The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-30
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Little Rock. May 27ih. lsis.
Letter from the Hon. R. W. Johnson.
HocsE oT REPREsESrArgxEs,
 Washington, May Sth, ls4S.
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Col [. J. ReardsR:

Col L J ReardoH;
 Dsar S.r--This day. through protracfed confused and most 9isor3eriy session of fve ncurs the tilsS. ard substitutes for Ee,isf ot volunteers Tn regard to bounty lsnd and protection and re,isf of those who have been and may here after be captured by the enemy, were disposed ot- and all reasonable propositions, with host of sb- surd psos isicas intermixed were voted down, ex- eept only that volunteers tho have been promoted
 from tss yasks at the seat ef war, sisH De saited 10 tser bo~piy laas, as It they had contiRued to serve ia inc ratks. l regret we got no more WilI endssyor however. 10 get the provisions of il substitute offered and which yoa will see pub Ished, adopted by the Sena,e, with some otker Sd- ditions More than have done eouh not do, and 10 have attempted more would have been folly and hnmbugzery-
 In eanssquenee of the pressure upon the treasu- ry produced by the war. it will be most difficult to get appropriations for any purpose. Yet bill is now before tho House granting amongst many eth- CT thiags-s75. 600 for the improvement of nayiga- ton of inc Ohio river below the falls, and The Mis- sc1ri and Arkansas rivers. This sum is iusufi- cieni but the committee viii report more for all
  that the Arkansas is the property of State, and consequently not object of national internal im. provemen,. shII it ~il carry; but i, ~iiI be doue more because il has been doue heretofore than upon other grounds.
 The bill also prosiies that S25,e00 shall be ap- provriaied 10 Rcd River. The committee contend il is enough for this year-as the appropriation bill can no, get through until late, f at all, and Il will be much as can be spent by the next ses- sion of Congress. at which time, and each session thereafter fl IS contemplated 10 pass another bill 1, is far from satisfactory to me-hut so also are many other thirgs,-yet II wSi do, if at each successive session, new sPpropr'aiiOns are made To effect it can assure you will be my desire.
 II every thing that s desired, in he way of other internal improvements is eone for State, it ought io be recollected hy all, that the very state of exists in every other State. To make sppropFiaons for all the interal improvements that are desired in each State or the one fourth of ;hep ~ouh bankrupt the richest nation on the earth. IL is not reasonable 10 expect it, Nsither Is i true ds@ocratic doctrine to hold that the General gov ernment can make appropriations fer ioternal i'm ProVements not of T aaiioaal, but exclusively Of local or State character.
 hope 10 b. able to tack on to some of the many bills before the House, provisions granting alternate sections of ,hs pabic lands for he improvement of tbe W hite and Ouschita rivers. The prospect of success by that course is better than if undertaken by separate and independent bill, and it Is .he oaly measure at present from which can look for sid with any reasonable prospect of success. What will be the result clDno, say; t rests with the votes of two hundred and twenty y-eght Repre- sentatives, from all Taris of the Union Of oppo- si'ion in the Senate there generally but little apprehension.
 May sta.--This day in ihe Hoase, was Passed the bill to pay for horses lost by volunteers in the war with Mexico. I rejoice at this .ss a number of provisions have been rejected, which present even stronger clains for favorable consideration than did this one and hope to see further action which will yet grant all the relief that ought jnsily to be expected Our citizens can now as early these two bills pass the Senate, (of which there seems no douhD forward their claims The claims for lost horses will be forwarded to Peter HsgneF, 3rd Auditor.
 have no information of general character to give you. The establishment of peace with Mexi- co is uncertan. Many upon either side, favorable or adverse, expr very positive oPiniOns---lt is a matter of judgment or more properly guess work. We have not heard from Mexico since the arrival of Sevisr. and Of course know nothing of his movements there. or of the true State ef ;he case anticipate his return, from the bes, judgment can fern in five or six wseks.
 am very ualy yoars, R. W. JOHNSON.