The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-13
THE DAILY REBEL.
ruslIsaED IT
F ranc- M. PAIL
Ternas ID s1baoription.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. ls, Ie6s.

TFrom the HarTisbnrg (PeDh) Patriot. Jalsiary %
Moceasta Tracks s-Atfe s,t ffsibe 1. Ne m lea
OF the fs~gfslature = i-f"undisg Develop-
menfs General Cam kion,s op~r-4tIan- 10
Enset HIs Ei~~tls th- United u: ates Sen
aIe-stafemenf Of IL b Ffers1a Boy yr FI. an brs
OF - ena5ty fros-s p sisfi - County, =
o the Editors ssthe peiriot and Onion:
As nlal.y rumots 1rc 4fieai 81 vg.sah 10 GET
tain transactions which teok place between
General Cameron and myself on sevdfal ecc;t-
sions previous to the afs election Eli uniied
States Senator. + think il my duty tdinakeik
plain, navarnisliad statenent Of thcHfacis, 81
that there may be hereafter no misnEAer,tand
ing or misre representation. Believing HAT there
would be attempts 70 bfibe members Eu order
defeat tho election ri Democrat / cHincciyed
tho project of putting myself il, the way 81
the operators aud irving how far flev were
disposed TO GO ia the ma Tier. Oncc cdhceivetl
determined TO act upoitii and comIHtInica,,si
my intention to several friends The iirsf oh,
portunIty that sffsred IIsmbraced anil here Il
the result
had beea 10 PhilaIleli,liia and Oh my re-
turn, perhaps a wee more before the eled
ton, met lIr. Vim. BroLst. Of Lewisblirg,
with whomb Mas acquaint II at the EPennsyl
wanna House, ia iisrr .sBusg Tor The fr.t time
this winner. an noticed some Vi sual nervous
mesa on Ills part. an from his conduct was
soon led to suspect that his business al Harris
burg Vas not Of very public cllaraeter IN
the afterL oen he came 70 nae nfi,i asked 10 soc
rue privately, and we proceeded al .cnIis 70 M Il
reoa, where lac very sspn conInencesl siispar-
agins the several proninsnt Democratic ean.Ii-
dates for Unite States Senator. and cancluled
By expressing his deci1led presrance for Gen
sral Simon Caneroh. This. ot course. left ~
no room 10 doubt the object Of his vi5t TO ths
Sf&tc Capital and 70 mo and at once asked
hiiu whether that VAS The object of bis visit
He sill it was In reply 10 m, question. whe-
ther General Cameron sufhorie~d him to rorns
t. me ia this way, hs said he was authorized
10y Cameron to see any Denlscrat of the House
or Senatr. anil onisr isfe tie preliminary an
engagements to- secure vote for Caraeron /
Elrn asked llizi il what manner they expected
10 securs tho election sf Cameron He an.
swered. eeby getting three Denocrais to abseIl.
themselves OH the day % the election then
asked him What they vosld pay. Hs esid he
was authorized by Cameron 10 otlsr $4,000 +
told him tbs figures were too low aud desired
him to tell uIr who tho other I.enbets were
This no refused to do at the time but would
Try aud get pernli- -sio Of his principal 10 DO So
tie then left. and returned in sh,l lrt tilhe.
aud said that sral Cameron wanfeH s.e
me. personally. At his residences cut OF ihcle7fy
thai evening. i fsld hin / could moi MAJ E The
. gagenenl. but would answer him in enc hour
and If ceuid get clear Of another engagements
had made, would 20 with hin. In the
iIean time CONSULTED with DrIEarlN. OF the
House Of Representatives. ny colleague, to
whom | related the foregoing facts then
saw Brebst again and told him wsuld go
tie told me he would laye a carriag really I'M
front oil Herris Hotel at Sc ven oclecks that lie
was authorized by CaAefon to get carriage
at any time Whenlt the time arrived DR. Early
! and myself walked down to Herr e. hnd saw
the carriage and Brobst there. then made
some excuse 10 Bfobsl and told him Il wpuld
be best MOTT 10. q dee ,ied il p1ndeili at
<f
too much eagerness. lest mght defeat ile
object in vIew.) The next day he eBrobst)E
called and said tAat Cameron wanted To see ne
at the State Capitol Bank. called and was
ushertd into a room Of tie hank, aid found
Cameron in shere. He addressed me as
follows:
..Boyer do you think You could have cour-
age enough 10 vote fol Ihe = Ianswkred tlrat
twas very business like question. aid that il
wpuld depend very muck on circumstances.
He then sa d. suppose the circnnist 4nces arr
all rightl'' | asked him how lie iakant "aI
right HcIanswered.I .the financial lensisieF-
alton in short, the dollars AMI eents" 1 ali
swefed him, certainly" lie then Asked me
what thought Of Sl06OO right aewn. after
the work WAS done | then asked i'm wlle-
thcr he wanted vele abseiItee. fIe
answered. "a vote" and that it would be Sefy
troubleson4e4io set tie mon away. and besides
hr only regarded the money paid as the first
i...taitnasns. s.nd that he felt ip duty Hound 10
take e7re OF the Iorsot that made IliI. Seiaor1
aiterMard. aud, il he had 10 many TO take care
pi, II would acmbarrsss him. hiI if hs had Da;
Jte hc could doit well and ptoiitahIY az Ior,g
as we lived; and said BESIDES there Would lie
more danger in voting directly for linn than
IN being absent, for they would make every
provision loF the protection sol the ihan that
would vote for Kim. 1'his ended The litersiex
and We agreed to meet again 10 hx lhe corn
pensati0n- Ill
Thenext day he sent Brobst for me II de-
clined going to see him. but agreed 10 see him
at my room No. 5 Pennsylvania House. Mr..
Brobst. whoIwas still, up to this time. figuring
for Simon. went after him. and m less than
twenty minutes returned with hiIa Cameron
then said. well, let's CONE 10 an updar.tapd-
ing" said, what for! : He answered
- m reference to the Senatorial anestioulr Il
then said, II must have $1,000 fie said I'll
win give il. = and wanted TO know Who'll would
prefer to arrange further interviews and ,lo |
Tho financiefhg OF the business tliid lhin,I
my limited knowledge Of his friends did not
enable me TO name that person. Hetlien prolI
posed Jim Burns. said lie would do. He /
then lefs. stating that he was going to PhiA
delphia to arrange another matter which lie 4
had in view and return on Saturday evenIisg
This was ON Wednesday. fIl.-
On Thursday | met John J. Patterson. HeI
desired TO sec me, and asked me 10 faa At his
room at Hers Hotel. When | met hiinII ask
ed him where Burns was lie told me he VAS
sick. He then said. Boyer. the money ~illE
be all right ! asked him what money I!
He then said, Oh. know ali about il II