Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-15
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Fl,id0U MORNING. .lnl.iI LIZ
THE CONFEt ENCE. &,

Yesterday, the Conf.rec two Houses ac ain met when
The proposition last made by managers of the our of
peeGae nasey-ior 10 circuits aud judges double
The House having met, Mr. Ghusou from the Committee an.
poe " c'nnuc the conference, made report OF VIVA, had
occurred ~ substance of which have al
ready stated
MIR Leigh suggested that there necessity Tor taking
any vote on the report p;escu,cd nothing the
DO lie then proceeded condition of things and
to urge the House adhere principle of the double
pie could he With view of reachns the senate,
amendments he moved tia, the House rccde om
Geenen meeo-Ihs motion prevailed The amendment of
the Senate providing for IS judges hc State TO b. divided
mo districts and ia circuits, one judge orcui,,> Mr..
Leigh moved TO strike and insert 10 20 Judges
tive TO each circuit. On Of Mr. Glner the question:
aeh so as To- he taken first striking aud being
pu he Rouse struck out Is MIR Leigh his pro-
position oT 10 circuits and 20 judges MIR Wcrr moved for
twenty s s,rcn and twenty judges tsns'a judge plan
ihese motions presenting the respective plans the single
and double judge MIR Leigh hoped 4, I'LL the blank
would 6e considered test motion, ANA called ayes
Nt Jones rose to state tina, intelligence rom his
en's convincing him that they preferred double Judge
pan ne should vote for the motion OF the gentleman om Hen
Tor ~ circuits and 20 judges MIR Atkinson peierring
douoe Judge plan as his had all aongpoved covn-
cen na' could not be ohalncd determined
system, declared ms purpose OF now voting against the
motion OF the gentleman fnm enrco Mr.. Anderson Of
rose 10 STATE iac' the o5ec, OF winch show the feast
oy OF Jdse aud Chancelor carving business the
same QUIZ House al the time The question
' on MIR Leshs mo""n to I'LL the blank with 10 circuits and
| ~ Judges and nfGGtirtd by The following vote
oa N Mc1 ba%Es lSreakeL Bayy, Wool Ken
Campbell Gho,on Shell, Yancey, HALLIBURTON, Watkins
burioo, Wilson, Brndnax, Jones' Wush, James Marshall
mou DAWSON Williams Lesh Ir ops" a ia%. s Sy
mcrs, Lawson, " I Mason. Goaic. Cohoon Garland
rano, r Miller venahlr, shield l;vc. Tycr. Nioops
Mcdowell Lewis, Williams, Gaew GOD, Goodwin. Hamil
ien A"ncu'c, Crockett Maxwell Mcfarland, Ruthcrfoord-
Nnrs-Messrs Drummond, Glcar, Terril, s NJ Garland
Mayse Il Campbell, Lefwich, Christian Spurlock, w NJ
Five Clay Taylor, Broadu Gibson Chichester, Payne,
Powell, Holland, Castcpan, w Wood, King Hail Green
nasIey Dunn Carskadon Dyes, Atkinson semple Pollard
fooc Pollard Leland Ewing, Hays, Caldwell Poudex.
Tar, Street. Hudgins Newman, Watts Brlmgsley, va~ter
Ieon Helms, 0FGTaii Unshur, Davis Of o,anse iiner,
der ksorc C"mp, EPPes, Gillespie, Mccoy, McCuloch,
Nr Preston then moved fill the blank with 30 and
20 Judges 6 ngle SYSTEM and carried wi,hou, count
Mr. Leigh rose, and declaring he had done ali power
TO arrest the Commonwealth in It's downward moved
for seec, committee arrange the Motions were
made respectively constitute the 20 aud "a
and respectively rejected The Chair ten announced the
following committee, (ar Leigh declining Chairman
yiz'-Nessrs Glmer, Leigh Wncher, Bayy, Williams ofH.
Gibson Newton, Keller Moore, Williams Of S. Preston Chris
tan and Campbell Of 4
On Of Mr. Wtcher, Speaker vacated the chair
until O'Clock, give the Select Co.mce arrange
the Circuits.
EVENING SESSION.
TIE House eassembed at o'clock when lr Gilmcr from
the Select Committee rerored that they had not concluded
the arrangement of the Circuits.
Mr. Rves of Campbell offered Joint resolution providing
S the survey OF the rail road route firm LynchbuSh New
vs' ana or opening sPo"den"r with the Govenmeu,
OF Tennessee the subject Of thai
State but the que son beng put there quorum.
On motion Of Mr. Gmer, the House then adjourned this
D.. 1t will DO observed that the conference between
the two Houses, terminated in the mutual rejection
of all the propositions FOR compromise mutually
submitted by the conferees OF the two Houses The
conference thus breaking up, as all foresaw it wonId
break up. and it being manifest that the Senate
would not under any circumstances accept the double
Judge system, the alternatives were presented the
House OF taking the single Judge to circuit, or Of
reaHSplng the old system universally execracd or Of
patching mp some scheme to serve the necessities of
the Sta:e until public opinion could dovoope itself
and the public voice declare between the hostile
systems. la this eXigency, the House rcceded, as
1t has been apparent for some days they would
finally DO, when the pinch cane and adopted the
Senates plan with the difference of 20 circuits and
20 Judges, instead Of I8 circu,s and Ia iudoes.-
The Senate, although prcerrng but &c iudres and
going to 10, only in spirit Of concession. viii un-
qnestonaby accept The amendment of the House
The system Of intermediate courts will then be tins.
20 Circuits for the whole State and 90 Judres
clothed both with Chancc5y and Common Law pow
crs: thus increasing tho whole number of Judoes
one md abosing Courts Of Equity IN a separate
and independent form. How the new system il 10
work. we must wait for experience to inform US
One thing however, may be safely prognosr,cated.
ma ncly, that il cannot work worse than tina, which
it snPorscdcs and as the people in the new Cops,,
tuition, have retained foil powers to remodel. alter
and abolish, as they please, we may confidently au
gu, that if this does not sent them. they will Law
1t aside IN its turn, and try another. years or
two years experiment inict no intulorablo
calomiy If unsuccessful j. Is certainly better
so, than to have resumed the old system, or aGopcd
one from which would be more difficult to rccedc
Our own preference confess, was to have tried
the County Courts for one year Which now doing
three fourths Of the business. might possibly have
been found competent for the rcmnindcr and thus
dispense with the intermediate tribunals altogether.
This idea was gaining ground apacc and we arc
not sure but 1t had small influence in drivino
matters to q composition.
The subject has been handled in both Houses
and in the conference, with an ability worthy Of tho