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TELEGRAPH NE VS. Charleston, May 9. By the schooner Hey ward we have received Havana dates to the 6th in at., at which time all was quiet. Yellow fever had made its appear ance, and the U. S. steamer San Jacinto and oth er vessels-of-war had quitted Havana to pre serve the health of the crews. St. Louis, May 10.. Daily accounts continue to record the ravages of cholera among Emigrants on upper Missis sippi Boats, which are generally crowded with passengers beyond their capacity. An unusual fatality attends the disease. New York, May 10. The steamship United States is now adverti sed to leave here on the 18th with the Kinney expedition, for Central America. - The Anniversary of the American Bible So ciety was celebrated to-day, and thanks to. the beautiful weathef, the house was crowded to its utmost. The report shows the receipts of the year to be 8346,811 much less than for the previous year. The number of Bibles printed was 275, 400, and of Testaments 626,000 and the total number of volumes issued bv the society since h organization, amount to 10.653.647. Reso lutions were reported for infusing energy into the operations of the Society, ana werespoKen on. by numerous clergyman. After their adop tion, the meeting adjourned. ' Chicago, May 11. The passenger depot belonging to the Michi gan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, in this city, was burned down this afternoon. The cars and baf?rrare were saved. The building is a total loss. 1 1 Philadelphia, Mny 11. The new Arctic ship to no in search of the Kane Expedition is completed, and is taking her stores on board; and will sail to-morrow ai noon under command of Lieut. Sim ins. to loin her consort at the Brooklyn Navy-Yard. Boston, May 11. After n niht session of seven hours, the House this morning at 2 o'clock passed a reso lution expelling Joseph Hiss, by a vote of yeas 137, nays ID. New Orleaks, May il. The steamship Empire City has arrived here from Havana. She reports the steamship Illi nois, en route from Aspinwall to New York, had put into Havana, having on board the California mails, &c, to April 17lh. The steamship Golden Ago left San Francis co April 17th, with 750 passengers and $1,300, 000 in treasure on board, one struck a sunken rock on the night of the 28th, off the island of Quibo, about five miles from Panama. She was going at full speed when he struck. The water gained rapidly on her. Perfect discipline however, was maintained among the crew and passengers, until communication was had with Panama, und the steamship John L. Stephens went to their rescue, and lunded them in Pana ma on the 3d. The steamship Panama was se.nt on the 3d to the assistance of the unfortu note vessel, and with strong hopes ot saving her, although the tide ebbed and flowed in her. The Golden Gate would take up to ban 1' ran cisco the passengers who left New York on the 5th. New York, May 12. The steamship Golden Age, whose probable loss was reported by the Illinois,. was one of the fines', vessels which has left this port. She was valued at 83 or $400,000, and mostly insured in England. More recent intelligence by the Illinois, states that the Golden Age would be got off without any serious loss. Philadelphia, May 14. Capt. Ingraham in reply to the invitation of our citizens tendering him a public dinner says he must decline the prone red honor as circum stances require his immediate presence in S. Car olina. Judges of the Court of Claims, to-day appoint ed Hon. Samuel A. Huntington of Conn., clerk of the Court ot Claims. The Use of Adversity". When the tidings "Sevastopol is taken" was announced in Eniz land, the London papers significantly warned u nations having an exposed tea coast to beware how they provoked tho maritime power of Lng land." The caution was intended for Yankee ears. But Sevastopol is not taken and Russian troops hold the allied armies in a state of siege The tone of the London press changes. The London Times refuses its sympathies to Spain in the case of an attempt by us to wrest Cuba Irom her. Uur commerce, our alhanco of sym pathy and interest, of tongue and kin, with her poople.comes to tho mind of England. She turns from the thought of war expensive, disastrous motiveless and fruitless as her attempt against Russia has proved and thinks of. the bill she has to pay, and the revenues she must earn to do it. Spain and her dynasties dwindle into nothing, in comparison with the Yankees and thoir profitable custom. Wholesome are tho uses of adversity! f Albany Atlas. The Chicago Times cautions the public a gainst placing too much confidence in the bills of Illinois banks. It asserts that in less than six months, some half dozen or more will go by the board. Particularly does it urge them not to touch those bills, circulating in the West, which have the word Georgia upon them. Have nothing to do with the Georgia currency. Thi timely advice, though perhaps intended es pecially for the security of Chicago, may not bo without some service in our vicinity. Allegan Record. Tho New York Herald, was twenty years old on Saturday. Its daily circulation for tho first week avenged about wo thousand, and the re ceipts for the week some seventy dollars. Now its daily circulation reaches the enormous sum Of seventy thousand, and its weekly receipts a bout twelve thousand dollars. How strangely do the pictures of the old and the new appear in contrast. .The advertising for the month of April, was 817,909 being an increase of $3,547, over that of the tame month last year. THE GRAND RIVER ,TIIE8. Mi GltAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN! WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1855. f3ET" Agreeably to previous notice a meeting was held, at the Court House, on Saturday evening last, for the purpose of takbg into con sideration the propriety of erecting in our midst a suitable church edifice. Heretofore meetings have uniformly been held in the old school-bouse, unfit as it is for such a purpose. But we rejoice that our citi zens are no longer contented with the accom modations afforded therein, for public worship, and therefore did unanimously resolve, at the meeting aforesaid, to erect a more becoming ed ifice, at a cost of not less than $3,000. ' This we consider a move in the right direction to re deem the character of our citizens as those who respect the institutions of morality and religion. Strangers visiting us, on taking a survey of our " heritage," behold an elegant school-house, equal, if not superior, in size, style of architec ture and finish, to any found in any other village, of equal size in the State a public house that is indeed a credit to its enterprising proprietor, inferior in point of convenience and internal ar rangement for the comfort of its numerous pat- rons, to none in the western part of the State, besides another hotel of less pretensions ex tensive stores and long warehouses of our rich and prosperous merchants but no church, ex cept the neat little edifice erected by our Hol land citizens. So, for our own credit, we are glad to see the "ball set in motion," and hope to see a church edifice erected that will be the admiration of all whose eyes are blessed with the sight. In the meantime we hope those whom busi ness or curiosity may prompt to visit our pros perous village, will not for a moment suppose there are no pious people in our midst, becaueo they have no edifice better suited to tho wor ship of the Deity, but rather attribute it to our humility, that we are contented to assemble for the worship of our Heavenly Benefactor, tho giver of all wo possess, in a sanctuary so lowly and unpretending. We understand a subscription is already in circulation, headed by one business firm, with a donatior. of 1000, followed by others, pledg. ing liberal sums for so laudable a purpose. Urge forward the good work, remembering "the Lord loveth a cheerful giver." lf Tho Prohibitory Liquor Law really works admirably in our midst. Those who havo hitherto dealt in spirituous lie uors seem to have entirely abandoned the traffic. Peace and order reign supreme. On examining the register of sales, for medU cinal purposes, kept by Henry Griffin, Esq., Druggist, we find only about four gallons sold for the past week. This speaks well for the general health of our village, and surrounding country, inasmuch as all are .dependent upon his establishment for their medicinal supplies. It is our intention to publish a statement, monthly, of the quantity sold, as registered by our townsman, Mr. G., that our citizens may learn the condition of the surrouriding country as respects health, and the pleasing results pro duced by the full operation of the Maine Law. William Haskins, of the town of Spring Lake, was fatally stabbed, on Saturday last, in an affray with a negro, named Jordan Turpin. The cause is supposed to have been jealousy; exicited by an undue intimacy of the negro with the wile ot napkins, a preliminary examina tion of witnesses took place hero, yesterday, before Geo. Parks, Esq., and tho prisoner fully committed for trial, at the next session of the Circuit Court. We have received a communication from our townsman, Mr. H. Pennoyer, affording many facta in the case, but its length, and the amount of matter already in form, forbid its publication this week. We are gratified to inform our citizens, and marine friends, that our channel over the bar, at this place, is improving. Capt, Harry Miller, of the schr. Ocean, sounded the chan nel, yesterday, and tells us he found no less than nine feet of water. He gives the follow ing directions to strangers entering our harbor: Run for the buoy on the south bar, then 6tand for the buoy on the north point, which is near ly in range with the light-house, giving it a berth of 20 feet, then 6tecr straight in. O Last week there was less than eight feet of water on the bar. The channel has deepened in less than a week one foot. Wo think since the current has stopped running so strong, our channel will cut out as usual, until we have th usual depth of water ten or eleven feet. May 17, 1855. tf the money stolen from tho Peninsular Bank, noticed in our last issue, was recently de posited by the thief, as is supposed, in the yard of tho cashier's residence. No doubt compunc tion of conscience or fear of detection caused him to 44 fork over" his booty. The bill before the Massachusetts Leg islature, to exclude all adopted citizens from of fice in that Stale, was lost in the House. It re quired a two-third vote, and it received 153 against 80. A vote was taken on the 1st inst. (136 to 110) to abolish the death penalty in that State. -j V First arrival or the Season. The pro peller Sciota, arrived at this port, from Buffalo, on Friday last, with a large cargo of freight; 150 tons of which were discharged at our wharf. 527" We have noticed in several of our ex changes communications soliciting aid for Er icsson, of caloric celebrity, recommending that on the 4th - of July next, the citizens of every town and village in the State, should contribute as "seemeth to them good," for the relief of that unfortunate gentleman, who is reported to have become bankrupt, oh account of the im mense expense attending his experiments with his caloric ship. His efforts to produce a new motive power, by means of caloric, have not been crowned with expected success, according to recent reports ; but the following statement from the Detroit Times, gives altogether a dif. ferent view of the matter from that generally believed. How correctly the Times may be in formed in relation to the present financial posi tion of Ericsson we can not affirm. Here is the statement: "The report that Ericsson, of caloric celebri ty had become a total bankrupt, was unfounded. He has wealthy friends in New York, who have the same faith in his invention as formerly, and who are willing to advance it with material aid. His once caloric, now steamship, went down New York Bay Tuesday, on a trial trip, which Is reported as having been most successful." Exchange Bank of D. Ball & Co., Grand Rapids. In the Grand Rapids Daily Herald,o( the 18th inst., we find the following resolution, a dopted by most of the principal merchants of that city, m relation to a new paper currency, recent ly put into circulation in our midst, in form of drafts, or more properly Shinplasters. We have no means of judging of the character and safe ty of these drafts as a " money medium," ex cept as expressed in the resolution appended, signed by the principal merchants and business men of Grand Rapids. Would it not bo well for our citiz'ens, and others to be well assured of their safety before dealing largely in them ? Here is the resolution: " We hereby resolve, that we will not re ceive for goods or in payment for debts or any thing else, certain shinplasters purporting to be drafts of A. II. Ball, of Buffalo, on A. H. Co vert, and payable at the Exchange Bank of D. Ball & Co., Grund Rapids, in current bank bills." Frontier Liquor Dealers. The Buffalo Courier says that tho liquor dealers on the Canadian side of Niagaria River, are anticipat ing a rich harvest, and rents have advanced greatly. We presume this is to be attributed to the prohibition of the traffic in the State of New York, by tho Maine Law, passed at the last session of tho Legislature of that State. Fall of a Suspension Bridge. A new sus pension bridge, erected over tho Passaic River, above the falls, at Patterson, N. J., fell on the 3d inst., when a test of twenty tons was ap plied. Some persons who wero on it when it fell, were severely injured. This was the sec ond suspension bridge erected at the same place within one year. There must have been bung ling calculations made by somebody. . EST" We learn that Henry Barns, Esq., has sold out his paper and fixtures. Rumor says that Rufus Hosmer, Esq., of tho Democrat and Inquirer, in company with a country gentleman, is the purchaser of the Republican, and that the paper will hereafter bo conducted under their supervision. J3f" Friend Hawks, of the Allegan Record, seems to bo getting his "dander" up. A com munication from a correspondent signed "Grip," appears to havo aroused the "lion" in him. Hear the hatcheling ho gives him for inditing an epistle in opposition to the proposed Allegan and Paw Paw Railroad : " We suggest that when Grip' signs his name again, he Mgns his true name, Sneak.' Eve ry man within ten miles of here who is able and won't give his name and money to push on the Allegan and Paw Paw Railroad is either an in- corrigible ignoramus a miserable blind puppy, or coniempuuie sneoK a latner on other ieo iv. : j i . . pie a turnings a ueau wcignt on mo enterprise of the country a perfect horse-block, an abso- lute broad-cloth beggar and pauper on the thrift ana progress ot the country. Capture of Baker. The Barque Grape Shot has returned to tho port of New York with the fugitive Baker, the murderer of Poole, on board. She arrived off Palmas in 17 days from Now York, and laid on and off till tho Is abella Jewett hove in sight, when the proper au thorities boarded her and captured the fugitive. The " Hollander" comes to us adorn ed with a new head dress, and improved in per sonal appearance generally old type having been forced to yield up possession to a new and more appropriate style. From its issue of May lGth, wo learn that Mr. Pfanstiehl of that place, intends to place a stage on the route between Kalamazoo and Grand Haven. This stago will leave Kalamazoo Monday morning and reach Allegan the same day. On Tuesday it will arrive at Holland, and Wednesday at Grand Haven. Returning it will reach Kalamazoo on Saturday, Cholera in the East. A dispatch from the Crimea, dated April 12, reports the cholera rag ing fearfully in the French camp, also that it was continuing its ravages at St. Petersburg Quarantine in ChicAoo. It is slated that the Board of Health of Chicago, have appoint ed a committee to select a suitable position in which to establish a quarantine fltatiou.' . , 37" A man named Meir', said to be worth one hundred thousand dollars, has been sen tenced to tho State Prison, in Indiana, for forg ing a note of twenty dollars. . The Paris correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune states that Louis Napoleon was expect ed to leave France for' the Crimea, on the 8th inst. The following extract is published as re liable information respecting the primary object of the royal visit: The Emperor has now prevailed on tho Eng lish Government to give its consent to his de parture for the Crimen, and to clothe him with the command-in-chief. There is therefore no longer any doubt that this voyoge will take place; but with his usual caution the Emperor has giv en the people about him to understand that his voyoge is not a military one, that he goes to Constantinople, perhaps to the Crimea, as Em peror and not as an acting military commander ; that ho goes out to assume the general direction of affairs, to settle differences which have arisen in the camp, perhaps to review the army, but not to assume a personal direction of the opera tions against the fortifications of Sevastopol. All this talk, which is of course meant for the public ear, is intended to prevent any compro mise of his Majesty's military prestigo in case ho should make any attempt in person that should prove abortive. It will enable him to re turn without reproach in case that ho should find it too dangerous to make an assault upon the city. ' ' ESF" We are in receipt of the, May number ot Harper's Story Books, embracing three inter esting tales, entitled "The Gold Bracelet," "The Raspberry Party," and "Taken at her Word." All that we have to say of them i3, if any one of our readers, old or young, desires something interesting to while away a leisure hour, let such a one peruse the Glh number of Harper's" Story Books. WoodworilCs Youth's Cabinet is also before us with its usual attractions. Aho. Ballou's Pictorial, unrivaled for its fine representations of the interesting and beauiiful in nature, as well as for its portraits of distin guished men. Every family should have the privilege of perusing its pages. Subscription price only $3 per annum. It is worth thrice the money. Singular Phenomenon. It is stated that just above the locks on Green River, Indiana, when there is a low stage of water the steam boats shut down their furnace doors, for fear of " setting fire to the river," the bottom of which is covered to a great depth with decomposed vegetable matter, which, when stirred up by the paddles, emits an inflammable gas, instantly ig niting, in contact with flame. By stopping the boat the flame ceases, aud is seldom dangerous. The New York Journal of Commerce says that one good effect of the Maine Law may be, by cutting off the supplies of distillers' slops, to secure an improved kind of food for cows. Better milk will thus bo afforded, and a fright ful cause of mortality among infants be re moved and no doubt many n blooming little cherub saved, the joy and prido of its parents. To get up a Holiday. Find some destitute family to whom you can secretly send a barrel of flour. Let your right hand pay for it, with out permitting your left to know of the deed. Try it, and your heart will have a holiday. flri&F" The Prohibitory Liquor Law has been thrown out of the Canadian Parliament on ac count of its effecting the revenue of Govern ment. OT" " The Nunnery Investigating, or the Smelling Committee on a Lurk" is the title of a new play just introduced at the National The ater in Boston, by Hiss and Miss Patterson. A Break Down in St. Paul. The banking house of H. C. Parker, of St. Paul, Minnesota, suspended on the 21st ult. It was thought that the assets would more than meet the liabilities. CSF" Secretary McClelland has issued a cir cular to tho clerks of the Interior Department, prohibiting their dealing in land warrants. What it costs to Bomdard a City. That war is on expensive occupation, the British gov ernment and people aro beginning to under stand by means of augmented taxes, and the opening ot tho fire ot the Allies suggests a cal culation as to the cost of the iron balls which have been thrown into Sevastopol by the 500 cannon which have vomited them in what Gorts chakoff called " an infernal fire." The accounts by the Asia represent that each of these guns fired one hundred and twenty rounds a day, which gives a total for the 500 guns of 60,000 rounds. This fire has been continued for thir teen days, making rn aggregate of 780,000 mis siles rained upon the city. The weight of tho shot fired from the guns of the Allies varies probably from nineteen to one hundred and forty pounds; and of the shells from fifteen to one hundred and ten pounds and forty-fivo pounds would bo probably a low estimate for an average. This would give a dai ly delivering of iron to the Russians, nmounting to 2,700,000 pounds, and a total for tho thirteen days of 35,100,000 pounds the prime cost of which in the rough, at the average price of pig iron in England for the last year, was not less than $313,380. This is, of course, without any regard to the enormous cost of transportation to the Crimea. If the cannon balls fired from the Allies lines, during the thirteen days, were rolled into rail bars, weighing sixty pounds to the yard, the bars would extend 332 miles; or if laid as a rail road, would suffice for a aingle track road from New York to Albany, with all the necessary turn-outs. The charge of powder for each gnn would probably average about six pounds.whieh would show an expenditure for the thirteen days of 4,080,000 pounds of powder. Such powder is worth here eighteen cents a pound, but in Eng land would not, probably, cost more than fifteen cents, at which price the powder cost 3702,000. N. Y. Cour. &. Enq. Victoria and Albert don't like Louis Napole on, but are "very happy to see him.M TInTFT. Prices and Profits. It h r!- ficially announced by some of our leading ho tels,that,on and after the'lst of May, the charge for board would be 83 per day. The Astor, . . i XT V.. I ! i .. . oi. iMicnoia, aim mew j ui, nave ranca weir mi on Account, we believe, nf the hinh irrm of beef, pork and potatoes. The Metropolitan 1 1 ... i .i. - u Cm r.n . . iioiei continues uiu inu ciiargo vi ieruay, and it U the intention of the proprietors to make no change, under any circumstances short or luroine. With Hour at 812 per barrel, pots toes at 81 50 per bushel, and other articles in proportion.it does not pay very well at 82 60' per day, but the proprietors of the Metropolitan believe that for the year through the old prioes will be suffidiently remunerative, and they.afso' belicvo that hotels' should tako their chances with other kinds of business, good seasons with the bad. Uniformity in prices is an important consideration, especially with tho traveling pub lic, and the Metropolitan will adhere to the old rate through summer and winter. New York Herald. State Aoricultcrl School. The execu tive Committee of the Michigan State Agricul tural Society will meet at Lansing on Tuesday the 12th day of June for the purpose of select ing a location and site for the State Agricultur al school and experimental and model farm. The farm is to consist of not lews than five hundred acres, and not more than one thousand acres, and to bo located within ten miles of Lan sing. The Secretary of the Agricultural Society has advertised in the Stale Journal for proposals for land lor this purpose. The Kingston (Canada) News learns that in consequence of the price of flour having been raised to 813 per barrel, and other breadstuff in proportion, the people of Smith's Falls have broken open the stores and helped themselves ad libitum. A great deal of suffering is said to prevail in the township of Marlborough and the adjacent townships, which were devastated by fire last August, many of the settlers being des titute of food and the means of procuring seed for their spring crops. It is said a petition is to be presented to Parliament praying for aid for these people. Tho largest clock ever constructed, has just been finished by Mr. Dent, for tho new houses of Parliament, in London. Tho dials are twen-ty-two feet in diameter; the point of the min ute hand will therefore move nearly fourteen inches every minute. The pendulum is fifteen feet long. The hour bell is eight feet high and weighs fifteen tons. The hammer weighs four hundred weight. The clock as n whole,is nearly eight times as large as a full 6ized cathedral clock. The increase of fares on tome of the railroads is waking the almost obsolete race of stage coaches. A daily lino of stages has commenced running between Lowell and Boston, with pros pect of largo success. The vast extent of the United States is illus trated by the fact, that while the inhabitants of N. Orleans are feasting on strawberries, people at northern extremity have snow three feet in depth in their forests. The House of Rescue is finally located, on the site first selected. Ten additional ucres of land have been purchased. The several bids for tho job of building, were opened yesterday ufternoon. State Journal. The Ionia Gazette states that it is the inten tion of all the Liquor dealers in that vicinity to comply strictly with the provisions of the prohib itory Law. The bill authorizing tho Great Western Rail way to construct a double track from Windsor to Niagara Falls, has passed the Canadian Par liament. . . Newark N. J., must be a very dry place for to pers. Not a drop of liquor is to bo had in any public place in the city for love or money a city of above 50,000 inhabitants. A writ of error having been allowed in the case of Arrison, condemned to be hung, nt Cin cinnati, the case is to be reviewed in the Crimin al court immediately. MAltlNi: LIST. ARRIVED, . May 15. Schrs. Vermont, Getty; IMoneer. Pen nail: Lady Jane, Henderson ; Fisher, ; Venus, Reed; New Hampshire, Tart; Magic, Winship; uco. u. Drew, ; steamer AJgoma, . 10. No arrivals. 17. Schrs. Pilot, Gcslne, 18. Schr. Julia Smith, : prop. Sciota, :' from Buffalo with a cargo of 100 tons merchandize and 300 stoves. 10. No arrivals. 20. Schrs. Boe, ; Supply, Mitchell. 21. Schrs. William Tell, Smith; Temperance, Downing; Helgoland, Loutit: J. Lillie, -; Geo. C.Drew, ; Ocean, Miller: Warren, ; Lizzie Throop, Furlong; Lady Jane, Henderson; Maid of the Woods, ; Vermont, Getty : For rester, ; Illinois, Burke ; L.Henderson, Peter son; Rocky Mountains, : Octavia, Dal ton ; Reindeer, Flood; Telegraph, McNamara; New Hampshire, Tart; Pioneer, Pcnnall; Home, Moore; Frances, Matthews ; Speed, ; brig Ontaria, CLEARED. May 13. Schr, Free Mason, . 10. Schrs. Astor, ; Helgoland, Loutit; Telegraph, McNamara: Frances, Mathews; Octa via, Dalton; Reindeer, Flood; Geo. U. Drew, ; Home, Moore ; Warren, . 17. Steamer Algoma, ; 6chrs. Ocean, Mill er; Magic, Winship; Vermont, Getty; Fisher, ; Pioneer, Pcnnall; K. Henderson, Peterson; Lady Jane, Henderson ; Venus, Reed; New Hampshire Tart; sloop F. Dutchman, Milne. 18. Schr. Pilot, . ID. Prop. Sciota, . 20. Schrs. Gcsine, -; Julia Smith, ; Bce 21. No departures. ' Guardian Sale. NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of a li cense granted by William Hathaway, Jr.k Judge of the Probate Court for tho county of Otta wa, Michigan, I shall oiler for sale at public auc tion on Thursday,the fifth day of July next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, on the premises, in the vUlago of Grand Haven, all the right, title and in terest of Eliza, Henrietta, and Janette Shelby, mU nors, in and to the following described real estate, to wit : Village Jot number twenty-six, in the vil lage of Grand Haven, Ottawa county, Michigan together with the buildings thereon, flyi w7. Janette Shelbt, Guardian. May 22, 1855. BRAIDS. Silk and Worsted, Linen Edgings, lat est styles, for tale at the store of Fehrt J' Wallace.