The New York herald., 1863-10-02

case may require for 20 great transition from slave 10
free ohor Z SOU VII liow mo ~ e&,ross ths oi.iiie,
this Ito sanitary course That oan be pa
sued, or the reason tina, rue which new goycTn
labor win be macn less distlrbed by ts thar by
any other. INJURY OF the most intelligent citizens
OF tire town SATISFIED that Tiny consider tho caise
Of secession hopelessy goue and hence the movement on
the part the people for the Purlose stated
The plantation OF General Pillow Is three miles below
Helena His loss by this war is estimated from six to
hundred thousand dollars Al! the buildings upon
the plantation havo beon destroyed by troops The
residence Of General Pillow Columbia Tennessee
and SAID TO have been pslata In this vicinity
also the residence 0! the Hon Bishop General Leonidas
Folk, OF the rebel army.
nancsaIe Of this igh AID mighty Southerner named
Samuel Polk Of Phillips county Arkansas three miles in
the rear OF Helena, owned large pisnttion, and
very eccentric m'n. Ho Is perhaps ths only man living
who by ecccutrcily in year made fortune OF
ty nyo Thousand dollars.
In the year Succeeding the great famine in Ireland Mr.
Polk sold seventy ye Thousand bushels OF seven
tyhye thousand dollars Whom corn WAS high planted
cotton, and when cotton high ho planted corn. not
single acre being used for any other purpose with the
exception OF his garden.
Friers Point Union post. passed some twelve or
fifteen miles below Holena H tN-
ARKANSAS RIVER
This river is a navgable stream I. smptes into the
Mississippi river on this west sdo few hundred yards
below Napoleon, Arkansas. Arkansas Post about sey
eniy miles from its mouth small place OF one hundred
inhabitants. settled about tho time that William
Penn made the treaty with tho Indians. hard fought
battle took place here under Gen hoCernand Cen Bur-
bridges hk sicn in front We lost nearly thousand
men before the fort surrendered
Is town or six or hundred inhab ants The build
ngs scattered and poor, with the exception OF the
United States MAriao Hospital which 10 largo ana re-
spectacle looking structure. Not building was do
stroyed hore ha; could seq on the opposite bank or
the the ruins OF the town Of pon.lss burned By
our gunboass about year ago FOR guerilla fling. Near
hero are the rcs1erce aad plantation of Judge Mcouire
the fathorin law Of General Clark o. ths rebel army and
jest below is a very largo plantation, owned by the
Hon Christopher Fields who has beon psrs.steni Union
man during the whole Of troubles lie represented
Bolivar county in the Legislature for uur,ber OF years.
AT Napoleon had the pleasure o, seofng md passing
through cutoff which dil not exist elk weeks ago The
washngs OF the river carried away about on: hundred
and forty yards OF earth thus reaching he Mississippi
the opposite side, and shortening the channel twelve
miles The town Of Napoleon Is now unfortunately, on
bend and must finally 30 carried away aud become the
bed of:he river.
Below Napoleon Ia tho plantation Of the celebrated horse
producer Ten Brock. The residence upon it is very
pai low building but the plantation and uegco quarters
are among the handsomsst on the r.Ter,
GAMES LANDING
Th. landing which Is situated on the west bank Of the
river was the celebrated one FOR debarklng ths Texas
emigrants before the From here they crossed the
mainland to Camden, the wschits, aud from there
branched or TO Alexandria Shreveport and other points
Northern Texas. The emigration principally from
the States Of Northern Alabama Tennessee aud Georgia.
Two stores all tho buildings here.
Carters Landing is short distance below. Here the
gcrias fred al evsry steamer that passed up down
the river for three four months up within the last
two three weeks. Tho place was destroyed By our
gunboats scarcely a vestge Of the ruins being vs
Bile, so thorough was the destruction.
Not far from here Catfish Pond the day previous to
our passing, a rebel pAymas,er, with million two
hundred thousand in rebel bonds four captains and
twenty Of their body guard, captured whilc At.
tempting 10 cross the river
cYpRvs BEND
Is situated short distance below Napoleon sxirmish
took place hero spring The guerlas had been firing
on every transport that passed up down the river
when expedition under General Burbridge was sent
from Young's Point. One piece artillery aud numbss
Of prisoners wore taken
CoLrNBiA,
before the war was village Of three IAN
dred inhabitants II situated on the west bank, below
u
apparently unnjured. Three stores with signs IN from.
show that drug store, paint store aud grocery did
business here time but the shops are closed
the shutters OF the houses and blinds the windows
and not soul can be seen AZ Napoleon and many
other OF the smaller which passed noticed the
mo desertiop aud desoation. Ruin was everywhere.
oRxxxvILLs
a few miles below, the opposite side from Columbia.
This place which before the had seventy nve
or hundred houses and buildings. is in ruins tho
church and two white bpudine, standing forth amid
thsm like pale spectres, Al here 10 silent, too.
-Four months ago Greenvie was destroyed BY our
forces Some transports at the time the way to
Memphis when the ohemy opened upon them with srtil-
lery abou, halt mile above the town killing and wound
ing thirteen men, Several infantry and two or three hun
dfM cavalry were fortunately board These were
landed at once. GLoQ ihe wo!x Of des.TgGAon com
menced The egcms wore chased several killed wound
cd or capturod, when tho force marched up TO Deer
creek setting FIRE 10 the budugs Thea they started for
Greenyile and destroyed every buidos ia the town but
the church and two houses.
short time after. at the seine place. aScu Ave hun
dred grcrlas fred upon the steamer Minuesos, with ar
,lcry and muske,ry. one silo Ct ,hs wns;h2y5e vas
shot away the ,los rope We 81! in two, and the vessel
becoming unmanageabe her bow struck the weat shore
bounded towards the east shore and ato the BANK
AtCf taxing Oh WHAT tuel coia StI} the suctl's tVVh
every person prisoner and deu ieei the vessel she
was loaded with $50 900 worth cf suffers stores The un
fortunate suters are yet in Libby prison.
Helveen this place and Coianlbls Was shown bar by
the pilot. hundred yards 70 right which his
yosse, paxsed six weeks ago. short distance below
Greeny lie plantations beiongHg TO Judge Gr0n
lie owns six very large pIortatiors fho two men
toned sbaye COS, 100000.
MLLRSss nESD,
the nex pont VI interest," has been place o co,siders
bic importance daring The war. An expedition under
General sherman tsed here last December Cor the
purpose Of destroying the vcksburg and Shreveport Rail
road prior TO the yicksburE, which sue
ccsslu from this point Gerers Grant moved with the
whole OF his COMMAND the peninsula. Nlikop
Bend the place where tho negroes said % Lave
fought So desperately.
The place is almost entirely destroyed Before the
war broke OFT was landing place OF considerable I'M
| portance. fV
Pswlsw sisid AZ the lcot Of Millkens Bend Is some
forty or ATTY lect higher than the river large camp O,