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•Ala bonne httire,' said Rosebery, pady.
And those dangerous eves were looking tutu |
liis time hi less than three m; ( otiJs «» Jus I
fair companion hung on h. ... .1 a-. «' they '
li.id i>. e.i a q >a nud ten ye .
Mh Sav.g.ie looked »»<•<« four times with j
tn ui; -asy eyprcs-Moii of uumteuaui o. . Du- j
r-.iig her wait, to Kie garden of Ko>tu:: o she
1 ;a. * of R, " 'V
' : .».■■• to mi; ...iii.u<. Si.-- dui r...t enjoy
11 . ... fat .if. ev jit when the signal una !
j,,ve:i t 1 teturn i • ti e hu el.
•ii, , >.s y . .. fmi 111 the saiD’ asked
-.1 v long will t’ ey stay ?’ said Julia.
*': v; Houtsg’ srid ■ ne.
*4 think it a chance'it they come I aG. at
nil,' I. ‘1 think the wse »w 1..» taken a
‘i .iti don't reat I j fi.it.ts so!’ said Miss
1 .* l.l;..
»i-ivcly Raid I, gravely ; aud I Dover
s v.y „ {luntiei* bit h.
ifn the evenin' there v. os a dance.
'lt - madam will 00 nte the houm: V said
l.n-.ibetg, to the prt tlv ui-i ,v..
•Heavens, Ivll.it teeth i’ uln-peied some
one, ns she tyniied an e tic ha uti r.g as..cut.
‘Doesn’t the widow sing . ’ said 1.
•Yes, dhiti' ;y!’ sui«J Captain B.
'Allan , let us have some tnusick!’ said I,
after the hul!.
Uy suoicslhin tv a 3 generally seconded,
and the widow snug an amazingly tender
piece about her heart's breaking 'sec'tsy and
siltuce for t'. ce, love for thee' —(at I lie same
time executing smithy stou,idling quavers,
and looking Rose berg full iu the eyes )
•Jhavn ; cried cv< iv vui< e.
• .Yoy a.fe iiidelncil lor t hat iileasiire tc me.'
•Kterindly obliged !’ said she. Hut as i
passed on, 1 heard her mutter, ‘the tin some
pe> bn!’
Then: was now a general cinch of tongues.
The waiter brought in wine, and -II menti s
were busied talking, ripping, and rating
cake. You know what a delightful din five
nod twenty rosy mouths make in a sm.iil
room under those circumstances. Kyes
(jpglit, ch -> 1 nvni', and tongues ;—ye
gods! Suddenly there was an interval, like a
lull in a gale at sea, and the widow was heard
protesiit.g; ‘No, upon my honour; no, rcai
iv : 1 have net waltzed tit :< year!’
♦But try-’
‘Ne, really !’
‘V.'c shan't let vojt off!’
‘Uni.a |ny honour
if I rau’t; but T have not waltzed
in s year.’
‘.Miss Savigne,’ said someone, ‘do sit a:
the pintio » bioment.’
'Me!' said Hiss .Savicno, with ;i lock
which m*altt4. one could s.• 1 .: rely say what.
•Yes, for Mrs. A. and- Mr. Rose!.rig to
waltz.’
‘This do;.' :: % 1 .i:jr 1:3!:.;
here, it' you p'ease.’
‘U'vin toy wi ld,’ Paid the widow, ‘I told
von lh id forgot! i. Laic 1a 'c acce
Hy ever learned. ’
*1 will tcacl. yen.’ssid Rm berg in ah.
voice. Your I m to; ■
so.—Mustek —e .
And off they went.
‘I do think ilte wa.'tz is a most beaut' id
fiance,’ c.ikl the blooming Mi;..; Wallin,i,
turning up her eyes in Captures. Mavit’t
I learn if, mamma !'
•I don’t know, my child,’ s.ii.l m immn,
rather laconially.
The .company sided with Miss Watford.
‘Ho«eberg is really .1 handsome dug!' sam
another.
•ll'o n mstsb, I think,’said a li’l!e, «\rr
dres*ed dandy, with Ids hair lii/.r.led to
deatlt.'aud looking very knowingly at Miss
Savigne.
J’oor fellow ! That time his humour wav
vvas'cd.
AI! things pass away. They say the glo'm,
the rocks and lulls, old Cro'nest. and ihcs>
broad imadows, this sweeping liver, will all
pass away. Such bright hours as that h
have been describing, pass, alas, too swiftly.
Tuey are here. They me gone, ho
thought the widow, doubtless. She retired
to her room at eleven. J had left the scene
of first iv if y earlier, and »a ked on the pi zz:i
to refresh myself with ilic air, cool from the
river stealing odours fiom th ' shores. The
moan and situs lay in then i\,r andqitict plat e
everburning, ever living, speaking to the in
ner heart and the far reaching imae'.nation
The fireflies wet t forth on t e calm air and
timid the dml; hilis anil • » by milliotif-.
flashing and thumpe:.:. • hke •earth’s
.thoughts and its jays. Tii 1 catydid cried
frutn hill to ljiil and from wood to wood,
aod I eomotrjtics l! 'light I could hear the
solitary plunge of the sturgeon broking the
glasdness oS the water and the sweet silence
of the scene.
‘Ah. I love this hour. It is thus that
earth Ifcac rest In t en.
•While indulging in these reflections, 1
heard a light and measured tread on the
piazza upu-i the opposita side cf tin
house.
‘lt is Soseberg,’ thought T. T advanced.
‘.<o, it cannot be tny friend. The step i
too light, too soft, too’measured. Ah, tlun
ore hvo.' 1 apt roaehed; ns I did so. ih. ie
was alow lone, quick word, a sudden half
ttiucJ exclamation, a rustle of sil!:, a very
peculiar report, and an image flitted back
and disappeared, while another, as of a child,
remained in the a isle of tr deep shadow. ]
advanced. It was lioseberg, and he was on
his knees. *
‘.My friend!’ said T. ‘Why, what t!ie
deuso ? 1 beg ten thousand pardons !’
*'D—n it, don’t mention it !’ said lie.
‘Give rae a cigar.’ I obeyed in silence.*
j ‘Have you many of these cigars ?’ seked
‘Yes, a box.’
‘They are teally very good.’
‘Yes excellent.’
•» ‘uive me them all 2’
‘All?’
, 'Yes, I shall retire f->r some time. In
s.iTt, Chatles,’ s«id lie, in a franker and
happier tone. •lam——’
- , ‘Tfe'i.’
‘it's done,’
‘it ? What?’
, t-The question. It’s popped.’
ji ‘Tee widow ?’
L, ‘'•lousier!’.
*T be beautiful I alia?’
•Certainly. Do you seo that s'nr V
*~ T CS ’ { * ie tail 01 *' )e ipeat hear.’
f d* * an as constant as that to Miss
Wo-wigor. 1 always loved her. She Las been
.. lather tensing me of late, and to-u :• .it !
Ufcug'it tier up. She undertook to bid me
J-ire.ve.l forever, and 1 converted th . p.irtm ■
jc. i a me. ling for life. 1 sealed tin- oml
*' ac upon her lovely hand, and 1 shall be
1 Vrt. dia a week. 1 am the happiest of
'K* 7, Give me a light !
TB \ * was thus iny friend succeeded in all
' he ;>ntfertook the moment he discovered
. * - iA - “f being too civil. Tailors no
tllS . t ‘ vl him. nor <fo boar.im g-hou*e
Y 1 jp, ~ 1J } 'op into canet rooms, nir dis
r\is-, bci. h orn families with impunity.
i,a euVtV •** Ls;n u th. priv.l lie
has for, on board their ships; ami his
iriemis invite hint to dinner with some soii
citi de—not lot he should accept —but lest
lie shi.uiil decline. He has become a dis
tint.iished h.uyei and triend.i rot Congress
a 1 -I u lieu honourable gvritl. men attack him
,;*» the. U'indalivtr flour, they find that hit
civil.ty his its bounds. No one iiiiuetlakes
tu qoiz umi, or to spouse upon bi.ll. ’• be
s, ii'sh do not pray upon him, the blustering
do an k. ~y him, the conceited cease to
s uglier, and the flippant n> bo impertinent
iu !iis prose 1 ce. He lives in the full pog
s'\- sioii 1,1 all his minute rig!.t.v. Where he
- . specti ! not from IVietidship, lie is from
.fear; because he pcrm.ts not even fricr.ils
g--litt >•! prop!,: to in,pose upon him.
i lie t-.’s his pi c in the world. He is
1 a- : :ml ! • i a iu-.l the grand
It ; . in -i| al icsiilt of observation and
v\j- .iciife, tl. great caithly »ciem 1, the
tnwL d'iii' ult of acquirement to such geu
c:oi; souls as his, but the must useful and
nci •'s*•-• ry ; the grand art of tskiug care of
1 iinlcr o tc.
M.XiiANkS.
nv m. m. r.oAti
“I,ook at t> at tailor, driving his barouche
mi horses,” raid a whiskered dandy in
Lro/ul. tv; “how can Ainciica e iiefet arrive
-t •.:■ i. tion, w. on ailclussificat ion of per
sons . thus ..nmliil..ted, anil the coach of
your tailor 1 uus ;>• aiiißt the .i.rcls of your
o. ai v. vr* This is tiie ipiinion, no floubt
of in • who im 1 r earned ado their
(••a ti industry. MoSapai.tf., tlieiwst judge
of liiimau nature and of trier if, never visit
ed a great painting, ora specimen of ingen
uity or i.iccli.iiiic art, that he did not, on
iiil.i p; leave, walk up form; l!y tu the artist
nr iTon-hanlc. or .cilgiiirei'. anil, taking off
ids ha:, salute him with a low and respect
ful law. it v. .1.; a homage due to merit, and
ha always paid that debt. Nothing gives
me nu./o pl.-i.snre than setuo -a mech n
i- in i’iso'.vn coa>-h, that is t » say, if he
ilr’ivi s iiis o -ti c;.;u:li on t e .ctnal' profits
of bis occupation ; it lie mistakes the time,
and b'ginsiuo early, lie is lost; fur ti ine
ch.fiic who sets up his coach, and is com
pelled to s*’t it down again, front a prema
ture commencement and not understanding
his position, is a poor cieat tiro indeed, arid
runs ahead of i.is bit ivss.
It is a custom, and a bad custom, in En
gland, to look on tradesmen and mechan
ics as an bdi tior class of men, w kliout ro
fVr.'uce to then ck.aracter dr wealth. This,
Lowrv r,-ovts ,n t of the distinctions and
cl.«s»itie;.tioii* of st>.y in a monarchal
form of g, ,x-.nmetit, and keeps nicchanies,
ex if • in the city of 1 melon, continu
ally under the bit., and consequently pre
vent - ihcit ever r.;t "i: . a liiph vault; and
vr* regret to add. lli .t wo are tinctured a
little :o» much in this country with the
safes feeling '. fiinit* of our families, ac
t iisfoiuctl to ir litre that tiiere is in t me
1 k.viit: sc: iil.i: lew and grovelling, pre
• •:' bring ng up then sous to a profession,
nr in n ; h . ise. or in a retail fancy
siori and when tl.ey tome of :igv‘, they
have 1 ap'.i ' ' re .heir childr 11 to
<-■ .ad:, and they drag out
: ■<! a I ( 001 v litfitee,depending on
‘, an . ■ . ing nfflncnce.
1 his '3 n t the ease with the saber, indus
.f• as 'iff .' : uve :h, • s a k: stness, a capi
ta! of wnil hhe cniiu.i e deprived, and if
ho p sse ; s in..ee.uiiy am! cntcipri e, and, a-
I ••'e idl. sf bll ty t r, l.f :3 Very
Ido ls to attain On tin: •. 'l'lies t ret.there
t;v, in this republifiu r ummy, is to give
' ••‘•t m a good cilttr :tit.., an education,
1 vt.iSlc for any profession, and then make
■ 1 ■ t of; •,la .1; re, if they
i e temperate, uigeoiiius, i.alusli ions and
rtil " I. t! ey iui stim!;o a ; jod li'ing ; but
I the • ;i ir-iples arc envrafted on a good
edec .a, snail mediauies not only bc
lei-om ■ rci but they biennia great.
h l.e edm t'mii v. liitii qualili-s them fl r
the bar or the I 1 n !i—foi the highest lion
t's of a pro ' -ion. impaiis a greater value
t> th 'ir meet sniral put suits, and enables
them to take a high rank :n the political
•votld. sustained by a powerful interest,
audit we had a larger portioii of iiiechau
’vs in t'nngK thm wo now have, the
ouufrv would repose in safety on theii
sagacity a:. Ii •-::«•!ligptie c. Tree*, there are
•i nations am! inconveniences in learning
as 1 wsrkii.g at a mechanic,d business—
bovs must lie 11 'early and late---live hard:
•■’"• must in: Its g<c it sacril cfs cf e se
.1: : ;■> 111 Cm i ♦» . a term of years, and then
the w:dbc\ m to realize the good results
■tii the good fruit : besides, what
.1 dmvo a!! pric: , their habits from fourteen
To nineteen :• ro formed in a proper and sale
monk!, In o front indolem;!:, vice, and extra
vagance.
The very dandy who turned up his hon
orable nose at the tailor driviag his barouche
ami pair, was actually the son of a mechan
ic, and inherited a large f utune, which lie
docs not k tw how to use. In a few year
he will 1, v. ,• 1 . .sipatcd it in folly and exira
vag uice, i.d liicu become a loaler,and, w iili
mit knowing how to earn his bread, lie will
follow the meanest trade in the world, that
of bcggii
The parents who have several sons, nod
not treat.s tu give them nil fortune,, b-gin
in time tn !.,■ I their minds to the consider
ations of useful occupations—
‘•Justas the twig is beef,
The tree's inclined.”
The other day I held n colloquy on this
very subject with one ol my boys --a little
felhnv, fill! of sprightliness and Ambition.
‘•Father,” sail he, “wliat trade an I to
learn ?’
• A lady's shoemaker, my son.” > \
"'hat?” said the little urchin, his toil blue
cye~ widening with a stare ofastouishment
and )us broad cheeks reddening to the i rim
son of p.tipit cushions—“a lady x shoeina
kei .• Ity, what is trie use of mv learn
ing English. and French, and Spanish,
grammar and the globes, nrithmatick and
dancing, and pi .ying on the fiddle, and
com, t..5.i:;,.i, «.od tiding on horseback, if
t in only to he a lady’s shoemaker ?”
“Pieeisely so, mv son ; when you hare
finished your cd-.-ation you shall learu to lie
n lady s & tot maker ; w hen you have served
out your lime, 1 will send you to Baris or
Ain irid for a yon, or so, to finish your trade
with the very first masters—there they make
beautiful shoes—then you shall have a store
i.r l-rt.a .'..'ay, a so, ill capital will set you
ttji in business ; and (lo’you not think that
the I idies of the city would'prefer a well-rd
ueated gcuileirianly youti man, with an ad
dress an ! a peifei t master of his ait, to take
measure of tb-ir delicate feet, than a ch'.m
sv, rt ■.• i looking, rude fellow, with his lin
a- t all over wav ? Certainly. You would
bo every where palronized your work
would be praised, and your fortune soon
in;• ! ■•. Now is lids riot better than putting
a pair o! specs on your nose—a threadbare
coat on your back—Diackstone in your
hands, waiting day after day lor a client ?”
** Well, but father,” said he. “you will give
me as much money as I want when I am a
man —there is no use in my working. ’
“Yes. but there is, my boy ;you must darn
u.anev by your industry. W t re l to <-m.
yon monpy ami bring you up in idleness, 1
what would become ol you when tlte mon
ey was all gone V Tbe little fellow did
oot exactly understand the philosophy of
such conclusions hut as he grows older lie
will view the matter in <1 proper light. Af
ter ail said. mu< Ii dept lids 011 the good
counsel ol mi.tliers iu laying the founda
tion lor a sound superstructure iu the minds
ol their sous. Lei a widow leu only in
moderate circt.n stances have lour intelli
gent, well-edueated beys who have honora
bly and successfully served out their times
in some mechanical business, ni.d see how
much more comfortable are her prospects
in old age, than if she had four boys de
pending on precarious professional pursuits
ior a living.
This reasoning partiallv applies to daugh
ters, who arc by tar less troublesome and
difficult to manage than sons. It is in
credibl how many avenues to comfort and
employment are op- ned to girls ifthey are
industriously disposed. There are three
young lad.es, and lighters of a respectable but
moderately 1 iretitiistanced family, remark
able for neatness «,t dre.-s and a reserved
manner, attributed by many to pride. Cal
ling in at rather an unusual visiting hour,
I found the mother and daughters employ
ed in making muslin shirts, for which they
received only a shilling a pecie, and they
frankly informed me that they clothed them
selves entirely by the needle. The cause of
tln-ir pride was thus explained—it*was tlte
pridu of conscious independence.
The IVoild in Ituvvd and like a Ball
trews slcir’fiiny ;» die air.
1 remember veil,’ said Tom, ‘that cir
cutnstanci—my uncle, w hen I come from
school. ; .ri.ed me, among many questions,
1 if the '.mil was round ?’
'Y c , ; ir,' ] replied, ‘tie world is round,
t like a hull, scents swinging in the air.’
‘i i on't believe it’ said he, Scripter
don.t fav o. Seri; t«r tc’! about the four
1 ornci -o! ;l:cca;ili, and that’s proof en
ough that the wor’d’s four square. And
the sum doth set and 11 e, or our eyes lies.
Now, I belie c the sun .sets in a hole in the
ground, and raises up through a hole
011 tutherside ; and that the sky i« solid
and io’.ind, and die world's four-square
and Hnt-lboted.’
"'•'• hat supports the envth 7’ 1 enquired.
t; 11 «I my ui'clc, triuinplia tly.
a vc a.ways ltcarvl cm say,’ replied mv
uncle.
‘that a httlc larnin is a dangerous thing.
(Jo ask your A ni.t Pollv.’
‘Now uncle,’ said I, **}: ang n big pun: p
kin to the ct .>11;.:, and daub it < ver with
mu!,,: cs, and win 11 see ,} IP p|,. s
med around it, it:ia £ ii, c that the flics its in
habitants.
_ ‘That’s the way it works, :<• it ? Well,
I cm, is it a lad that the Chinese wall;
«ith their leet ngaiust our ftt and their
i.eads down ?"
‘Yes, sir.'
And is h a fact that tbo Dcvil'gflrc works
is right under the earth V
•' cs, sir.’
ell I wonder if the r!—d Chinese aint
bothcicd a good deal with the smoke ?
Chi jV 'ev:s.
I.ONDNON EATING HOUSE—AN
ecikjte
Y liile upon tlic Jeremy Diddler suhject,
it may not be amiss to mention an amu
sing circumstance which took place in an
eatiiig-hou-e in town. A poor Frcneliman
(it was ii the winter) entered one merely
lor tl.e purpose of warming himself
at the lire; lie was in too great distre-s to
ihink ol any indulgence in the good things
there smoking in prolusirn, save such as
might be inhaled by holfactory nerve.
While engaged in rubbing his half-starved
bony hands before agi od tire, the mast'rot
the house came up. :n..| said—
“ Wont you take something 2"
‘‘l T'Oh you, sare,” was the reply.
”W lan will \r,ti take I”
“ V.' hat you phase/
“W e have some very nice roasr turkey
and sausagfs; will you like that ?”
“I tank yon, I sail like him vere inoocli.’
“Sit down here, and I will bring it you.’
r J lie Frenchman was accordingly usher
ed into a box, and the turkey and dressings
placed before him. Os whatever he was
asked to partake, he partook. lie ate
bountifully, and washed it down with some
good wine. Poor fellow ! he had not
know n such a meal before tor many a long
'toy- The j ropi ietoi thought lie had a good
cti'tom. 1. his mortification and disappoint-
incut were extreme, when, on presenting
1 1 its bill, the Frenchman said, * &
“f have no money, sure.”
“No money?”
“No.’
“ • Imn wl nt the devil did you come info
my house, and order such a dinner for?”
••Pardon, you mistake; 1 came here to
warm rmsrif.—you eomelo me and ask me
if 1 w ill take nothing; i say ‘1 tank yon;’
you say *Y\ Sint you please, you brii • me
«!e turkey, de sawsate, tie tart, de pudiog,
do cheese, amide wine; 1 no ask yon for
them,you ask me will I take, and I‘can not
rt fuse.’
1 lie master of the house, who was some
thing of a humorist, and who was also
struck with the Frenchman's gaunt
md poverty stricken figure, suffered
him to depart. Jiutgrnai was his astonish
ment seeing, a slit.rt time afterwards, anoth
er Frenchman enter, who, upon being as
ked what ho would take, likewise replied,
“What you please.” “Oh, oli,” exclaim
ed the landlord, “1 forgave the other be
cause he was an original ; hut you, fellow,
area mere copyist, I shall kick you into
tlif street. ' which he did accordingly. It
appeared that the poor premier Frenchman
had met an acquaintance and told him of
his adventure at the eating house, the poor
starved acquaintance hastened to the spot
already feasting in imagination on delicacies
innumerable, and little dreaming of the un-
I'Tasarit denouement which the cruel Fates
had in reserve, for him.
FRIEN DLY—WE RRY.
The New York Herald says—-We hear
that the friends of the Hon. D. Webster
have contributed $05,000 to pay his debts
ol $45,000. and given him $20,000 to make
a tiip to Europe this summer. Poston con
tributed s:ls.ooo—New York $30,000 -and
Philadelphia £20,000. This is what we cull
solid Iricudsht!'. Mr Webster, however,
<h - uves it all—-they ought to round op the
| resent to £10” 000 and then say their prav
**rs’ N- I» —W «• shall putdish a list,of the
subscribers in a day or two.”
A numler wrs committed near this
place on Saurriay night last, at the house of
a Mrs. Thompson, up on the body of.\a
loti Searcy, by .losiah Thompson a sou of
M s. T.— Sccarcv was first shot and then,
stabbed with a Bowie kuife. and died in n
tew hours. After committing the deed
T hompson came to this place, gave him
self up to an officer, and hi now in to
await lib tiiah- -Georgia Journal.
Rf/>ort of tin Committee of Thirty.
The Committee to whom was referied
the resolutions ol the Cmmntionrvquir
ing them to repott a plan fur the reduction
of the number of members of ti e General
Assembly of this State, beg leave to report
the following as a substitute lor the sev
enth section of lie first aitiJeofthe Con
stitution now in force :
The House of Representatives shall be
compost cl ot members from all the counties
which now are, orherealt a may he included
within this Slate, according to their respec
tivo no tubers of tree white perse t:s. and in
cluding three fifths of all the people of co
lor, to be ascertained by actual enumera
tion, tube made from ti .10 to time, at inter
vals of seven years, as now by law provided.
Each county shall be entitled to one 1:1 tu
ber. Each couiiv-having a representative
population ns above specified, of live thou
sand persons, shall b' entitled to one al
ditional incnbe--, and each county having
such representative population of twelve
thousand persons, shall be entitled tn two
additional inenrbei s but no county shall have
nmre than three members.
The n : mbers of wli'ch the House ofßep
reventatives will be composed according to
theafwrcsaid ratio, and tin* last census, shall
not hereafter be increased, except wlien a
new county is created; and it shall be the
duty of the Legislature, at the session, to
lie holden next after the enumeration provi
ded for by law so to regulate the ratio of
representation as to prevent such incense.
The Representatives sli ill b • chosen an
nually, on the first Morulav of October, un
til sucli day of election si. all be uttered by
law.
The Committee report the following as a
substitute for the third section of the ti-.st
article ol the Constitution now in I'u.c.e.
’f lie Senate shall cons’st of forty six mem
he’s elected on the first Mnndav in Octo
ber until such day of election shall be alter
ed by law.
Mr. Springer's PI an.
The following shall he the third section
ofthe first article of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia:
The Senate shall be elected annually on
the first mnutlny in October, and shall he
composed of one member ftom each of the
forty six Senatorial Districts following
1 Chatham atul li a ;ham.
2 ScrivcH and 11 n rke.
3 Richmond and Columbia.
4 Lincoln and Wilkes.
5 Elbert and .'da ii .on.
G Habersham and Lumpkin.
7 Union and Pabnn
8 Policy tii >nd II li.
0 Jackson ami I'ritil tin.
10 Clark and O fl'r ! • r.. .c.
11 Cm ,ie and Putnam.
12 Talmfen and Wan a.
15 H ineoci; and Il.ihl vin.
14 \\ .ed, c . ton and Jefferson.
lo Emanuel arid Montgomery.
IG Pulliich and Ervin.
17 'Eatnail and Liberty.
13 '! clutosh and (! van.
19 Camden tin I Yt'awie.
20 Ware and Lcvu.’ics.
21 T* jfair arid A npling.
22 L uirensand Wilkinson.
21 Pulaski and TANARUS« iges.
24 Bibb an' l Crawfor I.
25 Jones and Jasper.
26 Butts and Monroe.
27 Morgan and Walton.
23 Newton and Henry.
29 DeKalb and Gwinnett.
30 Gilmer and Murray.
31 Cass and Chrokee.
"2 Cobb and Campbell.
33 Coweta and Fayette.
34 Mnrriwether ami Talbot.
35 Pike and Upson.
36 Houston and Macon.
37 Dooly and Invin.
38 Thomas and Decatur.
3!) Baker and Early.
40 Lee and Sumter.
•D Randolph and Stewrt.
42 Muscogee and Marion.
43 Harris and Troup.
44 Heard and Carroll.
45 Paulding and Floyd.
46 Chattooga Walker and Dade.
And whenever hereafter the Legislature
shall lay off and establish anew county, it
shall he added to tiie must contiguous Sena
torial District.
(NO. 1.)
Nr. Barclay's Substitute.
The House of Representatives shall lie
composed of membeis from ail the countiis
which now are or hereafter may be included
within this Slate: Each county shall be en
titled to one member, and to an additions!
member, or members according to their
lespeeiive number ol free while persons,
and colored people, viz : eac h countv con
taining six thousand free white personsshali
be entitled to two members; each county
containing in the aggregate seven thousand
free white persons and coloied people, shall
be entitled to two members : and ( a h coun
ty containing ten thousand free white per
sons shall be entitled to three’ members,
and no county shall have mote than three
members.
ihe State ho laid oft' into Senatorial
Districts, two ar joining counties to consti
tute a District, ,iud that the Senators (and
Representatives) be elected um.uaUy on the
first Monday ol October, until such day of
election be altered by Law, and sln.il he
composed of one Senator from e;u h Distru i
to be chosen by the electors thereof, and
when the counties are odd the odd conn
ties shall be attached to an adjoining Sc,.,i
tuiial District, until by the increase of coun
ties it shall be necessary to classify them in
to t’-cw Diitiicts. which shall be in ail cases
of adjoining counties.
I lie following classification of counties
into Smitoria! Distiicts be adopted, and re
insiu until the election ol anew county er
counties by law.
1 Chatham aud Effingham.
2 Scriven and Burke.
3 Richmond and Columbia.
4 Lincoln aud Wilkes^
5 Libert and -Madison*
6 Habersham and Lumpkin.
7 l : niou and Rabun.
8 Forsyth aud Hall.
9 Jackson and ''ranklin.
10 Chirk and Oglethorpe.
II Greene and Putnam.
12 Taliaferro and Warren.
33 Hancock and Baldwin.
14 Washington and Jefferson.
15 Emanuel and .Montgomery.
16 Bulloch and Bryan.
17 Talnall and Liberty.
18 Mclntosh aud Glynn.
19 Camden and Wayne.
20 Ware and l .owndcs. \
21 Telfair and 1 ppling.
22 Laurens and Wilkinson.
23 Pulaski and Twiggs.
24 Bibb and Crawford,
25 J ones and Jasper.
26 Butts and Monroe.
27 Morgan and Walton.
28 Newton and Henry
-29 Dekalb and Gwiuueit.
30 Gilmer and Murray.
31 Cass and Cherokee.
3‘* Cobb an 1 Campbell.
33 Coweta and Fayette.
Merriwetlmr and Talbot.
35 Pike and Ui soli.
36 Houston and Macon.
37 Dooly and Irwin.
33 Thomas and Decatur.
39 Baker and Early.
40 Lee ami Sumpter.
4’ Randolph at. I Stewart.
4 2 Muscogee ami Marlon.
43 Harris and Troup.
4 ! He rd and Carroll.
45 Paulding and Floyd.
46 Chattooga. Walker & Dade.
N 1 new co mtv shall be hereafter created,
so as to reduce the frte wl.i r | t opic of the
county or counties, out of which it is ta
ken below one thousand five hundred, nor
unless one thousand five hundred tree white
people be included in the territory out of
which it is proposed lo he made.
[NO. L]
Substitute es Mr. 11’.it.son of .1 .Tiro?<■<:.
The Senate shall be elected annually on
the first Monday in October: each conulv
having, according to the Federal basis, a
Representative population of 12.000, shall
he entitled to one Sena or. The remainu g
counties shall he devilled into Districts con
sisting of two contiguous counties, which
said Districts shall be entitled to cun- Sena
tor each—And when the Census is token
hereafter, should any District or Districts
have a Representative population of 2,409,
then each ofthe Comities of such Districts
shad he entitled each to one Senator.
The Districts shall be as follows:
1 Chatham,
2 Men i wet her,
3 Monroe,
4 Muscogee,
5 Troup,
6 D/catur and Thomas,
7 Lowndes and Ware,
8 Camden and Glynn,
9 Mclntosh and Wayne,
10 Bryan anti Libel iv,
11 Appling ami Telfair,
12 lltioly anil 1 1 '»in,
13 Bake.- and Eatlv,
1 4 Bulloch a»d Tattnall,
15 Lee and Randolph,
16 Stewart and Sumter,
17 Macon and Marion,
18 Houston ami Pulaski,
19 Laurens and Montgomery,
20 Jones and Baldwin,
21 Effingham and St riven,
22 Burke and Richmond,
25 Jefferson n iJiitmint.il,
24 W:r Itiegfi n and Wilkiinor.
2*5 Ribband Twiggs,
26 t ' awtord and Upson,
27 I lands a.,.; 'fnilmt,
24 (’(diMifliiji.mil Lincoln,
29 Hancock and Warren,
3() i aliafeiTO and Wilkes,
31 Greene and Morgan,
3 2 -1 nspci and Putnam,
33 Balts nod lb ikv,
54 Ef.yeJte and Pike,
35 Cmveia and Heard,
34 Campbell and Carro’l,
37 Elb<*rt and Frank lit).
58 Madison and Oglethorpe,
39 Clark and Jackson,
40 Newton ami DeKfllb,
41 Vi alton 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 Wddkrr,
49 Chattooga ami Dade,
The House ot Representatives shall hr
composed ol members from all the counties
which now are, or In realtor may be inclu
ded within this State: Each county eon
taming 12.000 representative population
according to the Feder.d basis, shall be
entitled to 3 members, each county con
taming 5,000 inhabitants shall be entitled
to 2members, and th« balance ofthe coun
ties I each: Prodded nevertheless, that each
county having one Senator shall lie entitled
to only two members in the House of
Representatives.
[NO. 2 ]
Substitute by Mr. JWarsh of Burke.
1 he Senate shall consist offour Senators
from each Judical District of this state, to
!••• elected annually on the first Monday in
October, until some other day be appointed
In law. Not more than one Senator shall be
•fleeted I. "siding in the same County. The
niannerof bolding and certifying the elec
tions lor Senators shall be prescribed by the
Legislature. No person shall be a Senator
wlyo shall not have attai.ied the age of twenty
me years, and who is not a citizen of the
United States, and shall lmveresided in this
State at h ast three years, and in the District
!t oui which lie is returned, at least ~nC
\e,r immediately preceding his election.,
unless absent upon lawful baisness of t.ne
UuiteJ States or of this State.
No. 0.
Nr. Hudson, of Putnam,
Offers the following as a substitute for the
whole
The Senate shall consist of forty mern
>M rs. and mi more, who shall he Hue ted in
the following manner : The Slate shall be
laid off, by the next General Assembly, in
to ten separated districts, to be called Sen
atorial Districts, aini to be composed of con
tiguous counties which will make the dis
tricts the most compact, and, lo contain, as
nearly as can be done, an entire equality of
free while persons, and including three-'
fifths of all the people of color, agreeable
to the la-t census fciketi agre-ablv to law.
and each of the said leu Districts shall be
entitled to four Senators; but no county in
any District shall have or be entitled to but
one Senator—the first elociiuni for Senators
to lake place on the first Monday in Octo
ber, 1840. The ten Senatorial Districts
herein provided for thall be reorganized
statedly duiing the annual session oflhe
Generd Assembly next after the census
hereafter shall be taken according to law,
so that an equality of Representative popu
lation, and contiguous mid 'ompact coun
ties shall, at the t;;no of the organization,
constitute the said Senatorial Districts as
neatly equal as can without dividing comi
ties.
1 he House of Representatives slisll be
composed of three members each from the
five comities having the largest number G
free whits persons, and including three-fifths
of nil the people o| color, agreeable to the
last census taken agreeably to law; and the
thirty five counties aving the next Digest
number of free white persons, and inclu
ding three-fifths if all persons of color, a
v reeably io the last census taken, shall
Iqive two members each; and all the balance
ol )he counties which now are, or hereafter
iiYiy be iu this State, shall be entitled lo one
member each: the first election for mem
ber-, to the House of Representatives shall
take place on the first Monday in October
1-40. and statedly thereafter. At th- u ri it
annual session of the General Assembly af
ter the census shall be taken, anew appor
tionment ol the members of the House of
Representatives shall be made ; so that the
five counties containing the largest repre
sentative population al the tilve of ih- ap
portionment, according to the census last
taken, shall always be entitled to three mem
bers each, ami the thirty five counties con
taining the next largest Representative pop.
illation, shall be entitled to livo members
cacjt \ and all the balance of the counties
in this State which now are, or hereafter
may be. shill be entitled to one member
each, and no more.
No. 4.
Mv. Jenkins substitute for to mudi of the
Repent, as contemplates laying off the Slats
1 info Senatorial Districts.
The Senate shall he elected, annually,
on the first Monday in October, and shall
be coini>osed of forty-two Senators, to be
chosen 110111 the si veinl judicial districts of
tin* State, as now oro/ntized as follows.
The Eastern, Southern and Cherokee ju
dicial Districts, shall be entitled each to
three Senators ; the Middle, Ocmulgcc, &
Northern judicial districts shall be entitled
each to four Sanators: the Western, Chat
tahooche, and Coweta, judicial distriei
sii 'B be entitled y.u h in file Senators: :ho
1 nut ,!;strii 1 sh:'lt he < muled to six Sena
tois. It shall be the uuiy of i|, e Gcnei. 1
Assembly id lay off eacli judicial district
imo so m 1 y ff--nati.ra iL it, ict» as thin-are
3'cr itois iicii inahote allotted to it ; having
" ,| ‘ ’ Cfn Kept, set,lntoe populatioi .iipntl
•lie < iiiisfitiilintia! basis, and to* < xisrin -
cniini v iines ; and until Ill.lt shall be done
i'\ G..- General Assembly, I lute -hall t,o
i:' c'"ii ttnnnatiy on fi.i t.,st AJoiulayin * io*
1., ic I >■ general th.ket in each judicial fiis
"p • mmiher ol .Seuaiors Jn rciir befoin
■'• ’"d to it, which elections shall be held
•• ■■ ret urns consolidated and certified as
ta< •<•!■< al Asseinbiv may hy law direct.
Yu future thange iu the arrangement l.cre
-1 1 . u.vi made, hot, lot put poses of repn s
eut.it’on in the Senate. i]m districts shall
icn (in tin: same, it shall be llie duty of
|3o (•< nei.il A-sst tidily once ill sr yen M ats,
to w and . at it -session immediately Micc* cd
it t... biking ot <•,:< ii census to make atiew
apj •■( u.our nt ot Senators among the sev
'''•'•.l iaH. ■ t| < »s afeo emeul : mied and to
r >3 ;< n.e [••«• lU as may be dir mill u t ..
1 to-.li t] the ii;.-I<ii Is afim'incmioh-
- 1 " • • 1 '■ ' to 1 C|, ( Or cMt.il :ie ]),.)).
tlko. 11 It|>oti 11 ,U b .-:s 1.11.i1l bcfoic I;• e
li.cd. *■
A table sl:t) win g tl c ratio id represeuta.
tio:. in the Senate upon the plan of t! !c a
bov amendment.
•th 457 Eastern j 119 7G4 5 S,
• >9,974 Soijthci n a'ms nidi —9. J. 1-
Citerokee S tin. 13,307.
sL2i>s Middle I
52.5.3 Ocmnlgee \ U 5373 --4 do do
54,5' >7 iNnrtherii y —l-- ‘ln 13/.
( 5..:.'4 Wvtrri J l >5,778—5 do.
Giinttalioochee ( and •—45 and > 13,.
iti,:>(!•"> Coweta - 051.
1 in t 74,975 —ft do do—(1 tin 12.495.
’i'l.e first eoliiuu; oil nod ors slows :J o',e—
prcseiit.itive popiuat mu ol e,u It <i , .i .ct ; il e
2nd, tlie aggregate 1. |> | op. of ifie tivn.d
ela.-s-s amt the last c 0.011.11 the i..t:o ol >ci»
rcsL-ota.ion m eaclr.
[No. 5 ]
Mr. Stark, of Bulls, iffers ike fallowing
subsiUne.
The third section of the first article of
the Constitution of ‘the slate ol Gcoigia
shall read as loliow.s;
Tim Senate siia!) be elected anmrii' v on
llie first Monday in October, umd swell
cay ol election shall be altered hv the
1 iegi-! ture; and sli.iit be compose,! ut lour
members from each el rhe Senatorial Dts
ti ic's luiioniug.— '1 hat is to say, the Coun
ties < f
Yv nync, Lulloch, Camden, Glynn, Mc-
Intosh, ID}an, Lib.tty, Effingham, and
Chatham, shall form toe first uistuct.
'f he counties of
Colombia, Washington, Montgomery,
Talnall, ]. i nan lie I, Sciiven. Buktj, Jt flcr
voii nod Richmond, shad loan the second
district.
lie'Caautii sos.
il l feno, \\ likes. Madison, Libert,War
r' .i, ll iucnck, Ggietliorpr, Lincoln rod
C ark, snail form the third districl.
'J lie counties of
Morgan, Walton, Jail sen. Gwisnetf,
Ha!l, Y ranklin. Habc-isii-m, Rabun. L nicn,
an i Lnmjdviii, slmll torui the iou thdutrii ,
'f he Go nut ies of
ir.ildwin, Green, Putnam, Wilkinson,
Join s, Jasper, Laurens, Twiggs and 1 t -
I. >■. 1, s.HI fi tin ti c fifth ( i« , ICI.
T he (fi,ainies ol
l.wm, Vppliog, Ware, Lowndes. Thom
as, Doolv, Ramioipii, Telfair aud llotistou,
shnD loi in the sixili district.
T he Gountics of
I d\o, Mon i w(*. Craw-til'd. Bibb, .Macon,
Dints, IJenry, l ayette, DeKalh and New-
shall burn the seventh district.
TI.o Comities of
L.-.iy, i iiker, Lee, D?catr.r,
•bit • it, bi.uio!;, Han is anti MoscojjVc,
»»;di form »!io eighth distii-t.
r i’iie Countios of
T iliiot, Epson, Troup, HoaJd, Coweta,
Meriwether, G'arroll, GampbcH aud Cobb,
shall form the ninth districts
T l;e Go>’atics of
D.ole, Chattooga, Floyd, Walker, Mur
ray, Giiincr, Forsyth, Cherokee, Gas?,
Paulding and Cobh, shall lorni the tenth
Senatorial district.
Ami iu choosing the Senators in each
i i.--1 riel, t he votes shall be takon by Counties ;
ea, li County having one vote, aud a majority
of nil the Count'll s in each distiictsliall be
necessary to a choice. And the Legisla
ture shall, from time to time, make such
laws lor the purpose of consolidating the
ret unis, and for the holding of new elec*
lions in cases of failure to elect as may be
necessary.
iiie seventh Section of the first Article
sh 1! read as follows :
M he House of Representatives shall be
composed ol mi minis fiom the following
Counties and Representative Districts, ac
cording. to their respective numbers offren
white persons ti. including tlnee-fifths of all
the people of color; to be ascertained by
actual enumeration to be made front time
to t ine, at intervals ol seven years, as is
now By law provided. Each County having
a repr xentalive population as above speci
fied. offotit thousand, or upwards, shall be
entitled to one member; ofeight thousand,
to two members; of twelve thousand, to
three members. No County shall have
more then three menibus. And until the
next enumeration shall take place, the seve
ral i ’ounties and Representative Districts
shall be entitled to the following number of
Representatives respectively.
Decatur, 1
Thomas, J
Lowndes, 1
Ware* 1,9-id
Telfair, 0,35 1,299 1