The Arkansas banner., 1850-01-01
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position in the cabluet equal to that of the bsiiy among the members, has bee0 managed in a beaui- iul manner by the Felie of General HaTTisons adaia- isiTatiOn Considering that Congress rasde no pfo. vision for new offices, add appropriations for con- tageneIes thIs department has shown itself eqnai to iull Committee of Ways and Means in both houses oi CSngTess, geneTatappTopriatoRb bill, and Supreme Court with iul beBea. IL takes Tue head otthis dePanmeusto to manage difficult sa5iects and what with hpsetl0g be Commissioner of Pen- slcns and yeihsiiiiRg deiunct IDdisn claims. i; stands forth. like old Smith qusue in frosty weather, pse-eminentiy erect.
 The Department of the Interior s the bicrest child in the tEundle bed by all odds; and bat for way il has cf taking it's place in the middle of the bed. another fellow mignt sleep with fl ws,b some prefer sleeping both sites ff the western gisnt and so be reposes, like LieatehAnt oxheily in Mid. shipman Easy. solitary aid alone. The subject of vaccination al The taking the IS now before thia department, and committee of COW doctors are out huntng after healltt seabs for the masses al salaries varying from $209O 10 Sl, ,S00 per annnua, payable in advance, ifoa the surplus und by eov. erlDg warrants The renovation oi the wigs of the republic has also received marked attention between and at odd times, and public vesse has been despatched 10 Norway after a caravan of bears to make hair oil by the ptneheon. IL issappossd that these animals, crossed with sufficient number of healthy bears from Wall street, New York, migh, render all further imforiatoRs unnecessary; and U properly bacd by the government organ, mIght al- ford some fine spot fer the cabinet aud Congress en Sunday afternoons, iH Commissioner Mgdd's lawn. which every one knogs reaches from the Presidents kitchen garden to tine canal.
 l The culture oE the grape is another important matter worthy of early sitention-grape beiag used on board our vessels ot war, and having been rsed with great success al Buena Vista. The head o this department, who is ready to pioneer tte way for tbe public good, IS now trying al ihe foreign he ol md hn.a pathicaiy, so as to get prime taste for tie home manufactured article, when Il is made in sufficient quantities for him 10 taste. Whiskey Is as good here as tt Is in China: and why old port cannot be made out of grape skins here as good that wbich comes from Lisbon, IS more than any one of the cabinet can tell us.
 A corps of Underwriters, pensioned by the gov ernment, has been found exceedingly useful n ieel ing the pulse the country in advance upon all n- porlant matters ot doubtful policy. 1.-the matters thus brought to the notice oi the people take, and are generally approved of, then the Executive organ follows m their wake with it's leaden leaders aud the matters speedily arranged upon the plans proposed but IT. on lhe contrary, IS generally the case, the people oathe hem, then the lrresponslb ble etailers 0. cabinet secrets denounced as calam. niators. and itere tAe matter rests; for nobody is responsible for what nobody does or says, and the administration least Of all. This is great improve mrn upon lie old sy stem: agt the ieilog.s all ied by The same hand, and csaniued ifom the same msnger, delightful uai.orthity oi sentiment per vades the whole. and tae mest remarkable eoinei- dences of language and thought appear n the coun- try papers tfoin inc Aropsook 10 the Del Nor,e. The rioprieiy of fIrn.siinZ each department siih a copy oi Chesterfield sad Complete Le,ser- WfI- ieg IS also sagges,ed. A UasG ; ates spelling- school n he great room ol the Patent Oalce would add much to tie uEliofmiiy ot the orthography ot the government; and Ii bureau oi photography could be estshlished with pioiessos-hlp en alagasrs, the TteJndl Tf 3f be complete.
 The Propriety of building private residences out of the public for the cabinet has been ir. clbly impressed upon our minds siuce tue difficulty which 'i'e ad oi this department has had in pro- cuting suitable lodgings Tor himself a. reasonable charge. Ii Congress should sanction this plan. per haps Il would be we'll 10 have green-house attached to each residence. and public gardener sppoiaiei to superneDd the whole. This would enable ihe Executive to provide for one of the descendants oi "ihe bleeding heart, without disturbing the present pubic gardener, who has brought his scIence 10 sach pitch that he can trim trees attcth ends and make them more thrifty by Inc operation.
 The puoIc lands conIiBue petty much where they were when jhe Great Architect of the verse , placed them; and the Indians are gradually solns away from them before the peaceobie means ot the government, to wit: detachments of dragons and lnianiry. few mere talks with them, by the help ot casl-ron interpreters, loaded to the muzzles with grape and canister, will clear the premises | and leave clear field tor postrfity
 The useiui arts are Tn a iar way of being encoar- aged, slnce we have put al the head ot Inc Patent Ohee one oi tlle best writers upon hydraulics and other water works that could be found abroad. The forests oi the old States in danger of being con sumed for fuel and houses. IL IS thought advisable to recommend that every citizen of the Utttied States, whenever he leaves his esIaence should h his pockets with chesnuts and acorps and shpul i'd plant one oi them whenever and wherever he stop ped for any purpose, iA the course ol the day We ihink that. iihis rule was adopted during the session ot Congress, Mary land avenue and Four -hai street would, m short time. be perfect inrseTy. without further appropriations.
 The coast survey is progressing with great Tapi- dity; and when all the base nes and sngie@ run along the coast, turnpike roads and bridges .ulicieB, Tor inc inhabitants wlii have been bu out 0; the Pnoc treasury without raising the question of in- ternal improvements for the anmadyefsion oi strc, eonslrueiioniss. Tne electric telegraph, which Is the most eccentric of al the agents employed by this department. has been male to play psalm lures on Sandays. and lighter airs the other days ot the week When our messages can be carried every where for ts0opeace. and song into the baTgan Il seems To us that the menIum may ba considered as near at hand. Trusting that we may be pardoned Tor all sins oi omission and commission, and thai Congress will pass no laws against nepo.s.n, and ask lio awkafd questions about scrip ions since ds- posed ot, We shall leave the cv and proceed to the military affairs of this republic. where every man Is soldier, aad every hearthsone a fortress.
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 War.
 War rears his wrinkled froat no more. Peace ofoods with silver wings over the gentle Gaadai- qatser and upon the baii-rushed haaks of the Baf- amPooter. Austefiltz and Maehgo have become insignificant villages while t,a city oi Hull in Bos- ion hafboT, IS alone crazy for havoc, pestiienee, and iamlne. Liberty, wilh gill of whiskey day leans at West Point npon broken spear, and Cupd twines wreAtbs oi roses around the rusty brooches ol the silent cannon. An expedition. half military and halt eiSn, has been sent out la wagons, wIih spring seals, by ihe Departmnnt of The ineiior to tde California d.ggngs, but for wba, good parpose the Department oi War remains in a reasonable and. we may say, not unnatural state Of d4buos- ug.
 The psrsoaasi of the army has bsea improved by reduction, and the ssaisfias has been perfected by keeping m dry place and drinking good liquor. Taking everything lnlo consideration, we consider the standing army of Tepabl.c good thiag, es-