The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-11
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 Those of us who came to Arkansas st an early Iperied kness ssnsskinx of the valuable services which have bees ssnAsssa by Gel esvies p era esi IL vcusdreqairs more shan the limiis Of your iatss 9ai susaA)s baps6 baEayto tsanerassihS aelsu winch he hss psrloxmsd fsE the haaefi ef Aa- kansas and the United Stasss II canaoss stherefore De expected tsas I should enamssAie one huDdrsdth part Of what Col sevief has aceonplisbed for his copsstpen,s But fot il,e information or some of the ihoasanas who have recently came and settled in Arkaasas. io enjoy her mild and delightfuI ei- mate, euliivae her reh and fertile soil and gather the abahdab. crops which t yields, 1 vii state fcw things which Col sevisr accomplished for oar gooi. .s7 ' 1 whRsla delegate in Congrcs, te advance the piosPers,y Of Arkansas. he knew that roads should be consttulted through the territory: Hesought and obtained appropriations of money from the gen. eraI government for the construction of the road from Memphis through the counties of crittenden, St Francis, Monroe, Prairie. PuIaski, Saline, Hot Spring, Clark. Pike and Hsmpsiead to Patton on Red river; stso he road from Strong tbrough the Counties of st. Francis, Jackson and IniePendsnce to BatesviIe; also ts road from the northern bonn dary o Arkansss. through the counties of Randolph, lawrence. Independenee. White, Pulaski, Saline,
 Hot Spring. Clark, Pike and IIempsteai, to Fulton on Red ryer slsothe road froUi ouachita Lafayette and Union to fhe LoGtssna State line; also the toad . from Columbia. through the counties of cbicot. Drew, tEsrson and Pulaski to Little Rock; also tbe f road from Helena through Philips and Monroe counties to the mouth of Cache river; also the road , from Jackson through the counties of Lawrence, , Falton Izard Marion. Carroll. Madison. Washing. ton and Crawford to For, smith, and also the road from Lile Rock through the counties of Pulaski, . Conway, Pope, Yell. Johnson, Franklin and Craw- ford to For; Smith. These are the chief roads now in existence a this State; and they eonstrue- ted out of appropriations of money obtained from . the [. S government by Col. Seviet. >..t.5. [ There are soue others to which will refer Col. sevier obtained tom the United States for the reo- pie of Arkansas, grants of land with the proceeds of which the State House. at Little Rock, and all the rooms for the courts aud public offices were built, thereby preventing tax upoa the people to pay for these blihinss. He also obtained from the U s. a grant of land from the proceeds of which the court house and jail of Pulaski county were buih thereby proectog the people of Pulaski eoun- ty f5om taxation to build court house and laiI. Before e-pabEc lands were surveyed the good people of Washington county located their coun. ty seat at Fayetteville. When the land was sur veyed by the U. s surveyor it was:discovered that she town cf Fayetteville was on section sixteen in township sixteea north, range thirty west. The sixteenth section. ia erery township, at that tine being reserved, by act of Congress from sale. the people of Washington county found their county seat in what was deemed very unfortunate pre- dicsnent. and 10 have removsd tine seat of justice would have caused great expense 10 the county and no other location would have been so couXsnient to majority of the people of Washington county. The question was often asked "wbat shall be done , To remove the county scat will incur great ex- pense and heavy taxation and if 1t remain no ti- He can be had to the land and the town will not improve" At length the people of Washington made the facts known 10 Col Ambrose II Seyicr and with bis usual devotion 10 the interests and wishes of his constituents he very soor relieved ihcm of their difficulties in relation 10 their coun- ,y seat, end at the same time provided for the building or court house and jail for the of Washington county without tax upon her citizens. |, The large brick court house and the substantial stone ja1 now stand as monuments to testify 10 these facts. And the following act of Congress I shows how Col. Sever sought and obtained for the people of Washington county these benefits, "4X .3CT for tas resief ef tie tora e Fayetiuls iu hs Territory of .irkaRsGs.'
 WHEREAS, the seat of justice of Washington county m the Territory of Arkansas, was located ani called Fayetteville prior 10 the public surveys being made, and when the lands were surveyed,
 ie said town fell on section nnmber sixteen, which, by law reserved for the use of schools and where q; the said town is situated on the south half of ute orth east quarter, and the north half of the south east quarter, Uf section number sixteen, ia township number sixteen. north, of range num- Der thirty, west of the fifth principal meredian;
 Therefore:
 Sec. Be a snaeisd by tke Seeaie and House ef Representatives. ofts Uatsd States o lmeriea in Congress asssmtied, That the trustee of the school
 lands in and for township number sixteen, north of range thirty west of the filth principal meridian in the Territory of Arkansas. and he is hereby an- thorzedso select and have set apart for the use of schools in said township, entire section of any iaHNS S~t1 T"Sh'P !" htu ot beI six,een and when the said trustee shall make his selection, he shall file the same ia the office of the register of the Faysttevll. land oiee and the land selected shall be reserved from sale, and set apart for tho of schools; and that section numter sixteen. in said township, shall be subject to sale and, entry as otber pubic lands how are.
 Sec. ?. find be Il further enacted. That the south half of the north east quarter, and the north half of the south east quarter, of secion number six teen, nort of range number thirty, of the fifth principal merriam, in the teTIitoiy of Akansas, he. and is hereby gTsued b Lewis Evans. Larkin Newton, Samuel Vaughan and John Woody, con- IisSieners of said county, in trust for the use of said cel.sty; and that tho Secretary of the Trea- snfy b. authorized 10 issue patent for the same; and that the sail commissioners shall have power lay oH the said land is;o town lots and sell and dipOse of the same, and make gooi and sufficient
 titles 10 purchasers and they shall appropriate tn. proceeds of the sales the erection Of caur house