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WEDNESDAY, DECEMHEK 15, IBHO,
•* He just, ami fear not
ITT An Kith*, containing tlm PitrEiDENT’s
MnsfAGF,, was issued from this office, yesterday
morning.
On Friday last, the Legislature of South-Car
olina olcclpd Major Xi-MF.s Hamilton, Jr. Gov
ernor, and Patrick Nobfe, Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, of that Slate.
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
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ami eubsci(tfmitljr^ui)p|t444^«>g)oin
tre, vomfoved
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poiiicin y o»' tty&m*. V>MS*y
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