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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22
he.EaI1e Michigan Ferfy.

The hats intended TO form tho line be-
tween Grand Haven and Milwaukee,, to
complete the western connection OF tho
Detroit and Milwaukee Railway, not
withsianding the positive assertions OF
the western papers, are not being built by
The Railway Company. 1t is true, If we
may take the Buffalo Courier for author
ily, that two steamers are being built in
Chat city to be put on this line. Tie
Courier says: 4. &. ( ~ ~ Ay y
"These two steamers are to be similar
in style and accommodation 10 the royal
steam packets now running between Glas-
gov and Belfast, and which make their
seventeen miles an hour with the certain
iy of n railway train. The boats will
be rugged with two masts, two top-masts,
GAIT, and bowsprit They viii be one
thousand tons burden, and of tho follow
ing dimensions:
Length 2o5 feet.
Breadth Of beam : 81 Z"
Depth of hold Is 1"
Draueht s
sfThey are TO be propelled by beam
engines, with sixty inch cylinders, twelve
feet stroke, and wheels thirty-six feet in
diameter. The boilers are 10 be tubular.
The steamers will be able to make from
sixteen to twenty miles an hour. Each
one viii have accommodation for one hun
dred and fifty first class passengers, hav-
ing twenty state rooms on deck, and six
ty-six berths in the lower cabin. They
are to be built in the most thorough and
substantial manner, and when complete
and furnished will cost from S240, 600 tC
$250,O00 each"
Though intended for use on this route
these boats are to be owned by private
individuals. The Railway Company is
in no ways interested in their ownership
of this we were aware when we penned
the former article. The Great Western
Railway Company, which now has tho
control and management of the Milwau,
kec Road, have had ample experience IL
steamboating, and will not, if it can bC
avoided, invest any moro money in such
enterprises, however spccious the occa
sion. Free Press, Detroit.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PHILADELPHIA.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.


.yIN0 al persons afflicted with Sexual Disca.
l. scs such as Seminal Weakness, Impotence.
Gonorrhea, elect, Syphilis, the Vice Of Oman
ism, or Self Abuse, Re-, &c.
The Howard Association, in view Of the NV
ful destruction Of human life, cnused by Sexual
diseases, and the deeeptors practitcd upon the
unioftunate victims of such diseases by Quacks,
heve directed their Consulting Surgeon, as y
charitable act worthy of their name, 10 give
medical advice gratis, to all persons thus allie
ted, who apply by letter, with description Of
their condition, (age, occupation, habits OF life,
&c.,) and in cases Of extreme poverty and suff-
criug. to f,gIiish aledisiaos free ofckags. 81
The Howard Association is benevolent In
stitutution, established by special endowment
for the rel;efof the sick and distressed afflicted
with "Firulent aud Epidemic Diseases 1t
has now n surplus Of means, which tho Diroc-
tors have voted to expend in advertising tho
above notice. tits needless to add that tho As
soeial0n commands tho highest Medical skill
Of the age, and will furnish the most approved
modern treatment.
just Published, BY tho Association, report
on Spcrmctorrhma, or Sensual Weakness, tho
vice Of 0unnisnf, Naturalization or Self-Abusc,
and, other Diseases Of tho Sexual Organs, by
the Consulting Surgeon, which viii be sent BY
mail Tin scaled cnvolope.) Free OF Charge,
on tho receipt Of TWO STAMPS for postage
A1drefs, DR. Geo. r.. Calhoun, Consulting
Surgeon, No. 2 South Ninth Street, Philadel-.
pha, Pa. by order Of tho Directors.
N GEO. FAIRCHILD, seercinfy.
MI - EZRA d. HEARTWELls Presidents
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

A WIDOWS FIDELITY-"Bufleigh, "
of the Boston Journal, states, that Mrs.
Goodman, the N;i6sdfthe eloquent Meth
odist clergyman ylszseas lost in the Pres
ident, has never gt,, sup the ideh that
he is safe and VIII e< dlnc home. tits
now eighteen years sirkat the President
went down, but her faitlfsn bis ultimate
return has never been shaken. His plate
is regularly set at the table, his chair
awaits his coming, and the ringing of the
door-bell rouses the flush to her check,
and each step on the outside seems tosay
the long absent one has come home. =
Those years Of mental anguish, who can
tell the woe crowded into them Who
can fathom the sorrow of that hope so
long defcrrcd But it presents a bright
Wow of the happiness of that home in
other days, from which the husband and
father has been so long away.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

a YoUTnFuL MorHER.-The official
return Of the oyerseers Of the poor, in the
town Of Taunton, Mass, mentions that
Elizabeth Drayton was eleven years old
The oath day Of May, 1858, and became
the mother of Horace White Drayton, on
the first dayof February, 1s5s--ttre.
months and twcaty.tour days before Skt
was eieven years old!
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22
CIRCULAR.


THE Detroit Free Press has recently been i'm
l. proved in all its departments. with the pur-
pose Of making il complete newspaper. In
point Of local, general aud commercial intclli-
gcnce IL is designed that it shall not be surpass-
ed. 1t secures the latest adviees by telegraph
from all parts Of the country, and the compile
ton of the Ocean telegraph will enable IL to lay
before the reader in each daily issue the intell-
gonce of events in Europe of the previous
day. 1t maintains correspondents at Washing
ton and Lansing during the sessions Of Congress
and the Legislature, and furnishes full reports of
the proceedings Of those bodies. Its reports of
the markets arc elaborate, and unwearied pains
are taken TO make them wholly trustworthy
The Free Press is what it has always been IN
politics, II is devoted 10 the doc
trincs Of State Rights and Popular Sovereignty,
and exerts its influence TO allay sectional an
tipathy and strife and TO restore the fraternal
relations Of all the States. Touching State af-
fairs, whatever the party in power, it insists up
on frugal management and strict accountability
of the public officers
The Detuoit Daily Free Press
Is issued every morning except Mondays, ut
SIX DOLLARS per year, Invariably ia advance.
1t is printed on fine white paper, with now type,
and contains from fourteen 20 eighteen columns
Of reading matter.
The Detroit Tri-Weelily Free Press
Is issued on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings, at THREE DOLLARS per year, invari-
ably in advance. It's the same size Of the daily,
and contains all the reading matter OF that issue.
II is designed more especiallyforcountry circu-
latien and 70 the person who cares not for dali
| ly paper, and yet is not contcDt with weekly,
tits a most acceptable sheet. II furnishes the
latest intelligence received by telegraph and the
mails up 10 tho hour Of going topress.
The Detroit Weekly Free Press
Is published ON Monday mornings, at 0xE Doll
Lar per year, Invariably in advance. Itismade
up of the choicest matter Of the daily issue. and
contains tho latest Geographic intelligence and
full market reports. But few Advertisements
arc admitted into its columns, SO that an i'm
mense amount Of reading matter Is furnished
Il is the cheapest weekly newspaper published
| in the West.
The mail facilities Of the greater part Of the
Lower Peninsula have been SO greatly improved
by tho completion of railroads that The Free
| Pyss reaches very large number Of post Offices
ON tho day Of is rublieution. #
i Address, .I.-
w. r. STORY,
6r NIL E4itr and Proprietor.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

DEATH FROM WANT OF SLEEP.-The
question, how long can n person exist
without sleep, is one oftener asked than
answered, and the difficulties and inhu-
mauity OF answering the question by ex-
pertinent would seem to leave it ever I'M
solved. A recent communication TO a
British society to answer the inquiry, in
description of a cruel mode of punish
ment peculiar to, and we believe original
with, the Chinese. 1t appears that a
Chinese merchant had been convicted OF
numbering his wife, and was sentenced IL
die by being totally deprived of the priv
ilege of going to sleep. This painful and
singular mode Of quitting an earthly ex-
istence was carried into execution at
Annoy under the following circumstances
"1he condemned was placed in prison
under the care Of three of the police
guard, who relieved each other every al
ternate hour and who prevented the pris-
oner from falling asleep, night or day.
He thus lived for nineteen days without
enjoying any sleep. AT the commence
ment of the eight day, his sufierings were
so intense that he implored the authori-
tiles to grant him the blessed opportuui-
ty of being strangulated, garroted, guillo-
tined, burned 20 death, drowned, shot,
4uartercd, blown up with gunpowder, oil
put to death in any conceivable manner
which their humanity or ferocity could in
vent. This will give slight idea of the
horrors of death from want of Sleep
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

UsEFuL HooPs.---Julia Smith, n nro-
fcssional thief, was arrested in Cincinss,;
day or two since, and under her hoops
were found, carefully stowed three towels,
Two table cloths, ono looking glass, three
tumblers, one pair Of pants, a bottle Of
MADEIRA vino.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

Ezr The contracts for the building Of
the two boats for the western connection
Of the Detroit aud Milwaukee Railway
have been duly executed at Buffalo, and
the first installment paid TO both ship and
engine builder. Press, Grand Rapids.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

RF- Ah," said an EngIishman, the
other day, 81 belong 70 country upon
which tho sun never SETS" "And L."
said Yankee, belong to country of
which there can be no correct map--it
grows so fast that surveyors can't keep up
with it."
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

a Girl, twelve years old, fell upon a
pair Of scissors, in New York, while play
my. Tho iugular vein was pierced md
she blcd 10 death.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22


wooden buildings. The streets are gen
orally wide and well severed, but are not
paved. 1t is probable that the popula-
ton is between 100000 and 1000, 900.
There is neither beauty or splendor to be
found there. The exterior of the houses
is the same as those you saw at Simoda
and Kanagawa, and the interiors arc quite
as destitute of furniture or ornament
Even the palace of the Emperor is built
81 unpainted wood, and is equally bare Of
any furniture. The golden columns and
roofs spoken of by old writers have van
ished, if they ever existed, and am as
sured by the japanese that their build
ings and mode of living are precisely the
same they have been for the last five hun
drcd years"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

JAPAS.-The following extracts are
taken from n letter written by Consul
General Harris to an officer of the United
State. navy who served in Che Japan ex-
petition:
81 have visited the city of Yedo twice,
and have had an audience of the Emper-
or. passed nearly six months in Yedo,
during my two visits, and succeeded at
! :, in making commercial treaty that
l lS 05 6SS Japan to our enterprising cti-
zo'ls, s snu Jugs Japan fairly into the
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

efE- Ezekiel Miller, of South IIadlcy
Fails Mass, formerly a minister, then =
iawyer am Of late a farmer, has elopcd
WIN WIN ms hl , girl, taking his two chill
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

E1' II IS impossible to make people
understand their ignorance; for it requires
knowledge "a perceive il; and therefore
he that can perceive Il hath il not.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

aS- Tho Black s.,,,y L,s hesr
swindled BY her busibcssS,,ccnt out d
$4,000.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22
a NEW ARRAN GEM NT.
The "South" and the States
Il Q b Il Q Q N Q LID AT Il d


Ar arrangement has been concluded between
r. A. PRYoR, editor of the Richmond South, and
the proprietor Of this paper, The States, by
which the South and the States are to be eonsoli-
dated into one paper to be published in this city
in an enlarged form, and to be under tho editor
ial control Of Mr.. PaYoR.
The Paper pW be The organ Of no person or
clique, but deroted to tho general interests n the
Democratic party, in accordance rih hc princi-
pies Of .State-rights Democracy.
Mr.. Pryor will undertake the editorial con-
troll OF the paper between the Goth Of this month
and the LIST of December.
twill be continued under the name of "TIIE
STATES, and published on the following terms;
One copy u year Sc 90
Two copies q year 10 90
SEMI-wEEKLY:
One copy % year 90
One copy q year 2 90
Five copies to a club co
Ten copies to a club - 90
Twenty copies to a club 20 90
SESSION PAPER
As the proceedings Of tie Coming Congress
will be Of great interest to the whole country,
- The States" will keep its readers fully advised
upon all subjects which may be discussed by
The price OF subscriptions for the session will
be as follows:
Daily--0ne copy 90
(" Two copies 3 90
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-Four copies to a club 3 90
Weekly-0necO copy so
d" Five copies to a club - 2 90
Seventeen copies to one address 400
l.S~ Postmosters who will forward us club
of subscribers to our Weekly for one year, at the
club prices, will be entitled to copy Of the
Weekly States for one year.
IsS-Al letters, in relation to the new arrange
ment, should be addressed to PRYoR & HESS,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

URAND TRuSK RArLwAY--NovEL
MobE OF FERRYIxG.- Grand Trunk
Railway are constructing ferry at Port
Huron Of u somewhat novel style, altho
not new one. This consists of boat
driven by the force Of the current alone,
in the following manner:
A wire cable, half n mile or moro in
length, is anchored above the ferry, in the
middle of The river, reaching down stream
10 the boat, with which it is connected.
BY a very simple continuance the boat is
placed in position, with the bow heading
az an angle of forty-fye degrees to the
current, which, striking on the side of
the boat, drives it across, the cable keep
ing il from going down stream. The boat
thus swings backward and forward like
pendulum, the position being changed
rs often MS il reaches either shore, so as
70 drive il back. TLe place selected is at
the rapids, above Port huron, whore the
current is very strong and tns river mar
row.
The same species of ferry-boats &C
used in Iowa, in crossing the small rivers
sol watcr that State. In those cases.
90 r,;Pco1 uiffssipg narrow, cable IS stretch
fncpsittTl,.e!p ~. feet above the sur
/, aca Which a pdisn IN, runs -eassA ~
10Th. which is connected with the boat
by a line about fifty feet long, holding it
up against the current. 1t is avery cheap
and primitive style of ferriage.
Free Press, Detroit.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22

Il AIDES SHOES --Ladies' Caters for six
Il sbilhngs; also a large lot Of shoes OF every
description, equally az cheap. % W -
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-22
TCincinnati Enquirer.

what q sad picture eff restitution and
misery is here presented! Truly intern
perance is q monster vice. It's victims
number millions.
The daily Butte record., 1858-06-30

TIE EFFECTS or FRAzER.-One day last
week, Constable Purcell had occasion to sell
lot Of bricks, numbering one hundred
thousand. They were bid off by Mr.. Brooks
for one hundred and three dollars, or one
dollar and three cents per thousand! On
Monday. deputy Sheriff Hedges sold under
execution a large lot Of lumber and logs at
Garriot,'s mill. Choice flooring and clear
pine planks sold at from five to eight dollar s
per Thousand feet, and saw logs sold, most
Of them, at an avarage Of fifty cent? a piece
The i'll wind blowing from the North may
perhaps result proftably to those who take
Advantage of the low prices of staple comodi-
ties
The daily Butte record., 1858-06-30
Notice TO Subscribers.

Persons desirous to subscribe for thu
with this Office are requested not to commu.
nicate or transact there business with us
through the Alta Express.
Notice is also hereby given TO all persons
having business with this Office not to make
payments for subscriptions to any other
parties than N. d. witt or John Davis.
As We have changed carriers some Of our
subscribers may fail to receive their rnpers
with regularity. Such parties will please
notify US
The daily Butte record., 1858-06-30

THG BLurvPaospEcrING The great shaft
that is being sunk to the bed rock on the
bluff. 10 already some fifty feet in depth,
The water having prevented further imme-
diats operations high flame has been erect
"a and . large overshot wheel Is being con-
structed with which to obtain power to work
pump. This wheel. which Is ia sight Of our
oliss, is some forty feet in diameter. and
viii probably be working In the course Of q
wesk. Let II once be ascertained that the
bsd rock under tho bluff Is covered with a
rich stratum Of dirt as is supposed. aud
ofoviliss future property is surety.
The daily Butte record., 1858-06-30

one of the officers of the military company
by policeman.
The trial of Gen. Vim. Walker, at New
Orleans, for a violation Of the Neutrality
laws. has resulted as was anticipated. in the
disagreement Of the jury, only two being in
favor Of a conviction and ten for acquittal
A new trial was urged imme ediately by Walk.
er, but the District Attorney entered mol.
ie prosequi'
The people Of Maryland have voted against
calling convention to revise the State Con.
stitution by large majority.
Kansas.
The Board Of Commissioners appointed
under the Act Of Congress Of May 4th, com.
menced on May 24.h, Mt Lecompton, Kansas
and agreed that the election ordered by Con-
gress, in which the people will determine
| whether or not they will accept the LoeOmp-
ton Constitution, shall be held on the FIRST
Monday in August.
The war spirit is up again Kansas. Five
Free State men were recently shot dead
md FIVE others badly wounded by q party
under Missourian named Brockett. One
account states that these people were captu-
red while peaceably at work in their fields,
and marched to q ravine, where they were
deliberately shot dead. While another has
it that they were killed in fair fight.
The Mormon War.
Later advices from Utah, report the ex-
pulsion Of Governor Cummings from Salt
Lake City by the Mormous, who are said ia
show fight again. Troops are about moving
from Fort Leavenworth for the land of the
Saints.
? Europe.
Advces from Europe are to the 22I oi
May.
A resolution Of censure against the Indi-
an policy Of the Government had been deba
ted in the Parliament Of Great Britain, and
was withdrawn SO the Derby Ministry
stands for the present
The contract between the Atlantic Tele
graph Company aud the English Govern
ment was signed by the Lords Commssi
ers Of the Treasury and Directors Of th'
Company on May Goth. 1t is for period o
twenty five years from the time the cable
shall be successfully laid down.
The Telegraphc fleet had all assembled
Mt Plymouth and would sail on an expert
mental trip in few days.
, The Duchess Of Orleans is dead
Z The Turks have been badly beaten by tn,
Montencgrins.
The daily Butte record., 1858-06-30
Comm untcatcd.


Mn EDIroR :-Dogtown is certainly pro-
life in the manufacture of lille gossip, and
malicious falsehood, but do not wish to put
the whole population of the place in that
category, for Dogtown, from its earliest in.
fancy, has always had the reputation Of
rearing more dogs than any other town in
the State. but learned this morning on
taking up your valuable paper that cur
from the above mentioned place writing over
the letter II had the malignity to spit bis
venom on the fair fame OF Mrs c., lady
who left hero u few days since, with the in
tention Of returning Mt stated timo to unite
her destiny with mine OF course am not
particularly anxious to give publicity to the
affair, at the same time do not wish that
Misrepresentation and fal.ehood should
magnify tho thing above its due proportions.
Your correspondent stated that tho lady
in question, lef: with $500 of my money to
aid her in her fight to Frazer River, which
is as foul falsehood as was ever germinated
in the brain of demon. She carried none
of my money with her, for she no doubt had
plenty Of her own to take her Independently
wherever she wanted to go-yet if she had
needed the money she could have had more
than that. She wrote me letter from Ma
rysvillc stating the circumstances that con-
spired to prevent her temperance at ln-
skip to fulfil her vows, and her explanation
is perfectly satisfactory to me. wish your
correspondent to understand further, that
had no disappointed hopes to wash away with
generous wine, because am satisfied with
the reasons the lady assigned for her ao-
sence.
Ofcourse we had good supper, and hope
under the circumstances that my friends en-
joyed it together with the generous wine.
My object in writing this is to exoneratc
the lady from any thing like blame. or Grim
inality in the matter, for il there is any
trait in the character Of man, which should
brand him with the epithet of puppy. it is
capacity and disposition to slander an un-
offending woman. When man is slandered
he can resort to the we'll known bowie knife
and revolver to silence in the dust forever
the foul tongue of the slanderer. but an un'
protected woman must suffer the agony to
be piled on adlibitum.
All great writers in every age have con-
Cured in the proposition that "the course Of
true love never did run smooth" consequent.
ly Mr.. II. Dogtown had better not medile
in a course Of love the current Of which he
is utterly incapable of understanding.
When woman is in the case, and has
been injured, she will find in me heart tC
sympathise in her wrongs, and an arm tC
raise in her deicaee. Why, woman is sub.
lime When We look back through the an
nails Of history and behold Ceres with her
sheaf of wheat Dianna with her bended
bow. Minerva all purity, Venus arising
from the crowning foam of the deep blu,
sea, sad Andromache and lovely Helen, WI
involuntary exclaim, Woman is sublime"
, JAMES BRIGGS
The daily Butte record., 1858-06-30

TRAcRp UP Qua TuaKxys.-Twos speoial !
detectives went to Chinatown yesterday and
arrested four Cinnamon found In possession Of
Ieertain feathers which have been identified
as belonging TO the turkeys that were stolen
q week since from our Seniors premises
The Celestials admit that the feathers be.
longed to certain turkies that they had
bought from n white man, and said they had
q bill Of sale for them. They we're taken be-
fore Justice Berry and are yet in custody,
We believe they are the thieves, and hope to
zee them sent either to Bangor. San Quentin
or Fraxer--the fowl mouthed scoundrels-
The daily Butte record., 1858-06-30

OuR CANpipArE-Eow that IL is pretty
generally agreed upon by the Press through
cut the State, that an Editorial convention
must be held in Marysville during the Great
Fair week, como Of the papers have com
menced log-rolpg tor officers, and the
FGreman's Journal has proposed Lawrence,
Of the Wide HEST, as candidate for Presi-
dent Now We have no doubt Mr.. Law
renee would greatly grace the presidential
chair, but We cant vote for him while Gen.
Allen lives, moves and stradl,cs the tripod
\" Age before beauty" is tho motto, and we
know the General to be old enough TO merit
precedence of auybody's beauty, and hand
some enough to make him an ornament TO
any position Not only do the Generals
virtues and long services entitlc him to the
Presidency, but thon the convention will be
held upon his stamping ground and il for no
other reason than that he is entitled to the
distinguished consideration Of the corps
We nominate GENERAL JAMES ALLEN. as
candidate for President Of the Editorial con-
vention. Have we second II