The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-23
THE ADVOCATE. A
LITTLE ROCK. MAY 9. Isaa.


 that at this season Of the year, itscouId not have been retarded by bad roads or high waters; from some. cause however, ,we are still annoyed by an occasional failure, without the bounds of tle TerritorY. Y c have Washington dates, through our Nashville papers, tip to fife 26tll ut. 1he testimony in Houston's case had closed, and MT. Key, lis counsel, was ( address ing to the house ingenious, impress siFe, and eloquent argument, in behalf of Gen. Houston, and against the power of the House of Representative to interfere ss all in such case as the present."
 .sicdm =5oqt .41rtrals.-0n Saturday af- ternoon, the steamboat Volant, Captain Charles Kelly; and on Sunday morning, tile Reindeer, Capt. Miller, both from New Orleans, with fnli freight for both boats, and also for a large keel, lowed up blythe Reindeer. The two boats contain ed between 300 and 400 emigrants for Crawford and Washington counties.
 These two boats are jointly owned by ,Hoafgomery { .Nuler, of Mouth of White river, an; Kelly { Riasgold, of Batcsyille. Hereafter tic arrangemon wilt be made. that one of the boats will he ascending from New Orleans, while the otllcr will be descending tie Arkansas and Mississippi to ew-orleans, thus facilitating the in tercourse between the two places, and af- fording speedy conveyance to emigrants.
 They both departed on Sunday after noon, the Nolant for Cantonment Gibson, and the Reindeer for Fort Smith.
 igrMion.-Perhaps no previous sea- son las witnessed such a flow of emiera- tion to our Territory, as the present and from accounts from the adjacent States, the spirit of emigration is but just awalS- oning. Should the same tide continue to flow throughout the present and succeed ing year, there is not doubt that the Congress of Is34 will find us in possession of population emitting us to throw off the shaclSles of a Territorial Government to assume the full garb of an Independent State.
 Proposals fo.. one million aslatsceaft. jfaats thoasaad pounds of Becf--It will be. seen, by reference to our advertising column. that proposals will be received by Capt. JAooB BRowS, Superintendent fortllc Re fiovai and Subsistence of Indians, until the first day of August next, for furnishing and delivering one million and twenty four thousand pounds of Beef in the Choc- taw Nation, west of this Territory.
 Coagyess---4,Iaasas .9Bnirs.-In the SE- NATE, on the 12thnlt Mir. Poinderter, with leave Of the Senate. introduced a bill to autlori2e the prcsidont to cause to. De opened a road in the Territory of Arkan- sas, which was twice read and referred On the 18th, the bill for the postponement of certain cases now pending inthe Courts of Arkansas, Spanish coniirmations], and for withholding from sale or entry certain lands in said Territory, was read third time and PASSED.
 In the HousE OF REpR EsEaTAwIvEs on The 18th ut. Mr. Duncan, from the Com mittee on Public Lands, reported bill 10 authorize tho Governor of this Territory to select certain lands granted for the erection of Public Buildings at Little Rock; which was twice read and ordered to be cngrosscd.
 ABATEMENT INTERMEDDLING. a We discover, by the last Gazette, Chat inc Kentucky and Missouri papers have broke loose upon Mr. CnITTENpEN, be- cause he was unwilling to rest silently un- der the vile islanders and billingsgate abuse of Gov. 5oIN PorE and his minors. The first article, copied into the Gazette, IS taken from the RussclluiHe. (Ky.1 Chompi- on, edited by kinsma1t and ( Champion" of our worthy Governor. Itcontains no thing but the coarsest vulgar abuse ofAIr G, and tile most sycophantic and lauda- tory praise of Gov. Pope. The second cx- tsaol is from tlle Haraodsdars( (Ky.) .aane- viccn, edited by a-man we opinc) dra:- gooned into measures by the dread of c. J. Trotter's eighsJ Jeet. Itjoins in concert with the Champion in a tissue of vile abuse of Crittenden, and lavishes upon the Governor the highest nd ssssssl