Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-12
GAINESVILLE, ARK, ]
 Sept. 15th, 1859. {
JouNsoN dE YFRKFs-

MEssRs. JOHNSON & YERKEs-
 Gents: As scribbling for the newspapers appears to be the order of the day, l con cluded I would pitch in too, and give you a few items from Greene.
 To place the case as the lawyers say, "a all in short on the record" l will say that crops are generally good in our county health ditto, and every thing in state of general prosperity. Greene, though for long time in the back ground, is now loom ing out, and a few more years will place her upon the foremost and best among the counties of our State Our county has >more good land than any ether county in ~the State, and though rather too far north for cotton, we are in just the right place for corn, wheat and tobacco, and for the raising of stock of all kinds. Our soil is unsur- passed, and in regard to water, we have thousands of springs as pure as ''maiden's blush," bursting from our hill-sides, and from actual analysis it is proved that the water of Crawley's Ridge is the purest in the State. Our county is settling up rap idly We do not have many negroes" in our county to swell the aggregate of our tax book to millions, for our county is set tied up principally with white people who cultivate their own farms, and instead of extracting thousands from the soil, to be spent in other States, and foreign lands- What they make is spent in improving their own farms, and building churches and school houses at home. Nonresident pro- prietorship and absenteeism has ruined every country where it has prevailed, and ever will. Politics are in a quiet state at present. The Waller Kivered" docu ments have come and gone, and as the first act Is past, we are waiting for the second as announced in the programme, the appearance of the 6 Outline Democrat" l have heard of no one subscribing for 1t as yet, though when it comes out, l shall invest a dollar or two in 1t myself, as l want to hear what "Paul' says. The little fat-boat man" speaks in this coun- ty on the 27th and 2Sth of October. There will be a considerable turn out as there al ways is at any kind of an exhibition, from a speech by Congressman up to musical concert "solus," by an Italian organ grind CT, with performances of slight of hand, and tricks by " Monsieur Jacko" the monkey. We expect to hear the music ground out on the 27th and 2Sth of October, and if sufficient assistance can be procured here, an exhibition of "hocus pocus" tricks We think, however, that the trick part will have to be omitted, as 1 do net believe a suitable performancer can be had here.- We suppose of course the Colonel will go through with his part He will "cuss' the "Caucus," redeem the character of [ the takers of per diem, and go into Johnson, Conway, Sebastian fit gener ally, and finally, Git is the ardent Hope of many,) wind up by treating the crowd. So mote it be-" Hindman stock here is 630 per cent below par, and if the senti ment of the first Congressional district is in unison with popular sentiment here, the " board hand at $7 50 month," will have to cut loose from here and drift down to some other political stream where peo pie are greener and better prepared to swal low political humbuggery, without ques- tion, than they are in north Arkansas.
 Well, every man is good for something. If the "Colonel's" performances do not produce any practical benefit they will serve at least, to amuse the women and children, and as Burke" says, whoever contributes to the amusements of nation is a general benefactor, ergo" the '' little joker" is a public benefactor An Revoir
 SAW SET"