d larger population than any other county in the Territory; and 1t is an admitted fact, that the soil is peculiarly adapted to the growth of cotton. The climate, from the circumstance of the country being perfect ly level for many miles around, IS much more mild than If Is higher up the river, where the country is hiily and broken. Corn and small grain of all kinds produce exceedingly well, and the fruit trees have never been known to miss bearing. It Will tor half q century to come, be the best stock country, west of the Mississippi, and such IS its extent, that it can hardly be in- Jured for many yeaus. The woods are O. pen, and the grass and pea vine, so fine for stock, IS so luxurIant, as to conceal man and horse, at the distance of few wards

 have not mentioned the bottoms bor- dering upon the rivers. They are very rich and extensive, and in great mea- sure unsettled. In all other parts of the Territory, the lands lying immediately upon the streams are most sought after, and deemed the most valuable: in Jackson # IS reversed, the inila abitants prefer the high lands because they are equally rich, more easily cleared, and adjacent to the springs. Heretofore, that portion of the county only, lying on the north side of White River has been spoken of. It should not be forgotten, that it includes a consid- erable tract of country on the south side, watered by Little Red Rt9er and its tribu- iaries, extending within short distance ot the road leading from Ratesvil1e to Lit tie Rock. This little stream is naVigable In ats whole extent through the country,