New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-01

tCorrespNpdence OF the Crescent
LETTERS, FROM ARKANSAS



# re,ess has occurred. Steamers still commune W
,,v ss bafore stated between this place ana Lite'e
psk Ark It has been definitely arranged so as
n shin cottea frolh Little Rock to Napoleon iof
tbrse dollars per bale, and from Napoleon 10 Ne"
orleans for So sd making the entire cost on
hole of cotton fro1n Little Rock to New orleans
;pst FIVE and a lalf dollars whereas from the
former nlace to Memphis it costs ten, nearly twice
as much. Thus you see the way matters are now
arranged, it cost less to ship cotton from eithef
Little Rock or Pine Bluff to New Orleans than 1t
does to Memphis, and with the decided advantage
which the New Orleans market has over the Mem
phis market surely the former will command all
the cotton trade from the Arkansas valley. |
Our levees are being rapidly built; we did not
wait for Government aid, but went to workln good
earnest. relying exclusively on our individual
exertions for ills completion, we will soon oe
entirely protected from all inundation. Our
planters are hir ng the freedmen to till their
plantations, and it is confidently predicted oy
those whose jud gments be safely relled on
that nearly all bf the tillabe, or cleared iahos
form Napoleon to Pine Bluff will be cultivated
this YEAR. if so fine cotton crops will certainly pe
raised. Over ore hundred negroes have passeo
through Napoleon this week, for diiierent piah'"
tion on the Arkansas river. This is rather pron'-
Using to both the producer and cohsun''' 49, |
overt;on is beinr made to cultivate all of the
| ,,lans,s r;yarnlantations, and think the pros
pect clearly indicate successlul e',oi, = +ho
| ~ tha connti4s of Coahoma and Bolivar in the
ST. - .t;ss;sstrni Can't, H. A. Patterson, U. s.
| :. .,,.,,orind the levees, with a view, among
| ~ -. ~ ascertain how much work and
a.,;t,1 Il 1s reauire to perfect thorough system
~ laos m those counties. The captain told me
ea,, davs sin,e he would be through with the
4 - 49,, and ,kould make a very favorable re-
,ar+ ne seems to think it will require but very
i;t,,o work and money comparatively, to place
! that 1evee on it, original basis, except where a
| NV one has to be built and this will only occur
| Il one or two instances, and then not very long,
and will be located on ground favorable to the
arection of levees. The people think the most OF
the tllab,e lanh in those counties will be Guilt
waited this year.
| The chief object of my series of letters having
been accomplished, by the introduction into the
1 Arkansas river Of line of packets from Napoleon
to little rock, titus connecting with the Memphls
and New Orleah hs steamers, l will "call up y my
| former suggestion and ascertain, if l can, the
practicability Of its adoption.
In q former letter I intmated the propriety OF
Establishing at Napoleon two or three branch
| houses by the New Orleans merchants IN order to
make sure of the cotton trade from this valley Ii
must be aeknoH ledged by every rejecting mind
that Napoleon is the chief auxiliary between youi
CITY and the entire Arkansas river country, and al
such, is capable of welding powerful influence
i over the cotton trade, if the proper exertions
coupled with tie pecuniary ability, is brought tx
; hear. At present our citizens wholly power
less in the premises, and notwithstanding thei
willingness to contribute everything in their powe
to retrieve the position they have heretofore main
tanned in this respect, are absolutely unable t
accomplish the least object in the matter; an
unless the lever power can be obtained some
' where else, the innumerabe sums of money whic
. she has annually emptied into the Golfers of NeN
!. Orleans must be lost to the Crescent City, an
- Napoleon continue to struggle in the mre of poN
: erty, unless the capital is introduced from othe
:. quarters, which SO far has not been solicited, b
I, cause our intercourse has heretofore been excl
=, sively with New Orleans, and we wish to keep
:, SO. We sincerely appeal to the citizens OF Ne
:, Orleans to come to our assistance in this hour
~ our trial, and no unto us as we have done uni
- them.
Merchants from Memphis, st. Louis and Cinc
- natl, are continually visiting US with view OF e
!, tablishing themselves in business at this place
. and should the town be filed by them and the
:. business should become extensive, which is boun
to be the case if they bring the capital it will haV
the effect to turn great deal of the cotton trad
!, away from your city, fact which we wish to PR
vent and will do SO if it is in our power but In OF
:, present pecun ary condition | can not see how W
: are to do SO. Again I appeal to your merchan
: to consider the matter seriously, and If they ca
4 possibly help, not only us, but themselves, by
:, tablishing houses at this point, to do so immed
: ately The citizens on the Arkansas river are n
cessarily compelled to have supplies for the
plantations during the present year, and in view
the scarcity Of money, if they could be purchase
" in Napoleon at the price paid for them at Mer
A phis, they would purchase here instead of ther
y, or in New Orleans because their freight would n
la be near SO qch, and they could obtain them mut
e' a. quicker than at either Memphis or New Orlean
There would be less risk to assume, greater spec
~ and less to pay, which is now quite an item wi
- US; and then when the Arkansas river gets so 10
y. in the summer that steamboats, cannot run, o
planters could haul their supplies from here up t
Le river in their wagons. So they can you might sa
,s, ~ when they are shipped to Napoleon; but let
IL answer, that this is mixed with more trouble a
$ !; doubt, as they never know when they are he
!; after they have been shipped as we will then ha
NJ no mails, Tor me mail Is transmitted ny tue pohl
N. but when our planters know they can buy the
I without any difficulty whatever, they have
ID, hestancy in coming to market with their Wagon
- Thousands of immigrantsar are continually focki
", into Arkansas. am told there is larger immg
an ton to Arkansas this year than there is to any
y, of the other Southern States young gentema
n a resident of Vicksburg, Miss, told me a few da
j since that he had been in Cairo for over a mon
ly, and he was utterly amazed at the immigration
.e Arkansas. Ee says nearly every one he met "
] talking more pr less about going to Arkansas; a
ay- in addition to all this letters constantly bel
J received by parties here, from Northern peop
10. making inquiries about the country, all of VIII
j profess to represent large parties of immigra
J who are destined for Arkansas. The reason of
~ this is becaube we perfectly quiet, have
a .S richest and cheapest cotton lands in the kno
world, and respectfully invite every one to cor
lin Our State government is working admirably.
dy, Governor is IN excellent old gentleman, who
u abored assid duously to restore the State to its
S per and legitimate relations, ever since tina surr
Ky; der and has connved at every effort to re-est
N III sh civil law and good order, and every tender
,is iss to- put down contention and unnecessary str
Irs While other States are wrangling and quarrel
j over little, petty questions, orders and laws,
ey, kansas moves along, quietly pursuing the e
tenor of her way. Every branch of the civil G