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Mr. Joseph Campau was a man of very liberal views. He made no distinction in creed or nationality, was generous and charitable to all with whom business brought him in contact. He was a man of few words, unassuming in manners, and a gentleman of the old school. But with all, he was very enterprising, and evinced great perseverance in the prosecution of the various projects which he undertook. An instance showing his force of energy is related, as follows: His esteemed friend, Mr. Solomon Sibley, was at one time a candidate for Circuit Judge, and on the day of election the opposition took possession of the polls, and surrounded it with bullies, for the purpose of intimidating the friends of Mr Sibley. Early in the day it was ascertained that this action was working with great effect against him. Mr. Campau, on learning the state of matters, ordered four strong men to procure a large basket, and carry Mr. Sibley from his residence to the polling booth. The men obeyed his order, proceeded to Mr. Sibley's house, where he had remained all day, through delicacy, put him into the basket, nolens volens, and carried him on their shoulders to the scene of conflict. Mr. Sibley was triumphantly elected, and the happy result was largely due to the radical plans of Mr. Campau.

Ile was careful to encourage all worthy enterprises. The first debating society in Detroit, of which he was a prominent member, held their meetings in his office. His old friends, General Cass, Major Biddle, Major Rowland, Judge John McDonnell, Major Kearsley, Judge Chipman, and others, were also members of the same society, and night after night mingled together in the heat of debate in the little office of Joseph Campau.

IIe ransomed many white men who had fallen into the hands of the cruel and treacherous Indians. On May 14, 1813, they captured an

American by the name of James Hardan, with the view of getting a ran som, and, failing in that, to kill him. Mr. Campau, having learned the facts from the Indians who were passing through Detroit, on their way to Mackinac, and, taking compassion on the captive, opened negotiations with his persecutors, and purchased his freedom from Micksoncnis, an Indian from Saginaw, for a considerable sum. The man gave Mr. Campau his note for the amount, which was never paid. This is one case out of many that might be related showing to what extent Mr. Campau exerted himself for the welfare of those around him. The store operated by Mr. Campau was located on the homestead lot, in Detroit,

and was used by him for mercantile purposes and also a residence, from 1793 to the time of his death. In 1805 the house was destroyed by fire, and the building still standing on the old foundation, at No. 140 Jefferson avenue, was immediately erected, at a cost of $7,000. IIe subsequently built, on the river in the rear of the homestead, a storehouse and a dock for the accommodation of his batteaux, of which he had several in the Montreal trade. The residence, which in its early days was one of the finest buildings on St. Ann street (now Jefferson avenue), is reprcsented here as one of the oldest buildings now standing in Detroit.

Major Joseph Campau's homestead is on the lot where the headquarters of M. de la Motte Cadillac were originally situated.

Among other things which indicate the advanced ideas of Mr. Joseph Campau, was the leading position which he took in establishing Free Masonry in the northwest. The following card of dimit shows his connection with old Zion Lodge, No. 10.

To whom it may concern:

These are to certify that Brother Joseph Campau has been regularly made, passed and raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, in due form, in late Zion Lodge, No. 10, of Free and Accepted Masons, and has behaved, during his stay with us, Zion Lodge, No. 1, as becomes a true and faithful Mason, and as such we recommend him to all regular Lodges and Brethren throughout the world, after due trial and examination.

Given under our hands and seals, in our Lodge Room, at Detroit, the first day [SEAL.] of May, 1809, and of Masonry 5809.

JAMES ABBOTT, Secretary.

W. H. SCOTT, Worshipful Master.
GEO. MCDOUGALL, Senior Warden.
J. EASTMAN, Junior Warden.

After a sojourn of nearly a century in the city of Detroit, the great and good pioneer passed on to join his compeers and receive the rewards of his Christian life. He died on the 23d of July, 1863, in the ninetyfifth year of his age. On the 27th of the same month he was buried, with Masonic honors, in Elmwood Cemetery. His funeral is said to have been the largest ever witnessed in Detroit. It was attended by the entire Masonic fraternity, the municipal officers, members of the Detroit bar, the Lafayette Association, and an immense concourse of citizens. Col. Levi Cook, Col. Dibble, Hon. Jacob M. Howard, Hon. Robert McClelland, Peter Desnoyers, Esq., Thomas Lewis, Esq., Hon. A. D. Fraser, Judge H. L. Chipman, Judge Shubael Conant, John Palmer, Esq., E. B. Ward, Esq., Hon. N. B. Carpenter, John Roberts, Esq., and Dr. J. L. Whiting, acted as pall bearers. The Rev. Benjamin H. Paddock, of Christ Church, Detroit, preached the funeral sermon, in which he paid a suitable tribute to the memory of the deceased.

GRAND RAPIDS.

Grand Rapids is located on Grand river-the largest inland stream in the State-about forty miles from its mouth, and at the head of navigation. Its site is one of great natural beauty, lying on both sides of the river, between the high bluffs that stand nearly two miles apart, and from whose summits the eye takes in a beautiful panorama of hill, vale and river, with all the streets of the busy city laid out like a map at the feet of the beholder.

Grand Rapids contains a population (August, 1873) of 23,000, and it is the county seat of Kent county, which county was organized in the year 1836. In point of population it is the second city in size next to Detroit, in this State, and is to Western Michigan, in point of location, business and influence, what the City of the Straits is to the eastern part of the State

It was incorporated in 1850, and its growth has been healthy and vigorous. The city is located on both sides of Grand river-which is 900 feet wide at this point, running over a fall in one mile of twenty feet of rocky bed-from which rapid current its name is derived.

The river at this point runs nearly south, but soon after leaving the city resumes its general westerly direction. On the west side of the river the ground is nearly level back to the bluffs; on the east side there were smaller hills between the bank and the bluffs, the leveling of which has cost, and is yet to cost, large sums of money. These bluffs, which nearly surround the city, are being rapidly covered with elegant residences and substantial homes, from which beautiful views of the city are obtained and at a score of points. Speaking of the locality of Grand Rapids, a writer, as ar back as 1837, in one of our city-then village-papers, used the following language:

Though young in its improvements, the site of this village has long been known and esteemed for its natural advantages. It was here that the Indian traders long since made their grand depot. It was at this point that the missionary herald established his institution of learning— taught the forest child the beauties of civilization and inestimable benefits of the Christian religion. This has been the choicest, dearest spot to the unfortunate Indian, and now is the pride of the white man. Like other villages of the west, its transition from the savage to a civilized state has been as sudden as its prospects are now flattering.

"Who would have believed, to have visited this place two years since, when it was only inhabited by a few families, most of whom were of French origin, a people so eminent for exploring the wilds and meandering rivers, that this place would now contain its twelve hundred inhabitants? Who would have imagined that this rapid would have been the improvement of this romantic place. The rapidity of its settlement is beyond the most visionary anticipation; but its location, its advantages, and its clime, were sufficient to satisfy the observing mind that nothing but the frown of Providence could blast its prospects!

"The river upon which this town is situated is one of the most important and delightful to be found in the country-not important and beautiful alone for its clear, silver-like water winding its way through a romantic valley of some hundred miles, but for its width and depth, its suscepti bility for steam navigation, and the immense hydraulic power afforded at this point.

"We feel deeply indebted to our Milwaukee friends for their lucid description of the advantages to be derived from a connection of the waters of this river with those of Detroit, by canal or railroad. A canal is nearly completed around the rapids at this place sufficiently large to admit boats to pass up and down with but little detention. Several steamboats are now preparing to commence regular trips from Lyons, at the mouth of Maple river, to this place, a distance of sixty miles, and from this to Grand Haven, a distance of thirty-five or forty miles; thence to Milwaukee and Chicago.

"Thus the village of Grand Rapids, with a navigable stream-a water power of twenty-five feet fall-an abundance of crude building materials -stone of excellent quality-pine, oak and other timber in immense quantities within its vicinity, can but flourish-can but be the Rochester of Michigan! The basement story of an extensive mill, one hundred and sixty by forty feet, is now completed; a part of the extensive machinery is soon to be put in operation. There are now several dry goods and grocery stores, some three or four public houses, one large church erected and soon to be finished in good style, upon the expense of a single individual, who commenced business a few years ago by a small traffic with the Indians. Such is the encouragement to western pioneers! The village plat is upon the bold bank of a river, extending back upon an irregular plain, some eighty to a hundred rods, to rising bluffs, from the base and sides of which some of the most pure, crystal-like fountains of water burst out in boiling springs, pouring forth streams that murmur over their pebbly bottoms, at once a delight to the eye and an invaluable luxury to the thirsty palate.

"New England may surpass this place with her lofty mountains, but not with her greatest boast, purity and clearness of water. The soil is sandy