Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-01-27

years: read twice aud ordered to an en-
grossmcni.
Swami, of Rankin, introduced a bill
pr"viting for the deposliing Of the bond
If all county officers in the off c of III,
probate clerk: which was read twice.
Duprce. of Kinds, gave notice of tn
Introduction Of bill regulating civil pro
secutions.
The house hill providing for SOM
ch1nges in the mode of dispnsing OF th'
three pen cent fund O Jones county, pass
ed
The senate BILL dividing the state int
seven judicial districts, came up in com
mi'ee of The whole;
On motinn of Adams. of Jasper, Chick
asaw Was added 10 line IA, and March ant
Sept. entered in place of April and Ocio
her, in line SO.
On motion of Guion, of Warren, several
amendments were adopted, so that the
court will sit in Tunica Immediately afiel
Kinds, and Warren will be the last court
in that district. He remcrked that this
course would prevent the holding of court
in V'cksbnrg when the willow fever pre-
vailed there
Montgomery, of Madison and Yazoo
presented some amendments, which al.
tered The holding of the courts in the dis.
trict in which that gentleman lives.
Note.-There were a multitude of a
mendments proposed, but the whole mai.
ter was left IN some cofusion, so that
until the amendments are engrnsscd, il
will be impossible to say what changes are
made The alterations made, however,
do not affect the division of counties into
districts
It being proposed in committee of the
whole to postpone the consideration ofthe
bill,
Speighi, of Lowndes, said he hoped no
obstacle would be thrown in this house in
the way Of the speedy perfection Of this
measure. He thought if this hill, the bill
dividing the state into congressional dis.
iric,s, and some financial measures were
passed senators might all return 10 their
homes with the approval of their cuns,itu.
ents.
The committee having risen, Matthews,
of Marshall, moved 10 postpone the con-
sid-raiion OF the report Of the committee
of the whole until to morrow: carried.
Ventress, of Wikinsn, presented Ger,
tain claims, which were referred to the
on pnhlic buildings.
The bill FOR the relief of William Wing
being put on its final passage. Matthews,
If Marshall, enqnired whether his claim
was OF such a nature that the committee
IN public buildings could thoroughly ex.
anime III lift was. he should oppose The
pessage of this bill; if not, he should vote
or it.
Ventress, Of Wilkerson, said the account
was too CO. plica,ed, in itself, and the ties
imnny too lahorions for il to he fully ex.
'mined nv the committee, and therfor" he
had introduced this bill, referring the mat.
Ter TO the auditor and commissioners Of pub.
lie buildings. The hill then passed
ives. of Yallobusha, introduced joint
resolution instru'ting our senators and re-
]nesiing our representatives in congress
% d all they could 10 have the fees OF the
y. s. court, in this STATE. rednced: passed
He also lnrroduced bill taxing lawyers
practising 10 he II s. courts $5 for each
'ase brought by them therein, or IN which
hey we're concerned rs counsel. The
i'll having received its serond reading.
)urr, If Lauderdale and Kemper, moved
Is indefinite poetponement. He was sim
ere in introducing this hill, and moi, as
ONE might suppose, merely jestng. lie
nd stated bef'ro, in his place, that he he-
ieved the U. S courts sat in This site nv
he favor ofthe state nj ne. He hetiev' d
hat these courts were never intend d 10
nnoy our citizens b> the collection of
bts, and stated snme verv hard cases,
which had borne heavily on the citizens OF
lis coanty.
Dupree, Of Kinds, expressed his high re.
ne tor the legal profession. and helived
'ey we've The means Of great CO. in The
Immunity. He hoped the bill would be
lceinilely laid on the table.
Guion, of Warren, said he had not in
ended speaking, believing no senator
'u'd lie serious in such proposition. -
nt il seemed TINT the senator from Yallo.
usha was scri Us in what he avowet to
e an attempt 70 drive The federal "ourts
nm our midst. He said he was h mble
the thought that It sh uh 90 forth in The
rblIc prints, that grave sen lie had leen
1g 'ged in discussing project FIR driv ,
G a tribunal established bv the constiiu.
On IF the Union, out If the stale. 1.-The
'nator from Yallohusha would read the !
instruction of the United States, he
ould find that the courts which he hid :
of as a nuisance, were estab- '
she'd with all the p'wers Of Whlrh he s., '