The Arkansas banner., 1849-01-23

referred
 Mir. Butler moved to reecider the vote which referred the biit es.ablishit board of commis- slonefs. which was debated [ some time, and made the special order for some Iiare day. No otber important business in the Hoss before adiournmeni IxDsAS ArSRorATBexs- The House resolved ieaf into cammi,,e. Of the whole, on ths statabf the Union. fur Rockwell, of Conneeticuk the ehairl and. on motion of Mir yinton. preceded to tho consljera- ton of inc bill making appropriations for the cur. rent ana contingent exPenseDf the Indian depart meni, and for fulfilling trest,stsuiattons win ina various Indian tribes, for ihFear ending June 30. 1850. On motion of Mir. ceeke.,y common eou.sn, the general reading of the bfwas dispensed with' and the clerk proceeded to Id It by sections, for 1 amendments.
 Tue bill having now been gee through with, and l no amendment having been osFed- MT, Nintoa moved that the Csnnittee rise and re- port the bill to the House
 The motion having prsvsilesthe committee rose and reported the bilt to the HOse without amend ment-
 l The Speaker stated the quespn to be on ordering { the bill to . third reading,
 | NIT. Hall, of Missouri. rosdto inquire of the chairman of the Committee orevays and Means ] MT. Vinton,) whether there uls any provision in the bill interfering with the nunber of agehts and
 
 | Mir. Vintoh said he calId neshear the interroga. tory Put to him by ths gentleman from Missouri l (Mr. Hall)
 MT. Hall said that the question he had asked of the gentleruan- was this; 4~heiAer sbrsa .n,s- i thi0g in this btIi Fts~ering witk she number of agents and sub-agcats, who weFi now authorized by a law passed at Che last sessssn of Congress and which was, in its several prov ioHs, similar to this ! Mir. vntoD sa.d, h reply, that he presumed there was not. ThebiII coHiained m appropriation for | t.ll { f .S-a.- | the Indian or War Dspartmea- He had the esti- i mates in his hauds He prrnmed riiat they eni- braced all.
 | MT. Ninion appealed to the gentleman from Ar kansas Mr JohnsonI to wialraw his objection, and to suffer the bill ts pass.
 1 Mir. Johnson, in reply. sShthat delay of one day could make great ditfTence. He had ad- dressed a letter to the dePsament, the object of I which was to ascertain the f4ts He did not wish to delay the passage of the il; but on the other hand. he did not wish it 10 g1rem this House with out being certain upon thcsseints because he had been deceived on the subsa at the last session and had suffered much solitude on that account. MT BarTingeF sustained titappeal of Mfr Vinton that the gentleman from Arkaisas would now with. draw his objections and suff5 the bill to pass If the gentleman would do so, nd should tomorrow show that there had been thesOhest inte rfereuce with the subject, he MT B. would pledge himself to move a reconsideration of te vote.
 Mir Johnson said, upon tas co ndtion he would withdraw his objection to taalhird reading of the bill.
 So tho objection was wi,hdnvn; and, thereupon, by general consent, the bill ras read third time and passed
 Mr. Hall said he then undetood the gentleman n to say that there was nothing this bhl which pro- posed to alter existing laws.
 Mir. Vin;on said he suppose not
 Mir Johnson, of Arkansas, Sse to inquire of inc chairman of the Committee Ways and Means whether he knew that this biwas in perfect con- sIstency with the bill of the ast session and, in order that the gentleman mig more fully under stand what his Mir J.'s) ohje in making the ia quiry Was, he would state thate Indian appropris- tor bill, which was passed athe last session oi Congress. withou, debate or coaderation, contained provisions stiking out the vole system of our
 Indian relations west.
 The Speaker inteTposed, al said that this bill must either have it's third reasng or not. If noi. then there was question belle inc House. Mir. Johnson sad he must biect To the third reading of the blll. He had ist written to the department, and he would dsstto have an answer to that communication before tLt bill was disposed of.
 MT. Blrrincer said that hehought he could answer the inquiry of the genileffn from Arkansas Mr. Johnson, to renleany delay in the passage of this bill unnecessary.He (Mr B. had
 not looked through all the detaiIaf the bill but as he understood II, it simply madRppropriations 10 carry into effect all laws anhreaties now in force concerning this particular hnch of the public service l. true that the h had passed (as nearly all appropriation bills, eNpiing perhaps the civil and diplomatic appropTiaio bill, did pass without any very minute consisration; but at the last session amendment was lered Gas the gen. teman from Arkansas would anenber) to limit and reduce the number ot agent4nd snh-agents in the Indian country upon that aendIaent a debate arose. and that question was u. now before the House at all. The bill now undi consideration did not conflict. rather dd not lterfere with, the present number of agents or saagents, .
 Scene Bet1een MesSrs. JoAasl and Borland. = The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot says in his letter of the lth inst learn that scene took plac on Pennsylvania Avenue, few days since, beteen Senator Ber- land and Representative Johnsn. both of Arkan- sas, in which the latter said very hard things to the former. More has been Spected, by some persons, but more will not prohbly occur. It is understood, through the instruientaity of Mir Johnson, in part the office of eeretary of Le.a- ton 10 Spain was teudete3 by 1T. Polk to Major BorIand, and that the latter hd on to it until Senator sevier resigned his scat the Senate, and MaJor Borland was appointed i the vacancy by the Governor of Arkansas. It said that after this Major Borand exhibited etter of severe nature, purporting to have been lritten by him to MT. Johnson, which the latter hA heard much oF, but had never received. It was II relation to this alleged letter that Mir. Johnson us the strong lan- guage to Major Eorand alluacd te | T Good Iioie.--A letter from Monterey, Cali. fornia, to the New York Enquisr says |" Pro visions are very scare, and, to obhin them, many murders have been committed. o the purchase oi them at exorbiant prices has indirectly, but even ! tuauy, led 10 mnTder One story relating to an affair Ot this kind, ma; deserve place here. A man who had what is called goe; h0ie. had been digging necessarily for tSo days, when he ac. cosicd by one carrying bucke. co.taining food of some kind. The whole af this tae digger par chased for about one hu adrd doliars in virgin gold and. while devouring it, th. mn wAo had sold the provisions look possession othe hola Alter finish ing his repas; the goId-h huater orsered the fellow ou' but, on his positively refusing como, knock e his brains ont with piekaxs took rom the pOcket- of the corpse the virgin gold that kAd purchased a meal, and then, dragging the bodyout of the hole himself continued the digging. lis, believe. is