The Arkansas banner., 1845-03-05

Very respectfully, your ob't servt,
 T. HARTLEY CRAWFORD.
 PIERCE M BUTLER, Esq,
 Cherokee .4gcm.
 Fort Gibson, Arkansas.
 Gov Butler feels the liveliest interest in the destiny of George Guess, whose name should be forever enshrined in the affections of his whole people. He will take immediate measures to carry out the designs oi the War Department, which receives our sincere ac- knowledgments and which we ardently hope may be crowned with entire success. There is no event, we are persuaded, that would af- ford more heartfelt joy to the Cherokees at large, than to have their distinguished coun- try-man among them once more.
 THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
 The following eloquent extract, descriptive of the extent and resources of the great Ame- rcan Valley, and the difficulties and loss of life attendant upon the neglect of Congress to remove the Instructions in its rivers, IS a portion of an address recently made by the Hon. J. W. 1'ibbatts of Kentucky. The oc- cason which induced 1t was the presentation to Mr. r.. by the commercial and river men of Cincinnati, of a splendid silver pitcher as testimonial of their appreciation ol his ei- forts in Congress to procure appropriations for the purchase by the Government of the Louisville and Portland Canal, and for the improvement of the nayigable waters ol the West:
 ssThe vast extent and boundiess resources of the great valley of the Mississippi have been but little known abroad, and scarcely estimated or realized among ourselves. EX- tending from the 26th of the 47th degree of north latitude, and stretching from the Al- leghanies to the Pocky Mountains, 1t embra- ccs an area of more than400, ,000 square miles, of land, unsurpassed in fertility, and unequal led i'll its productions; country miersected in every direction by magnificent and beauti- lul rivers, allording more than l2,000 miles of navigable waters. Here we possess every thing which man can ask for his comfort and independence-mine of wealth untoId-mil lions of riches in copper, and iron, and lead are in the bowles of the earth, and on the surface rich pastures gladden. the eye of the herdsman, well adapted to the raising of cat tie and sheep, and the growth of wool, and i lands fertile in the productions ol hemp and flour, of cotton, and sugar, corn and maize, and all the necessaries and most of the luXu- res of life; and this country is inhabited by more than six millions of people, unsurpas- sed by the inhabitants of any portion of the civilized world, for industry and enterprise, for talent, for honor, for courage, and for all the qualities which elevate and adofn human nature, and render man a superior being Our resources are thus unbounded, and our lo If in 10 est advantage. Yet we are are not ontent our difficulties are the result of the very abundance which is yielded to our labors; ; our productions are vastly more than we can consume, and we must find markets for them abroad our indefatigable merchants and tra- ders do accomplish this, let their difficulties l be what they may-your enterpfislng State has already connected the waters of the Ohio with those of the lakes, by the means of na- yigable canals and Indiana and Illinois, will effect the same object-and your citizens by individual enterprise are doing the same by means of railroad. Bountiul as nature has been to lis, something still Is left us 10 con- tend with and surmount. Distractions exist in our navigation which cannot be overcome by individual or State enterprise, and we must ipOh tO tllG hdtipHd loi tiAC iiCoiS' Such are the Falls of the Ohio, and the ratts and snags, and sawyers of the Mississippi and its tributaries; these not only constitute ob- structons to our commerce, but our enter prisng river men are in danger of their lives al every stroke of the piston or the oar Millions of property have been lost and hun dreds Hives have been sacrificed, by the neg feet of the general government 10 make ade quate appropriations for the removal of these Instructions and the construction of harbors on the western lakes. During the last ses- sion of Congress, whilst the western appro- priations were under discussion, 1t seemed that hardlya mail arrived which did not bring the news ol some sad and melancholy dsas- ter upon our lakes or our rivers-the very breezes which came over the Alleghanes seemed To walt upon their bosoms the death shrieks of our hardy and enterprsing naviga- tors, as they sunk and were buried in the wa ers of the lakes or of the Mississippi the wall of the widowed wives and orphan children seemed to accuse the rulers of the nation of being the murderers of their hus- bands and fathers. by noglerting 10 make the necessary appropriations.