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Government engineers were engaged last week soundiug the harbor at Cheboygan for the purpose of makiug au estímate of the expense necessary to be incurred to improve the harbor sufficiently to meet the demands of the shipping interests. The recommendations to be made, if any at all are made at present, will be lst, to dredge the river to a depth of 15 feet so as to enable vessels to come in with a full cargo, and 2nd, to build about one half mi'le of wharf to connect the crib with the wharf of McArthur, Smith & Co. It is related that when the late General Burnside received a tetegram f rom General Sprague, asking how soon he could be ready to take charge of the Rhode Island troops, he flashed back the instant answer, 'In one minutel'