The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-21

'rakel heap Of lumber 10 make boat like aat AR, and
lumber mighty SCARCE and dear here, san." f-f
"Wci, state gonr price"
'tis worth Sl2 reoK0a"
"Mr. Miles, | responded, and besao my response
slowly. ard II ever aSsnmed.e look solemn and iin
pressre dignity iii it then. II asionshed a. tas
exohitsnce u your pccunary demand Yoa don'i know
ono, san" be spoke out. pulling tho lover extremity
Of his left with his left hand
"IAongh you have always been miles away from
a"ant he always certainly had been up this tune
~ ~ dcn't knoS what have don, tor you
~. II. Ar Mites, III tell you what have dcue fos
you, l'roW condition OF hopeless aeryifude have
Innds y.u sosaual OF The pIoudest magua,e Of me
state Of parpleSing bewiderment) "lhe star of per-
petual liNer g. 'nes over your head lNs Niios hero
"Ai the gor oos privileges and nnunites Of the
free Asneris citizen are yours Mr Niles looked ~
me as though no thou yit was going 20 give him some
thing fh, great bosn OF perpetual liberty yours
forever and the stInng inheritance OF your1ittle
children" az Niles ire oek ; seeiaa nm, y. s ev
bearing h's patrpnymic.) sAnd YET ior al THIS you
charge me sl2 for's boat that pidnt cost So !"
"we, san, you nay nave u lor %. ioueu' NV "
hsve charged you 80 much" ..
Mus tue nsgotattGs ended paid about twice what
the boat worth WI the darby was satsssd ana no
was l. Half nour later was noahng DOWN tbs
Wazhita The English sarrser who in his little CANOE
the Rob Roy ncaed down the leading river of sh5 Od
World and wrotoa book ahout It, had his oBjnynen6
and discomhtares 'foug dEnwp out" Nine were more
Concentrated The dislancei Ii thirty miles and the
about three miles hour at ts present stage
OF water miles below fhe town. 10 what Is called
Rock shaals my craft came very near fsuniering.
had TO get and pui her the rocks add IN JAY
day u was no agreeable pulling Several times had 10
through this agreeable Intarude. At auch times.
with fec. and clothes vet INDUCED language not 70
le found in the poets, 10 Dante's 'lnerno"
IL is not to'be wondered a. Such 'smovng accidents by
food movec A. other times as my boat rolled
a,0pg the swift whr OF the cddylpg and
now eded over waters as unrrlod M an IN nm,
as now hugged the shadows OF the shore and looked
upon the unrokcn solitude OF the points disturb I'd only
by the singing Of birds and occasional wh,nrgo at q
In ~
was nearly when started on my Journey, ara tho
and rising moon took Their places 10 the cieax
evening sky could not heiirbnt feel
II there be elysiun EARTH.
NJ, pen portrature will do justice to the scene. The
onpg thing drsak deeply OF the poetry, and by
pruvidentisi admxture o. ihe real with the ideal keep
slagp eye time some good stopping place
for the ncni. Soon found such place-a MIR TutiGs'
.weasy mites down the river. whose met most agree
ably l,rny and vas Hospitality entertained and rather
unusual circumstance 10 this country, without money
and without prce Nr Tufts fourn TO be good Union
man. Athougn having fought the rebel side during
tho war, most thoroughly reconstructed at present
vas uo betines in ih msrning. and shcrty after sun
rise might have been sean, "My bark DER The water
,eslookng cid darby, who said ho could earn
living ashng with it. and aen, hrs stopping 20 break.
wo and regularly lad out, with four churches abous
dozen stores, sone very tasteful dwellings,, and streets
we'll shaded. There Is one newspaper published here
the Arkadepbia Couriers very emphatic conservative
shec. There is prevailing epahy on politics. though
learned the aspect Of political affairs is about the
Arkadsphig here. via Rockp0r7 and Princeton. There
were passengers aud rained most OF The time,
and the ride gloomy and wearlsome enough All
tho wav the scenery about alike alterations OF
pine forests and oak openings, and very little OF the
their hats when they pass q church, woud MOI y
bothered with removing their chapeaus but tnos0
OF the azlt school OF exquisite poetic sentiment I'VE
keep tho exoys and extensors OIL tier right arm ID To-
ereasng motion Finer aud larger OAKS are rasS 20 ="
mainly their not having been worked any since before
Tho war and good deed 70 tho sa, remaining rcmnanM
Though ,he Fourth OF july saw no indication OF ~
observance as holiday, except tho single firing 0!
toys at night at Princeon in front OF the hoee
or boarding house rather, which il only Is, although
charging maximum hotel prices, where stopped over
night; and this imagined to DO more in mocKsry tnso
from any genuine outburst OF pure patriotism Wearing
Camden the country shows growing improvements I
single field Of cotton containing three hundred ana
nr.y acres AMI looking in most promising condition.
Tas corn which there large quantities growing
also looks we'll and gives assurances OF an ahundans
soustimes when am writing the ''cacoeses scri1endi"
gets such hold OF that know not when TO stop
and hero am AZ not inlrequently compelled TO
dense the most Important points OF my letter IN CLOSING
paragraph on Camden will remark this much, that
am agreeaby disappointed in its appcarancs-more
than Northern find apt to be with the people,
witch ia devoted to stores and business and tho
residences. In the business part IL Is very duA
II. but ss y ee o q. oso .o
Of tho cottage style Of architecture and with
thor handsome portcos and capacious and well shades
lawns present mos, tasteful as vol as cosey and ns-
ing look The court house, Two story brick budings
stands lot without fence or trse, and altogether
with surroundings uninvitng ~ tho pyramids u
Egypt
population. They had outdoor meeting. Tho princt
pal feature address by Bishop Campbell, the
colorod divine OF Philadelphia II Is said that no gave
thom very sensible and practical address. Tho two
Ultra conservative rapers--the Consi usiona Eagle and
the Ucrdid-who prophescd trouble and oil that, are
wholly without the material for exciting paragraph.
rs the Whole affair passed on very quietly have Deee
stronger than here Elk Congressman Warren, who lives
here "a from reconstructon no SIX years
ago All the lead ng arc about the same. resi-
dent cot very aLt recently because his daughter
was introduced Union olcer. The reason OF this
feeling ia obvious The Union army has never been
victorious here When General steele made his advance
on the town, as Ia we'll KNOWN ne was repulsed, aao
went away much more hurriediy than he came.
With this letter close my letter writing In ArkansaA
II nearly four months since came TO tho stats.
this have travelled nearly every section %
and every class and phase OF It's people,
NV aim has beon facs"nothing extenunte %
aught set down malice" carne, every one does,
with preconceived notions ana preiudces OF which
were right aud wrong have trod to set myself
right ana TO write for right and the truth While
hayo been setting myself right the people have also
boon doing the same There Is great difference In pub
| lie Sentiment from what u was four months ago.
There growing Of Union n,sn; Uuonsm 10
getting tho domnancy; the people are becoming rapidly
and radically reconstructed Everywhers have mos
with Kind treatment OF course have had hard times,
but they incidental 10 travelling IN any country like
summer landscape, full CT lights and shadows, te
places Of toll and green resting places mapped Out "
clear and pa pablo outlines Ito all before the story OF
time before they fade from my memory.
And now for roras
The INDIANS.