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The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18

The Senate is the only practical checi, upon the encroachments of the Executive; and the resolutions passed, and the decla- rations of opinion made by that body should beheld if ease like the present, as iegiiti- mate and sacred.
 To what weight and authority would Resolution of tho Alabama Legislature he entitled-instructing her Senators in Con- gross to vote for Mir. Benton's Expunginc Resolutions-w which, instead of being spon- taineous and voluntary, should be extorted by such schemes and devices as these on the part of the Executive of the United States?
 Sir-I solemnly entreat you to pause for one moment, and seriously contemplate the evll and dangerous consequences which may result from such a coursel Consider the high and responsible station to which you have been called by grateful, but free and enlightened people, and not only ab- stain studiously and cautiously, from all in- references with elections, and with the free exercise of public opinion--but avoid the use ot all doubtful powers, and let your course be such, that in all things you may be like Cnsar's wife, above suspicion
 It is with feelings the most respectful, that these remarks are made to you. That ssyou have done the State some service D even envy herself will not pretend 10 deny. l warmly supported your election for the Presidency in 1929 and in 1853; am proud of the brilliant page which your ex- ploits have added to the American history, l would be the last man who would wish to filch one eaffrom your we'll earned laurels, and t has moi been without feelings of the most painful and deep regret that have witnessed some of the late acts of your ad- mnistralion. have, however, looked on more in sorrow than in anger,' and have found some apology for you in the circum- stance that you are now far declined in the vale of years, and are surrounded by corps ofingenious and subtle hatterers, who would If it were possible deceive Beelzebub him. self. Slr-Let me entreat you to listen moi to their hollow and deceitful pretensions- and, last though not least, let me solemnly entreat you, to take discretion for your tutor, and do not interfere with the approach ing election for President.
 With great respect
 ] am your fellow citizen.
 JOHN w. WOMACK.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
 AGE.

Why mourn ye that our aged friend is dead! Ne are not sad to see the gather'd grain, Nor when the mellow fruit the orchards cast, Nor when the yellow woods shake down the
 ripen'd mast.
 Ye sigh not when the sun, his course fulflpd, His glorious course, rejoicing earth and sky, In the soft evening, when the winds are still'd, Sinks where his islands of refreshment lie, And leaves the smile of his departure spread Der the warm, colored heaven, and mountain
 head. -
 Why weep ye then for him, who having run The bound of mans appointed years, at last, Llfe's blessings all enjoyed, life s.labor done, Sereneiy to his inalrest has pass'd; While the soft memory of his virtues, yet Ingc like twilight hucs when the bright sun
 has setl--Percipai.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18

An Act to define more particularly the Boundaries
 of the County of Scott.
 Sec. 1. Be U enacted by the General As- sem6ly of the Territory of Arkansas, That all that portion of the Counties of Crawford and Johnson included within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning at place on the line between the United States and the Choctaw Indians, at what is commonly caiied the Back Bone or Dividing Ridge, between Fort Smith and James Fork of the Porto, running thence eastwardly, crossing the Wash Grass, and keeping the general course of the main dividing ridge, crossing Six Mile creek at what is commonly called the Narrows, continuing on the main di- vide to where the line between ranges twen- ty-three and twenty -four west, crosses said dividing ridge, thence south with said range to the main dividing ridge between the wa ters of Fourche Lefave and Washita, thence westwardly with said dividing ridge to the Choctaw boundary line, thence north with said line to the place of beginning, shall be, and the sameis hereby, erected into sepa- rate and distinct county, to be called and known by the name of Scott. From and after the taking effect of this act, the said county of Scott shall have and possess all the powers, privileges and immunties of a separate and distinct county.
 APPROVED October 24, 1885.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
 LAWS OF ARKANsAs.
Nor by authority.l

An Act for the relief the citizens of Green county
 Sec. i. Be q enacted 6y tue General AS- seasbly of the Territory of Arkansas, That the citizens of Green county be, and are hereby, released from the payment of taxes assessed by the Sheriff of Lawrence county, for the year of eighteen hundred and thirty -four, by the Sheriff of said county of Lawrence.
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That t shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county of Green, to procure a certified copy of all that part of the tax book assessed by the Sheriff of Lawrence county, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty -four, which includes the citizens of Green county, and shall file the same with the Clerk of Green county, and the same being filed with the said clerk, it shall be the duty of said clerk to make out three copies of said tax book so filed in his office, and deliver one of said copies to the sheriff of said county of Green; and on the receipt of said copy, the said sheriff shall proceed to collect said taxes, and account for them as in other cases and that the clerk shall dispose of the other two copies, as is now provided for by law.
 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That if either of the above recited officers, shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, on or by the first day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six shall, on motion, be fined by the proper court having jurisdic- ton of the same, in sum not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars.
 Sec. 4. And Dc t further enacted, That this act shall take effect, and be in force, from and after it's passage.
 APPROVED: October I9, 1885.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
An Act to erect and build Courthouse in the
 Town of Washington.

An Act to erect and build Courthouse in the
 Town of Washington.
 Sec. l. Be it enacted 6y the General As sembb of tue Territory of Arkansas, That the legal voters of the county of Hemp stead, shall meet, on the 2d Monday of De- cember next, at the several places of hold ing elections in said county, and proceed to elect one county Commissioner in each Township; and the Judges and Clerks of the General Election are hereby required to hold said election, and conduct the same in every respect in the same manner that is now required by law, for the election of civil officers and the persons receiving the highest number of votes in each Township, shall be deemed duly elected Commission CTS for said county; and their certificate of election, signed by the Judges and counter signed by the Clerks of said elections, shall be sufficient authority for said Commission CTS to transact business herein after speci- fled. any three of whom shall be quorum to transact business Prouided, however, that the Commissioners thus elected, before entering on the duties assigned them by this act, shall take an oath before some judge or justice of the peace, that they will faith.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
LITTLE ROCK, A T1 DECENHBER 1885.

fully discharge the duties assigned them by this act.
 Sec. ?. And Dc a further enacted, That so soon as may be practicable, after the qualification of said Commissioners, they shall meet at the Court -house in the town of Washington, and agree on suitable situation, and proceed to let out the build- ing of Court house, on such plan as they may deem advisable, to the lowest bidder, first giving thirty days notice by at least one advertisement in each Township in the county, of the time and place of letting out the same, and take from the undertaken bond with sufficient security for the faith ful performance of the contract: Propided, however, the said Commissioners shall not draw on the county treasury for more than twenty five hundred dollars to complete said building.
 Sec. 3. And De it further enacted, That the Commissioners aforesaid, shall, from time to time, draw on the county treasurer for such sum or sums as may be necessary to defray the expense of building the afore. said Court house and the receipt of said Commissioners shall be sufficient vouch. CT for said treasurer to settle with the county court; and so soon as the said Commissioners shall report to the court, that the Court house so erected, is completed, it shall be deemed the Courthouse of the county Of Hempstead.
 Sec. 4. And 5e H further enacicd, That the aforesaid Commissioners are hereby authorized to receive from the county trea- sury one dollar for each day they may be employed as such; and that this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
 APPROVED: November 2d, 1885.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
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 APPROVED: October 19, 1885.
An Act entitled an act to amend the sever

An Act entitled act to amend the several laws
 now in force, on the subject of Gaming.
 Sec. l. Be it enacted by tte General As sena5ly of Hte Territory of Arkansas, That from and after the passage of this act, the Circuit Courts of this Territory, shall have full and concurrent jurisdiction with the justices of the peace, in all cases in which they have jurisdiction of the offence oi gaming, by the laws of this Territory and that the prosecuting attorneys of the seve- raj districts, give the several acts in relation thereto, in charge to the grand jures in their respective districts and that the said court proceed by indictment to punish offences against the laws herein referred to.
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the same fines and penalties, which are now by law imposed before justices of the peace, for violation of any of said laws, shall be imposed and enforced by the circuit court.
 Sec. 3. And De | further enacted, That all laws to the contrary notwithstanding this act shall take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.
 APPROVED October B, 1885.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
l am your fellow citizen.
 JOHN ". WOMACK.
From the Rochester Republican. "I AM 4 ROMAN CITIZEN,

This appellation was once considered as one of the highest earthly honors. It was passport to its possessor among the most distant and barbarous nations, and t was disregard of this boasted privilege which stands out conspicnous!y in the catalogue ot crimes which Cicero arrays against Verres, and for the commission of which he invokes his condemnation. There is, even now, something that challenges respect ill the ex- clamation Il am a citizen of Rome." It carries back the mind to ages, when the majesty ot the Roman Commonwealth ex- torted respect 'sfrom sea 10 sea, and from the rivers to the ends of the earth" But the potency of the Roman name is no more; the spell IS broken, while dancing dogs'' and wandering mendicants throngthe city of the Cmsars.
 We were led to these remarks on name once powerful, by reading the influence of ours over neighboring nation. The un- furling of our banner in Mexico, to save those whose lives were sought by an exci- ted popuace, was the utterance of the ma gic sentence. ssI an aa .Americm citi2ont' The thirst for blood gave place to admira- ton, at the sight of the banner, which, like the Roman name, conveys to distant nations the assurance of our rising greatness. Is it visionary to suppose that the appellation of an American citizen will yet exert great CT influence over the minds of distant na- tons than ever did that of Rome in the days its greatest power?
 Ifthere be such an one, we'll may we say, that the age of wisdom is not yet past. We cherish it with the fondness ofa first passion; passion which we trust will never know abatement. Rome rose to greatness on the blood of conquered nations; bloodsprinkled as it were inc foundation stone of the Eter- nal city; and each edlfce as # rose from the earth told of nation conquered of a people slain America is rising too, but not by blood. Her glory is not based on the triumph of victorious armies, or the con- fagraiion of magnificent cities but on the virtue and happiness of the people, and may the day be far distant ere she finds in hei bosom the treaehery of Cataline, or the ambition of Pompey or Cesar.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
House of Representatives, 'Iiscalooss Novnmbnr IS I22r

.lndre,c Jachson, President ef he U. States.
 DEAR STR Two extra copies of the Globe addressed to me, bearing your fiank, and containing the speech of Thomas H. Benton on the ''Erpungiag Resolutions,D were this morning placed upon my table.
 herewith enclose them to you again, without delay. There is no channel of communication between us-we are not personally quainted--there is, therefore, no mode through which you can address me, unless 1t be officially. and in the dis charge of some public function imposed upon you by the Constitution and Laws of the Land and as i. is evident that this is not in the discharge eff any such public function, the conclusion therefore follows that 1t is improper for you thus to address me; and 1t would be equally improper in me to receive from you such communica- tion
 Upon looking around, I recognized pa- pers of the same character bearing your franh addressed to the other members of the Legislature; and we are credibly in- formed that the members of the Legislature of Tennessee received similar papers at the opening of the session in that State.
 Sir-Do you forget the character of the people that you address, and the form of government under which we live 2 Do you forget, too, the solemn promise you haue made not to interfere with the elective fran chise, and the freedom of opinionl
 Your evident object in this instance is to ingeuence bhe opinions of members of tue Legislature. And whether they concur or not with the United States Senate in the Re- solution which they adopted, condemnatory of the conduct of the Executive in remoy- ing the Public Deposites, is not necessary for me now to say; but 1 do most solemnly object. and protest against this practice of dressing any communication whatever to the members of a State Legislature for the purpose of influencing their actions and opinions. It IS without precedent, and fraeght with fearful and dangerous conse- quences.
 here take occasion also to enter my protest against the late practice of the Ex- ecutive in appealing from decisions of the United States Senate, to the State Legisla- lures and the people. The members of this body, without doubt, are strictly respon- sible to their constituents nor can 1t be doubted that they will be held to this re- sponsibility but it is not competent for the Executive to make himself a hird party in such case, and exercise the weight of his popularity, the patronage Of inc govern ment, and the influence which his peculiar position and station give him in procuring such verdict as may be in accordance with tue laws sas he understands the,a.n
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18

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The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
RESOLUTION.

Resolped by tue General Assembly of Ar kansas, That our delegate in Congress be requested to use his best exertons, to ob- tain modification of an act of Congress granting to the Territory of Arkansas, se- venty sections of land for a seminary of learning, so as to leave the remaining if ty-two sections under the entire control of the legislature, by them to be disposed of and applied to the building of seminaries of learning, as they may deem best for the public good and placein like manner the re- maining number of sections, (not sold by the late Governor Pope), of the twenty sections under the control of the legislature, so as to vest that body with full power and author- ity over all lands donated by Congress for semnaries of learning and that the Gov ernor be requested to furnish the Delegate a copy of the foregoing resolution.
 APPROVED October 24, 1885.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
 PROPHET

Unsheath the sword!-who bade thee, king, X haughtier tone than thine l bring; For signs of terror, sounds of fear, Have rolled their burden on my ear. Thou mightiest midst the human tide Of war waves heaving at thy side, Hear the dark tidings heaven hath sealed, And to the prophets ear revealed: Woe on the brand that Israel draws! Woe to the chiefs leagued in her cause! And woe to him who-frown not, king, I heed not what thy wrath may bring l saw the oagle's sunward flight The shaft had cleft his heart ere night:- Then sheath the sword!-ay, fling it back, Ere woe stalks lordly in it's track.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
From the New England Galaxy. THEE TREE ToAD's SONG.

Merrily, merrily, curtained in green, When peeps the last sunlight the branches
 between, Ofsthe tall waving ash-tree, at midsummer Sa cen, Chaunt we our vespers, the meadows among:
 Chirp away! Chirp away! For the night-nurtured shadows grow murky
 and long. Q blithely and gaily 'tis ours to awake, When Zephyr mods kindliest over the lake, And sweetest the air of the fenny brake, And tiny wings around us hover;
 Chirp away Chirp away! Speckled sisters, the summer day IS over. We'll sing to their slumber the birds and
 flowers; But some of the fairest are nights and ours, Which the elfins cull for their blossomed
 bowers, When sparkles tho dew, and the moon is high,
 Chirp away! Chirp away! And none but we sisters are loitering nigh. Chirp away through the hush of the live long
 nights No Haunting intruder our revels to blight, Mid fragrance, and stiffness, and starry light, We dwell in the lap of the greenwood tree:
 Chirp away. Chirp away. Loud let the twilights welcome be!
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18

Dr. Webster of New York has lately performed an operation on young man deaf and dumb from his birth, by which the sense of hearing has been restored or ra- ther created. The discovery of Dr. W. is a very important one both to this unfortu- nate class of our fellow men and their friends, to whom they are always objects of great interest.-TN. F.. Review.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18

Bleeding at tke nose.-Thc Philadelphia Journal states that young man, nineteen years of age, bled so profusely, that he faint ed several times. Mineral acids, ice to the neck, Be. were tried but without stopping the flow of blood. Dr. Bruner was called in the third day, and, he blew up powdered gum Arabic through quill--the hemoHage ceased directly.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18
POETRY. 1.
From the Metropolitan. LAYS OF THE HEBREWS BY J. F. FAULKNER.

SAUL. Unsheath the sword.-the hour is come! Bring me my glittering spear My stubborn spirit mocks at fear, Though terribly the phantom-seer
 Moaned low of wrath and doom;
 Yet if 'twere crime to seek The sorceress-spell, 'twere worse to break The hope of Israel ill her son: Sound to the charge--your chief leads on. Unsheath the sword!-we dare the worst Though havoc's hour be rife With slaughters, casting myriad-life As dust amid the whrlwind's strife;
 Yet be each recreant curst,
 Who deems not better far To press the fostering bed of war Than live to feel a captivc's chain, To clutch the brand that smote in vain. Unsheath the sword!--each scabbard now Must be foeman's heart Now, by our faith! those faIchons start To fiery light, as lightnings dart
 Across nights ebon brow;
 Raise then the war cry's breath: On, to the victory or death; For country, altar, love, and home, Oni like the rushing red simoom. Scorn be him who nerveless bears
 A lance against the foe; And honor be around his brow Who foremost lays a Syrian low;
 lead!-on he who dares!
 And if your king should fall, strew corses for my gory pall For Israel be the battle won. I reck not life!-your chief leads on.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18

4 Mir. Thomas c. Pott makes his ap- pcarance in a Mississippi paper with . most furious personal tirade against Gov. Poin- dexter. The rage of Mir. Thomas Pott is what may be called tempest in T. Poti.
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