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Rssolsss, that his Legislature will NOT ap-
point any agent 10 receive such portion Of Inc
proceeds Or The public lands Is mas Be, or have
been appropriated 90 this State under The late ac
Of Congress.
Mr.. Tsiiaferro moved lhe Indefinite postpone
mens Or he whole subjects and as Il had beer
fully discussed here and elsewhere, be called The
previous qaeslion-which vas ordered.
Nj. GaFnea called the ayes and noes on the
motion 70 poslpone-which we're ordered, and
were ayes q. noes IS.
So The motion to postpone wps rejected.
Alter debate, Mr.. Leake Of A., renewed the
motion for The indefinite ppstponemsat Of The
I whole subjscl, which was agreed 70 b. the fgi-
leSing roe
YEAS Messrs HolIensn (sPesker,l ALL
worth. Cusiis. Randolph. Leake, Of Abemsrle,
Ctcke, Powell, Of Amherst. Byrd, Of Bsth, Will
son. Tayenner, Stanton. Meredith. Biick, Hub
ard Bocoek, Samuel. Hancock, Powell, Of Fair
i FAX, Stockton, Desklns, Muse, TaIiaferro, Wood
Byrd. OF Frederick, Lesks. OF Goochland, Car
roll, Jones, Edmands, Of Halifax, stoyall. Blus,
Ward, BASEL. King, Davis. Of King and Queen,
HAYES, Jackson, Marshall, Banks, Martin, Nj
edison, Jiggits, Tsnzey, Adair, Wade, DJche,
Tatem, Rice, Davis, Of Orange and Green,
shole, Bird, of PendIeton. Hopk ms, Brown, Of
Preston. Anderson, Daniel. Of Prince George,
Brasner, Sturm. Densale, Coolies, Kane. Gate-
wood, Williams. Hedsmsu, Warren, SPOTS,
Henry. Goodson, Neal 81.
kATS-Messrs Brooke, Frazier, Wing6eld.
Mitchell. Newkitk, Snpdgrass, Moore, Of cabsll
and Wayne, ToIer, Nowlin, Lacy. Dennis,
Broadus, IrviDg Brown: Of E. G. and Warwick,
Garrett. 81 quier, Rust--Payns,
French RoO DsiwsiI, White, of~ssxnoyer,
Miles. Smith. Of Harrison, NJ Rae, Bowden,
Gallsher, Wofthington, Parks, Wallace. Ed
monds, Of Lancaster and Richmond, Gibson,
siollings, Carter, Gray, Miller, Of Loudoun,
Kidwen, Miller, Of Mason and Jackson, North
ington, Smith, Of Nanse mond, Cabell, Watts,
Ferby Oliver, Edgington, critz, Boiling, Ben
neil, Talman. Dsy, STROLLER, Daniel, Of Rich
mone city, Burwell. Moore, Of Rockbridge,
White. Of Rockbridge. Gowan, Tate Spark,
Crutchfeld, West, Lewis, Leftwich-62.
THE APPoRT1oNMENT BILL.
This important measure, which has been be.
fore The Senate for some days, and earnestly de-
bated, was, very unexpectedly TO every enc, re-
jeeitd. by The following voIe
s9ys-Messrs. Thotnton. Carson, Wiley. At
kinson. Bouldin, Penn, MDfet, Sloan, Shinn,
McMulien, Taylor, Gaerrani, and McCauley,-
10.
Noes Messrs. Hunton, Coz, Campbell, Pey-
ton, Bondurant, c ustis, voolfolk Conrad, Piper
Carter Of New Kent. Garter Of Richmond Coun.
.ty, Langhorne, Rogers, and Newman-l4.
-absent-Messrs Cooke, Baptist, Preston, Scot
and Thompson-5.
Mr., Conrad pressed with his accustomed abili.
~ an amendment, (similar 10 the one moved IN
the House, 10 lranspose Page and Hardy in tn,
10Th and lIh districts, 50 as give Hardy Il
the Frederick district, and thereby secure some
thing like equality Of numbers IN the two districts
this being an absolute requirement OF The Law
Of Congress. But The majority would not assen
10 this fair proposition.
But the whole bill must have contained som,
palpable violations Of propriety. olhsve crawI
forth opposition from such strong party men a
Messrs. Hunlon, Voolfolk, and Newman.
1fahe Senate do not reconsider, (Which is ex
pected0 the House will be compelled to originals
new bill.
Some oflhe bold ones or the party now talk
General Ticket They think they we're entire
ly loo liberal in giving The Wings on. district
and therefore are disposedto take all. Let then
try IL G.