The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-12-07
Grand Rapids correspondence.


general stagnation of business. In this
last condition, however, we are no worse
off than any other city. of the West, if as
badly of, as, with the aid of smoked
glass, one may still see that the corpora
ton "wiggles" little, if il does not alb
solutely move. For instance-R. But
rERwoRTH, the Iron Works proprietor,
has erected q tower, sunk well to the
rock, and will begin to bore for salt in a
week or two.
The "Old Serb" salt well is finished,
and very creditably, too; and the COM
pany will commence manufacturing salt
as soon as the most vigorous industry can
prepare the necessary works. Mr.. Serb
NER is really pushing forward this enter
prize with great and commendable vigor;
and, in view of the low price at which
the manufactured article will soon be
furnished, any miserable yagabond who
is said to be "not worth his salt" may
be set down as so poor that his carcass
cannot be sold for manure.
DANIEL BALLS new Bank Building has
been rooted, and is being rapidly finished.
In the way of public entertainments,
we are well provided for the present.
Prof. YoUMANs-the distinguished chem
ist--is to lecture here tonight.
The lnuch-talked-of Old Folks Concert
takes place, in Luces Hall, on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, next week.
"Old Brown" is to be executed to-day
so we may expect the last news of the
Virginia Outbreak this week. That the
misguided old man will meet his fate "as
best becomes a soldier" dying
e As erring man should die,
Without display-without parade"
there is no doubt; yet il seems to me,
that, in the awful and immediate presence
of death, he must lose his fanaticism, if
but for n moment, and behold his acts in
clearer light of that eternity into which
he is about to be plunged.
We look for the Presidents Message
early next week. A paragraph is going
the rounds of the press, to the effect that
it will be much shorter than any of its
predecessors from the same source; but,
as all the avenues by which tho document
might be approached, have been carefully
guarded, l am of the opinion that the
paragraph in question is incorrect.
In my last, / spoke in terms of COM
mendation of the poems of Mrs. Boss.
Do not think, by this, that commend
her political versifcation, by any means.
Politics and poetry have none of the ele-
ments of union, and whoever forces them
into conjunction may be sure that each is
degenerated by the process. But nobody
can find fault with Mrs. B. for writing
what she may be pleased to style "politi-
cal poetry" since it is an amusement
which, while it pleases her, can possibly
harm nobody, who would be considered
worth harming. INDUCED in the same
foolishness, myself shortly after bought
my first razor, and have been ashamed of
it ever since. The idea Of poetizing pol
itics is born of the same desire which an
imates boy when he first assumes the
full glory Of boots-as soon as he becomes
a little accustomed to their unwonted
shine" he is strongly impolled to kick
something. So, rs soon as an author or
authoress begins to be assured that they
can write with force or elegance, they in
wardly burn with a desire to "write
down" somebody or something; and like
the boy, are aiterward ashamed to find
that the kick is quite as likely TO iniure
their own toes as the object of their dis
pleasure.
The accident to the Milwaukee is
much commented upon, and greatly de-
plored by all our citizens and business
men. If she should be finally abandoned,
we should feel, quite as keenly as you of
Grand Haven, the loss 10 the interests of
the travelling public and the people of the
Valley.
A movement is on foot TO procure the
closing of our stores and business places
Mt an earlier hour in the evening, though
whether it will be successful is quite
doubtful.
We have taken upon ourselves new
institution, properly belonging to cities,