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Yi VOLUME III. GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1854. WHOLE NUMBER 133.; v. I 'THIS Glt.VXD 111 Villi TIMES IS rUBUSIIED EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING, BY jr. w. xiauivs & Co. 0 ficeoverll. Grijfin's Store, Washington Street. TEIlMSr Pajinent In Advance. Taken at the ofllec, or forwarded by mail, $1,00 Delivered by the currier in the village, - - - -1,59 Ono shilling in addition to tho abovo will be ' charged for every threo months that payment is delayed. . ' No paper discontinued until all arrearages arc :iaid, except at the discretion of tho publishers. . Term of Advertising. One square (12 lines or less), first insertion fifty cents, twenty-live cents for each subsequent inser tion. Legal advertisements at tho rates prescrib ed by law. Yearly or monthly advertisements as follows: 1 square 1 month, $1,00 1 1 square 1 year, $3,00 1 " '3- 2,00 1 "column 1"- " 20,00 1 " G " 3,00 1 1 ; . " . 1 month, 5,00 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 wholo will be charged tho same as for the first Insertion. D7 Letters relating to business, to recclvo at tention, must be addressed to the publishers pout paid. .BUSINESS IHE WILLIAM XI A Til A WA Y, Jr., Judgo of Tro batc for Ottawa Co. P. O. address, Crockery, Ottawa Co., Mich. HOYT G. POST, Clerk of Ottawa Co. Office over II. Griffin's store, opposite the "Washington House. ' " GEORGE PARKS, Treasurer of Ottawa Co., and Justice of the Peace. Office third door be low the Washington House, up stairs. WILLIAM N. ANGEL, Register of Deeds, . and Notary Public for Ottawa Co. Office over H. Griffin's store, Washington street, opposite the Washington House. R. IV. D UN CAN, Attorney at Law, Prosecuting Attorney, and Circuit Court Commissioner for Ottawa Co. Office third door below the Wash ton House, up stairs. MORRIS BUCK, County Surveyor. Residence, Polktou, Ottawa Co., Mich. 31. B. HOPKINS, Attorney and Counsellor ut Law and Solicitor in Chancery. Office first door '.' west of II. Griffin's store -i. Tir. SQUIBB, Physician and Surgeon, Steels' . . Landing, Ottawa Co., Mich. MORRIS BUCK, Physician and Surgeon. - Polkton, Ottawa Co., Mich. STEPHEN 3I0NR0K, Physician and Sur goon. Office over J. T. Davis' Tailor Shop. Washington street. L. K. DEVELLY, Tailor and Cutter. Thcsnb i scribcr luu opened his shop, and would respect fully invite the attention of the citizens of Mus- kegon and vicinity who are in want of a first rate garment, good and stylish. I feel confident in Riving entire satisfaction to those who may favor mc with their patronage. Muskegon, Ot tawa Co., Mich. j j EN 11 Y 31 A R TIN, successor to P.aH & Mnr tin, Storage, Forwarding and Commission Mer chant. Grand Rapids, Mich. JOHN T. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on Washington street, second door west of II. Grif fin's store. GILBERT $- CO., Storage. Forwarding and Commission Merchants, dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Roots and Shoes, Crockery, and Stone Ware, Hardware, Crocerics. Provisions aud Ship Stores, Lumber, Shingles, Staves, &e. FERRY SONS, Dealers in Dry Goods. Gro ceries, Provisions, Hardware, Clothing, Roots and Shoes, Crockery and Medicines; and man- ufacturcrs and dealers in all kinds of lumber. Water street. Wm. M. Fkuky Jr., J Tuos. W. Ferry. Wm. M. Ferry. 1 L. 31. S. .SMITH. Dealer In Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs. Dry Goods, Groce ries and Provisions, Crockery, Hardware, Rooks. -.Stationery, &c. At tho Post office, corner of . Park and Rarbcr streets, Mill Point, Mich. HOPKINS ft 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 CO.. Dealers in Dry Goods, Grocc ! ries, Provisions, Hardware, Crockery, Roots and Shoes, &c. Muskegon, Mich. WASHINGTON nOUSE, Ry Henry Pcnnoy cr. ' The proprietor has tho past spring newly fitted and partly re-furnished this House, and - feels gonfnicnt visitors will find tho House to . compare favorably with the best in the State. WILLIAM TELL HOTEL, Ry Herman Jo achim. -This House fs pleasantly situated with excellent rooms well furnished, and tho table abundantly supplied with the luxuries and snb- ' stantinlsof life. HORACE 3IERRILL, Root and Shoemaker. Roots and Shoes neatly repaired, and all orders promptly attended to. Shop one door below the Washington House. J. 3IULDER, Clock nn.l Watch Maker. Mill , Point, Mich., is prepared to do all kinds 6f work in the liest maimer and on the most reasonable . terms.: : HENRY GRIFFIN, Justice of the reacc and Notary Public for Ottawa County, has resumed 'his former Land Agency business, and will at tend promptly to the payment of non-resident's ; taxes ; will negotiate for the purchase or sale of uoin pine and larmmg lands. Deeds, Romls or .mortgages, &c, executed at reasonable rates and with despatch. Office opposite tho Wash ington House, Grand Haven. CROSVENOR REED, Attorney and Counscl . lor at Law. All business Intrusted to mc will bo promptly and satisfactorily attended to. Resi- fW'iicc, Charleston Landing, Ottawa Co. Mich. R. 31. MITCHELL CO., Forwarding-and Commission Merchants, l ire Proof Rrick W are house, Nos. V.V2 and 101 South Water Street,. Chicago,'' III. Goods received and forwarded to ' Grand Haven with dispatch, and at tho lowest ' figure. Cash advances made on consignments. W3L PTIKUSSKR. Watch-Maker and Jeweler, bclowthc Catholic Chnrch. Grand Rapids, Mich Jnrticular attention paid to repairing fine urc.uci. ...... :. ..THE. VACANT CIIAUI. , bv j.yr. baker. Sad memory wakes tho mournful lyre, , And chants a melancholy air, ; ; , As seated by the cheerful fire, I gaze upon that vacant chair, Rright Images that ne'er depart, Flit in the shadows of my heart. ' The band is broken that bright chaix, Of golden links, dissevered, seems ; My brightest earthly hope Is slain, . And shadows haunt my sunny drcams- Thc hours move on with slower pace, I miss that 'dear familiar face. The silvery tones of friendship fall Like showers upon the smitten earth, Tho dying look, the funeral pall, ' Still linger round tho social hearth ; Though joys seem reigning everywhere, My bleeding heart 'tis midnight there. That silken tie, which many years Had closely knit together, Mado firm by joys, and grief, and tear?, Refuses now to sever; Though death hath sent an arrow there, And vacant made his wonted chair. Yet one sweet ray, one glittering star, Darts gently o'er tho dark'ning scene, Like angel-whlsper3 from afar, A soothing voice is heard between " I still am near, with soothing power, To comfort every lonely hour."' . f Rural New, Yorker. EXTRAORDINARY JUGGLING FEAT. In tho early part of the last century, a physi cian, named Agricola, living at RatUbon, in Ger many, obtained grpat celebrity by certain dis coveries which he declared ho had made as to tho multiplication of plants and trees, lie could produce, ho said, fro in a small branch, or even from a leaf, six large forest trees in tho course of nn hour, through tho solo instrumentality of fire. Ho published several works on tho sub ject, ono of which was published at Amsterdam, in 1720. Its titlo was, "Agriculture parfaite, ou novclle Deconverte," &c. It has been supposed that he had learnt tho secrets of the Hindoo jug glers, whoso feats in tho same lino are of tho most extraordinary character. They actually sow tho seed of any tree which tho spectators call for, in tho earth, and after a few calabistic words over it, a mulberry, a plum, or a walnut plant, is seen gradually springing upwards until it becomes a largo tree, with its branches. Nor is this all. Tho fruit is plucked and given to tho spectators to eat, and while ho is engaged in partaking of tho enchanted dates or walnuts, the branches of this miraculous tree are crowd ed with birds of every plumage, who will fill tho air with their melody. A signal is then given, and the tree, with its feathered inhabitants, dis appears in an instant, leaving behind it no trace of exister.co! Tho author of tho " Oriental Annual," an Eng lish gentleman of unquestionable veracity, gives an almost increuiuio cesenpuon oi a juggun performance at which ho was present. Tho operator introduces into tho middle of tho circle a naked littlo girl, about eight years old, in a wicket. Tho girl is shown to all spec titors. The operator then enters into convcrsa Hon with her, which soon assumes an angry tone: ho threatens to kill her with the drawn sword, she supplicates for mercy, and while her piteous cries grow louder and louder, he plung es the weapon into her bosom two or threo times successively. Tho earth is dyed with blood, while her agonizing groans announce dissolu lion. Tho spectators nro ready to fall on the wretch whom they believe to bo guilty of so barbarous a murder, when tho littlo girl enters the circle from without, dressed in her usual at tire, and as gay as if nothing had happened to her! A still more extraordinary feat than that was performed in the presence of the Mogul Empe ror Jehangire, who gives an account of it in his autobiography. The performers produced a liv ing man, whose head they cut oil, in tho first in stance, i hey next divided tho limbs lrotn tho trunk, and tho mutilated remains lay on tl ground for some time. A curtain was then ex tended over tho spot, and one of the tho perform ers putting himself under tho curtain, emerged from it again in a few minutes, followed by tlie indiviuual who was supposed to have been com pletely dissected I . His Mogul Majesty gives tho following mi nute accounts of some other performances of the same jugglers which aro very wonderful. They took a small bag, and having shown that it was entirely empty, ono of them put his hand into tho bag: on withdrawing his hand again, out camo twe game-cocks of tho largest size and great beauty, which immediately assail ed each other with such force and fury, and their wings emitted sparks of fire at every stroke. Ihis continued tor the full space of an hour when they put an end to tho combat by throwing a sheet over the animals. Again they withdrew tho sheet, and thero appeared a brace of partrid ges, with the most brilliant and beautiful plu mage, which immediately began to 'tune their throats as if thero was nothing human present picking at worms w ith tho samo kind of chuck lo as they aro heard to uso on tho side hill. The sheet was thrown, as in the other instanco.nnd when again withdrawn, instead of thoso beauti fill birds, there appeared two frightful black snakes, with fiat heads and crimson bellies,which with open mouths and heads erect, coiled togeth cr and attacked each other with tho greatest fury, and so continued to do. until as it appear ed, they became quito exhausted, when they fell asunder. They made nn excavation in the earth in th shape of a tank or reservoir, of considerable d mensions, which they requested us to till with r ,i . i . i vtuiiT. uuu mis was Clone, mey pprcau a cov. ering over the place, and nflcr a short interval having removed tho cover, the water oppearcd to be ono sheet of ice, nnd desired that somo i the elephant keepers might be directed lo 'lead tho elephants across. Accordingly, one of the men set his elephant upon tho ice, and the ani mal walked over with as much ease and safety as if it were a platform of solid rock, remaining for some time on the surface of tho frozen pond - . . .1 1 . f iJ. a - . iL. wuuoui occasioning mo siigmesi iraciuro in uiu ice. As usual, the sheet was drawn across me place, and being again removed, every vestige of ice, and even moisture of any sort, had complete ly disappeared. , :... I hey procured a blank volume of tho purest white' paper, which was placed in my hands, to how that it contained no figures or any colored ages whatever, of which I satisfied myself and all around. . One of the men took tho volume in hand, and the first opening exhibited a pago bright red, sprinkled with gold, forming a blank tablet splendidly elaborated. Tho next turn presented a leaf of beautiful azure, sprinkled in tho same manner, and exhibiting on the mar- in numbers of men and women in various atti tudes. . The juggler then turned to another leaf which ppcared of a Chinese color and fabric, and prinkled in the samo manner with gold, but on it were delineated herds of cattle and lions, the alter seizing upon tho kino in a manner that I never observed in any other paintings. Tho next leaf exhibited was of a beautiful green, similarly owdered willi gold, on which was represented, n lively colors, a garden, with nutnerouscyprcss oses, and Lowering shrubs, in lull bloom; and n the midst of tho garden, was an excellent pa- il lion. Tho next change exhibited a leaf of orange, in tho pamo manner powdered with gold, on which tho painter had delineated tho reprcscnta- lon of a great battle, in which two adverse kings were seen engaged in tho struggles of mortal conflict. In short at every turn of the leaf, a different color, scene, and action was exhibited, such as was indeed most pleasing to behold. Rut ot all tho performances, the latter ot the vol ume of paper was that which afforded me tho greatest delight so many pictures and extraordin ary changes having been bro t under view that! must confess my utler inability to do justice in tho description. In observing upon tho extraordinary nature ol these performances, the Lmpcror puts aside tho upposition that they were to bo ascribed to a mere visual deception: " Ihev very evidently partake, ho says, "ot something beyond the exertion of human ener gy. I have heard it stated that the art has been called the Asmonean (celestial,) and I am in formed tlint it is also known and practiced to a considerable extent in tho nations ot Luropc. t may bo said, indeed, that thero exists in some men a peculiar and essential faculty, which ena bles them to accomplish things tur beyond the scope of human exertion, such ns frequently to baffle tho utmost subtlety oi tho understanding o penetrate. Lower California. Lower California, the sccno of tho operations of the freebooters from tho btato ot California, is 700 miles long and from 50 to 100 miles wide. It is a peninsula. which commences about latitude 22 degrees north, and runs about south-south-west, and forms the Gulf of California. It has over 1,200 miles ot sea coast and some very good harbors among which, may be named SanQuintue. Mag- delen, San Jose, La Paz, Muliga, and Ensenada, nearly opposite Guaymas. La Paz was captured by tho United States sloop-of-war Portsmouth :i 18 17, and was retained for several months by a battr.Uion of New York volunteers. At that time the population was estimated at about ten thousand, ot which about two hundred were In dians. A chain of broken and irregular moun tains runs its entire length, with spurs running each way, to the gulf on one side and the ocean on tho other. It is estimated that some of these mountains aro 5000 feet high. The plains be tween the spurs are numerous, broad, aitd cov ered with dwarf trees, and in the rainv season with a thin grass, which is very untritious. and in tho dry season affords valuablo food for large herds of cattlo and horses. Thero are but few reams, and water is scarce: but 'in tho low ground it can be found in abundanco by digging ten or twelve feet. Vegetables grow with great rapidity, and nearly all the tropical fruits can be raised with very little labor and in great perfec tion. Tho general appearance of the coast is exceedingly barren and forbidding, and tho in habitants roving and indolent. Lemons, olives, grapes, figs, dates, sugar cane, corn, potatoes, beans, and cabbages, are raised in abundance, which together with the hides, &c., arc exported to the neighboring provinces. Tho pearl fishing has hitherto been prosecuted with considerable profit. This, together with tho mines of gold, silver, copper, &c, it is thought, in the hands of American enterprise, may bo profitably worked. In tlio Island ot Cannon, in tho gulf opposite bonto, aro extensive salt mines, which aro quite suflicient to supply tho whole of the Pacificcoast. 1 he stale of isonora. tho ultimate destination ot these expeditionists, and which lies across tho gulf, constituting tho northernmost department ot Mexico, is said to bo rich in mineral and ng ncultural wealth.' The principal port on tho cast side of tho gulf is Guaymas, -which is the capital of Sonora, and is said to be a fine harbor. Rochester Democrat. A Good Way of Hearing from Nome. A young man in California, whoso friends had not remembered him as ho thought they ought, adopted the following expedients:, lie sat down and wrote some six or seven letters to different persons at home, inquiring tho price of land and stock what ho could buy a handsome farm, of 200 or 300 acres, for &c. intimating that ho had largo sums invested, and was very rich generally. By return of mail he received not less than seven letters, all anxious ly inquiring after his health, when he was com ing home, &e.t and has received three or. four ovcrv mail 6ince, including some very warm ones from an old and very cold sweetheart. An " old liner" says tho arrest of tho U. S Marshal, at Erie, is a trick of the mobiles to get United States troop3 quartered at Erie, so that Lrians can get pay for, feeding them, THE DAIiY COMPLAINT. . Now, I suppose vou think, because you.nevcr seo me do anything but feed and sleep, that I have a very nice time of it. .Let mo tell you that you aro mistaken, and that 1 ra tormented half to death, though I never say anything about it. How should you liko every morning to have your noso washed up instead of down? How should you like to have n pin put through yoor dress into your. skini and have to bear it all day until your clothes were taken oft at night llo w should you like to be held so near the fire that your eyes were half scorched out of yourheadj whilo the nurso was reading a novel? How should you liko to have a great fly light on your nose, nnd not know, how to take aim at him with vour little, fat. useless finders? How should you liko to be left alone in the room to take a nap, and have a great pussy jump into your cradle, and sit staring at you with her great green eyes till you were all.in a tremble? How should you like to reach out your hand for tho pretty, bright candle, and lind out that it was away across tho room instead of close by? How should you like to tiro yourself out crawl ing away across the carpet to pick up a pretty button or pin, and have it snatched away as soon as you begin to enjoy it? I tell you it is enough to ruin any baby's temper. . How should you liko to have your mamma stay at a party till you were as hungry as a littlo cub, and bo left to tho mercy of a nurso who trotted you up and down till every bone in your body ached ? How should you like, when your mamma dressed you up all pretty to tako tho nice, fresh air, to spend tho afternoon with your nurso in some smoky kitchen while she gossipped with ono of her cronies i How should you like to submit to have your toes tickled by all tho littlo chil dron who insisted upon "seeing baby's feet?" now stiouid you liko to have, a dreadlul pain under your apron, and have every body call you "a little cross thing," when you couldn't speak to ted what was tho matter with you? How should you like to crawl to the top of the stairs (just to look about a little) and pitch heels over head lrotn tho top to tho bottom? Oh, I can tell you it is no joke to be a baby ! such a thinking as wo keep up: and if wo try to find out any thing wo aro sure to get our brains knocked out in tho attempt. Jt is very trying to a sensible baby who is in a hurry to know every thing and can t wait to grow up. . Fanny Fern. Power of a Good Man's Life.- The beauty of a holy life constitutss the most eloquent and effective persuasive of religion, which one hu man being can address to another. We have many ways of doing good to our fellow crea tures ; but none so efficacious as leading virtu-! ous, upright, and well-ordered lives. Thero is an energy of moral suasion in a good man's life, passing tho highest efforts of the orator's gen ius. The seen but silent beauty of holiness, speaks more eloquently than the tongues of men and angels. Let parents remember this.. The best inheritance a parent can bequeath to a child is a virtuous example, a legacy of hallow ed remembrances and associations. Tho beau ty of holiness beaming through tho life of a lov ed relative or friend, is more effectual to strengthen such as do stand in virtue's ways, and raise up thoso that are bowed down, than command, entreaty or warning. Christianity it elf I believe, owes by far tho greater part of its moral power, not to the precepts or parables of Christ, but to his character. The beauty of that holiness which fs enshrined in the four biogra phies of the Man of Nazareth, has done more, ind will do more to regenerate the world, and bring in an everlasting righteousness, than all other agencies put together.' It has done more to spread his religion in the world than has ev er been preached or written on the evidences of Christianity. iChalmers. Elevated railway. Tho American Artisan publishes an article, in wjiich it is claimed by tho projector that an Elevated Iron Railway could be built to tho Pacific cheaper and with more facility than a railroad upon the ground. He proposes to build a double track, resting up on sections of columns, placed about two rods apart. The body of the car hangs below the track, so that there is a spaco of thirteen or four teen feet, beneath tho structure, and it is neces sary to ascend but slightly to reach the cars. Tho " tracks" are attached to trusses stretching from column lo column, and aro firmly braced. JJut little or no grading is required as ho uses ong columns in passing over valleys and ra vines, and climbs hills and mountains by lacing a," cogged track outside and abovo tho ordinary one, adapted to tho smaller cogged wheels. The principal part of tho work of building would be entered at Iron mines, and it could be built in any latitude,without the snow destroying its util ity. . . . ' Important. I ho Cleveland Herald, after speaking of the determination of President Pierce to enforce tho law at Eric, says: : Tho same letter 6tates that tho Senate com mittee on tho judiciary has resolved to bring for warn lonnwiui a uin matting mo rauroau irom . t t. I. V !1l . 1 . I . , n tho Ohio lino on tho west to the New Yorl State lino on the cast, a military and post road very aisunguisnea jurists givo tlio opinion that such a measure will etlect all that is desir ed. . Tho Cleveland Democrat says. truly : " The growth of the borough of Erie has exceeded that of any point 'on the lake. In the short ?paco of ono month f.ho has sprung from th depths of profound obscurity to tho' height of infamous notoriety. No other spot upon the globe has gone ahead, with such speed, or got into tho papers so extensively." . Another Seminole War Ahead. Govern or Uoonc, of Florida, has issued orders to Brig adier General Job nson, of that State, to organ izo his brigade at-once, in pursuance of an act of tho Legislature, providing for the final re moval ot the Indians, by force, if necessary. ' A quaint old writer defines egotism to be "buffering the private I to be too much in th public ryc.'.V ' . ' , . From tho, Ionia Gazette.' ', m .,. '. MR. R. mOIIAJWS REPORT. We mako liberal extracts below from the Re port of It. Iligham, Chief Engineer On the O. & O. Railroad, which wo - trust will bo' read with interest by our readers. Tho Report U mainly statistical, showing that the Road when com pleted will.be- one of ,the best paying roads in tho Union. Wo are clad that facts and figures render it so certain that this Railroad is destin ed to be a link in the most important line, of travel between , tho i Atlantic sea board and tho Mississippi, tho great father of waters. Cut to tho Report:.:. .' -;( , . ..; Tho Oakland and Ottawa Railroad commen ces at the termination of the Detroit and Ponti ac Railroad in the village of Pontiac, and termin ates at. Grand , Haven, on Lake Michigan, in length 160. miles., t ;.. Tho Detroit and Pontiac Railroad commences in Detroit city and extends to Pontiac. twenty- fivo miles, making the total distance lrom : De troit to Grand Haven ono hundred and eighty five miles. This portion of the road from De troit to PonMac is now in operation; and is do ing a successful business. Tho connections of tha, Oakland and Ottawa Railroad, East, will bo with the Great Western Railway to New York and Boston: and West by Steamboats across Lake Michigan to the Rail roads terminating in the cities on the West sido of the Lake. The Roads from tho ports on tho west side of Lako Michigan are in rapid prog ress west; From Milwaukee a Railroad is now in profitable, operation about eighthy-five miles west to tho centre ot tho State, and is under contract to tho Mississippi. ; From. Racine, Ke nosha, and other largo towns on tho west sido of tho Lake, roads are being constructed, and at least one, if not two will bo opened West, to the Mississippi River, and another one from Mil waukee North to the Mineral regions of Lako Superior, by the time tho Oakland and Ottawa Railroad will bo in operation to Grand Haven. The route of the road commencing at Detroit, run9 through the counties of Wayne, Oakland, Genncssee, Shiawassee, Clinton, Ionia, Kent and Ottawa, and will form the most natural outlet east to Detroit, the commercial capital of tho State, for tho counties abovo mentioned and also the counties of Oceana, Mason, .Newaygo, Mi costa, Montcalm, Gratiot, Isabella, Lapeer, Sag inaw, and part of the counties of Macomb; Alle gan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham, and Livingston, comprising about .thirteen thousand (13,000) square miles, or one-sixth of tho peninsula of Michigan, embracing the fertilo valleys of tho Shiawasseo river, tho Grand river, and their trib utaries, a territory not surpassed by any other section of country in natural resources and ca pabilities to sustain a dense population. At Cor- unna, in Shiawasseo county, the road crosses tho coal beds of Michigan, which are now beta" worked for domestic uses; at Grand Rapids, the lino passes tho gypsum beds which aro also ex tensively worked, and furnished quite an item the past season of the exports from Grand IIavD. and will form a very important article of freight to the road, being extensively used in the cul tivation of wheat instead of manure, as a fertili zer. At Grand Rapids i3 tho largest water power n the State, which is extensively used : thecitv of Grand Rapids is the second city in the State. and is rapidly improving; it contains a popula tion of about five thousand (5,000.) The open ing into tho harbor at Grand Haven has had no artificial improvements to aid in removing the Bar that forms at the debouch of all tho livers entering the lakes, but tho largo volume of wa ter that flows out of tho river has washed out tho sand and made a greater depth of water on tho bar than at the entrance of most of the oth er harbors on the Lake: vessels drawing nine feet of water have no trouble in entering tho har bor: tutor passing the bar the water is from twenty to sixty feet deep, and tho harbor form ed by the River and Bays extend some fifteen miles. The entrance to the harbor is G50 feet wide. - - , ; Tho proposed system of Railroad; imnrove- ments to develop tho resources of Michigan bv constructing two roads North from the Oakland and Ottawa Railroad to tho Straits of Mackinaw, thence to tho bault ate. JMane, nnd from thence through the mineral regions to the Montreal riv er, making in all a length of seven hundred and fifty miles, of Railroad, tho business of which, to reach tho city of Detroit, must pass over a por tion of the Oakland and Ottawa Railroad, and the growing Importance of tho mining interests on Lake Superior will soon make it necessary to construct theso roads, and a bill has been intro duced into Congress to donate public lands' for that purpose. II tho roads aro built either as' branches of 'tho Oakland nnd Ottawa Railroad, or as independent roads, they will furnish to the Oakland and Ottawa Railroad an amount of bu- siness not easily appreciated. ' .' Tho curves, except at tho Depots, are practi cally nearly equal to straight lines, bein"- from fivo to twenty thousand feet radius; the aggrc-' gatelengthpf thecurved lines is increased7 by ' this large radius of curvature, and amounts to twenty-nino miles. Tho 'aggregate length of the straight linos nmbunt to ono hundred and fif-ty-six miles. Tho longest straight line is twen-. ty-six miles; The proportion of curvo to straight lino is sixteen per cent. '' Tho road is calculated to be of tho first class,' furnished and equipped equal to the business that may bo anticipated on such an ' important' thoroughfare. . - ' ' Tho culverts, where possible to procuro brick or stone, arc to bo built of those materials, and when such materials cannot be had, the timber structures aro to b built, nnd are designed with reference to thoirleing reconstructed in n per manent manner without interrupting tho busi ness of tho road. " All tho bridges that must bo of wood aro calculated to be protected from the weatherand finished in tho best manner to pre-' serve them from decay. - Tho estimated cost of the Oakland and Otta wa portion of tlio Road, including seventeen miles of branches or double track, with' 20 en gines, 18 passenger and 448 freight cars, inclml-. ing those now in use on the Pontiac Ro.id, with V J