Southern shield., 1854-09-30
White River Country.

We have frequently shown by demonstration that the Memphis I4ald Company is merely attempting to imposeon the credulity oi the people of Arkansas, in their electioneerlng stories of stock-substriptions, contracts &c. &c.; but as some of ou' citizens in the North Eastern corner of Priirie county believe, we are told, what they ee almost the so-called Memphis and Little Hock Railroad Company in the Memphis papeR, we shall for the time being suppose that rod and company a bond
 fde reality. The purchase of two-thirds of Col. WHEAr's interest in Devall's Bluff by those two main sprilgs of the Land Company,
 Messrs. Srra~ssps X PHr--,e nf Memphis.
 circumstances of the same signiti- canoe point out Deyall's Bluff as the intended or pretended crossing of the Land Company's Railroad. The survey, estimates, and report being made on the Midland Railroad the Di- rectors thereof hve publicly settled their crossing of White River at the Mouth Ot Cache There is no doubt that wherever the Railroad from Little Rock to the Mississippi crosses White River an important town, the seat of either the shipment or tronSshiPment as the case may be, of the White River coun- try, will spring up: if Ithis town be low down stream the intermediate distance and business will require and mqintam 8 line of light draught steamboats between the Railroad crossing and sthe head of navigation-Jack- sonport or Batesyillc: if this town is to be so high up as the real or pretended movements ofthe Land Company declare, the distance and business being 50 much reduced tile whole trade concentrating q the crossing by overlgnd carriage, Devalrs Bluff will clearly absorb all the up-river towns. A glance at the map will show this. Some fat-boating may be done from the upper streams occasionally, but the running of train of cars from any high point on WhiteRiver will nquestionably guH- loitlne "the head of White River navigation. Des Arcs owing its prosperity to 2 rich back country equaliy accessqJle to DeuaFs' Bluf will, with a Rail Road crossing at the latter place, beswallowed up in one mouthful; but with that crossing SC low as Cache, the town resulting being situated on the Eastern bank of the river and quite cut of from tie region tributary to Des Ares, Dcs Arcs will not only hold its present prosperity, but receive its full share of the increase of prosperity resulting from the Railroad. So it is with Jacksonport and Batesyillo: with the crossing at Cache they will continue tn 1oasass all disadvantages resulting to them at present from the nayiga- ton of White River; but with the crossing 1t Devan' Bluff. the intermediate business being all or nearly all withdrawn from the tortuous river in favor Of fwagoning to Wheat City" 7" steamboats will clearly desert White River for lack of business; and while Dcs Are, Augusta. Jacksonport, and Batesville will be thus re- duced to the insignifcance Of any other points on the wagon-roads to Wheat City," the upper part of the River wlll in consequence of the assertion of the navigation, be compelled to haul all their heavy produce over this then only shipping point for the whole valley. The citizens of White River country ought to re- fleet on this.