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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

PLENTY OF Room, According to the
estimates of the General Land Office, the
whole United States empire measures about
two thousand million acres. If one half
should be waste lands aud forests, there
would be still a thousand million acres
Intelligent agrlcultursts believe that each
acre, under good management, will easily
support its man, and if SO then the United
States would support the whole of the pres
ent population OF the globe.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

1t is said that every boy servant on farm
requires "A man to look after him. The fol-
lowing is also rural saying: 'One boy is
boy--two boys are half a boy-three boys
are ne'er IA COY at ALL"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

A man who had become rich by his own
unalded exertlonS, was asked by friend
the secret of his success. 81 have accum-
nlated," replied he, "about one half my
property by attending strictly to my own
business, and the other half by letting other
peoples alone"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

There is time for all things said "A
crusty old fellow TO his wife. 'lll believe
that answered his wife in sharp vinegar
voice, when you pay for your newspaper
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

The female TEACHER Of conra<y school
once SAID to one Of her visitors 'Its but
little they pays me, and It's but little teach
es EN-" This is certainly fair exchange.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
tOottbmnn s. State Jonrnol.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

TERMs-Sl5o cash in advance 100 If payment s not
made in advance interest always charged o the end of
the year.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
New Orleans.

The cholera had abated, we understand, but an I" enemy in the rear," the inundatiOn, was still and flooding generally, more than half the city. gentleman who has just arrived, in forms that it had spread around the St. Charles Hotel, location known to every one who has visited
 the place, and still the rise, notwithstanding the many new outlets given to l. The crevasse not at the latest accounts stopped. but hopes were entertained from the strength of the new works that in few days it might be. "Business of every kind Is dull" says letter writer, G and bst little demand for anything but skids and water
 proof boots. In another week, unless the waters recede. visitor at the Crescent City will. like Noah's dove, just find dry land enough to rest
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
Fro.a . w..A.sxson cs.rs-p.-Asus.

WAsHISToN, ID. Q, May ls, lS49.
 Dsar S1s--I suppOse the Arkansas appointments by President Taylor fsund the behesded not unpre. pared for tue shock Q the guIIlotine. sincerely hope that no demoeraic sx-ofkcer will murmur st bis fate, although he nay be the victim oG political lie PrOmuIged codIy, but euanIngIy, to million of voters Let them exooss at all times to the people the diabolical chican,ry which was used to obtain democratic votes. and busily prepare to put down this hisanprincipled andimbecile administration. This will be easy task should Gen. Taylor coatiaae to the end of his tern fall rapidly in the esti. nation of men ss Ie has since his inauguration The violation of all good faith, which he practices so unceasingiy- the incapaclty which leaves him the tool of those who best supply hiade6cisncy, has created loathisg and contempt for him, even among whlgs who were once numbered with his warmest supporters itmay be strange, but have seen whigs-aye. even those who have accepted office at his hands--forced to confess that Taylor had deceived and guiltily betrayed all who eOafded In his promises.
 The indlscFiminaie removal of officers tn Ar kaRsas has, notwithstanding tho remoteness of the scene of action, created some excitement, and in Hhahg haS ocSH Afc4Ncuhy h@ao ~1 V" AAo SuoN~Seos and competency of the srtiRgui&hed. It has been occasionally ia my power to reply to those who have expressed such interest and from personal knowledge to do justice to some of the oldest resi- dents of State of which was once citizen, and for whose prosperity still feel deep soliciiude Years of absence cannot make me forget such men as Witter and Bscoe, and Miller and Dickson, and others, who. 6 quarter of a century ago, were the pioneers of your settlements, and the earliest di- rectors of their destiny. There are others who have risen since my time into prominence in your Stale and who, doubt from character are equally deserving. I mean Lincoln, Hempstead, Rainey Adams, and others, who have fallen under the dis pleasure of the ruling powers, and whose services lost to the Shte It Is folly to charge inability want of honesty to these men the cause of removal; for t s not only a falsehOod, but one which will not tc credited by any one having an acquaintance wth these gentlemen. It will, no doubt, be a mater of interest to you to upon what grounds ney were removed, and I think it will soon be in my power not only to furnish a copy of some of the most contemptlble letters that ever emanated rom called respectable. bat to give you history of the sources from which sprang into official sxiaence the set who now must feel half ashamed toaecept office at such sacrifice to the country. .E.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
Proposed In.eruaI Improvements.

The aceessions oG new territory on the Pacific have given to Arkansas an envishle position in . geographical view. It has made her nearly the central State of the Union Blessed with mineral resources. perhaps uneqaaled by any other State, her lands unrvaled in fertility and convenience to market. and with people who have the ahiliiy, there is nothing needed to render her one of the most prosperous abd powerful States ia our ecngederaey, bat the rH the energy to act. to push her fortune to its zenith. Her liberal offers to agriculiurists have during the past year. ndneed thousands of in dnstrious farmers to set up among us. Now is the time, now is the tide in her affairs, wben her citizens should be aroused fll knowledge of the importance and necessity of improving and augmsntDg the natural facilities Of the State. Our neighbOs Of Fort Smith and Van Baren have been the first to move in the matter The rovte 10 Cali fornia, ria. Arkansas. is now established and aek- nowledged so offer advantages superior to any other road overland. This, with other considerations, have caused the people of Van Buren, in eoHjune- ton with the Cberokses, to make arrangements for the improvement of tie road from that place to Little river on the north side of the Canadian and Arkan- sas rivers.
 We have also bad notice of a meeting at For; Smith ot. the 9th of May, appointing delegates 10 the Memphis convention. and proposing the open ing of road from Little Rock to Fort Smith on the soHtA sids of ihe r;ver- We intended to have pnb- lished the proceedings Of this meeting, but they have been misIaid correspondent alluding to if, says: "The people here are alive to the importance oTopen- ing the road on this side of the river to Little Rock They will subscribe lberaIly, and expect hearty CO operation from the citizens of your place. Among the many advantages flowing from it. I will men, ton, first, the facility of communication between the termin and intermediate points and the develop ment of the resources and cultivation of the couny secondly, the demonstration of the practicabiliy of making good road that will eventually and inevi tably bring the great Pacific railroad across the river at Little Rock, and ID the south side. Now IS the time for all who feel interest in Arkansas 10 aid in the adoption of nOnSiiutiOnai system of internal improvements, which will make her the ''Queen of the West" in comm.rce and production
 While upon this subject, we would call attention 10 proposition originating at Van Buren, to take measures for the preparation and gratuitous distri- button throughout he Union of statement of the resources of State and the inducements offered to settlers. by of her State lands and dona- tions;" and also to show the many advantages for the construction ofths Pacific road through Arkan- sas. This is measure of immense practical utility to every portion o' our State, and should receive the serious consideration of all our citizens. It would be " casting bread upon the waters,' which would in little while return to us tenfod.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
New Orgnn.


 The new administration organ at Washington. notw iths' 'anding the counter representations and statements, was dOabt originally projected at the instance, and with the approval, Of course of Gen. Taylor. The denisls of the National Whig are of cot,paraiiyeiy little weight, when placed in the scale against the positive statement to that eect Of inc editor of the Boston Transcript, (hinself a brother of one of the to- bs conductors of the orgsn) and such semi authoritative declarations as the following from the Bsiiaio ExpFess:
 1t is a mere quibbe--a patry cayiing about words to deay that the paper to be established at General TayiaEss instance. The enterprise has his hearty approval, and ,he editors will have his full confdence-lhis re kaoe. Ilulitt accompanied General Taylor from New Orleans with an ex picit understanding on the subject. Tn. Whig must be extiaguihed of course, and the the better It had sabstaatiai foundation, aer II single element of vitality
 This would seem te settle the question, If any ,hers be- to the original intent oi the President elest and his Understanding with Messrs Bnllit and Sargent The issuing of the prospectus of the new paper. pursuant to this " explicit understand ing, leaves scarcely for doubt on tll!s point
 But the idea that the whig" mast be exiingalshesi q course" is not so clear; nor by what pFoecss. military civil the thing is to be done If done at all. That could not have well been n matter of arrangement between the President and his New Orlesns fvlend, except Ss a remote and contingent result of the establishment of new organ under the immediate auspices of the Executive of th. nation Ii that is what the Express means--if h only intended to p.edict the eclipse of tho Whig. by the dazzlipg eflnlgenee of the new orb-its figure of the extnguisher is not only well chosen. but decidedly confirms the remark of the New York Mirror in Felatioa to the appointment of nmTshal for the southern district that the administration has already lnade up it's mind. like the immortal Sam Patch, Of jumping memory, to let the world that things b. done well as others But we shall see what we shall s--. General ray- Tor eerisialy will have great deal to do 10 make good all that Is promised or prdicted by his frends ia this well ia Maay other partica alars, especially if at that hs promised for himself b, iaaladed. .--t Albany Argus
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

MuRDER AT EIzABETH, ARK.-A gentleman from Jackson county informs us that young maa named Barnes, step-s9n of William Morris, who formerly resided in Little Rock, was killed, few days since, by man namel Hudson. The cause of the affray was a suppesedinsut to the sister of the deceased. by Hudson, fG which reparation was required. The charge WIS denied by the latter, md fight ensued. in whA Hudson was much injured. At the next meeting another rencontrs took place, when Barnes received thrust from bowie knife. of which he ded immediately. Both the young men were und9 twenty years of age.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
who is Responsible for the New York Riot.

Who IS Responsible for the New York Riot!
 The New York correspondent of the Washington Union speaks cut boldly in relation to this dsgrace- ful affair, and places the blame where It properly belongs. He says;
 "There apPean to be but aJ,iaion ia the eau- munity relative to the conduct of the Mayor aud those of the exclusives of the Opera House circle, under whose dictalion be acted in bridging about the 5ntchery of that nght No proclamation was put forth on Thursday, or previously; and none, save those who accidentally saw the troops, knew they had been oriered out. More thaA one Of the killed and wounded were shot while entirely igno- rant that soldier upon the ground. Public opinion planes, first, the presses which inhamed the people, and gosded them into trying to put down Macreaty on Monday night; next. the forty eight gentlemen who virtually invited the mob to to meet them at the Opera House for bout 0n Thursday night last; and, lastly, the Mayor, for
 failing to prevent the riot by closing the house. in stead Of refusing to do aud daring the vicious to make an attempt against t. None of the killed or wounded are known to have been rioters, while the testimony taken before the coroner shows that most of them positireiy mere spectators, persons passing neighboriBg streets about their business, when the unfortunate volleys were fired. Almost all of the fortyeght sgners to the card. declaring that Macready must aud should be sustained" at all hazards, flor such the purport of that paper. to those who know the state of the public miBd here when the card published.) are leading poti- cians who have thus doomed themselves. With the exception of the True Sun, every daily in ths city justified the buichery of the people the in- stant though most of them are now trying to creep out os that position. The Herald of this morning in article upon the city government, wheels short round, and condemns the act unnecessarily ordered by the authorities, at the dietation of a clique of excusives--the position assumed by the True Sun early in the affair. l am writing, al noon, while the investigation before the coroner is | in v.,tsh Ha in and. SAa 1 chamber in the Tombs, in which the jury of in. 1 quest is sitting The public is perhaps moro in- | tenseiy excited to-day than at any previous time this being Sunday, and all, therefore, being at eis ure to think and talk the matter Fortu naieiy it is raining hard; otherwise there might be a dis turbance atfhe funeral expected to take place tAis afternoon All the military of the city, and Unies States troops stationed around New York, are il readiness to prevent demonstration of violence a
 or after the funera'
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

fin Erfraoydiaary CasrR--- -LsDghahss ih'Ag happen in Brunswiek. The patent cbarn- jA' DOW, is all tue rage. The Oibsr day eef'.l esquifsf Sbo shall be HaBleless. was showing Y gaping crowd of natives the great woneer ei Y butior making machias. While grinding oai l' batter and sandry long yarns, like the sseios''
 alternating the labor with various saPlasa''oh'
 misehlavous wag slipped dab of soap silly iH'e milk Soon the agisated mass commenced ifoiio and filled lhe chara to oveSfiowsng, but ao esN' l" You zee :" said the ever ready expe1nder "i fl teries, ss he paused to catch breath, '' whs'' butter comes or not. il makes three times as iH hattermik as any othsF ehura!'
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
Agency FSr che Arkamsas Hsanas'
THr MAlls.-If our paper sbis week Is deficient

THE MAiLs.-If oar paper tbis week Is deficient In the usual amount of news, 1t must be attributed to failure in Mir CollameF, the new Postmaster General. to send as our exchanges as usual. We have hsd no mail since Wednesday last. although from this point to Napoleon the mail steamers have made their regular trips We ear only account ios
 1t from the fact that the number of boats. in com sequence of cholera, now running on the Missis- sippi river has been much reduced, and OpPOriuRi- ties of transmitting mail matter prOpoFiOnabty less
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

IT 4 sailor, calling upoa Liverpool goldsmith. asked him what might b. tho valns of an Iugnt of gold as big as his arm, The shopkaapas beck aaed him into back room aud primed him with greg. He thsn asked to sse the taget a." said Jack, I hay a't got II yet. bat I'm going to Califesny, and would Ike to kaow the value of sueh . lump before start" The jewelIsr started him oa, sf ihe shop,
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

IJ' We learn by note received from Mr. E. B.. Robinson that the steamer Cashier, when about fifty miles below this place, collapsed fiue, and will be detained at the point indicated until the damage be repaired at Memphis No person was injured by the mishap. The Cashier left this place on the 2sth ult., bound to Cincinnati.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

u' We are requested by the Secretary of State to repeat at-what we have before made known-that the J.6ersoniaR, published by W. E. Smith. at Pine Bluffs, is the newspaper selected for the pub lication of estrays.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

DtsfA sf FcfsyaE Peiificiaa.---Ths Newport Daily Eews of the ltth ult. annoaaees the dsceass ef Daise PeaFce, long and widely kaown as an active aud prominent psiitieisa. Tho offices he has held are, aitorney RsaeFai of RhaAe Island, U S district aitoFney for the ssms. member of Con gress, and meiassr ef tho conventioa to frame a new constitution for Rhode fsiand. He died on "Wednesday. in the sist year of his age Ia politics hs wss decidedly democratic. Ills disease was eryeipeiss.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

GJ Ii is stated in letter received a; Boston, from neal St Louis. that were all he Caliiorn emis ants that have passed Independence and the Council Bufs, ap to May ls,, 10 march tn one train, the procession would reach three hsadred mi!ss ia isagn T,ugh!
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
rhe Mevnphis Convention.

We annex notice by the Mayor and City Coun. ell of meeting to be held on Saturday evening next for the purpose of appointing additional delegates to the Pacific railroad meeting to be held at Mem phis. This movement by the council is entitled 10 the attention of our ctizens the deliberations of the convention must be fraught with the deepest interest to the State of Arkansas The delegates ap pointed Ut a former meeting may not find it venient to attend, and it is proper that the State should have a representation able iorcibly present not only the necessity for early action the sub ect, but who will Undertake the mission, impressed with the great importance to Arkansas of the prose cutiOn of this work:
 MAyoR's OFFICE, Linie Rock June 5, '49
 In conformity with a resolution of the Board Of Aldermen of this City, at their last meeting, notice Is hereby given that public meeting of the citizens of Little Rock. and the ad iacent colntry, will be held at the City Hall Saturday evening next, at early eandlelighi. for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of appointing addi- tional number of delegates to attend the approaching Convention to assemble at the CIrY OF MEMPHIS the 4th of July next, to represent, in part the interests of this portion of the State.
 Strangers and all others interested, are invited to attend. ROSWELL BEEBE. Mayor.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

" The fast train which now runs through be. twesn Albany and Buffalo traverses the distance of sss miles in sixteen hoarsa little over twenty miles per hour, including all stoPpages.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

steamer Cotton Plast. and Capt. J. Mckee. for lat papers.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

O. The river Is still rising, and, as the swell comes from the head waters, we may suppose IL the annual rise.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
"Reform 7, inc order of the Day.

It Is with sadness of spirit that perform the duty of daily announcing the removal from public oihce ot men every way unexceptionablc, to make way for mere partlsans; by which exchange every branch of the public service cannot but materially suffer.-(Nai. Intel. April 27, 1929
 Thus far prescription for opinious sake " is the ony measure of public policy adopted by the new administration. yet the democrats accused of making it frivolous pretext for their abuse of Gen Taylor and his canting cabinet. With their usual consistency, the whigs seem to have forgotten not only the athless promises and pledges of their hero President, made pievous 10 the election, but they are equally unmindiul that, under far less aggravated circumstances, they have themselves denounced pro- scrption in the most bitter terms. Who can doubt but that blush will mantle the cheek of every honest whig who reflects how exactly applicable to the policy of the present Executive is the above quoted lugubrious sentiment of the ackno V edged Jackson. Thus moaned the whig organ over the tese te emovas male by that sterling old patriot and statesman, who was elected a democratic Presi- dent, and who claimed the right to place in power around him those whose political opinions would bind them to adopt and carry out democratic policy and measures. How much more justly might we repeat the very language of the National Inte- ligencer, in recording the scores of rsmovals of unimpeached, unexceptionable men. whose salary has attracted the greedy gaze of some lynx-eyed harpy of an unprincipled administration. II is not, however, the fact so much as inc manner of these removals, to which We object. 1t is because such acts imply an open and unbiushing aekno wiedgment the part of Gen. Taylor and his supporters of the trickery. ehicsnery and the taithessness they have employed, with too much success. to gull the people into the beef in the possible existence of such anomalies as no-party- y-party," fresh salt, l" "white black birds" or President who had no friends to ,ewari. no enemies ,o punish.''
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
supposed Murder of California Emigrant.

SuPFVsN~ "Ass~Ds ~A N"'hVsuho Esmtsfants. A letter from Col. A. w. NJ. Upshaw, Chiekasaw Agent, 10 the editor oi the Van Buren Infeg gsncer. gives report of the massacre of twenty six per- sons. The Intelgeneer sappeses ,hera to be citi- zens of Texas, from the rouiei
 CmcKASAw AGESoy, Mag Ia, 49
 l have just heard that all of party of twenty eight persons, who ieft Texas some two weeks since iot California, have been killed by the indans ex cept two persons. who made their escape. was told that this party of smier al PestoD m Texas. oH the south baak of Red river. opposite the mouth of False washlla, and while there. said all they wanted was an Indian hght It appears they got one am in hopes that there is something wrong about the report and these poor fellows have not been massacred. Ii get further information I will write 10 you by next mail IL is the general opinion that the tale Is too true.
 Your friend. 4. W. M. UPSHAW. Col. G. ", CLAREE.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

Oevical Wa.--A country pssaoher. holding forth on very saliry day in small hall, was anpoysd by shess Eas ker. dropping In after the service had eemmeaesa. sad Invariably closing she door aiIeS thsm, lie bore the vexsiiea wth Iab- paiicnse; but. sf length, being fairly sxhsnssd by the extreme oppseazivsness of ths heat. he vecilsraled ts an ehsndss: Esiead, do, fer goodness sake. let that deer bs epes believe if ] wers Prsachiag in . betiis, ysa would put the cork ia.. |
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

Gold in Naaiuekei.-Ibe ship Sarah Parker, which arrived at Nantucket on Tuesaay, brought on freight Si GOO worth Of California gold dust con signed to a lady in town, by her son. one cf the Nantucket bhoys. who obtained it with his own hand at the "diggins' last year, in 25 days.
 New Bedford Mercury.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05

H5- Hon. R. W. Johnson, with his family. arrived in this city on Thursday last
The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
. The sterling ere
 Lasts eveYmore,

And binds fond hesrts, unboand before'' The division of the spoiis was alone the cohesive principle that kept together such collection of insoiabe ingredients. Like the hireIing soldiery of the sixtscath century, they little cared in whose cause thsy fought. if the pander was but plenty The singular selection of the cabinet. the reeeat acts of the Exeeuiiye, and the prolonged and con tinaed shouts, prayers, congratulations aud sntreatirs of the whole whig press for mere removals have completely let the eat out of the bag and exposed to the public gaze the secret spring. the motive of this hoassf party this Aaness administration.