Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-22
From our Jefferson City Correspondent.


the law concerning Justices Courts was taken
up last Friday in Committee Of the Whole, amen.
ded and mooted or rather "tattered and torn, du
ring that day, Saturday, and most part Of to day.
very fierce contest came up when regulating
that part OF the law fixing the number Of terms
which a justice Of the peace shall hold during
the year, and much complaint as you have heard
of the relief measures OF the last session, it will
be almost impossible to get back TO the good old
order Of monthly courts. The committee have
agreed by almost tie vote that each justice shall
hold his court but once in three months, This
is not final as the bill can be amended, if
majority OF the House desire it, after it is reported
back Most OF the wings are in favor Of resto.
ring the law for the collection of debts before
Justices to what it was before the RADICALS Of
last session revolutonized the system, destroyed
the means Of collecting money, and thereby pros
trated private confidence between man and man
The democrats, the uITRAs, the New County
MAKERS, are the men who lead in this attempt to
perpetuae this PAY WHEN YOU PLEASE state Of
things. Your delegation are divided upon this
question: Mr.. Jackson being in favor Of three
months courts; Messrs. Woods and Davis for
the restoration Of the law as it stood before the
last session. 1t will be several days before this
bill gets through the House.
Democracy has at last commenced preying
upon itself, and no honest man will care what
may be the consequence. A set Of resolutions
This day passed the House expressing it as the
opinion OF the General Assembly, that the off,
GERS OF the Bank Of the State OF Missouri ought
not to receive for their salaries more than the fol.
lowing sums each per annunl, viz: President mo-
Their bank not exceeding $500; Presidents
branches $500, and no other officer in the mother
bank more than $500; Cashiers OF branches
$500 and other officers $500. | thiuk it PRE-
sUMEABLE the wings Of Missouri will not WEEP
EXCESSIVELY, if the pay Of the entire civil list Of
State officers be proporionably reduced.
Two more new counties to day MATCHED out
in the House--DeKab, North OF Clinton, and
Reynolds, the result of an equal division of Shan
non. No one here believes the latter will have
one hundred voters.
Contrary to expectation, the bill heretofore
passed by the Senate, dstrctng the State, to day
passed the House, without amendment. THE
DILL was published in the Times-Weborns. J.
When the bill came up for its third reading Mr..
Wilson Of Randolph moved to stri Ike out all after
the enacting clause and insert by way Of substi-
tute, bill which provided for dstricting the
State in fair and square districts, Of connected
and contiguous territory, except that ST. Charles
and Warren counties were proposed 10 be con.
nected with the south side OF the river, in order
to equalise as near as practicable the population,
but it was rejected by neat party vote. Mr..
Carson then moved to amend by adopting the plan
heretofore proposed by Mr.. Senator Acock; that
was also voted down. Mr.. Williams moved 10
substitute the plan heretofore proposed by Mr..
Bay, and that too was voted down by strictly
party vote. The plan proposed by Mr.. Wilson
would have constituted one wing district; but
such caucussing had been had that Mr.. Bay him.
self would not vote for the plan he proposed, and
so recently his favorite.
On Saturday last the Senate got into dreadful
ssARL amongst thcmselves-that is the dominant
party of the Senate. On Friday it seems that
body passed resolution nstructing the Senate
portion OF the revising committee TO report all
bills to that body as they came from the hands Of
the Commissioners appointed by the last General
Assembly, without alteration. This move pro.
duced the designations Of DR.. Fort and others as
members Of that committee. Another resolution
and still another was offered relative 10 the same
subject; one OF the latter proposing to ExPUNGE
from the journal some OF the former. This
brought out some OF the real tiger OF that party;
intestine wars, you know, being always the more
fierce. No one, it is said, could have told for a
time, whether they had any presiding officer, or
which one Of all engaged in the ROW, was presi
dent Mcssrs. Fort, Rawlns, Young, (the Pres
ident,) and Polk, all talking at once, The
scene is described as rare one indeed; likely il
would have shaken the gravity OF Mr., Jack
Downing himself, to have witnessed it. Howev'
er the storm is over and no blood shed. X.
FEBRUARY 18th, 1S45.
In consequence Of the decease Of Miss Edwards,
on yesterday, sister of the Governor, the two
houses of the General Assembly adjourned at an
early hour this morning. till o'clock in the after
noon, il order to join with the friends of the de-
ceased in the last sad and solemn duty of attend
ing the funeral ceremony and interInent.
After the house met, this evening, the presenta-
ton Of petitions, memorials and remonstrances,