RATES OF ADVERTISING. Viir lines or less eonstitnte half a square. Ten linos e• mare than four, constitute a square. ill!f eq., one day-- $0 30 One eq.. one day...». $0 60 .4 one week.... 120 oae week.... 200 one month.. 300 one month.. 6 (.0 three mouths 600 " three months 10 00 di months.. 800 1, AZ MOnthil• •15 00 one year ..... 12 00 " oneyear --- 20 oo 7 1:3^ SUBMOBB notices inserted in the LOCAL Comma, r , vf marriages and deaths, TEN CENTS PER LINE for tAch in ore sertion. To merchants and others advertising tv , eie year, liberal terms will be offered. "17 - The number of inHaritiona must be designated on a drertioement. alarriages and Deaths will be inserted at the Same rtes as regular advertisements. flt atriot tt• Riot biTURDAY MORNING, APRIL 11 1863 THE CAMERON BRIBERY CASE. jirPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE LVTO TITS TRUTH OF CHARGES MADE BY T JE FFERSON BOYER, MEVBER OF THE L EGISLATURE FROM CLEARFIELD COUN- Ty. OF ATTEMPTS MADE BY GEN. SIMON CAMERON, DIRECTLY, AND THROUGH THE AGENCY OF COL: JOHN J. PATTER SON AND WILLIAM BROBST, TO BRIBE BOYER, BY THE OFFER OF MONEY AND eicoMISE OF A LUCRATIVE APPOINT !UST, TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SAID SIMON CAMERON TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. TEstli(owr OF CHAS. n., EARLEY. 3y Mr. Wakefield. Will you please state if know anything in regard to Mr. Boyer's :aterviews and arrangements with Simon Cam rm his friends in relation to the election , the United States Senator? Vitness. The first thing that I knew, on return from Philadelphia, the Monday pre :oar to the organization of the Legislature, Myer said to me .he had seen one of Simon •' , .nieron's agents; that this agent (Brobst) had I •2proached him, and on asking him if he was , t aborired by General Cameron to do so, Brobst ;1 1,1 said he was; Boyet had inquired of Brobst, rho he was then negotiating. eith, and Brobst :LI him to wait until he would see him again, :wring the course of the afternoon, and it N ight be he could then tell him ; Boyer then AA he had a notion to draw Probst on, and ,earn wbo he was negotiating with, and endea -73r to thwart Brobst's designs; that same eve zing Boyer told me he had seen Brobst again,but Zd not get the inforMation he had expected ; I ;link it was on the next day I met Boyer and BrobA in our room, and I left them there, as I was politely requested to do so by Mr Boyer ; did not know Brobst at that time; I had an atroduction to him by Boyer sometime after- Tsrds ; after Brobst had left Boyer told me Brobst had wanted him to go down and r.ee Cameron that night, at half-past 7 o'clock, and that they were to meet at Herr's hotel, where Brobst was to have a carriage to convey +hem to Cameron's residence; Boyer did not :‘eow what to do, whether to undertake to tarry the matter any further or to stop, but he concluded to go down and see if Brobst actu lily had a carriage there ; we intended to go . 0 Sanford's that night, and I walked to San tard's with Boyer; on our way to Sanford's, at Herr's hotel, there stood a carriage, with a driver and two horses, and Brobst was stand log on the porch ; Boyer said, There is Brobst, I must get away from him ;" Boyer went to see Brobst and I went around the cor mer, towards Sanford's, and waited for Boyer; he staid a few moments and then came around to me, and we went to Sanford's; the next day, !I was going np to my room,) as I. went up stairs, I saw Boyer and Brobst come in at the door; I went up and went into my room and, as I was tired, threw myself on the bed ; our hel roar`, which Boyer and I occupy, Adjoins a sittine room which we use ; Brobst and Boyer tame into the 'sitting room ;f Boyer came into the bed room and got some segara, &c., and. took out to Brobst; Brobst then insisted on Boyer going down to Cameron's that evening; Boyer laughed, and asked Brobst how many more he was contracting with ; he .(Brobst) then said they had two that were to leave and not be present on the day of the election of United States Senator, and that they wanted two more; I think he said they Wanted four; Boyer wan ted to know what they wanted of four, and Brobst said, " By Jesus they are tryirig to buy on the other eide and we want to make the thing sure ;" after a long talk Brobst agreed that at half-past seven Boyer and he were to ?,e down to Cameron's house, and two other An were to go along ; I had intended leaving the room when Beyer and Brobst first came in, as I did not want to have anything to do with it, but Boyer motioned to me with his hand to remain; in the conversation between Brobst and Boyer, Boyer said they must give him some earnest money or band money, to which obst replied that they mutt go down to Cam •on, that that would be all right;' Brobat left to room and Boyer remained; that same night jer went down to Herr's and found the car ige standing there, and the driver swearing lout Brobst being drunk, but he could not eee robst ; Dr. Boyer had told me that he did not ce to go down to General Cameron's, as he . not think he could carry on the matter any trther, and he feared he could not keep from tughing, and the General was too sharp and odd not be drawn on, but he would only go Herr's and see who the two men were who re going down to Cameron's, as that was Tenant to know so that they could be !tided off; I was opposed to his going, and lvised him not to; I advised him to keep out ' it all the time ; I did not like that way of >ing business; the next morning Boyer told . that Brobst had again called on him and tat he had d—d Brobst and told him that he td disappointed him, (Boyer,) that he had ea there and Brobst had not met him, and he would have nothing more to do with tam, but he must send some other man, and rat Brobst had given as an excuse that he had a drunk and lain down, and the nigger had Ilected to call him until nine o'clock ; Brobst td then told him that Cameron wanted to see Its, and about fifteen minutes afterwards robst came over and told Boyer that Gen. menu was at the Stale Capital Bank, and Dr. tyer went over to see him; Boyer told me then tt he went over to the State Capital Bank, and a he and Cameron had had an interview, and rev had made an arrangement by which he is to receive 1,15,000, and that the programme td been changed from a go away to a vote ; next I think was on Friday, when I came ion from the House ; Brobst hailed me at. re corner of the State Capital Bank, and re tested me mot to go into my room; I went !ht on and paid no attention to him, and tut into the hotel; he followed me into the r room ; he then wanted a private interview th me, which I refused; he then wattle me ot and take a dish of oysters with him. which refused, as I did not want to be seen in his impany at that time—this was in the presence r Mr. Vaughn ; I then started to go in to see Aelt child of Mr. Veatglin's, and Brobat fol. reed me into the hall and again requested me it to go into my room, as there was a gentle in with my colleague ; I wanted to Pe who it was, and be told me it was Cam ; I did not go in ; I think it was on the the Dr. (Boyer) went to Reading; when he 4e down stairs be (Boyer) said be had had distinguished visitor ; he stated that they i e laid Cameron) had made arraneements to ' deem in the care, and that Patterson was go along, and that two other men who were tog contracted with to go away would ire on train, and that probably an arrangement aid be entered into ; I think Boyer left. that Lrrnoon ; I Raw nothing more of him until ter :tie return from Reading on Saturday after Boyer's return, he said that had had a conference, and bad agreed to 1 1 , _____ ___, • - mot 1.„7• ,-„..--,- -- _ v __ . • __---±-?,,, - r - -*-: 4--•:: v7-,‘ - -- - ----- --L • i _ __ EL:: : i .: ;.... 7 7,,:. .7• : • .„ 2 11i i 4. .": :T ' _ ' 7-77 7 - .. • • - '''''.:•-?t`l ',- tor r r L : -... - -----_. --• . ..„... .., ill .: 1.. •11 1 ,I , 1 2130 •Fl Iti - ._ - : - ./il • ii i ~ ~ , ! .. ...._ VOL. 5 -NO. 190. send the other two men back and negotiate with no other one than him (Boyer), and that they were to give him $20,000 to cast a vote, and gave up the idea of sending any one away, and that Patterson was to hold the stakes ; he said that they had had an interview at Don Cam eron's house on their return to Harrisburg ; Oh Monday I understood that they had had an interview which amounted to little or nothing, but that night, after the Democratic caucus, as we went towards our hotel from the Buehler house (late at night), Boyer stopped near the State Capital Bank, not more than five min• utes, and when he (Boyer) rejoined us he told his brother and I that he had stopped at the State Capital Bank to see Cameron, and that they had fixed a time of meeting the next mor ning at Herr's Hotel at half past seven o'clock; he skid that he had agreed to meet Cameron at the State Capital Bank, but I do not know whether he said he met him or not; the next morning (Tuesday) Patterson came after him at Vaughn's, just as we elope out from break fast, and said to Boyer he. wanted him at his (Patterson's) room at Herr's Hotel; it was then after eight o'clock ; Patterson had been wait ing for him ; Patterson started off, and Boyer put on his coat and followed him ; he laughed and said that that morning they were to count down the money, to pay $5,000 hand money, and wanted to know whether be bad better take it ; he said he had some notion of taking the money and donating it to some charitable purpose, and I replied to him not to touch any money ; this is all I know about the matter, except that after his return he said that he had refused to take the hand money, and told them to keep it, and they had said it would all be kept in the safe or in Patterson's bands and ready for him when the work was done ; he also said that they had raised the price $5,000 when he had agreed to see the Republican cau cus committee—that all the money was placed in Patterson's hands, and that Dr. Fuller came there to see him. By Mr. Beebe. Do you know who the two men were who were to meet with Mr. Cam eron Witness. Ido not; Brobst said they were two men from Luzerne county ; I do not know whether they were members of the House ; they belonged to one or the other branches, and were to be sent off. By Mr. Brown. When did you understand first that Boyer was pretending to sell himself to Gen. Cameron or hiefriends ? Witness. I think it was on the Monday pre vious to the organization of the House of Rep presentatives. By Mr. Brown. Did you understand from Mr. Boyer that he intended throwing himself in the way of Geo. Cameron and his friends for the purpose of deceiving them prior to his commencing operations ? Witness. I don't recollect having any con versation with him, or hearing the matter broached until after his itithrview with Bronst, when be spoke to me on Monday. By Mr. Brown. Did you, as soon as you learned that Boyer seriously intended making a pretended arrangement, disapprove of his course ? Witness. I did. By Mr. Beebe. Were you present or within hearing at any interview between Mr. Boyer and Gen. Cameron ? Witness. Not that I know; I do not know Gen Cameron_ By Mr. Beebe. Do you know of any im. proper influences or appliances used by any of the candidates to secure his election as 11. S. Senator, either by offers of money or place ? Witness. I don't, of my own personal know ledge_ By Mr. Beebe. Has any other member than Boyer informed you of any such offers ? Witness. Yea, sir. By Mr. Beebe. State who. Witness. Mr. Wolf, of Schuylkill, told me that he had been approached. By Mr. Brown. As Boyer and Brobst came to the door of the room, did you say to Boyer that you would like to stay and bear the fun ? Witness. I don't recollect of saying any thing of the kind at that time ; I did not eee him at the door; he came up the stairs after me. By Mr. Biown. Did Royer say to you that you must take the bed room, and did you go into the bed loom . at his suggestion, atd for the purpose of overhearing the interview ? Witneess. I am not clear about it; there was some conversation like that at some time; I remained in the room at his sugges ion, and I suppose he wanted me to hear the interview. (Signed) CHARLES R. BARLEY. TESTIMONY OF ROBERT VAUGHN ROBERT VAUGHN being duly sworn according to law, testifies as follows: By hir. Kilos. Will you state whether you saw Mr. William Brobst at your house some time prior to the election of United States Sen ator 7 Witness. Yes, sir; I saw him there every day for some four, five or six days previous ; I keep the Pennsylvania House. By Mr. Kahle. Did you see him at any time in company with Mr. T. J. Boyer? Witness_ Yea, sir; he was there stopping at my house and almost every day was in his company. By Mr. Keine. Do you know of Mr. Brebst bringing any other person to your house to see Mr. Boyer. and if so * state what he said and did about it ? Witness. On the Thursday or Friday pre viong to the election of lit iced States Senator Mr. Brobst came to me and requested me to close a door that led from my oar room into the entry for half an hour or longer, as be wanted to take General Cameron up to Mr. Boyer'e room, and that Cameron did not wish persons eitting in the bar room to see him pass through, and I did so. By Mr. Heine. Did you see General Cam eron either come in or go out of your house on that occasion ? Witness. No, sir, I did not. By Mr. Heine. Had you eny conversation either with Mr. Brobst or Mr. T. .1. Boyer in reference to the interview between Cameron and Boyer, and if so, state what it was? Witness. Mr. Boyer immediately, or in the course of a half or - three quarters of an hour after the door had been closed at the request of Mr Brobst, came in from the entry through this closed door and remarked that. he bad a distinguished visitor, General Cameron; there was other conversation *fish I have forvt ten. By Mr. Hain°. Did Mr. Boyer state what was the object of Gen. Cameron's visit? Witness. Ido not know that he did; some persons asked Boyer, "Are you going to make any thing out of him," (Cameron.) and Boyer said, "I will try ;" I may have asked the ques tion ; the answer was given publicly. By Mr. Heine. Hltd you any other con veleavions with Mr. Boyer on this subject, or did he communicate what arrangement he was making, if any, in renard to voting for Simon Csmerou for United States Senator? Witness. I have; for five or sit days prior to their going down in the Reading cars, Boyer to'd me of the negotiations as they oc curred, or as I supposed they transpired ; after that Boyer said nothing of any account mail after the election of United Slates Senator. By Mr. Brown. Up to the time of their going on the Reading me were Jun informed HARRISBURG, PA:, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1863. by Mr. Boyer what his purpose was in throw ing himself in the way of Mr. Cameron and his friends Witness. Ido not remember that he in formed me. By Mr. Brown: State whether you did know the fact that he was in negotiation with Gen eral Cameron or his friends for the purpose, or for the pretended purpose, of bartering away his (Boyer's) vote for United States Senator, from informotion of Boyer or otherwise ? Witness. Boyer %old me of offers and inter views between himself, Comeron awl Brobst in reference to that purpose, and the amount of money offered. By Mr. Brown. What other persons, to your knowledge, were cognizant of the aotion Boyer was taking ? Witness= Ido not know, sir; there_ must have been others in my house, as he made no secret of it or took no care to keep it quiet. By Mr. Brown. Did you yourself talk with other persons on that subject prior to the election? Witness. I have no doubt but that I did. By Mr. Brown. Will you give the names of the persons with whom you so talked. Witness. I talked with Dr. B trley, Mr. Samuel Wilt, and may have talked to others, but do not remember who; it wqs the general subject of conversation between three or four of us about that lime ; I talked with Mr. Wilt more than any one else ; he is my brother-in law. By Mr. Brown. When Mr. Buyer reported progress, from time to time, was it the subject of conversations between the persons who were confidants of Boyer's? Witness. Ido not know that Mr. Boyer re ported progress to me; he told me casually when he came behind my bar what had occur red; I do not know that he considers me a confidant ; he communicated sometimes to me and sometimes to Mr. Wilt, as he passed the bar. By Mr. Brown. Was it understood by you and the persons that you have mimed that Boyer was engaged in a scheme to entrap General Cameron into an offt.r of money, or place, to secure his (Beyer's) vote for the United States Senator ? - Witness. I can only speak for myself; I so understood it; I drew the inference that he was going to entrap him on account of his telling these things ; these negotiations as they occurred. By Mr. Brown. Did you and the persons named, or any of them, in conversation with Boyer, advise him with reference to the matter, either as to the necessity of being cautious or approving what he was doing, sr disapproving thereof ? Witness. I think I said at one time to Dr. Boyer that if he could save the Democratic party from defeat by deceiving Cameron that I thought it was his duty as a Democrat to do so. • By Mr. Brown. Did you have conversations with the other persons before named by you, or any of them, or any other person or persons, relative to the propriety of what Boyer was doing in referenci to entrapping General Cameron ; if so, with whom and what did each of them say, by way of approval or disapproval, of what Boyer was doine ? Witness. No, sir, I had no such conversa tions. By Mr. gain. Do you know John J. Pat- Witness. Yes, air. By Mr. Kaine. Do you know of John J. Patterson calling at your house to see Mr. Boyer ; if so, when 't Witness. It was either on Thursday or Friday, or the forenoon of the day Mr. Boyer went to Reading, he (John J. Patterson) came to me and inquired if Dr. Boyer was in ; I think my reply to him was that he was not in; I do not know whether he saw him then or not; I do not know of John J. Patterson being at my house at any other time to see Dr Boyer. OBBILT VAUGHN. TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BROBST. WILLIAM BROM being duly sworn, testifies as follows : By Mr Wakefield. Had you any acquaint ance with Mr. Boyer before you met him here ? Witness. Yes, sir; we have been persunally nequainied for several years. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you meet Mr. Borer at the Pennsylvania House some days prior to the meeting of the Legislature? Witness. I did meet Mr. Boyer there. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you thee, or at any time, request a private interview with Mr. • Boyer. Witness. I did not, sir. By Mr. Wakefield. Had you a meeting with him (Mr. Boyer) at any time in hie room ? Witness. Yes ; I met him and he met me ; I have been at his_ room and he came to see me. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you tell Mr. Boyer at any time that ,Gemeral Cameron wanted to see him at his hituse Witness. I did, sir. By Mr. Wakefield. Was there any arrange ment between you and Mr. Boyer that you were to take him ont to General Cameron's house? Witness. There was such an arrangement; I wanted him to go out one evening about seven o'clock. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you go 'l' Witness. No, sir. By Mr. W.kefield. What preparations had you made to go? Witness. I had hired horses and carriage at my own expense from Sheriff Hellman, of this town. and had it waiting at Herr's Hotel. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you at any time take General Cameron to Mr. Boyer's room in the Pennsylvania House. Witness. I did, at the•requeet of Mr. Boyer, Welt Simon mteron to his room. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you remain during the interview? Witness. No, sir; Mr. Boyer said he would like to have a private interview with Mr. Cam eron; so I left. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you sqy to Mr. Vaughn, or any other person, to keep the door shut as you wanted to take & gentlemen to Mr. Rover's room ? Witness. I did ; Mr. Boyer told me to get him up so as no one could see him, es he did not want to be exposed ; so I went to Mr. Vaughn and told him to keep the side- door shut. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you, at any time before the meeting of the Legislature, meet General Cameron at Lewisburg or Williams port Witness. I met him at Lewisburg. By Mr. Wakefield. 113 w long before the meeting of the L gislature I Witness. Some four or six weeks; I cannot arty positively. By Mr. Wakefield. Was that meeting with a view of securing any Democratic members of the Legislature to vote fur Mr. Cameron for United States Secator ? Witness. No, sir. it was not. By Mr. Wakefield. /Lid yuu and Simon Cameron any conversation ou that subject at that time?. Wit:tees. No, sir, not at that time. By Mr. Wi,k,field. At any other time or place, before the meeting of the Legislature, had you any conversation with Gen. Cameron on that subject ? Witness. I went to General Cameron and offered my services of any influence that I could bring to bear to help to elect him United States Senator ; he never asked me ; I offered him my my services in preference to any other man. By Mr. Wakefield. Did he authorize you to use money, or any other means, to procure votes of members of the Legislature for United States Senator ? Witness. No, tar, he did not. By Mr. Wakefield. Did any person whatever authorize you to use money to procure votes for Simon Cameron for United States Senator ? Witness. No, sir. By Mr. Witkefield. Did you say to any one that if Simon Cameron was elected to the Uni ted States Senate that you could make a good thing out of it ? Witness. No, I did not. By Mt. Wakefield. Did you, at any time. ask a%y person to fill up two blank *eats on any bank in the city of Harrisburg, and if so, who, and what amounts ? • Witness. I did not, sir. By Mr. Wakefield. Did you not present to J. H. Hancock two blank checks on the State Capital Bank and desire him to fill one for five thousand dollars and the other for one thousand dollars? Witness, No, sir, never, By Mr. Wakefield. Did you, at any time, make an arrangement for Mr. Boyer to meet General Cameron at the State Capital Bank ? Witness. I did ;he sent me a note, and at his (Boyer's) request I made an arrangement for General Cameron to meet hini there at five o'clock. By Mr. Beebe. Have you seen the statement of T. Jefferson Boy er, pu lished in the PATRIOT AND UNION of 22d of January ? Witness. Yes, sir; I saw it the next morn ing. By Mr. Beebe. Had you any conversation with Mr. Boyer in reference to that statement prior to its publication, and if so, state what it was ? Witness. I came down on Tuesday, the 21st January, and stopped at the Pennsylvania House, and after tea he (Boyer) called me into the parlor and told me then he had a publica tion ready for the exposure of Simon Cameron and others, in regard to this United States Senatorship, and asked me to go and see G . 611. Cameron, and said if General Cameron would give him a thousand dollars by ten o'clock that night he would suppress the publication of that matter, and I positively refused to have any thing to do with it; I told him that if he had any negotiations of that kind to effect he could go and see General Cameron himself, as I was not in that line of business ; then he said he would give me until ten o'clock to see Cameron or D0n...; he told me to go and see the Gen. or Don until ten o'clock, and if I could da no bet ter he would take six bun fired dollars; I told him I would have nothing to do with it; I did not see him any more. By Mr. Beebe. Did you ever have any•con versation with Jonathan H. Hancock relative to the part you were taking to secure the elec tion of Simon Cameron for United States Sen ator ? Witness. I might have told him that I was a friend of Simon Cameron, and would do all I could to have him elected U S. Senator. By Mr. Beebe. Did you ever siy to the Bald Hancock that you were authorized by General Cameron to use money to secure his election, or words to that effect ? Witness. No, sir, I did not. By Mr. Lilly. How long have you been acquainted with Mr. Hancock? Witness. I got acquainted with him last fall at the Herr house. By Mr. Lilly. Do you know what business he tollows here? Witness. He has not followed anything here, except going to the faro bank ; at least he told me so ; I never writ with him. By Mr.' Beebe. Did you ever tell Mr. Han -000 that you and General Cameron had made an arrangement with a member from Clearfield for hid vote? Witness. I did never say such a word to Mr. Hancock. By Mr. Lilly. Have you been on very inti mate terms with Mr. Hancock ? Witness. I met him as a guest would meet another at a hotel. By Mr. Maine. Did you and he room to gether ? Witness. Yee, sir; we did for three or four weeks, or it may be a little more I was sick a while, and that is the reason Why I got in his room. By Mr. Beebe. Did any of the members of the Legislature, at any time previous to the election of the United States Senator, approach you with an offer to vote for Simon Cameron for a money or other consideration? Witnres No, sir, they did not. By Mr Pershing. When did you next gee G e m CS moron atter your interview with him at Lewisburg ? Witness. Indeed I do not know; it might have been two or three weeks after ; I came down and went to are General Cameron, and offered to use my influeJoe for him, and I did so. By Mr. Pershing. Did any perscn request you to come down ? Witness. No, sir, I came down on my own account ; it was in the evening, and I drove out to General Cameron's hon.. ; t here was no per son present but ourselves at this interview. By Mr. Pershing. What reply did General Cameron make to your offer to use your influ ence for him ? Witness. When I told the General that I would use my influence for him, the general said it was more than I (Cameron) did expect you to do; I told she General my reasons for supporting him ; I told him thtt there were certain men, c ►ndidates for united States Sena tor, that I had personal reasons to oppose them, and that I should do so under any circumstan ces; I told him that I would use my influence; he did not decline my services. By Mr. Pershing. Was there any arrange ment then between you and Simon Cameron as to what kind of influence was to be used by you T Witness. No. sir; he never talked to me that I should use any more influence than I had of fered him. By Mr. Pershing. Was• it after this inter view with Mr. Cameron you met with Mr. Boyer ? ityiiness. It was; I had met Mr Boyer ones here before I had the interview with Mr. Cam eron; it was after the 0 loher election, but then we had no conver'.ation relative to the election of tin United States Senator. By Mr. Pershing. Did G-neral Cameron, at any time, revue-t you to call on Mr. Boyer and ask him to citl to see Mr. Cameron? Witnesi I told General Cameron that. Boyer had shown his wiilineuers to go for him (Gin. Cameron) for United States Senator; then Geo. Cam' ran said he would lake to see Boyer; saw Boyer, and he made arrangements to go and see Gentral Camteron ; Boyer said he dtd not wish Goners' Cameron to come to tte housr; Borr then said it was too late. hut he would see General Cameron at th e Sate Capital Bank; and that 1 should go over with him the next PRICE TWO CENTS. day ; I did meet Mr. Boyer tire next day ac cording to arrangement, and took him over to the State Capital Bank; General Cameron was at the Bank when we went there; it was after this that General Cameron and I went to see Boyer at the Pennsylvania House. By Mr. Pershing. Had you any knowledge of any arrangement whatever by which Gen. Cameron was to be elected United States Sen ator ? Witness. No, sir. By Mr. Pershing. Had you any conversa tion with John J. Patterson on that subject ? Witness. No, sir, I had not. By Mr. Pershing. Are you acquainted with Andrew H. Dill, of Lewisburg; Lewis Geible, Samuel H. Barton, Samuel Cronimiller and George F. Miller, of the same place ? Witness. I know them, and they are all respectable men, as far as I know. By Mr. - Pershing. Did you ever say, in presence of these men or either of them, that arrangements were made or fixed by which General Cameron's election as United States Senator was made certain ? Witness. I did say to my friends up there, right at home, that I was satisfied that General Cameron would be elected United states sen ator. By Mr. Pershing. Mr. Brobet, do you ever recollect using language of this kind—that the arrangement for making Camel on United States Senator was fined, and you would bet any amount of money that he would be elected ? Witness. I do not know of any such talk taking place. Br Mr. Pershing. What was it that satisfied you that Cameron would be elected? .Witness. Bemuse Mr. Boyer promised me that he would vote for Gen. Cameron, and I had every confidence that he would do it. 13y Mr. Pershing. You made this statement to. your friends at Lewisburg after you had offered your servicrs to Gen. Cameron ? Witness. It was after I saw Boyer. By Mr. Pershing. Haw long was it before the election of the United States Senator that you made this statement to your friends at Lewisburg ? Witness- it was shortly before the election —it might have been a week ordonger ; I can't say precisely. By Mr. Pershing. Do you recollect having made such a statement in a hotel at Lewisburg, in the presence of George F.,Xiiller and others, shortly after your visit to Gen. Cameron to offer your services? • nese. I did say in the hotel that I was certain Gen. Cameron would be elected United States Senator ; I was not satisfied until after I had seen Boyer. By Mr. Kaine. How often were you at Mr. Boyer's room during this affair? Witness. I might have been there a half a dozen times or a dozen times. By Mr. Kaine. At any of the times that you Were at Mr, Boyer's rooms had you any con versation with him in reference to an arrange ment which had been made, or was about to be made, by which certain members of the Legislature should go, away, so as not to be present at the time of the election °Me United States Senator ? Witness. I never talked with Boyer in re ference to such a subject, as I knew nothing about it. By Mr. Heine. Did you meet Michael H. Boyer, the father of T. J. Boyer, in his (T. J.'a) room at any time? I did. Witness By Mr. Kline. Did you say to Michael K. Boyer that you were authorized by Mr. Cam eron to offer T. J. Boyer ten thousand dollars to rote for him, (Cameron,) but that he (Boyer) asked fifteen thousand dollars. Witness. I never did ; I never stated such a thing to Mr. Boyer's father; but Mr.. Boyer's father asked me what Cameron would pay, and I told Mr. Boyer (M. ) positively, that I had nothing to do with such. arrangements. By Mr. Kaine. How often were you at the residence of Gen. Cameron during the progress of this affair? Witnees. I might have been there three or four times. 'By Mr. Kaine. Did you make, or attempt to make, an arrangement with any other mem bers of the Legislature to vote for Simon Cam eron? Witness. I did not. By Mr. Beebe. What reason did Boyer give you for intending to vote for Gen. Cameron ? Witness. When I met Boyer he thought he would be benefited, of course, and said that Simon Cameron generally took care of his friends. By Mr. Beebe. Will you state for what reason you offered your services to Gen. Cam eron to seoure hie electron to the United States Senate Witness. In the first 'place, I considered General Simon Cameron the best man for that position, under the state of circumstances, for the interests of the country, and as a matter of course I had personal reasons to oppose Hughes and Buckalew ; Frank Hughes and other par ties that he was concerned with have tried to oppose me in a title which I hold to a very valuable property, which caused to embarrass me in defending my title for my interest in my property. By Mr. Beebe. Did you state to Jonathan H. Hancock, or any other man, that you were authorized by General Cameron to offer five thousand dollars, or any other sum, for a vote? Witness. I never did. By Mr. Biebe. Have you had any inter couro.e with Mr. Hancock since the election of the United States Senator? Witness. I have not seen him to talk to him but once since the election; then be wanted money (to borrow) from me to pay his board at. Herr's; I told him I wanted my money my self; he had borrowed five dollare.from me be fore this. By Mr. Lilly. Have you seen Boyer since the election, and if so, what reason did he at that time give for not voting for Mr. Cameron for United States Senator ? Witness. I saw him in the afternoon after the election was over, in his room ; he was lying on his bed in the room; I asked Mr. Boyer the reason why he did not vote for Gen. Simon Cameron, as he bad promised to do so; he said the reasons why he aid not vote for General Simon Cameron, as he had promised to do so, were that a member from Snyder county, a man of the name of Ritter, had just came out of the Republican caucus, and Ritter said that there were two Democratic members to vote for General Cameron, one was in the alphabet of 11, and the other I forget what he mentioned ; Ritter told this to Boyer and sev eral others, and exposed the matter; and that Rittt r said that. he and Laporte, if those men would vote for Simon Cameron, they would not vote for him; he said that this was his only reason for not voting for Cameron, as he would expose himself and Cameron too. By Mr Barger. What did you understand Mr. Bayer to mean when he suid he bad a publiodion ready for the exposure of Simon Cameron ? Witness. Boyer told me that he had went to a great deal of expense, and that be thought General Cameron ebould re.y him for his trou ble; I then told him that I had nothing to do with any such arrangement ; if he had anything to do, he must go to Cameron himself. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, BY 0. BARRETT 8c COI Ti. DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION will be /erred to sub• scribers residing in the Borough for TEN OMITS rim WEEK, payable to the Carrier. Mail anbeerilbore, rns notaaae Pia ANNUM. Tire WEEKLY PATRIOT AND 'UNION le published at TwO DOLLARS PER ANNOY, invariably in advance. Ten Capful to one address, fifteen dollars. Connected with this establishment is an eatensivs JOB OFFIGE, containing a Variety of plain and fancy type, nneqnslled by any establishment in the interior of the State, for which the patronage of the pobile is so - Hefted. By Mr. Barger. How had he incurred ex pense ? Witness. That Ido not know ;he never told me ; he said it was the fault of General Came ron's Republican friends that he had not a chance of voting for him. 'By Mr. Barger. What did Boyer say he in tended to expose Witness. He said he would expose General Simon Cameron ; he did not say what he would expose ; he said he had a statement ready for publication ? By Mr. Barger. Did you tell General Cam eron about this conversation with Boyer as to his proposed publication? Witness. I did not; I did not go to see him; he had gone to Washington on Tuesday. By Mr. Barger. You made the effort to see him, did you not? Witness. No, air, I did not ; if I even wan ted to do so I could not, for he had gone to Washington. By Mi. Barger. Did you see him on his re turn from Washington and tell him about this conversation ? • Witness. No, sir, I did not; I saw him yes terday for the first time since the election of United States Senator, except the day after the election, when I saw him. By Mr. Barger. Had you any conversation with General Cameron since this committee was appointed, in reference to your testimony here ? Witness. No, sir, I have not. By Mr. Barger. Do you mean to say, sir, that you have had no conversation with Simon Cameron as to your being a witness before the committee ? Witness. No, sir ; I never spoke to him nor he to me on the subject. By Mr. Barger. bid yeu ever tell him that you bad been subpoenaed as a witness Witness. No, sir, I never told him. By Mr. Barger. Have you and John J. Pat terson had any conversation in relation to your testimony here, or the proceedings of the com mittee ? Witness. I have seen Mr. Patterson ; Mr. Patterson asked me, when I met him, if I had written out a statement ; I told him that I had not., but that I would do so. By Mr. Barger. When was this ? Witness. I supprse it was in the neighbor hood of the last of January, after he returned from Washington. By Mr. Barger. Did you show him your statement. Witness. No, sir: I had none made out, nor did I show it to him after I had one made out. By Mr. Barger. Did you tell him what was in it or what you would testify here ? Wi • tness. No, sir, I did not. By Mr. B irger. You have said that you saw Simon Cameron three or four times at hilt house during the proceedings prior to the elec tion of United States Senator; how often did you see him in other places ? Witness. I saw him frequently, but not every day. By Mr. Barger. What arrangement was made between Simon Cameron and yourself in regard to reimbursing your expenses while operating for his election ? Witness. None whatever; I did, on my own expense. By Mr. Kline. Did you make, or attempt to make, any arrangement, or do you know of any arrangement attempted to be made, by which members of the Legislature were to be away at the time of the election of the United States Senator? Witness. I know nothing of it myself, nor did I make, or attempt to make, such an ar rangement. WILLIAM BROMIC. TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL K. BOYER. MICHAEL K. BOYCE being duly sworn ac cording to law, testifies as follows: By Mr. Wakefield. Did any person tell you, Mr. Boyer, previous to the late election for United States Senator that he was authorized by any one of the candidates to purchase a vote by money or otherwise for said office ? Witness. Yes, sir; I came to Harrisburg on the 7th of January last; during that after noon or evening Mr. Brobst met me at the Pennsylvania House ; he spoke to me ; we had along talk of matters and things of olden times in the bar room ; they had a preparatory meet ing that evening for the purpose of fixing the time of meeting of the Democratic caucus; af ter that was over I think I went down with Dr. Earley from here to the Pennsylvania House ; I met Mr. William Brobst again there ; we sat on the sofa and talked until my son T. J. Boyer came in ; he lives in Clearfield county; he (Boyer) asked me to go up into his room; we then went up and Brobst followed soon at terwards ; we were not in the room along time before Dr. Earley came in and asked my son to go with him to see Mr. Cessna, Speaker'of the House ; they left and went to see Mr. Cessna, and Mr. Brobst and I remained by ourselves ; Mr. Brobst then said to me a man might make sometling nice out of this Senatorial question here ; I asked him what a person could make out of it; he said if a man would vote directly for Cameron he could make ten thousand dol litre out of it; that he was authorized to offer that amount by Cameron, or he was authorised to give two men five thousand dollars each to dodge, which would amount to the same thing; I then told him he had better keep this secret and keep it out of Berke county, as it might injure his brother, whe had been a candidate for sheriff there last fall ; this is about the substance of the conversation; he said twice during the conversation that he was one of the men who went up into Lucerne county to get those men to stay at home. By Mr. Wakefield. Where do you reside Witness. In Reading. Berke county. By Mr. Lilly. Did your son ever tell yen any arrangement which he had made with Mr. Cameron or his friends to vete for Gen. Came ron for United States Senator Witness. No, sir, not until after it was in the paper, when I asked him if it was so, and be said yes, it was just as stated in the paper. MICHAEL S. Boum. WHENCE COME THE MANY Naaaoss?—“We have often been asked," says the Michigan Volksblatt (German paper) “the.,reason of the terrible increase in the negro population of Detroit, since it is quite certain that all these negroes do not come from the South. The riddle is now solved by a letter from one of our correspondents in Chatham, Canada West, which contains the following : We are now doing well in Chatham. The number of negroes are daily diminishing, since no white man employs them. We have no great deficiency of better laborers .than they are, since from twenty to thirty young. robust emigrants, in blouses, from the !Jotted States, capable and willing to work, arrive here dai ly, and find at once remunerative employment, for which they are paid in coin.' " A singular exodus this, brought about by our negro philanthropists! The Germans em igrate from the Western States to Canada, and the negroes, who are sent to Canada by the underground railroad, return to the United States!—Phil. Ago • The Walton ai.4ne4, nu ins na wink course, England, wee lately Irma by Mr. Ten Broeck'a three years old " Bateman."
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