FRENCH AND SPANISH CLAIMS
FRENCH AND SPANISH CLAIMS

 BILLS OF REVIEW.

 On Tuesday last, SAM c. RoAHE, United States District Attorney, moved that Bills

 of Review in certain Land Gases, be pub- Hshed in some newspaper printed in the Territory of Arkansas, for four weeks sae- cessiveIy-he also observed, that 1t was matter ia which he wished to take no part,

 and therefore, he would leave it optionary with the Court to decide, when, and in what paper or papers, said publications should

 he made. In accordance with the wish of

 the T. !. Attorney, the Court decided that the Bills of Review, lone hundred and fifty

 eight in number should be equally divided ! between the Arkansas Gazette and Ar- kansas Advocate. To this the U. s. It.

 torney aequiesced, and the Clerk was di- rected to prepare the publications for each 8 of the newspapers. On the following day,

 however, our paper made it's appearance, containing a communication putting se- < veral interrogatories to the Editor of this # paper, the answers to which, were post < poned to a future season. \ passing re- j mark made with respect to MT. Secretary ] Fulton, excited his ire, which was speedily 4 visited upon ag. As the assistan! counsel of Sam .. Roane, he, on Thursday last, fer

 the purpose of injuring us in a pecuniary z@ point, and to display, as well as he could, # his little brief authority, appeared in Court,

 and moved that the decree of Tuesday be q reversed. He argued, that as the agent of

 the government, he had, and would claim,

 the right, to have the Bills of Review pub-

 lisbed where, and when, he pleased. The

 Court decided, and we think, very correct

 Iy too, that it was matter resting solely

 on the will and pleasure of the U. 5. Bis-

 trict Attorney, and ordered the decree to E be reseinded. tButwe would here remark, 2 that it was a matter which in no wise con- 2 cerned this honorable gentleman--or at 8 least no farther than his malice and eagy

 carried him-for this reason, that he Is not

 the United States District Attorney, but merely assistaat counsel to said Attorney.) 9 The honorable Secretary and assistant counsel, then stated, that as he had a pre- <. ference for, he would move that the Court

 decree that the publications be madein the A Arkansas Gazette, which was accordingly

 done.

 By this act of the honorable and high minded Secretary, we have been deprived

 Of a job of some little value; but the loss is

 amply made up to us, ny the proof which it

 affords of the truth of our declaration, that

 political rotteaness abounds.

 We will now, in a few words, advert to

 the cause of this malignant act of secre- tary Fulton. In our last paper we said of

 him, that he feels it to be his duty to follow the footsteps of the Governor. In exer- cising the functions of Governor, we pre- sumed to suppose, he felt conscientiously bound to pursue the course of the equal Governor.

 If the Secretary considered the course of the Governor to be honorable and praise- zOorthy, 1t was notderogating from his char acter to say he was pursuing the same

 course but his malignant wrath, as evil denced towards us, is, in our estimation, a

 strong expression of his a5horreace and de- testcssoa of the potitieal footsteps of the Overseer of the plantation of Arkansas.

 