Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-09-09
WASHINGTON COUNTY. ARK's,2
Julv 18Th. IS4S.


tr,. Editor In reading the :" Banner" of the
,1,b inst. have been startled by ia article sign
IAN Old Settler" the object of which is to give
CorsSsvier favor in the eyes of the good people
= his mart of the State. | have ever been the
StarJ oF Col. Sewer; from my youth have been
..,st7,,ed 10 regard him as our most distinguish
y oqn. and have felt no disposition to change him
r far \ new man" But, sir, there seems 10
- disposition on The part of some to give him
.-sft for that which he neDsr did. A shor, time
s,s the Bincer speaks of his mission To Mexico
= # +, the character of Minister Pienipoten!iarv
!, E.d NEGOTIATED . the Treaty. And now we
ave An Old Settler" telling marvellous tales
mi Col Sewers road making in these parts--
Hs tells Us that Co. SEWER " sought and obtained
computations OF money from the general govern
,sot for the construction Off no less than cighi
-,,d<. which inteTsect The State 10 every direc-
.,oo. Creiat JgiCsus non ego !
According TO this paper, of those fine roads
masses through old Washington. | do not claim
. u be the oldest iHtabuaEt, but for more than
sio4esH years this has been my home yet, never
bSvs had the privilege Of travelling this fine road
! snokea of by this Old Settler; nor have [ ever
hard it spoken of by any one else. Indeed, sir it
des no. exist. Ny own hands helped to make,
M road over Boston Mountain and do not think
he sturdy farmers, VINO have been called so often
n that huge mass of rocks, can be in doubt whe.h-
4 sr Col. Sewer OF themselves made it. Who can
,eg ne of single stream that is 0ridged between
his and Van Buren, If there is road from
=Favs.eye 10 Van Buren,, Constructed out of
syoropriaIions of money obtained from the U. s.
r,gsrnrnenl by Col. Sevier,'' why have We been
making s,f-h noise about q Turnpike L. is
certainIy cheaper to travel Uncle Sums read than
81 Turnpike.
But, Str. Editor, If The appropriation was really
made. can it not be looked up! How much 1t
/ would help Us in making Turnpike.
wish 10 say word about the land appropria-
hon. Here Old Settler is as far from the truth IS
n the road business. Il IS true that the town of
Fayetteville IS tie sixteenth section. But what
be says about moving the county seat IS an after
EIsugA. The house in which courts were held
was hardly fit for corn-s!able, an the Jail was
eirsn to a citizen if lie would move il off the
S square;'' which he did, and used it for smoke
Eiouss Besides this, !: the settled determin1-
& lon of the people of The county 10 the seat
Eof Justice; and nothing but the interchangeable la
Hbors of those whose interest il to keep it Oh
Ia present site, prevented them from doing So
l was not so much that The . OF Justice" as
She seats Of influential men were embraced in the
q school secIion," which effected the Change
sAnd, pray, what did the people gain by it an
aver, unfinished courthouse which served for
hany years 4 common corn-shed and pigstye.
hs for the substantial. stone iai' il was built IN
$50 by taxation. But, Mr.. Elitor, sometimes
gain is iOss and It holds true IN this Instance
The courthouse is we'll situated, but where the
najorily Of the people did not wish it and the
school land removed from rs original siIe, which
SoGd have brought good price, and located on
b barren plain, with neither timber or water, of
80 little value that doubt whether dozen men 10
ftarie Township would trouble the Court with Il
petition for lis saie--thJs depriving the Township
|ti lis common school privileges.
Fl NoE, SIR, whether Old Settler is as much at
al.I in his statements about Col. Sewers uoinus
|E other parts Of the State. | cannot say. The
izenS of each county will decare-I have not
IS sel said viii not vo'e for Col. Sewer, but II his
L felds should perpetrate few more such extra
a ganzss must withhold IT, lest seer, to arJiorse
leir sayings. \ CITIZEN.