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MICHIGAN. 



Jteaolved, That while we express pur cordial approval 

 of the measures of the Administration thus far, we here- 

 by declare our unalterable purpose to stand by and for 

 the Government and Constitution of the United States, 

 as against all secret enemies and armed traitors, and 

 with the legally constituted authorities against all 

 sympathizers, croakers, and grumblers, whether we 

 snail consider each future act of the Administration 

 the wisest possible or not; with or without our choice 

 of measures, we are for the Government for law and 

 order, and for such administration as the people, by 

 their ballots, have and shall order. 



The election took place on April 6th, with 

 the following result : 



ASSOCIATED JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. 



James V. Campbell, Republican 69,283 



David Johnson, Democrat 61,331 



Republican majority 7,952 



Blair's majority for governor in the preced- 

 ing November was 6,614. The following can- 

 didates of the republicans were also elected re- 

 gents of the University by an average majority 

 of a little more than 7,000 : Edward 0. Walker, 

 J. Eastman Johnson, Geo. Willard, James A. 

 Sweesey, Alva Sweetzer, Jas. J. Joslin, Henry 

 0. Knight aud Thomas 0. Gilbert. 



The number of troops enlisted in Michigan 

 from Jan. 1st to Oct. 1st, 1863, amounted to 6,322, 

 distributed as follows: infantry, 1,059, cavalry, 

 8,573, artillery, 510, all other branches, 1,180; 

 and of these 4,842 entered new regiments, and 

 1,480 regiments already in the field. This 

 number added to that of troops previously en- 

 listed shows a total of about 51,500 men fur- 

 nished by the State, from the commencement 

 of the wpr to Oct. 1st, 1863. The quota of the 

 State under the draft ordered by the President 

 in May, 1863, was 16,000 men, upon which she 

 was entitled to a credit of about 9,500 for 

 troops furnished by her in excess of previous 

 calls. The draft went into operation in Octo- 

 ber, but failed to produce the quota assigned to 

 the State, and the deficiency was subsequently 

 largely increased by the addition of the quota 

 assigned under the October call for 300,000 

 volunteers. By an act of the Legislature of 

 March, 1863, the governor was authorized to 

 pay a bounty of $50 to each volunteer; but 

 this sum proving totally inadequate to induce 

 enlistments, various towns and counties made 

 large appropriations of money for bounties. 

 With a view of legalizing these acts and of in- 

 creasing the amount of the State bounties, the 

 governor in December issued a proclamation 

 for an extra session of the Legislature on Jan. 

 19th, 1864. Among the new military organi- 

 zations authorized to be formed was a regiment 

 of colored men, which at the close of the year 

 was nearly full. 



On March 6th the peace of Detroit was dis- 

 turbed by a riot, growing out of the arrest of a 

 negro charged with violating a young white 

 girl. The former, while being conveyed to the 

 city jail under a military escort, was set upon 

 by an excited mob, who wished to lynch him 

 on the spot. The soldiers fired upon and dis- 

 persed the rioters, who soon after commenced 



an attack upon the colored population of the 

 city, many of whom were wounded and other- 

 wise maltreated, and driven out of their houses, 

 which were burned and gutted. All the avail- 

 able military in Detroit and its vicinity were 

 called out, and by evening tranquillity was 

 restored. On the 8th the riot broke out afresh, 

 but was soon subdued by the military, and 

 owing to the vigorous preparations of the au- 

 thorities, no subsequent attempts were made 

 to disturb the peace. 



The total interest -bearing debt of the State 

 amounted, at the close of 1863, to $2,993,299.80. 

 The total available resources of the treasury 

 during 1863, were $3,481,676, of which $2,- 

 009,210 were derived from the sale of State 

 bonds. The total expenditures of the year 

 were $3,127,555.52, of which $2,080,310 were 

 for the repayment of State bonds, leaving a 

 balance in the treasury, at the close of the year, 

 of $354,120. The following table exhibits the 

 condition of the banks on Nov. 30th, 1863 : 



Capital Stock $558,192 71 



Circulation 198,966 00 



Deposits 1,619,707 03 



Due to other banks 77,763 38 



Other liabilities 82,272 01 



Total liabilities $2,535,501 13 



Notes and bills discounted $1,235,614 62 



Specie 98,383 56 



Due from other banks 554,753 41 



Notes and securities of the U. S. and State 440,757 00 

 Mortgages, real estate, &c 206,287 54 



Total resources $2,535,801 13 



The report of the Superintendent of Public 

 Education for the year ending January 1st, 

 1863, shows that during 1862, 207,332 children, 

 out of 261,323 in the State, attended the pub- 

 lic schools ; that the number of teachers was 

 8,338, who received salaries amounting in the 

 aggregate to $491,293.55, and that the value 

 of school houses and sites was $1,673,258. 

 The school revenues for the year amounted to 

 $783,394.04, and the expenditures to $689,- 

 072.12, and the amount reported on hand on 

 September 1st, 1862, was $94.321.92. The 

 University of Michigan had, in October, 1863, 

 706 students, of whom 213 were connected 

 with the literary and scientific department, 188 

 with the department of law, and 305 with that 

 of medicine, showing an increase in all the de- 

 partments of 232 over the corresponding period 

 of the previous year. The receipts for the fis- 

 cal year ending June 30th, 1863, were ."):'..- 

 869.96, and the expenditures $45,618.94; leav- 

 ing a balance on hand of $7,751.02. 



The development of the mineral resources 

 of the Lake Superior region seems to have 

 been increased rather than diminished since 

 the commencement of the war. In 1862, 115,- 

 721 tons of iron were shipped from Marquette, 

 and the estimate for 1863 exceeds 200,000 tons. 

 The following table indicates the amount of 

 rough copper produced since the first attempts 

 at regular mining : 



