Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-10-08

AN INTERESTING SCENE.-At q meeting
of the democracy on Monday evening, on
Vine street bill, Mr.. Moormann introduced to
the multitude man Of ninety-one years of
age, who had voted twice for George Wash
ington as President of the United States, and
who also voted for Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, Jackson, Van Buren,, Polk and PIERCE
AT the close of the meeting this very aged
man arose, and in a firm voice declared that
if his life was spared till November next he
would vote for Buchanan and Breckenridge,
in order to hand down that Union which he
helped to form, to his great-grand-chiIdren.-
Loud huzzas and music followed this impress
ing spectacle. .--..-..-.-....-..-,..ruprv-o coar
by 1tr. Thurber, found within one hundred
rods of the M. @. r. r. depot at Jackson
The coal is light, clean and beautiful, and bet
ter than a majority of the coal used in this
market. The stratum is from four to five
feet in thickness, and was found by collier
from Ohio. When our Michigan coal beds
shall be fairly opened, they will afford coal
as we'll adapted to general uses, as any in
the United States, and at cheaper rates than
Ohio and Pennsylvania Goals can be obtain
ed"
A LOVE SToRY.-We once saw young
man gazing at the *ry heavens, with I in
lesy" q 49, of pistols in the other. We
endeavored to attract his at1Otion 2 a in
a newspaper we held in our Esg-, relsing 2 a
young man in that s of the country who had
left home in state of mental arrangement.
He dropped the I and pistols from his Es'-
~ with the :
6" 1t is l of whom U read. i left home
b4 my friends knew of my design. had
so the Gy- of girl who refused to lislO 2
me but smiled be9ly on another. | ed
wildly from the house utterng wild 2 god
of love, and without replying the ~? of my
friends came here with this I & ~ Of pis-
tolls 2 put a 2 my xisl0ce. My case has
no in this S."
KYDD, THE PIRATE-HIs TREASURE YES
Sell AGAIN A man in New Jersey has writ
ten a letter to Mr.. E. p. Harrington, the Gel
ebrated diver, that he has an instrument that
will unvaryingly point out metal, even if it
is 800 feet under water. He says he has
found through the use of this machine, the
safe OF tnc steamer LeAlnytOD, ana also tne
long sought for "Kydd vessel" Of the last,
he says, she is about 80 miles from New
York, up the Hudson River He has been
over the spot, and has bored through her deck
several times. He writes quite confidently,
and wants Harrington to 90 down and join
him in an expedition to recover the lost treas
ure. The vessel lays under ten feet Of mud,
and about twelve feet of water over that
The mud can be scraped off with dredge,
he thinks Let those in search of pirate
invest their money.
The expenses of Congress for the current
year, amount to S2,676,Oo0, which is more
than one-ffth of the entire disbursements for
the support of Government during year of
John Quincy Adams Administration! The
total direct appropriations for the District Of
Columbia alone have been 92,350,000.
"Bob, you say that you believe that most
diseases are contagious. How long have you
entertained such notions n "Ever since ]
sat alongside blue-eyed girl and caught the
palpitation Of the heart"