Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-14
ARKANSAS,
Tho Hot Springs The Claimants and
she Government ReceIver-Prairie
Sc Elements PrOsperOus-TtI.
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From sn accssSaal Correspondent OF the

From az ''ccsseaal Correspondent Of the
| Appeal
DEWIrr, AK, July LEFT Hot
Springs . few days ago. United States
| K sceiver Morgan had just issued his Cir
| cular calling upon the settlers to come
| forward and take leases on the grounds
and houses they were occupying at the
| same general rate previously paid to old
claimants. The feeling on the part OF
| the people wa 8 kind of hopeless help
| lessness, mixed with the idea Of oppree-
| sion aud injustice, and some Of the best
citizens were in considerable uneasiness
lest reckless ones Ghould burn their own
buildings TO prevent the government
from deriving rents ind profits from
houses that their own hands had crested.
There seemed to be far less objection to
paying rent for the grounds than for the
buildings which they themselves had
erected thereon, and in many cases had
invested their all therein. Congress
will probably afford them relief some
time, and for the present every interest
indicates that they should accept the
inevitable. / had an interview with
Mr.. Morgan, the receiver. he lie very
pleasant man, and expressed the de-
termination not to crowd CT Cypress the
people. He expec ed that the iDstruc.
tons Of the court OF claims as given to
him would be- cheeffdiiy complied With
by the settlers. The crops Of cotton and
corn all the way down 20 this place are
very good, though the ground is getting
very dry In this country. We had fine
rains IN the region OF the Springs.
Walsh, charged with the killing Of J.
G. Hale, grandson OF the late Mr.. Hale,
one OF the original claimants
10 the Hot Springs, was having q hear
ing In Little Rock on petition for bail.
Walsh was building on part of the Hale
claim, and Hale iRterfered and was shot.
There is too much shooting everywhere.
Great improvem snts are going on IN the
prairie country along the line OF the
Memphis and Little Il rex railroad. Ln-
nOke Is one of the most active little
towns in the State, while Carlisle, from
q few buildings and small, has grown
into hands, ms vi lsge, surrounded by
some fine fsIms, opened up out of the
prairie that people mad heretofore said
could not be cultivated. Why can't
these prairies b. cultivated as well as
those Of the north and west? They are
doing 1t, and profitably. I came down
White river on Captain Milt Harry's
comfortable and rapid little steamer
Ruth. He has the monopoly Of the
White river trade, and does not Cypress
the people-hsve travelled with him oc.
cssionslIy during four yesrs, and never
saw or heard anything unpleasant on
one of his boats. Perhaps young men
ought to be more Pleasant in business
than old ones, for the constantly seeu-
mulating ills of life have not driven the
sunshine from the soul, and
they can be cheerful and genial,
as is the case with Milt Harry.
The region whence this is written Is i'm
proving rapidly. De Witt has now a
new steam grist and saw-mill, and hum
dreds of acres Of prairie land are coming
into cultivation around town. This
county needs railroad somewhere to
connect this great and flourishing sgri-
cultural and stock raising region with
the world. Settlements are being made
sll over this country, mostly by families
from the north and east. Men Of means
sre opening stores, and the settlement
on the prairie, twelve or fifteen miles
northwest of here, takes the important
name Of Angelica City. Politics are
pretty much all one way. The people,
white and black, appear to be contented.
The State can hardly fail to go for Til
den and Hendricks by very large ma
jority. PAUL BAGLEY.