Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
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For the HERALD
MONROE, La, Aug. %, 20.
EDITOR HERALD: On his round
to the Ear West your correspondent
passed through Monroe and If "all
the rest of mankind were as igno.
rant of this classic region as your
correspondent has previously been,
"all the rest of mankind" would
have been as surprised as your cor
respondent was upon this his first
visit. To say it is a charming coun-
ty is easily said; to describe it,
however, is altogether a "gray horse
of another color" The lands are
unsurpassed in fertility the water
and growth the finest in the world /;
the plantations highly improved
and in good order; all sorts Of
crops in abundance cotton, corn,
fruit, vegetables, etc, ETC., adj inf.
nitum; the people kind and hospi-
table the negro at work, and bet
ter than all, Monsieur u la carpet
bag very scarce.
Only seventy-two and q half
miles from your "terraced city" as
that man once so pure and unsul-
lied, because he loved the constitu-
ton, Mr.. Fillmore, once called the
city Of Vicksburg (once 50 pure be-
cause he did love the constitution,
and only now inspired in the eyes
Of radicalism) ; after this little de-
Walton from a plumb line, permit
me humbly to say again, only sew
enty-twO and a half miles from
Vicksburg lies the city of Monroe,
nesting beneath the shadowy live
oak, a beautiful little town, upon
the banks of the Ouchita river;
aud a beautiful river that is too,
nearly twice the width of the va
ZOO, clear, cool, with high banks,
covered with highly improved plan
tations, Astounding with trout, bar
fish, white fish, etc.
So, speaking of fish reminds me
of what | intended to say, and that
is, the population of Monroe is
nearly 1000, with a pOpulOus coun-
try all around il. And yet it is
manifest that there,are not seventy
two and half Of your good people
who ever think Ofthe fact, that this
rich region should be made trib-
utary TO Vicksburg. This can
be done, and ought to be DONE
And whilst your board OF health, or
board OF commercef, trade, or what
ever else you choose to call it, are
talking about giving q piano, or a
set of silver to 81. Louis boats nam
cd after your town, our ST. Louis
friends are quietly bringing Mon
roe, Trenton, Ouachita City, Delhi,
Rayville, &c, &c, next door to ST.
Louisl You and they see these
packets landing at Delta, and yet
what is being done for your own
trade?
Your excellent Ono libel herc)
Board of Mayor and Aldermen, in
stead of living on-not green turtle
but a green people, and instead
of issuing 100000 bonds, and grad
ing down poor old Cherry street,
and leaving the Methodist church
almost inaccessible, and n good
many good citizens nearer to the
clouds than they are now, would
render the State some service BY
wise legislation looking to the
building up Of your trade with the
West. For here is a region naturally
tributary to your hills, full of PEG.
pie, soil, wine, and honey" soon
destined TO be what town people
think better Of still, full OF money
On the line of the North Louisiana.
Railroad lie some olthe finest lands
in the world, and are now cheap
and easily improved, soon to be
worth tens where they are worth
one dollar now. Gentlemen who
are labOring upon poor land are
speculating for gold dust in sand,
whilst on these lands ii can be gath
cred by the pound.
And Monroe has its hotels too;
three tirst.rate ones. Your cores.
pondent put up at the Lewis
and the good things suffered but
fried chickens, slewed chicken,
chicken pie, fine beet, fat mutton,
NC, &c, were too much for us, in
fact inexhaustable, and it was no
use to try a run on the house, for
can feed q regiment. And
such butter and such milk!
Swords, the little man of your
paper was there, ask him. He be- {
under the circumstances, as
veil as o poor printer could or !
be expected to do, with
nch an abundant supply of good I
n bis reach.
Your correspondent has confined
Iimself, In bis usual delicious style. ,
0 but one thing IL this letter, but !
mis- return from Texas may be q /
more dIfhnse. p. At. I
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