coming to visit Our country, however res pectable, ought to be very cautious of aceu- stations against the inhabitants of our from tier settlements However runcultivated) in I any way disparaging to their characters l who, if they conld read, have no opportu- nity to contradict assertions made in news papers which they never see :--as an in- stance, wilt cali to your recollection, an advertisement in the Arkansas Gazette, last summer, by one Nlr. Friend He came to the Springs, and very imprudently turn ed his horses loose to feed, and as a natu- ral consequence, they strayed away. He offered reward for a squipt at the thief, and as proof that they were not stolen, they were found in the mountains. where they went of their own accord. Surely such an advertisement was not only wrong and un- just, but extremely injurious to our citi- zens and I will farther assert, that there has not (as known) been horse stolen from thesSpring Settlement, since my res idence in the county, which Is more than two years, and although our citizens are hardy, rough, uncuItivated population, I doubt whether less crime is committed in any part of the United States robbery is never known, and theft very seldom, and while means are left on hand, they will pay their debts more punctuaIlythan any people ever saw, notW Withstanding laws have Ye- " little effect. Respectfully Yours,

 CITIZEN OF HOf SPRINGS.

 Hot Springs, .4prit 29tk.