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I'OOR 110 USE STATEMENTS
FOR 1856.
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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!
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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„
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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