, 1869-05-25

he new CIDER OF thlngA It8 effect Is alre4dy |
cen On ere1y hand, in IN carnt1t deatse to
Immigration, and . gradual bat per-
ep:blc stifIenlng up In the prices asfed for real
atste. In little Rock especially tatl feeling Ia
manifest to ali, and property is raptdJ on the rise
me general spirit Of Inquiry manifest throughout
he North tn regard to Ak1nRs, ~ evidenced ty
no nasa OF inqnhtpg iettrEs received and the
aorte4 Of prospecting tounsis In our midst. has
11ueh 10 do with this fe1J much Of tha Spirit o.
inquiry aeem1 to came from the rtawcas, aoa
not little, indeed, from enteIpTlstng citizens Of
Chicago, who. vcry Justly, seem to eonsidae taat
therr Is vast ntld Of enterprise heEe ready 10
their hand; that Wo nave roou for any number OF
cnlcaxo1 practical lumber dealers, With any aud
al Of their v1r,ous kinds OF machinery tot the COZ
yessIon of tAs native pine Of Our endleas foreat4
Into ue.ch4psable shapes and c1nUodlttea for
market It Ncrp impossible TO glur for lifetime, ID
certain. With rnilnouB Of Acre4 Of timber unsur-
passed II Michigan or Wisconsin, With feadyino
uAchluefJ In the STATE, IN immense home demand |
now and heavy Immigration certain to come,
rnerr we're certainly room for all So, too, with
sucn as would seek 1asm Of q rich land as tho |
world can produce, IN mild and Haluhraops cline
that can no where be cxce1let- With an exhaust
Tess supps OF Wild land 1t from 5oc to g. Fer acre,
and those partially or long improved farms ~ from
Is to lis. there can certainly bc NJ excuse for
want Of f3rM-
LTIL8 HULA
Little Rock, with It's EuI1uundtugs, Ia at present
tar more attractive than ever before. known -
the CITY Of Roses, FROM the delightful fragrance
with " wtIcn tho air Is constantly laden coming
from the perfect myziads OF flowers Of ercry hue
and description that meet the eye en- every sldc,
one can but conclude 1t appropriately named. On
eyef5 hand, too, one secs The narSa OF improve
p,cut tha. speaE for themselves Of the change
rapidly gotng on, that Is converting an old and
Ar1stocrzuc home Of The chivalry into ~ very
Yankee town As any IN the West From being
quiet, luxurious village Of some twents-l hun
d.rd souis 1t has rapidly increased since the war
TO hearty or quite ten thousand. At present there
are prphaby i've times as many buildings in pro-
cess Of erection rs ever Known 1t any one time
before OF these, nearly oil nEe being erected by
the NEWCOMERS, or "carpet-bsEgcrs," once 80
hated and der1ded- Various municipal Improve
meuts arc also manifest At the hands Of Repunll-
can Mayor and Board OF Aldermen. and already
talk Is hear among tho officials Of introducing the
famous Scolson pavement the coming fa1l OF
| COURSE The old foRies Rrowl about the taxes and
d-n the Radicals Il the cs1se, but, ueTettheleaa
the tnpIuT ements still 60 on.
Those, too, who groHt the most are found
| The least disposed to sell, nnding, as con-
| sequence CT the tn1ux Of carpetbasgess and
| their manifold improvements property rapidly 11!-
| yanc!Dg In value To much extent, z1ao, they arc
becoming Impressed with The spparent onwnri
march Of MpE7csa, and begin to beltcFc that under
the new order Of things. Little Rock destined To
| yet be one OF the noted CITIES Of the West How
ever the IutuEr may prove this 10 oe, certain It Is
slc Ia making rapid strides now.
! THE CRoEa~
| Cfops OF al kinds, and especially cotton, arr
Ter5 backward, indeed. For = long while we
haTe been having an almost interminabia season
OF rain, that has not only prevented the planting
Of very much Of the rica bolton land, ous has 70
,a11ic,1 thc growth Of All cspps which have been
pat In. Upon the cotton the etIect OF 50 much ran
has been moss seriouk Thxt which came at
thrifty and promising NOW loo1s stekiY, and. e
use Southern phrnse, has got the "sore sssn-
Unless the weather steadily changes Tor The better
the Stand Will aoon prove lousy. and eTen now il
il q nooted question whether It were not prefe7
! BILE to rrplAn. the entire crop to placing depend
ancc upon the present stand
! POLITICAL
Politically there IS little transplE1n8 hero worth,
| OF notc. The Democracy are atther hopelessl,
discouraged, or else, Ike old Alcawbef, a1'
"waittng for something to turu un." Upon III
political sca 1t all eEents, there Is sca7ce 1tpp
Of Democracy palpahle 70 view. Thai the resul
Of the Late campaign has, fur the present. At least
aiucst hopelesslJ demorzllzed the once Amos
| tmprf0pablc Democratic ranks In Af6znsas,
ev1dent TO ait Frum the load Of la1anY atsachet
to the party, through its ofgAnl1Ation Of ~ In
nensc banded association that, for the INT tim
In the history Of rhe civilized world, made murde
and Outrage an element os political power, tn
leade1a cannot escape. Of m things. they arc th
NOS, sensitive upon this potn1, and dare not e,el
sitennps defence. For the azst time In the hka
tory Of tic S,ate theJ literally crowded to Ii
i wall and apparently hare no policy theT ean 81
yocate, II, indeed they can be said to have part
itself. The Old 1ins Wings, 50 long acting VII.
the Democracy, arc apparently In Quaoda.5
uaTtcg L. the past been the adSe
| ca4es OF Tree schools and internal improve
ments, they ind the same principles 5ozuln
! the cardinal ones OF the Republican part,
While attracted. however, In spite OF themseives
thcr Old and insane pretudlces, euzenderod By II
| war, viii not - yet allow them 10 form coahto
T with 1hoee but yesterday recognized ~ Avuwe
| enemAeA There has been something of An cQol
made Of late by feH old wtze-pulers Of this ell
ment, IN conjunction with few sose~hcad Repu1
slcana who, being "to the manor bosn," ha1
: considerable Of their own prejudice sun on han
= against ca.res-bAggers, 10 enect the formation
new party Of "ConacrvAttve Republican, TYP
new paper has been started IN their lntere
0 callesi the LIBERAL the principal CHARACTERISTICS
.hxh seem tu be 70 endeavor 70 cEesse ! dsytsit
. between the Repon,tcAns and Radicals Z, n
: tire Cntuntsss, or "scxll1NaE4" and "caIps
, b&eEesk" So far, however, the enuEt seaEas Dc
tined u Erovc futile; the moro esrecassy - fru
+ TIC tact that, there being no elcotiou.here IN
;. August, 1s7a, 1t IL found im9oassnle to work
much Of q political exeteueuE- In the ue&nu q
Leo lne Republicans afr sheF S.a
n pnler To be tt,esnnl tmptuyenenta, scaoo4s =
c cnoour7semcns OF Immigration The school 9
Il tsso h atyeAdY N motion, AND the Stats suregi
tendent declareA II to be hts determination to hx
q fully nye huntre1 schools IN operation this Ied
Here . = practical argument IN fs1oF Of the
+ ptbte4Q pa1tJ that win do no little towards
G moving = good Aeal OF the prttudas formerly e
lx,.us@ The TIDE Of tnml ZEatlon,. to certain I
tent has ALREADY kct In xnd = beginning 10 ahf
II stg certain md inevitable fruits IN IN lneft2A
<. Republican Es1eugth. 1t u, however. hom
boildtnR q Internal Improvements that Tic faf3
Il Of the Republican par1 In Arkznsaa s to
o7 kcaranteed IN the future. Tnese 1rr already Il
ae tuE form N \ practical ahspe
RI | l4Il1oAps.
70 Though very mnch Of the vast eysten al =
he | roads Il contemplation, AID for whkh Sfstc
T. haa bsen sscareds = yus n TT forraency. "
tnrse duf1zQt ruadg, Ut leAgs- Msttefs Rase
II Ezned tangible sa1pe th1t ssnde1s. eek:a'n II
se ! cary completion. First Among these NAY
eu r1otet the Memphis Little Rock In aid Of
u construction ot thla r1ad State I'D xas guazsutl
co to the Amount Of &l0, $50 pe1 mite On ninety M
% Of road In anticipation Of the same, WORK
eu been gradually puahed westward from Aemp
towards the St Fraoch River. shoet time 81
at the bridge over sast s1cua wss hn1sl
Of snd the ron hncse began to Ta
IL port material 70 It's weSt*a-d b
Il, though aIudcres1 \ good deal By neaEy rams,
ne ! WORK Of trae1-lay1nK u nor proSfeasing II
N | yzse Of four miles PET Ntef Whla the grading
10 taisaed and ties upon the ground for tlteeu N
Il westward Of ne St FyaaciA At the present I
II Of specd bJ the LII Of July the road viii be x
rae,xd 10 point M1ty u!lea westward from NJ
IT, ph:1 Thetc viii .neo oe oas talzt! miles Of
,r. | be1teen taat po.nt and Duvanx Bsun, fl
whS-h p)Aee tn tie Rcrr thf f1rsu UAA In on