Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29
From thc Philadelphia Argus The Postmaster General.

In no one thing has the far-reaching sagacitv and profound judgment of Mr. Buchanan been more conspcuousiy demonstrated than in his selection of Gov. A. V. Brown to fill the impor tant position of postmaster-general. He is ad- mitted on all hands to be the most able. enter prising and energetic head which that depart ment of the government has ever had. He is winning an envabe renown for the wonderful achievements he has already SD successfully con- summated, as well as those W hich are still in pro. gres, of development
 We have watched the public career of this pro- mlnent American statesman, for many years, with peculiar interest. He Is one of the few men now living who belong to the primitive school of American Democracy; to an age of republican simplicity and republican purity in morals and politics. Stern, unbending. unwa- vering in his devotion to the great principles enuncated by Thomas Jefferson. partakinq in an uncommon degree of that indomitable firm ness and inheXibe adhsreance to justice. which so eminenty characterized the immortal hero of the Hermitage, General Andrew Jackson he has always received the homage and respect ot his party at home and the people abroad Few statesmen living have warmer or more en- thusastic personal and political friends. than has Gov. A. V. Brown, and few deserve ,o have them more justly than he.
 Ills recent establishment of a set of conti. mental mall routes, pot one, singly, but num- Der of them, to the Pacific, through our own ter rtory, Is master-stroke of national policy, and will give him even prouder position in the es- tlmatlon ot the American people than he has hitherto occupied. A cotemporary says. very forcibly and justly that each of these lines is not only happy and enduring bond of inter- state harmony, but 1t is the cheapest and su. rest means of Indian repression. Every regu. larly travelled route is equal to series of forts and are ten times as valuable, and may be had at a twentieth the outlay of regular military post.
 Of the four overland routes now settled upon. the St. Louis Republican says the southern one will be open all the year, and the other three for summer travel. These routes belt the con. tlnent in parrellels so judiciously distributed bv the care of Postmaster General Brown that each great division of the Union is now brought into stage and railroad connection with all the otb- CTS. Nations have sung 1s Deums for infiuitelv less valuable triumphs.
 We are glad to see that the leading ;onrnals of the country are dis posed to do full ius,;ce to the sterling merits of the Postmaster. Gene. ral. The moderate and candid portion of inc opposition press does not hesitate to award him high need Of praise. The democratic na- pers of this state are enthusiastic in their an probation of his policy, and their eulogies are warm and glowing in the extreme. From among many We select the following from the Ere Observer, commenting it to the careful at. tentlon of our numerous readers:
 A GREAT AND BENEFICIAL ENrERPRIsE. we think one of the greatest an most beneficial enterprises that has yet been planned and exe-