Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-06-30
Arkansas-R Resources and Develonment

Anintelllgent gentleman, settled in Arkansas vaen stlll territory, and well acquainted with Is history and natural resources, has furnished b the Memphis Bulletin a most interesting ac- rgnt of that growing and prosperous State.- 3sgnniug with the northeastern portion. he ,'ribes it as one of the best corn, grass and regions ir all the southern couu- w-though, owing to the want of market fa-
 ieS, it has till lately attracted but little 1jce. It was, also, particularly unfortunate its early settlers. lshmaels of old, without means or love for civilized life, the wilderness
 their home; they scorn the city and the null ale; neither have they houses or lands: Taereyer night or chance overtakes them, they 'oh their tents and herd their focks; land Then the railroad starts, they will start also, to |0 wither 1t connot come," so strong is their we for semi life, so great their aver son to improvement of whatever kind.
 Nothwest Arkansas Is mountainous, the river valleys narrow, rarely more than two or three hundred yards wide. The soil, however is fertile. Admirably adapted to pasturage and general tillage, it makes the most beautiful and productive farms in the southwest, where peace and jOv and contentment dwell. On the high lnd, too, or more properly the hills, are fertile lnd well watered fields, good for raising wheat i1d other small grains as well as for general .llage and pasturage. This part of Arkansas Is the advantage in health; its waters are clear, lre and cool, and valuable mineras-marbe, ate and lead-abound White river and its tks water this whole region; made navigable, > they easily might be, they would soon de- yaop the inexhaustible resources of this DOT t5r of the State.
 The cotton-g n-growing region of Arkansas is Euh of the base line.
 lis true cotton is raised as high up as Jack knprot on White river, but the southern part the Stare is justly considered as the region aped to cotton. And for the production of great staple the lands of the Mississippi, ate, Arkansas, Ouaehita and Red rivers are surpassed. Their richness and productive @s are too well known for me to attempt to y anything more in their favor. These reamS are rendered navigable in the spring of year by rains and the melting of the snows the mountains above, and not until then the
 atest part of the cotton goes to market-
 t-n order that they may ship their cotton as
 21 as t is ready, they are building railroad m Fulton, on Red river, to Ganes's Landing.
 
 T.y, (to which the Arkansas river is subject )
 r have been talking of a road from Little
 6 to Napoleon, at the mouth Of the Arkan- The writer adds that there is a vast number
 acres of cotton lands in Arkansas not vet lgAt into cultivation What is wanted more
 aa anything else, at the present time, is the
 eFprSng and all-pervading spirit of the 4nd n this connection, the writer aludes 2fe particularly to the railroads already in
 5TesS or in contemplation in ArkansaS-the lton and Gaines's Landing" road; Little K and Napoleon" road; " Cairo and Fulton" 1; " Memphis and Little Rock" road; |" Iron lg1tain" road, etc, the importance of all Hh to the sections through which they pass ncaculable. Enterprisng men also, are at their head, whose character, if any evil
 ee but their imperative necessity were need- would be sufficient guarantee of their speedy struction. .
 The growth of Arkansas, for a long time af- ft became State even, was very slow; it is T however, making ample amends for the -a.oruess of days happily gone by. The Si two years the wealth and population of many counties have nearly doubled. At one -a'd office alone that of Batesville, no less 1dn 256000 acres have been entered the last we've months, and, for the most part, by in-
 sHous, enterprising and permanent citizens. 'leF portions of the State also are settling up
 -a equal rapdity. A few years, and Arkan- VIII be one of the wealthiest and most popu-
 States of the Federal Union.-N 0. Ptca-