Grand Traverse Herald, January 13, 1860

Grand Traverse Herald, January 13, 1860

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1860-01-13

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Grand Traverse County, Michigan

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THE GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTRY.

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Agreeably to promise made last week, we devote this
Traverse. CUy* Grand Traverae Count), Michigan, week's paper mainly to a ro-prodnctioo of articles which
hive from time to time appeared lb the HERALD, tending
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SkoRiGAN n A t E i i , '
to impart truthfal informntron relative to this section of
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Elk Rapids an^TTIclnity.
Mn. Enrroa: The object of this brief article, ditailing"
some of the numerous advantages of one -of the many
torib.,.,1 bOTrimW
minent points on and iuthe vicinity of Grand Traverse
feSKssiiSS.
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y, i» not to do so at the expense of others, as their
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tbrwlrtljln »d»«o«.
merits *ire loft for exposition by other articles or persons
views are far from local ones, as the prosperity of one
acd EipcdHiously Eitcalti Our
part adds value to the whole.
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Onr geographical position is, by most, well known;
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T H B R O N BOSTWlCK,
situated mid way, on the main land, which forms the east
shore
of
tho
east
arm
of
the
Grand
Traverse
Bay,
and
at
' moTAH
Y PUBLIC,
junction of Elk Iliver with the Bay.
O L U R K A N D R E G I S T E R , theThin
river", at this point possesses nneqnaled advanGrand Traverse g o n n t y , Michigan,
tages in the way of manufacturing power, and is almost
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WOlldw^awMl^lMnllontotb*
unlimited, when we consider that the drain, of six hunv PAYMENT O F TAXES,
dred-and twelve square miles .of territory passes this
and the whole abounding in all parts with numerous
S3 d point,
springs, creeks and rivulets. This river also outletssixty
•a G i e n u r a l A « « | " o y B u s i n e n s .
C1«C« In Coart Uaiue. Trmrcr,, City, Vleh.
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miles of inland lake navigation, which will soon bo connected
with the Bay trade, direct, by if lock in the dam:
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WM. H . P A R K S ,
and above the dam boats are now navigable into the
• t t o r n e r at Lnw and Solicitor in Chancery,
fifth lake. These lakcs arc from four to nineteen miles in
: (jjTind i l a v < i n , M l o h i c a n ,
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^111 attend Conrt and to Collflclioos in the counties of Orand. length, and from one to two and a half in width and of
j . Traverse, 3Ianlatce, Manon and Occaoa.
25-ly* remarkable depth, (fronWOO t o 800 feet.) all stored, with
fish- and fowl. The water,^coming .from a thousand
creeks and fills, pure t s crystal itself, when joined in
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I •. these, forms a compound uncqualcd for beauty and purity.
.Their entire surroundings, making 140 miles of agriculT A X - P A Y I N G A G E N C Y . tural coast, with firings or creeks on nearly every 80 rods
and almost totally exempt from swamp, show
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Imtnt Cilj, Grud TmcRe Cwitj, licL ' , atof frontage,
a glance onejofthe richest fields for agricultural worth
Michigan; aiid to the lover of tho wild, picturesque
JTEKUV f ) . ~ C A M P n i : l . I - : in
and beautiful, it certainly is nnexcclcd.
On tho cast of these, lor soil and surface, extending to
I AND WARRANTS CONSTANTLY ON, HANI) FOB
XJ sale or location^ liivcdtmentiimade: Taxes paid on non- tho Mantsfee River, liesthe cream of Northern Michigan,
rt»til«nt lands; Itedemptioo of lands sold for taxes, and jiur- in ono titibrokcn tract, all to outlet, sooner or later, at
<JSU»O of lands at tax sales.
And will always give tho nwutcnrefnl attention to the inter- Elk Rapids. . . •
A*ui oC myCorrtspondcnb", and in Hl>erality, iiroiniitncna and The numerous Water Powers will all contribute their
accuracy of baslucnn tmuiuvctlqu% would court coinpurinon manufactured products to our exports.
v i l l i *,1V i rrani'V ill. till*
The vast amount of bird's-eye maple, re^l beech, and
other Tarioties pf timber, arc soon to be largely exported,
while'our piue manufacturing will add impetus to busiL a n d , T a x , a n d G e n e r a l A g e n c y . iss for years to.coroo.
Tonning is also destined to add mneli to ourwnrlh, in
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shipping and inanufacluring, in being evident that hides
Ha* opened an OfBfce St Traverse City. Grand Traverse Co.< arc chenjier transported than bark, and tho latter weJiave
Michigan, for the £r*»«action.or a.
abandonee. .
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' : ( t e n e m l Ageucy Business.
Cord-wood will also soon commaud attention, and pay
„i The United States Land Ottice is located at this plare; and the clearing of tho land, if no more. These, combined,
particular attention will be pald tojlocstih'g Land Warranfct, n but give* the .place nfuch importance. "
invaid'nrnioney in Government Lands, Imparting Information rotative to the general features, resources and advan- In a brief.rovfeW' of our numerous facilities, we ask,
what more is needed to place her first in the ranks than
tages of the Grand, Traverse country, the jnviueut of ta
to bo the natural outlet of eight hundred square miles of
and the transaction of any Agency business with which
m y beantruKted.
KKFKKENCES.
rich, good surfaced, well watered agricultural lands; to
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receive the entire iiiland I/iko trade, aud an equal share
• i H°";Tviln-Md, Atlomcr Oenerm!.
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oftbo Bavpotronage; to bo the importing and exporting
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-ilace of (he Tanning,' Wooden and Agricultural proHerald Office, Traverse City, Nov. 3,1*3.
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ducts of this vnst tract of country; tcL import and ship
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MORGAN BATES,
ii-Jand, ot no distant day, all supplies pVeded for the extensive Pineries of the Cpper Hoardmanaud Muskegon,
N O T A R Y PUBLIC,
the Clam. Saublo and Mamsteo Rivers, besides containing
. Jjjn'ml'l Oflfee,' T r a w s o " C i t y ( S t i e h .
jn herself a Power to inanufactm'e for the entire country?
It can but bo, thereforo, thnt with her substantial worth,
T R A V E R S E CITY HOUSE, and
beautiful, rich country to her back, she must stand
first and foremost among her sister towns now springing
y t I L L I A M I O W L E , into existahce on all parts'oftho Bay.
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T R A V E R S E P I T Y , M I C H . P B I D A Y , J A N t J A E Y 13, I 8 6 0 .

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TRAViCRSK CITY, M C H I G A X . '
.,M' P H I S © t l ) E S T A B L I S H E D HOTEL,(THK FIRST
MR. BATKS:—AS nearly all the important places in the
A In Traverse CKy.) situated o n » o n t street, in the vicinity of theCoart House and public.offices. Is still open for the Vicinity of Grand Traverae Bav have been noticed in the
reception or tho traveling puhlifi. Tho Troprlctor returns BratAtD, perhaps a fow llnea describing the humblo sethis heart/ thank* for the" liberal nalronaRe he has receh ed, tlemcot of Whitewater will not be overlooked.
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•».<« usorea the uytblio that no pains will l>e spared to inake. The soil-like most of the farming land in the vicinity
hisaueata comfortable. HW charges will correspond with
of Grand xraveree Bay, consists of sand, c l a y e d lime.
the times.
. Good accommodation* for Horses and Cattle.
49tf I t i s s a i d b y chemists,"and intelligent practical farmers,
to be the best kind of soil for raising nearly all kinds of
crops. Tho subsoil lies from one to three feet below, tho
G r X T O N HOTJSE,
Burface, and consisls a hard-pan of clay, sand and lime.
Tho surface soiltycangloose and porous, all the rain that
J A M E S K . " r G U N T O N , tails is absorbed pt once "nnd retained, so that severe
(MOCTHornoanoju*Bivan.)
drouths, which nearly-ruin the growing crops on hard
' T r a v e r s e Gity, Michigan.
clav s&ils, liave but bttlo effect here.
The first settlement was made by F. Mulertz, In 1853.
r p m a NEW AND COMFORTABLE HOL'SE IS at the mouth of Forest Creek, Eost Bay, with the intenI, now ready to receive It* guests, being fitted in full, without regard to eost, so aa to make.it the most desirable of any tion of building a Eriw mill; but.lie soon learned that his
empty pursewodd. not permit of so great an uiwlcrtaking.
• Hotel in the County.
J . K. 0 . belnjf one of the earliest settlers In- tho Cotniy, is In the summfcr of 1856. J . Holer bought his claim, and
able to gi ve any information necessary t» parties wishing to has since built a small but active saw mill near the mouth
•locate lands, or otherwise. 'He hM a l'lessuro Boat, eklft\and Fishing Tackle of every dewrlption Tor hire. Those in of Forest Creek.
In tho spring of 1854,. A- Allen and Orrin Page settled
aearch of health or rccreatiuu will find this a v*rj- deslrtblc
in the wilderness one mile south of the mouth of White'
City, October »l,
• ifrly water. Without roads or capital, and deprived of many
of the necessaries of life, tbey have an weeded In supporting thcir-ferec families and clearing about twenty acrea.of
JAMES R. GUNTON,
eapVwhich shbwa what pooplo can do if they try.
•- jPractitxiltiuiit&eami jDwttfMmm, land
I t h^Cbeen principally titco>ugli.their iufiucnce that this
!' h prepared^, make Ptsns and Speclfleatlons f*r alt elsses place/Las been settled with'.finch rapidity. Mr. Allen
o^TOllmttgs • Msoexeeate all kind* of work connected -"*• still resides in'the s*me hoosc4hat he built when he first
1'ttte.TrkSe, on-Hl>er»rterias. • ••
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came hens. Mr. Page h u mored 09 to a place about
Sash, Glass, Doors, Paints a n d Nails,
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one mile north of Bfovor's mill
eenstantly on hand, and for Mle.
;^AI1 orders for CaWaet W o r t and Undertaking Will be
The first frame house was built bv George Lawrence-,
executed on.sh6rt wWce.
on tho place first oocupied by O. Page Esq. He is a
' ' J . E G . , thatikftil for part patronage, takes this opportu- Butter-Ladle and Chair Maker by trade, and can be found
• »Ky of soliciting a continuance of the wune.
- traverse Qitj-, November fS, 1869.. , J
1-1? at almost nnv time in his little shop ready to rapnly all
orders in his" line of business. The place where ho resides is known/by thfc name ofJ^dte HilL.
In tho winter of 1855, £ . Pulsipher settled on a piece
- •i l The subscriber Offer* foraale a var^t^of engrafted,
of land near the rotpth of the Whitewater. He lias
TVP<VS
T « « s J I « r aVeoK, T»I«m about30 acres of meadow land, which has enabled him
• ~}T - >' 'Xroe® a n d C h e r r y T r e e s .
to supply nearly aB of Ms neighbor* with excellent hay.
ing PiclcH Iai*s,£hree years old,whleli He has, with the,«}«stance of two active nnd induetxious
soni been enabled, to raiiQ and sell more produce than
;; alt i n good con
any other peraon -ia fee settlement
In the spring of 1858, Mr. King came from Hartford.
Baplds,Nov, »V$69.
Conn, and built a frame house at the month of the
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Sa&'and
,-o»jiaU*T*
'&.w nflJ-at tHe motitH of
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the Whitewater, which wiU be of great advantage to his thoroughfares, being directly on the central .foatt" In
neighbors in sawing hemlock logs for fence and baru lum- southern Michigan, and the outlet of the rich central
Manistee and JJels'e.rivefs countrv; while ber immediate
ber, timber, kc.
Last sumicer, Mr. Phillips and Brother built a frame" productions can find a readv market tip the Boanbbaa,
house near the mouth of the Whitewater. They, are in the extensive Finery of Hannah, Lay & Go. The point
now building a rplcaded Pier near their house, with the of shipping; and trade is at Traverse City, county seal ftf
intcutiou of going into the wood business Would that Grand Traverse county, from which she ia'distaol owy
this wooden country were bcUej1 mpplied with such en- five miles. All told, her vicinity oflere great inda<*n»*btj>
terprising, go-ahead men, who would give the ibdustrions to settlers, for actual worth in Boil, location, ano -nnrtvaled scenery.
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settlers emjiifiyment during tho long winiera.
Orriu Page, Etq., was notified that tho School InspecF m UM G r » M I m w
Jan. S . I I S
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tors of the towushin of Travurwi, . o|i the 16th of Artril,
Village of Leland.
1855, formed a School District' iu said township wnich
The Village 6f Leland is situated at the month of Carp
they numbered School District No. 2, bounded as follows: River,
on
the
shore
of
Lake
Michigan,
in
the
township
all that part of tho Reserve lying east of the East Arm of CentreviBc, Leelanau county, and very near the geoafGrand Travereo Bav, and Sections 7 and 18 in Town graphical centre of said county. It contains a population
28,» North.
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of abont 100; and possesses one of the best water powers
In tho winter of 1856-7, .Sarah Ne*comb taught
school in one end of the cabin occupied by G. Lawrence, in the State of Michigan. Messrs. Cordes A Thiea haw
built one of the beat plerson the shores of Lake Michibut for some reason bhe failed to qualify, EO that the Dis- gan, with a dopth of water sufficient for .the largest «i*<l
trict failed in drawiug.auy public money. In the summer propclfern and steamboats to lie at with safety.
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of 1858, Juliette J. Allen, a qualified teachc, taught tho
Carp River is about-three-fourths of a mile long, awl
Friitiarv School in this District ' in the house of her
the outlet to Carp and Traverse Lakes, which, together,
father, which entitled tho District to about ono-third of is
nn> about seventeen miles long, with an average width of
tho "public school money belonging to tho township of hair a mile, aboundingIn-fish and surrounded principally
Traverse. This District is much too large to accomo- by good farming land. The country iasocnewhUrowite
date ttll the children, p.nd it is the tvibh of the Battlers in tie soil is a rich sandy loam intermixed with lime grave!
the northern part of the settlement to have it divided. and, iu some places marl and clay, and is well adapted to
It is reported thnt several persons have offered to concultyre or wheat, barley, 'oats, corn, buchwheat and
tribute liberally to have a neat frame whool house built the
for potatoes the best iu the world. The . timber is prinnear the mouth of the 'Whitewater, which shows that cipally sugar maple, interspcred with beech, Iron, white
the people are not asleep in the cause of education. A ash and iron wood, and in some pfs.ccs a few pines and
school house hits been commenced near the residence oak. The swamps are cedar and black ash.
of Mr. Page, which will probably be finished this spring.
Settlers arc beginning to come in pretty fast The tod
Wo have religions preaching every other Sunday; also is mostlv owned by Government as vet, and can be bought
1 Sunday School and Bible class.
for $1
per acre: The head of Traverse Lake is within
Wo cannot boost, with-Traverse City, of having any ten miles of Traverse City, the county seat of Grand
angels,' or even 'pretlv women,' but we challenge any Traverse County. The average distance from Carp ted
place of twenty-six families to produce more good mothers, Traverse Loko to Grand. Traverso .Bav isabpnt three and'
wives, nurse?, daughters, housekeepers, and intelligent wo- a half miles. There is a sufficient depth of water the
men, willing to suffer many hardships and priratious for cutiro length of said, lakes for boats of quite a largo site
the sake of obtaining, ultimately, pleasant homes.
to narigatc.
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J . A . BRAIXKUD.
Prom the Qrmml Tm.erw B«r*M of Majrb V. IM.

From the Grand Tuvrrv- llermld of Ftb. W.

General Summary. of the Weather.
Ouienin and Vicinity.
Omenin, better known to many as the New Mission ' At the commencement of December, we had about six
Harbor, is located nearly central on tho west shore of inchus Of snow on the ground, and we probably did not
Grand Traverse Bsy.showinggeograpliicnlfeaturis worth havo over eight or ten inches at any time darjog MHV
more thau a passing notice—commanding as ab oujlet month; The lowest raugo of the thermometer was 10,
point, all the trade, agricultural, wooding and manufac- degrees above zero, and that was on the morning of the
tured, to accrue from that unbroken, well-watered, fertile 8th. On the 18th it was 14 above «cro. A t no othW
tract lying cast of the dividtug ridge between the waters time l>etwceu the hours of pi* in the morning and alx
of Carp.Lake, anil tho Bay, which competes with any at night, in the month of Dcceniboi'. wuei i) colder than
section of couniry in those essentials necessary to a,future 20 decrees above aero. but. riyiging from 20 to i 2 abowi
wealthy district Much of the1 trade of the western It snowed, some on 11 days and rained a little on twj>
slope will also centre hesc, when the harbor, which is' days. The rcinaiuing 18 days were pleasant
JisuARir:'—On the first of the mouth we had about 10
commodious and perfect (securing to ti^ding craft at all
times opd in all weathers, a safe uod convenient resort,) inches of snow; it increased to about 2 feet, at'the middle
is .token into consideration. Even jn its natural state, of the month, which remained till nearly ,the middle of
vessels of the largest class lay alotig?ide the shore, making February. The thermometer was down to-sero'ou the
fast to trees, (remnants of the original lorest.) discharging 10th, in "the morning, which was the coldest' day in the
and loading their cargoes in perfect security. The depth month. On tho 9th, morning and evening, j t was 4 deof water, absence of shoals^ and jts horse-shoe form, bid btees above. On the 21st, at <3 iu the evening, it was 4
defiance to winds, and the finish which is soon t6 be'pnt degrees above; on the ^2d 6, in the-tnorning; on the23d,
on in the wav of docks, will make it a point that "cannot morning, ,10 above; and at no ether time during the
fail to draw its full share of the steamer wooding, 11 well month was it colder than 14 abpyczcro, but ranging from
14 to 40 above; I t snowed attnc on 17 days and gained
as land trade.
a little one day. The remaining 13 days were pleasant
Ashore. Nature has done no less: bcautifnlly
founding its real and its fancy finish, it completed a site ' Front-A Rv.—Two feet of snow to commence with, of
unequalled for beaut}- in ony land. The gentle slope at which wo had about half left at the close of thq month.
tho head, displaying to great advantage the bcaotiful re-_ Tho mercury down to zero on tho X2tb, in the morning,
sideneo recently constructed, giving in tho same view the only time during th<? month. On the 8th arid lira,
that harbinger of progress, the Church, whose graceful in the morning, 8 degrees above. On tho 18th and 23d
spire indicates one point advanced ip the religions, social, it was GO above at noon; other davs ranging from 12 to
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and even financial world." The well-raised table land at 50. Wo made maple sugar on the 22d.
MARCH commcuccs warm and pleasant, with probably
the right, affords ample, rightly locations for residence*.
To tho left, is tho promontory-like Shaw-boy-son. Point . je foot of snow in the heavy timbered land, where lip'
admeasurement
is
taken.'
March
15th—-As
tjio
snowIs
on whose extreme height stands the New Mission Bnildneatfy all gone, and what little ice wo have had it} the
ing*.
The entire surroundings ore known as Grove H i l l - Bay this winter left us on the 12th, 1 shall close op this
appropriate indeed The groves, beautiful cved in their artrcle,-aud say Winter has pone. Wc mayhavewm#
irregularity, display to advantage the taste of tho pro- freezing weather yet but nothing serious. "lnertnometer
prietor. From tlic eminence,, far and ucar, the view is 20 degrees above zero on the morning of the 1st That
extensive and grand: covering the protruding Peninsula, was the coldestday we have had- this month so far. 'The
the wild cast shore, Browiistown and vicinity, whose back- range has been from 20 to 62 above. These obaamground, (the east shore of Torch Lake.) shows dimly in tions were taken at 6 o'clock in the morning, at noon,
the distance. Turning to the right iu the hazy distance, anil between C and 9 in the evening, every day, by one
of Kendall's fhermometers. In these three and a half
'traverae City, with its highland background; the Round months, we havo had 56 pleasant day*—tho remaining
Island and Stoncy Point; while uearcr, the Indian Settlements dot the shores for miles, are seen here in all 49 stormy, some days but very little. It has probably
been a little colder on tho banks of the Bay than here
their glory, At our feet, as it were, lies the placid har- stated,
as it nnturally would bi warmer four miles l>a&.
bor aud its lieautiful environs- A view which amply This may
be relied upon as a true statement of tho-wearepays a visit, and banishes totally the most skeptical ther in what HORACX GKKELJCT considers a cold, bleak
ideas relating to our landscape scencry, Jiot alone por- and inhospitable country; but in my opinion it prillcomtrayed.at this point, but common to all, in a greater or
parc
favoracly
with many places much farther Bouth^.j.
less degree.
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A. W. B.
From UK Grani Tr*T»r.f Hn*!i of D«. 10.

8llver Lake.
MR. EDITOR:—Since the day of tlie far famed Snake
Hoax, which purported to havo its origin in a quiet lake
" down east,"' with a name similar to our own, the name
is associated with a degree of htrmbugerr, which, to
properly extract from, one needs but a view of our own
Grand tr'averao Silver Lake, which shows reality inevery
feature. The lands odjaoeut its cosily picturesque Islands,
dotting her silver bosom from north to south, cach complete in itself, though miniature in form, j>os<s8ing the entire schedule or geographical features: Points, cape*,
promontories forming bays, and inlets of all coocievable
shapes; straits »"fi channels, dividing Islands from cach
other or tho main land, all stored with rare sport for the
water fowl sportsman, while the Islands are no H*s perfect;
in variety, containing hills, table lands and flats, good
and poor soil, and timber of all varieties. These are numerous, varied in form, and Scattered the length and
breadthvof her crvstal waters, whHe her shores, and for
miles back in all directions, are of substantial worth for
agricultural purposes. Level Or slightly undulating for
surface, rich in soil, of clay, black and chocolate colored
loam, and in some places sandy loam and graruL Watercd on the east by too beautiful Boardman and numerous
branches, on the west and south west by a mnltitnde of
small lakes, brooks and rivulet^ which form the waters of
the river Betsie, outleting in lake Michigan, while the
lake feeders in tho
offlne spring brooks, water her
immediate vicinity. 6bo»a al»>,located well in regard to

MAKcn 24—The Eqninoxial Storm haspaawd, and the
weather is clear and beautiful Thermometer at 50 degabove zero.
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Boardman Lake.
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This beautiful sheet of water, a part of wliich-Ts fbcludcd within the limits of the plat of Travel* City, is
about a mile anil a half long and three quarter a of a mile
wide. The banks on either side have an clewationjof
about thirty feet with a,gradual slope to the.wnter. This
water is as clear as that of the world-renowned* Lake
George, and of very great depth. It is said to hove bam
sonnded nine hundred feet withont touching bottom., nit
is filled with a great variety of choice fish, and contains
as large aud fine-flavored trout as were (Tver caughtin
Lake George. The Indians fish through the Ice nHrroter for trout and it is no uncommon thing to see them
throw out a twenty-poundgr on the ice
li"« odw
A farmer's wife; in speaking of the smarto«R aptness
and intelligence of her son, a fad six years old, to a \»aj
acquaintance, said: 'VHe can read fluently in any pe**f
of thc-Bibki, repeat the whole catochism, aufl wood ooiflK
as well- as hi? father." -"Yes, mother," addedthp j n r
hopeful, " and yesterday I licked Ned Rawson, thfoiwl
the cat into the well, and stole oH HlnHy's g^mlet?••
A s Old John is called Ossawotomio Browi
poadent suggests that old Wjse should be V

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'••/L V a i r y ^ n i t ^ r i ^ hnainem i t t ^ r i e d onttt traverse j Grand T r & l t i * Weather for the P a r t FOOT V e a n .
Kortherv l l c k i p i h .
City » d E f t Rapids. The logs ire floated down the j Ma. BATES:—When I moved into Jhis country in the
The term • Northern,' «b6uld Sfcfin^ «vographi<'ol1y.
i
j
FaB
of
1S55,
I
brought
with
me
a
Thermometer
in
order,
Boanfenan tfnd Elk rivers from thefactcnsive Peneries
the territory of which wc now spook when it is applied
those streams, and manufactured into lumber for the Chi- that I might compare the temperature of this section of only to the Lower Peninsula, but judging from tlie deficago market. This, afford* a good home market for all the State with the Southern part, and Uie surrounding nition given it by the Southern Michigan press,
MOKQAX BATES. EDITOBthe surplus produce which will bo raised for many years States; and I find that we have a more uniform degree Legislature, and Michigan citizens geuerally. it does not
to come. But the' farmer need not rely upon that Ves- of heat than in any part of the United States lying north Tbeee place Gratiot, Isabella auJt* Sogiuaw connU. s a*
TkAVERSE CITY:
sels of the largest class can enter any of the dozen or of the 40th degree of latitude, according to the informa- her Northern limits, and Gtaud lluj(liL> SW. Joha.\
J A N U A R Y ,1.3. I860.
more cxccllcut natural harbors on the Bay, andOjefarmer tion I get from the papers and other sources, for I hare Owosso. Flint and Saginaw, as her Northern towns;
down the reports and compared thcoi with my own
K a t k m a l Convention.
can ship his product to Buffalo cheaper tfcfln it can
while Newaygo, the Muskegon Valloy, Manistee ami
record^
> .T^Jlepublican Rational Committee met at the Astor rent over the Raijroad from Kalamafoo, Marsl
Grand Traverse, are far away in the Northern wilds, just
find that there is a remarkable degree of uniformity
YUmtf is New York, on U*o 21st alt, and selected Chi- JaCkson, to Detroit He cau always/ compete
reached by an extreme stretch tof imagination and Legisweather from New York to Iowa, only5 the excagofts the place, nad the 13th of Jane as the time, for fully with any portion of the interior ol
lative liberality. This vast tract, extending North ono
hbUlfeff (he National Republican Convention for nooiina- where, in many instances, produce must be tnujfported tremes are greater than here. Every person will recolhundred and seventy miles, they hare as vague idea* of
t M of Caadidat« ror President and Vice President of hundreds of miles before it can be fihippcatTTfide water. lect the two Irosts we had on the 4th and 11th of Juno
as thev had of Japan ten years ago.
( t o ' t i n m $t«tea.° 1
Good;
Bat it would extend this article beyoud our present last, and the accounts of the destruction and injury of
Midway this vast tract in lat. 44:40, on Grand Tralimits to set forth edl the natural advantages of our posi- Fprinjr crops in New-York, Pennsylvania, Ohio Illinois verse Bay, lies the territory wo shall more particularly
.
S o Speaker Yet.
pnd Wisconsin.
Oar latest Washington dates are to the 23d. There tion, soil, timber and climate. Enough, wo trust, has
describe. Excluding Pino lauds in the southeast corner,
In tho month of. February, 1857, we had six rainy
been
said
to
convince
Mr.
Greeley
that
he
ha3
been
was o^prqgpcc* of clftCtin|'n Speaket- until after the
of nearly a square, which wo enclose, lying North of
days and three .light thaws; at the same time.there
Holidays! The Oemocraid have dropped Bocock and. misinformed with regard to the Grand Traverse country;
Town 22 and*Wcst of Range 4. and the scattered tracts
a general thaw and rain in New-York. Pennsylvania,
taken up Million, also of Virgiiua, bat with no bettor and we ask bhn, as an act of justice, to copy this article:
ou the Boardman ami Botsie Rivers, leaves,' in nearly, a
The circulation of his paper is so grcnt that in no otbc* Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. The papers compact 1)ody, on the Bay and Lake Michigan, 3,600
The Republicans stood firm for Sherman.
way can we hope to correct the false impression which were full of reports of the overflow of creeks and rivers, square miles of rich, well-watered agricultural Uuxls—
bridges
carried
away,
and
other
damages.
Part
of
Albany
r . . , fnm the Otttd
«TF*b.M. UCO,
his letter is calculated to make. Do we ask to much?
enough for 28,800 farms of 80 ncrre each, which would
• i ^ H o m c e Grceley oa Northern Michigan,
was overflowed, cattle were drowned, property destroyed
J»rom tile Grwi Trm*M»» Herald of NOT. J. 1ST*.' nud lumber carried down the river. It might rain forty support.o population inits rural districts nlone of 115,000
The Editor of thoNtiw.York Tribuno, wjio had spent
Grand
Traverse
Bay*
souls, independent of the population iu its various towns
a week or two, daring the present winter, in the Southdays and nights here, and it would not do us much injury,
The entrance to Grand Traverse Bay, from Lake
which the country would.naturally grow up.
ern pft<t!of this Sttltc making observations, and deliverand we don't live on "sterile gravelly knolls" either.
Michigan
is
a^put
seventy-five
miles
south-west
from
tho
To outlet this tract, we havo two hundred miles of.
ing his Lector© on • Great Men,' writes a long letter tp
Such knolls and hills as we have here, (and we have some.)
his paper underrate of ' Ann Arbor, Jan. 9,'descriptive Island of Mackinac, four hundred and twenty from Detroit are thought by many to lie the best land. As far as they Ixikc and Bay coast, affording market and shipping faciliarfd two hunfired and twenty from Chicago. Boaver IsofMicbigan commencing thus:
have been cultivated they have produced the best crops, ties for products of soil and forest unequalled by any
land, (the Mormon kingdom of the late King Strang) the
" I havo Hpeut tliolast weak in traversing the Btate of
and they stand drouth better than level land or valleys; country west of the great Luke thoroughfares, and equal
Michigan, or ratJier that Southern half Of its lower pen- Fox Islands,' and the Mnuitous. are in fair view from its and vegetation and growing crops are less liable to in- to any thereon. Add to these facilities a future heavy
insula to wliich it* .settlement and population havo mostly entrance, The Bay has nn.averago width of 10 miles, by jur}' on hills and hill-sides than in Vullovs, by late spring interior demand, needed iu the manufacture of tho exheen thus far coufiiied. The northern half of thtepcninsula forty miles in length, running north ami south. Teu miles
tensive Pineries ou the Moijistee ami Muskegon. Tho
is colder) and in good part,uninviting tothe cultivator, be- from its mouth, on the west side, is the thriving village and'early full frosts. Light frosts wjll destroy or damage
ing divferiftsed by va3t swamps, by sterile, graveltyknolls, of Northport, a town of some three hundred inhabitant^' crops on level land or in valleys when crops on hills or ThcrmOmctrical Register, weekly givou in tho riinALn,
and by deiwo forests jof bujt moderately valuable uijd not
hill-sides are not touched. I have seen it myself in more shows a climate which will compare favorably with lati:
vet readily aocejtaiblc .timber, so tliat its settlement - soparatcd only by n towu-line rowl from the old Indian than a dozen places, at three several years; ueither are tudes tliroo • degrees further south; mid, our health,
village, of Waukce-zoo-villc. Many of th<? Propellers
"likely to bo slpw, and its population sparec for gtl\oi
crops growing oil the borders of lakes and bays qo liable and its basis, pnre air and water, will bear thorough
Hons."
running between the Lower Lakes and Chicago, call here
nvestjgntiou.
W o know Mr Greeley too well to entertain the lk> for wood. I t has an excellent natural lmrl>er, where to injury by frosts as on lands a short distance back. {1 W c have all the natural advantages Minnesota clalm.<.
for one moment that b e would iuWationally lniareprtv _____ can ride out any storm in safety. Northport is mcntiou these facts in rcgnrd to the effects of frdsts beand can safely add as bettormcnt. one third,' for market
1
cause
few
people'seem
to
know
them.)
rent or do injustice to any portion of oar State. His ' in tho unorganized county of Leelanau, attached to Grand
I note down the range of the thermometer at sunrise facilities and nearness to seaboard. She, not one-fifth the
well known character for honesty, frankness and candor, Traverse.
and at 2 o'clock. P. M., and at the same time I note the age of Michigan, has opened Roads to North Rod River,
would shield him from auy such imputation. And for
Proceeding up tlie Bay six miles, you arrive at the
Uie Pembina District, and far away up the St. Peters ia
this very reason his articfc js^calcnlate^ to do us greater New Mission, a school for the Indians, under the charge kind of weather wo have—whether it is clear, fair, ruiuy. •hequered with highways and dotted "with villages and
or snow. AY hat I mean by clear, is whpn the sun shines
injustice and work us deeper injury.
of Rev. Peter Daugherty, a Presbyterian clergyman. This the. greater part ol the day: and fair, when the sun is settlements to her utmost bounds; while Michigan enterHe may, for aught wo knt>v to the contrary, be corMission owns a tract of about a thousand acres of the obscured by clouds but no rain; and by raiiiy, when a prize leaves one hnndred and sixty-eight .miles oT her
foct so far us some small portion of tl#> northern half of
Choicest farming lands, with a hundred acres or more little or a great deal of rain falls, nud the same by snow. Lower Peninsula without n road.
flie Lower Peninsula is concerned, and it is t o t our preFormer ignorant legislation bis done' mttcb to retard
under cultivattoii.
For the greater number of the days on which rain or
sent purpose to enter into a defence or all the Northern
Pivemilos farther, is tho Old Indian Mission, (uojr s n o w falls, it. is
liu'lit 'Hie following table shows the prosperity of this region; but n cbinge in party and
counties. Oar remark^ will be coufincd to those counadvancement iu knowledge, has bettered it somewhat, yet
abandoned as.such,).on the Point of the l'eninsula. 11]10 n i u n i ) e r 0 f c i e a r i fair, rainy and snowy days in
ties forming the extreme northern bonudary of the Lower
This Peuinsuiu is aboot twenty miles long and from two j v e o r f o r f o u r v e a r S i ^,,1 j„ each month for the sapie num- there is extensive field for improvement W e find
Peninsula, bordering on Grand Traverse Bay,- known as
to tbree wide, commencingsat the head of the Bay, and j , c r o r years, arranged in a line so that the clear*fair, charged to account a grant of land for the construction
the " Grand Traverse country." This, Bay has its endividing i t cqui-distant nearly one half its entire lcngtfu ra:.!1Y a m j s n o W y j a v s in each month and year can be of Roads, hot on reference to the Act, and observing the
trance from Lake Michigan about seventy-five miles
practical working q f i C find that so fiir as that grant
Into what are called tho East and West,Bays. Tho Pon- •omp:i ed with the corresponding months and years.
southwest from the Island of Mackinac, four hundred and
effects tho present generation,;its terminus, in reality, is
Is5t5.
Wu.
ISS8.
1R59.
. Covered with a luxuriant growth'of hard-mnple,
twenty IVori) Detroit, and two hnndred and twenty from
in Southern or Central Michigan; and that funds which,
beech, ash, basswood, and many other varieties oftimber
Chicago, ilts lengtli is forty miles dno South from its
if expended on the whole line, as they should be, would
and almost every acre*of it is choice farming land
Si
" •'
eutrenoo, ^rith an average width of ten miles (or half its
1 Oi-jnii rii 1'; i| c
ills
be sufficient to open a rood tlmt would answer oar pre.'
Pivo
or
six
miles
from
Miwioii
Point,
on
the
East
Bay,
12
f.
41
"L
H
0:13!
•
#11
distance, when it is divided in tho. centre by a Peninsula
sent needs, arc to be used to turnpike and finish roads
4 1| 7 ' 14 llifi!Iff Mt 4
extending from its - head or Southern extremity twenty is the flourishing village of Elk Rapids, which will pro2 2'U.i lli Si 71 4'| IS! »
that arc already passable, at the Southern end of tho
bably
be
tho
Couuty
Seat
of
Antrim
county
when
that
hj
f.j
Sj!
17i
2.12
Oil
24
21
miles north, and forming the East and West Bpys. The
Msv
routes, and tho nearest we get to the original 'design is a
unorganized county oT Antrim borders the East side of eoanty shall have boeu organized.
5| 0 blazed line and the- skeleton of a road.
u
12
l«i|
9
t»
231
4
Proceeding up the West Bay twenty miles from Misthe Bay, and the unorganised county of-Leelanau t i e
IChargeable .to ignorance, or lack of enterprise, w*
11'»|-o|
0
.
.
.
3'ioi II ; 15 V,
Wert, and both are.attached to Grand Traverse for ju<li sion Point, and forty from Lake Michigdn, we arrive nt
«l Ul' 12; OH 11
find in onr midst neutral or idle lauds, known bore as
cl«l and muhcipal purpioes. Leelanati is bounded \tn Travoreo City, the Couuty Scat_of Grand Traverse Co..
nuisances,, but legally known as " State Internal Improve- .
/ t i e west and Norlji by Lpkc Michigan. The county of to which Antrim on tbe east, and Leelanau on the west
ment Lands," which havo retarded settlement for eight
-to j
tt losjn | j j l.wjia >fr.(i
Grand Iravonw lies mostly South of the Bay, though it side of tho Bay, are attached for judicial jmrj^ses. The
As I havo room, I will give you one quotation OUt-of
takes in Yfc entire Sonth end or bead, and includes within entire Peninsula, however, is in Grand Traverse county
The legislature insets and parses act< intended for tho
a
great
number
thiit
1
have
made
in
regard
to
the
exita.limits oil of the Peninsula. Traverse City, at the proper. I t is nt this point, at the head of the West
general good, but wc fail (o discern such resuha. Every
head of the Wost Bay; Is the scat of justice for all this Bov, that the United States Land Office for the Traverse tremes of weather. The IK-troit Tribune of Per. 1, move yet made is practicnlly a failure. Policy and jus185".
savs:
"
Account?
continue
to
reach
us
from
all
rigion of country. Elk Rapids is the principal Bay City Tjnwl District is located; and it is hpre that WE have
tice call loudly for a refornv—that acts, intended as aid?,
tows of Antrim county, and Northport that of Leclanan. selected our future home. Of its population, business, parts of the State concerning tlie excessive cold which be lmderstaudingly paaseif, practical in applicaUou, and
trndo and future prospects, wo shall treat more fully prevailed last week, and reached its culminating poiut
86 much for our geographical position.
promj)tly applied.
on Wcdncsday .morning. At Paw Paw the thermometer
- The leading timber in all this ninety miles ofBay coun- hereafter.
W e insist, that funds due a State Road, if sufficient to
The scenery arouncd tho entire Bay is delightful*.and stood -at 23 degrees below zero, (snow 2 feet deep); nt open a practical outlet, should be expended on the whole
try i s sugar moplo and beech, interspersed with oak, elm,
Lansing 15; nt Kalamazoo 22; at Ionia 12; at Jonesbotewoodr'pioe, « slight sprinkling of. hemlock, coder, the climate as healthy and agreeable as can be fonnd in
line, and not to connect, by turnpike, places already favorvillc,
and
throughout
St..
Joseph
Co,
20
degrees
below
and some other varieties. Twenty miles Bouth and East any part of North America. The leading timber is
ed with passable roads, while five times the population
are extensive tracts of valuable pifte. The soil is gener- haid maple, interspersed with bee^h, ash, oak, basswood,
,
,
,
i here
are without any connection with Southern Michigan.
On
the 25th of November, of that •vcar, the. .tbermo" L Trt . „J * mntti>ra
' ,
.. .
,
.
VII IU<.
ally as rich and productive as that, of Jackson, Caliioun, p\ne, ccdar, hemlock, and other varieties; and the soil is
To ui these matters hnvn
have mn>mitnde—On
magnitude—on them OCDCnd
depend
motor stood hero at 12 degrees above zero, which
Kalamazoo, or in fact any of tho southern counties of as rich and productive as that.of Western New York.
our social privileges and' prosperity. I t matter* Very
the
eoldefit
day
of
that
month—tho
snow
was
one
foot
Wo have no early frosts to injure the crops. The first
t t i a State;' and it is equally 'well watered. There are
materially with us whether isolated one year or tea W h o
deep. Tho coldest day wc had that winter was on the
soar© than one hundred miles in length of small lakes in heavy frost at Traverse City this season occured on the
then can wonder at our call Tor
reform?
A- W . ROtli or March, 1858, when the thermometer was 6 detfcoM three counties, .the Board man, Elk and Carp riven, night of tho 25th October, since our arrival here. Some
City, Jan. 10. 18C0.
1 - l' K r and ILQ innumerable quantity ofsmaller streams, all abound. very light frosts wera experienced as early as the first of grees liclow aero.
P. S, This has been the coldest December or any or Te Cao Editor or lb* Una* Trartm llrnU.
t
ontb b u t M n c
5 0 1 t o t h n t t!me
fa^XO fish. The' climate, though we are from two t o | % » ™ P" " *
-.
Gixx ARBOR, Jan. 4» I860.
'One reason why the country around Grand Traverse the five that I have lived here. 'Hie,thermometer stands
e dagrces firthcr' VAWU
North, ;is0 milder nnA
and m««.
more Hrxiitwr
hei
I wish to inform tho public, through tho medium of
at zero now, as 1 write, 30th, 8 P. M.
m i agqscoblo than that of Western New' York, No(dh- Bay was uoTsettlqd years ago is that most of tho lands
your paper, that Charles C. McCartv, is oppoiuted Port
Centrcvillct (on Traverse Bay.) Dec. 31, 1859.
Master at this place, vice your humblo servant, removed.
e m u h i f t o r Southern Michigan. Up to this time (t)io belonged to tho Indians, and 'after they came into the
Mr. McCarty informs me that no charge* whatevertcerr
lOtti of Febuary,) there havo been only four days when possession of tho Government they were withheld or withGrand Traverse.
made against me for malfeasance in office or for nedrawn
from
market
to
enable
the
different
Railroad
Comthe mercury was down to zero. During most of the
A writer in the Saginaw Valley Republican thus speaks glect of official duties—but that it was*.'r/c% a matter
winter it has ranged from 30 to 4Q above. W e had no panios to m^kn t h a r selections of the lands Appropriated of this regiob ot country: "The country about Grand ofpolitics.
•
to
them;
and
another
is
that
little
or
nothing
has
been
If tho present adminstration nro so bartl up notr as to
ioe in the river, or bay until the £th of Febuary, and it
Travense Bay is famous for its beauty and fertility, and
bet Bow nearly all disappeared. W o are entirely known abroad of "the peculiar advantages which it pos- is rapidly iking sot tied with an industrious, intelli- require "the services or Post Masters or northern Michigan
(ami or Glen Arbor in particular) to assist in navigating
^qnop^ from frost until October,, and we have never sesses over most ports of Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and gent and thriving community, attracted thither by its their craft, I think that one more John Brown will set
i e i r f of an instance where crops were injured by i t Minnesota. It was'to the interest of those who for years great advantages for agriculture and commercc. Corn them on their " beams end," and before tho close of
monopoliiod
tho.
carrying
trade
or,the
Lakes
to
decry
and wheat are grown abundantly; and,-as far as tried, 1860 the Republicans will have them "where the boy
V e h a v c no swamps or marshes of stagnant water; no
V '
'J _. ..
.
i f * * ; no sickness of any "kind. Phjwcians cannot got a Michigan and eulogize Illinois and Wisconsin, that they the peach and the apple promises well I havq not a had the b a t .
It is a great consolation to me, "in my affliction, that
might
convey
emigrants
the
whole
length
of
tho
L^kes,
doubt but the Northern portion of this'Peninsula will, my removal was not.for any derclictioo of official dutie*.
J f r b y bare by the practico of their profession; and in the
wbofeTasge of the three Vouaties on Grand Trayerae or as far as thpir steamers ant? vessels sailed. The late in a few years, be highly prized, and sustain some of the for the earnest asrorancc of which I am indebted to the
Jkgr, with a population. <3,000, .there is not a phyddan CapL BUAKK. the Old Commodore of the Lakes, was the most prosperous aeltlementsin the State. The iihclligent candor of the present incnmb«it—notwithstanding which
only one or tho Lake Captains of his time, who knew the emigrant mosf notico the favorabk: geographical position 1 am well satisfied (as are also my friends hire) that my
wbo relies upon "his pVofexaon fop^feibastence. • i
removal was in consequence oT a jealousy (peculiar to
Peninsula, which extends Out twenty miles' from Grand TnutTso country and was d'Spoaed to do it justice. of the northern Uo-tEirds-oT the LOWCB. Peninsula—com this place) arising from the fact that some people prefor
bead of the Bay, is from two to three miles wide, and He frequently told'his emigrant passengers, when off prising a vait region in which settlements ore just" begun,
be the head of a mouse rather than the tail of a Liou
Grand
Traverse
Boy;
on
their
way
to
more
distant
homes
l a m , very respoctfally. y©«r» in tribulation,
but not confined to one side. Along tho whole Lake
•eataiasobout fifty equarcmileapfas goodfarming hrnd
GEO. RAT.
<§«ver c a m under the plow. The tinAer is principally in the then Fan-West, that they wefo passing by the coast, and in its vicinity, getttancnts are already made;
%a*d maple, beech, ash, onk and basswood, and it is well most beautiful country thcy ovcr beheld. Bat tho pecu- steamers and sail vessels visit the months of all the rivers;
LI5H BOTD or Kentuckr is d e a i H e wasa Democrat k Member of Coogre*from 1835 to Ifc>5 inclusiye, "
VatHipl with-aprings acid rivnlctl "niis is an old Indian niary interests of th<ji U k e Mbnopofy were paramount to' and every portion is easily accessible."
I
•
• 'j ;
,
single Congress exoeptal. and was bpadtcr for B UDgk
•eaorve, now Aondoned as such, but the lands havo not o^ery other consideration,, and tho tide of emigrant eon-, g j
r MINNESOTA.—The Legislature of Minnesota convened term. He died Lient Governor of his State, ' l £ r m g ,
..
i
f * bee* brougt into n w r t e t
eighty families tiaued to flow westward.
on tho 7 th. The Republicans are inthe majority. Amos been chosen to tbat aifico hct AugusL Hewas a bitter
A
brighter
day
ba*
dawned;
and
the
time
is
not
far
kavesetOed upoaft andaomeof-tb-snhasre made vahiaCopwdl, ot Stede coartj. w u c j c c l c i S p e i b r «f the partisan, of moderate abilities, b u t ^ ^ d i t e j EBbst^nUal
Wi improvement^ I t will probably come into market distant when this betatiM apeek on the map of God>
sort of man.
.. rft
House, by a vote oi" 49 to 2L
creation will be known and appreciated.

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A m e e t i n g of s o u t h e r n m e d i c a l s t u d e n t s t o - d a y resolved
t o s e c e d e i u a . b o d y f r o m t h o s c h o o l s in t h i s city, a n d g o
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t o s o u t h e r n colleges. T h e r e w a s a l a r g e a t t e n d a n c e a t
I 6 . l a t h e r y a n y c h a n c e f o r a m a n frith a team t o g e t
t h e meetiug.
buaiDGRS ait l o g g b g , o r o t h e r w o r k a h p u t t h o s a w m i l l s ?
J e f f e r s o n C o l l e g e loses 2 0 0 , a n d P e n n s y l v a n i a U n i v e r s i t y
p T h W e t i l g b t be.]
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100 students.
T h e y wiU p r o c c e d in a b o d y t o - m o r r o w n i g h t in a
: T. W o u l d Tt b e s a f e t d m o v e a family, w i t h a t e a m ,
s
p
ccial train f r o m the Baltimore d e p o t
wagon,
f r o m G r a n d Rapids' to ydnr place, from May
Thb' procoodings were conducted t h r o u g h o u t with great
t o N o v e m b e r — u t h e r e g r a s s aloug the r o u t e and b r i d g e s
decorum and propriety, w i t h n o exhibitions of violent
o r e r d e e p atreams—TO t h e r e a t r a v e l e d r o a d ! [NQ,] ;
feeling. A num!>er of t h e s t u d e n t s will g o t o R i c h m o n d
1
8. W h a t p r o s p e c t i s t h e r e f o r a I t a i l r o a i l t o G r a n d M w l i e u l College.
5 . W o u l d i t p a y t o d r i v e a f e w h e a d of s t o c k t o G r a n d

T r a v e r s e f r o m t h i s r e g i o n for s a l e — w o u l d the}- fetch

ray,

[Can't

w i t h c e r t a i n t y , on w h a t d a y of t h e m o n f l i i t will b e

c o m p l e t e d , b u t tchem finished i t will b e w i t h i n a lew r o d s
« f t h o B a y . ] .'
, . 9 . Bi> s t e a m e r s c d l a t T r a v e r s e O i l y a n d K l k R a p i d s
d u r i n g s u m m e r f r o m D e t r o i t — w h a t i s ' t h e p r i c c of p a s sage, and h o w long would ono b e o n tho passage?

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pellers touch a t N o r t h p o r t — p a s s a g e $ 5 — t i m e t w o days
.

from D e t r o i t . ] j
i ; i o . W h a t d o c s l a n d sell a t , w i t h b f e w n c r c s i m p r o v e d ,
w i t h o u t b u i l d i n g s , s a y t h r o e fluka f r o m a village, ou s o m e
t r a w l e d road?

[ P r o m t h r e e t o ten d o l l a r s . ]

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about

d o w n h e r e , a 3 . t h c r e i s a n i n c l i n a t i o n a m o n g us t o b c c o m e
c i t i u n s of v o n r n e w c o u n t r y .
.. ! , .Tlifl ^ t o o r n f o p i n i o n o f y o u h e r e i s t h a t y o u h a v e g o o d
a n d plenty.jof t i m b e r , ' , b u t n w f u l long, j h a n d w i n t e r s ,
a n d frostd d u r i n g slimmer pioiiths~-uo. pasture o r grass
f o r c a t t l e in tty> w o o d s , a m i n o s h o e k f o r s w i n e ; a n d t h a t
o n t h o w h o i e / p i ^ K t o t t o [would' i j e v e r j j m p r o v o h i s c i r cttm^«n«9;byi,»3tUing on wild l a n d a t G r a n d T r a v e r s a ,
i f 'these opinions aro e r r o n e o u s , i t is h i g h time t h e y w e r e
, e x p e l l e d , for i t I s n o n s e n s e f o r p e o p l e t o g o t o t h e R o o k y
' . l l o t c u l a i n s t o flnd. hojn'sA, i f t h e y c a n find ' t h e m , teortk
having,

s o n t h - o f t h c ' S t r a i t s of M a c k i n a c .

on Monday, tho

19th u l t

T h o body of J . Barpabas

C a m p a u was f o u n d m t h o r i v i T n e a r t h o f o o t of B a t e s
Street

H i s w a t c h a n d o t h e r v a l u a b l e s w e r e f o u n d o n his

p o r a o i v a u d u p m a s k s of violence w o r e d i s c o v e r e d .
rl.
COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE.
S T A T E .OF MlCUKiAX, ) ^
C o r x r v OF MAMPTKK, ?
I n . t i c m a t t e r of tli« E s t a t e of J A M E S STRON'ACH, dereaxed.
E L O S L . F I L E R AND H O L D E N
GREEN, hav!OR tuei-ii a p p o i n t e d a n d «mpower«d, by t h o P r o b a t a
G o u r t of said County; a s two «uitnb!6 persons to rectlve, exa w l u f « a d uitju.^t all clalrna a n d dcinuadi*, o f ' a l l p e r s o n s
a g a i n s t t h e Estate of J a j n c a Stronarli, detcS^cd; tlic time
allowed l>v the Raid P r o b a t e C o u r t to close said Commission
bclnff limited to one y e a r Trom the 18th day of Novcmlitfe A.
U. lSa'J; a n d being r e q u i r e d by said P r o b a t e Court to appoint
t i m e s a n d place* wh«n a n d where we will meet f o r t h a t pur)se;. and b e i n g f u r t h e r r e q u i r e d by paid P r o b a t e Court to
t've f a i d n o t i c e jmbllHlied fn the Grand Travenie Herald for
f o u r weeks sntfeessively:
We do h e r e b y n o t t f r alt persons h a v i n g claim* and demands
a g a i n s t the Estate of J a m e s Btronach. deceased, Uiat we will
hold o u r meeting* for tlio purpose of receiving, e x a m i n i n g
a n d a d j u s t i n g all.claims t h a t may be presented, at the store
<T J . L MoYlekar," E n g l e m s n A Co., In the vilkfge of Manistee, in said. Countv, on the first Monday in each of the
month* of M a n h, May, J u l y a n d October, A. D. lMo, at one
o'clock in t h e a f t e r n o o n of e a c h of said dava.
PBLO.H U FILER,
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North-Cnlty, Dec. 19,1859.

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$ 2

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S a O O !

See., and rrom the uuivcrsal satisfaction Riven to all who-havc*
patronized onr house, we take pleasure in saying t h a t w » now
consider our business HIBLV and PEEMAM!MI.V e s t a b l i s h e d .
ah it u n d e r s t o o d t h a i t h i s i s No LOTTKRV, but.a f a i r
a n d legitimate Hale, i n which! each p u r c h a s e r srtts t h e v a l u e
of his or h e r money in a G o l d P e n c i l w i t h G o l d P e n
a t t a c h e d , or a G o l d L o c k e t , worth $S each, w h i c h cann o t be b o u g h t a t a n y retail store fur the same p r i c e : a n d in
addition to the purchase, each person receives a P r e m i u m
o f J e w e l r y , uot less in value than $2, a n d It may be w o r t h
$3, 6, H, 10,16, 2o, 30, 50, or even $200 f

JSTO M o n e y R i s k e d !

C . ^ i r . t c V B o n y ? o t x D . - ' T h b mystery which has for
n e a r l y t h r e e w e e k s a g i f i l l e d t h e c i t y olf D e t r o i t w a s solved

8iMHild y o n p u b l i s h a n a n s w e r t o t h e s e i p q u i r i o s o r not,
COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE.
I
p l e a s e s e n d m o s p e c i m e n n u m b e r s o f . y o u r : p a p e r , a s I S P A T E O- P MICHIGAN, > C o r x r \ o r MAXISTBE, S
• . d u l l becpm'a fl'subscriber tasotm a s I k n o w y o u r teitna.
In tho matteCol t h e estate of FRANCIS RARRETT, deceased.
E L O S L . F I L E R A.VD 1IOLDEX .V. G R E E N , havY o u r s truly,
D. I). ToqncR..'
ing; lieca a p p o i n t e d a n d empowered, by t h e l ' r o b a t e
If, [ W « h a v o . g i v e n b f i e f a n s w e r s o n l y t o t h ^ a b o v e q u e s - C o u r t or Said County, as two suitable p e r s o n s t o receive, ext i o n s , b u t w o s e n d M r . T o o k o r a c o p y of t h i s w e e k ' s a m i n e a n d a d j u s t all ctaiiila and demand*, or all persons,
a g a i n s t t h e E s t a t e of F r a n c i s Barrptt. d e c e a s e d ; the time
p a j f e r / w W p l ^ i f " H w i l l rtad c a r t f u l l y , w i l l g i v e h i m all allowed by said P r o b a t e C o u r t to close said Commission b e i n g
: t h e i n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t i v e t o t h e G r a n d T r a v e r s e c o u n t r y limited to six m o n t h s Tron* t h e 17th' day of November. A. I).
18J5; a n d b e i n g r e q u i r e d !jy said P r o b a t e C o n r t t o a p p o i n t
. t h a t i t i s iu o u r p o w e r t q i m p a r t j
times and plnres when a n d where *»o will m e e t f o r t h a t purp o s e ; and being f u r t h e r required b y said P r o b a t e C o u r t to
G o v , SKWAIUX—It i s s t a t e d t h a t t h e R e p u b l i c a n s of N e w h a v e said n * t i e e p n b l i s i w d to tho Girand T r a v e r s e Herald for
f o u r weeks s u c c e s s i v e l y : , >
Y o r k arv p r e p a r i n g t o give Gov. S e w a r d a g r a n d recepWe dh hereby n o t i f y all c l a i m a n t s to t h e E s t a t e of F r a n c i s
t i o n on h i s a r r i v a l I n t h a t c i t y f r q m h i s E u r o p e a n t r i p ; Barrett, deceased, t h a t w e will-hold ourAnesting* for t h a t purpose at tho s t o r e of William Cowtes, hi the village of Man' T h e c o r r e s p o n d e n t of t h e N e w Y o r k E v e n i n g P o s t c a y s UteCrla said County, on ihe *ocomi Monday in each or the
m o n t h s of F « b r d a r y r M a r c h , A p r i l and May, A. D. 1SC0, at 10
h i s a r r i v a l in W a x h i n g t o i i i s a n x i o u s l y l o o k e d foi
o ' c l o c k in t h e forenoon of each of said da vs.
t h e r e i s s o m e s p e c u l a t i o n p p o n t h p c h a r a c t e r o f t h e rccoj>DELOS L FILER,
>
I Commissioners.
HOI.DEN N. GREEN,
t i o u h e w i l l rcStatro f r o m t h e d i s u n i o n D e m o c r a t s ; of C o n ~EEN,5
I H t e ^ ia t ManUtee, Dec. Jath, m » .
g r e s s . £Te h a s h l t h o r t o b e e n a fsTOrite, socially, a m o n g s f
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, t h e m , b n t 4 n r n i g h i s abseiico t h t y h a v e s h o w n a g r e a t
f o r t h e County of G r a n d Traverse, in Chaneerv, t h i s 25d
•*-*>! i S N b r a r e r y in d e n o u a c i n g I&m a s a c o n s p i r a t o r , a n d flay of November, A. 1).. l t e » i C H A B t R S L. BARRETT.
IQbmplalqant,
vs.
NAOMI
U.
BARRETT,
Defendant.
loudly clamoring for his blood.
^ I t satisfactorily a p p e a r i n g to t h i s C o n r t t h a t the Defendant,
T h o q u e & o b a m o n g p a t r i o t s — h o n e s t - m i n d e d , t h i n k i n g , N a o m i H. B a r r e j t is a a o n ^ r e s i d e n t of thi* State, ond t h a t s h e
is a r e s i d e n t of t h e State of W l s c o n s l n - ^ ) n Motion of C. H.
• responsible men there—will b e : I s there any mode on
lloldcn, Solicitor a n d of Counsel f o r the above n a m e d Com*,
G o d ' a e a r t h b y w h i c h t h a U n i o n , c a n b e n r e s e r v o d ? . T h a t •ptainant, I r i s ORLKRED, t h a t the said Defendant, Naomi II.
w i l l , b e t h a q u e s t i o n — A t h e r e a n y m o d e l e f t b y w h i c h t h e Bamstt, cause h e r a p p e a r a n c e in t h i s cause t o be entered
w
i t h i n t h r e e month* f r o m the d a t e of t h i s o r d e r ; a n d that in
U n i o n cau bo preserved?
;
,
ca^e.of h e r appearance, abo cause .Iter a n s w e r to t h e Com• [Senator Mason, of Virginia.
plainant's bill to be Hied, a n d a copy t h e r e o f t o be served on
T o t h i s a p p e a l t h e B a l t i m o r e P a t r i o t m c k e s t h e follow- t h e C o m p l a i n a n t ' s S o l i c i t o r w i t h i n t w e n t y daya a f t e r service
i n g iroiy
' of a copy of said MH a n d n o t i c e o f t h i s o r d e r ; a n d in d e f a a l t
t h e r e o t t h o said bill be token a s confessed by. t h e said
. N o t h i n g i n ' t h e w o r l d i s e a s i e r t h a n t h o s o l u t i o n o f t h i s Defendant, Naomi 1L B a r r e t t .
- A n d It Is f u r t h e r .ordered, t h a i within t w e n t y da;,-s t h e said
•qneation.
nobody ia talking,of dissoiving t h e U n i o n
b i t y o u r o w n p a r i r . a l l y o u h a v a t o d o i s t o s t o p s u c h C o m p l a i n a n t c a u s e «l n o t i c e of t h i s o r d e r t o be published in
t h e G r a n d T r a v e r t e HeraM, m « e w S | » p e r p r i n t e d , p u b l i s h e d
nsafcas g a b b l e , a n d s u b m i t to t h o d o c i s i o u of t h o m a j o r i t y , and e t t u l a t i a g i n s a i d C o a n t v « r Grand T r a v e r s e a n d S t t t e
l a w f u l l y d o o l a r i n g l i k e l a w - a b i d i n g citizens, t o d t h e U n i o n ' of Miqfclgan; and t h a t t h e said publication be c o n t i n u e d o n c e
i n e a d N i e a k f o r s i * weeks ip s u c c e s s i o n ; or t h a t he cause a
copy of tills, o r d e r t o be personally served o n t h e ssid DeI f r . D o u g l a s i»
j S o u t h f o r hifi h e a H h , b u t w i l l f e n d a n t , N a o m i n . ' B a r r e t t , a t l e a s t t w e n t y d a v s fcefore t h e
t i m e above prescribed f o r h e r a p p a s n m c e . '
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F - J . lilTTI.EJOHN, Circuit Jydcc.
C. TL H o t n r ^ . S o l i c i t o r f o r C o m p H l o a r L
dSO-C-13
s t u d l q ^ in thc A d T i R A Y E D PROM T H E SUBSCRIBER, IN N O R T H
00 ranks.
UNITY, one R e d C o w , a b o u t e i g h t y e a r s old. the t l p e
on b o a r d . of the h o r n * s a w e d o l t . A l s < v a B e d C a l f , about s i * m o n t h s
ft few w e e k s SQCC.

G O I _ D L O C K E T for S 5 ,

A n < l a P R ^ M I U M ^ ) <>ach p u r t - l a a s o r w o v t h

i.

;-eXr«
d e s i r i n g ' o n e of t h e ' a b o v e artlelus, can

liiiii send u # , t h e i r
name mid a d d r e s s s t a t i n g w h e t h e r t h e v w a i i t the P e n c i l and
Pen, or Locket, and we will make their selection, and inform
thqm by return moll w h a t premium they are e n t i t l e d to. T h e y
-can then h a v e the privilege Of s e n d i n g f o r it if tiicy choose.
Our P r e m i u m s are distributed in u fair a n d honorable manner, a u d a s soon a* the name of the p u r c h a s e r I s | received
with the So, his Pencil a n d Pen and P r e m i u m , or Gold L o c k e t
a n d P r e m i u m , o n - p u t u p in a safe manner, a n d s e n t t o tho
owner by mall, free of ]>ostage. Ou* plan, f r o m l o n g e x p e r i ence In the above business, h a s given general s a t i s f a c t i o n a%
each purchasor can sell or trade the above articles for all they
cost hiih, a n d retain the p r e m i u m g r a t i s .
If, however, a n y person should feel disponed to send bs
their money in advance, they can rely u p o n b e i n g as fairly
dealt with us t h o u g h they bad mailc p r e v i o u s application.
And if any one is-dUtati.-itlcd w i t h their purchase, a n d \ n
unbiassed person c o m p e t e n t t o j u d g e says the articles are notworth more t h a n the money p a i d l o r t h e m , and in some cases
TEN, or even FORTY t i m e s t h e amount, l e t f u c h p e r s o n ret u r n t h e g o o d s aifd we will freely r e f u n d t h e m o n e y .
But some will ask (as many have,) how can wo afford to
give so much for so littlf money? In answer, we say, t h a t a l l
xrho a r c acquainted with the J e w e l r y business k n o w t h a t
there Is scarcely an article of J e w e l r y purchased nt a retail
store n p o n which there is not a profit of frfcm 100 t a 400 per
per c e n t on m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' p r i c e s .
We being A g e n t s for the Manufacturers, have, a d o p t e d t h i s
plan or duqtosing or our goods, rather t h a n selling to Count r y Dealers on time, and U k l n g the u n c e r t a i n t y of c o l l c c t l n g
o u r bills.
;
By t h i s a r r a n g e m e n t , fro b r i n g the p u r c h a s e r in d i r e c t communication with t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r , aud the profits t h a t are
made by the dozen hands t h r o u g h which J e w e l r y h a s t o pass,
we give t o the p u r c h a s e r in P r e m i u m s , a* above stated.
Ave th.-rCfOro offer t h e following i u d u c e m e u t t o p e r s o n s
a c t i n g as A g e n t s f o r u s : — •
Any person s e n d i n g us $23 for o u r goods, will receive a
Pcncil a n d . P e n , and P r e m i u m , or Locket a n d P r e m i u m , free.
F o r f u r t h e r inducements, sec Circular.
A m o n g our P r e m i u m s are a r t i c l e s suitable f o r L a d i e s a n d
Gentlemen, such as
•

CON SUMPTION!'

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H E EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS O B T A I N E D T X . i l l
the stage* of P o l m o h a n r Di*eaM by Dr. C t f m c h i n i rit"
T r e a t m e n t — t h e i m ' O I ' H O S l ' H l T E B O V LIMB A N D SODA
—remove* all r e m a i n i n g d o u b t mi to the inestimable valaa of
thia Discovery. C o n s u m p t i o n la no longer U> be regarded as
a n i n c u r a b l e malady.'
Many.hundred* of p h y s i c i a n s have, already a d o p t e d ' t h i s
t r e a t m e n t with almost invariable success. L e t oo OonaurCT
live delay a m o m e n t t o t r y iu I t is t h e i r l i s t h o p e !
Dr. C h u r c h i l l saya:
" l a m anxious t h a t the II v r o r n o s r BITES should b a b r o u g h t ,
as speedily as possible, i n t o unlveisal use,'as l l K O w t h a t U i c .
will prove n o t only a* sure a R e m e d y In C o n s u m p t i o n a* Quinine is in I n t e r m i t t e n t Fever, but also a s effectual a P r e a e r r t
tive as Vaccination in Small P o x .
" I n no instance have 1 found t h e r e m e d y f U l to p r o d u e t
e v e r y t h i n g t h a t could ruai>onablv be exnectc'd f r o m It.
" O u t of twenty-tn o cases in the t h i r d or-last stage, treat*c
at m y Dispensary, d u r i n g the past year, e l g h t h a v e complete)v
reeoTered, eight have died, a n d six are still n n d e r t r e a t m e n t
Such a result is a l t o g e t h e r unparalleled in the a n u a b of mec'i
cine." _
j (.'vi,
T h i s R e m e d y Is the m o s t powerful G e n e r a t o r of Blooc
known, and U equally efficacious in all forma o i D e U J I t t .
Asthma, lironchltlx. Nervous Diseases, Chlorosis, Dyspeytia.
— o r w h a t e v e r dej>ends on-deficient vitality of the syateat.
Winchester's Gennlne Preparation
U put u p iu large bottles with the following word* blown i t
the glaM.; "DK. J . F , C u t u c n a i . ' s Y r i oi nosriUTes o r L i v r
* s n SODA. J . WIKCUKSTKH, N e w Y b a i . " E a c h b o t t l e h a s
1
alsn, a F A M W I U s i g n a t u r e .
No other can be relied on s* the p a r e I l y p o p h n i p h l u r
Unless perfectly pure, they are u o t only UKleivs h a t p v s l t i v e l v «
injarlou-i. No IKON or o t h e r d r u g should be c o m b i n e d w i t h
thi-ra. or taken tit tlic same time.
P r i c e $3 00. or t h r e e boHlcs f o r
CO. with fnll d i r e r tion* f o r nse. A liberal d i s c o u n t t o j p h y s l c l a n s s n d the tra6e.
The DBT SAI.TH furniAhed to tiie profession. Single bottles
in c o n c e n t r a t e d solution sent by mail, when specially o r d a r t d .
Sold wholesale a n d retail at t h o Solo General Depot in t h a U.
S. 4S J o h n s t r e c j . I ^ t no o n e deceive you, b u t purchaaa a n d
use o n l y " W i n c h e s t e r ' * P r e p a r a t i o n . "
l>r. C h u r c h i l l ' s W o r k o a C o u s u m p t i o t i
is now ready, a n d will be s e n t g r a t i s t o evexy Consompti v a o r
N e r v o u s sud'e^er in the United States, ou receipt of (waive
c e n t s in s t a m p s to coyer e x p e n s e of postages. A W circulars and all reqULHi* Information w i t h o u t charge. .Let no
one delay, f o r time is p r e c i o u s In so fatal a malady i s Con
sumption. Address,
J . WINCHESTER,
A m e r i c a n aud F o r e i g b Agency,
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. 43 J o h n street, New Y o r k .
F o r sale by
MORGAN BATES,
Herald O f f l c e / 1 ' r a v e n * :City.

NEW GOODS.

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FORt h e d e p t h o f 4 feet .
O v e r t h r e e tons of s i l v e r o r e a r r i v e d a t S a n F r a n c i s c o
on the 29th l i t
D E L I V E R E D AT H I S O F F I C E . .
N e w d i s c o v e r i e s of g o l d a r e e x p e c t e d f r o m C a r s o n
\tfgm. T f c U J t r r - W o u o t i c c t h a t t h e sdppljr t f a u p w h i c h
» T w e r * # City, on or beforo tho finit day of A p r i l , 1W0.
Valley.
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w e r t m a i o g u p t h e B o a r d m a n K i v e r t o t h a P i n e r i e s of
O. A. STEVEN'S, Agent.
A D e m o c r a t i c Convention had Leen h e l d at Oregon I
T r a v m o City, D«c., 1669.
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M O i m . H a n n a h , L a y & Co., a r o l o a d i n g J)*ck w i t h C i t y .
S i s t e e u delegates w i t h d r e w . — T h o s e remaining
w ^ e a t ? f r < t a t h a R b u n d L a k e S c t t l c i n f n L W e naw on s e l e c t e d G e n . L a n e , L a n s i n g S t o u t a n d J u d g e D e a d y t o
the Charleston Convention
T i e j d a y t w o Very Hue l o a d ? f r o m t h o f a r m of G t o r g e
> T h e Oregon papers represent tho Simukamocn mines
O o p o k n d . T h i s loolw w e l l f o r . t h o R o n n d L a k e ? .
a s a - l i v i n g reality, a n d p r o b a b l y e x t e r f t i v c . I t w « expccte<l t h a t t h e n j w o u l d b e a g r e a t r u d i in t h e s p r i n g . f
W E H A V E KOW O P E N E D
e of Grnnd Traverse H e r a l d .
T h o d a t e s f r o m V i c t o r i a a r e to N o v e m b e r 2 3 d . $ 1 0 0 , NAPOLEOX, ( J a c k s o n Co., X l i c h . J D c c . 6, 1 8 5 9 .
0 0 0 of gold had arrived f r o m W e s t m i n i s t e r .
DEAR SIR: W i l l y o n h a r e \ b o kindiieaa-tO; a n s w e r t h e
- D y i u u i o n i n 8o>ath C a r o l i n a .
f o l l o w i n g q u e s tjons, b y l e t t e r o r t h r o n g y o n r p a p e r , a n d
CHARLESTON, D e c . 20.
oWigo * friend-—and p e r h a p s rpoxiy.
A EDCscial d i s p a t c h f r o m C o l u m b i a , d a t e d 1 9 t h i a s t ,
AND
' i t W h e r e d o t h e W S t f u m i n g l a h d s ' l a y a r o u n d G r a n d s a y s t h a t b o t h h o u s e s h a v e a d o p t e d a resolution t j i a t t h e
Traverse Bay? [All around i t
C o m e a n d aee for y o u r - S o u t h o w e s i t t o h e r o w n c i t i z e n s t o p r o t e c t t h e m a n d their"
" p r o p e r t y f r o m e v e r y enemy, a n d t h a t f o r t h e p u r p o s e of
m i l i t a r y p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a n y e m e r g e n c y , t h e s u m of $ 1 0 0 - We e v e r b r o u g h t t o t h i s m a r k e t ; which we will bo happy t o
2 . I s t h e r e a n y U q r e r u m e n t l a n d on t h e m a i n t r a v e l e d
000 be appropriated.
ofler at such p i ices a* will accord reasonably w i t h t h e TIMES.
r o a d s , o r w i t h i n five m i l e s of E l k R a p i d s , o r o t h e r vilT h e S e n a t e a l s o a d o p t e d a r e s o l u t i o n , t h a t , w h i l e still
H A N N A H , LAY & CO.
lages, n o t y e t l o c a t e 3 o r "token, b p ? [ V c s . j
defcring t o h e r S o u t h e r n sisters, she respectfully announaverse City, Nov'- IS, 1 « 9 .
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H i e p u t , o n a c c o u n t of f r o s t a n d d r o u t h . [ Y e s . ]
a n d e a r n e s t l y i n v i t e s a n d u r g e s h e r s i s t e r ' S t a t e s of t h e
4 W h a t i - u b s i i t u t e . d o f a r m e r s o r n d w s e t t l e r s h a r e f o r S o u t h , t o o r i g i n a t e t h e m o v e m e n t of S o u t h e r n s e p a r a t i o n (V l i n e G O L D P E N C I L w i t h G O L D P E N
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E V E R A N D A G U E , FROM W H I C H MANKIND.SUF
f e r . o v e r a large p a r t of the glbbe, >»<the conncquenca of
a diseased a c t i o n of the j y s t e m . Induced by t h e poisouoas
m i a s m of vegetable decay. Thia exhalation ia evolved by the
ac tion of solar h e a t on v.ct s o i l , a n d rise* with-the watery vap o r from it. W h i l e the sun is heloW the liorizon t b ! * v a p o r
l i n g e r s n e a r the e a r t h ' s surface, a u d t h ? v i r u s Is M k t n w t t a i t
t h r o u g h tlie lung* Into the blood. T h e r e H a c t a ea a n irritating poison on the internal v i t c e r a a n d e x c r e t i n g organa of
the body. The liver becomes t o r p i d a n i l fail* t o accrote n o t
only till* v i r u s but also- t h e bile from t h e blood. Both t h a
v i r u s and the bile accumulate In the circulation, Mad p r o d u c e
violent constitutional d i s o r d e r . Tire spleen, t h e M i n e y * and
the stomach sympathize with the l i v e r . a n d b e c o a p d i s a r d w e d
also. Finally, t h e i n s t i n c t of o u r o r g a n i s m , a s if l a t a a t t e m p t t o expel the n o x i o u s fusion, c o n c e n t r a t e s t h e a h o l *
blood of t h e body iu the J n W t n a l c x c r c t o r l e s t o f o r c e t h e m •
to cast It o u t The blood Hftves t h e surface, a n d Ttnhea t o
the c e n t r a l o r g a n s with c o n g e s t i v e violence. Thia la t h e
CHILL. B u t in t h i s e f f o r t i t falls. T h e n the F c r x a follows,
in which the blood leaves t h e c e n t r a l o r g a n s a i n L r u a h e a t o
the surface, as if in a n o t h e r effort t o e x p e l t h a I r r i t a t i n g
poison t h r o u g h that other g r e a t e x c r e t o r y — t h e skin. I n t h i s
also Iffail*. a n d the tfystcm a b a n d o n s t h e a t t e m p t exhausted,
a n d w a i t s f o r t h e "recovery or s t r e n g t h t o r e p e a t t h e houelaas
effort, a n o t h e r day. These are the tit* o r p a r o x y i m a of F e v e r
ami Aaitc. S u c h constitutional d i s o r d e r Will of o o a r ^ t ) a d « T mitie die h e a l t h if i t is n o t f e m o v e d .
. . ' .
Wc h a v e labored t o find, and h a v e found, an a n t i d o t e ; '
f
Ayet*s A g a e O r e ,
which neutralizes t h ( s malarious poison i n the blood, a s d
stimulates the liver t o expvl it f r o m the body. A* i t should,
so it docs, cure thi* afllictihg disorder with p e r f e c t c e r t a i n t y
A n d it doc* more, or r a t h a r does w h a t 1* of m o r e service t *
those suliject t o t h i s i n f e c t i o n . If t a k e n In season It e x p e l *
ItTrom t h e system as It Is absorbed.^ a n d t h u s k e e p s t h o s e w h o
u s e It free f r o m its a t t a c k s ; keepa t h e s y s t e m in h e a l t h t h o u g h
e x p o s e d t o the disease. Consequently it n o t o a l y . c u i e a , I m t
p r o t e c t s f r o m , t h e g r e a t Variety of affcctious « hich are l u d u ,ccd by t h U m a l i g n a n t i n f l u e n c c , n i c h a a B e m l t t e n \ F e T e r , C h i l l
Fever, Dumb, or Masked Ague, P e r i o d i c a l II< aflache, o r Bilious Headache, Bilious 'Fcveiv, Neuralgia, B h o a a M t i a n . O o u t .
Blindness. Toothache, Earache, C a t a r r h , A s t b m a ) P a l p i t a t i o n * .
.Painful AUection* of the Spleen, -Hysterics. C o l k , t a r a h r l s .
anil P a i n f u l A f f e c t i o n s of the S t o m a c h nod Bowels, all o f
w h i c h , When a r i s i n g f r o m t h i s causc, will be f o u n d t o assume
m o r e or less t h e I n t e r m i t t e n t type. T h i s " Ague C u r o " removes t h e causc of these derangement*, a n d cure* the disease.
T h i s it aceomplishea by s t i m u l a t i n g the e x c r e t o r l t * to e x pel the v i r u s from the s y s t e m ; a n d these o r p n a by d e g r e e a
become habited to do thi* their.office of their own a c c o r d . —
Hencc arises w h a t wc t e r m acclimation. T i m e m a y a c c o m plish the f a m e end, t u t o f t e n life ta'taot l o n g e n o u g h , a r la
sacrificed in the a t t e m p t , while thla " A g u e C a r e " doca i t a t
once, a n d with, aalety. W e h a v e g r e a t r e a s o n t o believe thia
1* a s u r e r a* v e i l as a a f e r remedy f o r t h e w h o l e class of diseases w h i c h arc caused by the m i a s m a t i c infection, t h a n a n y
o t h e r w h i c h h a s been d i s c o v e r e d ; a n d i t h a s still a n o t h e r
i m p o r t a n t a d v s n t a g e to t h e public, which ir, t h a t l i b , c h e a p
a* w e l l aa good.
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Prepared by D r. J . C. Aver A Co., Lowell, Mas?. P r i c e O n e
D o l l a r p e r bottle.
Ayei*a C h e r r y P e c t o r a l .
•has won f o r Itself such a renown f o r the cure of e v e r y variety
of T h r o a t *nd I . u n g C o m n l * i n t , t h a t i t 1* entirely u n n e c c a a a r y
for us t o r e c o u n t t h e evidence of ita virtues, w h e r e v e r it h a s
been employed. A* it h a s long been In c o n s t a n t n*e t h r o u g h out t h i * section, we i c e d n o t do m o r e than assure t h e p e o p l e
it* qnallty is k e p t np to the-b«st it e v e r ha* l>een, a a d t h a t i t
may be relied on t o d o f o r t h e i r relief all i t haa e v e r been
f o u n d to dO.
,
Aycr's Cathartic Pllla,
F o r all the purposes of a P u r g a t i v e Medicine; for Costlveaeas;
f o r the c u r e of Dyspepsia; f o r J a u n d i c e ; f o r t h e e n r e o f f n d i gestloU; for H e a d a c h e ; f o r the c u r e of D y s e n t e r y ; f o r a F o u l
S t o m a c h ; f o r t h e c a r e of E r o i p e l a a ; f o r t h e P i l e * ; Ipr t h e
cure of S c r o f u l a ; for all Scrofolou* C o m p l a i n t s ; f o r t h e c u r e
or R h e u m a t i s m ; for Diseases of t h e 8 k l u ; f o r the "cUw e l
L i t e r C o m p l a i n t ; for D r o p s y ; f o r t h e c u r e of T c t t e r . T e w o m
a n d Salt R h e u m ; f o r W o r m s ; f o r t h e e u r e of G o u t ; for a D i n n e r Pill: f o r t h e cure o f N e u r a l g i a ; tor p u r i f y i n g the Mood.
T h e y are s a g a r - c o a l a d , ao t h a t the m o a t aenaitive c a n t a k e
t o e m pleasantly, a a d they are t h e beat a p e r i e n t i n t h e w o r l d
for all the pnrpoaea-of a family physic.
P r i c e 13 cent* p e r B o x ; 6 t * B o x e s f o r O n e D o l l a r .

Gtalltmrii'sfoldand Silver Watctas G»!d Vest aad Guard flub,
Gold Sleeve B u t t o n s , Gold W a t c k K e y s , ,
GOLD S H I R T STUDS— plain a n d w i t h s e t t i n g s ; GOLD SCARP
PINS'—new s t y l e ; Gold B r e a s t Pins, California Diamond
Pins, Gold Rings, Ac., Ac;

FOR LADIES,

W e have GOLD WATCHESv Florentine, Mosaic, Gold Stone
Cameo, G a r n e t and Coral Breast P i n s a n d fear Rings, Gold
Bracelets, Gold Sleeve Buttons, (Sold Beit Slides,
Gold Rings, Ac. Ac.
ALSO—Pianos. Mclodeons, Mnsical Boxes, Aceordeons, Ac.
U n e i o e p t i o n a l R e f e r e n c e s given whenever r e q u i r e d .
-2W" A G E N T S W A N T E D f o r every p a r t of the C o u n t r y .
N. 11.—In s e n d i n g y o u r nArocs, write the State. County a n d
Town p l a i n l y , « o as to a v o i d l e t t e r s b e i n g m i s c a r r i e d .
7
ADDRESS,
ANGLE A CO.
1 0 2 C A N A L Sl-REET, (Old No.)
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New York.

TERMS OF c i i u . r r r COURTS IS THE NINTH

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JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
i A C C O R D A N C E W I T H L A W . I DO H E R E B Y
fix a n d a p p o i n t the t i m e s for h o l d i n g the C i r c u i t C o u r t s
f o r ' t h e Ninth- J u d i c i a l C i r c u i t of the Suite of Michigan, for

O T T A W A COUNTY—On t h e f o u r t h T u e s d a y of March, the
^ourtit Tuesday of June, a n d the' third Tuesday in Octo-

MUSKEGON COUNTY—On t h e first T u e s d a y i u A p r i l a n d
a n d t h e f i r s t Tuesday in October.
NEWAYGO^ COUNTY'—Oa the s t e o n d Tuesday I s A p r i l a n d
t h a first Tuesday in September.
COSTA COUNTY—4"
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the second Monday
tacbed.>
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OCEANA COUNTY—On t V f o u r t h Monday i a A p r i l , a n d t h e
G r e a t n u m b e r s of Clergymen. P h y s i c i a n s , S t a t e s m e n , aad~
e m i n e n t peraqaagc*, h a v e l e n t t h e i r n a m e s t o c e r t i f y ; t b a u - ,
first T h u r s d a y in O c t o l p r .
MASON COUNTY—On t h a f o u r t h T h u r s d a y in Apr,il a n d the paralleled nsefulneaa or these t e m e d i e s s . Imt o u r upace h a r e
first Mondav in OctobeK
will n o t "permit t h e j M c r t l o n of t h e m . Tl^e Agvnta M o w
M A N I S T E E COUNTY—On t h e first T u e s d a y in M a r ^ a n d the n a m e d f u r n i s h g r a t i s our A m e r i c a n A l m a n a c In w h i e h t h e y
f o u r t h T u e s d a y in September. ( W i x f o r d and Mi**aukae a r t "given; alao with f a l l d e s c r i p t i o n a o f the above s c t t p f a l a * ^
Countlen a t t a c h e d ^
a n d t h e t r e a t m e n t t h a t s h o u l d he f o B u w a d f a r t h e i r c a r a .
GRAND T R A V E R S E COUNTY—On t h e ' s e c o n d
May, a n d t h e t h i r d TuMday la S e p t e m b e r . ( A n t r i m a n d
Do n o t h e a u t offf bby.unprinciplei
y.unprincipled dealers with other p r e
;e m o r e profit 0 % T h e a i d : w a n t t h a baaa
KaUcaska C o u n t i e s a t u e h e d - )
paratiouin they make
1
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V.J. L I T T L E J P H I T .
a i d t l i s r * taP»e t b e » , a h d
i are f o r aal* by
J . g . FABMAKD,
. ; J ? : ' ' C i r c u i t J u d j o Of Che N i n t h J u d i c i a l C i r e n i L
A l l e g a n . Nov. 1, 18^3. . , ! ;
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the im&tf
<ni these 'lands'' is for superior to "bf tho Bay, where Ihey "have fanns of from forty to eighty
. Travcrae Towakhip.
that of the Grand and Muskegon Rivera. I only state a uens each, comfortible horaes and tolerable improveM a Enrroa:—Aa it is becoming quite fash'»onahl« in
fact well known by.those at all conversant with the lumber ments. Here is the Indiau village of Pa-sha-bah. near Grand Traverse to give views and opiniofi3 in regard to
a n Chicago. . Messrs. HAKWAU, LAY A Co.. which, on a commanding and beautiful eminence, H the different points; as to the quality of the land, ana other
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«»i-B<«fM.w market
inform me that these lands cleared of pino bv them, have Indian Mission" school. Grove Hill Seminary, under the advantages for farming purposes, I wish to give mine, as
i Lake jMMPy w^MpSMSe ~
•viclded an average of 1,000,000 feet for cach 80 acre lot; charge of Re v. Peter Daugherty, The School nuthbers others have done, in favor of my own neighborhood.
about forty pupils of both sexes.
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TV5KI*O faiif k sitaited'at the t e n d of the we«t arm and I have' no doubt that, as the pine of Michigan
Frem all we could learn, there seems to be but little The place our little band (six or eightfamiliesin number i
of Grand TravcreofBiy, eAoimaiidinji* a view, from its becomcs scarce and more valuable, near the same amount hope for tlic Indian race, a fctblc remnunt of which still have settled, is about four miles south of the head of the
HaaJWfto raontlj,'(could the eye compass so great a per acre wiR be procured from theso lands when cut tha remains among us. They are failing and doomed peo- Bay, on the cast side of the Boardman River. Here we
tract of good land, extending cast and west,
' difUnoerraboat 40 milcaJ of the most pjctucresque and second time.
and destined soon to disappear' from the earth, in have- a large
The population of this village docs not at the present •nlc,
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beaatifiiibifUijrt^aier'lteto.sawr-Tl* w Q ^ of the
laad gently aaccfida about eighty rods, till it reaches aa. time exceed 260 people, alLof whom save a few public office™
and
the
village
editor,
are
conncctcd
with
and
fed
by
ftkjTfcttofl offrom twenty to thirty foot above the level of
t h a , ^ t * & 8 ^ « * ' *°° then stretches off On a level plain Messrs. H., L. & Co. In fact, it seems that the proprie- a W
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p a ^ v a ^ r on nearly cv^ry quarter «cUon. g ^With the^r
fvoia daa io two miles, to still more elevated ground, more tors of tho place have looked wholly for their profits and where,
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• time,
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took the profiler l'rarie State, advantages we are near Traverse City, the wmnty seat.
in
which in my opinion, will rank next to Klk Rapids, which
at t w rolling, over looking tho plateau in front and extend- prosperity to the manufacture of lumber—not deeming bound for home. •
the
time
yet
arrived
when
it
would
pay
to'
give
much
ing tha vipw to the horizon on the Bay. THc soil in tho
Mv improaio™ oftbo roontry.
on the
| from . » »rtick in yo.r to mper, y m
" things
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jtjg j believe with the country would thmk wan the ouiy .place on. the
ima^diatp Vicinity of the village is not of great value for attention to the settlement of the town, and developing decidedly favorable. AD
ipabSitics for other branches of-bosine®. But as
farming it baiog mostly sandy plains, underlaid with clay;
what might be termed a good country. In healthfulness Bay- I wish to say nothiug discouraging for Elk Rapids
imt on going back from the bay one or two miles, the rumors begin to reach us of the progress'of'the jGrand I am confident it Will not snffiir in coihporison with any or vicinty, for they hare a fine tract or laodi but 1 will
kriWflj tftfibBrpd beach atfd maple forests ere met, awl a Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and we begin to think it part of North A mcrica. Swamps and murshes overflowed say to those who are seeking ft home in this connty, to
m^rewoducfivo or desirable soil, you are aware cannot is sure, tome day to reaek this point, a new feeling of with stagnant water and loading the atmosphere with come out aud see us before purchasing elsewhere, and w.»
he found, than that oyergj'o.rrn with the towering elm, interest is awakened, and the proprietors are now arrang- poisonons malaria, are not fonnd in tlie Grand iVawrse will try nnd d.r them good." Wc can dispose of all our
maple -and teach, interspersed With the pino, hemlock, lyn ing to lav out and record in the Spring a City plat Country; henco fever and ague, chill fever, nnd their kin- surplus produce at o fair price, and what we hare to buy
mid aspen. -The surface iS undulating and woll watered which will be done with care ami liberality, and with a dred diseases, are neither kiiown nor feared in that region. we can getaschcapat Traverse City as at any other
by innumerable chrystal lakes, and sparkling, rippling 'iew at a day not far distant, of accommodating a large Good health seemed universally to prcva* lu making point ou the Bay. Michigan has always had 0 hard sickly
sftetms ,filled Vith every ya»icty of fisn, and of inealcu"- population. Surrounded as this place is % a large in an estimate of the country, I ivgard this as no unimpor- , , a n H . ; _ i t i s always said at the cast, if you wish to shake
|aW» Valuo to * (arming country. The soil is, generally, extent and unsurpassed in fertility of soil, agricultural tant consideration. The water is crystal purity. In the to death go to Michigan; hut that will not apply to this
n deep, richj hlack marly loam, with a sub-soil of clay, district, together with the untold wealth of its fon\sW of bay aud lakes one may gaze down to a frightful depth, part or the State. LsaVe your ague where you Rtart frOm
and has been found genial for all all varieties of crops pine and other valuable timber, Traverse City rau.st, ere and see clearly objects fifteen or twenty feet bciieath the and bring no diseaso with "you, then ir you do not live to
trodatily grown on .the same class of lands many degrees the next decade shall roll around, become a' populous and surface, that in most waters would bo invisible ut one a ripe old age, in good health, you may leave tho counthriving business town of from five to ten thousand welltry
J . MOOPY.
(hrtMroouth.
half that distance.
The first white settlement at this point**as made by to-do, healthy and happy people.
The brooks, which are numerous and all formed by
f r o m l b * O m n d T n w i m l i eraidof SOT. t \ IMS
Mr. HORACS • Bo4^DXAje,(whoeo name is borne by the
' From l h . Grand Trmrcrte l l r r a l d Sept. 3
spring:*, arc clear, bright and beautiful, and go leaping nnd
A Word to EmigrnutK.
beaptiful River here making its outlet to the Bay,) in
(lancing along over their pebbly beds in a manner the
A T R I P TO GRAND T R A V E R S E .
To the thousand of hardy and enterprising men who
\84§{ Who built'a small water saw mill, and made sundry
mostunpoctical cannot admire.
will bo seeking new homes in the Great West uext spring.
S o i n o t h i n u A.'btmt No«-thoro M i c h i g a n .
other iflinor irhproyemenls. In 1351, Messrs. HAN.VAU
The timber most abundant is the sugar maple. Inter,n confidently say that the Grand Travtrao country,
LAY & Co., of Ca'icago,' the present proprietors, purchased Corrt»poDJ»DC« Ut I W l o l i D l l l y Advertiser.
spersed with this is hemlock, basswood, white ash, beech
stronger and better inducements than either IlliMr. B's improvements with the sole view of prosecuting
Having just returned from a short visit to the region &c. Along the streams considerable pine is found. This
the'lumbenng busines—where nature, lh my opinion, about Grand Traverse Boy, I have thought a brief ac- is especially true of Boardman river, and Of tlie chain nois, Wisconsin, Iowa or Minnesota. To the Farmer,
especially,
we say, *eomo and see. There is no more
never offered more real nnd substantial advantages for count of it might not be uninteresting to the readers of of lakes which discharge their waters into the Bay at Elk
hcalthv country on tho habitable globe; the climate is
ibat kind of bnsinoss tlinn arc lavishod at this point your paper.
Rapids. Cedar swamps are numerous, yet thev contain as fine'and saluburiousa-i cau lie found in tho same parallel
Thcne gentlemen began by investing 84,000 in the purOn the 15th of last month, lion. D. G. Leach. Rev. C. no stagnant pools, and when cleared off they make ex- or latitude in North America; tho soil is as rich nud
chase of the site and improvements. In 1852 they ereot- S. Armstrong fcid the- writer, all of .Lansing, started from cellent meadow lands.
productive as that of any timbered country we ever,saw;
.pd"$ steam Baw mill, driving two upright, siding and two that place on our tour, arriving at Detroit in the evening.
The soil of this region of country I cannot lwttcr do'edging sawi This mill was built in the most substantial E&rly the oott morning, (Tuesday,) we embarked on the ecribe, perhaps, than by comparing it with that of some it Is well watered, abounding in beautiful lakes, rivtffs
madner^ at a cost of S2a,000, ombracing all tho .modern propeller Meudota, of the Western Transportation Line, other part of "the State—say for instance, thfc Grand and brooklets, filled with trout, pickerel and bass; atid
-rmprovomentapplicablo at tho time. to the manufacture paying $5 each for our fare to Carp River, board inclu- River Valley. First, then, 1 do nut regard it in its natu- the timWr (chiefly hard-maple, lieecli, white oak, ash'df lumber.' They also, thaVyoor, built a dock 250 by 60 ded. At about 10 o'clock' A. M., of Thursday following, ral state, as quite a? rich'ns soil a that wliicti prevails in basswood nnd elm,') is large and thrifty. Wo have DO
earlv fronts to injure crops; and the lowest range of the
foot reaching into twelve feet of water, and erected such we .o-uueu
reached North Mamtou Island, fifteen miles off shore the valley above mentioned. It contains le*s clay, muck
. bufldiegs as the convenience of (heir busines and employees from Carp River, where wo were set on shore, a heavy ^ ) o a n i i m nl more taud and gravel—the luttcr ingredi. theiuometer this full, up to the 25th November, has
demanaad; aiming, to make all tU^ir improvements in the sea, (aa the Captain supposed,) preventing us from being cntJ i seeming largely to pmdominate. The .soil unques- been 28 degrees abovo zero. We have a Bay 40 miles
most substantial manner* keopin*-1tt view good taste, landed at the pface of our destination, which we reached! tiouablv containing much lime, a considerable portion o. long by 10 nroad. with a dozen or more safe and commodious natural harbors. Imtnenso tracts of the very
adaptability, and the comfort andnappinesi of those whose • the
.1 . . A
l l n n l ' m t i n . *' l u i l n m r i n f f the
^ . ' . . . 1 being
i . . ! n * of
/ . r tthat
l i n i character, and
n n d also
n l s o aan
n nabundance
bnndunce
afternoon, however, in nn "t> Mackinaw,"
belonging . t . . gravel
best farming lands are still owned by tho Goveraiuant,
impioymeQt colled them to mnkc this (licir homes.
fb some fishermen living on the Island. I would advise of marl. It is lighter and more porous soil thai) that of and cau lie bought for $1 25 per acre. The Land Ofliee
In 1866, the settlement of the country, the convenience persons wishing to visit Grand Traverse to avoid being the Grand River Valley; hence, it is more easily tilled, is located ut Traver&rCity, tho County Scat of Grand
• i d enconomy of their business,. seemed to demand the j set ashore On this Island, if possible, for it is u desolate but will sooner become'exhusted, unless kept up, as 1 set- Traverse county, and every facility is offered to tho*)
• erection of a grist mill, and in that year they built a wa- looking spot, useful only as a wooding station, and being
reason why it may not be, by a liberal cropping of desirous making locations;
.
•
ter mill, at an.expense of 83,000, with two run of stone. snbjectcato an exorbitant chargo. Be sure and land clover.
,
i '
A heavy lumbering business now ia nnd for manv
"This mill was constructed with • that euro and perfect cither at Carp River or Nortbport
As a fruit country. I should judge it to tie fair though vears to come wi!l be, transac ted on the Bay. "plough
flnfyb which enables them to makeflourof the first brands Carp River or Leland, rather, is as yet only a small so little progresn has been made iu its culture, that it is there in very little pine in the immediate vicinity, yet
fafly equal, I -think, to that made at your celebrated town, out evidently dostined to amount to something, ai vet almost an untried experiment
Mine thirty or forty miles in the interior there are vast
n a m Hie profitableness of this improvement is evidenc- nature has made it the outlet of n fine region of country. " On the whole I regard it as a good farming region, not forests of pine timber, which is cut in winter and floated by the almost constant hum -of whirling stones and The ne*t day wfc set out for Traverse City, going fifteen equal, iierliaps, to the praries of Illinois, or the rich, low ed down the various tributaries of -the Bay in the
rattling of Us, innumct'able iron cog-wheels and other miles of the way in a pail boat, to the head ofCarplake, timbered lamlrf or southern Michigan, ret far' ahead of Sprin". Here it iwawed into lumber daring the., sumtpachmery one Wars whenever in its vicinity.
a most; beautiful sheet of water somefifteenmiles in length manv portions of the Union which arc liow dcuselv popu- mer and shipped to Chicago. This will afford a good
. . The high price of lumber'in tho Chicago market and abounding in fish, awl surrounded by a dense forest lated, nnd whose sons are every rear gtowing lyualthy in homo market, at fair prices, for all thd surplus produce
- the large profit made in its manufacture, when prosecuted From this point we made tho journey to the Bay, a dis- tho cultivation of a less genial soil. That aii industrious which will be raised for the next ten rears; ami when the
under so many advantages, in 1857, warranted the Com- tance of some seveii or eight miles ou foot packing our man can easily mnkc a very good and productive) (arm, supply shall become greater thaii the home demand.- the
id building a second steam saw mill, and. that year iggagc upon Cur backs, and threading the intricate ina- grow rich in its cultivation, raise a house full of rosy- farmer cart have his choice or markets abroad, without
Added anothernfill to tho facilities of prosecuting 38 01 an Indian trail that "meandered gracefully," hi cheeked children, and all the while feel tho blood cours- being subject to the expense of land transportation for
business. The new mill is mammoth in sire, durable many a winding bout of linked," crookedness, over ing healthy through his veins, 1 do most sincerely believe. one, two, three and four hundred miles, before ho can
in structure, perfect in fiuish, and embodies all the im- roots and logs, through tho brush, dodging around the
Two things have materially retarded the settlement of ship it to tide-water, as is the-ense iu Iowa and Minnesota,
provements in machinery which the genius and intelligence trees, climbing hills nnd ducking into ravines, until late this country—first, the reservation of a large lwrtion of ami some parts of Illinois and Wisconsin. Twenty thbo^ <^mnbohnen have'introduced, attaining a ]>crfcction in at night we came to anchor three miles north ofTraverss the government lands around Grand Traverse iBay ("I a Kind Tamers may settle in the counties bordering Grand
* thi»" State not excelled in the world. This mill now (in- City, in a settlement of putchmen and cross dogs, the term of ten years, for the purpose or allowing the Indians Traverse Bay. and nofeouo or them hare to carry his
complete in its full capacity for manufacturing lumber,) latter being particularly crabbed towards the Reverend, to make a selcctiou of their lands; and, sebondly, the produce over ten miles to.ship it to Buffalo or Chicairo.
i Tuns two large circular, one Hiding and two edging .saws, nnd manifested a dogged determination to prevent hit withdrawal of the remainder of the government lands for Can any Western State or Territory offur more favorable
'Which are driven by an engine of 100 borso power, of the approach. Early next morning wc set sail for Traverse railroad purpose. These are felt to be a serious detri- inducements to the Emigrant Farmer?
first class ofraanufacture and finish, i3 probably the lar- City ;n a beautiful yawl, her canvas spread to a fpanking ment to tlie country, and are universally regnrd&l
curse. 1 have not exhausted this subject, but fearing I Crops of Grand Traverse Compared with Other
gest engine in the state devoted to that business, and breeze, that sent the sprtiy. dashing from her bows.
Sections of the Country.
^rhto nil jho machinery is attached to it which its power*
Traverse Cilv, as your readers are aware, is located at have exhausted your patience, I will close.
Our friend ohd correspondent A. W. B., who has been
will warrant, will, I think, fhrnish the model saw mill of the head of the "weal'arm of Grand Travese Bay. It is
Yours, very truly,
traveling extensively for tho last month, and is now f n
Detroit. Kept 2. 185'J.
L M. CBAVATIL
; the West
an eligiblo site for a largo town and must eventually lieVermont
writes
to us uuder date or August 2d, as fql„'i The two mills of HAKXAII, LAT & Co., owing to the come one. Thejsaw mills of Hannah Lav & Co., the
Krotn Uw ( i r u x l T r a v o r w l l r r a l d O
lows: " A brief comparison, from carcfol observation, i>f
prevailing low pric^of lumber, since the erectiou of the largest in this regiou, if not in ,tho State, are located
Mr. Cravatb'a Notice of Grand Traverse.
our Bay country with Southern Michigau, Ohio and New
second anil, have not'beenTun any where near their full here. They are capable of turning out eighty thousand
Mono AS BATES ESQ.:—TO the author of *'A Trip to York, 'in relation to crops, plaees as equal, and in motiv
' ;:c|4»cit»---on|y being worked through tto day time .of feet of lumber in a day. Aside from its soil, which is a
>leea thanflevenmonths of the year, find daring the phst bed of light sand, Traverse City would be a most desira- Grand Traverse" (I. M. CRAVATII, Esq.,) much credit is localities superior. This must l»e admitted as flattering,
T;: fummor, otdyoncmill running at tho «uno time. The ble place of residence. Just in its rear is Boardman Lake due, according, at it most likely did, with fcis personal as the comparisons are drawu with Greeley's most favorobservations,
which we regret were not more extensive. ed dimes. Crops, as a whole are equally advanced in
-foil capacity of thesp miUs for cutting lumber is rated at which, like all the others that abound in' this Northern
' 32,600,000, per annum, and I am informed by good country, is a beautiful sheet of sparkling water whose He is also entitled to many thanks for his clear exposi- others. Our com and oats crops are equal to any, and nrc
iadges that thisisa ldw estimate. When in full force, bright pebbly bod is visible almost as far a« the lake tion of our State Swamp Land interest. In short, for superior to Western New York, and on a par with the
' ihe mills will employ in alt eapaaliet, about 250 men; itself—while in front, on either -hand, stretches away in both articles, and the interest manifested in our welfare, Garden of the State, tho Mohawk Valley. Wheat and
there being at this time only about 160 persons engaged lines of loveliness tho shores of " The Bay,"—as beautiful we would give duo credit, at the same tune claim the Other crops, cquaL Grass, though light equals New
"in the woods and othBjP occupations, embracing agents, a placc as was over hollowed out by the hand of Omnipo- right of criticism, having had a longer and better ac- York or Vermont, while our fruit—peaches and anples
—as shown bv trees in bearing at the Old Mission, places
' foremen, clerks, and in* innumerable array neccssary to tence, and filled with water clear as crystal and pure as quuiutanct with the cotntry in question.
All his statements of!localities, water, air, health and
iu advance* or all other localities, not having rtcrtred
' cany on soi^rge an- establishment. The extent of the the heavens whose imago it reflects.
were correct and his statements mainly exhibited
jury by winter cold, or those otherwise disastrousJune
...:inq)ro\xio»enta mado by Messrs. HAXXAB, LAT i Co., and
After a Sabbath dajps rest at tho pleasant home of our scenorv.
a
great
degreo
of
fairness;
but
when
he
reTers
to
our
soil,
jsts, all bearing their full capacity.
• the Inclose of bosinoaa is shown by the increased capital „.d friend Morgan Bates, Esq., whoso hospitallity, like
;
it
is
evident
he
derived
his
knowledge
from
observations
Our Financial position, as compared with States west
- neeenaryfto maintain their business at this time; bogin- that of many others to whom wo wore indebted for much
7 ning with ih investment of $4,000, they have now a capi- of the pleasure of our journey, is worthy of all praise, wc mudc on the routes he traveled, to wit; Shores or Carp or the Mississippi River, shows a much larger balance
teJ, in pine land^, mills and itnplcrocnts, and improvemnits took a most delightful horse-lmck ride of some six or Lake, I'eninsnla, Buy Road, and up Mill Creek, all of n our ravor "than even onr flattering AgriculUral worth,
incident t^» the business, of $175,000. *. Notwithstanding eight mile3 into the country along the border of Silver which localities exhibit our lightest soil, being on and in tight' as we arc supposed to be iu finances. This i®
,the ifnlinglpw.priccs of lumber at this tune, the. Company Lake. After leaving the bay a milo or so, the soil be- the immediate vicinity of large bodies of water, ueces>«- owing, undoubtedly, to our ready access to the best of
wiQ get in during tho present winter logs sufficient for comes richer and a denso forest tuwere around you, and rily containing soil of a lighter cast; whereas our back markets, with such a variety of cadi commodities—fish,
'•"' froth eight to ten' million feet of sawed stuff, which will the farther you go the richer the soil becomes and the country possesses clay mid loam in abundance. Sandy lumlier, wood and agticultural products, part of which
loam, with gravel, perhaps predominates, $>ut not sand are unknown in tho extreme west (Iowa and Minnesota, |
be shipped dt^og,tho-coming summer, thus drawing from mbrc dense the forest
• i- the mines of weal thin our pine foreststheir quota of money Leaving the pleasant associations of Traverse City, we nnd gravel. What reason had lie for supposing that our or if produce in Part, the .transportation consumes tho
soils needs more fostering and-paius to keep it up than
-to produce the " good time coming."
took passage in an old lumber wagou drawn by a span of the Graod River Valley, or any other portion of like entire profits, l a c r&ults ih?, they are burdened with
' j f ' Tho Boardman Rjyer runs throtigh the heart of the -Indian podes, 'for the Old Mission, a deserted Indian extent of territory in southern Michigan, when lie admits a kind or picker' trade, cash totally unknown; whereas,
piMilands acccssible from this point, and affords good vUliago near the extremity of tho peninsula which sepa- that that which had been under cultivation for one hun- our medium of exchange is far more agreeable,' ffnail
' .
' facilities for transporting tho pino from the forests, from rates the two arms of the bay, making onr dinner upon the dred years or more, hod by no means lost ifa virtue. though the amonnt be.
Manv other observations, equally in our favor, might,
J'80 to 50 mites from its mouth to'the mills. About a hlacklxrries that grow there in great abundance in all The fact that this year this one hundred years drilled soil
be dcdnccd. but a propper amount of investigation by nil
mile from its moqth is a small lake, covering, perhapsr -ftc intervals of the forest
produced an average crop for any countiy, proves bis
From here we crossed over in a boat to Elk Rapids Btatcmeut that " it yet had virtues." to be correct; also interested, would not only substantiate the abovo bnefty
. 4Q0. acres of land "which providessafe nnd occossiblc room
drawn comparisons which of themselves hare woigbt
which, from its excellent water power and tho fine farm- that its durability is beyond a doubt
*- nn.nnBmited o'xtent; ^^convenre
sufficient to convince the skeptical, but would dispel the
ing countiy tributary to it, post eventually become a
h the lumbermen of Grand and Muskerofi ri
rivers/
Cedar swamp3 are by no means numerous when comthriving town. Here is the lumbering establishment of pared with the vast amount of upland, though such " n discontent harbored by many, to tho detriment of their
Jy^ppreciato from the want of such faciltties V_
financial artd social prosperity.
„
^"^jh^-'wpwnllyythcn tho swollen waters of those streams Dexter & Noble, and back of the town extends a chain impression could have been easily formed, but not
[Grand Traverw Herald. Aug. 19
in their course sweep everything unsecured on its surface of Mres of about seventy miles in length, bordered by a easily eradicated, by a single half mile navigation in «
- 'down the rapid currents and deposit it each recurring heavy forest and some of the best farming land iu this of them. Thi3 statement like the first it is evident \
ENDURE HARDSHIP.—As tlje gladiator trained' the
•' • y i n g , iato i*ko Michigan. Tho proxinrity'ofthis Lake region. . Visitors should by all means make the tonr of the result of observations in our coast vicinity.
body, to mast we train the mined to self " 5 " ° ^ ' "J
f -to'the Bay prevents any preccptible rise or fall of waters, this chain of lakes, and it was a mutter of regret to us
The fruit-growing statement could have been safely endure all things," to meet nnd overcome difltemty urxl
' "Thimhhfilg the prettiest and snuggest Tittle harbor for that we wire unable to make it—as we had intended.
extended to a certainty, as all trees now i a bearing have danger. We must take the rough and thonry roads, a<
Returning
from
Elk
Rapids
io
our
sail
craft,
wc
spent
storingsaw logs yoo e v e r a a w . ^ r h c steam mills arc
well as the smooth and pleasantOmd a portion a t least
50 proved it—though not numerous, yet enough so
built on a narrow strip ofland formed between the River] another night at the Old Mission, among pleasant
or our daily duty most be hard and disagreeable; for the
the fact evident
.
. — a b o u t half a mile long, and from four to ten acquaintances—-had another blackberry feast ana a pony- make
Finally, while we give Mr. Cravath credit for fairness, mind cannot be kept strong and beajtoy mperpertaal sun.•idie, which enables them to take the logs in at one ride to Bowers' Harber. a most delighful place, perfectly deduced'from observations taken from the worst side of shine only, and the most dangerous of aH states is that or
if the mills, uad defiver tho mahufactnred lumber on land-locked, yet capable of holding a navy of the tallest our picture, wo regret that he had not time and oppor^ ^ t l s dockat flte.oUi^ ready far diipmeot Tho River kind.
tunity to make farther explorations.
A. W . IS.
v.:dtodwrgea about the same voUnan <S water aa does that The Old Mission, a pleasant spot with a very fine
cf titker the Flat, Tbomappte,or Rogoe rivws, emptying harbor, was deserted by the Indians about six years ago.
"Friend, the Bible tells thee not to swear at alL"
into Grand River. The pine fin the banks of the Hie soil wag originally-very rich, and has by no means " Ob, I. dortt sweir at all; I only swear at those I am mad mind to arrive at its highest gouL
^ p b i c d ^ R i v e r lsnearkeqnal^tHvided between Xor- loct its virtue* now, although it has probably been under
ei&ivatioa-for more than a hundred years. Owing, to
Fragility.Is !braM> (be principle ttot ^ rickes
I t ia in the natnrfiof thahumnn disposition to hate him
t i n impixslhility of tbeir obtaining a title to the land on
have limits.''h
rf
it ttdspbee, for hair a century. And when I add that the peninsula tho Indians removed to the peninsula west whom you have injured.

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