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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?-