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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27
THE SHEPHERD SINGER.
BY WILLIAM SYDNEY THAYER.

BY WILLIAM SYDNEY THAYER.
The rosy splendor of the skies
The waters quiet bosom fills,
And sunset, like blessing, lies
Upon the happy hills.
How swectly, through the rifled haze,
The golden light on Bethlehem flows
Around the boy, whose white focks Craze
Beneath the olive boughs.
And while his glorious songs ascend,
Oh, how the tones that freight the breeze,
And evenings changeful cOlors blend
Their subtle harmonies!
He sings of when the cloven tide
Made way for Israel's pallid bands
OF the long march DER deserts wide
OF yellow, drifting sands
OF Sinai's summit, wreathed in flame,
Where the gray-bearded leader trod,
And, with his awful message, came
All radiant from his God.
In tender mood he sings again
Life's heritage Of joys and fears
And sympathies, which other men
Do only speak by tears.
He stops TO longer thrills the song,
That grows more sweet as evening glooms
Amid the olives dnsky throng,
And snowy myrtle blooms.
Oh, still sing on, thou shepherd boy!
Still burden the rejoicing wind;
Each strain Of sorrow or of joy
Thou singest for mankind.
Each voice that from thy soul departs
Shall sound beyond thine age and cline,
And, in the depths of human hearts,
Shall vibrate through all time.
N. Y. Evening Post.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

BRUTAL FANATIcIsM.-Not many months
since the chaplain of a county prison was very
properly dismissed from his situation by the
magistrates, for forcibly holding the finger of a
woman who was under sentence of death, in
the fame of a candle, until it was blistered, in
order, as he said, to give her an idea of the eter-
nal punishment to which she would be doomed,
if she did not confess her guilt to him.
Lon. Morn. Adv.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

THE REIGN OF TERROR IN EURoPE.-All the
advices from the continent of Europe represent
the condition Of affairs as most deplorable, that
the rigorous rule of despotism never before was
felt so oppressively by the people, and that a
perfect reign of terror had been established. A
correspondent of the New York Tribune, writ
from London, England, says that in Italy and
Hungary no one retres to rest without the ap-
prehension that he likewise may be reused from
his sleep by the agents Of arbitrary despotsm
to be dragged to prison. The panic by which
the military rulers are seized is so great that no
Austrian officer in Italy ventures into the street
without an escort, while at Olmutz itself-in
lS4S the place of refuge Of the Imperial family
it has been found necessary to protect the
sentinels by strong rails from the il-feeling of
the people" These tyrannical measures are
producing such an effect upon the people by dri-
wing them to desperation, that the London Nor
ming Post, the organ of Lord Palmerston, does
not hesitate to predict that successful rebellion
will be the result. 1t says:
"The people of Naples wait for a movement
which is sure to take place in the Austrian En-
pire. Then, the whole of Italy, from the from
tiers of Piedmont to Sicily, will be in revolt
and sad disasters will follow The Italian
troops will dsband-the so-called Swiss SOL
diers, recruited from the revolution of lS4S, will
not save the sovereigns of Italy. An impossible
republic awaits Italy. That will assuredly be
the next act Of the drama which began in l84S
Diplomacy has exhausted all its power for the
princes of Italy,,
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27
GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1853

GEN. JACKsoNS "REMINISCENCES OF THE Bat
TIE OF New ORLEANS" Philo Jackson" writes
to the Savannah Journal an interesting account
OF visit to Gen. Jackson at the Hermitage in
1889, from which we extract the following
81 longed to hear him speak of his great bat
tie, and one OF the greatest battles too of mod
ern history, the battle Of the 9th of January, be-
fore New Orleans. He had just returned from
his last visit to that city, and lamented the de-
cease of most of his old compatriots since that
battle. All the officers except Col. Tebault, he
observed, were dead. He then graphically de-
scribed the field, the fortifcations, as he laugh
ingly called them, and the victory, in manner
l shall never forget. Mr.. Eaton (said Gen. Jack
son. has greatly erred in his description of the
American works. He says l had 'strong
breastwork of cotton bags There aoas not
bag Of cotton on the field, Sir! had some store
boxes and sand-bags, or bags filled with sand,
and these were extended along the lines; but
they were SO low, that at the close of the action
when the British surviving General in command
came riding up on an elegant horse, to surren-
der his sword, when he got near me, heard him
exclaim, with mortified surprise, Barricades !
by, could leap them with my horsep-
laughed heartily at his astonshment, for so he
could, and besides, on one wing the works were
not completed; had nothing there but corn
field fence, if the British had only known, to turn
it. But by keeping my men constantly throw
ing over facings and ladders on the works, the
British were effectually deceived. But (contin-
ued Gen. j. never had so grand and awful an
idea of the resurrection as on that day. After
the smoke of the battle had cleared off some
what, (our men were in hot pursuit Of the flying
enemy then | saw in the distance, more than
500 Brtons emerging from heaps of their dead
comrades, all over the plain-rising up, and
more distinctly visible as the field became clear
er, coming forward and surrendering themselves
as prisoners of war to our soldiers. They had
fallen at our first fire on them, without having
received scratch, and lay PROSTATE, as if dead,
till the close of the action" Gen. Jackson re-
garded this action, justly, as the most glorious
achievement of his life. That victory was as
glorious to his country as to the hero of New
Orleans-yet the strategy of the General in this
mastery battle has never been duly appreciated
in any history of it that have read.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

HENRY GRIFFIN, Dealer in Staple and fam
cy Dry Goods, Ready made Clothing, Boots and
Shoes Groceries, Hardware, Crockery and Glass,
Drugs, Chemicals, Medicines Paints and Oils,
and Provisions. Also, Lumber, Shingles, &c &c.
Opposite the Washington House, Grand Haven,
Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

STOPPING A TRAIN.-As the cars were round
ing the curve into town, on Friday last, a man
was discovered on the track, and despite the
blowing of the whistle, shutting off the steam,
and application of the brakes, he was run over
by the train. When at length stopped, and
return made to ascertain the full extent of the
accident, the sufferer was found to be well
stuffed coat and pantaloons, and nothing more
or less than man of straw. Friday was April
Fool. Janesville Gazette.
a sensitive young lady at the east blushed
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

FERRY g. SONS, Dealers in Dry Goods, Gro
ceries, Provisions, Hardware, Clothing, Boots
and Shoes, Crockery and Medicnes-also man
ufacturers and dealers in all kinds of Lumber.
Water St&et, Grand Haven.
WIN. NJ. FERRY, JR., W., u run,x
THOs. w. FERRY. ~ ~
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

=. b. ALBEE, Storage Forwarding and Com
mission Merchant, and Dealer in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Boots and Shoes,
&c, &c. Flour and Salt constantly on hand
Store, corner Washington and Water streets.
Grand Haven, Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

OLD BUT Goop-What is the difference be-
tween bare head and hair bed!
The one fees for shelter, and the other is a
shelter for feas
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

GILBERT g. CO., Storage, Forwarding and
Commission Merchants, and dealers in Produce,
Lumber, Shingles, Slaves &C., &c. Grand Ha-
ven, Michigan.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

L. M. S. SMITH, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs, Dry Goods, Groce-
Stationery, &C., &c. At the Post Office, corner
of Park and Barber streets, Mill Point Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

r. B. GILBERT, Dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
ing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps Crockery
and Stone Ware, Hard Ware, Groceries, Proyis-
ions and Ship Stores Grand Haven, Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

HENRY MARTIN, successor to Ball & Martin
Storage, Forwarding and Commission Merchant.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

IENRY r. WILLIAMS, Storage, Forward
ing aud Commission Merchant also Agent for
the Steamer Algoma. Store House at Grand
Rapids, Kent Co., Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27
WHOLE NUMBER 90.

OLD BAcHELoRs.-Professo Upham, of Bow
DOWN College, who is now travelling in Europe,
thus discourses, in letter written on his out
ward passage. After speaking Of the great
principle of family affection, he proceeds to ar
que: N
"a friend at my elbow inquiries, wha: is to
be done with those who practically reject mar
rage? and whether that class of persons who
are Familiarity called old bachelors, are to be
regarded as the friends or enemies of the hu-
man race! In reply to this well meant interro-
CATION it is proper to say, that it is not the part
of wisdom to condemn or judge persons in the
mass. There may be men who would gladly
and quickly adjust themselves to this funda-
mental relation oflife, they were not prevented
by the unavoidable necessities of their condition.
But with those men who do not marry because
they have no just appreciation of women, l
have but little patience. could say with Soc
rates, would beat them if were angry"
saw one Of this class of persons on the Ar
tic. Soon after we commenced our voyage, and
when we hardly had lost sight of the highlands
of New Jersey, happened to be seated near
him, and incidentally heard him make remark
which panied me much, but revealed as it SEEM
ed to me, his social position. Some days after
saw him walking the deck alone. He walked
rapluiy. WHEN He passed. near lauy, especial
ly a lady resting on the arm of her husband, he
instinctively increased the distance between
him and them, as if conscious that his presence,
in too close proximity had something of contain
ination in it. He was of the middling height
His dress showed that it had experienced no
wife's care. His arms were long and heavy,
lazy, and dangling at his side as if they had
been loosened at the shoulder blades. He
wore struggling white hat, which was imper-
fectly adjusted to his head, besides being disfg-
ured with various indentations. His beard |
judged to be of four days growth. His eye
was restless, and had that sinister expression
which seemed to say, l have no friends and
hate every body"
When saw this poor man, ceased to be
angry; not because l ceased to have cause of
anger, but because anger was merged in pity.
How could it be otherwise, when he stood be-
fore me, written over, and published to the
world, by the marks upon him, as fruitless
and fowerless solitude; beginning without
known or movable end ; an inchoate but in
complete humanity; disocated fragment of
existence
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

JOHN Il. AVIS, Merchant Tailor. Shop on
Washington Street, first door west of ii. Grif
fins Store.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

.HOPKINS8 BROTHERS, Storage, Forwarding
Commission merchants; general dealers In all
kinds of Dry Goods, Groceries, grain and provis-
ions; manufacturers and dealers wholesale and
retail in all kinds oflumber, at Mill Point, Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

II. X. DEVELLY, Tailor and Cutter. The sub
scriber has opened his shop, and would respect
fully invite the attention of the citizens of Mus
kegon and vicinity who arc in want of a first
rate garment, good and stylish. feel confident
in giving entire satisfaction to those who may
favor me with their patronage. Muskegon,
October, 1852
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

A sensitive young lady at the east blushed
deeply at.a bare idea.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27
BUSINESS DIRECTORY--lS53.

WILLIAM HA THA WA Y Jr, Judge of Pro-
bate for Ottawa Co. p. O.. address, Crockery
Ottawa Co.. Mich.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

.. DA VIS g. CO, Dealers in Dry Goods, Groce.
rtes, Provisions, Hardware, Crockery, Boots and
Shoes, &C., &C. Muskegon, Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

Asa A. SCOTT, Sheriff of Ottawa County
Office over II Grfins store, opposite the Wash
ington House.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

AN IMMENSE JoB.-A few years ago remarks
the Albany Knickerbocker, the Dutch conquered
Holland, resolved that they would add to the
quantity of fertile ground in the kingdom, by
pumping out Harlem Lake lake seventy
miles long and twenty broad, which gave it an
area equal to Lake Champlain
To carry out the undertaking, three immense
engines were constructed in the fall Of lS47
although the pump did not commence till the
spring of l848. Late accounts say the job is
nearly completed, the greater part of the bot
tom being exposed.
To lower the lake one inch, four million tons
of water had to be lifted. In three years the
lake was lowered nine feet and half and now
it is nearly dry. 1t is believed that no less than
seven hundred million tons of water had been
lifted by the engines since they commenced op-
erations. This is equal to a mass of solid rock,
little more than three square miles, and one
hundred feet high, that is, allowing fifteen Gu
bic feet for ton. We can easily see what an
immense amount Of labor the engines perform
ed, and what power there is in coal, applied in
state of combustion to water, for the purpose
of raising water. Each engine was three hun
dred and fifty horse power; and so economical
were their working qualities, that two and a
quarter pounds Of Welch coal per hour was all
the fuel used for each horsepower of an en-
gine. The Dutch engineers were nearly unan-
imous for the old fashioned windmill, which had
been SO often employed for the same purpose
but it was ascertained by two English engi-
neers that the engines could be built and do
the work for one-half the amount of windmils !;
this has been completely fulfilled.
London Times
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

GOLD BARs.-The mouds for the gold bars
about to be issued from the United States Mint,
are intended to make bars of the value of 5000,
$1,000 and $4,000 each An engraved ticket
(printed on bank note paper,) will be affixed to
each bar, to certify its weight, fineness and its
value in dollars and cents. These bars when
returned to the mint for coinage at any future
period, will be subject to charge of one-half
per cent, as prescribed by the new law.
The present charge for making these bars
(being the actual sum of labor, materials, and
unavoidable wastage) will be six cents per hun
dred dollars, or about one-sixteenth Of one per
cent. This charge will be collected from the de-
positor, and not deducted from the bar.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

LADIES RIDING SIDEwAYs.-The honor of
the introduction Of riding sideways by women
in England is attributed to Anna, of Bohemia,
consort of Richard ii. She it was (according
to Stow that originally showed the women Of
this country how gracefully and conveniently
they might ride on horseback sideways. An
other old historian, enumerating the new fash
ions of Richard the Seconds reign, observes
Likewise noble ladies then used high heads,
and corsets and robes with long trains, and
seats on side saddles on their horses, by the ex-
ample of the respectable Queen Anna, daugh-
ter of the King of Bavaria, who first introduced
the custom into this kingdom; for before, wo-
men of every rank rode as men," In the beau
tful illustrative picture of Chaucer's Canter-
bury of Pilgrims, Stothard appears to have
committed an anchronism in placing the most
conspicuous female character of his fine compo-
sitions sideways on her steed. That the LADY
should have been depicted riding in the female
fashion might it strikes us, have been inferred,
without any historical research on the subject,
from the poets describing her as having on her
feet :" pair of spurres-sharpe" ~
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

USE, BY HENRY Penney
Err. The proprietor has the past Spring. new
and feels confident visitors will find the House
TO compare favorably with the best in the State
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

WILLIAM TELL,HO TEL,by HERMAN JoAcm
I'M. Pleasantly situated with excellent rooms
well furnished, and the table abundantly sup
piled with the Injuries and substantials of life
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VCIJ fOSPCO1fuTTJ,
w. L. BANCROFT,
JOHN WELLS,
III. l.. STEVENS, Committee.
w. Ii. L. BOWLING,
.. ID. CoNGER,
Port Huron, Mich. March Is, 1853.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-04-27

H MERRILL, Boot and Shoemaker. Boots
and Shoes neatly repaired, and all orders prompt
ly attended to. Shop one door below the Wash
ington House, Grand Haven Mich.
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ded to, by leaving word at this Office. Shop at
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Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-13


ANECDOTES. Of MrGWebster are
always acceptable-especially new ones. Here
is one, for which we are indebted to correspon-
dent Of the Boston Transcript: s'In the summer
of 1923, when a mere lad, was at Switt's in
Sandwich. My then schoolmaster was there also,
and from him had the table. John Trout was
the vel known soubriquet of the fisherman who
attended amateur anglers on their excursions.
John was not remarkable for his veracity, but
quite otherwise, when his success with the hook
and line was the subject of his story One
day he was out with Mr.. Webster. Both were
standing in the brook, patient waitersfor bite,
when Mr.. W, told John how he caught large,
very large trout, on former occasion. 'Your
honor said John, that was very well for gen.
tleman. But once, when was standing down
by yonder bush, took a fish weighing for
get how much, but discourse many ounces more
than the lawyers big fish. 'Ah, John, John !!
exclaimed Mr. Webster; you are an amphibe.
GUS animal. Tou lie in the ,eater, and you lie ou
of it,"
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-13
Louis Bush and the vigilant.

The last three numbers of the Donaldsonville
Vigilant received at our Office, have the name of
our fellow citizen LOUIS BUSH, at the mast head,
as an Independent wing candidate for Congress,
in opposition to Col T. G. Hunt, the regular
whig nominee. The course Of this heretofore
sterling and consistent Franco-whig journal, we
are certain, was not urged nor is it encouraged
by Mr.. Bush, who justly stands among the most
conspicuous wings of our parish, if not Of the
whole district. We have known him from has in
fancy and from our infancy, and can vouch for
his honesty of purpose, well as for his political
principles Mr.. Bush is not wing for the sake
of Office, but from an honest conviction Of right,
and would, under no circumstances, pursue a
course which would cause even suspicion OF
censure to rest upon his name, much less coun-
tenance an act which he has evdkyiewed as the
most heinous of all political erimes-that OF op-
posing regular nominee. ]
In saying thus much of the course which we
are sure Mr.. Bush will pursue in the premises,
we would call upon his friends in Ascension te
act in concert with those of the Lafourche par.
ishes, by uniting with them in giving he most
certainly will-thcir undivided support to Col
Hunt, the regular nominee. We will further
state, that had Mr.. Bush been DESTROYS of seal
in Congress, his fellow citizens Of the Lafourche
parishes, had they seen proper to run counter tt
his Wishes would long since have urged his
claims on the people of the district But his
private affairs would not permit him to accept Of
their proffered support. Mr.. Bush is yet young
possessing talents which fit him to adorn the
station of Congressman, and when his private
affairs will permit him to accept of that office
we doubt not that he will yield to the wishes o.
the people, and we shall, at no distant day, SEE
him the nominee Of the party in the district
For the present, his personal concerns mate
rally conflict, nor would they permit him tt
accept even of unanimous nomination, much
less factious one-one wherein the interests
of the wing party cannot but be made to suffer
materially, if not blast them irrevocably. New
Orleans has long desired the Congressman to be
selected from among her own citizens, and We
for one are willing that her wishes should be
granted. Mr.. Hunt has every requisite tt
adorn the station. His whiggery is unalloyed
Why, then, should the country desire to defea
him? Did he not at the last session of thu
Legislature receive the entire whig support fol
the U. s. Senate? compliment as honorable
as it was merited. And why should we now
in these days of dependency, seek to create
discord in our ranks and jeopardize the election
of wing in the only wing district of the State
by opposing him? We pause for a reply.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-13

PREVENTION BETTER THAN CuRE-A ply
stefan of our acquaintance, says the Buffalo
Republican, prescribes the following remedy
against the evils OF hot weather:
= A diet composed mostly of vegetables and
fruits, in moderate quantities, cold but not
ice water. Sufficlentsexercise in the open
air TO excite a free perspration. Avoid
darkened rooms, solar light being as essen.
liaLto animals as vegetables. Avoid medi-
cines, unless sick, artificial and stimulating
drinks. and all excuses whatever.
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-13

~ The sDown East Debating Society,""
having dismissed the question, Where does
the fire go to when it goes outp Have got
a new and more exciting one up; "When
house is on fire, does it burn up; or does
il burn downw
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-13
AN OMISSION AT THE GRAND BANQUET
The New York Tribune says:

AN OMISSION Al The HfAND DANlUET -
The New York Tribune says:
eve sat close by thektwo most eminent
men in the room, themo occasion considered
We mean MeSsrs. Christensen and Gildem.
eister, the Architects of the Crystal Palace
the men whose genius planned and
supervised ii from floor 10 DOME As nearly
everything under heaven was introduced
into the political harrangues of the evening
we thought that by some stray chance the
names OF these eminent and splendid artists
might bementioned, but no more notice was
taken of sihem than if they had been two
hod-carriers. The reason was they We're
neither Generals, Colonels, Captains, Lieu
tenants, Judges, Congressman, office hunters
or quacks-7bnt simply creative artists.
"Such isffe taste and emil ghtenment of
New York in the nineteenth century. We
have heard of the play of Hamlet, with the
part of Hamlet omitted: it was paralleled
last night.1