New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-23
- Upon ne walefy PLAIN
The wrecks are all thy deed. nor doil remain
A shadow Of Mans rayage, save lis own,
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A shadow Of Mans rayage, save is own,
When for moment, Ike drop Of rain,
he sinks into thy de pth with bubblng groan,
Without grave aakneled, uncofhned, and unknown"
heavy black cloud began 10 gather in the North
west and before reaching Maiden were treated to
thuuderstorm-a beautiful sight IN the night, even on
shore but doubly beautiful at sea Thu thunder bellows
with such peculiar distinctnes and then the ezpapse
Of waters lights up and gtters with such ghasty
glare under the lightning But on went our crait
steadily and fearessy toward the great eyes OF lame
which gared on US from the Maiden Light house, aud In
due time lay safely alongside the wharyes oil tnat
town Within an hour the storm broke away the moon
shone brightly down, and were plo~ing our way up
the Detroit River In the morning we found ourselves
Al Detroit-One OF the most beautifully situated towns
a. IL struck me that have visited While waiting
tor the starting OF the cars sroHed over me CITY
There are many good blocks and separate buildings 10
IL ard many tasteful residences. The great nre has
made .ad chasm in the very heart Of the town--out
was told that would be rebuilt and with FAR better
structures than those that previously occupied u
The hrst twenty five thirty miles OF the Michigan
Central Railroad extends over low, level country
heavily timbered with al those trees which we are
accustomed in our Eastern oresis Inc sou y
soft and In wet time. horribly pOacny Inc su1erins7
endured BIZ the early emgrsnts before the construction
OF the Railroad and before the upper LAKE passage was
made By steamers IN getting across this tnen eFer"el
plain with their heavily loaded wagons were such a.
can hardly be conceived The cOdntry grows drer AZ
IL Is cleared up and most Of H. Judge admits Of dram
az Il i. by far the most natural grassland saw IN
Michigan and properly drained il will be valuable Tor
- products OF Deef butter nay &c
Not sr from Ypsianti commences tnst charactsrlsuc
and gcrsiseni feature OF all the Northwestern states
the forests known oak openings Snort snlailsn'
thiny scattered oak trees, Interpreted win very lit
or no other timber constitute these oPenlngs nnus'
black and burr oak are the prevailing varieties InOse
saw In Eastern Michigan IN Northern Illinois ana IN
Wisconsin are generally 20 short that not % exceed
two and generally but one raicut can De obtained De
tween the roots and limbs Of the tree Inc roots OF
the trees unlike most VI the varieties which hounsn 10
our Eastern forests down 90 Perpendculafly INTO
toe so that pillow will pas fun depth very near 70
the trunk Of the tree. his circum-tance' ana me
sparseness Of the trees IL taken advantage OF ~ the
new settler He plOws these forest lands, ana SOW
his wheat without cutting down tree he graes tne
trees 80 that their foliage shall not Overshadow MS fn
and harvests his crop from among their dead trunks
saw many Of these dead forests frowning stafk aho
gnsred and grim over green 1elds o. Waving eOln
When toe circumstances OF the setter 40 t u II M
dead trees are cut down and converted INTO nre"oSu
or are burnt on the ground ], y an interesting fses
ton to the naturalist why, soil rcn warm an ~
and where there seems be no natural ed4ient ~
the growth Of heavy forests fere snouih oe ohJ
stupted and scattering oaks nk there Is ts oouD,
- ,hese forests in the time Of the Indians, KIND ed
IN dive game or By accident When The whites hss'
ss,,Lad the openings they were a. 1ssut0te OF al
rnde,yrow,h a. me adow. land that carriage could
~ driven in any direction among The trees when en-
lo.ed and Kept from FIRE they speedily and almost
f-,,lv covered with a dense and thrifty growth o
vo,Ing wood several patches Of forest IN Western
Michigan where the FIRE had passed through last Fal
From i've 10 ten per cent Of the trees, should say
were so burnt about their bases that they viii fall IN
or three years. from the ensuing decay. This SAM
defamation from the cause has happened annually
from time iInmemorisl. The places Of the fallen tree
are supplied BY the young ones which chance 10 escep'
/ the fires.
The marshes" sre another peculiar feature in III.
,OPogsPhy nod scenery Of Michigan. The "opsnlAs'