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The national Republican., 1861-07-16
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il wculd-have u bad effect, aud tend to lead to
q military despotistn.
Mr.. WILSON was not devotedly attached to
tho officers Of the army. i'is admiration tor
them had not increased by experience. he
thought the Government had not watched over
the interests of its officers as it ought to. We
have about fifteen thousand miles Of territory,
and We had last year in the army fifteen thousand
men, or one man to mile. We have three
thousand miles square Of territory and thirty
millions of Inhabitants, and yet people indulge
| in the idea that an army Of thirty or forty thou
sand men will be dangerous to our liberties.
| On motion Of Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE a bill
to legalze certain acts Of the President was
| made the special order for to morrow, at one
o'clock. He wished to make remarks upon the
bill.
Mr.. HOWE moved to amend the amend.
ment, so that one year after the ipsurrection
shall be suppressed the army may be reduced as
Congress may direct. Mr.. II. spoke at some
length in favor Of his amendment, claiming
that circumstances might render it necessary to
keep larger standing army for service on the
frontier and other purposes.
| The amendment was adopted.
The amendment of Mr.. King as thus amend
ed, was then agreed to-ayes %, noes lS.
Mr.. CHANDLER introduced q bill to pro.
vide for the confscation Of property in rebel
States. Referred to the Committee on the Ju.
dietary.
On motion of Mr.. FESSENDEN, the loan
bill was taken up and passed.
On motion of Mr.. HALE, the Senate went
into Executive session.
The national Republican., 1861-07-16

A story is going the rounds charged to the
account of Governor Wright, the American
Minister at Berlin, who is from Indiana Two
European diplomats we're talking about the
Governor, and one of them who knew him, and
who had just told the other that the Governor
spoke neither French nor German, and English
but indifferently, was asked by the other what
language he did speak. "Why, Indiana, |
suppose was the reply.
The national Republican., 1861-07-16

Broadcloths Of cottonwarp
costing in Engand AZ
cts. per yard "a 60
Do. costing rs cts. "a Al
Fine broadcloths, all wool, "a 80 to 80
The finer goods, it will be perceived, pay the
less duty-a discrimination manifestly against
the poor, and in favor of those who dress in the
best rsiment
Compare also the duties on blankets, an ar.
ticle of general consumption Under the tariff
of 1857, blankets paid fifteen per cent. ad "a.
loren; under the tariff of 1861, they pay mixed
rates of duties graduated according to their
cost abroad
aai'gg ~! 1gsgq Is5,q ;sgs,,s Bon sq'ss g
peril dd rdl al ral M
Blankets, viz;
/. Costing per 10. 2s cts.
and under ........ ..,l5 &C. 10 40
9. Costing per ID. 2s cts.
and over to 40 cts...l5 &c. IS 40
3. Costing per lb over
40 cts..... .... ...o.l5 l2c. 20 As
In the above list blankets of the cost first
mentioned pay, under the tariff Of 1861, as
compared with the tariff of 1867, an increase
sf duty equal to l66 per cent. So of the sec.
eud. The third description pays an increase
Of duty equal to 200 per cent 1t is under the
last description that bed blankets fall, in which
the American manufacture successfully com.
peted with the foreign goods, when the rate
was Is per cent. 1t is stated that duty of
20 per cent. would amount to positive prohi.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23
The Mouth Of London.

DR.. Winter, in his Curiosilies Of Civ
ilization," gives some most marvellous but
truthful statements respecting the mode
in which civilization has perfected the
means of supplying London and IFS sub
urbs with food and drink. Take the ar
ticle of fish, for instance. In the proper
season one hundred tuns of herrings are
sent from Yarmouth every day TO Lon
don by railroad, making $4,000 tuns
yearly. -Four thousand tuns of mackerel
and other fish are sent annually TO Bill
lingsgate BY railroad fiom the south coast
of England. The Southwestern rail
way sends up annually four thousand
tuns of mackerel and other fish, the gath
erings of the south coast; the North
Western collects over night the " catch |"
from Ireland, Scotland aud coast of north
east coast of England, three thousand
five hundred and seventy-eight tuns, prin-
cipally of salmon, while the Great Nor
thern delivers three thousand two hun
dred and forty-eight tuns of like sea pro-
duce. The Great Western takes up the
harvest of the Cornish and Devonshire
coasts, chiefly mackerel aud pilchards, to
the amount Of one thousand five hundred
and sixty tuns in the year; and the
Brighton and South Coast railway con-
veys fifteen thousand bushels of oysters,
beside four thousand tuns of other fish.
Smells and eels are brought in Dutch
boats. Dutch eels, DR.. Winter says,
constitute much of the soup which peo-
pie too hungry TO be critical mistake for
ox-tail or calves head" Thirty thousand
Holsters are received in London every
night during the season.
To provide all the cockneys with cut
at ga joint" a million and half of
sheep, more than a quarter of a million
of oxen, and calves and pigs in proper
ton, are sold in Smithfeld during the
year, and slaughtered in London; and
about ,hirty-eight thousand tuns of
country killed meat are brought up in ad-
dition, by railroad, TO the metropolis.
The quantities of game and wild birds
which there find market are equally
surprising. After few successful battues
in the Highlands, il is not at all unusual
for one London firm TO receive five thou
sand head of game, and as many as
twenty to thirty thousand larks are often
sent up to the market together. Osteud
sends annually six hundred thousand
rabbits. Ireland sends large focks of
plovers, and quails are brought from
Egypt and the South of Europe, Some
seventeen thousand quails on one occa-
sion descended upon London via Liver
pool, whittier they had been brought
from the Roman Campaign. Of the
two million fowls that every year flank
the boiled tongues on the tables Of the
residents Of London, by far the greater
number are drawn from the counties Of
Suny and Sussex. Ireland also sends
much poultry, No less than fourteen
hundred tuns Of chickens, geese and ducks
are taken to London annually by the
Great Western railway.
In washing these edibles down their
throats the Londoners consume, in addi-
ton TO wine, nearly a thousand million
tumblers of ale and porter
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

ANCESTORS OF WAsHINeToN AND
FRANKLiN.-In bis "Life of Washing
ton Everett furnishes the following:-
at may be mentioned as somewhat
striking fact, and one, l believe, not
hitherto adverted to, that the families of
Washington and Franklin-the former
the great leader of the American Revo-
luton, and the latter not second to any
of his patriotic associates-were estab-
lished in the same central county Of
Northampton, and within few miles of
each other; the Washingtons, at Brigh-
ton and Sulgraye, belonging to the land
ed gentry of the country, and in the
great civil war supporting the royal side (;
the Franklins, at the village of Ecton,
living on the produce of farm of thirty
acres and the earnings of their trade as
blacksmiths, and espousing-some of
them, at least, and the father and uncle
of Benjamin Franklin among the num-
ber---the principles of non-comformists.
Their respective emigrations, germs Of
great events in history, took place-that
Of John Washington, the great-grand
father of George, in 1857, 10 loyal Viz
ginia; that of Josiah franklin, the father
of Benjamin, about the wear 1895, to the
metropolis of Puritan, New England.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23
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Roll called. All present except tho
supervisor from Polkton, Mr. Sumner, Il
The supervisor from Spring Lake, Mr.
Ferry, offered the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That in the opinion Of the
Board il would be for the best interest OF
the county TO receive the sum Of five
hundred dollars from the obligors, in two
certain recognizances, in the case Of the
/" People vs.. James M. Patclin," and ii
such au arrangement eau be legally en-
tered into 10y the proper officers, il would
be advisable and preferable to further de
lay and litigation in the matter.
Adopted. aiiv h. 81
Yeas-S. muq No.,
Nays. t,.,...
The Committee on, Claims presepted
the following as proper demands against
the County, and the same were allowed
as reported by the Committee aia a
See list Of accounts.
A communication was presented from
the township of Ra,enna, praying that
some arrangement be made whereby said
township of Ravenna can get the amount
due from the County of Ottawa, .jl
Laid on the table.
On motion,
Adjourned till ! o'clock p. NJ. ~
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Board met pursuant TO adjournment
Called to order by the Chairman.
Roll called. Eleven members pres
ent.
Mr.. Roost's bond as County Treasu-
rer was again presented and amended
so as to read 5000, and
On motion,
Was approved, as follows:
Yeas-Allendale, Chester, George
town, Holland, jamestown, Olive, Polk
ton, Tallmadge, Wright, and iceland
10.
No nays. -Four members absent.
Mr.. Parks bond rs County Treasurer
was also again presented and amended so
as TO read $4,000, instead of $4,000.
The supervisor from Ottawa, Mr..
Barns, moved that Mr.. Parks bond be
approved.
The supervisor from jamestown, Mr..
Gitchel, moved to lay it on the table.
Lost, rs follows:
= Yeas-Jamestown, Ottawa, Olive,
Wright and Zeeland--5.
Nays-Allendale, Blendon, Chester,
Georgetown, Holland, Polkton and Tall
madge-7. u
Three members Of the Board being alb
sent, Messrs. Pennoyer, Whitney and
Van Hees.
The question then being shall Mr..
Parks bond be approved, was lost, as fol
lows:
Nays-AIlepdaIc, Blendon, Chester,
Georgetown, Holland, jamestown, Polk
ton, Tellmadge and Wright-9.
Yeas-Ottawa and Zeeland-2.
On motion,
Adjourned till tomorrow morning at
8 o'clock.
. Wednesday, January 0, s A. NJ. .H
Board met pursuant 10 adjournment.
Called TO order by the Chairman.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

A QUEER FIx.-on Monday last the
officers of tho Revere Bank were sadly
nonplussed. The key of the safe in this
Bank has million Of combinations. BY
some chance the key became disarranged
and all the combined wisdom of the bank
men and safe makers could not produce
the genuine "open sesame" AS a last
resort the blacksmiths were set at work,
and succeeded in breaking off the door
after about three hours hard work, much
10 tho relief of the check holders and de-
positors.--Boston paper.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

ENGLAND AND THE AMERICAN CRISIS.
The London News says that there is a
growing feeling of distrust with respect
10 the course of affairs in America, and
it is feared that the British market will
yet be called upon TO contribute largely
to the relief Of this country. The in
creased firmness which prevails in the
English market for the great American
staples, corn and cotton, points in the
same direction. eirfa btirrI
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

A WARNING TO EUcHRE PLAYERs.-
A young man in Rochester, who is very
fond of euchrc, and also very fond of tho
daughter of pillar Of one Of the chur-
cheS, was taking Tea at the house of his
ndored short lime since, and had some
fruit cake offered him. Being somewhat
confused on account Of his situation, rs
the cake was held out to him, be cried
out 81 pass" The father hearing him,
and having played some in his younger
days, was horror-struck at his infatuation
for the game, and thought he would teach
him lesson. 1e spoke bluntly-" You
pass, do you9 then order you up and
there's the door; shall make march p
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23


In the quarries should you toll, .-l8
Make your mark, s oi ~ i
DO you delye upon the SOIL yns1rno) =
raa $500 Make your mark. aio4 9i
In whatever path you go, .YaDol ol
In whatever place you stand, uG,dwuie'
Moving swift or moving slow, w ieai
With a firm and honest hand, mom ue
l 61s Make your mark. ,hlaaG.
Should opponents hedge your way,
Make your mark. ~
Work by night or work by day,
Make your mark.
Struggle manfully and well, - = -
Let no obstacles oppose; ~, o-.s I.
None, right-shleldcd, ever fell ~
by the weapons of his foes ,.. 2
Make your mark.
whatthOush born peasants son, oliin
Make your mark. rllV "a
Good by poor men can be done, "iI
=. 1s ia Make your mark. iIa aa1.
Q Peassnts' garbs may warm the cold, o4 ID
'iodi Peasants words may calm fear, 3.nu-
Better far than boarding gold, a9ias o.
.i Is tho drying Of a tear ]g' ad.
Make your mark. .o.
Life is aeeting as shade, ,..,,.r
Make your mark. f....
Marks Of some kind must be made,
Make your mark. rr .-.
Make ii while the arm is strong, "A y,, .
Never, never mako it wrong, l ~.
Make it with the stamp Of truth. -,,,.s
Make your max. Ir...,.5
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

TOUCH jon FOR DOLLAR. - On the
9Th inst, William Richards carried Jerome
Stevens upon his back from Ayers Vii
lage to Haverhill, Mass, distance Of
five miles, for dollar. Stevens weigh
ed 14O pounds, and tho time occupied
was two hours and twenty minutes.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23
Hoops and Short Dresses.

We think the hoops add grace to fe-
male in long dresses, when properly worn,
as well as add to her comfort; but there
is no more abominable immodest fashion
than putting them on school girls in short
dresses, especially very small girls. Ii
teachers have noticed the same evils
which have come into our view, they will
agree with us that such scaudalous
thing should be ediscountenanced by every
means in their power. We have seen
little girls five years old, who could not
sit on a bench and be as well protected
as Eve was with a fig-leaf; we have seen
those little older, whose appendages
assumed nearly the perpendicular in pass
ing through narrow aisles in the school
room, and we have seen good deal that
we are warned not TO tell Of, by reinem-
ing the excitement produced by the ''im-
modesty" of a teacher who requested the
female portion of bis school to ask their
mothers to adjust their clothing so as to
keep it in its place better The crnmped
arrangements of many Of our school
rooms make this special abomination
in school. Hoops and short dresses do
not belong together----IA Teacher. hna
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

KILLED BY LIQUoR MIXED WITH To
DAcco.-At Central Bridge, Schoharie
county, N. ", for the fun Of the thing,
the associates of Norman Cole concluded
to wind up the days drinking by mixing
tobacco in his liquor. He drank freely
of it, and died in tho bar-room almost
instantly. o 7tti ~ biaea
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

ADoLITIohIsT MoBGED. - Charles G.
Burleigh, rabid abolitionist, delivered a
political address at school-house in
Westfield, Mass, few days ago, and ut
tered sentiments so offensive chat a mob
gathered and broke up the meeting, and
celebrated their triumph by making a
bonfire of the school-house and its con-
tents. .rrli riI I ngu..
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23
,JOURNA
Of on adjourned session Of the Board
of Supervisors Of Otta0a County,
holden at the Court House, on iat
Mondoy, Jdnyg7 1861.

The Board was called TO order by the
Chairman, and, on calling the roll, Super
visors were present from 30 ne5h 81
Alendale, Milne; aiammI dms2
Blendou, Stor; gsfa - ri aaaf ~.
Chester, Reed; 1msd1 mH .sl b.
Crockery, PeDnoyer;isuJ baoH q III
Georgetown, Weaiherwax; .am5 10
Jamestown, Gitchel; a.ifo
Ottawa, Barns;lsnE q 5asf ~
Olive, Coleman; -7s4 .sa9 .R al
Polkton, Sumner; ftue IN se,aa,
Robinson, Whitney; ,g rsl rry n
Tallmadge, Afford; ar
Wright, Augur; 4f'.g a l.-
iceland, Van Hees. r,.
On motion. Of the supervisor from
Chester -.li. n ~. iis..
The supervisor from Polkton was ex-
cused from acting on the Finance Com
mittee this session. f,..l. .-...I
On motion, r-. rp f.t,
Adjourned until tomorrow morning
at o'clock.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

ELopEMEET WITH NEGREss.--A
young and promising Albany (N. W
mechanic has just eloped with ono of
Africa's fairest daughters, leaving beau
tiful wife behind. -
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23
Tuesday, January s. 1861.

Tuesday, January s, 1861.
Board met pursuant TO adjournment.
Called to order by the chairman, aud
on calling the roll all the supervisors
were present, as follows:
Allendale, Alexander Milne;
Blendon, O., l.. Sturrs;
Chester, Geo. w. Reed;
Crockery, Henry Pennoyer;
Georgetown, Benz. X. Weatherwax;
Holland, VIM. j. Mulder;
jamestown, S. l.. Gitchell;
Ottawa, E. w, Barns;
Olive, Charles II. Coleman;
Polkton, Alfred b. Sumner;
Robinson, o. A. Whitney;
Spring Lake, VIM. M. Ferry, Jr.;
Tallmadge, Charles Afford;
Wright, A. w. Augur;
iceland, j. G. Van Hees.
Proceedings of yesterday were read
and approved.
The chair appointed Messrs. Barns and
Weatherwax 20 fill vacancies in tho FL
nance Committee.
George w. Reed was also added to the
Committee of Accounts.
The supervisor from Crockery, Mr..
Pennoyer, offered the following resolu-
ton:
RESOLVED, by the Board of Suporvi-
sors, That the County Clerk be author
lied to purchase four dozen arm-chairs,
for the use of this Board and the Court
Room, and to draw an order on the
County Treasurer for the amonnt.
Adopted. -,
George Parks and John Roost each
having filed bond with the County
Clerk, as County Treasurer, in the sum
of $4,000, the same were presented to
the Board for their approval, and
On motion,
OF the supervisor from Crockery, Mr.
Pennoyer, were referred back with in
structions to have $4,000 inserted in
stead of $4,000.
On motion,
The Board adjourned until 3 O'Clock
p. M.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23
Wonderful Calculation.

A writer thus undertakes TO convey TO
some idea Of the greatness Of the popula-
tion Of China: rfr otl psr.b 'saii
"The mind cannot grasp the real i'm
port of so vast number. -Four hund-
red millions What does it mean p
Count it. Night and day, without rest,
or food, or sleep, you continue the weary
work; yet eleven days has passed before
you have counted the first million, and
more than as many years before the end
Of the tedious task can be reached" He
also'supposcs this mighty multitude to
take up its line Of march in grand pro-
cessioD, placed in single file at six feet
apart, and marching at the rate of thirty
miles a day, except on the Sabbath,
which is given TO rest. +" Day after day
the moving column advances, the head
pushing on far toward the rising sun,
now bridge the Pacific, now bridge the
Atlantic. And now the Pacific is cross
ed, but still the long procession marches
on, stretching across high mountains, and
sunny plains, and broad rivers, through
China and India, and the European
Kingdoms, and on again over the stormy
bosom Of the Atlantic But the circuit
of tho world itself affords not standing
room. The endless column will double
upon itself, and double again and again,
and girdle the earth eighteen times be-
fore the great reservoir which furnishes
these numberless multiiudes is exhausted.
Weeks, and months, and years roll away,
and still they come, men, women, and
children. Since the march began the
little child has become man, and yet on
they come, in unfailing numbers. Not
till the end Of forty-one years will the
last of the long procession have passed."
Such is China in its population; and
if Homer could preach eloquently on the
vanity Of man as mortal, with equal elo-
quence, had he seen or contemplated the
millions of China, could he have preached
on the vanity of man as an individual
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

VALUADLE SwEEPINes.-The N. Y.
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
nsrratcs the following: Happening in
at the publishing house Of Harper &
Brothers this morning, was not little
surprised at fact that transpired during
my chat with one Of the firm. The fore
man of their bindery, Mr.. Rosenquest,
who has for some thirty gears filled that
position, came in with bar of gold val
ued at $307.44, accompanied with the
assayer's certificate. This amount was
the proceeds of gold swept up from the
floor and wiped off on the rags used by
the binders during three months. l was
so much surprised at this bit of econo-
my that / asked what the value Of their
picked-up things amounted to in the
course of year, and was told that the
gold-sweepings were worth about $500,
shavings from paper $4,000, shavings
from pasteboard $500, aud scraps from
leather Sl50-making an aggregate from
these four sources of $3.50 per annum."
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

IRoN CHAIEs.-A mandatory of iron
chairs of all sizes is being established at
Bristol, Rhode Island, which will work
up one thousand tons of iron per month.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

A GREAT VESSEL OF OLDEN TIMES.
Philopates, who lived some
two hundred yArs before Christ, had a
ship With forty banks of rowers, being
five hundred and sixty feet in length
one hundred feet longer than the Persia,
and 120 feet shorter than the Great Eas-
tern; seventy-six feet from one side to
the other; in hight, TO gunwales, it was
ninety-six feet, aad from the highest part
Of the stern TO the water line, il was a
hundred feet; it had four rudders, each
sixty feet long. When it put 10 sea, it
held five Thousand rowers and four hun
dred supernumeraries, and on the deck
were three thousand mariners. And, be-
side all these, there was large body of
men under decks, and vast quantity of
provisions and supplies,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

TIE EXPERIMENTS ON DoAEp THE u.
S. STEAMER MIcHiGAN.-The Erie Des-
patch, in speaking of the experiments
now in progress on boad the U. S. stea-
mer Michigan in that port, says that 'for
years past il has been conceded by me-
chanics, almost unanimously, that the
greatest economy in the use of steam in
engines was obtained by employing it ex-
pansively; but the experiments which are
now in progress on board the u. s. stea-
mer Michigan, in Erie harbor, under the
management of board of naval engi-
neers, five in number, 90 to Prove that
this is not the case. The tests TO which
the old principle has been put, by exper-
iments Of seventy-two hours duration,
completely explode the theory, and ex-
hibit the fact that engineers have been
laboring uuder a mistake for years. In
these experiments the amount of fuel
consumed has been greater when the
stroke was cut off than when at full pres
sure, thus showing loss instead of a
gain by expansion. If this fact eontin-
ues TO exhibit itself the result will be the
simpliiication of engines and an economy
in expenses, by working steam at full
stroke. The gain which has heretofore
been awarded to cut-offs is thus nullified,
by condensation Of a certain portion of
steam. This motive power, which was
supposed 10 be so well understood, still
remains a mystery to some extent ard
these experiments will have tendency to
clear up this question at least" '
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

Griffin 81 Co., Dealers in Drugs, Med
icines, Groceries, Provisions, Perfumery, Paints,
Oils, Glass and Fancy Goods. At the old
Store, corner of Washington and First Street,
Grand Haven, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-01-23

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??, 1861-01-23

Noah Perkins, Dealer in Dry Goods,
Groceries, Provisions, Crocksry, Hardware,
Boots aud Shoes. &c. Opposite the store of
J. III. Newcomb, State ST., Mill Point, Mich.