Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-06-30


BRITIsH "NAr1oNAL" " DEBr."-The Londor
Standard of Freedom VS. that the constant course
OF 'ne Government to style the public debt .. ma
tlonal is an exception to their mode of nomen
clature for everything else of public nature. The
Army and Navy the Queens. The Church
is State Church. The Courts of Justice are all
regal. Down to The very constable, every officer
is the Queens officer; nay. the peace of the nation
is the Queens peace. The debt alone has, ever
since its commencement, in the year 1894, been
deemed solely the Peoples concern. The part of
the government was TO borrow and spend it. Ii
was the Peoples part TO pay it,.
Funeral Of Col6red Bishop.-The remains of
the Right Rev. Morris Brown, second Bishop of
the African Methodist Episcopal Church, we're
followed TO the grave in Philadelphia, the 18th
ult., by large concourse of his coIored brethren.
The Ledger says:
Two bishops and abou, one hundred and fifty
ministers of different de omnations, principally
members of the two Annual Conferences now in
session IN Philadelphia. walked first in the line
The coffin carried on bier by minister's
wearing white scarfs, and after them came others
with Scrolls representing the six conferences over
which the deceased presided. The mourners came
next and after them the daughters of conference.
a respectable body of females, one hundred and
seventy IN number, each being uniformly clad in
the deepest mourning. long array of males and
females brought up the rear.
Capture of Mon srous Snake.-Mr. B. Boon
lot Birmingham, Pennsylvania, writes to the editors
Jas follows: On Saturday, the 5th inst, while two
young men of Birmingham. named Isaac Wolvertn
and Chrlstly Dale. were out cunning, they cap
tured large black snake in cottage Field on T.
Nj. Ovens farm, in the following manner When
the snake was first seen by them, they supposed
it 10 be large black log. as there was some logs
partly burnt In the field. but on coming up nearer
they were horror-struck seeing it was a black
snake of monstrouS size, curled in among the logs
They then cut large forked stick, and sIyly ap-
preaching the reptile, they placed the stick on the
huge back of The snake near the head, holding it'll
|hghtly. WoIvertin held the snake while Dale
went 10 town and 60. IN empty hogshead, cutting
Ia hole in end sufficient to admit the snake
While Dale was away, the snake stretched its full
length on the ground and lay quietly till his return
The two then placed the hogshead close to its head
when IT quietly crept in, and is now in our iowp|
|alive and well at Butts hotel. On measuring the
|ground on which il. stretched. it measured
|twenty-one feet eight inches. and the snake isl
supposed to be three feet in circumference. You!
can insert the above in your Despatch # you wish
1t wilt show that there snakes in Pennsy yvania
las well as elsewhere Weekly Dispatch.
PRoPosED AMENDMENT TO THE CoNsrIrUT1oN.-|
Mr.. John w. King has published Memorial to|
the State Legislature of the United States,'' re-
commending the following amendment to the Con-
stitu!ion. He gives twenty-five reasons for adopt
ing it:
'Art. XIV.-On some ma med day in the MONTH
Iof February, 1882 to be fixed by the act of Con-
gress, the Clerk of the Senate Of the United States
for the Time being. and every four years thereafter
:shouid be required by law to prepare and have in
readiness. mahogany box of proper construction
for draft or oteryb box, and Just SO many ivory
I0as as there shall be. for tie time being United
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same form and finish, except one which shall bel
|blacked and marked President Of The United States
and another shall be red and marked Wee Presl-
|dent Of the United Safes. and the whole balance
Ito be white. On the day appointed by law, It'll
should be made The duty of the Vice President for
the time being. to announce the hour for draft or:
lottery; when he shall take charge of the box and:
in the presence of the whole Senate accurately.
count into il all the balls when each member of
the Senate present: shall then te required by name
land in succession, according 10 any rule of daft
which may be established by majority of the
.SenaIe, 10 take ball from the box until the
balls exhausted, or the e.ec.ion declared by
the Vice President in favor of the two Senators.
who shall respectively have drawn the balls marked
P resident and Vice President of the United States
for four years from the 4th of March, 1852; and
i should any qualified Senator be prevented from
drawing, by bodily ndisPosition voida bic
detention from the Senate, then, and in either
i case, the Vice President shall draw for them be-
] fore doing which, the name Of the Senator he
draws for is TO be audibly announced to the whole
1Senate, so likewise the result Of the draft in every
4 and each case. When the election is concluded j
lii shall be made the duty of the Senate to an
nounce The result 30 the House of Representatives
land to the President of the United States"
Gen. Jackson's Gold Bor.-A series of resolu-
tons were passed by the New York aldermen, on
1.-The 10th instant, to secure the appointment of a
select committee from each board, 10 ascertain
what native of that city is found worthy of having
1.-THE gold box, bequeathed by Gen. Jackson in his
4 will among his other yaluables. Fhis gold box
Gen. Jackson bequeathet 20 him. who, IN the
event of war, shonld, in the peace succeeding, be
Iadjudged by his fellow-citizers to have been most
valiant in defence OF his country. The box was
presented by the corporation of the city of New
York to the General, and the award has reference
Ito New York alone. Since the Generals death
! the Mexican war has come and gone, and now of
course, is the time to which the award has refer.
}ence.