The Arkansas advocate., 1836-08-19

1 ty0 lumbia, Chcot county, colored man by the name of Bunch, taken and hung by the citizens of that place The cause was the unlawful conduct of Bunch He camed the rght to vote, which of refused hm by the judges Bunch took umbrage at the reiec- tion and resored to violent measures Durng the af fray Dr ebb citizen of the place. was stabbed seye- raj times, the wounds supposed to be mortal. Bunch was immediately taken up and hung. We make no comments until we hear upon the suhiect.
 we have received New Orleans papers to August 4th we md, however, but little news of importance They contain the Proclamation of President Burnett decla ring the port ct Alatamoras in state of blockade This will be heavy injury to the merchants of Louisiana ana very probably Mexico may in turn shut all her ports aganst our commerce This step the part of Texas IS rather njudicious so it seems to us Her ndepen dence has not been acknowledged by any government and we doubt her right by the law of nations to declare port Ill state of blockade If she even has the righ 1t IS foolish gasconade to exercise it. Louisiana has been foremost n the aid of Texas and in return the at ter sets herself at work to nure and cripple her com merce and without any prospect of advantage to herself
 The Mexican brig of war Correo Secondo, commanded by the notorious Thompson, has been lost, with her whole crew. except the captain and two marines
 forced loan, 1t Is said, had been collected at Mata moras to which the American Consul WAS nrced to sub scribe
 The Indians n Texas are all friendly at present.
 Gen. Rusk had been almost unanimously elected 10 continue in the command of the Texiar army until the return of Huston. Gen. Lamar entirely in the shade The Texan forces amount to about ,500 men, It was supposed that Austin would supersede Burnett as psesi dent.
 C~ Bdnk Qf oHa7ytand.-Under the recent decision of the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland reversing that ot the Chancellor the Trustees of the Bank again authorised receive the notes certificates and liabilities of the institution in payment of debts due
 We submit the following to the consideration of the first Legislators of the State of Arkansas It is some thing like what should be adopted.
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 Common School Education in Arkansas
 Sec. l. Re enacted 6g the General Assembly ef the Stae of 4ransas, That three Commissioners shall be elected III each county in the State by the qualified ters of the respective countless onte first Monday of a nuary next, the said election be held the pa ces and by the judges the last general election which said Commissioners elected shall be called Commissioners of the Common School Fund.
 Sec. <. The said Commissioners, when declared duly elected by the Clerks of the respective countless shall immediately proceed sell and dispose of the sixteenth sections of land granted by the United States for the o schools to the Territory of Arkansas and shall trans init the moneys arising from said sales to the Treasurer of the State, before the first Monday of August next.
 Sec. 3. The moneys received by the Treasurer of the State shall constitute permanent fund.- which shall be general school fund for the State and shall be applied any purpose whatever except to the support of schools and the Treasurer of the State shall practicable invest the safe stock in the of the State.
 
 creased by adding thereto all the proceeds arising from the salt springs granted this State by the United States also one half of the five per centum accrung to the State the nett proceeds ohe sales of the public lands and all and singular the grants which may herea ter be nude to this State by tine United States, of what kind soever, for the purposes of common education
 Sec. ,. The interest acefting the sad fund In vested shall be annually divided, the first Mo nday January among the several counties in the State pro- portion to their white populations and 1t shall be the d- ty of the Treasurer of the State to make such division and distribution at the times aforesaid, and to give tlce thereof and of the allotted to each county Tn the public newspapers, that the may be drawn for by the Ireasurers of the respective countless
 Sec. 6. Every township in the State. containing less than twenty-five and than ten families, shall sup port school, for instruction in reading, wr ting and arthmetic to be kept at least six months in elch year, which said school shall be free to all the ch dren in said township. Every township containing than twenty-five and less than forty famlies shall support two free common schools, and additional free school for every twenty families, free aforesad-and when any township Is by this act requir ed to support more than free school, said township shall be divided into school districts each dis trct to contain such school.
 Sec '. In every county school committee shall be elected by the qualified voters the first Monday of January annually to consist of three heads of families from every school distret whose duty 1t shall be to make all contracts with teachers to prescribe what books shall be used, and to exercise general and superntendence each school They shall that all teachers employed be of sober, industrious, and moral habts and competent to the discharge of their du tes and they shall visit each school in their respective districts at least twice every year
 Sec 8. The dividend to be received by the respective counties from the State Treasury under the foregoing provisions of this act shall be applied to the payment of the salaries of the several teachers in each county and the balance needed to make up the aggregate of the saa
 es in each county shall be drawn out of the respective county treasures and order signed by any five of said school committee, always including the chairman, shall be sufficient voucher to the county treasurer therein to pay the same.
 Sec g. If any person whose child children attend any such school, shall refuse neglect from poverty any whatever, furnish such child children with any book books required by the regua-