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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-05-02
s.n# GRAND HAVEN MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY p 1855.

GALL ALONE, DARLINe"-So said an agoni-
zed mother to her infant, that lay on her lap dy-
ing. Sadly and tenderly she gazed on its pale,
thin face. o how thin and pale disease had
made it! And when the little wasted hands
would be feebly reached towards her, and the
sharp pain would distort the lovely features,
and the dear eyes would look up to her so inn
ploringly, that mothers heart bled as none but
mothers can.
1t was not only the dying agony Of her child
that she dreaded; after few more hours of suf-
fering, few more struggles for breath few
more looks Of love and pain, its eyes would see
her no more. 1t would pass away from her sight.
The timid babe must 60 from all that it knew,
all that it had seen, into world where all would
be strangers. f D'a q
SAIL alone, darling; you must 60 dU alone" "
That was the bitter thought to that tender
mother But that was the voice of nature
Soon faith whispered, He who prepared your
heart to welcome the little one so lovingly when
it came a stranger into this world, cannot He
endow some fair and gentle spirit with love and
skill to meet the little stranger it enters that
world to embrace it tenderly, and gently intro
duce it to the happy scenes of it's new exist
ence!
Your Savior is there he who said, "Suffer
| little children to come unto me-" You have
trusted his grace for yonr child's redemption
can you not trust your child to his care? "He
shall gather the lambs with his arms, and carry
them in his BOSOM" Your little one will be
safe in that bosom,and "quiet from fear of evil;
more safe, more quiet, more happy than in your
own.
Faith allayed the anxiety, and soothed the an
gush of nature. The weeping mother belieu
ed and was comforted.
[American Messenger.
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GILBERT g. CO., Manufacturers and Dealers
in Lumber, Shingles, Slaves, Wood and Timber
Grand Haven, Feb. %, 1854.
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Washington street.
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in becoming the lion of party, does man
necessarily make beast Of himself.
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Landing, Ottawa CO., Mich.
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Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
The steamship vanderbilt.

This magnificent craft was launched in
New York, on Monday last, in fine style,
and floats like duck on the sea. The
Times say of her that she is 335 feet long,
and at the water line 32S feet; the breadth
of beam is 40 feet; the depth of hold 4S
feet. She is of 800 tons burden, carpen-
ter's computation or about 1000 tons regis
ter. The water lines are nearly straight,
and the centre of displacement amidships-
indeed the centre of the ship, the center of
weight and the centre of buoyance, fall
within distance of eight feet fore and aft.
The floor isnearly fiat and is formed entirely
of solid white oak, each timber being Is by
81 inches, bolted together lengthwise of the
ship, with one and quarter inch bolts, sew
en- feet long. Sixty tons of these bolts are
used. The frame timberS, which are prin-
cipally of white oak, are placed unusually
close together, and are strapped diagonally
by ninty-four tons of wrought iron straps,
which are bOlted wherever they cross each
other. The planking is of oak, six inches
thick. The hull weighs 1900 tons. She
will carry two marine steam-engines. The
cylinders are 80 inches in diameter-the
stroke of piston II feet. Her paddle wheels
(of wrought irony will be 42 feet across, the
largest paddle wheels yet built. She will
have 4 boilers, each % by 13 feet, and IA
feet high, very respectable parlors in size fol
small families. She has no bowsprits, and
but two masts. She is the largest vesse
vet built in the port of New York, tho the
Adriatic and the Niagara, Geo. Steers
mammoth vessels, both now on th'
stocks, are considerably larger. The Fan
der5ilfs capacity is 5,lOO tons, and she cos
100000. She will not be ready for Sc;
in some months vet.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
DaguerreOtyping the Lungs.


A Mr.. Robert c. Clark, of Philadelphia,
claims to have discovered a process by
which he can take an accurate portrait or
daguereotype of the lungs of living per-
sons. The discovery is said to have been
successfully tested by actual experiment.
Mr.. c. intends giving his discovery to the
world, and will lay the matter before Con
gress the next session, potitioning that a
committee Of physicians be appointed TO ex-
anime into its merits, and that an appropri-
alton be made in consideration of his Civ
ing it to the public, which would be done
now, were he not fearful that others would
endeavor to deprive him of the discovery,
if the secret were disclosed before a commit
tee examined it at Washington.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
WHAT THE People ExPECT,

The people of Ohio have chosen Leg
islature, with the fixed purpose that it
should do all that lies in its power for a
reformation in the financial and tax system
ofthis State. They have sent no man to
Columbus to be an idler, a logroller or a
vagabond. They have had enough of this
kind of representation. We can assure the
Legislature, about to assemble, that the peo-
pie are determined on reform; and wo to
the man who opposes their will openly or Sc
cretly. That man had better have his po-
litical grave dug before he leaves home
The people will lay him out coll and stark
and ready for burial, so soon as they can
strike him. The people of Ohio are now
paying their taxes; and not few when that
is done know not where to turn for bread and
clothing for their families. There are few
indeed who do not feel the enormous taxa
ton of the State a heavy burden. They
are congratulating themselves that the Leg
islature about to assemble will, at least,
take the first steps towards a new policy,
and do all that can be done for the relief of
the people. We believe a majority of the
Legislature are fully determined to spend
the session in an earnest study of the best
means of afording the relief so much de-
Sirad
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
ANobIe American sentiment.

The National Intelhgencer has placed at
its head, for motto, the words of Rufus
Choate-@we join ourselves to no party that
does not carry the flag, and keep step with
the music of the Union" Rufus Choate is
a true patriot as well as a great and glori-
Gus man. He is undoubtedly one of the first
intellects of the age; one of the purest
statesman of the age, and one of the most
eloquent and powerful speakers in the Unit
ed States. 1t is well for men like him to
say-"We join ourselves to no party that
does not carry the flag, and keep step with
the music of the Union" The sentiment
conveyed is sublime, and reminds one of the
conclusion of Daniel Webster's magnificent
speech in reply to Hayne-"Liberty and
Union, now and forever, one and insepara-
ble."-N o. Crescent.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
THEY lave CoME.-It was announced &


They HAVE CoME.--It was announced in
the Register a few days since that the
hooped skirts so long announced down East.
had made their appearance in sandusky,
and that they would soon be ton. The Reg
lister says:
ave have made arrangements for the use
of part of the street, as it is expected the
ladies will absorb the walks entirely. Should
the dress become very general, the wearers
doubtless will have to take the street, as two
Of the skirts could not pass on an ordinary
sidewalk The most serious question is in
regard to doorways. A Water St. merchant
lost a customer, Saturday, by having only
one of the two folding doors open. A lady
came along, took look at the door, and re-
solved to make the attempt to enter. Her
rigging was too full and-she stuck! A
passer-by relieved her; and, sadly disap-
pointed, she rolled along to the store with
larger door. Merchants viii please arrange
accordingly. 1t was supposed that the dress
would utterly preclude kissing and caress-
ing, but gentlemen of good judgment as
sures usno hoops will keep the women away;
so young married men and lovers may take
hope.7
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21

Speaking of Shannon's call on the Presi-
dent for aid in ''subjugating" the people of
Kansas the St. Louis Ne,Os, of Thursday
evening says:
One thing is certain, if the law-loving and
orderly citizens of Kansas will not volunteer
to put down the Lawrence rebels, it shows
clearly that the Lawrence rebels are in the
right. Hitherto we have been told that they
had committed murder rapine and divers
outrages-had driven pro-slavery men from
their homes, inSulted their wives and chill
dren, and burned their houses; had rescued
a culprit from the hands of the Sheriff, rails
ed the standard of insurrection, and defed
the law and the laws executors. This is
what we have been told by their enemies
If the people of Lawrence have perpetrated
these atrocities, how happens it that the
Governor can't find enough good citizens tC
put them down?
The citizens of other towns in the Terri.
tory side with the people of Lawrence, and
Governor Shannon finds himself calling on
Missourians and the President for aid to put
down not small body of insurrectionists
but practically the whole population of Kan.
sas. If Shannon has reused the whole peo.
pie, OF what amounts to the same thing, a
majority of the people of Kansas, and driven
them to take up arms against him, it proves
that he is unfit to be their Governor, and
better be removed at once. He has called
for foreign aid to subdue and subject his
own citizens. Does not this prove that the
citizens are not wrong"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
Washinrfnn 1Infters.

"Inspeetor," on Saturday last, in writing
to the Courier and Enquirer from Wash
ington, in speaking of Richardson, the Lo-
cofoco Nebraska candidate for Speaker,
says:
Mr. Richardson himself Is very largely
responsible for the chaos of clements which
rules in the House, and has for two weeks
prevented an organization. 1 know it is the
wish and hope of three or four of his Demo
cratic supporters to see him defeated. l
know they are only waiting for the first
symptom of Democratic detection to go over
to Mr.. Banks, and organize tie House. The
country has much to expect from the con-
servatism and patriotism of these gentlemon
among whom l do not despair that Mr..
Wheeler and Mr.. Williams will yet be in
cluded.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21

QUITE CoMPLDENTARY.-A correspon-
dent of the Louisville Times says, few
days since, 1t. Gov. Ford, of Ohio, visited
New York, and put up at the A,tor House.
Greely called upon him, and found him in
his room, in bed. After talking short time
on general topics-Greely exclaimed:
"Governor, you are not quito such look
ing man as l expected to see."
'If you are more disappointed in my ap-
pearance than l am in yours, ! commiSerate
you," replied the Governor.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
IHonse of Renresentative..

OF the Anti-Nebraska caucus appointed
for Friday night the special correspondent
of the Times thus telegraphOd:
There were sixty-nino present, and they
nominated Banks, by sixty-two votes, and
resolved to stand fast upon him.
Moore, of Ohio, and Dunn, of Indiana,
were present. Dunn has already said that
he would vote for Banks if he was nomina-
ted by caucus. Moore made a speech indi-
eating his desire to act with the majority
for the organization. 1t is hoped that he
will now vote for Banks.
Edwards voted for Banks to-day, and
says he has always been ready to do SC
whenever his vote should be wanted. He
ill probably stand fast to Banks hereafter
as long as he may run.
Wheeler differs from all other Anti-Ne.
braska men. He does not think Banks i:
true on that question, and so he still refuses
him his support.
Haven still has hopes that he may him.
self be taken up, or that he can make the
Speaker.
On the whole the present prospect is moi
fattering.
1t is stated quite particularly tonight
that Fuller has given written pledges to
Southern men to abjure the Nebraska issue
if elected.
Another story, with Democratic
Iindorsment, is that the Know-Nothing.
would vote for Orr, and that the Richard
son men and they will unite for that gentle
mans election if the plurality resolution is
adopted.
Mr.. Greeley telcgraphed to the Tribune
that henceforth there will be no hesitation
or wavering on the part of those who mean
that Kansas shall be free State. Mr.
Banks is their candidate to to the end, and
the end must be his election.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
The Superiority

Of American inventing genius, not on
" over that of our English progenitors, but
indeed of all other nations has become too
tangible to be disputed. It was notorious
at the Worlds Fair in London, that the
Americans far outstripped all others in the
useful inventions which they supplied. We
beat the English in vessels, railroads, tele-
graphs and manufactures by power. We
are beating them in the scientific arts of
Chemistry and Medicine, as VIC have long
beat the rest of mankind. A new and
practical proof of this assertion is shown in
the fact that the principle remedies of the
allied armies of the East are furnished from
the laboratory of our own countryman.-
j. c. AYERS of Lowell is filling orders for
immense quantities of his Cherry Pectoral
and Cathartic Pills, for both tho land and
sea forces in Turkey. His medicines have
been tried and approved by those in power
who have found them the most reliable
which they could procure for the exigcn-
cies in which they are employed.
" Y. City Times.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
United States Senate Committees.

COMMITTEE ON TERRIToRIEs.-Let the
country remember that General Cass moved
the confirmation of the acts of King Caucus
in the Senate, by the election of the Com
mttees by ballot, and that the Committee
on Territories has as Chairman DOUGLAS,
and its members Jones of Iowa, Collamar of
VT, Bell of Tennessee, Sebastian of Arkan-
sas, and Briggs of n. c. But one man on
that Committee who will be in favor of the
admission of Kansas as Free State.
COMMITTEE ON JUDIcIARY.-Chairman,
Butler of S. c.; members, Toucey of Conn,
Bayard of Delaware, Geyer of Missouri,
Toombs of Georgia, and Pugh of Ohio
Every man we believe in favor of the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise. -Four are from
slave States, and Toucey and Pugh false to
tho States they represent.
COMMITTEE on INDIAN AFFAIRs.-Chair-
man, Sebastian, of Ark; members, Rusk, of
Texas, Toombs, of Ga, Brown, of Mississip-
pi and Reid, of North Carolina. Every
one from slave states; every one Loeofocos.
The slavery question is mixed up with the
Indians all through our borders.
Such are the base uses to which Gen. Cass
has lent himself, and such the attack upon
the Free States in which he is standard
bearer
The correspondent of the New York
Times thus speaks of the organization of the
Senate Committees - Cleveland Herald
Mr.. Wilson, of the little State of MaSsa-
chusetts, is on the Committee on Manufac
lures, which, l believe, has not made re-
port for years past. The Committees on
Finance and Foreign Relations contain not
a man who has ever stood out in stern re-
sistance to slavery aggression. Every mem
Der of the Military Committee is Southern
man, except Mr.. Weller, of California, who
would consider himself insulted if accused of
faithlessncss TO the slave domination. Mr..
Sumner, the other Senator from the minia-
ture Bay State, possessing not little legis-
Iativo experience, and who is by no means
n stranger to the country, is also on the
Committee on Pensions, as well rs on the
Committee on Enrolled Bills; and Mr.. Foot,
of Vermont, than whom the Senate contains
no abler or better man, is honorad with po-
sitions in the Committees on Public Lands
and Contingent Expenses-while Commit
tees of far greater Importance are filed by
men who have only just entered the Senate.
The spirit and purposes of the slavery-serv-
ing majority, as exhibited in the arrange
ment of these Committees, deserves, as they
will receive, the indignant denunciation of
every man who has not "bowed the knee to
BaalT
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
CHANGE OF NAMES.

We suggest for the consideration of the
people, the proprioty of changing the name
of the State of Ohio, and of calling it the
State of Taxation. This name would have
the advantage of being historic and descrip-
tive. 1t would also serve as a warning to
people of other States to keep clear of us.
By keeping before the people of Ohio the
end for which they levy the payment of
taxes, it would prevent them from foolish
" giving their attention to anything else,
and might, perhaps, in degree reconcile
them to their inevitable doom. In case
the above change Is made, it might be well
to amend the Constitution of the State so
as to make none but Locofocos of the Ne
dill and Medary stamp eligible to the Leg
islature. The new name would then need
no change for all time to come.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21

GREELEY's VANIrY.-Horace Greeley
stops at our house, the National The first
man we saw whenwe arrived was Mr.. Gree
ley, with his coat collar up on one side and
down on the other. AT first we thought he
might not be aware of his peculiar and non
committal arrangement Of his outward gar
ment; but to-day, his collar IS moro awry
than ever, and the knot of his cravat had
got completely round to the back of his neck.
am now satisfied that this IS done to at
tract the attention of the people. have
observed him very closely, and am con-
vinced that he is a very vain man Wash.
Cor. PHl. Times
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
'aArFival Of the Enpire eity.
Nm YnRK Onr 11


The steamship Empire CITY, Capt. Win
die, from Aspinwall, with the California
mails and treasure, arrived off Sandy Hook
on Saturday morning, and yesterday came
20 anchor about six miles from the Hook,
IN the midst of dense fog. She was board
cd by the pilot boat E. K. Collins.
She has the California mails and 81, $780,
900 in gold dust the South Pacific mails
and about 500 passengers She has later
news from the South Pacific, but no later
from California.
SECOND DIsPArcH.-Ths Empire City
arrived at her dock at o'clock. She has
been inside the bar with her pilot 4s hours.
She brings million and half of treas
nre brought down by the Jno. /. Stevens.
The latter boat spoke, on the Sd inst, the
steamer Sonora, bound up with the New
York passengers of Nov, 3Oth-all well.
The principal consignees are Drexel &
Co, $4,000; VIM. Hoge d Co., SI4O,-
900; Metropolitan Bank, $4,000; Wells,
Fargo & Co, 100000.
Nothing important from the Isthmus.-
Dates at Panama are from Valparaiso, Oct.
21st; Lima, Nov. 10th; Paita, Nov. 10th,
Business at Valparaiso was improving; Flour
3,Oo-full stock.
The ship Simoda and barque Milford from
n. z, and ship Lawrence, from Boston, also
three new Peruvian war steamers from Eng
land are in port.
It was reported that Arcquipa and some
Of the southern cities had declared in favor
Of Gen. Irvanico.
The revolutionary movement in Bolivia
under Avila had been put down.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-12-21
No speaker Yet.
In the New York Tribune, of Saturday
,-o Hr5 .bo e,lIo,,-;ro.

In the New York Tribune, of Saturday
we find the following:
Another week of Congressional time is
gone, and the House is not organized. The
several ballots yesterday were essentially the
same as for the last three days. Last eve
ming the friends of Freedom for Kansas
held a caucus, resolved to nominate can
didate by ballot-voted, and almost unani-
mously named Mr. Banks. This is virtually
a pledge to stick to him, every man who
has bona fide backbone will do it. He
must eventually be the Speaker, either by
the caving in of hunger opponents or by
trying the plurality system.
This is not the first long delay in organ
izing the House In December, l949, Con-
gress met on the Sd of the month. The
candidates for Speaker were Robert
20. Winthrop, Taylor Wing; Howell Cobb,
Democrat, and David Wilmot, Free Soil
The Wing caucus refused to swallow rabid
Pro-Slavery resolution offered by Robert
Toombs and that gentleman, with Messrs.
Stephens of Geo., Hilliard of Ala, Cabell
of Fla, and some Others, backed out, and
on the ballot voted for Mr. Gentry of Tenn,
thus preventing the election of MIR. Win
throp. The week was voted away. Mr..
Gentry arrived on the following Monday,
and at once withdrew his name, and then
Toombs and company wasted their spite on
Mr.. Morehead of Ky. The Democrats drop
ped Cobb and took up William J. Brown,
running his vote up to within two of a victo-
ry. Brown had succeeded in getting some
Free Soil votes, but the trick was exposed
and he was dropped as bad timber. Sub
sequently Messrs. Winthrop and Wilmot
Withdrew their names, and a rambling skir-
mish ensued with no concentration by any
party. The next week the Wings and
Democrats held caucuses and agreed finally
that plurality of votes should be deemed
an election. The Toombs party worked
desperately to defeat this arrangement, and
used up whole day in talking against
time and making disturbance generally.
They were at length put down, and the
members of both parties agreed to ballot
three times more, and if no choice was
made by majority of the votes, the person
having the highest vote on the fourth trial
should be declared Speaker. The three tri-
rls was in vain. and then, on the sixty fourth
ballot, Howell Cobb was chosen, having 1O2
votes, to 100 for Winthrop, for Wilmot 4
for Morehead and 4 floating. By this
means the House was organized on the 22d
of December.