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DOMESTIC. MAJ. JOEL ORAM FORD. Tlic Troup Party have determined to run for Gover nor, Mai Crawford who is now boforc the public for that iinporta.it and responsible Office: It » to be hoped that tn this contest, the friends of each Candida te, toll refrain from that bitterness of party strife, and acrlmo nv of political dissefttion, which too often prompt them, Without just cause, or a sufficient excuse, to mangle, will, uuf .cling severity, the private character and dear bought reputation cf those, w ho are induced tu come be fore Ui ; public for its favor and distinction. W.e can- I'i-I’ies uo'v before the People, are well known and (.mates no., ut-rer.. i.,,{, opinions are proper sub jects for examination—and to these,- and these only, should the People, through the medium of the Press, be invited to look. Our feelings, principles, and duty will influence us, to give Maj. Crawford a hearty sup popt. He is a gentleman of great literary attainments, and of considerable political information, lie is ortho dox in-Ins principles, and sound in his faith. He has a clear head, and what is better, an honest heart. He is open in his course, and liberal in his feelings. To court popularity lie will never equivocate—and to win public favor,he will disdain to dissemble His indepen dence of mind is such, that he will speak what he thinks—and so great is his ifigpity of diameter, that ho will never “stoop to conquer.” If elected he will do honor to the Sla'e —if defeated, he will lie, ns he al ways has been, a bright ornament of his Courtly. [ Wash, Netcs. It seems that (lie extract from the Washington News, the object of which was to lead to the candidacy of George M. Troup, Esq. for the next governor, is alrea dy obsolete or superceded. By the last Capitoline pa pers, Major Joel Crawford, of Hancock is declared a coiiduiate for that high civic honour. We know not whether Governor Troup categorically and absolutely refused. We must acknowledge that •wc glowed with unwonted zeal at the prospect of a canvass being opened for him. We remembered the intrepidity and tri umph of this Citizen in former very perilous and criti cal times, and as coining events begin “to cast their shadows before them” auguring, but wc hope not with infalibility, the recurrence of times in the affairs of Georgia, that may try men’s souls, we preferred him to all others, to breast the difficulty and stand by the helm ofState. He is veteran lie is fearless—he knows the Suction of the Maicstiom of Nullification, and he knows the Scylla and Charybdis of Federal encroachment and State Sovereignty? Ilis course wauld be unbefogged ; his eye clear and single ; his heatt patriotic, his breast mailed with the panoply of integrity ; his arm inflexible by panic ; and his head enlightened by the soundest principles of philosophic and practical polity. We be lieved him to be no common man, the product of an age only in any one State; and giving itiu moot indlrid««ti sing ami ennobling distinction to the times that pro duced him and the country for wnich he laboured. This we say in disparagement of the merits or curtailment of the claims*of no other citizen whatsoever. Major Crawford, the Nominee of the Meeting at Milledgevilte, is a Georgian of distinguished merits and high preten sions. lie has passed most respectably through the Cbuncil&.of the Union, and his Sword lias bqen with the flash of valour in the Battles of his country. We be lieve his republican.sin to be as orthodox, primitive and standard as that of the sage Monticello himself. [Hickory Nut. CONVENTION. The ptocejdings of tiiis Body, arc now before the People, and it is for them to say, whether or not, the proposed alterations shall he incorporated with our Con stitution, and form, tor years to come, a part, thereof. Solar as wc arc concerned, with our present informa tion on the subject, we shall feel constrained to use what little influence we have, against the ratification, by the People, of the alterations proposed. We sin cerely desired a-reduction in our State Representation, and were willing upon any principle of justice or equita ble compromise, to effectuate, if possible, so important an object. But we are not prepart dto see the rights and interests of one part of the State sacrificed, to promote the political advancement of another, and least of ali will we sanction the effort of a party, in the grave matter of forming a Constitution, to build its greatness upon the ruins of its opponent—when, too, by so doing, the inter est of theStato’is affected—and the (relitical influence of a part of it is entirely destroyed, fn the delibera tions of the Convention, party feelings should have been discarded—political prejudices banished—and lo cal jealousies forgotten. Each Delegate should have gone for the State—the whole State—and nothing but the State. Is it not a lamentable fact-.-o>» that proves the selfishness of human nature, and tho greediness of ambition—that a people cannot attempt the alteration of n Constitution known to be defective and acknowledged to need amendmeut, w ithout running the risk, through the restlessness cf party feeling, and the wildness of po litical excitement, of rendering their condition worse, and thcii burdens more grievous ? But such is too of ten the case; —and hence tho prudent reluctance ol the IVv>j»hi 10 modify their Constitutions—to abrogate their forms of government —or remodel their institutions., The object of the Convention was not only to reduce, but to equalize the representation of the State. The great inequality of our representation, was considered no less an evil, than itsunwicldly number) and with the People, iis reduction was not more desirable, thar its e qualizaiion was deemed necessary. But what basilic Convention done? It lias reduced, ’tis true the num ber of our representatives, bnt upon principles that ren der the inequality greater, and the distribution of politi cal power, more unjust. By a combination between the low country and the upper counties, we have a Senate by Counties without regard to population, and a House of Representatives upon the basis of free white popula tion only. The lower counties without population have the power in the Senate—the upper counties with a white imputation, but with no slaves, have the power in the House, while the middle counties, not haring so much territory as the former, not solarge a free white population as the latter, but more wealth, and holding more slaves than either, have neither the power in the one, nor weight in the other. It seems then that the middle, wealthy, and populous slave holding counties are to be sacrificed, to appease the resentment of the lower, and to gratify the ambition of the upper counties. We are the victims—we are already placed on the al tar—end the People are invited to a; ply the knife, and kindle the flame. Will they do it? Time must prove the fact, before we believe it possible. The injustice done the middle counties by giving one San at or te every two counties without regard to pop ulation, and l»y abandoning, in the reduction of the House, the federal basis, and substituting that of free white population only, when there was no necessity fur it, and the change cannot be productive of any good— is so palpably plain, that no labored dissertation is ne rose-ry, to prove that every living mail in these coun ties, no matter wli.it may be his political feelings or par tv predilections, should oppose, with unyielding firm ness, tho alterations of the Constitution us proposed by the Couveutioi. But lie re is another part of Us nto ei-i-iini"*, ttwtvv.il bo regaiue.i I , lll _ ( j |p Convention unfortunately has made it so—and to its o'- cision w ill, in 11 probability, be brought party fealmgs, and party considerations Wc allude to the Senatorial Districts.. From the slight examination w c hove given this branch i.( the subject we are induc'd to believe, I that tha dii iriets w re so formed, as to give to the dum. in : 1 * parti m the CVgventio.t, and the weaker party tin j «tate a large majority in the Senate. In order to neu tralize tltotr power, Troup counties wuh arge utnJ teis, were thrown together,-and tha comb.nitons the other counties, afe such, as to show, tnat m tin. lion of the Districts, an eye was had to party promouo r party aggrandizement. Will the people, wlten , Constitution is to be made-a Constitution that » Jo exist'for years— sanction an act, that was. done^ the intention to promote the.mteresU; of •■...t.iuce to subserve the views of a 1 art). - r ; ncl . into tha very foundations of their government, i>|p, that must undermine its strength, * *. I*. think, that party-spirit, when P r "l' Fl j! y r Is».» crr.rtii isrrne'rislflO'ary''safe'guard of our liberties, the herald of our political salvation. Bnt if it is to work without restraint, and act without control, it will soon tear down the battlements of civil liberty, and shake the basements of our institutions. Now is a fit ttine for public opinion to rebuke its madness, and correct its excesses—and unless we mistake the virtue and intel ligence of the People, it will be done, arid that too, ef fectually.— Wash. News. “Why. I will fight with him upon this theme, Until iny eye-lids will no longer wag.” Shtdicsprarc. Not feeling altogether willing to risk our characters for patience and forbearance in the excite*' state of feelings, pro duced by the reception of the actings and doings of tile late misnamed Reform Convention, we have allowed sever?.| days to pass by, for the purpose of regaining our wonted e quanimity; the better to express a calm and dispassionate o piuion on the subject. And we. did think, that time and re flection had accomplished something for us ; but so soon as we took up our pen for that pufpose, we felt the fever retur ning ;yet, we flatter ourselves with the hope that we shall be enabled to get through with what we have to say at this time, without doing violence to the private feelings of those, whose conduct in that convention has done so muen to our political ones. That convention was called by the people of Georgia; for what purpose ? to reduce and to ei/uaiize the representation in our Legislature. It lias provided, it is true, to a certain extent, fora reduction of its numbers; but on such terms, as we make bold to declare, the free and intelligent citizens ot Georgia will never accept ! The number of our Representa tives and Senators under the present apportionment is, it is true, a great and growing evil ; but great as that evil is, it is nothing in our conception, when compared with the new ones attempted to be imposed, by the late convention, on the people efflcorgia. For the purpose of effecting a trifling re duction in the number®!' tile members of the General Assem bly, that body propoqps to continue in operation the present inequality in the Senate, and to destroy that equality which now exists in the House of Representatives. —It proposes to prostrate at “one fell swoop,” the dearest rights 6( the South, at the feet of the noii-slave-holding states--to destroy that principle, for which the whole South contended when the Constitution of the United States was formed—(and with out the acknowledgement of whicli right the slave-holding stales would never have ratified that instrument) we mean the Federal Basis of Representation! We say it proposes to destroy this fundamental principle, not directly it is true, but if the amendment touching it proposed by lire Conven tion, ever becomes incorporated with the constitution of this State, so soon we place a weapon in the hands of our ene mies in the Middle and Eastern States, for our own destruc tion. For it is idle and foolish to disguise the fact, that if we discard tiiis as a false basis of representation at honte, we leave no right to claim it as the true basis in the National Le gislature ! And where is the Southern man so recreant to his birth-right, so lost to fame and to his interest, as to feel a willingness to yield one iota of the too little influence that the South is now able to exert in the National Councils of the country? If there“is one, then hint we have offended.” Os all other rights this is the one . that should he the most iherished and tire last to he yielded* by the people of tho South, and the most suicidal act that the people of Georgia could be guilty of, would be to adopt any amendment of the constitution w hicli should have, even distantly, a prejudicial bearing on tiiis important question. It ought to be as dear to the people of the *South as lire very apple of their eyes. — These things are contemplated by the propositions adopted by a majority of the late conventiog, and it now remains to he seen whether or not, when their deformed offspring is presented to the people, they will add insult to attempt inju ry, and urge upon them its adoption. When we reflect, how ever, daffhe: t t course of tin m • ferity in the con vention, we are irresistahiy impressed with the opinion that tho grand object to which their labors wire directed, was simply the adoption ol such alterations and amendments to the constitution, as would prove obnoxious to, and he rejec ted with scout by the people—that being privately opposed themselves to any reform in the legislature, they w ere deter mined in this way, to bend tire will of the people to their own selfish and ambitious views. If our surmises are right, (and we would by no means'iitcludp all Who voted with the majo rity, as acting from such motives) we will be apt to find iliem lukewarm and indifferent when the question of adop tion or no adoption comes before the people. These are our general views of the proceedings and results of the late re form Convention. We will endeavor t,ereaftes»to lay before our readers more particularly the grounds of our objections to the propositions which have been adopted by that body, and which are shortly to be inid before them t"Oi their rejec tion or adoption.— iiouthtrn Banner. The Convention of Georgia ha3 adjourned. Preview to adjournment, it adopted tiie white basis, in appor tioning the number ol* Representatives in the Legisla ture. This was a most unfortunate stop. Georgia could yot have pursued a more suicidal policy. Tire princi ple which she has thus sanctioned, is utterly at variance with the principle* which she lias always maintained, and in its tendency absolutely subversive of Iter rights and interests as a slave-holding Slate. She has Surren dered one of her most important posts in the controver sy upon the’slavc question, and v irtually abandoned one of tire securities which us intended by the framers of our government to guard and protect that species of pro perty. Georgia, and indeed the w hole South ;tnnv long have cause todeprecate that arrangement of parties and com bination of interests, by which a few selfish and ambi tious men have been enabled to trumph in the decision of her Convention, at the sacrifice of the great inter ests of her people.— Ala. Journal. Sir Archy. —Tiiis famous horse has cleared for his proprietor, (independent of his achievments on the furl,) $70,000. He is still living, hut in tlic ex trertiity of old age, (in the 30th or 31st year of his age.) Ilis vigor is extinct. lie has not shed his hair for several years, and it has grown to the length of two or three inches. A gentleman who has lately seen him, says that of all animals he is the Worst looking, and would bo the last taken for the most celebrated horse of the age. His owner treats him with ali possible kindness, as it would be un pardonable indeed ifhe did not. Provender without stint, at rack and manger, and a soft delicate bed, proclaim the proprietor's gratitude. The door is left open to allow his egress and ingress at pleasure. I'nioii Democratic Mccliag. At a large meeting of Union Democratic Republi cans, (from all parts of Geoigia, composed of members of the Slate Convention and others,) who are opposed to the Nullification doctrines of South Carolina, und who believe in the principles, us explained by Mr- Madison, which .rought the Republican party into (tower in 190!, and who sustain the administration of Andrew Jackson —agreeably to previous notice, convened in the Ro prrj.enti.tive Hall, on Tuesday evening, May 14, |9;iy. Oiit.jr.lini.nmr V H l« oil ,*)( K y * l'*. Est). was culled to tho Chair, and Josern Sti-roeas, Esq. of the county of Upson, was appointed Secretary, Julin A. Cutlibert. Esq. then moved for the appoint men! of a cotuutillcr to prepare and report suitable reso. Intiona expressive of the sense of the meeting on the subject f,,r which it had convened: wherroiipoii thr , Oiuii appointed John 1. Cuthberl, Esq. Col. Alfred 1 (verson Gen. Valentine Walker, General James C. Watson, and Dennis L. Ryan, Esq. to perform that U 'phe Committee, having retired, on their return, sub mitted the following Preamble and Resolutions, winch were unanimously adopted, to wit. Whereas, at a period of great politiciai excitement, calculated 4o produce unnecessary and most dangerous convulsions in the count**, it becomes the high and sacred dutv of good citizens, to unite in maintaining i those principles, on which depend the peace and good ordet of society, the perpetuity of good government, and the preservation of national independence, and oi miKvtg.i.il liberty. Be it thar fore resolved, by tiiis assembly, composed of citizens Iron) various parts of the State of Georgia, convened in MiileilgeviMe That we approve, and will mantairi the principles asserted in the \irginia Report, nut Resolutions of 1799 anil 1799, as expounded by Janes Madison, the |>ure, enlightened, and venerable patiiarcb, by whom they were prepared—by which alone can be preserved, at the same time, the delegated pow ers >f the federal government, and the reserved powers of tie States. Jit it further resolved , That we disapprove of the iloc trinesof nullification, believing that they arc opposed to the hcorv of tire constitution of the United States, that tho. are incompatible with the existence ot the Federal Union, that they lead inevitably to civil war, and the muMplication of standing armies, anil are most dangerous to liberty : and that we behold, with deep re lb.ret, the continued military preparations in a neighbor ing sister State, which liasyielded itself to the guidance of those pernicious principles. Be it further resohed, That we most cordially approve of tire measures of the administration of Andrew Jack son, the gallant soldier, tire proii’uud statesman, tile ar dent anil disinterested patriot : alike in v.ar and peace, the defence and ornament, the pride anil glory of his country ; am! tint we are deeply sensible of our pecu liar obligations to him, as the Steadfast friend ot Geor gia, in her Indidi controversies. Be it further resolved, That we are decidedly oppos ed tp the prinejile of the Protective Tariff, and to all legislation intoidyd for the exclusive benefit ot any particular classpf our citizens; arid that we look with in creasing confidence, for the overdrew of this most in iquitous svsteu, to tho wisdom and patriotism ot the American people, through the regular and constitutio al action of theigovernment. Be it further resolved, That wc cordially approve of the conduct of »ur Senator John Foktyth, and of our Representative; James M. Wayne, in the unequivo cal, and energetic support, which they have given to the administration of Andrew Jackson, in tneir uniform and judicious efforts to relieve the country from the bur dens of an unjast protective tariff’, and in their boid and determined opposition to the politiciai heresy of nul lification. Be it further resolved, That John Av Cutlibert, Esq Col. Alfred Iverson, Thomas w. Harris, Esq. Gen* William B. Wofford, and Dennis L. Ryan, Esq. be a committee, in behalf of this assembly, to transmit a. copy of these resolutions to the president of the United States, and in affectionate terms to express to him, our profound gratitude for his invaluable services, in war and in peace, to our common country, and our high confidence in the vigor, the wisdom and the purity of his administration : and that a copy of these resolutions ■ be transmitted also to the venerable James Madison, and to the Hon. John Forsyth. Be it further resolved, 'That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be published in the several Newspapers of this place. From the H estern Herald. Extent of the Gold Region in Georgia. —A few mines of some notariety were discoverd in Rabun county, in the fall of 4829, and spring of eighteen hundred and 30. The mines included in that county aie few, and the pre cious metal principally confined to branch deposits, the gold is found in large particles, and varies in value at up country markets, from seventy to eighty-five cents per dwt. About the same time there were a great ma ny valuable discoveries made in Habersham county, in branch, bill, surface and vein deposites, which soon at tracted tire pi incipal capitalists in the country, and the most valuable lots were purchased at large prices, arid the business of mining has been more improved on in that county than any other in the State. The appa rent Inexhaustibility of the treasure, which is well cal culated to stiinu/atethe most lethargic among us, has caused the proprietors of the mines in that county, to venture sufficient capital, to conduct the business in a manner, not only profitable to them and the country,but reflects upon thorn, much of the credit which is so just ly due to enteqmse in such a beneficial undertaking. Habersham can truly boast of the largest specimens of Gold which has yet been found in Georgia. Its value is quoted at about the same as that of Rabun county, and the Loudsville,and tho McLaughlin mines,are not ..‘xcollcd in richness by any in the United States. Hall county has some valuable mines, though principally confined to ridge veins which have, not yet been opera ted on very extensively. The celebrated. Elrod inifie, has bean leased for a term of years to a company of l\. Ca. gentiemeiu viz- Col. Fisher and l)r Austin, who arc preparing forextensive operations ; the lot on Clies tatee-owned by Beers, Booth and St. John,’and the lot in the same neighborhood owned by Col. Calhoun and Gibson, are botli now attached to tiiis county; the oper ations upon those lots have been very extensive and jirolitable, there are several others in that neighborhood that arc doing well. Some gold lias also been found in Gwinnett county, but we believe tea limited- extent, only one lot bqs been discovered, that will pay Wages. in Carroll county, there were many valuable disco veries made about the first of June, 1830, and the busi ness of mining is carried on there in a manner unprece dented in any other part of the state, except in Haber sham, where the region is much more extensive. We believe that the Carroll Gold although tire particles ere very small is given up to he the purest yet discovered in the United Slates, and though the Gold Region there, is embraced in a few miles square, such has been the reward to the honest labourer, that many wire were poor and indigent, in three years lime have placed them selves in easy and desirable circumstances. The-Gold is found in Carroll in the branch hill, and vein depo sits, and she can boast oftlre richest surface yet disco vend in the State, from the plentiful branch mining ground and the richness of tire surface. The veins have nut vet been fairly tested. Maj. Jones has been induced to make a small experiment on his lot.—We have seen the vein, since he has bored about sixty feet perpendic ular, and tunnelled perhaps as far horizontally, and it is very rich indeed,so much so, that it is not uncommon to see particles of Gold on the surface of the racks and find it in great abundance in the dirt thrown out of the vein. The Major has been doing so well on the branch and surface, that lie has not yet furnished himself with the necessary machinery for operating on his vein mine to any extent, further than a hare experiment. Gold in the Cherokee Country,in 1830 many discove ries were made m this country, and for tile limited man ner in which the Indians opperated for it and the great abundance in which they found it, the whole country was soon inundated with trespassers from various parts of tho union, and so extensive were their operations that the legislature had to pass a law organizing a constant eunnt f..r tin- protection of the public property front pri vate destruction. The I2tli 13th -ltl» 15th dist. in the Ist ser. nre all in cluded in Lumpkin co. and all valuuble for the disco veries already made, tho mining operation here are now r ttensive and increasing daily, thr Gold tv pretty much j the stinc as that ol Habersham in nzo, quantity and va- ■ lue, the local deposits are about the same, the golden veins through this country to pass almost in a di rect line from this to Carroll, and between the Rivers Cliattahoochie and Etoah, there is some valuable mines in Forsvtb county. Cherokee county includes the cele brated Sixes Miiies.aiid many others which makes it lit tle inferior to Lumpkin. Cass county includes the A latuiia mines which*has so much character for their rich ' ness and value. Some valuable discoveries has been made in Cass for the last few weeks; the principle new discoveries there, has been in the richness of the sur face. Paulding county, which is bounded on the south by Carroll, contains many valuable mines, the most noted ol which is in the third "district of tiie third section, there is a narrow vein of blue limestone that crosses between the mines in Cass county and those in Paulding, and the size of the particles, and fineness of the mc-tal, seems to change abruptly from that of Habersham and Lumpkin, 10 that described in Canroil. The mining oper.'jions in Paulding are yet limited, though Iromour persotral knowledge of the value of some of the mines there, we have no doubt but they will be soon exten ded, and profitably conducted. John C. Calhoun. —This distinguished statesman, arrived in our Village on Wednesday last, directly f{om his residence in South Carolina. lie spent but a few hours in town, and retired to his mines in the neighbor hood, where he intends remaining two or three weeks. And though fatigued as he necessarily was, from *a long ride over the rough roads frbrn Pendleton to Lump kin county, he was yet able to sustain himself in his true character, for engaging the attention,'and assuring of all we believe, who had (with ourselves) the pleasure of spending the few moments that remained here, in his company, fie is commanding in appearance, easy and graceful in manner, ailable, and familiar in conver sation ; possessing a pleasing countenance, deeply marked with all the prominent features of gestures. And although the secret antipathy of some of his com petitors for office, have been roused to action, and car ried into the archieves of the Cabinet, for proof of his duplicity in relation to his conduct, in accepting the Vice Presidency, under the administration, of the mili tary chieftain. We believe that the feelings which caused the charge, and sought the proof, were the legit imate offspring of atfcludcd head, and an envious heart. The how was bent for a double purpose, the arrow reach ed the object of its aim, and forced its wav by the aid of the powerful pressure of gun pavvder popularity, into the vitals of. Mr. Calhoun, apd he fella victim at the shrine of Southern conspiracy. “But did lie fall to rise no more.” Freedom forbit it, and liberty has reached her hand to his aid, and we now find him rising, not like the feeble infant when he firsts attempts to walk, in ilis pitc of natures tules, but like the once vigorous youth that is fast recovering from a momentary panic, and his system only relaxed strength enough,to add digestion to his appetite, and strength to all his athletic pretensions. Yes, his late speech in Congress against the protective System,like the boisterous gales that sometimes hursts upon the clouds that bear them, and dashes them into fragments of vapor, which is soon absorbed in the cft’ul trent of the burningsun, has been the cause of loosening the shackles that northern ingenuity had in vented, and put so far into execution against the south ern people, that the pressure was becoming so severe,that even the iron banded (hold um together) doctrine of the celebrated Proclamation, could not have bound the states much longer to the Union. Mr. C. is a union man, although he has been robbed of tlte enchanting name, and dubbed with the horror striking name of nul lification ; and why is he not called a union man, because he is opposed to usurpations of power, upon the part of the general government, which are unjust in their nature, unconstitutional in their hearings, and .solely oppressive in their operations upon the southern people. It. is be cause the buoyant spirit of freedom, has prompted him on this occasion to assert the rights of the southern pro pie, regardless of the frowns of federalism, ok the threats of TYRANTS. —Auraria Herald. POLITICAL. Extract from the letter of a highly distinguished Vir ginian, dated APRIL 15, 1633. “Accept my thanks for the papers and documents which you were so good as to forward, during the very interesting period of the session of your Convention. I have watched with an intense anxiety the move merits of your State, during the last three yeass ; and for noble and lofty bearing, for a keen sense of injury, and firm resolve not to submit even under tire most ap palling circumstances, she stands unrivalled in our con federacy. 1 have no doubt posterity will do her jus tice. It is to my mind as clear as the light of Heaven, that the late modification cf'the ’J'arilT, unsa.tisfact.ory as it inay be, would not have been obtained, had it not been for the undaunted stand taken by that noble Slate of which you are a member. Cupidity never yet ielaxed its hold, without being compelled by some threatening evil. The politicians of the-SoUth have too exclusively con fined their discussions to the mere constitutional ques tion, without examining into the expediency of consoli dation. If there is any position capable of being satis factorily demonstated in politics, it is that a govern ment like ours cannot work well in practice, unless a veto power is lodged in the minority upon constitution al questions. Nothing more would be necessary to make the doctrines of ’3B and ’99 popular throughout the whole Southern country, than 'clearly to prove° that State interposition is not only constitutional hut expetli dient and necessary for the preservation of tlte Union, and to guard against the monstrous evils of consolida tion. The doctrine of the supremacy of absolute majorities addresses itself at present to the partialities of the peo ple. This doctrine must not only be proved false in theory', hut eminently mischievous in practice. The great mass of the p -ople will always determine contes ted unco:istitutio;..;l questions according to their no tions of expediency : and it is consequently upon the latter point we sho dd endeavor to set them right. \ou ask my can-lid opinion respecting Clay’s Bill. I think it a hard bar -aiu when wc consider the just claims ol the South ; but under existing circumstances I would unquestionably Inne supported it, had 1 been in Con gress. We must i collect that the Pyramids were not built in a day. These iniquitous systems are not the work of a moment: —years conspire to their formation; — evil is piledjon evi . —Ossa upon Pellion, until the load becomes intolerabl Then must commence the work of reformation, and perhaps it is belter that it should not be too sudden. 1 have no doubt that goods will be as high throughout the next 9 years a; at present, because of the caution of the importing inert aants : and likewise that 20 per et. will lie too high an ultimate rate of duty : and morever 1 cannot well see hou the revenue of the country will he kept from overflow eg. 1 dislike too the home valua tion, and duties, w -Hi give an unquestionable advan tage to the North. Under ull these circumstances, I hope to see the sy.- in retouched by Congress, and bet tor terms secured. The South has, however, at all e vents gained a victory, in the recognition of ihc princi ple that.duties are tr. he laid for revenue, and not for joidection.’ - — -Chari ston Mercury. A Merchant in London, who lately advertised bn a (, lerk who cottld he ir confinement, has liocn ; answered by one who has lain seven years in gaol! Proposed Amendment o! the Cb Kstitutica Whereas the third section of the first ar ticle of the Constitution of the State ot Geor gia, is in the following words, to wit: “The senate shall be elected annually ou the first Monday in No vember until such da_v of election be altered by law and shall be composed of one member front each county, to be chosen by the electors thereof.” And, whereas, a part of the seventh section of the first article of the Constitution of the State of Geor gia, is in the following words, to wit: “The House of Representatives shall be composed of members from all the counties, which now are, or may hereaf ter be included within this State, according to their respective numbers of free white persons, and inclu ding three tilths of all the people of colour,” and in the same section, the following, to wit; “ each coun ty containing three thousand persons agreeably tQ the foregoing plan of enumeration, shall be entitled to two members, seven thousand to three members and twelve thousand to four members, but each county slrall have at least one and not more than four members.” And whereas, the aforesaid third section, and the said parts of the seventh section of the said first article of the Constitution touching the representa tion in the General Assembly of the State, have been found by experience, to be defective, on ac count of the great numbers in the Legislature, and the enormous expense on account thereof: - We, the delegates of the people of the State of Georgia, in general Gonvehtion assembled, chosen and authoris ed by them to revise, alter and amend the said two sections, and other parts, if any, touching the repre sentation of the people of Georgia in the General Assembly, have, after mature reflection and delibe ration, declared the following to be amendments in ieu of the aforesaid third section and parts of the seventh section, when ratified by the people of the State, shall be taken, held and considered as of the Constitution of the State of Georgia m lieu of the aforesaid. THe Senate shall be elected annually, on the first Monday in October, until such dav of election be al tered by law, and shall be composed of one member from each senatorial district to be chosen by the e lectors thereof; which said senatorial districts shall be formed by adding two contiguous counties to gether throughout the State, without regard to po pulation, as is hereinafter specified and defined, the county of Murray excepted, which shall constitute, together with such county or counties as mav be hereafter formed out of the territory now compos ing said county of Murray, one senatorial district; the whole number of districts shall be forty-fi\e and no more ; and in the event of the formation of any new county' or counties, the Legislature at the time of such formation,, shall attach the same to some contiguous senatorial district. Each Senator shall be a resident of the distr, for which he may be elected, as is required by tl present Constitution of residence in the countv.. The following shall be the senatorial districts, vi The county' of Murray shall constitute the 1 2d, composed of the counties of Gilmer and link 3. do do Rabun, and Habersham. 4. do do Lumpkin and Cherokee. 5. do do Cass and Floy'd. 6. do do Jackson and Hall. 7. do do Fra.iklin and Madison. 8. do do Gwinnett and Forsyth. 9. do do Paulding-and Cobb. 10. do do Fayette and DeKalb.. 11. do do Campbell and Carroll. 12. do do Coweta and Meriwether. 13. do do Troup and Heard. 14. do do Henry and Newton. 15. do do Walton and Clark. Hi. do do Oglethorpe and Elbert. 'l7. do do Greene and Taliaferro. 18. do do Wilkes and Lincoln. 19. do do Morgan and Putnam. 20. do do Butts and Jasper. 21. do do Pike and Upson. 22. ' do do Harris and Talbot. 23. do do Crawford and Monroe. 24. do do Bibb and Houston. 25. do do Jones and Baldwin. 26. do do Twiggs and Wilkinson. 27. do do Warren and Hancock. 28. do- do Columbia and Richmond. 29. do do Rurke and Scriven. 30. do do Washington and Jefferson. 31. do do Bulloch and Emanuel. 32. do do Laurens and Montgomery 33. do do Dooly and Pulaski. 34. do do Marion and Muscogee. I 35. do do Randolph and Early. 30. do do Sumpter and Stewart. 37. do do Baker and Lee. 38. do do Irwin and Telfair. 39. do do Appling and Tattnall. , 40. do do Chatham and Effingham. I 41. do do Bryan and Liberty. 42. do do Mclntosh and Glynn. I 43. do do Wayne and Camden. 44. do do Ware and Lowndes. 45. do do Decatur and Thomas. I The House of Representatives shall be compos! of members from all the counties which now a| or hereafter may be included within this State, t cording to their respective numbers ol free vh persons. The whole number of mepnbers in t House of Representatives shall be one hundred a forty-four and no more, except in the case of a ne ly created county or counties; such new count} counties shall have one member for each coud until the taking of the next census the rafter the whole number shall lie apportioned in die jj lowing manner, to wit ; The fifteen counties ving the highest number of free .white personssa be entitled to three members each ; the 25 count* having the next highest number of free whitepei*j shall have two members each, and the 49 counties shall have one member each. j ever, from the creation of anew county orcouM the whole number of members in the House ot J resenta fives shall exceed the number of one J tired and forty-four, it shall be the duty of the 'L lature, at its first session after the taking of m e census after the creation of such new oottn counties, in apportioning the members, to ta e jj member from one of the counties having three j bers to supply such newly created county. a j beginning with tlte county that has the smallest 1 j her of free white persons that may bo eDI , J three members. Tlte censusshull lie taken as 1 tofore once in seven years, and the Legislut li, j at its first session after the taking ol eachl apportion the members among the sever* gl oi the State as is herein before provided. r H each county shall have one member. | Done in Convention, Ifltli May, I M3. I JAMES M. WAYNE- I President of the Conic*' 1 I Attest, ) AVilkt vs Hunt. [ Stent***- I Hamilton B. Gaither, ’ S