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r 1 GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1851. VOLUME 1. NUMBER 15. RIVER TIMES. A TUB (alt AMD 1UVER TIMES IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING, BY BAUNS & ANGEL. Office over II. Griffin's Store, Washington Street, ftp- TERMS. Payment In Advance. Taken at the office, or forwarded by Mail. . . . $1,00. Delivered by the Carrier in the Village 1,50. One shilling in addition to the above will be "charged for every three months that payment is 'delayed. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the discretion of the publishers. TERMS OF ADVERTISING : One Square, (12 lines or less,) first Insertion, fifty cents, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. Legal advertisements at the rates pre scribed by law. Yearly or monthly advertisements :as follows: . ' nn il sauaro 1 month, $1,00. 1 square 1 year, $5,00. 1 3 2,00. 1 column 1 .. 20,00. 1 .. 6 3,00. 1 .. 1 month, 5,00. 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Washington street, Grand Haven, Michigan. A. II. VREDENB URG, Boot and Shoemaker. Shop over Wm. M. Ferry's store, Water street. CHARLES W. HA Til A WA Y, Blacksm ith. All kinds of work In my line done with neatness and dispatch at my shop. Mill Point, Michigan. JOHN T. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on Washington Street, first door west of II. Grif fin's Store. . GROSVENOR REED, Prosecuting Attorney for Ottawa County. Residence at Charleston Landing, Allendale, Ottawa County, Mich. HOYT G. POST, Clerk of Ottawa County. Of fice over II. Griffin's store, opposite the Wash ington House. WILLIAM N. ANGEL, Register of Deeds, and Notary Public for Ottawa County. Office over H. Griffin's store, Washington street, opposite the Washington House, Grand Haven. HENRY PENNOYER, Treasurer of Ottawa County. Office over II. Grifflin's Store, opposite the Washington House. ASA A. SCOTT, Sheriff of Ottawa County. Office over II. Griffin's store, opposite the Wash ington House. J. O O. F, Regular meetings of Ottawa Lodge No. 46, is held every Wednesday evening, at their Lodge Room in the Attic of the Washington House. Members of the Order are cordially in cited to attend. Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., Mich. From the Commercial Advertiser. THE STRANGER'S GRAVE. There is a spot beyond the ocean's Wave, On which mine eye may never rest, Which covers all that hope to mo e;er gave And hides the sun-light from my breast There nought exists, to tell thd stranger's eye, If o'er thi form now sleeping there, A tear was ever shed, or breathed a sigh, Or ever rose to heaven a prayer. No marble stone, to tell the age or name, Of him who sleeps beneath that clod, Whether his life was spent in quest of fame, Or in the service of his God. For when he laid him down in dreamless sleep No one he loved on earth was near ; Not one of those stood by his bed to weep, Or his departing spirit cheer. Tho' they laid him there In a tearless grave, Far, far from the home of his youth, There was a faithful eye beyond the wave, That wept long In its deep love's truth. Tho' many a winter's 6now has melted there. And summer flowers have bloomed and fell, Yet shall I in my heart his image bear, Till lost by time's departing.knell. When the trump shall wake the sleeping dead, That lonely grave shall hear the sound, And yield its tenant from his lowly bed. The lost on earth in heaven are found. JAMES FENNIMORE COOPER. The decease of this distinguished man, who for a quarter of a century has held such an em inent position in American Literature, took place at 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the 14th ult., at his residenre in Cooperstown. For several months past his health had been in a condition which awakened the anxiety of his friends, al though with a vigorous constitution and tempe rate habits, they could not but anticipate his attainment of a ripe old age. He left the City about the first of June for his country resi dence; his strength was greatly impaired; he hoped much from a change of air and scene ; but as it has proved, he returned home only to breathe hU last in the bosom of his family. His death will call forth an emotion of sadness throughout the whole extent of our country, for there are few who do not deem themselves his debtors, for many hours of the purest intel lectual gratificationwhile the most remarkable features of American scenery have been inyes ted with a new charm by tho magic touches of his pen. Nor in his native land alone will the announcement of his decease strike a tender chord in the memory, and recall the delight with which the imagination has reveled in the fresh and glowing pictures of nature and passion. his fame is not only coextensive with the Eng lish language, but his words have become per manently incorporated with the literature of every country. Without ceasing to be Ameri can, he was eminently cosmopolitan, gaining a congenial home for the productions of his ge nius in every order of society, and holding his wizzard spell over tho back woodsman, who read tho adventures of Leather Stocking by the light of a pine knot in the log cabin, as well as over the votaries of science in the brilliant sa loons of Paris and Vienna. Mr. Cooper was born in Burlington, N. J., on the 15th of September, 1789, and had he lived one day longer, he would have been sixty-two years of age. His father, the late Judge Coop er, was a large land-holder in Otsego County, in this State, residing alternately at Burlington and Cooperstown, and giving his name to the latter township, which has since been distin guished as the residence of the world-renowned author. He received the rudiments of a classical education under a private instructer at Burlington, continued his studies with an ac complished Episcopal clergyman at Albany, and was prepared Dy him for Yale College, which he entered in 1802. At this early age, scarcely turned of thirteen, he was ill qualified for the attainment of academic distinction ; still he held a respectable place in his class ; and in the de partment of ancient languages, is said to have outstripped every competitor. It is certain, however, that he had not yet manifested a voca Hon for a literary life. No one who then saw the blooming and somewhat reckless youth, who it is understood had already begun to de velop the spirit of sturdy independence, which afterward took the shape of wayward obstina cy, could have predicted or suspected the posi tion which he was destined to win among the literary men of his country. A native passion for the sea, and the unconquerable love for ad venture, led him, with other causes, to solicit admission into the American Navy, at that time in its most imperfect infancy, and in 1805 ho entered the service as Midshipman. He remain ed in the Navy for six years. The influence of this period of his life is indelibly stamped up on his subsequent productions. It enabled him to describe tho minutiae, of nautical affairs with that breadth and boldness of touch, which could be commanded by no writer who had not himself been rocked on the giddy mast, and to whom the taste of salt water was not more fa miliar than the fountains of Helicon. With the vivid impressions of experience, obtained in the fresh and wondering age of boyhood, with a creative imagination singularly alive to the impulses of external nature, and with a free dom and energy of delineation which is impart ed only by the possession of actual knowledge, he had a store of materials for the production of 44 tales of the sea," which, had he written in no other department of fiction, would have de cided his reputation as a consummate master. In the year 1810 Cooper resigned his post in the Navy, wa married to the lady whosurvives to mourn his loss, and took up his residence in Westchester, in the vicinity of New York. He remained in this place but a short time, when ho removed to his patrimonial estate in Coopers town, and pursued in earnest his career as a wri ter of fiction. He had previously published his maiden novel, entitled " Precaution," a work which gives little promise of the noble creations with which his name has since been so honora bly associated. Within fifteen years he success fully issued M The Spy," " The Pioneers,"44 The Pilot," 44 Lionel Lincoln," and 44 The Last of the Mohicans," triumphantly legitimating his claim to tho character of an original and powerful novelist. Soon after the appearance of "The Last of me IHOlllcans, in loiiO, Dir. iuuper eaueu iur Europe, where he remained for several years. r. ji i . 1 -e ! -. . uunng mis lime no wrote several ui ms must nuccensful works, including 44 The Bravo,"44 The Red Rover, and "The Prairie, and soon es tablished a reputation, which, with the robust . i ' i -I . J iL. j; qualities ui nis personal cnarucier ami uiu u.g ?. f i ti J- l: i mnea iranKness oi nis manner, maue mui a we. come visitant in the most distinguished Euro pean circles. His most valuable productions after his re turn to the United States, are 44 The Pathfinder," 44 The Destrover." 44 The Two Admirals," and 44 Wing and Winer " all of which display his re markable power of invention, his bold concept ions of character, and his rare mastery or graph ic and impressive portraiture. His more recent performances, in which he endeavors to use the novel as a vehicle for political declamation are wholly unworthy of his name, and will only leave a blot on the memory of his genius. Their general style is forced, artificial, and often re pulsive; with little grace of expression, and no dramatic vigor of plot; showing the exaggera tions of a morbid fancy rather than the healthy action of a fertile imagination; and steeped deep in the bitter prejudices of a partizan, with whom passion gave the law to reason. In this sphero of composition, it is most charitable to believe that Mr. Cooper was out of his element. We certainly find his better self, and we hope his truer self, in his earlier productions, which are redolent with the bracing atmosphere of the forest and the ocean, and which breathe a spirit of trust in humanity and reverence for the in Blinds of the universal heart. Destitute of the wisdom suggested by calm and unimpassioned contemplation, remarkably deficient in the pow er of consecutive reasoning, with no sense oi the fine and subtle discriminations which are usu ally essential to the detection of truth, Mr. Coop er should never have forsaken his peculiar prov ince of fictitious creation, to assume the office of a didactic writer on questions of ethics and pol itics, and his failure in this attempt was made moro conspicuous by tho brilliancy of his a enlevements in a more congenial sphere. It is nainful to observe such utter worthlessness ol endeavor in a man whose ability had raised him to an eminence, which the most aspiring might envy. But now that his name is entrusted to the im partial keeping of time, and submitted to the stern ordeal of collective opinion, wo mav easi ly foresee that the dross which had mixed itself with the happier elements ot his genius will pass into oblivion, and his record will remain in brightness and purity among the rich and gifted minds, of which humanity gratefully cherishes the memorial IN. i. 1 nbune. Four Funny Fellows. Theodore Cibber in company with three others made an excursion. Theodore had a false set of teeth a second a glass eye a third a cork leg but the fourth had nothing in particular except a funny way of shaking his head. They traveled in a post coach, and while on tho first stage, after each had made merry with his neighhors infirmity, they agreed at each baiting place to affect the same singularity. When they came to breakfast they were all to squint and language cannot express how ad rairably they squinted for they all went a de gree beyond the superlative. At dinner they all appeared to have a cork leg,and their stump ing about made moro diversion than they had at breakfast. At tea they wore all deaf, but at supper, which was at the 44 Ship" at Dover, each man resumed his character, tho better to play his part in tho farce they had concerted among them. When they were ready to go to bed, Libber cried out to the waiter : 44 Here you fellow ! Take out my teeth." "Teeth, sir!" said the man. "Ay, teeth sir. Unscrew that wire and they will come out together. After some hesitation the man done as he was ordered. This was no sooner done than another called out: 44 Here, you ! Take out my eye." " Sir," said the waiter, 44 your eye!" " Yes ray eye. Come here, you stupid dog, pull up that eyelid, and it will come out as easy as possible. This done, the third cried out : 44 Here, you rascal ! Take off my leg." This he done with less reluctance, being be fore apprised that it was cork, and also concei ving that it would be his last lob. lie however was mistaken ; the fourth watched his opportu nity, and whilst the frightened waiter was sur veyingwith rueful countenance, tho eye, teeth, and leg lying on the table, cried in a frightful hollow voice: 44 Come here, sir ! Take off my head." Turning around and seeing the man's head shaking like that of a mandarian upon a chimney-piece, he darted out of the room ; and after tumbling down stairs, he ran madly out of the house as if terrified out of his senses. 44 Got a paper to spare ?" 44 Yes,, sir, here's one of our last. Would you like to subscribe, sir, and have it come to you regularly" 44 1 would but I am too poor." That man has just returned from the circus cost fifty cents; tost timo upon his farm, fiif- a . . T.i.-t j :.. il. ii - tycenis; wnisKey, juagmg irom me buicu, . least fifty cents: amounting to one dollar and fifty cents, enough to pay for the Commercial Advertiser one year, actually thrown away, ana then begging for a newspaper, alleging that he was too poor to pay for it ! Com. Adv. Church Coughing. N. P. Willis is authori ty for the following: It may be true, but " It was here in the church of St. Nicholas-y by the way, that I became aware of a sensible German custom that of concentrating the coughing and nose blowing during the service At tl .. l . J :n --..- .-..-. . lime. j. uo ciergyuiuu Buu3u.uiie.c-i- of his discourse, steps back from his pulpit, and blows his nose. The entire congregation imitate his example, and disturb the service at no other time." The Railroad prisoners were taken to Jack son this morning in irons; on a special train. DECISIVE BATTLES. ' The Decisive Battles of tho World, those of which, to use Hallam s worns, " a contrary event would have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes," are number ed as fifteen by Professor Creasy, who nils the chair of Ancient and Modern History in the Uni versity of London. They are the grand subject or two volumes by him, just from Bentley i press. These battles are : 1. The Battle of Marathon, fought 490 B. C. in which the ureeks under Thcmistocles defeat ed the Persians under Darius, thereby turning I 1. a! j ..r A -.. i t I 1 IS uuck a iiue oi ns.auc mvasion, wmcn eise woui have swept over Lurope. 2. The Battle of Syracuse, 413 B. C.in whic the Athenian power was broken, and the West ol Europe saved from Greek domination. 3. The Battle of Arbella, 331 B. C.,in whic Alexander, by the defeat of Darius, established his power in Asia, and by the introduction of European civilization produced an effect which as yet may be traced there. 4. The Battle of Metaurus, fought 207 B.C., in which the Komans under Consul Nero de feated the Carthagenians under Hasdrubal, and by which the supremacy of the great Republic was established. 5. The victory of Arminus, A. D. 9, over the Roman legions under Varus, which secured uau from Roman domination. 6. The Battle of Chalons, A. D. 451, in which Aetius defeated Atilla the Hun, the self-styled " facourge of uod, and saved Europe from en tire devastation. 7. The Battle of Tours, A. D. 732, in which Charles Martel, by the defeat of the Saracens averted the Mahomedan yoke from Lurope. 8. The Jiattle of Hastings, A. u. J 056 in which William of Normandy was victorious o vcr the Anglo-Saxon Harold, and the result of which was the formation of the Anglo-Norman nation which now is dominant in the world. 9. The Battle of Orleans, A. D. 1429, in which the English were defeated and the inde pendent existence of France secured. 10. I he defeat of the Spanish Aramada, A. u, 1 588, which crushed tho hopes of Papacy in Eug land. 11. The Battle of Blenheim, A. D. 1704, in which Marlborough, by the defeat of Tallard broke the power and crushed tho ambitious schemes of Louis XIV. 12. The defeat of Charles XII, by Peter the Great at Pultowa, A. D. 1709, which secured the stability of the Muscovite Empire. 13. The Battle of Saratoga, A. D. 1777, in which Gen. Gates defeated Gen. Burgoyne,nnd which decided the late oi the American Kevolu tionists, by making France their ally, and other European powers Iriendly to them. 14. The Battle ofValmv, A.D. 1792,in which the Continental Allies, under the Duke of Bruns wick, were defeated by the French Revolution ary army. 15. The Battle of Waterloo A. D. 1815, in which the Duke of Wellington hopelessly de feated Napoleon, and saved Europe from his grasping ambition. Cour. and Inq. Maternal Influence. During a lecture on Popular Education, recently delivered, Gover nor Bnggs related the following impressive in cident: Twelve or fifteen years ago, I left Washing. ton three or four weeks during the spring. While at home I possessed myself of the letters ot Mr. Adams mother, and read them with ex ceeding interest. I remember an expression in one of the letters addressed to her son, while yet a boy twelve years of ago in Europe: says she, " I wouid rather see you laid in your grave than that you should grow up a profane and graceless boy. After returning to Washington, I went over to 31 r. Adam s seat one day and said to him : " Mr. Adams, I have found out who made you." 44 What do vou mean T said he. I replied, 44 1 have been reading the letters of your mother! If 1 had 6poken that dear name to some little boy who had been for weeks away from his dear mother, his eye could not have flashed more brightly, or his face glowed more quickly, than did the eye and face of that venerable old man when I pronounced the name of his mother. He started up in his peculiar manner, and emphatic ally said, 44 Yes, Mr. Bnggs, all that is good in me 1 owe to my mother. Oh, what a testimony was that from this vene rable man to his mother, who had in his remem brance all the scenes of his manhood. "All that is good in mo I owe to my mother." Mothers think of this when your bright eyed little boy is about you. Mothers make tho first impression upon their children, and those impressions will be the last to be effaced. The Religion of Paying Debts. One of our religious exchanges has the following strong remarks on this subiect. They drive the nail on the head and clinch it : 44 Men mav soDhisticate as thev please. Thcv can never make it right, and all tho bankrupt aw8 in the universe cannot make it right lor them not to pay their debts. Ihere is a sin in this neglect as clear and as deserving church dis cipline, as in stealing or falso swearing. He who violates his promise to pay, or withholds the payment of a debt when it is in his power to meet his engagement, ought to be made to feel that in the sight of all honest men he is a su.n.1pr. Reliorion mav be a very comfortable cloak, under which to hide ; but if religion does not make a man 1 deal justly,' it is not worth having." Sitting to sew by candle light by a table with AnrV Hrtth on it is injurious to the eve-sight When no other remedy presents itself, put a sheet of white paper before you. If you would enjoy luxuries, use them spar- ingly. It is being deprived of pleasures for a season gives it a sweeter relish when obtained. There is an old bachelor, somewhere out West, who says, " He hardly ever saw a mar- ... i .-.- :.- -..-. ! a I rlSge notice witnout a qiisiakc mias-ian.rj in n. Business Prosperity. In our humble opiii ion, there is no ono thing that will lead more di rectly to prosperity, with a man of business, than promptness and punctuality in meeting all engagements. Such a man will always com mand the aid and assistance of every one who knows him, because every one knows where to find him, and that dependence can be placed on what he says. But who wants to grant accom modation to a man who is reckless of his word ! No one ! With a trifling assistance from a friend, a man can often take advantage of cir cumstances which will put money into his pock ets. But those who are known to be careless and indifferent about the principle of punctuali ty when it concerns Utile things, will find it very difficult to obtain that trifling assistance. He may run round from one man to another, to ob tain the loan of five or ten dollars for ono or two days, and find his application rejected, while he is turned oflfwith some trivial excuse ; when the very first one to whom ho applied could have accommodated him just as well as not, and would have done so, had not his past conduct proved that there was no certainty of his meet ing his engagements. Thus he loses his time, and loses the value of a friend in need, all thro his own fault. A man too, whose word can be relied on in respect to the quality and property of his goods, will never lack for customers. Every one who has traded with him, and found him worthy of confidence, becomes an advertise ment to others to give him their rjatronfltrfi Others may resort to the tricks make a noise and bustle in tho world for nivMl and in this way they may appear to prosper for a timo. But the most noisv Rtrp.ima nr nof nu ways the deepest, they usually will run drv tho soonest. So in business ; tho Jess pretending, but honest and punctual man, will prosper in the end, and nine cases out of ten, more than those who try to get along faster by being inattentive to their engagements. History of Alcohol. Alcohol was rvnn ed 950 years ago, by tho son of a strange wo man, Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it with a powder to paint themselves, that they might ap pear more beautiful, and this nowder was paUpA alcohol. During the rei?n of William nnA M. ry, an act was passed encouraging the manufac ture of spirits. Soon after, intemperance and profligacy prevailed to such an extent, that the retailers of intoxicating drinks put up signs in public places, informing the people that they might get drunk for a penny, and have some straw to get sober on. In tho 16th century distilled spirits sDrcad o- yer the continent of Europe. About this time it was introduced into the colonies, as the Uni-. ted States was then called. The first notice we' have of its use in public life, was amon th la borers in the Hungarian mines, in the 15th cen tury. In 1651 it was used hy the English sol diers as a cordial. The Alcohol in EuroDe wn made of grapes, and sold in Italy and Spain as a medicine. The Genoese afterwards made it from grain and sold it as a medicine in bottles, under the name of the Water of Life. Until the 16th century it had only been kept by apotheca ries as medicine. During the reign of Henry VII., brandy was unknown to Ireland, and its alarming effects induced the government to pass a law prohibiting its manufacture. About 120 years ago it was used as a bever age, especially among the soldiers in the Eng lish colonies in North America, under the pre posterous notion that it prevented sickness and made men fearless on the field nf kitti. T was looked upon as a sovereign sDecifie. SnMi is a brief sketch of the introduction of alcohol into society as a beverage. Tho History of it is wrnien in me wretcneaness,tho tears, the groans of poverty, and murder of thousands. It has marched tiirough the land with the tread of a m. ant, leaving tho impress of his footsteps in the uuues, sinews, ana Jiie blood or the people. Religious Culture. Our senses are educa ted by use. The experienced sailor will not nn. ly see a ship in the haze of the distant horizon, where the landsman recognizes nothing, but he will tell to what class of shiDS it belongs. Th intellect is educated by use, and the experienc ed thinker will recognize relations and analo gies where, to the uneducated mind, there is nothing but confusion. Our moral nercentiona are educated by use. He whose moral nature is kept alive by looking always to moral rela tions, and by fidelity to moral convictions, rec ognizes, as by instinct, a decided right or wron? in the actions which in others seem wholly in different, and through this moral intuition lie is fitted to pass judgment on tho final result of such actions. So our religious nature is educa ted by use. Habits of prayer, of devout medi tation, of referring all things in our devotions to the will of God, habits of communion with Christ till his words have become SDirit and life to us, and our thoughts move in unison with his, must quicken our spiritual nercentions. deepen our religious consciousness, and givo to us the power of recognizing as realities soiritu- al objects and relations of which others are, and from their want of religious culture must be en tirely ignorant Through this christian culture, the education of our highest faculties bv inter course with the highest subjects which they can act upon, are w.e to enter into our highest life, and experience the purest joy that the soul can know. We can not open our hearts in prayer with intenso yearning for intercourse with God without some accession of spiritual life and peace, and we cannot through the day carry out tho experience of that moment without having it in some measure confirmed and established within us a permanent Dart of our relimous be ing. So should we go on, growing always in our spiritual gifts and perceptions, till our high est experience on earth is a foretaste of heaven. The pleasure travel at the Niagara Falls is off - at the approach of autumn. The number of vis itors during the season has been 80,000 being an increase of 15, to 20 per cent over last, The Governor of Cuba, declines to receive Commissioner Parker in a diplomatic capacity, T saying that any communications must be a-' dressed to the Spanish Minister in this country. "