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TOIL* the georcii.4 mikkois, IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, By It. lirard 11c k* AJ. E. Hull, ( Editors and PcopritlorS\) At NIKEE 1)0LL VUS ii ye;ir, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, it not paid until the end of the year. Advertisements will bo conspicuously inserted it One Dollar per square, (15 lines or less.) the first, and 50 cents for each sub. sequent insertion. All advertisements hauded in for publi cation •vithotii , limitation, will lie published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Kxecu tors. Ail ninistrators and Guardians, are re quired by law ui lie advertised in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day ol ' sale. 'f h 3 sale of Personal property must he a.jver isc* 1 in like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to t'ic Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land mid Negroes, must be published weekly for four months. .Qo =» a.ll Letters on business must bo post i*aid to insure attention. ‘ - JOB I’i I I NTING. /'"IONNECTED with the office of the j \£ [if iLOlv, is a splendid assortment of <&& A n d we are enabled to excute all kind ol Job work, in the neatest manner and at the sliort st uotice, cj u 5? Jl of every deseiiptioii will constantly be Kept on hand,such as Attachments, Justices’ Execution*, J,. jjamnl.ms. Jury do Subp'Cnas Clerk’s Recognizance, Scieri Facias, Appearance Bonds, Ca." S.i. Declaration —Debt, !)■•<• I iniiiuo— \ssiuiipsit. Sheriff Deeds, Tax Collector Executions. Ul.mU Notes. Arc * lloiwi 1 . rstUK subscribers have as- M * socinted themselves to r ■ ;■ ’‘ej aether as (IttMMlSbiON MERCHANTS, under the uame and style ot ,POIBV 3s. f US * Po. 'PI v hire purchased the commodious WVIIE-11')USE and CLOSE STORE, lately occupied by Jernigan, where they will receive COL ION or GOODS in store, and advance only upon cot ton in their possession and under their con- : trol Their charges will be ns customary. The business will be conducted by John 1) puts. We solicit the patronage of the t.iii.ltami are prepared to give Columbus prices dot Colton. jm R p(TT^ M. J. LSURENCK. 'Florence, Nov. 10 "' J, li. BTAtMi, FORWARD h'\ l3 C:jfvi;vl!3i!oM MERCHANT, January 15, 1830. DRY GOODS. TIA I\Z subscriber having recently repleu § ishs 1 his stock, invites his custom ers and the public generally, to call and ex amine f.rtho nselves. llis goods are »cio and well selecte 4 and ho is olt.uing them on as good terms as any in tlio maker, llis stock consists in part of the following : Woolens, rfaftiimtts, A variety of Broad Clotlw, Circassians, Merinos, Bombazines and Boinbazettcs, Red and White Flannel, A good assortment of iir.'i l.f Pintle Clothing, A large supply of 800 l'S and SHOES, UKD'DaIKN!) AND LADIES SADDLES, 3BOLES AniD MARTINGALS. Crockery, Hirdioare and Cutlery , With a variety of other articles suitable to the se ison, which 'is t ikes gre.it pleasure in offering to his customary and the pub lic, at his new store on the North side Ccn tiejunTe' 40 THO: GARDNER. NEW STORE. TTE undersigned having associated themselves under the name and style of Harvey A; Ch istain, offer for sale anew and well selected Stock of Goods. Wares, md Merchandize, from Charleston, viz. Broad Cloth, Sattinctts, Emernetts, Merino, Silk Lustring and Mattronas, French Muslin, do Ginghams, do Prints, Scotch Ginghams, JPJA new assorted Stock of English and A m-iicau Prints, Furniture Prints, Bonnets, H its, Shoes, of all kinds, Brid'es, Saddles an I Martingales. Besides a variety of oth er articles too tedious to mention. Which will be sold low for cash or undoubted cre ditors. The public ave requested to cal! and ex amine for thamselves. JOHN P. HARVEY, MORGAN CHASTAIN. March 2G, 1839 50 Ijttok tit This. THE subscribers are determined to bring their business to a focus by the first day of July- Those indebted will do well to "call and settle by, or previous to that t ime, ’in'lsare wjt. ROOD & TALMAN. Florence, June 13, 1839 11 31 THE HIRROR. FLORENCE ACADEMY. f|tiiE excicistts ol the Male Dt| rtn ert ot the b ‘oreoce Academy, will com mence ou Monday next, 7th inst. uimer the superintendence ot Mr. George J. Air - Cx.nsii.tv, who comes well recoil mended as an instructor of youth. The follow ig ' will be the rates of tuition, por quaiter: Orthography, Reading and Writing §4 0, do do do with Arithmetic, 50C English Grammar and Geography, 6CC Higher English Branches, ' 8 CC Languages, 19 cl The Female Department will comuienet on the same day, under the direction ot Miss Margaret Harvey. Os Miss Hu vey’s qualifications the Trustees deem it ui* necessaiy to speak, as they are too wj’l known to require any recommendation fro i them. The terms of tuition, will bo th same as state » above, and for Drawing and Painting, 19 0 Needlework an extra charge of [3 (* Board can be had, for males and senates in the most respectable houses, at XiXijrjß ble prices. Jan. 5 39 BY TIIE TRUSTS/.C. C Mil NET FURNITUKE. (1 EORGE 11. & WM. J. WILLEAS X respectfully inform the citizens ot Florence and the surrounding country, that they have permanently located themselves in Florence, and are prepared to execute iu the most neat and workmanlike style, Side- Boards, Bureaus, Tables, Chairs, Work and Wash Stands, and Furniture of every description used in this section of the coun try. They Hatter themselves, from their long experience, that they will be able to give general satisfaction to those who may favor them with tlieir patronage. April 9 52 J. A. 11. MACON, ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, STARKSVILtE. LEE COUNTY. GEORGIA. attend the Courts oftlieG'HAT- M TAHOOCHEE CIRCUI'I. Nov. 25 35 ly WILLIAM II MAY, Attorney at Latv, STARKSVILLE, Lee county, Ga. will practice in all the comities of the Chat tahoochee circuit. March 10 43 ly Dr. Wm. TI. Har(lni A: } LUMPKIN, GA. Ci AN, at all times be found by thoaa wish- XJ ing his services, at his office, ar the house of M. McCullar, Esq. when notpro foss'io-Jly rngaged. J.ui 20 42 LAW NOTICE. rp HE undersigned have associated them. t selves in the PRACTICE OF LAW. under the firm of Bull te Mitchell,and will attend promptly to all business entrus ted to their care in the Courts of the fol lowing counties, viz. EtevVart, Sumter. Muscogee, Lee, Ga. and Baudotph, Barbour, Ala. J. L. Bull may he found at li.is office ii Florence,and J. M. Mitchell, at his office in Lumpkin, Stewart co. Ga. JESSE L. BULL, JAMES M. MITCHELL Fdb 1. 47 8t v> tice— £9 i ssol u l w n. late partnership existing between tiie subset ibers iu the mercantile bu siness in the county of Stewart, in the State of Georgia, has been dissolved, by mutual consent, evcr-'ince tho 4th day of the pre sent month. John S. Rice is nuthoiised to .close the business of said concern. J OS lAII DICKINSON. JOHN S. RICE. June 11,1839. 11 6t ALABAMA LANDS FOR SALE. NHALF 3 14 30 . S. half 4 14 30 N. half 8 14 30 N. half 7 14 30 S. half 7 14 30 S. half 6 14 30 S. half 11 14 29 S. half 20 13 23 S. half 34 19 28 N. half 36 19 29 S. half 36 19 29 W. half 29 16 26 N. half 6 16 30 E. half 21 22 26 E. half 22 13 28 N. half 33 20 26 S. half 32 18 28 W. half 26 15 24 S. half 29 16 25 E. half 2 18 2*5 Any of the above Lands will be sold on terms to suit purchasers, by application to John D. Pitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the subscriber, at Macon. July 26 18 J. COWLES. s*2oo REWARD. V 1 X? ANA WAY from the subscriber, JtA. on the 2lst of March, ult. ane gro martnatned STEPHEN a car “ penter, by trade-said negro is a bout five feet 10 inches high, ar.d is about forty years of age, dark complected, speaks very quick when spoken to, and has a large scar over his left eye, and another on his left shin occasioned by the kick ot a horse, he has a small white speck on bisrighi eye and is <• v ery intelligent negro, he has. no doubt procured free papers irotn some white person. 1 purchased him Irotn Mr. David Price, of Stewart county in the fall of 1837, and he has no doubt gone back to Stewart county, where he says he lias a wife and children. When he ranawny he had tin a new beaver hat, a pair of old boots, a red flannel shitt and sattinet pantaloons, and he also, took with him a bag containing many other different kinds of clothing. Any per son who will apprehend and deliver said ne gro to me iu Hamburg S. C. or lodge him in some safe jail so that 1 can get him agaiu, ihall have the above reward. T. G. SALDAVIA. Hamburg S. C. March 24 1839, 52 JKLXg&BS'Qa* 'UCfiL’X <8» 33 bb. PROSPECTUS or the SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. Fruns is a monthly Magazine, devoted -i- chiefly to Literature, but occasion ally finding room also for articles thai fall within the scope ol Science ; and nut pro essiug an entire disdain ol tasteful selections, though its matter lias been, as it will con tinue to be, iu the main, original. l*arty Politics, and controversial Theol ogy, as far as possible, are jealously exclu ded. They are sometimes so bleuued with discussions in literature or in moral sci cnee, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able matter to which they adhere: bu* whenever that happens they are incidn.tal, only, not primary. They are dross, tolera ted oulv because it cannot well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu py their due space in the work: and it is the Editor’s aim that they should have a three fold tendency—to convey, iu a condensed form, such valuable truths or interesting in cidents as are embodied in the works re viewed, —to direct the readers attention to books that deserve to be read—and to ware him against wasting time aud money upon that large number, which merit only to be 1 burned. In this age of publications that by their variety and multitude, distract and o verwhelinn every undiscriminating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of the most inesti mable aud indispensable ofauxiliaries to him who does wish to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches—and Reminisekcks of events too min ute for History, yet elucidating it, and heightuliig interest—may be regarded as forming the staple of the work. And of indigenous Poetry, enough is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of our country. The times appear, for several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one aloue, but tuauyt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes: The soft, assuasivg influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and folly are rioting abroad :—They should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in to their fitting haunts. Ignorance lords it over an Immense proportion of our peo pie:—Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to increase their number; so that the great enemy of popular government may no longer brood, like a portentous cloud, over the deßti.wvo of our country. Vud to accomplish all these ends, ivhat more powerful agent can be employed, than a periodical ou the plan of the Messenger; if that plan be but car ried out in practice! The South peculiarly requires such an agent. In all the Union, south of Washing ton, there are but two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at least twenty-five or thirty! Is this con trast justified by the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern? No: for in wealth, talents and taste, we may justly claim, at least, an equality with our brethren mil a domestic institution exclusively nnr own, beyond all doubt, a 1 fords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing which they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of this local want that the word Southern was engrafted on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish local prejudices, or to advocate sup posed local iute ests. Far from any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to see tne North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection. Far from meditating hostility to the north, he has al ready drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choicest matter thence; and happy indeed will he deem himself, should lus pages, by making each region know the other better contribute in any es sentia! degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred tics of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has now been inexistence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume- How far it has acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say; he be lieves, however, that k falls not further short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fall short of Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and neatly covered, at $5 a year— payable in advance. 2. Or five new subscribers, by sending theit names aud S2O at one time to the edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, or at $4 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments for sub scriptions, which have been properly com mitted to the mail, or to the hands of a post master, is assumed by the editor 4. If a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance tor another year. Subscriptions must commence with the be- 1 ginning ot th* 4 volume, aud will not be ta ken for less than a year's publication. 5. The mutual obligations of the publish er and subscriber, for the year, are fully in curred as soon as the first number of the volume is issued : and after that time, no discontinuance of a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription he dis continued for any earlier notice, while >na thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. THE Subscriber will attend to the eollec tion of all debts divs the late firm e( Gardner fc Barrow, up to April, 1839. — Persons indebted to said firm will please make payment immediately April 30 H H BARROW HENRY A. GARRETT is the author iscd agent, to take notes, receive cash and give receipts for any demands due the Male and Female Academies at Florence. May 6 4 THE TRUSTEES. (Executive Department. Ga. Milledgevtlle. 'c9tli May, 1839. WHEKEAB, by an Act. u( the Gener al Assembly, passed the 26th De cember, 1833. entitled "An Act, to provide for the call of a Convention or ieduce the number ol the General As sembly of the S'ate of Georgia, anil lor o iber purposes therein named,” it is provtded that it shall be the duty of His Excellency the Governor to give publicity to the alter ations and amendments made in the Consti tution, in reference to the Reduction of the numberol members composing the Gen eral Assembly, and the first Monday in Oc tober, next alter tiie rising ot said Conven tion, he shall fix on lor the Ratification of the People, of such amendments, altera lions, or new articles, as (hey may make-fur the objects of reduction and equalization of the General Assembly only, and it ratified by a majority of the voters, who vote on the question of RATIFICAI ION” or “No RATIFICATION”—theu, and in that event, the alterations so by them made aud ratified, shall be binding on (lie people of his State, aud not otherwise.” Axd vvhevras, the delegates of the pro pie of this State, assembled in Convention under the provisions of the -before recited ac', and agreed to, and declared the follow ing to be iterations and amendments of the Constitution of this State, touching tiie rep resentation of t he people iu the General Assembly there 0 !, to-wit: The Convention assembled under an act, ‘to provide for the.call, of a Convention, to reduce the number of the General As sembly, of the State of Georgia, and lor other purposes therein named,” passed the 26th day of December, 1838, having met un derthe Proclamation of the Governor, on Monday the 6th dny of May, 18 <9. propose as the final result of their deliberations, the following to be amendments to the Consti tution of the State of Georgia, and present the same to His Excc'lency the Governor of the State, that publicity may be giveu to said alterations and amendments, according to the sixth section of the act, under which the Convention assembled. AMENDMENTS TO TIIE CONSTI TUTION. of the: STATE Ol' GEORGIA. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be inclu ded withiu this State, according to their respective numbers of free persons, and in cluding three-filths of all the people of color, to bens certained by an actual enumeration, to be made from time, to time at intervals of seven years as now by law provided Each county shall he entitled ,n ODt ‘ member Each county having a representative popu lation as above specified, of six thousand persons, shall be entitled to one aditional member, and each county having such rep resentative population of twelve thousand persons, shall be entitled to two additional members, but no county 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 if shall be the duty of the Legislature, at their session, to 'be holden next after the enume ration provided for by law, so to regulate the ratio of representation, as to prevent such increase. The Representatives shall be chosen an uu lly 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 be altered by law and shall be compos ed of one member from each of the forty six Senatorial Districts following : 1 Chatham and Etfiagham. 2 Scriven and Burke. 3 Richmond and Columbia. 4 Lincoln and Wilkes. 5 Elbert and Madison. 6 Habersham and Lumpkin. 7 Union and Rabun. 8 Forsyth aud Hall. 9 Jackson and Franklin. 10 Clark and Oglethorpe. 11 Green and Putnam. 12 Talil’etro and Warren. 13 Hancock and Baldwin. 14 Washington and-Jefferson. 15 Emanuel and Montgomery. 16 Liberty and Bry»n. 17 Tattnall and Bulloch, j 18 Mclntosh and Glynn. 19 Camden and Wayne. 20 Ware and Lowudc3. 21 Telfair and Appling. 22 Laurens aud Wilkinson, 23 Pulaski and Twiggs. 24 Bibb and Crawford. 25 Jones and Jasper. 26 Butts and Monroe. 27 Gwinnett aud Walton, 28 DeKalband Henry. 29 Newton ami Morgan. 30 Gilmer and Murray. 31 Cass and Ciierokee. 32 Cobb and Campbell. 33 Coweta and Fayette. 34 Merriwether am! Talbot, 35 Pike and 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. 4i Paulding and Floyd. 46 Chattooga, Walker and Dade. And whenever hereafter the Legislature shall lay off and establish anew county, it shall be added to the m#st contiguous Senatorial District, having the smallest re presentative population. JAMES M. WAYNE. President of the Convention. Attest: Lucie.n Lataste Sec" ry of the Convention 1 therefore, in conformity with the pro visions of the before recited act, to hereby give publicity to the same, anil enjoin each voter for members of the General Assembly •f this State, on the first day therein spe cified, to-wit: on the first Monday in Octo bor next, to give his votv ot "R ATI FIG A- TION” or‘‘RATIFICATION,’’ as provi ded iu said act. and tiie presiding officers certify the same to this Department accor dingly. Given under my hand and seal oftlie Ex ecutive Department at the Capital, in Mil ledgeville, this the day and year first above mentioned. GEORGE R. GILMER. By the Governor. John 11. Steele, Sec. pe.PExt g——— avt (Jjtl 01/&-B F/orn the L.tdies' Companion. The Death ©T IVero. BY EDWARD MATUKIN. CHAPTER I.—THE PEOPLE. 4 Better be with the dead. When we, to gain our place, have sent to peace. Than on the torture of the mind to lie iu restless ecstacy !”—macbeth. Even to the terminntio'ft of his reign, Nero persisted ii. tiie'same levity of char acter which had hitherto marked i g-coursb. He was still swayed l>y a passion lor dra matic entertainments, and an ambition to be distinguished by llis excellence in music. For (he gratification of these desires, he had betaken-liimsi If to Naples, where the con stant current of pleasure 'weaned liis mind (roni the cares which embarrassed it at home. Wliiie here, his principal occupa tion was the construction of an hydraulic organ, which, if successful, lie prqniised to exhibit on the stage. But the fancied secu rity of a Tyrant is as deceitful as the >ullen calm which precedes the stortn. It is, as it were, the momentary slumber of Nature ere she rises with reniovated strength and roller.tt»il •«;»••••«** i»on^B on the air, aud ihe clouds muster in silence, like a host who rally in the ainbusli of midnight. So was it with Nero. While the Emperor forgot his dignity in the char acters of coachman and comedian, his peo ple renounced their allegiance, and the re volutionary feeling extended itself even to the Provinces. An insurrection had broken out in Gaul, under the conduct of one Julius Viudex, whose father, in the days of Claudius, had been Senator; aud at his instigation, Galba, the succeeding Emperor, was creating a similar movement in Spain. Both.howcve , proved unsuccessful. Virginias Rufus was appointed to take the field against the Gaul , and defeating them with great slaughter, compelled them to fly. So great was the disgust created among the Roman legions under his command by the character and frivolities of Nero, that tW,"’•Hr * ! e f*: ,r . r ot the imperial Dignity to virginius, which was, however, declined. Vindex, unwilling to survive the defeat of his struggle for lib erty, fell tgpnn his sword on the field. At length the intelligence of the danger which threatened his empire, and the emo tions which prevailed throughout ltal) rousjtl the enervate monarch from the lethargy into which vice and pleasure had plunged him. He abandoned bis favorite hydraulic instrument, and the trifles which detained him at N;qdes, anti hastened to Rome. His fears were, however, soo" dis sipated hy the arrival of letters ft in Vir ginius, oootaw'g tire death of the insurgent, Vindex. The Emperor testified his pVeas sure by singing to his harp! The defeat of his enemies, while it ap peased his fuars, gratified his pride. On Ins .ray to Rome, he had seen * monunieWal sculpture, representing a Roman soldier dragging along the ground a vanquished Gaul by the hair. He willingly imputed this event to a favorable onreo from the Gods; and their will had been already sig nified in the suppression of rebellion. In the meantime, the spirit of faction which had so recently disturbed the peace of the Provinces, was gradually extending to the very heart of his capital. 9he vices of his private life, anil the unjust rapacity with which lie seized the treasures of weal thy citizens, and squandered them in the hours of wantonness and pleasure, were gradually dissolving the ties between Prince and people. An event which had accele rated the progress of revolution, and, opera ting on the public mind, ripened into ac tion those principles which but waited for a pretext. The city was at that period threatened with a famine, and the people remained in eager anticipation of relief. At length a vessel arrived from Alexandria, supposed to be laden with corn. Their joy was soon ex changed for rage and indignation when they discovered, that instead of conveying the expected supply, the ship was laden with sand from the banks of the Nile, for the purpose of smoothing the arena for gladia tors and wrestlers. They no longer res trained theijpsentimenis. The transports of public rage were at times, exchanged for expressions of scorn and contempt towards their Prince. The streets were filled with multitudes clamorous with indignation and revenge. "Away with this monster,” cried one of the leaders. "He sports with his people and their wants. We ask for bread, and lie gives us sand. Down with the r l yrant whose throne is supported by pillage and bloodshed !’• "A»,” replied another, "he hath plundered citizens to •'U|»|)lv his want* and jileasures. When our country was in danger he hath been contending for prizes in Greece anil Naples. Ho hath forgotten the name of Roman, aed seeks to wrest it from us, also.” “Where is Vindex!” shouted a third, "lie was a soldier. Better have a soldier on the throne, than a minstrel and player. Away with this buffoon. Away with him, we say. On! To tiie palace J" The murmurs of popular discontent ex tended to an unexpected quarter. Ihe Praetorians, who, from the very nature of their offiee—body-gurd to the Emperor— had been loy-il to his throne, now exhibited symptoms o 4 disaffection, and took side with the insurgents. Popular passions are seldom without a leader whose eloquence and arts though apparently devoted to the public weal, are too frequently the tools of his own advancement. Their tendency to rebellion was eon finned by the example of Nymphidius. a Praetorian Praefect. To ingratiate himself with the populace, and ensure tho destruc tion of the Tyrant, be distributed bribes, and promised liberal bounty in the name of m> aft* Galba. lie thus endeavored to establish the dangerous precedent of a Prince’s elec tion to the throne by the violence of the soldiery, rathe" thau the sanction of a de liberative assembly. Thirty thousand ses terces were promised toeacli Piztorian. The soldiery being thus secured, lus next aim was to represent to the senate the ut terly destitute condition if the Emperor, which therefore let! that body comparatively in possession of supreme power. The assembly remained in suspense Timidity and irresolution marked tlieir proceedings. The panic had reached the palace. Tho people aud soldiery had at length thrown ofif the mask. Public opinion had yielded t 6 ilie sense of oppression and rapacity. Tho sensualist paused iu his and the Tyrant forgot his cruelly. CHAPTER II THE ‘PALACE ‘•Down with tiie Tyrant! Away with tho player!—-Galba—-a soldier for Ca'sars* throne!” Such were the cries utterred by the people as they surrouuded the palate. itis a fearful thiug to witoess the last moments of the guilty. The neive which has supported them in the hour of blooda idled and horror, seems to be related -; the sternness which lias never bent'to circuinstan ces, is at length awed into the weakness of childhood ; and conscience, who has mark ed in silence Tire workings of passion, anti the blow of the assassin, gives now to tho tongue of the accuser tire poison ot re- Venge &uch were the feelings of the TyYant a■ lie heard without the clamors of hatred and derisuii. The uoisc of his insulted people rang in hiseurs like the reproofs ol con science. It revived his career of crime and folly, and almost declared tliepeualty which was exacted lor both exclaimed as another shout rent the air; "how wouhlst thou advise? Flight, Speak, speak.” Pale, hesitating and trem bling, he fixed his eyes on the secretary. "The hour for Cassar’s flight is not yet come,” replied his favorite ; ‘‘this rnnny mouthed monster can be silenced by force. Caesar can yet appeal to the camp, and shall be answered by the loyally ot his soldiera.” "No. no, not one, not one left,” ejacula fhe wretched man ; "they too, have forsaken me. Ha! hearest thou that? They shout for Galba,” “Tliev dare not raise him to the tlirons,” replied Epaphroditus.” “Nay, talk not thus,”, replied Nero, ‘‘l tell thee they who have power dare to act as will. How now, Nymphidlus?" he sail abruptly, as the latter entered. "All is lost,” replied the Piaffed with diß ‘?fJSfew retorted Nero, with an air of offended pride "Now. by Jupiter! thou t asm test Cncsaron his throne. I tell thee Jvotne is safe while her Caesar lives." The momentary courage which animated lira words see mad to expire with them; his brow contracted, ;md his lips quivered as !.*• muttered, "Death, death.” "Rome would be safe,” replied Nynmphi dius, eyeing his terror with delight, "but the Pratoriaits—” "No more of that,” interrupted Nero, at» rage in turn supplanted fear, "no more of that. Treason in the camp, and sedition among the people,” "The Fathers, too—” "Have joined them?” inierogated Neto; "And are prepared to issue a fatal de cree,” replied Nymphidius. “All. then, is lost,” muttered the Tyrant. "Oh, that the slaves were mine as before,” he continued, hi a tone of ferocity, "they should feel my vengeance.” "It is now Too late to speak of vengeance,” replied Nymphidius, with dissembled sym pathy, "when rebellion is even at the palace gate. Consult thy safety.” "Save me,” said the helpless man clas ping his hands imploringly,” and thou shalt own the gratitide of Ctesar.” "I can devise but one plan fob thy es cape,” replied the Praffect, after a pause. “Thou hast but one place for thy retreat. Egypt.” "Must I then fly ?” said Nero, as he cast his eyes round the apartment, and felt that the abandonment of his palace was the ab dication of his throne. "Can they not be appeased?” ‘•Thou hearest their clamor,” said thu Praefect; “as well might we tame the tem pest.” "Then must Ca:sarfly\” exclaimed Nero. "Canst thou secure my retreat from th* palace to the ship ?” "I will leave nought untried,” replied Nymphidius. as lie withdrew. CHAPTER III.—CONSCIENCE. “All, is lost. Catsar no longer fills thd throne. The Praetorians clamor for a sol dier,” fell incoherently from Nero, as be flung himselfupoua conch. "Aione.alone. Where are now the praises which hailed me victor 1 Silent. Where are the flatterers that courted me in the moment of power? Gone. Solitude, solitude.” continued the wretched man, agitation and fear almost stifling liis utterance. “Ha! who's there?” he cried, seizing his sword, as tenor whispered the approach of au enemy.” “Nymphidius,” replied the stranger, en* tering. “What tidings? Quick!” rejoined Nero* breathless with fear and impatience. ‘■Fortune is against the House of Caesar.** replied the Piasfect, still wearing the mask in the affected sympathy of hi* manner. “Nought has been left untried by thy Ser servant to quell this clamor, and nought give bribes drove the people from thy gate.” "Thunks, thanks, good fellow,” said Nero, abruptly. "Say, hast thou secured my flight V* "I did thy bidding, rwntied Nympliidi us, “and ordered the soldiers to equip a vessel for thy conveyance to Egypt, but-— '* ♦Well, did they so?” ‘•Not one,” rejojned the Pttrfecf. "The license of the populace hath extended to the camp, and the disaffected know no other motives save their own interests and wishes. I speak not,” he continued, with that well skilled hypocrisy which not only points the* dart, bnt watches the rankling ofthe wound. •»to gtve tliee needless fears; bid whop J ordered tiiem to repair to Ostia, the reluc tance wa6 too manifest to admit a doubt as to the allegiance of the Pfsetbpana Ou* i o{ |hem*skfa»«*«’ls W(^,fs*VhedA»»n^