Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-11-12

slave system could with difficulty survive, tor
single year." .
Then look at The compala alive expenses of col
lectng this Custom House national tax. Put
down the actual receipts at twenty live millions of
d"llars. But who can estimate the probable ex
penses Of the Custom House establishment In
The single city of New York alone. above 900
men are constantly employed in the business
! he chief man, the collector, is said TO have real
al,sed "a much higher annual income than The Pres
iden; of the UAiled States. Every sea port town
in the LailOn, must have lis Custom House es,ab-
lishmeni, ~ proportion 10 its business. Then come
the revenue cutters, how many we know moi, man
ned and employed constantly for the same service.
The Navy, the Diplomatic Department, these are
chiefly needed 10 negotiate aud to eufurce the COM
mercIal arrangements not needed on the system Of
Free Trade"
i FlKE.--About eleven o'clock "A. nj. of Mon.
day last,a barn the east side Of The river owned
by Jacob limerick, aud used by Mr. A. A. Hunter
as store hous for empty -four barrels, was dis.
covered TO be IN flames. Our FMemen and Gill.
zens were promptly on the spot. but The fire had
5000 dry barrels burning together, was so great
as To preclude The possibility OF saving, with the
means village possesses, the contiguous bull
dIngs The fire assed from the barn the rear
Of The lot on the west side, toward the front by
means of another barn or she'd, aud reaching The
from, swept the stree, eastward, consuming beiore
il ceased, four dwellings,
As a gene raj thing the exertions of our czeps,
and many people from the country, who happened
To he in on business, do them great credit. For
I.x, NIL ri, p.ll
member however occasionally seeing through The
smoke aud flying cnders, few squads OF men
standing about as spectators, but as some apology
for these, we happy TO be informed, that al the
extreine end ofihe line beyond the reach of our
observation, there ere numbers of adies,uol only
from the imme date neighboIhood, but from distant
parts of The village who did excellen service in
passing water 10 the engine. For this, they GER
tainly deserve great praise. But the coolest object
in the whole scene was Medad Curtis, on the top
Of his house, which breath Of air in The right d.
recIion, would have melted under bin, with his
face made upm an i-kl OWN hat l.am-aboui exprts
sion, walking about with his pail of water, Hand
for every spark that fell but never wasting drop,
for water doesn't get up to the top OF house Itself
and working as though putting out fire was his
trade. Twas enough TO cool bIstering face to
look at him.
The amount Of loss, probably between $4,000
and $4,000 The barrels of Mr.. Hunter were in-
sured 10 The amount of $500 as understand be-
sides which there was no insurance. A consid
erable portion of the property belonged to MIR. Ja
cob limerick, and Inc remainder has for some
time time been the subject of dispute between con-
tending claimanls--a dispute now equiiaby set
tied. We trust this may prove warning 10 our
authorities 10 prepare for the future occurrence Of
fires, destructive they are likely to he in place
built entirely Of wood.