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VOLUME VI.
GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1857.
WHOLE NUMBER 279.
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in Dr. Shcpard's New Ulock, Monroo street,
Grand Rapids, Mich., where he may be found
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FERRY j- WALLACE, Dealers in Fancy
Goods, Clothing, Hoots and Shoes, Hardware
r and Groceries. Water street.
CUTLER WARTS, Dealers in Fancy and
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cry, Hardware, lioots and Shoes, etc., etc. Wa
ter street.
C. B. ALBEE, Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries,
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lioots and Shoes, etc., etc. Corner of Washing
ton and Water streets.
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ries, Provisions, Hardware, Crockery, lioots and
Shoes, etc., etc. Muskegon, Mich.
HENRY GRIFFIN, Commission Merchant
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old etand opposite the Washington House,
Grand Haven, Mich.
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Dealers in Hard and Hollow-Ware, Iron, and
Manufacturers of Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware,
foot of Monroe street, Grand Rapids Rapids,
Mich .
A. L. CHUBB, Manfacturcr of Plows, Cultiva
tors and Grain Cradles, and Dealer in all kinds
of Agiicultural Implements and Machines.
Agricultural Warehouse, Canal street, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
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nt Washington. Office third door below the
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lor at Law. All business intrusted to me will be
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denco, Charleston Landing, Ottawa Co., Mich.
Ottawa Iron Works, Ferrysburg, Ot
tawa County, Mich.;
WM. M. FERRY, Jr., Manufacturer of Sta
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J. B. McNETT, Physician and Surgeon,
Office nt tho residence of Mr. Hiram Ilcan,
corner of Washington and Water streets, Grand
jiaven, -Alien. ,
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village, and will attend to all calls in his profess
ion.- -275 tf.
STEPHEN MUNROE. Physician 'nA. .&.
gcon. Office one door west of J. T. Davis' Tai
lor shop, Avashlngton street.
FERRY CO., Manufacturers of Lumber, and
Dealers in all kinds of Merchandise, Provisions,
Shingle Bolts, and Shingles.
Tuos. W. Feruy,
Noaii II. Febrt.
White River, Ottawa Co., Mich.
JOHN T. DAVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on
Washington street, second door west of 11. Grif
fin's store.
HOPKINS BROTHERS, Storage, Forward
ing and Commission Merchants. General Deal
and Provisions, Manufacturers and Dealers
wholesale and retail in all kinds of lumber. Mill
Pointy Mich.
D. B. COMSTOCK, Architcctlmd Civil Enirin
rcr. Residence at Lam on t (Steel's Landing),
rjttawa county Mien. -
A PARODY.
BY AN OLD BACHELOR.
' Tell me, ye winged winds,
That round my pathway roar,
Do ye not know some spot
Where women fret no more ?
Some lone and pleasant dell,'
Some " holler" in the ground,
Where babies never yell,
And cradles nre not found 1
The loud wind blew the snow Into my face,
And snickered as it answered" Nary place."
Tell me, thou misty deep,
Whose billows round roe play,
Know'st thon some favored spot, .
Somo Island far away,
Where weary men may find
A place to smoke In peace,
Where crinoline Is not,
And hoops nre out of place 1
Tho loud waves, sounding a perpetual shout,
Stopt for a while, and spluttered " Ycou git cout."
And thou sercnest moon,
That, with such holy face,
Dost look upon the girls
With their beaux embrace,
Tell me, in all thy round,
Hast thou not seen some spot
Whcro muslin Is not known,
And calico is not ?
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe,
And a voice sweet but sad responded, " Tooh 1"
Tell me, my secret soul
Oh ! tell me, Hope and Faith,
Is there no resting place
From women, girls and death ?
Is there no happy spot
Where bachelors arc blessed,
Where females never go,
And may dwell In peace?
Faith, Hope and Truth best boons to mortals
given
Waved their bright wings, and answered, " Yes,
in Heaven "
Miraculous Escape from an Elephant.
It was one of those magnificent tropical
moonlight night, when an indescribable soft
and enchanting light shed over the slumber
ing landscape ; tbe moon was so bright and
clear tbat 1 could discern even a small ani
mal at a considerable distance.
I had just completed my arrangements
when a noise that I can liken only to the pas
sage of a train of artillery broko tho stillness
of tho air; it evidently came from the direc
tion of one of the numerous stony paths, or
rather tracks, hading to to tho water, and I
imagined it was caused by some wagons, that
have crossed tho Kalahari. Raising myself
partially from my recumbent position, I fix
ed my eyes steadily on the. part ct tho bush
whence the strange sound proceeded, but lor
some time I was unable to make out tho cause.
All at once, however, tho mystery was ex
plained by the appcaraucc of an immense el
ephant, immediately followed by others,
amounting to eighteen. Their towering forms
told me at a glance that they were males.
It was a splendid sight to behold so many
huge creatures approaching with a free,
unsuspecting and stately 6tep. The some
what elevated ground whence they emerged,
anil which gradually sloped toward the water,
together with the misty night air, gave an in
creased appearance of bulk and mightiness
to their naturally giant structures.
Crouching down as low ns possible in the
" skarm," 1 waited with beating heart and
ready rifle tho approach of the leading male,
who, unconscious of peril, was making straight
for my hiding-place. The position of his
body, however, was unfavorable for a shot ;
and knowing from experience that I had lit
tle chanco of obtaining more than a single
good one, I waited for an opportunity of fir
ing at his shoulder, which is preferable to any
other part when shooting at night. But
this chance, unfortunately, was not afforded
till his enormous bulk towered above my
head. The consequence was that whilo in
tho act of raising tho muzzle of my riflo over
tho " ekarm," my body caught his eye, and
before I could place the picco to my shoul
der, ho swung himself round, and with his
trunk elevated and ears spread, desperately
charged mo. It was too lato now to think
of flight, and much loss of slaying tho sav
age beast. My own life was in iminent jeop
ardy ; and seeing that if I remained partial
ly erect ho would inevitably seize mo with
his proboscis, I threw myself on my back
with violence, in which position, and without
shouldering my rifle, I fired upward at ran
dom toward his chest, uttering at tho eame
time the wo&t piercing shouts and cries.-
Tho change of position, in all human proba
bility, saved my life ; for, at tho eame in
stant, tho trunk of tho enraged animal de
scended precisely on tho spot where I had
been previously crouched; sweeping away
the stones many of a large size that form
ed tho fore-part of my " fikarm" like so many
pebbles. In another moment his broad fore
feet passed directly over my face.
I now expected nothing short of being
crushed to death. But imagine my Telief
when, instead of renewing the charge, ho
swerved to thofjeft, and moved ofT with con
siderable rapidity, most happily wihout my
having received other injuries than a few
bruises, occasioned by the falling of tho
stones. Under Providence, I attribute my
extraordinary cscapo to tho confusion of the
animal, caused bv tho wound 1 had inflicted
on him, and to tho cries elicited from mo
wheu in my utmost need.
Immediately after tho elephant had left
me I was on my legs, and snatching tip a
spare rifle ly in at hand, I pointed it at hiin as
ho was retreating, and pulled tho trigger; but
to my intense mortification, the riflo missed
fire. It was a matter of thankfulness to
me, however, that a similar mishap had not
occurred when the animal charged, for, had
not my gun then exploded, nothing, as I con
cive, could havo saved rao from destruction.
Anderson's " Lako Ngami."
Bleeding Michigan. We aro ablo to
approximate the amount appropriated by tho
lato Legislature : . . '
For compiling tho laws, estimat
ed at, $100,000
For salary of Compiler, , 1,400
For salary of two Commission
ers to examine Compilation, 500
Interest remitted to tho Uni
versity 4 years, i . 28,000
For House of Correction, to pay
past indebtedness, , 7,000
For House of Correction, to .
keep it grinding (vide Report
of Senate Finance Commit
tee), 24,000
For Asylum at Flint, 75,000
For salary of Building Commis
sioner for do. (800 $ ann), 1,000
For State Prison, 32,000
Eor salary of Building Commis
sioner for do., 2,000
For tho Michigan Journal of Ed
ucation estimated, 4,000
For State Agricultural Society, 4,000
For BleedingKansas, 10,000
For improvement of Muskcgon-
Itiver, , . 50,000
For a State Road from Sagin
aw to Mackinaw, 1,500
For Agricultural College, 40,000
For Insane Asylum, 50,000
For Building Comm'r of do., 1,000
For Normal School, 13,700
For Supremo Court, 10,000
For Recorder of Detroit, 3,000
Total, $459,300
Add to this, debt falling due in
2 years, 225,308
Add estimated deficiency, vido'
Rep't of Finance Committee, 79,186
Total deficit, $708,796
Tho other extraordinary expenditures of
this extraordinary Administration, will bring
this deficit to a Million Dollars Michigan
Weeds Grand Rapids Daily Enquirer.
Oregon. The fact that tho people of Or
egon have taken steps towards asking for ad
mission into the Union as a State, renders
any information in relation to tho Territory
interesting. What is now Oregon is but a
part of tho former Oregon Territory. Tho
wholo Territory was divided by Congress in
to two parts Oregon and Washington tho
former lying south of Columbia River, and
the 40th deg. of latitude. Oregon contains
the towns of Oregon City, Portland, Salem,
Cincinnatti, Dayton, and Umpqua City. Tho
inhabited portion of the country is wholly be
tween the Cascade range of mountains and
tho Pacific. There is abundance of good
land in Oregon to Make it a rich and popu
lous State. It has a largo Pacific boundary.
A cotemporary thus sums up tho number
of submarino telegraphs: There is a wiro
from Dover to Calais, under tho British Chan
nel. There is a wire from Ostend to Dover,
Under tho German Ocean. Dublin and Liv
erpool aro connected by a wiro under the
Irish Sea. Vienna and Sevastopol aro link
ed by a wiro under an arm of tho Black Sea.
Tho Ionian Isles aro next year to bo wired
fast to Greece. Algeria is to bo fastened to
France, Malta to England,' and Egpt to
Constantinople. Tho London telegraph op
erator in 1858, will hold in his hands wires
running to four quarters of tho globe, as easi
ly as a coachman gathers up the reins of a
four-in-hand.
Startling Occurrence in a Church.
At a church near Clarksville, Tenn., as we
learn from the Chronicle of that place, on
Sunday before last, just ' as the congregation
was about to kneel down, a lady in a tone of
horror raised the cry of snake Great ex
citement prevailed, and there was a mighty
rush from tho dangerous locality. At length
a gentleman advanced to the spot, gazed a
moment upon tho coiled monster, and pounc
ing upon it, held up to tho view of the start
T l ll f 1 I . 1
icq crowa a wnaieDono noop, wmcn uaa wng
gled iteelf out of a lady's petticoat and qui
etly coiled itself upon tho floor. Tho best
feature of this storv is its truth, for which tho
Chronicle vouches.
The ladies of Morcrantown, Indiana, a few
days aero, cleaned out a docrcery kept in that
placo by a man named Worshing. They
proceeded to tho house, ten in number, and
deliberately turned tho liquor out to find its
own level. They offered Worshincr pay for
his liquor, provided ho would not bring any
more to the place, and told him if he did they
would servo it m the same manner.
Highhanded Outrage A Lady Garro-
ted in the New York Hotel. Thursday
evening, shortly before 0 o'clock, Mrs. Bates,
a boarder at tho New York Hotel, Broad
way, was sitting alone m her room when a
fellow, to her unknown, stalked in and uncere
moniously commenced breaking open a trunk
with chisel. Mrs. Bates being greatly sur-
)riscd at the impudence of the scamp, asked
lim in a commanding voice what ho. was
about. At this he seized tho defenceless la
dy by tho throat with one , hand and the
other one, firmly over her mouth , to pre
vent her from screaming. Being too much
alarmed for her own personal safety, Mrs.
Bates was unablo to give any alarm.
Taking advantage of her situation the
bold thief released his grasp from tho neck
and throat of his victim, and hasteniug down
ho made his cscapo before tho outrage bo
carao known to tho inmates of tho house.
This hotel thief apparently was about 23
years of age, dressed ' in a black overcoat,
black pants, and hat, scarf about his neck,
&c. Ho wears no whiskers.
Capt. Dikes of tho 15th Ward Police, was
notified of tho affair and will use his most
6trenuous exertions to arrest this villain.
PARALLEL COLUMNS.
before election.
" That Kansas will
AFTER ELECTION.
"That Kansas is
to become a Free
State, seems now to
bo tho general be
lief throughout the
Freo States."
N. Y. Tribune.
bo doomed to Slave
ry, if tho Buchanan
Democracy aro tri
umphant, is suro as
there is a God in
Heaven."
A New use for Hoops. Tho Albany
Transcript is responsible for the following :
Recently a gentleman and lady of a neigh
boring city were enjoying a sleigh ride, when
one of the traces was broken beyond all hope
of repair, and at a point whcro no assistance
could bo had In this emergency tho lady
produced from her expander a good cotton
ropo sufficient to mako another. Things
were fixed and tho party moved on. bo much
has been said against hoops that as a matter
of justice, we give publicity to this evidence
in their favor.
A Beautiful Locket. One of the most
beautiful and ingenious mementoes of tho
Charter Oak is a knot taken from a limb of
tho tree, l by 1 inches in size, tho bark
peeled off and tho knot.faccd, preserving its
original form even to tho minutest indenta
tion. This is mounted in solid gold, sur
rounded by a wreath of leaves and acorns, on
tho back of which is a locket opened by a se
cret spring, and so nicely set, that very close
scrutiny is required to detect it even by those
who know it is there. I ho whole forms a
breast pin, of the Cameo style. Tho color of
the knot is very light and its appearance, set
in gold is beautiful. The work was done by
Mr. C. K. Hubard, 219 Main street, and it
reflects credit upon his skill and ingenuity.
Hartford Times
Consecrated to Peace. Tho Panama
Isthmus is about to become, by treaty or
stipulation, tho social and moral marvel of
tho world.
The treaty concluded between this govern
ment and New Grenada, provides for tho ex
emption of the Isthmus from the wars and
quarrels of all nations. It is to be, in
war even as in peace, tho neutral ground of
republics and kingdoms, upon which no inva
sive foot Bhall tread with hostile intent. If
peace be a blessing, tho Isthmus, then, will
enjoy it to plentitudo and exhibited to man.
kind, so long as tho faith of international
compacts shall be observed, a theatre of nat
ural and moral repose, whcro tho din of arms
6hall never find harsh echo in tho welkin, nor
the sword seek glory in tho crimson of bel
ligerent blood. Jackson Mississippian.
A man traveling entered a tavern, and
seeing no one present but the landlord and a
negro, seated himself, and entered into con
versation with the negro. Shortly, ho asked
Sambo if ho was dry ? Sambo said ho was.
Stranger told him to go to tho bar and take
something at his expense. Nigger did go,
and shorly left. Landlord says to the strang
er: .
"Aro you acquainted with tho nigger?"
"No, never saw him before; but why do
you ask ?"
" I supposed so from your conversing with
him and asking him to drink."
" Oh," said tho stranger, " I was only ex
perimenting. Tho fact is, I was dry myself,
and I thought that if your liquor didn't kill
tho negro in fifteen minutes, I would venture
to take a drink myself.
Landlord's curiosity fully satisfied.
C. Chauncey Burr. This Reverend, who
preached religion, biology, toe-snapping and
Inow-nothingism, alternately, turned up in
Albany last week, and had a tight in the bar
room of Stanwix Hall, with three New-York
rowdies. Burr rather got tho best of the
fight, or was likely to, when bystanders inter
fcrcd and put a stop to proceedings.
Tho Boston Telegraph, an 44 opposition"
paper, calls "old Cass" a "superannuated
iacka: s." It pretends to be a decent paper.
The Home Mother. Blessings bo on her
head. Tho heart warms to see her in! her
daily routine of pleasant duties. How' pa
tiently sho sits, day after day, shaping or 6cv-
ing somo article for uso and adornment of her
littlo flock ! and how proud and pleased is
each littlo recipient of her .kindness. , How
tho littlo face dimples with pleasure, and tho
bright eyes grow still brighter, as mamma
decks them with her own hands in the new
dress sho has made them. How much warm
er and more comfortable they feel, if mamma
wraps them up before they go to school. . No
ono like hcT can warm tho mitts and over
shoes, or tho comforters round the neck.
There is a peculiar charm about all hIiq does
the precious mother. .They , 'could not sleep,
nayi that mother herself could not, if she fail
ed to visit their chamber, and with her, soft
hands arrange them comfortably before she
slept. Her heart thrills with gratitude
to her Creator, as she looks on those bloom
ing faces; and when their prayers are done,
sho imprints a good-night kiss on each rosy
littlo mouth. ("Mother's Magazine.
Mammoth California Steamers. Tho
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser learns that a
distinguished 6hip-builder, formerly doing bu
siness in that city, has contracted with an as
sociation of land holders in California for the
construction of two mammoth steamships,
each of 7,000 tons, designed for tho convey
ance of , 3,000 passengers, to accomplish ' the
trip, via tho Isthmus, in fifteen days. J. he-
special object is to afford a cheap, and rapid
communication between California anil tho
Eastern States, in order to augment the pop
ulation of the Pacific coast, and to enhanco
the valno of our possessions in that quarter.
The dimensions proposed for these steamers
aro as follows: length, 440 feet; breadth of
beam, 55 feet; depth of hold, 34 feet.
Fire at Owosso. Tho engine house be
longing to the Detroit and Milwaukee Rail
way caught fire about 3 o clock on r nday night
last, and was burned to the ground. The fire
caught from a stove. A man employed to
watch the premises fell asleep near the stove,
and was not awakened until his hair and
clothing was pretty well scorched. Three en
gines were in the building, the N. P. Stewart,
tho Gcncseo and the Oakland. Tho Oakland
was hauled out in a badly damaged condition,
her tender and house being burned. Tho
other two engines were destroyed, as was also
tho water tank and pump.
Tho two engines burned wcro new . ones,
but probably can bo rebuilt at about half first
cost. I ho cost of repairing them will not
much exceed $8,000. Tho building burned
was a new one, thirty by one hundred feet in
size, me total loss, aside irom the locomo
tives, and tho inconveniences tho loss will
causo tho company, will not exceed $10,000. x
Detroit Advertiser.
The Flood. Tho water and ico in tho
Mississippi came down with tremeduous im
petuosity. Everything is carried with it.
Large lots of logs from tho Wisconsin pineries.
aro likely to bo lost. We hear of one lot
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wmcn nas oeen wintering some miles auove
Alton, all of which aro lost. The rafts were
broken to pieces, and the logs took their chance
with tho ice, and went rushing down tho
river. Thcso logs wcro intended for W. C.
Clark & Co., and were worth 85.000. We
understand there were hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of logs laying above the rap
ids, allot which aro hablo to bo lost by tho
sudden rise and breaking up of the ice in tho
river. TSt. Louis Republican.
"Things arc coming to a pretty pass iu
town," said a friend of ours to an acquaintance
yesterday. " All tho ladies stopping at tho
St. Charles left tho dinner table yesterday."
" Possible !" said tho person to whom tho
remark was addressed, greatly surprised,
"what caused them to do so?"
" Why," rcsjKndcd our friend, convincing
himself that tho coast was clear, " they had
finished eating." A psss was mado at him,
but ho dodged it.
Wagon Road to California. In the
Houso of Representatives, on tho 9th, the bill
for tho construction of a wagon road from tho
South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in Ne
braska Territory, via Great Salt Lako Valley,
to Honey Lake Valley, on tho eastern portion
of tho State of California, was passed by a ma
jority of 119 to 48. The bill appropriates
$300,000, or so much thereof as may be neces
sary, for tho construction of a wagon road from
Fort Kearney, in the Torritory of Nebraska, via
tho South Pass of tho Rocky 'Mountains, to the
eastern boundary of the State of California, near
Honey Lake, to be expended under tho direc
tion of the Secretary of, the Interior, pur
suant to contracts to be inado by him; said
road to connect with and form an extension of
tho road already authorized from Fort Kear
ney to the aforesaid South Pass; also, $200, -000
for tho construction of a wagon, road
from El Paso, on tho Rio Grande, to Fort
Yuma, at tho mouth of the Gila River; also
$50,000 for the construction of a wagon road
from Fort Defiance, in the Territory, of New
Mexico, o the Colorado River, near the mouth
of tho Mohava River. ' Wo presKmo tho bill
will pass the Senate. n;
Democratic Press Cbien'gV