Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-06-20


reduced. The farmer therefore should
be enabled to take, with his own teams.
his produce to the port of shipment. BY
means Of good roads he can do this at
seasons of the year when his laoor is
little required on the farm. Good roads
vii! invariably induce farmers to bring,
in their own wagons. the produce Of their
farms to our city for shipment. iss
At the same time, that this adds to the
modes Of employment Of domestic labor.
in itself great object-h directly in
creases to the farmer the net value of his
crops; and of course, by so much increas-
rs his ability to become purchaser Of
the commodities Of our merchants. Isl
Not only then should we make our
city the shipping depot of the State, but
also bring the farmers themselves into our
streets, with increased means to obtain
their necessary supplies-at once contri-
butiug to the wealth Of our'city, and shar-,
ing in return the prosperity they createa
We shall return to this subject hereaf.
ter. And we shall particularly call the
attention of citizens 10 tfle project Of
planking our great thoroughfares from
the city. Liberal charters nave already
been granted, and, as we shall show,
abundant Inducements are held out. BY,
statistics and calculations, we shall show
that the proprietors Of such roads, our
whole city, and the farmers of the interi-.
or would all be vastly benefited by their
construction. All are interested. There
is motive for every one, whether the aim
be individual gain, the growth Of our fair
city, or the prosperity of the country at
iarge.-Detroit ADJ. rIlHgaAH
The Overlooking of the MississFpi.A
The editor of the Courier DIES Eatus Unis.
who is now travelling al the West, in Il n
letter dated the 24th Of May gives a de-
scription Of the ruin occasioned by the re.
cent rise in the Mississippi. He says:
81 have just descended valley Of the
Ohio, from Pittsburg to Cairo, a small town
at the junction Of the Ohio and the Mis.S
sissippi river as far as st. LOUIS. The.
spectacle presented during nay voys
age has been one continued scene Of do
vastation. infinitely varied and horribly
picturesque. Owing to the recent rams.
the water of the Mississippi and its tribu.l
taries have attained hight which Is un7,
preceoeited,excep.i in the year 1885, when
the waters rose some thirty feet above
their ordinary level. The extent of inun-
dated lands, the number Of log cabins carr
ried away, and Of animals swallowed up,
are ,incaiciIable. .,,p sl,1o ,sI,o "a
From Cairo 10 St. Louis are seen only
abandoned farms, animals floating over
praries which have become lakes, and
no longer offer them pasture, Sheep,
oxen, horses, and cattle Of various kinds
must now seek their living on the waters.
like the ducks who are ths only inhabi-
tants that readilyaccommodate themselves
to the altered state of things. The Mis-
sissippi is frightful; its stream, rapid e
nough always, Is now torrent, and twice
the powerful steamboat which carried us
was compelled to yield to the force Of
tbs current. The ghosts of whole for
ests float, with arms and hair erect, thro'
this roaring abyss, and the steamboats, are,
at every instant, obliged to arrest their
progress, lest they strike too rudeIy as
gainst these uplified giants. AtSt. Lou
is the quay called the levee is submerged:
Houses are abandoned, the water reach.
ing the second story. The inhabitants
of the small town opposite to St. Louis;
have fled to the fields, and the vessels. in
stead of following the usual sinuosities Of
the river, cut directly across lots, some-
times carrying away chimney or the
top Of tree. But, fortunately, the wa.
ters are abating. ot sAt ''o'
| Hazel Eyes.--Major Noah says that
hazel eye inspires at first Platonic
sentiment, who gradually but surely ex-
pands, energies into love as securely fouu-
ded as the rock Giberalter. A woman
with hazel eye never elopes from her
husband; never chats scandal neves