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liiK MiiMioi: (SAa Jciiic 15i I iSAD* For Governor , CiURLKS DOUGHERTY. We had the pleasure on Thursday last, of •.ttendin" the Examination of the pupils of the Female Academy, in this place, under the management of Miss Margaret Ilarvey 3 a l Mrs. Ann Taylor. We have, however, only room and time to say, that the pnpi's acquitted themselves handsomely, much to the honor and credit of themselves and those wl„* have had the management of the insti tution* In publishing, in our last paper, the pro cea lings of the meeting held for tile pur pose of making arrangements for celebra ting the 4th of July, the name of John D. Pitts Esq. was inadvertently left out of the committee of arrangements. A MURDERER. (lov. Gilmer has issued his Proclamation offering <t reward of Two Hundred dollars for the apprehension of John Roy who co n mitted an atrocious murder upon the body of Ja nes J. Dooly, iu Columbia couuty, on the 19th ult. An additional reward of Three Hundred dollars is also offered by Judge Dooly the t über of the deceased, for the delivery of the murderer to the Jailor of Columbia county. Ray is about five feet, ten inches high, stout built and square shoulders, weighs about 150 or 160 pounds, light hair, and heavy eyebrows which are of lighter color than his hair ; lie has lost the first joint of one of his fiugeis, has a considerable scar on tile crown of his head, ruddy complex ion, and full large eyes ; about 25 years of age and of rather ordinary appearance. THE FLORIDA WAR AGAIN. As might have been expected, Gen. Ma comb's cowardly treaty with the Seininolcs, seems to be utterly and sregarded, by those untamable and merciless beings. No soon er was it proclaimed throughout the coun try, that the war was ended, and that fami lies who have long been banished f.om their i. 'sol ited homes, might rerun in peace and safety, than tiie murderous tomahawk is again raised, and innocent blood again made to flow like water upon the ground. Denying as we do, the propriety of treat ing with these Indians at all, utterly insen sible as they have often showed themselves tj be, of the obligations of a National con tract, and who have long '.go exposed their faithlessness in matters of this sort, we are no! surprised that they should take advan tige of the fancied security, in which Gen. Macomb’s Proclamation, was calculated to throw the inhabitants of the Territory, and continue their hortid butcheries in violation of any Treaty that can be made with them. Devoid of the least principle of honor or magnanimity, and worshipping cruelty, deception, and cunning as tlieir only vir tues, how could it be expected that the Seminole Indians would conform to, or •bide by stipulations, which curtinl the ex I tent of tlieir roaming grounds, deprive them 0! the gratification of rioting i:i human flood, and restrain, the predominant pro pensity of tlieir nature, the disposition to pil lage and murder? Hardened and used to war, and accustomed to meeting with but tew obstacles in the accomplishment of thtiir I bloody purposes, how could it be presun-pj that they would relinquish their spo” a ,j on . I' ,hC 1 r y e *' cf,hc r 'Ove-..ncm'‘of th» ‘".ted States, (even t> j 0 ~ lh , la( , . ' .11 that promise,) when tor four year*- ,> , ~ . , j • J V.iey have effectually resisted '* e military pow er of that Govern lr“ nt • Acting under a boast, that they Vl ould war with the whites “until their bones Were strewed upon the soil where their tnther3 were buried,” and having succeeded in desolating every portion of the country where the whites had effected a settlement, and feasted and battened upon the plunder theyhad seizeJ.hovv could it be imagined that t!i«y would retire from the contest so long asthe same causes are in existence tl>at.im pelled them to it, simply because Mr Van Buren and his cabinet have acknowledged them conquerors of the land? We say again, that we cannot look upon this affair of the treaty in any other light, than as a foolish, shameful, aud disgraceful piece of business, performed in wanton dis regard of the rights and feelings of the ag grieved, insulted, and injurcdjnl.abitants of Florida; and we hope for the honor of the land, that it may meet with the scorn aud disapprobation of every good citizrn of the United States. The Van Buren party, to use a common place expression, ‘‘measureevery one's cu;n by their own half-bushel.” So accustomed are they to do things indirectly, that they know they never could accomplish directly, they affect to believe that the State Rights party act in the same manner, particularly in ielation to the next Presidential election, and assert, with unblushing effrontery, that the State Rights party are oot sincere id their opposition to Mr. Clay, but are endear ing to secure his election by advocating the claims of a Southern candidate, and, in i very disengenuous manner, attempt to nake the people believe that we are coin u« lied either to be Van Buren or Clay men, lecanse they a r e the only candidates before the people who stand any chance of success. Admit that the one or the other will suc ceed, we woul I respectfully ask every candid man if any paity is compelled to advocate the claims of either, because there is nopos sibiliry for the success of the mau of theii choice? Would it be consistent with lh< Republican principles of o.;r country, tli<t two individuals should be brought before the people for the highest office within the : r gili. who were highly obnoxious to a portion o> them, that they should be compelled to sup port one or the other, because one of them would be most likely to succeed ? We think not; but if so, ihen are the boasted liberties of our country as a ‘‘sounding brass and a tinkling symbol.” We have often said, and again repeat, that between Martin Van Bu ren and Henry Clay the State Rights party should have no choice. They advocate prin ciples as entirely different from those of the Mate Rights party as day light and darkness, and as widely separated as’the East is from the West. A great deal is said of Van Buren being a “Northern man with Southern principles!” in fact, tins is the constant and incessant cry of the Van Buren press; but we should like to hear of the first or the last Southern prin ciple advocated by this celebrated go be tween politician. When or where has he ever put forth his arm before or since he has disgraced the Presidential Chair, in defence of Southern principles? Without taking time to repeat his many sins and transgres sions committed before his election, and which ol themselves, should be sufficient to damn him in the estimation of every South ern patriot, we would ask if it was support ing “Southern principles” in endeavoring to fulfil his promise to “follow »n the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor, to accomplish the work so gloriously begun” by that great hero of tyranny ? No; it could not be, b“- cause this remark was made in direct refer ence to the dangerous and destructive mea sures pursued by Gen. Jackson to put down Southern rights and Southern principles.— Were his “Southern principles” made mani fest, when he assured the Cherokee Indians that, if they desired it, they might remain two years longer upon the soil of Georgia, after the limitation in the treaty had expired and the time had arrived for them to remove to the west? That could not have been a Southern measure, for, so far as Georgia was concerned, she felt a deep interest iu their removal, and had Congress carried out his recommendation, and the Indians accepted of the anangement, ten thousand sword* would have leaped from their scabbards and, in defiance of his “Southern principles,” the law would have been nullified, the Indians driven from our soil, and Van Buren receiv ed the condemnation of every true Georgi an. Is it a Southern measure to acknowl edge the United States conquered by a band of Seminole Indians, and forthc purpose of securing peace cede a portion of the terti tory to them, and jeopardize the lives of a portion of our Southern people, and place, at the same time, the militia of the United States to protect the ruthless «avage from the vengeance of the widowered husband and the childless father? No. Heaven for bid that such a measure should be claimed as Southern. There is yet too much chival ry in the South to recognize or give coun tenance to such a measure, and the held and daring Call, together with those who flock to liis standard, will show to this imbecile President, this “Northern man with S'utk- i cm!! principles,” that his c* urt s to secure I l peace in tUk- territory of Floiida, will be as unavailing ns they are disgraceful ar,d con temptible. Such “Southern principles will never receive any quarter from true Southern men, and we arc when the matter conies before Southern people, they will support *Vseir principles in the rejection of | 'b.a man, whose conduct gives a direct con tiadietion to the assertion of his friends that he is a "Northern man with Southern prin ciples,*' _ With Mr. Clay we agree fully, in only one particular, that is, opposition to Mr. Van Buren, and which alone constitutes the difference between him and the Van Buren party, To the leading political tenets of this gentlemen’s faith we can render no sup port ; but must acknowledge ourselves un compromising opponents to his principles and doctrines. It is unnecessary to enu merate them—they have been repeated over and over again, and those who have perused the columns of the Mirror know very well what are our objections to him, and that, holding these objections, we cannot yield him any support and be consistent with the principles xve advocate. We then, entertaining th se opinions, are loud in favor of a Southern ccndtda'e, and believe this feeling is prevalent with a large majority of the Southern people, at least with those who have the interest of their country more at heart, than the success of a corrupt and designing politician. We have hitherto been too indiffereut in relation to this matter; we have stood silently by and seen our rights trodden under foot by those wlu claim to be brethren ; and listen ed to their commands with such abject sub mission, until they conceive they have an undoubted light to dictate to us in every pat ticular, and that we are implicitly bound to obey; It is therefore, high time that we had aroused from tins lethargy and supineness that seem to have tqken h ild of us, and proclaim our rights as freemen, and maintain them as become the descendants of the pa triot!} and sages of’76; and though we may not be able to elect the man of choice, let us be found doing our duty, and then if "Rome fulls , we (ire innocent,” VAN BUREN AND ABOLITIONISM We beg ’eave to direct the attention of our readers to the communication of our cor respondent “ Gcorgianus The circum stances thil have called forth this commu nication are, indeed, of a startling and im portant character, and the people should consider well how far Mr. Van Bureu’s Southern principles -O, before they sup|iort him as a man of Southern feelings. If Mr. Leggett was an Abolitionist, and none dare gain say it, with what indignation and con ■ empt should the people of the South view Martin Van Buren; and how revolting diould it be to the feelings of every South rn man to indulge the idea of yielding him his support ? Let the people remember that this man Leggett, who was appointed by Van Buren i< his confidential ageut to a foreign gov ernment, advocated doctrines at variance with the bes* in.erest of the Sou’ll, which would have subjected him to the most igno minious punishment had he promulged them within the limits of Georgia, nor could thenaineof Van Buren been any protection to him underany circumstances. Yet there are men who claim an identity of feeling and interest with the South, yea, even claim the South as the place of their nativity, who, notwithstanding these facts, are using all their influence and bending all their energies tc secure the re-election of Van Buren, and unblushingly tell us that he advocates Sou thern principles and Southern interests. We have always heard, from childhood, ti.at Van Buren was a shrewd, cunning and designing man, calculated to deceive the people aud win their affections by the magic of his ways; but we never could have be lieved, did we not see fir ourselves, that any portion of the people of the South could be so badly deceived as some appear to be in reference to this man. Van Buren, has found it no difficult matter it ap pears, to dupe Southern people—all that he deemed necessary, was to make a few vague and indefinite promises, from which some favorable deductions might be drawn, and his object was accomplished ; he then, has felt p**rfeetly safe in retaining all his former pernicious and dangerous doctrines; to ad vocate Tree Negro suffrage ; violate South ern treaties; ackt-ou ledge the United States whipped, and send an agent t<> sue for peace > and appoint an open and avowed Abolition" i»t as liis confidential ambassador to a for eign government, and yet receives the vote of a large portion of the South! But read the communication of our correspondent, and then ponder well the position Mr. Van Buren sustains hi tore the countiy, and act as your principles, feelings aud interest dictate. FOR THE GEORGIA MIRROR. ABOLITIONISM. The appointment of Wm. Leogett, Esq. (a confirmed Abolitionist,) to be the confi dential Agent trom this Government to the Republic of Central America, is not only an outrage upon the character of the South, but a direct insult to rlie very Constitution which Mr. Van Buren lias solemnly sworn to “PRESERVE, PROTECT and DEFEND.” Who now, of our political adversaries are so fool hardy and reckless as to deny that he, the Chief Magistrate of these United States, is not ardently and attached to the Abolition conspirators—to ’hose incendiaries and fanatics who are striving to rob us of our chartered rights, and involve the South in all the horrors of a servile war? is the confidential embassy of Mr. Legsett inten ded to concentrate the action of foreign and domestic Abolitionists, for the purpose of enabling them to wage a more successful war upon our immunities? Let the people of Georgia put the question to themselves, and then recollect that Mr. Van Buren is a Missouri Restrictionist and »» -•'- vocate f or j \ZZ ..egro suffrage, and they will not hesi tate to answer the interrogatory in the affir mative, l have been led to there remarks by an ar ticle upon the same subject, which lately ap peared in the New York Courier and Enqui rer. Publish rhat article—and let every man who is a friend to the South, seriously read aud deeply ponder upou it—and then, with a “conscience void of offence before God and man,” support, if h« dare, the hollow pre tensions of Martin Van Buren. Welland truly do the editors of the Courier and En quirer caution us in saying, that they hope we “will learn from this ‘confidential’ em ployment of an ardent Abolitionist, to place a due estimate on the Anti Abolition profes sions of Mr. Van Buren, and to understand that while he courts the slaveholding inter est at the South, he courts with equal assi duity, Abolition at the North.” GEORGIANUS. P. S.—-Since writing the above, I per ceive that the death of Mr Leggett has been announced in the New York papers. He expired at his residence at New Rochelle, on Wednesday, the 29th ultimo. “Requi tscatinpace. His unexpected demise start led me. At this peculiar juncture of our affairs it seems to be a signal interposition of the protecting hand of a particular and over ruling Providence. G. FOR TUF. MIRROR. SEMI NOL E 1N DEM N l TIES. Messrs. Editors—According to the laws of nations, when one people invade the Ter itory of another,, it is customary that the conquered party in treating for peace,should submit to the terms proposed by the eon querers, on w hich a peace shall be estab lished. In the late desperate struggle for ascendenc” between the American and Sem inole nations, the former, it would seem has acknowledged herself genteelly thrashed; this inference is presumable from the fact that the United States Government have sued for peace, and have entered into a ticaiy with the Semiuoles, by which a cer tain portion of Territory has been assigned to them by the treating party as a condition for the cessation of hostilities. As lam not well apprised of what other concessions the conquering party may have dictated, I do uot assert it positively, but it is reasonable at least, that they may have required in demnities lor depredations on their property, I deem it presumable from the fact that the United States, having beep out eeneraled m war, were also out-witted in the treaty of peace. Well Sirs, if so where is the money to come from? The old Tennessee Liori, you know, laid his paw upon the public purse and scattered it to the four winds of Heaven—the little reinnaut of its resources by collections for revenue has been abstrac ted (as Mr. Van Buren very politely terms it) by Sub-Treasurers iu corrupting the Elective Franchise and in the support of mercenary pirtizut presses; or Swart wovted in public lands or sun ptuous ban quets iu Europe! iti short. Sirs, the United Slates Treaiury is bankrupt. How theu can the indemnity be paid ? If our coun try’s national honour has been bartered away by a pusillanimous Administration, lei usas Americans, not complete her disgrace by the forfeiture of her Natioual Integrity! To obviate this dilemma 1 propose the fol lowing plan: Let each State as an integral part of the Union, contribute its proporiiuiiate part of the amount requisite to indemnity the Senii nolcs. As to the quota however which Georgia would be bound to raise, there might seem to be an impossibility to arise— iu money nutters, she is not only poor but beggarly. The iiusrulers in her Councils for the last teven years of darkness . have so squandered her resources that she lias barely inonoy or credit enough leit to buy s dram to soothe ihe it collection of her past follies—ins.ance, 820,000 sunk in the Chat tahoochee, which has created almost the like amount of impediments in its navigation— thousands upon thousands iu other ruinous experiment attended with the s mie success, till finally sirs, the tuckenaua is sucks chet Tile Ccntrjl Bank says “can’t accommodate you sir.” Tne Treasurer says “callagi.iu to-morrow”—but all this dont “raise ihe wind”—and Uncle Sam bristles tip aud says, •‘ifyoudont pay up, I’ll sell you off,” which, you know, he would have a right to do ac cording to the doctrine once advanced by a certain distinguished member of a certain party in Georgia! So i( it conn's to this, 1 propose to relinquish to the United Elates in payment of Georgia’s «ontribution, cer tain tracts of country, known as the wire grass districts, and distinguished as the counties of Appling, Irwin, Wayne and Ware, together with all the undiscovered region (be it more or less) within the limits the last mentioned county, commonly cal led Okefenokee, with a quit claim title for ever to the aforesaid premises, and to all and singular its aboriginal inhabitants, in cluding stock of every species, such as suakes, toads, gophers, snapping-turtles, alligators, Ac. Ac. Should there still be a deficiency in the quota, 1 further propose to convey io North Caroliua the couuty of Rabun, and to Tennessee and Alabama the counties of Gilmer, Dade, Murray and Chattooga. This plan, sirs, proposes a two-fold advantage ; first to pay off-a debt with little inconvenience; secondly to rid the State from veuy unprofitable property. By an official exhibit of the taxable return from these counties, it appears that they pay into the State Treasury an amount barely sufficient to defray half the expenses of their Senators aud Representatives. In stead of unprofitable, 1 should rather have said burdensome to the State ! 'The nine counties in question pay into the State Treasury, the aggregate and enormous amount of .$818,62, whilst the two coun ties of Chatham and Effingham return an aggregate tax of $10,8224, consequently the relative political influence which these counties hear to each other, will be this: whilst the taxation of the two counties of Chatham and Effiughain in reference to the nine counties in question is as 13 to 1, their political power is as 1 to 4 ! yet accoidiug to the political economy of the Great-Wes tern, the people ars taught to believe that it is equalization! France once boasted ol her Neckar. England of her Pitt— let Geor gia raize an imperishable monument to the transcendent genius of her Great Western ! Mr. Editor what think you of my plan ? STEWART. The following letter from the Hon. Charles Daugherty signifying his accep tance of the nomination tendered by the late Convention, places him fairly before the public as a candidate for the office of Governor; for which letter we are indebted to the Athens Whig of the 31st ult.—Of the claims of Judge D. to the office tender ed him we shall not now speak. Paving be fore expressed the opinion that his nomina tion could not be otherwise than acceptable to the party generally. At a proper time these claims will be pressed upon the con sideration of the public, .j# Augusta Sentinel. Athens, May 30th, 1839. Gentlemen ;—1 have received your com munication, iuformiug tue of mv nouiiu*- tion hy the State Rights party, asthejr can didate''for Governor, at the election in Oc tober next, and requesting my acceptance thereof. 1 hereby tender my acknowledgements to the party, for this renewed * expression of their confidence, and in accepting their nomination remark, that it is done, to grat ify no selfish feeling, but alone in conform ity to their.wishes, and from a sincere de sire, to advance and suslaiu, as far as I may be able, those principles, on which in iny humble opinion, depend the preservation, in their purity, of the political institutions of our State and country. Please accept for yourselves, assurances of my respect and esteem, C. DOUGHERTY. Indians. —The St. Augustine Herald of the 18th inst. says; ”A few days since three Georgia volunteers passing along an old trail about nine miles from Black Creek were fired upon by Indians, probably out hunting. And old man named Beazely was killed and another man wounded, Gen. Macomb’s armistice appears to be all on one side, for this is the fourth murder that has occurred in that quarter, since orders wen given that the Indians should not oe moles ted. “Gen. Macomb’s plans are probably bet ter known to himself, than to publie turnout for we cannot believe that the insane pro ject of permitting the Indians to remain in any party jof Florida, is entertained in any quarter The settlers of the interior who for four years have seen wives and families weekly murdered, will shoot any Indians prowling about whatever may be the terms of treaty ; and then innocent families will again be massacred at Indian river to aver age injuries sustained on the Wkhlacoohie. After one Indian isslio' (and many would be) every family from Chattahoochee to Cape Florida would be in peril.” From the National Intelligencer. FROM MEXICO. The correspondent of “the Louisianian,” under date of May 11, states that the re cent defeat of the Federalists in the vicini ty of Puebla is a mortal blow to their par ty. “Santa An a,” he s iys, -‘has become ‘the idol of the day. llis name is the coin ‘mon w«rd in the mouth of the people, and ‘such is the frenzy of those who are in a ‘majority that if his excellency chose to ‘make himselfking, emperor, dictator, in •one day the Central Government would ‘disappear, and l,*e replaced by a tyrant and a ‘troop of slaves.” The writer of the letter from which this is extracted goes at some length into a state ment of his views of the politics of Mexico and the probability of Santa Aca superse ding Bustatnente, which at this distance does not appear to us probable, at least Dot immediately so, since undoubtedly they are acting together in a common cause with such a good understanding as has, by the defeat of Mexia and his lotlowers, led to a complete success. Santa Ana, it apjiears after the battle ofPubela. returned forth with to tue city of Mexico. “He has re turned to Mexico,” says the correspondent above quoted, “where lie was received with ‘extraordinary honors. He had rejoicings, ‘balls, illuminations, public plays, tor an e •vent over which «*ery good mail grieves. •The populace admires the hero of umpi ‘ro ; patriots deplore the miseries of civil ‘war. One party weaves garlauds for the ‘victor the other is tilled w ith grief; on one ‘side you hear songs of victory, on the other •wailimrs for the dead. Time will show the •end of this medley of things.” The Superior Couit to' this county, after silting two weeks, adjourned over on Sat urday last till next week to give his honor .Indue King an opportunity to attend the usual Convention of.Judges ir Milledgeville. During the sitting, much business has been disposed of. among which we notice (he following cases on the criminal Docket. Jason Faulk, convicted of furnishing a slave with spirituous liquors—fined S3O For retailing without license—fined SSO or 30 days imprisonment. For tarrying un lawful weapons—fined $125. Wm. Sheffield, Assault and Battery— finul Sloo.—Carrying deadly weapons— fined slso—N< gro stealing, convicted oil two cases, and sentenced to 10 years im prisonment on each, in the Penitentiary. John Carter, an associate with .Sheffield in the above cases, seutenced to the Peni tentiary for eiglit^ears, James Jackson, for passing a raised hill, was sentenced to the Peuiteutiary for two years. —Macon Messenger. An honest Rogue.— In looking over the •orrespondence between Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury, and his pecula ting underlings, we fell upon the following rare specimen of honesty in a rogue. He had gorged himself with the public money under the eye of the Secretary, who would not remove him, and he had the frankness to confess his own villainy, and throw up the office of which he coufessed himself un worthy. New Oileann, Feh. 26, 1839. Dear Sir. With this, you will receive my account current, aggregate of moneys re ceived, and account with the Treasurer of the United States, which have been delayed in their transmission by my leaving the office and their being no mail at Greensburg du ring the last month. In this I also tenderyou my resignation as receiver of public moneys, being no longer worthy of the trust; and in conclusion, must recommend Mr. T. N. Baylies as a gentleman more worthy to fill the vacancy than any one of the present applicants. Respectfully, vour obedient servant, ' PARIS CHILDRESS. Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington. Childress was and is a defaulter to the a mount of $12,1 18 76. Rich. Whig. Questions Answered.--- The Democrats in 1796, were opposed to putting more power into the hands of the Executive. They were for taking power from the President and his ministry, and giving it to the people. What are the modern Locos about? Are they for taking power from the Executive? No, indeed. Why do they call themselves Democrats, then? Fur the same reson that a rogue keeps the title of an honest man a* long as he ca~'; for it helps him to couceal his roguery. Dedham Patriot. Fratricide. A few days since two broth ers in Lincoln county Mo. of the name of Plummer, got excited in a family quarrel and in an unguarded moment, one of them struck the other dead with a pitch-fork. Both of them had wives, who were spectaors of this bloQiiy tragedy. Homicide. Ou the 14th an altercation took place near Huntsville between a Mr, Mann and a Mr. Liverman, in which the latter was shot do.vn dead. Maim has I been comitted to jail. NOTICE. TIIE SHERIFFS’ SALES of Sumter county, will, hereafter be published in the Georgia Mirror. JOHN KLMMEY, Sheriff. G. M. WHEELER, D.Sh’ff. Americus, June 3,1839. FOUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the honorable, the in ferior court of Sumter county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real estate of Uriah Fuller, late deceased, of said county. WALTON W. FULLER, Adm’r. May 13,1839. _ 10 M A SONIC CEL E Bit A TION. ]IHE MASONIC LODGE NO, 13. at Atnertcus Sumter County, will cele brate the 24th of June inst. it being the Anniversary of ST. JOHN. All brethren ol the Order are respectfully invited to at tend. There will also be an address, suitable to the occasion, prououuced by the Rev. Thomas Gardner. WM H. PEGG Jr. ) Com. JOHN IIAMES. > of JOHN H. BLOUNT. > Invt. Americus, Juna 6, 9 ~Tum pkin acade .\Ty. THE subscriber respectfully takes leave to inform the public, that the exerci ses of the Lumpkin Academy will be re sumed on Monday the Ist, of July next. WILLIAM FOSTER, June I, 1839 9_3t _ Principal. GUARDIAN’S SALE. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in August next, between the legal hours of Sale, before the Court House door at Starksville in Lee County, a lot of land lying in said County, known as lot Number Twenty Six [26] in the second District, containing two hundred two and a half [2024] acres, drawn by William H. and Sydney Ann Edwards, Illegitimates; sold for tha benefit of said children. Terms at the sale. HENRY W. MASSENGALE, Guardian. Wrigbtsboro, May 28, 1839. 9 MARSHAL’S SALE. WILL be sold, on Saturday the 15th inst. in the town of Florence, one Grey Mule, about four years old, owner not known, taken up while running at large in the s'reets of Florence, and sold to defray the expenses of keeping and impounding.— Terms, cash. JOHN P. HARVEY, Marshal. June 1,1339. Executive Department, Ga. Milledgeville. 29th May, 1839. * II ULKKAS, by an Act. ol the Gener ?T al Assembly, passed the 26th De cember, 1635. entitled “An Act, to provide for the call of a Convention cr educe iLc u Do cr ol li e Cuuai Aa sernoiy of the bune of Georgia, aud foro ilier purpurea therein named,” it is provided that it shall be um duty ol His Excellency ti e Governor to give publicity to the alter ations and amendments made in the Consti tution, in reureuce to the Reduction of the number ol members compo; ing the Gen eral Assembly, and the first Monday in Oc , tuber, next alter the rising ol said Conven tion, he shall fix on for the Ratification by the People, of such emendmenu, altera tions, or new articles, as they may make for the objects of reduction ant* equalization of the General Assembly only, and if ratified by a majority of the voters, who vote on the question of RATIFICATION” or “No RATIFICATION”—then, aud in that event, thealteratiocs so by them made and ratified, shall be binding on <he people of this State, and not otherwise.” And whkaras, the delegates of the peo ple ol this State, assembled in Convention undertlie provisions of the before recited act, and agreed to, and declared the follow ing to be alterations and amendments of the Constitution of this State, touching the rep resentation of ilie people iu the General Assembly thereof, tu-wit: The Convention assembled under an act, “to provide lior the call, of a Convention to reduce the number of the Gent ral As sembly, of the State of Georgia, and lor other purposes therein named," passed the 26tli day of Deceml er, 1838, having met un der the Proclamation ol the Governor, on Monday the Gth day of May, 10 9. propose as the filial result ol their deliberations, the following to be amendments to the Consti tution of the State of Georgia, and present the same to His Excc'lt ncy the Governor ol the Slate, that publicity may be given to said alterations and amendments, according to the si> th section of the act, under which the Convention assembled. AMENDMENTS T«> TIIE CONSTI TUTION. OF THE STATU, OU GEORGIA. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be inclu ded within this Stale, according to their respective numbers of free persons, and in cluding three-filths of all the people of color, to he ascertained by an actual enumeration, to be mads from time, to time at intervals if seven years as now by law provided Each county shall he entitled to one member. Each county having a representative popu lation as above specified, of six thousand persons, shall be entitled to pne aditiooal member, and each county having such rep resentative population ol twelve thousand persons, shall be entitled to two additional members, but no couuty shall have more than three members. The numbers of which the House of Re presentative will be composed according to the aforesaid ratio, and the last census, shall not hereafter be increased, except when a new county is created ; and it shall be the duty of the Legislature, at their session, to be holden next after the enume- for by law, so to regulate the ratio of representation, as to prevent such increase. The Representatives shall be chosen an nually on the first Monday of October, until such day ol election shall be altered by law. The Senate shall consist of forty-six members, elected annually on the first Mon day iu October, until such day of election shall he altered by law and shall be compos ed of one member from each of the forty six Senatorial Districts following: 1 Chatham aud Effingham. 2 Scrivenand Burke. 2 Richmond and Columbia. 4 Lincoln and Wilkes. 5 Elbert aud Madison. 6 Habersham and Lutnpkiu. 7 Union and Rabun. 8 Forsyth and Hall. 9 Jackson and Franklin. 10 Clark and Oglethorpe. 11 Green and Putnam. 12 Taliferro and Warren. 13 Hancock and Baldwin. 14 Washington and Jefferson. 15 Emanuel and Montgomery. 16 Liberty and Brysn. 17 Tattnall aud Bulloch. 18 Mclntosh and Glynn. 19 Camden and Wayne. . 20 Ware and Lowndes. 21 Telfair and Appling. 22 Laurens and Wilkinson. 23 Pulaski and Twiggs. 24 Bibb and Crawford. 25 Jones and Jasper. 26 Butts aud Monroe. 27 Gwinnett and Walton. 28 DeKalb and Henry. 29 Newton and Morgan. 30 Gilmer aud Murray. 31 Cass and Cherokee. 32 Cobb and Campbell. 33 Coweta and Fayette. 34 Merriwether and Talbot. 35 Pike aud Upson. 36 Houston and Macon. »7 Dooly and Irwin. 38 Thomas and Decatur. 39 Baker and Early. 40 Lee and Sumter. 41 Randolph and Stewart. 42 Muscogee and Marion. 43 Harris and Troup. 44 Heard and Carroll. 45 Paulding and Floyd. 46 Chattooga, Walker and Dade. And whenever hereafter the Legislature shall lay off and establish anew couuty, it shall be added to the most contiguous Senatorial District, having the smallest re presentative population. JAMES M. WAYNE, President of the Convention. Attest: Lucien Latastk Sec’ry of the Conventioo 1 therefore, in conformity with the pro visions of the before recited act, to hereby give publicity to the same, and enjoin each voter for members of the General Assembly of this State, ou the first day therein spe cified, to-wit: ou the first Monday in Octo bor next, to give his vote of “RATIFICA TION” or •‘RATIFICATION,” as provi ded in said act, and the presiding officers certify the same to this Department accor dingly. Given under my hand and seal of the Ex ecutive Department at the Capital, in Mil ledgeville, this the day and year first above mentioned. GEORGE R. GILMER. By the ftivMim, Jour* 11. Stssuu See. Ex Pcpt. FOREWARN Ji persons ol Georgia aud Alabama, from trading with Martha ' Elizabeth Foster, ou my account, as 1 con sider myself no longer accountable sot be» contracts. JOHN B. FOSTER. Randolph co. June 10 3tp