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County Court terms Tor the trial Of debt, and 10
extsud he return day of executions. Also, 70
seducs The commissions on bonds, &c. Yon may
imsginihe the dlhcalties attending every hing
that Is called an iaassalisa. wheh you remember
that there are l3t heads 70 be consulted and that
oflhese you must reconcile al least es 10 your
oun way Of thinking. No easy task, when eve
~ man hassIhe pride OF prseonceived opinions
aud ptejadicss 10 overcome.
On Friday. The House took up, in committee Of
The whole. Mr.. Watts 10 ihe chair, The Appor-
tiontnent eli-and some three or -four Substitutes
for The committees plan we're voted down
The eebatc was occasionally amusing, when
pasleboari GsTymandsrs were held up As argu.
ments against particular schemes. Buta pofiti-
cal arrangement We shall doubtless have. In spite
ofsll The professions Of fairness with which the
Bpeeches abound. The madness OF party may,
however, bring about the corrective.
On Saturday. Mr.. Worhingl6n offered The fol-
lowing Tesofutiou " Inquiry, which was adopted
without debate. but the vote probably cannot BE-
considered q test vote
RssOlssd, That the Committee for Courts OF
Justice inquire into the expedieney Of amending
the Iaws regulating the County Courts Of this
Commonwealth, 30 asIo provide that, instead Of
The Quarterly terms Ct said Courts, there shall
be ssm-anrual terms; ndfurihef, that motions
on forthcoming bonds taken BY virtue Of exeeu-
tion on Judgments Of the County Courts shall be
made a. The semi-annual terms Of said Courts.
The subject Of reducing the sherih,s commits
sion on forthcoming bonds is already before the
committee, and Isnppose will beiconsideEed and
reported upon al The same time.
Mr.. West Of Tyler "a Loco9 offered the fol.
lowing restitution, WHICH, after shos; debate,
was postponed indefinitely, on motion Of Mr..
Cfulehheld. The previous question was called
and sustained, iiT. Powell Of Amherst complain
ing Of the abuse Of the question, by which mem
bers were cut off from the opportunity Of repre-
ssnling their constituents. The resolution is in
these words
Resolped, That the committee for courts of
justice inquire into she erpedieRcy Of passing
soms general law, guarding better against the
sacrifice Of property under sales made by Sherids
and other officers
The vote on lthe motion for indefinite post
pouement was decided in the atiEnatiVe-ayes
s., noes 81.
This may be considered an INDICATION Thai the
House will vote down all propositions bearing
the name Of rslisf, at Ihe present session.
. The House sgain went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Waits in the chair, on the bill 10 APP
portion the State into CONGRESSIONAL Districts
Various substitutes and amendments were offer
ed, and most of them voted down. But at last
one Of formidable character was presented Co
veringIthe entire Western portion OF the State
(siT dissficts.) The Locos OF that region, from
the Blue Ridge out, had concocted III 10 suit
themselves, and when they got that secured, they
presented an uhbroken phalanx against all who
were discontinued. The writer Of this denounc-
ed il, as transferring he power from The trhols
House 70 party, and thereby allowing a sec
fionsI combination 10 override all opposition. IN
Por himself. he preferred TO trust The interests
Of his constituents 10 the justice and fair dealing
ofihe Snitrs body, ard moi to a part. who, when
saIisfed themselves. cared for no other interest.
Party feeling prevailed, however, and the amend
meni was carried.
The hour OF adjournment having arrived, the
committee rose, reported progress, and asked
leave 10 sit again. The subject will therefore be
resumed on Monday. G.