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160 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. GRAND HAVEN, Ottawa County, Michigan, is situated on both sides of Grand River, near its entrance into Lake Michigan, here eighty-five miles wide ; on. the opposite side lies Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 'The different settle- ments, comprising Grand Haven, contain about 5,000 inhabitants. Here are a court house and jail; 3 churches; six hotels and taverns, and a number of stores and warehouses ; 8 large steam saw mills, pail and tub factories, a foundry and machine shop, and other manufac- turing establishments. ! | Steamers and sail vessels run from Grand Haven, which has a well protected harbor, to Milwaukee, Chicago, and other ports on Lake Michigan, carrying a large amount of produceand lumber. The fish- eries in this vicinity are also productive and extensive. The sand hills on the gast shore of Lake Michigan rise from 100 to 200 feet, presenting a sterile appearance, although the land in the © interior is very rich and productive. Brack River, Ottawa County, Michigan. A law has been passed by the late Legislature, enabling the people of Holland to levy tolls on vessels entering their harbor, to be devoted to the im- provement of the same. This will prove of incalculable advan- tage to the commertial interest of the colony. The barbor com- mittee intend. having a dredge to keep the harbor open. Piers have already been built, and a depth of 12 feet water may be looked for, EXTRACT FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF BUFFALO, FOR THE YEAR 1862. wan presenting to the public our Annual Review of the Trade and Commerce of Buffalo, for the year 1862, it will not be inappto- priate to revert to the past, to show the rise and progress, the extent and growth of the commerce of these vast 'Inland Seas,' '"'When, m the year 1679, the Chevalier de la Salle obtained permission of the Seneca Indians to build a' vessel at Cayuga Creek, _ six miles above Niagara Falls, which was launched in 1679, and was the first vessel moved with sails upon the waters of Lake Erie, every portion of He great west was covered with its ancient forests, The echoing axé : had never rung through their solitudes, and the battle for mastery was yet undecided between the wild beast and his wild