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T HE (GMAOT VOLUME e NUMBER 270. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., JUNE 22, 1664. TERMS tl 00 PER ANNUM. MAYEPs! NEWS. O THE GRAND I1AVEN NEW1 PabIlsUtd rr Wednesday, 23 "V J. AS J. W. BABNQ.' ;a"rtl 55 when leftly theCarrWr Offico.va Washington Street, ; ('il door abort th I'wuOfH,) Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., Michigan. KATES OF A.DVEET1S1NO. Timr. lsq 2iq 51 4q Icol jco 1 I col 1 w'a, ( 501 0y 2 wks.f 75ll 50 3 w'ks,l 00i 00 1 m'th.St 2S 2 50 2 mo's.jS 004 00 3 tno'sJ 3005 00 6 tuo'7 400 0 50 1 year.( 00,3 00 ToT2 00i TOOTODO 2 25 3 0i S 00 4 00 8 5 4 50 5 00; 5 76 6 50! 7 On 3 75 5 00 5 50 6. SO 7 50 10 00 6012 00 7 50il4 00 8 50 15 00 10 23 17 60 12 00 20 00 8 00, 001 17 00 30 00 25 00140 00 10 00,12 00,15 00 Twelve line or less (Minion) make 1 square. Business Cards, not ceeedingsU lines, $3,00. Legal advertising atlegal rates, fifty cents per folie for the firt and twenty-fWo cents per folio for each subsequent insertion. "Advertisement nnnceoinpaniod with written or verbal direction!, will be publihod until or dored out. and eharged for. When a poslpone msnt it added t an advurtiaoment, tho whole will be charged, the same as for the first insertion. Job Printing, All kinds of Hook. Card, Post-Bill. Cotalogno or Fancy Printing dene on short notice, end at reasonable ratcj. Clanks of all kinds, printed to irdor, with neatness and despntch. 7$r Patronage is respectfully solicited. Letters relating to basinest, to receive atten lion, mast be addrossod to tho Publishers. J. & J. W. BARNS, PcBtisnenS. ft T C. J. PfafF, Sherilf of Ottawa Co., rud Haven, Mich. GrOOr G-. Iiovell, County Treasu rr, Grand Haven, Mich. Peter Van Den Berg, County Clerk and Rcgistor of Deeds, Grand Hares, Otta wa Co., Mloh. Robert W. Duncan, Circuit Court Commissioner, Grand Karen, Mich. William II. Parks, Prosecuting At torney, Grand Haven, Mich. George Eastman, County Survey or, Eustmanville, Mich. J. H. Sanford, Deputy County Sur veyor, Wright P. O.. Ottawa Co.. Mich. 5. Munroe. Physician and Surgeon. Office ft) WekLington street, Grand Haven, Mloh. Dwight Cutler, Dealer in General Merchandise, Pork. Floor, Salt, Grain, Lumber. Sliingles. Lath, 1c. Water street, Grand Haven, Mich. William Wallace, Grocer an t Pro vision Merchant, Washington Street, Grand Haven, Mich. Miner Hedges, Proprietor of tho Vic tor .Mills, Tallmadj;o, dealer In Merchandise, Groceries and Provisions, Pork, Groin and Mill Feed, fliineles, it., ic. Lamont, Otta wa County, Michigan. Augustus W. Taylor Judge of Probate, Ottawa County. Post-Office address Ottawa Contor. Court 'tiny. First, and Third Mondays of each Month. Office at the Court Honso, Grand Haven. Georgo E. Hubbard, Dealer in Btovea, Hardware, Gnns, Iron, Nails, Spike, (Hans, Circular and Cross-cut Saws, Butcher's Files; and Manufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet-Iron Wares. Job work done tn short critic. Corner of Washington and Firit ats., Grand IUvun, Mich. Wm. JM.. Ferry Jr., Manufacturer of Stationary and Murine, high or low press ura Kagiuta, Mill Gearing, Iron and Jirass Castings, Ottawa Iron Works, Fcrrysburg, Ottawa Co., Mich. PoM-Offlce address, Grand Haven, Mi;u. John H. Nevcomb, Dealer in Dry Goods, Orocerios, Provisions, Crockery. Hard ware, lioota and Shoes, etc. Rtaie Street, Mill Point, Mich. J, T. Davis, Merchant Tailor, Dealer in Gents Farninhing Goods, Broadcloths, Cas. irara&t VaBtings, ic Shop, Washington St. id door below the Drug Store. Ferry & Son, Manufacturer ami Wholesale and Rotail Pealcrs iu Lumbcr.Khin jflos, Lath, Pickets, Timber Ac. Business Of fices, Water Street, Grand Haven, Mi-h., and 236, Adams Street, Chicago, 111. r. F. Chubb, Manufacturer of and Dealor In Plow, Cultivators, Threshing Ms ohines, Raspers, Mowers, Hay Presses and all kinds of Farming Tools and Machines. Ag. rioultural Warehouse, Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mloh.. COXCCNTKATI2D TOT ASH! A T twenty-five eenta'yer Can, which, with Jz. half doson pounds of greiu-e, you can tnake fifteen gallons of Good Soap. Sold at . GRIFFIN'S Drugstore. pril,25,'3 . 2l3tf Get a Sowing Machine! Whoever Intends Ut fuirhise a good Family Sewing MVbloe. of any kind, will do well ta call sttha 2ftwa CSca. Wa eau furnish them at all times upa the canst adranuzeons terms. BOY WANTED. Mr. Marcband. Sitlinj by Lis desk, lake p one? of tie many letters of ap- jthcaiion, and tmu rejeatM tho folio win Boliloquy: "It is erv alran're wliat lias become of all tlio bovs nioro than twenty appli cants for tho vacant situation in niv store. Lot 'the youn gcnllumcn,4 as they sttlo themselves, are too smart for me. When I was young there were loys neither ashamed nor afraid to run on errands, to lieht fires and weer an office. What Lns becom of them all I wonder f Well, we probably shall have more applications and possibly niay get ono yet. Ah! hero Co iiios one now. Poy. (Enters foppishly tlrcsseJ, keep ing hi hat on, and flouri-thin" a slender can makes a slight bow and says: " la this Mr. 'Marcband f" Mr. M. M Yes, sir, that is my name." Uoy. " 1 perctivo that you adverted for nn assistant in your Ktore." Mr. M. " Yes; I want a boy to assist me. Do you know of one who you think would answer!" Boy. " Well I happen to bo disengag ed just at present, aud should like to make an engagement with you." Dusts his pataloons with his cane.J Mr. M. "How old are vouf" 13oy. u Well, sir, I reached tho age of 15 last month." Mr. M. 4,IIavo you ever been in a 6tore Boy. "Yes, in several, but found none to my liking yet." Mr. M. "In what do yon thiuk you can bo useful to niol" Boy. " Why 1 cao turn ray hand to most anything, I am pretty well booked up." ' Mr. M. " Are yuu quick at errands?" Boy. " Why, I .should not, like much to do errands." Spoken proudly. Mr. M. MCan you sweep out and dust down well !" Boy. Looking astonished. M Young men don't sweep nor dust now-a-days; women folks have monopolized the busi ness." Mr. M. 44 Then how do you expect to assist mo " Boy. 44 Oh.'l can do the writing and answer questions when you are nut." Mr. M. 44 Well, what pay should you roquiro for such service!" Boy. 44 In the neigeborhood of five dollars." Mr. M. 44 la tho hcigborhood ! What do you mean!" Boy. 44 Why, about five dollars; it miht be a trillo more than that." Mr. M. 44 And you neither can dust, sweep, nor run on errands!" Boy. 44 Well I suppose I could, but Mr. M. "But what!" Boy. 44 it ain't exactly the thing." Mr. M. 44 Well, my young friend, at your ago I used to run on errands, sweep, dust and perform all tho duties of a boy and Boy. Indignantly. 44 Sir you doti't take mo for a boy, do you ! It is useless to fool away the limo in this manner." Marches olf in high dudgeon. Mr. M. 44 Isn't that a fin specimen of tho boys of the present age! I foar we will have to do without. O, here comes another." Boy enters with his can in his hand, modestly bows, and Bays! "Good morning, sir, is Mr Marchnnd in!" Mr. M. " Yes ; that is my name, w hat is your wish I" Boy. 44 1 saw an advertisement in tho paper for a by, and I came to see if i could answer your purpose!" Mr. M. " Well, 1 had almost mnde up my mind that I should not be able to find a boy, but what is your namo!" Boy. 44 Charles Sotnmers, sir." Mr. M. 44 How old are you!" Boy. "Fourteen next Juno, air." Mr. M. 44 Where do you live!" Boy. 44 Number 441, Harrison Ave nue, sir." Mr. M. "Are your parents living!" Bpy. 44 Mother i, but father died two years aco.M Mr. M. "Have you any brothers or sisters !" Boy. Yes, sir; one brother and three sisters," Mr. M. " Are you the oldest !" Boy. "Yes, air." Mr. if. " Ilovr docs your motbor manage to support so large a fnmily !" Boy. " O, sir, lbs takes in washing and sewing, and other work, such as she can get, and I do errands for the Misse$ Stockton, who live near us, aod for other folks, by whitb I get fljorjfl to lielp mother along" Mr. M. ' " Very well; that speaks woll for you, for you know that the city is a very bad place, and good boys are not very plenty. Have you cvor becu in a Store-!' Boy. 44 No, sir, wa have been in the ci ty but a few months, and have not bwn ablu to get a place yet, but I think I could do all you want m to, I'm strong and don't you think I'll do, airP Looks very inquiringly to Mr. M.J Mr. M. 44 Well, I don't know. Oar ing thoughtfully on the floor. Can jou bring recommendations?" Boy. dropping his head desponding ly. "I don't know as I could; we havo no friends in the city." Mr. M. "That is' very 'unfortunate, for it is very important in (akitig auy one iuto our store in these times, that thev come well recommended. What is that!" Pointing to something in the boy's breast pocket. Boy. " O, that is draws It out a Bi ble tny Sunday school teacher gave mo tho last Sunday before we camo here." Mr. M. " Ah 1 Jet me see it." Takes it, opens and reads aloud. " Presented, by Lis teacher, to Charles Scanners, for his punctual attendance and exemplary bchaivor at the Sabbath School." " Well, my boy, you have one of tho best recom mendations that could be produced. It is a great pity that thure are no more boys worthy of such a testimonial. You may como and try, and if you do well, you shall bo paid for vour services." Boy. " I thank you. When shall I come !" Mr. M. "To-morrow morning, if you wish." Boy. Withdrawing. "Thank you. O, how glad my mother will be! Good morning." Mr. M. 44 Good morninc" Skvkn Conscripts Kiuen in At tempting to Desekt Two Others Fa tally Injured Substitutes Shot. Nino of a car load of conscripts, who were e roule from Boston to Cincinnati, on Wednesday night, arranged and executed an exceedingly desperate plan of escape between Chatham and Schodac depot, N. Y. The doors of tho car were locked, a guard being stationed on tho platform. But while the lights were turned down so that he could not see plainly through the window in the door what was going on, a hole was cut in the floor of tho car largo enough to admit tho passage of a man's body. The hole was nearly over the wheels, the plan seeming to bo to crowd out and by holding on to the brakes ef fect an escape when tho train Lad stopped or was moving slowly. Only four of lLo nine were so fool-hardy as to attempt this mode of escnpc, and they paid tho penalty with thoir lives, their bodies be ing shockingly nmnglod. The other five jumped from ono of the car windows, while the train was moving nearly thirly fivo miles an hour, three of them receiv ing injuries of which they Lavodied, while the other two wero not expected to live. The same train carried several substitutes apd bounty jumpers, one of whom was ar rested ou suspicion that he bad furnished the escaped and dead conscripts with li quor. When tne train arrived at lirecn- bush, his comrades tried their best to res cue him, and in a scrimmage which en sued ono of them was shot in tho thigh by one of the guard and died soon after. The New Atlantic Cable. Evcrv possible care and attention is bestowed upon tho manufacture of the Atlantic ca ble so as to render its success, if properly laid, a continued cortainty. The core consists of a st rand of seven copper wires, each covered with about had an inch of gutta-percha composition, as an insulating medium, lho telegraphic1 core is then strengthened by wrapping around it ten solid wires formed of Messrs. Webster & llorsfali's homogeneous iron, capable of bearing a strain of eleven miles of its length. Tho wholo is afterwards sur rounded with yarn, saturated Willi a chemical compound which, by its poison ous qualities, will prevent its destruction by marine insects, shllfish, etc. Tho new cable is most perfect throughout, and double the strength of the former 'one. The superior quality of the conducting wires, and the greater thickness will ad mit of an average of eight words per min ute being transmitted, against a fourth of that number under the arrangement of the old cable. Scientific American. The loss bv fire at Gloo'a Falls is esti mated at $600,000; insured for about $250,000. Io proportion to th size of the Dlaco. this fire Is said to ba tha moat disastrous that erer occurred this side of Sao Francis. From the Charleston Mtrcury. A Bride Killed at the Altar by a Fed eral Shell. ' Tho Yankees, from time to time throw a shell into the city but nobody seems to mind it. But misfortune willed that yes terday a shel) should throw the entire com munity into mourning. Miss Anna Pickens, the daughter of our former Governor, never consented to leave the citv. Despite tho representa tion of Gen. Benu regard, she remained, braving shells and Greek Fire, teuding to the wounded, and cheering all with her presence.- Among the Wounded officers under Ler ministering care, was Mr Au drew De Uochelle, a descendant of one of tho noblest Hugenot families of lho city." This young man was full of the liveliest gratitude to the fair nurse; gratitude gae birth to a more tender sentiment; his suit was listened to; Gov. Pickens gave his consent and the marriage was fixed for yesterday, the 23d of April. Lieutenant De Rochclle was on duty at Fort Sumpter in the morning, and it was determined that the ceremony should take place at the residence of Gon. Bon ham in the evening nt 7 o'clock. At tho moment the Episcopal clergyman was asking the brido if the was ready, a shell fell unon the roof of the building, pene trated to the room where the company as sembled, burst and wounded nine persons, among the rest Miss Annie Pickens. We cannot describe the scene thnt followed. Order was at length reestablish, and the wounded wero removed, all except tho bride, who lay moticnlcs on the car pet. Her betrothed, kneeling and bend ing over hor was weeping bitterly and try ing to staunch the blood that welled from a terrible wound under the left breast. A surgeon enme and declared that Miss Pickens had no longer than two hours to live. When the wounded girl recovered her coneciousness, she asked to know her fate, and when they hesitated to tell her, sho said, 44 Andrew, I beg you to tell mo the truth. If 1 must die, I can die worthy of you." The young soldier's tears wero his answer, and Miss Anna summoning all her strength attempted to smile. Nothing could be moro heartiending than the agony of tins brave cirl strug gling in tho embrace of death and against a ternblo mortal pang. Governor Pickens, whose courage is known, was almost without consciousness, and Mrs. Pickens looked upon her child with the dry and haggard eye of one whose reason totters. Lieut. Do Roch clle was tho first to speak. 44 Anna," he cried, "I will soon die, too, bnt I would have you die my wife. There is yet limo to unite us. i ho young girl did not re ply, sho was to weak. A slight flush rose for an instant to her pale cheek; it could tie seen mat joy and pain were struggling in her spirit for mastery. Ly ing upon a sofa, her bnda dress all stain ed with blood, her hair dishevelled, she had never been more beautiful. Helpless as she was, Lieut. De Roch- ello took hor hand and requested the Kev Mr. Dickinson to proceed with tho ccro mony. When it was limo for the dying girl to say yes, her lips parted several limes, but sho could not articulalo At last tho word was spoken, and a slight foam rested upon her hps. The dying ngony was near. The minister sobbed as he proceeded with lho ceremony. An hour afterward all was over, and the bri dal chamber was the chamber of death. Lieut. Do Rochclle has sworn to perish ii) battle agtiinst tho Yankcos, and we are sure he will keep his oath. Ho has now a double motive to hate them and Lis own existeuco. Suicide. Iast Tuesday a man by the name of Georgo R. Norris, a resident of Lpping, aged 23 years, committed suicide at the Provost Marshal's office irthis ci ty by taking strychnine. lie is said to have deserted from the army, or refused to appear ofter Laving been drafted. Of ficers Kent and Johnson went to Kpping Moixlay night, arrested him and brought biro here Tuesday morning. He dctcrm ed not to go to ihe w ar, being opposed to fighting, and especially in such a war as this, lie alleged, as we bear, that be Lad been deprived of every right but one, and that was the right to die with no brother's blood upon bis gnrments, and that right he should avail himself of, and therefore be committed suicide. What a lesson is here furnished for the contem plation of every sober and reflecting mind. -Portmoidh(X II.) Stales and Un ion. SotfE hearts, like primroses, open irot handsomely in the shadows of lit. The Rust of Wheat and its Remedial. From the article on "The Wheal Plant," by Lewis Bollman, v( Blooming ion, Itid., publi-dind in llie report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, we extract the following remarks in iclttiion to rust: 44 The oldest of our histories, the Bible, frequently alludes to it as Common among th? Jews, 'and represented it hs one of llie punishments inflicted on thnt disobe dient people. TL'y were warned that disolelii nc would be followed 4 with blasting and with mildew;' and when thus punished, the prophet Haggai Bays.' 4iEti)oIoyou with blnHing, and with mildew, ivtid with hail, in all tho labors of your lm:ids; yet ye turned uot to me,' snith the Lord.' The II threw name for" rust yarcoon, meaning a yellow col-w caused ay moisture, is, indicative of the causu and appearance of the disease then as wo find them now. -The Grecian and Roman writers have transmitted to us like names and causes. The Greeks call it erusitee, and the Romans ruligo. 0id, describing ihe rubigalia, a religious festi val established by one of the earliest rulers of Rome, makes tho priest say, 4 If the sun fervently bents the moist stalks then, O dread goddess, is ihe opportuni ty for thy dread wrath. Bo merciful, I pray, aod withhold thy rusting hands from the crops.' In all limes, and among every civilised eople, this disease existed, and a moist stalk heated by a hot sAn is the cause of it; hence heavy dews, percip itated by clear, cold nights, succeded br a hot sun during the day, soon develop tho disease now as it did in the most an cient periods. . It was not until the mi croscope was invented that tho true Datura of the disease was known. There is a species of plant which lives on. the 6ap of other plants, called parasite. The rust and smut are plants of this character. The microscope shows the fact that rust is a perfectly formed plant, having roots, stems and producing seed too small for the unaided eye to discover. These exist in innumerable quantities in the atmos phere, a ailing the condition essential to their germination and development. What these are we havo already seen. In tho Innguago of Ovid, tlwy are the uo fervently beating on the moistened stalks. Wbeu tills moisture-proceeds from show ery weather, no danger need be appre- heuded; but when froin dews precipitated by cool nights, then tho rust develops it self. Whether the moisture in drying so rapidly causes a contraction of the outer portion of the stem, so iuduco splitting, or whether the coolness of the night causos it, is not certainly ascertained. Bo this as it may, the result is tho same an imperceptible splitting of the straw through which the sup oor.es out. The invisible and multitudinous seeds of .the rust attach themselves to this sap, and burying themselves in it, rapidly vegetate, striking their roots into tho openings of tho straw, thus diverting to themselves the sap of the plant, which should go to filling out and ripening ol the grain. Hence it so rapidly shrivels, and becomes worthless. 44 Whnt is tho remedy against this evil? The Romans sacrificed a red bitch on the altar of the Goddess Rubigp, the priest entreating her to w ithhold her rust ing hands. If the farmers could bo pur suaded to sacrifice all bitches to the god doss, then an nliar ought to be creeled to her on every farm, for the indirect benefit to the wheat crop by an increased sheep husbandry would moro than compensate all losses from tho rust. 44 Tho Jewish jfophets regarded the blasting and mildew as a punishment for lho sins of the people. When a people by rebellion, under such high condition of prosperity as exhibited by the census of 18G0, soeks its own and lho destruction of others, and tho overthrow of tho best government lho woild has seen, blasting and mildew of the wheat crop will not stay their impious hands. But, regarding the" remedy for rust, through thi micro acope, wo find that m is in all stages of the growth of the pkint that tho tilraw is liabht toaplit under heavy dews and a hot Ran. It is not in its growing state, but in its ripening stagu only that this result it produced. Hence, whatever rapidly shortens the ripening ta0 lessens the dancer, For this purpose there, is noth ing equal to stable manure, theprecise ef fects of which on ihe soil and on the wheat crop will le stated under the head of ma i) urea. Another remady is in im mediate ban e.sling when the crop is af fected by the rust. The following in structive experiments on this point 1 find in Mr. Klippart'a essay rn wheat. Mr. Goorgs D. ileudricks, cf Treble county, Ohio, writes Mr. Klipparl as follows: