The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-11
From Northern Michigan.

CrO1n UOft00rn H1C0lK0ns
LETTER FROM KING sTRANG. THE MORNON-SEvE-
RiTY OF THE wINTBR-IOH ON LAKE MICHIGAN,
ETO.
81 JAxn BEAVER ISLAND, March 8 1866
suppose you would like to hear from winte. up
North, and so write 10 crafty you. This has been the
finest winter for business that experienced True
1u cos on 81, u and vas mot
Gy-the thermometer stood niDet en- degrees below
have not heard Of an Individual fros
enough to start the skim Of oosing single
cay, account OF the weather. But theioeothsre u
no end to It, have sent out explorers I'll this end
sleeping Bear to Deaths Door, and nor Ii Of it thers s
no water Some small patches are fouod With a. little
ss three incses Of ics generally ten Or Twelve T. re-
where estimated from to four Sset It cuts bu.
twenty six inches, which think is about ,hs maximum
twelve to sixteen inches and horse teams constantly
crossing
Yon wiz Soy that this break. The prospee. Of opening
awful But there another side to It. The Toe ia not
ed up on the shoals nor hove In long ridges 1t
generally is There barriers to prevent ts break
am satsded that the bulk of ice is sss than it was
rr years ago Then on acg Island shoals the Ice was
smooth evsn ice Of about 16 inches Then with ths dis
appearance Of field Ice White Shoals ics sla dds of
from few rods to many hundred in extent piled
One range of ice hills extended twelve miles With no
pass where experienced voysger felt safe driving
o's syj., me {. same place Is now coed skating
therefore, that should the spring moist genial the
opening may YET be early.
another letter. dated the 7th we learn thai four
wharves in the harbor are allied with wood and an uu
usuai quantity IN 'hs yards 8. s Wright at the head
d the island has extended his p9 100 feet and safe
being 6 teet Of water alongside his per He has
hrse thousand cords the pier aud hank BY and
the opening should be ats, lis pastss M for aour .,a
meal Win b. very bare but unground grains abun.
can't and win b here for sale In qusness
from the northern Islander, Msreh 1S.I
The fe,d of Toe is extensive beyond eli oomparison
chanr els where Ice was neyer teen before Indian rs
eldest !n$.s ,hs ies d.z men crossed
been generally dsoredted No white man ever - the
Ice coea aorces till this winter Nov 1t has been good
& the Foxes, GAYS travel 1t is good travelling with
horses, and no wafer Ia sight.
Thsre has been no water east Of the Msnitou Fox aud
Besver Issn6s einee the l4th of February and -ibia
week the passage might have made With safety from
Sleeping Bear to Port des Morts.
The ice in very fe. places less than foot hiok and
vey rarely two feet lceoergs rare and next to
ire beaohed very short spell of really weather
will waste It, There is every prospect tiat II VIII disap
6ed Of ce iceberss s attributed to the
beh. WINDS Of the winter.
RE has been little II any more than foot deep
time, and has laid most of the winter nine
inches ceeI, making most excellent sleighins
Our mails have been regular this winssr but three
quarters OF the expense has been ct private charge
Tpe GarGen IsaDo Ipians the reader pseases the
Repsn Ca ho,ic Parish ef st. Leopold, have reseed
sga'nst their priest. 1t appears that he brought
ignore Dutch priest whs cannot speak one word Of
Eng ith or Indian, and tried forte him them
school teschsr. Tney resisted, ard he Obliged to
give IT up.
Difficulties sprapg up after another till he trea'ed
woman at the confessional rudely to have mar
escape from personal chassement BY her husband
We regret to learn that the hulk of tbs ,pe
wrecked ct the entrance Of this harbor last fall
tuInt Gown for The unworthy purpose Of Srng the
fren The ice bad formed around the wreck early
irg as 1t did in shosl water 1t had sustained Injury
snce first striking