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DETROIT WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 18 1837 WEEKLY Kesa DEMOCRA TIC NOMINA TIONS OR GOVERNOR ubject of Bl ItA ii Parka 34022 Thu plantations to come in in 1834 gave 228 more right to restrain it than they had to grant any kind of exclusive monopolies lie illustrated this position at length and con cluded by declaring however that he was not opposed to the existing he made no war upon them it was the system of which he com plained He wished to restrain the growth of the system not to overthrowthe existing banks They were under the protection of law and should any illegal assault be made upon them he would be one of the first to protect and de fend them He was a conservative lie said in the highest sense of the term He again touched upon the character of the issue between the banks and the government and said it must be decided against the former or the present state of things would be continu ally recurring lie said he changed relations with no man It the administration should be prompt wise energetic they could go safely through this busi nes He would support such of their measures as he could approve but he would carry out as far as he could his own measures Mr concluded'by moving as an addition al amendment that the notes of no banks shall be received which shall not take Treasury notes on deposite at par 00 120 ARE TOO CONCLUSIVE TO ADMIT A DOUBT SURE WE ARE THAT NONE CAN NOW HAVE THE BAREACEDNESS TO QUESTION THE fact BUT SUCH AS WERE THEM SELVES PARTNERS IN THE CRIME OR ACCESSORY TO ITS COMMISSION We commend the above to the special atten tion of the editor of the Advertiser who has recklessly undertaken to screen the violators of the ballot box from exposure and punishment by publishing a falsified account of the facts brought to light on the trial Congress In the Senate on Tuesday the 3rd inst as we stated yesterday Mr amendment to the Sub Treasury bill was adopt ed by a vote of 24 to 23 The following is the state of the vote Yeas Messrs Allen Benton Brown Bu chanan Clay (of Ala) ulton Grundy Hub bard King (of Ala) Linn Morris Niles Nor vell Pierce Roane Sevier Smith (of Conn) Strange Walker Wall i lliams right Young 24 Nays Messrs Bayard Black Clay (of Ky) Clayton Crittenden Kent King (of Geo) Knight Nicholas Prentiss Preston Rives Robbins Robinson Smith (of Ind) Sou thard Spence Swift Tallmadge Tipton Web ster White 23 Mr Rives of Virginia then offered as an amendment a substitute for the hole bill au thorizing the reception of the bills of all specie paying banks not issuing notes of a less deno mination than twenty dollars This was lost by the following vote I eas Messrs Bayard Black Clay (of Ky) Clayton Crittenden Kent King (of Geo) Knight Nicholas Prentiss Preston Rives Robbms Smith (of Ind) Southard Spence Swift Tallmadge Tipton Webster 22 Nays Messrs Allen Benton Brown Bu chanan Clay (of Ala) ulton Grundy Hub bard King (of Ala) Linn Lyon Morris Niles Norvell Pierce Roane Robinson Sevier Smith (of Ct) Strange Walker Wall Williams Wright Young 26 Air Preston then offered a substitute for the bill making it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to place the accruing revenue in such State banks as he might select as special depo sitee: This was lost by the same vota as above On motion of Air Strange the bill was fur ther amended by a vote of 25 to 20 so as to ex clude the receipt for public revenue of the notes of banks which issue bills ol a less denomina tion than ten dollars The bill was then order ed to a third reading by the following vote Yeas Alessrs Allen Benton Brown Bucha nan Calhoun Clay (of Ala) ulton Grundy Hubbard King (of Ala) Linn Lyon Niles Norvell Pierce Roane Robinson Sevier Smith (of Ct) Strange Walker Wall Williams Wright 25 Nays Alessrs Bayard Black Clay (of Ky) Clayton Crittenden Davis Kent King (ofGa) Knight Nicholas Prentis Preston Rives Robbins Smith (of Ind) Southard Spence Swift Tallmadge Tipton Webster 23 The Globo states that four friends of the Ad ministrationwere absent on the taking of this vote and that it may be considered as certain that the bill will pass the Senate The substance of the bill in its present shape is we believe as follows The existing officers of the General Government such as receivers at land offices collectors of customs and post masters who arc employed collecting and receiving the public revenue together with the Treasurer of the United States and the trea surers of the mint and its branches are made the holders or depositories of the revenue until drawn for the use of the Government These officers are authorized to receive in payment to the government for one year from January 1 1837 three fourths of the revenue in the notes of specie paying banks which shall take treasu ry notes on deposite al par and shall issue no bills of less denomination than ten dollars for one year from January 1 1839 they are to re ceive one half of the revenue in such funds for one year from January 1 1840 one quarter and from and after the 1st of January 1841 bank notes arc to be wholly excluded from re ceipt for Government dues which are to be col lected exclusively in specie or treasury notes In the House of Representatives on the 3rd the following resolution of the Committee on Elections was adopted by a vote of 118 to 101 Resolved That Alessrs Claiborne and Ghol son are duly elected members of the 25th Con gress and as such are entitled to their seats So far the Pres dent from attempting the annihilate i of tl st it banks that he wishes them to si 1 i ore advantageous and stable foundation He declares that it is not even to be expected that the state governments will abandon the bank policy that they have fol lowed up for half a century that the constitution contains no prohibition against it and that the government by specie only in its trans actions would increase a demand for it which would to a great extent prevent its exportation and by keeping it in circulation maintain a broad er and safer basis for the paper Here then is the declared the true policy of the administration in regard to the currency ques tion that now agitates the business and political part of the community from one end of the Un ion to the other Coldwater Obs DETROIT DAILY REE PRESS WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 11 rom the Pomiac Balance and We caution the public against placing any confi dence a pamphlet lately published at? the Courier office purporting to be a correct ac count of the late trials of Irish vs Wisner and the People vs Richardson Barber Benj Irish and 8 Henderson It is a tissue of slanderous falsehoods from beginning to end There is no truth in it It was got up by Messrs Geo Wisner and Thomas Drake for elec tioneering purposes and is calumny from the first to the last In the first trial the jury deci ded against Wisner and in the second the court John LcRoy esq a whig discharged the accused This surely is sufficient to prove that Wisner was at fault in both cases and that the pamphlet is a libel AIore trouble for the eds The Gospel Banner a religious paper not at all connected with politics' says that 'the executive council convened in Augusta on Monday last and pub lished the samp return of votes as that we copi ed irom uie Age on oaturuay viz Kent 34183 48 34250 34231 The senate is composed of 15 democrats and 10 federalists in the house it is uncertain which party will predominate The fog bell was in vented quite soon enough to save the feds from going on to the rocks Bost Post of Monday: have seen a letter from the east this morning in which it is stated that three dem cratic senators have been elected in Hancock and Washington which will give a democratic majority of seven in that body Eastern Argus '(( 5 The district which elected Mr Noyes to con gress gvc a majority of about five hundred for Parks and is as thoroughly" democratic as any OR LIEUT GOVERNOR EDAV ARD MUND Election 1st Monday and Tuesday of November The Madisonian The whigs are very much gratified with the course of this disorganising paper Its columns are generally the text book out of which they gather political information and principles from the scat of government The whig papers now contain two articles from the Madisonian where they do one from the Nat ional Intelligencer the old federal organ rom the indications of returning good feel ing on the part of the friends of the administra tion iir Congress there is no doubt that they would soon harmonize and unite strongly toge ther were it not for the Madisonian Like all other political presses got up to subserve per sonal and private objects the interests of the Madisonian are hostile to the unity and harmo ny of the democratic party As long as' the great body of the party rally round the Globe the well tried and faithful organ of the democra cy those interested in the AIadisonian know there is no chance of success for them Hence their interests are and their policy consequent ly will be to foster divisions in the democratic party with the view of being able to retain amid the confusion which it creates the patron age which the Globe has justly enjoyed The Ballot Box Robbery The following address which we copy from the Pontiac Ba lance of yesterday is the dictate of a manly spirit It is from a genuine and high minded whig and it utters the sentiments of every ho nest man acquainted with the facts If the honorable portion of the whig party do not visit similar indignation upon its reckless organ here for shouldering upon the party the robbery of the ballot box we shall beanistaken in our esti mate of the virtue of public sentiment To the Candid of all It is well known to the community and the public at large that an accusation has been made against seve ral individuals in the village of Pontiac charg ing them ofliaving committed or of having been accessory to the commission of the high crime of having desecrated the Ballot Box of said town on the 21st of August last and of having changed the ballots contained in said box so as to vary materially the result of the late con gressional election in said town That such an act has been committed many candid men sin cerely believe and it mankind are to be go verned in arriving at just conclusions by the so lemnity of an oath the people of the country but more particularly of this county must be convinced most decidedly beyond the pos sibility of a doubt that such a crime as above stated has been perpetrated I would ask this community if they know in all the circle of their acquaintance of a single man of respectable standing who is not connected by marriage or relationship or in business with the individuals upon whom public opinion has placed the strong est censure but what are convinced that the ballot box of Pontiac has been opened I fur ther ask the people if the very suspected indivi duals are not the prime movers in giving this af fair a party coloring Else why does their paper the Courier labor so hard to identify the robbe ry of the ballot box with the fate of the whig party of this county Is it not to enlist the par ty feelings of that party! Most certainly it is Then why all this 1 The answer is plain The guilty perpetrator of the crime feels safe only by uniting this iniquity and crime to wliiggcry This fact is apparent and will discover itself to every observer of events i I am a whig I feel proud of my sentiments Air Editor I cannot to lend myself or my influence as a whig to shield the perpetrators of a crime so astounding and so long as the whig paper in Pontiac makes the robbery of the ballot box a measure of the whig party and while its editor or editors feel in duty bound to identify it with the whig so long shall I withdraw my suffrage from tnat par ty so long will I exercise all my influence to rid the wing cause of so unfaithful a sentinel 1 DO NOT WISH TO IDENTIY MYSEL WITH A BAND MEN WHO MAT WELL BE STYLED THE ROB BERS A BALLOT BOX A Whig of armington armington Sept 30 1837 The Advertiser says that the resolutions of the Young State Convention the whole length of loco wish some of the intelligent whigs would tell the editor of the Advertiser what loco focoism is If the de mocratic party should come out in favor of the United States Bank and the banishment of every dollar of specie from the country he would call it loco focoism Please enlighten whigs To the A few after the termi nation of the trial at Pontiacbetween Irish and Wisner a committee composed of Alessrs Jas Hunt (a member of the State Board of In ternal Improvements) Calvin Hotchkiss John A Wendall and Joseph Coats who are men of the highest standing and character wrote an address to the citizens of Oakland from which wc extract the following in relation to the rob bery of the ballot box A portion of the prominent leaders of the whig party it is clearly proved by the highest human testimony did on the night of the 2lst of August last ROB THE BALLOT BOX of Pontiac did enter its sacred precincts and commit fraud upon the freemen of this county alike insulting and oppressive toafi honest men of all parties alike dangerous to the liberties of the people suhversive of all law and even of liberty itself A more astounding outrage upon the freedom of iwftions is not recorded in the a a m' 1 ally upravr vruuv nvvri laid at the threshold of any set of MiM tV Tbe apidences of the ruth of the WEEKLY REE PRESS MI PMrr amt Laws JellN RAGG ilitor anil State Printer Office corner Xi the paper uhem ing job ork to cityr nudHl to country sub eri UTm Three Dollars per tn advance jS itKp'j'pB '5S is published daily at annum payable every mont No paper dscontinued mml all arrearages are pad ev the SLcretioof die pubhhers 1st Session IN SENATE Tuesday Oct 3 1837 SUB TREASfkV SCHEME Mr Cat houn addressed the Senate at length in favor of the bill I le went the whole ground in support of that recommendation ot the 1 re sident and in an historical expose pointed out the evils of the banking system as at present coiisituted and its evil and corrupting: tenden cy when connected with the government The senate chamber was thronged to a jam in everv nook and floor and all and he was listened to throughout with breathless at tention His speech is a powerful and lucid comment tqon the message cover ing the ground taken in that document much more closely than even his first effort Corres pmulence Eve Post MK CALHOUN'S OPINIONS I Sketched bv the correspondent of the Commercial Advertiser Most of the arguments said Air Calhoun of senators on the other side have been drawn from the question of relief and convenience They are important but have received too much at tention He was willing to leave them where thev now stand There were other more im portant considerations The banks he said are now important political institutions not mere money corporations lie referred to the remark of Air Clay that unless a national bank or some substitute for it should be established disunion might be the re sult AVith this declaration sounding in their ears he said it became a duty to look into the nature and the consequences of the banking sys tem Hethen went into the history of the origin ami growth of the banking system The Bank of Amsterdam he said was the first great insti tution of the kind Nothing was more simple than the whole of its operations The institu tion was admirably adapted to the objects of its establishment Nothing could be more sound than its whole system It never was suspected of having committed any fraud on theileposites entrusted to it But it was soon ascertained that there was a large amount of specie there which might be withdrawn and used and that more certificates might be issued than the amount of deposites This conception did not suit the honest Dutch but it sprung up ninety years afterwards in a more congenial soil Great Britain He then gave an account of the Bank of England 4it its origin It had capital stock of one mil lion two hundred thousand pounds He went into a number of details respecting 'its dealings and operations in exchange bills of credit etc He referred to the transplanting of the system of the Bank of England to this country when the Ilatik of North America sprung up Notwithstanding the difference of the char acter of the system as it first existed in the old Bank of Amsterdam and as it appeared in the first Bank of England tho systems were fre quently confounded The certificates of the former represented specie the notes of the Bank of England on the other hand being great er in amount than the amount of specie on de posite and in possession of the bank were mere ly substitutes for notjtlie representatives of spe cie And this said he was the seminal princi ple which if not eradicated is destined to over throw the whole banking system He then gave a history of the operations of our banks previous to the late war and the sus pension of specie payments during our contest with Great Britain He said the suspension broke down the conception in the minds of men that notes were the representatives of gold and silver and this was the beginning of that change which has come over the notions of reflecting men since that period on the subject of banks He next referred to the war on the Bank of the United States and the establishment of the state bank system which he said gave such an impulse to the banks as to urge them on to that wild career which has left us in the present con dition The system as it now is lie said cannot go on it must sink or mighty changes must take place The profits must cease or government must become the ally of the banks and protect them in an open perfect separation between them and thcjprecious metals Air Calhoun then asked shall we restore the union between the banks and the government shall we return to the system lie declared that the system was inconsistent with and unfavorable to our republican institu tions The money power is to the body politic what the blood is to the animal system and the life blood is smaller in the former than in the latter The money of a community stands to the pro perty of the community as one to thirty and those who have the control of the former have the latter in their grasp He declared further that the system was un favorable to the labor and business of the coun try It converts the whole community into spe culators and politicians as the only safe pursuits in life He maintained that it was most unfavorable to the morals and intellectual dcvclopcment of our race and illustrated the position at length The occupation overshadowed every other pro fession by holding out greater rewards and in ducements It absorbed the whole population the pursuits of gain XV hy should this government connect it self with an institution fraught with such evils? He referred to the reasoning of senators on the other side as a rabble of argument fit for the columns of newspapers onlv He said the government ought to take what tne people ought to but unless the govern ment limited that which it took tle people would be left to the shinplaster currency they furtlCr the govem silverhdB t0 take anything but gold and li TriaH COnitClrd lhat government Jiad a right to regulate the currency As to the no! i'n7 Care the government and and fff ie rnamt'uned that the best Sonh wL iUa Way takIlg care of ths ke Care of the government I thV thC prediJS yWllh the evU gentlemen friend of craton aVrmer bas18 S'yStem WOlddace thewerenot1 views at lengtli and WebX)rehe saTX fTESSO'S with twwnTovemmnh0 raise the issue be kX SX! CrCdlt and bank credit he The whole of opposition be out in full i "0 bankuig institution would government subject for some time nw am viAwa Ata meeting of the democratic republican citi zens of the township of Alonguagoti conven ed according to public notice Simeon Haven was called to the chair Antoine Metis wasappointed secretaiy On motion Resolved That it is expedient to send five delegates to the democratic county convention to be held at Dearborn the 12th of October instant VV hereupon it was Resolved That Horace Hulburt Simeon Haven James Griffin Timo thy Downer and Andrew Lathrop repre sent this town in said convention On motion Resolved That Hulbert and Haven be the corresponding committee for this township On motion Resolved That Robinson II Hulburt and Haven be a vigilance com mittee for this township On motion Resolved That Gilbert Lucas Benjamin Hopkins and James Griffin be a com mittee to attend the polls as a challenging com mittee On motion Resolved That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the chairman and secretary and published in theDemocratc ree Press and Morning Post Simeon Haven Antoine Mette Secretary rom the Hartford Tinies THE elections: As regards the election in Maine there is no thing in it but the firing and of the federalists that should give them such great joy They talk and fume about the great reac tions in Maine but the federalists have dreadful short memories On comparison of the votes of 1831 with the present year the federalists have just held then own and have not increased their share of the increasing population Ju 1S37 Kent has 31291 In 183 1 Sprainie had 337 kJ So that the great gain the wonderful reac tion amounts to 559 votes There is not so large a vote polled the present as there was three years ago Thousands of Democrats refused to vote for Parks the demo cratic candidate against whom there was an or ganized opposition headed by one of the Sena tors in Congress' "Notwithstanding there has been a great increase of the population in Maine the votes on Governor have decreased several thousand since 1834 In the Senate the demo crats have 5 majority in the House the result is yet uncertain But why does the Courant forget to teJ its readers that we have gained more in Vermont than they have in Maine? AVhy does it neg lect to inform its readers that the whole demo cratic South is coming out in its full strengt for the administration and the great measures which the President recommends 1 It has been croaking over South Carolina Georgia and Al abama Where arc the votes of their delegation on the great questions in Congress? Will the aged Secretary of the Convention please to put on his spectacles and examine and then tell the truth to his readers The fact is that though federalism rises as the country sinks and they consequently thought that the present embarrassments wore sufficient to elevate thorn to place they are likely to be wonderfully mistaken While they boast of re action we will turn their shouts to moaning The administration is strong and daily gaining strength' Its measures are such as bear the test of examination and will elevate its charac ter Never at any period has the democracy appeared more firm and impregnable Maryland Election The election for dele gates to the general assembly of Maryland was held on Monday In Baltimore city according to the Chronicle (whig) Alessrs Ilielen Giles McK inney and Gallagher the Van Buren can didates for the House of delegates liave been chosen by an ateragc majority of 108 votes Annapolis city average whig maj 29L Baltimore county 12th district average re publican maj Alb Argus (Jet Notice A gentleman in appearance about forty five years of age cameron board the canal boat Tippecanoe Erie and Ohio line Captain Louis Lownsberry at Lockport on the 20th day of September instant and said his name wasLCook and that he resided in Dutch ess county had been visiting his son in Ali chigan and had suffered much' on his passage on Lake Erie but thought he should be able to travel on the canal and arrive home The first day on said boat he took his meals regular and the second day he was very unwell and conti nued so until the 26th of September when he died between the city of Utica and rankfort and was buried at the latter place There was found in his possession letters addressed to Air John AL AVheeler North East Dutchcss coun ty' John Powers Esq Amenia John Mead Amenia Noah Bennet Amenia all oi Dutchess county York which letters have been forwarded by mail Also were found in his possession a small sum of money and trunk which are left in the office of the Erie ana Ohio Line Albany Clark Robinson Co agents Any person who can give information of the said Mr Cook will address said Clark Robin son Co Albany Albany Argus Another Abolition Press destroyed at Alton (Ill A friend on the morning of the 22d informs steamboat Smelter about dusk of yesterday evening put on shore a press supposed to be for the Rev Elijah new abolition office which he and his friends had given out was to be re established our town lie ck gescj the press ere immediately placed the store of Geary Waller During the evening there was much excitement i i ti relative to the expedient fj nn it no ss of this kind to be landed or to remain Here 1 lie consequence was that at 12 in the some six or seven persons proceeded to the store of Messrs pressed open the door took the press therefrom and threw it into the Alis sissippi We learn verbally that no types were found nor any other fixtures than the Louis Rep 25th ult Gales During the few days past there have been several severe gales upon the Lakes Du ring one of them them the steamboat Consti tution was obliged to put back to our harbor af ter an absence of two days having been near ly 70 miles above Milwaukee So much for the want of harbors at the towns above us During the same gale the Queen Charlotte was driven ashore just above our north pier so as to have ber side dashing against it during the whole storm She is now off and undergoing repairs The steamboat Detroit was also severely injured by running against one of piers A few days afterwards she ran ashore at Alillwaukee where it is thought she will pass the winter Doubts are entertained of the safety of several other vessels Chicago Dem Parallel of the Sexes The North Amer ican says there is an admirable partition of qualities between the sexes which the Author of being has distributed to each with a wisdom that challenges our unbounded admiration Man is strong woman is beautiful Mam is daring and confident woman is diffi ilcnt and unassuming Man is great in action woman in suffering Man shines abroad woman at home Man talks to convince woman to persuade and please Alan has a rugged woman a soft and tender one Man prevents misery woman relieves it Man has woman taste Alan has judgment woman sensibility Man is a being of woman an angel of mercy Going 1 1 wonder that you will smoke said an elderly maiden to a cler gyman I believe tobacco and rum general ly 20 I wonder how you dare to be a woman? replied Starplice pnen women and BAGG BARNS Co PROPRIETORS' Vol VI Na 1 Al i i rji Bilisdiscountcd 4 8 3 2 1 5 specie 3 Sb 3 tn 8 fc 1 9 5 1 OU i 0 Id 18 3 Expenncn and lursoiial estate 3 ork Albany irul Ruebetter Ciir li it emu and overdrafts Domestic hill of Exchange Loans nn Real Estate tfi B'r 3 GO 8 CO 3 Advance to the State nod i Public OtBcet ij Duo from oth er blinks D'r t' 0 Whig candidates for the legislature Would be whig laic makers under prosecution as law breakers The federal whig ticket for the legislature is composed of al least two indivi duals who are now under prosecution one at the suit of the United States for a violation of its laws and one al the suit of thestate for a viola tion of its laws What will the people say to electing such men us legislators Kalamazoo county At a large Democra tic County Convention held at Kalamazoo on the 30th ult of which Joseph Vickery was president Hinsdell and Curtenius vice presidents and II Gilbert and Geo Gale secretaries the following resolutions among others were adopted Resolved That as unwavering and deter mined supporters of democratic republican principles and members of a free and indepen dent government which is formed for the pur pose of securing equal fights and privileges to all and advance the greatest good of the greatest number of our fellow citi we regard the message of the President of the United States as a powerful document replete with wisdom and instruction recom mending such a course of policy to be pursued as will relieve the country from its pecuniary cmbjrrrs ments and containing Boun and es sential doctrines that will be ratified by the con firmative judgment of a "large majority of the American peopie Resolved That as citizens of the great west we hail the nomination of his Excellency STE VENS MASON for Governor with delisrht and approbation and will use every honorable effort to procure his re election to that high and responsible office winch he has filled with cre dit to himself and usefulness to the state Resolved That the zeal great ability and untiring devotion to the interests of Michigan which has characterized the conduct of Gov Mason during his administration in securing our recognition as astute in'the Union the state of Michigan her proportion of the surplus revenue establishing an enlightened and perfect system of public instruction and urging on to immediate construction certain works of internal improve ments in which the great interests of the west are peculiarly and vitally identified and promo ted demand our warmest thanks and we sin cerely recommend our fellow citizens to give their undivided support to the candidate who if elected will carry out the grand scheme and complete the plan already marked out by his 1 important to the prosperity of the interior Rt Ived That ED WARD MUNDY by the' prompt dignified and impartial manner which lie has discharged the arduous duties of Presi dent of the Senate has shown himself worthy of the confidence reposed in him by his fellow ci tizens and by his re election the Executive of the state will find an efficient auxiliary in per fecting the varied plans of usefulness which he has originated Resolved That the vulgar slang and billings gate abuse poured forth upon Gov Mason bv the federal papers deserve the scorn and con tempt of every enlightened and upright man Resolved That we unanimously concur in the nomination of Edwin 11 Lathrop and Cyren Burdick for Representatives of this county in the next legislature and confidently recommend them to the suffrages of freemen TOWNSHIP SPRING WELLS At a meeting of the democratic citizen of the township of Spnngwclls convened in accord ance with public noticeal the Junction in said' township on Tuesday evening October 10th for the purpose of electing five delegates to the County Convention to be held at Dearborn on the 12th October instant John Drury wae called to the chair and Henry Hubbard appointed Secretary Omnotion a committee of three was apf4irrt by the chair to nominate suitable persons to represent the township of Springwells in the County Convention Said committee reported! the following who were thereupon duly elected' viz: Beaubien John Drury Henry Hub bard George Henderson John Langdon On motion Resolved That the following gen tiemen compose a Committee of Correspond' ci ice fur the township viz: Kercheval General Burdick John Drury Peter Godfry The following persons vere then elected a committee of igdance George John Langdon Joseph Barrow Joseph Cicotte Mr Lamarout James Todd Mr' Reader A Lewis Hubbard A Lefferty L' Specht William Miller I Soecht David Baldwin Peter Bartione Thomas AfcKenzie Alexander Dirks Major Irving Wm Steen and Robert Henderson On motion of James Todd Resolyed That the proceedings of this meet ing be signed by the chairman and secretary and published in the democratic papers of the county a JOHN DRURY Chairman Henry G' Hubbard Secretary Senatorial Convention The delegates to this coin ention met pursuant to notice at Schoolcraft in this county on Wednesday Lust' and after the preliminary business of organizing the meet rl il i ci through the gates coiiiiiiuiiced balloting for Member of the Senate xx I id rr iltcj nf or of Vincent L' Bradford ot Niles Berrien county Mr Bradfc i lr i ntleimn i ho has been long and favorably knuvn tins section of countryfor his sou 1 ic uocratic imciples for his inesti mable worth as a member of the bar and for his moral integrity as a citizen and will no receive the? cordial and united support of the de inocrats residing in this Constanlint Republican Enormous We were shown a few days ago at the tavern known as between this village and Marshall a potatoe which weighed tropounds seven ounces! It was of tbc kind known by the name of Mo shannac and is certainly the largest potatoe we ever remember seeing Kai Gazette 2 3 Sub Treasury System The Speaker laid before the House of Representatives on Satur day the following report from the Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Department Scpt3() 1837 Sir This report is submitted in compliance with the following resolution passed on the 28th inst and received at the department this day That the Secretary of the Treas ury bo required to furnish this House with a statement of the number of sub Treasuries which will be required if the bill imposing ad ditional duties as depositaries in certain cases on public officers should become a law and fur then how many new officers must be created if any how many new buildings to be erected and what will be as nearly as he can estimate it the annual expense of the system what the salaries to be paid the officers or what will be the commissions to which they will be In answer to the first inquiry I would state that 1 have had recurrence to the printed bill of the House of Representatives addi tional duties as depositaries in certain cases on public officers and for other and which is supposed to be the bill referredAo in the reso lution Under that bill if in its present form it should become a law I should not feel authori zed to appoint any number of new whether called sub Treasurers or otherwise and created either to keep or disburse the public mo ney The bill seems merely to impose further duties as depositaries on the officers now exist ing and employed in the collection of the cus toms and lands and in the postoflice and mint The number of those in each of these establish ments if that information be desired appears with a fo exceptions and more accurately than could otherwise be stated without delay in the last Biennial Register published by tiie State Departmcn under the direction of Congress and to which I would respectfully refer for that purpose As to the second inquiry it may be observed that in one of the plans suggested by this de partment in the reX'rt at the commencement of the session it was proposed that from four to ten new separate from and independent of those now in existence might be authorized to act as commissioners or keepers of the pub lic moneys at those important points where it should accumulate much beyond the current ex penditures But that plan docs not appear to be incorpo rated into the bill before me In reply to the third question I would state that no new seem to be contempla ted by this bill nor have any been considered necessary by this department In answer to the fourth inquiry what will be as nearly as lie can estimate it the annual ex pense of the system what the salaries to be paid to the officers or what will be the com missions to which they wil be entitled the following statement is presented As the bill now stands in the fourth section an allowance exists which covers all the addi tional expenses authorized by its provisions That allowance is not considered as sanction ing any commissions or any new salaries to any of the keepers of the public money But if independent commissioners or agents had been authorized as proposed in one of the plans submitted by the Department for conside ration it was estimated that their number need be only from four to ten and their salaries not exceed on an average annually without commissions That plan not being adopted the only addi tional expense of the system annua ly as per mitted by the above section in the present bill would be for clerks fire proof chests or vaults or other necessary expenses for safe keeping transferring and disbursing said It is computed that in all from ten to twenty additional clerks may be necessary at the most importantipoints of collection and disbursement As the warrants paid at the place of the greatest receipts and difbursement do not generally ex ceed four or five per day that number of clerks will probably be amply sufficient 4 ifteen at 81000 salary per year will be $15 000 and it is not supposed that the compensa tion need on an average exceed that amount At a similar number of places additional iron chests safes or vaults may be necessary But as they now exist at several ports and land offi ces and the first cost of them will not have to be renewed annually it is computed that the yearly expense for these will not excecdthe sum of $10 0(K) The only other additional expenses contem plated will be some small items for blank books transfers But the last will probably not amount to any thing beyond if it equal what is now paid for conveying money to the banks from the land offices Should the Treasurer as recommended in my recent report on the finances be permitted to receive money in advance for lands at such points as may be selected by him for public con venience little or no expense whatever will oc cur in transfers The whole additional expense under the bill mentioned is therefore computed not to exceed yearly the aggregate of $25000 Respectfully yours Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury Hon Polk Speaker of the House of Representatives CASS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVEN TION At a large and respectable meeting of the De mecratic Republicans of the County of Cass held at the Court House in Cassopolis agree able to previous public notice Jacob Silver was called to the chair and Alex II Red field appointed Secretary The object of the meeting having been stated it was on motion of AbiaJ Silver Esq Resolved That the meeting proceed to ballot for four delegates to represent this county in the Democratic Senatorial Convention to be held at Sclioolcraft on the fourth day of October next The following persons were by ballot elected said delegates James Herron of Volinia Jacob Silver of LaGrange George Redfield of Ontwa and John Abbott ot Howard It was on motion of Geo Redfield Resolved That each of said delegates' who shall be unable to attend said Convention have power to appoint some proper person to attend in his place On motion of John Adams Esq Resolved That the nominations for Repre i sentatives be made by a viva voce vote Whereupon William Burk of Paragon and Alexander Redfield of LaGrange were una nimously nominated to represent this county in the next House of Representatives By a similar vote Joel Brown Esq was no minated for an Associate Judge and Bark Mead' Esq for Judge of Probate both of Ontwa David Crane of Volinia was also by a like vote nominated for the office of Coroner On motion of Cyrus Bacon of Ontwa it was unanimously Resolved That the members of this Conven tion will use all honorable means in their power to promote the election of the persons now no minated by them Resolved the proceedings of this meet ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretaiy and published in the Niles Gazette Constantine Republican Kalamazoo Gazette and Democra tic ree Press On motion the meeting adjourned Jacob Silver Chairman Alex Redfield Secretary" We hear fromTort Gibson that a usual that place is very unhealthy this seasoa Out of 220 dragoons there in the last of August 70 were on the sick report' Lieut Suggett of the army died a fortnight before tliat time 'It is stated tijat in addition to the agents of the United Stares Bank in England it is in con templation to send one to rance and Mr Da vis of the house of Davis Brooks New York bupkwi roiuuq ai myre oreign notes 4 l1 5 eg I 1 5 The treasury note bill The House of Representatives had under consideration on the 4th instant the bill authorizing the issue of treasury notes which passed the committee of the whole that day The amendments agreed to in committee were one limiting the num ber of clerks to be employed to four with sala ries of $1290 each one making the notes re ceivable in payment of all duties to the United States which may be due and payable at the time when the said treasury notes may be so offered in payment and a third extending the penal section to persons having in their custody or possession forged treasury notes with intent to pass them The sub treasury bill passed the Senate on the 1th by the following vote Yeas Messrs AllenJ Benton Brown Bu chanan Calhoun Clay of ulton Grundy Hubbard King Ala Linn Lyon i Morris Niles Norvell Pierce Roane Robinson Sevier Smith of Conn Strange Walker Wall Wil liams Wright Young 26 i Nays Messrs Bayard Black Clay of KyM Clayton Crittenden Davis Kent King of Geo Knight Nicholas Reynolds Robbins Smith of Ina Southard Swift Tallmadge Tip ton "Webster White 20 The Maine The following is an extract (says the Globe of the 4th inst) from a letter from a source of great weight If we mistake not the great whig victory in Maine will turn out hkc most of the great whig victo ries that have preceded it and will end like the grand salute? of five hundred in smoke will see by the Age I send you to day how the case stands there is not the faintest shadow of a doubt that vote is larger th The whigs themselves with us havif no confidence that Kent is Dr Houghton the State Geologist ve under stand pronounces the salt spring near junc tion of Salt river with the Tittabawassa equal if not superior to any which he has found in Mi chigan Something may be dope in he course' of the' ensuing year in the construction of salt works at tM aWc DETROIT DAILY REE PRESS THURSDAY MORNING OUTOBER 12 Audacity The editor of the Advertiser in reply to our statement of the important fact that the whigs did not attempt a defence in the suit of Irish against Wisner says it was nothing had been established by the conspirators to call for defence The prosecutors did not make out even an ajudogy for a case The charge that the ballot box had been robbed was falsified by their own witnesses Now who is to be believed? air unscrupu lous partizan editor or the six jurors of unim peachable character who brought in a verdict for the plaintiff on the ground that it had been proved to them by the testimony of uncontradicted witnesses that Crary received twenty majority over Wells in the town of Pontiac I Our Pontiac friends arc putting homo upon the whigs in right earnest their outrage upon the purity of elections by entering the ballot box at the midnight hour The Pontiac Balance has raised since the late trial' the following' standing mottos in large capitals upon the ballot box robbers Who robbed the Pontiac ballot box The Whigs Who are now endeavoring to stop inquiry and to shield from justice those who are sus pected of robbing the ballot box The Whigs People of Oakland can yon rest safe under these circumstances? A party that would rob you of your vote would also rob you of your property if they did nothing worse Down with any party who now attempt to shield the guilty criminal who robbed the ballot box The VV higs say that the democrats arc poor If we are we are honest We did not rob the ballot box in Pontiac TheWhigs may boast of their riches 'The democrats boast of their horn csty and love of x' Bank stock a Itl'IllS in transitu ffs 13 1 Cn Real estate 5 io 1 8 ag gp 8 IP Advances for new banking house unds De troit Buffalo 2 Vork Iork 5 port Chicago 2 £158 I and Iw cio I 0 3: ns' Il 155 st3 Noles of other 5 banks'? 88 2 88 Bills in suit i 4 3 I Profit and loss A Calls on stock' 4 unpaid 2 12 8 rj Zi i 5 8 75 jg 3 5 Total resources 2 Yaigfcggt? a uSojjA Capital Mock in ggggggggg gggg 1 I Contingent1 I fund mid unpaid divi ti 8 deiuls Internal Im 1 provenient I fluid I 18 1 0 os 5 ot I Profit and loss anddiscounUi wC wi i Ct to I received a h'siag hl hfell bDxthcr'' 8 Circulation Treasury US and public officers iinisiilliSt.