Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-06-01
in width, but in many places the water

covers HOt more tHaH Oue-IaI luis space,
. sand-bars covering the remainder. !
The channel, which changes continually, |
is seldom more than three or four feet
in depth, though in some places holes are
found which are very deep. The water
is SO extremely rily that the bottom OF a
glass, after standing few moments, will
be completely covered with deposit OF
mud. or fine sand. In Irasburgb, no one
would think of using such water for any
purpose, unless it be for goose-pond;
yet we, poor voyageurs of Kansas, have
to use it for our tea. our coffee, our lem
onade,-in short, for every purpose to
which water is usually applied. ! would
not have you think, however, that all
Kansas water is of this description, for
tits not; on the contrary, we have an
abundance of fine springs. which afford
water to which the most fastidious would
not demur. It's only on this filthy Mis-
souri, sewer, that we have to submit to
slime of this kind. Notwithstanding the
description I have given you of Missouri
river water, it has reputation Of being
an excellent erage,extremely healthy,
&C., &C., and is greatly praised by some
strangers who travel in the West, for the
same reason, l suppose, that some people
call = pigs tails and toad-stools " good
articles of iood,-because some one has
told them so, and they dare not dispute
it, for fear of being called verdant and
uniformed. For myself, l have no
kaakering after dish of the one, nor
any encomiums TO bestow upon the other.
But perhaps you would like TO know
something of our progress. Well, We
are now opposite Kickapoo, that far
famed city of the Border Ruffilns. 1t is
now dull and almost deserted village
standing upon high row of bluffs; bu
in '56, was one of the strongest points o
the rufians on the Missouri. 1t shares
the fate of nearly all the pro-slavery
towns Of Kansas, and is almost numbered
among the things that were.
We left Kansas City about four o'clock
this morning; and when I awoke, WI
were passing ParkviIle. intended Il
get a look at Wyandotte, as we passed
but was too late. Leavenworth City
and the Fort, each present fine pictur
from the river, and the sound of MARTA
music, which reached US as we passed th
barracks, rendered the scene doubl
pleasing. Were it not for an occasions
spot like this, TO divert US, the trip would
imagine, be somewhat unpleasant, 70
the scenery along the banks is for th
most part dismal and monotonous. !
thick growth of cottonwood covers til
bank on either side, and the banks al
generally extremely low, though this
occasionally relieved by bold, ragge
bluff.
: In few minutes more, we shall be
= Atchison, so must close my letter. Or
L people are overjoyed at the result of til
Chicago Convention. Seward was OF
: first choice; but Lincoln, we are col
{ WINGED, is the man for the times, and "
Il shall work for him with hearty GOO
- will.
: The weather is extremely warm, ar
II has been for two weeks. We need "a
'e very much, and must have it soon,
{ our crops will be injured. We ha7
+ green peas, lettuce, and other early We
g etables, now, in abundance. Strawbe
u ries have been ripe nearly three week