The Arkansas banner., 1844-10-23
ARKANSAS.

support of any honest man,
 ARKANSAS.
 A friend has presented us the New York; Truth Teller" from which we copy the following letter. addressed o the editor, by the Rev. Mir Cory. We give the letter to our readers, for the purpose of showing the opinion of our State, entertained by a gentleman Intelligence, who has travelled through and carefully examined almost every portion Of l. Ne venture to assure all who read the letter that none of is descriptions are exaggerated and to prom se such as may be induced, by it, to seek home within our borders, that they will experience no disappointment in the climate, soil, sauhrty, pro duclous, or resources of the sae as mentioned by the writsr In all these respse t is indeed, zone of the best in the Union.' | we need is popaia- tion; and that we are rapieig acquiring. As yet we are 3parsey PeoPed-being only eight years old as State; but the tide of emgratons setting boldly and rapidly in npon us. tine present lime, our roads are thronged with movers into the State; con- sistng of the mostsubsanta families from our sister States of Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama, and Mis- sissian; with, no, Uarequently one from Virignia aad North Carolina Land Of the finest quality is esadily obtaiaed at yeay low prices; owing rather to the large quantity in market, than to the sraania oaemigrationto to Texas " of which RTr Cory speaks. lhecharacter of our people, for proprety of deport nent in all the relations life and for kindness and hospitality, is not surpassed in any State in the Union; for what we lack in the peculiar refnemenis and formal eeganeies, of an older and more crowded Population, is amply compensated in the, sometimes rough but always frank, warm hearted and kindly welcome and srtainment whicheYerywhe awaits the stranger
 ARKANSAS, WASHINGTON Go, FAYrTTEyILLr.
 August 2lth, l344.
 WM. DENMAN, Esq:
 Dear Sir-I deferred writing to you until l had travelled over and viewed some parts of this State. have been oyer a considera- bic portion of it, and must now say that it bids fair to be one of the best in the Union. l will give you my reasons for saving so. In the first place, 1t is situated neither too far Worth, nor too far South, consequently the Summers are not extremely warm, nor the Winters extremely long or cold, and the far mer has not to eXpend on his stock in Winter what he raises in Summer. It has the pro- ductlon oi the North and South. Secondly, the land, generally speaking, Is good and plo- duccs rain of all descriptions in abundance. 1 It > superior 10 2olnsylvania for corn and oa3, and equally Gs good for wheat, if not better. Thirdly, 1t contains in its bosom, Mines of Marble, fire Stone, Lead and Copper Gre, Coal, and l am informed, gold These are also many fountains of wealth, and require f only men of some enterprise and capital to i bring 1t into cultivation. There are also many i fine streams upon which factories could be erected. It appears to me that any man of enterprise and some capital, that would start a cotton factory here would make fortune of 1t in a short time. He would have .Ae State Market, Missouri Market, the Indian and Texian Market, to say nolhir of fa cities of other States beside bg caa liz
 the raw material on tbc spot tourthlv. t 1 IS true, 1t has not those internal Improvements as of many of the Eastern States, such as artIi- cial canals and rail roads, but nature has done for 1t what art was obliged .e do for them. IL has natures canals, such the Red River on the South, the ArLausas Riger in the midst. and the White River on t7a northeast. each nayigable for staam-boata Fhe roads gene rally speaking, are superior to the roads in the count in New ! ork, Pennsylvania, or Aaryland The climate of the northern part 1 think cannot be oxceiled; cannot say so much for the Arkansas River, some fever and i ague prevail along its banks and vicinity. but up here there Is no such thing, unless it is brought from some other State. Owinr to ] the elevation of the country, the climate here I IS equal to 40 deg. north latitude, with this difference that 1t IS not subject to the same nclement changes, that occur in the Eastern States. am located within three miles of Fayetteville, the county town of Washington County, on farm of land that call Mount St. Mary's, 1t being on a mountain; there are on it three springs of the purest water-the land IS some of the best in this county, which Is the best armed and best wheat growing country n the State, Improved farms can sa go, very cheap, oF7igg to mania of emi- grafton to Texas. intend in the course of lltlIe tune 10 build church on a part of the land that ] have bought, for the good and advantage of the Catholics of the vicinity..- Ihe Bishop left on Wedaes,!aY last for Van 5aren where will follow him on tomorrow. after have said Mass here; so far we have ne. separated since we left New York and wherever we have passed through this State, NC have been most kindly and hospHablv received and treated by the citizens at large.