, 1866-01-29

returning here in time to commence work for
a crop With 100 families Of white 1aboress-
Many Of our old resident planters speak favor
ahlv of It. md doubt not but that In few
more years it will prevail generally ut the
South.
TIE ovERFLows.
V, Much interest Is manifested regarding
the oseraows Of the Nlssiss,ppi' lsom ~hicn "I
that river hare suffered. Some years ago the
eastern portion Of Desba county was subject
to inundation from the Mississippi river, but
the Legislature Of the staiS at It's session Of
1858, passed IN act, providing for the build
county at once built splendid line Of leyees,
By means Of which NC were almost entirely
secure. During the late war, partly
through neglect, and partly through
intention, these leyees were cut or
broken, causing certain portions Of the conn
Inconvenience was occasioned thereby, still
those persons living in the submerged dis.
tricts were relieved from the annoyance OF
raidlng parties from either army.
0nr planters are ag9sn ut work rapidly re-
pairing the leTees, and We have every pros
opens, and a good crop will he raised. With
but little expense and labor the 1eyees can
hcnceforth be kept In good repair.
vI-sASITARr ASPECTS
Of the diseases to which we are subject
I cannot speak in the technical language OF
physician, but will express myself u such
manner Us to be bcreadilr understood. fully rec
ogni2ins the great Importance Of this ques.
tion to persons Of one climate who propose
removing to another. The diseases most COM
mon Is Desba county, 1re such rs arc Incident
and peculiar to the country Of the Midway
Mississippi, |. C., chiIls and fever and bilious
fever. am fur from considering this county
any more unhealthy than other portions Of
The Southwest, and this is the result Of m ex-
perience Of seven years spent In the
county. Our diseases are ordinarily Of .
character, rapid seyefe and easily ys,saa sa1ed,
on Northern climate, and resident physicians
do not 1egurd our locnl diseases rs fatal.
Az the county becomes more opened, much
ot the miasma arising from the marshes will
be removed, and ne will be relieved cores
Persons from the North arc often attacked
with chills and fever, whilst undergoing the
process Of accllmation, though this is fire.
quently escaped altogether. Chills arc here
regarded more Us IN Inconvenience than as
sickness many nerer stop their customary
work on account Of them. All
county possesses no greater local cause for
sickness than is to be found in other counties
In the sume climate.
STICKING FARM.
vi. Several Of the writeEs proposed ones
|-tlons respecting the probality Of procuring
tcams and farming implements. In response
thereto would say that Desba county, like
almost every other part OF the South: has,
during the Wa-, suffered heavily In the loss OF
stock, 80 much SO ihat at present, where such
scarce and In great demand, and turner's nov
ing down here would do well to bring their
stock with them, horses, mules, COWS, oxen
sheep etc. Good furn mules are nov
selling at s13o to $50. work oxen 300
horses are about the same a. mules. Mlleh
cows with calves sell readily at 50 to flo.
Sheep arc very scarce, and sell at IS to -.
STOCK RAISING.
Desha county offers particular Inducements
to stock ratseTs, rs the woods afford ample
pasturnEe both summer and winter, aud It
would be weu for the Northern stock-raiser
to remember that no stock Is fed here at any
time Of the year, except such as Is kept up N
abundance Of splendid wild gEasses, and In
tue winter our cnne brakes are the range for
horses and cnttle, NIL subslsting plentifully
on the corn leares which are sweetest and
moat nutritious after the Gos. falls.
From the time colt Is able to rlu about
until be is caught lor breaklug, he costs his
owuer nothing but q handful Of salt thrown
to him occasionally to make him know hts
home, and the same is the case with the COW
and calf.
Hogs thrive well On the aeorns, nuts aud
berries Of the woods, and are kept gentle by
three | years Old weigh 80 H. that lad never
tasted corn or other feed except what they
Obtained In the woods.
meaere, most Of them having been destroyed
| lurtnc the war, md hence Immigrants had
| better bring with them their plows, hasrows,
ind the uke-such as can be used Tor the cu1-
| tiyat1on OF corn can be used Tor cotton+ =.
THE TIMBER LANDS.
| VIII. The timber Of the eastern portion Of
Desha county is suclt rs is pecu liar to the rich
alluTial lands Of the Mississippi and Arkansas
| rivers, consisting Of cottonwood, sweet and
| black gum walnut, hickory, oak and box
! elder; while in the centre and western por-
| tions, where the land Is higher, the timber Is
OFT, gum and dogwood: Plenty of expresses
! {the choicest building timber Of the SOUTH Is
| 10 be found In all portions OF the county.
/ Aa am led 10 believe, from the questions
contained IN many Of the lctteTs, that the
writer's are accustomed to Prair1ess would
| section, and that We have an abundant sup
| ply Of timber for building purposes and fuel.
rEEL1SG or TUE INHABITANTS.
In response to the many questions con-
cernfDg the feeling entertained By the people
| Of the South, toward those Of the North who
| would settle In our country, I can but re-assc1t
the language Of MF. Galbvaith, come and see
us at our homes, We are not heethens, bnt
men like urselyes-make yourselves homes
in our midst, aud you will find rs disposed to
be neighbor]y md kind" This Is the feeling
/ OF all, and We earnestly desire THOSE who
think fayorably Of moving to the South, to
do 80. Our State Is new, and BY the poPnla-
recently drawu TO It, It will soon be one Of
the finest States of the Union. AL the aid
| that We con give immigrants will be cheerfnlIy
! extended, and in return We desire a sociai,
| friendly feeling to spring up between the pew
nei=hbors. The var Is over, the questions
TINT were in Issue hare been settled, aud with
one voice the 2onth has accepted the results
Assurance has been given that no animosity
will he entertained, and In furtherance Of thi:
! end the press Of the South has been filled With
| invitations 10 the Northern farmers 10 locate
| in the cotton region.
But while we are all disposed and anxious
to cultivate these kind feelings, and while VT
| arc doing all In our power to satisfy tho peo
ple Of the North that no nl-treatment will bt
experienced by them should they remove t
gentlemen as the one who wrote from Bryan
Station, Ohio, that they had better sta!
away, for they como, to our, countr,
with no disposition to make good citizens In
on the contrary to create anew aud keel
glowing those feelings Of bitterness Whiel u:
: every Wel-Wfsher Of our common Eoycrnmen
! desires to see extinsutshed.
This gentleman, In asking about the treat
Z | neut Northern men would likely receive
closes with the following, ~ would say how
I | ever that we will have Spencer rifles enoag
, along to keep the alligators from catchin
our pies.' Such lnnguage IL we'll calculate
to rouse the dying cnbcrs Of sectionalsm an
r hate. and ill our grave yards and jails. 7
!. au those who use 1t would saT-stay q
your homes, where your pigs are in n