Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-10-07

i'ounH - loot-illn Il ldf9c lihil!y 20 sup
ports liberal and gencrous-and owes
many debts which he is amxiou, to pay oil -
To which it is replied: Ills poverty is
his own fault, for he inherited 4 fortune,
which he lost by no proyidcntial dispcn-
sation-his family is grown up, and able
! To look out for thcnlScNcs-hc has rcc.-iy-
cd from the people of Union county. S20,-
600 or $4,000, in his different Offices
and il he has not yet paid those long
promised debts, it is not probable, at his
time ot' life, he ever viii
Mr.. BILGER's friends urge, on his be
half, that he is by no means rich, although,
during twenty years of hard bodii, toll a,
mechanic, he has earned Il respectable
livelihood. He is, howcycr, not rs firm
in health as formerly, and Fighter en-
lloyment would probably lcngthen hi-
days. lie has never received anything
from the public for Offices, yc, h., done
rs much for ,he general welfare as any Of
his years and means. He is not much ii
any in debt, but might easily become 80
ii that is amy recommendation. Ills chill
drcn are young, and are yet to be reared
and educated.
50 the arguments run. We are not
cognizaut OF the fact, alled@cd, but if all
correct, on the score Of IympaMg and m,rit
1t seems to lis Bilgcr is ~ little ahead
fs2-Mr. BucnEH, the Buchanan can
didatc for District Att,rnyy-uot being
otherwise cmgagcd-we learn, has been
for some weeks clectionccrn" in every
nook and corner OF the county. with all
parties, and his smoothc,t tongue and
handsomcst laugh and bow for every one.
y great many promised, to g,t rid OF
him. and some with whom he ..smilcd."
laughed at his political yerdancy as soon
is his back WIS turned.
Several have inquired for Mr. MSN,
very dcsirous Of seeing linn also before
election. He has made one or two trips.
but prior duties, which he could not he
glcct with justice to his clients, may prc-
vent his visiting all parts Of the county.
While We write this, he Is attending the
Supreme Court at Sudbury, professionally .
Ills friends and acquaintanccs, through F.
ont this, his native county. should not al
low him to su1cron account Of his necessary .
absence; and all those who desire to see (
or be clcctionccrcd by him, must please
consider themselves 'a.c'd7 tovo;c lorhiln. .
"HARD TINES'-rnEln cAusr-The Uni.
on Go. Dem. Convention, aud their hundred .
eyed Arsus, have for month past GcHicd that
there were any "hard tlmeS," but nIlmaicd
that times were flush, money plenty. and ev.
eryihinS going on Swimmln2ly. Yesterdays
irgns, states that times are awful bad-taxeS
mOnStrUuS heavv-aud rum and woe staring
every man ia the face, And all this lusubri-
Gus, dark cloud of evil has settled upon US,
here IN Union county, because the people
thereof have dared mol TO elect Democrat, 10
office,
But, how Is the Democratic National Trca-
Sury, neIghbor How are Arkansas and
your other true-bIue Democratic States
How are many Democratic counties, where
County Orders go as they do here
Me>SrS. Laird and Marshall are quite as
honest and as capable men as MessrS. Green
and Kelley. and neither OF them Will get up a
shaving shop Don't be afraid of Samuel
Marshall or Robert II. Laird: our people
know them too well 10 be prejudiced against
them by comparative stranger.
As far as we know, our Commissioners
endeavor TO be economical. Heavy cxpen-
seS have been incurred, which will soon be
paid of. They pay us less, for Printing,
than Is paid IN any county near or adjoining
ourS-ess than sullivan, Clinton, Juuiara,
Snyder or Hiillin. We know they have re.
sisted the eiilrts OF certain rapaciouS Editors
10 get deeper into the County Treasury, and
no doubt the secret of their cry for "change"
is 10 get more "change" out OF the Office.
rTa-A few days before the Election,
the Republican and Anti-Lccompton Dem
ocrats in California united ON candidates
for Congress and State Printer, bat we
fear too late, as it did not reach all parts
Of the State, and the returns received rcn-
Ter it doubtful whether they have a ma
oriiy, although they are not far behind.
On the remainder Of the three tickets, the
locomptontcs are successful, and there
Is hope for 1850.
r52.Somc wiscacre in the .I,yus has
ound out that the "Gr0atclc faction has
lad the management of affairs ever since
-hls has been a county, As the county
was organized before cilhcror the "Chron-
Gle taction'-which comprises only Wor- ;
len u Cornciius-wcrc born, and as the ;
'nl y county Office We ever shared was that
If Mercantile Appraiser, We don't fer
.htay this charge, but as it appears in
he l.ccompton organ, We suppose it must
&c as true as most of its facts.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Abou month
go, information was received in this city