Phenix Gazette

A clerk in one of the State Offices of Pennsylvania, was recently removed from his situation for having exhibited premonitory symptoms of an intention to support a candidate for the next Presidency, in opposition to the views of the head of his Department. In a published letter, in relation to his dismissal, he says:

"At the time when Dr. Sturgeon gave me notice of my dismissal, I asked him if he was not satisfied with my conduct, capacity, and attention to the business of the office. His reply was "that he was PERFECTLY satisfied with the manner in which I performed the duties of Clerk and guessed I could get a situation elsewhere.' I asked him to give the reason for a removal. He said he had been informed that I was opposed to the party—that others had requested him to remove me, and that I had frequently been seen with the opposite party! I replied, that I was and ever had been a friend of Jackson and Wolf, and did all in my power to aid in the re-election of both. I stated that most of my neighbors were either Anti-masons or National Republicans, and unless I stopped all social intercourse, I could not help being seen every now and then in their company."