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MONUMENT TO TIE VOLUNTEERS
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MONUMENT TO THE VOLUNTEERS


The following resolutions were adopted
Al a meeting recently held by the commit.
lee having charge OF this subject. II Will
bc seen that all persons holding subscrip.
tion Isis are requested to make report Of
the amount collected BY the 1t day Ui Au.
gust. Il is the earnest desire and request
ul the committee that their returns shall be
made punciually, in order that the amount
contributed may be aseerainrd al as soona
day as practicable. tnll this amount is
asceuained no step can be taken towards
the erection Of the monument, or lis plan
projected. ln the meantime, il is hoped
that persons in,rus,ed, with the coll, elton
ol subscriptions will exert themselves 10
increase their Isis as much as may be
before forwarding them.


At meeting ollhe members ofthc com.
miilee al Little Rock, on the lth inst, d.
y. Gu,oT was elected chairman, l.. J.
Rcardon secretary, and A. L. Thornton
treasurer.


Mr. Watkins introduced the following
resolutions which were adopted:


Rcsoirtd, That all those persons to
whom subscription lists have been sent by
the committee, or who may have money
ia their hands belonging 10 the monument
fund, are requested 10 make report ol the
same. with the names and amounts sub.
scribeJ by each person, To l.. j. Rcardon,
70 @..r,t.rv "a tha Nanuu,ant commit
tee, at Little Rock, on or before the lsl
day OF August next, and wlhOu, any un.
necessary delay TO remit the several amounts
TO Col. A. l.. Thornton, treasurer Of the
committee, and all those having subscrip.
lion lists are earnestly requested 10 inter
est and exert themselves in procuring sub
scriptons and forwarding The same accord.
ing TO this resolution.


Resoiucd, As the sense Of this committee,
that the names OF all the officers aud pri.
Yates, in the army an navy of the United
States, from the State of Arkansas, who
may have fallen, or who may fall in the pres.
ent war with Mexico, before the compile.
ton oil The monument proposed TO be cree.
ted under the direction Of The committee,
should be Inscribed upon the monument,
and that the sense aud spirit of the resolu.
lions adopted Ut the public meeting held al
the State House on the 23j day of April
last, suslains the view OF the committee
above sci forth aud that this resolutions he
published in the papers Of this State, to
the end that public opinion in regard TO it
may be elected. .


d b. GREER, Chr'n.


Il RrAnnnN. Sen'rY.