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THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL. Details of the Operations Continued Attack by Land and by seallie Russians hold their cum. . '. . ' LETTER FROM JL KAVAL OFFICER. H. M. S. Britannia, Oct. 18th. At 2 p. m., w were in notion, and aa time will not allow me to give a long description, Ml I can ay if, I never heard such a row in all my life. We were firing 4i hours; then up anchor and went out at sunset. Our loss in the squadron is 44 killed and 2G6 wounded. We had a won. derful escape in this ship ; the shot came into us in all directions, ' and yet, thank God! only 9 wounded. The worst of it is, the Russians hare sunk their ships across the harbor; we can't get in, and not half near enough outside on ac count of shoal water. 'However, I think they cot a good dose; but no one can believe what a i tt-...... :r n- ...n ... piHCO kins is. iiuwcvci u una wen, wo win have it yet. In a month or less, our army alone has been reduced from 25,000 to 16,000, by deaths and wounded. And yet I have no doubt people in England are crying out because Sevas topol is not yet taken, and upbraiding men who have passed through such as will never be de scribed. Yesterday, the shot, shells, and rock ts, began to lly about us before we anchored, and the deafening noise, the hiss of the missiles and the roar of some thousands of guns, you may amuse yourself by trying to imagine. VVe were ordered not to fire before orders were giv en to begin from on deck. I had charge of 8 of tho heaviest guns, stood on the ladder.and wait ed for the word. At last it came. I tried to keep cool, but could not help getting a little ex cited, and sung out " now you beggars let them have it." And then began the row, which lasted till we could not see, and has left us as deaf as beetles and thirsty as cabmen. The loss of the Allied fleet in this fruitless cannonade for such, in fact, it was is stated at 100 kiPed, and 3 or 400 wounded.and having two of their largest and best ships completely disabled. Tho fire has been very heavy and well direct ed against the 21 gun battery to-day. One of the enemy's round shot strucic the muzzle of a large 68-pounder, breaking it, and killing and wounding by the fragments 6cvernl who were around. Among the victims of this shot was Lieut. Greathead, First Lieut, of the Britannia, flag-ship.. He had been invalided home, but re turned to his duty, and was on tho eve of pro motion. A great part of his side was carried away. Among tho deaths i3 that of the Hon. Fran cis Hood, who was commanding the Grenadier Guards. He was killed by a round shot, while with a covering party of his regiment in tho bat tery. His death was almost instantaneous. He led' on his men with great coolness and gallant ry at Alma, and was generally regarded as an able officer, ho was much liked, and his loss is felt severely in tho regiment. NARROW ESCATE OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. I In front of tho camp on the brow of the hill is a house known as the Picquet house. Round it is a yard, enclosed by a stono wall. Within this the Duke of Cambridge and Sir G. Brown were standing just now with many of tho staff, looking at the bombardment. A round shot passed betvven the two generals, and whizzing across the yard was stopped by the wall on the Opposite side. Tho Duke laugjied the matter off, but Sir George, thinking tho number of con spicuous uniforms had attracted tho fire, imme diately ordered the officer commanding the pic quet to clear tho yard. THE SLAUGHTER IS COMING. No one can say what will be the numbers of wounded in the great assault which may oneday take place. It is well to stato the truth at once; Alma is likely to havo been far less deadly than the struggle which will take place in the breach es of Sevastopol. The enemy there will proba bly be unablo to retreat, and if he have a trace of courage or natural instinct, ho will defend himself with desperation. Every street may have its barricade, and tho very ground over which the assaulting regiments pass may conceal the deadly mine. A SACK EXPECTED. Tho prisoners and even the deserters say that the Russian generals are determined to leave the place n ruin. The women and children may probably have been sent over to the northern Bide. It is to be hoped that they may be placed in safety before the final assault, for such is the obstinacy of tho defense that the rage of the soldiers is being aroused, and assuredly the Zonaves aud other African regiments will display no small ferocity when tho place is sacked. The allies are no doubt in want of fresh troops. The effective British force is not more than 10,000, so great has been the void made by battle and disease. No less than 9,000 men are dead or hors de combat in the last 8 weeks. Moro Turkish troops are being sent up; to-day the Golden Fleece arrived here from Vola.with 2000 troops who were engaged in opposing tho Greek invasion. But it could be wishod that reinforce ments of a better class could arrive from Ports mouth or Marseilles. We have advices from Sevastopol to the 25th. Women and children are said to be Ivincr un-bu- ried in the street; everything is neglected in or. der to keep up tho defence. The Russians aro constructing another line of works behind their present ones, they havo plenty of guns and am unilion. Vermont. The Legislature of this State ad journed on the 15th inst., after a session of five weeks. Three new banks wero chartered du ring the session one at Hyde Parkr one at Bennington, and one at Lyndon. An act was fassed amendatory of the prohibitory liquor aw, of which the following is tho principal pro vision: "No person shall be allowed, at tny time or place within this State, to own, keep or possess any intoxicating liquor, with intent to sell, fur nish or give awny the same contrary to the pro visions of this act, or the act to which this is an amendment; and any person who shall so own, keep, or possess any such liquor, with any such intent, shall bo liable to the same penalties as aro now provided for tho offenses specified in section fivo of the act to which this is an amend rnent." This section, according to the Woodstock Standard, was enacted " to meet an objection which Judge Pierpont had raised ngainst the constitutionality of the law." ' ' Live up to your engagements. Have no very intimate friends. THE GRAND RIVER TIMES. t ! .WEDNESDAY. EVENING, DEC. 20, 1804. v No news of interest from the seat of war, in the Crimea, except that the English aro transmitting reinforcements without internals, sion. Every available steamship is taken up by the government for that purpose. , It is stated in tho London Times that the British Govern ment is now paying at the rate of 3,000,000 per annum for the charter of steamers alone, beside the expense of fuel. It is generally supposed that a winter cam paign will take place in tho Crimea, and wooden barracks for 20,000 men are being shipped by the government for that place. The Banks Again. Some of our exchanges complain, bitterly, of the speculating spirit of the New York brokers (at the head of whom is Thompson,' of tho Reporter,) who assume to affix a standard of value to all western currency, both to suit themselves and the banks, and thus far have been quite successful and aro absolute ly coining money out of the operation. . "" We mentioned in our last issue that depend ence could not bo put upon quotations given from Thompson's Reporter in relation to the banks mentioned in the list then given. Many banks amply secured were quoted at a large dis count, owing to tho speculative spirit of Wall street and influential bankers of the "metropo lis." Wo think it would bo policy for the hold ers of western bills to remain quiet. Money matters will soon, doubtless, assume an equilib rium. Some banks quoted at a discount may fail. But others, and by far tho majority, will, doubtless, regain their former standing. We have nothing new to quote in relation to money matters this week. The "panic" seems in a great measure to have subsided, and a pleasing serenity pervades the " troubled waters." Bank Fight. Tho Cincinnati! Enquirer thinks there will be a tremendous fight in the next General Assembly of Indiana, over the question of the re-charter of the State bank, which has but a year of active business exis tence remaining; and on the question of amend ing and perhaps repealing tho general banking law. Should this be the case, it is hoped that those banks which aro non-comc-at-i-bus may be placed betwecen the combatants and knocked in to pi. BrT" On Monday last the Indians assembled at this place to receive their annual stipend from the Government. It is a matter of much regret that they should have been so generously sup plied by some of our citizens with " Fire Wa- ter," that bane of tho Indian as well as of the white man. How many littlo comforts might they procure with money thus spent for that which is eating into their very hearts' cores, and which with other causes is fast dwindling their tribes into oblivion ! How lamentable is the idea that in a few years more, according to the past ratio of decrease, they will all have passed away and be known only as a race that once existed but are no more ! We foar the ac count against us, as respects their ultimate des tiny, will bo long and fearful. jjF" We mentioned in our paper of last week that tho propeller Ottawa, owned by Messrs Ferry & Sons, of this place, was ashore, a lit tie below the north bar. On Friday lust, after much exertion, she was rescued from her peril ous position, and was moored at her dock, hav ing sustained no material injury. Also the Vermont, owned by Mr. C. B. Albee, after hav ing been on the beach, near the position of the Ottawa, for several days, was got afloat and en tored the harbor on Saturday last. The New York Vitriol Man. Wo learn from an exchango,that Gray, the New York vit irol man, has finally been examined and bound over. More than eighty ladies have entered complaint against him, and the value of dresses, &c, which he has destroyed, is estimated at over 810,000. The man is undoubtedly a mo nomaniac. Godey's Lady's Book, for January, is before us, constituting tho first number of the fiftieth volume, which promises to be superior in interest to any of the preceding ones. It isf certainly, a work that every lady should pos sess. Will some of our ladies pass those pa pers that all may have an opportunity of becom ing subscribers ? fcgf- u The Young Bridegroom" is received. We feel ourselves flattered when called upon to publish the contributions of our fair ladies ; but owing to certain circumstances, we trust we shall be excused from publishing tho above. Advice to Suit All. Fear God ; love your wife (if you have no wife lore somebody's sweet heart) ; tako the Times; pay the Printer prompt' ly; eat buckwheat cakes; drink cold water; keep your temper and be saved. If this don't suit go your own way and perish. i2f It won't do to conclude that a man is always happy because he is smiling, or that he is a house builder bcenuse you often find him with a M brick in his hat.". . EST" Professer Agassiz, the celebrated Geol ogist, thinks that man existed on the earth at least 150,000 years ago. Wonder if he took the papers. Barefaced Falsehoods Fibs told by tho la dies in the present style of bonnets.' A Talk with the Bors. Come, boys, sit down here and let us have a social chat. What do you intend to do when you become men I understand you are good boys at school ; take an interest in your studies; now working busily as bees at your arithmetic, and now conning over your grammar;, and, again committing to memory the important truths presented to you in astronomy, teaching you the wonderful work manship of " Hand Divine ;" and then pouring over your physiologies, that you may treasure dp the laws that regulate your physical systems, and instead of being poor, sickly, deformed creatures, you may grow up to be strong, ro bust, healthy men, and thus keep in tune that "Harp of a thousand strings" so admirably ad justed by the wisest Architect. Now, boys, this is all right. You can never become useful and respected citizens without being educated, and the more useful information you possess the better are you prepared to benefit your fellows, and enjoy life as , you pass along its rugged paths. But what do you intend to do when your school days are past? Some of you are just emerging into manhood; the time to be gin to think of the future. You may not all of you bo ablo to become lawyers, or doctors, or merchants. What then do you say to learning some useful trade. Some young men seem to go up and down in tho world and find nothing they can turn their hand to. They have no use ful trade. Soon you wilt leave your paternal roof and act for yourselves. Prosperity may not always 6tnile upon you, though you may be heirs to your family estates. If adversity frowns upon you be prepared to meet it. Have a trade. We repeat, have something, boys, that you can turn your energies to when times pinch. Edu cate your hands ; it will be an effectual resource against want and its attendant ills. Who ever know a man with a good trade, who was indus trious and frugal, that could not obtain a good living. What though you are going to college, or intend to study a profession. The case is not altered; you need it just as much. Some of the first men in our country learned a trade before they studied a profession. They thought it necessary. Discipline of the hand, as well as of the mind, is essential to ensure you suc cess in life. Wo never knew a college boy that was not a better student for having a substan tial trade. He always graduates with honor. He is sure to be a scholar. He knows how to work, how to conquer difficulties. So, boys, decide to learn some useful trade; and when you commence it, apply yourself with all your mind and heart, and be its master ; don't be a bungler; if you are not obliged to work at it, you have stored up so much wealth that can never bo taken from you. Facts about Newspapers. The first news paper established in North America was the Boston News Letter, the first number of which appeared on Monday, April 24, 1704, one hun dred and fifty years ago. Rev. James Aspin wall once remarked, that the ancients counted up seven wonders of the world; if they had possessed a newspaper press, they would have had nn eighth, more marvelous and of more worth than all the rest together. It is said the London Times has no "free list;" its own editors are obliged to purchase copies for home reading. Emperor Nicholas is so much in favor of popular education that he allows three newspapers to each million of his subjects. Their contents aro submitted to roy al approval before they are printed. The American Messenger, a monthly paper of tho American tract Society, is thought to have tho largest circulation of any paper in the Uni ted States; over 125,000 copies are printed. The first paper published north of the Ohio River, was tho " The Ceritinel cf the North West Territory" started in Cincinnatti, on the 9th of Nov., 1793, by William Maxwell. Mr. Mahlon Day, who with his wife and daughter was lost on the Artie, was one of the founders of the New York Sun, the first penny paper in New York, established in 1832. I5F" We aro indebted to Hon. Robert Mc Clelland, Secretary of tho Interior, for a copy of his Annual Report to the President of tho U. States for 1854, from which we make the fol lowing extract in relation to the Public Lands: "During the last fiscal year 11,070,935 acres have been surveyed, and 8,190,017 acres brought into market. VVithin the same period there were sold for cash,. 7,035,735 07 acresj And the amount received therefor,. .. .$9,285,533 58 Located with military scrip and land warrants,. . . . : 3,41G,802 26 " Swamp J-ands selected for Slates 11,033,813 53 " Selected lands on donations for r oads, &c 1 ,75 1 ,903 1 9 Making a total of 23,238,313 05 " Exhibiting an increase of 5,952,240 17-100 acres over the previous year, of lands sold for cash, and a sensible diminution in the amount lo cated with scrip and land warrants, and selected for States." We hear that the Secretary of tho Treasury has determined upon the sites for eight of the new custom houses directed by Congress at, its last session to be built. They are, with the own ers of the land and tho prices paid for them, (the sites,) as follows, viz : City. Owner. Price. N. Haven, Ct. Samuel Bishop, $24,000 Burlington, Vt. J. W. Pomeroy, 7,750 Oswego, N. Y., Cheney Ames,. ... . ... 12,000 Sandusky, Obio, ueo. Keber, 1 1,000 Toledo, Ohio, S. L. Collins 12,000 Chicago, Illinois, Chas. V. Dyer, 26,600 Milwaukee, Wis.,Geo. I). Dousman,. ... 12,200 Wheeling, Va., John W.Gil I, 20,500 TJIE ARMIES OF EUROPE. A German officer has just published at Leip sio a pamphlet on tho armies of Europe. Russia has 450,000 infantrv, 80,000 cavalry, 44,000 artillery men, 12,000 engineers, besides reserve of 478,000 men of irregular arms, mak ing a total of 1,154,000 men, and 2,250 cannons. The naval force of Russia is composed of 52 men-of-war, 48 frigates and 84 small vessels.roa king together 185 boats, armed with 9000 pieces of artillery. Turkey has 180,000 infantry, 17,280 cavalry, 1,700 engineers, and a reserve body of 325,000 men.in all 457,680 soldiers and 360 cannot. Tho naval force of Turkey is, 10 men-of-war, 7 frig ates and 60 small vessel, in all 77 vessels, and 3,000 cannon. England has 119,000 infantry, 13,600 cavalry, 15,122 artillery meni 2460 engineers, 80.000 mi litia, or a total of 230,200 men. The army of English possessions in India numbers 348,000 men, including 31,000 royal troops. The Eng. lish navy consists in 94 men-of-war, 92 frigates, 185 small vessels, in nil 371, carrying 15,234 cannon. Her steam navy represents a power of 54,254 horses. France has 282,000 infantry, 86,000 cavalry, 8,200 engineers, and 38,000 of other troops, in cluding 25,000 gen d'armes, the whole being an effective force of 566,000 men, with 1,182 can non. The French naval power is composed of 60 men-of-war, 78 frigates, and 283 light vessels, being in all 411 boats an.d 11,733 cannons. Not including 113 steamers representing a horso power of 40,270 horses. Austria, Prussia and the other German States have considerable military forces. Austria has under arms 458,000 infantry, 67, 000 cavalry, 47,000 artillery, 16,800 engineers and 5,200 other troops, total effective 693,000 men and 1,140 cannon. Prussia has 372,000 infantry, 67,600 cavalry, 6,000 artillery, 7,740 engineers, and 72,700 men of other troops, in all 580,800 men. Tho other states of the German confederation havo in all 166,000 infantry, 25,000 cavalry, 14, 500 artillery, 2,027 engineers and 17,000 men of other troops, in all 224,900 men and 500 cannon. Thus Germany can put in action an army of 995,600 infantry, 159,600 cavalry, 121, 600 artillery men, 26,000 engineers, and 94,000 other troops. The general effective force will then show 1,298,500 soldiers, and 2,572 can-non. Extract of a letter by the Rev. Mr. Church ill, of Boston, who is now traveling for his health in the East: " It gives one an ever present idea of tho ex pansive enterprise of his countrymen, to find their commodities of commerce continually in his path wherever ho goes. I have not yet vis ited any considerable city of Turkey where I did not find tho medicines of my country repre sented by Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. .In Smyrna, Aleppo, Jafla, Jerusalem and Constantinople, we see in each, on the door post of some bazaar, the peculiarly American looking Iron card, of Dr. Ayer, saying in a language which not one in a thousand of tho passers by can read, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for Coughs, Colds and Consumption, Sold Hero.' On a shelf behind tho cross-legged mussulman aro seen the bot tles with their English, Spanish, French and German faces turned to the crowd, and on in quiring wo are told that foreigners aro not tho only purchasers, but the true believers them selves waive their trust in fate to try his pro duct of American skill, when they find there is no other cure for them. " I was told hero yesterday thatthe Cherry Pectoral had been presented to the Sultan, and is now in constant use in his harem, and in the Hospitals of the Empire." Washington, Nov. 27. Mr. Don Piatt, Secretary of Legation at Paris, is in town. Mr. Piatt says that the most friend ly disposition prevails towards Mr. Souloat tho Spanish court. He embarked at Bordeaux for the Spanish coast, a short time beforo the sail ing of the last steamer, under a salute appropri ate to hU station. - Mr. Piatt has some original opinions about tho war. Ho thinks that tho governments of France and England wcro in possession, when he left, of news from the Crimea to tho 10th, which, from the ominous silence that prevailed, was believed to be of the most disastrous char acter. In fact, the events ocenring from the 17th October to the 5th of November, left hard ly a doubt that the allied army was reduced to the alternative of a hasty embarkation with out their artillery, or a surrender as prisoners of war. The consequences of this great reverse will be very important, beside its immediate effect up on the progress of the war. In the first place it is feared, with great reason, that it will be fol lowed by a revolution in Franco against Louis Napoleon, and brobably in favor of Henry V. That is Mr. Piatt's opinion. Next, it may be as sumed that it will produce a change of Ministry in England. Mechanics Wanted. The Kansas Herald, published at Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, contains the following in its issue of November 24th: There is wanted at Leavenworth two or three good Shoemakers. This is a good opening, and would pay well. There is a largo settle ment in and around this place, and for the want of a shoemaker people have almost to go bare footed. Will not some one come here this win ter. A good Blacksmith or two would find im mediate and constant employment, at his own prices. Bricklayers and brickmakers wanted here very badly. Thero aro many persons who want to build brick houses next spring and summer. Brick will readily command here 6 to 87 per 1000. There is good soil hero for making brick, and wood in abundance on the Island below the town. A good wagon maker, would do a land office business here and at the Fort, and get moro than he could do. Paupers to be Sent Home. Forty Irish paupers wero brought from Deer Island this forenoon, for the purpose of placing them on board a thip which is to transport them back to Ireland whonco they came or wero sent to this country. There aro some others who will be provided with a free passage touOuld Ireland." Boston Journal. This is a matter which Wo trust will engage the attention of our Legislature. Paupers are habitually sent here from the old country, and their passage paid by the authorities. The em igrant tax is also paid tho same way by the N. York authorities, who with it pay the passage of them to the west, reaching here destitute, to become Inmates of poor houses. Every day almost paupers are taken directly from the Railroad depot to the county poor house. Un Saturday last one enure lamuy urnveu nero who were paupers in the country from which, they came whoso passage was paid by the town authorities from which they were sent, and who are now the guests of Cook county. We trust our Legislature will at once pass somo stringent law to remedy an evil which is becom ing so burdonsoma to the west, that while it in an asylum for tho oppressed, it does not be come a lazar house for Europe. Chicago Journal. RESTORATION OF THE MISSOURI ZINE. -. The real slavery propagandists of the South, like the abolitionists of the North do not ap--prove of the repeal of tho Missouri Compro mise. It is found to be a measure not calcula ted to expand the institution of slavery, and we shall not be surprised to see a considerablo body of southern fire-eaters ready to unite with northern fanatics in demanding its repeal. We find the subjqined paragraph in the Fayettevillo (N. C.) Observer. - . ' "A writer in the Daily South Carolinian over the signature ot Ualhoun," 6trongiy urges tho re-establishment of. the Missouri compromise line. The South,. he thinks, was badly duped in the passage of the Nebraska-Kunsasbill; and,, without in the slightest degree ceusuring thosu Southern members of Congress who voted for tlio U I-ncI vised obliteration ot the line, no advises that they retrace their steps at the earliest op portunity." The Union men of the South who supported the Nebraska-Kansas bill did so that a great uni form principle might be established, in respect to the organization of now Territories, by which tho question of slavery should forever be ban ished from tho halls of Congress, and given over to the people, directly interested, for set tlement in all cases; and this was the ground - .1 I tt . H . 1 - l.t ..t. . 1 . u .. . occupieu oy oass, jjuugias, .ungiu, aim uie iruu democracy of the North. It was common' ground, which all the friends of peace, harmony j i ii t . !.. . ni: fire-caters of the South and the abolitionists of the North are about to unite upon opposite J t .1. uuuu v mi vvuuii vuiiaisicin-jr IS BCCII 111 UIO fact that the first regard the repeal of the Mis souri compromise line as extinguishing slavery extension, and the latter affect io regard it ns promoting slavery extension. Detroit Free Press. Suffering in Nebraska. A gentleman re cently returned from the far west, informs us that there U already much Buffering among tho Nebraska emigrants for the necessities of life ; and that the coming winter threatened to provo fatal to a large portion of the settlers. Without houses to live in without markets (if they had any) to supply them with food, with no fish, and very little game, the poor emigrants who have gone out there under the head of Anli-slavery fanatics, must hurry home or die for want of food. In most cases the poor squatters have not money enough to pay their way back to their comfortable New England homes for which they are now sadly sighing. Wilour Abolition phi lanthropists who have been instrumental in get ting up this exodus, provide somo miraculous manner to save their deluded victims from star vation. Evening Mirror. The Know.Nothings afflicted with the Botts. John M. Botts, wroteta very seasona ble and witty letter to the Know Nothings of N. Jersey, who had a banquet lately in honor of their victories in that State. v " I think it quite manifest that there is about to bo a total revolution in the political affairs of this country ; and for my own part, I am satis fied that no change is likely to be for tho worse. And if the organization of the Whig party is to be broken up.it leaves no alternative for u.. but to choose between the two other parties : The Know Nothings, on the one hand, and the Good-for-Nothings on tho other; and having fought' ngainst tho Good-for-Nothings for twenty odd years, (ever since the whig and democrat parties were formed) I am strongly inclined to fight on tho sido of Know Nothings a name, by the way that I think they are no more entitled to than the party now in power are to the name of Dem ocratic, for so far from knowing nothing, I think they know a great deal more than any other party in the country. They know how to do what they undertake to do, and generally do it up pretty brown." Melancholy Insanity. We are informed that A. B. Wyncoon, once a prominent citizen of Waukegan, andltho pioneer oditor in that young city, is nowJtli inmate of an insane asy lum in California. 'Ho had become a believer in -" Spiritualism," so called, and tho spirits had di rected him to knock down every person whom he heard doubting the truth of the spiritual the ory. Ho attempted to obey the command so left but to lock him up in a mad-house, whero he now is, a hopeless lunatic. Chicago Tribune. Keep good company or none. Make few promises. MARINE LIST. ARRIVED, Dec. 13th. ' the 13th inst. . . ,. Prop. Ottawa, : ; was got off and came up to her dock. CLEARED, Dec 15th. Jso departures, navigation having closed. There entered this port, in 1851, 135 vessels, ma king 027 trips. Tho vessels arc as follows: Steamboats 2, Propellers 9, Brigs 7, Schooners ' 112, sloops 5. Total 135 vessels. The schooner Illinois, Burke, made the most trips, being 35. . ; Tho schooner Pioneer was the first, and the Ver mont was the last vessel that entered tbis port in 1831. Fall Styles of Jewelry. rpiIIS day received, ono of the most extensive X and beautiful assortments of Jewelry ever of fered to the pcoplo of the Grand River Valley : It consists In nart of Breast l'ins, Ear Kings, , Finger Rings and Lockets. . Prices range from tho very lowest to the most expensive articles, and we are sure to plesse thr most fastidious. Wm. r. & Co. Monroe street, Grand Rapid, Oct. 4, 18l.