The Arkansas banner., 1848-02-08

and Egg Black rivess, wishia ,he ssS,,. X, sn S'sa AFkansaS respectfully sahnif tn sh,.r.-.ea ana taclr fellow eitizena he Sallpxri~, - sAas
 iss. That In consequence of the cverSs. me Msssissippa river few miles below Cs,,. Sx S aeAo' and the peeaiasr tosmasisa oC the eop,,Sa s sag between the Mississippi and s, F1asca' ~ s.. EAaea ana nss Black rivers. there are yrrS tenslse tracts ot lAnd inundated, ia whfss s..I o they are impossible, ialaFioas to ,h. As.,,s surrounding coantEy, and unhi sOr ealsivss;ns As u reclaimed, could nos be surpassed in lss,. .eee pFoaaeuveness oy any lands in the Msssisspn -
 2d. That from reliable iascrma,;oa ~.. Vlnesd that hy draining. and removing .As ,.N ~ oosracilons in the rivers. these lans eaa X. 'es e'Almed, which if done, would gresslv impt.s. \ navigAiton, atd m the increase of wealth arI - Nue'', me eX,enmon ot commerce add to tAe veyer the country rSSFNtVd
 Sd, That the Federal Government wou,aA A... nted oy tAeir donaticn 10 the States In which as are situate, for tiie special purpose of reu,o,s G raifs and oostructions in the fivera. iran,rs;.s I navigation, draining the swampS, and rera;nrs, % s eoantry. Therefore. %
 Be | Tssa'esd, That we cordially mile .sA friends m tAe State of Missouri ia ,he la,S,Ia. V I sure 10 reclaim those lands, and improve the cous, as hy them expressed in the BluOmfeld ss...-ss y and here pledge ourselves to heartv e with then m the use of all proper mean. <, o1,.s thai end. "~'@a
 2d Rssolred, That our Senators and Rervp...,, uSe la Congress be, and are hereby respecieIlv \. quesied to use their utmost influence and aA;IsS. to obtain ihe donation of these lands ,o inc Ns,..s whIeh they lie, for the special ohieets above aes.,
 Kesotssd, That the General Gevernmen, h., X. power 10 construct; such harbors and improve ssa rivers as are necessary aad proper." los ;hs p,Oe. raf ffttkF hAUN asaA Inc defence of our country.
 Resolution offered by ! H. Patterson, which u,. adopted VI
 Rssoired. That we approve of the sentiment. eo. talaed m the above resolutions as offered hy M wentworth, and passed by Congress, hy an eyr. wheinlng majority, regaF ing them as ihe ,ru. ao. cy ot the nation, but more especially the great wee and We are proud 10 see the name of our swn. i..n resentative in Congiess recorded in their hsor.
 Mr. Patterson offered the following reseialou which was adopted:
 Resotred, That we recommend to that po,,ion of Arkansas and Missouri, interested in tha reel,na. tan of the snnken lands, to hold Genital Cosyen lion, at such time and place as may be moseosay,p tent, For the purpose of more faily dsxnssiur n. subject and of taking such steps as will Ae A.st calculated 10 consummate the work,
 Mir. Fairehild offered the following, whish v.. adopted:
 heSofeea, Ipat committee oi thirteen ba appon.. ted. which shall be a Central Committee, and ca,ru on correspondence upon the subject ol the impC,a ment of White, Black and St. Francis riyers. ael their tributaries, o collect statistics relative to A present obstacles in the navigaiioa of those rv,s, the means and costs oi improving the same. and ka they have general supervision of the subject of h, ternal Improvements of this section, and have pou CT tn cali another Convention upon this subject.
 Whereuroh the chair named, B r FairehA, If| Patterson, M Clark. Col John Magness, Of Iadepen. dence, J M Mitchell, of Green. $ Robinson asd B| kislett, oi Lawrence, T 0 Marr and II Imbodsu, Of Randolph. Capt T T Tansiaii of Jackson, CA,s ton Tut. of Marion. said committee.
 On motion oi Col. Noiand,
 Reseieed. That wa earnestly protest against b. abandoi ment of the mail route by steambaa,s low Napoleon tc Rock Roe, and urge upoa our Dele gation in Congress the continuation of the same 10 Batesville.
 On motion.
 Rssoieed, That a copy of these proceeding bs| forwarded to our Delegation in Congress.
 On motion of Col. Noiand,
 ReSotred, That the thanks of this Convention }. tenderedAo David w Lowe, for the able manner in which, he has presided it's deliberations ssa also. 10 the Hon. JohH Mitchell and Judge A + Nann, Vice Presidents; and 10 Jesse SeAFcy and C D. Cook, Esqs. the Secretaries for the faithful dts charge ol their daties as such.
 On motion of Madisoa Clark.
 Rtsoteef, That the proceedings be signed hy ihs officers of this Convention and forwarded to o0e s the newspapers at Little Rock, with respeeiIsI request, that the same be published therein. and copied into all the .ther papers in this siate with request that the papers in the Southern part OilAe State of Missouri, publish the same
 On motion the Convention adjourned.
 DAVID LOWE. Prest
 I A. NJ. h' M.reS1,,,l NrsT' aaa Vice Pres'deni.,
 JESSE SEARcr & C. D. Cook. Secr'ys.