Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-09-21

following information relative to the
Times newspaper:
1t may seem very strange to an Amer
lean that no other newspaper in England,
none other in fact in Europe, can bring
to its support an array of talent at all
comparable to the Times; but it is new
ertheless true. Other newspapers may
receive the highest government patron
age,may be supported by all the strength
Of pnblic sentiment, may enlist the clev-
crest writers Of the age as their contrib
utors, may be backed by an almost ex-
haustless amount of capital, and be con-
Quoted by the most ssgacious men of
the land, but they fail both to come up
to the standard Of the Times, and to
command in an equal degree the public
attention. How long this pre-. eminence
may be held by that paper, it is impos-
sible to conjecture. AS everything hu-
man is mutable, the day will probably
come when the proud position it occu-
pies will be disputed by successful ri
walls; but to all appearance that day is
far off. Its corps of editors, of report
ers, of foreign and domestic correspond
cnts and of managers, constitute an ar
my--not one individual Of whom ever
acknowledges his connexion with that
paper. 1t is often whispered at public
dinners and other gatherings, that such
and such person connected with the
Times is present, but the individual who
will confess to the soft impeachment is
never found. The state nOnliniS un,bra
of the editor Of the Times is as impen-
etrable rs the author of junius. 1t is
said that no one person claims that po-
sition--that It's leaders are written for IL
stipulated SUN by men who never enter
its sanctum-and that more communi-
cations from the first writer's of Great
Britain are rejected from its columns
than are furnished for all the other pa
pers AMI periodicals in the kingdom.
Ice IN THE SoUTH.-A gentleman who
had been in the Ice trade at st. Thomas,
relates some funny anecdotes about the
natives there and the ideas they have Of
the "Boston hard water" He once sold
Il lump TO gentleman, who sent a col.
ored servant for it, with directions 10
have it kept for the dinner table. The
servant took it home and inquired Of the
cook how it was to be prepared. After
considerable discussion in the kitchen
cabinet il was decided to have it boiled.
At dinner The gentleman called for it,
an was in high glec, for he had drank
iced Champagne in the States, and he
felt n mighty hankering for second tri-
al of the same beverage. Soon Sambo
made his appearance, with eyes rolling
on the outside and grinning like q fright
cucd monkey.
Where is The Ice, Sambo 2" demand
cd the gentleman.
SO. CORY, NASSAU replied Sambo,
al put um in de pot and bile um more'n
halfan hour, aud when | went to look
for um he wasn't dar."
THE TOME OF Mn. WEDsTER.-A
marble block has been placed in front Of
MIR. Wcbster's tomb ut Observation-Disclosures
liar to those which he erected in memo
ry Of his wife, son, and daughters
which bears the following inscription:
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Born Jan. Is, 1882,
Died Oct "a, 1852.
lord, believe, help thou nay unbelief."
Philosopher. argument, especially
that drawn from the yastness of the Uni
verse, in comparison with the apparent
insigniIicance of this globe, has some
times shaken my reason for the faith
which is in me; but my heart has all
ways assured and re-assured me that
the gospel Of Jesus Christ must be adj
vine reality. The sermon on the mount
cannet'be II merely human production
This belief enters into the very depth of
my conscience. The whole history of
man proves it. ID. WEBSTER.
A Virginian travelling through the
Western States, came one evening to an
inn in Ohio, and being met by the ostler
just as he had alighted from his buggy
he accosted him thus:
Boy, extricate that quadruped from
the vehicle, stabulate him, donate him
with an adequate supply of nutritious
aliment, and when the aurora of morn
shall illuminate the oriental horizon,
will award you pecuniary compensa-
ton for your amiable hospitality"
The ostler hardly waiting for him to
finish speaking ran into the house in
search of the landlord exclaiming," Mas
sy, dar's dutchman here dat wants to
see YOU"
DR.. Hood, of Whitesvilc, Ga, de-
scribes white negro woman living near
him, "a years of age, the mother of ten
ebony children, whose skin since she
was IL years Of age, has changed from
a pure black TO white fair as any of
Caucasian blood. Her eyes and hair
retain the African peculiarities. No dis
eased condition of the skin or system
has been discovered to show cause for
this change of color, which began upon
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