Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-21
h2NlSBgAR ENADllaha
Venue Ghanesl.
APRIL 81, 1854.


We under-tani Il oil has passed The
Legislature, to change the place of trying
the New Berlin licimhach prosecutions (ii
the bills found by the Grand jury are not
meanwhile quashcd) to L.yconliHy oouaty,
ION motion Of Maj. Simonton, of Union
instead of Union county. SO the hopes Of
the New Berlin tavern keepers and others
for "throng Court to hear the " Bribery
trials are blasted, aud funds raised to fee
LAWYERS to raise a local breeze that shall
damaaa Division, will be deemed by many
..ras,ed on the desert air. of Lycoming.
A, ]. Miller and ]. Swineford, again.
Iu our last, at the request of John Swine
ford, Esquire, VIC published an ''explana-
ton" Of his using at Harrisburg "A certain
statement OF Adam j. Miller, scaooi te1cher,
as a sp,,m paper, to head off Division. Mr..
Miller, in the only conscioRS oath he has
made in tie matter, swore that he did not
take the alleged oath In ,la last week
"explana'ion,' he states thas Joha S".''e-
fori has since repeated to him nc firm OF
an affirmation, and that h [M.ilerl d'I
ignorautly assent 10 the same not knowing
its legal force and intent. He had rrev'-
ousiy-posi,ivelyand poirt-blank-re'a'ed
to be sworn by the Book. He thinks Nr.
& did not mean to dcceive-And Samuel
Baum. keeper of the New Berlin tavern IN
whose bar-ronm this exploit was performed,
suear, that Miller "was regularly cDt'mea
in NY presence" a. the time referred to-
And Wm. Roshong, DR. Lott, VIM Van
Gezer. and - other New Berliners, certify
that they never knew John Swineford to
be charged by any individual who has
known him as long as We have, with dis
homes. or dishonorable act." We'll. LET us
see what thi, New Berlin estimate OF honor
aud honesty is An innocent youth is talk
ing in bar-room-a paper is got up for
him to sign, and the Bible is brought IN
Tor him 10 swear 10 oit-hc hhf o"i-' ~ o"
but an intelligent Justice of the Peace per
suades him Ignorant of the nature of the
act), to affirm to the self-,ame thing which
he refused to sceur to! Taking such an
advantage of a man ignorant Of all legal
technicalities, by qualified Justice of the
Peace or the lookout for extraJudicial
pickiugs, is nothing dishonest or dishon-
orable according to the code of morals at
the "great metropolis" But, fortunately
the original document produced by Squire
Swincford before the Committee at Harris
burg, has since been found among the pa
pers of the Chairman, a copy Of which Is
now in our hands. The following are ex-
tracts therefrom, being the only portions
material to the point now in issue. They
read thus:
UNION COUNTY S. s.
On the 18th day Of March, A. ID. 1854,
Before me the subscriber Justice OF the
Peace In and FIR sad County, personally
appeared aOdul -rllicT VI shIh Cpuu "ho
after being duly SWORN according to
Law saith, &c.
:; s;;:: S',s ',S n, ;ss ;s, MILLER
JoaS SwISrroRp, J. p.
True copy cf tie Original:
HENRY c. IIICKoK,
JoHN Il. LINN.
Harrisburg, April II, 1854.
So it appears that-contrary to the ex-
PLANTATION Of both Miller and Swineford-
contrary to the oath of Samuel Baum
Miller was sporn," OR, the "sro'n" Ma-
nstra,e has certified to falsehood. "NoT
sworn, only affirmed" was his language to
Miller, and to the public" SWORN" is
his written language at Harrisburg 1t
will be time enough to raise side issues
in public c,rds after he has cleared up
the main points.
This is all an incidental matter, not
directly affecting the question Of Division
itself; but it shows what desperate measures
the opponents Of Division resort to, to d.
vsst rutlic attention, and to Kill Division.