Washington telegraph., 1851-10-08
The MEETING AT LAMARr1NE.-We

have not as yet seen the proceedings of
the Internal Improvement meeting held
at Lamartine on the 4th ins:., but learn
that it was we'll attended. and that dele
gates were appointed from each Of the
counties of Union, Onachita, Hampstead
and Lafayette, to attend the Internal
Improvement Convention, to be holden
at New Orleans on the first Monday in
January next.
We trust that the meeting at Lamar
tine will result in something really ad.
vantageous to the State. Meetings Of
this character, have heretofore, as gen.
eral rule, ended III smoke Our people
have been famous for doing the wind
work of an important enterprise, and
when that part of it was accomplished
the subject was abandoned. If Plank
roads, or Railroads could he constructed
by stringing words together, withou: the
cost of dollar, we would long since
have had them running ill every direc-
ton-then indeed, would Ark ansas have
astonished the world with her stupen-
dous system of Internal Improvement.
But as the construction of such works
requires an expenditure of money, as
well as the exercise of a liberal public
spirit, our progress has not been commen-
surate with our resolves.
We trust, however, that better day
is dawning for Arkansas; that the time is
coming when sectional prejudice and
sectional feeling, will give way to more
liberal views, and that instead of the
selfish spirit that has heretofore charac-
terized every attempt at legislation for
the State at large. simply because this
or that proposition might not Immediately
benefit a particular section, the people
will see the necessity of selecting can
didates of more liberal and enlarged
views; men whose ideas are not circum-
scribed by the boundaries of their re-
spective counties and who have sufficient
intellect to comprehend, that proposi-
ton calculated to benefit the State, if
not directly, will indirectly benefit their
constituents.
If the Legislature during the last two
sessions had taken this view of the sub.
ject, and acted accordingly, there would
have been no necessity for the proposed
meeting of the Internal improvement
Commissioners at Little Rock What
they propose to do, the Legislature should
have done, and instead of large portion
of the Internal improvement fund being
uselessly squandered among the counties,
we would now be in a fair way of doing
something in the way of Internal I'm
provements. and would have had the
means too, to accomplish much. We re-
gard the proposed convention as one of
great Importance TO the people of the
State, even hould the Commiss toners fai.
to agree upon any general plan of opera.
'ioiS, "o eho AACiC oSitdtIOu VI tuc SuU-
ject has had tendency to show the true
state of public opinion in regard to what
the people deem the best and most feasible
plan of accomplishing the object, for
which we received this donation. We
think. that all are now satisfied that a
large majority of the people of the State
prefer some general system, to the plan
adopted by the Legislature, of distribu-
ting the fund among the counties.
l. o. O. F. GRAND LoDGE.-The Grand
Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of the United States is now in
session at Baltimore. One hundred mem.
bers are in attendance. VIM. w. Moore,
OF Washington, has been appointed Grand
Scribe, and Mr.. Page, of Wisconsin,
Deputy Grand Scribe. Nothing of i'm
portance has yet transpired
ARRIVAL OF THE EURoPA.-The Eu-
ropa arrived at Halifax on the 10th ult,
She brings intelligence of decline in
cotton of nearly l. The sales of the
week amounted to SO, 900 bales. of which
exporters took 5000 aud spectators 3,
600. The sales of Friday amounted to
1000 bales, of which spectators and ex-
porters took 1900 Fair Orleans 3D.;
Mobile Sd to 5ld.; Upland 5d
Ledrn Rollin and one hundred others
have been arrested, charged with politi-
cal conspiracy.
The French squadron in the Mediter-
ranean has been ordered to the coast Of