The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-08-17
PLEASURE EXCURSION TO NEWARK.

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at 1l:l5 A. NJ, per steamer Huron, for
the mouth of the Kalamazoo. The morn
ing was as beautiful as the most devoted
lover Of pleasure excursions could desire,
which, added to the well known politeness
of Capt MoRoAN and his crew, promised
to the company season of recreation
and enjoyment. The scenery along the
route was of course not Of the most inter
esting character; for glance over the
broad expanse of water which was the on
ly thing to be seen on tho west, was all
that was necessary to reveal allthe beau
ties il had to present. Had the lake had
on few vhite caps it would have given
us something more of variety The sand
hills, however, afforded little more Of
thought for colloquial discussion. First
their height could be estimated, and
among the estimates which / heard, near
ly all the figures from thirty to one hun
bred and fifty feet weie used, which | pre-
sumo were nearly correct, if the different
figures were distributed with the different
hills; then the form of these peculiar for
nations, as seen from the lake, which TAX
en- in connection with the well known
gradual ascent of all these hills on the
lake side, and the abrubt and steep as
cent on the land side, suggested the tho't
that at some points the hills had Mt some
time extended out further occupying
space now covered by water--for many
Of them, having an altitude of from fifty
TO one hundred feet, have almost perpen-
dicular lake sides; and, too, the irregular
ity of their outline suggested some tho'ts,
and to mind slightly tingcd with the
curious, formed various WIS, Ms aud other
figures, recalling 10 mind the days when
we traced such pictures on the Goals in the
old-fashioned fre-places Besides these
things, the different kinds of timber, the
decreasing height Of the sand hills as we
approached the several streams that run
into the lake, and their immediate eleya-
ton to greater height on the south side
Of tho streams, and the little settlements
and ports all afforded us topics of CONVEX
sation. At about one o'clock we met the
schooner Nm. Tell, the only vessel that
We saw while outward bound, except a
small sloop. We had expected TO give
our neighbors at Holland passing coll,
but time forbade.
The scene on board was moro interest
ing than that presented by tie water or
shore, rs it had more of humanity in il
and humanity, as manifested on such
occasions, sometimes affords useful less
ons as well rs amusing incidents. The
fact that those who are usually sober and
dignifed are ON such occasions often as
merry as the most jovinl, and seem to feel
none of the restraint that generally con-
trolls their conduct, suggests the question,
"Should we leave our sclfrespect when
we 90 from home; or, is it wise to be more
sedate at home than we should be
abroadr | will not pbilosoplizo upon
the subject, however. The amusements
of the occasion consisted chiefly of social
chit-chat, with slight sprinkling of card
playing by small elite of our Muskegon
friends. AT about two o'clock we arrived
at the mouth of the Kalamazoo.
Its entrance is very narrow-only
about thrice or four times the width Of
the Huron--but soon widens out to about
twenty rods wide. 1t continues this
width up rs far rs Newark, with only a
little variation. On the left ut the mouth
stands the old stone house, once connect
cd with the lighthouse, which blew down
about year ago, aud two other small
buildings. On the opposite side there
are seven little houses, which judge be-
long to fishermen. Soon after entering
the river it winds around northward, then
southwark, forming an COX bow" on tho
left hand side Of which, between the river
and lake, there is low ridge of sand hills,
and on the opposite side, within the
bow, a small bayou and high hill
covered with scrubby pines and small
bushes. AT the bottom of the bow there
are two steam mills and four or five
houses. This clump of buildings with
those at the mouth constitute Singapore.
From the mouth 10 Newark, some four