Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-08-04

lars per acre. There are fine opportunities for
speculating, as these lands will sell in two or
three years for one hundred dollars. As an evi-
dence of the rapid increase in the value of fine
lands, and the high appreciation in which they ere
held, we relate an instance. Three years ago,
gentleman on Red River, offered his plantation for
nineteen thousand dollars. A few days since he
refused fifty thousand for it. The fact is, there
is no estimating the value of the best lands in this
State. They are e1haustless, fertile, and, what
ever rumor may say to the contrary, or wild
fancy imagine, they are as healthy as the same
quality of lands any where in the world. The
Red River lands, and what are known here as the
"Black lands" of Hampstead, Sewer, and Lafay-
cite counties, are unsurpassed in productiveness
by any in the West. The lands on the Mississippi
and Arkansas rivers are also very 6ne-good e.
nough. We con6ne our remarks exclusively to
the cotton growing portion Of the State, as we
presume most of your readers are interested, if at
all, in that section.
Now do you ask me what ore the advantages in
state what conceive them to be. Suppose you
sell your plantation in York for twenty dollars
per acre. and purchase one here at the same price.
By this step you apply your capital 80 that it
makes fifty per cent. on the principal, in the in
creasing value of lands, besides the annual pro-
ducts, which may be safely estimated at double
their value on the first plantation. In addition to
this, Iperhaps the greatest advantage if you are
successful planter) the country offers the very
best opportunities for investing the clear proceed
of the crop. You can purchase lands and rea-
lize fifty per cent, or you can shave notes on your
own conditions. Ten per cent is the legal rate Of
interest, but usurious contracts are generally
prevalent. There are some very good lands yet
unentered in this portion Of the stateparticular-
ly under the head Of swamp land.
It might be found advantageous to those who
are disinclined to visit the State, to enter land
through some friend, or to make purchases. By
these means many Of the advantages of moving
could be secured without their unpleasant concomi-
transformation from friends and cherished as
sociations, and deprivation Of many Of the oom-
forts and conveniences of life.
In regard to creature comforts, let me not be
understood as intimating deficiency in all the
luxurious of life. So far as the cuisine is concern
ed-with many, an important item-the West
has decidedly the advantage. Good cooks are
needed, but there is no scarcity of substantial
material. Every man can raise his own meat
The woods contain fine game, such as deer and
turkey, and the streams are full of fish, and the
finest and most delicately favored ducks.
In moral aspect, or in a comparison Of popu-
ations, the difference is not so great as might be
anticipated. The hoosierism, once prevalent, hes
nearly passed away, and intelligence and energy
are prevailing characteristics In external deco
rum and obedience to the precepts Of morality,
the superiority is in favor Of the older States
But all comparisons are said to be odious. To
close this tedious letter, if any one desires more
definite information, let him address your hum
BILE correspondent j. b. b.
P.S.-Crops of all kinds look fine and are re-
garded as secure. Corn crops will be large, which
will favor emigrants. The anticipated price is
from thirty-fve to fifty cents per bushel.
Washington, Ark. July 10th, 1859.