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GREAT FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The New York Tribune contains three col
umns of lossea by the recent fire. Among oth
ers in this Hit, we notice the loss of the library
and papers of Frank M.Pixley, the city Attor
ney, late of Detroit. The Tribune's list embra
ces about six hundred and fifty persons and firms
and the wrurczule loss is set down by nil the
papers at $12,000,000. Supposing the list of
losses to embrace all the sunerers by the tire
" it presents the' almost incrediblo fact, of an
average loss of $18,451 by each person and firm.
In this country we have no data, by which such
a result can be brought within the range of pos
sibilities, in a city the size of San Francisco.
Hut it must be recollected that property is esti
mated by different rates from those which gov
ern valuations here. The exports from San
Francisco the present spring, have been greater
than those of New York. The latter city re
reives nearly one-half of the current revenues
from customs, while its exports do not reach one
sixth. Yet tho amount of exports at San Fran
cisco are prodigious, and such a result could not
fail to have an effect upon real estato valuea
tions. The papers are full of accounts of the fire, and
among other items it is stated that Messrs. Hew
ett & Harrison, for tho want of water, used
80,000 gallons of vinegar in preserving their
warehouse.
In blowing up the Sacramento Hotel, Broad
way, tho first explosion was ineffectual, and it
was thought that only one of the casks planted
had ignited, and yet, in this uncertainty, a dar
ing spirit was found, who walked into the build
ing already in flames, with two more casks of
powder, fired the fuse and retreated coolly. In
loss than a minute afte r, tho huge building crum
bled into fragments upon its own foundation.
Tho mass of shipping that crowd our harbor
was in imminent danger of taking fire on Satur
day night. Had ono vessel caught the flames,
ho close together are they all anchored, and so
hopeless the idea of moving, that tho entire fleet
would have, in all probability, been consumed.
As it was, the captains and crews had to be con
slantly on the alert to preserve their vessels.
The ship Susan Drew, Capt. Holbrook, took fire
three times from the burning brands that were
driven upon her by the wind, but by prompt ap
plication of water, she was cadi time saved.
Several others were also on fire at various times,
but none, we are happy to say, were burned.
The Editor of the Alia Calif or nian gives the
following vivid picturo of the conflagration :
Iron and zinc curled up like scorched leaves,
and sent forth their brilliant flames of green,
blue and yellow tints ; mingling with and mod
ifying the great red tongues of the fires which
flashed upward from a thousand burning hou
ses. The hill sides were lighted as if the sun
were above tho eastern mountains, and their
trees, shrubs, herbage and houses were as dis
tinguishable in the "bright light as if it were
noon. Darkness hung over a large portion of
the shipping, where the broad and heavy ocean
f smoke lay down in impenetrable gloom over
tho bay. People became paralyzed. Many re
moved their stocks of goods, or portion of them,
lour or five times, and had them overtaken and
destroyed at last. The streets were crammed
with masses cf human beings and rushing teams
only giving way before the advance of the ele
ments, as the smoke and heat and crashing walls
pushed them back. Men became mad; some
rushed headlong into tho flames. Weeping wo
men and prattling infancy were wandering alnid
ashes and destruction. Every few moments the
earth and air trembled, as great buildings were
torn into fragments by tho explosions of gun
powder, and the atmosphere was filled with shat
tered timbers, brick'and mortar. Tho multitude
hung upon the borders of this " vast sea of fire;"
few comparatively knew, or could know, what
were tho dangers and exertions of those who
were within the range of the stiflling smoke and
scorching flames. In less than nine hours from
the beginning, more than twenty squares exist
ed only in memory and in the ascending col
umns of smoke and flame which covered the
city's bite.
But the saddest sight of all was the destruc
tion of brave, but bewildered men, who sudden
ly surrounded with fire, rushed, staggered and
uncertain, in hopeless efforts to escape, until
strangled and scorched, they writhed and fell in
full view of hundreds, who were completely
powerless to save them. Others, after battling
inside of what they had considered fire proofs,
finding their efforts, to save the buildings, vain,
endeavored to escape, but too late. The doors
and window blinds were red hot, and could not
bn opened in some instances, as their last chance
of safety failed them.
Wo cannot express our sensation of yester
day, while looking upon the blackened remains
of poor humanity, as they still lay, burned to
coals, amid the lire which filled the cellar of a
building on Montgomery st., still beyond the
reach of all who gazed upon them. May we nev
er again see so horrible a spectacle.
San Francisco Rebuilding. The whole
city is alive with workmen, engaged in rebuild
ing upon tho burnt district. The Alta Califor
nia gives the following astonishing instances :
"From Monday, 6th instant, when tho fire
ecascd, up to the present time, May, 14th, an
interval of ten days, three hundred and fifty
seven buildings have been commenced, of which
tho major part are finished and occupied. This
is exclusive of the many that are going up in
other patH of the city not touched by tho fire.
Including them, the total number of houses just
completed, or in course of erection throughout
the city, will not fall short of 450. Of course,
from tho rapidity with which they havo been
put up, most of them are frame, but still in ev
ery instance in which a brick building was burnt
either the walls still standing will be used in
rebuilding, or where they are unfit, a new brick
fire-proof building will bo erected in the place
of tho ono destroyed."
Earthquake in San Francisco. On the
morning of tho 15th of May, a severe shock of
an earthquako was felt in San Francisco, which
lasted nearly a minute. Tho buildings nnd
wharves of the city shook tremendously, and in
a few seconds the streets were filled with peo
ple, seeking safety in tho open air. Wo do not
learn that any damage was done to persons or
property.
The Mexican papers announce that six very
rich mines have been discovered at Cucrnavaca.
They yield from GO to 05 per cent of pure met
al. The leat product is 25 per cent. '
THE GHAND BI VEll '-TIMES.
GRAND HAVEir, IHCII.
WEDNESDAY. EVENING, JULY 'J, 1851.
TO Ol'lt FAT110NS AXD FJ1IKAWS.
We present you with the first number of the
Grand River Times, and accompanying it will
be expected what we acknowledge to bo your
due, viz: a 6ctting forth of the reasens which
operated upon our minds as an inducement to
engage in this enterprise the principles which
shall guide us in conducting our paper, etc.
Tho question "will it pay," has been so fre
quently asked by those with whom we have
conversed upon our new undertaking indeed,
a majority of tho citizens of Ottawa will find
this to be an inquiry that first arises in the
mind upon learning that a paper is established
in Grand Haven that we will give our opinion
of the probable chances of success, pecuniarily.
We have not come out in this new character
through speculative motives, neither do we an
ticipate a support so meager as to be obliged in
a few months to close office and seek a liveli
hood in an occupation whose reward is more
sure. In short, we hope not to grow poorer by
this operation, and so long '.is the encourage
ment we receive shall bo adequate to an eco
nomical livelihood, so long shall we continue
to issue tho " Times."
From a duo consideration of the subject, we
havo been brought to tho belief, that a paper
established within our own limits, with liber
al political views, and judiciously managed in
all its departments would, in a great measure
contribute to the interest and permanent wel
fare of our County. We commence our career
under a strong impression that we can furnish
the citizens of Ottawa County with such a pub
lication, and that all will be proud to hail our
advent in this new character with due encour
agement for success.
We have always been subscribers to the Dem
ocratic faith, and the principles our paper will
advocate, politically, must, of course be akin to
our own. Nominations for ollice, fairly and le
gitimately made by the Democratic party, shall
always receive our sanction and support. Our
literary miscellany shall bo selected with care,
and nothing except what has in its tendency, an
elcvating,healthy influence shall be presented to
our readers. In our intercourse with the world,
tho establishment of a character nnd reputa
tion which should abide the test and scrutiny
of the virtuous and good, has been our first and
chief study ; and holding the opinion that the
paper we conduct is to be a part and parcel of
our own character, an exponent of what we in
trinsically are ; it shall bo our aim to guard its
reputation with that jealous care which has al
ways been exercised over our individual conduct.
After the present number, wo intend giving,
weekly, the condition of the markets in this vil
lage for the various products of the Grand Riv
er valley, which naturally seek Grand Haven as
a depot, and thus make the "Times" a correct
and convenient reference for business men
throughout tho Grand River valley. In con
nection with this will be given a marine list, in
which will be found the arrivals and departures
of vessels, steamboats and propellors.
IIfnry Pennoyer Esqr., will take charge of
our editorial columns on his return from De
troit, where ho is absent for a few weeks, as a
Juror in the U. S. District Court, now in session.
Mr. Pennoyer is well known throughout tho
county as an active Democrat, and from the
many important stations of public trust which
have been for several years past successively
committed to his keeping ; will be considered
as eminently qualified for this station.
And now friends of Ottawa County, we make
to you our appeal. By the recent census, tho
population of our county is returned as G,490,
and out of that number wo confidently set
down 500 as tho smallest number who shall
leave their names on our subscription book and
their dollar, each, in our pockets, as a fair ex
change for as many copies of the Grand River
Times. We do not ask you, in pity, to come
forward and be our subscribers, and go away
with the thought that you have done only a deed
of charity for which a reward in the world is
among tho doubftul. We ask you to patron
ize our paper with no other feeling than that
you have discharged a duty in support of a
laudable enterprise for which you receive an ad
equate equivalent. For tho kind encourage
ment which we have already received from some
of our most respectable .and influential citizens
of both political parties, we do and ever shall
feel grateful. Publishers.
5f When thirty-six.hours shall pass away,
the seventy-fifth anniversary of our National
Independence will bo upon us. Are the patri
otic boys of Grand Haven, with " Eddy" at
their head, well prepared to celebrate " The
Fourth " We remember your brilliant bonfiro
and pyrotechnic works of the last anniversary,
and from the heap of combustibles now on tho
green we guess the approaching celebration will
in no wise be inferior to its predecessors. Get
out your fire works boys, when twilight is gone
and burst them all to pieces!
i7 The issue of our next number will be
postponed two weeks. We suspend publi
cation next week to get in our subscription list
and advertisements. In the mean time we hope
all who wish to become subscribers will for
ward their names; and those wishing to adver
tise will please send or hand us their advertise
ments as early as convenient After this omis
sion, our payments will be made when due. '
6rand Haves'' Its position, resources, trade,
commerce, manufactures and relative impor
tance as the principal outlet of the products of
of Michigan, north of the Central Railroad.
Messrs. Barns &. Angel, Your praisewor
thy enterprise manifested in tho appearance of
the " IHmes" as the exponent of the affairs and
progress of tho Grand River valley, is hailed
with tho best wishes for your success, by all
who feel an interest in tho prosperity of this
ultima thule of tho Peninsular State. It is the
peculiar province of tho newspaper press, to
send abroad, a knowledge of the place from
which it cmenates, and from the facts and sta
tistics it publishes, a correct idea is gained by
strangers of its importance, as a constituent
part of tho body politic. This is done in va
rious ways by means of tho journals .of the
present day but not so fully as is desirable by
those who expect that such journals will bo as
it were a map of the country or village it rep
resents. In most of the country papers, all the
information given of the place, is to be gleaned
from tho advertisements and the "Business Di
rectory," without which it might as well bo is
sued from the moon, as from any sublunary
spot, so far as uny idea can be formed of the lo
cality it hails from. Thus premising what I
have to say of Grand Haven, I hasten to intro
duce our village and its environs to your read
ers far and near, to many f whom such an out
of tho way place perchance, " was never dream
ed of in their philosophy."
Grand Haven tho county seat of Ottawa
County Mich., 213 miles West by North from
Detroit, is situated on the South bank of Grand
River, half a mile from its entrance into Lake
Michigan between which and tho Lake are sand
hills 200 feet in height. Its harbor, (the best
on this side of the Lak() could be made by the
construction of piers superior to any on the
upper Lakes, and with such an improvement by
the general government, would open to the in
terior of the State by rail and plank roads to
tho Rapids, a channel for tho outlet of a vast
amount of produce, the staples of a soil abound
ing in agricultural and mineral wealth, and the
inlet of the products of the world abroad.
At the present writing there is from ten to thir
ty feet depth of water in the channel, which is
indicated by lights and guides established at
the mouth of the river. For the benefit of tran
sient vessels drawing more than eight feet, it
may be well to state hero that tho inner and
outer bars extend from tho north ph1 south
past the line of the ranges, preventing a stiiaght
passago out but the buoy north of tho outside
bar is placed a little north of the range lights,
in thirteen feet water ; by keeping in range over
the outside bar there is 8 - feet, and inside of it
thnrc is not less than ten feet in rang?.
Grand Haven contain n 'Court -II&wuo which
is used also as a church, a Jail, a School House
with spacious rooms above and below, with a
cupola and bell, 'a beautiful edifice which cost
nearly two thousand dollars, and accommodates
over one hundred scholars pursuing the vari
ous branches of education, under accomplished
teachers, open to all classes of youth, including
the penniless as well as the rich. There are
three large public houses, well sustained, one
of which, the Washington, is three stories high
with a Hall in the attic, occupied by the Odd
Fellows. There are five stores, three forward
ing houses, two shops, several groceries, a large
tannery, tailor shop, blacksmith and carpenter
shops and several fisheries.
Tho principal business of tho place is the
manufacture and shipment of lumber. The
number of steam and water mills for that pur
pose within the range of navigation here, and in
this part of the county is fourteen, five onlyof
which are water mills, the remainder mostly
double steam mills, which make an average of
20,000 feet in 24 hours. Tho quantities of
lumber shipped from this port this season will
amount to nearly or quite 30,000,000 feet be
sides a proportionate amount of shingles, shingle-bolts,
lath, wood, cedar posts, bark &c., &c.
Heavy shipments of wheat, flour and plaster,
have been made this season, and a largo amount
of merchandise received for this place and the
various points in Ottawa, Kent and Ionia. On
the river two steamers ply between this place
and Grand Rapids, nnd ono connects above to
Ionia making about eighty miles inland navi
gation towards Lansing tho Capital of the State,
from which a plank road is nearly completed to
Detroit and is to be extended west to Ionia and
Grand Rapids. Stock is now being taken at
Kalamazoo for a plank road to Grand Rapids,
which improvements will facilitate travel from
the East to Milwaukio, by way of Grand Ha
ven. Propellors from Buffalo touch hero semi
monthly en route for Chicago, and a fleet of about
twenty sail take nearly a million feet of lumber
a week to Chicago and other ports. Tho pure
and healthful breeze from the liakc dissipates
the miasma of the marshes and renders the oc
cupation of our two physicians one of consid
erable leisure. There are no Lawyers here, and
a good one would find employment in this and
the counties North. Tho population of the
county is 0,400, embracing tho Hollaud Colony,
twenty miles south of the county seat, on Black
River, another good harbor when improved by
government. The population of this village
and Mill Point is about 1000.
I have thus hastily glanced at tho present
condition of Grand Haven as respects its pres
ent business and improvements. Its origin, his
tory and future proVpccts may bo tho theme of
another articlo from your correspondent, if lime
and opportunity will permit.
j 27" On Friday last, as tho steamer Empire
was making her downward trip, a spark from
the smoke pipe alighted among the shavings
and mw dust' near the Stofe House of the
Messrs. Norton's, In their, mill yard; and dis
daining idleness amid materials subservient to
its will, this mischievous offspring immediate
ly set to work and consumed the Store House,
together with a quantity of wood and lumber.
Most of tho valuables in store were saved.
Two or thrco accidents of this kind may sug
gest to tho proprietors of the Empiro the ne
cesity of screening her smoke pipe and thus ef
fectually preventing a recurrence of such ca
lamities. Drowned. At tho mouth of White River,
twenty-four miles North of this place, on Mon
day, 23d of June, Henry Patrick, son of John
son Patrick of Kalamazoo, aged about sixteen.
He was left on board the schooner Telegraph
while tho hands were ashoro getting out lum
ber from Mr. Ferry's steam mill, by lighters
to tho vessel ; during their absence he got into
tho small boat and attempting to' 6cull around
tho vessel was immediately thrown into the
Lake. His cries were heard on shore, but he
sunk before help could reach him. Tho body
was found on Tuesday, July 1st, and buried at
White Lake.
DECISION OF JUDGE McLEAN
In the United Stales Court on the subject of the
seizure of Vessels for carrying timber and lum
ber. Judge McLean yesterday rendered a decision
on the legality of tho recent seizure of Vessels
in this State for alleged violations of law, in car
rying lumber and timber from the public lands.
We are glad to have it in our power to publish
that portion of the decision (which embraces the
whole question of trespass, &e.) which bears di
rectly upon tho right of seizure of vessels in the
numerous cases beforo the court. Free Press.
" But the question as to the forfeiture of the
vessel is governed by the second section. That
provides, 'that if the master, owner, or con
signee of any ship or, vessel shall, knowingly,
take on board any timber cut on lands which
shall havo been reserved or purchased as afore
said, &x,' "or shall take on board any live oak
or red cedar timber cut on any other lands of
the United States, with intent to transport the
same, the ship or vessel, shall, with all her tack
lo apparrel, etc., bo forfeited to tho United
States," &i
Now the question has arisen whether the ves
sel incurs a forfeiture under the above provis
ion, by transporting &c, any timber not taken
from lands reserved for Naval purposes, or if ta
ken from other lands of the United States w hich
is not "live oak or'red cedar," not so reserved.
Tho words of the section aro so explicit, that
there would seem to bo no doubt of their
meaning. The first part of tho provision un
doubtedly applies to lauds reserved, and it is
equally clear that the second part embraces lands
not reserved. A'forfeiture is incurred if the ves
sel takes on board any timber cut on tho lands
reserved; but lo incur a forfeiture, under. tho
second provision, for taking timber from lands
not reserved for naval purposes, it must bo "live
oak or red cedar." . ' i
It is insisted that the words in the second sec
tion "purchased as aforesaid," refer to the words
of the first section, " or timber from any othc
lands of the United States, acquired or hereaf- ;
ter to bo acquired." That under the construe
Hon given to the first section, these words sub
ject the person removing the timber to an in
dictment, fine and imprisonment, is admitted ;
but tho words " purchased as aforesaid" cannot,
by any fair interpretation, be made' to refer to
any other words in the first section than tho
identical words there used. "Or if any person
or persons shall remove, &c, from any such
lands which shall havo been reserved orpcrchas
ed as aforesaid," is tho language of the first sec
tion ; and they aro tho same words used in tho
second section, and aro used in the same connec
tion. That this is the correct construction, is man
ifest from tho fact that, the second section also
provides in the words which follow: that " live
oak or red ceda"r," taken on board from other
lands than those reserved, shall eausu a forfeit
ure of the vessel. Now,if the words in the sec
ond section " purchaso as aforesaid," refer as
contended, to lands not reserved, this provision
was unnecessary. It limits the forfeiture to
" live oak and red cedar;" but if tho reference
contended for be the true construction, then the
forfeiture of the vessel is incurred for transport
ing any kind of timber cut on tho public lands.
If timber of any kind, even for tiro wood, were
taken on board from an improvement of an oc
cupant, to whom a pre-emptive right was sub
sequently given by law, tho vessel would be for
feited. Such a construction would make the
second section inconsistent in its provisions,
which ought never to be done by construction.
It would impose a forfeiture of the vessel for ta
king on board timber from reserved lands, from
lanas not reserved, and then only for taking
from unreserved lands, " live oak and red ce
dar." The ArroRTioNMENT Bill, Fixing the ratio
of representation at 5000, passed tho House of
give the county of Wayne 8; Oakland and Wash
tenaw G each; Lenawee 5; Calhoun and Jack
son 4 each ; Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, Livingston,
Macomb, Monroe, and St. Joseph 3 each ; Alle
gan, Barry, Eaton, Lapeer, Ottawa, Shiawassc,
Van Buren, Saginaw, Mackinaw, and Tuscola, 1
each ; Clinton and Gratiot compose one Repre-
Hcr.tative district ; Sanilac and Huron one ; Mid
land, Gladwin and Arnac ono; Montcalm, Isa
bella, Mecosta, Osceola, and Clare, one J Ne
waygo, Oceana, Lake, Mason, and Manistce,onc;
Grand Traverse, Wexford, Missaukie, Roscom
mon, Ogemaw, Josco, Algono.Oscoda, Crawford,
Kalkaska, Omena, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego,
Montmorency, Alpena, Presque Isle, Wyandot,
Charlevoix, Emmet, and Cheboygan, ono; Chip
pewa, Maraquette, Schoolcraft, and Delta, one;
Houghton and Ontonagon, one.
Pontiac Gazette.
Post Master arrested. The Port Huron
Commercial fays the Post Master at Lexington,
Sanilac county, has been arrested on' a charge
of abstracting money from letters to the amount
of scvcr.d hundred dollars.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Englahd. Tho Parliamentary intellirt.nco is
entirely destitute of interest to American read
ers. Tho success of the Worlds Fair in London
still continues to be the great theme of conver
sation. On the 2d of June, nearly 1,800 wns
taken at the doors, hnd the London, Times states
that on the 3d ult., the- number of people who
visited the Exhibition was officially returned at
53,371, the amount taken at Is a head, and by
the sale of season tickets, bting JC2,415 2s stea
ling.' '.'-. -
Spais. The accounts from Spain aro impor
tant. M. Orcnse, Marquis de Albaydn, presi
dent of the Spanish democrats, hi circulated an
address containing his political pJogramme
The government had ordered the poljee to pre
vent the circulation of the document ;Uit its cir
culation wan immense. The address advocates
the union of the kingdoms of Spi'm and Portu-
gal, under a republic, and other oeasures of ad
ministrative and financial reforirj ' It was tho't
in Madrid that a liberal movement was not far
distant. The correspondent (f the Loudon
Times says, that wisdom and god manngemvnt
on the part of the' ministers canlalone avert k;
rigor would probably only anticipate an insuX
reclion. The Heraldo refers tolhe great night
ly precautions taken in the Spvnish capital by
the authorities and there was p very reason to
fear that there were grounds foHliem and the
government was said to be acting on informa
tion derived from a good sourtj.
Russia. The Duke of Leucjtenberg, son-in-law
of the Emperor of Rusnia, il so dangerously
ill that his life is despaired of. I
Deaths of Distinguished Persons! His
Excellency Richard Lalor Side; the British Min
ister at Florence, died unexpeJedly on the 26th
of May. Mr. Shiel had oidyoeeu appointed a
few months and was former Master of the
Mint. He was ono of tho mst eloquent and
impassioned speakers in the British House of
Commons.
The decease of the Earl ofphaftsbury is also
mentioned by this mail. Heias for many years
chairman of committees in tjo House of Lords.
N. Y. Herald.
The following extrpt is from the New
York Herald ot Juno 25th:
The Canada Parliaxxt. "Politics arc
waxing hot in Canada, 'llo United States aro
threatened with an emb.ro upon its vessels
and products. The Well-id Canal is to bo clos
ed against u. We are q be denied the privi
lege of navigating the Sf Lawrence. The mail
steamers between the Uiled States and Eng
land, Ireland and Scotlaii Cunard's line, Col
lins' line, tho Southamjjm line, and tho Glas
gow line, and the contemplated Gal way line
are to be run off the ocu by Candian compe
tition. We arc to be (prived of telegraphic
news from Europe via Jalifax and the Lord
knows what else is tc.be done unless Con
gress pass tho "Rccijocity bill" at the next
session. '
In the face of nil tese fearful threats, wo
state positively that tile is no probability that
Congress will adopt ll;t measure. This coun
try i getting along vet well under the present ,
arrangements. Very Av in the United States
l.vc any Interest in w ft .lis mailed the "reciproc
ity measure" desdred by le Canadians. Some of
the limited number of tilers ulong the Canada
iVontirs, not concerned Smuggling both ways,
may desire it; but there iU substantial interest
in '.his country that woij be benefited by it.
f -inuda may therefore del hut she can best do,
io better herself, for thei is not the slightest
,:-rtnect of the measure le desires, or any kin-
dd ineasure, bem" c ited. When (Iient
Britain desires to place titrate and commerce
between her and hercoli-s, and this country,
on a more liberal footingjwhon she is disposed
to adopt a general systeijf reciprocal low du
tiesthis eountry will pliably meet her with
a corresponding spirit, jfvided men who aro
in favor of the free tradi&olicy are in power;
but it is idle to look for ajeeial adoption of the
reciprocity rule for the t jification of the peo
ple of Canada, and tho4f tho United States
residing on her borders, fcicli is not extended '
to our citizens of other s lons, with respect to
foreign countries adjacenn them. South Car
olina, Georgia and Florilaud, in fact, all the
Cj.ulf and Southwestern Ses, may ask for spe
cial arrangements as to t trade with the Ba
hamas, Jamaica, Cuba, PotRico, and the West
Indies generally, and witlexico ; and Califor
nia and Oregon may ask I special reciprocal
arrangements for their belt with Chili, Peru,
the Sandwich Islands, Cfei, Ilindostan, &c.
The eastern manufacturcrtho United States,
whilst they oppose tho systj of low duties, and
insist on a niga laria proupn against compe
ting European manufactunfcannot, with' lion-
csuaces,asK ior reciprocal v auues witn unn-
ada, to create a market hcrLr their manufac
tures."
The following is a list Jio acts passed by
tho Legislature and appro jby the Executive,,
up to this date : Juno 25i 1
An act to provide for I payment of tho
members and officers of -extra session of
tho Legislature ; I .
An act prescribing the i erfi"'ng va
cancies in certain State ofli I
An act to provide for thfmcnt of the ac
cruing indebtedness of thcte;
An act to amend section f an act entitled
to provide for publishing Reports of State
officers, &c. ; J ,
An act to provide for thcMication of legal
notices; J
An act to provide for le$ to contract the
furnishing of fuel nnd statfrry for the use of
the State, and also the StatHnting and bind-
Neither of tho apportiopjit bills have yet
passed the two.Houscs. ryii! providing for
a sinking fund passed the Jsc, but was lost
in the Senate, not having ifved a majority of
vores of all the Senators (J. The tax bill is
under consideration at pre Saturday noon
will wind ud the nroceedl, when wo shall
bo better able to tell vvhf H be passed and
what left undone. The if e is mqstly thro
with their business, and a
the House. . r P
inr the action of
State Journal. . .
Under tho next cenrusf Hampshire loses
one Representative to Cot The same is
the caso with Maine nnd ont. Massachu
setts alone of the New rtand States gains
one, owing to her incrcfroni foreign c mi
grants. '

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