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Grand Traverse Herald, March 04, 1864
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Grand Traverse County (Mich.)
Traverse City (Mich.)
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Bates, Morgan (1806-1874)
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1864-03-04
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Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City (Mich.)
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GRAND TRAVERSE HERALD.
VOL. VI.
T R A V E R S E
Cf/e (Sraitii Cnibcrsc Derail),
CITY,
MICH.
CIJE iSraiiii frabEtsc ^glrrali).
F R I D A Y , M A R C H 4,18G4.
NO.
12.
excellent quality. Some of the land around Old . M i s - G r a n d Traverse—The Name.
»ion has probably been cultivated over u hundred years i The word Traverse is of French origin, meaning
M O l l G A N B A T K 9 , K i l t o r a n d P r o i j r i e U i r by Indians and whites, and has by no means lost ila vi/- ! across. Its application to the Bay is said to have ontue yet.
| finated from the crossing of the early inhabitants from
TRAVERSE CITVi
M O B G A N ' B A T E S .
\\ e would speak of the scenery of Grand Traverse i one point of the maiu laud at its month to the opposite.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1864.
SD1T0K AND fROrBIBTOB.
Buy but we have not the ability to do it jui-tiee. It is , It was called the Grand Traverse (i. a great crossing.) te
.
XMUMS.
of Nulil s u«n handiwork, uml not a whit behind I contradistinction from Little Traverse which lies to tho
The G r a n d Traverse Country.
O n e D o l l a r a n d P t O y C e n t s . P a y a b l e Invar i a b l y in Brtvunoe.
pccimen. \V hoover sees it and fails to be j north of it. I- rom the Bay the names passed over to tho
Wrliun Kzpresilj for UM> Graad T r i n n t HtukL
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted for One Dollar per square (ten
i: Ii i
II have n
laud adjacent to it
for the beauti'
lines) for the first insertion, sod twenty-flve cents for cach
Grand Traverse Bay.
subsequent Insertion. Yearly Advertisements—Slo for one
j
Grand Traverse Region—It* Extent.
Yillnges on Grand Tiaverae Bay.
sqnaru; $20 for three squares; $30 for half a column; and
This Boy is tbet body of water that jots from Lnke
are Traverse City. Xorlbport. Elk ltupids, andl The Grant! Traver* region is therefore the region in
$A0 for one column. Legal advertisements at the ratea prej the vicinity of Grand Traverse Bay. It ioelodes several
scribed by law : Ufty cents per folio of 100 wvrd», for the Michigan southwest into the northwest corner of the Old Missiou. Of Ihe luMer we have already spoken.
flrstlnsertion.and twenty-five cent* for each subsequent Lower Peaiusuln.
I Counties, one of which is specifically named Graod
Traverse City
Everyfigurecounts a word. Figure work without rules, 60
It is given, though perhaps not by name, on all oar
per cent added, Rnleaodfigurework, double price.
I raverse. The ethers were formerly attached to it for
Is at the head of the west arm of the Bay ond is t
All legal advertisement* to be paid for strictly in advance. common school maps. As it proceeds inland it divides
County sent of Grand Traverse County. Although i Judicial and municipal purposes. Two of tbem. Leelainto two arms separated by a narrow peninsula. Each gnlarly laid ont into city lots, nt present it presents but ;
. of which Xorlbport, nnd Antrim, of which Elk RaAll Kinds of Job Printing Neatly and Eipdilmisli Emoted.
arm is about twenty miles long and from one to three very little of the appearance of a city. There are about j P ' ^ ' 8 'ho County t*nt, were w organized last spring —
wide. The whole length of the Bay from the bend of
ery good buildings all told. In addition to K n l k o s c o ' '>''"8 601,111 of Antrim nnd east of Grand
ither arm to Lnke Michigan is about forty miles. Set- these it contains a large numtier of dwellings) ' r u v c r s e - is attached to Antrim, and Benzio, south of
UNITED STATES 1AM OfflCE AT KATEBE CITT, IlCfl.
ting in from the main Boy are a number of smaller ones put up merely for a temporary purpose. It has u i k*-'' nuow a "d nearly west of Graud Traverse, Mill reaffording, some of ibem, as good harbors as can be found j | u r p e steam saw mill capable of cutting 80.000 feet in j mai,,in R at'ocbed to Grand Traverse. In genera! this reperhaps in the world. Besides the main Bay itself is a twenty-four hours, a steam flouring mill a store, a print-1 8 i o " n,B.v ** 8 8i d 10 ««eut to the Manistee River on Ibo
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY OFFICER8.
very safe harbor from all storms except the severest oue* | j„R office, a school house, blacksmith shops shoe shops. s o u , h - °" , b o w e s t a n ' J north lo Lake Michigan, and
twcu,
J or thirty miles back from the Bay oo the east
Jnize of Probate....CURTIS FOWLER, Mapleton from the north. There is no time when bouts cannot lie ! ,«•„ hotels, and a few other places of business. The po-'
The
SaeritT
E. F . D AME, Trareme City, ir. the most porfoct safety at tho doc Its of Hannah. Lay j pnlotiOn of the ploce is four hundred It does the busi-'
L « " d - I u Kind.
Cujiity Treasurer
MORGAN BATES. Trav. City.
4 Co.. nt fhe head of tho west arm. Of the smuller J l l e s 3 0f a town many times its size. The store belonging | 1 1 i e < > r three kinds, Tin : hard-limbered, pino.
County Clerk
JAMES P . BRAND,
Register ol Deeds
JAMES P* BRAND.
bays alluded lo there is, first, Bowers' Harbor, on the j | 0 Hannah. IJIV & CO. consists of four building*. each ' ° n d S , 0 t c s w n m p ln " d8 - 1 b e r e , r e 0 0 Pliriei ond no
Pro*. Attorney
C. H . MARSH,
east side of tho west arm. obout eight miles from ils ninety by tbirtv. and employs from ten to twelve clerks. I , n a n , h e s o f "V o x t e n t wamps are somewhat
Circuit Court Com. -C. 11. MASS11,
Coroners
L. R. SMITH,
Elk Rapids. head. Its head lies northwest, a little arm or the penin- j It supplies a large region of country nronnd During | f r e t l a c o t b a t l h e y n r o generally small. They contain oo
ROBERT LEE, Ccnirevilie. sula stretching around it on the west. Oo its south, j navigation Traverse City tint directnirv nronnd During 8 l a p u a D t w n t c r a D d w h u n c l e n r e d w i
t communication with |
'
"
right across its month, is an island n mile long, leaving a ' Chicago by means of the Propeller Alleghany running 1 d o w a i
C. H. M A R S H ,
The pine as compared wilh the hard timbered land if
Channel to the right and also to left or itself' Thus is I between that place and Sarnie, on the St. Clni
this little bay perfectly "landlocked." and affords as I she stops as this place going either way. The site or also limited. Tbe following extract from ao editorial in
complete a harbor as can bo found. It is two miles in ; , ht . ,0wn is such us lo give a full view of the Bav nnd its a former number of the Herald will give an idea oHta
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
length and the same in width, ample enough for a large „.ost beautiful and romantic scenery for twenty m i l e s - extent:
5 C 0 T A R Y P U B L I C & C 0 N V E Y A N C ER, fleet Here Is a wharf from which a considerable wood j i„ j l s ICIkr, 811(J p o r I | v i n i .| n i | w | w j j l l i n i l s | i n i i l s i s , h c
" With those who bnve nover visited tbo northern
r r a verse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich.
is shipped for Cbitago. Land in the vicinity of tbis < beautiful little Boardn.ai. Lake, covering three or four part or the Lower Peuinsula of Michigan, the impresOffice in Dwelling House.
1-ly harbor is of excellent quality. It is all taken, however, ; hundred acres. Its waters are as clear as crvstal. of
sion prevjils that it is one vast Pinery, and1 that the
and on much of it there areHctual settlers.
i known depth and abounding in many verities of fish.—j lands are illy adapted to farming. This impression is
T H A V K K S K .CITY
11 o r
On the left shore of the west arm, about
i Through this flow;: the Boardman river aud empties iuto iltogelher erroneous. Piue is only round on the borE X C H A N G E .
eighteen miles from its bead, is Sutton's Bay
ders or large streams, and in strips ol one to three miles
•ailed • the Buy at ibispnim.
from a man of that name who first located in its vicinity.
This place was first stnrted merely as a lumbering wide. Scarcely a one hundredth part ortbo lauds in tbe
T*IB notjsK is NOW 0PBxr.ii FOR TIIK BENEFIT o r THE
It opens to the north faciug New Mission harbor, which point bclore the ugricullural interests of the surrouuding Grand Traverse Bay country may properly be considerT R A V E L I N G
P U B L I C .
liesfiveor six miles further down the Bay. It is some country were at nil developed.
ed Pint- Ijauds ; and it i* not at all probable tbat there
CNPRK THE SCrBBIKTEKOBNCB OF
two miles in width uud three or four in length. Here
Along the banks of the Boardmno River,fifteenor will ever be any mure mills constructed than there are
C H A R G E S
W.
D A Y . also is a dock from which wood is shipped. The coun- twenty miles from Traverse City, is a tract of pine land now in operation for tho manufacture or lumber for extry bock is very heavily timbered. A few miles to the varying in width from perhaps two to Tour miles. The portation
sur GIVE HIM A CALL, ^zf
The Pino will be exhausted before tbeso
a1 W. D. south of Salton's is Lee's Point Hero are located , first start that was made here was the erection of a mill mills ore worn oot—or there will be only enough left
Traverse City, May IS, 18CS.
3My.
several eilterprisiDg farmers after rtom lie place is for «a»ii», lira pii*. Since then oiler intc-rejl, la™ for home consumption."
This, then, is a hard timbered coantry aud adapted to
named. All Ibe burbot there i> here i, formed b, the developed till Ininbcrini has boeome recoo.larv In
JACKSON & WILEY,
projection of the main land into the Bnv, th.a breaking commercial importance. tbooBll not in population Tra- agriculture.
The Timber.
Ihe
north
<riod.
Hers
l»
another
wharf
for
wooding.
ver«! City ha. more than donbled donntr the ia>t year
Founders and Machinists,
1 he timber ot this region is 0 r very heavy growth.—
New Mission, above ailndai to, five o. «i« mile, north I Coder the o|«ralio» of the Homcteod Bill the popnhDETROIT, Michigan,
The trees are or immense height and size. Tbe laud
of Sutton's, has 00 dock but is an eicellent harbor and i tj„„ of the
country increaatd in a eorresyields from fifty lo seventy-five cords or hard body wood
one of the most beautiful location, on tie Bay. The ponding ratio. Ils loeoii.t, most ultimately itiahe it what
land oroond is no Indian a » r v « , a, is a considerable i h „ „ , e i a dicate»-, eily. It i, the natoid outlet of on per acre. The verities of timber are sugar maple, beech,
white ash. rock elm, hemlock, and a few scattering treea
F a l l a n d W i n t e r o f 18(53 & 4 . portion of that lying on the west shore of the Bay. The ] o,tensive aud terlilc region of country.
of other kiuds. Tbo maple is tbe most prevalent Tho
Xorlhport,
N E W G O O D S f o r tho L A D I E S . Indians ore grauted a Ijmited time by Government '
whtch to select forms for themselves, after which Ihe, As already staled, is on lb. wo* shore of the B. other varitiesare mixed in with tbe maple in varying
proportion. Ook, hickory, and all nut-bearing tree?,
AVING JUST BBTUBKED FROM THE OUTSIDE batata of the Reserve .,1! com. nMo market. At tbi. l t i r , r m t o „ orMl „ f 1 > > m t c i t
„
„, c
world, we are prepared uot only to enlighten the Indies
except tbe beech, are wanting.
as regards Pall and Winter Styles of Bonnets, Hats, Citato. porntis located tie Bev. Peter Dougherty, who h a s , C o u u l y , and contains about four km'
The Suiftece of tbe Conntrr*
Dresses, Ac,, but also to furnish our customer* with very- labored the l..t qo.rleror a centory as a m.ss.oo.ry j
wooding point for
intabilmto. ! l i s M 1 ,
many articles which we have lately added to our atock, such
The face of the country is geueraliy rolling, somet ; h i „ I 0 „„d , b c
as Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Dress Trimmings of difffer among the Indians in tills region. Seven or eight years ] p r o p e l l , „
times
rising
into considerable hills. Especially is this
ent kinds, Hoods Nubian, Worsted Undersleeves, Children*
be moved rrom the Old Mission lo his pre™, tin.,- j u k K . 0 „ , „ g , 0 , h i j r „ c , „ b!1 , a l l n r a t d u i l v c m r r .
Skating Caps, Ladies and Chlldrens Balmoral Hose, Belt*,
the case immediately west of Traverse City. Hero is *
Shawl and Hair Pins, Fancy Cloak Trimings, Buttons, Pins, tors. He has bnilt n Church and
Clegnot dwelling [ ,j011 wit ] t Q|)(. o r „ l l n l h e r 0f ,|, e lading citics on the chain or group of hills elevated to quite a height Tbey
Needles, Thread, Ac., Ac.
for himself on the flat lands at the head or the harbor.— j t .|liain or the great Lakes. It bns several stores, two or
We have also Ladies Cloths, and a Wheeler A Wilson
afford a most delightful prospect of the Boy ond its
Sewing Machine enables us to manufacture Cloaks to order On a commanding eminence overlooking aiimibt the ' iLrve liulebt
or saloons, and mechanic shops — scenery. Back of (hem the land is less rolling, tho
Dress Cutting and Making, Shirt Making and all kinds of whole Bay is tho Indian Misbion School, Giove Hill'
Ils harboi has already bi'eu sjioken oraa being ample aud greater portion of it lying very handsomely. Such is tbe
aewlng and machine atllcbing done with a view to shit
customers. Give us a call and examine onr stock and prices. Semiuary, or which ho is Superintendent. There is a
general nrnke of the country. It is neither level nor
ADA K. SPKAt.UE.
large farm, o good portion or which is ouder cultivation.
Elk Rnplds,
MABY E. B08TW1CK.
On I lie riirht shor> of Ihe east arm of the Bay. sixteen billy. And yel in limited localities it is bolb. For tho
Traverse City, Nov., 1865.
50-3m. connected with the Mission. At this point is also a
most part it is slightly undulating.
poet-office, a lew white families aud as already suited a miles from its head, is ihe County seat or Antrim CoanThe Soil.
ACADEMICAL.
small handful of Indians. The Indians, however, arc ty which was or^aniz-tl Inst spriinr. It is the smallest of
The surface soil is limestone gravel, sandy loam and
HE SPRING TERM OF THE PREPARATORY DE- rast dwindling away. Tbey «re only a remnant or what the thn villages, containing perhaps twenty families.—
pertinent of the contemplated College at B'ntonia, will
clay. These are sometimes mixed, and sometimes scparcommence on Wednesday, March 2d, and continue twelve they formerly were. They aro already reatricted to a j It has a large saw mill, a store, school houjo and one or
,,
. ,,, , ,
|
ate. 1 here is but little of the Dure clav however Ii
weeks Tuition for the term, payabU in advance, $4. Board
reservation like tbe Onoudaga s and Oueidas of I»o
•o hotels
botela 1There
here is no nnlurnl harbor here. It is only ; 8 mra,ti» fonnH min^w »;ii. »k ,k
••
Tand log-house accommodations for a few students with the small
v..„ v„„i*. r._.
,
.. . .
i mostly tonne mingleo with tbe other verities. Ume
families of the place at reasonable rates.
Q
L
.,n , *
„ • • X- ,
• few mitet however, aero, the bo, to OM Mislion — I i, largely prevalent iu nil tic .oil, tbu, adapting i. for
J. B. WALKER, President
Six miles north of New Mission ,s horthport. At, In time of a severe alorm from the norlh-ubontthe ooly , h e pro d„clion of wheat. Beneath tie surface soil
CHA8. E. BAILEY, Secretary.
8-3w*
this potut is one of the best harbor? on the Bay—cup-' one thot iiffjcts them—boats IUII across !o tbat iKiint.— | whieh i« n-iwrnllv
<i,»
., , , , ,
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0
or
o mobt
E S T A B L I S H E D
1 7 6 0 - cioos euough for the largest fleet and protected from all 1| T)exier k Xoble, to whom ihe mill belongs, are to'pul! p a r t # c | a j subgo'jj ' e r e 18
storms. It is only teo miles from Lake Michigau and has out a dock another season. Thi9 will afford a considera-1
Water.
P E T E R LORILL4RD,
two extensive wharfs.
; ble protection. Back of the town is a ebain of little This country is generally well watered. It abound*
SNUFF AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURER
Old Mission affords the only natural harbor on the j lakes, seven or eight in number, and extending abont in benutifol little lakes from one to two miles in length.
10 & 18 Chambers 8t.,
east arm of the Bay. It is on the left side near tbe ex- seventy miles in length, emptying ot>e into another through You can scarcely go in ony directioo more than ten or
(Formerly 42 Chambers Street, New York,)
tremity of the Peuinsula dividing ihe two arms. It is | short rivers, and Dually through Klk River into the Bay
Would call the attention of Dealers to the artlclea of hla ample and well protected. Here is a small village, for-j These lakes are unrivalled iu beuutv. ond wben this twelve miles without meeting one or them. Tbey form a
perfect net work over this entire region of country. Tbo
manufacture, vis.:
merly occupied by the Indians, but now belonging to country becomes more settled and better known tlx-v will land oronnd tbem is not marshy, but dry. Springs and
BROWN SNUFF.
whiles. This was formerly the Old Mission ground of' doubtless be tbe ravorite resort or visitors and pleasure ivulets loo are quite frequent. You can find no extenDemlgros,
Maeaboy,
Mr. Dougherty, hence its name. Tie laud aroond Ibis teekens. In the vicinity of these lakes is some or the i sivc tract of land without waler. Occasionally l b ^
Pure Virginia,
Fine JtifPM,
hoarse Rappee,
Nachltochea,
poiut has been longer cultivated than in any other part best farming land of Ibis region. A little dredging of may •be a- quarter
• scctiou. —
Water can generally be
msrlcan Gentleman,
Copenhagen.
of this region of country. The place has a school house, tbe intermediate river would mnke the whole chn
found loo by digging to a greater or less depth accordYELLOW SNUFF.
a cburch and a post office.
gable for small steamboats and thus ufford on easy outlet ing to locality. This is the case so far as baa been
Aeofeb".
Honey Dew Scotoh,
The Peninsula, between the two arms or tho Bay, i to this rich tract This extensive region or rich farm- tried. In a few instances, however, the trial has been
• High Toast Scotch.
Fresh Honey Dew Scotch,
Irish High Toast,
Freah Scotch,
about twenty miles long and varying in width from oro ing land is naturally tributary to Elk Rapids, and must made without success. Tbe depth lo which you have to
or Lnndyfoot,
to
three miles. It belongs to Grand Traverse Count; ultimately make It quite a town.
Attention Is called to the large redaction In prices
go to obtain water, so far as known, varies rrom ten to
Af Pins-Oat Chewing an-l Smoking Tobaccos, which will be ond is organized into * township by itself Its populaBesides the places above alluded to theri'ore other eighty feet Tbe water is of remarkable purity. There
found of a Saperlor Quality.
tion is somewhat dTer five hundred. It has two post j little settlements here and there along Ihe Bay some or is scarcely a pool or a brook lo be found any where the
TOBACCO.
j
_. SVOKtWO.
FIX* CPT CHRWIXO.
SVOKIXO. offices—one at Old Mission, above alluded to, Grand ! which will doubtless spring up into towns as the country water of which is not fit to be put to any use.
Trnverse by name, tbe other at Mapleton, about half j grows
»g,
P. A. L. or plain,
8.Jago
Most of tbePC little lakes are so clear that the minutest
Ha.
-1.1.
Cavendish, or 8weet,
Spanish,
| Hannah. I*y & Co. are to put a small steamer on tbe wave ripple can be distinctly seen on their beds through
No. S,
Sweet Scented Oronore, Canaster, way up tbe Peniusula, and three school houses.
The country is rolling, and where it has not been , Bay Ibis spring, to run daily to oil these points, thus many feet of water. The water of the Bay is of the
Mos.l A3 mixed, Tin FoilCavendlah,
Turkish.
O.-anulated.
B.—A clroalar of prices wlllb* sent on application. cleared covered with a dense forest of hard timber.—: affording ibem ready communication with one another same limpid character.
j <i My.) Tbe soil, except« small portion at tho south end, is ofj and with the outside world by way of Nortbport
ll>«re ii oo stagnant water to fill the atmosphere with
ISPCBLISHBD BVBBY
Traverse Citf,Grand Traverse County, H l c h l p n
gittontcj uittr Counsellor at fato,
H
T
malaria. Heocc,
: and billioas diseases generally something over one hundred iU ai«] a r ^ There are p<*pel i, largely support^ hy the ^ C h u r c h andlheltlimate^tnral 14 «
83
•oqjMry n degrees further south
are not known.
sliE Kit many times that number or acres of Covermncr.t American Home Mission Society, t h e laborer* wjJJ be I Tbtf foliowi nfljfext ract from
The Productions of the Conntrr—Wheat.
B ^ r t of F. I. Coffi
laud open to settlers. In quality this is not at all inferior increased as the pdpulatio^of, the oduntrv au"mcni.—
•nts.— Ijbcrrc/Ksq., Supfreyor ol Kc*aygb au4fNorihport State
Tbis country produces almost every thingj that groWB in
s4i
in regaal ^to to
the d i m * 'of tiiia'region, will .
T f
" ? T T " " " • """•
°°"
« " «settle-l-Road,
• * - ! * > * i«
northern climate*. -But of the grains, that which seems
immediate c.n.ty o. Traverre titv ments. At the principal points they maintain school j to confirm what has been said above. Mr. Coffmbcrry
specially to thrive is Winttr Wheat, It is always a and the Bay is mostly
selected. By goinsr bock ten orj
mer and winter. At Traverse City thcr support a! resides at Grand Rapids. He writes:
*
sure crop. It was never known to fail, and it has been fifteen miles, the choicest Homestead:
..
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.
...
,
. bcfun1"1sciwol from eight to te„ months in the year. The re-are. •• I hare always paid some attention to the uxitcoroloraised here in limited quantities for a number of years,
The quality of the coil do<s no: deteriorate as you re-1 not less than six school houses in the township of 'I ra- • g''"»l character of this latitude, ami ha\V some1 hwtru
sufficiently long to test it It is also of superior quality—
mt Ls lo
cedo from the Buy. but by many it is thought to improve.' verse, and other- wj|* probably be erected the coming i '" . as-nst m^ observation*. which have euabled me
much better than the average of western;wheat. What
C0DC,ua5, , ffl
lo sotnc f n c
Some of the first hitler, have located from preference, j
At Iku^miu. thirty miles southwest or Traverse ' l? ."/T}' a t
l'
*
specially fits this region for its production is, first, the
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| that weiv. strafij^ to jne at first. Que of the*: Pi. t' »t
r fifteen miles back from Traverse City
( ity. .here i, a « ..n-regatmnnt Collegepist starting. It; when we him- th- coldrat weather in winter. (! n £ n n "
large per cent of lime in its soil, which is essential to iu
I'. S . I.aud Office.
has bwn iu successful openUion for nearly a year. Of j the lower peninsula,) the »kv is always dear aud no wind
successful culture. Then the character of the winters
The Laud Office for this district is located utTn , r s c : this Rev. .1 B. Walker, formerly of Sanduskv, Ohio, is > oi B".v ac ™"0 t - b u l *>i: ll»ere
be a .slight suow WIarc also favorable. Tbo ground is constantly covered ...
City, which makes it convenient for -sat tiers to cater j I'resideut.and Rev. Reuben Hatch, also of Ohio iselect-1 T s a!l '}ay «Mnc«,|Ww '« , b o depth of au inch, during the
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l
a
v
with a warm mantling of snow which - keeps it from their Homesteads. MORCA.N BATES i* the Register and I ,-,f n>-» ,r it i
>
,
.
Another fact was strange ot first • that the tber
r
heaving out, as in countries subject to alternate thawing KKCBW GOODKI«. the Receiver.
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Both of these gentlemen are Lonietcr geiwrallrjndinted a lower temperature at the
nn ,h0
tne g.ouud und devoting their energies to make the j -outh line of this State, than at this place ; and lower
nod freezing, and protects it from winter-killing.
Cost
tring Land.
; school effioi
In a few years every advantage for ! k«C l ' l a " u l CJrand Traverse Bay; at the same tjaes ami
It is estimated tlin
Its Average per Acre.
«st tf clearing ai .1 fencing
1 Mil
] educatii
M k m lh»l can be, M m
rtn,
• 0 ", tb , e .?°""'
" ' c <*• " tmoMj C f.ei,
The average production is ffom eighteen to twenty laud is from fifteen t,
y dollars per acre. There i.,, .,
: •»<' 1 >hmk the dinerefice is about from 10 to 20 degrees
five bushels per acre. When well put in it often goes! generally found rail timber enough r>r feocit
, .t .|.I : a v e r s e ( i t v a n di h t, allI, n o i•n l.s n n i.1
I!: between
the
Bay and the South line
of the State. *rhi<
ul
A
h
p
m
a
i
l
mm*
a.
^
,
.
'tvandat all points ou fhe mad route. I i s n n effect for w'hich there must .be a reasonable^ ' ^
much higher than that In the rammer of 1863. Mr. E.! ' aui1 - Kln>
Ash an used for this purpose
the mai. arrives twice a week from the south. It conies as well as for all other natural phenomena.
P. Ladd, of Peninsula, raised on 20 acres to average a j unfrequeutly Cedar i.s found sufficiently to I. used lo by way of Detroit to (.'rand Ilaven, on Lake Michigan,
H is a well known fact that Lnko Michigan
little over twenty-seven bushels per acre; and Kev. Mer- S0D,C
freezes over, even ""in our hardest winters ; and so large a
and thence north to Muskegon, I'eutwater. Manistee. '*"""
The Price of Lumber.
ritt Bates, of Traverse, harvested 208 bushels from ten
body or water remaining open in our coldest winters,
Settlers will have no diflicultv
'btaitiinjr lumber for! Beuzouiii, Traverse City.and Old Mission, the end of the must have n tendancy to modify the surrounding atmosacres. The field produced full thirty bushels to the acre,
"I raverse City i« the Distributing Office for this phere. 1 l i s also well known that our prevailing winds
building, or other purposes, at any time. Hannah. Lay i n
but the harvesting was delayed until the wheat became
i From this point the mail goes once a week to j t h e winter season nre from the irth^ost: therefore,
& Co., of Traverse City, always have large qnautitieson n
K
so ripe that the wisle in harvesting and threshing in the
wnlcr
u
the ^Host Bay.
Bay. Klk
F.Ik Rapids,
Rapids, and
and thence
thence Ij luv" w "' u , r o u l i " ^ T a l w*M
hand. The cheaper quality of pine, good for fencimrl V> l , l t e•water,
. «'ou
« s ^ r'»
north-westeru pra-opoo field was very great.
The same season• Mr. W
It also goes weekly from here to
„
and rough buildings, sells at six doiiars per thousand, i oD ! o Mackinaw.
^'a°kinaw.
\ t L k i C 0 ' L , ""'l 'deak, and passing the
Monroe, Oi Monroe Settlement, twelve miles south of »in i .. L- t r
i
,
No'thnnrt \',w
<* l
t i
i r > ' , c a d of l^ko Michigan, it is driving along the south line
T
n:„.
J
. ... I I be better kind of common is worth twjve dollars.
jNo.thport,
Mission, Glen Arbor and Carp River, of our State and north line of Indiana without anv'mafliTravereo City, harvested ten acres thetlaveragcd thirty
Thesc are their present prices. Lumber, like every; ' " c k'ugth of time it takes a letter to come from De- j fication ; whilst our I'enhjsnia lying cast of the great
bushels per acre; and bis brother Henry, six acres aver- thing else, has greatly advanced in value since the break-! , r " ' t ' s ^iOIU s '* t° eii;ht days. During the tiipe of ua-1 ' J ' t e '1BS 8 "^i'iod atmosjihere, bringing with it the vaaging over thirty-eight bushels. Last reason many of
ing out of .bo lictellioo.
'
, . « . « « . . - 4 1 l«g i. t k . o n M b j t k Propcfcr Al'»,«'« f>"»
the farmers raised to average twenty-five bushels.
„ .
,
'i-ffhunv
Mmiminii „ . . . I of wrv lighi snow, during our clear frosty woathor, which
.
.
Coni Wood.
j leghan}. making communication with the ontside' accounts for our higher temperature and our snow in
Other Grain.
1 here is quite an extensive Cord \\ ood trade carried w o r !''
much more frequcut. The coming scasou we clear weather; arid as wc go north towards Uiaod TraSpring Wheat, and other kinds of Spring Grains, are on between this region and Chicago. Many thousand ]
have almost daily connection with the outside world v e r s c ',U.Y> w u ®nd the same modification continues, and
m
grown here successfully, though they do not promise so cords are shipped annually from the various harbors on
ay of Nortbport through the little Propeller that is I , h e ." e a r e r 1 t l , e „ , ' l k o
°re "perceptible it is, until, we
well as winter wheat There is 110 difficulty in raising Grand Traverse Bay. Tbis trade is increasing vcarly,
u duily
that poim
itoint iroin
from Traverse
Citv
at the Bay. As a proof of the difference
between
ui j to mat
nncrse City.
j larrive
b e c i l l n a l c o u l h e o n s , ill(, Wc4t 6 i d o 3 of
MieJ|igllu
the earlier kinds of Corn, such as the York State eight and is destined to do so for some yearn to come. The
Sleighing.
1 will cite one instance :
rowed yellow. The larger kinds, such as are raised in wood is also of superior quality, bringing from twentyWe have flurrie uf snow here in November, but it I A few days since rfe bad a visit from the editoK d r ;
Ohio and Illinois, are uot a sure crop, but sometimes five to fifty cents more per cord in market than wood docs not come to li ordinarily till the last of December I Wisconsin, sonic 80 to 100 iu uumber, from all parjs or
l h c 8State,
, a , e , nand
the
they uU
all «l»
e. r®*«> their surprise at fiuding
ripen.
. n ' 1 ,!'*>
from any other quarter. Many farmers iu the immediate or the first of Jai nrv. I-ist winter, which was rather'
Tho Potato uud other Roots.
....
,
< ourroses
rosesininfull
lullbloom,
bloom, ststrawberries' on our tables, and
au extraordinary
as no sleighing or any . rripe
jpe cherries on our trees, wying that tbey had not sten
The Potato grows almost spootaueops. When once vicinity of the Bay find it to their profit to cut their tim- amount till after tl.
•
middle
anuary,
and
not
more
any
thing
of
(he
kind
at
h
planted, it becomes almott a troublesome weed. The ber into wood and sell it rather than to burn it. Wood
•< ks durii12 the whole winter. The j It should be said, also, iu regaril io the climate of this
snow so protects the ground that it may be left nil winter is drawn, iu some cases, four or five miles to the Bay.—
i' Christmas or a few days ( region, that we seldom have early Irosl* to do any barm
withopt digging and come out all right in the Spring. •This wood trade is uot only a benefit to those who gel before end KK -C II
1." .haw since sufficient to i *1 hose heavy frosts that swept over almost the entire wp»t
Owing to tbis cau«i the scattering oues that are left here out tbo wood, but to all tbis jegion of country. U furl-il. to which snow ordinarily I last fall, doing so inoch ddmage'io the corn ainl other
and there in tho soil after digging, are sure to make their nishes employment to many of the poor settlers w ho have
to
work
out
to
earn
their
living,
while
clearing
their
;
It comes gradually mid crop*, were fell less here, probably, than almost uu\ where
appearance in the spring, and will persist in growing unn-at |uan .es al a time. The greatest | else.
less pulled up. They yield well and are of the best land. There is no business pays the common laborer 1i quantity thai fails al any one
better
than
chopping.
During
the
present
winter
the
time
seldom
exceeds a foot. 1 This climate is tboogbt to be one of'the healthiest in
quality. Phut good seed and it docs; uot deteriorate
price ol cutting and puttiog up is from Si to Si 25 per but it SIIOWS a little every fev days. Snow commonly j the Cnion There are no marshes uor'swamps nor' stagfrom being grown in Urund Traverse sail- Turnips and
lies on tiii sometime into March, It is one of the great* nant water to breed malaria and inioian. 1 Fever and
cord.
An
able
boJied
man
can
not
fuii
to
make
good
<
Rutabagas also thrive remarkably in this region. Garest blessings Providence confers in this region; without Ague, and other bilious diseases, are seldom known in
wages at it.
dea vegetables generally do well.
it those branches of business,
Population of Grand Traverse.
wooding and lum- this region, aud perhaps never except when the system is
Prait.
The number of inhabitants iu the Grand Traverse re- bering that furnish employment and support for so
impregnated with them before coming here.
,
This country is too new yet to spcuk positively of its
giou, according to the census of June. I860, was 3,627.! o f the settlers during the winter could not be carricd on.
'1 here seems to be something peculiarly exhilirating in
fruit-growing capacity. There are but few points where
There has been a constant influx ever s ace. The popu-j Besides it furnishes a warm covering to protect the the atmosphere. It scuds new life and vigor through
it has been settled long enough to test it in this respect.
latiou has probably more than doubled. It may reach I wheul and other vegetation from winter killing. Hence the system. Many who come here invalids, become hearty
Wherever the trial has been made, however, it is believed
as high as ten tbousaud at present. Settlers that have! " , c fformous yield* that arc sometimes produced here, and hale after residing here awhile—others receive no
teffiave proved satisfactory. Apples are thought to be
come here are from nearly nil the N orthern States—some *" ,c ground is alway-i free from frost under the snow so benefit from the climate.
a sure crop. i Peaches of the earlier kinds will probably
few arc of foreign birth. New York has probably a ' , 1 , a t 0 8 soon as lk> snow bus melted and the grouud
There is uo doubt that this is oue of the healthiest redo well, but they have not been sufficiently tried to make
lafger representation than anv other Slate. There are a ' ' r i l ^ a I'ttlc it is fit for the plo<
gions to be found. It is said to be mu^h the same clia positive statement. Rev. GKO. N. S«Tir, of Northconsiderable many here-from Illinois and the other west- j
Climate of Grnnd Traverse.
mate—only
milder—of that of the Superior region, so
port, has probably paid more attention to the cultivation
eru States—some from the southern part of this State
11"' w "'ter climate of this region, as already stated, is much resorted to by invalids.
of fruit than any other man in this region of conntry.—
The inhabitants are generally intelligent, industrious and t"110'1 nitlder than thnt of most regions and much lower
The
Way to Get to Grnnd Traverse.
He settled there near fifteen years ago, as a missionary
enterprising. In these respects they will uot compare 1 ' a , ' t l "' , M The average lem;icrnture is said to lie several
Those wishing to come to Grand Traverse can lake,
•to the Indians, and commenced testing fruit the first year. unfavorably with older communities.
| degrees warmer than that of the south line of lhe State. lhe Propeller .illr^hany, either at Chicago, or'Port 1
He raises Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Cherries.
Why this Region was not Earlier Settled.
' ' R ' r c a r c B o t I l m r e than five or ten days during any Huron on lhe Si Clair River, direct to Traverse Citjy
Gooseberries, Currants and Grapes. Faom an article
It may seem strange to some that this region should I w ' , l l ( l *h«-n the thermometer fnlls below zero, and fhei: Those desiring to come by her can ascertain, by addresswritten by him and published in the HHRALO in Februa- be so long left a wilderness while other portions or the j ' l remains below l.ut^i few hours, nearly always rising
ry, 18C2, we make the following extracts: " 1 have put west were so rapidly settling. For this there ore doubt- al, ovc before mid day. The lowest it ever sinks is fif- ing a letter to Hannah. I>ay & Co., Chicago, the time pf
her departure from either of said points. This is tbo
out in orchard form about 150 Apples of extreme va- less various causes. Among these the following may be , c c u below. This is the lowest that it bus been known
most direct route for those near either of the places
rieties. In general my trees have prospered well—most enumerated :
; to be for three winters past. In the winter of sixty-one :
of them extremely well. I have apple trees of various
First, At nn earlier day. before the time of railroa-is, J 0 I l J t w o i l f<" to that point, but once, and only once, j Another way is to find a Propeller at Cleveland. BuTages, bearing from one apple to. two or three bnshels the whonthe tide of emigration was selling westward, the | l l , s l w i l , u ' r - Huring the present winter, which has been falo or Detroit, that will land you at Nortbport At
past season—most of them highly improved fruit" lie
proprietors of boots found it for their interests to per-1 l>,ic o f * r , " r v s t . it bus been lo that point but two or J this poiu*. you can lake passage any day on the Boy Pro-"
also speaks of having apples fhe year round or his own suadc emigrants lo go as far west as water would float I , ' i r c c
During the months of January and Febru- poller for Traverse City.
raising. In speaking of other varieties of fruits he savs:
them. At a later day railroad companies did the same j nr-v' n h i l l j o r c l t , c coldest. Slio general range or the | There are a large number 0 r Propellers stop at Carp
"Peaches, I am iure, are destined to do weli—
thing, that is I hey induced them lo go as frr as railroad thermometer at seven o'clock in the morning is from : River for wood—a little village on Ijikc Michigan, firthough I hare not made as great efforts with them as
,0
or
could carry them. Hence, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa j G v e o r
Wc have not roll teen miles south or the entrance to the Bay so olso at
with apples; but, from what I have done, I have no
have filled up while this region has been run around and j
labh-s C.f other sections of the country at our1 (ilen Arbor 20 miles south or Carp River and 30 west or
doubts of success. Plums succeed oevond any thing I
command
with
which
to
make
a comparison of their cli- Traverse City.
entirely overlooked.
whiih
But neither of these points is 0 conveever saw; the i n ^ L so destructive in many places, bos
Another reason doubtu-ss is that the impression has mate with this, but it is universally found to be the case nient place for those wishing to reach fhe Bay.
(. r .
not made its appcKcce here.
qutc extensively prevailed -'hat all this norih part of when we suffer our coldest weather here tho papers reVisitors will not allow boat Captains to persuade then
"Pears do Well—I havo none but Dwarfs; but -with Michigan was one vast Pine ry, and therefore not adapt- port it mnch cold<
- outside. - (a provincialism used lo' to land at lhe Manilou Islands, as it will cost them mote
proper culturer they produce superior fruit. A small ed to agriculture. > It is not ucilil quito recently thai the, denote- all olher parts of the country than this.) As
to get from there than their whole expense from home.
Dearborn Scqaling has produced above three dozen annu- public have learned to the contrary. This is only to ai illustration of this take the first two days of January—
ally—most delicious Pears. From another tree, in the limited extent a Pine region. Tiie greater proportion | t : m c or that great storm that blocked up the railKIT thf (irund I r a v e r n e Herald.
Fall of 1860, I gathered a half-bushel of splendid pears. of all this country is of lhe best qua lity of bard timbered; r°nd? and caused so much suffering throughout the counKMC R A P I D S . A N T R I M COCVTV, ?
February 27. ltfC4. j
Vicar of Wakefield pears I kept last year till spring. 1 land. Then again this region has Wen looked upon n s j l r ) At that time the thermometer only went fourteen
Mi: BATES : We would like to contribute our mite of1
raised a few large andfinePassa Caiman the past season. cold, and therefore barren. The prevaJeoce of this idea degrees below zero at Traverse City. At the same time
" My Cherries succeeded equally well as my Plums; has doubtless deterred many from coinuig here. The J w a s 2 0 c below at Kalamazoo, in the south part of information abodt Antrim Coonty, if you will please ioI have several excellent varieties, all flourishing, but facts io regard to this impression will be found io au- II,« State. 40= bel™ „t M i l w n t e , 24= M o , „t Si i f " . ! ' ! < T
TT f " " U
n i
the birds regard thorn as legitimately their inheritance. other article. The truth is we do not have as cold wea- Uois
29= fete. « Chicago. P « o » ct, Mti.f;
""
My Cnrrants, commou red, and red Dtitcb, and English ther here as they do in most regions much lurtiier south. themselves io regard to tho climate by comparing the j
ANTRIM COUNTY
Black, cannot be surpassed for produativenesB or quali- Our winters are milder by several degrees than
weather table published iu this number of the HERALD ! Is situated on the east sido of the east arm of Grand
ty. The same may be said of my English Gooseberries. southern part of the Stale.
with similar tables of their own
region.
| Traverse Bay. and extends about 24 nales along the Bay
I havo also in my garden a number of Grape vines.
Schools and Churches.
Most people will naturally ask "Why do you have shore The soil of this County is principally a rich
Isabella, Catawba and Clinton—they have fruited the
Religious aud educational advautages are probably as such a mild climate so far north ?" The answer is, it is j loam, except along the shore, which is sandy. ' Tbe tirojiast two yeare—the clusters were large and compact great here as in any new country. Traverse City, Elk due to the iuflucncc of water. To the west of us there! ber is mostly hard wood, viz ; Maple, Beech. Elm ""
grapes, beautiful, tolerably well ripened; if the vines Rapids, Nortbport and Benzonia, havo preaching every
lies the great Lake or Michigan so deep that it never j with a sprinkling of Cedar along the shores of tbeS
had been more closely trimmed tbey would no doubt sabbath. Many of the settlements buck, once in two freezes over.
Grand 7 r a verse Bay is also very deep i and rivers; and I think the soil and climate equal, if-BOt
havo been more perfectly ripe. I thihk "the Catawba weeks—others once in four weeks. There ia scarcely a ami never freezes till into February, aud last winter did : superior, to any country in the some latitude east of here,
promises to be most successful."
place where an audience of a dozen can be got together not freeze at all. Up to this date it has been clased but and will compare favorably with any country west. As
What Mr. Smith's experience has l^een siucc writing that they da^pot have the gospel occasionally. At many a very few^jiys the pfesent winter. Now remember a fruit growing country we shall not be behind some
the above we are not able to say. 'lie writer of this of those places there arc little churches organized. At j that lhe freezing point of water is 32® above zero, and places in a more southern latitude. Peaches, Apples,
was at his boure in July last AU varieties of fruits Traverse City and Nortbport the Congregalionalists and j that therefore the I-ake and the Bay (when that is open) Penrs. Plums awl other.fruit, have been produced abundlooked prosperous at that time. So far as tried, fruit Methodists both have an organization. There are church I must always I.* above that point and you have Iho clue anily for lhe past three or four years, which leadens lo
docs equally well at other points.
organizations also at Btaizonia ; a large and flourishing ; to tbis miid climatc.
in-ncver the temperature of the believe that this will be a fruit growing country eventGovernment Lands.
Congregational church at Monroe Settlement, twelve . land sinks below that of the water the latter serves as a; nallv.
I>ur&g the past year there were seven hundred loca- miles south of Traverse City, at Glun Arbor, thirty, great furnace to give out heat to the former. It i.s owing
The interna! lake and river navigation extends about
tions under tlw Homestead Law, in the Grand Traverse miles west, at Elk Rapids, at Whitewater, at Old Mis- ] to Ibis principle, together with the influence or the'warm CO miles into the country, and almost does away with the
Begion. Ihe whole amount of lauds tjius taken must bo sion, at Now Mission and at some other points. The waters of the Gulf stream, that Great Britain has the early sctller* huildine roads
^ r a v e f l m ^ w f i o Y t m T a n ' o t n H K I r w , p r o n o u n c e 4fietn
e q u a l i n scenery t d any of Ib e Kdropcno l a f c a - a n d v i i t o r s s h o u l d b y all m e a n * m a k e t h e t o u r
TRAVERSE CITY. "
J ^ e ) R i v e r , - s e v e n miles"!
I/Jto Mjcfcigw.-in »botf . 4 4 * N . J a t rfTh« temper-
fain
t h e lakes.
,
%
w i t h fish o f all k i n d s -
'
8UD
Thermometrioal Register
j 1»:3
] Dcf- 1,
make lumber at a b o u t
1
t h e r a t e o f GO,000; feet p e r d a y ,
a l l tbfcse n u m e r o u s a d v a n t a g e s it b i d s f u i t j t o b e o n e of
t h e r i c h e s t c o u n t i e s in N o r t h e r n M i c h i g a n . '
W e would
-therefore invite e m i g r a n t s t o give us a calljbefore g o i n g
'elsewhere.
!
g
F o r the Gjarid Travarae Herald.
j 11ENZO.VIA C O L O N T . f
*
• [ T h e follow i n g a r t i c l e was f u r n k h e d by R o v . i B. W a t x t i i ,
I>-1), I ' r e s i d e n t of -etie G r a n d T r a v e r s e C o l l t - g i a t Bonzonla,'
T h e C i r p u l a r . u f the P r o p r i e t o r * — c o p i o u s • x t r a c t s . f r q m
w h i c h a r c g i v e n — a d d r e s s e s Itself m o r e p a r t i c u l a r l y to p
f c s a l u g C h r i s t i a n s , a n d e s p e c i a l l y to m e t a l * ! ? o f ' t h e Congregational Church
All »uch will d o u U ^ s i « n d c o n g e n i a l
h o m e s in B e n z o n i n .
.
ElJ j
T h i s C o l o n y , w h i c h i s d e s i g n e d t o d e v e l o p in h a r m o n y ,
t h e i n t e r e s t s of A g r i c u l t u r e ,
E d u c a t i o n opd
Christian
P i e t y , is' s i t u a t e d a b o u t t h i r t y m i l e s s o u t h w e s t o f T r a verse City, seven miles f r o m L a k e Michigan,] and between
Crystal L a k e and Benzie River (formerly tolled Betsie
or BecJ Scies River.)
r e g i o n of g o o d
T h e C o l o u y i s in t h p c e n t r e of a
land,
lying a b o u t
G r a n d T r a v e r s e B a y and Manistee.
half way
T h e r e lire n o w a b o u t
O t h e r s a r e E x p e c t e d in t h e S p r i n g .
yiiill i s in
^
o p e r a t i o n , n o d a s a w mill will ije c o m p l e t e d
'
1
.» . is.
h',' '
** •
21°
2C
>
'
H a v i n g b c o n . e n g u g e d f o r -thirty-six y e a r s a s a n i t i n e r -
good common school and the p r e p a r a t o r y De-
under the
w p o t f u t e u d a u c e of
competent
1863>
operation
instructor*.
came
resident
24 0
know.
below
below
with
h e a l t h f u l , t h e w a t e r p t i r e , a u d t h e soil fertile, a n d e a s y of
the
country.
The
s c e n e r y is
fine,
the
J W t b p o r t , h a s f u r n i s h e d us w i t h s t a t i s t i c s s h o w i n g t h a t
that the O l d D e f e n d a n t , William » .
ssfis~««»
»
d
w h e r e s u c h a d v a n t a g e s IU t h o s e o f f e r e d b f iliis c o l o n y
m a y Be o b t a i n e d . T h e C i r c u l a r s a y s : —
i
...; >
of t i m b e r , y e t I h a v e r e o s o u t o b e l i e v e that,, w i t h p r o p e r
The
cultivation, t h e
crop or wheat
will
facet
the ex-
pense of c h o p p i n g , c l e a r i n g nud fencing.
Last year I
h a d 1 0 a c r e s c l e a r e d and sown t o w h e a t .
The
entire
e x p e n s e of c h o p p i n g , c l e n r i o g , f e n c i n g nnd c u l t i v a t i o n ,
i n c l u d i n g seed, h a r v e s t i n g a n d l l j t s g h i n g , w a s S 2 8 5 . T h e
p r o d u c t of t h e 1 0 a c r e s , e x c l u s i v e of t h e w a s t e of s t a c k i n g a n d t h r e s h i n g in t h e o p e n a i r , w a s 2 6 8 b u s h e l s of
e
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S
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HKNJAMIK MCVICKAR
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M K I I A K L ENCELMA.SK,
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For p a s t fun w i n t e r s , f r o m table* k e p t by JOHN F . UP.
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December.
1861.
January,
c a t t l e Have b e e n w i n t e r e d . ! T h i s g i v e s a s u r p l u s , a f t e r
February,
m e e t i n g all e x p e n s e s o r c h o p p i n g , c l e a r i n g , f e n c i n g n n d March,
December
c u l t i v a t i o n , b e s i d e s t h e value; of t h e s t r a w , of 6 5 0 .
1803.
I t is p r o p e r t o observe, however, t h a t t h e increased Janurry,
February,
d e m a n d for l a b o r h a s , in t h o s a m e p r o p o r t i o n , i n c r e a s e d U a r c h ,
t h e e x p e n s e of c h o p p i o g a n d c l e a r i u g l a a d . P e r h a p s December;
1SC4.
t h e h i g h e r p r i c e of form p r o d u c t s is a n e q u i v a l e n t .
January-,
f r e v e r s e C i t y , l o c a t e d a t t h e h e a d of t h e w e s t e r n F e b r u a r y ,
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•up m i n n - o i i e north of range s e v e n t e e n west.
P . L. FILER,
December.
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Januai^-,
February.
w i n t e r w h e a t , w o r t h , a t m y Own d o o r , S i 2 5 p e r bushel,
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C O R N E R O F UNION AND S T A T E STREETS.
J a n u a r y 21_I8W__
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T h e r e also, a t t h e m a m m o t h
s t o r e of H a n n a h . L a y & Co.,
can bo obtained the most
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rates
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f a i r t o say, t h a t whoever comes h e r e , unless he c a n comm a n d s o m e p e c u n i a r y m e a n s , a f t e r h e g e t s h e r e , will find
i t a n i i j t hill
b u s i n e s s t o c l e a r h i s land, m e e t t h o e x -
p e n s e s o f h i s f a m i l y , a n d p l a c e h i m s e l f in c i r c u m s t a n c e s
of i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d c o m f o r t
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strong
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d e m a n d for l a b o r i s a t p r e s e n t fully e q u a l t o t h e s u p p l y ;
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DKPAKTI-IIK OF VOLUNTEERS.—Forty-five V o l u n t e e r s
left
herrj on
W e d n e s d a y morning, for G n u i d
Rapids.
h e y c o n s t i t u t e t h e f u l l q u o i n s of T r a v e r s e n n d P c m n m
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T r a v e r s e c o u n t y , .and CeDtreville, in L e e lanav/ coonty. W e give the n a m e s o f the V o l u n t e e r s :
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a n d a l l w h o h a v e a ' m i n d t o w o r k will c o m m a n d g o o d , ' * « d l e y , G e o r g e L . S m i t h , E d w a r d B e n v i s , A a r o n
^ S b r i s t i a a families, w i l l i n g t o s e t a n e x a m p l e o f i t
M y r o n A . M o o d y , P a u l G r a v e l , R o b e r t MvhiJl,
wage® a n d ready p a y .
MERKITT BATES. • rfetts,
f r u g a l i t y a n d b e n e v o l e n c e , a n d w h o will a s s u m e u n d e r J a m e s Lynch. T o b i a s F . Ilouglitnling, J o h n Sutherland,
T r a v e r s e C i t y , F e b 29, 1 8 6 4 .
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their children, worth m u c h m o r e than t h e c o s t ; *hiIe W
Alooso F . Hopkins, J o h n Flannery, J a m e s Monroe, Geo.
t h e i r u n i t e d e f f o r t s , - t h e y wiU o r i g i n a t e i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d ,
W . H a r g r a v e s and Wilson P . J o h n s o n .
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PEXIXSCI.A—James B i m e y L a n c a s t e r , C h a r l e s L o n k e y ,
T R A V E R S E : CITY,
J . Q.
RAMSDELL,
Attorney & Counssellor at Law
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MICH.
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b u i l d a n d s t o c k t h e i r Sarins sufficiently for jif c o m f o r t a b l e
b e g i n n i n g , i D a s h o r t s p a c e of t i m e . W i t h less m e a n s
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a n y q u a n t i t y , c a n b e o b t a i n e d a t t h e Office. A l a r g e
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T h e y likewiisc c o n t a i n s u c ^ i n f o r m a t i o n
Charles W . Day.
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f o l l o w i n g e x t r a c t s f r o m a C i r c u l a r issued s o m o
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t i m e since, b y t h e p r o p r i e t o r s , s t a t e t h e plans and a i m s
V;
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WILLIAM D. WILLIAMS, D e f e n d a n t .
k n o w l e d g e o r t h e c o u n t r y m i s t o r c o u r s e bo l i m i t e d ; a n d
a t i m e w h e n it will b e a c e n t r e o f g o d d influences in t h i s
p a r t of t h e S t a t e .
All felt t h a t it w a s good t o b e
Brief addresses were made by Morgan B a t e s and
R e v . J . H . C r u m b ; a n d t h o w h o l e ; s c e n e wa.k. e n l i v e n e d
space precludes a . m o r e
pleasant affair.
t o I V a v e r s e C i t y , w i t h t h o p u r p o s e "of
H a v i n g been a
h o p e f u l state of p r o g r e s s ; and its friends look f o r w a r d t o
" A c o m m i t e e w a s f o r m e d ib" 1 8 5 7 , t o s e q k a l o c a t i o n
f o r a new colony, w h e r e a C h r i s t i a n c o m m a n i t y and a n
i n s t i t u t i o n of l e a r n i n g m i g h t b e l o c a t e d u n d e r t h e m o s t
favorable circumstances. A f t e r a search* br t w o yeur»
i n five of t h o n e w e r S t a t e e , a l o c a t i o n hafe b e e n fixed
w h i c h possesses t h e s u p e r i o r a d v a n t a g e s of a healthful
c l i m a t e a n d a f e r t i l e soiL
T h e c o m p a n y h a v e secured sufficient lands for o n e hund r e d - f a m i l i e s o f a g r i c u l t u r a l i s t s , a n d l o c a t e d n e a r t h e cent r e o f t h e t r a c t ( w h i c h h a s t h e a d v a n t a g e s of f o r e s t , l a k e
a n d river,) g r o u n d s f o r a v i l l a g e a n d i n s t i t u j i o n of l e a r n i n g . O n e - f o u r t h of t h e e n t i r e l a n d s h a v e b e e n d o n a t e d
b y t h e p r o p r i e t o r s , as an e n d o w m e n t for t b t r i n a t i t n t i o n .
A cdllego farm, g r o u n d s for a c h u r c h edifice and parsona g e . for c o m m o n s c h o o l s , a n d o t h e r p u b l i c uses, a r c like,
wise provided. A n d as t h e lands n o w h e l d by the prop r i e t o r s a r c sold t o colonists, o t h e r lands will be o b t a i n e d
a n d a p o r t i o n of t h e n e w p u r c h a s e g i v e n t o & e i n s t i t u t i o n
until I t shall b e a d e q u a t e l y e n d o w e d . T h e c h u r c h organi z a t i o n wHl b e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l in f o r m ; y e t t h o a r t i c l e s
•win b e u n s e c t a r i o n , e m b r a c i n g t h o e s s e n t i a l s of t h e g o s pel, as understood by evangelic denominations.
I t is
h o p e d t h a t t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e c h u r c h will g i v e a n e x a m p l e of g o o d wiD t o m e n , b y e f f o r t s t o e x t e n d t h o i n f l u e n c e
o f a p u r e g o s p e l , a n d b y s y m p a t h y w i t h all r e f o r m s w h i c h
a i m t o b e n e f i t m a n . I b o sole o r a r d e n t s p i r i t s a n d t o b a c c o , e x c e p t a s m e d i c i n e s , i s e x c l u d e d itf t h e ' T f c i m t y
of t h e c o l l o g e .
M o s t o r t h e l a n d s n o w in t h e h a n d s of t h e p r o p r i e t o r s , ;
d e d u c t i n g d o n a t i o n t o c o l l e g e , n n d n e c e s s a r v e x p e n s e s in'
s e e k i n g and establishing the location, have cost a b o u t
t h r e e d o l l a r s p e r a c r e . T h e y will b e s o l d in f a r m s o f
f r o m t w e n t y t o o n e h u n d r e d and s i x t y acres, a t f r o m t h r e e
t o t e n d o l l a r s , a c c o r d i n g t o a d v a n t a g e of *>il a n d l o c a t i o n . T h o a d v a n c e u p o n s a l e s wiU a i d i n t h e f u r t h e r e n toment
of the institution—the p r o p r i e t o r s being bound
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there.
l o c a t e d on a f a r m four m i l e s f r o m T r a v e r s e C i t y .
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as a n t M e t h o d i s t M i u i s t e r , m o s t l y in K a s t e r o N e w - Y o r k
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college building, c o n t a i n i n g chapel, and recitation
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"navigation opens.
I t has been passed b e c a u s e it
h a s been heretofore, inaccessible. N o h a r b o r s having
b e e n o p e n e d , a n d t h o m u d s all r u n n i n g t o t h e w e s t of
t h e l a k e s . W c d o not d e s i r e t h a t a n v o p e s h o u l d r e m o v e
t o B e n z o n i a o n t h e representation of t h i s c i r c u l a r .
But
we invite families or the Congregational faith, desiguiue
t o remove west, -to- visit t h e r e g i o n a s soon a s p o s s i b l e
n e x t s p r i n g ; a n d l n b e y d o n o t find m a t t e r s a s h e r e pres e n t e d w e shall b o willing t o i u c u r a n y c e n s u r e t h a t m a y
bo attached to,this statement.
U n t i l p r o j e c t e d h a r b o r s a r c finished, a c a i s s t o B e n z o .iia will b e s o m e w h a t difficult. E m i g r a n t s c a n t a k e p r o ]K-ll«r a t t h e I^ake p o r t s a n d land a t N o r t h p u r t , T r a v c r *
City, Glen A r b o r or Manistde; theneo b y land 20 to 30
miles, t o B e n z o n i a .
I n t h e m t n n time, for specific information as to land,
r o u t e s , s t a t e of p r o g r e s s , o r a n y o t h e r m a t t e r s , a d d r e s s
I t c v . C. K . BAn.KY, B e n z o n i a , B e n z i e Co., M i c h i g a n . "
T h e Preparatory Department or the contemplated
C o l l e g e a t Bfciizonia, w i l l b e in session from t h o first o r
M a r c h t o t h e last of N o v e m b e r .
P u p i l s of b o t h s e x e s
c a n b e a c c o m m o d a t e d w i t h b o a r d in f a m i l j c s , a t S i 5 0
p e r w e e k . Othet- e x p e n s e s a t c o r r e s p o n d i n g low r a t e s .
between
a'
4,
5,
•- • .C, .
W A T K B . — T h e c o a n t r v iu t h e v i c i n i t y of B e n z o n i a is
million a b u n d a n t l y w a t e r e d
,a n .d. . .h.a v e g o t l o g s uo un rh an nud Wt o mmaakkee »a "boouutt Eieigbt
i g h t million
T h e college and villa*, arc l i d
f e e t t h e e n s u i n g s e a s o n ; w h i c h i s a n a d v a n t a g e t o s e t t l e r s , o a t 0 D " 9 e l e v a t i o n , a b o u t o n e mile f r o m C j r y s t a l L a k e
<uu
a s t h e y c a n b o y l u m b e r a t reasonable r a t e s f o r b u i l d i n g I °- D °, DC
' ^ r o m B e n z i e R i v e r on t h e oth&r.
The
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l
e
t
s
a
r
c
c
l
e
a
r
—
a
u
d
t h e r e are, besides t h e river, two
purposes.
mil! s t r e a m s w i t h i n ttyo n i i l e i . T h e r i r e r i » j o f ' ' o d 5 c i e «
M e s s r s . D e x t e r & N o b l e a r e also b u i l d i n g a d o c k , d e p t h t o n a v i g a t e s m a l l b o a t s .
w f l i c h w i l l a d m i t of a n y p r o p e l l e r receiving a n d d i s SOIL-— 1 'llie s o i l , i s o f a reddish s a n d v t p x t u r c w i t h
c h a r g i n g f r e i g h t . W e h a v e a g r i s t mill a l s o — a g o o d b l a c k l o a m on t o n . C l a y i n t e r m i x e d . I t is easily w o r k e d .
r u n of B u r r s t o o e s — e q u a l t o t h e d e m a n d s of t h e p r e s e n t C r o p s o r c o m a n d p o t a t o e s h a v e b e e n p l a o t e d o n t h e
soil w i t h o u t p l o w i n g , a n d t h e first y e a r a f a i r c r o p h a s
p o p u l a t i o n owned by Messrs. D . k N . , and one n o t e l ,
b e e n p r o d u c e d . I t i s a l i f t e s o i l , a n d rctaini i t s s t r e n g t h
o n e S t o r e , o n e G r o c e r y , o n e B l a c k s m i t h s h o p , o u o S c h o o l , w i t h p r o p e r c u l t u r e for m a n y y e a r s .
a u d t w o organized C h u r c h e s , viz: M e t h o d i s t a n d ConA f a r m c a n b e c l e a r e d a n d fenced, a n d b u j l d i u g s t r c c l gregationalist.
e d , for less c o s t t h a n a new p r a i r i e f a r m in c c n t r a l l l l i n o i s c a n b e f e n c e d a n d i m p r o v e d w i t h b u i l d i n g s of e q u a l
T h e c o r d w o o d b u s i n e s s i s a l s o in a fiooAsbing c o n d i value.
I t i s t h e n n e a r e r m a r k e t in a b e t t e r -jlimate. turntion. Settlers are getting high p r i c e s f o r ; t h e i r wood
ishcd w i t h w o o d , a n d a d a p t e d t o f r u i t g r o w i n g n o n e of
w i t h a g o o d m a r k e t f o r it d e l i v e r e d on tbti b e a c h
w h i c h l a t t e r b e n e f i t s c a b b e f o u n d on t h e u u o c c u n i c d
p r a i r i e s w e s t of t h e lakes.
the dock.
S e t t l e r s a r c g r a d u a l l y Oiling u p t h e c o u n t r y , a n d w i t h
I
Sfnrthi \ V n i M , A l f c i t VorrirJiKi
— — ' H e n r y Lemmcrrfell.
US naI1
^ ' ^ ^ i r e c s warmer j
} m e - - . ««">" in O h i o . I
r u n n i n g f r o m t l j e !j
W h i t e - f i s h . T r o u t , B a s s , B r o o k T r o u t , &c.
A t t h e outS o u t h gives the region its p e c u l i a r climate.
"
l e t of t h e s e l a k e s i s
TBBB*R.—The t i m b e r o f t h e r e g i o n a b o u t : B e
Traverse City....
Elk Rapids,
m a p l e , e l m . b e e c h , b a s s - w o o d o r lynn, h e m l o c k
a v i l l a g e of a b o u t 1 5 0 i n h a b i t a n t s . H e r e reside all t h e o t h e r v a r i e t i e s . T h e e l m a n d b a s s - w o o d g r o w o
3,
low
C o u n t y .Officers. H e r e , also, a r e t h e s a w [pills a n d l u m - .
J* doea
«- 'wis.
T h e s u r f a c e o f t h e scJil
] f
b e r i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o f Messrs. D e x t e r A N o b l e , w h o u o n d n l a t i n g , w i t h r a v i n e s g e a r t h e s t r e a m s a n d t h e
T h e y are abundantly ttocked
Columbus Winne. Richard W . Smith, A b r a m
worthy. F r a n c i s L
J o h n H . Allison.
Bonrsaw,
>
William
D. L a n g
B. Munn
and
CtxtREvnxE.—Thomas H
U tarrrm
mee rr ,, JA d a m C o o k , . J a m e s
^aCSe,U'I:Saac Chrk- J a n j «
J » m e s Mason. J a c o b
] B u r g e r , C l o u v e W a r r e n , M a r t i n St
a Novotoey, Ferdinand
BRANDRETH'S PILLS;
You n ay recover y o n r health by t h e u « of Other remedies,
ou may recover w i t h o u t a n y ; but do n o t f o r g e t t h a t .yon
lay die. a „ d t h a t B r a n d r e t h ' a Villa c o n l d h a r e a a r e d y « f c . _
'or r e n i c i n d e r tfcat t h e
AWEL'I. P R I N C I P L E o t " D E A T H ,
lien y o u h a v e it in e s e e a a in y o u r syatem, U e v i d e n t t o y o u r
aimal inrtinetv. Y o a r c o u n t e n a n c e t e l l s y o u r f r i e n d * ; y o u r
reams a n d y o u r own h e a r t tell y o u .
Now, at t h e s e t i m e s t h e r e is no m e d i c i n e *o d e s e r r l n r
>ur c o n f i d e n c e as
of
BRANIIRETH'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL PILLST
1
the^onlj' m e d i c i n e k n o w n t h a t can c e r t a i n l y w e , when al!
the u s u a l i n d i c a t i o n s t e l l t h a t you must die.
Mr. J o h n P o d n e y , S p r i n g f i e l d , Union Co., N. J . ,
ha* u«-d
B R A N D R E T H - S P I L L S f o r fifteen y e a r , in b U family, a n d f o r
all h i s h a n d s : in w h i c h t i m e theae Hills h a r e o a r e d t h e m of
Billions a f f e c t i o n s . H e a d a c h e . R h e u m a t i s m , F e v e r a n d A g u e ,
Measles. W h o o p i n g Congh, a n d he s a y * h e h a s n e v e r k n o w n
t h e m to fail.
P r i n c i p a l Office. 204 Canal Street* New Y o r k .
Sold by all r e s p e c t a b l e dealers in m e d i c i n e ^ .
ASK F O B S E W S T Y L E . !
iV;.-
1
Hannah, Lay & Co's Column. TTnunnh Lay & Co.'s Column.
SEC 8. A n d b e it further enacted. T h a t nothing in
this act shall be so construed as t o prevent any person
INDIGO— Real Spanish float.
who bas availed him or herself of tbe benefits of the first
INDIA RUBBER—Coats,shoes. elastic, bands, erasers and
section of this act from paying the minimum price, or
hats.
the price t o which tbe same may have graduated, for
F o r tbe convenience of the hasty as also for the gene- INDIA CLOTH—A nice sample.
the quantity of land so entered a t any time before the exIRON—Round, square, fiat, Juniata, scraps, sweedes. Lake
Superior horse shoe, nail rod, fire.
piration of the five years, and obtaiuing a patent tberfor ral reader, we have arranged au alphabetical list of manv
kinds of articles which are k p p t o n . sale by u s ; which JACONET—A full line, bougbt of importers.
•An A c t t o S e c u r e H o m e s t e a d * t o A c t u a l Settle™ frofn tbe Government, as in other cases provided by law,
think will be found of Interest to the Community at JAYNES MEDICINES—We are special agents tor all Dr.
on making proof of settlement and cultivation as providon the Public D o m a i n .
Jaynes genuine preparations and job the same at as low
Urge.
B e it enacted by the Senate aud House of Represent- ed by existing laws granting pre-emption rights.
rates as can be bougbt elsewhere.
T h e tendency of the market i* strongly upward, espe- JEWEI.RY—A snug stock, well assorted.
atives of the United S t a t e s of America in Congress asA p p r o v e d May 20. 1862.
sembled, T h a t any person who is the head of a family,
cially since the additional revenue has been decided upon JELLIES—Raspberry, currftut, quinces, strawberry. Pine
or who baa arrived at tbe age of twejity-onc jears, and
by Congress.
KE-VKE'DY-S MEDICINES—An assortment of these justly
is a citizen of tbe United States, or who shall have filed
P r i c e s r.re very firm on the sea-board.
Brown and
famed medicines on sale.
bis declaration-of intention to become such," as required
For s Medicjne that will enre
Iik-acheil (Cottons are scarce and higher. Our present KETTLBS—3. &, 8, 10, pail, 30, 45, 60,90 gallon, at reasonaby tbe naturalization laws of tbe United States, and who C O U G H S ,
blc rates a full line.
quotations are below New Y o r k j o b b i u g rates.
The
KEROSENE—Bought
low, and for sale at corresponding rates
bas never borne arms against the United States Governadvance lis Tobacco in first bands is at least 20 p e r cent
INFLUENZA,
by tbe quantity.
•toent or given aid and comfort t o its enemies, shall, from
over Dec. rates. Provisions are much firmer in Chica- K N l \ ES—Pocket, table, carving, butchers, shoe, bovie aud
T I C K L I N G In t h e T H R O A T ,
And after the first of January, eighteen hundred and
go.
D
r
i
e
d
fruits
much
higher.
Groceries
are
very
pen
knives
;
our
stock
of table knives is large and we
WHOOPING COUGH,
sixty-three, be entitled to enter one quarter section or a
Invite the attention of the wholesale trade. We can offirm with a constant increase in price of most goods
O r relieve C O N S U M T I V E C O U G H ,
fer bargains.
lew quantity of unappropriated public labds, upon which
in Tea nnd Sugur particularly. Seeds are very.high.—
LACE—Cotton.
Liuen,
real
thread, amyrns imitation, silk,
m i d person may have filqd a pre-emption claim, or which
Fnra nre fulling off materially,' particularly in Musk rat.
black and white. Ac.
may, at the time the application is made, be subject to
Coon and Mink, owing to immeuse stocks in Europe, LEATHER—Sole, upper, kip, calf, morrocco, linings, bindpre-emption at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less
tbe war in Poland, the mild winter on the continent, tbe
ing. Ac.
C O U G H BALSAM.
p e r aero; or eighty acres or lesBof such unappropriated
high rate of interest, ami the change in style from Capes LEAD—Bar, white and red lead
LIME—Quick, and water lime, reasonable.
OVER FIVE THOUSAND BOTTLES
lauds, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, to be located
to Collars manufactured from Mink.
LILLY WHITE—i'or the ladies, best quality, as also puffs
in a body, in conformity to tbe legal subdivisions of the have been told la its native town, and not a single instance
L e a t h e r , improving in demand ; Chicago quotations
for Its application.
public lands and after tbe same shall have been survey- of its failure is known.
above our selling rates. T h e unavoidable effect of the
e d : Provided, T h a t any person owning and risiding on
We have, in oar pocseUionrapy quantity of certificates, present cull, on ult uiunufactnred articles in which labor
MAGIC
RUFFLING—Assorted qualities and widths.
land may, under the provisions of this act, enter other some of them from
is a proroi neiit element, will be to materially advance the MARSEILLES—A small assortment, some nice.
..
land lying contiguous t o bis or her said land, which shall
EMINENT PHYSICIANS,
cost of production aud consequently the price of sale.
MERINOKS—Thesu goods we have a snug assortment, well
not, wilh the land so already owned and occupied, exceed who have used It In their practice, and glved It the preemiselected,
bought low. and for sale iu patterna below the
F e b r u a r y 18th, 1864.
1n tbe aggregate one hundred and sixty acres.
market, some very cheap
nence over any other compound.
Sxc. 2. And be it further enacted, T h a t the person
MOLASSES—A full line, and of good quality, as sweet as
It does not dry up a C O U G H ,
APPLES—By
the
bbshel
or
barrel—D17
and
Oreen.
ever.
applying for t h e bt-nefit of this act shall, upon applicabut loosens it, so as to enable the patient to expectorate free- ALPACCAS—Black, Tan Drabs, Tan.
NAVAL STORES—Manllls and tarred rope, mailln, roaln,
tion "to the Register of the Land Office in which he or
AXES—Hunt's, Hurd A Blodgett's chopping, broad,
pitch, turpentine, naptha, Ac.
she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before TWO OB THREE DOSES WILL®.'VARIABLY CCRE
hand, boys and hunters.
NAILS—Cut, from 2d to i-Od, best make, also wrought and
AXE
IIELVBS—An
assortment
of
good
quality
and
make.
tbe said Register or Receiver that be or she is the head
pressed. We are selling by the keg as low ss we can
TICKLING IN THE THKOAT.
AYERS
MEDICINES—
For
which
we
are
Agents
and
keep
a
now purchase at wholesale.
of a family, or is twenty-one or more years or age, or
A HALF Bottle bas often completely cored the most
complete assortment—low to the trade.
NOTIONS—Of these we h s v e a complete line, fully equal, to.,
shall have performed service in the army or navy of tbe
BASK
El
8—Willow
and
asb
market,
half
bushel,-bushel,
aad
STUBBORN COUGH,
the demand, and purchased of manufacture is and imUnited States, and that he has never borne arms against
one and a half bushuel com bankets.
porters direct.
and yet, though it is so sure add speedy in its operation. It is
tbe Government of the United Stales or given aid and perfectly harmless, being partly vegetable. It is verv agree- BALMORALS—Lewi* and other standard makes.
MEIGS—Pepper, mace, ginger, cloves, cinnamon.
OAKUM—Beat navy by pound or bale.
comfort t o its enemies, and that such' application is mude able to the taste, and mnv be administered to children of BAG^—Grain and flour.
BELLS—Cow, sheep, hand, tea and sleigh.
OILS—Kerosene, whale, linseed, boiled and raw, neats foot,
for bis or ber exclusive use nnd benefit, and that said en- any age.
fish, Ac.
In cases of CROUP we will guarantee a enre, If taken in BEBAGE—Brown, black, blue and green.
try is made for the purpose of actoal settlement and
BEANS—We
shall
be
in
the
market
for
purchase
of
prime
OIL SUITS—Complete, soa-wcatcrs, papts Ac.
cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly.' for the season.
quality and shall sell at a small advance.
OVER SHIRTS—Denim, knit jackets.
N o F a m i l y should be w i t h o u t i t .
JF—No. 1 Chicago Mess by the barrel, one hundred, or OY'STERS— Best quality, Baltimore nice, fresh and guaranuse or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoIt is within tbe reach of all. the price being
ponnd.
teed.
ever; and upon filing the said affidavit with the Register
ONLY 25 CENTS.
BEESWAX—A full Mock.
PAPER—Letter, note, bill, cap, legal, lp full assortmcntand
or Receiver, and on payment of ten dollafs, he or she
low by the ream.
And if an Investment and thorough trial does not "back BIBLES—The American Bible Depository Is in oar institu
shall thereupon be permitted to ( n t e r the quantity of
tion.
PAPER HANGINGS—Wall, window, bordering, l a assortup" the above statement, the money will be refunded. We
land specified: Provided, however, T h a t no certificate' MV this, knowing its merits, and feeling confident that one BOOTS—Mens, lutnbi-rmens long leg. cow hide, kip. calf
ment.
lined, calf tap sole, calf pump aole, boys, youth* and PAINTS—Lead in oil, ven. red. spanisb browa, Ac., chrome,
shall be given or patent issued therefor uutil the expi- trial will secure for it a home in every household^
childs.
yellow and green, patent dryer.
Do not waste away with Coughing, when so small an inration of five years from the date of such entry; and if.
BRIDLES—Black, rtisseU, an*rein* with bitta.
a t the expiration of such time, or ht any time within vestment will cure yon. It may be h a j of any respectable BRAID—Crotchet, Embroidery, colored and black, skirt in PAPIER MACHE—A small line, suitable for aresenta- to
ladies.
Druggist in town, who will furnish you with a circular of gen
two years thereafter, the person making such entnr—or
colors, silk and worsted
PRESERVES—Citron, qnlnces,plams pears, cherries Ac.
uiue certificate* of cures it has made.
if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his
PEGS—Assorted from 3-8 to 7-8
C. G. CLARK,
PILLS—Ayers Jayncs, Holloway's Radway's W r i g h f s
W B O L K M L E DM-GGIST,
heirs or devisee; or in case of a widow making such enCAMBRICS—l'aper, colored and blaok, common, do.
Gregory's MoOiilV, Braudrcth's Hooper's.
NEW HAVEN. CONN.,
try, her heirs or devisee, in case of her death—shall
CAPS—Mens cloth, plush, mohair, 4c., boys and childs a full PLASTER—Gtand River in barrels or by the too.
Proprietor.
rove by two credible witnesses t h a t he, she, or they
PLOWS—A nice lot of best makers aud quality of wood
For sale by Druggists in city, country, and everywhere.
a7e resi'dod upon or cultivated the same for the term of
CASSIMERES—Black, a gopd line, colored and Fancy, a
work, with extra castings.
For sale at Wholesale, by
superior assortment of American, English and French POCKET BOOKS—Aud pone monies, a full liue, soma very
five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the
D. 8. BARNES A CO.. New York,
makers.
good, some good for but little, eheap.
O. C. GOODWIN 4 CO.. Boston,
affidavit aforesaid, and shall mako affidavit that no part
CEREL'S—Phalon's Night Blooming, " tbe " perfume for the PRUNES—Fresh Turkish prunes.
FARRAND, SHEELEY A CO.. Detroit.
of said land has been alienated, and that ho has borne
PRINTS—A very large stock.
toilet.
t r u e allegiance to the Government of tho United States;
CHEESE—"Hamburg," of New York manufacture.
PROVISIONS—Pork, flpftr, corn, cora meal, b a m s flah,.lard,
then, and in such case, be, she or they, if at t h a t time a
CHAMBREYS—A small assortment.
butter, cheese, bo*f.
CHAINS—Trace, halter, jack and cable in 1-4, 6-16, 3-8 and PUMHS—Cistern. (Down's patent), chain pumps compleu
<ytiren of the United States, shall beeotitled to a patent,
AND
7-16 inch.
with tubing for same.
as in other cases provided for b y l a w : A n d provided
CIGARS—A moderate quantity and fair grade.
RAGS—Bought and aold.
further, T h a t in ease of t h e death of both father ana
CLOTH—Black and blue broad cioih, Tadiea cloak cloth, RHUBARB—Krai Turkey, root and powdered.
mother, leaving an infant child, o r children under twentyassorted.
RICE—Eaat India best.
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L
B
E
R
T
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W
.
B
A
C
O
N
,
CLOCKS—Upright, gothic, ovil, marine, striking, alarm, and RIDDLES—To nae in the place of fanning mills foraitura
one years of age, tho right and fee shall enure t o the
ILL LOCATE LANDS, PAY TAXES. BUY OR SELL
style.
I . .
.
eight dav, good line.
benefit of said infant child or children; and theexecutor,
on Commission—and now offeis for sale,
CLOTHING—We have a good assortment, well selected, ROAD SCRAPERS—Cast Iron, wood and Iron to order.
administrator, or guardian may a t any time within two
bougbt low, of fashionable designs, and for sale reason- SALT—Fine dairy snd coarse.
U
6
0
0
Acres
of
Choice
Laiulv;
years after the death of the surviving parent, and in acSADDLES—Pony, Mcxican and side.
able.
cordance with the laws of the State in which such chil- A n d L o t s w i l h o r w i t h o u t D w e l l i n g s i n F.Ik R a
COTTON—Brown, 3-4 4-4, 4-5, in heavy and fine, bleached SATCHEl^S— Wilton, brussellsrail road, gothic, ani> plain,
plds, the C o u n t y Beat of A n t r i m C o u n t y .
3-4 to 6-4 nicely assorted, and are selling many of them
enamelled.
dren for the time being have their domicii, sell said land
The above mentioned lands are located in Antrim. Traat New York wholesale rates.
SCARFJ;—Gents silk, union and woo), ladlea wool.
for the benefit of said infanta, but fflr. no other purpose:
verse, Leelanau, and Manitou Counties.
Arc among the COLLARS—Oents assorted, Ladies various styles,also horse SCYTHES—Grass. bu«h, and grain sythes as well as sickles,
and the purchaser shall acquire the absolute title by the earliest and best selections with reference to soil, water, surbrush, bush and com cutters.
and pony collars.
purchase, and bo entitled t o a patent from the United face and markets. They embrace farming lsi.ds, village COFFEE—Java, Rio, ground and mixed.
SEEDS—Clover, timothy, red top, hnngarian, turnip, and a
States, on pavment of the office fees aud sum of moaey sites water powers, with or without improvements, and the CORSETS—While and colored.
full assortment of fresh garden aeeds a few flowcrsceda.
choicest
localities
for
Propeller
nnd
Steamer
wooding
staCOTTON
A
DES—A
fair
assortment
Shot—By
the bag or ponnd.
herein specified.
tions, or wood furnishing stations for Chicago market. All
Sue. 3. And be it further enacted. T h a t the Register on the great Lake thoroughfare, acccssable to markets East CONFECTIONARY—A good line at retail and wholesale, Sht»e*—A complete assortment of gents ladies, youths and
a small lot of fancy conversation candys.
chlldrens.
'
-».<<
of tbe land office shall note all such applications on tbe or West. Can be had in quantities to snlt purchasers, and CROCKERY—Bought of importers direct and is sold as low S h i r t i n g Checks—Good stock.
tract books and plats of his office, and keep a register of at prices making it an object in preference to buying back
B h o e Findings—A respectable assortment'
as can be bought.
CRINOLINE—A very large stock to job from
Shovels—Cast steel, long handle, D handle, acoop, Ac.
all such entries, and make return thereof to the General from settlement.
STATE LANDS.
CRADLES—Ohildreos and grain, assorted.
Shawls—Wool, brocba, Stella, and blanket, aome very nice
Land Office, together with the proof upon which thsy
Will sell choice lsods. for farming, fenclpg, cedar ?ost» CRACKERS—l'ic Nic, soda, sweet, Boston, pilot, by pound
hove been founded.
Shoe Packs—Bangor moose skin, both long a a d short
or barrel.
SKC. 4. A u d bo it further enacted, T h a t no lands ac- and timber purposes, in all parts of the County ; or will sr DAY BOOKS—Blank Ledgers, passbooks, writing books, in
legs " A No. I."
cure to parties State Lands of their selection on as libera
quired under tho provisions of this a c t shall in any terms as can be purchased of the State.
Silk—Black, colored, and lining silk.
variety.
DELAINES—Manchester,
Pacific,
Hamilton,
mourning,
S k a t e s — I n d i e s gents *nd boys skate strsps.
event become liable t o the satisfaction of any deb I or
Traverse City. July 11,186J.
1
wool,
lu
nice
assortment
of
colors,
printed
aad
plain.
Shirts—
Kiauuel, plain, aud rancy, white s h i r t s fancy cottoa
debts contracted prior to the issuing of tbe patent thereDIARIES—For DJ64, some very nice.
. and linen, ditto.
for.
S k a t i n g Caps—1-adies misses snd childs,
DOMESTICS—A very full line.
SEC. 5. A n d be it further enacted, That, if a t any time
DOLLS—Kid, cloth and rubber heads.
Soap—Csstile, toilet assorted, yellow, erasive, stiver indexCHA'lN OF N A T I O N A L
,
leal, Ac. .
• ;
after the filing of tbe affidavit, as required in tbe second
DRIED BEEF—Prime quality.
DRAWERS—Gents and ladles assorted.
Socks—Gtnts hand knit wool, cashmere, cottoa aad union,
MERCANTILE COLLEGES.
section of this act. before tho expiration of the five years
DRUGS—A small assortment,
boys and childs ditto.
aforesaid, it shall be proven, after due notice to tbe setDRAG TEETH—Ou band, 3-4. 4-4, 5-4 and made to order, Spicca— Kinds quantities snd qusltties to suit
Located at Detroit,
tler, to the satisfaction of the registerof tbe land office, ] B r a n c h
Spectacles—Plain, german silver, snd steel bows colored,
reasonable.
M i c h . , Merrill B l o c k ,
that the person having filed such'affidavit shall have acDYES—Camwood, logwood, madder, alum extrrcta, copassorted, some very good ones, also cases for same.
S p i n n i n g Wheels—And hubs en Sssortmcnt
peras. vitriol. Ac.
tually changed his residence, or obandoncd the sqid land C o r n e r o f " W o o d w a r I & J « i f l ' e r « o n A v e n u e s .
EARTHENWARE—Jugs,
crocks,
churna,flower
pots,
covers
Stores—\Ve
invite comparison as to kinds quality, finlah
for m o r e than six months at any time, then'"and in
HIS INSTITUTION FORMS ONE OF TWELVE COLaud rates ; come and see.
tUmbles.
leges located la the following cities:—Detroit, New
• that event the land so entered shnll revert to tho GdvSteel-yards—From 2 to 400 lbs., good.
York, Philadelphia, Alliauy, Buffalo, Cleveland,Chicago, St. EMERY—For engineers use.
eraitont
.ii<.
ENVELOPES—A large assortment In various qualities, deal- Steel—C'sst blister, toe cork, spring and german.
Louis, Brooklyn. TrOy, Portland and Toronto.
Stays—Colored snd white ; also skirt supporters, an admirSEC. 6. A n d be it farther enacted. T h a t no individual
-III find pi ices low by the quantity.
A person holding a scholarship nan attend either at his
able article for the la-lies.
shall be. permitted to acquire title t o more than w e option.
ESSFNCE—Cinnamon, peppermint, cloves, lemon, Ac.
Terms.
Sugars—Crushed, powdered, granulated, coffee, in grades t»
q u a r t e r section under tbe provisions of this a c t ; and -Tuition payable In advance by purchase of scholarship EXTRACTS—Vanilla, lemon, peach. Ac.
suit, brown N. 0, muscavado and maple.
FARMERS TOOL?—Forks hoes, rakes grub boes shovels Tape— 1 Colored, black and white, cotton and linen.
t h a t the Commissioner of tbe General Land Office is here- $40 for full term. Same course for Ladies, $25.
rpades.
cradles,
culling
boxes.
Students
to
enter
at
any
time.
Average
time
to
complete
by required to prepare and issue such rules and regulaTMIIOW—Bought and aold by pound or barrel.
FANNING MILLS—Of the best makers and at moderate T a b l e s — Blsck walnut, cherry aad nnion.
tions, consistent with this act, as ^hall be necessary and the course, three months.
A knowledge of tbe ordinary English branches issufficient
prices.
Tablets—For gents and ladies use In correspondencs some
p r o p e r t o carry its provisions intp eflect; and that the preparatoiy to entering upon the course of study.
nice ones.
FEATHERS—Ordered wbtn wanted.
registers and receivers of the several laud offices shnll be
J . H. GOLDSMITH.ResldentPrincipal o t D e t r o l t .
FISH—Cod. dunn, halibut, herring, tongues and sounds Tea—Imperial, yonng byson, Oolong and souchong, in
J . F. SPALDING, Assistant.
entitled to receive the same compensation for any lands
chests, cattys snd by the pound ; all bougbt early and at
mackerel!, Ac.»
,
The
most
thorough,
practical
and
truly
popular
Colleges
advantageous rates
entered under the provisions of this act that they arc now
FLAX SEED—Bjhl seed, canary seed.
in America. Over six thousand students have entered since
T i n Ware— A good stock on bsnd of home manufacture,
entitled to receive when the sumo guantitv of land is en- their establishment, which is the best evidence of their FLOUR—Seven hundred barrel*, good brands.
and all kinds of work done to order.
FLAT IRONS—In sizes to suit.
tered with money, one half to be paid by the person inak favor with the public.
FLOUNC1NGS—Muslin, linen, cambric, Ac.
Tissue—For
veils and In lis seasos for dresses.
ing the application a t the time of so doing, and the other
For further information please call at College Rooms,
FLANNELS—Wool, doraet cotton, linsey. shaker, red. Tobacco—Plug, line cut, smoking, Ac, a fall line at old
half on tbe issue of the certificate by the person to whom send for a aew Catalogue of SO p^ges. For specimens ol
white, b i a s grav, plaid, fancy. French, Ac
prices.
|
it may be issued ; b u t this shall not be constructed to enFORKS—Manure, hay, straw, garden, 2 and 3 tined, long and Toys—A nice assortment to wholciale.
abort handles.
Trunks—Packing, folio and traveling, some good OIKS.
large the maximum of compensation now prescribed
I51y
e.)
FRUITS—Prunes currants peaches plums cherries goose- T r i m m i n g s — O f various qualities and designs soth'jis sr»
b y law for any register or receiver: Provided. T h a t nofsshionable.
.;
berries qoinces, pears tomatoes.
thing contained in this shall be no construed as to imFURNITURE—Bureaus bedsteads, chain, tables stands, Trapa—Musk rat, fox, beaver, and tear, of best makers by
pair or interfere in any manner whatever with existing
TOLEN FROM THE MAIL MILITARY BOUNTY
pleee or doten.
rockers, childs chairs matfasses, Ac
Land WarrantNo. S1987, Act of 1835, for one hundred
dpreemption rights : And provided, farther. T h a t all perT
r
a
v
e
l
i
n
g
Bags—A
full
Hpe,
some
nice ones
GINGHAMS—Scotch, Glssgow, Lancsster, and check dress
Tweed*—Kentucky j e a n s doable and twist, iron c
who may have filed t h e i r applications for a pre-enip- and sixtv acres of land, issued to Robert 11. Haggai, a prigoods.
vate in Capt. Daniel Hixon's Company of Mich. Militia.—
sitnere, Ac., a good assortment, low.
rigbt prior to the passage of this act shall be entitled Robert H. Haggal'a residence Is Bridgewater, Washtenaw GLASS—A full assortment of sites, 8 X 10 to 10 x 30.
Umbrellas—Of
vsrious
sixes
snd
grades.
t o 4'1 privileges of this a c t ; Provided, further T h a t , Co, Mich, his post office address Clinton, Lenawa Co.. Mich. GLOVES—Buck. (Jog. ringwood, kid. wool, silk, cotton, ber- U n d e r Shirts—For gentlemen and ladies ribbed, p!a!
Jin lined gents ladies misses and boys.
Said Warrant was assigned to Robert M. Itisdon by the
t Do person who has served, or mi>y hereafter serve for a
colored and white.
GRAIN—Buckwheat, corn, wheat Ac.
period of not less than fourteen days in tho army or aforesaid Robert H Uaggai. and by the said Robert M. Ris- GROCERIES—A complete line, bought early, and for sale Valises—A few not very good.
don deposited in the post oflke at Saline, Michigan, about
Vella—Dot lace, l o v s tissue, Ac.
teavy of the United States, either regular or volunteer,
cheap.
,'
April ninth. 1863, and by the Deputy directed to the RegisTesta—Of
numerous designs fashionable make, and different
u n d e r the laws thereof, during the existence of an actual ter of United States Land Office, Traverse City, Michigan.— GUN CAPS—G. D.I. C. water-proof.
qualities to suit
war, domestic o r foreign, shall bo deprived of the bene- All persons are forbidden to purchase or trade for said GUNPOWDER—Rifle, In c a n s and F. F. F. 0 . sporting in Vice*—Large snd smaB. some toy vices
kpgs.
fits of this a c t on account of not having attained the age Warrant, as I have applied to the Pension Office at WashingVinegar—Msnufactnred. and real elder vinegar.
HAIR OIL—Phalon's Bear. Maccasorton for a Duplicate of said Warranty
of twenty-one years.
R<iKDKERCHlEFS—Gents snd ladies hemmed ready for Wagons—Double and single lumber wagons a full stock la
earlv spring, and aa low as can! be bought outside
Bsc. 7. A n d be it further enacted. T h a t the fifth secuse. silk, linen, cotton. Ac.
Manistee, Jan. 1, 1864.
W e l l Backets—The - Old Osken Backet " is for aale by
HAY—For sale, or will purchase.
tion of this aet entitled " A u a c t ic addition t o an act
US iron bound.
A T H , BIDING, CHERRY, OAK. MAPLE, WHITE HATS—A full asaortmeut, union, touave, Bornside, Butler, W h e e l Barrows—Canal barrows
more effectually t o provide for the punishment of etrtnin
black, drab, tan. pearl, Ac
Ash, and all kinds of seasoned Pine lumber kept on
crimes against the United States, and fur other purposW h i f f l e trace Double snd single, also neck yokes.
hand ; and Framing timber, Joista and Scantling sawed from HOSE—Cashmere, merino, cotton, colored black and white, Yarn—Wool yam, full line, also cottoa knitting yarn.
es," approved tbe third of March, in tbe year eighteen twenty to thirty feet in length, and for aale at the Mills of
childa and misses a complete line.
Y e l l o w Ochre—In small or large quantities
hundred and fifty-seven, shnll exteud to all oaths, affinnHOPS—Nice fresh pressed hopa.
Zinc—By the s h e e t or pound, also sine la oil for paing,
the subscriber.
GEO. W. BRYANT.
HIDES—.Ve buy all kiads of marketable hides.
C atious, aad affidavits required or authorized by this
HANNAH. LAY A CO.
H A N N A H , L A Y * COTraverse City, Micb., Aug. 16,18M.
U*a«
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
W e b a r e already published this law twice, b a t the demand for it is so great that we b a r e concluded to give it
•gain. I t Uprinted from the official copy on file in the
Register's Office, and may b e relied upon as correct.
STATE OF THE MARKETS.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
COES'B
E
R E A L . E S T A T E
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
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VOL. VI.
T R A V E R S E
Cf/e (Sraitii Cnibcrsc Derail),
CITY,
MICH.
CIJE iSraiiii frabEtsc ^glrrali).
F R I D A Y , M A R C H 4,18G4.
NO.
12.
excellent quality. Some of the land around Old . M i s - G r a n d Traverse—The Name.
»ion has probably been cultivated over u hundred years i The word Traverse is of French origin, meaning
M O l l G A N B A T K 9 , K i l t o r a n d P r o i j r i e U i r by Indians and whites, and has by no means lost ila vi/- ! across. Its application to the Bay is said to have ontue yet.
| finated from the crossing of the early inhabitants from
TRAVERSE CITVi
M O B G A N ' B A T E S .
\\ e would speak of the scenery of Grand Traverse i one point of the maiu laud at its month to the opposite.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1864.
SD1T0K AND fROrBIBTOB.
Buy but we have not the ability to do it jui-tiee. It is , It was called the Grand Traverse (i. a great crossing.) te
.
XMUMS.
of Nulil s u«n handiwork, uml not a whit behind I contradistinction from Little Traverse which lies to tho
The G r a n d Traverse Country.
O n e D o l l a r a n d P t O y C e n t s . P a y a b l e Invar i a b l y in Brtvunoe.
pccimen. \V hoover sees it and fails to be j north of it. I- rom the Bay the names passed over to tho
Wrliun Kzpresilj for UM> Graad T r i n n t HtukL
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted for One Dollar per square (ten
i: Ii i
II have n
laud adjacent to it
for the beauti'
lines) for the first insertion, sod twenty-flve cents for cach
Grand Traverse Bay.
subsequent Insertion. Yearly Advertisements—Slo for one
j
Grand Traverse Region—It* Extent.
Yillnges on Grand Tiaverae Bay.
sqnaru; $20 for three squares; $30 for half a column; and
This Boy is tbet body of water that jots from Lnke
are Traverse City. Xorlbport. Elk ltupids, andl The Grant! Traver* region is therefore the region in
$A0 for one column. Legal advertisements at the ratea prej the vicinity of Grand Traverse Bay. It ioelodes several
scribed by law : Ufty cents per folio of 100 wvrd», for the Michigan southwest into the northwest corner of the Old Missiou. Of Ihe luMer we have already spoken.
flrstlnsertion.and twenty-five cent* for each subsequent Lower Peaiusuln.
I Counties, one of which is specifically named Graod
Traverse City
Everyfigurecounts a word. Figure work without rules, 60
It is given, though perhaps not by name, on all oar
per cent added, Rnleaodfigurework, double price.
I raverse. The ethers were formerly attached to it for
Is at the head of the west arm of the Bay ond is t
All legal advertisement* to be paid for strictly in advance. common school maps. As it proceeds inland it divides
County sent of Grand Traverse County. Although i Judicial and municipal purposes. Two of tbem. Leelainto two arms separated by a narrow peninsula. Each gnlarly laid ont into city lots, nt present it presents but ;
. of which Xorlbport, nnd Antrim, of which Elk RaAll Kinds of Job Printing Neatly and Eipdilmisli Emoted.
arm is about twenty miles long and from one to three very little of the appearance of a city. There are about j P ' ^ ' 8 'ho County t*nt, were w organized last spring —
wide. The whole length of the Bay from the bend of
ery good buildings all told. In addition to K n l k o s c o ' '>''"8 601,111 of Antrim nnd east of Grand
ither arm to Lnke Michigan is about forty miles. Set- these it contains a large numtier of dwellings) ' r u v c r s e - is attached to Antrim, and Benzio, south of
UNITED STATES 1AM OfflCE AT KATEBE CITT, IlCfl.
ting in from the main Boy are a number of smaller ones put up merely for a temporary purpose. It has u i k*-'' nuow a "d nearly west of Graud Traverse, Mill reaffording, some of ibem, as good harbors as can be found j | u r p e steam saw mill capable of cutting 80.000 feet in j mai,,in R at'ocbed to Grand Traverse. In genera! this reperhaps in the world. Besides the main Bay itself is a twenty-four hours, a steam flouring mill a store, a print-1 8 i o " n,B.v ** 8 8i d 10 ««eut to the Manistee River on Ibo
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY OFFICER8.
very safe harbor from all storms except the severest oue* | j„R office, a school house, blacksmith shops shoe shops. s o u , h - °" , b o w e s t a n ' J north lo Lake Michigan, and
twcu,
J or thirty miles back from the Bay oo the east
Jnize of Probate....CURTIS FOWLER, Mapleton from the north. There is no time when bouts cannot lie ! ,«•„ hotels, and a few other places of business. The po-'
The
SaeritT
E. F . D AME, Trareme City, ir. the most porfoct safety at tho doc Its of Hannah. Lay j pnlotiOn of the ploce is four hundred It does the busi-'
L « " d - I u Kind.
Cujiity Treasurer
MORGAN BATES. Trav. City.
4 Co.. nt fhe head of tho west arm. Of the smuller J l l e s 3 0f a town many times its size. The store belonging | 1 1 i e < > r three kinds, Tin : hard-limbered, pino.
County Clerk
JAMES P . BRAND,
Register ol Deeds
JAMES P* BRAND.
bays alluded lo there is, first, Bowers' Harbor, on the j | 0 Hannah. IJIV & CO. consists of four building*. each ' ° n d S , 0 t c s w n m p ln " d8 - 1 b e r e , r e 0 0 Pliriei ond no
Pro*. Attorney
C. H . MARSH,
east side of tho west arm. obout eight miles from ils ninety by tbirtv. and employs from ten to twelve clerks. I , n a n , h e s o f "V o x t e n t wamps are somewhat
Circuit Court Com. -C. 11. MASS11,
Coroners
L. R. SMITH,
Elk Rapids. head. Its head lies northwest, a little arm or the penin- j It supplies a large region of country nronnd During | f r e t l a c o t b a t l h e y n r o generally small. They contain oo
ROBERT LEE, Ccnirevilie. sula stretching around it on the west. Oo its south, j navigation Traverse City tint directnirv nronnd During 8 l a p u a D t w n t c r a D d w h u n c l e n r e d w i
t communication with |
'
"
right across its month, is an island n mile long, leaving a ' Chicago by means of the Propeller Alleghany running 1 d o w a i
C. H. M A R S H ,
The pine as compared wilh the hard timbered land if
Channel to the right and also to left or itself' Thus is I between that place and Sarnie, on the St. Clni
this little bay perfectly "landlocked." and affords as I she stops as this place going either way. The site or also limited. Tbe following extract from ao editorial in
complete a harbor as can bo found. It is two miles in ; , ht . ,0wn is such us lo give a full view of the Bav nnd its a former number of the Herald will give an idea oHta
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
length and the same in width, ample enough for a large „.ost beautiful and romantic scenery for twenty m i l e s - extent:
5 C 0 T A R Y P U B L I C & C 0 N V E Y A N C ER, fleet Here Is a wharf from which a considerable wood j i„ j l s ICIkr, 811(J p o r I | v i n i .| n i | w | w j j l l i n i l s | i n i i l s i s , h c
" With those who bnve nover visited tbo northern
r r a verse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich.
is shipped for Cbitago. Land in the vicinity of tbis < beautiful little Boardn.ai. Lake, covering three or four part or the Lower Peuinsula of Michigan, the impresOffice in Dwelling House.
1-ly harbor is of excellent quality. It is all taken, however, ; hundred acres. Its waters are as clear as crvstal. of
sion prevjils that it is one vast Pinery, and1 that the
and on much of it there areHctual settlers.
i known depth and abounding in many verities of fish.—j lands are illy adapted to farming. This impression is
T H A V K K S K .CITY
11 o r
On the left shore of the west arm, about
i Through this flow;: the Boardman river aud empties iuto iltogelher erroneous. Piue is only round on the borE X C H A N G E .
eighteen miles from its bead, is Sutton's Bay
ders or large streams, and in strips ol one to three miles
•ailed • the Buy at ibispnim.
from a man of that name who first located in its vicinity.
This place was first stnrted merely as a lumbering wide. Scarcely a one hundredth part ortbo lauds in tbe
T*IB notjsK is NOW 0PBxr.ii FOR TIIK BENEFIT o r THE
It opens to the north faciug New Mission harbor, which point bclore the ugricullural interests of the surrouuding Grand Traverse Bay country may properly be considerT R A V E L I N G
P U B L I C .
liesfiveor six miles further down the Bay. It is some country were at nil developed.
ed Pint- Ijauds ; and it i* not at all probable tbat there
CNPRK THE SCrBBIKTEKOBNCB OF
two miles in width uud three or four in length. Here
Along the banks of the Boardmno River,fifteenor will ever be any mure mills constructed than there are
C H A R G E S
W.
D A Y . also is a dock from which wood is shipped. The coun- twenty miles from Traverse City, is a tract of pine land now in operation for tho manufacture or lumber for extry bock is very heavily timbered. A few miles to the varying in width from perhaps two to Tour miles. The portation
sur GIVE HIM A CALL, ^zf
The Pino will be exhausted before tbeso
a1 W. D. south of Salton's is Lee's Point Hero are located , first start that was made here was the erection of a mill mills ore worn oot—or there will be only enough left
Traverse City, May IS, 18CS.
3My.
several eilterprisiDg farmers after rtom lie place is for «a»ii», lira pii*. Since then oiler intc-rejl, la™ for home consumption."
This, then, is a hard timbered coantry aud adapted to
named. All Ibe burbot there i> here i, formed b, the developed till Ininbcrini has boeome recoo.larv In
JACKSON & WILEY,
projection of the main land into the Bnv, th.a breaking commercial importance. tbooBll not in population Tra- agriculture.
The Timber.
Ihe
north
<riod.
Hers
l»
another
wharf
for
wooding.
ver«! City ha. more than donbled donntr the ia>t year
Founders and Machinists,
1 he timber ot this region is 0 r very heavy growth.—
New Mission, above ailndai to, five o. «i« mile, north I Coder the o|«ralio» of the Homcteod Bill the popnhDETROIT, Michigan,
The trees are or immense height and size. Tbe laud
of Sutton's, has 00 dock but is an eicellent harbor and i tj„„ of the
country increaatd in a eorresyields from fifty lo seventy-five cords or hard body wood
one of the most beautiful location, on tie Bay. The ponding ratio. Ils loeoii.t, most ultimately itiahe it what
land oroond is no Indian a » r v « , a, is a considerable i h „ „ , e i a dicate»-, eily. It i, the natoid outlet of on per acre. The verities of timber are sugar maple, beech,
white ash. rock elm, hemlock, and a few scattering treea
F a l l a n d W i n t e r o f 18(53 & 4 . portion of that lying on the west shore of the Bay. The ] o,tensive aud terlilc region of country.
of other kiuds. Tbo maple is tbe most prevalent Tho
Xorlhport,
N E W G O O D S f o r tho L A D I E S . Indians ore grauted a Ijmited time by Government '
whtch to select forms for themselves, after which Ihe, As already staled, is on lb. wo* shore of the B. other varitiesare mixed in with tbe maple in varying
proportion. Ook, hickory, and all nut-bearing tree?,
AVING JUST BBTUBKED FROM THE OUTSIDE batata of the Reserve .,1! com. nMo market. At tbi. l t i r , r m t o „ orMl „ f 1 > > m t c i t
„
„, c
world, we are prepared uot only to enlighten the Indies
except tbe beech, are wanting.
as regards Pall and Winter Styles of Bonnets, Hats, Citato. porntis located tie Bev. Peter Dougherty, who h a s , C o u u l y , and contains about four km'
The Suiftece of tbe Conntrr*
Dresses, Ac,, but also to furnish our customer* with very- labored the l..t qo.rleror a centory as a m.ss.oo.ry j
wooding point for
intabilmto. ! l i s M 1 ,
many articles which we have lately added to our atock, such
The face of the country is geueraliy rolling, somet ; h i „ I 0 „„d , b c
as Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Dress Trimmings of difffer among the Indians in tills region. Seven or eight years ] p r o p e l l , „
times
rising
into considerable hills. Especially is this
ent kinds, Hoods Nubian, Worsted Undersleeves, Children*
be moved rrom the Old Mission lo his pre™, tin.,- j u k K . 0 „ , „ g , 0 , h i j r „ c , „ b!1 , a l l n r a t d u i l v c m r r .
Skating Caps, Ladies and Chlldrens Balmoral Hose, Belt*,
the case immediately west of Traverse City. Hero is *
Shawl and Hair Pins, Fancy Cloak Trimings, Buttons, Pins, tors. He has bnilt n Church and
Clegnot dwelling [ ,j011 wit ] t Q|)(. o r „ l l n l h e r 0f ,|, e lading citics on the chain or group of hills elevated to quite a height Tbey
Needles, Thread, Ac., Ac.
for himself on the flat lands at the head or the harbor.— j t .|liain or the great Lakes. It bns several stores, two or
We have also Ladies Cloths, and a Wheeler A Wilson
afford a most delightful prospect of the Boy ond its
Sewing Machine enables us to manufacture Cloaks to order On a commanding eminence overlooking aiimibt the ' iLrve liulebt
or saloons, and mechanic shops — scenery. Back of (hem the land is less rolling, tho
Dress Cutting and Making, Shirt Making and all kinds of whole Bay is tho Indian Misbion School, Giove Hill'
Ils harboi has already bi'eu sjioken oraa being ample aud greater portion of it lying very handsomely. Such is tbe
aewlng and machine atllcbing done with a view to shit
customers. Give us a call and examine onr stock and prices. Semiuary, or which ho is Superintendent. There is a
general nrnke of the country. It is neither level nor
ADA K. SPKAt.UE.
large farm, o good portion or which is ouder cultivation.
Elk Rnplds,
MABY E. B08TW1CK.
On I lie riirht shor> of Ihe east arm of the Bay. sixteen billy. And yel in limited localities it is bolb. For tho
Traverse City, Nov., 1865.
50-3m. connected with the Mission. At this point is also a
most part it is slightly undulating.
poet-office, a lew white families aud as already suited a miles from its head, is ihe County seat or Antrim CoanThe Soil.
ACADEMICAL.
small handful of Indians. The Indians, however, arc ty which was or^aniz-tl Inst spriinr. It is the smallest of
The surface soil is limestone gravel, sandy loam and
HE SPRING TERM OF THE PREPARATORY DE- rast dwindling away. Tbey «re only a remnant or what the thn villages, containing perhaps twenty families.—
pertinent of the contemplated College at B'ntonia, will
clay. These are sometimes mixed, and sometimes scparcommence on Wednesday, March 2d, and continue twelve they formerly were. They aro already reatricted to a j It has a large saw mill, a store, school houjo and one or
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ate. 1 here is but little of the Dure clav however Ii
weeks Tuition for the term, payabU in advance, $4. Board
reservation like tbe Onoudaga s and Oueidas of I»o
•o hotels
botela 1There
here is no nnlurnl harbor here. It is only ; 8 mra,ti» fonnH min^w »;ii. »k ,k
••
Tand log-house accommodations for a few students with the small
v..„ v„„i*. r._.
,
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i mostly tonne mingleo with tbe other verities. Ume
families of the place at reasonable rates.
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• few mitet however, aero, the bo, to OM Mislion — I i, largely prevalent iu nil tic .oil, tbu, adapting i. for
J. B. WALKER, President
Six miles north of New Mission ,s horthport. At, In time of a severe alorm from the norlh-ubontthe ooly , h e pro d„clion of wheat. Beneath tie surface soil
CHA8. E. BAILEY, Secretary.
8-3w*
this potut is one of the best harbor? on the Bay—cup-' one thot iiffjcts them—boats IUII across !o tbat iKiint.— | whieh i« n-iwrnllv
<i,»
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or
o mobt
E S T A B L I S H E D
1 7 6 0 - cioos euough for the largest fleet and protected from all 1| T)exier k Xoble, to whom ihe mill belongs, are to'pul! p a r t # c | a j subgo'jj ' e r e 18
storms. It is only teo miles from Lake Michigau and has out a dock another season. Thi9 will afford a considera-1
Water.
P E T E R LORILL4RD,
two extensive wharfs.
; ble protection. Back of the town is a ebain of little This country is generally well watered. It abound*
SNUFF AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURER
Old Mission affords the only natural harbor on the j lakes, seven or eight in number, and extending abont in benutifol little lakes from one to two miles in length.
10 & 18 Chambers 8t.,
east arm of the Bay. It is on the left side near tbe ex- seventy miles in length, emptying ot>e into another through You can scarcely go in ony directioo more than ten or
(Formerly 42 Chambers Street, New York,)
tremity of the Peuinsula dividing ihe two arms. It is | short rivers, and Dually through Klk River into the Bay
Would call the attention of Dealers to the artlclea of hla ample and well protected. Here is a small village, for-j These lakes are unrivalled iu beuutv. ond wben this twelve miles without meeting one or them. Tbey form a
perfect net work over this entire region of country. Tbo
manufacture, vis.:
merly occupied by the Indians, but now belonging to country becomes more settled and better known tlx-v will land oronnd tbem is not marshy, but dry. Springs and
BROWN SNUFF.
whiles. This was formerly the Old Mission ground of' doubtless be tbe ravorite resort or visitors and pleasure ivulets loo are quite frequent. You can find no extenDemlgros,
Maeaboy,
Mr. Dougherty, hence its name. Tie laud aroond Ibis teekens. In the vicinity of these lakes is some or the i sivc tract of land without waler. Occasionally l b ^
Pure Virginia,
Fine JtifPM,
hoarse Rappee,
Nachltochea,
poiut has been longer cultivated than in any other part best farming land of Ibis region. A little dredging of may •be a- quarter
• scctiou. —
Water can generally be
msrlcan Gentleman,
Copenhagen.
of this region of country. The place has a school house, tbe intermediate river would mnke the whole chn
found loo by digging to a greater or less depth accordYELLOW SNUFF.
a cburch and a post office.
gable for small steamboats and thus ufford on easy outlet ing to locality. This is the case so far as baa been
Aeofeb".
Honey Dew Scotoh,
The Peninsula, between the two arms or tho Bay, i to this rich tract This extensive region or rich farm- tried. In a few instances, however, the trial has been
• High Toast Scotch.
Fresh Honey Dew Scotch,
Irish High Toast,
Freah Scotch,
about twenty miles long and varying in width from oro ing land is naturally tributary to Elk Rapids, and must made without success. Tbe depth lo which you have to
or Lnndyfoot,
to
three miles. It belongs to Grand Traverse Count; ultimately make It quite a town.
Attention Is called to the large redaction In prices
go to obtain water, so far as known, varies rrom ten to
Af Pins-Oat Chewing an-l Smoking Tobaccos, which will be ond is organized into * township by itself Its populaBesides the places above alluded to theri'ore other eighty feet Tbe water is of remarkable purity. There
found of a Saperlor Quality.
tion is somewhat dTer five hundred. It has two post j little settlements here and there along Ihe Bay some or is scarcely a pool or a brook lo be found any where the
TOBACCO.
j
_. SVOKtWO.
FIX* CPT CHRWIXO.
SVOKIXO. offices—one at Old Mission, above alluded to, Grand ! which will doubtless spring up into towns as the country water of which is not fit to be put to any use.
Trnverse by name, tbe other at Mapleton, about half j grows
»g,
P. A. L. or plain,
8.Jago
Most of tbePC little lakes are so clear that the minutest
Ha.
-1.1.
Cavendish, or 8weet,
Spanish,
| Hannah. I*y & Co. are to put a small steamer on tbe wave ripple can be distinctly seen on their beds through
No. S,
Sweet Scented Oronore, Canaster, way up tbe Peniusula, and three school houses.
The country is rolling, and where it has not been , Bay Ibis spring, to run daily to oil these points, thus many feet of water. The water of the Bay is of the
Mos.l A3 mixed, Tin FoilCavendlah,
Turkish.
O.-anulated.
B.—A clroalar of prices wlllb* sent on application. cleared covered with a dense forest of hard timber.—: affording ibem ready communication with one another same limpid character.
j <i My.) Tbe soil, except« small portion at tho south end, is ofj and with the outside world by way of Nortbport
ll>«re ii oo stagnant water to fill the atmosphere with
ISPCBLISHBD BVBBY
Traverse Citf,Grand Traverse County, H l c h l p n
gittontcj uittr Counsellor at fato,
H
T
malaria. Heocc,
: and billioas diseases generally something over one hundred iU ai«] a r ^ There are p<*pel i, largely support^ hy the ^ C h u r c h andlheltlimate^tnral 14 «
83
•oqjMry n degrees further south
are not known.
sliE Kit many times that number or acres of Covermncr.t American Home Mission Society, t h e laborer* wjJJ be I Tbtf foliowi nfljfext ract from
The Productions of the Conntrr—Wheat.
B ^ r t of F. I. Coffi
laud open to settlers. In quality this is not at all inferior increased as the pdpulatio^of, the oduntrv au"mcni.—
•nts.— Ijbcrrc/Ksq., Supfreyor ol Kc*aygb au4fNorihport State
Tbis country produces almost every thingj that groWB in
s4i
in regaal ^to to
the d i m * 'of tiiia'region, will .
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°°"
« " «settle-l-Road,
• * - ! * > * i«
northern climate*. -But of the grains, that which seems
immediate c.n.ty o. Traverre titv ments. At the principal points they maintain school j to confirm what has been said above. Mr. Coffmbcrry
specially to thrive is Winttr Wheat, It is always a and the Bay is mostly
selected. By goinsr bock ten orj
mer and winter. At Traverse City thcr support a! resides at Grand Rapids. He writes:
*
sure crop. It was never known to fail, and it has been fifteen miles, the choicest Homestead:
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...
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. bcfun1"1sciwol from eight to te„ months in the year. The re-are. •• I hare always paid some attention to the uxitcoroloraised here in limited quantities for a number of years,
The quality of the coil do<s no: deteriorate as you re-1 not less than six school houses in the township of 'I ra- • g''"»l character of this latitude, ami ha\V some1 hwtru
sufficiently long to test it It is also of superior quality—
mt Ls lo
cedo from the Buy. but by many it is thought to improve.' verse, and other- wj|* probably be erected the coming i '" . as-nst m^ observation*. which have euabled me
much better than the average of western;wheat. What
C0DC,ua5, , ffl
lo sotnc f n c
Some of the first hitler, have located from preference, j
At Iku^miu. thirty miles southwest or Traverse ' l? ."/T}' a t
l'
*
specially fits this region for its production is, first, the
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.
| that weiv. strafij^ to jne at first. Que of the*: Pi. t' »t
r fifteen miles back from Traverse City
( ity. .here i, a « ..n-regatmnnt Collegepist starting. It; when we him- th- coldrat weather in winter. (! n £ n n "
large per cent of lime in its soil, which is essential to iu
I'. S . I.aud Office.
has bwn iu successful openUion for nearly a year. Of j the lower peninsula,) the »kv is always dear aud no wind
successful culture. Then the character of the winters
The Laud Office for this district is located utTn , r s c : this Rev. .1 B. Walker, formerly of Sanduskv, Ohio, is > oi B".v ac ™"0 t - b u l *>i: ll»ere
be a .slight suow WIarc also favorable. Tbo ground is constantly covered ...
City, which makes it convenient for -sat tiers to cater j I'resideut.and Rev. Reuben Hatch, also of Ohio iselect-1 T s a!l '}ay «Mnc«,|Ww '« , b o depth of au inch, during the
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l
a
v
with a warm mantling of snow which - keeps it from their Homesteads. MORCA.N BATES i* the Register and I ,-,f n>-» ,r it i
>
,
.
Another fact was strange ot first • that the tber
r
heaving out, as in countries subject to alternate thawing KKCBW GOODKI«. the Receiver.
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Both of these gentlemen are Lonietcr geiwrallrjndinted a lower temperature at the
nn ,h0
tne g.ouud und devoting their energies to make the j -outh line of this State, than at this place ; and lower
nod freezing, and protects it from winter-killing.
Cost
tring Land.
; school effioi
In a few years every advantage for ! k«C l ' l a " u l CJrand Traverse Bay; at the same tjaes ami
It is estimated tlin
Its Average per Acre.
«st tf clearing ai .1 fencing
1 Mil
] educatii
M k m lh»l can be, M m
rtn,
• 0 ", tb , e .?°""'
" ' c <*• " tmoMj C f.ei,
The average production is ffom eighteen to twenty laud is from fifteen t,
y dollars per acre. There i.,, .,
: •»<' 1 >hmk the dinerefice is about from 10 to 20 degrees
five bushels per acre. When well put in it often goes! generally found rail timber enough r>r feocit
, .t .|.I : a v e r s e ( i t v a n di h t, allI, n o i•n l.s n n i.1
I!: between
the
Bay and the South line
of the State. *rhi<
ul
A
h
p
m
a
i
l
mm*
a.
^
,
.
'tvandat all points ou fhe mad route. I i s n n effect for w'hich there must .be a reasonable^ ' ^
much higher than that In the rammer of 1863. Mr. E.! ' aui1 - Kln>
Ash an used for this purpose
the mai. arrives twice a week from the south. It conies as well as for all other natural phenomena.
P. Ladd, of Peninsula, raised on 20 acres to average a j unfrequeutly Cedar i.s found sufficiently to I. used lo by way of Detroit to (.'rand Ilaven, on Lake Michigan,
H is a well known fact that Lnko Michigan
little over twenty-seven bushels per acre; and Kev. Mer- S0D,C
freezes over, even ""in our hardest winters ; and so large a
and thence north to Muskegon, I'eutwater. Manistee. '*"""
The Price of Lumber.
ritt Bates, of Traverse, harvested 208 bushels from ten
body or water remaining open in our coldest winters,
Settlers will have no diflicultv
'btaitiinjr lumber for! Beuzouiii, Traverse City.and Old Mission, the end of the must have n tendancy to modify the surrounding atmosacres. The field produced full thirty bushels to the acre,
"I raverse City i« the Distributing Office for this phere. 1 l i s also well known that our prevailing winds
building, or other purposes, at any time. Hannah. Lay i n
but the harvesting was delayed until the wheat became
i From this point the mail goes once a week to j t h e winter season nre from the irth^ost: therefore,
& Co., of Traverse City, always have large qnautitieson n
K
so ripe that the wisle in harvesting and threshing in the
wnlcr
u
the ^Host Bay.
Bay. Klk
F.Ik Rapids,
Rapids, and
and thence
thence Ij luv" w "' u , r o u l i " ^ T a l w*M
hand. The cheaper quality of pine, good for fencimrl V> l , l t e•water,
. «'ou
« s ^ r'»
north-westeru pra-opoo field was very great.
The same season• Mr. W
It also goes weekly from here to
„
and rough buildings, sells at six doiiars per thousand, i oD ! o Mackinaw.
^'a°kinaw.
\ t L k i C 0 ' L , ""'l 'deak, and passing the
Monroe, Oi Monroe Settlement, twelve miles south of »in i .. L- t r
i
,
No'thnnrt \',w
<* l
t i
i r > ' , c a d of l^ko Michigan, it is driving along the south line
T
n:„.
J
. ... I I be better kind of common is worth twjve dollars.
jNo.thport,
Mission, Glen Arbor and Carp River, of our State and north line of Indiana without anv'mafliTravereo City, harvested ten acres thetlaveragcd thirty
Thesc are their present prices. Lumber, like every; ' " c k'ugth of time it takes a letter to come from De- j fication ; whilst our I'enhjsnia lying cast of the great
bushels per acre; and bis brother Henry, six acres aver- thing else, has greatly advanced in value since the break-! , r " ' t ' s ^iOIU s '* t° eii;ht days. During the tiipe of ua-1 ' J ' t e '1BS 8 "^i'iod atmosjihere, bringing with it the vaaging over thirty-eight bushels. Last reason many of
ing out of .bo lictellioo.
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the farmers raised to average twenty-five bushels.
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'i-ffhunv
Mmiminii „ . . . I of wrv lighi snow, during our clear frosty woathor, which
.
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Coni Wood.
j leghan}. making communication with the ontside' accounts for our higher temperature and our snow in
Other Grain.
1 here is quite an extensive Cord \\ ood trade carried w o r !''
much more frequcut. The coming scasou we clear weather; arid as wc go north towards Uiaod TraSpring Wheat, and other kinds of Spring Grains, are on between this region and Chicago. Many thousand ]
have almost daily connection with the outside world v e r s c ',U.Y> w u ®nd the same modification continues, and
m
grown here successfully, though they do not promise so cords are shipped annually from the various harbors on
ay of Nortbport through the little Propeller that is I , h e ." e a r e r 1 t l , e „ , ' l k o
°re "perceptible it is, until, we
well as winter wheat There is 110 difficulty in raising Grand Traverse Bay. Tbis trade is increasing vcarly,
u duily
that poim
itoint iroin
from Traverse
Citv
at the Bay. As a proof of the difference
between
ui j to mat
nncrse City.
j larrive
b e c i l l n a l c o u l h e o n s , ill(, Wc4t 6 i d o 3 of
MieJ|igllu
the earlier kinds of Corn, such as the York State eight and is destined to do so for some yearn to come. The
Sleighing.
1 will cite one instance :
rowed yellow. The larger kinds, such as are raised in wood is also of superior quality, bringing from twentyWe have flurrie uf snow here in November, but it I A few days since rfe bad a visit from the editoK d r ;
Ohio and Illinois, are uot a sure crop, but sometimes five to fifty cents more per cord in market than wood docs not come to li ordinarily till the last of December I Wisconsin, sonic 80 to 100 iu uumber, from all parjs or
l h c 8State,
, a , e , nand
the
they uU
all «l»
e. r®*«> their surprise at fiuding
ripen.
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from any other quarter. Many farmers iu the immediate or the first of Jai nrv. I-ist winter, which was rather'
Tho Potato uud other Roots.
....
,
< ourroses
rosesininfull
lullbloom,
bloom, ststrawberries' on our tables, and
au extraordinary
as no sleighing or any . rripe
jpe cherries on our trees, wying that tbey had not sten
The Potato grows almost spootaueops. When once vicinity of the Bay find it to their profit to cut their tim- amount till after tl.
•
middle
anuary,
and
not
more
any
thing
of
(he
kind
at
h
planted, it becomes almott a troublesome weed. The ber into wood and sell it rather than to burn it. Wood
•< ks durii12 the whole winter. The j It should be said, also, iu regaril io the climate of this
snow so protects the ground that it may be left nil winter is drawn, iu some cases, four or five miles to the Bay.—
i' Christmas or a few days ( region, that we seldom have early Irosl* to do any barm
withopt digging and come out all right in the Spring. •This wood trade is uot only a benefit to those who gel before end KK -C II
1." .haw since sufficient to i *1 hose heavy frosts that swept over almost the entire wp»t
Owing to tbis cau«i the scattering oues that are left here out tbo wood, but to all tbis jegion of country. U furl-il. to which snow ordinarily I last fall, doing so inoch ddmage'io the corn ainl other
and there in tho soil after digging, are sure to make their nishes employment to many of the poor settlers w ho have
to
work
out
to
earn
their
living,
while
clearing
their
;
It comes gradually mid crop*, were fell less here, probably, than almost uu\ where
appearance in the spring, and will persist in growing unn-at |uan .es al a time. The greatest | else.
less pulled up. They yield well and are of the best land. There is no business pays the common laborer 1i quantity thai fails al any one
better
than
chopping.
During
the
present
winter
the
time
seldom
exceeds a foot. 1 This climate is tboogbt to be one of'the healthiest in
quality. Phut good seed and it docs; uot deteriorate
price ol cutting and puttiog up is from Si to Si 25 per but it SIIOWS a little every fev days. Snow commonly j the Cnion There are no marshes uor'swamps nor' stagfrom being grown in Urund Traverse sail- Turnips and
lies on tiii sometime into March, It is one of the great* nant water to breed malaria and inioian. 1 Fever and
cord.
An
able
boJied
man
can
not
fuii
to
make
good
<
Rutabagas also thrive remarkably in this region. Garest blessings Providence confers in this region; without Ague, and other bilious diseases, are seldom known in
wages at it.
dea vegetables generally do well.
it those branches of business,
Population of Grand Traverse.
wooding and lum- this region, aud perhaps never except when the system is
Prait.
The number of inhabitants iu the Grand Traverse re- bering that furnish employment and support for so
impregnated with them before coming here.
,
This country is too new yet to spcuk positively of its
giou, according to the census of June. I860, was 3,627.! o f the settlers during the winter could not be carricd on.
'1 here seems to be something peculiarly exhilirating in
fruit-growing capacity. There are but few points where
There has been a constant influx ever s ace. The popu-j Besides it furnishes a warm covering to protect the the atmosphere. It scuds new life and vigor through
it has been settled long enough to test it in this respect.
latiou has probably more than doubled. It may reach I wheul and other vegetation from winter killing. Hence the system. Many who come here invalids, become hearty
Wherever the trial has been made, however, it is believed
as high as ten tbousaud at present. Settlers that have! " , c fformous yield* that arc sometimes produced here, and hale after residing here awhile—others receive no
teffiave proved satisfactory. Apples are thought to be
come here are from nearly nil the N orthern States—some *" ,c ground is alway-i free from frost under the snow so benefit from the climate.
a sure crop. i Peaches of the earlier kinds will probably
few arc of foreign birth. New York has probably a ' , 1 , a t 0 8 soon as lk> snow bus melted and the grouud
There is uo doubt that this is oue of the healthiest redo well, but they have not been sufficiently tried to make
lafger representation than anv other Slate. There are a ' ' r i l ^ a I'ttlc it is fit for the plo<
gions to be found. It is said to be mu^h the same clia positive statement. Rev. GKO. N. S«Tir, of Northconsiderable many here-from Illinois and the other west- j
Climate of Grnnd Traverse.
mate—only
milder—of that of the Superior region, so
port, has probably paid more attention to the cultivation
eru States—some from the southern part of this State
11"' w "'ter climate of this region, as already stated, is much resorted to by invalids.
of fruit than any other man in this region of conntry.—
The inhabitants are generally intelligent, industrious and t"110'1 nitlder than thnt of most regions and much lower
The
Way to Get to Grnnd Traverse.
He settled there near fifteen years ago, as a missionary
enterprising. In these respects they will uot compare 1 ' a , ' t l "' , M The average lem;icrnture is said to lie several
Those wishing to come to Grand Traverse can lake,
•to the Indians, and commenced testing fruit the first year. unfavorably with older communities.
| degrees warmer than that of the south line of lhe State. lhe Propeller .illr^hany, either at Chicago, or'Port 1
He raises Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Cherries.
Why this Region was not Earlier Settled.
' ' R ' r c a r c B o t I l m r e than five or ten days during any Huron on lhe Si Clair River, direct to Traverse Citjy
Gooseberries, Currants and Grapes. Faom an article
It may seem strange to some that this region should I w ' , l l ( l *h«-n the thermometer fnlls below zero, and fhei: Those desiring to come by her can ascertain, by addresswritten by him and published in the HHRALO in Februa- be so long left a wilderness while other portions or the j ' l remains below l.ut^i few hours, nearly always rising
ry, 18C2, we make the following extracts: " 1 have put west were so rapidly settling. For this there ore doubt- al, ovc before mid day. The lowest it ever sinks is fif- ing a letter to Hannah. I>ay & Co., Chicago, the time pf
her departure from either of said points. This is tbo
out in orchard form about 150 Apples of extreme va- less various causes. Among these the following may be , c c u below. This is the lowest that it bus been known
most direct route for those near either of the places
rieties. In general my trees have prospered well—most enumerated :
; to be for three winters past. In the winter of sixty-one :
of them extremely well. I have apple trees of various
First, At nn earlier day. before the time of railroa-is, J 0 I l J t w o i l f<" to that point, but once, and only once, j Another way is to find a Propeller at Cleveland. BuTages, bearing from one apple to. two or three bnshels the whonthe tide of emigration was selling westward, the | l l , s l w i l , u ' r - Huring the present winter, which has been falo or Detroit, that will land you at Nortbport At
past season—most of them highly improved fruit" lie
proprietors of boots found it for their interests to per-1 l>,ic o f * r , " r v s t . it bus been lo that point but two or J this poiu*. you can lake passage any day on the Boy Pro-"
also speaks of having apples fhe year round or his own suadc emigrants lo go as far west as water would float I , ' i r c c
During the months of January and Febru- poller for Traverse City.
raising. In speaking of other varieties of fruits he savs:
them. At a later day railroad companies did the same j nr-v' n h i l l j o r c l t , c coldest. Slio general range or the | There are a large number 0 r Propellers stop at Carp
"Peaches, I am iure, are destined to do weli—
thing, that is I hey induced them lo go as frr as railroad thermometer at seven o'clock in the morning is from : River for wood—a little village on Ijikc Michigan, firthough I hare not made as great efforts with them as
,0
or
could carry them. Hence, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa j G v e o r
Wc have not roll teen miles south or the entrance to the Bay so olso at
with apples; but, from what I have done, I have no
have filled up while this region has been run around and j
labh-s C.f other sections of the country at our1 (ilen Arbor 20 miles south or Carp River and 30 west or
doubts of success. Plums succeed oevond any thing I
command
with
which
to
make
a comparison of their cli- Traverse City.
entirely overlooked.
whiih
But neither of these points is 0 conveever saw; the i n ^ L so destructive in many places, bos
Another reason doubtu-ss is that the impression has mate with this, but it is universally found to be the case nient place for those wishing to reach fhe Bay.
(. r .
not made its appcKcce here.
qutc extensively prevailed -'hat all this norih part of when we suffer our coldest weather here tho papers reVisitors will not allow boat Captains to persuade then
"Pears do Well—I havo none but Dwarfs; but -with Michigan was one vast Pine ry, and therefore not adapt- port it mnch cold<
- outside. - (a provincialism used lo' to land at lhe Manilou Islands, as it will cost them mote
proper culturer they produce superior fruit. A small ed to agriculture. > It is not ucilil quito recently thai the, denote- all olher parts of the country than this.) As
to get from there than their whole expense from home.
Dearborn Scqaling has produced above three dozen annu- public have learned to the contrary. This is only to ai illustration of this take the first two days of January—
ally—most delicious Pears. From another tree, in the limited extent a Pine region. Tiie greater proportion | t : m c or that great storm that blocked up the railKIT thf (irund I r a v e r n e Herald.
Fall of 1860, I gathered a half-bushel of splendid pears. of all this country is of lhe best qua lity of bard timbered; r°nd? and caused so much suffering throughout the counKMC R A P I D S . A N T R I M COCVTV, ?
February 27. ltfC4. j
Vicar of Wakefield pears I kept last year till spring. 1 land. Then again this region has Wen looked upon n s j l r ) At that time the thermometer only went fourteen
Mi: BATES : We would like to contribute our mite of1
raised a few large andfinePassa Caiman the past season. cold, and therefore barren. The prevaJeoce of this idea degrees below zero at Traverse City. At the same time
" My Cherries succeeded equally well as my Plums; has doubtless deterred many from coinuig here. The J w a s 2 0 c below at Kalamazoo, in the south part of information abodt Antrim Coonty, if you will please ioI have several excellent varieties, all flourishing, but facts io regard to this impression will be found io au- II,« State. 40= bel™ „t M i l w n t e , 24= M o , „t Si i f " . ! ' ! < T
TT f " " U
n i
the birds regard thorn as legitimately their inheritance. other article. The truth is we do not have as cold wea- Uois
29= fete. « Chicago. P « o » ct, Mti.f;
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My Cnrrants, commou red, and red Dtitcb, and English ther here as they do in most regions much lurtiier south. themselves io regard to tho climate by comparing the j
ANTRIM COUNTY
Black, cannot be surpassed for produativenesB or quali- Our winters are milder by several degrees than
weather table published iu this number of the HERALD ! Is situated on the east sido of the east arm of Grand
ty. The same may be said of my English Gooseberries. southern part of the Stale.
with similar tables of their own
region.
| Traverse Bay. and extends about 24 nales along the Bay
I havo also in my garden a number of Grape vines.
Schools and Churches.
Most people will naturally ask "Why do you have shore The soil of this County is principally a rich
Isabella, Catawba and Clinton—they have fruited the
Religious aud educational advautages are probably as such a mild climate so far north ?" The answer is, it is j loam, except along the shore, which is sandy. ' Tbe tirojiast two yeare—the clusters were large and compact great here as in any new country. Traverse City, Elk due to the iuflucncc of water. To the west of us there! ber is mostly hard wood, viz ; Maple, Beech. Elm ""
grapes, beautiful, tolerably well ripened; if the vines Rapids, Nortbport and Benzonia, havo preaching every
lies the great Lake or Michigan so deep that it never j with a sprinkling of Cedar along the shores of tbeS
had been more closely trimmed tbey would no doubt sabbath. Many of the settlements buck, once in two freezes over.
Grand 7 r a verse Bay is also very deep i and rivers; and I think the soil and climate equal, if-BOt
havo been more perfectly ripe. I thihk "the Catawba weeks—others once in four weeks. There ia scarcely a ami never freezes till into February, aud last winter did : superior, to any country in the some latitude east of here,
promises to be most successful."
place where an audience of a dozen can be got together not freeze at all. Up to this date it has been clased but and will compare favorably with any country west. As
What Mr. Smith's experience has l^een siucc writing that they da^pot have the gospel occasionally. At many a very few^jiys the pfesent winter. Now remember a fruit growing country we shall not be behind some
the above we are not able to say. 'lie writer of this of those places there arc little churches organized. At j that lhe freezing point of water is 32® above zero, and places in a more southern latitude. Peaches, Apples,
was at his boure in July last AU varieties of fruits Traverse City and Nortbport the Congregalionalists and j that therefore the I-ake and the Bay (when that is open) Penrs. Plums awl other.fruit, have been produced abundlooked prosperous at that time. So far as tried, fruit Methodists both have an organization. There are church I must always I.* above that point and you have Iho clue anily for lhe past three or four years, which leadens lo
docs equally well at other points.
organizations also at Btaizonia ; a large and flourishing ; to tbis miid climatc.
in-ncver the temperature of the believe that this will be a fruit growing country eventGovernment Lands.
Congregational church at Monroe Settlement, twelve . land sinks below that of the water the latter serves as a; nallv.
I>ur&g the past year there were seven hundred loca- miles south of Traverse City, at Glun Arbor, thirty, great furnace to give out heat to the former. It i.s owing
The interna! lake and river navigation extends about
tions under tlw Homestead Law, in the Grand Traverse miles west, at Elk Rapids, at Whitewater, at Old Mis- ] to Ibis principle, together with the influence or the'warm CO miles into the country, and almost does away with the
Begion. Ihe whole amount of lauds tjius taken must bo sion, at Now Mission and at some other points. The waters of the Gulf stream, that Great Britain has the early sctller* huildine roads
^ r a v e f l m ^ w f i o Y t m T a n ' o t n H K I r w , p r o n o u n c e 4fietn
e q u a l i n scenery t d any of Ib e Kdropcno l a f c a - a n d v i i t o r s s h o u l d b y all m e a n * m a k e t h e t o u r
TRAVERSE CITY. "
J ^ e ) R i v e r , - s e v e n miles"!
I/Jto Mjcfcigw.-in »botf . 4 4 * N . J a t rfTh« temper-
fain
t h e lakes.
,
%
w i t h fish o f all k i n d s -
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Thermometrioal Register
j 1»:3
] Dcf- 1,
make lumber at a b o u t
1
t h e r a t e o f GO,000; feet p e r d a y ,
a l l tbfcse n u m e r o u s a d v a n t a g e s it b i d s f u i t j t o b e o n e of
t h e r i c h e s t c o u n t i e s in N o r t h e r n M i c h i g a n . '
W e would
-therefore invite e m i g r a n t s t o give us a calljbefore g o i n g
'elsewhere.
!
g
F o r the Gjarid Travarae Herald.
j 11ENZO.VIA C O L O N T . f
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• [ T h e follow i n g a r t i c l e was f u r n k h e d by R o v . i B. W a t x t i i ,
I>-1), I ' r e s i d e n t of -etie G r a n d T r a v e r s e C o l l t - g i a t Bonzonla,'
T h e C i r p u l a r . u f the P r o p r i e t o r * — c o p i o u s • x t r a c t s . f r q m
w h i c h a r c g i v e n — a d d r e s s e s Itself m o r e p a r t i c u l a r l y to p
f c s a l u g C h r i s t i a n s , a n d e s p e c i a l l y to m e t a l * ! ? o f ' t h e Congregational Church
All »uch will d o u U ^ s i « n d c o n g e n i a l
h o m e s in B e n z o n i n .
.
ElJ j
T h i s C o l o n y , w h i c h i s d e s i g n e d t o d e v e l o p in h a r m o n y ,
t h e i n t e r e s t s of A g r i c u l t u r e ,
E d u c a t i o n opd
Christian
P i e t y , is' s i t u a t e d a b o u t t h i r t y m i l e s s o u t h w e s t o f T r a verse City, seven miles f r o m L a k e Michigan,] and between
Crystal L a k e and Benzie River (formerly tolled Betsie
or BecJ Scies River.)
r e g i o n of g o o d
T h e C o l o u y i s in t h p c e n t r e of a
land,
lying a b o u t
G r a n d T r a v e r s e B a y and Manistee.
half way
T h e r e lire n o w a b o u t
O t h e r s a r e E x p e c t e d in t h e S p r i n g .
yiiill i s in
^
o p e r a t i o n , n o d a s a w mill will ije c o m p l e t e d
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h',' '
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21°
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H a v i n g b c o n . e n g u g e d f o r -thirty-six y e a r s a s a n i t i n e r -
good common school and the p r e p a r a t o r y De-
under the
w p o t f u t e u d a u c e of
competent
1863>
operation
instructor*.
came
resident
24 0
know.
below
below
with
h e a l t h f u l , t h e w a t e r p t i r e , a u d t h e soil fertile, a n d e a s y of
the
country.
The
s c e n e r y is
fine,
the
J W t b p o r t , h a s f u r n i s h e d us w i t h s t a t i s t i c s s h o w i n g t h a t
that the O l d D e f e n d a n t , William » .
ssfis~««»
»
d
w h e r e s u c h a d v a n t a g e s IU t h o s e o f f e r e d b f iliis c o l o n y
m a y Be o b t a i n e d . T h e C i r c u l a r s a y s : —
i
...; >
of t i m b e r , y e t I h a v e r e o s o u t o b e l i e v e that,, w i t h p r o p e r
The
cultivation, t h e
crop or wheat
will
facet
the ex-
pense of c h o p p i n g , c l e a r i n g nud fencing.
Last year I
h a d 1 0 a c r e s c l e a r e d and sown t o w h e a t .
The
entire
e x p e n s e of c h o p p i n g , c l e n r i o g , f e n c i n g nnd c u l t i v a t i o n ,
i n c l u d i n g seed, h a r v e s t i n g a n d l l j t s g h i n g , w a s S 2 8 5 . T h e
p r o d u c t of t h e 1 0 a c r e s , e x c l u s i v e of t h e w a s t e of s t a c k i n g a n d t h r e s h i n g in t h e o p e n a i r , w a s 2 6 8 b u s h e l s of
e
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JOHN L A W R E N C I M C V I C I A R , )
HKNJAMIK MCVICKAR
WILLIAM I. K r p ,
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Defendant*.
NATHAN KXOKLMANN,
M K I I A K L ENCELMA.SK,
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i l e , V L C , : , ' C " o r t f-o r. , ....
CCoouunnttyy of
of ManUtfle, In Chancenr. m a d e In the above i-uu
entitled raune a n d b e a r i n g date t h e
T h i r d day of S e p t e m b e r , i,
3«e,
37s
^fihe
A v e r a g e of T h e r m o m e t e r
For p a s t fun w i n t e r s , f r o m table* k e p t by JOHN F . UP.
TravoracCily.
lSj'.«.
H!°° ?
T. J . R A M S D E L L
- I
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December.
1861.
January,
c a t t l e Have b e e n w i n t e r e d . ! T h i s g i v e s a s u r p l u s , a f t e r
February,
m e e t i n g all e x p e n s e s o r c h o p p i n g , c l e a r i n g , f e n c i n g n n d March,
December
c u l t i v a t i o n , b e s i d e s t h e value; of t h e s t r a w , of 6 5 0 .
1803.
I t is p r o p e r t o observe, however, t h a t t h e increased Janurry,
February,
d e m a n d for l a b o r h a s , in t h o s a m e p r o p o r t i o n , i n c r e a s e d U a r c h ,
t h e e x p e n s e of c h o p p i o g a n d c l e a r i u g l a a d . P e r h a p s December;
1SC4.
t h e h i g h e r p r i c e of form p r o d u c t s is a n e q u i v a l e n t .
January-,
f r e v e r s e C i t y , l o c a t e d a t t h e h e a d of t h e w e s t e r n F e b r u a r y ,
t
,'; c
hi
^ , o r t W d d T , at t h e f r o n t d o o r
OD - e l e v ^ n n. T<fhi l' t "wl c , l " n . e l e * " > and n e j of the
of sec, " ,!lin , ® !
" * °[ ' h e nwl of s e c t i o n twelve, all In
•up m i n n - o i i e north of range s e v e n t e e n west.
P . L. FILER,
December.
ISflO.
Januai^-,
February.
w i n t e r w h e a t , w o r t h , a t m y Own d o o r , S i 2 5 p e r bushel,
8 p t c U I
I W I ' I M a"'1 ° [ ( ' " " l u c l
Complainant:
Dated, h o b r u a r v l*t. I8C«
f e w $0 30.)
fob. *6. 11-Civ.
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W. nOLDSWORTH,
» (Wfipiw,Srntjtr, ArtlitaKnl and MKIMHI Man
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250
U0
1S0
thfu:K!Tr'£I?rJ'!f™
" » » " » • " friendajand the p i l i e
forTve^ 1
« Drawing*, b p c c i i l c a t i n n , a n d E l O r n k t e .
Fnirinci^-intr •n'l n . i f ,
V t c l m n i c » l , ArchitectBral
ork
SorT
TowriK F* L?tr At c
*
« J « »<"' I ' l a U of
- He will also e x e c u t e a n y C o m m i w l o n *
0rC
Estate
w
o n t i k ?,
t
' L o c a t i n g Land, Car3D<i
Tifie* It
I " , ° e u r l 8 g A U t r a c f c of
1 ill- N .Vc„ on m o d e r a t e terma.
urm of G r a n d T r a v e r s e B a y ; t h e r e is a g o o d m a r k e t for
A v e r a g e of w i n t r
all k i n d s o f form p r o d u c e .
Average o f t v i n i r ISfiO a n d ^ S G l .
of clear."a , n»!| ll |'i, C< i
^ l c c , t i o n , i n o * f « r sale, ^ o m i t t i n g
StaU.
u n c l e a r e d l a n d - of the be»t qnallty I n . t h e
Average o f V l m r l 6 6 1 a n d ¥ s 6 2 .
22 00 .
3
?
'o
A v e r a g e of W i n t e r ls«2 and18G3.
2j0
jj0
A v e r a g e of past f o u r winter*.
2»=
21 —
Traverse City, Michigan,
C O R N E R O F UNION AND S T A T E STREETS.
J a n u a r y 21_I8W__
^ (G-tf.)
T h e r e also, a t t h e m a m m o t h
s t o r e of H a n n a h . L a y & Co.,
can bo obtained the most
a m p l e s u p p l i e s of all k i n d s of m e r c h a n d i s e , a t r e a s o n a b l e
rates
A f t e r s t a t i n g ' t h e a b o v e facts, i t m a y b o no m o r e t h a n
f a i r t o say, t h a t whoever comes h e r e , unless he c a n comm a n d s o m e p e c u n i a r y m e a n s , a f t e r h e g e t s h e r e , will find
i t a n i i j t hill
b u s i n e s s t o c l e a r h i s land, m e e t t h o e x -
p e n s e s o f h i s f a m i l y , a n d p l a c e h i m s e l f in c i r c u m s t a n c e s
of i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d c o m f o r t
h a v e , if n o t
arms.
Those who como must
m o n e y , a t le a s t b r a v e h e a r t j a n d
strong
T h e r e i s this, h o w e v e r , in t h e i r f a v o r , t h a t t h e
d e m a n d for l a b o r i s a t p r e s e n t fully e q u a l t o t h e s u p p l y ;
andffiCO.
DKPAKTI-IIK OF VOLUNTEERS.—Forty-five V o l u n t e e r s
left
herrj on
W e d n e s d a y morning, for G n u i d
Rapids.
h e y c o n s t i t u t e t h e f u l l q u o i n s of T r a v e r s e n n d P c m n m
( J r o n d
i
T r a v e r s e c o u n t y , .and CeDtreville, in L e e lanav/ coonty. W e give the n a m e s o f the V o l u n t e e r s :
TRAVERSE—Albert S. Brooks, E r n e s t Crain. W i l f m m
Br
a n d a l l w h o h a v e a ' m i n d t o w o r k will c o m m a n d g o o d , ' * « d l e y , G e o r g e L . S m i t h , E d w a r d B e n v i s , A a r o n
^ S b r i s t i a a families, w i l l i n g t o s e t a n e x a m p l e o f i t
M y r o n A . M o o d y , P a u l G r a v e l , R o b e r t MvhiJl,
wage® a n d ready p a y .
MERKITT BATES. • rfetts,
f r u g a l i t y a n d b e n e v o l e n c e , a n d w h o will a s s u m e u n d e r J a m e s Lynch. T o b i a s F . Ilouglitnling, J o h n Sutherland,
T r a v e r s e C i t y , F e b 29, 1 8 6 4 .
s t a n d ingly t h e l a b o r s a n d self-denials of a n e w s e t t l e m e n t
W
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l
l
i
a
m
W . Johnson, H e n r y C . Fuller, Sands Moon,
rare
rea
ad
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P
™ n t a g e s for t h e m s e l v e s a n d
their children, worth m u c h m o r e than t h e c o s t ; *hiIe W
Alooso F . Hopkins, J o h n Flannery, J a m e s Monroe, Geo.
t h e i r u n i t e d e f f o r t s , - t h e y wiU o r i g i n a t e i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d ,
W . H a r g r a v e s and Wilson P . J o h n s o n .
- f l - c e s w h i c h wUl b e a b l e s s i n g t o f u t u r e g e p e r a - 1
PEXIXSCI.A—James B i m e y L a n c a s t e r , C h a r l e s L o n k e y ,
T R A V E R S E : CITY,
J . Q.
RAMSDELL,
Attorney & Counssellor at Law
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MICH.
REFERENCES :
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CUMATK ANT> H E * i . m — B c n « m i f t i s . s i t u a t e d b e t w e c u
3
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2. - I — A u x n » , C « . , , I
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Tr.T«r,.citT.reb J. iMs. a-iy.
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JAMES L c n i s o T o x , C o m p l a i n a n t j
equal to $ 3 3 5 , besides the straw, on which 6 head or
F a m i l i e s p o s s e s i n g from fifteen h u n d r e d t o t h r e e t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s c m o b t a i n l a n d , p a y f o r c l e a r i n g fiftyfes,
b u i l d a n d s t o c k t h e i r Sarins sufficiently for jif c o m f o r t a b l e
b e g i n n i n g , i D a s h o r t s p a c e of t i m e . W i t h less m e a n s
m o r e t u n e will b e required.
S
n
S"?h
l a n d is c b v e r e d w i t h a h e a v y g r o w i h
first
-
c o n t i n u e d in said p a p e r at , J „ n "
Set f S S r ^ x
w e e k s In s u c t i o n : or t h a t h e c a a s e a c o ^ of thin o r d «
o bo |)ersonally serve.) on said W n d a n t , ' WJIIiam D Wil
climate
cultivation.
t h a t our limited
n o t i c e of t h i s v e r v
. . V cause
V - U f v his a
UU
WL
• n e e he
n Is. w
e Tr Uto) 1t1h1 o0 cc o m ^ l a i n a n f a bill t o t | ^ I c d
and a copy thereof t o be served o
complainant's S o l i d
S o f a r as m y e x p e r i e n c e n n d o b s e r v a t i o n e x t e n d ,
o f t h e colonists.
regret
in 1 8 6 1 , t h e r e w e r e 3 1 8 P r o f i l e r a r r i v a U a t t h a t l > o r t ;
less thou a year, my personal
a s p e r s o n s ' will d e s i r e w h o s e e k a h o m e i n ' t h e W e s t ,
We
extended
in 1862, 3 1 7 ; a n d in 1 8 6 3 , 3 4 0 .
N e a r l y all of t h e * !
34 — w o o d e d t h e r e .
34c
34E x t r a c o p i e s of t h i s N u m b e r of t h e IIKKAU., in
240
a n y q u a n t i t y , c a n b e o b t a i n e d a t t h e Office. A l a r g e
2»o
e d i t i o n is p r i o t e i i , a n d e v e r y b o d y h e r o o n g » ( l o ™ d i,
120 b
l o f n c n d s abroad. P r i c e , t v e c e n n a copy.
3- b
h o w e v e r . I c a n s a y , w i t h o u t h e s i t a t i o n , t h a t 1 a m pteaswl
T h e y likewiisc c o n t a i n s u c ^ i n f o r m a t i o n
Charles W . Day.
NOBTTH-OBT.—T. N . H e n d e r s o n . D e p u t y C o l l e c t o r a t
" ®
lUo
2C_
270
i t w o u l d n o t b e a p p r o p r i a t e t o s p e a k of w h a t I d o n o t
f o l l o w i n g e x t r a c t s f r o m a C i r c u l a r issued s o m o
A«I) A-'s'AJ
Mr.
I am
t i m e since, b y t h e p r o p r i e t o r s , s t a t e t h e plans and a i m s
V;
b y p a t r i o t i c a n d s o u l - s t i r r i n g music, u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n
WILLIAM D. WILLIAMS, D e f e n d a n t .
k n o w l e d g e o r t h e c o u n t r y m i s t o r c o u r s e bo l i m i t e d ; a n d
a t i m e w h e n it will b e a c e n t r e o f g o d d influences in t h i s
p a r t of t h e S t a t e .
All felt t h a t it w a s good t o b e
Brief addresses were made by Morgan B a t e s and
R e v . J . H . C r u m b ; a n d t h o w h o l e ; s c e n e wa.k. e n l i v e n e d
space precludes a . m o r e
pleasant affair.
t o I V a v e r s e C i t y , w i t h t h o p u r p o s e "of
H a v i n g been a
h o p e f u l state of p r o g r e s s ; and its friends look f o r w a r d t o
" A c o m m i t e e w a s f o r m e d ib" 1 8 5 7 , t o s e q k a l o c a t i o n
f o r a new colony, w h e r e a C h r i s t i a n c o m m a n i t y and a n
i n s t i t u t i o n of l e a r n i n g m i g h t b e l o c a t e d u n d e r t h e m o s t
favorable circumstances. A f t e r a search* br t w o yeur»
i n five of t h o n e w e r S t a t e e , a l o c a t i o n hafe b e e n fixed
w h i c h possesses t h e s u p e r i o r a d v a n t a g e s of a healthful
c l i m a t e a n d a f e r t i l e soiL
T h e c o m p a n y h a v e secured sufficient lands for o n e hund r e d - f a m i l i e s o f a g r i c u l t u r a l i s t s , a n d l o c a t e d n e a r t h e cent r e o f t h e t r a c t ( w h i c h h a s t h e a d v a n t a g e s of f o r e s t , l a k e
a n d river,) g r o u n d s f o r a v i l l a g e a n d i n s t i t u j i o n of l e a r n i n g . O n e - f o u r t h of t h e e n t i r e l a n d s h a v e b e e n d o n a t e d
b y t h e p r o p r i e t o r s , as an e n d o w m e n t for t b t r i n a t i t n t i o n .
A cdllego farm, g r o u n d s for a c h u r c h edifice and parsona g e . for c o m m o n s c h o o l s , a n d o t h e r p u b l i c uses, a r c like,
wise provided. A n d as t h e lands n o w h e l d by the prop r i e t o r s a r c sold t o colonists, o t h e r lands will be o b t a i n e d
a n d a p o r t i o n of t h e n e w p u r c h a s e g i v e n t o & e i n s t i t u t i o n
until I t shall b e a d e q u a t e l y e n d o w e d . T h e c h u r c h organi z a t i o n wHl b e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l in f o r m ; y e t t h o a r t i c l e s
•win b e u n s e c t a r i o n , e m b r a c i n g t h o e s s e n t i a l s of t h e g o s pel, as understood by evangelic denominations.
I t is
h o p e d t h a t t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e c h u r c h will g i v e a n e x a m p l e of g o o d wiD t o m e n , b y e f f o r t s t o e x t e n d t h o i n f l u e n c e
o f a p u r e g o s p e l , a n d b y s y m p a t h y w i t h all r e f o r m s w h i c h
a i m t o b e n e f i t m a n . I b o sole o r a r d e n t s p i r i t s a n d t o b a c c o , e x c e p t a s m e d i c i n e s , i s e x c l u d e d itf t h e ' T f c i m t y
of t h e c o l l o g e .
M o s t o r t h e l a n d s n o w in t h e h a n d s of t h e p r o p r i e t o r s , ;
d e d u c t i n g d o n a t i o n t o c o l l e g e , n n d n e c e s s a r v e x p e n s e s in'
s e e k i n g and establishing the location, have cost a b o u t
t h r e e d o l l a r s p e r a c r e . T h e y will b e s o l d in f a r m s o f
f r o m t w e n t y t o o n e h u n d r e d and s i x t y acres, a t f r o m t h r e e
t o t e n d o l l a r s , a c c o r d i n g t o a d v a n t a g e of *>il a n d l o c a t i o n . T h o a d v a n c e u p o n s a l e s wiU a i d i n t h e f u r t h e r e n toment
of the institution—the p r o p r i e t o r s being bound
fljffph
o t h e r , t o a p p r o p r i a t e o n e - f o u r t h of f u t u r e p u r c h a s -
there.
l o c a t e d on a f a r m four m i l e s f r o m T r a v e r s e C i t y .
T h o C o l o n y i s c o n s i d e r c d b y i t s p r o j e c t o r s , a s b e i n g in a
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fect system and order.
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M^hi
the S i x t e e n t h d . / o t
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i t sati.fiu-torily a p i w a r i n c t h s t the d e f e n d a n t W. D Witllama. Is
as a n t M e t h o d i s t M i u i s t e r , m o s t l y in K a s t e r o N e w - Y o r k
T h e r e is a n d W e s t e r n V e r m o n t , a t t h e last s e s s i o n of t h e T r o y
a C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h o f a b o u t fifty m e m b e r s , o f C o n f e r e n c e , of w h i c h I a m a m e m b e r , I was, a t m y o w n
w h i c h R e v . R E i r n E j K H A T o t , r e c e n t l y ' f r o m O h i o , is P a s - r e q u e s t , p l a c e d u p o n t h o S u p e r a n n u a t e d l i s t
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CUANCERY ORDER.
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mills c a n l b c c o m p l e t e d t o f u r n i s h t h e l u m b e r .
tor.
n u m b e r , " p a r t o d k or t h e wibstantials and delicacies so
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b u i l d i n g will b e c o m m e n c e d ; so s o o n
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tcrtainment to t h e Volunteers on Tuesday e v e n i n g . -
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college building, c o n t a i n i n g chapel, and recitation
rooms.
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H a s t t o k u o w m y v i e w s of t h e r e g i o n of c o u n t r y w h i c h I
have chosen as my home.
t h e e n s u i n g season.
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forty families located mosily n e a r t h e c e n t r e of t h e settlement.
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T h e c o u n t r y will b e filled u p w i t h g r e a t r a p i d i t y , o f t e r
"navigation opens.
I t has been passed b e c a u s e it
h a s been heretofore, inaccessible. N o h a r b o r s having
b e e n o p e n e d , a n d t h o m u d s all r u n n i n g t o t h e w e s t of
t h e l a k e s . W c d o not d e s i r e t h a t a n v o p e s h o u l d r e m o v e
t o B e n z o n i a o n t h e representation of t h i s c i r c u l a r .
But
we invite families or the Congregational faith, desiguiue
t o remove west, -to- visit t h e r e g i o n a s soon a s p o s s i b l e
n e x t s p r i n g ; a n d l n b e y d o n o t find m a t t e r s a s h e r e pres e n t e d w e shall b o willing t o i u c u r a n y c e n s u r e t h a t m a y
bo attached to,this statement.
U n t i l p r o j e c t e d h a r b o r s a r c finished, a c a i s s t o B e n z o .iia will b e s o m e w h a t difficult. E m i g r a n t s c a n t a k e p r o ]K-ll«r a t t h e I^ake p o r t s a n d land a t N o r t h p u r t , T r a v c r *
City, Glen A r b o r or Manistde; theneo b y land 20 to 30
miles, t o B e n z o n i a .
I n t h e m t n n time, for specific information as to land,
r o u t e s , s t a t e of p r o g r e s s , o r a n y o t h e r m a t t e r s , a d d r e s s
I t c v . C. K . BAn.KY, B e n z o n i a , B e n z i e Co., M i c h i g a n . "
T h e Preparatory Department or the contemplated
C o l l e g e a t Bfciizonia, w i l l b e in session from t h o first o r
M a r c h t o t h e last of N o v e m b e r .
P u p i l s of b o t h s e x e s
c a n b e a c c o m m o d a t e d w i t h b o a r d in f a m i l j c s , a t S i 5 0
p e r w e e k . Othet- e x p e n s e s a t c o r r e s p o n d i n g low r a t e s .
between
a'
4,
5,
•- • .C, .
W A T K B . — T h e c o a n t r v iu t h e v i c i n i t y of B e n z o n i a is
million a b u n d a n t l y w a t e r e d
,a n .d. . .h.a v e g o t l o g s uo un rh an nud Wt o mmaakkee »a "boouutt Eieigbt
i g h t million
T h e college and villa*, arc l i d
f e e t t h e e n s u i n g s e a s o n ; w h i c h i s a n a d v a n t a g e t o s e t t l e r s , o a t 0 D " 9 e l e v a t i o n , a b o u t o n e mile f r o m C j r y s t a l L a k e
<uu
a s t h e y c a n b o y l u m b e r a t reasonable r a t e s f o r b u i l d i n g I °- D °, DC
' ^ r o m B e n z i e R i v e r on t h e oth&r.
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purposes.
mil! s t r e a m s w i t h i n ttyo n i i l e i . T h e r i r e r i » j o f ' ' o d 5 c i e «
M e s s r s . D e x t e r & N o b l e a r e also b u i l d i n g a d o c k , d e p t h t o n a v i g a t e s m a l l b o a t s .
w f l i c h w i l l a d m i t of a n y p r o p e l l e r receiving a n d d i s SOIL-— 1 'llie s o i l , i s o f a reddish s a n d v t p x t u r c w i t h
c h a r g i n g f r e i g h t . W e h a v e a g r i s t mill a l s o — a g o o d b l a c k l o a m on t o n . C l a y i n t e r m i x e d . I t is easily w o r k e d .
r u n of B u r r s t o o e s — e q u a l t o t h e d e m a n d s of t h e p r e s e n t C r o p s o r c o m a n d p o t a t o e s h a v e b e e n p l a o t e d o n t h e
soil w i t h o u t p l o w i n g , a n d t h e first y e a r a f a i r c r o p h a s
p o p u l a t i o n owned by Messrs. D . k N . , and one n o t e l ,
b e e n p r o d u c e d . I t i s a l i f t e s o i l , a n d rctaini i t s s t r e n g t h
o n e S t o r e , o n e G r o c e r y , o n e B l a c k s m i t h s h o p , o u o S c h o o l , w i t h p r o p e r c u l t u r e for m a n y y e a r s .
a u d t w o organized C h u r c h e s , viz: M e t h o d i s t a n d ConA f a r m c a n b e c l e a r e d a n d fenced, a n d b u j l d i u g s t r c c l gregationalist.
e d , for less c o s t t h a n a new p r a i r i e f a r m in c c n t r a l l l l i n o i s c a n b e f e n c e d a n d i m p r o v e d w i t h b u i l d i n g s of e q u a l
T h e c o r d w o o d b u s i n e s s i s a l s o in a fiooAsbing c o n d i value.
I t i s t h e n n e a r e r m a r k e t in a b e t t e r -jlimate. turntion. Settlers are getting high p r i c e s f o r ; t h e i r wood
ishcd w i t h w o o d , a n d a d a p t e d t o f r u i t g r o w i n g n o n e of
w i t h a g o o d m a r k e t f o r it d e l i v e r e d on tbti b e a c h
w h i c h l a t t e r b e n e f i t s c a b b e f o u n d on t h e u u o c c u n i c d
p r a i r i e s w e s t of t h e lakes.
the dock.
S e t t l e r s a r c g r a d u a l l y Oiling u p t h e c o u n t r y , a n d w i t h
I
Sfnrthi \ V n i M , A l f c i t VorrirJiKi
— — ' H e n r y Lemmcrrfell.
US naI1
^ ' ^ ^ i r e c s warmer j
} m e - - . ««">" in O h i o . I
r u n n i n g f r o m t l j e !j
W h i t e - f i s h . T r o u t , B a s s , B r o o k T r o u t , &c.
A t t h e outS o u t h gives the region its p e c u l i a r climate.
"
l e t of t h e s e l a k e s i s
TBBB*R.—The t i m b e r o f t h e r e g i o n a b o u t : B e
Traverse City....
Elk Rapids,
m a p l e , e l m . b e e c h , b a s s - w o o d o r lynn, h e m l o c k
a v i l l a g e of a b o u t 1 5 0 i n h a b i t a n t s . H e r e reside all t h e o t h e r v a r i e t i e s . T h e e l m a n d b a s s - w o o d g r o w o
3,
low
C o u n t y .Officers. H e r e , also, a r e t h e s a w [pills a n d l u m - .
J* doea
«- 'wis.
T h e s u r f a c e o f t h e scJil
] f
b e r i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o f Messrs. D e x t e r A N o b l e , w h o u o n d n l a t i n g , w i t h r a v i n e s g e a r t h e s t r e a m s a n d t h e
T h e y are abundantly ttocked
Columbus Winne. Richard W . Smith, A b r a m
worthy. F r a n c i s L
J o h n H . Allison.
Bonrsaw,
>
William
D. L a n g
B. Munn
and
CtxtREvnxE.—Thomas H
U tarrrm
mee rr ,, JA d a m C o o k , . J a m e s
^aCSe,U'I:Saac Chrk- J a n j «
J » m e s Mason. J a c o b
] B u r g e r , C l o u v e W a r r e n , M a r t i n St
a Novotoey, Ferdinand
BRANDRETH'S PILLS;
You n ay recover y o n r health by t h e u « of Other remedies,
ou may recover w i t h o u t a n y ; but do n o t f o r g e t t h a t .yon
lay die. a „ d t h a t B r a n d r e t h ' a Villa c o n l d h a r e a a r e d y « f c . _
'or r e n i c i n d e r tfcat t h e
AWEL'I. P R I N C I P L E o t " D E A T H ,
lien y o u h a v e it in e s e e a a in y o u r syatem, U e v i d e n t t o y o u r
aimal inrtinetv. Y o a r c o u n t e n a n c e t e l l s y o u r f r i e n d * ; y o u r
reams a n d y o u r own h e a r t tell y o u .
Now, at t h e s e t i m e s t h e r e is no m e d i c i n e *o d e s e r r l n r
>ur c o n f i d e n c e as
of
BRANIIRETH'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL PILLST
1
the^onlj' m e d i c i n e k n o w n t h a t can c e r t a i n l y w e , when al!
the u s u a l i n d i c a t i o n s t e l l t h a t you must die.
Mr. J o h n P o d n e y , S p r i n g f i e l d , Union Co., N. J . ,
ha* u«-d
B R A N D R E T H - S P I L L S f o r fifteen y e a r , in b U family, a n d f o r
all h i s h a n d s : in w h i c h t i m e theae Hills h a r e o a r e d t h e m of
Billions a f f e c t i o n s . H e a d a c h e . R h e u m a t i s m , F e v e r a n d A g u e ,
Measles. W h o o p i n g Congh, a n d he s a y * h e h a s n e v e r k n o w n
t h e m to fail.
P r i n c i p a l Office. 204 Canal Street* New Y o r k .
Sold by all r e s p e c t a b l e dealers in m e d i c i n e ^ .
ASK F O B S E W S T Y L E . !
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1
Hannah, Lay & Co's Column. TTnunnh Lay & Co.'s Column.
SEC 8. A n d b e it further enacted. T h a t nothing in
this act shall be so construed as t o prevent any person
INDIGO— Real Spanish float.
who bas availed him or herself of tbe benefits of the first
INDIA RUBBER—Coats,shoes. elastic, bands, erasers and
section of this act from paying the minimum price, or
hats.
the price t o which tbe same may have graduated, for
F o r tbe convenience of the hasty as also for the gene- INDIA CLOTH—A nice sample.
the quantity of land so entered a t any time before the exIRON—Round, square, fiat, Juniata, scraps, sweedes. Lake
Superior horse shoe, nail rod, fire.
piration of the five years, and obtaiuing a patent tberfor ral reader, we have arranged au alphabetical list of manv
kinds of articles which are k p p t o n . sale by u s ; which JACONET—A full line, bougbt of importers.
•An A c t t o S e c u r e H o m e s t e a d * t o A c t u a l Settle™ frofn tbe Government, as in other cases provided by law,
think will be found of Interest to the Community at JAYNES MEDICINES—We are special agents tor all Dr.
on making proof of settlement and cultivation as providon the Public D o m a i n .
Jaynes genuine preparations and job the same at as low
Urge.
B e it enacted by the Senate aud House of Represent- ed by existing laws granting pre-emption rights.
rates as can be bougbt elsewhere.
T h e tendency of the market i* strongly upward, espe- JEWEI.RY—A snug stock, well assorted.
atives of the United S t a t e s of America in Congress asA p p r o v e d May 20. 1862.
sembled, T h a t any person who is the head of a family,
cially since the additional revenue has been decided upon JELLIES—Raspberry, currftut, quinces, strawberry. Pine
or who baa arrived at tbe age of twejity-onc jears, and
by Congress.
KE-VKE'DY-S MEDICINES—An assortment of these justly
is a citizen of tbe United States, or who shall have filed
P r i c e s r.re very firm on the sea-board.
Brown and
famed medicines on sale.
bis declaration-of intention to become such," as required
For s Medicjne that will enre
Iik-acheil (Cottons are scarce and higher. Our present KETTLBS—3. &, 8, 10, pail, 30, 45, 60,90 gallon, at reasonaby tbe naturalization laws of tbe United States, and who C O U G H S ,
blc rates a full line.
quotations are below New Y o r k j o b b i u g rates.
The
KEROSENE—Bought
low, and for sale at corresponding rates
bas never borne arms against the United States Governadvance lis Tobacco in first bands is at least 20 p e r cent
INFLUENZA,
by tbe quantity.
•toent or given aid and comfort t o its enemies, shall, from
over Dec. rates. Provisions are much firmer in Chica- K N l \ ES—Pocket, table, carving, butchers, shoe, bovie aud
T I C K L I N G In t h e T H R O A T ,
And after the first of January, eighteen hundred and
go.
D
r
i
e
d
fruits
much
higher.
Groceries
are
very
pen
knives
;
our
stock
of table knives is large and we
WHOOPING COUGH,
sixty-three, be entitled to enter one quarter section or a
Invite the attention of the wholesale trade. We can offirm with a constant increase in price of most goods
O r relieve C O N S U M T I V E C O U G H ,
fer bargains.
lew quantity of unappropriated public labds, upon which
in Tea nnd Sugur particularly. Seeds are very.high.—
LACE—Cotton.
Liuen,
real
thread, amyrns imitation, silk,
m i d person may have filqd a pre-emption claim, or which
Fnra nre fulling off materially,' particularly in Musk rat.
black and white. Ac.
may, at the time the application is made, be subject to
Coon and Mink, owing to immeuse stocks in Europe, LEATHER—Sole, upper, kip, calf, morrocco, linings, bindpre-emption at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less
tbe war in Poland, the mild winter on the continent, tbe
ing. Ac.
C O U G H BALSAM.
p e r aero; or eighty acres or lesBof such unappropriated
high rate of interest, ami the change in style from Capes LEAD—Bar, white and red lead
LIME—Quick, and water lime, reasonable.
OVER FIVE THOUSAND BOTTLES
lauds, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, to be located
to Collars manufactured from Mink.
LILLY WHITE—i'or the ladies, best quality, as also puffs
in a body, in conformity to tbe legal subdivisions of the have been told la its native town, and not a single instance
L e a t h e r , improving in demand ; Chicago quotations
for Its application.
public lands and after tbe same shall have been survey- of its failure is known.
above our selling rates. T h e unavoidable effect of the
e d : Provided, T h a t any person owning and risiding on
We have, in oar pocseUionrapy quantity of certificates, present cull, on ult uiunufactnred articles in which labor
MAGIC
RUFFLING—Assorted qualities and widths.
land may, under the provisions of this act, enter other some of them from
is a proroi neiit element, will be to materially advance the MARSEILLES—A small assortment, some nice.
..
land lying contiguous t o bis or her said land, which shall
EMINENT PHYSICIANS,
cost of production aud consequently the price of sale.
MERINOKS—Thesu goods we have a snug assortment, well
not, wilh the land so already owned and occupied, exceed who have used It In their practice, and glved It the preemiselected,
bought low. and for sale iu patterna below the
F e b r u a r y 18th, 1864.
1n tbe aggregate one hundred and sixty acres.
market, some very cheap
nence over any other compound.
Sxc. 2. And be it further enacted, T h a t the person
MOLASSES—A full line, and of good quality, as sweet as
It does not dry up a C O U G H ,
APPLES—By
the
bbshel
or
barrel—D17
and
Oreen.
ever.
applying for t h e bt-nefit of this act shall, upon applicabut loosens it, so as to enable the patient to expectorate free- ALPACCAS—Black, Tan Drabs, Tan.
NAVAL STORES—Manllls and tarred rope, mailln, roaln,
tion "to the Register of the Land Office in which he or
AXES—Hunt's, Hurd A Blodgett's chopping, broad,
pitch, turpentine, naptha, Ac.
she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before TWO OB THREE DOSES WILL®.'VARIABLY CCRE
hand, boys and hunters.
NAILS—Cut, from 2d to i-Od, best make, also wrought and
AXE
IIELVBS—An
assortment
of
good
quality
and
make.
tbe said Register or Receiver that be or she is the head
pressed. We are selling by the keg as low ss we can
TICKLING IN THE THKOAT.
AYERS
MEDICINES—
For
which
we
are
Agents
and
keep
a
now purchase at wholesale.
of a family, or is twenty-one or more years or age, or
A HALF Bottle bas often completely cored the most
complete assortment—low to the trade.
NOTIONS—Of these we h s v e a complete line, fully equal, to.,
shall have performed service in the army or navy of tbe
BASK
El
8—Willow
and
asb
market,
half
bushel,-bushel,
aad
STUBBORN COUGH,
the demand, and purchased of manufacture is and imUnited States, and that he has never borne arms against
one and a half bushuel com bankets.
porters direct.
and yet, though it is so sure add speedy in its operation. It is
tbe Government of the United Stales or given aid and perfectly harmless, being partly vegetable. It is verv agree- BALMORALS—Lewi* and other standard makes.
MEIGS—Pepper, mace, ginger, cloves, cinnamon.
OAKUM—Beat navy by pound or bale.
comfort t o its enemies, and that such' application is mude able to the taste, and mnv be administered to children of BAG^—Grain and flour.
BELLS—Cow, sheep, hand, tea and sleigh.
OILS—Kerosene, whale, linseed, boiled and raw, neats foot,
for bis or ber exclusive use nnd benefit, and that said en- any age.
fish, Ac.
In cases of CROUP we will guarantee a enre, If taken in BEBAGE—Brown, black, blue and green.
try is made for the purpose of actoal settlement and
BEANS—We
shall
be
in
the
market
for
purchase
of
prime
OIL SUITS—Complete, soa-wcatcrs, papts Ac.
cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly.' for the season.
quality and shall sell at a small advance.
OVER SHIRTS—Denim, knit jackets.
N o F a m i l y should be w i t h o u t i t .
JF—No. 1 Chicago Mess by the barrel, one hundred, or OY'STERS— Best quality, Baltimore nice, fresh and guaranuse or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoIt is within tbe reach of all. the price being
ponnd.
teed.
ever; and upon filing the said affidavit with the Register
ONLY 25 CENTS.
BEESWAX—A full Mock.
PAPER—Letter, note, bill, cap, legal, lp full assortmcntand
or Receiver, and on payment of ten dollafs, he or she
low by the ream.
And if an Investment and thorough trial does not "back BIBLES—The American Bible Depository Is in oar institu
shall thereupon be permitted to ( n t e r the quantity of
tion.
PAPER HANGINGS—Wall, window, bordering, l a assortup" the above statement, the money will be refunded. We
land specified: Provided, however, T h a t no certificate' MV this, knowing its merits, and feeling confident that one BOOTS—Mens, lutnbi-rmens long leg. cow hide, kip. calf
ment.
lined, calf tap sole, calf pump aole, boys, youth* and PAINTS—Lead in oil, ven. red. spanisb browa, Ac., chrome,
shall be given or patent issued therefor uutil the expi- trial will secure for it a home in every household^
childs.
yellow and green, patent dryer.
Do not waste away with Coughing, when so small an inration of five years from the date of such entry; and if.
BRIDLES—Black, rtisseU, an*rein* with bitta.
a t the expiration of such time, or ht any time within vestment will cure yon. It may be h a j of any respectable BRAID—Crotchet, Embroidery, colored and black, skirt in PAPIER MACHE—A small line, suitable for aresenta- to
ladies.
Druggist in town, who will furnish you with a circular of gen
two years thereafter, the person making such entnr—or
colors, silk and worsted
PRESERVES—Citron, qnlnces,plams pears, cherries Ac.
uiue certificate* of cures it has made.
if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his
PEGS—Assorted from 3-8 to 7-8
C. G. CLARK,
PILLS—Ayers Jayncs, Holloway's Radway's W r i g h f s
W B O L K M L E DM-GGIST,
heirs or devisee; or in case of a widow making such enCAMBRICS—l'aper, colored and blaok, common, do.
Gregory's MoOiilV, Braudrcth's Hooper's.
NEW HAVEN. CONN.,
try, her heirs or devisee, in case of her death—shall
CAPS—Mens cloth, plush, mohair, 4c., boys and childs a full PLASTER—Gtand River in barrels or by the too.
Proprietor.
rove by two credible witnesses t h a t he, she, or they
PLOWS—A nice lot of best makers aud quality of wood
For sale by Druggists in city, country, and everywhere.
a7e resi'dod upon or cultivated the same for the term of
CASSIMERES—Black, a gopd line, colored and Fancy, a
work, with extra castings.
For sale at Wholesale, by
superior assortment of American, English and French POCKET BOOKS—Aud pone monies, a full liue, soma very
five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the
D. 8. BARNES A CO.. New York,
makers.
good, some good for but little, eheap.
O. C. GOODWIN 4 CO.. Boston,
affidavit aforesaid, and shall mako affidavit that no part
CEREL'S—Phalon's Night Blooming, " tbe " perfume for the PRUNES—Fresh Turkish prunes.
FARRAND, SHEELEY A CO.. Detroit.
of said land has been alienated, and that ho has borne
PRINTS—A very large stock.
toilet.
t r u e allegiance to the Government of tho United States;
CHEESE—"Hamburg," of New York manufacture.
PROVISIONS—Pork, flpftr, corn, cora meal, b a m s flah,.lard,
then, and in such case, be, she or they, if at t h a t time a
CHAMBREYS—A small assortment.
butter, cheese, bo*f.
CHAINS—Trace, halter, jack and cable in 1-4, 6-16, 3-8 and PUMHS—Cistern. (Down's patent), chain pumps compleu
<ytiren of the United States, shall beeotitled to a patent,
AND
7-16 inch.
with tubing for same.
as in other cases provided for b y l a w : A n d provided
CIGARS—A moderate quantity and fair grade.
RAGS—Bought and aold.
further, T h a t in ease of t h e death of both father ana
CLOTH—Black and blue broad cioih, Tadiea cloak cloth, RHUBARB—Krai Turkey, root and powdered.
mother, leaving an infant child, o r children under twentyassorted.
RICE—Eaat India best.
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CLOCKS—Upright, gothic, ovil, marine, striking, alarm, and RIDDLES—To nae in the place of fanning mills foraitura
one years of age, tho right and fee shall enure t o the
ILL LOCATE LANDS, PAY TAXES. BUY OR SELL
style.
I . .
.
eight dav, good line.
benefit of said infant child or children; and theexecutor,
on Commission—and now offeis for sale,
CLOTHING—We have a good assortment, well selected, ROAD SCRAPERS—Cast Iron, wood and Iron to order.
administrator, or guardian may a t any time within two
bougbt low, of fashionable designs, and for sale reason- SALT—Fine dairy snd coarse.
U
6
0
0
Acres
of
Choice
Laiulv;
years after the death of the surviving parent, and in acSADDLES—Pony, Mcxican and side.
able.
cordance with the laws of the State in which such chil- A n d L o t s w i l h o r w i t h o u t D w e l l i n g s i n F.Ik R a
COTTON—Brown, 3-4 4-4, 4-5, in heavy and fine, bleached SATCHEl^S— Wilton, brussellsrail road, gothic, ani> plain,
plds, the C o u n t y Beat of A n t r i m C o u n t y .
3-4 to 6-4 nicely assorted, and are selling many of them
enamelled.
dren for the time being have their domicii, sell said land
The above mentioned lands are located in Antrim. Traat New York wholesale rates.
SCARFJ;—Gents silk, union and woo), ladlea wool.
for the benefit of said infanta, but fflr. no other purpose:
verse, Leelanau, and Manitou Counties.
Arc among the COLLARS—Oents assorted, Ladies various styles,also horse SCYTHES—Grass. bu«h, and grain sythes as well as sickles,
and the purchaser shall acquire the absolute title by the earliest and best selections with reference to soil, water, surbrush, bush and com cutters.
and pony collars.
purchase, and bo entitled t o a patent from the United face and markets. They embrace farming lsi.ds, village COFFEE—Java, Rio, ground and mixed.
SEEDS—Clover, timothy, red top, hnngarian, turnip, and a
States, on pavment of the office fees aud sum of moaey sites water powers, with or without improvements, and the CORSETS—While and colored.
full assortment of fresh garden aeeds a few flowcrsceda.
choicest
localities
for
Propeller
nnd
Steamer
wooding
staCOTTON
A
DES—A
fair
assortment
Shot—By
the bag or ponnd.
herein specified.
tions, or wood furnishing stations for Chicago market. All
Sue. 3. And be it further enacted. T h a t the Register on the great Lake thoroughfare, acccssable to markets East CONFECTIONARY—A good line at retail and wholesale, Sht»e*—A complete assortment of gents ladies, youths and
a small lot of fancy conversation candys.
chlldrens.
'
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of tbe land office shall note all such applications on tbe or West. Can be had in quantities to snlt purchasers, and CROCKERY—Bought of importers direct and is sold as low S h i r t i n g Checks—Good stock.
tract books and plats of his office, and keep a register of at prices making it an object in preference to buying back
B h o e Findings—A respectable assortment'
as can be bought.
CRINOLINE—A very large stock to job from
Shovels—Cast steel, long handle, D handle, acoop, Ac.
all such entries, and make return thereof to the General from settlement.
STATE LANDS.
CRADLES—Ohildreos and grain, assorted.
Shawls—Wool, brocba, Stella, and blanket, aome very nice
Land Office, together with the proof upon which thsy
Will sell choice lsods. for farming, fenclpg, cedar ?ost» CRACKERS—l'ic Nic, soda, sweet, Boston, pilot, by pound
hove been founded.
Shoe Packs—Bangor moose skin, both long a a d short
or barrel.
SKC. 4. A u d bo it further enacted, T h a t no lands ac- and timber purposes, in all parts of the County ; or will sr DAY BOOKS—Blank Ledgers, passbooks, writing books, in
legs " A No. I."
cure to parties State Lands of their selection on as libera
quired under tho provisions of this a c t shall in any terms as can be purchased of the State.
Silk—Black, colored, and lining silk.
variety.
DELAINES—Manchester,
Pacific,
Hamilton,
mourning,
S k a t e s — I n d i e s gents *nd boys skate strsps.
event become liable t o the satisfaction of any deb I or
Traverse City. July 11,186J.
1
wool,
lu
nice
assortment
of
colors,
printed
aad
plain.
Shirts—
Kiauuel, plain, aud rancy, white s h i r t s fancy cottoa
debts contracted prior to the issuing of tbe patent thereDIARIES—For DJ64, some very nice.
. and linen, ditto.
for.
S k a t i n g Caps—1-adies misses snd childs,
DOMESTICS—A very full line.
SEC. 5. A n d be it further enacted, That, if a t any time
DOLLS—Kid, cloth and rubber heads.
Soap—Csstile, toilet assorted, yellow, erasive, stiver indexCHA'lN OF N A T I O N A L
,
leal, Ac. .
• ;
after the filing of tbe affidavit, as required in tbe second
DRIED BEEF—Prime quality.
DRAWERS—Gents and ladles assorted.
Socks—Gtnts hand knit wool, cashmere, cottoa aad union,
MERCANTILE COLLEGES.
section of this act. before tho expiration of the five years
DRUGS—A small assortment,
boys and childs ditto.
aforesaid, it shall be proven, after due notice to tbe setDRAG TEETH—Ou band, 3-4. 4-4, 5-4 and made to order, Spicca— Kinds quantities snd qusltties to suit
Located at Detroit,
tler, to the satisfaction of the registerof tbe land office, ] B r a n c h
Spectacles—Plain, german silver, snd steel bows colored,
reasonable.
M i c h . , Merrill B l o c k ,
that the person having filed such'affidavit shall have acDYES—Camwood, logwood, madder, alum extrrcta, copassorted, some very good ones, also cases for same.
S p i n n i n g Wheels—And hubs en Sssortmcnt
peras. vitriol. Ac.
tually changed his residence, or obandoncd the sqid land C o r n e r o f " W o o d w a r I & J « i f l ' e r « o n A v e n u e s .
EARTHENWARE—Jugs,
crocks,
churna,flower
pots,
covers
Stores—\Ve
invite comparison as to kinds quality, finlah
for m o r e than six months at any time, then'"and in
HIS INSTITUTION FORMS ONE OF TWELVE COLaud rates ; come and see.
tUmbles.
leges located la the following cities:—Detroit, New
• that event the land so entered shnll revert to tho GdvSteel-yards—From 2 to 400 lbs., good.
York, Philadelphia, Alliauy, Buffalo, Cleveland,Chicago, St. EMERY—For engineers use.
eraitont
.ii<.
ENVELOPES—A large assortment In various qualities, deal- Steel—C'sst blister, toe cork, spring and german.
Louis, Brooklyn. TrOy, Portland and Toronto.
Stays—Colored snd white ; also skirt supporters, an admirSEC. 6. A n d be it farther enacted. T h a t no individual
-III find pi ices low by the quantity.
A person holding a scholarship nan attend either at his
able article for the la-lies.
shall be. permitted to acquire title t o more than w e option.
ESSFNCE—Cinnamon, peppermint, cloves, lemon, Ac.
Terms.
Sugars—Crushed, powdered, granulated, coffee, in grades t»
q u a r t e r section under tbe provisions of this a c t ; and -Tuition payable In advance by purchase of scholarship EXTRACTS—Vanilla, lemon, peach. Ac.
suit, brown N. 0, muscavado and maple.
FARMERS TOOL?—Forks hoes, rakes grub boes shovels Tape— 1 Colored, black and white, cotton and linen.
t h a t the Commissioner of tbe General Land Office is here- $40 for full term. Same course for Ladies, $25.
rpades.
cradles,
culling
boxes.
Students
to
enter
at
any
time.
Average
time
to
complete
by required to prepare and issue such rules and regulaTMIIOW—Bought and aold by pound or barrel.
FANNING MILLS—Of the best makers and at moderate T a b l e s — Blsck walnut, cherry aad nnion.
tions, consistent with this act, as ^hall be necessary and the course, three months.
A knowledge of tbe ordinary English branches issufficient
prices.
Tablets—For gents and ladies use In correspondencs some
p r o p e r t o carry its provisions intp eflect; and that the preparatoiy to entering upon the course of study.
nice ones.
FEATHERS—Ordered wbtn wanted.
registers and receivers of the several laud offices shnll be
J . H. GOLDSMITH.ResldentPrincipal o t D e t r o l t .
FISH—Cod. dunn, halibut, herring, tongues and sounds Tea—Imperial, yonng byson, Oolong and souchong, in
J . F. SPALDING, Assistant.
entitled to receive the same compensation for any lands
chests, cattys snd by the pound ; all bougbt early and at
mackerel!, Ac.»
,
The
most
thorough,
practical
and
truly
popular
Colleges
advantageous rates
entered under the provisions of this act that they arc now
FLAX SEED—Bjhl seed, canary seed.
in America. Over six thousand students have entered since
T i n Ware— A good stock on bsnd of home manufacture,
entitled to receive when the sumo guantitv of land is en- their establishment, which is the best evidence of their FLOUR—Seven hundred barrel*, good brands.
and all kinds of work done to order.
FLAT IRONS—In sizes to suit.
tered with money, one half to be paid by the person inak favor with the public.
FLOUNC1NGS—Muslin, linen, cambric, Ac.
Tissue—For
veils and In lis seasos for dresses.
ing the application a t the time of so doing, and the other
For further information please call at College Rooms,
FLANNELS—Wool, doraet cotton, linsey. shaker, red. Tobacco—Plug, line cut, smoking, Ac, a fall line at old
half on tbe issue of the certificate by the person to whom send for a aew Catalogue of SO p^ges. For specimens ol
white, b i a s grav, plaid, fancy. French, Ac
prices.
|
it may be issued ; b u t this shall not be constructed to enFORKS—Manure, hay, straw, garden, 2 and 3 tined, long and Toys—A nice assortment to wholciale.
abort handles.
Trunks—Packing, folio and traveling, some good OIKS.
large the maximum of compensation now prescribed
I51y
e.)
FRUITS—Prunes currants peaches plums cherries goose- T r i m m i n g s — O f various qualities and designs soth'jis sr»
b y law for any register or receiver: Provided. T h a t nofsshionable.
.;
berries qoinces, pears tomatoes.
thing contained in this shall be no construed as to imFURNITURE—Bureaus bedsteads, chain, tables stands, Trapa—Musk rat, fox, beaver, and tear, of best makers by
pair or interfere in any manner whatever with existing
TOLEN FROM THE MAIL MILITARY BOUNTY
pleee or doten.
rockers, childs chairs matfasses, Ac
Land WarrantNo. S1987, Act of 1835, for one hundred
dpreemption rights : And provided, farther. T h a t all perT
r
a
v
e
l
i
n
g
Bags—A
full
Hpe,
some
nice ones
GINGHAMS—Scotch, Glssgow, Lancsster, and check dress
Tweed*—Kentucky j e a n s doable and twist, iron c
who may have filed t h e i r applications for a pre-enip- and sixtv acres of land, issued to Robert 11. Haggai, a prigoods.
vate in Capt. Daniel Hixon's Company of Mich. Militia.—
sitnere, Ac., a good assortment, low.
rigbt prior to the passage of this act shall be entitled Robert H. Haggal'a residence Is Bridgewater, Washtenaw GLASS—A full assortment of sites, 8 X 10 to 10 x 30.
Umbrellas—Of
vsrious
sixes
snd
grades.
t o 4'1 privileges of this a c t ; Provided, further T h a t , Co, Mich, his post office address Clinton, Lenawa Co.. Mich. GLOVES—Buck. (Jog. ringwood, kid. wool, silk, cotton, ber- U n d e r Shirts—For gentlemen and ladies ribbed, p!a!
Jin lined gents ladies misses and boys.
Said Warrant was assigned to Robert M. Itisdon by the
t Do person who has served, or mi>y hereafter serve for a
colored and white.
GRAIN—Buckwheat, corn, wheat Ac.
period of not less than fourteen days in tho army or aforesaid Robert H Uaggai. and by the said Robert M. Ris- GROCERIES—A complete line, bought early, and for sale Valises—A few not very good.
don deposited in the post oflke at Saline, Michigan, about
Vella—Dot lace, l o v s tissue, Ac.
teavy of the United States, either regular or volunteer,
cheap.
,'
April ninth. 1863, and by the Deputy directed to the RegisTesta—Of
numerous designs fashionable make, and different
u n d e r the laws thereof, during the existence of an actual ter of United States Land Office, Traverse City, Michigan.— GUN CAPS—G. D.I. C. water-proof.
qualities to suit
war, domestic o r foreign, shall bo deprived of the bene- All persons are forbidden to purchase or trade for said GUNPOWDER—Rifle, In c a n s and F. F. F. 0 . sporting in Vice*—Large snd smaB. some toy vices
kpgs.
fits of this a c t on account of not having attained the age Warrant, as I have applied to the Pension Office at WashingVinegar—Msnufactnred. and real elder vinegar.
HAIR OIL—Phalon's Bear. Maccasorton for a Duplicate of said Warranty
of twenty-one years.
R<iKDKERCHlEFS—Gents snd ladies hemmed ready for Wagons—Double and single lumber wagons a full stock la
earlv spring, and aa low as can! be bought outside
Bsc. 7. A n d be it further enacted. T h a t the fifth secuse. silk, linen, cotton. Ac.
Manistee, Jan. 1, 1864.
W e l l Backets—The - Old Osken Backet " is for aale by
HAY—For sale, or will purchase.
tion of this aet entitled " A u a c t ic addition t o an act
US iron bound.
A T H , BIDING, CHERRY, OAK. MAPLE, WHITE HATS—A full asaortmeut, union, touave, Bornside, Butler, W h e e l Barrows—Canal barrows
more effectually t o provide for the punishment of etrtnin
black, drab, tan. pearl, Ac
Ash, and all kinds of seasoned Pine lumber kept on
crimes against the United States, and fur other purposW h i f f l e trace Double snd single, also neck yokes.
hand ; and Framing timber, Joista and Scantling sawed from HOSE—Cashmere, merino, cotton, colored black and white, Yarn—Wool yam, full line, also cottoa knitting yarn.
es," approved tbe third of March, in tbe year eighteen twenty to thirty feet in length, and for aale at the Mills of
childa and misses a complete line.
Y e l l o w Ochre—In small or large quantities
hundred and fifty-seven, shnll exteud to all oaths, affinnHOPS—Nice fresh pressed hopa.
Zinc—By the s h e e t or pound, also sine la oil for paing,
the subscriber.
GEO. W. BRYANT.
HIDES—.Ve buy all kiads of marketable hides.
C atious, aad affidavits required or authorized by this
HANNAH. LAY A CO.
H A N N A H , L A Y * COTraverse City, Micb., Aug. 16,18M.
U*a«
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
W e b a r e already published this law twice, b a t the demand for it is so great that we b a r e concluded to give it
•gain. I t Uprinted from the official copy on file in the
Register's Office, and may b e relied upon as correct.
STATE OF THE MARKETS.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
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