Year: 1859

The town of West Points ituated on the west bank of Little Red River, in the county of White, and State of Arkansas, is rapidly

 becoming the great center of commerce and nter-communication between the North western and Eastern counties, in Arkansas.

 It's commanding location as great shipping point, and beautiful situation on high and elevated bluff, far above high-water mark, gives it a position of commanding influence,

 and in short time should our trade increase

 as 1t has for the last few months, no town in

 Arkansas can boast of being our superior. This bluff was selected as late as the year | 1851, as suitable position for a commercial and mercantile point, by J. M. West. gentle man of great enterprise and worth. Being from twenty to thirty feet above the higest flood, it is never exposed to innundations, and river, which is navigable to this point at all seasons of the year by steamers of lage tom age. -ss.e.% ss 4sr7T The scenery from the town is quite pictur- | esque, large bodies of aluvial land of the first character, presents itself to the east of the town extending as far as White river, in the rear the finest uplands, which are now com mandng heavy prices from cotton planters.

 The traveller in casting his eye up Little Red, water view is obtained of several miles, varied and interrupted by the finest scenery the imagination can possibly depict. Upon directing the eye down, the scenery is equally beautiful.

 The streets are wide and spacious, and together with a number of alleys, afford fresh and abundant circulation of air. There Is donated by the owner or proprietor between the front lots and the river, vacant land reserv- ed as promenade, which contributes much to the health and comfort of the town as we'll as ornament.

 The town of West Point, is largely indebt to MT. B. K. Rogers, for it's present prosperity, who has large capital invested in the grocery business, and sells to his customers at Mem phis prices, he also does a large forwarding and commission business. He is, strictly speaking, business man, and conduces inn mensely to the interest of the town in which he has cast his lot. Our mercantile men are also doing their part, as the dry goods trade is becoming of greater importance every year. It is pleasing to know that our mercantile houses have done large and more lucrative buisness the past year than ever before, and their business daily increasing. Many of our merchants have gone east for the purpose of buying goods and will soon be back with large and heavy stocks for the fall trade.

 A number of magnificent buildings have gone up lately, and some elegant ones others are in construction, and the ring of the trowel and hammer is heard on every hand, singing the song of onward march, prosperity and en- terprise, and forwarding glorious future for West Point.

 The townbcouncil have at last consented to the erection of free drinking hydrants and are about to make the necessary appropriations for the same; the fact that water will be available convenient distances in our public streets, for slakeing the intolerable thirst brought about by walking through the warm streets in summer, is one for temperate indi- yiduals to reloice over. RED RIVER.