Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-11-24

MT. Gaines, from the same committee, recd commended the passage of Senate bill No 3A g to prevent persons from hiring slaves to work and perform manual labor on the Sabbath dayl without consent of the owner or oyerseer.-1 Read a third time and passed
 A message was received from the 2overra transmitting the resignation of Hon. NThorssa a' B. Hanly, one of the jud .es of the supreusxI court.
 A message was received from the Governosss covering letter from John Robertson, Presi- dent of the Memphis and Little Rock railroad company announcing the completion of said road from HopefeId to the St. Francis river, distance of forty miles.
 Mr. Games, tEom the judiciary committee, reported adversely to Senate bill No. Is, to provide for the removal of free negroes to Li- beria.
 Mr. Gaines, from the same committee. fec- commended the passage of Senate bill No. N, to authorize the issuance of subp@nas for wit nesscs before the grand jury during the vaca- ton of the circuit court. The bill was then read third time and passed.
 Mir. Games, from the same committee rec~ commended the'rejection of Senate bill No. 15 to abolish preemptory challenges to jurors and for other purposes. Report adopted and the bill rejected
 Mir. Gaines, from the same committee re. ported back Senate bill No. 8, to exclude from the State all free colored persons, mulaltoes and negroes of the African race. and for other purposes, with some amendments that do not alter the material features of the bill. The amendments were adopted, the report recom- mehdlng Its passage received and the bill takes It's place on the calendar. MT. Carngan, from the select committed Qhe- ported back Senate bill No 46 approving an act or the General Assembly of the Sate of Louisiana incorporating the Louisiana, Arkansas anu leNas navigation company, and recom- mended its passage
 Mir Clark introduced Senate bill No. 47..o give to each settler on any of the swamp xand\ overtiowed lands in the ClarksvilIe and Fay etteylle districts, one hundred and sixty acres of such lands.
 Read twice and referred to the committtee m swamp and overtlowed lands Mir. McColloch introduced Senate bill No- 48, to aid in the construction of the Missjssipni Ouochta and Red river railroad. Read twice and referred to select committee of Messrs. McColloch, CarTigan and Gaines
 Adjourned
 THursaay, November IS.
 Senate met. Prayer by the Chaplain
 A message was received from the House of Representatives announcing the passage of sun dry bills and resolutions
 Mir. Jones presented the following commit nication:
 Madison, Nov. F, 1858.
 Hon. President of Me Senate anl Speaker Of the House of Representatives.:
 The county court of St. Francis county hav- ing taken the initiatory step, her citizens, with great unanimity, have determined to express their qualification at the completion of the irsE division of the Memphis and Little Rock raiYX road, by free barbecue at the county town Madison, on Tuesday, the 30th inst.
 The locomotive, " Little Rock" announced her arrival on the east bank of the St. Francis river on the 10th inst, by shriI whistle that indicated to the assembled multitude the inau- Suration of a new era in Arkansas. She but pauses to gather strength for her magnificent march to the rich and teeming far west. How long will she pause? Will not the embodied voice of Arkansas through her legislature an- swer in terms that will manifest to the world that it Is momentarv, and that she is determined that the Memphis and Little Rock railroad shall be the first link in the chain that is to connect the Atlantic and Pacific?
 The undersigned committee of invitation. in obedience to special instructions, tender to you and the bodies over which you respectivelv preside, in behalf of your fellow-citizens of St Francis, cordial invitation to be present on the occasion.
 Respectfully,