Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-12-23
FROM LITTLE ROCK
LITTLE Rock, AK :
Daremher IL 1873

LITTLE Rock, AK,
December II, 1855.
EDIToHs APPEAL: arrived in this pictur-
esque young city on the Oh ms .-tTayeliug
BY water from Memphis to Des Arc, on board
the good steamer Rdarn, whose officers (Clerk
Farley included) cannot be surpassed fer
ws,ehfulness to their duty and kindness and
attention to passengers; thence hither BY land,
passing over the grand prairie, whose broad
level surface, extending to the horizon on either
side, impressed ne with the idea that I was
once again ahoat on the vide Atlantic. On en-
tering THE sea Of land, / discovered away yon-
der the impressive sight Of the prairie on FIRE.
It appeared to ny then excited imagination
grand in the extreme.
The country between Des Arc and Little
Rock is thinly settled, and, / should think,
offers inducements to emigrsnis- To construct
a railroad bed along this route, between White
river and Little Rock, viii cost comparatively
nothing-it being level, fat country almost
the entire distance, with but little timber to
cut down, &c. This fact acknowledged. it
speaks but little for the intelligence OF Arkan-
sss that she has not had, ere this period in the
age Of progress, the fiery locomotive c~ouIsing
over her rich plains, so practicable for the con-
struction Of railroads, and thereby add wealth,
prosperity and happiness to her citizens ; aud
il stiIl adds less 10 her intelligence, to know
that the electric fluid, applied to telegraphic
uses, does not fash over a single foot Of her
vast domain. And yet the intellectual appear
ancs of the present General Assembly foIbids
me from saying there is a want Of understand
ing az to what is required to develop her re-
sources.
Previous to the adjournment Of the present
Legislature, I think new era will burst open.
A majority, at least, Of both Houses are warm
advocates Of internal improvement. OF this
majority there may be a sufficient number who
are 90 much afraid Of their constituents at
home, that when it comes to vote money out Of
their full treasury to aid internal improve
nests, they may vote with tie old fogies, and
thus defeat bills giving State aid. Yet with
such advocates as Green, Fletcher, Redmond,
Jones, and others, ia the Senate, and with such
men as Hemingway, Duvai, Baxter, Dunn, and
others, 10 the House, defeat is hardly possible.
| Through the influence OF these champions and
their associates, the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad and Telegraph Line will receive State
aid sufficient to secure the success Of both these
enterprises The gentlemen spoken Of possess
the will, and, / hope, the way and means, to
anuihilate the old fogies upon al questions re-
lative to the welfare Of a State, the new home
Of many Teunesseeans.
Among the honorable and respectable body,
the Senate, there is a tall, gaant individual,
geRtIsnauly il bis department, aad impressive
il bis discourse, from one Of the counties Dor
deriag on Red river, who is decidedly opposed
10 aid being given railroads or teIsgraphs. He
lives ia a neck Of woods inhabited to a great
extent By bull frogs. The reysrberations Of
the locomotive whistle might arouse such
Inhabitants from their sleeping reveries
and hiding holes, and the hghtning's
fash might jump Of the wire and
doWn a tree, causing death or bic constituents
may think a telegraph line 10 Arkansas would
have the same effect az il did on the Bear
creek country in North Alsbama-keep the
clouds from pouring forth their contents, rain.
Taking these things into consideration, I pre-
sume they have instructed bin to vote against
appropriations for such purposes, or be would
Oudging from his expressed kHowlsdgs Of facts
and hgures) vote differently.
Tue Theatre at this place, under the manage
mem Of Mr.. MOrOhsy, has met with complete
succ ess- The Webb sisters played a very sue
cessfuI engagement and were great fsvOritss
VITA the theatre-goers, Of which there is a
large number here. Roberts, the celebrated
tragedian, appeared last night, in Richard
to a crowded house to night be plays Ham
kf. To-moTrow night the ladies of the Epis-
copai church give a supper for the benefit Of
their church It will be a grand display Of the
deneaaiak Of the season hope Their efforts
10 such rauss viii be fully appreciated, as