaid, and we will not pay them or ei ther of them, or any part thereof, to any other person than the said Tompkins, and to him only, according to the letter and specifications of the contract, as set forth in said bond. JOHN D. PITTS, ri. W. JERNTGAN. Jftff. Id «> STATE CONVENTION. VN ACT to provide for the call of a Conven tion to reduce the number of the General Assembly ot the State of Georgia, aud fur the other purposes therein named. Sec. 1. lie it inactcd by the Senate and House "J Representatives of the State of Georgia in Gen era! Assembly met , and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That the first Monday in 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 fied to vote for members of the Legislature, shall, at the several places prescribed by law for holding such elections, vete for delegates to represent them in Convention, in number equal to their representation in both branches of the General A seinbly, according to the bast census; such election to be conducted, managed and certified under the same laws as are of force in respect to elections of members of the General Assembly. Hec. 2. And be it further enacted , That it shall he the duty of such managers to transmit to his Excellency the Governor, the result of said elec tions under the laws now of force couductiug, managing and certifying elections of members 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 Convention, as contemplated by the act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That every citizen ot the United States shall be eligible to a seat in said Convention, who hat attained the age ot twenty-five years, and been au inhabitant of tins State three years, immediately preceding the day of election, and who shall have resided one year in the county for which lie shall be elected. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That each member returned as duly elected, shall, previous totalling hisieat in said Convention, tak? the following oath or affirmation, viz : “J do solemnly swear that 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 Con stitution of I he State of Georgia, other than those touching the representation in the General As sembly thereof. and that 1 have been a citizen of this State fortjie last three y ears, so help me God.’’ And any person elected to a seat in said Conven tion, who -hall refuse to take oath aliuesai I, shall not be allowed to take his seat iu said Conven tion. Sec 5. And he it farther enacted. That the members of said Convention shall assemble on the first Monday in May, after their election, at Milledgeviile, in the Representative Chamber of the State House, for the purpose of entering upon and cousumating the oreat objects of their convention, to wit: a reduction and equalization ol the General Assembly; shall have power to prescribe their own rules and forms of business ; nd to determine on the qualifications of their ow n 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. Andbe.it further enacted, That if shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor, to give publicity to the alterations and amendments made in the Constitution in reference to the re duction of the number of members composing thef leueral Assembly ; and the first Monday in October next, after the raising of said Convention, he shall fix on for the ratification, by the people, of such amendments, alterations, or new articles, as they may make for the objects of reduction and equalization of the General Assembly only, and if ratified by a majority of the voters who, vote on the question of “Ratification” or “No Ratifica tion,” then and in that event, the alterations so by them made and ratified, shall be binding on the people of this Stale, and not otherwise. Sec. 7. And be it 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 may hereafter be created by law, shall be entitled to at least one Representative in the Represents five branch of the General Assembly. The Sen ate shall be composed of forty-six members only, from fort” Senatorial Districts, composed of two contiguous Counties: 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 uot disturb the Federal basis, in apportioning the representation is the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so soon as this Act shall have passed, his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby required to cause it to be published in the gazettes of this State, once a week until the day fixed on by this act for the election of Delegates to said Convention; as well as the number to which each County shall be entitled in said Convention, according to the ap portionment of members of the General Assem bly, to be made under the late Census, taken and returned during the present year. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Delegates to said Convention 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 lor the same, out of anv money not otherwise appropriated ; and all laws and part# of laws militating against this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate. Assented to 2Gth December, 1838. GEORGE R. GILMER. Governor. LOST. ONE Note on Cachet &i Jernigan for Seventy five Dollars, due January Ist, 1839; one for .fifteen dollars, due IstOct. 1838,0n Merri* Jones tpajyaMe to/ohn Svuckev. > TanA,f#9 $0 TFftfS. W7RAS7. I FLORENCE, GA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1830. gaasMMr* tow THE cr. IKuifV MIKHOR. AMBITION, POWER, RELIGION. Ambition ! thou art but a dream, A Hitting ray, a transient gteaui, Bytl learch tempter given, To lure us far oil' trom the goal, The resting place of every soul, To lure our hopes from heaven! \ud Power, thou art too, the same, A minute struggling for poor fame, And thou art goue, forever ! Vain man will labor with much cost, For this, no sooner gamed than l ist, Aud lost, alas, forever! There's but one light, one brilliant ray, To guide us onward, day by day To the bright realms abore. It too is gained with labor cost, But ouce gained, is never lost, The light of God’s own love ! Ambition, Power, their feeble flame, Shrinks from this, which burns the same, Forever, aye, forever. Juke to the star which points the pole, Their light by clouds is hid but to tbe soul Tliis light is constant, ever ! T. TOO. THE GKO KOI A JMKSUa THE YOUTHFUL MOTHER. BY O. J. M. I have seen young Christians living, And have heard their prayer to God ; I, lor sinners, heard them pleading, To return to Christ their Lord. So freely, so freely, So freely would they go home toglory. I have seen young Christians dying, Oh ! it was a heat 'nly sight; I have heard them shouting, praying, Whilst they long’d to take their flight. So freely, so freely, So freely would they go home to glory. 1 hava seen the youthful mother, When upon her lied of death, All her friends around her gather, E’er the Lord had sti p’d her breath. So freely, so freely, So freely would she go home to glory. Nature was already sinking, When she raised her trembling voice, Ail around were mourning, weeping, When she said, “mi/ friends rejoice!" So freely, so freely, So freely would she go home toglory. It, to you, I know is painful. Rut your loss will be my gain, And to murmur thus, is sinful, ’Tis from Jleav'n afflictions come. So freely, so freely, So freely would she go home to glory. Sinking, dying, shouting, praising, Took her babe into her arms, “ ’Tis the Lord, my child,” exclaiming, “May he guide thy infant steps.” So freely, so freely, So freely would she go home to glory Oh ! the blessed hope of Ileaven, When this pulse shall cease to beat; Richer honors will be given When saints in glory meet. So freely, so freely, So freely would she go home to glory. Richer, far, will be my portion, ‘Tho’ the least of all God’s saints, Than this world with all its fashion, Can bestow, of which it vaunts. So freely, so freely, So freely would she go home to glory. Farewell father, farewell mother, Farewell brothers, sisters all; Farewell husband, O, forever, ’Tis the Lord, O ! heat him call. So freely, so freely, So freely does she go home to glory. Thus the favor'd of the Saviour, Shall triumph over death aud hell; Like the youthful, pious mother, Bid all earth a long farewell. So freely, so freely, So freely will they go home to glory. Front the Philadelphia Visiter. An Antobiographjri Or Mr. mo ns and Reminiscences of a young Alan. “No species ot writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography; since none be more delightful or more useiul;—none can more cer tainly enchain the heart by irristible interest, or more widely diffuse instruction to every diversity ol condition.” D*. Job.vsopt. “A young man's ambition is bat vanity; it has no definite aim: it plays with a thousand toys. As with one passion, so with the rest. In youth, Jove is ever on the wing, but, like the birds in April, it hath not yet built Its nest. With so long a career of summer and hope before it, the disappointment of to day is succeeded by thenovelty of to-morrow.” Buewer. _ CHAPTER 1. In which the author in rather an old way eomrnen ees his memoirs, and furnishes the reader with some original rcmimscencH of and Upoutar, ‘To spout is, to declaim. Yo recite blankverse, •Ane. Area gpotrter Js jh amareur, a lover of the histrionic art, but not de facto a professor of it. The one makes a display ol his profession; the oili er imtulges hi 4 propensity for* the aft iu private. The actor follows lus profession tor a livelihood . tho spouter pursues the bent of his genius tui amusement merely. Both arc dmnatists; tit some points they are very similar, and m some very dissimilar, in short, spouteis assemble to getliei privately for the purpose of performing* tragedies, comedies, farces, <md a variety of pieces with various designations. The usual practice, by which they become associated,is tins* Several, to the amount of twelve, fifteen, or twenty, get together and form themselves in a body, with President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Ac.—each member contributing his periodical ratio of cash to a general fund for the support of an establishment. An eligible room is then ren ted, and a temporary stage erected. If the num ber at the outset is not sutlicient, others are ad mitted by being elected, and placing their signa tures to the articles of the constitution and by laws. These societies are mostly composed of young men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one,—mostly apprentices to some me chanical business, but not unfrtquently the sons ol gentlemen and professional people. By gen tlemen, we mean those that are rich, with a hand some residence, carriage, footmen, seivuuts, Acc. die. In speaking of professional men, 1 refer to physicians and lawyers, or to such generally as procure a livelihood, and sustain themselves iu grandeur, without actually laboring lor it, but for which they must neverthle. s use some exertiions, Merchants are considered gentlemen alter they get rich and-retire from trade; so are mechanics who do the same. In fact, those that spend large iucouies constitute the aristocracy of our society ; the professional man ranks next ; the merchant iu bus .'vss next; and so on with tbeir regular gradatin'!* down to the laborer who earns the bread tie eats by the daily sweat of his brow. W ha; a line thing it is to be born rich ! —to eat, drink, jud sleep, without an effort to obtain the luxuries of either. Nothing is more comforta ble lit in to go to bed when you please, to get up when you please, to travel or stay at home as you choose; to ride a eheval, or drive out in your carriage; to lounge away the time on an ottoman with a novel in your hand or a cigar in your mouth ; to do just what you like. Never tell me that employment constitutes happiness. I know to the contrary. And as?to application, 1 would as willingly lake pills or castor-oil as be constrain ed to apply myself to anything, no matter what. Fleuty of leisure and plenty of money, say I—it is the ultimatum of human felicity,—is it not ! 'Philosophers and sages may preach up the re verse to us. but whenever I hear them, the fable of the fox and the grapes occurs to me as very apiopos. They would if they could; but they can't, and ‘there’s the rub,’ as Hamlet says. But 1 digress. The writer of these pages was once a spouter; he is now before you as the author of his own biography.—Franklin, you know, wrote his—why should not I ? No good reason why I should not can be given, and so 1 shall begin. lam an only sou—an only child. My respec ted parents had been married five years and better without issue, and were about adopting tbe orphan daughter of a relative, when all at once favorable symptoms were observed, and 1 shortly afterwards appeared upon the stage of human lite- mv first appearance on any stage. 1 was a healthy child and grew rapidly. My mother, bless her! soon r covered Irom her confinement; and was as care ful ol me as if I had been a> much gold. Tlu name that 1 was to bear had been much talked of two or three months previous to my nativity, aud continued to be a fruitful theme of conversation until that interesting crisis arrived. My lather, good man! was passionately devoted to the science of astronomy, and was anxious that J should be called “Isaac Newton,” in compliment to the celebrated astronomer of that name. Hi* better half however, evinced such a decided die like to the sound of “Isaac,” that that part of the great man's appellation was dropped, and the more euphonious “Horatio,” substituted. My sur name is “Moore.” Au ancestor of mine emigrated to this country about tbe commencement of the last century.- Fins ancestor left Ireland with little else in the world than phe coarse elolhes on his back, the brogues upon his feet and a good supply of health. He hired himaelf to an old Dutchman in New Jersey, who was considerable of a farmer, and iu a year or twe he married the old man’s daughter. This daughter happened to be the Dutchman’s only legitimate offspring, and at his dr atli inherited all that he left. She was a bux oiti, tall, hearty woman, and became tbe mother Os e*v«al children,—one of which was my great g randfather, who in time took a wife to himself and bad his own children. Comequontly the M •ores were rapidly increasing- -every year there was more and more ot' them, Daring the memorable Revolution of 17,76, the Moores, 1 ana proud to say, were staunch re publicars. My grandfather shouldered his mus ket and helped to tar aud feather several rich old tories. He was engaged in two pitched battles ; was with Washington at the crossing of the Del aware; and assisted in numberless skirmishes. After the war was over, he settled himself upon a larm, took a wife, got four children, became a , widower, married agatn, and raised a large family. I He had eighteen chtldren by his two wives—-four ] by tbe first—fourteen by the second. Among the latter stock were three sets of twins. 'He was a jovial old mm, I’ve heard folks sav---'A fine old fellow.' As for myself, reader, T am (what T cannot ex pect to be msny years longer) a young man. It seems, however as it I .had fired long enough to be old. In the course ot tne twenty three years that have nearly elapsed since I was bom, 1 have mmgfed as rrmci. with ’h» world as many another at fifty. Pvrhaps a great deal may be attributed to the times which J have been j thrown amidst—an age of luxury, peace, tht j universal use of steam power. Ol' my boyhood provfiMis to t?!e ttgv af fun/tm, 1 Vgl. I.—No. 44 I retain but slight recollection. I was bles* with Health, was active, alwaysfoud of play, and ever ready to take my own part. At this titnsjjtoo my either began to instruct me in the mysteries of lis lavorite scieuce. Frequently, of a* evening, ic would take me out with him iuto the yard back if our house; there would we seat ourselves upon an old wash-benchr that, somehow or other, .eemed most convenient for our purpose, and he would commence. •Newton,’ be would say—(be always called me by tny middle name,)—-‘you are now at an 3gev when the mind begins to dawn in the bosom ot youth, and first impressions take deepest root.' es, sir,’ I would mechanically answer, chi ming iu like a chorus to an old song. ‘As your father,’ he would continue, ‘and con sequently the person most interested in your wel fare, I feel myself in a great measure responsible lor your future success in life.’ ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘lt is my duty to set you out in the world with a good educatiou---au education with which, at a proper age, you may venture to launch the bar que of your hopes into the precarious ocean ot society.’ ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘ln this important duty I cannot satisfactorily succeed though, without a voluntary co-opera tion on your part. You must be tractable, in dustrious, and must withal be gifted with that spirit of emulation which is inate to genins, and without which, no man can rise to an enviable eminence on the ladder of fame. ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘Application, my son, application is the secret- Without application genius will be unproductive- Like ‘an uuweeded garden that grows to seed, things rank and gross in nature will possess it merely.’ ‘Yes, sir.’ •Therefore cultivate your mind, Newton if is the immortal part of you. See to what a pinna cle it elevated (he great astronomer whose name you bear! Let him be your example, my son. Study-read—acquire—-apply youraelf.tj Who knows but you may one day share the laurels with that great man, and your name descend to future generations on the same page with Tycho Brahe, Descartes. Galileo, Herschcl, &c. Things more ■ improbable occur daily.’ ‘Yes, sir,’ '1 bus would tny benevolent father contintie, aud thus would 1 mechanically reply. At the end of each paragraph, he would impressively lower his voice, and 1 thus knew at’what moment to put in ni) affirmative. What he said was then about as iielligibie to me as the Chinese language now is—l comprehended not a particle of his meaning. Frequent repetitions of the same, though, caused the sounds to become familiar to my ears, and eventually I got them, like a schol boy’s lesson, by rote. To tbe retentiveness of mv memory, therefore, the reader is indebted for their transcription here. After having delivered himself of the prece ding prelude, my sue would then commence upon the main topic. The stars, sun", systems, worlds, planets, cornels, meteors, Arc. lie would unroll, unravel, discuss, and explain. After which inevitably followed a dissertation upon the life and character of Sir Isaac Nrwton, before tbe conclu sion of which 1 invariably began to give indica tions of somnolency by a certain vibratory motion of the bead yclept a nod, and it was by no means an unusual occurrence for him to carry me into the house and up stairs to bed actually asleep— with such truly piofound attention had I listened to him. Often too, subsequent to pne of these lectures on astronomy, would my slumbers be dis turbed with the nightmare; horrible visions would present themselves ;—worlds tumbling into pie ces—comets, with their fiery tails, rushing to and fro. ’ ke a ranting actor strutting his hour upon the stage—stars by millions, shooting up into the interminable, and descending like skyrockets— meteors dancing jigs; moons, like fire-flies, ap pearing and disappearing—and the exhibition en ding with a grand display of celestial fire-works, in the centre of which would be the sun, destroy ing himself in the shape of a great squib ! Early in life I became fond of admiration it was my rulling passion ; and vain of personal at tractions, 1 neglected no possible means of show ing them off to advantage. When about four teen 1 imbibed a fondness for the drama, and was almost nightly at one or the other of the theatres, where I had the double gratification 0 { see j ng t j,p, performance and being seen myself. The first theatrical performance at w hi. U i was present, was H, “ ir at Law ;--the second was Miss Mitford 3 t ragedy of fßienzi’—both of which were deeply impressed upon my youthful memory, and especially the latter, to which, notwithstand ing I have since witnessed Shahspeare, Massing er, Otway, (cc. I decidedly award the preference. Not that, with so immature a judgement as mine, 1 would assert it to be superior—-by no means; I merely wish to signify that it pleases my taste better. There’s no accounting for taste, you know. That which is one man’s meant is anoth er’s poison, says the proverb. For example; take the recent productions of Talfourd and Bul wer.—'lon,’ a tragedy, and the ‘Dutchess de la \ alliere,’ a play. The success of these two pie ces has been very different,-—the former very suc cessful, the latter but indifferently so. That de lightful ’actress, Miss ElJen Tree, lias sustained the prominent character in each. As lon her appearance was beautiful; and to me was tbe only thing of interest throughout. In the closet, the language of the piece is couched in so elllborato a style that the meaning is not uufrequently ob scure, end two or three perusals of a sentence are requisite to enable you to fathom it. On tho stage it presents no diversity of incident, but ap pears to drag along to the catastrophe, like a pair of wearied oxen, crawiing up hill with heavy loa ded wagon. With Bulwer’s play, critic* notwith stading,l was delighted. The language is smooth and highly poetical, whilst the plot and denoue ment. though a matter of historical fact, has been f?o Jtrdfcfiuisfy managed as to ewTfle the author to