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TOIL* tv Till: GEORGIA AHISKOII, IS PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY, By B. tiiidjici' A .T. L. Bull, ( E [dors and Proprietors.) At I'll REE DOLL\RS a vear, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the year. ADVER.risKMK.NTS will b* conspicuously inserted it One Dollar per square, (15 lines or less,) the first, and 30 cents for each sub. sequent insertion. All advertisements handed in for publi cation vit'iotit t limitation, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Lm l and Negroes by Execu tors, A l ninistrators an I Guardians, are re- ; quired by law to be advertised in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sale of Personal property must be dver ise' 1 its like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an ; estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordmaryfor leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly for four months. ;i ,■* All Letters on business must be post paid to iusurp attention. I JOB I’;MX L'IN G. CIONNECTED with the office of the J Mlti II ) iv, is a splendid assortment ol ££#£)... ..... And we are enabled to etoute ail kinu ol .100 work, m the neatest manner and at the short st notice. r of every description will constantly be kept on hand, such as Attachments, Justices’ Executions, do Summons, Jury do Subpoenas Clerk's Recognizance Soieri Facias, Appearance Bonds, C i. Sa. D ‘duration—Debt, I).'duration \ssumpsit, Shesrilf Deeds, Tax Collector Executions, It link Notes. <V<- AV.irit SI » A Commission 13U8[N E S S . miiE subscribers having ? J|| 1. purchased the Ware I ' House lately occupied by John D. Pitts Sc Cos. have as sociated themselves together for the pur |,.,se of transacting a general COMMIS SION BUSINESS, under the name and style of CB\LL, HILL & LAURENCE. As our attention will be particularly diiected to the r.te jiving and forwarding goods and cotton, wj shill make every arrangement neces ar .', for storing and taking care ol the same. d’iie busin J 33 will bn conducted by Mr. A. W Hill, an I we pledge ourselves that n >!hiii T shall bn wanting on our parts to give go ier i? satisfaction. With these assuran ces, we hope to receive a libel al share ol pub lic patronage. „ . , _ E. T. BEALL, A. W. 11 ILL M. J. LAURENCE. July 20 15 J. B.’STAIIR, PDlWAlllli Mil COMMISSION MERCHANT, *t. Joseph, Fla. January 10, 1830. DRY GOODS. riJ IE subscriber h iving recently replen- L ishe I his stock, invites his custom ers an 1 the public generally, to call and ex amine for themselves. His goods are new and well selected and lie is ottering them on as good terms as any in the market. Ilis stuck consists in part of the following: Woolens, Sattin tts, A variety of Broad Cloths, Circassians, Merinos, Bombazines and Bo nb i/.ottes. Red a id White Flannel, A good assortment of He;rly nil." Clothing A large supply of 800 TS and SHOES, GEXTEMHN’S ASH I.UMES SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINoUS. Croc! ten/, Idirdtoare and Cutler)/, With a variety of other articles suitable to the season, which he takes great pleasure in o Tiring to his custo u’n and the pub lic, at his new store on the North si le Cen tre street. Jan 1 > 40 TllO: GARDNER. ,\> v GooilmT \ew Woods ! ! rs J IE Subscriber has just received, per I. Sum ner SIREN, a fresh supply of STAPLE AND FANCV DRV G >ODS AND READ V M VDE CLOTHING. Broil Cloths. Sattinetfs. Cuscmeres,Catn hlets. Merinos, Sli.tHeys, PIC. etc. Low for cash or to undoubted creditors. JOHN P. HARVEY. July 0, 1331 13 For S lie. r TS ME subscriber offers for sale ‘PtfiZfjS? t on reasonable) terms. Lot of Land No. 113, in the 22d dis trict of Stewart comity, with «- th ‘r |a.ms al| lining, 65 acres well improved with good buildings. Vnv one desirous of pureh.si ig a rood settlement of Land would •In well to call and view the premises, t\v s and iall' aiics fro n Florence S. B. STRICKLING. _.Tnlv 5 31 3 HGNRY k. GARRETT is th" author ise.l agent to fake notes, receive cash •am I rive receipts for any demands doe .he Mile an I Female Academies at Florence. \f ay r, 4 THE TRUSTEES. Til IE Subscriber will attend to the rollec 1. non of nil debts dui the late firm ol Gardner Sc Barrow, up *o April, 1839. Pwrs ms indebted to said firm will please make pavmeut immediafely. t 4,-,;q ;to H ID BARROW THE MIRROR. j FLORENCE ACADEMY. TTJHE exercises of the Male De| ;~tu ent A ol the Florence Academy, w M com mence on Monday next, 7tli inst. un*. r the su|>erintendenee of Mr. George J. Mr- Cleskey, who comes well recommended as an instrueter of youth. The folio i U'g will be the rates of tuitiou, por quarter: Orthography, Reading and Writing $1 Os do do do with Arithmetic, SOC English Grammar and Geography, 6 00 Higher English Brauches, 8 Os Languages, 13 0{ The Female Department will commune? on the same day, under the direction Ol Miss Margaret Harvey. Os Misn Her vey’s qualifications the Trustees deem it U :• necessaty to speak, as they are ton wall known to require any recommendation fro i them. The terms of tuition, will be th I same as stale above, and lor Drawing and Painting, 11 Os Needlework an extra charge of 3 O' Board can be had, for males anc! fa ni'.UC in the most respectable houses, at Y3333Q?. ble prices. Jan. 5 30 BY THE THUS „-1 C \ Bi'NET FU RNITURE/ (NEORGE 11. Sc WM. J. WILLEtvS T respectfully inform the citizens ol Florence and the surrounding country,‘hat thev have permanently located themselves in •Florence, and are prepared to execute in 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 their patronage. April 0 52 .!. \. II.JIAIOA, attorney at law, STARXSVILLE. LEE COUNTY. GEORGIA. WIL L attend the Courts of the CHAT TAHOOCIIKE CPRCUPI. Nov. 25 35 1V william"r may Attorney at Law. STARKSVILLE, Lee county, Ga. wiP practice in all the counties of the Chat tahoochee circuit. March 10 48 lv !)r. B in. Yl. Ilurdn i ;i., LUMPKIN, GA. (’I AN, at all times be found by thoia wish- J ing bis services, at kis office, ar :e house of M. McCullar, Esq. when noturo cssio-._.My engaged. J.in 26 42 LAW NOTICE. tTIHE undersigned have associated them L selves in the PRACTICE OF LAW. under the firm of Bull & Mitchell, and will attend promptly to all business enirus led to their care in the Courts of the foI lowing counties, viz. Stewart, Sumter. Muscogee, Lee, Ga. and Randolph, Barbour, Ala. Jx L. Bull may be found at his office ii Florence, and J. M. Mitchell, at his office in Lumpkin, Stewart co. Ga. JESSE L. BULL, JAMES M. MITCHELL- Feb_l. 47 @t ALABAMA LANDS FOR SALE. TVT HALF 9 14 30 . x • 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 18 28 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 K. half 2 18 25 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 -T. COWLES. GEORGIA —Lee County. IT appearing to the Court that Malichi O. Snellgrnve, administrator with the will annexed, of Robert D. Respess, deceased has mismanaged the estate of said de eised, in this, to wit: That the said Malicui O Snellgrove has removed a part of the ne groes of said estate from the county of Lee, aforesaid, and from the plantation of said es tate ; thatthe said Malichi O. Snellgrove has neglected to hire out the negroes or rent out t le lands of said estate, which lias injured the said estate; and t at the said Malichi O. Snellgrove has otherwise mismanaged said estate to the injury of the same. It is therefore, on motion of Isaac Tison and Robert G. Ford, securities of said .Mali chi O. Snellgrove, ordered and adjudged by the Court, that the said Snellgrove shew cause at the next term of this Court, to be held on the first Monday in September next why lie should not give other securities, and the said Ist ie Tison and Robert G. Ford be discharged and relieved from their socu ritysliip as liis securities on the said Admin istration, or the said Snellgrove he discharg ed from said Administration anil the same be revoked. And i> is further ordered, that he he serv ed with a copy of this Rule two ity days be fore the said next term of this Court. GEORGIA. J I, Samuel C. Wvc e Lee County. S Clerk of the co i t of Or linary do certify that the above and fore going is a true copy taken from the minutes this l9thd«yof July 1839. S VML. C. WYGHE. c.c.o. July 19. 1839. To Jlol I’">*•» o f Taxable g m r It/. rXIiURTY day* from this dale, I shall L proceed to collect the taxes due the corporation as directed by the Ordinance i to that effect. M. J. LAURENCE AsTr. Sc Col. | July 10. iKLUtmasrea* m» ass®* PROSPECTUS OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. THIS is a monthly Magazine, devoted chiefly to Literature, but occasion ally finding room also for articles tha fall within the scope ol Science: and not pro- Cssing an entire disdain ol tasteful selections, though its matter has been, a» it will con tinue to be, in the main, original. Party Politics, and controversial Theol ogy, a» far as possible, are jealously exclu ded. They are sometimes so blended with discussions in literature or in moral sci ence, 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 incidental, ouly. not primary. They arc dross, tolera ted only because it cannot well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu py theii due space in the work: audit is the Editor’s aim that they should have a three fold tendency—to convey, in 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 he read—and to ware him against wasting time and money upon that large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by their variety and multitude, distract and o verwhelinii every uudiscriminating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of the most inesti mable and indispensable of auxiliaries to him who does wish to discriminate. Essays and Talks, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches —anil Rkmi.mse.nces of events too min ute for History, yet elucidating it, and heightniug its 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 cuKyate the growing poetical taste anil talentApf our country. The times appear, for several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one alone, but mauyt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes: The soft, assu.tsive 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 portentmus cloud, over the destinies of our country. Ynd to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent can be employed, than a periodical on the plan of the Messenger; if that plan be but car ried out in practice ? The South peculiarly requires such an agent. Inall 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 literary 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 aid a domestic institution exclusively nnr own, beyond all doubt, a’fords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing which they enjoy. 11 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 loca prejudices, or to advocate sup nosed local interests. Far Irotn any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to see rue North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in tl c silken bands ol mutual kindness and affection. Fat 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 Ill's pages, by making each region know the other better contribute in any es sential degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has new been inexistence fouryears — the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume. llow far it has acted out the ideas here ot tered, is not for the Editor to say; lie be lieves, however, that it falls not lurther short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fall short ol Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best ol paper, and neatly covered, at s■> a year— payable in advance. 2. Or five new subscribers, by sending theii names and S2O at one time to the edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, oi 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 i!Lcontinued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance for another year. Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning of the volume, and 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 be dis continued for any earlier notice, while > na thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. Richmond, Virginia. — No Yick TAKEN up and 'hroujht to Jail at this place a negro man who calls himself Jim, about thirty five years old, who says lie belongs to Bartly Cox of Jones county and that he m i away from i-i< plantation in Ba ker county. The owner is requested to cnin e fortvaid and comply with the term of Law ami take him away. Starksville, Lee co. Ga. 18, A DYSON, Jailer. Executive Department, ft a Miiledgeville. 29tli May. 1839. HE KE AS, by an Act. of the Uener r f al Assembly, passed the 26th De cember, 1838. entitled “All Act, to provide for the call of a Convention or reduce the number of the General As sembly of the State of Georgia, and for o tlier purposes therein named,” it is provided 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 number of members compo ing the Gen eral Assembly, and the first Monday in Oc tober, next alter the rising ot said Conven tion, lie shall fix on for tiie Ratification of the People, of such amendments, altera tions, or new article*, as they may make for theobjpets of reduction and equalization of the General Assembly only, and if ratified by a majority of the voters who vote on the question ot RA'J DTCA r l ION” or “No RATIFICATION” —then, nnd in that event, the alteratioi s so by them made and ratified, shall be binding on the people of this State, and not otherwise.” And whksRAS, the delegates of the peo ple of this State, assembled in Convention under the provisions of the before recited ac r , and agreed to, and declared the follow ing to be ‘‘lterations and amendments of the Constitution of this State, touching the rep resentation of t lie people in the Ceneral Asse • bly there 0 1, to-witL 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 for other purposes therein named,” passed the 26th day of December, 1838, having met un derthe Proclamation of the Governor, on Monday the 6th day of May, 18 t 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 Ilis Exce'lency the Governor of the State, 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 TO TIIE CONSTI TUTION. OF THE STATE Ol' UEORCVA* The House of Representatives shall he composed of members from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be inclu ded within this State, according to their respective numbers of free persons, and in <■ In ding three-fifths of all the people of color, to hens certaincd by an actual enumeration, to lie made from time, to time at intervals ol seven yeais ns now by law provided Each county shall iic entitled to one member Each county having H 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 it shall be the duty of the Legislature, at their session, to be holden rest alter 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 no lly on the first Monday of October, until such day of election shall lie altered by law. The Senate shall consist of forty-six members, elected annually on the first Mon day in 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 < liatham and Effingham. 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 and Hall. 9 Jackson and Franklin. 10 Clark and Oglethorpe. 11 Gre»*n and Putnam. 12 Taliferro and Warren. 13 Hancock and Ba Idwin. 1-1 Washington amhJefierson. 15 Emanuel and Montgomery 16 Liberty and Bryan. 17 Tattnall and BuOocli. 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 Joues and Jasper. 2G Butts and Monroe. 27 Gwinnett and Walton. 28 DeKalband Henry. 29 Newton and Morgan. 30 Gilmer and Murray. 31 Cass and Cherokee. 32 Cobb and Campbell. 33 Coweta and Fayette. 34 Merriwetlier and Talbot. 35 Pike am J*u, iso n. 36 Houston and Macon. 37 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, Wallerand Dade. And whenever hereafter the Legisla tire shall lav off and establish anew county, it shall lie added to the most contiguous Senatorial District, having the smallest re presentative population, JVMESM. WAYNE, President of the Convention. Attest: Lpcikn Latastk Sec'ryofthe Convention 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 efthis State, on the first day therein spe cified, 10-wil : on the first Monday in Odo bor next, to jive his rote of “RATH’ICA TION” ar “RATIEICATION,” as provi_ ded in said act, and tLe presidin': officer certify the same to this Department sccor* dingly. Given under niv hand and sral of tie Ex ecutive Department at the Capital, in Mil ledgeville, this the day and year first above mentioned. GEORGE R. GILMER. Ry the Governor •lon>- f! Sti:flf.. Sec. Ex Dep. HP ® ifc IE From the Southern Literary Messenger. LOVE UNCHANGING. And is it just or Kind my mother, To break my heart to soothe your own? And would you give me to another Than him I love and love alone? Shall I be (also to every feeling. To every plighted word untrue— And with poor smiles my thoughts concealing Bestow this wedded heart anew ! 1 never loved but once—no never! * nd when a heart like mine is given— It fondly loves and love 9 forever. Unchanging as the truth of Heaven. Before the sacred marriage altar, With him alone, hand linked in hand. Sustained by trust that cannot falter, Dear mother will your daughter stand ! 'Then deem not that such love will perish, By any change,or time, or chance, Or 1 can ever cease to chetish The thoughts you vainly call “romance.” Undimmed will glow my true devotion, Now rendered to his dearest name; Unladed Idooin each sweet emotion, Thro’ life, thro’ life—the same, the same! PARK uk.Sjamin. ' '(■ f. All :-.m . t" Ft ’om the Ladies Companion. Sketches liy Lninii-Lighf. UV JOHN NEAL. THE NEWLY-MARRIED MAN. Concluded. CHAPTER. IT. “Well, my dear, and so you mean to be quite speechless?” “Quite ” “Pray, tell me, liat troubles you ?” “Nothing troubles rue, Harriet. I'm be yond the reach of trouble now, or n* avly." “All. how delighted l am. And yet, your looks and the lone of your voice, my dear husband, are not half so encouraging asy our words.” “Really, I wonder at that.” “You are overworking yourself. Vour. ambition will destroy you, George, your sympathies cany you too far.” “No, Harriet, l’tn otdy fatigued and wor ried ” “And very absent, love,” smiling through her tears. “See how you have heaped the sugar into your cup, till the tea is all running over on the table.” “Have I?” “Have you, dear. Can’t you see foryour sejf ? And then, too, you hav’nt asked for the baby.” “Indeed ! \%iII, how is it with the dear child ?” “What, George, is that all? Indeed ! how is it with the dear child?” “Well, Harriet, what more would you have?” . ••What mo.e! Nothing! What more, George ?” coining up to him, and parting the damp hair from his lofty and imperious lore head. and kissing him with reverent affection, as she seated herself on his knee, without observing that he shrunk front her, and trembled and turned away his mouth. "What more !” and the tears raine into her eyes. •Have you forgotten, George, that the poor baby will never go to sleep con tentedly, till he has had a kiss from fat her; and yet, here you are—you that are always so punctual; remaining away two full hours after the regular time, till we are obliged to send the poor little thing off to bed, crying and sobbing to see father, a* |;' ‘ ms heart wOU!:l break ; and then, after you get here, not a word of inquiry, or explanation or ex cuse—” •Os excuse, Harriet ?’ •Pardon me, dear, it was never so before. Something must have happened to you. 1 am atraiil you take too strong an interest in that unhappy woman, you are so pale a»d so absent; and then, how your temples throb! and the sweat stands in large drops about your mouth—down.Pompev, down ! and your long black hair is wringing wet, you see.’ ‘Harriet ’ ‘Well, dear.’ ‘Let me see the baby, once more— ’ ‘Onree more! Why, what is the meaning of this? What ails you—you'll frighten me to death, George !’ •Let me see the baby, will you? 1 have some business to look after, that must be attended to before I slepp.’ •To-night! You are not going out agarn to-night, are you ?’ ‘I must.* •And how long do you mean to be away?’ •It is altogether uncertain. Pray, bid the nurse bring the little fellow here.’ ‘Certainly, dear—certainly, if you desire it; but be Iras been asleep not more than half an hour, and I have bad so much trou ble with him. this whole afternoon tlia', to tell the truth, dear, Pinafiatu lie is going to be ill; his eyes look heavy, and he doesn't breathe naturally.’ ‘The whole afternoon, Harriet?’ watching her countenance in breathless anxiety. ‘Nay, George, there's no occasion for such alarm ; at the w>rst, it may be only teething, or a slight cold; but the poor lit tie fellow has not been out of niy lap since three o'clock ; till the nurse returned and pur him to hed.’ ‘And when was that?’ ‘Aftersevpn.’ ‘So that from three to seven, that child lyps never been out of your lap hfy T ’ •No, dear, not for five minutes together. But why do you look at nqe so ? and why IT'D Mb. 1 breathe as it" you were choking ? There i* really no ground for serious apprebtnsion, dear," . •By Heaven 1 will!—be quiet, sir !—lie down, sir ! Harriet, I wish you would have that dog turned out ot the rcotti ; ap pears to understand every thing wt- say.’ ‘I have thought so more than once. dear. Is he not a wonderful creature!’—going to the door and calling bin' out. ‘He and »he nurse are the admiration o! the whole neigh borhood ; bv the way, dear, 1 shail have (0 change that girl. 1 "hi alrnid, and yet, I should be sorry to give her lip.’ ‘Sorry to give her up, hey ? 1 don t won der at that! it wi re enough to break one’s heart.’ ‘Phi! how extravagant you are! but you don't hear a word ! say.’ ‘Yes, yes, 1 should be very sorry to give her up, very ! but there’s no help for it, now !’ ‘lndeed ! then you know all about it, my and. a-- V •ir—• ‘it is n great pity ; so beautiful and so melancholy—-* •Yes-* beautiful as death.’ •What an idea! So beautiful, however, that if we discharge her, she may find it tery difficult to obtain another place.’ ‘Oh, 1 understood you. You are speak ing of ihe nurse.’ i’o be sure I am; and you—of whom were you speaking, my live ?’ •No matter, now. Answer me one ques tion, will you ?’ looking his hands together, leaning toward h»r. and lowering his voice to a whisper. Tlia I din shawl of yours, why do you color, li. r t V •Do 1 1 To tell you ihe truth, dear, lam hall' ashamed to wear it.’ ‘Half ashamed to wear it ! and why, •Because, under present circumstances, I do not think we can well afford it.’ ‘How so? The shawl being your own. and the gift of your wealthy unci , " l*ft have our present circumstances toduw.th it?’ ‘Much, my dear husband, much. Olliers may not know that the shawl was a gilt from our uncle, and 1 have an idea peibaps I am wrong-- that, a* a lawyer, your standing would be none the better for having your wife aj pear in Broadway with a thousand dollar shawl flung over her shoulders; it would be no help, 1 am sine, to a man of business, and why it should be to a oan of the law, who certainly ought to be a man of Imsim ss, I cannt t, for the life of me, imagine.’ ‘Worthy of all commendation, Harriet.» ‘All. my dear, dear husband ! how like yourself that is !’ ‘But stay— more seriously—lock me in the face, Harriet. Was that your only reason ?' ‘No, Ceorge, it was not.’ ‘lndeed ! Well, now, if you fleam, not only the truth, but the whole truth. Ah—- your color changes!’ ‘lf you insist upon it. George, I will; but the subject is very painful to me, and I would much rather be excused.’ ‘Tears, too ! There must be something to conceal; tears and sobs! and a hiding of the face ; oh, Harriet!* •No, no, George—no, no. On second thought, I cannot tell you ; I dare not,’ •Woman !—-wife ! —Harriet Elsworth ! speak if you hope to bear that name another day without K| rovejh. Speak! ‘That name wi'hout»rrpronc)i ! the name of llariiet Elsworth ! Why, what has hap pened to you! WJiat have you done, Georg-! Are youjjeside yourself! •What have I done, hey ? Harriet, look at me. Asa dying man, 1 adjure you ! bv all your hopes of mercy here anand 1 adjure you to speak the truth, and the whole truth, before it is too late,’ ‘Before it istoo late ? Merciful Heaven!’ •Harriet Elsworth’—pointing to a clock on the mantle-piece—‘l have t o lime for words. Within five minutes we are apart, and apart tor ever—mark me—forever amt ever! unless I have the whole truth front your own lips.’ ‘Oh, George! that it should overcome to this! But you shall have the truth, and the whole truth, only promise me, not to quatrel with the wretch; only promise me that, my dear husband.’ ‘I have no promise to make—and you have bur three minutes left—look, look! Say that you have betrayed me; deceived and betrayed me, and I shall be satisfied.’ ‘Harsh language that, my dear husband, but---' ‘Woman of mischief! Call me not your husband, till you have answered me, as upon oath-—do you hear? as u/on calk.' --see! there are but two minutes-—less than two— barely one and a half!’ ‘Yon w ill drive me frantic, George ! But if nothing else will satisfy you. nothing, but the avowal tlt at I have betrayed y ou, as well as deceived you, though I do not well un derstand what you mean, still, I am ready to a'knowledge that t—that I— ’ ‘Words—words—words!—to the point!’ eyeing to the clock—‘only half a minute unite.’ • x •Well, then, if it must be so, I have both deceived and betrayed you.’ •And yet, your trembling is all over now; and your tears; and a something of out raged innocence—-a sort of generous indig nation has taken the place of that pale agony I saw but a moment ago. Ob, woman! what are you made of ? How dare yon loo!; me in the lace—me, yorr injured hus band ?’ ‘Why, to tell you the truth, George, I don't see the necessity of making such a fuss about the thing ; it is bad enough to j© sure—but it will l;e your own fault, you know, jf it goes atl y further.’ ‘lndeed !’ •And tl ough I acknowledge I did wrong, my dear, sii ee you take it so seiiouslv ; still' as I did so with the bi“t intentions, it does appear to »oe, that we ought to hush the matter up for both our sakce, and for that t.f our family.’ •Thunder and liglitnirg, madam, what do you mean/’ •I mean just what I yav, George.’ ’Doll ( call me Geo;g, , if you wouldn’t drive me to blow my brains out on the spot.’ ‘Hov unr a.o.r.ible you are! but, pn haps, you would like to hear the particu-. lars ?’ . •The particulars, hey?—Oh, certainly, madam, certainly—the particulars, by aQ njeap®\