The Arkansas advocate., 1836-08-05

It. Barry and pr. Aberay, U. S.A.
 The party is accompanied by .Neah .Hcco, principal Chief, and Neoh iathta the leader in the late hostli ties They came from Montgomery, Alabama, pia New Orleans across Lake Ponchartran-beng less than 15 days from Montgomery to White river.
 The last Gazette contains defence of itself for its se cret against Col Fowler. The defence also ap pearedon Saturday last, in hand bill. We then thought 1t not worth answering. We think so still The ex- cuSc for the offence than the offence itself Of the extra have said all we had to say It's eectwasi such miserable underhand devices always produces It benefited instead of injuring, Col. Fowler. We learn from the Knoxville Register of the 18th ut that 4000 have been raised, and mustered into service in East Tennessee, under the command of Gen. Dunlap. 1900 men have also been raised in West Ten nessee-10 Companies called for from Kentucky to join Gen. Gaines, Uia Little Rock, and 10 Gompanies from Arkansas. The appropriations nude at the fast session Con- gross amount to the monsrous and unparalleled aam of THIRy FIVE millions of dollars. Of this amount about thirteen and half millions is for carrying into effect treaties with Indians and expressing hostities with them, erchsUe of the army appropriations The latter amount to four millions, the navy to 64 millions ort-s cations three ni!lions harbors million Cumberland road six hundred thousand, civil list three mlonsand this under the economical administration. Ebert Herring, Esq. has been appointed Paymaster in the army Mir. Harris, of Tenn. succeeds him in the War Department.
 
 NIr. Randolph remained nine days at St. Petersburg and his mission S24 o00. Mr. Buchanan remained nine months and Mir. Wilkins three months and each mission S30, ,000 Prentice thinks we ought not to exhibit natural curiosities foreign land at own cost.
 It ssad that Col Reed, the deliverer ofthe Witha. coochee block house garrison has ehallence c Scott for having denounced him coward in communica- tion to the War Department duel Is expected.
 The Hartford Times, Van Bnren paper, calls the Deposte bill Saa uaprincipied b, fatsehood cled aRd piece of knarery the Globe calls 1t Ca spo tiation syste8" Why did Gen. Jackson approve and sign it then It won't be month after Van Burcn is elected, If such misfortune happen before these fe lows will be openly cursng Jackson. They are ready l to kick the dead lion.
 The Independence 64 is ordered to tho Brazilian sta tion, under the command of Capt. J. B. Nicholson.
 The sloop of war Boston to sail cruise to the West Indies.
 
 Congress has passed an act extending the f.aakjas privilege to Mrs. Madison.
 It is said that Ethan A. Brown, Commissioner of the General Land Office, will retire. and the 4nss Lane, of Indiana, be appointed in his place.
 Judge Whites resolution proposing to rescind the solution of censure Gen Jackson has been lost the Senate.
 It. F. B. Wheelock, fthe U s. Dragons, died June 14th at Micanopy.
 It. Ds. Herring, Sd Reg, U. S Artillery died June 22d at St. Augustine
 The eastern papers mention good joke, late case in the English Admiralty Court entitled sI'he King vs. forty-nine casks of brandy" They might at any time the docket of our Superior Court half dozen such The United States barrel of whis- key"
 The Election is oyer and on the second Monday of September the Legislature will meet at this place. The Session must necessarily be long one as many matters of great importance are to be aeed upon requiring much time and deberaton. lts our purpose, for believe 1t IS duty n the short interval which now remains certain things reqniTe thsIr acfTon d1 to 1TT briefly cur views upon these subjects.
 Above every thing, and the most important power pla ced in their hands, the election of Judges. There first Chief Justice and Associate Judges to be cho sen constitute the supreme Bench of the Court of r and Appeas-and then probably six Circuit Judges. In the selection of these high functonaries the arbers of our property, bery and liyes will be the part of every true patriot disregard all party and per sonal considerations and unite n selecting men ftae integrity, wsdom and stainless character In truth up most of the measures to be adopted by the Legs ature party influence, party eeing and personal pred lection allowed to operate would be direct violation of the oath taken by each member-and moIe especially if such aings are allowed to sway incline any represen tatve o the people Ill his choice of Judges. Partisan feeling is moral if not legal disqualification in Judge for the expounders of the law and interpreters the Eonsttncn derive their dignity their influence and their importance chiefly from their supposed want par tality and prejudice. An unjust Judge partial and pre- udiced Judiciary is free country if that can be called free country where such thing exists. It Is not only requisite that Judges should be free from cor ruptonthcy should also be free from prejudice for the former is generally supernduced upon the latter The independence of the Judiciary has ever been the great