The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-10
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AhAAAAAN CUhhEhfVJUUAC UF TIE DELT1.
 FINE Burr, 1EFFERsos Co,
 Sept. 6th, lsf6.
 The tourist can move no where through ihe State o Arkansas without feeling and seeing that the en. tire State is one ol he greet producing and cons- ming constituents of Louisiana, and yeur fais .scity 0t the Delta Not a bale from its spendid roton hetds but what Rnds it's way to your commerce. crowded lesees, not pound of sugar os a gallon of m0issses used n the whole State but what is the produce ef the louisiana plantations and Fefneries Whils the goods, groceries, luxaries and exotic sp paTsenznres cf wealth, fashion aud refinement, al come trotn the immense store houses of your lnsi- chant pEinces. Any accounts therefore, from re- gicn so connected with your great emporium cf uaaes cannot II hsshsasly gwen, as all mihe s;.al iail ct oeiHg atefs o nieTsst to your city rea eFs Indeed. ind your all ll-persstiDr Delta every where hetes and I have been in eleven counties of thiz new and enserptising Siate. You have four subseyioers af the Pine Bluff Post-oiHce. and the Lord and tlse Postmaster only know how many at Little Rock and elsewhere.
 vteppad from steamboat bound down from Lii. tle Rock, two or three nights since into the streets ot this new and pleasant village the capital ot the ficn planting county of Jefferson, and was most ssresAnt surprised al the fertility of the soil it's ssnmenss capabilities for cotton growing, and the production of corn ih such sfupendcus mani6eence as almost to exceed the limits of belief in the nor. .snesH and middle States. The cotton is most ex. eeiient crops and of kahe fineness of texture khs "snowy Aeeee is nov fully ripe fos the ga her sng and this county, nearly entire wilderness fen years ago, will this year produce from twent, five to thirty thousand baes of qualities that cannot he surpassed in the vale of the lower Mississippi No worm or blight has fallen upon the staple and you nay De assured that busy hnguers are now engaged, ss vas once the ianented 'sweet Lucy Neal,"
 "A picking cotton in the iieId.''
 Among the more productive plantations of Jeff seFncn county, only mention few. l.. R. Mar snail, Esq, that accomplished gentleman and agr- eutarist of Natchsz, has two Beautiful plantations sh me county, and produces annually about 500 baies from them, and has now land enough open for thousand. Col Sevier, late U. s. Senator and Mexican 'peace-maker,' has large, beautiful plan tation tniles below this, the county seat raised 49o bales last year, aud has around him ample fac. ties soon to constitute him cotton lord of thou. sand nases year His diplomatic outfits have most happily relieved him from the pressure of some pe- eaniaFy endorsements. His way is now open to honorable wealth. Long may he live to accu,nu- late and cujoy it. Other eminent planters rapi lv inereasing in wealth, are Messrs. Roane, Doris, Emhrecs and Newton, the late defeated Whig can aids'e for congress. now owner of the plantation lately in possession of Gen. Byrd, who has added te his plantation most lucrative mercantile bus- ness. There are numbers more. of whose names am not cognizant, who, nevertheless are two three or four hundred bale mon. The soil in the county s SO generally good, that scarcely an acre is until
 aDie and entire sections of most superb cotton land can now be purchased at government prices. some { pr miles back from the river.
 hnd in Pine Bluff most excellent even accom- piished society Fhe schoolmaster has beaa abroad ~--aye, the schoolmistress, too! have one now in my eye, with graceful form, pale forehead, on which intellect sits enthroned, deep-set, thoughtful eye, delicate cheeks, little too much incining to the *hits rose rather than the red and bewitchinR lips, and on which the honey dew of instruction arcsnbles for expression If cannot with propricty wish to De girl, for the sake of having such tea cher, will, at least, sigh out the line of Morris:
 ''l would were boy again .''
 Fine Binh has good brick courthouse a church, and that ether distinguishing mark of Christian love and forgiveness. Jail. which looks entirely out of Pocket and has every room 'To Let Its legal pro- fession represented by five gentlemen of Eigh re- putation and distinguished atiainments ils medi al profession by six Medicine Men, ever found in the iront rank tn every combat wifh disease and death hy-the-way, l have most excellent oportunity to | become acquainted with the people of the county | generally, s the eloquent and warm-heariei MAF- i FIT here, engaged in Baena Vista light against the Pinee of Evil, and s marrying sinners into the Ark Of Safety with as much haste as Old Noah a t quarter oi an hour before the Flood I saw him ad. init Is inembeis into the church yesterday, as Q, days work; some of them the most respectable al | accomplished in the county. Rev. Prof. Mafitt Che was Professor of Eloquence and BeIs-tetters, both n Lagrange College, Alabama, and St. Charles ol ieges assouffl has preached more than thres times as many sermons as any other man now living in ihe United States, and has connected more than five umes as many members 10 the Methodist Church ss otnef living minister has done IL is lit e sia- Eaiar that some icy. frost hearted brethren living Hke polar bears, 90 the eternal of oigotTy should turn the .' cold shoulder" towards .nefr more popular and successful brother But ali ne had to do was what he Has done -ssIf they re- sase you in one city, go to smother v' He has ffanekx al A-.a i A |
 Long may the Apostle of Eloqueace live to labor in the n0wery fields of this chiyalrons Stste,
 Among Inc most prominent lawyers. if not the mosl prominent in the State. is Gen. James Yell. oi Fine Bluff, nephew to the chiyarons ex Cover nor en- whs nooly oered up his life for his " ca aagostaras bloody mpuatain-aitar He was raised in Bedford county, Tenn came ,e th;s couhty, then wilderness, ten years ago and Has, s me nost uhtlring eaeTgy and soaring ambi ion ob- uined name for legal aeunlcn. forensic eloquence. pe'sicai forecast, and expended and statesman
 shss aea new hrillianey even to his distin. esissea iamiiy name--aiike iliustrious in council and m held. General Yel las lately canyassed ,he SsAse on tne ticket Tor the Electoral College, and his march has been uiumphal, like that of con- qnerer. Gov. Drew--the man wi,i,out an .ntn son 1 ass was n Gen fell's company part of the time - nsse aecaaeh's,,y learned pleasing aneedote Fsspecung them. They were guests at the house q . pions Baptist, and Gov. Drew took s,ch es Pecbat pains to convince his host that he ,o, had been raised in all the beautiful simplicity and ns,y of the BaPiss, that the host. verily brIievinw hs was ehiertaining an 'angel unawares'' in he ncr. son ef shs good Governor, soss-1ed IIiin, wTrn nl most awful revcrence, 10 ask blessing. The Co. vsfncf completely taken aback, was ob ige to do. cline The General was in ecstacles at the Gove,. nor6s cmenrrassment and exhorted him in priva,e ater dinner so learn his sgraeess To re,ais,e inc Governor at the next table, procured the invitation to ask blessing to be extended to Gea YelI who Assohtshed the chief magistrate by beautiful pro. neanced "grace." riyaiiiag that of any prebend or preisfe n the land need add, that in the mind ef the geed host the Generals piety rose while the