The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-07
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LETTER FEJM ARKANSAS

M"Ev r"-t pilir". Irk.. .
March -. l$'.'.
.iE. lnI"": ~ hav" l,cn Requested by
Il great many "i i,r friends To giv,. them II dis
"rip'"n of this country, will avail my self "r
III" present opportunity of complying with their
wishes, hy writing TO them through the columns
Of your paper, if y"u will be kind enough to
publish it.
As far aS | have seen, | would say that Ar
knn'hA * Il very fiat. level country II great ror-
I'"n Of II has hen under wa'rr al this win'"r
though y"n are i, has bcrm an unusually
wet winter and s;'rn. But, Notwithstanding
'h"s" Lands appear To he so wet at hiS season q:
the year, they all he cultivated witl,u.a any
di'iirm!iy IN til" sulnrn": r.on,i,S and rur"crcr.
II Is IL singular though we'll asccr,a a,ncd incl. that
tn" mos" "a county Is settled anal cultivated the
dryer il br""rnrs However, person NAV iind
high and l'v rar" FOR hnillinr purposes in
almost any section HAT hr might select,
III" Stale Is divided into Counties. ani the
Counties are smh.-.i'",virl inin Tnwuships
'hr,c int" >cci"n>. each containing t;lU acres of
land. Th".. Sections :!,.. :-,in diyirl ,u;o
Qr,r;rr S"c,i".~ of loo acres Eycrv Whit.
person "t the aE" @: 81 wears is "nlitlc. iu pre-
ut 30 els per 'rhis is held out ~ AN induce.
n"n' 1" cinigrtiiS and thy nave the i,:ivii,g.
"' takiGr their "wn s'i"cii"u> And a"ain
there has been lag, .l"natirn of Lands in this
Stat" to the So!,!;-rS of the war Of lSl2 each
consisting of nunuft.r section. Th"S. lands u,r
termed Military Lands, nnl n,c b-lnu Sold
annually for :i,cm ta<"s. ~ ;h" owners Of them
are, III all lr"'ahriiiy dad, Will n".". Law
any claim upon them. Tl',,. uuar."r s"c'iuns
are rs fin. lands amy in The State and can l,.
l"":' Frequently for t,"'.. 81 t." SIS per q,,ar,cr
The ii;!e Is good an,l c"n.lrr this one ui thu
best sr"cnln''"''S now tia, any person
cn-a4" in. Ih"s,. Lands are compelled to 20 ,p
in sh",; time 10 SD -, p".r acre. Land.
may a." b. L"u.l, from some of ti"s" Who
har" prr'r'"l'"d at ir"m 81 /" 8. per ,rr"
''"y sell c" on spc,mlriou and buy rnili'ary
lands.
Tn" or" Tia "f tbs r"un,rv is rrmrir,l!v
White n,i Red Oak >,w-r, Gum DO .wn,, aud
Ili'k"ry. The land j. w"il AL ,p,-,l to l,- cu
tur" "l t"',"n, t"rn. Wheat and Unt>-,hr
"'"'ngc yi"h! -: ""t'"n ir;ns ;2pn H., per acre,
corn :'' l,n-.:!s. wheat - h,Shcis Oats, Bar.
hey. Rye. Sweet AMI lis, Pn,.,tn"S all rr.nluc,
a>t"ni>h'"g!y. Frni; t'rr- ri all varr.t,c, grow
l"A"'in"'ly have seen .r :. Young
"rcha'd- si:'c" have "r"m h"r- The woods
'v"n a' this ti;n". are full o: wild grapes, Of
every variety.
The water, Immediately in my settlement, is
g""'l trc">oac ia 'm.!, ii i, no, So good in SOM.
a'hcr places.
This i also 81 fine stock raising ro,i,l.rv The
ground l. covered with ar"r.,S in SON. places at
this time | HAY" srrn III" people ,n I'll, int. tl,
"" ''> and Kill hogs wrirhiu. from 600 10 :,,,n
Ii'S each, that hai nrv-r seen Il ear Of rorn.-
They do not fed ,hc,n ~ all l.f"r. k,lIinr W..
also haze ubun'nncr Of c,n, winch, ,,-w,,s
l'r II winter pasture for catti..
We hhv" any quantity "f gn,nr. consisting. Of
Deer, Turkey, Bear. &r. and our streams ar..
AL crowded with the Gn.sr varieties nf Fish,
wrIgl,in" from II los pounds
IL, rc:rr'u"c i tlr !r.;h nf This country. |
have c"nvsis,h with SON" nf the oii-s, settlers,
WI" have moved from different STATES: they all
aacin 10 think that they have. - ..nn,l. hrati,
here as they had '+..whcrc. We will doubtless
hay" some Chill aud Fever hut do I.t think il
will toe any worse her. ilan in Abrv,l!.. Dis.
especially for women arl chiIlrrn. for they have
"othim9 10 'f", ard ni""us It plenty to tm
We are all settling in Monroe County, within
five miles of IL Rn;romd, which is heinr builr
frmn Memphis, Tennessee. to Little Rock. Ark
II is SUPPOSED they Will have it compct"I in two
years from TINS .nr---tl.cn we will have Mem.
PMS for "nr market ut present we trade il,
Helena, loo miles below Memphis
We have fine couniry-1 think one Of the
best States in The Cmon, and | would l,c pleased
very much To see it settled mp bv gon,l, rr.pec.
table citizens. and if any &" my friends in Caro-
lima w"m'i like +" see lh" country, come out. and
] will he pleased I" show and give them all the
information III my possession. My Pos, Office
is Moro, .No","r, DIX.
outs, very respectfully.
J. C.. PASLAY