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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-06-08

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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Some specimens Of supposed precious stones found
the Ovens Australia having been submitted 10 analysis
and trial. found 10 be worthless The so-caed sap
phires prove TO be blue tourmane or ndicolte; the
rubes, sxde OF tin in quadranguar crystals with pyra
mida examinations, forming, however, pure tin when
fused and indicating the existence Of tin lodes in the
neighborhood.
The official reports made TO the Wesleyan Conference
show decrease in the membership Of To- 900 during
year. The total membership Of the church now is in
Great Britain 270965, in Ireland 9G0s, foreign mission
stations l00 $685. together, 39l 40l There are on pro-
baton in the mission stations $685. and in Great Britain
l0l63. During of the sitngs Of Conference an in
teresting communication read thus alluded to in the
London Waterman:
1.-THE Rev. William Arthur submitted to the Conference
document composed Of many foos of India paper Of
large size, neatly backed with blue riband II Pc
titon from the heather and Mohsmmedan inhabitants Of
the city of Mysore written in the Canarese language with
English translation and signed by three thousand three
hundred and forty persons in eight different languages
1t represented their great desire TO have English school
for their children and requested that might be
tabishcd stating that by so doing great fame and merit
would accrue TO their benefactors.
"The petition had been entrusted to the Rev. Edward
j. Hardey who has just returned from Mysore that he
might present it. and obtain the object Of the petitioners
Mr. Hardey not being in the Conference at lifetime the
document read and translated by the Rev. Daniel
SandersoD and listened to with great interest by the Con-
ference Perhaps this the first instance in which any
Christian assembly in this country has received petition
from large number Of heathens and Mussulmans re-
questing the benefits Of education at their hands"
The great review Of the feet Spthead by the Queen
took place Thursday, lh instant in presence Of the
Houses of Parliament crowds Of the a-istocracy and
twenty thousand Of the common people" The feet
comprised twenty-five vessels of war, carrying 10 420
and 076 guns Thirteen Of the ships were screw
steamers and nine paddle Wheel having aggregate of
$3.50 horsepower, only three ships being
wholly without auxiliary steam. The smallest guns used
SO pounders the largest throw sI-pound shells
but 68-pounders formed the bulk of the armament.
The proceedings began by royal salute Of twenty
shots from the whole thousand guns 10 the
Queens arrival The royal standard then up in
the nc-of battle-ship Duke Of Wellington 104 board
which the Queen had undertaken the duty Of Admran-
chief, and the hosting Of the flag saluted with
Their royal salute OF u 900 shots third salute OF the
same magnitude was set down in the programme, but
dispensed with At ii AN. the feet formed into
two columns, and, escorted by innnmcrabe yachts and
steamers crowded with yisiters put to in the follow
ing order:
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.Stor6oord Dirision.

After few miles sailing the signal given to form
line abreast which the ships did at cable length from
each other in line three miles in length. After going
through variety Of manmuvres including sham battle
between the two sections Of the feet, and attack
the steamers by gun-boats the Queen returned her
yacht ind the proceedings terminated The review
cited great interest only in the locality where II took
place, but throughout the country The London Times
awards the decided preference TO the
over those with paddle-wheels.
An officer in the revolutionary army Of Hungary has
been arrested for beggngleer mposture upon rather
extensive scale. His name is j. Ratensein He was
first lieutenant in the Seth battalion, and bore about
with him certificate from NJ. Kossutb which he had
perverted from the purpose for which that gentleman
gave 1t to him. II being expressly stated therein that the
bearer desired not aims but work. He raised Of
money on pretence Of going to Australia.
society has been founded in Paris for Sunday
pose." Its principle Of action Is moral suason The
sgners of the agreement engage to do no work the
Sabbath nor to cause others TO work. and neither buy
SELL They to give their custom TO such trades
men and master workmen conform to their ideas
the subject Thisis thought to be nothing than just
indemnity certainly due to such as voluntarily
nounce labor on the most profitable day in the week.
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THE JAPAN EXPEDITION.

Mr.. BAiARD TAYLOR, correspondent of the New York
tribune who travelling at the East has joined the Ex
petition to Japan, having been assigned place in the
corps oil artists with the rank Of mate on board
the steamer Susquehanna. The Expedition (says the
Trbune) was to sail from Shanghai Tuesday May IT.
and, though its immediate destination was not known ID
was supposed that would rendezvous at the great Loo
Choo islands, there to await the Saratoga and Powhaan
rumor was in existence that the Japanese had fortified
their shores and stationed unks to prevent the
trance OF the strangers into their waters but this
garded as piece of Chinese e1aggeration having
through Celestial mediums. The Expedition would pro-
badly not be able to remain in the Japanese longer
than the beginning Of the typhoon season. in August
when the coasts of the islands become dangerous and
that, in spite Of the resolution and energy of Com.
PERRY, nothing had been accomplished by that time the
purposes of the enterprise would have be postponed till
another season.
The sloop-of-war Plymouth to remain in China and
not accompany the Japan Expedition, expected The
American mercantile houses had addressed letter to-
Commissioner MARSHALL asking that they should not be
left defenceess exposed any emergency that might
arise Commodore PERRY therefore, had detached the
Plymouth for the present from the Japanese squadron
The Commissioner had yet received answer from
Pekin with regard to his reception; and if should
come within two three weeks he would probably pro-
coed TO the mouth of the no, in the Yellow Sea, and
communicate directly with the capital.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-27

LARGE REAL Estate PuEcBAsr.--The Secretary Of
the Treasury has closed understand negotiation for
the purchase Of the old United States Bank building IN
Wall street. New York, FOR $500 900 S580,000 The
building is occupied by the Bank Of the State OF
New York and the Bank Of Commerce and the sze OF the
lot Is seventy-fye feet Wall street and one hundred
and twenty feet deep The negotiation has been long
one and there been various other parties negotiated
with who wanted the Assay Office or the Mint elsewhere
but the negotiation believe is closed Mt the price
named The building IL viii be remembered, adjons the
and hence the alley used in common
by the Bank OF the State Of New York and the Custom
Government enjoys the alley in its purchase well as
the building and lot.
The purchase is made il is presumed under the autho-
ry of the item appropriating 100000 for an Assay
Office in New York; and hence, before this bargain can
be said to he fully closed the further action Of Congress
becomes necessary.
The building which is purchased used by the old
United States Bank for its branch in New York. and when
its charter expired II offered to the Government
believe, for 5000, 900, but was refused.
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THE CAPTURE OF Annoy.

The following extract from letter from the Rev.
>. w. IALMAGE, American missionary at A moy
bearing date May 22d, gives the particulars of the
capture OF Annoy, in China, by the insurgents:
The insurgents came down upon Annoy in number,
PROBABLY over twenty thousand They were oil natives
Of TINS region was awakened by the first guns which
were fred about four o'clock in the morning The great
naval night took place directly opposite our house so that
we had the whole affair in full view, and we NAV saw
II this battle can be called fair specimen Of Chinese
warfare, then we have decide that there are
excellences of which you Western nations know
nothing The Chinese vessels Of kept sailing up ana
down the harbor in front Of house. from Ave o'clock
in the morning until about two o'clock in the afternoon
firing continually the boats of the insurgents which
exhibited the excellency of which spoke viz mot
man killed wounded on either side About two O'Clock
in the afternoon the tide turned the tide of waters
In favor OF the insurgents accompanied by fine breeze,
which enabled them come up rapidly The Imperias1s
remembering the old and wise maxim that prudence is
the better part of vaor ceased firing and got Of
harms way as fast possible This great battle being
over the insurgents commenced landing their forces
which accomplished without difficulty During the
afternoon they were engaged in plunderng the Man
darn establishment and other Government Offices outside
the city walls Some of them they burnt Toward
ing they entered the city, when the officers OF the Inn
perial Government fed. The soldiers who did be-
come rebels followed the example of the officers Messrs-
Doy, Hartwe and myself visited the chief Of the rebel
forces to see whether arrangement might not be
made Tor the security Of the persons and property Of tho
missionaries They profess be friendly foreigners
in iact Doth SIDES seem disposed to treat foreigners AZ
neutral am satisfied the insurrecton in this neigh.
borhood is without the knowledge Of the chiefs Of the
great rebellion to the North and West. Chin-chn and
Tong-an have fallen into the hands of the insurgents
The first named is large city about forty miles west Of
Annoy the other some thirty miles north. You viii
think it strange when say that the rebels Of the North
have the Scriptures in circulation among them. Their
law Is the ten commandments They keep the Sabbath
gay. They worship one God and trust In one Saviour,
Jesus Christ Some Of their books which they circulate
are excellent others have superstons connected with
them The only way account for this discrepancy
among them is that some Of them genuine christians
and others are fanatics and others again have associated
with them merely for worldly gain We live in strange
time the insurgents are successful the whole empire
VIII doubtless be thrown open to the preaching Of the
OF the Gospel will be hedged up We have this satisfac
ton however, God regns.' He will take care Of his
cause and his people"
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CuRIous PnExoaESA.-A letter recently from Athens
contains the followng ~ very curious phenomena has
in great removed the fears which were enter
tanned Of the failure Of the crop Of currnuts For the last
six weeks the disease has reappeared and "a short time
all the fruit was covered with white blight the precur
sor Of its complete destruction Suddenly myriads Of
small green insects, which came no one knows from
whence settled on the vines and whole vineyards were
short space Of time completely cleared Of the white
blight by those insects which deyoured the white SUBJ
stance with the greatest aydy and soon restored the
fruit its natural color. Let Swans and naturalsts
explain the phenomena if they can"
London paper august 8.
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cargo Of Chinese Coolies arrived at Melbourne, Aus
traa and the consgnees Of the ship advertised in the
papers that they prepared to treat with parties
DESTROYS of avang themselves OF the services Of these
useful men," appears however, that these Coolies did
reach Australia without struggle for freedom, while
the voyage, in which Of the and ten OF the
Coolies killed Nineteen Of the Coolies were subse
quenty tried at Penang for MURDER and eleven
tended be hung but upon its being shown that the in
which they had been subjected had goaded
them to commit the crime the sentence Of nine
committed TO Eve weeks Imprisonment, and two were
transported for fe We gather the above facts from the
Overland China Mail.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-27

The Boston Courier, in we'll timed remarks on the
subject of railroad accidents asks " If it is easy to
discover the defects Of railroad Encouragement after
mischief is DONE why it just easy discover it
beforehand? Is there any difficulty in finding oat dam
gerous spot track before it is marked with blood
Is there not experience enough already to know where
signals wanted and where they not? Cannot any
railroad officer tell whether his watch keeps time
not? In word, is it perfectly feasible to establish
preventive inspection Of railroads systematic and tho
rough that il shall be impossible for many regular
ties exist at the time for il is worthy of remark
that Of these disasters their origin
single oil produced by the concurrent opera
ton Of faults and ncggences in different quarters gath
ering toward O single point Of time and space"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-27

The New Orleans Delta of the 18th instant says We
greeted old acquaintance yesterday Nayades street.
whom we had not for fortnight before. lie had
careworn countenance his eyes sunken, and his
cheeks hollow, and had left its footprints
his brow lie looked at least ten years older than when
last him. We asked If he had been sick, and il
not, to explain the cause Of this great changef Alasy
he replied "a few days ago and happy in the pos
session of father, mother and three loved sisters
but am alone now buried the last one yesterday
We were answered; 1t indeed enough to turn the
darkest hairs snowy whitcness And yet II is but
instance out Of many which daily occur in our city,.
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PREVENTION OF RAILROAD AccIDEsTs.-In Prussia
every station however small and however ts the
next one has elegraphic communication with it, to signal
clear line and soppage. The plan adopted is very
simple the wires being put into rcquisition the train
is leaving station. The current operates hammers,
which strike large BELLS the return current producing
like effect the starting point and although the train
be at full speed the sound is sufficiently loud for the
guard hear the BELLS and to know there is stoppage
the station where he may expect similar signal
for the succeeding Should he hear the BELLS then
he knows he must stop.
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The destruction by FIRE Of the woollen factory Rich
mond Thursday night lastinvolves very heavy loss
The establishment owned by joint-stock company
The building and machinery we're valued 1920 000
and the stock on hand at SEQ 000-making altogether
S1s0000 There existed policies Of insurance for only
$7T 900 the whole establishment, that the stock
holders lose Upwards Of 100000 by the Gre.
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STRENGTH or CHSEsE H,IR.-Eight Of the acrobats Of
the destitute Chinese Dramatic Company in New York
have been engaged Burons Theatre where they give
their extraordinary performances TO full audiences. To
show the strength Of Chinese hair two Of the company
stand npon chairs holding stick their shoulders
when another Of the Chinese puts his tail the
stick and raises himself from the stage by his hair half
dozen times.
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TnE GnEAT EARrHaUAKE at Cumans, Venezuela, on
the 10Th ulmo, destroyed three churches the castle Of
San Antonio, the last prison Of Gen. Paez the theatre
the charity hospital that Of the Lazarnes the college, the
government house, SC. Almost all the private houses
were also destroyed and those which not entirely
ruined have been greatly injured and left unnhsbtabe
The loss in property alone to millions Of dollars
besides the immense loss Of fe II stated that deep
openings we're formed in the earth in different places and
from them boiling water The sea retired at the be-
ginning several yards from the coast and then rose above
its level and surrounded the city The river Manzanares
which flows through the middle Of the town, also rose
several feet while the bridge fell which connects the in
habants on both sides Hundreds Of survivors were left
houseess and pennyless.
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gentleman in New Haven has caught in his garden
since the 10th Of June with tventyfour widemouthed
bottles partly filed with molasses and vinegar over three
bushels Of ies bugs mllers &c The bottles hung
upon his garden fence During the first seven days the
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"Now your Heavenly Father have personally down
into the world to lead you my little but that
Of you dobedent the heavenly commando and
every time you engage in any affair not act in unison
Think whose rice You eating, and in what work you
engaged. When you sent to kill the imps, (your
encmies) why you not unteGl why do you not
your strength and press forward together in BATTLE
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The visit Of her Britannia Majesty's steamer Hermes
to Nankn has opened in the great Chinese
drama 1t has seemed to confirm previous surmses that
large number Of the Chinese Of the revoed armies
socaled Christians and desroyers of idols This class
Of the revolutonits had been known for time be-
fore as the Shang-d Brotherhood" and had made q
statement Of their views and principles in two procama
tionsone issued by Yang, the Eastern king and the
other by Sian, the Western King in the early part Of the
present year. The following curious particulars viii
illustrate their religious belief precepts, moral code,
and ideas of Christianity
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PATENTS.
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Office, WASHINGTON.
PATENTS.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO INVENTORS
L The Subscribers Gate Agent of the q S. Patent Of
fee under the Act OF 1880 determined to present ad-
vantages applying for patents su perior those of
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R. II. EDDY. Solicitor of Patents
"Darng the time occupied the Office of Commission.
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There were few if any, persons acting in that capacity,
who had so much business before the Patent Office;
and there none who conducted il with more skill
fidelity and success regard Mr. Eddy one of the
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United States and have no hesitation in assuring in
ventors that they cannot employ person more COM
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early and favorably e0nsidea lion at the Patent OF.
flee. EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissioner of Patents
PATENT OFFicE,-.
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SIR:--Your facility for the prosecution of any bus
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: THOMAS EWBANK,
Commissioner Of Patents.a
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