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UI Searti in adtratrcr. fl.TS hi three mcTha, o pld
within the yeox, aud. $J..I at tlinl uf ihc
Agculm la 1-Jiilaaalphia Y Palmer and K W Oarr.
IsCtrisbttrff, Ia.
'(fhureag flXornutj, (Prt. 9, 1831.
ADVERTIZE !Eierutor. A.lmInii-trtor. Pul.lk
iVaaria.Oite and I'ounlrj Merrhaut, M&nutactunTe,
SUchanica. bar inetu !n-all who wish to procure or to
dispose of anything would do well to giie nnUvr of the
Mae throiurtt the Jici?m47 Cnnix ir." Thi piqier hn
a good and incrin cimilatmn iu aotmitnimit' ooutai
tog as large a )roportiou of aetWe. hrent producer,
onaumer., and dVaii-re. a any oilier iu the Stale.
Democratic State Xominnfitms.
tor torn-a-ir WI.U.IAM WiiLKlt. of Oarfeld Co.
tor Oiuol ttwatstimur SiTII CL0VKK, of Clarion.
For -v JrtlfS B. !tl'.SlV. of CiimU rlnnd Co.
Jod I WALTaK II. UvWKIF. of Ailclirt.j.
vtUm JEllKlllMI S. BLACK, of S.nir-L
Sapneia I KU.IS LI WIS. of Lanratrr.
Court ) JAMES CAMI'llKLL, of I'LUldelj his.
H'A.V Statr Xominntion.
VorOimraor-WM.F. JOHNSTON, of Armrtn-nir Co.
F.cniConimiaiou.T-J(iH.v stiii hi M.orLncPUft
Tnr -v H10H ltf0liri.TF.!t.(.f WVrtinn'lni Co.
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I KniiK i-n MBKi's.or FntnkHnCo.
V U. M. MKUr lHTH.i.f riiilaueli.hia.
Supreme i J (hi
Court ; WU.
J.'hlll A V. COMLY, of Montour.
JKSbl'P, of Muuhauua.
Whttt Dtftrict Xfttninafion.
r state Srnu.r Coi. em t-i.iFF.K. of i nion ronntr
F.TReireH-nti.tir.wM shakos, m -f Juniata
For Pre:d.-nt Jnd,-e Hon. JOFKI'II CASKV.of fnion
For AM-Uf Judfc-e .illIN KNCI.K Efq.of Bearer
do JAMKS MAIMIAI.1....I . b--r
For Be,. r..-4 hri.-tias BKf.vMAN.of s.B.mn
For rouunii jtier MNit.v k. iiKid.oi.n ofcwmm
ror Iren.or.r JACOB MAI IK. New H.rlin
For Ad.lor FKFKFIiU'K B' ll.KM'KR, of N. Berlin
o J'HIN fMiTH, of Itarttev.
Lit frjviiif, it t CiintHthi ten.
For Htf. k Kit M. H. TAfiGAKT. of Fart Buffl
For Cc.mmiivM.iM'r JollN TPlFL.of II aer.
rorTreanrer-l!EXI:V I. MAIZE. f New Ihrlin.
Fir Aoeiiite Ju.Isr C.,l. I'IIH.11' l'.l"11lof Buffalo
da J AC 111 W ITTF.NMVEK, of Cantor
rWe are authiv I il In annottner ihr mmr
f J COB WITTKN VI YER, ol Mldletnr. a.
an lBiiBiiLwtiKT C'aiiiUiiate lor ASSOCIATE
JL'UOE ol l iiion count)'. pit
AtMOl-iMte JiidsP!. ar authorized
t. si,n..ui..e CM nilt.ll Rl'HI.. of Bi:lTloe
Tomn-hip an Indeprmlrnt candidate fK Ao -
rial Judue of lliiou coun al the enuiug
lectio
loKS
Draw To n,hi. b cen-ntr.l In run a. an rJ- L' tne llocrty as t-UltOr or an
lndeie-ndrntCaulidaie tot C nuntyftimmit.umtr iudependeiit journal to define our own po
ot tni-n count,. Se,,i 5t e j si,ion anJ g;ve our reas0DS for surpor,ir)g
To the Y'1ers of Union County J Mr. Casey. We did so in courteous and
Fnt.tr ffer n,yli t , ur respt;ctful terms. The communications we
r the .flier of 4ni M Y TIlEASl'UER i admitted were also temperate and becora.
the next election. Should I be ao fottunnie aa , ing in their tone. Whatever we have said
" '"jo !' ; ' .l ''! elsewhere than in our columns, has been
n.-elf lo dio haice ilie dul.en ol il.e said oflice . . . '
faithfulU and lo the be-i of n y i iin ; keeping with the spirit of our written
HH.NKV 1. MAIZE,
New Bert n. frpt. I. IKjl I. .J
Rrclsfrr &. Itfri)r(lir.-M rc au I
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CTOur i i..er i. delayed one diy il,i eek. j cr canJi1 au,l unprejudiced reader, and j detail ; but had much rather the campaign
Jut u l Mr.,.. M..n. n.ckhoU .nd uh 'f. dsJ not Mnp as possible said or done to wound
Banon. A.VU'ned.onidayeTn.inK..nd.h..!S7neubl1 artlcIcs ,n ' favor, and Lis feelings on retiring from tho Bench.
Mewr... Jordan and SienUr he .e.uird to advocating his claims, it was simply be-1 And as .Mr. Casey s election is as morally
adJreaaihem.-M-j.C II.ishtim-ri. announced jesuse nobody took the trouble to hand , certain as any future event can be, we need
'7r. "i,' "'"y ? T'' , - , . ,hcm !n ' US- Th 1UCSfion is one of trouble oui-seif about the matter on
ffTI l.e Jjliiitoii Ciul. a i.l, !rewd oil St-, ,.., t t- , . .
rd. eveniu. B, Jle,r, vv.ii. Jon... S.ifer, uL"C ,7?"' "nd ," "P that account particularly. But as it is a
Aiken and K.IIy. A.lj .umej f. M iudav ...n'g llh hhe ,n,CTest?. e individual j pomt strenuously urged; and no forbear
l eit.arlien Mi-ar. T. is. C'hriat. Camwl. R.. I 'ate of the respective candidates is a matter J ance whatever has been shown towards
.Z. L i A'ri "A Vkrl r '" , Ior!offma!1 ""ont; and-though we have j
apeakera, ud th dice Olub will he lire.-enL. ; . i ,;,,. -e . i i I
- !takrn slUes ptirscif, yet our columns have j
nefiirn.-Ve . ill Elecii-n New. : ken, and are now, as freely aud fully open
10 a I our t. l,?ra, a. 1. a. teC.eU
II ia .toi.id ti. at at 8 o clock the Telegraph
at t.ock Haen or Jcr-ej Shore .le-n.t.b all the
ai.lhei.tir ISt.ie Klertmn ieiurn il l.a; then lei
tlmeoit fcillow, then Mu.-.cy, and ao on lip
the .hole line, in total ion. lo H.ileton. .chout
c.imment ot intcrrnpii in from a-ry ofTi -e. Then
lei H-ilnon nd I.. .1,,. !,ne .11 Uu ini il ha.
rereinl from the P. Ai W. Line. Then Jerey
Wjore. Wiiu.m.iri. &c. could forward ech in
turn, all new telutn. that may hane come in
nd Haxleton a;n rc.pnnd Hick and lonh in
flii. manner, wi'il prner carefulneea, confusion
may be atnidrd. and we nut hcein to guea.
ho will he net! (ioeruur, before breakfaal on
Wednetday niotning.
Improvements.
W'e have noticed a nuinbor of good brick
dwellings erected in Lewisburg the present
feison, aud also old ones improved. j Bey's supporters would be so frightened by
First of all, Mr. Lyndall Las finished j the cxplosi-in, as to be unable to recover
off the room of Mr. S. Slifcr, two doors I theirscattcred senses in time to vote straight
above Scbaffle's, to Fuit his wares, which j on election day. Loaded, too, as it is, to
can now be displayed in a neat and com-: the muzzle, with charges and references to
fortable style. cases, the merits of which could no more
Bight oppot-ito, is the now brick store-! be fairly examined into at this Lite hour
room erected by J. & J. Walls, which, ! (even if they were worth the trouble,which
" from turret to foundation stone,'' is cx-! is not at all probable) than you could pri
ccllently adapted to the purposes of a large vately collect testimony in advance, then
commercial business. j suddenly prefer a charge against any by-
The same mny be said of the new Store- j stander in the court bouse, and straightway
room, finished off in the best possible j proceed to a jury trial, while the witness
ftvle, of J. Hayes &. Co., first door above cs of the accused were absent or inaccessi
tbe old stone hou?e. We have not time j ble, aud no opportunity afforded him to
to describe the conveniences of these es
tablishments, minutely, but they are worth
looking at by all in town or coming hither.
They are public improvements, destined,
perhaps, to fliitliv their projectors.
The American Hotel of Mr. Weidensaul,
is enlarged and" Tatly improved.
Messrs. Prick Slifer are erecting a
Wharf and YnrJ iu the Borough, extend
ing along Buffdoe creei from its mouth to
the Bridge, and excavJtinj a Basin above
t'i e Bridg"
The uradinc end other Improvements in
tbat part of the town the nt passive, I pied by our venerable friend. But if so,
nd beautiful Bridge over the CnC nd j e congratulate him on Lis brilliant acqui
the contemplate improvements of "the sition, and wish him a ".happy time of it"
Lewisburg Boat builders,'' promise to maC
that formerly rather dismal corner of the
town, one of its most prosperous and pleas
ant lonhties.
Gona and we rejoice that neicnl porch
defore Wiu" format Storeroom. Il n an
anaithily I bine,, (albeit, luare bat bored djvete
uea fiwu co" Mid mow, rain am) work,) ani
may wa -ne'e look uuow iu like again !" The
cli Sioietooni i to be teaadcllaj.
Junes F. Linn, Esq., and the Judgship.
The wicL'Ot proverb " Whom the gods
would destroy, they first make mad." finds
j " -f au axucie iu urst
page oi mis paper iromthe pen of our ven
erable friend James F. Linn, Esq. may
his shadow never lie less! which found
its way into the Chronicle, in our absence,
through the benevolence and fun-loving
propensities of the Publisher ; who doubt
lew thought we were " suffering some "
from the blue mould for want of a ba
ting," and therefore concluded a poke in
the ribs would do us uo particular harm.
Perhaps he wanted to see, also, to what
extent we might relish a sugar-coated pill,
with the sugar off.
We always make great allowance for
the eccentricities of our cider brethren of
the Bar ; especially when they have been
in practice almost as long as we have been
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"V"'8 """"B e "rucie
, rcierreu 10 IS very llKe a WhalCJ and
when it is attempted to make us the Jo-
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j uau oi tue political storm, and throw us
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uiuuuniu, iiecu aun neeis wituout Dcne
fit of clergy to appease the violence of
the waves, and relieve the sea-sickness of
eonie folks, we suppose it is incumbent on
: us to pitch into the whale at our earliest
.
Convenience.
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I " e are notdisposed tocavil on the 'ninth
j part of a hair,' but we are at a loss to know
j why our worthy friend should take advan-
tage of our absence, and appeal so " whin
j ing "-ly to the Publisher for a hearing; un
j less because he thought so libellous an ar-
tide would hardly pass editorial scrutiny,
j and was not quite certain that the " right
j eousucKS " of bis course was fully op to
: par. We have never refused him admis
sion to our columns when applied to for
that purpose ; and certaiuly have done uo
tliiug to prevent Judge Wilson and his
friends from having fair play. Our oppo-
! sition to J udjfe s election has been open
I anil hnnnnililo anl no Kolioo rorf-r.(1w
i ".".
, consistent with our previously declared
! opiniowith regard to an elective judicia-
I opinions.
And so far from attempting or
i.hing " to make an unjust and false im-
pressum with rogarrt to Judge W's judi-
gMB-4.Jiv'WN.wita&!'' '"kd
h of these assertions we appeal to ev-
! truth of these assertions we appeal
w tLe fi ieuds of Judge W. as to those of
! le c
! Mr. Casey. If they have not ombraced
i the opportunity it has not been our fault.
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' Ani1 our Swd friend Mr. L:nn cannot
j appreciate the fairness of our course it must
ou account of tig enilc au(J j:iunlliced
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! vision, or because he is intolerant of the
opinions of others when they happen to
run counter to his own.
But if our course in this matter has been
"unjust" and "false," what must be
thought of the fierce blunderbuss which
Mr. Liun has carefully held in reserve un
til the eleventh hour, and then suddenly
: fired off, in hopes, no doubt, that 3Ir. Ca
get them. An honest and impartial jury
would not hesitate loLg as to the kind of
verdict tbey would render in such a case.
Mixed in with all this, is a summary of
the stale noisome trash about Mr. Casey,
I which has been so iudustriousry circulated
throughout the county by such hireling
emissaries as John M. Baum, H. II., and
Maj. Jack Cummings whose moral per
ceptions and knowledge of judical qualifi
cations, we did not suppose had got so far
along on the stream of " dcvclopemcot" as
to bare reached the " stand-point " occu-
" ula few comraoes.
But, without further preface, it really
scb ws to us that Mr. Linn, in bis intense
anxiev V to orush Mr. Casey, and secure his
defeat at li hazards, Has lett his own can
didate in a much tvorse position than any
body bad placed him. If be did dispose
of sixteen causes the first Cottrt he ever
1 held, we believe it is an cireriment lie
has seldom ven lured to repeat And this
brings to mind what competent profes
sional witnesses, who have practised be
fore him during his whole term of office,
have stated to us, that Judge W. was
more efficient when he first came on the
bench than now, and that his uncertainty
and timidity are evidently growing upon
him. It should be remembered in this
connection that Judge Lewis' district was
a very large one, and the regular terms of
his courts occupied eight months in the
year. Judge W's, at present, but four.
The comparison with the district over the
river, is particularly unfortunate. J udge
Wilson has always been in full health, and
his district comprises but two small coun
ties. Judge Donnel died shortly after ta
king his seat. Judge Anthony had four
heavy countico, and, during the last few
years of his life, suffered so much from
the disease which finally carried him to
his grave, long before the close of bis
term, that it was with great difficulty he
could discharge his official duties at all
and no wonder be left such a frightful leg
acy for bis prospective successor, Judge
Jordan, who we have no doubt will speedily
reduce this mountain of litigation. It is
true that there was a large increase of
business between the years 1840 1848 ;
but there was just as large, if not a larger
increase of business in the Perry and Cum
berland distric t, at the same time; but there
never was a time when even the heavy
pressure of business in that district was not
fully and safely brought up, within the
terms of the act of Assembly ; and the
courts there have never been suffered to
become so clogged and retarded as to viol
ate its provisions. Why does not Mr. L.
look elsewhere for standards of comparison?
Why not look into the districts of Judge
Watts, Judge Picrson, Judge Black, J udge
Jessup, Judge Knox, and many others that
might be n imcd ? Or is he afraid the
appeal would produce an unsafe response ?
Becoming suspicious of his arguments,
Mr. Linn seeks refuge in dogmatical asser
tion, and boldly declares that the charge
that Judge W. is slow is " palpably un
founded I" This is flying so directly into
the face of the consciousness and observa
tion of almost the entire community, that
of course he don't espect any body to be
lieve it, and it requires the utmost stretch
of charity to suppose that he has the re
motest idea of believing it himself. And
as evidence of this.-Btraiirhtwsy undertakes
; to prove that if he w slow he is tolerably
SMre) j the long run. Well we are sorry
Jir. Lhin has betrayed his frieud by pre-
jjftrtjajr.gnc.li anissue asjbisj for we had
, W.'s official rWioter ami nlil;" 7?"
Mr. Casey; and ire have been personally
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assailed in the most unwarrantable manner,
we don't feel at liberty to decline the prof-
iberty to decline the prof
fered glove. We shall, therefore, iu few
words demonstrate exactly the reverso of
Mr.L.'s proposition. Judge W. has much
the bmallcst District in the State, and tries
but few causes in a year, and of course but
few ought to be reversed. Other judges
have from three to five heavy counties,
hold more courts, try more causes, and of
course more arc reversed. But the pro
portion of reversals is about the same in
both cases ; certainly nothing is left in
Judge W.'s favor, as the records will show.
And here we may fairly place Mr. Casey
and Judge Wilson fae to face.. Mr. C.,it is
alleged, is not perfectly unerring. How
is it with his Honor, Judge W. ? At the
July Term, .1850, some ten or twelve cau
ses, out of about twice that number taken
up from this county, were reversed by the
Supreme Court ; and seven or eight out of
thirteen, in 1851. That is, his Honor,
after pondering his cases long enough for
a hen to hatch a brood of chickens, mana
ges to be right about half the time, upon
an average ! And the Supreme Court
seem to be so ashamed of his frequent re
versals in the Snyder and Wilt case that
they have ordered their later decisions in
that case to be marked " Not to be report
ed." Is not his boasted " certainty" of a
very doubtful character and what little
there is of it purchased at rather too heavy
a sacrifice on the part of tax-payers and
suitors ? As for the cases of Geise & Son,
andllerick vs. Kearick we have little to
say. Admitting all Mr. Linn says about
them, which we do not, it amounts to just
this That in a practice in this county of
seven years, in which ho has led off in
some of the most important and intricate
causes ever tried here, Mr. Casey has made
some two or three mistakes. While in
only two years of that time the Supreme
Court nullified fifty per cent, of all the de
cisions of his Honor Judge W. which eame
before them. Now which of the two can
didates is the better qualified for the J udge
ship? And as regards this immaculate
man and infallible lawyer, who pretends
to set himself np a judge, over all other
me, of Mr. C.'s competency and qualifi
cations James F. Lien, Esq., Attorney
& Counsellor at Law when did he ever,
in his thirty years' " experience,'' either in
the Supreme Court, or Common Tleas of
Uuion county, gain a cause in which ho
was the only counsel for ono of the parties?
As a general rule we answer never. There
may be exceptions, but 'like angels' Tisits
they are 'few and far between.'
As forjudge Burnside's opinion, it may
be all well enough ; but this we do know,
and we believe we can prove it on five
minutes' notice, that it is not more than
two or three years since Mr. Linn declared
hiin to be " an old foot!" But " circum-
stances alter cases." It is not at all ncc-
essary, but, if it were, we could readily
endorse Mr. Casey's qualifications, by the
testimouy of Judge Watts, and many others
eminent in the profession, and also by many
of Judge Wilson's iutimat friends, who
feel couatrained reluctantly to vote for him
from social and political considerations,
but who freely admit Jude W's defects,
ml at t in K.tm tni. . I .r.. t r h ii-f '.
that Mr. C. will make a safe, competent
and efficient J udge.
But the most laughable part of Mr.
Linn's statement, is that which represents
i inn Linn. Esu.
But Mr. Casey, himself,
was born aud brought up iu Cumberland
county, in this State. He was a hatter by
trade, and followed the business till it
broke down his health. He then spent
some time as clerk at an Iron Works, and
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as a traveling, collecting agent. He next
read law in Carlisle; commenced the prac-;
tiee in Perry county ; aud worked his w iy, ;
from the first without assistance from .any !
quarter. 1 et now, strange to say, ho is
denounced as a " British aristocrat," and ;
over the Ridge is abused for patronizing
and paying the mechanics of his own ',
town I
1trA MLimr Ki....li.I..a ml,, lit... Aw.a ...b
u.v tuning iiwuqiui.o nuv uint ntfa
for a year to come, and then not half ex-
haust the magazine of materials which his
long practice supplies ready furnished to
our bauds. But it would be an ungener
ous and unwelcome task, aud we forbear.
It is true we are not so avaricious as to
seek to monopolize the trial list. But in
our five years' practice at this Bar, we
think we have had as full a proportion of
the causes in Court as the " righteous "
and eloquent gentleman whose profession
al jealousy has prompted him in an un
guarded moment, no doubt to libel aud
defame us.
And we think we could point
to some whose importance troubled the court
no little, aud made that same gentleman
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toil and " sweat " as if the Union was at !
stake, and his own neck in the halter be
sides. And after all he would have total
ly failed, if, at the last hour, a stupid and
j'one -Lim d h ue to
aceoinniio"u ,,at
iir. limns general statements with re -
gard to ourself are simply untrue. And
there has been no case in court answering
to the one he pretends to cite. We do re-
w.
member one day-after becoming surfeit-
ed ad nauseam wilh the prolix and un-
checked efforts of our learned friend to
' darken counsel by words without knowl-
edge ;" and tired of watching the trem-,
bling oscillations ot the Judicial needle,
which seemed unable to settle to any de-
terminate point of the compass-we left
I llO I Iitirr ImiKA i n.l tr.irn .llAeJ v...A
liitccn minutes afterwards, to produce some
documents in a cause as a witness mere-1
ly, although we had been ' of counsel ' in '
it, but withdrew as such because our tcsti-
moiiy wa3 needed The case was never;
on the trial list before, had never been '
continued, the suit was not brought in the'
name of the wrong parties, and the two
other lawyers who then had it in charge
were in court when the case was called. :
Mr. u asey as " descended lrom a haughty ; we propose mat jou ami uu.-.. - .. n fcuJa , cUe ame aulli0r:tv for - fc
British family;" whereas he happens to arms again, a -"', ever, ; fc ,j L(J to have the control in ; cusations ; and I am free to state, that
be the son of au Irish schoolinastcr-about " go to M.ffl.u county to turn the woild j eHptcia!ly if ,Ley they are utterly without foundation, aud
as aristocratic as our frieud, James Aiken upside down and destroy the Luiou-but . delusion, or prejudice, ' that I never authorized any one to make
-and who d:d not happen to be quite so . to jog along pleasantly ana coiui.-nawj, f fc M . anJ puralu,junt ol,jeJts which j any such statements.
w.,tl ..IT , iU ivr..,!1. .....lo ..a ,.tli... na hirit ftfiiri in mil ari'iistouied walks ot c. 1 . . r I t .i i r i ...
v o 6 .v.,, o - - should be kept constantly in view by every i lane pleasure iu auamg, that you w
of the same sort who, it is said, put the t-ocial and professional intercourse, until J .u i. u mJ d mJ dur;ug w
silver spoon lniouiemoutn oi James r um- uiu i ua inne i.its mu iu.t .uu. u , . . . ,. v ,.f nnH stm-p. t .-,t v,.i,i- t,.t
mt 1. . e I
irm u, T u. nc.., -; treason, or semblance ot treason to tne it is no reason why the people should,
loregn to me issue, aim it. any uucaueo,- . , v, (W for will, follow their ill-advised example,
lor, however righteous .ur. I. inn may thniKi . . i- , .t -..i,.. ;,' .:i,
.i ' i ...i . J i il.at. r,nti- nn, no ttirtn of sense can cr n S) ,ulnS I"0 th.-nir-ehes mseiisib
'c , , U Say '" n' 7 V .. I to the high value oftheprcrotive so
it " ii.i, i.-1 . 1 j.iv. l 1 1 i.utaic, n V uiiiiui. i w . . . . . .. - . , t r , ... , i . ; , ; . .
The case was near the bottom of the list ; i who refuse to mingle in their divided coun
came up very unexpectedly ; could not ; se,S) and bow at the shrinc cf their inv;;.
time under the social rule of court- j
which, however, his Honor then announ-
ced, for the fir lime, was annulled ! the
plaintiff's witnesses were some of them out
r .1 . A i ., , . .. I
oi iue county ami inaccessiDle ; and the :
Defendant, who urged the trial, had not i
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subpoenaed his witnesses until the middle :
of the court. A continuance was suggest-;
cd, and could have been demanded of right, !
but iu his Honor's new-born zeal for dis-:
patch, was denied. As a recent deeisioh j
of the Supreme Court had developed a tecb-1
uicai uan m me case, a nousuit was;
Uken, to save trouble and espcnse!
and reach the merits in a new suitto be 1
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tried under a new Judge. j
If the parties and witnesses in all the
cases on the list attend, but few cases are
11 iciA auu
ied and a heavy useless expense is en-1
iled on the rest Ifthcy don tall attend.!
tai
confusion ensues, and injustice is done, be- i
cause the business is not regulated by sys-i
tern, anu, mere is no rule to cure the evil. : ,ur ",c was demolished on tue
And how often has it been that the first ' spot, and our conferees came home with a
week of the court after the sitting of the ; respectably sized flea in their car. Judge
SUITite KSlV'T "Wtexy,usivc,7 1 W. had already been thrust into the field
occupied with the trial of reversed cases. ... , .
We had not made any complaints in this , 'thUt consultlng thc Democracy of Union
campaign on our own account. We spoke i County or much as saying " By your
only of such things as were of public inter- j leave, gentlemen," and afterwards, when
est and notoriety ; for we have no more in-' a delegation from this county, satisfied that
tercet in the result, than Mr. Liun, or j Judge W. Conld not be elected, went to
any other lawyer But since he provokes Lewktown to Li to L . f
it, we can cite one case as an illustration ; ; , c. . r
in which, after waiting two years and a I r?r.of Isiac Slenker. Esq., who was uude
half for a trial we had lo keep a large num- j niaD,7 ne decided choice of the Democrat
ber of witnesses banging about .New Bcr- cy of this county, a deaf car was turned
lin for one full court with a client too
poor to pay them although his cause was
important and did not get a chance for
trial until the close of the first wetk of the
succeeding court By way of contrast : an
important ejectment was commenced in Ju-
happened it (hat Huntingdon county taken ' Btrpport on party grounds, is one of the
off from hi. dUtrict. and. with Blair Co. formed most superlatively ridiculous idoss that
into new Dintiict, and the Ui-payere of the i : , ,
Suite .eddied with the unnec-.ry pen of an C0(U(I m a sane roan S head.
dlditional Frcsident Judge t And how doe. il L. " . '
beppea that tinea that waa done, hH Honor ha Kkriue AVmter Session of the Lewis
es bea able to catch np. or keep on, wiih the i burg University will commence on Thurs
hriutu of the dittrici, and it i. np fs'lhw' day of next week rOcLlfil
danced bow Iben it t before 1 - a' 01 ne" wee wt-
niata county in March last, and under
Judge Watts was tried and ended in Sep-
tember. If wo had conducted as much
petty litigation as Mr. Linn, missed our
mark as often, and had aa many continu-
ances : we think we could not have been
induced to open our lips about the mistakes
or " righteousness " of other people,
But we must call a halt. Our remarks
about this small potato business have in-
sensibly spun out to a much greater length
than we intended. The controversy, how-
ever, was not of our seeking. Mr. Liun
volunteered to become "clown ot the cir-
cus" on this occasion ; and as lie dragged
us nnteat volens into the "ring" along with
him, we could not well do otherwise than
tickle him a little with the feather end of
the quill. Perhaps the next time he at-
tempts to handle edge tools he will try to
ve certain ursi uiat uu uuuajuuiu
use and temper.
And now, Mr. Linn, as we Lave each
had our "sav," and the election will soon
put an end to our niutu.il hopes or fears, I
us, or some new public danger r.-qu.res us
. '.. ... - . i .i r
to "square on again at arms leiigtu, uir
fresh gladiatorial exploits. So mote it be.
. 1 "
A Word to the Democracy.
The charge "you're a big," is merely
a weapon used by knaves to lngliten cow
ards nothing else. Like a false alarm of
ti-wf ... : - f ri(.v r biMck-
e3 o d;vert Qm ,heir
1 ..... .
own P"tical iniquities.
There is no party principle, whatever,
involved in the election for President Judge
f,f this judicial district. Xor is there any
( ji, UliaLlUl Ul ill h ti( i-- -.'-
ai parties that the courts of law should
be wbat L necessitiM aniJ wtIf;ire f,f the
,. , . . . , , ,
1 .,.,1- .... til on lit 1
J'tJL'UL-. iUU llle J av auu - - 'j -
them to be.
But ,f political fealty to be the test,
we should like very much to know what is
to be the standard of comparison, and by
hat authority the question is to be settled,
If you look to Judge Wilson fur '-light,"
you find him (a professed Democrat) "on
both sides of the creek ;" in Union county,
I trvinr to riu himself to the coat-tail of the
Whi jn ,he hope tt,.lt thev and Maj.
: . i r 1 .." ;it .,,,..
. Cummins and John Baum w.U carry
him through, and save him from the alar
ming defection in his own ranks; and in
Mifflin county leaning with cosy confidence
. .- . MIVinl WOU. , .
Burns, K. 1). (Kingof the Democracy) fur
1 " u:' vl uel:u-
j If you look to the regular authorities
' of the party, they are not to be found in
this enuntv. or in t hU Snnntneinl l?,.r.r0.
;j j ...., :., i- t f i
KaUiiye 'r jU(lici;ll distrier Th is
k , . . , r
wpor abr0ad that a fcw were
cen once uPon a t1111" " the neighbor-
of Beavcrtown, but it is s:iid they
vanished into thin air under the potential
influence of the "K. D." aforesaid, and
Lave not bt.eu llMr(1 of ginc anJ uw
7
u. me uutoj,
"l l"u J,cmocraey ieu 10 uangtne luoeion.
Everything, save the State ticket, is at
loose ends; and each individual member
of the party is free to go where he pleases,
:i.... i. i.:.t r ..
" , u'u,,ri ,ce ,ro'u,ay P-
uu- icl U1C eslal Vlrfc,19 '
tne rarty at t'"s county seat undertake to
discipline the hosts of honest Democrats
U H'tical deity. They
W0U,J bc ,n better business if they would
r-et a search warrant and a dark lantern,
and try to find the shattered remains of
.
the party, instead of imaginary flaws in the
I'whvh.ivu1"A.IW Ul liUUil lUt'f
. , . "
had better n,end thc,r owo Iuanncr9
cease to proclaim .iy that Col. Bigler's
friends are deserting his standard in the
very hour of trial.
Jt b well known that the Democratic
tbj;;i ..js., i , r, ...
Jnd'"al Senatorial and Representative
conlcrees ,r0In tllls c -y tound nobody
A- ... . At . Il . . ,
lu uecl ""em ai ieaveriown, except the
embodiment of the "one man oower" from
Mifflin county, who declared they " didn't
carc a about tue Senator, but they
..j n.. T, ,
r"1 lu ,vage' ana KOU"1 na uw
""y uii;iiizauonoi me party
o tbeir earnest remonstrances in behalf of
both expediency and justice ; and they also
were politely bowed out of the field. Un
der all these circumstances, to attempt to
impeach any body's Democracy because
they refuse to rote for Judge Wilson ; or
QuAs the Union Times prates so flip
pantly about " consistency," and denoun
ces every body who desires a change ia
the Judgeship, wo will just refer our read-
ers to the following extract from an edito- : industriously circulated of late on the at
rial article iu the Times of May 22, 1851, , U'jed authority of Ex-Sheriff Boyer.
from which it will be seen that Judge W. I ycw Berlin, Oct. 6, 1851.
did not seem to staud quite so high as at j Dear Sir: I understand that certain
present iu the Times' estimation : j persons arc charging against me through
"The amended Constitution imposes a ! tho county, that they are authorixed by
crave responsibility upon the citizens of . 7011 e state, that my professional conduct
the Stateto meet which properly, will -j 1". at"'n tu tL "T- -ale of .Vathaa
quire the intelligent exercise of more than ! MiWuell s pn.perty in Lcwisburg, had been
ordinary prudence and circumspection. It ! fa'r ftn' honest. I ask you to state
is well known that this radical change in . wh,f' lLc3C KV "e correct, as I can
the organic law was occasioned, principally, I not clieyc Jou T.ul(j J statemenU
by the unwise course of the Excise va Wlth ,he ,of the ewe.
branch of the governm,ut, in many instan-! lpectfully yours JO.i. CASEY,
ces of late yetrs, iu placing incompetent j T" b' -vtr'
or unworthy judges on the bench ; and it Selinsgrove, October the 6, 1851.
depends entirely upon the manner iu which I Doar Sir : I received yours, and am sur
tho people discharge the momentous duty ! prised that any one should make such
thus devolved upon them, whether the
.laet!, m.rc Dersunal vovuhr.
3yity, the only qualifications for these
tejTposts of honor and responsibility. It
fciris indespensable that, in ad.litiun to
... . . .i. : i . . t t i .............
IffTiuene, tuc iiieuiuueuLs ruouiu jiui-aj
fdecision and energy of character, hab
fits of industry aud close study, fullness
j Ka0f t,.,, 'loaruin aU(l readiness in
JBray-applying it, and capacity for the
feT'pronipt and accunte dispatch of busi
feuess ; as well as integrity and a sound
fiyjiuljruient. And if our Governors,
either through mistaken kindness, or as a
tardy reward for political services, have
J i erred in any of these important particulars,
or
and
tally
Oarself and Somebody Else.
A lying correspondent of a neighboring
paper, who seems to think other people a
corrupt as himself, undertakes to castigate
Jall,liJate lT tho
Supreme Court, from the Lewistown lem-
0erat, which we copied into the Chronicle
of the sth of January last. v e can tell
"A citizen" that all we said of Jud-'e Wil
son then, we say now ; aud have no desire
to retract a single word. We copied the
paragraph as un item of news, and because
we heard several persons, Democrats, ex
press a desire to gL-Uhim out of the Com
mon Pleas. We said the article paid him
a " high cf.mpiinicnt ; which it certainly
did, for the greatest Judge that ever lived
could not possibly receive a higher. But
we diil not endorse the "compliment" as
foe iij uot believe it to be true.
Yc spoke or Mm i.i ,,i
right," and that is what we have alwavs
said. And now, since " A Citizen" will
have it, we proceed to notice some of the
contents of that paragraph. The writer
rests Judge W's qualifications on the J
ground ot the "practice he adopted when
he was placed upon the Bench of writing
at large his opinions in wmi as well as
important cases."
Now, with all due deference to every
body, we submit that this very " practice"
is one of the essential elements of his weak
ness and inefficiency; and every r.nprt judi-
'-jt un kuows mm win cmh up
""J" " i'V uavu me moral cour-
age to express their honest opinions. It
is this " practice " of reducing every thing
he has to say t writing, iu full whether
as a matter of taste, or because he lacks
the capacity to do o:herwise,we leave others
to say that occasions such an enormous,
and perfectly useless waste of the time of
the Court. There are parts of every
charge to a jury that should be in writing,
but these are comparatively small portions,
aud the great porpurtion of all a Jml 'e
has to say should be delivered orally, bofh
fur the sake uf convenience, aud to save
time,and facilitate the dispatch of business.
In order to 'do the thing up brown,' and
have every thing in perfect keeping, the
lawyers ought to cap the climax by sitting
down and writing out their speeches to
the jury, before delivering them. The
locomotive of Union county jurisprudence
would then "go it" with a vengeance.
KXOB.lXCi, OH WlLH t. UlSREPKESFXTATmy.
The Editor of the "t 'lironirla" afii-rt. in hi. , numhrr
that tlie 2-At a-rtion nf the art of Ulh fehruarr. ltoi'
wbiah rwieir all nulm to he trie. in one Tear 3ft.-r thi-T
anrnuiKiueu no uie lawol i'eaiiirania. Il.eitlwr
uVfUn..w,or.lidnnt know, tlial that Mini oftlieact of :
vsnion illicit. pfe -sa an.1 vi. Ai a la.eyr or a
mow. ha m. Uke the awn of the dilemma lli.i m u.t
hint beat Ittmocrat. Jl'siic'B.
Well, Mr. "Justice," we'll just use that
dilemma to impale you on whichever horn
of it you may prefer. You happen to lie
under the biggest kind of a mistake in
supposing the iid section of the act 24th
Feb. ISOO to be repealed. It never was
repealed, never ought to be repealed, and
we venture to say never will be repealed,
while the people have any regard for their
own welfare, or keep a watchful eye on their
representatives. The act of 20th July,
DOKS NOT repeal it, or make any
attempt to do it; and "Justice" was no
doubt well aware of this fact, or he would.
have sifrneil hi.q nu-n nnmo tn thin nrfinl ;
also, instead of shieWins: himself behind
an anonymous signature.
"xKisbehavior ia Office."
ClTTbe following 22d section of the Act 24u
Feb. 1806, is stiU the Law of the Land : and wo
defy all the lawyert m Christendom to pro.e the
contrary. Read it, Taip,e nJ Soilor, r ,nil
.ay .1 the ballot-box whether jou iu U either
Keptalcd at Nullified.
- And it shall bo tho nTicrLa bctt of
' "u oopremo Cooi and Judge of
... .ran rKMi , IN that A 1.1,
'uvTt'uJn re8lcli,,e Voatt SHALL BE
KbACHEO, anl h.e a fair opportunity of trial
withik o9C ,E1B ,f, ,bey ,Bb1, haTe been
commenced ; and if tho Judges of the Supremo
Court, or the FnttHoisT or Associate Judges
of the Coorta of Common Pleaa, or any of them,
shall refute or aegleel to perform the bctiis
enjoined on ihenvby this act, it shall bo deemed
Mitbthamor in Office, and lav auflicient ground
for the REMOVAL of the Judge or Judges so
offending
i'i):iri(f u linn i.rtkVP :i iji.'ssiiur fir a. curse. i Dim iuuiu dui uint-u mat iiitrv crintif.f
Thc following correspondence it
will be sceu vindicates Mr. Casey from
certain imputations upon bis personal and
professional integrity, which Lave been
statements as are anuueu to in your lette
were
'ore
.,..,1 .
nic has alwavs been of the most fair and
! honorable character.
j Respectfully yours, II. S. BOYER.
i Jos. Casey, Esq.
I
"Why, at least one hall of the cause on our
trial li it at the present time, have been placed
there merely to obi .in time for their payment,
and will uevcr be tried." Union Timet.
Perhaps so ; for every suitor, whether
plaintiff or defendant, who from any cause
wLhes to thwart or retard his opponent,
has only to get his cause fairly into court,
where be knows it will sleep for two or
three years in perfect safety, under Judge
Wilson's administration ; and the condition
of things is said to be still worse in 3Iiffiin
county. If these cases are not to be tried,
why are they not stricken from the list
when they are called np, to make room fur
other liona fide causes that have been suf
fering the agony of hope deferred,
while waiticg fjr years in the vestibule of
the temple of justice for a chance to be
hear! and disposed of. You don't find
such a condition of things in any district
possessing an efficient President. The vo
ters of the other eud of the district, as
in this, will be apt, from all accounts, to
express some very positive ideas on this
subject at the ballot box, Mr. Times.
aWTliut brazen political harlot, the
Union Times whose ideas of decency and
Democracy are about as near the truth aa
its own idea of itself asserts, amongst a
multitude of other lies, that we have turned
" Whig." The fact that the Timet says
so. is the best possible evidence of the fal
sity of the charge. But we notice it mere
ly to state the fact that if every Democrat
who votes for Mr. Casey for JuJge is to be
set down as a Whig, there will be such an
accession to the Whig ranks this fall as
was never before beard of, even iu Union
courtv.
Of
course, according to the
Timt. every Whig who votes for Judge
Wilson necessarily becomes a " Locofoco."
The ismt stuff is repealed, "with aJuition"
hy Forney', hdow, which "shine, for all" like
a rotten mnckarel l.y moonlight, and lie lor him
who pay. heat. We were a Oeaocrat in Whig
l).iii hin as well as in Democratic Perry, long
tiefire you. Simmy, snayrd the Jeniinie. of De
mocracy ; anii we would present the proofs of it
if we iuppocd there wis a sensible person who
knows u Iwih ho believes yon.
State Senator.
There is a Volunteer Whig out for the
Senate in thi'3 District, and also votes
printed for a Democrat for the same office.
Col. ijlifer will have to get up early in the
morning, to defeat them both.
UCo!. Slifer requests us to state that
he has not been able to meet his friends
in some part ions of the District, as he bad
intended to do, in consequence of the un
expected absence of his business partner
to New York city,ind also of sickness and
death in the family. His own health has
suffered from consequent care and over-cx-ertion,
but he is "about," and trusts his
friends will remember him, cflectively.
Special Courts.
It has been object! that if Mr. Casey
v l l - .,. .
elCCtCU, CpCClal COUrtS Will haVO to be'
called to try the causes in which he has
been concerned. This 13 a "mistake."'
Under the law as it now Ls, hi will merely
change " pulpits" with some neighboring
Judge Jordan or Watts, for instance
who will hold the rrynrar term of our
Courts, iu return for a similar service per
formed by him n tbeir districts. So that
no special courts wil be needed, there will"
be no lost time, and no extra expense
whatever incurred.
SrTk'f here are a great many loose screw
about, tie "everlasting State of Wmsport."'
Mr. Bucnanan and Judges- Campbell and
i.Lcwli wero & "crc last week, trying to-
regulate matter Col. Biirler is to be
there again. Gov. Johnston was there
has been through the Northern counties -is
now on the North Branch and will
close the campaign on Monday next with
three speeches in Philadelphia,
JsaTThe Whigs have carried their Conv
grcssman in Baltimore, which gives then
a gain of 1 in tho Delegation from Mary
land. John W. Forney had been there
speechifying about the "Gorsneh murder."'
Such calumniators do no good) anywhere
The returns from Georgia indicate a
complete Union triumph ever Seceaionkm.
js3Xext Tuesday ia the Election DaVf
M Vote Tote early -and rote riht