The Van Buren press., 1875-09-21
An Arkansas Traveller,

We eextract from the Memphis Appeal of
the 10TH the following letter, published in
that paper sy Prof foaAg, who needs no in
PRODUCTION, at our hands, to the people ofVan
Buren,. This letter is written on the steam
er Rosa Nj Milrr, September 18th. just before
reaching Memphis:
The crops are universally good
The overflow has simply destroyed a few |
rovs Of cotton or corn on the immediate
eanks-not enough to make the renter COM
plain. Every one that we talked with con- |
gFatulated himself upon the prospect and the
probability Of his being abundAntly able to
pay of the debts contracted last year BY the |
entire failure that universally prevailed We
are indebted to Ool. George L. W hite. OF Van
Buren,, one Of the most courteoul of gentle
men, aad real live agent. who seems to
thoroughly understaH the Interests OF the
public and those Win employ him, for sug-
gesting to lis the propiiety OF our taking the
river route in preference to the stage to
Osark and the ears from thence downwartls.
We are also, perhaps, indebted to Col. White
for much Of the attention we received on board
the Maumelle. Although introduced or not
introduced, invalid or not we believe We
would find no attention wanting ga the part of
officers or attachees to make the passage a
| pleasant one from ACTIN Captain Conrad to
/ Steward King We shall feel a special indebt-
/
"inyaid's jettlnsS.a let me Tor moment al =
/ lude to the old Steamboat way of travelling Il.
a restorative, and the only trus way, when
| possible. for an invalid to travel Ii truly an
invalid, of course time does not count unless
PEI a., 4 The coY6cis' e,eE o. u t..c
passenger who came on board the evening
before We reached Little Rock. She lived
few miles above. and was placed on board by
loving husband. and several kind friends
going, as welearned. home to his mother"
tsspend short time-durng one of those in
teresting times that viii occasionally happen
to most all married ladies. The evenin. pass
ed pleasantly-the boat tied upat woodward
We were about to fall of in a quiet slumber
when tap at our stAte-room door, with the
inquiry, p" Ii We were = doctor" aroused us
There was no doctor on board; there was
none within three miles round. There were
metherlv ladies present however. and before
ten o'clock the voice oflhs additional passen-
ger was heard ringing louc and long. wirh
most stestorian lungs. "All was well,n and
the mother assured us that there WAS Qua
more democrat Tor the state of Arkansas
at Little Rock. We wsre too weak to 90 up
town, and willis awaiting tho arrival of the
boat to which wesxpected to he transferred,
the MAufmelle ran up to the cars to transfer
ths cotton and other freight brought down
for st. Louis. In passing up through the
draw OF tbs beautiful bridge that spans the
appearance of several modern Washingtoni-
an. or what might. in old times, have been
designated Fifth Avenue DIV elinys Upon
inquiry NO were informed that they were
known "Robber's Row" This needed fur
ther explanation, which summed up. amount
ed to absut this. The larger and better one,
with the n,ansard roof, the gothic stables OBJ
ssrvstories, greenhouses, etc, belonged to a
person. who, feeling deep sympathy for the
losses Arkansas had sustained both in prop
erty ana great men. consented, IN the absence
OF other intellectual and political capacity, Uo
come down and act as governor over the dis.
tressed state until some other could be found
The other. We are given to understand. was
found, and this selt-sacriicing individual left
for some other field to exercise his christian
and humanitarian Efforts The other palaces,
OF their builders, were indis idualy pointed
out and named. but are not of Importance
Sulhcient to remark, the vacancy in their oc :
, eupancy grew out Of the novel want of busi
ness-like consideration. They had run down
hastily to see til. country. bringing nothing
with them but their soied linen in very pour
carpet-e bags They were pleased with the
prospect. Things laid around loose Labor
could be secured on promises. They built
their mansions. pre.nming upon political
sources Of supply. Their political schemes
failed; their resources did not panout. They
were compelled to leave, and although Little
Rock may have been somewhat ornamented
by their presence and their pronigacy, Ark
, 2nsas Will not recover from the wounds they
inflicted until lsng after these towering dwell
lings shall have become worm eaten dust and
their bricks returned to original clay. We
were transferred to the steamer Rosa Miller.
at about lOo'clock in the evening, and she
soon started on her return trip down the riv-
! er. She is new boat, the pet of her owner,
captain Woodbnrn. who built her expressly
for this trade. and she is in every respect
suited to the Arkansas river. well -otlicered.
with her owner as master. aud Thomas J.
Darragh, of Pittsburg, as clerk. Everything
works admirably. the captain being at home
either on deck or in the ladies' cabin We
trust that our friends in Fort Saith and Van
Buren, will be satisfied with thi. report of our
getting along" for, be il remembered we
were 80 weak =. to he carried on board at
Van Buren, now strong enough to walk.