The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-12
o.. JASPER LETTER.
LITTLE Rock, Feb. $. Isl,

never been here or taken the trouble 10
md out their error: II they were asked
to draw picture OF how the average Lit
tie Rocker looks. they would describe n
slx.foot desperate, bearded and dirty.
with two or three revolvers in his belt
and the traditional Arkansas tooth-pick
In his hand. ready to carve any one who
disagrees with him. and who swaggers
and talks bad gramner. Nothing conld
D. further from the truth; instead ot n
frontier town it Is nova
WELL Built CITY.
containing twenty thousand iuhabitaul, I:
il IL lighted by gas, with one street laid
for Q mile and half with Nicholson
pavement and the others with macadam.
with al excellent system of sewerage, so
that mud is thing scarcely ever seen on
the strcots. II is situated on high blun,
and commands an extensive and bcaa,i-
full view Of the Arkansas river. which IL
na,igable nearly the year round. It is
called by the residents the
''CIry o. RosEs.f
aud well does II deserve the name al
most every lady has her conservatory
filed with rare cNolics rs well rs the
finest specimens of our native fora they
take great pride in them, and in May.
and indeed, during the whole summer.
the yards with which all the finer resi-
dences are surrounded, present a magnih-
cent appearance, filled rs they are with
large varieties Of cactus and other semi
tropical plants. 4 movement is on foot
to have an annual
FLOWER SHOW.
and know of no place where il could be-
done so successfully. The city en-
deavors TO maintain its old reputation as
a last town, in that everybody rides in
hacks, of which there are about dozen
on the stand all the time. II you think
Of escortlng lady friend to the thcater
or patty you want to drive up to her
house In your carriage or ten to one you
will have your walk for nothing; no
difference how short the distance. it must
be done In carriage. lou pick up the
Gazette the morning after party. and
glancing at the society news. which al.
ways occupies prominent place in its
columns; you are surprised at the num-
Der Of military men who were present
and ask how many regiments are quar-
tered In town; you are answered two
companies, and then you find ont that
most OF them are titles conferred OH their
wearers during the Brooks Baxter flasco
when the contending governors
GROUND OUT COMMISSIONS
by tho bushel rs 1t were. Every gentle
man sports military title according 10
his social standing. II there should be
another war will guarantee to officer
from this town alone all the troops raised
and do 1t too without creatip: any new
titles. This is the State Capitol and is to
the State what Paris Is to France; or as
Partisan would put it, Little Rock is
Arkansas" Here all the strings are
pulled that work the political puppets
and the intelligent voters in the OUTLYING
provinces only meet OH election days and
ratiiy the acts of the schcmers at the |
Capital unconsciously, it may be, and in |
the full belief that they are exercising the
"noblest prerogativc, etc. The lcgis-
Ialu-c has adjourned, while the senate is
composed Of Is digniied and intelligent
inen a. any State could show. The house
Is made up OF motley.
NOR OF Moss.BACK>
that defy any State TO match. Many OF
the members still cling to the shawls
which went out Of style with you some
twenty years ago, and in that way we
could nearly always recognize the provin.
cial statesmen. The shawls served IA q |
distinguishing badge, sort OF toga, like
that worn by the senators of Rome.
They also resemble the old Romans in |
the sacrifices they made for their coun-
try's cause. Many OF them camped in
the halls OF the State House during the
entire session, subsisting on crackers and
bacon, which they cooked over the Goals
in the Are place. There was also sprink-
Hug of
THE COLOgED ELEMENT
III me House, one OF whom aspired to the
'peakership; he was, perhaps, the best
qualified for the position, being .radu-
ate OF Obcrlin tOhio) college. and well
up in parliamentary law, but his color
was against him, During the session, |
was one day in the gallery and saw one
OF the colored representatives busily en-
gagged with pen and paper, aud looking
down upon the sheet from my perch,
saw, not as expccted--some profound
resolution or solemn protest against an
Invasion Of the rights OF the people-but
"a capital Is around which he was making
small dots; II was highly ornamental
piece OF work, and would have done
credit 10 five year old boy. There Is
the biggest Kind OF an opening here Tor
ali kinds OF
WOOD wohhING MAcuiSEnY,
the larger portion OF the state b,inp. GOV.
cred with forests Of oak, bois dare, gum
and walnut, and yet every thing they use |
in The way Of wood. from an AK handle
TO wagon, comes from the North.
Situated as 1t Is, near the center Of the
State, with rail and river communication
to all the older Southern States, az well
as Texas, and within eighty miles, by
rail and river, Of an lnexhaustible sup
ply OF coal, (Which is almost equal to the