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HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK, PA.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1 863.
S. M. Pettengiil & CO.--NO. 37 PARK ROW.
NEW YORK, A 6 STATE ST. BOSTON, are our Agents
for the N. B. Democrat, in those cities, and are author
ised to take Advertisements and Subscriptions for
us at our lowest Rates.
Peace.
Governor Parker of New Jersey, in his in
augural address delivered a few days 6ince
says:
" There is not a good citizen in the whole
country who does not in his heart desire
peace. There is not a Christian family in
the land who, when the shades of evening
close around, do not in their devotions at the
family altar, pray for peace, and the safe and
speedy return of the long absent one. There
is not a soldier in the Northern or Southern
armies who, as he paces at night his wean
round, or lays his head upon the rude camp
pillow, does not his imagination visit the fire
side at home, and s;gh for peace. We sho'd.
not be afraid of peace—an honorable and jier
manent peace, whether it come by the exer
cise of power orby theexercise of conciliation.
It should be a peace 011 the basis of " the
Union as it was," not a union of states where
part are held in subjugation as conquered
provinces, adding nothing to the maicral
interests and prosperity of the nation,
and only furnishing a theatre of ac
tion for swarms of military officials-.bnt a
Union of all the States, with their "equality
and rights unimpaired." It should be a peace
founded on the submission of all to the right
ful authority of the government, and the
guarantee to all of their constitutional rights
by the government. It should be a peace
bringing with it such unit} as will have the
Constitution for its foundation and obedience
to law its corner stone."
T. C. Callicott, renegade Democrat, |
has been elected Speaker of the .Jlouse of
Representatives of New York, and that body
is now organized after a contest of several
weeks. His honors nor his pay will not com
pensate him for the loss of confidence repos
ed in hitn by his constituency, whose will he"
has disregarded and whose interests he has
betrayed. His is the doom of a traitor.
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JKsr The army of the Potomac is yet in j
camp. Gen. Burnside has resigned its com
mand, and Gen. Joseph Hooker of Mass., ap
pointed in his place. Gens. Franklin and
Sumnei it is rumored have been relieved of
their commands. Their successors are not
named.
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To this aduiinstration, which has
trampled under foot the rights of States and
of citizens; which has obliterated State lines
and erected new Commonwelths in defiance of
the Constitution ; which has nullified the
decisions of the Supreme Court, recklessly
squandered the money and lives of our people,
bankrupted the treasury, annihilated one
grand army and is rapidly destroyinganother
—to this corrupt, faithless, arbitrary and
imbecile administratin, which has tarnished
the honor and threatens the very life \_f the
Dation, 110 lover of his country can adhere.
Bribery Defended.
The abolition press has shown its true col
ors in its mendacious championship of the
most monstrous schemes of bribery and cor.
ruption ever practised in a christian country.
Let the honest men of Pennsylvania remem
ber that the abolition press calls the defeat of
bribery a blot upon our State. They talk
about the recent attempt to purchase with
money a majority in the Pennsylvania Legis
lature. as though it was an inestimable right
of theirs in the exercise of which they should
not be disturbed!! Is it not most mon
strous ? And to pur the climax to their au
dacity, they even censure and slander honest
men for laboring to defeat this most shameful
scheme of bribery and fraud !
Honest men of whatever party ; C- uld
you have believed that men. whose *ouls are
blackened with the ruin ami ]>ltinder of your
country, would have gained such boldness
as to claim the right to bribe your represen
tatives and to denounce as "bloodtubs" and
* shoulder bitters" " with bleared eyes," ai d
"villainous countenarces." those, who by
their voices and their presence demanded
honesty and integrity on the part of those
who represent you ? Yet, sueh is the action
of the Harrisburg Telegraph , Sunhury Ga
zette and other abolition sheets. We direct
our readers to the statement of a member in
another column, and tru-t that all honest
men, putting their trust in God and the in
tegrity of the toiling masses, will unite to
overthrow and forever crush this monstrous
audacity from the honored soil of our native
State.
Freemen of Pennsylvania! Shall bribery
and fraud, after having fattened to giant pro
portions upon the plunder of a treasury re
plenished by your sweat and toil, lift its hv
dry head and brow beat virtue and honor*
from your presence? We put the question
to you and ask you to answer it at the ballot
box in October, next— Sunbury Democrat.
Gold is now quoted at $1,524 in
New York,
Address of Judge Elwell to tile Grand Jury
of Wyoming County, of Jauuary Term
1863.
TCSKHANNOCK, Jan. 20 1863.
Hon Win. ELWELL :
The undersigned would re
spectfully request a copy of your charge to the Grand
Jury of this County, delivered yesterday, for publi
cation.
Respectfully die..yours ""
R. R. Little Win. M.Piatt,
Harvey Siekler P. M Osterhout,
C. I). Foster, Geo, S. Tutton,
Elhanan Smith, A. K. Peckhain,
J. He Witt, F.C.Ross,
R. P. Ross.
TCNKKANNOCK, Jan. 20 1863.
GENTLEMEN- :
In compliance with your request I
herewith band you a copy of my charge delivered to
the Grand Jury yesterday. It was designed to be
merely an epitome of the duties of a Grand Jury,—
You are at liberty to cause it to be published if you
think proper.
Very Respectfully, yours Ac.
W. ELWELL.
Messrs. R R. LITTLE an I others.
GENTLEMEN OF THF GRAND JURY :
Your
duties as the Grand Inquest of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, inquiring for the
County of Wyoming, are of a grave and res
ponsible character. Through your action
alone, can an offender against the laws be
placed upon trial for his crimes; by joar
careful examination, the innocent accused
may be saved the vexation, mortification and
expense of a public trial.
I>y virtue of the recent suffrages of a con
fin ing people,and the consequent commission
o! the Executive of the S ? ate, it becomes my
duty, as the Presiding Magistrate of this
Court, to instruct you in, at leu-t, the de' Ails
of your duties j but, as these have been so
frequently pointed out by my learned pre
decessors as to make almost every person fa
miliar with them, it is only necessary for in<?
to bring them briefly in review before you.
Fortunately for the administration of jus
tice. a change of judges produces no change
in the law. The incumbent is but the con
stitutional medium through whom the judge
ment of the law is pronounced. We have,
therefore, no new views upon legal science
no new rules of civil conduct—no new con
struction of porter or duties, either of the
court orjuiy, to advance. Content with the
legal land marks set up by experienced jurists,
and considering them as >afe guides in the
discharge of official duties, we skull endeavor
strictly to adhere to and follow them,
In order to rightly esteem the responsibil
ilies of the citizen both morally and legally,
it is right and proper to consider and regard
the obligations which the Government has
assumed in his behalf. By refetence to the
Declaration of rights contained in the Consti
tution of this Commonwealth, we find a
pledge on the part of the Government;
" That all Courts shall be open, and every
man for an injury done him in his lands goods,
person or icputation shall have remedy by
due curse f law, and right and justice shall
be administered without sale, dema', or delay,
'lhat the people shall he secure in their per
sons, hou&es, papers possessions from un
reasonable searches and seizures ; and that
no warrant to search any place, or suze any
person or things, shall issue without describ
ing as nearly as may be, nor without j robable
cause, supported by oath or affirmation."
" In all criminal prosecutions, the accused
hath a right to be heard by himself and his
counsel; to demand the nature an l cause of
the accusation against him ; to meet the wit
nesses face to face ; to have compulsory pro
cess for obtaioingwit.iesses in his favor; and
in prosecutions by indictment or information,
a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of
the vicinage."
" All persons shall be bailable by sufficient
sureties, unless for capital offences, when the
proof is evident or presumption great."
" And the privilege of the wrfc of Habeas
Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when
in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public
safety may require it."
These provisions of the fundamental law
strongly guarantee to the citizen personal
liberty, personal security and the rights of
private property, and the power of the State
is pledged to protect him in their enjoyment.
On the other hand, in return for the care
and beneficent protection bestowed upon
him, the citizen owes fcality to the govern
ment and is bound by eve.y consideration
which ought to control human actions to
yield a hearty obedience to all its constitu
tional requirements—all its common law and
statutory obligations and to refrain from do
ing those things which are by law prohibited.
Unfortunately, however, there arc those
who will not regard social duly, nor be re
strained troin the commission of crimes and
misdemeanors. For the punishment of such,
penalties have been provided according toi he
grade of the off nce, which are to Ire mil ct
e*l through indictments preferred by the
Giuml Jury.
As c >nservators of the public peace you are
therefore to inquire diligently, and true pre
S£ntnsenis make of all such violations of law
within the County, as are punishable here
and are properly brought to your noti e.
The crimes and misdemeanors cognizable
by you are chiefly embraced under the gen
eral heads of officers against public justice—
public peace—public morals and decency—
public policy—economy and health—against
the pvrsons of individuals—against personal
property—against real-property— against the
ciin—and the ofTences of forgery and mali
cious mischief.
In considering the cases which come before
you, you will remember that tho only safety
of society, is in the certain and prompt pun
ishment of all persons gt ilty of crime. The
certainty of punishment more than its sever
ity is a preventive to the commission of
crime.
Offbnccs which corrupt the morals of the
youth of the land", are more dangerous, be
cause more insidious as Well as tnore endur
ing in their consequences, titan others tnore
openly and publicly committed. Viscous
habits formed in youth but too oftttx destroy
the usefulness of their victim as a citizen,
haunt him for many, if not all the years of
his life, or bring him to an untimely, if not
ignominous grave. The deep interest which
society has for the young, has induced the
Legislature to pass 6tr'mgent laws for the
protection of their habits and mofars. When
ever the wickedness or cupidity of any man
leads him to violate such laws knowingly, his
case should receive the special notice ol your
body. , ,
But we have not the time nor-lhe inclina
tion to enumerate all the offences which de
mand your attention. The District Attor
ney will, if uecessary, explain to you the law
of each case as it comes before you ; and the
Court will give you special instructions when
ever requested.
All bills of indictment will be signed by the
District Attorney, and your chief business
will be to inquire of such offenses as may he
brought before you. Without an indictment
first laid before you, you have the right, and
it is your duty to act upon and present such
offences as are of public notoriety, and with
in your knowledge, or such as are given you
in charge by the court. Such as general
public nuisances, affecting the public health
and comfort, multiplied and llagrant vices,
tending to debauch the public morals, culpa
ble omissions of officers in the discharge of
public duties, or flagrant abuses ol power and
public trusts, In such cases your presenta
tion is against the subject or thing and not
against individuals.
You may also present, of your own know
ledge, any offence committed by any person
within the county, in which cae the court
will direct an indictment to be prepared, ami
witnesses summoned for the | urpose of fur
nishingall ihe evidence upon the subject willi
monrp'Wer. In making such presentment,
however, the knowledge which induces it
-hould be possessed by twelve of \'our num
ber.
But in reference to this mode of proceed
ing, as it denies the accused the benefit of a
preliminary hearing, prevents bun fr< m de
manding the endorsement of the name of the
prosecutor on the indiciiueni before he pleads,
and takes away all remedies for malicious
prosecution, no matter how unfounded the
accusation on final hearing may prove to he,
we are of opinion that it should be resorted
to only when public justice cannot be at
taiued in any other way.
" A previous binding over by a magistrate,
is the ordinary mode of procedure ; its equal
exact justice 'o aceusor and accused renders
it of almost universal application in criminal
court and makes it unwise to depart from it,
except under special circumstances of press
ing emergency."
Examinations of cases laid before 3*ou are
to be enparte. You will examine only the
witnesses adduced on behalf of the common
wealth whose names will be endorsed upon
the back of the indictment, and you will ex
amine all ol these before you ignore the bill.
You are nut to determine the merits of the
cause, but it is your duty to satisfy your
mind by diligent inquiry that these are prob
able grounds for accusation, before you give
it your authority and call upon the defend
ers for a public defence.
In the discharge of this duty, fear, favor
and affection, envy, hatred and ill will,
should be entirely banished from your heart.
uP.d truth and justice alone control your ac
tions.
It is necessary that at least twelve of your
number should agree to the finding of a true
b.ll, —when found the furcrhan will endorse
it ' as true bill," and sign it as foreman.—
Should you determine against finding it a
• rue bill, it will be endorsed " no bill" or Ig
noramus and signed by the foreman.
Incases wheie the offence is charged in
the indictment to have been feloniously done,
you have nothing to say in regard to costs ;
but in all other cases returned '• ignoramis"
it is your duty to determine, whether the
County, or the prosecutor shall pay the cost.
And if put upon the prosecutor you will
name him in your finding.
The injunction contained in the oath which
you have take!), to keep secret the Common
wealth's counsel, your fellows and your own
includes all that passes before your body, as
well the accusations made as the names of
the witnesses and the testimony which they
may give. The object of this concealment is
to guard against the excitement which a dis
closure might produce, and to prevent the
exposure of witnesses to being tampered
with or menaced by the party accused, But
if the purpose of public justice requ'wes that
such testimony be disclosed, it is then jtisti
liable lu do so. If a witness in his testimo
ny u|M)ii the trial varies from ihat which be
gave before the Grand Jury, public justice
demands the eXpoure by members of lfi.it
body. In no other respect i there a qualifi
cation to the oath of secrecy.
Court Proceedings.
The January term of Court in this county
commenced on Monday last. lion. Wm. El
well Presiding with Samuel Huberts, Nathen
Wells associates.
The Grand Jury were called and sworn ;
and the very able charge published else
where was given them.
QUAHTKR SESSIONS.
Commonwealth vs. Wm. White. Indict
ment As.-ault and Battery with intent to
Ravish Cucy—Myrtle Prosecutor—Bill Ig
nored and county to pay the costs.
Com. rs Jesse Darrick- Indictment, Lar
ceny. Wm. Black man Prosecutor True
Bill. The prisoner having broke jail and es
caped, was not tried.
Com. vs A. J. Gardner and A. Colvin, su
pervisors of Clinton.'* Indictment— not re
pairing Bridge. Proof made that the Bridge
complained of, had been repaired and was
now in good condition. Nolle proseqae en
tered by leave of court upon payment of
costs by the Defendants.
Com. rs Henry Ellsworth. Indictment
Nuisance In obstructing road. This case was
tried and a verdict of not Gutfty, rendered—
County to pay the costs.
Com. vs Henry Myrtle. Charge—Paying
Wm, White, Proa. Case adjourned on ac
count ot absence The prisoner
was surrendered by his bail and failing to
get other bail was lodged iy'jail.
B. S. Fair was appointed by the Court
without opposition as constable of Forkston,
there being a tie vote for that office at the
late election.
COfIfMON PLEAB.
T. M. Robinson vs. the Tunkhannock
Steam Boat association. Action—Debt for
labor done, and materials furnished in paint
ing Steam Boat. Case tried. Verdict for
the Plaintiff for $109,33.
Henry Evans Vs. Cyrus Lord. Actloh—
ejectment. Verdict for Plaintiff for land
claimed.
John Brungess rs. John and Samuel Sto
ny. Action—Ejectment for slip of land
along the line between their respective farms.
Case tried. Verdict for Plaintiff.
C. D. Foster of Wilkesbarre, and Alfred
Hand of Montrose were admitted to practice
law in the several courts of this county.
One or two causes were put over for want
of time to try them.
Court adjourned on Saturday afternaon.
Abolition Patriotism.
HONEST MEN
READ!
$20,000 in the Market t !
ATTEMPT TO lilt IIIE A MEMHER OK
THE EE(;isEAT(JKE.
Astounding levelopments.
GEN. CAMERON'S OPERATIONS TO
EFFECT HIS ELECTION TO 'HIE C.
S. SENATE.
STATEMENT OF T. JEFEF.KSON HOVER, MEMBER
OF ASSEMBTY FROM CLEARFIELD CoI'NTT !
From the Patriot Union.
As many rutnors are afloat in regard to
certain transactions which took place be
i ween General Cameron and myself on sever
al occ minus previous to the late election of
United States senator, I think it mv duty to
make a plain unvarnished statement of the
facts, so that there may be hereafter no mis
understand'ng or misrepresentation. Believ
ing that there would be attempts to bribe
members in order to defeat the election of a
Democrat, I conceived the project of putting
mjselfin the way of the operators and try
ing how far they were disposed to g in the
matter. Once conceived, I dete r mined to
act upon it, and communicated my intention
to several friends. The first opportunity
that offered I embraced, and here is the re
sult :
. I had been to Philadelphia, and on my re
turn. perhaps a week or more before the
election, I met Mr. Brobst, of Lewisburg,
with whom I was acquainted, at the Penn
sylvania House, in Ilarrisburg for the first
time this winter, and noticed some unusual
nervousness on his part, and from his con
duct was soon led to suspect that his busi
ness at Ilarrisburg was not of a very public
character. In the afternoon he came to me
and asked to see me privately, and we pro
ceeded at once to my room, when he very
soon commenced disparaging the several
prominent Democratic candidates for United
States senator, and concluded by expressing
his decided preference for General Simon
Cameron. This, of course left me no room
to doubt the object of his visit to the state
capital and to uie, and lat once asked him
whether that was the object of his visit. He
said it was. In reply to my question, wheth
er General Cameron authorized him to come
to me in this way, he said he was authorized
by Cameron to see any Democrat of the
House or Senate, and enter into the prelimi
nary arrangements to secure a vote for Cam
eron. I then asked him in what manner
they expected to secure the election of Cain
eron. lie answered "By getting three Dem
ocrats to absent themselves on the day of
the election. " 1 then asfced him what they
would pay. He said he was authorized by
Cameron to offer .§5,000. I told him the fig
ures were too low, and desired hirn to tell
me who the other members were. This lie
refused to do at the tune but would try and
get permission of lus principal to do so. H<-
then left, and returned in a short time, and
said that General Cameron wanted to se
uie, personally, at his lesidence out. of 0•
city, that evening. 1 told him I could not
make fie engagement, but would answer him
hi one hour, and >1 I could eet char of anoth
er engagement ! had made I would go with
him. In the meantime I ; moulted with Dr.
Early, of the House of Representatives, my
colleague, to whom I related the foregoing
facts. I then saw Brob-t again and lohl him
I Would go. He then told me he would have
a carriage ryady in front of Herr's Hotel at
7 o'clock ; that he was authorized by Camer
on to get a carriage at any tune. When the
time arrived Dr. Early and myself walked
down to Herr's and saw the carriage and
Probst thsre. I then made some excuse to
Brubsi, and told him it would be best not to
ge. (I deemed it prudent at this state of
the proceedings not to manifest too much ea
gerness, -lest I might defeat the object in
view.) The next day he (Brobst) called
and said Catnercm wanted to see me at the
S'ate Capital Bank. I called, and was ush
ered into a back room of the bank, and found
Cameron there alone. He addressed me as
follows ; " Buyer, do you think you could
have courage enough to vote for me ?" I an
swered tha't it was a very business-like ques
tion, and that it would depend very milch on
circumstances. He then said : " Suppose
the circumstances are all right V I asked
him how he meant "all right." He answer
ed, " the financial consideration, in short, the
dollars and cents." I answered him. ''cer
tainly.'" lie then asked me what I would
take. I told him I had not been in this bu
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I-fKii&ed me what I though* of slo,ooo'
right down after the work was done.'-
then asked hun whether he'wtnted a vote or
an absentee. lie answered, " a vote," and
tliat it wt'Uld be very troublesome to get the
men away, and besides he only .regarded the
money paid as the first installment, and that
he felt in duty bound to take care of the pel
son that made him senator afterward, and, if
he had so many to take cafe of, it would em
barrass him, but if he had but one be could
do it well and profitably as long as we lived ;
and said beside, there would be no more dan
ger in voting directly for him than in being
absent, for they would make every provision
for the protection of the man that would vote
for him. This ended the interview, and we
agreed to meet again to fix the compensation.
The next day he sent Brobst for me. I de
clined going to see him, but agreed to see
him at my room, No 15 Per.nsf Ivania House.
Mr. Brobst, who was still, up to this time,
figuring for Simon, went after him, and in
less than twenty minutes returned with him.
Cameron then said, " welt, let's come to
an understanding." I said, " What for ?"
siness long, and did not know exactly how t 0
answer, but wished him to name the sum .
He answered, "In reference to the senatori
al question." I then said, " I must have
sls .000." He said, " I will give it," and
wanted to know who I would prefer to ar
range further interviews and do the finan
ciering of the business. 1 told him ny lim
ned knowledge of his friends did not enable
me to name that person. lie then proposed
•J :ni Burns I said he would do. He then
left, stating that l e was going to I'otla lei
phia, to arrange another matter winch he had
m view, and would return on Saturday even
ing. This was on Wednesday.
On Thursday I met John J. Patterson.—
He desired to see me, and asked me o call
at his room at Herr's Hotel. When I met
h'.rn I asked him wtiere hums was. He told
me he was sick lie then said, '• Boyer, the
money will he all right." I asked him.
"What money?" lie then said, " Oh, I
know aU about it ; I saw Cameron," (I must
not forget, to state here that, prior to my
meeting Patterson, Brubst told me Patterson
wanted to see me on that business,) and. by
Cameron's arrangement, he would go down
in the cars on the Lebanon Valley road on
Friday at 2 o'clock and that we would go
together and settle the entire affair.
We met according to arrangement, and. in
the baggage apartment of the Sew York car.
concluded the bargain fur $20,000 for a vote
for General Simon Cameron for the office of
L nited States Senator, with the agreement
that no other member should be L ight. and
that this should end the matter—provided
Cameron would agree to the terms, and de
posit the money in the hands ot Patterson, to i
be paid immediately after the election was
over, and that the two members (with whom
Patterson said Cameron was also in treatv )
who were in the cars on their way to Phila
delphia should return on Saturday. We
considered the fact that ii they were sent off.
the House would not go into an election, and
our agreement would not be consummated.
This statement seemed to determine his intnd
in favor of the arrangement. Patterson
went immediately to Cameron, was in the
car, and returned in a few minutes, stating
that although Cameron regarded the price
big, he would pay it in older to save further
trouble, and would, therefore, not sav anv
th.ng to t lie members then on their way to
Philadelphia, and ibit they might return, and
thus prevent any disarrangemenWof the plan
that might arise from their absence. Satur
day evening was then agreed upon as the
time for the next interview. I stopped at
Reading j so did Patterson, who returned
that same evening to llarrisburg. Cameron
went to Philadelphia. I came up on tratur
day evening and found Cameron on the train,
as well as at least one of the men who went
to Philadelphia the day before, and I think
both. At the depot at Harrisburg I met
Patterson, who said the interview would be
at Don Cameron s. Accordingly Patterson
and myself wont direct to the house, and
found the general there ahead of us. He in
vited us upstairs, and, by a dismal light, we
agreed upon tho'price, v z : Cameron assent
ed to the bargain between Patterson and my
self by agreeing to pay the $20,000 $5,000
of which was to he paid in hand—and would
It*posit it in Pa'lerson's hands in mv presence
it -time future interview, subject to mv in
>j<eCi on. A little, incident which occurred
M<Te it would be a pity to luse to the worid
Alter the bargain was concluded Simon
straightened up >u his chair, rubbing his Kg
with h?s I.amis, saying, 44 Well, this ends it
1 will be S uator and you shall never regret
'I (addressing himself to me) 1 will In
die most powerful man in that Senate ; the
enure state of ullnirs of this government wiil
he changed ; nothing is more Certain that the
South will gum her independence (this sound
ed like treason), an! then we will hold eon
trol of the government, and I will be able to
serve ui\ friends;'' and so wo parted again,
to urcaui of southern confederacies and Win
nebagoes for senator. Pattersou aud I then
agreed to meet on Monday.
3\ e met at five o'clock, in Patterson's room
at Heir's on Monday afternoon. Here Pat
terson told me he had the $-3,1)00 hand mo
ney locked up in the safe down statrs, but
wanted rne to see Simon again before paying
i' over to me. I insisted on the hand money
This I deemed necessary to keep up the de
lusion. We then parted to meet at the same
place early the next morning. ImmetUatelv
after breakfast on Tuesday (the day of the
election,) T met Patterson, according to
agreement, at his room, Simon being present,
ing on the bed, complaining of a disease of
the bowels. It was then desired that I shi/d
Bee some Republican member of the Senate
or House, who would be sent to me, and in
form him of my willingness to vote for Cam-
eron in case he was nominated. To this I
made some pretended objection and demand
ed to know the necessity for it. Simon said
it was this : that unless I did thi6 they might
think h£juwanted their d d nom^".
i tion for effect, which was not true, jj
'(TeclareiT he would not -tfavet'heir nomination
and a defeat for the whole Legislature. § 0
of course I consented, and the voting
was/rolu'ntarily raised $5,000. Patterson
said the gentleman who would wait on
thftfe wa6 Dr. Fuller, of the Senate, who wo'd
be present as soon as I was ready to rece, T
him. I said that all was right, but must
now be convinced that the money was 4 'i
right too. Patterson then hurriedly showed
me a large bundle of notes, which he
sented as being the final payment. H e M
sured me the day before I should have the
hand money, and again on Tuesday morning
said I could have it. I tofd him I deemed it
better, on reflection, not to have it about me
inasmuch as there yiight be a row after the
election, and I said I would trust it to them
(Patterson and Cameron,) knowing them to
be honest. Patterson again assured me the
hand mor.ey was down in the safe, and. to.
gether with the residue, should be forthcom.
ing as soon as the election was over. (I
here state it did not come.) Cameron then
said his carriage would be at the State Cap : .
tal Bank after the election, and I should
cuuie right down and go over to his house
remain there a while. This, of eourse,!
agreed to, (but I did not.)
Now. then, all things being arranged, Dr
Fuller was ushered in by Pitterson. The in
t reduction completed, I said : "Doctor,;
presume I understand the object of this in.
t rview." 11-- then said: "lam chairicac
of a committee appointed by the Republican
caucus to wait on you to see whether von
woul 1 vote fr Cameron." I said- Yes: [
assure y<a that if yob nominate Genets
Cant* Ton (p< inting to the 01.l Winnebago lj,
iig on the bed,) it will be all right." 5 e
-aid : " Yon give me that assurance?" I
sai-1 14 Yes." Then Dr. F. said, 44 Younetd
have no fears of personal danger, or anything
of that sort. We have made every provision
to meet a'.l danger." Thus the last scene in
this strange farce ended. Simon assured c;
(hat he would be t-Ter grateful, and I hope
he will.
It s proper here to say that, during this
entire adventure with Simon and his agents,
. my colleague, Dr. Fitly, W. A. Wallace, the
senator frutn Clearfield, and Robert Vaughn
the pr< prietor of the Pennsylvania House, it
this city, were in the secret, and Dr. Eariy,
especially, knew constantly what was going
on.
In one of my interviews with Patter-is
on the cars going to Reading, he said in cas
there should be any investigation grow :
of transaction he would be the only witnt-s
that knew anything about it, and he waal:
swear falsely and put it through.
In regard to the dates given in the abm
statement, as 1 made no memoranda at rfut
time, I cannot be cer'ain that they are cor
rect, but I believe they are.
T. JEFFERSON Bom.
£ 27* The following brief letter from;!*!
army, though not oiigmally intended for
publication, was sent lis by the friends of the
writer, some nme since, but through an over
I -ight of ours, has been dt-fered until tliepr*]
i eDt.
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CAMP NEAR BF.M.'S PI.ATV.SVA, i
Dec. 23id 18G3.1
DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER BROIHIC
AND SISTER :
J write you these few line?t";
inform you of my safety, hoping they miy
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any one but Jane. We have been in ahr.
fight. Our loss was very heavy. Theij
of the Rebels is unknown. The balls
i shells Hew all around me. 1 think I ou; ,
1
to be thankful to and do thank God th*.
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h-st their live*, leaving friends to mourn
hard fa'e. I hope this war will be settK®
without any more fighting. I think if
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The weather.just now. is pleasant, batfl
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