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TUB aUllSIlTUtHS-CONVKNrlON.
tl» Mlnwln, d»lb» .iih.ll'-"-'*' WV-".
.in rnililfst in mm momlirr,iwl li •!> *iWitwn»
aronllng to
livt number of free while persons anJ colored |*'o-
■(•vill t.ch IlHMlJ' .1* lIllMIMWl n*
mil* persons, *h -II be en'hh-d t*»l*o ntnwn|
•Mb county containing In the aggregate seven ibmi*
Mnd fh*e white per»nn* and ©nlqred people, aholl
bemUtled in iw i member*; nn I enrb county roll*
bluing tan ibou*»nd free white |M-r*on*, shall lie
•ttitleJ to ilttn menders, and no county ahnll have
•ora than three member*.
The State be laid olTinlo Senate Ini Dlrtricta,
tiro adjoining cuuntict tu con.liiu'o a Dialrich and
that the Senator* (anp Representatives) lie eh cii'il
aatraally on the first Monday of tX-lolnr, until «ucli
day of elrctlon be altered by la* 5 ami ahull ha Com-
iMaad of one Senator fium each Dislrirt, to be
Mcarn by ilia elector* thereof, and when ihecoim-
lies are odd, the odd cauntlea shall be attached in
aa adiolalng Senatorial District, until by alae> In*
create ofcounUea it ali-.ll i*o necessary to chu-lfy
UtOBt Into new districts, which shall be ill nil coaea
«f adjoining countii«.
The tillering clasrificali-'n of counties into Sen-
alotial District* he adopted, nrnl remain until the
creation af a new county or counties by law.
1 Chatlmm and Effingham
3 Scriven and Butko
3 Richmond and Columbia
4 Unculnnnd Wilke#
Si Kllieit and Mndiaun
6 llorbonhatn and Lumpkin
7 Union and llahuit
• Forsyth and Hull
3 Jnckaon nnd Kmnklin
W Clark ami (Hjb'iWpo
* I *-r»rnc ami I'utnmn
13 Taliaferro nnd Warren
13 Hancock and UnUwiii
14 VVeabingfotiund JdferMN*
Jo Emaneri end Montgomery
1(1 Bulloch end Bryan
17 Tat null nnd Liberty
18 Blclntcwh nnd Glynn
W Camden mmI Way no
70 Want and Lowntfes
SI TnUoirand A tailing
83 Lauren* ami Wilkinson
U I’aluki and Twigga
84 DUib aad Crawford
55 June* and Jtuiier
2(3 llutt* nnd Monro*
27 Morgan and-Wnllma
23 Newton and Henry
29 HoKnlh nod Gwinnett
31 Gilmcrsnd Murray
31 Cass nod Cherokee
33 Cdib utul Campbell
33 Coweta end Kaiyrtto
34 Merriwetlwr and Talbot
33 lMtonml Unton
30 Hiss-tan ami Mncon
37 Dooly und Irwin
and Docntur
nd Early
41 Randolph um\ Stewart
42 Muacogeo nnd Muriuu
43 HarriaandTruup
44 Heard and Carroll
43 Paolding and Floyd
48 Chattooga, Walker & Dude
Wo new county be hereafter created, to at to re-
dace the free white people oftho county or count lot,
aat of which it it taken, below otio thousand five
.■ hundred, nor unleat one thousand live hundred I'reo
white people be included in the territory out of which
His proposed tobo made.
B.ltIU.U iy Ur. Uanh ,f Burk,.
The Senate .hull cnn.i.t of four Senator* front
each Judicial DUtrict ofihit State, to boclectod an
nually on Ute lint Monday in October, until aotno
other day be appointed by law. Not mure thun one
Senator shall lie elect* d redding in iho same C'nun-
Tito manner of holding nnd certifying the elec-
•hall be proscribed hy the Logii
the thirty-five counties having the neatlargaM num.
her af free white persons, and including iliree-fiftbs
of all persons uf color, agreeably to the lait census
taken, shall have two members rmh( and all the
balance «f the counties which now an% nr h'-rtaftet 1
may ha In this State, shall be entitled to one mem
ber etch | the fir.t election fur tm-mbeta to the
Hoes# of Representative* .hall take place on the
first Monday in Octoln-r, 1849, nrnl statedly thereaf
ter. At the fir.t annual aes.ion of llte flem-ral As
sembly after the rrnsuMnad lie taken, a new appor
tionment uf the members of the House uf Represen
tatives shall l*e made j so that the five counties con.
mining the largest representative population at the
lime of the niiportionment, according to the census
last taken, .hull always bo enllllrd to three mem-
Ui-tteach; amt th« thirty-five counties containing
the neat largest rrprrsi-ntative population, shsll he
entitled to two member, each ; nrnl all the balance
of the r< untie* in this State which now are, or
In-realier may he, shall be entitled to one mi mber
each, and nu more.
No person shall lie a Senator who shall not have
attained the age of twenty-five years, ami who is mi
a citizen oftho United State., ami almll have rt-sid-
wd in this State at lonst threo yenrs, and in tlm Dis
trict from which he is roturm-d, at least one year
Immediately preceding hit eleellnn unloss absent
ttpno lawful business uf tliu United States or of this
The following it the order of proceedings in the
Convention, oftho substitute (No. 3,) of Air. Jones
of Muscogue, proposing that the Senato shall consist
of 20 members, ro*pcctivt?ly,iho ivsjdi-nts of un equal
number of Seimtorial Districts, Tito number of
euuutics cum)Nisingtlieiu olucturitl diitrirts varying
in number iu proportion to iho density or diffusion of
population. The s«a*oml Senatorial District embra
ces eight counties—tlm Kith, ami 17th, consist of
Upsoti and Monroe j Harris nnd Meriwether, only.
Mr. Jenkins' mbt'itutr forto much of the Report,
m$ contemplates hjing off the State into Sena
torial Ihitriete.
The Senato shall bo elected annually, un th« first
Monday in Ottober, and shall haeomposed uf Only-
* two Setmluis, to be cltoarn from the several jmlirlnl
districtsoltbe Stale,us now etgoaisrdat follow.:
Tlva Katvern, and Samiiern and Ch -rukee judicial
District*, shall bo entitled each to three Senators;
tlm Middle, Octholgre, and Northern judicial dU-
Iricu shall bo enlltlud each to four Senatnts; the
Western, ClmUalimich'ee, and Cow eta, judieinl dis
tricts shall he entitled earlt to five Senators; the
Flint district shull Iw eniiiletl to sit Senator*, It
•hall be the duty of the (iem.-nd ,Vsn-mhly to lay tiff
•toh judicial district into so many Senatorial districts
«s there are Senators herein above allotted toil;
having reference In llepresentntive population, upon
the Constitutional barit, nnd to esisting comity line*;
and until that .hall bo done by iho (Jnnrntl Assent-
bly, tltcre shall bo olculed annually on the first Mon-
daJ in October by general ticket in eueh jmlicia I dis
trict, the number ofSenalois herein b« fore allot led
loir, which elsri ion shall be held nrnl the rr tut ns
consolidaterl and certified as the lictieinl Assembly
wav by law direct. No future change in iho judl-
daldistricta bow etisting shall«IT ci any change in
tb* wrangement herein above mulct but, f»r pur-
ilion in ilia Senate, the districts
a same. It sliull bo iho duty of the
tidy one* in seven years, tw wit, at its
Msaiou immediately succeesling tlm taking of each
census to make a new apportionment uf Senators
among the several judicial di-tricu aforementioned
and to re-organise («o fur us may bo deemed twees-
•atyj Ihesmallerdiitticls aforementioned, having
reference to repiesetnalive population upon iho
bassis herein bel'orn ptusrribed-
A table shewing the ratio of representation in the
.Senate upon the plan of tho above amendment,
49,437 Hasten) )
149,764—3 Senators each; 9.
Ratio, 13,307.
spa arrangement lien
poets of representatio
■. .•ball remain the saint
General Assembly on
138,373—4 do do—12.
lUtio. 13,197.
S 195,778—5 do do-15.
Ratio 13,051.
- runt 74,975—6 do do—15.
Ratio, 12,495.
Tbt first column nf numbers, thews the repivsen-
tadve population of each district; the 2ml, tbcag-
gt agate representative population of the several clas-
•as and the last column the ratio of represcutation in
mth,
Ur. Undton oj Patnam,
ifenlht fMowing at a mittilntefor the trkole.
' The Senate shall consia of forty members, and no
more, who shall be elected in tho following manner:
.The State shall be laid off, by tho next General As-
**', into ten separate districts, to bo called Se-
1 Districts, and to l»e composed ofcotuiguous
• which will make .thu aistricta the most
ctttnpsct, and to ountain, as m-ariy ns can lie done,
an entire equality of free white person*, and includ
ing three-fifths of all the people of color, agreeable
to the last census taken agreeable to law,ami each
of the said tag district* shall be entitled to four Sonu-
west but no county in any District shall have or be
—titled to but ooc Senator—the first election for Sc-
—n to taka place on the first Monday in October,
1S40. The tea Senatorial districts herein provided
wnaheUbr reorganised statedly during the annual
—■«— oftho General Aurtnbly next after the cen-
—• hereafter shall be taken according to law, so
Pmt an equality of Representative population, and
——liium aad compact cdhttk-s shall, at the time
•r«Jre»faoUaiion, constitute the said Senatorial
^l—l m can without dividing'
m Tk» Mon»> of Ucptmeawlrm shall be composed
•*»«• five eouaties hav-
M numl rr ;4fror whim perMins, aad In-
t fifth* of ail th*- people of color, agree-
-SI C'lMUl tuk* o sgtao.My to law, end
CONVENTION,
I.NO. 2.]
Snbtlilute of Mr. IValton of Mntcogee.
Tho Senate shall lie elected unmially on tho first
Monday'in October} curb comity having, according
to tho hcdonil basis, a Itcptvif'iitativo population
of 12,(>U9, sliull be entitled to one Senator. Tho re
maining counties .hull lie divided into District. con
sisting ot two contigiMMis counties, which said Dis
tricts sliull ho entitled to one Senator each—mid
when tlie Census is taken hen-after, should tiny Dis
trict or Districts hnvo n Repnisenlatlvn pojiulntion
of 3,4999, then each of the counties of sorb District
or Districts^ihnll lie entitled each to uiw Senator.
Tlie Districts shall be as follows ?
1 Chatham
2 Mcrriwethur
3 MonriMi
4 Muscogeo
6 Tr -up
6 Decatur ami Thomas
7 liowmfes uml tVaru
8 Camden ami Glynn
9 Meloto.li ami Wayne
10 Bryan nrnl Liberty
11 Appling nrnl Telfair
*3 Dooly uml Irwin
13 linker uml Early
14 Rulloch and Tnttmdl
15 l*m and Ramlolpli
19 Stewart find Sumter
17 Macon ami Murion
18 Houston ami I'uhuki
19 Laurens nrnl Montgomery
29 Jones and Raid win
21 Kifmglmm ami Scriven
23 Rurko nnd llielitnoml
23 Jeirersoti and Emanuel
24 Washington and Wilkinson
25 Rihk ami Tw iggs
29 Crawford and Upson
27 Harris ami Talbot
28 Columbia and Lincoln
29 llnnriK-k ami Warren
39 Tali tferm nml Wilkes
31 Greene nml Morgan
33 Jasper tuul I'utnam
33 Run. and Henry
34 Fnyetto nml l*iko
33 Coweta ami Heard
39 CnmphrH and Carroll
87 Ella-rt nnd Kmnklin
88 Madison and Oglethorpe
39 Clark nml Jucksnn
49 Ncwtiui ami DeKnlh
41 Walton mid Gwinnett
42 Habersham and Rabun
43 Forsyth uml Hull
44 Ltiinpkhi nml Union
45 Cobb nml I'nuhling
40 Clturokce nnd Gilmur
47 Cass mid Floyd
48 Murray nml Walker
49 Chattooga nml Dade.
The House of Representative* shall he composed
ofmentlKirsfroin all the enmities which now ore, or
hereafter may lie Included within this State t Each
county 'Containing 12,000 reinesentalivu popnlutimi
according to tho Federal basis, almll ho entitled to 3
members, each county containing 5,008 inhabitant*
shall ho entitled to 3 member*,nnd thchulunrc oftho
counties 1 untilt Provided tinvertheless, that cueli
county having nun Senator sliull list untitled to only
two -numbers in tho House of Rt-pn-scnlaiivus.
[No- 8 ]
SubitOnte of Mr. Rivet of trail.
The Senato shall he rumposed of four members
from earh Judicial Circuit ns now laid oil', nml shall
lie elected miutinlly on tho first Monday in Ortolwr,
by tho voters i»f oiicli Judicial Circuit resjN-ctlvely t
onrlt voter may vote fur four cnti-lidnte* for Senator,
hut for no two in the same county t in the event of
tlm formation of imy new county which may toko u
part ofuny two Judiclul Circuits it shall ho ntiaclicd
to, tho lino having the smallest white population.
Rctahat, That tlm olmvo Im stihstitutcd for the
3d'section oftho lit article oftho Con lilullott,
The llousoofRepresonintivesshnll Im composed
of member* from all the comities which now an*,or
hereafter tnny bo included within this State, ncror*
ding to their respective numbers of free white per
sons, to honscortuim-d hy netunlcniimcrntion, tolm
made from time to time, at intervals of snven yenrs,
ns now hy law provided, vit! Tencmmties having
the greatest fivo white population sliull Im entitled
to three member* eurli, thirty comities linving the
next greatest free white potadatioii shall lie entitled
to two inemlK-rs each: nml ull the remaining conn-
tins to one member each; the nppenlnnnu-m of the
tnotnU-rs nmoiig the comities tmdeC this tdnn shall
he tttndu nccorvling to the lastcensns, until the next,
pad then hy timl, \c
llto llepresenlutives shall lie chosen annually on
tliefirst Monday in October, until such day of elec
tion sliull bo altered by law,
[Nai.j
Mr, UnR of Clarke, effernl Ike following at the
Senatorial Dutr.fti.
1 Camden nml Wayne
9 Glynn and McIntosh
3 Liberty nml Rryun
4 Clmtlmm and fclliughnnt
5 Scriven and Rulloch
6 Rurko nnd Emanuel
7 Appling uml Tntnnll
8 Montgomery nnd Telftiir
9 Laurens uml Pulaski
19 Twiggs uml Wilkinviii
11 Jetli-rsou and Washington
12 Ulchmoitd uml Columbia
13 Lincoln uml Wilkes
14 Warren ami Taliaferro
15 RuUlwin nml Hancock
19 Greene and Morgan
17 Uglothnrpo and Madison
18 t'lark and Jackson
19 Elbert and Franklin
29 llubershnntaud Hall
21 Union nnd Rabun
22 Lumpkin and Forsyth
23 Gilmer ami Murray
24 Chuttoogn.Dadc^i Walker
95 Floyd nnd Cass
26 Cherokee and Cuhb
27 Paulding and Carroll
28 Campbell and Fnyetto
29 DcKulh nnd Gwinnett
39 Newton and Walton
31 Henry ami Rutls
32 Jasper nml Putnam
33 Heard nnd Coweta
34 Troup und Mcrriwcthcr
35 Hams and Talbot
36 Piko nnd Upson
37 Monroe and Jones
38 Bibb and Crawford
39 Dooly nod Houston
49 Macon and Summer
41 Museogeeand Aim ion
42 Steward and Randolph
43 Leo and Raker
44 Early nnd Decatur
45 Tbonuu and I<awndcs
49 Irwin uml Ware
[No. 5.]
Substitute by Mr. Ganhlrn.of Decatur.
A Senatorial District shall ronsistoftwoeontigu-
otu counties, and it shall be the duty of the Legis
lator, at their first session after the ratifiriition of
this section, and from lituo to lime, when it tnav bo
necessary, to define and specify tho counties which
sliall constitute each Senatorial District.
[No. 6 ]
Mr. Stepkenf Plan
Tho llnttso of Ih-prrventntivrs shall Ite eonipo»e«l
of one member, amt one only, front earh of tlie sev-
oral Counties of this State, w hirh ihiw an*, or here
after may bet to boriwwon annually, on tliefirst
Monday in October, until ilio time of oiection be
altered hy law.
The nirutber* of llso llouso soronstimteil shall
in all casrs vote according to the Kciirv*oniaii«rt
population of the Counties respectively hy tlwm rep-
resented, vis t the members front cnnntic* of one
ihmi.ami Representative population cr Utt shall bo
•Milled to o— vote earh | those from counties of
twollioutaml Rspre ♦entstis# fio|iula'ti»n to Unvotes;
those from rountfr* of three th tisatyd similar |-'»p*
Illation u> three votes each, and so on in the same
retjn. .
1 be Representative popu'atiiin shall he enmpoted
haretoforenflhc numtier of the free white persons,
and three fifths of tlie person* of color, inearh coun
ty. And tho cmimerntlon thereof—rfml apportion*
merit **T volt-* at Ik-n-in providml for shall bo takc-ti
and mode every tuven years as heretofore.
Plan for the Senate.
1 Chatham ami Effingham
2 Scriven nnd Rurko . .
3 Richmond and Columbia
4 Lincoln ami Wilkes
5 F.llu-rtcutd Franklin
9 Ogluthropoand Madison
7 llulM.-rihumaud Lumpkin
8 Union and Rabun
9 Forsyth nnd Hall
10 Juckson and Clarko
11 Taliaferro and Warren
12 Hancock prnl Baldwin
13 Green ami Morgan
14 Wiiriiington ami JHferson
15 Tclfnirum! Montgomery
19 Bulloch and Emanuel
17 Rryntt and Liberty
18 Tu’ttnalland Appling
19 McIntosh and Glynn
20 Cnmdeti nnd Wayne
21 War-uml Low-mb-s
22 Laurens and Wilkinson
23 Pulaski nml Twiggs
24 Bihh ami June*
25 Crawford ami 11 on-ton
20 .hisperand IVnnrii
27 Newton apd Walton
28 Butts uml Monroe
29 Coweta and Carroll
80 Truupiuui Heard
31 .Mi-rnwelbernml llnrrit
32 Tnlhotoml Mi-*cogeo
Wl Macon nml Marion
3t .Sumpter nml Stewart
35 Rundulph and Leu
39 Early and Barker
37 Thomas and Decatur
38 Paulding ami I-'Inyd
39 Henry and Fnyetlu
40 DcKalb uml Gwinnett
41 Pike and Upson
42 Cass nml Cherokee
48 Cuhb am! Campbell
44 Gilninratid Murray
45 Chattooga, Walker & Dado
4(i Dooly und Irwin
[NCL7.] '
SuliMti'ult by Mr. Wallace, of Marion.
That tlie Third Section oftho First Article of the
Constitution remain ns at present, allowing to eudi
county a Senator, the Senate shall bo elected, an
nually, nnthu first Monday in October, until altered
hy law.
The House nf Hcpiesontntive* shall l»o compos
ed of one mcnilHir from each county, nml for every
seven thousand of representative pojiulntion each
county muy enutuin muter the lain umunemtton,
such county shall In: entitled to two representatives!
nml for every twelve thoonind representative popu
latioii each county muy contain, such rotinty .hull
he entitled to three mcinlwrs, nml no more. 1 tie
I louse of Representatives sliall ho elected on the
first Monday iu Uctubrr, iiiiuuiilly, until ultcrcd by
law.
[NO. 8 1
Snhutitute by Mr. Gardner, of Stewart.
Tho House of Representative* sliull ho eoinjmsed
of ineuiht-rs from all tlm counties which now are,
or hereafter may lie included within this State, un
cording to their respective numbers of free white
persons, including three fifths of nil tho people of
color, tobo tiSL-erluim-d by an actual enumeration, to
ha iniulo front tints* to time, ut intervals of seven
veors, ns now hy law provided. Each county shall
Im? entitled to one member only, who, on all ipies.
lions when tho Ayes and Noes oftho llouso are mil
led for, and in nil elections of thn House, shall lie
entitled to vote ns follows! For n representative po-
pillion under threo thomuuid, unnvote; fora repre
sentative population of three thousand, two votes;
fora representative population of seven tlimuaml,
three votes; und for n ropresentativu population of
ttvolvo tliousuml nml iipwnnls, four vote*.
MISSTATEMENTS—" PACTOES.**
The following, furnisbed by a frieml,contradict* I lit
•rron in the ststeiuent made by a writsr signing him
self •• Factors,'' in th# Charleston Conrfer of Sstarday
last. Tlie not* by the grotlvman who supplies a* with
the table, la explanatory, and worth perussL
(COXMOSICSrKD.)
Motinum nU tjdurytitn a baUof Cotton per Rail Road
to CkarlntoH.
Dreyageatll—hurg .6 00
Pi right and Iwurance per It Itoad (average) I 33
Drayage stChtrlrt no 17
Hlornge one wi-frk., 08
DinWrence of weights, average 3 lbs per hale
73
Exchange un Clurleiton....................38
Commission 3| per cent for selling 1 33
3 94
Maximum rata per hirer to Savanna*.
Drayage K Hamburg ( 00
Whmfigr do 05
Freight jer river, (averaging) I 00
Insuranro at ISO per bale ] per cent 19
Whurferst .Savannah 03
Stonge one week 03
Exchargn on Savannah 38
Conimissioiia for selling 50
3 31
Gain in favor of .Savannah 6 1 03
Norr.—In tlie statement of •• Factors,"
ioilir *lw»ve, the diflerem-e consists in freight and
cotnrni •sinus. Ills under an extraordinary and poem
liar suite of the river vrhwt wo havuUtpnyat high at
$l| per hale freight and now it i« as low as 75 cents.
Tlie season '• in and out," it will not average over 61
per hale, when " Fartors” taking their, or his highest
and lowest rams, make an avarago of 63 per halo. Ta
king the season round, the ft eight per rail road to
Charleston (inlying on quotation* of freight, per the pa
pern at Augu-Uj will average not leaitlinu HI per hale
1 have set down the r.m.« at an attrngt, and so far os
Hnvaninth is cniiceriind they nre correct. I have set
down the charges for Charleston (cKropt tlie freight
and exrhangn) aivordiii" to the statement of “Factors.'
Hills are not drawn ut llauihurg or Charleston at par.
If loiter than ) per rant, it cannot alter this statement
mnlerinlly. If any • gain" it is in favor of Savannah.
Our market, too. is ns good nr Charleston for cotton.
Cr" Wo ix'.e the follow ing Communication* from
the Charlustnti Cornier, of tlm I5lh, to show iln-
fullacy of the itniemi nt, mml.: by'■ Factor*; "
[rttoM Tilt CIISItl.r.ST-N CoUltiKK.j
A •lugularcalculiitioii—or nuhnr niiscalculaiion
of the eornpnritive ex|«-n-u of sending cotton from
llumburg to Suvnnnuh undCliuilcttnii, appeared in
Suturdny'* Courier. Thn -mtemeut wits in reply
to iho lemuks nl " Edgi li Id," uni is signed *• Kite-
tors; " lint the writer- s<-vnt to ho rather Pot it than
Factor!, from thu puolinr glo-s they give to their
own sido uf tlm culi-uliition. In tho first place,
tliero is no " minimum'' dm>sof clinrges ronneclcH
with tho Charleston hi rket—they era nil of tin
" rnnximiiru" genus.
Theliilltiwiug i* u correct statement uf the ex-
pvtisea of h single hulu fium llutnhttrg ta Charles
ton t rents.
Drayage at ll'imhurg, • • - • 6
Freight hy rntl-roiiu, • • • • 1,95
Drnynge limn D positoiy, - - . ];
Weighing uml Storage, - - - . 14
Tare 3 per cl. on iivi-rngc Wright of 330 ,b*.
It) lb-, nl lOct- per lh. • - .
Loss of weight, a.iy 8 ills, per hide, at I Gel*,
per ill,
I mi la
Tit* I0J »* -
Charles ran 14.982 S3
In Savannah, 5,165 50
And rharfinii the transation on Savannoh with
7 per cant discount, on Charleston 6, during tlm »••«-
son they have been at the same rate generally.
If tint 199 bales cotton were shipped from Au
gusta Iu Charleston, the cost during tho winter
months would have been 18| cents a bale ; toll and
drayage to tail rend now, 28 cent* a bale. Take
the business for the lost six year*, and tho nbovu, by
allthip|MM* of cotton, will Ins freely adu it lid to lor
a fuiritverage ratement of the busim-as, so fur ns
they are concerned,—planters m-ry fare better, and
ut they draw for bills pay less commission*.
EXPERIENCE.
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1839.
Flag of the free I still bear thy sway,
Umliinm'dtliroiiyh ages yol untold ;
O'erearth's proud realms thy stars display.
Like morning’s radiant cloud* unrolled.
Flag of tho skies I still peerless shine,
Through ether's azure vault unfurled,
Till every hand nml heart entwine.
To sweep oppression from the world.
[ML 9.]
Snbutihitr by Mr. Ilarinon, nf Monrnr,
Tlm.Semitorinl ratio shall he 12,909 of the n-nre-
sentntive population of this State, nml thcStnte shall
In* dividi-d into Seuutorinl Districts to correspond
with the Jmlicnl Circuits, n* nf present recognised
by law. Eni'li District sltnll he i-iiljtleil to n Scon tor
for i-ncli 12,090 of tho represenlntive population it
tnny contain; nml the manner of electing, nml cer
tifying said elections, shnll he prescribed by tho Le
gislature.
[NO 10.]
Suba/Hute by Mr. Cowart, of Sampler.
The Scuntn shnll consists of forty-six nv-mlicrs,
from foity-six .Senatorial Diitrirts. nnd shnll In?
-Icctcd nu the first Alnmlny in October, front time
to lintr, until such elections shall ho alli-n-d by
law.
And that hntli hranrtir* of tlm next Legislature
linll meet in the Repivseutnt vo Clmndwr, for tho
imt-posu of npportinning said Sniutotinl Distrii-t-
by lidding tiny two contiguous cm ilics togi-tlicr ns
they iu ilieir wisdom may direct { nnd whenever
hereafter the Lcgisltnmv shall lay otVuud establish
a new county, it shall In? mhlcd to tho most contigu
ous Scuuiurinl District.
From the Anemia Chronical and Senliorl
Mii.i.Mxikvii.lk, May Ulh, 18.19
The St tie Right-Couvi-uiioiinsienihledln-l ui-hl
in nursuiinen to previous udjoiirnnieiit Alt. Jenkins,
of Rirlimomi,ofll-red n resolution hit-lily complimen
tary to Governor Gilmer, approving fij- ndniiuist ra
tion, nml expressing regret tb.it In* had d. t<-rmine.l
to retire to private life Tlm resolution wn« iinnni-
ntouslv adopted, Mr. Merriwether, nf Pottnau,
offered n resolution that the Convention should pro.
I to ballot for ucamlidnle (iu Governor, without
pr.-»eniing any name* to the Convention, nnd tlml
li old reipiiren noijoiiiy of two third* of the
whole Convention for a uuininniioii, Tliii resdution
was adirptvd hy » large tnivpwtty. The Convention
tlteii pr.N-eedtd to ballot, uml tho following is the
result
1st hnllot. 2d.
Host. Ciiaui.Ii Dm.-fliir.nTr, 117 178
Cot.. IIkmiv G. I.amah, 48 34
Cot., Wm. C, Dawson, 42 15
Cm.. R. L. Gamduk, 22 l
Scattering, 3 2
Tit# Him. Charles Dougherty, having received a
majority uf inn thirds oft he Convention, vvn* declar
ed to be the candidate of the party for tho office of
Governor at the iipprnnchuig eh-rtion.
Col. Daw son was u member of tho Convention,
and in conformity with n determination which ho
hnd previously expressed to n Inigo number of Ida
frieodi, publicly w ithdrew his mime from the ennvnss
for a muninhii-m, before the It diming Commenced.
A number of memfe-r-, however, bad nemo to the
Convention under instruction* from their countie ,
to vote loi Col. D., nnd felt theniselves hound to do
>o, at least upon the first hnllot.
Th^rinminn'iun nf Judge Dougherty is one
which will bring out the strength oftho party in
ever, part of thn State, Hi* ability, and sterling
worth ai n man, I is pore nnd spotless character,
and hi- firm and inflexible mnintainunc* oft hr g-.-«l
principh • of our party, over since his fir»t etitiunee
into poldic life, pointed him out at ev.-ry way wor
thy of the nomination In* has received, nnd of the
office to which his friend* desiie-to elcvnto bint.
Commission* 2£ per t-l, on overage prieo $59, | ,25
$5,75
rttOM ItAMUlMtO TO 9AVAXNAH.
Dinvnge nml Whnrfugi-iii H.iinliurg, • 9
Freight to Savannnli, - - - - - 59
Insurance, • • • - - - * • U!
Wliuifagc in S ivnnunli, • • • • fi
Commi-*ion»on Imlo. .... 50
Average exchange ^ per cl. on fill, the liver-
itj,e priest, 12—$145
Making a difl* rence nf four d -llnrs, thirty c *($•! 30)
oil n single halo in ftivoi til Sava •null.
b nil'll tlm la-t three rnoiill *, h- vvever, the
fr iglu by the ini.-rund Im* been but 59 cunts n holi-j
hut this was iu cuiiseqin lice of a similar n dnetion
m tlm Steam hunt iuu-s li.im 59 to 37 cents u hale.
Wo nre told by the•• F>c «-r-,” ill til* tun roliim
li sold ut thu Dupositu y, no charge is made for
whariuge or-toc..g.-, uml then* is no In-* hy rv-w eigli-
iug ns it I- lln-io tukuo ut the ll niilnirg w. lglu*.
Rut w iio will buy at iliu Di-po-it.uy, uiiIim.iiI ii price
iliut will more thuiicov.-r this loss uml expense t
A tingle kni.se in ILiml.uig, dining the la-t sen-or-,
«hip, *••! six i|i m-nuil bait'- to Savannah, ut an nv.-r-
age exnense «•> $i;4» pci hale. Tlm -iimo house
shipped liliy live bile* ony lo Cimrlcston, at nn
average t-o-t ol $ ».40j imikingn diffi-remoof f.,ui
doiliii.al«oe,or $M,00U nu tilt? «,(ll)9 bales shiit-
ped to S-Jviuniuli. itio me.cliiints alluded
still iu II .mbtirg, ami lliuie books urn in existence
t.prove those fact*. They uiu unanimous in de
claring, howi vt-r, thill ns they buy their giNnl* in
Com,(-..-toil, they would give it me prer.-r-tace for
tliu rule of their * oituii, it the expenses were nut
more limn oil per cent, higher than in Suvuiui dt.
EDGEFIELD.
Li lt M TIIK CIIAIII.KSTUN COUtll.K ]
Me*»rt. AV/ifers,—A cunmuum-nttoii in m,. Con
• Rr "I SMiuidny In-i, over tlie sigtiatniu ol •• Fuc-
t'»i>," gives it compiu ulivv stniement of the charges
v»t» cotton sent (turn li.itnhurg toCtiiulestonlor -oh-
nml draws u comparison between these ciiurge-
iimiihuso in Siivniiiinh, slmwing the cluugi-s den.
dedl> less iu Umi'«-*tini than iu Savnunuh. 'Tw
pissing strange iliut "Fa lor.” .bon d *hovv w-lint
ahippci* have nover di«»overcd,nud that the timle
ol botn Hamburg ai d Augusta should so long h ive
iiegleeied lllt-ii tnii-ivst*; the very reverse uf what
" Fttctora' , *tiilo is, to the sliipper, thu case, aitlie
Itiliovviiig stHti-llicuu will allow,
A* to the average off excliangu ng.vinst Savanunli
it d-N!S not lend goinl,—exchange is gem r-diy.gm
verned hy tlmnuu on New-Yorkj and in Snviinimli
tlie currency, being at good u» iu Citarlestuti iihhc-
l\ all llio seas mi, on New-York, has In-on u* I iw
us in Cliui lesion nml nl mi tiin-.* un-re thou | per
cent more, winch was in favor of the cotton slop
p.d there, A* to Charleston being n bettor maiki-t
linn Savannah, fuel*-peak stronger limn words t
look hi tlit? leceiptsofcnllon from the point* where
tlinSavuniiull M'nikol «*«» ht- used, nml see what
pet turn goes to Chut lesion; and the mutter Im*
be.n well Ic-tcJ, for tlm tru to Im - been open for hi-
tt-en yunrs—mark its grnduul falling uiVbetween Au
gusta uml llntnburg und Ch.irleston.
A* to sellingcoiton ut tlie rail road by Hamburg
ku-ightt, it is presumed the ptiich**rr wotinl .nnke
the Uilluivnoo in price, if lie did not be ceitaini)
would sinml in Ids own light.
Freight lu&ivannnh ut Id. a pound i« a* iinustia
a* 2d. n pound to Livt rj ool, lor ’lie rail road Incur
ry the cotton in the business month* at 75 cents, a-
rare. .My estimate* are taken at the average rule*,
such ns uro cun rot ft om November to Mutch, uud
l sliull ink.-tho List st-ason's busim-s- us u criterion,
and a cotumv-rcinl transaction us the basis.
lUU bale* cotton niv pardinscd in Hamburg and
shipped to Choi lesion t
100 hales rottoii 338 lh. n-ich, 33,000;
less2II0II>. tan—32,809lbs ut 15c*. $4 920 00
Freight tu Ch nlest.ni j -. on 33,UUUlbs, |65 (III
Drayage to rad rond i» tlambnr,:, 6 25
Drayage in Cliaile»ton 17c. w'g. 6, stor
age 8, 31 00
Interest on $4,509, drawn for at 60d*.
at G per et, 48 00
NEWS FOR DANDIES.
Orioi.t or Fashiox.—The latest fashion for gen-
tlemen'a hair, i* that of wearing it parted on the fore,
head, and hanging in long link* over the ears, it said hy
the Editor oftho Newark Advertiser, to have origina
ted as fellows i
* A young Prottehmin went into Egypt trading. 'In
Ills avarice of money he sometimes overreached hi*
customers, and.heingdetected, was caught and bored
llirough the ears. This was to trivial an obstruction
to hit money making that he rontiiiued hit “ yankec
tricks," until hisear* were several times bored, and at
length cut oil entirely. The cheat returned to Paris
with a considerable sum of money, which, being a
young man. he dtalred in sport among hU frieoits. But
bflw should he hide the shame of lusvinghis ears lop.
peil off for swindling l He bethought liiiiitelfnf |*ur-
niitting his hair to become long, by wliichhecoinplrtrly
concealed hi* deformity I Tho fashion woe soon alie’r
sdoiaed in .a limitod vvirele in Paris, amt la how npmi
by the dandies tlsqt trip along our trouoira with tueir
tret pinched into a roll.”
To the above we may remath, dial some years ago.
we absolutely knew a young man, who had one of hi*
ear* cut oil' for a deed of a revolting nature, hy “ Lynch
law," sad he concealed hiidrfmmity in the same way
••Hats Muter JrsskThe St. John (Hi B.)
Chronicle lies the fellow leg r—“ We tee nothing to pre
vent the total annihilation, hy Great Britain, of Utt V-
sited butes"
$5,170 25
Thia is thu cost laid down in Chmlt-ston am)
dunging the interest ut 8 |i*r cent, per nununi.
Tlio»e 109 bale* coiton ure s»ld ill Cimrle-lon on
iHiiding, it IGj com*.
Tho |ot will tew uiglt in Charleston at least 15
|>oimd* less, even alfewing fur the 2 pounds taken
off in Hamburg, hut tty the
109 hale* each 325 lbs. is 325,099 at
16$*% $5,362 50
Commission ut 2J per et. $130 09
Charge* hum Hamburg, in
cluding drayage there und
interest on bit 4 250 25
380 25
Thu 100 bales in Charleston, $4,982 25
The sum** i« shipped to Savannah and sold on
landing at IGj cent-:
100 h fe* vvi ifching 32.8UU.b4. at IGje. $5,412 00
Charge*, whartaguaud dray-
nge in llutnburg 9 cents a
bale,
Insurance tu Savannah, $5030
at |.
Freight $1.
Weighing uml storage at Sa
vannah,
Commission,
9 00
18 75
100 00
14 00
50 00
7 per cent, on $4,500 at 50 d*. 64 73
264 50
$5,165 50
APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
John C. Nieoll to lie Judge of the United State*
for the Di*-rlrt of Guorgln, in place of Ji-runiiah
Cuyler, deren-ed.
[ET* Tlm np|»ointim?nt of the Hon. John C.
Niror.l., n* Judge of the Supreme Court of tho U.
State*, for the Dirtriet of Georgia, ha* given much
sriti-lhetion. A* n jurist he ha* no superior in this
State, nnd Ills attainments nre of tlm very first order.
In accepting the appointment, Judge Nicot.t. un
doubtedly make* n great pecuniary sacrifice, m hi*
profei-iional income fur exceeded tho emolument* of
that olfleo. Wc luivo over thought our high legal
functionaries received loo stnull an equivalent for
their service*; an-l that the Judge* of our own Su
perior Courts, nre not sufficiently compensated.
THE BANK OF CHARLESTON.
It i* with reluclnuee, we have to nrquniut our fel.
low citixeus of a repetition hy the Bnnk of Char
leston, of n demand on the Suvnnnuh Bunk* fur
specie. An ngont nf the Bank of Charleston n few
days sittre, in making his demand, actually refused
to receive cither the notes of teveral Banks of Char,
lest on, or even checks on the Dank of Chari niton
it telf, kxckpt at A DISCOUNT. Scarcely credible
ns this statement is, it i* nevertheless true. We
are nt a lo-s however, to understand, why it ii, that
that Dnuk, should cuileuvnr to depreciate the notrt
of the other Charlrt.'on Bankr\ hut our surprise is
still greater, when it seem* to desire to destroy tho
credit «ftlie/«m/i. held by ittelf, and now subject
to the check of the Savannah Bank*.
We nre much at n loss to understand this tnntunu*
vro. It isustrnngo one, It cannot,surclyjie, thnt the
great Dank of t harletton, with it* capital ol 'four
milliont, intended for commercial purposes alone,
designs to descend to tho quarter of a cent Inti♦
Mr#*—but if it does, it will become our duty to sound
the alarm, nnd we hope we will not only ho second
ed hy tho nhlo pen of the editor of the greut com
mercial pnperin Charleston, hut by the whole press
til largo, ns we know wo shall he supported hy pub
lic opinion, in cheeking a system injurious enough,
in all conscience, when confined t» individuals, hut
RUINOUS, when taken up hyBaak*.
It I* well known, that tho only legitimate and
proper business of a Batik, is to tiflbrd facilities for
commercial o|M>rathms; and when n Bank uses any
portion of its menu* in collecting claims on similar
Institution*, either with the view of unnoynnee, or
f -rtlie purpose of a quarter per cent gain, which
seem* to Iw the exaction now made by tlie Bnnk of
Charleston, nnd that too, in fund* in ita own keeping,
it seem* to us that sueli conduct is not only a de
parture from that dignified and honorable course,
which should distinguish the manager* of Banks,
hut must inevitably tend to restrict llurno facilities
which is tho end of their being, nnd which they
owe to tlm public ut large.
Wc call upon our brethren of the press, to expose
this mode of proceeding. As men deeply interested
in tlie commercial prosperity of tlie country, it is
their duty to discountenance every act which is cal
culated to depress und paralyze that commerce. And
such transactions, ns we have uuiuuulvei-ted on, must
ho instrumental in keeping oar citizens from obtain
ing thu] accommodation which they have a right to
export, from our monied institution*.
Wo nre inform -d tint tho agent in question,
drew $30,099 io gold from our Bank*, which lie
carried lo Churloitnn with him, \nfivc boxes, in
tlm steamboat Kavnnanh, nnd that lie represented
tlie boxes to contain hat $5,00), in order to save
freight. If this is so, nnd wo helievo it, this net
alone shows it was a eery tmall, if even a " fair
business transaction,"
Now,, wc ure aware thut the agent could not pos.
sil.ly have pat anything in hi* own pocket, hy this
display of his ingenuity ; and surely, wo could not
think thnt the Bnnk of Charleston would he guilty
of cheating a steamboat company of its lawful doe*,
Certainly not, The matter, however, requires ex
planation,
MORE WHIG PROFESSIONS t#, PRAC
TICE.
Governor Skivaud, of New York, it will be re
membered, recommended tho erection of n monu
ment to communion;to the services of thnt eminent
mnn.Dic Witt Clinton. With admirable Widgeon,
sistency, however, he tried to displace tho o.Jysuni-
ving bint her of the great Clinton, from two offires
he held in Orange County, in thnt Stnto, which are
the sole support of Ids family. Ye*—ho would dis-
placeJAMRsG.Clinton,solelybccuusc he wosnDe-
mon at, about the satnu time that he recommended
a monument should be erected to hi* brother's me
mory. Mow much more delicate, nnd sincere a tri
bute to the worth of that brother would it
have hoen, to permit his near and dear relative to
retain n post which gqvu him brend—und the duties
of which lie discharged with fidelity! But, no !—
That pntcedure would not be in keeping with Whig
practice—with Federal cunning! He would raise
a stone as a mark of the existence nf the pntrint
Ct.tNTos—whilo he would deny Ids remaining brotli-
era crust of bread! Oh, shame upon such men!
They outrage humanity ! TIm? facts we have stated,
can be ascertained by reference to n late number of
tho Albany Argus. Will they bo believed I They
must. Tis true; and pity 'tis, ’ti* true!’’ All this
come* of Whiggcry—the Whiggcry thnt Machia-
vki, practised—thnt Wbiggery that Mt.TTr.RXicn
delights in—tho Whiggery dint Talleyrand only
renounced on liisdeadt-bcd!
Yes—James G. Clinton, the son of the venera
ted Gen. James Clinton, the hero of the Revolution
and the brother of the pntrint Die Witt Clinton,
the benefactor of New York, was recommended to
be displaced from the offices of Master in Chancery,
and Notary Public,of Orange County, New York, his
birth place, and that of hjs illustrious brother, to give
way to a b ace or Whigs, viz: Geo M. Gbikr, and
Petkr F. Hunn.
The virtue, however, oftho N. Y. Senate, marred
tho designs of Governor Sxwahd; and James G.
Clinton retains his place.
But wh*t «f this! Why Gov. Sxtvaroactually
removed 240 Democrat* from office in tba small space
«f 00 da>-s! And this was done in regard to noth
ing but their principles—their integrity tbalr abili
ty, was not disputed.
MENLFEE, WISE, PRENTISS, AND HOFF-
MAN.
Dnfl Swfrr ..Id ih.l lh. Peril »•> the
fintWblf. Albeit, wo do net think w. Such men
as John Hampden and Aloernon Stdnet were
true Whig*. B-it,however, others'may view the au
thority of die worthy Dcxn, it must be confessed that
tho Whigs personify the "old hoy" inpraising diem-
selves. They have " all the decency," and "all the
talent," to believe them. Some Whlgliog,ln the May
number of tho Southern Literary Messenger,bespat
ters with praise, nnd stifle* with laudatory strains,
the worthies whoso name* are placed at tlie head
of this article. To credit the scribe, all tlm elo
quence of Cicero, the patriotism of Cato, ami the
wisdom of Solon, were cut up in ** small (xtreels"
and impartially divided amongst these four young
gondemun, of pistol (nine und rifle notoriety.
" Mr. Munefeu does not nppear tobo more than
thirty yenrs of ago"—say*his eulogist—"hi* mouth
i* vnntually wide mid Ids eye# are grey" continues
he, and " liis cadences ure sotnotimes lost in indis-
tine tncs"—yet Mr. Menefee Isu very great man—
of course he is, and lie is also a very great Whig—*
ergo ho is great in all things. Wo wonder how ho
would look with n grccn-corn-cob placed between
thn grinder* of hi* " unutually wide" mouth I Bui
he is a very great man, and lias a right to have a
very great month!
Mr. Wise, it seems, "want* tho Shaksperion pile
of forehead!" What a pity! He wants some oth-
things we could mention, too—ami among them
that quality which the Whigs have monopolized—
“decency." IIo i* also "lean nnd floahless," well
that i* just what wo thought. These "lean and
lleshleSs" follows, uro only "fit for stratagems and
spoils." See Cassius standing before you. Mr.
Wise, continues Ids Bosivkll, (for every great
Whig hn« n Bo?.) " has not devoted much time to
the acquisition of knowledge"--exactly n* wo
thought. No tnun who hnd any knowledge would
aider Idmself so ridiculous us tho Virginia Hot
spur bus done over and over again. Hear his
Box nwhltc: " While addressing tlie body of which
he is a member, ho oftentimes seems to In? animated
hy a specie* of fury, or by some uncontrollable pns-
sioa—his eyebrows lower, uud Ills whole counten-
nnco nnd action indicates tho most violent mental
ngitatinn,” Fire and briintlone! wc marvel If
Dean Swift’s "Jtrtt Whig" has n fatherly luve for
Mr. Wise. "When Mr. Wise first nppeare-d in
tlie House, it was thought from hit voire and man.
ncr, that lie was an imitator of Jhiik Randolph,"
pursues hi* admirer— now wo think so yet, and a
very poor imil a lor ho is.
Mr. I'rkntiss, of Mississippi come* next in the
picture gallery. Why, what ugly moil tho Whig
champions mast he? Henr his sketchcr. ','Hk
(Mr. I"*.) bend is large, nml out of proportion to
the rest of his frame"—yet he " is not (very) ugly."
OnriKN Hoffman, a Whig of some four years
standing, is the last. Ho is a sad roko according
to all accounts) nnd i* almost given up as n repro
bate cose. Hi* toady says, "notwithstandinghi*
ncknowledged talents, I fear Id* habit* are loo in-
dolrnt to enable him to retain a high rank as nn
eloquent debater." It i* moreover said, ho "due#
ml a I way a convince" the Home, The word* of
Iscariot are trldnn, tru*ted.
Well, thi* whiggery piny* the deuce withpenph
While Mr. Huffman was n Democrat, ho was never
indolent-*hut ho mast be a Whig, nnd it scent* is
going hendlnngjtn the npdrtmnni* of Dunn Swift’s
"firtt Whig." Wlint n shame!
CONSISTENCY-DAY OF RECKONING.
It seems that the Senate of New York, has re
jected the Governor’s nomination of Col. Ston e,
the Whig editor of the N, Y. Commercial, ns agent
for the purpose of collecting materials for the nolo,
nia! history of tho Empire Sint'. 1 . Wo admit thnt
few m“n in tho Slate of New York, nre more quali
fied for thnt office. Tho blogmplier nf Brandt,
must always command nur respect as n literary man.
He is nlso nn open politician—na avowed Federal-
its—a pupil of the school of Hamilton—Jay—and
of Burn* Kino. We hive n-lmircd Ids consist- m
cy—for hewn* always open iu the expression of hi*
opinions. But lien- wo stop.
Col. Stone applauded tho U. S. Senate when
that l-ntly rejected Mr. Van Uurkn’s nomination
as Envoy to Eoglnutl, Ho said they did right.—
They exercised tl|i-ir eonsHlutioiiat power. Tliero
wu* no attempt at tlie time, lo suy tlmt Mr. Van
Burkn was incompetent. It wns admitted that his
rejection wns on parly grnnndt, Tho Whigs rc.
joined ut tho action of tho U. R. Senate, at that pc-
rio t,—yet, by a rule of cnniistency, peculiar)- their
o, they nre now indignant nt the treatment Col.
Stone has received in this cose. Wo admit his
(Col. S’s) ability—wo intiit on Mr. Van Burkn’i
ut least, equal ability to havo represented this coun
try nuke Court of St. James’s—and then, as Jem
my Twitcher says, " wot ov it?” The gay nml
mercurial Colonel, we’ll bo bound ta sny, thinks it
" all fair," lie is something of a military man, and
knows, nlso that " war" sanctions n greut deal, Ho
has dealt out hi* thunder whenever lie could—he is
no trimmer in politicsi—Inttfif his 11 . ■ good na-
lured JYicnds" w ill only let him alone,——ho can bo
a "good boy and take care nf himself."
Wo hud sumo idea of speaking oftho clairvoyant
faculties of the gnllnnt Colonel; hut wo shall say
nothing just now, “ Animal Magnetism," liko
Mkssker is defunct.
A REMINISCENCE.
In poring over the leaves ofn volume oftho Lon»
don Monthly Magazine, wo tnct tho following in
the No, for April, 1883;
" A Review of Books to iw published quarterly,
ha* liltcly been commenced in Edinburgh, by sumo
young men of promising talent*, Mr. Sydney
Smith, the author of two volume* of Sermon*, Air.
Brougham,Mr. Horner, and A|r. Jeffret, threo
young advocates, together with Mr, Brown, the
uuthor of sonic ingenious Observation on Darwin’s
Zoonomia, are tliu critics w ho Ituve tints undertaken
to direct tl;e taste of their countrymen."
This is all the notice that was taken in one of tho
most able periodicals of that duy, of this valuable
acquisition to our critical literature,
The Rev. Sydney Smith attained the highest
eminence since then, as a pulpit orator, and a fine
writer,
The thunder* of IIenrt Brougham, have mad 0
the walls of the Sr, Stephen's Chapel ring with an
oloquence nnd a zeal in behnlf of popular rights, that
tnny havo been equalled, but never surpassed by
his contemporaries,at least; nnd Baron Brougham
und Vaux, still contributes the offspring of his
mighty intellect to the puges of the Edinburgh,
just us his voice is raised in the House of Peers, in
support of tho measures ho sustained before his
brow was wrinkled, in hi* more humble station as an
English commoner.
Mr. Jeffrey, is now Lord Advocate for Scot-
land, and to his fata© as a jurist, may bo added the
talents of a profound and critical writer.
Mr. Brown, we have lost sight of, for some years
—but his works still preserve a respectable place
in tho Republic of Letters.
Mr. Horner has gained a great name as a sound
lawyer, at tlie English Bar,
Thus, it is to the exertions of fire young men, of
literary taste, that we owe the existence of the
firtt critical work of any age or country; and no
doubt their very association as editor* of that Re
view, first pointed out the wuy to jtation and to
fame which most of them subsequently obtained,
Ju4ge Priobau, formerly Judge of the Charleston
City Court, died in Pendleton, (S, C.) on the 10th
Inst.
Brigadier Gen. R. Jones, Ad'j. Gen. V, 8, A.
ha* burn on a visit to New York, fora few days post.
On Monday sennight, he inspected the 4th regi-
m«nt U. 8. Artillery at Port Columbus* under lit*
commsnd r f Col. Fanning.
[FROM OUR CORRIlPON.DRRtl] .
Monday, May 13th, 1839,
Tltr Convention met ■! 9 o’clock, pursuant load*
journtnent, the President In the chair. After pray*
•r and the call of the roll, ilia journal of Saturday
was read.
Mr. Dougherty of Troup, offered a resolution
that' tbi* Convention does not consider this Act. of
»f the Legislature as binding, neither as an Ad
of the Legislature,nr as instructions from thepeople.
Mr. D. supported Ids resolution briefly. Mr. Wof
ford suggested that the mover permit his resolution
to lluon thu table for tho present, and that the con
vention proceed with the unfinished business In
committee. The President read from the Rule* of
tho House of Representative*, as adopted by. tbo
convention, that tho unfinished business Is first in
older. After a desultory conversation between th*
chair nnd Mr. Gumhle and Mr. Hudson, as to tb»
qm-stlon ofoidi-r; a motion was made to dispens*
with tlm enter of the du), so as to consider thu re
solution. Mr. Berrien of Chatham, opposed th*
motion nnd Imped that it would not prevail.
Mr. Stepln-ns supported thn motion, and.stated
thut lie viewtd the Act of tho Legislature, as an
usurpation of the rights of tho people, nnd that tlm
Legislature had no right to pass tho Act,—that it
was o violation uf the constitution, nnd a disorgani
sation of the fundamental law, which prescribed tho
mode of amending tho constitution. Another mem
ber ruse nnd said heronsidond that they were sent
here by tlm people lo effi-ct n general object, not to
ha bound hy tlm specifications embraced in the Act
pasted, Mr, Cleveland expressed himself as
prepared to net and carry out the intentions of tha
people, n* evinced hy ihMr response to tha action of •
thu General Assembly. Mr. King ruso and asked
who are ye, gi-ntlameu, whence came yo, whence is
your Icttnr of attorney f Are yn not from the peo
ple f If we have not derived oar seat* from the peo
ple, responding ns they hafe, to the Act of the Le
gislature, we are tho usurpers, instend of the Legis
lature. If tho Act is void In one thing it is void in
uvciy tiling, Mr King wos surprised to hear tho
gentfeninn of Tuliaferro express n contempt for tho
Legislature who passed tlm Act, of which Legisla
ture the gentleinun from Tuliaferro himself was a
member,
Mr. Kennn snld lie assembled hero at a particu
lar time designated by tlie Legislature, hut as one hp
did not consider thnt the Legislature, when they did
not amend the con-titutinn, in the ntodo proscribed,,
had tiny right to prescrilto rules to the people In
convention. He held that what they did was mere-*
ly advisory and subject to the assent or rejectio^of
the people. He viewed tint Act of tho General As%
xcinhly as an usurpation of |mwer,
Thn l’resident remarked that he onuld not allow
any further encroachment on the rules, and ttusteiV
thnt the mover Would for the present withdraw his
resolution,which the gcutb mun from Troup acceded
to.
A motion wns then madoand carried,thutthecon
vention resolve itsnlf inton committee of the whole.
Mr. Stork* wns oul'eil In the chair. The sectielx'
under discussion nt the adjournment of Saturday
wus rend—"The Sennto shall consist of forty-si*
members, who sliall be elected annually on tbo first
Monday in October, nnd shall bo composed of one
member fium eaoli uf tho forty^ix Senatorial dis
tricts."
Mr. Woflbrd rose nnd suggested thnt the com
mittee rise, nnd that tiro subject bo considered in
Convention, so tbit every gentleman might have no
opportunity orreumdinglds vote on every plan sub
mitted,
Mr. Berrien (of Chatham) opposed the sngges-
tinn of the gentleman from Hnber-hnm, and at the
snmo limn expressed Ids disposition to sustain tlm
report of tho committee In their arrangement of
districts ft-oin two counties, provided by such ar
rangement, the political relations of tlie pnrtic*
should not bo disturbed. Unsaid, let u* consider
In i-ommitteo first, tin* general plan of formation of
districts from two contiguous countie*.
Mr. Wofford remarked, he expected tohearfrom
the gentleman from Chatham, snmo nrgumentx
which would point nut same coarse lor thn conven
tion to ndopt, lint he had only stated thn view* which
should govern himself. Mr W. disclaimed all pe,
liiicnl feeling. It wns remarked on Mr. W. taking
Ills seat lint there was no motion before thn Holts'-,
A motion was then made to ngreo to the report,
when Mr. Gihson, nf Upson, rose and remarked
that Im wns in favor of basing thn Snnate upon ter
ritory, If he onuld bnso tlie representation of tho
House upon population. As lt.wn*,hn wa«in favor
of forty Senators; 23 to lw» based upon territory,
nml 17 on population. He was ready, however, to
to take Into consideration, the three element* of
reprosontulionT-'populatiop, territory, nnd toxni
tlon.
M. Dnvi*,nfL«;-, observed that he viewed him
self us instructed by thepeople. not by tlm legislature,
to carry nut tbo objects of the act. Mr. D.said that
the plan proposed gave the large counties 29 iu tho
Senate, nnd the small cnUntics 17. It will not bo
denied that the larger counties havo the majority in
tho House.
Mr. Battle, nf Marion, rose nnd said that before
ho stated his views, he wj-lied to disabuse the mind
of every member, so far as to assure them that ho
wn# nn attorney, that ho hnd not rea-i law, never
rend h page in a Inw book. He represented with
two others, the whole people of Marian county.—*
That people did recognize the act a* n law. If it is a
law, nil wo have to do Is to connect two counties to
gether. Bat it is not n law. If the net be law,
equalisation is required by tho art, and that is ef
fected hy connecting two counties together.
Mr. Echols suggested that the subject before the
convention wns tho formation of forty six Senatorial
districts, The chnir snid thnt the gentleman wns
explaining. Mr. Battle proceeded, nnd advocated
tlie plan of Mr. Stephens, nnd remarked thnt aSon*
ator could not represent Marion county, and Mus
cogee county too, at aft times. It was the palladi
um uf lil-erty to change representation.
Mr. Battlo having proceeded to the desk for r
document, Mr. Scnrlott addressed the chair. Tha
chairman remarked that the gentleman from Ma
rion hnd the floor. Mr Scarlett olwcrved—J
thought he had dune, sir. [A laugh.] MiySiittlo
proceeded to nrguo thnt Mugcogro qnd Marioq
might hove different interests. Then Muscogco
would send thu Senator, while the Senator from Mr*
rion would no longer come to the Legislature a^
the expense of the Stnto. He feared thnt he would
be irksome to the audience, but ho felt on obligation
on him which drove nwny timidity. He had not ri
sen to make a speech. He spoke not for fame,bu{
he believed he hnd rational powers. If they adop
ted the plan, ho would say to 5!ariqn county, when
lie returned—hang your hgrp* upon the willows, foe
your liberties have fled. Mr. B. drew R woful pic,
tun? of the bickerings which would arise between
Muscogee and Marion. Ho remarked that there
are thousand* of men who desire office and one
man would point to another— 1 " that man has the
confidence of tho people. I shall never get a seat
in the Legislature." The greatest argumept urged
against Democracies, said Mr. B., is that theyAns
two unwieldy, but this is a wieldy Democracy, $fr,
Stephens' plan.) Mr. Battle battled for nearly en
iiour, and at tho conclusion of his remarks was ap
plauded by the gallery,
Mr. Hull considered himself instructed by his
constituents t<; oppose tha plan of Senatorial Dis
tricts from tyv<> contiguous counties, as be had n
heard one individual at home speak in favo? of the]
plan. Mr. H. advocated the plan of the ten judicial
circuits being formed into Senatorial Districts, four]
Senator* from each. lie remarkod that there would]
be more intelligence in the Senate, and that the r
lation of the two political parties would be ji
as four of the circuits were in favor of on* of U
parties, four in favor of th# other, and the other t?
circuits may be coosidered doubtful, one now b ’