The Arkansas advocate., 1834-08-29

ritorv. whose practice and experience have made them quite as familiar with our stat utes, who are at least equally competent, and whose long residence in the Territory gives them stronger claims on his Excellen- ey's preference. But the Governor seems to have thought otherwise, and has acted accordinaly. In thus dIsregarding the claims of the Judges and old Members of the Arkansas Bar, we think the Governor has shown a want of courtesy for which the gentlemen of tae long robe have little cause to thank him.
 As to the mechanical part of the joh, we did think that our experience as a pracii- cal printer, and our long residence in the Territory, gave us at least some claims to it. But they, too, have been disregarded by the Governor, and those of an indiyidu- al, who is not practical printer, (though a short experience may have given him some smattering of the art,) have received the preference, ere we were apprised that the Governor was prepared 10 act under the au- tbority delegated to him by the law making the appropriation,
 However, We do not complain, although we think the Governor has treated us rather shabbily, to say the least of 1t. We enjoy a respectable patronage, which does not de- pend on the smiles ar the froWns of the Governor, and which Is less fiuctuating than either. The money gas coafded to the Governor. and he Is responsible for its cor rect application to the purpose for which it was intended. The means placed at his disposal are amply sufficient to command the best legal talent in the Territory in di- gestino the work, and to defray the expense of printing and binding it in a neat and workman-Gke manner. We hope 1t will be executed in every respect in such manner as to leave no cause of complaint from the people, for whose benefit it Is intended. If not, they will know who to eensme.
 How Col SEVER (to whom the people are indebted for the appropriation will ap- prove the acts of Gov. PopE, in this mat fer, we are not authorized 10 say: but we are very certain, that, had he supposed, for a moment, that the Governor would have given the preference to a gentleman who IS almost an entire stranger 10 our citizens, while there are older lawyers and printers in the Territory, at least equally as we'll qualified 10 execute the work in satis fac tory manner, and to whom long residence in the country would seem to give strong claims-the application of the funds, and the direction and supefintendence of the work, would have been intrusted to other hands.
 IL is but justice to MT. Steele for us to add, that, n=the above remarks, nothing is intended to his disparagement, either as a lawyer or q printer. He has got a good fat job, and we congratulate him on ms good luck, and hope that he will execute If i'll manner that will entitle him to credit. )
 The names of Guliap c. Herpiqaci and Francis Granger, are mentioned in he New ' orIS papers, as gentlemen most ike ly to receive the cholce of the EE hig State Convention, which is shortly to assemble in Utica, as candidates for the Gubernato- rial chair of that great State.
 The specie currency of France IS, at the present time, $523 3062. .500-more than five hundred millions of dollars--being more than five times the amount of all the paper and specie money in circulation in the United States, altho' we have d population nearly halt as large as that country. France has exported still larger amount of her com than she has in her domestic circula- ton. She might spare us enough to form complete substitute for all our paper eur rency, without hardly missing it.-New- 0rieaRs Courier.
 The Courier IS an anti-paper-money pa- per. Will it answer us one question? If somuch specie exists Tn France, why has 1t not made the common people there, richer and happier than the common people here? If he should chance not to be able to ans- wer this, then why all this outcry against paper money! Where did ever the farmer learn, or the mechanic, that good Bank.bills were injurious to him, or less valuable than gold! This it takes the eoisdom of poll ticians to tell him.
 The N. York Commercial gives a sum- mary of eight deaths which occurred in that city, Saturday, July 26th, from heat alone, or heat and drinking cold water.