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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12

EaDI MADE CLOTHING can be purchased
LII of HaXton, Cutler Warts at less money
than any other store in town. Our stock consists
OF Iweeds, Broadcloth, KeAtucky Jean and SAITH
nett Coats, and Pants Denim Overas and Sacks,
striped shirts, Red and Blue Flannel Shirts, &c.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12

~ ROCERIES.-We are now receiving our Stock
VI of Groceries consisting in part OF
10 hhds 2. r. Sugar,
5 Molasses,
10 bbls. Sugar House Syrup,
10 e" Clarified Coffee Sugar,
80 bags Rio and java Coffee,
20 chests Tea, also
Rice, Citron Nutmegs, Cloves, Soap, Lead, Shot,
Powder, Zante Currants, Raisns in or. and hf.
Boxes, Tobacco Mustard, Corn Starch, Saleratus,
etc, etc Please call and examine our Stock before
purchasing elsewhere as we will sell you cheaper
than any other shop in Ottawa County.
HAXToN. CUTLER q WARTS. .
Grand Haven, Oct. Is 1855.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12

A YER'S CHERRY PICTORIAL, Harlem Oil,
n Seidletz Powders, Bigelow's Alternative, Hives
Syrup, Balsam of Honey. Railways Ready Relief
for sale by Ii. Z. d W.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12
PROVISIONS.

Pork, Hams, Flour. Butter, Lard, Hamburger &
Illinois Cheese, packing and table Salt, dry and
green Apples and Peaches, Potatoes Onions, Corn,
Corn meal Oats, ship stuff and Bran.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12
FANCY GOODS.

we have received the following:
White and Green Goggles,
Port Monnais, all prices
Gutta Percha coated Pens.
Shell Tooth-picks, Tweezers, Magnifying Glass
cs, Dice-cups Horn Pocket Combs, with or without
mirrors, etc. etc.
We are now in the constant receipt of New
Goods, and will soon be able to offer our custom
ers an endless variety of articles not usually found
in establishments of this kind.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12

WE have Just received another large adatGn
Groceries etc. etc. and continue to sell a little
cheaper than the cheapest.
Please call and examine our Goods and prices
before purchasing elsewhere. H. Z. y w.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12
New Drug, Medicine, and Grocery Store

n RIFFIN & Co. have now in store and to arrive
VI at the old stand opposite the Washington
House, the following named goods which will be
sold at lowest rates for Ready Cash.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12
HAXTON. CUTLER & WARTS

REnow receiving from Propelers Pocahontas
~ and Troy, the balance of their large and eX-
tensve Spring and Summer stock of Hardware,
Groceriers and Crockery, to which we invite the
attention of all those who wish to buy goods at
very low prices.
Grand Haven, June $, 1854.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-12

RRAIDS, SILK and Worsted, Linen Edgings, lat
- est styles, for sale at the store of
M l1,il FERRY A. WALLACE.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

,Y- The Presidential election in Liberia
vas to have taken place on the lst instant.
President Roberts had declined II reelection.
Edward j. Roye and Stephen A. Benson were
the opposing candidates. Roye, some ten
years ago, was barber at Terre Haute, Ind,
and on emigrating to Liberia became sue.
cessiul merchant at Monrovia. he has been
n member and speaker of the House of Rep
rpsentatives of that Republic; was candi'
date two years ago for the presidency against
President Roberts, and is now editing and
publishing paper in that country. He is
said to be pure African. Benson, emigra-
ted to Liberia when child. He is the prin-
cipal merchant Mt Bassa Cove; has filled the
Office Of Judge of one of the highest courts of
Liberia, and is now vice president OF the Re-
public He is represented as man of talent,
and of great popularity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

THE FEMALE HEART.-Pure and unsullied
as young girls first love, has brcome an
adage. Aye, pure indeed is it, and unsullied
as the snow flakes that fall in heecy drifts in
the gloaming. The most felicitous moment
OF mans lite is when he is blessed with the
tmid avowal Of love from the worshipped
idol of his heart. Nothing is purer than
woman's love-nolhing so devoted as her
affection. Be il from n lover, husband, n
child or parent, il Is the same pure fame
kinded by the Goals from the altar on high.
Give her an assurance Of love in return--a
token of dcathless affection even If il be amid
the gloom of poverty or the darkness of death,
and the feelings of her heart will gush forth
pure MS the crystal wavelets that spring from
the mountain rock, despite bonds and mer.
eenary ties of fashion aud pride. Her wor-
shipped idol is love and she makes II the
sacred Mecca towards which she bends all her
energies, a faithful pilgrim for life. This
principle shapes all her actions, and is the
great incentive of her llfe--a faculty that ab.
sorbs her being, concentrates her soul. IT'S
better TO be the favored idol OF one unsullied
heart, than to sway the gided sceptre over
empires and Kingdoms The impa, stoned
devotion Of one high souled and noble woman
is more peerless gem than the sycophaniic
fawnings Of millions. Who so hath this gem,
let him preserve Il with a Jealous care.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

THE Cross IN ITALY.--In Italy the crucifx
is the first object put in the hands of the child,
and it wears this figure about its neck as IN
amulet. At the marriage altar the nuptial
rings have the same image engraved upon
them. At the funeral it is seen again, and
finally upon the tomb. From the cradle TO
the grave it is the daily emblem of the peo-
pie. In approaching city, town or hamlet
of Italy, the first object seen in the sky is the
cross. 1t CLEANS upon the banners of her
armies, and gistens upon the breasts of her
soldiers; it rises upon the pinnacles of her
towers, and looms upon the moonsail masts
of her navies.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

The PLAINS OF TARsUs,-The plain in which
Tarsus and Adams are situated, extends from
the base of the Taurus range of mountains
toward the sea, and is from six to thirty
miles wide, and extends about seventy miles
from east to west. Ii is exceedingly fertile
and waves with the same products that it
did in the days when Cyrus, accompanied by
Xenophon, marched across it. The warmth
of the climate appears in the fact that the
barvests usually begin to demand the sickle
in April.
TARsus- -Tarsua, the birth-plac of Paul and
once no mean city, has fallen from its an
cent dignity. Yet from distance, few
places in all that country present more in
,iting appearance. 1t is imbedded in the
verdure of its gardens, SO that only the min
arets Of a few mosques can be seen above the
foliage, and has an air Of GOODNESS and COM
fort exceedingly refreshing. The distant
tops Of the Taurus range of. mountains give
additional charms to the scenery. But the
city itself disapponts expectations. Its
houses. with few exceptions, are made Of low
mud walls, thatched with straw. Stagnant
water is found in many of the gardeus, which.
in connection with the great amount Of veg
etabe matter and the heat of the climate,
renders it unhealthy. Broken fragments of
marble and granite. and other ruins, bear
witness of its ancient greatness. The inhab-
itants consist of 200 Fallah families, 40 or
so Greek, 500 Musselman, 800 or $50 Arme
mans, and few jews
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

9 TEE FoRcE OF THE NIAGARA RIvER.-The
force of body OF water like the Niagara
river, at the Falls, was shown in remarkable
manner, last week, in an attempt by Mr..
Rebing, the civil engineer, to sound the
river. lie let fall from a height ol two hun
dr,d and twenty-five feet, forty pound
weight OF pointed iron. The ball sank for II
second OF time, then made its appearance
again on the surface, about one hundred feet
down the stream, and skipped along like n
chip, until ii was checked by the water. The
velocity OF the weight when striking, was
equal TO one hundred and twenty.four feet
per second, and its momentum five thousand
pounds. This will give some idea of the
force of the current
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

AMERIcANIsM AND THE VIRGINIA DEMO-
cRAcY OF '9S-The Democratic party iD Vir-
ginia, and indeed, in the whole South, have
ever professed to hold in especially reverence
the Virginia Democrats of 9S. What will
they say to the following preamble and reso-
luton passed by the Legislature Of that State
nj the memorable session of l798-99!
From Hennngs Statutes at large, vol O. (new series
page 1874
"That the General Assembly nevertheless
concurring in opinion with the Legislature of
Massachusetts, that every Constitutional bar
rier should be opposed to the introduction of
foreign influence into our National Councils: !:
"Resoired,' That the Constitution ought to
be so amended that no foreigner who shall
not have acquired rights under the Constitu-
tion and Laws, ut the time of making this
amendment, shall thereafter be eligible to the
office OF Senator and Representative in the
Congress of the United States, nor to any
office in the Judiciary or Executive Depart
ments.
"Agreed to by the Senate, January 10th,
l799."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

LIVE FOR MErHISG.-rhousand of men
breathe, move aud live, pass off the stage Of
life, and are heard OF no more. Why! None
were blessed by them; none could point to
them rs The means Of their redemption; not
u line they wroie,not word they spoke could
be recalled aud 50 they perished; their light
went out in darkness, and they were not re
mumbered more than tie insects of Yesterday.
Will YOU thus live and die! o man immor
tai, live for something Do good, and leave
behind you u monument of virtue that the
storms of time can never destroy. Write
your name by Kindness, love and mercy, on
lin, hearts of thousands you come in contact
with year by ear, and you will never BE- for
gotten. No; your name, your deeds, will be
as legible on the hearts OF all you leave be-
hind as the stars on the brow of evening.
Good deeds will shine as brightly on the
earth as the stars of heavcn.-Dr. Chalmers.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

rF- We learn from correspondent of
the Missouri Republican, that there are five
boats aground in the Missouri at Baltimore
Bar, near the town of Dover. Cholera has
broken out among the soldiers and Kansas
emigrants on board, and at last accounts there
had been fourteen deaths, chiefly soldiers. A
family of five or six persons, emigrants from
Kentucky TO Charlton county, died soon after
being landed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

JUDGE LYNCH IN lLLISoIs.-A man named
Billion, living at GaleDa, Illinois, of consldcra.
BILE wealth and very respectable, was fined
225 on the 23d ult. for maltreating his wife.
This light punishment excited much feeling
and after night, it is stated, about seventy
five of the" most respectable" citizens pro-
ceeded to Billions residence, took him priso,
ner marched him outside the corporation, tied
and stripped him, and with good cowhids
applied number of severe lashes to his bare
back; then applying thick coat of tar and
feathers to his person, they led him back to
his own house and left him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

cY-A Revolving Battery has been inven-
ted and patented by Messrs. Shaw d Ames,
of Baltimore. 1t consists of brass cylinder,
revolving horizontally, and containing any
number of chambers, witha a stationary bar
rel 1t is loaded. primed, fred and swabbed,
all with one movement. The Baltimore Re-
publican says:
THE battery which we saw of miniature
size. CARRYING an inch ball, and was dis
charged eighty times in one minute. The
larger batteries are expected TO work more
scwly. A battery carrying four pound
ball. or canister and grape Of the same di-
mensons, can be discharged fifty times per
minute, without any cessation"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANs-We don't like
stinginess. We don't like economy, when it
comes down to rags and starvation. We
have no sympathy with the notions that the
poor man should hitch himself to post and
stand STILL while the rest of the world moves
toward 1t is no mans duty to deny himself
every amusement luxury, recration, and com.
fort, that he may get rich. 1t is no mans
duty to make an iceberg of himself. to shut
his eyes and ears to the sufferings of his fell
lows, and to deny himself the enjoyment that
results from generous actions merely that he
may hoard wealth for his heirs to quarrel
about, But there is an economy which is
every mans duty, and which is especially
commendable in the man who struggles with
.poverty-an economy which is consistent
with happiness, and which must be prac-
tsed if the poor man would secure happi-
ness. 1t is almost every mans privilege and
it becomes his duty. to live within his means;
not to, but within them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

DINNER HousE.-The passenger train on the
East Tennessee and Georgia Road, now stop
at this place for dinner. Mr.. Delano is pro-
prietor, and from the character which he sus
tains as No. landlord, the management
of the road could not have made selection
where the traveller will fare more sumptu
ously and agreeably, than with him.-C9eUe-
land Banner.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25
SUPERSTITION.
From the Mobile Tribune.l

Within the past few months there have
been numerous predictions of an impending
public calamity. 1t has been declared that
in Mississippi child was born, and that be-
fore it was three days old it distinctly uttered
these words: "There will be famine in 1856
And then died before il could be cross ques-
toned.
At the North, numerous similar phenome-
ma have been observed. In Pennsylvania the
pigs on one farm were observed to carry, rs
if by stealth, portions of their food to out
of the places and there secrete them. 1t was
supposed by those who observed these
strange actions that something was meant;
and the only rational solution of it was,
that the brutes foresaw famine, and
We're, in their poor way trying to provide
for it.
At the west, there lave also been signs,
but we have forgotten the exact nature of
them. They were either the sudden refusal
of wells to yield up water, or the dropping
of calves with only two legs, or something
Of that sort-the dryness of the wells i'm
plying that the crops will be destroyed by
drought, and the two legged calves indi-
eating that the beast, having but two legs,
will require only molety of its usual
food.
We find no signs from NewEngIand, where
the people are becoming so sceptical that
they imagine their impulses to be superior in
authority to the Bible.
A remarkable instance of this sort of ig-
norance occurred recently in the northern
part of our own State. In the neighbour
hood of Tnscumbia, some persons tore
down and destroyed several miles of the
telegraph wire, under the impression that it
was the cause Of the drought which prevailed
there.
The superstitions which led to these re-
suits are universal, and not to be entirely
eradicated by knowledge. The most thor
oughly instructed men have thus weak mo-
ments when they are impressed by underlined
Tears and proneness to bieve that Provi-
dence works great effects by the most nsig-
niicant and sometimes apparently ridiculous
causes. Dr. Johnson-the learned Christian
and moralist-beleved in ghosts-not only
believed in them, but had for them pro.
found dread.
We suppose that this universal character
istic means somethng--is perhaps an essen-
ta part of that instinct which testifes to the
existence of superior being--and is develop
ed in different ways, as men are enlightened
or ignorant.
But let us discard this two legged pig
faith, and this magnetic wire faith, and this
filth which makes little babes few days
to speak like grown men. For it is not
reasonable to suppose that two legged pigs
are the ministers Of heaven, or that babes
have missions to talk; OF that wires put on
poles Il little above the surface have either
the power to absorb moisture or are the in
struments OF the Almighty TO instruct those
of errng creatures who are made in his own
image, and only little lower than the an
gels.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

War SPAIN is DoISe.-A law has just
been enacted by the Spanish Cortes, ordering
all the lands and dwellings, belonging to the
clergy, to religious fraternities, and to pous
and sacred works, to be sold and turned into
money, breaking up all accumulatons Of
ecclesiastical property, and stripping the
church of its immense possessions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

eB-Never punish girl for being romp,
but thank heaven who has given her health
and spirit to be one. 1t is much better than
distorted spine or hectic cheek. Little
girls ought to be great romps-,Quere,-
Where's the gymnasium which should be
attached to every SCHOOL, That's coming,
too, like other improvements. We have no
faith in the protestant bishop who decl red
that a Httle reading and writing was quite
enough of education for the common peopleF'
Great priest of heaven, that.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

OF An aloe planted near a whitening
fruit tree causes j; to revive. How would
1t do to plant whitening old bachelor by
the side of good looking wifel Guess it
would rejuvenate him upon the same prin-
ciples.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

eg- An able article in the last number of
the Westminster Review, upon the Consti!u.
tons and Governments of the various coun.
tries of the earth, says that it sis no longer
England, but the North American Republic,
that has become the pole-star to which from
all sides, the eye OF struggling nations turns"
A significant admission to come from an
English source.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

The St. Louis Republican states that many
persons visited that city under the impres'
sion that the eclipse Of The moon waste be
seen onlyin that place; the disapPointmemt
was great. 1t adds that gentleman from
illinois, who visited st. Louis expressly to
saa Il. pronounced the whole thing hum.
bng rot up by the ST. Louis editors to do.
ceiye an unsuspecting public.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25
rsa- Neser marry for fortune. We over

r3g- Never marry for fortune. We over
heard poor unfortunate get the following
sockadolager, the other day, from his better
half "You good for-nothing feIIow!" said
she, awhat would you have been had not
married you! Whose was the baking kiver,
whose the pig trough, whose the frying pan,
and the iron.hooped bucket, but mIne, when
YOU married mel"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

t5g- On the I'd instant at Memphis, Tenn,
Young man, in n spirit Of levity, said To Mrs.
Green Wormeley, a respectable lady in deli.
cate health, that her husband had been seri-
ously injured by-a drpy running over him
The announcement gave her such shock
that she immediate tainted and in short time
Mns n corpse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

W The Buffalo, New York, Republic
says: "When the rose.bug first makes its ap.
pearance sprinkle your bushes profusely with
the pollen of the flower of the Alanthus
tree, or make strong decoction of the same.
and pour it over the bushes through water.
ing pot. The use of these simple means
once or twice day will destroy these pests
in less than week."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

E- We never knew man that observed
polteness to ladies' who was not happy, con
tented, cIeverish and all that. Hence If you
wish to be on the right side Of yourself and
other folks in the calico way, just do the po-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

cB-The Know Nothing Convention Mt sy-
racuse expelled member named Chubbuck
on suspicion of furnishing the proceedings to
the press. 1t caused much excitement among
the members
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

lY- Concha, Captain General of Cuba, is
i'll with an affection of the throat. The New
buryport Herald, says that is n disease very
common in Cuba; Pinto and Estramprs re-
Gently died therefrom, though in their case II
resulted from an iron collar. 1t would not be
wonderful if Concha should have to try on
the same collar before these difficulties are at
an end on the island.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25
fJ-aI drink nothing but water---a ou

O-"I drink nothing but water--a quart
day. Give me tem?erance-the only road to
old age. Here, waiter another plate Of
roast beef" -"Vy, sir, you've just finished
the third p!ate!" "None OF your business,
pay for it," As many die from gorman-
dizing as from drinking, oil the difference
being that one vice is more percepiibe than
tho other
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

t5gThe Hartford, Conn, Times says that
w. p. Eaton, a highly respectable physician
of Norwich, Conn, has been fined twenty
dollars and coSts--under the prohibitory
Iaw---for selling a man medical prescription
of rum aud laudanum. to wash broken
I.,,,h u.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

sR- IF you begin thing, don't give it
up. Drive right on to success. With a
stout heart, a stiff backbone, courage, and
all that sort of thing, you are as sure of win
ming your object as pretty girls are of hav-
ing all the beaus in town running after them
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

HARD TIMES IN ARKAssAs.-They have
decidedly gloomy times in Arkansas, The
Little Rock Gazette, of the 2Sth ut., says;
"There is not, in Little Rock, a barrel OF
-four, n bushe of meal, or pound OF sugar
or coffee for sale. Flour would 90 oil read
ly here at SI5 a barrel, and corn meal at "
6ushel; sugar and coffee would sell for any
price. There is the greatest scarcity of eve
ry article of provisions or family groceries,.
We do not know what our people will do.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

t9s- Accounts are received of the preva-
lence of malignant cholera in Kansas and
among the emigrants on the steamers on the
Upper Mississippi. The disease is said to be
unusually yirulent.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25
,-5s. Tho cnld usnann which has prevoiled

r-ss- The cold ''snap" which has prevailed
for day or two, in the North and West, has
led to serious apprehenscns for the budding
fruit trees and early vegetables. A dispatch
from Cincinnati states tha. frost has been
experienced in that region, and II total de-
s,ruction of fruit and vegetables is feared -
The grape vines have suffered severely.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

eJg- The marriage of Miss Catherine
Jones appears ip the New York papers, and
appended to il is the information that "the
lovely bride was one of Ewes fairest daugh-
ters." But for this it might have been sup
posed she was one of old Mrs. Jones
d,uubtprs
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

s9y-"lt is not expedient," as the elegant
and accomplished Miss Arabela Howard ob.
serves, "for those who reside in a edtices
constructed of fragile materials, to project
dangerous missiles into the atmosphere"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-05-25

A DUEL IN THE DARK.---A late California
paper mentions duel which was fought be-
tween Yankee and an Englishman in o
dark room. The Yankee not wishing to have
blood on his hands, fired his pistol up the
chimney, and to his horror, down came the
EEglishman.