Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-11-03

ested, tried and de snined without delay.
 There are fifty-fur counties in this State ana such legislation shnld be had as would insure to every one of tem good and secure jail, which could not bemoken by prisoners placed m it. Heavy penaltis should be imposed on the sheriffan the jaile for every escape of prlso- ner placed in the. custody for safe keeping, | either before or aftre trial.
 It is recommendd that the State be divided into nine judicial ecuits, embracing six coun- ties in each. Thatprovsion be made for the election of three aditional judges of the circut court and three add,ional prosecuting attorneys for the newly creted circuits That three terms of the circuit ourt be held in every coun- ty every year; and addition, the judge should be authorized to hol as many special terms as necessary for the trll of criminals
 It is also recommended that the judges of the supreme court be required to hold four terms of this court very year, instead of two as now provided; ah that the salaries of the | judges of the supreme court be hberallv in- creased, so that they may be able to apply themselves constantly to their official duties. | Your attention is respectfully invited to the report of the swamp hnd secretary. By 1t you will see that from thetims the present system was organized, under he swamp land acts pass ed at the last session the General Assembly, to the first day of Ocbber, l958 engineers porte the competonof 2,222, ,l50 3S-1O0 cu- bic yards of levee and ditch work which were allowed and certified t. the Governor who or | dered that payment bemade for the same
 The three swamp and commissioners, in their report made at the last session of the General Assembly, staed the whole amount of levee and tch work allowed and paid for by | t, bo poo 0 o,,b; ord Your consideration isinvited to special re- port of the Auditor, dated October 14th, 1858, Contrasting the expenes of the swamp land system during the two years ending with the 30th September, 1856, under the laws then in force, with the expenses, during the two years ending with the 3Oth September, 1858, undre the system adopted by the last General Assem- | bly," This report shows that the expenses paid during the two years, under the present system, were S57 4O4 37 Jess than those paid during l the two preceding years under the former sys- | tenn; and at the same tine the levee and ditch work done was 922,7B 34-lO0 cubic yards more under the present, than that done under the former system. The expenses referred to composed no part of what was paid for levee and ditch work, but were incurred in carrying on the system. But, notwithstanding this sav- ing in expenses, the Governor appeals to you | to change the laws so as to relieve him from the great amount of extra labor, care, anxiety and perplexing annoyances which the presen swamp land laws impose upon him. The re gular business of the executive office is sufi cent to engage the attention, consideration anC labor of the Governor; yet, in addition, unde the present laws, he performs, without any cos to the State, duties so laborlous and importan that three swamp land commissioners, eacl with a salary greater than that of the Governor were deemed necessary to accomplish them.
 The large amount of levee work now unde contract, and being vigorously constructed, vii add so much to the business of the Governor this fall and winter, that 1t will not be possbl for him to accomplish all of it, and, at tn same time, give proper consideration and atten tion to the other important duties which de volve upon him. Therefore, your early actiol on the subject is respectfully solicited.
 The Executive has done the best he could under the circumstances, for he felt great de sire to have the important work of recaimin the swamp and overhowed lands pushed for ward to completion as rapidly as possible; and at the same time, to have the levees well built and then properly and honestly measured an reported for payment. The report of tn swamp land secretary affords some informatio on this subject aud your attention Is invited t it.
 Your consideration is respectfully solicited t the special report of the Auditor, dated Octo Der 12th, 1858. This special report was mad after the sales of swamp and overfowed land during the three months ending with the 3Ot September, 1858, had been reported to him b the land agents, and deducted, and shows tha the swamp and overfowed lands confirmed t .lz -.l I tL l October 1858, amounted, in the Helena dis trct to 3O5, 263 S3 acres; in the Batesvilie dis trict to 967.6l4 29 acres; in the Little Roc district, to 336 493 .69 acres; in the Champae nolle district, to 377, ,371 69 acres in the w ash ington district, to 279, ,933 27 acres; in tn Ciarksvile district, to S53U4 p acres; in til Fayetteville district, to 1895. 99 acres-leay ing unsold in the State of Arkansas ? SIS qz acPos rhi.. o;.l---.----e -Ae auditor als shows that the whole amount of swamp Ian scrip outstanding on the 12 October, 1858, wa S34 4367 B.
 By statement furnished the Governor b the aHdtor, It appears that up to the first da of October 1858, the certificates issued by tn auditor, under section two of the swamp Ian, act, approved 18th January, 1857, for leve work done under said act, amounted, in tn Helena district, to $42,399 80 in the Littl Rock district, to SIP, 756 37 and in the Cham pagnolle disuct, to $9, 504 75.
 As there are but l,095 99 acres of unso swamp and overAowed lands in the Fayette vile district 1t Is recommended as measure c economy, that the office of land agent for tn Fayetteville district be abolished
 It is recommended that law be passed fix ing the uniform minimum price at which swam and overllowed lands of the state may be sold at one dollar per acre.
 Our constitution provides that, "nternal i'm provement shall be encouraged by the govern ment of this state" In seeking to comply witt this injunction the executive recommends tha 25O,O00 acres of the confirmed swamp and over flowed lands remaining unsod in the Champag nole district be invested at one dollar an acre in the way of stock in the Mississippi, Ouacht and Red River Railroad Company, for the bene fit of the swamp land fund of that district; tha 25OOOO acres of the unsold swamp and over flowed lands of the state in the Washington district, be invested at one dollar an acre, in tn, way of stock in the Cairo and Fulton Railroat Company, for the benefit of the swamp lanC fund of the Washington district; and that 400, OoO acres ot the swamp and overflowed land of the state, remaining unsold in the Batesvillt district, be invested at one dollar an acre, in tn, way of stock, in the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company, for the benefit of the swamp lanC fund of that district; and upon the condition that the proceeds of these lands shall be ap piled towards the construction of that part o the road extending from White river to tho Missouri State line, distance of about 9( miles; that 400 900 acres of the unsold swamp and overflowed lands of the state in the Bates vile district be invested at che dollar an acre in the way of stock, in the Memphis and Lttl Rock Railroad Company, for the benefit of thu swamp land fund of the Batesvle district, up on condition that the proceeds of the lands b. applied exclusively towards the construction O that part of the road extending from Little Rock to Devalfs Bluff, on White river, and up on condition, that the company will tonstruc this division of their road, next after compile ting that east of St. Francis river and also il like manner and upon like conditions, tha 100000 acres of the swamp and overfowet lands of the state, remaining unsold in tn, Little Rock district, be invested at one dolla an acre, in the way of stock, in the Memphi and Little Rock Railroad Company, for tn benefit of the swamp land fund of the Littl Rock district, so as to enable the company t, complete the division of the road from Littl Rock to White river during the next two years
 It is also recommended that all of the un sold swamn and overnowed land of tha c+a,o