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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 <ue and material furnished on
! the Portage Railroad.
'1 hose vouchers appear to have beau paid
j by the State Treasurer in anticipation of an
| appropriation for lite same. These claims
however, were by some oversight not provi
ded for iu the appropriation bill. Immcdi
: ate notice of that fact was given to tiie par
tics interested, who promptly refunded §7,-
452 3d to the treasury: the sum of $931 75
which had been advanced to the Couimou
wealth Insurance Company, is still unpaid
The amouut iu drawer was represented to
be §lO, 996 04; of this amount §7,414 04
was in oLeoias of the Commissioners of the
! Internal Improvement Fund, advanced by
the Treasurer to them prior to the passage
iof the appropriation bill, and §3OO drawn
from the treasury by Gov. Bigler, for some
j expenditure connected with the Franklin
i Canal Company. I lis receipt for that a
uiouitt is s:ill held and treated as cash in
the treasury. The balance of the amount
1 receipted for was made up of money advan
ced to officers of the Government, and to
members and officers of the Legislature,
and no part of the balance from Mr. Raily
was iu notes or drafts either for tuuiiev due
or overdrawn from the treasury.
In answer to the third resolution, I trans
mit a statement (No. 2) left on file in the
Accounting Departments by Jos, Buily,
Esq, late Treasurer, relutive to discrepan
cies in the account with the Girard Bank.
On further investigation it was found that
the deficiency in that Bank was a fraction
larger than given in that statement amoun
ting altogether to §13,149 79. The only
irregularities discovered in addition to j
those tiliudej to iu statement marked No. 2,
•'during the last six years in the account cf
any State Treasurer," muy be slated as fol
low s:
Iu Girard Bank, as above stated, §13,149 79
In Back of Middletown, Jan.
27, 1851, 1!H1 91
In Banking House Bell, Jack
A Co. date not ascertained, 806 73
Cumberland Valley Railroad
paid July 27, 1852, and
omitted to be reported, 5,502 17
The I jancaster Bank, in its re
issues of relief Notes, credit
ed the Commonwealth with
§25,000 00 as follows,which
amount was not taken icto
the account of the re-issues
of Relief Notes:
1850, December 20 §2,000
" " 24, 2,000
" 30. 2,000
1851, January 11, 1,000
13, 1,000
17, 1.000
21, 1,000
" May 24, 6,000
" August 2, 5,000
" 16, 5,000
144,055 63
The above deficiencies were made good
to the Treasury within the last year; as fol
lows to wit.
By balanoe rn Lancaster Bank, §3,989 16
" " Farmers Bank of
Lancaster, 89 74
Credit on Coupon account, Gi
rard Bank, 4.075 00
Cash paid by Mr. Bickel, NO7.
23 > 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