Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-06

,ure distribution of the SURPLUS revenue OF The United
States. shall send you Tomorrow this report together
with the able report made BY the committee on Finance
on the disposition OF The surplus revenue.
MICHIGAN
Elncct gfc Letter from Detroit, .for. 10, 1886.
"On Monday ard Tuesday OF last week. the annual
elections lcok place in Michigan for members OF the
Stale Legislature, for county oicers-and tor the hrst
s the people oil the State voted for electors ot trcsl-
dent and Vice Presdcn, OF tn, United States.
Our Senate crnsSs OF sixteen members: onc.hat OF
whom axe elected every year One vacancy, OCCASION
I'd by gnaon had also ~ be filled IL t! recent cleo
ton OF the nine Senators elected for the coming Lee
gislauIe, eight Democratic Republicans and at these
eight seven are in favor oil assent being immediately
gwen by Michigan 10 the conditions prescribed by Con-
urcss for her admission into the nIon VI the seven
Old Senators, elected last year, but Two are against
accrdng o those The House OF RepIesen'
tarives Is composed Of fifty members OF these from
thi7lytwo thirty five admission men, and Demo-
cratic Republicans. OF both branches, therefore, about
r!tyelyI are Vi this orthodox Cast, and not more
eighteen, II that nunorr, are N!ssearri au Wings lie
public has under gone great Change since the
unfortunate REJECTION oy The Ann Atbvu' convention OF
The Of Con I.ess Jndiliunly admitting nto the
UnUn. Tw" thirds vi the people in avor OF rrrer-
sing that decision aud you sal perceive from the pa
pcs winch accompany tins letter, that they have resns-
ed 10 eject another convention" To gave tner liitGiae
assent ~ the terms OF ad!isorIn
line Democratic Convention OF the State chosen for
the purp Sc nominated three Candidates Tor Tie eeco
raj college OF the State, prGged 10 vote Tor MIR. Van
Buren, and Col. J"nson T:e Wings aud dssenters
made SECOND niinilIon u electors unpedgrd to the
support ot any Presidential! Candidate" Inc object was
to defeat the first TICKET, and to act according 10 cItcu.
stances after the but the regularly nominated
Democratic ticket has been elected by about olr thou-
sand minority aud nIil vote, and transmit to Washing
ton Their votes, Tor Martin Naa Buren, and Richard NJ
Juhuscu.
All the difficulties We have had 10 encounter in the
organization Of State Government. and III obtaining
admission Uui"n, lar az the action Of our own
people has been concerned, are distinctly Eaceioe W
the Federal Wing y here: and to discontenteu rag
uen OF our own party, soinc ni whom were FedetaIss
in tie States from which they came, ana Joieu the De
incrlcy because they thong It the strong SIDE De-
eacd ID their hopes Of elevation, they nave stra'n
ed every nerve to divide amd put down tie Demo-
cratic party Of l.chlgan they succeeded by an unIon
with The Wings, and ny awaiting themselves 81 t'le
general Of people 10 the Fri'n4uish'eht
vi What they considered oar proper southern oouh'
Garv in Obtaining veg small majority IN the con-
vemon called 10 consider THIS SUBJECT MS HniJo''y
very supercluusy reccsG he conditional act oi au's-
SION presenting plan TO obtain admission OIL ot"ef
terms, and adJournlDg without adopting any measure
10 secure accession To the Sn"" as Size, uniesS
they uay have considered such, the appointment oi
Sir Andrew Mack the collector oil tins port; ana VIZ.
Austin E. VIM and DR.. Robert Clark two wings, ~
ambassadors TO watch cooperate with the SENATORS
and Representative chct OF AchIsan at uie aPptoao"
my sesEui OF Congress. TIs app'ntmrNt Is beginning
10 considered. 10y til" pubic sehefa!ig, eAEceeS
rdlculous and even insulting 10 Tie proper hePlesen-
talyrs OF Michigan 10 Congress- IT.,
But Notwithstanding the conduct and efforts OF TIC
deemed, and its Democracy firmly ergan'zcd ana eS'ao'
lisiled in The ascentancy.' -1'5u"y lrgus
| SPECIE CIRCULAR.
IT Was recently alleged in Missouri Opposition paper,
with much exuitrtipn that tIere lend OF the
humbug, as the Specie CTcu4l hau 80 cou'cousy oeen
called.
| It declared that some Treasury Circular had
been issued which it seemed To CONSIDER rs nodlcu'
ton or repeal Of Tie original one ,
We inquired Of the proper place. u 'rfr nan 'reh a"y
! euch Circular Issued,
there had not.
Thi, we published; and though admitted 10 be true,
yet some OF the Bark presses assert II was eVasVe of
liable to msconsruct'on; and lmpulaons have been
made both on and the Treasury Department. oi ue'
slu to IaisIead. rc,
FRur these are wholly un;pundrd. In point oil TACT,
neither the Treasury department nor any OF It's bureaus
have issued any circular on that SUBJECT" IS 10 us
tursing officers have any bureaus IN any other We,
psr,nrnt issue any which alters or annus lie original
sprric circular IN any respect
| wv, h,vc since learned however, that bureau in
the War Depan, complaint some uine as" that
its discussing officers had SUDDENLY drawn aFse sums VI
supc.e from Of the opposite banks, mas cau'oneu
them in relation that course. But ms mas no'n"s "
a. ;,h fine or;pual specie circular from the Treasury
and we never inuuiied ct the War DePaftWen ii 'e'
pect to IT, and neither knew nor published any e5 DO
to lis proceedings on that pom"
~. neither knew nmr inquired any where as 70 any
on, eIc.p the circulars OF the Treasury and thought
rnly of some modifying the original specie c'r
cuar. -, 49,, .L
Had,
Nv ,be Way Department. in respect 10 us discussing ON
cor, nc IN drawing on the banks though having holnB
10 do with the imputed 'humbug, we certainly should
have pubshed il, because reflects credit on those VINO
surcrsvd H. with view 10 protect the banks ioih uh-
!, ! necessary aud yexauus drnands Tor specie.
Hu, ". did not know it, and Gid not ask concerning
il and learn shat not then known a. inc treasury,
hou-h the latter had tune previously inVi'eu Inc
attention of the Wa. Department TO the suoJecl-dt'oe
Ex,r,,,,ors TwAyELLlye.-Atthec commencement of
L,. Of ppnt
Lilo yo INTO oDrra,ion belween the North and South,
rh;cb viii no ahead OF anything in the country for ex-
pedlon aud comirt and will secure nhe''ehlhs oi 'he
travel along the Atlantic coast
ri. r,,c, il AZ follows 4 daily line OF boats 10 ply
from Baltimore or some point Of the Port Depose Kan,
road 10 Portsmouth, 10 connect with the fof'Siou a
poo,okr Ra.road which will take travellers 10 WELDON
Al which place they will be met by spithoo 'ihe u
, , ,rL,rh ors IN 90 over the road 10 Wl!tnngton-a
Distance nearly eala that now travelled 'f"," Dany
10 etteville-hough over much "oie a'o -
SAINT section OF country. Thence Inc s'ea. ~ ~
= Wilmington Rail.rrad will take passengers oiai'
y ~ IN rom ID To 10 hnurs through sale ana peasahl
:, nnyiGson There .%~ Charleston aud hamburg n'.i'
road IS aken by which passengers are cohYfyeo 10 fu
3 os,, Geo at which point they are fie' Wy Tue nc"
,, go. lin. from, Augusta 10 Hon1gHinrfy' M.
a. 49,, Arrangement, 43 hours viii be saved from nj
h l,diDa to Augusta, besides avoiding ice leoaoo a
j, .;ssoms iaunt from Baltimore To fe'efsourS wa s'
r,s ri r. r. road stn yes and steamboats, ne oeaoeo
d :, from, The Roanoke 10 Augusta, through huo aus
Of nre night aud day, !o clean EoIos 10 "
" mng,on and but change from thence.
r lso dispense with the journey from Charleston &c
ScIrby sea the Wiuiin gDn route being much more
r pleasant, csped"Hs and saie-ps7tsm04h Journal
10 C;,c;ooati and Charleston Rail Road Company:
=, The Total number of Shares taken il the dteren
III States in which subscriptions have been opened LOT "
.. Rail Road is as follows: o,aoc,o
-, South Carolina, u y oSS
80 North Carolina, assa
Tennessee, .1S71
X. Kentucky, Iaa