The Arkansas banner., 1844-06-19

lble. Like all it's congeners. 1t inclines to- ward the sun, the circumstance from which 1t derives its name. An entire wilderness of so splendid production, thus lowing in homage to its present luminary, and grace fully following him as he moves along his path, forms pageant, not only of great beau ty, but eloquent in expression, and rich in moral suggestion. To those who delight in such scenes, the sight of it is worth jour ney to the West''
 WESTERN TREES AND VINES.
 "The vegetation, generally, of the Western States, IS vigorous and luxuriant, far beyond that of any other portion of our country.- lhls IS particularly the case in the alluyial soils, which are there so abundant The size of the forest timber, which Is immense, has been already referred to. Some of the trees, especially the sycamore, could they be trans ported entire from the banks of the Ohio, would be visited as wonders in the Atlantic States. One of them is serenty-taco feet in circumference This is probably TIE GIANT of the valley. Many sorts of trees have a much greater luxuriahee and length of limbs, Ill proportion to the dimensions of the trunks, in the Western, than in the Eastern States.- This gives them beautiful and picturesque fan-tail tops. Their roots have, also, a cor responding expansion. Even the fruit trees have somewhat of this configuration The size of grape-vines Is scarcely less surprising than that of trees. Some of them are fortg- tIUe inches in circumference We ourselves measured one which was ttirty-sir. Another vegetable wonder is the cane-brakes, inter- woven with creepers and vines, and other impenetrable entanglements, overshadowed by colossal and clustering trees, along the banks of the Mississippi The ground, which is mass of river alluvion, might be almost deemed insufficient to sustain such q load.- Never, until we witnessed these productions, had we conceived of such fertility of soil, or such power of vegetation. But we live in checkered world, where contrast reigns, and eXcelencies are eounterbalanced by de- fects The rapid and luxuriant growth of Western timber detracts from its value, by rendering it more perishabIe, in houses and other structures, and, also, more speedily consumable, as fuel. As firewood, a cord of Atlantic hickory Is equal, we think, to a cord and half of the best wood of the West perhaps more. Owing to the looseness of its texture, most kinds of western wood are readily convertible into charcoal. We have been told that 1t furnishes an unusual pro- portion of potash; and some sorts of 1t, es- pecially species of ash, emits, when burn ing, much bluer flame than we have ever witnessed from any other wood. The leaves of the forest trees, when they fall, in autumn, do notso long coverand cucumber the ground, in the Western States, as they do in those of the Atlantic region. Be the cause what 1t may, they pass much sooner into vegetable mould"
 THE OHIO HILLS.
 ssln our notice of the Western landscape, we would have been justified, we think, in paying more attention than we did, to the Ohio hills. There Is much that is peculiar and majestic in them. Although the hills of some other rivers resemble, we have seen none that equal them. The highlands of the Hud- son, though more abrupt, and, in few points, loftier, are too limited, in their range, to bear comparison with them They are also greatly wanting in vegetable life, a circum- stance which detracts not a little from their interest and beauty, and give them cold and cheerless aspect.
 The Ohio hills range many hundreds of miles, along the beautiful river, which gives them their name, often constituting its imme- diate banks, but generally running at a short distance from its margin. Their construc- tion is singular, consisting in a chain of emi- nences several hundred feet high, with regu- lar depressions between them, the whole pre- senting lofty and waving ridge, of connpo- sed amenity and pleasing uniformity. Their sides are densely wooded from their base; and line of tall and graceful trees, with in- terweaving branches, springing from their summit, forms for them suitable and ma- jestic crest The blue of the distant sky, or the sunny clouds of morning and evening, seen through their magnificent lattice-work of trunks and their notifications, by the voy- ager on the river, add greatly to the rich and picturesque beauty of the scenery. It is es- pecially the brilliant and contrasted hues of the fading foliage of these hill-trees, that give such variety and unrivalled beauty to the au- tumnal landscape of eLa Belle Reviere.' .''- While gazing on these majestic '1hills,'' now so rich in their native garniture, the contem- plative traveller, who looks into future years, derives additional delight, from the belief, that, at no distant period, they will be equally rich in the garb of cultivation, studded with comfortable dwellings, and clothed in fruit full vines"
 MT. CLAY, in his letter on the Annexation of Texas says '.The United States acquired title to Texas, extending, as believe, to the Rio del Norte, by the treaty of Louisiana"
 The Treaty of Louisiana, here referred to says:
 ss'The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possi- ble, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunties, of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time