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Cnmdeu, 1 Glynn, 2,911 Wav m*, 1,273 4,16-1 1 Mciiilo.'b, 3,932 7 0 Liberty, 5.086 £ Brvau, 2,168 Btilluch. 2,51: 5,032 1 Chatham, 3 Effingham, 2.072 jv'i iveti, 3,832 5,904 1 Emanuel, 2,704 Montgomery, 1,88. 4,566 1 Tati: a 11, ’ 2,202 Appling, 1,771 3,973 1 Iru in, 1,0 29 l Dooly, 2,7-7 ( r. .ker, VMO l , Early. 3,698 j Randolph, 1 Lee, 2621 ? {-uniter. 3,625 j Stewart, 2 Pulaski. 1 Laurens, 1 JJurke, 2 Jefler.mn, 1 Washington, 2 Wilkinson, 1 Twiggs, 1 Houston, 2 Macon, 1 Marion, 3.687 } n M tisco :ce, 16,172 j Harr.-, 2 Tilth* t. 2 t’raw’urtl, 1 Bibb, 1 .lone', 1 Baldwin, 1 Ii unlock, 1 W tirell, 2 Jv lon ok!,' o <‘oluiulna, 2 Lincoln, 1 Wilkes. 2 Taliaferro, 3.753 Greene, 6,171 —12,212 3 putnaiu, 2 Jaspei, 2 Lulls, 1 Monroe, 3 I | MO. 2 Eike, 1 Meriwether, 9 'l'ro up, 3 1 leant, 1 * 'mvet.-i, 2 1- aviule, X Homy, 2 IveutoH, 2 Wuitnti, 2 Morgan, I C lark, 2 Oglethorpe, 2 J/berr. 2 Franklin, 2 Mail.sou, 1 Jackson, 2 Gwinnett, 2 Hr Kalb. 2 Cainpbell, 1 Cam,ll, 3.8(1 j auhlin.', 2,22(1--5,057 1 1 mill, 1 I us.ill, 1 lllil. 1 li am, 1 Ramin, 1 ft';; 1 i:i,ui. 2 U'-J—4,056 1 1 - i.n'-i 1 ~ 1 Glicroi-.cv, 1 I 'ass. 1 Floyd. 1 ll:! ivr, 1 131 Mmi' iv, 3, J2s—-4.511 1 • Ghattoo-a, 1 'Walker, 5,160 J 1 D.160, 631 ) 111 The number of members in both branch es oil, o' Legislaiuin, sl>all nut be ineieas e-i, luii « Inn a new County is formed, it , ill be a ladle. l to llie most eon iguous I'Fiiatorial District, ami shall continue a part ifilie county or counties from which ii may 1-ne been lal-i u, lor llio pin •1: .. nl Pavui* 1 s si,an- j,, ij ~ , let ton ot Representatives 1 util the r.rxi M.e. eeiiirg Feptcnuial enti )■ '-ration. 'I he legislature mty, from time to time, if uac-s-ary, after eaeh Sju.en iial cmiumer-i --i uijatYaiige ih" Scnaloiiol aiid Uepref-enlu i.vo Di, ircls; !,ui shall, on no account, im pair or liimiiusli toe political equality of <oil (. 1 limy in tlie election o .Senators: : oil the equality of ii:|ii'<'sei,la:ion on the t 'lciallius.s in the House of Kepn-sciuativcs lu-a-oriiiag ti, such ratio as the Legislature '- iv lix, shall always he loaintaii.til. The i>e|)rcscntaliv( 8 shall be <leeteil on the fa.ue clays appoint *1 for the election of Seu (: or-, until cm h day be altered by law. [NO. '•] Substitute i v 2*l r. Uu.lare ■/ Marion J lint the 'J bird Stctn.n <1 the First ■'M iule <1 the _jL'mi.siit|iti(iii rtn.ain ; s at pai sent, allow itig to each county a I" r tuitoi, th Scnat'* shall be <i(c:ed, am 1 ally, on ihe first Monday in LctoLtr. l.ui.i aheied la law. Jilt U-vnsc es Hri reset tilth ts flail I <• *■ pi.oil ol one memher Ii cm i-sicli county (1 evt-i v 7000of rentesenl.itive population ' " h 1 0. may contain under the la'Se cnuiruT : 1 ion.such countv shall he entit'ed intvvu rep >'st illative# ; nml for every twelve tluutsatid H'picsentative ja pi.lath n cat h 1 < 1.1 ty may contain, such county shall l.e <1 titled to •hree members, ttutl 10 more. 'J la- I louse ■°l Representatives shall be elected on the hist Monday in October, a tin. ally, i.i.til al tered by law. [NO. 7.] Substitute hy Mr. idatdner of Ftivarl. The House ol Fc presentatives si all I e eniposeil of members from all 'lie counties v -'inch now are, or hereafter may he. inclu ded within this Slate, according to their respective numbers of free white persons, including three filths ol all tlie peo| le of < o *or, to he ascertained by an actual enume ration, to |>e made from time to time, at intervals of seven years, as now by law provided. Each county sir-ill be entitled *° one member onlv, who, on ail questions "he:i the Ayes ami Noes of the lliiu'e art) called lor, and in all elections cf the House, •feliall he entitled to vote as follows: For a representative population under three thousand. one vote ; fora representative pop ulation of three thousand, two votes; lorn representative population of seven thousand, o votes; and for a representative population of t w vlve thousand and upwards,four votes. [NO. 9.] Substitute by Mr. Cowart, of Suintrr. The Senate shall consist of forty-six members, from forty six Sen itorial District, and shall be elected on the first Monday in October, Iron time to lime, until such elec tions shall be altered In law; •Njid that both hi.vnches of the next Legis lature sliaM meet in the representative Chamber, for the purpose ol apportioning Ba| d Senator''!' Districts by adding any two contiguous counties together as they in Ihier wisdom may direct: and whenever hereafter the Legislature shall lay off nod a new county, it shall bo added to •8 most contiguous Senatorial District; . * • THE MIRROR ;«igs3v§go ( -a-x. Tuesday, May *2l, ( for imoteraorj CHA SSL2:S COICH^RTY. ANOTHER INDIAN MASSACRE. Capt. Brown of the Steamer Irwinton, which arrived at this place on Wednesday last, brings the distressing information that lie and his crew on Sunday 12th itist. buried one woman and 5 children who had been murdered by the Indians on Friday and Sat iml iv nights previous, the lady and 4 ofthe children were buried at bluff and the bov at Slid inulgn bluff, u :e Appa'achicola River. One man escaped from eai h place who state that the number of Indians at each numbered from 20 to 30; one of the men escaped with but liitle injury, the other was shot tlrtough the body in two places. Capt. B. states that lie carried the wounded man to Apalachico'a Lay, and is certain that by this time he most he dead. We understand a band of strolling In dians ate lurking about St. Andrews Bay, supposed to be of the Creek Nation; these Indians have as vet done no damage as far as ran be ascertained ; but unless they are limited up and rooted out there is no telling how soon they may commence their work ol death and devastation. THE ESSENCE OF WORTHLESS. NESS. In our pap.cr of the 7lii inst. we were com pelled, in sciVuelenc.e, in notice tile conduct of that worthless, contemptible and drunken wretch v.ho has, (to the great injury of the ciiizeus about that place,) charge of the Boat Uiii-.e iu Lumpkin, called Dr. A. L 5. l'ope. At the tune we regretted that we weie compelled to tne discharge ot that du iv, as we uuve .d‘* ays looked upon the leliow with io.iiiiin.; an it disgust. And we ate sure it hu ni.isier at Wasuiugiou were lo get a . isc nl iws countenance, he would dis miss i, int iiiuucoi.iioiy I rum an oiiicu which b's 100...5, a. aeli as sns conduct disgrace. in tire last I uiuiiibji fSeutruul, this worth less wretch has attempted a reply to oui c, large, and endeavored (o prove that we hate ucd, because we stated taut our paper was malice! regularly lion; l us place every Tues day evening, by shotting tnat it had becu re ceived tiieiH stiice wo cornu.cuccd its pub ii- arioiiA. dt.iereut tums. \v r e Lnu>. ilia; wo have Hot mailed our paper every Tues uty trout our neither did we wish any one to believe so, for two very goad iea»um; one that we have not publish ed altogether oil Tuesday, and the other, that there was no mail running from this place to Lumpkin on that day. lie also proves that we scut our papers out by private conveyance frequently, ami that tire [ ackagc.s have been loft there once with tl,c envelopes off’. Which is also the lact provided the pink of coutempiibility had pu, the proper coloring upon it, which is as lid lows; when we published on Thursday or Fridav, and there was no mail to Lumpkin until Monday, v, e not unfrequently, for tin accommodation ol our subscribers, sent tln ir papers by a li iem-V, aud on sever.fl occasious we have carried them ourselves, when they would then be delivered with the envelope.- off’; but while the mail lias been running 011 Tuesday, and wchavc published on that day, we have mailed our papers regularly, and if they h.tvenoi been received by oursnbscii hets, vve say again, it is the fault ofthe Lost Master at Unit pi *ce. As to the ma lagement of the Post Office in Lumpkin, we of course, know notinng_ only w hat our triends inform us, and the lik, which this trilling puppy is so fond of using, rests between liiro and those, who (or res peccability and honesty, stand as far superi or to him as truth is to fatsehoi and. Since the publication of Ihe Mirror vve have, as vve stated before, heard many complaints ot the mantlet the Post Ofilc*' in Lumpkin is conducted, and these complaints are not con lined to the State Rights party alone, we have heard them from those who belong to the party that has been disgraced by having so vile and contemptible a wretch in its ranks. This fellow says, were lie to suppress any paper at all, it would be one that was capa ble of doing more injury than the Mirror.— Now vve fiever expected to have the good will or the good opinion of this contempt! ble lump of nothingness and God forbid w e ever should, therefore his impertiuence and si mg excite more our visible (acuities, than they do our anger or hatred. W e cannot find it in onr hearts to become insulted at any thing emanating from so low and con temptible a source, and will-ilisitiis the sub ject by publishing the following certificates, after apologizing to our subscribers, for oc cupying so much ol our paper with this iii thy fellow, when, in reality the most proper way to handle such a mass of filth would be with a couple of chips. The first is an extract from a letter vve re ceived last summer, the object of which will be perceived upon the perusal of it. I lie otiiers will also speak for t!u*nselves. “Lumpkin, SOih July, 1«?38. •‘Enclosed I send you a letter t« the office of the Enquirer which 1 wish you to mail. The letter is ordering my paper to that [Florence] office from Columbus; which 1 wish you to take from the office and send me by private hands, together with yourp.r --()• r. as i am determined lo do no more paper busiuess through the office at this place, be cause 1 can m-vur get my paper ns a man ought to do; and SIIOIIIJ be glad if tire of liee here eannui be better managed that 11 could be discon'iuued. “ V our attention iu the above will confer a favor on yours, rcspectfullv, -M. GRESHAM. Fi.nKK.NCK, May 16, 1839. Gentlemen: At your request, I certify lliat I liave acted as assistant Lost Master at tin.-* place for -1111 ic time, and liave been intimate ly acquainted with its management ever since the establishment of tire Mirror and tor s niietinie previous, and can testify that you have been very particular to have your papers sent to Lumpkin regularly, and have always manifested a considerable degree ol interest to have them mailed at the proper time. 1 do fuithe: certify that they have not been sent out by private conveyance hut once this year, and that was last Tuesday "hen tlie mail day was changed ; but on the contrary have been put in the mail bag reg ularly every Tuesday evening as stated by you in your paper of the 7th ; I can further siate that I have frequently beard your sub scribers complain «l the bad management ol (lit Post Office in Lumpkin, and that they did uot receive their papers regularly. JOHN P. HARVLV, U P. M. In the absence of the acting Lost Master, I t.ikegreat pleasure in certifying lo the'or rectuess of the above. THUS. D. HARV HY, Ass't. Lumpkin, Ga. May 1 8, ’839. Having given Dr. Lope a certificate testi tying that I' e “Mirror” was very irregular m its arrival at the Post Office in this place, while I was in the office, I will state that the reason why they were irregular was, because there was no mail from Florence to this place at a tim- to suit the publication of the paper, and the Editors then, for the accom modation of their subscribers, sent their pa pers out by private conveyance, sometimes on one day ami sometimes on'another; where if they had not done so, their papers would have been a week old before they could have arrived by the regular mail, and when thus sent were in as good a curdition as if they had come by the mail. P. D. HILL. I do hereby certify that, from some cause or other, I cannot get my paper from Flor ence, which is sent to the Lumpkin Post Office, oftener than once in three weeks ; al though it is applied for every week. JOSEPH GLENN. Stewart co. May 18, 1339. This is to certify that I liave, on several occasions experienced consult! able difficulty in receiving the Georgia Mirror, directed to mv addres-, and sent to the Lost Office in Lumpkin—sometimes receiving one number published a week or two anterior to the la tesl date receited the tveck before. I do further certify that on one occasion, during Ihe past year, if my memory serves me, | called at ihe Post Office for my paper, and was told there was none forme, ■ nd on look 'll.; around, saw a paper lying, either 6r, the count* 1 or liner. I do uo* 'recollect which, md on picking it Pp found my name upon (he margin—me paper was was also consid erably scribbled upon. THUS. J. GARRETT. Stewart co. May 18, 1839. DOINGS OF THE CONVENTION. We scarcely know iu what terms to ex press the astonishment and surprise, with which vve were struck, 011 reading a report of the proceedings of this body. Anxious as vve were for Reduction, and willing to ac cept almost any plan, that scented reason able nndjust, so that it was but calculated to effect that object, wo were not prepared for, nor did our wildest fears suggest the possi bility of their adopting a scheme, so con trary to every sense of justice and propriety, as the one partly adopted by the Conven tion. In speaking of these things we would lie mild, vve would forego harsh language, and permit ourselves to be guided by sober ness, but in all earnestness, vve must cry out, "O temporal O Mo res!' What a spectacle is here presented 10 the wm!.l ! A Convention purporting to tep ■sent tiie will of an enlightened people, ai'ed together for no other purpose than to reduce tne number of our Legislators, and thus relieve the people of a burden that hangs ’ike a mountain upon their shoulders, i -grading itself into a mere political ma chine, and contrary to every principle of magnanimity and honor, wielding the power of a majority, granted them by the unsus pecting, yet mistaken liberality of their op ponents, in securing to their own party, the ascendency in all future legislation, and of attempting to engiaft into tire constitution an aitiele, which, would throw the whole political power of the Siate into the hands of one third of the population, aud that third having for its motto, “to the victors belong the spoils.” It is a spectacle upon which the honest and patriotic cannot look without loathing, and deep regret. At this time, however, we do not care to give utterance to all the feelings that an imate us on this subject. We will yet hope for better things before the Convention finally adjourns In our paper of to day, will he found the report of the committee nl thirty, together with a number of substitutes offered by dif ferent 11 :-.nbers; and it will be seen that by far the most odious and objectionable on e * that presented by the notorious old Billy 'Springer, was, at the latest date under con sidetation, and had been partly adopted. By this scheme the counties arc to be tied up in such manner as to secure a representation of Van Buren men from 29 Dictricts out o the 4 i proposed. Thus, by tacking to gether the counties of Bibb and Crawford, they destroy the polities of Bibb, which has heretofore been a Slate Rights county. By tacking together the counties of Rtmloht h and Stewart, the small State Rights major ity of Stewart, is made to g.ve way to the large Van Buren majority ol Randolph. By joining the cottntjes of Morgan and Walton, a large State Rights in ijority in Morgan is ma le to yield to a still larger Van Buren tnarjority in Walton. And so on tl rough the Cliapier. If this does not exhibit political jugcling, Wc k now not the meaning of that term. From our Correspondent. Mu.LKOGEVii.LE. Monday, May 1L i he Convention has been iu Committee ol tire Whole since Friday last, on the re port of the Committee of Thirty, which vou have; a variety of substiluies were oliaied, and quite an animated discussion took place, in which Jenkins of Richmond, Gamble of Jefferson, Wayne of Chatham, Berrien o t Chatham, and Jones participated. Gamble, \\ aynea >d Berrien couteuded that the Con vention should, as near as practicable, follow out the arrangement recommended by the Legislature. Judge Wayne earned the ob ligation further than the rest of the genii men on that side of the question, by argu ing that he considered the Convention bourn by the oath they had taken, at least, he. hi.uself, felt houiid, to carry out tliv enact ment of the Legislature ; Gamble ami Ber rien o\l_v contended for it as a recommen dation ol the Legislature, sanctioned by the people in the election of their delegates.— Jenkins ami Jones took opposite ground ami utterly denied the right of the Legislature to prescribe an oath or restrict the Couven lion in the exercise of their judgement in the manner in which reduction and equali zation were accomplished. These argu ments were iniended to liave a bearing 011 ihe organization ofthe Senate; one side wishing to carry out the two county Senato rial districts, lie other wishing to divide the Stale into Judicial Senatorial districts, al lowing about 13,000 federal population to eacli Senator. What will eventually he the decision ofthe Convention is hard to tell, the repott of the committee of thirty, with some little alteration in classification of the coun ties lor Senatorial districts, has passed in committee of the whole. Stewart and Ran dolph have been linked together; an at tempt was made by the Stewart delegation to be united to Sumter, but ihe Sumter del egation violently opposed it, and called upon the other side of the House to sustam the arrangemeut, it being Springer's arrange ment and supported by a party vote on ilia* side, and sustained by the Sumter del egation on our side, it was carried by a large majority, so that Lee and Sumter are to. gether, and Stewart and Randolph A ma jority of the Convention seem determined to disregard equalization , and reduce with a much greater inequality than before. To morrow cotnes the tug of war, Greek wi!) meet Greek, and great will be the conflict. If the report of the Committee of 30 should be carried, 1 hope, for one, that the people 1 will not ratify it. Jonts, Jenkins and Daw- I son deserve great credit —i’ney liave planted' themse]vrg on’.he rights of the people; they contend for 1 lie true Republican doctrine, that the majority and not the minority should govern, and the people, whenever it is sub mitted to them, will sustain it—every thing so far has been yielded to territory. PUBLIC MEETING. Starksvillk, May 11th 1839. Agreeably to previous notice, the citizens of Starksville and vicinity, (Lee county,) met at the Court House. On motion, the Rev. Wm. W Maund was called to the chair, and \V r M. R. Mav, to act as Secretary. The object of the meeting was, in an able an eloquent manner explained by the Chair. After a short and eloquent address from the Rev. Harrison Jones, the following preamble and resolutions were submitted tind unanim ously adopted: Whereas, we, the citizens of this county, and particularly of this village, feel that we are, and have been seriously injured by the practice of gambling, and the vices which follow iii t's train; -• r:yl that the circumstan ces with which we arc surrounded, call loud ly upon us to act in defrnce of ourselves and the community in which we live; and to use all lawful means in our [lower to suppress it. As merchants and citizens, we sustain hea vy pecuniary loss, from the idleness and dis sipation it is calculated to produce; v-e ;uc prevented, to some extent, from collecting our debts, and, from the vulgar and immoral conduct of such individuals as usually fol low such practices, good citizens are pre vented from coming to our village with their families to pnrehasegoods ; the price of pro perty is kept down, for, notwithstanding we are surrounded with the finest cotton grow ing country iu the South, and lands bring high prices, yet. properly in this, is selling much lower than in the surrom duigji i logos ; good citizens are prevented from settling a rtiong us ; we can have neither schools nor churches, all of which are indispensably ne cessary to elevate the character,-and render a village pleasant toils citizens and useful to the community. And whereas, we believe the youth of the country are frequently seduced from a high minded, honest and industrious course of conduct, bv a set of sharpers crow ling our village in lime of Court; and who ..re en couraged to coive hither by the reception they meet with from individual* among us, constituting a group, horning eacli other, as so many cattle, insti <t ot' making an honest livelihood, whereby many a piomising youth is made a nuisance to society, and also, saun teririff about villages and grog shops, watch ing an opportunity to take advantage of the Irunken, innocent and unsuspecting, by which defenceless females are exposed to the cast of a die ; are defrauded cf the irilieii tance of a prudent father; herself and chil dren reduced to want and wretchedness. And, whereas, we are fully convinced that the practice, ami its attendant vices, have, and always will, lower the character, depress tlie morals, sow dissemions, encourage fraud, and produce corruption in any community. Be it therefore, Resolved, by tliis meeting composed of citizens of Starksville and its vicinity, that vve will not gamble ourselves, and that w*- will suppress the practice as lar as our influence extend-. Beit fur'her Resolved, That vve form our selves into a society, to he called the Starks vilie Anti-Gambling Society ; that the So ciety elect a President, Secretary and Trea surer ; and that tlie said Lresidcut, Secre tary and Treasurer shall hold their respec tive offices for one year Ir shall be the duty of the President to president all meetings'of ihe society, and to see that all debate# resolutions and proceed ings of the society he conducted according to Parliamentary usage; to call a meeting of the society whenever he shall be request eh to do so by five or more of its members, and, in case of the absence of the President, the society shall elect a President pro tent. It shall be the duty ofthe Secretary to k»ep a book in which shall be entered all pro ceedings of the society. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take charge of th« funds ol the society, aud to pay tin 111 out by older of the society, and 10 keep a fair record of his receipts ami ex p nd it ores. It shall be the duty of each member to at tend ad meet ugs of the soc etv, and use eveiy lawinl means in his power, to Oetect aud find out any individual or individuals, who may be guilty ol the vice of Gambling, and lo rejiort him together with the proof by which the fact can be established in a Court of J ustice. It shall be the duty of the society to prosecute all who shall be so reported guilty of gambling iu this place or its vicinity, and to raise such tunds as shall or may be oe > s;ary to meet the expenses of the same. Be it further resolved, that we pledge our selves to sustain edch other in carrying out the objects of lit society and that we solicit lie aid of our fellow citizens. Be it further Resolved, that we will use ■ill Lawful means to prevent truiding with negroes, lo have the statute of the .State fully enforced on that subject, and also to prevent keeuiug open doors 011 the Sabbath day. Resolved, that the society hold tegular meetings everv two months. Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting together with the re-olutinu* be signed by the Ciiairmin, and countersigned by the secretary and published iffthe Gie gia M' r and Maeon Messei ger. MTLLI \ M M. MAUN D, Chairman. \\ illiaj* K. May, Secretary. From tl e ( o'n mi us Krtqvirer. THE SOI TIE—PARTIES. The Hon. Robert Y Ha) ne, in a late letter, whilst speaking of .the possibility, of .lie contest lor the next Presidency, terminating between Chy and Van Bumi, makes in substance*, the folloing remark: "In that conflictf says he, • 1 shall take no pnrl---l trill. I hope, to the r.i tent of my feeble abilities, be belle r employed in ad earn ing the true interests if the South, by the developemcat of her immense resources, (indlhe fuitheranccofher greut schemes of Internal lm/ rovemeuf.’ We quote the it mark# cf this great states man and unspotted patriot, not only to snow the only true and consistent position ofthe State Right Party, but to evince that our own little bark is still iu (nil view of one of the brightest beacon lights, which shone during the dark and stormy night of Nullification. We keep aloof from’ both sections of our old enemies, disdaining alike the venial coruprions of the one, and the political heresies of the oilier ; and at the same time preserving onr integrity of principle, and imlcntity nl parly. It »*■ 11:1 b-istnnd correctly the State Right doctrines, anil the character of tHe men who first promulgated them, we are safe in saving tiny never originated in base and selfish purposes-; nor were they em braced as ladders, by which to scale the highest office, and plunder the public Treas ury. They were in thehandsof virtuous men, trite patriots, who were alarmed at encroachments of E„. Cui’ivc power, and me centralising tendencies of the genera! government. Their adherents have been the objects of the most nnremitted persecu lion —have mote th in once suffered politi cal martyrdom, at ti.e decrees of both the factions vv ho are now courting an alliance, and bulling I' or their influence. Shall the** things occur ! We have fought long and well, we arc in the ascendancy, and have it in our power to preserve our name and character unpolluted. Are vve in the sham bles? Shall we barter away our independence. Shall we forsake all principle and embrace a contemptible '* choice of etuis," at tli is, the very moment of triumph? Would it not be well for those, who are striving to promote discord and division, to reflect upon the position of this great and wise politician ? Do Southern interests require them to rush thus headlong into a profitless aud unpat riotic contest ? We say no : The experi euce ofthe past and the prospects of ttu future answer no! Is it not plain that the South must look more to her State Institu tions than to the (Jeii'-ral Government ? She has depended too much upon political movetnet#, and the trade of President 'unking in days past, and too little upon her own resources, her own energies, her own industry and wisdom. She has attributed perhaps to the General Government conse quence#, the causes of which, were to be found in her own inertness. It is therefore important that she should turn her attention upon herself. A season of respite from political strife and pollution would tend to purify the morals and chasten the feelings *if her citizens. It would extend inforniatoti, fosterenterprise, and lead to the great results couteinpla’ed in the remarks of Mr. IJayne. lb the mean time let those who choose lo laku part with our oppressors in sustaining the odious lnf.-stirrs ofthe Tariff, tlie Batik, or the Force Bill, reap the lewnrdg of tl.eir base • liiance. Let them as ocirnte them selves with Van Buren and his corruptions, with Clay and his Bank, or with Benton and his newly proposed abolition of the compromise act, and his re establishment of an oppressive Tariff", and they will precipitate the crisis to which wc are looking fovvard. ’I he -kies already darkening, the storm will soon break. < lur domestic rela tions have been unwisely aud wickedly con nected with political destinies. The treache ry and iuriiicrrity of these party aspirants will be unmasked, the first breath of popular favor which would lead to new combinations for plunder and for place. Is it not impor tant then, that vve should piepare ourselves for the eftastrophe? StiouM it fail to fall u[h>ii us, we will not be injured by too much preparation; but if it should find u unprepared our fate may be sealed forever. We assert, that nothing but base and cor rupted seif interest, now iudentifies a portion of the North with us. Let the North West only increase, until she can over bal ance us in the scale of political influence, and we will be spurned by our present mas ter. Nay, we have indications of this result already, in the bold and impudent proposi tion of Mr. Benton, to renew the Tariff'. The lure is intended to * .’ch the North Western, interest, whilst Mr. Van Buren himself is catering for tlie South. Shall wc consent to 1.-e thus used fur our own des truction? Shall we therefore, as Southern men, wedded to our own pe u liar institution |Aolessing the only true Republican creed in politics, sell our birth right to either of the present aspirants, far the first office, in the land ? Would it not he better to re tire wiih Mr. liayne from the ct nAmt and help ourselves first knowing that Her cules will then he more lilely to extend Lis powerful arie in our behalf. From the Auvusta Chronicle and Sentinel. “Money, the sweet aflurtr of our hopes. Ebbs out by oceans, and conies in by drops. Wc are not sufficiently acquainted with the history ofthe hard upon whom we have drawn for the above couplet, to decide the question whether or uot he ever was con nected with a newspaper office, but one tiring experience has taught us, and that is that there is uo business of life to which the sentiment is more applicable. The debts due to a printing office are all small and generally scattered over a large extent of country, rendering it aturosl iinpossiole lor tne proprietor to urge pctsuLui.y upon uis pairoos, tuetr prompt ..mi punctual f,<.)uieM. indeed they may be emphatically called debts *>l honor, tor ui nine cases out 01 <eu the prosecution o. a suit at igv 101 itleir re cove. y, iiuuiu cost motc man lue ueo* us ed, in 11. e waste oi iiuk, iiouoie aim expense, ii a distant suoscuocr slops our pa, er without paying ms arrearages, me most w<* cun do is to write him a icllei enclosing uw account, and Ihetj attend upon tiis honor lor me payment. 1 uere is no man in our tree country, where industry is uot only un lettered by taxes, out where it can always command houurabio employment, who can not pay at some | eriod ol the year, the small amount of a subscription to a ue«s paper. And yet how dittereut is our txpes rieuceas to the facts flow litany hundreds are theie, who with ample means, will take a newspaper lor years and then move away to some distant section or Slate, and not pay up for it. but U<>l even uotny the pro prietor ol' tiieir intention to r< move, and leave lo the Postmaster, the unplesaiit task of notifying him that the paper is not taken from the »Jjice and that the subscriber bail left the country. Iu some instances it is the result ot forgetfulness, and we who lose our labor thus, are apt to feel that it is crim mal t'oigetfuloess. In other eases it is the result of dishonesty; the subscriber feeling that the distance between himseli anil their publisher is a safeguard against lieinir har assed by duns, in person o» coerced by iavv hardens his heart against ihe stings ol con science, and the demands ol honor and right. There are itch ed some, who appear to think they router a great favor upon at* editor by subscribing tor Ins paper; never think of pay ing, become offended when vve employ an Agent at great expense to go to their boo ses to collect that which should have been paid at our office, and pet haps dismiss burr at last without pay, and with a curse upon his bead and half a dozen upon ours. Ma ny act thus, without proper reflection upon the nature of onr rights and their own just and honest obligations. To our distant subscriber# and advertis ing patrons we nay once for all, vve de; end upon your honor to say its —we never ex pert lo resort to the courts of justice to en force our small demands. While thus re ennntiiio, however, our troub’es :>nd hopes, vve feel itto be a duty incumbent upon us to say that we have very many patrons who honorably and regularly pay up their sub 'i.riptious once every year without failute r and with many expressions of satisfaction for the ample benefits they receive from our labors. If all would be made agreeable and ourtime, by being unoccupied in rim ing and sending after those who fail to fol low that good example, would be wholly devoted to tlie improvement of our paper for the bcuefit ol all. Otir expenses arg ve ry bf. aV y antl must be paid in cash,—bat how can vve meet tlum if those upon whom we depend, disappoint ns? The money we pay for paper and rent and w ages comif’s up by the hundred and the thousand, while our claims upon our patrons count up by three-, and tens—the former in the expres sive language ofthe poet, “ebbs out by o ceans,” while the latter “comes in hydrops.* We have written these remarks with a view of impressing upon our debtots the justice and necessity of paying for thei- pa pers and advertisements and that quickly and punctually. If they do not know the amount due, let them send something—as near the amount as they fan conjecture— but send something. If they send more than is due, it will be placed to their cred it, and those who are long in arrear should feel no reluctance in paying up all that is Jne and something in advance. JKeligioun dVolire. The Rev. T. Fowler, of the Methodisf Protestant denomination, w ill preach in this place oil Friday, 7th June next, at candle light. LAM) FOR SALE. TIIK Subscriber would sell the follows ing Lots of Laud low lor cash: No 58, lfitli dist. of Dooly. No. 229 do. do. No. 2. 15th di*=r. of Early. No. 511, 7th (list, of Jruin. No. 408, 28th dist. of Early. No. 130, 1 mli dist. of Dooly. Apply to tile •Subscribd in Monroe cour* tv (la. JOHN PITMAN. May 15. 1839 6 3t ("GEORGIA, Sumter Comity.—Agreea- JT bio to an order of the Honorable ln •crior Court of Sumter county when sifting or ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first Tuesday in August next, before the Court House door in Americus,Sumter county, a tract of Land, known as Lot No. 220 in the 30th District of formerly Lee now ,Sumter county, containing 2024 acres. Sold for the benefit of John Mathews minor and John Mathews idiot. Terms on the day of sale. MOSES MATHEWS, Guardian. Americus, May 10. It-‘<9 0 rpHK Snbsc iber will attend to the collec ■ tion ol all debts (iu i the lata firm of Gardner A: Barrow, up 'o April, 1839. Persons indebted to said firm will please make payment immediately April 30 H H RARFOVV I7AOI R Months after date application will be trade to the Honorable th« Justices of ti e Inferior Court of Stewart county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,, for leave to sell the land belonging to the estate of Albert I!. Shepherd, deceased- JAMES M SMYTH, Adm'r. ANN E. SHEI HERD, Adt’Tx Msv 14 1839 5 4 m FAOUR Months aftei date application wil be made to the honorable Inferior- Court ofSumter county when sitting for or dinary purposes, for leave to sell the real es tate of Uriah Fuller deceased. WALTON W. FULLER, Adm’r. Marc.hf, 1 49 4m FA OUR MONTHS afterdate application will be made to the honorable the in ferior court of Sumtercounty, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell a part of the real estate of Edmund Jones, minor of Wiley Jones, deceased. WINNEY JONES, Guardian. Feb. 4,1839. 45 R MONTHS after date application . will be made to tne Honorable Inferior Court of the. county of Sumter while set ting--for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell lot number fifty in the twenty eighth dis trict, of formerly Lee no v Sumter county to be sold as the property of Willis Jernigahjde teased, for the benefit ot the heirs and cred itors of said deceased. BRYANT JERNIGAN, AtW* yyiprtf Hi F»*h. 1 45 4 ITT Iliauk Deeds, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICR.