The Arkansas advocate., 1831-02-09

for year. we would commend to our > ed siy-
 CT friends, toraise large surplus quantities of and other provision, as there will be "a continual demand, for the next two years.
 Donation Ctaims.-fhe following Bill, ss To ex- tend the time for entering donation claims to land Tn the Territory of Arkansas,o reported by Mir. tNIGKLIFFE, from the Committee Public Lands has passed the House of Representatives, and two readings in the Senate and will probably become a law. This Bill is of immense importance to the
 citizens of our Territory, 1t not only extends the
 time for locating these claims, but reviyes all laws that have hitherto been passed, for the benefit of those who have sustained losses by treaties made with the Chocktaw and Cherokee Indians-aiiow ing them two years longer, from the 24th of May next. to prove up and locate claims.
 1 Those of citizens who have suffered by the cession of their improvements to the Indians, and have not had an opportunity of proving up their
 losses, as to obtain donations Of land under the former laws, viii be gratfed at tine promptness o our Delegate who has thus exerted himself to ob- tain an extension ef lime for their benefit.
 BILL to extend the time for entering certain do nation claims to land in the territory of Arkan- sas.
 Be Il enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
 seatatiees of the URied States of America ia Con- gross assembled, That the provisions of the eighth
 and ninth sections of the act of Congress- approved twenty y-fourth day of May, thousand eight hun dred and twe weight entitled sAn act to aid tle State of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to lake Erie, and to grant quantity ofand
 10 said State to aid in the construction of the canals ianthorized by law, and for making donations oi land to certain persons ln Arkansas Ierritory y and the provisions of tle act, entitled An
 strcting the locations of certain land claims in the Territory of rhansas and for other purposes, sp proved sixth January, one thousand eight hundred
 and t#ent y-nine; and, also, the provisions of the
 aet entitled sAn act to extend the time for ocat- ing certain donations in Arkansas, approved thr- teenth January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same hereby, continued in force for the period of two years from the twenty fourth May, thousand eight hundred and thirty one: Progided, That nothing in this act or the foregoing acts, shall be construed as prevent the President of the United States from bringing the said lands in Arkansas into market under the existing laws; and all claims to donations under the before rected act, which shall not have been pre- sented and allowed by the proper authorities on or before the day which shall be fixed on by the Pre-
 sident for the sale of said and hereby declared forfeited to the United States.
 u IstI'o the Editors of the .4duocate. 1 F c Gas1bsME sMEs.nasnoss, short tlncsiHce, called ] me from lza,d to Washington County, and as an y
 thing having tendency to lift the veil of ohscurity from our unknown though fertile country, cannot but be interesting, herewith transmit to you account of my tour
 ] That part of the country through which trav-
 eiled although little known to the emigrant, and
 even to the residents of this country, and almost
 entirely unsettled, contains mHeh that is interest l ing. Variety, much sought after by mankind, here Is endless The lover of agricultural pur-
 suits, view with grateful sensations, large tracts i of land, watered in every direction by never-fa- ing springs, with every comfort within his reach, that could conduce to his happiness, while the phi lanthrepst must mourn, that here the sound of the axe is never heard, the benign influence of ci vization eyer fet-from tle dizzy heights of the surrounding cliffs, might the poet reve in all the lnxnries of romantic but fertile imagination while the verdant lawns and green pastures, would , seem to him some new Arcada.--or this secluded spot might be the fit residence of some pious an cborte, who. cut off from all communication with
 the busy world, coud undisturbed, enjoy sweet communion with his God. From the summit of the
 surrounding hills, may be seen on the ope side, the bed of Hhite River, with it's tributaries
 gliding in silence through wilderness of thick
 wood, or occas onally interrupting a vast expanse of prairie, presenting to the emigrapts not only home and happiness, but plenty and even wealth. { The beauties of this stream have been often des- cribed, but 1t certainly deserves every encomium that can be bestowed upon it. Upon its chrvstal bosom, every object near its borders is reflected and re-refected until 1t appears some fairy land or world of enchantment. Ii abonnds with fish of
 every description, and the angler while in anxious
 solicitnde he watches his hook p 20 feet water, is
 continually relieved from the monotony of his situ- ] alton, by perfect view Of the speciled trout as { he dashes by him with fearless mpetuosity, or the i sluggish buffalo azily stemming the current, and 1 apparently encounterng d1mcultles when ne IS
 not anxious to avoid. On the other side, dark j range of hills skirt the horizon, and while they in-
 tercept the view, render the whole scene delight ] fully enchanting.
 ] For the first eighteen miles after left 1zaid Court House we passed through country, rough.
 and rather too poor for cultivation, until we ar
 rived at Alr. Hightowers' where we were cheered
 with the sight of large body of rich alluvial lands
 extending to the river. In this bottom, there are
 about 10 families, and there IS room for many more. After passing through this bottom we crossed
 White river, and at the distance of ten miles came
 to the old Shawnee village, where portion of that l nation formerly lived Perhaps more beautiful
 situation could not be pointed to, than here pre-
 sents itself; it is immediately on Crooked Creek, where there is about 1900 acres of land in bo-
 dy and although bottom land, Is not subject 10 n- undation. There only three white families re and Indian