Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-01
The Judiciary.

"IrGe Democrat" ralyn5 hlS party, In the coming election, for judge of the 9th Circuit If politics cannot be kept of the bench, we shall have very dirty justice dispensed to the people, GQzeite
 We must remind the editor of the Gazette that the last judge of the sixth judicial circuit was Know Nothing, and elected on a strict party vote. We are told he made good judge, but we are one of those who believe that democrat is as competent as Know Nothing to administer justice from the bench. We now wish democratic judge and think it only fair that we should have one in the sixth judicial circuit. Of the candidates, Mir. Bear- den, Know Nothing, is d very clever gentle man, but Judge Watson is every way his supe ror We do not think Shelton Watson has a seperor within the limits of the State. Our neighbor even has spoken of him, before he was a candidate it is true, in the highest terms.
 Would it not have been great misfortune if there had been majority of k. Ms on the su preme bench of the U. S last winter? Op- posing as they did the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and therefore believing in it's con- stitutionality, would they not have pronounced that compromise valid and constitutional, and thus decided that Congress had the power to exclude slavery from the territores-had the power to prohibit southerncrs to emigrate with their property to territories acquired by their blood and treasure? We put this question to our pro tenn neighbor, and ask him. is it not well, sometimes, to have democrats, aJoUe aH others, on the bench? We think so, and had it been otherwise with the supreme court, last winter, we would have had decision ill favor of the Wilmot Proviso, or in other words, decision n .taCor ot tie constitutional po10e' Cf Congress 0 eGclule s2ultsrners from Me terrjto- r:es. With such constitutional power and with decided majority in both branches, how long would it have been before such exclusion of southerners would have been enforced? We tell you, neghbQr, it is sometimes safe to have democrats on the bench. Je should like aI- ,0ays to have them there.
 Entry of Public Lands in Arkansas.
 We are indebted to Maj. P. T. CRUTCHFIELD for the following statement of the amount of land entered at the United States land office at Little Rock:
 "There have been entered at the United States Land Office at Little Rock, during the last ten months and twenty eight days, counting from the 1st of October, 1856, to the 18th day of August, 1857, tho Hundred and seuen Housaad and eighty acres.
 +l,o ,1o +o f c : per acre, will increase the taxable property in the State, one million Mbty-sir housqnd, -four Hundred do7lqr8"
 To this we might add 100000 acres more of State lands entered in the same district, which, at the same vauation would increase the taxa ble property to one ha.f million af aozlars more.
 We can thus safely assert that the taxable property of the Sta:e, in the Little Rock United States land district, has been increased, within the last year, at least, c million ond ha!f of do1lars This is good showing, and proves the rapidity with which our State is marching on to wealth and greatness despite the croakers within and without her borders.
 We thank Mai Crutchield for the informa- ton furnished Us, for it is such our readers most desire to have We would thank the U. S Receivers of the other six land offices in the State, also, for like information. We doubt not the entry of public lands at the other offices has been equally great. The star of Arkansas is in the ascendant.
 GTExtract of letter from Franklin county, dated August l6:
 "A word touching our crops may not be amiss, as information upon this topic Is always regarded with general interest.
 Our prospects were never brighter, and should no disaster belall the crops, would not be sur prised if our tceN eullpated upLana fields, yield.