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BY GARDNER & BARROW. raE mnn^z. Is published every Tuesday, iu Florence ewhft county, Ga. at I’HREE DODLA T.S a vear, it paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, it not paid until the end of the year. Advertisements will lu* conspicuously inserted U One Dollar per squire, (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 in for publication without » limitation, will he published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators and Guardians, ar« required by law to lie advertised in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day oi sale. The sale of Personal property must be adver ted hi 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 *e!l Land and Ne groes, must be published weekly tor four months ffT” All Letters on business must be pnsi paid to insure attention. STATE CONVENTION. A N ACT to provide far the call of a Couve / A. tion to reduce the number of the Generfi Assembly of the State of Georgia, and for the other purposes therein named. Sec. 1 Be it tnarted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in Gen eral 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 and 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 Taw for holding such elections, vote for delegates to represent them in Convention, in number equal to their representation in both branches of the General Assembly, according to the last census ; such election to l>e conducted, managed and certified under the same laws as are of force in r< spect to elections of members of the General Assembly. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That it shad be the duty of such managers to transmit to his Excellency the Governor the result of said Her lions under the taws now if force conducting, managing and certifying elections of members of the General Assembly, as aforesaid, within ten days after such election: whereupon it is mad the duty of his Excellency th** Governor, to issue his Proclamation discharging the result of such election, by notifying the individuals severally e.!ert»*d to renresent the good people @f Georgia in Convention, as contemplated by tire act. See 3. led be it fn'ker enacted. That every eiti/'m of the United Slates shall b«* eligible to a ‘i-nt in said Convention, who has lttainecl the a :e of twenty live vears and been an inhabitant of this ‘s’ate three years, immediately preceding the dAv e election, and who shall have resided one year if, the county for w hich Veshalfbe elected. 4 A {be it f,r> he. enacted.- That each •neg oer 'ur-.ed as dulv elected, shall, previous *'• fikiu his »eat tri sa’l Convention,’tak ■ the f Plowing «a;h or aMr t uion, viz : *•! do suleninlv » • * irtL-»t l w II not attempt to add >r to take from rh*» Constitution; or attempt to charge or alter anv other 5-ection. clause, 'or article of the Con of tbc State of Georgia., her than those touching th& represent; tie the General \s *emb!y ! hereof, and that I hare been a • itize of t his State for the last thr< e y cars, so help ine God ” And anv person elected to a seat in said Co.iVci!- tion, who shall refuse to take oath aforesaid, shall not be allowe I to take his seat in said Conveutio u Sec 5. And be it further entided. That the members of said Convention shall assemble on the first Mondav in May. after their election, at Wtilledgcville, in the Representative Chamber of the State House, for the purpose of entering upon and eonsumating the reat 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 ail orders which they may deem conclusive to the furtherance of the object for which such Conven tion shall assemble. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That it 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 heGeneral 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 mav make for the objects of reduction and equalization of the General Assembly only, and if ratified bv 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 State,and not otherwise. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That it shall be a fundamental article in the formation or a- ;• mendmenfs of the Convention, that each County of the Stafie now organized or laid out, or which may hereafter be created by law. shall be entitled i to at least one Representative in the Representa j five branch of the General Assembly. The Sen- j ate shall lie composed of forty-six members only, i from fort* Senatorial Districts, composed of two Contiguous Counties: and in tbe event of the creation of any new countv. it shall be added to some contiguous Senatorial District: .;m« that the said Convention shall not disturb the Federal basis, in apportioning the representation in the , General Assembly of the, State Geoighf. Sec. 8. And be it farther enacted, That so soon ns this Act shall have passed, his Exceiieucy 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 tor the election ot 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 me Treasurer for the same, out ol any money not otherwise appropriated ; and ail laws ami parts of laws militating against tins act, be, and lire same are hereby repealed. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES Dull GHEE. 1 V, President of the Semite. Assented taJfith December, IH3B. GEORGE R. GiLMER, Governor. TABLE, Snaring the Representation aj the several 'ountics oj the estate by the late Act oj Apportionment. .pphng, 1 Laurens, 2 Baker, 1 Lee, 1 Baldwin, 2 Liberty, 2 Bibb, 3 Lincoln, 2 Bulloch, 1 Lowndes. 2 Butts, 2 Lumpkin, 2 Burke, 3 Macon, 2 Bryan, 1 Madison, 2 Campbell, 2 Marion, 2 Carroll, 2 Mclntosh, 2 Cobb, 2 Meriwether, 3 Cass, 2 Monroe, 4 Columbia, 3 Montgomery, 1 Crawford, 2 Murray, 2 Coweta, 3 Morgan, 3 Chatham, 4 Muscogee, 4 Clark. 3 Newton, 3 Cherokee, 2 Oglethorpe, 3 Camden, 2 Paulding, 1 Dade, 1 Pike, 3 Decatur, 2 Pulaski, 2 DeKalb, 3 Putnam, 3 Dooly, 2 Rabun, 1 Early, 2 Randolph, 2 Effingham, 1 Richmond, 3 Elbert, 3 Semen, 2 Emmanuel. I •Stewart 3 1* ayette, 2 Sumter, Floyd, 2 Talbot, Forsyth, 2 Taliaferro, 2 Franklin, 3 Tattnall, 1 Gilmer, 1 I'elfnir, 1 Glynn, 1 Thomas, 2 Greene, 3 i roup, 4 Gwinnett, 3 Twiggs, 2 Habersham, 3 Union, 1 Hancock, 3 Upson, 3 Heard, 2 Walton, 3 Henry. • 3 Walker, 2 Houston, 3 Ware, ] Hall, 3 Washington, 3 Harris, 3 Wayne, 1 •rwin. 1 Wilkinson, 2 Jones, 3 Wilkes, 3 lamer, 3 Warren, 3 'vdV-rseu, 2 aci sou, 3 Total, 206 KLOS<ENCE “ACADEMY. ' fi sti i. exercises of the Male Department of the 1 -'*■ :■• ee Ac i will commence on Mon day „ex;. Dii nisi, ii .tier th** superintendence of M'. Gkohoe J. tlct'L s*. : win comes w ! e -omnipnded as an iustructri oi . uth. 1 hi fi lo.vm. wifi b- tin rates Os ti.lt n >i •in Orthography, Reading and Pe maa-t.e , i-4 0 * do do do with Arithmetic, 5 (it/ English Grammar and Geography, (i <>o Higher English Brauches, 3 00 Languages, 10 00 The Female Department wid commence on the same day, under the direction of Miss Marga ret Harvf.y, and the Department ot Music un der the charge ol Miss Wright. Os Miss Har vey’s qualifications the Trustees deetn it unneces sary to speak, as 'hey are too well known to re quire any recommendation from them. Miss Wright beings with her the best evidences of her capability to discharge her duties with the ut most satisfaction, and the Trustees do not hesitate to recommend her totlie patronage of the public. The terms of tuition, will be the same as state above, and for Drawing avid Painting, 12 0© Music alone, 16 00 do with other branches, 20 00 Needlework an extra charge of 3 #0 Board can be had, for males and females, in the most respectable houses, at reasonable prices. Jan. 5 39 BY THE TRUSTEES. GEORGIA—Sumter county. ti/' 11EREAS, F. T. Tlansbn applies to me v v for letters of Administration on the estate of Elmina Hanson, Jate of Bibb ( ountv, deceas ed : This is therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceas ed. to appear at my office within the time prescri bed by law, to file their objections, if any th y have, why' said letters ol administration should not be granted. Given undermy hand, at office, this 23d day o’ January. 1839. EDMUND NUNN 43 c. c. *o DISSOLUTION. •rjillh firm of J. B. Morgan A Cos. was dis * • 'vc ! by mutual -onsent on the l.'ith ir st. re business in tutur wdi bee, nd ie:ed by i. B- J B ORGAN, J. B. BROWN. Feb. 13 45 iff FLORENCE, GA. TUESDAY, MARCH 2G, 1830. $ fr»sKgar» f. w f v HINTS TO NE ~SPARER One reader cries, your strain's too grave, Too much morality you have. Too much about religion ; Give me some witch and wirzard tales, Ol slipshod ghosts, with fins and scales. Aud leathers like a pigeon. 1 love to read, another cries. Those monstrous fashionable lies— In other words, those novels, Composed of kings, and priests, and lords, Os border wars, and Gothic hordes, i hat used lo live en hovels. No no, crcs one, we've had enough Ot such confounded love-sick stuff. To craze the lair creation : Give us some recent foreign news Ot Russians, Turks, the Poles, or J ws, Or any other natiou. The man of dull scholastic lore Would like to see a little more Os first rate scraps of Latin ; The grocer faith would learu the price Os tea and sugar, fruit and rice. The draper, silk and satin. Another cries, I want more fun, A witty anecdote, or pun, A rebus, or a riddle ; Some wish for parliamentary news, And some perhaps of wiser views. Would rather hear a fiddle. The critic, too, of (.lassie skill. Must dip in gall his gander quill, Aud scrawl against the paper ! OF all the literary fools, Bred in our colleges or schools, He cuts the greatest caper. Another cries, I want to see A jumbling up variety, v M'i<‘ty in all tilings— A miscellaneous 'hodge-podge print, Composed, (1 only give the hint,) O multifarious small things. 1 want some marriage news, says miss, it constitutes my highest bliss, 'i o hear ot weddings plenty ; Foi in a time of general rain. None suffer drought, ‘tis plain, ■ At least, not one iu twenty. i want to hear of deaths, says one, Os people totally undone, By 10-ses, fire, or fever. Another answers, full as wise, I'd rather have the fall aad rise Ot racoon skins and beaver. Some signify a secret wish For now and then a favorite dish Os polities to suit them; But here we rest at perfect ease, For should they swear the moon was cheese, Wc never should confute them. Or grave oi humourous, wild or tame, Lolly or low. ’us all the same, l oo haughty, or too humble : >’o bret • r editors, pursue * he | .iu, that seems the best to you, And let ihc* grumblers grumble. From the Southern Literary Messenger. BcavvoF uce aud iiiodeslt, A.i T.aSAI. By the author oi' “Adventures of a Bachelor.” A inoefe.-t, benevolent lace may be compared to a cupboard without a lock—a repository tor peculation, invitingly open to every greedv cor inurant, and as iiule respected when ntled ol us contents, as a swim though, into winch the ani mal s suent is (burst at first, Out as the coutents diuiini.sli, the whole of its body is inserted. A inooest mau slumui always be poor; if, tor no j oilier teasou, only to disappoint tiie ravenous sharks who know not the virtue. A mild, open countenance may also fie compared toa ripe pear, hanging over the highway, a mark tor the slings ot every passer, and,exposed to all the ill winds that blow. Fie upon it! we are taught to cherish it, and find too hue that we have nourished a vi per. It might fie a valuable virtue, it all, or even a respectable portion ot maukiud harbored it: so there w ould be no necessity ot closing our doors at night if all men were honest. These reflections were engendered one fine Sabbath morning alter ! setting out for church, it was a most lovely day in autumn, inspiring, even in tbe city: there had been one or two frosts, that paled the leaveson the lindens before the door, ami now the san shone out clear, tniid aud invigorating. It was natural for a complaisant stnile to rest on my lips, as I rics. euded the snow-white steps ot my boarding house, and joined the throng of pedestrians, winch in teased in numbers ns we approached the vicinity of the time honored edifice. The aged man iottered along the same walk he had traver sed iu childhood ; and tiie young and joytul wended the same road, whilst few of them, it may be, entertained many thoughts of death and , the grave hard by. Near oue of the fluted t columns of the splendid granite “temple of the i Lord,” seated on the cold steps, with a cratch in i one hand and a rusty wool hat in the other, was sta tioned a cadaverous old beggar. Now, thought 1, wili be practised the holy charity, on the thres hold of the iioiy house, where the holy precept is taught. As the crowd swept in 1 found myseii si.Huong before the medteaut. “\k ell, my goon man.” said I. "you have doubt less reaped a toil harvest, this delightful tuoi mug.” "Behold,” said lie, "tny treasure.” I looked iu, and found onlj some halt dozen coppers.— "But you," continued he, holding up the hat, "have the right kind of face, and the moment 1 saw you 1 knew my little store would be increas ed.” lam sure it was a natural impulse, and not his practiced flattery, that induced me to con tribute, lor my pocket was already delivered of its little mite, set apart lor the church, before he was hall done speaking. “Heaven bless your generous countenance!” continued the old man, looking ine steadily in the eye, "it will be a treasure for you in heaven, but on earth you will find it a curse, and 1 would ad vise you to dispense with it as quick as possible.” Struck with the singularity of his remark, I was livened to the spot iu astonishment. "Why should you form this conclusion, and tender such advice, my friend ?” 1 inquired. “\\ ere this a fitting place I would tell you ; aud if you really w ish to hear me, you can do so by accompanying me to oue of my haunts. I will suon be compelled to leave here.” “I will go with you,” said I, “and substitute your lessons for the sermon. But what will compel you to leave here ?” Just then my le liiaiks were abruptly broken off by the intrusion of a red faced gentleman, who, with an air of uncommon importance, placed his foot under the mendicant, and forced him to rise. “Stop! you impudent scoundrel!” said I, in terfering, on recognizing the intruder i« be tiic sexton. “Never mind,” said the beggar, laughing, “I am willing to exchange this stand for any other, as far as profit is concerned.” And when the old fellow hobbled off, 1 followed him. “Now,” said my companion, when we were en sconsed under an awning on the wharf, where an old woman, whom he informed me was deaf and dumb, kept cakes and apples for sale, sat dosing hv, M will tell you why you should dispense with your generous aud modest face. Genuine mo desty comprelrends more than mere inoffensive diffidence: it is the radiant ne plus ultra of na ture’s alchemy, formed of all the most valuable particles ot the soul and consequently only lor heaven.” "My dear sir,” said I, “you put it all to the blush ! You tell me to my face that I possess this rare compound." “1 do say it,” le leplied, “and instead of a grnteiui blush, a tear of i egret would he more ap propr ate, unless you retire from the wotld and live a hermit’s life. You would then be beyond the influence of the vices of the world, and, in stead of having your virtues preyed upon by the vicious, you might enjoy the treasure which God has endowed you with iu peace. Vice and vir tue are antagonist qualites, and as there is ten fold mote of the former ou the earth, so when the y come in contact the victory is to numbers: therefore it is wisdom to kepp them asunder, or if they must mingle, it is prudence to dispense with the semblance ol the latter, as a soldier does the badge of his couniiy, when surrounded by the enemy.” t ‘‘This is most exttaoVdinary ?” I exclaimed. “I am perfectly aware of that,” replied my companion; “and, if you will give me your at tention, I will briefly relate some of the incidents ot mv life." Unhesitatingly assenting, and sig nifying great euriositv to know his history, he threw aside his crutcfi, and leaning back against a keg ou which 1 was desired to sit, he thus be gan : “l was the only child of humble parents, who lived by keeping a small flower garden near the city. I was sent to school when very young, and was distinguished for my learning and bashfulness.— At the age of thirteen I was left an orphan—both my parents dying the same av ; being swept off by an epidemic. I was now the inheritor of a few hundred dol’ars, and i- ight have continued my father’s business successfully, had hunt been lor my constitutional infirmity, modesty, which ever prevented me from bustling with itiy fellow men and pushiug my fortune. I hired myself to a neighboring gardiner, and several years led a contented life: but the fairest flower, the one with which 1 was most delighted, was the gentle Rosa, my employer’s daughter. Long 1 loved her; and the passion was mutual. She delighted to des cant iu my presence on the various significations of the plants---and, at parting, she would pin on my bieast the one which was the badge of love and constancy. Y'et the curse of timidity hung over me ! When the time arrived for me to act, when it became necessary for me to declare my love in words, and solicit her hand, my tongue refused its office, and I construed her silence and coyness into a rejection; and without seeking another interview, 1 fled to the city. Here, amongst strangers, whom I had not confidence to ask for employment, nor firmness to deny my purse to any, 1 was soon left destitute. \V hen on the borders of despair, aud wishing that some friendly dispensation of Providence, would take me from amongst the living, a war was deflated, and 1 eladly shouldered a musket in the defence of mv country. In the first conflict, urged more by a reckless desire of death, than impelled by a sense of duty, it was my fortune to distinguish myself, and receive the particular recommenda tions of my officer. But in the next action 1 was made i cripple for life, fell into the hands of the enemy, ami when I awoke from a long delirium 1 found myself in a hospital in England. They had evidently taken mo for one of their own par ty, of tiie same name, who, 1 supposed, had per ished in the battle 1 told them who and what I was, and soon found myself abnmloncd, in a strange laud, without money, and uuablc to work for a Bring. For years 1 pumied tbo occupation Yol. I.—No. *SO. of a beggar, hoarding upn y sarii gs to return to my native laud. 1 now bought ol my faint hearted ness, and felt certain, tf.at Rtsa would gladly have been mine, hau 1 only prusiu ny suit! Aye, the bitterest sting ol monthly is the conviction of calmer moments, that it lias been hopelessly ill timed, and could so easily and profitably have been dispensed with ! 1 called several tunes on our minister, but paused at thr? threshold, and never had the l;e«ut to see him, even when he had granted an audience. At length a humane captain gave me a ] ass-ace in the steerage, and when 1 again set loot on this wharf, 1 hastened to Rosa’s gardtri, oetermioed to try my fortune once men , ever under more unfavorable circumstances than lounei.y. I saw her from a thicket of sh.ubbery, culling flowers as usual, but several pra ting children were round her, calling to ‘mama!’ i turned, and fled away. “1 learned that the wounded ol thewlate war were entitled to pensions, and i repaired lo th»* war office to assert my claims. r l he lunctioi ary looked at the list, stared me in the face, and thrust me out say ing l had been paid only the week before. Jn vain w ere my protestations to the contrary. 1 was shown my name (it was that of the Englishman:) on the j elision list, and was assuicd that I had regularly received my pay for years! Again 1 fled back to this city, and pur sued the mendicant's occupation. Auotherliad usurped my name, and taken uiy pay, aud 1 was a bashful outcast —brow-beaten out of iny own identity—a victim of modesty ! “This, young man, is a portion of my history. My profifl ion .’.as made me a cod judge of faces, and 1 advise you to throw aside your benevolent modesty as soon as possible. To day I singled you out from hundreds; aud, rely upon it, your want of assurance may prove the greatest curse ot your life. What have you done to day ! lour yielding disposition has caused you to bo guilty of profanity aud sacrilege: v. th the most laudable purpose you left homo ; bur instead of listening to the pious admonitions of the parson, you are in the company of swearing sailors and drunken ruffians -this is profanity. You put aside n few penr.iea for the support of t l Lstianit’, and they are in my hand!” Here, my compan ion laughed and jingled the money in his hand “And this,” he oontinued, “is sacrilege,” “Snap, you’re mad to carry on so, vovr . Get rid of him.” This was spoken by ihc old deaf and dumb woman. At the same instant mv com panion ran off, with all the nimbleuess imagiDr* Me, leaving his crutch behind ! I w; s astounded and stupified. I gave the olei hag, who was chuckling at my bewildemment, a hasty glance, and set out inja deep study for mv lodgings, “if this be madness, there is method in it!” I in voluntarily quoted, when 1 reached my lodgings and found myself minus a fine gold iralch.'— Reader, this was a lesson with a vengeance!— Would it nut be well to remember it? j. j. Not Slow. —As a train of cars was passing a loug one of the railroads a few days since, under full headway, the engineer observed an old wo man runing towards the train from a house ho was about passing, waving her hands and exhib iting great anxiety lest tin* train should go bv without stopping. Supposing tliaf£ her errand was important, lie checked the locomotive, and moved slowly along until the old woman—who had run herself nearly out of breath—gradually approached within hailing distance. “Weil niarm,” cried tbe conductor, “what do you want?” “I want,” replied the dame, screeching at the top of her voice, “1 want to know if you went to buy any squashes ?” The way the steam was put on the locomotives (6r the next five miles was a caution to laud turtles.— Boston Transcript. ‘Have you overseen a snail?’ asked a wagofa person not remarkable for speed. ‘Yea.’—- ‘Then you must have met him, for it is impos sible for you to have overtaken cue,’ Precious Genius.- -A boy at the age often years went to school for the first time. The teach er to test his information, asked him‘who made you v The boy could not answer, And the teach er told him (lie proper answer, and desired the boy to remember ir. Some hours after the teach er put the same question to him again. The boy rubbed his head in great agony ; and at length answered, *1 swear!—.l’ve forgot the gentleman’s name. Certificate ofmarriage.---h n Irish soldier one©' waited on his commanding officer, with what he termed a very seriouscomplaint. ‘Another man he said, ‘had upbraided him that he was not mar ried to his own wife, whom he accused of being no better than she should be, and called her ma ny bad names besides, which he would be asham ed to mention to his honor.’ Colonel—‘Well, iny good lellow , have you any proof that you are legally married?’ Soldier—‘Faith, your honor, 1 have the best proof in the world.’ Here he took offhishat, or rather cap, and exhibited a cut skull, s; y n ‘Does your honor think 1d be after taking tne same abuse from any body hut a w,fe ?’ ‘I say, ctrangi r, you’re drunk.’ Drunk enough, aud have been so everyday these two years, my brother and 1 are engaged in the tem perance cause---he goe.- about delivering lectmes and 1 give samples of iutempcrauce. Sued Potato. —The sweet potatoeis somewhat difficult to preserve for seed. In several aatemptE to keep them through tbe winter, we hawe tot Hy failed. Recollecting to have somewhere read that smoke was a great preservation of the sweet potatoe, we last tall packed in dry earth a Ixwe of them, and placed them in a position free freon frost, and exposed to the influence of smoko The result was entire success? A few large oo- *, which we eutended to havo used, were laidxm the top and covered with a mat. They were £d* gotten, and rvumined flurro- cßli&iy sound".