Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-14
rhe stat. Of Arkansas Area and Soil.

of the general land Office, has land area Of 52,.
1913 square miles; equal to thirty three millions,
fonr hundred and six thousand, seven hundred
and twenty aeres*. = This being exclusive Of the
territory coyered,by rivers. lakes and unexplored
sWamps,, we may safely set down the area OF the
whole State at So, 900 square miles. Thisis equal
to the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut Dela.
ware, Massachusetts,, Maryland, New Hampshire,
New Jersey and Vermont. ...:-..-
The State Of Arkansas is as large as the great
State Of New York; with New Jersey thrown In.
FThe government surveys I'm the northeastern
portion of the State, are very imperfect and are
alleged 10 be fraudulent II is said thatlarge bodies
Of land, laid down on the maps and plats as sunk
lands or lakes, nre, In reality irregular swamps
or low places, with large islands.n them, Of oom-
paratiyely dry land. No attempt was made to
survey them and there is nodoubt but that prop.
er examination and survey Of this region would
give to the State, under the provisions Of the aet
Of Congress of 28th September, 1885,, thousands
of acres Of swamp land.
No State in the Union present greater variety
of soil or more diversified features. If we divide
the State into foul, parts, by the Arkansas river
from cast to west, and by an imaginary line from
north TO south, ne shall hare four sections of conn-
try widely different from each other. In tho north
west, we have ranges Of high hills, called, by
courtesy, mountains, with fsrte valleys and t9hles
Of land. In. the northeast, the nearer We ap
uroaeh To the Mississippi river We find the swamp
and supposed sunken landf of<the st. Francis. In
the south,westwe &hase q ceuntry interspersed
with praries, in some, parts billy and rolling. in
others level bat generally susceptible OF cultiva-
ton. The south, eastern, now the weaithiest por-
ton Of the State, Is generally lese, and when the
oserfowed lanSs shall be reclaimed viii bei very
generally ft for cultivation. - 81 :.
=: The nprth- h-westepn "spotioH Is rlch in mineral
peaIth. Besideslead, iron, silser, etc., thsreare
iusxhaastible beds Of coal and aasrpies of slate,
granite and marble, A geological sarTey Of tho
State, now being made, viii develop these, and We
look with some anxiety for fhe report OF DR.:
Owen, the able State gee!ogist for information In
this particular. The water in this part OF our
State is unsurpassed by any inthe world. Besides
TIE clear, cold springs ofpue.water there are oil
kinds of mineral springs, which as the country
;mnroyes are desined to become the resorts of the
Invalid and seeker OF pleasure There is one spring
n White county, the water of which is on infafa-
die curs fop- dpspapsia. T. has been tried re-
ueateLly. and has never failsd Of a cHre, even lp
The mnsf severe cases. Ia fact the 8tate abounds
In fned;cfua springs, both hot and cold, the most
uroroiuentat present being the Hot Springs IN the
county Of that name and the Dardanelle springs in
Yell county; ,,,....,..
As grain producing country north western Ar;
kansas is unrfvalled. .--
We receive here at the capitol, Hour 6f the best
northern brands, by way Of Cincinnati, We have
the celebrated Genessee brands and aopr froal,tAe
most celebrated Ohio mills. but the aonr raanufao-
tured in our own State is acknowledged to be'a
ertiole.: In fact, 1t sells for ffty cents
more for tho hundred pounds thsn the imported
flour. The steam Touring mills in Washington
county, the mill Of Pennywit and Van Buren, and
of. Brown at Olarksyilla. turn ont the best -four
va have ever seen. Those who have used Nor.
thern four and Arkansas -four, all give the pref
erence to the latter The steam mills create
demnnd for-whest, which will always soil in the
yicnty of where it is raised, for from seyenty-fve
cents to one dollar and twenty five cents bushel.
Thus, it win be seen, that the farmers have O
mark et al their own doors. OF late years. the
wheat crop in that section of country has grown
greatly in Importance. Vast numbers Of patent
ihrashers and several rcapers have been intro
duoed, and the owners Of them have found more
demands for the labor. of these machines than
they can fill. All other grains orc successfully
cultivated The great stapie is, OF course, lndlan
corn. So grent has been the product some years,
that in some parts of those counties remote from
the river, any Quhutlhy eouu nav 49, ooe51'
for from ten to eighteen cents per bushel. We
have heard of corn bought in Carroll county for
fifteen cents. Of course this country is the Sery
paradise Of hogs and droyes are taken'every year
to the South. It is to be regretted that attention
hos not heretofore been paid to the procurement
Of the. bsst breed Of hogs and cattle, as sauoh
breeds would deubly pay the farmer. u we take
account that besides the abundance and cheapness
Of corn, there are vast forests, some almost en-
tirely of oaks, with their abundance Of mast, We
can imagine how easily tits to raise swine In that
country The country, or great part OF 1t,
though called mountainous, Is covered with YER
dure. and there are thousands Of acres Of vacant
lands, which are free pr stures for oil. VI late
wears, in that ani the so4th- western portions Of
the State attention has been turned To The raising
of cattle and horses The aies and gpats go trou.
blesome and destructive to- cattle and horses in
Texas and other places, are seldom seen here, and
the peculiar features of the country, where
*Of the 33, 405, ,72O acres of land in the State,
it has been partly disposed Of as follows:
Grants to the State for seminaries and