The Arkansas banner., 1850-01-01
TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY I, 1850.

 1 Woad thus be saved, and @ary would hpd some 1 lhing else to crown. Sesnks sandy whisksrs and bald heads when she deea3ds upoa her errand of immortality Rsisisg s'sel 2 erep ground the rruz. { gle weskens the roots ef aP uptaad gTowih. Therr ] is teo much sal;getre aa1 pIphai pu ia oas eun- l powder n these piping txss ef pace. A great saving in these articles tDiht ss made. IL $ ony requisite Cor tas powdef itfigae oi peace 10 carry iise.l out of salatlas eaGnsfs Wa5 tlien Sltouid ii be male stoBg as @ai lt waSrequfed ta cary og; i2-poand bail, 10 adiihsn o iis own weight ! We pTesnne Congress wia tgissse understsuaia.ly Y in this matter, and give iheN1 Department, ia the l shape of clerical tHna, wiH it saved co of tas powder. Besides, al tsis tune, sulphur and char coat are wanted Tor the "prgsetsai,' and sapetre 1 is in g:eAt demand teF Pctl
 The proprety ofdisp%ns;hg with loaesrify satiOps in the army is suggested. How oIflcer can waut to eat pork aud ashsr colnponenis every year that he continues in sVlts. when he has lest his teetd aud is only fl food for Eunpowder. sad hardly for lhas. Is chinkgpin beyond oar phioso- phy. An cid soldier do8s Rot draw or eat aay niors than 8 raw recruit. Why, then, shoald tie ola officer ca. more than ths young onef The Cess- m:ssaFy of Subsistence will soon find the pork crop exhausted, if we go on feeding distractions at TRte.
 As merchant navy has been suggested by dis iinguished naval officer of countTy. iu lied of the present one, wonid t not be well to lRvs chant army? This could be dops as ea.ly as the former and war thea could be carried Ga by con tract We think So much shon!d be pan for con- queTing foe hy tie lsmp. II this idea s4ould pre- vail, and fuss should be kicked up abou. tobacco, grizettes dye-stufs, and other groceries between 1 Frauce, and England and our ropublie, about tue neatest aad quickest ob of work in the outing aud ] sashng line would be done in the vicitily oi this hemisphere that has ever bsen reeordet ey mortal l pen
 The prepriety of adding onions to tie army rs- tious instead oi wnisksy, las been suggested. and has received Serious attentien. Oaio8s strong, l and will keep of the scaryyi they ap also capital for badbrealh. aud the o wants such food, 1 besides, lIke damp ganpowaer, thotgh they smell i rank they never addse the braihs otthe hie wsich l is mere than be said of whiskey. The enhance | of the United States are all too havy for quick marches. 4 light gun, winch k loaded the brseeh and which, in the language fl the inventor, never pFee0as, unless il does itle tuTFaTds, is highly recommended for field won. This gun is ! to be slung under horses belly highways, aud | is to be fired from the Tear. fhR, when it re- bounds it will propel the horse forward, atd by this means will reuder il impossible fortAe enemy ever to capture the ligat artillery. Heay Notifications. ] since the captare ot Vera Cruz, deemed unne- cessary in the United States excepting at the island ] at the mouth of the W ashiEgton cana. There a field work should be raised 10 pEotsct ths Washing ton Monument from fire, and tse wOodboals that come up the majestic Potomac, fom the attack Of Inc orseess enemy; besides re,eliing freshets ia the fai of each year, it would be of great practical utility and the garrison n their leisure moments could improve in target shooting, by firing al the Gshermau's boats that constantly pass and repass on the iqnid highway 10 Arlington. An inch IS hereafter to be taken oI Inc cooked hats of tie army by way of economy, and carried to the re- serve fund; and everybody wears two epauleties, il has been suggested thai brigade aad division off c-rs sha.i wear four epauIess--oae on esoA paeke, flap, us ge as one on etea sfoaiiey. fhis would enable a soldier to tell colonel irefn the cbmmaa der-iaciisf at aay time, anywhere, and would pre- vent many lau shable mistakes ia t.e army thai are i of anios; daily occurrence Almost every man it. the Uaited States has gvesei nes gau which has neither stock, iocE, batrel, toachhoe ana which, in an enemy's country, goes off of usell without being loaded, prtyidcd it s only aimed right; and eaeh inventoT ksnws that, with his gan war will be dried up like prcked blister. or be eTadcated like punetare5 pimple upon tho face oi Rowisnd's Kalydor. For .ur part, We ars sick ol guns and gunpowder; but we do say that gun without vent is slim st,ir for q CHsar, and i, only fit to shoot at hen tiAi has the pip.
 4 beard of officers will se required to set al the seat of rovernment fos ihe axt i've years purg, the service o is :Oyeiga afaniies ant innovations The military language of tss text-b books is bastar, French and Norman Latin. What de we know oi epTonvctes, epauicttes, esltveties. or vi1eues lo echelons, cheverons con,rselioAs. pompons, oeni
 lohas or eatholieonsl Tn, fact ia, an Amsrcar citizen has to becoine Ffnchm1u before he Cat know the regulations of hs own army or steel clear of three courts marliaper week; and hav' no doubt that many good American has been sho
 in the for being apOsr Initator of fove3aer Our opinion of West Paint since our circular tt the cadets, which has been printed on satin anG framed by our confidential Fit.s has changel en- trey since visited it. We think il is a capita military school for eied engineers; and ralroa, companies increase r4piiy, an addition should b' built to the nstitutoar to eIabIs the United State
 to educate young gentiemeHfor such corporation fast ss thsy required ts them, a, the govern msnt expense. Why the commander of that sehoo should ride four horses and et the ratons of fort, men daily, is problem to be solved by the military bureaus
 II In concluding our views ipon the right arm O the national defence we can bniy say that Europ. is at war Asia at peace. AaArsia in fog, and th, 1 U nited States of America as comfortable as couIt be expected under the circaas,aaces "Atiention tho universe .'-''eves right.'-"rest''
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