Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-04-20

particulars Of that part Of the State OF aTkfhsas
of whichI saokssin my forEner comm anicaiion.
wlfsay in general terms Sof the State AT large,
that there Is no one State ia the Union tuat has
been more overlooked, and against which there
has been more nrifounded prejudice, than the State
Of Arkansas This i owing mainly, 10 the vast
amount Of territory around it. to be settled and to
the bad character Of the FIRST settlers, many OF
whom were lawless set of cut threats, but there
has been a wonderful change for the better IN az
most every part of the State--few new conn1.ies
can produce more religious, moral ana lho1s.i,
ous community than this State. Its natural az
vantages are surpassed by Few ola'ss III 1ne
Union Navigable streams are aoundaa,, 70 carry
of all the produce, of the country, oes'ues tnefe Is
~, rsrt III The world that is best with finer lands,
end more nroductive; its cotton lands are unsur.
-sssed in All The South The bottom land Of the
Mississjnn liver far surpass the lands of all the
world beside The river Nile, that has been DEL
fed and has been the song of the Poet and the
theme of the traveller and historian for thousands
of years is not comparable to tit is destined to
be the garden spot of North America. The peo-
pie of the South are waking up on this subject,
and hundreds are now seeking homes among these
lands, The soil of these aluval lands is from ten
to twenty feet Deep lying perfectly level, so they
are perfectly inexhanstible But there is no por-
ton Of all the bottom lands, that ] have seen or
heard OF, that is equal to the upper portion OF Mss
county, it is section of country to itself, and as
far as can learn far superior to any other portion
of the State. The land is the most beautiful ever
saw; perfectly smooth and level, rich sandy
loan, there is no wet land, nor any mud, at any
season, as FAR as | could learT it is one OF the
cleanest, prettiest countries ever saw. The world
can't produce better water; it is pure free stone,
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feet without failure. My honest conviction ls,
that it is far healthier than any portion OF Middle
or West Tennessee Heretofore, portion of the
country between the lake and Mississippi river has
oyerfowed. This was mainly caused by two
large bayons Mill and Pemiseo: at high water,
they flowed out the Mississippi, and ran into the
lake and little river that runs through the lake,
aud caused considerable overfiow-but now those
bayous with nearly the whole length of the State,
are levied, and it is believed there will be no more
overlows in any portion Of that country. West of
the lake, which is the most extensive, and best
portion of the whole country, there IS no appear
ance of its ever having been overlooked These
lands are too rich and valuable not TO be redeemed,
aud saved from overflow. This whole country, of
which speak, has always been known IS the rich
woods and If there is any country on earth deserv-
ing the name, it is this country. The great body
of all these rich lands was saved ct an early day
Company. The Doctor now owns nearly the whole
of all those lands, and such e body of land could
hardly be found on the globe. These lands can
now be bought of the Doctor or myself, ct thevery
low price Of $500 per section OF GAO acres. This is
hardly any part OF their value, but these lands will
remain but very short time at those prices, and
/ would advise all that intend to buy, to do 80
forthwith: there never will be such another chance
during the present generation. Everything in this
Larro baar n,,t huo
tern, all is on large scae---t is heavy timbered
country, but not half 50 difficult to open q farm
there as here-it is deadened and being very light
and porous when dry, il is easily got clear of by
FIRE; as it will burn up root and branch. There is
another fact not generally known, that the dead
ening Of timber in these lands does not pro-
drce sickness, as it does here This is accounted
for on the ground that there is no sour timber,
and produces no disagreeable SMELL nor affects
the atmosphere. There is considerable variety of
timber there, the most common is the sweet-gum
(which is the best evidence of good land there,
but not here,) cottonwood, blackberry, boxelder,
ash, hickory, walnut, dogwood, hornbeam, honey
locust, red bud, sasssfras, &C. West of the lake
some miles there is the finest body of cypress tim
Der that is TO be found perhaps in all the South
west. There is enough presume to do ell the
fencing and building of the whole country. A
large portion of the country, is open without any
trely spiecewood 1t is a wonderful place for grape
vines. | think ] saw many that were one foot in
diameter fortune could be made there, by the
cultivation of the grape. 1t is fine country for
ell kinds Of stock, hogs especially; they keep per
fectly Fat the whole year round, without being fed
the lake produces the Yankepin in great abundance,
that win always keep them fat The inhabitants
are generally poor people, but more civil and
hospitable people | have never been among, and
mile b.,tA
ally religious, and | think from all | saw, truly
pious-they are composed of Methodist and Bap-
tist-the Methodist as is generally the case, espe-
cially in new countries, (for they are the great
pioneers) are in the ascendency. They have neither
the Crescent nor the cross there and as they have
no Catholics, of course they have no use for Know
Nothings. Spiritual rappers, and Know Nothings.
with ell such foolish stuff have never got there and
it is TO be hoped, they never Will They bid every
denomination welcome, Catholics and all, and do
them all the good they can. intend to persuade no
man to go, but there thousands here that could
infinitely better their condition have no doubt
Here, hundreds are renting poor land, and giving
high rent, and often not making that rent; others
are living poor worn out lands that don't pay for
the cultivation. There they can get rich lands on
which they could make more in one year, than
they can herein ave- and it is 3 small matter to get
there, it can be gone from Nashville in three days.
enu aJ no great COSis luSIS. lney HOuiO EOt De
cursed, and ground TO death, with taxes, as here
and taxes voted on them by an irresponsible set of
men, many of whom never paid dollar of tag in
their lives, and perhaps never will-taxes to build
worse than useless railroads, 10 benefit few pro-
perry holders 1t is too bad in all conscience to be
dragooned into such measures 1t is driving and will
drive many Of the most valuable citizens from the
country 1t should be repudiated by the country,
for reputation is high minded and honorable in
many circumstances, and this is one Of them In the
whole history Of legislation there cannot be found
such foolish AMI wicked law, as the one relative
to this abominable tax. The Autocrat OF Russia
wsuld not impose more tyraunce law on his SUBJ
jeets If such thing is ever attempted in the
country Of which ! speak, | intend to be there,
TO help crush the filthy brat, in its infancy. Here
you are cursed with excessive legislation five long
months at time, and if the good and the bad were
put in the scales at equpoise it is likely they would
preponderate on the side of the bad. Land there
is exempt from tax for the next seven years. All
that country needs is industrious citizens to de-
velope its natural resources. With these we will I
have one of the finest countries in the world |
Loafers, loungers and dram drinkers they have no
use for, but what is done must be done soon. If |
you intend going the sooner the better, for land
will soon rise, 50 make no delay. A. B. RozELL
Mount View, April Ii, 1850
CE- The Republican Banner ami the papers of |
Memphis viii please copy.
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