Mobile register and journal., 1845-01-04


 Aessrs. Sanford & Wllson:--Aboye you have the apportionment bill before the House of Repre- ssntatiyes, and can form your own opinions ss to equity of tho arrangement ofthe representation among the several counties of the State. For my own psrl had hoped the county of Clarke would have beeu favored with two representatives, she hu, been put of heretofore. and now occupies the middle ground between Mobile and Monroe, and ~hioh altogether makes nearly the ratio of representation by their fractions The. constitution requii the fractions o contiguous counties to be added, and Clarke from position Is lle only county that could receive it. sent you by mal n tabular statement of the census for lsil, from which you will learn where the repre- sentaon of these fractions o use the popular phrase is located.
 The sessions of the legislature from day to day are now full of interest. The vital subjects Ieeis lation for the pre- assembly are coming before il lron the appropriate committees. Tho revenLe bill has been reported from the ways and means, and is Tar. very far, from beng satisfactory to great number ot the members. The spirit of opposition was ex. hibited as soon as the report read. and man, re presentatives refused to vote for the publication o the report, because they thought great a number of copies as b0OO was quasi endorsement of appro bation. There will be minority report. The House was notified of the fact b, Mr. Mitchell, of Barbour after the reading of the report.
 The disposition of the assets of the banks is the great bone of contention. There is great unwilling on the part of many members, to tax the S,ate 50 enormously, when, as they believe, the funds of the State in the hands of the Banks, are the appro priate source from winch the debts created for thel benefit should be first exhausted. The waste of the Bank means for the last seven yenrs-the prespec, o their being frittered away hereafter by sopordc ndu gence-the large expense attending the collection of the debts under the present plan, and the genera anxiety to participate in the administration of the e lects, give the Banks intese interest," nowise di unfinished by the introduction of bill to tax high.
 The Bank Committee have made as yet no report The infinite variety of opinions ths mode of ad- minstering upon them. prevents anything like expo. ditious action Tho charter of the State Bank ex. pres, by limitation. the day after to-morrow and the policy to be observed in relation to il has been de. batsd in the House to-day. A select committee was appointed on Saturday, to report forthwith what to be done with the property of ihs Bank, to meet the exigency. Mir. Chandler, from that committee, reported bull to the assets in tho State and to let the charter expire. Mir. Martin offered an amendment To extend the charter for tho fiscal pur. poses of the State The House adjourned. making the bill and amendment the special order for 10 o'clock to-day After much debate the bill and smend- ment were laid upon tho table to-day. Mir. Phillips offered a bill which is now undsF discussion, which permits the charter to expire, bst keeps the nsms alive for the uses of settlement. Mir. Dunn, during his remarks, read proposition which he wishes 10 make. by which the lG section of the acts of liquidating the Branches, shall embrace the State Bank. The desire to talk is predominant. and if what is material and useful, were divested of all un. necessary rhetorical curleques, Ca pretty good word believe,) we would get on faster. Tho morning hour for adjournment arrived. The House meets again at g PM. to-day
 Col. Percy Walker was beaten for tho Solicitor. ship of the 9th Judicial Circuit, by Mir. John E. Jones, of Sumter. Col W. received every vote in the circuit except and in the face of the highest compliments for ability which be paid with truth to any ofhcer--ihe race was a tIght one.
 s. G. Frierson was elected Treasurer without op. position.
 Jefferson c. Van Dyke was elected Comptroller over Mir. Foster, by a considerable vote.
 There is nothing more l can add at present. The river very low and makes strangers incidents and oysters of Mobile.