Maryland free press., 1863-01-30

in few minutes, stating that; although Cam
eIon regarded the price big, he would pay i
| in order to save further trouble, and would
therefore, not say anything to the members
then on their way to Philadelphia, and that
they might return, and thus prevent any dis
arrangement of the plan that might arise from
their absence: Saturday evening was then
! agreed upon as the time for the nextinterview
/ stopped at Reading; SO did Patterson, who
returned that same evening to Harrisburg -
cameron went to Philadelphia. came up on
Saturday evening, and found Cameron on the
train, as well as at least one of the men who
went to Philadelphia the day before, and !
think BOTH At the depot at Harrisburg met
Patterson, who said the interview would be
at Don Cameron's. Accordingly Patterson
h, sstmysef fwent direct to the house, and found
tiis General there ahead of US. He invited us
up stairs, and, by a dismal light, we agreed
upon the price, viz: Cameron assented to the
bargain between Patterson and myself by
| agreeing to pay the $50, ,000-$5, 900 of which
was to be paid in hand-and would deposite
1t in Patterson's hands in my presence at some
future interview, subject to my inspection
A little incident which occurred here it would
be pity to lose to tho world. After the bar
gain was concluded Simon Strengthened up on
his chair, rubbing his legs with his hands,
saying. "Well, this ends Undressing
himself to me) )-"I will be the most powerful
man in that Senate; the entire state of affairs
of this Government will be changed; nothing
is more certain than that the South will gain
her independence, (this sounded like treason, }
and then we will hold the control of the Gov
ernment and will be able to serve my friends;
and so we parted again, to dream of Southern
Confcdefcics and Winnebagoes for Senator
Patterson and l then agreed to meet on
Monday
We met at o'clocl, in Patterson's room at
Hers. On Monday afternoon. Here Patter-
son told me he had the $4,000 hand money
locked up in the safe down stairs, but wanted
me to see Simon again before paying it over
to me. | insisted on tho hand money. This
| deemed necessary to keep up the delusioa.
we then parted to meet at the same place car
ty the next morning. Immediately after
l met Patterson, according to agreement, at
his roomi Simon being present, lying on the
bed, complaining Of disease 6ftbe bowels
1t was then desired that should see some Re-
publican member of the Senate or House, who
would be sent to me, and inform him of my
Willingness to vote for Cameron in case he
| was nominated. To this made sc,ne pretens
| ded objection and demanded to know the ne
cessity for it, Simon said it was this, that
unless l did this they might think he just
wanted their id nomination for effect, which
was not true. He declared he would not have
the nomination and defeat for the whole Log
islature. So, of course, l consented, and the
NptltlS price WAS TdiSeu
Patterson said the gentleman who would wait
on me there was DIR. Fuller, ofthe Senate, who
would be present as soon as 1 was ready to re-
ceiF'e kim. said that was all right, but musi
now be convinced that tho money was all
right kE>, Patterson then hurriedly showed
me large bundle of notes, which he repre-
sentcd as being the amount of the final pay
rnent. lie assured IRE the day before should
Fave the hand money, and again on Tuesday
morning said l could have it. J. told him
deemed it better, on reflection, not TO have il
about me, inasmuth rs thc'e might be a row
aftG; the electio;t, and said l would trust it tc
them, IPattetson afI Catneron,) knowing
them to be honest. Patterson agai4 assured
me the hand money was down in the safe, and
together with the residue, should be forthcom
ing as soon as the election was over. | may
here state it did not Gomez Cameron the Il
said his carriage would be at the State
Capital Bank after the election, and should
como right down and go over to his house and
remain there awhile. This, of course,
agreed to do, (but did not.)
NV, thea, all things 6eing arranged, DR.
Fuller was ushcred in by Patterson. Tho in
PRODUCTION completed, L said: doctor,
presume | understand the object of this inter
view" lie then said: "I am chairman of d
committee appointed by the Republican eau
Gus to wait on yo5 to sec whether you would
vote for Cameron l said I"Yes; l assure
] ,
| ing to the old Winnebago lying on the bed,
it will be all right" lie said: "You give me
that assurancGl,'. said "Yes." DR.: +. theI
| sail: "you need have no fears of personal
danger, OF anything Of that sort. We have
made every provision to meet all danger. "
Thus the last scene in this strange farce en-
dcd Simon assured me that he would be eve
grateful and hope he will. ,.,. -.......
It is ptopei here to say tkat during thii
entire adventure with Simon and his agents
my colleague, Dr. Early, w. A. Wallace, thu
Senator from Clearfeld, and Robert Vaughn
the proprietor of the Pennsylvania House, il
this city, were in the secret, and DR.. Farley
especially, knew constantly what was goint
| on.
In one of MY .intefyie%s.#it Patterson, OF
the cars going to Reading, he said in cas-
! there should any Investigation grow out of tn
transaction he would be the only witness tina
knew anything about it, and he would swea
fal<<g and put it through.
m4egard to the dates given in the abov'
statement, as [ made no memoranda ut thu
time, l csnnot be certain that they are correct
but believe they are,
| T. JEFFERSON BOYER.
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