The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-15
pleased with the country and the

pleased with the country and the
city. After chat over old times,
and a good dinner, ride to the
cotton plantations and over the city
was next proposed. Above the city,
on the Arkansas, we saw cotton six
and seven feet high, and heard ex-
planned the process of growing,
ripening, picking, sc. 1t was a
sight of much interest to us. Re-
turning, Werode over the city, view
ing its beautiful residences, its we'll
built business streets, and points of
Interest. The State house stands on
the bank of the river in a grove of
noble shade trees. 1t is rather an
old fashioned looking building, and
is relic of the sold Arkansas" AS
we saw Little Rock, we thought it
one of the cleanesf, shadiest and
handsomest towns in all our travels.
The residences are built with q
special view to securing the south
ern breeze, and wide halls and
pOrches were the prevailing style.
There were many more modern
buildings. Above town on the Ar
kansas, stands several residences,
which, for size and elegance, cannot
be excelled anywhere. Among
these are the residences of Senators
Clayton, Dorsey, and others. This
city contains population of 10000.
1t has mostly been built since the
war, having only 5000 population
previous to that time. Its prospects
arc most encouraging. What it
wants now, more than anything else,
is large manufacturing establish
ments, and these it will have at no
distant day, because it has all that
nature can give to make it manu-
featuring town. There is compare
lively little now in this line, prob
ably on account of the luck of home
capital and enterprise and from the
heretofore unsettled condition of
politics. Its business streets are as
well built as those of any other city
of its size we were ever in. The
town, Xix the State, is just awaken
ing from its long sleep of so-called
chivalric Incidence and violence,
and is beginning to breathe a newer
aud fresher..air, and to reach out for
new and prosperous life. The
people begin to realize something oil
the destiny within their grasp and
have broken the shell OF seliishness
aud folly which has so long held
back almost every portion OF the
south. They begin To realiz,, that
they cannot live without meeting
with and invoking the aid of their
fellow mer, irrespective of political
smiles upon blue hellicd Yankee,
and invite him TO come there and
live. Little Rock has taken "neW
departure" and we shall be some.
what mistaken if within the mex
decade her population does not &C
up from fifty TO seveuty-five Ihous.
and in number. If she does not, the
fault will lie at her own door. The
public buildings pointed out were
the capitol, Governor Garland's spa
eious residence, the penitentiary
near the city, St. Johns college
OWNED by the Masonic fraternity
and we'll conducted, and the Insane
Asylum. For the benefit of Kan
sans we will say that the state peni
Tertiary is so conducted as not t.
cost the state cent. In this partic
ular Arkansas is to be envied by
K Insas. THE BANQUET
AT Concordia Hal, in the evening
the editors were given a banquet.
This we did not attend, preferrine
to enjoy the short time allotted III
in this city to interviewing oul
friend FArgupor about Arkansa!
and talking over old times. 1h'
banquet was a splendid affair in al
particulars. After feasting to thei
hearts content, the editors wer,
GRATED to by citizens, and many o
them made good replies. The "Iiol
and the lamb" have laid down il
Little Rock, and there was a genera
and good natured mixing of Repub
cans and Democrats on this occasion
as on all others throughout the trip
The ex-soldiers on both sides seen
to have forgotten their old animosi
} ties, and Senator Powell Clayton
} and ex-rebel General Churchill bot
at this entertainment. Even tn
Baxter Brooks trouble is almost for
gotten. The points of interest il
this struggle were shown. only afte
: being inquired for and the impress
sion Ae got from all quarters wa
! that there had been general wipin
out from the State, aud determin
: alton on the part of all to devot
egerY effort to reforming the follie
of the past, and 10 unite I'm effort
T for the upbuilding of the interest
OF the State.
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