The Arkansas advocate., 1832-07-04

stated, deceived thc commander ofA militia by approaching him under a fas S,'s of truce. The letter suggested bs ib propriety of increasing the appronsia sas ton of l50,000 dollars, now contaipaS nod in the bill, to 30O,0V0.
 l.l Bs;tlbtSssst1 Bs;tbSssst1 eouc urfed iil the ns. pEiety of the amendment offered h, fiV' ,i Senator from Indiana, but thoneht ,l ,lS amount insufficient. He conceived s @ ] possibility of all the Indians translstas 10 the western shores of the Aiississosagi being obliged to throw themselves IF IF on the protection of the United Slalas all the friendly Indians within tJse |; nits of the United States were ots received under the protection of tIs Government, he suggested that tbes might be employed with more efliciea ey than our own troops, against the tas tie Indians.
 He stated, that, from his knowlede. =of some of them, he would be disposss5 to place implicit confidence in their tachment, fdelitY.and courage. Tbsy would afford better protection ta.tk frontier, than an equalnunber of whga troops; and if they were so employe5 it would be necessary to supply tbep with weapons, and to give protectionia their wives and families. He fhouob, Iit impossible to determine how lons these brutalitics might last. As soos as 1t was known that the Indians had been successful in tbeir attack. eyegv hostile Indian would hasten to ioin win them. He moved 10 strike out 2O00o and insert 50,000 dollars.
 Mir. Hendricks accepted the amend. ment as modification of his motion.
 Some further discussion took place Ion the amount to be appropriated, when
 Mir. Ffe8nghnysen, in consequence of an assertion that the Secretary of War had recommended 10000 for this ob- lJect, moved 10 strike out 50,000 and iI. Hsett 22tg,eeJe dollars.
 The motion was carried in the afr. mative.
 The amendment, as amended, vas then agreed to.
 Mr. Kaae then moved, in conforinifr with the suggestion in the letter of tHe Secretary of War, that the sum of l55f0, 000 for the expenses of defending fhe frontier, be stricken out, and 300,oo08(0 dollars inserted in is room.
 The amendmendment was aercedto. The bill was then reported as amend. ed; and the Senate having concurret in the amendments, the bill was order. ed 10 be read third time.
 The bill at a subsequent period Of the day was reada third timeand passed. Jaate l.-'fhe bill fer the relief os Benj. Murphey, was laid on the table. June 4.-The amendment made bv the House to the bill to establish tle Eeflice of Surveyor General of Arkan. sas, was taken up, and concurred in.- The bill from thc House establishing Land Districts in the Territory of Ark ansas was read first and teeond time. land referred to the Committee on Pub. [ lie Lands.
 June 5.-Mr. King, from the Com nittce on Public Lands, reported the bill 10 establish land Districts in the Territory of Arkansas.
 The bill to confirm certain claims to Hands in the Territory of Arkansas, was considered and ordered to third freading.
 HOUSE or REFRESHMENTS. June 2.-The House met into Com, mittee of the Whole, Mir. Cambrelcng Fin the chair, on the bill from the Se- Ehate appointing . Surveyor to ttiissa Ter ritoFy of Arkansas, (with q salary ot 2000,) Craftsman and two Clerks.
 MT. I'pin offered an amendment re. duciDg the salary of the Surveyor from two thousand to twelve hundred dol. lars; which was agreed to.
 He then offered q second amendment. reducing the salary of the clerks; which was also adopted.
 The bill was then laid aside.
 The Committee next took up blll to incorporate the St. Francis road com pany, for the completion of a road from Memphis to Little Rock, in the Terri tory of Arkansas,
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