The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-17

important t0 ihe administration as aforiing means to carry out the project ofpeaee with Mexico was. st our last daies still in the Senate 1, was gencr. egslIy supposed that 1t would pass with the w il. mol psoyiso'' stricken from it. Mir Sewer gave notice on tht 26th aA.. that he would insist upon
 tie vote being taken on this biIi the next day, ai- thssgh Mr.webster and others who had not spoken oa 1t. were desirous of addressing the Senate.
 . The bill to create two Major and three Bdgadicr Generals was before the House of Representatives. with an amendment authorizing the President to give the eosnfband in chief to any Major General without regard to seniority of commission. It is ccnsended that this is to enable Mir. Polk in effect to create aLieutenant General. should this snendment pass he. might at once. over tue heads of the oldest generals, confer upon Mr Benton the highest rank In the army. We hope the bill may not be lost and that he author of the -hard cur rency systemr may have opportunity of test Ing his ability in the eil, attsr having won such distinction in the Senate. To the .yetiow boys of Mexico as welt as of oar currency, his searching and comprehensive intellect has been directed and # his views in relation to the prove success a against ail opposition in the other there will be fame indeed attached 10 the appellaiion of old baiIion." Should t is appointment be made, we shaii hear nothing of .'enemies in the font and rear of confidential letters for political effect, or s.hasty plates of soup" Mir. Benton woald enter upon his duties having the entitc confidence of the President wilh the determination on his part to ob tain for the country early and honorable release from the burden of the war.
 TuE RELaEs Fuxp.-The amount of money col Iec.ed in this city, we understand will be mmedi- ateiy expended in the purchase of corn for ship. nsemi, notwithstanding the exceedingly ingenious mode eoasrived by neighbos of the Democrat for its disbursement He proposes that the fund a mounting to three hundred and seventy doIiars, shall be used in pa, ng for printed circulars setting forth the advantages of this county and conveying polite invitation to people starving. five thoas- and miies oil. to step over and take pot luck with us in Arkansas. We can imagine the Irish com. mittee, appointed to distribute provisions sent from this country approaching hungry family and saying to the famishing father, sM dear fellow, we know you are in state of starvation. but instead of the corn we exported for you, here Is Democrat ex lra,' printed at Little Rock. which communicate U yoa the refreshing intelligence, that if you sur wye the famine and nave the money 10 pay ycui passage across the Atlantic. the state of Arkansas wiiI De happy to receive you as one of its citizens And upon your arrival in that favored county should you have anything left, there are certain gentlemen owning land who will make you free holder for qute triaing consideration" Seriously nobody can feel mo'e disposed to encourage immi gyaiiea 10 our State than we do, but to use suct means of inducing it, would be the last thing we should think of It is probable, however, that the whole matter was intended by our Reighbor as joke, and we have sotreated it. IT, as large land holder ana pria,r, he is sincere in his proposition member of the committee suggests, that il he wii pmblish the address of the committee they will take the trouble to enclose copy in each sack of corr shipped. % that food for the mind and body may bt
 - fufnished at the same time.
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