FAYETTEVILLE, ARK, Aug.
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Dear InteNigencer With qualification | read
our observations upon the Great Road. You
poke truly and Justly, and wheH your sediments
3ha become The abiding opinion of the dweers ;
By this contemplated road, we shall see it start
10 on, and be finished. am glad you said wha.
ou did, for intended, de iempore, TO show how
se were 10 make this road, after | had pointed
lut some Of lis ncalculable advantages. These
bst have meagrey mentioned. Fuiiy described
be columns of the lnteiligencor would hardly be
bIe to Sc! them forth in year. present them
usorly, in order hat each interested reader
bay follow them out according 10 his own views.
am at awakening an impulse. ! trust it is be-
nng to be awoko and tIlat it will be so thorough
j aroused that our object will be accomplished.


The dcsie for internal improve menr, that there
ould be deveiopement Of great resources TO
rkans1s. is, gladly perceive, perneatng the
tho,c State. 1t Is prevalent wish, and, | trust,
Determination. This is as il should be. Arkan.
Is is not only not behlnd, but far beyond some Of
er sister States, in the possession of National re-
burces for an infinite commerce. Let these
burces be opened and conducted through safe and
peedy channels, and we shall see Arkansas no
hit beh nd the prodest and weahlest States III
ur coniederacy She will stand high, blazing
Iith prosperity.


note, with great pleasure, that the Editors and
correspondents of the Little Rock, Camden, and
Washington Hampstead COY journals, are awake,
nd are pointing out the ray to open the resources
II their respective regions One speaks of u great
pn-road. to lead through the middle OF this State
k|from Memphis, ria Lutte Rock, to Red river
ghich will be a great wealth artery to Arkansas:
mother writes Of the vastness and ichness OF the
lotion lands in The Southern portion Of our State !;
mother Of the navigation Of Red river. From


,L,t a I,.,iyIr
ur States advantages and capabilities for great
bland commerce. give them my well-wishcs.
But these are only a few points presented. No
ne has yet disclosed the readiness with which
White river can be made, by meaus Of slack wa.
ers nqrigaNe 10 within, al least, ttreny miles Of
his uitage. Yet, am not only PEI suaded It can
e, but that it ,vM be done. Again, when North.
rn Mexico shall have become a part OF our
ouniry by treaty, no ono has said, If any have
hought, that Van Buren,, on the Arkansas river,
pill be the terminus of a rail. road from the gold
mines Of Santa Ee. Yet, such railroad is the
1Irec nearest and most expeditions outlet Tor This
gold 10 find its way to the Gulf of Mexico, thence
pver the world saving such portions as will remain
IN Arkansas and ascend the Mississippi. For
his have the authority Of two able writer's, and
pagacious judges; Gregg and Albert. Though
Indeed, they say nothing Of such railroad, yet
Phey both declare it to be a region (up the Cana.
dian rver) the rery best adapted for roads, and
the nearest and most feasible route to Santa re-
and of course 10 California.


But have digressed, and perhaps made some
remarks that viii! be deemed visionary by some
DO no. look at it so only as q clear uision for
! II does not require a seer nowadays to foresee
and point out the ways and roads of commerce.
The world is improving, and Arkansas will have
her proportion.


Ioreturn our own region though its exports
Will differ from those Of Southern Arkansas, II
as fuil Of resources for future and Permanen
wealth as any portion Of the State. 1t is mos
emphaically country for farmers; wool grow
srs, sloclS.raisers, millers aud manufacturers
The resources for these are SO abundant, that
man with half an eye can see shem. Wea't'
slumbers in our hills, beneath our fertile prairies
and along our ever-fowing streams. All we nee
Is great channel TO convey away our export
and they will surely and abundan1ly sPrlng Iorth
This road is only to be made BY energy and III
dustry, the same agents will reduce the exports