Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-02

ANhiP PoeCdu county. heau luc lulTu tlLle when Mr. Carrigan called for division or the passage of the bill, but it was lost by tie vote.
 Mr. Clark, House bill to extend the tune for collecting the revenue for 1858 1T Sebastian county and for other purposes.- Passed.
 MT. Craighead, House bill for the relic of A. L. Higgins. Referred to the com mlttee on swamp and overhowed lands.
 Mir. Davies, House bill to relieve Ran dolph county from the operations of the 2Oth, Fist, and 22d sections of chapter A of the Digest. Passed
 MT. Douglas, House bill to exempt Ben ton, Crawford and Sebastian counties from an act to prevent the sale of spiritnous li- quers and wines to Indians, etc. Passed
 Mir. Floyd, House bill for the relief oi Ellsworth of Franklin county. Passed.
 Mir. President, for the relief of Elliott Il. Fletcher, of Mississippi county. Re terred to swamp land committee
 Mr. Gould, House bill to repeal section B, chapter l4S of the Digest. Rejected. Also concerning revenue and for other pur- poses. Passed
 Mr. Hammond introduced joint reso- luton to authorize John H. Crease to re- ceive, receipt for, and have charge of the archives of the office of the surveyor gen eral of this State, proposed to be turned over under acts of Congress-
 Mr. Jones offered as a substitute for said resolution bill in reference to said archives, which was referred with Mr. Hammond's resolution, to select commit tee with instructions to report this evening.
 Mir. McCreery called up House bill to authorize G. P. Sha :kleford, of Missouri, to sell certain lands in this State, belong ing to the minor heirs of William Shackel- ford, deceased. Rejected.
 Mr. Jones, to incorporate the Helena and Iron Mountain railroad company. Re- jected.
 Senate took recess.
 A message was received from the House inviting the Senate to the Resresentatve hall for the purpose of receiving the sword of General Allen Wood. Senate proceed ed to the hall, where Hon. Thomas Bate man of the House, after making some re- marks very appropriate to the occasion, presented the sword worn by Gen. A. Wood Tn the late Mexican war, which was receiv- ed by Capt. D. McCreery, of the Senate, on the part of the State, who responded to the remarks of Mr. Bateman in an elo- quent manner, and took review of the glorious achievements won by our country on the battle field since her colonial days to the present time. The remarks of Capt McCreery were redeived by the convention with continued outbursts of applause.
 After the ceremonies were over the Senate returned to their chamber and took recess till evening.
 At ? o'clock the Senate met
 Mir. Marshall called up House bill to abolish Imprisonment of slaves for viola ting the criminal laws of this State and for other purposes. Passed.
 Mir. McCreery, house bill concerning the internal improvement fund of White coun- ty: Indefinitely postponed.
 Mir. Mecklin. Senate bill for the relief of Henry Jacobi. Passed.
 Mr. McColloch, Senate bill to aid in the construction of the M O. and R. R. R. Amended, discussed at length and finally postponed for the present.
 Mir. Pennington, House bill to legalize the sale of section Is, T. $. 21 w. Passed
 Mr. Redmond, House bill to amend the charter of the city of Helena Passed
 MT. Stirman, the amendments of the House to Senate bill to change the names of Purdy Ann Parker and other Parkers which amendments the Senate refused to concur in, for the reason that the House had carried the bill to extremes.
 Mr. Terry, House bill for the relief of William c. Hagen of Prairie county Passed.
 Mr. Trimble, House bill to take the sense of the qualified voters of the State for and against convention to change the constitution. Read first time
 Mr. Watkins, the proposed amendments (which originated in the House) to the constitution so as to elect the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and an Attorney General by the people Which were read the third and last time by the following two thirds vote:
 YEAs-Messrs Clark, Davies, Douglas, Floyd, Gaines, Gould, Hammond, Jones, Marshall, McCreery, McColloch, Penning- ton, Redmond, StiIman, Trimble, Wat kins, and MT. President-17.
 NAys-Messrs. Askew, Carrigan, Craig head and Mecklin-4
 Recess till night
 At : o'clock, Senate met.
 Mr. Carrigan called up House bill for the relief of Anthony w. Cole, sheriff and collector of Sevier county. Passed.
 Mir. Clark, House bill to provide for the building of bridges in Sebastian county Passed
 Mr. Craighead, from the swamp land committee, reported favorably to House bill for the relief of A. L. Huggins Passed:
 Mr. Davies, House joint resolution rela- lative to the remains of oseph J. Anthony, deceased Read and adopted
 Mr. Douglas, House bill to enable the land agents to issue certificates in certain cases and other purposes. Passed
 The committee on swamp lands reported favorably to House bill for the relief of Elliott H. Fletcher Passed.
 MT. President called up House joint re- solution to have Napoleon declared port of entry. Adopted.
 Mr. Gaines, called up his resolution re- lative tocut-offs in the Mississippi river Lost by 15against 3.
 Mir. Gould for Mir. Carrigan, called ur House bill for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Richard Y Mer chant deceased, late of Lafayette county Passed.
 Mir. Hammond, House bill to authorize Nancy J. Langley of Saline county to sel certain lands. Rejected.
 Mir. Jones called up House bill to amend an act to authorize certain counties to lev, a road tax so far as Phillips county is con cerned Passed.
 Mr. Marshall, House joint resolution re lative to wagon road from Ft Smith t, Albuquerque. Adopted.
 Mr. McCreery, Senate bill for the relic of David w. Carroll, Garlen Silvev Charles E. Tobey and B. F. Hempsteac late state land agents. Passed. Mr. McColloch, from the select commit tee to whom was referred the joint resolu tion and bill respecting the archives of tn Surveyor Generals office reported favora