The true Democrat., 1856-02-19
Prom the Dns Arc Citixnn
From Inc DoS Arc Citi1cn. A Brace of Paragraphs in Reference to the Memu muhis and Little Rock Railroad.

Prom the Des Are Citizen.
 A Brace of Paragraphs in Reference to the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad.
 The Memphis Bulletin of the 31st ult., gives the following, and it's editor seems quite elated over the {" Good News" as he terms it.
 "THE BOND ENDoRsEMENT.-GooD NEws A telegraphic dispatch from Nashville, in- forms us that the bill to lend the States en- dorsement to the bonds of Memphis, held by the Little Rock railroad company, passed the House ot Representatives yesterday. on it's se- cond reading, by vote of 37 to 35. We pre- sume this vote is a test of the strength of the measure, and that we may pretty confidently anticipate Its becoming law within few days. It had previously passed the Senate, was voted down In the House, and that vote reconsdered, several weeks ago. This is good news indeed"
 The following from the Washington Union of the 18th ult., does not seem to suit the taste of the editor of the Bulletin quite so well. He attrb butes the decision of the U. S. land con- missioner to Governor Conway, and accuses him of seepless and untiring hostility to the Memphis and Little Rock railroad" In this, the Colonel is undoubtedly mistaken We de- ty any living man to show that Governor Con- way has ever thrown a solitary barrier In It's way. On the contrary, he has been prompt In doing all the law required him to do in refer ence to the projected railroads in Arkansas. The editor of the Bulletin further says, that he " has no idea that the decision of the land com missioner will stand, when the matter, in all its bearings, is properly made known at Washing 1 ton, and that the decision would be an eva sion of the intention of Congress-" etc. Now 1 we think differently, and believe that the de. cison of the land commissioner will be fully sustained; for Congress made the grant of land to railroads in Arkansas, under the care and guidance of her legislature, and it will re- quire more ingenuity than we believe is pos sessed by the officers of the Memphis and Little Rock railroad company to persuade Congress that the act of the last Legislature did not near what it says The directors of the Memphis and Little Rock railroad company may have the best intentions in the world, but the con duct of their agents in locating the route has been such, that the people have lost all conf dence in their capacity to carry out the enter prise. They have been Ion a wild hunt" t( l find location that would suit them to bulc up city on the banks of, White river; ant rumor says they have settled down" at Tay lor's Bluff and the newly designated spot is tc be known as "Prairie City," the company re- ceiving donation of one half the lots. They have been wiring in, and wiring out" during the last year, from Des Arc to Devals Blut, distance of some thirty-fve miles, and we yet doubt whether the "White river crossing" E permanently located, although the surveyor are said to be laying out the broad dimensions of '" Prairie City," at Taylor's Bluff The fol lowing is the reported decision of the commis soner of the general land office.
 IAN IMPORTANT DECISION IN REFERENCE TIC THE MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK ORANGE OF THE CAIRO AND FULTON RAILRoAD.-We learn that on the Sd of August last, the Go- vernon of Arkansas transmitted to the genera land office the map of location of the Memphi. ant Little Rock branch of the Cairo and Fultor railroad, in compliance with the act of Congre. approved February 9, 1853. which grants land 1 to aid in the construction of said road an( branches, and in pursuance of the acts of tn Legislature of Arkansas, respectively approved January Il, 1855, and January 19, 1855; tho former chartering the company, and the latte making them the recipients of the benefits con ferred by the act of Congress above alluded to At the time this map was received, surveyed route had been adopted, but since Con the 8tl ot December last the company have adopted and have claimed to substitute the map of
 new route, materially varying from the first upon which the commissioner of the genera land office has decided that, in view of the ac of the Legislature of Arkansas approved Jan uary 19, 1855, such substitution is inadmissi be, and accordingly has refused to adjust thu grant upon the new route"