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The loan proposed was $100,000, the principal to be redeemed in New York at the option of the State of Michigan, in 20 years from the 1st of July next, and the in- terest payable semi-annually at six per cent per year, in said city. The faith of the State is pledged for the payment of both principal and interest, and the tolls and income of the Canal itself, after paying the expenses of operating and taking care of it, are pledged and devoted to the redemption of the bonds. The entire loan was taken by E. H. Hazeltine & Co. For $50,000, they pay a premium of 3 1/2 per cent; for the second $50,000, they pay 3-10. Among the bidders, were Gilbert & Co., Grand Rapids; Silas M. Holmes, Detroit; Rufus King; and Marcus Greenleaf, New York, the rates being from 1 per cent up to 3 per cent. The Schooner EXPERIMENT arrived in this port, from St. Joseph, on Friday, with 1500 bushels of Potatoes, 6 tons of White Fish, two thousand feet of Lumber, and 16 passengers for Pike's Peak. - Chicago Tribune. The steamer UNION is now making regular trips on the St. Joseph River, between this place and Niles, twice each week. Her card will appear in our next paper. We learn that Capt. John King of this village is now master of the Schooner E. G. GREY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Joseph Traveler Wednesday, 11 May 1859 [extracts of marine news] Marive Record: Arrivals: May 7 Sch EXPERIMENT, Ames, mdse for J. E. Stevens Sch TRICOLOR, Reynolds, 40 tons plaster Sch FREE MASON, sundries Sch M. S. SCOTT, Milwaukee Prop MONTEZUMA, Napier, mdse Departures: Sch EXPERIMENT, lumber, Milwaukee Sch FREE MASON, Mich. City Barque SUNSHINE, McNeil, ties, Chicago Barque MORGAN, lumber, Chicago Propeller MONTEZUMA, ties, &c, Chicago Lumber for Europe The schooner MOSES S. SCOTT, is now in this port taking in a load of black-walnut, whitewood, and curled-maple lumber, destined for Germany, Europe. Messrs. Thorson and Fishback, of Milwaukee are now here superintending the shipment. - Sending this lumber so far away in an experiment on their part, and we hope it will prove a success. This we believe is the first cargo of lumber ever shipped from this State to Germany; that many more will be, we have not the least shadow of doubt. The MOSES S. SCOTT carries about 250,000 feet, board measure. Success we say again to the pioneers in this enterprise. The Propeller MONTEZUMA, Sunday morning last, brought over from Chicago, the remains of WM. E. MORTON, whose death we announced some time ago, for interment in the family burying ground on the farm of his father, E. Morton, Esq., of Benton. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Joseph Traveler Wednesday, 28 May 1859 [extracts of marine news] The schooner ADDA is now loading at this port with black walnut and cherry lumber, for Provi- dence, Rhode Island. - She goes via. the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and will carry about 130,000 feet, board measure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Joseph Traveler Wednesday, 25 May 1859 [extracts of marine news] The United States Revenue Cutter AARON V. BROWN This vessel arrived in our harbor on Friday last, upon her first cruise around the Lakes, and sails this morning to continue her voyage. She is the handsomest craft that ever entered this port. She is 70 tons burden, and carries ten men besides her officers. She is commanded by Capt. H. A. Mitchell, and Lieutenant J. A. Underwood. The AARON V. BROWN was built last year and has been wintering in Milwaukee, her head station. She is placed on the revenue service, and her duty is to board all vessels of whom her officers have any suspicions, see that their papers are correct, and that nothing is done to defraud the revenue. She carries no guns, the stipulations of the treaty forbidding, but is well provided with boarding cutlasses, pistols, etc. The finish of the Cutter is very elegant, and she is built of the very best material throughout. Her stanchions are of locust, brought from Long Island, and costing 50 cents a lineal foot, while her quarter deck is floored with timber from the Carolinas. Her mountings are of brass, very highly finished, and her tout ensem- ble is that of a first class Cutter in every respect. She sails rapidly, and can make thirteen knots an hour sailing free. Her officers, as of right all the officers of our army and navy are, are gentle- men; and they appear to be actuated with a sincere zeal for the furtherance of the interests of the Lake Marine, the importance and the magnitude of which they fully appreciate. The Cutter which they command will be of essential service in assisting vessels in distress. She carries two of Francis' Iron Life Boats, which cannot be made to sink under any possible circumstances. The AARON V. BROWN is now upon a cruise of 60 days, and will sail round lake Michigan, which is the field of her duty, returning to Milwaukee about the middle of June. She will probably be here again in August. - Chicago Daily Democrat. The Cutter is now in this port. Through the politeness of her courteous commander we had the pleasure of examining her, and we fully coincide with the Democrat in all it says with respect to her beauty, &c., &c. Such complete order, such neatness, such elegance of finish, such perfection of everything, as characterizes this splendid craft, we have never seen before - in short she is a model, outside and in. And it is but justice to reiterate the Democrat's assertion that her officers are zealous in the discharge of their duties, and sincerely seek the furtherance of the interests of the Lake Marine. Capt. Mitchell is a man of generous impulses, and one of the most agreeable of gentlemen, and Lieutenant Un- derwood at once becomes the favorite of all who can appreciate an intelligent and well-bred man. Success to them. ===============================================================================