Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-05-28

last drunkard and nerve him to burst the
burning fetters, and made glorious accom-
paniment to the song Of freedom by the
clanking of the broken chains-then, ah!
then will the cope-stone be set upon it, the
scafolding will fall with a crash, and the
building will stand in its wondrous beauty
before an astonished world" aa
GRAND KNOWN NOTHING Council OF MICH
IeAN.-This body met in Detroit on Tuesday,
and elected delegates to attend the National
Council, New York, on July 18th; after
which the following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The National Council at its
meeting in Philadelphia, in June, 1855, did
by its action undertake to make this order
slavery propagandist, and passed, among
other things in that direction, the 18th Sec
tion so called
Now therefore
Resolved, That by these acts of said Ma
tional Council, a barrier has been raised to
any further affiliation of this State G. with
the N. G. And we do fully approve the ac-
tion of our delegates in Withdrawing from
that body; and we declare this Grand Coun-
Gil sovereign and independent of any body,
except our constituent subordinate agencies.
RESOLVED, That while we prescribe no man
for birth or religion, we will oppose all &C.
clesiastical interference with our politics, and
all dictation, by Priest or Pope to native or
naturalized citizens, as to how their votes
shall be cast in any election. e
Resolved, That we adhere to the doctrine
that Americans should rule America; yet
we recognize as Americans, whether natural
lied or native citizens, all such as proclaim
an open Bible and free schools, and affirm
and support American ideas and principles,
and refuse the dictation of Priest or lordling
to bind the thought and the vote.
RESOLVED That we are in favor of and will
labor for the immediate admission of Kansas
as free State, and wo proclaim eternal hos
tility to the further spread of slavery in terri
tory now free. Adopted.
Nix BARBER's WnL.-The Chicago Dem-
ocrat contains the following synopsis of the
will of Mr.. BARBER, who was last as our
readers remember with the missing Pacific.
The will of the late JABEz BARBER, who,
with his wife and eldest daughter, were
among the passengers of the il-fated steam
er Pacific, was opened before the Probate
Judge for this County, on Friday last. 1t is
dated September 27th 1855, short time
before the departure of Mr.. Barber for Europe.
1t constitutes his wife, Ann Barber, Sylves-
ter Lind, and Samuel S. Slater his executors
Mrs. Barber having been lost with her hus-
band, the duty of executing the will falls up
on the other two. There is one daughter
only left-a child about three years DID,
The value of the estate is estimated at
$25O,0OO. ....f
The will, after making some provisions for
the family during the settlement of the es-
tate, makes the following bequests: To his
sisters, Mary Ann, Lucy and Harriet Barber,
of Birmingham, Eng, and his sister, Eliza
Bell, of Simcoe, G. W., $3.50 per annum
during their lives. To his wife's sister,
Matilda Wilde, of Chicago, $1,000. To the
American and Foreign Missionary Society,
$1,000. To the American Home Missionary
Society, $1,000. To the American Bible
Society, $1,000. To the Third PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Chicago, $4,000. The latter be-
quests are to be paid after three years, and
to bear interest. The residue of the property
is left for the benefit of the family, and as
they, all but the youngest child, shared the
fate of the father, she becomes the sole heir
of this large estate. In case of her dying
without issue, it is to 60 to the nearest of kin.
Eg- Mr.. David Page, died at Ann Arbor,
Mich, lately, in the ninetieth year of his age.
Mr.. Page was born at Bedford, Mass, Feb
ruary 7th, 1776-the same year with John
Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. He
was in bis ninth year at the time of the
memorable march to Concord-heard the
first gun fred and the stirring events that
followed were deeply impressed upon his