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Rh that he would transmit a message with accompanying documents to both Houses of the General Assembly, this day at 3 o'clock, P.M. Mr. Sanders of Butts, laid upon the table a resolution, appointing a day for the election of Judges of the Circuits therein named, and a Solicitor General for the Coweta Circuit, and a Judge of the Supreme Court, which was read. Mr. McDougald laid upon the table a substitute for the resolution of Mr. Sanders, which was read. On motion of Mr. Thompson of Carroll, the House ad- journed until 3 o'clock, P. M.

, P.M. The House met pursuant to adjournment. The following message was received from his excellency the Governor, by Mr. Patton, his Secretary: Mr. Speaker:—I am instructed by his excellency the Governor to deliver to the House of Representatives, his biennial message, with the accompanying documents. On motion of Mr. Bryan of Wayne, the House took up the message from his excellency the Governor, to-wit:

Fellow-Citizens of the Senate

As the Representatives of the people, you have convened to perform important public duties. The simple machinery of our form of Government, by the operation of which this responsible trust is confided, is not to be appreciated more for the power and confidence conferred upon you, than for the quiet and almost imperceptible process by which, without commotion, those who lately occupied the places you now fill, have been disrobed of authority. In your deliberations as to the best means of directing aright the destiny of our growing State, of developing its resources, and elevating its character, you will not be unmindful that "wisdom, justice, and moderation," should be your guides, and the mark of your highest ambition. The operations of the Government since the adjournment of the last General Assembly, it is made my duty to lay before you. In detailing the transactions of a period of two years, it will not be remarkable, if I should fail to impart to