Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-11-17

animous vote of the Senate as follows:
 SITS Carrigan, Clark. Davies, Douglas,
 Gaines, Hammond, Hampton, Hum
 Jones, Marshall, McCreery, McColloch,
 gton, Redmond, Rosson, Smithson,
 h, TrimbH, Watkins Williams and Mir.
 ent--22
 Scott received the same vote for iud ge
 supreme court.
 Senate returned to their chamber and
 F1journed.
 Thrsday Nov. Il.
 lte met. Prayer by the Chaplain.
 Humphreys, from the committee on
 and county lines, reported back the
 amendment to the constitution relative . Formation of new counties, and recon. , that it shoul1 be read ' P fngton offered the following amend
 that no county hereafter established
 so formed as to reduce any old county
 fhe county line of such old county shall
 than twelve miles from the county seat
 which was read, discussed and the
 referred to the committee on counties
 unty lines.
 essage was received from the House sta
 at they had passed House bill No. 8,
 Enate bill No. Is, to legalize the sale of
 enth section in Calhoun county and had
 red Tn the Senate resolution in regard to
 route from Helena to the Iron noun.
 No.
 Williams, from the committee, reported 5enate bill No. 4, for the relief of Fl.
 Brown, and recommended it's passege.
 ort received.
 FloydAbm the committee on banks, re-
 back Senate bill No. l, providing for the
 ption of certain State bonds and making 'riation therefor, and recommend its re- 'ort adopted and bill rejected.
 RedmSnd, from the committee on ways eans, reported back Senate bill No. l9, fish the credit system in the sale of in.
 improvement, seminary and saline lands, commended its passage, which report was md received.
 Redmond, from the same committee, rec nded he rejection of Senae bill No. r, vide f6r the al valorem valuation of real
 Report read and received
 Floyd offered joint resolution that the louses go into the election of public Br on Saturday next, at noon.
 Rd and referred to the committee on pub- inting.
 motion of Mir. Hammond, the orders of ay were taken up.
 nate joint resolution relative to the Pacific ad and the 35th parallel was read. Hammond offered the following amend ike out the second clause in the pream- |nd the following, to-wit: And where
 IS subject of great magnitude to the fu- interests of the State of Arkansas that Pf the termini of sail Pacific railroad be at Pield. on the Mississippi river opposite the bf Memph1 the road then to proceed on present railroad survey to Little Rock, re on the survey of the Cairo and Fulton pad to the Texas line, thence on the line e El Paso railroad to the Rio Grande. te to the boundary line of California (igh the territory of Arizona and thence to Francisco.
 lnend the resolution by inserting "33d pa or near it'' in lieu of the words Ion or the 35th parallel of latitude" r. Rosson offered the following amend
 as substitute for that offered by MT. hmond:
 3rike out all after the word Memphis in the 1ndle and insert the following: Therefore, so'Ued blythe General Assembly of the State |rkaRsas. That our Senators in Congress be (uced and our Representatives requested [ithfullv co operate with the delegation in ! kress from the southern States for the pur- |of procuring all the aid that can be ob- Sf from the government of the United States |rds the early completion of this great na- enterprise. upon some southern route. r. Floyd moved the adoption of the pro- |d substitute, but after some discussion with I his motion.
 r. Carrigan renewed it. r. Hampton moved for the indefinite post Iment Ehe resolution and amendments, the chaF decided that Mr. Carrigan's mo- had precedence, and the question on adopt- Mir. Rosson's amendment as substitute for Hammond's being put to vote, stood as ows:
 EAs-MS MSssrs. Carrigan, Gaines, Hammond npton, A,rshall, McCoIloch, Pennington, mond, Msson, Terry, Watkins, Williams MT. President-l3. 'AYs -Messrs. Clark, Davies, Doulgas, I'd, Humphreys, McCreery, Smithson, Stir and Trimble-9. , the substitute amendment was adopted. he resolution, as amended, was then refer to the committee on memorials. message was received from the House sta that they had passed resolutions that the ,tarv of the democratic caucus held on sdav evening, be requested to furnish of the proceedings for publication and that cost of publishing the same be not paid by State.
 diourned.
 Friday, Nov. 12th. ,nate met. Prayer by the Chaplain. r. Trimble was called to the char. T. Redmond, from the committee on pub inting, recommended the adoption of the Zion to go into the election of a public Ter on Saturday.
 he resolution was then adopted and the stary instructed to inform the House there. r. Clark offered Senate joint resolution No. in these words:
 esolUed, by the General Assembly of the Stqte Irkamsas, That we regard the construction railroad from some suitable and central t on the Mississippi river to San Francisco, le State of California as great national rprise which should be fostered and en- aged by the general government by all means in her power. esoluea, That we regard the construction of railroad on or near the 35th parallel of h latitude, as surveyed by Lieut. Whipple, le nearest, most direct and central route such road, and should, therefore, be adopt eso1ved, That the interests of Arkansas will realty promoted by the adoption of the 35th llel.
 esolre{, That Hopefeld, on the Mississippi r, near Memphis, should be the eastern ter us of said route. IT. IT.. Clark p0v'd the adoption of the rs'o- r. C1rigan moved for their indefinite post ement, but gave way for Mir. Redmond to the following amendment. hat these resolutions shall not be consider S instructions to our Senators and Repre- atives in Congress, but they shall be left per V = to act tor the best interests of the Y lard to the different parallels of lati- he vote on the adoption of the amendment q:
 EAs-Messrs. Carrigan, Gaines, Hammond, lpton, AMarshall, McCoIioch, Pennington, nond, Watkins and Williams 10 AVS = Messrs. Clark, Davies Douglas, d. Humphreys, Jones, McCreery and Trim $. he resolution, as amended, was then refer