The Arkansas advocate., 1830-04-14
Little Rock, there is no direct land com

Little Rock, there is no direct land com munlcatlon, and that their mail, now transported by a very circuitous route, Is often detained for weeks by high wa ter; and that, by establishing the pro- posed road, its delay will tbe avoided, and tie mail greatly expedited.
 is this application for an appropria- ton to make a road to connect two i'm pertant points in the Territory of Ar kansas, now uneonnected, is to run en- tirely within the limits of the Territory. and through lands owned exclusively by the United States, aiid will be but ex- tending to the citizens of that Territory those benefits of the mail which arc eli joyed by the citizens of other portions of the United States, the committee re- port bill.
 feb. 26.--Mr. Clarke, from the Com mittee on the Territories, to which the subject had been referred, made the fol lowing report:
 The Committee on the Territories, to which was referred resolution of the House, directing an inquiry into the ex- pedlency of increasing the salary of the Governor and Judges of Arkansas, re- port:
 That the salary of the Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, as at present fixed by law, is two thousand dollars, and that of the Judges twelve hundred.
 The act of the I'd of March, Isi9, es- tablishing the Government, constituted the Governor ca o6fcio, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for which, until lately, be has been paid annually seven hun- dred and fifty dollars, making his con- pensation in the whole S2,750. From the organization of the Government, un- til the death of the late Governor lizard, the duties of Superintendent of Indian Affairs have beendischargged by the iix- ecutiye of the Territory. Since the ap- pointmentofNIr. Pope, the present Gov ernor, these duties have been discontin- ued by the directions of the present Ex- ccutiye of the United States, and of course the perquisite of the office with held. Ali that he now receives for his official duties, is two thousand dollars. This sum, in the opinion of the committee, is not an adequate compensation. It is some twelve or fifteen hundred dollars less than what is paid to the Governors of Florida and Michigan; for their du- ties as Agent of Indian Affairs is still continued; for which, the first receives the sum of SS50, and the latter Sl ,50O. Living, in Arkansas, IS as costly as il either of the other Territories. and. ii- deed, somewhat more SO; for house and office rent, which is provided for at the private cost of the Governor, is very high. (The letter of the Secretary oi War is referred to-
 The Judges, four in number, receive SI, ,20G a year each. 1t is only neediul for the committee to state the duties which these Judges have toperform, for the House to see at once, they are not sufficiently compensated. They hold two terms ofwhat is called their Supe- rior Court annually, composed of all the Judges, and do Circuit Court duties twice year, by individual Judges, ill twenty-three counties. In inc dis charge ofthese duties, they must neces- sarily, travel over wide extent of vii. derness country, over bad roads, at much personal hazard, and great pecu- niary expense. A bill is therefore re- ported, fixing the salary ofthe Govern or at S2,500, and that of the Judges at Sl,500.
 Ertract of e letter iron, the Secretary of War
 to John Pope, Esq. Gocernoy, Sc. of 2Sth
 Juty, 1929.
 ss As regards an allowance to you as Su- perintendent of Indian Affairs, in the Ter ritory of Arkansas, that matter came up for consideration at an early period, under the present Administration. An allowance had been made to General Izard, of S75G. But about the time of his death, or shortly affteTw ards, the reason of its continuance ceased from the circumstance that no in- dians lived within the Territory. It was heretofore made kind Of perquisite of of fee, because of the trouble imposed on the Governor in attending on Indian Affairs, and because of the expenses to which their visits on business necessarily subjected him. The treaty, however, not long since concluded with the Indians, within the Territory of Arkansas, has necessarily re- moved all the inducements to this former allowance, and, therefore, nothing was communicated to you on this subject from the War Department. There being no law for such allowances, but a matter abiding in the discretion of the Executive, it was not considered proper to exercise that discretion, when tue causes which should authorize 1t, did not exist''