Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-08-05
n. 3. Ceurt-Western Branch.

Arkansas into two judicial districts passed theI
Senate. 1t is the same bill that was repc ted by
COL Ashley, and was suspended in its passage by
the anendmen, offered by Col. Sewer, to create
ano,ner Judge, which the Senate refused, for the
reason that no other State, whether divided into
two or three districts, was allowed more than one
Judge.
Major BoRrANp had the bill and amendment re-
fered to the Committee the Judiciary, which
reported the Senate the original bill ,chout the
amendment, and, which upon motion of Maj. Bor-
land wns taken up and, after full discussion pass
ed with the striking out Of so much of the 4th
section as provided for the appointment of Dis
trict Attorney and Marshal for the Western Dis
trict.
Messrs. Borand, Sebas,in, Wescott and Downs
advocated its passage, and Messrs. Hannegan and
Atchison opposed it. In the course of the debate,
Mr.. Atchison. finding they could defeat the bill
altogether, offered to amend it by striking the
4th section both no and MIR. Hanneg,n making
the foundation of their desire to strike it OUT their
unwingness to interfere with the present Mar
shall of Arkansas, whose compensationis is already
s,,,nll. Messrs. Boriund and Sebastin contend
cd for the whole bill but, unfortunately, Mr.. Se-
bastin expressed his willingness to yield the 4th
section. This settled its fate. That section was
stricken out and the bill as it is, passed. We re.
gret that Judge Sebastin yielded to those gentle
men, for we certain the whole bill would have
passed or those gentlemen would not nave yielded
an inch of ground. They opposed it when it
before the Senate on former occasion, and we
believe that the peculiar interest they felt in the
compensation Of the present Marshal was the
foundation of their opposition TO the bill, and now
we are clearly convinced that this is the secret Of
the bill' tardy passage through the Senate.
The bill has passed the Senate in a mutilated
shape unlike the provisions for districts in other
States there, each district has separate mar
shal and district attorney but in this case these
favored officers. Gen. Hampstead and Maj. Rec
tor are to monopolise the fees of both districts.
Maj. Field, the Clerk Of this Court at Little
Rock, was not so fortunate, his fees are to be
clipped by the appointment of another clerk; but
he can console himself with the belief that the
bill will not become law this session.
The history of this bill in Congress will cer-
tainy open the eyes of the most obtuse to tho
State Of things in Arkansas and will show con.
cusively that the time had indeed arrived when
a change in the Senate was desirable, and which
fortunately happened by the resignation of Col
Sewer, and the appointment Of Maj. Borland.
bill to divide the District of Arkansas into two
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentdtires the United STATES of america in Con-
gresS assembled, That from and after the passag ge
of this uct tho counties of Benton, Washington
Crawford, Scott, Polk, rankin. Johnson Mad
son, and Carroll. and all that part of the Indian
country lying within the present judicial district
of Arkansas, shall constitute a new judicial dis
trct to be sty led I" the western district of rkan.
sas )" and tho residue of said State shall be and
remain judicial district, TO be styled I" the east-
| ern district of A rkansas.'
SEC. =. And be 1t further enacted That the
Judge of the district court of Arkansas shall hold
| two terms Of SAID court at the town of Van Buren,
the county seat Of Crawford county aforesaid, on
the second Mondays of May and November in
each and every gear, and shall continue in session
until all the business shall be disposed of and he
is hereby authorised and directed to hold such
other special sessions may be necessary for the
despatch of the causes in said court, at such time
or times as he may deem expedent and may al
Journ such special sessions TO any other time pre-
vious to a sta ted term.
SEC. g. And be 1t further enacted, That the dis
trct court of the United States for the western
uistrlct OF Arkansas hereby established, IN addI-
tion to the ordinary jurisdiction and powers of a
district court, shall, within the limits of its re-
sPectve district, have jurisdiction of all causes
civil or criminal, except appeals and writs of er.
ror, which now are, or hereafter may be made
cognizabe in circuit court, and shall proceed
therein In the same manner q circuit court !;
and an appeal or writ of error shall be prosecuted
from the final decree judgment Of said court to
the Supreme Court of the United States, in the
same manner that appeals and writs of error now
are. by law, from circuit court of the United
States.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted That the said
district judge shall appoint clerk of said court
hereby established.
The Baltimore Clipper states that letter has
been received from General Taylor by the com.
nit'ee of the ''Independent" party in that city,
which gave general dissatisfaction to the 'No-
party men, upon account of the party grounds
that he takes.
0On the 18th ut., Mr.. Winthrop the Speak
er of the Honse, in Congress, ordered Mr.. Henly
into the custody of the Sergeant-at Arms for .'dis
respect"