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The New York herald., 1862-02-20
Cotton Vessels from Charleston for Eng
land.

FROM the iiverioo lourer Feb.
On nday evening. the brigantine Fanny Lewis, direct
from Charleston, arrived n the Mersey, in tow Of the
steam, lie culs She is 273 tons bu en-, commanded
by Captain Wake, and brings cargo of COO bai OF Sea
Island tton aud thirty barrels OF rosin, igned to
Mess 5, Fraser rroihome 4 Co., OF Ruu'ord place IL
appea That size left Charleston the ist Of january,
having run the blockade at night Her crew consists
only q! the captain mate oae man and two boys, anu II
must be lrdcd act OF considerable daring to have
attempted TO the Atlantic this OF the year
with sch a crew There was cabin passenger on
board, and the captain had his wife with him. IL is
stated that there two three other vessels their
passg hither from Charleston laden with cotton which
hal also run the blockade II would appear that the
running the bockads is comparatively easy matter and
TINT the Fanny lewis during the darkness of the
night, passed tho sunken fleet, and met with no imped
ment whatever.
The New York herald., 1862-02-20
The Lobby COatracts in Washington.
INJURIOUS EFFECTS or The SwINDLEs ON OUR CAUSE.
from the London Times, Feb. a.

If our Ministers and subordinate officials were
about with their pockets fu OF cattle aud horse
tracts, as Mr.. Dawes officially speaking in Congress.
states % have been the al Washington and II they
to bcstow them right left bribe political
mics and reward adherents and II every OF these
contracts worth ten thousand dollars 10 sell
and passed executed by the delivery of worthless
cattle sometimes at af all this TO happen,
over here great deal of noise might be created in
favor Of any wild, violent adventure which might DO
thought likely To divert the popular Indignation rom
such enormities But must confess that In stupid,
sowgong monarchy like this do not think IL would
OF such transactions, would BE- very much inclined
punish the perpetrators of te ,niqu'hes Tho federal
States evidently OF more tolerant imaginative
turn Of mind. scramble chich e,ery has his
chance and, a. intends to pay, Is in
hurry bring it to end They who old enough TO
that then the gnm6lers all said the moment Of col
lapse must come but every hoped to get out before
that moment did arrive and meanwhile every helped
TO blow tho bubble so in America they have not yet
ten cattle and unservceabc shoes will not yield profit
and in which even tho astounding jobs discovered by Mr.
Dawes and his committee will be dead losses The
fever must be kept up yet little longer all these mil
lions are to bo realized and must be forced higher
still il more contractors TO come in. =
According TO Mr.. Dawes, then, it is now a contest
whether the contractors shall eat up the North tho
North shall eat up the South. This he thinks, is
test between such appettes that sixty days
will decide it. II that be so, we think should BE- in
cttned 10 back the contractors. We great imposS
bty in the contractors, with the aid Of the appliances
which Mr.. Dawes details, being abe to devour all the
substance OF the North but great difficulties in
the way Of tho conquest Of the broad wdsnesses and
vast tracts OF the South in sixty days We offer it, how
to Mr. Ewart and his friends at Liverpool to forty
them in their patience, that Mr.. Dawes puts the
possibility OF the North continuing this no longer
than sixty days.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
Volunteer! Volunteer !!

Six regiments of men arc TO DO fur
nished by our State under the last call Of
the President One 10 each Congression-
al District. OF the one thousand men
to our district, Ottawa County should
furnish at least one company. Now who
will DO the first TO set the example p
Who of us loves his country and her
priceless institutions so dearly that he is
willing to lay down his life, if need be, in
their defensel If any, they are tho men
we want. q In such hands our cause is
safe, and the republic will yet stand a
glorious monument Of tho patriotism Of
its citizens, and of what may be accom-
plished when the strong will and deter
mination Of the people are once reused 10
the defense Of their rights and liberties.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23

ABOLITION TREAsoN.-The Essex Co.
Ant-Slavery Society, in Mass, held a
meeting on the 18th ult., and adopted
the following resolutions:
"ReSolved, That, as abolitionists devot-
cd to the great work Of overthrowing
slavery, we renew and repeat our old
pledge, No union with Shareholders, no
support of any administration or govern
ment that permits slavery on any portion
of its soil; and We value this war only
rs we believe it must lead to enaancipa-
ton by order of the Federal authorities,
or to n dissolution of tho Union, which
must speedily produce the same result,
Z" Resolved, That the war, as hitherto
prosecuted, is but wanton waste of
property, dreadful sacrifice of life, and
worse than all, of conscience and charac-
Ter, to preserve and perpetuato q Union
and Constitution which should never have
existed, and which, by all the laws of JUS
tico and humanity, should, in their pres
ent form, be at once and forever over
thrown"
This is rank treason against the Union,
announced by an organization, the men,
bers of which walk the streets free from
molestation by tho Federal authorities,
and not even censured by the party in
whose hands is placed the control of the
government. Well, it is all right, for this
is =" free country" and free expression
of opinion is one of the privileges guar
anteed by tho constitution. If there is
any difference between the disunion abo-
litionists of Massachusetts, and the dis
union rebels Of South Carolina, We fail
TO see ii; but the one is tolerated, and
the other is denounced by the Federal
authorities" They both insist that tho
Union and the Constitution" formed
by the patriots of the first revolution,
"should be at once and forever over
thrown. "-Jackson Patriot.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Commissioners Notice.

GTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of otta-
~ wa, ss' The undersigned having been APP
pointed by the Hon. Augustus W. Taylor, Judge
Of Probate, commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust all claims Of all persons against the
estate of Nathaniel q. Plat, deceased Notice
is, therefore, hereby given TO all persons having
claims against said estate, to exhibit the same
with the vouchers thereof, TO the undersigned,
at the residence of Benjamin Lille, Esq, in the
township of Wright, in said county of Ottawa,
within six months from the 18th day Of June,
A. D., 1862 (tho time limited by said Court for
that purpose), and, for the purpose Of examin
ing and adjusting the claims aforesaid, the COM
missioners will meet at the residence Of the
said benjamin Lille, ON Saturday, theasecond
day Of August, and Saturday, the twentieth day
OF December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
OF each of those days.
ALBERT DIcKEY, ! .
JoEL PARIsH. commissioners
Dated, June %, 1862. [4w 17s
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
From the Grand Rapids Eagle, July 18th.
Quartermaster VIM. M. Ferry, Jr.,
and the 18th Regiment---Card from
Captain Fitz Gibbon.
HEADo'Ts 14th Men, INFANTRY, !
BIG SPRINO, MISS. July 10. ,62.

EDITOR OF THE DAILY EAoLE-D Dear
SIR: In a recent issue or your journal
(the date of which has escaped my recol-
leciion), appeared letter from your war
correspondent " Corporal" rejecting Sc
yerely on the character of Quartermaster
Ferry, Of this Regiment-a reflection
which deem il my duty, so far as the
imputation of dishonesty is concerned, to
correct. Our entire Regiment having suf-
fered, while in active service, for want of
rations, the blame, of course, was saddled
upon the Quartermaster; and as our Gov
eminent amply provides for the wants of
It's soldlery, it was currently rumored and
believed that the full amount of rations
were drawn, and that the proceeds we're
pocketed by somebody, and that body was
said TO be the Quartermaster. Other
grave charges were whispered and loudly
talked OF, but on examination were prov
ed-so far as Lieut.. Ferry, or any one
In his department, was concerned-to be
groundloss; and as an old friend of his, /
am proud to record his proving himself,
like Caesars wife, "above suspicion. >
Whatever may be his faults-and who is
free from cm!-dishonesty in his deal
ings with the volunteers is not one. He
is worthily promoted TO a post in the reg
ular army, and will leave US, as he came,
with untarnished honor and an unsullied
reputation.
BY giving this an insertion in your jour
nal at your earliest possible convenience,
you will much oblige your very obedient
servant, THOMAS G. FITz GIBDoN,
Capt. Co. B., l4th Mich. Infantry.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
Administrators sale

by virtue Of license and authority TO me
- granted, by the Probate Court Of Ottawa
County, and State Of Michigan, bearing date
April z, 1882, shall sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder, at the promises, in the town
ship Of Crockery, in the county of Ottawa and
State aforesaid, on Saturday, the 9TH day Of
June next at two o'clock in the afternoon, all
the right, title and interest, which John Trick,
now deceased, in his lifetime possessed in ana to
the west half of the northwest quarter Of sec
ton twenty-nine, (29) and the south west quar-
ter OF the southwest quarter Of section twenty,
(2O) excepting from the last described premises
so much thereof as lies north Of the Grand Riv-
or Road, leaving about thirty-four acres, and
making, in all, one hundred and fourteen acres,
or whereabouts, all lying in town eight north
and range fifteen (l5) west, in the county of
Ottawa and State aforesaid. Dated Crockery,
April s, 1862. [l62w7
HENRY L. YOUNG, Administrator
of the Estate of John Trick, deceased.
The above sale is postponed to Saturday the
Both day of August next, at two o'clock p. M,
at the premises to be sold.-Dated Juno 7, 1862
CIV n171l HENRY T. Young. Administrator.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

General Halleck has been appointed
General-in- Chief of the army.
A Union force has attacked and cap
tured Hamilton, N. G.
A Fortress Monroe letter states that
Beauregard is in command of 10000
men, on the south side Of James River to
cover the rebel forts.
The rebel gunboat Arkansas run thro
our fleet at Vicksburg and now lays un,
der protection of the batteries at Vicks-
burg,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23

| take, sir, great pleasure in endorsing
strongly tho fidelity and honesty Of your
son, and whilc-I am pleased with his well
merited promotion yet shall regret his
loss in this Regiment.
l remain, dear sir, very
respectfully your obt serv't,
h. p. SINCLAIR, Col. Com. 18th.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
PARKS q VAN DEN BERG,
GENERAL
LAND AND TAX AGENTS.

GRAND HAVEN. 49, MICHIGAN.
GEORGE PARKS, 1850 p. VAN DEN BERG.
NTE have perfect abstract Of titles for the
wv counties Of Ottawa and Muskegon and will
make abstracts of title to land, on Short notice.
Attend to purchase and sale eff real estate; bid
ding of land at tax sales; payment of taxes;
and will take general supervision of all lands
entrusted to their charge, and will attend to the
collection of debts.
Eis~ Peter Van don Berg, Justice of the
Peace, and Notary Public.
Grand Haven, April %, 1860. ines If
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23

A SUBSTITUTION Secretary Chase's
recommendation, postage stamps and
stamps to DO issued by provisions of the
tax law, to come into effect on the LIST Of
August next, are TO be legal tender for
sums less than five dollars, redeemablc in
legal tender notes. This will assist bust
ness men in making change.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
Abraham Dewitt. Defendant.

ADrahhm DeWltt, Defendant.
satisfactorily appearing that the defendant
l. Abraham Dewitt, is nonresident Of this
State, but is resident of the United States, On
motion of VIM. II. Parks, Solicitor for Com
plainant, it is ordered that the said defendant,
Abraham Dewitt, cause his appearance in this
cause to be entered within one hundred days
from the date of this order, and that in case of
his appearance he cause his answer to the COM
plainants bill to be fled, and n copy thereof to
be served on the complainanGs solicitor within
twenty days after the service of copy of said
bill and notice of this order, and in default
thereof, that tho said bill be taken MS confessed
by the said defendant. And it is further order
ed that within twenty days the said complainant
cause notice of this order to be published in
the Grand Haven News, n newspaper printed,
published and circulating in the county of 0tta-
wa, and that the said publication be continued
in said paper at least once in each week, for six
weeks in succession, or that he cause a copy of
this order to be personally served on the said
defendant mt least twenty days before the time
above prescribed for his appearance.
ii. c. AKELEY, Circuit Court Commissioner
nl76 7wl in and for Ottawa County, Mich.
"a true copy.) ELIAS G. YOUNG, Register,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23

TIE people arc awaking North, South,
East and West. In all tho principle cities,
meetings of the most enthusiastic charac-
Ter are heing held, and money offered
without stint TO induce men TO enlist for
the salvation of the government. We
presume our State will not be behind her
sister States in her liberality. Let us all
open wide our hearts and purses and use
all the means q beneficenL Providence has
placed in our power to uphold the Con-
stitution and the laws; for, unless some-
thing decisive is done, and done soon, the
fate of the republics of Greece and Rome
may be ours. God forbid that the su.
pineness of rulers or people should bring
upon this nation such fate, and seal tc
the world forever the hope Of free govern
ments and free institutions established
and maintained by a free people. If oul
republic shall be discovered and destroy,
ed it will doubtless be the last expert
mcnt of self government that the world
will ever see. Then, in the name Of al
that is good and noble, let our country be
saved, cost what it may in blood and
treasure, and let every citizen be ready
to make any sacrifice that may be laid
on him for the maintenance of constitu
tiona law and order.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
How Shall we do It?

How shall the townships Of our Coun-
ty best secure their. respective quotas OF
volunteers? Would il not be well for the
township board of each town to call n
meeting of its citizens and appoint COM
mittee to urge the claims of tho govern
mont upon those capable of becoming good
efficient soldiers, and hold out such in
ducements TO them and their families rs
shall secure their services. The fact is,
matters have como TO such pass that
our government can only be maintained
by the most severe chastisement OF the
rebels, and the quicker it is done the bet
ter. We believe life and treasure will
both be saved by the most prompt and
vigorous measures that can be adopted in
the prosecution of the war. y
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
CORRESPONDENCE.

MIR. BARks-DEAR Sn: The follow
ing is from Col. SINCLAIR, written 10 me
as a father, upon his reading an article
signed "Corporal," published some weeks
since, in tho Grand Rapids Eayle-an ar
ticle in which are concocted and sent forth
certain vague yet base inuendos, in rela-
ion TO my son, the late Quartermaster of
Of his Regiment. While tho Colonel
herewith has my cordial thanks for his
kindness, and for his noble, outspoken
condemnation Of the covered slanderer,
yet no need not fear that my mind in
such matters can DO greatly disturbed.
Although my son be a child of the
West, yet, l trust, untainted in his veins
runs somewhat of tho blood of his ances-
try-that kind of good old Puritan, New
England blood, which is as true TO pa
triotism and integrity as the needle to the
pole. In Pilgrim times its pulse beat
strong to deeds of daring, in the face Of
restitution and savage foe, along the
Valley Of the Connecticut. And so in
after years, though but half clad, and
half equipped, such was its deep love Of
liberty and Of country that it warmed
up with thickening danger and rested
not until tho proud arm of foreign OPP
preston was most efectually crushed.
Very slow indeed, therefore, shall be
to believe that wherever drop of that
blood now courses its way, will there be
found a disposition to have aught of a
soldiers wants, or n soldiers comforts,
heodlessly disregarded or wautonly pur-
Joined. Very truly yours,
VIM. M. FERRY.
Grand Haven, July Is, 1862.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23

Headquarters 14th Reg't Mich. In J
fantry, Army of Mississippi, 7
CAMP Bio SPRINGS, July IL, 1862.
Rev. WIN. M. FERRY-DEAR SIR
My attention has been directed to an OK
tract in paper published at your place,
taken from an anonymous letter address
ed TO the Grand Rapids Eagle, from this
Camp, rs follows: Another exemplif-
cation of the force of habit is exhibited in
the letter of 'Odana,' to the Free Press,
of June Sd. The correspondent is no less
parsonage than the ex-Editor of the
Grand Haven NcVs, Quartermaster VIM.
M. FERRY, Jr., a0ho IS about to suffer tic
Just penalty inflicted on all sOho tOish to
coin gold from tie broken hearts of col
unteerS." Although the foregoing Ian
guage conveys no direct charge against
Captain FERRY, yet theoretically is calcu-
lated 10 do him great injury. The i'm
preston the public would undoubtedly
take from the letter of " Corporal" is that
Captain FERRY, in his vocation as Quar-
termaster, has been specializing at the ex-
pense Of the comforts and wants of the
poor soldier. In justice to the CAPTAIN
l cheerfully state that in my opinion his
department in this Regiment has been
conducted with great energy and scrupu-
lous honesty.
When assumed, in pursuance of the
order of Gov. BLAIR, the great response
bilty of raising a regiment to take part
in defense of our noble government and
country, | was extremely anxious to call
about me men of ability and integrity
and particularly was this the case as re-
CARDS the Quartermaster's department.,
l had, rs a matter of course, many APP
plications, and from the many selected
your son, because l believed him 10 be
strictly honest and eminently capable.
If tho poor soldier wanted food and
made complaints, the cause can not be
laid at the door of any ono connected
with the Regiment. 1t was simply the
fortunes Of war. myself subsisted
twenty -four hours on little hard-brcad
and water, and laid down at night under
a drenching rain. 1t so happened that
our Regiment was landed at Hamburg,
Tennessee, at the time when tho contem-
plated advance on Corinth was about to
be made, and, under the emergency, the
Regiment was ordered to the front. In
this position, and without transportation,
We were kept almost constantly on the
march, until VIC entrenched before Cor
NTH. Under all these difficulties and dis
advantages your son was called upon, as
best he could, to provide for this lat that
time) immense Regiment. He managed,
by daily detail of few miserable teams,
to meet us at certain points and supply
our urgent wants. For tho means he
had to do with it seems to me it was not
in tho power of man to have accomplish
ed moro under the circumstances. But q
hungry and fatigued soldiery made no al
lowance; hence complaints were made,
and in some instances uncharitablo re-
marks.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
Agricultural Implements /!

rINHE subscriber is offering more complete as
Il sortment than ever, of Plows, Cultivators,
IIarrows, Drills, Field Rollers, Grain Cradles,
Hand and Horse Rakes, Threshing Machines,
Hay Presses, Rcapers and Mowers and every 9TH
or kind of Farming Implements and Machines
Gratefully acknowledging the liberal patronage
which he has heretofore received he solicits n
continuance Of the same
J.F. CHUBB.
Grand Rapids, March 20, 1860. fly GO
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
James Patterson

HAS returned to Grand Haven and is on
IL hand again to do all kinds of Painting,
Glazing and Paper Hanging, on short notice,
cheap for Cash or Ready Pay. Please give me
a call. Shop on Washington street, opposite the
Congregational Church. roc 162
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
Estray.

NAME on TO my promises, on or about the 18th
~ of April last, a red heifer, about two years
old. The owner is hereby notified and request
ed to call, prove property, pay charges and take
it away. FL0RIS DE VRIES.
Grand Haven, July 0, 1862.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
NEW ADVER EASEMENTS.
ChanCcrY Order. .

FATE OF MICHIGAN, tho Ninth Judicial
Circuit in Chancery: Suit pending in the
Circuit Court, for tho county of Ottawa, in
Chancery, at Grand Haven, on the twenty
eighth day of June, AID. 1862.
Jane Dewitt, Complainant,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
George d. rvey,
Has just opened a new
OY TER 8 AkOON

NEXT door to Griffn's Drug Store. Refresh
~ ments, choice and new, will constantly be
kept in readiness forall who shall call upon him,
Ye weary, thirsty and hungry come in.
Grand Haven Jan. 16, 1861. [1yn10i
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23
GRAND HAVEN
s Z Z d 8 II Q r. Z

w I'LL be opened at Grand Haven the pres
w cnt week, A fine assortment of Field,
Garden and Flower seeds, will be sold as cheap
as can be purchased at any other place in West
ern Michigan, comprising, Glover Seed, Spring
Wheat milwaukee Club, Peas of all varieties,
garden and field, in quantities to suit purehas-
ers, and every other variety Of seeds usually
found in a well conducted seed store.
Don't fail to call at the right place to buy good
reliable seeds. Two doors above Wallaces Gro
Gerry Store. tp
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-07-23

TNHIS Company continues to insure Buildings,
Il Merchandise, Ships, Cargoes. Household
Furniture and Personal Property generally
against loss or damage by fire, on favorable
terms
Gs57- Policies issued and Losses eouitably ad-
justed and promptly paid by
Geo. T.. Hubbard, Ag't.
Grand Haven, Dec. 4, 1861. &[n144 If
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-29

BEHIND THE TIMEs.-It occurred-what
am about to relate--a week ago 1t was not
an Item of news" 1t was joke, a funny in
cident OF the war, story of man who con-
tinues to- vote for the late lamented Andrew
jackson. 1t was in this wise: Mr.. Richardson
and myself were in the Office of Capt Pell,
Provost Marshal of Harper's Ferry. The train
from Baltimore and Washington was just in
amiddle-aged man of gentlemanly appearance
entered the office. His grayish-brown beard
was neatly trimmed; he wore the black satin
vest of rotund responsibility, the gold-rimmed
spectacles of the "heavy father" Calm benig-
nifty beamed from his whole person. He re-
sembled ones idea of aretircd Pennsylvania.
Placing his carpet sack carefully upon the
floor In corner, removing, wiping, and read
justing his spectacles, he inquired with mild
junction of Capt. Pell where he could find COL
Milesl
II am sure, sir, can't tell youm said Capt.
Pell. He was almost aghast at the question.
II have some business with the colonel -
quoth the stranger. II believe he is in COM
mand here is he not? Where are his head
quarters ?'
"Didn't you know, sir" said Capt. Pell. shat
Col. Miles was deddf"
"Deadi Bless my soul, now cried the stran-
ger. "Why, what did he die of?"
He was killed when this place was taken,"
said Capt. Pell.
"Well! well declare. Vas he? There
there! there! Well, that is singular, now, isn't
it?"
We thought it was.-[Correspondent N Y.
Tribune.