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iimJ opposed iy Messi s. thV ; ’ -
Xoal oi -Ne.u .1, .qid G.-rdon of i’utnuu. -*r.
Walker, opposed nil retxmsidcr.iiion, Mr. Bax
ter favored it. The question of order being
enforced against Mr. Chappell's motion, the
reading of the jv.mual proceeded to tho end
of the resolution.', —when dr. lawn.-m- v ‘•>’
rccinsider the whole subject. An r.nir.aTed .
debate ensued on tne amendment ■ V Wo:
ford in which*.Mrssr . <-ei.
Towns. Dar.ioil, Wofford and l :n;|K . ,
ilcipateil.
Nr. I'hippblji sitbsmti’ b-.s ‘ fi*
Of the on :•
substitute for Mr. Towns’. _r
titled the subject to be n • <
I ‘anielappealed from tho d>\ .'■ -
sustained in the appeal. i.
consideration on Mr. ■ ... -a
decided in the negative by y rays 3d
committee r.i
Ha Senate was appointed to -:>r • a
of the House, on the d:.-igio • =<-:;t
in reference to ihe resolutions r. ti ‘ >x .
ination into the affairs of the Mr. e ; ani
Planter’s Rank ot Augusta.
•■YTojiiiJj, -- - - 2.
Mr. McConnell, reported a bill pr-nifiu, m
Taking the census in the counties ccni.n's.ag
the Cherokee country.
On leave tho follow ing B ;.’ s were report.:'!
Tnstantcr, and read Ist time.
Mr. DanieH. —To authorise tho Steam
Boat Company of Gecrg'a, to run a Canal or
Rail Road from Augusta, to some point on the
Savannah River, so as to avoid the shoals and
Other obstructions in said River.
Mr. Towns.—For the relief of the purchas.
ers of Tractions and square iets in the Ist dts.
trict of originally Muscogee.
Mr. Liddle.--Ta alter and amend tho
Charier of the Central Bank, and also to provide
for the sale of lands which have been forfeited
io the State.
The reconsidered Bill to cause the Divi.
<3cnds of the poor school end Academic funds
to bo distributed according to white population
was taken up; Mr. Stapleton, moved to lay it,
on the table the balance of the session, lost;
yaes 35, noes 44; Mr. Daniell to recommit it, :
yaes, 45 nays 43, it was then passed, yaes 44, j
Does 36.
The Bill to make valid all contracts made
prior to the drawing for lands drawn in the late
Gold and Land Lotteries by persons of and
• over the age of IS years was laid on the table
the balance of session.
Among the bills originating in the Senate
and now for committee ot the whole ou the
third reading are,
A Bill to incorporate a Bank in East 3lacon
capital $300,000.
A Bill to provido for the call of e convention
to reduce the number of the General Assembly
the. On the Ist Monday in January, the peo
ple to elect delegates in number equal to their
representation in the House of Representatives.
The qualification of a delegate—26 years old,
—an inhabitant of the State seven years, and of
the county one year. Tho exclusive object
of the General Assembly. But by section
sth it is made “a fundamental article in the for
mation or amendment of the constitution, that
•each county of the State, shall be entitled to at
least one representative in tho represenative
branch.
To lix the pay of the members during the
first twenty two days, at four dollars and for the
rest of the session at two dollars per diem.
To make every captain’s district in the State
■fin election precinct.
To sell all the slaves [public h inds] belong
ing to *be State.
To incorporate a Central Manuel Labor
School.
To abolish the Inferior courts. Five justi
ces to tie elected, to form a county court, and
have charge of all county business. That there
ehall i>e a court of Ordinary, [for each county
we suppose] in which one Judge only shall
preside who shall be a licenced attorney who is
to have a salary and be elective bv the General
Assembly, every two years and eligible to rc
clection. This court to do the residue of the
business now done by the Inferior courts.
To Incorporate for thirty years the “Georgia
Mining Company” capital SIOO,OOO with the
privilege of doubling it. Every stockholder
personally answerable for the debts of the com
pany to the amount of profit he may have re
ceived from it in dividends, &c.
Academy funds, application of a majority
of the trustees of Academies in the county not
to be necessary; each one on its sepcrate ap
plication to draw its proportion.
We have before noticed the resolution offered
by Mr. Burns, directing that another vote be
taken at the next general election on the ques
tion of white population.
Tuesdiy Dec. 3.
Tire Senate had before them and passed the
bill to divide Murray county. The names of
“Whitaker, Horry, Wilde, St. Ciairand Rutledge
were offered in addition to those proposed yes
terday. The question was taken first upon
Rutledge, and next on Fauche, and lost yeas
85. nays 41. Then on Walker, carried yeas
55. nays 16.
A consolidated act for the incorporation of
a great number of Academies, was taken up
ia oommittco of the whole, —laid on tho table.
The bill to provide for a convention to reduce !
and equalize the representation in the Statej
Legislature, was made the order of the day for
Friday next.
The bill to direct the removal of the lock
across the Oconee Kiver, near Milledgeville;
was taken up in committee of the whole; the
i nmmittee rose and asked leave to set again.
Adjourned till tbiee o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
November 13, 1833.
Committees appointed to report Hills.
Messrs. White, Collins, and Robins of Col
u tibia, to authorize tho Justices of the Inferior
c • .rt, to establish an asylum for the invalid
ooor of said county. I
Mi -rs. Steelman, Murray and Hall, to move
th, >eat ofgovernment, to Clarksville, in Habcr
sh mi county.
Messrs. Garrison, Bates ond M’Afoe,to au
thorize the Justices of rLe inferior court, of
Had county, to apply the Uixes to the purpose of
huildrig arourt house. ■>
M-'ssrs. Hamilton j, Wood of Hall, and Wynn,
to compel tile pe.iilir hands now working the
road from. Ge.nsville, to Tahlohuaga, to contin
ue it from Wviin’s ferry, to Forsyth court
house.
I,\ ssrs. Harris of Walton, Harris of Pike,
aw son, to appropriate monies for the sup
t of the Government, for the y< ar 1834.
>i ssrs. Hilliard, Adair and Overstreet, to
j„M| au a. t. prolonging the time of taking out
mis m the laud lotteries, oflßl9 and 1819.
’1 o .sr ’ Little, Shine, and Kent, to authorize
‘;i>t: sol (he inferior court to commission all
captains and their subalterns, and justices ofths
P ce.
Messrs. Meriwether, \oung of Oglethorpe,
•t.ivte, C llius and Stanford, to investigate the
atlairs of the Merchants'and Planlers’Bank of
Augusta.
Bill-.- were severally read the second time in
their order.
Nor ember 21, 1833.
j On lotion of Mr. Sayre. Sir. Rhodes was
i added t<> tho committee to investigate the affairs
of Alercftants’ and Planters’ Bank of Au-
gusta.
!M tssrs. Hammond, Dobbs and Wood of
Hal I, to authorize justices of the Inferior court of
t,.c county of Fersyth, to open roads on the west
huik of the Chattahoochee river, opposite to fer
ries un the east hank of said river.
VI. ssrs. M’Lennon, Harris of Richmond,
and Harrison, to prohibit -ree persons of color,
from owning, carrying, or using fire arms.
Bills passed.
To reduce the fees on Grints of land drawn
in the late land and gold lottery.
November 22, 1833.
The following communications were received
from the Governor:
Executive eimrthient, Ga.
Milledgetille, Nov. 22, 1833.
I transmit to the House of Representatives a
j communication received Iron Jonathan H.
Cobb, ol Dodbam, Massachusetts, accompanied
by three copies of his ..anual, on the culture of
Silks, therein reterred to.
The coinmunicat'.ins will explain the object j
of the author, and is int-rviore respectfully sub- !
mitted, under the belief that it merits the respect
fu! consideration of the Legislature.
WILSON LUMPKIN.
Executive Department, Ga.
JWilledgeville Nov. 22, 1833.
I herewith tiansmit to the House of Repre
sentatives, a copy of a report made to this de
; partment. by IVra. B. Davis, Esq. the superin
tendent of the public hands, authorized to open
i the avenue, and onstruct tlie foundation tor the
Rail Road trom Brunswick to the Alatamaha— j
I which report will be found to contain a brief
view of the operation of the superintendant, as
well as the present situation of the hands, and
the progress of the work contemplated by the
Legislature, further it will be seen by said Re.
port, that Mr. Davis has hitherto received no
compensation for his services, ail of which is
respectfully submittp f.
WILSON LUMPKIN.
Executive Department, Ga.
Milledg- ville, Nov. 22,1833.
To Ike House of Representatives:
Your resolution of (He 19th inst calling upon
the Governor for detailed information in rela.
tion tothe public hands, and the various opera,
tions, progress and success of the present sys.
tern of internal improvement, with the cost
of the same, from its commencement to the
present time, has been laid baforc me and duly
considered.
Most of the items of information called for,
have already been transmitted to both branches
of the General Assembly, at the commence
ment of the present session, and in as clear and
I distinct?, manner as the m -ans of the depart
! ment justified, accompanied by a correspon
dence with the superintendent of the work which
will evince the proper attention and vigilance of
the Executive in regard to the subject. More
over the anuoal Reports giving the official de
tails of every tiansacti,in, relating to this srr
vice are supposed to be on the tiles of the. two
Houses of General Assembly, and arc therefore
as accessible to either of those bodies as they
are to the Executive, being copies of the files,
and particuliarly to the documents accompany
ing my late animal Message, as affording all
the information in the possession of this depart
ment. WILSO x LUMPKIN.
Bills were reported by the following gentle
men.
Messrs. White, Dye, Mo-re of Campbell,
Snick, M’Elcxy, Bowen, Blair, Moore of Em
anuel, King ofYl’lntosh, Burns. Sims, M’Len
uon, Spivey, Davis of Upson, Harris of IValtoii,
Pace.
Notice for the appointment of committees, tu
report bills, was given by Messrs. White, Heard,
Beck, Wilson, Blair, Kiwi of M’lntosb, Thorn
ton, Perdue.
November 23, 1833.
Committees appointed to report Bills.
Messrs. Bock, Adair and Ash, giving Justi
ces of Pcuco, power to compel persons to aid
them in superintending elections.
Messrs, Blair, M’lntvie and M’Elevy, to au
thorize the Governor to extend and enforco the
laws of this State, over that part of the territory
of Florida lyingnorth of the new line.
Messrs. White, Anderson f Wilkes, and
Hubbard, to protect purchasers at sheriff's sales,
in certain cases, and make void certain sales
made in violation of the provisions of said art.
Messrs. Heard, Uulker <>t Lumpking, and
Leohard, to authorize the Governor, to issue, a
grant for lot No. 871, 12th district, Ist ;c< (ion
of Lumpkin county.
November 24, 1833.
Resolution, offered by Mr. Mitchell, that
members not be entitled to any pay, for tho day,
or days, they may be absent.
Mr. Steelman reported a bill instanter, to re.
peal tho charter of tho t?nicn Turnpike Cvfii
pauy.
Executive Department, Ga.
MiUedgeville, 25/A Nov. 1833.
In complaince with a request contained in a
resolution of the House of Rcpresntativcs, ol
the 15th instant, I have caused tho files and re
cords of this office to be carefully examined,!
from which it appears, that no deed of relinquish
ment, or oiher communication from Dr. South
worth Harlow, late of Burke county, deceased,
for lot No. 140, in the 20th district of Early
countv, is to be found on the files of the De
partment. —Moreover it appears from the re
cords, that said lot was granted to Dr. Harlow,
on the 24th of August, 1830, under tho adminis
tration of Governor Gilmer. WILSON
LUMPKIN.
Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Tho House had before them to-day the bill
on its third reading for the divoco of Abram
Walker, and his wife late of Athens. The ev
idence was partly read, but the rest was dispen
sed with, and the question taken, on the pas
sage of tho bill. Passed, yeas 123 nays 14.
The house then took up the bill to incorpor
ate the Georgia Rail Road company ; and the
second section being still under consideration
’ [for which see our last,] lurther amendments
and substitutes were offered by Messrs. Davis
of Glynn, Harris of Walton, and Pace. The
last was a substitute for the 2d section and re
served to the State the right of hereafter author
izing rail roads to cross it but not to run parallel
with it. A debate ensued which occupied tho
house until adjournment. The question pres.;
ented under various forms was substantially j
this ; whether the company should have the ex. j
elusive right between the points designated on
ly, or such an exclusive right as would prevent■
any future work ol the kind from crossing it in
extending trom the lower to the upper part of the
State. Mr. Pace’s amendment reserving this
rig ht was finally carried, yeas 79 nays 71.
Messrs. States, Davis of Glynn, Harris of
Walton, Pace, Groce, Stanford, Glascock,
Young of Oglethorpe, Cooper, and others engag.
ed in the debate.
Soon aftei Mr. amendment was car.
ried the.house adjourned.
Wednesday, Nos. 27.
The house took up the amendment by the
Senate of the act from the house, for disposing
of the fractions by lottery. The several amend,
meuts were all concurred in by the house.
The principal one being that of excluding from
the benefit of draws persons who may arrive at
18 years of age by the 4th ol March next, was
carried by the casting vote of the Speaker, the
house being divided.
ML Boring laid on the table a resolution that
the Legislature will adjoin sine die on Saturday
the 14th of December.
Mr. Wood of Hall, reported an act to author,
ise the Sheriff of Hall, to advertise his sales in
any papers in the Stale.
Mr. Pace reported a bill to define tho duties
of clerks and sheriffs of this State in issuing
and levying exections.
Mr. Harris of Warren, reported a bill to
mend the patrol laws of this State.
The house dispensed with the order of the
day, and took up the amendment of the Senate
to the resolution of the house for the appoint
ment of a joint committee, to examine the state
oftlie Merchant’s and Planter’s Bank. The
Senates amendment, was the substitution of three
commissioners to be appointed by the Governor,
for th joint committee proposed by the house.
After some remarks by Mi. Meriwether in op.
position to the Senate’s amendment, the house
refused to concur. A committee of conference
was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Meriweth
er, Bates and Rhodes.
The house then took up the biii to provide for
the payment of the agents employed by the
State, to assert and protect the right of the
Cherokee Indians, and made it the order of the
day for Saturday next.
Thursday, Nov. 2S.
After some formal ant! local business, the
Houee took up the orders of the day, being tho
resolutions offered by Mr. Cooper.
Mr. Bates moved to lay them on the table for
the rest of the session.
On this motion an animated debate ensued,
Messrs. Bates, Steelman, King of Mclntosh,
Burns, Harris of Walton, and Glascock, sup
porting the motion,and Messrs. Cooper, Alford,
Wilboum, and Clayton opposing it.
After a long debate, in which the theory and
tendency of State rights and of Federal suprem
acy were pretty extensively dicusscd, particul
arly by the five last named gentlemen, the re
solutions were laid on the table for the residue
of the session—Yeas 94, Nays 64. Many
friends of the resolution no doubt voted in the
affirmative—Several of them stated as their
reason for so doing, a persuasion that to dis ‘uss
them at that time and place would be unprofita
ble and a waste of time.
Mr. Stanford reported as duly enrolled the
bill to dispose of the fractions by lottery.
The Governor transmitted by message a re
port by Mr. Wm. Nichols, the Engineer, of a
survey of the Chattahoochee River, between
Columbus and West Point, with maps, plans,
&c. which were referred to a select committees
of Messrs. Alton', Thornton, Wellborn, Cran-
berry and Peddy.
The House then took up the bill to amend
the penal code, which was read the first time.
This is in lact anew penal code ; forming
printed pamphlets of 72 octavo pages.
Friday, Nov. 29.
Mr. Cooper moved to reconsider a vote of
the houso ofyesterd y, on a question of order.
Lost, yeas 77, nays 79.
Mr. Cooper then moved to reconsider the
vote of yesterday, laying his resolution on the
table for the test of the session. On this mo
j tion Mr. Cooper entered upon thewholesubject,
and doctrines embraced in his resolutions.
W ben the house adjourned he had notconcluded
Ins remarks, intending us we understand to le
feunm tho,:.! to day.
Nothing was doilc in either house but the dis
cussion of these resolutions, of Vlr. Chappell in
onc,aud of Mr. Copper in the other.
SulurJay, Nov. 3d.
Tie house resumed the unfinished business
ot yesterday, being Mr. Cooper’s motion to
reconsider the vote of Thursday, laying his
resolutions on the table for the residue ol the
session. Whereupon Mr. Cooper, proceeded
and addressed the house at length. The house
refused to reconsider.
We have some hopes that this whole debate
which is every able but quito too long lor the
paper, will be printed in a pamphlet form.
Mr. Cooper laid on the table the following
Protest, which was read and ordered to be en
tered on the Journals, to wit:
Whereas a Representative, from the county
of Putnam, did offer lor the consideration of this
Legislature the following Prcamblo and Res
olutions, to wit:
The Senators and Representatives of the
people of Georgia in General Assembly met,
cannot permit the present crisis in the political
relations of the Federal and State Branches of
the Government to pass, without taking into
serious consideration, the alarming powers
claimed for the Federal Government, and acted
on by Congress. The President of the United
States, in a recent proclamation “stating his
views of the Constitution,” &c. asserts as the
true doctrines, in reference to the powers of
that Government and the rights ol the States,
the following, to-wit:
That “the people of tho United Stales formed
the Constitution.”
“That they are one people in the choice of
the President and Vice President.”
That the States respectively “cannotpossess
any right to secede,” “having expressly parted
with so many powers as to constitute a single
nation,” —“because such secession does not
break a league, but destroys the unity of a na
tion.”
That the Representatives in Congress, are
“not the Representatives cf the particular State
from which they come,” but “are all Represen
tatives of the United States,” not “accountable
to the State,” “for any act done in the perfor,
mance of their legislative functions.”
That the Federal Government has a sanction
“both necessarily implied and expressly given,
by which it may punish a State for refusing to
obey an act, which may have been determined
by her sovereign people to he unconstitutional
and void.”
That “the States severally havo not retained
theii entire sovereignty.”
That the States severally have not a right
each for itself on questions between itself and
theU. States Government, to Judge of and de
termine upon, unconstitutional enactments of
Congress—But that the Federal Judiciary is the
proper tribunal in such cases ; and finally that
the Federal Government, may coerce a State
to submit to all laws which by its authorities
may be deemed constitutional.
These principles if successfully maintained,
it will be perceived, end in degradation of State
sovereignty, the most servile Submission—Con
solidation and Tyranny.
To the end therefore that they may be oppo
sed, and their pernicious tendency resisted by
the good people of this State:
Be it resolved, That a proclamation by the
President, in cases where there exists no viola
tion of Law, is not made the duty of the Ex
ecutive, tends in practice, to substitute the
opinion and will of that officer, in lieu of the
majesty of the laws; and when directed against
the solemn acts of a sovereign State is unau
thorised and unjustifiable.
Resolved, That this assembly doth explicitly
and peremptorily declare, that it views the
Federal Government as a compact, to which
each State acceded as a State and is an inte
gral party —That its powers, resulting from the
compact, are limited by the plain sense and in
tention of the instrument constituting that com
pact; and no faither valid, than thev are au
thorised by the grants enumerated in that com
pact.
Resolved, That the Federal Government,
was not made the exclusive or final Judge of
the extent of the powers delegated to itself,
since that would have made its discretion, and
not the constitution, the measure of its powers;
but, that as in all other cases ofcompact among
parties having no common Judge each party has
an equal right tojudge fur itself, as well of infrac
tions, as ol the mode and measure of redress.
Resolved, That in case of a deliberate, pal
pable and dangerous exercise ot other powers
not granted by the said compact, the States
respectively have the right, and are in duty
bound to interpose for arresting the progress
of the evil, and for maintaining within their
respective limits, the authorities, rights and lib
erties appertaining to them.-
Resolved, That whensoever in the opinion
of a State, misrule shall have become the only
guide to the exercise of power, oppression
the only result, and revolution the only hope
of an injured people, the right of that people
to secede is undeniable; arid in so doing they
are responsible only to themselves and to their
God.
Resolved, That the Representatives of a
State, in Congress acting for the good of the
Union.are the Representatives of the particular
State from which they may besent; and for any
act done in the performance of their legislative
functions they are accountable to the people
alone, who sent them.
Resolved, That sovereignty belongs not to
the Government, nor to its departments, but
to the people of each State; and to our system
there does not exist a sole and aggregate
community known as the people of the Union.
Resolved, That the sanction or right claimed
for the Federal Government, to punish a sove
reign people for refusing obedience to what may
be deemed by them to be an unconstitutional
act of that Government, is unfounded, and ex
ists neither by express grant nor impliedly by
the laws ofself defence, nor can that Government
by foice, coerce a State to submit to such act.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress
be requested, and our Representatives be in
structed to demand a repeal of the act of last
."ssion, commonly known as the Force Bill;
oeeausc the same is improper and unauthorised
—is the resort of arbitrary power,and an insult
to the feelings of a free people.
M hich were made the order of the ,1a •
T uesday the 29th day of November. Inns™ I ' r
as we conceive them to be respectful in it, ° C ‘ l
selves, and introduced to express unqualcfj
disapprobation of the principles and views
tained in tiie President’s late pioclaniatio CCC
oppose the bill commonly called the Force fill 4
and to piescnt what we believe to be the r h
of the sovereign people of the Stales respect
!)', and the powers of the Federal branch o f!u’
government. “ Is
And whereas, also, the principals containt
the Resolutions are those which we (, e ]- ( ‘ il
best calculated ulien duly administered to sec* C
liberty and our own constitutional Union- tf*
their exhibition and support at this time w
called for by the following circumstances *?
First. They havo been controverted and
denounced as dangerousand tending to civil WB ,
first by the President of the United States’
and then by the Executive of this State *’
his annualmcssage of this year, and also in fr!
inaugural address.
Secondly. They were discarded and trodden
under foot by the last Congress in the er.ac
ment of the odious Bill of Force.
And whereas, on the day assigned for ifo:.
consideration, an honorable member from H a |’
county, moved to lay them on the table for fa
balance of the session; on which motion, the
mover of said preamble and resolutions, claim,
ed the privilege of being heard as to their nu r !
port,truth, nature and tendency; being accorded
te him by the decission of the Chair, the mem
ber from Hall appealed from the decission oi
the Chair to the House, on which appeal the
majority of the House did overrule said de
cission, and thereby denied, not only t 0 the
member from Putnam but to every other, tho
privilege ot debate on the question they ntto
required to lay on the tabic.
Now, we the undersigned, enter this out
solemn protest against the said decission of the
majority, and assign the following reasons, to
wit:
First. We do believe tho matter proposed
for discussion does involve subjects of lasting,
momentous, vital and immediate interest to all
the States, to the Southern States atpresent,
to our constituents, and to the people of Geor
gia particularly.
Second. Wo believe the assertion of the
principles of the resolutions imperiously deman
ded by the circumstances under which they hate
been denounced as aforesaid, as an act of
justice to them who believe and advocate them;
that the good people of this and the other
States, particularly may righteously decide on
the propriety of such denunciations.
Third. Because by the decission of the
majority, all discussion was put down ami
the privilege of expressing our opinions in be
half of ourselves and those we represent was
denied, which we belie ve can only be rightfully
done in cases whereby the express rules of this
house, such privilege may have been restricted.
Fourth. Because their is no express'rulr,
refusing tho right of discussion in this ease,
nor do we know of the like having been done
by the roles of any deliberate assembly here
tofore. In this case we think it was unroasar:-
ablo, unjust, arid under existing, circumstances
highly oppressive.
Signed by the following members.
Mark A. Cooper, Bcnj. Hudson,
‘fully \ inson, Wm. Hammond,
Julius C. Alford, James Grubbs,
A. W. Redding, Y. P. King,
Asbury Cowles, Elisha Wynn,
N. C. Sayre, Thomas B. Lamar,
Samuel Torrance. John Bass,
G. B. Claytcn, John Harris,
T. G. Sanford, A. Baker, of Liberty,
J. N. W'illiamson, Thomas 11. White,
Stewart Floyd, Henry Pope,
J. T. Sharpe, S. M. Bair,
C. 11. McCall, Churchhill Gibson,
l. B. Walker, Benj. 11. Rutherford,
W. Cone, of Greene, Joseph Culpepper,
W. A. L. Collins, Martin P. Sparks,
A. P. Robertson, Ichabo Davis,
John Boring, Wm. A. Beck,
Robert Hubbard, 11. M. Thornton,
B. F. Hardeman, Dsnitd clntyic,
J. 11. Gresham, Wm. Stroud,
Wm. J. Russell, Thomas Btvins,
M. M. Dye,
Monday, Dec. 2.
By Mr. Hub!an’, requiring the several coun
ties to pay their ow T n members.
By Mr. Meriwether, providing for the call of
a convention to reduce and equalize the repre
sentation.
Mr. Harris of \\ alion presented a paper sign
ed by 70 members or more, containing their
reasons for the vote they gave on Mr. Cooper’s
resolutions, and moved that it be put upon tho
Journal. Alter a desultory discussion of older
ensued,among Messrs. Harris, Cooper, Buns
bales. Young • of Oglethorpe, Easly, Jllston-,
and King of Mclntosh; The question was put
and carried.
The bill for compensating the agents appoint
ed under the act of last session, for protecting
the Indians in their rights, and the gold mines
from pillage, engaged the attention of the house
for the rest of the morning’s sitting. It
found very difficult to adopt any rule that wool
do justice to the public,and to each of the agents
according to the service they had respective y
rendered. After much debate ie which Messrs-
Young of Oglethorpe, Meriwelhei, Harris o
Walton, Walker of Lumpkin, Williamson,
Bates, Pace, Alford, and Cooper, took part m b 9
various stages of the investigation; A pel m ,ni
pay was finally determed on, and several sums
moved, We understand that four dollars ex
clusive of all expenses for each day “ bile !3
actual services, was finally carried. ,
EVENING SESSION.
The house was engaged for the whole even
ing setting on the Union Roil IJoad Bill* bisec
tions, on its third reading. The vexed question
of exclusive privilege in the 2d section was se
tied, at exteirding the exclusive privilege a * *
as to the Ocmulgoc river, and no farther. I
house then went on with hut few amendinin
