REMARKS OF MIR. SEVER.
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When the Internal Improvement Bill vas under consideration in the House of Representatives, on the 3d May.

 Mir. SEWER, the Delegate from Ar kansas, proposed to amend the Appro- priation Bill for Internal Improvements, by inserting two thousand dollars, in addition 10 the unexpended balance, to complete the Jackson and Washing, ton road at the two extremes thereof, in the Territory ofArkansas, and twen- ty thousand dollars to repair the Mem phis and Little Rock Road, from the s.. Faneis giver to Little Rock. To this amendment, MT. WIcKLIFFE, of Ken lucky, objected; in reply to which MT. SEWER said.

 .Mr. Chairman: I offered the amend ment which has just been read, without intending at this time, to say one word inits support. Our rules require, that propositions of this character should be considered here, My only object at this time was to go through Mis form, and to reserve what I had to say upon this subject, until the bill came into the House. l am sorry that the course- the singular and illiberal course-of the honorable gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. WIcKLIFFE,) has made 1t necessa- ry for me to abandon my original de- sign. must be epermitted here to say, that it has so Happened that the honora- bic gentleman always seems to get into speechifying humor whenever any thing connected with the interest of Ar kansas is under consideration. On these particular occasions, and on these par ticular measures, he seems to exhibit a greatrelish, a feverish anxiety for speak ing. fine would sometimes happen to advocate an Arkansas measure, he would receive my sincere thanks-I should not then think, as now do, his course so singular and illiberal. But he is always found opposing them.- He now implores the committee to re- ject my amendment, for reasons which appear, to my mind, futile and unsatis- factory. Having succeeded in carry ing through his bantling, his favorite measure, he now cries "tonteat," and directs his powerful battery against all others who arc struggling hard far the same port.

 The Little Rock and Memphis road isno new measure, and 1t is fortunate circumstance for me that it is not None but the venerable in age seems to be worthy of the notice of this Com mittee. This measure is as old as any item in this bill; it received the pat ronage of the Government eight or ten years ago: it was then surveyed and partially worked upon, but was never completed. The citizens of Arkansas, every session for four or five years, have been begging and begging you to inlsh this work, until they have nearly lost ali hope. l have been pressing their petitions until l myself have al most despaired. Your Committee, how ever, have done their duty; they have reported bill to complete this work every year. But here was an end the measure. The prayers of my con slstuents, audthe labors ofyour commit