Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-06
WALNUT BEND.
The CrOps-A Good PrOspeCt-Whst the
Planters Think and Know about II.
The Good Women-Their Charities and Mis-.
s~ion-Places and Placemen-
Salaries-Beauties.

From an Occasional Correspondent
WALNUT BEND, ARK, October 8
1S7L-Thep prospect here is as promis
ing as most other sections can show
1 suppose. The fault, however, is in
the season, and not the labor system
or cultivation, as the planters here are
celebrated for their proficiency and
success, and the freedmen are as dill.
gent and cOntented as anywhere else.
The soil, too, is as good as the Missis-
sippi bottom contains, and yields over
a bale per acre in favorable seasons;
and the name Walnut Bend " itself
implies high land and not liable to
overflow, since the walnut growth, of
which the bend is full, cannot exist
where its roots are covered with water
any number of times. Whenever YOU
or your land-hunters find walnut in
the swamp, there you can drive your
pegs, and safely say to the great
Father Of Waters, "Thus far shalt
thou 60; but here shalt thy proud
waves be stayed.n This much, then.
is certain for the bend.
Still, l think l have seen a little
better cotton district, and a title bet
ter crops this season. Yet the plan
tiers here contend they have the safest
cotton country, taken for a series of
years, to be found in the South.
Though this is true to a certain extent.
in all respects it cannot be admitted.
Certain ii is that the much-dreaded
army worm does not affiict this coun-
try so much, as it Is too Jar up before
they can reach it to do much mischief.
This is a considerable advantage, no
doubt. Then, the crops here are not
so liable 10 injuries from drought and
the rigOrs OF extreme wet and dry sea-
sons. Yet, planting here is neces-
delayed later in the spring than
it ought to be, and there is danger of
too premature autumns. 1t has been
enough for jack frost here al
They compensate these disadvan-
tages, though, with the above consid-
erations, and I will not attempt 10
1epreciate this unexceptionabie coun-
any further. lt is good enough,
and the natives know it, and believe
hey have the best land a crow ever
lew over, or a cotton seed ever
iprouted in. One thing is certain,
hey Can knock Illinois for corn, and
/ sack OF grain never ought to be |
brought here. This gives them fat
itOck, fat pigs, fat cribs, and fat pock-
Us, and added to their other facilities
II stock raising, which are of the best
description, ought 10 yield all the
neat and cattle they require, and
make them entirely independent of
be West. Their corn is good this
cotton, though, not 80 good, !
suffered with the balance of T,
be country. The yield will be some !
hing over half bale per acre on an ,
verage. And the planters say they ;
twenty cents or more. They
7in get it after awhile.
OF all matters of interest though,
nat attract a stranger here, the ladies
Zert the most fascinating influence.
hey have the most Walnut-Be n 4
avs you " saw, and beat the Gree
bend all hollow, and give it, too,
the game.
The best thing the ladies like here.
to have churches, Sunday and day
hools and Bible classes. This is the F
st and finest gem in their character.
feast richer than all Others, Gnd be- is
md all price. They engage the o.
)ung men in Christian and charitable 3
of all kinds; they make Sunday u
hool scholars out OF them, and set "
for them to study at home and II
the field give them Bibles and hymn in
oks, and bring them TO church, and W
axe them come inside and take pr
W and sing "I want to be an angel" "
make them devote their tOurna- os
ents and sports to the uses of bene- ~
lence and the church fund; and the of
urch, Nh. Editor, stands on the all
CHEST land in all this high Walnut be
nd, and is the first thing you see Ike
you get OF a steamboat or ride an
{ anywhere. The girls here would .
Ike the 'heathsn Chinee" a Chris a.,
n, let alone these barbarians at M
me. The only danger is they will da
N get all the domestic ones safe, vi
1 then want TO enter the for do
missionary service. These fel. IN
rs here don't know what blessed w
gels they have in their midst. an,
Iwever, they don't neglect them ; ne
much, they don't. They worship vol
m sright smart.1 SUI
lh, womanI Be this ever thy no sn'
81 mission-to civilize man. He lon
Is to learn alone of thee, and il at rsT
les You make him forget almost all Che