iwm& m im\m , . J Pa. Fr.>lti -tins, larcli 2M. 1556 is Feirles3 and Free." DAVID OVKR, EDITOR A SI) PROPKIFCTOB FOR PRESIDENT: MILLIRD FILLMORE, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: INDiIEW JACKSON DOmSGN. OF TENNESSEE. Hurra far Bedford County! We have the extreme gratification to an nounce to our friends everywhere, that Bed ford County, is sound to the core on the American question. We never knew the Locofneos to make a more desperate effort at a Spring Election, than they did ist Bed ford Borough and Township,on last Friday, arid we lcaru that this was tiie ease ail over the County. They expected to catch the American party sleeping and carry the County, and then they would have bad a grand jubilee—but poor follows, they had not even this poor gratification. The A luericans elected a large majority of the officers in the different Townships, and on the vote for Judge, the test question, they have 127 MAJORITY. If our friends had known the Iron Heads had intended to make the exertion they did, wo would have beat en them about 500: as it is, however, 127 majority in Bedford County, at this trial, ws enough for all useful purposes. Hurra for Bedford County! UNION TOWNSHIP.—Our friends iu Un ion did nobly last Friday, electing the whole American ticket by an average majority of about 40. It will be recollected tb-it in this Township tho Locofocos contested the election for Justice of the Peace, and otir friend John Cessna, advised the Judge to have it held on the Bth of January, and ( they would gain a Jackson victory—the election was hold, and the Jackson victory gained by' the election of the American candidate by 19 majority. They now give 40, and next fall will no doubt roil up from 50 to CO! ■ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP.—Our friends In St. Clair Township deserve ranch credit for the manner iu which they acquitted them selves at the election, last Friday; uot .<:ti landing the bad roads which were al most impassable, they carried the whole ticKct by an average majority of over CO! A number ef old line Whigs and Democrats ca. e tq to the mark manfully, and supjor ted the whole American ticket. The" fib serve great credit. Our friends there con -1 ieatiy predict a majority of 120 for the American ticket next fall. They v.ill give it. 8-veral articles intended for this paper have been crowded oat. Cor. Inquirer and Chronicle. lIARRrsnrRG, March 17, 1850. MR EDITOR:—But little of any conse quence has transpired here since my last letter. The committee of conference on the liquor bill disagreed; and as the bill was thus about to fall, or as was supposed, had fallen, a resolution pised both houses, authorizing the appointment of two addi tional members to each committee. Messrs. ITill and Eddinger were appointed bv the House, and Messrs. Buekalew and Flcnni ken by the Senate, so that the committee now consists of ten members. Of these the House committee arc all democrats but one and the Senate committee is composed of three democrats and two Americans. It is therefore a good sound democratic commit tee, composed of seven democrats and three Americans, and the result of th*h- labors will, it is presumed, bo democratic. The committee met to-night, and all the mem bers were present; but whether tnv bill will be agreed upon is yet uncertain. The Rev. John Chambets lectured here this evening rji the subject of temperance. He is becoming very communicative upon this subject, as he lectures occasionally, and writes letters quite frequently. He wields the pen of a ready writer, and talks Btrontr. and he is giving the democracy much anxi- My and tribulation Vy his radical conr.se on •he sub kef. IT' lashes thctn without stint or mercy, und will not permit any one wirh impunity t<> question his democracy. He boldly proclaims prohibition as the real democratic legislation, but in this the great democratic oracle will J fear be heard with at least rorae misgivings by the democracy o.* your county. It is greatly to bo feared t:;nt there is a slight difference of opinion among tho harmonious democracy on this same subject of temperance. Several years ago the present Auditor Generai established a general mode of set tlement bvtweeu the banks and the State, greatly in favor of the banks, and to tho prejudice of the Commonwealth. This wa iequtvsced >n however. until our preseDt in- I telligcnt and efficient State Treasurer, Eli j Biifer, tame into office. He objected to the : wbcit- arrangement, and at last succeeded in getting the matter brought to issue by a trial in court before Judge Pearson of this distiiet. The trial was had here yesterday iu one i f the cases, and with the South walk Bank of Philadelphia. The result j was a verdict for the State for some 7,000 dollars over and above what the Auditor General had demanded front the Bank j This case is mainly important, however, fce j cause it involves the same principles as all the other suits with the banks, and of course the result in all must be the same. The whole amount claimed by the State is [ -5180,000. and the result of fho action yes terday shows pretty clearly, if not certain ly. that the State will recover the whole sum. This is about an pretty a specimen of democratic financiering, and as good a prac tical illustration of democratic hostility to bauks us has occurred for many a day. By a false construction of the law they were about to deprive the State af one hundred and eighty-six thotisancl dollar , justly and legally due from (be banks, and were only prevented from consummating the wrong by the activity and zeal for the interests of the State manifested by the American and Whig State Treasurer. This Is but anoth er illustration of the great difference be tween democratic professions and democrat ic practices, on the two important subjects of economy and hostility to banks. The indications are that the Convention here on the 26th, will be well attended. In great haste, Yours, truly, SPECTATOR. HAP.KISBUUO, March 24, 1856. .Mr. Editor: —Some time since the House of Representatives passed some resolutions calling upon the State Treasurer for certain information in that department. A reply was made in due form, a copy of which I forwarded you some days ago; ami by which it appears th3t one John M. Biektd, Esq, the democratic State Treasurer for the years 1852 and 1853 has been largely indebted to the State ever since his terra of office ex pired. It is stated that said ex-treasurer on the 23c! of Nov. list, paid into ihe State Treasury ?10,000, and on tho 20th of De cember following, 526,502 23. Whether these payments were in full is not stated, and whether these are the only payroente made since the expiration of his office I can not say, but it is very manifest that this of ficial dignitary had retained in his hand-the funds of the Commonwealth for several years, and to an amount not less th-n §36,- 502 23- As he has always been recog -o"gtiized "9 an orthodox democrat, it is best perhaps to say but little about it. I more than suspect the House got more informa tion than they wanted in reply to their reso lutions. The case of another defaulting democrat- j ic offiier named Strickler, and late collector ! at Columbia, is now undergoing investiga- i tlon '-"fore tho Senate committee of finance, j and in some future letter 1 will give you some items in relation to his slrortcomiugs, and their effect on the Tit usury. I regret to inform iou that the liquor law is yet undisposed of. It has been thought that the enlarged conference com mittee would agree, and it is understood they did come together on most points of dif ference. It st-enis, however, there is yet one stubborn one undecided, and in conse quence of it the bill is in imminent dinger of falling after all the labor and pains ta ken to save it. Senator Buekalew, tbe leading democrat of the Senate, on Friday last introduced a biil to prohibit law judges from making po litical speeches, or taking part in political meetings, under penalty of 5590 for the first offence, and removal from office for the secomd one. The bill was immediately cal led up, but after some discussion, was re ferred to tbe committee on the Judiciary.— The chairman of tho committee reported it favorably te-day, but a minority report was presented by the Senator from your district, signed by himself and Mr. Price of tbe city, reviewing the whole matter. I will forward you a copy as soon as it is printed, and it will speak for itself, [t. is the gene ra! belief here that the bill had its origin in a feeling of hostility to Judge Wilmot, who fir years past has been causing great tribulation in she ranks of the democracy. Tbe power of the B:>te is to be invoked to stop his ruoutb, but the thing yet remains to be done. The Convention promises to be full. SPECTATOR. lnlcr?N( on fbe Slate Debt. It is some months since we called atten tion to some recommendations which ap peared in the State Treasurer's annual re port, locking to a prepayment of the inter ests on the State Debt, in moneys that might be lying idle iu the treasury, and thus sav ing the premium from loan holders, who might receive their moueys before they were due. Mr. Jordan has introduced a biil for this purpose in tlie Legislature, grounded upon the State Treasurer's recom mendation. Said bill can not be better ex plunej than by some sentences which Mr. J. read from the Treasurer's report, in ac cordance with which this hill had been framed : The Treasurer says, 'there is only a semi annual disbursement of one half the rn- ! ceipts, being tho payment of interest on the j public debt, payable at stated periods. The ; Legislature should, if possible, devise some i J plan by which this money—a largo balance —could be made to yield some return to the , State. The only feasible plan which has > suggested itself to my mind, by which the Treasury uiight be beunefitted by this sur plus fund, is by nntisipating the payment of i the interest on the public debt, and requir -1 ing from the loan-holders a premium for J such prepayment, at the rate of say four per ' cent, per annum. At tho end of each month,the balance remainng in the treasury, after paying the ordiuary expenses of the month, might be deposited with the agent - selected bv the commonwealth for the pay- i ! ment of the interest, giving notice to the j | loau-holders of the amount in his hands ap- j • piicablo to that purpose.' He concluded ! bis suggestions by saying that should they be carried out,be was of opinion they would \ result in n clear saving to the treasury of at least §40,000 annually.— Pittsburg Jour ! nal. 1 t __ SPRINIT ELECTION. Bedjord Borough. Judge of Election.— A. J. Baylor (American.) 87 V. Steckman Fusion. 57 Inspector Henry Mower A. 87 John Cessua, Esq., F. 68 Siehool Directors, P. 11. Shires, A. SO ! John Taylor, A 89 Wm. Keisor, A. >• 1 Alex. King, F. -67 S. L. Russell, P. 61 ■ Wm. T. Daugherty, F. 65 j Constable. George Stifiler, A. 92 j John J.Cessna, F. 62 j Assessor, James McMullen, A. 90 John Boor, F. 63 , Supervisors. Joseph Claar, A. 88 Henry Sellers, A. Si Town Clerk. Wilson P. Mower, A. .90 I Job M. Shoemaker, F. 56 Chief Burgess. Fr. Jordan, A. .75 Law. Taliaferro, F. 49 Assistant Burgess. Jacob Smith, A. 76 j Wm. Bowles, F. 49 j Council. El wood Ilarmer, A. ,77 John G. Miunick, A. 76 ! Wm. M. Ilall, F. 50 ! J. A. Mowry, F. 48 j High Constable. Levi Agnew, A. 77 j Samuel Stahl,P. 40 ; Bedford Torrnthip. Constable. | Daniel Zimers, A. 140 j | Daniel Heltzei, L. 139 Judge. ! Andrew Dibert A. 180 ; Wm. Leary, L. "y; Broad top. Constable. j Sam'! Fiuck, no op, 39 | I J udg'e. J. A Osbonrnc, A. 20 j Wm. Rogers, L. 24 Cumberland Valley. Constable, i George Bennett, L. Michel Boor, L. John Mick, g Judge. 1 11. Hemming, L. 37 I Georye Elliott, L 40 ! i Fr. Brant, A. q Col tram. ! Judge. j George James, A. 116 ! i Jno. Koons, L. 115 ; Constable. ; Jno. Rossler, A. 107 I A. J. Pennell L. J2l i Hopewell. Justice of the Peace. Wm. A. Fluck L. 64 Wm. A. Young, A. 47 Judge. Thos. Fredrigill, A. no op. 42 ' Constable! i John Gates, A. no op. 42 i In this Township there was no-opposition to the American candidates except for .Jus tice of the Peace, who on account of local causes, was defected by the Locofoco can didate. Our average majority there is 42 Juniata.. Justice of the. Peaoe. Joseph Dull, A. 108 Peter F. Lehman, L. 112 Judge. John Riley, jr. A. 105 Jas. W. Frazer, L. 117 ; Constable. Joseph Ntcbodeums, A. 101 j Henry Otto, L. 110 Liberty. Constable. John Long, A. 48 : Jacob Kensuiger, It. 29 i Judge. liCwis Putt, A. 60 j : E. A. Focklcr, L. 15 ' ! Dr. 11. A. Dorsey, 1 • Harmon. Constable. H. Wertz, A. 74 Wui. Powell, L. 63 Judge. J. K. Miller, A. 66 Jona. Feightner, L. 69 Monroe. Justice of the Peace. ! Jabt z Hixon, A. 103 B. Fletcher, L. 80 Judge. Philip Fulton, A. 06 Jonathan Snyder, L. 79 Oonsftable, James Carnell, A 102 Perry Diehl, L 85 BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. j .Yavier. Judge. | Robert M. Taylor, A. 117 John Whetstone, L. 117 Constable. , VYiu. 11 A. 110 i IS. W. Miller, L. 116: , In this Township the American party . carried neajJv the whole of their ticket,but ; . iocal causes operated on the two offices j | above. j Londondetry Justice of the Peace. ; ; David hi vans, A. 7-1 | James I,ogue, op. 22 Constable Jacob Carpenter, 8 j J. J. Boalls, 59 i A. W. Lecov, 13 , Sam'l Wilt," 2 Judge: • I H. Haley, 52 ! • Jesse Lowry, 24 i Jacob Carpenter 31 j ; We cannot tell the politics of these gen tlemen, but are under the impression that the officers arc about equally divided. i Southampton. ! Judge, t Emanuel Johnson, A. 4G j 1 Jona. Owens, L. 117 | C unstable. David Walter, no op. 121 Eait Providence. Justice of the Peace. Jesse Akers, A, SG i I J. C. Black, 1,. 21 I | Nelson Fanjuer, A. 2 Judge. . Wsu. Ritchey. A. 68 ' ! C. McLaughlin, A. 27 I Constable. ! J. R Whitfield, A. 104 j Win. Mellon, L. G : vVest Providence. Justice of tue Peace, i M. M. Pennies A. 123 ' | Sauvl Bender, L. 55 1 Judge, Philip Chanrberlin, A. 138 j ; (Jeo. Daugliruan, L. 53 Constable. ; Wm. Sparks, A. 129 1 S. R. Botttofield, A. 60 J. F. Devarujin, A. 2 " 1 Schellsburg Borough. Judge. Thomas Mansfield, L. no op. 44 ! Constable. i Win. J- llock, L. no op. 46 I In Seheilsburg our friends made no op- : position. The Locofocos majority there is about 16. St. Clair. Judge. I-aac Over, A. 151 Henry Kauffiuan, L. 86 Constable. Sam'l Blackburn, A. 154 1 n. B. Mo"k, L. 86 ; Union. Judge. Yitos. J. Croyle, A. • 135 I C. A. Cam, L. 1)7 Constable i (iemge H. Ickes, A. 139 I i Wm. W. Lambume, L. 96 .diddle Woodbury. Judge. R. Hoover, L. 120 ; \V\ B. Blake, A. 68 Constable. I Henry Fluek, L. 127 J L. Tobias, A. 69 South Woodbcry. Judge. David F. Buck, A. 73 : | W. S Fluck, L. 79 61 unstable. j Tiros. Watson, A. 75 j ! Aaron Reed, L. 81 j RECAPITULATION. American. Loco. ; Bedford Borough 30 rnaj. maj, ! | Bedford Township 1 i Broadton 2 I Cuarb. Valley 113 ' Cole ain 1 ; Hopewell 42 Juniata 12 Liberty 45 j Harrison 3 Monroe 17 | Napier, rio, I Londonderry 20 i j Schellsburg Boro. 20 i Southampton 71 { Providence East 15 : Providence, West 85 j St. Clair 65 Union 38 | Woodhcry, Middle 62 !IV oodberrj South 6 430 303 ! 303 i : Amor. niaj. in the co. 127 ' . | We have been as careful in making out i this list from the official returns as possible. ! ! We have taken the vote for Judge as the j test, that being generally considered the j party vote. In stroug Locofooo townships ' where there were more than ODB Locofoeo running for this office, wo added them ali i together, and oounted thein all for that I party—we did the souie for the American ; Townships. In Londonderry, we do not j know the politics of any of the candidates, ex i cept Mr. Evans, an American, who is elec- I tod Justice of the Peace by 52 majority. | The Township last fall gave the Locofocos j 4 majority, we allow tbeiu 20 above. In i Schellsburg Borough our friends did not run a ticket. The Locofocos last fall had 16 majority in that Borough, we allow thein in the above 20 and this is more than they can get at a contested election. It will be seen from this fair and impar tial calculation that the American majority in the Connty is ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN' At a fair contest we can beat them at least 500 in Bedford 1 cCnnty; AUSWCB to the .Resolutions of the House. Light upon Certain Financial acts of his Predecessors. , TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF PENNA, \ iiARRISBI'KO, February, 1856. i Hon. il. L. Wright, Speaker House oj Rep resentatives: DEAR SIR: In answer to the resolutions of the House of Representatives, passed 011 the 25th ult. to wit: Resolved, That the State Treasurer be re quested to transmit to the House of Rep resentatives a copy of his receipt for pub lic money given to Joseph Raily, Esq., late State Treasurer, ou bis iuductiou into office in May last. Resolved, That the State Treasurer be j requested to inform the House of represen ! latives whether he received Irom his itatue -1 diatt predecessor, as cash, or otherwise, any check, note, draft bill, or other evi | deuce of, or security for, indebtedness to the [Treasury, and if so to communicate to the I House of Representatives the name of such ' officer, together with the name of the draw •cr and endorser of any such paper, the ag | gregate amount of ueh indebtedness, and the date w hen the whole or any part of said debt was paid. Resolved, That the State Treasurer be requeued to inform the House of Rt-pre , seutatives if any irregularities exist or have , existed during the last six years, in the ac j counts of any State Treasurer, and if so, to ! communicate the facts connected therewith ! to r the House of Representatives, in order j that such action may be taken as tbecir , euuistauces of the easesiia'l require. 1 have the liotior to reply that I have | given the different items embraced therein ja careful investigation. In compliant*} ; with the requirements of the first resolution I transmit a copy of my receipt as given to ; Mr. Rail v, my predecessor. The items, as j stated in that receipt, will in a great meas ure answer the inquiries of the second reso j lotion. The balance as there repoited to { ho in the several banks were found correct, with the exception of that in the Girard Rank and iu the banking house of Bell, Jack & Co. The nature and amount of i these discrepancies arc set forth iu uiy an i swer to the third resolution. The cash in : vault was repotted at§13,182 19. Of this ! amouut 51,502 was in depreciated and 1 counterfeit money, and $8,43 I 10 iu vouch j ers tor work d 1853 > 10,000 00 " • "Dec. 20, 1856 26,502 23 §44,665 63 The fact that several of the balauoees in favor of the Treasury above referred !t were discovered by the byoks of the batik, i and not from the record* of this Depart* ment, as al.->o tho fact tiiat the Coupons which have becu regularly paid by the Treasurer but not credited to him would Indicate that tho irregularities and discre pancies 'nay be contributed as much to the : careless and negligent manner in which tht accounts of this Department wore kept, a? to any other cause. The irregularities thus far stated appear to have occurred during the official term of General Bickcl. in referring to an irregularity occurring dur ing the term of my immediate predecessor ' it is due hiiu to stale that his accounts with that exception appear to have been uni-, fornsly regular. Tin-one irregularly refcr red to appears on tho f>th and Bth of Sept. | 1854 the Bank of Middlefovrn paid into the i State Treasury $50,000 of reissues of relief notes. These notes do not appear to have gone into the account of relief notes reigned. To wipe out thus additional aiuouut of re lief notes from circulation, nothing appears to have been done till the 3d of May, 1855 when an equal aiuouut were cancelled by j him without claiming a credit in the regulai ' account of such cancellation, and in this way balancing the account. By referring to the papers signed at the time of the said cancellation, 1 find it is claimed that ih< said re-issue was contracted for by the for mer State Treasurer, General Bickal, upder 1 the Act of l'Jth April, 1849. That law, ; | however requires that for all new issues J made and received at the Treasury there i shall be au immediate cancellation by the j State Treasurer and Auditor General, of 1 the same amount of torn ar.d defaced n ites, |in lieu of such re-issue. In this instance such cancellation does not appear to have j taken place until about e'ght mouths after ! the new re-issues were received, ar.d that they never entered iuto the relief note co conut. The great pre-s cf business that usually j devolves upon the State Treasurer i n the ; i last days of January and the first of Feb- ! : ruarv, and the very considerable labor iur . j posed by the resolutions themselves, I trus 1 i | will be regarded by the members of the ; House a a sufficient apology for the appa- Irent delay in answering taeir inquiries. I am very respectfully, yours. HLI SI.IFER, State Treasurer. JIiMCHL SAURIES. The proposiiion to increase the salaries j of our Judges is made annually in our leg islature. It has been attempted several times already without success, and the pre sent legislature has not escaped the usual struggle to enrich our judicial > fficers. I' ' is urged that the position of Supreme J udgc ; should command the best jadi-nl talent of 1 the State, that it imposes the set crest la i'bors upon the in. umbeut.-, ano that tue | preaout coiupeiii-utiou is entirely inadequate, j j It is true that the highest order of capaei'v [ i should Le secured for our court of final r„- | sort and for ought we know the labor of our supreme Judges absorb most of their • time; but we think that theie must he some | strange misapprehension existing as to the j amount of pay they receive, lentil within | I a short time, the Governor of the State re | ceiveu but $3,000, and now he receives j but $3,000; trie Secretary of the common , wealth, State Treasurer, Auditor General, j Survevor General (Anal Commissioners, J 5 : | receive bat $1,700 each, and it is not Jt : nied that men of unquestioned qualifications i ! regularly compete for nil these positions.— ; Our Supreme Judges receive about $3,000 I each— tho very highest * Juries paid to any ! State officers with the single exception of ; the Chief Executive, and we tubmit \ihe- j I tber, with tho ardcut professions of the ; Democracy in favor of economy, tiiey can ! advocate the increase of pay to the class of officials who receive the most generous con sideration at the bands of the State. The i following statement exhibits the pay rocei | ved by each of the supreme Judges during 1 the last vear: ! SUPREME COURT. Judges. Salary. DayschM Ant. received. Lewis, §2,200 31- $3,130 00 Knox 2,u00 331 2,903 00 | Woodward 2,000 305 2,915 00 ! Eowrie 2,000 327 2,981 00 : Black 2,000 302 2,903 00 By this it will be seen fhat we pay our j Chief Justice a stated salary of $2,200 per aunum and each of the associates §2,000. In addition to the salary, they are allowed $3 per day for each day acctually employ ed in heuiiug or deteimiug cases, and a glance at the figures shows how perfectly lamiliar our Supreme Judges are with some of the simpler rules of Arithmetic, it is the generally received opinion that tifeie are 305 days in a year, less 52 Sundays, which would leave 313 days for work. Of these 313, the present Chief Justice was (we are bound to believe) actually employ ed just 312, leaving but oue dav for ic creation, whilo Judge KNOX lias becu most wickedly worked every secular day in the year and 18 Sundays besides. So of Judge LOWRIK ; they have —doubtless at great cost to bis conscience—compelled him to hoar the dry argumeuts of lawyers ;aud pore over musty authorities every working day in the year, and 14 Sundays —leaving him but 38 Sundays for devotion and rest.— Judges WOODWARD and BLACK have far ed rather better—provided they have set tled their accounts for the wholo year—as they hava escaped 52 Sundays and enjoyed several week days of lcasure. Whether G'niel Jnstne JLuvvta will work exictly3ll days this. year, devote the additinml day a f. forded bj leap year to pleasure, cannot , f course be determined nutil bin aceouui is settled; tu; wo boo 0 f Luiu not to mike his associates work tie extra day and Sundays besides. Seriously, our Supreme Judgi > have luadc the most of their chances at tl lt . Treasury, and arc better paid than (Ley hi J any reason to expect when they accepted I >ho [>osition. No one believed, when the law was enacted allowing them three d-u --brs pet day, in addition to their salarv, for ijfej devoted tojiearitjg or Aafrtuaumg cases, tb it they would vv aggie in everv secular d. y in the year, and occasionally a tew .Surma ys; but suclr is the construction they jut upon tiie law, and they consequent ly pocket the highest salaries pid hy the State to any hut the Governor. Jr will not | avail to urge that the present compensation will not command the best jurists af the State. Jt has done so. and will ever do so. i'ue first judicad ticket presented to the people for their suffrages boasted the names of Gibson, jf Oocltxk, C.f Mkbe)jit;i, of Blacic, ot CaAMßiuts and of Jesscp; and since then there has been no luck of the same eminent legal capacity in the list of men willing to accept a seat in the highest jnu ici.il tribunal ct tiie C emmouwealth. ; Upon what grounds then are these salarh s to be increased ? The District Judges iu Philadelphia re eeivc $2,500 each, and those cf Pittsburg!! $2,20'.. We are n..t familiar with tbii: _ labors, but we do know that tuck men as : Sharswoop, SrteoiD and ifAStWo.v nt with seine cotupcti c, j„ the ranks cf class lawyer- for toeir station-. v'ar ( ntm.D I'.eas Judge-., % it!; few ex ceptions, ure u.ore than paid for t!.u lsh>r tiiey perfcrn. They receive from s2,"'> to $1,600 e.- ch, averaging probablyfil ,800, •*u.( a large majority o: to.-i.j are tsot cui fi eyed one-La if i f their time We do not heaeve that t;.y m.CU.o receive less. ih*u they do now, out . :**y suould have moro work. V. r coT 1 j-feiy rcdn-e tire number or judicial districts fully trie-fourand we know that n.sny (. the Ceiutimn i'le.n Judges vvouid gladly consent to eniutged diet litis it t.;e compensation could thereby be increased. Bat to • over the great inequality of Ishr in the HifTsr. ~t trreis and increase the pay imiisci iuumitely , wouid be cicuriy wrong and extravagant, ()tie-lib,f hi tiie Judges now presiding in this State never earned their present salary at the bar, and a number never could to „<>. It is true :hat some could command much more :n the practice; but. suoh have gtiictally accepted the bench to avoid tU anxiety und labor of the bur, and with the fttil siKiwludge of the their coui pei:sat',ou. I-', r the satisfaction of our rea ders, and especially tin the oJiucsiiim of tiie legislature, we append the courpciuatiuu of t iv-n judge i.i the S:i,' tVJIMON i-Lt.AS JU'CiIS. 1 District—l L'Uiipstn £2,500 00 2 •• Lang I,ouo t " iiivt 1,61(0 "it J " AiVartury 1,059 I" 4 hite l.i i -10 5 " fPOiure 2.2UU CO 0 •• (ralbraith 2,280 PI 7 •• Smyser 1 ,680 TO 8 '• .i.udcu 1,002 10 0 " lira haui 1,751 00 10 " Buffing ton* 430 80 11 " I\iiitiitigliatil 1,98il SO I 2 " Pearson *2,140 0" Hi " Wiiiaot 1 .TOO 00 Id •' Giluioro 1 ,(>74 00 10 '* Haines 1,6.50 40 16 " Kim moil 1,790 00 17 " Agnew 1,926 70 16 " M'Caluiant 1.904 05 19 " Fisher 1.745 GO 20 Wilson 1,838 (50 21 " Begins 1.030 00 22 '• Barett* 436 0" 23 • Jones 1,625 ('0 24 '• Tnylor 1,781 80 '25 " Burnsidca 1,822 50 *Ncw Judges, received !..ut 1 quarter sr.l -arv. We Bubmit whf.'her, in view of these facts the increase of judical salaries would not be wrong tnu dangerous—wrong to the other officer* <>t the state, end dangerftt:* because it vroubi be bet the entering wedge f'-r a genera! stampede I:n n the trc.vsurv. iiurrisbur* I\ legrcph. For /.'.£• inquinr nnd Chronicle. TO GEX. (r. W. BOWMAN. FiK:—Permit your oid trieiid to addif's a few lines tn you, in tb-. way f correoiitin, and congratulation of t..e events at f.tr ro cout dt'iuucralic meeting in iho Court lions" in Bedford, ou your pari, r.ud my hnuiLie position at tent meeting. In doing so, I make a few quotations from the Gazetto of Feb. 15th, 1856. Please excuse mjr p.-- erastjuatioti: *'lt is due to ,Tndge 8ch!l to say that hr, opposed the res iutif.fi fur the repeal of t!i Jus Liw, bu: in this in: Mood vplitarv and alone. * Not so. General, my motion to strike out the Jug resolution wp.c fairly seconded, but the President hesitatingly decided, "that the motion was not seconded." 1 did not stand quit" as solitary and alone as did the hero of Dallas memory at a Buchanan meeting not a hundred miles from Bedford, when and where our hero ■ bawled out .lustily, '•Buchanan!" pshaw! I was not compelled to shout for whiskey. When you fling stones look out for rocks. Not withstanding your exulting notice of my loneliness, General, I have the pleasure of doing you the justice to say that you did not "stand solitary and alone" in that au gust meeting, when you rose, and e-ud, "i am a better temperance man than Judge 8,-licIl." Oh, what shouts! It m that all the spirits from tiie nether regions shouted "Bowman! Bowmin 1 Bow man! ! ! and behold, when I got .out a 'ht