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VOLUME V. GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1850. WHOLE NUMBER 239. :,T1IK GRAND IIIVJKK TIMES IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING, BY JOHN W. BARNS. "'Office on Washington street 3J door below the i Wasmngton House, second story. K77 TERMS. Payment In Advance. V aken at the office, or forvardc J by mail, $1,00 Delivered by the carrier in the village, 1,50 One shilling in addition to tho above will be charged for every three months that payment is delayed. . , v No paper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, except at the discretion of the publisher. Terms of Advertising. One square (12 lines or less), first insertion fifty cents, twenty-live cents for each subsequent inser tion. Legal advertisements at the rates prcscrib- ed by law. 1 early or monthly advertisements as loilows: 1 square 1 month, 91,00 1 44 3 44 2,00 1 44 6 " 3,00 1 squaro 1 year, $5,00 1 column 1 44 110,00 1-2 44 1 44 20,00 tt?- Business Cards, $3,00 per annum. Advertisements unaccompanied with written or verbal directions, will be published until ordered out, and charged for. When a postponement is Added to an advertisement, tho whole will be 'charged the same as for the first insertion. CP" Letters relating to business, to receive at tcntion, must be addressed to tho publisher. . 1856 FERRY & SONS, 1856 , orhmiing anb Commission glxrtlKtnls, DEALERS IN LUMBER, LATH, SHINGLES, FLOUR, PLASTER, &c. Grftncl XZavon, JVEiolx., Owners and At'iif of Sl'tim Line on - the Iinkm, and tho Grand River" nnd Col" Hum" Steamboat Companies and Con ttlgiit'ts of tho WcMte ru Trunsior tntion Company. JSHV Goods via Chicago, deposit with J as. R. Hugunin. 1856.--- 1856 CUTLER & WARTS; Storage, Forwarding 3c Com mission Merchants, Dealers in Lumber, Shingles, Produce, Salt, Flour and Plaster. GRAND HA VEX, MICHIGAN. D. CUTLER, ILL. WARTS. Ottawa Iron Works, Ottawa Point, Ot tawa County, Mich. FERRY CHANDLER, Manufacturers of : Stationary nnd Marine, high or low pressure Engines, Mill Gearing, Iron and 11 rasa Castings. Tost Ofllcc address, Grand Haven, Mich. Wm. M. Ferry, Jr., M. T. 12. Chandler. TIMO Til YFL ETCHER, CtyTMerk'und Register of Deeds, for Ottawa County. Grand . Haven, Mich. WILLIAM UA T1IA WA Y, r.,Tu djroof Pro bate for Ottawa Co. 1 O. address, Crockery, Ottawa Co., Mich. GEORGE PARKS, Treasurer of Ottawa Co., and Justice of the Peace. R. W. DUNCAN, Attorney at Law, and Solicit or in Chancery ; also agent for obtaining Boun ty Lands, and collecting claims against the Uni ted States, in connection with a General Agency t Washington. Office third door below the Washington House. CROSVENOR REED, Attorney and Counsel lor at Law. All business intrusted to me will be promptly and satisfactorily attended to. Resi dence, Charleston Landing, Ottawa Co. Mich. DR. L. A. ROGERS, Surgeon Dentist, Office ; in Dr. Shepard's New Block, Monroe St., Grand Kapids, Mich., where ho may be found during business hours. FERRY A- WALLACE, Dealers in Fancy 1 Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hardware and Groceries. Water Ft., Grand Haven, Mich. TIlom. IV. Ferry, IVonli II. Ferry. FERRY CO., Manufacturers of Lumber, and Dealers in all kinds of Merchandise, Provisions, Shingle-Bolts, and Shingles. White Lake, Oce ana Co., Mich. FOSTER y PARRY, Wholesale and Retail ' Dealers in Hard ond Hollow-Ware, Iron, nnd Manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware, foot of Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. STONE $ CllUBB, Manufacturers of Plows, Cultivators, ond Grain Cradles, and dealers in ; nil kinds of Agricultural Implements, nnd Ma chines. Agricultural Warehouse, Canal street, Grand Rapids, Mich. STEPHEN MUNROE, Plysidan amfsur gcon. Office one door west of J, T. Davis' Tailor Shop, Washington 6trcct. FERRY SONS, Forwarding and Commis sion Merchants. Central Dock, Grand, Haven, Mich. , . JOHN T. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on Washington street, second door west of II. Grif lin's 6torc. . , , . HOPKINS BROTHERS, Storage, Forward ing and Commission Merchants; general dealers ; in all kinds of Dry Goods, Groceries, Grain and Provisions; manufacturers and dealers whole sale and retail in all kinds of lumber. Mill Point, Mich. , - C. DAVIS ft CO., Dealers in Dry Goods, Groce ries, Provisions, Hardware, Crockery, Boots and Shoes, &c. Muskegon, Mich. OTTVA HOUSE (formerly William Tell Ho tel), I vl Shackclton Proprietor, Water street, Grand Haven, Mich. ' ; WASHINGTON HOUsllly Henry Pcnno.v er Tho proprietor has the past spring newly fitted nnd partly re-furnished this House, and feels confluent visitors will find tho Houso to comparo favorably with the best in the State. i HENRY G RIFFIN. Commission Merchant nnd General Agent, Dealer in Salt, Flour, Dry and Green Fruits. Provision,-l'nmilv Groceries. l)rUK, Medicines, rcrfumeryc.c, at his old stand opposite tho Washington House, Grand Haven, Michigan. vi.'B. BID WELL SON. Confectionery"" md Bakery, GrandRapids,Mich. O. B.Albcc agent top Grand Haven and vicinity. ORIGIN OF SLA VERY. Mr. Bancroft, in hi first volume of his History of tho United States, gives an ac count of tho early traffic of tho Europeans in slaves. In tho middle ages, tho Venetians purchased .vrluto men and Christians, arid others, and sold them to tho Saracerics, in Sicily and Spain. In England' tho Anglo Saxon nobility sold their servants as slaves to ioreigners. no rortugueso nrst imported negro slaves from Western Africa into Europe in 1442. Spain soon changed in tho traffic and negro slaves abounded in somo places of that kingdom. , After America was discover ed, tho Indians of ilispamola were imported into Spain and made slaves. , ho Spaniards Visited inc coast oi ioriu America, aim iuu napped thousands of Indians, whom they transported into slavery in Europe, and the West Indies. Columbus himself enslaved 500 native Americans, and sent them into Spain, that they might bo publicly sold at ican Indians into foreign bondage continued for nearly two centuries. . Negro slavery was nrst introduced into ivmenca uy opamsn slaveholders, who emigrated with their ne groes. A roai edict oi opam autnorizcd negro slavery in America, in 1503, King Ferdinand himself sent from Seville fifty slaves to labor in tho mines. In 1511, tho direct traffic in slaves between Africa and Hispaniola was enjoined by a royal ordinance. Las Cassas, who saw the Indians vanish away like dew before the cruelties of the Spaniards, suggested that tho negroes, who alone could endure severe toils, might bo further em ployed. This was in 1518. The mistaken benevolence of Las Cassas extended the slave trade which had been established. Sir John Hawkins was the first English man that engaged in tho skive trade. In 1052 he transported a large cargo of Afri cans to llispaniola. In 1057 another cxpe- jtion was prepared; and tjucen rJizabeth protected and shared in tho traffic. Haw kins in ono of his expeditions, set fire to an ifrican citv, and out of 3000 inhabitants, succeeded in seizing 200. James Smith, of Boston, and Thomas K-yscr first brought upon the colonies tho guilt of participating in the slave trade. In 1G50 they imported a cargo of negroes. Throughout Massachu setts tho cry of justice was raised against them as malefactors and murderers; tho guilty men wero committed for tho offense, and the representatives of tho people ordered tho negroes to be restored to their native country at the public expense. . At tho lat ter period there were both Indian and negro slaves in Massachusetts. In 1020, a Dutch ship entered James river, and landed twenty negroes for sale. This w as the epoch of the introduction of slavery in Virginia. For many years, the Dutch were principally con cerned in the slave trade in tho market of Virginia. O The Mosquito King. In his lecturo on Nicaragua, at tho Lyceum Hall, on Monday night, Dr. McBean gave an amusing account of an interview ho once had with the young Mosquito King, who was dressed in the full costumo of his country, to wit: a straw hat and a scgar. Tho young sovereign said that his father, tho old King Bob, was very drunk when he' sold his lands to Capt. Sheppard, of Qreytown, and that therefore tho grant or sale was not valid. This is tho grant which Col. Kinney has purchased, and under which he' claims a vast region of territory. It is about as valid as tho English claim to Grey town and tho Mosquito coast, and neither party appears to have consulted tho Govern ment of Nicaragua, tho only real and un doubted owner. This old King Bob, by tho way, was a cu riosity. Ho was excessively fond of rum and tobacco, in which ho was supplied by tho English from Jamaica. About tho time the latter first begun to turn their serious at tention to the acquisition of territory in Cen tral America. King George tho Third sent his sable brother a richly ornamented gene ral's coat and cocked hat. King Bob was excessively delighted with 'his present, and took every occasion to exhibit himself in his new dRss. The captain of tho English war vessel which conveyed the present wishing to do honor to the recipient of his sovereign's bounty, gavo a grand entertainment on board, invited King Bob and his court to be present. The latter come, and as they approached the vessel, the captain was gratified to perceive that King Bob was dressed in the coat nnd hat ho had just received. But what was tho astonishment and consternation' of all to per ceive, when ho boarded tho vessel, that he had nothing else on. The ludicrous appear ance which the old Indian must have presen ted, dressed in a richly laced red coat, with tails hanging down behind, and a full plumed cocked hat, and no other articlo whatever can bo better imagined than described. His court, of course, woro only tho usual straw hat. Among the productions of Nicaragua, qnu meratcd by Dr. McBean, , none appeared to bo moro valuablo than the different varieties of woods. In addition to the mahogany and others well known in commerce thcro is ono kind, (he name of which we could not catch, but which, when polbbcd, exactly resembles rich green velvet. Tho, lecturer stated that ho had seen a set of furniture mado of this wood,, and nothing could exceed it for rich ncss or effect! Another species, 'also com mon, looks,; when properly prepared, liko a piece of fawn-colored watered buk. J. he lee turcr thought that any person with capital, who should tako down a saw mill, ' would mako a rapid fortune. 1 ' ; 1 . Excuse for Matrimony. Thcro is, says Itcv. Charles Kmgsly, in Blackwood, some excuse to bo mado ' for girls who enter into matrimony purely from interested motives. Many of tho poor things know perfectly well, that unless they marry and cllcct a settle ment for life, they may bo left in utter indi gence ; for papa is terrible extravagant, drown ed his debt at Christmas.; Othcrsaro not hap py, under the paternal roof, from which they would bo glad to escape on almost any con dition. Others are weak in violation, or have been so educated, in the articlo of duty, that thoy daro not express any repugnance to any proposals which may havo found favor m the eyes ot their mamas. . Yet every ono of these may havo her secret attachment. Always in tho background thcro appears a vision of that slim and curly youth who danced tho polka so delightfully, and whoso atten tions at tho pic nic wero so gratifying. But then Clara is aware that tho annual income of tho unhappy Julius is short of ono hundred pounds, and that he has no prospect of ma king any more. If, indeed, it wero fivo hun dred pounds ! But tho ago of fairies is gone ; and Julius is a man without expectations, and what is worso without tho average of brains. So poor Clara, with a heavy sigh, takes farewell of her day dreams, and in duo courso ot time appears, covered with lace, at tho hymenial alter, to give her troth to a coarso elderly savage, with sandy whiskers, who has cleared an immense fortuno by a successful speculation in cotton. As for men vho marry solely for money, wo cannot find terms strong enough to express our contempt. They at all events havo no excuse to proffer for an act of base hypocrisy and degrading selfishness. If fortune by inheritance has been denied, they can exert their brains; if brains are wanting thev havo hands and can earn their daily bread. Tho senso of inde pendence is among the first of manly virtues, and tho being who barters it for gold is short- y and emphatically a serf. An Incident. at Sea.- Among the start ing incidents with which tho papers are filled, of tho sufferings and losses that havo recently occurred on tho ocean, tho following account of the escape of tho ship Wisconsin, Captain fecott, trom Havre to this port, from destruction ' by lightning, and tho unusual Phenomena attending it, will bo read with interest. ' Tho ship's position waslat. 37.30 N., long. 70.40 W. Temperature of water, 00 deg., air 28 deg. Fahrenheit. Tho weather dark and lowering, with sharp lightning, and baro- meter lainng last; snip under dou bio reeled topsails foresail and jib. At 2 o'clock A.M. commenced blowing hard, with heavy rain and sleet. At 2 :30 A. M., while shortening sail, an immense ball of firo struck tho main royal mast-head, and then fell on the main latch, where it exploded with tremendous force, filling the deck with fire and sparks, with continual explosions of tho narticlcs ike detonating powder or torpedoes. Owin to tho ice, sleet and, i snow, with which tho decks, bulwarks, rigging and sails were cov ered, the fire was soon extinguished. About ten minutes afterwards a second ball struck near tho same place, but was driven by tho force of tho wind just clear of the ship's side to leeward, when it exploded with a loud re port, and great commotion. There were several men furlincr tho iib at tho time, and tho concussion was so great that it lifted them nearly clear of tho boam. The tornado lasted all next day and night, trom JN. W. by IN. Iho air very cold and water 00 degrees, causing an immenso cxha- ation from the Gulf, which congealed as soon as it rose, and was driven furiously over tho ship, excluding tho very light of day. . Duo of tho crew was knocked down and stunned, for a time, but was not seriously injured. rrr i. i i ? . 1 . i i i t it j. no mate was Dimticd oy it, and probably will not recover tho sight of both eyes. I lad it not been for tho ice, sleet and rain which deluged tho ship, there can bo no doubt but that she would havo been on firo from the truck to tho water. Tho forc-top-sail Was blown out of tho belt-rope, and the royal mast-head scared as it was with a red-hot iron, being all tho damage' tho ship received, which to say mo least was very providential. N.' Y. Courier and Enquirer, New Steamer for the Muskegon Hiveu. The keel has been laid, near, tho Barnard louse, for a new steamer, to run on tho Mus kegon J liver, blio is to bo built bv Uuls. ', Parks, for a joint stock comnanv. under tho direction of Sarkll Wood, John A. Brooks, A.'B. Watson, and others interest ed in business on that river. Her keel is 90 feet in length; breadth of beam 20 feet. feho is to bo propelled by two thirty-horse power engines, and; is intended, in all re spects, to bo a scrvicable boat, success to tho enterprise. Grand Rapids Eagle. ' A True Story. A littlo Irish girl thir teen years of age, without father or mother, ignorant of even her alphabet, lately came to livo with us. Knowing she had been re ceiving very good wages, wo asked her, rath er reproachfully, wo fear, why her wardrobo was so miserably poor and 6canty cleanly, and in good order as it was sho having tho baro necessities of clothing. " Ma'am ;" said she, and her bright, honest eyes filled with tears, " my mother did not always do right. feho owed a woman who had ever been kind to us, eight dollars lor bread. My wages havo been saved to pay that debt for it w as an honest ono. Until I had payed it, I felt 1 had no right to buy a single articlo that 1 could do without." " Is it all paid, Mary ?" " Yes, i and now I can spend tho wages you pay. mo on myself." Generous and bravo girl sho has her patent of nobility direct trom God, and it was ever from among tho poor and lowly Christ choso those who should bear his cross hero, and reign with him here after. The Electoral Vote. Tho electoral col- lego will consist of two hundred and ninetv- six votes. Necessary to a choice, 149. Of tho Northern States, Connecticut gives C California, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, 4 23 8 G 7 23 Illinois, 11 4 13 5 Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, 27 Bhode Island, Wisconsin, 4 170 Tho .Republican candidato can afford to loso Pennsylvania, or any number of the lesser States, tho aggregate vote of which shall not exceed 27, and still bo elected by tho people. iherc is only ono contingency under which thcro is a reasonable ground for apprehension in losing Pennsylvania, viz : in tho nomina tion of Mr. Buchanan. Professor Eiirenberg's microscope, which did such good service in procuring undeniable proof of tho Simonides fraud, has been made uso of again, in Prussia, to detect tho thief that stole a barrel of specie, which had been purloined on ono of tho railways. Ono of a number of barrels, that should all havo con tained coin, was found, on arrival at its des tination, to havo been emptied of its precious contents, and refilled with sand. On Pro . lessor Eiirenbero being consulted, ho sent for samples of sand from all tho stations aloncr tho difiercnt lines of railway that the specie had passed, and by means of his micro scope identified tho stations from which tho interpolated sand must havo been taken. Tho station once fixed upon it was not diffi cult to hit upon tho culprit in tho small num ber ot employees on duty there. Further Indian Outrages in South Florida Eight Persons Killed and Scalped. The following thrilling report of Indian depredations wo copy from an extra of tho Ethical Companion, dated Ocala, March 12, 1850: Since our regular number has been worked off and distributed, wo havo just been in formed by Colonel Paine, who has just ar rived from the South, that while he was stop ping at tho houso of Col. Williams, on the Withalooche, on Sunday evening last, that gentleman, in company with another, re turned from the post at Captain Kcndnck s, bringing tho following thrilling report: ISews had just arrived at that post of an attack by tho Indians on tho settlers on the Alapla, about thirty miles east of Tampa. Four men, ono woman and thrco children were killed and scalped, tneir nouses were burnt, and all the outrages and barbarities that savages could invent were committed. The Indians who made this attack were supposod to bo the ones who mado tho at tack near Manatee, mentioned in this week s paper. Most of tho men, at this settlement it would seem, had volunteered to protect their moro exposed neighbors, believing their own families comparatively safe. Citizens of Honda, what shall wo do? RTinll vn rommn iiilf (ton flirt snvfirrPH hntdior our neighbors, their wives and children ? Could wo hear tho echo, ten thousand voices would answer " No 1" What then shall we lo 1 Appeal to Government till our petition is heard and answered. But, above all, let us work for ourselves, and God and a grate ful people will reward us. Citizens are you ready ?i A gentleman who recently visited Lewis county, New York, tells somo tall stones of us adventures. Ho savs ho traveled sixteen miles on snow shoes on his way back over tho tops of tho primeval forests, only tho tips of tno tan pines emerging a lew luet like youn" scrubs. Ho finally took a sleigh for Boon- ville, and ho states that ho drove right over tho tops ot tho toll gates, which were buried in tho drifts. In ono instanco an old lady camo up to tho road on a ladder, and de manded seven cents toll. Ho demurred on tho ground that tho company did not own as "high up" as whero ho was traveling. Every Inxly must live by his own labors. Railroad to Lake Superior. Wo havo received a copy of a map with facta and ex planations, showing the route of a railroad from Chicago to Lake Superior. This map was adopted and tho facts laid before a meet ing of the citizens of Ontonagon and Mar quette in December last. Fond du Lac is already in railroad communication with Chi cago, bv Milwaukee, and in a few montlw tho Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du.Lac - Railroad will givo us another ajid moro di rect route. From Fond du Lac ono main trunk is pro posed to run due north to the Michigan State line, whero ono lino branches east to Mar quette, in the heart of tho iron district, and tho other is to run northwest to Ontonagon with a branch from tho Minnesota Mine to Copper Harbor, near the extremity of Keewe naw Point. The facts presented aro so in teresting to our merchan tile and manufactur ing interests that we present them nearly in full: Chicago Dem. Press. Through tho State of Wisconsin tho routo is over a remarkably level country, with littlo required grading. It is well wooded ; is a rich farming and grazing region, and also has extensive and very valuablo pineries along the route. It is now an unproductive, unsettled wilderness, and needs but the rail road to induco tho influx of an enterprising population and tho cultivation of ono of tho best natural portions of that thriving State. From tho junction at tho Stato line, tho branch to Ontonagon will pass with case up tho valley of the east branch of tho Ontonagon River, until near the Minnesota Mine ; it can pass through tho Mineral Range by a natural gorge, and over tho intervening table-land to tho port of Ontonagon. Iho branch thence to Copper Harlor along tho Mineral Range, with tho exception of crossing Portage Lake, is not difficult of construction, not as much so, it is believed, as most ot tno jncw Jring land roads. From tho State Line Junction tho Branch to Marquette is of a very favorable character. Tho most difficult portion of this route is al ready constructed by tho Iron Mountain T. R. It. and Railway Companies from tho Iron Mountains to tho Lake 10 miles. Tho summit of tho entire route is gained in that distance at an altitude of about 750 feet. From tho Iron Mountains southward on tho proposed routo is a gradual descent to tho waters of Lako Winnebago. Tho wholo route is believed' to bo as easy of construc tion as any lino of the same length now built in the Stato of New York. DISTANCES IN STRAIGHT LINES. From Oshkosh to Stato Line, 137 miles. " Stato Lino to Marquette, 05 " " Stato Lino to Ontonagon, 72 u 274 Min.Rangc Branch to Copper Har., 80 Total length, 354 " We Will Subdue You." These words tho N. Y. Trihune put into Senator Doug las' mouth as having been addressed to tho " Spirit of Freedom in tho North," in the course of a late speech in tho Senate ; and it is surprising how tho small fry of tho black republican press havo resounded them. Senator Douglas never uttered such words, or any words of such purport. The words ho did utter follow: Allegan Record. " Tho Senator stakes himself on tho min ority report. I say that report justifies for eign interference m Kansas: while the ma jority report denies the right of foreign in tericrence. laking tho minority report,. I can justify, under its principles every act that has been done in regard to Kansas, cither by persons from Massachusetts or from Missoun. 'Iho majority report denies tho right of any man to violate tho law, to per vert tho principles of tho Kansas-Nebraska act, whether ho comes from tho North or the South. The minority report advocates for eign interference. Wo aro ready to meet the issue ; and there will bo no dodging. Wo intend to meet it boldly ; to require 82(6 mission to the laws and to the constituted authorities; to reduce to suhicct ion those who resist them, and to punish rebellion and treason. I am glad that a defiant spirit is exhibited here; wo accept the issue." Senator Douglas will stand to these words and so will the democratic party. - New Tonnage of the Lakes. The Buf falo Commercial publishes a statement of tho tonnago now on tho stocks and under contract at Buffalo, Cleveland, Cattaraugus, Conneaut, Detroit, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Milan, Newport, Oswego, 1'crrysburg, Port Clinton, Port Huron, Saginaw, Sandusky, Trenton, Toledo, and Vermillion. Tho total steam tonnage is 17,775, valued at $1,203.- 500; total sail tonnage, 31,183, valued at $1,457,000; grand total of tonnage, 48,958, valued at $2,720,500. The tatal number of vessels is 121, viz: 1 steamer, 24 propel lers, 5 tugs, 91 sail craft. Thcro wero lost, last season, 3 steamers, 7 propellers, G barques, 8 brigs, 33 schooners, and 1 tug, with an es timated tonnage of 20,S50. . Excess of new tonnage over that lost, 28,108. Tho happiness of a wife, and tho cultiva tion of a vine, depends upon the care of n man.