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EDITED BY TIIOIIAS HAYNES. VOL. VI. NO. IS. G 9-& 3§!;Unbavb of BY P. L. ROBINSON, State Printer, And Publisher (by authority ) of the Laws of the United States. ISSUED EVEin TUESDAY MORNING. KT TERMS • —Three Dollar* per annum. Mo aubacription taken for less than a yeti, anti no paper «liacontiiiued t but at die option of the publisher, until all arrear* agea are paid. CHANGE ('IF DIRECTION.—We desire such of our subscribers as may at any “*inie wish the direction C.eir papers changed from one Post Office to another, to •form us, in all cases, of the place to which they lind been previously sent; as the mere order to foi waid them to a different office, places it almost out of our power to comply, because we have no means of ascertaining the office from which they are •rder** I to be changed, but by a search through our w hole subscription book, con* taming several thousand names. ADV ERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of LAND, by Admi. '■iatratera, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the firstTues in ihe month, tietween the hours of ten in the forenoon .nd three in tlte uflcr ■••on, at the Court House in the conuMiii w hich the property is situnte. Notice of these »nles must be given in a SIXTY DAYS previous to the day of •ala. W Sales of NEGROES must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales iu the county where the letter, te.timentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving SIXTY DAYS notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at th ■ door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. Notice tor the sale of Personal Property must b. given iu like manner, FORTY DAY S pievious to the day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of au Estate must be published FORTY DAIS. Notice that application will lie made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sei] LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS. Notice forleave to sell NEGROES, must be published for FOUR MONTHS balorr any «*rder absolute shall be made by the Court thereon. Notice oi Application fur Letters of Administration must be published THIRTY •ay;. Nolm eof Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administration of an Es tate, are required to be published monthly for SIX MONTHS. JOURNAL OF TUX REDUCTION CONVENTION. [CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.] WEDNESDAY, May 3, 1839. The Convention met agreeably to adjournment, and its de liberations opened with prayer, from the Rev. Mr. Wilson. On motion of Mr. Jenkins, The reading ol so inmli of the Journals of yesterday, ns relates to the q i dilying of Delegates, was dispensed with. Mr. Walthall, who was absent on yesterday when the oath was administered, came forward, and was qualified. Mr. Battle offered the following, which was rejected. MhJ Whereas. this bodv-is likely to be involved in a protract®] and tedious debate, on the subject of reduction and equalizatiorn of the General Assembly of this State. And that whereas, the rides adopted by this body, for its go vernment, are tin prescribed and undefined, doing the chair the injustice to prescribe ami deline them, which opens every ave nue to censure, and which is unprecedented in republics. And whereas, the imperfections of those rules are likely to be the source of frequent debate, thereby destroying the ob- j jects for which they were intended. M herefore, Resolved, That the President appoint a Committee of twelve, to prescribe and define tin tn, and to change their ad dress. The Convention adjourned to 3 o’clock this afternoon. Three. O'Clock P. M. The Convention m't pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Baldwin submitted the following, which was rejected. Resolved, That the President appoint a Committee of three • to wait on his Excellency the Governor and request him at as early a period as convenient to furnish a list of the counties of this State, with the amount of taxes paid by them for the year 1833. | On motion of Mr. Hopkins, The Convention then adjourned to 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. THURSDAY, May 3 th, 1839. The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and was open ed with prayer from the Rev. Mr. Hillyer. On motion of Mr. Charlton, of Chatham, The Convention agreed to reconsider so much of the pro- ; ceedings of yesterday, as relates to the resolution offered by Mr. Baldwin, requesting the Governor to furnish a list of the coun ties of this State, with the amount of the taxes paid by them, for the year 1838. On motion of Mr. Stephens, Ordered, That the word “ Governor” be stricken out of the resolution, and the words “ Comptroller General” be inserted. The resolution was then agreed to as amended, and the Pre sident appointed Messrs. Baldwin, Charlton, ofChatham, and Claytdn, that Committee. loeave of absence was granted to Mr. Lefils for three days. Mr. Davis, of Lee, submitted the following: Resolved, That the Committee of thirty, appointed from the ten judicial circuits, to recommend to this Convention a plan for reducing and equalizing the representation in the Legislature of this State, be w aited upon by a Committee of three, to know at what probable time they can report to this body. Which was agreed to. The President then appointed Messrs. Davis, of Lee, Kenan, and Blair, said Committee. The Committee appointed to wait on the Committee of thirty, reported that they had performed that duty, and that said Com mittee would be ready to report at three o’clock this afternoon. On motion of Mr. Kenan, The Convention then adjourned to three o’clock this after noon. Three O'Clock, P.M. The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. THE COMMITTEE to whom was referred the reso lution of the Convention, req tiring'hern to prepare and report a plan for the reduction oi the ntimberol the Members of the General Assembly of this Slate, beg leave to report the following as a substitute for the seventh section of the first article ol the Con stitution now in force: The II ouse of Representatives shall be composed of members i from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be inclu ded within this State, according to their respective numbers of free white persons, and including three-fifths of all the people of color, to be ascertained by an actual enumeration, to be made from time to time, at interval- ol seven years, as now by law' provided. Etli county shall be entitled to one member.— Each county having a representative population as above speci fied, of five thousand persons, shall be entitled to one additional member, an I each comity having such representative popula tion of twelve thousand persons, shall be entiiled to two addi tional member-, but no county shall have more than three mem- i bets. The number of members of which the House of Representa tives shall be < .imposed according to the aforesaid ratio, and the last census, shall not hereafter he increased, except when a new comity is creabd : an lit si. .11 be the duty of the Legislature, at they session, to be hold. n next alter the enumeration provi ded for by law, so to regulate the ratio of representation, as to Drevent such increase. The Repr sentatives shall be chosen annually, on the first l Monday of October, until such day of election shall be altered by law. The Committee report the following as a substitute for the third section of the first article of the Constitution now in force. The Senate sb'll consist cf forty-six members, elected annu ally, on the first Monday in October, and shall be composed of i one member from each of the forty-six Senatorial districts fol lowing : »£ 1 4 c • (fgpiwOw 0t 1 Chatham and Effingham. 2 Scriven and Burke. 3 Richmond and Columbia. 4 Lincoln and Wilkes. 5 Elbert and Madison. 6 Habersham and Lumpkin. 7 Union and Rabun. 8 Forsyth and Hall. 9 Jackson and Franklin. 10 Clark and Oglethorpe. 11 Greene and Putnam. 12 Taliaferro and Warren. 13 Hancock and Baldwin. 14 Washington and Jefferson. 15 Emanuel and Montgomery. 1G Bulloch and Bryan. 17 Tatnall ami Liberty’. 18 Mclntosh and Glynn. 19 Camden and Wayne. 20 Ware and Lowndes. 21 Telfair and Appling. 22 Laurens and Wilkinson. 23 Pulaski and Twiggs. And whenever the Legislature shall lay oft’ and establish a new county, it shall be added to the most contiguous Senatorial district. The Report of the Committee having been received and read, Mr. Barclay offered a substitute ; when on motion of Mr. Merriwether, it was Resolved, That the Convention receive all Substitutes for the Report, and have the report, together with all the substi tutes and amendments, printed for the use of the Convention. Which was agreed to. Mr. Springer submitted the following as a substitute for the original report: The following shall be the Third Section of the First Article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. The Senate shall be elected annually on the first Monday in October, and shall be composed of one member from each of the forty-six Senatorial Districts following: 1 Chatham and Effingham. 2 Scriven and Burke, 3 Richmond and Columbia, 4 Lincoln and Wilkes, 5 Elbert and Madison, 6 Habersham and Lumpkin, 7 Union and Rabun, 8 Forsyth and Hall, 9 Jackson and Franklin, 10 Clarke and Oglethorpe, U1 Greene and Putnam, p 2 Taliaferro and Warren, 13 Hancock and Baldwin, 14 Washington and Jefferson, 15 Emanuel and Montgomery, 16 Bidloch and Bryan, 17 Tattnall and Liberty, 18 Mclntosh anti Glynn, 19 Camden and Wayne, 20 Ware and Lowndes, 21 Telfair and Appling, 22 Laurens and Wilkinson, 23 Pulaski and Twiggs, And whenever the Legislature shall lav off and establish a new county, it shall be added to the most contiguous Senatorial District. The following shall be the Seventh Section of the First Ar ticle of the Constitution of the State of Georgia: 1 lie Hott-e tit Representatives shall l.e composed of members from all the counties which now are, or hen after may be, in cluded within this State, according to their respective numlit r ol free white persons, the eniiineration to be made acconliiitr to the last cetiMt-. Eat h county containing five thousand inhab itants. agreeably to the foregoing plan of enumeration, shall be entitled to two members; eight iliotisand, to three members ; ami no county shall have more than three members, bitt each countv shall bale one member. When the next Slate Census is taken, the ten comities having the highest number of free white inhabitants alune eight thousand, shall each lie entitled to three members ; the twenty-two counties having the highest number ol free w hite inhabitants above five thousand and under the first ten, shall have two members each, and the balance of the counties one each, making, aecordinu- to the last census 135 members : Chatham 3, D> Kalb 3, Gwinnett 3, Henry 3, Jackson 3, Meiriw< ther 3, Muscoeee 3, Newton 3, Talbot 3, Troup 3, Bibb 2, (.’a»s 2. Cobb 2, Coweta 2, Elbert 2, Frank lin 2, Houston 2, Hall 2, Harris 2, Habersham 2, Jasper 2, Lumpkin 2, Monroe 2, Pik- 2, Putnam 2, Richmond 2, Stew art 2, Upson 2, Walton 2, Warren 2, Washington 2, and each of the reinaiiiing counties one member each. Mr. Barclay offered the following as a substitute for the whole: The House of Representatives shall be composed of mem bers from all the counties, which now are or hereafter may be included within this State: Each county shall be entitled to one member, and to an additional member, or members accord ing to their respective number of free white persons, and col ored people, viz: each county containing six thousand free white persons shall be entitled to two members ; each county containing in the aggregate seven thousand free white persons and colored people, shall be entitled to two members; and each county containing ten thousand free white persons shall be entitled to three members, and no county shall have more than three members. The State shall be laid off into Senatorial Districts, two adjoin ing count es to constitute a District, and that the Senators (and Representatives) be elected annually on the first Monday of October, until such day of election be altered by Law, and shall be composed of one Senator from each District, to be chosen by the electors thereof, and when the counties are odd the odd counties shall be attached to an adjoining Senatorial District, until by the increase of counties it shall be necessary to classify them into new Districts, which shall be in all cases, ol adjointng counties. The following classificatron of counties into Sentorial Dis tricts shall be adopted, and remain until the creation of a new county or counties by law. 1 Chatham and Effingham. 2 Scriven and Burke. 3 Richmond and Columbia. 4 Lincoln and Wilkes. 5 Elbert and Madison. 6 Habersham and Lumpkin. 7 Union and Rabun. 8 Forsyth and Hall. 9 Jackson and Franklin. 10 Clark and Oglethorpe. 11 Greene and Putnam. 12 Taliaferro and Warren. 13 Hancork and Baldwin. 14 Washington and Jefferson. 15 Eiuanuel and Montgomery. 16 Bulloch and Bryan. 17 Tattnall and Liberty. 18 Mclntosh and Glynn. 19 Camden and Wayne. 20 Ware ami Lowndes. 21 Telfair and Appling. 22 Laurens and Wilki.ison. 23 Pulaski and Twiggs. No new county be hereafter created, so as to reduce the free white people of the county or counties, out of which it is taker below one thousand five hundred, nor unless one thousand five hundred free while people be included in the territory out of which it is proposed to be made. Mr. Marsh, of Burke, offered the following as a substitute for that part of the original report, relating to the Senatorial branch of the Legislature ■ MILLED GE VITALE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1839. 24 Bibb and Crawford. 25 Jones and Jasper. 26 Butts and Monroe. 27 Morgan and Walton. 28 Newton and Henry’. 29 DeKalb and Gwinnett. 30 Gilmer and Murray. 31 Cass and Cherokee. 32 Cobb and Campbell. 33 Coweta and Fayette. 34 Merriwether and Talbot. 35 Pike and Upson. 3G Houston and Macon. 37 Dooly and Irwin. 38 Thomas and Decatur. 39 Baker and Early. 40 Lee and Sumter. 41 Randolph and Stewart. 42 Muscogee and Marion. 43 Harris and Troup. 44 Heard and Carroll. 45 Paulding and Floyd. 46 Chattooga,Walker-ScDade. 24 Bibb and Crawford, 25 Jones and Jasper, :26 Buttsand Monroe, 27 Morgan and Walton, 28 Newton and Henry, 29 DeKalb and Gwinnett, 30 Gilmer and Murray, 31 Cass and Cherokee, 32 Cobb and Campbell, 33 Coweta and Fayette, 34 Merriwether and Talbot, 35 Pike and Upson, 36 Houston and Macon, 37 Dooly and Irwin, , 38 Thomas and Decatur, 39 Baker and Early, 40 Lee and Sumter, 41 Randolph and Stewart, 42 Muscogee and Marion, 43 Harris and Troup, 44 Heard and Carroll, 45 Paulding and Floyd, 46 Chattooga, Walker it Dade. 24 Bibb and Cravvfoid. 25 Junes and Jasper. 26 Butts and Monroe. 27 Morgan and Walton. 28 Newton and Henry. 29 DeKalb and Gwinnett. 30 Gilmer and Murray. 31 Cass and Cherokee. 32 Cobb and Campbell. 33 Coweta and Fayette. 34 Merriwether and Talbot. 35 Pike and Upson. 36 Houston ami Macon. 37 Docly and Irwin. 38 Thomas and Decatur. 39 Bakerand Early. 40 Lee and Sumpter. 41 Randolph and Stewart. 42 Muscogee and Marion. 43 Harris and Troop. 44 Heard and Carroll. 45 Paulding and Floyd. 46 Chattooga, Walkerand Dade. Our Coutuifihc— Our Country—-Our Purtv. The Semite shall consist of four Senators from each Judi cial District of this State, to be elected annually on the first Monday in October, until some other day he appointed hv law. Not more than one Senator shall be elected residing in the same Comity. The manner of holding and certifying the elections for Senators shall be prescribed by the Legislature. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who is not a citizen of the United Slates, and shall have resided in this Slate at least three years’, and in the District from which he is returned, at least one year immediately preceding his election, unless absent upon lawful business of the United States yr ol this State. Mr. Hudson submitted the following as a substitute for the whole of the original report : The Senate shall consist of forty members, and no more, who shall be elected in the following manner: The State shall be laid off’, by the next General Assembly, into tenseparale districts, to be called Senatorial Districts, and to be composed of contigu ous counties which will make the districts the most compact, and to contain, as nearly as can be done, an entire equality of free white persons, and including three-fifths of all the people of color, agreeably to the last census taken agreeably to law, and each of the said ten districts shall be entitled to four Senators ; but no county in any district shall have or be entitled to but one Sena tor —the first election for Senators to take place on the first Monday in October, 1840. The ten Senatorial districts herein provided for, shall be reorganized statedly during the annual session of the General Assembly next after the census hereafter shall be taken according to law, so that an equality of Repre sentative population, and contiguous and compact counties shall, at the time of their organization, constitute the said Senatorial Districts as nearly equal as can be, without dividing counties. The House of Representatives shall be composed of three members each from the five counties having the largest number of free w hite persons, and including three-fifths of all the people of color, agreeable to the last census taken agreeably to law'; and the thirty-five counties having the next largest tree white persons, and including three-fifths of all color, agreeably to the last census taken, shall have two mem bers each ; and all the balance of the counties which now are, or hereafter may be in this State, shall be entitled to one member I each : the first election for members to the House of Represen tatives shall take place on the first Monday in October, 1840, and statedly thereafter. At the first annua! session of the Gen eral Assembly after the census shall be taken, a new apportion ment of the members of the House of Representatives shall be made ; so that the five counties containing the largest represen tative population at the time of the apportionment, according to the census last taken, shall always be entitled to three members each ; and the thirty-five counties containing the next largest re presentative population, shall be entitled to two members each ; and all the balance of the counties in this State which now are, or hereafter may be, shall be entitled to one member each, and no more. Mr. Jenkins offered the following as a substitute for so much of the Report as contemplates laying off - the State into Senato rial Districts: The Senate shall be elected, annually, on the first Monday in October, and shall be composed of forty-two Senators, to be chosen from the several Judicial Districts of the State, as now organized as follows : The Eastern, Southern, and Cherokee Judicial Districts shall be entitled each to three Senators ; the Middle, Ocmulgee, and Northern Judicial Districts shall be en titled each to four Senators; the Western, Chattahoochee, and Coweta Judicial Districts shall be entitled each to five Senators; the Flint District shall be entitled to six Senators. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to lay off each Judicial Dis trict into so many Senatorial Districts as there are Senators herein above allotted to it; having reference to representative population, upon the Constitutional basis, and to existing coun ty lines ; and until that shall be done by the General Assembly, there shall be elected annually on the first Monday of October, by general ticket in each Judicial District, the number of Sena tors herein before allotted to it, which elections shall be held and the returns consolidated and certified as the General Assembly may by law direct. No future change in the Judicial Districts now existing, shall effect any change in the arrangement herein above made; but, for the purposes of representation in the Sen ate, the districts shall remain the same. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly once in seven years, to-wit: at its session immediately succeeding the taking of each census, to make a new’ apportionment of Senators among the several judicial districts aforementioned, and to re-organize (so far as may be deemed necessary) the smaller districts aforementioned, having reference to representative population upon the basis herein before pre scribed. A table showing the ratio of representation in the Senate up on the plan of the above amendment: 40,437 Eastern ) 39,974 Southern £ 119,761.—3 Senators each—9. Ratio 13,307 39,353 Cherokee ; 51,208 Middle 5 52,328 Ocinnlgee ’• 158,373. —4 do do 12. do 13,197. 54,837 Northern ) 63,324 Western ) 65.889 Chattahoochee > 195,778—5 do do—ls do 13,051. 66,565 Coweta ) Flint 74,975 —6 do do—6 do 12,495 The first column of numbers, shews the representative population of each di-tiict ; the 2nd, the aggregate representative population of the several classes, and the last column the ratio of representation in each. Mr. Stark offered the following as a Substitute for the whole of the original Report: The third section of the first article of the Constitution of the Slate of Georgia, shall read as follows: The Senate shall be elected annually on the first Monday in October, until such day of election shall be altered by the Leg- ' islatm e ; and shall be composed of four members from each of I the Senatorial Districts following. That is to say, the counties of Wayne, Bulloch, Camden, Glynn, Mclntosh, Bryan, Liber ty, Effingham and Chatham, shall form the first district. The Counties of Columbia, Washington, Montgomery, Tattnall, Emanuel, i Scriven, Burke, Jefferson and Richmond, shall form the second district. The Counties of Taliaferro, Wilkes, Madison, Elbert, Warren, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Lincoln and Clark, shall form the third district. The Counties of Morgan, Walton, Jackson, Gwinnett, Hall, Franklin, Hab ersham, Rabun, Union and Lumpkin, shall form the fourth district. The Counties of Baldwin, Gteene, Putnam, Wilkinson, Jones, Jasper, Lau tens, Twiggs and Pulaski, shall form the fifth district. The Counties of li win. Appling, Ware, Lowndes, Thomas, Dooly, Randolph, Telfair and Hou-ton, shall form the sixth distiict. The Counties of Pike, Monroe, Crawford, Bibb, Macon, Butts, Henry, Fay ette, DeKalb and Newton, shall form the seventh district. The Counties of Early, Baker, Lee, Decatur, Sumter, Stewart, Marion, Har ris and Muscogee, shall form the eighth district. The Counties of Talbot, Upson, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Meriwether, Carroll, Campbell ami Cobb, shall form the ninth district. The Counties of Dade, Chattooga, Floyd Walker, Murray, Gilmer, Forsyth, Cherokee, Cass, Paulding and Cobb, shall form the tenth Sen atorial district. And in choosing the Senators in each district, the votes shall betaken by Counties; each County having one vote, attd a majority of all the Counties in each District shall be necessary to a choice. And the Legislature shall, from lime, make such laws for the purpose of consolditating the returns, and for the holding of new elections in oases of failure to elect, as jpay be necessary The seventh Section of the first Article shall read as follows: The House of Representatives shall be composed of members from the following Counties and Representative Districts ac cording to their respective numbers of free white persons and including three-fifths of all the people of color; to be ascertain ed by ac'ual enumeration to be made from time to time,at intervals of seven years, as is now by law provided. Each County having a representative population as above specified, of four thousand, or upwards, shall be entitled to one member; of eight thousand, to two members; of twelve thousand, to three members. No county shall have more than three members. And until the next enumeration shall take place, the several counties and Re presentative Districts shall be entitled to the following number of Representatives respectively. Decatur, 1 Thomas, 1 Lowndes, 1 Ware, 1,940 Telfair, 2,350—4,290 1 Camden, 1 Glynn, 2,911 Wayne, 1,273—4,184 1 Mclntosh, 3,932 > 9 Liberty, 5,086 ) 2 Bryan, 2,168 Bulloch, 2,864—5,032 1 Chatham, 3 Effingham, 2,072 Scriven, 3,832 —5,904 1 Emanuel, 2,704 Montgomery. 1,882 —4,586 1 Tatnall, 2,202 Appling, 1,771—3,973 1 Irwin, 1,629 ) Dooly, 3,727) 1 Baker, 2,250 ) Early, 3,698 $ 1 Randolph, 1 Lee, 2,621 ) Sumter, 3,645 ) Stewart, 2 Pulaski, 1 Laurens, 1 Burke, 2 Jefferson, 1 Washington, 2 Wilkinson, 1 T wiggs, 1 Houston, 2 Macon, 1 Marion, 3,687 9 „ Muscogee, 13,172 j Harris, 2 Talbot, 2 Crawford, 1 Bibb, " 1 Jones, 1 Baldwin, 1 Hancock, I Warren, 2 Richmond, 2 The number of members in both branches of the Legislature, shall not be increased, but when a new County is formed, it shall be attached to the most contiguous Senatorial District, and shall continue a part of the county or counties from which it tn ty have been taken, for the purpose of having its share in the election of Representatives until the next succeeding Septennial enumeration. The Legislature iiiay, from time to time, if necessary, after each Septennial enumeration, arrange the Senatorial and Rep resentative Districts ; but shall, on no account, impair or di minish the political equality of each County in the election of Senators, and the equality of representation on the federal basis in the House of Representatives, according to such ratio as the Legislature may fix, shall always be maintained. The Repre sentatives snail be elected on the same days appointed for tin; election ol Senators, until such day be altered by law. Mr. Jones of Muscogee offered the following as a substitute lor that part of the report which contemplates laying off the State into Senatorial Districts. The Senate shall consist of twenty-five members, who shall be respectively resident in the Senatorial districts for which they may be elected, and shall be elected on the first Monday in October in each year, until such day of election shall be alter ed by law. The Senatorial districts shall be composed of the following counties, to-wit: 1 Chatham Br van Effingham 2 Bulloch Emanuel I’attnal Montgomery Liberty Mclntosh GI yii n W;.yne 3 Camden Appling Ware Telfair I rvv in Lowndes Thomas 4 Decatur Early Baker Lee Randolph Dooly 5 Fulaski Lauren's Washingtoh Wilkinson G Scriven Burke Richmond 7 Jefferson Warren Columbia 8 Lincoln Wilkes Elbert 3 Taliaferro Oglethorpe Clarke 10 Hancock Piilnain Baldvvih 11 Greene Morgan Walton When hew counties shall be formed of any of the present counties, they shall be attached to the Senatorial districts to which the counties out of which they may be formed belonged. On motion of Mr. Fneman of Franklin, Ordered, That five hundred copies of the report and substi tutes be printed for the use of the Convention, and that the President be authorised to distribute the printing, provided the State Printer cannot execute it all. On motion, the Conventiop then adjourned to 10 o’clock to morrow morning. Columbia, 2 Lincoln, 1 Wilkes, 2 Taliaferro, 3,738 Greene, 8474-12,212 3 Putnam, 2 Jasper, 2 Butts, i Monroe, 3 Upson, 2 Pike, 1 Merriwether, 3 Troup, 3 Heard, 1 Coweta, 2 Fay. tie, ,1 Henry, 2 Newton, . 2 Walton, 2 Morgan, 1 Clark, 2 Oglethorpe, 2 Elbert, 2 Franklin, 2 Madison. ,1 Jackson, 2 Gwinnett, 2 DeKalb, 2 Campbell, 1 Carroll, 3,811 Paulding, 2,226—5,037 1 Cobb, 1 Forsyth, 1 Hall, 1 Habersham, 1 Rabun, 1,862 Union, 2,194 —4056 1 Lumpkin, 1 Cherokee, 1 Cass, 1 Floyd, 1 Giltner, 1,486 Murray, 3,025 —4,511 1 Chattooga, 9 Walker, 5,460 S 1 Dade, 834 ) 12 Crawford Twiggs Houston 13 Muscogee Stewart 14 Talbot I Macon Marion j Sumter 15 Jasper ‘ Jones ! Bibb [l6 Upson Monroe 17 Harris Al en wether IS Troup Heard Carroll 19 Coweta Campbell DeKalb 20 I’ike Henry F ayette 21 Gwinnett Newton Butts 22 Madison, Jackson, Hall, 23 Franklin, Habersham Lumpkin 24 Rabun Gilmer Union M tirray Cherokee Forsyth C obb 25 Cass Floyd Paulding M alkcr Dade Chattooga. P. L. KO HINSON, PROPRIETOR. FRIDA Y, May 10, 1839. The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer ftom the Rev. Mr. Wilson. Mr. Lamar, a delegate from the county of Bibb, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat. The following substitutes for the original report were re ceived. From Mr. Watson of Muscogee: The Senate shall be elected annually on the first Monday in October; each county having, according to the Federal basis a Representative population of 12,000, shall be entitled to one Senator. The remaining counties shall be divided into Districts consisting of two contiguous counties, wh'c’i said Districts shall be entitled to one Senator each—And when the Census is ta ken hereafter, should any District or Districts have a Repre sentative population of 2,400, then each of the Counties of such District or Districts shall be entitled each to cne Senator. The Districts shall be as follows: 1 Chatham, ’ 2 Merriwether, 3 Monroe, 4 Muscogee, 5 Troup, 6 Decatur and Thomas, 7 Lowndes and Ware, 8 Camden and Glynn, 9 Mclntosh and Wayne, 10 Bryan and Liberty, 11 Appling and Telfair, 12 Dooly and Irwin, 13 Baker and Early, 14 Bulloch and Tattnall, 15 Lee and Randolph, 16 Stewart and Sumter, 17 Macon and Marion, 18 Houston and Pulaski, 19 Laurens and Montgomery, 20 Jones and Baldwin, 21 Effingham and Scriven, 22 Burke and Richmond, 23 Jefferson aud Emanuel, 24 Washington and Wilkinson, 25 Bibb and Twiggs, The House of Representatives shall be composed of mem bers from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be included within this State : Each county containing 12,000 re presentative population according to the Federal basis, shall be entitled to 3 members, each county containing 5,000 inhabi tants shall be entitled to 2 members. and the balance of the counties 1 each: Provide I nevertheless, that each county ha ving one Senator shall be entitled to only two members in th* House of Representatives. From Mr. Rives of Hall: The Senate shall be composed of four members from each Judicial Circuit as now laid off. and shall be elected annually | on the fust Monday in October, by the voters of such Judicial I Circuit respectively; each voter may vote lor four candidate* I for Senat >r, but for no two in the same county; in the event of I the formation of any new county which may take a part of any i two Judicial Circuits it shall be attached to, the one having the I smallest white population. Resolved, That the above be substituted for the 3d section of the Ist article of the Constitution. The House of Representatives shall be composed of mem bers from all the counties which now are, or hereafter may be included within this State, according to their respective num bers of free white persons, to be ascertained by actual enumera tion, to be made from time to time, at intervals of seven years, as now by law provided, viz: Ten counties having the greatest free white population shall be entitled to three members each; ' thirty counties having the next greatest free white population lilial) be entitled to two members each g am) aH the retraining counties to one member each ; the appui tiomnent pt the mem bers among the counties under this plan shall be made accord ing to the l ist census, until the next, ami then by that, Brc. The Representatives shall be chosen annually on the first Monday in October, until sinh day of election shall be altered by law. Mr. Hull of Clark, offered the following as the Senatorial J Districts : 1 Camden and Wayne. 2 Glynn and Mi-lnlo»l>. 3 Liberty and Bryan. 4 Citatbain and Effingham. 5 Scriven and Bulloch. 6 Burke and Emanuel. 7 Appling and Tatnall. 8 Montgomery and Telfair. 9 Laurens and Pulaski. 10 Twiggs and Wilkinson. 11 Jefferson and Washington. 12 Richmond and Columbia. 13 Lincoln and Wilkes. 14 Warren and Taliaferro. 15 Baldwin -and Hancock. 16 Greene and Morgan. 17 Oglethorpe and Madison. * 18 Clark and J icksmi. 19 Elbert and Franklin. 29 Habersham ami Hail. 21 Union aud Rabun. 22 Lumpkin and Forsyth. 23 Gilmer and Murray. From Mr. Gaulden, of Decatur : A Senatorial District shall consist of two contiguous counties, and it shall be the duty of the Legist itn-e, at their first session after the latificatiott of this section, and front lime to time, when it tnay be ne cessary, t<> define and specify ti e counties which shall constituteeaeh Senatorial District. From Mr. Stephens of Taliaferro: The House us Representatives snail be composed of one member, and one only, from each of the several Counties of this State, which now are, or hereafter maybe; to be chosen annually, on the 'first Monday in October, until the time of election be altered by law. The members of the House so constituted shall in all cases vdte according to the Representative population of the Counties respect ively by tltein represented, viz: the members from counties of one thousand Representative population or less shall be entitled'to one vote each ; those from counties of two thousand Representative pop ulation to two votes; those from counties of three thousand similar population to three votes each, and so on in the same ratio. The Representative population shall be composed as heretofore of the number of the free white persons, anil three fifths of the person* of color, in each county. And the enumeration thereof—and ap portionment of votes as herein provided for shall be taken and made every seven years as heretofore. * PLAN FOR THE SENATE. 1 Chatham and EfFiingliam. 2 Scriven ami Burke. 3 Richmond and Columbia. 4 Lincoln and Wilkes. 5 Elbert and Franklin. 6 Oglethorpe and Madison. 7 Habersham and Lumpkin. 8 Union and Rabun. 9 Forsyth and Hall. 10 Jackson and Clarke. 11 Taliaferro and Warren. 12 Hancock and Baldwin. 13 Green and Morgan. '.4 Washington and Jefferson. 15 Telfair and Montgomery. 16 Bulloch and Emanuel. 17 Bryan and Liberty. 18 Tattnall and Appling. 19 Mclntosh and Glynn. 20 Camden and Wayne. 21 Ware and Lown les. 22 Laurens and Wilkinson. 23 Pulaski and Twiggs. WHOLE AO. 278. 26 Crawford and Upson, 27 Harris and Talbot, 28 Columbia and Lincoln. 29 Hancock and Warren, 3 J Tali iferro and Wilkes, 31 Greene and Morgan, 32 Jasper and Putnam, 33 Butts and Henry, 34 Fayette and Pike, 35 Coweta and Heard, 36 Campbell and CarroK 37 Elbert and Franklin, 38 Madison and Oglethorpe, 39 Clark and Jackson, 40 Newton and DeKalb, 41 Walton and Gwinnett, 42 Habersham and Rabun, 43 Forsyth and Hall, 44 Lumpkin and Union, 45 Cobb and Paulding, 46 Cherokee and Gilmer, 47 Cass and Floyd, 48 Murray and Walker, 49 Chattooga and Dade. 24 Chattooga, Dade Walker. .5 Flo.vd am: Cass. 26 Ch* rokee and Cobb. 27 Paulding and Carroll. 23 Campbell and Fayette. 2J Di Kalb and Gwinnett. 30 Newton and Walton. 31 Henry and Butts. 32 Jasper and Putnam. 33 Heatd and Coweta. 34 Troup anct Merriwether. 35 Harris and Talbot. 36 Pike and Upson. 37 Monroe and Jones. 38 Bibo and Crawford. 39 Dooly uml Houston. 40 Macon and Sumter. 41 Muscogee and Marion. 42 Siewarl and Randolph. 43 I <ee ami Baker. 44 Fatly and Decatur. 45 Thomas and [.ownde*. 46 Irwin and Ware. 24 Bibb and Jones. 25 Crawford and Houston. 26 Jasper and Putnam. 27 Newton and Walton. 28 Butts and Montoe. 29 Coweta and Carroll. 30 Troup and Heard. 31 Merriwetber and Harris. 32 Talbot tHid Muscogee. 33 Macon and Marion. 34 Sumpter and Stewart. 35 Randolph and Lee. 36 Early and Baker. 37 'Thomas and Decatur. 38 Paulding and Floyd. 39 Henry and Fayette. 40 DeKalb and Gwinnett. 41 Pike and Upson. 42 ('ass and Cherokee. 43 Cobb and Campbell. 44 G Inter and Murray. 45 Chattooga, Walker and 46 Dooly and Irwin.