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r V - VOLUME V. GRAND HAVEN; MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 185G. WHOLE NUMBER 251. . . i . . . - ( TUB GRAND IllVKll TIMES ( PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY EVEKING, BY V JOHN W. BAENS. , Office on ivrtsiinroTi rc, ad door below the Washington House, second story. TKHMS. Puyincnt la Advance. Taken at the office, or forwarded by mail, $1,00 'Delivered by the carrier in the village, 1,50 r One shilling In addition to the above will be charged for every three months that payment is r delayed. No paper discontinued until nil arrearages are t paid, except at the discretion of the publisher. ' Terim of Advertising : Due square (12 lines or less), first insertion fifty 'cents, twenty-five cents for each subsequent inser tion! Legal advertisements at the rates prescrib ed bylaw. 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Hugunin. 1856- 1856 CUTLER &, WARTS, Storage, Forwarding &, Com- mission Merchants, Dealers in Lumber, Shingles, Produce, Salt, Flour and Plaster. GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN. D. C UTLER, II. L. WARTS. Ottawa Iron Works, . Ottawa Point, Ot tawa County, Mich. FERRY CHANDLER, Manufacturers of Stationary and Marine, high or low pressure ! Engines, Mill Gearing, Iron and Brass Castings. Tost Office address, Grand Haven, Mich. Win. M. Ferry, Jr., M. T. IS. Chandler. TIMOTHY FLETCHER, County Clerk and Register of Deeds, for Ottawa Count'. , Grand Haven, Mich. . WILLIAM HATHAWAY, Jr., Judge of Pro bate for Ottftwa Co, P. O. address, Crockery, Ottawa Co., Mich.' ' GEORGE PARKS, Treasurer of Ottawa Co., and Justice of the Peace. JAMES SAWYER, Surveyor, Eastmanvillc, Ottawa County, Mich. 21. W. DUNCAN, Attorney at Law, and Solicit or in Chancery; also agent for obtaining Boun ty Lands, and collecting claims against the Uni ted States, in connection with a General Agency at Washington. Office third door below the , Washington House. CROSVENOR REED, Attorney and Counsel . lor at Law. All business intrusted to me will be - promptly and satisfactorily attended to. Resi dence, Charleston Landing, Ottawa Co. Mich. IDoxxtistry, DR. L. A. ROGERS, Surgeon Dentist, Office in Dr. Shepard's New Block, Monroe st.( Grand Rapids, Mich., where he may be found during business hours. FERRY WALLACE, Dealers in Fancy Goods, Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hardware and Groceries. Water St., Grand Haven, Mich. Titos. AV. Perry, Nonli II. Ferry. FERRY tf CO., Manufacturers of Lumber, and Dealers in all kinds of Merchandise, Provisions, Shingle-Bolts, and Shingles. Vllite Lake, Oce ana Co., Mich. FOSTER PARRY, Wholesale andRcta7l Dealers in Hard and Hollow-Ware, Iron, and Manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware, foot of Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. JSTONE rf- CHUBB, Manufacturers of Plows, Cultivators, and Grain Cradles, and dealers in all kinds of Agricultural Implements, and Ma chines. Agricultural Warehouse, Canal street, Grand Rapids, Mich. STEPHEN MUNROE, Physician and Sur geon. Office one dpor west of J. T. Davis' Tailor Shop. Washington street. FERRY SONS, Forwarding and Commis sion Merchants. Central Dock, Grand Haven, Mich. JOHN T. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on v Washington, street, second door west of II. Grif ' fin's store. . UOPKINS 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. i C. DAVIS CO., Dealers In Dry Goods, Groce ries, Provisions, Hardware, Crockery, Boots and Shoes, &c. Muskegon, Mich. i OTTAWA HOUSE (formerly William Tell Ho tel), Levi Shackelton Proprietor, Water street, Grand Haven, Mich. T WASHING TON nOUSE, By Henry Pennov cr. The proprietor has the past spring newly fitted and partly re-furnished this House, anil feels confident visitors , will find the House to compare favorably with the best in tho State. LUENRYMRIFFIN. Commission Merchant and General Agent, Dealer In Salt, Flour, Dry and Green Fruits, Provisions, Familv Groceries, Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, &c.,&c, at his old Ptand opposite the Washington House, Grand Haven, Michigan. i. B. BID WELL jr SON, Confectionery and Bakery, Grand Rapids, Mich. C. TJ.AIbce agent for Grand Haven and vicinity. THE LOST TRIBES, OF ISRAEL. Scholars have indulged in wild speculations touching the fate of tho ten tribes of Israel, who were first led into captivity by the king of Assyria. They have been supposed by some to bo idontical with tho Abyssinians of Africa, or tho Indians of America, and traces of them have been recognized, so it was thought, among Asiatictribes,butMr. Kenne dy, of England, who has given years to patient study and reserach, recently read an able pa per before tho " Bitish Association for the advancement of Science," of which we give a brief summary. Ho said :: " That the number of those taken away in the different captivities had been much over estimated, only the principal people having been mado captive of hostages, with tho men of war, and others most available as slaves; that tho main body of the ten tribes was taken away by the Assyrians, but were left in their ancient poscssions, when they became again partially subjected to the kings of Ju dea; that the tribes that can bo supposed to have been really removed were the Reubenites, the Gaditts, with the half tribo of Manassah, and that of Naphthali, w ho being placed on the east of Jordan and on tho north, were most exposed to the attacks of the enemy; that the greatest part of those who had been taken away to Babylon, or their decendants, and the decendants of those taken away by the As syrians, returned to their ancient land ; that while in Babylonia, Assyria and other coun tries of their followers, they could not be sup posed to have lived apart by their tribes, so that in the space of two hundred years and upward thoso taken away must have lost al most every distinction of tribes, and thus have become prepared to form a part of that re stored nation which took tho name of Jews from ho principal tribe among them; that the tribe of Judah having been the most nu merous, and their city of Jerusalem the center round which tho Israelites congregated, it follows, as a natural consequence, that their name would become tho prevailing one, that the amalgamation or union into one people of all the Israelites, was in accordance with tho predictions of tho prophets; that the remnant of the Israelites left in Babylonia and Assyr ia, though smaller in number than that por tion which was restored to their ancient pos session, might yet have increased to an im mense multitude in tho six hundred years which elapsed between the first restoration and the time ofJoseplius, but that the remnantbc- yond the Euphrates cannot properly be con 6iderd to have been the representatives of the ten tribes; that in tho time of Josephus all distinctions of the other tribes having become J lost, except those of Judah and Benjamin, he erroneously supposed they were tho only tribes that had returned, and that tho other ten tribes still remained beyond the Euphra tes that in any case the dream of Esdras re specting tho teu tribes having taken counsel among themselves, and gone into a turther country, where never mankind dwelt, was a mere dream or vision, as in reality professes to have been. ,.' LIFE OF FREMONT. 1812 Born in Charleston, and hearing of war with England, immediately takes to arms; enrolls in the infantry. 1813 Tears a cap resembling, tho British flag from his nurse's head; arrival of mother to her aid; final triumph of the young know-nothing. 1814 Conquers his aunt in a grand battle. 1815 Scratches his grandmother. 181 C Discovers the source of his nurse's lager bier. 1817 Explores his grand mothers jam and preserve cupboard. 1818 Gets up his uncle's apple tree. 1842 Climbs the Rocky Mountains. 1843 Captures a wooly horse. 1845 Performs Othello to Benton's Braban tio. 1847 Eats a horso assisted by Raymond, Grecly and Beunett Livo Oak Georgo too sick to relish it. 185C Sets out on an expedition to explore tho White House at tho head of a lot . of niggers. 1857 Not being heard of afterwards, sub scriptions raised to send out Kauo on nn exploring expedition. 1900 Fossil remains tound in Pennsylvania avenue supposed to bo tho mortal relics of Fremont, Bennett, Greely, and Raymond part of a Tribune for 1856 found sticking in Raymond's esophagus. N. Y. Times. Henry Clay. "Whenever," said Henry Clay, tho whig party shall become merged into a miserable sectional abolition party, will renounce it forever, and in future act 'with that party, regardless of Us name, which stands by tho constitution and tho Union." Can any ono doubt with what party Hen ry Clay, if now living, would now act? Wo think not. . Ho would, beyond all ques tion, be found on the side of tho democracy the only party f which stands by tho consti tution and tho Union." t,'' t Whatever you dislike in another, tako care to correct in yourself. Mr. Buchanan and Slavery. During tne debate in tiie benatc, in 1845, on the question of the annexation of Texas, Mr. Bu chanan spoke regarding slavery as follows: "In reviewing the humblo part which I have taken in public affairs, during a period not now short, there is nothing which I can review with moro pleasure than the course I have pursued oii tho' subject of slavery. When I first came 'into the Senate I found the abolition, excitement much moro violent than it is at present. Tho mails wero then loaded with pictorial representations calculat ed to arouse the passions' of the slave and ex cite him to vengeance. Tho danger of ser villo insurrection was imminent. Those en gaged in the agitation believed they were do ing God service. Honest fanaticism, in the history of our race, has ' done as much evil and shed as much human blood as any other cause. The agitation threatened the exist ence of the Union. It could not bo suppos ed that fathers and mothers who went to bed trembling at night lest their mansions might bo involved in flames before tho morning, and all horrors of serville insurrection might be their fate, would long cling to a union with a people which encouraged such enormities. Self-preservation is the first law of nature, and above all other laws. "Surrounded by theso circumstances, I took my stand on this question, from which I have never since departed. Under the con- stitution, tho Southern States have rights .'i. .1 . ...1 ' Ci guarantied to them, and these rights I deter mined to maintain, come weal, come woe. I determined that I would never risk the bless ings of this glorious confederacy, with all tho benefits it holds out not only to ourselves, but to tho whole human race, for the sake of an unavailing philanthropy. The constitutional compact, arc as much entitled to protection as those of any portion of tho Union. "I stand by the constitution as it is; and, so far as I know, a large majority of my con stituents have approved my course. " Before tho fatal agitation of abolition arose, this happy event (gradual emancipa tion) in several of tho States, was approach ing, its consummation. The current of pub lic opinion was running strongly in that di rection. In the house of delegates in Vir ginia, tho grandson of Mr. Jefferson had in troduced a proposition having in view gener al emancipation, which, if my memory serves me, was lost by a single vote. The abolition excitement at once put an end to these bright prospects. l adhere to tiie con stitution as it is. May it be perpetual I" Can any northern man, unless ho bo a dis- unionist or a fanatic, object to Mr. Buchan an's position, .thus stated? It seems to us not. Like tho great majority of tho people of the North, ho doubtless regards slavery a political and social evil, and would consider its abolition a blessing to those States which might abolish it. But as a citizen of tho Union, he would not hazard tho public peace " for the sake of an unavailing philanthropy ;" nor would he, for any purpose, invade consti tutional right. ' Mr. Buchanan alluded to the fact that Vir ginia, prior to tho rise of abolition excite ment, was about ready' tq adopt a plan of gradual slave manumission. Kentucky was as nearly ready. The abolition excitement operated upon manumission in those States as it has operated upon the question of tho introduction of slavery into Kansas. It des troyed the cause of manumission in the ono case, and has provoked a slavery emigration in the other. Mr. Buchanan's views, comprehensively sta ted in tho brief extract we have made from ono of his congressional speeches, like his views on all public questions moderate and just commend themselves to moderate and jnst men everywhere. The Camels are Landed! Wo learn through ono of the officers of tho Chas. Mor gan, that tho camels designed for the frontier service have been landed at Indianola. Tho description gjven us of tho scene and their appearance is highly interesting. Tho heigth rendering debarkation difficult, they wero made to lie down upon a platform and wero thus hoisted from tho vessel. The Galveston " Confederate" says: " Great demonstaions of delight were shown by them upon reach igerra jirma once moro after a voyage. Their antics were such as to fill with terror the horses, mules and cattle in tho vicinity, and to cause a general stampede. Tho pack saddles are represented as magnificent affairs, highly ornamented in tho Arabian strand the keepers, appear in their nativo costume, giving tho appearance, says our informant, of an Eastern caravan, in every particular. In order to show their speed, tho keepers put them in motion, and to the surprise of two or threo hundred persons present, an ordinary walk kept horses traveling with them on a brisk trot. Wro have no doubt these animals will be found just tho thing for frontier trans portation, both on account of capacity of burthen and speed of travel." A man has, generally, tho good or ill qual ities which ho attributes to mankind. Every man magnifies tho injuries ho has very received, and lessens thoso he has inflicted. Col. Fremont and California. We no tice that the republican papers aro speaking of Col. Fremont as tho man who first plant ed tho United States flag upon tho shores of California., We believe that our neighbors of 'the Atlas havo endorsed tho statement. Now, wo do not know but these journals are ignorant of history; we do not know but they intend willingly to falsify. However that may be, the statement is simply a falsehood. There is not one word of truth in it; and if those papers don't know, they are as inexcu sable for their ignorance as for their men dacity. Col. Fremont is also called by some the conqueror of California ; and this state ment is as false as the other. Possibly in these days falsehoods may go further than truth (videlicet Gov. Gardiner); but there ought to bo some show for it, at least. Col. Fremont may be a very clever man and a good surveyor; and under tho lead of Kit Carson ho may havo done something as a pi oneer explorer; while under tho lead of Col. Benton ho may have done more as a bistriog ropher. As regards California, Col. Fremont did not reach thcro till after tho United States flag had been raised by another; and as to couquering it, Col. Fremont never saw a hos tile sword drawn, nor did he hear a hostile bullet whistle, in a single battle in that terri tory. He was not present at a single battle. He invariably camo up after the battle was fought; not that he shirked, but simply that ho was not there. It won't do for our neigh bors to falsify history, and falsifying it won't benefit their pet puppet. The glory of planting the flag of tho Un ion in, and of conquering, California, belongs exclusively to Commodore Stockton, who landed three hundred and fifty men at Mon terey, 6ent away his ships, and, against a force of five to one, marched through the territory, fighting several pitched battles, and subdued it entirely. After ho had subdued it, he made Col. Fremont civil Governor of the Territory. Boston Times. A Citizen of Michigan ahead of Fre mont. Tho principal argument, says tho Grand Rapids Herald, used in favor of the election of Fremont appears to be, that ho discovered tho " South Pass" of the Rocky Mountains ! If he really did discover it, such a feat would not have been a very high rec ommendation to the Presidency of tho Unit ed States. But such was not the case. John Ball, Esq., of this city, traveled through tho South Pass in 1832 ten years before Fre mont accomplished tho same Herculian un dertakingand Mr. B's guide was an old trapper who had been through the Pass about forty times before. Verily, Fremont is a great discoverer. Such adventures being con sidered claims to the highest offices, we rec ommend John Ball as the democratic candi date for Governor of Michigan. He possesses ability to fill such an office with credit to him self and tho State, and in addition would, doubtless, obtain the votes of most of the republicans, as the same arguments used to exalt Fremont to tho Presidency could be ap plied to Mr. Ball's case, and secure him the Governorship. Wisconsin. Tho Madison (Wis.) Argus gives figures to prove that Wisconsin is sure for Buchanan. For tho last two years, tho democratic vote has been largely on tho in crease. At tne uongressionai election in tne fall of 1854, the anti-democratic majority was 8,213. At the Judicial election in the spring of 1855, the anti-democratic majority was 4,408 only about one-half what it was six months before. At the State election in the fall of 1855, tho average democratic majority was 2,880 an immense gain. Sinco this last election, according to the Argus, "the party has been daily growing in strength and is now united and harmonious; many old and distinguished whigs aro with us ; and tho black republicans themselves have no hopes of suc cess. Wo claim jthe 6tate as certain for Bu chanan by a majority that will not bo less than eight thousand, and may reach twelve thousand." Dot. Frco Press. Tho waters of the Mississippi and Lake Michigan wero connected last week through the Fox river improvement. The Aquilla, tho first steamer that has mado tho passage, mado her appearance at Green Bay on Mon day. Tho guests marched ashore under a salvo of artillery, and went in procession to the United States Hotel, where tho Mayor of , 'rcatly catcd nt tho pr0Snccts of en- Jarged trade and new facilities of intercourse which this improvement opens up to them. A New Rule. Hitherto tho presiding officer of tho Senate has not deemed it his duty, under tho rules of that body, to call Senators to order when they transcended the proprieties of debate. But in consequence of Mr. Sumner's late tirade, and tho conse quences of it, a new rule has been adopted, requiring the President of the Senate .to call to order whenever unparliamentary language shall bo uttered. However unjustifiable the assault upon Mr. Sumner, thero is no doubt that an offence, on his part, was the direct cause. ; , ."" The Ticket. The Democrats, everywhere, heartily concur in tho nomination of the ticket made at Cincinnati. Buchanan and Breck enridge I It is a charge of "Double Fs!" (BB.) a kind of shot 4 that always tells! We doubt if, on tho whole, a better com bination could havo becrimade. Whether it is considered merely as a "strong" ticket, or as ono that will command universal respect and obtain a general recognition for the ability and trustworthiness of tho gentlemen whoso names compose it, it is found to bo not only unexceptionable, but positively and intrinsic ally excellent. On every hand wo hear ex pressions of satisfaction at tho Cincinnati nom inations. Only tho K. Ns. and Black Repub licans are dissatisfied with them, and they will havo to remain displeased. Hartford Times. ' Nebraska. All accounts from tho new 'Tcrritorv nf NphrAslfJi. nflmi'ni'nrr TvnnftnQ ncrron ;j ------ -p O m stating that tho settlement is going on rap idly, quietly, and profitably. Not a word of difficulty has arisen between tho emigrants from tho several States; and the farmers aro putting in their crops, with the highest anti cipations of success. A gentleman who re sides in that Territory, now on a visit to New England, gives us similar information respect ing its growth and prosperity. Ho 6ays Ne braska has gained largely of emigrants from Kansas who, disgusted with tho squabbles of that region, havo "left a pack of bad fellows to fight it out New Haven Register. Anecdote of Rothschild. Anselra do Rothschild of Frankfort, during tho stormy days of 1818, when all Europe was heaving with theories of tho popular volcano, was ac costed by four stalwart leaders of the mob who entered his bank and insisted on seeing him. "You havo millions on millions," said they to him, "and wo havo nothing, the timo has come when you must divide with us." "Very well; what do you suppose tho firm of Anselm de Rothschild is worth ?" "About forty millions of florins." "Forty millions, you think, eh ? Now thero aro forty millions of people in the Diet; that would bo a florin apiece. Hero's yours, now bo off with you." Rather Rampant. Tho Montreal Com mercial Advertiser has tho following, along with a half column more of tho same sort: " Tho American Eagle is a half breed be tween a carrion vulturo and a dung-hill roos ter. Ho lacks tho courage necessary for fair combat, and he crows tho loudest when far thest from his enemy. Tho men of the rev olution are dead. Their inferior children of 1812 aro in their dotage; the present gene ration, raised on hot cakes and sweet fixins, is stimulated with tobacco juice, is all talk and no cider, as destitute of the stamina on which courage is founded as its mothers aro of flesh." A Railroad Foundling. The Georgo Law brought homo on Friday, from Aspin wall, a very extraordinary passenger, about fifteen months old, found amid the wreck and created by the late calamity there. Father and mother and relatives were all killed, and and no one knows tho little foundling's namo or nation, which, however is supposed to bo French. Tho innocent was picked up unhurt amid the slain and maimed, in unconscious ignorance of tho awful disaster. Col. Totten sent it to New York, in care of the stewardess of the George Law and it becomes, we suppose , an unknown object of charity here. N.Y.Times. The scandal loving portion of tho New York " upper ten" are on the qui vive with a new fund of gossip. The subject is an elope ment in high life, in which Major Kearney, who lost his right arm in tho Mexican war, figures as the hero, and Miss Maxwell, a daughter of Hugh Maxwell, collector of tho port of New York, as the heroine. Tho Ma jor is a married man and father of a family. His acquaintance with Miss Maxwell com menced 6omo three years ago in Paris. She is about nineteen, said to bo "very pretty," and to "sing liko a syren;" while ho is repre sented to be forty-five, "as ugly as sin, and brutal in his temper." But ho has wealth, and that is sufficient passport to respectability in Gotham. Tho birds that build hanging nests, at Capo Cormorin aro numerous. At night each of their littlo habitations aro lighted up, as if to sec company. Tho sagacious little bird fast ens a bit of clay to tho top of tho nest, and then picks up a firc-fly, and sticks it on tho clay to illuminate the dwelling, which consists of two rooms. Sometimes thero aro three or four fire-flies and their blazo of light in tho littlo cell dazzles tho eyes of the bats, which often kill tho young birds. Dr. Buchanan. On Sunday, in Buffalo, a boy twelvo years old, Tvhile'undres8cd for bathing, was attack ed by a bull-dog and almost torn to pieces. Ho is not expected to recoven If a cup of cold water 6hall have its re ward, none but God knows tho blessedness of tho man who goes about doing good.':