Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-07
Our "Arkansas Traveller

ALL L0ANA ~ VI 4HE VMFAhh-LEEIs
HANDED COMPLIMENTS FROM TIE To-
CAL PAPERs-THE DOCTORS AGAIN
ELENESTs OF PROSPERITY.
BOT SPRINGS, ARK May %, 1873.
Editor Vicksburg Herald:
II may uphold the courage of some
Of your readers, and enable them 10
peruse this letter BY knowing II is 10 be
the last n from this place.
There was quite an excitement here
over the discovery of Rme quartz
lodges In the adjoining county some
twenty miles distant. There are on ex.
hibition at various places q few fair
specimens Of ore.bearing coarse galens,
but they have very suspicious appear.
ance Of having been transported from
Colorado. The usual methods have
been re.orttd TO In order TO create A
big furore, In which the papers at fret
Joined, and al one time appearances In.
Dictated that this State was to become
famous for its silver.producing mines.
Land went up in the neighborhood 10
big igures,an every one in the favored
region was soon TO become immensely
rich. "O!d miners" became objects of
interest, and their opinions, especially
ii they predicted a fat strike, were re.
ceived as gospel. But the fever has
cooled of some, and Ia'er reports are
10 the effect that they have shafts down
so and so, and while they have found
nothing very encouraging they fully
expect to do so before very long. In
one mine they have already struck
water and have found no silver. Ny
guess Is the whole thing will prove to
be an ignis fatuus to be given up in
the end as a Lumbug.
There Is no game in the woods ada
cent. The chief product in the way OF
animal life is ticks, centipedes and
tarantulas. The last two are quite an
article Of commodity, being bought
up by visitors and carried home in al
cohol as curiosities. A very large part
OF the beef used here comes from ST..
Louis. Issw a very handsome drove
the other day that were being driven
through town, on exhibition, by the
butcher who had purchased them.
had expected the surrounding country
would furnish the market here with
beef, bat such is not the case and not
10 be. Fish are comparatively
aud high here. | saw them sell.
ing Old fIt.hesded mud cats for ten
cents a pound, aud no deduction for
the head or other surplus. Shad are
now and then brought to the market /;
been caught 10 the Ouachita,
about even miles from this rlace.
When We were having the Sunh jwer
with this vari ety, many
doubts were expressed as to whether
they wOul return so tsr from The sea
after having gone down there The
TACT OF their having been taken up here
effectually settles that question,
and makes me feel prouder over the
achievement OF the MaroOners
than ever. | have seer some magnif.
cent bass-four and five pounders-but
have not yet had a trial at them myself.
| think | will inveigle some one into
with me over to the OuaChita be-
fore my return home.
AS | wrote you before, the burnt dis
Irict is rapidly being rebuilt except that
part which lies within the new reserva-
ion as fixed by the recent Commission.
srs. The question OF titles has not
been settled, which fact will account
for the aimsy houses now being erect.
ed. Nothing can be done till further
Legislation by Congress, the term of the
under the original Act
expired before the completion
Of their work, It is q great pity for
The people aud the place. l feel sure If
titles to the lands here could have been
put upon asound basis there would soon
have been aaourishing and pretty little
city here unless, indeed, on account
Of the corruption of the army Of doc.
tors, the place should have been smitten
as were Sodom and Gomorrah OF old.
Perhaps for generations to come, IN
less, In the meantime, discoveries shall
be made for efecting cures In 40 easier
way, invalids will come here by the
Thousands annually, seeking relief from
disease. Better houses, tiaGr stores
aud handsomer appearances will at.
tract many visitors not materially af.
aud such things will spring up
when people a be sure they won't be
building on the property of others.
There are visitors here at almost any
time from every State In the Union,
from the territories, the Cauadas and
from Europe. 10 the little party at the
house where | board, We have repre-.
sontatives from Maine, Texas, Missis.
sippi, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North
Georgia, Missouri and Lou.
.siana. II takes about half q day 10 be.
come acquainted ell round, aud on
he third day If you do not
,All your fellow. boarders by their
given names you are not considered as
'ociable as you might be. We have
,ue man In the house who snores ill
he buildings quivers like the strings OF
bass fiddle which are being worked
the proverbial bald head a mas
who, though in no great agony, groan,
u bis sleep as though be was on the
liSsectiDg table In the full possession
VI all his faculties while the medical
paternity here we're dismembering
lin BY chopping of every limb In their
most bungling way a nan who grits
lis teeth, in slumber. a. IL continually