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DETROIT, Michigan, Feb 4th, is4S
The Legislature of the State OF Michigan have
this day elected Gen. LEWIS CAss U. ;. Senator
for ak wears from the 4,h of March next, vice Au-
gustus Porter, whose term expires on that day In
the House of Representatives he received Al out
Of 50. and in the Senate all but two votes. There
IS not a solitary Wing in The Senate and Messrs.
Li,lleiohn and Pratt, who voted against him, did
so on the ground that, il the General went to the
Senate, il would destroy his chance for the Presi-
dency, and they made the prophecy that, if Gen.
Cas- went into the Senate, he would not be the
candidate of the Democratic party for President IN
1915 That they have had peep into tie iuiure,
no one can doubt who is acquainted with the Cen
eral, and knows with what he will have 10 contend
in the Senate. With Webster and Corwin on the
one hand, and Benton on the other, con;endns IL
yals for the same eminence, Cass will stand but
poor chance.
To one who has been accustomed TO attend upon
The deliberations of the Legislature OF the State OF
New-York, the contrast presented by ours can out
be amusing There is none oil that dignity or order
which prevails in yours, and you viii see many
here as Legislators who appear as strangely out OF
place as would donkey in church. TREND OF
minc, in passing through Detroit iroal your State,
mel at one of our hotels person whom he had
known in one of your villages on the canal IN The
central part of the State, as canaldrlver, dock
loser, and one who was looked upon by his neigh
h = az n very suspicious character and asking him
wi,2t lie was doing here, he replied that he was
rs a member of the Legislature! 1t might
mars be d question whether such Legislators
would make laws TO punish rogues, or TO aid them
10 escape punishment
nE horHf In,n Irht
Owing to the almost entire failure of the wheat crop
last fall, the farmers find themselves not only una
bic TO relieve the overwhelmed shelves OF our mer-
chants, but to pay what they have already incurred
Beside, our merchants brought ln.an unusually large
quantity of goods, and our State is flooded with
merchandise, which mast remain on their hands
hl another crop is harvested.
Our Legislature has instructed our Senators and
requested our Representatives IN Congress 10 use
all proper exertlons Tor the annexation OF Texas
to the United States as sooh as practtcd6e: n
Wing member of the House offered 10 amend the
msamble so that tue Birney voters should receive
mart of the credit due them Tor elechng Polk, and
thereby securing Texas, but the Locos Indignantly
rejected it, How ungratetul!
Orr Legislature has also requested our Senators
and representatives to use all proper exertlon 10 re-
duce the hostage on letters, &c. Why does Con-
cress manifest much indifference on this subject!
No question has been more asllated by the, people,
and, however they may have differed on other sub
iects. on this they have been unanimous IN Their
demand for reform. To the West more especially
is this matter of interest. Our business connec-
tons are withthe East and mos, OF our inhabitants
are from the Eastern States, where they have left
relatives and friends, from whom they are in
measure cut off by the high rates of postage.
We have had no SNOW here yet, and the river OPP
posiic this city continued open till the night OF the
3lst when closed and ii is now crossed on the ice
| saw an accountin some Of your papers, of duel
which took place nearly opposite here between Mr.
Woods and Mr..Baby, in which II was stated that
the latter was seriously wounded The TACT was,
neither was hit. learn from good authority thus
was the fifth duel in which Mr.. Woods has been Il
prir. cipal, and as he has not yet killed his We
may presune he was not considered very danger
Gus shot Yours truly, L. c. Nj.