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Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-08-30
From the Buffalo Star.
BAD NEWS FOR PANIC MAKERS.

The New York Mercantile Advertiser
seems to sound the knell of the panic pa ty
in the annunciation of better times. The
wing merchants have learned to invite
some other hands to their raising bee, be-
sides Hercules, Nick Biddle, and the gov.
ernment--and have found that the surest
way 10 engage good and able assistance,
is to invite themselves. The Mercantile
says:
"Our streets in the business part of the
city, which for the last four months have ap.
peared almost like promenades-so free
were they of encumbrance by boxes, bales
and casks-we are happy to state now are
themselves again'--piles of dry goods, in
boxes and bales--bales of cotton, casks O..
hardware, and other articles of merchant
die, now cover those side walks, which
were so long without their legitimate tell
ants, and the smiling looks Of the cartmen,
as they rattle over the pavements-and the
cheering song of the stevedores taking in
goods into vessels bound to the north, south,
east and west, imparts to the well wisher
for the prosperity of our city, cheerful.
ness and life, we are happy, very happy to
see." =
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U-We have not yet heard the result of tho
Election in Cass, our adjoining county. We
have heard from Wayne, Monroe, and in fact
most all the counties in the state, but bave not
heard from thcrc-tho cast line of the county is
only six miles from us, and still we can not hear
word. Since the election we have received
papers from New York city, thousand miles
from here. We hope some of our friends in Cass
will hereafter give us the result of the election
whether it be good or bad news. We had made
up our mind that Cass county had gone a.
ganst us, but we were prepared for the worst.
and should consequently feel much relieved to
hear how much we have 10 pass over to the cred
it Of Federalism. Will some:of our friends in
Detroit be good enough TO forward us the news
of the election in Cass county.
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Young Mems Democratic County Convention.
"A notice will be found in our paper of to-day,
calling County Convention of the Democratic
Young Men the county Of st. Joseph. Asst
is general request of the Young Men through
out the county, that convention of the kind
should be holden, we are satisfied that it will be
numerously attended. There will probably be a
representation from each of the other counties,
and it would not look we'll for st. Joseph to be
found lacking. We hope the Democratic Young
Men in the different towns in the county will
make general turn out. In the Circular pub.
lishod to-day, for the Young Mems State Convcn-
ton, we notice request that three times the
number Of Delegates be sent from each county
that there are representatives from the same,
which entities this county to Six Delegates.
We hope there will be general attendance
from every town in the county. s
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-08-30

From all the news we have been able to gather
from the different counties, the Democratic can
didate, Isaac E. Crazy, will be elected, but by a
small majority. 1t was the worst time that an
election could possibly have been holden. The
Wing party have been vigilant and unccasing in
their energy-they have brought out their whole
strength, while hundreds of farmers who were
busily engaged harvesting, who would have vo-
the strength oftho party, and thinking their votes
would not make any difference in the final result,
chose to remain at home and attend to their crops
rather than attend the polls. This we learn has
been the case in nearly all tho counties in the
State.
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"Those pho dance must pay the Fiddler
The Wings of Detroit procured Band of Music
from Buffalo to vote by-but it would not do
all the music and parade they could make would
not give them majority. For the life of us we
can not imagine what the Wings wanted music
for at the polls, without they calculated to force
men to vote the ticket they did not believe in, on
pain of being discharged from employment, and
considered music necessary to steady their nerves
while depositing Federal votes.
We should judge, from the following article
from the Free Press, that the wings must have an
abundance of funds on hand to defray the ex-
penso of elections. Some one of the Banks must
certainly have discounted little lately, or else
their repeated cries about hard times must DO for
political effect.
Costly Electioneering.-We learn that
the wings paid, or are to pay, the Buffalo
band, which played for them at the election.
$3.50 and expenses. This is paying pretty
dear for the whistle.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-08-30

Deepest Nine in Great Britain.--Our
readers may perhaps recollect that some
time ago a coal pit, said to be the deepest
in Great Britain, was sunk at Monkwear-
mouth, to the depth of 264 fathoms, or L.
5s4 feet below the surface y and that in
November, 1884, Professor Phillips of New
York, along with number of other scien-
tifc persons, descended the pit, and made
series of very interesting observations on
the variations Of the barometer and Their.
mometer in the course of their descent and
ascent. The temperature, by these obser-
vations, increased in proportion to the depth
and q thermometer sunk into hole, drilled
to the depth of two and half feet into the
floor of the workings, from which hole the
air was carefully excluded, after remaining
in that position forty eight hours, stood at
7l.2. Since the date of Professor Phil.
lips visit, the enterprisng proprotors have
sunk it still deeper, and the average tenn
peraturo has increased TO seventy degrees,
degree of heat which makes it difficult
for the men to work beyond six hours at q
timc.t In addition to this Inconvenience
a species of fly, about an inch long, has
appeared, by the bite of which, both men
and horses arc much annoyed.-Minins
Journal.
! There are more shafts than ono at tho con-
solidation mines in Cornwall, which are nearly
300 fathoms, or 1900 feet.
| At tn, bottom of VOLTS shafts at the consol
dated mines, the temperature is said to have beer
so high as $50.
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CIRCULAR.

Whereas, the meeting in convention of the
Democratic Republican Young Men of
the State of Michigan, has been postpon-
ed until the 9th day of October next, and
conceving that the principles Of Demo.
cratic Republicanism will be better pro-
promoted thereby-therefor be it
Resolved, That it be recommended to
the Democratic Republican Young Men of
the State of michigan, that they increase
the number of delegates to the Convention
to be held at Ann Arbor, on the 9th Octo-
Der next, to three times the number of the
delegates allowed from each county in the
House Of Representatives in the State Leg
islature.
EDW. CLARK, Chm
Ofthe State Central Corresponding Committee
RICHARD e. MORSE, Secretary.
Ann Arbor, 9Th Aug, 1887.
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SPECIE PROSPECTS.

Notwithstanding the great combinations
to force an expectation of specie from the
United States, yet the Gold bill is still UNI
repealed, and while that bill remains unre-
pealed, gold will continue to come in. Of
this we see many proofs, even now in
different parts of the United States. Thus
late New York Evening Post says:
"Emigrants and Specie.-Within the
last few days the Storage passengers
those foreign paupers which Mayor Clark
charges $40 head for the use of the
city-who have arrived at this port, have
brought no less a sum than 100000 in
gold"
This large amount of 100000 dollars in
gold was brought by emigrants, and will not
appear on the custom house books and
we may add that these emigrants, being
most of them of the aboring and productive
classes. are themselves valuable acquisi-
ton to the country.
Again, the Baltimore American says:
"The last packet from England, the
Oxford, is said to have brought out $780,
600 in gold, to be invested in the purchase
Vi COltOus
This is an import of another kind, for
the purchase of cotton; but to stop this, the
Bank of the United States has gone in.
to the cotton trade with the dead notes OF
the old bank, and is buying up all the cot.
ton it can with this insolvent trash.
Again, the New York Commercial says:
Welcome go ers.--Yesterday, $780,
900 and 6l2 iJoons arrived from We.
ra Cruz ss9as.,.lad 700 sovereigns from
Havana, and three kegs, five boxes of spe-
Gle, from Charlss4n."
This is froasnanother quarter stih ,-from
the West Indies, and shows that the cur.
rents Of commerce are waiting gold upon
us in spite of the wicked attempts to drive
it out Of the country.
Specie is also flowing into New Or.
leans, and now that the instructions
in the mining district are quelled, the pro.
duct Of the mines will come down to the
seaports, and arrive as usual at New Or
leans.
Thus after all the wicked attempts to
strip the country of its specie, it is proba.
bic the end Of the year will show us as
much as we had at the beginning.-Miss.
Argus.
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We cannot forbear congratulating our
political friends every where, upon tho
great victory which we have gained in this
city of the aristocracy the headquarters
ofthe wings. Our enemies made the most
unexampled oxcrtions, and left no means,
fair or foul, untried, to carry their ticket,
and when we consider the fearful and ur.
equal odds against which we had to con.
tend, we are almost surprised at the tri-
umph We have won. Let the intelligent,
unbought and dependent democracy of
the city, whom nothing could swerve from
the path ofprinciplc and duty, be honored
for their achievement.-ib.
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add Republican to Wing to make 1t 60 down.
This puts us in mind of bill we saw posted up a
few years ago, in the western part Of the State of
New-York, which was headed "Anti-Masonic
Wing Nomination"
This, together with the operation in the town
of Flowerfed Of putting in circulation tickets
for "Erastus L. Crazy" instead of Isaac f. era.
ry, of which thirteen were put into the ballot box
and were consequently lost-and the falschood
circulated among the settlers on the Indian Re.
servation, in the town of Nottaway, has gained
for tho Wings great many votes which they
could not otherwise have oil tanned. The Demo
cratic party will loose nothing by these operations
the deception will react upon the perpetrators
and have tendency to aid the democratic party
at subsequent elections.
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-08-30

Tennessee.-From this state the news is
Aattering for the Democratic party. Sufficient
returns have been received to insure three, and
the probability is there will be four Democratic
members of Congress from that state, which will
be gain of two for the Democratic party Last
year il stood Democratic two, Federal eleven.
Now it will probably stand Democratic four, Fed
eral nine.
Arkansas.-In this State, the Democratic
candidate is elected.
Mnyland-In this State four Democratic
members and four Federal members have been O.
lectcd. Last year it stood five federal to three
Democratic.
Aiabama.-Last year this State sent four Fed
eral, and one Democratic members of Congress e.
The probability is now, thut there will be two
Democratic to three Federal members, being a
Democratic gain of one.
Mississippi.-In this State there were but
two members TO be elected-the election has re-
suited in the choice of two Democratic members
over their Federal competitors.
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Sectional IntereSf.--It has been insinua-
sed by wings, and perhaps by others that
Mr.. CRARY, the democratic candidate for
Congress, is sectional in his feeling.-lt is
a sufficient answer 10 such suggestions 10
state, that although he had no seat in Cor.
gress the winter before the last II was
mainly through his oxertions that 10000
dollars for the harbor at Monroe, 10000
for st. Joseph, $1,000 for Kalamazoo, and
5000 for the mouth of the Clinton, and
5000 for each of the six lighthouses loca.
ted in various parts ofthe state, were inser.
ted in appropriations, and bills. The two
former appropriations, and the lighthouses
passed the House but the Monroe and ST..
Joseph appropriations were cut down in
the Senate, and the lighthouse bill was not
passed in that body until the last session
at which Mr.. CRARY was equally jealous
and attentive 10 all the interests of the state,
without reference to local considerations.
Those who speak lightly ofthat gentleman's
talents, or who impute narrow feelings to
him, do not know the man. Their views
grow out of party prejudice, or proceed
from disposition, too prevalent even a.
mong profiessng friends to disparage merit
and ability.-Defroi Free Press.
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CRARY, the regular nominated Democrat
ic candidate, for reelection at the approach
ing congressional election, and that we rec
commend to our democratic brethren TO
unite with us in his undh idcd support.
Resolved, That the Democratic Cores
ponding County Committee be requested TO
call as soon as they shall deemlt praclca-
bic and necessary, County Convention
for the purpose ofnominating suitable can
didates for the House Of Representatives
and for the choice of delegates to District
Senatorial Convention, and for the transac-
tons of such other business as shall be
deemed necessary more fully TO organize
the Democratic party of this county.
Resolved, That Committee of two be
appointed in behalf Of this county to confer
with the committee on behalf of Lenawee
county whose communication is before this
meeting, TO agree upon the time and place
of meeting otDclcgntes from the two coun-
ties to nominate suitable persons to be sup
ported by the District 10 represent us in
the Senate Of this State.
On motion of f. Johnson.
Resolved, That the measures adopted
by the Legislature and Executive of this
State, for the general diffusion of education
and the construction Of works of internal
improvement, merit our most cordial appro.
baton and that our thanks are particular
" due to the members Of the Legislature
from this and several of the ncighboring
counties, who manfully sustained in that
body the Internal Improvement Bill, upon a
broard and liberal scale. ~
Resolved, That committee of Vigilance
be appointed, consisting of persons in
each town who shall act Us such until the
next county convention.
The following persons were appointed
such:
COMMITTEE oE VIGILANCE.
Ash.-Louis lie Due, John Davenport
William White, John Beaubien.
Bedtord--Wil liam Dunbar, John M
futile, Henry Mason, John Lambert.
Ereter-Gilbert Palmer, John Murphy
Ezra Webb, Henry Palmer.
Erie-Wm. M. Wadsworth, ID. M. c
Ludlow, f. Cousino, Salmon Keeney.
Frcxcltowm- flames j. Godfrow, Johr
S. Brown, Mcdard Couture, Lyman Hurd
Ida--.-Hiram Carney, A. l.. Briggs, M
l.. Vrcdeuburgh, II. M. Vanwormer.
Lomdom-David Hall, Eleazer Barnes
Henry Chittenden, Thomas Harrington.
Lasalle-Antoine La Fontainc, Francis
Charter, Horace S. Goodrich, S. S. Parker
Monroe-Albon Bennitt, James Alex
ander, John Mulholland, Seba Murphy.
Miiam-John Spalding, Bethuel Huyck
David A. Woodward, Jarvis Marvin.
Raisinpule-George Younglove, Milk
Tracy, Wm. H. Montgomery, Amos p
Taylor.
SummcDfeld-John B. King, Alonz'
Curtis, Rensselaer, Hooper, S. JENNIE.
Whtcford.-W. Page, Augustus Prem
noe, j. P. Noble, Henry Vaughan.
SENATORIAL COMMITTEE.
Edward d. Ellis, Franklin Johnson.
Resolved, That the proceeding of th
meeting be signed by the officers thereof
that the same be published in the Monro'
Times and Democratic Free Press, and al
other democratic papers of this Safe; ant
that copies thereof be forwarded TO ou
Representative and Senators in the Con
:gress Of the United States.
HENRY SMITH, President,
ELIpHALET CLARK, Vice President
CARLOS CoLToN, Secretaries.
ALBION BENNETT,
Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-08-30
CONSTANTINE REPUBLICAN.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 80. 1897.
FOR GOVERNOR,
STEVENS II. MASON.
FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR,
EDWARD MUNDY.
SENATORIAL CONVENTION.

Notice is hereby given, that Conven-
ton will be held at Scdoolcrait, on the 18th
day of October next, at two o'clock p.
M, to nominate suitable person for Sem
ator for the Third Senatorial District, in
place of CALVIN BRITAIN, whose term of
service expires in December next. The
different counties in said Senatorial Dis
trict, are requested to send delegates to this
Convention. 1t is important that all tie
Counties should be represented.
BY order of Democratic Central Cor.
responding Committee.
Kalamazoo, July %, 1887.
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CIRCULAR.

1t has been thought advisable, and by
the advice of many persons, we would give
notice 10 the Delegates elected or to be e.
lected, to the Democratic Republican
Young Mems State Convention, that the
time for the meeting of said convention, be
adjourned to Thursday, the 9th day of o.
tober next. 1t is important that every
county in Michigan should be represented
in the Convention. ED. CLARK,
Chairman of State Cor. Committee.
RICHARD +. MORSE, Secretary.
Ann Arbor, 20h July, 1887.
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A. l.. HAYS, G. ID. SMITH, and others.

The art OF icrlttng.-The Rev. j. Will.
Jams, in his "Narrative of Missionary En-.
ter prise" gives the following interesting
anecdote.
In the erection of this chapel, at Rara.
tonga, a striking instance occurred of the
feelings of an untaught people, when OBJ.
serving for the first time the written com.
munications. As had come to work one
morning without my square, took up q
chip, and with a piece of charcoal wrote
upon it request that Mrs. Williams would
send me the article. called chief who
was experimenting his portion of the work
and said to him.
"Friend, take this, 60 to our house, and
give it to Mrs. Williams"
He was singular looking man, remark.
ably quick in his movements, and had been
great warrior; but in one of the numer.
Gus battles he had fought, lost an eye, and
giving me an inexpressible look with the
other, he said,
"Take that! she will call me fool, and
scold me, if take chip 20 her."
"No," | replied, "she will not; take it
and go Immediately, for am in haste"
Perceiving me TO be in earnest, he took it
and asked,
What must | say?"
| replied,
"You have nothing to say; the chip will
say all WISH"
With a look Of establishment and con-
tempt, he held up the piece of wood and
said,
'lIow can this speak Has it mouth!''
desired him to take it Immediately, and
not spend so much time in talking about it.
On arriving at the house he gave it to Mrs.
Williams, who read it, threw it away, and
went to the tool chest, whittier the chief
resolved to see the result of this mysterious
proceeding, followed her closely. On re-
ceiving the square from her, he said,
"Stay daughter, how do you know that
this is what Mr.. Williams wants?"
"Why," she replied, "did you not give
me chip just now?"
EYES," said the astonished warrior, "but
| did not hear it say any thing"
"If you did not did," was the reply, "for
il made known to me what he wanted, and
all you have to do is to return us fast as
possible"
With this the chief leapod out of the
house, and catching up the mysterious
piece ofwood, he ran through the settlement
with the chip in one hand, and the square
in the other, holding them up as high as
his arms would reach, and shouting as he
went,
"See the wisdom ofthesc English people;
they can make chips talk they'can make
chips talk ]"
On giving me the square, he wished to
know how it was possible thus TO converse
with person at distance. gave him
all the information in my power; but it
was circumstance involved in so much
mystery, that he actually tied q string to
tho chip, hung it round his neck, and wore
il for some time. During several following
days we frequently saw him surrounded by
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gJ'Does the editor of the Ann Arbor Journal
know youngstcr in that town who wears a blue
frock coat and black patch over one eye? If
he does will he be SO good to inform us how
he penetrated that swamp, ten or dozen miles
from here, in order to get to house to leave a
copy of tho "Spy," and other Wing documents9
Will he also inform us what tho aforesaid set.
tier said to him when he arrived there? As we
understood it, he told him that he was much obi
ged to him for the pains he had taken, but he did
not train in that company Will he also inform
us how many kinds of Wing documents he
brought with him?
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Foreign Influence wing presses
of our commercial cities have been loud.
mouthed in their denunciations ofthe in1u.
ence of foreigners in our elections. From
the days of Jefferson to the present time,
democratic triumphs have been more or less
attributed to this influence, and democrats
have been branded as the political CONDUCTORS
of foreign renegades. These foreign rene.
gades are men who have sought in our coun-
try an asylum and a refuge from the poiti.
cal persecution of the land oftheir nativity.
Hatters of despotism, and friends of liberty
they have come among us 10 enjoy the bless
ings afforded under our free institutions.
They have torn themselves from home, to
plant themselves into new soil, to become
part and parcel of us-to indemnity them
selves with US in feeling and interest-to
cherish as we cherish the institutions estab.
lished by our fathers-to make their homes
hereto rear among us their domestic
alters-and to become, though foreigners
in birth, Americans in feeling. If where
their treasures are there also arc their
hearts, here is the spot on which their affec-
tons centre for it is here that their indus.
try meets with its just reward, and here
they are protected in their possession by
the arm fthe law. That such men should
lean to the side of democracy is not
strange. Many among them have seen
enough of" strong governments" q "splen-
did governments" to be heartily tired of
them. They have seen enough Of govern.
ments established TO secure the ascenden-
cy ofthe privileged few, 10 prefer system
that seeks to secure tho greatest good Of
the greatest number. 1t would be strange
indeed, if such men were friendly to the ar.
istocracy, and supporters Of strong govern
ments.-GloJe.
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Another Illustration of the fact that tisc
modern Wigs arc "all the deccncy," call tho
responsibility" and call the talent :" The fol-
lowing beautiful extract We copy from that
pink of federalism, the Detroit Advertiser:
PONTIAC, August "a, 1897.
We have whipped the damned Tories most de-
cidedly. Never blame Oakland after this. We
have heard from all the towns except five small
ones, and we have for Wells majority Of 10 |;
and are sure we shall make his majority 200, if
not few more, 10 this county. ~
Oakland gave a majority of l65 for the Fedc-
raj candidate; but we are only surprised that it
was not more. Some of the members of the DEM
oc ratio party of Oakland took exceptions to tho
candidate nominated by the Convention ON ac-
count of locality, undvoted the Federal ticket /:
but they will vote the Democratic ticket next
November.