CRAWFISHING.
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The Locofocos, finding that their coalition with
the Abolition candidate, Brney, is likely to be
less advantageous than was at first contemplated,
are making some very faint efforts to deny the
validity of the contract. The Detroit Free Press
attempts to say that the Wings got into the Lo-
cofoco convention in some miraculous way, and
effected the nomination of Birney. But every
one must see that this is merely and purely a
falsehood, and could moi have happened. The
Locofocos of Saginaw assembled in county con.
vention, for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for the legislature, and nothing can exceed
the absurdity of the story trumped up by the
Detroit Free Press, and endorsed by the Globe,
that the Wings slipped into the convention and
controlled its deliberations, contrary to the wish
es of the Locofocos. The proceedings of the
convention, published on the spot in the Locofoco
paper, would of itself expose the falsehood Of the
story started by the Free Press. We have al
ready published those proceedings and now add
extracts from the affidavit of a gentleman who
swears that the proceedings of the convention, as
published in our paper heretofore, were shown to
him by the Locofoco editor in whose paper they
originally appeared:


"Deponent further says, that he called on Mr..
Jenney, the editor of the North STAR demo-
cratic newspaper, printed at Saginaw City, in
which the proceedings of said convention were
published, and was shown by him the original
manuscript containing the said proceedings, and
that the following is true copy thereof, as pub
lished in said newspaper of the Sd of October
instant" ala aar.p. asi0a


Here follow the proceedings Of the Saginaw
Convention, which we have heretofore published,
and according to which, Birney was nominated
by the Locofocos al the head Of their ticket for
the Legslature.j ,..,.=,as,
"Sad editor refused to part with the manu.
script, on the ground of breach OF confidence
The fact of Mr.. Birney's acquiescence in said
nomination and adhesion to the party nominating
him, is Of general notoriety in said county, and
especially in Saginaw City ; and is further proved
Williams, Thomas McCarty, A. F. Hayden and
N Beach, all leading Democrats in said county,
and two Of them, A. F. Hayden and Mr.. McCarly,
members of said Convention.


"One of the delegates to the Convention Ia
gentleman of truth and veracityD held on the
2Sth of September last, stated that Mr.. Birney
professed to him to be Democrat, and stated
that he (Birncy) would carry out Democratic
principles.


"And further this deponent saith not.


ssa "W. s. BRIGGS.


"Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th day
of October, A. D 1874.


"THEO. WILLIAMS,


"Justice of the Peace, Wayne CO., Mich"