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Convention of Lake Underwriters.'
This body met at Cleveland on Tuesday of
last week, and adjourned ou rriday. W, J.
"Whaling of Milwaukee, presided," and Capt.
D. P. Dobbins, of Buffalo, as Secretary.
Tho rates of last year, with a flight modi
fication oil J tbo tonnage, 'and limits in insu
rance on steam vessel, favorable to their owu
crs, were adopted by tho convention.
Tho following resolution were unanimous
ly adopted: ' ' ' '
Resolved, That tho tariff of rates adopted
by this convention shall not bo binding upon
tho companies and agents doing business at
Detroit, Cleveland, Uswego, and the UauaUas,
but that each company shall have tho privil
ege, at those! places, of using their own dis
cretion as to tho rates.
Resolved. That tho certificates issued to
mastery of vessels on tho lakes, as " approv
ed masters," shall continue in force only for
tho season in which they are issued, and that
no master shall bo considered as approved,
except during tho season corresponding with
the dato of Ins certihcate. r - - '
Resolved. That no vessel which shall bo
hereafter built shall pass A, unless she is pro-
1l! .l' . . .. ,1.1 ..II I -J
viaea wiin a waier-ngni iorccasue uuiKncaa,
built in a staunch and reliable manner," with
a gate to her limbers communicating with
tho deck, and so constructed that it may bo
easily closed m case of accident.'
Tho report of tho Committee ' 1 on the
Equalization of Expenses was adopted.
Each company pays wro rata on its receipts,
between the minimum of 30,000 and max
imum of $200,000 premiums, providing also
for a commutation with eastern companies at
tho discretion of tho Lxccutixo Committee.
D. P. Dobbins was ro-elected Secretary of
tho Association, and tho nino Inspectors were
re-appointed.
Tno New York tariff on merchandise go
ing west was adopted.
Resolutions passed, express gratification at
tho improvement in the construction or ves
sels under the recommendations passed at
tho Convention of Inspectors in August last.
Approving tho acts of tho Inspectors in the
past year. Continuing tho drawback on pre
miums same as last year. Recommending
shifting boards for grain cargoes, and requir
ing insertion of same in hull policies. Re
quiring tho Inspectors to report cases of loss
at night, occurring from want of a proper
look-out, and making a record of the facts.
Adopting tho rules and regulations of the
last convention, so far as they do not conflict
with the action of this convention. Chang
ing tho title from " Association of Lake Un
derwriters" to "Board of Lake Underwriters."
Requesting tho opinions of the Inspectors
of tho Association, and of tho leading ship
builders and masters on tho lakes, as to tho
advisability of establishing a " loaded lino"
for all vessels. Authorizing tho Executive
Committee and Secretary to make any nec
essary change in tho location of Inspectors
and other minor changes, and procuring the
membership of other companies which have
not joined the Association. -
American Transportation Companv.
Tho following persons were elected officers of
this company, on Wednesday last; Hiram
Nilcs, President; Wells D. Walbridgc, Vice
President; Jas. C. Evans, Secretary and
Treasurer. Dct. Free Press.
Attached. The Milwaukee Free Dem
ocrat of last Tucsdav announces that the U.
S. Marshal has attached tho Hoo's cylinder
printing press and steam cngino in that of
fice, to satisfy a demand of 1,380, being the
amount of a judgment obtained against Mr.
Booth by Mr. Garland, of St. Louis, for his
participation in the rescue of the slayo Glov
er. . , , . .
TIie Passenger War. Tho Buffalo Ex
press learns from tho cast that there is to bo
a renewed war this season, between the Great
Western and Lako Shore Roads, for passen
gers in transit between tho cast and west.
The passenger offices east of Buffalo, which
wero closed by arrangement last year, arc to
bo re-opened, and agents and solicitors are to
como in fashion again.
New Patents. Among the patents is
sued from tho U. S. Patent Oflico for tho 3d
inst., wero the following: To A. M. Beards
ley, of Constantino, Mich., for improvement
in filing saws; of John W. Cranuei), of Oli
vet, Mich., for improvement in smith's forges.
Dct. rice Press.
Russian Agent. Tho Journal of Com
merce learns that a Russian agent is on a
visit to this country, to examine our most ap
. 1 1 1? , . i
proved BUDraanne aiving apparatus, wiin :
view of its employment in re-building Sevas
topol, and raising tho hulks sunk in the har
bor. ' '
New Orleans, Feb. 23
Death or Dr. Kane. Tho steamship
n 1 1 1 il. . 1- T '
uanawDa ormgs mo remains o; ur. jvano
who died at Havana ; his body was escorted
to tho City Hall by tho Continentals, whero
it lies in stato until to-morrow, at 4 P. M.,
when it will bo taken to the steamer J. W.
"Woodruff, attended by tho citizens and Mili
tary Societies of the city, en routo for Louis
ville and Philadelphia. Tho highest honors
wero paid him in Cuba by tho most distin
guished officials there.
Washington, Fcb'y 23.
Gen. Cass received an official notification
to-day, from Mr. Buchanan, of his appoint
ment as Secretary of State, and despatched
a letter this evening informing tho President
elect that ho accepted tho position. Both
letters wero understood to be exceedingly felicitous.
THE GRAND I1IVEK 'TIMES
CItAXD IIAVKtf, MICHIGAN i
Wednesday kvknixg, mauch i, is.77.
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COUNTY AFFAIRS.
On tho first Monday of April, next o cit
izens of Ottawa county will bo called upon to
decide, by their suffrage, whether Eastman
villo shaft1! bo the future 6eat of Justice for
said county or no. ';,
A tho decision of this important question
once given by its citizens is hot easily revok
ed, several weighty considerations claim at
tention previous to thodeposit'of tho vote
that is to settle, perhaps, for; all time, thf
question that has . been agitated for several
years past, by tho Board of Supervisors and
others; in relation to tho selection of som
point as a permanent location " for ; ebunt
buildings suited to the wants and demand
of our rapidly increasing population,
The first consideration, in importance, wc
deem to be this : What point of location will
best suit tho convenience of citizens, not only
at (tho present .time, but for years tot come,
and' subserve the best interests of thecounty
in all their varied relations ? In tho decision
of this ' momentuous question, individual in
terest, particularly when it conflicts with tho
general good, should by no means enter into
tho account. Selfishness should bo laid
aside, and pecuniary interest forbidden an
part or lot inlthe matter.1 All acknowledge
that somo more convenient, safe and suitable
buildings for county offices, court-room, etc,
aro highly necessary; yea, more, almost im
peratively demanded for tho better security of
books, papers and records, as well as tho
greater convenience of transacting the rapid
ly accumulating public business of the county
A fflanco of tho eve of the most casual ob
server will satisfy the beholder, at once, that
our citizens need to tako some advance steps
in tho matter of county buildings. Look
for instance, at our court-room but a third
class school-room, of dimensions scarcely suf
ficient to accommodcte two score Abeceda
rians, and as litllo fitted for tho convenient
adjustment of the civil and criminal business
of the county courts and an effective display
of legal tact and oratory, as an oyster saloon
for a camp meeting; and so great is this in
convenience felt by those more particularly
concerned, that, wo aro informed, his Honor
Judge Martin, has, on more than one occasion
hinted strongly at tho censurable imbecility
of our citizens in not taking at least tho initi
atory steps toward providing a more suitable
place t for tho accommodation of our county
courts; and moro imperatively is such
change demanded now that tho population
of our county entitles us to quarterly insteat
of semi-annual sessions of the Circuit Court
Again look at our County Jail. What ob
staclo do its bars and bolts present to tho
shrewd and cunninir felon? No more than is
afforded by the tall picket erected by some
miserly, crabbed country gentleman to veto
tho entranco of some Chairman of ways ami
means, attended by his committee of half-
fledged school boys, when the sight of some
luscious pearor peach sorely tempts palates
already watering with pleasing anticipations
of a rich repast. . A criminal there confined,
to whom liberty is dearer than life, would by
no means hesitate to use easy and yet effee-
tual means to obtain it.
The only reasons wc can assign for its form
ing of late the protracted residence of crimi
nals, awaiting trial for deeds of murder, lar
ceny, etc., are, first,- the good living furnished
them by tho acting Sheriff, who has catered
there for the, past two years; and secondly,
tho confidence in eminent counsel to effect
their release.
Then glance at the building furnished by
the county for tho several county officers
as suitable, in all respects, perhaps,' as any
that can be obtained, yet exposed in a, very
great degree by position and tho combustible
nature of tho material used in its construe
tion, to any conflagration that might brigi
nato at cither( point of tho compass from its
locality, and a loss severe to the county might
bo tho result. Now these hasty glances" at
tho truo stato of affairs show conclusively,
and with no Inccd of further demonstration,
what tho real interests of our county, consid
ered in connection with its rapidly increasing
wealth and importance, demand at tho jiands
of its citizens. t! . '
And now wo revert to the substanco of tho
question beforo propounded : Whero docs tho
greater interest and tho greater good demand
that such public edifice, when built, should
bo located. The ' Board of Supervisors, at
their last session, in their united wisdom, sec
onded, perhaps, by outside influences, decided
upon Eastmanvillc as tho most eligible point
for such location. But . what claims has
Eastmanvillo superior in their different bear
ings to those of other places ; and why is that
poiut chosen ju preference to others? Is it
on account of; its 'central position? ; Ottawa
jDcnteris nearer. tho geographical, center of
the county, ami enjoys fully all other advan
tages possessed by tho former place. Is it
that thetljoroughfares loading thenco toj oth
er parts of the county are more numerous or
in abetter condition to accommodate citizens,
generally, than those' radiating from , other
points? Wc emphatically answer, nay! Is it
that the enterprise and public spirit of its cit
izens, and of the inhabitants! of tho township
fn which EastmanyihV- is situated,' aro so
strikingly disnlavcd in public improvements.
by way. of( superior, roads, bridges, &c, us to
render; it, of, all others, the chosen place? ,Lc
tho traveling public, nntb others, acquainted
with its internal policy in this-respect,1 an
swer. '' "" ' '!' 1
In short, what peculiar inducemepts arc
held out for citizens, to ratify tho, choice of
the Board of Supervisors iu tho selection of
1 this point as the future county sent of Ottaw
Icouhtv? if any there are, let them be fully
presented for public consideration beforo, th
.lime arrives. for the final decision of tho ques
ion at the ballot box; that every one may
ote understandingly, and as he: shall deem
or the best interest of 'the county at' large
'As for ourselves, wc aro' candidly of, the
opinion that taking into ponsidcratjon the un?
settled state of most of the up river, towns.
and the great deficiency of public: roads, to
afford a speedy and easy communication' with
each other, there is no place that can bo se
Iectcd, in a position at all central, that will af
ford, at present, any. superior advantages, to
those havinc: business to transact at tho coun
ty seat, at every! season of tho year, tha
We afforded by tho present locality -wit)i-&ut
an expense incurred by the several towns
or county at large that can be illy afforded by
either. '
Though our public buildings and county
offices aro far from being what they should
be, as before hinted, yet all circumstances con
sidercd, wo believe the county is not yet pre
pared for a change in the place of doing its
public business. A new era is just dawning on
us. Tho completion of the Detroit and Mi
waukce Railway will introduce settlers into
portions of the county now sparsely occupied
by inhabitants; and no doubt several villages
and perhaps towns will spring up on tho
route, ero the lapse of but few years,. that
may put an entire new phase on tho business
relations of the county. And again the pnv
ilego recently granted the company of ex
tending tho lino of this Railway to New Buf
falo, by way of the tier of towns south of us.
bordering on tho Lake, is likely to make the
present location of the county scat, or one in
its moro .immediate vicinity, easy of access
from most of tho towns comprising the coun
ty aud no doubt exists in the . minds of sage
ones in respect to the speedy construction of
this extension.
Grand Haven alwavs has been, and for
acres to como no doubt w ill be, tho commer
cial emporium of the county; and, as,. sue!
most of our business men, throughout th(
county, will find it quite convenient to trans
act countv business while otlior matters her
lemand their presence. . .';
Those are our candid view son this subject;
but if the people of the county at large, up
on duly weighing all the; various' considera
tions connected with a removal of the county
seat to Eastmanvillc, shall decide upon that
location, wo shall acquiesce in tho decision of
tho majority, however much wo may deem it
against the truo interest of tho county to
have such a decision given.''. ' i
jt2T The high water in our immediate? vi
cinity, and: through tho different portions of
tho county, for the, past two weeks', has beerl
awful in , its consequences: 'doinir damaiie to
roads and 'bridges that will take weeks and
months to repair. - , .
lhe mail on tho north sido of the river had
not been received for nearly two ' weeks, at
.1' t . 1 ' H .'' 1. 1 .1 ' 1 At t
mo uuierent, omces ocLween mis and uranu
.lapids, prcvipu8i to Saturday . last. . .
., The flats of the., .Crockery, near. Judge
Iatiiaways, aro entirely impassablo for
teams, and will be so for some days to come.
Tho same remark will apply to, tho icross
2 at Deer Creek.. ' .
in
, Immchso quantities of logs, , shingles" and
umber havn.floated down tho river with tho
ice, a portion of which havo been' secured by
Wreckers along shore. -; ' .'
Wc learn that tho steamer Mtchtaan.' iLl
Grand Rapids, was so mucii damaged by the
ico as to lose a largo' share of her upper
works and sink to tho bottom of tho river.
No serious damage has occurred at this point.
ST; Wo learn from Messrs. Cutlkb - k
Wauts, Agents, that tho steamer 'Huron is
xpected to arrivo hero within' a few days to
commence her regular trips between this port
and Chicago.
j - j McsKEGONj Feb'y 26, 1856. '
Ed.'op Times: ; Although I did not vote
forour. present' Senator, at tho last election,
yet I am 0110 that always feel to givo honor
whero it is due.
r lloiiyTuofj.'W. FEuuvjhas proved himself
tho best Senator that our-District has ever
sent to Lansing. 0 Iu his fearless expose of tho
authors of . tli? . Swamp Land Bill, and his
ablo advocacy of tho Muskegon Flats bill, as
well as his'consistcnt action in Railroad mat;
ters, ho has shown Jbiit lie had the . interest
of his constituents at heart . 'We, : hero at
Muskegoni!fecl our indebtedness to him, and
hope to requite' .him. yvben'' a. higher oflico
awaits his acceptance.-,- This I; feel but a
just acknowledgment;'1 'From a ' 1 '
." Muskegon Dkmockat.
jt57,Ye ' aro i informed, an attempt war
made to overpower the Deputy Sheriff of our
county, on Suiulay last'. Ashe entered the
room where young Qonnell, who committed
the murder in Jour village', on New Year's,
wHs ' confined 1 in Compniiy 'with 'another
prisoner, arrested on charge ot forgery, an at
tempt was ma'do by Connell to strike him
with a club which ho had fashioned for the
purpose out of a stick of stove wood ; but the
officer, seeing the i attempt, caught, the elul.
and wrested it from the hand of tho prison
er. Ihis done an attempt was made by th
.other to' stab iii'm with an open' dirk-lik
pocket-knife; this blow was also, avoided
and thus the vigilance of the Deputy Sheriff
no doubt saved him from bodily injury, aud
possibly preserved his life.' Wo understan
tho prisoners have since been kept in a po
sition that will prevent their : doing further
harm. ,'
A Republican Papeu at Grand Haven
Wc received a call, recently, from Mr.' Hen
ry S. ClubBj Editor, of late, of tho Allegan
Journal, who, wc understand is about to com
menco tho.issuo ot a Kepublican paper at
this place. : Wo welcome this new project
with none other than feelings of kindness am:
friendship. We think another press in this
county, and located particularly at Gram
Haven will be of advantage, not only to tho
place, but to the county at large ; aud any
assistance wo can render the proprietor in the
commencement of tho ' enterprise, shall bo
lone cheerfully and freely,
Jj&T Here they are, somo of the bnst po
riodic.'ds of tho day, to wit : Godey's Lady
Bool; for March Ladies, be sure to get it
and read it; it is among the very, choicest
numbers of this excellent magazine.
Ballon s Dollar Monthly, a valuable pc
riodical, suited to the taste of all classes of
readers. Each number containing about one
Kindred pages, of reading, matter, for the
small sum of one dollar 7 annum.
Also the United States Magazine and
Journal, well w orthy the perusal of the read
ing public.
And last, but. not least, Petersons Ladies
National Magazine, for March, which to be
duly appreciated, needs only to bo read.
itST The steamer Forest Queen, Wm. T.
?pyv'ERS,, owner, Capt. Shoemaker, Com
mander mado her appearance at our wharf on
Friday last. We understand itistheintention
of the owner to keep the boat moving on the
river so long as tho ico docs not form an ef
fective barrier to her passage. , ,
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jCST A young man by the name of Gos
ling, wc aro intormcu, was drowned near
Lawranco's Mills, in the township of Crockery,
on Monday, the 16th ult., while . attempting
to place boom poles across tho creek to savo
ogs from being carried down by tho high wat
er. His body,' up to Saturday evening last,
ad not bocii recovered. r : ,
?iC5T'Tho following is a list' of the nowlv
appointed Notary Publics fur this county : ;
Jacob der Herder, RobbertusM., do Bruyn,
Noah, H. Eci ry, John Boer, Thomas J. Rand,
Charles Carmicbael, Robert H. Wilber,: Ja's
J Scott; Elias' G. Young, Thomas D. Smith,
Comer'B. Shaw, John A. Luther and Geo.
Luther. ' ". .. ' '
: Short Passage. The, celebrated clipper-
ship Dreadnought, Capt. Samuels, arrived at
Newii ork on the 8th ult., from Liverpool, m
tho short titne. of .21 days, having' left Jan.
7th, , and passed Cape CJear 22d making
the run from land to land in 15 davs:
. u " ' DetiFrco Press.
Judgo Haliburton (Sam Slick) is' lectur-
jng in London on Canada, and exciting, it is
said, quite a fever of immigration to that
country. ' .
Sale ok Iron WorksD Tho Cherokee,
S. C., Iron Works have been sold to ah Eng-
lsh company for $500,000.
Our' telegraphic reports mention that tho
ariff bill, which -had previously passed tho
louse, has passed tho Senate with slight
amendments. Grand Rapids Dailv Encu
: " .. 1 1 t St. Louis, Feb. 25.
: A Ficnr in Kansas. A Jefferson city
correspondent of; the Dcmecrat learns by it
passenger from Kansas to-night, that the
difficulty, between Geary and Sherwood,
growing out of tho refusal of the former to
appoint tho latter Sheriff, fts desired ,.by tho
Legislature, had a fatal termination. Slier"
w6od avowed his purpose of killing Geary,
and meeting tho Governor in the sUeet, spit
in his - face; Geary did not resent, but hi
friends got Tup "an indignation meeting.
Thursday, the 19th, Sheriff Jones, Sherwood
and others, attempted to interrupt (he meet--ing,
and n the attempt shot Mr. Sheppard,
ono' of Mr. Geay', 'friends, i four times, jmd
wounded two others; ; Mr. Jonos'tho Gover
nor's Secretar', shot, Shcrwook through the
head jkilling , him instautly. Great excite
ment prevails, at lyecompton; a general fight
.was anticipated ; that night.. Gov; ' Geary V
residence was guarded ,by J. S. troops.
. -i. Sherrad, or - Sherwood is the man appoint
ed in court to fill' the' vacancy occasioned by
Sheriff Jones resignation, and whom jpeary
refused the commission on tho ground of ha
bitual drunkenness : - - 1
' The j West port !ccrrespondent of .tho f Re
publican, says Sherwood did hot spit in Gov.
Geary's factf but.called him a liar aud scoun
drel. ,; The balanco,of the 'report is not cor
roborated, and not contradicted. Wo look
for letters from.Lecompton ttwiight. i
Bleeding Michioan vs. "Blkkuino Kan
sas.' The, Treasury of . Michigan t bleeds
810,000, under the pretence of aid to" Kan
sas. Such is the voto of tho Legislature.
With all tho facts connected with this trans
action, jAvith the winter nearly passed, and
with no intimation that anybody is in want
there, who can believe that this appropriation
is for other than corrupt purposes at home.
...... 1 State Journal.
A Frkmonteic Henry C. Wright, who
"stumped it" over the .North, including
Michigan, for Colonel Fremont;' during the
late PrcsidentaJ canvass, declared, at a meet
ing of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Socie
ty, recently he 1 1 in Boston, that, " in his opin
ion, tlio slavo had as good right to cut tho
throat of his master as Washington -had to
plant his foot on Dorchester Heights ami
pour his shot into the British, if his moth
er was a slaveholder, and if she prcsistod in
her course, if her slaves should rise in insur
rection, he would bo on the side of the 'slave.''
. - Dct. Free Press.
. The damages to the Hudson River Rail
road, by tho recent freshet, . have, been fully
repaired, and three trains are now ninning
daily between New York and Albany.
The last news from Paris says tho hoop
will certainly b
o a 001
1 .. . . r .
)lishcd. It is timo it was
given up.
For President Buchanan. Mr. Hurst,
of Albany, has just finished a hall rack, hav
ing for its centre ornament an elegantly pre
pared buck's head, with .spreading antlers;
tho whole surmounted by a' preserved eagld
in fino attitude. It is a beautiful piece of
furniture, and tho Albany Journal has no
doubt " Old Buck," to w hom it is to be 'pre
sented,' will appreciate the gift. ,
The Sacramento Ago tells us of a man in w
political procession whoso month was so large '
that an Irishman threatened to "go and live in
it if he didn't shut it." . ,
An exchange say's:- " When a man gets
mad aud stops his paper, ho' always Wrrows
tho next number of his neighbor to see if tho
withdrawal of his paper hasn't killed tho
editor, and dressed tho columns of the .paper
in mourning. Such .men are apt to imagino
that tho world rests upon their, shoulders."
A tailor of Toledo said his . business w:as
sitting oh the .smooth side of poverty" and
jerking out the cords of ;afiliction. -- :
GRAND HAVEN MARKET.
revised weekly iiy me.ssiis. cutler & warts.
BUTTER, p lb , -' ",
CHEESE, h lb -LARD,
p lb -EGGS,
$ dozf - :' '
PORK, Mess, p bbl - I:
PORK, cwt, r
HAMS, 'B lb. -SHOULDERS,
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POTATOES, bush ,'
ONIONS, bush 1
BEANS, bush : -
DRIED APPLES, "$ bush
FLOUR, pbbl-. -
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CORN MEAL, cwt
PLASTER, V bbl 1 -. " ; i
SUGAR, brown, lb
SUGAR, white, p lb- . .
MOLASSES, gal -' -SYRUP.Pgal-
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Huh -HAVi'ptoh
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FINE SALT, 1 bbl
COARSE, bbl -HIDES,
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