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/m. Wgh,, -m-rs,. ■ „ THE FLOWERS COLIECTIOH AIrWSTA CHBOHICIS A\JI ' ______ GEORGIA ADVERTISER. OFFICII SO. £4>Y, AIIOISTA, GA. SATURDAY J)l]fl]HS:i;ii n~*m* | ' 1 ' •' \IOttM.NC, 1!V A. 11. I'EMBUiitOs. TERRIS. SKBT-WEBKI.'V'PAPER. FIVR nor.t,aus ■per aimiini, payable in udcaiue, or »IA IHHiLAKS aitlie end »#i*f Up venr. WEEKLY PIPER, TH“I!K ROM-AUS prr Annum, payable in advance, or iUI 1% UUIiLAUa al llie end of ike v« ur. No paper will I *cdi scon tinned {except at the choice of publisher,) Until all arrearages an- paid. AOVKKTWEMKX W ll /' inserted semi-irerU v at 62 I-'I cents per .square, for Uic first insertion, and 43 0-1 cents fur each succeeding iusorinm— C 2 *u*2 fonts per square. fijf each Insertion —and <v««tAty(wlicn not exceeding one square) ai SI fi*r each insertion.— None, however small, I* charged less than one square. 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The second session of the twenty-first Con gress of the United States, convened at the City of Washington on the 7th inst. —A quorum was (ormed—committees appointed—members qualifying, Ac. Millf.dceyili.e, Monday, Dec. fi, 1830. In the Senate this day, a communication was received from John Bftiiune, Surveyor Gene ral, stating that the number of District Survey ors tobe elected, according to a provision of the Land-hill from the House, viz. 10J, is 100 many hy at least 9, sonic of the Districts Being so small that two must he united into one; so that 92 or 93 will he a sufficient number. On motion of Mr. Floyd, a committee was appointed, ronsisliiig of Messrs. Plovb, Lie -lif.it, aud Wooi-roLK, to prepare and report a bill for the appointment of Commissioners ur.il Hurveyors lo lay out u mad from fJohmihns to Si. Marys, and report to the next Legislature. 1 'i'lut-E.omiri.Uee on Agiv.'ohttie end I*.iun..ii Improvement to whom was referred a resolu tion d reeling an enquiry into the expediency ami practicability of improving the, navigation of the Cht.mhoochie River, above the Coweta falls, reported that an appropriation foi such object, alike present time, is inexpedient; aiid the re port was agreed 10. Mr. itoßissoiJ laid on the table ths following ■pr .liable and resolution, whieh vvero taken up j re ; . . and agreed to, viz;- \\r.ereas the I wdeial •Uuion, Augusta Chronicle, aud Macon TelegrapJi ■.papers, are patronized by a largo and respecta ble portion of the good people ol Un. citato and ■whereas, it isliighly irr.p.orlant that all partius ?n Georgia should he acquainted xvilh the pro visions of the bill prohibiting trespassing upon the Gold, Silver, and other wines, &c.—mid, Xvheieas, it appears by an l..xoeutivo Order, that said law is only to be published in tho Georgia Journal, Columbus Enquiier, au-1 Athenian.—ln order, then, that information so inipo; taut should be generally known, be it Resolved, by tho Senate and House ot llep'eseulativcs ol the State of ..icorgiu, tliathis L.xcelleiiey the Gover nor hr* and he is requester!, to have said law published in the Federal Union, Augusta Chroni- I do, and Macon Telegraph, as requested to bo | published in the Journal, Lnqtiircr,aiid Athenian, and that ho pay for the same out oi the contm ij y eiil or pi ailing fund. I* The bill to give the appointment ot Diioctorsof the Central Bank to the Legislature, was taken Up. Mr. Janes offered un amendment, provi ding that no note or lull of exchange, made or endorsed hy a member of ihe Legislature, should be discounted ill said Bank; which wa* reject«d —yeas 20, nays 40. ’Hie hill was ilu-n read tlie third time and passed—ye s 40, nays 2G. The bill to gender ineligil.lt to any office or appointment of honor, trust oi piolit, fur u time ■or permanently, all persons who shall give a challenge lo fight, or who shall be engaged in a duel either as principal or second, was read the third 'ime and rejected. The reconsidered and recommitted bill to ad mit George Jacobs, u free p* rs-.n of color, and his family, to become citizens, was rejected. Tiie. bill to authorize the justices ufthc Infir gior Court of Jefferson County, to provide and establish an assyluni for the Poor of that County, vras road third time and passed. Messrs. Cosn, Sayre, and Rhodes, were ap pointed a Committee to crmsobdali Ihe sevenri bills to establish Election Districts in lie several bounties of the State, now before the Senate. The bill from the House, to nuilioiize the jus tices of the Inferior Court of Jasper to admit a certain forfeiture incurred hy Henry Difeon, V is read the third time and agreed to. I The bill to amend the charter of the Central I Bank, so as to authorize and. increase of its is | trues, Ac. was rejected. I The bill to amend the act of 1829, making ■Aniiifonn, the manner of fishing for Shad in the RiVor, with seines, Ac. Ac. was read jW the third time and passed—yeas 50, nays 14. Afternoon {fusion, Mommy, Doe. 0. In the House, the hill to vest in the Trustcenot SLicon Academy, the right now vested in the Town Commissioners of Macon, to a certain poitionof the Town v o'mnion of Macon, was hud on the table for tho bthncn of the session — s#as 64) nays 39, • The bill to amend Ihe act of 1825, respecting the appointments of County treasurers, and fur ther to define the duties of Clerks of the Superi or and Inferior Courts, was considered in com muted of the whole, reported to the House with an amendment byway of substitute, and read third time and passed. A bill to appoint three places for ledding elec tions in Richmond County, and for other pur poses, was read third lime and passed. A bill to prohibit free negroes from intermar rying with slaves was introduced and rcaiUirst lime. A bill to amend tho act incorporating the city of Darien, so far as lo define the quuldicatioii of voters for Aldermen, was introduced bv Mr Thomas of Mclntosh, and read first lime. Trr.fDAV, Dec. 7Ui. in the Senate, to-day, Mr, Lizard, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill to punish the owners of aud managers of slaves who per mit them lo live apart from them and hire their own time; and poisons permitting slaves to rent and occupy their tenements, Ac.—whieh was read the first time. Mr. Floyd, from Committee on stale of the Republic, made a report on that part of tho Gov ernor's Message which relates to resolutions from other Slates on subject of Ihe Tariff; which was read and laid on the table:—Also, on the suhje.ct of the I’rosontinents of the Grand Jury of Carroll County, relative to the Policy Club, reported a bill to make void all contracts with Chcrokoo Indians, so far as ihe Indians are concerned ; which was read the first time. Mr. Conti, from the Cumuiitteo appointed lo consolidate the several bills establishing Elec tion Districts, re|K)rted, “That upon exatnina lion of tho several bills submitted, tho Commit tee find them so var iant and complex as to pre clude their consolidation, with convenience and rUic regard lo the principles of tho several bills —and pray lo ho discharged from tho duly as signed them"; which was agreed so. The Resolution lo submit the question of Pciii luntiary or No Penitentiary to the people, al the election iu October next, was taken up and agreed to—yeas 42, nays 27, The hill lo give younger Judgment creditors a preference in certain cases, viz; whore tho younger judgment creditor notifies the older judgment creditor of his claim, and directs him to levy, and bo discs nut do so within sixty days, and sell; provided, that in casus of injunction, or aliidav H of illegality, against said older jinlg ■ wonts, the holders shall not he required to levy till sixty day s after such injunctions, Ac. shall he removed—was passed; teas 119, n ivs2B. The Lund bill, ft - m lire House, was read the second time, and made ihe order of the day lor Thursday. Tbe hill to amend lh« act ot 1799, entitled an act to revise and amend the Judieissy system, so far as relates to the manner of taking testimony, by commission and interrogatories, was read tho third time and passed. Thu bill to incorporate the Baptist Church of j Nevvuau, Coweta county, was lead third lime arid passed. The hill lo change tlies mode appointing of ficers and agents of the Penitentiary, so as to elect them hy tho Legislature, was rejected— yeas 25, nays 38. In the House, Mr. Bvnf, moved lo reconsider the journal of yesterday, so fur as relates to the passage of tho bill rel alive to the Clerk of Eman uel county; which motion was rejected— yeas 49, nays G 2. A motion for 31 r. McDonald, to reconsider the journal of yesterday, so far as relator ;i the rejection of t!■*> bill respecting tliu Academy of .Macon, was rejected. Mr. Haines introduced a bill to regulate, define, mid prescribe tho u.odo us collecting, the fees of civil officers generally tlifonghoui llie Slat. : which was laid on tho table fur the bal ance of tho session. The bill to give to the owners, two-thirds of, the value of slaves executed under the laws, was laid on the table for the balance of the session. The-House went into Committee of ihe whole on the ( nun on Schools bill.—Mr. Haynes mov-1 ed dint the Committee rise and report disagree ment to ihe lull. Messrs. Howard of Bahlvv in, Oliver, at. i Bates, spoke in favor of the mo- , lion, mid Me-.tr*. Wofford, Cit.vui.and, Hull, - DotT iir.r.TV, Towns, and Mira w, against it, after which, the question was put and tile mo tion rejected. Tim bill was then read by sec tions. In section 7,-the words " Academy and” wore inserted before ‘‘ Poor School lund, and “ ?;I20,000" was struck out, so as lo make the appropriation, half the Slate Tax, and the Acad my and Poor School fund. The hill, as amend ed, was then reported to the House; after which Mr. HxtAixt. moved lo lay it on table for tho balance of the session. Mr. Schllv spoko a gaiust the motion, and in favor ol tho bill, at some length; and it was then laid on the table for tho present. The bill to abolisluhe Cherokee government, making it a crime punishable by tonliiieniont in the Penitentiary for four years, to make or ex ecute laws qudor the authority of said govern ment. to assemble in Council, prevent emigra tion. or deface nr destroy any liind-maika of tier surveyors—or for any white person to reside on the territory without a licence from the Gov ernor or his authorized agent, and taking un oath lo support the constitution and laws of die State was taken up, in Committee of the whole. Mr. DouuiietitY offered an additional section, which was adopted, providing a special mount ,,d guard fir the protection of the gold mines, and enforcement of the laws—privates to re coive iJ3O monthly, and non-commissioned offi cers $35. The bill was then reported to the House, as amended, and laid «n table fur the present. Wednesday, Dee. 8. Jd the Senate, to-day, Mr. Dantell of Chat ham, introduced ingtuntcr, a bill rwvibtf mode of procuring certified eopiosof the records of the Superior and Inferior Courts; which was read first time. The bjlls, to alter the time of holding tho Su perior Courts of tho Flint Circuit—to authorize llie Inferior Courts of Hancock and Putnam to improve the public roads in said counties —to amend an act to c«*«tdislr election districts in tho counties of Walton, Fayette, Pike, Coweta, and Hall, and establish one addUtonaWistrict ill Coweta—lo regulate Ihe internal police of the Penitentiary (.an far as respects the Guard, An. to settle and define the title lo property held hy husband and wile, under certain circurostan ! ces—to authorize sheriffs, coroners, constables, Ac. to sell property before the Exchange hi Sa vannah—lo render null and void all contracts between pailies Plaintiff' or Defendant, and At n ;,■•<. l tw. in writing or other wise, when the latter shall fail or neglect to attend m per son lo the suit, which they contracted to do, until judgment—and to require the Commissiun ers of Pilotage at Savannah, to restore John- Low, a suspended Pilot—were severally read Ihe third lime and passed. The bill to create a now Brigade out of the Gthand-9th Divisions of Georgia Militia, and at tach tho same to tho 9lh Div ision, was rejected; and, also, the bill to incorporate all Churches of Religious dcnoininalioes which arc now, or may hereafter he, organized. Tho following message from the Govcrnoi was read and laid on the table, and afterwards referred to the Committee ou tho state of the Republic : Exr.imvr. Department, ) MiMt'il/jfriUf., 8M Drremhi r 1830. $ From information renew ed from various sources, it is believed that the efforts of the Pres ident to remove the Cherokees from within the limits of the State, w ould be essentially aided by the passage of Resolutions by the Legislature, 1 giving its assent to the Presidents granting lo the Cherokees, fee simple reserves in any trea ty or ■contract wliic.li he may make with you. It is known llml there are two Hasses among the Cherokees very widely separated from each other. Otto consists of white men with Indian families, and the half-breeds. This c.lass hat 1 both wealth and intelligence, and by its influence 1 now controls the tribe. Most of tliosi, ho be ( long toil are qualified to discharge the duties Ol 1 citizens, and some of them are said to he deair oils of becoming members of our community, provided they can have secured lo them fee simple titles to reasonable portions of their land. Others would I>e xv tiling to renew e w ilh the tribe beyond the Mississippi, if they could receive' lands tn tbv same way, so that they might he enabled lo sell them for their value, either to individuals or to the U. States.—They arc now or will Emm he convinced that their love of power cannot lie gratified if their tribe remain in its present situation. If, therefore, their cupidity can he satisfied, t!mi chief difficulty to ifi removal will be overcome. Tho other class ofCherokeos are composed of the unniixotl aboriginal people, deprived of their former pride ofrliacaeter, and lore ofenlerprize, ; debased into slavish dependants upon their wealthy Chief-, and corrupted by the degraded . vices, which they have contracted liom tlreir I intercourse with vicious white men. It is be- - lieved that the entire class would willingly re- . move to tile country prepared for the tribe, hy I the, U. .Stales government upon the terms which I are now oluired, if tli« consent of iln ij principal | men, rcitorvr,B in fuo simple, because llm slin- • pic title lo the lan*!s winch they occupy in (ioor tfia, tmlongH to llie .Stale. For the (impose ibcrc . loro of planing at tJio control of the Prosidcnt, the mem is winch arc believe*! to be most effi cient, til malting a treaty \cilh lire Churokees, permit me to recommend that yarn pass Reso lutions authorizing tho Prcsiih nt to make f*e nimple reserves to the Cherokees, as has been hitherto done in former I unities, the U. Stales paying to Ihe State the value of tlm hind* so rw j served. Su*h a measure is dun to the Indians who understand tho peculiar advantages which their country present?, fur acquiring wealth, and j how lo use them f»r Ilnur own hemdlt. It will j aid the President in his rllorU to remove the j Indian*, and iu efTc* ling that oh* j jert will be of incalculable advantage to the j State, in relieving it from its embarrassing ro i lalions with the Cherokees. IVrmil me to avail myself of this occasion lo suggest to the Le gislature the expediency of not interfering with the right of the Cherokees to occupy their territory, as the policy best calcu lated, at this time, to obtain their peaceable re moval. 1 transmit to the Legislature an extract from a coinmiioication received from the War Depart ment, upon the subject lo which this message relates* DEORGL R. GILMLIt. The Honorable, the speaker and memherd of the House of Representatives. Extract of a letter from the Sccrelaryof War, to his Excellency ■Cieorge R. (jilnnr, dale*] ‘•Di i'aiitmi vr t)V War, } Sor.nnhtr I'J, I 1 :‘10. \ iVer;— I The Treaties recently made with the Indians clearly prove that a feeling of cupidity governs; and that lo succeed with them, reser vations should and must he admitted. There is no ddficiilly in this with any trihe except the Cherokees—Geofgia having ihe ultimate fee when country is acquired, it will not bccompc t .nt for the United States to grant reservations as they have done in other cases, and which will be likewise insisted on hy lire Cherokees w hen they come to treat. A tranquil and quiet course on the part of Georgia, w ill Ire of incalculable benefit. It will lake way from mistaken philanthropliy all can*** of complaint; and our Indians being then de prived of these auxiliaries, w ill the better be , able to retloc: on their and true eonditio ; I bog leave to suggest, if Georgia should not sanction such reservations as tho United States* may think proper to make, upon paying to Georgia .1 reasonable price for the same, and at given regular periods; such an assent might greatly facilitate the arrangements lobe entered into with the Indians.*' In the House, llie Resolution offered yeatcr day, hy Mr. Rait.f.y of Rults, to expel Mr. Hopkins of M’lntosli, was taken up, w hen Mr. MrmiAY of Lincoln, olVcrcd as a substitute, the following : which after *uuic discussion, was re ceived and adopted—Yeas CO—Nays 51. Whereas, Wm. P. Hoprinm, Esq. a Roprc scntalive from the county of Mclntosh, did al the late dec’s'll of Judge of tlio Ocinulpee Circuit, place in tho Rallot box more than one hulTot, at 0110 of *;e times of the ballotllng, when ho should have voted hut one ballot only. And, wliereus, the said Win. P. Hopkins has, by letter addressed to the Honorable the Speaker awl members of the House of Repre sentatives, frankly aud avowedly acknowledged tho fact, and submitted his reasons for not hav ing done so at tin earlier period, aud, moreover, has assigned tin; reason, that ho did not do llie act from any corrupt or improper motive. Put having voluntarily, and of Ins own accord, mado such disclosure* and tho same being entered of record in this Rouse, lie thereby indulged the hope, that theirefoilh lie might stand acquitted of any impropctpiotive, in the opinion c»f a libe ral and enlightened community. And, whereat, it is net tho wish or desire of this House, to destroy, forever, the prospects aud respectability of a young man just entering upon the scene of busy life, fur one act of indis cretion, resulting in injury to no person save himself. lie it ihorcTonf resolved, by the House of Re presentatives ofthe HlaU* of Georgia, that whilst they deeply regret the occurrence, and view with disapprobation kny attempt to use corruptly am! improperly, tN elective franchise, they are ne vertheless disposed to view the act of the said Win. P. Hopkins, morons an act of youthful in discretion than otherwise, unaccompanied by any corrupt inolive, which thoreforn, entitle him lo legislative syjnpathy, ami that all liabilities *»f either ccnsorcj fine, reprimand, or i xpulsion, ronseouvnt so the commission of said act, be rtf'Auved, and tiki /no Wiu. P- Hopkins bo per mitted, as hereto*t*, to onyvy ad the privileges due to lm.i T tho Roprcscntativcs of the people ofthis Tim follow (ft g is the letter of Mr. HomiNs, siihmilled ou Monday last : To the Ho nimble % the Rptalur of the House of titprrSrntaUrcs: [ Sin: —The joint Committee, to whom was assigned the duty of ascertaining, if possible, the person who gave four voles at I tie late (dre tiou of Judg* of the. Ocmulgcc Circuit, having reported, and their report having placed Nobi.l A. Hardci:, one of the Representatives ofCariidcn County, in an aw kward position in relation to (his subject, I feel compelled for his special relief, as well as from a consideration of : my duly to each member of the House, volunta rily to avow lire fact, that I did, al said election, ; op one ballot, give in mote than ono vole; but it j was only at out balloUing, that 1 gave in more '.ticket! than one. This disclosure would have . been instantly made, but tor (he high cxc-itoiiient ! which tho circumstance seemed to occasion. I At a later period, when this mutter was under 1 investigation before tho eouunitlee, 1 should J have communicated the fail, had i not been con vinced that the House was disposed to treat most seriously, n circumstance which was al th* time intended solely for amusement, and with out any intention, corruptly, to change llw re sult of tho election, and not believing.mysulf bound to make any statement calculated to im plicate myself, it is always understood, that evidence is given with this reservation. The House, 1 hope, will believe me candid in my statement oflmv ing no improper motive in this aiVair. Two of the candidal cm wore of tho same political party with myself. 1 had no acquaintance with cither ol* them Indore tho present session, ami my predilections for either were not sidlieienlly strong to pionipl jne lo an act which if dune with n corrupt intention, would he highly reprehensible. I submit this state rncut through you, ly tho House, and I J*ope to stand acquitted in public estimates, as 1 kimvv T am in my own contK-ienco, of any evil design in this matter. Respectfully, WM. R. HOPKINS. Tho il awkward podtion” of Mr. Il.wnn r,; :i.s mentioned in tho above, litter, I understand was this :—After tho illegal voles had been dis covered, Mr. Hopkins communicated I*> Mr. llahdkk, in confidence, the fact of his having voted illegally, and when tin: members were sworn hy the Committee of investigation, as to their knowledge of the individual win* put in the improper votes, Mr. Hardee refused to be sworn as to his knowledge of the individual, HtU declared his willingness to swear that it was not himself. It is said that Mr. Hopkins, when sworn, as well as some others, vv as iustru* t« *1 hy* the Committee, not to testify as lo his own guilt or innocence, but as to his knowledge ol the guilt of any other person. The remainder of this day, and also llie whole of the next, was taken up in debate on llie College Rill, the result of which (its passage, hy a vote of 74 to 47, on Thursday) 1 have al ready informed you of.—l have taken notes of the debate on this subject, as well as on some others of more than ordinary public interest, »V will give you a brief sketch of it, us early as my lime will permit me to write them out. Thursday, December In the Sk.n vti , to-day, the Journal ot yester day, so far as relates to llie rejection of the bill to create a new Rrigade out of the oth and lllh Div isions, was reconsidered—yea's nays IW. Mr. .Si.kikjk laid on the table a resolution pro vi-lbiir f.-rthu appointment ol’Uuniffhrii'Jiicrs *,•> * a y out .1 Market Road from Columbus to Curnp -5 bell, i i Campbell county. j ' The remainder nfsitling was taken up in con. of the Land Dili from the House, in Committee of the whole. Frida Ir, December 10. In the Senate, this day, the whole of the sit ting was taken up in the consideration of the hand I Ji!l, in Committee of the whole*. In the 1 lot’s k, Mr. Dates moved Id reconsider the join nal of yesterday, so far as relates to th« passage of the College Bill; which motion was rejected'— yea* 40, nays B>. The House went into Committee of the whole, Mr. Haynes in the chair, on r< the bill to ho enti tled an Am providing for a Convention to revise and amend the third, fourth and seve nth sections •d the lost Aitide of the Constitution of this Stale”— Ist Hnctinn provides—that the Ist Monday in IK*I, the citizens qualified to vole for members of iho General Assembly, be required l«» express by ballot in regard to the call of a Con vention h»r the purpose of revising and amending the 3d, 4th, and 7lh sections of the Ist Article of iho Constitution. .Section 2. \ oters to express thtir opinions and . wishes on the subject, by writing on their tickets the words “ Contention*' or “ Ar> i'onvcnlioru" (faction o, makes it tho duty of the presiding magistrates, to make a return of said votes lo the Governor within thirty days after tho election. Sec. 4, requires the Governor, after an exa mination of the returns, and if the majority should be in favor of a Convention, to proclaim tho same, and appoint a day, with at least, thirty days pre vious notice, on which voters qualified ns afore said, may vote, at theij respective places objec tion, for the same number of Delegates to the Convention, as their respective Counties semi to the General Assembly of tho (’late. t?cc. f*. Every sitizen of tho U, Slates tu be eligible to a seal in said Convention, who has at tained the age of2syears; and bean an inhabi tant of the State for twelve months previous to the election. Seo. 6. Members nf the Convention lo nsscin . bie, on the first in on day after their election, in the State House at Millcdgevillc, for the purpose of discharging the duties specified in the Ist section, and to have power to make their ( own rules and forma of business, determine on quidificaliun of their own member*, elect their necessary officers, and all orders they may doom necessary. Sec. 7. The Governor to give publicity to this act, by V.7 to the Juaticcs of the lufeiior CV»Ut4 of-cAcli tuilUiy, printed cbpieV siJiheTHYn'lCT' . Kiippl} each Militia district with one—said Jus tices so have said copie# si>t up in the most pub lic piaec in each district.— Provith •! that each comity of the Slate, shall be allowed by said Convention, to send at least one Repiesunlalivc to the House of Representative*. Mr. lUzzarj) moved lo lay the bill on the ta Ido for the balance of the session. ' Mr. Hudson of Putnam, said the gontlcma from Glynn wan from a suction of tho Slate op posed to any measure providing for a reduction of.the Ls •gislalurc; because no measure of this kind, could he expected to giro that section more inlluence in the Legislature than it at pre sent possessed. He hoped the Committee would go regularly through tho bill, and, w hen it was considered objeclionalde, pryg.irr Mich I amendments as would inako it satisfactory to thv House, and ho therefore moved to take ii tip hy sections, i Mr. Ut'KNr,s of Jackson, offered ns a substitute, • a bill read in the House on the l oth nil. provid • ing “That s»» noon as this act shall have passed, 1* agreeable to the requisitions of the Constitution, ■ tho following shall he adopted in lieu of the afore j said dd, 4th, and 7th section* of the 1.-t Article lof llic < '(institution," \ it. : “ Each Comity j taming thousand persons, agreeably lo tbo , (undoing plan of enumeration, shall bo entitled I* to two member thousand, to three junm i ! tiers, but each county > j member, aud not more than three members,” r Mr. 1 low a Tin advocated the original bill, ami i I the propriety -ofestublisbing the future represen- I talion on tbo principle of population ; and urged the impossibility of effecting a reduction hy the • I Legislature, or through any other mode than that ! of a Convention. i Mr. llati mu of Wilkinson, spoke at some length, against bolhihe bill and the substitute. Mr. Hiiucju.and was opposed to any mode of | Deduction, but that which admitted a represen j | tation of territory in the Senate, as at present. Mr. DoronF.jii v advocated lhe propriety ynd expediency of Reduction, and of a Convention, as the only possible moans olVfiep.ting ft ’ Mr. Oi.iVKft of Elbert advocated tho proprie ty of submitting the qucst’nm of Convention or N » Convention, to the people; and offered an addi tional section lo the Convention bill, providing, that the amendments to tho Constitution adopt ed by the Convention, shall he submitted to the people, for their ratification or rejection, under I the question of “Ratification” or “No Kali lira lion,” within six months after such adoption— anil that ibis net shall he pnbli.-Iu d in all the newspapers of I lie Stale, until the cxpiration-of the aforesaid six months. , i Mr. McD.cau. paid In- vvasoppns*.! IrtaCon vitu 111 . Thu ■<.(>!.? Im.l already cji|ir)<ssojJ, llieir decided opposition lo it, in two iu|tanccp, |- ami it*they weru in tavor of JJcduclion, it was (In rctor* (airly to he interred, that they wished it dune hy tlie Legislature. W hy wipi not the rpios lion i)r“Cunvoiition" or “.Vo Convention,*’ for tho pnrposu of itednetion, .uhmitlitd to the peo ple at tho last flection, instead of the qncMidn o' • “Ucdndii.n" or “No RcduelhiiU" Uecause tho 1 people had already declared ugnlnxt a t.'unvon i lion. The Constitution did ndtgive authority for . ainondiiicnts hy a Convention, hut had proved Oil dial they should he pifclpAtetllni Legisfalrtre; ; nt; 1 ilwrjforo ihejr muj|htijflb > 9 Ifo was opposed to anj-plan of Reduction which slioultl unsi- 1 lie the present principle of re pro* suiting both territory and population; and be would suggest, as a mode of effecting it on that principle, that no county shall hare more than two or three Uuproscntativcs, nor less than one; mid that in forming .Senatorial Districts, two or three counties shall be combined in one district as they lie most convenient, wtlllbut regard ti> size, population or taxation. Mr. Riiyav believed, with oilier gentleinctß that the Constitution did not not give the right to call a Convention; and for the purpose ofohtaiti mg (hat right, ho offered a bill to amend it, by striking out from tliclfith section oftbe 4th Ar» tide, the words “Then and not otherwise," and inserting at the end of the section, lln> words “or by Convention, convened bv ordfci oftbe Legislallirc.” The bill was then reported to the Hulisd, and made the order oftbe day for Monday next. The Resolutions offered sometime past, hy Mr. MnuuV, Were called tip by Mr. Deal?, of Twiggs, for the purpose of offering a substiluloi which as read and laid «u die table, with th* original Kesolutions, for the present. The bill to compel purchasers of JiCo estate*, property under mortgage for a term of years, ilt;e. at .Sheriff's or Constable's pains, to give band not to take the same out of tin and to deliver tip the remainder at the proper tiiuo, to the person entitled to it, was read third tim* and passed. The bill to establish feloclion Districts in Ir win county, was read third time and passed. At the atlernoon session, the bill to amend tlid election laws, ami the bill to prevent plaintiff!) in the Superior, Inferior, and Magistrate’s court** from withdrawing th.de suits contrary to the will of the dr. fend ants, where so I sort' arc tiled, Were severally laid on the table for the balance of Ih4 session. The hill to authorise the Augusta Independent fire Company, to raise the sum of JJUO.OOII Lottery was taken up* Mr. Bkall nfiVankliD moved to lay it on the table for flie balance of the session, which was warmly opposed by Mr. JtNXtNs, and afterward* rejected—and the bill w a m passed. Svtoupiy. Dec. 11. The Senate wan occupied entirely tins day igt ihc consideration and discommon of tbc Land bill; In the Hut's v., Mr. Koeehtbon offered a reso lution to go into the cion ion of directors ofliunks* on the part of dm Stale, on Tuesday nctij which was adopted. r J']i«• hill to amend the f* vcih! acts relating Id nfref *otji i ~of~ i-on ml off rfea? 7>f Augusta way taken tip, and Mr. Jenkins offered a MibslitufO which was rejected, and thu hill was passed, by a very largo majority. The hill to legalize the Into election ofMaVOi* of the city of Sax unmli, v. read the third Lum and parsed. in LAST MOJITO lUlh. MirLi.ri(;t:vin.r, Saturday, Doc. 11, IPSO. In the Senate, the Whole of the morning sin* wion w«s taken up in considering the Lain! liill in committee of the whole. In the evening, the Augusta Tiro Company hill, the College |bll, thu Augusta Theatre lull* r and the hill lo compel purchasers, Sherilfs, Corone/3, aijd Constables tales, of Mortgaged property, and life estates in fuerspivd property (o give bond, were received from the House of Represent atlvos mid read fu>l time. 3fr. Robs introduced, bistantcr, a bill to ip eorporntn Macon Insurance Company. Thu bills to appoint a Master in Ctpiity fo# the Eastern District of the Stale was read ih* third time and pasg'id. The report of the Judiciary Coinmittee, ia relation to the Ogeoehec Canal Company, will taken up, mid a substitute wus offered, accept ed, and allerwards adopted, concluding with a resolution, that the Governor ho requested tty direct the Attorney General to institute proceed ing*, in nature of a Quo Warranto, against said Company, with the view of rescinding it* charier. Monday, December 111. In the Sen* at r., the morning was taken up ill the consideration oi the Lamj bill id Committed of the whole. In the House, this morning,' Mr. Bailey of Units, withdrew the hill offered by him yester day, to change the name of Lincoln county, tjy Hatcher county. Mr. Tvr.vr.n of Putnam, laid on the table, 5I resolution to give the us< of the Mathematical and other in.-truiucntHof the late Hoard ofl’uh lie works, to l’no Statu University, till wuptetf ■*s. by the* Slate. . ' . Mr, kSciiMiv, laid t&tile a tcucdmihn re* quiring the several Banks of tho State to make i». mot e full and specific return of tJteir,p«x>co«>di»i^ •;uh y. :r, than is now done, and yjlteiherfi* a d«'\<d"P"j;ient Uioir pvoee&ihijga’ Tor f&Ht' month, ' * The Cmivenii'ntjnll Qud propofol shfelitule fdtiifcb dincuswmi,--fho , t-..mor4*W*.n C taU.- f* Mm* ./ 1.. t.»JKt. VO. n»>* 0>). 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