Whole No. 2393. •TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION'. Q\K DOLLAR PER AYUJI, IN' ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents. ! *§ ?I5A11 NEW subscriptions must be paid in jkdvance. If the paper is continued, and m t |>aid within the first month, §1,25 will be charg ed I if not paid in three months, §1,50; if not P aid in six months, §1,75; and if not paid in |Sine months, §2,00. * Ail papers addressed to persons out of the eountv will be discontinued at the expiration of tti e time paid far, unless special request is made So the contrary or payment guaranteed by some person here. ADVERTISING. I Ten lines of minion, or their equivalent, con stitute a square. Three insertions §l, and 25 Scents for each subsequent insertion. I'OOR 110 USE STATEMENTS FOR 1856. <- Auditor's Statement of Treasu rer's Account. WJliam Russell, Treasurer, in account with 'IP the Directors of the Poor of Mi til in county, 1 from January ], 1856, to January 1, 1857. Dit. T > cash ree'd ol County Treasurer, §4500 00 " " J. W. Shaw, 16 50 >4516 50 •£ By the following orders paid, via : Win. M. Fleming, for hoi*e, wheat, If and services a* Director, >142 00 Nancy Lockwood, fur keeping John V :JF Maxwell, IC 25 "Darnel Zeiglcr, for stove* and services jgl as Director, 73 20 ■ohn Barger, making coffin, 4 00 Joisn Davis, saddlery, 9 37 George Blyuayer, merchandize, 531 34 §pt. H. McClintic, coffins, 25 00 B. B. Selheiuier, *tuve*, tinware, dec., 3-' 63 |ft. & M. Frank, merchandize, 93 74 |B. Kennedy, coal, bacon, fi*h, salt. Ac. 294 49 IBontuer, Bailey A- Stuart, merchandize, 89 79 Miller, Macksmithing, 37 79 fy. J. Hoffman, drugs, groceries, Ac , 158 73 C. Hoover, fee* on order* of relief, 24 27 Hb. W. Stewart, " " 16 50 John Bur kholder, for attending Hunt, jAfstaaU pox) 40 00 sßu-cjiti U Morrison, on account, SIJ 00 |Br. A. W. Moss, drugs, 7 rl Jacob Rittenhouse, burning lime, 36 50 Samuel Aurand, school tax. 2u 60 ISlark* <t Mcßurney. merchandize, 33 04 Ptoieral expense*, Thorna* Low, Jui aj at-', county. 24 56 D" Crawford, attending Jatn;*- Kager ■0 and family, 7 50 4(*< urge Kauffman, f >r cattle, 130 (Ml Kaacv Beattv. boarding Juim Rogers, e 00 w m J. McCoy, funeral i-xpen*e*, Ae. luf Richard Cole, 111 00 18. G. Bell, balance road tax, 7 2s Jhi. Slerrelt A ( f!>ur, feed & nnize 272 65 H'ru. llardy, for keeping John Paris, |ffi colored and insane, 93 07 fftilier &. Shimp, blacksmitluiig, 41 12 |B>s. It. Wills, boot* and shoe*., 59 00 JR. Muetgouicry, *• 27 00 i*. Deb*, of levss paid in 1 -56, >2867 2.1 Darw, Ma bin, attending Uhas. (J Nail, icsaae, 27 oo Adam Knepp, -• " " 28 00 %V:n. 11. H.rs*irigcr, boarding " 5 00 Dr M T. Mitchell, attending - 00 IVu. Butler, for Susan riiiipton, > *maH M pox) 5:1 #U Owen O.vi .*. keeping Llizabelh Smith, 39 0!l Dr. S. S. Gumming*, balance in full, 2u tMI ioT.n Boas, keeping Hcitrv (I. Knepp, 12 W J)r- Tfio* VanValzah, Oaf a wee in full, 35 00 jjfa< ob Hamaker. repairing wagons, 5 50 iGeorge Ruble, for supporting his two blind sisters, JO 00 Dver*eer- of Potter township, Centre E county, for E. McKinnev, 21 00 Riddle, repairing i.idder*, 3 50 Blveiseer* of Delaware township, for ||P Ja* X. Rager and family, # 9 09 jD' J 1) Stoneroad, Phy-ician for Dc- Braturtownship, 8 75 IS. Hoffman, lumber, 1] 00 Sfcia* HuffnagJe, state tax, 30 6.) Blow-*. \A likiH.s, keeping child, 14 60 Blis Diy, coal, 32 37 -Alaney Lockwood, keep'g Jno. Maxwell, 16 25 Briihi Pearl, rent of bou-e, 18 00 D r J. A. S.vartz, ; ali for Mc- K Veytown, 35 00 ■surance. 49 08 Bpscph H. Morrison, on account, 500 (Ml State Lunatic Hospital, ->JO J9 IDha rie* Ritz. drugs and medicine*, 88 n0 BP- J Rudisill, wood and hat*, 20 85 Bid: M Frank, merchandise, !35 16 Al'i liam M Fleming, salary, 35 00 , "Henry Book. do* 50 00 Joshua Morrison, do 50 00 |Hpw is Wisler, school tax, ii", 50 A A Banks, drugs, 1 4> ■beasurer's per centage on §4516 50, 45 16 PDalaoce due Director*, ] 39 m 54516 50 We, the undersigned AuditcM-s of Miffiin ! county, elected and sworn according to law, Raving examined the accounts and vouchers uf William Russell, Treasurer of the Directors of the Poor from January ]. 1856. to January 1. 1857, do certify that we find a balance due from -the said Wm. Russell to said Directors of the Poor, of one dollar and thirty-nine cents, and <bat we have cancelled the orders paid by the ai l trea*urer. Given under our hands at Lew jisto wn, Januarv 22, 1857. JOHN BARGER, J , ~( GEO. HAX A WALT, y ' Steward's Account Joseph H. Morrison. Steward, in account with . > John Atkinson, Henry Book and John Peachy, Esquires, Directors of the Poor of Mifflin Hi county, from Jan. 1, 1856, to Jan. 1, 1e57. DR. f cash ree'd of G W. Thomas, late §67 69 *- tof orders in his favor on treat'. 1543 89 WSk cash ree'd for 212 bushels of wheat, 256 46 j do fur 2 bay horses, 220 00 1 D' do for beef cattle, 302 03 e-P" do for 20 sheep, 30 00 do for 4 calves, 13 50 ; Do do for pasture, GOO | - -Do do for 29 bushels potatoes, 14 50 .4|f>o do for 50 bushels oats, 17 50 >3pt>Q do for 50 bundles straw, 4QQ To cash from the friends of E. McKta- MB- ne y> t0 pay part of his expenses at B tl'C State Lunatic Hospital, 50 0Q Wo 69 bushels wheat furnished out door ■ paupers. 9 C gQ I SSidHWRHB) WSa2SS2B2iHB ETC OHBOMBtBif 3®ire2Sf<6affij lI:^W2S®®WS? 9 SZaffffMlEr <S®tMWRr 9 ffi_ o To 987 lbs. flour, do do 39 48 Balance in favcr of steward, 200 86 §262 51 CR. By balance due at last settlement, §656 15 i By casb paid for horses, 40C 00 Do for stock, 53 00 Do for labor 354 ®5 Do matron and cook, 120 00 Do for sundries for out door paupers, 149 10 Do for tobacco and stationery, 25 42 Do for repairs, 46 89 Do for marketing, 33 50 Do State Lunatic Hospital, 83 85 Do for plaster, 29 10 Do barber, 3 00 Do for toll, 2 14 Do for hardware, 2 25 Do for burning lime, 8 50 Do for funeral expenses, 17 00 Do for lumber, 2 75 Do for meat, 197 93 Do for 69 bushels wheat furnish out door paupers, 96 60 Do for 987 lbs. flour, 39 48 Per centage on §3500 as treasurer in '55, 35 00 Salary for 1856, 500 00 §2862 51 Balance due the Steward as above, * §2OO 86 Am't of orders unpaid in favor of do." 561 89 Am't due Jos H. Morrison Jan. 1, '57, §762 75 Balance due State Lunatic Hospital for Lydia Adams, 36 68 Do do for John McCormick, 48 25 Do do for Kdward McKinnev, 50 25 Am't of orders grant*#! to sundry per- S( us, oulslaudtag and unpaid, 2023 13 Am't of indebtedness of the Directors of the Poor January 1, 1857, except some small hills which bare not been presented, J12921 06 Produce of Farm. About 650 bushels wheat, 350 do corn, 500 do potatoes, 78 do rye, 100 heads cabbage, 28 loads hay, 3 beeves killed weighing 1200 lbs., 4 sheep killed, 3 calves killed weighing 150 lbs., 17 hogs killed weighing 3740 lbs., 3 beef hides weighing 210 lbs., 3 calf hides weighing 33 lbs., 4 sheep skin*. Stuck on Farm. 4 horses, 2 colts, 9 head horned cattle, 15 hogs and * boats. Far mini] Utensils. 1 four hor*e and 1 two horse wagon, 1 one horse wagon, 4 sets wagon gears, 2 set* plow gears, 2 sets tug harness, 1 >et single harness, 1 wa.ou saddle, 1 set wood ladders, 2 sets hoy ladders. 1 sled, 3 plow s. 2 barrows, 2 corn ' ul tivators, 1 three horse cultivator, 1 grain drill. 1 wheelbarrow, i fanning mill, 2 grindstones, 2 axe-, 1 set splitting tools, 2 woodsaws, 8 fork*. 4 -hovels, 6 corn hoe*. 2 grubbing hoes, 1 pick, 2 spades, 5 scythe*, 16 cow chains. 4 halters, 1 po*t bar, 4 augers, 1 scoop shovel. 18 bag*. 5 grain cradle*, I threshing machine, 2 corn *hel iers, 1 sleigh. Jluuse Furniture. 7 coal stoves, 2 cook stoves, 1 wood stove, 1 copper kettle, 4 tables, 5 stands, 6 coal buck ets, 32 bedstead*, 50 beds and bedding 3 it n kettles, 7 tubs. 10 bucket*, 1 set butcher - to -i-, 33 chairs, 1 sink, 2churns, 4 large meat vessel-. 11 oik (iuw uf F<<>r Jluuse fit/ and fur I' tup• >•. 5u shirts, 40 chemises. 34 frocks, 19 skirt*. 54 pair stockings knitted, 48 pair pants. 13 night c: ps, 19 hap*, 21 pillow slips, 22 sack.*, 11 sun bonnets, 29 aprons, 18 towel*, 11 bed tick*, 29 sheets, 17 pairs drawers, 17 barrels son p. X" in Poor Hoti-e January 1, 1856, 41 Admi'fed through the year 1856, 55 Bora in the house, o Whole No. ol" inmates for 1356, 9- Died in the house, 9 Discharged, 50 Bound out, ——] Xo. in Poor House January 1, 1857, 37 Out door paupers, 65 " '■ died, 7 " " discharged, 34 —4l —24 lu State Lunatic Hospital, 3 Discharged, 1 o Leav'g Xo. supported by the co. Jan. 1, 1c57, 63 lit addition to the above there ha* been about 50 trarxient paupers supported for a short time without orders or any entries on the books. We, the undersigned, Auditors of Mifflin county, elected arid sworn according to law, having examined the accounts of Joseph H. Morrison. Steward of the Poor House, and of the house of employment for said county, from Jan. 1, l>}s<i,to Jan. 1, 1357. do certify that we fir.d a balance due to the said Joseph H. Morri son, on the books, from the said Directors of the Poor, of two hundred dollars and eighty-six cent*. Given under our bands, at Le wist own, this 22d day of January, 1857. JOHN BARGER, I - r , GEO HAN A W ALT. $ *' Wtors ' Lewis town, Jan. 29, 1857-4t SEGARS!SEGARS! ONE Hundred Thousand Havana and Principe Segars of the following brands : Las 1 res Marias, Rio Hondo, Los Dos Banderas, Los Dos Cabanas, Li Dorado, La Bella Habanero, u.a Sultana, Flor de Londre, i Figaros, - a Xueva Lmpress, Operas, y ,cl ° ria > La Estrella, La union, Recreadores, * i I^uera ! , And various others. Also, a prime lot of well-seasoned "Sixes.' Dealers and other* can he supplied on reas onable terms, at the DRUG STORE of X* .. chas. ritz, Last Market st., Lewistown. WE tale this opportunity of informing the public that we have obtained direct from life CUSTOM HOUSE all kinds of LIQUORS, which are as pure as can be obtained in this country, expressly for medical purpose*. J. D. STONEROAD, oct9 BEE HIVE DRUG STORE The Balm of a Thousand Flowers YTffU-L remove pimples from the face, beau- W tify the skin, produce a natural glow of the cheek, and will positively remove all f RLGk LLS Irom the face by the use of one bottle only. Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale at the BEE HIVE DRUG STORE, i THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1857. a3ii Marm. MEETING OF THE WATERS. j There Is not in this wide world a valley so sweet. As that vale in whose boo:n the brlirht water* meet! Ohl the last ray of feeling an.l life must depart. Ere the bioom of that valley shall fade from my heart. | Vet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene j Her purest of crystal, her brightest of irreen; 1 Twas not the soft tannic of streamlet or liill; : Oh! no—it was something more exquisite still: : 'Ttvas thai frien•!*, the beiov'd of my bosom were near, !\Vho made each dear scene of enchantment more dear. And who felt how the blest charms of nature improve. When we see them retlected from looks that we love. Sweet vale of Ovoca! how- calm < >.nl 1 I e st lu thy bosom ot shades, with the frl.-n-L* 1 love be*t; \\ here the storms which we feci in this cold world snould cease. And our hearts, lice thy waters, be mine It I in peace. 13 3 liil & B 1$ V 9*^ CAPTURE OF HENRY LOUP, Escaped Prisoner of the Iforse Thief Gang. —On the evening of the 31st of July last, it will be recollected, that Henry i Loup and L. B. Chaworth, two prisoners confined in our County Jail—the former j awaiting irial for being connected with the Horse Thief Gang, and the latter, on sev eral ciiarges of burglary—escaped from prison by knocking down Jaiior DeWitt and throwing snutT into his eves. Noth ing was heatd of the real whereabouts of either of them until, a few weeks since, when Sheriff Gregg, through C. P. Brad ley <C Co. s Detective Police, of ( iiicaco, got a ciue m regard to where Loup was located. Nothing definite, however, was ascertained until eight or ten da\s since. On Monday ol la-t week, Sheriff Gregg Elmira for Chicago, where he was joined by one of the members of the De tective Police ami Geo. Jones, formerlv of this place, but now of Ottowa, 111., —a 1 town of about 10,000 inhabitants, situated on the Mississippi river, and started for Davenport, lowa—where they arrived on Friday night last, intending to proceed further up the river ihe next morning.— j On Saturday morning, however, the Sher iff learning that Loop was in Rock Island, j t.iey went there, an J about ten o clock ar rested hi in while riding alonj me of the streets of that piace. He was preparing to attend a horse race wfltcii was to couie off that afternoon uear Rock Island, and had bet his watch (worth *SO) and some money on the result. The ! Sheriff had an interview, previous to the race, with the stake-holders, an.l arranged it with them that the watch was to be u-iv en up. as well as the money, to hint, no matter how l.'ie race terminated. Loup's horse the race, and through the inter ference of Post-Master V ebbor, who al.*o claimed to be an ex-Sheriff, llie watch arid money were retained. We are authorized by Sheriff Gregg to say that the conduct of Webber was disgraceful in the extreme, t he h?ving goue so far as to threaten to stir up "the boys and rescue Loup from the hands uf the Sheriff. Webber is a sporting mail himself, and seemed to take a deep interest in the result of the race. To Under-Sheriff M. B. Murrill, Sheriff Gre£g was indebted lor many favors, and through hirn and Judge Wilkeson, he vet hopes to gel possession of Loup'6 watch aud money. On Saturday afternoon, the Sheriff, and his assistants, accompanied by Loup left for Chicago, where thev were compelled to stay during Sunday. On Monday morning the Sheriff" and Loup left fur El mira and arrived here about 7 o'clock next morning. Loup was at once lodged in i jail. He is looking exceedingly well, but is somewhat dispirited on account of ins re-arrest and confinement m jail. IDs occupation while in Rock Island, was hun ting, gambling and horse-racing. Sheriff Gregg deserves the hearty thanks of the people for the perseverance and promptness lie lias manifested in the arrest of Loup; and at ins request, we return his thanks to Messrs. C. P. Bradley Co., of the Chicago Detective Police, for the valuable information they furnished him in regard to Loup's whereabouts. As to Chaworth, iie is still "on the wing,' nothing definite having been heard of him since he left Eimira so unceremo niously on the evening of the Bistcf July last.— Elmira Advertiser. • A Schenectady editor, describing the effects of a squall on a canal boat, says ; V\ hen the gale was at its highest the uniortunate crait keeled to the larboard, and the captain and another cask of bran dy rolled overboard." I DIGGING FOR HIDDEN MONEY. Some time since a report got curient in i our midst that Levi Nice, a man who some years ago lived in this vicinity and who was suspected of dealing in counterfeit currency, had lately died in some distant prison, and that on his death-bed had made a disclosure to the effect that in a certain i place known as the "Devil's Care," under the " Die Rock," about three miles from this place, on the Lehigh Mountain, some $30,000 —halt ot it good currency—were buried under a large stone, together with plates, Ac., for the manufacturing of coun terfeit money. It was further slated that the stone under which the treasure could be lound had his initials cut thereon, and that upon its remoxal a layer of charcoal would be found, and then the money, &c. In accordance with this revelation, some ten or twelve persons, eager to get rich in a hurry, week before last daily visited the cave, patiently and eagerly searching and digging for the buried treasure, but it all proved in vain, for the more they searched the more discouraging became the prospect of finding their object, and further search waß accordingly discontinued. It is nut probable that any such revelation was ever made, it probably only being a hoax. At .any rate those who participated in search ing were "taken in and done for," hoax or no hoax.— Aiituton u litsialer. DIG STORIES. A lot of young fellows were trving their axil! at telling stories a few da\s ago Among the numerous stories toid on tiie occasion were the following hard ones : Dili said— I know a tree that seven men chopped for seven weeks, and then they took a notion to go round and look at the other side. They traveled four days and then came to a party of forty who had been chopping at it for four months and it was not cut half through yet ! Tom said— -1 remember that well. It was an oak, and five million hogs were fattened yearly on the acorrts that feil from it! Joe said— The tree was afterwards cut down and five hundred saw mii.s have been working on it for two years, and it is not half cut up yet. Two new towns, five bridges, and nearly a thousand barns have been built with tiie lumber it has produced.— The chips made in cutting it down, when closely heaped, measured four mdiiou cords and have supplied two In mat'es with charcoal for the last two years : Jack said— Deacon Drown afterwards dug out the stump and turned the place into a pasture field, lie kept so many cows on it that he made a million pounds of butter and nearly as much cheese every year ! Now came Suck in-the-mud's turn.— Drawing himself up, he said— W a'il, I ciunno how many pounds of butter and cheese Deacon Drown makes yearly—but I do know that he runs the five hundred saw mills Joe mentioned by buttermilk power! ' if "Somebody describing the absurd ap pearance of a man dancing the polka, says he looked as though he had P. hole in his pocket and was trying to shake a shilling down the leg of his pants. seated beside his sweetheart fishing—" Sally, I wish I was a fish and you was the bait. Lord'ee, how I would bite !" Drs. Mess & Sterneroad U~" FFER their professional services to the cit izens of Lewistown and surrounding coun ry. Office at the i'eehive Drug Store. jes ■>SJL;<w. ff . Attorney at Law, OFFICE in West Marketstreet,opposite Eisen bise's liQtel, will attend to any business in the courtsof \litflin, Centre, or Huntingdon coqu ties. Lewistown. Julv J, 1<?53. VSB_ Y® iwni /WX V \ Sp„ _w v A. si k<*eo:% i>L>Tfi.vr. PROFESSIONAL business promptly attend ed to, and charges reasonable. OFFICE on North Main street, second door below tire town Hall, and nearly opposite trie Gazette office. je 21, 1655 —tf. 1)11. G. N. HARCY, THE lIUKOARIAN A", (LA.TE • F NEW TORK CITT,) 0~ FFERS his professional services to the citi zens of Lewistown and surrounding coun try. Office in tiie diamond, adjoining Hoff man's Hardware Store. Dr. G. N. H. boards atthe Lewistown Hotel. Lewistown, Aug 30, lsss—3m* Dolfttcal. Defence of Mr. Wagonseiler, OP SCUUVI.Kif.f, COVNTV, For Voting fur Gen. Cameron. Delivered in the House of Representatives at liurrisburg on the 28th January. Mr. Wagonseiler, from the Committee on Lands, asked and obtained leave to make a statement, after which he made the following remarks: .Mr. Speaker:—Not being accountable to the members of the House for my Le gislative career, I did not intend to say a word here in reference to the position I assumed on the election of the United States Senator, but to bold myself answer able alone to my constituents. .Vly mind, however, has undergone a change since the discussion, which was sprung upon the House, on tiie request of Mr. Backus to be discharged or relieved from serving on the Committee on Lands. 1 therefore ask the indulgence of the House for a few moments to give the rea sons that influenced inc. as well as rnv col league. in '.lie course we look on the Sen atorial question. 1 came here as a Democrat with a view of carrying out, in good faith, the rules and regulations of the party, so long as thev did not interfere with a conscientious discharge of my duty to the interests of the whole people. 1 had no idea, however, that at the very outset there would be attempted an en croachment upon the rights of individual members of the party, in the selection of a candidate for the United States Senate, and therefore regarded as an idle rumor the report that the President elect was exert ing all his influence in favor of the iiomi nation and election of John W. Forney, until it was made manifest in the caucus —a period too late in the struggle to affect the result bv any action 1 might have deemed proper to pursue, different from the course originally marked out for my self. 1 did not even then realize the full force of the wrong doi.e the Democratic party —the great wrong done prominent mem bers ot the party, who, from their ac knowledged ability and worth, were end del to fairer treatment than being over slaughed in caucus by executive interfe rence and dictation. It was only after I had been shown the letter of Mr. liuch anan, dictating who should be the nominee for Senator, that 1 fully appreciated the outrage attempted upon the rights of the Democratic mem bers ol the Legislature. This was subse quent to the nomination of Mr. Forney and pre vious to die meeting of the joint convention ot tiie two Houses. i'o show that 1 assert noihing untrue with regard to the letter, 1 herewith ask that it may be read : Mhratuinu, Jan. 7, 1857. My D ar Sir: —Although 1 have always retrained, ironi interfering in the choice of Senators by the legislature, yet the Lighiy confidential relations which a Pennsylvania President ought to sustain toward a Pennsyl vania > nator, at the present moment, indu cer me to say a few words to you, us a valu ed friend, on the pending Senatorial election. 1 learn that doubts have been expressed a to a;v preference among the candidates, and, although my opinion may be entitled to little weight, 1 do not desire to be placed in an uuivocu! position on this ur any otticr sub- Joe t. When asked, I have always said that I pre ferred Col. Forney, and I should esteem it a friendly act towards mjselt for any person, m or out of the Legislature, to support him. At the same time, I deire to express my warm personal an ! political regard fer Messrs. Dobbins, Foster, Duckulew and \Vright. From the course pursued by .Mr. Drodhcad, for Bo in e years post, confidential relations be tween biin and myself have ceased. 1 havo thus presented you my views, no to at, if vu should deem it necessary, you may speak my sentiments to such persons as may consider them of any value. From your friend, verr respectfully JAMES BUCHANAN. Henry S. Mutt, Esq. A document so palpably hostile to the spirit and policy ol republican government —so subversive of every thing like tree ac tion and free thought—so insulting to Sen ators Bigler and Brodhead and other emi nent Democrats, and eo contrary to the expressed sentiments of Mr. Buchanan himself when called upon to give his opin ion of Gen. Cameron s previous election to the United States Senate, at once brought my mind arid that of rnv colleague to the determination to resist us instructions to the farthest end. 1 he letter first referred to not only calls upon Mr. Mott, one of the present Canal Commissioners, as 4< a valued friend"—who by the way, it will not be forgotten, was elected to the office he holds by the Know Nothings—a:. i upon all others, " m and out of the Legislature," to assist in the nomination of Mr. Forney, but stigmatizes two oi ' ;e leading Democrats in the Slate as unworthy of confidence—Democrats who now fill, with honor to themselves and credit to the Commonwealth, tiie office of United States Senate. 1 mean of course Senators Bigler and Brodhead— Democrats who present as ciean a record as that of the President elect himself. man understanding plain English New Series—Vol. 11, No. 13, will attempt to say the letter does not war rant these conclusions. Mr. Buchanan states, in effect, that a i I ennsylvania President must have a Penn j sylvan, a Senator with whom he can hold confidential relations. By implication, at least, he here gives the people of the United States— the I)e --j nmcracy of the Union—to understand that | Senator Bigler is unworthy of that confi dence; that the representatives of the peo ple, at the last meeting rf the Legislature did a very silly thing in electing Governor Bigler to the Senate; that the representa tives from Schuylkill voted for a man 1 wholly unfit for the position. What greater insult, I ask, could be of fered those who are the friends of Wm. Bigler, one of whom I profess to be ? Mr. Buchanan's reference to Mr. Biod j head is still more plain and pointed. He states distinctly and clearly, in as many j words, that Jus relations for several years past, with this consistent and distinguished Democrat, have been such that he has no confidence in him, and thereiore he must be slaughtered to make room for John W. Forney. 1 hese, Mr. Speaker, are the instructions to the Democratic members of the Legis iature, notwithstanding the positive assu rance from Mr. Buchanan himself, given, as 1 am told, previous to the late contest, ..iat all old animosities and misunderstand ings should cease and be forgotten— that every Democrat who labored fi.r the cause was to stand on an equality with his bro ther Democrat in the distribution of pat ronage, <fcc. How changed his views im mediately after the ejection. Mr. Brud iiead, we ail know, labored zealously night and day to secure the triumph of ihe Democracy in the late severe campaign., 1 he fruits of his services arc seen jn the unparalleled majority ol old Northampton —in the overpowering vote cast for the Democracy throughout tin- glorious Tenth Legion. Ihe fiat had, however, gone fortii. He was to be sacrificed with one term, after a career in the Senate which should have hiought him a different reward. 1 appeal to every disinterested, indepen j dent Democrat—to every individual who j values his manhood— whether so unwar rantable a reliection on Gov. Bigler, in the first place, and so unjust an attempt to prejudice the claims of Mr. Brodhead, in the next place, without taking jnto account others who were almost as summarily dis patched f>r .Mr. iorney's gratification, did not loudly call for rebuke ? " 1 took the responsibility" of resenting .his executive dictation, and should do so again did an opportunity offer. 1 did it ' wnn a full appreciation of my accounta | bility to my constituents. I I believe with this explanation, ilicir confidence in me will not be so much shu { ken as Mr. Buchanan's is in the two Sen ators mentioned. 1 alluded iu the first part of my remarks, to a letter written by Mr. Buchanan in relation to (fen. Camer on's former election to the United Stales Senate—-.in election which was brought abou' also by Democratic votes. The fol lowing is an extract of the letter. It con tains a rebuke administered by Mr. Bu chanan, in 1815. ttiat he himself may feel at tins time with almost as much force as our calumniators : Wx.-iii.voTox, 31st March, 1843. GENTLEMEN: 1 have had the honor of re : ceivmg your communication of the 18th inst., censuring ,he Conduct both of General Cam eron and of those Democratic members of the Legi-Uiure who, in union with tho Whigs and Native Americans, elected him to the Sena.e; and stating that you deem it proper to afford me, as a Pennsy Iranian, an oppor tunity to express my opinion concerning v\ hat you term "this unnatural and unexpect ed result W hiist entertaining for vou the j most profound and grateful respect, I have arrived at the conclusion, after much reflec tion, that it would be improper for me, espe- au * a Member of President Puik - Cabinet, to criticise or condemn the Lt-gisl.turu of a sovereign State far electing whom they pieaaed to tho Scnat*- of the Uni ted States. Jealousy of federal interference and icderal influence in State elections, ever lias been, and i trust over may be, a prevail :ng eentini tt throughout ths Democratic party . and ;u the new official position which I now hold, 1 were to pass sentence against those Democratic members who voted for another Democrat, instead of tfw: caucus , nominee, I might justly be asked "who made me a ruier or a udge" in this matter. Thev are responsible to the sovereign people of their respective district and counties, and in the hands of their constituents they shall be left, as far as lam concerned. Bt'sijes, I might add, that any interferonee on my part in this delicate question, would inevitably tend far ther to distract and divide the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, at a moment when I am most anxious it should :>e united in sup porting tne National and Stats administra tions. ****** I remain your friend, J AMDS BUCHANAN. I indicy Patterson, Samuel Fegeiy, John Fouikrod, Joseph Bailey, Israel Painter, J. K. Heckman, Charles A. Black, J. P. Hoover and Benjamin Champneys, Esqrs., and others. Democratic members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Mr. Buchanan, it will be perceived, and I wwh especial attention drawn to this fact, deprecates the interference of "Federal influence" in State elections, and says that jeaiousy of such interference ever has been, and he trusts -ever may be, a prevailing
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