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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22
GIT is MORE THAN BLESSED"

Give as the morning that flows out Of heaven
Give as the waves their channel is riven;
Give! as the air and sunshine are given;
Lavishly, utterly, sarelessly give.
Not the waste drops Of thy cup overAowing,
Not the faint sparks of thy hearth ever glowing,
Not pale bud from the June roses blowing;
Give as lie gave thee, who gave thee to live.
Pour out thy love like the rush of river
Wasting its waters, forever and ever,
Thro' the burnt sands that reward not the giver.
Silent or songful, thou nearest the sea,
What If no bird thro' the pearl-rain is soaringl
What if no blossom looks upward adoring?
Look to the life that was la,:.hed for thee
GIVE tho thy heart may bo wasted and weary,
Laid ON an altar all ashen and dreary;
Though from its pulses n faint misersre
Beats to thy soul the sad presage of fate,
Bind it with cords Of unshrinking devotion;
Smile at the song Of its restless emotion;
'Tis the stern hymn of eternity's ocean;
Hear! and in silence thy future await.
So the wild wind strews its perfumed caresses,
Evil and thankless the desert il blesses,
Bitter the wave that its soft pinion presses,
Never it ceaseth to whisper and sing.
What if the hard heart give thorns for thy roses
What if on rocks thy tired bosom reposes?
Sweetest is music with minor-keyed closes,
Faircst the vines that on ruin will cling.
Almost the day of thy giving is over;
Ere from the grass dies the bee-hunted clover,
Thou wilt have vanished from friend and from
lover.
What shall thy longing avail in the grave2
Give as the heart gives whose fetters are break
ing
Life, love, and hope, all thy dreams and thy
waking.
Thou shalt know God and the gift that he gave.
A. w. IL.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22
AGRICULTURAL.
CULTURE OF DucKwHEAT.


This is an important crop, and we pre-
sent a few hints in regard TO its cultiya-
tion and uses, for the consideration of our
readers. The time of sowing varies with
the season and place, but from tho goth
of June TO the 4th of July is regarded as
the best apd most proper season; but we
have known good crops from that sown
on the 18th of July. If sovn too early
it is liable to blast, and if too late, is IL
able to be hurt by frost. The land best
adapted TO this crop is light loan, and
it is also a good crop to subdue and anne
liorate newly cleared or recently drained
land. The general practice among farm
ers has been, TO sow buckwheat on their
poorest land, when there is no crop in fact,
which will better pay for liberal and gen
erous manuring. The quantity of seed
II acre should receive due attention. 1t
is crop that spreads very much, and
therefore less seed is just as good as more.
From repeated trials, we have found that
half bushel is amply sufficient for an
acre of ground-and this, if sown even
ly over that surface, will give rs many
stalks as can comfortably grow; for if n
larger quantity were sown, the growth of
straw would be so abundant chat it wo'd
lodge down, and thus would not fill so
heavily, or ripen so evenly. After being
cut it should lay for number of days up
on the ground, and if out in two or three
showers, no damage is done, if it be turn
ed over so as to dry of. When hauled
into the barn it should be thrashed inn
mediately, as at that time it shells out
more readily, and it can as well be done
then, and it is out of the way. The av-
erage yield is from twenty to twenty five
bushels 52 acre, although some accounts
of the yield of this crop seem almost fab
ulous-one Of which occurs to us at writ
ing-that of Mr.. Samuel Allen, of Ben
ton, Yates county, who in 1855, raised
one hundred anu twenty-seven bushels
from one bushel sowing, on about two and
half acres.
Tho seed is valuable for food to both
man and beast, and the straw, if cut be-
fore being killed by frost, is most excel
lent fodder for sheep, they being particu-
larly fond Of it. 1t seems that this crop
should receive moro attention from our
farmers, as its merits certainly demand.
Country Gentleman.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

FIGHTING ExrRAoRDINARY.-A cores
pondent of the Houston (Texas) Tele-
graph furnishes from the city of Mexico
the following veracious incident:
"Speaking of Ledrones, not week
passes but two or three are shot publicly,
yet they continue to rob, trusting to their
tact TO get them out of difficulty. They
sometimes catch a Tartar. A few
months ago some sixty attacked train
belonging to an American-he killed 81,
of them. A friend, hearing of the fight,
who lived close by went to his aid; wher
he came up he was taking long shots al
them with cannon which he dragged
along behind the train. When his FRIEND
came up he said: "where is your coat
and shirt, &c.p "Used them up for wad
ding" He had stripped himself Of al
but pantaloons and boots"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

BUDs.-Do not pluck those beautiful
and fragrant buds, but let them expand
into the full blown flower. And why
not! They are very beautiful and fra
grant, and if left to expand, their fragrance
soon departs, their fresh tints will be lost,
and the chilly wind of evening will scat
ter their leaves, or the MONDAY sun will
destroy them. God often plucks the buds
in the midst Of their beauty and fragrance,
before they expand and perish. We miss
them from the parent stem, but still re-
member them only in that exquisite fresh
ness in which they were taken from our
gaze.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Soar SUDs.-The value of soap suds,
as an article to be used in irrigating plants
appears not to be generally appreciated.
Suds contains the food Of vegetables in
state of solution and when applied, its
effects are more immediate than those
produced by any other stimulate that
can be used. For irrigating gardens, cs-
pecially during the summer, it is unequal
cd. But when used for this purpose, it
is advisable to let it stand till it becomes
putrid, rs it will, in that condition, act
with greater energy, and prove much more
nutritlve and salutary upon the plants
If your garden beds are infested by in
sects, fresh suds from the laundry, if
sprinkled over them, will prove highly
beneficial in arresting their ravages. IL
should be applied early in the morning to
culmiferous vegetables, and perhaps the
early morning is the best time to apply
it to garden vegetables generally. A
very excellent compost is made by mix
ING common swamp muck and common
barn manure, in equal quantities, and sat
urating the mass with suds. BY daily
cfiusions of this liquid, the compost will
be rendered highly energetic and act with
most excellent effect on any crop.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

WHERE DO THEY STAND 9-Wherc
does the black republican party now stand
upon the Intervention doctrinei Do they
believe that Congress should interfere tc
prohibit slavery in the Territories, or dc
they not? At their State Convention in
Michigan, last August they distinctly re.
affirmed this doctrine. In their late con.
ventions in Kansas, Ohio, and Pennsyl
vania the doctrine has been rcpudiated
and in some of them attempts to intro
duce it have been summarily voted down
Where does the party now stand! In
tervention or no Intervention?
Det. Free Press.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

BEE ITEMs.-Becs may be moved at
pleasure at any season Of the year, if
they are several miles so as to be beyond
their knowledge of the country. They
may be carried long journeys by travelling
nights only, and affording them oppor-
tunity to labor and collect food in the
day time.
Bees should never be irrilatcd Under
any pretence whatever. They should be
treated with attention and kindness
They should be kept undisturbed by cat
tie and all other annoyances, SO that they
may be approached at any time with
safety. weeks
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

CALIFoRYIA OVERLAND MAIL.-To
carry through single mail from ST. Louis
to San Francisco requires the use of l6e
stations, 81 drivers, and 716 horses. The
total number Of horses required on the
route is about 1900.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

The NoRTHERNMosT PAPER.--A news
paper is about to be started, under Cana
dian auspices, at the Selkirk settlement,
on the Red River of the North. The
press and type are now on their way
thither. Mr.. Laurie, late of the Owen
Sound &C.. W. Times, is to be tho edi-
tor. Selkirk is some 450 miles north Of
st. Paul, and has about 10000 inhabi-
tants.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

STocK.-It is never profitable TO breed
inferior animals of any kind; we would
not have them about--at least not longer
than will require to effect improvement.
Even in the breeding Of our native stock,
too little attention is paid to the means of
improvement-they are not used. II u
man is not able TO purchase improved or
blooded stock, he sould not hesitate TO do
the best he may with such as he has
Seek to develop and combine the good
qualities Of all in their breeding.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

ng A few weeks ago, Henry Barows,
of North Easton, Mass, dropped pin
into his left ear, and physicians have Ia
bored in vain 10 reach and remove it;
inflammation has taken place, and il is
feared il will terminare his life.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

ES- The oldest preacher in Philadel-
phia is the Rev. Geo. Chandler, who, in
the course of his ministry, has married
s,l06 couples, and performed funeral ser
vices over the remains Of 5000 persons.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

EE- The largest mirror ever imported
into this country has just been received
from Paris, for the New York Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel, now in process Of completion.
Its dimensions are SO by 1873 inches, and
il cost, exclusive of frame, about 81 500.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Cutler, Warts & Stedgman, Deal
ers in General Merchandise, Pork, Flour, Salt,
Grain, Lumber, Shingles and Lath. Water St.,
Grand Haven, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

J. T. Davis, Merchant Tailor, Dealer
in Gents Furnishing Goods, Broadcloths, Cas-
simeres, Vcstings, &c. Shop, Washington ST.
next door to the Drug Store.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Boot & Shoe Manufacturing and Re
pairing Shop, (up stairs,) over Wallace's
Store. Washington Street, Grand Haven.
S. KINNEY, Foreman. r. G. F0SHA.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Ferry e. Co., Manufacturers of Lum-
ber, Lath, Timber, Pickets, &c, and Dealers
in all kinds Of Merchandise, Provisions, Shin
gle Bolts and Shingles. Ferrysville, White
River Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Rhodes & Co., Wholesale and Retail
Grocers, Provisions and Feed Dealers, First
Street. Grand Haven.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Noah Perkins, Dealer in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Provisions, Crocksry, Hardware,
Boots aud Shoes. &c. Opposite the store Of
j. ii. Newcomb, State ST., Mill Point, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Lewis Porter, Manufacturer of and
Dealer in Clothing Goods. No. l6, Canal St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

William Wallace, Grocer and Pro
vision Merchant. One door below the Post
Office, Washing gton Street.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Above all things never despair; God
S where he was.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Robinson 81 Co., Billiard Saloon, (up.
stairs second door East Of the Ottawa House,
Water Street, Grand Haven, Mich
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Ferry & Son, Manufacturers and
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lumber, Shin
giles, Lath, Pickets, Timber &c. Business Of
fees, Water Street, Grand Haven, Mich, and
236, Adams Street, Chicago, III.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

VIM. M. Ferry Jr., Manufacturer
of Stationary and Marine, high or low press
ure Engines, Mill Gearing, Iron and Brass
Castings, Ottawa Iron Works, Ferrysburg
Ottawa Co., Mich. Post Office address, Grand
Haven. Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Twelve lines or less (Minion) make l square.
Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, $500.
Legal advertising at legal rates, fifty cents per
folio for the first and twenty-five cents per folio
for each subsequent insertion.
Advertisements unsccompanied with written
or verbal directions, viii be published until or
dered out, and charged for. When postpone
ment is added to an advertisement, the whole
will be charged the as for the first insertion.
Job Printing,
All kinds Of Book, Card, Post-Bill, Catalogue
or Fancy Printing done on short notice, and at
reasonable rates. Blanks of all kinds, printed to
order, with neatness and despatch.
Ge- Patronage is respectfully solicited.
Letters relating to business to receive atten-
tion, must be addressed to the Publishers.
BARNS & FoSHA, PUBLISHERS.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
REVERE.

" There are tones that will haunt us, though
lonely
Our path be o'er mountain or sea;
There are looks that will part from us only
When memory ceases 10 be;
There are hopes which our burden can tighten,
Though toilsomo and steep be the way;
And dreams that like moonlight, can brighten
With light that is clearer than day."
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-22

Henry Griffin, Druggist, Commis-
sion Merchant and General Agent. Corner of
Washington and 1st Street.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-12-23
rHE OLD oANoE-

KANSAS STATE GAZETTE
Where the rocks are gray and the shore is steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep;
Where the rugged pine, in its lonely pride,
Leans gloomily over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and rushcs are tall and rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day through
Lays at its moorings the old canoe.
The useless paddles arc idly dropped,
Like sea-bird's wings that the storm hath Topped,
And crossed on the railing one oer one,
Like folded hands when the work is done;
While busily back and forth between,
The spider stretches his silvcry screen,
And the solenn owl with his dull "oo hoo"
Settles down on the side of the old canoe.
The stern, half sunk in the Shiny wave,
Rots slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss crecps DER its dull decay,
Hiding the mouldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants DER the toomb flower,
Or the ivy that mantles the fallen tower;
While many blossom Of lively hue
Springs up DER the stern Of the old canoe.
Tho currentless waters are dead and still
But the light winds play with the boat at will
And lazily in and out again,
It floats the length ofits rusty chain,
Like the weary march Of the hands oftime,
Thatmset and part at the noontide chime;
And the shore is kissed at each turn anew,
BY the dripping bow Of the old canoe.
o, many a time with careless hand
have pulled it away from the pebby strand
Ane padded it down where the stream runs quick,
Where the whirs are wild and the eddics are thick,
And laughed ms leaned Ger the rocking side,
Aud looked below in the broken tide,
To that the faces and the boats were two,
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.
But now, as lean DER the crumbling side,
And look below in the sluggish tide,
The face that I see there is grayer grown,
And the laugh that hear has a sober tone,
And the hands that lent TO the light ,kiff wings,
Have grown familiar with sterner things,
But love to think Of the hours that few,
As rocked where tine whirs their wild spray threw,
Ere the blossoms waved, or the green grass grew
Ger the moldeting stern Of the old canoe.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-12-23
A Catholic Miracle.

The reformed and Romanized Free Low
er, DR.. Nichols in recent lecture at Troy,
N. Y, relates a miracle which was per-
formed in Washington city, and witnessed by
James Buchanan:
A few years ago there lived in the city
of Washington, Il Mrs. Mattinglv, devout
Catholic Of avery respectable family, and
lady well known in the community in which
she resided. She had been sick for seven
years Of cancer of the stomach, which
had progressed so far as make its appear
ance on the surface, and had entirely Grip
pied her in the arms. She was so weak
and low of the disease that often mirror
was placed before her face to see whether
she was alive or not. Her disease was con-
sidered incurable by her medical attendants
iC Washington and she was given over to die.
When there was no other hope her
friends wrote to Hungarian prince, who
was also priest, a very devout and holy
man, whose prayers had often been answered
! in his own country, and the fame Of whose
deeds had spread far and wide, in respect
to her case. He replied that on a certain
day, at n certain hour, he would say mass
in behalf of the sufferer, which should be
celebrated in her presence at the same
time, calculating the difference in longitude,
and that she should also receive the holy
communion. The period fixed upon ar
rived. She lay in bed, and it appeared
that she was never so low as on that morn
ing. The ceremony was performed and
she received the holy communion, although
it was at first doubted whether sho could
survive it. In moment after it was com
pleted she arose from her bed, returned
thanks, went down stairs and received the
congratulations of over three hundred visit
ors who came to rejeice over her recovery.
All symptoms of disease had vanished, the
ulcers had disappeared, and tho cure was
effected instantly. Among those present
on that occasion was President Buchanan
The lady died in Washington three or four
years ago I could mention other cases as
occurring in this country, but this one is
sufficient for my purpose, I bring it forth
rs an attesttion of the divine character o.
the Roman Catholic Church.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-12-23

Citizens Of the Valley Is It not sop Il not this Che chief
reason Why your beautiful country does not prosper like
And then. fcllow-czcns. whom you have suffered your
country tobe filed with negro slaves instead white free
men when its population shall be moely Josephs
coat OF many colorsas gstreaked and speckcd IA
ther Jacobs nock was IN Padan Aram-vhat will the
white basis Of representation avail you you obtain it;
whether obtain II not East Virginia will have t
umphed, rather Slavery will have trumphed and an
Virginia will have become land Of darkness and shadow
OF death.
Then, by a forhearance which has no merit and su-
pineness which has you will have given TO
your children, for their inheritance this lonely land
hlackened with negro populntion-the oscourings nj
Eastern Nirginathe fag-end of Slaverythe oathsome
dregs ofthat Gun Of abnmnaton which has areqdv sick
ened To death the eastern half Of our Commonwealth
Behold IN the east the doleful consequences
ofletnE Slavery grow up 10 an oppre slvc and heart
sckcning burden upon community. Cast II on, West
Vrgnans while yet you have the powers for II you let Il
desceRd unbroken to your children It will have grown
mountain ofmisery upon their heads"
1t appears, then, that the above (which l
venture 10 say is just ms good "treason" as
any that can be found in my book) is the
sort Of Anti-Slavery in which the Governor
elect of Virginia reposes his political faith.
In what respect, then, is John Sherman a
greater traitor than John Lelcher? IF the
former is unfit to be elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives, is not the latter
unfit to be inaugurnted Governor of 'the
Mother of StatesW 1t is to be sincerely
hoped d that our dear sister, Virginia, NAV
suffer no violation of her honor from anv of
the doings of this designing Letcher. Let
him be looked after.
Yours Respectfully,
H. R. HELPER.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-12-23

PAINFUL ACCIDENT To CoNeREssMAK.
We regret to learn, from the Richmond
(Ky.) Messenger, the painful cause of the
absence Of the Hon. Green Adams from
his seat in Congress. The Messenger says:
"The Hon. Green Adams member elect
from this district to Congress, who purposed
reaching this place last Monday. (tle 2sth
ullimo,) on the way to Washington, was pre-
vented from doing so by an alarming acct
dent From private letter we learn that
on Saturday night he went to his law
office in Barbourville to get some papers
which be desired to use, and IN oroninQ
for his candle and matches he stumbled
and fell upon one Of the front posts Of
chair which had been broken aud was
sharp pointed. The point penetrated his
neck, immediately above the collar bone,
and his life for time was utterly despRiFed
of. Eminent physicians from distance
were Immediately sent for 10 aid those Of
Barbourville in his restoration. The last
accounts report him somewhat better, but
far from beiOg Ou1 Of danger"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-12-23

THE GREAT BELL OF BRMAu.-An
East India Missionary writes of celebra-
ted Heathcn temple near Ragoon:
Near this PagoGa is by far the largest
bell | ever saw. It's weight is as written
on the bell 2, 5l4,549. These figures, ac
cording to some mean viss; according to 9th
ers rupees. Taking the lowest estimate
the weight of the bell is over 10000 pounds
| think there is nothing that will compare
with it in England nor in America Some
fifteen or twenty men can stand inside of it
1t contains, according to the inscription, one
hundred and twelve pounds of gold which
would be alone worth over twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-12-23
Agricultural Convention and Lectures
AT Yaie College.

at Naie COlIeSes
1t is proposed to have what may be
termed great agricultural "protracted
meeting" at Yale College during the pres
ent Winter, to last throughout the whole
month of February. The exercises are to
consist of lectures by leading reliable men,
eminent in the different departments of ag-
riculture, horticulture, stock raising, etc.
About eighty lectures are provided for
two to four each day,-each lecture to be
followed by conversational exercises, ques-
tions to the lecturers, and discussions
Twenty or thirty gentlemen, well known in
Agriculture, besides the Professors in Yale
College, are engaged to take part in the ex-
ercises as lecturers and teachers, while nu-
merous other eminent agriculturists and
horticuturists have expressed their inten-
tion TO be present and participate in the
discussions.
Among the lecturers are Lewis F. Allen,
Cassius NJ. Clay and Francis Rotch, on Cat
tie; Sanford Howard and DR.. Gulliver on
Horses; G. L. Flint and others, on the Dai-
ry; the Hon Marshall P. Wilder, DR.. G. w.
Grant, Messrs. P. Barry and r. G. Pardee,
on Fruits; Professor Porter on Organic
Chemistry; Prof. S. w. johnson on Agri-
cultural Chemistry; Prof B. Sillman, Jr,
on Meteorology; J. Stanton Gould on
Grasses and Irrigation; Judge French on
Drainage; Joseph Harris on Cereals; Prof
Brewer on Commercial Plants, FLAX, hemp,
tobacco, etc;) Geo. B. Emerson on Forest
Trees; DR.. Comstock on Fish Culture; Don
aid G. Mitchell ok Marvel on Rural Econ
omy.
The whole is to be free, except the NOM
inal charge of ten dollars or less to meet
the necessary expenses of lecturers and 9TH
er incidentals. The occasion will doubt
less be one of great interest to cultivators
generally, and call together large atten-
dance from all parts of the country. Inqui.
ries with reference TO this project may be
addressed to Prof John A. Porter, New
Haven, Conn.-Agrieulturist.