Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-05-27
The Troops in KrM nrrl,a.

Col Sumner, of the lst Regiment | S lnfania
 IS making a shof, sojoum ih St. Lotus. preparsls
 to his departure for Santa Fe, ria Fon Leycnselis
 to take command of the United States miltaTy ls ees in New Mexico.
 The St Louis Republican understands thai portant and bene deia changes will be made unda the eolonePs administration, in Inc location an.
 efficiency of the army and it's influence on thc prs
 perity. settlement and security of the territory f's colonel will take out with him six or seven BuI dred fresh recruits to fill up the companies nov New Mexico, together with supply 0i fresh h5l ses for the dragoon and artillery service; and o.. ders have been gwen to take out improved sio1t
 bulls, cows, hogs, &c., and large amount 4 seeds grains, &c., &e., with farming lmpiemens and appliances for irngating and otherwise desei- oping the capacity of the soil of New MeNico. l. is probable that the headquarters Of ihe sisg and the position of the troops will be maiells4j changed upon tke coionefs arrival. There M
 now In Mexico tweniY-one companies of the a- ferent arms of the service. The. headquarters vii be removed from Santa Fa to Los Neges, O Q some point where the fertility of the soil wiii la' tify the opening Of large farm. Sufficient Ho'A
 vii be retained tn Santa Fe to protect that Plals Other portions of the troops viii Dc stauoBes A such parts of the frontier, a1d ln such ptexniS to the Indians, as will afford tbe greatest iaeaie 10 observe their movements and ehastIse theU @ predatioas
 As soon as other more pressing duties have Sss discharged, 1t IS desighed to make the army ID Nt' Mexico se1 subssrftag, al least to great eales- In relation to this important subject, the hePaea' can says;
 It is rnauestionabiy true, that the eSpendiin's for the army in that department asw well as al glse' distant points in the West, have been eDorne.s aud certainly much greater than the sefsies ffh, deTed in the protection of property, or the puaHa ment of aggFeSsions. Nearly every article c isA for iise consumption oi tic troops, and even 'H forage for the horses has been sent from ihA Sias at heavy cost of transportation, to New Aepe'. This should no longer be the case. II the couEin twbich has heretofore, and even now supP@s d large native and imuagrssi popaiatiesai caiilk 5 furnish surplus sufficient for tue support Gi ss arny, it will fradiiy be conceded that t $ A"' worth the expense of occspatloR But we @f confident such is not the fact. The soli ssSs2 eientiy fertile, and the products of vegetables ab animals, under proper ealture and attention .-4 sufficient for even much sfeatsE dsTnaBd' 'N country belongs 10 us and Il IS now ihe atl' The Government Rot only to stimulate lis 't''H mcnt and increase its productions, but to N-.' duce, as far as practicable, such animals, gii4. &c., as arc adapted to Inc soil and eiins'+ ~4' also such appliances as may be best adapiea g # Sist irFigstion and render the country pIoaeel" It IS conceded that with proper rtlgahoa, ih"a no soil maTe productive, no elHfaie mofe o'ls mai to the growth and maturing os many gisils
 if then, the Government, through her so'o'a' will establish farms at sSrious poiuis on iht li' tier, where the capacity Of the sol, the geaSi .- mate and the advantages of modern impfo' eHt ID Hrigsting ean tse made manifest, T Ndi tal' a large influx Of population, and q coiissq aeh crease of everything necessary fot ino 'pH ft Fn. H sldeFaiion emlnenily desirable Co Inc Isfu''N New Me1ieo and to the GsaoH-
 We wq:fld state. iu addition to tbl&, Una troops around and in San Ahtcnia, Texas, i-' been. CT are shortly to be, eccupseJ n eDil' az fb, nus,xsraas and rich 6elds a8d gardens s San Antonia and saiga myers, which weTs 0ne state of high cuihvatoa under the sPansa Mexican tsose.aments, bat were mostly sband9a many years since, BY cleaning out and 'ePe@a fhe ieaay frgatiag canals and sl2ieeS. ggitAs wire fences, and sBhjeciisg these lands Co slightest degree of cultivation, abundant cfoIa oaiy af the staple pro3ucss of agfsegliuTe bbl m minor fruits, will be the Tesnit io the lloops
 Col. Salnisefs frst ytsit, oii arriving P Mexico, sill he to several Of the inGIan H'tfA ena4aycg lo erng them to ful uEdeaiaa4'4 theig duty towards thc white men, and a aa2s ed2e of skeIr past efngs, aud tsse psissb bi'. hA the fulare. Some oi them wal have io be w, ly whipped into Pfoiet appreciation q lhti .t and oars. These duues wtli necessarily sti"i eonsg niHsaison cf the plaa proposed Perasi~ year of more; but. as t IS feasible and ees''@o sholsf have a far trial, ard tdas ssoslid oe "'' for the expe-...sent to be fully tested.
 Col Sunaaef. ffosn bis lcng esPss.enes es frontier, his wleiee Of New AeAico' ." ton to fbe service. sad many years ni eAftt''. .. border camps. s smlnensly qualified iof ''s assigned hun.