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FOK GOVEKNOB, T'd T. . MA crv ; FOB SENATOR FOEl For Representatives to the legislature, !'(DipiLiusniBiA iAMCJATrisns ; For Judge of Probate, RELIEF RILES. ' Business sf. the Session. The interest s to thro important measures of public pot. "icy is transferred from the Senate to tho Mouse of Representatives. Every ques. tiov (save that of postponement of a depos it with the States of a surplus which does not exist in the Treasury) is now before the House. The opposition have resolved to make war on all tho measures that pas sed the Senate. Their object is agitation. They perceive that if the recommendations of the Message, as embodied in bills, and sanctioned by the Senate, should becomo , Jaws, that quiet will be restored to tho country, and that the pecuniary afairs of banks and individuals, separated from politics, will at once full into their natu. . Tal channels, and pursue that even ten. or. which leads to prosperity, when un. interrupted by party "conflicts. Seeing this, the opposition have resolved to fight xlown, by long speaking, every proposition ; calculated to produce this favorable result. The Treasury Note bill, which received Almost the unanimous vote c the Senate, there were only five dissentients,) has been for days, and is still, tho subject of vi olent federal oppugnation in the House. It is connected with every measure of re lief that has been proposed in either branch of Congress. It is a nieasuro de signed to enable Government to convert its credit into tho meaus of raising ten mil!, ions of money to meet tho demands of (he creditors of the Treasury, whilo time is trivm thn mprr.hants to nav tlinir dntv t j. bonds the banks to pay their deposits and the customers of both tho banks and merchants an opportunity to raise tho means of meeting lhc:r engagements to their creditors. It is in this way that tho Government, as far as it is a creditor, en. deavors to relieve tha pressure on every class of society ;. and yet tho effort is fu. riously opposed by that very party most clamorously, crying out for relief from Maine to Georgia, and throughout tho val ley of tho Mississippi, from the Gulf to tho Lake of tho Woods! Until those relief patriots discovered that tho bills, which pas. .sed the Senato were likely to givo reposo to the country until .they found that their prediction, that no good would como of .any thing that was proposed, would not bo vverified, they were perfectly willing that wnat ineir suuering menus so engeriy usk cd might' be extended to them. Hut tho jnoment they saw that tho passage of tho bills in one branch had tne instantaneous effect to" make tho money market cay, .and impart activity to business, that mo. ment Oioy changed their plan3 of operation. , rThey determined to o,)poso every tfiiiig even those to which their leading men in .the Senate have given their sanction. And jiow their effort will bo to speak away tho remaining week of the session, and so do. feat, by.indircction, what they canrrli. suc cessfully combat in a f jr parliamentary ,course. The great object will be to avoid the de. rcision upon the bill for tho separation of tho .(banks from the Government. If this be comes a law, the bono of contention will bo taken away, through which nlono they can hope to agitato and harrass the public mind. . They cannot bring the banks into the po. litical canvass; cannot bring their influ ence to bear upon their debtors; cannot bring their secret service money to send Agents and missives around, unless they .can . promise . some Government boon ..through future legislation, to . repay tho present sacrifices they are pressed to make by their federal managers. The opposition rell understand that peace would reign, if . the sinews of war which the banks are si. diiccd to bring into full play in our political controversies, were cut off, by . separating . those institutions from tho Government, and putting an end to tho delusive hopes of , profit indulged by some, and tho still more , fallacious projects of ambition which others, . .connected with them, build upon their usso ciation wilh politic. Glo'e. HUMBUGGF.lt HUMBUGGED. The editor of tho Detroit Advertiser, who , is a considerable of a humbugger, has been humbugged the worst way in publishing for truth, about tit columns of what purported on its face to be a correct account of nn im portant trial, lately held in this village, which was, in fact, ,till fiction, got up to gull the credulous. Pontiac Balance. . v Th Treasury Note Bill, ii will bo seen, . red wo do not doubt with gratification, has . been at last brought to a result, and hat pas. ted tho House. The vote on ordering it to a third reading was 127 to . 98.- Albany Argus. ' A wide circlo of acquaintances and friends in this city will learn, with deep regret, tho ' "!&ih cf their late highly respected and cs. teemed Tdlow citizen, amckl Miles Hop., iijrs. He expired at Geneva, the latter part fAt htstweck. LEW. GOVERNOR SB SENATOBIAIL. BISTKICT, FT I Hit The Wliigs charge the democrats with crying 'down with tho banks. We say no such thing they are down already, and that's what we complain of; down as flat as founders; and tho whole.. Whig party, in . their efforts to get into power, by climbing over their backs are keeping them down. The weight of the whigs is too much for them to get up under. If every Bank was a Hercules, they could not resist the speci. fic gravity of that party, which has broken down every hobby it ever got astride of. Our plan is, to put the whigs down and let the banks vp and put them in a condition, seperating them from politics, in which they will have a chance to be honest if they choose And if they don't, chooso make them. This will be accomplished sooner or later To suppose that this whig party will prosper, is to suppose tho country is always in difficulty and distress. Every national calamity that visits us, seems to multiply them just as a shower in the dog days multiplies frogs they como like the storm bird on the wings of every tempest but us tho storm passes, and as our young country rises in renewed strength from every successive blow, the frogs and the storm birds,, and the whigs disappear to. gethor. Chronicle ani Democrat. Tho New York Herald, from which the : ollowing letter from Washington is tak. en, is a whig paper. - Washington, October, 1, 1837. Webster and Clay aro left standing "sol. itary and alono" on tho question of cstab. lishing a national bank. Mr. Clay, while speaking on tho sub-treasury scheme tho other day, in tho course of his remarks, ob. ' served, that this country, would never be a. ble to gut out of embarrassment without a bank of somo kind was established. Yes, continued the Kentucky orator, and I plain, ly foresee, that if such nn institution is not established, a revolution will ensue, and its result will provo a disunion of tho states. At tho ending of this, sentence, Calhoun ; who had all along kept open nn anxious ', ear to what was saying, now urose. and in his impressivo manner reiterated the ex pression of "a revolution." . Does tho Sen ator from Kentucky know what ho is say. ing.. I wish, for the sake of his own rep. ' utation that he would sco the utility of re calling that extraordinary sentiment. If bo does not, tho Senator must abide tho consequence. , Mr. President, I shall re member the gentleman's language. It is bold, sir, bold, daring and presumptuous. For an instant after tho last sentence was uttered, Calhoun remained gazing with an eagle eyo upon Clay; hi lip quivering with excitement, and his wholo manly frame evidently undergoing a similar effoct. With tho quickness of thotrght, ho threw himself into his seat and commenced writing down tho languago uttered by Mr. Clay. It is im. poible to d;;scribo this scene so as to give a.iy thing liko effect which it pro Uiccd up on all that were in the Senate when it was going on. Clay, doubtless saw hi situation and kr.evit to bo a delicate one, but would not retraco his steps. Mr. Webster followed It was with sur prise that hj had he ird the South Carolina Senator make an open boast of his attach, ment to nullification he wa willing t i ac credit to tho Senator all that ho wished on that head but ho never would suffer tho gentleman from South Carolina, whilst ho held a seat upon tho floor, to nullify tho . constitution without meeting a seasonable resistance from him. Cidiioun was up n. gain and catching tho expression m it fell from his mouth, exclaim! "Nullify tho constitution ; what is tho Senator's mean ing U it ho or I t!at have linen nndca voring to nullify tho co.Htitutiou? ' Will tho Senator from Massachusetts point ma to n damn in tho constitution which sanctions tho creation of n bank ? Ho cannot do. it, ani yet for tho last two ho irs ho has been telling tfcna'ors that tho country's 'salvation dcpen.i upon tho creation of u nalion-il bank. Is not this reasoning false, nnd if the project should bj ndoptod, would it not -ba adverse to thy spirit and letter of that constitution which that gentleman prates so much about? Why, Mr. President, I look upon thi establishment of u national bank wirli nn eye of jealousy. I seo in it the germ that in timo would bo so formidable in growth as to threaten the 'safety of our liberties, of our national independence. Tho Senator's remarks shall not pius unheeded. I will notice them, sir, on a future day. In tho mean time, my request is, that the Massachusetts Senator will not again charge mo with an attempt to nullify tho constitu. t'otn The assertion is false, sir false j and such will I nrovo it to tho satisfaction of Senator, and to tho tho satisfaction of my country. WeLb and his friends are trying to mako out that GhoJwn is a coward. Bah ! lAiDiPODmnD. o Federal characteristics. Tho whigs can not, for the lifu of them, keep the cloven foot of federalism concealed by their bor rowed garments. A. whig writer in the last Ann Arbor Journal makes the follow, ing precious confession : "I FEAR THE WHIG CANDI DA TES ARE TOO VIRTUOUS TO BE' ELECTED. FACTS SHO W THAT UPRIGHT AND HONOR A. RLE MEN HA VE A POOR CHANCE OF SUCCESS WHEN NOMINA. TED FOR OFFICES OF TRUST. Here we have it that tho whigs believo the majority of the people of Michigan so depraved, corrupt and wicked that they will not elect " virtuous, upright and honor ablo men" to office. This is candid, it shows that modern whiggery is old feder. alism in disguise. The federalists of the old school believed that a majority of the people were so ignorant and corrupt that they were incompetent for self-government, and should therefore have a select few to rule over them. . BALLOT-BOX WHIGS. Pontiac, Oct. 10 1837. Messrs. Kingsbury and Dally: Gentlemen I should'nt be surprised if we had a fifth cundidato for the office of Governor. It is very apparent that another class of men aro branching off into a purty. They compose tho more honest and less brazen-faced of the whig party those who feel it a duty they owo community, to assist in opposing nnd bringing to light the ballot, box desperadoes. They now disavow all political connection with men who associ ato wilh, or excuse tho "ballot-box whigs, f Yet they still claim to bo whigs, good party men, although they distinguish themselves from tho "ballot-box whigs,' by the self ap pellation of "reform whigs" ! ! They want somo good excuso to start a third whig no mination, but they hav'nt got tho courage to como outopen'y and fearlessly, and thus separaio themselves from tho political scoundrels with whom they are now most unwillingly associated. For my part, I glo ry in being called a"tory if it will distin guish mo from tlie corrupt federal knaves under the covert titlo of whiggery; as I want no political connection wilh them. We are determined to carry the county by 500 majority, if tnit will have any power over tho less corrupt of tho whig party. s ' . t Yours Truly, Tho following "evidence of the pressure is taken from the whig paper published in' Jackson county. , Jackson County Bank. The books of this Institution were closed yesterday. More than thrco hundred thousand dollars were subscribed, and thirty-four thousand in specie actually paid in. . The capital stock being 8100,000, and the amount re. quired at the timo of subscribing $10,000, of course the ballance was returned. As soon as tho requisite measures aro com. plied with, the Bank will commenco opera, tion. Trade on the Canals. The quantity of flour and wheat coming to tide water, on the canals, for the week euding on the 7th of October in 1830 and 1837, is as fol. lows, viz : Bhlt. flour. ' Bu$h. wheat. In1837, . 45,818 18,040 In 1830, 24,330 . 13,357 Increase 21,482 4,Go3 The quantity of merchandize cleared at Albany and Troy on tho canals, for tho first week in Oct., is 3250 tons. The following letter from his Excellency Gov. Mason, to a gentleman in this county, shows that tho reports so industriously cir. culated in this section of tho county, that Gov. Mason has pledged himself , to ex ert his influenco to have the village of Pal mer fixed upon as tho point of tho eastern termination of Iho. norihorn railroad, aro baso fabrications, set afloat by tho political enemies of Gov. Mason, for political ell, cct. Lake Huron Observer. Detroit, September 25th, 1837. Dear Sir: Tho reports in relation to my pledges on tho termination of tho Northern Railroad, have repeatedly reached mo by privato communication, as well as through the public papers, and I take this opportu nity to say, that in no case luxve I directly or indirectly made any promises on the subject or pledged myself to either of the interests claiming the termination of the road in ques lion. Very respectfully, Your ohd't servant, ' STEVENS. T.MASON. CfctTlIas the "Spy" been discontinued, in consequence of its editors becoming the conductors of the gull-trap, yclrpod "Joff. crsouian Democrat f DJGiaOCRATi, niTWARE OF DE CEPTION I To the Democrats of the county of Wayne : Fellow.citizens :An effort is making by our political opponents, to carry their coun. t) ticket by deception. Although two tick, ets are now regularly placed before tho e. lectors one whig ana one democrat yet tho whigs, "despairing of success in a fair contest of principles, have, through their strong purses, procured spurious handbills to bo distributed over the county, calling another county convention, with the assum ed name of Democracy, to split the party. Fellow-Citizcns, be therefore on your guard. Both political parties are now fairly in the field, and let the Democrats only adhere to tho ancient usages of the party and all is safe, " . GeOBGE It. G BIS WOLD, John Laegv, II. G. Hubbard, Charles Peltier, Benj. Kingsbury, Jr. County Corresponding Committee. Detroit, October 17, 1837. ib. "WAKED UP THE WRONG r AS- SENUEU." It is amusing to see tho confusion into which the whig camp has been thrown by the folly of some of their leaders. Some of the strongest federalist in the county are going the Litis and Biddle ticket, because they think, and justly too, that they are more decidedly opposed to the democratic party than Trowbridge and Bacon. The feder. alists cannot forget that Mr. Trowbridgo went for admission and for Van Buren at the last election, whereas Mr. Ellis went against both. We give tho whigs much joy of their condition. A few more such lessons will teach them that honesty is the best policy. TROUBLE The Whtgs in Trouble. Thcro is no end to the trouble of the poor whigs. De. spairing of the election of Trowbridgo and and Bacon if the democrats kept united, they thought it would be a fine thing to get up a third ticket and a third paper to sup. port it, under tho name of "conservatives? or Jeffersonian democrats, with a view of producing division in our ranks. They ac cordingly, with their own money and thier own men, succeeded in getting Messrs. Ellis and Biddle to act as their tools for this purpose. But, since they have got the plan in op. eration, they begin to finAthat the result of it is to recoil upon themselves. They find that every singlo democrat in this city is as true as steel in support of the regular nominations, while some of tho staunchest whigs are- going for Ellis and Biddle. They see that Ellis and Wright have made a convert of B. Woodworth, a federalists of the old school, and that he has started ofl into the country with the firsfedition of fhe Jeffersonian Democrat to electioneer for them. They are aware that other feder alists are doing the same, and, hence, they are now endeavoring to put out tho fire they have kindled. Mr. Trowbridge s organ of yesterdav is in great troublo About the dis astrous effects of the new ticket and press upon the prospects of that gentleman, who may well exclaim, "save me from my friends !" The whigs will soon realise the nroDrictv of our dosiffnatinir the Jeffersoni- an Democrat a gull-trap, as it will catch none but birds of their own feather. Free Press. D-CAUTION.jj . A whig runner, by tho name of John Wright, has gone, or is about to start for the country, to peddle whig hand-bills and papers such ns the Advertiser, opy. and Jeffersonian Democrat. This Wright will pretend to be a democrat, and will endeavor to get republicans to support Ellis and Bid die. It is stated here, and believed, tha'c the whigs havo agreed to give him one thousand dollars if ho will succeed in getting that number of democrats to vote for Ellis and Biddle ! Beware op him ! for he has been bought by the whigs, and is not trusted or countenanced by a singlo democrat in this city. We here go as one man, for MASON and MUNDY. ib: PEJLYSlXVAIfIA ELECTIONS. The Globo of tho 13th contains the following returns of tho Pennsylvania elec tions : FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Democrats. Federalists. Philadelphia county, 8 0 city, O 7 Montgomery county, 3 .0 Chester, 0 4 Delaware, 0 ,1 Bucks, 2 2 Berks, '4 0 Lehigh, 2 0 Northampton, 3 .0 York, 3 ' 0 Dauphin, .0 2 Lebanon, 0 1 Cumberland, 2 . 0 Perry, , 1 0 Adams, 0 2 Bedford, 2 0. Luzerne, . 2 . 0 Washington, . 3 0 35 10 Tho following, among other jcsolutions, was adopted at a County Convention, re cently held in Kalamazoo i ' ' x Resolved, That the zeal, great ability, and untiring devotion to tho interests of Michi gan which has characterized tho conduct of Gov. Mason during his administration, in securing our recognition as a state in tin; Union, tho sate of Michigan her proportion of the surplus revenue, establishing an en lightened and perfect system of public in struction, and urging on to immediate con. struction certain works of infernal improve, ments, in which tho great interests of tho west are peculiarly and vitally identified nnd promoted, demand our warmest thanks, and we sincerely recommend our fellow ci tizens to give their undividod support to the candidate, who, if elected, will carry out the grand scheme, and complete the plan alrca. dy marked out by . his wisdena, and so im portant to tha prosperity of the interior. A tobacconist in New. York Ms for a sign, throo figuros employed as described in tho following graphic lines: .... - We three, Brother! be, In one came . Tomennfla . Dill pnfli, . ., Ani 1 ekawi. COIlSTAtlTltlE nEPUDLICAtl. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEU SJ, 1937. FOR OOTNOR, STEVENS T. MASON, FOR LIEUT. OOVBRNOR, EDWARD MUNDY. . ,, . .TO SENATOR, , , , VINCENT I. BRADFORD. FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATURE, . Elian S. Swan, , . . AND - Columbia Lancaster. For Judge of Probate, CYRUS INGEKSON. OtrThe Election takes place on Monday and Tuesday, the 6th and 1th days of No. vember. . The following are the Democratic Committees of Vigilcnca, for the different towns in this coun. ty, as adoptod by the lost County Convention : Town o! Leonidas, Jiraac G. Daily, Jairus Pierce, v . James Bishop, Martin C. Watkins, , Wm. C. Keth. Town of Nottaws, Wm. Motlram, Benj. Sherman, O.B. Harmon. Town of Bucks, Charles Tomes, Frederick Shurtt, John Baum, Cyrus Ingerson, George Buck. Town of Whito Pigeon, P. E. Runyan,' W.Miller,- ' Peter Robinson, Daniel Howell, Chapman Yates. Town of Constantine, - Feter F. Putnam, A. L. Driggs, Charles Robinsonf Wm. C. Pease, Daniel Munger. Town of Flowcrficld, Mr. Woodruff, Mr.Foot. " ' ' Town of Colon, Daniel Everard, Abraham Lowry, A.Hill, L'. C. Mathews, Daniel Hogan. Town of Mottrille, Harvey Cook, Chaancey May, Daniel Osbern, W. A. Sanger, ' AbraJiam Riecert. Town of Sherman, ' Oliver Raymond, Freeman A. Tisdell, . . II. Me Arthur, ' Hiram Jacobs, John Sturges, - Town of Florence, Albert II. Strong, 'Jehiel Dimick, , . Joseph Garton, Norman Roys, W. Hunt. "THE WRONG PIG BV THE EAR." Tho whigs of tho eastern part of ; tho state, despairing of success for their candi. date, without creating division in the demo, cratic ranks, got seven men together, a. mong whom were Mr. Biddlo and Mr. El lis, and nominated Mr. Ellis for Governor and Mr. Diddle for Lieutenant Governor, and then passed a resolution that thoso seven men, their noble selves, were the sovereign people of Michigan. Tho edi tor of the Detroit Advertiser patriotic soul knowing that no democratic editor in the state would countenance any such pro. cceding, came out in glaring capitals, and announced the new nomination. The whigs in that part, are now leaving Trow, bridge and Bacon, and are coming out in favor of Biddlo and Ellis. These two men can draw no votes from the democratic party. - The Advertiser sees its folly now, but it is too late ; he will not be able to un. say all he has 6aid in favor of thoso two men. . Uufortunato man poor fellow you spake too late" the deed is ' donc The whigs claim those men and well they may, for they have been rather leaning on that side of tho fence. ANOTHER SCHEME. A friend of ours, travelling across the Peninsula, a short timo since, in a stage coach, found himself, after a general con. vcrsation among the passengers had taken place, to bo alono in politics- that he was caged in a regular built whig "sanctum sactorum- and not feeling inclinbd to fight tho wholo stago load, ho concluded it was tho best policy to "keep dark" and hear their arguments, which ho says, were "like the handle of a jug," all on one sido. One of tho number was one of thoso sc!f conccitcd mercitants of New.York, who think they know evory thing, and that tho common people, as they call them, know nothing. A Whig merchant from ono of our adjoining counties, was also one of the number. The merchant from tho wesf, in the course of conversation, remarked that tho common people in this country' did not feel the pressure that they: had abundant crops, and were all perfectly satisfied ; but, he said, if the Farmers in Michigan were pressed for what they owed tho merchants, they would feel the pressure seriously. Tho Merchant from New.York repled that the VVhig merffiants of Michigan ought to do it thai' they ought to crowd them to the greatest extremity that it would have a greater effect on the election than any other measure that could be taken. He said that was the courso that would bo pursued in New.York, and it ought to be adopted in Michigan. . . Now hero is the grand recipe for making panics, first introduced into . the United States by Nicholas Biddle, who so unmer cifully put the screws to the people in or der to drive them into the measure of re chartering tho United States Bank. BEWARE OF JONWV WRIGHT. NOT FANNY WRIGHT. This personage js traveling through the state with whig documents. lie is trying to create a division in the democratic party, by deceiving some into the support of Ellis and Biddle, and thereby defeat tho el ction of Stevens .T. -Mason, and Edward Mundv. ' He is sent out by tho whigs to do thi5 dirty work. He will, doubtless, pretend to be a democrat, nnd will try, to gull the people into the Biddje and Ellis in. tercst. This will not go down with honest yeomanry "of Michigan. Stranger, you are " barking up tho wrong tree." We are informed from tho best authority, that the nomination the whigs have got up to defeat the democratic candidates', is breaking the whig party .at tho east nil to pieces ; while the democratic party go to a man, for the nominees of their State Con. vention. And, indeed,, it . is a matter of fact, that many of the more honest of the whigs, seeing the foul measures resorted to to destroy Gov. Mason, both morally and politically, have now determined . to give him their full support. TO FARMERS. Tho following article wo copy from, the Michigan (Ann Arbor) Times. It con. firms what we have heretofore said with re gard to the attempts to reduce tho price of produce, in order to favor speculators, in jure farmers, and have its effect upon our elections. Now, we decidedly protest a gainst this course, and hopo that the far mers will not suffer themselves to be duped by these stories. Their produce must, it will bring them a price which will mply compensate them for the labor and expense required in its production. Really, tho hard working farmers of ' Western Michi gan, inubt bo obliged to these worthies, for their attempts to destroy their market. WHIG WHEAT WANTED. A few thousand bushels of whig wheat wated, at 2s Cd or 3s per bushel. Tho whigs promised us their wheat, for the a bove price at this time, and boasted that they would carry tho fall election on the low price of produce and other impending distresses which they threatened us with. So much for the prophetic wisdom of our whig Seers. Many of tho old residents of Michigan remember tho days when the pro duce of the honest' hard working farmer would hardly sell for enough to pay for bringing to market. We never dared then to promise to pay so many dollars, but so many bushels of wheat or com, or if we said ten dollars for instance, we would write after it in wheat at 50 cts. wer bushel. This secured us an uncommon high price in those times for our wheat. But under what administration was this ? We answer a WHIG administration, both of our Gen eral Government and .Territory, and wo trust in God it is the last Whig administra. tion that any of ns will ever ' bo doomed to sec. ., . : . Yes, fellow.citizens, it was when J. Q. Adams and his prime minister Henry Clay, guided the car of state, that the industry of the farmet and mechanic was so poorly requited. When tho last administration headed by our Democratic President Gen. Jackson, came into power they immedi ately set to work to do something for the laboring part of communty, (what the whigs call the lower order) and in a very short space of timo compared to the magnitude of the task and the strength of tho opposi. tion, they effected it, and wo never shall see again the bone and sinew of our coun try so oppressed if the democrats will do their duty by comming boldly forward and sustaining their own'causo against whig tyranny find bank monopoly. A GOOD SIGN V For the Democratic Party of St. Joseph County. The White Pigeon Gazette has joined the Whig ranks. . ' ' (ttrThc party of Engineers employed by tho State to survey the St. Joseph river, aro nov uctween this place and Mottvillc. A Spartan Town. Tho town of Rich field, in Lapeer county, at tho recmt election for member1 of Cougrcss, polled a unanimous VVhig vote ! Tho election was conducted with all the propriety and good feelings of neighbors collected together on a social visit. Not a singlo servile tory slave was present during the two days to mar and bolt the bright picture which tho manly free, men of Richfield presented on that occa sion.' Richfield is situated in the extreme northwest of Lapeer County ,on Flint River remote from any settlement. It is celcbra ted or its tall pines and unusual richncs of soil. In a political point of view, it stands tho oasis of the wilderness. Pontiac Cour. icr. . . . - Ha ! ha ! 1 ha II 1 T his is too good a joke to bo lost. There was only1 three votes polled in that noblo town of "Tall Pines." What a falling ofTwas there my countrymcii." From the first , of October 1838, to the first of January, 1837, there was imported into tho United States, from foreign coun tries, Flour, to the amount of 878,741 ; and wheat, during tho same period, to th amount of three millions, six hundred (hou sand, eight hundred and nine dollars which statement has lately been laid before Congress by the Treasurer of tlie U. States Does this statement, wc ask, show that Far mers in the United States are about to Lo ruined, as somo would like td make it out? Does it not show that the Farmers, on tho rnntfdfir n ro nnt nKlo Irt rn!i n cnfnHIH.V of bread stuffs to supply the. market of tho United States, and that our money is sent to foreign countries to support foreign farm, ers? Let tho vacant lands of Michigan be cultivated let tho magnificent works of In. ternal Improvement projected by our en lightened and enterprising legislators of tho last winter's session, bo constructed lej a channel of communication be opened from the west to the east, and Michigan can aid in supplying, that market which has been supplied by foreign countries. about to bo commenced, for which purpose Five Millions of Dollars has been loaned by the State, will give employment to a suffi. cient number of 'men to consume all tho produce the farmers of Michigan can raiso for the five years to come..- . v CASS COUNTY. Wo last week copied tho proceedings of the Cass County Convention from the KaL amazoo Gazette, in which it was stated that William Parks was ono of the-nominees for the House' of Representatives. ( Wo have since learned that WILLIAM EURKE, and . ALEXANDER REDFIELD, .' are tho' democratic candidates nominated u.. i,s :.. . j '' i 'wi ijjiaittium (uiu wj; aro uisu unarm ed that the ticket is an unusually popular one. Tho Democrats are wide awake in Cass, and will, no doubt, carry their ticket. IMPORTANT DECISION. : We perfectly agree with the Honor orablo Lucius Lyon, in his opiuion as ex. pressed in tho following extract of a letter to tho Editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette. We are well awaro that immense sums of mony hnVc been hoarded up for the express purpose of taking stork in a new National Bank. Now that the question' has been settled, this money must bo thrown into the common business channels ; OCfWe have received a letter from Washington, from tho Hon. Lucius Lyonw our worthy Representative to Congress, from which wo take tho following extract - Washington Sept. 2, 1837. - Dear Sir. Tho Senato has acted promptly and decidedly to-day, on all tlw petitions fbr a national bank, ad put that question at rest, I hope, for' the present, if not forover, by passing a resolulien, 31 to 15, lhat the prayer of the petitioners ought not to bo granted. This will operate as a measffre of greater relief to tho country than almost any thing that could have been done, for it will immediately let loose and put into circulation from fifteen to thirty millions of dollars dow lying idle in the cities of New.York, Philadelphia and Bos. ton, in tho hands of capitalists, who havo kept it unemployed in tho hopo of having an opportunity to in vest it in tho stock of such, nn institution. That hope is now cxtin guished, and they will look out for oppor tunitics to use their money in somo other way. , , , , FIVE IHIIXIOIY EOAN. Governoe Mason has returned from New.York, having cfTected tho loan of Five Millions of dollars, for the construe tion of the contemplated works of Internal Improvement, projected by the last JVIichi gan Legislature. Wo copy the following from the Detroit Free Press, on that sub ject: ; . , . - WHIG PATRIOTIS-W-THE - FIVE ItHLEIOtf EOAN. Wo regret to say, that there appears to be nothing, however untrue and dishonor, ablo in 'inelf, or however derogatory to to tho character and injurious to "the inter, ests of this slate, which the whig leaders and office-seekers will not resort to to car ry their political designs. Since the or. ganization of the stato government, thero has not been a story, however base or un. founded, got up at homo or abroad, calcu lated to degrade the character of Michigan in the eyesof her sister states, which tho whig presses hero ha.vo not echoed and re. iterated loud and long, far and wide. Not only the political, but tho intellectual and moral character of those called fo fill tho legislative, executivo and judicial depart.. tnpnld nf nnp rrnuornmont. hnvn Imon sailed and traduced without truth and with out scruple. ' . Nor have tho best interests of tho state been exempt trom tneir paricidal hand v whero the sacrifice would operate to ad. vance their selfish objects and personal ambition. We could allude to many in stances of this character in the political his tory of Michigan for tho last two years, but our object in this articlo 1.4 In pvrvwn one case of tho most odious character and of recent occurrence, which will rcceivo as it deserves, tho general indignation of every citizen of Michigan who has Its highest in, terestsat heart. - ' . - , , It is generally known that list spring, Gov. Mason, in pursuance of authority granted by the legislature, entered into a negotiation with certain capitalists of New York city, to obtain a loan of rrve MiLL ions of dollars to carry out our system of internal improvement, Tho result waa an understanding between the parties, that if tho capitalists realized their n in their business affairs, which thoy did not uouoi, mey woui.1 take lira loan in season for tho use of the state. About the 1st fin. slant, Gov. Mason received a letter from them, staling that thev complcto the arrangement, and requesting ii9 iiijijivukuu personal anenuanct atisew.