The Constitutional Union.
l'l s \|’,<FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1800,
ARRIVAL AKD DEPARTURE OF T11K MAILS.
Fokt Smith.—Arrives here Mondays mid Thurs
at 2 P. M. Leaves Tuesdays and Saturdays
at 10 P. M*
Eastern Mail—Arrives Lv river Tuesdays and
Frida vs at 0 A. M. Leaves Mondays and Thurs
days at ti A. M.
Searcy.—Arrives Tuesdays at G P. M. Leaves
Mondays at i A. M.
Brownsville.— Arrives Saturdays at C P. M.
Leaves Fridays at 7 A. M.
Cotton Plant.—Arrives Saturdays at 11 A. M.
Leaves same days at 1 P. M.
Military.
Attention is called to the advertisement in
another column, headed “Attention Militia.”
, The Gold Diggings.
The company of miners which is being
formed here, under the supervision of Mr.
Anderson, will shortly be ready lor work.
We will give a somewhat lengthier account of
their plans next week.
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More Snow.
This town and vicinity was visited, last
Monday, with more snow, which came down
thick and heavy for a half hour or more.
The ground was so wet, however, that it did
not remain visible hut a short time.
A Memphis Ilouse.
The attention of our readers is called to the
card of Me—rs. Hoggin, T rader A Holt, of
Memphis, in to-day’s Tnion. This is one of
the most substantial linns in that city, and
one of its members, Mr. i>. (_’. Trader, has
been in the cotton business some twenty-one
years.
Dentistry
The card of Dr. K. T. Swover, surgeon den
' tist. Buena Vista street. Jackson's new build
ing, will be found in to-day's paper. Those
who wish dental work done may be satisfied
that Dr. Sweyer can perform it for them to
their satisfaction, as he is a proficient and
scientific woikman.
Fine Pictures.
All uf our readers, old. young, handsome,
and ugly, who want a correct likeness of
themselves, should not neglect to call at
Wedges' Gallery, on Buena Vista street, in
' Jackson’s new building, second floor and
third room back from the street. Ilis pic
tures are gotten up with taMe and will keep
unchanged for ages.
Large Eaddishes.
Mr. Andy McLaren lias raised, this sea
son. on his plantation some extraordinarily
large raddishes. The largest measures I'd 1
; inches in circumference; another Id inches,
and three more measuring respectively In.
141 and Inf inches. Total circumference of
five radishes, ti feet and S| inches. V ho
can beat them ?
Telegraph.
Wo have been informed from a reliable
source that Mr. Montgomery intends to carry
,.•1 line of the Memphis and Little K ;ck Tele
graph through Fes Are—provided our citi
zens will invest •Sd.hucl. The wire is now
hero sufficient to complete the work. We
haven't space enough left this,week tu.-nv
more on the subject, but we know Mr. Mont
gomery will meet with slice -si’u! encourage
incut from our citizens.
MARRIED.
METCALF -Cw<Hi.—On iho l.vli iii'!., in
Prairi•• inwn»; ip. ai 11»<* re i E ic e the bride’s
• father. Mr. Peter C«;ok. by B. F. <."ottiler, ll-g .
Mr. < , iambus Metcalf, 0> Miss Mary J. <oiK:. ..II
of Erairie county.
DIED.
.MICKS.—In ibis place, on the lltb ins!., of
in;i iiaa: ioa ot tbi* brain, Jesse S. Hicks in the
1 'ah year of his ri^e.
Sumsuar) of New- b> Tciexrapu.
tVo-H\Nov. U».
lion. James IF Flovd. Secretary of \\ ar.
hasexen -sed !ii> determination to deliver the
f irts and arsenal-- in South ('umliita intact to
b - successor, on the (th of' March.
The pre-s throughout Florida ate demand
ing of the Governor to call an extra session
of th. Legislature on account of the election
of Lincoln.
J apks'os Mississippi, November 23.
The Senators and lb-present atives in < .i
grcss from Mississippi held a meeting here
to-dav and nrirminiollslv declared for SCCCS
sion and Southern Confederacy. Great en
tlui'i iMii for disunion is prevalent throughout
this State.
Siv Francisco, Nov. 10th.
Tlie Steamship Sonora sailed from 111i
port for Panama on the 5th inst., with §900,
000 treasure.
The markets remain generally unchanged.
It is estimated that Lincoln's plurality in
, the State wiil he 1.150, hut the aesult is still
i in doubt.
The Douglas Democrats will have a majority
in the Legislature.
Partial returns received from Oregon are
favorable to Dreckiuridge and Italic.
New York, Nov. 23
The measures which were adopted on
- Wednesday by the associated hanks of this
city are universally approved. The creditors
of the different banks are perfectly satisfied
with the ifrrangment. There are but lew
calls fur specie. At the closing of the money
market yesterday Southern bank hills were
quoted :vt 19(o 2U per cent, discount. Dills
on the !\ estern and Middle States closed at
5(^10 per cent, discount,
New Orleans, Nov. 23.
The cotton market closed quiet, with sales
of 7000 bales at 101@10Jc ; thesales of this
week amount to 42,500 bales; the reeeipts
7O',000 hales, against 53.500 bales the same
time last year ; the exports were 45,500 hales;
the total exports amount to 3^0,000 hales ;
the receipts are 71,500 bales less than last
year ; the stock at all Southern ports is 140,
500 hales less than last year ; the stock at
this port amounts to 313.250 bales.
Mr. Yancey, the Southern orator, of Ala
bama, is a step-son of llev. N. S. Beman, D.
t If ,, of Tmy. N. Y. i
i
£
DES ARC PRICE""CURRENT.
Corrected Weekly by Stk*art & Bro's.
Kenlucky Bagging, 17 @ 18
Indian Bagging, 1(5 <?> 17
Bale Hope, 9 (a) 10
Beeswax, y lt>., 20 (a) 25
Bricks, y M., $6 50 («> 7 (HI
Brooms, y dozen, 2 50 (n, 0 00
Buckets, painted, y dozen, 2 50 (» 0 00
Butter, y lb., 2*) (<t> 25
Bar Iron, 5 (a) (i
Bar Soap, y lb., 7 (>i) 8
Castings, 5 (n) (]
Copperas, y lb., 5 (uj 10
Coffee, Rio, 17 Of, 00
Chocolate, 10 (tt), 12A
Candles, tallow y lb., 15 (it) 17
Star, 23 Ot, 2G
Cotton, 7 Ot, 9
Cotton Yarns, 9l(n\ 121
Cordage, Manilla, 12\(n, 20
Chickens, y dozen, 2 50 (<t, 3 00
Corn, 90 (o. 1 00
Corn Meal, y bushel* 90 (it) 1 10
Krugs and Dye Stuffs
Alum, y lb., 8 (7j) 15
Brimstone, ti (•<, 10
Camphor, 75 (o, so
Madder, 20 O') 25
Indigo, 1 25 (i 2 00
Logwood, <5 (,'j 10
Soda, 11. (’., 8 (a) ]2A
Salarutus, - <• \ O') 12A
Eggs, y dozen, 25 («, go"
Flour, (-’ bid., 7 00 7 50
Flour, y loo lbs., in sacks, 3 75 (a) 4 (K)
Feathers, y lb., 55 (a, <.o
Beet Hides, y lb., (a, 10
Fruits— ~
Apples, y bush.,dried, 1 00 Of) 1 25
Reaches, (-* bush., dried, 1 00 (it) 1 25
Raisins, y box, 8 50 (<<,, 4 oo
Gunpowder, Hazard, y cag, 7 2 > O' 7 50
Lime, y bid., " 1 75 («;. 2 00
Lead, bar, y lb., 8 (n, 10
Ginger, y 11)., 11 (u) 15
German Steel, 18 (u) 20
A. B. Steel, 10 Ot, 00
Cast Steel, 25 (a) 30
Hollow Ware, y gal., l2J.(o, 10
Meats—
Canvassed Hams, y lb, 17J07, ]S
Plain Hams, y lb., 1 ti (o> OO
Shoulders, y II)., 13 (n>, 00
Mi Filings, y ]!)., IT.'bt. 18
Bulk Pork, y lb., 11 (<i 00
Pori:, fresh, ti (,,, 7
Beet, f1 lb., 5 (it) 0
Paints and t-’ils.
Linseed Oil, y gal., 1 00 (5, 1 25
Sperm Oil, y gal., 2 25 (n i) 00
Lard Oil. gal., 1 25 (./ 1 50
W kite 1. id. ye »g, 2 50 (., 5 00
Si.itni. li Brown, y lb., lo ( oo
\ •notion Red. y lb., 15 (,/ 20
Red Lead, y lb.. 15 Ot, 20
Nails, l(jd, 5 (n^ o A
H<1, (al, 4«], 5d, m*; 7
M»'la>•'*»s, gal., 4"> (■•
Sugar. Brown, V lb., 11 12!
l.. i !. j ' 111. 15 (o I ' "
Crushed, %!lb, 12it.< lr>'
Pepper, lb., 1 :};.(*> 15
Rice 7 (o, 8
Salt —
Liverpool fine, per sack, 1 1*0 (5 0 00
Liverpool coarse, per sack, 1 Go (a 0 00
Starch, Pearl, 8 (« lo
Spice, 15 (■•■ 20
Tobacco, common, 10 (n. 15
Tobacco, Honey l>ew. 80 (<i. 00
Tobacco, Fine Virginia, 50 (•> 75
Tea, lb., 85 <■< 1 Ob
Tallow, "f* lb., 8 (a; It
Whisky, 'f* gal., 25 <> 1 25
The inside column represents the cash value by
the package. The outside column represents time
prices in smalt : ns.
DES ARC COTTOIf MARKET.
Fivday. November 80. '
The Res Are Cotton martet, during the pa“t
week, has declined about Ke. which lias caused
planters to hold back froipthe buyers and store
most of their cotton, Kceipts for the even i ys
ending last evening, aim ant lo 875 bales, llG of
w hirh passe 1 into the hams of buyers. Ro’ in.- n
.. Br nch bought 1 • h im it 7 3-4 (« 1 •: W, B.
Crocker & Co„ bought 1-fbales at 9!fg !■*••: atnl
Sic wart it Pro. s bought E! bales at bf-< 08- ie.
HIV Eli Hi TSEEZGEKCE.
MKMPhis \:,j wii11. uivas iv,»
n.v/.t:i. 1'ia.i, • apt. P. II- : s
1’ -. a t.t.gfAH. Capt. Jilt*. V,,- ibii-.'i
F, o'.-; n.R CiTV, < apt. Iloa-ion.
AumIbai., Capt. lllias Thomas'tou.
-I - ■ 1 . -I. J .
CltStiBAL PliiK, Capt, Pi .c Fleming,
may a * s as» wiitk umia pai kiits.
Cav.kiku, Caps. *-i. Taylor.
1 AT \N, < 'a Jit. H. S. L lion.
Ml IMiF.EKLT MAIL 1KA7S G> YUHTI1 KiYilii.
I'SioM NAf'iLK'iX I'll J'.i'KSf/M'i !IT.
Sam. it at.!'—Capt. C. »V. Coles—arrive at 1;,
Are ■ i Fri I :. . from Ntpoleon, and i uu lies here
r downward mails on Mondays, l .a ..
i Illpoi-i.
Kasawba V u.i.iiy—6pt„ W. B. Price—-arrive;
ii Lo s ,‘.re ! i on 1 i.-oi n I’ln-sd-iys. and loueio
here again on Thursdays U>r her dow n w ai t! uiaiis,
from Jacksonport.
The liver at this poi.t is stationary, with fair
boat -ng. There are iniicatiotis of a rise.
The regular Meuijihs and White River jiackct
Haze! Dell. Capt. lire- iu command, and Henry
Smithson deck, arrive! here m M lay evening,
on her way up. and pissed d#wn on W’edne- day
night. 11-r clerk will a tcept our thanks tor late
Memphis papers.
The Coiled S it< e .11 jiaektt gam. H ile. Capt.
C. W. Coles in eoi..iiia:i l. and IltiseoC in tlic olliee.
came in on Fri t iv morning hut, on her way up.
and passed down on Monday following. The Hale
is one of our most reliable bobs, and merits all
the patronage she receives. Sic is due this morn
ing. II. . r clerk, obliging as e’er, has our thanks
lor river favors.
The fine freight and passenger packet Adrui
nil, Elias Tlioiii'i^son Papain. atul N. 11.
Thomassun clerk, arrived hereon Sun day even
ing, on her way up, and pa-sed down on Monday
following. We noticed among ier officers the ohl
Wliite Liver favorite—the far-limed Kiley Jones.
Hi ley has gained an enviable reputation as steam
hoatsman and as the prince of good fellows. We
welcome him back. Her cleik will accept our
thanks for late Memphis papers.
The United States mail packe Kanawha Vall ey,
Captain Price in command, am Duller Coles in
the office, passed upon Tuesda; morning, on her
way up. She passed down yeterday.
The Pocahontas, ('apt. Mittoirin command and
our good-natured friend (wo forget his name)
in the office, passed here on Thursday night, on
Iter way up, and came down m Monday night.
The Pocahontas had a good trp of freight and
passengers.
The Ilelvidierc passed down <n Sunday.
The Masonic Gem and Gcneal Pike are now
due from below.
The Daniel I!. Miller, from X«w Orleans. passed
this place on Monday, upward bound. She was
loaded with freight.
Loss of tiie Acacia Cotta<v—We learn from
Mr. Wm. Monroe, carpenter Gi the Acacia Cot
tage, that this boat sunk on tin morning of the
24th. The accident occurred mme forty miles
above this place, near the mouth of Little Red.
At the time of the disaster the loat was running
along as usual, and not the letst intimation of
the threatening danger was givtm. The boat all
at once com msneed sinking, andthe utmost exer
tions on the part of her officers tnd crew to keep
her afloat were unavailing. Shi sunk over her
lower deck. She had on board a the time only a
light cargo of freight and but few passengers.
She will doubtless prove a total less. The Cottage
has made only two or three trip) on this river,
having been but recently brough from the Cum
berland, where she has been ruining as a packet.
She was valued at $8,000—partiilly insured. We
understand that Capt. Dismukeshtends purchas
ing another boat to take her place No lives were
lost.
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OFFICIAL OIRECTOKY.
Ol’I KLKS OF FltAiltlE
—
COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE,
.T times L. Hunt,
CLERK,
WIL LIA M G 0 0 D R U M.
SH ER1FF,
WILLIAM A. PLUNKETT.
TREASURER,
WYLIE LANKFORD.
I
C 0 R O N E R ,
LEVIN HARRISON.
SURVEYOR,
E. A. 110 AY ELL.
COMMON SCHOOL COMMISSIONER,
W. P. PRESTON.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE,
D E N J A M I N F A W C E T.
JUSTICE'S OF THE PEACE.
Prairie—B. F. Coulter, I.. L. Beard, 15. V. Smith,
Janies Glover.
Caroline—(1. M. Connor, 'V. K. Dobbins, James
Knight, V. m. Donnell, S. Fozart, W.C. U binsoii.
Pojroa Hoorn— A-o*r Pipkin, 1 . D. Buhinson.
Win Hirer—II. I’. Vaughan, T. lb Kent, L.C.
Rembert, I». P. Black.
C'lifrr—S. C. Paine, 15. Douglass.
II a:hnsuu:—\\. A. U . Mann. W. J. McCombs.
Jhn„.!’on—T. M. Bray, J. Tucker.
J. <■/, V—T. F. lliee, W. B. Brantly.
Ciea.r Lulu—Guhm Barr. James T. Morris.
La (ii'fte—T. M. Beleiier. Thomas liarville.
C O A ST 1 55 E ES.
Prairie—Q. T. Webster: Center—1. P. Steele;
Car ohm—R, 11. Frecling; llama’ mi—B. Jarvis;
P'-ji• n ii’n-et—W A. Harper; IIhilt /.’ —(■• f.
• •IdloiRi; liie/t Wool!/—U . A. Barker; HatUm-aie—
John Gales.
Constables of Clear Lake and La Grew Town
I ships tailed to till their bonds.
r«t.. M., iWHiaisua>rwir-^wAM«R'. anttV"iwinn
stj:. i.)/ /; oa r /us. i .v runs.
Loss or run Tecumskii.—This seems to
be a season of steambo.it, disa-ters. We can
hardly take up a city ex< 1 .autre wit! on: finding
whole columns dev..1 to the recording of the
most hean-rending di-a u rs. Vi e find the fol
lowing account of the loss of the Teeumseh in
J Iio Louisvill" Conner of Monday, the Puli in-l.:
i “ La«t evening, about •> o'clock, the fine peo-ket
Teei;m----ii. i ipt. ]'. K. i. : ,:i. id' ihe I'ni-.n Line,
from Cincinnati, stra the vef of rocks just 1,.—
1 e.v t];e mail boat binding, while rounding to to
back into the canal. Tlie si -rn or rn filer pn«t
inu-t have been knocked out. but Cant. Logan or
the pilot lion:. hi no fiann done at the time, .and
the boat l-aeked down to t!:' hetfl of the canal
tin 1 w..s lar; led just above Ki-rhth stru t. Ti:e
he:t i-lin ■ vM- barely made fa-i before she c^m
nieit. 1 sinking, s-ltlittg down very la d by tlie
stern, cans.tig ta : utmost const .nation .among
the : : - : r a fear minutes, all ol
rusfied to the forecastle in frantic haste, includ
ing a fore-nutn of w i and children. They
were all got a-! >re in - ift ty.
The T- •i.tii-cij was tot her first (rip of the sen
son, going to New Orlnans wi h a cabin full of pa -
sengi r«. some iorty lo ad <-f Itors-s > n .1 eh. and
a cargo oi TOO tons. in. ’edit, r L’."-n> 1 riels nt
flour, hob I aria- ■ of p i k. and l.-rf. riel a large
.ainonc.t of »!■'• by. t'otato.-s and appi.-s.
About half horses . a ie- k were cither
dr, -v. cd or sv.'a.o off over the Falls, as several
were sc-n in tic river s; ruy g' ng w :. It t he b, e -•
at <loose Island. Mr. Jiimmiek, of Cincinnati,
lost four fine trotting looses, which were on the
1 -beard or outside guard A Mr. Henderson, ot
Cincinnati, lost four or five horses. The other
1 use's we did u .t learn. A man who gut on at
Mudi'eti with three fiend of -t k mules, we be
ived and tra xgd them to the Judgt
Fb leher. Tii- | i-seng . s wv. e tr.it. -ferred to
the Judge Fletcher , • .j, and that boat
h.a > been engageed to take i port ion of her freight."
Tin: Loss or Tit : i’.inrrc.—We copy tlie f d
lowing a .•count of the lo.-s of the ill-fated steam
boat Pacific and the death of bpr heroic Cap:.tin
LmiiIi—a - o rif.ee to the cause of humanity —from
The Louisville Journal of the 20th:
“ 1 li'- ibo-lli- 1. ft here on Saturday evening,
the 1 71 h in.-:.. on the firs; i rip ,.f the -ea-,.n, wit h
a i i. * J - a - 0.01 ger i -1 hod a \ uiir;iu e sail . i ,.,
IV i .lit. * i.e hi! It r >li-i ; illg I.:'tohace-vpro\ :,-ioim
a 0 d si ' k. I . e r a”g i , . d m i a, I of ' h e
■ leg ' ■ • : nr.eat.-: iligi.ty-fi.tur lihds. to
co, by .Me svf. Loc.r \ Waggoner;
! . i.. i i'a '.o. bv .Mr,' Nash ; ti\i hundred
• ■, : I :• il b, tfor y ; 1,,1 : -1 V. i; beet , at tie,
. . Wei si: two beef tie, by Mr.
Thot us, of . siliy . • nti . y : : ■ rntil* , by
a Mr. Dunn; c'-. .! horses, by a g.-uflcm-m fta > i
Indiana; ■ : ■ .. . po ... by . eh 11 ..,..t
strung; Ifol bids, flour, by Jnine* Keniu iy : about
!- ’• i ton- p, k. b.iC.m and 1 i 1, I tiuthrie.
Vi If t • Co.. ■:rn! ,:b nit twenty tons inctm. pork,
am. i'u;:. i y A. L. Lo, well \ Son : 1 > get her wit h
other . nc i. it 11 mi.ciod, summing up a
L .i ' . > V/l ’ *» I . i . * •' l) ».
Vue Pacii a as ,u to third season, and w«»
or ted by Messrs. 8h 11 1 & Co., < ; J.
Blitgdon at: i Cf.pt. VV II. p. Hallidav. Mo- w •
valued at tin tin. e of I he d,-us|i-r it*. Soil.1 nr i, ml
v,us in ire-1 i'-r >iu. mu—fin- SJtt.o'iu in the local
offices lie- . C'l'l .11 the Di l lW.t’ e Insurance
t omparty, -a i Hie reniainlng > in tin* .'s-w
'. tbaiiy a --tien -s ol i i u-" un i! i office ,. She lln-1
just i-i-cn repaired at Mound t'iiy. lllinous. at an
expense of g'.UvKf, and w e one of our most vlc
o-:iui and popular boats. The officers an l crew
are residents of this city, ami there will be a feel
ing of intense anxiety on the part of tin- r fi end
liere. until their worst fears shall have been re
lieved by the arrival of the Fairchild at a late
; hour this morning.
The disaster occurred Sunday night, about S
i o clock, at I nioutiiwn, Ivy. The Pacific bail
lauded at Cniontown to take on e i.al, ami hail a
large trip of freight, including 1 ”1 > mules and a
lot of cattle and sheep. A quunutv of bay
stowed on tlie forecastle was ignited by a torch,
and in an instant the ti.lines spread all over the
1 i ifttMl 111 *• • , • t ill till, l. i-st ,-llff- , r ,.‘V I tin e,n
i . ' T.~
uf the cabin pa.-sengi rs ami -i' 1 other* aft • i the
boilers. The 1 in• ■ was burn* 1 in two in a vet v
few minutes. ami li.e 1’acilie floated our, into the
stream, one mass of tl line. Tlie cabin pa»sen.gers,
nf whom ilnve w.-ret u : or hfiy, in their aiarni.
sprang ov. rhmtrd, amt some lil'ieiu of them per
ished. There w. re between thirty ami forty tick
| passenger. and of the whole number only about
ten wen* f uml. M• st of them perished iit the
water in tisetr futile efforts to reach the shore,
while sotiieciurig to the burning lua-s until the
intense heat suffocated them.
< apt. Wm. Lamb remained on board the burn
ing steamer until there was no longer a space left
that had not been visited by the destroying cle
ment., lie then gained the shore with difficulty,
and searched anxiously for a family eon i-tmg of
two ladies and three children, that had been
placed in his charge at Louisville. They hud suc
ceeded in attaining the shore, but ('apt. Lamb
could not find them, ami again he mounted the
burning deck. Through the flames and smoke lie
was seen searching for the missing ones, and the
last who beheld his manly form, saw him stand
ing at the stern, luirrassed by the lurid flames,
unwilling even then to give up the pursuit, until
flesh and blood could stand it no longer. He sprang
into the water and sank to rise no more. The
turbid waters of the Ohio enclosed a form whose
spirit never quailed at danger, and whose bravery
and self sacrificing conduct will long be remem
bered.
Loss or Titr. Belfast.—We copy the following
account of the loss of Belfast from The Memphis
Avalanche of the 24th :
“ W e are without particulars save that the ac
cident occurred at Tompkin s Bend, about fifty
miles below Vicksburg. She must have struck
some hidden obstruction in the water, and being
heavilv so laden, at once tore in two. The Bel
fast formed one of the Memphis and New Orleans
Line, and was one of the best boats in the trade.
She was fully insured. She was worth about
| $20,000.”
The following gush of patriotic sentiment
prefaced the deposit of a Hell and Everett
ballot at Uovington, Georgia, by a gray haired
minister of the gospel: “The Union for
God’s sake; the Union as onr fathers left it.”
And every conservative patriot will respond
[ “Amen!”
-**• * —-r~.
John Hell has about 3.00- majority in East
Tennessee, the largest received since 1 *48;
i indeed he gained in almost every count)-.
*j*«Lesa»r.TiliTif/ *-vi K*?v. y --ar
Arkansas Legislative Proceedings.
SENATE.
Thursday, Nov. 15, 1860.
Mr. Terry moved that the vote of yesterday
confirming the appointment of S. II. Hempstead,
; as Solicitor-General, to he con.- loved. which was
carried. Mr. Lemofaemoved that thei rbe
postponed until the 4th of July next. Carried.
Took a veccss until 11 o’clock, when the Senate
repaired to the hall of the House, for the purpose
of participating in the inauguration of the Gov
ernor, 11. M. Hector.
Friday, November 10.
Mr. Carrigan offered a resolution to go into an
election with concurrence of the House, for Land
Attorney and State Collector, on Monday next,
at 10 o’clock. Carried.
Mr. Watkins, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported a bill, and recommended its passage, for
the relief of Edward J. S. Green.
On motion of Mr. Carrigan, rules wore sus
pended and the bill passed.
Mr. Terry introduced a bill providing a road
tax law f’ot Pulaski cou I .
Mr. McCulloch introduced a bill to repeal see.
7. of chap. Ill, of the Digest, under tire head of
married women.
Mr. Fagan offered a resolution memoralizing
; Congress to establish a mail coach route from
Benton to Mount Ida.
' Mr. Trimble introduced a bill to repeal the
minimum taxon land, and establish the </•/
R red t Rli< mittee.
Passed—House bill in reference to the he.lding
of tlie Circuit Courts of Craigliea i c omiy.
Mr. President Fletcher offered a resolution to
; amend the Constitution so as to fleet tin Secrc
tary of State and Attorney-General by the quali
fied voters of the State.
Saturday, November 17.
Senate met pursuant toadj'urntient.
Mr. Mitchell presented a memorial from two
hundred citizens of Searcy eromry. with reference
to Buffalo f ork, of White river, being a navigable
stream,
Mr. Fagan presented a memorial in reference to
the county line between Hot Spring and Saline
1 comities.
Mr. Gray offered a resolution to have 6.600
1 copies of the Governor's inaugural printed for the
( use of t he Senate.
Mr. Watkins introduced a bill for the»sf;tldi-!i
meut of all iu.-t itution h r the hen- it of tm- d. af
and dumb. Referred t-t'oinr:! tieeoii Fdoe.tt u.
On motion, Senate went into the hull of me
House of Representatives. f,.r tiie purp >-e of
electing Supreme Court Judg- s and Seeretai v f
State.
Monday, N ,ve;,.ber 10.
Senafe met a! 10 o’clock.
Mr. Terry offered re-.’r.:i n - with r- n—t to
Federal r< ations, and also ... ivel that a eoinn it
; tee be appoilite 1 on Federal r» i'. ai . After a
; concise and appropriate spend, m 1.c-a re
v .alive tone, by Air. t r.i . mi -1. Hu* ;•>*.»•• 1,..m
I i, and n marks lvun 2 i , the
motion was carried.
Mr. Met'reery offered an n-aendi.>. t> t!if»
('onstiimioii, in respect m .-il> di-hing t-..* coti-;.
lUlioual area of the count it - of 11. S .re.
Mr. Onto offered a o solution vi*<|Ho<. ng the
different raihar ds in this >; to make in ■ -
hil. il of their ti tinned 1 eondic m.
Mr. Ward offi red a joinl n-- .hcimi io go into
an election of Trc.i-mer on i •-morrow.
Mr, Oates, fi m .Judicial-; t e, rej t.. I
adversely to a tuiinU-r hil.s. a..d also i .\ ,
l.ly to n hill repeal i sc. 7. of td ,p. 111. «.,
io1!. ot the ingest, under the lie,id ot married
women.
Kales suspen l.ol, and hill passed.
Mr. l.eiuoyne intr lured a 1 .11 to establish a
Lunatic Asylum in tills m ie. lit ...-.red to the
I 'oiiiiuittee on W. v- and >!<■ .
‘
'll t. -tll.VT, N ovo'e-r Z'\
Mr. dal .. fr ra the (N c on 1 sea
reported a bill cl.a: ti ring .. ;■ -.if and i> imb dsy- :
him. S.mo amendments w, e i'ercl : I ■•rcin.und
the bill put on its lir:.>I pa--".on and | •- .■ I.
The.Senate repaired to T e :,.n. me II i i-eof
Itepvfsenlut tves, to go ini • an election fur Swamp ;
Land agents.
WrnNr.snw, November ill.
Mr. Mitchell offered a i - Inti- n t go into the
eleeli ni of Stole Treasurer on to-morrow.
I i’n-sed.
Mr. Ward,front the CotiuniUpeon Printing, re
ported a loll i tr the r. 1 f • . '1 >nry .la • .V.
Mr. M. i ullocu, from the t.' * nit tee • n • m t
ties and ('.unity Line.-, rcpm-la special to- 1
lax law for Ihda-ki count;., v.h p.--« 1.
Also, a bill to e.xiolid tile Loondarie.- ot the ciiy '
ol l ittle tick, v.hi- li v,a• a ed.
M • T< s i’ederil r ... . - up. T . ;
re i i as ioi:i)',v -;
i B •• < '■ '
• "f .1. ’•> T: • i we vi.-w tri 2s - ' and re
gret ilie re.-ult of the ia-l 1 • -. Lnii .1 ebctiuti.
' , pi \■ fa -
j isatlr.-m. which, if u t epi •• l Iv cm I. aid
ove ride i I in -t uit!.-tiul ,1c troy the t-;ttaii v
j of I lie S sti s.
I L. i nut >ve do not regard the elee'i n of Abra
ham Line ■ u a; an- a or*. .: , j • .] ..nr ]•', ier d
... : but the spirit srhi i ps • ( : - . •. ■> cans
1 • • l* j. S •' a: mu, : li I I ’ pi. . • no .. a't s (iia t la W
Ill'll III.; : I ' - ale ol' li.I | when opp.,-e,i by
tin* general • pen of Lt na: i- m, wi.i h so.-uis to
pcrv.i i ■ the .'■■••: 11.miml.
2*iunt wc willd fes ir,.tr I .- urhern I
J * er.- : Lai i I thy c, >-r i o - , u.i. i. w , v.:i! n i , ie
• i lie I r d.ioii, tin : I i i. • . or any of l i,n:a. - h on
• it wi-- • T p' n i ni o. vi .i !• -.. we wdf*r
' it a s (>• ,r d oly I n i o! In w. a rid let I he , •; • j lieu
.a- upon lltose svisos" conslanl spir'l of aggres
sion induce* the necessity of this sup. and
c .duces a d -are to In.in pie under i» ; the rights
! -if S;ati • an 1 it.(livid .a ». and destroy alike our
country at:d i s <' mstinn i< a.
-liu. I'iiat a conn • i.,.: eshall 1 inted
by the I’rvxideni of lie ,s. . . ■. io he called the
( iiimiiiine of !'. il ia. Id ... . a dot v it
-1. ail he to take t!,i- s 11 h i i into i oi; sider it ion.
and report by 1 .til or otherwise at house early
period of i io* Legislator".
Mr. <' irrig.m . !V.a*.i the following as a substi
tute tor the second 'in", third jn * - ■ il 111 i..iis ;
t'l, ’J li at llie S: :te ,of Arkansas being
sovereign, and capable of jisdghig of lo r vi.-bi
and wrongs, an 1 not thinking the elect tun > f l.in
c.i'n. ol itself, a clissi* for lhe sic*ss: m Sia!( ■
nosii, nor a iiis«olnlion of the Union; and this
(ieiieral \s .'mlily beil g ch i-i-n for I lie purpose
ot per pi, t iia t itig, and u #l of do -M'oy : n *g or .h -. ■! v
.o'.; the (iov.". nii|..*n' would n ipros-r.pen t1., p ...
pie n due f.i.'la ai'anr >. and e• j■.■• •:*:s 11 v would i;u>y
urge the importance of taN i.;<- no '. -h or ineoo
s derate step- in the ah-.-n* e ot' an overt act on
. 1 he part of iii.- 11oniir' Uimini trtii .*•,.
" f'f i nut Wlii!o, ;ts ;i - jv* .ti.1 i > ito. Ar
chinos to la* euji.pi nut to ju.i <• an i a>'i
lor herself, indeptmbut of ra li or ill-idv.-rd
i act ion tin t lie part «f her other.-: stars in the iii'nii.
: it silt* liefer to any, it n ul l be more ni in'y to lol
, low the haul of i In- lYt-ititrr slave Si' w11: * • 11
suffer most, me! are mo i nitcrc-led. ratiu-r than
tlie pria ipitate action of States less interested
; tin * 1 further removed |Yiui i;, j*. • 1.1 of dan it.
I lo* original resolittio is and ainetnitiieiit.< ia.ro
referred to the Commit!. ■ on 1'eslera! Relations.
not sb.
Tut usuay, Nov. 1 o, 1SR0.
House met.
The Committee of At rang ment ; made a report
of programme for the installation of the (iowrnor
elect to-day at 11 o’clock. \.
A joint preamble and re-soln: km directed to our
Senators and Representatives :n Congress to pro
: cure indemnificatihn to the surv ivor- of the Moun
tain Meadow massacre, for property lost, was
j referred to Committee o i Cede: il Relations.
The balance of the Gay was consumed in the
ceremonies of the inattg trillion of liov. Rector.
House adjourned until It o'clock to-morrow
morning.
Fkiday, November 1C.
ITouse met.
A petition proving the Legislature to create a
new county out of portions of Conway, White,
Prairie, Pulaski and \ an Burcn counties, v.as pre
sented, and referred to a committee consisting of
the members from each of the counties named.
House bill No. 117 to ex; end t lie limits of the city
of Little Rock, was passed; and House bill No. 8,
j to repeal the act to prevent the people from being
, defrauded w ill) bank paper, was rejected.
A resolution ordering 8,(KM) copies of fJov.
Rector's inaugural address to be printed, was
adopted.
A joint resolution for the establishment of a
mail route from 8t. Charles to Brownsville was
adopted.
A bill to amend see. G.chap. 118, of the Digctt,
was twice read and referred.
[This bill provides for reducing faxes for State
1 purposes to one-tenth of one tier cent ]
A resolution to elect, on Tuesday next, a Land
Attorney and Slate ('. Rector, and t lie several State
Land Agents, was adopted. (Since concurred in
by the Senate.)
A bill to charter the Northwestern Border Rail
road Company was introduced.
[This bill provides for a railroad from Fort
Smith, by way of Vail Btiven. Fayetteville, etc.,
to or near Springfield, Mo.] Read twice and re
ferred.
,i A resolution was adopted providing for n singe
line from liutesvillo to Huntsville, via Mount
! Olive, Vellville and Carrollton, Arkansas.
-A bill for the relief of persons holding swamp
| land script, now out of dute, was twice read and
referred.
A bill to incorporate the Iron Mountain and
Helena Railroad Company, was referred.
A bill lo aid in the construction of railroads,
and to pay the State debt, was twice read, ordered
i to be printed and referred.
A bill to refund aiuney collected on swamplands
before they were tunable by law, was read and
rejected.
Adjourned.
S m r.o iY, November 17.
House met.
A resolution declaring it to l>e the duty of the
Legislature to encourage home manufactories,
under circumstances ofjdie election of a sectional
President, as a means of self-protection ; and cal!
upon all Hie Southern Slate- to co-operate inupen
ing up direct Southern trade with European
nations, was twice read and referred.
The balance of the day was consumed in elec
tions,
II in. E IT. ,flno1 -di was elected Chief Justice
Supreme Court, and Hon. H. I . I'uirchlld A. -oci
ate Justice—both without opposition.
For Socveiury of State five balloting* were had,
and the tilth resulted in the election of Dr. John
1,5 votes majority,
Tiie Candida: cs were. (ieo. Mo.-'.Jas. 11. Roiry,S.
I'auikuer, Dr. ,i. J. Caines and Dr. John 1.
Siirmau.
Alter the election Hou-m adjourned until Mon
day morning.
Monday, November 10.
House met.
A bill to receive swamp land script that is out
of dare, was twice read, and a motion to lay on
tin* table. The rejec t i ("•i-nneioling its pa-sage
v.as negatived by a vote of 1 to ;>!.
A bill to abolish the office of Land Attorney .
and State Collector, was twice rend and referred.
A bill authorizing the (lovernor to give arm vie
the Capital <1 .urds. w.m twice read and referred.
A resolution lulling upon our Senators and
Rcni escutai ivc < in < ou;;te.>s h procure the c.in- ;
lirmatioti of the sales m ell lands made underthe !
graduation laws, was adopted.
A re - .union to i - > ■■ do h a i wo-horse L aek inn 11 j
servi from Arkadelphia to Fort Smith, via
. !"i:i.t t !.i, Dallas, Mai Ison and fiicctiwoud, was
passed.
\ special ■ n ittce to investigate the affairs
of till* i and Fulton Uuilrtad Company and
its brat: ii s. was i i -cd.
A special eoiiii liti o wa: raised to inquire info
the ev) . -'I ncy <• severing the elec l-' t in tips
S i.o. o- to ifiVc arid redi-v..! relations
ai one i me and enun s elections at au< th r.
\ b 11 ■ a ■ -,-nd the :aw ia relation to -telling 1
and enticing av.ay sail ■*, was tw ce read aad rc
fe Ted.
*>*-v. L tar age was <11.1 I 1 oat among
the :rq : i ei :! e m ii! ,-os.
An --I' d . t.oi't was made to elect a chap- I
lain ; alter which the* Iio e adjourned.
T i i.sD.vy, Tv vember 20; -
IT m- o met.
i nil to r :.i >\ e tin; l-snnp Trio 1 t f ;•<>
from i’. i:, -vill in .1.. -mpi-rf. sij uc I i . ovi s'v
limn!red citizens. win off. n- I and r, ton ed m l 'aio
m: ’.tee on Suitmji ntid •>vcr!i..wi i I.-uids.
resol'iiion pn.’.idinjr fee a Jour-lior-s mail
st-iye route from lie.-, Au to t iuiksvilie was
adopted.
A id!! to n' 1 ,1H, t*!*»offioo• f final: ini ReceiTer
of thn Slate Hank was introduce!, real and re
ferred. i
\ Iii’.l to |i:iy the f limy an i I'i-oLh , .Imho- <»f
the e iiintie- of Asl-Vy, I'uLoU. Ileiuj lead and
.1:0 ' -oil. was twin read.and I'elerrcd.
V- o a I,ill to a d in the caii-o of education in
Rrad ey. I’lf i-ki an I ('ii'dori 1 e..nr,*;. .
A dill ;o | : ev.il I III : 11 perl lid 1! ill ' o : ' is S' o,
f ■' - lie, of -'j»Ve - cruft; -i, d of in fa .- • . m, . I
ia ' ' hi r ia. -s. w as twice re . i an.! .
A h.ll I',, in jiL 1 ( ■. i j * t \ fre.i-ai .’.r nn I
■ *••• ery six • • • • • : in ■ at hu-s ot the
eruinty. w.i- twice read and refi rred.
i"i■ two Houses w, a! into 'he e!erl ion of St.it >
I- :'el : i.-* |..r tii • \uri.Mvaiej.ii.il i.oriels.
Helena d:sir."t—Robert .Maloney was elected
wii liout op.pe dt ion.
' a a m jiayii lie d.-t riei — V. 1.. Kelley re-elected
fy a heavy vote over Mr, .Jewel!
Wa-diin in district -hi’. I win was ele i
nil li.artli iet :ul.
Li’tle II k di-nri-t—At m. II. Martin was
■ !" i e I on t he f;fi h ha'loi.
' t. i. -1 : ’! • d ■ -' r ■ * !e- ,w. rs -,v:: a cleeled
l y i I . ivy vote "ii first i a.h.t over Mr. L. 11.
1 i o wt-il.
l>:io-. die d tr : !—Mm. AT. Steele was elocied
on ii e sixth !■• Hoi.
House adjourned.
V, . vr- h\t. Novel iher 21.
A Ii” in- -ijiirr’a-.j the Iron .M- uitain and
i! a i II* roii-l •'•imp.-nv v. -i pa-• -d,
to ; :u loud.i!-.ry of lut free negro bill
-; ’ i - u w a - | - I.
[ i ii> i do I i-i jiert’ci-t and r- nd. r . re
- ’ii vent 11;v- (.ii*.* to wii; a i: is nttiend.j.o v. ]
t ini! aiiu-tid.itoiy of the criminal laws of the
•state, so as to make it death to steal : ent ice
*iw.i-, -.iv.-s. i‘e. was made the .-j c«-:al-iv-ler in
t ui;i i:i: I fee <>t the Mind,-on Saturday ii-.wr.
A 1 ! j.rov ! »tg 1 o -ilia uaculs oil 1 at - and
V e - -Is for (-.hi: r ; ,-ts inid "s, was
1 i ai.d Senate rcHolutmu to go it.to the
•hot. a 'f St a - Treasurer on to ii..or-w. was
• d by sir , i:. _r • ..' ■■ Ii del !.. \. >:., ai.d
ilisel ! Ula' •• 2'. - dork, I'. >1."
A b-d io .ea I the common 1 -n f r
Drew, i sklin. i at i Muntgontei t, so
fir ns n ■ :a In . -,v coui"y, w »> j 1.
J i ill -e n.ijt urned.
Exnt Af'IIDI.N AHY ! >1 SO ,Y liP. Y <if’ A \ A\
ilKXf I’ltlMINt; 1’ui.sS IN' 1 \ IJI. V. will'll
W am-.i 11.i '.ii'_s v.n t mveniur-I ionofa] of
i luiin. he observed that in tin* district uf | !c
naies. a little below the .surface ot- the eanli.
i- to lie iniiii I a stratum. of a kin-1 of fibrous
WiHhi\ substance. of various thicknov-es. in
horizontal lavi-rs. Major Ibii-luuk, iiifiinned
ol iho Wi nt "'it to tin: spot w!i, a-an i ■:cavat ion
h nl been nimle. uisj,)ay;tio- this .-inMill.:r »-ho
nouie.nnii. In diyyiiiy si.inewiiui occjjer. for
the jiutpo-:- ol iurtla-r research. they I,'.id
open a vault, which, on examination, prove !
t i he o| .some size, and, to the r astonishment,
they J’ouilil a kind of priutiiiy pre.-s, set U]>
in i he vault, and on it moveable typos, placid
.sit ready- 1 r jnintmo. Every nnpiny was
sc' on loot to as, eriain tin' pAibahlc period at
which ait in,-itii'n.nt i aid have been placed
tne’.v • lor it w.i evidondv not of model n
osigin. siiol iron nil tin- .Major cnili ciilk-et,
it ;ij | rare 1 ]ir«>5>;•!-li? that (lie place had re
laa'.ued in the ! ite i i wliieh it was fuiind For
at h •; one tho i -..11< 1 years. W e beliese tin
Wi.ithy Major, on ls’.s uAuru to England, lira
s' nted "lie id tlic' learned associations with a
memoir, containing many curious speculations
< u tlie subject.
-nt m ■ c— -
An 1n< iiiknr ok Inn; in tiii: (Jui.n Kk
u dins.—Ai.King the deep defiles of the Keekv
Mountains, littely. a snaill eouijianv ol' men
stood around the new made grave "1’ a dead
companion. \\ ith heads uncuv* ). they lis
tened at It ntively to the word of th • pr acher
.as lie offered up a prayer. While in the midst
of it. one of the company discovered “the
color in the earth at h>s tret thrown up to
make ro< m for the remains of the dee* i>ed.
ilia lnudwhi per he communicated the rather
evciting inlelligonce to his compun’on. \!1
hoard it. cvn tlie clergyman, who. u-: ending
his prayer,opened his eyes to see the auditory
scatter in every direction to stake off a “claim,”
he reclosed his eyes, ha.-tily concluded his
prayer, and started of! on a ran to join his
fellows in securing a claim.
Tiik Evils of Kim.—A youngman, only
just i ut ot his teens, was arrested at Ni wark,
New Jersey, recently, on a charge of drunk
enness. at the instance of his father, who u-ed
this as the last resource to retlaim him.
Scarcely a year ago this young sot, left home
to commence his studies for the ministry, lie
is possessed of considerable natural ability and
a first-rate education.
- „ t -
A Missouri El Dorado.—Mr. 0. Dom
inguez. at the residence of .Mr. K. Ciiilloz. on
Walnut, near Seconds streets, St. Louis, has
several specimens of gold bearing quartz, re
cently found in Madison county. Missouri.
Some of this quartz has been assayed, and is
alleged to be equal to any yet discovered in
California. A few pieces are soft and dark,
and apparently ready to crumble into dust,
and others of clear white rock, in which the
gold c,an he seen with the naked eye.
i_v- , ui v" -f .-3orr lj.i-c*.’ t
EXTRACTS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
MESSAGE.
We make the following subjoined extracts
from the message of Gov. Henry >1. Rector,
to both houses of our Slate Legislature, on
the the loth of November ISCd. We give
our readers all the important suggestions con
tained in tluct document. The Governor,
who is an alarmist, although he appeals to
the Deity to keep him out of such a pi -ition.
talks a great deal about /■;/«/ causes for a se
cession of the .Southern States from the
1 nion, and rather advises a burnishing up of
the State militia, but not regarding what lie
says upon the subject of as much importance
as the space it would occupy, we do not
print it.
AI r r mi rtg the red
taxes to one-eighth of one per evut, lie says:
If. however, considering the great impor
tance to the State, of erecting well eosidorod '
works of internal improvement, and the emi
nent want ut educational advantages among j
the most deserving of our population, you’
should regal'd it the belter ] olicy to apply the
surplus revenue to these objects, upon princi- ;
}»les of justice to each and every portion of
the State. 1 will yield a hearty assent to the
measures
The Constitution inhibits the collection of \
any more revenue than is necessary for the
* spouses of the government, exci pt by a two
third vote of the General Assembly. To
perpetuate an excess in the Treasury, is an
infraction on that instrument and is oppres
ive to the people.
REAL ESTATE RANK.
T beg ]• are to sugveo a plan for the settle
ment of the lbui L.-tatc Rank trouble, which
iu my opinion, will conduce both to the pub- !
lie interest, and to tlie convenience of tlm
st ick holders. I: is this : That an act be
passed during the pre t nt s • sion, requiring
Die Pula.-a Cb ui< tv Court to a •< ertain,
through the receiver, the amount lb? which j
th • will be liable, de !vi«g fin t f tii,
ti.e pm] onion:.! amount to lie paid bv < aeii
st Msfiboldef, find provi ling that said t teeiver
lie authorized an I ibre.-ied on the part of the
Ht:.it». to ree ive from c.u h stockholder one- ;
fourth down i:i (-a ll of b:s indebt, due.-s or i
deficit—giving bonds with : ecuri’v, at t.n •, i
t •• > and : hre years. >r the rei min 1 r, which,
when paid, to entitle the j art \ t j a release
upon tile bond and inortga_ ■.
i !»s - v. ill -t: >iuI ne j,- l'..r :;n Mineable ad- :
jn-1menr hetvr. ; n ;li-' State ami stock!adders,
saving capcn. i\e and protracted lit! .don l-i
both. '
There ;itc «l.iuh:Ie«s now many inti rested in
tlse mortgaged laud', t-y pureh e and other*
\v: e. w ii.i will reject aii to.m . i in a nia
jo".!y of r. -es. 1 loe! Coniidellt. ;i iiWofih:
kiinl would be clu . l i'uiiy complied with, and
proven hi pv du .on oi' thi- Hank euiaina.
* * * * ;jc
SV/ ‘ 'AV LAM-S.
I'r--nipt. -1 by ue avc- of beimv .’■■'■ner and
L :ii'ln -by. the (' .—■ of the i Hit I Status.
Si y'o ■ • r. ]•<»(.!, giaiitr i to the State "I
..a'- ;d! tin swamp ami uverili'Wed lands '
Witldii her horde: m •
It is seriously questioned by many who are
wt i! informed uj <n the snhj -m. win tker or
iiot t};- lie),S approved sy t< m of lev’ h.g. will
i- 'tilt i:i much practical benoiit. A ml with
■ ■ ■ • . ■ . nifes 1 idenev
eiists, |o divert the funds arising fount!),
sale of tiie-e kinds to the building of llail-j
l'o:e Is.
W h -tlier complete reclamation can !» ■ at-1
tasited or not, a parted sucei-'S in so imj or-'
la’.it ; n •••..terpime. i- sidkcieiit to de.cr in -
ti si recu mending an appropriation of this
fund, to any but its original ami legitimate
pur; .i-es.
The building cf Iktilo .ds with us, ha- thus
far. ! en quite as minds a mute r of di.-.ip
pi n!nieiit,:i- the com traction of levt
lie!' | ••ndeiit <-f lid-, a breach -of faith will
he commit i d by the Smtoof Vrkan :;>.if>be
ex;-. .As the-o l.,ud.s ii,-r any thing but. their
le eiaiii.itiotl.
A id ihi> breach will be two fold in Its
cluu n ter — 1 ir.-t. to ; i..neral .
v iiicli gnv them—second, to our own «-i;i
zei-s who have settled up ni and purchased
t hem.
! ■ ■ \ the Stn ’ 1 : i 1
sironhdigaiion*, t.* expend the mst acre
oi tin- land ini' their protection from ilood.s
and drainage to ai swamps.
Tlii giant made hy < '• >i,_-n ■<. vr:is a health
gift to the eiti.'.i ii inhabit in-g tile Missis'iiijd
V'all y. \ gre t san ult was to he
achieved, and the St if< s hav ing swamp lands
wiiliin their borders, were made the trustees
to carry out the object and perfect the sys
tem.
n.MT.ItOMiS.
Nothing is more important t > Arkansas than
tlie i-en.-truction of Uad roads. Iliev would
U iV allCC eOmillC l ee.UliiUee p.opn'at 1011, UeVeb'I'e
our mineral and agricultural resources, ami
awaken the latent otter ies of the pew dp.
list how are the means to be obtained to
build them? The lands granted by the
1’nited States for the Cairo an 1 l’ulti n. and
I rt So, tli lh.ineh. are hkeiy to revert t > the
< ieneral th.vernmctit. Notiugg of importance
lias been accomplished on cither of the-e
roads, and from the stringency of the money
market abroad, little hope is indulged 1.>r the
ia rure.
The grant ma le by Congress, lias, so far.
proved raiher a curse than a Lie -log. J\.r
seven years past, nearly onc-h.i!i‘ of our ter
ritory ha-a en that account, been reserved
from sale and settlement; the Ounscoutnee is.
no road;. ]e>s revenue, am! a smaller popula
tion than we should have had.
Having nothing better to suggest, at pres
ent, in this e nintetiou, it i< recommended that
a committee he rai e i to investigate and re
port upon the management of the Cairo an i
Fulton road and its We.-tern Branches, to as
certain what moneys have been expended,
what lands sold, and under what authority ;
what debts are owing, and the cause of the
non-couipletiou of the roads; and also whether
an extension of time should be . i ante 1 by
Congress, and if so. on what condition.
'1 lie Memphis Branch, it aiFords me pie: ore
to say, has been managed with more suc
cess, and gives great pnomisc of early com
pletion.
SCHOOLS.
This subject, also, is one of great interest.
Nothing enlists the philanthropist and patriot
more than the cause of education. The time
and labor of the educated citizen, is more val
uable to himself and to his government, than
the benighted toils of one living in unculti
vated ignorance.
On the rising generation, bred and educated
at home, we must rely, in future, for the
defense and maintaiuancc of Southern In
stitutions.
For the want of proper homo schools, the
youth of Arkansas arc being educated abroad,
often so far North as to loosen the ties that
hind them to the institutions of their native
land.
Marly education gives the impression to
manhood. ; and though Northern hostility, dis
1 played by the Northern tutor to the Southern
! pupil, will not eradicate liisattachment for the
peculi r institutions of his fathers, yet that
I hostility is made more tolerable by positive
* contact and continued association.
Again, thousands of dollars are annually
l exported to other States, tor educational pur
' poses ; and in this way, we are greatly the
sufferers, because we are without college#, *
male and female, suitable for imparting a
knowledge of the higher branches.
Congress, in this behalf, once came to our
relief, and donated seventy-two sections of
land for a Seminary of Learning. The com
mon malady of distribution, however, over
took that grant, and but little has been heard
of it since.
Is it not possible, still, to apply this fund
to its original • ■. by dividing the State
into two Educational I >istricts, and erecting a
College in each, with the money Stiil unap
propriated by the counties ? Your attention
is respectfully invited to this subject.
The common School system also seems to be
radically defective.
In the last report made by the Secretary < f
State, as State Commissioner of Common
Schools, it may be seen that there are only
twenty-live common schools organized and
kept up in the whole State, from the conumu
school fund. This is a sad commentary upon
the present system.
I ndcr existing law?, if is made the defy of
the common school Commissioners of the
Hi lib rent counties, (fifty-five in number.) to
make out and transmit to the Secretary el*
State, annually, a report showing the condi
tion of the common schools, and school funds
in their counties, respectively.
It is lamentably true, however, that out of
this number, only three of them lmvc re
ported at all. f>r the present year ; two of
which reports are totally devoid of tlie re
quired information.
'The general law provides fir three Trus
tees and one Treasurer in each Cotigre- ionai
town-hip. Each county containing thirty
five township* would have, ineludingtho Corn
mi.-- ionm, i 11 officers. Multiplying this by
the number of counties, and you have in the
State, seven thousand seven hundred and
fifty-live men to pierfmi what ten would do
better. Their compensation is merely nom
inal. and of course their duties are nt". looted.
There is a .-pee I law having a; -lic it m
exclusively to the counties of Lulu hi. Izard
and other.- tlmrciu enumerated, which 1 think
superior to that h.tvinu g-maul app.-uVation ;
an i which it would be well, perhap-, to adopt
Ibr th • whole State, with the following
amendments.
i’i>.—The minimum p rice of SI 2o is too
1< w. from whi--h to graduate the sixteenth
secdon, as tlds a- t providi s.
1 MM _1 . 1 * i_ x .*
» j . t i ii i i' ' u i»i u in. i ini* '-'i. i v. n.ai ii”
inir unaj pro] rinjod in ilie hands of the county
Treasurer. ought, while in his possession, to
hear interest at 10 per cent, per annum.
Thirl—Discrimination ought to he made,
in d’-tributing the common school fund of
the comity, in favor of the poorer districts,
since float the t reat, value of the sixmenth
section, in others, a sufficient fund is derived
therefrom to maintain the schools necessary
therein.
Fourth—Tl::* Clerk of the Comity Court
should repoat annually to the Secretary of
Si;.t«—he 1. Tig ex-oih-io State C •luinis
se iicr—ami tl,:.- uf ■: l.audrm hv him cuiiimu
V
uieai. d -Itrou Ii the Cu.eruor to the Ccacr.tl
* . ,1V,
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V.’i.'h these amendments. I am persuaded
this special law would prove to be as good a,
common school system as can at present be
devised.
Doings in Kansas.
The notorious ('apt. Montgomery, who. in
company with Jim Lane. 1856—7, raised so
.nui.'h trouble in Kansas, has again commenced
operations in his old stumping ground-. The
fate of old .John Brown, his co-patriot in
sc 'iindrcli-m, has tailed to have a bended:.I
effect upon Moi.iu mery ; and in all proba
bility. Lc will not realize tne los-mi until be,
too, dangles upon a line of ai-'enuatod
thread." a martyr to ’fanaticism. The fol
lowing letter from the lTilted States lb. trie:
•J i cz.c, of Kat; as, J. Williams, to <iov.
Sti wart, of M.-.-ouri, details the doings of
Montgomery and id.- hand of outlaw - :
Clinton. M e. November dl, 18d»0
Sin: lam lure to inform the citizens of
tliL place of the IbHowitig facts, and have
I (Cell requested to pnent them to you as
(iovcrm.r of tL ■ State: The abolitionists,
under the comm .ml of M. ntgomery ami Dr.
I’enumoii. to the number from three to live
hundred, arrived with Sharpe’s rides and
dragoon sabre-, revolvers ami bowle knives, '
and have suddenly i iinciieed a war of e
tremc ferocity oil tlm law abiding citizens of
Southern Kansas, in tbe counties of Linn
uml Bourbon. The.-a anus arrived by tho
wagon load, at or near -Mound Cic about a
mouth since, in boxe-. marked as donations
for Kansas sufferers. They are all new.
Montgomery has been in Boston during part
of tiie summer, and returned with plenty of
money to enlist recruit.-'. Many ot his men
are newly imported, ilo has tak< n posses
sion of Tort iSeott, and other tows is on the
border, near the Missouri line, lie has mur
dered Mr. c! ore. a gran t juror, dir. Harri
son. 8.untie! 8eott and 'lr. Hinds, and
obliged all the l nited 8iates officers, iuelud
* . . ... 14* 4’ - l:.. it
ill— Vilj l ' XJJi AV/1 Win lit VO. XX to Vint
cxpresse i doffigii, in a public speech, as ho
said, without cunccahueut, was to keep pus
>cs»h»n of F, rt Scott and other places near
the Missouri line, to prevent a tire in the
rear, while he clearedout southwestern Mis
souri of slaves. F > far he has carried out
his programme. The citizens of Missouri,
on the t Wage and Mennatou rivers, in Hates
comity and Vernon ate flying from their
homes into the interior, lie boasts that he
has money and arms to equip and .-ustain ono
thousand men. Mv court was broken no bv
„ . J X J
them. The I n;ted Suites Court for the
Southern District was broken up, and 1 sus
pect they have seized tho records, and a!s >
the records of tho land office, as Montgomery
puplieiy declare 1 he would do so.
Y,.i:r-u etc., WILLIAMS.
U. S. Judge of fiord Judicial District, K. T.
Kansas (Tty. November 21.—United
States Marshal 1’. 'I'. Coihy and party, of
Kansas Territory, arrived hero this evening.
They left Fort Scott on Monday, tho lflth,
and bring the following particulars relative to
the operation of Montgomery and his gang of
jay-hawkers.
I- out Scott. November 10. — United
States Judge Williams and the officers of
the court were obliged to flee to Missouri,
fearing an* sit tack. S. Scott, of Linn county.
I was taken from his house on the morning of
the ISth and hung. Many prominent citi
zens have been arrested, hut their fate is yet
unknown. Key nulls & do., of Fort Scott;
Crawford & Co., of Chouteau trading. post,
I and others, merchants of the Territory, have
removed their goods to Missouri. The rones
are lim-l with teams leaving the Territory.
Mr. Ilofihaglc, postmaster at Mnploti n, was
| arrested and threatened with hanging, but he
I succeeded in making his escape.
1 ,
Kansas City, Nov 21.— Humors are in cir
i dilation here of the burning of Fort Scott,
! hut they are not generally credited.
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The editor of The Augusta (Georgia) Dis
patch. writing from Milledgevilift, says that it
I is not the impression there that Georgia will
go out of the Union, either by convention, or
l otherwise.