Year: 1859

Much has been written, at various times. oi the boundless wealth of Arkansas, yet very few, that we have noticed, have placed a proper estimate upon the keystone of our rlches. It Is true that our noble State ig blessed with millions of acres of fland, which for lts rechness and great depth of soil, we may safely challenge the world to surpass. or even equal; we have coal in a profusion which when set forth in members saems to border on the marvellous; lead ore lies in heavy leads" throughout the whole nortb ern region. and iron ma, be found 10 large degree in many of our northern and west en counties. All these great elements of wealth the Creator has given ug with an mn stinted hand But better than all ha bss placed upon these treasures d people who have the energy and will to develon them. From one end of our State to the other do we hear the most gratifying accounts ofth manner in which our people, as a mass. a,e bending down to the task of relieving tbep- selves from the great load of indebtedness which the succession of bad crops for the past three years, has fastened upon them. Nature has once more given us one of her sweetest smiles of encouragement, and we are improving our talents" according AS they are given unto us On every side is this determination to do well, in pecunia- " sense, to be seen Men, women and children, early and late, are to be seen in our fields, contributing their efforts to pro- duce that which Is the base of all our com merclal transactions, q surplus of agricul- tural commodities. And 50 far, success seems to be crowding their works, and when the " sere and yellow leaf" shall be falling from the forests, an approving community must yield our farmers their full need of praise, and cxclaim, "well done thou good and flithful servant"

 The wealth of California were useless did not strong arms and brave hearts venture forth to develop those hidden mines of trea sure. So too, with us, the exhaustless riches we have spread around us were but naught did not our people, by the sweat ot their brow" render them available It IS this perseyering effort, this unceasing determination to do, that will give our State lasting reputation at home and abroad. It was this spirit which made the revulsion of 1857 pass so lightly, compara- lively speaking, over the banner State It

 is this determination to labor, that will give stability to our State bonds and bring forth from our sister States the homage of respect that such acts always gain.

 Another year like the present, and the resident of Arkansas who shall raise the cry of |" hard times" will be viewed with suspicion, and ranked as a rogue or as one too ndoient to make a decent suppot, though surrounded by all the wealth of Aladdin's cave

 The profit of this labor will not, either, consist alone in the increased amount of produce raised, but the renewed confidence inspired will work a speedy change in our monetary affairs, and the price of lands and of every other species ofproperty will prove an element of wealth as potent as the philo- sopher's stone, and it's good results having been once experienced, we feel an abiding confidence that no backward steps will De l-an