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htr.” Scat , e'.v Lad the L ucy a. m tl -<d be
fore it ualicret. iu ;» n onn of «1! t. t : ■ iaide.—
Her hu c baiu( • 'litnired iua ..y , : ~:!■• ■, which
ihe r.spect 1 invc :<>r her men,or., r-n.tU prevent
uie from repeat iu r. .Suffice it to sav. they were
of tb<' tn<"if aggravated character. .'■niiics so lit
tle congeuial, t-otiid not long dwell together.—
i ler c i e«\ liu» too. meteor’s, wa> t first rrspieud
et.t, saccedt and hv auctneM and darkne.'S, The
Irightticss cm t’.f iaort.injj was no r« coinpeuse fur
the misery ot the evening. !.c; found, when
too late, that n-utgii coquettes may not be caught
with a butterfly, they are often ctpiured hv a
ft i'ler. Too vfun ,l.e had rejected she had
t;.c .nondie.iii •*> ot : ciu; rapidly marching to
eminence, aim g-onering about them every thing
that could lend life a charm. Tin y w ere ascen
dent, and near the point of columation, and she
just above the horizon. She became. emphati
cally ‘-the clidJ ot’ genius and misfortune,” for
consumption marked iter for its prev. and' in its
rtithlessnesv, ii seeks the fairest objects of crea
tion to destroy. Heart broken at tin: course of
her perfidious hushnud, anxiety and mortified
pride expedited the and; veloptn-.ent of the disease
that nature had sown in her system. She lan
guished withered and decayed, in the spring-time
of life, ha vim; been tormented by disappointment,
her reputation blasted, aad her station in society
degraded, by the faithlessness .a | corruption i t
him in whom she confided every tuing. Time,
with her, was synonymous with misery, and she
measured it with sighs, tears and tortures, ard
death, like a ministering angel, came to her relief,
and snatched from the face of creation, a being
suited “to fairer worlds of bliss.” I laving been
taught by adversity and Christian piety, that
“There is nothing true b nt Heaven.”
The man by whose crimes her existence was
curtailed, had squandered per patrimony and beg
gared her aged parent, who was helpless and tot
tering on the margin of eternity. Site sleeps neat
the Chattahoochee, and no stone distinguishes
her grave from any other. Her aged, heart
broken and dejected mother has covered it with
rarest flowers of sweetest fragrance, and often
when overs helmed with grief, and frantic with
desj>nir. with her eyes fixed upon the ground,
would she repair to the spot where all “that is
mortal,” of her darling Elizabeth reposes, bedew
the flow ers that cluster about her grave with tears,
and pour forih a fervent prayer soon to rneor her
child in heaven. A year had barely elapsed,
when business called the writer to the city in
which she died. A friend, for the first time, gave
him the unwelcome intelligence, that Mrs.
was no more, and detailed to him the important
events that characterized and beclouded her short
matrimonial career. The narration of his friend
forced upon his mind reflections impressively
tnalancholy, and the first leisure moment ho te
solved to visit her grave. He repaired to the
church yard, (or the memory ot our earlv friends
will exact a tribute of respect in after years-— her
grave being pointed out to him, he'could but
at the transitory nature of sublunary hap
piness, and was forced to speak his own feelings
in the language of another—
“ Lie here in the earth,
And from thy fair md unpolluted lips
May vielets spring.”
• iis meditations caused him to attempt an ex
amination ot the causes that produced so lamen
t.ih!r i result, and not being a tatahst, he believes
that the works of Lord Byron an I Edward Lvttle
trm have contributed largely to victimize
one ot then most fanatical admirers. In con
versation, when she spoke of some of their prin
cipal characters, she appeared electrified hv the
same enthusiasm that inspired them when they
created their giants of fiction and of poetry.
F,m lowed by nature with the most exquisite
s<'cs:b,!:ty, of perusal of any thing thrilling in
interest, awful iti tragedy, magnanimous iu ad
versity’, and particularly romantic in love, her
feelings took the hue of the heroes and heroines.
She rejoiced with the victor, wept w ith the van
quished, applauded the magnanimous, common-,
ded the virtuous, and admired the culprit, whose
brutal intrepidity braved every danger, and es
caped, with impunity. If wh'at she had read
were true to nature, she might have imagined,
when young, that the future was fraught with
momentous consequences to her but unfortunate
ly for woman kind, they cannot tell when they
me at the zenith ot their glory, until they are on
the decline Coquettes are never satisfied with
any offer— they think they can still do better, and
sometimes the one they accede to, is done as much
tiorn necessity as choice, r l he golden dreams
that Byron and Bulwer have painted to their im
aginations. they are doomed never to realize.
A hese, like the stimulus oi the toper, produce at
first, apparently a harmless exhilaration—one step
further forms into an appetite that is insatiate in
its character—the drunkard is miserable without
> r - —Give him pure water, and he loathes if. Pre
cisely so with the novel reader, who reads noth
ing else. Place in his or her hand a work on
some useful branch of science, composed of de
monstrations of truth, and they would believe
themselves tortured, to be compelled to peruse it.
Though an admirer of Lord Byron, -ami believing
that Childe Harold and the Bride of Abvdos will
become extinct only with time, vet we must be
lieve that the works of this i histrious, profane
■i-nd ill-fated poet have, and will be, a curse to the
human iace* Ihe first bookseller deserves the
execration of mankind, who outraged the vir
tuous sentiments of tlm ng<*. by placing Don
Tuan before the youth of any country." The
verseof Lord Byron is always captivating, some
times almost irresitibie. The writer well remem
bers when he first came upon the tumultuous
t.teatrc ot lile, as a “responsible man,” unsus
pecting and silly, il his affairs did not glide
smoothly on as if upon the placid I >som of a
summer’s sea. hr? thought it romantic, to assume
the feelings of Byron’s Manfred and to teach him
self,
“The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life."
A.id w nat must I snv of the tendency of the
camel, tiic metaphysical, the often beautiful
.eel elegant, though demoralizing writings of!
JNhver l Isis crimes are of infinite magnitude,
vet . mwever much w.- may differ in taste, and
OJTUi i.j Collision with mmy jitsilv i ’putable
critics, we mJVCrthless, believe the L ist Days of j
e. 4 m tv> • t»i ■ very pinnnrte of fiction,
- ei to toe flighty and hyperbolical lan- !
gUi'e of Phillips—“be *ent!i whose ,h i le tilings !
tn mltlcr, and aroun i w’hose sum nit eternity i
cfvvll rd-iy.’’ Oar subject becomes too prolix to
enter into detail*, suffice- it to say, ‘ taste of the ‘
present apa -a vitiated and and lie |
wifi correct ;t, nr contribute ».» that end,
T-r».| subgnr'/e r.!ik”tK,g cause of morals and sri
/"* ’ *' p "‘elusion, v - ivoulj advise Bulwer.
(fcfbmtice. $o apply the beauty, force}
and truth in the last lines of his Lady of Lyons j
iu himself:
“lie who seeks repentance for the past,
Must woo the virtue, tor the future.”
Just in 'Finn. —A young physic an having
tried in vain to get into practice, at last fell
upon the following expedient to set rile bajl
to rolling, lie sprang upon his horse once a day
a:id drove at full speed through the village.—
After an absence ot an hou. he would return,
ami carry with him some of his instruments—
thinking if he could impress his neighbors with
the opinion that he had practice, they would be
gin to place confidence in his ability. A wag,
who more suspected the deceit which he was
practisi: g, determined to know the truth, lie ac
cordingly kept his horse tn readiness, and the
next time that the doctor galiopped by his door
sprang on his steed and pi ced himself on the
young gentleman’s trail. The doctor saw the
man following at his heels, but did not, at first,
evince ao v uneasiness. At length, however, he
thought it advisable to turn down a narrow lane.
The pursuer followed on like an evil genius;
but the doctor was not discouraged,as another
road 1 y a short distance ahead of him down
whi' hhe turned. The other kept close at his
i heel*, and the doctor grew impatient to return
i home. There was no house by the way. at which
| lie could a fiord an pretext for stopping. In the
i mean time bis saddle-bags were with him, and ho
I was otherwise equipped for business, so that lie
j could not return, in the face of this neighbor,
I without exposing the secrets of the trade in the
most palpable manner. Every bound of his steed
carried him farther from In.* home; and the
shades of night began to fall on hill and tower.
Shill the sound of horse's hoofs were thundering
in his rear, and lie was driven to his wit's end
but just as he turned the angle of a
heard a low moan. A man lay prostrate near the
fence of a meadow, and blood gushed from a
fearful wound in his arm. He bad cut an arte
ry with his scythe, and was in danger of immedi
ate dissolution. The young doctor sprang from
his horse and stanched the wound.—Bandages
were applied, and his life was saved. The pur
suer had also thrown himself from his horse, and
as the physician tied the last bandage, he looked
uj) in his face and said—“ How lucky, neighbor
that l was ab'e to arrive just in time.”
The wandering spectator was silent with awe
and after assisting the wounded man home, he
told such a miraculous tale to the wandering vil
lagers. as secured to the young physician a repu
tation not only tor skill but also for super-natu
ral prescience. Thus di the merest accident,
contribute more to his advancement than years
of studious toil could have done ; and the imper
tinent curiosity of a waggish neighbor opened for
hirn a path to busiuess which the most influen
tial patronage might never have be* ti able to pro
vide for him.
THE STORY OF A BASE MURDER.
•To eph Lange?, convicted of the rrujrder of
J.inii'l Rapp, was duly executed at Buffalo on
the 11th. Notwithstanding the atrocious and
aggravated nature of the crime, a strong effort
was made t > procure a commutation of sentence
from tl.c Governor; partly on the ground of the
peculiar constitution of the prisoner’s mind ren
dering the punishment of death an improper one,
and pnttly because such a course would “here
after deter others similarly situated from exposing
their own and other’s guilt.” The Governor’s
answer to the application is published at length
in the Albany Advertiser. It is an admirable paper
of the kind—every way worthy its distinguished
author. \ t* annex its concluding passages, in
win h a brief history of the case is given:-— Philad
Inq.
An intimacy had existed several months be
tween tl o prisoner and Mrs. Rapp. The de
ceased disapproved of this intimacy, ard, as its
calamitous results leaves no doubt, withjust cause.
But being a man evidently of peaceable disposition
he contented himself, for aught that appears, with
expressions of his dissatisfaction. On Monday,
the lOtli ot July, 1837, Rapp was brought from
bis barn into his house, severely wounded in the
head, and insensible. Tt was said by his wife,
ami believed by his family arid his friends, that
this injury had been received from the kick cfa
horse. Although the wounds were supposed
mortal, he gradually recovered, and on Friday
morning walked about his room and was believed
altogether out #f danger. In this state of con
valescence he suddenly died and was buried.
Suspicion went abroad, and after the lapse ofabout
a week the body was disinterred and underwent a
post mortem examination. It then appeared that
death had been produced, not by the wound of
the head, but by strangulation. The prisoner
and his paramour, Rapp’s wife, were arrested and
the prisoner subsequently confessed his guilt and
accused his accomplice.' His account of the
transaction is substantially this. That he and
Mrs. Rapp had held several conversations about
killing Rapp, which resulted in an agreement on
his part several nights previous to the first assault
to execute that purpose In pursuance of this
agreement, lie went on one occasion to Rapp’s
hou e, but returned without making an attempt.
On tbe Sunday night previous to the first assault
he renewed his promise, and prepared himself
with a weapon, (hi Monday morning he way
s hi Rapp as he was entering the stable, felled
him to the ground, and after inflicting several
blows, left him, supposing him to be dead.
During R.npj’s convalescence, the prisoner was
daily in conversation with .Mrs. Rapp about
“finishing” his horrid work. On Tuesday night
he slept under Rapp’s roof; she visited his bed
simuM times, urging him to the murder, alleging
that “if lie was ever to lo any thing, he ma! f t ,)„
it then, for her husband whs getting we(| and
would soon he so strong that they could do noth
ing with him.” After a night thus spent, the pris
oner and Mrs. Rapp went into Rapp's room.
Airs. Rapp, after attempting to irritate her hus
band pii -bed the prisoner upon him. The prisoner
“took Rapp by the throat held him until he was
dead, ' the wife at thesam > time assistin'’by pres
sign upon the body of her husband. ” 1
Piieli is the prisoner's history of the transac
tion. A murder more foul in its origin and mo
tives or more afroeioits in its circumstances, has
seldom been committed in this or any other coun
try.
1 am unable to CBnceivo how the guilty con
nection between the prisoner and the wife of his
victim, m- the influence over him which she nr- j
quired by the connection, can mitigate his guilt. I
I cannot understand how the escape of his ac- !
complice from justice, can hr made an argument
lor commutation of his punishment.
There is no ground fora doubt that thp prig- 1
oner’s confession is in every respect true. lie*
fias indtjgfl ffc* merit of haring made »\ R», '
THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
when would crime receive its just punishment, if j
that punishment could be averted by late and un- J
availing confession ! The prisoner had time j
for remorse and repeotence, after making his i
horrible compact ; after his first attempt to exe- j
cute liis murderous pur|K»se; and again, alter its
final accomplishment, lie seems to have been
hardened in guilt hi* victim was brought from the
grave, to be his accuser, and public sti spec ion
had fastened upon himself as the offender.
1 here is no plausible ground upon whichlcau
interpose, unless it be that the prisouer has be
come insane since his conviction. The Revised
•Stautcs provide for that case by authorising the
sheriff to summon a jury to ascertain the pris
oner’s insanity, and upon their verdict the slier!;!
is required to suspend the execution until he re j
ceives n warrant from the Execu ive, or from t:
Justices of the Supreme Court.—[2 K. S. -f>4 ?
Painful as is the responsibility cast upon me b.
this application, I am satisfied that it < atim.t be
granted without establishing a precedent which
wili leave the Executive without the power to
withhold its clemency in almost every instance
where the law prescribes caiita'. punishment.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
"Misfortunes never come singly." —The truth
of this maxim was never more fully • -xetnniified
thin in “a series of disasters” which Lefi.l the
-fam.ly of Gideon Hulit, near Allentown. One ot
Mr. H’s. sons fell into his father’s mill-pond,
while sliding on the ice; one of his brothers
was near, and went to his assistance, but broke
through the ice htmseh. A th ; rd and fourth
brother, aud then the father, attracted by the cries
of the drowning boys, ran, one alter another, to
save them; but they fco, fell through the ice.—
The father aud one of the bovs extricated them
selves, but were unable to rescue the three oth
ers.
At the funeral of these boys, the carriage of
their uncle wa3 dashed to pieces, tbe horses be
coming restive, and the uncle’s collar bone bro
ken or dislocated. Those who had be nin this
carriage, got into another which was also over
turned and broken; and the horses ran against !
the vehicle of another uncle, upset it, and tlnew j
out those who were inside, without, however, in- i
juring them seriously. It was reported, also,
says our informant, that the father of the bo\-
on returning from the funeral, found his house
on fire.
Mississippi Bunks.- The Grand Gulf Whig
gives the following gloomy picture of the state of
affairs in that quarter.
“As we anticipated, a!! the evils of a partial re
sumption have coine upon us.
“Hard times the men do cry,
Hard times the women sigh,
Ruin and misery.
No cash is here !”
And the times are hard as the flinty heart of
Gen. Jackson. Not ten per cent can be collected,
the most solvent men in community are unable
to meet engagements which three or four years
since would not have borne upon them mot" than
the lightness ofa feather. Many merchants la,ro
ly venture to nsk for money lest the debtor refuse
to give his note in settlement. And, ’mid the
pressure of the present, we feel that a long future
of distress is before us.”
From the Silk Grower.
SILK CULTURE.
Upon the settlement of Georgia, in 1732, the
culture was also contemplated as a principal ob
jectof attention, and lands were granted to settlers
upon a condition that they planted one hundred
white mulberry trees on every ten acres, when
cleared ; and ten years were allowed for their
cultivation. Trees, seed, and the eggs of silk
worms, were sent over by the trUstc: to whom
the management of the colony was committed.
An Episcopal clergyman, am! a native of Eb I
mont, were engaged to instruct the people n the
art of rearing the worms and winding th* silk
In order to keep alive the idea of the silk culture,
and of the views of the Government respecting it,
on one side of the public seal was a represent.i
tion of worms in their various stages, with the ap
propriate motto, "non sibi sed allis.” By a man
uscript volume of proceedings and accounts of
the trustee.*, to which the writer has had aecc s.
it appears that the first parcel of silk which was
received by the trustees, was in the year 1735,
when eight pounds of raw silk was exported from
Savannah to England. It was made into a piece,
and presented to the Queen.
From this time, until the year 175/), there are
entries of large parcels of raw silk received from
Georgia, the produce of cocoons raised bv the
inhabitants, and bought from them, at established
prices, by the agents of the trustees, who had it
reeled off under their direction. In the year
1752, a public flntme was erected, by order of the
trustees “The export of silk, from the year 1750
to 1754. inclusive, amounted to SB,BBO. In the
year 1757, one thousand and fifty pounds of raw
silk were recceived at the filature, in the year
1758, this building was consumed by fire, with a
quantity of silk, and 7,010 pounds cocoons but
another building was erected. In the year 1750,
the colotiy exported upwards of 10,000 weight of
raw silk, which sold two or three shillings higher
per pound, than that of any other country.” Ac
cording loan official statement of William Rro-m
Comptroller of the Customs of Savannah, 8,829
pounds of raw silk were exported between the
year 1755 and 1771. inclusive. The last p ,rc I
b ought for sale to Savannah, was in the ye r
1790. when upwards of two hundred weight were
purchased for exportation, at 16s aud 25s per
pound.
Some attention was also paid, in early times,
to the oultut* of silk in South Carolina ; and the
writer lias been informed, that, during a certain
period, it was a fashionable occupation. The la
thes sent the raw silk produced by them to Eng
land, and had it manufactured. “In the year
1755, Mrs. Pinckney, the same lady who about
ten years before, had introduced the’ indigo plant
in South Carolina, took with her to England a
quantity of ex. client silk, which she had raised
and spun in the vicinity of Charleston, sufficient
to make three complete dresses; one of them was
preseuted to the princess Dowager cf Wales, and
another to Lord Chesterfield. Thev were al
lowed to be equal to any silk ever imported. The
third dress, now (1809) is in Charleston, in the pos
session of her daughter, Mrs. Horry, is remar
kable for its beauty, firmness, and strength.”
Ihe quality of raw silk exported as merchandize- 1
was small; tor during six years, only 251. pound
were entered at the custom house. * The qual.tr
of its was excellent; according to the certifi ate
of Thomas Lotnbe. the eminent silk manufac
turer. it had as much strength and beauty as the
silk of Italy At New Bordeaux. French settle
ment, 70 miles above Augusta, the people sup- ,
plied much of the high country with sew ing silk,
during the war ot the R<_v diit.c.i.
From the Auu usl . ( is’itutioitclisl.
THE MAi CUN YEN TION.
Wr agree »;th svVrral ot the Georgia papers,
iu which remarks nave appear-.i upon :he av
Convention, that the imperial: e ot the object for
which that Convention is to as- “ble, requires on
the part of the people of Geor • « an etdiMil* tit J
and independent course in he choice of delegates.
We agree with too papers h. t ccnmuiendi ig the
selection of the best and wisest men the State pos
sesses. We are wed convinced that by such se
lection, more harmony will preside at the delib
eration* of the Convention, and greater certainty
will be created that the final result of these delib
erations w .1! be tatified by the people. But. on
the other hard, what v.;li be the duty af theCou
v ntiots ( What amendment can the Delegates
adopt f In short, what discretion will they have,
in ih* 3 power with which they are clothed, to re
duce the number of members of the Legislature ?
The first question that wd! necur rvi:";i tin
delegates assemble, will v .- under
which they meet. Tin. amo -v ~un ,« dat
ed ly, be found in the - ,--U" . i :ne last ses
sion of the Leirislatn’ "he .• .* wiii then
proceed to organize them ’ve.. in • - Convention
undertlie authority ol that an if :ne delegates
once proceed to organize Rmmseives into a Con
vention under the autlioi y■ t sat act, they ad
mit the authority whu h caifi and them together, and
they admit the authority of the Legislature, it.-ro’
that act. to prescribe their proceedings and ad-on.
The delegates caa-.ot set aside some ot' the pro
visions of the act, and recognize others as author
ity for them to act The convention then once
organized, agreeably to the provisions of the act
of the Legislature, becomes boun-J to follow in
its proceedings and actio.., the retirements of
that act in all particulars. And according to the
provisions of the act. will the convention po*-;r*>.*
discretionary powers? None at all. A tew re
marks and statement* will explain the position we
have assumed ia regard to the q nest ion under con
sideratiou.
It is well known in Georgia, that we h.iv-* lor
many years been most pressing in calling j üblit
attention to the necessity of a«reducth>u of the
number of the members of the Legislature.—
The attempt was made in 1733 to accomplish that
object; but it failed ou account of can it s which
it is no*necessary at this tim°, to investigate. In
May another attempt is to be unde ; and we hope
and trust with better success. Whatever may be
the plan propose.fi by .he Convention, provided a
reduction is proposed, we shall certainly give ir
our support, leaving it for other times to re ov •
the defects which mav be found in the pkn pro
posed by the convention and rat fied bv t! e ; ro
pie. Notwithstanding this declaration, we must
be permitted to express otir opinion of th- 3 pro
sent system of representation in the Legi lature,
nDd of the system which, in all probability, will
be adopted by the convention. \Ve give *i his o
pinion for the purpose of calling the attention of
the peopled’ Geo-gin to th** defects of the pre
sent system, and to the injustice of that system
which the convention will have to adopt.
The people of Georgia should be equally rep
resented in the Legislature. 'They are not so rep
resented according to the present system, nor can
thev be according to the system designated in Re
act convoking the May Convention, though in the
6th section it is declared that the object of the
convention will be n reduction and equalization of
the General Assembly. According to the cen
sus of last year, the State contains a represent'!
five or federal population of 554,583. The next
Legislative will be composed of ) members, 93
senators and 207 representatives. What are the
facts disclosed by the late census ! They are us
follows:
b'lfty-rtx conntie*, wdh a fedm-al population of
only 20 ',590. are represent'd in the Senate by 5b
senator- wh’de thirtv-*even counfi. s. with a fed
eral population ol 350 OOP. an ; i seated by on
ly 37 senator* thereby e v g rp- complete con
trol of t lie Senate to a tninmity of the people,
against a fundamental piiro ii !e of Iree and repre
sentative government, that the majority should
govern In the House of Representatives, as
now organized. the case somewha different.
Tim 37 connties, with a federal population of
350,998 have one hundred and fifteen re -tesenta
tives in the house, while the s<i counties, with a
federal population of 203.590. have ninety two
representatives, thereby giving the control of the
hou*e to a majority of the people. Notwithstand
ing tills majority in the housg, yet. f the tone
sentation was equalized, accordit to population,
instead of one hundred and fifteen representa
tives, which the thirty seven counties wili have in
the representative branch of the next legislature,
they should have been entitled to one hundred anti
thirty one. ant! the other counties to only seven
ty six representatives. These statements show
clearly the inequality of the representation of the
people in tbe legislature. As we do not wish to
have our calculations questioned, we give the
population cf each of the 37 comities alluded to ;
they are each entitled to thr*o representatives ex
cept the. first four which are ei,titled to four rep
resentatives each.
Chatham, 15,9 H Franklin, 8.539
Muscogee, 13,172 Coweta, 8,61-a
Troup, 13,013 Putnam, 8,592
1 Monroe, 12,990 Stewart, 8 559
! Talbot, 11,830 Clark, 8^514
Urson, 11.183 Greene, 8,474
Harris, 11.11! Warren, ’ 8,318
Henry, 11.023 Wilkes 8.309
Meriwether, 10.638 Columbia, 8,265
Jackson, 10.425 Washington, 8!o69
Richmond, 10,360 Jet f , 7,8.0
Gwinnett, 10.011 Newton, 7^770
HeKal!), 9 853 P ! 7.609
Houston, 9,853 Rtf’- 7,568
Burke, 9,349 Hancock, 7,541
Elbert, 9,318 Habersham, 7,422
Jasper, 8.990 Hall, 7,378
Walton, 8.943 Morgan, 7D64
Oglethorpe, 8,759
The other 56 counties with a federal popula
tion of only 209,59' , are entitled to one and two
representatives each; 20 counties to one, and IS
to 2 representatives.
Tim question now is, will ‘he convention, bv
the plan it may adopt, be enabled to reduce and
equalize the representation in the legislature, ’
as the act, under which that convention is to as- !
semble, requires ? We answer, No. The act
declares, that the great objects of the convention
are tn be a re fuetnni and canalization ol the Gen
eral Assembly. Tn the lace of such a declan
tion, what does the legitdature proceed to pre
scribe in the act ? That the senate shall be com
posed of forty six members only, 46 from sena
torial districts, composed of two contiguous conn
ties. As the convention will be botind to follow i
thi» rule, ieduction iu the number of memfi tu
j the senate will indeed be eltected; bin uhai
! comes of equalization 1 By this rule, tat, y- ' v
j counties he equally represented iu tlk- i
! impossible. 'J he convention may arrange t |*.
j districts as it pleases, provided eacli UisTi.ct j
• binned of two contiguous counties, anti .. u . ( *, JO
iU of the people will hate the ecu.pie tourol ( ,i
' the senate, in defiance ot ihe majority, whieu
should have it if we were to ue governed oy , Ub
tice and equal rcpresc.ulut.ou. i o snow tfiaufij
position assumed by'us i- corn u, .n wou.u r
quest the render to o; eu th. map U 1 oeijJ .
gia, and see how tn ■ counties staid. L et
this reader begin with toe . .... m sec tion Ut tije
state, liv will there . ... n. t the counties ot
Leca ur, i homes, Lown.cs, V. aie and Camden
bor.'.Trii,, the ]■ iouda iu.c, adjoining them
in th o;iii li.e counties ot Laiiy, Baker,“irwin
Tellai.. Apr.,mg. Wayne and Glynn, and that
these : in. med counties nave north oi them, the
counties oi Randolph, Lee, Dooly, Rulaski
Lai • Lm.iitue!, .Montgomery, Tattnall, M c ’
. Itnosii, Liberty. Bryan, aud Bulloch. Let the
• convention take up those twenty four counties
j and form twelve senatorial districts out of them •
will not the twelve senators, representing those’
! twenty lour counties, which contain but a federal
popularon ot 74,6.'8, bean unequal representa
ii‘>u 1 I the senate, Compared with the lorinutfou
oi t welve sem.tur.-al uistlarts composed of these
twenty font con;ig nous counties, namely. Trout
Mei ..ether, Harris, t aib.it, I'.ke, Upson, Hemy
.‘Hin g Monroe, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, Mi n-ai/
Greene, Hancock, Newton, Walton, Gwinnett’
Warren, f olumbia, Kit htnomi, Burke, \\ ashiue ’
iiigton, and V. ilkiusoti, With a federal population
of 21J.1M4? The legislature declares in the
ait, that tne objectsol the convention are to re
duce aud tquuiize the Gem ral As einbly ;
yet it pre-tribes a mod of constituting the sen
ate, which ts most unequal, and must give to the
representatives of a small portion of the people
the comp ete control ot that tit-t brunch of \be
Genetal A-st-nibly. Blit so anxious are ws* for
reduction, that we will > ote tor the ratification ot
the amendment, it adopted by the convention,
with the hope that hereafter the good sense, ic.l
te! ; gence, and patriotism oi our tellow citizens,
will requre a more equitable representation in that
branch of the legislature.
-*v e shail continue the subject in our next pn.
per. 1
< orre.povd: me oj the U.udnu.n t wrier.
r . \Y AtiHlNG’i ON, Febuary 21
riita has beiii a day oi unparaited excitement
7 she House. As -ooti as the jou.u lot yrstcr
mty was read Mr. Rtet.ttss, oi Mi-sissipj i. ro-c
and called the attention ot the Lous- to
stve attack;;, upon Mr. Stanly and Mr. v outh
ga-<-, contained in tne Globe, uuder the signature
o! A. Duncan. He offered a resolution for an
inquiry, whether these publications were author
ized by Mr. Duncan, cl Ohio, a tieml-r ot the
Louse : aud, it so, win tln-r he i.- v.orti \ if iol
Uing a seat in this Body, aud whether he ought
u.t to be lortl wMi «-x|. lied. Mr. Prentiss follow -
<\! up the resolution m a speech of more than an
hoiH.iii which , e dwelt upon the aggravated and
imju.-til! file character ol’iiie insult o-fl’ereti to the
Lous'- by these ptiblictuious, and upon the ohli
gatio-i ot the !lou-e to protec t it-, ua n.bers (rout
titest- outiages. The m*uits he re uli'ere.l wcie o
account of words spoken in debate, and they were
puhlisaed during the sess <-<i. and in the oft i nil pa
per. Their evident object was to provoke a con
fluH o! some sort or other. The publication tvas
linaiC after the law fur the sujq ressii-n ot duelling
had 11 ceive-l the President's approbation, and .»
member could rot now send a challenge, wjtbout
exposing h m elf tothepeualth ot that law. I n
der the protection of thdia-w he had tq joehende I
triat hlr.ciigm rd.sm woimi be-heltcred. li'-now
cahed upon t; -rse who had pas*edthat law, either
to protect m- .nbeis 11 ort» these virtup.-rative at
tacks, or rescind the law and sufi'ei ~ent l men to
piotcr t tlieniM-lves. Give ns back he arms ot
cav.thy, ot cxpellfrom this body tin -e who are
guilty of gross and wantons decorum
Mr. Jennitr-t supj orted the resolution, dn*i was
very severe upon Mr. Duncan.
Mr. Duncan replied, ari ,| spt) p e st length in
lusnfication ot his conduct. He alluded to the
nature of the wrongs he had received from tin*
members concerned—so the publication of a
speech by Mr. Standly, on the 4th of Feintary,
which he had not heard on tint floor, and which
whs grossly abusive to him : to the insults which
were daily heaped upon turn aid the party to
which he belonged, in the House, in the Senate
and in the federal newt-pa}ei.-. r I o attacks made
upon him in the t ew-papers, he had replied in
the newspapers. He find been forced tintake this
course, but tie did it in self defence. He was un
wii'ing to take back one word of what he had
sail 1 . lie rettflE rnicd now, ail that he had said
in those publications. He (rad not tiiought of
toe dit*li in it act. He was willing (he tiling
should stop here il gentlemen chose, or he would
be responsible to them. ’1 1 e duelling act would
rot'operate t pci. 1 p and the aggrieved j arttes
ten days hence, at: ' out f t the. limits of the ten
miles square.
.'if. Grey, of New V ri' aftei some remarks,
ot v irb he a'htdcd t tu,ctl er question «t f r vi
h'iT'', (the ( illcy and J< .ives concent) as still on
tue calendar, and unset tri, aid to the want of
t mm at r) e < lose of the session, for attending to
on' r ,o; sot suen moment, moved to lay the whole
s:t‘ ;c t «. n the table. Lost- .63 to 91.’
I . < dt b t e was con:it>tied by Messrs. Menifee
Prentiss, Gtoy ot N. A.. \\ :se, Thompson of
■' • .aid G lust o< I— Messrs. Grey and Glas
i ck opposing the resolution.
Air. Memfee was severe and personal in bis
speech. r i he pioinl he made w->s, that Mr. Duti
ean allowed that he was insulted by Messrs.
Stanley aad Southgate, and that it was his duty
to call upon them for satisfaction. But, instead
of that, he had recourse to an offset, arid after
holding up his wrath for some weeks poured it
out in billingsgate abuse through the Glo^e.
Air. Duncan here begged leave to explain that
he had wrote the article a fortnight ago.
V es, said Air. Alcnifee, but it was not publish
ed ti'J the day the duelling law took effect.
Here there was a shout from the members and
loud and clamorous applause from the gal levies,
which were crowded to snffb cation, as they always
are, when a fight is expected.
! he Speaker interposed, and said he would
clear the galleries.
Air. L. Williams hoped, he said, they would
be cleared. But many members cried out “no.”
Air. Duncan replied, but half suffocated with
rage, that whoever intima ed that he would avatl
himself or had availed himself of the duelling law
was a foul calumniator and scoundrel.
Air. Menifee said, in rejoinder, that the day
of recrimination mid offset wtis past by. An?-