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that the western part of tltf fouuty, border ing oo the lake, is most likely to be productive of criminal prosecution. & for similar reaions must it bo most productive of all other cases of limitation. Troubles with vessels on tho Lake, and numerous circumstances connected with disputes between employers and em ployed, all show the importance of having the county officers at Grund Haven rather than at n inland town, to reach which it will he rjeoassarv, rven when the Detroit ana Mil watKoe railroad is constructed, to go a con siderable distance on a common or mud road. IX. Accommodation for the judgesjurors, lawyers, litigants, witnesses and others at reasonable charges, without being subject to the cxhurbitant demands for board always made where there is little or no competition. With regard to excellence of accommoda tion and economy we would like to know i" there be anything in Eastmauville to be com pared with the Washington House in Grand 1 lav-en. Is it likely that Eastmanville will become able to support so good a house or if it should, would it not be by charging cxhor- bitant prices during the session of the Courts? Such has been the experience in tho National, State and County capitols whenever they have been located in placet depending for support mainly on tho public business trans acted therein. Lansing, during the last ses sion of the legislature, was a striking example of this. Tho members of the Legislature had to pay for poor accommodation, as much and in some instances more than the State allowed them for their services: hence the necessary cry for more pay and for increasing the salaries of the officers, and hence increased taxation. So it must bo if County officers are compelled by tho vote of the electors to do their busi ness at Eastmanville instead of at Grand Haven, where there is sufficient competition to prevent exhorbitant charges, and where permanent officers can follow profitably their own professions besides transacting the pub lic business. In such case all the officers of the county would necessarily require larger salarie and even then would not be so much benefit ted as by less pay, cheaper ami better accom modation and facility for carrying on thei own respective professions with advantage to themselves and to the community. X. Proximity to that portion of the conn ty which pays the largest amount of taxes and which has the highest assessment. Th records of our county show that tho assess tnent of property along tho Lake shore or in Ottawa township, in 185G, was $ I a 1.000 more than in Polkton township, the agricu tural region, and consequently the amount o taxation paid by the residents in this part of the county is proportionably greater than on the Eastern side. Those who advocate East manville as the County seat admit that the Kastern portion of the county will become mainly agricultural, and we would ask what is the assessment of an agricultural district ii comparison with that of a manufacturing an commercial district ? The instance wo have already adduced of 160 acres held as a farm or converted into a manufacturing village which would be subject to the highest assess ment? Which would pay the largest amount of taxation? Which would be entitled to the strongest voice and consideration in determin ing the location of a county seat? In addition to these important reasons for allowing the county seat to remain at Grand Haven, wc might adduce tho present, as we as tho future convenience of the most impor tant towns in Ottawa county. What says Holland eitv to this proposition? The voice of the peoplo and of the press too is decidedly in favor of Grand Haven. They admit that Eastmanville is a little nearer to them in ge ographical position, but the road there now is not good, while thero is no prospect what ever of a railroad that way. Besides Grand Haven is their principal marketing town. They go there for their supplies which come by steamers from Chicago, and while they frequently havo business at Grand Haven, they have none at Eastmanville. The Hoi landers are too shrewed and sensible a peoplo to vote for a change which must increase their tafcation,and put them to serious i neon veuie nee and all simply to aid a man who has done all ho could to show that the Lake shore railroad would be an unprofitable specula tion, and who has thus thrown his influence publicly, against the prosecution of that im ortant work a work which, once completed, would- soon make Holland one of tho lar gest ami wealthost cities in the State. The voters of Grand Haron, Ottawa, Fer ryubursr nrtd Millpoint. noed no appeal on this MiKjeet: they Vno their intrent and their diHTto relation thrr !: limit vot will piob- L- ' 1 11 Ul- 1 ably La unanimously in favor of Grand Haven. Tho inhabitant of Zeeland and the Scattering settlers around may join those of Eaatman- ville, but if they consult their own interests in relation to taxation they certainly will not We now ask a careful perusal of these facts and reasons by all tho voters of the county, and we havo no fear of the result. As public Journalists wo have done our duty in laying both sides before our readers. All we now ask of the electors is that they will do theirs. TH E GRAND OVERTIMES GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN s WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAKCH 25, 1857. Drmocrntlc Nominal Ion. For Chief Justice of the Supreme Court SAMUEL T. DOUGLASS, of Wayne County. For Associate Justices. WARNER WING, of Monroe. ABNER PRATT, of Calhoun. DAVID JOHNSON, of Jackson. For Circuit Judge eighth district. HARVEY P. YALE, For the Regent of the University. CORNELIUS VAN DER MEULEN. WHAT IT WILL COST TO CON STRUCT COUNTY BUILDINGS. In our issue of March 4th, we expressed an opinion that tho inhabitants of the coun ty of Ottawa were illy prepared, at present, to erect PERMANENT COUNTY BUILD INGS. The people of many of the up riv er towns complain of the amount of taxes for which they were made liable the year past, and which, in many instances, was truly on erous, though seemingly necessary and una voidable. The construction of necessary roads and bridges, to accommodate citizeus and the traveling public, in most of the towns of our county, has, since the first settlement of these towns, and will for years to come, demand largo appropriations. And, again, the necessary outlay for school-houses and other expenses therewith, in order to afford tho requisite facilities for the children of our hardy yeomanry to acquire such an education as is demanded by the progressive nature of the present age, serve, In no small degree, to enhance the amount of taxes annually assess ed, and to be assessed upon the real and per sonal estate of our citizens: Appropriations for the foregoing objects, from the circumstances which surround us, are unavoidable, and tax payers are readily con vinced of their necessity, and yield the per cent thus levied on their possessions with a far better grace than if such taxation was not almost imperatively demanded. Now comes a question of much importance for the elect ors to decide, to wit : Are wc prepared to pay, in addition to our present contributions for local improvements, an amount sufficient to erect permanentcoun ty buildings, suited to the wants of our coun ty, and such as shall reflect credit upon the liberal spirit of its citizens ? For unless we can now erect buildings of such a character, we should defer their erection until we can, and be content to make the. best use of what may now be available, though we may suffer a little inconvenience thereby. In order to decide the foregoing question undcrstanding- ly, another interrogation suggests itself, to wit : What will bo the probable expense of the erection, completion, and furnishing of such buildings, and what per cent upon tho taxa ble property of the county will be demanded therefor? Let us premise a little. We will suppose tho entire cost of such buildings to be, at tho minimum price, fif teen thousand dollars, and the taxable prop erty of the county to amount to one million five hundred thousand dollars. The tax will then be one per cent on such valuation one dollar upon every hundred, ten dollars upon every thousand, and jro rata for a greater or less amount ! This, fellow-citizens, is a plain, common sense view of the matter, as we deem it, and the decision of these questions will be sub mitted to you on the Oth of April next. IEFLECT! candidly and seriously upon tho subject, and then vote, not as you may consider for your best interests, personally and alone, but as you may deem it for the best interests of the county at large; and that, too, with the understanding that if a removal of the county seat should now take place you will be called upon, unquestiona bly, in the course of the present year, to ap propriate your share of the expense toward tho erection of such county buildings! J&T Wo are indebted to Mr. H. SClubb, Kditor and proprietor, prospectively, of the new Republican paper to be issued here, for the ablo article, prepared for the press, that, appears on the ofitstdc of this week' paper, j Habvky l Yal. Wo rejoice in the nomination of this most eminently fit man to the office of Circuit Judge for tho Eighth Judicial District. At the ago of twenty he graduated with all the honors of his Alma Mater. His collegiate course had exhausted all of his patrimony, and upon the receipt of his sheepskin parchment found himself pen uyless, and in debt. In this situation wc find him undaunted, and with a strong mind, buoyed up with a full bright future. He made choice of the legal profession, and ap plied himself assiduously to labor and study, in preparing himself for admission to the Bar. He made such proficiency that his ad mission and ascent to the title of one of the best Attorneys became an easy matter. His noble bearing and gentlemanly deportment toward all of the members of the profession has gained for him the disinterested friend ship of all, Bench, Bar and litigant parties. We hope he will bo elected; and, aw a basis or foundation for our conclusions, we say that no legitimate duty that ever dovolvod un him was left unperformed. This being the case, if Mr. Yale should be elected, the new counties of tho Eighth Judicial Circuit may feel assured that there will be no denial of justice by the non-holding of their terms of Court, unless sickness, or some unavoidable circumstance should occur. He has ever been a firm and consistent Democrat, without be ing a noisy, brawling politician, and has all those pre-eminent qualifications fitting him for an unbiased, independent Judge. He would, in the discharge of the duties of that office, hold the scales of Justice with an even, steady hand. Justice to the high and the low, the rich and the poor, the beggar in his rags and tho high official dignitary, would be dispensed equitably. He has no enemies to punish; no friends to reward. He is emi nently endowed by nature with every quality necessary to fill the station to tho eutire sat isfaction of the most critical, as well as the most fastidious. It is sufficient to say that the profundity of his law knowledge, combin ed with his strict legal acumen and accuracy, is a snfficient guaranty to tho people that their lives, liberty and property, would be safe. Vote for Harvky P. Yale. Reoent of the University. Corneli us Van der meulen, educated in a Foreign University, is just the man for the station to which he has been nominated. Let him re ceive every Democratic vote ; for bo it known that he is unlike his antagonist, inasmuch as he refuses to preach ranting political doc trines, from tho pulpit; and is a sound Dem ocrat, from principle, knowing no North, no South, but our ichole, oneundivded Republic. Messrs. Blaee & Hubbard New For warding Arrangement. In our advertising column will be found tho business card of the new firm, of Messrs. Blake fe Hubbard, For warding Merchants, and successors to Ferry fc Sons and Cutler & Warts. We are confident this new arrangement for forward ing goods from this port to points inland can not fail of meeting with the entire approval of all interested. Mr. Blake is comparative ly a stranger to us, but brings with him the reputation of being a business man of high standing in point of capacity, integrity, and general acceptability, in the community where he has latterly resided and transacted busi ness, and enjoys an enviable commendation, in this respect, in the more Eastern portion of the county, as well as at Grand Rapids and the western portion of Kent County. But Mr. Hubbard, wo know him aye, " like a book" and he is just the man that should receive our suffrage for that position, were we an interested party ; imbued with a spirit of honor and integrity, rarely possessed by the business men generally, and joining, withal, a deportment of tho most pleasing affability and courteousness, as well as a gen eral disposition to accommodate by every means in his power, he can not fail to please; and we are assured this new firm will be a fa vorite one, indeed, with business men through out the Grand River Valley, who arc receiv ing goods by way of Grand Haven, from Eastern and Western markets. All success and business prosperity to these worthy gen- 4--J- tlemcm. y By reference to a special notice, in another column, it will lo seen that Mr. Isaac Hunting, a gentleman of fine abilities, we h-nom, i exacted to deliver a lecture, on Monday evening next, before the Grand Ha von Lyceum. A French paper informs us that " his im perial majesty deginrd to cover himself with an -umbrella String a shower of rain at Cam bo.'' Remarkable cmdefecti.'i'Mi. Retreat, March 21, 1857. Dear 'JjaUts : Mk W" l is pleasant through the loopholes of retreat, To peep'at surh a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowi To hear the roar she sendthrough all her gates, At a nale distance, where the "lying sound Falls, a soft murmur on th uninjured ear. Task. The question of the removal of the county seat seems to be" amusing if not exciting some of our county men. The sound of " the ed dying fight, amid the din of cjashing arms, and the roar of artillery," as the magnilo quent Mr. Cady, of H. of R. would say, has reached my retirement. But i "I behold u The tumult and am still." In fact I feel a good deal like the man whose shanty was unceremoniously entered by a bear. He, brave man, under the im pulse of " the first law of nature," sprang up the ladder and shut down the trap door, leaving his other half, whose pugnacious pro pensities he had long known, to fight the bat tle alone. She did her beat, while he, peep ing through the cracks of the floor, looked on the fight below with wonder and admiration, but said ho -didn't care which whipped. Now, Sir, Eastmauville may bo the very best place in the world, i. c., in Ottawa coun ty, for tho county seat I can't, say because I don't know Grand Haven may be, possi bly perhaps " Roseville" by bare possibil ity Mill Point. But I am not an advocate for either of them. 1 beg pardon, I had liked to have forgotten Ferrysburg; it may turn out that that is the place. But sincerely, Sir, what T have to say is this I do not think the time has come for the permanent location of tho county scat of this county. Thf county is but partially devel oped. A Railroad is in process of construc tion through the count v. Somewhere on the line of this road, or others which will very soon follow, may spring up towns of which these combatants little dream of. My opin ion, therefore, is that the whole question had better bo postponed at least for two years, if not three. In the meantime take the best offer for temporary provision for the wants of the county, in respect to buildings, and the natural course of events will soon show w here the county seat should be. Respectfully yours, Salekatts. Railroad Matters. We aro informed that the work on the Detroit & Milwaukee Railway is progressing finely in various parts of this county. Mr. Rosk, the contractor for the erection of the bridges and construction of tho culverts, between the Rapids and Mill Point, is busy in getting the neceessary tim bers and plank therefor, and wc understand that some few of these bridges aro in course of erection and completion, at tho present time. The largest bridge on the route will be the one to span the Lord Bayou some six hundred feet. Two sections in the vicinity of the Crockery, wo understand, havo not been sub-contracted. The heaviest grade on tho road, west of the Rapids, will bo near Crockery Creek. Mr. DeGroffe, tho con tractor for the construction and equipment of the entire road, is expected to arrive with a large force of men, ready to commence opera tions on those sections some time during the present week. Tho opinion seems quite cur rent, with those who have the most to do in the construction of the different sections of tho road, that the cars will be put on this end of tho route as soon, if not before the road from tho East is completed to Grand Rapids. The Detroit and Milwaukee Railway Its Progress Between Ada and this City. Through the politeness of the Division Engineer, embracing that part of tho road from Ada to Grand Haven, Mr. Inness, wc were permitted yesterday to examine the pro file of the line of grade between this City and the former place, a distance of ten and a half miles. This profile, the amount of excava tion and tiling originally to be done, and also tho portion which is completed, from time to time, as reported by the contractors. In counting up that part now ready for the road, or only requiring what is called "trimming." we find that seven miles of the ten and a half are finishod, and that the remaining three and half miles comprise that portion on which the nature of the land was such as to require vcrv little labor in fitting it for the rail with the ex ception of the u Ewing Marsh," on which so much labor has been expended, and of w hich we havo so many fabulous tale-s some assert ing that the forests of acres and untold amount of earth have been swallowed up in the unfath omed depths of this somewhat celebrated marsh. At tho present time the settlini? has grounds, nrear the Cold brook School Honse, are reached. The earth removing and filling of these grounds, are already being pushea forwarp, and will soon be ready for the necssa ry building; the drawing and plans of which are on liberal and capacious scale. The bed of the road between Ada and the Bridge across Grand River, will ce completed and ready for the snperOxucumo by the 1st of June next. Ties for about three miles and a half are al ready delivered on the ground, aud th,e balance are being brought on asyfaat as possible. 1 Contracts are now being let fenccing tis poer tion of the road ; the whole of which is to be immediately enclosed on each side. Some 300 men are now emploped, aud wo lern that the amount paid out on this sectin, was $13,000 the last month. The abundance of mean, and the energy and exertion of those incharge, waj rant the comple- tion of this section, ready for the steam horse, before the summer months are passed. Thos interested in the importance of this road' will recollect that the section spoken of was estimated by tho Engineers to require a much larger amount of grading than that of any othe of an equal distance on the whole line, from Detroit to Lake Michigan- Wo belive the expense was placed as high as $800,000. Grand Rapids Daily Enquirer. More California Bio Trees. We are. in formed, says tho Mariposa Gazette, that a grove of big trees has been discovered upon a branch of King s river, near the saw mill of O. K. Smith. The grove contains over 1 ,000 trees, by aotual count, varying in size from eight to thirty-two feet in diameter. Many of them are from 325 to 375 feet high. Tho species of the tree is tho same as those in Calaveras county which attracted so much attontion, and which in a paper read before the meeting of th Scientific Association held at Albany, a. Y., in August last. JjHW The Eagle is judiciously silent res pecting tho vote of Mr. Walhridge for Cor ruption. KTotioo. The dosing meeting of the " Grand Haven Ly ceum will be holden at the New School-House, Monday evening, 30th inst., a; 7 o'clock. The question for discussion is, M Itawfaed) That, the rights of women should be co-extensive with those of men." Disputants Affirmative, Thos. W. Fi:r.m , Alex. J. Legoat. Negative Thos. W. White, Ed. P. Ferry. A lecture will also be delivered by Isaac Hex r jxo. Ksq., subjoct, " The theory and practico of" Politics.' A general invitation is extended to the citizens of Grand Haven and vicinity. Hexkv I'enxoyeh. President. In the town of Allendale, by Rlehard lloberts. Esq., 'Mr. David O. Coll, and Miss Mahy Locil v Lahava. GRAND HAVEN MARKET. aaVMM WEEKLY 1IY MESSRS. CUTLER & WARTS. Jo 20 15 14 18 75 ceased, and the capacious maw of this under- BUTTER, $ lb CHEESE, ty It) LARD, ty ft -EGGS, ty doz -PORK, Mess, ty bbl -PORK, cwt, HAMS, ty lb -SHOULDERS, ty lb POTA i OES, ty bush ONIONS, ty bush -MEANS, ty bush DRIED APPLES, ty bush FLOUR, ty bbl -CORN, ty bush -OATS, ty bush -CORN MEAL, ty cwt PLASTER, ty bbl -SUGAR, brown, ty Jb SUGAR, white, $1 1b MOLASSES, ty gal -SYRUP, ty gal -CRANBERRIES, ty bath HAY, $ ton -FINE SALT, ty bbl -COARSE, ty bbl -HIDES, dry, ty Jb -HIDES, green, ty lb -SHEEPS PELTS, -SHINGLES, com., ty M SHINGLES, war., ty M BARK, ty cord LUMBER, green, ty M LUMBER, drr, ty M -LATH, tyU' -SHINGLE BOLTS, ty cord CEDAR POSTS, each WOOD, ty cord - Sheriff Sale. BY virtue of an exec ution in favor of James A. Hamilton , ugainst the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of Thomas Wing ami Joseph D.C. Davis, issued outof tho Circuit court for the. county of Ottawa, on the twenty-eighth day of Feb ruary, A. I). 18.77. and to me directed, I have levied upon and shall expose for sale at public auction, on Saturday, the ninth dav of May, next, at one o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the court home, in the county of Ottawa, the following de scribed real estate situated in the county of Otta wa and State of Michigan, to wit: The south east quarter of the north-cant quarter, tho south west quarter of the north-east quarter, north -oast iu;irter of the north-east quarter, and the, north east quarter of the south-cast quarter, of section nine, the south-east quarter of the south-west quar ter of section ten, and the north-west quarter of the north west quarter of section fifteen, all in township number ten, north of range number fifteen west ; also, the south-east quarter oi the south-cast quarter of section twenty-three in township number ten north of range num ber sixteen west; also tnc sourn-eaat quar- of section threes in township number 25 (il 12 (a) 13 (tf 16 25 00 (a 10 00 Gg 12 (a 10 9 1 00 (a, 1 50 2 50 (a! 8 00 3 25 7 00 (dl 7 50 75 (a) 56 ' 1 75 (a 2 50 1 25 11 0 16 (tf 75 1 00 (d :i 00 1 6 00 (ai 2 50 (d 3 00 (a) 12 Cd 06 () 38 1 75 2 00 2 50 (d 3 50 8 00 (a)10 00 10 00 AM 00 2 00 2 50 6 50 (a) 06 OS 2 25 (dl 2 50 ground monster is gorged ; in fact, it is said, and tor with good reason, that a firm foundation ha i ,,,nc nor,h, I range numnerseiueen west; aiso i s j ,,',1 .i r ,T the westerly half of lot number one, block nnmbci been ionud. Witii tho force now worked, three, in the village of Muskegon, facing Warn (ninety men and eighteen or twenty horses street' and bouuded on the westerly id by Marked L :tl 1 . I.. I i J ..... V Ufrrnf t n i will ktwti r rninn prnr .in,,.. .11 .. . nh hcHw work to ?V diic. until thr- DjHof . cmiti v. ;vt. shrinr ttnmd Haven Match. '."Mb