THE UNIVERSITY V OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY Purchased from .Mr. H. A. Rattermarm' of Cinodnj34td 19l5 ‘ ^ ■'>- Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/historicalregistOOegle ft NOTES ^ QUERIES. eiSTORICiL m GENEALOGIWL Edited by WM. H. EGLE, M. D„ M. A, HARRISBURG, PA.: HARRISBURG PUBLISHING COMPANY. NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. 1001.— In 1840 there was a society in Harrisburg by this name. They held their meetings at the “Golden Eagle,” Bueh- ler’s tavern, now Bolton’s. What was the object of this association — and who com- posed it ? Weise, Adam — A very interesting family Record of Adam Weise, of Upper Paxtang, appears in the Lykens Register of April 9th, 1880. Watson, Capt. William.— In the en- tertaining reminiscences of Capt. Muench, relative to the justifiable shooting of Gibbs by Capt. Watson, warden of the Dauphin county prison, he omits to inform his readers why Mr. Watson resigned his posi- tion. Was it not owing to some circum- stances attending the escape of one Lukens, confined for counterfeiting ? Something transpired at that time to oftend Watson or the inspectors. I am not clear about what it was, and hope Mr. Muench will tell what he knows about it in the same interesting fashion as he has that of Gibbs and Watson. w. H. Bryan, John. — We have been favored with an Iowa paper giving an account of the death of a native of this city — John Bryan. He was the son of Samuel Bryan and Elizabeth Cleckner, born at Harris- burg, Penn., in April, 1808. His grand- father was a soldier of the revolution and an early inhabitant of this city ; was a house carpenter by trade, as was also the son and grandson. The latter became a noted builder, and the court houses of three or four of the Western counties of Pennsyl- vania attest the skill and fidelity which Mr. Bryan brought to his work. He subse- quently removed to Iowa, and in May, 1856, settled in the city of Des Moines, then the capital of that State. In the following year, with a partner, his brother-in-law, Mr. Hyde, he took the contract for the con- struction of the now old State house at that place. In his adopted home he was well known and highly respected. He died on the 8th of October, 1879, In his seventy- second year, leaving a wife and tliree chil- dren. w. H. E. Appreciated, — The April number of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, in noticing the Notes and Queries, which appear in the Telegraph Supple- ment, makes the statement that three news- papers in the United States have a regular series of articles concerning the history and genealogy of their locality: The Richmond (Va.) Standard, in charge of that learned historian, R. A. Brock, Esq.; The Boston Evening Transcript, in care of Charles E. Hurd, Esq. ; and the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph. We can only reciprocate the Register's notice by saying that although we are thoroughly Pennsylvanian by birth and by afiection, we highly prize the Regis- ter, and therefore believe that no one who has ever slept beneath the shadow of Bunker Hill ought to be without a copy of so interesting, so valuable a quarterly — especially to all connected by blood or marriage to New England Pilgrim or New England Puritan. Like old wine it becomes more precious by age. w. h. e. 2 Historical and Genealogical. L.SG1SL.ATOKS IN THK L.ONG AGO. Where They Boarded and What They Did. Read before the Dauphin County Historical Society. BY BENJAMIN M. NEAD. PART I. Mr. President and Gentlemen: I have here some old papers which have accidentally fallen into my possession, and which our worthy President and Librarian have in- duced me to lay before you this evening. They are “old papers,” doubtless, but I do not believe that the veriest tyro in historical research would place them in the category of rare documents bearing that impress of antiquity which invokes reverence. They have no intrinsic value, no import of sub- ject matter grave enough to arrest the atten- tion of the average reader; they are not specimens of the chirography either of dead patriots or living heroes, and it is a woful commentary upon the foresight and pru- dence of the State of Pennsylvania that these papers in their isolated, meagre condition should be worthy of even a pass- ing consideration at the hands of the gleaner in the fields of her history. They are simply specimens ot that fiotsam and jetsam which the waves of Time occasionally wash up and expose to sight upon the shores of the Present, from that vast whirlpool of Chaos to which the carelessness of the earlier, and the downright vandalism of the later guardians of our State records have consigned them. Had our Commonwealth’s archives been properly preserved at the right time, such papers as these would now be utterly worthless; but as it is, from the meagre tale they and kindred waifs may tell, must be woven the woof of much of Pennsylvania’s early history. If I shall succeed in interesting you in the story in part, which these papers will suggest to a careful examiner, and thereby quicken your appreciation of the impor- tance of a more assiduous collation and pre- servation of records of like character, and impart in never so slight a degree to the general public a knowledge of the present value of such documents, something will have been accomplished for the good of history, more probably than this feeble effort deserves. I call attention first to these two papers : A List of Members and Officers of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with their places of Resi- dence in Harrisburg, for the Session of 1813 - 14 . PHILADELPHIA CITY. William J, Duane, Robert Harris’s, Front street; Thomas Sergeant, George Ziegler’s, Second street; John Connelly, Robert Harris’s, Front street; J acob Mitchell, Frederick Hyne- man’s. Market street; Joseph M’Coy, John Wright’s, vvalnut street. ~ PH1LADE1.PHIA COUNTY. John Holmes, Frederick Hyneman’s, Market street; Joseph Starne, Frederick Hyiieman’s, Market street; John Carter, Frederics Hyne- man’s, Market street; Joel B Sutherland, John Wright’s, Walnut street; Isaac Heston, John Shoch’s Front street; Charles Souder, Frederick Hyneman’s, Market street. BUCKS. Samuel Smith, John Shoch’s, Front street; William H. Rowland, Mrs. M’Creight’s, Mar- ket street; Michael Fackenthall, John Shoch’s Front street; Joseph Clunn, John Shoch’s, Front street. CHESTER. John Harris, John Shoch’s, Front street; John Read, John Shoch’s, Front street; James Brooke, Nicholas Schwoyer’s, Walnut strret; James Hindman, John Shocb’s, Front street, Edward Darlington, John fc>hoch’s,Front street. LANCASTER. Emanuel Reigart, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street; Joel Dightner, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street; Jacob Grosh, Andrew Berry hill’s, Second street; John Graff, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street; Henry Hambright, John Norton’s, Second street; Robert Maxwell, Andrew Berryhili’s, Second street. YORK. James S. Mitchell, Phillip Youse’s, Second street; Archibald S. Jordan, Frederick Beis- Historical and Genealogical. S sel’s. Second street; Jacob Heckert, Philip Youse’s, Second street; George Frysinger, Nicholas Schwoyer’s, Walnut street. CUMBERLAND. John Maclay, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street; Moses Watson, Geoi’ge Zeigler’s, Second street; George Metzger, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street; BERKS AND SCHUYLKILL. Jacob Krebs, Jacob Steinman’s, Market street; Conrad t'eger, John Feger s. Market street; George Marx, Peter Marx’s, Market street; John Addams, Frederick Hyneman’s, Market street; Jonathan Hudson, Frederick Hyneman’s, Market street. NORTHAMPTON, LEHIGH AND WAYNE. Daniel W. Dingman, John Beajamim’s, Mar- ket street; Henry Winter, John Benjamin’s, Market street; John Hays, Frederick Beissel’s, Second street; Philip seller, John Benjamin’s, Market street; Abraham Rinker, Frederick Beissel’s, second street. NORTHUMBERLAND, UNION AND COLUMBIA. Samuel Bond,Mrs. M’Cieight’s, Market street; Leonard Rupert, Nicholas Schwoyer’s, Walnut street; Tnomas Murray, Mrs. M’Creight’s, Market street; George Kremer, Nicholas Schwoyer’s, W alnut street. WASHINGTON. Josnua Dickerson, Thomas M’Call, James Stevenson and Janies Kerr, at Nicholas Schwoyer’s, Walnut street. ARMSTROSG, INDIANA AND JEFFERSON. James M'Comb, John Benjamin’s Market street. WESTMORELAND. George Plumer, Henry Allshouse, and Peter Wallace, Melchior Rahm’s, Second street. FAYETTE. Henry Heaton, Nicholas Schwoyer’s, Walnut street; John Shreve, Melchior Rabm’s, Second street; John St. Clair, George Ziegler’s, Second street. BEDFORD. Joseph S. Morrison and Jacob Hart, Philip Y ouse’s. Second street. FRANKLIN. Robert Smith, William Findlay’s, Front stceet; David Maclay, John Shoch’s, Front street; Jacob Dechert, George Ziegler’s, Second street. MONTGOMERY. Jesse Bean, Benjamin Reiff, Philip Reed, and William Powell, Nicholas Schwoyer’s, Walnut street. DAUPHIN AND LEBANON. Amos Ellmaker, George Ziegler’s, Second street; Peter Shindel, Nicholas Schwoyer’s, David Ferguson, Philip Youse’s,Second street. LUZERNE AND SUSQUEHANNA. Jabez Hyde and Joseph Pruner, George Ziegler’s, Second street. HUNTINGDON. R. James Law and John Crum, Mrs. M’- Creight’s, Market street. BEAVER. > John Lawrence, Melchior Rahm’s, Second street. ALLEGHENY AND BUTLER. John Potts, William Courtney, William Marks and Samuel Scott, John Shoch’s, Front street. MIFFLIN. Jonathan Kothroek, Melcbior Rahm’s, Second street; James Milliken, Mrs. M’Creight’s, Marbet street. DELAWARE. William Cheyney and John Thomson, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street. SOMERSET AND CAMBRIA. James Mitchell, George Ziegler’s, Second street; Daniel Stoy, John Benjamin’s, Market street. LYCOMING, BRADFORD, TIOGA AND POTTER. Henry Welles, Mrs. M’Creight’s, Market street; John Forster, Andrew Berry hill’s. Market street. GRaENE. William T. Hays, Nicholas Schowoyer’s, Wal- nut street. ADAMS. William Miller and James Robinette, Andrew Berryhill’s, Market street. CENTRE, CLEARFIELD AND M’KEAN. Michael Bollinger,Frederick Beissel’s,Second street. CRAWFORD, ERIE AND WARREN. James Weston and James Burchfield, Mel- chior Rahm’s, Second street. MERCER AND VENANGO Samuel Hays and Jacoo Herrington, Melchior Rahm’s. Second street. George Heckert,clerk, Philip Youse’s,Second street. Samuel D. Franks, ass’t clerk, J. Downey’s* Second street. J. Benjamin, sergeant-at-arms, corner Mar- ket and Third street. James Taylor, door-keeper, G. Ziegler’s,Mar- ket square. Historical and Genealogical. James Peacock, printer ot the English Journal, Mrs. Scott’s; office Market street. J. Sehnee, printer of the German Journal, Lebanon, Lebanon county. Jacob Elder, printer of the bills. Chestnut street. List of the Members and Officers of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania, for the Session 1813-14, with their places of Besidenee in the Borough of Har- risburg. L Composed of the city and county of PHILADELPHIA. Charles Biddle, Mr. Kean’s, Market street; Joseph Worrell, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street; Jacob Shearer, Mr. Hyneman’s, Market street; J ohn Barclay, Mr. Berryhill’s, Second steet. 2. CHESTER AND DELAWARE. JohnGemmil, Mr. Ziegler’s, Market street; John Newbold, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street. 3. BUCKS. William Erwin, Mr. Berryhill’s, Second street. 4. LANCASTER. Nathaniel Watson, Mr. Ziegler’s, Market square; William Hamilton, Mr. Buehler’s, Mar- ket square. 5. BERKS AND SCBUYLKILL. Peter Frailey and Charles Shoemaker, Mr. Steinman’s, Market street. 6. DAUPHIN AND LEBANON. Melchior Rahm, Second street. 7. MONTGOMERY. Samuel Gross, Mr. Benjamin’s, Market street. 8. NORTHAMPTON, WAYNE AND LEHIGH. Henry Jarre tt, Mr. Beissel’s, Second street; James Ralston, Mrs. Scott’s, Second street. 9. NORTHUMBERLAND AND LUZERNE. James Laird, Mr. Laird’s, Second street; William Ross, Mr. Ziegler’s, Market square, 10. CENTRE, LYCOMING, &C. Thomas Burnside, Mr. Berryhiil’s, Second street. 11. YORK AND ADAMS. John Stroman, Mr. Beissel’s, Second street; James M’Sherry, Mr. Berry hill’s. Second street. 12. MIFFLIN AND HUNTINGDON. William Beale, Mr. Ziegler’s Market square. 14. CUMBERLAND. Isaiah Graham, Mr. Ziegler’s, Market square. 14. BEDFORD, SOMERSET, &C. John Tod, Mr. Youse’s, Market square. 15. FRANKLIN. James Poe, Mr. Rahm’s, Second street. 16. WESTMORELAND, &C. James Brady, Mr. Youse’s, Market square. 17. FAYETTE P. C. Lane, speaker, Mr. Downey’s, Second street. 18. WASHINGTON AND GREENE. Abel M’Failand and Isaac Weaver, Mrs. Schwoyer’s, Walnut street. 19. ALLEGHENY, BEAVER AND BUTLER. Thomas Baird and Walter Lowrie, Mrs. Shoch’s, Front street. 20. ERIE, CRAWFORD, &C. J oseph Shannon, Mr. Rahm’s, Second street. Joseph A. M’Jimsey, clerk. Market street. George Harrison, assistant clerk, Mr. Zeig. ler’s. Market square. William Wilson, sergeant-at-arms, Mr. Ben- jamin’s. Market street. Henry Garloch, door-keeper. Dewberry alley. Christian Glelm, printer ofthe Journal in the English language. Walnut street. John Ritter & Co., printer of the Journal in the German language, at Reading. William Gilmor, printer of the bills. Walnut street. There is nothing significant in their general appearance, certainly. Upon a casual examination you would say that the “waste paper fiends” who infest the Capitol Hill during present sessions of the Legisla- ture, could doubtless make daily deposits in their capacious budgets of scores of docu- ments just like them, gathered from the debris of Senate and House floors. But mark if you please the date their captions bear. The paper on which they are printed is immaculate and the typography clear and legible, although it is now nearly seventy years since these broadsides dropped from the presses of James Peacock and Christian Gleim, printers at Harrisburg, and were laid damp upon the tables of Senate and House at the second meeting of the Legis- lature, ‘ held at the present State Capital, in a building which stood upon the site of this Court House where we meet this even- ing. Historical and Genealogical. 5 With what a familiar sound will the names upon these papers fall upon the ears of aged citizens of Harrisburg, and how their eyes will brighten at the suddenly n;- curring thoughts of boyhood which the mention of these old landmarks will cause. They are the names of men who were then well known and honored throughout the Commonwealth, and of localities in the town prominent then, and around which pleasant memories still cling. These relics of the long ago may be looked upon as in- teresting by those of us who are young, but they are more than interesting, they are preckms to the aged. It is not within the scope of an article of so local a character as this must necessarily be, to attempt any biographical sketch of the Senators and members whose names appear in these lists, entertaining as in some respects it might prove. We trust, however, that your patience will brook a brief mention of a few characters in whom we are locally interested, together with some description of the old inns and taverns mentioned in these papers by the names of their landlords, which the kindness of Dr. Egle in furnishing data has enabled the writer to give. The inns of old England have had a place in her literature from the days of Chaucer down. They have been imbued with a character as distinct as their nomenclature is unique. They have been made the scene of many a pleasing romance, many a heart- rending tragedy, and many a tale of grim hobgoblin and phantom strange. It may not, therefore, be difficult to account for the tendency of Americans, and especially of we Pennsylvanian’s, to invest our early inns and taverns with a garb of romance. It is a legitimate inheritance. But if you be too democratic to subscribe to this theory, we may adopt another and less fanciful reason for the interest that is generally manifested in the history of these old land- marks. The taverns of the towns and the inns of the roadsides were the social, mili- tary and business centres of the community, as well as the news depots, and as a conse- quence were the scenes of many an inter- esting event, the record of which, perhaps, is preserved only in the history of the inn or tavern where it transpired. Harrisburg has had her full quota of these old temples of accommodation for man and beast, and at no period was the business more prosperous than in that to which we have reverted to-night. The Legislature then, as now, was an important factor in its success, and as a matter of course the establishments patronized by the members were the more important. It is the present purpose to describe these only ”The King of Prussia .” — The Inn most popular with the law-makers at this date seems to have been “The King of Prussia,” Nicholas Schwoyer, landlord. This inn was locacated near the Northwest corner of Second and Walnut streets, on Second. It was a large two storied log and weather boarded house, painted yellow. Its sub- stantial stone stables stood beside it; facing on Second street and running nearly to Locust. A cobble stone pave- ment secured passers by a solid footing from the inn door to the corner of Locust. Various persons figured as its landlords. Schwoyer above mentioned, Melchior Rahm and David Doebler among them. The King of Prussia is said to have been famous for its gaiety. Shows and dances were common occurrences, and if we may believe tradition the study of science was prosecuted in one of its upper rooms, if not to the wholesale instruction, at least to the delight of a num- ber of young gentlemen who frequently met together there and administered to each other that delightful anaesthetic nitrous oxide or some kindred vapor, for the extraction — not 6 Historical and Genealogical. of teeth, but of amusement at each other’s expense. The site of the King of Prussia is now occupied by the Heisley. Buehler, Fleming and Lamberton properties and the building of the Young Men’s Christian Association. At this inn Mr. Schwoyer ac- commodated fifteen of our members The ** Sheaf of This tavern was kept by John Schoch in the double brick house on Front street, next to the north corner of Front and Market. The corner house was prominently occupied as a tavern before the next house was built, Mr. Schoch being its last proprietor. “The Sheaf of Wheat” or the “Golden Sheaf, ” as it was sometimes called, accommodated thirteen members and two Senators, and is said to have always been quite a popular resort for the law-makers. Isaac Wills, of Cumberland county, brother of Alexander Wills, was a hoarder at this house at the time he was murdered in the store of his brother, on the upper corner of Front street and Blackberry alley. In personal appearance “Mine Host” Schoch is represented as being tall and corpulent. He was a shoemaker by trade, one of the leading men of the town, and much esteemed. The ''Cross Keys.'*' — Eight members, five Senators, the Assistant Clerk of the Senate and Doorkeeper of the House, stopped with Colonel George Zeigler at the sign of the “Cross Keys. ” This was a three story brick building, with gable fronting the street, still standing at the Northeast corner of Market square and Blackberry alley (No. 15). It was built for a tavern and place of public amusement. It con- tained a large room on the second fioor which was used for dancing and theatrical purposes. This tavern was abandoned at a comparatively early day. Mr. Ziegler quit the business of tavern keeping and opened what in time proved to be the prin- cipal liquor store in the town. He is de- scribed as a tall, slender man, with a decided German face, Quaker like style of dress and sombre appearance. He lived much- respected through life and died at a good old age. "The Sign of Dr. Franklin.” — Senator Melchior Rahm combined the business of law-making with that of tavern keeping. He was the representative in the Senate for the Dauphin and Lebanon district, and at the same time entertained at his house, on the S. E. corner of Second and Walnut, eleven members of the House, and our fellow Senator. Mr. Rahm also kept tavern at other localities at different times, and it might as well here be mentioned that scarcely any of these bonifaces moved in fixed orbits. One year we find them at one stand and the next at another, and so it was a matter of no little difficulty to fix them all definitely for any one year. 3Irs. Scott's — Mrs. Scott kept a popular private boarding house on Second Street, below Chestnut. Seven members of the House, three Senators and James Peacock, the printer of the House English Journal, resided with her. Mrs. Scott subsequently married Gov Snyder. The "Union Hotel.” — This tavern with the patriotic name was situated on the S. E. corner of Market square and Black- berry alley, and was kept at this date by John Buffington, Geo. Nagle, Wells Coverly and others. It was one of the best hotels in the borough, and was patronized by the better classes of the community. President Van Buren stopped at this tavern during his visit here. General Z. Taylor, when a candidate for the Presidency, re- ceived the citizens of Harrisburg in its par- lors. Governors Johnson and Pollock both boarded at the “Union” during their official terms. It was the stopping place of Historical and Genealogical. 7 five members and four Senators of the Legis- lature of 1813-14 The Union was also a popular place of resort for the star actors of the day, in regard to whose comminglings with the community curious stories are told The 'Harrisburg /rm. ” — This was one, and perhaps the most important of the four taverns which stood at the corner of Third and Market streets. It was situated on the Southwest corner of the intersection, upon the site now occupied by the Lochiel. There was nothing striking in its appear- ance, being a plain brick house, three stories in height. To the rear of it, on the corner of Third street and Blackberry alley, the site of the present Mayor’s office stood a frame building an adjunct of the tavern, adjoining which on the alley were the stables The intervening space between the alley and Third street which was not occupied by the hotel proper, was a yard which for many years served as the place of exhibition for numerous menageries, circus performances and like entertainments. Theatrical performances also frequently took place inside the tavern building. It was in this houi-e that Joseph Jefferson, the elder, died. The old building was removed in 1835 by Matthew Wilson, formerly of Franklin county, and the present Lochiel Hotel erected, of which Mr. Wilson took charge sometime in 1836. Various land- lords of the old Harrisburg Inn are men- tioned: Frederick Hyneman, Michael Krehl, John M. Eberman, Peter Wenrich, sr., Thomas Wallace, Conrad Knepley. In our list of members seven Representatives and one Senator are ticketed to Fred. Hyneman at the Harrisburg Inn. The" Washington House ''-By far the most pretentious hotel in Harrisburg at the period ofwhichweare speaking was the Wash- ington House. Attractive in appearance, and centrally located, it generally com- manded a large business. It was a double three storied brick house, fronting on Second street. For its sign it had a creditably executed painting of General Washing- ton in citizens dress, holding a roll of paper in his right hand. Its frame built and white washed stables were on Market street on the ground at present now occupied by the Dauphin Deposit Bank. The Jones House now graces the site of the old Washington. Among the subsequent land- lords of the Washington were Philip Youse, Nicholas Schwoyer, Mr. Hensey, John Smull, William E. Camp, Mr. Joslin, E. P. Hughes, Major Sanders and his son William T. Sanders. Five Representatives, two Senators and the Clerk of the House were the guests of Mr. Philip Youse during the winter of 1813-14. Mrs. W CreigMs. — Mrs. M’Creight kept a private boarding house on Market street and was favored with the patronage of seven members. The ‘ 'Shvp' ’ -Five Representatives, one Sen- ator and the Sergeant at -Arms of the Senate found a stopping place at the “sign of the ship,” over which Major John Benjamin, an old time military character, pre. sided in the capacity of landlord. This tavern was situated on the Northwest corner of Third and Market streets, on the site now occupied by the Telegraph building owned by the Bergner heirs. The house was of logs, weatherboarded and painted white. Under the proprietor- ship of Major James Emerson, who, also, at one time kept this hotel, it was quite a military center, all the brigade elections being held there. The ‘ ‘ Golden Lamb. ” — Was situated on the Southwest corner of Second and Locust streets, and was owned by George Boyer, sr., and kept at the time we write of by Frederick Beissel and accommodated four Representatives and two Senators. It was 8 Historical and Genealogical. a large log and weatlierboarded house, with a brick stable adjoining it on Locust street. It was another *popular place of re- sort for the showmen of the day, especially of circus performers, and, as a matter of course, was then the center of attraction for the boys of town. John Wrighfs. — John Wright kept a private house of entertainment on Walnut street next to the present Franklin House. He had boarding with him four Represen- tatives. Mr. Wright was a schoolmaster, and for many years postmaster of Harris- burg. The postofflce was kept at his house on Walnut street from 1813 to 1832. The ''Red {or Golden) Lion.''" — This tav- ern stood on the S. E. corner of Third and Market streets, where the Mechanics’ bank now is. It was a two storied log building, rough cast, and was well patronized by country people. Its proprietor in 1813 was Jacob Steinman, and one Representative and two Senators made it their abiding place during the session. Robert Harris\ — Two members also boarded with Robert Harris, son of John Harris, the founder, in the old stone mansion on the river bank. Robert Harris was a member of Congress from this dis- trict from 1823 to 1837. John Norton's. — The two storied weather- boarded house on the west side of Market square, now occupied by William Calder, Esq., as a stage office, was in 1813 John Norton’s tavern. Mr. Norton was a carpenter by trade, and was once so unfortunate as to have his leg broken by the falling upon it of a boat which he was repairing upon the river bank. An accident such as this which would occur unheeded to-day, was the cause of no little excitement to the people of the town then. Mr. Norton was taken home in a cart, in which proceeding the populance evinced considerable interest. Mr. Nor- ton’s boarders in 1813 numbered among them one Senator. The ^‘Golden Eagle." — Kept by George Buehler, stood on the Northeast corner of Market square and Second street, now Bol- ton’s. One Senator boarded here. At John Downey’s on Second street another member of the same body, and the Assistant Clerk of the House were found. Mr. Kean, on Market street and Mr. Laird on Second steeet, in the capacity of private boarding house keepers, accommodated two more Senators, while the Hon. Wm. Findlay, the then State Treasurer, played the host at his residence on Front streel, for one .member of the House, his friend and relative, Hon. Robert Smith, of Frank- lin county, a legislator and prominent man. Besides the taverns above mentioned, which comprise all the stopping places of members at this period, there were many other inns and taverns in the town, of which much of interest could be told. We have space only for a notice of the names of several of them. On Second street could be found: “The Buck Inn,” “Lindermuth’s Tavern,” “Sampson and the Lion,” “The Sign of the Mermaid, ” “The Green Tree,” “The Fountain Inn,” “The Poplar Tav- ern,” “The Golden Swan,” “The Penn- sylvania Inn” and “The Seven Stars.” On the N E. corner of Third and Market, “The Golden Cross Keys.” On Front street, “The Blue Ball,” “The White Swan,” “Weitzel’s Hotel.” “The Rising Sun.” On Market street, “The Green Bay Tavern.” On Third street, “The Globe Inn” and “The Eagle Inn” On the old Harris Ferry road (Paxtang street), “The Ship, ’’subsequently the “General Jackson,” “The Spread Eagle” and “The Black Horse Inn.” Historical and Genealogical. 9 Templeton. — Agnes Templeton, widow of Robert Templeton, of Derry, died at an advanced age in February, 1790, leaving children as follows : i. Robert, and had William and Robert. ii. Jane, m. ^ Henry. iii. Mary, m. M’Alley. iv. John. V. Ruth, m. Johnston and had Ag- nes. vi. , m. Stewait, and had Agnes and Mary. vii. Sarah, m. Clark. viii. Barbara, m. M’Cormick. ix. Susanna, m. Hawthorn. X. Hannah, m. — — Sinclair. Can any one inform us as to the Chris tian name of No. vi and also the full names of those intermarried. w. h e. Wallace — Clyde. — We have been in- lormed, that our surmisings as to the maiden name ot the wife of Robert Wal- lace (n. q., xlii), were not correct, that her name was Mary Clyde. She was a descendant, if not a daughter, of Michael and Bridget Clyde, ot Scotch ancestry, who came from the north of Ireland and settled in the “Irish Settlement,” North- ampton county, Penna., prior to 1750. There was a strong intimacy existing be- tween the “Settlement” on the Delaware and the Scotch-Irish of this section, and hence this information may probably be cor- rect. w. H. E. Military Spirit in 1821.— An editorial in the Intelligencer of May 18, 1821, in al- luding to a recent review of the military of the borough, under Col Joel Bailey, which consisted of “tour companies of militia and two of volunteers,” says : “In Carlisle, we are told, are seven volunteer companies, and in the neighborhood of a little town in Cumberland county, called Mechanics- burg, are six companies of this descrip- tion.” The Military "Spirit in 1786.— We present herewith the petition of sundry inhabitants of Louisburgh (Harrisburg) in 1786, one year after its founding, request- ing permission “to raise a troop of light- horse” in part of the County of Dauphin. As the document was originally written on a whole sheet of paper, and one- half has been torn off, we are of the opinion that other names than those here appended were affixed thereto. The company was formally organized under the command of Captain Archibald M’Alister, and was in existence at least ten years. To his Excellency, Benjamin Franklin, Esq., President, and the Supreme Executive Council of the Gommonweelth of Pennsyl- vania: The Remonstrance and Petition of a num- ber of Inhabitants of Louisburgh and its vicinity in the County of Dauphin: Bespectfully Showeth — That your Petitioners, together with divers others, have for sometime past been equiping themselves, and are now in corn- pleat uniform to join a troop of light horse or Dragoons, provided they can obtain the approbation of your Honourable Council. They take leave to represent that the Idea of raising a troop was first suggested by themselves in the County Town, at which time they had no expectations that the people in the most remote end of the County would think of joining them; this, however, proved to be the case, and has unhappily created gieat dissentions amongst them, so much so that a large number have declined the troop, and are firmly resolved not to muster under the Officers who ware appointed by fraud and chicane. The intention of your petitioners at first was to form a Company in and 10 Historical and Genealogical. about the County Town, and to have their meeting there, but the nomination of men to the command who live at a great distance and who are unfriendly to the rising greatness of the place, has entirely frustrated our wishes, and creates the ne- cessity of an application to your honors for liberty to raise another troop. Your Pe- titioners humbly apprehend that nothing gives greater security to a Republic than a well-trained Militia, and that with proper encouragement from government the militia of Pennsylvania, from the military spirit that now prevails, will in a short time be equal to any Troops in the world. Your Petitioners, therefore, pray that Council will grant them license to embody themselves into a Troop, and Commission those they shall hereafter return for their Officers; and they, as in duty bound, will ever pray. Archibald M’Alister, William Spiegle, Thomas Forster, Robert Harris, . John Tits worth, jun., John Gilchrist, John A. Hanna, William M’Coskry, John M’Clelland, Malcolm Boyce, James Stevenson, Robert M’Clure. LEGISLATORS IS THE LONG AGO. Where They Boarded and What They Did. Read before the Dauphin County Historical Society. RY BENJAMIN M. NEAD. PART II. We have not been quite so fortunate in our rambles among the ruins of these, our ancient inns, as our friend Mark Twain was when he visited the Coliseum at Rome, or we might now place before you for ex- amination the “bill of fare“ with which some of the above named “first Class’^ taverns served their guests. If, however, we cannot thus determine definitely what our law- makers ate, we can, at least, tell you what they drank, and how much it and their boarding cost. We here present you the board bill for the session of an aristo- cratic Senator, lodging at the fashionable house of Philip Youse. I submit that the bill is thoroughly legislative from beginning to end. Even the feelings of the landlord in getting his pay as evidenced in the curl of satisfaction that he imparts to his signa- ture, are also thoroughly natural. How- ever, legislators then were not quite so er- ratic as they are nowadays. They were so foolishly honest, as to prefer a cold lunch, brought from home at the beginning of the week and eaten periodically on the Court House steps, to cheating a landlord out of a warm dinner : Mr. (A Senator), To P. Youse, Dr. December 1, To Hording and Lodging Till 29tb March, 1813, 17 weeks, $60 00 December 23th, To his Bill lor Sundry Drinks to this day, 00 60 23, to Paid for letters. 00 siyi January 4th, To 1 a^art Sider, 00 123 ^ 8, To yi Gill Gin, 00 C6 17, To 1 Glass Beer, 00 08 20, To 1 quart do., 00 123 ^ February 6, To Paid Mai oner’s Girl for washing, 00 60 6, To 1 quart Beer, 00 \2)4 17, To 1 Pint Best wine, 00 75 23, To J^Pint Brandy, 00 25 To this account Brought over from Small Book for Sundres, 00 553^ March 1st., To 3^ Pint Brandy, 00 20 10, To 1 Gill Brandy, 00 12>^ 16, To 1 Pint B. wine. 00 75 20, To 1 Bottle Best wine. 1 50 21, To 1 Gill Brandy, 0 12>^ 24, To Glass of wine with Mrs. Morgan, 1 10 $75 49>^ James Gallacher’s Bill, 6 00 To washing woman. 3 10 $86 59>^ $86 59 >^ Historical and Genealogical. 11 Brought forward, $86 Credit for 2 weeks,* 06 00 • . • $78 59M '• 6 23 8 4 82^ : ' Received the above In full, P. Yousk. *A commentator says: Such a custom as this, to wit, giving credit for time absent, would ruin a hotel keeper of to-day. Having thus fixed the local habitations of the members of the Legislature in town, let us now take a brief glance at the per- sonnel of the State Government, and as briefiy note the character of the legislative work of this session. That staunch old states- man, Simon Snyder, was Governor, just entering upon the closing term of his guber- natorial career. Nathaniel B. Boileau was Secretary of the Commonwealth; the trusted friend of the Governor then, but subse- quently a bitter opponent. “Old Jimmy Trimble” was Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, plodding along doing the behests of the State, whose faithful servant he had been for a quarter of a century — full measure — and was after- wards for nearly a quarter of a century longer. William Findlay (all honor to his memory) was State Treasurer, serving a last term before his election as Governor. He was Treasurer from 1807 to 1817. George Bryan, of whom it can truth- fully be said that no man served the State more faithfully, was Auditor General, which position he held from May 2, 1809, to April 2, 1821, when he resigned. John Cochran was Secretary of the Land Office, serving from April 4, 1809, to May 11, 1818, and the noted lawyer, Jared Ingersoll, to whom Pennsylvania owes much, was in a second term as Attorney General, having served in that capacity before from 1791 to 1800, bringing to the discharge of his duties that large legal learning which proved such a benefit to the Commonwealth in its in- fancy. The Legislature of 1813-14 was the thirty- eighth in the history of the Commonwealth, and the second which met at Harrisburg. The session continued from Dec. 7th, 1813, to March 22d, 1814. The meetings were held in the old Court House, which stood upon the site of the present one, but every vestige of which, at least to our knowledge, has disappeared excepting the old dome, which fell into the possession of Mr. Brant, and now serves as the roof of a summer house in the yard attached to the property on Sylvan Heights. The Senate met up- stairs in the Court House, and the House on the first floor. Pine desks, unpainted, and common chairs, were the furniture of each chamber, and these became the property of the schools of the borough when the Legis- lature moved to more pretentious quarters. Presly C. Lane, of Fayette county, was Speaker of the Senate, and John St. Clair, of the same county, was Speaker of the House. Robert Smith, of Franklin, had been Speaker, but served only until Feb- ruary 14th, 1814, when he resigned and St, Clair took his place. The work of this Legislature as it appears upon the statute books, was extended and important— one hundred and ninety-one laws were enacted, many of them neces- sarily pertaining to war measures. Harrisburg and Dauphin county re- ceived some legislation. The com- missioners were authorized to divide the county into six districts for the election of justices of the peace. The Har- risburg canal company was incorporated, and a company authorized to build a turn- pike road from Harrisburg to Berlin, in Adams county. The Commonwealth’s property, where the Capitol now stands, also claimed the attention of the Legisla- ture. It was given in charge of the Secre- 12 Historical and Genealogical. tary of the Commonwealth, and he was ordered to plant trees upon it, to have it levelled, and a substantial fence built around it. This was to be done at a total cost ot $500. By a subsequent act, part of the Commonwealth’s ground, situated on Wal- nut street, was granted to the Harrisburg Academy, but never used. It was this Legislature also which did honor to Captain Perry (afterwards Com- modore), and Captain Elliott, for the victory 'achieved by them over the British fleet on Lake Erie, by ordering a gold medal to be struck and presented to them. The original resolutions on this subject were presented in the Senate by Hon. Thomas Burnside, of the Centre and Ly- coming district, and were seconded by Hon. Walter Lowrie, of the Allegheny, Beaver and Butler district. As originally presented they contained the names only of Captains Perry and Elliott, but the name of Lieut. Jno. J. Yarnall was added by the House. The resolutions were adopted Anally Jan. 11th, 1814, and read partly as follows: “The Legislature of Pennsylvania, be- lieving that the gratitude and applause of a free people are the most acceptable and honorable rewards of great and glorious actions, do, in the name of the people of this State, hereby express the high sense which they entertain of the character and consequences of the victory achieved on the 10th of September last on Lake Erie, by the American fleet under command of O. H. Perry, over a British fleet of superior force, commanded by Captain Barclay; a victory not more distinguished by the bravery and skill displayed in the achieve- ment than by the clemency with which it was/oZ?oio6(Z, on the part of the illustrious conqueror. Be it therefore — Resolved by the Senate and House of Re- ' presentatives of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, That the Governor be and he is hereby requested to convey the thanks of the Government of this Commonwealth to Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, for the bril- liant action in which he succeeded in captur- ing his Brittanic Majesty’s fleet on Lake Erie, and likewise to procure for and pre- sent to him, in compliment of the said vic- tory, a gold medal of flne workmanship, emblematically finished with the flag of our country and noting him as Commander in Chief; with such other devices as the Gover- nor shall direct.” A gold medal was like wise voted to Mas- ter Commandant Jesse Duncan Elliott and Lieutenant John J. Yarnall. To each of the volunteer soldiers on board the Ameri- can squadron on Lake Erie on this occasion a silver medal of the value of two dollars was voted, in compliment of their patriot- ism and bravery. The following correspondence in connec- tion with the presentation of the gold medal to Commodore Perry, I do not think has ever been published. It may be interesting in this connection. West Chester, April 8, 1819. Dear Sir: I received from the Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth a letter ot the 1st inst, stating that the gold meadles awarded by the Legislature to Captains Perry & Elliott were ready for delivery, and asking, at your request, whether it would suit me as your aid to deliver one of them I have decided to present Captain Perry’s, and shall immediately write and make all the due private arrangements with him on the subject. As soon as I get his answer and the time & place for presenting the meadle is known, 1 shall give you immediate notice. I cannot find time to see Captain Perry before the latter end of May or the beginning of June, but this I presume will be sufficiently early. With great respect, Your ob’t Serv’t, Cromwell Pearce. William Findlay, Esq. Historical and Genealogical. IS West Chester, Penna., April, 27, 18i9 8ir: The Legislature of Pennsylvania to shew their exalted sense of the Glorious and important Victory atchieved on the mem orable 10th of September by the Fleet under your Command on Lake Erie, directed the governor of the state to procure a Gold medal emblematical of the event to be pre- sented to you This Medal is now prepared for delivery, and I am instructed by his Excellency Governor Findlay (as one of his aids) to apprise you of the fact and to make the necessary private arrangements with you for its presentation. I understand that you are at present at your Residence in Newport, Rhode Island, and Shall direct this letter to that place. I purpose, if you continue at Newport, to be thereabout the first of June next, to perform the very honorable duty assigned me; this time will suit me better than any other and I trust will equally suit your convenience. If you should not be at Newport at that time, you will be pleased to inform at what place I can have the pleasure of seeing you. It will afford me the greatest satisfaction to be selected to present this medal to you, as I have a full knowledge of the very great benefits that resulted to our Country from your signal victory, and know how that Country is indebted to your skill and gal- lantry in atchieving it. I was at that time an officer of the army and stationed at Fort George. You will be good enough to let me here from you as soon as convenient. With great regard & Esteem, Your ob’t Serv’t, Cromwell Pearce Capt 0 H. Perry Newport, Rhode Island, May 17, 1810. Sir: I have the honour to acknowledg the rec’t of your letter informing me that you had been appointed by his Excellency Governor Findlay to present a medal voted me by the Legislature of Penn’a. I regret extremely that it will not be in my power to receive you in Newport at this time, as I am on the eve of my departure from home, to be absent several months. I regret this, because it deprives me the pleasure of testi - lying my respects for you at my own house, and forming an acquaintance from which I promise myself great sitisfact ion. I shall pass through Philad*^lphia on Saturday or Sunday next on my way to Washington Very respectfully, I have the honour to be your ob’t serv’t O. H. Perry. Col. Cromwell Pearce There is no more interesting feature of a legislature’s work than the petitions pre- sented to that body, which, alas, to day receive but little attention from our law makers. At the period mentioned, how- ever, such expressions of the popular will still continued to receive some attention. They were taken as indications of what the people desired, and the desires of the people and the wishes of the Legislature, however wide apart they may be to day, were then in accord It is much to be regretted that the peti- tions to the Legislature prior to 1836 have nearly all been destroyed, some having served, as the writer is informed, as kind- ling wood for vandals in the uniform of soldiers during the late war, whilst others have gone the way which many documents in these days of utility are prone to traverse, the way that leads, via the waste paper man’s bag, to the pulp tub of the paper mill. With the presentation of one or two speci mens of these petitions, which have been preserved, not by our Commonwealth’s care for them, but by private hands, I will close this already too lengthy paper. u Historical and Genealogical, The first is of a general character, so to speak. It is trom one ot those unfortunates •who had lands in the “seventeen townships” of Luzerne county, over which Connecticut settlers and Pennsylvanians had such long continued and bitter disputes. This peti- tioner was one of the dissatisfied Pennsylva* nians. A perusal of the petition will inter est some. Sir, The Petition of the Subscriber is be- fore vour honorable House, for relief. Decline of life is my excuse for this mode of stating my claim against the Commonwealth. The facts have been partially detailed in my Petitions of 1803 and 1809, and sundry Let ters to the Executive. Several acts of former Legislatures have been injurious to me. By granting to Con necticut Claimants mv lands and improve- ments, and shutting the Courts of Justice against me, they have prevented myself or Assignee from recovering the property or compensation; which has compelled your Petitioner to assign his lands, for the use of his Creditors. The Assignee refusing to act, where the Legislature interfered; and suits being brought, and failing to recover; he now has proven the value of his property by disin- terested men of the neighborhood. Eight years have elapsed, and delays are oppres- sive. About 500 acres of land, with improve- ments, part of the town of Berwick, ferry, fishery, 3 springs, waterworks to water the town, and part ot my wing-dam, tor mill- works, have been taken from me; for which I have not received one cent It may be said, the Pennsylvania Pur- chasers, Settlers and Improvers knew there were Connecticut Claims in this State; and they must abide the consequence. They knew these disputes were settled by the Decree of Trenton, 1782, in favor of Penn- sylvania; and could not know that the Agents of the Commonwealth would injure thedr titles and settlements, at the risk of the Government. It must be presumed the passers of the laws knew that the Pennsylvania Owners, who lost their property, and had no provi sion for payment, must apply to future Legislatures to give them compensation, or open the Courts, that they might obtain their property and damages. Though I was an early Settler in Northum- berland county in 1773; and was compelled to abandon my home with a family in 1778> when the Savages laid waste that part of the State, and suflered a loss of about £1,500, and 8 years time, before I returned to the county ; all this did not affect my family like my present loss. Evan Owen. The second and last petition is rather more local in its character, and the writer confesses to considerable hesitancy in sub- mitting it, but will preface its presentation with this remark : That our Lutheran friends— and the writer is in the ‘'freund schaff ' — need take no offense at its con tents, for many churches in the State (nearly all of every denomination in the t 'Umberland Valley) in early times had re- course to this method of raising money. It was a sort of embryonic system of in- corporation, and it was only in later days 'that the system degenerated into improper uses Hareisbubg, Decbr. 30, 1815. Sir, The vestry of the Evangelic Lutheran Congregation at Harrisburg, have ventured to petition your HonoraOle Body, for the liberty of raising a sum. by way of lottery, to pay their debts incurred by building a house of public worship. And they now take the liberty to state to you, the grounds, upon which they have had the boldness to apply : 1. They have built the said house not only for their own accommodation, but also with a view to accommodate the hon Historical and Genealogical. 15 orable members of the legislature. It was very disagreeable to them, that during for- mer sessions, many honorable members wishing to attend divine worship in their former small and old Church, were ex- cluded for want of room — this induced them to attempt building a larger one — they cer- tainly would not have attempted it, had it not been for this consideration. 2. The members of the Congregation have subscribed very generously & altho’ not numerous, have already paid upwards of 5000 dollars. They have, it is true, about 1000 dollars outstanding debts; but owing to the scarcity of money and the badness of the times — they cannot get it in, and it would ruin such persons were they compelled to pay it. 3. The inhabitants of Harrisburg have expended large sums of money with a view to the accommodation of the State legisla- ture, which expenditures .have incapacitated them from discharging the large debt in- curred by the erection of the said house of public worship. 4. The petitioners will enter into any security that may be thought proper, that no immoral or illegal use shall be made of the confidence and indulgence of the legis- lature. The Vestry of the Congregation. Danl. Stine, Pres. Geo. Lochman, Secr.y. NOTltS aNU QUEttlJfiS— XLIV. Uisturical aud (ieuealogical. “The First Flag.” — In 1820 the execu- tors of Capt. Gustavus Conyngham pre sented to the Legislature ot Pennsylvania the first American flag that was raised in the British Channel. It was deposited at that time in the State Library. This flag was made under direction of Benjamin Franklin for the Government vessel. Sur- prise, commanded by Capt. Conyngham in 1776. At the request of Rear-Admiral Preble, who is preparing the second edition of the “History of the American Flag,” I write to ask if that flag is yet in existence, if so, as to its condition and the number of stars. j. A. m’a. A “Fair” at Halifax. — Under date of “Halifax, August 1, 1809,” we have before us the “Halifax Invitation,” which is inter- esting reading, seventy years after. It is as follows: “A good market will be held in the town of Halifax on Thursday and Fri- day, the 24th and 25th days of August [1809] next, for the sale of all kinds o^ cattle, such as Horses, Cows, Sheep and Hogs, and all kind of merchandize. Hali- fax being seated on the bank of the Susque- hanna river, open to an extensive trade, it is expected a great number will attend; the preparations for accommodating dealers Of every description will be particularly at. tended to. Traveling merchants, drovers, lads and lasses, are particularly invited to come and make bargains. A great variety of music is expected to be there, in order to exhilirate and enliven the spirits.” A Bundle of Blunders. — In the “Cy- clopedia of Methodism” is an article on Harrisburg, which contains more errors in the first ten lines than we have ever seen in a similar article, and it is to be regreted that the individual who furnished the infor- mation did not obtain his data from those who knew somewhat about the history of this locality. “The Capital of the State was not founded on the site of an Indian village called Paxton.” “The first white settlement was not made by John Harris in 1785, and the grant of land was not ob- tained in 1753.” We allude to these in the hope that in future editions of this valuable work these eirors may be corrected. w H E. 16 Historical arid Genealogical. Dauphin County Biography — We have prepared a number of brief biographical notes of leading Dauphin county citizens, a portion ot which it is proposed to print in the Supplement of Saturday, May 8, to be followed by the remainder in the Supple- ment of May 15. These are the first of similar series, which it is proposed to write out for permanent preservation, and we request biographical data concerning others. If after the lapse of even twenty or thirty years it is a difficult matter to obtain satis- factory information relative to prominent and leading citizens, how much more so is it to secure the details of the lives of indi viduals who passed from off the stage of action fifty, sixty and one hundred years .ago ? No one save those who attempt this labor can have any idea of the difficulties which beset his path in this direction. Without undue eulogium we shall give the prominent facts in every life detailed. Our county of Dauphin and city of Harrisburg have had their full share of prominent men and women, the record of whose lives it is our duty to preserve and cherish as a pre- cious heritage of the Past. w. h. e Pennsylvania Immigration into New York. — The people who came to Seneca county, N. Y., from Pennsylvania may be divided into two classes: 1. The Pennsylvania Germans, from Northampton, Berks, Lehigh, Lancaster York and Northumberland, who to a large extent settled the towns of Fayette and Varick, and whose descendants have almost forgotten the German language, at least greatly neglected it. 2. A number of Pennsylvanians, not German, chiefiy from the Susquehanna, among whom were the Harris family, the Bennetts, Alexanders and Whites all from near Sunbury. A large Hood and Haynes family — four brothers of the former — came from near Turbutville and Milton. They came to this town [Varick] in 1797. There were a number of others, who, I think, must have been from the Wilkes- Barre region— the M’ Knights, Bainbridges, Barrs, Dunlaps and others — and a Flood family, from near M’Ewensville. I think some of these persons must have been in some way connected with the Wyoming Land Controversy, although I have not found their names in Miner’s History of Wyoming. It has always been asserted hereabouts that Andrew M’Knight, William Chattimor Chatham, Robert Wilson, Michael Vreeland, John Shay and Johnathan Pray, early resi- dents ot Seneca county, at some time had suffered Indian captivity — and it has occur- red to me, that they might have been car- ried off as children after the Massacre of Wy*)ming, although I do not know that they were actually Pennsylvanians except M’Knight. We have a number of descendants of Lan- caster county people in this county [Sene- ca], among whom are Hon. Daniel S. Ken- dig, of Waterloo, a descendant of Martin Kendig, and a number of Bears, whose an- cestry settled in Lancaster county in 1709, or soon afterwards. A few of our Pennsyl- vania Germans served in the Revolutionary war. D. w. Trial for Blasphemy. — Among the records of the Dauphin county court we find but one case of trial and conviction for blasphemy under an old Provincial law, and for the benefit of the “Liberal Leagues,” which are organizing in the larger cities of our country, we present the following case to show these individuals that our ancestors treated such dreadful blasphemies as thej are inculcating with proper severity. The foundation of our Government, and our advancement in civili- Historical arid Genealogical. 17 zalion rests upon the upholding of the re- vealed religion of the Christ of Nazareth, and if the law of God is of no avail, the civil law should stretch out its arms and check the head-long career of all blasphe- mers. We copy the following from the Oracle of September 17, 1799. w. h. e. “At the Court of Oyer &> Terminer, held in this town on the 11th ult., one tobacconist and fiddler, a man who has a wife and several young children, was con- victed on an indictment for Blasphemy. In order to give the reader a more perfect idea of the magnitude of the crime, we extract from the indictment the following: “The Grand Inquest for the body of the county of Dauphin upon their oaths and affirmations respectively do present, that tobacconist, not having the fear of God in his heart, but being moved and seduced by diabolical instigation, and con- triving and intending Almighty God, and our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to bias pheme and dishonor, the first day of Sep- tember, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand seven hundred and ninety- nine, at the county aforesaid, and within the jurisdic- tion of this Court, in the presence and hearing of divers liege subjects of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, well under- standing the English and High Dutch lan- guages, falsely, impiously and blasphe- mously did say, speak, and with a loud voice pronounce and publish in the High Dutch language, these false, impious and blasphe- mous words, to wit: “Christ (our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ meaning) is a If Christ is the Son of God (meaning the Almighty God) then God hath ” To the great dishonor and contempt of Almighty God and our Saviour Jesus Christ — to the evil example of all others in like manner offending, contrary to the laws, and the act of General Assembly of this State in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, &c. “The prisoner being arraigned, plead not guilty, but afterwards retracted his plea and submitted to the Court. Whereupon the Court gave judgment that he pay a fine of £10, for the use of the poor of the county of Dauphin, suffer three months imprisonment in the jail of said county, and pay the costs of prosecution. The Court also directed that he be bound to keep the peace and be of good behavior to all the liege citizens of the United States for seven years, himself in 400 dls. and one surety in the like sum of 400 dls.” [The following brief biographical sketch of a prominent and much-loved citizen of Harrisburg at the beginning of the present century, is furnished Notes and Qu&ries by Mr. Geo. B. Ayres, who, in his prefatory note, which modesty will not allow us to print in this connection, has promised others anon. It is a valuable contribution to the Biographical History of Dauphin county, which we hope to garner at no distant day. It is to be hoped that others having in preparation any data relative to the worthies of other times, will send them to N. & Q. w. H. E. ] JOHN JACOB BUCHJfiB. John Jacob Bucher— born January 1, 1764— was the eldest child of Rev. John Conrad Bucher, an officer of the Provincial service, and stationed at Carlisle, Pa. The father had been successively promoted from ensign to lieutenant, adjutant and captain; but finally exchanging the military for the ecclesiastical, he became chaplain. In 1768, the father resigned and moved to Lebanon, Pa., where he accepted the pas- torship of the German Reformed congrega- tion. Here, at the age of fourteen, Jacob 18 Historical and Genealogical. Bucher began to learn the trade of a hatter with Michael Krebbs, father of the distin- guished Rev. George Krebbs, lately of New York city. Whatever of education Jacob obtained must have been derived from his accomplished father, and by self-tuition — as evidenced by his “copybook,” still pre- served and now ninety-six years old ! After his freedom from apprenticeship, he visited some maternal uncles “out West.” Starting on this trip via Harrisburg, in 1785, John Harris wanted him, as a hat- maker, to locate in his “town,” which was as yet no town. Jacob not being able to see it, went his way, and during his sojourn attended an Indian council on the spot where Cincinnati stands to-day. Having the ague during three out of four years on the lower Ohio, he returned to Lebanon in 1789. But his paternal relatives at Schafl- hausen, Switzerland, induced him to visit them, and off he went, by packet from Phil- adelphia to Amsterdam. He was absent about a year, and returning, located at Har- risburg. The present generation may be surprised to learn his whereabouts at that time. Sit- ting at the door of his “Bachelor’s Hall” on River alley, between Walnut and Lo- cust streets, he looked down the ravine to the beautiful river and its magnificent is- lands. If Jacob ever saw “castles in the air,” as he gazed toward the Cumberland hill on a summer evening, he certainly did not see the residence of William Calder, Esq., as he might to-day — but River alley was Front street then. In March, 1792, Jacob married Susanna Horter, a maiden scarce eighteen, and he built No. 103 South Front street, as a home. His hatter shop stood at No. 3, near Market street. About 1804 they moved to the corner building, which the Bucher family still occupies, after three-fourths of a century — a longer time, perhaps. than any other continuous residence in the town. Jacob Bucher had two sods, the late Judge John Conrad, of Harrisburg, and Hon. George H., now residing at Mechan- icsburg. His daughters married, respect- ively, William Ayies, Esq., of Harrisburg; Robert Allen, Esq., of Philadelphia; Hon. Joseph Lawrence, of Washington co , Pa. ; and Robert Bryson, Esq., now of Harris- burg. The public life of Jacob Bucher began with his election as Coroner in 1796; appointed by Gov. Mifflin a Justice of the Peace in 1798; elected to the House of Representatives in 1803, and re-elected for the sessions of 1805-6 and 1807 8. In 1810 he was appointed chairman of the commis- sion to erect the State buildings, preparatory to removal of the Capital from Lancaster to Harrisburg. Edward Crouch, of Dauphin county, and John Dorsey, of Phila., were his co-adjutors, but he being the resident commissioner, the bulk of superintendence naturally devolved upon him. The sub- stantial character of the buildings fully attest that Jacob Bucher and his confreres had no idea of modern “bonus” structures, whilst their accounts show all that they had not yet learned “addition, division and silence 1” In 1812 he was nominated by the Demo- cratic party for Congress, but the Federa- lists carried the district. He was sent again to the Legislature in 1814 and the session following. In 1818, Gov. Findlay appointed him an Associate Judge for Dauphin county, which position he held nine years, until his death, October 16, 1827, aged nearly sixty four. It is a coincidence worth noting that his son, John Conrad occupied the same offlce also for twelve years prior to his death, •October 21, 1852. The trusts which Jacob Bucher filled of a more private character, were those which Historical and Genealogical. 19 designate him as a man enjoying the con- fidence of his fellow citizens, and in the church a member above reproach. From his judicious management of the State buildings, or some other reason, he became the common treasurer or financier of the town. In 1795, when the public demanded the destruction of Landis’ mill-dam to allay the fever epidemic, he was one of the committee of seven to indemnify the owners and abate the evil. In 1803, when the Presbyterians sought a proper place to conduct the “Lottery” — then a legal proceedure, and no worse than modern fairs — which obtained the tunds to build their first church, Jacob Bucher, a German Reformed brother, was selected to handle the money. In 1817 we find him as Treasurer lor the company erecting the Harrisburg bridge. In 1821, he is both Treasurer of the fund, and chairman of the building committee to erect the German Reformed church. He was one of the cammissioners to locate the seat of justice for Perry county, a director of the branch Bank ot Pennsylvania, at Har- risburg, and guardian and arbiter in many minor trusts. His associates, personal and political, were always among the foremost and best in his county and State. Personally, he was a man of extraordinary method, syste- matic and correct in everything I can see, from his copy-book to his coflfln; not given to display, and eminently sober and prac- tical in all his concerns. And yet this man, with hereditary German instincts, was a great lover of music, played the flute, showed exhaustless patience in copying music for his children, and inculcating a love for pictures and books. An example from which may be derived the fact that attention to business, public life and great responsibilities need not, and should not, necessarily, estrange a man from the pleasures that sweeten life. A worthy son of a revered sire. George B. Ayres. NOTKS AND QUERIES— XLV, Historical and Genealogical. Ktle-M’ Arthur — Galbraith. — J ames Kyle was an early settler in Paxtang. He married Mary M’ Arthur, daughter of Mrs. Mary M’Arthur, who died in Paxtang on the 24th ot October, 1742, her tombstone being one of the earliest in the old grave- yard. Thomas M’Arthur, another Paxtang worthy, was the brother of Mrs. Kyle. James Peacock, of Paxtang, also married a sister of M’ Arthur’s. James Kyle’s sister married Andrew Galbraith, of Cumberland county, brother of Bartrem Galbraith. Their daughter was the mother of Chief Justice Gibson. Of the children of James Kyle and Mary M’Arthur, Tnomas Kyle, the eldest, became a minister, settled in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1800, and died there about 1850, aged ninety years, An- drew married and went West, locating near his brother Thomas, in Kentucky, and died there. James, another son, removed to Lycoming county, and thence to Lafayette, Indiana, where some of his descendants now reside. As to their daughter, we have no information. w. h. e. Escape of Lukens (N. & Q, xlii).— In justice 10 the memory ot. Captain William Watson it may be stated, that at the quarter sessions of Dauphin county held November 16, 1846, Asahel Lukens was convicted of counterfeiting on two indictments and sen- tenced to the Dauphin county prison for two years, at hard labor, &c. After being confined for a short time he escaped. A letter from him to one of his daughters dis- closed his residence. A requisition was ob- tained from Governor Shunk upon the Gov- ernor of Iowa. The late Aaron Bombaugh and Captain Watson found him at his home ploughing in that far- distant State. He had been elected a justice of the peace in the township in which .he resided, was a sober, 20 Historical and Genealogical. industrious and hard-working farmer, liv- ing with his family. Of course the people of that neighborhood knew nothing of his antecedents. He pledged his word to Messrs. B. and W. that he would accom- pany them to Harrisburg without any fur- ther trouble, and most faithtully kept his word. I remember seeing him walking from the depot with those gentlemen to our prison. Upon remaining in jail a short time, upon the petition of our leading citi- zens, Governor Shunk pardoned him. He then left for his home; and I doubt whether any of his neighbors or friends in Iowa ever heard of his troubles here. Lukens told the writer of this article that he had assist- ance from some friends outside of the prison; but not from those within. This he at all times asserted, and the fact that one of our fire ladders was found standing against the prison at the corner of Straw- berry and Raspberry avenues the morning of his escape, corroborated his statement, and those who knew him best believed him; for with all his faults he was truthful. When I reflect that Captain Watson and the Prison Inspectors pursued him for a long time, I cannot believe that the resigna- tion of Mr. W. can be charged to the es- cape of Lukens. ^ a citizen. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THB BIOGRAPHICAL. HISTORY OF OAUPHIN COUNTY. I [The following biographical sketches have been compiled, from data gleaned fr. m various sources. There are, no doubt, errors, which it is de« the following preamble and resolution “was made and seconded by Mr. Potts and Mr. Hanna” in the General Assembly, looking towards the incorporation of a company for the establishing a manufactory in Harris- burg More properly it was for affording facilities therefor by the construction of a canal from Hunter’s Falls The bed of this canal was to be Paxtang creek. The resolu- tion passed, a bill was matured and present- ed, but the fear of impeding the navigation of the Susquehanna by a shot wing dam, which was deemed necessary by the pro- jectors of this scheme, occasioned its defeat. This plan was, nevertheless, considered for a long time a feasible one. Harrisburg was undoubtedly then, as it is now, a desirable point for the establishment of manufac- tories, and had any one of the numerous plans for supplying water-power to the town been carried out there can be no doubt that it would have added greatly to its wealth and prosperity : w. h e. “As the attention of the Citizens of the United States are now very properly en- gaged in promoting many useful improve- ments for increasing the wealth and happi- ness of the people of each particular State; and the recent report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and others who have lately published their Sentiments on the subject have clearly de- monstrated the great advantages which must result from establishing Manufactories in this Country; to engross the time of this House with Arguments in their favour, would be entirely superflous. It is only necessary to suggest some of the many con- curring circumstances which point out the Burrough of Harrisburg, as a very eligable place for that piurpose, not only, as being on the waters of an extensive inland navi- gation, where the raw materials for difler- ent kinds of Manufacturies may be obtained with great ease and pleanty, and the re- duced price of provisions, occasioned by the distance from foreign navigation, will al- ways contribute to an equal reduction in the price of Labour; but also, the great ease with which the waters of Susquehanna may be brought out of that River at or near Historical and Genealogical. Hunter’s falls, along Paxtang Creek, for the Accommodation of the Burrough, and to provide a sufficient force in aid of manu- al Labour, in every branch of Manufac- tory which will admit of machinery assis- tance, in the most extensive manner. ** Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to enquire into the propriety, to bring in a Bill to be passed into a Law, to authorize the Governor to incorporate a Company for establishing a manufactory in the Bor- rough of Harrisburg, and for opening a Canal between the River Susquehanna, at or near Hunter’s falls, and Paxtang Creek; and for extending the said Manufactory, to Linen, Cotton, and such other branches, as they may hereafter find useful and ad- vantageous.” THB HORTBK FAM1L.T. Prominent among the early families at Harrisburg, was that of Horter. Two brothers of this name had emigrated from the fatherland — the locality not definitely known, but believed to have been the city of Speyer, in Rhenish Bavaria— and settled at Germantown, Pa. John Valentine Horter, my ancestor, sailed from Rotterdam in the ship “Brit tania,” and landed at Philadelphia, Sep- tember 26, 1764. Born in 1739, he was consequently 25 years old when he arrived. About 1767, he married Magdalena Reis, (Rice), third daughter of George Reis of Germantown. The issue of this marriage was two sons and five daughters, whom I shall mention ►anon. At Germantown the children attended school in what is now known as the “Acad- emy” building, on School Lane; which ancient structure, now one hundred and twenty years old, is still in use as a public school. The family was yet at Germantown when the memorable battle occurred, October 4, 1777, and always mentioned it as a thrilling episode in their history. Their home was in the line of the fight; the British not only occupied their grounds, but used their cooking utensils for the time being. When the battle opened a British officer advised the Horters to take refuge in their cellar, which they were soon glad to do; and the old vault where they stowed themselves was torn out only a few years ago, in the building of “Parker’s Hall.” In Watson’s Annals mention is made of wounded soldiers having been found on Horter’s lot. The elder children remem- bered seeing Washington at the time. William Reis, uncle of Mrs. Horter, wag Captain of a company of Pennsylvania Germans during the Revolution, and after- wards became a member of the distinguished “Order of the Cincinnati” — which heredi. tary honor is now held by Henry B Wood, lately of Harrisburg. In May, 1785, John Valentine Horter, leaving his brother Jacob at Germantown, removed his family to “Harris’ Ferry” or “Louisburg,” afterwards (1791) Harrisburg. It must have been a poor prospect for a “town,” as the wife, no doubt remembering the better- settled place they had left (family tradition saith) lifted up her voice and wept when she beheld the sight of her future home. We have no record of the induce ments that efiected this change. Mr. Horter was doubtless needed in the young town as a victualler, just as Jonn Harris told Jacob Bucher he was needed as a hatter. The afier lite of the family includes the settlement of the children as follows: Anna Margaretta (1768-1847) married Henry Beader; Maria Magdalena (1769-1853) m. Conrad Horning; Catherine (1772-1833) m. Matthias Hutman; Susanna Margaret (1774- 1838) m. Jacob Bucher; John Valentine (1777-1823) m. Mary Fedder; Elizabeth Historical and Genealogical. V3 (1779 1852) m. Jacob Zeigler; and George Reis (1784-1830 ) This list embraces some of the “ancient and honorable” families of the old borough, whose descendants still remain, whilst some of the names have been erased in the march of time. Mr. Horter’s residence was eventually fixed on Seeond street, east of Mulberry, where his wife died in 1807, aged 58. He died at Mrs. Reader’s (in the Garman house) on Chestnut street, in 1816, aged 77. George R. Horter never married; acted as deputy of Henry Reader, in the Register’s office in 1809; was appointed major in the army and served during the war of 1812, but afterwards resigned. He served as Transcribing Clerk of the Senate for a number of years prior to his death in 1830. John V. Horter, jr., was a hatter with Jacob Zollinger, successor to Jacob Rucher. He was emphatically a good man, and pre-eminent for his interest in religious afiairs. He was one of the first- chosen deacons in theGerman Reformed con- gregation in 1814, when it separated from the Lutherans, and was an active commit- tee man in the erection of the new church in 1821. The Horter family was one of those not so much distinguished for public zeal as for private excellence. Quiet and unostenta- tious, it infused good blood and left its impress upon the character of other families that had the energy to develop what is mer- itorious. Consisting mostly of daughters, it was absorbed into other names, and its own thus disappeared with the generation to which ii belonged. George R. Ayres. FaXTANG VOLUNTEERS ON THE FRt)N- TIEK IN 1779. We are indebted to Mr. Silas Rutherford for the following, which is explanatory in itself: Paxtang, 19th April, 1779. “Sir: I have this Day Received a Letter from Coll. Galbraith calling on the Sixth Class of this Rattalion to March to Redford for the protection of the Inhabitants there, whilst Putting in there Spring Crops, Until a certain number of men can be Raised who are called Rangers. Therefore I Desire that you immediately warn the Sixth Class of Yr Comp’y to Parade at the House of on Monday next at Ten O’Clock fore- noon, with all their accouterments in readi* ness to march; where an appeal will be held as presented by the Militia Law, I am, sir, Y’r Humble Serv’t, Robt. Elder, Col. ‘ ‘ Gapt. John Rutherford.'*^ Pursuant to the foregoing order, the following persons comprised the company which, under the command of Capt. John Rutherford, marched to Redford, where they remained about six weeks, until re- lieved by Ranging Companies recruited for the purpose. During this period the farmers of Redford county finished their spring planting. Capt. Rutherford’s command as will be observed consisted of detach- ments from the different companies com- prising Col. Elder’s Rattalion. Capt. Murray's Company. John Cochran, Senr., Philip Tinturff, Michael Steever, John Grames, Sohn Runnel, 4 Serg., William Forster, Samuel Pollock, Samuel Cochran. Capt. Collier's Company* Stophel Earnest, John Smith, James M’Cord, George Consor, John Little, John Rrand, Conrad Alleman, Philip Newhouse, Robert M’Whorter, Matthias Winagle, Lodwick Dagon, Abraham Rrunson. Historical and Genealogical. n Capt. Rutherford' 8 Company. Martin Houser, Benj. Jones, Jacob Miller, George Sheets, Peter Pancake, Frederick Castle, George Pancake, ’George Carson, Barnabas Soop, James Gailey. Capt. Crouch's Company. Adam Ritter, Jacob Miller, John Minsker, John Swineford, Conrad Wolfley, George Segance, t)r. Robert Kennedy, Robert Harron, Albright Swineford, George Williams. Christian King, Simon Rairdon, John Ritter, Joseph Mark. Capt. Clark's Company. Robert Kennedy, Richard Allison, Samuel Kisler, John Chambers, Andrew Richardson, Jesse Packer. Samuel Barnet, Capt. Weaver's Company. Jonathan Woodside, Lemuel Snyder, Sergt., Abraham Neighbour, Ludwick Light, Andrew Yeager, Frank Conway, Michael Chattel. Capt. Whitley's Company. Christian Crawl, William Gamble, Jacob Weiser, ' Conrad Yountz, Charles Grogan, John Bell, Thomas Miller (sick) James Boyle. Capt. Gilchrist's Company. James Cochran, Wm. Boyd, Samuel Cochran, John Hatfield, James Morrison, Dennis Dougherty. Wm. Hogan, YE ANCIENT INH%.BIT%NTS YII. [The year 1756 witnessed a scene of ter- ror on the frontiers of the Province which at this day would be difficult to imagine. The inroads of the treacherous Delawares and perfidious Shawanees — with tomahawk and scalping knife stained with the life-blood of their helpless victims — spread dismay and horror into the border settlements of Han over. Silent witnesses of these terrible times is the original assessment list of the East and West Ends of the Township tor 1756 which is before us. On these here- with presented, those marked with an aster- isk (*) have written before them ^‘fled." We give the orthograghy as in the origi- nal. w. H. E ] West End of Hanover Assessment, Provincial Tax—\im. Matthew Snoddy, Joseph Wilson, Jno. M’Cormick, Henry M’Cormick, Adam Hanager, Lorrance Rahlan, John Gordon,* Richard Johnston,* David M’Clenaghan Alex. Barned,* Jno. MacNeelly, Thos. Finny, Phillip Robinson,* Robert Snodgrass, Robert Love, SamT Young, Daniel Shaw, Jno. Woods, Andrew Wood, Charles M’Clure, Jno. Taylor, Jno. Hutchinson, Daniel Brown, Wm Leard, Widow Rodger, Seth Rodger, Samuel Staret, Hugh Roger, Wm. Roger, Thos. M’Clure,* Wm. Wallis,* Jain Johnston, Kill' c James Ridle,* John Coopper, Widow Coopper, Wm. Roger, Jno Brown, James M’Carver,* Robert Porterfield, * Widow Parker, Allx. Muclehenny, Samuel Robinson, James Finney, Thos. French, Thos. Sharp, Jas. French, Jno. Sharp, Jno. Hill,* Thos. Bell,* Hugh M’Neet, Jas. Beard, Wm. Thompson, Wm. Trousdell, Mathew Thornton, Francis M’Clure, Thos. Maguire,* Wm. M’Cord,* Robert Huston,* Benjamin Wallice,* Wm. Barnett,* Bartholomy Hain,* John Swan,* Jas. Bannon,*- Wm M’Cli-.re.* Andrew Wf-lHs,* John Heurj,* !, & hoy tnken. Jas. Ridle, jr.,* Wm. Coopper, John Thomson, Historical a'nd Genealogical. ¥B David Fargison,* John M’Clure, James Wright, Thos. Robinson, (mil ler) Jas. Robinson, Michael M’Neelly, John Miller, Samuel Stuart, James Park,* James Rippett, James Willson, Matthew Taylor, Widow M’ Garvin,* Thos. Hill,* Wm, Allen, Wm. Galbreath, Widow Dearmin,* Henry Hart, Robert Stuart, John Stuart, Thos. MacMullen, Robert Martin, James Wilson,* Jyon Strean, Robt. Wallis, Samuel Barnett,* James Brown, Kill’ d, Samuel Brown, Hugh Wilson, Smith John Dixon, ColVr of the West End of Hanover. East End of Hanover Assessmmt for ye Provincial Dorst Braghbill, John Foster, Martin Light, Andrew Berrihill, kill’d, ■ Joseph Hoflf, Samuel Sloan, Mathias Poor, Isaac Williams, John Gilliland,* John VlaCollogh, Walter Magfairling,* Wm. Robinson,* Adam Cleaman,* Peter Walmor,* James Rafter,* Adam Reed, Esq., Fredrick NoahMlV d, Phillip Mour,* Jacob Bashore,* Benja. Clark, Tax 1756. Andrew Karsnits,* John Young, Wm. Young, James Williams, Daniel Angst, John Slone, James Clark, John Stuart, James Young, .Tohn Andrew, Robt. Kirkwood,* Volentine Stofe^bain,* Rud. Fry,* John MaCollough,* Moses Vance,* Ike Brooner,* Jacob Moser,* Barned Bashore,* Tyce Bashore,* Wm. MaCullough,* John Faurney, Geo. Tittle, John Tups, John Weaver, Jacob 'I'oops, John Dibbin, jun., John Dibbin, sen., Wm Clark, Peter Hedrick, Christian Albert,* Nicholas Winer, James Stuart, John M’Clure,* Patrick Brown, Widow Coningham, Stophel Seess, Samuel Graime,* Jacob Rigard, Samuel Endworth’s* Barnett MacNett,* John Brown,* Andrew MacMag- hen,* Thos. Strean,* John Kreag, kill’d, tive. Henry Cuntz,* John Crawford, John Stuart,* David Strean,* Wm Greams, Alex. Martin, Anthony MaCraight, Walter Bell,* Samuel Tod, Brice Innis, Isaac Sharp, Jno. Jacob Stover, John Thompson, Joseph Willson, Conrad Rice,* 'Alex. Swan,* Phillip Colp,* Rudy Houk, An 1 honey Rosen- born, Geo. Sheffer, Dayvolt Angony, Casper Yost, Conrad Kleek,* Daniel Moser,* Adam Harper, Lazarus Stuart, John Anderson,* John Coningham, Henry Weever, Thos. Shurly,* Adam MacNeely, James Grame,* son taken, Andrew Brown,* Wm. Brown,* Thos. Hume,* Christophel Henry, Peter Wolf,* wife & Boy taken cap- John Gream,* Wm. Watson,* John Hume,* John Porterfield,* John Strean,* Wm Thomson, ,*John Mire, James Dixon,* Wm. Woods, Christophel Plautz, Geo. Miller, Jacob Stover, James MaCurry,* John Dixon, Wm. James, Thos. Priece, Isaac Sharp, ColVr East End of Hanover. Historical and Genealogical. ie NOTES AND QUERIES— D. Historical and Genealogical. Indian Names of Streams in Dauphin County. — Omitting the origin of Sus- quehanna, or rather its Indian meaning, we present herewith the derivation of the streams within or contiguous to the county of Dauphin. To that devoted Moravian missionary, Heckewelder, are we chiefly indebted for the meagre knowledge we have of Indian signification given in the names to mountains, rivers and localities by the Aborigines. It will be seen that we have not alluded to Powell’s, Armstrong’s and Clark’s creeks. As yet we have no knowledge of the names conferred on them by the Indians, although we have no doubt they too were properly designated by the primeval race. w. h. e. Mahantango corrupted from Mohantan- ga signifying where we had plenty of meat to eat. WicoNisco corrupted from Wikenkniskeu signifying a wet and muddy camp. (Proba- bly some Indians encamped along the creek where the bank was wet and muddy ) SwATARA, written in old deeds Esutara and Suataro; in Susquehanna, Swahadowry, corrupted from Schaha-dawa, i e. where we fed on eels. CoNEWAGO, or Conewaugha in Iroquois. at the place of the rapids Prom this fact there are several streams emptying into the Susquehanna, so named. Manada, or Monody, corrupted from Menatey, signifying an island. Stony Creek. In Delaware, Sinne hanne or Achsin hanne i. e., stony stream. Fishing Creek; in Delaware Namees- hanne, i.e.y fish stream. There are six or * seven streams of this name in Pennsylva- nia. Paxtang, Delaware from Pecksiank or Peshtank, signifying where the waters stand — the place of dead water, whether in a stream, or pool, or lake. Beaver Creek, in Delaware, Sanga- mochke, i. e. little heaver stream. Raccoon Creek, in Delaware, Nachen- urn hanne i. e. raccoon stream Col J. C. Audenreid.— Thedeath of an esteemed correspondent of N. & Q., Col. Joseph C. Audenreid, has been announced, and we feel it a duty incumbent on us, to briefly allude to the main incidents of his useful life. Joseph Crain Auden asiD, the son of William Audenreid and Jane Maria Wills, was born at Pottsville, Schuylkill county, Penn’a, on the 6th of November, 1839. His father was a menber of the State Senate for several years, and one of the leaders in the establishment of the System of Public Education in Pennsylvania His mother was a daughter of ’Squire Alexan- der Wills, who lived and died in the large stone house opposite our City, some dis- tance below the Cumberland Valley R. R. bridge. The son, after receiving a preliminary education at Dickinson college, was appointed to West Point in 1857, from which institution he graduated June 34th, 1861, and shortly after sent intc the field as second lieutenant of the 4th, now the 1st, cavalry; afterwards commis- sioned as first lieutenant and adjutant of the 6th cavalry, with rank from date of graduating. He immediately entered upon active duty and served in various capacities during the Rebellion of the seceding States, 1861 1865 He was successively on the staffs of Gene- rals D Tyler, E. V. Sumner, John E. Wool, U. S. Grant and W. T Sherman. He was promoted in 1866 to the rank of captain of the 6th United States cavalry, and in 1569 was breveted colonel and aid- de-camp to General Sherman. Historical and Oenealogical. yr Since 1869 CjI. Audenreid has been stationed at Washington City, being chief of the staff of the Lieutenant General. During these years of relaxation from active military service, he became much interested in historical and genealogi(;al research Besides preparing material for a biography of his father, he had almost completed, a Genealogical Record of his own aod allied families. In this work he was largely aided by a few friends, and had gathered together considerable information relating to the Wallaces. Fultons. Gillmors, Boyds, Buf- ’^ngtonis,’ Clarkes, Grahams and other fami- lies identified with the history of this lo- cality. After all his labor ana research, it would be an unfortunate circumstance if the data thus gleaned should not be put into a shape for permanent preservation. Deeply interested in his* own family his- tory, Col. Audenreid was quite enthusiastic in the development of everything which re- lated to the history of Paxtang, Hanover and Derry. He had a high veneration 'for the last resting places of his ancestry, and several years ago the time defaced tomb- stones which marked the spot of his honored dead in old Paxtang church graveyard, were, by his dir<“ction, chiseled anew and reset. As as officer he was brave and chiv- alric; as a citizen, honorable and upright, and as a friend, sincere and faithful. May the earth lie lightly over his breast. Col. Audenreid died at the city of Washington, on the 3d of June, 1880, aged forty years, and was interred at West Point on the 6th. w. H E THE BARNETTS OF HaNOVKR. Barnett — Swan — Patterson — Johnston — Porter — Boggs —Mackey — Eshercombe -M . Ewen —Dickson — Allen — Finney — Sherer- M' llhenny — Hatton — Rodgers — Graham - M' Clure —Mitchell— Snodgrass —Hummel- Shulze— Stewart —Moorhead— Elder- Boyd — Sturgeon — Clark — Harrison In December, 1867, there was residing near J^pringfield, Ohio, at the age of seventy seven, a member of one of the oldest Han - over families, Samuel Barnett. From a voluminous letter written by him at that time lo Isaac Moorhead, Esq., of Erie, and verification by court and other records, we are enabled to give the accompanying inter- esting genealogical and historical data. Where quotation marks may be used, unless otherwise noted, the expressions are those of the relator, Mr. Barnett. I. John Barnett, born in the neighbor- hood of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1678, emigrated with his family to Pennsylvania, prior to 1730, locating in Hanover town- ship, then Lancaster county, being among the earliest settlers in that township. He died in September, 1734, his will being pro- bated at Lancaster on the first day of Octo- ber following John Barnett left a wife, Jennett, and the following children, all born in county Derry, Ireland : 1. Robert, b. 1701, m. and removed to Virginia. a. James, b. 1703, m. and went to Vir- ginia with his brother. From them most of the names in the South have sprung. 2. Hi. John, b. 1705, m. Margaret =• in. Joseph, b. 1708. V. Mary, b. 1710. vi. Jennett, b. 1713, d. in 1787, unm. vii. Jean, b. 1715, m. Mof-es Swan. viii. b. 1717, m. Samuel Patter- son, and had a son John. II. John Barnett, (John) b. 1769, came to America with his father, having previously married Margaret ,b. 1705. He died in Hanover in 1738. His wife in 1745. They had issue as follows, all born in Hanover township, except the two old- est, who were born in county Derry, Ire- land: 4. i. Joseph, b. 1727. ii. Andrew, b. 1729. iii. John, b. 1731 5. iv. William, b. 1733. H8 Historical and Genealogical. 6, ■«. Ann, b 1735, m. James Johnston. III. Jean Barnett, (John) b. 1715, m. in 1737, Moses, son of Richard Swan, b. 1713. They had issue — [For further data see ^an Family Record. ] i. Hugh, b 1738. ii John Ba/rnett, b. 1740. Hi. Isaac, b. 1742, d. unm. w. Catha/rine, b. 1743, m. Thomas Porter. r. William, b 1745, m. vi. Joseph, b 1747. mi. Moses, b. 1749. mii. Jean, b. 1751. ix. Margaret, b. 1753. X. Richard, b. 1757, m. Catharine Boggs. IV. Joseph Barnett, (John, John) b. 1727, in county Derry, Ireland. He mar- ried in 1749, Elizabeth . Concern- ing him and his family we have these inci- dents of pioneer life In 1757, which we herewith give in brief, especially so much as relates to the Barnetts, and from the letter of Mr. Samuel Barnett. “Mr. Barnett’s son William, with a son of Mr. Mackey, a neighbor, of Hanover, were taken prisoners by a band of prowling Indians. The parents of the boys tried in vain to raise a party to pursue the savages and rescue the captives, but could obtain no assistance. Mr. Barnett and Mr. Mackey, however, armed with their rifles, mounted their horses and went in pursuit. They came up to the Indians, several in number, between Hugh Grimes’ [Graham’s] farm and Beaver creek, likely not more than three -fourths of a mile from Hugh Grimes, immediately in the neighborhood of where Thomas Bell, ’Squire Wilson and Grandfather Allen lived. They fired on the Indians, who returned it briskly. Mr. Barnett and Mr. Machey were near together. Mackey, in putting down the bullet in his rifle, observed that he run down the bullet hard to kill dead By this time the savages were close on them and just as Mackey presented his gun a bullet passed through his arm, and his rifle fell to the ground. At this moment, an Indian near by picked up his gun and shot Mackey dead. By this time Mr Barnett had received a shot in the arm and one in the shoulder. This bullet he carried with him to the grave. So Mr Barnett re- treated. By the time he reached a little east of where Mr. Grimes lived, and be- tween his house and Robert Elder’s, he got faint from loss of blood, when he dismounted and hid himself in a field of buckwheat. I give the names of Grimes and Elder, as they occupied these farms in my day. Grandfather Barnett resided east of these farms His horse ran home, and the neighborhood turned out. As they passed along the road, Mr. Barnett got out of his hiding and resting place. He had but little use of his arm the rest of his days. ***** “I will continue the history of the cap tive boys. The Indians had left their encampment before they were sighted Py the party who went in pursuit. They passed up Beaver creek towards the moun- tain, then through an orchard once owned by Andrew Kerr, afterwards Samuel Finney. The Indians told the boys to take plenty of apples as these were the lasc they would get for a length of time. They then took to the mountain, and this was the last of the boys “Tedious days, nights and years passed away. For nearly seven years a kind Providence, who hears and answers the prayers of his children, waatched over the boys. It appears the Indians had their cabins on or near the head waters of the Allegheny river, on a branch called some- thing like Miskelitas. Historical and Oenealogical. 49 “At length an Indian trader discovered the party who held William Barnett and Mackey. They with the boys had been several times across what is now the State of Ohio to Detroit. This Indian trader was employed by Grandfather Barnett to procure William for which he was to give the trader an elegant horse. ««* * * * It ^as with some difficulty the traders got him away, William not be- ing very willing to leave at first, and the squaw who had him, to part with him. At last he succeeded and was returning with him. Mr. Barnett went to Carlisle on his way to meet them, and stopped at the same tavern, which his son had reached the early part of the evening. The boy was tired traveling and had retired. When this be- came known, Mr. Barnett desired to see him, but the landlord at first objected, but a fond father, who had not beheld his son for seven long years, who had been the subject of anxious thoughts and prayers, now answered, could not be put off until the morrow. The son awakened from his sleep, knew his father and embraced him. As may be readily supposed there was great rejoicing in Hanover, not only in the houses of the Barnett’s, but all through the country at the return of the captive. Young Mackey was sold to a Frenchman at Detroit, afterwards taken to England, and at the outset of the war of the Revolution, came over with the British troops and subse- quently reached his home in old Hanover. His mother was yet living, but she insisted that her son was killed by the Indians, and would not own him He assured her that he was her boy; when, at length, she told him that if he was her son he had a scar on his leg from a cut that she would know. This was shown her, when she acknowledged that he was her long lost child ’’ Among our papers we have an extended account of this thrilling episode in frontier life, but Mr. Barnett’s simple story differs little in details thereof. Joseph Barnett lived until 1788, when he died and was interred in Hanover church graveyard. His wife, Elizabeth, died a few years subse- quent. They had issue — 7. i. William b. 1750; m. Esher- combe. 8. a, John b. 1752; m. Mary M’Ewen. 9. Hi Joseph b. 1754; m. Sarah Dickson. 10. iv James b 1756; m. Mary Allen. 11 V. Thomas b. 1758; m. Jane Finney. 12. vi Elizabeth b. 1761; m. Samuel Sherer. 13 vii. Moses b. Nov. 24, 1764; m. Mar- tha Snodgrass. V. William Baknett (John, John) b. 1733; d. in Sept. 1763, in Hanover. He married Rebecca , and they had is- sue — i. John, b. 1755, d. Sept. 2d, 1797, m. and had Julia, m. John M’Ewen Barnett. a. William, b. 1757. Hi Mary, b. 1759. W. Rebecca, b. 1759. Isabel, b. 1761. m Jean, b. Dec. 22d 1762, d. May 9th, 1830. VI. Ann Barnett (John, John) b. in Hanover township about 1735, was twice married. First, *to James Johnston, who was killed by the Indians in 1755. They had one son, Joseph Secondly, she mar- ried William M’llhenny, by whom she had Thomas, Agnes, Mary, Elizabeth and Ann. VII. William Baknh.tt, (Joseph, John, John) b. 1750. At the age of seven he was taken captive by the Indians, as previously noted. His harsh treatment by the savages impaired his health. He subsequently mar- ried Miss Eshercombe, of Philadelphia, by whom he had one daughter, Mary b. May 11, 1782, who married a Mr. Franks, of 50 Historical and Genealogical. New York, and whose decendants now re side in that city. Mr. Barnett died about the close of the Revolution. VIII. John Barnett (Joseph, John, John), b. August 29, 1752, in Hanover township. He was a farmer by occupation. At the outset of the Revolution he was appointed a lieutenant in the Hanover bat- talion of Associators commanded by Col. Timothy Green. He served with distinc- tion at Long Island, Aueust 27, 1776, and throughout the campaign of 1777 was in constant active service. Daring the re- mainder of the war he was in command of a volunteer company, which was formed for the protection of the frontiers from the en- croachments of the Tories and their allies, the savage Indians of New York. The sword which he carried through the war is now in the possession of William Barnett, of Dayton, Ohio. Major Barnett was rather under middle size, and of a very lively disposition. “He was a noted fox-hunter, kept a pack of hounds and a fine horse named “Pad,” and was much of his time in hunting season upon the Blue Mountain. ” Major Barnett died May 12, 1823, and is buried in Hanover graveyard. He married, April 29, 1784, Mary M’Ewen, of Hanover,a very estimable lady. She was born Sept. 9, 1762; died March 10, 1806, and is interred by the side of her husband. They had issue — . i. Ma/ry, b. June 2, 1785, d. July 7, 1840; m. Dec. 19, 1819, Frederick Hatton, b. 1774, d. June 3, 1835. w, Eleanor, b. 1787, d. 1822; m. Feb. 17, 1807, David Johnson, and had John. m. Joseph, b. 1789, d. 1858, at Dayton, O. ; m. 1st, Elizabeth Allen; 2d, Jane Rodgers. ix). John SJEuoen, b. 1791, m. 1st, Jane Sherer; 2d, Julia Barnett, daughter of John Barnett. William, b. 1793, d. 1821; m. Dec. 11, 1817, Ann dau. of Hugh Graham and Mary Wallace, and had William. At his death she m. Col. Jacob Wonderly, of Dayton, O. xi. Elizabeth, b. 1795, d. 1862. mi. James Snodgrass^ b. 1798. mii. Margaret, b, 1800, d, 1844 ix. Jean, b. 1803, d. 1804. [James S. and Joseph Barnett were con- tractors on the Penn’a canal, and subse- quently partners in the great Sligo iron works at Pittsburg, firm of Barnett, Shorb & Co. Joseph, in the war of 1812, was in service on the Niagara frontier. He repre- sented Montgomery county, Ohio, two terms in the Senate of that State. ] IX. Joseph Barnett (.Joseph, John, John) b. 1754; m. Sarah Dickson, of Chambersburg. He died at Pittsburg, in 1812, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. M’Clure. They had issue — 14. i. Joseph b. August 27, 1784; m. Mary Boyd. a Polly b. 1786; ra. John Hume; settled in the Genesee country, N. Y., but subsequently removed to near Indianapolis, Ind., and was appointed one of the first as- sociate judges there. Hi. Sarah b. 1788; m. Andrew M’- Clure; resided at Pittsburg, and had Wil- liam and Alexander. in. Richard b 1790; removed to and died in Missouri. X. James Barnett (Joseph, .John, John) b. 1756; d. May 1, 1805; m. Mary, daughter of Samuel Allen, b. 1760; d. August 13, 1813. Both buried in Hanover church graveyard. They had issue — 15. i. Joseph, b. 1787, m. Sarah Har- rison. 16. ii. Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1790, m. Mary Mitchell. 17. Hi. James, b. 1792. Historical and Genealogical. 51 ix). John, b. 1794, d. in 1818, in Leba- non, Pa. x>. Allen, b. 1796, m. Shaflfer, resided in Clark co., Ind., and has issue. xi. Thomas, b. 1798, d. 1866 in St. Louis. mi William, b. 1800, d. in Warren co., Ohio, about 1822. via. Moses, b. 1802, d. s. p. ix. Mary, b. 1805, unm. XL Thomas Babnett, (Joseph, John, John) b. Nov. 13, 1761, d. March 28, 1836; m. April 27, 1790, Jane Finney, dau. of Samuel Finney, b. Dec. 22, 1769, d May 9, 1830. They had issue — i. Mary, b. 1791, d. 1848; m. Thomas Snodgrass, son of John, d. 1855. One of their daughters m. Wilson Todd, son of John Todd of Warren county, O. Their son, John Todd, m. Miss Robinson,, daugh- ter of Robert Robinson, of Dauphin county, Pa. They reside in Warren county, O. a. William, b. 1793, m. Miss Hummel, of Hummelstown; and had John and Har- riet. Hi. Thomas, b 1794; unm. ; d. March 13, 1858. V. Susanna, b, 1796, d. March 7, 1862, unm. w Joseph 8herer,h. 1799, married, re- moved to Southern Missouri and died there. ri Samuel Finney, b 1801. rii Jane, b. 1803. mii Elizabeth, b. 1805. ix. Eliza Shierer, b. 1807 m. Shulze. X. Sarah, b. 1809, m. Robert Stuart. xi. Margaret, b. 1811. xii. Nancy Rebecca, b. 1713. xiii. John, b. 1815; d. unm. XII Elizabeth Barnett, (Joseph, John John), b. 1761; d. September 21, 1816, m. Samuel Sherer, son of Joseph Sherer,* of Paxtang, b. 1755; d. December 26, 1821, and are interred in Paxtang church yard. They had issue — i. Joseph, b. 1784; d. 1865, in Clark county, O. ; m. Mary, daughter of John Snodgrass, and had a daughter m. John Hamaker, of Ohio, and Samuel who d. at Springfield, O., in 1850. ii. Samuel, b. 1786, m. went to St. Louis and died there. Hi. Margaret, b. 1789; d. unm. iv. Jane, b 1791, m. John Barnett. r. Martha, b. 1793; m John Graham. m Elizabeth, b. 1795; d. February 26, 1860; m. Robert Elder, d. October 19, 1821. rii. Sarah, b. 1797; d. November 25, 18^6; m. Robert R. Elder, b. 1788; d. April 5, 1858 [See Elder Family Record.] mii. Julianna, b 1799; m. David Elder, of Indiana counfy. Pa. XIII Moses Barnett, (Joseph, John, John), b. November 24, 1764; d. November 19, 1848; m. 1st — Martha Snodgrass, daughter of Wil- liam Snodgrass, b. 1773; d. June 1, 1802, and had issue — i. Richard, b. 1792; d. November 8, 1868. ii. Ann, b. 1794; m. June, 1813, Samuel Johnson. Hi. Molly, b 1795; d. 1877.’ ir. Matilda b 1797; m. George Moor- head. V. Margaret, b 1799; d. 1843. ri. Martha, b. 1801; d. 1803. 2d. March 27, 1805, Rebecca [Green] Allen, b. 1763; d. July 27, 1837; and had Issue. [See Allen Family Record.] mi. Rebecca, b. February 19, 1806; d. February 22, 1867; m. March 1827, Thomas Moorhead, f ^ viii. Moses,, b. February 19, 1806. XIV. J OSEPH Barnett ( J oseph, J oseph, John, John) b August 27, 1784, in Han- over; removed to Fayette county. Pa., and married Mary Boyd, of that locality. They had issue— 52 Historical and Genealogical, i. William Boyd, b. 1810 ii. Hamilton, b. 1811. Hi. Clarissa, b. 1814. VO. Edwin, b. 1816. r. Joseph, b. May 14, 1823; married 1st., Sarah Stewart, of Montgomery county, Ohio; 2d., Margaret Barnett, of Blair county, Pa. XV. Joseph Baknett (James, Joseph, John, John) b. March, 1787, in Hanover; d. in Warren county, Ohio; m. Sarah Har- rison, sister of General John Harrison, of Hanover; died about 1837, and there was issue — i. James, m. ■■■ — Barker. ii. 8a/rah Jane, m. William Silvers. XVI. Samuel Baknett (James, Joseph, John, John) b. Sept. 30, 1790, in Hanover; d. June 10, 1869, in Clark county, Ohio. He married, first, on August 22, 1815, Mary Mitchell, of Hanover. She died May 17, 1851. She was one of the most amiable of Christian women. Secondly, Ann J. Tor- rence (Ann J. Stewart), daughter of James Stewart and Jane Elder, of Paxtang. Mr. Barnett was in many respects a remarkable man. At the age of seventy-seven, near the close of a long life of industry, his memory was most excellent, and to him are we indebted for what is here given rela- tive to the Barnetts — as also what is in our possession concerning the Allens, Sawyers and other Hanover families. It is to be re- gretted that the information that he could have given as to the olden -time was not taken down by some faithful chronicler, and thus preserved unto us. He removed to Ohio, in 1817, locating in Warren county. He subsequently removed to Butler county, and in 1841 to Springfield, O., where he spent the renainder of his days. He had issue — i. Susanna W., m. William Carothers and have issue. ii. Sarah, m. Dr. John B. Hunt, of Clinton, 111. Hi. Nancy Allen, m Rev. Samuel Wal- lace, of Piqua, O. w. Mary, m. Dr. Joseph G. Paulding, of Mason, Warren co., O. r. DoAiid Mitchell, m. Mary Graybill. ri. 'William Allen, m. Belle Grove. rii. L&oi, m. a dau. of Allen Sturgeon, of Hanover. mii. Oeorge W., m. Sarah Ann Bane, of Kenton co., O. ix. Samuel, m. Mary Campbell. X. James, m. a dau. of Rev. Jackson Dufi. XVII. James Barnett, (James, Joseph, John, John) b, 1792; d. 1861; m. Louisa Shira, of Louisville, Ky., but a native of Hummelstown, Dauphin county, Penn’a., and had issue: i. Henry C. ii. Jacob, Hi. James W. VO. Diana, d. s. p. [The sons are all sugar planters in Louis- iana. 3 * Joseph Sherer came from the North of Ireland about 1734, and located in Paxtang township, near what is now Highspire. During the Revolution he commanded a company of associators and was in service during the months of January, February and March, 1776. He was a member of the County Committee and of the first Consti- tutional Convention of the State, which met at Philadelphia on the 15th of July, 1776. He died in December following, and is buried in Paxtang church graveyard , + The great grandson of Thomas Moor- head who settled in Donegal in 1732.’ Robert, second in descent, had issue among others — i. Captain .John B. Moorhead, b. Janu- ary 3, 3774; d. May 15, 1854; buried in Historical and Genealogical. 63 Derry graveyard; m. Ann Snodgrass b. 1779; d December 14, 1848. a. Jane Moorhead, b October 7, 1776; d. June 1864; m. February 11,1800, Jeremi- ah Sturgeon. iii Thomas Moorhead, m March 17, 1792, Ann Clark and had issue, Robert, John, Thomas and Sarah :}:“Tn 1847 the Associate Reformed church (prior to the Union) had no foreign mission- ary in the field Dr. Paulding, as physi- cian, and Mary his wife, with the Rev. James Barnett were sent as missionaries to Turkey. Alter studying the language at Beyrout, they settled near the ancient Mt. Lebanon and established a school. After a residence of twelve years. Dr Paulding returned to America. Rev James Barnett was sent to Cairo, Egypt, and subsequently to Damascus, but recently [1867] returned to Egypt, where he now is in charge of a large school there .” — Samuel Barn ett KOTJiS AND QUEttlES— Lf. Historical and Genealogical. Patterson — Potter — Moore —Mary Patterson, widow of James Patterson, of “Fermanagh, Cumberland county,” died in April, 1785. Her will was probated at Harrisburg on the 29rh of April. In it she mentions the following children: i. William a. Margaret, m Gen. James Potter iii. Susanna, m. James Moore in James. Inquiry is made as to the maiden name of Mrs. Mary Patterson, and further informa- tion concerning Wi’liam, James and Susanna Moore w h. e Brispan, Capt. John, (N. & Q xlv ) “J. B. R.” sends this additional informa- tion. “He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and held a lieutenant’s com mission in the English army. He was a part of the time in Canada, and I think wa® with General Wolfe on the Plains of Abra- ham. For his services he received a grant from George Hid of two thousand acres of land in Virginia. * * * * At the close of the Revolutionary war he set- tled on his farm near “Bird-in-Hand,” Lancaster county, when he was appointed collector of military fines. He was how- ever too kind-hearted to oppress the delin- quents, consequently he became responsi- ble to the Government for the amount, which resulted in Capt. Brisban becoming poor and penniless. All the papers per- taining to his military services were sent to Washington for the purpose of securing a pension, but unfortunately lost. * * * Capt Brisban was twice married and left issue by both.” w. h. e. Seiler. — Henry Seiler, a native of the town of Weisenburg, old Alsace, Germany, came to this country with his brother Chris- topher prior to the Revolution. He died at Lebanon in June, 1785, his will being pro- bated July 7, following. He left a wife Catharine, to whom, and to his brother Christopher, his estate was devised, save ten pounds to the Lutheran church at Lebanon. Provision was made for his son Andrew^ who remained at Weisenburg, should he come to America. Henry Buehler and Christopher Seiler were executors of the estate. Information is requested whether Andrew Seiler came to this country, and also as to the children of Christopher Seiler, above named. w. h. e. Macparlane— In will book A Dauphin county records, is the following: “We do certify that Edward M ’Parian was born and lived in the parish of Lough- gully and county of Armagh — that his parents are honest reputable people and we do believe the bearer to be a sober, honest, young man. We also certify that he has Historical and Genealogical. 5Jk not left this country on acct. of any miscon- duct whatsoever. “Dated this 21st of May, 1783. Walter Sippit, High Sherift Armagh. John Higers, Pastor of Loughgilly these 17 years past. John M’Combe, Clk. To this are also attached the following names: Robert Martin. John Reed. William Ham’l Hanna. John Caulfield. Morris Nelery. Hugh O’Hanlon. Can any one give us information as to this Edward M’Farlan or Macfarlane, whose certificate of good character has thus been preserved ? w. h e The Sword op Derry —“The daughter of John Sawyer who married John M’Cord, Hanover, reminds me of a bit of history- John M’Cord’s great grandfather was one of the Protestants who was at the siege of Londonderry when the Catholics deter- mined to kill every Protestant in Ireland. Without referring to the history of the siege of Derry, I believe it was about 1660 or 1666. I often had the sword in my h^nd which old Mr M’Cord jsed in that siege. I got my son James to hunt up the family of John M’Cord in Preble county, O , and obtain possession of the sword, and have it placed among the curiosities of one of our colleges as a relic of the olden time. My son James, however, did n'>t succctd in getting possession of the sword. It appears that Mr. M’Cord sometime previous to his decease removed from his old house, leaving the sword hang, when it was stolen ’’ — Samuel Barnett's I's Letter. Clokey. — “The widow of William Sawyer married Joseph Clokey, who left Ireland at the time of the Rebellion of ’98; immediately after the battle of Belaney Hench. I was quite a boy at the time, but remember hearing all about ^he case. He escaped almost by miracle to this country. Mr. Clokey ’s daughter Eliza came subsequently to this country. She married a Mr. Hughes, near Canonsburg, Pa , and deceased there, leaving two or ihree children Mrs Clokey was a cousin of my mother’s She had by this second marriage two sons and one daughter The daughter Mary married Rev Mr Wilson, of Canonsburg, and died about 1866, Mr. Clokey removed from where he lived near Hanover church to Canonsburg about 1813 or 1814. Both Mr and Mrs. Clokey deceased there anum ber of years ago. Their son, John Clokey, married and had a family. His widow re- sides in Springfield, Ohio. Joseph Clokey, the other son, took a college course at Canonsburg, studied Theology, joined the Associate Reformed Church at the time the union was consummated between the Asso- ciate and Associate Reformed Church now the United Presbyterian Church. He after- wards became Professor of Pastoral The ology in the United Theological Seminary at Xenia, O. He has been twice married His first wife was a Patterson, by whom he had a son and daughter The formed died at Springfield, Ohio; the diughter married a Mr. Henry, and removed to Illinois Dr. Clokey married secondly a Miss Waddell, from near Wheeling, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. One son is preach ing at Steubenville, Ohio, another at In dianapolis, and the third is a lawyer. The Rev. Dr. Clokey is the oldest minister in Springfield [1867] and an able divine ” — Samuel Barnett Historical and Genealogical, 55 NOTKS ANU QUEKIlfiS— LII. Mistorlcal and Biographical. Kloppen Church. — In the published list of “Letters remaining in the Postofflce, Harrisburgh, October 14, 1799,’^ is a letter for “Jacob Wenger, near Kloppen church.” Can anyone inform us of the location of this church ? The Harwison Convention op 1840 — Inquiry is made as to the place of the hold- ing of the Whig Convention of 1840, which nominated Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison for the Presidency. Horter (K & Q. XLix) —In his remin- iscences, our “Octogenarian” furnishes the following: “George R. Horter, the son of John Valentine Horter and the brother of Mrs. Jacob Bucher and Mrs. Henry Header, learned the hatting trade, I pre- sume, with Mr. Bucher, though I am not sure of that. He left Harrisburg when very young as a traveling ‘jour,’ and immor- talized himself at that early day by going to Pittsburg, thence down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans,a most perilous adventure at that time — and returned some- where about 1807 or 1808 as a wonderful traveler. To go to New Orleans then was to go out of the world; and while absent he was given up for lost, but when he returned he was like one that was found In 1808 Simon Snyder was elected gover- nor over James Ross. Mr. Reader was appointed Register and Recorder of Dau- phin county, and Mr. Horter being on hand, was appointed clerk and filled the post for many years He was a very clever gentleman — fond of gay life, and constantly spouting Shakespere. — “Now is the winter of our discontent,” &c., was generally his beginning. During the war of 1812 he was an officer of the United States army, as a lieutenant; and I think was at the battle of Lundy’s Lane. He was fond of the drum and fife, and of military display. He com- menced to study law with Mr. Ell maker, but did not wade through A thorough Democrat, he was always on hand at elec- tions — was transcribing clerk to the Senate or House a number of years. He was much loved and cherished by nis immedi- ate relatives, who thought there was nobody equal to Uncle George. He belonged to the Masonic Order, and proud of its em- blems. He never married and died a bach- elor,” Historicus. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THB BloGKaPUlC.4L. HfSTOK\ OP OaUPHIN COUNTY. IV. Laird, Samuel, the son of Samuel Laird, was born at Carlisle, Penn’a, on the 15th of February, 1769. His father was for many year.s one of the Provincial magistrates of CumberDnd county, and, under the Consti tution of 1776, one of the justices of the courts. Mr. Laird received a classical educa- tion, studied law at Carlisle, and was ad- mitted to the Dauphin county bar at the September term 1792. He located at Harris- burg, and soon secured a large and success- ful practice In the early years of the borough he took an active part in its local aflairs, and was a prominent actor in the first decade of its history. He died at Har- risburg, January 15, 1815, aged forty-five years He married Elizabeth Montgomery, second daughter of the Rev. Joseph Mont- gomery, who died October 12, 1814, aged forty -four. Their remains lie interred in the Harrisburg cemetery. Mr. Laird was a good lawyer a pleasant speaker, and a courteous, honorable gentleman of the old school. 56 Historical and Genealogical. Lauman, William, the sou of George and Elizabeth Lauman, early settlers at Middletown, was born in that borough on the 18th of June, 1772. He learned the trade of a hatter in Philadelphia, where he became acquainted with Elizabeth Meyers and married her. He then returned to Middletown, where he carried on a success- ful business. He was chosen to the Legis- lature in 1827, serving two terms, having previously been County Auditor 1822 to 1825, Mr. Lauman kepr. the “stage office” near Center Square, and on the 24th of December, 1829, succeeded John M’Cam- mon as postmaster, an office he held until his death which occurred on the 13th of December, 1832. He was succeeded by his widow, who filled the position until June, 1834, when she removed from the borough. Mrs. Lauman died at Morgan’s Corners, near Philadelphia, on the 4th of July, 1853 Her remains rest by those of her husband in the old Lutheran graveyard in Middletown They had nine children, four of whom are living. The late Major George M. Lauman was one of their sons. Mr. Lauman was an industrious and enterpris- ing citizen, hospitable, generous and social. Lewis, Eli, was a native of York county, Penna., born about 1750, and the first settler of the -town of Lewisberry. He was a printer by profession, and has the honor of establishing the first newspaper in this city — the Harrisburg Advertiser, in 1791. This was purchased by Mr. Wyeth in 1792 and changed to “The Oracle of Dauphin and Harrisburg Advertiser. ” Major Lewis was a soldier ot the Revolution, and a gentle- man of considerable literary acquirements. He was the author of a poem, entitled “8t. Clair’s Defeat,” printed in a small 32 mo. at his office, copies of which are exceedingly rare. He died at his residence at Lewis- berry on Sunday, February 2, 1807, aged fifty-seven years. He was the father of Chief Justice Ellis Lewis of the Supreme Court of Penna M’Cammon, James, of Scotch ancestry, was a native of the county Down, Ireland, born about 1778. He was educated at Edinburg, and received his degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of that city. He subsequently served two years in the London Hospital under that celebrated physician Dr. Fordyce. i^e came to the United States about 1804, and located at Newville in Cumberland county, where he had a very general and extensive practice. In September, 1811, he removed to Middle- town, where his brother John resided and was postmaster, at that period a preferable field to the Cumberland Valley, and was very successful. He died at Middletown on the 7ih of November, 1815, and was buried in the old Presbyterian graveyard on High street in that borough. He left a wife and three children, who afterwards removed to Zanesville, Ohio. Dr. M’Cam mon was a skillful surgeon and ranked high in his profession. Socially, he was agree-- able in conversation and of refined man- ners Maoinnis, James, was a native of Ire- land, born about 1780. He was educated at Dubliu, and at the age of twenty came to America, locating iu Philadelphia, where he began the profession of teaching. In 1807 or 8 he was invited to take charge of the Harrisburg Academy, but in 1810 re linquished his position there and entered in- to mercantile business wiih his brother-in- law, Fred. W. Leopold, Subsequently, about 1814, he resumed school teaching, and all his energies for a number of years were de- voted to that calling It was during this period that he compiled his “System of Book-Keeping” and the “New Arithmetic,” both publishea at Harrisburg, which for many years was extensively used as text books in Central Pennsylvania. In 1821 Hislorical and Genealogical. 67 Mr. MagiDnis was appointed Deputy Sur- vey or for Dauphin county. He had pre- viously been surveyor tor several State commissions authorized to lay out certain roads, as also county boundaries. He studied law at Harrisburg and was admitted at the March term 1820. His wife Ann Leopold, a woman of rare accomplishments and lovely disposition, to whom he was fondly devoted, dying March 18, 1828, so preyed upon his mind that he sank under the affliction, and died the 21st of May, 1829. Mr. Maginnis was a gentleman of undoubted integrity, an able teacher, and a good citi- zen. Mahbjr, Pierce, was a native of Ireland, born about 1813, where he received a clas sical education. He came to this country in 1836, and shortly after began the study of theology in Philadelphia; and subse- quently appointed pastor of St. Patrick’s church, Harrisburg. Until the establish- ment of the bishopric of Harrisburg, for a period of thirty two years, the Rev. Maher was the beloved and revered pastor of that church, and the writer of this sketch holds in his affection and memory the most pleas- ing recollection and warm friendship of tha^ pious and devpted minister of the Gospel of Christ. From Harrisburg, Rev Maher went ^o Norristown, where he remained until nis death, which occurred on the 28th of De- cember, 1873, at the age of sixty. Melish, John, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, on the 13 h of June, 1771. He was educated at Edinburg. He came to America in 1809, and traveled extensively through the United States and Canada, publishing, in 18 '2, in two volumes, an account thereof. In 1814 he published “A Description of the Roads” in the countries described in his former volumes. This was followed by the “Traveler’s Directory” in 1815; “Description of the U. S,” 1816; “Universal School Geography and Atlas,” 1817; “Necessity of Protecting Manufac- tures,” 1818; “Maps of Penn’a and the U. S,,” and “Information to Emigrants,” in 1819; and “Statistical Review of the U. S.” in 1822. He subsequently published a number of county maps of Pennsylvania by aid from the State, and projected others. He died at Harrisburg on the 30th of De- cember, 1832, aged seventy-one. As a geographer and political economist Mr. Melish was highly esteemed, and numerous learned societies enrolled him among their membership. Montgomery, Rachel, the eldest daugh- ter of John and Rachel Rush, was born at By berry, in Philadelphia county, Penn’a, in 1741 She was full sister of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Rachel received an excellect education, and was a woman of refined taste and manners. She married about 1761, Angus Boyce, a mer- chant of Philadelphia. He died a few years later, leaving one child, Malcolm. Mrs. Boyce married about 1769, the Rev. Joseph Montgomery, then pastor of the Presby- terian congregations of New Castl§ and Christiana Bridge, Delawar^ and subsequently member frem Pennsyl- vania in Congress, 1781 to 1783. In 1785, Mi. ^»‘^rTj;gom^ry ''-ying been appointed Recorder and Register of the new county of Dauphin, removed with his family to Harrisburg Here he died, in 1794, leav- ing his wife with three children, one by his former marriage. Mrs. Montgomery died on Saturday, July 28, 1798, at Harrisburg, and the Oracle gives this estimate of her character : “In her were united those vir- tues which beautify and adorn the Chris- tian and human nature. She was invaria- bly mild and affable, amiable and courteous to all. Her communicative and sweet dis- position, her benevolent and beneficent heart, led her at least to attempt the char- S8 Historical and Genealogical, acter of our blessed Lord, to be going about doing good. In her friendship she ■was sincere, cordial and constant — in her domestic connections she was yet more amiable and unoflending— as a wife, she was endowed with all the tender sensibili ties and kind attentions which can improve and complete matrimonial happiness. As a mother she was rem irked by others, and loved by her children for the constant and engaging discharge of all those maternal ofifices which are generally seen to attract love and command respect— and as a mis- tress, humane and indulgent. In her tedious and distressing sickness (which lasted ever since the commencement of the past winter to her death), no complaint was heard from her lips. She supported with serenity and fortitude the approach of death, leaning upon the blessed Redeemer as upon the be- loved of her soul — she slept in the arms of Jesus, with a cheerful and humble hope of a blessed immortality, aged about fifty - seven years.” Murray, John, was a native of Scot Lid, born about 1731. His father emi grated to America the year following, and sett.ed on Swatara creek, in Hanover town- ship, then Lancaster, now Dauphin county. In 17fi6 John took up a tract 'of land lying on the Susquehanna, immediately above his brother James’ farm, which adjoined the present town of Dauphin. He com- manded a rifle company, which in March 1776, was attached to Colonel Samuel Miles* battalion, and participated in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Princeton. He was promoted to major, April 18, 1777, and lieutenant colonel of the Second Pennsylvania regi- ment in 1780, serving until the disbanding of the army in 1783. He then returned to his family and farm. Gov. Mifflin ap pointed him a justice of the peace August 39, 1791, the only political offlce he ever heffl. He died on the 3d of February, 1798, in his sixty-eighth year, and his remains rest in the cemetery near the borough of Dauphin. Col Murray married, 29th of December, 1763, Margaret, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca Mayes. She died June 32d, 1807, aged seventy-four years. They Margaret, m John, sonof Capt. James Murray; William, who removed to Ohio; and Rebecca, m. Hon. Innis Green. Col. Murray was an ardent patriot and a gallant officer. PsAcock, James, the eldest son of Wil liam Peacock and Mary Kyle, of Scotch- Irish ancestry was born in Paxtang town ship. Dauphin county, Penn’a, April 8, 1788 His education was in a great mea- sure due to his mother’s care and tuition, with self-application in aioCr years. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the printing business with Mr. Edward Cole, of Lewis- town, where he remained until 1807, when he went to Lancaster to work on the Intelli- gencer. In 1809 he was employed by the celebrated John Blnns, of Philadelphia, on book work, and subsequently by Mr. Din- nie on the Port Folio. While in the latter establishment he became intimate with quite a number of the literati of that period, and concerning whom he has left some interesting “Reminiscences.” In 1811 Mr. Peacock returned to Lancaster, and from thence came to Harris- burg, where in December of that year he started the Pennsylmnia Republican, which he continued to publish for about eight or nine years, in the meantime being one of the printers to the Senate and House In December, 1821, he was employed as an assistant clerk of the Senate, and in March, 1832, received the appointment of post- master at Harrisburg in place of Mrs. Wright who had recently deceased, an office he held under diflerent National ad- Historical and Genealogical, ministralions until the 15th of November, 1846. In December, 1847, he removed to Philadelphia, where he became identified with the publication of the Exien- ing Bulletin, (now being conducted by his SOD, Mr. Gibson Peacock), The Sun, and NeaV s Saturday Gazette, which he manag» d with all the tact and skill of his early years, relinquishing his labors only a brief time prior to his death. He died in the city of Philadelphia, on the 23d of August 1863, and is interred in the Harrisburg cemetery. Mr. Peacock was twice married — first, to Frances C , daughter of Matthias Slough and Mary Gibson, of Lancaster, who died Oct. 27, 1837; and, secondly to Mrs Louisa V. Sims, of Mount Holly, N. J., who sur- vives. Mr. Peaeock was ever held in high esteem by the citizens of Harrisburg, whether as journalist, or his occupancy of the post-ofldce for a quarter of a century. He always took an active part in public affairs, and was largely instrumental in organizing St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, in which there has been erected a tablet to his memory. He was a gentleman of dig- nified manners, of refined culture and a sin- cere Christian. Ramsey, Thomas, was born near York, Penn’a, on ihe 15th of June, 1784. With a limited education, acquired during his early years, he learned the trade of black- smithing, at that period an important occu- pation. About 1806 he located atHummels- tuwn, Dauphin county, and there carried on business. In 1814 he was a corporal of Capt. Moorbead’s company, of the Pirst Rt^gimeni, Col. Kennedy, which marched to the defense of Baltimore. Mr. Ramsey died at Hummelstown on the 4th of May, 1826, at the age of forty two years. He married Elizabeth Kelker, daughter of Henry Kelker and Elizibeth Greenawalt, of Liebanon, b. Sept. 8th, 1791, and d. at Harrisburg 5th of February, 1858. Hon Alexander Ramsey, present Secretary of War, is their son. Mr. Ramsey was an industrious, enterprising citizen, patriotic, generous and held in great esteem by his fellow citizens. KOTK8 AND QUERIES — L.1II. Historical and Biographical. The Cumberland Valley Historical Society, organized one year ago, purpose celebrating the settlement of the Cumber- land Valley by a meeting at Doubling Gap Springs, beginning on the 1st of July. The place at which the society’s meetings are held prevent the attendance of many who might otherwise be present. An out of the way place like Doubling Gap is not the proper point for these meetings, none save those whose leisure will allow being able to get there. Some central loca- tion along the line of the Cumberland Valley would have secured the attendance of many who take a deep interest in de- veloping the abundant historical resources of the Valley. Judge Herman, of Carlisle, the president of the society, is to deliver the opening address; Gen. George Snowden, of Philadelphia, the patriotic address, and Prof. Wra. M. Nevin, of Lancaster, will read a paper on the “Romance of the Val- ley.” No section of our glorious old State is so rich in historic lore as the beautiful Valley of Cumberland, and why the history and genealogy thereof should be supplanted by the romantic, yie are at a loss to conceive. History is truth, and the sooner historical societies discard legendary, traditionary and romantic theories, and devote their time to the collection and collation of facts, the more good will they accomplish. If Prof. Nevin will take up the biographical records of Generals Wm. Irvine, Wm. Thompson, .lohn Armstrong, Henry Miller and Robt. Magaw, Revolutionary patriots, every one 60 Historical and OenealogicaL of them; pursue the incidents in the life of Colonel George Croghan, Assistant Deputy of Indian Affairs, during the most trying period of the early history of the Valley; or the early settlements of the same, from the Susquehanna to the Conecocheague, without encroaching upon the last hundred years, and he will find that his ‘ ‘Romance” will not pass as ‘‘dry as dust,” and he will be doing valiant services in the cause of history and add to the renown of the Cumberland Valley. The society has a wide field ot usefulness before it; but where are the reapers? Historicus. The Fisrt Communion op Covenan- ters observed in this country, and indeed outside of the British Isles, was on the 23d of August, 1752, at Stony Ridge, in Cum- berland county, Penn ’a, and although there was but a handful of people in that “society,” yet more than two hundred and fifty persons communed. J. b. s. Old Style Clocks —I have an upright old fashioned clock which runs for twenty- eight. days. Has upon its face the sun, ''oon and stars. Months, days, hours and ^minutes are all told. It was made by “J. Jameson, Columbia.” There is no date. It was bought by my father in Harrisburg about 1815 It would no doubt be interest- ing to many to find out the history of Jame- son and his works. h. a g. Politics in 1799 — Harrisburg has for a long while been noted for the political proclivities of its citizens; eighty years of such reputation should give us good stand ing in that line. A long while ago, many of them were keen politicians, and as at present, happy to take a hand in what was in reality, the first political contest in the State, as previously “Mifldin and the fa thers” had it all in their own hands. When Governor Mifflin had finished his constitu- tional term, this contest opened. In our own part of the State a circular was issued inviting the people of then Dauphin county, in favor of Thomas M’Kean for Governor, to a county meeting at the house of “Samuel Weir, in Harrisburg, on the Thursday of next court.” The circular is dated August 24, 1799, signed by John Elder, chairman, Jacob Bucher, secretary. The committee appointed to circulate the docament named in the MSS. are Robt. Harris, John Luther, Moses Gillmor, Henry Reader, Stacy Potts, William Wray, P. Brecker, David Rowland, William Connolly and George Peffer, of Harrisburg. The circular comes out boldly for M’Kean, who was elected. In turning over the news paper containing an account of the meet ing, it is curious to observe how many of the participants became, in after years, opponents of M’Kean and his policy, h. Early Correspondence. — The follow- ing letter of John Harris, the founder, to Col. James Burd, has never been printed. It has really no local interest, but its reference to events then transpiring makes it nevertheless interesting: Paxtang, Nov mh, 1757. "‘Dear Sir: I am just arrived from Phila- da. No news of Importance; the Troops from the Northward are Part arrived in Philada , such as are to be quartered there this Winter; & three companies if not more of the .first Battalion of y’r Royal American Regiment from Carlisle is to pass here next Tnursday on their way to Winter Quarters in Pbilada. The 2d Battalion is to soon follow & remain at Lancaster ex- cepting some who is by the General Report to be at York, Reading, etc,, this Winter. We have acct’s of our Grand English Fleet sailing, in September last, on a secret Expedition, & good accounts soon expected from them. V Historical arid Genealogical. '61 No Battles Lately in Europe, except skirmishing between us, the French, Prus- sians, Austrians, Russians, &c., tho’ it’s currently Reported, & Generally Be- lieved, that ab’t Seventy thousand Turks is actually on their march against the Queen of Hungary, & a Larger army of Turks &> Tartars is also marching against the Russians, to make a Diversion on the side of Prussia. Good accounts are also ex- pected from his Prussian majesty, tho’ his Enemys is numerous, on all sides. The French seems to be yet too strong for the Turks in Hanover; but considering their Numbers, Greater Strokes might have been Expected from them. We have been Tolerable Quiet on all the frontiers this long time (from Indian Incur- sions. ) The Barracks in Philada. in great Forwardness. I am. Sir, your most obd’t Humble Serv’t, John Harris. P. S. Mrs. Shippen and Mrs. Burd & familys well yesterday. I am, sir, yr., &c., &c. To Major James Burd, att Fort Au- gusta. CONTRIBUriONS TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL. HISTORY OF OAUPHIN COUNTY. V. Reily, John, was born at Leeds, Eng- land, on the 12tbT of April, 1752. His father, Benjamin Reily, emigrated soon atter, and was a gentleman of some note in the Province of Pennsylvania. Receiv- ing a classical education the former began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar on the eve of the Revolution. Accept- ing a commission as captain in the 12th reg- iment of the Pennsylvania Line, subse- quently (1778) transferred to the Third reg ment he served with valor and distinction and was severely wounded at Bonhamton, New Jersey, being shot through the body. Returning home, he slowly recovered, when he resumed the practice of his profession. He was present and took part in the first term of the Dauphin county court, in May, 1785. In 1795, he published at Harrisburg, “A Compendium for Pennsylvania Justices of the Peace,” the first work of that character printed in America. Capt. Reily died at Myerstown, May 2, 1810. He married at Lancaster on May 20, 1773, Elizabeth Myer, the daugh- ter of the founder of Myerstown, Lebanon county; b. April 2, 1755; d. April 2, 1800. They had a large family. Dr. Luther Reily, so well known to our older citizens, was their son. Capt. Reily was not a brilliant orator, but was perfectly reliable as a lawyer, andhad an extensive practice at theLancaster, Berks and Dauphin courts. He was a tall, courtly gentleman, and an ardent Whig, of the Revolutionary era He was a polished writer, and a MSS. book of literary excerpts in the posession of his descendants show a refined and cultivated taste. Roan, John, was born in Ireland in the year 1716 He was brought up as a weaver, and emigrated to Pennsylvania about 1740. He entered the “Log College,” and taught school on the Neshaminy and in Chester county, while pursuing his theological studies. He was licensed by the “new- side” Presbytery of New Castle, and in the winter of 1744 sent to Hanover, Virginia. The following year (1745) he was settled over the united congregations of Derry, Paxtang and Conewago, the latter having one-fifth of his time. The minutes of the synods placed Roan in Donegal Presbytery, and “points of difficulty,” says Webster, “continually arose ” Towards the latter days of his ministry Mr. Roan missionated frequently on the south branch of the Poto- mac. He died on the 3d of October, 1775, Historical and Genealogical. and i8 interred at Derry church graveyard. On his tombstone is this inscription: “Beneath this stone | are deposited the Remains | of an able, faithful | courageous & successful I minister of Jesus Christ | The Rev’d John Roan | Pastor of Paxton, Derry & Mount Joy | Congregations | from the year 1745 | till Oct. 3, 1775 | when he exchanged | a Militant tor a triumphant Life I in the 59th year of his Age.” The Rev. John Roan married Ann, daughter of James Cochran and Ann Rowan, of Chester county, born in 1722; she died in 1788. Shock, John, of German ancestry, was born in the city of Philadelphia on the 27th of December, 1763. In 1792 he located at Harrisburg, engaging in active business pursuits. During the “mill dam troubles” of 1794-5, Mr. Shoch took a prominent part, and was on the committee to confer with the owners and abate the nuisance. For a long time he was a member of the town council, borough supervisor and at one time burgess. He was director of the poor, and county commissioner, serving the usual terms, when he was chosen treasurer of the county, an office he filled acceptably from 1812 to 1815. In 1810 he was appointed one of the commissioners to survey what was then termed the Northern and Southern routes from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, to ascertain the most practicable and preferable one for a turnpike. The commissioners re ported in favor of the Southern roate, but when the Legislature met it was thought best to charter companies to turnpike both. Mr. Shoch labored hard and successfully for the removal of the seat of government to Harrisburg, for the erection of the bridge over the Susquehanna, the establishment of the Harrisburg Bank, of which he was one of its first directors, and the Harrisburg Academy, being a trustee for many years. Mr. Shoch retired from business about 1825. He died at Harrisburg, Tuesday, August 31, 1841. He married, in 1792, Salome Gilbert, of Philadelphia. She died at Harrisburg, October 13, 1828. They are both buried in the Harrisburg cemetery. Of their chil- dren one survives. Col. Samuel Shoch, of Columbia. Mr. Shoch always took a deep interest in the affairs of the town and county, and was highly esteeme.I by his fellow-citizens as a strictly honest and up- right gentleman. Simmons, Seneca G., was a native of Windsor, Vermont, where he was born December 27, 1808. He entered West Point, graduated therefrom in 1834, and was assigned to the Seventh U. S. Infan- try. He served in the Florida and Mexican wars with marked credit, and properly promoted therefor. At the time of the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861, Capt. Simmons was at his home at Harrisburg laboring under a severe injury. Upon the organization of the famous Reserve Corps, he was chosen Colonel of the Fifth Regi ment. For his conduct in the Autumn campaign of 1861, he was promoted Major of the Fourth U. S. Infantry. During the Peninsular campaign of 1862, under General M’Clellan, while leading the first brigade of the Reserves, at Charles City ><< Roads, June 20th, he fell in the thickest of the fight, breathing his last upon the field of battle. His remains were buried beneath a large tree, but being unmarked, was not distinguished among the thousand who sleep their last sleep on the Chickahominy. The loss of Colonel Simmons was greatly lamented. He was a gallant and brave officer, and had he been spared, he would have done valiant service in the cause of the Union. * Simon TON, William, the elder, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, in 1755. He was brought to this country at the age of ten, by his uncle, the Rev. John Simon- Historical and Genealogical, 6S ton, pastor of the Great Valley Presbyterian church, in Chester county, Penna. Under the direction of this uncle he received his academic and professional education. Soon after completing his medical course he entered upon the practice of his profession, but at what place is unknown. On the 17th of November, 1777, he was married to Jane, daughter of John Wiggins, sr., of Paxtang, his uncle performing the cere- mony. In 1784 he purchased a tract of land called “Antigua,’* containing one hundred and eighty-two acres, situated in West Hanover township, from Joseph Hutchison. Upon this farm he resided all his life. He had eight children, six of whom reached mature age, viz : Jane^ Thomas, James, William, John W., and Elizabeth. Dr. Simonton died on the 24th of April, 1800, at the early age of forty- fiv'^. All the traditions that have reached us concerning his standard as a physician, a man and a Christian, are highly favora- ble. A fitting testimonial to his life, labors and character, was prepared by the Rev. James Snodgrass, pastor of Hanover church, and delivered on the occasion of his funeral. His remains with those of his wife are in- terred in old Hanover graveyard. Simpson, John, son of James and Mary Simpson, was born in Newtown or Bucking- ham township, Bucks county, Penn’a, about 1744 His parents went South, and were residing in North Carolina in 1783, and in Georgia in 1791. He learneo black- smithing, and, in 17fi3, settled on the Sus- quehanna in what was then Upper Paxtang township, Lancaster, now Dauphin county. On the 15th of August, 1775, he was com- missioned second lieutenant of Capt. James Murray’s company, in the Fourth Battalion of Associators of Lancaster county. On the 28th of January, 1777, Lieut Colonel Cor- nelius Cox, of the battalion, ordered him to remain in the “Continental Smith shop’’ at Bristol. He served during the greater part of the Revolution, towards its close in command of a company of militia, when he returned to his farm. In the spring of 1793 he removed to Huntingdon, Penn’a, where he died on the 3d of February, 1807, in his sixty-third year. Capt. Simpson married May 7, 1776, Margaret, daughter of Capt. James Murray. They had two sons, James and John, and six daughters, four of the daughters respectively married John Pat- ton, George Anshutz, Daniel Africa (father of Hon. J. Simpson Africa) and William Curry. Snodgrass, James, the son of Benjamin Snodgrass, was born near Doylestown, Bucks county, Penn’a, July 23, 1763. He graduated at the University of Penn’a in 1783, and was for a brief time a tutor therein. He studied theology under di- rection of the Rev. Nathaniel Irwin, then pastor of the church at Neshaminy, and was licensed to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, in December, 1785. After preaching about a year and a half in destitute places in the central and northern parts of New York, on the 16th of October, 1787, he accepted the call of the Hanover congregation of May previous, and until his ordination on the 13th of May, 1788, he gave his attention to that church. At his installation there were present of the Presbytery of Carlisle, the revered and honored ministers. Revs. John Elder, John Hoge, John Linn, John Craighead, Robert Cooper and Samuel Waugh. His pastorate extended over a period of fifty- eight years, and he was the last who ministered at Hanover. His death occurred July 2, 1846, and he lies interred in old Hanover church graveyard. The Rev Snodgrass was twice married. His first wife Martha, born Nov. 12, 1760, died December 20, 1828; his second wife Nancy, born in 1770, died January 24, 1839, and Historical and Genealogical. are both interred in the same graveyard. In appearance Mr. Snodgrass was tall, erect and athletic; hair dark, which changed to an iron grey in his last years; of pleasing countenance, amiable and sociable, and in his mode of living temperate, simple and regular. “His sermons were methodical, clear, scriptural, spiritual and evangelical; his voice and enunciation were good.” As a minister he was dearly beloved and highly revered. Stewart, Lazarus, the second son of James Stewart and Margart Stewart was born in Hanover township, now Dauphin county, Penn’a. in 1734 His ma- ternal grandfather, Lazarus Stewart, was one of the earliest settlers on the Swatara, and the owner of large tracts of land. The grandson was well grounded in the essentials of a good English education, and was raised a farmer. In 1755 he raised a company for the Pro- vincial service in Braddock’s campaign, and during the subsequent French and Indian war performed valiant service. The part Captain Stewart took in the transac- tions at Conestoga and Lancaster in December, 1763, has made him a prominent personage in the history of Pennsylvania during thaf period. He subsequently, in company with a number of Hanover fami- lies, removed to Wyoming, where he took sides with the Connecticut settlers. In the Revolution he was an active partisan, but fell at the head of his troops in that terri- ble onslaught the Massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1778. Capt. Stewart was one of the bravest of the heroes of “Seventy six,” although impetuous and rash at times. Despite all the calumny Quaker historians can heap on his prominent position in the history of the Province, there are thou- sands who honor and revere his memory for the pan he took in the defense of their ancestors from the Indian’s tomahawk and scalping knife. Trimble, James, was born in the city of Philadelphia, July 19, 1755. His father died when he was quite young, leaving a store which his widow carried on, assisted by her son. When, at the age of fifteen, the secretary of the Provincial land office, James Tilghman, becoming cognizant of the business qualifications of young Trimble, secured him a clerkship in his office, or rather an apprenticeship therein. In 1775 he was a clerk in the office of the Provin- cial council, and upon the appointment of Colonel Matlack as the first Secretary of the Commonwealth, March 6, 1777, James Trimble became Deputy Secretary, and so continued, by successive re- appointments, down to January 14, 1836, when he was displaced under the administration of Gov. Ritner. During his residence in Harrisburg Mr. Trimble became quite prominent in local and church affairs. For many years he acted as trustee and treasurer of the Presbyterian church. He served in public capacity sixt}'-- six years, and his removal no doubt hastened his death, which took place Janu- ary 25, 1836, in his eighty-first year. His remains are interred in the Harrisburg cemetery. He married April 22, 1782, Clarissa, widow of John Hastings. Her, maiden name was Claypoole, and a de- scendant of Oliver Cromwell. She died at Lancaster, Feb. 6, 1810. Mr. Trimble’s records are models of neatness, his papeis elaborately endorsed, and filed with great care. The judgment of his cotemporaries was “that he was a faithful public servant, a man of unimpeachable integrity, of obliging manners, respected by the com- munity at large, and beloved by his family, to whom he had greatly endeared himself by his kindness and affection.” Walker, Thomas, son of James Walker, was born in Paxtang township. Dauphin county, Penn’a, in 1789. He was brought up Historical and Genealogical, 65 a farmer, but about 1810 removed to Harris- burg and began merchandizing. He was captain of the “Harrisburg Volunteers” who in 1814 marched to the defense of Bal- timore. He was appointed by Gov. Hiester prothonotary of the county, March 10,1821, which he held until Jan. 17, 1824. He was elected sheriff the latter year, commissioned October 18, 1824. He died on the 19th of March, 1843, in the fifty fourth year of his age, and is buried in Paxtang Church grave yard. Captain Walker was an ardent pa- triot, a popular officer, and an active, enter- prising citizen. His wife Mary, born in 1788, died April 1, 1839, and is interred by his side. [All rights reserved.] ANU QUfiKIlfiS— L.IV. Bistorlcal and Biographical. The Barnetts op Hanover.— (N. & Q. L.) Of the James S. Barnett and Joseph Barnett (sons of John Barnett and Mary M’Ewen), who settled in Pittsburg, I have this* James married Hannah Shaw, daugh- ter of the late John Shaw, who came there from Philadelphia at an early day. She was a sister of William Shaw, of the Penn- sylvania railroad. James Barnett must have died as early as 1836. I remember Hannah Barnett in my childhood. About 1845 she married Rev. William Martin, of Philadelphia, and went there to reside. She died about fifteen years ago * * * * Hamilton Barnett, son of Joseph Barnett and Mary Boyd, born in 1811, married Miss Ann Closey. He died within the past ten years. h. a. g. The Richmond {Va.) Standard. — There is not a periodical in the Union that is doing such valiant service in the harvest field of history as this most excellent jour- nal. Its columns come freighted with the treasures which our learned friend R. A. Brock, Esq., librarian of the Virginia His- torical Society, so industriously collates. The Standard is being thus made a rich repository of Virginia History, Biography and Genealogy, and the student of the Future will refer more frequently to its columns than to any work now in exist- ence relating to the Old Dominion. Mr. BrocK is sweeping the entire State, con- fining himself to no one locality, and we are astonished at the vast amount o^^ material which comes to his hands. We have one suggestion, however, that Mr. James, the talented editor of the Standard, transfer the articles as fast as they appear in its columns to page form, and print a limited number of copies, in that shape, at intervals of say every two months. They will be eagerly sought for. w. h. e. Snodgrass, Rev. James, (N. & Q. xlvii.)— In Sprague’s Annals we find this brief memoranda relative to the last official duty of this revered minister of Old Hanover: “He continued in the active dis- charge of his office until the 25th of May, 1845, when disabled by disease. The only service he attempted afterwards was in May, 1846, at the funeral of his son-in law, as well as friend and physician, Dr. Wil- liam Simonton. After the coffin had been lowered to its final resting place, he ad- dressed the people for a few minutes, ‘lean- ing on the top of his staff.’ He then sat down upon a tomb-stone, and having re- mained a short time to recruit his strength, attempted to walk the distance of a few hundred yards to his own dwelling, but on arriving at the gate, he found it impossible to proceed further — he was carried to his bed, and from this time he gradually de- clined until the 2d of July, when, in the full possession of his mental faculties and in the joyful hope of a better life, he gently fell asleep, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.” Seventy Years Ago. — A native of Har- risburg whose recollection goes back over 66 Historical and Oenealogical, “five and sixty years, give us a reminiscence which has the merit of being pleasant read- ing, and a valuable contribution to our local history. He writes: “Mr. John Wright, the fourth Postmaster at Harrisburg lived on Front street in the house now owned by J. Brisbin Boyd, next above the house once owned by Stofel Sees, a coachmaker. Mr. Wright before he be- came Postmaster, taught school in Mul- berry street, in a house adjoining the tavern and hatter shop owned and kept by George Henning, opposite the residence of Adam Boyd, Esq. It was an old white house, with high steps and small porch, and afterwards occupied as a coach manufactory by a Mr. Sommers, who left Harrisburg for Lancaster. It was in the school room of Mr. W. that I first saw a cannon stove, such as afterwards was used to burn coal in, but in it wood was used. In those days wood alone was used for fuel, and was burned in thick ten plate stoves that were a long time getting hot and a long time in getting cold. The stage always drove from Berry hill’s tavern to the postoffice on Front street to receive the mail, and among the^horses in the team, as I recollect, was a large black one, very vicious and to keep him from biting the others, he was driven with a strong muzzle. About this time, or shortly afterwards, Richard Hilman, called “Big Dick,” who bore a very striking resemblance to General Washington, drove six horses in the Phila- delphia stage, and that feat was considered a most attractive performance. The house occupied by Mr. Wright had been owned and occupied by Mr. Stacy Potts, a Quaker gentleman, a member, from Dauphin county, of the House of Representatives, and who subsequently removed to Trenton, New Jersey, where he died.” It may be added to this allusion to Mr. Potts, that he was a thorough believer in and writer upon balloons as a means of travel. The Oracte, in 1792 93, contains many articles upon this subject from his pen. We never heard, however, of his practising aerial feats, h CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIOGRAPHIC AI. HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. VI. Wallace, William, the son of Benja- min Wallace and Elizabeth Culbertson, was born in Hanover township Lancaster, now Dauphin county, Penn’a, in the year 1770. He received a classical education, studied law at Harrisburg under Galbraith Patterson, and was admitted to the bar at the June term, 1792. He became interested in the Harrisburg and Presqu’ Isle Land company and about 1800 removed to Erie, in the affairs of which place and in the organization of the county he took an active and leading part. About 1810 he returned to Harrisburg, and partly resumed his profession. He was nominated by the Federalists for Congress in 1813 but was defeated. He was elected the first president of the old Harrisburg bank, and was burgess of the borough at his death which occurred on Tuesday, May 28, 1816. His remains are interred in Paxtang church graveyard. Mr. Wallace married first, in 1803, Rachel, daughter of Dr. Andrew Forrest. She died at Erie in 1804. He married secondly, in 1806, Eleanor Maclay, daughter of the Hon. William Maclay, who died at Har- risburg in 1823. Mr. Hamilton describes him as “a polite, urbane man of slight frame and precise address.” He was the father of the venerable and revered Mrs. Mary DeWitt, widow of Rev. Dr. DeWitt. Weirick, Jacob, the son of Christain and Margaret Weirick, was born in Bethel township, Lancaster, now Lebanon county, Sistorical and Oenealogical. 67 in 1754. He received a fair English educa- tion and was brought up as a farmer. Dur- ing the Revolution he served as a non com- missioned officer in Colonel Greenawalt’s battalion, was taken prisoner at Long Is- land, but shortly after paroled. Upon the organization of the county of Dauphin, he became influential in political afiairs and was elected sheriff in 1790. He was a member of the Legislature from 1795 to 1797 and from 1802 to 1806, serving a longer period than any of his successors. About 1807 he removed to Canton township, Washington county, Penn’a, where he pur- chased a fine tract of land. In his new home he became quite prominent and was twice elected to the House of Representa- tives. He died at his residence in Washing- ton county, on the 17th of September, 1822, aged sixty- eight years. Weise, Adam, was born in New Gosh- enhoppen, now Montgomery county, Penn’a, December 23, 1751. On the 2d of February, 1772, he married Margaret Elizabeth Wingard, of Heidelberg town- ship, Berks county, and the following year removed to Hagerstown, Md. At the breaking out of the Revolution he entered the service as sergeant in the Maryland avalry. In 1782, Mr. Weise removed to Upper Paxtang township, and settled on the Wiconisco creek, on the road now lead- ing from Cross-Roads to Berrysburg. In 1788, he left the valley and located in tJethel township, Berks county, but about 1796, returned to his old place on the Wiconisco. In 1802 he took up his residence in Millers- burg, having previously been appointed by Gov. Mifflin a justice of the peace, an office he held over thirty-four years. His flrst wife dying March 29, 1828, Mr. Weise married in August following Mrs. Mary Kuehly, of Union county, who died on the 10th of September, 1820. In December that year he married his third wife, Mrs. Catharine Patton, who survived her hus- band thirty years. ’Squire Weise died October 5, 1833, in his eighty-second year, and was interred in David’s Reformed church graveyard. Mr. Weise was a faith- ful officer, and a good citizen. WiESTLiNG, Samuel Christopher, was born in Colba, on the river Saale, in the Duchy of Magdeburg, Lower Saxony, on the 4th of June, 1760. After the usual pre- paratory studies he entered the University of Leipsic, where he remained seven years. Going to Amsterdam, after examination he received the appointment of assistant sur- geon in the Dutch navy. Sailing on a man- of-war for the West Indies, an accident befel the vessel, but with others was rescued by a passing ship, and taken to Philadel- phia. • Here, in company with a medical friend and comrade named Hoemer, it was proposed to visit the frontier German settle- ment, in Pennsylvania. They subsquently retraced their way to Philadelphia, but found the vessel on which they were to sail had departed. At this juneture, a gentleman from near the Trappe, Mont- gomery county, learning of the presence of Dr. Wiestling, sought him requesting him to visit his home. Here he began the practice of medicine, and two years after, in 1790, married Anna Maria Bucher of that locality. About 1792 he removed to Dauphin county and located on a farm at the foot of the flrst ridge of the Blue mountains, flve miles from Harrisburg. There he continued his profession until 1811, when finding a large country practice too laborious, he came to Harrisburg. In 1817 he was stricken with paralysis, which terminated his medical career. He died on the 2d of April, 1823, in his sixty-third year. Dr. Wiestling was an experienced physician, and his practice was extensive and successful. His life was active and 68 Historical and Genealogical. useful, and his loss at the time was con- sidered an irreparable one, such was the confidence and esteem in which he was held. He left three sons in the profession, Samuel C., Joshua and Benjamin J.^ the latter of whom survives, as also his son George P. Whitehill, George, the son of John Whitehill, was born in Donegal township, Lancaster county, in the year 1760. His father purchased land in Paxtang prior to the Revolution, and removed thither. He received a good education, and entered mercantile pursuits. He began the hard- ware business at Harrisburg about 1800, and was quite successful. He was ap- pointed by Governor Snyder, one of the associate judges of the county of Dauphin, October 20, 1817, but on the 80th of July, 1818, with his colleague, Obed Fahnestock, resigned, owing to the commissioning of Judge Franks as president of the court by Governor Findley that year. Judge White- hall died at Harrisburg on the 7th of Janu- ary, 1821. His wife, Abigail, born in 1762, died April 12, 1825. They are both buried in Paxtang church graveyard. WiNEBRENNER, JoHN, was bom in Fred- erick county, Md., March 24, 1797. He was partly educated at the Glades school in Frederick, and partly at Dickinson Col- lege, Carlisle. He studied for the ministry under the Rev. Mr. Helfenstein, in Phila- phia, and was ordained by the Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church in Septem- ber, 1820 at Hagerstown. That year he was called to the Salem church at Harris- burg, at the same time ministering to Shoop’s, Wenrick’s and the Freiden’s churches in the neighborhood. It was during his pastorate that the present church edifice. Third and Chestnut streets, was erected. Mr. Winebrenner ministered here from October 22, 1820 to March 23, 1823, when, owing to his religious views on revivals, Sunday schools, anti -slavery and the temperance movement, with the allow- ing of non-ordained persons to preach in his pulpit, becoming obnoxious to his congre- gation, a seperation took place. In a num- ber of pamphlets he issued, Mr. Winebren" ner vigorously defended his principles from the attacks made right and left by his opponents; and he did not cease therefore “to preach the word.” Subsequently his energies were devoted to the establishment of a new denomination, called by him the Church of God, but known in early years as Winebrennarians. He met with remark- able success, and, although but fifty years have passed since the Rev. John Winebren- ner promulgated the doctrines of baptism by immersion and the washing of feet, the ministers of that Church number probably five hundred, and the member- ship well on to sixty thousand. Mr. Wine- brenner was the author of a number of religious and controversial works, those on “Regeneration,” “Brief Views of the Church of God,” and a volume of “Practi- cal and Doctrinal Sermons, ’’being the more important. He edited for several years the Gospel Publisher, novj the Church Advocate. In the early years of his ministry he was an uncompromising opponent of human slavery. The Rev. Mr. Winebrenner died at Harrisburg on' the 12th of September, 1860, at the age of sixty-three. Over his remains, in the Harrisburg cemetery, the denomination have erected a handsome mon- ument. Wood, Nicholas Baylies, son of James Wood, was a native of Vermont, born April 2, 1792. He was well educated, and came to Harrisburg about 1809, teaching school in the neighborhood. He subse- quently took charge of the school of Abia- thar Hopkins, who had entered into law partnership with Francis R. Shunk. In the meantime he studied under Mr. Hop- Historical and Genealogical. 69 kins and was admitted to the Dauphin county bar in October, 1818, and soon acquired an extensive practice. He was appointed by Gov. Shulze Deputy Attor- ney General for Dauphin county January, 1824, serving until January, 1827. Mr. Wood died at Harrisburg, Saturday, Sep- tember 1, 1832, aged thirty-nine years. He was a gentleman of fine abilities, and en- joyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. He married Dec. 5, 1822, Catharine, daughter of Henry Deader, Esq., who survives. Wright, John, was a native of Ireland, born about 1745. He came to America in early life and located in New Jersey, where he probably taught school until the open- ing of the war of the Revolution. He held the position of a quarter master of the New Jersey troops during the struggle for Inde- pendence, and at the close of the confiict, settled at Patterson in that State, from which place he removed to Harrisburg about the year 1797, and opened on the 10th of August of that year “an English school in the German school house’ there. On the removal of John Wyeth as posimaater by President Adams in 1798, Major Wright was appointed to that ofece. This, he took charge of in con- nection with his school, holding the office until his death, which occurred on the 4th of January, 1814. He married at Trenton, N. J., August 14, 1778, Rose Chambers, daughter of Alexander Chambers, one of the leading merchants of that town during the last half of last century. Her mother, Elizabeth Chambers, was one of the matrons who received Washington at the bridge at Trenton, on the 21st of April, 1789. Mis. Wright was one of Harrisburg’s most esti- mable women, and, on the death of her husband, succeeded to the postoffice, which she retained until her death in March, 1822 [See N. & Q. viii]. The venerable widow of the late John M. Forster, Esq., is the only child of Mr. Wright’s who sur- vives. Major Wright was an ardent patri- ot, an excellent teacher, a faithful officer, an active, energetic citizen and one of the leaders of public opinion seventy and eighty years ago. Wyeth, John, a native of Cambridge, Mass., was born March 31, 1770. He was apprenticed to the printing business in the office of the “American Recorder’’ at Charlestown. In 1788 he went to St. Domingo as foreman on a newspaper, but left during the Insurrection of 1791. The following year he came to Harrisburg where he was engaged with Major Eli Lewis on the “Harrisburg Visitor.’’ Pur- chasing this paper in connection with John W. Allen, a printer, “The Dauphin Oracle and Harrisburg Visitor’’ appeared in October, 1792, files of which are in exist- ence. In 1793 Mr. Wyeth was ap- pointed postmaster, but removed in 1798 by President Adams’ Postmaster General, who was of the opinion that “the position of editor of a newspaper was incompatible witn the office.” In addition to the keep- ing oi a book store, and the publishing of pamphlets and books, Mr. Wyeth continued the Oracle until 1827, when it was merged into the Telegraph. Mr. Wyeth subse- queutly removed to the city of Philadel- phia, where he died on the 23d of January, 1858, at the age of eighty-eight years. For one thiid of a century Mr. Wyeth was widely known. He was an active, enter- prizing citizen and a gentleman of superior attainments. He was universally respected for his integrity and uprightness. A 70 Historical and Genealogical NOT£S AND QUERIES— LV. Historical and Genealogical. Old Style Clocks (N & Q liii.)— H. A. G. wants to know about an “old style clock.” In the year 1818 Jacob Jameson, then a single man opened a clock and watch repairing shop along Front street, between Locust and Walnut streets, in the borough of Columbia. He first had his shop on the west side of the street, near where the Continental hotel stands. Fro m thence he removed nearly opposite on the east side of the street. At this time Mr. J. must have been quite a young man, and if he learned his trade in Columbia, it was probably with John Mans, a bachelor, who carried on where Zeller’s saloon, now is, on Front street above Walnut. Maus was in the habit of getting on periodical sprees, in one of which he hung himself to a fence stake below the town. His family were very respectable, and he left an aged mother to mourn his untimely end. She was the last of the family and died about thi rty years ago. I have no doubt Mr. Jameson came from that good old Scotch Irish Pres- byterian stock of Revolutionary times, who settled in Donegal near Conewago creek and Elizabethtown. They were in Col. Low- rey’s Battalion at Brandywine. Jacob Jameson was 1st Lieut, in Capt. M’Glaugh- lin’s volunteer military company in Colum- bia. He was full of life and fond of military display. About 1820 he married Maria Brubaker a beautiful and attractive young lady of Co- lumbia. He removed from this place to Dayton, Ohio, about the year 1823, at which place he died fifty years ago. His widow was residing there a year ago, and perhaps is still living. The case of this clock was probably made by John S. Atlee, of this place. He was the uncle of Dr. J ohn L. Atlee, of Lancaster. I infer from this date that the Jameson clock did not come into Col. G’s family until after 1818. Samuel Evans. Columbia, Pa. July 12, 1880. The Cumberland Valley.— If “Notes and Queries” will grant us the space, a few “Sons of the Valley” propose to supple- ment with the publication of some of the unrecorded realities of the region, im- portant information not dwelt upon at the recent historical meeting at Doub- ling Gap Springs in celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Cumberland Valley; at which mention of the real history of our beautiful region was amongst the omissions of the celebrants. The Cumberland Valley, taken from Simp- sona to Croghau’s, exposes a front of about eigUt miles on tUe west bauK of the Sus- queUanna river, soutn between the Kitia- iiuny and Soutn mountains, presenting from me river to lUe point wnere me Conoco- cUeague creeK passes into Maryland a uniform aspect of lovely mils, cultivated plains, gusning springs, and a population not surpassed in me world for intelligence and mult. Tne field of the unrecorded History of this noted valley is vast, and it may tnerefore transpire mat your limited space will com- pel our correspondents to confine meir gleanings to biograpHy alone, but wHat a galaxy of distinguisHed names is mere to record, — names, which to the everlasting disgrace of unpatriotic and degenerate sons of noble sires be it said, have been allowed to sink into almost utter oblivion, their noble deeds forgotten, their praises unsung. Gather and record everything of such men as General Thompson, Col. Magaw, General and Ju^ge Chambers, the Arm- strong’s, Gen. Simpson, the Croghans, Gen. Historical and Genealogical. 71 Irvine, Gen. Brady, the three Maclays, Col. Watts, Sheriff Potter, Macfarlane, the' Brown’s, Judge Wilson, Whitehill, Hoge, Harris, Stevenson, Blaine, Alexander, Presir- dent Buchanan, Gov. Findley, I. D. Rupp, John Blair Linn, Judges Duncan, Hamilton and Gibson, Dr. Johnson; John Steele, James McLene, McCalmant, and many others distinguished for learning, as for services of a public or military char- acter. A history of these men alone will be a history of the Valley, such a one as the Cumberland Valley Historical Society — with its able, cultivated and courteous mem- bership should be proud to undertake— tossing overboard all the romances of “ivy covered tradition.” The actual narratives of Smith and others are as romantic as the “Mysteries of Udolpho,” and facts, as they are, twice as interesting. historicus. Near Whitehall, July, 1880. [The foregoing request, endorsed by several who have made the history of the Valley a study, is cheerfully given place to. We propose, therefore, in the course of about six weeks, to devote an entire number of Notes and Queries to the elucidation of the history, biography and genealogy of the locality named, and we feel confident that we shall present such an array of papers as will astonish the dry-bones of the val- ley. w. H. E.J UAK.DaL.lfl FOROK. After Andrew Lycans’, the first house built at Oak-Dale Forge was erected by Henry Shoffstall for Joel Ferree, of Lancaster county, then owner of the Lycans’ tract, about the year 1771 Its location was about seventy-five yards N. W. of where the present bridge crosses the Wiconisco creek. The property was purchased by Mr. Ferree from Jane Lycans, fhe widow of the old pioneer. On the death of the former it became the property of Isaac Ferree, of Lancaster county, whose son Isaac, jr., moved into it in 1800. At the period when Andrew Lycans lived on the Forge property, there was an Indian village on the land now owned by Henry Bohner, and the spring at his house is the head of the run which empties into the head of the Forge dam and called the “Indian town run.” This Indian town property when it was abandoned by the Indians was taken up by Joel Ferree, first named. When the house was built by Mr. Shofl- stall, there were few settlers in the neigh- borhood. There were, however, Shott (now Kottka), George Buffington, near Buffing- ton’s church, John Nicholas Hoffman, and Philip Umholtz, near Gratz. In Williams’ Valley, the nearest person was Conrad Up- degrafi at (now) Williamstown, and next, Daniel Williams, who had a gristmill there, at or on the property now owned by Martin Blum, east of Williamstown. Another per- son about this time, by the name of Daniel Hain, built a saw-mill where the Summit Branch R. R. crosses the creek at Lykens, taking the water from Rattling creek by a race to Wiconisco creek. Oak-Dale Forge was built about the year 1828, by James Buchanan, who, at the same time, or the year following, built six or seven houses for his workmen. The houses were located on the south side of the creek, and were occupied by John Ginter, Thomas Nutt, George Conner, Samuel Boon, Joseph Dunlap and others. Mr. Buchanan came from Harrisburg. He sub- sequently removed to Baltimore, where he died. He kept a store at the Forge and also the postoffice, which latter was estab- lished about 1830, t he mail being carried by pack-horse. Previous to that time the postoffice was at Millersburg, each neigh- 72 Historical and Genealogical. bor taking his turn to bring the mail from there weekly. From 1795 to *1800, there were only three houses built between the Forge and Lykens. One was located on the property now of Henry Bohner and then occupied by Joel Ferree, the younger, who died at Balti- more, in the War ot 1812. The second house was built by George Setzler, one the property now oi Isaac Seebolt. The third on property now owned by John Wallace, erected by Peter Shoflstall and occupied by him for a time, subsequently by Peter Minnich. This cabin stood near the old house on Wallace’s farm, and was in later years occupied by Soloman Shoflstall, who erected the present old log house on the premises. The first election held in the valley or in Lykens township, was probably in Gratz, about the year 1815. Hoflman’s church was the first place of religious worship. c H. M. CAPTAIN BKNJAMIN WALL-ACfe. The families of Wallace who settled in the Swatara region of Pennsylvania, emi- grated from county Antrim, Province ot Ulster, Ireland, and made location on Swatara, Manada, Beaver and Bow creeks, between the years 1738 and 1743 We find the names of Andrew, James, Michael, William, John, Robert and Benjamin Wal- lace of the first generation on the assess- ments of Paxtang, Derry and Hanover, as early as 1749, and some of the same names continuously to this day. The descendants of these early inhabitants in the female line are quite a marvel, whilst those of the male have shrunk in undue proportion. The ancestor of Benjamin Wallace was James who married before he emigrated, 1737-38, and located on the Swatara. He was driven from his home by ihe Indians in 1756. In 1759 he was again upon his farm as appears by his receipts for taxes. Benjamin was born in 1738, — at the time of the raid about eighteen years of age, and as his father’s refuge was “the Irish settlements near the Delaware,” his son formed such acquaintance there as led him to choose two of his three wives from the daughters of his father’s friends. He married, firstly, in 1741, Letitia, who was daughter of John, who was son of James Ralston and Mary Cummock, of Northamp' ton county. She dying, left one child, Mary Wallace, who married James B. Wilson, of Hanover. They removed to Erie about 1800. She died there in 1844, at the age ot eighty-three. Captain Wallace mar- ried, secondly, in 1767, Elizabeth, daughter of John Culbertson and Ann M’Nair. When the Revolution occurred, Mr. Wallace enter- ed with the spirit ot his race. He held a command in the battle of Long Island; taken prisoner at Fort Washington in No- vember, 1776; captive for nearly a year, when he was exchanged and returned to his family. In December, 1777, he makes application for the discharge of his brother Michael Wallace, who had been “put under guard” for the reason that he had obtained “a warrant for a substitute in Boyd’s bat- talion, for ab use. ” The Supre me Executive Council granted the application, and dis- charged his brother. In what this “abuse” consisted we are not informed. We do not further hear of turn in public or private life until 1780, when he was appointed a magistrate. In the afiairs of the Hanover church, on Bow creek, he appears to have taken a deep interest, as his name is found upon nearly all the papers relating to it from 1783 to 1792. In 1785, u^n the formation of Dauphin county, he was ap- pointed one of the judges. He retained this station until the adoption of the Con- stitution of 1790, when 'the mode of con- Historical and Oenealogical. 73 stituting courts was changed. He however continued in the commission of the peace until his death. Mr. Wallace seems to have been a gen- tleman of fair culture, experienced in public afiairs and had a considerable estate. Through his own merits, aided by the im- portance of his family connections, he was a person influential in the events of his period. He married a third wife in 1784, Rebecca Rush Stamper, widow, daughter of Jacob Rush and one of the sisters of the distinguished Dr. Benjamin Rush. By this marriage there was no family. His family by the Culbertson connection was William, the flrst president of the Harris- burg bank, Dr. John Culbertson, a physi- cian of great repute in Erie, Captain Benja- min, U. 8. A. , and Alexander, a lawyer, who died young William and John left descendants. Judge Wallace died Decem- ber 8, 1803, and is buried in Hanover grave- yard on Bow creek. He was taught the trade of wheelwright. The fathers of one hundred years ago never omitted training their sons in some useful avocation. h. MAKBlAGlfiiS IN P/»XTAN6. 1807—1839. [We are indebted to Mr. W. Frank Rutherford for the accompanying “Record of Marriages in Paxtang,” as kept by Rev. James R Sharon, from 1807 to 1842. a period of thirty three years ” Concerning the Rev. Sharon, we hope ere long to pre- sent a biographical sketch, contenting our- self with this remark — his faithful records of marriages, baptisms, communicants and deaths in Paxtang congregation during his pastorate, show him to have been a pains- taking, laborious and God fearing minister of Christ. That these records have been so carefully preserved is indeed a cause for congratulation. We are confident that the portion herewith presented will be highly prized. w. ii. e.] 1807. June 2 William Espy and Susannah Gray. June 4. William Boyd and Martha Cow- den. Oct. 31. John Rogers and Dinah Carson. 1808. April 4. William Moorhead and Jane Wilson. June 29. John Lyon and Jane Maclay. 1809. March 30. John Latta and Letitia Stephen. 1810. Nov. 22. Daniel Elliot and Esther Dickey. 1811. Feb. 22. William Lamed and Dorcas Dickey. Oct. 29. Benjamin Jordan and Mary Crouch. 1812. March 24. Robert Simmons and Sarah Ward March 24. William Gilmor and Eliza- beth Cowdep. 1813 March 4. Thomas Reid and Agnes Ross. December — . Joseph Sherer and Mary Snodgaass. 1816. Feb 29. Matthew Snoddy and Jane Wilson. April 25. Alexander Piper and Ann Elder. May 28 Joseph Wallace and Sarah E. Cummins. June 26. William M’Nitt and Maria Musgrave. October 15. Henderson and Shaw. Dec. 14. David Espy and Rebecca Al- len. 1817. - May 20 Williamson Harrison and Jane M ’Kinney. 1818. Dec 29. William Boon and Margaret Mahargue. 1819. Nov. 16 John Cochran and Hannah Cowden. Historical and Oencalogical. u 1820. March 2. Robert Elder and Elizabeth- Sherer. March 2, John Elder and Jane Ritchey. May 10. John Hart and Mary Gordon. 1820. May 30. Joseph Jordan and Mary Cow- den. June 13. John Graham and Martha Sherer. June 13. Elias Drisbaugh and Rebecca Grove. Nov. 8. Alexander Hannah and Ann Wilson. 1823. March 6 John Duncan and Mary M’- Kinsey 1824 ^ June 8 Robert Elder and Sarah Sherer. Oct. John P Rutherford and Eliza Rutherford. 1825 June 14 George Kunkle and Campbell. Dec. 8 David Elder and Julia Sherer. 1826 Oct. 10. John Elder and Mary Thom? son 1827 March 6 John M’Farland and Eliza- beth Fisher. August 2 John Nevins and Eleanor Ewing 1828 May — . Joseph Burd and Harriet Bailey. 1829. March 3. Dr. Stough and Catha- rine Ann M’Cammon. March 12. Joshua Elder and Eleanor Sherer. March 17 Joshua Elder and Eliza Mur- ray. Jan. 2 John Collier and Margaret Ruth erford. 1830. June 1. Joseph Gray and Jane Gray. 1835. Jan 5. Martin Kendig and Sarah See- baugh. 1833. Feb 21. George Failen and Eliza Hat- ton. June 20. John Lingle and Ruth Mahar- gne. William Paxson and Camp bell. 1834 April 15. Hugh Wilson and Martha Rutherford. May 27. Matthew Brown and Rebecca M’Clure. 1835. Oct 1. David M’Kibben and Rachel M’- Cammon. 1836. March 10, Michael Whitley and Jane Simonton. March 10 Daniel Kendig and Sarah Rutherford. March 17. Samuel S. Rutherford and Mary Rutherford. 1837. June 19. Robert Wilson and Elizabeth Gray. Sept. 16. George W Simmons and Eliz- abeth Bates. 1838. April 19. John Hamaker and Mary Ann Sherer. May 29 Jacob Light and Catharine Brooks. Sept 11. James M’Gaughy and Esther Gray. 1839 Jan 1 Joshua Elder and Mary Gilmor. Feb. 28. Abner Rutherford and Ann Espy. NOTKs ANU QUEtaiiiS— LVl. ttistorlcal and Biographical Orth Family.— On the left bank of the Danube, about fifteen miles east of Vienna, is the village of Orth, containing about three thousand inhabitants. About the year a d. 1200, one Henry Orth owned the village and estate surrounding it. It re- mained in the family for several successive generations, when the proprietor, about the close of the Seventeenth century, sold out and removeil to Moravia, one of the North ern Provinces of Austria The family can- not be traced from Moravia to the Rhine. The first of the family emigrated from the Palatinate to Lancaster, now Leba non county, about the year 1725. Balzer Orth, born in 1703, who took up a large tract of laud in 1742, and had ad Historical arid Oenealogical. 75 ministered to him the oath of allegiance April 11, 1755, died on the 20th of October, 1788. Among his children were Balzer and Adam The former had among others]: i. Gottlieb, who was the grandfather of Hon. Godlove 8. Orth, of Indiana. ii. Joseph. iii. Maria Ba/rbara, b. Nov. 9, 1768, m. 1st William Morrett, a Huguenot, and had a daughter — Elizabeth, m. John Egle; 2d, Martin Light, of Lebanon, and had iss ue She died May 14, 1851, at the residence of John Egle, near Decatur, 111. The younger, Adam Orth', married, and left issue as follows : i. Henry y the ancestor of the name in th s locality; and concerning whom we shall refer at another time ii Bosina, m Smith iii. Maria Elizabeth, m 1st, John Keller: 2d, Shafner. iv. Catherine, m Peter Gloninger. V. Begina. m David Krause. No doubt the Hebron church records at Lebanon, if properly preserved, will give further genealogical information of the Orths w. H. E. THK Olk.MPBKL.1. FAMILY OF AMUK10 4. Duncan Campbell (of the lineage of the noble branch of Breadalbane) was born in Scotland, married there in 1612, Mary M’Coy, and removed with his wife in the same year to Ireland They had issue among other children a son John (2) born 1621; married 1655, Grace, daughter of Peter Hay, and had issue : i Dugald (3) His descendants settled in Rockbridge c-» , Va ii. R'>bert (3) born 1665; married 1695, His descendants settled in Orange (now Augusta) co , Va., in 1740 iii. John (3) born 1656; died 1734; married ; emii^raled from Ireland to Lan- caster co. l*a , in 1726. Had Issue : i. Patrick (4) born 1690; “a strong churchman.’* Removed from Penn’a to Va. in 1738. ii. John (4) born 1692; minister at York, Pa. ; died 1764; married iii. Robert (4) died in Va.; married , and had issue — five children — four daughters and one son, the last dying young. The name of only one daughter — Rebecca, has been transmitted. iv. James (4) died in England. V. David (4) removed from Penn’a to Augusta CO., Va., in 1741; married there Margaret Hamilton. Issue of Rev. John (4) and Camp- bell : i. James (5) born 1731; removed to Va. in 1760 ii. Ellen (5) born 1733; died 1735. iii. Frances (5) born 1737. iv. John (5) lawyer, born 1740; died 1797; married Ellen Parker, and had issue: i. Rev. John (6) minister, educated in England; had charge first of the parish of York, and afterwards of that of Carlisle, Pa.; married , and left issue — sons and daughters ii. Francis (6). iii. James (6) removed to Chilicothe, O. ; married the sister of the mother of Hon. Fredk. Watts, of Carlisle, Pa., (her maiden name desired ?) and read law with the father of Mr. Watts ; died about 1807, at York, Pa ; a man of brilliant talents. Left issue — sons and daughters. iv. Parker (6) born 1768, at Carlisle ; married Elizabeth Calhoun (died 1846, in N. O, La.), of Chambersburg, Pa.; died 1824, in Washington, Pa. The venerable the Hon. Fredk. Watts, of Carlisle, Pa., in a recent letter testifies to his ability as a lawyer — “there was not a more distin- guished member of the bar of Western Pennsylvania, of his day, than Parker f 76 Historical and Oenealogical. Campbell. He ranked with the distin- guished trio — James Ross, Henry Baldwin and Steele Semple. He left issue — sons and daughters— among the former Parker (bred a civil engineer), banker, Richmond, Va. (Incidents in the legal career of Parker Campbell are requested from any gentle- man who may possess such traditions.) The above is extracted from a more ex- tended genealogy, which appeared in the Standard, of Richmond, Va., July 10, 1880, prepared by the writer, who is also in possession of further material. Additions to the above, and correspondence with all interested, solicited, with the purpose of ultimate publication, in book form, of the genealogy as perfected. The arms of Duncan Campbell, preserved by his descendants are : Quarterly first and fourth gyronny of eight or. and sa. for Campbell; second, or fesse chequy. ar. and az, for Stewart: third ar a lymphad, her sails and oars in action all sa. for Lorn. Gen. Wm. Campbell, the hero of the battle of King’s Mountain, and many other distinguished men of the South and West, are believed to have descended from Duncan Campbell, as above. R A. Brock. Richmond, Va. [We commend the foregoing to the atten- tion of our correspondents, and shall be grateful if those having any information whatever concerning the Family of Camp- bell will forward it to us, that we may render whatever assistance we can to the labors of that learned historian, who makes the earnest request. Quite a number of the name settled at an early period in this county, and the village of Campbellstown, now in Lebanon county, was founded and named for a prominent member of that family. With what data we already have, and may by this publication secure, the opportunity will be afforded us to contri- bute our quota to Mr. Brock’s genealogical budget. w. II. E.] THK FAMILY OF AYRFS. This name, however it may spelled — Eyre, Ay re, Ayer, Ayres, &c.— is derived from county Wiltshire, England. Of its position, Sir Bernard Burke says: “The old Wilts family of Eyre enjoyed for several centuries the highest distinction within its native county, and was of consideration in the State; most of its chiefs having had seats in Parliament, and two of them learned in the law, upon the Bench — one a Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. A branch, too, which emigrated to Ireland, attained the Peerage of the Kingdom.” The foregoing references include Sir William Ayre, who was one of fifty persons constitu- ting the body guard of Henry VIII., and Sir Gervase Eyre who was slain in defend- ing Newark Castle, for Charles I. ; the peerage is now extinct by failure of issue. The name was carried to Ireland by Col. John Eyre, an officer of the English army, sent by Cromwell, in 1649; and who, after the rebellion ended, was authorized to locate there on eight hundred acres, and his de- scendants still maintain “Ey recourt Cas- tle,” in county Galway From this the name reached the Ulster district Samuel Ayres (Eyre or Eyres) brought his family to America about 1744, landing in Philadelphia Following the Scotch- Irish path he went to “Deep Run church,” now in Bucks county, where he died. His family retraced its steps to within a dozen miles of Philadelphia, and settled perma- nently at what is now Beth ay res station, on the new route to New York (so named by Franklin Ayres Comly, president N. P. R. R , a descendant. ) Here William Ayres, the eldest child and only son, married a Scotch- lassie, Mary Kein, and his sisters also became the mater nal ancestors of families prominent in Mont gomery county fifty years ago. , William had three sons and two daughters. Two ot Historical and Genealogical. 77 the sons married sisters named Yerkes, and some of their descendants still occupy the old locality. In 1773 William A.yres relinquished his farm to his children, Samuel and Charles, and started westward with the remainder of his family. The move is wholly inexpli- cable to us. He was then about fifty three years old, he left a property which he had cultivated for twenty -five years, and he was going — where? Imagination cannot, in 1880, call up in all its roughness, the condi- tion of things between Philadelphia and their future home in 1773 ! Roads that were not roads, pack-horses, stopping places far distant from each other, tenting over night* &c., and to be contrasted with parlor cars, lightning speed, and good living. Suffice it, that {wherever it was they in- tended going) my great-grandmother vowed she would not climb the rugged Indian path over Peter’s mountain, twelve miles above “Harris’s Ferry.’’ It was October, too, the nights were doubtless frosty, and the prospect gave intimations of going further and faring worse. In this dilemma, how- ever, they found one John Black, who had located a cabin there, on land which old Bartrem Galbraith had surveyed for him in the previous June — two hundred and twenty -seven acres. Black sold this property to William Ayres, October 30, 1773, tor the sum of £100 If the reader will recollect that this trans- action ante dates the organization of Dau- phin county a dozen years, and that the Capital was then only a river crossing and an Indian trading post; that the nearest town worthy of the name was Lancaster, nearly fifty miles distant; and that their new home must have been in the midst of “the forest primeval,” it will be seen that the father of the family upheld his indomit- able Scotch Irish blood in sharing with his brethren of the same faith those labors, trials and untold privatations which resulted in making the wilderness to blossom as the rose. Only two years pass by, when the rising war-cloud at Lexington and Bunker Hill attracts the patriotic hearts of the Susque- hanna region, and William Ayres gives up his only help, his son John, who marched with Capt. Matthew Smith’s company to join Washington’s army at Cambridge, in June, 1775 [For these and other facts of a similar nature, I am, in common with the people of Dauphin county, indebted to the indefatigable and accomplished Editor of Notes and (Queries, whose ability to resur- rect facts which all his predecessors over- looked, have given him a well-earned rep- utation among the historians of our time. ] Having returned from Cambridge on ac count of sickness, in November or December of the same year we find John Ayres again enlisted, now in Captain James Murray’s company, which marched to Amboy, and was present at the battle of Long Island, and the subsequent campaign through the Jerseys. But strangely too, the father also joined the son, in Capt. Richard Manning’s com- pany, together with William Forster and his son James both of whom afterwards be- came intermarried with the Ayres’. Who it was that remained to attend to the farm- ing operations, must be left to conjecture — unless the women did it. In 1780 the elder daughter, Margaret (1754 1823) was married to William Fors- ter, Rev. John Elder officiating. The Forsters— with the Carsons, Reeds, M’- Kees, Armstrongs and others — were among the very earliest settlers along the Susque- hanna, in this section, their location being noted on Scull’s map of the Province of Pennsylvania, January 1, 1759. In 1781, the son, John Ayres found an attractive flower at the mouth of the Ma- 78 Historical and Genealogical. honing (Danville), Northumberland county ; and Mary, daughter of General William Montgomery, a settler from Chester county, became his wife. The matrimonial conta- gion having started in the family, even Peter’s mountain was no barrier to the advances of James Reed, who carried off the youngest child, Esther (Hetty) Ayres (1756 1830), and Parson Elder was called upon, March 31, 1783. But the marriage bell soon struck a funeral knell, and death claimed the vener- able mother, Margaret Richmond Ayres (1736 178-) and herdaughter in-law, John’s wife; both were buried in the old graveyard near Dauphin, and thus consecrated the ground where most of the family are buried. William Ayres, the father, did not long survive the loss of his partner, and met his death by accidental drowning at M’Allis- ler’s mill, during one of his accustomed errands there, during the winter of 1784 5, aged about sixty -five. John Ayres meanwhile succeeded to the property, and on April 3d 1786, married Jane Lytle, of Lytle’s Ferry, whose family history will be detailed in another chapter. Of this union there was issue : Sarah Eleanor (1787-1864,) William (1788-1856). who married Mary Elizabeth Bucher; Mary (1790-1868) ;Margaret. (1793-1867) married James Forster; John Lytle (1795-1857); Matilda Willis (1797-1873) married Wil- liam Armstrong; Eliza Jane (1806-1830 ) Of these children, the best known to the people of the countv, was William, who became an attorney at the Dauphin bar, and a well-known citizen of Harrisburg. In a former contribution to N & Q , \ ex- hibited the facts in detail that William Ayres, the father, changed the old Indian path over Peter’s Mountain — the same which terrified his wife and so altered his plans — to something like a road ; that his son John made the grade still less; and that finally the grandson, William, made it entirely practicable and easy. The after life of the Ayres’s was simply that of their day, except that their house at the eastern base of the mountain, became a sort of “free-lunch” station for everybody going over the mountain. Not being at an avaricious bent, this location was their ruin ; becase they could refuse no one, and their hospitality was largely imposed upon John Ayres lived to reach his seventy fourth year, and died in 1835; he was the last sur- vivor, but one, of the Revolutionary patriots in his neighborhood. His wife died sud- denly at Harrisburg, in 1831, aged sixty- four. The family was intimate with the best society at Harrisburg. The main road to the Upper end passing their door, gave them an incidental acquaintance which their neighbors did not enjoy,and on this account their hospitality at home was reciprocated largely at Harrisburg. The blood of the family was pure Scotch- Irish, and it was not lacking in the energy and courage nor in the large heartedness and religious instinct of that nationality. But the name has disappeared in the county, the people of to-day reap the fruit of their labor and vicissitude in the past; and in common with their worthy cotem^ poraries, they simply deserve the remem- hr ante that history bestows. George B. Ayres. CAFT. JOSEPH SBKRER’S COMPANY OF THE REVOCUTIOV. [We herewith present another of those valuable rolls of the soldiers of the Revolu- tion. The company and its officers be- longed to the Paxtang Battalion'of Associa- tors, commanded by Colonel James Burd, of Tinian, concerning whom we hope ere long to present a sketch of his eventful life and services. The captain of the company was Joseph Sherer, whose farm adjoined Historical and Genealogical. 79 Colonel Burd’s, near Highspire, reference to whom was made in N. & Q No. liii Captain Sherer’s company was in active service during the whole of the spring and summer campaign of 1776, and a number of the men were wounded in a skirmish with a party of British cavalry near Amboy, 1^. J. w. H. E ] A true return of Capt Joseph Sherer's Com- pany of the Fourth Battalion of Lancas- ter County^ Commanded by Col. James Burd, Esq., March 2^th, 1776. Captain Sherer, Joseph. 1st Lieutenant. Collier, James. 2d Lieutenant. Rutherford, Samuel. Ensign. Hutchinson, Samuel. Sergeants. Larue, Henry, M’Clure, Richard, Sherer, Samuel, M’Kinny, Henry, Privates. Alleman, John, Boal, Michael, Bowman, John, Brown, Benjamin, Boyd, Samuel, Brunson, Barefoot, Brunson, William, Brunson, Daniel, Carson, George, Chambers, Maxwell, Chambers, Robert, Coulter, John, Dimsey, John, Finney, John, Fulton, William, Gilmor, John, Gray, George, Gray, John, Gray Joseph, Gray, Robert, Harbison, Adam, Hutchinson, Joseph, Kerr, William, Larue, George, Mayes, Thomas, Mahon, James, M’Cord, James, M’Coy, Charles, M’Fadding, Samuel, M’Kinny, James, M’Kinney, John, M’ Kinney, Matthew, M’Killip, Hugh, Means, Adam, Means, James, Means, John, Morrison, Roger, Murray, William, Reed, Hugh, Rennick, Thomas, Roan, Stewart, Rutherford, James, Rutherford, John, Sheets, Leonard, Sherer, John>^ Smith, Joseph, Smith, William, Sterrett, Robert, Steel, John, Stewart, John, Stuart, William, Thome, James, Mahon, John, Wilson, sr., John, M’Clure, Andrew, Wilson, jr., John, M’Clure, Alexander, Wilson, John, M’Clure, Rowan, Wolf, Michael, M’Clure, William, Wylie, Samuel. AJSD QUERIES.— L. VII. Bistorical and Genealogical. Potts, Stacy — The question is pro- pounded, who was Stacy Potts? In reply, we can only state that Mr. Potts was a wealthy Quaker gentleman from Trenton, New Jersey, who in the early days of our town and county was very prominent in aftairs in general, and concerning whom we have in preparation an extended sketch of his eventful life. Early Explorations op the Susque- hanna — I am partial to the very early period of our colonial history, and have made what to me are exceedingly inter esting discoveries if they can be so called, one of which is the descent of the north- east branch of the Susquehanna in 1614, by the three Dutchmen, one of whom, named Kleynties, furnished Captain Hendricksen the information contained in his map of the Susquehanna in 1616 (see pp 10, 11, Col. Hist. N. Y , vol. i ) I conclude that they descended as far as present Pittston, and thence over the portage and down the Lehigh, where they met Capt Hendricksen and were ransomed, ^^givingfor them kittles, heads and merchandize,” (Col. Hist N Y., vol. i, p. 14 ) An error which nearly all in- vestigators have fallen into, is in considering the river indicated on Capt. Hendrickson’s map as a tributary of Delaware bay; this was an error of the captain’s, which remained uncorrected for many years after- ward; when by examination of the later maps you will find the river and towns transferred bodily over to the Chesapeake. The earliest map in which this transfer appears is VLchero, 1656. In the fall of 80 Historical and Genealogical. 1615, Stephen Brule, a Frenchman, and interpreter of Champlain’s, reached the Chemung river, at present Waverl}’, where he found a great Indian town on the so- called Spanish Hill, and the next summer passed down the Susquehanna to the sea. His account unfortunately was very brief, found in Champlain’s works, 1619. Tnese were undoubtedly the first white men who ever saw the Susquehanna river after Capt. Smith in 1608 c s. j Eatily Correspondence — The follow- ing letter of John Harris “to Col. James Burd at Tinian,” calls up the query — what Capt. Patterson is this ? He seems to have raised the first company in the Piovince, for the army, but did not go into service. Can any one answer our question ? “Paxtano, 20ih Nov., 1775. “Sir: When I informed you yesterday that the poor men that had some venison Taken from them at Mr. Carver’s Lately, they were Bringing to me ag’t their inclination, I did not mean to Dc-prive you or Mr. Ship- per of Sd venison, but told you that if Capt. Patterson or any Gentlemen in your Com- pany made Soe free they were welcome, As you informed me how the afidir was, & that Captn. Patterson had pd or was to pay the Sd men for their venison, & made a present of it to you for Mr Shippen. Upon the whole I pd nothing for it nor will I ever have it, and the men should not De- sire me to ask any of the Gentlemen who had their venison for pay. After they were pd by Captn. Patterson for it. I send my boy with Sd venison to yr house on purpose, & shall never be Displeased unless you’l not receive it for the use Intended by y’self and Captn. Patierson, as I would cheerfully send it to Mr. Shippen myself knowing he is in a bad state of health, (If I had Reed it. ) “Martin Housar goes Past William’s this day with his waggon, I expect, to Newport, thro’ Lancaster, & can carry it for you. I send you the Late paper, with my own & my wife’s Compliments to y’rself and Madam Burd. “I am. Sir, yr most Humble Servant, “John Harris ’’ Hummelstown — When Frederick Hum- mel laid out his town on the Swatara, he called it Fredericktown, but after his death, which occurred at the opening of the war for Independence, the inhabitants changed it to its present name — Hummelstown. We have before us the assessment list of Fred- ericktown in 1771, and that of Hummels town in 1779, from which it will be seen that in the eight years supervening there was no increase in the number of inhabi- tants. Whether this was due to the war which was then going on, and which will account for the absence of either “freemen” or “single men,” we cannot say. The ab- sence of the name Hummel in the last list is in striking contrast to the late census return which we are told number ninty-four of the name. The Hummels then resided on the adjoining farm to the town, and are included in the other portions of Derry tax lists. In 1779 it is well known that there were a large number of gunsmiths at Hum- melstown making arms for the Continental army. They are, perchance, also included in the Derry assessment proper. Frederick Town, Derry township, 1771. Peter Shat, Barnard Fredley, Jacob Reigart, Jacob Myer, Widow Wetherhold, Henikle Shwoontz, Sebastian Creas, Peter Hiney, Fred. Hummel, Christopher Bogner, Widow Eurick, Melchor Reigeat, Jacob Hammer, John Philips, Adam Baum, Henry Wieser, Andrew Hearauf. Freemen. Hanickle Evart, Thos. Flack, William Grab, Jacob Fridley. Hummelstown, Derry township, 1779. Elizabeth Cloony, Jacob Deery, James Dainy, Ludwik Emerick, David Eatly, John Fergison. Martin Fridley, Peter Fridley, Joseph Ferree, Widdow Haupt, George Lauer, Jacob Ricard, Martin Rise, Peter Spade, Nicholas Smith, Adam Baum, Widdow Fetherhold, Andrew Gambel, Michael Spade, Hall. W. H. E. NOTES AND queries: HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. '^DUTCHLANU IN AMIGKIOA The foregoing is the title of a two column article which appeared some time since in the columns of a prominent newspaper in the city of New York. The article be- tokens either such ignorance and stupidity or down right maliciousness, that it de- mands a serious reply. We consider it a duty we owe the State of our nativity — and an ancestry of whom several millions of the citizens of Pennsylvania and other States of the Union, have reason to be proud — to correct such egregious blunders or wilful prevarications. In doing so we shall review as briefly as possible the history of the German settlers of our State. The origin of the German population in Pennsylvania dates back to the latter part of the Seventeenth century. As early as 1684, Francis Daniel Pastorius, of whom the poet Whittier has sung so sweetly, with a colony of Germans settled and laid out Germantown, near to the metropolis. These came from Cresheim, Germany, and were in religious opinions and proclivities, allied to the Quakers. Other colonies fol- lowed, settling in diflerent parts of the Province. It was not, however, until the years 1709 and 1710 that the emigration of the Germans was of any magnitude. For two or three years previous. Queen Anne of England gave refuge to thousands of the Palatinates, who, oppressed by the exactions of the French, were forced to flee from their homes. It is stated that in the month of July, 1709, there arrived at Lon- don six thousand five hundred and twenty German Protestants. Transportation was gratuitously given many to America, through the aid of the Queen and the government of England. The vast majority were sent at first to New York, from whence many reached the confines of Pennsylvania, a Province, the laws of which were more tolerant than those of any of the new Colonies. Among these German emigrants were Mennonites, Dunkards, German Re- formed and Lutherans. Their number was so great during the subsequent years, that James Logan, secretary to the Proprietary, wrote : “We have of late great number of Palatines poured in upon us without any recommendation or notice, which gives the country some uneasiness, for foreigners do not so well among us as our own English people.” Two years afterwards, Jonathan Dickinson remarks ; “We are daily ex- pecting ships from London, which bring over Palatines in number about six or seven thousand. We had a parcel who came out about five years ago, who purchased land about sixty miles from Philadelphia, and prove quiet and industrious. Some few came from Ireland lately, and more are expected thence. This is besides our com- mon supply from Wales and England. Our friends do increase mightily, and a great people there is in the wilderness which is fast becoming a fruitful field.” These emigrants settled principally in Montgomery, Bucks and Lancaster coun- ties. They were well educated, and brought with them their ministers and school masters; the latter very frequently, 82 historical and Oenealogicah when there was a want of supply of the former, read sermons and prayers. Between the years 1720 and 1725 a large number of Germans, who had previously settled in Schoharie county. New York, descended the Susquehanna river on rafts to the mouth of the Swatara, ascending which stream, already settled by the Scotch- Irish, they took up their abode near the waters of the Tulphehocken, Berks county . The celebrated Conrad Weiser, to whom we shall refer on a future occasion, was of this party of colonists. From 1725, for a period of ten years there was another great influx of Germans of various religious opinions, Beformed, Luthe- rans, Moravians, Swenkfelders and Roman Catholics. By a letter of Secretary James Logan in 1725, it appears that many of these settlers were not over scrupulous in their compliance with the regulations of the Land Office. He says, and perchance with much truth ; ‘ ‘They come in in crowds, and as bold, indigent strangers from Germany, where many of them have been soldiers. All these go on the best vacant tracts, and seize upon them as places of common spoil.” He again says : “They rarely approach me on their arrival to propose to purchase,” and aads, “when they are sought out and challenged for their right of occupancy, they allege it was published in Europe that we wanted and solicited for colonists, and had a superabun- dance of land, and, therefore, they had come without the means to pay. ’ ’ In fact, those who thus “sbuatted” without titles acquired enough l6y their thrift in a few years to pay the land which they had thus occupied, and so, generally, they were left unmolested. Secretary Logan further states ; “Many of them are Papists — the men well armed, and as a body a warlike, morose race.” In 1727, he writes ; “about six thousand Germans more are expected (and also many from Ireland, ) and these emigrations,” he “hopes may be pre- vented in the future by act of parliament, else time Colonm will in time he lost to the Crown.'' The italics in the last sentence are our own. To us it seems like a proph- ecy. From 1735 to 1752 emigrants came into the Province by thousands. In the autumn of 1749 not less than twenty vessels with German passengers to the number of twelve thousand arrived at Philadelphia. In 1750, ’51 and ’52 the number was not much less. Among those who emigrated during these years were many who bitterly lamented having forsaken their native land tor the Province of Penn- sylvania. At that time there was a class of Germans who had resided some time in Pennsylvania, well known by the name of Neulander, who made it their business to go to Germany and prevail on their country- men to sacrifice their property and embark for America. In numerous instances, per- sons in easy circumstances at home, with a view to better their cundition, came to America, but to their sorrow found that their situation was rendered none the better, but in many cases so much worse, as to be absolutely wretched. Others again who had not the means of paying their passage across the Atlantic, were, on their arrival at Philadelphia, exposed at public meeting to serve for a number of years to pay their passage. Those thus disposed of were termed Redemptioners. The Palatine Redemptioners were usually sold at ten pounds for from three to five years servitude. In almost every instance the time tor which they sold was honestly served out, while many subsequently, by dint of industry and frugality, rose to posi- tions of wealth and importance in the State. That stalwart statesman of Western Penn- sylvania, John Covode, used to pride him- Historical and Genealogical. 83 self on being the descendant of a Redemp- tioner. In later times, say from 1753 to 1756, the Germans having become numerous, and therefore powerful as “make -weights” in the political balance, were much noticed in the publications of the day, and were at that period in general very hearty co ope- ration with the Quakers then in rule in the Assembly. From that time onward, although not so numerous, almost all the German emigrants to America located in Pennsylvania. The assumption by the writer of the article referred to, that any appreciable portion of the present German population of the Commonwealth are the descendants of the Hessians who were brought here-by the British government to put down the rebellion of 1776, is as impudent as it is false. All of the German Mercena- ries,” as they are called, who were priso- ners of war and stationed in Penn- sylvania, according to Baron Reidesel, who was one of the commanders, were properly accounted for, and were returned to their own country upon the evacuation of New York by the British. They did not remain; as it was a condition entered into by the English Government with the Land- grave of Brunswick, the Duke of Hesse Cassel, and the pretty Princes of Hanau and Waldeck, that a certain price was to be paid for every man killed, wounded or missing. Before the official proclamation of peace, the Hessian prisoners were on their way to New York, by direction of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylva- nia. Some few deserted and some eventu- ally returned to America after their transportation to Germany, but the bald assertion that the origin of the large Ger- man population of Pennsylvania is due to the settlement of those hired mercenaries of England, cannot be supported, and shows the profoundest historical ignorance and audacious stupidity. That the Germans of Pennsylvania have been so uniformly successful in acquiring wealth is due to their industry, to their thrift, and to their knowledge of agricul- tural pursuits. If some portions of Penn- sylvania are the garden- spots of America, they have been made so by the Germans who have tilled them — who have indeed “made the wilderness to blossom as the rose.” Not anywhere in the New England States, in New York, nor in the South are farms so well tilled, so highly cultivated, as in the sections of Pennsylvania where the descendants of the Germans predominate; and we assert, without fear of contradiction, that more works on agriculture, more papers devoted to farming, are taken and read by the so-called “Pennsylvania Dutch” farmers than by the farmers of any other section of the Union. That our Ger- man citizens are not “content to live in huts,” is palpably certain, and whoever will go into the homes of the farmers will find evidence of both refinement and culture, and although their barns are capacious, be- cause their dwellings are not castles, they snould not be accused of indifference to their own domiciles. At the present time it is rare to find a farm house in the old German settlements that does not contain a double parlor, sitting room, dining room, kitchen and out kitchen, with six or eight bed rooms. This is more general in the counties of Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin and Cumberland, than among the New England settled counties of the North and West — the Quaker counties of Chester and Bucks, in Pennsylvania — and to go to New Eng- land, the latter are not be mentioned in com- parison. Of the Pennsylvania German language or idiom we will not speak, except to state, that at the present time there are few persons Historical and Genealogical. speaking this patois who are unable to also speak and read English. Those who are not conversant with English are of recent importation from the Fatherland. Because the Dunkards and other religious bodies retain the peculiar views of their ancestors, they are accused of being unprogressive — of preserving the customs and general characteristics of the race — which is far from the truth. Next to the Scotch-Irish, no race has left such a high and lofty im- press upon this nation as has the German. There is less ignorance and superstition in the German counties of Pennsylvania than will be found in any agricultural region East, West, North or South. Be- cause some old plodding farmer, who pre- fers remaining on his farm, attending to his cattle and grain, caring little of going beyond the county town in his visits, his disincli- nation ought not to be imputed to either his ignorance or to his being close-fisted. In the German counties one rarely meets with an individual who has never been “to town,” and we venture an opinion that both in the New England States and in New York are there many persons who have never visited the county seat; and as for visiting Boston and New York city, where one farmer has visited those metropolises, we assert that two Pennsylvania German farmers have seen their own city of Philadel phia. German opposition to common schools has been a terrible bugaboo to very many outside of Pennsylvania who never under- stood the occasion of it. Foremost among the opponents of the free-school system were the Quakers, the opposition arising from the fact that having had schools estab- lished for many years, supported by their own contributions, they were opposed to being taxed for the educational maintenance of others. Precisely similar were the ob jections in the German districts As stated in the outset of this article, the German emigrants brought their schoolmasters with them and schools were kept and supported by them. More frequently the church pastor served as teacher, and hence when the proposition came to establish the system of public edu- cation the people were not prepared for it. But that was nearly fifty years ago, and to the credit and honor of the German ele- ment in Pennsylvania, Gov. George Wolf, the father of the free school system, and Gov. Joseph Ritner and William Auden- reid the earnest advocates of the same, were of German descent. The opposition died away in a few years; and a glance at the school statistics of Pennsylvania would open the eyes of our Yankee friends, and astonish the descendants of Diedrick Knickerbocker. The present system and management of public education in our State — yes, this “Dutchland in America” — is in the lead in the Union, and figures and facts will bear us out in our assertion. Of the domestic manners a nd customs of the Pennsylvania Germans we shall have little to say, but the charge that “bundling” survives to the present day among them, is simply absurd. Despite all that may be said in regard to this custom, it was a rare circumstance (and we have it from good authority) seventy-five years ago. and all knowledge of it was obtained from the staid New England people and the low Dutch of New York. According to the Rev. Samuel Peters, who published a “History of Connecticut” nearly a hundred years ago, that custom “pre- vailed in New England for one hundred and sixty years, while most of the New Eng- land genealogies and histories refer to it as occurring there. Stiles, in his history of it states that the custom was not only brought over from Holland by the Dutch emigrants to New York, but blames New England for Historical and Genealogical. 85 propagating it, and refers incidentally to the fact, that “the contagion” reached in time the German settlements in Pennsyl- vania To fasten its origin or prevalence to a great extent upon the Pennsylvania “Dutch” is a violation of fact. If it was a rare occurrence seventy five years ago, pro- priety and good manners have obliterated the evil borrowed from the East, where we are inclined it is still indigenous. Sectarian strife is not as frequent among the Germans as among the Irish and Welsh, and to accuse them of “Hiberni- phobia,” would be tantamount to charging the Eng- lish and other foreigners, who settled in Pennsylvania with ‘ ‘Germaai-phobia. ’ ’ The Peunsylvania Dutch, are not exclusive by any means, and the frequent marriages of their daughters to the town lads repel this insinuation. Look on the German element in Pennsyl- vania— so frequently and inappropriately called Dutch — and there will be found in- dustry, honesty, energy, progress, enter- prise, wealth, intelligence — in short all those characteristics which go to make up educated and useful citizens — a population of which any State in the Union mighi well be proud w. H. E. NOTKS AND QUEKIES— L.VA1I. Bistorical and Biographical. Rev. .John Ewing, D D. — An incident has come to us relative to this gentleman which is well worthy a place in N. d Q. The Rev. Dr Ewing was the pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, and afterwards the Provost of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania It was his daughter Elizabeth who married Robert Harris, of Harrisburg. Dr. Ewing was in London previous to the Revolutionary war on busi- ne,ss connected with the University. He was invited to dine where the celebrated Dr. Johnson was one of the company. Dr. Johnson was late in coming, and when dinner was announced, ate, as his custom was, voraciously. Whilst he was thus indulging, a, conversation was being carried on between Dr. Ewing and a person next to him on the subject of American litera- ture At length Dr, Johnson turned about and said rather rudely to Dr. Ewing : “What do you know about literature in America; you have no books.” “Oh, yes,” Dr. Ewing blandly replied, “we have read The Rambler.'' This reply pacified Dr. Johnson, and he afterwards presented to Dr. Ewing a bamboo cane, which is now in possession of Dr. Ewing’s grandson, G W. Harris, Esq. w. h. e. Pre-historic Remains. — The following was copied verbatim from a note made in his pocket almanac, by the late Judge Atlee : “On the 24th of May, 1798, being at Han- over (York county, Pennsylvania), in company with chief justice M’Kean, judge Bryan, Mr. Burd, and others, on our way to Franklin, and taking a view of the town, in company with Mr. M’Alister, and sev- eral other lespectable inhabitants, we went to Mr. Neese’s tan-yard, where we were shown a place near the currying- house, from whence (in digging to sink a tan-vat), some years ago, were taken two skeletons of human bodies. They lay close beside each other, and measured about eleven feet three inches in length; the bones were entire, but on being taken up and exposed to the air, they presently crumbled and fell to pieces. Mr. M’Alister and some others mentioned that they and many others had seen them; and Mr. M’Alister, who is a tall man, about six feet four inches high, mentioned that the principal bone of the leg of one of them, being placed by the side of his leg, reached from his ankle a considerable way up his thigh, pointing a a small distance below the hip bone.” b. 86 Historical and Genealogical. “The Soldier’s Tale.” — From Tennes- see, and from a descendant ot the Dixons, of Dixon’s Ford, we have this: “H. R.” is just a little wrong in regard to any of the characters being fictitious. Ellery Trueman was an officer in the same regiment that Robert Dixon was in, and was wounded a^ the battle of Quebec where Robert Dixon was killed. So you see he was a real char- acter. I have heard my grandmother Dixon say this often; and that Emily Raymond was not a myth. She told in' my hearing time and again that she distinctly remembered the day of her Uncle Roan’s funeral, when Emily Ray- mond fainted and was carried to her aunt’s residence insensible; and also that she was present at old John Dixon’s when Emily snatched th*. bones and rushed out of the house homewards. As lor Wilson Bar- irem, our dear grandmother has often said she knew him as well as any one she was ever acquainted with. I have heard her say that their names were as familiar to her as those of her own Aunt and Uncle Roan. They were as real char- acters as Robert Dixon, Bindley Murray or John Roan or any of the other characters in “The Soldier’s Tale.” [In regard to these characters, we can only venture this opinion. The names ol Ellery Trueman and Emily Raymond are fictitious, although they may represent real individuals. The Christian names are un- usual, and we have never come across them among the early Scotch Irish settlers. We have the entire roll of Captain Matthew Smith’s company, which went to Quebec and in which was Robert Dixon, who fell in front of that stronghold. Third Lieu • tenant William Cross, of Hanover, was the only officer wounded. No doubt our fair correspondent’s informant had heard the stories in her childhood, and the weaving of them by Mr. Darby into a tale impressed her with the idea, that, as Roan and Dixon and Murray were real living characters, concerning whom we all have knowledge, that the others were also real, hero and heroine. “H. R.” did not doubt the cor- rectness of the incidents — only that the characters were mythical. w. h. e. ] • -- - ^ ^ • - MOSES GILL >lOK. Moses Gillmor was born in the town- land of Burt, parish of Tempi emore, county of Donegal, six miles from the city of Lon- donderry, Province of Ulster, Ireland, about the year 1749 Until his seventeenth year he remained in Ireland when he came with an uncle to America, settling in Han- over township, Lancaster, now Dauphin county, Penna. Prior to the Revolution he returned to Ireland on business connected with his father’s estate but the breaking out of the war delayed his return until about 1783 The next year, November 1784, according to Parson Elder’s marriage record, he married Isabel Wallace, third daughter of Robert and Mary W ailace, of Hanover. Upon the laying out of the town of Harrisburg in 1785, Mr. Gillmor pur- chased a lot on Market square, built a house and established himself in the mercantile business, which he successfully carried on a number of years. Mr. Gillmor was prominent in local political affairs, and in the church of which he was one of the founders, the First Presbyterian, he was an elder for thirty-four years. Mr. Gillmor died at Harrisburg June 10, 1835, aged seventy six years, and with his wife Isabel, born in 1755, died Sept. 16, 1838, is buried in Paxtang church graveyard. Their chil- dren were — i. Thomas, b. 1785; d. 1793. a. Mary, b. 1787; d 1793. Hi. William, b. 1789; d. Aug. 28, 1856 iv. Robert, b. 1791; d. Nov. 13, 1867. r>. Margaret, b. 1793; d 1839. Historical and Genealogical. 87 Of these William Gillmor was the only one who married. His wife was Isabella, daughter ot Capt. James Cowden. Robert Gillmor was well known to most of our citizens. He was a gentleman of the old school, ot strict integrity and honored by all who knew him. Conceroing Moses Gillmor the following description of him and estimate of his character, as given by the Rev. Dr. Robin- son in his “Historical Discourse on the Ruling Elders of the First Presbyterian church,” are a fitting close to this sketch. “He was a gentleman of remarkably fine personal appearance, tall and well propor- tioned, grave and dignified, and wore, as was customary with gentlemen of his stand- ing in society, the cocked hat, short breeches and silver-buckled shoes ot that and the earlier revolutionary age. He was a man of stately bearing and courtly manners, and his tall manly form, clothed in the dress peculiar to gentlemen of the olden times, would command involuntary re- spect. He was a most worthy citizen and a man of sterling integrity, sincere, incorrupt and straightforward in all his deal- ings. In Christian character he was de- cidedly old side; and in this day of so much that is easy, fictitious and sensational in religious life and manners, he would, no doubt, be regarded severely cold and puri- tanic; but in him and his associates there was in their reverent and high-toned piety, a solid realness that could well do without the more attractive, but less substantial piety of many in modern times. “Many incidents are still rehearsed that illustrate the character of this good and strong-minded man. When selling mer- chandise he was often heard to tell his customers, ‘Tak it, if ye like, ye’ll perhaps find something better at some other place.’ The precenter was one day greatly troubled to find a tune of the right metre for the psalm that was to be sung. After failing once or twice the voice of Mr. Gillmor was heard from another part of the church, ‘Tut, man, tak anither tune.’ ” w. H. E. ROLL OF CAPr JOHN RUTHICKFOKO’S COMPANY, 1776-7. [For the roll of the following company of Associators, we are indebted to Mr. Silas Rutherford. Of the commanding officer of this body of patriots of the Revo- lution, we propose to refer at leangth on another occasion. The company was in active service throughout the campaign in the Jerseys during 1776, and the roll as here given was as the company stood when they assembled at Middletown on the 12th of August, 1777, preparatory to their partici- tion in the campaign around Philadelphia. The four additional names are on the roll for September of that year, probably joining the company prior to the Battle of Brandy- wine w, H. E. ] Captain. Rutherford, John. Lieutenant. M’Clure, Jonathan. Ensign. Sherer, Samuel. Sergeant. Graham, John, Chambers, Elisha, Jones, Benjamin. Newhouse, Philip. Corporals. Swineford, John, Ritter, Adam, Weiser, Jacob, Miller, Jacob. Drummer. Swinefud, George Privates. Allison, Richard, Light, Ludwig, Barnett, Samuel, Little, John, Bell, John, M’Allister, Tobias, Boyd, William, M’Cord, James, Castle, Frederick, M’Whorter, Robert, Cochran, James, Miller, John, Cochran, Samuel, sr. , Morrison, James, Cochran, Samuel, jr , Neighbour, Abraham, Conway, Francis, Packer, Jesse, 88 Historical aiid Genealogical. Dougherty, Dennis, Pancake, George, Galey, James, Pancake, Peter, Grogan, Charles, Raredon, Simon, Herron, Robert, Sheattel, Michael. Hogan, William, Steever, Michael, Kennedy, Dr Robert, Smith John, Woodside, John. [Joined the Company Sept. 1777 ] Cisler, Samuel, Swineford, Albright, Snyder, Leonard, Yeager, Andrew. YK AJNC1U.NT INa ABIT aNT^:— V lll. West Jtml of uerry.— 1755. Adam Bown, Mathew Laird, William Spencei, Hugh Black, Thos. Black, Jas. Irland, John Laird, Adam Talker, Robert Talker, Wm. Breading, David Camble, Jas. Russell, Moses Patterson, John Cook, John Crockens, John Penilton, Wm. Thompson, Lawrence Magill, Isaac Pennington, Moses Camble. Jas. Wiley, Wm. Starrett, SamT Morrow, Robert Ramsey, Jas. Walker, Sam’l Wilson, Wm. M’Cobb, Wm. Drening, Jas. Sample, Thos. Park. Robt. Breadshaw, Mathew Wilson, Joseph Cander, Stophel Shoop, Adam Wagner, Jas. Carithers, Peter Pearsh, John Singer, Jacob Catis, Day wait Baker, Geo. Bomach, Henry Carber, Anthony Wiry, Peter Spangler, Peter Grassbloss, David Erter, Edward Martin, Jonn Tyce, John Fleming, Geo. Bare, Francis Newcommer, Henry Hart, Jaeob Albright, Deter Kinder, Mocks Pidle, Jas Chambers, Jas. Clark, Thomas Hail, Robert Willson, John Karr, John Vanlear, Jas. M’Caye, Jas Snaw, Robt. Coriihers, John Were, Hugh Corithers, G 20 . Weetaberger, Robt. Armstrong, Andrew Hershaw, Martin Brand, Jas. Rusell, Jacob Bronck. Freemen. Jas. Snody, John Clark, Jas. Harris, Robt. M’Kee, Robert Bready, Jas. Findleer, Thos. Carr, Jas M’Cornag, John Bowman. Wm. Finley, Wm. M’ Clary. Adam Baum, CoVr. West End ( Robert Taylor, David Campble, Thomas Hall, Robert Wilson, Moses Paterson, Jno. Vanleur, Joseph Cander, James Nelson, Jno. Fleming, Sami. Reed, Robt. Bradshaw, Wdson Thompson, Lewis Morrow, Wm. Starrait, Robt. Ramsey, Robt. Walker, Mathew Wilson, Jas. Clark, Jno. Karr, Thomas Karr, Robert Caruthers, James Sbaw, Geo Frey, Widow Sample, Thos. Parks, Moses Campbel, Larence Magill, Jno. Pennelton, Jno. Cooke, Jas Russel, jur., Isaac Pennelton, Jas. Russel, Wm. Bredy, Jno. Lard, James Chambers, Stofel Soop, Hugh Caruthers, James Caruthers, Derry . Woory Hepsher, Peter Spangler, Edward Martin, Simon Singer, Jno Singer, Peter Groseles, Adam Wagner, Moses Wilson, Jas Ireland, Alex M’Cormag, Robt. Armstrong, Mathew Lard, Conrad Wiseler, Sami. Walker, Francis Newcommer, Peter Kinter, Geo. Wesberry, Jno. Greap, Mel char Flensha- bauch, Robt M’Kee, AJithony Wiry, Anthony Blackny, Adam Dalker, Fredrick Gencel, Hugh Black, Thos. Black, Wm Spencer, Mich’l Huber, Jno. Tyce, Jas Walker, Geo. Bever, Handel Vence, Adam Baum, Henry Heart, Widow M’.Cee, Wm. Drennan, Jno. Croket, Brand. Freemen. Jas. F inton, Allx. Rannex, Jno"^ Clark, Sami. M’Cormack, Jno. James, Wm. M’Cleery, Jas. Vanlear, Edward Queen, Geo. Philip Sherger, Cornelous Queen, Jas Snoddy, Jno. Bowman. Robert Caruthers, Collr. Historical and Genealogical. 89 NOTKS AND QUERIES.— WX. Historical and Genealogical. Recusant Indian Traders in 1749.— For some reason a great many Indian traders did not take out a license in the year 1748. At the August term (Lancaster county) the following named persons were indicted for their neglect : Robert Dunlap, James Crowly, John Traner, Joseph Campbell, William Blythe, Paul Pierce, Andrew Akins, Hugh Crawford, James Dunning, Samuel Chambers, Peter Corbet, George Croghan, Samuel Cuzzins, Charles Thomas M’Gee, Simon Girty, John Findley, John Lee, Daniel Lowrey, James Lowrey, Thomas Mitchell, John Owens, Alexander Morehead, John Galbreath, John Potts, Peter Shaver, Dennis Sullivan. Williams. This was a large number, and many of them were respectable and influential citi- zens Their neglect to take out a licence was doubtless a technical informality. The names are quite familiar ones, and they can be readily traced from Chickies’ creek through theDonegals, Dauphin and Cum- berland counties. Thomas Harris, an In- dian trader, who resided at Conawago creek, a few miles above Elizabethtown, was foreman of the grand jury that in- dicted these traders. Samuel Evans. Columbia, Pa. Garfield. — The purpose of these paper is to keep up a connection between the past and present. Information of the character herewith adds to the knowledge of the his- tory of the whole country. Readers will therefore And an excuse for us in depart- ing from our usual local status in its publi- cation. As soon as it can be obtained it is our purpose to follow this pedigree with authenicated data relating to a Welsh Quaker, who came over in 1670, settled on Delaware, and was in Pennsylvania in 1680, bearing the name of Hancock, from whom the general, so prominent at present, de- scends in the seventh generation. A corre- spondent of the Worcester Spy^ Mass., writes to that paper of the Garfleld’s : Edward Gearfleld (spelled as it is re- corded on the Watertown records), came to this country from England, and died June 14, 1672, aged ninety-seven. His son, Edward, jr., had two wives — flrst, Rebecca , the mother of all his chil- dren, and, second, Joanna, the widow of Thomas Buckminster, of Muddy river. Edward Garfleld, jr., died in 1672, and his inventory amounted to £457 3s. 6d. He was one of the earliest proprietors of Water- town, and was selectman in 1638, 1655 and 1662. His son, Benjamin Garfleld, born in 1653, admitted freemen in 1690, was representa- tive in Watertown to the great and general court nine times between 1689 and 1717, and he held numerous municipal appoint- ments. He had two wives — Mehitable Hawkins and Elizabeth Bridge — by the second wife he had a son Thomas, born December 12, 1680, who was a prominent citizen of Weston. He married Mercy Bige- low, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Flagg) Bigelow, and had twelve children. The third, Thomas, married Rebecca John- son of Lunenberg, and had: (1) Solomon, born July 18, 1743, and married May 20, 1766, to Sarah Stimson, of Sunbury; these were the great grandfather and grandmother of General James A Gar- fleld. (2) Rebecca, born September 23, 1745; married October 1, 1765, to David Fiske. (3) Abraham, b irn April 3, 1748, died August 15, 1775, in the Revolutionary army. (4) Hannah, born August 15, 1750. (5) Lucv, born March 3, 1754. General Garfleld’s ancestry, summed up, is as follows : 1, Edward; 2, Edward, jr.. 90 Historical and Oenealogicah 3, Samuel; 4, Benjamin; 5, Thomas; 6, Thomas; 7, Solomon; 8, Thomas; 9, Abra- ham; 10, James Abraham Grarfield.” Old Newspaper Files. — A Mrs. Mat- tox, of Centerville, Wilkes county, Ga., has a rare collection of old newspapers, some of them dating anterior to the Revo- lutionary war. They were the property of her grandfather, Governor Talbot, ot Georgia. In one of the papers General Washington offers a reward for the appre- hension of a runaway slave. YE ANCIENT INB ABITANTs— IX. West Hanover Sami. Allen, Joseph Allen, John Andrews, William Allen, Philip Brand, William Brown, Philip Brown, James Beard, William Brisban, Sami. Brown, Joseph Barnet, William Branden, Matthew Barnet, John Cooper, Wm. Cathcart, John Crawford, Wm. Crane, Joseph Crane, Richard Crawford, George Crane, Richard Dermond, Peter Ebersole, James Finney, James Finney, jr, Thos. Finney, David Ferguson, Sami. Ferguson, Susanah Finney, John French, Hugh Glen, John Graham, Timothy Green, Esq John Hutchison, Robt. Hutchison, Mike Houk, William Hill, John Hay, Assessment —1773. Robert Martin, John M’Cormick, James M’Clenahan, Thos. M’Nare, Francis M’Clure, Henry M’Cormick, Widow M’Guire, Thrs. M’Clure, George Peters, Robert Porterfield, James Park, Jacob Pruner, Jacob Richard, Melchor Rhime, Wm. Rodgers, Jeremiah Rodgers, Andrew Rodgers, Thos. Robinson, Sami. Robinson, Wm. Ripph, John Rodgers, James Rodgers, Thos. Reppith, James Robinson, John Stuart, Hugh Stuart (Paxton) Daniel Shaw, Andrew Stast, John Snider, Robt. Sturgeon, Thos Strain, Isaac Skiles, Samuel Stuart, William Snodgrass, Samuel Starrat, Mathew Snoday, George Taylor, jr., Isaac Hannah, John Templeton, Jas. Huchison, jr., Wm. Tompson, John Huchison, Mathew Thornton, ^Robert Humes, Wm. Thorn, James Johnson (Tay- John Thompson, John Trawsdale, Michael Vanleer, lor), /'James Johnson, Robt. Kennedy, Thos. Kennedy, Alex. Kid, James M’ Mullen, James M’Clure, Thos. M’Cord, Bernard M’Nutt, John M’Cord, Wm. M’Cullough, John Mitchel, John M’Cown, Richard M’Cown, Thomas E’Elhenny David Moodv, James Reney, James M’Cormick, James Finney, Sami. Agnew, James M ’Night, ^ames Humes, Joseph Pitt, John Bringhold, Thos. Tompson, John Moody, Wm. Brown, Wm. Ramage, Wm. Moory Woods, Danl. vjonderly, Robert Wallace, James Willson(creek) Hugh Willson, Idcole Wolf, Andrew Wallace, William Wright, James Willson, James Willson, jr., Thos. Walker, Joseph Willson, Benjamin Wallace, John Snoday. Freemen. John Kippith, Aaron Cotter, James Willson, John Pruner, James Williams, Richard Robinson, Joseph M’Clure. Inmates Wm. Moorhead, Robt. Dalton, Gilbert Reneday, Robt. Halley, James M’Farland, M’Clure. Wm. Trousdale, Collector of West Hanover. NOTES AND QUERIES— EIX. Historical and Biographical. Hanover Patriotism in 1774.— We herewith publish for permanent record, by request, the text of the Hanover Resolves of June 4, 1774 : “At an assembly of the inhabitants of Hanover, Lancaster county, held on Satur- day, June 4, 1774, Colonel Timothy Green, chairman, to express their sentiments on the present critical state of affairs, it was unani- mously resolved. Historical and Oenealogical. 91 1st. That the recent action of the Parlia- ment of Great Britain is iniquitious and op- pressive. 2d. That it is the bounden duty of the people to oppose every measure which tends to deprive them of their just preroga- tives. 3d. That in a closer union of the colonies lies the safeguard of the liberties of the peo- ple. 4th, That in the event of Great Britain attempting to force unjust laws upon us by the strength of arms, our cause we leave to Heaven and our rifles. 5th. That a committee of nine be ap- pointed who shall act for us and in our be- half as emergencies may require. The committee consisted of Colonel Tim- othy Green, James Caruthers, Josiah Espy, Robert Dixon, Thomas Coppenheffer, WiP liam Clark, James Stewart, Joseph Barnett and John Rogers.” The foregoing declarations are worthy of perpetual record They furnished the text of the resolves at Middletown, Col. Burd chairman, and other portions of the Scotch - Irish settlements of Lancaster and the Kittatinny Valley, and struck the key note of the proceedings which eventuated in the separation of the colonies from England. It is worthy of remark in this connection that while Philadelphia and the lower counties were hesitating and doubting, the Scotch Irish districts were Arm yet dignified in their demands for justice and in the denunciation of British tyranny and wrong. These Hanover resolves preceded those of the Mecklenburg convention, showing that the liberty-loving Scotch-Irish of Pennsyl- vania were the head and front of the Ameri- can Rebellion of 1776. Family. — The Springfield (Mass.) Re publican, alluding to some comments of the London Spectator on a novel of English life and manners, thus discourses of an observa- tion of the Spectator. That paper said : “Of the utility of family pride to writers of fiction there can be no question, for we have only to observe how dull and helpless American story-tellers are for want of such a resource.” Possibly; although Cooper is not dull nor Hawthorne helpless; but one was enough of an “aristocrat’^ to be roundly hated in his neighborhood and much abused in the papers of his day, and Hawthorne was at pains to use such family pride as came in his way, with exquisite effect in the House of the Seven Gables. Miss Pyncheon does up a package in her little store with all the pangs a duchess might feel, and all of her awkwardness. The mistake of the British reviewer probably lies quite as much in concluding that family pride is absent in this country as in assuming that poor American novels are dull because of its lack. It is now nearly a round century since John Adams noted that the colonists show- ed “greater care over their originals” than people of the same quality in England, and Lord Houghton ninety years later, with a surprise which shows the bare patches broad culture may leave, noted in an admir- able review article, written after his second visit to America, that the literature relat- ing to pedigrees was altogether larger in this country than in England, cutting a wider swath through the community, and that people in general were at more trouble here than there to know their ancestory accurately. To an Englishman, who knew that there were no titles to secure by this care, and no settled estates whose reversion- ary interest might make a marriage certifi- cate and a baptismal registry, the bridge over which distant cousins pass to great wealth, this attention to ancestry, to one’s “originals,” as Adams put it, was as unex- pected as it was astonishing. The simple 92 Historical and Genealogical. fact appears to be that, with no ruling and property-laden class whose pedigrees keep themselves, there is here a diffused desire to keep family records; and by preserving a family line indulge in a gentle family pride which has led already to hundreds of family books and thousands of smaller monographs. As Lord Houghton observes, there are few English pedigree writers who deem it worth their while to trace out col- lateral lines; the central and ruling stock absorbs attention, while American toilers in the same field deal with all branches of a family alike, and go to what this ex- cellent English authority calls “extraordi- nary” pains to establish collateral relation-' ship. It is tolerably plain that this pains and trouble implies at least interest in one’s family. Family pride, pure and simple, is a thing which a great many Americans would feel some shame at acknowledging. Of the two an American is quite as willing to be an “ancestor,” as Marshal Lannes styled himself in talking to the undistin- guished princeling of an ancient house — as to have ancest ors. To a Presidential can- didate now, too many grandfathers would be a decided handicap. One or possibly two is about all that can be considered safe. But one has to watch American public life but a short time to see that family connec- tions play an important part in aflairs, and to perceive that a large share of the public men of to-day are descended from or re- lated to the public men of yesterday. The new men are numerous. The way is open and the path is clear; but the old men * have left their descendants well to the front. John Fiske says that the first thing a cataloguer learns is that if one man ' in a family has written a book some other man has, too, and it takes short reading in Congressional directories to show that the familiar names lie by twos and fours and sixes to its pages. Their presence is out of all proportion less than under an aris- tocracy. This is a matter of course, but it is altogether larger than is to be expected under a pure democracy, were it not that profound thinkers have pointed out that the influence of families swaying affairs by sheer transmitted influence is likely to be as strong in a republic as in an aristocracy, where this force is recognized by titles. At the Chicago convention the chairman. Hoar, came of a family in public life for more than one generation; Conk- ling, the prominent figure on the floor, had a father and a grandfather known before him, and he is by marriage connected with a family who for three generations has shared in the government of New York State. Don Cameron, another boss, suc- ceeded his father. Blaine’s name recalls his connection with a leading Pennsylvania family in earlier days, and his relationship with the Ewings, of Ohio, is matter of pub- lic report. Sherman traces his name to the family which gave Roger Sherman to the Continental Congress. These things lie on the surface. The list could be extended almost indefinitely. To family pride in its technical English sense probably none of these men would plead guilty, and probably, too, none of them are wholly free from it. AN KABL.Y S£:xrL.li;K IN CJLARK’S VAL.- L.BY. A gentleman who has been recently through the length and breadth of Clark’s Valley sends us the following: Ludwig Minsker, an emigrant from the Palatinate located in Clark’s Valley in 1750. He built his cabin on a run near the place where the house of John Hocker, jr., now stands. He was a man of great courage, and the Indians of the neighborhood fearing him never molested him or his family. It was subsequent to Braddock’s de- feat, that hostile Indians crossed Historical and Genealogical. 93 over the mountains and spread death and desolation on the frontiers. While out hunting during the spring of 1756, Ludwig observed the trail of the marauding savages. Knowing that if they discovered his cabin, his wife and child in his absence, would be killed, he hastened home and quickly de- vised means for their protection. It was too late to go below the mountains, for he would be overtaken. Having in his house a chest six feet long he bored a sufficient number of holes in it to admit air; then taking it upon his shoulder, waded up the run some dis- tance placing it in a sequestered nook. Re- turning to his cabin he took his wife and child (the latter but six months old) in the same way to the chest to conceal his trail, where the dense foliage covered their hid- ing place. It was ten days before the hostiles had left the valley, and during all that time Mrs. Minsker and her child were safely secured in the huge chest, her husband, in the meantime, keeping guard in the neighborhood of their cabin, hunting and carrying provisions to the refugees. One autumn, while Ludwig was carrying toward his cabin half of a good sized hog he had butchered, an Indian stealthily came up behind him, quickly severed the lower part, exclaimed, “hog meat very good meat, Indian like him,” and scampered ofi to the woods. The child who was concealed with his mother in the chest became Ludwig the second. He married a daughter of Thomas Cairn, and built his cabin at a spring on the Third mountain, on property now be- longing to Harry Zeiders, who is a descend- ant of the first Ludwig. • It is only a few years since that the cabin was torn down. Prior to the Revolution, a friendly Indian had his cabin on the north side of Peters’ mountain, near the spring which supplies the water-trough on the pike. Here he lived for years unmolested. One evening in the fall of the year Mrs. Minsker, while standing in the door-way, heard a loud moan, resembling that of some one in ex- treme agony. She told her husband, who replied that it was the cry of a panther. Still listening, she found by direction of the sound that the person was going up the mountain — but Ludwig to quiet her said she must be mistaken, it was only the cry of the panther. The ensuing summer, the cows remained out beyond the usual time and the children were sent in search of them Going up the mountain they came to what was then called, and still known as the “King’s Stool,” when they found a skeleton lying under it. Informing their father of the fact, Ludwig examined the re- mains — found by the hunting shirt which was intact that it was the Indian re- ferred to. It appeared that some ill- disposed whites had gone to the cabin of the Indian and wantonly shot him — but did not kill him With his little strength re maining the poor Indian crawled up and then down the side of the Fourth mountain across Clark’s Valley; then up the Third mountain to the “King’s Stool” — where he died from exhaustion. The rock alluded to is a huge boulder heaved on the top of another, and as high as the tallest trees. The foregoing facts were gathered from the lips of Mrs. Mary Minsker, widow of the third Ludwig Minsker now in her seventy-seventh year, and whose mental faculties are yet vigorous. a. ' GfiN JOHN KEAN. Gen. John Kean was one of the earliest settlers of Harrisburg; one of the first Judges of Dauphin county; a County Com- missioner tor eight years; two terms State Senator from Dauphin and Berks counties; Registrar General of Pennsylvania; Elector in 1800, voting for Mr. Jefierson for Presi- 04 Historical and Oenealogicah dent, and for many years a Justice of the Peace at Harrisburg. His family have preserved brief notes, prepared by himself, of his public transac- tions, including some personal incidents. The information here given is drawn from that source. He was the son of John Kean, born in Ireland, 1728, who came to America 1742, served as a Captain in the Revolution, died at Harrisburg, 1801, aged 73. His wife, Mary Dunlap, was born 1721, died at Har- risburg, 1819, aged 98. The only son of this union was John, who was bom in Philadel- phia, October 3, 1762. His father was lo- cated in Dauphin (then Lancaster) in 1775 ; in 1780. John, junior, was called into ser- vice, and was with the army until after the taking of Yorktown. Upon his discharge he was placed with Mr. Clunie, a merchant, at Hummelstown, second sheriff of Dauphin county, at a salary of $100. a year and boarding. In this period he taught himself conveyancing and surveying. In 1785, he came to Harrisburg, as partner of Clunie. Of that period he states: “Where from the vast number of people crowding to this new place, and no houses being yet erected, I was compelled to take lodging with a Dr. Sterling, a mile above town. We came in April — we erected a house, and in August opened shop. Our sales quite excelled our expectations ” In 1786, he w;as appointed a Justice of the Peace. He states: “From this period I may date any troubles I have had — as I could no Ipnger attend store, the partnership was dissolved.” In 1786 he married ,his first wife, Mary, daughter of Hon. Robert Whitehill, of Cum- berland county. In 1787, he was elected a county commissioner. Having lost his first wife ,he married in 1789, secondly, Jane, daughter of Capt. John Hamilton. In 1788, he was one of the members of “the Harris- burg Conference,” held at “the Compass,” the old ferry house, at Paxton and Vine streets. He notes, 1790, “I was deeply in- terested in the progress of schools, churches, fire companies, the formation of a library* improvement of streets, and for sanitary precautions.” He was of the first mana- gers of the Library company, established in 1787 ; of the trustees of the Harrisburg Academy 1788; treasurer of the Presbyterian congregation; chosen Captain of our first volunteer company upon the resignation of Gen. Hanna, and President of the first fire company. In 1792, being appointed a Judge, “I purchased a black suit and $60 worth of law books. Nature had furnished me with a frowning look, which with a black coat on was construed into a wise one; but I did my duty to the public satisfac- tion.” In 1793, Harrisburg was visited with an “epidemic resembling yellow fever, which carried ofl great numbers, including my good friend, Mr. Hamilton.” In 1796, he purchased, “with John Elder, jr.. New Market Forge, about three miles from Palmyra, for $22, 000, and removed thence. ’ ’ A few years before he had been elected to the State Senate* and was re-elected in 1798— serving until 1802. In 1805, he was appointed by Governor M’Kean Registrar General, at a salary of $1,333 33, serving for three years. He removed to Philadel- phia in 1810, was a merchant there— re- turned to Harrisburg in 1813, was again appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Snyder, and died December 9, 1818, aged fifty six years, one of the most active and infiuential of the early citizens of Harris- burg. He was brother-in-law by his mar- riages of Col. Richard M. Crain, Hugh Hamilton, Esq., James Alricks, Gen. Jacob Spangler and Moses Maclean, Esq. He left no male descendants. Two of his daughters are living, residents '>f this city. H. Historical and Oenealogical 95 NOTKS AND QUEIRI£S— DX[. Historical and Biographical. [Acknowledgement. — During an ab- sence of two weeks we have trespassed on the time and care of our fellow -laborer in the historic field, Mr. A. Boyd Hamilton, who very kindly edited Nos. lix and lx of Notes and Queries and to whom we feel greatly in- debted. w. H. E.J Louisburgs. — This name bestowed upon our town at the formation of the county of Dauphin by the then chief justice, Thomas M’Kean, was used in all official advertise- ments for at least three years, 1785 to 1788 The citizens, however, in deference to the founder, insisted on Harrisburg, and after the borough was incorporated Louisburgh was never mentioned. The Postmasters of Harrisburg— It has so frequently been asserted within the past half year that John Wyeth was the first postmaster here, that “Notes and Que- ries” fears the error of such a statement will interfere with well established facts that are locally interesting. They are that I. John Montgomery was first postmaster, appointed in 1793. 3. John W. Allen appointed, August, 1793... 3. John Wyeth appointed, October, 1793. 4. John Wright, appointed 1803. 5 Mrs. Wright took the office at his death, in 1814, who held it until 1833, when James Peacock was appointed. 6. James Peacock, who was succeeded in office by the following gentlemen : 7. Isaac G. McKinley. 8. Andrew J. Jones. 9. John H. Brant. 10. Dr. George W. Porter. II. George Bcrgner. 13. Gen. Joseph F. Knipe. 13. George Bergner. 14. Henry Gilbert, ad interim. 15. M. W. McAlarney, the present in- cumbent. Dates op Arrivals op the Ancestors OP Some Old Families — The following partial list of arrivals of the ancestors of some of the old Dauphin county families — German, Swiss and French emigrants — is worthy of preservation : Beader, Philip Jacob, Oct. 30, 1744. Bueh- ler, Christian, Sept. 33, 1753. Buehler, Ulrich, Sept. 33, 1734. Bomberger, Henry, Sr. and Jr., Sept. 3, 1739. Buehler, Geo. Ernst, Sept. 3, 1739. Capp, Michael, Sept. 16, 1751. Dock, Balthaser, Sept. 13, 1749. Dock, Jacob, Sept. 17, 1750. Doll, Casper, Aug. 27, 1739. Egle, John, Sept. 31, 1743. Greenawalt, Hans Philip, Sept. 15, 1749. Gross, Christian, Aug. 38, 1750. Gross, Christian, Oct. 5, 1736. Hummel, Adam, Sept. 19,1733. Hummel, Thomas, Sept. 1, 1736. Kunkel, John, sr. and jr.. Sept. 16, 1748. Kunkel, Adam, sr. and ir.. Sept. 16, 1748. [These were brothers.] Mumma, John Conrad, Oct. 13, 1747. Miller, John Peter, Sept. 9, 1751. Mumma, Jacob, sr. and jr., Sept. 11, 1731. Ott, Hans Nicholas, Sept. 15, 1749. Ott, Hans Ulrich, Sept. 15, 1749. Ott, Philip, Sept. 31, 1733 Ott, Jacob, Sept. 18, 1733. Orth, Adam, August 19, 1739. Rahm, Melchior, Oct. 17, 1749. Seytorth, John, Sept. 16, 1751. Sees, Christopher, Oct. 16, 1733. Sees, Bal- thaser, Oct. 5, 1737. Seiler Fainily, Aug. 30, 1749. Thomas, Durst, Sept. 16, 1736. Thomas, Jacob, Sept. 16, 1736. Thomas, Martin, SepU l6, 1736. Thomas, John and Peter, Jan. 10, 1739. Zeigler, Hans George, Sept. 19, 1750. Zeigler, George, Sept. 35, 1751. w. h. e. ye Historical and OenealogicaL THK FOBR1A.TION OF OAUFHIN COUNTY. A proposition to divide the county ot Lancaster was discussed about the com- mencement of the Revolution, but that ordeal of arms for several years quieted the agitation for the formation ot a new county. When, towards the close of the war, the courts were crowded with business, when military fines were being sued out against non-associators, compelling many of the citizens from remote sections of the county to appear at the county town, the question of the formation of a new county embracing that portion of Lancaster county north of the Conewago with a portion ot the county of Berks, seriously disturbed not only the citizens of both counties, but the Assembly, and petitions, pro and con, were frequently presented. The county of Berks was early in the field, they were not in favor of a dis- memberment, and at the session of 1782, several remonstrations bearing upon this point had the effect of confining the new county enterprise to Lancaster county alone. At the ensuing session ot the Assembly the subject of a division was again agitated — when the following petition, prepared by Judge Jasper Yeates, of Lancaster, was pre sented. The memorial was of no avail, however, and the matter being constantly brought to the attention of the legislaiive body, two years subsequently the county of Dauphin was erected. The remon- strance, however, is worth preserving as a part of the history of those times : w. H E To the Honorable the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of P<.nnsyl- vania, in General Assembly met . The Remonstrance and Petition of Divers Freeholders and Others, Inhabitants of t^ie County of Lancaster, Most Humbly 8hew- eth: That your petititioners conceive them- selves bound to remonstrate against the prayers of two petitions proposed to the Legislature at the last session respecting a division of the said county of Lancaster, and beg leave to suggest to your Honorable Body the following remarks : That a frequent division of counties must naturally occasion a distrust in the faith of government — persons who, confiding in the acts of the Legislature, having purchased landed property near a county town long established by law, suffering considerable losses from such division. That the creating new counties necessarily tends to increase the public expenses, and to derange in some sort the policy of a gov- ernment. That nothing but the most manifest public expedience arising from the welfare of the community at large, independent of indi- vidual interests, can justify such measures in an old established county; and that tho’ the bringing the courts of justice near to the doors of every man may in some wise conduce to his private interests, yet in other instances a remoteness of the station may be in some degree advantageous, as it tends to repress a litigious spirit in many who might be desirous of vexing their neighbors at law at a much less expense. Your petitioners beg leave further to ob- serve, that as to the petition which points out the precise limits of a new county at- taching thereto a part of Berks county, your petitioners concur fully in the state of facts submitted to your honorable House by the inhabitants in general of the said county of Berks in their late petition and remon- strance, to which we humbly refer you. As to the erecting of a county town at Harris’ Ferry, we submit to the wisdom of the Legislature the propriety, expedience or justice of the measure. If a central situ- ation has been ever deemed most eligible and convenient to the public at large for the site of a county town, the spot proposed is Historical and Genealogical. 97 deficient in this particular, the wertern boundary not exceeding one mile* If ti e trade of the back country on the Susque- hanna is the real obiect of the petitioners, the streams of traffic will equally find their way to the capital of the State, whether there be a new county town erected pursu- ant to their wishes or not ; and if the in- habitants who live beyond Peter’s Moun- tain find themselves aggrieved by their re- mote situation, it is submitted to the Legis- lature whether it would not be more natural and easy to attach that settlement to North- umberland county. It is apprehended with due deference to the sense of your Honora- ble House^ that measuring the petition for a county town at Harris’ Ferry by the large scale of national good, and detracting there- from a few individual interests, the prayer of that petition will be thought utterly in- ad missible. Your petitioners take the liberty of adding that the present bounds of the county of Lancaster are not found to be in- convenient or unreasonable: That it will be utterly imprd,cticable by the House to gratify the wishes of individuals in every instance when they complain of being aggrieved. And that when the division of counties is forced as a measure, of course your Honora- ble House will have much of their time en- grossed by petitions for such divisions from the interested views of private people, which the claims of the public demand for objects of much greater magnitude. That in the present exhausted state of the country at large, when the public demands occasion the levying of heavy taxes, it would be highly grievous to many that new assessments should be laid for the purpose of building court house and jail, and other expenses incident to a new county ; for tho’ many have signed the petition, it may fairly be presumed there are many others within the several districts averse to such additional impositions. Whereupon your petitioners most humbly pray that your Honorable Body, upon full deliberation had of the two petitions herein first before noted, will not grant the prayers thereof or either of them. And your petitioners as in duty t Dund Will ever pray, e.c. 1 I I >■ . «KlHTOTlCNINO MILLS'’ OR FORT HUNTRR. It frequently occurs in the story of the early settlements of this part of Pennsyl- vania, that family records become import- ant in ascertaining dates, or establishing a controverted point. There has been a good deal of confusion respecting the Chamters brothers, who made the first settlement at what is now known as “Fort Hunter,” in Dauphin county, alluded to in the valuable contribution of Samuel Evans, Esq., of Columbia, Lancaster county, which we take pleasure in presenting before proceed- ing with the story we have in hand: “Benjamin Chambers — In 1734, a road was laid out from Benjamin Chambers’ mill on Susquehannah, at Kihtotening hill, to the Pine ford on the Swatara, thence to Lancaster. William Rein nock, James Arm- strong, Hugh Black, Samuel Smith, Sam- uel Scott and Joshua Towl were the viewers. Armstrong probably lived in Ly- kens valley. Smith lived at Conoy creek, Scott, where the Lancaster pike crosses Big Chickies creek, and Towl, who was coroner of Lancaster county, lived in Hempfield township. “The present turnpike from Harrisburg to Lancaster, probably occupies a portion of this old road. Although this mill is desig- nated as Benjamin Chambers’, it is not con- clusive evidence that he then resided there. It establishes, however, the fact of the location of his mill and that it was erected prior to 1734. 98 Historical and Genealogical. In B Chambers’ letter to James Tilgh- man in 1774 (see Penna. Archives O. S. vol. iv, page 535) he says he was living at “Pawling Spring on Cannogogige’’ before Cresap’s raid, which was in 1736. While at Samuel Blunston’s at Wright’s Ferry, Thomas Penn sent for Mr. Cham- bers, who arrived there, when Penn gave him permission to build a corn mill on “Cedar Spring, in the Manor of Louden,’’ in 1736. He probably removed west of the river in 1735. At this time he was aged twenty three years. (See Penna Archives O. S., vol. i, page 519 ) He was, there- fore, twenty-one years of age when applica- tion was made to the court to lay out the road from his mill to Lancaster. At this time it would seem that he had no design of removing to the west side of the river. Mr. Hamilton gives the year 1734 as the time he settled at Fort Hunter. This is evidently an error. He was probably misled by confounding the Benjamin Chambers who ran the temporary boundary line between Penn’a. and Maryland, and the miller. From Mr. C.’s letter, to which I have referred, he was evidently well acquainted wi^h the Scotch Irish settlers in Donegal, and had made frequent visits to Wright’s Ferry and the vicinity. His familiarity with the topography of that locality would seem to warrant this infer- ence. “His visits to the neighborhood of Wright’s Ferry, were not on business strictly. His visits became very frequent to the old Indian trader, James Patterson, who lived three miles below Wright’s Ferry. He married Mr. Patterson’s daughter Sarah, between the years 1734 and 1736 Colonel James Chambers, of Revolutionary fame, was the only child by this marriage. His wife died probably in a year or two after their marriage. Sam’l Evans.’’ We have examined the article prepared by Mr. Hamilton, to which allusion is made. It is there stated that the brothers Cham- bers “are heard of about 1720, at the mouth of Pishing creek, whether at what is now known as Little Conewago dividing Dauphin from Lancaster county, or Fishing creek at Hunter’s, we have no means of de- termining. “Subsequently, in 1735-36, a title under the fashion of the period was acquired at the mouth of Fishing Creek.’’ This was undoubtedly at Fort Hunter. Having examined the subject thus far, we thought it best to ascertain upon what Mr. Hamilton founded his statement, and for that pur- pose “interviewed” him. He promptly answered all that we desired, remarking that the error was made in 1873, when he prepared and published his ephemeral papers on Fort Hunter. It consisted in the statement that “Be)ijamin Chambers, with others, came to this, then Province, as ‘adventurers in ye old Penn- sylvania Comp’y’ — why called ‘old’ eigh- teen years after Penn landed at Upland, is calculated to puzzle the present generation of inquirers. Benjamin, however, appears to have been one of its managers, as he is called upon by the council to lay ‘his acc’s before ye council on the 4th mo., 1704.’ Whether he ever got them settled to his own, and to the satisfaction of his superiors does not appear, but we soon hear of his complaining to the same council of ‘two Swede ministers who were about to set up a ferry’ (over the Schuylkill as one may sup- pose), ‘after he had made such conveniences as ye like had never been known in these parts. ’ ” Very soon after this appeared, a letter was received from Hon. Eli K. Price, of Philadelphia, to the author, correcting the statement, too late, however, to repair the Historical a, >1 Genealogical, 99 error, with any probability that sufficient interest was awakened in the subject to suppose that any one would make the cor- rection for permanent reference. Mr. Price writes: “The Benjamin Chambers spoken of as here in 1704, was not of your Dauphin or Cumberland heroes. That B. C. came here with, or, soon after Wm. Penn; and the Swede’s ferry referred to was afterwards “Grey’s ferry,” over the Schuylkill near Bartram’s garden. He was a justice of the peace, sheriff of Philadelphia in 1682, a Friend, and did not fight. Your hero was always a fighter down to the Revolution, and was living in 1776. Our B. G. died 1716. In that year his estate was divided among his heirs — he had no children — the daughters and grandchildren ot his brother John Chambers. One granddaughter of John married John Bartram, and the other, Humphrey Marshall, and their sons were the botanists. Our B C. came from Eng- land, yours came from County Antrim, Ire- land, about 1720, then seventeen years old. “Mr. Garrard’s historical memoirs of Charlotte Chambers makes the same mis- take you do.” Mr. Lewis H. Garrard published his memoir in 1856. He was a great grandson of Benjamin Chambers and of Sarah Pat- terson, as stated by Mr. Evans. The tra- dition in the family was, as told by Messrs. Garrard and Hamilton, and as both of them had access to family records and traditional narrative, it is not surprising that they were not aware of this error, that, owing to the exact coincidence of names, had fastened itself in the history of the connexion. General James Chambers, of Loudoun iron works, Franklin county, mar- ried Catherine Hamilton, only daughter of John Hamilton, who was the great grand- father of Mr. A. Boyd Hamilton. Benjamin Chambers, one of these four brothers, was about seventeen years of age when the family came to Fort Hunter, 1725-26, fixing the year of his birth in 1708; another authority fixes it in 1703. He may have “prospected” in 1730, west of the Susquehanna, and been struck with the beauty and advantages of “Fawling Spring,” Chambersburg, but could not have made a permanent settlement until some years after this date; as the following record, fur- nished by Mr. Evans, would appear to prove : “1735, May term; court of Lancaster county, at Quarter Sessions, Samuel Maynes made complaint of assault and battery against John Chambers, James Chambers, Benjamin Chambers, Robert Chambers and Robert Miller. “John Chambers plead guilty and was fined two shillings. The other defendants discharged. It would seem, therefore, that the four brothers Chambers were living at the mill on Fishing creek, Paxtang, in 1735. Joseph Chambers died there in 1748. Samuel Hunter married his widow Catha- rine.” This is a scrap of historical information that future historians of Franklin county would do well to preserve. It may conflict with several cherished traditions, yet it is a true record ot the common way of settling border controversies. It was over forty miles from “Kihtotenning mills” to Lan- caster, and must have cost in addition to the “two shillings” fine, a good deal of time and money. “Notes and Queries” is pretty well satisfied that there need not be further controversy upon this particular point, of the time or of the persons who were the original owners of the romantic neighborhood, well known as “Fort Hun- ter.” 100 Historical and Genealogical* NOT£S AND QUERIES— £X11. Historical aud Genealogical* Scraps of Local History— We are in- debted to our industrious friend and anti- quary, Samuel Evans, Esq., of Columbia, for the following notes. Although seemingly of little importance, such facts as here em- bodied frequently give a clue to more valu- able details and occurrences which other - wse would be leit merely to tradition: ‘At the August term, 1735, of the court ofLancaster, Henry Jones was indicted for assaulting Peter Allen, the old Indian trader, who resided along the eastern slope of the mountain, not far from the Chambers’. In 1732 a road was laid out from Done- gal meeting house to Lancaster. The view- ers were: Patrick Campbell, John Mitchell, Randle Chambers, William Allison, Geo. Stuart, and James Smith. In 1737 a road was laid out from James Galbreath’s mill on Swatara creek to inter- sect the road from Harris’ Ferry to Lan- caster at Thomas Harris’ on Conewago creek. Thomas Gardner took up five hundred acres in Paxtang, March 4, 1733. Henry Martin, two hundred acres on branch of Swatara, three miles above Cas- tle’s mill. May 26, 1737. Thomas Sharp, two hundred acres oa south side of Swatara, next Wm. Harbin- son, August 22, 1734. Anthony Pretter, six hundred acres in Swatara Valley, south side of the creek, March 15, 1786. In 1731 Peter Allen was licensed to keep a public house. In 1720 he settled in Done- gal, about a mile northeast from the fur- naces below Marietta, and commenced trad- ing with the Indians. It was likely he was still living there in 1731. In October 1734 he received a patent for four hundred acres in Paxtang, next Ke- tachtenny hills. He probably had the sur- veys for this tract of land made a few months before he received his patent. John Harris, I think, was the first and only per- son who was licensed to sell rum west of Donegal township previous to 1734, except, perhaps William Dunlap, who kept a trad- ing post on the forks of the Swatara, in 1730. Robert Dunning was also licensed the same year to sell rum, but at this time he lived along the Big Chickies creek. M’Combs, Davenport and Bizallion probably sold rum under a license also at an earlier date. [We are not so certain as to Robert Dunning, unless there were two of the name. There was a Robert Dunning re- siding west of the Susquehanna as early as 1728, and we infer that to him the license spoken of was issued.! DEATHS IN PAXTANG DUNG REG A.T10N. [From the Record of Rev. Mr. Sharon, alluded to in N. <& Q. li\, we have the following list of deaths in Paxtang congre- gation. Those marked with a * are on the original list designated as Elders of the church. The date given is that of burial: where the date of death is known, we in- sert it in brackets. We also appendage.] 1809. March 8, [6]. James Rutherford, 62. June. Mrs. Awl. 1810. January [9]. Isabella Lamed (wf Wm.) January [18]. Margaret Rutherford, 73. October [10]. James Cowden, 74. 1813. May 8. Susanna Rutherfor^^ 63. July [26]. Jo'iah Espy. 71. August [17]. Mary J. Elder, 63. 1814. Aug. 12 [10]. Ann Elder Stephen, 47. 1815. Novernber 25 [23]. Mary Fulton, 45. Historical and Genealogical. 101 1816. March [17]. John Allison, 46. April [18]. Elizabeth Gray, 73. — September [23] Elizabeth Sherer, 55. 1818. August 19 [18]. Margaret Cowden. September [29]. Robert Elder* 77. September. Mrs. M’Clure. 1819. May [30]. John Gray, 66. 1821. Margaret Allison. William Calhoun. 1822. July. [16] James Cochran. 80. July 16 Jane Gray _ July. [17] Peggy Sherer, 34. 1823. January 4. Mary Foster. March. [12] Sarah Wilson. 70. April 9. Jane Harrison. 1824. ^ March 11. [4] Joseph Sherer 38 April 17. Williamson Harrison. August 10. John C. Thomson. 1825. March. Margaret Rutherford. 73. 1826. January [2] Edward Crouch 63. February. Isabella Buffington. February [25] Sarah Kearsley, 72 May 24, James Cowden. May 28, Elizabeth Wiggins. 1827. January 2, Edward Crouch * March 2, William Calhoun. October [19] Robert Elder, 86. 1829. May 28, David Ritchey. 1831. December [3] John Ritchey,* 56. 1833. Sept. 7, Hannah Calhoun. November [26] Samuel Rutherford,* 65 1834. February 20, Anne Gordon, Frederick Hatton. 1835. October 15, John Gilchrist, sen.^ “ Elizabeth Wilson. 1836. Nov. [25], Sarah Elder, (wf Robt.] 40. 1837. April 2, Eleanor Elder ,(wf Joshua) 35. 1838. July, John McCammon, * .1839. July 21, Robert McClure, * 1840. April, David Espy. July 7, Mary Hatton. 1841. November, Eliz. Wilson, (wf Henry.) Sarah Kendig. Ann Espy. THE fJAMPBELE FAMILY OF AMEKIOA To Mr. Brock’s inquiries, (N. & Q. Ivi), we have been able to send forward the fol- lowing: In the graveyard of O'd Derry church, there is a tombstone with this inscription: “Here lies ye body of John Campbell, who died Febry 20, 1734, aged 79.” This is undoubtedly John(3) Campbell of the genealogy, the ancestor of the family in Pennsylvania. Close by this tomb is a stone with the following, with inscriptions as rendered: “Underneath this stone lies entombed James Cami'BELl’s Dust you see Who was as healthy and as strong A s many that may be But now by death whom all devours Is laid up in this cell With crawling worms and reptiles base He is obliged to dwell You that these lines do lopk upon May also call to mind That death will be your certain fate Therefore improve your time He died May 31, 1777 About the age of 80. Also Agnes his second wife Who died April 3, 1757 About the age of 50.” 102 Historical and Genealogical. “In memory of James Campbell Junr. who departed this life August 25, 1757 in the 33d Year of his Age.” “In Memory of James Campbell, who depar ted this Life June 10, A. D 1783 Aged 26 years.” These are the only epitaphs to the name Campbell appearing in Derry, but the name Patrick Campbell is among the assessments of Donegal township for 1725 and 1726, which at that period included Derry town- ship. Samuel (1) Campbell, of Derry (doubtless related to the above), died in October, 1747. (His will proved November 3, 1747.) He left a widow and the following children: I. Hugh, (2) married and had issue: I. Eliza- beth, (3) II. Samuel (3) II. Mary, (2) married Thomas and had issue: I Jean, (3) II. Elizabeth, 13) III. William, (3) IV. Jean, (3) married James Clark and had issue: I. John (4) II. Samuel, (4) III. Isabella, (4) IV. Jean. (4) Francis (5) Campbell, “(The Campbell Family of Europe and America,”) born 1727, married first, and had issue : I. Robert. (6). II John, (6), Episcopal minister ot ability and learning, educated in England; had charge of the parish of York, and afterwards that of Carlisle. Pa , for thirty years, and died at Carlisle, May 16, 1819, aged 67 years; married and had issue : I. Frances, (7) married James Armstrong, of Williamsport, Pa , father of Hon William H. Armstrong; II. Elizabeth, (7) married June 26. 1813, Colonel Washington, son of Captain Andrew Lee, of the Revolution, (Notes and Queries, No. xxv;) III. Jane, (7) died unmarried. The James Campbell who removed to Chilicothe, Ohio, was ot a difierent family from that under notice. He was from Shippensburg or Chambersburg, Pa. James (6) Campbell, (“The Campbell Family of Europe and America”) married Cassandana, eldest daughter of General Henry Miller (Notes and Queries, No. xxii). He was an officer of the Revolution, studied law with William Lewis (Mr. David Watts, father of Hon. Frederick Watts, was a fel- low student in the same office and also mar- ried a daughter of General Miller). He was a practicing lawyer at York, Pa., as early as 1798. He died at Natchez, Miss., leaving issue : I. Sarah Miller, (7) died unmarried in 1849. II. Henry M’Connell,(7) an officer of artil- lery in the war of 1812; distinguished at Lundy’s Lane and Chippewa; died unmarried on the eastern shore of Mary- land. III. Julianna Watts, (7) died unmarried in 1878. Nancy, (7) daughter of Parker (6) and Elizabeth (Calhoun) Campbell (“The Camp- bellFamily of Europe and America”), mar- ried Samuel, son of John Lyon, of Carlisle, Pa. Their daughter, Ellen (8) married Dr. — Nichols. She conducted a seminary for young ladies near Baltimore. [We print the foregoing in the hope of obtaining further additional data w. H. E.l Historical and Oenealogical. 103 OUR FIK'^T inhabit %NTS. A much respected friend and antiquary ■who has been devoting many years to the elucidation of our Indian history, gives us in reply to some inquiries the following interesting facts touching upon the Susque- hannas, with promises that at some future time we shall hear from him in detail ; * * * I appreciate fully your diffi- culty in securing dates for a history of the Susquehannas. In connection with other tribes I have had them in my eye for seve- ral years and have only within the last few days reached satisfactory conclusions as to the salient points of their history. My friend Dr. Shea who has done so much to elucidate Indian history, has as regards the Susquehannas, added to the confusion which previously existed. The terms An- dastes, Andastogue, Gandastogue, etc., as used in the Jesuit Relations and other French works at different dates, covered a wide field, and a great number of tribes; certainly as far east as the Susque- hannas of your neighborhood; as far north as the Carantowaunais near Tioga Point, and as far west as the western extremity of Lake Erie. Finally the pressure from the Iroquois on the North and civilization on the East com- pelled the greater number to remove West of the Alleghenies. The remnant that remained became sub ject to the Iroquois, who placed an Onedia vice-gerent to rule over them, as was their custom with all subjugated tribes. The Virginians made nearly as bad work with the name Susquehanna as our French friends did with that of Andasteand also of the Dutch who called nearly everything Minquas The fact is these tribes were all divided into confederacies, embrac- ing from three to six distinct tribes. One of these confederacies almost entirely un- known, consisting of four distinct tribes was in 1632, governed by four kings, in thiriy villages and estimated at thirty thousand persons (This probably was double the number at that date.) The four great towns named Tonhoga, Mosticum, Shaune- TOWA, and Usserahak were located on the upper waters of the Potomac in your State. One of these tribes. Mowhacks, or man eaters, Mr. Neill, in his founders of Mary- land, very kindly advises us were the Mohawks, of New York, and yet they are placed on the Potomac and afterward on the James in several early maps Another of these tribes Massomacks, the learned Gal- latin, and all modern writers confound with the Iroquois of New York. They are the same mentioned by Smith in 1608 as Masso- womacks, West of the Susquehannas, which term, as used by Smith, probably included the Eries or a portion of them These last are also mentioned in Fleet’s Journal, 1632, (Founding of Maryland) as Hirechenes and who lived a three day’s journey from the Mosticums ^'one of our confederate nations.''' The Hirechenes were the Erich-ronons of the Relations. All of those tribes yielding to the pressure from the east and north, retired to the Ohio and south of lake Erie, including the best part of your Susquehannas (or what there was left of them), and under a great variety of names fought desperately for their existence against the terrible Iroquois. They were called Shawanese, Satanas, Tor- genhas (by La Salle), Ontouagannha, Eriech ronons, Andastogue- ronons (see La Hontan’s map), and a great variety of other names arising from the great numbers of fragments of tribes. Your friends, the Susquehannas, re-appear at the western ex- tremity of Lake Erie as the Andastogue- ronons above, on several maps in company with the Eries. In 1673 the Iroquois begged piteously of Gov. Frontenae to assist them against the Andastogues, the sole enemies m Historical and Oenealogical. remaining on their lands (Col. Hist. N. Y. ix 110), and these were their former ene- mies whom they had driven from New York and from the whole length ot the Sus- quehanna. The war against them existed in 1669, ’70, ’71, ’73 and ’73 certain, and just at this point I propose to open up one of the most interesting chapters in our pro- vincial history, and account for the where- abouts of La Salle during that interesting period. I have lately obtained evidence that I am quite certain will effectually clear up this \ery dark period, and settle a contro- versy that has puzzled our scholars for a generation. J. NOTIGS AND QUEKIES— LXlII. Historical and Biograpbic^i- In the Revolution.— The following is a copy of a letter written by Col. William Gibbons, who owned one of the ferries at Paxtang, and purchased supplies for the army during the darkest hours of the war. He came from Nantmeal township, Chester county, where he owned large tracts of land. His residence at Paxcang may have been only a temporary one : “Paxtang, March 9, 1779. “Friend, and Good Neighbour Gardner: “There is that Greedy, extorting Disposi- tion amongst us here; even of those who call themselves Whigs, And some Tories and Jew Whigs, that grain is very hard to to be purchased — Some denying that they have any to spare — Others say that it is promised — Some will not sell unless for the rising price, until their call for their money, so that near home I cannot purchase grain for my family, and have not two weeks’ bread for my house. Therefore request you to get my grain threshed tor me and keep it; only what you may need for your own use. And pray do me the favour to re- quest my good neighbours, John and Jarred Irwin, to keep what appertains to me. “I have offered Col. Greenawalt and other men of Distinction what Commissions they would please to charge to buy grain for me — they say they can do nothing in that way unless I can furnish hard money, of which I have none. “I intend soon going to Lebanon and getting Col. Greenawalt along with me, to go through that neighborhood, and if possi- ble to purchase what grain may suffice my family until harvest, and if I am so happy as to succeed, Shall then be willing to sell what grain I have with you. “I do not expect my wheat yielded well; But hope I have a considerable quantity of Rye, which is good enough for me, and I suppose for any man that setts a Right value on his Liberty, if the fortune of War gives that turn to our affairs. Sooner would I eat Rye Bread to my dying day than meanly surrender my Liberty and Sell Pos- terity. “With sincerity do I wish th’s may find you and all my former Good Neighbors in Good healih and unanimous for the sup- port of the American States. “I remain, with sincere regard. Your Friend. “William Gibbons.’’ Col. Greenawalt lived in Lebanon and commanded one of the Lancaster county Battalions of militia at Brandywine. Sam’l Evans. Aug. 37, 1880. DAPTAIN JAMES MURKAV. James Murray was born in Scotland about 1739 His father, William Murray, emi- grated to America and settled on Swatara creek between the years 1731 and 1735 About the same time came Robert Murmy, the father of Lindley Murray, the gramma- rian, and we are of the opinion that they were brothers — especially so since two of the sons of William Murray, Samuel and Historical and OenealogicaL 105 WiJliam, accompaoied Robert Murray to the Carolinaa about the year 1755. lu 1768 Jamea Murray took out a patent for the tract of land on which he resided, located in Upper Paxtaog township, and then surveyed to him. In 1775 he was chosen a member the of committee of safety for his township, and on the 8th of November of that year took his place in the general committee for Lan- caster county. On the 4th of July, 1776, at a military convention, representing the Fifty-three battalions of the Associators, he was present as one of the captains for that county. A roll of his company was printed in the first number of Notes and (Queries. With John Rodgers and John Harris, on the 8th of July, 1776, by appointment of the Provincial Conference, he superintended the election held at Garber’s mill for the Sixth district of Lancaster county, to make a choice of delegates to the convention that assembled on the 15th ot the month, and which framed the first constitution of the State, During that and the following year he was almost in constant activfrf military service with his' company. He commanded one of the companies of the Tenth Batta ’ lion, Lancaster county militia, and was ' with the .expedition up the West Branch in, 1779 The exposures to which Gapt. Mur-. ray was subjected during the Revolution- ary struggle, br«}Ught on an .attack of rheumatism, from which tor many years prior t() his death he was a constant suflerer. He died at his residence in Upper Paxtang on the 15th of March, 1804, aged 75 years. The Oracle r>ays this tribute to his memory. It will be seen, however, that Ireland is given as the place of his nativity. _ His family, however, claim that he was, born m' the Land of the Thistle : - ^ ' “This worthy man was born in Ireland, and at three years of age he came to this country. He was an active and useful character (especially during the Revolution ary war) In the year 1786 he was vjolenGy attacked by rheumatism aud other fmii- plaints ; ever since he has b';eu confiaed 10 his bed in extreme bodily pain. He was, h( uel and William removed, as stated, to South Carolina, Thomas settled ait Muncy, and John, afterwards known as Colonel John ' Murray, resided for many years prior to his death on an adjoining f^rm' immediately above Dauphin. ' w. h. e. 106 Historical and Genealogical. TBIS BKIT18H PRISON iSRS AT LAN- CA8XRK ISf TUR K«.VOLUri<»N. [Lancaster, York and Reading were the principal places for the confinement of British prisoners during the war for inde- pendence. Various causes are assigned why these localities were thus honored (?) Carlisle was another point which was thus distinguished, especially during the British occupancy of Philadelphia As a general thing the ofiicials were not placed in close confinement, but comfortably quartered, as the following letter will show, in private houses As a matter of course there was more or less surveillance — but as a general thing the British officers fared better than those of the Patriot army in the hands of the British. The letter herewith printed for the first time was from the committee of Lancaster county to the committee of York county :] **In Committee for Lancaster County. March 19, 1776. Gentlemen : We recieved last night a Letter from the Committee of bafety of the Province of Pennsylvania, accompanied with their Resolutions & those of the Congress respecting the Officers who are Prisoners here. In Consequence of the Authority delegated to us, to make the best arrange- ment we could, as to this Distribution, we %eg leave to mention to you that we have pitched upon the Town of York for the Place of Residence of Captains Strong & Livingston— Lieutenants Witlington,Thomp- son & Thomas, & Ensign Gordon of the 26th Regt. — of Capt’n Robertson of the Royal Emigrants, of Capt’n Chase of the Navy. Lieutenant M’Donnel of the 26th Regt. is absent in Philad’a by the Permis- sion of the Hon’bie Congress. Cap’n Campbell has also'leave to go to Philad’a to visit Mrs, Campbell who is indisposed. Should tbn.y return here they will also be fixed amongst you. The Officer’s Servants accompany them. The other Officers are stationed at Carlisle. All the Military Gen- tlemen start from this Place on Friday next under the escort of two of us. We think it our Dufy to give you the earliest Intelligence we possibly can of this measute, that you may take the proper Steps with Respect to their Plans of Lodg- ing, & such necessary precautions as must inevitably result from our Appointment. Permit us to quote a Passage from the Congress’ Letter to us. “Upon the whole ‘ Gentlemen you have judged rightly in “supposing every measure you have taken to “render the Situation of our Prisoners as “comfortable as possible, would be agreeable “to us. As men they have a right to all “the Claims of Humanity;— AsOountry men, “tho’ Enemies, they claim something more. “You have Therefore the Thanks of The “Congress.” Need we suggest to you,Gen- lemen, that your Interesting yourselves in Behalf of those Officers who are to reside amongst you, in procuring them such private Lodging, necessary accommodations as they may want, will particularly oblige those Gentlemen & this Board ? Your own feelings, we are perouaded, will render this Intimation perfectly unneccessary. We have to apologize to you for the Lib- erty we have taken to open your Letter from the Committee of Safety. Some Doubts arose with Respect to our Taking of the Parole of the Prisoners before they left this Borough. We recurred to your Letter for a Solution of our Difficulties. The common cause we are engaged in must serve as our excuse. You will please to forward the Letter herewith sent to the Committee of Cumber land County by Express. We are directed to transmit our Letters as early a*- possible. We are Gentleman very truly, Y'rinost Ob’d't Humble >^erv’t» Historical and QenealoijicaL 107 UKKOHIS OF TUK KFVOi UTION. [We present herewitb the rolls of the companies of Captains Jacob Fridley and Richard Manning — the former raised in the neighborhood of Hnmmelstown, the latter in Upper Paxtang. These companies served faithfully during the campaign of 1776, and were present at Trenton and Princebm ] Roll of Capt Jacob ^ridUy s Company. A true return of Capt Jacob Fridley’s company, ot the 4;h Battalion of Lancaster county, commanded by Col, Jas. Burd, Esq , May 27, ’1776. ^ ' Captain. , Fridley, Jacob. < Is^ Lieutenant McFarland, Jno. M Lieutenant.' , , Hover, Matih’s. Ensign. Blessing, Philip. « Privates Boehler, Jacob Kisner, Jacob Bell, Sami Krosklos, Better Brouster, Chas. ’ Laird, John Byer, Jno Laird, Wm. Chambers, Rowland’ Lower, Geo. Currey. Jas Derry, Jacob Dunbar, Jno. Ernest, Stopel Fishborn, Peter Fishborn, Philip Fridley. Bern’d. Fridley Peter Harris, Jacob Hummel, Fredk. Hummel, Valentine Keeker, Philip Miller, Henry Montgomery, Alex. Rouse, Martin, Rowland, Thos. . Shad, L >dwk. Spidel, Jacob Spode, Mich’l. Spidel, Maxwell Snitle, Joney Wethhold. Jno. Wilson, Wm. Zimmer, Nich’s. Roll of Capt. Richard banning' s Company. A true return of Capt Richard Manning’s, of the 4th Battalion of Lancaster county, commanded by Jas Burd Esq , March 13, 1776. Captain. Manning. Richard \st Lieutenant Forster Thomas. 2d Lieuten>mt. Martin, Samuel. Burke, Elijah. Privates. Armstrong, R >bt. Higgens, John Ayres, John Jones, Hugh Ayres, William Leech, Wm. Bonnel, Jno Martin, Alex Cain, Charles . McCo/d, R -bt. Cain, Neal McCretght, Jas. Clemens, Samuel McMullen, Jno. Crague, Aaron McMuden, Wm Forster, James Reynolds, Alex. Forster, William Paikeis, Moses Foulks, William Shields, Bernard Goudy, Jno Smith, Jno. Hulins, Thomas Stiver, Mich’l. Troster, Stephen, James Burd, Ctd. 4th Battalion Lan- caster county. NOI’fcS iiNu KS— LXiV. Historical anti Hiv graphical. McKinney — We have been furnished the following memoranda from the Reading- ton (N. J.) Church Records, which will, perchance, supplement considerable genea- logical information connected with this locality : Mordechai McKmney, son ot Mordechai McKinney married Agnes Bodein [B aline]. Their children were : i. John baptized Oct. 9, 1753. a Maiytje, »iap. Dec 27, 1755. Hi Catrma. bap. Feb. 12, 1758; m Joseph Hall. iv John, bap. March 2 1760; m Eliza- beth Wyckofl, and had children a.^ follows : Rebecca, m John Stephens; Peter Sud.aford [Sluddeford]; Mary; Nicies Wickoff; and Aletta Studjord V M rdechai, bap April 15, 1764. vi Angenietje, bap May 18, 1766. vii. Willem, bap July 11, 1768. V a. Antje, bap August 12 1770. A portion of this family removed at an early period to Noithumberlaud county, from whence several of its members came to this county, locating at Vliddletown. The late Judge .VlcK’nney belonged to this family. If any one can supply the subs queip records we shall be u.i ler many obligaiions. w H E. 108 Hiitorical and Oenealogioal. BAFTISHS IN FAXTANG CONGKICOA- TION. 1807-1830. [With the exception of the record of Rev. Mr. Sharon’s “communicants admitted t^ Paxtang congregation” during his ministry, and the baptisms from 1831 to 1843, which we shall omit for the present, the following closes the official record of that faithful and devoted pastor. The data herewith pre- sented possesses more than a transient in- terest and value — it will be highly appreci- ated by many families genealogically con- nected — and although many of the indi- viduals named are yet traversing the busy walks of life, we are, confident this record will be just as interesting to them as to the readers of Notes and Queries w. h. e ] 1807. June 28, Samuel Gray. Sept. — ‘f James Anderson. Sept. — . David T. Caldwell.' * 1808. April 6, Catharine Ann M’Cammon. April 6, Polly Bowman. April 24, James Rutherford, April 34, Thomas Bell Allison. July 24, Elizabeth Gray Espy, August 21, Jane Chamberlain, Sept. 15, John Wiggins Smith. Sept. 15, Thomas Michael Whitley. Oct. 21, Wallace Calhoun. Dec. 4, Margaret Rutherford. Dec. 4, John Wyeth Lamed, 1809. April 9. AnnM’Clure April 9. George Ross. April 9. Catherine Carson 1810. June 24. Josiah Espy. . V , „ June 24 Joseph Ross. August 5. Mary Rutherford August 11. Mary Gray. . - ' 1811. April 7- Margaret Mary Hayes. May 5 John Carson, August 23. Samuel Rutherford. . August 25. Joseph D Jones. ^ October 31; Priscilla M’Clure " 1813. Ausust 15 August 15. August 15. August 15. Ross. Lydia C Allison ' . Sarah Rutherford. r ,, Ann Espy. 1813. ■ ;■ April 19. George Carson. ' ' " May 9 Robert Walker Taylor. ’ July 11. Isabella Campbell. r r - - 1814. - .1. .. r ii June 13. Eleanor Gray. r: June 13 Abner Rutherford. June 13 Andrew Wilson. ( 1815. ' January — George William Simmons. August 20 James Cowden. August 20 Sophia Carson. October 30, William Stewart Culbert- son. 1816. June 20. Hiram Rutherford. June 20 Robert Culbertson. June 30. Isamiah Hayes. July 11. Cyrus Findley. 1817. , April 14. Joseph Campbell. , _ - May 31. Margaret Clifton Jones. > September 19. Esther Gray., , . / V-r; September 19. John Simmons. ' - - 7 ;f September 19. Mary Rutherford. , , ' , Decembers. John Wallace Cowden. Decembers. Josiah Espy. , - ..’ -- 1818. - , - May 10. Ira Harris Jones - , — May 10. Mary Ann Sherer . June 28. Wdliam Carson. - , June 38 Jacob Carson ; . r J - June 28 Mary Ann Hayes. -- ' ' July 19 Amelia Brady - ' December 7. Harrison • - r December 29 Sarah Wilson Foster < 1819. June 30 Maria Harris Jones. April — . Edward Crouch Jordan ‘ r ' October 16 Cyrus Green Rutherford, y December 31 ’William Espy. , , December 31. Levi Boon, ' ' • ' December 31 Margaret Cowden. f- December 31. James Cowden Gillmor. : December 31. Mary Ann' Harrison. 1820 January 9 Jane Whitley Simmons February 2. .James Sharon Mahargue. September 3. Martha M’Clure Foister. December 3 Harriet HarrisOn, Historical and Qenealogical. 109 1821. May 6. John Ritchey Elder. September 6. Harriet Carson. 1822. January 3. Sarah Montgomery Pefler. January 3. Ira Jones. January 3. Eliza Jones May 11. Elizabeth Sherer. Nancy Ainsworth Mahargue. Harrison. May 11. May 11. May 14. May 14. June — . August 14 Thomas Jefierson Jordan. Thomas Grier Hood. Ann Maria Espy. John Gordon Hart. September 20. William Kerr Cowden. September 20. Alexander Boon. October 19. Sarah Stanley Thomson. 1723 February 1, Samuel Elder. February 22, Robert Gilchrist & Simmons. 1824 April 11, Harriet Newell Guppies. 1825. February 2, William Allen. March 27, Hart. 1826 May 1, Mary Ann Barnett. May 19, David Espy Moore. May 22, Thomas Wilson Buffington. May 23, Isabella Fulton Buffington. June 9, James Cowden Jordan. Suly 30, Sarah Elder Cowden. October 28, William Gillmor. _ December 22, Samuel Sherer Elder. Decamber 22, James Elder. 1827. January 10, David Espy. November 10, Keziah Hart. 1828. March 1, Samuel Silas Brisbin Rutherford. March 1, William Swan Rutherford. 1830 July 15, Josiah Reed Elder. OUB GB^MDMOTHlfiBS’ BLUB WllXOW PliATBS. [Many ot our old families have in posses- sion some portion of the old-fashioned blue china sets of dishes, commonly termed the “willow ware.” We recollect well in our boyhood days listening to the legend or story of the ware as represented by the devices on each piece or plate. The same has been rendered into doggerel verse by an admirer of the ware, which no doubt many of our readers will duly appreciate : w. H. E, ] The Story of the Willow Plate. You’ve seen in your grandmother’s buffet, no doubt. The plate -j that belonged to her wedding “set out,” The old blue and white, with the bridge and the willow— And the boat sailing on an improbable bil- low. In that very fine house, on the edge ot the water, Lived a mandarin and his only daughter; All around it were choice trees and shrubs, And oleanders in painted tubs. She loved a youth whose name was Chang, And her father swore that a serpent’s fang Wasn’t as sharp as this disobedient daugh- ter. Who wouldn’t love the fellow she had ought to. For tho’ he had lands and real estate. He wanted a son -in law wealthy and great. So he fixed on one as a match for her Who was just the age of her grandfather. Then he locked the unfortunate maid in the side Of the house that hangs over the flowing tide. And set a watch at the garden gate. That Chang might not enter there early or late. Then the old fellow came, and he gave him a feast, (A gluttonous, gouty, unpleasant old beast). And they drank tangaell till it made them see double. And that was the cause of the subsequent ’ trouble ; For Miss Ko-ong Lee was just waiting her chance, (Those long almond eyes can see far in ad- vance). And before there was time the plot to dis- cover, 110 Historical and Genealogical. She had slipped out the gate, and was off with hei lover; And for fear they’d be lacking the goods of this world’s She took with her diamonds, rubies and pearls ; So when papa awoke to a sense of his loss. It’s plain to be seen, he was dreadfully cross He had them pursued by the keenest de- tectives. While he filled the air with most dreadful invectives. In vain 1 They were both of them up in their boating. An d on towards the Isle of the Blessed were floating. Well, they reached it at last, and planted a farm. And lived many years, secure from all harm. Had a charming young family, with eyes all cut bias. Who grew up intelligent, handsome and pious. All would have gone well if Chang hadn’t took It into his head to publish a book. ’Twas called, (I believe) “What I Know About Farming,” And it led to results that were truly alarm- ing. For Chang was arrested, afid though only ’twas proved He’d eloped with and married the lady he loved, The crime was so great in the Governor’s eye, He instantly sentenced the parties to die. Then the Angel who looks out for that sort of thing. Concluding ’twas time to stick in a wing. Changed them both into doves to sail round the air— Just look on the plate, and you’ll see they are there 1 PARSON KliORR AND THS FAXTANO BOYS. [The following extracts relating to the Rev. John Elder and the Paxtang Boys, we glean from the correspondence of Thomas Elder, youngest son of the brave old minister of frontier times, in possession of his daughter, Mrs. Boude. During his life time the younger Mr. Elder was fre- quently queried as to the main facts in the life of his father — and when import- ant replies were made, copies thereof properly taken and preserved. Parkman in his “Conspiracy of- Pontiac,” Red- mond Conyngham in his “Historical Papers,” and Charles Miner, in his “His- tory of Wyoming,” expressed themselves under many obligations to Thos. Elder for the valuable information contributed by him. The extracts given are not only valu- able, but interesting, as giving some facts which have not heretofore been made pub- lic. As we have in preparation a “ Record of the Elder Family,” we reserve a notice of Col. Thomas Elder for another time. — w. H. E.] [From Cha/rles Miner ^ the Historian of Wy- oming, to Thomas Elder. ] September 31 , 1843 * * I am greatly struck with the evi- dences of learning, talent and spirit dis- played by your father. He was beyond doubt the most extraordinary man of West- ern Pennsylvania. I hope some one may draw up a full memoir of his life and a narrative, well digested, of his times. * * May 13 , 1843 . * * * He was a very extraordinary man, of most extensive influence — full of activity and enterprise, learned, pious and a ready writer. I take him to have been of the old Cameronian- blood. Had his lot been cast in New England he would have been a leader of the* Puritans. * * * [Thomas Elder to Redmond Oonyngham.'\ May 30 , 1843 . * * * ]yiy father had a good and very handsome face. The features were regular, yet no one feature prominent — good com- plexion, with blue eyes. In speaking with Historical and Qenealogical. Ill an old and estimable gentleman last Satur- day about my father, I asked his recollec- tion of his face. He replied: I remember him perfectly, indeed, as well as if he was now before my eyes, and say that he had as good a face as could be found in ten thousand. He was a portly, long straight man, over six feet in height, large frame in body, with rather heavy legs * * * * * * As to the letter of the 17th March, 1764, which was written by my father, you have my consent to use it in connection with the materials and facts you are in pos- session of; your judgment and discretion will best advise what use to make of it. It is probable it was written to Doctor F. Al- lison, though possibly to Doctor Ewing — ■ Allison, Ewing, Tennent and my father were then and up to the time of their several deaths, ve/ry intimate and close friends. * * [The letter in question is entitled “Letter from a gentleman in one of the back coun-' ties to a friend in Philadelphia,’^ and was written by Rev. Mr. Elder.— w. h. e.1 l^lhomas Elder to Charles Miner. 1 May 13, 1843. * * At the time the British army over- run New Jersey, driving before them the fragments of our discouraged, naked and half-starved troops, and without any previ- ous arrangement, the Rev. Mr. Elder went on Sunday as usual to Paxtang Church. The hour arrived for church service, when, instead of a sermon, he began a short and hasty prayer to the Throne of Grace ; then called upon the patriotism of all efiective men present, and exhorted them to aid in the support of Liberty’s cause and the de- fense of the country. In less than thirty minutes a company of volunteers was formed. Colonel Robert Elder, the par- son’s eldest son, was chosen captain. They marched next day, though in winter — my brother John at sixteen years was among the first. My brother Joshua, sub lieutenant of Lancaster county, could not quit the service he was employed in, but sent a substitute. The disaffected and tories around (who were very saucy) raised a story on the old man’s prayer of this Sunday, and though not a word of it true never gave offense. That he begged for and implored Heaven- ly aid to give success to the American cause. “We beseech Thee, through our Lord and Saviour Christ, mercifully to give us triumph, yet not ours but Thy blessed will be done. And, oh, Lord God of the Universe, if Thou art unwilling by Divine grace to assist us, do stand aside and let us fight it out I met with an old Dutchman lately, a friend that I had not seen for years — a Whig, We had some wine, when he gave me many anecdotes, and this among the rest, and he told it well. [ Thomas Elder to Mr. Miner. ] May 13, 1843. My father did not talk broad Scotch — a dialect, however, always pleasing to me. He talked and spoke much as we do now, but grammatically. By the way, there was no little Puritan feeling about him. He, from the first outbreak of the Revolution, was a warm and active Whig— was Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety for this part of then Lancaster county, which extended to the Northum- berland county line. NOTES AND QUERIES.— DXV. Historical and Genealogical. Minsker, Ludwick (N. & Q. lix) — On the roll of Capt. John Murray’s company. Miles’ regiment, 1776-1778, occurs the name of Ludwick Minsker, private, with the remark, died in service November 34, 1776, Capt. Murray’s company was en- listed in what is now the northern portion of Dauphin county. l. 112 historical and • Genealogical. Barnett.— N. &Q. l )— Joseph Barnett (John, John) died in Allegheny county. Penn’a, in 1808 (I think), and was buried in Lebanon churchyard, ten miles from Pittsburg, not at Hanover as you have it, I think his wife died first and was buried in Hanover. M’Clure’s “Occurrences of Early Times” published in a Pittsburg newspaper of 1843, gives particulars. I M Wilson, Henry.— Henry Wilson, a na- tive of Harrisburg, who represented the Northampton and Lehigh district in Con- gress from 1823 to 1826, died at Allentown, August 19, 1826 Can anyone give us proper information as to Henry Wilson and his family. All that we have been able to glean concerning him is that his father was a cabinet maker, who died early in life leaving Henry and one or two other children. w. H E A Good Work.— The present year being the fiftieth anniversary of the Church of God, the organ of that religious denomi- nation, the Church Advocate, is publishing a valuable series of historical and biograph- ical sketches. The histories of the various elderships are especially interesting, while the recent extended sketeh of the Rev. John Winebrenner, prepared by Dr. Geo. Ross, is a valuable contribution to Penn- sylvania biography. If not already organ- ized, it is in contemplation the forming of an historical society— and with such pro- gressive spirits as Messrs. Ross, Redsecker, Forney and others of that young, though influential denomination, it must prove successful. As one of the Reformers of the first half of the present century, the history of the eventful life of Rev John Winebren- ner should be brought to their early atten- tion. It deserves to be well and carefully written. Either of tnose mentioned are able for the task. Their present work— the preservation of the historic rect^rds of their Church— is commendable. w. H. E Rolling Mills. — The first mill in the United States to roll bars and puddle Iron was located on Redstone creek, at a place called Plumsock, in Fayette county, Penn . sylvania. The enterprise was undertaken by Colonel Isaac Beeson, who employed two Welshmen, brothers being skilled workmen, were prohibited by an English statute from leaving their country, and thus compelled to smuggle their passage across the Atlantic. This rolling mill was erected in 1816. The first bar iron rolled in New England was at the Boston iron works, on the mill dam in Boston, 1825, and that the first pilddling in New England was done at the same place by Lyman Ralston & Co. in 1835. The first mill for rolling bar iron in the section of country surrounding Harrisburg, Pa., was erected on the Cone- doguinet creek, about one mile from its mouth, near the village of Neidigstown, now Pairview, Cumberland county, on the present site of the rolling and nail mills of the Messrs. McCormick, by Messrs Gabriel Hiester and Norman Callender, of Harris- burg, in 1833, who carried on the mill until the death of Mr. Hiester the following year (1834.) His son, A. O. Hiester, then pur- chased Mr. Callender’s interest in the works, and conducted the business for a number of years successfully. He then disposed of the mill to J ared Pratt, from Massachusetts, who erected the first nail mills in connection with the rolling mill in this part of the country. Mr. Pratt was a thorough business man with much enter- prise. He also established a rolling mill on the Le Barron lot occupying the buildings formerly erected by William Le Barron. Mr. Pratt continued the rolling of boiler and bar iron and the manufacture of nails on a large scale for some years, and then sold both of the mills to James McCormick, Sen., Esq. Historical and ' Oenealogical 113 The rolling of bar iron attracted many visitors to the mill of Messrs. Hiester & Callender, who had never witnessed the manufacture of bar iron by rolling it. It was a novel sight to see the red hot bars passing through the rollers, bending in graceful curves like great fiery serpents. The people being accustomed to hear of or see all the iron that was made into bars slowly forged into difterent sizes by the great hammers at the forges, which were located mostly on large creeks, and were propelled by water, as steam engines were not intro- duced into the interior of the country until a later period. The only forges near Har- risburg were that owned and carried on by the late Jacob M. Haldeman on Yellow Breeches creek near its mouth, and the other one on the same stream at Lisburn, Cumberland county. The forge of Mr. Haldeman has not been in operation for many years, but the one at Lisburn has been until quite recently. It was said that when Harrisburg was a smaller and quieter town the hammers of the forge at Lisburn, some six or seven miles away, could be distinctly heard at the lower end of Front street, on a still morning, the sound following the course of the creek. b. THK AL.L.1SNS OF About 1730 came two brothers, William and Samuel A.llen, natives of County An- trim, Ireland, and located in Hanover town- ship, Lancaster, now Dauphin county. They where the sons of William Allen (1), who, during the religious persecution in England, settled in the Province of Ulster. Whether he came to America or not is more than probable — but, owing to the Christian names of himself and eldest son being the same, it is a difficult matter to ascertain. II. William Allen (William), b. Feb- uary, 1709|: d Decmber 26, 1784 He m. Elizabeth b. 1705, d. May 3, 1800. They had issue, among others; all born in Hanover : 4. i. Joseph, b. 1739; m. Jane . 5 a. Jane^ b. 1741; m. John Sawyer, of Londonderry. 5. Hi. William, b. 1744; m. Rebecca Green. iv Ma/ry, b. 1747; m. John Snodgrass. HI. Samuel Allen (William) b. in county Antrim, Ireland, died prior to 1788. He married Rebecca Smith, who subsequently married prior to 1788 Caldwell. They had issue, all born in Hanover : i. Ma/ry, b. Sept. 9, 1762; d. March 10, 1806; m. James Barnett, \_8ee Barnett Family. ] 7. a. William, b. May 16, 1767; m. Nancy Ainsworth. Hi. Robert, b. July 14, 1769. ir. Elizabeth, b. July 20, 1771; m. Octo- ber, 1792, David Strain, and had Wil- liam, James, and a daughter who married Samuel Hiser. , - Darid, b. 1773; m. Price, of Barren county, Kentucky, where he lived aaid died. ri 8amuel, b. 1776. IV. Joseph Allen (William, William,) was born in Hanover in 1739 ; d. Feb. 13, 1819 ; m. Jane , b. 1739 ; d. August 7, 1804. They are both buried in Hanover church .yard. They had issue (among others) : 4. William, b. 1766» ii. Joseph, b. Jan. 25, 1769 ; d. Oct. 1, 1839 ; m. May 8, 1794, Eleanor McEwen, of Hanover, b. 1769; d. Feb. 1, 1834. Had Joseph. V. Jane Allen (William, William) b. 1141 in Hanover ; m. John Sawyer, son of William and Sophia Sawyer, of London- derry, b. in 1735- ..Tbey had ^ issue m Historical afid Oenealogical. i. Joseph, b. 1758; died in Preble county, Ohio. ii. John, b. 1760 ; m. Mary Bell, of Han- over. Hi. WilUam, b, 1762 IV. Jane, b 1764 ; d. Nov. 29, 1803 ; m. Robert Geddes, VI. William Allen, (William, Will- iam) b. 1744 in Hanover ; d. Oct. 16, 1794. William Allen was a lieutenant in the Revo- lution, in Col. Green’s battalion, and was wounded in the arm at White Plains and taken prisoner. He was killed by the fall- ing of a beam of a cider press. He is buried in old Hanover church yard. Col. Allen married in 1780, in advanced life, Rel)ecca Oreen, daughter of Col. Timothy Green After Col. Allen’s death, his children were sent to school at Philadelphia and the Mo- ravian school at Litiz. David Ferguson, Esq., of Hanover, was the guardian of the minor children. News came to the wid- owed mother of the sudden illness of a son in Philadelphia, and mounted upon a blooded mare of her own, named “Hot- spur,” in company with ’Squire Ferguson, upon his celebrated horse “Hunter,” they rode from Hanover to Philadelphia (about one hundred miles) in a day. It was a great feat, and was often spoken of in wonder and admiration by the old people Mrs. Allen, after remaining a widow some years, married Moses Barnett, of Hanover. She died July 30, 1837. The children of Col. Allen were : i. Elizabeth, b. 1781 ; d. 1796. 8. ii. Effy, b, Oct. 19, 1783; m. Robert Rodgers, of Hanover. Hi. William, b. 1785 d. in Philadelphia by accidental poisoning. i/o. Elizabeth, b. April 16, 1789 (bap. July 26, 1789) ; m. Joseph Barnett. [ See Barnett Family.] c. Timothy Oreen, b. June, 1791 (bap. July 11, 1791). In 1812, in company with his cousin, Joseph Barnett, young Allen en- listed in the Chambersburg Union Volun- teers, Captain McClintock. He was taken ill on the march to Buffalo, N. Y., and died at an inn seven miles from that town, on the 12th of December, 1812. In 1867, Isaac Morehead, Esq., of Erie, had his remains removed to Pennsylvania and placed beside those of his mother. VII. William Allen (Samuel, Wil- liam) b. May 16, 1767, in Hanover; d. in Hanover, Nov. 14, 1844; m March 18, 1790, by Rev. James Snodgrass, Nancy Ainsworth, daughter of John Ainsworth and Margaret Mayes, b. Jan. 11, 1767; d. Jan. 22, 1845, in Hanover. They had chil- dren, all born in Hanover : i. Samuel, b. 1791; m. Eleanor Brown; d. Jan. 23, 1863, in Three Rivers, Michigan. ii. Ma/rga/ret, b. 1794; m. John Ma- hargue. Resided and died at Halifax. Hi. Rebecca, b. July 24, 1796; m. David Espy. ir. Nancy, b. Aug. 10, 1799; m. Samuel Todd. Polly, h. 1801; d. July 5, 1827, in Hanover. ri Sally, b. 1803; m. George W* Dumars; d. near Tivoli, Peoria county, 111. mi William, b. March 1, 1809; m. Mary Albright; d. on the old homestead in 1880. VIII. Effy Allen (William, William, William), b. Oct. 1780, in Hanover, d. Jan. 35, 1811; m. February 16, 1804, by Rev. James Snodgrass, Robert Rodgers, of Han- over, b. d. They had issue : i. Rebecca Allen, b. May 1, 1805; m. Thomas Mitchell M’Cormick, b. October 12, 1801. They reside at Clinton, la. ii Andrew, b. 1806; d. 1845. Hi William Allen, b. 1808; d. 1851. Was a judge of the courts at Springfield, Ohio. Historical and Genealogical, 115 w. Robert Henderson^ b. June 25, 1811. [The Allen family is intermarried with many prominent families in the West — to whom the foregoing brief genealogical -ai cord will be as interesting as it is valuable. We will be under obligations to any one who can give us additions or corrections. w. H. B. THK L,¥T1.£ FAMILY. The name of Lytle— spelled also Litle and Little — is found among the earliest Scotch-Irish settlers in Lancaster county, Penn’a., who located more particularly in the townships of Rapho and Donegal. My ancestor’s name was Joseph Lytle, — not the Joseph Lytle who, in Nov., 1775, was elected a member of the Revolutionary ‘ ‘Committee of Observation and Correspon- dence,”but from data in my possession, must have been a cousin to him. Marietta was then known as “Anderson’s Ferry, ” and was a point of great import- ance until the bridge constructed at Colum- bia diverted the trade across the river and reduced the ferry, My impression is that Joseph Lytle had been interested in the river-transit business, and desiring a new field ot labor, he decided upon a location Northward — as we shall see presently. Meanwhile he had married Sarah Morri- son, a lassie of his own nationality. Their first child was a daughter, whom they named Jane, and with her began a list of names having no originals that I can trace within the family ; quite an exception to the custom of primitive times, A second daughter was named Elizabeth, and then a SOD, John. An important event now occurs, in the re- moval of the family from Marietta to the lo- cality on the Susquehanna river, afterwards known as “Lytle’s Ferry.” Here Joseph Lytle arrived with his family in the fall of 1773, just a month after his future relatives, ■ the Ayres’, bad arrived at Peters’s Moun- tain. It may be opportune to remark, that in early times, when the country bordering the river was in its unbroken state of nature, the route of travel — mostly of emigrants from Lancaster, Chester and the lower counties, seeking new homes and wider opportunities on the North and West branches of the Sus- quehanna — was found to be practicable for along the eastern shore only, for about twenty-five miles above Harris’ Perry. Be- yond that, the extremely rugged condition, the difficulty ot crossing numerous streams which emptied into the river, the inaccessi- ble mountain spurs, and other reasons, were sufficient to necessitate crossing to the west- ern shore where the obstacles to passage were comparatively few or more easily sur- mounted. Indeed, there was no opening from Lytle’s Ferry to Sunbury, save the “Indian Paths” — nothing like a road. Repeating, for the sake of its proper con- nection, what I have already contributed to N. & Q. (xxxi, ) I record that this pro- I>erty was obtained through warrants origi- nally issued to John Kroker (1766) Samuel Hunter ^1767) and Joseph Lytle (8th Nov., 1773,) and comprised a fraction over two hundred acres. Geographically, it was situated about four miles north of Halifax, and about two miles south of Millersburg, in what is now Halifax township, and a half mile below Berry’s mountain The tract was surveyed December 3d, 1773, by Bar- tram Grilbraith, and named in his draft “Fairview.” Noting the addition of a daughter, Mary, in 1774, the family history is silent tor twelve years. But as the intervening time was momentous in our country’s history — the Revolutionary period — we can easily imagine that, situated as they were on the main line of communication in Central Pennsylvania and hearing continually from S IIG Historical and ’ Genealogical. the “seat of war,” they shared in excite- ments of which their neighbors were per- haps ignorant; fed passing detachments of troops who rested at the Ferry, and enjoyed little privacy and less quietude. In 1794, John Lytle, then twenty two years old, went out as cornet with his neighbors John Ayres and James Reed, in a cavalry company, when military force' was summoned to suppress the Whisky Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania. The death of Joseph Lytle occurred prior to April 17, 1795 (according to family data), but the actual date is unknown. He was ' taken ill suddenly, and a messenger was sent to Lancaster for his family physician. After the father’s death, the ferry was purchased by John Lytle and Michael Bower. In April 1806, they sold to Wil- liam Moorehead (father of the well-known Moorehead brothers, of Philadelphia and Pittsburg), the ferry taking his name, it having borne the name of Lytle for nearly thirty three- years. He relinquished it about 1814,and it became “Montgomery’s Ferry, ’ ’ and is only remembered as such at this day. The first marriage in this Lytle family was that of the eldest child, Jane, (1767- 1831) to John Ayres, farmer (N. & Q. Ivi), on the 2d of April, 1786 The second, that of Elizabeth (1770-1852) to David' Watson, merchant, of Watsontown, Northumber- land county, January 24, 1797 The third, was that of the youngest child Mary (1774-1848) who married John Mc- Cleery, a merchant, of Halifax, September 23d, 1802. • The fourth marriage was one in high life; when the dashing son. Major John Lytle, (1772-1808) led to the altar “ the agreeable and lovely Miss Elizabeth Green” — accord- ing to the Oracle of Dauphin — third daugh- ter of Col. Timothy Green, of Green’s Mills (now Dauphin), who was a conspicu- ous character in the provincial history of Lancaster and Dauphin counties. This dis- tinguished affair of January 10, 1805, was conducted by Rev. Nathaniel R. Snowden, who married Elizabeth and Mary also. The aged mother, surviving her husband thirty-two years, died July 3d, 1822, at John M’Gleery’s, at the advanced age of ninety- one, and was buried at Watsontown. Her husband was buried at Dauphin. The Lytles were widely known in their day, and were intermarried with some of the best families of Dauphin and Northum- berland counties, many of their descendants still living in the latter. In common with the grand old names of the early times, they did their full share in developing the re- sources of Dauphin county, and laying the^ foundations of society and business as we find it matured in the glory of to-day. George B. Ayres. NOTES AND QUERIES— EXVi. Historical and Biographical. The Cumberland Valley. — As prom- ised several weeks ago, it is proposed to present with our next number of Notes and Queries, the first of our “Contributions to the History of the Cumberland Valley.” The history of one locality is more or less identified with the history of those adjoining, and hence whatever contributions may be presented, historical or genealogical, these will be sufficient to interest readers whether East or “West of the Susquehanna.” W. H. E. Roddy, James, (n. & q.. xli.) — James Hutchison took up some land along the little Chickies about a mile above its junc- tion with big Chickies, in 1739. This tract was known as “Denmark.” It was bounded by Chickies creek, and the farms of James Mitchell, Jane Stewart, James Roddy and Thomas Brown. Roddy must have Historical and Oenealogical, 117 joiaed on the west side, and his land ran to the creek. In 1745 the farm of James Patterson between the creeks, was bounded by James Roddy’s land which must have run to the creek to do so. Roddy was in Donegal in 1723. The year the name dis- appears I am not able to determine. S. E. An early road. — In April, 1794, a road was directed to be laid out from the Rev. John Elder’s house ‘'at ye foot of ye Blue Mountain,” beginning at Rev. J. Elder’s house, thence to John Thompson’s field, thence to Robert Cochran’s lane, thence to Paxtang creek, thence to South Branch of Paxtang creek, thence to Samuel Sturgeon’s field, thence to Joseph Martin’s field, thence opposite meeting house, thence to provincial road on Spring creek, 5 miles and 58 perches long. Can anyone inform us where the residence of Rev. John Elder then was? Harrisburg in 1784. — We copy from a Philadelphia newspaper the following adver- tisement : HARRISBURG A NEW TOWN. The subscriber having laid out a Town on the banks of the Susquehanna, adjoining the Ferry (commonly called Harris’ Ferry) he now offers for sale or on ground rent, lor such term of years as may be agreed upon a number of LOTS in said town This spot of ground seems designed by nature for the seat of a town; it’s healthy, pleasant, high situation— it’s easy communication by water with a great part of the country— it’s lying on the main road through the Conti- nent, and from Philadelphia to Fort Pitt, and all the back country — points it out as one of the most convenient and best spots for a town in the interior parts of the State of Pennsylvania The town may be accom- modated with a very fine dock, at a small expense, there being a natural canal, de- fended on both sides by limestone banks at its entrance into the Susquehanna, where boats and crafts will lay safe at all times. There being a great deal of fine clay for making bricks and earthen ware, also a great plenty of wood, which will be fur- nished in very low terms, encouragement will be given to brick-makers, potters and other tradesmen. For terms apply to John Harris. Early Court Cases. — At the February court, held at Lancaster in 1756, John Bay ley, a runaway servant of the Rev. John Elder, was ordered to serve Mr. Elder eigh- teen months over and above his time. This was generally called ‘‘runaway time.” Andrew Lycan, of Hanover township, was indicted at the November term, 1745, for an assault and battery upon Joseph Ripelth. James Armstrong, Esq., was one of the witnesses. Lycan was like a good many of the frontier settlers, he took the law into his own hands and was brought up on a short turn. In 1754 Constable James Clark returned John Harris for selling rum by the small. Constable Andrew Johnson, of Paxtang, returned Samuel Hunter also, for selling rum by the small. Thomas Clark, of Derry, returned James Galbreath for selling rum by the small. James Sempel, John Harris and Moses Potts had no licence. July 15, 1753, Samuel Hunter was in- dicted for keeping a disorderly house. S. E. Our Fatorite Shade Tree Seventy Years Ago -About one hundred years ago the Lombardy poplar was introduced into the United States, and for sixty or seventy years was almost the only shade tree planted. The trees stood like great tall sen- tinels around nearly all the better farm 118 Historical arid 'Oenealogical. houses, and in double rows were placed along the avenues leading to rural man- sions occupied by the wealthy. The first Lombardy poplar trees introduced into Harrisburg were by Robert Harris, Sen., and Gen. John Hanna, about the year 1790, and were brought from Hew Jersey by these gentlemen. Mr. Harris planted his in front of the Harris residence on Paxtang street, lately known as the “Black Horse Tavern,” demolished during the past sum- mer. Gen. Hanna planted his in front of his residence on Front street, corner of Strawberry alley, now the residence of his grand-daughter, Mrs John H. Briggs As the Lombardy poplar grows from cuttings as the willow does, many were thus propa- gated. Mr. Harris planted a row on the river bank below Indian alley, also a row on each side of Second street below Vine. Several were placed in front of the old Presbyterian church, then located on the corner of Second street and Cherry alley. Mr. Duncan had one on Chestnut near Second, and Robert Sloan planted two on Chestnut near Third. There were seve- ral on Second street above Locust street, and in other parts of the borough. These trees all grew to be quite tall, but being unsuit- able for the streets of a populous town, were gradually removed until none remained. For some years they were a thing of the past, until the late Governor Shunk planted one in the Capitol park near to the Mexican monument. It has, however, been of slow growth, owing to the naturally thin soil. The Lombardy poplar, which graced the surrounding yards of the best residences throughout the country at one time, has almost disappeared for some reason, proba- bly because it was deficient in giving shade, and was thought unsafe on account of its great height and the brittle nature of the tree in violent storms of wind. b. YB ANCIENT INHABITANTS —X. Return of ye West Side of Derry. — 1758,* Albright, Jacob, Renter from John M’Heel at Id P' year. Armstrong, Robert. Chambers, Arthur, Exe’r to Estate of James Chambers Dec. Carson, William & John, Inmate with Jane McConaghey Chambers, Widdow, poor widow. Carithers, Hugh. Clark, James. Carithers, James, Shoomaker. Coutes, Jacob, a wast Plantation. Candour, Joseph. Crithers, Robert Chambers, Arthur Chambers, Robert. Campble, Moses, Shoomaker. Crockat, John, Renter from James Todd at £1 10s f* year Deeded Land. Blackburn, Widdow. Blasley, Antoney, Mason. Bughman, Michail, west Land. Bell, Thomas, Blacksmith. Breden, William. Black, Hugh. Black, Thomas. Barndt, William, fled, poor man. Brand, Martin. Bam, Adam, Gunsmith. Barsh, Petter, Weaver. Bombugh, George, Taylor. Bevor, George, Weast. Baker, Deval, two Tracks of weast Land Joyning. Boman, John, Wevar, Renter from James Clark at £1 10s F year. Dalkar, Adam. Drenon, William. Edly, David, Taylor. Fray, George. Fleck, Allexander. Historical and Genealogical, 119 Fleming, John. UengeljMichail, Living on Adam Dalkar’s Land. Hover, Michail, Junier, Renter at £7 F year. Hipsheer, Owlrey. Humble, Fredrick. Hawmaker, Adam, Wevar. Hall, Thomas. Hershaw, Andrew, Junier, West Land Deeded. Hovar, Michail, Renter from Hugh Hays for the 3d Bushal. Hays, Hugh, West Land. Hart, Widdow. Harris, John Esq., Deeded Land. Irland, James. Kerr, John, Deeded Land. Kindar, Deeter, Wevar, Leard, John. Leard, Mathew. Landies, Felix, Deeded Land, 200 Acres, 100 in Posesion, one Grist Mill. Morrow, Samuel, Wevar. Morrow, Lewis. Hewcomar, John, Wagon Maker. Nickelson, Culbart. Kilson, James, Wevar, Rentar from David Ramsey at £8 f year. Neelson, Robert, Renter from Jacob Righar at £4 F year. Newcomer, Francis. Parks, Thomas, Wagon Maker & Rentar from Widow Sample at £14 :17s f year. Patterson, Moses, Renter from Mr. Steven- son at £5 year Porterfield, John, fled. Ridals, James, Cro par with Widow Black- burn, poor. Robens, William, poor. Reed, Samuel, Renter with Mr. Stevenson at £8 p year. Russall, James. Russall, James, Junear. Ramsey, Robert. Robertson. Andrew, Renter from Widdow Hall at £3 P* year. Stoall, Mathias, Poorman. Straker. William, Renter from Hendry Little at £4-10 W year. Soop, Stophal. Stirrat, William. , Shaw, Denial, Shoomaker, fled, on Mr. Stevenson’s Land. Spensar, William. Stall, Mathias, Nailer. Stevenson, Mr. Weast. Spinglar, Deeter, Shoomaker. Singar, Simon. . „ Sin gar, John, fled. Stevenson, Mr. a wast Plantation. Stevenson, Mr. a wast Plantation. Sample, Widdow, Tavernkeeper, Deeded 100 Acres to 2 Neagors 1 aged 60 the other 12 years. Spidal, Mack, Wevar. - Shaw, James. Stirrat, Allaxander, Blacksmith. Tagart, James, poor men. Taylor, Robert, Tavron-keeper, Deeded, Tice, John. Taylor, Robert a tract of wast Land. Vanlare,.John. Vance, John. Wyle, Widdow, Poor woman. Wilson, John a tract of wast Land. Wastberey, George, fled. Wilflo, Conrod. Waganor, Adam, wevor. Wilson, Mathew. Walker, Robert, Renter from Thomas Rutherford at £10 F year. • Wilson, Moses, Deeded 130 acers & 40 acers by warrant. Walker, Samuel, & Jas., Renters from Widow Sample at £4 F Year. Young, Samuel, fled, poor. M’ Gill, Lorrance, renter from Mr. Steven- son at £4 W year- m Historical and Genealogical. M’ Connell, Ed ward, Living on Mr. Steven- son’s Land. M’Lean, Hector. M’Oormick, Samuel. M’Clure, John, fled, poor. M’ Comb, William, Renter from Widdow Sample at £3 f Year. M’Kee, Robert. M’Kee, Widdow. Wirey, Anthony. Freemen. Harris, James, Taylor. Shanklin, George. Strikar, Lorrance. Cosier, Frederick, Blacksmith. Campble, John. M’Cullougb, John, Weaver. Riddals, Trustram. Vanlare, James. Queen, Thomas. Hendry, James, Blacksmith. Snodge, James, Gunsmith. Waugh, John, Blacksmith Laney, Andrew, Wheelwright. Finton, James, Schoolmaster. Philopsager, George. Clark, Samuel. Walker, James. Bowman, John, a True Return Andonius Warrich, Constable. Robert Tayler, Coll’r. NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. S Contributions to the History of the Cumberland Valley — We present with this number of our Notes and Queries the first portion ot the procnised historical and genealogical data relating to the beautiful valley “West of ye Sasquehann^h.” In about two weeks we propose giving another instalment — and shall from time to time present the additional information which may come to our hand. J"here is much to be done in researches among the musty records of the past, ere justice be done to the early history of the Cumberland Valley - and the same applies to every section of our State. Since 1720 much of the important history of Pennsyl- vania belongs to and centers in that poition beyond the three original counties. To gather up this genealogical and biographi- cal history is an arduous task, but there be some who feel it a duty so to do. We are confident that this labor will be duly appre- ciated by the descendants of the early pioneers, and induce those interested to assist in the preservation ot everything re- lating to those ancestors and early frontier times. w. H e ] The First Road Through the Valley — A. roaii was laid out in part, commencing at Harris’ Ferry in 1736, which was intended to run to the Potomac In 1743 the direc tion of this road was somewhat changed which was finally confirmed in 1744. It be gan “at river at Harris’ Ferry, thence to James Silvers’ spring, thence three miles West, thence to Randall Chambers’ spring, west five miles, and thence to Archibald McCallester’s run, thence to Robert Dun- ning’s spring, thence to Shippensburg, thence to Raynold’s spring, thence to Cono- gocheague creek, thence to the Falling spring, thence to John Mushel’s spring, thence to Thomas Armstrong’s spring, being sixty miles ten perches to Tempo- rary Line.'’ Randall Chambers, Robert Dunning, Robert Chambers, Benjamin Chambers and John McCormick were the viewers The old Indian traders seemed to have always located at or near a spring, which was a source of attraction and relief, to the hunters both white and savage. Benjamin Chambers was probably then settled at “Falling spring.” It was in one of Penn’s manors, and he was only allowed by them to locate there temporarily, as was James Patterson, the Indian trader, and his father-inlaw, who settled in “Manor,” in Lancaster county seventeen years before the land was open to settlers. Samuhjl Evans. The Robber Lewis. — In the diary of the late Samuel James M’Cormick who lived two miles south of Doubling Gap, I find the following: “On Tuesday, the 20th of June, 1820, the sherift of Franklin county arrived with a party in search of David Lewis (the robber) and early the next morning proceeded to the mountain southeast of the Sulphur Springs, where they discovered a cave or deo, where they found blankets and other an ides known to belong to Lewis. But accoiding to the best information the in- habiiants had decamped on the Thursday before. ” m Historical arid Genealogical, This you will observe was only about three weeks before Lewis’ death The cave, badly fallen to ruin, is still shown to the visitor sat the Springs. It was known that Lewis had a cave somewhere in the mountain to which he fled^rom time to time during the years 1816 20, but its locality was not discovered before June, 1820. j. B s. Franklin County in the War op 1812-14. — The following letter which has never been published is well worth preser vation, breathing forth as it does that spirit of unselfish patriotism which characterized the yeomanry of the Cumberland Valley from the earliest to the latest period of its existence. Captain Dunn’s company, it is stated by M’Cauley (History of Franklin County, p. 150, 2d edition), was not called into service until March, 1814. It became part of Col. James Fenton’s regiment, the Fifth Pennsylvania, and did faithful service in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy’s Lane. The complete roll of the company can be found in M’Cauley’s history, pages 151-152 : Benj. M. Nead Fannet’s Burgh Ijgj igig • Franklin County, ) Sir : — Being authorized by a volunteer company ol riflemen in the Sixty fourth Regiment 2d Brigade 7th Division Penu’a Militia to inform your Excellency that they have made a tender of service to you ior six months or what time such coip< aie wanted. We offered our services in the regular way to oiir respective brigade Inspector William M’Clelland, Esq , who has no doubt reported us before this time. The present communication is to inform you of the great anxiety the company are in to receive marching orders, which we hope will be in your power to give us very soon, when if we meete the Enemy of our Country I have no doubt but the result will be Highly Honorable to ourselves and the State to which we belong. The Company Consists of 50 men all Armed & Equiped ready at any time you may think proper to order us to take the Field. We have made no stipulations where we will march to, and will therefore not hesitate a moment to meete the Enemy within the United States, but will, without those Limits with ardor seek and with the determination belonging to Freemen punish the unprovoked Invaders of our Country, with the assurance that you will (by giving us Marching Orders) give us an opportunity of displaying our Patriotism to our Country. Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, Samuel Dunn, Gapi. Rifle Company, Gov’r Snyder.* The First Scotch-Irish Settlers in the Valley. — The recent celebrations of the settlement of the Cumberland Valley were based, perchance, on the presumption that the first settlers came in 1780. We have but little doubt that ten years prior there were isolated settlements between the Susquehanna and the Conococheague, for in 1729, when the county of Lancaster was organized, which then included Cumberland county, there were “over Sasquehannah,’’ Hendricks, Macfarlane, Silvers, Parker and others, pioneers who claimed a residence of from five to ten years. If Richard Parker and his family, concerning whom and his descendants mention is made elsewhere, located on the Conedoguinet near Carlisle in 1725, there certainly must have been a good many settlers between him and the Susquehanna He would not venture that distance from civiliza’ion, unless the land had not already been taken up by actual settlement The argument that the lands not being surveyed until after 1730, there were no occupants, will not hold good, for it is well known that the pioneer preceded Historical and Oenealogical. m the surveyor by from ten to fifteen years. There were numerous settlers in York county as early as 1721, and it is reasonable to suppose that the South Mountain was no barrier to the occupancy of the fine fertile lands of the Valley. Emigrants did not wait for the purchase of the lands by the Pro- prietaries from the Indians, especially the Scotch Irish, who were “not wanted” where the lands had already been acquired, but were directed to push to the utmost frontier. This early settlement of the Cumberland Valley is a subject fraught with much interest, and those de- voted to its history should make the research which will undoubtedly verify what we have stated. In writing up the history of our own locality, we have not been unmindful of the information received concerning others, and trust by the time we shall have made further research into the Scotch-Irish immigration, that we may arrive at more accurate data relative to the settlement of the Cumberland Valley. w. H. E. OAPrAIN CALDKttWOOD. “This is to certify that Captain James Calderwood and Rachel Sprigue were- joined together by me in holy matrimony on the 12ih day of May, 1777; also that David Watson and Rachel Calderwood (the widow of the aforesaid Capt. James Calderwood) were joined together by me in holy matrimony on the 25th day of October in the year of our Lord 1779. Given under my hand at Big Spring the 9th day of Feb- ruary, 1784 William Linn, V. D. M.” Captain Calderwood was commissioned an ensign in Capt. Robert Adams’ company. Col. Wm. Irvine’s (Sixth Penn’a) Bat- talion, May 1, 1776, and accompanied the Battalion to Canada. He had been appointed quarter master of the Battalion, and acted as such from the 9th’ of January until his appointment by Genl. Gates as Lieutenant on board the fleet on Lake Champlain, August 1, 1776. He served with such ability as to be specially noticed by Genl. Gates. On his return from the Canada campaign he raised an independent company in Cum- berland county, and joined Col. Christian Febiger’s Eleventh Virginia regiment, and was mortally wounded and died upon the field of Brandywine, at the head of his company. Sept. 11, 1777. John B. Linn. THK JOHNSTONS OF ANTRIM TOWN- SHIP. South of Greencastle, near Shady Grove Franklin county, on the Beatty farm, now Witmer’s, in a secluded spot some distance from the road, is the graveyard of one of the oldest families west of Conococheague, — that of the Johnstons. Several of the graves are well marked with large marble slabs, inscriptions from the principal of which we give herewith: James Johnston horn in the North of Ireland Died A. D 1765. From documents still extant he settled on the land on which he died, as early as 1735 and was probably the first white settler in what is now Antrim Township, Franklin county. The “documents still extant” e-re the application and warrant for survey, and we are inclined to the belief that James John- ston settled there about 1730, but whether then or at the period given on his tomb- stone, there is no doubt of his preceding the Chambers brothers by two or three yeais. Close by this grave is the following • Hacredj \ to the memory of | Doctor Robert Johnstm \ who departed this life | on the 25^^i Nov , 1808 I aged 58 years, 4 months j and 4 days. 124 Historical and Genealogical Born on the 21st of July, 1750, Dr. John- ston became one of the most prominent surgeons of the Revolutionary era. He was appointed surgeon of the Sixth Penn’a Battalion, Col. William Irvine, January 16, 1776, and continued in service until 1781, when he was ordered by the commander in-chief to leave the regimental service and assist the wounded officers and soldiers of the American army, prisoners in the British hospital at Charleston, S. C He was a mem- ber of the Society of the Cincinnati, and retained the friendship of his fellow officers during life, many of whom sought his medical advice and skill long after his professional re- tirement. During the so called Whisky Insurrection in 1794, Gen Washington and the members of his stafi were the guests of Dr. Johnston, the President going out of his way to meet his old friend. Near to the grave of Dr. Johnston is that of his brother : Col. Thomas Johnston \ died Dec. 1819 1 \n the loth year of his | age. j Martha Beatty ) wife of Col. T. Johnston | died August, 1811 1 Both possessed qualities of the I heart that insured the respect | and esteem of all their acquaintances. Thomas Johnston was another hero of the Revolution. He was an earl}' associatoii was an ensign in the Flying Camp; ap pointed January 21, 1777, first lieutenant in the State Regiment Col Bull, afterwards Col. Walter Stewart’s, and subsequently in the re arrangement, transferred to the Thirteenth Penn’a. At the close of the war he was commissioned colonel in the mtlitia. He was a gentleman of dignified manners, very hospitable, and respected by all who came in contact with him. The Johnstons were true representaiire men of the Valley, and deserve to be held in grateful memory by every Pennsylva- nian. w. H. E. €iaPT. WILLIAM HENDRICKS AND HIS COMPANIONS OF THE KEVQLCTION. The First Company Raised in the Camber> land Valley, 1775 The echoes of the thundering at Lexington, on the 19th of April, 1775, had scarcely ceased reverberating along the Kittatinny hills ere the brave sons of the Valley, under the gallant Hendricks, were on the march to the reliet of the beleaguered city of Boston. Capt. William Hendricks was the grandson of Tobias Hen- dricks, an Indian trader, and probably the first actual white settler in the Valley, who located at what is now known as Oyster’s Point, two miles west of Harrisburg. Here Tobias Hendricks died in November, 1789, leaving a wife Catharine, and children, Henry, Rebecca, Tobias, David, Peter, Abraham and Isaac. William Hendricks was probably the son of Henry who retained the “old place, ” and where our hero was born. The company of Capt. Hendricks was raised in about ten days, and as soon as the officers received orders was on the march Eastward, reaching camp the first week in August, 177^^^ When the Que- bec expedition was decided upon by the commaader-in-chiet, the companies of Matthew 6mith, of Paxtang, and W.lliam Hendricks of Pennsboro’, were detached from Col. Thompson’s battalhm of nfiemen and ordered “to go upon the command with Colonel A.rnold.” For the particulars of ihis expedition we must refer our readers to Judge Henry’s narrative, who was a volunteer in Capt. Smith’s company. The gallant Hendricks fell in front of Quebec, and his remains were interred in the same enclosure with those of the lamented General Montgomery. The following is a list of Hendricks’ com- pany, those escaping being designated by a *. Some of those captured were probably killed or wounded or died in captivity, as Historical and Genealogical. 125 some re enlisted; while others were disabled lor life owing to the severe exposure incident to the winter’s march through the wilder- ness ol Maine, or the hardships and suffer- ings endured in captivity. w h. e. Captain. Hendricks, William, killed at Quebec. Lieutenants. M’Clellan, John, died on the March. Nichols, Francis. Francis, George.* Gibson, Dr. Thomas. Crone, Henry. Greer, Joseph. M’Coy, William. Privates. Agnew, Edward Albright, George * Anderson, Thomas Baker Philip w. Blair, John. Burns, Alexander. Burns, Peter. Campbell, John. k. Carlisle. Daniel. Carswell, John. Casey, Roger. Cashey, .Joseph. Loraine, John * M’Chesney, John. w. M’Clellan, Daniel. M’Clure, Richard. M’Cormick, Henry.* M’Ewen, Henry. M’Farlane, Archi- bald* M’Guire, Barnabas. M’Lin, John. M’Murdy, John. Mason, Jacob. Chambers, John. Maxwell, Philip. Cooke, Thomas. Morrison, George. Cone, John. Morrow, George. Craig, John.* Martin. Edward. Cummings, Mat- Murdock, Thomas. thew.* North, Daniel. Eckles, Arthur.* O’Hara, Daniel. Frainer, Peter. O’Hara, William. Furlow, Francis. Ray, John. Gammel, William. Reed, James. Gardner, John. Rinehardt, George. Graham, Daniel. Rodden, Edward.* Greer, James Shannon, William.* Greer, Thomas. Smith, William.* Hardy, John, Snell, William. Hardy, Elijah.* Steel, Robert. Henderson, John. w. Sweeny, Hugh.* Hogg, James. Sweeny, Edward.* Ireland, James. Swaggerty, Abra- Kenny, Dennis k. ham. w. Kir^atrick, Wil- Taylor, Matthew.* liam * Turpentine, Henry.* Lynch Richard. Young, Michael.* Lamb, David.* Witherop, Thomas.* Lesley, Thomas. Wright, Joseph.* THE PABKEK FAMILY. [We present herewith a brief Genealogy of the family of Richard Parker, one of the earliest settlers of prominence in the Cum- berland Valley and many of whose descen- dants remain in the Valley. We do this with the greater pleasure, because it is a part of our evidence going to show that there were a large number of settlers in the Cum- berland Valley as far down as Shippensburg, if really not beyond the Conococheague from five to ten years prior to 1730. That the Parker family settled west of the Sus- quehanna in 1725 we have indisputable proof The traditions coming down through the family records, may not be sufficient, perchance, but among the records of the the Land Office is the application of Rich- ard Parker in 1734 (the year his tract of land was surveyed to him) for a warrant for the land on which he had “rmtZecZ ye ten years past.” This confirms the tra- dition alluded to For the da^a herewith we are indebted to Rev. Dr. Murray, of Carlisle, and Dr. Alfred Creigh, of Wash- ington, Penn’a. w. h. e.] me Historical and Genealogical. Family of Kichard Parker. I. Richard Parker and Janet (Martha, his wife emigrated from Province of Ulster, Ireland, in 1725, and settled three miles from Carlisle, acqnirine land by patent near the Presbyterian Glebe meeting house on the Conedoguinet creek in 1730. They had children — 2 i. Thomas, m. Ellen Ferguson. ii William, m and had Dr. Thomas Parker, of Pittsburg, who m. Lydia Me Dowell. 3 m John. m. Margaret McClure. w. Martha, d. unm. V James m Mary Boyd, and had four children. m Susannah, m Mr. Dunning, of Cum- berland county, and left issue * IT. Thomas Parker (Richard) b. in Ire- land; d. April, 1776; m. Ellen Ferguson who d. July, 1775. They had issue all born in Cumberland county: i. William; who d in 1812; m. Elizabeth Templeton-, d. in 1829; and had Barid and Eleanor, both d. unmarried. ii John; the Aukeneys and Tillsons ot Somerset county, Penn’a, belong to this familv. 4 Hi Jane-, m John Danbar. in Susannah; m Andrew Forbes; and had Elizabeth, Thomas, Andrew Robert. < 0 . Martha; d. 1836, unm. ri. b. 1763; d 1814. unm. nil Matthew. Ill John Parker (Richard) m. Mar- garet M’Clure They had issue: 5. i. Alexander, m Rebecct Blair. ii. Richard, served in the War of the Revolution, m. and removed to Ken- tucky. His daughter m. a brother of John J, Crittenden. Hi Andrew, served in the War ot the Revolution, and subsequently acc m panied his brother Richard to Kentucky. 6. w. Mary m William Fleming 7. r Elizabeth, m. Francis Campbell. 8 ri. Agnes, '[Nancy], m. William Denny. rii. Margaret, m John Calhoun, IV. Jane Parker (Thomas," Richard, b in 1753; d. March 3, 1833; m. John Dunbar, who died June 2, 1810. They had issue: 9. i. Eleanor, b. April 4, 1775; m. Dr. John Creigh, of Carlisle V. Alexander Park itR (John, Richard) b. in Cumberland county. He was an early associator at the outset of the war of the Revolution, was commissioned second lieu- tenant of the Sixth Penn’a Battalion, Col. William Irvine, Jan. 9, 1776; promoted first lieutenant Oct. 25,1776; served as captain of the Penn’a Line in the Seventh Regiment March 21, 1777; transferred to Fourth Penn’a, Jan. 17, 1781, and subsequently to Second Penn’a, Jan. 1, 1783, serving until the close of the war. H<» was one of the original members of the Society ot the Cincinnati. He laid out the town of Parkersburg, at the mouth of the Little Kanawha, where he had extensive land possessions. In the old grave- yard at the Meetinji House Springs, two miles northwest of Carlisle, there is a large slab covering the remains of Major Parker and two of his children, bearing this inscrip tion : “Sacred | to the memory of 1 Major Alex- ander Parker | and his two children | Mar- garet and John.” s^traoge to say there are no dates given of birth or death Major Parker married Re- becca Blair. daughter of William Blair, and had four children: i. Margaret. H John 10. Hi Mary;m William Robinson. in. Anne Al xander; b. 1791; d April, 1809; buried in the old graveyard at Car- lisle. Historical and Genealogical, 127 Major Parker’s widow afterwards mar- ried Charles McClure . ne^r Carlisle, and they had four children : i. Charlotte, m Dr Adam Hays, and had Joseph, Reb'cca M., Charles, William and Mary R. All deceased save Mrs. Re- becca M. Whiteheid and her sister Mary Robinson U Charles, who was Secretary of the Commonwealth under Gov. Porter. He married Margaretta Gibson, a very superior woman, daughter of Chief Justice Gibson, of Penna. Three of their sons are living, Charles, William and George — the first now major U. S. army, is mirried and has issue. iii. William B , late President Judge at Pittsburgh; m Lydia Collins, and has issue. iv. Rebecca, who married Mr White; their only child married the Rev. P. T. Brown, D D , and is deceased. Mrs. McClure died suddenly in the Asso- ciate or Seceder church, Carlisle, April 23, 1826, aged 63 yea^^s Mr. McClure died February 8 , 1811, aged 72 years— 24 3 ears her senior. VI. Mary Parker (John, Rich'rrd) married William Fleming. They had ten children, with whom were connected the Lyons, Greggs, Clarkes, Randolphs, Elliots and Crains of Cumberland county : i. Ann, m. William Lyon. a Nancy, m Charles Gregg m. James, m. 1st, Fiances Randolph; 2d, Margaret Clarke. in. John, m. Margaret Fiemitig. «. Polly, m. Mr. Denny. ri. Rebecca, m. Robert Elliot. mi Susan, m. Paul Randolph. mii. Sally, m. Richard Crain. ix Margaret, m. George Crain. X. Betsy m. Wililiam Crain. (Margaret, granddaughter oP William and Mary, married William B. Murray.) VII Elizabeth Parker (John, Rich ard) married Francis Campbell She was his second wife. They had issue: 11 i Nancy; m. Robert Tate. a Francis; d. unm. iii. James; m. Cassandana Miller, daugh- ter of Gen Henry Miller of the Revolution ; and had issue; was a lawyer of brilliant talents. 12. ir Parker ; h. m Elizabeth Cal- houn. r. George vi. Elizabeth, mi. Ebenezer. VIII. Agnes, or Nancy Parker, (John, Richard) m. William Denny. Mr. Denny came into Cumberland Valley from Chester county in 1745. He was the first coroner of Cumberland county, and was commissary of issues during the Revolution. He was the contractor for the erection of the Court House at Carlisle in 1765, destroyed by fire in 1845. He was a gentleman of the old school, high-minded and dignified in man- ner and conversation. The children of Agnes Campbell and William Denny were as follows: 13 i. Ebenezer, b. March 11, 1761; m. Nancy Wilkins, of Pittsburgh. •4. Priscilla, b. May 28, 1763; d. Feb 22 . 1849, at Carlisle; m Simon Boyd, of Carlisle, an ofideer in the Second bat- talion of associdtors of Cumberland county in the Revolution. They left no issue. iii. William, b. March 24, 1765; d. in infancy iv Nancy or Agnes, b. Aug 31, 1768; d. Jan. 11, 1845, unm at Carlisle. 14. V. Margaret, b. June 25, 1771; d. Dec. 8 , 1847; m. Samuel Simison. m. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1775, died in her third year. 15 mi. Mary or Polly, b. March 5 , 1778; d. April 10, 1845; m. George Murray, of Carlisle. mii. Elizabeth, b. April 22, 1781; d. March 27, 1848, unm , at Carlisle. 128 Historical and Genealogical. ix. Boyd, b. Feb. 20, 1783; d. at Pitts- burgh. IX. Eleanor Dunbar (Jane, Richard, Thomas) b. April 4, 1775; d. August 4, 1861; m. May 12, 1796, Dr John Creigh, of Carlisle, son of John Creigh and Jane Houston, of Silvers’ Spring, b Sept. 13, 1773. He studied medicine with Dr. Samuel McCoskry, and became eminent in his pro- fession. He died at Carlisle Nov. 7, 1848. They had issue i. JohnDunl>ar,h April 26 1797; m Cor- nelia R. Williamson; resides in San Fran- cisco. a Richard Parker, b. Dec 8, 1798; d. Sept 23, 1825. iii. Jane Eliza, b. Nov. 28, 1800; d. April 17, 1803. iv. Samuel, b. 1802; d. 1872. Mary, b. 1804; d. 1837; m. Cyrus B. Jacobs. ri. Eleanor Jane, b. 1806. rii. Thomas, b. 1808; d. April 21, 1880; became a Presbyterian clergyman ot promi- nence, and a D. D. A biographical memoir by Rev. Thos. H. Robinson, D. D., is in press. Dr. Creigh was twice married — 1st to Ann Hunter; 2d, to Jane M. Grubb, and had issue by both. mii. Alfred, b, 1810; resides at Washing- ton, Penna ; author of “History of Wash- ington county,” and several masonic works; is an LL. D.; has been twice married — 1st to E. J. Cook, 2d J. A. Stephenson, and has issue. ix. William Linn, b. 1813; d. April 1866; m. Rachel Edwards, and had Richard Parker. X. Isabella Mateer, b. 1815; d. 1817. X. Mary Parker (Alexander, John, Richard) m. Gen. William Robinson, jr., of Allegheny City. He was the first mayor of that city, and a prominent man in West- ern Pennsylvania. They had issue: i. James; d nnm. ii. William O’H. iii. Alexander P. in. Charles McO; d. unm. r. John. ri Francis P. mi. Annie. mii Mary Parker. Gen. Robinson and Mary Parker had a son named Henry, who was drowned in the Allegheny river whilst skating, in his 12th year. XL Nancy Campbell (Elizabeth, John, Richard) m. Robert Tate. They had issue — i. Elizabeth, m. Wm. Larrimer. ii. Mary, m. Dr. John Wishart, of Washington, Pa., and had Henrietta, Jane» Davis, Nancy, Robert, Mary and Marga- retta. iii. Juliana, m. John and had James and Ann Eliza. ir. Henrietta, m. Thomas Gregg, and had Robert, John, Vlary and Tnomas. r. Lucinda, m. McAlister, and had Henrietta, Elizabeth, Corridon, Jesse, Sarah, Mary Jane and Lucinda. m. Nancy, m. William Dennison, and had Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Catharine, William and Ellen. mi. Margaret, m. Rev. W. Smith, D. D., and had James and Mary. mii. Jane, d. s. p. XII. Parker Campbell, b 1768, in Cum- berland county, m. Elizabeth Calhoun, of Chambersburg. She died in 1846 at New Orleans. Parker Campbell was one of the most gifted lawyers of Western Pennsyl- vania — eloquent and brilliant. He served as a volunteer aid to Gen Tannehill in the War of 1812-14 on the Niagara frontier. He died at Washington, Penn’a, in 1824. He left issue: Historicalf and Genealogical, 129 ,i. Nancy, ■^ii, Elizabeth. • ' . -Hi. Eleanor. ■Jv, Franeu. r. John, ri, Parker, XIII. Ebenezer Denny (A.gnes, John, Richard), b. March 11, 1761, at Carlisle; d. July 21, 1822, at Pittsburgh, and is in- terred in the First Presbyterian churchyard. At the beginning of the Revolution Ebenezer Denny, although in his fifteenth year, was the bearer of dispatches to Fort Pitt, and subse- quently entered on board a privateer which cruised in the West Indies. He was com- missioned an ensign in the First Penn’a Regiment of the Line, in 1778 orl779;trans ferred to Seventh Penn’a in August, 1780; promoted lieutenant in Fourth Penn’a, May 23, 1781, and shortly afterwards to captain. At the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781, Capt. Denny was selected and detailed to plant the American flag on the British parapet. He served in the Carolinas to the close of the war, and subsequently became adjutant to Gen. Harmar; and aid-de-camp to Gen. St. Clair. Major Denny was one of the original members of the Society of the Cin- cinnati. His ‘'journal” is printed in the Collections of the Hist mcal Society of Penn' a and is edited with a concise memoir by his son. At the close of the lodian campaign in the Northwest, he removed to Pittsburg. In 1794 he was appointed commander-in chief of the expedition to Le Bceuf. In the war of 1812, he was commissary of pur- chases to supply the Penn’a Volunteers, on theErie and Niagara frontier. He was one of the commissioners otVAl Ciheny county, and also its first treasurer; and when Pitts- burg became a city he wasi's first mayor. In 1793 Major Denny married Nancy Wilkins, a native of Carlisle and a daughter of Capt. ohn Wilkins, sr., a distinguished officer of the Revolution. She died in 1806. They had three sons and ' a daughter who sur- vived : i. Harmar, m. Elizabeth F. O’Hara, daughter of Gen. James O’Hara; was hono rably distinguished as a lawyer, statesman and Christian gentleman; was a member of the Penn’a Legislature, member of Con- gress, and of the constitutional convention of 1837. He had ten children— eight of whom survived : Mary O'Hara, m. J. W. Spring, James O'Hira, William Croghan, Elizabeth O'Hara, m. Hon. Robert McKnight, Caroline, m. Rev. M. W. Pax- ton, D. D., Melly Hopkim, m. Capt. T. J. Brereton, U. S. A , Harmar and Matilda Wilkins. ii. Dr WMiam H , m. 1st, Sophia Du- Barry; 2d, Miss Tannehill, and had issue; Ebenezer, Duplesis and Sophia, who mar- ried Brady Wilkins. Hi. St Clair, a major in the U. S. A., m. Caroline Hamilton; and had, Morgan Wil- loughby, Elizabeth m, W. C. Denny, Annie m. Mr. Corcoran, Caroline, m. J. H. Du- barry, Lrine and Brooks. ir. Namcy, m Major E Harding of the U. S. army, and had Ebenezer m Venie, daughter of Gen. Morgan, Elizabeth, m. Mr. Barnes, Wi liam, and Van Buren. XlV. Margaret Denny (Agnes, John Richard) b. June 25, 1771; d. Dec. 8, 1847; m. Samuel Simison, of Carlisle. They had issue : i Parker, b. Feb. 10, 1794; d. at Car- lisle, Oct. 13, 1868. ii Eld r,h. March 13, 1796; d. in Ohio Hi Nancy, b March 10, 1798; d. at Car- lisle. iv) John, b. Sept. 30, 1800; d. in Ala bama. V sabella, b. March 1803; d in infancy. vi. Boyd Denny, b. Sept. 1805; d in Ala- bama rii Eliza, b Aug. 2, 1810; m. Mr. Ro per; resides in New Orleans. m Historical and Oencalogical. XV. Mary or Polly Denny (Agnes, John, Richard), b. March 5, 1778; d. April 10, 1845; m June 21, 1804, at Carlisle, by Rev. Robert Davidson, D. D„ George Murray, a native of Pittsburgh, b. March 17, 1762; d. at Carlisle in 1855 They bad issue — t. P/ iscilla Boyd, b July 8, 1805; d. Oct. 28, 1877, in Carlisle. ii. William, b Aug. 5, 1807; d.. in in- fancy. Hi William Boyd, b. Sept 4, 1808 iv. Charles Gregg b Oct. 14, 1810. D. George, b. Dec. 27, 1812 ri. Joseph Alexander, b. Oct. 2, 1815; the distinguished Presbyterian clergyman and Doctor of Divinity residing at Carlisle. A member of the Historical society of Penn- sylvania; a corresponding member of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, and a member of the Ameri can Philosophical Society held at Philadel- phia. rii. Nancy Denny, b. Sept. 26, 1817; d. in infancy. _ NOTltS AND QUERIES— LX VIII. Historical and Uenealogical. The First American Flag Raised in THE British Channel. — In December, 1820, the executors of Capt, Gustavus Conyngham, presented to the State of Penn- sylvania the first flag of the United States of America that was raised in the British Channel. It was said to have been made under the direction of Benjamin Franklin for the sloop Surprise, commanded by Capt. Conyngham, in 1776 This flag was in the possession of the State at the reception of Lafayette in 1825, and was placed back of the Speaker’s chair upon that memorable occasion. Inquiry has been made of us concerning its existence and if possible to obtain a description there- of. What is especially desired, is to obtain information as to whether the flag contained the rattlesnake emblem or the stars. There are a number of our readers who were pres- ent at the Lafayette Reception, who may perchance call this to mind, and if any such can do so, we will be under many obliga- tions. w. H. E An Historic Bible. — In Kercheval’s History of the Valley of Virginia, among the accounts given of Indian massacres “about the year 1760,” we find the follow- ing: “At the attack on George Miller’s family, the persons killed were a short distance from the house spreading flax in a meadow. One of Miller’s little daughters was sick in bed. Hearing the firing she jumped up, and looking through a window and seeing what was done, immediately passed out at a back window, and ran about two or three miles down to the present residence of David Stickley, Esq., and from thence to George Bowman’s on Cedar creek, giving notice at each place. Col. Abraham Bowman, of Ken- tucky, then a lad of 16 or 17, had but a few minutes before passed close by Miller’s door, and at first doubted the little girl’s statement. ^He however armed himself, mounted his horse, and in riding to the scene of action, was joined by several others who had turned out for the same purpose, and soon found the information of the little girl too fatally true. “The late Mr. Thomas Newell, of Shen- andoah county, informed the author that he was then a young man ;. his father’s resi- dence was about .one mile from Miller’s house, and hearing the firing, he instantly took his rifle, and ran to see what it meant. When he arrived at the spot, he found Mil- ler, his wife and two children weltering in their blood and still bleeding He was the first person who arrived, and in a very few minutes Bowman and several others joined them From, the, ecene of Historical and Genealogical. 131 murder they went to the house and on the sill of the door lay a large folio German Bible, on which a fresh killed cat was thrown. On taking up the Bible it was discovered that fire had been placed in it; but after burning through a few leaves, the weight of that part of the book which lay uppermost, together with the weight of the cat, had so compressed the leaves as to smother and extinguish the fire."* In a note to the above the author says: “This Bible is now [1833] in the possession of Mr. George Miller, of Shenandoah county, about one and a hall miles south of Zane’s old iron works. The author saw and examined it. The fire had been placed about the center of the 3d book of Samuel, burnt through fourteen leaves, and entirely out at one end. It is preserved in the Mil- ler family as a sacred relic or memento of the sacrifice of their ancestors.” The above Bible is at this writing [Octo- ber 16th, 1880] in the posession of Rev. Joel Swartz, D D , of Harrisburg, who is a near relative of the Miller family, and a native of the valley where the events re- ferred to occurred. He was also, when a boy, familiarly acquainted with the author of the history of the valley. The Bible has the following imprint: Tubingen, Vcvlegts Johann Georg Cotta, 1739. c. L. E. STAGY POTTS. From 1790, for a period of almost six- teen years, the subject of this sketch was notably prominent in political and public affairs in Pennsylvania A truly represent- ative man, he deserves grateful recognition at our hands. His life was an eventful one, but the data at present within our reach pre- vents us from giving little m >re than a summary of the main incidents in his re- markable career. Thomas Potts, the ancestor of Stacy Potts, was a Quaker who emigrated from England with his wife and children, in company with Mahlon Stacy and his family, in the ship Shield, and landed at Burlington, New Jersey, in the winter of 1673, she being the first ship that went so far up the Delaware. Stacy was a leading man in the Society of Friends and in the government of West Jersey. The families of Stacy and Potts intermarried, and thus the two names were interchanged in both. Mahlon Stacy owned a plantation of eight hundred acres on both sides of Assunpink creek, which he sold in 1714 to William Trent, of Philadelphia, from whom the city of Trenton took its name. At Trenton, in 1731, Stacy Potts was born. He received a good education and learned the trade of a tanner, a business which he successfully carried on at least up to the time of the Revolution. At this period, Mr. Potts resided on the west side of King (now Warren) street, Trenton. This building has some historic interest. It is stated that Daniel Lanning^, who on the morning ot the 26th December, 1776, was guide to the American army to Trenton, had a few days previously been taken pris- oner by a scouting party of. Hessians, carried to Trenton and v confined there. Watching an opportunity,, when there was a commo- tion among the guard, he slipped out, sprang over a fence, and ■ escaped to the house of Stacy Potts who took him in and concealed him that night The next morning he passed out of the town in safety, and a few days thereafter challenged the Hessian sentries as the battle of Trenton opened.— History of Trenton, p. 157. On the day'of that disaster to the British arms, Col. Rail, the ^Hessian commander, who was wounded in the early part of the engagement, was carried into his head- quarters, the "house of Mr. Potts, and 132 Historical and Genealogical. died there. Lossing, in his Field-Book of the Revolution, states that it was a tavern. Mr. Potts never kept an inn, but it may have been occupied as such at a more recent period. In 1784 the building was occupied by the President of Congress. It was taken down in the year 1857. Mr. Potts seems to have been a very en- terprising and public spirited citizen. In 1776, besides owning a tannery, he built the steel works on Front street, Tren- ton, and after the close of the Revolution was largely interested in the erection of a paper mill in the same locali y. This was prior to the publication of Col lins* Bible. In December, 1788, it was ad- vertised by its proprietors, Stacy Potts and John Reynolds, as “now nearly completed ’’ The manufacturers issued earnest appeals for rags in one of their publications, pre- senting “to the consideration of those mothers who have children going to school, the present great scarcity of that useful ar- ticle, without which their going to school would avail them but little.” Mr. Potts took a warm interest in the in- vention of John Fitch, and was one of the company formed to assist that famous in- ventor in his experiments, and he, with others, were instrumental in obtaining for Fitch fourteen years exclusive privilege on the Jersey side of the Delaware. About this period, Stacy Potts came to Harrisburg. It is difficult to divine what were his motives in leaving his native town where he was very popular, and with his ample competency, remove to this then new town on the Susquehanna. His second mar- riage may perchance have had somewhat to do with his removal from Trenton Com- ing to Harrisburg he made large pur- chases of land and whether it was due to this fact or his agreeable manner, Stacy Potts became quite prominent, was chosen to the Legislature in 1791 and in 1792 During the mill-dam troubles of 1793 5, Mr. Potts was quite^active, and was one of the committee of citizens who were willing to take upon themselves all respon- sibility accruing by the destruction of the obnoxious dam. He served as burgess of the borough and was a member of the town council. From 1799 to 1803 he again rep- resented Dauphin county in the Legisla- ture. Mr. Potts’ sudden departure from Harris- burg is really as inexplicable as his coming to it. He seems to have gone to Trenton about 1805 It is stated that he walked, ac- companied by his youngest son, the en- tire distance, and that when they arrived at the bank of the river opposite Trenton, and before crossing the bridge, then newly erected, the boy remarked: “I like the looks of that place; I think I shall live there all my life.” Stacy Potts subsequently became Mayor of Trenton, an office he held for several years. He died in that city, April 28, 1816, in his 85th year. Mr. Potts was thrice married. We have no knowledge as to his first wife. He mar- ried, about 1790, Miss Gardiner, of Phila- delphia, a Presbyterian lady of superior in- telligence. She died at Harrisburg in 1799 His third wife was Mrs. Mary Boyd, widow of John Boyd, of Harrisburg. She survived her husband many years, died at Harrisburg, September 25, 1844, aged 84 years. Mrs. Boyd was the daughter of George Williams, and had by her first hus- band James Rutherford and George Wil- liams Boyd, the ancestors of the Boyd family of Harrisburg. Mr. Potts had issue by his first and second wife. Stacy, jun , who married Polly, daughter of Leonard Sommers, of Harrisburg, was a lawyer of ability, aod died at Phila- delphia in 1831, aged 53 years. Re- Historical artd Oenealogical. ISS becca married George Sherman, ed- itor of the Trenton “Federalist.” Anna married William Potts, of Trenton. 8tacy Gardiner, born at Harrisburg, in Novem- ber, 1799, became one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, a position he held some years. He was a gentleman of prominence in public and private life, and died at Trenton in 1865. During his entire residence at Harrisburg Stacy Potts was deeply interested in its growth and prosperity. He owned most of the ground which is now included in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh wards of our city, and some of it yet remains in the pos- session of his descendants at Trenton. That portion of the River front between Herr and Calder streets was origi- nally named Potts’ town, from his owner- ship of the ground contiguous. While in the Legislature, Mr. Potts was a strong ad- vocate for the permanent establishment of the seat of government of the State at Har- risburg, when it was fully decided to re- move it from Philadelphia. The divided counsels of the Dauphin county representa tives alone prevented it at that time, and Lancaster was agreed upon. He, however, lived to see the Capital fixed on the banks of the Susquehanna. Mr. Potts must have been an individual of decided character — a strong advocate for the right. He was a gentleman of unquestioned ability, and an enterprising and energetic citizen. w. H. E. CAPTAIN JAMES BEATTY. Prior to the laying out of the town of Harrisburg, came James Beatty and family, locating here. From the family record in the possession of his descendants we have this entry : ‘ ‘That my children may know the place of their nativity, I, James Beatty, was born in the Kingdom of Ire- land, and County of Down, Parish of Hills- borough and Townland of Bally keel Ed- nagonnei, in the year of our Lord 1746; and came to America in the year 1784. My wife. Ally Ann Irwin, was born in said kingdom, county and parish, and Town- land of Tillynore, within two miles of Hills- borough, three of Lisburn, three miles of Dromore, and six miles of Bally-nahinch,* and ten of Belfast, which last place we sailed from the 27th of June, 1784.” In the fall of this year he was settled at Harris- burg, and thus became one of its first in- habitants It may not be out of place in this connec- tion to refer to the ancestors of James Beatty. After the battle of the Boyne, there was a large infiux of Scotch families into the north of Ireland. Among them was that of James Beatty who located in the county of Down. The building he erected known as “Sycamore Lodge” is yet stand- ing and has never been out of the occupancy of a James Beatty. It was here that the subject of our sketch was born. The first James Beatty was the head of a very large family, some of whose descendants remain in the land of their nativity, but the greater portion are scattered over many States of the Federal Union He was a covenanter of the old school, and a prominent member of the Anahilt Congregation — near which Church repose the remains of himself, and a portion of five or six generations follow- ing. His son, William Beatty, was the father of Captain James Beatty He died at Bally keel- Ednagonnel in February, 1784, and was buried in Anahilt Glebe. “The grave,” writes one of his descendants, “is covered with a fiat tombstone, and with the exception of the name, nothing can be traced, owing to the wear and tear of the weather and the continual friction of passing feet The central portion of the stone has been worn perfectly smooth.” William Beatty married, in 1741, Mary McKee, and had issue : Historical and Genealogical. ISJf. i. George, b. 1743; d. 1815; m. Mary Blackburn. a. James, h 1746; d 1794; m. Alice Ann Irsein Hi. Agnes, b 1751; d. 1844; m. Robert Finlay. w. Jane, b. 1753; d. 1777, unm. 'D. Mary, b. 1758; d. 1847; m. James Nelson. A few months after the death of his father, James Beatty, his wife and children came to America. He became the pur- chaser of a number of lots in the town of Harrisburg, som^ of which remain in possession of his descendants He became quite prominent in his adopted home, and held several official positions under the borough charter. He died on the 1st of December, 1794, at the age of forty eight, comparatively a young man. He was buried in the Presbyterian graveyard, of which church he held membership Captain Beatty married, in 1768, Alice Ann Irwin, daughter of Gawin Irwin and Mary Brereton, of Tullynore. She died in Harrisburg, June, 1805. They had children as follows, all born at Ballykeel Ednagon- nel : i. Mary Brereton, b. July 14, 1769; d. in Ashland co , O , March 2, 1853; m. Patrick Murray. a. Nancy, b May 2, 1771; d. at Steuben- ville, O., May 7, 1839; m. Samuel Hill m. Gawin Irwin, b. Sept 13, 1773; d. Dec 14, 1843 w. Bebecca, b. Dec 4, 1775; d 1819; m. Daniel Houseman. -y. Alice Ann, b. Feb 12, 1777; d. May 14, 1841, in Ashland co , O., m. John Downey, vi. William, b June 30 1778; d Sept. 3, 1790 vii. 8a/ra7i, b. Oct 6, 1779; d Aug 4, 1861, at Ashland, O., unm mii. George, b. Jan. 4, 1781; d. March 10, 1862, from whom the family of this name, now residing at Harrisburg, descends. In personal appearance Capt. Beatty was about five feet eight inches, thick set, florid complexion, dark hair and blue eyes. He was an active and energetic business man, and his death was a great loss to the young town. H. *Means “Town of the Island,” AT TKI1.NTON ANL» PKINUKTON. [We have recently found the following list of those Lancaster county companies which were in actual service at the battles of Trenton and Princeton. This list, how- ever, does not include all the troops from this section which were in the field during 1776 Col. Cunningham’s bat talion, as also a portion of Col. Green’s and Col. Burd’s were at Long Island and Port Washington, where they suf- fered severely in killed and wounded. Those companies marked with a * were from what is now Dauphin county, those f from Lebanon — the remainder so far as we have information, probably from what is now Lancaster county proper. Of those from Dauphin county we have in our pos- session the rolls of Capts. Brown, Cowden, Koppenhoffer, Manning, M’Quown, Murray, Reed, Sherer and Fridley. Among their de- scendants ought be found those of the Capts. Boyd, Campbell, M’Callen and M’Kee. These with the rolls of other companies which were in the service during 1776 and subsequent years, it is earnestly to be hoped may be secured, and the names of all the patriots of the Revolution be pre erved unto us. w. H E ] *H^st of Captains whose companies of Militia went to Jersey in August. 1776, Were Ab- sent till Jan andFth.,Vni Muster Rolls of Lancaster County Militia, 1776 Historical and Genealogical. 135 Adams, Isaac, Peden, Hugh, *Boyd, John, *Keed, John, *Boyd, Samuel, Ross, *Brown, William, *Sherer, Joseph, ^Campbell, Robert, Steele, William, *Cowden, James, Page, Nathaniel, Crawiord, Christo- Parry, William, pher, Paxton, ^ — , fDoebler, Albright, *Fridley, Jacob, Evans, Joshua, Tweed, John, Lieut Gratffs, Andrew, . Comdt., Hollingar, Christian, Watson James, com- Hoofnagle, Peter, pany Comd. by Johnston, , Lieut. John Patton* Jones, John, f f Weaver, Henry, King, Jacob, Whiteside, Thomas, *Koppenheffer, Thos Wilson, Dorrington, *Manning, Richard, Commanded by *McCallen, Robert, Lieut. John Ech- *McQuown, Richard, man. *McKee, Robert, Withers, John, Morgan, David, * Murray, James, Morrison, James, Martin, Alex, Musser, George, Wright, Joseph, Yeates, Jasper, Zantzinger, Paul, Ziegler, Frederick, Zimmerman, Bernard, MOrKS A«D QUEKtfcS.— L.X1X. Bistorical aud Genealogical. Contributions to the History of THE Cumberland Valley. — We shall present to our readers in the next number of Notes and Queries, the second instalment of our contributions to the history , biography and genealogy of the Cumberland Valley. We are p’’eastd to know hat these contri- butions have been so well receiv d, and take this occasion t » thank the press throughout the Valley for their earnest ap preciation of our labors in this direction. w. H E. The First Telegraph Dispatch — The first telegraphic dispatch shown to the citizens of Harrisburg was brought from Washington City by the lateLaac G. Mc- Kinly, then one of the proprietors and edi- tors of the Democratic Union, now the Patriot, in 1841. It was a long narrow strip of white paper, bearing i he characters indented by the machine. The telegraph was then first introduced, the wires, how- ever, only extending from Baltimore to Washington. The dispatch was a great curiosity, and attracted a small crowd on the street where it was shown. a b Wallace James (N. & Q. Iv.)— An Erie correspondent gives us the following data : Benjamin Wallace was born in Ire- land in 1727. He married his first wife, Lettice Ralston, in 1761. Their child, Mary Wallace, married James B. Wilson, of Hanover, in 1803, removing the same year to Erie, Pa , where she died in May, 1847, at the age of eighty five. The children of Benjamin Wallace and Elizabeth Culbertson (his second wife) were as follows : William, b. Oct , 1768 ; d. May 28, 1816. a John Culbertson, b Feb. 14, 1779; d. Dec , 1827 Hi. Benjamin, b. April 14, 1773; d. Aug. ^^2, 1833 IV Jane, b. April 9, 1775 ; d Jan., 1790. V James, b. 1777; d. 1782. vi. Altxander Cox, b. Jan. 28, 1782 ; d. Jul> 3, 1806. Benjamin Wallace (4) was a major in the U 8. Army. w. H E Rev Mr. Roan’s Subscription or Account Book. - Recently there has been placed in our hands the account book of the Rev. John Roan, which contains the sub scripiions of the members of his congrega tions at Derry, Paxtang and Mount Joy, from 1745, the beginning of his ministry, until the close * f his eventful life in 1775; also his marriage record from 1754 to 1774. The list of members is important, irom the fact that the first tnx list in existence is 1749, while this goes to show who resided 136 Historical and Genealogical, within the bounds of his difterent congre gations as early as 1744, The marriage record is exceedingly valuable, and we have no doubt that it will be as highly prized as that recently published of the Rev. John Elder. Besides these important additions to our historical and genealogical knowl- edge, the accounts go to disprove many of the statements made by Webster and other historians concerning the Rev. John Roan. As soon as it is possible to prepare these contributions, we shall lay them before our readers. w, h, e. THE FIRST KAIEROAD AND OARS AT HARRISBURG. The location, construction and comple- tion of the first railroad that is to terminate at or pass a town or village is an important event, and of course creates great curiosity and anxiety among the inhabitants of the place and surrounding country. When the Harrisburg and Lancaster road was being located in 1835, much opposition was mani- fested by the farmers on surveying the road, at having their farms ‘-cutup” or divided. The road, however, was partially completed at different points during the following year. In August, 1836, it was finished as far as Middletown, terminating here at Pax- tang street. As cars were soon needed, Messrs. Wm. Calder, sen., & Co., had a car built by Eben Miltimore at his coach shop, then lo- cated on the corner of Chestnut street and River alley. The building, formerly a large brick stable, was erected and used by Joshua Elder many years previous, who owned the property and had kept the principal store in the town. The car was a plain open four-wheel car, similar, though smaller, to the present excursion cars of the street rail- road now used. When finished it was taken down to the railroad and a trial trip was made two or three miles down the road, with two horses attached to it by a short tow-line, as the track between the rails could not be used for horses. Of course the car was well filled with men and boys, eager to enjoy their first ride on the rails, the writer being one of the number. A short time after, in Sep- tember, a locomotive engine was brought from the State road (which had been pre- viously constructed) from Columbia on a flat in the canal, and landed at Middletown, from whence it was run here; and during the time, Saturday and Sunday, excursions were run to Middletown and back about every two hours, with the car built by Mr. Miltimore. The small car was crowded all the time — Governor Ritner, the heads of the State Department and prominent citizens were first treated to a ride. As very few had seen a locomotive, it was an object of great curiosity! and many funny remarks were made by different individuals among the crowd which assembled on Pax- tang street during the trial trips of the engine. One colored man said to his wife, “Jane, now you sees what fire and water des.” Thisjlocomotive was made in Eng- land, and was one of the first placed on the State road. It was called the “John Bull,” and would be a diminutive novelty now. It was a small, black affair, with two driv- ing wheels, the piston connected inside of the wheel. The first locomotives put on the Harrisburg and Lancaster road were built by Mathias Baldwin, of Philadelphia, and -jyere named after the three or four princi- pal towns along the road. They had but two driving wheels, with the crank and piston inside; were used for both freight and passengers. The next engines purchased were two built by Messrs. Horris & Sons, of Phila- delphia, and were used for hauling freight trains They were named Henry Clay and David R Porter, were heavier and lower than the first ones, having but two driving Historical and Oenealoyical. m wheels with the piston connected to the driving wheels on the outside, as they are now constructed. The road was not fully completed until some time in 1838; owing to the slow work on the tunnel near Elizabethtown. During its construction the passengers were con- veyed around in stage coaches, the writer having made the trip in the summer jo 1837. The Cumberland Valley railroad was completed about the same period (1837) except the erection of the bridge over the river. Their first locomotives were brought from Columbia on the canal, and landed on the McCormick lot at Second and Vine streets, and were hauled over the Market street bridge by six Cumberland county farm-horses. Bells were first used on the locomotives ; the first brought here for the Cumberland Valley railroad had whistles, and when they were being conveyed over the bridge, the writer heard some of our prominent citizens who had gathered at the toll house discus- sing the matter, aver that the whistle could be heard a distance of five miles A. b. AlAKRlaGK B£C(»KO OF HKBBON OBUKCa. [We are indebted to Dr. George Ross, of Lebanon, for the following marriage records of the Quittapahilla or Hebron Moravian Church, near Lebanon, who obtained them through the Rev L. P, Clewell present minister there. The records, as will be seen, although somewhat meagre, cover sixty years — 1751 to 1811. They include the names of the ancestors of the Orths, Buehlers, Kelkers, and others familiar to this locality, and we consider them a valu- able contribution to the Genealogical his- tory of our county. w. h. e. 1 1751. March 17. Henry Xander and Mary Pristarju, by Rev. Christian Rauch. 1753. Jan’y 12. Daniel Heckadorn and Susanna Kunzlien. 1754. May 1. John Ebermann and Maria Xan- der, by Rev. Geo. Neiser. 1756. Feb'y 24. Philip Meurer and Anna Maria Schasters. 1757. May 24. Adam Orth, oldest son of Bal- ther Orth, and Catharine, oldest daughter of Peter Kucher, by Rev. Geo. Neiser. 1758. Aug 8. George Wambler and Elizabeth Strahaus, by Rev. Philip Meurer. 1759. May 9. Adam Faber (widower) and Elizabeth Spitler, (widow) born Meulin, by Rev. Boehler. 1761. June 30. Casper Kieth, (widower) of Heidleberg, and Anna Maria Stephan, born Schirmer, by Rev. Boehler. 1762. VTay 4 George Hederick (widower) and Elizabeth Ohrich, by Rev. Franz Boehler. 1763. April 26. Balzar Orth, and Rosina Kuch- er, by Rev. Langoard. — April 26. Jacob Scherzer, and Barbara Stoehr, by Rev. Zahm. 1765. April 30. Philip Uhrig, and Margaret Hederig, by Rev. Langoard. 1767. Nov. 24. Abraham Friedrick, and Maria Barbara Buehler, by Rev. Zahm. 1769. Feb’y 28 Philip Faber, Adam Faber’s son, and Magdalena Stoehr, Philip Stoehr’s daughter, by Rev. Zahm. 1770. September 18. Ehrhart Heckedom, Daniel Heckedorn’s son, and Catharine Meilin, by Rev. Zahm. 1S8 Historical and Genealogical. 1773 Aug. 3. John Abraham Borroway, from Mount Joy, and Elizabeth Uhrich, by Rev Bader. Nov. 2. John Friedrich, son of Abraham Friedrich, from Mount Joy, and Julia Anna Buehler, by Rev. Bader. 1779. April 13. John Kunzlein, from Mount Joy Congregation, and Joanna Buehler, by Rev. Bader. Nov. 23. Isaac Borroway, of Mount Joy and Anna Johana Uhrich, by Rev Bader. 1785. March 31. Frederick Stohler, of Donegal, and Catherine Uhrich, of Hebron, by Rev. Michler. 1786. April 22. Jacob Lanius, from Yorktown, and Barbara Friedrich, born Buehler, by Rev Augustus Klings Ohr, of Litiz. 1789. ' November 15. Daniel Brozman, from Graceham on the Monocacy, Md , and Anna Maria Spieker, maiden name Buehler, by Rev. Gottlob Senseman. 1793. July 21. Andrew Kapp, from Shaeffers- town, and Susanna Shoebel, by Rev. Chris- tian Gottlob Peter 1795 Nov. 3 Gottlieb Orth and the unmar- ried sister Sarah Steiner, by Rev. John Molther. 1797. Oct 8. Jacob Widmer, a Menonite from Chamberstown, and the unmarried Hannah Orth, by Rev. John Christian Fritz 1799 March 17. John Frederic Williams and the maiden Rebecca Flor, by Rev. John Christian Fritz. Nov. 13. Conrad Bremer (widower) and the maiden Rebecca Kuehner, by Rev. J. C. Fritz. Nov. 17. Mr. Peter Gloninger and the maiden Elizabeth Zerman, by Rev. J. C. Fritz. ■ 1800. April 15. Michael Uhrich and Susanna Kapp, maiden name Krause, by Rev. John C. Fritz. Oct. 29. Nathaniel Koehler (single) and Maria Bruecher (single) by Rev, J. C. Fritz. Dec. 28. Jacob Kiefer and Dorothea Gilbert, maiden, by Rev. J. C. Fritz. 1801. Dec. 27. William Weitzel (single) young- est son of the long departed Martin Weit- zel, farmer, and Anna Maria, born Fell- berger, his wife— and Elizabeth Rudy, youngest daughter of the departed Abraham Rudy, and Catharine, his wife, born Huberat prese nt the wife of Geo. Gloss- brenner, by Rev. Nathaniel Braun. The stepfather. Geo. Glossbrenner, and Sister Braun were witnesses. 1802. Jan. 5. Philip Xander, shoemaker and farmer, youngest son of Jacob Xander and Susanna, his wife, born Williams, born Oct. 13, 1782, and Catharine Jaeger, born 1782, oldest daughter of Christian Jaeger, by Rev. Nathaniel Braun. In the presence of the parents, Sister Braun, and other rela- tives. Jan. 24. Peter Gardi and Anna Rosina Williams, by Rev. N. Braun. June 13. Jacob Steiner, aged 23, and Sabina Hats, aged 22, from Hanover, seven- teen miles from here, by Rev. N. Braun. July 4 John Kelker, youngest son of Rudy Kelker and Maria, his wife, born Weitmann, and Barbara Zimmermann, old- est daughter of the departed Adam Zimmer- mann and Barbara, his wife, born Fisher, by Rev. N. Braun. Aug. 11. Henrich Seiler, aged 23, and Catharine Feyerabend, aged 19, by Rev. N. Braun. Historical and Oemalogical. 1S9 Sept. 4. George Pfefier and Margaret Steiner. 1804 May 22. Simon Schutt and Magdalena Schark, both of Lutheran church, by Rev. Blech. 1805 Aug 4. Philip Uhrich and Elizabeth Gold man n, by Rev. Blech. 1805. Dec. 22. Nathaniel Koehler and Maria Kaufman, by Rev. Ludwig Huebener. Aug. 80. John Tshudy and Maria Schaft- ner, by Rev Ludwig Huebener. 1809. Jan. 24 John Stiles, a gunsmith, near Millerstown, and Catharine Benigna Kloz by Rev Ludwig Huebener 1810. May 27. Jacob Uhrich and Hannah Goldmann, by Rev. Ludwig Huebener. 1811. Jan. 20. John Bucher, Dr. Bucher’s old- est son, near Cornwall, and the maiden Regina Schmidt, by Rev. Ludwig Huebe- ner. NOTJKS AND QUERIES— DXX, Historical and Genealogical. [Contributions to the History op THE Cumberland Valley. — The articles comprising the present issue of Notes and Queries are chiefly of a biographical charac- ter, but are assuredly of great value and in- terest. They are principally of and con- cerning men of whom little has been said, but the prominence of their eventful lives, require full details They were indeed “Men of Mark” in their day and generation, and we hope to give biographical memo- randa of many others, representive men of the Cumberland Valley, whom it is the duty of the Present to properly embalm in print. As to the early set- tlement of the valley, we seek no contro- versy when we simply present the facts within reach. We claim it both as a right and a duty, as a faithful historian, to give such authentic data as we may find, whether it conflicts with either our own or the long- cherished views of others. We do not claim to be an historical iconoclast, yet no one should find fault if tradition and legend, or current history, should be wiped out through patient labor and industrious research among the musty archives of the past. Let us accept what is in store without grumb- ling. w. H. E. Silvers op Silvers’ Spring. — Not taking into consideration the location of In- dian traders such as Letort, Chartier and others, to the west of the Susquehana, among the earliest permanent settlers in the Cum- berland Valley was James Silvers, a native of the north of Ireland, who from a letter written by James Steel to the Proprietary’s Secretary, James Logan, appears to have gone “over Sasquahannah” in 1724. Under date of “11th 12 mo., 1724-5,” his “loving ffiiend” Logan is informed, that “James Silver, of whom I wrote thee has gone with others over Sasquahannah.” This was no doubt the James Silveis who was located at the spring bearing his name and whose land was among the earliest surveys in the Cumberland Valley. As “others” are mentioned, we may in time be able to gather information as to them. It is to be regretted that we have no further data rela- tive to James Silvers. He seems to have been a person of prominence in the valley; a man of indomitable enterprise if not of courage. What has become of his descend- ants we know not— they have all disappear- ed from the locality. Several of the name are buried in the grave yard at Silvers’ Spring Church, and perchance the bones of the old pioneer are resting in the same en- closure. If any of our readers can furnish us any information concerning the family, we shall be pleased to receive it. W. H. E. UO Historical and Genealogical. Culbertson. — Robert Culbertson, of Kennett, Chester county, Penna., in his will dated March 21, 1763, proven May 3, 1762, gives to his wife Jean one-third of the estate; to his son Samuel “all that he owes me and £30,” also “my negro lad James, on these conditions, that he shall take my dear wife, Jean Culbertson, and all of his sisters that shall be at my decease living, unto Cumberland county, in this Province, and their take proper cair of his said mother, Jean Culbertson, unto her decease and his sisters unto their day of marriage, otherwise the lad to be a part of my wife’s thirds of my estate.” To his son- in-law, Alexander Porter, he left five shillings, and to each of the children of his daughter, Elizabeth Porter, five shillings. To his daughters, Jean, Mary, Martha, Isabella and Sarah Culbertson, he be- queathed the remainder of his estate. o c. THE HOGES OF HOGESTOWN. When William Penn and his eleven asso dates bought the land now comprising the State of New Jersey, the first Governor un- der the Proprietors was Robert Barclay, one of the original purchasers, who was a Scotchman and a Quaker. Under him many Scotch settled in that Province, WrLLiAM Hoge, a native of Mussel- burgh, Scotland, came to America shortly after 1682. On the same ship came a family consisting ot a Mr. Hume, his wife and daughter, from Paisley. On the passage the father and mother both died, and young Hoge took charge of the daughter and landed at New York, where he left the girl with a relative, and settled himself at Perth Amboy, N. J. He subse- quently married the daughter, Barbara Hume, removed to Penn’s Three Lower Counties, now the State of Dela- ware; from thence to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and thence to the Valley of Virginia, about three miles south of Win- chester, where he and his wife lived and died. Many of the descendants of William Hoge and Barbara Hume became distin- guished both in Church and State, but their oldest son, John, never went to Vir- ginia to reside. He was born at Perth Amboy, went with his father to the Three Lower counties, and there married Gweenthlane Bowen, a native of Wales. John Hoge and his wife removed to East Pennsboro’ township, then Lancaster, now Cumberland county, about the year 1730, (probably three or four years previous) where he afterwards purchased a consider- able body of land from the Penns. He died there, probably toward the latter end of October, 1754, his will being probated on the 19th of the month following. He men- tions therein his wife “Gweenthleen” and children— Jonathan^ Dmid, Ben^a min, Ma/ry, Elizabeth and her daughter Rachel, Sarah, Rebecca and Abigail John Hoge, the eldest of the sons, grad- uated at Nassau Hall (Princeton) in 1748, became a Presbyterian minister, was ordained in 1755, and became quite distin- guished in the Church. He was one of the first members of the Huntingdon Presby- tery. Webster in his History of the Pres- byterian Church, makes the astonishing statement that he was a son of William Hoge instead of a grandson, and confounds him with the Virginia Hoges He died on the 11th day of February 1807, aged about eighty. Jonathan Hoge, born July 23, 1725, re cieved a liberal education and was brought up a farmer. He was a justice of the peace from 1764 to the Revolution; was a mem- ber of the Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776; member of the Assembly Historical and Genealogical. U1 in 1776- and again from 1778 to 1733; member of the Supreme Executive Council from March 4, 1777, to November 9, 1778, and from November 3. 1784, to October 20, 1787; member of the Council of Safety from October to December, 1777; one of the commissioners to remove the public loan offices in September, 1777; one of the com- mittee to superintend the drawing of the Donation Land Lottery, October 2, 1786; member of the Board of Property in 1785-6; and by Gov. Miffiin appointed one of the Associate Judges of Cumberland county, August 17, 1791 Judge Hoge died of paralj?sis on the 19th of April, 1800. He was a prominent and influential man— his entire life was an active and busy one. David Hoge was sherifi* of Cumberland county, and took a very active part in the Revolutionary contest. He owned the land where the borough of Washington, Penn’a, now stands, and laid out that town in 1780 He never resided there, but his two sons, William and John, went there about 1781, and owned the lots and sold them. This John was second lieutenant in Col. William Irvine’s (Sixth) Battalion, and captured in the Canada cam- paign, at Three Rivers, June 8, 1776. He was not exchanged until 1779. In 1783 he was chosen a member of the Council of Censors under the constitution of 1776, and was one of the members of the Convention of 1790. He was chosen to the State Senate in 1791 and again in 1794, and sub- sequently a member of Congress. He was a Federalist, whilst his brother William Hoge, was a Republican or Democrat, and represented his district in Congress during the whole of Jefferson’s administration. Benjamin Hoge, the youngest of the first John Hoge’s children died early in life and unmarried. As to the daughters we have no accurate data. All of the old stock of Hoges, and their connections, the Walkers, are buried in the graveyard at Silvers’ Spring church, near where they lived. They bore a prominent part in the affairs of their day and generation— and left their impress on the History of the Valley. _ w. H. E. REV WILLIAM LINN, D. D. William Linn was born in Lurgan town- ship, (now in Franklin county) Penn’a, February 27, 1752 His father and grand father bearing the same name came from the North of Ireland in 1732, and are included in the taxables of Lurgan for the year 1751, as William Linn, Sr. and Wil- liam Linn, Jr. Dr. Linn’s mother, Susan- na Trimble, died in the fort at Shippensburg where the people had gathered after Brad- dock’s defeat, in July 1755, leaving but two sons, William and John. The latter re- moved, in 1775, to Buffalo Valley now Union county. The present families in Cumber- land and Franklin are descendants of Jane McCormick, second wife of William Linn, Jr. Dr. Linn was early placed at a grammar school under George Duffield, D.D., and his preparation for college was superintended by Rev. Mr. Smith. He graduated at Princeton in 1772, in a class of formidable ability, embracing such names as William Bradford, Attorney General of the United States, Aaron Burr, Vice President, Dr. Samuel E. McCorkle of Dickinson college, Dr. McMillan of Jefferson college, etc. At the Junior contest in 1771, Burr and Linn took the prizes in reading, Bradford and Linn those for public speaking, and on graduation day the palm for eloquence as between Burr and Linn was in doubt. (^8ee Dams' Life of Burr.) After leaving college, Mr. Linn studied under Revd. Robert Cooper, pastor of Mid- dle Spring. He was married Jan’y 10, Historical and Genealogical. m 1774, to Rebecca Blair, daughter of Rev. John Blair, pastor of the Three Springs, (1742-1748), whose desceodants have left the impress of their ability upon the politi- cal history of the country. His son, James Blair, was Attorney Gen< ral of the State of Kentucky for twenty years, and father of Francis P. Blair, Sr., the noted journal ist of the days of Andrew Jackson. After a tour of supply among the frontier settlements, Mr. Linn became pastor of Big Spring congregation, (now Newville, Cum- berland county,) and upon the breaking out of the Revolutionary war was appointed chaplain to Col. Robert Magaw’s (5th) and Col. William Irvine^s (6th) Battalions, Feb. 15, 1776. “A military discourse delivered at Carlisle March 17, 1776, to Col. Irvine’s Battalion of Regulars, and a very respecta- ble number of the inhabitants, by William Linn, A. M , chaplain, published by the re quest of the officers, from Psalm xx : 7: ‘Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,’ &c.,” is still extant, labeled thus in his own handwriting, and was republished at Carlisle on the centennial of its delivery, March 17, 1876. He accompanied the bat talions to New York, and his classmate, Philip V. Fithian, who was chaplain to a New Jersey Battalion, in his Journal speaks of meeting him frequently with the officers of Magaw’s battalion. After the capture of Magaw’s Battalion at Fort Wash ington, Nov. 16, 1776, he seems to have re- turned home and resumed his charge. He served the congregation at Big Spring about six years, and was then elected President of Washington College, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After re- maining there a year, on account of the sickly state of his family, he resigned, and accepted a call from the Presbyterian church of Elizabethtown, N. J., where he remained until 1786, when he removed to New York, and was settled in the Col- legiate Dutch church of that city. On the 1st of May, 1789, he was elected the first Chaplain of the House of Representa- tives of the United States under the Con- stitution of 1787. During the last decade of the last cen- tury he was considered the foremost pulpit orator of New York city — his oration be fore the Society of the Cincinnati upon the the death of General Washington placing him notably beyond his pulpit compeers of that day. Failing health compelled him to resign his charge in New York, and he retired with his family to Albany, where he died in January, 1808. His published works are “Sermons, historical and char- acteristical, ” 12 mo., 1791; “Signs of the Times,” 1794, etc. A manuscript containing outlines of the sermons he preached at Newville in 1779 and 1780, now before me, contains ample evidence of his ability as a sermonizer, be- fore he was transferred to the more exten- sive theater of his life at New York. A cotemporary critic says, ‘ ‘his eloquence was, for the most part, natural, J impressive and commanding, though at times he had too much vehemence in his manner. ’ ’ The latter remark reminds me ot what I heard his youngest step-brother say many years ago: That he could hear him preach a mile away from Big Spring. His children were all noted women and men of their day : Mrs. Charles Brockden Brown, wife of the first American novelist. John Blair Linn, D D., of First Presby- terian church of Philadelphia. Mrs. Simeon Dewitt, authoress of “Jus- tinea.” Mrs. William Keese. Mary Linn. William Linn, Esq., the “Roorback” ot Gen. Jackson’s time. Historical and Genealogical. US Mrs. John W. Peters. James Henry Linn, Esq , ot Albany. Judge Archibald L Linn, of Schenectady, member of Congress, 1841-3. John B. Linn. CvPfAlN JAMES POE. Within four miles of Greencastle, Frank- lin county, less than a quarter of a mile from the station on the Cumberland Valley railroad, known as “Kaufiman’s Cross Roads,” and in plain sight of the passer-by —to the left journeying southward— is a cluster of tall trees, the shadows ot which fall upon the lichen covered tombstones of an ancient burial ground known as “Brown’s mill graveyard.” Near the northern end of the enclosure is a tomb of rather more imposing proportions than its fellows, surmounted by a broad stone slab which bears the following inscription : Sacred To the memory of James Poe, Esq., A Patriot of the Revolution of 1776, A Sincere Friend an Honest Man, and A Professor of the Christian Religion, Who departed this life June 22d, 1822, Aged 74 years. James Poe, if not a native, became a resident of old Hopewell or new Antrim township, Cumberland county, at a very early period of his life. As early as the 26lh of July, 1764, although but a lad of sixteen years, he is said to have been one ^of the party of settlers which under the command of Lieut, (afterwards General) James Potter, pursued the savages who had massacred the school master and scholars at Guitner’s school house a few miles southwest of what is now Marion station In common with the majority of his fellow settlers, Poe was a martial spirit, and when the war for Inde- pendence became an established fact, he was among the first to offer his service to his country, and attached himself to the militia of Cumberland county in 1776. At the beginning of the year 1777 he became captain of an intantry com- pany, raised in Antrim township, which subsequently was attached and be- came the Third company of the Eighth bat- talion of militia commanded by Col. Abram Smith— John Johnston, Lt. Col.; Thomas Johnston, adjutant ; Thomas Campbell, quartermaster. In regard to the details of the services of this battalion there is no record at present known, but that it was in continual service — suffering severe losses — from the latter part of 1777, until the mid- dle, at least, of 1780, there can be no doubt. In speaking of the Eighth and the other battalions of Cumberland county militia, McCauley, in his history* (2d edition, p. 141), says that no rolls of these battalions “could be found,” and he gives none. For the purpose of preservation, therefore, since it has not before been published, the roll of Captain Poe’s company as it stood prior to the 23d of October, 1777, is subjoined: Roll of the Third Company in the Eighth Battallion of Cumberland County Militia. Commisioned Officers. .James Poe, Captain. Joseph Patton, 1st Lieutenant Jacob Statler, 2nd Lieutenant. James Dickson, Ensign. Sergeants. James Crawford. John Hopkins. Samuel Statler. Corporals. William Newell. Alex Drybaugh. John Lord. Historical and Genealogical. m John McAdoo, William M’ Donald, John Anderson, James Roddy, William Cook, Jacob Seller, Henry Snively, Archibald Bachman, William McKee, Daniel McKissek, John Pachore, William Meanor, John Gibson, Jr., Robert McClellan, Henry Grindle, Thomas Dunlap, David Witherspoon, Arch. Kosky, Robt. Cooper, Primtes. James Carlow, Philip 8 warts, Peter Whitmore, Richard Hopkins, James Reed, Patrick Cavit, ^ Josn Thompson, Hugh McCay, John Grindle, Jacob Baucord, Joseph Lowrey, Andrew Smith, ^ Michael M’Donall, William Kelly, John Brown, Robert Patton, Jeremiah Callahan, James Ross, James Smith, Peter Dougherty, James Watson,* Humphrey Fullerton, Thomas Reed, Thomas Gibson, Stoffle Sites, ^Robert Johnston, James Rennedy, Henry Sites, Thomas Dowler, Emanuel Statler, John Leaney, Thomas Lucas, Conrad Fisher, Jacob Grindle, William Nisbet, James M’Kee, Andrew Reed, Andrew Gibson, ^ George Dickson, John Holliday, Gabriel Carpenter, < Robert Tnompson, William Beatty, William McClellan, William Ray, Joseph Alender, John Woods, Henry Kooly, Dennis McDonall, Peter Koon, William Rankin, James Evans, John Statler, Samuel Hill, James Reynolds At the close of the war Captain Poe re- turned to his home in Antrim township, and was residing there when Franklin county was created in 1784. He was married to a daughter of General James Potter of Revo lutionary fame, and it was at the homestead of the Poes that General Potter died in the fall of 1789, whilst upon a visit to his daugh- ter. Captain Poe’s military services were sup- plemented in after life by no inconsiderable services of a civil character. On the 22d of October, 1783, he was appointed by the State authorities as “Commissioner of Taxes” for Cumberland county. In 1785 he was chosen first County Commis- sioner of the new county of Franklin, and served in that capacity during the years 1785-86-87, with John Work and John Beard as colleagues He was a second time chosen County Commissioner in 1797, and served three years longer. In 1796 he was chosen a representative for Franklin county in the Assembly for the session of 1796-97. He subsequently served in the Assembly for three successive terms longer, from 1800 to 1803. Under the act of 21st of March, 1808, Franklin county was made an independent Senatorial distric ‘4 and Captain Poe was chosen first Senator under this apportionment. He served in the Senate from Dec., 1811, to Dec., 1819. With the close of his last Senatorial term closed his public service. He retired to his home in the country, and on the 22d of June, 1822, passed quietly away at the ripe old age of 74. In this connection it may not be inappro- priate to saw a word in memory of a gal- lant son of Captain Poe whose untimely death the aged father was called upon to mourn ere the inexorable monarch claimed him too for his own. I speak of adjutant Thomas Poe who, when the second war Great Britain begun, resigned the position of deputy surveyor for Franklin county, to which he had been appointed in 1809, to enter the army. His qualifications secured for him the position of adjutant of the 5th Pennsylvania regiment (from Franklin county). Col. James Fenton commanding, His career was short but brilliant, his dar- Historical and Oenealogicdl, U5 ing conduct soon won for him a name. Upon one occasion, it is said, that single handed he quelled a dangerous mutiny among the troops, by the mere force of his •will, and in his last battle his gallant and intrepid bearing won the admiration of all. He fell mortally wounded at the battle of Chippewa, July 6, 1814, and died a few days after. Peace to the ashes of father and son. Benj. M. Nead. COIiOlNEl. ROBERT MAGAW. Col. Magaw, who resided in Carlisle, was quite noted as a lawyer as early as 1773, when he traveled the circuit as lawyers then did, and was then largely concerned in suits in Northumberland county. On the 14th of July, 1774, he was appointed upon the county committee and a deputy to meet the deputies from other counties of the Province at Philadelphia to concert meas- ures preparatory to the General Congress. Following the reception of the news of Bunker Hill, he was commissioned June 25, 1775, Major of Col. William Thompson’s Battalion, and marched with it to Cam- bridge, where he took part in the opera- tions connected with the siege of Boston until he was commissioned, January 3, 1776, Colonel of the 5th Pennsylvania Battalion. He immediately returned home from Bos ton, organized and recruited his battalion, and on the 11th of June, 1776, he was ordered with his battalion to New York. He en- camped on the ground on which Fort Washington was erected, and began, under the direction of Col., Rufus Putnam, the erection of that fortress, and with its mis- fortunes his military career was indissolu- bly linked, saving his assistance in cover- ing the retreat of the army from Long Island on the night of the 29th of August. As remarked by Mr. De Lancey in his able and thorough article upon “Mount Washington and its capture, November 16, 1776,” in the Magazine of American History. N. Y., for February, 1877, “per- haps no questions growing out of any single event of the Revolution were discussed with more vigor at the time, or have given rise to more controversy since than these. Each of the officers, Washington, Greene and Magaw have had their enemies and opposers, friends and defenders.” From the calm and dispassionate discussion of these questions, by such able historians as Mr. De Lancey and Prof. Henry P. Johnston in his “Campaign of 1776,” (Memoirs of the Long Island Historical Society, vol. hi. ;) Col.Magaw’s fame for cool personal bravery and good conduct, comes forth unsullied, and we gratefully leave it in their keeping. Fort Washington stood on the east side of the Hudson river, on a commanding site on the line of what is now 183d street(New York city) two hundred and thirty feet above the Hudson It was a large five- sided structure with bastions commanding the passage of the Hudson, in connection with Fort Lee opposite, on the west side, on the summit of the Palisades on the Jersey side. The obstructions in the river . between the two forts, consisted mainly of a line of vessels chained together, loaded with stone, and then sunk and anchored just below the surface of the river. When it was determined on the 16th of October to abandon New York Island, Col. Magaw was left in command of the garrison at Fort Washington, while the army marched to King’s Bridge and afterwards to White Plains. Howe not being able to force Washington into an engagement, turned his attention to Fort Washington, and on the 15th of November had it invest- ed, when he sent a messenger to Magaw, demanding its surrender in peril of massa- cre if his demand was not complied with within two hours. Magaw ’s reply is his- Historical and Genealogical. ue torical, but as the original was found some years since by Dr. Murray among Magaw’s papers, and will no doubt be deposited as an inestimable relic among the arch- ives of the Cumberland Valley Historical Society for the benefit of the present gene- ration, it is well to reprint the noble ans- wer of the Carlisle lawyer of one hundred years ago. When Magaw received Howe’s summons he at once dispatched a note to General Greene at Fort Lee with the intelligence, say- ing to him, “we are determined to defend the post or die.” He then replied to the summons as follows: “2b the Adjutant General of the British — Sir : If I rightly understand the purport of your message from General Howe, communicated to Col. Swoope, this post is to be immediately surrendered, or the garrison pul to the sword. I rather think it is a mistake than a settled resolution in General Howe, to act a part so unworthy of himself and the British Nation. But give me leave to assure his Excellency, that actuated by the most ghjiious cause . that mankind ever fought in, I am deter- mined to defend this post to the very last extremity. Robert Magaw, Colonel Commanding. The sequel is well known. Magaw disposed of his men to the best advantage, consider- ing the great extent of his ou side lines and his numbers, and did his duty faithfully, says DeLancey. Col. Baxter fell sword in hand at the head of the Pennsylvania As sociators Cadwalader fought bravely, but overwhelming numbers swept all before them into the Fort, and Magaw after much parley surrendered. Thus 2637 enlisted men and 221 officers, the greater part from Pennsylvania, and nearly half of them well drilled troops, were lost to the cause. The officers were placed on Long Island. The Dutch Re- formed and Presbyterian churches in New York were turned into prisons, where and in the sugar house prison on Liberty street, the privates were compelled to perish by hundreds, by slow starvation and loath- some disease, which brutal keepers took little trouble to alleviate. [Prof Johnston] Col. Magaw remained a prisoner on Long Island until his exchange, October 25, 1780. (Gen. William Thompson, also of Carlisle, captured at Three Rivers in Canada, was exchanged with Col Magaw for the Hes Sian Major General De Riedesel, taken at Burgoyne’s surrender. ) For an interesting account of some years of this captivity, the reader is referred to the Memoirs of Alex- ander Gray don, the first Prothonotary of Dau- phin county. Graydon (who was a captain in Shee’s battalion, taken at the same time) says Magaw comforted hia captivity on Long Island by taking of its fair daugh- ters a wife. Miss Marietta Van Brunt, a daughter of Rutgers Van Brunt. Dr. Murray has a letter from his father-in-law to Col. Magaw, congratu- lating him on his safe arrival at Cariise. This letter is dated May 17, 1780; he was there- fore paroled before he was exchanged. In a letter addressed to President Reed, dated at Carlisle, April 16, 1781, he explains the cause of his retiring from service: “On my return from near tour years’ captivity, I found the infantry of the Pennsylvania Line about to be reduced to six regiments, and that the number of officers was more than competent; and considering that it would show but false patriotism to insist for my rank as a general officer, in preju- dice to one of more experience, I sent down my intimation to be returned a«^ a retiring officer, which was done accordingly After Col. Magaw retired the service he took great interest in military matters in Cumberland county. He organized and .Historical arid Oenealogical. w commanded a volunteer company in Car- lislCi He was also elected a member of the Assembly. He died at Carlisle, January 17, 1790, and is buried in Meeting House Spring grave yard, two miles west of Car- lisle. In the Garlisle Gazette and Western Repository of Knowledge, of January 13, 1790, a full account ot the imposing cortege that followed the dead Colonel to his tomb, amid the booming “of minute guns fired by the artillery duiing the procession. At the grave a pathetic discourse was deliv- ered by Rev Dr. Davidson. Three volleys from the infantry closed the scene.” Col. Magaw owned two stone houses on the southeast corner of the public square in Carlisle. The smallest of the two lately owned by Wm. Biddle, Esq, has been* coated with plaster since In this house Gen. Washington lodged when he came to Carlisle, on the occasion of the Whisky In- surrection, in October, 1794, and boarded at the stone tavern nearly opposite. Col. Magaw left two children. Van Brunt and Elizabeth Magaw. He had two brothers. Rev. Samuel Magaw, Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Wil- liam Magaw, Surgeon of the 1st Penn’a Con- tinental Line, who buiit and resided in the large stone mansion lately owned by Dr. McDowell in Mercersburg, Dr. William Magaw died at his son’s house in Meadville, May 1, 1829, aged eighty five, and his de- scendants are among the prominent people of that place. John B. Linn. OLIVKR POLLOCK. Of this distinguished citizen of Pennsyl- vania very little indeed can be learned from the published histories of the United States, and that little is confined to the histories of the Mississippi Valley in which section the most active part of his life was passed The loss of family papers in 1863 at Bayou Sara, La , has left his early history in the dark He was born in Ireland about 1740. Emigrated to Cumberland county, Penna, about 1760. He was then associated with James Pollock, who was, in 1776, one of the commissioners of Cumberland county, and by his signature is supposed to have beed at that time an aged man. James had also a son named John Pollock, who must have b^-en born before 1756, as he was sent to Philadelphia in 1776 to draw £600 from the Committee of Safety, for the use of the commissioners of Cumberland county. In 1807, Oliver Pollock advertised for sale several thousand acres of land “being part of the e'^tate of James Pollock, deceased, late of the borough of Carlisle, and part of the esta e of the subscriber.” (But he had a son James killed in his youth at Silver’s Spring by his horse, as he rode him to water. This property may have been owned partly by his son J ames ) In 1762-3, Oliver Pollock removed to Havanna, Cuba, and engaged in mercantile pursuits, in connection with an eminent house in that .city. Here he at once applied himself to the study of the Spanish language, in which he soon became proficient. Being a Roman Catholic, he became acquained, on his arrival at Havanna, with Father Butler, President of the Jesuit College. Through his influence he was bought into close rela- tions with Don Alexander O’Reily, the Governor General of Cuba, whose friend- ship he retained through life. In 1762, France had ceded her Louisiana territory to the King of Spain. Thither the thoughts of Pollock were early turned, and before 1768 he had removed to the town of New Orleans, then a place of about 3,000 souls, but offering a fine opening for mercan tile transactions. Here, about 1765, he was married to’ Miss Marga- US 'Historical and Genealogical. ret O’Brien, an extended account ot whom will be found in the Carlisle Gazette of January 1799. She was born in Ireland in 1746, and was descended from a noble family by both her parents, O’Brien of the house of Clare, and Kennedy of Ormond, whose sons were distinguished in the service of the Kingdom of Great Britain. She died at Carlisle, Penn’a, January 10, 1799, aged 52 years. Having settled at New Orleans, and purchased some property there. Pollock soon established a high reputation in mer- cantile circles, making frequent voyages to the cities on the Atlantic coast of America In 1769 he went to Baltimore, Md. , pur- chased and fitted out a brig, which he named theRoyalCharlotte, loaded her with flour and set sail for New Orleans. Meanwhile O’Reily had been appointed by the King of Spain to be Captain General and Gov ernor of the Province of Louisiana, with directions to take immediate possession of that country then in a stale of insurrection. On the 17th of August, 1769, O’Reily arrived at New Orleans .with 3,000 troops. The population of the town being thus doubled, food became scarce, the provisions O’Reily had ordered to be forwarded tailed to arrive, and a famine was imminent. At this important juncture. Pollock arrived with his load of bread stufl at New Orleans. The last barrel of flour sold had that day brought thirty dollars With that generosity which afterwards marked his relations with the Colonies, Pollock at once placed his entire cargo of flour at the dis- posal of the Governor, requesting O’Reily to flx the price. This the Governor refused to do. Pollock tells the rest of the incident himself thus: “I then said, that as the king had 3,000 troops there, and the inhabitants were in distress for flour, I did not mean to take advantage of that distress, and I oflfered my flour at flfteen dollars, or thereabouts, per barrel, which he readily agreed to ; and observed that he would make a note of it to the king, his master, and that I should have a fine trade there so long as I lived ; and I did enjoy that privilege so long as I stayed in the country.” Thus he laid the founda- tion of his large fortune which subsequently he placed at the disposal of the United Colo- nies. In 1775, when the conflict between the United Colonies and the mother country began, among the many merchants from the Colonies residing in New Orleans, Pol- lock was the most prominent and energetic. His sympathies were at once enlisted in favor of the Colonies, and his services ‘rendered secretly and efiectively. On the 10th of July, 1776, Don Bernardo de Gal- vez, then Colonel of the Regiment of Louisi ana was appointed Provisional Governor of Louisiana, succeeding Governor Unzaga, February, 1, 1777. He was a youog man of talent, energy and character, the son of the then Viceroy of Mexico, and the nephew of the Spanish Secretary of State. Pollock was introduced to Don Galvez by Gen. Unzaga with the assurance that “if the Court of Spain was going to take part with Great Britain, Oliver Pollock should not remain in the country twenty four hours, but if the reverse, that they were going to take part with France, Oliver Pollock was the only man that he could conflde in in the colony” — meaning as an English merchant Pollock and Galvez became very inti- mate and warm friends. In the expeditions which Galvez commanded against the British possessions during the war between Spain and England, Pollock accompanied him, doing personal service and largely aiding the armies of Spain. Historical and Genealogical. His reputation as a financier and a zeal- ous patriot had already become so well known in Philadelphia that on the 12th of June, 1777, the Secret Committee of the United States, among whomj were Franklin, Morris and Lee, appointed him Commercial Agent of the United States at New Orleans, at the same time directing him to ship at once to Philadelphia $50,000 worth of goods, blankets. &c , lor the use of [the army. Pollock had also become very much in- terested in the efforts of Virginia to take possession of the Illinois Country. When, in 1778, General George Rogers Clarke was despatched by Governor Jefferson, with a small force to reduce the English posts Vincennes and Kaskaskia, Pollock had already forwarded to Fort Pitt, by Col Gib SOD, a large quantity of gunpowder obtained from the King’s store, part of which fur- nished Clarke with his ammunition. In January, 1778, after Don Galvez had publicly recognized Pollock’s ofllcial char- acter as United States agent, the Governor of Virginia ordered Pollock to draw bills on France for $65,000 to aid Clarke. In order to meet these drafts, Virginia had pro posed disposing of large quantities of to bacco stored in several localities in the Eastern counties But this tobacco the traitor Arnold destroyed during his raid into Virginia. The State thus being made powerless at the time to meet her engage- ments to Pollock, the bills were returned to him protested, and his creditors seized his property. Daring this year he had also borrowed from the royal treasury, through Don Galvez, $70,000 in specie, which was expended for the furtherance of Clarke’s campaign and the defense of the Virginia and Pennsylvania frontiers. For this amount he gave his own individual bond. During the time of his appointment as U. S. Agent, from 1777 to 1783, he made ad- U9 Vances to the government of Virginia, and also to the United States, on the basis of his own credit, of over three hundred thousand dollars in specie. His private fortune was great. He was supported by the first mer- cantile houses of Europe, as well as the South, and the wealth of many Spanish ofll- cers, his friends, was at his disposal. “But at that era the hand of America was com- paratively of straw, her exchequer was of paper, but her promise was gold ’’ How it resulted with Pollock as its agent is readily seen. The Secret Committeof the United States in Philadelphia, embarrassed him very seriously by failing to respond to his drafts. By their directions he made exten- sive purchases — borrowed and forwarded to Willing & Morris large sums of money, and pledged his own property for the amount. The committee expressly stipu- lated that he should draw on them in favor of whom he pleased, with assur- ances that his drafts should be paid. They also pledged him that cargoes of flour should be shipped to him in the several vessels he employed, and that other remit- tances should be made for future purchases. These.promises they failed to makegood. In re ply to his appeal for remittances, they wrote him July 19, 1779. recognizing his claims, his sacrifices, and his faithfulness to duty, but lamenting their inability to fulfil their pledges. That which would have crushed most men, only stimulated him to greater exertions to sustain his own credit. Leav- ing a respectable American citizen named Patterson in his place as a hostage, he parted from his family in 1781 and went to Richmond and Philadelphia. Appealing to Congress, then in session, and to the Assem- bly of Virginia, he was met with irritating delays and failures Meanwhile, May 20, 1783, Congress appointed him United States Agent at the Havanuas, whither also 150 Historical and Genealogical, Galvez had been transferred — having been succeeded by Miro as Governor of Louisi ana. Leaving his claims before Con gress, in the hands of an attorney, he at once embarked for the Havannas. Here new dangers assailed him. Galvez although transferred to Havanna, had not yet arrived. Unzaga was still in command. The bills of credit drawn for Virginia were sent to Havanna for collection. Mean- while, Virginia had ceded Illinois to the United States, who had also assumed all the cost of Clarke’s campaign. In May, 1784, one year from the date of his appointment as United States Agent at Havanna. Span- ish soldiers entered his house, his property, house carriage, mules, negroes and even the money due him and in the hands of creditors, some $10,000, were seized by the command of Unzaga, himself placed under arrest, and all corres- pondence between him and the United States prohibited. He immediately had his family shipped to Philadelphia, borrowing for that purpose money from a Mr Thomas Plunket, an American resident at Havanna, and remained in close custody for eighteen months until Don Galvez arrived at Ha- vanna. Through his influence be was re- leased, after flrst executing a bond to Don Gardoquia, the Spanish Minister to the United States, to pay him the amount of the French drafts on his arrival in Phila- delphia. Galvez, however, did not allow him to depart without other evidences of his friendship, and he furnished him with a certificate testifying that during Pollock’s residence in New Orleans as Agent of the United States, “he acted in favor of the soldiers and citizens of his own nation with all the zeal and love which becomes a true patriot, supplying them with provisions, and assisting them whenever they wanted it with his own credit or with ready money, the Congress bills not being current there. in all which he spared neither pains nor trouble to obtain the end proposed to him- self and to give every assistance in his power, soliciting loans in the name of the United States and obtaining $79,087, which are yet owing and unpaid. That, in the expedition I made against the forts of his Britannic majesty, he attended mein person until the surrender.’’ Upon his arrival in Philadelphia, he at once appeared before Congress then in ses- sion. Here he was met with the slanderous charge that he was endeavoring to make enormous profits by his claim, that the de mand he made to cover the bills which he had drawn on Spain was for specie, whereas the money had been disbursed in paper money. To a sensitive nature, this return for the unflagging zeal and vast sacrifices he had made, was galling beyond meas- ure. But consciousness ot rectitude in all his transactions as Agent, sustained him, and gave fresh vigor to his purpose. He fortunately learned that General George Rogers Clarke was in New York. He readily found him and obtained the fol- lowing ce’lrtificate, which silenced his slanderers and procured his immediate relief: ^'Theu are to certify to all whom it may concern, that the bills I drew when I com- manded the Virginia troops in the Illinois country upon Mr. Oliver Pollock, Agent for the United States at New Orleans, were considerea by me to be for specie, as the respective bills expressed in dollars and cents, and that the services Mr. Pollock rendered upon all occasions in paying those bills, I considered at the same time and now to be one of the happy circumstances that enabled me to keep possession ot that country. Given under my hand and seal this day at New York, the 2d of July, 1785. George R. Clarke. Historical and Genealogical. 151 December 18, 1785, Congress awarded Mr. Pollock over $90,000 with intere^, to cover the claims for which he had been arrested, and for which his hostage re mained in New Orleans. But the money was not in the treasury, and the award of Cougress was not paid until 1791. Meanwhile, Pollock’s energies were not dormant. He resolved to return to New Orleans and relieve his hostage. Fitting out a vessel in Philadelphia, and loading it with flour, he sailed to Martin- ique, where he disposed of the cargo and laid in another. Then he sailed to New Or- leans, where he remained eighteen months. Engaging once more in mercantile pur- suits, his energies and good fortune soon en- abled him to pay — in 1790 — all the claims by Galvez and others, and once more a free man he turned his f-tce toward Philadel- phia. In 1791 2 Pollock returned to Cumber- land county and purchased the property now known as Silver’s Spring. Here his wife died and was buried in 1799, and here his son James was killed. In 1797 he became a candidate for Con- gress, but was defeated by General John Andre Hanna, of Dauphin county. In 1804 he was again an aspirant for Con gressional honors in the Congressional dis- trict composed of Cumberland, Dauphin, Mifflin and Huntingdon couaties. He and David Bard, of Huntingdon, against Gen. Hanna, of Dauphin, and Robert Whitehill, of Cumberland. As Pollock and White hill were both from the same county nei- ther were elected, the vote being as fol- fows: O iver Pollock, 1700; Robert Whitehill, 1514; David Bard, 3245; Jno. A. Hanna, 2931. The vote of Cumberland county shows Pollock’s popularity: It was as follows: Pollock 1367, Whitehill 614, Bard . 1168, Hanna 462. In 1806 he was again nominated, but withdrew in favor of Whitehill, on the score of friendship, and the probability that a similar vote and non-election of either candidate would result. November 8th, 1805, Pollock was mar- ried in Baltimore, Maryland, to Mrs. Dady, and in 1806 removed to that city where he resided until 1820, when his second wife having died he removed to the home of his son-in-law, Dr. Samuel Robinson, at Pinckney ville, Wilkinson county, Missippi- pi, where he died full of years, December 17, 1823 By his first wife he had five children. He left no known descendants excepting those of his daughter Mary, who married Dr. Robinson. From the few letters of Mr. Pollock in the hands of the writer, it is evident that his fortune had been so re- duced by the Revolutionary war, that May 30, 1800 he became for a while, like Robert Morris, an inmate of the debtor’s prison. Horace Edwin Hayden. NOTES AND QUERIES.— EXXI. Historical and Genealogical. Barnett— She HER, (W. Q li .) — Isend herewith the following corrections of your valuable record: XII Elizabeth Barnett (Joseph, John, John) b. 1761; d. Sept. 21, 1816; m. Sam- uel Sherer, son of Joseph Sherer, b. 1755; d. Dec. 26, 1821. Both are buried at Paxlang Their children were: i. Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1782; d. Oct. 21, 1807; m James Stewart, Nov. 17, 1803. a Joseph, b Sept. 6, 1785; d. March 5, 1825, near Hummelstown, Par, m. Mary Snodgrass. She died, in Clark Co., Ohio. Their daughter Mary m. a Mr. Heymer.who removed to Clark Co., Ohio. iii. Margaret, b. Sept. 8, 1787; d unm. July 17, 1822. Historical and Oenealogical. m iv. Martha Montgomery, b Nov. 3, 1789; d. Jan. 30, 1824; m. John Graham, and removed to Ohio, and afterwards to Ken- tuckey. r Jane, b. Feb. 22, 1792; d. 1829; m. John Barnett, and moved to Ohio. ri. Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1794; d. in Canfield, O., Feb. 26, 1860. m. Robert Elder (miller), March 2, 1820. rii. Sarah, b. March 14, 1797; d. Nov. 25, 1836; m. Robert R. Elder, June 8, 1824. mil Juliana, b. May 23, 1799; d. Mar. 7, 1879; m. David Elder, Indiana co., Pa , on Dec 8, 1825 IX, Eleanor W, b. 1803; d April 2, 1837, m. Joshua Elder (near Harrisburg, still living), on March 12, 1826 X, Samuel B., b. 1805, d. Sept. 6, 1866, in St. Louis; m. Mary Oves, of Harrisburg, in 1827. ^ The foregoing dates may be relied upon as correct. Some of them are taken from Samuel Sherer’s Bible; others Irom Mrs. Juliana (Sherer) Elder’s Bible and a few from my personal knowledge In the Record of Thomas Barnett’s family are some inaccuracies : Jane, b. 1803; m April 25, 1826, Henry H. Lutz, of Harrisburg. Eliza S., b. 1807; m Oct. 1836, James B. Robinson, of Saltsburg, Pa. Margaret, b, 1811; m. James Elder, of Indiana county, Penna. She is still living. She resides with her son-in law, Rev J. M. Barnett, of Connellsviile, Fayette county, Penna. j s e [Our correspondent will accept our thanks for his correction— and we hope that others possessing further information will kindly forward the same to Notes and Queries. w. h e The Late John G. Ripper —In the Deutsche Pionier, edited by that erudite scholar and antiquary, H. A. Rattermann, is a biogiaphical sketch of the late John Gedtge Ripper, from the pen of the editor. Through the kindness of the Rev. J. G. Pfuhl, we are enabled to present a transla- tion of certain portions thereof, which we are confident will be as interesting to the readers of Notes and Queries as it is to us: w. H. E. “On the 23d of July there died at Harris- burg, Penn’a, John George Ripper, the founder and editor of the “Pennsylvania Staats Zeitung.” With him, perhaps, the last of the editors of the old school passed away, where the editor and his sub- scribers were not only personally acquainted with each other, but were to a great extent confidential friends. “In olden times it was an indispensable necessity lor the editor of a newspaper to visit his subscribers once a year. He had therefore to make more or less extensive journeys, and as there were no railroads, he usually went horseback. In . these travels the “newspaper man” gathered new subscribers, collected his subscriptions, in- quired about the well being of the people, the condition of the harvest, and the state of business generally. Inquiry was likewise made concerning the political views of the people, their social and religious circum- stances, etc. In this way an intimate re lationship grew up between the editor and his readers, which is wholly unknown in our day. “The announcement was made in the paper when and where the ‘man with the stove-pipe’ (Ripper always called himself thus in his paper) would make his appear- ance. It can easily be surmised that he was very successful collecting the ‘luppele’ (bank-notes), and most heartily welcomed to the homes of the people. Whenever he entered, if at meal time, he was invited to partake; and if late in the evening, he found a welcome Historical and Genealogical. 15S lodging pi ice. He was seldom permitted to leave a house without a refreshing drink, whether it was wine, apple cider, whisky or a cup of coffee, tea or bowl of milk, and then he left with a hearty pressure of hands, and (auf Wiedersehn) with a promise of return the next year “A faithful report of such a trip was always afterwards found in the paper, in connection with the diflerent re- ceip*s of subscription money. These would be read, how “Peter” was still well; how “Betsey had presented her Michael with a stout, fat boy;” how the apple trees of “Hans” gave promise of an excellent crop; how the corn of “Sam” looked splendidly; how the family pros- pered; how the stock of cattle was, etc. But, if one of the subscribers had disappeared without settling his bill, which not unfre- quently happened, his name usually ap- peared under a ‘gallows ’ In the same manner delinquent subscribers were treated, who promised from year to year to pay, but did not “In short, editor and reader were be- friended, became better acquainted, and stood in closer relationship than they do nowadays. To this species of ‘newspaper men* of the old type. Ripper, or ‘the man with the stovepipe,’ belonged. Every year be trave'ed over a territory which was larger than that of Germany. The charac- teristics of his subscribers were reflected in his paper True and sturdy, but honest and frank, was its tone and speech It was written in half Pennsylvania German style, and thus it was easier understood by its readers than if it had been in the purest and most elegant German. The character of an editor can be thus judged with reliable certainty from his paper, If this shows firmness, then the editor is likewise no wavering reed, and vice versa. In a word, in the case of Ripper, all three, editor, paper and reader, were in perfect harmony.” THE DAUPHIN COUNTY BAR IN 1789. From the current number of 'l^he Penn' a Magazine of History and Biography, we cull the following which some one has resurrected from the Freeman's Journal of March 4, 1789. ''■From a lawyer who could not attend Dauphin Court to his friend a lawyer at Harrisburg. “At Dauphin Court, tho’ fond of sport. The prospect is so barren, I can’t attend, my dearest friend. Where there’s more crow than carrion. “There’s Wilkes, and Andre, John and Joe And Peter, too, so pliant. It you but flinch and stir an inch The’re sure to nab your client. “There’s Father Smith and Brother Teates, And little Tom Sind Stephen, When one sits down the other prates And so they both are even. “With hooks and crooks, and musty books. Whilst candles waste in sockets. The court peiplex and juries vex. And pick their client’s pockets “When court is out, away they scout. Sworn enemies to quiet, Drink wine at Grab's, kiss dirty drabs, And spend the night in riot.” The editor of the Penn' a Magazine pie- fixes the following queries: “Who can tell who the lawyers are who are referred to in the doggerel — names in italics? And what does the writer mean by saying “Where there’s more crow than carrion” ? Does he mean more law- yers than there are suits to try? Is the Stephen mentioned Stephen Chambers ‘ who was killed in a duel with Dr. Rieger? When did that duel take place ?” As to the meaning of the line “Where there’s more crow than carrion,” there is Historical and Oenealogical m no diflaculty— th" ctoid are lawyers and iha carrion are clients Now as to the gentlemen alluded to. From the organization of the court in 1785, until the May term, 1789, the followiDg persons were admitted to the Dauphin County bar. May term, 1785— Stephen Chambers, John W. Kittera, John Clark, Joseph Hubley, John A Hanna, James Riddle, John J. Henry, Peter Huffnagle, Jacob Hubley, James Biddle, Collinsoa Rsed, George Ross and John Reily. August term, 1785— Jasper Yeates, Robert Magaw, Thomas Hartley, Thomas Smith, David Grier, Thomas Duncan, John Caldwell, Andrev; Dunlap and William Montgomery May terrh, 1786 — William Graydon and Charles Smith. August term, 1786— James Smith and James Hamilton. November term, 1786 — William R. Atlee. May term, 1787 — James Hopkins. August term, 1787 —Richard Wharton. November term, 1787 — George Fisher. February term, 1788 — George Eckert. May term, 1788— William Bradford, Edward Burd and John Spayd. August term, 1788— Matthias Barton. “T1^7A:es” was John Wilkes Kittera. He was a son of Thomas Kittera, of East Earl township, Lancaster county. He graduated at Princeton College in 1776, afterwards studied law, and was admitted to the Lancaster bar in 17 — . He was a member of Congress from 1791 until 1801, a period of ten years. At the close of his Con- gressional life he was appointed U. S. District Attorney for the eastern district of Penna , and removed to Philadelphia, where he died. He was a man of fine personal appearance. “AntZre” was John Andre Hanna Mr. Hanna was a native of New Jersey and a graduate of Princeton. He married Mary Reed Harris, a daughter of John Harris, the founder. He served in Congress from 1797 to 1805 in which year he died, at the age of about forty four. He was a brigadier gene- ral of the militia in the Whiskey Insurrec- tion, and took a prominent part in the po- litical affairs of the day. He was an anti- federalist, and the compeer and colleague of Gallatin, Smilie and others of that school. His descendants reside in this city. was Captain John Reily, con- cerning whom see N & Q. No. lin. ‘^Joe’’’ was undoubtedly John Joseph Henry, of Lancaster, afterwards presiding judge of this judicial district. He was the author of the “Expedition to Quebc,” having been a v duoteer in Capt. Matthew Smith’s company from Pax’aog in 1775 and which accompanied Arnold’s ex- pedition to Quebec. As we have a bio- graphical sketch of Judge Henry in prepa- aration, we shall make no further allu sion. *Heter'’ was Peter Hufinagle of Lancas- ter. He commanded a company of Associa tors in the War of the Revolution, and was a man of prominence in Lancaster county, but he seems to have been overlooked by Mr. Harris in his Biographical History of Lancaster county. “ Father Smith was James Smith, of York, a signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. “Brother Yeates" was Jasper Yeates, of Lancaster. Mr. Yeates was one of the most eminent lawyers of his day. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1765 He took an act- ive part in the affairs of the Revolution, was one of the delegates to the Penn’a Conven- tion of 1787 which ratified the Federal con- stitution. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 1791, and was the author of one of the State reports. He died March 13, 1817, aged 72 years. “Little Tom,^^ was Thomas Duncan, of Carlisle. Upon the death of Judge Yeates, Gov. Snyder appointed him to the Supreme bench. Judge Duncan, later in life removed Historical and Genealogical, 155 to Philadelphia where he died in November 1827. Mr. Harris in his reminiscences of the Bar of Dauphin county, gives us this tketch. “Mr. Duncan was a man of pol- ished manners, neat and careful in dress and never rude or wantonly disrespectful to others. He and Mr. David Watts were the lival practitioners at Carlisle I have heard of an anecdote which sofLewhat illustrates their respective characters On one occasion in court, when Mr. Walts was annoyed by a remark of Mr Duncau, he said, “you little,” (using some offensive expression) “I could put you in my pocket.” “Then,” said Mr. Duncan, “you would have more law is your pocket than ever you had in youn head.” Judge Duncan, as may be inr ferred, was of small stature; “his voice wa* weak, and some times quite shrill in plead ing,” His knowledge ot the law,however, was superior. ^^Stephen” was Stephen Chambers, of Lancaster, and a brother-in-law of John Joseph Henry. He was admitted to the bar in 1780, and became one of the leading lawyers at the county courts of Lancaster, Dauphin and Northumberland. He was a member of the Pennsylvania convention of 1787, which ratified the Federal constitu- tion. He was fatally wounded in a duel with Dr. Reiger, of Lancaster, on Monday, May 12, 1789, on a challenge of Dr. R. for an affront received by him at a tavern. On the dav of the duel “when each had fired one pistol without effect, the seconds interfered and proposals of accommodation were made, which Reiger could not be persuaded to agree to. Each then presented a second pistol. Chambers’ snapped, but Reiger’s discharged a ball through both his antagonist’s legs.” Mr. Chambers died on the Saturday following (May 17). The affair caused great excitement at the time, for the latter was much beloved not only by the entire profession, but by the com- munity generally. “Crab's’^ was William Crabb, who subse- quently removed to Middletown. He probably kept the tavern at the corner of Vine and Paxtang streets, afterwards kept by Nicholas Ott and others. w. h. e. D%UPB1N COUN»'Y IN THE KEVOEU- TION. [A.t another time we propose printing some biographical data relative to the Cap- tain of the following company. The com- pany were at Fort Washington upon its capture, Nov. 16, 1776 w. h. e ] “A muster roll of Captain William Brown’s Company of Militia of Colonel Timothy Green’s Battalion of Lancaster County — destined for the camp in the Jerseys, Aug- ust 31, 1776: Captain. Brown, William 1st Lieutenant Willson, James. 2d Lieutenant. McCormick, Henry. 3d Lieutenant. Rogers, Andrew. Serjeants, Barnet, William. Hutchison, John. Wilson, James. Stuart, James. Corporals. Barr, Charles. Gaston, Alex. , Porter, David. Privates. Calhoun, David, Carter, John, Cathcart, John, Cooper, John, Crain, William, Freckelton, Robert, Hill, Robert, Hutchison, Joseph, Jamison John, Johnston, James, (1) Patterson, John, Porter, Charles, Rogers, Jeremiah, Rogers, William, Sinclair, Duncan, Snoddy, Matthew, Snodgrass, John, Starritt, John, Starritt, Samuel, Stewart, James, 156 Historical and Genealogical, Johnston, James, (2) Kennin, Hugh, McNair, Thomas, McCoy, Neil, McClure, Francis, McClure, James, McMullen, James, McClure, John, McClure, Martin, McNitt, Barnard, Martin, Thomas, Wright, Sturgeon, Robert, Templeton, John, Thompson, James, Thompson, William, Umberger, Leonard, Vance, David, Wallace, James, Wallace, William, Watson, David, Willson, James, Willson, Joseph, William, a-ND QDKKlJfiS-LXXII Historical and Uenea logical. FITBI N’S JOURNAL. [Prefatory Note. — Philip Vicars Fithian, who kept the Journal from which the following extracts are taken, was a graduate of the class of 1772 in the college of New Jersey— a class noted tor its ability and for the subsequent prominence of many of its members, Aaron Burr, William Brad ford, William Linn, D. D., &c Mr. Fith- ian was licensed to preach by the First Presbytery of Philadelphia, Nov 6 1774. On the 4th of April, 1775, be received an honorable dismission from the Presbytery, as there were no vacancies within its boun- daries, and recommended as a candidate in good standing. He left his ho neat Green- wich, N J , May 9, 1775, on horseback, for a tour through Delaware, Maryland, Penn sylvania and Virginia, in c ompany with Andrew Hunter, also his classmate, taking notes of people and places in journal form, addressed to Miss Elizabeth Beatty (sister of Major John, Dr. Reading and Erkuries Beatty, subsequently prominent ofiScers in the Pennsylvania Line) After his return, Oct. 25, he wa^i married to Miss Beatty and in the following June accepted the appoint ment of chaplain to Col. Newcomb’s Bat- alion of New Jersey Militia, and died in camp at Fort Washington, of dysentery. October 8, 1776. {Beatty Family Record, Page 55). He kept a journal up to within a few weeks of his death embracing the battle of Long Island and the subsequent skirmishing at York Island. His last entry, Sunday, Sept. 22. i-: “Many of our Bat- talion sick; our lads grow tired and begin to count the days of service which remain.” I am indebted to his ^raad niece, Misi Jose- phine C. Fithian, of Woodbury, N. J., for the use of the Journal. John Blair Linn]. Yorktown. May 17, 1775. — A considerable village; the principal street near half a mile in length. The houses a great part of the way very near and joining each other, many of them are large and fine, three stories high. There are three considerable public build- ings; the Court house, English church and Dutch Meetinghouse. The inhabitants here are enthusiastic in the American Cause and united almost without exception. Many were on the common and in diflerent parts of the town exercising themselves, (i. e. going through the manual at arms.) Fifteen miles from York is a small village called Berwick or Abbotstown. One Dutch Lutheran church with a cupola; all the houses built with square logs. An old kind Dutch landlady gave our horses for break- fast a dish of “Spelts;” they are a coarse species ot wheat. Our horses, however, were not over fond of the new and harsh grain On the Conewago is another settle- ment of the Scotch Irish. Mr. Hunter has some relatives here, we dined with one of them who were highly civil to us. Twenty- two miles from York is a small village called Huntersville. There is a Presbyter- ian meeting house now belonging to Mr. Thompson. Marsh creek is a fine brook, low banks are lined with tall sycamores. The Blue Mountains. May 18.—Here we arrived late last nigh Historical arid Genealogical. 157 at a small log House. A smart, neat, young landlady, a spry, gowden haired, buxom maid; several sturdy waggoners; huge hills on every side. We are at what is called Nicholson’s Gap. We jog on over the rugged hills. A middle aged, dropsical Dutch womao, with her face muffled up in the mumps, boiled up for our breakfast a little cofiee in the sugar and milk; indeed it made good broth. From the mountain to Elizabeth or Hagerstown is a level country and good land. Hagerstown. A considerable village; it may contain two hundred houses; some of them are large and neat built with stone or brick, but the greater part of the houses are built with logs neatly squared, which indeed make a good house. There are many stores here and many mechanics, and it is a place of busi- ness. The inhabitants are chiefly Dutch. East and southeast of this town the Blue mountains appear like thick hazy thunder- clouds just above the horizon in summer. There is here a Dutch Lutheran church and they are now building an English church. Frederick is the county town, so that they have no court house. We made from this village to the Potowmac in company of Betsy Vanleer and Dr. Magaw. The river here is eighteen rods over. We were in Virginia by six. We were in the Province of Pennsylvania this morning; we have passed though the colony of Maryland and are now in Virginia. Distance twenty- seven miles. May 19. — We lodged with Mr. Vanleer. He told us when we were leaving his house and about paying our bill, that a clergy- men’s money would not pass with him. We are now in Berkley county, 80 miles above Alexandria, 87 from Baltimore We arrived among Mr. Hunter’s relations. He intro- duced me to his mother, sister, brothers. jlfartiusburg. The county town of Berkley, has lately been taken from Frederick. This village derives its name from Col. Martin, a nephew of Lord Fairfax. It is yet in infancy. Two years ago the spot was high woods. There are now perhaps thirty houses. They have already built a prison of stone, and strong, and are making a court house of no incon- siderable size and elegance. Probably, if American liberty be established, for which we are now contending even in blood, this with many other infant villages, in a series of years, will be' populous and wealthy towns, especially if the navigation of this long river can be efiected. Mag 20. — We visited Mr. Vance, minister of Tuscarora congregation. He gave us liberty to visit and preach in the neighbor- ing vacancies. He lives at the foot of the North Mountain, partakes, I believe of the Virginian spirit, and hands round the “sociable bowl,” We dined at Captain Mitchell’s. Sunday, May 27. — Mr, Hunter and I preached at Falling Water Meeting house. It stands on the Potowmack, is well situ- ated, and I am told is a numerous society. The people gave good attention, sang the Scotch or as they call them David’s Psalms. The congregation is chiefly made up of country Irish and half Scotch, most of them Presby- terians We dined at one Bowland’s. Two wagons fully loaded went past, going with families to the back settlements. Wiachester. May 22. — The county town of Frederick, twenty-nine miles from Martinsburg It is a smart village nearly half a mile in length, and several streets broad and pretty full. The situation is low and disagreeable. There is pleasant hill northeast from the town, at a small distance a large stone Dutch Lutheran church with a tall steeple. In the town is an English church. North of the Historical and Genealogical, '15S town are the ruins of an old fort wasted and crumbled down by time. The land is good the country pleasant the houses in general large. Rode to-day to Stephensburg dis- tance 37 miles. Stephen sl>urg. May 23. — A small village well situated. Four taverns kept in this town. One large store kept by Mr. Holmes, where I am to lodge. With Mr. Hunter I rode out wi^h the intention of visiting Mr. Hoge the the late minister here. He is now from home at Redstone over the Allegany moun- tains May 24. — Before dinner Col. Isaac Zane, Burgess tor this county, came to the store with Miss Betsey McFarland, his kept and confessed mistress, and their young son and heir. Mr Zane is a man of first rank here, both in property and office. He pos- sesses the noted Malbron Iron Works, six miles from this town. He is, with regard to Politicks,in his own language a ‘ Quaker for the Times.” Of an open, willing con versation; talks much and talks sensibly on the present connections He is a patriot of a fiery temper. In Dunmore county he is Colonel of the Militia, one of the Burgesses in this; But he scorns to have a wife. After dinner with Mrs. Holmes and An- drew I walked out of town a mile lo a lovely farm of Mr. Whitehead’s, an old gray-headed batchelor. He is a singular character, an Englishman of Yorkshire by birth. Left home early and has been through America with a set of pictures and magic lantern by which he has made a for- tune. His house is small, but the walls on every side are covered with maps, paintings, and well chosen pictures. 26.— Dined with us an old starched Dutch Lutheran clergyman. He professed to be a scholar and has attempted to institute a small Academy in this county. Towards evening, came in from Staunton, Mr. For- terfield and wife. They invited me strongly to make them a visit ;they tell me the doctrine of universal restitution is making great headway in their congregations. Sunday, May 28, — Opickon church; a large and genteel society, mostly Irish. I preached two sermons, the people very at- tentive. From this town may be seen six counties (and there are but few such prospects in America) Hampshire, Dunmore, Cul- pepper, Farquair, Loudon, Frederick. The mountains on a smoky or dusky sky day ap- pear vastly beautiful, like a fine well de- signed and finished piece of painting. 31ay 31 — Mr. Glass was blessed while he was filling up his family, so far as to have eight daughters in continual succession and but three sons. I visited a brother of his a mile ofi at the head of Opickon creek, a solid lusty farmer; lives next to a clean well-filled garden, a small, brown, brisk, tidy, very sociable wife. A little spruce well turned daughter. Several visits we made to-day, among others to one Colville. He is clerk for the Society, raises the tuae, and in the primitive genuine Presbyterian whine and roll. Begins the first note of the music with a deep strained gutteralfrom the last word of the reading without any intermissions. This, however, in these Societies, is univeral. I am here under the necessity of close study, as the people here do not allow of reading sermons. Sunday, June 4 — Cedar creek church, six miles from Stevensbarg, northwest. All here are full Quakers. I preached twice; the assembly very attentive. I made very little use of my notes, which is a vast almost essential recommendation here. Preach without papers produce casuistic divinity; — Seem earnest and serious, and you will be listened to with patience and wonder. Both your hands will be seized and almost shook ofif, so soon as you are Historical and Genealogical, 159 out ot the church, and you will be claimed by half of the society to honor them with your company after sermon. Read your sermons, and if they be sound and senten- tious as Witherspoon’s, copious and fluent as Hervey’s; and read oft with the ease and dignity of Davies ; their backs will be up at once, their attention all gone, their noses will grow as red as their wigs. And (let me whisper this) you may get your dinner where you breakfasted. Please keep your seats, said an old grev headei gentleman, when worship was concluded; he took oft his hat and made a collection. Well I must go home with this venerable prop of the church. His wife is old and flaxen haired as he. Both are hearty, lusty and nimble. In this happy condition of life and friend- ship by Hymen’s blessing they have lived together flfty-flve years. They have three daughters at home, virgins, and well risen in year 4. Have some books, much poultry, Mr. Colville livt's within four miles of the North Mountain on the bank of Cedar creek, a small deep brook. The bank of this creek on the other side of the house is forty feet high, and in some places wholly perpen- dicular. They told me a melancholy story. A neighbor of theirs, some years ago, was riding in the night and lost his wey on the other side of this creek, he alighted from his horse, and, dolefal mishap, blundered over this bank, fell to the bottom and died. Monday^ June 5 — We bre ikfasted heart- ily and soundly on the richest products ot a fat farm. Boiled milk, highly buttered, and fine cheese of two kinds, one made last summer, the other last week. We passed one freeman talking politicks and religion. These good people are full warm for elec- tion and reprobation in its strictest sense. Mr. Colville gave me yesterday’s collec- tion, I seem gratified to find that when he number at church was so small so many remembered me. There was thirty -four pieces ot silver in cut money, quarters of dollars, pistareens and half-bitts. The whole donation, however, for the two sermons was three dollars, £1, 2s., 6d. After dinner I visited old Mrs. Sarah Vance. She was in her early life acquainted with Mr. Hunter, of Cohansie, and once they were on the borders of being married, before Mr. Hunter went to the grammar school. But, said the honest woman, he was born to a better fortune. On my way home I called in to visit one Mr. Wilson, an intelligent, agree' able person lately from Ireland. He wears the short, trite, yellow wig. Four o'clock at Sterienshurg . — This is Whit- sun-Holiday. The village is full of people. Men busy mustering, women in the streets and at the doors looking on; all things fes- tive. Tuesday^ June 6. — The drum beats, and the inhabitants of this village muster each morning at five o’clock. After dinner with Captain Holmes and Captain Hunter, I rode to Winchester. The court was sitting. Mars, the great God of Battle, is now honored in every part of this spacious colony, but here every presence is warlike — every sound is martial — Drums beating, pipes and bag pipes playing, and only sonorous and venic tunes. Every man has a hunting shirt, which is the uni- form of each company. Almost all have a cockade and buck tail in their hats to represent thaf they are hardy, resolute and invincible natives of the woods of America. The county committee sat. Among other resolves they passed this resolute and try- ing determination, “That every member of this county between sixteen and sixty years of age shall appear every month at least in the field under arms, and it is recommended to all to muster weekly for their improve- ment.” 160 Historical and Genealogical, Wednesday, June 1. — Election! Election ! Election I Oh 1 this election and reproba- tion. It is damnation, nolens wlens an old crafty buckskin to me this day. I am much troubled with these doctrines Poor, unmeaning persons, perplexed with a ficti- tious, aijy fury, and never in expectation of full satisfaction, till the die is cast. Thursday, June — We see many every day traveling out and in, to and from Caro- lina, some on foot with packs, some on horseback, and some in large covered waggons. The road here is much fre- quented and the country for one hundred and fifty miles further west thickly in- habited. To-day. for the first time, I went through the “new exercise,” gave the word and performed the action, LibrisDoc- toribusque amotis One Shipe of this town was backward this morning in his attendance with the company of Independents. A file was sent to bring him. He made resistance, but was compelled at length, and is now in great tear and very humble since he heard many of his townsmen talk of tar and leathers. Saturday, June 10. —Last night by some daring villain, Lord Fairfax’s office was broken open and robbed. The money was not found, but many suits of my lord’s and Colonel Martin’s best clothes were taken, many pairs of shoes, shifis, linen, &c. The same evening near this town ten horses were stolen. Opickon Churcli. Sunday, June 11. — A numerous assembly. Mr. Hog present. He is a lusty well-made man. Captain Holmes introduced me to him and he received me kindly Invited me to the session house and home with him after worship. I proposed and strongly urged him to preach at least once, but he wholly declined it. Several store keepers and people of note were out fron Winches ter, many members of the English church, nd all gave good attention. Sometimes, at particular sentences, I could observe every eye to be fixed and the whole house in ilence. Then, when the sentiments cooled, one would cough, another would ogle some woman, a third would takesnuft, &c After sermon I rode home with Mr, Hog. He is remarkakly chatty, and in some cases facetious, has the reputation, I believe justly, of a sound, well meaning man. I grieve for his present state; he has a large family, no way of supporting it, has been dismissed from this Society near three years. He is anxious of being reinstated, and is jeal jus of my having an intention to supplant him Monday June 12 — The opinion of his Reverence on politicks is blank. He rode with me to Mr Glass’. Mr. Glass gave me for my five sermons, five dollars and many thanks. He proposed I should stay with them a year on trial, but I objected on Mr. Hog’s case. A report came to town pretty well con- firmed that in the upper part of Augusta some few days ago was committed a base murder. A gentleman travelling towards Carolina was assaulted and stabbed in many places in the breast and afterwards robbed of cash about £110. Soon after the murder, while the unhappy victim was yet bleeding, but quite dead, two gentlemen- from the Northward came up, saw the dead body, and looking about at some distance, they dis- covered a person washing his hacds and clothes in a brook; they seized him; at first he denied the fact; but when he was bound and threatened he owned^that he had destroyed the man and robbed him for his money which was upwards of an hundred pounds. They then carried the dead body and the murderer back to a tavern, kept by a widow woman, at a small distance, and desired her to take the charge of all and carry on the prosecution as he there acknowl- Historical and GenealogicaL 161 edged before witnesses that he was the murderer. The woman, however, obstinately refused in every respect. They then asked for a rope, called several as witnesses of his acknowledgement of the murder; took him out from the house and without the formality of a legal trial hung him dead themselves. After having thus secured him, they left the murdered body, the money, and an account of their pro- cedure with the widow and proceeded on their journey. This causes much speculation. It is an action so circumstanced and so unprece- dented, that I know not how to give my opinion, and yet I cannot make a strong objection nor bring one single reason than from thinking such conduct necessary. Tuesday, June 13 — Many servants and negroes are running off. One was brought into town this day with a huge iron collar on his neck, a long, heavy chain on his feet; and the poor victim was on his way to a scene of usage less inferior to Papal Pur- gatory. Wednesday, June 14. — Early this morning Mr. Emmitt, of this town, leased me to agree and stay in this society. I told him I respect and love the people, but am not clear with respect to Mr. Hog’s case. The independ- ent company met and mustered diligently. Many men of note are warm in the cause, as especially Ool. Hite, a man of influence and property in the neighborhood. Evening. — I visited Major Stevens, the proprietor of this town. He and his wife both urged me by many arguments to agree and slay in this society. I would stay gladly if I should not injure Mr. Hog. June 15 — Before noon I made a visit to Mr. Wilson an elder in this society. Mr- Wilson is a plain able farmer, very old and stout; a full and strong example that this place is healthy. Afternoon, with Mr. Holmes, visited Col. Hite. His general* characteris- tics are wealth and honesty. He entertained us me»*rily with humor, toddy and music. In town a most furious hurly burly; Mr. M’Ginnis formerly a Baptist preacher but now a constable, had apprehended a fellow on suspicion of stealing his horse. 'When we rode up a large mob were together. A posse was dispatched for a wo- man said to be his companion; in about an hour with much reluctance she came Magna Gaterxia Comitante. Both are remarkably impudent, and it is said by all are well known characters. You a preacher, damn you, said the cul- piit yesterday. You a preacher, a teacher of good. Yes, you are the picture, the imp of folly and mischief, an hypocrite ingrate —you apostate. M’Ginnis ran up to him in rage and beat him with his whip, and on application to the magistrate he put in his mouth an iron gag. Friday, June 16 . — Larkins was sent to prison well secured, the woman was de- graded and dismissed. Dined with us a Mr. Root, a lawyer from Winchester. He is a warm patriot. Winchester. Saturday, June 17. — This town in arms, all in burning shirt uniform, and bucktails in their caps. Indeed they make a grand figure I arrived in Martinsburg a little be- fore evening. Mr. Hunter just arrived from Jersey. He tells me that the negroes in Pittsgrove have murdered Mrs. Sherry and many are in this conspiracy. Here slaves are running off daily, servants skulking about and pilfering horses, and many other things weekly. Riots on many occasions in most parts of the continent, and in every place much anxiety and doubt, and almost total inattention to business. These, how- ever, are only some of the most beautiful outlines of “cmZ discord.'’ Sunday, JunelS . — Over the North moun- tain I rode to Mr. Vance’s meeting house 162 Historical and Genealogical. at Back creek. The sacrament was ad- ministered. Ninety three communicants. Vast assembly. This North mountain is very high, at the top almost bare The view below on each side Is rich and beauti- ful. On each side we see ridges of hills, and ridges on ridges still succeed till you cross the Allegany. Monday, June 19. — Rode to the Rev. Johns, nearPotowmac ; rode nine miles. Tuesday, June 20, 1775. — Rose by 3. rode over Potowmack, the bottom-solid rock, high banks of 40 feet hard rock. Then through a small blind road to Mr. King’s meeting house of Upper West Conne- choague [the church is now gone, but the graveyard still marks the place, 2 miles northwesterly from Mercersburg] . The Presbytery [Donegal] met. Mr. Black gave the sermon. Present Messrs. Cooper, Thompson, Hoge, McFarquar. Corres- pondents, M’Pherin, Craighead, Ray, Vance. Candidates, Black, Keith, M’Connel, Hunter and myself Stu- dents, Wilson, Linn, Waugh, Boid So much company in these woods seems agree- ble. The land here is good and a fine creek through it Tall timber and near the Nor^h Mountain. Distance rode to day 22 miles — Mr. Black’s. He lives West under the North Mountain. Has a smart, pleasant wife and sweet child I had here pleasant society. Mr. Black and I played tor our diversion and amusement many airs on the German flute. We recollected and chatted over our peregrinations, since we parted. All was simple, sociable and friendly. Wednesday, June%\. — By 9 at Presbytery ; many pros and cons, repartees and break- jaw compliments passed. Nothing was done tor us and we passed the day in dull ness, only now and then a ramble among the trees. Evening — we returned with friendly Mr. Black* and passed it in music and friend ship. [*Probably John Black of class of 1771, who died in 1802. ] Thursday, June 22.— At the Presbytery' by nine. They gave us our appointments. Mr. Keith over the Allegheny. I have the following: Next Sabbath, the 4th in June, at Cedar Springs [now Mifldin, Juniata co.] First Sabbath in July at Northumberland. Second at Bufialo Valley. Third at Warrior Run. Fourth at Bald Eagle. Fifth at Chillisquaque. First in August in Penns Valley. Second, West Kishacoquillas. Third, East Kishacoquillas Fourth Shirley. A vast stony woods round. At eleven I lett the Presbytery and rode to Mr. Kiag’s within a mile of Port Loudon; dined; Mr. Keith along. We rode on North into Path Valley. Mr. Keith left me at twelve miles, on his way to Bedford. [Here ends all that relates to Cumber- land Valley. The balance of the Journal contains curious notices of customs and prominent persons. Dr Pluuket, Mrs. Scull, Esq Brown, Fleming, &c., and old Northumberland county, more proper for publication in papers of that locality; but if a desire tor more is expressed it will be furnished for ^otes and (Queries. Jor»N Blair Linn ] Belief onte. Pa. AND QD12KllsiS.— JLXXIIl. Uisturical aud Genealogical. Contributions to the Biographical History of the Cumberland Valley. — In the course of a few weeks we expect to present, with other articles relating to the Valley, some important contributions to its biographical history. We had hoped to give with this number sketches of Col. George Croghan, Gen Frederick Watts and others, but we have concluded to defer them for the present. w. h e Historical Memoranda — In 1741 the inhabitants towards “Yellow Britches^’ Historical and Genealogical. 163 creek petitioned for a road from Walnut Bottom to Susquehannah, at Nathan Hus- sey’s, to cross river to James Allison’s. July 29, 1748, Elizabeth Chambers and John Chambers, administrators of the estate of Randle Chambers, deceased, filed their account of personal effects, which amounted to three hundred and eighty- five pounds and sixteen shillings. They took audit for payment to the following named persons : John Davis, Mr. Peters, Natha- niel Little. 7 gallon of liquor at 2. 6. [This was used at the funeral ] John Ridick; vendue crier. Geo. Cowan. Justice Hog, qualified the appraisers. s. e. The Settlement op the Cumberland Valley. — We trust our friends “over ye Sasquahannah” will take the facts relative to the actual settlement of the beautiful and historic Cumberland Valley as philosophic- ally as possible. On this side of the river, recent researches have exploded all our views concerning the settlement here, not- withstanding writers before us, historians of celebrity, had led us to form the opinions which we had held a number of years. Our lamented friend Rupp was an indefatigable historian, and with the documents then accessible (the Provincial Records and Arch- ives had not at that time been publi.-hed) he made perchance as good use of his material as possible. For his labors, he is certainly deserving of proper recognition, and fre- quently is an authority — but with the newer light we are in possession ot, we must con- fess that many of Mr. Rupp’s assertions are unsubstantiated. Again, because Mr. Rupp has not said thus and so, it should not be taken for granted that statements founded upon recently published or discovered docu- ments should not be correct. We have little doubt that prior to the ryea 1700 such traders as Letort and others had traversed the Cumberland Valley from the Susquehanna to the P»)tomac, but that they did so would be no argument that the Valley was settled prior to 1700. Yet when, as in the case of Silvers and others who, when the Provincial land office was opened for the sale of lands across the river, in 1732, were the first to request warrants for their “im- proved” lands, we must naturally infer that they had been prior settlers. Coupled with this, if there are extant certain state- ments which go to show that these men went “over Sasquahannah” about 1725, or before that, we should accept these dates as the periods when their actual settlements were begun. Silvers, and Parker, and Macfarlane, and Kelso were no traders, as Chartier and Letort, but finding the west side of the river far preferable to the east side thereof, they pushed thitherward and located, per- manentl}’- ot course, or we would not find them where we do when it was necessary to take out their warrants for land. John Harris had no land surveyed him until 1732, and yet he located at this point in 1707; then as an Indian trader, with authority “to cultivate fifty acres of land.” In I'^'IS we find his name with quite a number in Conestogoe township, Chester county, assessment list, who in the changes of townships and counties, subsequently appear in West Conestogoe, Chester county, Donegal. Lancaster county, and Paxtang, Lancaster county. And yet these persons had no land surveyed or warranted to them during a period of fourteen to fifteen years, simply from the fact that west of the Conewago hills, the Proprietaries gave no authority to sell, the lands not having been purchased from the Indians. No one will deny that they were actual settlers. This will apply to those who went into the Cumberland Valley! We have no theories of our own to advance — we have given the historic data as we have found it. Our own views would be at wider variance with cur- m Historical and Genealogical. rent history, yet we always refrain fron giving our opinion unsubstantiated by good authority. w. h. e. THE SETTLEMENT OF aHIPFENSBUKG. [The following letter has bee a in print, and we must confess that with others at first we doubted the genuineness ot it. The original has been kindly sent us by D. K. Wagner, esq., one of the editors of the Shippensburg News, and is before us. We are perfectly satisfied with its antiquity, and hail it as another link in the chain ot early settlements to which we have alluded ; and more than that, it substantiates the claim of Shippensburg as to being the oldest town in the Valley. There must assuredly have been many settlers between these pioneers and the Susquehanna to have induced them to start a town forty miles west of Harris’ Ferry, if as one old writer tells us, the latter was the border of civilization at that period. This letter finds a place in Rev. Dr. Wing’s valuable history of Cumberland county, but feeling confident that the readers of Notes and Queries will appreciate it we give it verbatum as in the original. The writer of the letter was ancestor of the Magi aw family one of whom, Henry S. Magraw, was at one time State Treasurer of Pennsylvania. The names of McCall, Steen, Rippey and others mentioned were the ancestors of many who lived and fiourished in the Valley during the last one hundred and forty years — while John Simpson, of Paxtang, was one of the earliest ^ettlers in this locality, and brother of the father of General Mich- ael Simpson, of Revolutionary memory. w. H E “May 21st, 1733 “Dear John : — I wish you would see John Harris at the ferry and get him to rite to the governor to see if he can’t get some guns for us ; there’s a good wheen of ingens about here, and I fear they intend to give us a good deal of troubel, and may do us a grate deal of harm. We was three days on our journey coming from Harrises ferry here. We could not make much speed on account of the childer; they could not get on as fast as Jane and me. “I think we will like this part of the country, when we get our cabbin bilt. I put it on a level pease of groun near the road or path in the woods, at the foot of a hill. There is a fine stream of watter that comes from a spring a half a mile south of where our cabbin is bilt. I would have put it nearer the watter but the land is lo & wet. John McCall, Alick Steen & John Rippey bilt theres near the stream. “Hugh Rippey ’s daughter Mary berried yesterday. This will be news to Andrew Simpson when it reaches Maguire’s Bridge; he is to come over in the fall, when they were to be married. LVlary was a verry purty gerl; she died of a favor, & they berried her up on rising groun, north of the road or path, where we made choice of a peese of groun tor a grav yard. Poor Hugh has none left now but his wife, Sam with little Isabel. “There be plenty of timner south o f us. We have 45 cabbins bilt here now, & it looks a town, but we have no name for it. I’ll send this with John Simpson when he goes back to Paixiau. Come up soon; our caDhin will be ready to go into in a week & you can go in till you get wan bilt. We have planted some corn & potatoes. Dan McGee, John Sloan & Robert Moore was here and lett last week. Remember us to Mary and the childer. We are all well. Tell Billy Parker to come up soon, and bring Nancy with him ; I know he will like the country. 1 forgot to tell you that Sally Brown was bit by a snaik, but she is out of danger. Come up soon. “Y’r atf. brother, “James Magraw.” Indorsed : “Mr. John Magraw, Paixtan.” NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. CAPTAIN WlLIilAM TRENT. William Trent, the son of William Trent, was born in Chester, subsequently Lancas- ter county, Penn’a, February 13, 1715. His father held several positions under the Proprietary, (the city of Trenton was named for him) and the son entered the service of theProvince at an early period Gov. George Thomas appointed him, in June, 1746, cap tain of one of the tour companies raised for an intended expedition against Canada. He was stationed during that and the following year in the neighborhood of Albany, N.Y., re turning to Pennsylvania in December, 1747. On the formation of the county of Cumberland he received a commission as justice of the courts for that county. He resided in the neighborhood of Col. George Croghan, his brother-in-law, and with whom he subse- quently largely engaged in the Indian trade. Owing to his great influence with the savages, in 1752 the Governor of Vir ginia employed Capt. Trent as agent of that Colony to attend the council of the Ohio tribes at Logstown, a journal of which has been preserved. In August of the following year he was directed by Gov. Dinwiddie, of Virginia, to examine the site for a fort on the Ohio. This was at the junction of the Monongahela and Alle gheny where Pittsburgh now stands. In January, 1754, he raised by authority and commanded a company of volunteers doing service on the frontier, and in the early part of the ensuing spring began the erection of a military post at the forks of the Ohio. During his absence this was seized by a large French force, and Fort Duquesne subsequently erected. In 1755, Capt. Trent reentered the service of his nativ^e Province — for nearly two years being a member of the Provincial Council. In 1757 he was again in the employ of Virginia, but in the summer of that year he acted as the secretary to Col George Cro- ghan at a council with the Indians at Eas- ton. He accompanied General Forbes’ expe- dition in 1758, and the year following entered the service of Sir Wm Johnson, the British Agent for Indian Affairs in America. He was present that year at the treaty with the Ohio Indians at Fort Pitt, and the subse- quent conference of Gen. Stanwix with the Western nations in October. Largely en- gaged in the Indian trade, he was totally ruined by Indian depredations, following the conspiracy of Pontiac. For these losses, however, in 1768, the Indians at the Fort Stanwix treaty conveyed to Capt. Trent a large trac^ of land between the Kanawha and Monongahela rivers. He settled there, but at the outset of the Revo- lution returned to Pennsylvania, accepted a major’s commission, and was present as such at the treaty of Fort Pitt, July 6, 1776. He was not in active service, save in the Western Depart- ment. While on his way east in 1778 he took ill at his old home, died shortly after, and was buried in an old grave-yard not far from Silvers’ Spring church yard, if not in that identical burial ground. Major Trent was a representative man in provincial days and spent most of his life in the public ser- vice. w. H. E. 166 Historical and Genealogical. NOTKS AND QU£R1£S— LXXIV. Historical and Genealogical. D£RRY CHlTRcH LAND PATENT. [To the late Dr. George Ross, of Leba- non, are we indebted for a transcrip*; of the following, which we give by way of pre- lude to other papers connected with the his- tor ot that venerable landmark of the early Scotch-Irish settlement and consequently of Presbyterianism. w h e ] ^'Patent to William Bertram and others, in Trust for the Preshiterean Congregation at Derry, in Lancaster County ” Entered in the Office for Recording Deads, for the City and County of Philadelphia, in Patent Book A , Vol. 10, Pa 217, &c , the eighteenth Day of July, Ao. Di. 17 44 . Wit- ness My hand and seal of my Office, C. Brockleth, Recorder.’^ John Penn, Thomas Penn and Rich- ard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietari'S and Governors in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware. To all unto whom these presents shall come, send Greeting: WHERE A.S, In and by a Warrant under a Seal of our Land Offl e, bearing date the Tenth Day of this Instant, July, We require our Surveyor General to accept and receive the Survey of about one hun- dred acres of Land, which by our Consent at the Instance of William Bertram, Minis- ter of the Preshiterean Congregation, in and near Derry Township, in the County of Lancaster, was on the Twentieth Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord, one thou- sand, seven hundred and thirty eight,made to enclose and accommodate the Meeting House and Burying Ground intended to be- long to the said Minister and Congregation. Situate in the said Township, and the said Survey being accepted, and duly returned into our Secretaries’ Office, in the Name of the 4; said William Bertram, James Gal- breath, jun., Hugh Hays, James Harris, William Morrison, Hugh Wilson, and Robert Wallace, for the Use and Behoof of the said Congregation, as in and by our Warrant aforesaid was required. The Sit- uation, Lines and Bounds thereof are as follows, viz : Beginning at a maple tree on the Northern bank of Spring Creek, at a Corner of Andrew White’s Land, and ex- tending thence by the same, North North East two hundred and sixteen Perches to a Post; Thence by James Campbell’s Land, South eight Degrees West, one hundred and seventy five Perches to a Post, by the aforesaid Creek ; Thence by the several Courses of the same seventy five perches to the Place of Beginning ; Containing one hundred and two acres and the allow- ance of six acres for Roads, as in and by the survey thereof remaining in our Surveyor General’s office, and from thence Certified into our Secre- tary’s Office may appear. NOW, at the further Instance and request of the said William Bertram, James Galbreath, jun , Hugh Hays, James Harris, William Morri- son, Hugh Wilson and Robert Wallace that We would be pleased to grant unto them, for the Use of the Preshiterean Con- gregation aforesaid, a Confirmation of the said Tract of Land according to the Situa- tion and Survey above described. KNOW YE, therefore, that We favouring the Instance and request of the said William Bertram, and the Consideration of the yearly Quit Rent herein after mentioned and reserved WE HAVE given, granted, released and confirmed, and by these Pres- ents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, DO give, grant, release and confirm unto the said William Bertram, James Galbreath, jun., Hugh Hays, James Harris, William Morrison, Hugh Wilson and Robert Wallace, and their heirs, for the use afore Historical and Oenealogicat said, the said Tract of Land, as the same is now set forth, bounded and limited as afore- said, with all the Mines, Minerals, Quar- ries, Meadows, Marshes, Savannahs, Swamps, Cripples, Woods, Underwoods, Timber and Trees, Ways, Waters, Water Courses, Liberties, Profitts, Commodities, Advantages, Hereditaments and Appurte- nances whatsoever, to the said one hun- dred and two acres of Land belonging or in any wise appertaining and lying within the Bounds and Limits aforesaid, three full and clear fifth Parts of all Royall Mines free from all deductions and reprisals for Digging and Refining the same, and one fifth Part of all other Mines or Oar delivered at the Pitt’s Mouth, only Excepted and hereby reserved. A 05 I also, free Leave, Right and Liberty to and tor the said Wil- liam Bertram, James Gal breath, jun., Hugh Hays, James Harris, William Mor- rison, Hugh Wilson and Robert Wallace, their Heirs and Assigns, To Hawk, Hunt, Pish and Fowl in and upon the hereby granted Land and Premisses or upon any Part thereof; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract of one hundred and two acres of Land and Premisses and the Appurtenances unto the f-aid William Bertram, James Galbreath, jun , Hugh Hays, James Harris, William Morrison, Hugh Wilson and Robert Wallace, their Heirs and Assigns, in Trust nevertheless for the sole Use and Behoof of the said Presbiterean Congregation for Ever, for their Meeting House, School, Burying Place, Built and Erected, or to be Built and Erected on the same Land, And to no other Use, Intent or Purpose whatsoever, TO BE HOLDEN of Us, our Heirs and Successors, Proprietaties of Pennsilvania, as of our Mannor of Conestogoe in the county aforesaid, in free and Common Soc- cage, by Fealty only in lieu of all other Ser- vices, YIELDING AND PAYING therefore m yearly to Us, our Heirs and Successors, at the Town of Lancaster, in the said County, at or upon the First Day of March in every year, from the first Day of March last past, one half penny Sterling for every acre of the same, or Value thereof in Coyn Current, according as the Exchange shall then be be- tween our said Province and the City of London, to such Person or persons as shall from Time to time be appointed to receive the samp, AND in case of Non-payment ihereof within ninety Days next after the same shall become due, that then it shall and may be Lawful for Us, our Heirs and Successors, our and their receiver or receiv- ers into and upon the hereby granted Land and Premisses to ReEnter, and the same to hold and Possess until the said Quit Rents and all arrears thereof, together with the Charges accruing by Means of such Non- payment and ReEntry, be fully paid and Discharged. IN WITNESS whereof the said Thomas Penn, by Virtue of the Powers and Authorities to him granted by the said John and Richard Penn, and of his own Right, hath Caused the Great Seal of the said Province to be hereunto affixed, at Philadelphia, this Eighteenth Day of July, n the Year of Our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and Forty-one, The fifteenth Year of the Reign of King George, the Second, Over Great Britain. Tho Penn. M^BULAGBS BV REV. JOHN BOaN. [For the following valuable Marriage Record of the Rev. John Roan, from 1754 to 1774, we are indebted to his descendant, Scott Clingan, Esq , of Lewisburg. We are in hopes the previous marriages from 1745, the year he began his ministry to 1754, may be secured. We shall in a few weeks present an alphabetical list of the membership of Rev Roan’s congregations 168 Historical and Genealogical. of Paxtang, Derry and Donegal which seem to antedate our assessment lists, w. h. e ] 1754. Oct. 3 William Cusick to Isabel Me- bane. Oct. 15. James McClosky to Agnes White. 1755. Jan. 2. David Rea to Kath Marrs Jan. 16. Alex Morrow to Kate Arm- strong Feb 6. Patrick Campbell to Eleanor Hays. April 15 John Byars to Agnes Ross. April 17. Samuel Levy to Mary Sharp April 18 John Porterfield to Sarah Cunningham. April 24. James Tate to Anne Camp- bell. May 27. James Barnet to Margaret Roan Aug. 4 John Bell to Sarah Bell. Oct. 18. James Russell to Hannah Black- burn. Oct 31. Robert Carson to Margaret Woods. Dec. 23 John Ross to Isabel Johnston. 1756 Mar. 2 James Fitzpatrick to Margaret Wilson. June 3. John Montgomery to Susan Tilson. June 23 Jos. Ross to Martha McClenag- han. July 22. Chas. Neely to Eley McClenag han, Aug. 3. John Wilson to Jean Steven- son. Aug. 17. Cochran. Thomas Wiley to Margaret Aug. 24 Robert Gaston to Margaret Logan. 1757. Feb. — . Alex. McKennet to Mary Wiley. May 9. James McMullan to Eleanor Wright. May 11. Patrick Hogin to Katherine McManus. Sept. 7. John Steele to Margaret McClure. Oct. 27. John Sawyers to Jean Allen. 1758. Jan. 26 James Dunken to Mary Kelly. Feb. — . Alexander McCullom to Agnes Walker. Dec. 19. William Sharp to Mary Hays. 1759. Jan. 4 Arch. Sloan to Margaret Sloan. Feb. 6. Joseph Sherer to Mary McClure. Mar. 22 John Lee to Mary Carson. April 24. Robert Whitely to Janet Cochran. May 10. Connor Fallen to Janet Hun- ter. July — . James Walker to Martha Brown. Sept. 23. George Kelly to Robin- son. 1760. April 23. Samuel Vernor to Elizabeth Blackburn. April 24 Henry Deyermond to Mary Byars. May 1. William Carson to Margaret Mc- Cord. June 9. Alex. McHargue to Jean Tol- land. John Patton to Espy. Sept. 4. Peter Smith to Margaret Brice. Sept 25. James Graham to Agnes Arm- strong Oct. 7. Dennis McCormick to Janet Townslie Oct. 9. William McClintock to Jean Sharp Oct. 14. John Wilkie to Margaret Mc- Nutt. Oct. 30 Robt Atkin to Anne Cooper. Historical and Oenealogical, 169 Dec. 23. James McClure to Mary Espy. Dec. 25. Richard Casson to Christine Graham. 1761. March 3 James Andrew to Jean Strain. March 5. Edward Sharp to Mary Gra- ham. March 26. Michael Van leer to Mary Brown. April 9 James Barney to Jean Mc- Clure. April 16. William Wright to Margaret McCord. April 23. John Bell to Mary Bell. Moses Shaw to Margaret Ster-*^ rat. May 14. Thomas McClure to Mary Harvey. June 1. William Moor to Margaret Wright. Nov. 3. John Murdock to Sarah Brice. Nov. 5. Samuel Robinson to Jean Snod- dy. Dec. 17. Robert Rusk to Mary Mc- Cracken. Dec. 31. Benj. Boyd to Janet Elliot, Derry. 1762. Mar. 4. John Montgomery to Jean Waugh Mar. 25 Robert Hays to Margaret Rea Derry. Mar. 30. Thomas Sawyer to Margaret McCallen. May 6. David Sterrat to Rachel Innis June 15. James Hucheson to Margaret Hucheson. Aug. 25. Joseph Campbell of R. Spring, to Jean McCall. Dec. 6 John Shields of R. Spring, to .lean Kirkpatrick. Dee 7. George Baird of R. Spring, to Margaret Kerr Dec. 9 William Alexander to Eliz.King, Pax tang Dec. 14. James Espy to Martha Mc- Knight. Dec 23 James McClane to Margaret McCracken. 1763. Jan. 20. George Morray to Mary Flem- ing. Feb. 1. John Baird to Margaret Mann. Feb. 17. Samuel Hanna to Agnes Ster- rat, Paxtang. June 28 David Ferguson to Jean Woods. July 14. Samuel Ramsey to Alice Max- well. Dec. 3. Samuel Paterson to Martha Ramsey. 1764. March 8. William McClenaghan to Isabel Cooper. March 27. John Bowman to Mary Ster- rat. Aug. 23. Daniel Loughry to Lettice McConnachry. Sept. 4. Samuel Allen to Rebekah Smith. Dec. 27. James Hunter to Elizabeth Hunter. 1765. Jan 29. Robert Wilson to Esther Parks. Feb. 12. James Forster to Janet John- ston. Feb. 28. William Donnaldsoo to Anne Lusk. April 9. John Morrison to Jean McCon- naghy. June 12. A couple at Capt. Brady’s. June 20. David McClure to Margaret Luky. Aug. — Two couples in Shipping’s town. Sept. — . to Brown. 1765. Sept. — . One couple at Capt. Brady’s. Ocr. 24. James Buchanan to Sarah Gray. Oct. 31. William Scott to Jean Hays. 170 Historical and Genealogical. Dec. 31. William Muirhead to Eliz. Barnet. 1766. Feb. 27. Arch. Sloan to Mary Craig, Han- over. March 4. James Gregg to Agnes Smith,, Carlisle. April 10. John Steel to Eliz. Cowper, Derry. April 23. Thomas Thompson to Jean Thompson. May 26. .John McCallen to .lean Stewart. Sept. 22. Joshua Russell to Jean Mc- Clure. Nov. 10. William Irwin to Sarah Cham hers. Nov. 18. Joseph Wilson to Mary Anne McKnight. 1767. Aug. 25. James Wharton to Anne Wright. Oct. 1. William Savers to .lean Wilson. Oct. 6. William Hays to Jean Taylor Oct. 22. Samuel Sturgeon to Margaret Rogers. Nov. 10. Hugh Montgomery to Janet Johnston, Paxtang. Dec. 21. William Clark to Sarah Woods, Paxtang. 1768 Feb. 4. Thomas McCallen to Mary Boyle, Derry. Feb, 25. James Welsh to Jean Hutchin- son. March 25. Robert Sturgeon to Jean Robinson. May 11. Joseph Young to Mary Millar, Donegal. May 31. James Cunningham to Janet Cochran. July 4 David Allison to Agnes Die)?, Derry Sept. 29. John Johnston to Isabel Todd Oct. 9. James Gaylor to Mary McClosky, Donegal. Nov. 10. Jonathan McClure to Sarah Hay. Nov. 15. John Stewart to Margaret Stewart. Nov. 24 James Barr to Martha Cun- ningham, Donegal. Dec. 1. James Gay to Margaret Mitch el, of Raphoe. 1769. Feb. 21. Alex. Mitchel of Raphoe, to Margaret Cowper. April 18. Hamilton Shaw to Susan Mc- Clure. May 1. John Johnston to Ruth Temple- ton May 31. James Brown to Kath. Boyd, Londonderry. July 4 William Waugh to Jean Mc- Clure. July 6. James McCreight to Janet Strain, of Hanover. Samuel Robinson to Lettice Montgomery. Josias Espy to Anne Kirkpat- rick. Sppt. 14. John Robison to Sarah John- ston, Paxtang. Nov. 8 James Richardson to Dorcas Bell. Dec. 5. Thomas Kennedy to Janet Wil- son 1770 April 26. Thomas Robison to Jean Hays, Derry. May 22. William Trindale, of Lower Pensbury, to White. Sept. 11. James Montgomery to Anne Woods. Nov. 22. James Cochran & Mary Montgomery, Paxtang. Dec. 11. Samuel Cochran to Mary Shearer, Paxtang. 1771. March 21. David Welsh to Margaret Welsh. Historical and Genealogical. 171 Aug. 13. John Barnet to Mary Boyd. Sept. 17. John Erwin to Anne Welsh, Derry. Oct. 1. Andrew Caldwell to Martha Cochran. Inov. 19. John McClure, of Carolina, to Samh Wilson, of Paxtang. 1772. Jan. 7. James Smiley to Eliz. Suffran. April 13. James Johnston to Jean Me- Gradie, Paxtang. May 5. Benjamin Eaken to Mary>|^ Shearer. Aug. 2. A couple at West Branch, Sus- queh. Oct. — . Eaken to Margaret Clark. Dec. 8. John Polly to Mary Murray. Dec. 17. James Jamison to Mary Logan. 1773 Jan. 28. John Robinson, Mount Joy, to Jean Thompson, Hanover. Mar. 16 John Wishart to Jean McDon- nald. April 19. .Tames Douglass to Elizabeth Duffield, at Carlisle. May 6. John Craig to Sable Boggs, at Derry. Aug 3. David Hays to Anne Glen. Aug. 30. Andrew Clark to Mary Clark, New Purchase. Oct. 19. Andrew Kerr to Katherine Will- son. Nov. 29 James Dawson to Kath. Mor- row, of Paxtang Dec 21. Hugh Bankhead to Jean Trous- dale. 1774. April 5. William Sloan to Mary, Suf- fran . Samuel Kearsley to Sarah Kirk- pal rick. April 24. Robert Boyle to Rog- ers. Aug. 8. Samuel Barnet to Margaret Graham, Paxtang. . John Duncan to Mary Mont- gomery, Paxtang. Aug. 23. John Willson to Herron, Big Spring. > ! — >->. NOTES AND QUERIES.— EXXV. Historical and Genealogical. Capt. William Trent.— Capt. Trent, and twenty two other Indian traders, were attacked by Indians at Bloody Run, in 1763, and lost all their goods. At the treaty at Fort Stanwix, in 1768, the deed to which you refer was made to William Trent as attorney in fact for these twenty-two Indian traders. The deed is placed among other relics in Independence Hall. The King of England also made a deed to the same parties for the same tract of land. Capt. Trent lived some time in Lancaster borough. From thence he moved to Carlisle, where he established a store, &c. Shortly before his death he owned many thousand acres of land in Northumberland county (which had been erected from Cumberland co.) in connection with Joseph Simons, an Indian trader in Lancaster, and one of the twenty-two spoken of. Mr. Simons purchased all of Mr. Trent’s lands, I think, at sherift’s sale, just before or after the latter’s death. Upon further investigation you will find Major Trent a very prominent personage with a clear record. Saml. Evans. Columbia, Pa., Dec. 6, 1880. THE ORIGIN OF DAUPHIN COUNTY NAMES OF PLACES, ETC. Interesting Data For Preservation. [The following, prepared by a correspon- dent, contains an every day description of Dauphin county in a form easy for refer- ence. Most of us know more of the West- ern States and Territories than of our own m Historical and Genealogical, bountiful and romantic home — rich in all the products of the earth — exquisite in its mountains and valleys, filled with valuable minerals, and with a population industri- ous, intelligent and virtuous The article imparts information, not accessible any- where. The author has used the uuoflacial figures of the census of 1880. w h. e ] Dauphin county was formed of part of Lancaster, part of Berks, and comprised all of the present Lebanon county, frdm 1785 to 1813. It was named after the oldest son of Louis XVI. , whose official title was •‘the Dauphin.” Its unofficial popula tion, 1880, 78,412. Harrisbubg, from the owner of the site of the town, the second John Harris. For several years after 1785 the name in all of- ficial documents is “Louisburgh,” in honor of the King of France. The French revo- lution came to aid public opinion and it proper name was restored. It was in corporated as a borough in 1791, and as a city in 1860. Its population is 30,728. It has been the seat of government of Penn- sylvania since 1810, and the seat of justice since the fo mation of the county. Paxtang was one of the original town- ships, formed August 17, 1729. The name is derived from the Indian stream passing through it. The township covered part of the present county of Lebanon as far as Racoon creek. De ry also trespassed on its adjoining neighbor, Lebanon township, but it was limited in 1813 to the present Derry. Londonderry and Conewago In the ancient surveys it appears to have com prised a greater area, as far east as the Quitapahilla creek, no win Lebanon county. Derry — One of i he original townships formed August 17,1729, from the town of that name in the province of Ulster, Ire- land Population 2,014. It has two post offices, Swatara and Derry Church. The latter in the neighborhood of the most an- cient church in Dauphin county. Hanover. — The three townships of this name preserve the memory of the house of Hanover, in the days when those who named them were loyal subjects of the English kings of that insignificant German Electorate. The original Hanover was formed in 1739. Then as follows: East Hanover formed, 1785— population 1880, 1,583. West Hanover formed, 1785 —population 1880, 1,064. South Hanover formed, 1842 — population 1880, 1,204 Union Deposit, in South Hanover, was originally Unionville or Uniontown. Its proprietors, Isaac Hershey and Philip Wolfersberger, when they laid it out in 1833, were at a loss for a name The post- office department stepped in, deciding that it should be “Union Deposit P. O ” Hoernerstown, from the family of that, name, in South Hanover. . Manadamlle, from Manada creek, where it joins the Swatara, in South Hanover GrantvilU, from U S. Grant, President ot the United States. It is in Eas*^^ Hanover Earleysville, formerly Schell’s, then “West Hanover post office,” although the village is in East Hanover township. Manada Rill, in West Hanover, from Manada creek. It is a post-office. Hummelstowm — Laid out by Frederick Hummel in 1762 He called it “Fredericks- town,” but the present name soon su- perseded that. It was incorporated in 1874. The population is 1 043 ^ Londonderry township, frovnthe count y of that name in the north of Ireland; formed in 1768, originally bouided on the west by Derry and south by C mewago creek. This was changed in 1826. when its present boundaries were fixed. Historical and Oenealogical. 173 Geinburg in this township, from a German family who came to Londonderry about 1762, and whose family burial ground is north of the Middletown and Lancaster turnpike. The site of the grave yard is in cultivation of crops by the present owners ; some tomb stones are yet scattered over its site. Port Royal, in the same township, near the confluence of the Susquehanna river and Swatara creek, was laid out in the expecta- tion of becoming a considerable town. Hence the high sounding name. Rocktown, in the same township, named from the rocky land west of it. There is no post office in this township. The population is 2,013, which includes the villages above. CONEWAGO TOWNSHIP, tormed in 1850, from Londonderry, and named from the creek which divides Dauphin from Lancas- ter. Population 395. Bachmanmlle, named after a family [of that name, and is the site of a post-office. Swatara township, named from the creek on its southern border, in 1799, when it was formed. In 1840, upon the formation of Lower Swatara its boundaries were flxed as they are now. Its total population is 2,427. Churchville and Highland are fancy des ignations. Both villages are growing with rapidity. Steelton, formerly Baldwin, from the great iron establishment there. It was incorporated into a borough in 1878 and has a population of 2. 885. Ewington, called after a family of that name. It is growing rapidly, and we must take 773 from the population of Swatara to be accurate as to that township, and flx that of this town, leaving 1,654 for Swatara. Lower Swatara was formed in 1840 from Swatara proper. Middletown was a borough long before its formation. Population of the township, including Highspire, is 1,483. High Spire — One tradition goes that this striking name was given by Dautermann or Barnes who laid out the lots in 1813, from Spires in Germany, the birth-place of Dau- termann The other is that a tavern joke flxed its present designation because it had neither high or low spire. Middletown received its name on ac- count of its being nearly equi distant from Lancaster and Carlisle, the great interior towns of the Province, when John Fisher be- gan to convey lots, in 1759. In 1761 he had fcold thirty lots to actual settlers. This is the oldest town and second in population in the county; was formed into a borough in 1828. Its population 3,351. YE ANCIENT INHABITANTS.— XI. The following is a copy of the assessment list for PAXTANG AND MIDDLETOWN. The date is not given, but I presume it belongs to the revolutionary period. John Achey, John Alman, Stophel Arnot, Stephen Aliman, Conrad Aliman, Chrisly Aliman, Jacob Awl, Simpson Ackerd, Robt. Boyd, Aurther Brisbin, Barefoot Branson, Benjamin Brown, Andrew Berry hill, James Boyars, William Boyd, I homas Bell, William Brown, John Buner, William Boger, John Burk, Jasper By arty. William Esherast, John Elder, Widow Palton, John Fleakinger, Joseph Flora, James Finney, Robert Ferier, Vandal Fockler, Philip Fisher, George Fockler, John Forster, Jones Funey, George Gree, Robert Gillcreest, John Gillcreest, jr., John Garber, John Gallacher, John Gray, John Gillcreest, Joseph Huchinson, James Harris, m Historical and Genealogical, Conrad Bab, James Barr, Alexander Berry hill, Constable Kobert, Felty Beacher, / Abraham Brightbill, Jacob Brown, Henry Boal, Peter Boal, Wm. Beel, James Burd, John Boid, Geo. Contort, James Crouch, Wm. Calhoon, John Chambers, Daniel Cooper, Mathew Calhoon, John Casel, Frederick Casel, William Carson, Mary Caldwell, Michael Ca^el, George Carson, Richard Carson, James Cochran, William Cochran, Samuel Cochran, Chrisly Craid, Hugh Cunham, James Coyler, Cor. Cox, James Cowden, ^Maxwell Chambers, N Robert Chambers, John Bran, John Barnett, jr , John Barnett, sr., James Dunkan, John Dunkan, ^ George Dixon, John Dicky, •Joshua Elder, Esq., Abraham Egley, John Elder, John Hatfiiild, Andrew Hustin, John Hiltin, Martin Houser, Patrick Hogan, ^ John Harris, John Hersha, Patrick Bainey, John Hersha, ^ Alexander Johnston, John Jameson, Widow Jones, James Johnston, William Kerr, Thomas King, Edward King, Widow Kirkpatrick, Adam Kitchmiller, Will'iam Kelso, Jacob Kerr, John Kinsey, Henry Leru, Patrick Lisk, Adam Lambert, Jacob Limes, Thomas Mays, James McCord, James Means, John McKinney, James McKinney, Andrew McClure, Jonathan McClure, R »an McClure, John Means, Geo. McMelin, William McMelin, William McRoberts, James McNamara, Alexander McKarg, John McElhenny, Jacob Miller, Thomas McCormick, William McClanahan, William McClure, Jacob Miller, Robert Elder, Alexander McClure John Noop, Eliab Negley, George Neviling, Robert Neel, Jacob Noarsh, Abraham N id lack, Christian Page, William Peterson, Peter Petterson, David Patan, Michael Pitner, George Pile, Jacob Pile, Jacob Pooreman, Andrew Petter, John Postlewite, James Rutherford, Sami. Rutherford, Widow Renick, Simon Reardin, John Rutherford, George Reeneger, Jacob Roop, Paul Ronulph, Jacob Awl, Jacob Roop, smith, David Rudey, William Smith, Jacob Springer, Halbert Seear, Henry Stoner, John Steel, John Steel, weaver, John Shoemaker, Stritsland, Michael McClary, , William Swan, Andrew Smith, Eliga Stuard, George Sheets, Leonard Sheets, Jacob Sider, Jacob Smith, ^ “^Joseph Sharer. Bernhard Soop, Hugh Steen, Andrew Steen, Zachariah Steen, David Troot, James Taylor, James Taggart, George Tefilaugh, James Tom, George William, Adam Whitman, Abner Wickersham, Josiah White, John Wigins, Hugh Wray, John Willson, jr., Joseph Willson, sr., Alexander Willson, James Walter, Leonard Vanlier, Jesep Willson, Michael Whilly, Tnomai Willey, John Wilson, jr , Robert Whitehill, James Walker, Mathias Minsgel, John Wonderiy, Samuel Willey, John Wilson, Conroad Yountz. Moses Swan, Mathew Smith, " George Soop, [The following names were inserted out of order. ] Hugh Montgomery, Joseph Montgomery, Wm. Montgomery, Thomas McCarter, John Meader, Robt. Montgomery, Historical and Genealogical. 175 Thomas Miller, James McKee, JohQ Mumma, Alex McCauegy, Michael Smith, Widow Steel, ^ Stophel Smith, Andrew Stuard, Joseph Smith, John Mood, Sam’l McFadin, Matthew McKinney, David Montgomery, Hugh Sturad, Peter Sharer, Manis Smith, Samuel Simpson, Peter Sheilds, Frederick Swissher, Jeremiah Sturgin, Joseph Simpson, Samuel Shearer,-^ Widow Simpson, Stophel Soop, Freemen. John Scritz, Thomas Dinton, John Contort, Robert Clark, David Swot (Swartz), James Carey, , Conrad Swot, Henry Auliam, sr., George or Joseph James Speers, Gree, Hugh Crocket, ' Alexander Duncan, David Chambers, John Megraw, John McConkey, William Gaw, Dr. Wm. Simonton James Fairman, Wm. Medin, John Millar, Robert Smith, *“ Joseph Willson, John Fleming, Robert Elder, Samuel Barr, Wi'liam Cowden, William McMillen, Charles Gragin, Peter Smith, -- George Sample, Abraham Wilson, James Monteeth, John Mathier, Samuel Sampson, Robert Chambers, John Maxwel, James Mackin, Patrick McAboy, George Lour, William Sutton, William Crabb, William Right, John Little,, ^ Larey Smith, Michael Rawl, Henry McKinney, Robert Mordick, Richard Swan, ^ John Stoner, William Loghrey, Middletown. Thomas Foot, Joseph Singleton, Widow McKinley, David Ettley, Philip Polemore, Jacob Snyder, Philip Weirig, Christian Roth, Christian King, Felty Welker, Dr. Robert Kennedy, Frederick Lebernick, George Frey, John Backenstos, George Lawman, Margaret Kalm, Philip Shokin, Christian Shertz. Thomas Crabb, Michael Gross, Conroad Waulfley, Patrick Scott, Adam Miiler, Peter Miller, Philip Ettley, Frederick Hubley, Daniel Daudle, Thomas Minshall, William Eackins, Jacob King, ^ Dr. John Laning, Jacob Creamer, Ludwick Hemberly, Seimon Snyder, Abraham Gross William Wall, John Moyer, These lists seem to be quite full. The careful reader will detect in the list a num- ber of brothers, who had an equal quantity ot land, which was evidently divided out of their father’s land. Samuel Evans. Columbia, Pa , No'o. 23, 1880. NOTKS AND QUERIES— DXXVI. Historical and Genealogical. Trent, William (N. & Q. lxxiii, Lxxv) — The firm of Baynton & Morgan were noted traders in the western country prior to the Revolution ’Squire Evans has detailed Major Trent’s connection with the Indian trade, and also his instrumental- ity in securing by the Fort Stanwix treaty indemnity for himself and others. Bayn- ton, whose loss in the several Indian ma- rauds was considerable, no doubt felt ag- Christ. Hebright, ^^George Snodgrass, John Still, Christ. Seabough, Henry Moyer, Samuel Sereatzey, Albright Swinford, Abraham Dearr, Mark Snider, Jacob Walter, Peter Shuster, John Snyder, Peter Reigard, Ulrich Frain, Henry Saafner, Henry Harris, Jacob Eater, Mathew Caldhood, George Mitzgar, Nicholas Castle, Philip Craft, Christian Spade, 176 Historical and Genealogical. grieved because Major Trent did not secure for him his claims which had been deemed excessive. Hence the cry of dishonesty. This will explain in a great measure the following challenge by Mr. Baynton’s son- in-law, George Morgan, for the original of which we are indebted to Hon. Edward Herrick. It may be questionable by some as to its reproduction at this day — but with the explanation we have given, it is per- fectly proper. Major Trent never replied to Mr. Morgan’s charge. The latter con- tinued in the western trade during the Rev- olution, subsequently became involved with the Nicholson land peculations and specu- lations, finally sinking into merited obliv- ion : Captain Wm Trent, lately arTwed from England, haring teen guilty of rery dishonest & dishonouratle Acts to the Prejudice of my late bather -in-Law, Mr John Baynton, dec' d, & having refused to give him any Rea- son for his Conduct, & still refusing to give any Satisfaction therein,! do hereby announce & declare the said Wm. Trent to he an in- famous Lyar & a Scoundrel Geo Morgan. Philadelphia, July^th, 1775.” Major Trent had gone to England to ob- tain a confirmation of the lands granted him by the Indians from the Crown, and it was upon his return to Pennsylvania that the foregoing attempt was made to pillory his good name. w. h e. Typographical Blunders.— Printers, as well as editors, will make blunders, but we do hope readers of Notes and (Queries will preserve their equanimity and not take us to task for errors in orthography or grammar which they find in these contri- butions. As a rule, we prefer giving the documents verbatim, as in the original — which is the only proper way. Take the aesessment lists for instance; every assessor pelled the names according to his own rules, and as a result it is very rarely that these are correct. To give them otherwise than in the original would be improper, and really of tar less value to the genealogist. Our ancestors also used very quaint ex- pressions, which given as in the original aro entertaining; yet were we to alter such to our own modern ideas of spelling or phrase- ology, they would lose much of their force. Intelligent readers of Notes and Queries will however correct those errors unintentionally made by us, and treasure as we do those handed down to us by the representatiye people of by gone times. Reminiscences of the Dauphin County Bar. — We are in receipt of several communications requesting the republica- tion of this very valuable historical con- tribution by George W. Harris, Esq. The article in question when read before the Dauphin County Historical Society ten years ago created considerable interest, and as we have had so frequently to refer to it, we have the assurance of the dis- tinguished author that at the first oppor- tunity he will revise, correct and aid to the article in question, which we justly con- sider one of the most important documents relating to the history and biography of our county. w. h. e. THE ORIGIN OF DAUPHIN COUNTY, N.AMES OF PLACES, &c. rConcluded 1 The Paxtang of 1729 is now Lower Paxtang, which it became in 1767, when Upper Paxtang was formed. Population including Linglestown 1,635. Linglestown was “St. Thomas.P. O.” for a number of years The land upon which it is built was owned by Thomas Lingle, who set off a village plot as early as 1765. Susquehanna, a township named after the river, its western boundary. It was formed in 1815. The population is 2,408. Historical and Genealogical. 177 RochoilUy “Sasqaeharma post-offlce/’is a village of perhaps 300 persons. It was laid out in 1838. Estherton, from one of the wives of Col. Cornelius Cox, owner of the land. It was laid out about 1765, and prior to the Reve- lation was a more importaat place than it has since been. Progress upon the supposition that it was to be a progressive town in a very rural locality. It is a post office. Upper Paxtang Township was formed in 1765, and covered all of the county above, north of Kittatinny mountain. It is now of moderate area, with a, population of 1,541. Killinger, a post-office named after Hon. John W. Killinger, is in this township. Paxton is also another post office named after an English family of that name in Bucks county. Millersburg, in Upper Paxtang, laid out by Daniel Miller in 1807 and called tor him It is a borough with a population of 1,440. Halifax Township, formed in 1804, from the old Provincial fort of 1756 of that name. Its population is 1,406. Matamoras from the Mexican town of that name on the Rio Grande. When the town was laid out, Gen. Taylor and Mata- moras occupied the attention of the whole country. Hence the name. Powell’s Valley is a post office in this township. Powell’s (7mA: post-office is also in this township. Halifax Borough contains a population of 587. It was laid out in 1794, on land of George Winter, by George Scheffer and Peter Rice, but seems to have fallen into other hands before its plot was recorded. It occupies the site of the fort of 1756, named for Lord Halifax, by Colonels Clapham and Burd who superintended its erection. Middle Paxtang township was formed in 1787. Its population is 1,643. Ellendale is a post-office in this town- ship. Dauphln, was first Port Lyon, after- wards Greensburg, after Judge Innes Green, who owned the land and laid it into lots in 1824. It was erected a borough in 1854. Population. 750. Jackson Township was formed in 1828, and named for the then President, Andrew Jackson Its population is 1,189. Jacksonville in this township, officially “Euders’ ” post-office, was laid out about 1825 on land formerly of George Enders. Pisherville, laid out in 1854, named for the late Major George Fisher. A joke about this locality long time ago, was, that in time of war it would be a safe place “for the lo- cation of the Federal Government.” At a more modern date a distinguished member of Congress from this district, gravely pro- posed that if Washington was a dangerous locality, Fisherville, in Dauphin county, was a safe one. As no one had ever heard of the town, the suggestion was not serious- ly considered by the alarmed strategists of 1863. It is in Jackson township, and is a post town. Washington Iownship, named tor the illustrious first President of the United States, was formed in 1846. Its population is 1,240. Its villages are: EUzahethville named ffir the wife of the owner of the land. This village is a post- office. Washington Square is its near neighbor on the Lykens Valley railroad. Short Mountains another village at which ther^ is a post-office named from the coal mines in its immediate vicinity. Reed Township, the smallest of all the townships, from Col Adam Reed, au active, bustling, infiuential citizen, in the days of Indian incursions and border alarms. He 178 Historical and Oenealogical. lived at the “Great Loop of Swatara,” in the present Lebanon county. Population 324. Formed in 1849. Benvenue, 2 t. post office with a fancy name, probably from the Scotch for mountain and good entertainment therewith. ‘ Choniata” would be a better Americanism. WicoNisco township, named for the stream of that name, was formed in 1840. Its population is 2.121. Wiconisco village and post-office, named for the stream. Lykens a borough with a population of 2,157. It was laid out in 1848 by Edward Gratz and is the principal town of the Lykens Valley coal district. Williams townsTi^p named for a family of early settlers. Its population is 2.725. Williamstown, a post. office and thriving village. Rush Township formed in 1820. — The least populous of the townships, contain- ing only 124 inhabitants, named for Benja- min Rush a siv ner of the Declaration of Independence. Mifflin Township, named for Governor Thomas Miffiin and formed in 1819 Popu- lation 1,409, including its two boroughs. Berrysburg, a borough of 1871 in this township, named after a family of that name. The township was originally named Berry. This village has about 600 inhabi- tants. Uniontown, officially Pillow post-office, after Gen. Gideon J Pillow, a soldier of the Mexican war, formed in 1864. Popu- lation about 3'50. Curtin, for Governor Andrew G Curtin, is a post office Miffiin township has there- fore three post-offices. Jefferson Township named for Thomas Jefferson and formed in 1842 Population 368 Wayne Township named for the gallant General Anthony Wayne. The youngest o^the townships, formed from the east and most populous portion of Jefirerson in 1878. Population 577. Enterline, named for a family of that name The only post-office in this township or Jefferson. Having reviewed the various civil sub- divisions of the county, we turn to an ex- planation and description of its valleys and streams on the South For their Indian derivation our readers are referred to Notes and (Queries No. L On the south are Conewago creek and valley. The stream is found on all early charts, spelled as at present. Then we have the superb Swatara and its fertile valley. It enters the county in East Hanover and finishes its course at Middle- town. The Union canal is on its northern bank. Its tributaries are Bow, Manada and Beaver creeks. All early surveys give the same names. The Paxtang has its source near Lingles- town and discharges itself into the Susque- hanna at Harrisburg. It is so spelled in the early surveys and should be so now. Fishing Greek has its source in West Hanover and discharges ihelf at Fort Hunter It is almost entirely in Middje Paxtang. Stony Creek . — The origin of this name is very patent. Its whole course is turbulent, over a rocky bed, crowded into the narrow valley between the Kittatinny and Sharp mountains. It discharges itself at Dau- phin. Clark's Greek and Valley, named for the Clark family who settled there about 1728. Its source is in Schuylkill county, through Rush and Middle Paxtang, to the Susque- hanna above Dauphin. The valley is very narrow. Powell's Creek and Valley, named for a family of York county Quakers who set- tled near its mouth about 1760, perhaps at Historical and Genealogical. 179 an earlitr date. Parts of the valley are quite fertile. Its source is in Jefferson township. Armstrong Creek, named for the hero of Kittanning, John Armstrong. It takes its source in Jackson township and discharges north ot Halifax The valley is a very fine one. Wiconisco Creek takes its rise in Schuyl- kill county, pissing Williams, Washington and Wiconisco townships, discharging at Millersburg. The Lykens Valley railroad is along its southern bank. It is an Indian name, and is found spelled on early sur- veys as at present, except occasionally with the French Ouikonisko. Lykens' is a beautiful and fertile valley, named for Andrew Lycan, who was the first to make a settlement in it. Mahantango Creek is the north boundary of the county. It is also an Indian name. On the early maps it is called “Kind creek.” There is a finely cultivated valley on either side of it. This account would be incomplete with- out mention of the mountainous region of the northern portion of the county. Below Harrisburg, depressed spurs ot the South mountain cross from east to west, none of them of great elevation. Above that city the Kittatinny range, known as First, Sec- ond, Third and Peters’ dividing ridges, covers a great portion of Middle Paxtang, Rush, Halifax, JeflferiOn and Wayne townships; then the Broad, Thick, Sharp, Big Lick ridges; then Berry and Mahantango, occu- pying a large proportion of the area of that portion of the county. Coal is found in the range along the Wiconisco creek, principally in the Thick or Big Lick mountain. The local nomenclature differs very much from the geographical. Peter's Mountain has borne the same des- ignation since 1729. Peter Allen came into the neighborhood from Conestoga, Chester, now Lancaster county. He was upon the first tax rate of that part of Chester county in 1717-18. His name is found after that in West Conestoga, then in Donegal, then in Paxtang, then in the pres- ent Middle Paxtang; his house is yet stand- ing. That was the Northwest boundary of Lancaster county as formed in 1729. He probably came up the river in 1724, and made preparation for permanent location about the time Chambers made his choice in 1725 If any one descending from Allen will inform “Notes and Queries,” ot it, some facts of local interest relating to the first settlers along both banks of the Susque- hanna may become of historical value. NOTES AND QUERIES.— LXXVII, Historical and Genealogical. Dauphin Count? Names, etc (W & Q . Ixxvi.) — A correspondent kindly furnishes us with the following corrections and addi- tions ; Powell's Creek post-office is in Reed town- ship Reed Township was named for William Reed, who lived about half way between Clark’s Ferry and Halifax His sou Wil- liam Reed resides in the old homestead. Previous to being called Reed township it was Penn Election district, formed of por- tions of Middle Paxtang and Halifax. When the township was erected, the por- tion of Middle Paxtang reverted to the original township. Berrysburg was originally called Hellers- town Elizabethmlle was originally named Painters town. Uniontown was at one time called Sny- dertown. Ferguson AND Graham —Samuel Fer- guson, of Hanover, died the latter part of September, 1785, leaving a wife Mary, and the following children : 180 Historical and Genealogical. i. Elizabeth, a. Agnes. Hi. Margaret, m. James Taggert. iv. Mary, m. Ramsey. n. Robert, vi. Samuel, mi. William, mii. Thomas. The witnesses to the will were James Wilson and John Graham. The executors, Mary Ferguson, his wife, and James Tag- gert, his son in law. The eldest daughter, Elizabeth, subsequently married Henry Graham. Their son John Graham, b. April, 1789, married March 14 1816, Jane Ferguson, daughter ot David Ferguson, b Dec 27, 1788 By other marriages the Fergusons and Grahams were closely allied. Their descendants have all gone out from the pioneer nomes ot their ancestors and scattered through the States of Ohio and Kentucky. Any informati..n concerning the family will be accep'able w h. e. dauphin county burials— f. [At the request of a number of corre spondents, we give a portion of the burial record in our possession prior to 1810 It will prove, no doubt, interesting and valu- able to many, and it will preserve the record of some to families who will treasure it. The remarks are those culied from the brief newspaper obituary. w. h e ] Allen, George, died February, 1798, of small pox, aged about forty. AINSWORTH, Samuel, Esq , member of the Legislature from Dauphin county, died in Philadelphia in February, 1798, aged thirty-three Allen, Mrs. Eleanor, died on Tuesday, April 14, 1801, in the fifiieth year of her age. “In this amiable woman were exem- plified all the social virtues which adorn a Christian character. ” Andrews, Mrs. Mary, died on Thurs- day, May 28, 1801. Andrews, James, died on Thursday, January 20, 1803 “A promising young man.” Adair, Rev. James, died on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1803, at the house ot David Hayes in Derry, aged about thirty-two years Armolt, Peter, blacksmith, died Friday, Dec. 16, 1803, aged twenty-three years. Armolt, Miss Kitty, daughter of Mr. Peter Armolt, died Tuesday, January 10, 1804 Allen, Mrs. Jane, consort of Joseph Allen, died August 7, 1804, in West Han- over, aged about seventy-five years. Byers, John, of Hanover, “killed by the upsetting’of his wagon near Hummelstown, ” Jan. 11, 1797. Boyd, John, cabinet maker, died April 7, 1799, “an industrious, worthy citizen of this town.” Berryhill, Alexander, died Sept. 7, 1798, in this town; “for many years a use- ful and respectable magistrate ot this borough.” Barclay, George, of this town, died Aprd 25, 1800, at Wrighi’s Ferry. Barnect, Mrs. Mary, consort of Mr. Moses Barnett, of Hanover, died Jan. 10, 1802. Bunner, Henry, Esq., died Nov. 24, 1802, at Myerstown, “a respectable magis trate of that place.” Boyd, Benjamio, an aged and respectibie merchant of that place, died in Derry town- ship, May 10, 1803. Brooks, Major John, died Wednesday Dec. 7, 1803, at Elizabethtown, aged 76 years. “On Thursday his remains were brought to this place, and deposited by the side of his late consort, a daughter and three grand-children. Major Brooks was an old Revolutionary character, and for many years a peaceful and respectable inhabitant of this borough, as well as a distinguished member of the lodge of free and accepted masons of this place.” Historical and Genealogical. 181 Burrell, Thomas, Sen., died in Halifax, Feb. 15, 1804, aged 87 years. “The next day his remains were deposited in the Methodist burying ground in said town, he being a member of the Methodist church a number of years, to the great satisfaction of bis friends.” Bennett, Mrs., consort of Mr. Thomas Bennett, merchant, of this town, died on Monday, May 30, 1804, aged 36 years. Boyd, John, son of the late Mr. John Boyd, died Tuesday evening, June 12, 1804. Bdehler, Mrs. Jane, relict of Henry Buehler, dec’d, died Monday July 30, 1804, at Lebanon, in her 56th year, and ‘‘on Thurs- day her remains were interred in the Mor- avian burying ground.” Bals LEY, Mrs , consort of Jonathan Bals- ley, died Friday, August 3, 1804. Byers, James, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 1804, aged 63 years— “an old resident of Paxtang township.” Bell, Mrs. , consort of Mr T. Bell, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1804, aged 60 years, at her residence on Beaver creek, in Pax-^ tang. Bigler, Mrs., wife of Mr John Bigler, died Nov. 17, 1804, at Chambers’ Ferry, near this town. Brady. Adam, weaver, formerly of this town, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1805, near Wormley’s Ferry, Cumberland county. Baum, John of Hummelstown, died Sat- urday, July 18, 1807 Beatty, Mrs Rachel, consort of Robert Beatty of this town, died Saturday July 12, 1807 Brooks Thomas. clock and watch-maker, son of Major John Brooks, d^c’d, died Mon day, Dec 7, 1807, aged 28 years. ' Boyd, Wil iam, son of the late widow Marlin of this town died Thursday, Dec 17. 1807. Boyd, William, a native of Paxtang, died Tuesday May 17, 1808, aged 75 years. Bowman, Christian, late commisioner of this county, died June 20, 1808, near Halifax. Baum, Mrs. Catherine, widow of the late John Baum, dec’d of Hummelstown, died Oct. 26, 1808, aged thirty- four years. Boyer, Mrs. Mary, consort of George Boyer, of this town, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 1808. Brunner, Miss Polly, daughter of Henry Brunner, of this town, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 1809. Blessly, Frederick, of Hummelstown, died March 1, 1809, aged forty- nine years. Boyd, Mrs. Allen, consort of William Boyd, formerly of Lancaster, died in Phila- delphia Thursday, Nov. 2, 1809, in the twenty-fifty year of her age. Behm, Mrs Barbara, relict of Christian Behm, of Hummelstown, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 1809, in her thirty-fifth year. COIi. TIMOlHY GREEN’S BATTaEION IN THE REVOLUTION. In due time we propose making good the statement given by A. Boyd Hamilton, Esq., in 1876, that within the limits of the present county of Dauphin, at least two thousand patriots were mustered for the Army of the Revolution — serving their God and country faithfully, and shedding the best blood of the country at all the san- guinary conflicts from Quebec to Yorktown. The authorities were questioned, but the cavillers will find that the documents which we have furnished, and those we intend bringing forward will greatly augment the number given of actual participants in the struggle for Independence As part of that history we give the first portion of the Hanover Rifle Battalion of Militia of Lan- caster County Associators, Col. Timothy Green, Commanding. The Battalion was m Historical and Genealogical, formed in the fall of 1775, and a portion of the companies went into active service dur- ing the ensuing spring, while the balance followed in August, 1776. Some never re- turned, having fallen in one ot the nume- rous skirmishes during the Jersey campaign, while others, wounded in their country’s cause, dragged their maimed limbs down to the close of their brave lives, deriving a pension- pittance from the government they had established— yet sustained by the reverence and respect of their fellow-citi- zens, with the satisfaction of having done their duty faithfully. Of Col. Timothy Green, a few words in this connection, with some notice of the Battalion will not be inappropriate. His father, Robert Green, came from the North of Ireland about 1725, locating in the Kitta- tinny Valley, on Manada creek. Here the son was born, about 1733. The first record we have of the latter is subsequent to Brad- dock’s defeat, when the frontier settlers were threatened with extermination by the marauding savages. Timothy Green as- sisted in organizing a company, and for at least seven years was chiefiy in active ser vice in protecting the settlers from the fury of the blood-thirsty Indian. In the Bou- quet expedition he commanded a company of Provincial troops. For his services at this time, the Proprietaries granted him large tracts of land in Bufialo Valley and on Bald Eagle creek. At the outset of the Revolution Captain Green became an earnest advocate for Independence, and the Hanover Resolutions of June 4, 1774 {See Notes and Queries No lx.) passed unani- mously by the meeting of which he was chairman, show that he was intensely patii- otic. He was one of the Commissioners of Safety of the Province, which met Novem ber 22, 1774, in Lancaster, and issued hand- bills to the import that, “agreeable to the resolves and recommendations of the Ameri- can Continental Congress, that the free- holders and others qualified to vote for rep- resentatives in Assembly choose by ballot sixty persons for a Committee of Observa- tion, to observe the conduct of all persons toward the actions of the General Congress; the committee, when elected, to divide the country into districts and appoint m'.;mbers of the committee to superintend each dis- trict, and any six so appointed to be a quo- rum, &c ” Election was held on Ihursdayy 15th December, 1774, and among others, Timo hy Green was elected from Hanover. This body of men were in correspondence with Joseph Reed, Charles Thompson, Geo. Clymer, John Benezet, Sam’l Mere- dith, Thos. Mifflin, &c., of Philadelphia, and others. They met at Lancaster again April 27, 1775, when notice was taken of Oen, Gage’s attack upon the inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay, and a general meeting called for Wie first of May at Lancaster. Subsequently, Col. Green organized the Hanover Battalion, most of the men being experienced rifiemen. There were fifty- three battalions of the associators of Penn- sylvania formed, the offlcers and represen- tatives of the privates of which met in Lan- caster on Jul> 4, 1776, to choose two Briga- dier Generals to command the forces of Pennsylvania. Col. Green was present and participated in the election and organization of these Pennsylvania troops. At a meeting of the associators of Col. Green’s battalion, held at their place of parade, on the 20th of June, 1776, it was unanimously — **Besolvedj That we will exert our utmost endeavors to support the union of the coio- nies and ihe resolves of the Congress, be the consequences what they may,” This was at a time when the Quaker Assembly ot Pennsylvania hesitated and faltered, doubting the expediency of a sepa- ration from Great Britain. . Historical and Oenealogical. 183 At a meeting of the Committee of In- spection, Observation and Correspondence for Lancaster county, convened July 26, 1776, Col. Green being present, on repre- senting that near fifty of his Flying Camp Company were in town, armed, accoutred and ready to march, and that a number of the drafts of some of the companies of his battalion had not yet joined them, requested the sentiments of the committee whether thos’- who were should march to the camp under his command ; when it was directed that the same should be done; also, that Capts. Ambrose Crain, Thos. Coppenhefler and John Rogers be ordered to march at once. By the latter part of August all the available men in Paxtang and Hanover townships, according to a letter of John Harris, ‘‘had gone in the service.” Two dangers were apprehended — the Tories and the Indians — and great distress in conse quence. The Indians to the northward and the westward were allies of the British, while the presence of “evil-disposed per- sons,” taking advantage of the absence of the fighting men of the townships, re- sorted to “robbing spring-houses and other houses, frightening women and chil- dren ” At this period tbe Provincial Records contain very many allusions to Col. Green’s Battalion. The Colonel himself continued in service, in one capacity or another, until near the close of the Revolution. Upon the erection of the county of Dauphin, Col. Green was the oldest justice of the peace in commission and under the Con<^titution of 1776, he was presiding justice of the courts He continued there- in until, under the Constitution of 1790, which required the presiding judge “to be learned in the law,” Judge Atlee was ap- pointed. After his retirement. Judge Green re- turned to his quiet farm at the mouth of Stony creek, where he had erected a mill and other improvements. He died there on the 27th of February, 1812, and lies buried in the quiet graveyard on the hill back of the borough of Dauphin. At some other time we hope to give a record of the de- scendants of Col. Timothy Green. Hon. Innes Green {N, (& Q. No. xlvii) was his son. Colonel, Timothy Green. Lieutenant Colonel, Peter Hedrick. Majors, 1st. John Rogers. 2d. Abraham Latcha. Standard Bearer, Richard Crawford. Surgeon, • Dr. John Leidig. Captain Thomas Coppeuheffer' s Company. A muster roll of Captain Thomas Coppen- heffer's Company of Militia of Colonel Timothy Green's Battalion of Lancaster County, on the March for the Camp in the Jerseys, Mustered in Lancaster, August 12, 7776 Captain. Coppenhefler, Thomas \st Lieutenant. Brightbill, Peter. 2d Lieutenant. Harckenrider, John. Sei'geants. Fierabend, John. Beasore, George. Drummer. Dubbs, John. Fifer. Hedrick, William. Prirates. Albright, Martin, Huber, John, Baker, Mathias, Kidd, Alexander, l8Jf Historical and Genealogical. Baumgartner, Adam, McBride, John, Baumgartner, BaltzarMark, Henry, Baumgartner, John, Maurer, Michael, Bomberger, George, Miller, John, Brightbili, Peter, Brown, Michael, Bruner, Nicholas, Clement, Jacob, Felton, Jacob, Musser, Jacob, Poop, Nicholas, Poor, Nicholas, Shell, Henry, Snider, Nicholas, Frank, Christopher, Snider, William, Frank, George, Stuckey, Christian, Fox, John, Titler, Adam, Fox, Christian, Weaver, Daniel, Henig, Adam, Weaver, John, Henig, Frederick, Weantling, Adam, Winder. Jacob. We are in possession of another and an earlier roll of Captain Coppenheffer’s com- pany which differs considerably from the foregoing, but as these men were in actual service during the time alluded to. we shall defer the first muster-roll for the pres- ent. w. H, E. NOT£S AND QUERIES— EXXVIII. Historical and Genealogical. Pollock, Oliver. — The sketch of this distinguished Revolutionary officer, which appeared in Hotes and Queries of the 13th of Nov., was but an outline of his life. Much additional material is in the hands of the writer covering the period from 1776 to 1790, but the material for a fuller account of the earlier and later years of O P. is scant. Any facts in the life of O. P. not brought out in the “Sketch” will be very thankfully acknowledged if sent to the writer, who, as a kinsman, is preparing a more lengthy memoir of O. P. Especially is information desired on the following points : 1. When did Pollock locate in Cumber land Valley ? 2. Whose son was his “nephew Thomas Pollock?” 3. Who was the James Pollock whose estate he offers for sale in the Carlisle Gazette of 1807 ? 4. What are the circumstances connected with the death of James Pollock, his son, who was killed while a boy at Silvers’ Spring, while riding his horse to water.? 5. What was the name of David Briggs’ daughter, who married Jared Pollock, son of Oliver ? 6. When were they married, where and what became of them ? 7. Of whom and when did O. P. pur- chase Silvers’ Spring ? 8. When and to whom did he sell this property ? 9. Do any deeds or wills in the Carlisle C H. show any connexion between O. P. and James Pollock, commissioner of Cumberland county in 1776 ? 10 Who was James Pollock, Sub Lt. of Westmoreland county, 1777? Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Army Register op the U. S prom 1775 TO 1879 —We have had occasion tor various reasons to refer to this work which has recently been published at Washington city. It professes to give a list of the offi- cers of the Revolution, and our reference has been chiefly in this direction. We must confess to a feeling of disappointment, amounting to indignation, at its perusal. Published as a semi official document, it was to be supposed that the records of the various departments at Washington, those of the State as well as the War, would have been consulted, and something satisfactory at least be obtained therefrom by proper research So far as relates either to the general officers on the Continental establishment, or of the Pennsylvania Line, the work is a failure and a fraud What is given is exce* dingly meagre — and yet this little is given bung- Historical and Genealogical. 1S5 liojily and iocorrec. Who could allow eth names of Gen William Irvine to be printed, Will. Irwin or Irving, or Gen. Josiah Harmar.tobe given Joshua Harmon? Col Humpton is trinsformed into Hamp- ton, Col. Magaw into McGaw, Capt. Clugaage into Clullage, and many others equally as bad. The fact is that the compiler, whoever he may have been, was ignorant of the names of those brave men of our Revolution, or else Hartley would not have been employed for the gallant Col. Thomas Hartley, and Davis for the chivalrous Captain John Davis who fell in battle April 23, 1779. We can forgive typographical errors, and oc- casionally errors in the spelling of odd and strange surnames, but to see the names of Pennsylvania’s most prominent sons of the Revolution made unrecognizable by the general reader, is enough to vex any lover of history. We have thus aPuded to this work, because it is from jiist such woibs that many local historians glean data, presuming that what they obtain therefrom i^ correct. It is to be regretted that this ponderous volume has been given to the public, and we do hope that Congress will not, under any circum- stances. give its sanction or aid by sub- scription to such a slovenly work Had it been carefully prepared, had the State De- partment, and -the Force Archives in the Congressional Library, been consulted, the volume would have been exceedingly valuable, whereas it now is not worth the piper on which it has been printed. w. H. E WILETAM TRENT AND THE INDIAN TRADERS OF 1763. In N. & Q Ixxvi , you brin^ out an item of interest in relation to William Trent, which seems to indicate that his record was not quite as good as I supposed Through a blunder of bis, my ancestor, Col Alex. Lowrey, suffered a much greater loss than John Baynton or any of the other traders, as I shall presently show. In addition to his immediate loss by the Indians, he ad- vanced various sums to members of the “Indiana Company” to prosecute their claim before the House of Burgesses in Virginia, and before the Congress, and before the King of England, which was never repaid. Several of those whom I shall hereafter name were thrown into jait for debt and d’ed there. The goods they lost at Bloody Run were not paid for, and the Philadelphia merchants were forced to extreme measures. I have always felt provoked at the con- tinual misrepresentation of the affair at Bloody Run in 1763, by Smollet and other historians of a later date. These traders were the elite of their calling and occupied a very important position in society and public affairs. The Indians never com- plained of any ill treatment by these tra- ders . Nor did the Governor or Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania complain of any irr-^gularity on their part, as they often did of other traders. This affair at Bloody Run has been confounded with other traders whom the Black Boys, under Capt James Smith, attacked and burnt their goods, about the same year. William Trent was evidently well edu- cated and esteemed in his early days, and when a young man doubtless made fre- quent visits to the Indian tribes in the West. He was thoroughly acquainted with their habits and customs The Governors of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and other prominent men in the Provinces, sought bis advice and counsel when the French were about to dn've out all the English traders and take possession of the country along the Ohio. Like the earliest and most 186 Historical and Genealogical. prominent of his class, he frequently moved his residence to a point farther west, as the tide of civilization rolled back the frontier line. From Trenton he came to Lancaster, where he probably resided but a short time. From thence he rem »ved to Cumberland county, and established a trading p st at the mouth of the Conecocheague, where I find him during the year of Braddock’s de feat. He was appointed a justice and proba bly removed to Carlisle where he established a post. He was absent, however, in the Indian country a great portion of his time. He was in partnership with Ceorge Croghan and Richard Hockley, of Phila- delphia, who probably married a daughter of Richard Penn, between the years 1750 and 1754 In 1749 he transported large quantities of presents from the Governor to the various Indian tribes “on the Ohio,” for which ser- vice the Provincial Council and Governor paid him two hundred and forty five pounds, in January, 1750. In the year 1753, James Galbreath, who kept a ferry over the river at Paxtang, wrote to the Governor that Trent, Callender and Croghan were among the Indians at Pine creek, twenty miles above Log’s Town, along the Ohio river. After the year 1753, Trent and Croghan and other traders suffered very great losses by the In- dians. In December, 1755, the Assembly passed a bill for the relief of Trent and Crogban for a period of ten yearn. When the bill was first introduced, Hockley’s name was not included, and he had the bill lay over for amendment, stating to the Council that he was a partner of Trent and Croghan. The Acts of Assem- bly will show the measure of relief. In the month of August, 1753, Captain Trent started from the forks of the Ohio with Andrew Montour, and the heads of the Five Nations, the Piets, Shawanese and the Delawares, for Virginia. Before going, however, he planned a fort at the Forks of the Ohio. He journeyed probably to Wil- liamsburg, where he and the chiefs had a conference with the Governor in relation to the impending movement of the French to take possession of the country along the Ohio. The situation was a threatening one, and great alarm was felt in the Province of Pennsylvania and in the Colony of Vir- ginia. At this time, probably, the Governor commissioned Trent as captain. He com- manded a company ot rangers before and after the year of Braddock’s defeat. When the back settlers were fieeing from the savages, he raised a company in Carlisle and vicinity, and marched to their relief. During the Braddock campaign, Trent was at the mouth of the Conecocheague I think there must have been some reason why Trent was not with Braddock. His great familiarity with the Indians and their country would certainly have been a valu able aid to that ill-fated officer. It is possi- ble that Trent was blamed for something he did, or neglected to do, in the campaign before Braddo k’s; or that General refused to take his advice or consult him, aed Trent may have been soured on that ac count. After the losses at Bloody Run, those traders who suffered gave Capt Trent powers of attorney to go to the conference at Fort Stanwix in the fall of 1768 and solicit land from the Six Nations as indem- nity for their losses. Sir William Johnson, who had a powerful inffuence with the Six Nations, advocated their claims, and the Indians granted these traders all the land between the Monongahela and Kanawha rivers. But on the following day it was discovered that a portion of the grant laid in Historical and Genealogical, 187 the Province of Per nsyWania, and part of the tract which the Penns had paid ten thousand pounds f3r the day before, and the Indians amended the grant by excluding all the territory ^ ithin the limits of the Province of Pennsylvania. Through a blunder of Trent’s, the name of Alexander Lowrey was left oi t of the deed. When Trent returned to Philadelphia this error was discovered. Ccl. Lowrey, as may well be supposed, was greatly surprised, and it is presumed was no’ in the best of humor with Trent On the 22d day of December, 1768, Col Lowrey sold his claim to Trent on certain conditions, but never received the consideration i amed in the bond of which the following is a copy : “Know all men by these presents, that we, William Trent of the county of Cum- berland, Gentleman, George Croghan at present of the city of Philadelphia, Esq, and Samuel Wharton of the said city, Mer- chant, are held and drmly held unto Alex- ander Lowrey of L incaster county, Indian Trader, in the sum of eight thousaod and fifty-two pounds seventeen shillings and fourpence lawful money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Alexander Lowrey, his certain Attorney, heirs, executors, adminis- trators or assigns, for the true payment whereof we bind ou selves jointly and sev- erally, our and each ot our heirs, executors, and administrators firmly by these presents; Sealed with our seals, dated the 22d day of December 1768. “Whereas, Sometime in the year 1763, divers compa «y8 of Indians belonging to the Shawnese, Delaware and Huron tribes, did most unjustly and contrary to all faith and treaty, seize, col fiscate and appropriate to their own uses divers large quantities of merebantdize and other eflects,the property of and belonging to Mtssrs Robert Cal- lender, David Franks, Joseph Simons, the above bounden William Trent, Levy Andrew Levy, Philip Boyle, John Bayn- ton, George Morgan, Joseph Spear, Thomas Smallman, the said Samuel Wharton, the above bounden Samuel Wharton as administrator of John Welsh, deceased, Edward Moran, Evan Shelby, Samuel Po&tlethwait, John Gibson, Richard Win- ston, Dennis Crohen, William Thompson, Abraham Mitchel, James Dundass, Thomas Dundass, John Ormsby, and the above named Alexander Lowrey. "And whereas, The several persons, or most of them, afterwards, .by their Letters of Attorney duly executed, did constitute and appoint the above bound William Trent their Attorney and agent to solicit and ob- tain such restitution or satisfaction for their losses aforesaid by grants of land or other- wise from the Indian Nations as should be in his power. And whereas, the said William Trent, at a late Congress held at Port Sianwix on the invitation of Sir William Johnson, Baronet, with the Six United Nations of Indians, in behalf of himself and the before named persons, did apply for, solicit, and with the advice audassistanceof tbe said Sir William Johnson, did obtain from the chiefs and Sachems of the Six United Nations of Indians then assembled in Congress, and eftectually representing all the tribes of the said Six United Nations of Indians, a cer ain deed or grant bearing date the 3d day of November, 1768, for a certain tract of land or country belonging to the said Indian Nations contained within the following boundaries : ‘Beginning at the south side of the mouth of Little Conhawa creek where i', empiies itself into the River Ohio, and running from thence southeast to the Laurel Hill, thence along the Laurel Hill un il it strikes the River Monongahela, ac- cording to the sevvial courses thereof, to the 188 Historical and Genealogical: southern boundary line of the Province of Pennsylvania, thence westerly along the course of the said Province Boundary line as far as the same shall extend, and from thence by the same course to the River Ohio, thence down the said River Ohio, according to the several courses thereof to the place of beginning; in compensation and satisfaction for the losses sustained by the said William Trent in his own right, and as attorney aforesaid, by reason of the seizures of the Indians aforesaid in the jear aforesaid made. “ whereas. The name of the said Alex- ander Lowrey was not inserted in the grant aforesaid so as aforesaid obtained from the said Six Unit<=d Nations, as in jus- tice it ought to have been, he, the said Alexander Lowrey being a principal sufferer bj^ the seizures and confiscations aforesaid, of the goods aforesaid, in the year afore- said, to the amount of eight thousand and fifty-two pounds seventeen shillings and four pence ; and notwithstand- ing the grant aforesaid of the country aforesaid by the said Six United Nations for the purpose aforesaid, yet the soliciting for and obtaining his Majesty’s final ratification and confirmation of the grant aforesaid must necessarily be attended •with great labor, charge and expense. In consideration whereof, the said Alexan- der Lowrey hath assented and agreed, and by a certain Deed Roll bearing even date herewith, hath granted, assigned, transferred, released and set over unto the said William Trent, George Croghan and Samuel Wharton as tenants in common, and their heirs, etc., forever, for the sum of four thousand and twenty six pounds eight shillings ani seven pence, being the one moiety or half part of the losses which the said Alexander Lowrey hath sustained by the Indians aforesaid, in the year aforesaid, -411 the right, title, interest, and claim demand whatsoever, of, in and to the three several accounts of losses of him the said Alexander Lowrey (which said accounts are annexed to the said Deed Poll and marked with the letters A B. C ) and all monies due thereon, together with all the whole right, title, interest, proportion, claim, distribution, dividend, part, share or demand, whatsoever, both in law and equity of him the said Alexander Lowrey, of, in, and to the tract of land or country aforesaid so granted by the Indians as aforesaid, and of, in and to all, any and every other grant and confirmation of land, or other compen- sation now as hereafter to be made, to or for the sufferers aforesaid, in the year afore- said. “Now the condition of this obligation is such that if the above bound W illiam Trent, George Croghan and Samuel Wharton, or any or either of them, their or any or either of their heirs, executors or administrators, shall and do weM and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said Alexander Lowrey, his heirs, executors, administra- tors or assigns, the aforesaid sum of four thousand and twenty-six pounds eight shillings and seven pence Pennsylvania currency (bung the consid- eration money set forth and expressed in the deed for the assignment aforesaid) at the expiration of four years from the ratification and confirmation by his Majesty or other lawful authority in England, of the deed or grant aforesaid unto the persons herein named, so as afore said, by the said Indians made or of any other grant or confirmation of lands or other satisfaction, now or hereafter to be made, to or for the sufferers af«)resaid in the year aforesaid, then this obligation to be null and void and of no effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force, power and virtue in law.’* Historical and Genealogical. 189 NOTKS ANO LXXIX HiHtorical amd Genealogical. C INTRIBUTIONS TO THE RiSTORYOP THE Cumber and Valley. — We have in our hands a number of contributions relative to the Cumberland Valley, which we pro- pose giving to our i eaders next month. In the former articles have commanded at- tention in many, portions of our State, we have no doubt the data we shall publish then will be just as interesting and as valu- able D%UPaiN COUNTY BUKIAUS —II. Crabb. Mrs. Jane, wife of Wm. Crabb, oi Harrisburg, died Monday, December 29. 1794. Cavet, Mary, of Westmoreland county, died on the night of the 15th Of March, 1796 “She was born in Lancaster county now Dauphin, and descended of respectable parents, viz: James and Elizabeth Foster.’’ CoRMiCK, Richard, Esq., formerly of Philadelphia, died in Harrisburg, Friday, Oct. 3, 1799. of a nervous fever. Clark, Mrs Mary, died in Harrisburg, Jan. 25 1800, in her 78th year. Camp* John, innkeeper, died suddenly, Wednesday, Sept 18, 1802. Crane Wm.,diedm Cox’stown, Monday, Jan. 8, 1802. Clokby. Samuel, s'^n of Joseph Clokey, merchant at Palm’s town, died June, 1802. “A. promising vouth ” Cooley, Joseph, of this borough, died Wednesday, Dec 8, 1802, “for many years a respectable schoolmaster.” Crane. Mrs., consort of the late Wm. Crane, of Cox’stown, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1802. Cox Col. Cornelius died at Estherton,on Thur-^diy. Feb 3, 1803. “afrer a few days- illnf^ss A long resi ^ent and respectable citizen in this neighborhood.” . . CHAMBERLA.IN Ml'S. vlartha, widow, died Sep'. 1, 1803, aged sixty four years. CoNAWAv,.John, died in this town, Friday, Dec. 16,' 1803, “lately from Lancaster county. He was a laborer and a stranger in this place, and this is to give notice to his friends and relatives, if there are any.” CiLES, Casper, nailer, died in this town Monday, Feb. 26, 1804. Campbell, Capt William, late of East Hanover, inn-keeper, died very suddenly while absent from his abide, Thursday, July 3, 1804. “Mr. Campbell was a gen' tleman much respected for the uprightness of his conduct in his various transactions with mankind.” Cochran, Mrs Mary, consort of James Cochran, died in Paxtang, May, 1804, aged 60 years. Carson, Mrs. Elizabeth, well stricken in years, died at the house of Capt. Archibald McAlister, at Fort Hunter, Tuesday, July 24, 1804. Clark, Thomas, Esq., official surveyor for Dauphin county, died in Lebanon, Oct. 1804. Cleckner, Frederick, mason, died in this town, Saturday, Oct. 6, 1804, in his 67th year— “An honest, industrious and a worthy citizen.” CluNte Mrs. Elizabeth, of this town, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1805, aged 90 years. Chamberlain. Mrs .Tane, consort of John Chamberlain, formerl/- of this town, died at Bloomsburg, Saturday, Jan. 7, 1807. CowHAWK, Mrs. Mary, died Nov. 14, 1807, near this town — “an old and useful matron, as a nurse to foundlings, &c.” Clark, Mrs. Frances, the affectionate and worthv consort of Mr. Forbes Clark, of this town, died Tuesday, January 5, 1808. 190 Historical and Genealogical. <^0CHRAN, David, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 1809, near C >x’s town. Crouse, Mrs. Susannah, consort of An- drew Crouse, tobacconist, of this town, died on Friday, March 30, 1810, aged 30 years. Cox, Mrs Polly, consort of the late Cor- nelius Cox, of Cox’s town, died in this borough on Wednesday afternoon, Mav 2, 1810, in the 431 year of her age. “This lady has been distinguished for her engag- ing deportment through life, and much esteemed by those who have possessed her friendship and acquaintance.” Crawford, Mrs Elizabeth, consort of Richard Crawford of West Hanover town- ship, died on Tuesday, June 12, 1810, in her 65th year. “This amiable woman ex- hibited meekness, piety and patience, scarcely to be met with. She has left an aged husband (her companion in the mar- riage state forty five years), an affectionate family of children, and a numerous ac- quaintance of friends, who will long re- tain a suitable recollection of her many and exemplary virtues.” CowDEN, James, Esq., one of the asso- ciate judges of this county, died very sud- / denly on Wednesday night, Oct. 10, 1810, at his farm in Paxtang, in the seventy- fourth year of his age. Davidson, Samuel, died at Carlisle, Jan. 10, 1795, at the residence of his father, “a licensed candidate for the Gospel ministry under care of the Presbytery of New Castle.” Davis, Samuel B., died January, 1795, “for many years a schoolmaster in this borough.” Dentzel, Mrs Eve, wife of John Dentzel, Esq., died on Friday. March 18, 1795— “a lady much respected by all who had the honor ot iici acquaintance.” Dearmond Richard, died Friday, Nov. 19, 1802, aged sixfy years — a respected farmer in Hanover township Downey, Charles, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 1803, in Anville Township, this county, in his 38 h year. Dentzel, John, E-rity in England, on tbe2lst day of April lastpist, at which trme this deponent left England, nor as this deponent has been in- formed, and verily believes hath the same ever hitherto been s ) aforesaid or in any way ratified or confirmed; nor hath any grant or confirmation whatsoever been made, ratified and confirmed of any lands whatsoever to the persons in the said con- ditions mentioned, or to any other persons to and for the u^e of the sufferers aforesaid, in the year af oresaid or of any of them; nor hath any other satisfaction of any kind whatsoever been made or given by any person whatsoever to the persons in the said conditions mentioned, or to any of them, or to any other persons to and for the use of the suflerers aforesaid, in the year aforesaid, or any of them, and the said William Trent further saith that the said £4,026 8s 7d, in the said conditions mentioned, nor any part thereof, is not yet due, or payable to the said Alexander Lowrey by the obligors there- in mentioned or any of them, according to the form of the said conditions or the true intent and meaning thereof, and further saith not.” This affidavit of defense was probably a good one, and Col. Lowrey did- not re- cover on this bond It will be seen that this suit was brough shortly after Trent ctme back from Ec gland, and from this affidavit his mission seems to have been a fruitless one. Georgs Morgan, I think, was sent to England afterwards upon this same ba-iness. These traders and their heirs continued to fight, tor their rights for twenty-five years after this .suit was brought, but failure and disaster met them at every turn. Col. Lowrey a ter wards procured a deed for his share of the Indiatta Lands. His grandson, E/an R Evans, Esq , took this deed with him to Texas about the year 1835, where he died and the paper thus lost. The history of the struggle of these traders to obtain their rights if written out in full would make a large volume. The entire loss of these twenty three Indian traders was a little over eighty thousand pounds, and as will be seen. Col. Lowrey ’s loss was more than one tenth of the whole. He advanced several hundred p juuds to individual mem- bers of the company, which they never re- paid. Col. L. and Joseph Simons did not feel their loss very much, as they were very large landholders, and had abundant means besides. My impression is that Robert Callender died in Cumberland, leaving a targe esiate. He was connected with the Gibsons and other prominent families. From the date of George Morgan’s de- nunciation of Trent, of July, 1775, it would seem he was under the impression that Treat’s mission to England was successsful. ■^AMUBL Evans. Columbia, Pa , January 5, 1881. Addenda. The following is a list of deeds, powers of attorney and other papers relating to the losses for the years 1754, and 1763, and papers respecting lands, etc., on the Ohio. I presume Col Frank Etting of Philadel- phia, and a great grandson of Joseph Sim- ons, the Indian Trader, has these papers now in his possession: Historical and Genealogical. m No. 1. Deed of JoIiq Hughes and Wil- liam Trent to William Franklin and others. 2. A.greement — George Franklin, John Baynton, etc., to William Trent and 8 W. to pay their expenses. 3 List of names to the first petition — losses for the year 1754 4. Alex Lowrey’s certificate respecting Indian losses. 5 Joseph Simons’ agreement with Wil- liam Trent about Indian losses. 6. Contract between Gov. Franklin, &c., in respect to Alexander Lowrey’s losses. 7. Memorial of 1754 8 William Trent’s power of attorney to S. Wharton, Esq. 9. Assay of lead ore. 10. Hooper’s map. 11. Hutchins’ map. 12 Report of the Lords of Trade relating to granting the King’s lands in America. 13 . Articles of agreement between T. W. s. W., W. T. & J. B. 14. Mr. Hooper to G. & F. respecting the Southern bounds of Penn. 15. Copy of L— d, Da letter to L d Dun re, Oct. 5, 1774. Iietters. 1. Shippen & Co.to Moses Franks Feb 1, 1769. 2 William Trent to Moses Franks, Nov. 24, 1768. 3 William Trent to Abraham Mitchel, May 5, 1766. 4 Moses Franks to 8. Wharton (en- closing card of Mildred & Roberts) July 6, 1770. 5. Thomas Lawrence to Moses Franks. March 1, 1769. 6 Capt. McKee to William Trent, Jan. 14. 1769. 7 Thomas Small man to William Trent, Dec 12, 1768. 8 Hugh Crawford to William Trent, Dec 10, 1768. 9 Wm. Logan, jr, Warner & Co., to Moses Franks, March 10, 1770. 10 Paul Pearce to Wm. Trent, January 22. 1769. 11 John Ormsby to Wm. Trent, Dec. 10, 1768. 12 John Oveens to William Trent, Jan- uary 6, 1769. 13. John Frazer to William Trent, Jan- uary 17, 1769. 14. Shippen, Lawrence & Co. to Moses Franks, January 4. 1769 15. Alexander 'Stephens to William Trent, January 24. 16. Darcus Galbraith to Wm. Trent, Feb. 13, 1769. ' 17 Cap. Thompson to Wm. Trent, Jan. 8, 1769. 18. John Gray to Wm. Trent, Jan. 23, 1769. 19. Thomas Mitchel to Wm. Trent, July 26, 1766. 20. Simons & Levy to Wm. Trent, Jan. 4, 1769. 21 Abraham Mitchel to Samuel Whar ton, March 1, 1766. ' 22 Thomas Kenton to Wm Trent, Janu- ary 17, 1769. 23 James Silvers to Wm. Trent, January 12, 1769. 24 Abraham Mitchel to Wm Trent, May 1, 17fi6. 25 Edward Shippen to Moses Franks, Dec. 31, 1768. Historical and Genealogical. m JSOTliiS AND QUEKIES— L.XXX. Historical and lienealogical. That “ARMy Register” Again.— The so-called ‘‘Army Register,” to which an allusion has been made in Note^ and Queriefi, is such an arrant fraud, that we cannot retrain from noticing a most import- ant omission. The “Register” does not mention the different Pennsylvania battal- ions raised in 1775 and 1776, and which formed the nucleus of some of the regi- ments of the Pennsylvania Line. Com- mencing with Col. William Thompson’s Battalion of Riflemen, which, on the first of January, 1776, became the first regi- ment of theContinental army, this ' ‘Register” ignores the . battalions of De Baas. 8t Clair, Shee, Wayne, Magaw, Irvine, Miles, Atlee, and the State Regiment of Foot, Col. Bull. It limits the regiments of the Line to nine, while every student of history knows there were thirteen, besides the two additional regiments. Again, it is well known that there is a constant change in the officers by the casualties of war, death and resignation, while the “Register” sim- ply gives the officers at one particular mus- ter, thus doing great injustice to the many heroes “who fought, and bled, and died” for Independence. This volume of incor- rectness is another convincing proof that individuals who are ignorant of their sub- ject and incapable ot proper research, are the last persons in the world who should attempt historic work. w h. e.' The' History of Perry County. — Our neighbors acro-sthe river, on Juniata, through ihe instrumentality of an Histor- ical Committee of the Philomaihean So- ciety ()i New B1 ‘omfield, have takt-n earn- est measures towards c ►lleciiug d-oa rela- tive to the his'ory ot iheir c<>un y, vnose example,iti8 to he hope<1, will be follot>'td by every county in the State. There is scarcely a district where there is not a liter- ary Society or Institute, and if every such association would appoint an historical committee like the one we are referring to, who would be as industrious in gathering historical data, a great deal of material, biographical and genealogical could be se- cured, useful to the community in general and to the future local historian Our Perry county friends have found that current lo- cal histories are in the main worthless, that many statements made in them are unrelia- ble, founded upon weak tradition, and that it is alone by diligent research, that the truth of history can be properly arrived at The Historical Committee, of whom Wil- liam H Sponsler, Esq., of New Bloomfield is the present chair- man, are deserving of high commendation. They have begun in the right way, and we sincerely trust taey will “continue in well-doing ” We profler our assistance at all times, and we hope ere long to furnish them some information which will be in- teres ing as well as valuable. The pioneer history they should careiully gather trom the lips of their oldest inhabitants, and al- though much of that may be traditionary, it should be preserved. Eventually, what can be substantiated, should be carefully collated, and the rest discarded. They should early in the Spring have careful transcripts made of all tombstones (line for line, verbatim), in family graveyards as well as church. Church records should be copied, county newspapers gathered and filed, and over and above all things, in- corpor-fite the society, making a provisi m that in case of a 'iissolutiou thereof here will be no divi-ion of the records thus Cftrt-fuiiy collated, to prevent, if possible, I tie 1< ot rt rm It they do all this, the p-oi»ie of P-rrv c mriTy tor a 'hous nd years ntier »hi> viiil rn-e op ni.d (‘ill them blessed. Wnl «h«.t not be some reward for their labors of love ? w. h. e. m Historical and Genealogical. THE MUKDOOKS OF CONEW *G In several numbers ot Notes and (Queries, we have had occasion to allude to an early settlement on the Conewago of the family of Murdocks, or as the old records have it Mordah. John and Robert Murdock came to America about 1726, locating in then Donegal township, Chester county, and subsequently Paxtang township, Lancaster county. The first named died in Jan- uary, 1745, leaving a wife and four chil- dren. These families were members of the Conewago congregation, of whom the Rev. Samuel Black was for many years minister. About 1750, the Murdocks, |Halls, and other families, neighbors, removed to North Carolina, and in that State their de- scendants are to be found. Through the kindness of the Rev. E. F. Rockwell, D. D., of Cool Spring, Iredell county, N. C., we are enabled to present the following genealogical notes of the Murdocks. Of course it is not complete, but what is here given is sufficient for our purpose Only through the female line does the blood of the first Murdocks course through the veins ot our citizens. John and Robert Murdock were the sons of James Murdock, a Scotch settler in the county of Tynme, Province of Ulster, Ireland, where he died The two sons came to Pensylvania in the early years of the Scotch-Irish emigration Of Robert Murdock we know but little. He may have died in this locality, but his children went southward. Of John Murdock’s family and descendants we have the follow- ing: FAMILY OF JOHN MURDOCK I. John Murdock, (James'), b. about 1670; d. Jan. 1745; m. Agnts ; and had issue as follows: 2 i. James, b. 1708; m. and removed to North Carolina about 1750 3. a. Agnes, b, April 9, 1712; m. Thomas Rutherford. 4 iii , b. 1714; m Henry McKinney. 5 w Eleanor, removed with her brother to North Carolina. [There may have been other children of John and Agnes Murdock, but we have no record of them.] II. James Murdock, (John, James) b. 1708: d. in 1774 near Statesville, N. C. ; married and had issue: 5 i John, b. 1736; m. Elizabeth Mitchel. 6 ii. James b. 1738; m. Sarah Morrison, sister of Wm. Morrison; left no issue. 6. iii. William, b. June 15, 1740; m. Agnes Morton. ir Elizabeth, b. 1744; m William Mor- rison ot Concord Congregation, and lived to a great age. They had sons, William, Andrew, &c. 7. ■». Robert, b. 1748; m David- son. 'oi. Martha, b. 1751; m. George Morrison, and left issue. mi. Jane, b. 1753; d. in 1833, aged 80 years III Agnes Murdock, (John, James) b. April 9, 1712; d. August 10, 1789; m Sept. 7, 1730, by Rev. James Anderson of Done- gal, Thomas Rutherford, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, b. June 24, 1707; d. April 18, 1777. Both are interred in Paxtang church graveyard. Concerning whom and their d scendants we shall soon have occasion to refer. IV. Another daughter of John and Ag- nes Murdock became the wife of Henry McKtnney, concerning whom and their de- cendanis we are in hopes of obtaining full information. V. John Murdock, (Tames, John, James) b 1736, in Paxcaog township, now Dauphin county, Penn’a, d. in 1811, near Statesville, N. C. He was an Elder in • Fourth Creek Congregation, Statesville Historical and Genealogical. 195 and was a gentleman of influence in his neighborhood. He married in 1761, Eliza- beth Mitchell of Hunting creek, Iredell county, N. C., who died in 1791 aged 51 years. They had issue: u Agnes, b. 1761; d. 1829. a. John, b. 1764; m. Lucy Lazenby, sister of Andrew Murdock’s wife; and had — An- drew, m. Fitzgerald; m. sister of foregoing; Stewart, went West and died unmarried ; and Sarah, m. Lackey. m. Andrew, b. 1766; m. 1st Rebecca Lazenby, who died in 1811, without issue; m 2d. Amarillin Allison, and had Sidney, Jdmes, Thomas, and Nancy, iv. Nancy, b. 1768; d unm. . -0 James, b. 1771; d. 1813; m. Jane Speaks, and had Leander, John, James, Andrew, Charles, Lillis m. Warren, Nelly m. Brooks. Tnis family all removed to the West. ri. Thomas, b 1774; d. 1802, unm. mi. William, b 1776; d. 1811, unm. mil Lettice, b. 1778; m. Henry Steele, and had J'thn M , Ninian, Nancy, and Susan m James Hill. ix. Samuel, b. 1780; m Witherspoon, and had, Mitchell m. Wilkins, and re movt d to Giles county, Fenn. ; Sidney, Wil liam and James. VI. William Murdock, (James, John, James) b. June 15, 1749 on the Coaewago, now DdUpbin county, Penn’a; d July 14, 1829, aged 90; resided flve miles south of Statesville, N.C. He married ‘ Nov 30, 1769, Agnes Morton, b. June 1^ 1748; d. 1845 aged 97 They had issue, i. James, b. Oct. 4, 1770; d 1813 ii. Elizabeth, b July 30, 1772; d. 1860, unm Hi. Agnes b. March 21, 1774; m , Mears of the Concord Congreijai ion iv William b. May 13. 1776; d. 1811. Sarah, b. Oct 23 1778; d 1780 vi Sarah, (2d) b. Jan. 1. 1781; d. 1814 rii. Joseph, b July 10, 1784; m. Dorcas Witherspoon. mii Jane, b. Feb 3 1786 ix. John, b. April 9, 1791; m. Mary Steele. VII Robert Murdock, (James, John, James) b. 1748; m. David son, and had issue : i. Joseph, m. Jane Thompson and had a son and daughter. ii John, m. a daughter of Togy Milligan and had one son and two daughters; re moved to Illinois. in. Alexander, m Narcissa Watts, a’ d hdid Mortimer m Mary Lickey; Frmklin d. unm ; Isaac m Watts; Sarah m. Kennedy; and Amelia m. Leckler. iv. Thomas, (raised by his uncle James who m Sarah Morrison) m Eleanor Steele, and had Eleanor m W. H. Morrison; Eu- genia m. Wm. H. Crawford; and another daughter who was twice married and re- moved to Mississippi. V Mortimer, who married a daughter of Alexander Milligan, and had five daughters and two sons who went to Illinois. vi. WiHam m. ■ Rotneiser, had two sons find one daughter, and removed lo Alabama. vii. Sarah, m William Ray; had one daughter Eliza, and went to Tennessee. VIII. John Murdock (William, James, John, James) b 1789; d 1857, aged 68; m Mary Steele, b. 1793; d. 1866. They had is sue — i Amanda m. J E Adams; no issue. ii Mary m. Joseph D luglass; and had John W'dter, Barnett, Jane and Addie. Hi Elizabeth, m C L Sumray, and had, Claudius, d. in the wa*-; Mary E m. Elam Morrison; Metra, m. W. Conuoly; and Ada m Hill. iv. Jane, m. Lnslt'e, and went to Tennessee; had, Claudius and Mary. m Historical and Genealogical. V. Ellen, m. Graham of Newton N. C. VI. miliam Martin, m. Jerusha Craw- ford and had — Leity, Walter, Belvidere and India. We will be thankful for any information concerning the family of' Henry McKinney, some of whose descendants no doubt are residents of this locality. w. h. e. COL. TIMOTHY GKEt^N’S BATTALION IN THE KEVOuUTlON.-II. Capt. Richard McQuown, or McEwen, as the name is at present spelled, who com- manded the following company, was a native of Hanover, the son of John Mc- Quown, who located in that township as early as 1735. Of Capt. McQuown’s subse quent history to the campaign in the Jer- seys, where he seems to have borne a dis- tingushed part, we know but little. In 1777 the company was under the command of Capt. Ambrose Crain, whose services during that year at Brandywine and Ger- mantown are certainly deserving of proper recognition at our hands. He was a mem- ber of Old Hanover church during the first years of the pastorate of Rev. Mr Snodgrass He died about 1792, and is interred in the graveyard there. James McCreight, who was Second Lieutenant, was prominent in Hanover, and a magistrate for many years. He died the 25th of August, 1807, aged sixty-six years David Ramsey, the next in rank, died on the 18th of September, 1787, aged forty-two years, and with his fellow-officers in the Rt: volution lies in- terred in the old church graveyard in Han- over. Although the descendants of many of the members of this band of patriots have passed out from the homes of their an- estors,c a tew, as will be noticed by refer- ence to the names, are properly represented in the county, and it is to be hoped all worthy children of honored sires. W. H. E. Boll ot Capt. Richard McQuuwa Company. A mnster roll of Captain Richard Mc- Quown' s Company of Militia of Colonel Timothy Green's Battalion of Lancaster County, destined for the Camp in the Jer seys, August 31, 1777. Captain. McQuown, Richard. First Lieutenant. Crain, Ambrose. Second Lieutenant. McCreight, James, Third Lieutenant. Ramsey, David. Sergeants. Thompson, James. Norris, -James. Clark, William. Corporals. Taite, Edward. Tovie, Simon. Martin, Alexander. Privates. Brandon, William, Hill, William, Brown, Samuel, Killinger, Andrew, Brown, William, (1) Long, James, Brown, William, (2) McBride. John, Campbell, John McCiilly, Robert, Crosier, Mathew, McFarland, William, Cunningham, John, McQuown. John, Espy, George, Espy, Josiah, Espy, Samuel, Fleck, James, Fox, Peier, Fredrick, Thomas, Graefl, Jacob, (1) Grarft, Jacob, (2) Graham, Henry, Greenlee, Robert, Harper, John, Hedrick, .John, Hill, Robert, Mark, Adam. Mealy, Patrick, Philippy, Michael, Poe, Robert, Porterfield, James, Rammage, John, Strain, John, Strain, Robert, Strain, William, Todd, John, Torrence, John, Tully, John, Ward, John, Watt, Hugh. Historical and Oenealogicat 197 NOT£S AND QUERIES.— LXXXI. Historical and Genealogical. Tax Collectors in 1782.— The follow- ing persons were tax collectors in 1782, the townships then being in Lancaster county : Derry , — Jacob Reigart. East Hanorer — Abraham Latcha West Hanover — John Thompson. Londonderry . — Robert M’Callen. Paxtang — Adam Herbison. Upper Paxtang, L. D . — John Ayres. Upper Paxtang, W- D — John Miller. Green— Sterrett. — Rosanna Green, daughter of Col Timothy Green, of the revolution, and of Jean Edmundston, his wife, born July 2d, 1772, in Hanover, mar- ried Robert Sterrett. The Sterretts were early settlers in Donegal township, from which locality the family has spread over the State. A genealogy of the family would be interesting and valuable. The father of Robert Sterrett settled in Hanover about 1741, but subsequently removed to the old homestead in Donegal The Sterretts however became allied to many of the Hanover families and the history of this family would elucidate much of the history of the others. Robert Sterrett and Rosanna Green removed to the Kishaco- quillas valley where, no doubt, many of their descendants yet reside. They had a large family, seven sons and six daughters. Inquiry is made concerning this branch of the family. w h e. Indian Names — Incidentally, the mean- ing of Indian names infixed. The work of that pious Moravian missionary, Hecke- WELDER, is invaluable, for the signiflcation of Delaware names; but unfortunately his attempt to trace all our aboriginal names to a Delaware origin has involved the whole subject in endless perplexity, and is now regarded by American historians as simply ridiculous Some years ago there was quite a discussion in regard to the significa- tion of the word Susquehanna, each quoting the same venerable authority, while the the truth is, the name is of Iriquois origin, and is to be found in the Andastes or Sus- quehanna language. It is our intention to prepare a dictionary of Indian names of places, &c., in Pennsylvania for reference, compiling the same from Heckewelder and other well kn^wn authoiities. We shall also call to our aid several antiquaries who have given the subject much study and research. By this means we hope to ar- rive at some definite result in the significa- tion of Indian nomenclature. dauphin COUNTY BURIALS —II£. . Earley, John, sen , of Londonderry township, died Sept. 19, 179G, in the 72d year of his age; “a man who supported the character of an aflectionate husband, a lov- ing father, an agreeable neighbor, and an honest man.” Eby, John, died on Sunday evening, March 22, 1801. Elliott, widow, died on Thursday, Feb. 11, 1802 Ebert, Mrs., wife of John Ebert of this town, died on Saturday, Feb. 19, 1803 Ebright, George, mason, son of Jacob Ebright of this borough, died Thursday, April 19, 1304, in his 26th year. Elder, xMrs. Sarah, consort of Joshua Elder, Esq , of this town, died on Sunday, Dec. 6, 1807, in her 45th year. ‘‘The de- ceased was a lady distinguished for that greatest of all virtues— c/ian7y.” Echstein, David, died at Hummelstown, Feb. 22, 1809, aged 50 years. Elder, David, sou of the late Rev. John Elder, of Paxtang, died in this borough on Monday, May 22, 1809, aged 38 years. Ewing, Miss xMargaret, daughter of the late Rev. Dr John Ewing, of Philadelphia, died at Lambertoa, N. J., July 4, 1809. 1B8 Historical and Genealogical. Elder, Mrs. Catharine, consort of Thomas Elder, Esq., and daughter of the late Cor- nelius Cox, died in this borough on Tuesday, June 12, 1810, “of a pulmo- nary consumption, that fatal malady which holds its purpose in defiance to th healing arts ‘of all the balmy blessings na- ture lends to succour frail humanity.’ The many friends who mourn the loss of this amiable lady may best conceive how truly desolating must be the stroke to those who by the dearest ties were interested in her preservation. But she is gone, nor is it for man to ask — why this is sof'^ Espy, Josiah, jr., of Lower Paxtang, died Saturday, April 13, 1811 Elder, John, sen , died on Saturday, April 27, 1811, at New Market Forge, in this county, aged almost fifty-four years, and on Monday following his remains were deposited in the Paxtang burial ground near this town. Frazer, Persifer, lately of Rye town- ship, Cumberland county, died in this town November 24, 1802 Flickener, Michael, sen , of Lower Paxtang township, died Monday, May 16, 1803. Fahnestock, Conrad, merchant, died at Middletown, Tuesday, September 30 1803, aged about forty years. “An industrious, honest and valuable member of society.” Fisher, Mrs. Elizabeth, consort of George Fisher, Esq., of this borough, died on Thursday morning, December 29th, 1803, in the thirty-six^h year of her age. File, John, tailor, died January 14, 1804, at an advancuut,ry pe(»ple, as well as the sol- diers, with freedom to myself, and the audience seemed serious, and some im- pressed Tuesday, 18^^ — Preached at Roan’s meeting house, in Paxlang, at the irtvita- tiou of the people, with liberty and sweet- ness. The attention of the people engaged and some aftected CalLd after sermon to see Mr. Elder, but found him not at home. Thursday, 20th. — Preached at Yellow Breeches, over Susquehanna, in a meeting house belonging to the Presbytery of Don- egal, at the people’s invitation Returned in the evening to camp One of my pistols went off as I way laying it down, but God be praised, did no hurt. Friday, 2\st. — This being appointed by the Governor to be kept as a day of Fast- ing and Prayer — his honor, the Governor, Historical and Genealogical. W7 being present, it was generally observed. Preached twice to a great audience, many attending from both sides of the river — in the forenoon from Luke xiii. 3 Lord's Day, May Preached but once, as the people were engaged. Tuesday — The Governor left the camp in order to return to Philadelphia, at which the men were drawn up under arms, the cannon fired. Accompanied him with most of the officers belonging to the Regi- ment, as far as Swat^ira creek, and re- turned to camp in the evening. Crossed Susquehanna with my good friend Mr Armstrong; went as far as Tobias Hen- dricks’, where we lodged, prayed in che family. Next morning conversed with the landlord, who had been sometime sick. Wednesday, — Reached Carlisle; pre- pared to preach in the evening at the desire of the people, but it raining p"revented. Thursday — Preached in the afternoon to a considerable number, with freedom, and had reason to think that it was blessed to some of God’s people. Returned to Mr. Armstrong’s Friday — Preached at Wm. Abernethey ’s. Returned safely in the evening to camp. Sabbath, May 30<^ — Preached twice— -in the afrernoon to the country people. Monday, 21s< — Set ofi from Harris’ in company with Dr Lloyd and several offi cers; and a company of men followed. Arrived safely at McKee’s store, where we found the Colonel. The reason of our staying so long at Har- ris’ was to get batte^iux built to transport our stores and provisions to Shamokin. Had but a poor night’s lodging, not having my tent or any bedding. June 4:th. — Major Burd with the last division of the regiment joined ns. Second Lieutenant, George Allen, and forty men, dressed as Indians, sent out as scouts to Shamokin. ^th — The Colonel in the afternoon marched with four companies. Reached Foster’s, about three miles, where we en- camped Sunday, Qth — Rose early ; and after prayers, began our march; halted for breakfast after four miles, then marched on to Armstrong’s, when we encamped. Monday, Wi — Began to fell timber for budding a Fort 160 feet square, called Fort Halifax. Tuesday — Scouts returned, having gone only 18 miles when they imagined they Were discovered and surrounded by the Indians. Many alarms, reports and deten- tions. Sabbath, \Uh . — Preached from Rev. iii , 12. Received a proclamation from the Governor of a cessation of arms against the Indians on the East side of the Susque- hanna for 30 days, and at the same time an account of several persons killed and scalped at the forks of Swatara, supposed to be by those Indians discovered at Lee’s house on the 8' h insn. Saturday, l^th . — A number of the soldiers mutinied, chiefly Dutch. Sabbath, 20iA — A general court-martial to try the prisoners, most of whom were discharged as innocent. This prevented most of the officers from attending Preach- ed upon conscience, with a particular ap- plication to those who mutinied. Friday, %^th . — Ensign Atley came to camp, and brought up under guard two Dutchmen, deserters who had sacreligiously mutilated an Indian in his grave. Sabbath, With. — Were alarmed by the ad- vance guard firing at a mark. The whole regiment were under arms, advanced imme- diately, expecting to engage every minute, which prevented sermon in the forenoon. So, just as set-vice began in the afteinoon, had another alarm, but few, alas! seemni to regret the disappointment. Wickedness seems to increase in the camp, which gives me a great deal of uneasiness. Wednesday — Orders were given that all should march the next morning. Thursday, July ls< — Up early to prepare for marching. Desired the Colonel to leave the wome.u behind, according to his prom- ise, especially those of bad character. Ac- cordingly they were all ordered to be par- aded, and the Major had orders to leave such as he saw fit behind; but when this came to be done, one of the officers pleaded for one, and another for another, saying that they could wash, &c., so that few were left of a bad character, and these would not stay bat followed us that night, and kept with us. Friday and Saturday . — Crossed the river by bat eaux,offict-rs and men. Then started to march in seven divisions, Indian file, in- stantly expec ing an attack Before start- ing had prayer and exhortation. Historical and Genealogical. Sabbath, 4 th — Or-e of the battcaux which bad on it a cannon was upset, which occasioned a great deal ot labour and what profane swearing was there If I s^ay in the camp my ears are greeted with profane oaths, and if I go out to shun it, I am in danger of the enemj — what a dilemma is this? But my eyes would be toward the Lord. Monday — Marched twelve or fitfeen miles, and saw many traces of the enemy as near at hand. That night under cover of darkness we recrossed the river in bat- teaux, the Colonel and myself in the first division Tuesday. — The Colonel and Captain Shippen went out in a boat, and from the river saw five Indians in the Fork, and with a glass saw others skulking on the hills. After breakfast and prayers, marched and reached Shamokin about 10 o’clock, and immediately set about securing ourselves by a fascine breast-work — fixed our swivels and blind bushes, mounted some of our cannon as well as we could. The situation is fine. Wednesday. — The batteaux having been unloaded were sent down to Halifax for the remainder of the stores, under an escort commanded by Lieut. Davis, who was advised to encamp on the Islands to prevent surprise by the enemy, signs of whom were seen in every direction. Sabbath, Wi — The camp was alarmed by the bellowing ot the cattle, and it was supposed the Indians were driving them ofi, and a surprise was expected. Two parties were sent out, which recovered eleven ot the twenty cattle, but saw no Indians. This postponed preaching until afternoon. Monday. — Capt. Young, the paymaster, arrived from Philadelphia, under an escort of forty men from Halifax, and with alarm- ing accounts from the Governor about the Indians high up the East branch. Sunday, the 18^^. — Some alarms of Indi ans, and the going oft of Capt. Lloyd’s de- tachment, made a sermon later than usual, and but few of the officers attended. Was enabled to bear a sohmn testimony for God against sin and vice in general, and particu- larly that so common amongst us. Friday, July 2‘dd.d — This morning very early the scours, which consisted of about 100 men, dreestd like the Indians, some being blacked, others painted, crossed the river into the Fork, in order to go toward the West, with ten days’ provisions; thus by taking the Indians in their ov» n way, hoped to be able to beat them in their turn. Was grieVed that they seemed to have lit'le regard tor the blessing t>f God, which alone can make them successful. Had an inclination to go wi h them, but they did not seem very desirous of ir, and the Colonel thought it best for me to slay, so I took this as a hint of Providence. Sabbath. July 2^th. — Preached twice to- day — most of 1 he ofidf’ers attended as well the men. Was enabled to speak with free- dom and power. Two men arrived to-day from Philadelphia with a letter that France had declared war against England on the 10th of May. Monday. 26^7a, — The Colonel let me know that if I had a mind to go home and see my family, he would grant me leave bv a fur- lough t ) go with the batleau to Harris’. [The transcript of the foregoing journal does not seem to be in lull. There are no doubt omissions which are just as impor- tant as the port’ons given and we hope to obtain eventually the original MSS. The matter of the camp women was a subject of difld ult.y be- bet ween the chaplain and the otfioers both before and after the march from Fort Hali- fax, so that he used some plain and strong expressions to the colonel and major, which they resented, saying they were not to be talked to in that way. The obscenity and profanity of the men he tried in vain to suppress, and it is more than probrblethat discouraged at heart, when the opportunity was afftuded him for Lave of absence, that he returned home and there remained. He was succeeded by the Rev Mr Steele, of Carlisle. [It was our indention to present some in- formation concerning different individuals alluded to in Mr Beatty’s journal. The Governor was R >bert Hnnier Morris, of whom we have data, but we shall be under obligations to any ot our correspondents if they can furnish information ot Colonel Clapham,Rev. Mr Smith, of P»quea. Capt. Lloyd, Lieut George Allen. Capt. Young, aul Mr Arrasirong; also the loca ion of Saunders’, and B. Hughes’, Win Ab^r- nethy’s, and Lx’s house. w. h e ] NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. -■Q NOTES AND QUERIES.— I. Historical aud Genealogical. Shearman — Can any of your Perry county correspondents give a reason why the principal creek of that county and its bordering valley is written “Sberman?” On all early surveys and charts it is Sbear- man. Who was Shearman, his nativity and Christian name? H. [ A.S this creek was so named as early as 1730, it possibly derived the name from one of the numerous Indian traders who fre- quented the Indian towns on the Juniata : w. H. E ] Dog Power Grist Mill — In Poulson’s Pniladelphia paper for September 19 1822, . is the uoiice of “A Great Curiosity,” which had arrived a few days previous from Har- risburg. This “curiosity” consisted of four dogs compl6tely harnessed to a dearborn wagon, in which the owner rode from Har- 'i lisburg. taking along with him the maebin- : ery of a newly-indented grist mill, which ^ was set in motion by the power ot the dog=, .. and flour of a good quality produced. The ^ . operation of this mid was on exhibition in that city for some time. It was, of course, only a curiosity^ and nothing more D iany I' of our readers know the name of this in- L- ’ ventor and what became of him ? W H E* The First Telegraphic Dispatch Over the Allegheny Mountains.— We I have been kindly favored with a copy of t' the first dispatch sent by telegraph over F the Allegheny mountains. General Bow- ^ man, the Adjucant General of Pennsylvania was then actively engaged in forwarding the Mexican Volunteers to the seat of war. The mernf>randa is worthy of preservation: Hd Qrs Penn ’a Militia ) Pittsburg, D. c 29 1846 -3 p m ) To the Pcesident of the JJ/dted ’States : The compliments of A- jutant General Bowman to His Excellency James K Polk, President of the United States. The Sec- ond Pennsylvania Regiment will be organ- ized and ready to leave this place by the sixth of January. The weather is mild and the river in good order. Through the politeness of Henry O’Rielly, I have the - honor C-.nfeTred on me of making the first communicilion by telegiaph west of the Allegheny mountains, to the President of the United States, over the Atlantic and Ohio Telegraphs Line G W. Bowman, Adjutant General. THE of DERi^Y. In a short time we propose giving a full biographical sketch of the Rev. John Roan, the faithful “Minister of Paxtang, Derry and Mount Joy.” For the present we shall confine ourselves to the record of his family. I The Rev. John Roan was born in Grenshaw, Ireland, Aprd 30th, 1717 (O. S.) He began the study of the languages Sept. 25, 1729; and left Ireland on the 6th" of July. 1739 landing in America on the 3d of September following. He was licensed to preach June 26, 1744; embraced the call from Paxiang, Derry and Donegal, May 16. 1745 ; and was ordained on the 16ih of August same year. He mar- Historical and Oenealogical. ried August 31, 1750, Mrs Anne Cochran Leckey, daughter cf James Cochran and Anne Rowan, of Chest«-r county. Anne Cochran, born March 25, 1724, n arried Oc tober 31, 1745, Alexander La ckey, ^ who died April 37, 1747, leaving one daughter, Margaret Leckey, born August 14.- 1746; married June 30, 1765, David M’Clure, of Paxtang. She died June 20. 1769 Tbe Rev. John Roan died October 3, 1775, and is buried at Derry church Mrs Roan sub sequently removed to her friends in Ches'er county. She died there on Tuesday, (he 23d of April, 1788, in the sixty fifth year of her age, and is buried in the Presbyterian burial ground of Upper Octorara. Family of Rev. John Roan and Anne Coch- ran Leckey. 1 Isabella, b. July 8, 1751; d. November 37, 1758 2 a. JanCy b. May 3, 1753; m. William’ Clingan. Hi. Anne, b. May 13, 1755; d. September 1, 1763. iv. Alexander, b April 7, 1757; d. Sep- tember 10, 1757. 3. V. Edzabeth, b. August 14, 1758; m. William Clark. 4. vi. FLavel, b. July 3, 1760. 5. rii. Mary, b. March 24, 1764; m. Na- than Stockman. Family of Jane Roan and William Clingan. II. Jane Roan born May 3, 1753, in Derry; married, June 11, 1778, William Clingan, of Chester county, born in 1756. Removed to Buflalo Valley, where they resided until their death. Mr. Clingan was a prominent and influential personage on the frontiers during and subseqnent to the war of the revolution. He died May 34th, 1822, his wife surviving until May 7, 1838. They had issue a^ follows: i Margaret, born October 18, 1779; mar ried November 15, 1798, John Scott. ii. John born Aoril 26, 1781; died Sep- tember, 1841, unmarried Hi. Annie, born January 33, 1783, mar- ried March 19, 1812 Joseph Liwson; died April 19, 1867 iv. Thomas b May 19, 1785; m. in 181'^, Margaret Lewis; d. April 24 1858. V Elizabeth, b. Jan 13 1787; m March 26, 1813, Tnom is Barber; d Ap il 5, 1873 vi. George, b October 26 1788 ; m. in 1817, Eliza Scjtt; d. Jan 14 1860 vii Flavel, b March 18, 1795; m. May 35, 1819, Mary Scott; d. Oct 17, 1876 Family of Elizabeth Roan and William Clark. Ill Elizabeth Roan, b August 14, 1758, in Derry; m. June 19,1787, William Clark, born in Hanover township; died in Buflalo Valley about 1812. They had issue as fol- lows: i. Roan, b. June 9, 1788; m and left is- sue. ii. Sarah, b. November 19, 1789; d May 9, 1857, unm Hi. William, b. May 5, 1791; d unm. iv Flavel, b. Febiuary 9, 1793; d. March 6, 1858, unm. V. Margaret, b. November 18, 1794; d. unm. vi Walter, b. January 27, 1797; m. and left issue. vii James, b Sept 18, 1799; was thrice married; died suddenly acLewisburg, Oc- tober 32, 1864. Two of his sons, James C. and Asbury are distinguished ministers, the former a Methodist, the latter a representa- tive of the Presbyterian faith and stock. IV. Flxvel Roan, born July 31, 1760. After his mother’s death, he removed to Buflalo Valley, where two of his sisters who were married had settled. He was a man of education, but quite errafic and never married. As he says in a letter to his cousin, Sankey Dixon » Historical and Oenmlogical. 3 be “se.'ved three years as sheriff of Northumberland county, two years a mem- ber of the Assembly, three years a county commissioner, and for a considerable time captain of a rifle company.’' He further says, “the sherifi business embarrassed me considerably,” as was really the case. He subsequently taught school, and died in 1817, at the age of fifty seven. A diary or j 'Urnal kept by him, and freely quoted from by Mr. Linn in bin History of the Buffalo Valley, is entertaining reading. Family of Mary Roan and Nathan Stock- man. V. Mary Roan, b. March 26, 1764; m. Oct. 10, 1789, Nathan Stockman. Mr. Stockman removed to Beaver county about the commencement of the present century and died there. They left issue : i. James. ii. John. Hi Joseph Gardiner. iv Laird Harris v Annie. vi. Isabella. mi. Samuel Maclay. Family of Andrew and Ma/rgaret Roan. Andrew Roan, a brother of the Rev John Roan, also born in Ireland, was a weaver by trade, and it is probably from this fact that Webster and Sprague have stated that the Rev. John Roan was a weaver, which was not the case. Andrew Roau died in 1768, leaving a wife Margaret, who did not survive him long, and children, Archibald, Margaret, IfiiZiam.and Sally. The Rev. Jno. Roan became the guardian of the latter. It is not known what subsequently became of these children, save that William went to Tennessee with the Dixons, became a man of considerable prominence and influence, and the ancestor of a number who held import- ant positions in the councils of that State W. H. E. KfeV JAMES 4 JN WESSON, OF DON H GAL. [The following note, written by Secretary Logan, to the Proprietary, coming to our hands, we forwarded the same to our cor- resp ndent, who sends the remarks ap- pended: “If the Propriet’r please to take notice of Ja: Anderson, Minist’r of Donegal, and hold some free conversation with him, it may p’hapa be seasonable at this time, when the people ought by all means to be animated to vigorous Resolutions He just called on me when I was much engaged, and I expected to see him again, but could not. I suppose he goes not out of town till to morrow, and that he then will, without fail, if not other- wise hindered. E Shippen accidentally calling here, I thought the hint might be of some importance. Thy faithful f ’d, James Logan. Stenton, 2^th 7Z>r, at noon. If the true history of the transactions which transpired in Donegal prior to Sep- tember 20, 1736, the date when the Rev. James Anderson called to see James Logan at bis country seat, “Stenton,” were now written, it would make a very interesting chapter, and throw much light upon the character aad doings of the Scoich-Iiish Presbyterians who settled in Djnegal. They commenced their settlement in 1713 (if not earlier), which grew very rapidly, and for fifteen years they paid the Proprie- taries no quit rents, nor did they apply for warrants Sooner or later this irregularity was sure to get tbe settlers into trouble. Thus matters stood when the Rev. James Anderson was called to preach at Donegal meeting house on the 24th day of September, 1726 On the last Wednesday in August, 1727, he was installed. Having concluded to remain among this people and devote his future efforts in their be- half, he purchased a tract of laud in 1727, which had been laid out to Robert Wil- 4 Historical and Oenealogical. kins, but who baJ not taktn out a patent. Tills tract .contained two hundred acres, and the Proprietaries added one hundred, more to Mr. Anderson’s. This land is now owned in part by Ool. James Dufty- It remained in possession ol the descend- ants of Mr, A, about eighty-five years. For ten years he was untiring in his efforts to bring about an understanding between his parishoneis and the Proprie- taries, whereby both parlies would be ac- commodated and satisfied. His errand to Logan was about these matters, and the latter must have placed great confidence ia his influence and integrity, and was evi- dently anxious to, have matters adjusted satisfactorily. The longer these difl'^r- ences remained unadjusted, the more dsfli cult they were to solve, as they spread among the settlers in Lebanon, Paxtang, and Cumberland valleys. The rates finally offered and agreed upon were quite liberal and much lower than those rates adopted elsewhere at ihe time of this se*tlement. It is presumed that these Presbyterians were pleased with the settle- ment, for they embiaced the causo of the Proprietaries with great ardor in their con- flict with the Marylanders, and but for them the Proprieta ies would not have been able to keep the Cath- olics from Maryland from over-running the valley between Wright’s Ferry and the Codorus, where York is now. The “Great Road’’ leading from Phi>a- delphia to the Indian Tuwns at Ca noy and Paxtang ran through Donegal. Settlers took up laud convenient to this thoroughfare. In 1726 John ^al breath established an Inn and Brewery on Meeting House Run where the Marietta and Mount Joy turnpike crosses it. Although much of the land in Donegal was considered bar- ren, owing to its being overgrown with sprouts, and undeibrush, yet the land on account of its rapid settlement must have bee I e/ihaaccd very much in value. Hence Isaac Norris, of Philadelphia, in Dec., 1718, took up 1,000 acres in Donegal along Chickies creek, and in Dec . 1719, he took up 500 acres more. May 15, 17 '9, be took up 1,060 acres. In 1719 Thomas Griffirh, of Phila- delphia, another Quaker, took up 1,150 acres along Chickies creek In 1720 Peter Gardner took up 636 acres near the mouth of the creek, which was afterwards purchased by Thomas Ewing,, the father of Gen. James Ewing. Peter Allen had also a tract adjoining this last tract The Penns reserved a manor along Chickies creek of 2,103 acres, which was doubtless embraced in some of the tracts named above James Logan, Penn’s agent, also had an eye to this land. Tne follow- ing copy of a letter will explain the mai’er: Philadelphia ^ 13 February 1719 20. _ “Loving ffriend Isaac Taylor’’ *- 5 {-***** * “Having bought that thousand acres laid out to J Steel & J. Budd on Sickasolungoe, I must have some addition up-m ye road designing to make a settlement there, in which Pray lett there be at least as much regard shown to me as any other, w’ch i hope will notiDe undeserved by “Thy real ffriend, J. Logan.” He also had surveyed another tract, con- taining 1,400 acres. These large trams were doubtless purchased with a view to specu lation, and were ciividtd and sold to set- tlers. LeTort and Logan retained farms containing two or three hundred acres of land, a number of years subsequent to the dates of these purchases, in the vicinity of where Maycown is siruated. Logan also established a ferry over the river, which was subsequently known as “Vinegar’s Ferry,” two miles abjve Marietta proba- bly. riistorlcal aitd GenealogieaX. 5 The Penns, and tbeir a^eaU and survey- ors, never f of’no'i t,o selec, iho mo't!’ (Ihst i- hle tracts of lind in the vicinity of settle- ments which were likely to rapidly fi 1 up. This no doubt oPen caused dissatisfaction among the pioneer settlers. While on a visit to Opequhon, in Vir- ginia, Mr. Anderson con lacied a cold from the effects of which he died at his home in Donegal, July 16ih, 1740. There are no descendants of him now liv- ing in Donegal. James Anderson, who now resides upon and owns a fine farm which belonged to his grandfather, between New Kingston and Mechanicsburg, Cumberland c iunty, is the only descendant of the Rev. James Anderson who owns their ancestors’ acres. Twenty -five years ago he was hon- ored by his fello w citizens with a seat in the Legislature He is an unassuming, but highly respectable citizen. His last wife was, I believe, a daughter of Hon. George H. Bucher, of Cumberland county. Columbia, Pa. Samuel Evans. NOrfG8 AND QUBKIJIS.— II. Historical and Genealogical. [The Cumberl >lnd Valley occupies the present number of Notes and Queries, and although of interest and value historically and genealogically, the articles are only a pr dude of others yet to c )me We hope they will be apprecia'^^ed by our friends “over the Sasquahannah. ” The Dauphin County Historical Society has had engraved “a Draught, of the Susquehanna in 1701,” which we shall present to our readers a few weeks hence It will show how industri- ously the Society is engaged in historic re- search. w H E ] Gordon. Inquiry is made concerning those of the name of Gordon who settled in the Cumberlaud Valley. Jo !ti G rdon located in West Peunsboru’ township, Cumberlaud county, about 1738, and there may have been o tiers Tiie Gordons of Vi'ginia and Geor gia are descend uits of early settlers in the valley, but the loss of records prior to the formation of Cumber- la nrl, doprivo us of a clue to other facts. Perch uice Rev Dr. Wing can inform us. w. H. E. Books Published at Carlisle — In the Odzette for 1787, we find that during that year quite a number of publications were is-ued frooi the press of Klme & Rey- nolds, of the Gazette, a*»d John Crtigh, who, at that pe. iod, must have kept a book, store at Carlisle. “Int roduction to the History of America,” published and sold by John Creigh. “Father Tammany’s Almanac for 1788, the Astronomical Calculations by Benjamin Workman;” published by Jwn, save that he receive!^ a fair English education. He married, about 1749, Jane Murray, a niece of the celebrated David Murray, Marquis 7 ' Historical and Genealogical. of Tiillibardine, H partisan of the Pretender, Ctiarles Edward, who, after the suc(es'tful battle of Cuilloden, fled into France. Mi-f. Watts was a woman ot rare acc >mplish- ments and beauty. Mr. Watts came to America, 'with his wife and family, about the year 1760, purchased a tract of land about three miles above the mou’h of the Juaiata,in Cumberland, now Perry ounty, where he resided until his death. Fleeing from persecution, political and religious, when the muiterings of the Revo- lution were hearo, Mr. Watis was a strenu- ous advocate for the right, and true to his manhood arranged himself on the side for Independence. He was a member of the committee for Cumberland county, and as- sisted in organizing the associated battalions lor the county, and as Lieutenant Colonel of the first, represented the same at the military con ven ion of July 4, 1776, which met at Lancaster, for the purpose of cho*'s- ing tw-^ brigadier generals. On the forma- tion of the Flying Camp, he was thrnce transferred, and was in c>mm*ind of the battalion assigned to Cumberland county, at the surieuder ot Fort Washingrc n N<»- vember 16, 1776, where he was captured, but shortly afterwards exchanged. Col. Watts was commi.“sioned one of the justices of the peace fbr the county, April 1, 1778; chosen a representative t.o the As- sembly in 1779; appointed sub-lieutenant of ’Cumberland county, April 13, 1780; brigadier general of the Pennsylvania mili- tia May 27, 1782, in which capacity he did excellent service in protecting the frontier ceunties of the Slate from the wily savages and marauding tories. He was a member of the Supreme Executive Council from Octo- her 20 1787, until its abolition by the second State constitution of 1790 Daring this peiiod he was a member of the Board of Property, December 31, 1787, and Augiut 31, 1790. ' At the close of hi» official life, Gen. Watts retired to his farm on the .Juniata, where he died on the 3 i of October 1795, aged seventv-six years. We have, no date of the death of Mrs. Watts The children of Frederick and Jane Mur- ray Watts were: i Margery^ b August 29, 1750; m D ■. David Cook Their grandson Cook Curry was the father of Mrs R)bert Russel, of Erie. ii. Catharine, b. May 3, 1753; m. Robert Miles They removed to north-western Pennsylvania. in Margaret, b. December 8, 1755; m. Smiley. ir- Elizabeth, b Jul) 7, 1759; m Thomas Hulings She died July 15, 1809, and Mr. H. April 1. 1808 r. Mary, b. August 2, 1760; ra. William Miles Their eldest daughter married Dr. Bemus ri. Sarah b Aug 2, 1762 rii David, b. October 29, 1764; m. Julian- na, daughter of Gen Henry Miller, of the Revolution. Mr. Watts died in 1819. Their children have become distinguished in the councils of the Sr.ate and Nation, and are representative people of the Valley. w. H, E. CAPTAIN KOBKRT No mention has yet been made mNotes and Queries of Robert Callender, one of the most active and useful iohabitanis of the Cum berland Valley in pre R::volur,ioaary limes, who died about the close of that war. and I am s orry my material for that purpose is so scant. He was the largest fur-trader in Pennsylvania; distiaguished himself at Braddock’s defeat, and a liberal contributor to all the then public movemeats in Car-, lisle. To detail his connection with “The Indiana Company” would involve the whole history of that gigantic land specula- tion. which, if carefully written, would be of permanent interest Historical and Genealogical. S He married first a daughter of Nicholas Scull, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, from 1748-1759, by whom he had three daughters. i. Anne, married Gen. William Irvine, of the Revolution, whose son, Gen. Callender Irvine, was commissary general of the U. S. Army until his death in 1841, a Elizabeth, married to Rev. Dr An- drews, Provost of the University of Penn- sylvania. Hi , matried Alexander Neill, a merchant of Baltimore. Robert Callender’s second wife was a sis- ter of Col. Gibson (father of Chief Justice John Bannister Gibson), by her he had issue: iv. Robert, a lawyer, who settled in Pitts- burgh. r. Patty, who married Judge Thomas Duncan, of the Supreme Court. ^ , married Noland, of Aldie,Va. rii. , married a son of Gen. Wm. Thompson, of Carlisle. Captain Callender owned and improved the fine estate of Middlesex, below Carlisle, and Silvers’ Spring, on the spring of that name. I am indebted to Dr William A. Irvine, of Irvine, Warren county. Pa , son of General Callender Irvine, for these notes. George Plumer Smith, Esq, 231 South Sixth street, Philadelphia, has im- portant material for a history of the Indiana Company in his possession. John B. Linn. Bellefonte, Pa. fin this connection, it may be proper to state that we have additional memoranda relative to Robert Callender from Mr. Evans, who has sent us some interesting data concerning the Early Pioneers of the Cumberland Valley This information simply supplements Mr. Linn’s brief but valuable sketch. — w. he] TH 3J POLLOCKS OF SILVERS SPRING. We are indebted to his Honor, Judge Herman, of Carlisle, for the following transcripts of the will of James Pollock, of East Pennsboro’. The will is dated 24th September, 1790: ‘ I give and bequeath to my dearly be- loved wife, Aon Pollock, all the rents, ssues and profits of all my real and per- sonal estate ***** The negro wench, Venus, not to serve more than ten years. ***** I give and devise my tract of land, situate on the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, near the Great Island, in Northumberland county, to Jarett Pollock, Mary Pollock and Rosetta Pollock, my brother Oliver Pollock’s children, to them and their heirs and assigns forever. I give and devise my tract of land, situate in Nittane Valley, Northumberland county, also my houses and lots in and near Carlisle, to the said Jarett, Mary and Rosetta Pol- lock, to them, their heirs and assigns for- ever I give and devise my tract of land, situate in Bedford county, to Galvez Pol- lock, son of said Oliver Pollock, to his heirs and assigns forever.” There was another James Pollock, who resided in Hopewell township, Cumberland county, whose will is dated March 31, 1772. He left a widow and children John, James, William, Robert, Jennie and Martha. John Pollock, of Carlisle, whose will is dated January 7, 1807, o'entions his wife Grace and his “grandsons John Pollock Morrison and Lucas Morrison, sons of Hance Morri- son, who is intermarried with my daughter Uargaret.” Elleanor Pollock, of Carlisle, who e will is dated August 29, 1808, “wid- ow of John Pollock, deceased,” mentions her “sister Elizabeth McDannel, widow of John McDannel,” her “daughters in-law, Eleanor Armsfrong and Jean Pollock, wife of Alexander Pollock.” Perhaps Rev. Mr. Historical arid Oenealogical. 9 Hayden can unravel these John Pollocks. James Pollock, a son of Oliver Pollock, we learn from Kline’s Carlisle Gazette, when riding a blooded horse out in the field to see a favourite dog that had died, the horse was frightened by the odour or the sight of the remains, and running off threw James on a stone and he was instantly killed . Jared or Jarett Pollock md. Polly (Mary) Briggs, daughter of David Briggs, of Silvers’ Spring, February 13, 1800; married by Rev. Dr. Davidson and moved shortly after to Centre county. [Can Mr Linn give any account of his descendants ?] Oliver Pollock was at least 85 years old when he died, in 1823. James, his brother, died Sept. 1, 1800, and John, the son of James, February 18, 1807, both at Carlisle. w. H. E. In addition to the foregoing, the Hon. John Blair Linn furnishes the following : Mr. Hayden’s sketch of Oliver Pollock reminded me of a crisp political letter I noticed among Gen. Irvine’s unpublished correspondence, interesting perhaps, as showing that Mr. Pollock was an adept in political management, and that the science was not unknown to the prominent men of the early days of our Commonwealth. “Silvers Spring, Aug. 15, 1798. ‘‘Dear Sir : Since yours of the 12f.h, I have been over [illegible] and given a lllhe necessary information in that quarter. I find the opposite side is to have what they call a general meeting at Carlisle, the 24th inst. In fine, my friend, they are making every exertion, and if we don’t do the same and stick to one point, all is lost. I will see the- Whitehills to-morrow and make them do the need full. Keep close to [il- legible] and I will bring forward all I can. “Yours sincerely, O Pollock “To Gen. Wm. Irvine, Carlisle, Pa , Hon’d by Mr. Hamilton.” NOTES AND QUERIES-III. Historical and Genealogical. Dog Power Grist Mill (1ST. & Q i.) — John Rheam was the name of the lad the owner of the fom-liorse dog team so neatly equipped and in which he drove to Phila- delphia in 1822 I presume he made the harness with his own hands, and it was nea’ly done. He created a great commo- tion on his first appearance, driving through Market Square and several streets of town. I built a wagon about same date and size of Rheam’s to draw by hand, with which to go for walnuts, but Rheam’s was of such superior workmanship that I did not feel much pride in my own. Rheam’s father was a tanner and carried on business at what is now Paxtang and Eleventh streets. I know nothing of the mill young Rheam carried to Philadelphia, nor what has be- come of the man p. The First Chairs Made for the State Capitol — The first set mahoga- ny chairs made for our present State House was furnished by three cabinet-makers, Mr. Lichtendale, of Litiz, Mr. Graham, of Philadelphia, each making forty-five, and R )bert Sloan, of Harrisburg, forty nine, and four clerk’s desks. Chairs cost $16 each, desks $35 each. Rbeam, the tanner, below town, furnished the curled hair for seating chairs made by R Sloan. A. s. Rev. Robert Smith, alluded to in Rev. Mr. Beatty’s journal, was born in 1723 in Londonderry, Ireland, came with his par- ents to America in his eighth year; first set- tled on the head of Brandywine. At the age of fifteen he professed conversion under the preaching of George Whitefield; studied for the ministry under Rev. Samuel Blair, was licensed by New Castle Presbytery in 1750, and in 1751 ordained pastor at Pequea, where he opened a classical school. He died in 1799, leaving by his wife, a sister of 10 Historical and Genealogical. the Rev. Messrs. Simuel and John Blair, the following sons: i. Bev. Samuel Stanhope Smith of Hamp den Sidney, Va., and Princeton, N. J ; grad- uated at Princeton, 1769. ii miliam Smith VO. Bev. John Blair Smith fourth son, born June 13th 1756; graduated at Prince ton, 1769 ; President of Hampden Sidney College, in Virginia and Union College, N. Y. V. Dr. Bohert Smith. vi. Died in infancy. It seems there were six sons; I have only the names of four. Rev. Samuel S. Smiih married a daughter ot John Witherspoon, a- signer of the Declaration of Independence, and was the father of Mary Clay Smith who married Hon Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, and became the mother of General John Cabell Breckinridge at one time Vice Pr*^si- dent of the United States. Another dangh- t3r of Rev. S S. Smifh married Judge Pre- vost, of Louisiana, and their daughter Frances C. Prevost, married Rev. Wm. L. Breckinridge, D. D. a. b. Norwood, Va. Half-Kino or Seruniyattha, was a celebrated chief of the Six Nations, who had his residence or hunting cabin on the Little Beaver, about fifieen miles from Loggs town. WashiogtOD, on his journey to the Ohio in the autumn of 1753, invited the Half-King to met him at the latter place, where the noted Chief Shingas resid-d, and a conference was had. He seems to have been a chief ot considerable prominence, and was a warm and faithful triend to the English. His speech to the French com- mandant at Venango is given in Washing- ton’sjournal. Half King accompanied Wash- ington to Fort Machault, where strenuous eflorts were made by the French to entice him to desert the English, but all to no purpose. In 1754 the Half-King was with Washington on his excursion to dislodge the French from the disputed Jerritory on the Ohio, and was his constant counsellor until after the surrender of Fort Necessity at the Graat Meadows on the 4th of July that year. The surprise and defeat of M. de Jumonville on the 28 h of May previous, was largely due to the sagacity and faith- fulness of the Half-King. About the last of September in company with Monaca- tootha, and other Indians, he was at Har- ris’ Ferry on their return westward. He was quite ill when he arrived, and ilied there on the evening of October 1st, 1754. “The Indians blamed the French for his death by bewitching him ” He was buried with considerable pomp and ceremony, on the river bank near the grave of the first John Harris, and possibly wi hin the present en- closure, attended by Conrad Weiser, who had been sent for to Shamokin, Edward Shippen of Lancaster, Rev. John Elder of Paxtang, wh Elizabeth, b. July 7, 1759. V Jane, b April — , 1756. ri. Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1760. mi Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1762 vih. Darid, b Oct. 29, 1764 William Cook, d February 9, 1830, aged 81 years Margary (Watts) Cook, d, June 16 1837, aged 87 years. Their children were as follows: i Jane, b Feb 5 1776 , ii Frederick, b. June 20, 1777 Hi John, b, Sept. 10, 1778. ir>. Sarah, b Nov. 16, 1779 V. Mary, b. Dec 5. 1781. m John. (21) b May 10. 784 rii Darid b Dec 4, 1787 riH. Elizabeth, h. April 12. 1791. ix Sarah, b Dec. 29 1784 I. M. E%KLY PIONEERS OF ' iPfIB ^ tfUMBBR- EA.NI> VaEEEY. I regret very much that I have but little data, from which I can construct a credit- able sketch of our friends who settled in Cumberland County, that has not already been written up by Dr. Wing and his as- sistants. It has seemed to me, however, that Harris, in our own county, and Dr. Wing, of Cumberland, have overlooked a num- ber of important personages, who were men of mark in Provincial and Revolutionary times, who deserve a place in history. Take for instance : Robert Callender, who probably set- tled in Pennsboro* township about the year 1750. He married a daughter of Martha Gibson, who probably married a grand uncle of Judge Bannister Gibson. I know that the two families were related, but am not able to determine the degree of rela- tionship His sister-in-law was Janet Ann Gibson. During the French and Indian war of 1755 he commanded a company of Rangers and held a Captain’s commission. I am not certain that he was with Brad- dock’s army, but I presume he was not. He was well educated and highly esteemed by every one. He commenced to trade with the Indians at an early day, and as will be seen by reference to my article in relation to William Trent and the Bloody Run affair, he was one of the twenty three (23) sufferers In this connection, I might as well state that there were a very few, if any, of the great Indian Traders, who spent a portion of many years among the Tribes west of the mountains, trading with them, became very naturally attached to the red man, from whom they received their peltries, and with whom they associated daily, and im- bibed many of their customs and habits, cared to wage an aggressive warfare against the Indians, except those who were con- u Historical and Genealogical. trolled by the French, whom they incited to kill the English traders and destroy their goods. Amongst this class you will not find the name of any great Indian fighter like Brady, Wetzel, Cressap, and their like. Many of these old Indian Traders belonged to the Church of England, and through many years of friend*ship with Sir William Johnson, the British Indian agent in Amer- ica, who had unbounded influence with the Six Nations of Indians, and his son Sir John, who succeeded him and became a prominent tory, no wonder a few of them went with the Indians against the Coloni-s during the Revolutionary war. Many of them, however, although well advanced in years, took up arms against the tyranny of Great Britain In 1774 Robert Callender was appointed Colonel for Cumberland county, and also served on some of the most important com- mittees. He died in the year 1775. My impression is, that he left no children sur- viving him. He owned several hundred acres of land in Cumberland Valley, and also a large tract ot land along the Juniata river. There is a provision in his will which shows the confidence and esteem in which he held one with whom he doubtless made many journeys to the Far West to trade with the Indians He directed the land along the Juniata to be sold at what ever price Alexander Lowrey put upon it. He and Gerge Croghan and Tnomas Small- man, Indian traders, and Thomas Butler were members of the Church of England. Thomas Smallman, an Indian trader, resided in or near Carlisle. He held a Lieu- tenant’s commission during the French and Indian war of 1755. In the year 1780 he purchased an island in the Ohio river two miles below Pittsburgh, from two Indian chiefs. I think it quite likely that this title was worthless. I presume he removed from Cumberland county to the Ohio, and he may possibly have gone to Detroit and sided with the British. Dr John Connolly who was born in Manor town hip, three miles below Columbia, was the son of an Irish Papist but a half brother of General Ewing. He was a very able man and be- came a mischievous Tory, and fomented a great deal ot disloyal sentiments among the Traders, and others who settled about the Forks of the Ohio. He gave the Patriots a great deal of trouble, until they arrested and landed him in the Philadelphia Jail. George Croghan was probably his mother’s brother. James Galbreath, the younger, set- tled in Donegal, near Chickies creek, about the year 1719 He was a member of the Assembly for a number of years, a Justice of the Peace and Sherifl of Lancaster county about the year 1742. After he married Elizabeth, the only daughter of the Rev. William Bartrem, be removed to the Swatara, adjoining the Rev. Mr. Bartrem’s land, where he built or purchased a grist mill. He was also an Indian trader, and commanded a company ot Rangers dnring the French and ludian war. And while Col James Burd had command of Fort Augusta, now Sunbuiy, he was appointed a commissioner to collect provisions for the troops at that place. From the Swatara be moved to the Susquehanna and established a ferry below Paxtang. He also had sev- eral hundred acres of land at the ferry. He was here but a few years when he purchased large tracts of land in Penns- boro’, about the ye^r 1761. He probably turned his attention to farming, and as be was then well advanced in years, with grown up sons, who were well able to take care of themselves, he desired to live the retired life of a country gentle- man When there impended a cor - flict between the British and the Americans, he at once took up arms for Historical and Genealogical. 15 the latter, as did also his sons He was chosen lieutenant colonel for Cumberland county, but on account ot h’S great age he was unable to perform active field duty, able assistants were appomted. He died on the 11th day o^Jure, 1787, aged eighty- three years. He was buried at Derry church He left sons, William; Bartrem, to whom he left a farm at Bainbridge; Robert, to whom he gave a farm in Allen township; Thomas; John, who was captain and wound- ed at the battle of Long Island; Andrew, whose daughter married Judge Gibson; Dorcas, who married John Buchannan, and Elizabeth, who married Clarence Tor- rance, whose descendants now reside in Baltimore, Md. The Watts’ of Carlisle, and Hagys at Big Spring, and Gordons ot North Carolina, married g>’andchildren of James Galbreath, as did also Judge Gibson. I believe they all married daughters of Andrew Galbreath John Galbreath, the brother ot James, settled at the mouth ot Canoy creek, in Lan- caster county. He sold his land to James. He removed to Cumberland county, proba- bly a year or two before the county was or- ganized He died in 1757 and was buried at Silvers’ Spring church. He left a son, Robert, who was a minor and he directed his brother James, who was the executor, “as soon as Robert was fit, he was to learn gunsmithing with Henry Willis.” He left daughters, Janet and Sarah. He was a large landholder. His children were doubt- less intermarried with some ot the most respectable families in the Valley. Robert Galbreath died in March, 1787. leaving children — Samuel, James, John, William, Elizabeth and Mary. He was p'obably the son of James Galbreath. Andrew Galbreath married Miss Kyle There were several families of Gibsons who settled in Hopewell township. John Gibson died in the year 1748, leaving a wife Ann, a daughter Mary, and a sister Marga- ret. Robert Gibson died in 1754. James Gibson, of Hopewell, died in 1758, leaving a son William; grandson James Beard; (.John Elliot probably mar- ried a daughter), grand-daughter, Marga- ret Elliot; a daughter, married Hugh Thompson. John Elliot was an Indian Trader, and traded amongst the Tribes in Northern Ohio for Robert Callender. William Gibson, of Newtown township, died in 1770, leaving children Robert, John, Samuel, James, George, Gideon, Charles and Ann. I hardly think that the name has become extinct in this family. George Gibson, the father of Judge Gib- son, was the son of John Gibson who kept tavern in Lancaster when the town was laid out. He married Ann West, the daughter of Francis West, the first magistrate of Cu nberland county. At the commence- ment ot the Revolutionary war he and his brother John were trading among the In- dians along the Ohio. At this time there was a very disorderly spirit among the settlers at the Forks of the Ohio, which was fomented by Dr. John Connolly, before-named, and other emissa- ries ot Lord Dunmore, who claimed juris- diction over that country, and annexed it to Augusta county, Va The Virginians evi- dently enlisted their sympathies. A number followed Dunmore, and were tinctured with toryism, while others who espoused the Patriot cause, accepted commissions in the army from Virginia, and George Gibson was one of the latter. He afterwards served in the regular line. He went to New Orleans to procure powder, etc , for the Continental army. He was successful in his mission, and negotiated with Oliver Pollock, who transported the powder, etc., in vessels to one of the At- lantic ports. At the close of the war, \ir- 16 Historical and Genealogical. ginia gave Col. Gibson a warrant tor land in Kentucky, but when he came to locate it he found the land covered by a warrant of a previous date. He applied to Congress for relief, and although General Muhlenburg reported the bill favorably, for some reason or other, neither he nor his heirs ever received anyrecompense He com- manded a company at St. Clair’s defeat; was mortally wounded, and when the troops were put to flight and every one was trying to save himself, as his brother- in-law, Jacob Slough, of Lancaster, passed by him, he begged him to assist him off the field, but he ran on. Col. Gibson then placed his back against a tree and drew his pistols, and sold his life dearly for the “redskins.” His body was taken to Fort Washington and buried there. He resided along Shearman’s creek at the foot of “Pisgah” mountain. The creek runs forty miles along the western base of the mountain with a meadow about five hun- dred feet wide, and one thousand feet long, between the creek and the dwelling. An apple orchard covers a portion ot this meadow. U^^on its site Col. Gibson had a rac 1 course. He owned a mill near his dwelling and several hundred acres of land, which was mostly uncultivated. What induced Francis West to leave Car- lisle and settle at Shearman’s creek which at that time was cut off from other settlements by the mountains, I cannot imagine. Chief Justice Gibson was born in this house. A portion of it is now used as a “pottery.” Oae of Gibson’s slaves wounded a buck, and was killed by it, where the lime kiln now is. George Gibson made his will November 12, 1791, leaving sons Francis West, George, John Bannister, Patrick Henry. He de- vised something to Wm. Gibson who was a nephew of Robert Callender. Mrs. Gib- son belonged to the Church of England, and she was very anxious to have her sons baptized by an Episcopal minister. She made known the fact to the minister prob- ably in Cumberland Valley, who came to Shearman’s Valley, and took up his quar- ters at Mr. Gibson’s who^fiaally gave his consent to have the “boys” baptized. But he very likely gave them a hint of the matter, for as long as the minister was there they went to the mountains daily to hunt, starting before daylight and did not return until the minister had retired for the night. He finally gave them up and returned to Carlisle without accomplishing his mission Francis West was an influential and prominent man in colonial times He died in Shearman’s valley in 1783 leaving sons William and Edward and daughters Ann, who married George Gibson, Dorothy, who married Thomas Kioslow of Juniata, and Mary, who married Mr. Mitchell, an Indian trader Col. Alexander Lowry married Francis West’s sister Ann, who was his second wife. She was then the widow of Hermanns A1 ricks and the mother of James A1 ricks, the father of Herman and Hamilton Alricks, of Harrisburg. I presume the Wes’s came from the North of Ireland. I have heard my grandmother (who was her daughter) say that the vessel which brought her father, Alexander Lowrey, to America in 1728 or 9 al>o brought Ann West, who was then a small child. The family lived some distance from the port from which they embarked for America. When they were on the vessel, which was about to sail, the nurse of Ann West ar- rived, barefooted and exhausted. After the West family left their home she determined that she would follow the family to Amer- ica, to whom she was much attached, and trudged many miles across the country. I presume she was also taken to America, but I am not certain of that fact. Historical and Genealogical, 17 On the 24rh of May, 1739, when the Temporary Line between Maryland and Pennsylvania was run, the commissioners and surveyors staid over night at Robert Dunnings’, for which they paid him one pound four shillings and eleven pence. The same party took dinner at John Harris’, for which they paid him fourteen shillings. The following named persons were with the party who ran the boundary line As very nearly all of them lived in Donegal I hardly think they went any further than through that portion near where Cressap and others had caused so much trouble, Edward Smout (Justice in Lane.), Robert Bohanon (Buch- anan) lived in Donegal. On the 25th day of Mi.y, 1739, being the day after they stopped a« Harris’, they paid Robert Buch- anan for his servants, for his expenses, and the time of two men “to come and meet us at Conestoga, ’’two pounds and ten shillings. James Mitchell (who was a surveyor and resided in Donegal), John Galhreath (Don- egal), John Mitchell (surveyor, Donegal), John Kelley (fndiaa trader, Donegal), Francis tiiewart (Donegal), Gordon How- ard (Donegal), Alexander Mitchell (Done- gal), Geo. Aston (probably Chester co.), John Postleihwaite (Indian trader, Con- estoga), Joshua Lowe (Hempfield), Robert Barber (Hempfield), John Emerson and man (was “ranger’’ for- Manor, and kept Blue Rock Ferry, Lancaster c >. ), Isaac Chandler (Chester co, ) John Hendrix, John Hendrix, Jr. (Conestoga), John Powell (Chester co ), Thos. Green (Ches- ter CO ), John Ta>lor and his man Mr. T. was the surveyor t jr Chester county, and it probably was he who extended the line to the mountain on the wes . side of Cumberland Valley. Martin Chartier, one of the old French Indian traders, had his trading post and lived for many years adjoining the farm afterwards owned by James Pat- terson, the Indian trader, and close to the Susquehanna Indian Town, three miles be- low Columbia. The Penns gave Chartier a large tract of land on Turkey Hill, in Lan- casti'r county. Martin Chartier died in April, 1718 James Logan was at his funeral, which shows that he was held in high esteem by the Penns. His son Peter Chartier, after living a few years at his f it her’s place, removed to the neighborhood of New Cumberland, where he had a trading post. He left Cumberland Valley and located below Pittsburgh. He was all his life an Indian Trader, and finally he went to reside with the Indians, and took sides with them against the English. He left descendants who resided, I believe, in Washington county, Penna. Sam’l. Evans. NOTES AND QUERIES.— V. Historical and 4^en«‘alogical “A New Town at the Forks of the Conecocheague” was laid out by John Ken^ neclay who resided at the “bridge over the Conecocheague”, in 1787. The lots were disposed of by lottery as w^as common in those days. Can any one inform us as to this “New Town ?” Huling. — Inquiry is made concerning the family by this name who settled near the mouth of the Juniata as early as 1760, if not a few years previous. The family inter- married with a number of prominent fami- lies in the valley, but it is thought the greater portion of their descendants reside in Western Pennsylvania, and the States bordering on the Ohio. R. [The foregoing query comes from the Valley, and, as the Hillings came over 18 Historical and Genealogical. with the Watts and other families who lo- cated near them, no doubt among these there may ' be some record of them. Per- haps Mr. Craig, who resides in the neigh- hurhood where some of the descendants of the Hulings live, can give us further infor- mation. W. H E.] •Stewart— Umsted — Cloyd. — Three of my great-grand-aunts, Martha, Jane and Elizabeth Long, married men named Alexander Stuart or Stewart, and Mustard or Umsted, and removed to the Cumber- land Valley about 1770 or subsequent. In- quiry is made for some account of them or their descendants. The one who married the last named, supposed to be Jane, is said to have died in the valley, but it is proba- ble the others removed to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. I am also desirous of having the address of any of the descend- of Cloyd who settled near Car- lisle in 1776. s. L. Tobias Hendricks v>ho located very early, possibly prior to 1725, in the Valley, was a son of Tobias Hendricks of Donegal, and hence the confounding of names. There can be no doubt of his being v^'est of the Susquehanna very early, for in a letter to John Harris bearing date May 13, 1727, he speaks of his father as “at Donnegal,” requesting Mr. Harris to for ard a letter to him. He also alludes to “a trader” at the Potomac, of «hom he bought skins, and of “the grate numbers coming this side of ye Sasquahannah.” The valley as then being rapidly settled, for at this period the Scotch Irish emigration had begun. There would no longer be any surniisings on this subject, if the Provincial authorities had kept a record of all the arrivals i<.to the Province. Benjamin Workman (N. & Q. ii.)— In reply to a query as to Benjamin Work- man ’who made the astronomical calculations for “Father Tammany’s Almanac for 1788,” published by John Creigh at Carlisle, « e have been favored « ith the folio ing through the kindness of D. K. AVagner, Esq., of the Shippensburg “News:” “Columbiana, O, March 16. — “I =^aw in the “News” that you wished to know who Benjamin Workman ^ as. I can tell you. I as taught the A B C’s by him in 1807. He ■ rote my name in my Bible and I have it yet. I am eighty-three years old. He was an old man then and taught school in Adams county. He was a good man; he said the Lord’s prayer in school and we had to say it after him. If you -want to know more ask me. AVhy, he was the best of men. G. AV. Freed.” We have searched in vain for some addi. tional data relative to this old-time school- master, > ho ' e judge '*as a gentleman of marked intelligence, and * e are surprised that no mention is made of him in Prof. Sheely’s History of Education in Adams county. Besides the calculations made for almanacs, Benjamin AVorkman is said to be the author of the “Introduction to the His- tory of America, ’ ’ published at Carlisle in 1788. If it is possible to obtain any addi- tional information relative to this author, e shall be under many obligations. w. H. E. ANDREW RALSTON OF BIG SPRING. Among the early pioneers of the Cumber- land Amlley, was Andrew Ralston, who lo- cated at the Great Spring as early as 1728. He was a native of county Armagh, Ireland, and came over at the outset of the Scotch- Irish emigration. Shortly after the opening of the Land Office he applied for a warrant, stating that he had occupied the laud ‘Ae past eight years”. A license was directed Historical and Genealogical. 19 to be issued, and we present a copy of it ver- batim as in the original in this connection : Lancaster County, ss By Order of the Proprietary. — ■ These are to licence and allow Andrew Ralston to Continue to Improve and Dwell on a Tract of Two Hundred acres of land on the Great Spring, a branch of Conedog- wainet, Joyning to the Upper Side of a Tract Granted to Randel Chambers for the use of his son James Chambers; To be hereafter Surveyed to the s’d Ralston on the Comon Terms Other Lands in those parts are sold, provided the same has not been already Granted to any other person, and So much can be had without Prejudice to other Tracts before Granted. Given under my hand this third day of January, Ano: Dom: 1736-7. Sa: Blunston. Pdi.silvania. ss Endorsed: License to | Andrew Ralston | 200 acres. This land was subsequently surveyed to him by the surveyor of Lancaster county, Samuel Blunston. We have no date of the death of Andrew Ralston. He left three daughters and two sons. One of his daughters married a Hayes; another a Mickey. David Ralston, the eldest son, remained at the Big Spring. He was twice married, first to a Scott, secondly to a Mc- Clintock. Both died at Big Spring about 1806. Mr. Ralston removed to Westmore- land county where he died about 1810. By his first wife Scott, David Ralston had : i. Jane, married 1st Donald; 2d Taylor. ii. Eleanor, m. Miller. iii. James, m. Ruth Carson. iv. Andrew, m. Kirkpatrick. By his second wife McClintock, David Ralston had : V. Agnes, b. Nov. 12, 1774; d. Sept. 2, 1855; m. Allsworth. vi. Margaret, b. August 7, 1776 ; m. Moorhead. vii. Ann, b. October 4, 1777; d. July 4, 1853; m. Banks. viii. Mary, b. May 1, 1779. ix. Sarah, b. March 12, 1781; d. July 10, 1810. X. David, b. Sept. 26, 1784; d. March 8, 1849; m. Lacey McAllister. She died in 1863, in the 73d year of her age. [If any of our friends in the Cumberland Valley can supply the omissions or furnish additional memoranda, we shall be pleased to receive them. w. h. e. ] A WKAI*^H OF 1776. The Cumberland Valley number of Notes and Queries is wanting in legendary lore. It would seem no witch clouds any longer linger over the many fateful spots, whose sad scenes have been chronicled by the lo- cal historians, and that they have fled be- fore the winds of the century now gone by and concluded with the past. The fare- well scene when Reverend Captain John Steele’s company left the Valley on their march to Amboy, had come down to me in the fireside stories of my grandmother, nee Anne Fleming, and all the while I was at Harrisburg, I kept a sharp lookout for records of that company; but the sole ref- erence I ever found was in a letter of Col. James Chambers, in which he speaks of the good conduct of Capt. Steele in the battle of the 27th of August, 1776, on Long Isl- and. I have read all the details within my reach of that action with intense interest, because the name of the battle was always associated in memory with what I thought w Historical and Genealogical. an authentic wraith, and I put it upon rec- ord for the benefit of some future Aber- crombie or Mrs. Catharine Crowe, the author of “The Kight-Side of Nature.” There is a mysterious law of sympathy which no philosophy can explain — the ex- istence and the operations of which, how- ever, have been often verified. There is a world not only above us, but around us and within us, which has its communions and sympathies, and it is so greatly attenuated to our present tangible life that we some- times in still hours, glide into its higher fel- lowship, learn its language and partially at least, understand its ways. “Hence in seasons of calm weather. Though inland far we be. Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.” Eichorn, the great German philosopher, evidently recognized this law in his admi- rable illustration of the inspiration that en- abled Moses to write of Creation ; a back- ward glance instead of the forward look of prophecy which flings its shadows forward even to the Judgment day. Dr. Johnson, it is true, says these phenomena occur among the uncultivated, and Rauch says the Seers are found principally in the islands around Scotland; in islands and villages, among people much separated from the rest of the world. But the incident I shall give comes from a family that came with the first emi- grants after Penn into Chester county, whose political and religious sentiments followed the doctrines of a well-thumbed, dog-eared volume (which I still have), read by the an- cestor by the light of the camp fires of Oliver Cromwell’s army. It occurred in Middle- ton township, Cumberland county, its re- lator a sister of James Fleming, the most noted school-master of the Valley, one oj the political martyrs under Adams’ alien and sedition law, and the preceptor of John Bannister Gibson and of his brother Frank Gibson, whose genius yet flashed forth in conversational powder when I last saw him in the summer of 1846. But to the wraith. William Fleming, who was then nineteen years of age, joined Capt. John Steele’s company of volunteers from Cumberland Valley in the early sum- mer of 1776; marched with it to the Flying Camp at Amboy, N. J. The company, with others from the Flying Camp was ordered over the day before the battle to Long Island, where Brooklyn now stands. On the forenoon of the 27th of August his sister, Anne Fleming (the relator), went down to the spring house some distance in front of their house(in Midddleton township) to get some things for dinner. A small window looked out upon a lane winding down to the house. In arising from skimming a crock of n\ilk, she glanced out of the window and saw as she supposed her brother William coming down the lane rid- ing upon a white horse; she dropped her skimmer and ran into the house to an- nounce William’s arrival. The family all ran to the door and no William was to be seen. He never came back in the body. James Davidson, a comrade, returned after the campaign and told the family that the last seen of William by any of the com- pany was by himself. They were on the re- treat, and were all running, when William said, “Stop boys, let us give them another fire.” William stopped and commenced loading his gun. This was the last intelli- gence that was ever heard of William Fleming by any of the family. John Blar Linn. Bellefonte, Pa. Historical and Genealogical. MOl'H.S A^D QOKllIr S.— VI Historical a»d Hf'nea'oglcal Benjamin Parke Avery. — Some friend on the Pacific coast has for ^ arded us a copy of the San Francisco “Sunday Chroni- cle” of the 13th of March hich co tains a series of sketches of California authors. Among these is an -interesting one of the brave life of Be jamin Parke Avery — the s ory of which is an epic of industry, royal courage and noble e deavor. Mr. Avery was a native of the cityofNe v York, \here he was born November 11, 1828. His father dying during the cholera epidemic of 1832, young Avery « as brought to Harris- burg by his iRaternal uncle, for whom he was named, Benjamin Parke, where he re- sided several years. In 1849, in the great rush to the Pacific, Mr. Avery went to California, where he spent five years in the mines, subsequently embarked in journal- ism, became editor of the ‘ Overland Monthly” until his appoi .tine t as United States Minister to Chili i . 1874. His diplo- matic mission - as of short duration, for he died on the 8th of November, 1875. Mr. Avery '^ielded a po * erful i fluence upon the literary, artistic and scientific progress of the city of San Francisco. “His per- sonal character, ’ ’ says his biographer, “ « as marked by tenderness, purity and refine- ment; his public life by truth, stre gth and courage.” After his death a volume of “Califor ia Pictures,” from his pen, ex- quisitely illustrated by i ative artists, was published, but his best literary work, “Evolution Art,” was left in an uofi ished condition, a ad has uot been givea to the world. w. H. E. THE ROANS AND DIXONS We have been favored with two interest ing letters through the courtesy of Scott Clingan, Esq., of Lewisburg. which we have no doubt will be acceptable to many of the readers of Notes and Queries. The first letter is from Archibald Roan to his cousin Flavel Roan. Concerning the former, we have this information; Archibald Roan, the son of Andrew Roan and Margaret Walker, was a native of Derry township, Lancaster now Dau- phin county, Pennsylvania, where he was born about the year 1760. His father dy- ing about the yea 1768, he was placed in the care of his uncle, the Rev. John Roan. In the will of the latter this mention is made of him: “I also allow to my nephew, Archibald Roan (in case the above persons, the Rev. Geo. Duffield and my executors, apprehend him religiously disposed), twenty pounds towards his college expen- ses.” He studied law a d removed to Ten- nessee where he obtained a license to prac- tice that profession. He was shortly after- wards appointed District Attorney General, and in 1795 honored with the position of Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. From 1801 to 1804 he was Governor of that State, and held a number of important of- fices. He was a gentleman of education, a leading jurist, and an honorable citizen of the State of his adoption. He died at his residence near Jonesboro’, but we have not the date. In honor of him Tennessee, named one of its counties. Archibald Roan to Flavel Roan. JONESBOROUGH, April 1st, 1797. Dear Sir: — Mr. Montgomery has just jnformed me that he will probably see you and I could not omit so favorable an oppor- tunity of writing. Our connection by con- sanguinity, but more particularly by that intimate union of friendship which long united us, causes me to feel particularly concerned in anything that interests you, supposing that you are actuated by a similar principle, I will gratify you with a statement of my situation. Very soon after my set- tlement in this country, I obtained a license 22 Hintorical and Genealogical. to practice the law, and in that character had tolerable success. I was appointed Attorney General for a district some years ago, and about one year past have held the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of this State. Thus far, I have obtained the con- fidence of my fellow citizens. I have now four children, viz; James, David, Andrew and Mary. Last fall, James McClester,with his family, arrived safe at my house. I sold him the plantation I then lived on for two hundred pounds, and removed to another tract of land in Knox county, about sixty-five miles distant from my former resi- dence, and settled in the woods, and am endeavoring to make improvements as fast as I can. McClester informed me that you had some thoughts of visiting this State, I would be very happy to see you here and will endeavor to render you all the service in my power. Want of time prevents me from enlarging. Pray write every oppor- tunity, and believe me to be ever sincerely yours, Archibald Roan, The second letter is from Dr. Matthew L. Dixon to Flavel Roan, the son of John Roan. The wife of Rev, John Roan was Anna Cochran — the mother of Dr. Dixon, ^Anna Cochran, the daughter of George Cochran, brother of the former — as was also Dr. John Cochran surgeon general during the revolution. The foregoing show the relationship existing between the Roans and Dixons. In this connexion were some of the Cochrans of Dauphin county who sub- sequently removed to Erie. Can Mr. Moorhead give us any genealogical data concerning this family ? Matthew Lyle Dixon, the second son of Sankey Dixon and Ann Cochran, was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, on the 34th of January, 1792. His father * as a native of Dixon’s Ford, on the Swatara, where the ancestor of the family, James Dixon, had settled as early as 1730. Sankey Dixon was one of the members of Captain Matthew Smith’s company, and was on the Quebec expedition. He subsequently, rose to be an officer of the Pennsylvania Line, served until the close of the revolution, when he removed to the Buffalo Valley, subsequently to Virginia, and finally to East Tennessee, near Knoxville, where he died on the 11th of November, 1812. Mrs. Dixon was a niece of the wife ofRev, John Roan, for whom she was amed, and in whose family she was raised. She died at Winchester, Tenn., on the 12th of April, 1857, aged almost ninety-four jmars. Mat- thew Lyle, the son, received a good educa- tion, studied medicine. Served as surgeon’s mate during the war of 1812-14. Subse- quently located at Talladega, Alabama, ' here he died, honored and respected, on the 30th of September, 1836. I)r. M L Dixon to FlaveV Roan. Knoxville, Tennessee, Nov. 25, 1812. Dear Sir; — Although unknown to, and perhaps unheard of by you, yet knowing that an intimacy once existed between my father and yourself, I presume to address you. This is my first attempt and although I might earlier have commenced a corres- pondence, it appeared a subject of intro- duction was wanting, I now have one’ The tale is doleful and casts a gloom on my mind that renders my mental faculties al- most useless. Yet I must announce to you that he who was your intimate friend and companion, a d my father, is no more a beholder of temporal things, but his soul has fled in quest of more propitious climes. His constitution was strong and unimpaired, but his soul obeyed the summons of the king of terrors on Friday night, the 11th of this month, after delaying till the agony of his mortal part forced it to retreat. His illness was only of six days’ continuance. I was not with him till about three hours before hi Historical and Genealogical, 23 dissolution. I resided twenty miles off, and clanger was not apprehended. Such a circumstance had neces>berland, were married on "Thursday last.” Mr. Kelso then re- sided in the stone house at the west end of the present Cumberland Valley railroad bridge. The editorial is confined to informing the public that the "Or- Historical and Genealogical. ^5 acle will be issued on Monday.” The al- teration of the mail required this. There was then a weekly mail East a d West lo and from Harrisburg. One arrived on Wednesday, the former late on Saturday, and we infer from the frequent complaints about it, « as not delivered punctually. Monday, November 19. — On Saturday, November 17, William Carpenter was drowned while crossing the river in a canoe, below the mouth of Paxtang creek. A fiery communication defends Andrew Forrest, i-» some political dispute in which John A. Hanna was involved. It is stated by the writer that Hanna was the son of a clergyman and had three brothers all in the ministry. Dr. Forrest was a soldier of the revolution, a physician and recorder of this county. Oen. Hanna was the son-in-law of John Harris, a lawyer, in the Senate then, and the next year in Congress. These gentlemen became great friends in subse- quent days. The members of the fire company are “notified to meet at the market house with buckets to exercise the engine.” Water for this purpose was dra ' n from a well in front of Mr. Grimes tavern. This no- tice is signed by John Kean and John Dentzell, directors. Gen. Kean was an active, intelligent citize then one of the County Commissioners. Esquire Dent- zell was a druggist and magistrate. A long advertisement offering $200 reward for the detection of “the villai s” who fobbed stores at Middletown and Yorktown is signed by Mordecai McKin- ey and others. The notice names “the villains” as Wil- liam Compton and Weiss, alias Indian Jack, the prisoners who escaped from the old. jail mentioned above, in the meanwhile plun- dering people at York, Lancaster, and other places “near the river.” December 3. — “Subscriptions for the “Oracle,” 15 shillings, are received at the office and at Mr. Crabb’s tavern, sign of the Ship,” I wish some one could tell where the sign of the Ship was this yean In my youth it was at the corner of Market and Third streets. December 10. — George Fisher, attorney for David Harris, Esq., notifies all indebted to that gentleman to settle. Mr. Harris was the eldest son of John Harris, the founder, and resided in Baltimore. Mr. Fisher was a lawyer, who afterwards commanded a large practice at the bar of Dauphin county. Even at this early date he was full of busi- ness, as well as for 40 years following. December 17. — The Legislature met in Philadelphia. William Brown of Han- over, Stacy Potts of Harrisburg and Jacob Miley of Jonestown, were representatives. Gabriel Hiester of Berks, John A. Hanna of Harrisburg, senators. “A complaint was heard from Dauphin” respecting illegal voting.” Mr. Potts then presented a peti- tion for the incorporation of a “society” for the establishment of “iron works, mills, manufactories, magazines and stores,” at Harrisburg. Thus early our modest fore- fathers anticipated the great manufacturing capabilitities of this part of the valley of the Susquehanna. Gawin I. Beatty, gives notice that he makes and sells “double cover- lets at the low rate of 11s. 3d. each” — about $2.25 each. He wishes to obtain “an ap- prentice who will be taught to work with flying shuttle;” a branch of the business then new in this part of the world. Mr. Beatty resided in the house now occupied by Dr. H. L. Orth, and had his machinery in the cellar. He proceeds at some length to inform the pub- lic of his proficiency as a weaver. December 25. John Montgomery, post- master, advertises a list of letters. They were for persons in all parts of Dauphin, Northumberland and Mifflin counties. Gov. Mifflin’s message occupies most of this issue. Historical and Genealogical. S6 The irregularities in the election returns of this county was brought up in the House Dec. 12. It was stated that Brown was er- roneously returned, and that the seat be- longed to Christian King, which proved to be so, for Mr. King was afterwards seated. On the 13th a bill was passed to “vest the Harris Ferry in commissioners.” On the 18th a report came in relative to a canal at Harrisburg. This bill was perfected and passed, after a long struggle, about 1822, the project it contemplated was summarily prevented by the State, when it required water for its canal. A petition was also presented on the same day for the erection of a court house at Harrisburg. Alexander Berryhill informs the public that the account books of the late John Harris are placed in his hands. Debtors are requested “to settle without further notice. ’ ’ December 31. This issue closed the year 1792. In it William Crabb offers his house at Middletown for sale. John Kean offers two lots “in good situations” for sale. The collector of taxes for Middle Paxtang adver- tises that he has lost his duplicate, and the “finder shall be generously rewarded by leaving it at the store of John Kean, Esq.” Here we part with 1792, a period of in- tense excitement and turmoil in Europe, and of peaceful progress in our own land, under the benign administration of Washington. Our form of Government was an experi- ment which escaped the perilous excitement of foreign lands, took root, and was nur- tured into a practical result by the policy of that cautious and wise patriot, a. b. h. Harrisburg, 1875. X^OTtS AtsD QUEkIJKS.— VH. Historical and Genealogical Bartholomew. — From Austin, Texas, a member of this family, writes for infor- mation concerning the records relative to the Bartholomew which may be found among the archives of Lancaster, Mifflin, Juniata, and Berks counties. If any of the readers of “Notes and Queries” will favor us « ith data concerning the same, we will be under obligations. w. h. e. Crawford. — Christopher or John Cra « - ord, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, came to America about 1803. He married, about 1805, Barbara Radebaugh Berryhill, daughter of Peter Radebaugh, of Hummels- town, and widow of Berryhill. By her first marriage Mrs. Crawford had: i. Mary, b. February 9, 1794; m. Wise. ii. Justina, b. March 21, 1796; m. Deary. iii. William, b. 1798; m. Catharine Bran- don (d. December 11, 1867); d. August 28, 1863, at Harrisburg. The children of Christopher or John Crawford and Barbara Radebaugh Berry- hill were: i. John, b. Nov. 6, 1806. ii. Eliza, b. 1808; m. Robert Wright, and removed to Miami county, Ohio. Mrs. Wright resides near Potsdam, that county. iii. Jane, b. June 9, 1810; m. John Daily of Lewistown, Penn’a; then removed to Piedmont, West Virginia, where their des- cendants now reside. Mrs. Daily died in May 1880. iv. Susan, b. 1812; m. Andrew Murray of Hanover; removed to Harrisburg, Mont- gomery county, Ohio, and subsequently to Blue Ball, Butler county, that State. V. Barbara, b. January 18, 1814; m. John Delaney of Derry, Dauphin county; re- moved to Red Lion, Lycoming county, Penn’a. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford died in Spring- dale, and were buried in the old church graveyard at Hummelstown. What I de- sire to know is the date of their mar- riage, and the Christian name of Mr. Historical and Genealogical, 27 Crawford. Any other information will be gladly received. w. e. [In addition to what dias been given by our informant from Ohio, we' have learned that both died and were buried from Chris- tian Landis’ house. This may possibly give a clue to additional memoranda. w. H. E.] Old Derry Church. — “T. S. McN” writes us: “On my return I stopped off at Derry. The old church is fast tumbling to ruinj although I believe it is not too late to restore it. Mr. J. H. Hatton, who appears to be in charge, says some one, a builder in Harrisburg, offers to restore the church, but did not say what the consideration was to be. There was a fu .d at one time, draw- ing a yearly interest — can you tell me what has become of that ? I would be willing to contribute my mite towards the restora- tion and preservation of the old church, and suppose there would not be much trouble in getting enough to do so if there was some reliable party to take the matter in hand, who could say what the cost would be, and give assura ce of the completion of the work. It appears to me that as matters now stand, the relics (if there is to be no restoration of the building), the table, chairs, table linen, communio i service, &c., &c., had better be placed in the archives of the Dauphin Cou ty Historical Society, if they have a proper place for the preservation of such mementoes. ’ ’ [We insert the foregoing, as one of the numerous inquiries and suggestions we receive relative to Old Derry Church, and we give place to this one, coming from a gentleman whose ancestors worshipped in the church for a century, and of course takes great iuterest in the locality. Unfor- tunately but little information can be gained from those who have charge of the affairs of the church. Whether the fund has been swept away by improper invest- ments we know not, but this we do say that no attempt has been made, by those whose duty it is, to preserve this memento of the historic past — this ancient land-mark of the Scotch-Irish immigration to America. What is done with the rental of the build- ings attached to the church and the amount realized from the annual sale of water- cress, we know not, nor can we divine, for not a nail is driven, nor has any efiort been made towards preventing the ruin of every- thing connected with the church. Happily the grave-stones are left, and the grand old spring still bubbles forth, but for aught else, decay and neglect are unmistakably shown. A few years ago, several gentle- men of Harrisburg, interested from ances- tral and historic associations, would have taken effectual measures for the preserva- tion of Derry Church, but not a thing could be done with those having charge. We much fear that it is now too late to attempt a restoration of the edifice, not having vis- ited the place to ascertain what damage has been done by the snow storms of the rig- orous winter just passed. If not too late, we trust that the plea of our esteemed cor- respondent shall not be in vain. As to the suggestions relative to the church relics, there can be no better place for them than the Dauphin County Historical Society, and really heir only safety and preserva- tion depends upon this being done. We live in daily anticipation of hearing of their loss, either by theft or some other fatality. Mr. Hatton is getting too old to take care of them, and the place too insecure, and jn the rage nowadays for relics, some vil- lian may place them beyond our reach for all time. As soon as the weather permits, it is to be hoped the gentlemen who have taken interest in the preservation of Old Derry Church, will move in the matter and see if something cannot be done. w. H. E.] "28 Historical and Genealogical. HARRISBURG.— PART II. "What Our Forefathers Were Doing Ninety Years Ago. 1793. Monday, January 27. — There is no item respecting local events in this issue. John Norton, “inn -keeper,” who lived on the N. W. corner of Market square and Strawberry alley, advertises something new, “Russia seia twine, for cash or produce.” Agnes Bronson offers $2 reward for “the runaway William Burk.” January 14. — “The Oracle announces with an additional degree of satisfaction, a possibility of peace between Austria and France.” Adam Boyd, John Dentzell and John Luther “set the assize of bread” as follows: lb. oz. 1 d. loaf 0 7 2 d. loaf 0 14 4d. loat 1 12 6 d. loaf 2 lOi 12 d. loaf 5 5 Which upon estimate will be found nearly the price of to-day William Crabb adver- tises “Grubb’s Iron” on sale. Thomas Murray “a large two- story house, with stables and out-houses.” Wm. I. & J. Folsom want an appret tice “to labor in the nail manufactory.” This factory, I have been informed, was on Front street below Chestnut. The account book of the Fof- som’s give no clue to their place of busi- ness. January 21. — An announcement is made that a bill has been brought in in the House of Representatives, “to authorize the con- struction of a court house at Harrisburg.” It was subsequently passed. Jacob Risch forbids any one to purchase 210 acres of land in Londonderry township from the ex- ecutors of Conrad Risch. The printers of the Oracle propose to publish “Reflections on Courtship and Marriage.” By this time the “Oracle” had quite a staff of corres- pondents “who saw all others’ faults except their own.” None of these contributors treat of local -occurrences except one, who condemns some rather free performances “among the dancers at the fair.” February 4. — We are informed that “a fire occurred on Friday morning last” (would be Feb. 1, 1793) at the house of Mr. William Potts, tanner, east side of Paxtang creek, low Eleventh street and Paxtang, “but with the assista ce of some citize s who exerted themselves in a remarkable manner, it was in a short time entirely ex- tinguished.” John Cannon was paid $48 by the House of Representatives for ex- penses in the contested case of King against Brown, from Dauphin county. Cannon was the Sergeant-at-arms of the House, then sitting at Lancaster. It is said he removed to this place sooq afterward. February 11. — Thomas Forster offers to sella “quantity of land about one mile above Harrisburg, part on the bank of the river, equal to any in Dauphin county.” Mr. Forster then resided in Paxtang; his agent was “Alexander Berryhill, Esquire,” who resided at Third and Chestnut streets, in a one -story house that stood there fifty years ago. The land, part of Paxta g Ma- or, is just above Reily street. This Forster was probably Thomas Forster, Es- quire. Stacy Potts informs “the public officers and freeholders of Dauphin county that he has copies of the records of the Legislature of 1791-92, lodged at his house” for dis- tribution. Mr. Potts was a vigorous friend of experimental balooning, a man of intel- ligence, representing the county in the Legislature. He soon after removed to Trenton where he was born, and there died. Godfrey & Kelso “intend removing their store to the new range of brick buildings, a few doors below the sign of the Bear on Historical and Genealogical. the bank.” Kelso was tlie husband of “Kitty Chambers” mentioned in 1792 — and died at Harrisburg about eight years after. Godfrey I can find no trace of. The “New Range” was below Chesnut, above Cherry alley. All the houses are standing as we write. The “Black Bear” was a noted hostelry, and it must have been at the corner of Front a d Chestnut. The sign followed its owner, a d is next heard of on Front and Cherry alley; then below the Harris stone house; then at the corner of Locust and Front, and from there van- ishes. February 18. — We find the first notice of a sheriff’s sale. Jacob Weirich, a Leba- j 0 1 ma ;, then held that position, and i oti- fies the public that “I will sell, Saturday, March 2, at the dwell! g house of Thomas Atkinson, ia the town of Lebanon, county of Dailphi ,” the property of Atkinsou. Atkinson w as a printer, died at Meadville, at an adva ced age, and was held in great respect. In the same brief notice we learn the “Sheriff’s office is now kept in Walnut street, Harrisburg, near to Mr. Conrad Bom- baucli’s taver — co .veyancing done at said o3Sce as usual.” The deputy and convey- ancer was Anthony Seyfert, ancestor of some excellent citizens of Harrisburg. Hugh Stephen a d Henry Fulton offer as admi is- trators of ‘ ‘tlie late Robert Stephen, ” a lot for sale ‘ ‘o i the street leadi g to Middle- tow i>, Hummelstown and La dis’ mill, 30 feet front, and exte di> g 210 feet to Clark’s alley. ’ ’ John Clark offers for sale a house and lot “on the bank’l adjoining Mr. Robert Harris’s, on the corner of “Clark’s alley.” Where was this Clark’s alley? I have not been able to trace its locality on the original map or upon other early plots. It must have been below Chestnut street ;as I have learned that Mr. Harris always re- gided below that street. John Norton^of- fers a dwelling house and lot, corner of Mulberry street and Raspberry alley. This house is yet standing, owned by Mr. Gobi It was then the property of Caleb Armitage. John Romgue offers “a lot and two-story dwelling house, “opposite Mr. Bombauch’s tavern in Walnut street.” That was at Second and Walnut, southwest corner, the present lots divided from the rest of the square by an alley now known as “Fahne- stock alley.” This issue is entirely occu- pied with new^s from Europe, Congress and the State Legislature. March. — The local events noticed during this mo th are: an application of Andrew Stewart and other commissioi ers named by Johu Harris “to layout Harrisburg,” ask- i g the Legislature to be allowed compen- sation. The claim was incorporated io the court house law. Thomas Smith, after- wards a respected citizen, the compiler of Smith’s map, married Ann Moore in Middle- town — Jeremiah Sturgeon married Anna Ritchey — Samuel Elder married Margaret Espy. The old jail was sold on the 13th by public outcry. This prison was of stone and logs, occupying the grou d on the Strawberry alley tront of the present county prison lots. Its dimensio s were about 3^ by 30 feet. The sheriff never occupied it. George Whitehill opened a store “a few doors below the sign of the Bear on the Bank.” Mr. W. kept this store for many years. He was a gentleman of integrity, successful in his busi ess. The house is the second one below Cherry alley. Up to 1830, • stores a d taverns were in all the houses “on the bank” from Mulberry to Market street. This was the business part of the town until the co structio \ of the ca? al and rail- road, then it took upo n itself an air of fashion which it has retail ed ever si ce. A bit of humor intended to hit some limb of the law, enlivens this number of the paper. It reads: 30 Historical and Genealogical. Hie jacet — Johannas Straw, Who forty years followed the law; Whe I he died The devil cried — “John, give us your paw!” A correspondent i » Mifflin county sends an effusion to the editors — a couplet ex- plains its object to have bee a new year’s greeting: “0:.ce more this dusky ball, with speed im- mense. Its annual revolutio i does commence, ’ ’ &c. On Friday, March 1, “a young man named Peter Ensminger” was breaking ice “off the wheel at Landis’s mill; the wheel in vibrating upon its axis as the ice fell, caught him, and pressed him so forci- bly upon his stomach as to deprive him of life in a few minutes.” The mill here mentioned was the one about which there was so much complaint the next year. Its dam was then destroyed by the citizens of the town. The mill stood nearly at the point where Sycamore street now crosses Tenth. There is a great flood of advertisements in this paper. A long one signed by the commissioners, John Kean, Henry Buehler, of Lebanon, Valen- tine Hummel, of Hummelstown, offering sundry unseated lands for sale in Upper and Middle Paxton and Derry. Hamil- ton & Kean “have an extensive assort- ment of merchandise. ' ’ This store was in the house next the corner of Market street and square. The house long known as the sign of Washingto >, o t the cor er, i ow Jones house, was the i occupied by William • Cl abb, as a tave d. Both houses were erected by Capt. Job i Hamilto , aud ii their early history were a great or ame t to the growi g towo. Mr. Kea i was his so i-iu-law. The o ly local occurreuce we have duriug the remai i g days of March is the Lotice of a riot o i the Quitapahilla creek oa the 8th. The rioters were brought to jail at Harrisburg o i a charge of “further felooious i te tio s.” April. — “The public ia gene al” a e ia- fo med that “the O acle” will iu futu e be published at “the house f ow occupied by Adam Boyd, Esq., o i Mulberry street, be- twee • Fro .t a d Seco d streets, eear the ba ik.” This portion of the tow a was then the ce itre of population and business. I remem- ber Mulberry as a beautiful street — not a bit like the prese .t “porchic” ro v that it is. The postoflice was near the printing offlee on the same street, directly opposite the house into which my grandfather removed when he rented to Mr. Wyeth. John Montgomery was the postmaster. Samuel Hill, who then sold clocks and watches on Third street, informs “the public that he intends to remove to Wal ut street, ear Mr. Bombauch’s tavera ” Anthof*y Sey- fert, the deputy sheriff u >der Jacob Wei- rick, offers to rent “two or three commo- dious rooms belo -ging to Mr. Bombauch, in which the sherift's’ office is now kept.” The places mentioned were all on the north side of Walnut betAeea Front and Second streets. The postmaster advertises the list of letters for the past quarter — 34 in num- ber. “John Kean, Esq., aud Mr. Samuel Wear” offer to let “the four teneme ds on the corner of Seco d and Pi oe ‘streets” pre- sumably now occupied by the Baptist church. The same ge jtlemen offer a brick house o I Second near the Market square “late i j the tenure of Michael Stoner,” probably the house yet sta di .g, one door above the square on Seco d Street, west side. Invalid pe sio ers are informed that they will be examined by a commission established at Harrisburg, composed of John Kean, Alexa derGra3fflon and Joseph Mo tgomeiy as coinmissione s, a d Andie v Fo estand Joh i Dentzell as physicians and su .geo s. Co.nelius Co.v, of Esthe.ton, Historical and Genealogical. SI advertises “his beautiful Wa Tick Ball dark bay with a ’ach o i his face.” David Ha i is who was cashie of a bank at Baltimo e, a so j of John Hards, adve tises “70 ac es of excellent la d adjoi jing the town.” Wil- liam Wallace, then a yon g lawyer, a native of Hanove township, afte wa-d fi st p esident of the Ha dsbu'-g ba-k, adver- tises “that la'^ge and co venient house on the southwest co ne of Market and Thi d streets with a good pump of wate nea^’ the doo .” Joha Hume kept the tavern. M . Wallace was o e of his lodgers, and its owner for the next dozen years. The p esent Lochiel hotel occupies the p emises. The pump is yet i i the recollection of some of ou" old lesidents. Mrs. McCu dy info ms us that she has ope ed a “sewing school in Bluebe ry alley r.ear Ma ket street. ’ ’ Where was this alley ? Adam Boyd and John Luther, burge^-ses, notify the citizens not to commit nuisances under a penalty of 40 shilli gs — about five dollars. A mos severe fine for “casting mud or o her annoyance on he pavemen s, side- walks or s ree s.” Thomas Dickey “begs leave to i iform the public that he has comme iced the business of a clock a d watch maker i ext door above Mr. Wear s taver ', Ma ket square,” probably half- doze j doors above Ma ket st eet, east side of the squa e. The i.ew cou t house adver- tiseme t occupies a g eat part of the issue of the 29th. “Joh • Kea , Robe t Han is a Qd Michael Kopp, the i of Leba o *, a e eajoi ed to comme ace ia 1794, the coa- st uctioa of a courthouse “twe ity feet Lorn the st eet li e, with a \ office at each e d the eof, a d a cella ■ iijder the whole.” Jacob Awl, A'.d ew Stewart, James Cow- de% J shua Elde a d “the execut > s < f William Br w i,” we e app 'i -ted t ustees 1 1 see that the w rk was duly pe f imed. This stf-uctu e was c mine seed ia c mpli- a' ce with the law io 1794, a dc mpleted i i 1796. It was occupied for sixteen years by the c >u ity, when up m the removal to this place of the seat of government in 1812, it was te ide ed t ) the State govern- ment, and occupied as a State House until 1822. The peseat Capit >1 was then c im- pleted. The county le- occupied it until I860. It was torn down ab >ut that time a d succeeded by the p eseat imp siag building, s» stately with ut, so iucon- vedent within. An excellent exte.ior view of the old c -urt house is shown in a map < f 1858, and is a good represeutation. I have never seen a t ue pictu e of the p ese t one. Its exte ior is leally to be admired. a. b. h. Harrisburg, 1875. JSOTES AND gUJK KIES.— VIII. Higtorical and Genealogical. Greer & Minshall.— The Historical Society of Pennsylvania have lately acquired a work entitled “Musical Primer, contain- ing a concise introduction to music, and a selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, adapt- ed to the various metres in General use, ar- ranged for two three or four voices. De- signed for the use of Worshipping Assem- blies and Singing Societies, by Joel Har- man, Harrisburg, Pjinted by Greer & Min- shall.” No date is given to this publica- tion. Can any of our readers give us in- formation concerning the author and the publishers ? ‘ Pextano to Menakasie ” — As early as 1715 there was a road from ‘‘Pextang to Menakasie,” a branch of the Potomac. Among the earliest surveys west of the Sus quehanna after 1733 were some for lands “on the Road leading from Pextang to Menakasie. ” W hen was this road formally laid out, and what is the present location of it, as no doubt the original traders’ or set- tlers’ road formed the basis of that directed to be laid out by the courts? w. h. e. J Historical and Genealogical. Kelso. — The ancestors of the Kelso fam- ily, who came to Pennsylvania prior to 1737, locating on the Susquehanna adjoin- ing the lands of John Harris, were Joseph Kelso, and Margaret h’S wife. The former die i prior to 1737. One of their sons (ition. For this purpose, and instigated by the aforementioned slate of attairs, societies have been formed in many parts of Germany by prominent persons, humanitarians and patriots, whose object is not only to promote emigration, but to as- sist the emigrants with a helping hand in their embarkation, passage across the ocean and their settlements in the United States’. For this reason I came to the United States, to act and co-operate with these so- cieties; and you will therefore permit me, gentlemen, to address myself to you as the owners of large tracts of land in Pennsyl- vania, and to make to you the following propositions, which you, I have no doubt, will find as well to your own private ad- vantage, as suited to well-known interests of your country. Partly informed by a personal inspection of the country,! and partly by the latest works of D irby, Hume, Cobbett, Thomas, Lorain, Melish and others, I have satisfied myself that the climate of the Atlantic States, especially of the southwestern parts of New York and the entire State of Pennsyl- vania, is best suited to the German emigrant — to which I also class the Swiss — and that the emigrant arriving ia the Western States, after a troublesome and tedious voyage of 800 or a 1000 miles across the mountains, the enormous expenses of which often con- sumes his entire means, is compelled to sufler a thousand hardships on account of the language, the great distance of mills and stores, and especially on account of the un proportionate high prices of all articles of manufacture, and the circulation of the many counterfeit and doubtful bank notes, sufterings of which the settlers in the At- 1-antic States feel little or nothing; and for the reason that the prices of land in the Atlantic Slates have of late depreciated so greatly that they now are purchasable by the poorer emigrants; and finally, as the t Gall had been as far west as Cincinnati in the autumn ot 1819 — R. 36 Historical and Genealogical. reduction in the exports in general, and to the inhabitants of the Western States es- pecially, has almost entirely mined the markets of farmers’ productions, therefore, I deem it advisable for the German emi- grant to settle in the State of Pennsylvania instead of making the expensive and diffi- cult voyage across the mountains. For this reason I sliall endeavor upon nry return home to counteract the fickle, ro- mantic tales of Birkbeck’s travels, with their dangerous consequences, and to lead the af tention of my countrymen to the interior of the States of New York and Pennsylvania, the lands of which have been so unjustly descried in Europe as barren and unhealthy. To meet and destroy, however, the prin- cipal objection raised by the enemies of emigration in general, and the advocates of settlement in the West especially — which is rooted in the assertion that but very few of the land owners in Pennsylvania have a sufficient legal title to their lands — I desire, that such of the proprietors as are willing to settle upon their unoccupied lands in a few years thrifty German colonies, shall furnish me with well authenticated copies of their titles to such lands which they are ready to dispose of, certified to by the proper authori- ties. 3 ^ . NOTES A^D QUERIES.— IX Historical and Oenealogical. [Harrisbtrg Ninety Years Ago. — Through some manner, unaccountable to us, the third part of Mr. Hamilton’s ex- tremely valuable article has been mislaid* We have made diligent search for it, but have not been able to discover it. It is as provoking to us as to the readers of Hotes and Queries, yet we are in hope that the pains-taking author will endeavor to repro- duce the concluding portion of his highly appreciated paper on “Harrisburg Ninety Years Ago.” w. h e ] Greer and Minsball — (N. & Q, viii ) — Joel Harman had a singing school during the winters of 1827, 1828 and 1829 in a one- story frame building in Market street, on the ground now occupied by the postofflce. Henry Minshall was the foreman in the composing room of the Tennsylvania Intel- ligencer from 1825 to 1828, then printed by Cameron & Krause. After th$ establish- ment was sold to John S. Wiestling, Col S C. Stambaughof Lancaster, established the Pennsylvania Reporter. Mr. Minshall continued in the same capacity until his death in 1832 or 1833. I remember hearing of Mr. Greer, but where the firm had their printing office I do not know; but as Mr. Harman was the author of music books. 1 suppose he had them printed by Greer & Minshall. p. [In addition to the foregoing, we learn that Mr. Greer came to Harrisburg shortly after the removal of the seat of State gov- ernment, and for a number of years was printer of the journals, etc. With John ^McFarland he published “The Common- wealth” some five years. He died about 1828 His wife was Miss Su>>anna Coleman, of Alexandria, Virginia. As to Harry Minshall, he was the son of Thomas Minshall, of Middletown. He was a partner of Greer in certain printing — and subsequenliy foreman of the Intelligencer as stated by our correspondent. Those who remember Harry Minshall say that he was a fin^, handsom^-looking man. He die I about 1831 at Steinman’s Hotel, then S. E. corner of Market and Third streets. The location of Greer & Minshall’s print- ing office, we are credibly informed, was at South and Third streets, now occupied by the residence of Major Hart. w. h. e. ] Historical and Genealogical. S7 THK FAMILY OF UUi INGS I regret that I am uuable to furnish any connected account of the Huliog family; the following notes may, however, be of interest to your correspondent. August 8th, 1711, Abraham Hulings in- terred his son Isaac in Christ church bur- ial ground in Philadelphia; January 10th, 1783-4, his son Peter; August 11th, 1734, his daughter Mary ; April 27ch, 1735, Mary his wife; and December 8tb, 1736, his daughter Sarah were all buried in the same ground. Michael Hulings settled in Lancaster county about 1738. Watson in his Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania says: “The Swedish fam- ily of Huling came originally from Marcus Hook, and settled the fine island now called Duncan’s. In the year 1755, Mrs. Huling, with her two children, all on one horse, forded the river and made their escape from ths Indians, down to Fort Hunter, now M’Allister’s place.” In an extract from a letter, dated Fort Pitt, August 12th, 1763, published in Pat- man's Conspiracy of Pontiac in relation to the siege, it is stated: “Nine rank and file wounded and Hulings having his leg broke was the whole loss.” January 5 h, 1763, Jonathan Hulings married Mary Emsoo, and December 7th the same year Marcus Hulings married Willimina Sltillings. April 25 ih, 1768, Susannah Hulings and Joseph Cowper- thwait were married. January 31st, 1766, Michael Hulings was appointed Warden of the Port of Philadel- phia May 20th, 1775, Michael H dings was licensed as an Indian trader. In 1776, John Hulings was a captain in Col Wood’s battalion. Gen. Richard Butler, one of the commis sioners appointed to hold treaiiei with the Northern and Western Indians, in his journal of October 1st, 1785, says: “I for- tunately recommended the employment of one Mr. Huliog, who I find to be a very useful, active and ingenious man, he goes ahead with a small canoe to search out the channel, which we find very crooked.” This was. no doub t, Marcus Hulings. In the journal of Gen. Joseph Buell, the arrival at Fort Harmer, of “Uling, a trader on the river,” is mentioned three times, Nov. 5th and Dec 3d, 1786, and on the 4th of Janu- ary, 1787. Col. John May, in his journal of May 7th, 1788 says: “Arrived at Hu- len’s, opposite Pittsburgh ” This was rhe large stone tavern and ferry-house of Mar- cus Hulings on the south side of the Monongahela river opposite the foot of Libsrty stree ; it was afterwards for half a century known as Jones’ ferry-house. Col. May makes frequent mention of Mrs Hu- lings. October 23, 1789, Thomas Hulings was appointed one of the commissioners to view the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers. In 1790 Samuel Hulings is mentioned as having a pre-emption right to an island in the Allegheny river called Huling’s island. For more than ten years subsequent to 1790, Marcus Hulings was employed by Major Isaac Craig, quartermaster at Pitts- burgh, in transporiing military stores up the Allegheny to Fort Fran din and to Presqu’ Isle, and down the Ohio and Missis- sippi to the military posts on those streams. Major Craig’s letter-books and papers con- tains ample evidence that Marcus Hulings was a faithful and reliable man in all his undertakings. The tombstones in Christ church yard, and documents im my possession all spell the name Hulings. I have many of Marcus Hulings’ signatures very well written. One of the family represents Venango county in the Legislature. S8 Historical and Genealogical. Marcus Hulings tvas a m^ nbar of the Committee of Safety of N uthumberland county, from White Deer township, in 1776. The following documents may inter- est your correspondent “R ” Philadelphia, Nov. 23, 1776. To the Committee of Northumberland County. Gentlemen: I have received from the Council of Safety in this city, seventy- seven bushels of salt for the use of the in- habitants of the CGunty of Northumber- land, which I have delivered to Marcus Hulings to forward up. It is delivered to me on the express con- dition of being divided amongst those of the inhabitants who did not get any part of the former quantity; therefore, you will please take notice to inform the county of this ex- ception when you advertise for the distribu- tion of it. Mr. Hulings has advanced all the money for the salt, together with all costs, etc. I am, gentlemen, your very humble ser- vant, Robert Friut. The Committee of the County of Nor- thumberland, To Marcus Hulings, Dr. For cash paid the Council of Safety in Philadelphia for 77 bushels of salt at 15s per bushel £57 15s Od To cash paid for casks to pack said salt 3 00 0 Porterage and cooperage 18 0 Cash paid Hugh Cook for carriage of 77 bushels salt from Philadelphia to Middle- town 13 9 6 Storage at Middletown 8 6 Carriage from Middletown to Northumberland 11 11 0 87 2 0 Isaac Craig. Allegheny, March 30, 1881. LUDWIG L AMBER r GALL,. [CONCLUDED.] II. Gall’s Project of German Settlement in Pennsylvania —[Continued ] My proposition thtn is as follows: Each large landowner, who is in favor of and ready to aid in the colonizition of well- recommended and worthy German emigrants in Jefierson, M’Keau, Cleirfield, Potter, Erie. Crawford, Venango and Warren coun ties, should offer one or more tracts of land of not less than 5,000 acres each for such settlements. After the site of a town or vil age shall have been selected at the most suifable point in such tract,and laid oft into town lots of one acre each to fifty of the farm lots., then the other lands should be laid out into farm tr icts and the lots num- bered in rotation, 1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, &c The owner would then have to make it known by publication in the newspapers here, that such emigrants, who can prove themselves by duly accredited certificate’s, say of their pastors, as honest, sober and industrious people, shall be permitted at once upon th^i^r ariival, without being compelled to continue for any length of time in the sea- port where they landed, to repair to one of the districts, and select from the lands any on-j of such tracts may bear the uneven numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, &c , together with the town lot thereto bdong.ng, and to set- tle upon this laaG forthwith. The price to be paid for each lot of land should be fixed at a figure, say not exceeding one dollar per acre, and the settler should have the privi- lege to pay the first year only two-fifths of the price, and the other three-fi'ths in the next three years. If the proprietors of large tracts of land would a lopt this plan, then, undoubtedly, several such places would within a few years be thickly populated with Germans ; and not with Redemptioners or other scum of the Old World, which in the kst few Historical and Genealogical. 39 years have likewise brought disgrace upon the heretofore, even in America, highly esteemed German character, but with quiet, thrifuy farmers and their families, who do not emigrate at random into an unknown country across the ocean, but who pay for their passage in advance, and who only embark when they know the place of their designation beforehand, and are not com- pelled to expend their means in the sea- board cities where they laud, nor upon great but fruitless explorations in the c )untry, but who keep their money to pay for the costs ot their new homes ; and who by their orderly, industrious, honest and sober habits will soon acquire the esteem and well-wibhes of their neighbors. How advantageous such well-regulated immigrations and settlements would be for the State needs, no proof here. It is like- wiae unnecessary to explain the advantages which such colonies in the uninhabited parts of Pennsylvania would bring to the proprietors of the lands, if they know that of every 5,000 acres of their lands one-half would soon be changed by good thrifty farmers int) fertile fields and gardens, whilst the other half, scattered in lots be- tween these, would still reniain their prop- erty; and that settlements of this kind, lo- cated in a healthy climate and populated by r spedtable German farmers, would soon after be sought by other more wealthy Ger- man emigrants, with a desire to settle upon the unsold lots numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, &c., and who would pay for them a tenfold greater price than they now are woith. Landowners, who are desirous to adopt this plan, are respectfully requesred to for- ward to me, post paid, before April 20th next, a description of the lands tney intend to designate for such purposes, together with a certified copy of their deeds and title to the same. Ludwig Gall Belleview, near Harrisburg, March 12th, 1820 III. The German Society, of Harrisburg, Pa Gall’s proposition received a favorable recognition on the pait of the large land owners of Pennsylvania, for he writes that several prominent persons, proprietors of large tracts of land, ranging from 20,000 to 200 000 acres each, communicated their willingness to adopt his plans, and oftered to support it with parcels of 6,000 to 50,000 acres respectively, conceding the low dgurts for the first sales fixed by Gall, aUhough they claimed that their lands were worth from three to six dollars per acre. Gall was jubilant over the prosptct, and viewed himself at rrnce a second Moses, that was to conduct the children of Israel to the promised land ot Canaan. He prolonged his stay at Har- risburg until the autumn of 1820, to make more particular preparations for the large mass of his countrymen which he already, in his dream, was to lead into their future homes. During his stay in the months of May and June he wrote a pamphlet, which he published, I think, at Harrisburg, enti- tled: ‘ Gutgemeinter Rath an meine deutschen Landsleute.” (Well meant ad- vice to my German countrymen *) For the same purpose, and that the newcoming Germans might find friends and advisors here, he, with the aid of several of the prominent German-speaking citizens of Harrisburg, and especially assisted by Rev. George Loch man, Lutheran minister, founded on the 7th of August, 1820, the “Deutsche Gesellschaft’' op Hakris- BURG ” The following is a translation of the Con- stitution of this Society together with a list of its member^ and officers, as published in the second volume (p. 392) of Gall’s “Meine Auswauderung, &c.” * f h we not seen a copy of this pamphlet, hut Gall pubjisbes in th:i se oncl volume of “Meine Auswauderung, &c,,” (pp. 37.-391), ex- tracts from the same,— R. 40 Historical and Genealogical. Constitution op the German Society OP Harrisburg Object of the Society § 1 The object of the German Society is. to promote the settlement of Germans in Pennsylvania, by granting aid and assist- ance to the new immigrants, and to pre- vent, that the German, whom we desire only to see respected and independent in the free land of America, should sink down to the degraded position of a beggar — and finally to rescue those from the path of evil, who, as beggars and tramps, have already lost their shame, and to again make of them decent and respectable members of the community. Organization. § 2. All those persons, who have signed the proposition for the organization of this society shall be considered the founders of the same. §3. Who in the future desires to become a member of the society, must have his name proposed by an active member and submit himself to a balloting for admission. § 4.- Two-thirds of the ballots c^st de- cide the admission. § 5 Every person of a good moral stand- ing in the community, and over 21 years of age, may be admitted as a member into the society; either: (a) As an active member, if he resides in Dauphin County, or (b) As a corresponding member, if his residence is in the State of Pennsylvania; or (c) As an honorary member, if he re- sides without this State Privileges of the Members. § 6. Each member, as such, shall receive a copy of this constitution, a list of all the members, and a printed copy of all those transactions, the publication of which may be ordered by resolution of the society. § 7. Every active member shall have the privilege to demand the inspection of all ihc papers and books of the society, without, however, with-drawing them from the place designated tor their keeping. Dues. § 8. Each member, honorary members ex- cepted, obliges himself to a quarterly pay- ment of 25 cents, payable in advance. Foyfeiture of Membership. § 9. Whoever shall be in arrears with the payment of his dues for more than one quarter, ceases thereby to be a member of the society. § 0 The membership is likewise for- feited if any one of the active members, without being sick or absent from the county, shall fail to attend the meetings of the society for more than a year. Application of the Funds. . § 11. The dues and voluntary contri- butions of the members, as well as all other moneys flowing into the treasury, shall be appropriated only according to the inten- tions of the society. Election of Officers. § 12. The active members of the society elect annually, by ballot, from among their own members, a president, a vice president, two secretaries, a treasurer and two stand- ing committees, each consisting of three members. Duties of the Officers. §13. The officers elected assume their official functions one month after their elec- tion, excepting the first officers, who step nto their positions forthwith. §14. The President leads the transactions of the meetings, and in his absence the Vice President ; should he, too, be prevented, then the meeting shall elect a President pro tempore §15. The first Secretary keeps tne min- utes of the proceedings of the society, and likewise performs the duties of its corres- pondence. In his absence these duties de- Historical and Oenealogical. volve upon the second Secretary, who, be- sides, shall keep and preserve in good order all the papers and documents, prepare copies of all letters sent, and to file them and the letters received in a special register. §16 The minutes of the proceedings, as well as all the letters sent, publications, &c , are signed by the President and counter- signed by the Secretary. $17. The Treasurer has under his charge the receipts and disbursements of all the funds of the society, and it is his duty to make a full rep rt of all his transactions to the society every three months. §18 All payments of the Treasurer shall be justified by an order sigued by the President. §19. The two standing committees are dis inguished respec‘ively by their namest ‘ Land Committee” and “Relief Commit- tee.” § 20. The Laud Cfommittee shall continue and develope the negotiations with the large landowners in the State in the interest of German emigrants, as begun by Mr. Ludwig Gaii, member of this society; it shall re- ceive information of the location and condi- tion of such lands, examine the legality of the titles thereto, and in case that emi- grants, who desire to settle on such lands, shall arrive, the Land Committee shall aid and assist them in their purpose with advice and, it necessary, substantial support § 21. The Relief Committee shall provide for a locality in which such emigrants as may arrive in troops, shall find free and comfortable lodging if so required by them; and they shall likewise provide a magazine for the reception and storing of all such provisions and seeds as the charity of oiir German fellow-citizens may contribute for the use of such emigrants, their support and relief. The committee shall likewise have the supervision of the magazine, distribu'e the charities among the indigent German trav- elers, if, after careful examination, they shall be found deserviner of support, or if they shall b i provided with an order of the President properly signed, that relief has been allowed them by resolution of the so ciety. § 22. Both committees shall, every three months, make a full report of their doings to the society. § 23. Quarterly, to wit: On the first Wednesday in January, April, July and October in each year a general meeting of the active members of the society shall be held. The President may call, beside t]^ese, such extraordinary meetings of the officers or active members as he may see fit. § 24. The activity of the society, together with an account of its receipts and disburse- ments, shall be published at least once every year. § 25 . This constitution shall be subscribed to by each active member, and shall be read at each quarterly meeting. § 26 This constitution shall only be changed or amended when propositions to that efiect shall receive a support of at least two-thirds of all the active members of the society. Adopted and subscribed to in general meeting, August 7th, 1820. (Signed:) Peter Brua, Jacob Bucher, Obed Fahnestock, Abraham Fackler, Ludwig Gall, Christian Oleim, George Heisley^ George Lochmann, Benjamin Kurtz, Jacob Miller, Charles Schafhirt, John Schoch, Francis B. Shunk, Melchior Bahm Frederick W. Leopold, John 8. Wiestling, George Ziegler. First Officers President. Rev. Georoe Lochmann. Vice President, Jacob BuCher. First Secretary, Ludwig Gall. Historical and Oenealogical. Second Secretary, Frederick W Leo- pold. Treasurer, Obed Fahnestock. Land CommUtee, Francis R. Shcnk, Ludwig Gall and Frecderick W. Leo- pold. -R-lief Committee, John S Wiestling, Charles Schafhirt and George Seis LEY. NOTiJiS ANU QUERIES X Histo^cical and Genealogical Ludwig Lambert Gall, (N. & Q viii.,) is spoken of as locating on a small farm near Harrisburg, and calling the place Bellevue. He kept a public drinking house, fitte(^np in quite an unusual style for this country; the walls and floors painted beau- tifully in great variety of colors. I pre- sume he kept liquors of all kinds, and amongst them were mint, anniseed and per- fect love cordials. Gall had a handsome daughter, who was a crack shot with the rifle. With all these attractions it was no wonder that the place became a regular Sunday resort for young and old people. My father was so m'^ch pleased with the inside painting of Gall’s house that he em- ployed Mens. Decean to paint the walls of his hall in bright yellow marble colors, and the woodwork mahogany, all of which was exceedingly admired After Gall left Bellevue it was rented by Moses Musgrave, cashier of the Branch Bank of Philadelphia, located where the Harrisburg Bank now stands. Bellevue was the same place now owned by Mr. Haehnlen. who has cultivated a splendid grapery thereon. On this same place I had my flrst experience in grinding apples and making cider. The grinding mill and the press was somewhat different in con struction from those made by our worthy townsman, W. O. Hickok Esq. If the mill and press could be loaded on one wagon, I suppose they would be a fair load for six horses to draw. a. k. f. Minshall’s — (N &Q vii.) Mr Greer’s printing office was in a frame building on Second street near Walnut, west side near where Mr. George Shoemaker now resides. An interesting fact in the career of Mr. Harry Minshall is related by the gentle- man who furnished the above fact, and whose memory of the period he speaks of is good. Henry Minshall anl Simon Cameron were seen on more than one occasion by him when in the employ of James Peacock at work at the same press — the one with the handle, the other with the balls. They remained steadfast friends to each other up to the time of Mr. Mins- hall’s death. When Harry was lying on his death-bed and near his last, Gen. Cam- eron called to see him. The meeting was touchingly tender. “Harry,” said the General, ‘ ‘you seem to be very much cast down. Now is there anything that I can do to relieve you?” “Oh,” said Harry, “Simon, I know I must die, and my poor little boy has no one to whom I can leave him. His mother is dead and relatives he has none.” “Harry,” said Simon, taking both hands of the dying man into his and gazing at him with a tenderness that was full of brotherly devotion, “let your mind be at rest on that subject; I’ll take the boy and put him among my own children, where the mother of my boys shall be the mother of your boy.” “Oh, Simon! Simon I may God bless you;” and the two men looked at each other steadily, the one with the glaze of death in his eye and the other with all the intense feeling of devo- tion in his gaze, for which he has always been famous, and thas Harry Minshall died. This promise was so faithfully fulfilled that one of Gen. Cameron’s family, but a few years since, in conversa- tion with our informant, told him that for many years he did not know but that this boy was his brother. Harry Minshall’s Historical and Oenealogical. 43 orphan was reared and educated by Gen. Cameron, until old enough to be appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy. The General stood by the boy during all his examinations and was one of the last to bid him farewell, when he left the coun- try on board a United States ship of war on a cruise to the Pacific This vessel en- countered a tremendous gale, in which it was wrecked and every soul on board was lost In addition to the foregoing, we may state that Harry Minshall had married a daugh- ter of Major John Benjamin. She is spoken of by those who were acquainted with her as being not only a very pretty woman, but accomplished Mr. Minshall died July 20, 1830, aged 33 years. w. Harman — In reply to Notes and Queries of April 16, 1881, I have to say that in 1817 William Greer’s printing office was located on North Second street, in a two story log house, two doors below Walnut street, where John H. Weiss, Esq , now resides. The same house was subsequently kept as a tavern by John Keiker, Esq. j attended Harman’s singing school in a one story frame building, on Market street, where the postoffice is now located, and my recol- lection of Harman is so distinct that I fancy I could sketch a pretty good picture of him. No doubt we used the hymn and tune book referred to. A. k. f. THE FOUR TAVERNS AT THE CORNER OF THIRD AND MARKET STREETS FIFTY YEARS AGO. The Harrisburg Inn on the southwest corner — now the Lochiel Hotel — was a plain three-story brick house. It was kept bvr various landlords, namely : Michael Krehl, John M. Eberman, Peter Wenrich, sen., Thomas Wallace, Conrad Knepley, John M Hyneman and others It wa^ at this house that Joseph Jefierson, the actor, died. The theater was held there at an early day. The writer recollects being taken by his parents when a child to see the first Egyp- tian mummies which were shown in a large room up stairs; and also attending an ex- hibition of menageries of wild animals in the yard on Third street A frame house stood on the corner of Third and Blackberry alley, where the mayor’s office is at this datcj — and adjoining was the stable, and be- tween th it and the hotel was the yard where shows were held This tavern house was torn down in 1835 by Matthew Wilson, who then erected the present Lochiel Hotel^and moved there some time in 1836. The Bed Lion Tarern was kept on the south east corner, now the Mechanics’ bank. It was a large two-story log and rough-cast building, and had a large country business. It was owned and kept by Conrad Stein- man, the father of Mrs. Eben Miltimore and grandfather of Mrs Jos. Sayford, and sub- sequently occupied by Jacob Schell, John Lemer, and John Hepford — Mr. Schell being the last owner previous to its becom- ing the property of the bank. The Golden Cross Keys was on the north ■ east corner, now the Farmers’ bank, for- merly the City bank. It was a two-story log and rough cast building, and was kept for a long time by George Stehley,the father ot the la'e Jacob Stehley and Mrs. William Duncan. The Sign of the Viip was on the north- west corner, now occupied by the Tele- graph printing office owned by the heirs ot George Bergner dece5?.sed. The building was of logs, weatherboarded, painted white and was kept by diflerent landlords, among whom were Hugh Rowland, Major John Benjamin and Major James Emerson. As the latter were- military men, all the mili- tary elections were held there. a. b. u Historical and Genealogical. D.1UPHIN COUNTY BURIALS. Harbis, Mrs. Cassandra, wife of Samuel Harris, Esq., one of the associate judges of Lycoming county, died at Loyal socft, April 4, 1804. Hutman. Miss Polly, second daughter of Matthias Hutman, died on Tuesday, August 14, 1804, aged 9 years. Huber, Mrs. Mary, consort of John Hu- ber, and daughter of the late Charles Hurst, dec’d, of Philadelphia, died on Friday, Dec 28, 1804, aged 27 years. Harris, Edward L , clerk to the House of Representatives of the Mississippi Terri- tory, died at Natchez, Dec. 23, 1801. Henry, Capt. Matthias, formerly of the U. S service, died at Michilimakinac,May, 1804. Hays, Mrs., consort of Mr. Allen Hays, of this town, died suddenly on Sunday, May 24, 1807. Horter, Mrs. Polly, the aflectionate consort of Mr. Valentine Horter, died Mon day. Sept. 28, 1807, aged 59 years— a re- spectable inhabitant of this place for almost 22 years. Hamperly, Mrs. Margaret, consort of Michael Hamperly, died in Middletown, January, 1809, aged 40 years. Hummel, David, a young lad, was thrown from a horse into Swatara creek, where he had rode the horse to water, and was drowned, February 28, 1808. Hess, George, cabinet maker of this town, died on Friday, May 20, 1808. Hall, Dr. Henry, died in this town Mon- day, May 30, 1808. Hooker, Samuel, of Lower Paxtang,died on Wednesday, Nov 2, 1808, aged 34 years. He has left a widow and seven young chil- dren to lament his loss. Hays, Miss Sarah, second daughter of Capt. Patrick Hays, of Londonderry town- ship, died January, 1809 Hill, Miss Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel Hill, died on Wednesday, JiH. 25, 1809. Hoch, Mrs. Elizabeth, step-daughter of Simon Snider, late of this borough, died on Sunday, April 6, 1809, in her 45th year. Hays, Robert, an old and respectable resident of Derry township, died on Tues- day, June 6, 1809, agea 76 years. Hill, Samuel, clock and watchmaker of this borough, died very suddenly while sit- ting in his chair, Monday evening, Novem- ber 6, 1809. Heffley, John, hatter, formerly of this borough, died at Ehzabelhtown, Nov., 1809. Hink, Miss Ann, died in Cox’s town, January, 1810. Huey, Abraham, of Lower Paxlang,died on Tuesday, April 3, 1810, aged about 50 years. Huey, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. Abraham Huey, dic’d, died on Wednesday, April 11, 1810, in Lower Pax- tang township, aged about 17 years. Henning, Miss Peggy, daughter of Jacob Henning,of this borough, died at Hummels- town, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1810, in the 33i year of her age. Howard, Lewis, captain of the artillery, died at the island of Michilimakinac, Jan. 13, 1811. Ingram, Major James, died on Monday, August 12, 1811, aeed abjut 40 years. Johnston, Capt. Christian, ^ied inLeba non township, Tuesday, June 5, 1804, of a wound received from the tongue of a buckle six months previous. Kean, John, sen., died Friday morning. May 29, 1801, aged 73 years. Kelker, Rudolph, jr , died in Lebanon, Saturday, May 30, 1801. Kirkpatrick, Mrs., of Lancaster, died at M . Espy’s in this county, at an advanced age. Kurtz, Rev. John Wilhelm, Evangeli- cal Lutheran preacher, died at Jonestown, May 27, 1799, aged 69 years. He was born Historical avid Genealogical . at Geissen in Sarbrucken, but came to America when quite young Kelso, Master Thomas, a promising son ot Mr. Wm Kelso of Cumberland county, near this town, died February, 1807. Kelso, William, died at his house, op- posite this borough in Cumberland county, on Friday, May 22, 1807. Kerr, Dr. Alex. Scott, of Harrisburg, firsG physician to the Dispensary at Phila- delphia, died ot yellow lever, September 14, 1798. Kelso, Mrs. Elizabeth, consort of the late ‘Villiam Kelso, died at Carlisle, Sun- day evening. May 29, 1808. Killinger, Mis. Susanna, the worthy consort of John Killinger of Londonderry township, died August, lb08. King, Mrs. Maria Magdalene, widow of the laid vlr. John King, died at Middle- town, Tuesday, February 21, 1809, aged 62 y ears Knatcher, Mrs. Barbara, of this town, died Sunday, February 26, 1809, at an ad- vanced age. Kelker, Miss Mary, daugh er of Fred- erick Kelker, merchant ot this borough, died Monday, March 12, 18 lO, in her 4ih year. Leech, Mrs, wife of Joseph Leech, wheelwright of this town, died very sud- deuly, Thursday morning, January 16, 1803. Lewis, Mis., wile of Major Ed Lewis, di d at Lewisberry, York county, February 24, 1803 Long, Mis. Ann, consort ot James Long, died at Lisburn, October 3, 1803, and on Tuesday, Ociober 4, her remains were in- terred ni Hanover. Long John, died in Lower Paxtang, January 27, 1804 Luther Mrs, Eve, consort of Dr. John Luther, died Wednesday, August 15, 1804, of a viol nt bilious colic, aged 38 years — an aflectionate wife and a tender mother. Lewis, Mr. Eli, formerly ot this town, and editor of the first newspaper published in this borough, died at Lewisberry, York county, Sunday, February 2, 1807. Lytle, Mrs., wife ot Major John Lytle and daughter of Timothy Green, Esq., of Middle Paxtang, died very suddenly, April 9, 1807 Lester, Mrs. Catherine, ot Hanover, died November 20, 1807. Lawyer, Mrs. Elizabeth, cousin of Phillip Lawyer, of this town, died March 6, 1808 Lytle, Major John, late • proprietor of Lytle’s Ferry, died at Halifax, June 1, 1808 Lyon, Mrs. Jane, consort ot John Lyon, of this borough, and youngest daughter ot the late Wm. Ma^lay, Esq , of this place, died Sunday, April 30, 1809. Lauman, Ge'^rge, mason, of Middletown, died Tuesday, June 27, 1809, in his 66th year. Larned, Mrs. Sabei, consort of William Lamed, fuller, died on Wednesday, Jan- uary 9, 1810, in Swatara township, near this borough. “In the death of this am- iable woman her husband has to deplore the loss of an affectionate wife, and her re- lations that (ff a sincere friend and Chris- tian.” Louer, Heury, Esq , died at Hummels- town, January, 1811. Leidig, Major Michael, of East Han- over township, died August, 1811 “a re- spectable resident of that place ” NOTKS AND QUERIES.— XI. aistorical and Genealogical. Wilson, Henry. —Recently inquiry was made c uicerning Henry Wilson, a native of Harrisburg, who represented the Norh- hampton district in the 18th and 19th con- Historical and Genealogical. Jkd gresses, and died at Allentown on the 19th of August, 18213. We have been informed that he was a son of Wilson, a cab- inet maker of this town, There were only- two children Elsie and Henry, the former of whom died suddenly at Lewisberry, York county, and is there buried. w h. e. Harman — (N. & Q.x). — Joel Harman was a native of New York, and had been a prosperous merchant at Geneva, that Sta'e, but contracted intemperate habits which proved his financial ruin. He sub- sequently came to Harrisburg, and taught vocal music He was then about sixty years of a^e. Quite a number of our older citizens remember him well having belong- ed to his “Singing class.” He taught in the old Church at the corner ot Third street and Cherry alley. Besides Harrisburg, Mr. Harman gave instructions at Lancaster, York and other towns, usually travelling from one location to the other on foot. About 1831, he was overtaken by a severe storm on his way to York, was found in a dying condition, taken to the latter place, where he died a few days afterwards. w. H. E. Stewart, Cart. Lazarus. — Concerning this brave but impetuous ofllcer, who figures so conspicuous^ in Proviocial af- fairs from 1763 to the Revolution, we shall refer at another time We have, however, been favored with the following record of his descendants: Lazarus Stewart married Martha Espy, daughter ot Josin-h Espy, ot Derry. Their children were: I. .Tames Stewart, m Hannah Jameson, and had i Martha m. Abram Todes ii Frances, m. Benjamin A Bidlack. Hi. Abigail, m. Abraham Thomas; she is still living at the age of eighty years. ir. Caroline, m. Rev. Morgan Sherman. X Lazarus and Dilleys residinar in the Wyoming Valley. Jameson Harvey is still aliye, and lives at Wilkes-Barre hale and hearty in the 85ih year of his age. VII. Martha Stewart, died unmar ried. w H. E. ANi> miNSB: AL.L.. [ The query relative to Greer and Min sliall seems to have elicited quite a number of replies, and they show how much in- formation may be gathered by proper “in- quiry.” Mr. Evans has kindly forwarded the following notes, which contain much of historic interest. ] Billy Greer was a Quaker and led a varied and eventiul career. In June, 1804, he formed a partnership with Charles M’- Do well in the publication of a paper “de- voted to Morality, Literature, Biography, Hibiory, Poetry, Agriculture.” It was called The Ewe, and printed on East King street, in tbe city of Lancaster, opposite the sign of the “Wm Pitt.” The first num- ber of this paper was printed by M’Do veil June 23, 1803. In June, 1805, The Hive was enlarged and its title changed to The Lancaster Free Ameiican, M’ Do well & Greer publishers. After printing the second volume the paper seems to have been discontinued. The paper was rather dull and uninteresting, and hardly creditable to the Capital of the Slate. On the 10th day of December, 1814, he wa chosen by the Senate, printer of the bills A committee was appointed to in- quire as to the cause of the delay of Greer in not printing , the bills. This committee reported December 22, 1814, “That they have attended t ) t he business and find that Mr. Greer, when elected printer of the bills of the Hou^^e, resided at Columbia; that he had employed hands and hired a press in Har- risburg until he could remove his office herr; tijat while he was engaged in the re- mov.>l of his press, some of the hands em- ployed left the work, thereby putting it out of the power of those who remained to com- plete it The bills are now nearly brought up, and Mr. Greer, on his part, assures your comrn t eti that no furiher delay shall take place.” On the 2d day of January, 1815, John Shoch went Greer’s security. He boarded at Shoch's tavern. , Greer returned to Columbia and estab. lisb-d a newspaper on the 24th day of July, 1819, called the Columbian. After publishing eighteen numbers its publication was suspended for want of support. After six or eight months ii was again revived, but lived a short time. The subscription price was $2 50 per annum No advertise- ments for runaway slaves were inserted. He coi’iaued a job printing office for some time. From Columbia he removed to WasbifigtoD, D. C., where he carried on printing, but I be’ieve did not publish a paper. After be ceased to publish his paper in Lancaster, he published a monthly mag- azine for a short time in that place. He was probably a good printer, but not much of an • blige the Women of Susquehannah, Quakers, who were against his going into the Service & not at all be- cause it was for the good of the Service Mr. Wright insisted Myer could raise the Men. I then off'-red him (on that condi- tion) a Lieutenancy under Captain Mc- Conaughy. Mr. Wright answered (without consulting Myer) that he would not accept of less than Captain. I then told him I thought his intentions were noi tor the good of the Service, but for some o'her End Sr John replied they should both go (Minshall and Myer meaning. ”)r Stevenson declined to commission both. John Wright persisted in his opposition, and went to Philadelphia and appeared^be- fore the Governor and Council, and gave them so much trouble by his persistant op position, and made matters so hot for Min- shall that he left his company in disgust at Bedford Wright owned the land and ferry at Wrightsville He was the son of John Wright, who settled at Columbia He was also a prominent citizen. He represented York county in the Legislature ten or twelve years. He died about 1760. Gen eral James Ewing married his daughter. Thomas Minshall purchased a farm near Middletown and removed there about the yoar 1772. His father, Joshua Minshall, was taken prisoner by the Marylanders and thrown into jail at Annapolis, where he re- mained for several months He was a strong adherent of the Penns, and never weakened in his adhesion to their cause. Samuel Evans. NOT*.S ANO QUERIES— XII Historical and Genealogical. Contributions to Dauphin County Biography. — We propose to begin in iha couise of a few weeks another series of con- tributions to the Biographical History of the County of Dauphin, for which we are collecting data. We may have occasion to send certain inquiries to those who are competent to furnish us ad lirionalinforma tion, and it is to b'i hoped that these queries will be heartily complied with and com- plete biogiaphical data given. It is our earnest desire to present a fair and impir- t'al account of all the old citizens ot the city of Harrisburg and county of Dauphin, without undue eulogy It is a duty incum- bent upon every one to preserve the record ot our ancestors, and we shall be pleased to receive from any quarter all biographical facts whatsoever. w. h. e. r Historical and Genealogical. 49 [We are iadeb‘ed to Gilbert Co^je, E.q., of West Cbester, for the following earliest assessment list yet found, containing the names of the first inhabitants of this lo- cality. It is to be seen that the settlers are distingu’shed as “English” and ’’Dutch inhabitants. ” The list is valuable, as it goes ’ to prove tbaiu certain emigrants came here prior to 1720, which was only a few years ago questioned — our ova John Harris among «he number. The orthography is as in the original— Preneman for Brennem in, Heer for Herr, &c. w h. e ] THE assessment FOR 1718. The assessment, or more properly Tax Rale for 1718 for Chester county as pre- served, contains the name of “Conestogoe” which included the section of country now occupied by Dauphin county, ^t that time the number of “residents taxable” was 129 and the amount of tax levied £40, 10s, l^d. CONESTOGOE RATE English Inhabitants. Zkr. Francis Warley, 12s. 6d. John Cartliedge, . 10 0 James Hendricks, . 5 0 James Letort, . 12 6 James Patterson, . 5 0 William Sherrel, . 2 6 John Hendrick's, 2 6 Collum Macquair, . 3 9 Thomas Baldwin, . 3 9 Thomas Gale, . . 3 9 Alexander Bense, 3 9 John Mcdaniel, . . 1 9 Richard Carter, 3 9 John Linvill, . 3 9 Robert Wilkins, 2 0 John Ffarer, . 5 0 John Grist, . 1 3 William Hughes, . 6 3 Peter Basillion, . 10 0 John Comb, . 7 6 Joseph Roe, . 1 3 Andrew Mason, . . 2 6 Joseph Hickman, 7 6 D.inie! Cookson, 10 0 Thomas Clark, 3 9 William Clark, . 2 0 Stephen Atkinson, . 4 0 Morgan Jones, . . 2 6 Edmund Cartledge, . 5 0 John Harris, 12 0 David Preece, 12 0 Robert Middleton, 12 0 Richard Grice, 12 0 Nathaniel Cristopher, 12 0 Thomas Perrin, 12 0 Samuel Birchfield, 12 0 William Ludford, 12 0 Thomas Wilkm, 12 0 James Davis, 12 0 Evan Evans, 12 0 Thomas Jones, 12 0 CONESTOGOE Dutch Inhabitants. RATE Tax Martin Kundig, . 12s. 6d. Martin Milin, 5 0 Christian Heer, . 10 0 John Haer, . 10 0 Wendall Bowman, . 3 6 Jacob Miller, 11 3 Joseph Steman, . . 2 6 Daniel Harmer, 8 9 John Miller, . 3 9 John Funk, , 6 0 Henry Carpenture, 7 6 Henry Hayne, 5 0 Christopher Ffranciscus, . 7 3 Peter Bellar, 5 0 Benedictus Venrick, . 3 9 Daniel Ffiere, 8 9 John Ffiere, . . 6 3 Philip Ffiere, 6 3 Isaac Lefevre, , . 7 6 Richard Davis, 5 0 Thomas Ffalkner, . . 5 0 John Milen, . 6 3 Hans Haure, . . . 3 0 John Taylor, 2 6 50 Historical and Genealogical. Martin Berr, . 2 0 Imanuel H *er, 5 0 Henry Kundic & Son . . 5 0 Jacob Moyer, 5 0 Hans Stiff, 1 6 Hans Keague, 1 6 Jacob Griter, . 5 0 Jacob Highstetter, . 3 9 John Wilmer, . 2 6 Andrew Koffman, . 3 0 Isaac Koflman, . 3 9 John Broakpather, jua., 7 6 John Broakpatber, . 6 3 Jacob Broakpather, . 3 9 Peter Swaor, 1 3 Abraham Heer, 8 9 Melchior Arisman, . 2 6 Christian Hearse & Son, 5 0 John Toup, , 2 6 Henry Berr, . 2 6 Michael Bowman. . 3 0 Hance Bugholder, . 2 6 Hance Neicomer. . 1 6 Melchior Prenaman, 4 6 George Kendrick, . 2 0 John Natts, juD., . 1 3 Michael Shank, juu.. . 2 0 John Natts, sen , 1 3 Henry Ffunk, , . 2 6 Benjamin Wilmer, 2 5 Jacob Land us, . . 2 6 Hance Henr^/ Neff, . 5 0 Michael MiUer, . . 2 6 Ffelix Landus, 5 0 Jacob Kundrick, Jun., . . 5 0 John Fframe, 1 9 Charley Christopher, . 1 9 Wool rick Ho vry, . 1 3 Stoffal Prenaman, . 1 9 Jacob Hoober, 1 3 Christian Stone, . . 2 6 Isaac Frederick & Son. 5 0 Jacob Kundrick 10 0 Jacob Landus, jun., . ) 6 Martyn Boyer, , . 1 9 Hance Boyer, • . 1 9 John Boman, . 1 0 Benedictus Brachbill, . 11 3 Christian Shank, . 5 6 Michael Shank, sen.. 3 9 John Shank, . 2 9 Rudey Moyer, 3 0 Hans Brand, . 2- 6 Hans Graft, jun.. 7 6 Hans Graff, sen.. . 3 9 Peter Yorte, . 5 0 Yorey Ebeys, . 6 6 Hans Currick Moyer, 1 3 Christian Shau^ . . 3 3 Hans Weaver, 3 3 Woolrick H mrce . - - Peter Laman, . - DAUPHIN COUNTS IN THK RfiVOLU TION. In Col. Samuel Miles’ Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment ot the Revolution were two Dauphin (then Lancaster) county compan- ies, those of Captains John Murray and John Marshall. The lormer was raised in Upper Paxtang, the latter in the Hanovers. Capt. John Marshall, who commanded the Hanover company, was a native of Ire- land, but came to America and settled in Hanover township about 1770 He was an early associator and in March, 1776, was commissioned captain of the company raised by him. At the battle of Long Is- land, August 27, 1776, the company, like the battalions, was bidly broken up. Owing to injuries received in that conflict Capt. Marshall resigned in February fol- lowing. After the close of the Revolution he removed with many of his Hanover neighbors to Washington county, Penn’a, where he died He was on the Pennsyl- vania pension list as late as 1820. Con- cerning the other officers, we hope to refer at an early date: I Historical and Genealogical. 61 Roll of Captain John Marshall's Company. Captain Marshall, John, appointed March 7, 1776. First Lieutenant. Clark, Jo"m, appointed March 15, 1776; promoted captain, Feb iary 20, 1777. Second Lieutenant. Gourley, Thomas, appointed March 16, 1776; promoted first lieutenant in ‘Ninth Penn’a, December 6, 1776. Third Lieutenant. Hannah, Stephen, appointed Maich 19, 1776; promoted second lieutenant, but de- clined service. Sergeants. McMicheal, James, April 22, 1776, pro- m >ted lieutenant in Penn’a State regiment. Douglas, Timothy, March 17 1776 Speer, Edward, March 19, 1776. Herron, John, April 8, 1776. Criswell, James. Drum and Fife. Campbell, John, April 18, 1776. Hammon, Abraham, April 7 1776. Price, William. Privates. Andrew, Robert, March 18, 1776; mis- sing since the battle, August, 27, 1776. Beam, Tobias, March 18, 1776. Beaver, John, April 24, 1776. Bell, James, May, 26, 1776. Brinkley, John. Buck, Henry, surgeon’s mate. Burk, James, April 12, 1776. Campbell, John, missing since the battle, August 27, 1776. ^Carlton, Edward, missing since the battle, August 27, 1776. Carson, James, March 19, 1776. Chambers, John, March 18, 1776. Cotter, George, March 25, 1776. Crane, Ambrose, March 25, 1776; pro- moted quarter- master sergeant, July 15, 1776. Criswell, James, March, 18, 1776, pro- mo* ed sergeant. Crowley, David. Delaney, John, April 18, 1776. Donnelly, Peter, April, 11, 1776 Dougherty, Barnett, May 8, 1776 Douglas, Thomas, March l'^. 1776 Douglass, Timothy. Drew, Michael, April 7, 1776. Duflfey, James, Apr J 3, 1776 Duncan, Robert, Marcli 25, 1776 Gallagher, Hugh, March 18, 1776. Guize, Philip, April 7, 1776. Halfpenny, Pa' rick Ap-’l 11, 1776 Hammon, [Harmon,] Abraham Haney, Samuel, March 18, 1776. Harrison, Thomas, April 9, 1776 Humphrey, Robert, March 20, 1776. Jeffries, William, April 26 1776 Kelly, Matthew, April 22, 1776. Kyle, James, March 21, 1776. Lackey, Thomas, April 29. 1776. Lewis, .Joseph, jr., March 23, 1776. Lewis, Joseph, sr., April 8, 1776 Lindsay, Archibald, March 25, 1776. Linn, John, April 11, 1776. Lyon, William. Martin, Nathaniel, April 23 1776. McCay, [McKay,] John. McCloughan, [ McClughan , ] J ames, April 9, 1776. McClure, Samuel, April 2, 1776 McClellan, Kerry, April 18, 1776. McCobb, John, March 20, 1776 M’Collister, Charles, April 9, 1776. McCollum, John. McCormick, James, May 16, 1776. McCollough, Joseph, March 18 1776. McEwen, John, April 1776. McFadden, Robert, April 1. 1776 McGee, Patrick. McGonagle, James, April 3, 1776. McGouch, Hugh, April 15, 7776 McKinney, John, March 25. 1776 McNeal, William, April 9, 1776. Miller, Moses, April 7, 1776. Moony, Patrick, April 28, 1776. 62 Historical and Genealogical. Moarns, William, May 1 1776 Neal, James, March 24, 1776 ^ Neely, Joseph, April 19, 1776 ‘Nelson, John, March 22, 1775 Night, [Naight,] Thomas, April 16,1776. Parks, Isaac Ritchey, David, April 18, 1776. Ritchey, James, April 1, 1776 Sleman, Robert, March 19, 1776; miss- ing since the battle, August 27, 1776 Smith, Hugh. Starret, Jonathan, April 8, 1776. . Steel, James, April 9, 1776 Steen, James, April 28, 1776. Taylor, John, March 24, 1776. Walden, Patrick. Wasson, James, April 5, 1776. Whitmore, Sohn, April 1, 1776. Whitteker, Daniel, April 3, 1776. Whitteker, thomas, April 6, 1776 Wilson, John, March 23, 1776. Wilson, Thomas, April 10, 1776. NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. NOTES AND QUERIES.— XIII. Historical and Uenealogical. The First Letter Carrier in Harris- burg — Fifty years ago Harrisburg bad its letter carrier in the person of a Mr. Cogs- well or Coffshall. Who can give us infor- mation concerning him ? s. Alcorn, James, had a warrant issued to him, by the Surveyor General of the Pro- vince, “the 16th day of March, 1733,” for one hundred and ninety-nine acres “in the township of Paxtang,” adjoining land of John Harris, John Lowry, Jacob Little- more and Margiiet Kelsy (Kelso). Alcorn came here prior to the organization ofLan- caskr county and the formation of Paxtang township w h. e. Campbell, James.— In an article on the “Campbell Family in America” — published in Notes and Queries several months since — allusion was made to the tombstone inscrip- tion iu Derry churchyard of James Camp- belj. We find that ther^ was surveyed to him on “the 2d day of Mi.rch, in the year 1737,” two hundred and seventy -nine acres of land, “situate in Derry township.” He was no doubt the son of John Campbell, who was the ancestor of the family in Pennsylvania, and whose tombstone is also in Derry cuu ch graveyard In our ac- couui, James, the son of John, is said to have died in England. Perhaps cur friend Brock can untangle this. w. h e. Woods. Andrew Woods, of Hanover, died in August, 1756; he left a wife Sarah, and the following children; i. Andrew, a. John, Hi. Marga/ret, m. Patton. iv. Janett, m. Calhoun. v Jiles, m. M’Alister. m. Sarah, m. Cochran. nii. Ma/rtha, m M’Clenaghan. The witnesses to the will were the Rev. John Roan and Rebecca Mayes; the execu- tors, John and Andrew Woods. It would be interesting to learn somewhat concerning this family, and information is desired. R. OL.U paxtang church. Admission to the Congregation from 1807 to 1843. [The following is the record of the Rev. James R. Sharon, Pastor of Paxtang Church for thirty five years. We shall follow this with a list of dismissions during the same period. It is to be regretted that former lists of members of the congregation are not known to exist. It may be possible that among the papers of the Rev. Mr. Sharon, they may be found, as also a history of the Church prepared by him These documents if secured might throw much light on afiairs in Paxtang Who can give us information ? w. h. E ] October 18, 1807. James Cochran, Robert McClure, Mrs. Robert McClure, Nancy Awl, Thomas Walker, William Calhoun, sen. [Added 6— total 36^ Historical and Genealogical. H October 23, 1808. Rachel Crouch, Arabella Bowman, Frederick Hatton. October, 1809. Mrs. Calhoun, Peggy Sherer,y Sidney Gilchrist, Mary Mitchell, Robert Gray, Mrs. Robert Gray, Margaret Collier, Susannah Collier. August 2, 1810. Margaret Cowden, Esther Dickey. Sept. 1, 1811. William Espy, Susannah Espy, wife of Wm. Espy, Sallie Dickey. August 23, 1812. Patrick Hays, Mrs. Patrick Hayes, Elizabeth Gilmore, John Allison, James Taylor (certif.,) Jane Taylor (certif.,) Joseph Campbell (certif.,) Mrs. Joseph Campbell (certif.) October, 1813. Betsy Hannah, Eliza Hannah, John McClure. 1814— No communion, on account of my poor health. October 29, 1815. Joseph Sherer,^ Mary Sherer, wife of Joseph, Mary Hannah, Jane Wilson, Sarah Wilson, Mrs. Finley (certif.) October 18, 1816. ^ Mary Cowden, Elizabeth Sherer,^ Martha Sherer. ' September 28, 1818. Robert Gilchrist, John Foster, Mrs. John Faster, Jane Whitley, Robert Simmons, Mrs. Sarah Simmons, wife of Robert, Margaret Gray, Margaret Rutherford, Ann Gordon. May 16, 1819. David Espy, Mrs. David Espy, Mary Whitley, Wilson, William Ainsworth, Mrs. William Ainsworth, William Calhoun, Mary Fulton, Mrs. Sedgwick (certif.) Middle Spring June 4, 1820. John Cochran, Williamson Harrison, Mrs. Williamson Harrison. October 1, 1820. Martha Cowden, John Elder, Jane Elder, wife of John Elder, Jane Rutherford, Martha Gray, 1821— SpVing communion record lost. Oct. 7tb, none by examination. May 11, 1822. Jane Mahargue, John E. Thomson (certif.) May 25, 1824 Alexander Mahargue, Mrs. Alex. Mahargue. October 16, 1825. Elizabeth Gray. May 19, 1876. Agnes Burges, Margaret Calhoun, Jane Peffer, Historical and Genealogical. 65 Eleanor Sherer,*/ Catharine Anne McCammon, Mary Rutherford, Priscilla Barrett, John Buffington (certif ), Joshua Elder (certif.) October 27, 1826. Harriet Bailey. May 25, 1827. Margaret McClure, Rebecca McClure. October 19, 1828. Martha Rutherford. October 19, 1829, John McFarland, Elizabeth McFarland, wife of John. October 10, 1880. Robert Wilson. May 3, 1832. Martin Kendig from Middletown, Rachel McCammon “ “ Ann Blattenberger “ “ Catharine McGlerne “ “ Mary Millisert (certif) from Harris- burg, Mary Wilson (certif.) from Harris- burg. October 14, 1832, Jane Simmonton, Ann McClure. October 10, 1833 El-zibeth Espy, Mary Gray. October^ 1834 Jane McClure. 1836. No spring communion, because absent at General Assembly. June 4, 1837. Mary Ann Sherer./, October 15, 1837. Ann Espy, Mary Gilmore. Mrs. Eliza Lat^a (certif ) June 9, 1838. I-^abella McNiece. ; September 15, 1839. Davis. May 17, 1840. John Hamaker, Ann Elder, Mrs, R. R. Elder (certit.) from Harris- burg. " [There were no additions in 1841 and 1842.] DISBKX ANU LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP LINES. [The following valuable article concern- ing Smith’s map of Dauphin county and Derry Church, was prepared for the Dau- phin County Historical Society several years ago. The paper is a very interesting one:] In the year 1817, when Smith projected his map of Dauphin and Lebanon counties, what is now familiarly known as Derry Church was iu Londonderry township. The grant of the lands was made by the Penns “to the congregation ot Derry;” but on the 28 th March, 1787, an act of the Legislature was pasfied “to incorporate the Presbyterian Church in the Township of Londonderry,” as the land, at that time, was in London- derry {Bioren' 8 Laws, iii.p. 201), and yet is now and was originally in Derry town- ship. By an act ol the General Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, the county of Lancaster was erected on the 10 th of May, A. D., 1729, and contained all the territory now included in Lancaster, Dau- phin, Lebanon, and a part of Berks county, &c. {Smith's Laws, i. p. 176 ) The Court of Quarter Sessions of Lancas- ter, at August term, 1729, confirmed the report of the magistrates and inhabitants of said county, fixing the boundaries of the several townships, in said county; and we find that Derry township was bounded by Conewago creek, the Susquehanna river, the Swatara creek, and “thence up to the mouth ot the Quitopahilla, and thence 56 Historical and Genealogical, south in a direct line to Conewago” creek, embracing within its limits all the territory south and east of the Swatara creek in Dauphin county, and a part of Lebanon county. The Court of Quarter Sessions of Lancas- ter county, at their February session, 1763, confirmed a report of viewers, dividing the township of Derry *‘by a line running di- rectly south, from the mouth of Quitopa- hilla, to the Conewago creek, along a cer- tain road,*' leading from the Conewago creek to the Swatara creek. After which proceeding all the territory east of what is known as the old road to Elizabethtown was called Londonderry township, and all south and west of that road retained the name of Derry. The Legislature afterwards, by an act of the 4th of March, 1785, erected a part of Lancaster county into a seperate county, called Dauphin, {Smith, ii. p. 285), and on the 16th of February, 1813, the Legislature cons' ructed Lebanon county out of the counties of Dauphin, Lancaster and Berks, a considerable portion of the township of Londonderry, as it then existed, was within the bounds of Lebanon county. As the country became more densely settled, the inhabitants of Derry and Lon- donderry to vnships complained that those townships made inconvenient election dis- tricts, and on the petition of a number of citizens, the Court of Quarter Sessions of Dauphin county, at December term, 1816, appointed Thomas Smith and two other persons as viewers, to make a survey and plot of the townships of Derry and London- derry, and report the most proper place for a division line between said townships, (/demons Docket 81 ) The vie vers agreed in their report, that svhat is now known as the division line' letween said townships, was the most con- ( enient and proper place for the said line {Sessions Docket p. 99), but on the 8th of May, 1817, the report was set aside, and no further action had on the premises until the 15 ih of April, 1825, when, on the peti- tion of a number of the inhabitants of said townships, the courc appointed John Roberts, E-q , of Harrisburg, and two other persons, as viewers, to resurvey and mark a division line between the said town- ships (demons 10). The review- ers made iheir report to November sessions 1825, and the report was subsequently con- firmed abs lutely; and the Court denomi- nated the northern section Derry and the southern section Londonderry {Sessions Docket, p 13). Tne line thus adopted and marked by Col. John Roberts, has ever sinct remained the division line between the townships of Derry and Londonderry, except 8S since modified by the erection of the township of Conewago, therefore Derry Church, as it is called, has ever since the year 1825, been in Derry township. The antiquary will find a valuable book of maps in the Protbonotary’s office of Dauphin county, showing the boundary lines of Dauphin and Lebanon counties, and of the several townships in this county, not only as they now exist but also as every on© of said lines, at any time hereto- fore existed, accompanied with full explan- atoiy notes. h. a. ^OTt!.S AND QUERIES.— XIV. Bistotical and Genealogical. Important Statistics.— Seven of the city churches, composed of colored people, propose to hold a joint picnic this season, and at a recent meeting to compare opin- ions, the following apparently official da^a was made known : Colored Population, . . 3,300 Seven Sunday Schools,. . 500 Church Membership, . . 600 Historical and Genealogical. 67 Children from 3 to 16 yei.rs, . 1,100 Contributions yearly, . . $6,000 The last is about $10 for every church member, and if a correct computation, shows surprising liberality upon the part of a portion of the population not remark- able for its wealth or thrift. h Broa.d or Verbeke Street. — A. corres- pondent desires us to make a “n >te” of this paragraph, from a recent edition of the Daily Telegraph : “Much feeling prevails up town in favor of widening Broad street at the eastern end. It was a great mistake when this splendid thoroughfare was laid out that!ji was not made a uniform width from Front street to Pennsylvania avenue.” On the original plan of the city of Harris- burg, Verbeke, (“Broad”) street, was marked at 80 feet in width from the Susque- hanna to Thirteenth street. Subsequent special State legislation in favor of the Pennsylvania railroad and private property owners provided for a contraction of 20 feet on one side of it. Thus the action of the General Assembly made this “great mistake,” spoiling one of the most spacious and beautiful streets of the city, which will cost a great deal of money to restore to its original “uniform width.” h. The Threatened War With France IN 1798. — The aggression upon our com merce commenced by the French Directory in 1797, and subsequent insults oflered our ambassadors, aroused such a great indigna- tion in our country, that Congress, on the 28th of May, 1798 passed an act author- izing the President to raise a Provisional army. Gen. William Irvine was appointed by Gov. Miffin, Commander in Chief of the quota of 80 000 militia requested from Penn- sylvania and took active measures to organ- ize his troops. When the Directory became aware that their conduct would not be amely submitted to, they began suddenly to retract their measures, and there was no necessity for bringing the Provisional army into the field. The following letter was in answer to one from Gen. Irvine to Mr. Elder intimating his desire to have him for aid-de camp j. b l. Harrisburg, Dec. 28, 1798 Dear Sir: Your letter of the 8th inst. came lately to hand with the friendly as- surance that in case a vacancy occurs in your appointment of aid-de-camp, I shall re- ceive your preference in supplying the place; for which you will accept my unfeigned and most respectful thanks, with the assurance on my part, that any confidential trust or appointment whatever you may think proper to do me the honor of granting shall with pleasure receive my active attention, and as far as my capacity will admit be dis- charged with promptitude and fidelity. I am, sir, with sentiments of regard. Your humble serv’t, Tho. Elder. Major Gen. William Irvine, Carlisle. william pjbnn ano his province In this era of centennial celebrations, and especially on the eve of the bi-centennial of the founding of our grand old Common- wealth, so rapidly reaching to the lead of empire in the Union, anything which relates to the great and good William Penn, is not only appropriate, but interesting. Among the papers of autograph collectors, are many unpublished documents concern- ing Pennsylvania. These are gradually given to the public to substantiate some opinion or statement, and recently we have come across the following, which gathered from the flotsam of the current news of the day, we transfer to Notes and (Queries. The letter was written to Gov. Markham by the Proprietary, and is strikingly characteristic of the latter. In a historic point of view it contains an item which we have nowhere 68 Historical and Genealogical. else seen, and among all the records of Pro- vincial commissions we have never been made aware that William Crispin wtis ap- pointed chiel justice of Pennsylvania Unfortunately the minutes of the early courts have been lost and ihe names of the judges on printed lists ha^e wanted verifi cation. The letter we believe is from the invaluable collection of Mr. Dreer, of Phil- adelphia, and can be pr )perly authenti- cated. It is not only worthy of perusal but preservation: “London, 18 th, 8 th mo , 1685. '^Gosen Ma/rkham: My sincere love sa- lutes thee, wishing thy prosps-i'y eve-y way. With this comes Inst actions & Con- cessions, with some Company. I hope thou hast trade convenient provision t'^r them I have sent my Cosei!. William Cri-pin, to be thy Assistant, as by Commiscion will appear. His Skill, Experience, Industry & Integrity are well known *o me, & [>or- ticulerly in court keeping &c. ; so rhat it is my will & pleasure that he be as Chief Justice, to keep the Seal, the Courti< & Ses- sions; & he shall be accountable 'o me for it. The profits redounding are to his proper behoof He will show thee my Instruc tions, which will guide you all in the busi- ness The rest is left to your discretion; that is, to thee, thy two Assistants & tbe Councel. ‘ ‘Now I shall tell thee that, if thy Incli- nations and others run to a sea- life, I shall put thee in Commander of a vessel to carry People & goods betwixt this Country & that; which if thou thus except, come with a^l the Speed thou canst, that thou mayst be here before I goe, & command a vessel back- wards: the profit is more. & I think the credit not less. But this is l^fc to thee to come or stay till I come theithe^ “Pray be very respectfull to my Cosen Crispin. He is a man my father had great confidence in and vallue for. Also strive to give Content to the planters, and wi^h Meekness and Sweetness, mixt with Au- thority, carry it so as thou mayst honour me as well as thy selfe; and I do hereby pro mess thee I will eflectually an swear it to thee and thyn. “Give the inclosed, in 8 weed, to the 8 weed Preist to read to the 8 weeds; it comes from the 8 weeds’ embassador in England, the Ld. Liembergh, whos lady is lately dead. Also myn to the Natives and the Inhabitants, and be tender of my creditt with all, wa*^ching to prevent all fals Storys; and inculcate all the honest and advantageous things on my behalf that may be, in which be diligent. “I can say no more, but wish you all prosperity, in the fear of tbe Lord, to whom I commit you all, and rest “Thy true Frd. and Afiect. Kinsman, “WM. PENN. (P. 8.)— “I mention the ship because it was thy motion io me.” The address of the above letter, alsj) in William Penn’s handwriting, is: “For William Markham, Dept. Govern’r of Pennsylvania. It may be here stated that William Penn did not always spell Pennsylvania as on the apdress here given, as will be seen by the following briet missive, written three days subsequent : “For my trusty and beloved frds. the President and Provincial! Councell at “Philadelphia in PENN8ILVANIA.” “Friends: With the 8alutation of my Love to you, & best desires to God for you and the people under your care, thes are to lett you know, that after three full hearings with the Lord Baltimore, before the Com- mittee of Lords for Trade and Plantations, on the 17th instant, in a full presence, he was cast, and the lands of Delaware de- clared not to be within the Ld Baltimore’s Historical and Genealogical. 69 Patent. This I thought would please j on and the Country, to whome communicate it in wisdom, avoiding indecent joye. I even beg it of you, punish vice, cherish vertue, and study peace, & the God of peace be with you. I hasten to you when I can, and am wherever I am “Your 'rue Fr'end “WM. PENN.” “London 21st 8ch mo. 1685.” On a stal at'acbed to this brief letter the Province is demoninated “Peosilvania,” so here we have three wa?s of writing the goodly name of our Commonwealth. Wil- liam Penn was as careless in his orthogra- phy as other great men are uow-a-dajs,and we are surprised that he ever occasionally got it correct. One thing was certain, how- ever, that in all his printed documents and commissions Pennsylvania was as we now use it, and as it has been spelled for two years— “PsNN,” after the father ot the founder, “Sylyania ” for woods— meaning Penn’s woods or grove. AN OLD TIVIB KOAD VIEW. The legal story of the extension of Second street in 1805 is to be found in the Court records in a few words, but that does not give the whole of it. With the original draPin ray possecsion, are som ^ v .uchers which show how the laborious duty was performed. Prom these it appears that Mr. Samuel Laird, with Mr. Hugh Hamilton, were attorneys and surveyors in the case. The jury was composed of Messrs. Moses Gillmor, merchant; George Fackler, farm- er, John B. Cox, farmer; Rifhard Fulton, farmer; James Cochran, farmer, and Wil- liam Murray, merchant; gentlemen of the hi7best esteem in the county, and so highly confided in, that the Court passed their work bills, and all, without objection, and that is the way Second street came to b a n°ar route to the river road before 1860 Upon reference to the papers it is found that this view was held on the demand of the guardian of William Maclay, junior, and was to assess damage for opening a ) oad from South street, as an extension of Second street, to a point near the west end of the present Hc’T «treet. The damages were assessed at £350 These gentlemen enlivened their dry work by incurring bills paid by “Adam Boyd, Esq., guardian of William Maclay, jr., to Andrew Berryhill,” of the Golden Eagle. These bills read: ^'The Gentlemans Bills.’' 2 Gills Brandav .... £0 1 10^ 1 Quart Beer 0 0 11 2^ Pints Branday 0 3 9^ 4 Bottles Wine 1 17 06 7 Dinners 0 17 6 32 Quar s Oats 8 0 1 Horse and Hey 1 10 LoJging 0 5^ ^ Gill of Whisky 0 3 Supper 1 10 Bli g' 0 2 3 A right jolly party it must have been The “guardian” and other parlies do not appear to have been present at the dinner of ihtse serious forefathers of ours. Symposias of this character are no* per- mit'ed in these da>s at the expense of an estate, yet the fashion and practice of 1805 are sometimes indulged in, and the charges find their way iato accounts under other namts In the case before us, the extra charges am )unted to nearly 8 pounds or 21 doiiar« The lawyer was paid $10. the surveyor $2. a. b. h. NOr^S AND QUERIES.— XV. Histocical and Genealogical. The First Letter Carrier (N. & Q. xiii) — When the postoffice was in the house now occupied by the widow of the late John Haldeman, on Front, near Mar- ket street,' from 1825 to 1830, J. Newton 60 Historical and Genealogical. Hetzel was the letter carder. He was suc- ceeded by Frederick Houseman, who re mained until the office was removed to S c- ond, near Walnut stred, adjoining the house furnishing sto"e of Dr. J. P. Keller, in 1830 or 1831, Caivin Hetzel succeeded Houseman; Henry Ramsey, b-other of ex- Governor Alexander Ramsey, succeeded Calvin in 1833; the late Jonas Rudy sue ceeded Ramsey in 1834 and connnued until his death a year or so since. I never heard 'ofWm. Coggshall. Possibly some of our older citizens can inform you f. k b WHEN WAS THE JKITrATINN¥ OK UUMBEBLAND VAL.LEY SKTTl,ED 7 [In the preparation of this paper I have had the pleasure of consultmg some MSS. in the collections of Gilbert Cope E^q., of West Chester, Samuel Evans, Esq , of Co- lumbia, William H. Egle, M. D., of Harris burg, originals in the departments at Har- risburg, with the “Records” and “Ar- chives,” Acrelius, Hazard, Logan, Cham- bers, Rupp, Hodge, Seoul ler, Scha»ff, Hill and manuscripts of my own.— a b. h.] In presenting this subject, reference to a considerable section of the valley of the Susquehanna river is indispensible. In the early days of the provinces of Pennsylvania and Maryland, it was the principal ri>ute for western exploration — the artery for the commerce of the infant settlements. Irs lower course was known at a very early date> 1635, as far north as the mouth of the Juni ata. This, therefore, was before the Dutch settlement at Minisink, the Swedish on Delaware, or the English on the Chtsa peake — long before Penn’s charter. The head-waters of this grand stream were ex- plored by the French soon after that power secured American possessions. The localities on either bank will be best un- derstood by supposing the observer to be looking “up stream,” thus making the right bank on the northeast side, the left would .be southwest. There has been so much written, spoken and printed in reemt years, respecting the valley upon the east as well as that on the west bank, that considerable interest is de- veloped in relation to its early settlement. Perhaps it may be said that this recent in- vestigation is not of historical value. This is not our opinion. Investigation of the course of immigra- tion on the southeast border of the valley from 1700 to 1730-31, has established the fact that permanent settlements were made within that period, and many of them have been occupied since the earliest of these dates. William Penn visited the Swatara region in 1701. He found Indian towns all about him and ‘ some cultivated land.” To d’seuss the subject of the course of im- migration at large is not our purpose. It would demand more time than we have, besides great labor, much quotation, elabo rate reference and research. The subject will therefore be confined to incidental events connected with the permaoent set- tlements on both banks of the Susquehanna, and its tributaries, g-nng to show, nor, how ever, in any spirit of controversy, that what is now known as the Cumberland Valley was not a sealed book after 1705. An examination of the maps of Captain John Smith of 1608, and i's supplement, published in London some years after, pre- sents the course of the Susquehanna and its nffiuents, as far north as Northumberland, almost as correctly as a chart of the present day. The Swedish maps of 1643 to 1653, sh )W the valley of the river to a point “93 miles from Christiana” — rhe present Wil- mington — bringing in the Yellow Breeches, or the Conedoguinet erteks. The whole course of the Yellow Breeches is plotted, in conection with the hill south of it, on the Historical and Genealogical. 61 Maryland maps of 1640-45. The Swedes and other settlers made “yearly journeys” up the Susquehanna and down the Cum- berland valley towards the Monocacy and Potomac rivers, as early as 1643. The Maryland prospectors went up “the valley towards the mouth of the Yellow Breeches, ” about the same date. In 1650, or about that time, a noted mas- sacre of Indians took place on the Juniata, and within a couple of years thereafter, the Indians sold their lands on the south- west to Maryland traders. The Indians were pretty much exterminated on both banks of the Susquehanna as far as the Ju- niata as early as the arrival of Penn. Care- ful charts of the valley and oflacial surveys then began to be made. Those yet existing are highly prized for their general accu- racy. The counties of Lancaster, York, Cum- berland and Dauphin border both banks of the Susquehanna. The territory called Cumberland Valley had its first Pennsyl- vania immigration from the northeast side. On the southwest the supposed good claim of Maryland attracted seitlers. On the York county or South Mountain border, by “permission of the Pennsylvan a council,” settlements were allowed on the “New- berry” and “ Springe tts” manors, in 1720 -23 ; the official reason being that that part of the claim of Penn might be protected against that of Baltimore, in the frequent disputes incident to an uncertain boundary. The north border of the Newberry manor was in the Cumberland Valley. From the Susquehanna to the Maryland border the valley is abDUt sixty miles long. In breadth, it extends from the Kittatinny mountain, six miles south to Harrisburg, a central point, and from thence to the South mountain, thus making its total width about twelve miles. To a clearer understanding of this pleas- ant land it may be proper to state that the general course of the Conedoguinet is three miles from the Kittatinny, or the Blue or North mountain; the “Endless Hills” on early maps. The general course of the Yellow Breeches creek is three miles north of the South or Antietam mountain ; the “Conewago Hills” of our great grand- fathers. The course of the Conecocheague is near the eent'e of the valley. The Antie- tam east of it. The location of both was on the maps as early as 1662. In 1679 there were between fifty and sixty houses at Newc^stle-on-Delaware, a wagon road to tbe Head of Elk, missionarie'^, Quakers, Labadists and Swedish Lutherans, traveling West among the Indians; all this before Penn came, or before the accepted history of Pennsylvania took the imperfect form it has. It may be observed that the tone of early Penn ylvania h story has been made to rest upon the special pleadings of Logan and his cotemporarits, preserved and present- ed in the torm of Government papers. He was followed by other provincial adminis- trators wi ose story is recorded by them- selves Up to the period of the vigorous disputes between the Proprietary Governors and the Assembly, we have no fo-mal offi- cial shadow upon these recorded public transactions. Subsequent records and pri- vate correspondence respecting it, overfiows with suspicion. The conduct of Penn him- self may be considered humane, c ms stent and upright ; not so that of his agents and surveyors, or those who followed them. Fearing some injury to the fair fame of the Founder, historical sentimentality has held the place, which shou d have been oc cupied by the facts relating to our early transactions with the Indians. A brief state meut of some incidents will illustrate wher< in we think ou early histo-y in rela- 63 Historical and Genealogical. tion to Indian treaties is very imperfectly understood. The “London company in 1680-85 held more than 700,000 acres of allocments.” These were sub-divided, passing from hand to hand, allowing the holder to take his claim wherever he could find it. Capital illustrations of how this was done, is shown in the cases of John Harris at Paxtang, James Silvers in Peansboro’, and John Hendricks at Conewago, all in Conestoga, Chester county, before 1714 Beside, upon the formation of new townships, a^ter 1689, Penn ordered Logan to set apart “500 acres of the best land” for the Proprietary, and to be “particular in requiring the surveyors” to do so. In addition to these allotments the ma- norial surveys includ^ed upwards of 650,- 000 acres. Ot this in York and Adams, 150,000; in Cumberland valley, 19,267; in Dauphin, 25,272; more than 200 000 acres from a surface nor exceeding 1,000,000 acres including mounta-ns, rivers and all that was usually excluded from the surveys ot manors. This was the order to Taylor and other official surveyors, when they were assigned to survey the choicest spots for manors, or for the owners ot the allot ments of the London company. Thus qu te one fifth of the good land in the Susque- hanna valley, from C mes:oga to Conedo- guinet, was opened by the action of pro- vincial agents' anterior to the formal so-called purchase from the Indians in 1738-36, and settDments making with marvellous rapidity, many years before the treaty was consumma'ed— and warrants is- sued, “according to the form” of the land office. That purchase was a cheat of the first quality, eminently characteristic of the Provincial author! ies. It had taken and occupied the land for at least thirteen years, and the poor aborigines were happy in ob- taining any compensation for what they were powerless to regain. Prom the day of the “long walk” to the time we write of, the Proprietaries stole first of the Indians, then held up their hands in ho»’ror at the presumption of the Scotch-Irish immigrant, who settled without permission upon laud, his, by as fair a title as any held by the speculators who surrounded the council. Both took, and both held by the strong, often the red hand. After the death of Penn his creditors set out to get good land, no matter how. So did the enterprising immigrants; with forms when convenient; when it was not, form was omitted. The Penn family and their suc- cessors, were always poor. To any one who had money they would sell land, whether they had “purchased it,” as the phrase was, “of their Indian brothers, ” or not. Most of their policy was very much as we have it at present under the Federal Government. The first inhabitants on the Chesapeake and Delaware bays explored and settled on their shores, forming plantations extend- ing from the ocean 125 miles inland. The Presbyterians erected two churches before 1690, on the penisula of these estuaries. It is not reasonable to imagine that there was no further western exploration between 1675 and 1725— a period of more than fifty years. It could easily be shown that the course of the tributaries of the Delaware and Susquehanna were very well known as early as 1690. On the 12th of January, 1696, Thomas Dongan rents William Penn “all the lands on both banks of the Susquehanna, from its source to the Chesapeake, for a thou- sand years.” The next day, January 13&h, Dongan sold the fee to Penn. On the 13th ot September, 1700, this purchase was con- firmed by certain Indian chiefs. Thus “confirming Gov. Dongan’s old deed to Gov. Penn.” Historical and Genealogical, In 1735, August 2d, James Logan, de- posed to the correctness of all the above transactions, and the papers were recorded. In this year, John Taylor made a copy of the draft of a portion of the course of the Susquehanna, which we have here given. The original, he states, was ^*well’known to Ms father fifty years before.” Thus the date of the draft is before 1700. The frag- ment fallen into my hands shows both banks of the river, and several of its tributaries, irom below the mouth of the “Swattarro,” to a point above “Mikquar Town,” or the present Sunbury. It is difficult to fix one or two points on this draft, comparing localities on both sides of the river. An imperfect description of it may enable any one interested to reach a fair comprehension of this rare paper, de- scriptive of a portion of the great valley of intenor Pennsylvania. It commences at the present “Hill Island” or just above it, near Middletown, On the east bank is shown “Swattaro,” then at a mark “18” an “Indiantown,” then the Kittatlnny and Peters mountains: then a mark “10,” then “Quatoo Chatoon” creek, with the mark ‘ 70” at its junction with the Susqu- hanna, then “John ttkulls store:” then “Great mountain,” then Mikquar Town.” The draft here terminates on the northeast side. Taking the figures for miles, 18, 10, 70, a course of 98 miles. This must be an error in distime of at least 18 miles, when compared with what is shown on the south- west bank, now to be described. The first tributary shown above “Swattaro,” is the Conadoquanott” creek: then the Kitta- tinny and Peters mountains: , then “S. E’s store;” then an “Indian town” above the mouth of the “Cheniaty” river, which is directly opposite the figure “10” on the east bank : Duncan’s island is shown ; then at some distance, probably near the present Halifax, a large island, possibly Clemson’s, on which is another “Indian^ town;” then opposite the figure “70” a .stream called “ Sequo-sockcoo;” then the “Great mountain;” then “Ghinasky or Sho- moakin;” then in the forks north, “J. Le- Tort’s store;” up the western stream “In- dian Towns.” We suppose this to be the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and the towns thu “Muncy towns” of later times. It cannot be the present Shamokin creek, as it is on the east !?ide of the river below Sun* bury. The whole chart was probably intended to comprise 18 miles — 10 miles— 70 miles, or in all 98 miles. The figures 70 are on the east bank at the forks of Quatoo-Chatoon,” probably Kind, or Mahan tongo creek. It is nearly this distance from Conewago Falls to Mahantongo.* 64 Historical and Genealogical. the preparatioa of the draught for printing. It has been determined by the editor of “Notes and Querries” to publish the description as well as the map. Two errors of the engraver appear, “Chimasky” for Chinasky, and “Shamokin” for Shamoakin, as upon the map. In the State Records this stream is called Chenestry. The real Delaware name was probably Chenasky Historical and Genealogical, 65 It is recorded (1707), that Mitchell, Clark, Bezalioa, Glover, Le Tort, Frank and Char- tere had seated themselves on branches of the “Powtowmack,” within Pennsylvania. They had already erected and resided in houses. Referring to the Maryland records, it is found that these men were on the Antietam, Conococheague, and their branches. Evans, then Governor of Penn- sylvania, permitted this settlement, although the Penns had no better title to it than the squatters. Their location was in the neighborhood of fine iron ore banks, and appears to have been in occupancy since 1705. One of the most interesting notices of the early examinations of the valley of the Susquehanna, is the ofla.cial account of the journey of Governor Evans, from Octorara to Paxtang. The ad- venture is in detail in Vol. II, of the Colo- nial (Provincial) Records of Pennsylvania. This journey was in the late days of June • and first to fourch of July, 1707, when the country was in its supreme loveliness. The narrative is not much known, even to his- torical inquirers. As an episode of contem- porary manners it is worth repeating. It is characteristic of the day, and as it is an official paper it may be taken as authentic. It is proper to observe that the commands of the authorities against selling rum to the Indians were strict, and repeated from year to year. Here we have the Governor openly violating his own order, and in a manner not calculated to add to his reputa- tion as an officer or a man of honor. The record says: “On Tuesday, 1st July, we went to Conestogoe, and lay there that night, and the next morning proceeded on our jour- ney, and arrived in the evening within three miles of an Indian village called Peix- tan. “The Govr. had received information at Pequehan [Pequa] that one Nicole, a Ffrench Indian trader, was at that place, agst. whom great complaints had been made to the Govr. of which he acquainted the chief Indian of Peixtan [Paxtang, ] as also of his design to seize him, who wilingly agreed to it, but advised the Govr. to be very cautious in the manner, there being only young people at home, who perhaps might make gome resistance, if it were done without their first being told of it; for this reason we lay short of the village that night, but eaily in the mornine we went within a half a mile of the town, and leaving our horses, march’d afoot nearer the same; from whence the Governor sent Martine to the Village: Ordering him to tell Nicole that he had brought 2 Caggs of Rum with him, which he had left in the woods, for fear any Christians were there; and withal to per- swade Nicole to go with him and taste the Rum. “Martine returned with James Letort and Joseph Jessop, 2 Indian Traders, but could not prevail with Nicole; upon this, Martiee was sent back, with Orders to bring down some of the Indians, and Nicole with them; then we drew nearer the Town, and laid ourselves in the bushes, and Mar- tine returned with 2 Indians, whom the Gov’r acquainttd his intent of taking Nicole, telling at the same time, he had spoken with to the Uncle of one of them upon that head, who ordered the Indians to submitt to the Govr’s Commands, with wnich they were contented, tho’ we preceivel too well the contrary, by there inquir- ing how many we were, and how armed, aLd by the Concern they seemed to De in, when they found we were more men in number than they; but si ill Nicole was wanting; it was therefore Resolved to try once more it he could be got into the woods. 66 Historical and GenealogicaL accordingly Martin e went again, and brought Nicole to the place where we were con- cealed, and asking him to drink a dram, he seized him. but Nicole started from him, and ran for it, when immediated we starfed out and took him, and presently carried him to the Village (thro’ which we were obliged to pass) and there we found some Indians with Guns in their hand, who looked much displeased at what we had done, but we being in readiness against any suprize, they thought it not fitt to attempt anything; but we stayed abothalf an hour, and then parted for Turpyhocken [Tulpe- hocken]; having mounted Nicole upon a horse and tied his legs under the Belly; we got within a mile of Turpyhochen about 2 of ye Clock on fry day morning, and about 7 the Govr. went to the town, from thence we went to Manatawny that night, and the next day to Philadelphia.” NOTES AND QUERIES.— XVI. Historical and Genealogical. Isaac Moorhead op Erie — Another correspondent ot Hotes and Queries, has passed from earth to the Unseen Land be yond. We refer to the late Isaac Moor- head, of Erie. Related to the Allens, Bar- netts and Greens of old Hanover, he took a warm interest in whatever historical data could be gained concerning the early families of this locality, and to him we were indebted for many genealogical facts. Mr. Mooihe^d was the son of Thomas Moorhead, who-e parents, Thomas Moor- head and Ann Clark, removed from this section to Erie county over eighty years ago, and whose descendants are quite nu- merous in the old Pretqu’ Isle settlement. Isaac Moorhead was born at Erie in Janu- ary, 1828. He received a good academic education, entered mercantile pursuits for a few years, but relinquished the same owing to his delicate constitution, and accepted the appointment of conductor on the Lake Shore railway, a position he filled accept- ably almost twenty-eight years, with the exception of several winters when obtain- ing leave of absence, he served as Trans- cribing Clerk of the House of Representa- tives at Harrisburg About eighteen months ago he was appointed by President Hayes postmaster at Erie. Accommodating, at- entive and polite, the appointment was an exceedingly popular one. The relinquish- ing of an active railroad life for the hum- drum cares of official position, no doubt, was the primary cause of the disease of which Mr. Moorhead died at Eaton Rapids, Michi- gan, on June 4, 1881, whither he had gone for the restoration of health. A wife and two children survive. And thus closed his busy life. An intimate friend for years, we can bear testimony to Mr. Moorhead’s scholarly accomplishments. We are in possession of a number of his articles, which go to show 'depth of thought, power of description, and that artistic effect which a gentleman of letters can alone acquire. In historic re- search he was deeply interested, and the citizens of Erie are indebted to him for many pleasant reminiscences of their city over the signature of “John Ashbough.” He wrote for the Centennial year a His torical review of Erie county, and was the author of the Erie county sketch in Egle’s History of Pennsylvania, which contains the best and most lucid account of Perry’s Battle on Lake Erie extant. In the perform- ance of a great duty, he prepared a geneal- ogy of his own and allied families; and few in our State possessed as full kjowledge as he of the French occupatioa in Western Pennsylvania He had made this subject one of study and research, and it was con- fidently expected that in due time the re- sults of his investigation would have been given to us. He was much interested in Historical and Genealogical, 67 our Notes & (Queries, for they related to the homes of his ancestors — to them, their neighbors and friends. But the deeds of men live after them, and the memory of the good shall be preserved for ages. With a geniality and amiability few possess — faithful, honest and true — our friend Moorhead has passed to his reward, w. H. E. The Dauphin County Historical So- ciety’s Tribute to Mr. Moorhead. — At the monthly meeting of the society held on Thursday, June 9, 1881, on motion of Rev. Dr. Robinson, the following was unanimously ordered to be placed upon the records of the society : The members of the Dauphin County Historical Society having heard of the sud- den death of their former fellow-member and friend, Mr. Isaac Moorhead, of Erie, Pa , would put on record their sense of his high worth as a man and a friend, and would bear testimony to his deep interest, especially in historical researches. His genial and gentlemanly bearing, and his un- questionable integrity in all the relations of life, had won for him universal respect and confidence. We tender to his widow and family assurances of our sympathy in their great bereavement. A. Boyd Hamilton, President. T. H. Robinson, Cor. Sec. WHEN WAS THE KITTaTINNY OK i;UiiiBi!:Ki.aLND Valley settled? [CONCLUDED FROM LAST NUMBER] In 1705-6, Btzalion had a house at “Peixtan.” The year after John Harris, the elder, came with authority to locate. That Ha/rris was known to Penn as early as 1701, we have evidence (Penn Archives, p, 43, vol. 1), where he is addressed as “/oAi Hans,'*' about a breach of a faith with Penn, “directly contrary to our laws.” Now, this John Hans is as plainly John Harris in the original record, as any name can be. In the plate of Indian autographs, in the same volume, “I H,” the signature of the so-called John Hans has been taken to represent an aborigine. It is, however, the identical I H. “John Harris,” which is the attestation of Harris to h’s will; to a contract with the Province in 1738, “before Tobias Hendricks,” as well as to other writings yet in existence. The Editor of the first volume of the Archives, Mr. Hazzard, a most careful and competent gentleman, his proof-reader, or the tran- scriber, committed an unfortunate error. It has happily been detected by Dr. Wm. H. Egle, and will prove of much value in future researches into the early history of the valley of the Susquehanna How soon after his permanent location Harris opened his tavern and ferry, we have no exact data, but it wai soon after the erec- tion of his first house. To maintain such an enterprise required travelers. We know that in 1723 his ferry and h's tavern were a source of considerable in- come to the enterprising proprietor. Here we have two well known men brought face to face with the rich region west of the Susquehanna. Does any one suppose that these two men were entirely isolated from the stream of immigration that settled the Tulpehocken, Quitapahilla, the Conewago, or the Swataia regions, crowding, with ceaseless tramp, towards the grand valley of the Susquehanna river, or farther West? We h^ar of frequent occurrences along the Monocicy road and on both banks of the “Big River,” as it was then called, every year up to 1717, when the Governor held a conference with the Indians at Con- estoga. He and his company saw “apple trees in full bloom,” many “settlers from Susquehanna,” unfo;tunate'y not specify- ing from which bank of it, a scrap of in- formation very desirable at the present day. m Historical and Genealogical, Keith, agent for the Penns had a pamphlet printed in London, describing the fertile country he had visited. In 1718, the taxablesin Conestogoe, Ches- ter county, were, “so far as known, 146,’* besides women and children — a population approaching 1,000 souls, with fixed habita- tions. The “wanderers in search of homes” quite as numerous. The names of them all have recently been piinted in Notes and Queries. In 1720-21 an order dispossessing certain squatters on lands of, or near, near New- berry Manor was issued This included persons as tar up on the west side of the Susquehanna as Conedoguiondt creek. One family, that of Joseph Kelso, opposite Harris’ Ferry, was driven off. In 1722 Keith had the Manor of Springett [York county] surveyed. It contained 75 520 acres. Par of this survey was oc- cupied by Maryland squatters. The north border of it was on the Newberry Manor, and the north boundary of the latter, some 5,000 acres, was near or atthe mouth of the Yellow Breeches creek Many permanent improvements were upm it in 1723. In 1724 Silvers made his location in one of the most fertile portions of the Cumberland Valley, within a few miles of the Susque- hanna He erected a mill on the famous spring known by his name, and some of his improvements are to be seen to-day. Grist mills are usually erected as an auxil- iary to an agricultural settlement in full cultivation. In 1724-25 upwards of three thou-and immigrants, nearly all Presb^-terians from the northern counties of Ireland, arrived at New Castle and Philad dphia. These peo- ple and their descendants are the true founders of the institutions of Penosylva- nia. This accession of population placed the Quaker element in a minority, but as the machinery of government was in their hands, it remained there for perhaps forty years longer, when it yielded to the popu- lar will. in 1725, Kichard Parker had a permanent location and “clearing” two miles west of Carlisle. In May, 1726, James Macfarlane located about seven miles west of Carlisle, “on the creek,” and erected a house. The same year Andrew Ralston was established “at the Big Spring.” In 1727, May 13, Tobias Hendricks the younger, settled “three miles west of the river.” These families had sons and daughters born to them in the years of their settlement. Descendants are upon, or in the immediate vicinity of the farms of their great grand fathers. It is unnecessary to extend this list of permanent inhabitants to prove how early the fertility erf that great region had attracted public attention, and was settling rapidly, in spite of the impedi- ments of the Proprietary agents to delay it. Most of them had not yet pieked out the choice lands. As sodu as they had, the old blind of an Indian treaty was resorted to, and the lands opened to purchasers at second hand. In confirmation of the foregoing we quote the following from a note of Judge Fred- erick Watts, of Carlisle, “It was not until October 11, 1732, that that part of the State now embraced in the county of Cumber- land was ceded by the Indians to the Penns, yet by tolerance settlements wore actually commenced as early as 1726.” On the northeast side of the river the brothers Chambers, in 1725-26, erected a mill at what is now known as Fort Hunter. One of them “prospected westward” as early as 1728. In this year we have the first formal rec- ord of immigration. Historical and Genealogicat 6P It shows of English and Welsh, most- ly Friends 267 Germans, mostly Palatinates (or Mor- avians) 250 Scotch and Irish, mostly Presbyte- rians 5,698 Total of direct imm’gratioi 6 215 No woode Logan exclaime 1 aga'nst such an invasion, “all after good, yea, the best land.” In 1729 the northwestern corner of the new county of Lancaster was fixed at Peter Allen’s hou e at the ha?e of the Kittatinny mount iin near Hunter’s Fa^lsin the present Dauphin county. This was a stone struc - ure and is still standing He sold his property on Conoy in 1727 to Rev James Anderson. This is es ablish d by the deposition of Alexander Mi chell taken March 16th, 1770, in re^a ion to the settle- ment of Allen in Conestoga “before 1719,” the disposal of his land to Rev. James An- derson for £70, in 1727; its survey by I“aac Taylor in 1720; its conveyance to William W.lkins, then of Peters township Cumber- land county, in 1728 In this transaction Anderson-fefjry was the consideration. Al- len planted an orchard in 1720 on said tract, removing soon after he had disposed of it, up the river as above. Thus Anderson ferry or “Vinegar’s Crossing” seems to have been established as early as 1725 It was near the site of the present Marietta, directly communica ing with the manors on the West bank of the Susquehanna. In the same year “tialers on Allegheny” were warned not to sell Lquor to the In- dians, or to “allow whites” among the Indians to do so. In the ^pHng of 1727 PresbterLn e’e-gy- men began iheir labors on the southw est bank of the Susquehanna “above the Cone- wago creek.” Within a year or two self- supporting churches we e organized in th j Valley — the earliest in 1732. After this date the specific instances of settlement are of historical record that has never been ques- tioned Anderson, Craighead, Bertram, Boyd and Blair “miss'oaated” in the pres- ent York and Cumberland counties pre- viously to the founding of any congrega- tion. The gathering ot a self supporting congregation is strong evidence of a perma- nent as well as a prosperous community. The “entire immigration to the Valley was Presbyterian for twenty years, b3fore and after 1720.” Their first object was a dwell- ing, the next a meeting-house and school; the chief characteristics of the people of this religious profession. In 1731 the provincial officer was re- quired to a' C3rtain the number of persons liable to taxation “west of Su«quehanna,” residing there in the year 1730. He for- warded the assessment, and it contained the names of upwards of 400 families, which would demonstrate the number of inhabit- ants to have been nearly or quite 2,500, occupying the mano’s and the present Cumberland Valley south of the Kittatinny. It is established in the tradition of many of the families of the Valley that their fathers “drank home cider,” before Taylor made his survey of 1733, from “Susque- hanna to Conegochege.” This is an ex- cellent testimony touching the habit of these emigrants to plant fruit as tfiey de- stroyed the natural forest. **Old apple trees were in Shearman’s valley” in 1750. MSS. before me testifies to all this. We know that it takes many years for apple orchards to produce crops fit for ci ’er. The inference is, that a number of hardy adventurers were permanently settled on the southwest bank ot the Susquehanna, inthe present Cumber and Valley, very early in the eighteenth century, probably in its very first dec de. These settlers were of various nationalities, and wi hin ten or fifteen years 70 Historical and Genealogical. others came— Ihe Scotch-Irish Presbyterian«». They were not ihe style of men to surren- der a location if it was satis factory. If they were on the east bank they had the Indian® and the traders to set forth the advantages west ot them, and, by observation from the eastern hills, a sight ot the fruitful land be- yond; glorious in its verdure, well watered, and just sufficiently elevated to be easy of drainage, to tempt them to it. They saw this, they came to it, and remained where their descendants are to-day. Jan., 1881. A Boyd Hamilton. NOT£S AND QUERIES.— XVSI. Hisio ictil and Genealogical The Hayes op Derry — Patrick Hayes, born in coanty Donegal, Ireland, in 1705, came to Pennsylvania in company with his brothers Hugh, William and James, about 1728, all of whom took up land in what is now Derry town hip. Oa the assessment list tor 1751 the name of James is wan ing. He probably died prior to that period, wh le Hugh and William foil >wed the Vi ginia and Cbrolina migraiion of the few years subsequent. Patrick remained and die I in Derry on the Slat of January, 1790. His wife, Jean . whom he married in 1729, died Ov-tober 15, 1792. Both are buried in old Derry church-yard. They had children as follows: i. David, b. 1731; m. Martha Wi'srn; he inherited what is now the Felty farm. ii. Robert b Feb. 2, 1733; m. M «,rch 25, 1762, Margaret Wray, of Derry ; was anc ffi- cer of the Revolution; he inhedted what is now the Longnecker farm; he built hia house in 1762, and his stone barn in 1772; the latter was torn down in 1850. R ibert and Margaret Hayes had— Jean, b 1763, d. 1817; John b. 1765, m Ma'-gaiet G ay; Pdrick, b 1767, m. Miokey of Cum- birland cow.xi\y\ Margaret, b, 1769, m. Will- jam Thom, of H novel ; Robert b 1771, m. 1st, Jean Hayes, daughter of Captain Patrick Hayes, and 21, Henderson, of Shippensburg; Demid, b. 1773, d, Oct. 8, 1796; Samuel, b 1775, d. unm. ; James, b. 1777, d. 1798; miliarn, b. 1779, removed to Virginia; Solomon, b. 1781, d. s. p. ; Joseph, b. 1783, m and went to Equality, III. Robert Hayes d. June 6 1809; his wife Margaret, January 6, 1820, aged 77 years. Their grandson, James Hayes, re^ sides at Hummelstown. iii Eleanor, b. 1735; m Feb. 6, 1755, Patrick Campbell, son of John Campbell, of Derry; their daughter married the Rev. Joshua Williams. ^•®. William, b. 1737; m. Oct. 6, 1767, Jean Taylor, and removed to Virginia. V. Jean, b. 1739; m. Oct. 31, 1765, Wib liam Scott. vi. Samuel, b. 1741; m. and removed to Virginia vii. Patrick b. 1743; m. M’Al is»er, sister of Captain Archibald M’Allister; was Captain Patrick Hayes of the Revolution; removed to Lycoming county and died there about 1812; he inherited the farm in Derry now owned by Mr. Hershey. We invite additions or corrections to the foregoing, reference being bad to the Campbell Family already printed in N <& Q., and the Rutherford Family, which we shall soon publish. w. h. e. Tasistro. — A correspondent of London “Notes & Queries” for December, 1880, page 44 >, noting the death of Thomas T. Stoddard, of Kelso, Sc >tland, remarks that the announcement of h’s death recalls a memorable plagiarism, which he proceeds to relate. In 1831 Constable, of Edinburgh, ptblished a p^em entitled “The Death- Wake, or Lunacy, a Necromaunt, in Three Chimtras.” It is now a very rare work, as the edition was limilel. In 1842 it was re- pub’ished in four successive issues of “Gra- ham’s Magazine” of Philadelphia, under Historical and Genealogical, 71 the title of “Agathe, a Necromaunt; in Three Chimera?, by Louis Fi zgerald Tasistro ” Then the correspondent in- quires “whether such a person as ‘Tasistro’ e^er existed ?” I know that Tasistro was a clerk in the State Department at Washington, was a wiiter on both sides of any public ques- tion for the press of Philadelphia, and was looked upon as qui e a literary lion by some of his circle. Whether he yet lives I am not able to say, but it he does it will be in order for him to explain a plagiarism so stupendous as this A. b h. [The writer of the frregoing has some of Tasistro’s MSS , and the Editor some of his poetry carefully preserved in a scrap- book. Tasistro was a translator in the Sta’G Department while Mr. Buchanan was Secretary of S^.ate unier the Polk adminis- tration. He wrote for the Washington Union, then just estab’isbed by Thomas Richie of Richmond, and was tor a period the Washington c rrrespondent of the Balti- more Sun. He was regarded at Waehing- t)nasamanof great accomplishments — the associate of Edward Wheelc*, Dr. Hus- ton, Dr, King and other short- hand writers. Dr. King’s house, who was also a painter of considerable reputa’i )n, then being the resort of the literati of Washington. Tasis- tro and Capt. Charles A. May, the famous cavalry offljer who distingui hed himself in the Mexican war, had a difficulty at one time which excited Washington sockty very much. Mr. Buchanan, who valued Tatistro’s services very highly, was ins'ru- mental in having the antagonism settled through Wm. L, Marcy, then Secretary of War. Rev E W. Hutter was the private tec etary ot Mr Buchanan, and had a part to play in l^bearing the messages between the two secretaries for an amicable adjust- ment of the affair Tasistro regarded him- eeli as the hero of the transac ion. He sub- s^quently left Wa<-hington and went to Richm nd. Vi, where he was connected with the “Enquirer’’ of that city. From there he removed to Biltimore where he probably died ] MUSICAL KKCOLLBCTiONS. It has been aptly considered, respecting Notes and (Queries, that in addition to the positive knowledge and unquestionable tacts given, they serve as hints and aftord f pportunities to draw out further informa- tion from persons who are not voluntarily d’sp )sed at first to venture upon con'ribu- tions on their own account. Thus I pro- pose be ewdh to embark upon a topic which, though I am competent to record thelactsof my own day at Harrisburg, I caU upon such of my illustrious rredeces- so s as Geo. P. Wiestliag, John A. Weir, G:; 0 . H. Small, or D W. Gross to wri‘e the musical history of the preceding years. Let them do it “while it is called to day.’’ Being then in my seventh year, I have shad use a- fire,” (with a gool deal of “fire! fire!”) was deemed the smartest thing possible in those da^s. To my knowledge Harrisburg never pro- duced a phenomenal singer or player. The only extraordinary voice I recall was that of George P. Wiestling, base; and had he been heard in the city, instead of a country town, his fine organ might have been cu'ti- va^ed “to the bent of its compass,” and made famous. If there were others they were like the flowers, “born to blush un- seen” — and unseeing. Whilst none attained any high degree of excellence — principally for the want of scientific trainiog — there were, however, many good, and some very good, natural singers and pianists. But the musical status was too low to support thoroughly first c’ass resident teachers, and those wh) aspired to a higher degree of instruciion were obliged to go to Philadelphia. The teachers of that time were Jno. H. Hictok (fa’herof W O.), E. L. Walker, J A. Getze, Father Weber, J. K Stay man. Miss Frazer, Hugh Coyle (bind), J. T. Cio% Fisher, and others; beside those to the manor born. [It is scarcely proper to include such as Professor Knoche in this lisb] Among them all, hovever, there never was a vocal instructor who pretended to develop the voice scientific dly, or ac- cording to true and proper methods. Old Mr. Weber was the most thorough instructor of principles, and pioduced some of the best instrumentalists especially of the violin. Edward L Walker was the be?t pianist The best native pianists were Misses Isa- bella Todd, Caroline Heisly, Priscilla M’- Clure, Anna M Wiest'ing, E'iza and Ella Roberts, Glorvina Elder, Mary M’Cormick, Annie Buehler, Sybil Fahnestock, Julia De Witt— whom I name, as I knew them. Endeavoring to bring together some of the names of tho e who were conspicuous among the singers of the long ago— leaving the present generation to trace out those whose names have been changed by mar- riage— I record without regard to the order of time : Misses Sarah, Margaret and Louiea Carson, tbe Misses Lochman, Cath- erine and Adaline Gross, Elizabeth Depui, Ellen Bucher, Anna M. Wiestling, Ebza Espy, Caroline and Maggie Barniiz, Eu- nice Pat ke, Sophie Jones, Eliza J. Ay re'a, Esther Doll, Mrs. WaUon, Liszie Heisely, Laura Lawrence, Lile Jacobs, MaryE’dred, Jenny S ehlev, Mary Dougherty, Mrs Jno. J. M-tglauchlin, Lucia Simmons, Nancy Shunk, Regina Gre e lawalr,, Harriet Hen- rie, Elizibeth and Annie B >yd, Louisa Berryhill. Alios -Su=tan Mowry, Glorvina E'der, Ellen and Annie Roberts, Vmey, Emma and Jennie Biumbaugb, Susan B. Ayres, Mary J. Partch, Josephme Smith, Ellen Graydon, Ann’e S‘eel, Emma Parke, Vir- ginia Cameron, Annie Wallace, Mary Hum- mel E'-zibeth Hickok. Historical and Genealogical, Tenor'S— V. Btisel, Albert B gler, R. J. Eleming, Williim C. Tobey, C. Fred Saxton, Sam. H. Brooks, Dr. Wm. and H. Murray Graydon, Henry A. Kelker, Au- gustus Chayne. Rams— Geo, P. Wiestling, Andrew Keefer, David Fleming, Leonard Kinnard, Samuel Brumbaugh, Jere. Greenawalt, Harry A. Ross, Asbury Awl, Dr. Harry Buehler, Geo. B. Wiestling, Jere. Uhler, Erastus J. Jonts, George B. Ayres. The four vocal parts were beat repre- sented by Misses (Sarah) Carson and Mo wry, and Messrs. Beisel and Witstling. They were good, for their day, having ex- cellent natural voices, but never received any skilled training. Indeed there was not then a scientifically educated singer in the town. To read the music and sing as best you can, constituted the vocalist of that* period. The musical ability of the town was not confined to individuals. There were /ami- lies, containing several — singers and play- ers — that I now propose to enumera e, though I must include some name s already given. 1 do this partly because my recollec- tion is not sufficient to designate < he particu- lar voice, and include them in the list given: Musical Families of Harrishnrg, 1835^ 1865. — Peacock, Espy, Heisley, Wiestling,* Gross. S ehley, Fleming, Graydon,* Car se n, Roberts, Small, B *yd,* Greena- walt, Ayres, Pa»ke, Hummel, Buehler, Doll, SimontOD, Lutz,* Worrell, Biucn- baugh, Z dlinger, Emerson. Tnese families contained some itnes three or four singers — like the Carson’s (female) and Fleming’s (male), or like the Simon- ton’s, having six, of both sexes As I have observed in a former paper, the advent of Silas Ward, in 1851, marked a great change — for the better — in the *T VO families of the same name. character of music in Harrisburg. He and I originated the Musical Convention of 1853, co-incident with which was the or- ganization of the Musical Union (now Har- monic Society) and the introduction of ora- to io and classical music. Mr. Ward’s singing of “Now vanish before the holy beams” (ten^r aria, Creation), at one of our s^ ciety’s concerts, was probably the first oratorio solo ever givtn by a resident singer. It is not saying too much either, that Mr. Waid had the best tenor voice, in his first years there. The present and future singers of Harrisburg, though they may unconscious of the fact, ome much to the musical in’elligence, taste, per- tinacity and enterpiise of the late Silas Ward, and he deserves to be grate .ffilly remembered. The first grand piano in town was pre- sented to Miss S>bil Fahnestock, by her uncle, who was a player of force and intel- ligence. Miss Told was decidedly the best of her day; after her came Eliza McCor- mick, Alice Hickok and Miss Bronson, one of Mrs. Leconte’s teachers, who p’ayed with considerable strength. Organ playing, worth mentioning as such, was unknown at Harrisburg during the thirty years of which I write. True, there were those who manipulated the key- bo irds of such instruments as the town con ained— during church service, and the like— but that is not organ playing! The executants were unskilled in stop-com- binations and harmonic efitets, as contra-distinguished from piano playing; and the first true-school organ playing beard was doubtless when Pr f A.. N. Johi son handled the German Reformed in- strument (then the newest and beet), in 1853 I never heard a resident player attempt such a thing as an overture, grand march. Historical arid OenealogicdL 7J, fugue, or any organ-piece, strictly speaking. Mrs. James Worrell served very acceptably at the Episcopal churcn during a number of years. The first music store was opened by J. T Crott, who was a fair singer, in a frame house, standing No. 316 Market .street. For a musicil person, this individual’s as. surance was sublime; he would have un- dertaken to sing for Damrosch or Arditi. In the eirlier years the Episcopalian and Cathol c churches possessed the only or-* gans in town — such as they ^ert! The Lutheran church, burned in 1838, I think, had one also. The instrumental aid io the choirs was most usually a violinctllo; at the Lutheran church it was a double bars, played by Wm. K Verbeke and George Barnitz At the Presbyterian church I led the treble with a fiute. Col. Rnbiits the alto with a vioHn, and Dr. Fleming or H. Murray Graydon the ba e with a violin- cello. This, with Edward Perkins’ flute occasionally on the tenor, was regarded “the leading combination” of the town. Theodore Thomas was nowhen 1 Indeed, this instrumental sup riori y had so cocquered old prejudices that we can- ceived the notion of introducing a trom- bone pla 3 er, then in town, as an adjunct to the ba^s A definite understanding was accordingly had, that the plaj er should u e great discreiion, and in no manner attempt to “show off.” A curtain of dimensions equivalent to the extended length of this ungodly instmment, was eieited at the rear of the choir, and all things Wi nt se- renely. But alas ! one Sunday when we were singing the tune ‘ Ward,” the man forgot himself — as any player might — aid could no‘ resist connecting the second and third strains with ^pom! pom! pom! wh se blast indicated an amount of “circus” up- stairs wh’ch the old ft lbs wouldn’t stand, and the u>;fortunate trombone was ousted. I think it was the same individual^ through revenge, no doubt — who obtained an amount of money from the congregation toward getting a musical instrument to be called a Serpent; but the fellow snaked off with the money! I remember at one time the Baptist choir — on Front street-^was led with an accor- deon, played by a lady. Fine! The introduction of melodeons, howevef, was a great advance and a great relief. Among choir leaders. Geo P. Wiestling, at the German Reformed; Andrew Keefer, Lutheran; and R. J Fleming, Presbyte- rian had the longest periods of service Silas Ward was engaged many yea^s at the Presbyterian, as also at the Lutheran and Catholic churches. In conclusion, I doubt not my readers will mark numerous omissions and deficien- cies. It is not easy, at this length of time and depending entirely on memory, to draw specific lines of position and merit through a whole generation. Let my crit- ics, if I have any, try it. If what I have written shall induce others to amend or C( rrect— for the sake of historical accuracy — and thus obtain the proper record, I am eontent. George B. Ayres. NOr£S A>D QDEBItS.— XVIII. Bistorical and Uenealogical. The Roans op Derry (N & Q. i )— From a granddaughter of Mary Roan and Nathan S-ockman, we have the following : Mary Roan, b. March 26, 1764, in Derry; m October 10, 1789, Nathan Stcckman.and d. December 24. 1847, at the residence of her son-in-law, James Sharpe, at Sharps- burg, Allegheny county, Penna Nathan Stockman, born in September, 1763, in the north of Ireland, came with his parents to Chester county in 1765. After his mar. riage he located in Buffalo Valley, from Sistorical and Genealogical, n whence he removed to Beaver Falls, Beaver county, about 1801> where he died very suddenly on the 5th of April, 1812 The children of Mary Roan and Nathan Stockman were: i. James^ b. Nov. 4, 1791 ‘ d. May 10, 1844, at San Antonio, Texas. He left one daughter who married Reeve Lewis and besides on Lake Providence, La. ii, Anne, b. Jan. 28,1793; m. Mark Clark, ot Beaver county; she died in 1878; oi their twelve children eight survive. Hi. John Roan, b. Nov 9, 1796; married in Pittsburgh, but subsequently removed to Natchez, Miss., where he died, April 24, 1842 ;he left eight childret , five of whom sur- vive, the f'aughtersin Natchtz, a son, S. Dryden Siockman, in New Orleans, and John R Stockman in San Francisco. t®. Isabella, b. Sept. 2, 1798; m. James Sharpe, of Pittsburgh; d. August, 1873; Mr. Sharpe in March, 1861 Of their ch Idien, James an unusually bright young man, died while a student at Jefterson Col- lege, Canonsburg; Mary Roan Stockman; Jane Beltzhoover; John Roan 8tockman\ Elizi L. m. Clarke; the latter alone sur- vive?. ®. Joseph, b July 2, 1800; d. unmair’ed at New Oileats in March, 1835. m Samuel, b Jan. 18, 1802; went South, and for many j e trs was never heard of. nil, Laird Harris, b. 1804; d. s. p. mii. Jane Harris, b. April 5 1807; m in 1823, Daniel Bel zioover,of Pittsburgh; in 1832 remove 1 to Natchez, Miss. They had five children. Mrs. Jane H. Beltz- hjover resides at Pittsburgh. The foregoing completes the record of the family of the Rev. John Roan, miiis‘er of Paxtang, Derry and M unt Joy. w. H. B. THE CB^WFOKDS OF HANOVER. In searching for material for a biograpb*- ical sketch ot Major James Crawford of the Revolution, a member of the first cons itu- tional convention of Pennsylvania, from Norlhumberlani county, a native of Han- over township this county, we have come across certain data which may possibly be of value to many of the readers of Notes and Q,uevies. John Crawford, a native of the North of Ireland, of Scotch parentage, emigrated to America abDut 1728 and settled in Han- over township. With him came several o^her members of the family, brothers no doubt; James, who located in Paxtang town- ship, and had surveyed to him in March, 1738, 258 acres of land on the bank of the Susquehanna river, adjoining Robert and William Renick’s land. Th's location was subsequently secured by Jos ph Chambers, James Crawford removing to Hanover. R )bert and Hugh Crawford settled in the same neighborhood. The brothers proba- bly removed Lorn this locali y. John Crawford had at least th ee sons, James, John and Richard. I. James Crawford, son of John, born about 1730 in Hanover, stems io have re- moved to the West branch in Northumber- land county about 1770. He was a mem- ber of the convention of July, 17*6, which framed the fiist Constitution of the State, and on the 8 h of Oc .ober following com- missioned mbjor of Col. Wm. C ok’s regi- ment of the Penn’a Line. He resigned Octo- ber 12, 1777, on account of being deprived of bis rank, but proposed to serve through the contest at his own ex- pel se He afterwards filled the ofl3ces of sheriflT, commissioner and justi''e of the peace He died about 1812 or 1813 and was bu 'ed in the old Pine Creek burying grourd, near Jersey Shore. Major Craw- ford was twice married— first to Rosanna, 76 Historical and Genealogical. fecond daughler of Joha and Ann Allison, of Lancaster co inly. She was a superior woman. Her sister, Margaret Allison, a notable woman in her day, m-irried Coh Hugh White, a soldier of the Revo’ution, who lived near Chatham’s Run, Lycoming county, and from whr.m are descended the ■yVhites of Williamsport and Wellsboro’. Through the first marriage of Major Craw- ford comes the connection with the Alli- sons of the Juniata Valley, one of whom, Robert, was a distinguished lawyer, a captain in the Black Hawk war ot 1812, and subsequently a member of Congress. The children of James Crawford and Ro- sanna Allison, all born in Hanover, were : i. John, who served in the war of tbe Revolution; went io the lower M'ssissippi, where he died unmarried. ii. Robert, who married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Michael Quigley. Through her comes the relationship with the Qu'gleys, Cranes, Custards, Deis, and others Robeit was palsied late in life, and died about 1836 aged seventy-six. He was buried in the Pine Creek burying ground. His children were Ann, m. Levi Packer; Oeorge, m. Mrs. Elizabeth Wei zel White; Nancy, m. Hugh White; Frances, m. Robert Shaw; James Allison-, and Eliza, m. Thomas Con- don. lii. Thomas, removed to North East, Erie county, Penn’ a, where his descendants reside. ir. Ann, m. Benjamin Walker, whose descendants live at Laporte, Indiana. Major Crawford married secondly, Agnes, daughter of Capt. McDonald, of Cumber- land cmnty. She survived her husband several yeirs and is buried in Pine Creek grave yard. They had one daughter, abeth who removed after the death of her mother to Eiie county, where she died many’years ago, unmarried. U. John Grawfo'f'd, junior, married and remained in Hanover. He was born in 1736; died April 8, 1789, and is interred in old Hanover church yard. His children were: i. William, m. Patty Crain. ii Ann, m. Samuel Finney. Hi. Violet iv. Mattie, (Martha) a character in her day —concerning whom and Qnemshave had something to say on several occasions* r John, who died February 18, 1811. III. Richard Crawford, the youngest son of John Crawford, was born about 1740; be married in 1765 Elizabeth b. in 1745; d. June 12, 1810. After the death of his wife Richard Crawford went to reside with his daughter Ann in Anthony township, Columbia, now Montour county, Penn’a, where he died about 1813. He was buried at Warrior Run grave-yard. His children were, among others— i. Paul. ii. James, m. Mary Finney. Hi. Ann, m Hugh Wilsor* m. Elizabeth, m. Rev. John Moody, who died at Shippensburg. Another daughter married a brother of the Rev. Mr. Moody. The first John Ciawf. rd had a larg-a family, but save those here mentioned we have no record. As with other families, the removal of one member and another to different sections ol the Union, renders the researches of the geneailogist almost a fruit- less task. W. H. B. AN IMPORTANT DISPOSITION. [The following “deprsilion of Alexander Mitchell” throws crnsiderable I’ght upon some early setilements in this locality. It confirms certain statements which have been made in Notes and Queries, and hence wfc give it as it is in the oiiginal ] Lancaster County. ss.» Historical and Genealogical. T7' The deposition of Alexander Mitchell, of Donegue township, in the county of Lan- caster, yeoman, taken before me the Sub- scriber, one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said county, this sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini, 1770, in the presence of James Wilkins, of Peters town- ship io the county of Cumberland, yeoman, and John Little, of Donegal county afore- said, in the county of Lancaster afs’d, yeoman, and by and with the approbaiion and consent of the said James Wilkins and John Little The said Alexander Mitchell being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelistsof Almighty God, doth depose and say, that he, the de- ponent, in the year 1719, on his arrival from Ireland into the Province of Pennsyl- vania, came up to Donegal township afore- said, and there saw one Peter Allen in pos- session of a tract of land, late and now in dispute between the heirs of William Wil- kins and the heirs of Nathaniel Little, both deceas'd; that the said Peter Allen erec- ted a cabin thereon in which he lived, and had cleared about an acre of land thereon; that he, this deponent, afterwards, in the year 1720, was present when one Taylor surveyed the said tract of land for the said Peter Allen, and Richard Grier and Martin McKinley carried the chain; that the said Allen afterwards cleared six or seven acres of plough land, five or six acres of meadow land, and also planted an or- chard on the sa’d tract; that the said de- ponent, in or about the year 1727, was present when the Rev. James Anderson, of Donegal township aforesaid, purchase i the aforesaid tract of land ot the said Peter Allen, and agreed to give him seventy ponnds for the same; th at James Mitchell, the deponent’s father, drew the bill of sale or conveyance, as appears from an entry in his father’s books, when in said Allen lands charged wl h eighteen pence or two shillings for drawing the bill of sale or con- veyance afotesaid, which said conveyance this deponent remembers to have seen when executed ; that the said deponent in or about the year 1728 was present when the said Anderson exchanged the tract of land aforesaid with a certain William Wil- kins, now deceased, for the tract of land whereon the ferry commonly called Ander- son’s Ferry is kept, and said Anderson agreed to give said Wilkins twenty pounds by way of boot; that he saw Anderson’s con- veyance to Wilkins for the tract first above mentioned, and well remembers the name subscribed thereto to be said Anderson’s hand writing, having often seen him write his name; ihat said Wilkins then put a tenant on the sime place who continued to live thereon for one year and upwards, and after- wards the said William Wilkins moved to - the said tract of land and thereon continued to live till the 9th of April, in the year 1734, when he died, having first built a barn and made additional improvements of ten or twelve acres of plough land, and six or seven acres of meadow lacd; that in or about' he year 1733, the deprnent carried to Philaddph'a a letter from the said Wil- kins t 0 Thomas Lawrence, Esq., of the sa'd city, now deceased, requesting the said Lawrence to deliver to this deponent a bond of the said Wilkins executed to him, the said Wilkias, having shortly before sent down a quinticy of skins to Mr, Lawrence Lr and ia exchange ot ihe said bond by a certain John B^mgardner; that the said Mr. Lawrence acquainted this deponent that he had received said skins and that the bond aforesaid was very nearly paid oft, further telling the deponent that if he^ w. uld call next morning ai his house he would deliver him the bond pursuant to said Wilkins’ request, but that this depon- ent went out of town early the next morn- ing and therefore diJ not get the bond of 7S Historical and Oenealogical, said Lawrence This deponent on his oath further saith: that the said William Wil- kins had at the time of his death a servant girl, six or seven years ot whose servitude was then unexpired, also a large grind- stone with two iron hand’es, which cost and was worth three pount’s, and likewise a hay horse, af.erwards sold by Nathaniel Little to a certain John Galbraith for s’x or seven pounds, 'which said three several articles this deponent understands and is informed are not comprised in the inven- tory returned into the Register’s tfflci for Lancaster county by the administrators of the said William Wilkins, deceased; and likewise an iron jack for roasting of meat was not comprised in the sdd inventory, of which the said William Wilkins d td pos- sessed; this deponent further sa'd: that when Samuel Blunston, Esq., (now de- ceased) run the lines ot the tract afore a’d in or about the year 1737, he warned the said Blunston not to run the same, alleg- ing that the said Taylor bad already sur- veyed the same as aforesaid for the said Peter Allen. This deponent farther saith: that in the year 1734 he brought from Vir ginia at a certain place ca'.hd Bull-Skin Marsh, the sum of fifteen pounds which he received from a person at the said Marsh who purchased some cattle of the deponent be- longing to the said William Wilkins, and paid the sum to the widow of the said Wil- kins after his dea'h, which he also under- stands was never account- d for by the ad- ministrators of said Wilkins; and fur h^r this depment saiih not. Alexander Mitchell. Sworn and subscribed djfore me the d«y and year first within ra-n^ d - Robt. Boyd, NOTES AND QUERIES.— XIX. Historical and Genealogical. Proposed Memorial op the Late Isaac Moorhead. — We learn by the Erie Gazette steps are being taken by the friends of Mr. Mcorhead toward the publi- cation of a volume of his m's Jellaneous writings, together with an extended bio- graphical sketch of the author. The work is to be edited by Prof. A. H. Caughey, of Erie, and a limited number of copies pub- lished at a subicrip'ion piice merely suffi- cient to defray the cost of publication. We are glad that this volume his been sug- gested, and we have no doubt that it will be a noble memoiial of a worthy man. w. H. e. “Pounds, Shillings and Pence. The business of Djiuphin county was con- ducted in “pounds, shillings and pence,” Pennsylvanii currency, until 1804. On the 4th of February that year, on settling the • accounts of the Treasurer, Adam Boyd, the statement made by the county auditors was as follows: Cash on hand .... £1133 8 5 Outstanding debt . . 632 14 5^ £1766 2 10^ Equal to $4,709 71 From that time onward the accounts were rendered in dollars and cents. w. H E First Directory of Harrisburg. — We have been informed that a Directory of the Borough of Harrisburg, was issued in 1839, by Peter Vanderbilt. We will be under many obligations to any person who may give us information not only as to the directory bat to the publisher Mr. Vander- bilt. , w. H. E. f Sistoridal and Genealogical, 79 MEMBKRS OF DONFOAIi PRE^BfTEBY From 1733 to 1761. [For the following list of members of the Presbytery of Donegal, we are indebted to the Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D. D The list is a valuable one for reference, and it was our intention to supplement the same by giving briet biographical notes, but con- sidering that labor an herculean task which it will take time and research to accom- plish, and as it is desirable that brief infor- mation be obtained relative tcfthe individu- als named, we present the list at this time. ] The first Presbytery met at Donegal on the 11th ot October, 1732, at which there were present: Ministers. — Jaoaes Anderson, Wiliam Bertram, Adam Boyd, Robert Orr and Samuel Thomson. Elders . — Richard Aliison and Alexander Robertson. At the subsequent meetings there were present as follows, both of ministers and elders. To the latter we have appended the pkce of meeting and the year when present : Ministers. Anderson, James, Gelston, Samuel, Alexander, Daniel, Bertram, William, Black, Samuel, Bojd, Adam, Bell, Hamilton, Beard, John, Caven, Samuel, Creaghead, Alexan- der, Creagbead, Thomas, Craig, John, Duffield, George, Elder, John, Hoge, John, Hi adman, John, McMordie, Robert, Orr, Robert, Paul, John, Roan, John, Steel, John, Sankey, Richard, Smith, Robert, Smith, Samuel, Tate, J seph, Thomson, Samuel, Thompsom, John. Elders of Donegal Presbytery. Alison, Richard, first meeting Ojt. 11, 1732; Donegal, 1735; Philadelph’a, 1738; Pequa 1739. Alison, John, Philadelphia, 1740; Done- gal, 1744 Alexander, James, Octoraro, 1740. Allen, Samuel, Paxtang, 1738. Anderson, James, Donegal, 1760; Chest- nut Level, 1701. Andrew, John, Octoraro, 1740; Derry, 1743; Hanover, 1744. Atchison, WJliam, Nottingham, April 1734; Hanover, 1738; Philadelphia, 1743. Barkley, Hugh, Derry, 1736. Bell, Samuel, Pequa, 1739. Bell, William, Carlisle, 1761. Biggar, WilUam, Carlisle, 1760 Blackburn, Benjamin, Carli-le, 1751. Bowman, Thomas, Derry, 1743. • Boyd, Robert, Philadelphia, Sept 19, 1733. Boyd, Thomas, Donegal, April 1735; Paxtang, 1738; Middle Octoraro. 1740. Buchanan, James, N ritingham, April 2, 1734; Chestnut Level, 1735; Nottingham, 173-5, 1737; Pequa, 1738. Buchanan, John, Donegal, 1760, Bachaoat), Samuel, Chestnut Level, 1739 Buchanan, Wiliam, Octoraro, 1736; Donegal, 1738. Calhoun, Patrick, M. Octoraro, 1739. Col wad (or Colwell), John, Chestnut Level, March 28, 1733; Mid lie Octoraro, May 16, 1733. and 1739 Caldwell, Andre wj Middle Octoraro, 1740. Campbell, Samuel, Conewago, 1743 Carol hers, James, Hanover, 1738; Done- gal, 1743; Hanover, 1744; Paxtang, 1760. Caroihers, Walter, Donegal, 1741, 1742 and 1744. Chamners, Richard, Donegal 1741. Chambers, Rjw’and, Upper Octoraro, Sept 5, 1733. Christy, John, Octoraro, 1734; Chestnut Level, 1737; Hanover, 1738, 1744. Clark, James, Donegal, 1741. ^ 0 . Historical and Genealogical. Clark, Joseph, Donegal, 1748. Clingan, George, Donegal, 1761. Cochran, Andrew, Chestnut Level. 1735; Carlisle, 1760, Cochran, Janies, Nottingham, April 1734 and 1735. Cochran, William, Donegal, 1761. Colvill, Joseph, Donegal, 1760. Colwain, Andrew, Nottingham, 1739. Cook, James, Pequa, Nov. 1, 1738; Not- tingham, 1736; Philadelphia, 1736; Pax- tang, 1738. Cope, Thomas, Chestnut Level, 1744 Craig, Da^'id, Donegal, 1750 Craigh, Andrew, Donegal, 1741. Crawford, James, Donegal, 1740. Cunningham, Samuel, Chestnut Level, 1761. Cunningham, Wiliiam, Donegal, 1741; Conewago, 1743. Davidson, Alexander, Nottingham, April 3, 1734; Octoraro. 1734, 1736. Davidson, George, Phila , 1743; Donegal, 1744; Derry, 1745; Donegal, 1745. Devor, John, Middle Octoraro, May 16, 1733; Donegal, 1734, 1735; M. Octoraro, 1735. 1739. Dickson, John, Nottingham, 1739. Dagan, Thomas, Paxtang, 1760; Carh’sle, 1761. Dunbar, John, Donegal, 1760. Erwin, William, Donegi\ 1744; Hanover, 1744. Espy, George, D rnegal, Ap il. 1735. Evans, William, Donegal, 1743 Ewing, John, Pequs, 1738 Farrel (or Feml), Thomas, Philadel- phia, 1740; Donegal, 1743; Upper Penns- boro’, 1749. Finley, Joha, Nottingham, 1739. Foster, Arthur, Doatgal, 1744; Hanovi r, 1745. Galbraith, Alexjnder, Octo’aro, 1734. Galbraith, Andrew, Svatara, Nov 15, 1722; Chestnut Level, 1735; Dirry, 1736; Donegal, 1736; M. Octoraro, 1737; Pequa, 1737; Derry, 1739. Galbraith, James, Phila., 1736; Derry, 1743 Galbraith, Robert, Chestnut Level, March 28, 1733; Nottingham, April, 1734. Galt, James, Chestnut Level, 1739. Glomon, Thomas, Chestnut Level, 1735. Goat, James, Upper Octoraro, Sept. 5, 1733; Pequa, Nov, 1. 1733; Donegal. Oct., 1734. Graham, G.* Nottingham, 1735. Graham, Jared, Carlisle, 1760. Graham, John, Donegal, 1740. Gregg, Andrew, U. Octoraro, Sept. 5, 1733; Octoraro, 1736; Pequa, 1738; Done- gal, 1742. Grey, Andrew, Phila , 1738. Grier, Robert, Paxtang, 1742. Givin, John, Donegal, 1743. Hall, Hugh, Chestnut Level, 1744 Hamilton, Alexander, Pequa, 1736 Hamilton, Andrew, Nottingham, 1736. Phila , 1736. Hamilton, John, Folks of Brandywine, 1738; Phila., 1740. Hayes, Hugh, Donegal, 1743. Hays, Thomas, Ch(s nut Level 1742. Hay, David, Nottingham, April, 1734 ; Donegal, 1740. Harris, John, Esq , Donegal, 1760, Henderson, Dan'el, Hanover, 1738; PhUa , 1740; M Octoraro. 1710; Octoraro, 1741; Chrstnut Levtl, 1741; Donegal, 1742; Hanover, 1744; Phila., 1743; Doneegil, 1748. Hendersm, John, Pequa, 1733; Forks of Brandywine, 1740; Dmegal, 1747; Done- gal, 1750. Hoge, David, D megal, 1743. Hops, Thomas, Forks of Brandywine, 1733; Forks of Brandywine, 1740 Hutchison, James, Derry, 1743. Hu'chison, Joseph, Doneg il, 1744; Derry, 1715. Historical and Genealogical, 81 lanes, Brice, Ddiry, 1741; Donegal, 1744; Hanover, 1745. Irwin, Robert, Pennsborough, 1745. Irwin, Samuel, Chestnut Level, 1737; Nottingham, 1739. Irwin, Moses, Carlisle, 1760. Jack, James, elder at Caili Je (Duffield’s) 1761 Johnston, Matthew, Derry, 1737. Johnson, William, Donegal, 1744. Kerr, James, Phila , 1741; Paxtang,1742; Donegal, 1742, 1745; Pennsborough, 1745; Donegal, 1759; U. Marsh Creek, 1760; Car- lisle, 1761 Kerr, Joseph, 1741. Kilgore, Charles, Donegal, 1740, 1741; Derry, 1743. King, Robert, Donegal, 1740; Octoraro, 1741; Donegal, 1743 King, Victor, Carlisle, 1761. Kirkpatrick, James, Phila., September 19, 1733. Kirkpatrick, Hugh, Upper Octoraro, Sept. 5, 1733. Deeper, Allan, Donegal, 1759. Luckie, John, Paxtang, August, 1734; Middle Octoraro, 1737. Lemon, Thomas, Derry, 1736. Logan, Thomas, Middle Octoraro, 1737; D)Eegal, 1760. McClellan, Hugh, Donegal, 1740. McClelland. John, Donegal, Oct., 1734 McClanahan, Paxtang, 1743; Chestnut Level, 1744. McClm*ock, David, Paxtang, 1738. McCiure, Robert, Nottingham, 1735; Derry, 1745; Pennsborough, 1745. McConaughey, Robert, Pnila, 1738. McConnel, John, No'tiogham, 1736; Chestnut Level, 1739. McCord, William, Middle Octoraro, 1735; Donegal, 1740. McOreight, Alexande-, Donegal, 1743, 1744. McCullough, James, Donegal, 1743,1744; Hanover, 1744. McCutcheon, John, Nottingham, 1737; M. Octoraro, 1739. McDowtll, James, Donegal, 1744. McEwen (or McCown), John, Forks of Brandywine, 1740; Chestnut Level, 1741; Donegal, 1743; Philadelphia, 1743; Done- gal, 1745; Derry, 1745. McFerson (McPherson), John, Philadel- phia, 1741. McElroy, Hugh, Donegal, 1740. McKinley, Henry, Donegal 1759. McNau^ht, A1 xander, Forks of Brandy- wine, 1740; Philadelphia, 1741; Deny, 1741. McNeil, Adam, Donegal, 1750. McNit, Alex., Paxtang, Aug. 1734. Mayes, James, Upper Octoraro, Sept. 5, 1733. Maxwell, William, Nottingham, 1735; Derry, 1736. Matthew, Robert, Octoraro, 1736; Phila- delphia, 1740. Middleton, John, Donegal, Octoraro, 1734, and 1736; Forks of Brandywine, 1738. Mitchel, George, Pequa, 1738; Chestnut Level, 1739. Mitchell, Jno , Donegal, 1736; Pequa, 1739. Mitchell, Thomas, Philadelphia, Sept. 19, 1733. Mitch ll.Wil’iam, Chestnut Level, 1735; Philadelphia, 1736; Nottingham, 1737; D negal,1740; Pequa, 1741. Montgomery, Alex, Chestnut Level, 1739. Montgomery, John, Nottingham, 1735; Pequa, 1737; Philadelphia, 1740. Moore, James, Upper Pennsboro’, 1749; Carlisle, 1761 Morris >n, J , Derry, 1743; Derry 1745. Morr'son, vVilliam, Conewago, 1743. Morrow, J *hn, Nottingham, 1735; Don- egal, 1740; Forts of Brandywine, 1741; D megah 1744. 52 Historical and Genealogical. Murdock, John, Octoraro, 1734; ^Totting- ham, 1737; Derry, 1741; Paxtacg 1742; Donegal, 1743. Murray, (?), John, Middle Octoraro, 1739; Donegal, 1743; Chestnut Level, 1744. Padan, James, Donegal, 1748 and 1761 Patterson, Anthony, Chestnut Level, 1739. Patterson, Arthur, Middle Oc’oraro.May 16, 1733. Patterson, P., Philadelphia, 1743. Porter, Robsrt, Chestnut Leve’, 1739; Chestnut Level, Oct. 1739; Porks of Brandywine, 1741; Pequa, 1741; Pniladel- phia, 1741. Porter, William, Pequa, 1737. Reed, John, m. Octoraro, 1737. Renick, George, Phila., Sept. 19, 1733. Renick, William, Donegal, 1740, 1741. Renkins, Richard, Donegal, 1760 R ppey, Hugh, Derry, 1743; Donegal, 1747. Robinson, John Diinegal, 1736. Ribertson, Alex , first meeting, Oc ober, 11, 1732; Chestnut Level. 1735, 1737; M. Ootoraro, 1739; Chestnut Level, 1741, 1744. Robb, John, Phi'a., 1738. Rodgers, A^ex , Ptqua, 1739. *Scott, Hu^h, Donegal, Oct, 1734; Not- tingham, 1735; Hanover, 1744 Scott, William, Cbestnut Level, 1739; Conewago, 1743; Upper Pennsb >ro’, 1749 Shaiop, William, Phila., 1736; Donegal, 1738; Phila., 1738; Donegal, 1742, 1743; Upper Pen nsboro’, 1749. Sloan Andrew, Paxtang, 1760. Simpson, William, Upper Mar.h Creek, 1760. Smith, Simuel, Chestnut LeVvl, Ma'^ch 28, 1733, ardl7o7. Smith, Walter, Paxtang, 1738 Snodgrass, James, Donegal, 1743 Spier, Robert, Donegal, 1759. Steel, Andrew, Pequa, 1739. Steel, Samuel, Pequa, 1737. Stephenson, William, Donegal, 1740, 1741; Hanover, 1744 Stevenson, Joseph, Nottingham, 1736. Stewart, Lazarus, M. Octoraro, 1735; Donegal, Oct 26, 1736. Swan James, Phila., 1740 Swan, John, Phila., 1741. Swansy, John, Donegal, 1740. Taylor, Robert, Conewago, 1743. Thomson, William, Phila , 1743. Vance, Chades, Pequa, 1739, Wallace, Robert, Donegal, 1743 White, John, Chestnut Level, 1739. Whitehill, James, M. Octoraro, 1735; Chestnut Level, 1761. Whiteside, Wil’iam, Pequa, Nov. 1,1733; M. Octoraro, 1737. Wilkie, Thomas, Donegal, 1740. Williams, Daniel, Paxtang. 1760; Car- lisle, 1760, 1761; Pmla., May, 1761. Wilson, Alexander, Donegal, 1759. Wilson, John, Nottingham, 1735. Wilson, Moses, Donegal, 1759. Wilson, William, Paxtang, August, 1734. Wright, James, Paxtang, 1742; Donegal, 1745. ^ NOTES ANO QUERIES — XX. Historical and Uenealogical. White— Crawford — Weitzel — In your account of the Crawfords last week you staged that Margaret Allison married Cok Hugh White. W^tsCol. Hugh White married twice? He certainly married Charlotte Wei zd, daughter of Judge John W'itzel, and left her, at h's death in 1821, wi -h four children by the marriage Was Hugh White, who married Nancy Craw- ford, his son by M’ss AlPson? Gtorge Crawfoid marri< d Eliz bdh Wei zel White, and James Allison marri d Ttbitha White, both daughters oi J.^mes Historical and OenealogicaL 83 White and Charlotte W.dtz.-1, who after James’ death married Col. Hugh White. Can any one give the da’e of Margaret Allison’s marriage ? Horace Edwin Hayden. “Musical Recollections ” — We have been informed by several persons that the ariicle with this tit'e in a late number of Notes and Queries “is all wrong ” It is not to be expected that after the lapse of so many years, and an absence from the lo- cality for nearly the same length of time, that errors of commission as well as omis- sion should occur in an article like that by Mr. Ayres. There are yet living those who could givens some interesting reminiscences of locil church choirs, and if this would be done tor the Presbyterian, Reformed, Lutheran, and other churches, Mr. A.’s object would be accomplished. This ought to be done, and it is devoutly to be wished for. w. H. E. Harrisburg Directory for 1839 — (W. and Q , ccfa;.)— Through the kindness of Mr. Henry Harris we have had an op portunity to examine the fi-^st directory of Harrisburg— the title of which is as fol- lows: “2%e I Harrisburg Directory | and Stran^ gers Guide j with | A Sketch \ of the \ First Settlemerd of Harrisburg \ by P. Sturtemnt I Harrisburg, | Pri ted by the Author, | 1839.” This dTvjctory cmtains forty-eight pages —four pages of which are devoted to a “Sketch of the First Settlement of Harris- burg” (which we propose to print entire in a future is u • of Notes and Queries'), eleven pages of advertisements, fourteen pages containing names of the officers of the Commonwealth and of the borough, and trades and profession^, concluding with fif- teen pages of an alphabetical list of citi- zens. Of the 603 persons on this directory only 53 are on the directory of to day. Of the officers of the several departments of State but one survives, Henry W. Scott, of this city, then messenger in the Executive Department; of the county and borough offlceis, all hive passed away. Of the eleven newspapers then published here but one survives in name — the Telegraph, then printed by R 8 Elliott & Co., on Third street between Market and Walnut. There were ten churches, while of clergymen there we e eight. With the exception of the list of barbers, the names of all col- ored inhabitants were omitted. The fact is the directory referred to is in strong con- trast with the directory of 1880, and a com- parison is exceedingly interesting, showing what immense progress Harrisbnrg has made in forty years. We .shall take oc- casion to again refer to the subj act. w. H. E THE SLOANS OF HANOVFR. The death last year of Dr. William J. Sloan, surgeon U. 8. Army, called to mind the fiCt that he was a representative of one of the more prominent families of Hanover in the olden time, and wi'h certain data in our possession we give such as may prove interesting and valuable for preservation. Several members of the Sloan family settled in Hanover as early as 1730, but in the absence of the assessment lists, it is diffi- cult to fix the exact dates. JohnSloin, who died in September, 1741, left a wife, Jean, and children, James, R >bert, Will- iam John, George, Sarah and Cinquas. It was John Sloan, the first, who was the an- cestor of the Sloans of Hanover, but the connecting link we have no knowledge of. Several of the family followed the Rev. Mr. Sankey to Virginia, and hence the prominence of ihe name in the South. O i the tax and othtr lists for 1751, 1756 and 1759 we hive only the names of John • and Samuel Sloan. In 1769, the next li>st. Historical and Genealogical. S4 John disappears, and Samuel, James, Archibald and Alexander come upon the stage. Samuel died during the R'ivolu- tionary era, in October, 1777, leaving brothers John, James, Archibald and Will- iam. Archibald Sloan who married first in 1759, Margaret Sloan, and secondly in 1766. Mary Craig, of H^inover, died in 1793. Concerning Alexander Sloan, we have the following record: Alexander Sloan, b. in 1744; d. in January, 1812; m Jean Moor. They had issue — i. John, b. 1767; m. EHzibeth French, sister of Capt James F*ench; remo7ed to Ohio in 1832, and died there at an advanced age, leaving a large family. ii. Boberty b. 1769; m. Sarah McCor- mick. Hi. Alexander, b. 1771; m Jane French, sister of John^s wife; d. at Williamsport, Penna., at an advanced age. iv Isabella, b. 1773; d in 18 — , unm. ' 0 . James, b. 1775; m. Nancy McCreight; d D.iC. 1, 1820. in Hanover m "Wdliam, b. 1777; unm; d. in 1818, in Hanover. mi. Jean b. 1781; m Alexander Bell, of Hanover; d in 183i, in Ohio. Robert Sloan, a native of Hanover township, born in 1769 was brought up on his father’s farm. He sub equmtly applied himself to mechanical pursuits, anl earned on the budness of cabiaeNmak’nv. O i the 30th of March, 1799, he was married by the Rev. James Sno^’gra-s to Miss Sarah M’- Cormick, of Han^ ver, daughter of Jimes M’Cjrmick and Isabella Dixon. Shortly after he removed to the city of N w York, but about 1812 permsnent'y Ircab d at H^ • risburg, where he pursued his avoc.it'on. He became one of the o d bo ough’s prominent citizens— es*^eemed by all for his industry, enc'gy and uprightness o charac- ter. He was an elder in the First Presby- * terian church thirteen years, “possessing,” says Rev. Dr. Robinson, “the confidence of the church, as a man of God, noble and blameless in his uprightness.” He died at Harrisburg, December 4, 1833, aged sixty- four years. His wife, Sarah M’Cormick, was one of the most amiable of -women, whose life was characterized by a faithful devotion to all the high-born virtues of Christian womanhood, only ending with her days on earth, which closed on the 5ih of April, 1843. The children of Robert and Sarah Sloan, who reached maturity, were as follows: i Eliza, m. 1st, Thomas Baird; 2d, James Rutherford Boyd. Mrs. Boyd sur- vives and resides at Harrisburg. ii. Alexander, m. Mary Todd, of Han- over, daughter of Capt. James Tcdd and Sally Ainsworth. Mr. Alexander Sloan survives and resides at Harrisburg. Hi. Isabella m Matthew P. Kennedy; d. in 1877 at New Brighton. Penna iv. John, d. at Indianapolis, Ind , in 1874. X William, b. 1815; studied medicine with Dr. Luther Reily, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1837 was appointed assistant surgeon in the U. S. army. He served through the Florida and Mexican wars During the war of the Rebell on he was Medical Director of the Department of the East, with headquarters in New York city. After the war he was trans'^erred to the Department of the North- west and station d at Sn. Ped on the 17i.h of March, 188« J aged six^y five, the oldest surgeon in con- tinued service in the army. m Mary, m. D. Cra’ghead; d. in 1866, at Indianapol’S, lud w h. e. ».^QUIKE WEl»Z .n':S G ^ , 1806 TO 1830. [We print the following lis' of marriages, as they relate chitfiy to familirs in the “Upper E d,” although performed at Sun- Historical and Genealogical, S5 bury. They will no doubt prove valuable to many of our readers in that section. They were taken from the docket of John Weilzel, Esq., justice of the peace.] Kov. 25, 1806. John Brady to Catharine Shipman, in piesence of Christian Shipman and wife, Joseph Brady and others. January 20, 1807 S jlomon Coldren to Elizibeth Miniger, in presence of — Miniger and wife, Henry Yacom and wife, and others March 31st George Fulmer to Kancy Bacon, in presence of Jer B*con and wife, Isaac Martain, Ezekial Bacon, Jacob Lantz and others. April 7ih. Jacob Melick to Elizabeth Burchett, in presence of David Melick and wife, Casper Snyder and wife, John Bur- chett and others. May 10th. John Camel to Elizabeth Shipman, in presence of Christian Ship- man and wife, Joseph Brady and wife, and others. May 12th. John Hay to Elizabeth Hall, in presence of Geo. Hall, David Melick and wife, and others. June 30tti. George Zimmerman to Eliz abeth Yoxheimer, in presence of Henry Yoxheimer and wife. Cor. Lamison and wife and others. August 15th. Jesse Allford to Mary Rewaldt, in presence of Christian Folke, James Kerleia and Letty Kerlein. October 6th. Edward Dawson to Molly Yoxheimer, in presence of Henry Yox- heimer and wife. Cor. Lamison and wife. December 16th. Obadiah Camel to De- borah Reeder, in presence of Benjamin Reeder and wife, Jesse Reeder and wife, Sam Thurston and wife, Philip Hope and wife. January 24th. 1808 Adam Rheim to Letitia Eerleio, in presence of Catharine Snyder, George Snyder and James Ker* lein. March 17th. William Brady to Sarah Thurs’on, in presence of Samuel Thurston and wife, Benj. Reeder and wite, Walter Brady and wife, Joseph Brady and wife, and others. July, 1809. Jacob Nevill to Mary Full- mer, in presence of George Fullmer and wife, George Fullmer, jr. and wife, John Fullmer and wife, and others. May, 1810. Isaiah Bacon to Harriet Tucker, in presence of Augustine Tucker and Wife, Cornelius Lamison and wife, Ezekiel Bacon and wife. July 17th. Peter Fritz, Jun., to Eliza- beth Williams. Geo. Yoxheimer to Dawson, in presence of Henry Yoxheimer and wife, Isaac Martin and wife. 1811. John Melick to Elizabeth Cooper, in presence of Adam Fryling and wife, David Melick and wife. March, 1812 Peter Kerlein, Juui, to Elizabeth Hull, in presence of James Ker- lein James Camel to — — Porter, <&c. Dec. 25, 1813. Daniel Robinutt to Sarah Renn, in presence of Bernard Renn and wi^, Isaac Stefiey and others. April 16, 1815 James A. Campbell to Richel Parker, in presence of John B. Campbell, John Campbell, John Aregood, Elias Campbell and others. July 14, 1816. Henry Chitesterto Sarah Cooper, in presence of Gabriel Cooper and wife, Henry Cooper and wife, &c. August 11, 1816. Elisha Barton to L. Shipman, in presence of Christian Shipman and wife, John B Campbell and wife, Wm« Shipman and wife, & g . August 13, 1816. Samuel Sholl to Mary Gillam, in presence, &c. August—, 1816. John Sliver to Pevy Rhoads, in presence of Thomas Mendenhall and wife, L. Henninger and wife, John Mer z and wife, &c. 86 Historical and Oenealogical. October 20, 1816 Frederick Renn to Grace Brannon, in presence of Daniel Robinutt and wife. March 30, 1817. Bennett Cooke to Bet- sey Gormon. 1817. John Mossteller to Mary Wood row. Sept. 16, 1819. William Fisher to Mar- garet Bucher, in presence of Jaob Rach and wife, Christian Bower and wife, Henry Bucher, &c. January, 1820 William Harrison to Hileman, in presence of Hunter Scott, &c. August 16, 1020. — John Hein to Elizi- beth Mowrer, in presence of Philip Shaw, &c. Dec. 3. Jesse Bastian to Barbara Mertz, in presence of Johnathan Mertz and wife, John Simon and wife, &c. January 6, 1822. John Druckemillar to Polly Burns. March 17. Valentine Savidg to Mary Reed, in presence of Mrs. Reed, Henry Reed, &c.. March 30, 1823 Peter Simonson to Su- sannah Mertz, in presence of Jonathan Mertz and wife, Jacob Moore, Thos. Men- denhall, &o. ‘ 1824. Charles Flemming to Mary Clark, in presence of Mrs. Flemming, Mrs. Clark, Barbara Fryling, &c. Aug. 22, 1824. John Hafer to^ Barbara Ann Fryling, in presence of James Reeder and wile, Mrs. Fryling, Mrs. Seisholtz, &c. Oct. IJ, 1830. John Bartlow to Susan- nah Farnsworth, in presence of John Farnsworth and wife, Jesse Bastian, Jon’n Farnsworth, &c. Horace Edwin Hayden. NOTES AND QUERIES.— XXI. Historical and Genealogical. History of Centre and <^ltnton Counties. — We learn that our tel low- laborer, Hon. John Blair Linn, of Belle- fonte, is preparing a history of the counties pi Centre and Clinton. Our State has no more faithfal and pains-taking investigator into its history than Mr. Linn, and we shall look forward to the appearance ot the work undertaken with more than ordinary inter- est and pleasure. w. h. e. OLD FiaXTA^ G OHURUH. Dismissions From 1807 to 1842, [The following account of dismissions from Paxtang congregation from 1807 to 1842, completes the record of Rev. Mr. Sharon’s ministry in Old Paxtang.] 1807. Martha Cowden («tlias Boyd), Jane Wilson. April 4, 1812. John Ross, Elizabeth Ross. March 5, 1814. James Taylor, Jane Taylor, his wife. ' August 3, 1814. John McClure, William Whitley, Mrs. Wm. Whitley. April 29, 1816. * • Mrs. Snoddy (alias Jane Wilson), Sept 29, 1817. James Hannah, Mrs. James Hannah, ' ' ‘ Elizabeth Margaret Hannah. May 1, 1820. Dinah Carson, Mrs. Mary Jordon (alias Cowden,) Alexander Hannah, Mrs. Ann Hannah, wife of Alex. AprU, 1821. Joseph Wilson, Historical and Genealogical. 87 Mrs. A.im Wil 80 D, wife of Joseph, Sarah Wilson, dau of Joseph, Miry ‘W^ilson, dau. of Joseph. March 27, 1824. William Boon, Margaret Boon. December 20, 1825. Julia Sherer. June 27, 1827. ' ' ’ Samuel Kearsley, Samuel Hood, Rebecca Hood. May 5, 1828 Catharine Nevin. October^ 1830. Margaret Collins, John BuflQngton. October 18, 1833. Margaret Calhoun. April 16, 1834 Mrs. Hugh Wilson (alias Martha Rutherford), Mrs. Rebecca Brown (alias Rebecca M’Clure. ' ‘ March 10, 1836. Mrs. Catharine Stough (Catharine M’- Collum, Maiy Millesait, Rachel M’Cammon, James Simonton, Mrs. Ann Simonton, wife of James. October ’ Ann Kerr, dau. of Robert McClure. Jfayl6, 1841. Mrs. Mary Sberer, John Hamaker, Mrs. Mary Ann Hamaker. April 16, 1842. Miss Isabella McNeice. JCARLT SKTT1.KRS. [It IS from depositions like the following that we are enabled to obtain satisfactory information of the early settlers ot this lo- cality. The absence of public or parish records which in other sections ot tbe Union, are of immense advantage in his- toric il and genealogical research, fre- quently render the labors of the industrious antiquary futile or at least of exceeding difficulty. Capt. William Laird, whose de- position follows, located as will be seen, on the Swatara in 1737. He became a very prominent man in Hanover, and at the outset of the Revolution commanded a company of Associitora. He had previous- ly served in a military capacity on the frontiers during the French and Indian war and was a brave and intrepid officer. He d ed about the close of the War for Inde- pendence, and is buriel in old Hanover grave-yard.] w. h e. Capt. William Laiid, being Sworn accord- ing to Law, deposeth & saith, that about forty-two Years agone he came into Amer- ica in Company with his Father, Mother & family, & upon their landing at Cecil Court-house, his father sent Hugh Laird one of his sons, & a Servant Man, up to Swetara for his Son-in Law William Snoddy, (whom he tho’t was then alive) to come down & help him & his family up; & upon their coming to where said Snoddy lived, they found he was dead & his Widow was about to be married to James Ireland, & as Eoon as they were Married, they came & helped the said Laird & his family up to where the sa'd Snoddy formerly lived, where this deponent liv. d three years & lived in Neighbourhood ever since. And when he (this Deponent) came there he saw three fields of Upland cleared on the place where said Snoddy formerly lived, being the land now in dispute, to the Amount of twenty - five acres, & ab >ut seven acres of Meadow Ground. This Deponent further saith, that William Snoddy had two Sons then living. Viz: James & John; that John lived till he was bound an apprentice to learn the Art of Mill- Wright, & died in his apprenti- 88 Historical and Genealogical, ship by the discharge of a Gua, &> that James 9noddy lived till he was about twen- ty seveu years old & then died of a Con- sumption, being sickly several years before he did die. And farther saith, that Mary the widow of 'William S noddy had three Children by James Ireland her last hus- band, named William, Elizabeth & Mary, & that William & Elizab th both died in their Minority, & Mary the youngest since Intermarried with John McFarland. This Deponent further says, that he al- ways heard it as the opinion of the people in that Neighborhood that the place in dis- pute was the property of the heirs of Wil- liam Snoddy, dec'd, & not of James Ire- land. Wm Laird. Lancast&r county, Sworn & Subscribed the 9th day of June, 1779, before Joshua Elder. AI.1&X ANDES BlIrOHBIiL’d OECLABa* TION. The tacts brought out in Alexander Mitchell’s deposition are of some interest. I infer from A. B. H.’s notes and those of the Editor of Notts and Queries (xmi) that the parties named and the Ic cations referred to were located at or near Harris’ Perry, and the Rev. James Anderson’s ferry farm. Mr. Mitchell undertakes to state some tacts from memory which took place fifty years before he made his depodtion. Although he was evidently correct in the main, I think he was mistaken in some matters, or his deposition does not clearly define the facts as he understood them. The Peter Allen tract of land laid along Donegal meeting house run, about one mile above the mouth of that stream which empties into Chickies creek a few hundred yards from the river. This tract probably ran up and joined the land ot John Gal- braith, Who kept an ordinary, and built a grist mill and brewery prior to 1720, where the Marietta and Mt. Joy turnpike cross the run before mentioned. Rybert Wilkins, the father of William, Thomas, John and Peter, took up and set- tled the land afterwards sold to the Rev. James Anderson in 1727, and o^rned and occupied by him and his descendants with- out a break or litigation for ninety years. I have a copy of Mr. Taylor’s survey made Nov. 14, 1719, for the tract ot land referred to in Steel’s letter: “Philadelphia, 6th, 1st mo., 1729. Loving Friend, Isaac Taylor: Some time in September, 1718, Robert Wilkins ob- tained a warrant for 150 acres of land near Conestoga, as it was then called, and some time after he paid ten pounds of the pur- chase money, upon which he was allowed to add 50 acres more. “Now Robert Wilkins having sold his rights in the said land to James Anderson, the Presbyterian minister in those parts, who finding the survey begun but not fin- ished, he desires the same may be com- pleted, and if there be any vacancy adjoin- ing that may accommodate him, I desire thee to include it for him, and send a re- turn into the Surveyor General’s oflloe. “I am thy real well-wishing friend, “James Steel.” It is the same tract kowo. as Anderson’s Perry. It was composed of two tracts front and back, and contained 318 acres. Immediately above this trac% Mr. Taylor surveyed on the same day another tract containing 212 acres for Thomas Wilkins. Twenty-five years later it came into pos- session of the Lowreys, and remained 'in possession ot that family for one hundred years. Thomas Wilkins purchased 300 acres adjoining Donegal Meeting House, which he sold to Gordon Howard, an Indian trader, who resided upon the land now owned by J. Hershey, about a mile south- west from Springville. He died March 2i, Historical and Genealogical, 89 1747, leaving sons Andrew and John, and daughters Mary and Elizabeth. Andrew Boggs was his administrator. His plan- tation on the west side of the river was sold for £12. It was probably hill land and not of much value. Peter Wilkins died Sept. 28,1748, in Cum- berland Valley. He was an Indian trader. His estate was large for that time. He left a large number of horses, cows and sheep. He left a widow Rachel, sons William and James, and a daughter Margaret. His father Robert in his old days resided with and died at his house. John Wilkins owned several hundred acres of land adjoining Cordon Howard’s land. He was an Indian trader and a prominent man of his time. He died in 1741, leaving a widow Rachel, who was a daughter of Gordon Howard, and son John, who was born in Donegal in 1733, and re- moved from there to Carlisle in 1763, where he became a dry goods merchant. I pre- sume there were other sons, probably Thomas. William Wilkins was also an Indian trader and dealt with those in Virginia and upper Susquehanna, while his brothers generally went to the Ohio. He died April 9 th 1734, in Donegal leaving a widow and children. James Smith and Hugh McKean, who resided north of May- town, were the appraisers of his estate. Nathaniel Little was his administrator. He resided along Little Chickies creek below Mt. Joy. His descendants, spelled their name Lytle. Janet, the widow of N L., filed the account of Wilkins’ estate, and I see paid Thomas Lawrence of Philadelphia £112 7 11, and other amounts to Logan & Shippen, Robert Dunning and Lazarus Lowrey. The appraisement of the personal property amounted to £332 2 4. The descendants of John Wilkins reside at Pittsburg or the vicinity. Samuel Evans. Golumhiaf July 12, 1881. ^ NOTES AND QUERIES.— XXII. Historical and Genealogical. “Der Hundertjahrigb Calender.” —We have been handed a copy of a calen- dar printed at Strasburg, York county, by Ludwig Kurtz in 1846. The calendar ex- tends from the year 1846 to 1950, and as a matter of course good yet for nearly eighty years. We believe a translation of this almanac was made by Jonathan Heilman, of this town, about 1848, and printed at the Telegraph ofldee, a copy of which the the Dauphin County Historical society de- sire to obtain. [“Hunting for a Town.”— That inde- fatigable antiquary, ’Squire Evans, has been in search of “a town,” and in a recent number of the Lancaster Examiner and Ex- press gives a vivid description thereof. He was after “Gainsburg” “among the gran- ite boulders of the Conewago Hills,” in quest of “Lot No. 143,” “fronting on Fair- view Alley, running back to Cherry Alley, ’» and he found it:] “I started on my mission on Tuesday of last week. Havirg passed the “running pump,” two miles northwest from Elizabethtown, I was told that the town I was in quest of was two miles further up on one of the most exe- crable turnpikes in this or any other county. I finally came to a hamlet, containing six or seven houses, and upon inquiry as to the name of the place, was told that I was at my destination. This took the wind right out of me and I stood speechless, gazing at the few houses, and wondering where I would find the streets and alleys as laid down in the town plot by the founders of the place in 1811 or 1812. The fields on 90 Historical a7id Genealogical. the right and on the left of the road where the town was supposed to lie were covered with a fine crop of wheat, waiting to be garnered. I took a retrospective view and went back in my imagination seventy years, when the age ushered in a mania tor building turnpikes, and erecting towns every four or five miles along their route, the farmers selling their broad acres and investing their hard cash in town lots This was well calculated to overdo the town business and bring on a financial crash. The. town of ‘Gaiosburg’ doubtless died before it emerged from infancy, for I was Ijpld that several of the houses I saw there were erected by the present generation. “The town of Gainsburg was laid out by Conrad Grim, cordwainer, John Fulweiler, I>otter; and John C. Kramer. Finding f^at their venture was likely to prove a failure, they caught the speculative fever wljich was then raging in Marietta, and the three men moved to that place in 1813. “Crim, after carrying on shoemaking for two years, turned his attention to tavern keeping. Fulweiler carried on a pottery tor two years, and then commenced distill- ing whisky. Kramer opened a dry goods sjpre, and was probably the only one of the trio who saved his means from his Gains- burg speculations. These parties all went down with the crash in Marietta, and they stayed down.” [“Gainsburg” (why not say Ganburg) is not the only town iu Diuphin county “that was extensively laid out.” ^lew ville and Wilbamsburg were sim ilar speculative ventures. We are glad the ’Squire had the opportunity to ride on one of our “execrable turnpikes.” He may be thankful that they are as good as they are, considering that tolls are still collected from the poor traveler ] APPLE XKEES IN THE LUNG AGO. In a receat article by A. Boyd Hamilton, Esq., apple trees in Perry county are men- tioned as evidence of early settlements. Is this always a conclusive proof? Is it not probable that a wild fruit, difierent from and superior to the wild crab apple, was to some extent cultivated or at least propagated by the native^? It is certain that after coming in contact with the white man, apple trees were planted from seeds or sprouts by the Indians. Old apple trees in Perry county in 1750 were not the planting of settlers, for it is morally certain there were no such settlers there to have planted them. I have not preserved references to apple trees in my readings, but feel con- fident I have met repeated mention of them where no white man had planted. The following references will prove of in- terest on the shbject. In the Remonstrance of Van Der Donk, 1649, in discussing the “fruits,” &c , of this country on the Hudson and Delaware rivers, he mentions ** small apples.'" — Pa. Arch N. 8. Vol v. p. 15. In 1684, we are told that “around the lake (Ontario) are to be found wild apples, &c.” — Vol. m. Pi 15. In 1718, on an island near Detroit, we are told ‘ ‘there is an extraordinary quantity of apple trees on this island, and those who have seen the apples on the ground, say they are more than half a foot deep; the apple trees are planted as if methodically, and the apples are as large as small pippins ” — p. 50. And again, in speaking of the whole country as west of the Mississippi, among the fruits found “in all those countries,” we have named ‘^very fine apples." — p 53. No man will ever tell how long prior to the patent to William Penn there were white people settled in the Minisinks above the Delaware Water Gap. They were Historical and Genealogical. 91 possibly there even before the Swedes set- tled on the lower part of the river in Penn- sylvania. These settlers did not know themselves that they were in Pennsylvania until 1720, nor did the authorities of the Province prior to this date know of their presence. Surveyors Nicholas Scull and John Lukens went to look after them in 1730, and were surprised to see ‘ *a grove of apple trees of a size far leyond any near FkiladelpMaP Samuel Depui, one of the settlers, told them he took “wheat and eider'' to Esopus, now Kingston, on the Hudson, for “salt and necessaries,” and he seemed to know nothing of Philadelphia nor whi'her the Delaware ran. His father, Nicholas Depui, had settled there before him, and the traditions received by him from a descendant of an original settler were to this efiect : In a former age a body of rich Hollanders opened a road some hundred miles in length from Esopus to the Minisinks, to a mine which they oper- ated. Afterwards some Dutch people being persecuted on account of their re- ligion in the Old Country, cime to New Nether land, and following the “old mine road” to the large flats on the Delaware, found “here the smooth cleared lands and an abundance of large apple trees suited to their views,” so they purchased lands from the natives and settled there. — Gordon's Hist Pa f p. 396, Hay's Hist. Cols , p. 474. Again, we have evidence that in the year 1671, only thirty-seven years after Maryland was founded, and when her population was yet insignifleant, that “a large quantity of syder" was made in Mary- land that yeskT.— Jeffries' North America. Again, the early settlers of America brought apple trees, and an island in Bos- ton harbor where they were planted slill bears their name. The Indians helped to spread the fruit through the country, and Indian orchards are common throughout New England — Appleton's American Cy- clopedia. The authorities tell us that varieties of crab apples are known to be indigenous to Europe, England, China and the United Slaves, and that our common apple was produced from the European crab apple, and was cultivated extensively by the Ro- mans, who introduced it into Britain. The word itself being derived from the Sanscrit is still older than the Romans. It means “water-fruit,” being probably the most juicy fruit known. The Siberian crab dif- fers from our common apple and from the wild crab apple. The common crab is scarcely edible even to a half-starved per- son. In the above extracts the terms “small apples,” “wild apples,” “very fine apples” and “apples as large as small pippins” all show that the references are to edible fruit, and not to the common wild astringent crab, which can hardly be called a fruit. It is clear that at least some of the apples referred to were not of European planting, and though the Indians may have early planted the fruit from seeds or sprouts received from the white people, as we have shown they did in New England, and no doubt did also in other regions; yet it may be possible, judging from the above extracts, that there were some wild edible apples that were indigenous to our soil at the date of European settlement. Though scientific writers do not mention any such edible apple as in use among the Indians, as these extracts would seem to indicate, yet there may be facts which they did not observe. They tell us the peach is a native of Persia, but peaches are also mentioned as growing on the Delaware at the earliest visits to that river. 9 ^ Historical and Genealogical, If the natives did -not have edible wild apples, then these extracts (and I have seen many other similar ones) go to prove how rapidly and extensively the lodians carried the seeds or sprouts of the cultivated Euro- pean foims into the interior to their towns. It is well known that the Iroquois had ex- tensive orchards at the time, 1779, when ^ General Sullivan devastated them. In fact,' there were “Indian orchards” everywhere. There are other thoughts of interest. The Tuscarora Indians lived largely on the Juniata after they left Carolina and Vir- ginia in 1714, and before they were adopted by the Iroquois, and they had a settlement in the valley still named after them as late as 1763; and it is well known that they cultivated corn largely, and no doubt also fruit, for they depended more on such products than on fish, which made the Algonquins hug the coast. Finally, as the ubiquitous Indian trader traversed Perry county for twenty-five years certainly (and even possibly eighty years) previous to 1750, we need be at no loss how to account for a few apple trees in that region. These traders may have carried apples with them, and the seeds cast aside would grow in favorable places. It is known also that where the fruit is used it is propagated and spread spon- taneously, so far as human effort or design is concerned. If it has a chance, it will at least keep pace with, if not go in advance of civilization, like the honey bee. Apple trees are not the conclusive proof of the handiwork of a new settler. A. L. Guss. NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL • AND GENEALOGICAL. Nonss AND QDERIES.— xxm. Historical and Genealogical. “From Beyond the Sea ” — We are in- debted to the Rev. B. H. Blacker, M. A , of Clifton, Bristol, England, f »r copies of the Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, con- taining reprints of historical and genealogi- cal notes published in the Stroud Journal, The erudite and distinguished editor will accept our thanks, and we hope that he may find as much to interest him in our Notes and Queries we have found of value in his. w. h e. Queer Relationship in Early Day^, —Robert Allison, of Derry, who T'ed in March, 1766, thns speaks of his legatees : “Cous'n Patrick Alli«on, son of my brother William;” ‘Cousin Jenny Clark and Mar- garet Allison, children of brother John ” James Allison of Donegal who died in No- vember, 1762, in his will uses the exprea- F on, “my nephews James and John De- uce, sons of my daughter Annie ” Were neT> ^ews called cousins and gra "1- children i ephews by others, or was tt ' simply a queer freak with this family ? w. H. E. LEGISIiATIVISSKKTOHKS HAIiF A OHN- tury ago. Persons yet living will recognize traits of personal character in the following mor- ceav as may the modern reade , who per- L ips never heard of these men and their daily associates, that governed the State so 'Vvell in their day and generation. We are much indebted to the gentleman who has allowed its use, as well as for the sketches of the characters who figure upon the . ,.n- Vdsoflhis “rejected address.” It is im- possible to give the author. The letter is on such paper as was used in the best class of taverns of the date; addressed in an as- sumed hand writing, “Hugh Hamilton, Editor of Chronicle, Harrisburg,” endorsed ‘‘1826, Sketches of the Pennsylvania L gis- lature, Session 1825-^ ” This was in the early days of Internal Improvement — when bills for that purpose always] brought out orators, their peculiarities and the critics of the lobby, as well as an army of visitors to Harrisburg, from Philadelphia and the “back settlements,” before the modern innovation of weekly leg’i’ative recesses. In that year it occupied eighteen hours to reach Philadelphia from the seat of ^ ove - ment, and three times as long to get • Pittsburgh; “Mr. Hamilton:— I take the liberty of sending you a few specimens of miniature painting, carelessly sketched in the lobbies on a casual attendance in the Capitol a few days since. My intention is to complete a gallery of paintings of the whole Legisla- ture to decorate Delaplaine’s old Panzog- raphia if I should meet with sufficient en- couragement. I should take it as a favour, if the members would call and see me at Mr. Nagle’s hotel, where I will be a few days. I will be enabled to give but a rough sketch of those who will not favor me with a personal interview. I wish also to pub- lish the whole collection by subscriptioi My separate prices are: — one-half length portraits, $10; whole length, $15. Excuse this writing, as some time ago I fell oyer and tramped on my hand. H HistoHcal and Genealogical. N. B — I have nfarly ficishecl sb etches of Mr. Clarke, the distinguished canal com- missioner, Mr. Roberts, Dr Sutherland. Gen. Scroggs, Mr. Kerlin and Gen. Og^e. Yours/ Solomon Gundy. Bill Lehman, Bill Lehman, You’re always a-dreaming. Divining new schemes of some kind, Then letting them float. Like an abandoned boat, Before you can make up your mind. Bill Lehman, Before you can make up your mind. Captain Smith, Captain Smith, You’re as lough as a withe, But not in your speaking or drinking. Let me just say In my own simple way. Your toughness lies all in your thinking. Ciptain Smith, — Your toughness lies all in your thinking. And yet Capt John Smith You were tough as a withe, In the speech which you made for the nigger Her African blood Was powder and wad When snap wei t your eloquent trigger, Captain Smith, — When snap went your eloquent trigger. Judge Heston, Judge Heston, What mould were you CiSt in, That you move the House so when you’re talking. Not their eyes and their ears — Their sighs and their tears — But their spitting and laughing, and walk- ing. Judge Heston, — But their spitting, and laughing, and walk- ing. Cox Ellis, Cox Ellis, Theie is no one can tell us. To what po'nt of the compass you’re bound. Now here and now there, And now anywhere. You are always a sa’ling around, Cox Ellis, — - You are always a sailing around. Sir Stephen Duncan, - - Your credit is sunken. By luuning ’gainst mortmain and coals. And thinking no pity While residing in city To vote at the country polls. Sir Stephen, — To vote at the country piolls. And Mr. Dunlop, You’re a whirly-gig top — Playing Demo or Fed gives no bother. But watch and you’ll note How he’ll give in a vote On this side whilst he speaks upon t’other, Mr. D.— On this side whilst he speaks upon t’other. Bob Lawson, Bob Lawson, Do pray shut your jaws soon. Quit hunting “the unfinished item.’’ Your coTistituents Have surely more sense Than to permit the journals to bite ’em. Bob Lawson— Than to permit the journals to bite ’em, Calvin Blythe. Calvin By the. How much you’re alive To increase your influence and pelt, — You will never be done Till you have “the line run” — • And '^weasel" struck ofi foryourseP, Calvin Blythe, — And *'weas6V’ struck off for yourself. Dave Huflng, Dave Huling, You’re always a puling, And puking your speeches about. You Irighten the House, Like a comb does a louse. When you rise up they’re all in a rout. Historical and Genealogical,' ■ 95 Dave Haling, — When you rise up they’re all in a rout. McLean, McLean, Why is it we’ve seen Since you have quit your vagaries and grogs? That your coat and your shirt Displays as much dirt As tho’ you had been ’mong ihe hogs, McLean,— • As tho’ you had been ’mong the hogs ” James Glarke^ of Indiana, after a period of legislative service, was appointed a canal commissioner, and as such was perhaps as widely known all over the Smteas any man in it. He was a man of positive character, of clear mind, unspotted reputation, and greatly esteemed by all classes of his con- temporaries. Gov. Shunk used to say, “he was one of the best men he ever knew,” and Gov. S.’s acquaintance was as extended as that of Mr. Clarke. Mr. C. died at B'airsville. Jonathan Bjberts, a native of Montgom- ery county, and until advanced age, very prominent and successful as a politic’ao; broad shouldered, large framed, active, he was a force, physically as well as mentally, in both branches of the Legislature, in Congress, in the United Slates Senate, Col- lec or of the Port of Philadelphia and in the Constitutional Convention of 1838; a first class specimen of the politicians of a pist generation. He died at his farm in the county of his birth at a very advanced age. Joel B. Sutherland, author of “Suth- erland’s Manual,” a native of Philadelphia, Which he represented for many years in the Sena’e and House; was speaker of the latter; was in Congress for several terms; served as Colonel in the war of 1812, of fine presence and agreeable address, and one of the best abused politicians among h>s contemporaries. John A. Scroggs was probably a native of Cumberland county, removed to and repre- sented Beaver county. His course as a politician ended in a defeat for the office of Canal Commidsioner. He was fond of military affairs, took gr^at interest in a good military system, and was quite an authority upon that then subject of legisla- tive speech making. He was a Brigadier General. John Kerlin represented Chester county, in which he was born. He was owner of some property at Harrisburg, a fine speci- men of manhood, much respected among his associates, not by any means a promi- nent man, and why this savage Solomon Gundy threatened to impale him in half dozen lines of doggerel, no one at this time need pretend to guess. Alexander Ogle was a character in his way, much observed and criticised both at Harrisburg and Washington. He was about the last successful “frosty son of thunder. ’ ’ He und ertook a warfare against Jacks m, soon discovered that it was to be at hid own charges, failed to sustain him- self, yet left such a heritage of popularity among the people he served so long and well that both his sons represented his old district in Congress. He served in both branches of the Legislature. He died at Somerset, where he had his residence. “ Dr. William Lehman, a native of Phila-“ delphia, a bachelor, member of a leading firm of wholesale druggists and of consider- able wealth. He was a leader in urging- Internal Improvements, by water or land, was a good deal laughed at for his enthu^ siasm, yet highly esteemed, both for his earnestness and success. Just as his hopes were realizing he died in 1829, after 12 years of service in the House of Representa- tive, and is buried on the N. W. side of tho Zion Lutheran Church on Fourth street, Harrisburg, where a stately monument 96 Historical and Genealogical* has been erected to his memory, having upon it a canal boat. John R. C. Smith was a cap’ain boM of a volunteer corp^, a successful man of busi- ness, of the first respectabi ity, not much of an orator, a toush man in the House and hard to “put dovn” as a bom cmpanion. He had probably rendered himself cmspic- uous by advocating some claim for the ne- gro, then not the most popular of topics in the Legislature or before the people. There were five Smiths in the Legislature in 1825. Capt. Smith was the one the poet chose to immortalize in verse. Jacob F Heston represented Philadelphia for many years in both branches. His personal app« arance was awkward as well as h’s manner, but he was a man of good mind, of large legislative experience, and popular address. He had been an Associate Judge of Philadelphia county. He died there at an advanced age. William Goxe Ellis, a native of Ph ladel- phia, was one of the best talkers in the House; represented Lycoming, a county then as large as half a dozen modern ones; was a great Improvement man and his enem’es said, ready to sacrifice a good deal of polit'cal influence rather than miss a vote for the West Branch canal. He was a successful lawyer, lived until within a few years and died at Muncy, aged more than eighty years. Stephen Duncan, a native of Cumberland county, brother of Judge Tnomas Dun- can; represented Philadelphia in the Sen- ate, in which body he made quite a reputa- tion, by successfully advocating the repeal of several primogeniture laws of provincAl days. Ho was a lawyer and died in Washington city. Tbe point of the verse is the s'ory of h’s opponents, that he always voted in Cumberland county, instead of at his residence in Pniladelphia. James Dunlop, of Franklin county, a lawyer, ready speiker, of fine education, with a tendency to theorize both in public and priva e He was a popular politician, at different periods in eirly life represent- ing his na ive county both in the Senate and House. He is best remembered among his profession as the author of Dunlop’s Digest of the laws of Pennsylvania, very much referred to yet by educated lawyers. may have been a slang term for David Lawson, who represented Arm- strong, Indiana and Jefferson in the House several years before, and at the time this squib was penned. Mr. Lawson’s motions reppeeting unfinished business is found on many pages of the Journa’ — but no “Robert” Lawson. It is not worth while to even guess how the error was made. Calvin a native of Adams county, r presented Mifflin county. Beside his ser- vices in that capacity, he was Secretary of the Commonwealth, Attorney General, a Judge of Dauphin and Lebanon district, at last collector of the port of Philadelphia and died in that city. The allusion “weasel,” is to the division of Miffl n county, a ques- tion of high moment then. Judge Blythe resided at Mifflin town, which was to be the seat of justice of the new county of Juniata. He was a gentleman of easy temper, pleasant manner, not of great force or talent, jet had unusual fortune in the poliiical contests of his day. David Watts Ruling, a native of Cumber- land, now Perry county, represented Mifflin county, a lawyer of good culture, in busi- ness affairs of astonishing energy, else he had not accomplished frequent appro- priations for and the construction of the Harrisburg and Lewistown turnpike. It was a difflcult enterprise, bringing fir greater oiium on its projectors than profit to their purses. Until the canal was con- structed to Lewistown, it was the only pos- Historical and Genealogical, m sible route to the valleys west of the mouth of the Juniata river. Mr. Huling died at Lewi^town Moses Maclean, a native of Adams county, of remarkable powers of mind, an acute lawyer, poet and wit. He repre- sented Dauphin county, and so far as his habitual -idleness permitted, was a leading man in the House. He died at Hunting- don. Oeorye Nagle kept the house on the S. E corner Market square. He was a native of Berks county and died at Philadelphia. MA.RCUS HULINGS AND HIS FAB1IIL.Y. ARD— BERRYHILL — BRINGHURST —DENNI- SON — DICKSON — DUNCAN — ESPY — KEAGY —PATTON— REYNOLDS— STEWART —THO- MAS— WATTS — WILLIAMS. From data in our possession we are able to give the year of the location of an early settler at the mouth of the Juniata, that of Marcus Hulings in 1753. Day and Rupp, relying upon tradition, give the time “pos- sibly as early as 1735 ” It is a matter of history that all the settlers on Shearman’s creek and the Juniata had been removed by the sheriff Andrew Work’s posse in 1750, and the houses of the settlers burned ; so that it was not lor two or three years at least afterwards that the hardy frontiersman ventured to build his rude cabin on the for- bidden land. It is stated by Watson that Marcus Hulings came from Marcus Hook on the Delaware. Nevertheless, the Hul- ings were among the earliest settlers on that river, locating there long before the Founder came over and constituted the grand old Commonwealth called for him. The name is spelled Uhling, Hewlihgs and Hulings and is Swedish. A few years after locating on the Juni- ata, came Braddock’s defeat, and all the horrors of an Indian war followed. In the spring after (1756) the savages had reached the Susquehanna; but the few scattered frontiersmen were unequal for the conflict, and were obliged to flee. Some lingered too long, for the wily red man came down suddenly and the tomahawk and scalping- knife were reeking with the life-blood of the hardy but unfortunate pioneers. Mr. Hulings, on being apprised of the near approach of the savages, hurriedly packed up a few valuables and placing his wife and youngest child upon a large black horse (the other children having previously been removed to a place of safety) fled to the po nt of the island, ready to cross over at the first alarm. Forgetting something in the haste, and thinking the Indians might not have arrived, Mr Hulings ven- tnred to return alone to the house. After carefully reconnoitering he entered, and found to his surprise, an Indian upstairs *‘cooly picking his flint.” Stopping some time to parley with the savage, so that he might retreat without being shot at, the delay to his wife seemed unaccountable, and ftaring he had been murdered, she whipped up her horse and swam the Sus- quehanna. The water was quite high, but nowise daunted she succeeded in reaching the opposite shore in safety. Mr. Hulings soon appeared, and finding the animal with his wife and child had disappeared, in turn he became alarmed— but a signal from the eastern shore of the stream relieved his anxiety, and he himself by means of a light canoe was safe from pursuit. The fugi- tives succeeded in reaching Fort Hunter, where the Baskins and others of their neighbors had congregated, and the inhab- itants of Paxtang had rallied tor a defence. It was not until the fall of Fort Duquesne, and the erection of Fort Pitt, that Marcus Hulings returned to his farm with his fam- ily. A year after, however, we find him at the Porks of the Ohio, where he took up a quantity of land. In the meantime, en- 98 Historical and Genealogical. croachmenta were being made upon hia lands on the Juniata, and in 1762 we have the following letter, protesting against the same: “Fort Pitt, May the 7ch, 1762. **To William Peters, Esq., Secretorey to the Propriatorries land office in Philladelphia, &c. “The Petitioner hereof humbly showeth his grievance in a peice ot uncultivated land, laying in Cumberland County, on the Northeast side of Juneadey, laying in the verry Forks and point between the two rivers, Susquehanah and the Juneadey, a place that I Emproved and lived on one Year and half on the said place till the ene- meyes in the beginning ot the last Warrs drove me away from it, and I have had no opertunity yet to take out a Warrant for ii; my next neighbour wass one J oseph Green- wood, who sold his emprovement to Mr. Neaves, a marchant in Philadelphia, who took out a warrant for the s’d place, and gave it into the hands of Collonel John Armsrrong, yho is Surveyor for Cumber- land County; and while I wass absent trom them parts last Summer, Mr. Armstrong runed out that place Joyning me, for Mr. Neaves; and as my placa lays in the verry point, have encroached too much on me and Taken away Part of my Improve- ments; the line Desided between me and Joseph Greenwood was up to the first small short brook that empyed into Susquehannah above the point, and if 1 should have a strait line run’d from the one river to the other with equal front on each River from that brook, I shall not have 800 acres in that sarway; the land above my house upon Juneadey is much broken and stoney. I have made a rough draft of the place and lines, and if Your Honour will be pleased to see me righted, the Petitioner hereof is in Duty bound ever for you to pray; from verry humble serv’t, “Marcus Hulings." With the foregoing was sent the follow- ing note to Mr. Peters: “ifay ye 17 th, 1762 . “Sir: I have left orders for Mr Mathias Holston, liveing in Uper Merrion of Phila- delphia county, to take out two warrants for me, one for the Point between the two Rivers, and one for the Improvements I have in the place called the O anion bottom on the south side of Juneadey right apisite to the other, where I lived six months be- fore I moved to the other place; from your humble servant, Marcus Hulings.” Directed to ‘^William Peters, Esq., Seere* torey to the Propriatories land office In Philadelphia.^' With these letters is the “rough draught” of the land at the mouth of the Juniata, which would be worth reproducing, as no description we can give will convey an ac- curate idea of it. Three islands are noted* •' One now known as Duncan’s Island is marked “Island” and house as “Widdow Baskin’s.” The large island in the Susque- hanna known as Haldeman’s Island con- tainiog three houses— the one to the South- ern point “Francis Baskin;” one-third fur- ther up, on the Susquehanna side “George Clark,” while about the center that of “Francis Ellis ” On the north point is the word “Island.” Almost opposite, on the east bank of the Susquehanna, is “James Reed’s” house; while between the center of the island and the western shore is a small triangular “Island,” so marked. On “the point” between the “Susquehanah River” and the “Juneadey River,” near the bank of the latter stream, is “Huling’s house.” Some distance from “the point” is a straight line running from river to river on which is written “this is the way I want my line;” while beyond ou the West Branch of the Historical and Genealogical, 9 ^ Susquehanna nearly opposite “Janoies Reed’s” house is “Mr. Neave’s house. Farther up the river, opposite a small island is “Francis Ellis’ ” house. A circui- tous line denominated “Mr. Neave’s line,” crosses the straight line referred to which included “Part of Hulings’ Improvement.” On the south of the Juniata below the mouth thereof is “William Kerl’s” house; opposite the point of Duncan’s Island, “James Baskin’s” house, while “Hulings’ house” (another improvement) is farther uo — in what is named the “Onion bottom.” Beyond this on the same side of the Juni- ata is a house marked “Cornelius Acheson, who has encroached upon Hulings’ Im- provement in the Onion bottom — settled there last spring.” Opposite the islands on the east bank of the Susquehanna are “Peter’s mountain” and “narroughs.” We suppose Mr. Hulings was “righted,” as he desired. Becoming discontented with the situation at Pittsburgh, Hulings sold his claim for £200 and returned to his home at the mouth of the Juniata, where he made con- siderable improvements. He established a ferry, and built, says W atson, a causeway at the upper end of Duncan’s Island for pack horses to pass. Marcus Hulings’ homestead is now in the possession of Dr. George N. Reutter. He originally owned all the land between the Susquehanna and Juniata below New Buf- falo, and had also a tract of land at the mouth of Shearman’s creek, then in Rye township, Cumberland county, but now Penn township. Perry county. Mr. Hulings died in September, 1788,and is buried in a graveyard near Losh’s Run. Mrs. Hulings, whose maiden name has not come down to us, was a remarkable woman, and on more than one occasion forded the Susquehanna and wended her way to the mill at Fort Hunter with a small bag of grain— when waiting till it was ground, she hastened homeward. This, however, was only in the first years of their pioneer life, for shortly after a grist mill was erected on Shearman’s creek. She was a brave and intrepid pioneer woman, and a noble wife for the hardy frontiersman. She died prior to the Revolution and is buried in the same graveyard with her husband, but their graves are unmarked, They had five chil- dren who survived their parents: i. Marcus, the eldest, born in 1747, possi- bly never returned with his father from Fort Pitt. He erected a large stone tavern and established a ferry on the south side of the Monongahela river oppo- site the foot of Liberty street, Pittsburgh. It was afterwards, says Mr. Isaac Craig, for half a century known as Jones’ ferry house, and as frequently noted in the jour- nals of travelers about the commencement of the present century. He seems to have been quite prominent on the Western front- iers and is frequently made mention of. Gen. Richard Butler, one of the commis- sioners appointed to hold treaties with the Northern and Western Indians, in his journal of October 1st, 1785, says: “I for- tunately recommended the employment of one Mr. Huling, who I find to be a very useful, active and ingenious man, he goes ahead with a small canoe to search out the Channel, which we find very crooked.” This was, no doubt, Marcus Hulings. In the journal of Gen Joseph Buell, the ar- rival at Fort Harmar, of “Uling, a trader on the river,” is mentioned three times, Nov. 5th and Dec. 3d, 1785, and on the 4th of January, 1787. For more than ten years subsequent to 1790, Marcus Hulings was employed by Major Isaac Craig, quar- termaster at Pittsburgh,in transporting mil- itary stores up the Allegheny to Fort Franklin and to Presqu’ Isle, and down the Ohio and Mississippi to the military 160 Historical and Oenealogical, posts on those streams. Major Craig’s let- ter-books and papers contain ample evi- dence that Marcus Hulings was a taithtal and reliable man in all his undertakings. We have no knowledge as to his subse- quent career, although we are informed that he died in Tennessee. He left descend- ants. ii. Mary, born in 1749, mairied Stewart. Of her and her husband we have no information. Hi. Samuel, born in 1751, also located on the Ohio. He owned an islanU in the Allegheny called Hulings’ and we piesume is yet known by that name. Samuel Hul- ings married and leit issue. iv. James, born in 1753, we have no knowledge whatever. -y. Thomas Hulings, youngest son of Mar- cus Hulings, who succeeded to the paternal estate, born March 3, 1755; died in Buffalo township, Perry county, March, 1808. He was a prominent man in the locality, and served on several important State commis- sions. He was twice married; first, to Elizabeth, daughter of Gen Fredenok Watts, of the Revolution, and Jane Mur- ray, his wife, b July 7, 1749; d. July 15, 1801. They had i^sue: i. Rebecca, b. March 35, 1789; m. May 21, 1811, Robert Callender Duncan, son of Judge Duncan, of Carlisle, from whom Duncan’s Island derives the name. She died in April, 1850, leaving two childreh; Dr. Thomas Duncan, who died in 1879, without issue; and Benjamin 8. Duncan, who died in 1870, leaving four children now residing on Duncan’s Island. It may be here remarked that Mrs. Duncan in her will says, “of Isle Ben venue. ” ii. Marcus, b. February 11, 1791; re- moved to the South; married, and left is- sue. Hi Frederick, b. March 9, 1792; married and settled in Tenne'^see, where he became quite prominent, being at one time Speaker of the House of Representatives of that State. He was a captain in the Confede- rate army, and while attempting to get on a train of cars during the rebellion was se- verely injured, from the effects of which he died at his then residence. New Orleans. He left issue. ix). Da/oid Watts, b. 1793; married Maria Patton, ot Lewistown. He studied law and was admitted to the Dauphin county bar April 21, 1823. He became the posses- sor of the old homestead, but after- wards disposed of it and purchased largely near Lewistown. He bought Hope Furnace, which he greatly improved. He represented Mifflin county in the Legislature. Subsequently he re- moved to Baltimore, Md., where he died, leaving children, Thomas, Maria, Ellen, Mary and Lizzie. Thomas married a daughter of Gen. Thomas, of Washington, D. C. ; was a colonel in the Civil War, and killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Maria married Lloyd Williams, a lawyer of Baltimore. Ellen married Charles Deni- son, of Wilkes -barre. Mary married Good- win Williams, of Baltimore, and Elizabeth married Chauncey Reynolds, of Wilkes- Barre. The latter are both widows resid- ing at Baltimore. m. Mary, b. May 8, 1798; m. James 8. Espy, of Harrisburg, and had two children, both of whom are deceased. Thomas Hulings married secondly, Re- becca, daughter ot Andrew and Rebecca Berry hill of Harrisburg, and had issue: xiiu Eleanor, b. 1803, m. John Keagy of Harrisburg, and had issue, Thomas and Rebecca, both residing at Baltimore. After Mr. Keagy’s death, she married Dr. Joseph Ard of Lewistown, whom she sur- vived. She died at Baltimore in June, 1880. Historical and Genealogical, 101 mil. Elizabeth^ b. 1805, m. James Dick- soQ of Levistown and bad issue, Annie and William', the latter died in Philadel- phia in 1815, leaving Annie, who resides at New Bloomfield. Mrs. Dickson, the last surviving child of Thomas Hulings, died at New Bloomfield on the 25th of July, 1881. ix. Julia, m. William Bringhurst, of Clarksville, Tennessee, and had issue three boys and three girls; two of the former are dead, the remaining children married and are residing in Tennessee. [It may be here stated that the major portion of the descendants drop the s, and write the name Huling, which is no doubt incorrect We will be under obligations for additions or corrections of the forego- ing. For some of the facts given we are indebted to P. F. Duncan, Esq., of “Isle Benvenue,” and Judge Watts, of Carlisle. w. H. E.] NOTES ANO QOEKIBS-—XX1V. Historical and Genealogical. Stewart, Lazarus.— A gentleman by this name was sheriff of Allegheny county in 1817. Did he come from the Hanover Stewarts of whom every family seemed to have a Lazarus? Can Mr, Craig inform ut? w. H. E. A Bust of Andrew Jackson was pre- sented to the Legislature of Pennsylvania by James Rinaldson, of Philadelphia, in 1819. Is this bust in existence and has it found its way into some private gallerj'? It no longer adorns the Capitol, w.h e. McKinney’s Works. — The late Mordecai McKinney published a number of works connec’^ed with law, etc. It is desired that some menber of the bar furnish us with a complete list of all his books, giving title in full with date and place of publication. We should be pleased also to rtciive the titles of all law and other works edited or com- piled by Dauphin County men. Having been requested to contribute to an import- ant bibliographical work now in course of preparation, it is of right that our section should be fuUy and truthfully represented. w. H. E. Parson Elder on “Long Bullets.” — This favorite pastime of the long ago con- sisted mainly of hurling at a distance iron balls of the weight of a pound and a half to two and a half each. It was of course a fine athletic sport, but as it was used in wager, it came under the ban of such rigid ministers as the staid old pastor of Paxtang and Derry. The following incident is worth preserving in this connection. It was communic ited to the late Samuel Breck by the Hon. Robert Harris, who had re- ceived it from his father. The first John Harris, although belonging to the established Church, took a warm interest in Paxtang, and was considered by Parson Elder as if he really was a member of his congregation, especially if advice or reproof was needed. Upon one occasion Thomas Rennick, a lead- ing elder in Paxtang, whose farm adjoined Mr. Harris’ plantation, in company with the latter were taking part in a game of “Long Bullets,” when they perceived the Rev. Mr. Elder approaching. Ren- nick hid himself behind a tree, but Mr. Harris stood his ground until the Parson came up. “Well,” said Mr. Elder to Mr. Harris, “of all the men in my congrega- tion I am most surprised ti see you here,” and then proceeded to give him a severe lecture. After he had got through, and was going off, Mr. Harris turned around and called out, “Thomas Rennick come out here!” whereupon the elder made his ap- pearance, and also received a sound lectur- ing. It vras not only “Long Bullets” but similar sports which frequently caused the Rev. Mr. Elder great distress of mind, and necessitated him on more than one occasion to admonish his hear.rs of the “evil ways of the world.” m Historical and Genealogical. BKV, BIOHABD SAMKKY. Recently we forwarded a query to our friend, R. A. Brock, Esq., of the Virginia Historical Society, concerning this noted Presbyterian minister who was settled over Hanover Congregation from 1787 to 1758. We stated that he went, as we supposed, to Hanover county, Virginia, about 1759; while subsequently many of his old parish- ioners followed him, locating in that county of the Old Dominion. We desired to know if there were any records to show who were of this immigration; for it is a fact many of the early Scotch- Irish settlers who located in the townships of Donegal, Pax tang and Hanover, Pennsylvania, pushed down the val- ley into Virginia and the Carolinas; that any record of them would be valuable; that some of them who lingered here after- wards migrated to western Pennsylvania and the Okio valley. And hence there are many descendants of the same families in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. It is to be hoped that all information relating to these several kin- dred branches may be gathered up and presented for the information and the grat- ihcation of the many, by consanguinity, who are interested. In reply to these queries, we have the following which we give in full from the Standard'. “We extract the following no’ ice of the Rev. Richard Sankey from Foote's Sketches of Virginia, second series, pp 76-77 : ‘He was settled in the ministry near Carlisle. His congregation, like himself, were of Scotch-Irish extract. He signed the protest of 1741; and his people adhered to the old side, and belonged to the Synod of Philadel- phia. The troubles of the Indian wars succeeding the defeat of Braddock, partic- ticularly those connected with the Paxtang boys, induced the congregation to seek a residence in the more peaceful frontiers of southern Virginia. They toc*k up their abode in the fertile regions on Buffalo creek, in Prince Edward [our italics] and around the place now known as Walker’s church, lying between Cumberland con- gregation and Cub creek, and on one side closely adjoining Briery congregation, And considering the distance people would then ride to church, the congregations of Cub creek. Briery, Buffalo, Walker’s church and Cumberland occupied a large region of country. The Rev. William Calhoon, in a letter to F. K. Watkins, says: ‘He was a very old man when I ffrst knew him; from the time I knew him he was a small man, very bow-legged; when his feet would be together his knees would be six inches apart. His face was rather square with high cheek bones. He wore a wig and bands. His manner in preaching was to leap on the pul- pit, perhaps on account of his aje, with hia Bible open before him. After ahnouncing his text and dividing his subject, he made remarks on each head, and occupied much of the time in fortifying the doctrine by other passages of Scripture to ^hich he could turn and read, giving book, chapter and verse He was considered a superior Hebrew scholar; often carried his Hebrew Bible into the pulpit, and used ir,in his criti- cisms and quotations, using in general the language of the common English Bible.’ “ ‘In the war of the Revolution, though advanced in years, Mr. Sankey was decided for the liberties of his country. His name appears honorably on some of the papei j prepared by his Presbytery of lasting inter- est in political and religious liberty. While able to ride he attended the meetings of the judicatories of the Church, and in his o’d age there are instances of the Presbytery holding their meeting in his church to ac- commodate his infirmides, as in the case of Historical and Genealogical, 103 the ordination of Mr. Mitch el. He held the office of a mininter of the g 08 pel*t#ore than half a century, some thirty years of which he spent in Virginia, with an unblemished reputation. He closed his career in the year 1790. His congregations have flou- rished. Buffalo enjoyed the labors of Matthew Lyle, and now is served [1856] by Mr. Cochran. Walker’s church has had a variety of ministers and of success. Among others Mr. Roberts labored there for years, not without success.’ “It is apparent that the name of the Pres- bytery, Hanover, has misled our friend as to the deflnite location of Mr. Sankey and his congregation, which he has erroneously conceived to have been in Hanover county, Va. ‘In the reconstruction of Presbyteries that followed the union of the synods of New York and Philadelphia, in 1758, the Hanover Presbytery included, with the ex- ception of Mr. John Hoge, of Frederick county, all the Presbyterian ministers south of the Potomac .— second series^ p, 72). “Doubtless the Hon. F. N. Watkins, Farmville, Va., can help with the desired information of the congregation of Mr. San- key, who appears to have settled in his own proper bailiwick of history and genealogy. Will' he not kindly enlighten our friend who inquires ?— R. a. b. DAUPHIN COUNTY IN THE BEVOLU- » TIOJM. Capt. Robert MeUallen’s Company. [The McCallens were early settlers in Derry and Londonderry. Out in old Derry church burial-ground lie the remains of Capt. Robert McGallen, the officer who commanded the band of Associators which follow. His tombstone reads thus— In memory of ROBERT McG ALLEN, Who departed this life October 1st, 1800, aged 68 years. Close by is the grave of his wife, the stone of which bears this inscription : In memory of ISABELLA McGALLEN, who departed this Life Marrch the 24 th 1798 ■ aged about 67 years. Little else is known about the brave captain, save that he was in active service during the years 1776 and 1777. He was a member of Derry congregation, and his name is in the lead among the subscribers to the graveyard wall. Concerning Lieutenants Matthew Hays and David McQueen we have but little in- formation. They both took the oath of allegiance as required by the State of Penn- sylvania in August, 1778, before Jacob Cook, justice for Londonderry. Ensign Thomas McCallen, a brother of the ciptain, was also a native of Derry, and lies interred in the old graveyard. He married, February 4, 1768, Mary Boyle, of Derry. He died October 12, 1806, aged 71 years; his wife October 16, 1812, aged 71 years. On their tombstone is this sig- nificant sentence — Respected by their friends, But without a child to mourn their loss,*^ This family name has probably died out in this locality, the last of whom we had any knowledge dying a few years ago. There are names on this Tst of heroes of the Revolution, concerning whom we would be glad to receive information. w. H. B.] A Muster Roll of Captain Robert McGal- len' s Company of Militia of Colonel Bartrem GalbraUh's Battalion of Lancas- ter County, ^Qth August, Y17 6, destined for the Camp in the Jersegs. Captain. McCallen, Robert. Historical and Genealogical, 104 Is^. Lieutenant. Hays, Matthew. 2d Lieutenant. McQueen, David. McCall en, Thomas. Sergeants. Morrison, James, Wear, John, Corporals. Hunter, Andrew, Kelley, James. Drummer. Allen, Robert, Bell, George, Buck, Anthony, Buck, Robert, Campbell, Samuel, Campbell, John, Clark, Walter, Donald, John, Duncan, Andrew, Espy, Thomas, Falkner, Joseph, Farmer, John, Farmer, William, Forster, David, Fulton, Alexander. Hamilton, Hugh, Harvey, William, Hays, David, Tdrates. Hays, Robert, Johnston, James, Johnston, Samuel, Kennedy, James, Long, Alexander, McCallen, John, McClintock, John, McDonald, David, Messer, Robert, Patton, John, Queen, James, Rowan, John, Shaw, William, Shearer, William, Shields, Peter, Walker, James, Willson, James, Willson, James, jr., Wright, James. NOr£S AMD QU£RlfiS.— XXV. Hiatorical and Genealogical. Fords Over Swatara. — In our re- searches we have come upon the following fords or ferries over Swatara: Oregg^s Ferry, — This was probably at or near the mouth of the river. Sherer^s . — Earnest's. — Where were these ? Hamilton' Sf or Derry Church. — Between Manadaville and Union Deposit Loteemed to be a man of probity and honor. In the church he was very active and greatly devoted to its inter- ests.” Wilson, Thomas, of Scotch-Irish paren- tage, was born at Philadelphia about 1768. He learned the trade of a printer; was a gentleman of considerable literary attain" ments and wrote freely on the subjects of his time for the leading newspapers of his native city. In 1811 he removed to Balti- more where he conducted a newspaper. In the defense of that city, when attacked by the British in 1814, he enlisted as a private in Captain James McConkey’s company of the 27th Regiment of Maryland volun*. teers commanded by Lieut Col. Kennedy Long. In 1816, Mr. Wilson returned to Philadelphia, where he booame fnemaa on Mr. Duane’s newspaper ^'The Aurora,'* contributing also to its columns. He died at Philadelphia about 1828. He married Lydia Oakford of English parentage who survived her husband several years. Mr. Wilson was the author of a number of works, the names of only two, however coming to our knovledge. Historical and Genealogical. 131 '^The Biography of the Principal American MMtofry and Na^l Heroes, comprehending details of their achievements during the Rev- olutionary and late Wa/rs, 2 vols published hy John Low, 129 Cherry St. New York, 1821 r *'The Picture of Philadelphia tor 182^; published by Thomas Town, 28 Chestnut Sb Philadelphia. Wilson, Thomas Low, the son of Thomas Wilson and Lydia Oakford, was born in Philadelphia, Penna., on the 26th of March, 1800. He learned the art of printing wiih his father, who was a promi- Eent craftsman in his day. In 1811 his parents removed to Baltimore, where in the defence of that city both father and son enlisted as privates in Capt. James Mc- Conkey’s company, 27th Maryland regi- ment. In 1816 the family returned to Philadelphia, where both Wilsons worked on Mr. Duane’s Aurora. Subsequently the son went to Washington City to work on the National Intelligencer. In 1828, he published the Intelligencer ^ Petersburg, Virginia; where in connection, he printed the Lynchburg Democrat in 1837. In 1838, on the recommendation of the veteran editor, Ritchie, he came to Har- risburg as editor of The Reporter, to com- bat the errors of the Anti- Masonic party. Upon the return of the Democracy to power, Mr. Wilson was chosen Secretary to the Board of Canal Commissioners, a position he occupied almost uninterrup‘edly until the abolishment of the Canal Department in 1859 He served during this period one year as collector of tolls at Middle town, and one year as Deputy Secre- tary of the Commonwealth at the close of Gov. Porter’s administration. He died at Harrisburg on the 28th of February, 1861. Mr. Wilson married on the 6th of May, 1824, Julianna Margaretta Bender of Washington City, who survives in her 81st year. A gentleman prominent in public affairs thus summarizes the character of Mr. Wilson: “He was an honest man — one of that stern, inflexible and unbending old school integrity, which made him die a poor man rather than become a party to unholy plunder from the coffers of the Commonwealth, Hundreds of fraudulent claims upon the State fell beneath his argus eye from which he could have realized an ample fortune, but that his inward sense of right revolted at being particeps criminis to such frauds.” Zeigler, George, the son of George Zeigler a native of the Palatinate, was born in Lancaster county, Penn’a, July 3, 1768. He was brought up to mercantile pursuits, came to Harrisburg in 1795 and began merchandizing, in which he was quite successful. In his early life he took au important part in public affairs. He was frequently a member of the borough council, was Lieutenant Colonel of the 66ih Regiment Penn’a Militia in 1807, and coroner from Jan. 12, 1809 to Dec. 18, 1811. Col. Zeigler died at Harrisburg August 28, 1845, aged seventy-seven years. His wife Elizabeih, b. Dec. 6, 1777, d. Jan. 2, 1853. They left three daughters — Catharine m. George Kunkel; Mary m. Rev. John P. Hecht, and Elizabeth m. Rev. Frederick Rothrock. Col. Zeigler was an estimable citizen— a gentleman of sterling integrity and wor h. w. h. e. Historical and Genealogical. m A YOUKXOWN LilSTTiSiB. We have had in our possession for seve- ral years a copy of a letter written from the “Lines before Yorktown” by Lieut. Wil- liam Feltman, of Lancaster county, an officer of the First Pennsylvania regiment of the Continental Line, to Lieut. Andrew Johnston, of York, who was then on fur- lougn, not having recovered from wounds received at Paoli and Monmouth. We pre- sume the letter has never been printed. Before Yorktown, lOffi 8ber, 1781. Dear Sir: We have been here now four weeks. The British are hemmed in and they cannot get out. They made a sortie a few nights ago but quickly retired without effecting anything. Yesterday our field pieees opened fire, the General aiming the first gun. I have bet a pair of silk stockings with Captain Davis that Corn- wallis and his army would be prisoners of war before two weeks. Poor Col. Scammell is dead. He was accidentally wounded after being taken a prisoner, was released on parole and taken to Williamsburg where he died. The Third Penn’a Battalion is not up, but we expect it every day. Lieut. Dixon and self had a fine view of the shells our battery threw into York. I remain your obedient servant, Wm. Feltman. To Lieut Johnston A hebo of yorktown. Lieut. William Feltman, in his diary of the Penna. Line at the siege of Yorktown, under date of October 19, 1781, records : “At one o’clock this day Major Hamil- ton with a detachment marched into town and took possession of the batteries and hoisted the American flag.” This gallant officer, James Hamilton, was commissioned captain in the Firat Peonsyl- vania. Continental Line, March 10, 1776; made a prisoner of war November 2, 1777; subsequently exchanged and promoted major of the Second Penn’a, December 10, 1778; and retired the service January 1, 1783. The parents of Major Hamilton came from the North of Ireland with the Calhouns, Polks and other emigrants who located on the Swatara and its branches about 1730 5. He was probably one of the sons of Hugh Hamilton, over whose re- mains in old Derry caurch graveyard is a huge marble slab with this inscription : In Memory of Hugh Hamilton who depan'ted this life May the 22 d, A. D. 1793, in the 68 th year of his age . At the close of the war for Independence Major Hamilton was in the Southern De- partment. There he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Lynch, sen., whose son, Thomas Lynch, jr.,was one of the signers ot the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina. Their son Gen. James Hamilton was Governor of S ruth Carolina 1830-33. He married a grand- daughter of Thomas Hayward who was also a signer. Concerning the ancestors of Major James Hamilton, we have only meagre data. Much of the V irginia and Carolina Scotch- Irish immigration is directly connected with this locality, but the total absence of all p Irish records make the task of the gene- alogist almost futile. Tnis family of Hamil- ton is to be distinguished from the Hamil- tons of Philadelphia, who were emigrants j from England and members of the estab, i lished Caurch, while the family referred to came from the Province of Ulster, Ireland, and were Presbyterians. w. h. e. } 1 NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. NOTifiS AND QUERIES.— XXXU. Historical and Genealogical. The Yorktown Celebration —In vie ^ of the Cen’ennial Anniversary of this las" struggle for Indepeodence the capitu- lation of Lord Cornwallis, the British Com- Boander, to the Americans and their French allies, on the 19th of October, 1781, we believe that the notes which follow bearing upon that decisive victory will be interest- ing as well as appropriate at this time. Most of the facts are new to the majority of ur readers, and all are worthy of pre- servation. A “Feu-de-Joie” at Harris’ Ferry in 1781.— A letter of John Harris to John Montgomery, of Carlisle, giving him the news of the capitulation of Yorktown, brief though it is, will prove interesting: Paxtano, Oct. 27, 1781. Dear Sir: We have good news from the sou hward. Cornwallis and his whole army sur endered to Gen. Washington on the 19th. As soon as we get up the Province caimon we will fire &fue de joey. T-ie bearer is waiting and I must close. Your very h’ble servt., John Harris. Indorsed , — “C l. John Montgomery, at Car ’isle, per Mr. Parker.” Pennsylvania at the Yorktown Centennial —When the General Assem- bly of the Commonwealth app-opriated the sum of ten thousand dollars to secure a proper representation of the S'ate at the Yorktown celebration, no one imagined that any but representative men would be selected to appear on behalf of Pennsylvania on that interesting occasion. The average pilitician of the country is certainly not the true representative of the character and ideas of our great State. Others than those who are bent on “having a good time” should appear for Pennsylvania. Descend- ants of those who participated in that deci- sive victory for Independence, and gentle- men whose standing in the front rank of men of letters, who would add dignity and nobleness to such a body of men, certainly should have some representation there- in. Men like William M. Darlington, of Pittsburgh, E. L. Dana, of Wilkes-Barre, John B. Linn, of Bellefonte, J. Smith Futhey of West Chester, J. Simpson Africa of Huntingdon, Samuel Evans of Columbia, J. Lawrence Getz of Beading, S. W. Pen- ny packer of Philadelphia, and others whom we could name, the ancestors of some of whom “fought at Yorktown,” should be among those selected. They are individuals who could talk intelligently of the Revolu- tion and of American History — and would reflect honor upon their native State. But, alas, in these degenerate days of onrs, the ward politician seems to be the only one entitled to sing the “popular hexameters.” w. H. B. YORKl OWN. The Pennsylvanians of 1781. To those who “consider such things;” are not conversant with the events which preceded the surrender of Cornwallis, and the figure the men of Pennsylvania made m Historical and Genealogical. in that memorable success, this grouping of extracts from contemporary accounts, wiP, we hope, prove pleasant reading To the ordinary reader, they are not familiar. They have not up to this time, found their way into general history. As a part of the history of Pennsylvania they are pre- sented to the readers of Notes and Queries, with a few explanatory illustrations. When Wayne was made a colonel, in 1775, he at once gave his soldiers to under- stand they had a commander. His self consciousness brought him into frequent disputes with untrained subordinates — officers and men— but he never wavered in his course, finally weaving a chaplet of conduct, efficiency and valor for his Penn- sylnanians, which becomes more distinct as we moderns are better informed of the events of the stirring days of one hundred years ago. One of his first orders was that every non-commissioned officer or soldier, “who shall come to the parade dirty, with a long beard or his breeches knees open, shall be mulcted of a day’s allowance of provision; tor the colonel lays it down as a position, that every soldier who neglects to appear as decent as the nature of his situation will admit, is unfit for gentlemen’s company and is a coward.” Then he in- forms them that he has appointed barbers and details for washing. E ddently clean- liness was a supreme part of the discipline of Mad Anthony. His rigid efforts to make soldiers of his material, after a great deal of refractory conduct and a mutiny in the line, were successful, and our extracts, tell the story of that “line,” from York to Yorktown and beyond. April 5, 1781. A detail from six regi- ments of Pennsylvania troops was or- dered to rendezvous at York, Pennsyl- vania — its superior officer was St. ‘Clair; its immediate commander, Wayne; other officers, Robinson, Stewart, Harmar, But- ler, Humpton, Fauntleroy and Moylan, all experienced soldiers. Several parsons who afterward made Harrisburg ihtir home, were in this and other bodies formed at York, “to march to the Southward.” May 26 . When Wayne was about leav- ing York, there was insubordination, ap- proaching mutiny, in a portion of his com- mand. He quelled it promptly, shooting the offenders. After that he had perfect control of his troops. About the 1st of June the troops left York, joining Lafayette on the Rappahannock river on the lOih. July 6. The brigade fought at Green Spring “under the Marquis.” Oct. 11, Opened the second parallel at Yorktown, Virginia, "which Steuben con- side’ed “the most important part of the siege.” After the surrender of Cornwallis, these regiments, with the proper artillery, were ordered South and closed their services in the last engagement of the Revolution at Sharon, Georgia. The soldiers were re- turned to Philadelphia in June, 1783, and disbanded, “poorly clad anl unpaid.” This is a very succinct detail of the ser- vices of the choice body of men of whom Gov. Lse, of Virginia, “Light Horse Harry,” commander under Washington in the Whisky Insurrection, wrote:— “Wayne had a coastitutional' atta,ohment to the de- cision of the sword, and this cast of char- acter had acquired strength from indul- gence, as well as from the native temper of the troops he commaijided. They were known as the line of Pennsylvania, where- as they might with more propriety have been called the line of Ireland. (They were nearly if not all Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, from the interior ot the State.) Bold and daring, they were impatient and refractory and would always prefer an^^ppeal to the bayonet to a toilsome marph, or insubordi- Historical and Genealogical. 135 natii under the want of food and whieky Th general and his soldiers were singularly fitl d for close ard stubborn action, hand to hand, in the center of the army. -Co)awallis did not miscalculate when he presumed that the junction of Wayne with Lai s.yette would increase rather than di- m’l ish his chance of bringing the latter to action. This was what the British com- mander wished to do ana Lafayette was ord ,rfd to avoid. A mother writer, Mathews, in a journal un- punished, calls them ‘‘long-legged, most of tliem without shoes and stockings, and without coats.” This was during the faraway Southern campaign, when the pro- tecting hand of their S’ate could neither clot -e or feed its sons. We next come to the private corres- pondence ofLt. Col. St. George Tucker, of Vjr inia, with his wife, who by a previous mairiage was the mother of John Ran- dolph of Roanoke. Tucker was afterwards a ji'dge of the United States Court. He also served under Greene in the successful Sou hern campaigns after the surrender at Yorktown. Our extracts are from the “M; gazine of American History,” a really able work, published in New York. Tucker writes: J'l.ne 24 ., 1781. I had the satisfaction of seeing the Pennsylvania line (»n their march. They were a splendid and formid- able corps. It the laurels which they win, bear any proportion to the plumes they are ado) ned with, the heroes of antiquity will soon sink into oblivion. Were I a native of Lipura, with the assistance of a quad- rant I might possibly calculate the alti- tude of that which nods over the brow of their General [Wayne J Their military pride promises much, for the first step to make a good soldier is to entertain a con- Bciov.sness of personal superiority, and this consciousness of personal superiority is said to prevail in the breasts of these men, even to the meanest private in the ranks. July 5, 1781, At an entertainment given by the Marquis (Lafayette) yesterday, I had the pleasure of seeing Col. (Walter) Stewart, who very politely enquired after you. He is the same pretty fellow that ever he was, and wears a plume almost as large as Gen. Wayne himself. I wrote you before that the Pennsylvania line abounded in these decorations. I will venture to say that all the ostriches that ever appeared on the table of Heliogabalus would be insuffi- cient to furnish the whole army in the same profuse style, for the feathers appear before you can well discover the shoulders to which the head that supports them is an- nexed. We had a splendid entertainment, and in order to assist digestion marched from sunset till the break of day.” Wayne, in his southern campaign, had one thousand men, all Pennsylvanians, brought into the field under their impetu- ous and daring commander in the best pos- sible condition, as to discipline, accoutre- ments and personal cleanliness, well pre- pared for the hard duty they underwent in Virginia, soon after in the Carolinas and Georgia, where they won laurels equal to the anticipations of Judge Tucker and their pugnacious commander. a. b. h. NOTES AND QUERIES.— XXX HI. Historical and Genealogical. The Dauphin County Historical So- ciety held its first regular meeting since the summer recess on Thursday evening, October 13th, President Hamilton in th© chair. After the routine business of the society had been transacted, the deaths of William Buehler and John Andrew Weir were announced, and the committee on biography were directed to prepare a proper memoir of each. Among the donations re- ceived were a pencil sketch of the Kelso m Historical and Genealogical. Ferry house on the west bank of the Sus- quehanna, the oldest dwelling in the Cum- berland Valley, from the artist, Mr. J. Aug. Beck; and a floe copy, folded, of Melish’s map of the United States, pub- lished in 1816, from Mr. A. E. Eyster, for which the thanks ot the pocipty were ten- dered. The librarian was directed to sub- scribe for the Genealogical Dictionary pre- pared for publication by R. A Brock, of R'chmond, Va., and the recently i«sued History of Cecil county, Md. Several pa- pers of historic value were read, which will subsequently appear in Notes and (faeries. The society then adjourned to meet on Thursday, the 10th of November. A Genealogical Dictionary of the families of Virginia and those deriving from and connected with them throughout the United States and Canada, is in preparation by R. A. Brock, Esq., of the Richmond, Va., Standard. The talented editor is thoroughly competent for the great labor he has undertaken ; and as stated in our last number, much of the early immigration of this section is directlyconnected with the peo- ple of Virginia and the South, hence a work of thecharacter projected ought to recdve a cordial support]outside of the Old Dominion. In order to give a helping hand to our learned genealogist and histor'an, we will forward the names of any desiring to secure the work, should its publication be decided upon. w. H. E. THE BEV JOHN MAOBETH. [A valued correspondent has called our attention to the following notice of the Rev. John Macbeth found in Froude’s Remin- niscences of Ihomas Carlyle, which in con- nection with the memoranda of our friend will prove interesting reading. Carlyle in his ske‘ch of the Rev. Edward Irving, after alluding to his “quiet seriousness, beautiful piety and charity,’’ goes on to say:] “Towards all distressed people not ab- solutely criminals, his kindness, frank htlpfulness, long suffering, and assiduity were in truth wonderful to me; especially in one case, that of a Reverend Mr. Mac- beth, which I thought ill of from the first, and which didturn'out hopeless, Macbeth was a Scotch preacher, or licentiate, who bad failed of a kirk, as he had deserved to do, though his talents were good, and was now hanging very miscellaneously on Lon- don, with no outlooks that were not bog meteors, and a steadily increasing tendency to strong drink. He knew town well, and its babble and bits of temporary cynosures and frequented haunts good and perhaps bad; took me one evening to the poet Camp- bell’s whom I had already seen, but not Successfully, “Macbe h had a sharp, sarcastic, clever kind of tongue; not much real knowledge, but was amusing to talk with on a chance walk through the streets, older than myself by a dozen years or more. Like him 1 did not; there was nothing of wisdom, generosi- ty, or worth in him, but in secret, evidently discernible, a great deal of bankrupt vanity which had taken quite the malignant shape. Undeniable envy, spite and bitterness looked through every part of him. A tall- ish, slouching, lean figure, face sorrowful, malignant, black, not unlike the picture of a devil. To me he had privately much the reverse of liking. I have seen him in Ir- ving’s and elsewhere (perhaps with a little drink on his stomach, poor soul!) break out into oblique little spurts of positive spite, which I understood to mean merely, ‘Young Jackanapes, getting yoursels noticed and honored while a mature man of genius is’ etc., etc , and took no notice of, to the silent comfort ot self and neigh- bors. “This broken Macbeth had been hanging a good while about Irving, who had taken Historical and Genealogical. 1S7 much earnest pains to rescue and arrest him on the edge of the precipice, but latterly had begun to see that it was hopeless, and hao rather left him to his own bad courses. One: evening, it was in dirty winter werther and I was present, there came to Irvmg or to Mrs Irving, dated from some dark tav- ern in the Holborn precincts, a p teous little note from Macbe'.h. ‘Ruined again, (tempted, oh how cunningly, to my old sin) ; been drinking these three weeks, and now have a chalk-score and no money, and can’t get out. Oh, help a perishing sinner I’ The maj >rity was of opinion, ‘Pshaw 1 it is to- tally useless r but Irving, after some min- ute i of serious consideration, decided, ‘No, not totallj I’ and directly got into a hack- ney coach, wife and he, proper moneys in pocket, paid the poor devil’s tavern score (some £3 10s. or so, it I remember) and brought him groaning home out of his pur- gatory again; for he was in much bodily sufiering, too. I remember to have been takt n up to see him one evening in his bed- roo a (comfor' able, airy place) a week or two after. He was in clean dressing gown and night-cap, walking about the floor; af- fected to turn away his face and be quite ‘ast imed’ when Irving introduced me^ which I could discern to be painful hypoc- risy merely, forbade my visit to be other tbai' quite brief. Comment I made none here or down stairs; was actually a little sorry, but without hope, and rather think this was my last sight of Macbeth. Ano her time, which cou’d not now be dis- tant when he lay again under chalk-score and bodily sickness in h’s drinking shop, there would be no deliverance but to the hos].‘ital; and there I suppose the poor crea- ture tragically ended. He was not without talent, had written a “Book on the Sab- bath.” better or worse, and I almost think was understood, with all his impenitences and malignities, to have real love for his poor old Scotch mother. After that night in his clean, airy bedroom I have no recol- lec ion or tradition of him — a vanished quantity, hardly once in my thoughts for above forty years past.” Somewhere about 1828, this Mr. Macbeth had wandered to Harrisburg,where he acted 8S a classical assistant to Mr. Keagy. I think Mr. A B. Hamilton studied some under him, or probably knows more about him than any other person in Harrisburg. Mr. Macbe.h secured the friendship of Mr. Hugh Hamilton, and wrote some artie’ea for the Chronicle. Strong drink was his bane, and in consequence he floated out to Pdxtang Church, and kept school there a couple of quarters I and some of my brothers studied under him. He was a remarkable looking m in —with great gog- gle-eyes and distinguished manners. To my boyish eyes his powers of conversation were marvelous, and coupled with the sta<-ement that he read in seven languages and professed to be personally acquainted with Moore, Byron, Scott, and the then literati of Great Britain, his image is indel- bly stamped on my memory. As Carlyle describes him he was viadictive, and amoDgst others whom he hated with pecu- liar venom was Mr. A. B. Hamilton who as press foreman, he said, had assumed to correct his articles for the Chronicle. The last seen of Mr. Macbeth was in old Cummings’ wagon on his way t« the alms- house, his great eyes glaring on the hori- zon with an immovable daze. When or where he died is to me unknown, but as Carlyle suggested, he no doubt, somewhere, fills a pauper’s grave. h. r. [From other sources we learn that on one occasion, during theabienceof the minister of Paxtang, Mr. Macbeth was invited to preach. He did so, although several of the members of the congregation strongly ob- jected thereto, and it was a powerful ser- 1^8 Historical and Genealogical. mon. Shortly after, his true character became known, and the Rev. Mr. Sharon was horri- fied at what he termed the desecration of Paxtaag pulpit. Macbeth’s “Book on the Sabbath” was a very popular work, and a number of copies are yet in the posses- sion of members of the old church. Mr. Macbeth was kept at the poor house for some time; at last, learning that he had some friends at Philadelphia, the directors of the poor were induced to send him 'oihat city, where he probably died.] THIS SECTION IN 1748. Bishop Oaminerhoff'9 Narrative of a Jour- ney toShamokiuiu the Winter of 1748 [We are indebted to Mr. Aug. H. Lei- bert, of Bethlehem, for the following ex- tracts from the narrative of Bishop Cam- merhofl of the Moravian church, of a jour- ney to Shamokin, now Sunbury, in the winter of 1748. The narrative is of exceed- ing interest to us, for it gives us a number of facts relating to this section of country, besides illustrating in a great measure the self denying devotion of those pious men of the Moravian church, who, to spread the power of the gospel to all peoples, thought not of personal comforts, home, or of life itself. The lives of these heroic mission- aries are in striking contrast with the self- abnegation of the early Quakers, and shed an undying glory not only upon the church to whica their labors were given, but upon the Provincial history of Pennsylvania, tinging its clouds with a silver halo. [In September of 1742, Count Zinzen- dorf. Bishop Boehler, Anna Nitschman, and John Martin Mack and wife, with Conrad Weiser, Henry Leinback, and Joshua, and David, Indian converts, visited Shamokin with a view of commencing a mission there among the Indians. The town, in consequence of its commanding position, was one of the most important “Indian towns” in the Province, and was held by the Six Nations, the well-known Chief Shikellimy resi ling there as Viceroy. At the date of this narrative, it contained upwards of fifty houses, and three hundred inhabitants, one-half Delawares, and the others Senecas, and Tudelars. The ac- quaintance which Zinzandorf made with Shikellimy was carefully followed up by the Moravian Brethren, and ripened into a friendship which ceased only with his death. In the summer of 1747, at the re' quest of Shikellimy, a smithy and house was erecled by the Brethren Joseph Powell and John Hagan, and in August, Anton Schmidt was appointed blacksmith. J. Martin Mack and wife w^re also appointed to superintend the mission to be commenced . Zaisberger, Post, Bruce, Rauch, Pyrlasua and other Moravian brethren visited and labored there until the abandonment of the station in October of 1755. [In closing his review of the Shamokin mission, Bishop Loskiel writes: “Their house was frequently injured by the violent storms of thunder and rain prevailing in that district. Sometimes their plantations were destroyed by hail; earthquakes shook their dwellings and fil’ed them with appre- hension; but their principal danger arose from the drunkenness of the Indians, whose fury in that state threaten the lives of all who interfere with them. The Brethren were also often alarmed by parties of war- riors of different nations, then at war with the Catawbas, passing to and fro with cap- lives. They treated their prisoners with great cruelty, and the Brethren, as white people, were in danger of being murdered in their riots. But their confidence in God remained unshaken; otherwise, witnessing sucu horrid abominations, and subject to great abuse and insult, their courage might have subsided had not the hand of God in mercy supported them.”] Historical and Genealogical. 139 January 6. — A.ccompauied by Brother Jo! eph Powell I set out for Shamokiu iu thc: afterao )n We proceeded this day as far as Macungy. January 7.— Set out for Tulpehvocken. Th i snow lay deep on the ground, and be- ing covered with a hard crust, the horses wh ch carried our supplies could travel but slo vly; and as all traces of a road were fre- qu' ntly obliterated, evening had set in when we struck the Ontalauna. We passed the night at the house of Moses Starr, a Qu iker, with whom our itineraat brethren fn quently lodged. January 8 . — Early in the morning ar- rived at the Schuylkill We found the riv- r frozen in the middle, but open along the banks. Well knowing that we were making a venture, and yet there being no alternative, we leaped upon the ice with hal er in hand, our horses following. When half way adross the stream, Brockden’s bay, whom I was leading, broke through the ice, but by a well-directed spring re- gained its footing. Powell and the grey had a similar mishap nrar the farther bank. My companion, more unfortunate than I had been, got into the water waist deep. After a ride in in- tensely cold weather, with no other adven- tures we entered Heidelberg. Here we met Bro. Neubert, who was on his way to Bet dehem from the Swatara. He informed us that one of his members had set out for Shfc mokin with supplies for the Mission* three weeks ago, but finding the mountain • roaos obstructed by snow, bad returned. In tne evening reached Michael Schaeffer’s in Tulpehocken. January 9 . — Resumed our journey and at 9 o’clock arrived at George Loesch’s. Bot t parents and children gave us a cordia welcome, and showed us much kindness. Th€y also pressed us to take a supply of provisions with us for the Brethren at Shamokiu, but as we were desirous of hus- banding our horses’ Strength, we accepted only of some mpat, butter and dried fruit. We now held a consultation on the choice of a route for the remainder of the journey, and after weighing the advantages and dis- advantages offered at this season of the year respecting the mountain road, and the Indian path along the Susquehanna, lead- ing from Harris’ Ferry to Shamokin, decided to follow the latter. This decision, it is true, imposed upon us additional miles o^ travel, but we reflected that we would have the river for a guide, and that at the settlements we could bait our horses. Taking leave of our kind friends at noon, we rode on through the snow, repeatedly sung the hymi, begining with the lines: “i)^e Wander scha ft in dieser Zeit, Hat manehe rauTie Wege.'' Dismounted at Peter Kucher’s, in Quitto- pehille, and after loading our horses with oats for their use at Shumokia, rode on five miles to Henry Zannders’, where we passed the night. January 10 . — Set out for Harris’ Ferry. This proved a long day’s journey, through a wild and dre iry region of country. We struck the great Swatara at noon, and after a short halt crossed it in safety on the ice, although the stream was open along its banks. We were now seven miles from the Ferry, but losing the way we strayed through the woods till sundown, and it was seven o’clock before we reached our place of des- tination We found a large company of traders collected at Harris’. One of them had just returned from an at empt to reach the Allegheny country, in which he had been baffled by the increasing depth of the snow, after he had penetrated the wilderness to the distance of one hundred miles west of the Sufquehanna. On making inquiry about the course of the path that leads to UO Historical and Genealogicdl, Shamokia, we were told to follow a trail left in the snow by„a company of Indians, who had a few days ago come down to the mill above the Ferry. January 11 . — Kept along the river, and after having ridden some distanca through the Narrows at the base of the first Blue Mountain, at 9 A, M , came to Chambers’ mill, at the mou'h of Fishing Creek, seven miles above the Ferry. Tne ptople of the house were very cour'eau”; mentioned that Anton Schmidt had lodged with them sev- eral times, and evidenced sincere regard for the Brethren The miller’s ‘mother stated privately that she had attended wore hip in our church in Philadelphia, and that as for herself she sympathized wiih us in our religious views, h .ving experienced what we taught, namely— -that love towards Christ the Saviour was the sinner’s only source of true happiness in this life. Al- though our entertainers sought to dissuade us from venturing any farther, assuring us that in the event of a long continued storm, the journey would be impracticable, we set out at noon. After a few miles ride we struck the ba^e of Second Mountain, at a point where it butts down to the river's edge which point is in a line with the north- ern limit of the Proprietaries’ land as fixed in the last purchase. We were now in the Indian country. The rain continued to beat down, and as we toiled through the snow in the Narrows, we occasionally lost the Ind'an trail, where it led into the Sus- quehanna, whicn hadoverfiowed its banks. Nevertheless we kept up heart, and felt as though we were beiog carried along on in- visible hands. After having crossed several streams, the path left the river (which here suddenly bends to the west, and then re- turns upon itself several miles higher up, after describing an arc of a circle) and struck up Peter’s Mountain, which I am in- clined to believe is a continuation of the Thurnstein. The ridge was high and pre- cipitous, and the ascent tried our loaded horses’ strength. Just as we reached the summit the rain poured down in torrents, and in a few minutes we were wet to the skin. Below us the thick clouds were drift- ing along, the snow lay on the ground to the depth of three feet, and there was no longer any vestige of a trail Not venturing to make a random descent, we lost some time in searching for tracks, and on discovering what had the appearance of a path, led our horses cautiously down, after crossing seve- ral lesser spurs of the mountain, entered the valley in safety. We next forded Pow- ell’s Creek, and a mile above the point where we again struck the Susquehanna, came to the house of a trader, Armstrong by name. We were now eighteen miles from Harris’ Ferry. Here we resolved to end the day’s journey and pass the night, as the rain had not abated, and we were completely exhausted. The trader b’d us welcome and showed us much kindness during our stay. He was well pleased ac- quainted with Schmidt. Perceiving that I was a minister of the Gospel, he asked me whether I would consent to baptize three children of one of his servants, who were ly- ing ill of the small pox, and then marry a couple. On stating that it was not my cus- tom to perform such acts rashly and for re- muneration, he expressed himself salisfiied and dropped the subject. In the evening a violent storm blew up from the •South, with rain that poured down in tor- rents, and about midnight there w.*s an ap- palling crash, and a booming report like the discharge of heavy ordnance— which told us that the ice in the river had sud- denly broken up. Amid the fury of the elements, our thoughts reverted to Beth- lehem, where our Brethren we knew were at this moment keeping the vigils of New Year, according to the old style. Day- Historical and Genealogical. Ml light revealed a wondeful change without; for he deep snow that had filled the valleys had vanished as if by magic, and the waiter courses were running with ice. [Uoncluded Next Week ] NOTES AND QUERIES.— XXXIV. Historical and Genealogical. Mails for Harrisburg in 1798 — In an “E; abdshment of the Mails,” issued from the Philadelphia p'>st oflSoe, May 22d, 1798, we are informed that “the Mail for Pott’s Tov n, Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg, Pena’a , will be closed every Tuesday and Thi I’sday, at sun set, and arrive at Phila- del] hia every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 o’clock, A. M. while “a Mail for Car- lisle will be closed every Tuesday with the Mail for Hariiaburg,” It will thus be seen, that eighty-three years ago, our borough was honored with a Mail twice a week, while the ancient town of Carlisle, and “faither west,” had to be content with “once a week.” Rkv. John Macbeth {N.&Q xxxiii.)— I find the following on the Minutes of the Board of Trustees Harrisburg Academy: Oct. 6, 1829. — “A letter to Mr. DeWitt from Mr. Duffield was read respecting the qua) fications of Mr. Macbeth, which was favorable. On motion it was resolved that the Board employ Mr. John Macbeth to teach as Principal of the Academy so long as he shall satisfy said Board as a teacher.” Jan. 19, 1830. — “On motion it was re- solv d that the connection between the Trus^tees and John Macbeth be dissolved, and ihat notice be given him that the Trus- tees require his services no longer.” Ti e Mr. Duffle Id above was no doubt the Rev George Duffleld of Carlisle T. H. R. Old Cummings {N. S Q., xxxiii .). — “Billy” Cummings or Judge Cummings, alluded to by “H. R.” was a character in Paxtang, fifty or sixty years ago His first appearance was as a bound boy to Thomas McArthur who lived near Paxtang church. What business he followed after obtaining his ‘’freedom,” I have not been able to trace, but he seems to have been “a whole- souled fellow” who enjoyed the present without taking a thought for the future. When he had money, his days were spent at the taverns, where his liberality was pro- verbial. On one ofthese periodical occasions, he attained the sobriquet of ‘ ‘ J udge”through the following: A stranger came to the neigh- borhood who had at exceedingly dark skin, and the question arose among those who had collected at Shultz’s tavern, whether the individual was an Indian or devil. Both opinions found advocates, and in or- der that the discussion might be conducted in a proper manner,a judge was appointed and a jury impaneled. After ^.he advocates had been been heard the Judge charged the jury strongly in favor oi the devil theory, and the jury rendered a decision according- ly. Cummings as the Judge received great praise for the ability displayed in his charge, and ever after went by that title. By some accident the old man became a cripple, and as a consequence “came upon the county;” but there was always a kindly feeling towards him, and in order that he might not feel too keenly his situation, he was appointed to the position of wagoner for the almshouse. He held this offlce as long as he was able to mount his cart; died at the poor-house, and is buried in the grave- yard cmnectsd therewith. There is a little incident connected with the history of Cummings wh'ch deserves to be related in this connection. Amongst those who had known the old fellow in his palmy days was Capt. James Murray, who had removed to Ohio. After an absence of . • Historical ahd Genealogical, W many years he returned to visit the old neighborhood. Learning that Cummings was at the almshouse, and not wishing to visit him there, Capt. Murray sent for him to meet himself and a few friends at Shultz’s. Cummings came, and his old friend received him most cor- dially, and upon shaking hands deposited a sum of money in Cummings’ hand. This act, its delicacy, and the motives which , prompted it so touched the heart of the old cripple that the tears streamed down his cheeks. His pauperism was ignored, and he took his place once more among his an- cient cronies on a footing of equality, and spent an evening such as he had long been a stranger to. Who.farnished him with the money might probably have remained a "secret, but Cummings afterwards in speak- ing of Murray, himself related the circum- stance. -w. F. R, ’ THIS SBUTION Ui 1748- Bishop Oammerhoff's Narrative of a Jouraey ^ to ahamokin m the Wiuter of 1748. [CONCLUDED. ] January 12.— ThQ woids of Scripture given us on this day for meditation, “Jacob went on his way, and angels met him, ’ ’ reassured us, as we thought of the obstacles that we would, in all probability, have to encounter in the next stage of oiir journey. The trader pressed us hard to stay with him, urging that we could not possibly con- tinue on our journey, because of the swol- len streams and other perils to which we would expose ourselves. Having crossed the c’“eek near his house, and at^er ha,ving passed the plantations of several squatters, we suddenly saw the river before us. , In a narrow part of its channel, the ice was dammed up to the height of tea or twelve feet, and the Narrows, through which the path along the river wound, was overflowed and choked with cakes of ice. It was in vain that we endeavored to eftect a passage or keep to the trail. Foiled in this, we were compelled to climb the spurs of the mountain which here abut against the river, until we again struck a wide expanse of lowland. It was a laborious task; but we kept brave hearts, and our poor horses did their part nobly. After toiling on in this way for seven m^es we reached the .Wiponisco, which ran very far above its banks, with an impetuous current, and was full of floating ice. - We were told that any attempt to ford it, would be at the peril of our lives. But Powell rode in, and as I followed, I encouraged him by the words of the text. It was a special Providence that we reached the farther bank in safety. A short distance beyond we came to a house where we halted. Our host was acquainted with our Brethren at Shamokin, and had assisted them in transporting their supplies. He informed us, that on the west bank of the river opposHe to hU house, began the great path to the Allegheny country, esti- mated to be three or four hundred , miles distant. The country was populous with Indians, and a trader with a train of twenty or, thirty pack-horses, could in a very short time dis- pose of his wares. He also stated that many of the Indians living along the river were removing thither, among the number Andrew Montour. Continuiog on our way, we overtook in the woods two Indian squaws, who lived fifty miles above Sham- okin. returning from Chambers’ Mill. At three in the afternoon we reached Benigna’s Creek, near its ou’let. which we found was as wide as the Lehigh at Bethlehem. Turning «ur horses’ heads up the "creek we commenced the search tor a ford which had been described to us, but were unsuccessful as the large rock which was to be our land- mark, was covered with water. Darknesa fast approaching, we resolved to build a - Historical and Oenealogical. 143 fire, and epc imp under some pines, but to our great joy, we descried on the other side of ’ he creek, a house in the distance. Our shoats soon attracted the attention of the inmates, who upon learning of our situation, volunteered to first bring us over in a canoe, and afterwards to swim the horses over. At first we hesitated to trust ourselves in so frail a boat, in the creek filled ’i^ith run- ning ice; but commending ourselves to the care of the Lord, I crossed first, with all our efiects, then Powell followed, swim- ’ ming tbe horses. One of the latter, at one timy, was carried by the current under the ' cinoe, and almost upset it. Being now but three miles from Capt. Thomas M’- Kee’s, we determined to press on, and took the path over the hills. Losing our way, after proceeding about two miles, we turned and attempted to' force our way betweeii the ice- barrier and rocks along the river, but were compelled to return to the house near the creek, where we passed the night; thankful that our Saviour had safely brought ’ us cker and Ensign Denny; ,For Police, Lieut. Mil- ligan. Camp West-Over. Evening Orders, — The Troops & Artil- lery will begin to pass James River at 3 o’clock in the morning by the Right. Each Regiment will give a Fatigue’Party properly officered, to facili- tate passage of themselvees and baggage. The Old and New Field Officers of the Day will superintend the business, for which purpose one will take po?t on the North and the other on the South side of the River. The General will be the signal. Not more than four Companies to strike their Tents at a time. For Fatigue — Lieut. Speer. Camp Westham, August 5, 1781. Field Officers for To-morrow.— L’eut. Col. Harmer; Capt. of 1st Virginia Batt. Brig. Maj. Fullerton. Brigade Orders. — Adjt for To-morrow, Vanhorn. Begt Ordrs.—Yov Guard, Lieut. Henly; For Police, Ens. Henderson. Camp Westham, August 6, 1781. At a General Court Martial held the 1st inst., whereof Major Edwards was President, Conrad Smjht, George Hall, Philip Herring and Jacob Smyht, Soldiers in the 2d Vir- ginia Batt. were tried for desertion, plead guilty and sentetced to run the gauntlet once through the brigades. John Gaivy, of* the 1st Batt , was tried for neglect of duty and umo’dierly betavior in suftering Capt. Fishburn’s servant to pass him when on sentry, after tbe countersign was given cut, and for sufieiing Cap*;. Htnderson ard Lieut. Fullerton to pass him without chal- lenging them, and sentenced to receive 50 lashes on his bare back. The General ap- proves of the sentence.*, and orders the pun- ishment to take place at 6 o’clock this even* Historical and Genealogical. w iDg; lor which purpose the troops will be paraded and furnished with switches proper for ihe occasion. The Quarter naaster will attend to this business in time. James Marshall was tried at the same Court Martial for deserting his platoon on the 6th ult. at Green Spring, and acquitted. The General approves the sentence, and or- ders Marshal to be released and join his regiment. The Court whereof Maj. Edwards was President will sit this morning at 10 o’clock for the trial of all such prisoners as may be brought before them. Field Officers for To-morrow— ‘Col. Gas- kins; Capt. of 2d Batt. ; Brig. Maj. Wil- liams. An Orderly Serg’t from 2 J Batt. for the Court Martial. Brigade Orders. — Ajijt. of the Day, M’- Kinney. / Begt. Orders, — Capt. of the Day, Hen- derson; For Guard, Lieuts. M’ Michael and Lodge; For Police, Ens. Denny. August 7, 1781 A Court of Inquiry to sit this 5 day, o’clock p. M., consisting of a Capt. and Subs, from the Penn’a Brigade and Artillery, to inquire into the conduct of William Pat- terson, Wagon Master of Ardllery, con- fined by Capt. Bartholomew on the night of the 6ih inst. Capt. Bartholomew will please attend. A Capt from the 1st Batt. one Sub from the 2d and one Capt. Lieut from the Anillery will c )mp)se the Court. An Orderly Sergt. from the 1st Batt. to at- tend the Court. Regt. Orders. — For Court of Inquiry this Day, Lieut. Stiicker. Camp Westham, August 7. 1781. The General will beat at one o’clock to morning, the Assemblee half after, and the Troops will take up the Line of March at 2 o’clock by the Right. The Order of March issued at Yorktown May 25th is to be read at the head of each Regiment, at Roll call this evening, which orders the General ex- pec s to be obeyed in every minutia in fu- ture Marches. A Return of Horses want- ing, to be made immediately, and one Man from each Regiment with the Wagon Mas- ter will set out for the place where they are. The Brigade Quarter Master will call on the General for orders. At a General Court Martial held on the 6th inst. whereof Maj. Edwards was Presi- dent, Michael Shaw, a Mattross in the 4th Regiment of Artillery, was tried for deser- tion, found guilty, and sentenced to receive 100 lashes on his back. The General con- firms the sentence, and orders the punish- ment to take place this evening at retreat beating. Brigade Grdm.— Adjt. of the Day, Van- horn One sub. to march the sick, from the 1st Batt. Regt. Orders. — For Guard, Lieut. Milli- gan; For Police, Lieut. Speer. Camp Near Richmond, August 8, 1781. Field Officers for to-morrow. — Maj. Willi-; Capt. of the 1st Batt.;, Brig. Maj. Williams. Brigade Orders, — Adjt.„of the Day, M’- Kinny. One sub from the 2d Batt. to march the sick. Reg ment Orders. — For Guard, Ens. Dixon and Lieut. Speer; For Police, Lieut. M’Michael Camp Bottom’s Bridge, August 9, 1781. The general court martial whereof Maj. Edwards is president, is desolved, and another general court martial to sit at 11 o’clock this morning. Major Alexander will preside for the trial of all such prison- ers as may come before them, particularly James Grant, a private in the Virginia Li»:e, charged with exciting mutiny, as far as in his power, by entering the tent of U8 Historical and Genealogical. Capt. Kirkpatrick, of the same Line, between the hours of 9 & 10 O’clock last night and won tool y sh moving him »h rough the left eye and temple. 2 Capts. and 3 Subs, from the ls*i Pena- sylvania Batt.; 2 Capts. and 2 Subs, from the 2d Penna. Batt ; 2 Capts. and 2 Subs, from the Virginia Batt. and an Officer from the Artillery will comprise the Court Orderly Serjts. from the2i Penn’a. Batt. and Virginia Regt. to attend The General has lately observed sach neglect and indulgenciS as to reader it necessary to order every Officer and Soldier having a Uniform to appiar in them on all Parades and Daties cannot be un- known to them that the contrary conduct is very reprehensible in all Armies, there- fore nothing but the want of a proper Uni- form can be admitted as an excuse in tu- ture. ^ gCol. Stewart is appointed Officer of this Day vice Major Alexander. Regiment Orders — ForGen’l Court Mir tial, Capt. Henderson, Lieut. M’ Michael & Ens. Denny. Camp Bottom’s Bbidge, August 9, 1781. Field Officers for To morrow — Lieu^ Col. Gaskins; Capt. 2d Batt; Brig. Maj. Fullerton. Brigade Orders —Adjt of the Day, Capt. Isaac Vanhorn. Begt. Orders— Fov the Da/, C>pt. Wil- kins; For Police, L eut. Blewer. Camp Bottom^ s Bridge, August 10, 1781. Field Officers for Tomorrow. — Col. Gas- kins; Capt. of Virginia Balt. ; Brig. Maj Willis. Regt. Orders — For Guar i, Lieut. Blewer; 4 & Ens. Henderson; F.>r Police, Lieut Lodge. Camp Bottom’s Bridge, August 11, 1781 Field Officers for To-morrow. — Maj. Hamilton; Capt. of 1st Batt.; Brig. Maj. Fullerton The officers will immediately arrange their ^baggage and'render^^it 'as portable as possible, divesting themselves of the lum- ber part of it. They must be sensible that the train of wagons we ha re along are by far too many for’the number of troops, and that during an active campaign, we may find it expedient to use fewer carriages and more bare], horses. Each regiment will furnLh one wagon to transport'the lumber part of the baggage to Little York town, in Pennsylvania, together with all the wo- men and children that accede to a company. General Irvine will receive^ directions to provide for them, so as to render their sit- uation as agreable as possible circum- stances wjll admit of. General Wayne will see these arrangements take place this af- ternoon, so that the Troops may /advance with facility one way, while the women, children and heavy baggage destined for Pennsylvania move towards Hanover, under the conduct of a commissioned Of- ficer to be warned for that purpose— Brigade Orders. — Adjt. for To morrow, Capt. Vanhorn. Camp Bottom’s Bridge, August 12th, 1781. At a General Court Mar»ial held the 9ch Inst, James Grant a soldier in the Vir- ginia Line, , was tried lor exciting a mutiny as far as in his power, by entering the tent of Captain Kirkpatrick of the same line, between the hours of nine and ten o’clock the night of the 8 h instant, and wantonly shooting said Capt.K through the left eye a id temple — pleads guilty of shooting said Capt. through the left eye and temple, but not guilty of the other instances exhibited in the charge. The Court are of opinion, the prisoner is guilty of the charge Sistorical and Genealogical. exhibited against him, being a breach of the 3d Art. and 2d Section of the Articles of War — and so sentence him to suffer Death, More than two-thirds of the Court agreeing thereto. The above Sentence is Approved, and General Wayne is requestei to have it put in execution, hastily. In obedience to the orders of the Major General, the Mar- quis De Lafayette, General Wayne directs said James Grant be hanged by the neck ’til Dead, between the hours of 12 and 1 ’clock to morrow, The Field Officers of the Day will see this awful, though j ust & necessary Sen- tence put into execution. The Troops will all parade at 10 o’clock in the morning, in the most Soldierly manner possible. The new Guards will remain with their Regi- ments until Service is over. Dr. Jones will prepare a discourse adapted to the occa- sion. August 12, 1781 Regiment Orders . — Some doubts may arise in the minds of Capts., or Officers commanding companies, respecting the number of Women who will be allowed in each Comp. The number allowed by Con- grtss to draw Provisions is four to each Comp, consisting of 52 Riok & File, but as our Companies are not full, the Col. diiects if possible, that not more than 3 be de- tained in each, as they pr »ve on long Ma'^ches a great incumbrance, both to the Troops and Baggage Wagons. The Capt’s or Officers commanding Companies will le tain such as are most useful and leaU cum- b.-rs ^me. A Regimental C uit Martial will sit th’s day for the trial of Andrew Pinkerton, a Soldier in Capt Irvine’s Company, Cap . Peirson to preside — Lieut L dge & Ens, Dixon, members. Brigade Orders . — The General Orders of Yesterday, respecting the superfluous Bag- gage, Women & Children are expected to be critical y attended to. No more than 3 Women will bo allowed to each Company. The Commanding Officers of Companies will give the names of Assistant Quarter Masters, who are to see that they divest themselves of the large Bundles that en- cumber the Carriages. This is to be done before Troop beat to-morrow morning. The Wagons will move soon after. Lieut. Crawford, of the Iso Regiment, will take charge of the ^aggage, and see it properly stored at York Town [Penna.] and receive h s orders from Richard Builer, Col. Com- mandant. Field Officers for To-morrow. — Maj Ed- wards; Capt. 2d Batt ; Brig. Maj. Wil- liams; Adjc, M’ Kinney. Begt. Orders — Capt. of the Day, Becfeer ; For Guard, Lieuts. Lodge & Strickler; For Police, Ens. Dixon. Camp Bottom’s Bridge, August 13, 1781. The General Court Martial of which Major Alexander is President is dissolved — and an ther Court Martial to sit this morning at 10 o’clock for the trial of Capt. Steel, tbe Members to consist of 4 Field Officers, 4 Capts and 4 subs. Col. Stewart will pieside. The Parties and evidences to have not ce to attend. Members—Lieut. Col. Gaskins, Majors Hamilton, Willis & Alexanler; 1 Capt & 2 subs from the 1st Batt. ; 2 Capts and 2 subs from the 2d Batt ; 1 Capt. from the Virginia Batt.; and 1 Officer from the Artillery; an Orderly Sergt from the 2i Batt. to attend the Court. Regimental Orders — For General Court Martial, Capts. Pierson & Irvine, Lieuts. Blewer & Milligan. Camp Bottom’s Bridge, August 13, 1781 Fie’d Officers for To morrow — L eut Col. Harmar; Capt. ot Virgin a Balt. Brig. Mnj' Fullerton Brigade Orders. — .\djt. of the Day, Capt, m Historical and Genealogical. Vanhorn Regt. Orders . — For Guard, Ens. Danny ; For Police, Lieut. Henly, A. Regimental- Court Martial, to sit this day at 11 o’clock; for the trials of the prisoners in the Qr. Guard; Capt. Henderson, Presdt Mem- bers — Lieuts. McMicha-:! & TUden; Eos. Henderson & Dixon Camp Bottom’s Bridge. August 14, 1781. Field Ofl&cers for To-morrow. — Maj. Ei- wards; Capt. 1st Baf;.; Brig. Maj. Wil- liams. Brigade Orders. — Adjt. of the Day, M’- Kinny. Regt. Orders. — For^Guard, Lieut. M’ Michael; For Police, Lieut. S richer. Camp Bottom’s Bridge, August 15, 1781. At a General Court Martial held the 13th inst., whereof Col. Stewart whs Presi- dent, Capt. Steele, of the 1st Pennsylva- nia Regiment, was tried for leaving the Batt to which he belongei, withou'-. per- mission from Lieut. Col. Harmar, then commanding it. The Court c^me to the consideration of the charges, circumstances and evidences, and are of op’nioa that Capt. Steele was not justifiable in absent- ing himself from the Batt, without permis- sion from Lieut. Col. Harmer, and as Capt. Steele’s coiiduct did not proceed from any disrespect or contempt to Lieut Col. Har- mer, and that Col. Butler had some atten tion to the internal Police of the Batt. he conceived him to command, and therefore requests the General to release Capt. Steele from arrest Capt. Steele is hereby released from his arrest, and will return to his command. The General Court Martial, whereof Col. Stewart is President, is dis- solved. The officer who is to conduct the Women and Children and spare Baggage to York Town, will call upon Geoeral Wayne for his orders this evening, and be ready to march at sunrise in the morning. Field Officers for To-morrow. — Maj. Alexander; Capt of Virginia Batt; Brig. Maj. Fullerton. Camp Bottom’s Bridge, August 16, 1781. Field Officers for To morrow. — Col. Stew- art; Capt. of 2d Batt. ; Brig. Maj Williams. The Gene al will beat at 2 o’clock, the assemblee at half after, and the troops will take up the Line of March by the Right at 3 o’clock in the morning. The utmost care must be taken to preserve the new Encampment clean & healthy; for which purpose vaults are to be made as soon as the Troops arrive on the Ground. The Commissary will make standing Rule to cause all the Offals to be buried morning and evening. The Quarter Master will cause the Camp Colour Men to do the same in the vicinity of the Camp. The Officers of Police will see that the Soldiers cook their Provisions properly at the same time. Every possible exertion must be used to prevent any depredations being committed upon the Person or Property of the Inhabitants. TheGeneral is confident that the Officeis will produce a c nvic ion to the World that the charge of countenancing such c )uduct is groundle s. BrigadeOrders — Adj^ of the Day, Capt. Vanhorn. Batt Orders — For the Day, Capt. Ir- vin ; For Guard. L’eub Speer; For Po- lice; Ens Renders m [concluded next week.] NOTES AND QUERIES— XXXVt. Historical and Oenealogical. Dauphin County and the War for THE Union. — It is proposed to p'epare a full and accurate History of Dauphin County in the Rebellion, and f r this pur- Historical and Genealogical. 151 pDse aa earnest request is made to thos having any papers or memoranda which will give facts re’a’ing to the organizition of companies or regioaents, and the partici- pation of individuals in that civic strife not mentioned in Bates’ History, to furnish them to the Editor of Notes and (Queries. The errors in the work alluded to ought to be G )rrected, and any such information will be thankfully received. At the pres- ent, while many of the actors in that san- guinary struggle are yet living, it is per- fectly proper that the effort be made to preserve and print whatever relates thereto. w. H. E. The Battle op King’s Mountain, which took pUce on the 7th of October, 1780, has found an excellent historian in the person of that learned and erudite anti- quary, our friend L^man 0. Draper, LL. D., of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He has gathered from many sources all ihe details relating to thit bat- tle and to its heroes, and h'ls, therefore, given, as the labor of jears, one of the most valuable and in;eresting historits of Revo- lutionary times. Faithful and conscientious, Dr. Draper’s work is a noble monument of his unwearied researches into the p^st. In th'S connection. we ex- pre s the hope that his his- tolies of pioneer life. in most of which we Pennsylvan aans are deeply interested, may find as enthusiastic a pub- lisher as Peter G Thompson, of Cincinnati, O , and we are confident a million reaiers will welcome them to their homes, as the true records of the heroic bravery and dar- ing adventures of iheir pioneer ancestry. A TOK&TOWN ORDERLY BOCK [CONCLUDED ] Camp near New Castle, August 17, 1781. Field Officers for To morrow. — Lieut. Col. Harmer; Capt. 1st Bait. ; Brig. Maj. Fullerton. Brigade Orders — Adjt. of the Day, Ma- jor M’ Kinney. Begt. Orders . — For Guard, Lieuts.Blewer and Tilden; For Police, Lieut. Milligan. Camp near New Castle, August 18, 1781: Field Officers for To-morrow. — Lieut. Col. Gaskins; Capt. Virginia Batt ; Brig. Maj. Williams. The whole of the Troops are to parade at 10 o’clock to-morrow in as soldierly a manner as possible. Tdey will first be re- viewed, and then f^rm in the Wood near the Church to attend Divine Service. It is expected that no trifling excuse wi'l pre- vent any from attending. Ihe Officers to which any Delinquents belong, will be Judges of their abi'ity or inability, and will excuse or punish them accord- ingly. The new Guards will remain with their Regiments until Service is over. Horses or Cross Trees for the Arms to be Did against, must be fixed in front of the Tents, to prevent the injury which the Arms receive, by frequently falling after having been stacked. Brigade Orders. — Adjt. of the Day, Capt. Vanhorn. Batt Orders —For Guard, Ens Hender- son; For Police, Lieut. Speer. Camp New Castle, August 19, 1781. Field Officers for To-morrow. — Msj. Hamilton; Capt. 2d l att.; Brig Maj. Ful- lerton Brigade Orders — Adjt. of the Day, Maj. M’Kinney. Batt. Orders — For the Day, Capt. Hen- der^on; For Guard. Lieut. Henly; For Po- lice; Lieut. Hovendon. Camp New Castle August 30, 1781. m Historical and Genealogical. Field Officers for To-morrow.— Maj. Ed- wards; Capt. 1st Batt.; Brig. Maj Wil- liams. Brig. Orders. — Adjt. of the Day, Capt. Vanhorn. Bait. Orders.— Yox Guard to morrow, Lieuts. Hovendon and Strieker; For Police, Lieut. M’ Michael. Camp New Castle, August 21. 1781. Field Officers for To morro?e, Maj. Alex- ander; Capt. Virginia Batt , Biig. Maj. Ful- lerton. Brigade Orders.— Adjt. of the Day, Capt Vanhorn. Batt. Orders.— For Guard, Lieut. LoJge; For Police, Lieut. Tilden. CaMP New Castle, August 22, 1781. Field Officers for To morrow. Col. Stew- art; Capt. 2d Batt., Brig. Maj, Williams. Brigade Orders. — Adjt. of t>"e Day, Van- horn. Batt. Orders.— For the Day, Capt. Wil- kins; For Guard, Ens. Denny aod Dixon; For Police, Lieut. Henly ; For to march the sick, Lieut. Blure. Camp New Castle, August 23, 1781. The General will beat to-morrow mnrn ing at 8 o’clock, the Assembly at half af er, and the Troops will take up the Line of March by the Left at 9 Lieut. Col. Harmer is appointed Field Officer of this Day, vice Col. Stewart. Field Officer lor To-morrow— Col. Gas kins; Capt. 1st Batt.; Brig. Maj. Fullerton. Brigade Orders— Adjt. of the Day, Maj. M’Kinney. Batt. Orders — For Guard, Lieut. Speer; for Police, Lieut Lodge . After Orders— The Troops to mirch at 3 o’clock to morrow morning Camp Westover, August 24, 1781. FiJd Officers for To-morrow — Maj. Ed wards; Capt. Virginia Batt.; Brig. Maj. Williams. Brigade Orders — Adjt. of the Day, Capt. Vanhorn. Batt. Orders— For Guard, Lieut. Tilden; for Police, . Camp Westover, Aui ust 25, 1781. Field Officers To-morrow. — Maj. Alexan- der; Capt 1st Batt., Brig Maj. Fullerton. The Troops are to improve this Day, in washing and cleaning their Clothes and Arms, and to parade at half after 6 this evening for Inspection; which Duty will be done by the Commanding Officers of Regi- ments and Companits. As the character of the Troops is an important interest, the General has not the least doubt but tha every precaution will be taken to prevent any depredation or waste that can be avoided. Brigade Orders. — Adj’tof the Day, Maj. M’Kinney. Batt. Orders. — For Guard, Lent. Blewer. For Police, Li jut. Strieker. Camp Westover, August 26, 1781. Field Officers for To-morrow. — Col. Stewart, Capt 21 Batt, Brig. Maj. Wil- liams. Tne Tioops will parale in the bsst manner p'^ssible for Divine Service at 10 o’clock this morning, after which the Guards will be relieved. Brigade Orders. — Adjt. of the Day, Capt. Vanhorn. Batt. Orders — For Police, Ens Denny. Camp Westover, August 27. 1781 F eld Officers for To morrow, Lieut. Col. Harmer; Capt. 1st Batt., Brig. Maj. Ful- lerton Brigade Orders. — Adj of the Day, Maj. M’Kinny. Batt. Ordtrs — For Guard, Lieut. Milli- Historical and Genealogical. 153 gan; For Police, Ens. Henderson. Camp Westover, August 28, 1781. The General will beat at 8 o’clock the Assemblee half after and the troops will take up the Lice of March at 9 this morn- ing — by the Lett. The Baggage in front, to proceed the Troops a halt hour, in the same order of March. Brig. Orders.— The Quartermaster on ar- riving at the new Encampment, will be particular in having Kitchens made in the rear of the Regiments, as no fires will be allowed in Front Vaults are immediately to he sunk on arriving at the new ground. Bait. Orders— For Polioe^ Ens. Hender- son; For Fatigue, Eos. Dixon; For Guard, Lieut. Speer. Camp, August 30, 1781. Field officers for to-morrow, Maj. Alex- ander; Capt. 1st Batt— Brig. Maj. Fuller ton. Brigade Orders— Ad jt. of the day, Capt. Vanhorn. Batt Orders— Wov Guard, Lieut. Dodge; For Police, Lieut. Milligan. Camp Prince George County, August 31, 1781. The General will beat at 2 o’clock; the Assemblee at half after; and the troops to march precisely 3 o’clock this afternoon by the Left. The Quarter Master will furnish the necessary Guides. A Fatigue Party consisting of 1 Sub, 2 Sergts and 20 men to parade immediately, and take charge ot the Boats, They will cany their arms along The Officer will call on General Wayne for orders Brigade Orders— ¥ or marching the sick this day, Lieut. Tilden. Camp Cabin Point, Sept. 1, 1781. Field Officers for this Day, Col Stewart; Capt. Virginia Batt., Brig. M?*j Williams. Brigade Orders, — Adjf. of the Day, Maj. M’Kinny . Batt Orders . — For Guard, Ens. Denny; For Police, L'eut. Ttlden. Camp Surry Court House, September 1, 1781. Field Officers for To-morrow, Lieut Col. Giskins; Capt. 1st Batt., Brig Maj. Ful- lerton . The troops are to draw and cook provi- sions for this day and to-morrow, clean and furbish up their arms, and have everything in readiness for action. Brigade Orders. — Adjt. of the Day, Capt. Vanhorn Batt Orders — For Guard, Lieuts. Speer and Tilden; For Police, Lieut. Henly. Camp Holt’s Forge, Srpr, ember, 2. 1781. The M-jor General, the Marquis De La- fayette, is happy to inform the Army that in consequence of a preconcerted plan, 23 Sail of the Line and a large body of French Troops, under the Marquis De St, Simon have just arrived in the Cheasapeake Bay, from the West Ind e«. The letters he has received are full of impatience to co-operate with the American forces, and the General knows that it will bj reciprocated. The Stveral parts of this army will hold them- stlves in readiness for a junction with that of his Most Christian Majesty. Orders will be seot to the Commanding Officers. Whatever may be done to improve ap- pearances, the General is sensible will not be neglected, and he is not less persuaded that in this co-operation every specimen of discipline, good conduct, and gallantry will add to those laurels, the Americans have so justly obtained. While the General joins in sentiments of the most lively gratitude for this Powerful Aid. his first feelings are dedicated to the sense of his obligations to the Army he has had the honour to com- mand this Campaign. To their mili'ary virtues is owing the Historical and Genealogical. 154. pr. sent critical s-ituation of the Enemy, and among other things he is happy that our commmd of ihe Water will now enable him to have them properly displayed, aj a difficult transportation has been the great obstacle to our sub&is encf. Williamsburg, September 5, 1781. Field Offijers for To morrow — Major Alexander; Capt. of 1st Bitt. ; A'ijt. M’- Kinney. Bait. Orders— Y 01 Guard this Day, Lieuts. Henly and Strieker; for Police, L’eut. Lodge September 6, 1781. Brigade Orders— of the Day, Capt Vanhorn. Bitt. Orders— Y or Guard, Lieut. L idge and Eas. Denny; for Police, Ens. Dixon. Camp Burrell’s Mills, September 6, 1781. Bait. Orders. — For Guard To-morrow, Lieut Speer and Ens Dixrn; For Polic •, Lieut. Strieker. Camp Burrill’% Mills, Septembik 7, 1781. Field Officers for To-morrol^ — Major Edwards; Capt of 1st Batt; AjV. Van horn. \ Batt. Orders — For Guard To m-\row, Capt. Henderson, Lieuts Hovendon and Moore; For Police, Ens. Henderson. General Orders. The Virginia Regulars, the Dragoons, Riflemen and a detichment fiom the Militia, will form a Light Corps of ob erva ion, of which General Muilen- burgh is req tested to take the command. The Lighi Infantry and Pejnsylvmia Troops will take the Camp that is assigned for them on the Right of ihe Lme. The Maryland Batt. wi 1 be detached on the other s.de of the River, th s Wing to be under the orders of Genera'. Wayne. The Militia will form a re- serve u ider General Stephens from which a Detachment will be made to the Right and Left. The whole of the Militia will be under General Stephens. Brig, Gen'l Du Portail, Commandant of the Corps of Eugmeers having ariivcd in this Army, is to be respected a cor’ingly. As we must as much as possible assimu- late the two modes of ^erving, by giving up someihing on each side, The General de- sires that the following Regulations may be adopted: The Parole will a’so prove a watchword. When more than three men on horoeback, or six men on fo )t, come to the post, the Sen inel will challenge; and upou the answer, Fii-nd, will ask what Corps? what Rank? The answer being made, the Corporal and two men will re- connoitre in the sami way, and in the mean while, if a Corp^ of Troops or a Gen- eral Officer is announced, the Gaud will get read/ to pay them the usual honours. There will be no Tatoo beat, but at the E vening Gun, the Retreat as usuil. Brigade Orders — Th^ Troops wi.l draw one gill of Rum and one day’s Fiour imme- diately, and cook it, and be realy to Mirch at a moment’s warning, by the right. Williamsburg, Sep ember 8, 1781. Fisld Offices for Tjmurov. — Oil. Vosp; B. M , Fullerton. General OreZers. — Geu«ral Ord jrs will be given every day at eleven o’clock. Tee Ajdr. Genl , Field Offi ;ers for the last and present days, The Heads of Departments, or in their ab en:e from camp, their Depu- ties, will p’eaie to attend. Toe Genertl Commanding ou the li les is als ) requested to send one of his A’ds. The Gme al will give the Parole and Cou itersign tithe AjdG. Genl , whi w.ll deliver!', to the Field Officers of the Day, and sen i it to the Pi- quet ani Guards, this b ing the mode Hit E.xcellency General Wa.hiagtou hat lately adopted. Historical and Genealogical, 155 Eight o’ch'ck win be as usu the hour of Parade, The Con iuental Parade and that ot the Mi iiia to be iu fr mt ot their re-pective camps When our >roopt a e chail nged iu the Day by the French Piqu ;t th^y will to the fi St qaes ion answer ‘‘Friend,” and to the sec >nd ‘‘A.mericau A.rmy,” ‘‘Officer.” — If an Officer, M"j -r Genl. or BngaUer Genl, if they have th it rank, or ihe name o‘ th i Corpi. In the night to avo d mistakis in la 'guaae it wi'l be bette; to c »me in by the A.tn rican Pique s waen practi able, and the Semi lels on b ith ailes take ca'e to make allowanc s f »r the diffloiiity of beinif reciprocally unde s ood The Qene'al p i ies himselt in the brave American Tro 'ps, which he has had ihe honor t • c >mmaad. Aflfec ion aad grati- tude rend is him jealous of their lepu a- tion as able and meri orious officers, daiing, venturous so’d e's; he knows they will soou te obs rved by evjry mill a y eye, but hopes tha*" even mmu ias wilinttbe neglected, and he wou'rl grieve to ste the least Ihinjj going amiss before eyes, who the more friendly they are, the more they Will make it a point to get a qu vinte 1 with the American mode, observing when the French Geneial c imes to an Ame ictn post, the Troops will pre■^^nt iheir Arms, an i if they have Drums w 11 beat a Mirch In case of his going along the L ne, the comm ssion d Offi :ers of Keg>meuts, are rcqnes ed to have their men tumid out, and the Drummers b at a March without Siiut- ing. B ing born o' French, and being an ad-'pted ^on of Ame ici, the General has a thouiand leasoos to wiffi for the grea'est harmony amongst ihe Troops The least devia ion fr >m it wo dd m ,ke h'm full of the grei,test pai i. L < ut. Col. Carr ngton having be m sent to lake the command of th*. Artill ry, will be re-pec td and obeyed accor liugly. He ii however r. quested to lend his ac-istance to the Department in wh'ch he has ren- dered himself so very useful , As long as the Army lays in ihe vici jity ■ ot Wil'iamsburgh, the Po-t Offi ;e will be kept at the nmal house in Town, where the Post will arrive from the northward every Friday morning, a'*d set o it 'r im h ;re eight hours af er. Brigade Orde s — Capt. of the Dcty, 1st Bart,; Arij. ot the Day, M’Kiuney. Balt, Orders — l:''or P quet, Capt. Hender- son and Lieut Hovendon; for Ca up Guard, L'eur. TiMtn; L»r Police, L'eut Mil igan. [September 9, 1871. Br.gide Orders ^On the arrival of the Baggag s the Camp is to be pitched in the most regu'ar manner, whicn the Officers commauUing Compani s will phase to at- teud to. At 5 o’clock P. M the Troops will be reviewed by the Commander-in- Cnid and Ge leral of the Aided Ai-my. Tnis Move o /er. the G eneral reques s ihe OfficrTH of (he Line to attend on him at Head Quirte-rs, irom which place he will acc impany them to the Fiench Camp, in Order to introduce them to the Officers. Tne C *mmaading Officers of Companies will p ease to attend to the appearance of their Men, and be punc ual iu having them all present. Williamsburg, September 9, 1781. Field Offic rs for To-morrow. — Col. But- ler; B. M., Hobby General Orders. — At six o’clock this evening the Light Infantry and Penahyl- vania Liue will be revie wed in front of their Camps. Immediately after the Rev ew the Geutleme i Offi ‘ers of both Corps are re- qu*sted lo attend at Col. Butler’s Marquee ivir Livin. ston who acts as Field Age it for supplying the French Troops, is to be respected arc udi gly, and the American Commis-ades are to receive h’s orders, and take his leeeipt for what they may furnish. D ly Orders — Capt. of the Day from the L’ghr, I(jf>intry. Brig ide Orders. — of the day, Capt. Vanhorn. Bait Orders —For Guard, Lieut. Milli- gao; For Polic \ Lieut. Moore. yVlLLIAMiBURG, Septemb r 10, 1781 F.eld Offi lers for To-morrow, Col. Stew- art; B. H., Fuderton. General Ord'^rs. — Returns of State arms and accoutre men ;s of every kind iu the possession of the several b igades to be made out and given by oiderly time to- morrow. A'S), the returns of the militia, brigades and corps, with the names and ranks of the field officers. C -1 Vose is appointed President of a Gen’l Court Martial to sit to morrow at ten 156 Historical and Genealogical, o’cloc*?, iu some room in the college. Mem- bers to attend the court : Light Infantry, 4 Capts. anti 3 Subs; Penn^a, 2 Cap’s and 3 Suos; Artilltry, 1 Capt ; Light Infantry, 1 Orderly Sergt. Diy Orders — Capt. from Penn’a Brig- ade. Brigade Orders — Capt. of the Day, 1st Batt. ; Adjo. ot the Day, Maj. M’Kinney. A Brigade Court Martial to sit to morrow morning at ten o’clock for the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before them. Major Hamilton to preside. BaU Orders— Y ot Piquet Guard, Lieut, St icker; For Camp Guard, E as. Hender- son; For G. C. M., L’eut. Lodge; For B. C. M., Capt. Henderson, Lieuts. Hovendon, Moore, Tiiden, Henly and Ens. D.nny; Fur Police, Ens. Dixon. Williamsburg September 11, 1781. Field Officers for to-morrow, Major Read; B M., Hobby. The General Court Martial whereof Col, Vose is President will sit to morrow morn ng at the hour & place appointed in yes- terdays Orders and consist of the following members: Col. Dark, Lieut. Cols. Edmunds & Mur- ray and Major Alexander, 2 Capts and 2 Subs from the Light Infantry, 2 C^pts & 1 Sub from the Pennsylvania Line, and 1 Capt from the Park; Capt. Ogden will act as Judge Advoca e. Day Orders. — Capt. of the Day from Penn’a Brurade. Brigade Orders. — Capt. of th^ Day, 1st P. B.; Aj It. ot the Day, Capt. Vanhorn. BaP. Orders. — For Guard, Lieut. Henly; For Police, Ens. Dixon. In future when any ot the Sold'ers have occasion to go on Pass, they are to be es- corted by a Sergt., who will be answerable for them while absent, for which purpose one will be appointed, who is. a'ter parade to collect such as have Passes. He will march them regularly, and when they have supplied themselves with what they went for, he will bring them back in the same Older. All washing Parties to ob-erve the same ceremonies. Tne Offi...er3 commind- i ng Companies, are constantly to ^ee ihat their Men when they go oa this bu inees are attended by a non-commiisione 1 Officer of their Company. WiLLIAMSBURGH, September 12, 1781. Field Officers for To-morrow. — Major Hamilton; B. M., Fullerton. General Orders. — His Excellency the Governor (Nelson, of Virginia), having ar- rived to take c immand of the Militia, All applications relative to them are to go to h*m, and in future the Brigade Majors of those Troops, and Officers who take orders f >r them, will attend at his Excellency’s (Quarters every day at twelve O’clock. The Rifle men under Col. Lewis are to remain on the lines. General Louzun’s Brigade will be re- lieved by an equal nunaber from General Steohen’s Brigade and encamp on his lett. Brigade Orders. — One Sub., One Serj’t and sixteen Men for command immedi- ately. The Officer will call on Col. Builer for instructions At a B. G. Court Martial, where f Major Hamilton is President, J ihn Craig, of the 1st Bait, was tried for mutinous expres- sions. The Couit is of Opinion, the pris- oner IS not guilty of the charges. Toe Commanding Officer approves the opinion of the Court, and orders him to be released. The B G. Court Martial, whereof Major Hamilton is President, is dissolved Batt. Orders — For Piquet, Lieut. Blewer; For Police, Lieut. Hoveudon. Williamsburg, September 13, 1781. Fie'd Officers for To morrow, Major Ed- wards; B M., Hobby. Day Orders. — Capt. of the Day from Light Intan'ry Batt. Brigade Orders. — Aj ij. of the day, Capt. Van born. Batt. Orders — For Piquit, Lieut. M’- Michael: For Camp Guard, Eos. Denny; For Police, Lieui; Tdden Weekly Retarns to be made out early to morrow morning [ W illiamsbUrgh, September 14, 1781. FiGd Officers for To morrow. Major Willis, B. M,, Fulbrfoo. A general Return of the Infantry, Cav- alry and Artillery to be given in to morrow morning at 10 o’c’oek. Oapt. flhsky is ap- pointed to do the duty of B. er Mas- ter of the Cava'ry. The Commissary Gen- eral will immediately appoint a Commis- sary to the Staff, who shall also issue to the Park of Artillery and Corps not Brigaded. Historical and Genealogical. 167 MOTJKS AND QDlfiKIIi.S.— XXXVII. Historical aud Genealogical. Leech, — Who was George Leech, who settled in Westmoreland county in 1780, and what is known of his descendants ? H. E H. Doctor Woltz — A.bout 1765 there re- sided near Middletown a physician by this name. He subsequently removed to Mary- land, but further than that we have no knowledge Inquiry is made of him. R. Logan — John Logan of Londonderry, died February 21, 1788, in the fifty-ninth year of his age. He married Hannah, daughter of Widiam and Sophia Sawyer of Londonderry. She was born April 21, 1731, and died October 26, 1806, They left the following children: i. Thomas, b. 1759; d. March 23, 1797. a. William. Hi. John. w. Margaret, m Williams. ■». Mary, m Samuel McCleery. John Logan was a son of Thomas Logan, who was an early setlltr in the original township of Derry. He was a member of the first company of associatiors raised for the defence of American liberties in 1775, and his descendants, many of them remain in the same locality. One of them, we believe, is the surviving number of old Derry Church. Information concerning this lamily is requested. w. h. e, “Black Pete.” — A few years since, search was made by a prominent citizen of Harrisburg for the grave of “Black Pete,” who died near Linglestown about forty years ago, with a view to marking it with a stone. He found the house in which Pete died, but no one knew where he was bur- ied. It has since been ascertained that he lies in the graveyard of the Dauphin county alms hou'e. It may be interesting to know who “B'ack Pe':e” was, and why he was deemed worthy of a tombstone Peter Bung, or Nathan, as he called himself — “Black Pete” as everybody else called him — was a slave belonging to Jacob Awl, and one of those whom ihe emancipation act of Pennsylvania lef. in bondage for life, but was permitted by his master to go free with the rest, Mr Awl binding himself to keep Peter off the county. Peter was a genius in his way, and a handy man in the neigh- borhood — being an excellent cook, a neat housekeeper and an expert at pulling and breaking flax. He never was married, and for many years kept bachelor’s hall in a smdl log house in the woods near Paxtang church, of which establishment he was the sexton. At this time there lived hard by a du’cbman who was very fond of whisky. Pete often employed this man t) dig graves for him, the compensation being a few drinks. This good under- stand, ng was at last broken off by the fol- lowing circum^itance. One of the Awl family died and Pe^e sent for his man 'to dig the grave. He 5ame. Pete marked off the ground, gave minute directions as to the digging, told the dutchman where the bottle was, and ihen went to attend the fun- eral in capacity of mourner. When the cortege arrived, everything was right, but the dutchman was so drunk that fears were enienamed by maLy that he might fall into the grave. Pete touk in the situation at a glance, but held his voice until the family moved away from the grave and were out of hearing whtn he administertd a severe re- buke to h s a-^bistant, ordered him out of his S'ght, and declared that if this was not the grave of one of his own family he would pi ch the scoundrel in and cover him up. When the woods ground Pete’s house was cleared away, the house itself was taken down aud he removed to the neighborhood of L nglestown, but always piid a semi an- nual visit to the valley, ostensibly to see 258 Historical and Genealogical. “the folks,” but in reality to collect a sup ply of provisions which were always given before he asked. On one occasion he men- tioned that he was out of lard, and when asked whether there was no lard about Linglestown, declared very emphatically — that there was not lard enough in that whole region to grease your little finger with. I have said that “Black Pete” was a handy man, but it was his mental powers that gained him celebrity. He was a man like Mr. Shandy of whom “Nature could stand up and say, ‘This man is elo- quent.’ ” He was entirely unlettered; but his imagination was vivid, his powers of description wonderful and his invective se- vere. Many of his sayings are still quoted, one in particular is often heard, viz: “There is nothing cuts like the truth.” This idea is much older than Pete, but was neverthe- less original with him. He was moreover gifted with the power of song, having a voice much like that of a woman. These qualities always gained him a hearing, aad contributed not a little io his support in his latter days. He never “came upon the county” until after death, nor was he ever considered “a charge” by any individual. w. F. R WBITZEL. FAMILY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Allen — Allison — Bache — Bailey — Briggs — Bowen — Boyd — Byers— C ar- PEN TER— Crawford- Davis- Edwards Fisher — Hummel — Johns — Lebo — Lehr — Morris — Quigley — Selin — Stone — Snyder— Webb — White — W ILBUR — W OODRO W. I. Johan Paul Weytzel, and h^s wife Charlotte, belonging to prominent families in the Fatherland, emigrated to America in ihe Ship Loyal Judiih, James Cowie, Master, from Rotterdam, SepU 3, 1742, and settled in Lancaster county, Penn’a, where they became pos-essed of much wealth. They had issue. 2. i. Casper, b 1748. 3 ' a . Philip, b 1750 4 Hi John, b. De: ember 30. 1752 5. w. George, 6. V . Eliza-beth. II. Lt. Colonel Casper Weitzel, son of J. Paul and Charlotte Weitzel, was born at Lancaster, Penn’a in 1748. He studied law in Philadelphia and was ad- mitted to the bar of Lancaster county in 1769. He subsequently remove I to Sun- bury, Penn’a, where he was engaged in the active duties of his profession when the Revolutionary War began. He at once threw all his personal infiuence in the scale on the side of the Colonies. He was a member from Northumbeiland county, with Wi'liam Plunkett of Wyoming fame, of the Provincial Convention held in Phila- delphia, January 23, 1775, which passed the patriotic resolutions found in “Egle’s History of Pennsylvania,” page 146. He was Secretary of the County Commute in April, 1775, and as such issued the stirring appeal of April 20, 1775, to the Citizens of Bufiftilo Valley, which is recorded in “Linn’s Buffalo Valley, ”176. The original of this ap peal in WeiizeTs hand writing is in my possession. It is as follows: ‘SuNBURY, 20th April, 1775. Gentlemen: The time is at Hand when the Spirit of Americans that Love Liberty and Constitutional Principals, will be put to the Trial. What has been by them in their difierent Resolves avowed, must per. haps at last be put in Execution. The late alarming News just received from England (which we may depend upon) informs that the British Parliament are determined by Force to put in Execution every of their supreme Edicts, as they stile them, together with their late oppressive Acts, which we Historical and Genealogical. 159 have so long, and with so little, or no Ef- fect, hitherto complained of. We con- sider it absolutely necessary to have a gen- eral Meeting of the whole County, in order to form some regular Plan, in Conjunction with our Countrymen, to give every oppo- sition, to impending Tyranny ani Oppres- sion either by Force or otherwise. The Time of Meeting we thiek, will be best on the First day of May next, at ten o’clock in the Forenoon, and the Place most con venient at Vandike’s, near Beaver’s Ran, in Buffalo Valley. We do, therefore, earnestly request that you will immediately, on the Receipt hereof, in the most expeditious Manner, notify the Inhabitants of your Township of this Matter, and insist on their Attendance without Fail there on that Day. The place of Meeting is such where we cannot expect much Accommodation. It will be therefore necessary that every man shall provide for himself. We are your humble Servants. Signed by Order of the Committee. Cas. Weitzel. Directed to John Lowdon Esquire and Mr. Samuel Maclay, in Buffalo Valley. In March, 1776, he raised a Company in and around Sunbury, at his own expense, as receipts such as tbe following from his three Lieutenants, Wm. Gray— John Robb and George Grant, now in my hands testify. “Received, at Sunbury, 37th March, 1776, of Capt. Cas. Weitzel, twenty five pounds, Pennsylvania money, for the pur- pose cf recruiting riflemen in his company, &c. Geo. Grant.” This company, of which he was himself captain, was attached to Col. Miles’ Bat- talion, and participated in the di-astrous battle of August 37, 1776, on Long Island. Weitzel fougnt through the British ranks, and made his way into camp with Lt. Col. Brodhead, his company having suffered a loss of twenty offl ;ers and men. His com- pany, reduced by this battle from 70 rank and file to one half — of whom, October 4, 1776, only 31 were present fit for duty, was consolidated with other companies. Weit- zel’s commission as captain dates March 9, 1776 He was subsequently appointed lieutenant colonel of the battalion of the lower division of the county. He died, unmarried, in 1783. aged 33 years. The office he used at Sunbury still stands and is occupied as a dwelling. The following let er, wri^^^ten to his brother John, just af- ter the battle of Long Island, is still in ex- istence: • Camp Near King’s Bridge, Sixteen Miles above New York, September 6, 1776. ‘ Dear Brother: I would have writ- ten lo you long before this lime had any- thing worth communiciting happened me or otherwise since my going into the army. Even now I scarcely know what to say to you, unless it would be to give you an ac- count of the manner of living in the Amer- ican Army ; but that too seems so familiar to me now ihat I think myself to have lived in the same way all my life, and imagine it repetition to relate anything con- cerning it. Amidst the marches and move- ments of the army, and the attention I am obliged to pay to my company, .1 almost forget relatives, friends, foimer business, yet while I am writing I find myself a little un- easy when I ihink myself so far removed from home, the Lord only knows for what time New York is like a wire mouse trap, eisy to get in, but hard to get out. You no doubt before now have heard of the drubbing we Pennsylvanians with the Delaware and Maryland Battalions got on Long Island on the 37th of August last, we were prettily taken in. “The General Sullivan who commanded on Long Island, is much blamed I saw leo Historical and Genealogical. nothing of him in the engagement or some days before. The little army we had on the Island of about five thousand men was surrounded by fifteen or twenty thousand of the English and Hessians when the en- gagement began; they gave us a good deal of trouble, but we to ight our way bravely through them. The number of English and Hessians killed is surprising great and of ours very trfiing; but they have taken about seven hundred of our people prisoners, and amongst them more officers than perhaps ever was known in the like number of men. My Lieut. Gray, Ser- geant Gordon, Sergeant Price and sixteen privates are missing. I know of only one killed in my cempany. The poor fellow was wounded in the thigh, and unable to walk. His name is Speiss: the d d savage Hes- sians and English Light Infantry ran their bayonets thro’ him, and two of Captain Albright’s men who were also badly wounded and murdered by them. I have this from one of my men who was a prisoner and escaped to me, and imagine the rest are prisoners. James Wat** [s among them. I came off with whole bones contrary to my expectation^, I was in so much danger that by escaping that I think it was impossible for them to kill me- “Many a brush we shall have yet before the campaign is over; we expect every day to have another clip. I wish you would endeavor to send such of my clothes as are worth wearing, my blanket and pillow, in my trunk, to Lancaster, and let me know of it when you have sent it, that I may endeavor to have it brought from there to where I may be stationed. There are no clothes to be got here of any kind. I have lost all my shirts and stockings, except two shirts, and two pair of old stockings; what I shall do for more, God knows. I have no hopes to get back to Pennsylvania until some time in January or Febraary, unless hard weather and bad quarters kill me before that time. I ought to have written to Mr. Chambers particu- larly, but have not had time. As he has my papers I hope he will do every thing he can towards having my business set- tled. I hear you are one of the gr^at men of the State of Pennsylvania. Can’t you give me a little lift some how or other if there is anything going. I need not give you an account of the offi.cers missing in . our regiment; no doubt you know of it be- ' fore this time. I will mention some, Col. Miles, Col. Piper, two captains and four- teen lieutenants, three of them killed. “Your faithful and afiectionate “Brother, and humble servant, “Casper Weitzel.” III. Philip Weitzel, son of J. Paul > and Charlotte Weitzel, was born in Lan- < caster in 1754 He was by trade a hatter. J He removed with his brother to Sunbury, ^ but returned again to Lancaster. He was | captain of the Fifth company of the Third ? Battalion. Lancaster county troops, April '' 15, 1783; having been sergeant. May 15, 1777, of Pennsylvania artillery. Continental line. Philip Weitzel was married to Anna Margt. Wolff in German Reformed church, Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1778. >j IV. Hon. John Weitzel, 3i son of J. Paul and Charlotte Weitzel was born in , Lancaster Dacembar 30, 1752. He re- ceived the rudiments of a good education ^ with his brother in his native town, doubt -T less from the excrllent German Protestant? schools which were established there asj early as 1745. At an early age he wasT sent to Philadelphia to learn the mercan-^ tile business. About 1771 when but uiue5 teen years of age he removed to Fort Au-^ n gusta, (now the tovn of Sunbury), North- || um^^erland county, opening the first store j| started there. March 9, 1774, he I Historical and Genealogical. 161 was appointed a Justici of the Peace for Nor\.humb 2 rland couaty. When the wir of the Revolution began he be- came a very prominent actor ia coun- ty aflFairs. In those days the county offices were held by the bes. men. Ge rge Washington did not hesitate to act as Justice of the Peace and County Surveyor. John Morton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, heldasimi’ar position in his native county. John Weit zqI, before he was of age, was appointed, in 1772, one of the first County Commis- sioners ot Northumberland county and Jus- tice of the Peace for the sameciunty, re- spectively, July 29,1775, June 19 1777, and June 19, 1789. He was appointed by the General Assembly July 25, 1775, a “Justice of the Court of General Quarter Sessions and of the County Court of Com- mon Pleas” or the same county. He was a member off the Provincial Conference of June 18, 1776, as a deputy from the coun- ties of Northampton and Northumberland, respectively. Th’s conference wu ". he d to take into consideration the resolution of the Continental Congress, recommending the total suppression of all authority under the King of Great Britain, and the adoption of such government as would best conduce to the happim ss and safety of America. The conference immediately issued a call for a Provincial Convention for this purpose to meet the following month John Weitzel was appointed one of a commit' ee at this conference to asc rtain the number of mem- bers and the proportion of representation which should constitute the proposed con- vention. On the 8th of July he was duly elected a representative to this Convention from Northumberland county. On the 15th of the same month, the youngest of the 96 delegates, being then not yet 24 years of age, he took his seat in that body, which gave to Pennsylvania the Constitution of 1776 Dr. Egle, in bis History of 'Penn- sylvania, page 65, says: “The delegates to this Convcn ion to frame a Constitution for the new government consisted of the represent a' iv j men of the 8rate; men se- lected for taeir abilir.y. patriotism and per- sonal p >pularity. Teey met at Philadel ph a, July 15, each one taking, without hesitancy, the prescribed rest, and organ- ized by the i election of B njamin Frank- lin, President ” Judge Weitzel was al o appointed a mem- ber of the Committee of Safety, for North- umberland county, from Ju y 24, 1776, to March 13 1777; Issuing Commissary for the county, July 7, 1780, and Contractor for furnishing provisions to the State troops from 1782 to 1784. He wa’t also County Lieutenant, of Northampton county, from May 16, 1777 to March 30, 1778, according to the Sta’e archives, but in a letter addressed to the Sta*e Council, written from Sunbury as early as December 26, 1776, he signed his name a^ “Lieutenant of Northampton Co so that his appointment was issued before 1777. In the correspondence he is styled “Colonel John Weitzel-” As the office of County Lieutenant confeired the power of a'-sembling and commanding all the military of the county, it is supposed that the commission conveyed the rank of Lieutenant Colonel Under the new Constitution of 1776 Judge Weitzel was again appointed June 19, 1789, one of tne Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Northumberland coun- ty. The log house in which he first resided at F» rt Augusta rtill stands, and the stone dwelling which he afterwards erected, and in which he died, was occupied by his only iviog daughter Tabitha “a^ed, grey, and saintly in her maidenhood and the memo ries of 85 years” until her death in 1880. A large log mill erected by Col. Caspar Historical and Genealogical. 162 Weitzel, a few miles north of Sunbury, and which came to John at bis brother’s death, is still owned by his descendants Judge Weitzel died about 1799, and is buried at Sunbury. He wastwioe married, first, June 15, 1781, to Tabitha Morris, dau. of John and Rose Morris, of Philadelphia; she died May 19, 1785. Second, to Eliza- beth Susanna Lebo, daughter of Paul Lebo. She was born in 1764, and d*ed January 22, 1851, at Sunbury. He had issue by first marriage: 7. i. John, b. March 24, 1772. ii. Paul, b. Sept 10, 1775; removed to Norfolk, Va , and died there of yellow fe ver, 8. iii. Chahlotte b. Feb. 25, 1778; m. 1st, James White; 2d, Hugh White. 9. iv. Mary, b. Aug 21, 1781; m. James K Davis. Issue by second marriage: 10. V. George, d. 1846. vi. Elizabeth, d. 1850, vii. Tabitha, b. 1795, d. 1880. V. Geobge Weitzel, son of J. Paul and Charlotte Weitzel, was an officer in the Pennsylvania Command, Continental Line, in 1776, but Egle and Linn merely men- tion his name in index to their history of the Pennsylvania Line. VI. Elizabeth Weitzel, daughter of J. Paul and Charlotte Weitzel, married Mr. Johns, one of the three brothers who lived on adjoining farms, in easy circumstances, on one of the maim roads leading out of Lancaster. VII. John Weitzel, eldest son of Hon. John and Tabitha (Morris) Weitzel, was b. March 24, 1772. He was a merchant at Sunbury, and a justice of the peace from 1806 to 1830. He married in 1805 Elizabeth Lehr, of Germantown He died in October, 1837. She died in September or October, 1855. They had issue, all born at Sun- bury: 11. i Joseph, b. October, 1808. ii. Elizabeth, m. Wm. Bowers; livirg in Albion, Noble county, Indiana. iii. Paul, died at the age of 10 years. iv. William. V. Margaret, m. P. K. Fisher. NOTES AND QUERIES.— XXX VII F. Historical and Genealogical. The Dauphin County Historical Society held its November meeting on the evening of the 9ih, President Hamilton in the chair. The following gentlemen were elected Corresponding members:— William M. Darlington, Pittsburg; Isaac Craig. Al- egheny ity; Rev. Horace E. Hayden, Wilkes Barre; Samuel Evans, Columbia; Rev J B. Scouller, P. D , Newville; Hon. J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, West Chester; Rev. J. A. Murray, D D., Car- lisle; J. H. Redsecker, Lebanon; R. A. Brock, ’ Secretary Virginia Hist Society, Richmond, Va. ; and John Ward Dean, Sec. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. The following donations were received: ‘ ‘Indians of Berks Coun»y;” “Memorial of John A. Smu 1;” Rev Dr Robinson’s and Rev. Mr Chambers’ Sermons on Death of President Garfield; Annual Report of Union Benevolent Association; and “Hints for American Husbandmen.’’ Several historical and genealogical 'arti- cles were re d, which will appear in Notes and Queries. THOMiiS McKEE. In Notes and Queries, No. xxxiv, mention is made of Thomas McKee. Was this the same man who gave name to the first river falls above Harrisburg, and was the owner of a farm about a mile above Maclaysburg, known forty -five years ago as the McKee farm. The Journey of Bishop Cammer- Historical and Genealogical, 16S hoftwasovera country with which I was once familiar. McKee must have lived at thatlime on or rear the S’te of Georgetown, above the Mahautonga crtek. Bat to me the most interesting statement of the Bishop, is the casual refe ence ne makes to McKee’s Indian speaking wi'^e The inference the reader would draw from it would be, that she had been a white captive and did not know English. That she was of pure In- dian blood, allow me to submit an item or two of circumstantial e»idence. In my early boyhood I once heard my father detail to a guest the story of this same Thomas McKee and his wife; but I do not recollect that he made any statement, as to how and by what means he had ob- tained his info mation. The business of Indian trading in the first half of the eighteenth cen’ury was free to all, upon leceiving a license therefor, and to ycuDg men of enterprise or who pre- ferred a vagabond life with its risks and projects, it had glorious attractions McKee had t arly entered into the trade, and to mhke his success the more certain had acquired a knowledge of the Delaware language, Young and reckless, perhaps, he pushed his trade far into the wilds of the Susquehanna. Here he ventured into a camp of s range Indians and met as it happened wi h a warm reception. Those unsophisticited children of nature, did not see the necessity of paying furs and hides for what they could grab at will They took him in, confiscat< d his pack train and goods, and as he demurred or perchance abused them somewhat, they held a coun- cil and decided to burn him, and so finish the whole business. In order to have a good time of it, they postponed the frolic until the next day and in the meantime sent out runners to invite their distant friends to come and enjoy with them the honors of the fire festival. To make every- thing solid they bound McKee to a tree, and to fill up the vacant interval, they held an orgie over Ms wh sky whilst that unfortu- nate individual, helpless as possible, lay and waited for his doom. It is night ! the moon shone down on the tail pine forests, and on the revelers be- neath it, and on the captive at the foot of the tree; but whUkyis no respecter of per- sons; in this case it did its work efiectually. One after another those doughty warriers succumbed to its gentle influences, and sooa the whole camp was in a profound sleep Bu\ McKee slept not; he saw his opportunity but it was vain; by no means cou’d he contrive to untie or release him- self. In despair he resigned himself to his fate and actually fell into a doze of sleep. What were his dreams or wandering thoughts will never be known but a hand pressed upon his shoulder and he awoke. It was 1 1 see an Indian girl leaning over him, as the bright moonlight fell upon his anxious face Why she took an interest in him may never be known, but there she was, and as fortunately he could talk to her, be piteously begged of her to release h’m She shook her bead; if she did, she would have to bear the vengeance of her people. “Then go wi h me, and we will escape together, you shall be my squaw and shall live in a house and wear rings and ribbons.” “Would he make her his squaw ihe same as a white man’s squaw?” McKee solemnly promised, and she cut him loo«e They made good their escape to. getter and to his honor, be it said, McKee fulfilled his promise, he legally married her, and lived with her all his days a prosperous man. McKee as stated, held a commission in the British army and probably drew half pay. Briu?h gold had crossed his hand and in his lat er days he felt no inter st or sympathy in the cause o^ Independence. Historical and Genealogical. 164 He was a royalist, his neighbDrs call i him a tory, a name which then bore with it un- speakable biuernets. His lands were not confiscated. h r WltlTZKL FAMILY OF PENNSYuV aNIA. VIII. Charlotte Wkio’zel, daughter of John and Tabitha (Mcriis) Wei'zel,born Feb. 25, 1778; was twice married — first to James White, ot White’s Island, nearly opposite Georgetown, Northuml erland county. He was thrown from his buggy and killed, while a somewhat s'Q.”ar catas- trophe ended the valuable life of the second husband. Second, to Col. Hugh W hite, a soldier in the Revolution. He settled about 1775 in Northumberland county, some five miles above Jersey Shore. He was c mmissioned Captain of the First Battalion of Associators by the Assembly of the State, April 19, 1776. (See his commission in full, Magin- niss' Otzinachsen .) He alse acted for some tijne in the capacity of a Commissary He was a faithful and valuable officer, and rose to the rank of Colonel in the Revolutionary Army. He was untiring in his efforts to provide supplies for Washington’s starving army. He is said by those who knew him to have been ‘ ‘an exc jedingly courteous gentleman of the old school.” He was killed in 1821-’22 by being thrown from his horse on his farm on Pine creek. Col. White was twice married: Ftrsty to Margaret Allison, daughter of John and Ann Allison, of Lancaster county ; second, to Charlotte Weitzel By his first marriage he had : i. Col. Hugh, who m. Nancy Crawford, d. Robert and Elizi (Quigley) Crawford, and gr. dau. of Maj('r Jamts Crawford of John, of the Ptnn’a Line. She was his sec- ond wife. ii. James W. iii. Allison. Charlotte Weitzel White had issue by her first hUiband, James White: i. James, d. s. p. 12 ii. Elizabeth Weitzel, m. Jgmes Whi’e. iii. Mary, m. Robert M’Cormick. He died in 1866 She died in 1878. 13, iv. Robert Gray. 1 , V. Tabitha, m. Jam .. A. Craw- ford. By her second hi -ffiand, Colonel Hugh White, she had: 15 vi. Isabella. vii. George, Jawyer, of Williamsport, who died in December, 1876. ix. John, residing at Williamsport; a lum- ber merchant. X. Henry, d. March 7, 1880, at Wil- liamsp nr. She died in November, 185^ IX. Mary Weitzel, daughter ot John and Tabitha (Morris) Weitzel, born at Sun- bury, August 21, 1781; married June 16, 1806, to James Keimer Davis — son of John and Lydia Davis of Berkley county, Vir- ginia. He was born in Virginia, January, 1779, and died March 10, 1847. He was a large contractor on the inland improvements of Pennsylvania. He married tnree times- lilrst, to Mary Weitzel. Second, Mai oh 1, 1808, to Agues Selin daughter of Captain Anthony Selin tne founder of Sclinsgrove, and his wife Agnes Snyder, the »ioier of Governor Simon Sn>der. She died Feb, 21, 1824. Third, on September 1, 1825, to Margaret Hummel. Mary Weitzel Davis died near'Flemingsburg, Ky , May 20, 1807. Issue of James Keimer Davis and Mary Wei z 1: i. Charlotte Mary Weitzel, b. March 23, 1807; m John A Byers. (For issue by second and third marriages see Dmis Genealogy. X. George Weitzel. He was a Pay- master in the United States Army in 1812. Historical and Genealogical. 166 He died in 1846, but whether married or not I cannot learn. XI. Joseph Weitzel eldest son of John and Elizabeth (Lehr) Weitzel, born at Sunbury in October, 1808. He continued the business in which his fa' her was so long engaged — that of milling— in the old mill referred to in the account of Hon. John W., built by Casper, and used by each sue c^ssive generation of John’s family to this day. Joseph Weitzel m. in October, !'■ 31, Sarah daughter of John and Sarah Wood- row. They had issue: 17. i. Paul Ross, b. Sept. 13, 1832, 18. ii. John, b. Oct. 9, 1833; d- June 30, 1873. 19 iii. Charlet Rennet, b. April 1, 1835. 20. iv. William, b July 14, 1836; d July 16 1875. 21. V. Mart Elizabeth, b. June 2. 1839. 22 vi. Lott, b April 10, 1838. vii. Albert, b June 11, 1842; d. Oct. 27, 1842. 23. viii. George Pattw, b. Sept. 7, 1844. ix. Joseph, b. May 6, 1848. XII. ElizabethWeitzel White, daugh- ter of Charlotte Weitzel and James White? married James White, son of Col. Hugh and Nancy (Crawford) White. He d ed and she married secondly George Crawford, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Quigley) Crawford, who was the son of Major James Crawford, of the Penn’a Line, and a member of the C jnstitutioual Convention ot 1776. She died 1862 He died 1876. Elizabeth Weitzel White had issue by her first marriage: i. Allison ;liviog in Phaladelphia. ii. James, died in 1852. By her second marriage : i. George A., of Fort Scott, Kansas. XIII. Hon Robert Gray White, son of James and Charlotte (Weitzel) White was born near Selinsgrove January 21,1807. He was educated at Jefferson Colloge, Washington county, Penn’a, where he graduated in 1826, in the same class with such men as Rev. A. T. M’Gill, DD. LLD,, of Princeton College, Rev. Dr) Williams, of the Ohio University, and Rev. Dr. Hutch- ison, of Oakland College, Texas. Choosing the law as his life work he entered upon his studies with Judge A. V. Parsons, of Jer- sey Shore. He afterwards removed to Pitts- burg and continued his studies, completing them in the office of Hon. Henry Shippen, of Meadville then (1829) President Judge of the district which included Crawford, Warren and Erie counties. In the fall of 1829 Mr. White ' removed to Wellsboro’, Tioga county, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession. He was soon recognized as a man of marked ability, and took a position at the bar of Tioga which he sustained throughout his life He became intimately af^sociated with every public interest in the county. He was elected the delegate ‘from Tioga and Potter counties to the Constitutional Con- vention of 1838, where he fully realized the highest expectations of his constituency. He was County Treasurer in 1841 and 1848. In 1851, he was elected President Judge of the 4th Judicial District of Pa , comprising the counties ot Tioga, Potter, McKean, Cameron and Elk. He was re elected in 1861, holding the office for a term of twenty years retiring in 1871. “In this position he was held in high honor by the bench and bar of the State,being recognized as a sound lawyer and an upright judge ” He died ht Wellsboro’, September 6, 1875, aged 68. The following tribute trom a dis inguished member of the bar at Wellsboro’, spoken at the time of Judge White’s retirement, is in no sense overdone: tee Historical and Genealogical, “As a lawyer he was charac eiized for the care and research which he gave to the preparation of his cases, and for scrupulous fidelity to court and client. His opioions as a counsellor were carefully and deliber- ately given; and when the case required i% only after careful examina'ion and weigh- ing of authorities, and as a consequence were seldom erroneous. He presided on ihe bench with integrity and honor, and he retired from official duty respected, hon- ored and endeared— the noblest legacy a man can earn.” At a meeting of the bar of Wellsboro’ held on the day of Judge White’s death, the following occurs among the many resolu- tion which were adopted: . ^'Resolved, That in Judge White we recognize what has been appropriately said to be “the noblest work of God” — an hon est man, honorable and high toned in all his thoughts and actions— as such he adorned the profession of his choice Upright and impartial as a judge, the judicial ermine was never soiled by his wearing it; courte- ous, kind and liberal as a citizen and pa- rent, the world was made the better by his living in it.” He was married by Rev. Charles Beck at Wellsboro’, Nov. 13, 1839, to Sarah Bache, daughter of Wm. and Anna (Paee) Bache. Wm. Bache was a relative of the Franklin Bache family. He was the son of Wm. and Bridget (Laughor) Bache, of Brownsgrove, England, where he was born Dec 22 , 1771 He emigrated to Philadelphia May 3 1793, and married Anna Page, daughter of Apol- los and Axiby Page, of Burlington, N. J. Bridget Bache was twice married, her sec- ond husband being Mr James Penn, of England. Ann Penn the half sister of Wm. Bache and the aunt of Mrs White, became the wife of the distinguished E. Lant Carpenter of England, whose son William Benjamin Carpenter, M. D., F. R. S , is the great Eng- lish physiologist of the age, and whose daughter Miss Mary Carpenter was re- nowned in England, as a philanthropist. Another son, Rev. Russel Lant Carpenter is among the prominent Unitarian Divines of the Kingdom. Another daughter Susan now Mrs. Gaskell, is also living. Mrs. Judge White was born at Wellsboro’, May 31, 1817, and still resides in the house Judge W. so long occupied. Judge White had six children: i. William Bache, b. Sept. 19, 1841, now in New Mexico engaged in mining interests. ii. James Laugher, b. Oct. 23, 1849, merchant in Wellsboro’ — m. Nov. 25, 1875, Adelaide Wilbur, of Savannah, Georgia. iii. Mary Carpenter, b. Feb 15, 1852. iv. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 19, 1853; m. to Wm A. Stone, Esq., lawyer, Pittsburg, in 1878 V. Franklin, b Nov. 28, 1854; m. Mary Briggs, 1879 Jiving in Elmira, N. Y. vi. Sarah Isabella, b Sept. 6, 1856; d. Aug. 29, 1868 XIV. Tabitha White, daughter of James and Charlotte(Weitzel) White; mar- ried James Allison Crawford, of Lock Haven, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Quigley) Crawford and b -o’ her of George Crawford. XV. Isabella White, daughter of Col. Hugh and Charlotte ( Vei zel) White, m. 1st Robert S. Badey who died 1851; m. 2d, James Allen of Jersey Shore. XVI. Charlotte Mary Weitzel Davis, daughter of James Keimer and Mary (Weitzel) Davis, b. March 23. 1807, m. John Alphonsa Byers, of Hancock, Maryland, son of John and Harriet (Webb) Byers and grand son of Dr. John and (Ed- wards) Byers, of Pennsylvania. He was b. September 15, 1806, at Lewes, Delaware. He was distinguished in his day as a Historical and Genealogical, civil engineer, having been engaged in the most important inland navigation works in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. He was a man of more than ordinary mind. Remarkable in early childhood for unusual fondness for learning, his mind became by the study of a lif^e time, a vast storehouse of knowledge. He devoured books, and with a memory of intense power he seemed never to forget what he had seen and read. Left an orphan in the care of an aunt at a tender age, and lacking thus the care and restraint of parental love, he left his home in early youth to seek his own fortune. Where he studied his profession is not known. The first record of him is as Assistant En- gineer on the Susquehanna canal, nineteen years of age, at a salary of $60 a month — which, in 1826, was an indication of no mean ability. The next year (1827) his position was the same, with an increased salary of $90 a month. He was a master in every branch of his profession, yet so re- served and so averse to notoriety that beyond the circle in which his profession led him he was scarcely known. His last public work was performed as one of the engineers of the James River and Kanawha canal. The books which con- tained his surveys of this improvement were so remarkably accurate that they were purchased a 'ter bis death by the U. 8 government for the further prosecution of the work To the writer, as his son-in- law, it became kno^vn that even in his de- clining years Mr. Byers was held in such esteem that he was frequently consulted professionally by some of the most distin- guished Civil Engineers in the U. S. He was also largely instrumental in trai -iing the five sons of his brother Joseph, also a C. E., in the same profession. One of these, Charles Byers, was the valued Chief Engineer of the Reading railroad, until his death. Another, John M. Byers, im C. E., is the Chief Engineer of the P. V. & C. R. R. of Penn’a. When the Civil War occurred, Mr. Byers, being by birth and education a Southern man, espoused the cause of the Southern Confederacy, though then 54 years of age, volunteered with his son James in the C. S. Army, where he served until the death of his son James, who was killed in battle November 8, 1863. He was baptized at Point Pleasant, Va. , February 6, 1870, in the Protestant Episcopal church; confirmed there by Bishop F. M. Whittle, D. D., May 16, 1871, and died at the house of his daughter I'-ora, Martinsburg, Va., April 7, 1872. Almost to they day of his death ho pursued the duties of his profession. Mr. Byeis had eight children, two sons and six daughters, of whom six are still living. (See “Davis’ Genealogy, ’’which will appear later.) XVII Paul Ross Weitzel, son of Joseph and Sarah (Woodrow) Weitzel, b. Sept. 13, 1832, was educated at the Select School of Suabury and at Dickinson Semi- nary, Williamsport, Pa. Studied law at Union Law School, Easton, Pa., where he graduated L.L.B., 1856. Admitted to the bar at Easton, Pa., April 25, 1856. Is now practieng law at Beranton, Pa., where he located 1871 He was m. at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., by Rev Jno. Dorrance, January 18, 1859, to Fannie E iwards Boyd, d. of Dr. Eben L. and Ruth Ann (Ellsworth) Boyd, of that city. Dr. B was the son of Hon James Bojd, of Boston, and grand- son of Hon. Robert Boyd, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, who was the youngest son of William, 9th Lord Boyd and 1st Earl of Kilmarnock and his wife Lady Jean Cun- ninghame, eldest daughter of William 9th Eirl of Glencain. (See “Burke’s Extinct Peerage — Art.Bo^d.”) The English family is now represented by the Earl of Erroll. Mrs. Weitzel was b. July 27, 1839. 168 Historical and Genealogical. They have issue bf)m at Williamsport and Scranton : William Ellsworth, b. February 15, 1860; d. October, 1860 a. Paul Elmer. ill. (jornelia Shepard. in. Ehen Boyd. n. Herbert Edwards. VI. Fannie Eleanor. nii Carrie Leonard XVIII. John Weitzel, son of Joseph and Sarah (Woodrow) Weitzel b. O^r. 9, 1833, at Sunbury, where he was educated; was engaged during his life cl rkiog for the Northern Central railroad. He md. Ade- lia Long, of Columbia ci^y, Indiana. He died June 30, 1872. XIX. Chahles Rennet Weitzel, son of Jos. and Sarah (Woodro^v) Weitzd, b. Sunbury, April 1, 1835, was educated at Sunbury and at Dickinson Seminary, Wil liamsport. He md. Carrie Ellsworth Boyd, d of Dr. Eben L. and Ruth Ann (Ells- worth) Boyd, of Wilkes-Barre. Charles is a merchant. XX. William Weitzel, son of Joseph and Sarah (Woodrow) Weitzel, born at Sunbury, July 14, 1836. Educated at Sun- bury; m. Susan Kulp, daughter of Peter Kulp, farmer, of Lower Augus'a township. He died July 14 1865. XXI. Maey Elizabeth Weitzel, only daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Woodrow) Weitzel, born at Sunbury June 2, 1839. Educated at Sunbury and atE'mira Female College; m. Ellis L Vandling, of Harris- burg, Pa. XXII. Lott Weitzel, son of .Joseph and Sarah (Woodrow) Weitzel, born at Sunbury April 10 1836; educated at Sun- bury; engaged in milling and farming. He married Gertrude Maize, of Sunbury. XXIII. George Patton Weitzel, son of Joseph and *^arah (Wo >drow) Weitzel, born at Sunbury Sept. 7,' 1844; cduca^td at Sunbary; is a merchant; married first Alice Wolverton, of Upper Augusta, and secondly, Laura Mitchell, of New Berlin. [Jacob Weitzel was Ensign of Col Pat- ton’s regiment, Penn’a Line, April 7, 1779; Lt. Third Regt., Penn’a Line, Jan. 1, 1781, and First Regt., Penn’a Line, March 11, 1781. He was also a member of the Penn’a Order of the Cincinnati. Whose son was hfi ?j Horace Edwin Hayden. N0TJ!.8 and queries XXXIX Historical and UenealogiCi«l. “John Harris’s Recognance ” — 1728 — We copy the following ofihcial document from the original m our possession, with all iis quaintness. Then as nowall persons Selling liquor were obliged to take out a li- cense : ‘ ‘ Pennsylnania, ss : “I, John Hams, of Paxtang, in ye County of Chester, & Province afores’d. acchnowledg myselfe Indebttd to ooar Souvran L i. ye King in the sume of twenty pounds, & wee Stephen Atkinson & John Linwell, each of us ia ye sume of ten pounds, on this condishun, That the s’d John Harris observe the Law of this Province in Relation to the Excise, & be- have himselfe as a person selling L’quor, by virtue ot a Permitt; Tnen this Rec >g- nance to be voyde, else we are contente the s’d Bumes ba Levied on ouar go)ds to the use of the King. Dated ihe 27 ot May, 1728. John Harris, Stephen Atkinson, John Linwell This acknowledged bafore me the Day aforesaid. Tobias Hendricks. Capt. John Reily. — Among some old papers which have come to our knowledge, are the originals ot the following which re late to the severe wounding of Captain Historical and Genealogical. 169 Joha Rd'ly of the Pauasylvaui* Lioe of the Revolution, a biographical sketch of whom we recently gave : ‘ Camp at Middle Brook,” June 6th 1777. “Captain John Reily of my Brigade & of 'he 13 h Regt. of Pennsylvania Regu- lars, is permit' ed to return Some, being woundel, to return in Six Wee&s or sooner if fi . for Duty, to join his Regt., and during his absence to recruit Men for his Citmpiny, an many as he p )-sibly can; and this shall be his sufficient Warr’t. Given under my hand the Date above. “Cape. Reily having been shot through the Body, and in a very bad state of health, I pray Major General Lord Sterling to grant the r^ queSt. “Jno Conway, B. G. “Capt Reily has my leave accordingly. “Stirling, Major General.” “I do hereby certify that Captain Reily, of the Third Pennsylvania Regiment, re- ceived a w und in his Body in the month of A-pril, 1777, at Bonhamtown, New Jer- sey, which frequently breaks out afresh, aud prov s often very troublesome; thisto- ge h r with other infirmities render him in- cipable of doiog field duty. Given under my ha d at Tappm, this 11th day of Au- gust, 1780. “John Cochran, Surg’n Gen’l to ye Army.” “Louisbdrg, Feb. 23, 1787. “Sir: Mr Rei'y was ditbinded on the 24th of June, 1783 The allowance now intended by the Court should commence the 2oth of June, 1783. I am yours, &c., ‘ Thos. Hartley. “To Alexander Graydon, Esq.” Expenses op the Survey at Kittan- NiNG. — .!> shua Elder, eldest son of Rev. John Elder, ot Paxiang, was sent by John Liikens, Surveyor G neralof Pennsylvania in 1783, to survey District No. 5, “situate on the west side of Allegheny river, being part of the land describ -d in the law en- titled ‘An act for the sale of certain lands therein mentioned for the purp 'se of re- deeming and paying off the Certificates of Deprecia ion given to the Officers and Sol- diers of the Pennsylvania Line, or their representatives and for appropriating cer- tain other lands therein men ioned for the use of the said Officers and Soldiers to be (divided off to them severally at the end of the War,’ which district is described in the plan hereto annexed, Bounded t-^ the North by a Line run due West fr^m the mou'h of Moghuibuck'itum to the West by a North and South line atthedistan'’ei f about forty miles from the Western Boundary of the State aforesaid, and to the Southward and Eistward by the Allegheny River.” Such were the original instructions. The follow- ing bill ot his expenses attending this busi- ness, is worth preservinsr, the only regret bemg th tt no dates are given: Expenses ft *r Mak'nqthe Proprietory Surrey of Kittanning To 6 Gallons Rum @ 5s 6 F G^iln £1 13 0 To 6 Neat’s Tongues @15d F 0 7 6 To 3 G*mmons,21tb @7d P' lb 0 13 3 To 10 fb Loaf Sugar @15 I Fib 0 13 6 To 6 ft) Chocolate @ 3s 6 F ib 0 15 0 To Sundry Expencesfrom Car- lisle to Bedford, myself & hand 2 6 0 To hill at Stoney C etk for Do. 113 To Do. at Ligonicr 1 17 7 To 4 Bush Is of Oats at Ligo- nier 1 10 0 To Expirees at Proct rs 14 6 To 4 Bushels Corn at Kittan- ning 1 10 0 To Exoences at Litionier, com- ing Down 0 19 5 m Historical and Genealogical. To Do. at Stony Creek 0 12 0 To Do. at Bedford 0 10 4 To Do. at Littleton 0 13 9 To Do. at Shippensbro 0 10 3 To Do. at Carlisle 0 14 10 To Cash paid Hugh Wilson, 23 Days himself & horse, @ 5s W day 5 15 0 To Do. paid Jerry Woods, him- self & horse 13 days, @ 5s W day 3 5 0 To Do. paid Geo. Glen, 13 Days at 3s ^ day 1 19 0 To Do. paid Jas. McMullan, 13 days @ 3s ^ day. 1 19 0 To the Surveyor Gen’l Fees. . To my Wages, being 23 Days 2 1 6 out on that Service, @ 15s ^ Day 17 5 0 To Cash paid the Baker for Biscuit 0 0 0 To one Hundredweight flower. 1 5 0 To a Tin Kettle 0 5 0 To two Do Porrengers 0 1 4 To half Doz’d Spoons 0 4 0 To a Bag 0 7 6 — ■ — £52 4 10 RKMINISCIGMCES OF AN OCTOGENA- RIAN. [Several years ago Tunisan Cory ell, Esq., who recently deceased at Williamsport at the age of ninety-one, wrote us the follow- ing, which will no doubt prove interesting to the readers of Notes and Queries. The references are to a biographical sketch of Col. Timothy Green, of Hanover, a copy of which had been sent him. Mr. Coryell re- tained his most excellent memory to the last hour of his long life, and his remin- iscences of the “long ago” are entertaining reading.— w. h. e.] The historical account of Col. Timothy Green, of the Army of the Revolution, in the Telegraph of the 28Lh of April last, came to hand, which 1 perused with no little interest, lor which accept my best wishes. Two of the descendants of Abram L tcba, one whereof was a merchant at N’ort'ium- berland in 1806 and 1807; the other, Jacob, resides in Lycoming c »unty, ab >ut ten miles from W'lHam'^port at Level Crown, and owned a valuable farm, with whom I was well acquainted. He died sei^eral years since. But few of his de-'cendants are alive — one or two are in the West Col Ga'braith owned a place oaOed th0 “trap” just btlow Conewag.i falls. Cue of his sons married a Hiss Hulings, a beau- tiful lady his name vas .iosiah a" one time a merchant in Mil o-', a d died on his farm not far distant from Danvil e O e of his daughters, a widow, is a resident of W lliam-iport. The Paxtang boys we '•e a brave set of men, and weie highly commend d hy the old soldiers of ihe Rev^olur.iou. 8ucn was their charge er given by my father aud Gen. Bowers who wete in the army. Col. Hartley’s family r sided in "York, Penn a Th-^y owned lands in Lyc maing county, not far from ihe city of Wi liams- port, on the south of ihe river, and were relatives of ihe Hulings. I knew Up Luther Reily, of Harrisburg. He succeeded Dr. Hartin Luther m p'ac tice as phys cian. Dr Reily wa a member in Congress. He was a geniloman of ce- lebrity in his profession. I have seen Judge Yeates, some of his ancestors res’ded in Lancaster and own^d lat ds in Lycoming an 1 Centre counties. Judge A L. Haye>j, of Lancaster, is the agent of the Judge’s family, surviving John A. Hanna, the attorney noticed, is named as such on the records f • u^" court He was a native of New Jer ey. Dr Sam- uel Torbert, of Bucks county, married his sis'er, who died in the City of New York, Paving a large estate ; he was widely k own for his skill in curing the cann^^r. Gen. Bowers married Dr. To'hert’s sister Mr!». Coryell and rny-elf viaiied her anrt Torbert, in New York in 1838 Th ' old ladv was very inteligent and evinced a talen of m-nd and in ellectiial power, well rea-1 i<. theology and politics, &c. Her family were v\eil Historical and Genealogical. 171 educated, both mile and female. The old Indy enj hned upon us to call upon our return home to visit the Miss Hannas of Hirrishurt?. We complied, and had a very interesting/ in ervrie'V upon the occasion. Hon. Thomas Duncan pr»iciiced in our cour s previous ^o his appoiarment to )he Supr-^me Court, by Gov. Snyder, He was a gentlerann of sm-ill stature aud successful i I his profesdon. He was a b oih*er-in law of .Tudife Walker, a dis inguished lawyer find Judge in the U S Court at Pittsburg They jointly owned a large body of land in Nip »^nose Valley. Dun ‘an and Huston were c msilered two of the best land law- jers in Pennsylvania. David Ferguson is noticed as the guardia of the children of Col Allen. One of his descendants A.udrew hought a ^arm in North- umberland county, a'd af er its Sile pur chased a part of the la d belonging to Proctor and Dunn. His only son now resides near Jersey Shore; at one time he wa-» one of our ass cia'e Judges. The Rev Mr 8nowd^n, who married Innis Green to his first wife, was the fa' her of James R Snowden, late of the mint in PniNdelphia. I have a perfect recol'ection of Judge Green, who had a distinyuii-hed standing as a cit'zen and jud^e He is cor- rectly desc ibed in the pa, er be'on- me. I have thus hastily given you the foregoing for your edification as a historian. T. Coryell. NOTES AND QUERIES.— XL. Historical and Genealogical. Pronunciation op Kerr — I never knew that the name of Kerr was pro- nounced o'her wise than as Carr either in Sco*^ and or in England, so writes the Ed'tor of “L idge’s J;*eerage,” and this must satisfy our correspondent ‘‘J. H.” W. H. E. Bartholomew, (V and Q. vu.)^ln looki ig ov-r th*^ Orphan’s Court records, we find that in 1791 ,E izabeth Bar'h'lomew, widow, di*^d “in Drp fo'd township, in the county of Gloucester, Western Di-trict of NewJ^r-ey.” 0-ieofher daughters mar- ried Philip S out of L'^banon who had p-e- viously dect^ased Their chiidr*^u were Ann, Birhtlimew and E'izabefh Stout, “ab 've fourteen years of age,” and Reberca Siout under the age of fourteen. No^doubt by reference to the Gloucester County, N. J., records, considerable information may be obtained by our correspondent at Austin, Tetfis, w. H. E. Umstead (V. and Q. v ) — In August, 1783, G orge Umsteal, of Hopewell toivn- s"op, Cumb rland c »un y, so'd his farm in West, Pennsboro’ to vnship same county to James Mi^ch 11 o^ Pannett township This informa ion may furnish a clue to W. J. L.’s query w. H. E Capt. Andrew Lee. — We are indebted to the Hon. John Blair Linn for the follow- ing transcript from the Susquehanna Dem- ocrat for July 1821 It is tbe brief obit- uary of as brave a i officer of the Revolution as ever inhaled the b eath ot liberty He was a native of this county and a'ter the do e of his sevices in the struggle for Independence, wo'U out by the exposure inc d^nt thereto, like many other gallant office s of thnt heroic era,en gaged in tavern keeping at Harrisburg. He was highly resp cted and esteemed, and when he re- m 'V^d to Hanover, Luzerne c mnty.Penn’a, his lo«s was considered a gr^at one: “Died in Hanover, o a th^ I5th of June last, after a long and severe illness Capt. An- drew Lee, in the eighty-second year of his age. Capt. Lee entered upon h s m 1 tary career when young. Previous »o the Retro- luti n he served as a volunteer in Braddock’s army, and shared all the dangers and dis- asters of the expedition which terminated in thn defeat of thtt brave but rash General. In 1776 he entere i the Revolutionary army as a L'eu'enant m 'he “Congress regiment” commanded by Col. Hazen. He was ac- tively engaged at tne capture of St Johns. He was taken prisoner by the British at Staten Island, and held in c-ptivity for two years. Du ing h’S captivity he lost his rank in the Conerre-s regiment, and on ap- plying to Gen. Wa-hiogton to be reinstated be was told it was not in the power of the General to restore him immediately to his former rank. But he was permitted to select a company of vo1un eers from the regiment to act as light troops. The question of his r estoration to his former rank was not decided until the close of the war, when his services were no longer reeded. In the battle of Sp'inefield, New Jersey, he was severely wounded by having his ihi^h broken, a wound from which he d’d not soon recover. At the close of the war he returned to Pax . m Historical and Genealogical. tang, Lancaster couaty (now Dauphin) where he con'inutd to reside until 1805 at which period he removed to Luzerne coun- ty. He lived in this county until the event which it is our melauchtdy duty to lecord The open gener »sity and frankness ot his disposition, and the philaathrophy of his heart, secured for him the warmest afif c;- ions of numerous friends and ‘he respect and esteem of all within the compass of his acqaaintance ’’ WITOHuKAt FAXTANG. A belief in witchcraft has been more or less prevalent in a'l ages of the world. The foundation upon which it rests lies in the realm of the Unseen, a domain we will not now invade. Su ce the in roductioa . f free schools, witches and a'l kindred workers in Ithe “ack Art” have b'-come scarce, and- few people acknowledge a belief in them. Threeq'iar ers of a century aiio the csse was diflfereut ; every neighborhood had its witch es and witch stories, supp orted by evilence that could nor, be gainsaid. In these re- spects old Paxtang val ev was fully abreast of its ne’ghb »rs. As an instance, we will give one of the best authenticated but by no means the most marvelous of the innumera- ble s ones told and bel eved at the firesides of our ancestors Eighty-five years ago, John Wilson and his wife Jean owned arjd were living upon b iarm nenr the present ‘‘Rutherfoid Sta- tion.” Mr Wilson was a prominent man in the valley and one who-e truthfubress was uoquestiomd; he was also somewhat skep’ical ia his views of witch* raft. He loved a good hor&e and always kept a fine team. On One occasion several of his horses refused to work and acted in a very strange and unac ountable manner. Wi hin the next fortnight these ho se-», one after another, died without any apparent cause The neiijhbors attributed it lo wtchcratt, and Mr. Wrlson reluctantly c-tme to the same conclusion, but as he had hitherto been a doubter and did not wish to avow his con- version until he had put the matter i<> the proof, he resolved to privately work aspel', which it was populaHy be'ievel wou d bring the wi ch to I'ght. This speU con si-ted in certain iuc »ntations, tog ther with the consumir g ihe vita’s of the victim with fire. This was supp sel to t »r ure the corro«pondi''g vita's of the wi ch. that she would come speedily and beg for mercy. Aov^ -rdingly wh-m tne last horse died, Mr ] Wilson, at‘,er removing the skin and hang- J ing it in the lott of an o d building below I the house to dry, conveyei the carcass to a i retire 1 sitot ia tae woo is, kindled a fire.and ] witn I ho pr«)per ceremonies, laid t he requi- site parts of the aoimai upon it, and awaited tesuits. Whilst John was thus employed, ; Jean, who was m absolute ignorance of his ; whereabou s, was somewhat startled by th^j rapid approach Irom he ravine west of the ’ house of a man and iw > women with iheir ‘ toufeues hanging out and panting like dogs ” The str^ingers rushed into the house and called tor wa er. Jean pointed to a large bucsettui upon the table and told them to help themselves. They drank greedily all that wan in : the bucket; then hurried to the door and ; stood fora momeni; “.-a flfi ig ihe air,” as if searching for a scent, then lan d wntoihe old tmildiog below the hou-e, climPel up to I he loft and began 1 ckiog tne b'ood from the fl-;sh side of the id e. Af er hav- ing been s metime thus engaged they- seemed saiifieo; ctme down and disap- peared up the ravine from whence they | had come. J Mr. Wilson’s fire after burnmg brightly for a time, died out, and no witch app*-ar- ing he soon aft»-r came to the hous ', dis- ' gusted wi h his >11 succ ss a-id more siiepti- ' cal than te o e; but upon he^r>ng Jean’s ar- couQt of what had taken plac iu his ab- sence. he perceived ihtr bis over- h.jught- fulness had c »used U’s failure. If, when a sp-ll of this k>nd is work d, the witch can obtain some of th>^ b ood of the victim and drink it. the fi e wit‘da is qu^^n ;hed and the spell broken. Bod cnnsof the ina'j and two >» omen who came io'o h»^r ki ch n. This exolaua- lion is a very ungallant one, bui i« aks » very old and vei y comm>)m wav of account- ing for most of the tirois of mankind. w. F. R. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. OmTBK POLLOCK. tWe are indebted to W. D. Hixpon, Esq., Librarian of the Mason county Kentucky Histoiical Association, for the following concerning an article which appeared in a former number of Notes and Qutries, We appreciate his kindness and trust that at his leisure he may give us some matters re- lating to early settlers from this section. The Grahams, Fergusons, and other prom- inent families of Paxtang, Derry and Hanover, removed to Kentucky about the close of the last century. Their names appear in the early assessment lists, in old wills, and land surveys, but that is all the heritage they have left us. It would be interesting to know somewhat about their descendants. w. h. e. ] In your Notes and Queries, you make mention of Oliver Pollock and the pur- chase of powder by him. Below I send you a notice of that transaction from the manuscript ‘‘Hist >ry of Mason County.” In order to secure powder for the use of the Western department, from the Spanish Government at New Orleans, a de- tachment consisting of three sergeants, three corporals and nine privates, left Port Pitt July 19 h, 1776, in charge of Caprain, afterward Colonel George Gibson, and Lieu- tenant, afterward Captain William Linn. At Limestone, now Majsville, Ky., Linn and Lawrence Harrison landed and pro- ceeded on foot to the falls of Ohio, where they rejoined their companions. The detachment reached New Orleans in safety, and conducted their ne- gotiations through Oliver Pollock, an Amerii'an resident, in high favor with the au horities. In order to deceive the British residents, who were suspicious and watchful. Captain Gibson was arrested and thrown into prison. The purchase of twelve thousand pounds ot powder was effected for eighteen hundred dollars, as we learn from a deposition of one of the party, and Gihson, after his release, took charge of a portion which was shipped in packages which concealed their contents to a north- ern seaport. Lt. Linn, with 43 men, left New Orleans September 23d with 150 kegs in barges. The party reached the falls of Ohio, carried the powder and barges around the obstruction, replace! it in their boats, and arrived at Wheeling in safety, May 2d, 1777. We are led to believe the expedi- tion was sent out by the State of Virginia, as for this serv'ce the Legislature al owed Captain Linn £50 in addition to his regu- lar pay. Ebenezer Corn and another of the party who were sent as expressmen from the Ozganges (?) passing through by land, reaching Harrodsburg, March 9, and from thence to the capital of Virginia, were al- lowed £25 above their pay of 2s 8d per day. Andrew M’Clure, the clerk, was al- lowed twenty pounds (£20) above his pay. Seven soldiers were allowed 2s . 8d per day extra. John Smith, who had accompanied Jam .s Harrod to Kentucky, and was on his way home up the river, met this party on the downward trip, and being fond of adventure, accompanied them to New Orleans, returned with' the powder and assisted in carrying it around the falls, as he tells us in one of his depositions. We give below a certificate in reference to this transaction: “I do certify that nine thousand pounds of powder brought from New Orleans by Lieutenant Linn were delivered to Col. William Crawfoad for the use of the con- tinent. David Sheppard, January 3, 1791. Lieutenant. Ohio. (Countersigned.) Philadelphia, Jan. 11, ’91. William Davis. m Historical and Genealogical. NOTES ANogOEKlES — X l.1. Historical and Genealogical. Jacob Elder. — Who can give us ia- tormation as to this gentleman? We have not been able to give him his proper place in the Elder Oene%logy^ although we know that he was connected therewith. He was a printer, and the author of the following: “Events of the Present War during the years 1812 13.” 1814. “First Half Century of the United Sta- tes,” 1825. Should any of the readers of Notes and Queries know of the txistenca of a copy of either of the foregoing, they will confer a favor by giving us the full title, size, and number of pages. w. h. e. William Lehman, (W. and Q. xxii ). — On the N. W. side of the Zion Lutheran Church on Fourth street, rest the remains of William Lehman, a representative of the city of Philadelphia in the General Assem- bly of the Slate. The following is the in- scription on the front of the monument: Dedicated by sisterly love | to the memory of 1 William Lehman | who died on the 29th of March, A. D. 1829 1 in the 50th year of his age, and whose remains | are those of an exemplary son and brother, j An upright man, a liberal friend, a general scholar | and a most useful citizen. The proofs of his public | spirit, intelligence and assiduity, are extant in the | noble Canals and Roads of his native State, | Pennsylvania, which he either projec ed or considerably advanced during twelve years of 1 conspicuous service in her legislature, as one of j the favorite representatives of Philadelphia. | The splendid results of his enlightened devotion | to her Internal Im^ provements will cause his name | to sur- vive the stone upon which it is here j af- fectionately inscribed, and to shine through all time | in the bright annals of his fortu- nate Country. On the reverse side of this pos^in img monument the inscription is not so lengthy nor so laudatory: Sacred | to th^• Memory of | William Leh- man I who died | • n the 29th of March, A. D. 1820, I in the 50'h year of h s awe. Ir, would be inter* sting to know, the C’use wh’ch led to this structu'e bei< g placed so near to the church. w. h. e. THE ELDERS OF ^ATANG AND H 4.N OVEtt. [The following record we have gathered from various sources, and publish it at this time in the expectancy of obtaining ad- ditional information. We have avoided bi '^'graphical detail, although considerable material is at our hands. We will gladly receive any addition, whether of biography or genealogy. w. h e ] 1. Rob««rt Elder, b. about 1679 in Scotland, emigrated from Lough Neagh, County Antrim, Ireland, where he bad previously settled, about 1730, to America, locating in Paxtang township, then Lancas- ter, now Dauphin county, on a tract of land near the first ridge of the Kittatinny mountains, five miles nor h of Harrisburg. He died the 28th of July 1746, in Paxtang and is buried in the old Church grave yard. He married in 1703, Eleanor , b in 1684; died October 25, 1742, and by her had issue as follows: 2. i. Robert, b. 1704. 3. ii. John, b. January 26, 1706; m. Mary Baker. 4. iii. Thomas, b. 1708; m. Mary Patter- son, daughter of William Patterson, of Pax- tang. 5. iv. David, b. 1710; m. Hannah Ander- son. v. James, b. 1712; settled in Fannett township, Cumberland, now Franklin county. vi. Ann, b. 1713, m. Anderson, of Octoraro. We have no further informa- tion of this the perchance only sister ol Rev. John Elder. Historical and Genealogical, 176 II. Robert Elder (RoOert), b. in 1704 in Scot^aud; married and had issue: i. John, b. 1726; d. December, 1756, in Hanover, probably iinm. 6. ii. Robert, b. 1728; m. Margaret Taj lor. iii Samuel, b. 1730. iv. Isabel b. 1732; m. Adam Breaden; concerning whom we have no record. V. David, b. 1734; m. and removed late in life to Ohio, where he died. He had among other children, Joshua and Robert, vi Elizabeth, b. 1736. III. John Elder (Robert) b. Jan. 26, 1706, in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, d. July 17. 1792, and is buried at Paxtang Church. Over his grave is a tombstone wi* 1 this inscription : The Body of the late Rev'd John Elder lies interred uvder t^is slab he departed this life July 17th 1792, Aged 86, Sixty yeirs he filled the sacred character of A Minister of the Gospel, Fifty six of which he officiated in Paxton. Ihe p'acti's of piety seconded the precepts Which he taught, and a most exemplary life was the best comment on the Christian Religion . The R'^v. John Elder was twice married; 1st. In 1740 to Mary Baker, daughter of Joshua Baker and Rebecca (Cr>iwford) Anderson, of Lancaster, b. in 1715, in coun’y Antrim, Ireland; d. June 12, 1749; and had: 7. i. Robert, b. Friday, June 11, 1742; m. Ma’^y J. Thompson. 8. ii. Joshua, b. March 9, 1744 5; m. M»iry McA-Hister. 9. iii. Eleanor, b. Dec. 3, 1749; m. John Hays. iv. Grizel, b. May 2d, 1749; d. Sept. 18, 1769. 2d. On Nov. 5, 1751, to Mary Simpson, dangh'er of Thomas and Sarah Simpson, ot Pax'anff, b. 1732, in Paxtang; d October 3, 1786, at 6 am; and had issue: 10. V. Sarah, b. October 19, 1752; m» James Wal'ace. 11. vi. Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1754; m. Andrew Stephen.’ 12 vii John, b. August 3, 1757, m. Eliz- abe h Awl. 13 viii. Mary, b. January 12, 1760; m. James Wilson. ix. Jane, b. May 21, 1762; d. August 6, 1763. 14. X. James, b. Friday, June 15, 1764. m. Lucinda Wallace. 15. xi. Thomas, b January 30, 1767; m. Catharine Cox. 16 xii. David, b. May 7, 1769; m. Jane Galbraith. 17. xiii. Samuel, b. Feb. 27, 1772; m. Margaret Esoy. 18. xiv. Michael, b. August 9, 1773; m. Nancy McKinney. 19. XV. Rebecca, b. March 1,1775, James Awl. IV. Thomas Elder (Robert) b. 1708; d. July 1752; married Mary, daughter of Wil- liam Patterson, and had issue; i. John, ii. Rachel, iii. Robert. V David Elder, (Robert) b. 1710; dl 1753; m. in 1730 Hannah Anderson, ot Don- egal; d, about 1811, in Westmoreland county; and had i«sue: 20. Robert, b. 1751 ;m. Mary Whiteside. VI. Robert Elder (Robert, Robert,) b. 1720, in county Down, Ireland, came with his parents to America about 1730. He was twice married. After the death of his first wife he removed to Maryland, re- turning to his old home near Harris’ Ferry. 176 Historical and Genealogical. About 1786 he ^ent to iDOiana county, Penn’a, where he died iu 1790. His second wife was Margaret Taylor, who died April 15, 1803. They had issue: 21. i. James, b. 1763, in Dauphin county; m, Martha Robinson. 22. ii. David, b. Oct. 16, 1764, in Mary- land; m. Ann Nesbit. 23. iii. Robert, b. 1767; m. Mary Smith. 24. iv. Anne, b. 1770; m. Archibald Mar? hall. VII. Robert Elder, (John, Robert) was born June 11, 1742, in Paxtang; was a soldier of the Revolution, and commanded one of the Lancaster county battalions of associators, and hence known as Col. Robert Elder; died September 29, 1818; m. on Febiuary 7, 1769, by Rev. John Elder, Mary J. Thompson, of Derry, b. October 19, 1750; d. August, 18, 1813. Tney left no issue. VIII. Joshua Elder (John, Robert), b. March 9, 1744-5, in Paxtaug; was a farmer by occupation; served in the Provincial forces during the French and Indian war; one of the sub-lieutenants of ihe county of Lancaster during the Revolution, and a justice of the peace. Under the Constitu- tion of 1790 he was appointed by Gov. Mifflin one ot the associate judges of the county of Dauphin; Gov. M’Kean, a warm personal friend, comcnissioned him pro thonotary January 5, 1800, which position he filled nine years; was elected chief bur- gess of the borough of Harrisburg in 1810; he died at his residence, in Paxtang, De* cember 5, 1820, and is interred in the old church-yarl; was twice married. 1st. On Sept. 15, 1773, by the Rev. John Elder, to Mary M’Allister, b. 1753; d. November 21, 1782. 2d. On May 23, 1783, by the Rev. John Elder, to Sarah M’allister, b. 1762; d. Dec. 6, 1807. By neither marriage did Judge Elder leave any issue and his estate was devised to a lartie number of relatives. IX. Eleanor Elder (John, Robert), b. Dec. 8, 1746; d. Dec. 12, 1775; m. Dec. 11, 1766, by Rev. John Elder, Juhn Hays, of Derry, b. 1739; d. January 26, 1813; both buried in Donegal grave yaid. They had issue, among others: i. Sarah. ii. John, b. Dec. 5, 1775; d. Nov. 27, 1813. X. Sarah Elder (Juhn, Robert), b Oc- tober 19, 1752; d. February 14, 1822; m. Juae 19, 1787, by Rev John Eider, James Wallace, sun of Robeit Wallace of Hanover, b. 1750; d. December 15, 1823 They had issue: 1. Mary, b. 1790; d. 1846; m. Matthew B. Cowden, son of Col. James Cowden of Lower Paxtang, and had is^ue, James, John, Sarah, William Kerr, Marx and Edward. ii. John, b, 1792; d. 1843; m. Jane Mc- Cuue of Cumbeilaud e mnty, and had, John, Sarah Elder, Mary .-Simpson, Elizabeth, Ei len and Caroline. iii. Elizabeth, b. 1794 ; m. Rober Clarke of Montrose, Pa., son of Col. John Clarke of the Revolution, and had isaue, Ann and Sarah Elder. XL Ann Elder (John, Rober ), b. Oc- tober 8, 1754; d. August 10, 1814; ra. on September 23, 1779, by Rcv. J hn Elder, to Andrew S epheu [Steen], b. 1753; d. December 3, 1800; both buried in Paxtang grave yard. They had hsue : i. Robert Elder, ii, Ann, b. 1785; d. April 20, 1800; buried in Paxtang grave-yard; hi. Andrew, b. May 30, 1791; d. Janu- ary 12, 1832; buried iu Paxtang grave- yard; iv. John, a physician, who practiced near Halifax. Bistorical and Genealogical. 177 XII JoBN Elder (Joho, Robert), b. Augusts, 1757: d. Apiil 27, 1811; m. De- cember 16, 1778, Elizabeth Awl, d. about 1850, at tbo residence of her son-in law, Gen. John Forster. They had issue, among others: i. Mary, m. John Forster, and left issue. ii Eliza, m. Henry Alward. iii. John, m. Oct. 17 1826, Mrs. Mary Th mps n, daughter of John M ’Gammon, of Middletown. XIII Mary Elder (John, Robert,) b. Jau'iary 12, 1760; d. Jan. 31, 1843, at Har- risburg; buritrd at Derry; m May 18, 1784, by Rev. John Elder, to James Wilson of Derry, b. 1755; d. April 17, 1835. They had )ssue. Mary, m. Rev. William Kerr, of Done- gal, and had William M., John Wallace, Mary E m. Herman Aliicks, Dr. James, and Martha m. Dr. E. L. Orth. XIV. James Elder (John, Robert) b, June 15, 1764; d. Jan. 14, 1827; m. Decem- ber, 1801, Lucinda Wallace of Virginia; b. May 28, 1781; d. July 26, 1846; removed to Clarksville, Tennessee. After the death of James Elder, his widow married in Feb- ruary, 1829, James B. Reynolds of Ten- nessee. Mr. and Mrs. Elder had isssue: Joshua, b. Jan. 31, 1803 MOTKS AND yUKRIKS.— XLII. Historical aud Genealogical. The History op Dauphin and Leba- non Counties has been announced, and it may not be out of place for the Editor thereof to allude to the subject in Notes and (Queries. Fuily appreciating the magnitude of the laborious undertaking, yet in the hope of receivirg every assistance desired from all interested in having the work full and complete, much no doubt will accom- plished towards the realization thereof. A great deal of the general and local history is within reach, yet the biotiraphy and genealogy, of which it is contemplated to devote considerable space in the volume,are not as accessible, unless those having the knowledge will communicate the same. These will not be eulogistic of any one. What are desired, are facts — and to this end we have made considerable research. The preparation of this history is more a labor of love th>an pecuniary reward, and the feeling upp rmost is to preserve the records of our ancestors, —of old citizens and fami ies — for as a classical English writer observes: “Methioks it shows a kind of gratitude and good-nature, to revive the memories and memorials of the pious aud charitable benefactors long sitce dead and gone.” “All onely for to publish plaine Tyme past, tyme present, both. That tyme to come may well retaine Of each good tyme the truth.” THIS iSLDRRS OF FaXTaNO AND HAN UV I*. [continued from last week.] XV. Thomas Elder (Joan, Robert)^ b. January 30, 1767; d. April 29, 1853, at Harrisburg. Concerning him, we have in preparation a biographical sketch. He was twice married: 1st, on March 23, 1799, to Catharine, daughter of Col. Cornelius Cox, of Estber- ton. who died June 12, 1810, and left is- sue: i George Washington, d. s. p. ii. Mary, m. Amos Ellmaker, of Lan- caster, and has issue. 2nd, on May 30, 1 81 3, to Elizabeth Ship- pen, daughter of Robert Strettel Jones, b December 13 1787 in Burlington, X. J.;d, October 31, 1871, at Harrisburg; and left issue : iii. Ann Shippen, d. s. p. iv. Catharine Jones, m. Samuel Boude, m Historical and Genealogical. son of Col. Thomas Boude of the Revolu- tion, and has issue. V. Thomas, m. Margaretta Wilson, and had Thomas and Wilson. vi. John. vii. Sarah Wallace, d. s. p. viii. Elizabeth Shippen, d. s. p. ix. James, m. and has issue. XVI. David Elder (John, Robert), b. May 7. 1769; d. May 22, 1809; m. Jane, daughter of Col. Bartrem Galbraith, b. 1772, d. January 13, 1842. Tney had is- sue: i. Mary, m. 1st Dr. Henry B. Dorrance, d. October 1, 1828, and buried at Paxtang; 2d. Judge David Scott of Wilkes-Barre. ii. Ann, d. unm. iii. Elizabeth, m. Robert R. Elder. iv. Robert, m. Deitrick, and left issue. XVII. Samuel Elder, (John, Robert) b. February 27, 1772; d. September 26, 1815, m. on March 14, 1851; and had issue: i. Ann, m. April 25, 1816, Alexand Piper, and has issue. ii. John. iii. Maria, m. 1st Adams Campbell of Elizabethtown; 24 Widiam Lyon, son of Judge Lyon, of Carlisle. iv. JosiAH, b. 1803; d. October 30, 1844. V. Sarah, m. April 13, 1824, William H. Doll, and has issue. XVIII. Michael Elder (John, Rob- ert), b. August 9, 1773; d. September 25, 1850, at Columbia, Penna; was twice mar- ried. 1st, on June 4, 1795, to Nancy McKinney of Middletown, and had issue: i. Mary, m. Christian Haldeman. ii. Preston Billings, b. February 6, 1810; d. January 6, 1840; in Columbia m. in 1834, Henrietta E. V. Claiborne; was cash- ier of the Columbia Bank and Bridge com- pany, at tne same time editor of the 8py; was a brilliant writer of prose and verse. 2nd, on April 5, 1827, Charlotte Giber- son, and had issue: iii. William, d. s. p. XIX. Rebecca Elder (John, Robert)^ b. March 1, 1775: d. in 1854; m. James Awl son of Jacob Awl of Paxtang, and had issue: i. John Elder. XX. Robert Elder (David, Robert) b. in 1751, in PaXiaag township, d. Octo- ber, 1837, in Derry township, Wtstmore- land county- At the close of the War of the Revolution, Robert Elder acoumpaukd his mother to Westmoie.and couuty, where they settled. He had previously married Mary Whiteside, a daughter of Thomas Whiteside an early Euglisu settler in Lan- CjkSter county, most oi wnose descendants reside in Ohio and Illinois. Mary Whrte- side Elder d. in Feoruary 1823. There was issue: 25. i. Hannah, b. 1779, m. James Rich- ards. 26. ii. Thomas, b. 1781; m. Mary McCon- ntll. XXL James Elder (Robert, Robert, Robert,) b in 1763, in Dauphin couuty; re- moved to Indiana county, Penu’a, in 1786, where he died April 13, 1813. He mariieu December 25, 1782, Manha, daughter of Robert Robmson, b. in 1772; d. May 27, 1812. They had issue: 27. i. Robert R., b. Oct. 8, 1783; m. Sarah Sherer. 28. ii. David, b. Aug. 22, 1785; m. Juli- anna, Sherer. 29. iii. John, b. Oct. 2, 1797; m. Eliza- beth M’Kee. 30. iv. Polly, b. Oct. 22, 1799; m. Sam- uel Russell. 31. V. Joshua, b. Jan. 18, 1802; m. Elea- nor Sherer. 32. vi. James, b. Feb. 18, 1804; m. Mar- garet Barnet. Historical a7id Genealogical. 179 33. vii. Rachel, b. Dec. 18,1806; m. Rev. Jesee Smith. 34. viii. Thomas, b. March 1, 1810, m. Eiizaceth Coleman. XXII. David Elder (Robert, Robert, Robert) b. Oct. 28, 1764 in Md., d. Jan. 8, 1834 in Fountaine county, Ind.;m. June 3, 1790 Ann Nesbit of Lancaster county; b. Dec 27, 1771; d. July 22, 1854, in Clark couLty, O. Toeyhad i-sue: 35. i. Robert (Miller), b. May 28, 1791; m. Elizabeth Sherer. ii. Sarah, b. May 23, 1793; d. July 16, 1835, in Ohio; m. in 1816, Robert Johnson. iii. Mary, b April 21, 1795; d. Aug. 18, 1796. iv. John Nesbit, b. March 23, 1797, re- sided in Fountaine Go., Ind., in 1850, V Ann, b. March 18, 1799; m. in 1820, Abram Brewer and has issue. vi. James, b. July 7, 1800; d. Dec. 9, 1837; m. in 1830 Smau Noble and had is- sue. vii. Polly Taylor, b. Oct. 31, 1802; d. Aug. 17, 1819. viii. Nancy, b. Dec. 25, 1804; m. Robert Elder, son of Robert Elder and Ann In- gram. ix. Joshua David, b. Feb. 18, 1807; d. Oct. 30. 1836 in Pittsburg, Pa. ; m. in 1825, Eliza Murray, who d. at Lewisburg, Pa., and had issue — Glorvina, m. Me-. Ciure, and Andrew. X. Eliza Moorhead, b. Feb. 7, 1809; m. Jacob Tice, resides in Fountaine co., Indiana. xi. Martha Robinson, b. May 19, 1811; m. James A. White, resides in Vermillion county. Indiana. XXIII. Robert Elder (Robert, Robert Robert), b. 1767; d. April 12, 1813, at Elder's Ridge; m. Mary Smith; d. Dec. 1857, and had issue 36. i. Margaret, b. 1796; m. William Ewing. ii. Joshua, b. 1798; d. un’m. Nov. 11, 1825, at Harrisburg. 37. iii. Polly, b. 1800; m. John Laird. iv. Ann, b. 1802; d. 1816. V. John, b. 1804; d. 1823. un’m vi. Hannah, b. 1807; d. 1832 un’m. 38 vii. Robert, b. Dec. 23, 1809; m. Nancy Douglass. XXIY. Anne Elder, (Robert, Robert, Robert), d. in Indiana co., Pa.; m. Arch- ibald Marshall, and had issue: i. Anne, m. James Mowry. ii. Polly, m. Alexander Templeton. XXV. Hannah Elder (Robert, David, Robert), b. in 1779, in Lancaster county; d, in September, 1855, in Indiana county, Pa.; m. in 1809 James Richards, who died in April, 1833, in Indiana county, Penn’a. Mr. Richards, in conjunction with his brother Alexander, introduced the first ma- chine for carding wool in Western Penn- sylvania. They established a small factory opposite Saltsburg, on the Kiskiminetas, which, owing to the discovery of salt wells in the neighborhood, they sold about 1815, and erected works for the manufacture of salt on Crooked creek, in Armstrong county. Hannah Elder and James Rich- ards had issue: i. Mary, m. James Smith, of Erie county. ii. Martha, d. unm. iii. Eliza, m. Samuel Holmes; they were cousins -gt^rmaine, being grandchildren of Thomas Whiteside. She is a widow,and re- sides at Livermore. iv. James, died in Erie county in 1880, leaving a large family. V. Robert, d. in. 1857; his widow resides in Saltsburg. vi. Lucinda, m. Thomas Richards, a distant relative; she, now a widow, resides at Shippensburg. XXVI. Thomas Eleer (Robert, David, Robert) b. in 1781, in Lancaster county; 180 Historical and Oenealogical. m. Mary McConnell; Mrs. Eider is living at the age of ninety years; They had is- sue: i. Eliza, m. John Cannon; have issue a a son Calvin and three daughters- ii. Thomas, na. and resides in Armstrong county. iii. John; who resides iu the old home- stead. XXVII. Robert Robinson Elder, (James, Robert, RoOert, ttobert) b. Oc . 8, 1793; d. April 6, 1858 near Harrisburg; vvas twice married: 1st to Srrati Saerer, b. 1798, d. Nov. 35, 1836, and had issue: i. James, b. Aug. 1826; d. s. p. ii. Robert, b. May 2, 183u; d. March 8, 1861. iii. Martha, m. Samuel H. Wallace. iv. Sarah, m. J. iloutgomery Forster. 2d. to Etizabe h G Elder, b March 17, 1806; d. Feb. 16, 1862, and had issue: iv. Scott. V. Thomas. XXVIII. David Elder (James, Robert, Robert, Robert) b. Aug. 23, 1795, in Md , d. April 5, 1879,atE'der’s Ridge; m. Juli- anna Sherer, and had issue : i. James Sherer. ii. SARA.H E. XXIX. John Elder (James, Robert, Robert, Robert), b. Oct. 2, 1797; d. at Eld- er’s Ridge April 4, 1870; m Elizabeth Mc- Kee, and had issue: i. Elizabeth. ii. Martha J. iii. Rev. Thomas R. iv. Caroline. V. J. McKee. XXX. Polly Elder (.Tame^, Robert, Robert, Robert), b. Oct. 23, 1799; resides at Clarksburg, Pa.; m. Samuel Russell, of Westmoreland county, and has issue: i. William. ii. Rachel. iii. Dorcas. iv. Martha. V. Polly. vi. Samuel. XXXI. Joshua Elder (.James Robert, Robert, Robert), b. J*n. 18, 1 802; re- sides near Harrisburg; was ihnce married; 1st, to Elemor Sherer, and had issue: i. Joshua Robinson. ii. David Robixsson. 2 1, to M.*rga et C. Gi.mor, and had is- ssue: iii. Elizabeth M., m. Wm K C .w- den. 3d, to Nancy Brown, and hsd i sue: iv. Margaret, m. J. Q. A. Ruiher ford. V. Matthew Bn own. vi. Eleanor Thompson, m. Francis W. Rutherford. vii. Matilda vii. Mary A. XXXII. James Elder (James, Robert, Robeit, Robert), b. Feo 18, 1804; d. Feb. 5, 1877, at Elder’s Ridge; m. Margaret Barnet, oaugbter ot rnounas Bamet, ^tnd had isaue: i. Martha Robinson. ii. Thomas Barnet. XXXI li. Rachel Elder, (James, Robert, Robert, R>beit,) b. Dtc. 18, 1806; d. Feb. 1840, in Jiderson co., Pa. m, April, 1829, Rev. Jetse Smith, aud had issue. i. Sybil M. XXXIV Thomas Elder (James, Robert, Robert, Robert), b. Mi> 1, 1810: resides at< Elder’s R dge; was thrice mauied: 1st, to Elizabeth Coleman ana had issue:! i. Sarah. j ii. Robert. } 2nd, to J. Cook, and had issue. iii. Maggie, 3d, to M. Caldwell. I i. Historical and Oenealogical, 181 XXXV. Robert Elder, (D'vid, Robert, Robert, Robert), b. May 39, 1791; d. Octo- ber 19, 1837; m. M-irch 3, 1830, Elizabeth daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Sherer, b. 1795; d. February 36, 1860, both interred in Paxtang Church yard. They had issue: i Anne, m. John Ferguson of Lawrence, 0 . ii. Joshua Nesbit. iii. Samuel Sherer; entered the U. S. Army in 1853, as a private; appointed sec- ond lieutenant first artillery, March 33, 186 1 ; promoted, first lieutenant May 14, 1861 ; brevet captain Sept. 17, 1863; captain first artillery August 1, 1863, brevet major February 30, 1864; and brevet lieu- tenant colonel May 15, 1864. iv. Elizabeth J , m Rev Mr. March, XXXVI. Margaret Elder (Robert, Robert, Robert, Robert), b. 1796; d. June 7, 1837; m. in 1830 William Ewing, of In- diana county; d. Aug. 31, 1844, and had isj sue: i. John. ii. Joshua. iii. Robert. iv. Rev. James A. V. William. XXXVII. Polly Elder (Robert, Rob- ert, Robert, Robert), b. 1800; m. John Laird, and had issue: i. Zacharia. ii. Maria. iii. Judith. iv Margaret. V. Robert Elder. XXXVIII. Robert Elder (Robert, Robert, Robert, Robert), b. Dec. 33, 1809; r sides in the old homestead at Elder’s R'dge, Indiana county, Penn’a; m. March 30, 1834, Nancy Douglass, and has issue : i Maria J. ii. John Douglass. iii. Robert T. iv. Cordelia. V. Julia M. vi. Lydia A. vii. Josephine. viii. Agnes V. ix. Lizzie E. [Correction. — Elizabeth, daughter of Sarah Elder (10) and James Wallace, b, 1796; d. 1843; m. Robert Clark, of Mon- tour county, Penn’a, son of Charles Clark and grandson of Col. Robert Clark, of Han- over. He died in 1839, and with his wife are buried in Derry church graveyard, Mon- tour county. They had issue: i. Charles Brownfield. ii. Sarah Elder. iii. James Wallace. iv Annie Eliza. notes and queries — XLIII. Historical and Genealogical. Elder Genealogy ( W. and Q, idii) .— A very provoking error crept into the lat- ter part of this genealogy. In XXVII, Martha (3) m. Samuel H. Wallace and not Thomas L, w. h. e. The Navigation * of the Susquehan- na. — It may not be generally known, but it is a fact that the TJ. S. Government is instituting inquiries concerning the efforts made, the plans suggested and the feasi- bility of improving the navigation of the Susquehanna river. If any of the readers of Hoies and Queries have in their posses- sion any papers or documents relating thereto they will confer a great favor by sending the same to us, as we desire to fa- cilitate as far as in our power the inquiries made. It is a matter in which we are all interested, and everything bearing upon the subject wi’l be of value at the present time, w. H. E. Old Writs. — Some one has kindly for- warded, for our examination, two writs, m Historical and Oenealogical. “issued duriug the eleventh year of the reign ot George the Third,” by the court of common pleas, of Lancaster county, against Joseph Gundy, Michael Hoffman, and others, “for trespass.” These papers are written in the usual style of court doc- uments, during the Provincial era. As to the persons against whom the suit was in: stituted, Joseph Gundy was subsequently an officer of the Revolution, and became quite prominent in Northumberland coun- ty, where he resided, although we believe he died at Harrisburg. Michael Hoffman, another soldier of the War for Independ- ence, was related to the Hoflfmans of the “Upper End.” It was a long distance to the county seat in those days, and very expensive to attend court. The organiza- tion of Northumberland county, in 1772, and Dauphin county, in 1785, was, there- fore, a great relief to the inhabitants north of the Blue Mountains. JOHN HARRIS TO DAVID HOGC. [We give below a letter written by John Harris, of Harris’ Ferry, which is endorsed “To David Hoge, Esquire, in East Pens- boro’. Mrs. Whitehill is Requested to forw’d this Letter Immediately.” The lady who was to forward this important message was the wife of Robert Whitehill, and a sister of John Harris’ second wife, who were the daughters of Adam Read, Esq., of Hanover. The reference in the letter to Mr. Hoge’s son was to James Hoge, a member of Capt. Hendrick’s com- pany, who was captured daring the Que- bec expedition. It subsequently appeared that Mr. Hoge was not a hostage among the Ind ans, bat was taken at the siege of Quebec; and with others confined for some months, and afterwards released. The letter is interesting. ] Paxtang, Aug. 4, 177G. ISiR — I received a letter last night from Mr. Maclay which informs me that some of the prisoners taken lately at Isle Noix, near St. Johns, by the savages, are now prison- ers at an Indian town about 150 miles above Sunbury; he particularly mentions Mr. Hoge’s son to be one of the number. The account comes from Mr. Antis, who lives at or near the Great Island, who has heard it from the Indians that came lately from the place or near where said prisoners are. If the Indian acco’t is true, it’s probable that at the expected Indian treaty at Pitts- burgh our Commissioners might Insist on s’d prisoners among them being deHvered up I Embrace this opp’ty, being the first I had, Requesting you’l Immediately Inform Mrs. Hoge, as her husband is in Phffada, on Pub'ick Business, that she may take any method Judged expedient in Order to get her son Releas’d from Captivity. I suppose the Senecas are the Tribe that has out Prisoners as they are Ever first in all mischief & and has Joined the King’s Troops with others of the Six Nations (so- called). I am, sir. Your Very Humble Servant John Harris. “^STHERTON" ALl*S “ OOXESTOWN.” j In No'es and Qmries it is stated that i “Estherton” was named from one of the \ wives of Col. Cornelius Cox. This is an i error. Believing that the subject will in- - terest your readers, I give somewhat in de- tail the origin of that place. On the 11th day of November, 1743, the , : Proprietors of Pennsylvania i«sued a pa’ent ' to Rebecca Edgell, then of the city of Pailadelphia, widow, for two tracts of land, containing three hundred and thirty eight acres and allowances Mrs. E. died, having Historical and Oenealogical, 183 made her will, July 10, 1750, and devised all her real estate to her son William and her daughter Rebecca to be divided equally between them. On the 3d day of February, 1752, William Bdgell made his will, shortly after which he died. He devised his undivided half of said tract of land to his wife, Sirah Edgell, who; shortly after- wards married ^ Dr. John Cox, jr., then of New Castle county, Delaware, but afterwards of Philadelphia. By deed dated April 9bh, 1757, they transferred their half of said land to Thomas Lawrence, of Phil- adelphia, who transferred the same to John Cox. This was done perhaps to vest the title in John Cox. Shortly after this trans- fer, Sarah, his wife, died. Rebecca Edoell the sister of William Edgell married Samuel Mifflin who deeded the undivided half of said land to John Cox, August 6th, 1764, whose wife at that date was Esther. I find that on the 2d day of October 1767 that Dr. John Cox, jr. and his wife Esther of Philadelphia by deed did grant and confirm to “The In- corporated Society for the ‘ propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts,” a lot of ground situate in the “New Town” on the east side of the Susquehanna lately laid out by the said John Cox and cal'ed “Estherton” bouaded by Third street to the westward; b7 lot No. 65 to the north- ward, by a 16^ feat wide alley to the east- ward, by lot No. 79 to the southward; in breadth north and south 66 feet and 200 feet loag, “for a cite for a church and burid ground for a religious society in communion with the Established Church of England for ever.” This place known to the present genera- tion as “Coxestown” was probably laid out about the year 1764, and followed very closfcly Middle own, which was la’d out about the year 1758 or 1759. In point of time it was probably the second town laid out within the present limits of Dauphin county. What particular advan- tages the locality had over Harris’ Ferry, is not easily to determine. It seems to me strange that the second John Harris did not take advantage of the swelling tide of emi- gration, and forestall less pretentious places along the river. Estherton must have been “extensively laid out,” and was likely at an important ferry. Fifty years ago it was a point where rafts and arks could anchor in safety, and I presume from this fact that the water there is not so swift as other points further down the river. Old river pilots from Columbia and Marietta often went up to Coxestown to pilot rafts from there to Port Deposit. Samuel Evans. NOTES AND QUERIES.— X LI V. Historical and Genealogical. Derry Church Communion Service. — (W. (& Q., xxix.)^ln corroboration of “A. B. H ’s” statement concerning the an-, tiquity of the communion service, we pre- sent the following receipt for the “cups,” and presume that the other pieces of the service had been purchased about the same period: . “Philada.,’ Mar. 15tb, 1788. “Robert Clark, E«q.j Bot of Wm. Will: ‘ 4 Communion Cups at 12s. 6d., £2:10 Cr’t by 6 lb. of pewter, 5 2:5 “Rec’d contents. “Wm. Will.” Mr Will was a pewtersmith of Philadel- phia, and having been an offlcer of the as- soc’ators, no doubt thereby became person- ally known to Col. Clark. ^ w. h. b. An Indian Burial Ground. — In mak- m Historical and Genealogical, ing some improvements at the plate mill of the Chesapeake nail works, the workmen in their excavations came upon five Indian graves. Several years ago, in the same lo cality, the remains of Indians had been ex- humed. These go to show that this spot had been used as a burial groun I by the red race who once occupied the site of our city on the Susquehanna. The skulls and a few of the larger bones were apparently in good preservation-^ while others, on be- ing exposed to the air, crumbled into their original element — dust. The graves were about six feet apart, from two and a half to three feet below the surface, and seem to have been dug upon a little rise of ground fifty yards from the bank of the river. The heads were to the north. Only the upper portion of the graves were examined. The relics consisted of beads of various colors and sizes, a pipe of red clay, a few English farthings of the date 1695, which were pierced, showing they had been used as trinkets, and an arrow- head or two, with the remains perchance of some gew-gaws, secured from Indian traders. The date of the coins go to show that these were the graves of the perfidious Shawanese, who had a village at or near the mouth of the Paxtang. Tne Susque- hannocks were the origiaat iuhabitants, but in a war of extermination with the Iroquois the remnant fled lo Maryland, where they became united with a local tribe and thus lost their iden- ity. Subsequently, in 1698, the Shawanese from the Carolinas requested permission to come into the Province of Pennsjlvanii. At first they located in the deserted vil- lages of the Susquehannocks on the lower banks of the river, but as the tide of white emigration approached they moved up the Susquehanna and its branches, aid fl lally to the Oaio. It is unre than probable that the Indian village' of Paxtang was de- serted prior to 1720 w h b. Hulings (iV. & Q. Tne name Hu lings is n,ot Swedish, as Watson states, but French. The first of the name to which the family can trace was the Mar- quis de HuUngues, a nobleman of the South of France, who with his wife aud other Huguenots fled to London. They had one son, whose descendant emigrated to America. In the religious wars of Gus- tavus Adolphus, a prominent participants was the Duke de HuUngues. The family of Hulings came to America about 1700. In the cemetery at Lewes, Delaware, a number of the family are buried. Marcus Hook was originally named for the head of the family, it be- ing corrupted from “Marquis Hook.” James Hulings, son of the first Marcus, it is thought was born in the West, as he was wont to state that he was the first white child born west of the Alleghenies. He resided in or near Nashville, Tenn., and was a successful merchant there. He died in Mississippi at the age of eighty-five years. He married but left no children. Frederick Watts Hul ngs, son of Tnomas i Hulings, and Elizabeth Watts, upon the \ death of his father, went to his uncle’s in | Tenntssee where he studied law, and sub- sequently married a daughter of Judge \ Brown. After practicing law for several I years he removed to Holly Springs, Miss., I,, hii unc’e James accompanyi og him. He served a term of ten years as judge of the J court, afterwards removing to his planta- ■ . tion near New Orleans. He left two sons ii and two daughters, none of whom survived !u him. His son James left two daughters, » Sally and Octavia, now residing near New l« Orleans. | Mary Hulings, who married a Mr. Stew- -f art, left two daughters, Frances and Julia, ii both of whom married brothers, C albert- i sons, of Chambersburg. J ulia left two sons j ; and two daughters. William Stewart Cuf-. i Historical and Oenealogical, 186 bertson resides in JS^ew Albiiuy, lad., a wealthy and enterprising citizen thereof. His brother John lives in Calilornia. Their sister, Mrs. Smiley, has two sous, Episcopal clergymen. One of Frances 8tewart Cul- Derison’s sons, James, was the first Presby- terian minister to China, and translated the Holy Scriptures into Chinese. Marcus Hulings, son of Thomas Hulings, left one or two daughters. [Tbe foregoing information is of exceed- ing value and interest, and is only indica- tive of what proper inquiry may call forth. _ w. H. E.] To THE Salary of Rev. 2^. R. Snowden IN 1793. The pastorate oi Rev. John Elder, after a duration of more than half a century, closed on tbe 13th of April, 1791. THe congregation, after hearing various candi- dates, finally united with Derry and Har- risburg in a call to Rev. Nathaniel R. Snow- den, of Fniladelphia. The following sub- scription is probably not a full list of the Paxtang people wfio contributed to the sup- port 01 Mr. Snowden, but simply those w^bo were present at the congregational meeting field on the 7th of March, 1793. The paper itaelf is in the handwriting of James Caldwell, but the names and figures were written by the subscribers, each one for him or herself, and all in the same ink. “We the under subscribers do each of us promise to pay annually the sums an- nexed to our names, to the trustees of Pax- ton congregation, or the collectors ap- pointed by them, as a salary due to the Rev. Mr. Snowden for the one-third pact of his labors amongst us, and while he continues a regular preaching pastor in said congre- gation and we members of it. Given under our hands this seventh day of March, a. d. 1793.” £ B. a. James Caldwell 1 2 6 John Means 0 15 0 John Willson 1 5 0 William Calhoun 0 15 0 Richard Carson 0 15 0 Joshua Elder 2 0 0 John Elder, Jr 1 2 6 John Gilchrist . 1 0 0 Alexander M'Cay 0 8 4 Thomas Forster 1 17 6 William McRoberts . 0 15 0 Richard Fulton 1 5 0 Thomas Brown 0 18 9 Wm. Wanless 0 10 0 Daniel Brunson 0 17 6 Alex’r Willson 1 5 0 Jacob Awl * 2 5 0 John Rutherford 1 15 0 William Smiih . 1 15 0 James Cowden . 1 10 0 Josiah Espy 1 10 0 Thomas M’ Arthur 1 2 0 Barbara Walker 0 7 6 Mary Peacock 0 7 6 James Cochran . 1 0 0 Jno. Willson, jr 1 10 0 And’w Stephen 0 17 6 Jas. Johnston 0 16 8 William Boyd 0 8 4 Adam Barbe 0 10 0 Alexander Mahargue .... 0 15 0 William Kerr 1 w 15 . P. 0 B. NKW YORK UlSTOKIOAI. SOCIETY. The readers of Notes and (Queries will be pleased to learn the success of this great society, as it is set forth in the following account of its library, and the vast number of persons who are members. It was founded in 1804. The nucleus of the library was the private collection of Amer- ican historical works purchased of Mr. Pintard. In 1809 DeWitt Clinton procured a charter for this society, and in 1816 the 186 Historical and Genealogical. corporation gave it spacious quarters in the New York Institution, in the rear of the City Hall, within the Park. Here it re- mained until 1832, most of the time in great pecuniary embarrassment. Dr. John W. Francis, the historian, and some of his friends made liberal advances, and in 1827 Frederick De Peyster and De Witt Clinton persuaded the Legislature to appropriate $5,000 to help it out of the mire. Subse- quently the latter procured another grant of $12,000. In 1850 a movement was in- augurated to procure a new and special building for the society, and in 1857 the present building, at the corner of Eleventh street and Second avenue, was completed. The building is of brick, 50x95 leet, three stories high and of somewhat church-like appearance. The publications of the so- ciety, begun in 1809, now number twenty- three volumes, and contain important his- torical discourses by DeWut Clinton, Morris, Wheaton, Verplank and Pintard, besides the letters of Major Ceneral Charles Lee, the second in command of the Revolutionary army. The library con- tains 70,000 volumes, and about 15,000 pamphlets, which sbed light upon almost every subject likely to interest the student of American history. Of ninety different files, bsginning in 1704 none are c implete, but the different papers so lap over, as it were, that one cannot fail to ob'a’n a fair idea of the doings of the times. The Historical Library is for reference only. The society has 1,953 members, of whom 206 are honorary, 780 life and 465 resi dent members. Its receipts average about $9,000 per annum and its payments about $7,000. It has also a number of funds, aggregating $28,400, the interest of which is devoted to the general purposes of the society. In 1856 the society resolved to found a public art gallery, which resulted in the collection of 629 paintings (ail historical) and 57 pieces of sculpture. Many of these works were p-esented by members. The collection of the New York Gallery of Fine Arts came into its posses- sion in 1858, and the celebrated Dry an Gal- lery of Old Masters and the remaining pic- tures of the American Art Union in 1»67. The gallery is also enriched by the origi- nal water colors prepared by Auauoon for his great work on natural niatory and by an extensive collection of etchings and en- gravings. The Audubon collection num- bers 474. The coilectioua iu the depart- ment of antiquities, properly displayed, would fill the present building. Tne fa- mous Abbott collection of Eg} ptian anti- quities was purchased in 1859 and the Nineveh sculptures were piestnted to the society in 1857 by the late James Lennox. In addition to these, want of room has compelled the storing of a large collection of relics of Americ.n ab rigines. [It may be staged iu this connection, from the fact that it interests us the more, its collection of pamphlets concerning the “Paxtang Boys” affair is more extensive than any library in the country— tne old libraries in Philadelphia from some unac- countable cause being very poor iu this re- spect, as they seem to be in Pennsylvania ana particularly.] NOTES AND QUERIES.— XtV. Historical and ueuealogical. Hoge (W. & Q., xliu) — We were wrong in stating that the reference in John Har- ris’ letter, to a son of 'Mr. Hoge’s, was Jam°s Hoge, of Capt. Hendricks’ com- pany. It was Lieut. John Hoge, of Capt. M’Clean’s company, Col. William Irvine’s battalion, who was captured at Is'e Aux Noix, with other officers, on the 21st of June, 1776. L’eut. Hoge was exchanged 187 historical and Genealogical, April 20, 1778, liaiViiig’ jl» captivit^^ nearly two years. Elder, Jacob (iV. and Q . “G. H. B.” iaforms us that he “remeuiDers Jacob Elder well— that he was a son of John El- der and Elizabeth Awl, and a brother of General Forster’s first wife, etc. He pub- lished the first Democratic Eng ash news- paper at Harrisburg. His offi was in ihat end of the white building on Ueil’s corner [Secund and Chestnut streets] , about where Boyd’s furniture store now is.” In addi tion to the foregoing we have this note in one of our memoraadum b joks, Jacob El- der, printer, died at Harrisburg, October, 1816, aged thirty-ihree years. w h. b. HaVIOATION op the bUSQUEHANNA {N. d Q. xlm).-^la 1884, upon petition of a Town Meeting, John R. Poinsett, the Sec- retary of War under General Jackson, sent an engineer here to survey tne Susque- hanna irom Port Deposit, in Maryland, to ihe head waters of the river. He and his assistants spent the whole summer at it. It appears that before the report was made he died, and there the matter ended. I learned at the time he would report against it. Henry K Strong was then the editor of the Panmykania Intelligencer. He, Judge Krause, General Ayres, William M’Clure, and all our leading citizens, were pushing it. If you could obtain a file of the paper of that year it would furnish valuable in- formation in favor of the project, at least so regarded at the ti ne. p k b Elder— W & Q xlL^lt is stited that Rev. J ,hn Elder married Mary Baker, who was a daughter of Rebecca (Crawford; Anderson in 1740. This, 1 thmk, must bo an error. Rebecca (Ora vford), the wilowofRev. James Anderson, of Done- gal, did not marry Joshua Baker, the gun- smith, of Lancaster, until 1741 Mary Raker, daughter of Joshua Baker, who married Rev. Mr. Elder, was by Baker’s first wife. Baaei died lu 17o8. tij couT- pariug these dates it will be iea,dii> been that Mrs. Elder could noth we been ihe daughter of Mr. Auderaou’s widow. 8. E. Crawpord County Historical So- ciety.— We are m receipt of me pUu and objects of this society, and hope that it will hold'together “as long aa two or inree” are members thereof. It has our best wishes for a successful future, of wuich we >eel the more assured wnen we see tuo names of Crawford’s promiaent mm appended as of- fic3rs. The society has a far ricuer field to work in than some of the older cmnties. The Jomit lathers and French traders traversed iis pat iless forests long before Penn and nis Quaker adherents located on the DoUware. As far as in our po ver we wid give it a helping hand, and take this occasion to show our appreciatim not only of its ettoiuS in behaif of historical and genealogical research, but the kinduess waim prompted tne enrolling of our name as an Honorary Member thereof, ^ GOV. M’KE VN IN FAX TANG. The following letter is not generally known, especially to those Who at present reside in the locality from which it is dated, Paxtang, now Harrisburg. Judge M’Kean Aid with the Congress and IStace Govern- ment from Philadelphia, when that city was occapml by the British. Whilst here he resided as we have been informed, in a hickory log house that stands near the up- per ferry” now the water house, belonging to Wm, Maclay, torn down in 1815. This letter has been published in the life of George Road, of Delaware, and is dated from Paxtang as early as 1777; it has an interest for us iu this locality— Paxtang siou after Harris’ ferry, whence M’Kean had fled for refuge; an important man, at the time President of “the Delawa-e State,” 188 Historical a?id Genealogical. a Colonel in the army, Chief Judge of Pennsylvania, a member of the Continental Congress. These four positions must have lelt him small leisure for recreation, and his compensation tor the performance of the duties of them was not “over $1,500 a year,” let us hope not Continental currency. At this time M’Kean, a native of Pennsylvania, was torty-tniee years ot age. When he was elected Uovernor he was bixt>-hve years, and bright as ever ne had been. He liv;,a nearly twenty years after nis election to that ottice — a sharp-laced, lean, tall, erect, ae- termined man, apt to get into a passion and perform arbitrary acts. At the time tnis letter was written, the British had occupied Pniladelphia, threat- ening a conquest of the rest of the estate, and the Uisorgamzatiou oi the usual routine of disseminating inteiiigenee will, there- fore, account for tne rounuauout way in which the letter it answers hnaliy reacneU the “President of the Delaware 6 tale.” H. “Paxtano, JJec&mbtr 6th^ 1777. “Sir — Having now an opportunity Dy the bearer, Mr. Holmes, none naving ottered before, i transmit you a resolve of Con- gress, which 1 received on Wedneeday last, under cover from the Honoraole Henry Laurens, President of Congress, in whicn he inlorms me ‘ tnat it leads to an inquiry into the State ot Delaware, and requires the delegates from that State to atiena Congress, and requests of me the neediul answer.’ “Mr. President’s letter to me had visited General Washington’s headquarters, thence it took a tour to Newport, from whence Colonel Dutf sent it inclosed to me. It has been directed to me, supposing that I still continued to act as president of your State, You will be pleased, therefore, as com- mander-in-chief, to give the answer: “It gives me great pleasure to find that the Congress are determined to support the Whigs in the Delaware Stale, and, of course, you will be happy in receiving such proof of it. “The warm attachment of the Honorable James Saves, Esquire, to the virtuous and glorious cause in whicn his country is en- gaged, will no douDt induce him to give his immediate attendance m Congress, and the more especially as he is at present engaged in no public business that can prevent it. “1 am, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Thomas ji’Eran. “Honorable George Ktad, Esquire,” A tit pendant to the above is a recent event in tne Spanish Drauch ot tue lamily of Gov. McKean. It is found in a recent number of the l^Lttsb'xry Pont, and, it noth- ing else, 18 grotesque reading, beating our American probates out ot sight : The reported sale of tne lamous “Span- ish Tract” of land near Sewickiey, lor $50,000 to Mr. Fleming, anU tne subsequent proceedings to prevent tne sale, have re- vived an Old story, conccri.ing Miss Sarah Maria Theresa McKean, Uaugnceroi Uovern- or Thomas McKean, of tnis otate, wtto married the Marquis de Yrujo, at that time tne Minister ol me opanibh Court to the United S-aies. Her will was made in lb40, and for hitten y*.ais or more it has been in tne othcc- ot the leg ister here. The conienis of this will have nothing lo do wittt tne present ariiclo ex- cept that clause whxh bequeaxs to Narcita Maria Louisa MartincZ de iiujo, tue daughter of tne testatrix, all ol the real es- tate in this country wnioh Deion^ea to the daughter of Governor M Kean Stuora Narcisa must have been an invalid, as her mo ‘her speaks of her ‘helpless condition’’ as an excuse for leaving her so much Historical arid Genealogical, 189 property. There are some formalities con- necied with the document which are curious and interesting. The writer ex- amined the papers several years ago and described at that time some of these pecu- liarities, but others were not mentioned. First comes a description of the opening of the sealed packet containing the will, in Spain, the affidavits of the witnesses, and the statement that it was filed in court. All of this was sworn to before F. Pocheco, honorary magistrate of the Territorial Court of Zaragoza and judge of the Pri- mary Court of Claims in Madrid. At. tached to the foregoing papers and to the will itself is a curious succession of documents, a sort of bombastic le- gal step ladder. Jose Carillo Albonez, no- tary public, attests that the will was signed and opened and copied. Don Jose Garcia Laslra, licentiate in j urisprudence, says he copied the will of which Senor Albonez speaks. Two notaries public attest that Don Lastra signed this certificate, and that the will has been truly and faithfully copied. Judge Antonia Maria de Prida certifies that the notaries are properly ap- pointed officers, Don Antonia Casanova, commander of the Order of San Maritius and San Lazarus of Sardinia, and that of Merit of San Michael of Bavaria, and of the Royal Order of Charles III^ secretary of her Ma- jesty with office of decrees, gentlemen of the bed chamber of her Majesty with office, ex-sub-secretary of the Ministerial Depart- ment of Grace and Justice and superin- tendent of the territorial court of Madrid (whew!) certifies that Judge Prida is a duly appointed judge. Don Emilio Bernar, Gowned Honorary Minister ot the Ex- chequer of the Kingdom, Deputy of the Cortes, and Sub-Secretary of the Minis- terial Department of Grace and Jus- tice certifies that Don Casanota “is what he calls himselt.” Don Victoriano de Pedrozeno, Director of the Chancery of the Ministerial Department of State, v.ouches for Don Bernar, and Horatio J. Perry, sec- re'ary of the United States legation at Madrid, winds up the list by certifying Don Pedrozeno is all right. Then comes an affidavit of Charles Grebe, made before the register of Allegheny county, that what precedes it is a true translation of the Sp in ish papers. These are the old papers, but there now appear on the county will book translations made by Professor Al- fonse Dause, of other papers never before published. They consist of the will of the daughter to whom the American property was bequeathed, together with another “step ladder’’ of affidavits and attesta- tions. Senorita Narcisa Martinez de Yrujo mar- ried Don Bias Santiago de Pierrard, Camp Marshall of the national forces, Knight of John of Jerusalem, Commander of the Order of Charles III., of the Order of Isa- bella the Catholic, and of the Order of St. Ferdinand, and who was decorated for mil- itary deeds of daring. In her will, dated September 13, 1876, she says she is a lady in waiting toQueeuMariaLouisa, of Spain, and resides at the Court. She bequeaths to her nieces, the daughters of Narcisa Escano Martinez de Yrujo, 3, 000 reals each “once for all” (whatever that means.) To her step- sister, the Duche's of Sotomyers, she leaves one amethyst ring, and to the duchess’ daughters is bequeathed all the testatrix’s brilliants. To her nephew Don Carlos Man- uel Martinez de Yrujo del Alcazar she leaves her gold box with the picture of the Kiog of Naples and to his brother Don Jose, is left another gold box with the pic- tu-e of Louis XVIII, King of France. To Don Jo:e is left all the testa- trix’s rural property in the United States. The five nephews of the deceased XgO Historical and Genealogical, are made her universal heirs. To her hus- band she leaves her interest in a mill at Cadiz and some household goods. Her husband and her nephews, Don Carlos and Don Jose, are made her executors. The will was copied in 1875 and sent here in that year, but was not translated and copied on the will book until a few days ago. Don Jose is the one, as will be seen, who sold the property recently, and he is a great grandson of old Governor M’Kean. NOTlfiS ANU QUJEKIES.— XLVl. Historical and (ienealogical. County Lieutenant.— When was this office created, and by what act of As sm- bly ? What was the military title, and the pay ? When was the office abolished ? H. E H. Old Tan-Yards. — “C. F. M.” informs us that Sherer & Dunwoody had a tan-yard on the lot near Dougherty’s stable, on the north side of Cranberry alley, exiendiog across River alley. Kurtz’s was north of it and Boyer’s on the south. How Goods Were Conveyed Half a Century Ago.— Very few persons have any idea ot the difficulties of transport - tion prior to the era of canals and railroads. Fifty years ago the currency was elevc a- penny-bi' 3 , fip penny-bits and shillings— eight shillings one dollar. Eight yards of calico at a shilling a yard was one dollar. Goods were marked in this way and gro- ceries sold in the same way. As a general thing families bought articles at the store just as they wanted to use them, one- quarter of a pound of tea, two or thiee pounds of coffee, or five of sugar, and when more was wanted some youngster of the family was off to the store. Some ac- counts ran six months, and the merchant made all his purchases twice a year on six months credit. The goods were purchased at Philadelphia or Baltimore, and were brought from thence in large covered wagons — called Conestoga teams— drawn by six horses; sometimes one horse befon the other, and all wearing bells upon the collar. These large wagons held from fou] to five tons of goods. They were ouilt foj regular transportation wagons, on the greaj turnpikes of the day. In those » >rly years, turnpikes were not the miserable! apologies for roads, which grand jury at! ter grand jury report as nuisai and m in vain— but they were well giadedl rounded from the center to gutters oneaclj side, with all the necessary crossings foj water, and most thoroughly macadamized On these roads no wagon, regularly eni gaged in carrying goods, was allowed wiu lire on the wheels less than four inches iJ width. All along the great highways a( distances of ten and twelve miles, wer ' public houses, large two story Irame build ings, and here the teamsters would sto to feed and water their horses, and I sup | pose take something themselves. I do nc i know precisely what. They earned a k oj i feed box with them. This was place! i lengthwise of the tongue and the horse J placed on either side. These were the kin'1 of wagons in which goods were haule d from the cities alluded to — westward, t Harrisburg and farther on. What is no^ Harris park was constantly filled will these teams, awaiting their tuin to ford c to be ferried over the river. THE SEAT or GOVEK^MENT OF FENN »YL.VaXn1A. Philadelphia was the commercial as we as the political center ot this State froi 1686 to 1799, not however, without fn quent manifestations of discontent on th part of the rapidly increasing populatio west of this important part of the Provinc and State. Of a portion of the history c that long period, it is proposed to preset a brief review. Historical and Genealogical, 191 Soon after the close of the revolution, the “infant” portion of the State west of Philadelphia, having during those event- ful days furnished pretty nearly all the men of the war, felt, and was disposed to exercise its paramount power. Thus, in March, 1787, the Assembly, then a single branch, in obedience to this sentiment, re- solved that Philadelphia was ‘ an unfortu- nate location,” expressing* by votes its de- termination to build a State house “at Har- risburg, on a plot of ground, the property of the Commonwealth,” &c., being four and a half acres, conveyed by John Harris in 1785, Harrisburg was then a town of nearly 600 inhabitants. In subsequent sessions, as in 1795, the House voted 36 to 34, in favor of removing to Carlisle, Cumberland county. The Sen- ate did not concur. In 1798, the House again agreed to remove to Wright’s town, York county, “without delay.” The Sen- ate refused to concur. In 1799, the effort in favor of removal was crowned with suc- cess. Hoth branches voted to remove to Lancaster, then a town of great importance, much the most considerable in the interior. Accordingly, in December, 1799, the Legis- lature met in Lancaster, continuing to do so until the spring of 1813, when (in De- cember) the seat of government was re- moved to Harrisburg, at which point it was voted it should be, so early as 1785. The provisions of the Constitution now, re- quire that no removal can hereafter be made without the consent of the people, at a general election, Very many attempts have been made to re locate at Philadel- phia, since 1813, but it is not probable that that location would be acceptable to any considerable section of the State. The choice of Lancaster did not appear to have been entirely satisfactory. Agita- tion for another removal was almost imme- diately commenced, taking form as early as 1803, or within two years after the removal from Philadelphia. As an abs»,ract propo- sition a majority was in favor of removal in 1790, but a location was not easily decided upon. The agitation was thus kept alive, until the importance of the Susquehanna valley overshadowed all other considera- tions. It is proposed to give an account of the early steps in this contest. In doing so, letters not heretofore made public will be quoted, to show how promptly the people north and west of Lancaster b "gan to urge another removal. These letters vary the dry legislative detail necessarily presented that the subject may be clearly placed be- fore the readers of the present day. Preliminary — a list of those who repre- sented Dauphin county, then comprising also the present Lebanon, is presented. The legislative experience of these representa- tives from 1799 to 1810 was of great service to the project they had so much at heart, and the infrequent changes in the repre- sentation, show how highly their services were appreciated. The names are as fol- lows: SENATORS. To 1803— John Kean. To 1805 — Gabriel Hiester. Prom 1806-10 — Melchior Rahm. REPEESENTATIVES. 1799- 1800 — James Wilson, Christian Ley, Stacy Potts. 1800- 01 — Christian Ley, James Wilson, Stacy Potts. 1801- 02— Christian Ley, James Wilson, Stacy Potts. 1803-03— Stacy Potts, Jacob Weirick, James Wilson. 1803- 04— William Maclay, Jacob Weirick, Jacob Bucher. 1804- 05— Jacob Weirick, Jacob Bucher, Edward Crouch. 1805- 06— Jacob Bucher, Ed ward Crouch, Jacob Weirich. ly' m Historical and Genealogical. 1806- 07— James Wallace, John Andrew Shulze, Jacob Bucher. 1807- 08— John Andrew Shulze, James Wallace, Jacob Bucher. 1808- 09— J. A. Shulze, James Wallace, Jacob Bucher. 1809- 10— James Wallace, Peter Shindle, Benjamin Kurtz. • December 9, 1801, a few days after the meeting of the Legislature, the subject was introduced. There is no abstract of the de- bates of that day preserved that I am aware of ; none at least in printed form. Ex- tracts from the Journal of the House will inform us what occurred. \_Extracts from Journal.'] “Lancaster, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1801. A motion was made by Stacy Potts, of Dauphin county, seconded by Mr. Lord Butler, of Luzerne, and read as follows, vis ; As the happiness and convenience of the citizens of this Commonwealth, and the preservation and security of their property, are the primary and important objects of legislative deliberations, it becomes our duty to consider the propriety of placing the officers attached to the government thereof in such a situation as will permit their procuring, for themselves, residences, with convenient accommodations during the time they may continue in office, with- out subjecting them to the caprice of others; and the immense property held un- der the records of the State, at least in as secure a situation as the less important records of the different counties; therefore Resolved, That a grand committee be ap- pointed to take these important objects into consideration, and report the most eligible place to fix the the permanent seat of Gov- ernment of this State, with such other fur- ther observations as the case may require. Ordered to lie on the table. On motion, ordered. That Tuesday next be assigned for tlie second reading of the said resolution, and that it be the order for that day. Tuesday, Dec. 23d, 1801. The motion of Mr. Potts, seconded by Mr. Butler, and read the 9th inst., relative to fixing the permanent seat of Govern- ment, was read the second time. And the same being under consideration, Ordered, Tnat Tnursday, Jan. 7, next, be assigned for the further consideration thereof, and that it be the order for that day. Thursday, Jan. 7th, 1802. Agreeably to the order of the day, the House resumed the consideratioa of the resolution relative to the permanent seat of Government, and On motion. Ordered. That Wednesday, the 13ih inst. be assigned for the luither consideration thereof, and that it be the order for that day. Wednesday, Jan. 13th, 1802. Agreeably to the order of trie day, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Isaac Wayne, of Chester, in the chair, with resolution relative to the permanent seat of government before it. And after some time The Speaker resumed the chair, and the chairman reported that the committee of the whole had negatived the resolution; and On the question, “Will the House agree to the report ?” The yeas and nays were called for by Mr. (afterwards Governor) SnjderandMr. j Painter, of Philadelphia, and are as fol- ! lows, Viz: I Yeas — Messrs. W. Anderson, J. Ander- | son, Barnett, Boileau, Brodhead, j Bull, Butler, Cooke, Conrad, ; Davis, Eichelberger, Engle, Fol- ! well, Goodman, Gordon, Heister, Holgate, Ingels, Kauffman, Kimmel, Me- i Historical and Genealogical m Dowell (Cheater), McElroy, J. Miller, A. Miller, Mohler, Neuhardt, Odenheimer, Penrose, Preaton, Pugh, Rea, Roberts, Slagle, J. Smith, B. H. Smith, Statler, Steele, Thornburg, Trevor, Wayne, Weth- { erill, Wilson (Northampton and Wayne) ; —4a. I Nays— Mesars. Alexander, Alter, Beale, I Blair, Brady, Bratton, Buchannan, Oun- ! ningham. Dale, Ewalt, Fergeson, Follmer, j Franklin, Dibbona, Hall, Heiman, Kerr (Washington), Kerr ( Runtingdon), Lay- coGk, Lyle, McDowell (Washington), Mitchel, Me Masters, John Moore, Jesse Moore, Montgomery, Painter, R. Porter, C. Porter, Potts, Rose, Simpson, F. Smith, Snyder, Udree, Urie Wilson (Dauphin), W. Wilson, Witman, Weaver /Spen/fcer— 41. So it was determined in the adirmative. This disposed only ol the question of “consideration,” leaving the main subject open tor futui'e etlorts. Tne opponents of remoYal, howeYer, were powerful enough to prevent any lurcher revival of the ques- tion during tnis session, Mr. Polls writes of this defeat the letter ot 180 now quoted exactly as he penned it. Tne letter has no post mark exceot “8” cents, then the rale of postage between Lancaster and Harrisburg, addressed “Adam Boyd, Harrisburg:” “Lancaster, Jau’r 19th, 1802. Friend Boyd: At thy request ot the 2d Instant I presented thy Vouchers.” [Borne business in relation to a settlement of the 8tale Treasury with that of Dauphin coun- ty, ol which Capt. B. was treasurer,] “You will undoubtedly teel with me, the mordtication of finding the turn our ex- pected removal of the Seat of Coverameut aas taken. However, altho’ very sensibly jhagrined by that measure, yet shall lot despair, altho’ it may be some ime before so great an object can )e accomplished. I hope the work is yet upon the wheel, and all things will yet work together for good; and if the fixing our permanent Seat of the Government seems at present out of sight, there is a preliminary motion on the way, which if carried, I shall think a good point gained toward forwarding the grand object. For yesterday a motion was made, to appoint a committee to enquire and re- port the propriety ol converting all the property of this State, consisting of houses and lots in the city ol Philadelphia, into an Active Capital in aid ol the present de- ranged finances of the Commonwealth, on which a committee has been appointed and from their compleccion I have great hopes of a favorable report. It that measure can be successfully ac- complisned, the greatest obstacle in our way will be removed. However it has al- ready raised the Hornet’s nest, and there is as great a buzzing alarm as my resolution occasioned on the ninth of last month. Our Philadelphia Gentlemen would insinuate that it would be as great sacriledge to sell the old State House and its appurtenances in Philadelphia, as the Aristocrats would persuade us at tbe city of Washington, it will be to repeal the Judiciary System cre- ated by the last CongrebS, in the last night of their existance. But ho wever terrible the iniquitous act may be estim.:^ted by those scrupulous Gentlemen at both places, I hope and firm- ly believe, both will be accomplished. And while this is maturing in our house, I hope they will not continue quite indolent in the Senate, and perhaps by the time they are ready to produce any thing to our House, we may not have so many of our members looking back towards the Old State House in Philadelphia. Then we may hope for two votes, at least, for every one of those which we had counted on that deserted us in the late, discussion. m Historical and Genealogical. “How^ever, as I have written last evening to William Maclay and Thomas Elder, a pretty circumstantial account of the man- ner we were out generaled by the finess of the Sophistical Geatlemen of our Eastern counties, the subject seems to be so. much exhausted that without going again over the same ground f must wait lor further occurrences when I may be able to give you some further account, which may be interesting enough to be worth communi- cating. From thy Iriend, “Stacy Fotts “Adam Boyd.’’ In 180:1 the measure was brought for- ward in a fresh dress, that of erecting a structure for the “sale preservation” of the State papers. Under this thin disguise the subject of a removal of the seat ot govern- ment was the real point. It was very skillfully avoided by the managers opposed to removal, in a debate extending through December, 1802, and not ending until late in January, lc.08. Tnen the bub- ject was again postponed, without deter- mining the real q^uestion at issue. Tne let- ter now introduced, shows what Mr. Poits thought “ol the situation.” It is directed “Adam Boyd, Esq., Harrisburg, per flr. oi Mrs. Hoover.” “Lancastek, Jan’r 21of, 1808. Dear Friand: I expected lo have been able, belore this time, to have given you some agreeable inlormation respecting the fixing the offices to seeme the Records from fire, but as we have maue no progress yet towards establisning the place lor erecting them, I have proposed to nave them built as soon as possible; as the Records are in iminent danger. When they are once well secured we may take our own time in de- liberating Where to fix them, since that point seems to be so hard to get the com- mittee to meet. However, as some diffi- culty might arise in laying a foundation to build mem on, I have concrudod to Wait a few days longer, as we have sholes of Peii- tions. Memorials, &c. from Philadelphia, some of which are arrived and more ex- pected to be on the way. It [may bej necessary to near all that can be said on all sides before we determine. I expect all the wisdom and ingenuity of that great city will be exerted on the oc- casion, it may aftord some improvement to those who are young enough to learn the great art and Mistery of Intregue and per- suasion; but for my part I am so old and incorjgable, there is little hopes of my reap- ing any advautageasanindivioual; inereioie I should have been willing logo on without them, but we have been uncommonly engaged thib week, in the Tryal of Alexander Addison, and it we coiitinue our diligence it is to be hoped we snail be done with that bubinefS next week. Tnen itlbe citizens ol Pnilaueipnia are ready, it is probable they may condescend to meet, with the expectation that the Oommitiee will report the most eligable prace to fix the offices will be in that cuy, because the Stale Hou&e is there already ; not consider- ing that the Sale Ol tnai will produce enough to bund all that is ucces^aiy botn for Staie hou«e Offices, and every other building that may bo wameu — in the boist and suiest manner, it fixed at Hai'iisbuig, and leave a good quantity or Dodars to re- plenish the tSlale Treasury. “But Patience is an exctlJent virtue, both in oui own progress tniougniile, and also as a companion ihruugn tne session of the Legislature — lor wh.re so great a num- ber ol men aie to act in concert, and less than a Majoiity can do noth- ing, there is no possibility ol driving on any thing, but pull by little and. little and get iorwaid what we can, en- deavor to keep What Wo get, and parucu- larly wait to gain a lutlo more, ll there is Historical and Oenealogical, m too much energy and zeal displayed on jlmost any occasion, it raises a jealousy which renders the difficulty still greater, and thus I And it is best to be indefategable in pursuing an interesting object with firmness, without being dis- 30uraged by every delay or disap- pointment; and thus, without being elated with prospects of success, or depressed with liscouragements, I still continue my hopes. [ cannot doubt but all will end well at last, ' lowfcver we may be impatient of so long a ielay. With respect, I remain Thy assured Friend, Stacy Potts. I It would be interesting, it the letters of j3o>d, Maclay and Elder to Potts were yet j o be recovered among the papers of the jatterat Trenton, where his descendants I eside. I This year closed the legislative career of j ‘Friend” Potts. The next year the sub- ject had assumed so much importance that ilamsburg was honored with two of the Ihree representatives, to wit: Messrs, ilaclay and Bucher. I For other details one may refer to the i ournals, to the newspapers of the day, to I he annals of Harrisburg, perhaps other I lorrespondence of which I have no knowl- I dge, and tradition. It satisfies me when i further staie, that in February 1810 on Qotion of Richard T. Leech, of Montgom ly county, the subject of the removal o tie seat of government to Harrisburg was ijonsidered. Passed third aud fiual reading February 21, 1810-57 yeas, 28 noes. The emoval wss completed in season for the jieedng of the Legislature in December, 812. The Governor and heads of depart- lents Came to their new quarters here in October, nearly 70 years ago. , Mr. Leech was for many years an esteem- A citizen of Harrisburg, holding many high public positions, and chat of an elder in the Presbyterian church. He was brother- in-law of George Bryan, so long Auditor General. At one time Mr Leech was State Treasurer. Many of our old readers call him to remembrance with pleasure. It is unnecessary to encumber this with an account of the sharp sayings and ill blood that this question engendered be- tween the “Eastern gentlemen” and their country cousins, mainly respecting the “city” properly, owned by the State and alluded to by Mr. Potts. The end of it was that the property was disposed of, its price covered into the Treasury, and ex- pended, with many more thousands, on the ereetion of accommodations at the new seat of government. Thus neatly was the project of Mr. Potts brought to a conclu- sion. It is noteworthy that the last thing to be removed from Lancaster was the Library And again, although the Legislature took formal possession of ihe new State House, January 2, 1822, the Library was not re- moved from the Dauphin County Court House until the fall of that year. It was not gathered as at present, until 1825, when the books on “The Tables” of the two hemses were removed from what had be- come a dangerous exposure, and thus the nucleus of the present very valuable collec- tion formed. The first custodian of the books was Charles Norris, of Pniladelphia, in 1762, at a salary of £100 or $266 67 a year. The co mpensation was increased while the Legislature sat in Lancaster and again at Harrisburg, when it reached the sum of $500. The library until about 1835 was only opened for visitors during the sessions of the Legislature. The appropriation to it small and its growth very slow until the past eight or ten years. At present its col- lection is one of great value, ana partic u 196 Historical and GenealogicaL lariy rich in ihat pertains tu ihe iiiotoiy oi our own State. A. Boyd Hamilton. December, 1881. NOTJES yOJEKlES,— XL.VU. ilistocical aud Genealogical. [The Cumberland Valley. — The notes herewith presented relate chiefly to the delighttul country “west of ye Sasqua- hannah;” and we commend the same to our friends there to show that we have not lost interest in their history. The memo- randa are brief, but they may prove as in- teresting as they are valuable. w. H. E.] Yellow Fever at Lisburn. — In 1803, there were several cases of yellow lever at Lisburn, Cumberland county. The same year there were between three and four hundred deaths from that disease in New York, and also at Philadelphia. Baltimoie did not escape, although we have no knowl- edge of the number. It is probable the cases at Lisburn were simply sporadic, like those in Baid Eagle valley, Centre county in 1799. Are there extant any documents which may give an account of that epidemic at Lisburn, save the communication of Dr. W. Baldwin, in the Medical Museum for 1805. From the account of the latter we must confess to doubting, although it is stated that one of the symptoms was ‘ black vomit.” w. H. E. ‘ ‘Washington Irvine Correspond ENCE.” — The valuable papers of General William Irvine are about to be co'lected and edited by C. W. Butterfield, t f Madi- son, Wisconsin, the author of that ex- tremely valuable work “Crawford’s Cam- paign Against Sandusky.” General Ir- vine was one of the “Men ot Mark” of tbo Cumberland valley, although his name is not mentioned in that remarkable book, aud served gallantly dunug the War oi the Revolution. As a Pennsylvanian, the only regret we have is that it has been left to a Western historian to do justice to his memory. Mr. Butterfleld is a pains-taking, conscientious and faithful biographer, and Gen. Irvine is safe in his hands. As the publishing of the work depends upon the number of sub- scribers — we will gladly receive the name of any of the readers of Notes and Que- ries to the volume, which will be an octavo of about 450 pages, with portraits of W ash- ington and Irvine, at the price of $3 50. w H. E. Gordon. — George Gordon settled in the Cumberland valley between 1730 and 1735. He doubtless came from the nor th of lie- land, though some descendants having learned that the family is {Scotch, and pos- sessed of some prejudice against lush ex- traction, claim that he came directly from Bcollaud. As I happen to know that the evidence* is trustworthy which places the arrival of the Gordons in Virginia at the same time, and that they were irom Newry in Ireland, my own conviction is that George Gordon, who local ed in the Cum- berland valley was, like James and John Gordon, who settled on the northern neck of Virginia, a Presbyterian, and from the north of Ireland. George Gordon died in 1759, leaving children — I. Mary Elizabeth, m. — Crumbleion. II. Arabella, m. Joseph Magrew. III. ISarah, m. George Dement. IV. Prudence, m. James Matthews. V. Rachel, m. William Mattnews. VI. Ruth, m. Arthur Eckles. VII. George. vir. Henry, m. Sarah Johnston. I am anxious to obtain traces of this family and its connections. g. a. g. [If any of the readers of Notes and Historical and Genealogical. m (Queries at Carlisle, will examine the wills, deeds and administration accounts and forward us the result of their re- searches, they will do service to our cor- respondent, who is preparing a Genealogy of the Gordon Family. w. h. b. ] Wallace, Samuel. — Among the early settlers from the north of Ireland in Cum- berland county was Samuel Wallace, who 'purchased a farm in Allen township, on the Yellow Breeches creek. After his death it was purchased by Joseph Best. It is now in possession of his son, Martin Best. Ot Mr. Wallace’s children, Mary married Samuel Weir, of Harrisburg, who were the parents of Samuel, John Andrew and James Wallace Weir. Sarah married William Brooks, whose farm adjoined that ot Mr. Wallace. His children were James, William and David; daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan and Hannah. Mr. Brooks lived at the lord of the creek, and built what vvas known for many years as Brooks’ Mill; the property is now owned by Elias Hake. Martha Wallace married John Ha)^s, and were the parents ot Samuel W., John A. and Joseph and Miss Mar- garet Hays, of Harrisburg. Elizabeth mar- ried Gilbert Burnett, who had two daugh- ters, Henrietta, who is deceased, and Mrs. Caroline M. Denning; of the sons John died, at Columbus, Ohio; Samuel at Chili- colhe, Ouio; Joseph at Baltimore, and William, who resided near Paris, Illinois, died at Harrisburg in 1856, while on a visit at the house of John A. Weir. b. Alexander.— Oliver Alexander came to Tennessee about and not later than the year 1798, accompanied by his brothers James, Ebenezer and Benjamin. Their father or grandfather, a native of Scot- land or England, settled first in Pennsyl- vania, where he married a Miss Paul, and afterward removed to Washington county, Virginia. They had issue : Adam Rankin (a member of Congress from Madison county, Tennessee, 1823-1827), Ebenezer, James and perhaps other sons, and three daughters: Abigail, Susan and Margaret. Desired the names of the parents of Oliver Alexander and information to enable the tracing of his ancestry in the mother coun- try. According to tradition, Oliver Alex- ander was one of six brothers, two of whom removed to and settled in North Carolina. E. A. [The toregoing query from Knoxville, Tennessee, has been referred to us by our learned friend, R. A. Brock, of the Rich- mond (Va. ) Standard. We have no doubt, some of our correspondents can help us. It may be stated that Adam Rankin Alexander referred to was named for an aged friend and pastor of his father, A Presbyterian divine ot that name is mentioned as having moved from Penn- sylvania to Virginia. One branch of the Alexanders became connected by marriage with the M’Ginley’s of Pennsylvania, and inquiry is also made of them. Perchance the Rev. Dr. Murray can help us. , w. H. E.] Rev. John Steel— In the old grave yard at the northeast section of the ancient bor- ough of Carlisle, and a little distance south of the brick inclosureof the M’Coskry and M’Clure family, rest the remains of the brave captain of Frontier times, the Rev. John Steel. The grave is marked by a plain marble headstone, sufiOicientiy large ohly to receive the following inscription: 198 Historical and Genealogical, In Memory of the R&o' d J OHN 8 TEEL, Minister of the Gospel at Carlisle^ who died August^ 177 9 ^ aged 64 . years. Also of Margaret Steel, wife of the B&o^d John Steely who died February, 1779, aged 58 years. Also of Captain John Steel, son of the Rev’ d John and Margaret Steel, who died December, 1812, aged 68 years. The concluding lines of this inscription are near the roots of the grass. It would seem that it was not put up until after the death of the son. Captain Steel was a re markable man in many respects and we hope ere long to present a sketch of the fighting parson of the Cumberland Valley. w. H. E. Distances from Carlisle to Lan- caster AND Seteral Townships in Chester County.— From an accouutbook of the expedition of Gen. Forbes, in IT'iQ, we have the following: From Carlisle to Lancaster, the river Susquehanna 2 miles wide included, 54 miles. Miles. Ptrches. From Lancaster to Joseph Steer’s at the Red Lyon, and 30 To Caldwell’s at the Hat, 55 To John Miller’s at Pequae, “ 12 To the W agon, Jams Way ’ s. 6f 64 To the Ship, Thos. Parke’s, H < ( 13 To John Nealy’s at the Upper White Horse, C( 12 To George Aston’s, at the Admiral Warren, ( ( 75 To the Ball or King of Prussia, 6^ < < 66 To the Plough, 5^ “ 59 To the Buck, 2| “ 06 To the Black Horse, To the middle fferry, Coul- 5 “ 34 tas’, To Philadelphia Court 4i “ 21 House, If “ 50 Rates of Freight and Distances Miles. £. s. d. Prom Carlisle to the Ship in East Cain, 85 and 85= 170 6 7 9 To the Upper White Horse, Nealy’s, 94 and 94= 180 6 18 0 Miles. Perches. From Lancaster to the Ship in East Cain, Chester county, 3H “ 32 From the Ship and East Cain to Philadelphia, To John Nealy’s, the Up- 34i “ 26 per White Horse, To George Aston’s, at the 42f “ 38 Admiral Warren, To the Ball, or King of 45f “ 33 Prussia, 52 ^ “ 19 To the Plough, 58 78 To the Buck, 61 “ 64 To the Black Horse, 66 “ 96 Distances Computed from Lancaster to Fort Bedford : Miles. From Lancaster to Carlisle, 50 From Carlisle to Shippensburgh, 20 From thence to Loudon, 22 To Littleton, 19 To Juniatta Crossings, 18 To Fort Bedford, 19 I. c. From Harris’ Ferry to the Potomac. — In 1736 the course of the road from Har- ris’ Ferry to the Potomac was somewhat changed. It ran in a southwest course about two miles; thence westerly to James Historical and Genealogical, m Silvers; thence westward to John Hoge’s meadow; thence westward to a fording place on LeTort’s Spring, a little to the northward of John Davison’s; thence west, westerly at a little to the southward of Robert Dunning’s to the Great Spring head. The road, as first laid out, probably ran south of Silvers’ and Hoge’s, and 1 think it quite likely that their complaints caused a review. And the viewers deflected the road somewhat to the northwest from the line as originally laid out. s. e. Hunter.— Thomas Hunter, of New- berry Township, York county, made his will 23d Sept., 1777, which was proved 18th of Nov., 1777. He left a wife Mary and the following children: I. Nancy, m Ashton, who had dec’d, leaving Richard, Thomas and William. II. James. iiL Ephraim, “if living.” IT. Jane. V. Mart, m. Coulter. VI. Margaret, m. M’Donald. VII. Alice, m. Hoge. viii. Joseph. IX. William. X. [A dau ] m. Hay, leaving a son Allen. The executors of the will were William Hunter, his son, and Tobias Hendricks. The witnesses, Robert Cunningham, Ar- thur Irwin and Samuel Wallace. [ We will be under especial obligations if any of our readers can supply the names in blank, as the foregoing is of considerable genealogical value. w. h. e. ] HISTORiUAL. SCRAPS Relating to the Cumberland Talley. I have gathered up a few fugitive notes, which may give some data leading to other mittsrs of more importance. William Walker in 1744 owned a farm of 354 acres in Pennsboro’, on Conedo- guinet, adjoining the land of James Laws; and in December, 1745, William Trent and George Croghan o vned 355 acres on the Conedoguinet, adjoining James Laws’ land. From this description it would seem to be the same land owned by William Walker. This was probably located at or near the mouth of that stream, where Trent had a trading post, which had been estab- lished by other Indian traders many years before that date. Subsequently Trent re- moved to Carlisle. George Croghan lived for some time near what is now known as “ Sterrett’s Gap.” From thence he removed to the vicinity of Fort Littleton, at the “Burnt Cabins,” and from thence to the vicinity of Pittsburg, There also lived along the Conedoguinet in 1745 John Collins. Robert Henry also owned a farm and grist mill on the same creek adjoining the land of James Quigley, Samuel Collins and Joseph Woods, in 1747. He had 150 acres. In the same year John Scott also owned a farm of 210 acres on the same stream. In 1746 James Sterrett, sheriff of Lancas- ter county, sold a farm of 600 acres in the “Manor of Paxtang,” at the mouth of Yellow Breeches creek, which belonged to Peter Chartier, the Indian Trader. This was sold to Thomas Cookson, Esq., who sold it to Thomas Lawrence a merchant of Philadelphia. Chartier had long before re- moved to the Ohio. In 1743 and 4 David Wilson and James Be'ty owned large farms along the Yellow- B reetches creek. David Preist settled at the mouth of the Yellow Breeches creek in 1737. This land probably laid opposite to Chartier s’. He died about the year 1746, and left a widow, Susanna, and a son, William, and three daughters. This land adjoined John Har- ris’ land. 200 Historical and Oenealogical. In 1745 James Gralbreath, Esq., owned 395 acres of land on a branch of the Cone- doguinet creek, in Hopewell, adjoining the lands of John Findley, Thomas Alexander, David Osborne and John Kilpatrick. He was sheriff of Lancaster county in 1742 and 3. He then resided in Lancaster borough, but finally moved to the west side of the river, shortly after Cumberland county was organized. John Hendricks took up 1,100 acres in 1716 along the Conestoga creek and above the mouth of Mill creek, which empties into the former a lew miles below Lancas- .ter. Adjoining the above named tract on Ihe south side of Mill creek, and about half a mile from its mouth, David Priest took up in 1720 one hundred and fifty acres, and immediately southwest of this last named tract there was a grant of land to Priest in 1719. From their proximity at this time and their subsequent removal to the Yellow Breeches, leads me to infer that these families were connected by mar- riage. Samuel Evans. NOTES AND QUERIES — XLVIII. Historical and Genaaloglcal. Elder, Jacob {N. & Q., xU, xU).—^y referring to the Orphans’ Court records, we find that Jacob Elder was the oldest son of John Elder and Elizabeth Awl, the children of whom were as follows: I. Mary, b. 1781, m. Gen. John Fors- II. Jacob, b. 1783. III. John, b. 1785: IV. Robert, b. 1787. V. Joshua, b. 1789. VI. Sally Ann, b, 1791. VH. Eliza Awl, b. 1793, m. Henry Al- word. Jacob Elder was a representative man of the family, intelligent, and wielded a facile pen. He died at the early age of thirty - three years. w. h. e. A Traveling Court.— T he Orphans’ Court of Dauphin county in the first years of its organization seemed to have traveled around the country, and by this means, no doubt, the business thereof was greatly facili- tated. The first court was held at Louis- burgh, the name given to Harris’ Ferry upon the formation of the county, and by which it was known in the official records until the incorporation of the borough of Harrisburg by the act of 1791. It was subsequently held at Jonestown, Myers- town and Lebanon, and this “itinerancy” was kept up for ten or fifteen years. A NOTED OATHOLIO DIVINE. [The following description of an old citi- zen of Bedford, Pa., the Rev. Thomas Hayden, D. D., is worthy of preservation. It is the testimony of a writer as thoroughly ProtfcSiant as myself to the lovdy character of a Christian Priest. The Rev. Thomas Hayden is known by reputation, among men of letters, as the author of “A Me- moir on the Life and Character of the Rcv. Prince Demetrius A. de Gallitzin, Founder of Loretto, and Catholicity in Cambria County, Pa., Apostle of the Alleghenies. By V, Rev. Tnomas Hayden, of Bedfoid, Pa. Ballo. J. Murphy & Co., 1859.” He published also a discourse (preached in 1848, on Rev. F. X. Brosius) in the Catho- lic Worlds November, 1865. And in Feb- ruary, 1866, delivered a leciur© on the Life of Gallitzin at Birmingham, Pa., which was not published. But I quote from the letter referred to. ] “To write of Father Hayden is, to me, a very great pleasure. I knew him inti mately and respected and loved him, as did everybody who enjoyed his acquaintance. He was an eminently pure, good man, and in many respects a remarkable man. With talents far above mediocrity, and a native intellect of high order, developed by edu Historical and Genealogical. W1 cation, extensive reading and travel, he was as innocent and unsophisticated as a child. His piety was as unaffected as his faith was simple and undoubting. He was as ready to give his money as his prayers or counsel to the suffering. No one ever dreamed of suspecting his sincerity in anything. He was that rare character “a great man w^jo did’nt know it.” With many chances for advancement in the church, he remained hereof his own choice, as the pastor of a little parish for 47 years, and ministered to his people without salary, and often times he paid the incidental ex- penses of the church from bis own resources. He refused to accept a bishopric: was a power in the church; his society was sought after by great men in “ Church and State ” Ex-President Buchanan and many others of our public men visited him annu- ally when at our Springs. The little chil- dren of our town were as easy in his pres- ence as if he were the grand-pa of them all. He was a native of Ireland and came to Bedford when in his twelfth year, with his parents. His father was one of our early wealthy merchants and Father Hayden in- herited his large estate from him. He was worth about $100,000 when he died, which he bequeaied to his nephews and nieces, and the Churcb. His remains lie beneath a beautiful monument in the Catholic churchyard here, beside his parents and and surrounded by his relatives and par- ishioners whom he baptized, married and buried. He was a welcome guest in all the best families of the town, Protestant as well as Catholic He was usually invited to the funerals of Protestants and went in com- pany with the Protestant ministers, and at his own burial all the Protestant clergy at- tended in a body. He was Catholic in spirit, yet consistent as a priest in the Roman Church. He never sacrificed his principles to expediency, but he was so mild and gentle that it was to be s iid that ‘ ‘invectives were like other peo- ple’s pet names.” If he felt it a duty to discuss in sermons what he believed to be errors, ho never oalle 1 his opponents by any stronger terms than his “dear erring Protestant brethren.” If his people were derelict or tardy in their alms-giving (he required them to give to general chanties and church purposes in lieu of the salary not exacted by or paid to him) he would sometimes lose patience and say: “Really you must do better; I am afraid I am spoiling you. If you don’t give m >re I will be obliged to insist on having a salary so I can give more my- self.” When he died, his people bewailed him and I think we Protestants felt nearly as much bareft as they. His monument is a massive cenotaph of white marble, surmounted by a very large cross of same material. The inscriptions are as follows: East Side. “Sacred to the memory of the Very Rev. Thomas Hayden, D. D.” West Side, “Very Rev. Thomas Hayden, Born in County Carlow, Ireland, Dec. 31, 1798, and departed this life Aug. 35, 1870.” South Side. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” North Side. “He was the beloved and zealous pastor of the Bedford congregation upwards of 47 years.” His memory is a fragrance here still and his influence in the social cordiality ibet ween Historical and OenealogicaL the Catholics and Protestants is still ap parent.*’ [As the letter in which the above quota- tion occurs, was not written for the press, I will not give the name of the writer. H. E. H ] THE SOHOOC8 AND SCHOOL-MASTERS OF faXtang valley. No records of the schools of the valley have been presented earlier than those re- lating to the free schools of the present day. All that we know concerning them is gathered from a few entries in old memo- randum books, receipts for tuition, “the memory of men still living,” and tradition. The first settlers were principally Scotch- Irish Presbyterians, and the present site of Paxtang Church was early fixed upon as a suitable place for a church and school house. In 1732, the church was organized under the pastorate of Rev. William Ber tram, but a buildiug had been erected and religious services conducted at stated times by Rev. Mr. Anderson and others, long be- fore. And there is every reason to believe that the school was coeval with the church. Three different buildings were used at differ- ent times as school houses — the first and oldest was a log cabin which stood a short distance north of the church on Thomas McArthur’s land — the second, a log house on Thomas Rutherford’s land, west of the church — the third was known as the “study house”— a building belonging to the con- gregation, erected for the convenience of the minister, into which he could retire for meditation between sermons. The build- ings have all long since disappeared and with them this old type of school mas- ters. The pedagogue is now spoken of as “tAe teacher,'" In those days he was called Master " — terms which sufficiently in- dicate the difference between the past and the present position of that important per- sonage. The names of the masters who taught here before the Revolution are all forgotten save that of Francis Kerr, who immortal- ized himself by organizing a clandestine lodge of masons, whose temple was the old Log Cabin. During the quarter century immediately following the Revolution, the celebrated “Master Allen” surveyor and school-master — fills the most prominent place. His reputation as an educator was great and his services in demand. In con- nection with the common branches he taught latin and surveying, and was looked upon by his cotemporaries as one who had almost reached the summit of the hill of knowl- edge. In the the course of his long career he conducted schools in Paxtang, Derry and Hanover; and almost all the surveyors, squires,, and scriveners in these townships, who were in active service forty or fitry years ago, had in their youth sat at the feet of Master Allen. It is not known precisely how long he kept school at the Meeting House; it is however certain that he was teaching there on the 29th of April 1783 ; also that he opened school on the 9th of May, 1785, at 7 shillings and 11 pence per scholar per quarter — and that he was teaching there on the 12th of January, 1789. After this date we have been unable to find any record, but have frequently heard it stated that the first school attended , by Capt. J. P. Rutherford was Master Al- len’s, at the Meeting House. Capt. Ruth- erford was born in 1801. This would indi- cate that Allen closed his career as master of the school, about 1808 or 1810. He af- I terwards taught at Gilchrist’s near Linglea- town. ! It is a curious fact, that the Christian | name of one so famous and who filled so i large a space in this community for so | many years — should be forgotten. His I character as ^Master" seems to have over- i shadowed his very name. And he is known | Historical and Oenealogical, WS to fame, only as Master Allen. Among the many traditions concerning him, is one which represents him as a firm believer in the efficacy of the rod as a promoter of good morals and a quickener of the intellectual faculties. All were soundly drubbed daily, and those unfortunate youngsters whose in- dulgent parents spared the rod, received at his hands a double portion, in order that they might have as fair a start in life as their more favored friends who were prop- erly whipped at home. His stern and for- bidding aspect, as he stalked about the school room, rod in hand, struck terror into the hearts of all meditators of rebellion, and left such a lasting impression upon the mind, that old men of three score and ten have been known to shudder as they re- called it. In the cemetery near Harrisburg, among those brought there from the old burying- ground in the city, is a grave marked by a marble slab resting upon four pillars of sand stone. The inscription is as follows: In Memory of Joseph Allen who depa/rted this life Feb, 13th 1819 Aged about 80 years. There are many reasons for believing this to be the last resting place of the old autocrat ot the school-room. Joseph Allen by his will, dated July 4th 1812, bequeathed his books and MSS to his nephew David Allen of the New Purchase. These documents may still be in existance somewhere, and doubtless contain much that would be interesting to us to-day, and it is to be regreted that he left them to one living so far from the scenes of his life work and where his name and fame were un- known. From Master Allen’s school went out many young men who afterwards became prominent in their respective walks of life. Among these may be mentioned Thomas Elder, member of the Dauphin County Bar, and eleventh Attorney General of Penn’a. J ohn Forster, — A distinguished citizen of Harrisburg, and Brigadier General in the war of 1812. Jonathan Kearsley, — An officer in the 2d Reg. U. S. Artillery— served throughout the war of 1812, and lost a leg in the defense of Fort Erie — was afterwards Collector of Internal Revenue for the 10th district of Penn’a. And in 1820 was appointed by Mr. Monroe, Receiver for the Land Office at Detroit, a position which he held until 1847; was elected Mayor of Detroit in 1829, and was four times elected Regent of the State University of Michigan, and received from that Institution the Honorary degree ol Master of Arts. Joseph Wallace — merchant — Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1838, and an eminently useful citizen of Harris- burg. John Rutherford, surveyor and farmer, represented Dauphin county, in the 28th Legislature of Penn’a. Wm. McClure, a leading member of the Dauphin county bar. Wm. Rutherford, farmer. Colonel of Penn’a Militia, and represented Dauphin county, in the 30th, 31st, 40th and 41st Legislature of Penn’a. Joseph Gray, surveyor and farmer, filled, with credit, the offiee of Surveyor of Dauphin county. James P. Espy— for many years a lead- ing merchant of Harrisburg. These are a few from Paxtang. Had we the roll of Allen’s scholars from first to last many distinguished names from Han- over and Derry would undoubtedly be found upon it. Cotemporary with Allen at the Meeting Historical and Genealogical, House was Mr. Thomson, who began a quarter on the 29 of May, 1786, at 5 shill- ings per quarter; and Mr. Armstrong, who opened school on the 31st of October, 1786, at 5 shillings. Of this school, we find re- corded in Kev. John Elder’s memorardnm book, (which through the kindness of Dr. W. H. Egle, we have been permitted to ex- amine) the tollowing: “Dec. 11th, 1786— This day he discon- tinued ye school on acc’t of ye severity of ye weather.” Allen, as has been noted, closed his ca- reer as teacher at the Meeting House, about 1810. He was followed by several men whose names we have been unable to ascer- tain. In 1814 and 1815, Francis Donley an Irishman, conducted the school. In 1816, Mr. McClintock. In 1817, Benjamin White, of Vermont, noted for the severity of his rule. He in common with all bachelor school masters, of that day, boarded around. In 1818 and 1819, John Jones lived in the house and taught the school. In 1820, Thomas Hutchison, of Union county, Penn’ a. Mr. Hutchinson is still liv- ing in Stephenson county, 111. — A hale old man of more than four score. The rule for boarding which governed the master in his peregrinations around the neighborhood, may be gathered from some instructions given to Mr. Hutchison, when he opened school, by an Irish lady, who was one of his patrons; she had but one scholar, and he was a bound boy. “Now Tammy, where ye hae but the one scholar, ye stay but the one night.” In 1821 James Guppies an Irish weaver, and a man of some attainments, particularly in mathematics, kept school in the winter, and worked at his trade in the summer. His loom, for want of room in the house, ■^as ^ west end of the chuch, which at that time was separated from the audience room by a board partition. As a school -master, Mr. Guppies cannot take rank as a great man, yet he was in some respects far in advance of his age . He ruled with litttle or no assistance from the rod, a system of government which his pstrons who had been brought up under the stern and vigorous rule of Allen could not fully appreciate. He stands out as a solitary ex- ample among his compeers of one whom no little boy ever determined to thrash as soon as he should be able, and from him dates the decline of the reign of terror in the school room. For these things he deserves to be greatly remembered. After teaching several terms at the Meeting House, he removed to Ghurchville, and in 1826 to Gumberland county, where he prob- ably spent the remainder of his days. •In 1824 Mr. M’Gashan was master of the school. In 1825 Samuel 8. Rutherford. Mr. Rutherford was a naive of the valley and for many years one of its leading citizens. He died on his farm near the church in 1872 From 1825 to 1839, when the school finally closed, we have a long list of teach- ers, none of whom seems to have taught more than a single quarter. Among them are the names of Mr. LDckhart, Francis D. Gummings (a man of varied attainments), Gornelius Kuhn, Rev. John Macbeth (a sketch of whom appeared in a former num her of Notes and Queries), Mr. Marlin, Da- vid Calhoun, Thomas Mifflin Kennedy, Robert Cooper, John Ebersole, and William Gold. In the fall of 1839, the free school system went into operation in Swatara, and the light from the old school at the Meeting House, which had cast its rays upon the valley for more than a hundred years, was extinguished. From the earliest times, down to 1812, this was the only lamp by Historical and Genealogical, 206 which the feet of the children of the valley were guided along the pathway to learning. In 1812 the over-crowded condition of the school compelled the erection of another building. The site chosen was the North East corner of Jacob Walter’s farm, in the woods, near a spring ot water. The logs were contrib- uted and hauled to the spot by the farm- ers around, and John M’Clure of Hanover, afterwards of Ohio, was the architect. The house was about 16 feet by 18 feet, with a ceiling so low that a tolerably active young man coul(^ stand on the floor and kick the joists. This building is still standing, and has been used for more than ihirty years as a pig-pen, a use to which it is much better adapted than it ever was for a school house. David Calhoun, of Paxtang, a lame man and a distant relative of the great South Carolina Nullifier, was the first master. He afterwards taught in Paxtang town- ship, and at the Meeting House, and finally went lo the West, where he died. He was followed by Thomas Wallace, who wielded a rod of such prodigious length that he was able to reach any scholar in the room without leaving his chair. Joseph Gray, of Paxtang Valley, came next, in 1815. Mr. Gray afterwards be- came distinguished as a surveyor — died on his farm in the valley in 1861, and was buried in Paxtang grave-yard. From Mr. Gray’s time down to the close ot the school many different men were employed as mast- ers, among whom may be named Tilyer Neal, a New England man and an excellent teacher; John Karr, an Irishman; Benja- min White, of Vermont; Mr. Burrett, a Yankee; Curtis M’Neal, a Scotchman; William Walker, of Hanover; Murray Manville; P. K. Burke; Mr. Runyan; Mr. Robinson; Mr Norwood, an Irishman,and a great lover of strong water, who once de- clared that when his bottle was empty he felt like the man described in the first lines of the “Beggar’s Petition,” “Pity the sorrow! of a poor old man,” &c., but when it was full “No king upon his throne was hippier.” Following Mr. Norwood was a man of pompous carriage and courtly man- ners, known as “Old Quality.” What his name really was, no one now seems to know. A.nd lastly, Mr. Anderson. Most of these men, and others not remembered, taught but a single quarter, and disap- peared. The new Board of School Directors di- vided Swatara township into seven districts and erected a school house in each. Two of these. Nos. 1 and 5, were located in the valley and supplied the places of the two old houses The new buildings were light frame structures and stood for twenty-five years, when they were replaced by the present substantial brick houses. We shall not go into the history of the free schools of Swatara, but cannot close the subject without mentioning two dis- tinguished teachers of Nos. 1 and 5— Ed- win L. Moore and George Gunn, These two men were relatives and came to the valley in 1840 — young men from Massa- chusetts, and were examined as to their qualifications by Rev. James R. Sharon and received from him first-class certificates. Mr. Moore taught several terms at No. 1, then opened a school in Harrisburg, and was for many years Principal of the Mount Joy Academy. In 1861 he entered the army as paymaster and served until some time after the close of the war, when he settled in Nebraska, where he died about 1870. Mr. Gunn took charge of No. 5, or Hockerton, as it was called because of its location on lands of George Hocker, in No- vember, 1841, and taught the school, with two or three intervals, un- til 1856, when he married and we Historical and Genealogical, engaged in farming near Mentor, Ohio, where he died in September 1862. Mr. Gann was a gentleman of many social vir- tues, and when he left the valley for his new home in the West, he bore with him the good wishes of all classes, and left no enemy behind him. One old gentleman with whom he boarded for a time, charged him nothing. “For,” said he, “I consider his company worth his board.” As a teacher he was second to no man of his day. His capacity for work in the school room was enormous. His ability to impart knowledge and his skill in the government of schools, unsurpassed. The majority of his pupils are still living and in the prime of life, and all look back with pleasure and satisfaction to the time spent under his in structions. w, f. r. NOTES AND QUERIES— XLIX. Historical and Genealogical. Wallace, Samuel (W. & Q., jelmi ) — Sarah, daughter of Samuel Wallace, mar- ried in 1785 or 1786, Samuel Brooks, and not William, as you have it. They re- sided in Hopewell township, York county, two miles from the Maryland line. On this estate was a stone grist mill, well known as “Brooks’ mill.” The children of Samuel Brooks and Sarah Wallace were — William, Margaret, Susan, Mary, 8ari the dates are not sufficiently consistent. He married Dec. 24, 1764, “Massar” Daugher- ty. They had: — I. Marcus, b. 1764; d. 1813, unmarried. II. John, b. 1767; d. 1800, leaving issue. III. Michael, b. 1770; d. 1797, unmar- ried. IV. Rebecca, b. 1776. y. Samuel, b. 1780; d. 1854; m. (1st.) Elizabeth Hicks, and had five children; m. (2d.) Isabel Lee, and had six children. VL Susannah, b. VII. Thomas, b. 1784. VIII. James, b 1787; who had seven children; his widow was recently living with her son, at Louisville, Ky I have heard that some of the descend- ants of this Marcus are striving to recover some property once owned by him on the Susquehanna, but the title of which was obscured by his sudden death; this is mere rumor. I spoke of the family record as being in- • consistent. There may be an error in copy- ing. Here are three entries which seem to relate to the same person: (1) , Marcus Huling, sr., was Born Oct. 22, 1742. Departed this Life Nov. 17, 1800. (2) “Marcus Hulings departed this life November 17, 1802, aged 67 and 24 days (This would place his birth at October 24, 1745.) (3) A granddaughter of his says he died in 1809. 1 cannot make the account consistant. The figures on the old record are probably dim, and my informant was uot skilLd in deciphering such documents. R. o. h. *We are indebted to a lady who has prepared for publication a genealogical rec- ord of her ancestry for the following: Mathias Holstein, youngest son of Matthias and Brita Holstein, b. December 2, 1717; m. in 1744, Magdalena Hulings, daughter of Marcus and Margaret Hulings, of Morlattan, now Douglass ville, Berks county, Penn’a. The wedding party came to Christ church. Swedes, Upper Merion, Montgomery county, in their canoes. Mat- thias Holstein d. December 12, 1768, aged 51 years; his wife Magdalena d. December 4, 1799, in her 82d year. They are both buried at the south end of Swedes church. Upper Merion, their graves plainly marked. They had children as follows: i. Samuel, b. Jan. 1, 1745; m. Rachel Moore, of Delaware county. ii. Hannah, b. Dec. 15, 1748; m. 1st, Isaac Hughes, 2nd, Rev. Slator Clay. iii. Rachel, b. Jan. 29, 1753; baptized at Upper Merion, 13th May,1753— god fathers, Marcus and Andrew Hulings — god-mothers, Margaret and Catharine Hulings and Mr. Lindsay Coats, of Philadelphia. iv. Rebecca, b. Dec. 19, 1750; m, Jesse Roberts. V. Sarah, b. July 31. 1755; m. Hugh De Haven, ot Philadelphia. vi. Mary, b. July 11, 1758; m. Septimus Coa^s. motes ANO queries*.— LI. historical and Genealogical. Dauphin County Historical Society. —This society held a regular meeting Thursday evening, February 9, at their room in the court house. The president announced the committee for 1882, as fol- lows: Executive.— George W. Buehler, Daniel Eppley, George Irwin. i Biography.— Rev. T. H. Robinson, D. | D., Hamilton Alrichs, Wm. H. Egle, M. D. ! County History. — William Mitchell, ! John W. Simonton, A. K. Fahnestock. State History. — Rev. C. L. Ehrenfeld, ■ D. D., Rudolph F. Kelker, Benjamin M. j Nead. | Historical and Oenealogical 213 Pablication. — William H. Egle, M. D., J. Montgomery Forster, A. Boyd Hamil- ton. On Centennial of 1885. — A. Boyd Hamil- ton, Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D. D., William H. Egle, M. D. , George R. Ir- win, George Wolf Buehler. A n amber of donations of books were received — the most important of which was from Mayor Latrobe, of Baltimore, ‘ ‘The Proceedings of the Sssqai- Centennial of Baltimore, 1880” — a large quarto volume, elegantly printed and illustrated with de- signs of the pageantry displayed during the first day’s celebration . Several papers were read, which willsub- sequenily appear in Notes and Queries pub lished in the supplement to the Saturday’s edition of the Telegraph. McConnell. — Wanted information of the Diary o/ Squire McConnell, made while on a lour to Kentucky, 1773-74, quoted by Col. Jacobs in his life ofCresap. w. D. H. * Thompson.— In 1773, Capt. William Thompson, of Penna., came to Mason couaty, Kentucky, and laid out large iracis of land, whicn were divided by lot at Pitts ourgh. Information of the mem- bers of the party is desired. w. d. h. William Penn.— ‘When did William Penn die, and what was the date of his wife’s death ?” In answer to this query it may be sated that the Founder of Pennsyl- vania died on the 30th ol July, 1718, (O . S.) in the seventy fourth year of his age. He was twice married. His first wife,Gulielma Springett died February 33d, 1793-94 (O. 8.) Hannah Callowhill, the second wife, died about 1737, By his first wife, Penn’s children were William and Letitia who mar- ried William Aubrey, of London. By his second wife there were John (born in Phil- adelphia) Thomas, Ma/rga/ret^ Richa/rd and Dennis. Richard Penn married Hannah Lardner, and their children were John, Richard, William and Hannah. b. “Flotsam” and “Jetsam.” — A corres- pondent inquires as to the meaning of these words which recently appeared in an arti- cle in N, & Q, In reply we would state they are legal terms used in maritime law. ‘•Flotsam” is anything which floats at sea when a ship is sunk or wrecked. “Jetsam” is anything thrown overboard at sea from necessity, when the vessel is in danger, which sinks. There is another word which generally keeps company with these two words, namely “ligan,” which denominates goods cast into the sea and tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again. These three terms, flotsam, jetsam and ligan— which come from the ancient law, are pro- nounced barbarous by modern writers who aftect elegance in style. r. Earliest Date op American Coins. — The flrst issue of coin from the United States Mint was in 1793. Before the Mint went into operation Gen. Washington de- posited one hundred dollars in silver bul- lion, which was coined at his request, into half-dimes — or “dismes,” as they were called at that time. This was tbe flrst coin- age of Federal money. A long time pre- vious to ibis, the General Court of Massa- chusetts passed a law for establishing a coinage of shillings, six-pences and three- pences. Captain John Hull, Mint master, was appointed to manufacture this money, and was to have about one shilliag in every twenty to pay him lor his trouble in mak- ing them. Each had the date 1753 on the one side, and the figure of a pine tree on the other; hence they were called “Pine tree shillings.” This was the first money coined in North America. x. y. z. Historical and Genealogical. 2U Bittingbr.— In 1736, Adam Bedinger, as now written, but possibly then Bittinger or Biedinger, emigrated from Alsace to America, with his wife and children ; landed at Philadelphia and settled at Lan- caster, but afterwards removed to York. Henry, the son of Adam, born before coming to this country, was naturalized in 1769. He married Magdalena Schlegel and subsequently removed to Frederick, now Jefferson county, Virginia. Informa- tion is wanted to prepare a sketch of the family. w. d. h. [Nicholas Bittinger, a son of Adam Bit- tinger, was a member of the committee of safety for York county in 1775. He then resided on Great Conewago creek, in Men- allen township. John Bittinger, probably another son of Adam, resided in Novem- ber, 1788, in Berwick township, York county. If any of our friends at Yoik will give us information concerning this family, to be obtained from the wills and administration accounts, they will confer a favor upon our correspondent from Ken- tucky. w. H. E ] Dauphin County in the Whisky In- surrection.— Through the courtesy of W. D. Hixson, Esq, of Maysville, Ky , we are indebted for certain memoranda, gathered from a copy of the Oracle of Dau- phin for January 26, 1795. Many of the facts noted have heretofore appeared in Notes and Queries. The following, how ever, showing the representation Dai^hin county had in the Western Insurrection of 1794, is of value, and it is desirable that rolls of the companies be secured. We will be thankful for any additional information: General pay-roll of 2d Regt. Pa. Militia, who were on the Western expedition: Thos. Forster, Lt. Col., 1 mo., 20 days, 175 00— $125 00. Fred. Hummel, Major, 3 days, $50 00 — 5 00. John Brown, Pay Master, 1 mo., 20 d., $6 67— $10 00 additional, $27 77. Philip Stober, Sgt. Major, 1 m., 20 d., $9 06 — $1 00 additional, $16 00. Infantry — Capt. Wallace’s Co., 1 capt.. 1 It., 1 ensign, 4 sgts , 2 corps , and 32 pri- vates,! m., 20 d., $6 67 — $586 81. Capt. Ainsworth’s Co., 1 cap., 1 It., 1 en., 2 sgts., 1 corp., and 19 privates, 1 m., 20 d., $6 67— $442 32. Riflemen — Capt. Devin’s Co., 1 cap.,' 1 It., 1 en., 4 sgts., 4 corps., 30 privates, 1 m., 20 days, $5 09—165 66. Additional pay to corporals 33c. per m. John Brown, Asst. P. M. Gen. Thos Forster, Lt. Col. Com. AN SXAMPliB WORTHY OF IMITATION The many actions of the United States Congress and the Legislatures of the several States in voting monuments (which were never erected), to the memory of those who died in the Revolution of 1776-1783, have been eclipsed by the late action of the Hon. Stewart Pearce, of Wilkes-Barre, Penn’a. Mr. Pearce is the well-known au- thor of “The Annals of Luzerne County,” and one whom Lyman C. Draper, LL. D., j has justly called a “careful and conscien- | tious historian.” He is now, and has been | for some years, laboring under a total loss | ot sight, but this infirmity has not lessened ! his interest in historical rrsearch, or his j natural pride of ancestry. He has lately done that to perpetuate events in the his- tory of Wyoming Valley, which ought to i find imitators in all parts of the original ; thirteen States. On the 14ih of October, 1778, William i Jameson, a grand uncle of Mr. Pearce, and a citizen of Wilkes-Barre, who had been wounded in the battle of Wyoming on the 3d of July previous, but who had partially recovered from his wounds, was waylaid by savages some two or three miles below > Wilkes-Barre, at what is now called the i Historical and Oenealogical. 215 Buttonwood bridge, shot and scalped. In this condition he lived for two days — losing, however, a portion of his brains, and died on the 16tb. On the 8th of July, 1782, Lieutenant John Jameson, the grandfather of Mr. Pearce, and the elder brother of William Jameson, while riding with his companions on horseback, through Hanover township, from Wilkes-Barre,was waylaid by Indians, killed and scalped. His was the last blood shed and the last scalp taken by the Indians within the limits of the Valley of Wyom- ing. During the past two years Mr. Pearce has had ejected on the spot where these two men fell, a plain and substantial shaft of marble to mark the place of their fall, and to commemorate the dead patriots. One of the stones stands beside the road Irom Wilkes-Barre to Nanticoke, near the But- tonwood bridge, and has on it this inscrip- tion: “Near this spot October 14, 1778 | Wil- liam Jameson, who had | been wounded in the battle of | Wyoming, was mortally wound I ed and scalped by a band of Six ) Nation Indians lying in ambush. | He was going from Wilkes-Barre | on horseback to his home near \ Nanticoke. His remains were buried | in Hanover Cemetery.” Further down the same road, a mile or two, opposite the old Hanover Church, the second stone stands, with this inscription : “Near this spot, July, 8, 1882, Lieut- | enant John Jameson, Benja- \ min Jameson and Asa Chapman 1 going to Wilkes-Barre I were attacked by a band of Six | Nation Indians lying in ambush. | Lieut. Jameson was killed and scalped, 1 Chapman was mortally wound- 1 ed and Benjamin es- caped. They were 1 the last men killed by Indians | in Wyoming valley.’ But not satisfied with thus designating the place where these early patriots fell at the hands of their hidden enemies, Mr. Pearce has erected, in the old Hanover church cemetery, near the second stone, a handsome marble column, surmounted by a mourning urn, on which is recorded these inscriptions ; NOKTH SIDE. “ The Jamesons emigrated | from Scot- land to Omagh \ Ireland 1688. John mar | ried Rosanna Irwin | emigrated to Boston 1718. I their son Robert born in | Omagh^ December 25, 1711, died j May 1, 1786, married | Agees Dixson born 1723 j died 1804. Emigrated 1 from Voluntown, Conn , I to Hanover 1776. He was | one of the original mem | bers of the Connecti- cut I Susquehanna Land Com | pany. Chil- dren: John, 1 Mary, Anne, William, | Rob- ert, Elijsa, Ros 1 anna, Samuel, Hannah, | Joseph, Alexander, Agnes, | Benjamin.” EAST SIDE. “Lieutenant John Jameson, | born in Volun own, June ( 17, 1749, killed by In- dians 1 near this spot, July 8, 1782 j mar- ried Abigail Alden, | born 1750, died 1795, | daughter of Major Prince | Alden, third descent from | John Alden, one of the | Pilgrims who lauded on | Plymouth Rock, 1620. I Children : Samuel married | Han- nah Hunlock; Mary | married Jonathan Hun I lock, children: Andrew | Jameson, Samuel, John; 1 Hannah married first, | James Stewart,* children: 1 Abigail, Mar- tha, Lazarus, 1 Caroline, Mary, Francis; | married sec >nd. Rev. | Marmaduke Pearce, I children: Stewart, Cromwell, John.” [ SOUTH SIDE. “William Jameson | born in Voluntown | Dec. 19, 1753, killed | by Indians near j Buttonwood Bridge | October 14, 1778.” “Robert Jameson j born in Voluntown j June 10, 1755, killed | in the battle of Wyoming I July 3, 1778.” WEST SIDE. “Samuel Jameson | born in Hanover, August I 29, 1777, died March 27 j 1843, S16 Historical and Oenealogical. married Hannah J Hunlock.boin July 11 | 1779, died March 6, 1851 | children, Maria born I June 14, 1801, died Dec | 22, 1827. Eliza born April J 22, 1803, died June 8, 1816 1 Ann, born Jan. 1, 1806 | died May 27, 1832, married | Anderson Dana— chil- dren I Maria E. Dara, born j March 6, 1828, died December | 19, 1849. Augusta P. J. I Dana, born May 31, 1830 ] died Oc tober 26, 1847. j Family Exdnct.” Mr. Pearce has also caused to be erected in Hollenbach Cemetery, Wilkea Barre, a large marble shaft, also surmounted by a mourning urn, which stands upon the Holy Bible. On the front of chis shaft is cut a miniature copy of “Old Mortality,” as seen at the entrance of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, and on the sides of the shaft are these inscriptions : NORTH SIDE. '•'‘PaUrnaV' “EdwardPearce | married | Frances Bras- sington | emigrated from Ireland | to Phil- adelphia, 1837. “Cromwell Pearce | married | Margaret Boggs. “Marmaduke Pearce j married first Jane Potter I children | Fanny, Nanu>, Jane | second married | Hannah Jameson | chil- dren 1 Stewart, Cromwell, Jonn.” SOUTH SIDE. ^'Maternal ” “John Jameson | married | Rosannairwin I emigrated from Ireland | to Boston, 1718 I Robert Jameson | married | Agnes Dix- son I John Jameson | married | Abigail Al- den I Hannah Jameson | married first | James Stewart 1 children | Abigail, Mary, Martha | Caroline, Frances, Lazarus | sec- ond married | Marmaduke Pearce ( chil- dren 1 Stewart, Cromwell, John.” EAST SIDE. “Cromwell Pearce | born m Wilkes- Barre I July 18,1823, | died July 16,1872. | Mary Stewart | born in Hanover, Luzerne county. Pa., | January 18,1804, J died June 4, 1874. I Lazarus Stewart | died January 14, 1837, I aged 29 years” WEST SIDE — FRONT. “Hannah Pearce | born in 1 Plymouth, Luzerne county. Pa., 1 September 17, 1782 I died | Wilkes Barre Oct. 21, 1859.” . On the base of monument is this inscrip- tion: “Erected by ] Stewart Pearce | in mem- ory of his kindred. ” Horace Edwin Hayden. *This James Stewart was the son of the famous Captain Lazarus Stewart, who com- manded the Paxtang Boys in the attack on the Indians at Lancaster, Pa., 1763, and who fell, fighting gallantly, at the head of his troops, in the massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1778, one of the bravest men Penn sylvania ever gave birth to. NOTitS ANli QUERIES.— L.1I. Historical and Genealogical. Gov. Thomas Penn at Harris’ Ferry. — From the affidavit of George Hildebrand, “being one of the People caTd Quakers, of Mainton, in the County of Salem and Province of West New Jersey,” we learn that “in the Later End of October, in ye year one thousand seven hundred thirty six, Thomas Penn, Esq., Propriet’r of Penu- silvany, was at John Harris’ ferry at Sus- quehanna River.” w. h. e. Carson, John.— From the will of John Carson, merchant, of Paxtang township, in the county of Lancaster, and Province of Pennsylvania, made August 23, 1763, the original of which is in the register’s office at Philadelphia, we learn that Jeremiah Warder, merchant, John Ord, merchant, and John Pyewell, carpenter, all of the city j of Philadelphia, were the executors of his ! estate. He mentions his wife, Elizabeth, t and her two daughters, Sarah Willis and j Sistorical and Genealogical, 217 Tilley Gillespie, his two sisters, Mary Meally and Rachel Kenton, and children as fol* lows: I. William. II. John. III. Elizabeth. Allusion is subsequently made to “Su- sanna Pyewell, daughter of my father-in- law, William Pyewell.” w. h. e. Rev. Wm. Stoy.— We hope some person can give us information concerning the dis- coverer or inventor of “Stoy’s Hydrophobia Cure.” He seems to have been a clergy- man and also a physician, and was consid- erably noted for his strength as well as his eccentricities in the Revolutionary era. The following letters are characteristic: Lebanon, January 4, 1770. Mr. Yates— Right Worthy Sir: By the the bearer hereof I make so free as to send you a Grouse or Heath-Hen. I look upon it as a rarity in your town, or else I should not have been so bold as to trouble you with such a trifle. If it should prove ac- ceptable to you. sir, I shall use the same freedom hereafter, I remain, with humble respects to your espouse and yourself. Right Worthy Sir, Your ob. svt W. Stoy. Lebanontown, December 23d, 1775. Sir: As you are the chairman of the Lancaster Committee of Observation, you certainly know the complaints I have laid against John Philip de Haas as a Tory. I expected to have been called before your Committee ere now, but in vain. My de- termination will be frustrated by nothing, neither de Haas’s connexion nor anything else shall hinder me. If the Committee of Observation, in Lancaster, hath a mind to take no notice of the matter, I know a place where notice will be taken of it. I would have you to consider that de Haas’s Toryism is the foundation of several writs against me. But at the same time Lawyer Hunt’s behaviour and treatment is to re- cent an instance as not to be remembered. No more, I expect to be heard soon, and am, Sir, Your h. s. Wm. Stoy, [So far as wo can learn, the trouble was with Mr, Stoy and not Mr. DeHaas, who a few weeks afterwards was elected by Con- gress, colonel of one of the battalions raised by Pennsylvania for the War of the Revolution. He was an officer of consid- erable experience, and at the period to which the foregoing letter refers, was a justice of the peace for Lebanon. W. H. E.] The First Bells in Harrisburg.— Previous to 1822 there was but one bell ia the borough of Harrisburg, that of the old Court House. Its weight was six hundred pounds, was cast in Philadelphia, and was a pleasant-toned bell until it be- came cracked, which occurred a few years previous to its removal Apart from its use in assemblying the Court, it was the only means of notifying the people of a Are, and when rung produced a general alarm. For this purpose it was used until about 1860, or until the present flie engine houses with cupolas were erected, and bells placed therein. The Court House bell was rung almost constantly on election days when the voters of the several wards of the borough, as also of the adjoining town ships, were summoned to deposit their bal- lots at the front windows of the Court House. The labor of ringing on these days WiS done by volunteers or by any one who chose. The congregation of the old original Presbyterian church, on the corner of Second street and Cherry alley, were summoned by this bell to church and Sun- day school from 1805 until the erection of their new edifice in 1841, when they Historical and Genealogical, ei8 placed a bell on their steeple. It was used by St. Stephen’s Epis- copal church from 1837 until 1843 or 1843. To designate the difference, the Presbyte- rian sexton tolled first, then the sexton of St. Stephen’s would toll six strokes and pause for half a minute, and then toll six more, until he was done. When the old Court House was demolished to give place to the present one in 1860, the old bell was given to the Citizen fire company, who used it until it was broken. The first bell placed upon a church was on that of the German Reformed church, Chestnut and Third streets, on the twenty-first of June, 1822. It weighed about six hundred pounds, and was cast in London especially for that church. The following inscriptions are on it: “T. Mears, of London, Febru- ary 1823, may all whom I summon to the grave, the blessings of a well spent life re- ceive.” This bell is still in use. The next church bell brought here was for the First Lutheran church on Fourth street in 1833. It was made in Philadelphia, and weighed about six hundred pounds, but it was de- stroyed when the church building was burned in 1838. b. DAUPHIN COUNTY IN THB WHISKY IN- SURBICCTION. [The brief notes forwarded by Mr. Hix- son, published in W. cfc Q., No. li., reminds us of the ‘ ‘Reminiscences of Capt. Samuel Dewees,” from which we copy the follow- ing. Of Col. Thomas Forster’s battalion, the names of Captains Wallace and Ains- worth are familiar to us — but who was Captain Devins, commanding the com- pany of rifiemen ? The absence of the rolls of the officers and men from Pennsylvania who served in the Western Expedition of 1794, is due to the fact, that although paid by our State, it was a claim against the Federal Government, and hence all the rolls were subsequently taken to Washington city. Where they were destroyed by the burning of the War Department building, in 1800. Had duplicates of these rolls been saved by Pennsylvania, as also of those of the War for Independence, they would be invaluable. w. h. e.] NARRATIVE OP SAMUEL DEWEES. In the fall of 1793 I disposed of my house and lot in Womelsdorf and in the spring of 1794 I removed my family to Harrisburg, I was not long at Harrisburg until it became known to some of the leading men there that I could play the fife. Lawyers Fisher, Dentzel, Elder and a store-keeper of the name of Reitzel, and others of the citizens were engaged in raising a volunteer mili- tary company. Lawyer Fisher was elected N Captain, Lawyer Dentzel, Ensign, Reitzel, First Lieutenant, and ■, Second Lieu- tenant. The company was a large one, and each member uniformed and equipped him- self in handsome style. Captain Fisher found out the residence of a drummer of the name of Warriour, who then lived some two or three miles from Harrisburg. War- riour had been a British drum-major, but had at an early stage of the Revolutionary struggle deserted from the British and joined himself to the Continental army,and had beat the drum for it until the end of the war. Warriour was chosen drum-major in Capt. Fisher’s company, and I was chosen fife-major. Warriour was decidedly the ; best drummer that I bad ever seen or heard beat during the Revolution. His music was not of the loudest kind, but it was sharp, clear, well-timed and rich in its spirit-stir- ring melodies. Captain Fisher’s company was composed of the most patriotic, intelligent, respecta- j ble and wealthy young men of Harris- burg and vicinity, who prided themselves i very much in exercising and perfecting themselves in the school of the soldier. Historical and Genealogical, 219 When there were any (It is always the case in the formation of new companies) of the members slow in learning their facings and that could not handle their muskets, and maneu'ore as well as others, or, that were awkward in their file or platoon marchings, steppings, wheelings, &c., those’ would be detached from the company, and .to every squad of four men one well or better versed in military'knowlege than them- selves, would ,be attached to teach them. These would march to the distance of eight or ten rods from the company and there be schooled by their appointed instructors. As the formation of *^an awkward squad,'''* (as it was always called) was! a habit throughout the Revolution, Warriour and myself advised its adoption by Capt. Fisher, and it was not long before it was acknowledged to be a superior method of conducting the school of the soldier. Capt. Fisher, on parade days, always re- quested me to have an eye to Warriour — to act in the capacity of guardian to him, and if possible to keep him froija taking too hearty a glass. I always strove to obey him in this, and satisfy his wishes. Some- times when Warriour would not hearken well enough to my counsels he would make a stagger occasionally. I would say to him in a plain good humored way, “War- riour, you are drunk now, you must not drink any more for awhile ; if you do. Cap- tain Fisher will be very much mortified, for you will be staggering whenever we march ” As soon as we would march and beat around to Capt. Fisher’s, War- riour was sure to lodge his complaint against me to the Captain, saying, “Cap- tain, what do you think, Sammy says I am drunk.” The Captain and myself understood each other. The Cap- tain would laugh and say, “Why Sammy, Warriour is not drunk, why, what do you mean ? I think he is very cautious to-day. He is going to do us all honor, as well as himself credit to-day,” &c. Ho believed the Captain altogether sincere in what he said. The Captain’s soothing manner to- wards him, and seeming upbraiding of my- self, stimulated him to a more temperate use of liquor throughout the day, and had a far better effect than harsh upbraiding would have done. About this time an insurrection broke out into an open rebellion in the Western counties of Pennsylvania. * * * * * * Captain Fisher’s volunteer company was called on, and it volunteered to a man, for the purpose of going on the proposed expedition. It still remained, however, at Harrisburg until the time that the concentrated army of the East was about to move on from Carlisle westward . During our stay, there were a number of companies passed through Harrisburg on their way to Carlisle. I have gone out a mile or two often to play in escort for com- panies coming in. I played the fife for one company that came from Reading com- manded by Capt. Keim, with whom I was very well acquainted. I played one or two (and perhaps more) companies in that came from Philadelphia, and some from Jersey. There was a company of Light Horse- men came into Harrisburg from Philadel- phia, and made a halt for a few days. There was a member of this company who was very much tr mbled in mind, and when the Company movfd on to Carlisle they left him behind, at Bombaugh’s, in Harris- burg, then a tavern kept by Boyer. This Light horseman had his horse with him , hung about there for several days, until the fatal circumstance transpired, which I am about to relate : ■ I had an acquaintance by the name of Youse in Harrisburg, who called at my house about “sun-up” one morning, and ask me to go over to Boyer’s and take a t. Historical and Genr '*oqicat glass of bitters. I stepped over with him, and after we had taken our drink we sat down in the bar-room. Whilst sitting there in conversation, the Light horseman came in and called for a glass of liquor. After he had drank his glass he stepped out of the room into the entry and entered a back parlor on the opposite side from the bar-room and closed the door after him. It being early in the morning, the window shutters were still closed. In a few min- utes after he had left the bar room we heard a great noise. Youse jumped up and ex- claimed aloud, ‘‘What is that? I be- lieve the back sheds have all fallen down.” We all started to run back by passing through the entry. Whether it was that smoke came out at the parlor door and that caused Youse to stop and open it, I do not recollect, but upon his opening it the room was discovered to be full of smoke. Youse rushed in for the purpose of opening the back shutters, but had not proceeded far through the smoke and darkness of the room until he stumbled over the dead body of the Light horseman, who it was dis- covered (as soon as the light of day was thrown into the room) had blown his brains out. He was a gun smith by trade and had made his own pistols. These he had charged heavily. It was supposed (and no doubt justly) that he had held the muzzle of one pistol to one side of his head, and the muzzle of the other to the other side, and had dis- charged them both at the same instant. By this arrangement he had blown ofl the whole of the upper part of his head, and his blood and brains were scattered upon the ceiling and upon the floor in every direc- tion. My readers may imagine what the loads were like, when I state that the pis- tols had been thrwn from his hands in op- posite directions and with such violence against the walls as to break the cock from off one, and making quite an indent in the wall at the same time, and to dig a hole out of the wall where the other pistol struck against it. We buried him on the hill, not far from where the Capitol now stands. I think we did not bury him with the honors of war. I recollect, however, that we placed his pistols crossways and his sword lengthways across them upon his coffin and above or over his breast. From papers found upon his person his name was obtained. His horse, clothing, &c., were sent in the course of a few days thereafter to his wife at Phil- adelphia. The person sent with them found upon his arrival in that city, that upon the same morning and about the same hour, th'S light horseman’s wife had also com- mitted suicide by drowning, she having thrown herself into the Delaware river at Market street wharf. ******** Captain Fisher’s company being about to move on to Carlisle, I then broke up house- keeping. I put my household goods into | the house of a French barber named 9 Rongee, who accompanied us in theexpe-k dition to Pittsburg. I then sent my wife i ofl by stage to her father’s, or at least bytl stage to Reading, which was within three k miles of her father’s. ! Previous to our marching, His Excellency^ Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylya-J nia, arrived from his farm near Reading,! and paid to each man in the corps the sum! of six dollars. This sum each man was to leave with his family Whether this was* out of his own private purse or on account^i of the State of Pennsylvania, I do nots know, but I recollect it was said at the timei| that the Governor had made a present off six dollars to every man for the purpose^ above stated. Captain Fisher receivedi orders for his company to march on [CONTINUED IN NEXT NUMBER ] NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. [CONTINUED FROM LAST NUMBER ] to Carlisle We all got ia readiness, paraded through the principal streets of Harrisburg, and then marched for Carlisle. When we left Harrisburg we crossed over the Susquehanna river in flats. These were a kind of boat 20 or 30 feet long and 10 or 12 feet wide with sides a foot and a halt or two feet high. The banks of the river on the town side were covered with women and children, and there were great weeping and mourning. Our country called, and duty was clearly spread out before our ey^s. We had therefore to' steel our hearts against the cries of mothers and children, and bravo up against the tide of weeping and wailing by playing and beating up merrily “Charley over the water.” This we continued to do until Harrisburg was partly lost in the distance behind us. * * # * * * * NOTUS ANOQU»flKlB3 — Llll. Historical and Uenealoglcal. Dauphin County in the Whisky In- surrection (W and U ) — We are in receipt of a copy of the “General Pay-roll for the Second Regiment of Penn’a Mil tia under command of Lt Col. Thomas Forster, agreeable to the requisition of the President of the United States,” from which we find that beside the companies of Captains Wallace, Ainsworth and De- vins, there was a company commanded by a Capt. Fleming, of H mover. Mr. Hixson of the Mason County, Kentucky, Histori- cal Society, will accept our thanks for his avor Owing to the interesting “Narra- tive of Samuel Dewees,” occupying our limited space, a number of Notes of value are postponed for future issue. w. H. E. HaUPHlN county in the whisky IN sURKEOnON. [Narrative of Samuel liewees— Continued J Upon our arrival at Carlisle, we pitched our tents upon the “commons” beyond the “spring,” and very soon after the camp was formed, ten or twelve men were detached from our company to join Gen. Washington’s quarter-guard. President Washington had arrived, but that day or the day previous, at Carlisle; he had been ther^, however, several times previous to our marching thither. W irriour and my- self played the detached portion of our company up to the Court House, where the General’s quarter-guard was stationed, and then returned to camp. In a few days after our arrival at Carlisle, Presi ient Washington issued his orders for all to be in readiness to march. On the next or second day thereafter, in the morn- ing, we were ordered to beat up the “Gen- eral ” This was a signal tune. As soon as we w )uid commence to play it, all the men would set themselves about pulling up the tent-pins, and arranging matters for a general strike At a certain roll in this tune (called the “General”), all things be- ing in readiness, the tents would bo all thrown down in one direction, and all fall at once, in the same movement, or as nearly so as could be d me. This done, some of the soldiers would then engage in rolling Historical and OenealogicaL them up, whilst others would carry them to the wagons and pack them, camp-kettles, &c., therein. For the amusement and use of my young readers 1 will here insert a part of two old verses (now recollected), which was set to the tune of the “Gen- eral;” “Come, brave boys, it is almost day, Strike your tents and march away.” “Don’t you hear the General say, Strike your tents and march away.” After We had beaten up the “General’^ our tents were all struck to the ground at the signal, rolled up, and they with all other camp equipage packed in our bag- gage wagon. When this task was accom plished, the long roll was then bca". up, and all formed into line. The army then formed by regiments into marching order, then marched and formed the line in the main street of Carlisle. The regiment to which Captain Fisher’s company was at- tached, was formed in the main line of reg- iments, and upon the right of that line. Captain Fisher’s company occupying the right of that regiment, constituted the ex- treme right of the entire line, and rested in the main street, opposite the Court House. The rear of the main column or line rested at a grea*: dis tance from town on the old Philadelphia road, and beyojd the “gallows ground.” This line, besides be- ing formed preparatory to the maich, was also established for the purpose of passing the review. All the officers were at their posts in front of the line in order to receive and salute the Commander -in*Chief and suite. President Washington, the Govern- ors of States then at Carlisle, formed at the head of the line. The brigade and field of- ficers that accompanied the President and Governors, took their positions in the line preparatory to the review. All things being in readiness, the Presi- dent and suite moved on to a review of the troops. The method of salute was, each regiment, as the Commander in Chief and suite drew near, was ordered to “present arms.” Field officers, captains, lieutenants, &c., in line in advance of the troops saluted by bringing the hilts of their swords to their faces and then throw- ing the points of their swords towards the ground at some little distance from their bodies on their right side, the musicians ai the same time playing and beating a sa- lute. The flag-bearers at a certain roll of the drum would also salu e by waving their colors to and fro. The musicians in this grand line of military varied very much in their salutes. Some drummers no doubt knew what tune was a salute, and could have beaten it well, bat their fifers could not play it, and some fifers knew how to play it, but their drummers could not beat it. An acquaintance of mine of the name of Shipe, who played the fife for a company from Pniladelphia could have played it, and well too (for many a time we had played it together during the Rev- olution), but his drummer knew nothing about it. Some musicians played and beat one thing and some another. One fifer, I recollect (within hearing distance of us), j played Yankee Doodle, and his drummer » no doubt beat it well too, but it was not a . salute. When President Washington aad his suite arrived at our regiment I struck up and Warriour beat the old “British Grenadier’s March,” which was always the ; music played and beat, and ottered to a su i perior officer as a salute during the Revo- i lutionary war. ( This tune had a great many flams and I- rolls to it. President Washiagton eyed us keenly as he was passing us, and continued l to do so, even when he had passed to some distance from us. After this duty was per- 1 ! Historical and OenealogicaL formed, upon the part of the soldiery^ Washington, in conversation with the of- ficers, asked Captain Fisher if his mu-* sicians (Warriour and myself) had not been in the Continental service during the Revolution ? Captain Fisher informed him that we had been ; upon which the Presi- dent replied that he had thought so, from the manner of playing and beating, and observed that we performed the best of any in the army, and were the only musicians that played and beat the old (or usual) revolutionary salute, which he said was as well played and beat as he had ever heard it during the Revolution. Capt. Fisher was very proud of our having S3 far ex- celled as to attain the j ust praise of the President, and said to us upon his return, “Boys, you have received the praise of President Washington to-day for having excelled all of the musicians in the line in playing and beating up Washington’s fa- vorite revolutionary salute, for he says not a musician in the whole army has played it to-day but yourselves.” If Capt. Fisher Was proad of Washington’s commendation ot us, my readers may jadge that wo were not less proud of it than himself. In the course of an hour or two after the troops had been reviewed by President Washington, at Carlisle, the order of “for- ward” was given. The whole army then to ;k up its line of march westward, and in the evening of that day it reached Mount Rock, and encamped. This place was about seven miles from Carlisle The next day we passed through Shippenaburg and reache 1 Strasburg, at the foot of the moun- tain, where we encamped. I do not recol- lect whether we remained aUhis place long- er than a night or not, but think that we were a day and two nights encamped there before we began to ascend the mountain. •»**#*** We broke our encampment at Strasburg and set out upon the march up the moun- tain. It is nothing to travel over the mountains now to what it was then; the roads were both narrow and steep, as well as crooked. Giving to the zig-zag nature of the road, soldiers in the front could behold very many soldiers towards the rear, and the soldiers in the rear could beh )ld many of the soldiers that marched between it and the front. This march not being a forced one, ample time was given us to asceud to its summit. Nature had strewn her moss-covered seats about in profusion upon its side, and we, grateful to her for the favor, occupied them often m our liborious journey as well upon this mountain as others, upon all the other mountains which laid in our way between Cumberland Valley and Pittsburgh. Wnen we were going down Sideling hill ono of our soldiers that had taken sick, and that had been placed in one of the baggage wagons, died. We made a halt, long enough to bury him. A kind of grave was dug, but when we came to bury him it was found that a spring had issued forth which had filled the hole more than half its depth with water. A quantity of bushes was then cut down and placed in it. On these, wrapped up in his blanket and without a coffin, we laid him. We played the dead march lo the spot and interred him with all the military honors circumstauces per- mitted us to bestow upon him. Truly he found a soldier’s lonely and quiet grave, or rather a grave in a lonely and quiet place. ******* In marching over the first mountains I was taken with fever and ague, and upon its commencing to rain, I obtained permis- sion from Capt. Fisher to walk on ahead to a little town that lay in our way. Here I obtained the comforts of a roof, fire, &c., and was (I may state) at home in part, until the army arrived and encamped. Historical and Oenealogical. From here we resumed our march in the morning, and after a toiling march of seve- ral days, over mountains and valleys in which we endured different kinds of hard- ships, we arrived at Bedtord. Soon after our arrival at that place, por- tions of our army were re-organized. Here we lost our captain (Fisher), who was pro moted to the rank of major. Lieutenant Rei<^zel became our captain and Ensign Dentzel became lieutenant. After these changes were made we had to hold an elec- tion for ensign. A member of the company whose name I have forgotten, exc'ipt that, we always called him Pete, was very anxious to be elected. Pete was a rattle-brained, good-humored and good-hearted clever sort of a fellow. He ran from one to an other, electioneering for himseif. “ Come, Bill, you’ll vote for me, won’t you. Dave’s agoing to “Tom, you and Joe will make me ensign, won’t you, say?” “Here, Sam, come along and give us a hoist, you may as well do it as Jim, he’s going it to the nines.” Seeing the fellow’s industry in electioneering for himself we voted for him and elected him, and easily too, for he had no opposition. There weie many worthy, active and intelligent members of the company that might have been pro- posed, but there were not any in the com- pany who wanted the office, Pete had all the benefits arising out of the exercise of the military franchise within the eompany. Lawyer Elder, a clever fellow, and much beloved by the company, could have had the office at a word, had he but consented to have been a candidate. ******** Shortly after this there was intelligence received that the “Whisky Boys,” in great numbers, were lying in ambush awaiting our approach. Some bel’eved the report, others scouted at .th^ idea. The whole army received an ample supply of ammu- nition. The rifle companies were ordered to mould a great many bullets, and much preparation w\s made to repel any attack which the insergents might feel disposed to make. The ord ^rs to march upon a certain day were general. Each man drew a double or triple quantity of provisions, and re- ceived order «« to cook the same. AU things being in readiness, we then took up the line of ma’^ch and pushed for the Allegheny mountains I do not recol- lect anything worthy of notice until we were de'cendiog the western base of the Alle- gheny mountains in our approach to the “Glades ” Here we had a hard time of it. It was now November, and the weather was not only qui‘e C"»ld but it was windy and rain was falling. By an oversight we were pushed on a considerable distance in advance of our baggage wagons, and at length halted at an old waste barn that we supposed belonged to some one of the in- surgents, for had it not be on so our army would not have been permitted to burn the fences thereon. We collected rails and built fires, but owing to the rain ani the marshy nature of that secion of country, the ground around our fires with our con- tinued tramping became quite miry. Tramp- ing about in order to dry and keep ourselves warm, made our situation about the fires quite an uncomf trtable one, for we were often times shoe mouth deep in mud and wa^er. There was an old house, as well as a barn upon these premises. These the officers laid hold of and billeted in; the’r condition, however, was not the most com ‘or table onein the world. although they had the name of having a roof over their heads. The night was a very dark one, and the weather was cold, and the rain was a remarkably cold one. It is true it did not freeze, but J ick Frost and his binding powers cou’d not have been far off. I went out into the woods and groped Historical and Oenealogical, about, in the dark in search of a hollow tree or hollow log into which (had I found one) I was determined to crawl and quarter for the night, but I groped about in vain. The ground, out from the fires, was so wet that it was impossible to lie down, and the ground around the fires was so much like to a mortar bed, that it was impossible to lie down there. None of the soldiers then dared to lie down Our sutler arrived with his wagon some- time after midnight. A short while after his arrival, I espied a fockle or handful of straw lying near to his wagon ; this I picked up, and then hunted for a dry spot to lie down on, but it was Hobson’s choice, mud and water or nothing I at length spread out my straw upon the ground. When I had placed my knapsack in the baggage wagon I had kept my blanket out and had carried it with me. In this I wrapped my . self as well as I could, and laid me down upon my handful of straw to sleep. Th’s was not long done, until worn out Sammy forgot all his sorrows, Bufierings and cares, and fell soundly asleep. * * * * This was a drealful night’s rest with us all, and had not each man had a bite of something to eat with him in his Jimermcik^ we would have been much worse off indeed, for our baggage- wagons did not reach us until near ten o’clock on the next morniug. No blame could attach itself to our wagoners, for they had been at work all night in doubling, treh’ing and quadrupling their teams of horses in helping each other through the swamps, which were in a manner altogeth- er impassable; but we did think rather hard in our oflB *ers for pushing us so far in advance of our baggage-wagons. In this, however, we might have been wrong, as they could not have con- ceived any idea of the wagoners encounter- ing such diflSculties as they did in passing through the swamps. Another thing was obvious, that our having entered them in our march on foot, no encamping ground could have been procured short of where we had halted, and, miserable as it was, it must be viewed as excellent ground com- pared with that which lay between there and the Allegheny mountain. My readers may judge of the land’s surface and of the state of the roads through the Glades, when I inform them that when some of the wag- ons arrived in the forenoon, at where we halted the night previous, they had each from twelve to twenty horses attached to them, and the axle-trees were sweeping or shoving the mud and water before them as they moved onwards None but regular wagoners could have navigated these mud swamps, and none but regular teamsters or men acquainted with bad roads, or roads in their worst state, can conceive the impassa- ble state of the roads through the Glades in the year 1794. Upon the arrival of our baggage wagons, we were ordered to beat up the “troop.”’ This done, all the soldiers fell into line, the rolls were called, we slacked our arms, and were then dismissed. The quarter-master in our regiment then dealt out the provi- si ms to each company. The meat which fell to our lot was the poorest we had drawn from the time we had started from Harris- burg. » * * * Poor as it was, we had to hurry and cook it, and poor indeed was that drawn by other companies, if poorer than that drawn by ours. After we had prepared and ate our breakfast (which was not until nearly or altogether twelve o’clock A. m.) we placed the balance in our haversacks, and then beat up the long-roll. The line of march was soon formed, the word “forward” was given, and we then resumed our march towards the Laurel Hill. Owing to the late ram, the road was still very bad, and we Historical and Oenealogical. were, unable to proceed very far that day before night was setting in upon us. A halt was called, and our baggage- wagons not being far behind us, we were not long before we had our tents pitched, and in the enjoyment of all the comfortsthat our cir- cumstances could afford us, we laid down early, and enjoyed a tolerable nights rest. As soon as we par- took of breakiast next morning, we beat up the long-roll and marched oft in better spirits than we had the day previous. We continued our march until we arrived at the top of Laurel Hill mountain. Here a halt was ordered and each soldier seated himselt and partook of a bite of cold victuals. * * * * We next made a halt at Greens— burgh, in Westmoreland county, and the next halt that we made was not far from the “Bullock Plains,” known by many as Braddock’s Fields. When we arrived at Braddock’s Fields we formed our camp and laid there a few days. Whilst there, the soldiers, many of them, amused themselves by climbing up into the trees for the purpose of cuitiog out leaden buUets which had been lodgea there in 1755 when Gen. Braddock was de feated by the Indians in the campaign of that year. From Braddock’s Fields we moved on to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh) and encamped within a mile ot the town. Whilst we laid at Fort Pitt I obtained permission to visit the town every day or two. The old Fort (Duquesne) which had been built for the protection of this post, I do not recollect whether it was occupied by any of our troops, but believe it was not. It was so built as to command the Alle- gheny and Monongihela rivers above and at their junction, as also the Ohio river be- low. The hills around Pittsburg particu- larly those on the opposite sides ot both rivers were very high. The hills above Pittsburg, and between the two rivers were (some of them) quite high, and were call- ed by different names, as Grant’s hill, Scotch hill, Forbes’ fields, &c. Instead of being met, as was threatened, by a formidable foe, we saw nothing in the form of enemies. The disaffected (those who organized themselves) had dis- banded and gone quietly to their homes. The insurrectionary spirit was every day growing weaker and weaker, and in pro- portion as this had manifested itself, the insurgent force had diminished. Mustering from 7 to 10,000 men only, and they pro- miscuously and hastily drawn from their homes— young and old— without proper leaders, proper discipline, military stores, &c., they had thought it altogether futile to attempt to resist (or cope with) a well dis- ciplined army of upwards of 15,000 strong. After a number of the more active leaders were captured and handed over to the proper authorities to be dealt with accord- ing to the laws of the land, the expedition was considered at an end. Governor Lee, believing that it was altogether necessary and loudly called for, left Gen. Morgan with a strong detachment in the centre of “this disaffected country.” Tue main body of the army was then withdrawn from | Pittsburg and the surrounding country, j and were marched on their way home - 1 ward. Many who sought discharges ob- ; tained them— some of these enlisted in | the United States regular service and marched on to join Gen. Wayne, who was J then engaged in a war with the Indians on the Miami in Ohio. A journeyman shoe-s maker whom I had in my employ, and who h was with us, enlisted then, and I never saw i or heard tell of him afterwards. ******** The weather had been very bid much ofji the lime during our stay a^. Pit'sburg. Rain < and snow, with clear weather, would be, ; seen twice or three times in one day, por|^ Historical and Genealogical, tions of the time, and the weather continued bad for the most part until we arrived at home. I sufiered more from exposure to cold, cold rains, chilling damps, wet and deep roads during this expedition than I had at any time during the Revolutionary war. I was very unwell when we arrived at Greensburg, on pur return homewards. At this place a horse was put into my pos- session to be delivered at Strasburg, situ- ated at the eastern base of the moun- tains in Cumberland Valley. After this good fortune attended me, I obtained per- mission to travel on ahead of the army. I started from Greensburg in fine spirits. * * * * * After climbing and descending alternately for a number of days together, the diflerent mountains which laid between Greensburg and the Cumberland Valley, I at length arrived at Strasburg, where I de- livered the horse that had served, carried and eased me so much on my return jour- ney. Setting out from Strasburg, in Frank- lin county, it was not long until I reached Harrisburg. A number of days elapsed before Capt. Fisher’s (then Dentzel’s) com- pany arrived at Harrisburg. This com- pany broke Up soon after, and I removed to Reading, in Berks county, Pennsylvania. NOTISS AND QUERIES.— LIV. Historical and Genealogical. M’ Clung — I am anxious to know the ancestry of Matthew M’ Clung, who lived on Pequea creek, Lancaster county, Penn’ a. , about 1750-90. He had sons named Mat- thew, Charles, and I think James and John. His wife was Martha Cunningham. E. A. [Matthew M’Clung resided near Leacock church, Lancaster county. He married the daughter of Davi Jones; unless he married the second time. He went to Virginia and Tennessee at the close of the Revolution, and took up several hundred thousand acres of land for the officers of the war. Joseph Strickler of Columbia married a daughter of Charles. The M’Clungs were inter- married with the M’Causlands, Caldwells, Buyers, Clemsons, &c. s. b.] A Great Work.— Among our collect- tion of “Literary Curiosities’’ is a little book printed in Harrisburg fifty years ago, by the inventor of printing picture books in oil colors, old Gustavus Peters. It is in a glaring red cover, with red pictures, il- lustrating the “Wonderful Adventures of Dame Hubbard and her Dog”— and we were sensibly reminded of this printer’s curiosity by the receipt of two ponderous volumes, bound in red, with red edges, edited by that genii of tbe newspaper press, H. P. Hubbard, a “J^evvspaper and Bank Directory of the World.’’ This name conveys but the smallest idea of the great information contained on 2, 600 octavo pages. In every clime where there is a re- mote trace ot civilization, lists comprising 34,000 newspapers are given and something said of the country, and these descriptions are generally printed in the four principal languages of the world— English, German, French and Spanish. As regards the United States, a description of each Commonwealth and territory is given, con- cise it is true, and the author of that on Pennsylvania finds himself in good com- pany. There are fac similes of newspapers, portraits of leading journalists, specimens of one hundred and sixty-four languages in which the Bible is printed, maps of coun- tries, with such other information of value relating to trade and commerce, that stamps the Editor as one of the most enterprising, pains-taking and conscien- tious gleaners in the harvest-field of Tnoughtwe have ever come across. Like in the old nursery rhyme of his namesake, that Bress “cupboard” will be “bare” to Eistorical and Oenealogical XS8 those who come after him for years to come, and these stupendous volutnes will be his most enduring monument. w. h b IKISH FBDIORBFS There has just come into our bands one of the most important genealogical works we have ever had the pleasure of examin- ing. It is entitled “Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish N ition, by John O’Hart, Q, U. I P. R. H , Dublin, 1881.” It is the first history of Irish fami- lies that has ever been published excepting those which relate to the Peerage of Great Britain. The learned author has drawn from all legitimate sources and especially from the “Annals of the Kingdom of Ire land, by the Pour Misters,” a work the seventeenth century, and fr 3m private or family records, which have been kept for generations — ^besides the vast treasury of Trinity College Library and that of the Royal Irish Academy. The work is dedicated to St J Barnard Bnrke, C. B., LL. D., Ulster King of Arms, whose works on the “English Peer- age,” “Landed Gentry,” “Extinct Pimi lies,” &c., have placed him in the front rank as a genealogist, and is commended highly by him. Pennsylvania descendants of the Scotch- Irish will find many interesting facts in the pages of this work, which contains pedi- grees of the Irish nation from Adam down to Milesius of Spain, and from Milesius through all the ancient Irish families from Heber, Ithe, Ir, and Heremor, followed by one hundred pages of pedigrees of the Anglo Irish, Scotch-Irish and Anglo Norman families of Ireland. A large part of the work is devo'ed to the ancient Irish clans— the new settlers — and the modem nobility of each county. Among the pedigrees are those of Andrew, Porbes, Aylmer, Fox, Ball, Poo"e, Bennett, Hamilton, Blake, Ingoldsby, Bourke, Hart, Brown, O’ Hart, Burnside, Keene, Butler, Lee, Cole, Lemon, Coleman, * Lacy, Crosby, Lane, Cunningham, Lindesay, Conyngham, Lloyd, Cooke, McCloskey, Crawford, McKenna, Dalton, ^-dMfcDonald, D’Arcy, McDonnell, D mnt. McCoun, Daly, 'Maguire, Dawson, O’Brien, Everard, O’Neill, Pay, Vance, Pitzgerall, Purcell, Pi'zM lurice, Richardson, Plood, Wall. The following are direcMy and fully traced to the American descendants M’Carthy. MacGrath. Coffey. OPerrel, of Va , Barkley co. C'lristian, of Va. , O’ Hart. j Boyle. I Palvey. j Hoolihan (Oulahan) H illihen. i M’Donald, of Va , Ky. and Cal j Sweeny, 1 Macs weeny. i Meade, of Penn’a. O’ Carroll, of Maryland, of which the I sign C C., of Carrolton, is one. Ca^on. i C myngham, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Historical and Genealogical. Stewart, of Baltimore, Md. M’Kiernan, of Alabama. :;!??^Ticholson, of Wis , Pa., Ill, Mich., Cal. Felaa (Waelen), Chester CO , Pa O’ Ferrell, Md. O’Nei'l, of Ky. aad N. J. O’Neill, aac03tor of R )bert T. Paine, one of the signers ot the Declaration of Independence. Bennett, family of James Gordon Ben- nett. Purcell, represented by Rev. J. B. P., Prot. Epis. Church, Md.,and many others. H E. H. THB WAI.IiAOftS AND K ALSTONS. In reading the interesting numbers of your iVufes andj Queries, I found an article on Judge Benjamin Wa'lac?, and also a note from an Erie correspondent In look- ing over my notes I find a few that will prove of interest to those persons, aad will also make some corrections. There are er- rors in names, and in the Genealogy. The following record will, I trust, make all plain : James Ra' St n, of Sco'ch descent, born in 1699, married Mary McCummuck It is said that they were married in Bellamony (or Bellamory) church. County Armagh, North of Ireland. From this congregation they, and probably the Walkers, Kings, McNairs, Latimers, Wilsons and other al- lied families, removed, about 1738, to Craig’s (or the ‘‘Irish”) Settlement, in Northampton county, Pennsylvania This settlement, I believe, was in the Manor of Fermor, established by order of William Penn. James Ralston died there in 1775. They had four (oi five) children : !(?). In the burial ground of the Eng- lish Presbyterian congregation in East Allen township, Noithampton county, is a stone marked Mary Ralston, Jr. , died Nov. 20, 1745, aged 16 years. II. John Ralston, Sm’r, b. 1736; d. Feb. 17, 1795; mar. Christiauna King, who wash. 1744; d. 1826. He was a member of the CoDstilutional Convention of July, 1776, and of the Proviocial Congress for three years. A Biographical Sketch by Dr. Wm. H. Egle, is to be found in the Pennsylvania Magazine for 1880. They had nine children : I. James, b. Sep. 1, 1767; d. Nov. 7, 1832; mar. Apr. 12, 1792, Frances Grier, dan. ot John and Agnes (Caldwell) Grier, b. 1767; d. Jan. 3, 1828; they had six children. II. Polly, m William Latimer; had ten children. III. Letty, m. Thomas Martin. IV. Ann, m. James Berry. V John, b. Sept. 13, 1779; d. Oct. 5, 1804; m. Apr. 7, 1801. Isabella Hays, b. May 25. 1776; d. Mar. 28, 1855; had two children. VI. Jane, m Thomas Walker. vii Christian NA, m. Richard Hays. VIII. Robert, ra. Mary Rosebrugh. IX Samuel b Dec. 31. 1786; d. Jan. 1, 1857; m. AprJ30, 18U. Nancy Hays Grier, b. March 29, 1792; is living; had ten chil- dren. Ill Samuel Ralston, Sen., m. Sallie King, sister of Christiauna. They are buried at the “Settlement.” They had six children: I. James, m. Betsy Palmer. ii. Gabriel, died unmarried. III. Isaac, m. Marie Endreas. IV. Samuel, m. Lettice, dau. of Rev. John Rosebrugh. V. Polly, m, William Patton. VI. Lettice, d. unm. at Bath, North- ampton county- IV. Jean or Jane Ralston married Rev. John Rosebrugh about 1766. This celebrated man, who was a fervent patriot during the war for Independence, raised a . ^so Historical and Genealogical. company, and went in lha ranks as a com- mon soldier. He was appointed chaplain of the regiment when they assembled at Philadelphia. In the early part of January, 1777, he was captured by a company of Hessians, near Trenton, N. J., and was brutally murdered by one of th‘m. The wretch boasted of his act at a hotel in Tren- ton, but, he added, that it was too bad that he should have been praying for them while they were murdering him. Mr. Rosebrugh is buried in Trenton, but no monument marks the spot. He lefu five children. V. Lettice Ra-Lston married Beojamin Wallace, whose biography has been sketched in Notes and Queries- I would call the at- tention of the family, in this connection, to the sketch of “Andrew Ralston of Big Spring,” Cumberland Valley. He was also’from county Armagh, Ireland, and very probably a relative. William S. Long. Philadelphia. I^JSSRV OHUBOU. Admissions from May, 1833, to September, 1845. On the 12 th of May, 1823, the following persons composed the session of Derry congregation: James Wilson, James Rog- ers, Moses Wilson and Joseph Moody. This was the last^ meeting attended by Mr. Rodgers. The three remaining elders ofliciated until the 9ch of October, 1825, when the name of Moses Wilson . appears for the last time. The two remaining mem- bers served alone until the 21st of Septem- ber, 1828, when Christian Sheller, David Mitchell and William Clark were associated with them. No more changes occur until September 16th, 1832, when the name of Christian Sheller is recorded for the last time. The last meeting of session attended by David Mitchell was on the 15th of Sep- tember, 1833 ; and the last one attended by James Wilson the 11th of May, 1834. The two remaining members — Joseph Moody and William Clark — served until September 10th, 1836, and possibly longer, as the minutes of 1837, if any were ever written, have disappeared. On May 16th, 1838, William Sioaonton and James Clark were the elders, and continued to be until the death of Dr. Simonton, May 17th, 1846. w. P. R. 1823. May 12 Thomas Ramsey. September 20, Thomas Bullock. September 20, Agnes Bullock, wife of Thomas. 1824. May 15, John McLaugliu. May 15, Julia McLauglin (wife of John). May 15, Margaret Sheller. May 15, Mary S. Sharon. 1825. October 9, Mary Moody, by certificate from congregation of Alexandria. October 9, Christian Sheller. 1826. May 13, Alexander McFadden. May 13, Elizabeth McFadden, wife of Alexander. May 13, Jane Wilson. May 12, Mary E. Kerr. September 22, Matthew Snoddy. September 22, Martha Snoddy, wife.pf Matthew. September 22, James Clark. September 22, William Bard. September 22, Elizabeth Bard. September 22, Eliza Hamilton. 1827. May 13, Hugh Craig. May 13, Elizabeth Clark. May 13, George Bechtel, certificate from session of Brandywine, Presbytery of New Castle. May 13, Rachel Craig, certificate from session of Lower West Conecocheague. September 9, Jane McFadden. Historical and OenealogicaL 2S1 1828. September 21, Isabella McClure. 1829. May 10, Walter Clark. 1831. May 1, Nancy Baum. May 1, James Wilson. May 1, Maria Bell. May 1, Margaretta Sharon. May 1, James C. Sharon, certificate from session of Chartiers congregation, Ohio. September 24, Robert Moody. September 24, Jane Wilson, certificate from session of Hanover congregation. 1832. May 14, John Baird. May 14, Elizabeth Clark. May 14, Sarah Douglass. September 16, William Snoddy. September 16, Mary Snoddy, wife of William. September 16, Wallace Baird. September 16, Louisa Sharon. 1833. June 3, llartha Simonton. September 15, Jane Potter. 183 J^. May 11, Nancy M. Maloney, certificate from session of Waynesburg congregation. 1835, October 10, Jane Moody. October 10, Nancy Moody. 1836. May 1, Eleanor Rogers, certificate from session of Harrisburg congregation. May 1, Elizabeth Sharon. September 10, Priscilla Porter. September 10, Jane Simonton. 1838. May 16, Harriet N. Sharon. May 16, Jane P. McNair. 1839. May 25, Elizabeth Porter. 1845. September, James 8. Simonton. NOTJBiS AND QUERIES UV. Historical and Uenealogical. Scraps of Local Interest. — 1801 — John Shock sold boots and shoes on Front street. Feb The snow remained on the ground until the very last of this month. Married — Stacy Potts to the widow Mary Boyd Rev. N. R. Snowdon made an oration to the Free Masons, Dec. 30. John A. Hanna was promoted to Major General of Pennsylvania militia. 1802, Rowland’s Tavern burnt down Jan. 3, at 2 o’clock a. m. Jan. Great meteor visible at Harris- burg. The Farmers' Instructor and Harrisburg Courant, by Benja uin Mayer, after issu- ing 70 numbers, discontinued^ May 5. May. The Latin class of the Academy were examined in the Court House by Rev. Nathaniel R Snowden. Nov. Richard Dearm ond, of Hanover, died. 1803. John Wright, postmaster, adver- tised the quarterly letters for January, 35 in number, In November there were twice as many advertised letters at Lebanon as there was at Harrisburg. The mail “went for Philadelphia” every Wednesday. Thomas Whitaker was chosen to teach in the Academy. The trustees were John Kean, Samuel Weir, John Wyeth, John Shoch, John Gillum. Adam Boyd, the county treasurer, paid for erecting the bridge over Paxtang creek at Harrisburg £1,087, 12s. 3d. Henry Orth informs the public that he has opened a store at 7th and Market streets, Philadelphia. Jacob Fridley opens “7 Stars” March 31. Second and Chestnut. Daniel Stine opens “Black Bear” April 4, Third and Market. Historical and Genealogical. John Pool opens ‘ ‘King of Prussia,” Sec- ond and Walnut Isaac Maguire opens “LionandUnlcorn,” Second and Locust. George Harris opens “General Washing- ton,” Market square and Market street. At the same place carried on shoemaking. John Fry kept shoes Secend and Chest- nut streets. George Peflfer and Samuel Berryhill, burgesses, give notice that no nuisances will be permitted unless ‘ below 35 yards from high water mark.” That is corporation law at present. It never has been repealed and should be enforced as it was eighty years ago. Dr. Frederick Albright and Dr. Weir ofier their services to patients. - I 8 O 4 , April 16. William Maclay died. July Extraordinary rains — hay and other field products below the high grounds swept off and fences destroyed along the Susquehanna river. * September. A snake “103 feet long” was seen in Seneca lake. With such a story these notes may safely be closed, if they are to be believed at all. A. B. H. R£M1NISCBNC«S OF THB WAR Capt. James Rider’s Oomvany in the Rmer- geiicy of 1863. When Gen. Lee threatened Pennsylvania with invasion, in the fall of 1862, the peo- ple of the State, and particularly of the southern counties, sprang to arms with a unanimity and promptness scarcely equaled in the history of the world. Across the water, in some of the continental states of Europe, where every man is enrolled and knows his place in the army, large bodies of men have on great occasions been placed under arms on very short notice. But in Pennsylvania the generation then living knew nothing of war. The militia laws. which required the annual mustering of all men under forty-five years of age, had long before fallen into disuse, and the maxims and avocations of the people all tended in the direction of those latter days seen in the visioned future by the Hebrew Prophet, when men ‘ ‘shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks ” Never- theless, within a very few days after Lee crossed the Potomac, companies of men could be seen drilling at every cross-road, preparing for the defense of their homes ; and before the enemy had made much progress, an army variously estimated at from fifty to one hundred thousand men of all arms lay across his path between Chambersburg and Hagerstown. Some have sneered at th’s array of farmers, merchants, mechanics, lawyers, preachers, laborers, clerks and boys, and intima’ed that the near approach of the Southern veterans would have scattered it “like chaff before the wind.” It is, of i course, idle to speculate about fhe probable result of events which never occurred. But were we, of the militia, called upon to express an opinion on . the ( subject, it would, pDSsibly be some- |- thing like this: Lee finding himself be- | tween two fires, and obliged t ) choose be- tween two evils, chose, like a wise man, I what he believed the lesser — steered clear of the Pennsylvanians — risked battle with M’Clellan and his veterans and got back into Virginia with the loss of some of his best troops. Had he chosen the opposite course, we are at perfect liberty to infer, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that he and his army would have been annihi- lated and their career on earth suddenly and forever closed. Be that as it may, when the news of the rebel movement reached us, messengers were dispatched among the hills and valleys of Swatara, Historical and Oenealogical. 233 after the manner of the call to arms of the ancient Highlanders of Scotland. Tho jendezvous was at Churchville. Tais was about the 6th of September, That same night a company of doughty warriors was organized by the election of James Elder captain, John P Peck 1st Lieut., John Whitmoyer 2d Lieut , W. F. Rutherford 1st sergeant, John Elder 2d sergeant, J. E. Rutherford commissary, &c. Governor Curtin issued his call for troops on the 11th. Our company was imme' diately called together by the Captain, and the question put whether we would offer our services to the State as a company. This was answered in the affirmative, and the officers requested to proceed to Harris- burg and make the offer. They were ac- cepted, and ordered to report on the 13th The company met accordingly on the 13 nh at the Poor House, and marched to the Capital to the music of a single drum, slung upon the neck of Uriah Brown, the only youth iu the township skilled in the handling of that spirit stirring instrument. Arriving at Harrisburg we were enrolled as Company K 6th Regiment Penn’a mili ia, J, Armstrong, Colonel. Some details con- cerning the organization of the Regiment were not completed Delay was expe- rienced at the arsenal on account of the great rush lor arms. We were obliged to await outturn — ordered into quarters— our company in one of the school houses of the city, where we remaiued until the morning of the 15th, the patriotic citizens mean- while taking care that we did not suffer for want of provisions. We made good use of our time drilling, and provided our- selves with rubber and woolen blankets, and other necessaries which the Sta’e was not prepared to furnish. On the morning of the 15th, however, about 8 o’clock, our turn came, and we were marched to the arsenal, where each soldier received a musket and twenty rounds of of ammunition. Immediately after re- ceiving these, the Regiment was formed on Fourth street, in the rear of the Capitol, preparatory to marching to the cars, which awaited us on the Cumberland Valley rail- road. Here we stood, like Roman senti- uals, for the space of an hour or more, holding no communication with the con- course of people which lined the western slope of Capitol Hill, many of whom had come to see us off and bid us a last fare- well, but were prevented from approaching by certain sabered veterans on horseback, who galloped incessantly up and down the lines, and who, judging from their fierce countenances, would have decapitated any venturesome spirit daring to cross i heir path. Many of this throng, particularly the fe- male portion, were weeping — tender souls ! probabljr at the thought of the terrible fate which awa'ted those unfortunate rebels who might be called upon to stand against us iu battle. Here and there could be discerned the sweet and kindly tace of mother, sister, wife or sweetheart. Their presence cheered as well as saddened our departure. They could only wave their adieus, and when the order was at last given to march, and we caught the last glimpse of those dear ones, many of us wept in spirit, but being soldiers, gave no sign. About 11 o’clock we bwded the cars and were soon on our way to the front. Tne train was composed of freight oars of various descriptions, but principally of the box pattern, air-tight everywhere except- ing at the two side doors. By the time we reached the Susquehanna the air in the ends of the cars was abDUt used up, and the boys were obliged to bring the butts of their guns into requisition and beat off enough weatherboarding to let in a fresh supply, as also to afford a view of what was passing without. Towards evening, September 15th, the train steamed into Chambersburg and the soldiers were quartertd for the night iu various parts of the town, our company with some others in the court house. After supper, one of our men, who had joined the company on the morning we left Harris- burg, and known amongst us as the ‘ ‘Gen- eral,” (a golden hearted fellow, by the way), approached the first sergeant, and with rueful countenance stated that in the hurry and bustle of departure, he had for- gotten to provide himself with a rubber blanket, and wished to know what could be done about it. A comrade who was stand- ing by, and who had seen three months of service, suggested that he watch his chance and steal one from some other company. The “General” had been in the army but a single day and was therefore unable to appreciate this suggestion. The matter was Historical and Genealogical, 1 SiSJf. too grave for the sergeant, and reference was had to the captain, who promptl7 detailed the sergeant and the ‘General’ to visit the stores of Chambersburg, and, if possible, secure the necessary blanket. No rubber blanket was to be had, and as a substitute a piece of dark oil cloth, two yards square, was purchased. This it was thought would answer until something bet- ter could be captured from the enemy. Next morning, after a somewhat restless night, a number of us stepped out, abeut day-break, to see how the weather was, and upon returning, a few moments later, found that the ‘General’s’ blanket was missing A dilligent but vain search was made, and much eloquence expended. No time, however, was to be lost. We were under marching orders and expected to fall into line very soon Another hurried tour of the stores developed the fact that every yard of oil cloth in the town had been sold the night before, and nothing of the kind was to be had, excepting a green, oiled window shade, which the shopkeeper as- sured us was better than any rubber blanket, inasmuch as it was impervious to water and not so bu%y. The only drawback was, it would only cover half the person. The pur- chase was made, and we soon after took up the line of march towards Hagerstown. The weather was very warm and the road dusty. After marching what semed to us about ten miles, but in reality only three, we arrived at Camp M’Clure, a beautiful piece of wood land near the road. Here we were halted until the First Regi- ment, Col. M’Cormiok’s, marched out of camp, when the Sixth marched in and took their places. Space was assigned each com- pany and we were ordered to stack arms and make ourselves as comfortable as cir- cumstances would permit. Many of the companies found booths already con- structed on their ground?, but on the space assigned to Company K there were no im- provements A large force was therefore detailed to bring in rails and corn fodder, and construct a wigwam large enough to accommodate the whole company. The men worked with a will, and before night a very comfortable and spacious wig warn was erected and the ground within littered with straw obtained from a neighboring barn. In the meantime the cook had prepared supper, and we partook of our first meal of hard-tack, mess pork and army coffee. Most of us had never seen hard-tack be- fore and were at a loss how to manage it. Fortunatelp our cook and 2d sergeant had been in the three months’ service and were able to enlighten us. They cautioned us against indulging too freely as it had a j tendency to swell when warmed and moist- | ened, to four or five times its original bulk, ^ and the consequences of a hearty meal of dry hard-tack might be serious. We I tnerefore deemed it safest to soak it in hot i coffee before eating. , At the signal for retiring, the company | marched, double file, into the wigwam and ■ prepared for sleep. Each brave spread his i rubber blanket on the ground , wrapped | himself in his woolen one, and laid down ; with knapsack for pillow and his musket I by his side By this arrangement we i formed two rows of slespcsrs, lengthwise of ! the tent. It so happened that the “Gen- . eral,” 1st sergeant and private Elder (a , good soldier, ‘ ‘and ane wad rather fa’n than fied,”) occupied side by side the west end , of one of the rows, wnich after the turn of ' the night proved to be a very cold place. About one o’clock these three warriors i awoke shivering. They held a council and determined to wrap themselves each in his gum blanket, lie close together and spread the woolen blanket over all, thereby giving each the benefit of three blankets. This plan worked admirably, and the trio slept soundly until the morning call, at sound I of which Elder and the sergeant sprang to their feet, but the “Gen- eral” seemed unable to rise, and lay growling and apparently making making desperate efforts to get up, but could not. His comrades were alarmed, and began to fear thaf. he had eaten too much hard tack tor supper; but upon questioning him closely he said be felt well enough, but that his arms seemed to be pinioned and he wished we would examine and see what held him so securely. It was somewhat dark in the tent, but in order to investigate intelligently, it was necessary to carry the “General” out when it was discovered that he was securely sealed up in his window’ shade. Under the new arrangement, at one o’clook, he had drawn it tightly around his arms and the upper portion of his body and the warmth had softened the paint and rendered it stickey. It was not deemed Historical and OenealogicaL SS3 prudent to cut or tear the “blanket” as there were signs of an approaching storm, and it might still do good service as a pro- tection against the rain. Atier an in- finite deal ot labor, however, it was removed intact. The dry remarks which issued from the sealed pack age during the operation, and the maledictions called down, in a quiet way, upon the head of the innocent shop-keeper who sold the “blan- ket,” are untranslatable. In camp every trifling circumstane which varies the monotony, and out of which the least particle of fun can be extracted, is hailed with joy — and this window shade was the occasion of much fun and many jokes. And the “General,” its owner, was the only man in the company who possessed that philosophical turn of mind and even- ness of temper which enrbled him to wear it wi'h dignity. To accustom our stomachs to army fare requires time. The pie-women knew this and promptly came to our relief with large baskets of ^'turn-overs,’’ which they retailed at five cents a pit ce or six for a quarter. The crust of these pies was of a leathery texture and the contents an Indescribable mixture. Nevertheless, alter a couple of meals of hard tack they were very grateful to the palate, and it was soon found that the sup- ply was by no means equal to the demand, and to the everlasting honor of the good pie- women of Chambers burg, be it said, they took no advantage of this fact to ex- tort money by putting up prices. Some rascals in camp, however, when they dis- covered the supply was inadequate, bought up the whole remaining stock, and thereby “created a comer” in pies, and sold them out at tej cents apiece But the next day the good women brought their pies by the wagon load, and from thencelorth speculation in pies ceased. In- deed there were several members of our com- pany who from a high sense of gratitude to these women, bought and ate more pies than was good for them. Their lives were for a time in jeopardy, and the offi- cers were obliged to issue orders restrict- *ing us to ten 'Hurn-overs” per day. The following order issued soon after we arrived in camp, will serve to show how our time was spent: 6th Reg. Penna. Militia, • Camp M Clure» Captains of the several companies will order squad drill by company from 9:30 to 11:30 A M. Squad drill in the afternoon from 1:30 to 3, and company drill from 3:30 to 5 o’clock. Dress parade at 5:30 p. m. Morning reports must be made to these headquarters before 7:30 A. m daily. By order. J. Armstrong, Col. Commanding. On the evening of the 16th Capt. James D. Dougherty’s company of artillery arrived in camp and took position on the low ground along the creek which skirted the edge of the camp. This was a well- appointed company, of four guns — several of the officers and some of the men were said to be experienced artillerists. Their horses, however, were unused to the ser- vice, and some of them balky, so that it re- quired considerable skill and much patience to convey the pieces from camp to the drill- ing ground on the heights above. We were glad to see this company — for theirs were the only familiar faces in camp since the departure of the First Regiment. On the 17th we heard the booming can- non, which continued all day long, and seemingly at no great distance, but we could get no news, yet we felt confident that a great battle was in progress— all else was conjecture and uncertainty. That night, about 10o’clock,the regiment received orders to be ready to march at a moment’s notice. Our company was ready, and formed at once in front of the wigwam. We stood in position, probably an hour, awaiting or- ders from Head-quarters. None came, however, and the captain, who was a hu- mane man, ordered us to break ranks, and each man make himself as comfortable as he could, without unpacking his knapsack. We sat down among the trees with our guns in our hands, passing a tiresome and sleepless night. Towards morning more definite news of the bat le were received, and at day-light the order for a forward movement was countermanded. It was in- timated that the emergency was about over, and that the next order would probably be one to go home. Many now felt like gratify- ing their curiosity to see the battlefield, and supposing that it was but a few miles away, several members of the company obtained a two days’leave of absence. They were oblig- ed to travel a good part of the way on foot. Historical and Genealogical. ^36 and had a much longer journey than they anticipated. However, they did the best they could and succeeded in reaching Camp M’Clure about nightfall of the third day. Upon the expiration of their leaves of ab- sence a court martial was convened and the absentees tried and found guilty of violating their ord ers. The n on com missioned officers were suspended for two days, and the pri- vates were sentenced to be “hewers of wood and drawers of water” for the com- pany for the same space of time, so that when the abseotees arrived in camp they had nothing to do but serve out their sen- tences, which they immediately proceeded to do with some little grumbling among themselves about being tried and condemned unheard. They could not help admiring, however, the promptness and efficiency of the military tribunal which tried them ; and it would be well if some of our jurists of the present day possessed a little of the tact for trying eaus°s which was displayed in these cases. After the expiration of the sentence the offenders were reinstated, and nothing fur- ther occurred to vary the monotony until the morning of the 23d, when we were ordered to the railroad and embarked for home. After a long and tedious ride, in freight cars, we reached Harrisburg towards even- ing and encamped for the night on Capitol Hill. Next morning we ‘‘turned in our guns” (the ammunition having been ex- pended shooting mark in Gamp M’Clure) and were discharged, having been in the service exactly eleven days. The foregoing reminiscences have been written, almost wholly, from memory, and after the lapse of almost twenty years. It will not be surprising therefore if some in- accuracies are discoverable. The grand uprising of the people, their advance south- ward, and the moral effect of these upon the movements of the southern army, are in themselves important events in the his- tory of the great struggle. Aside from these, if it were said, “The Pennsylvania Militia marched up the Cumberland Val- ley and then marched down again,” the whole story would be told. Whatever else is said must be simply in reference to indi- vidual and company adventures on the road. Of the men who marched under Capt. Elder, a goodly number afterwards became veterans, some of whom laid down their lives upon the field of battle. The Captain, Second Lieutenant and several others have passed away; and the living a,xe— twenty years older. w. f. u. NOTES AND QUERIES.— Li VI. Historical and Genealogical. The Cumberland Valley.— On April 15th we propose to encroach upon the do- main “west of ye Sasquehannah,” notes relating thereto having accumulated on our hands in making other researches. In this connection we return our thanks to the newspaper press of the Cumberland Valley for their complimentary not’ces of our labors, at the same time we assure them they are welcome to make such use of the articles as they desire. w. h e. County Histories in Preparation, t- The Beading Times of Monday gives an in- teresting account of. an interview with M. L. Montgomery, Esq., of that city, who has in preparation a history of Berks county. Mr. Montgomery is a pains-tak- ing and conscientious antiquary, and the final result of his labors will no doubt be fully appreciated by the “sons of Berks” wherever they may be. > Our dear old friend, ’Squire Evans, is hard at work on a Lancaster county his- tory. What he does is exhaustive, and as his native county has had a surfeit of wretched his- tories (Mombert’s, for instance) his indefatigable labors will be crowned with I success As the early history of this county I is identical therewith, of wh ch it was a | part until 1785, there will be much in the i contemplated history valuable and inter- ' esting to the people of our locality. The Hon. John Blair Linn has almost ! completed the history of Centre and Clin- • ton counties, a work upon which he has \ been engaged for some time; while Hon. J. 1 Simpson Africa, during his leisure, is 1 pushing forward that of Huntingdon and . I Blair counties. These volumes will prob- * ! ably appear during 1882. w. h. e. Historical Queries.— Who was Jacob •! F. Warner, who had a foundry at Second ; Historical and Genealogical, 2S7 and Mulberry streets, Hayrisburg, in 1820 ? On which corner was the foundry ? A correspondent wishes to learn where a copy is to be found, or examined, of a wo^k published at Harrisburg, by W. O. Hickok, in 1840, entitled “The Social Lyrist.” Where did Joseph Wallace, silver plater, have his pace of business In Harrisburg in 1825? When was the first daily paper issued in Harrisburg? The exact date is desired. We have one January 1, 1841. b. THR OOOHRAlNS of PAXT^I«0. Caldwell — Cowden — Crain— Dixon — Forster— Gross — Hammel — Hart — Hatfield — Henry — Lattimore — Leckey — Mankin — Martin Mitch- ell— Montgomery — Nimmo — Peeper Rbaznor— Reichart— Roan — Robin- son — Robertson— Schuyler— Sherer — Thompson — Whitehill — Whitely —Wiley. Of late we have had several inquiries relative to the Cochrans who located in Dauphin county. We give, therefore, such data as in our popsession, not satisfied in the attempt to disentangle the net- work. There are massing links in the chain of con- sangunity, wnich perchance s^ me reader ot Notes and Queries cm throw light upon. John Cochran, (1) of the house of Dun- don aid, crossed over from Paisley in Scot- land, to the Province of Ulster, Ireland, about 1570— perhaps a little earlier. From him descended James Cochran (2), whose sec- ond son was Robert and fourth son John (3). Robert Cochran had a son Robert, called “Deaf Robert. ” From John (3) we have James (4), and in the subsequent gen- eration Robert (5), called “Honest Robert.” He had James, Stephen and David of the sixth generation, who came to Pennsylva- nia and settled on the Octoraro, in Chester county. Concerning Stephen and David we have meager information. James Cochran (6) married his kinswoman. Isa- bella, daughter of “Deaf Robert. ” James Cochran died in 1766 — his wife some jears later. They had issue; i. Ann, b. 1724; m. 1st, Alex. Leckey; 2d, Rev. John Roan. Of them and their descendants we have heretofore referred. II. Robert, b. 1726; left a daughter, Isabella. III. James, b 1728; d. in April. 1768 IV John, b Sept. 1,1730; was Dr John Cochran, Surgeon General of the Revolu- tion, and an intimate friend of Washington; d. April 6, t807; m. Dec 4, 1760, Gertrude Schuyler, sister to Gtn. Philip Schuyler, of the Revolution V. Stephen, b. 1732. VI. Jane, b. 1734; m Rev. Alexander. Mitchell. VII George, b. 1736; relative to whom and his descendants we have the follow- ing: George Cochran (James, Robert, James, John, James, John), the youngest son of James and Isabella Cnchran, was boin about 1736, on the Octoraro, Chester c 'unty Penn’a. He settled on the Swa- tara, where: he died about 1770 He mar- ried Annie Henry, a daughter of Rev. James Henry, a Presbyterian minister, who came from the north of Ireland and seitled at Pomoco, Maryland, about 1739. She died on the Swatara. They had issue: I. Isabel, m. Eli Hammel, and left one daughter, Jean ; she married Reaznor, of Erie county, in 1808, and died a few years after her marriage. Mr. Hammel, after his wife’s death, removed to Ohio, leaving his daughter Jean with her uncle, John Cochran II Sarah, m. William Robertson; re- moved to Danville, Montour county, Penn- sylvania, where they died, leaving issue — John, Isabella, James, William, Samuel, Jane and Mary. III Jean, m. William Thompson, and re- moved to Buffalo Valley, where they lived until their death. They had Nancy, James and Ruth. James became a Presbyterian clergyman, and was connected with the Huntingdon Presbytery. IV. John b 1761 ; spent his earliest years in Chester county, among his father’s friends, where he received a good education and studied surveying. In 1792 he removed to Northumberland county, now Union county, from thence to Erie county in 17^6 as a deputy surveyor under Thomas Rees, who was the first State Surveyor appointed ^ the Land Department of the Commonwealth for that county. Mr. Cochran surveyed and laid out the Erie and Waterford Reservations with tracts and farms in 1796-7. He pur- chased tracts 30 and 70 of the Erie reserve. Historical and Genealogical. and removed hia family there in 1799. In 1800 he buiU a rude saw and giisl mill on Mill creek, where is Dinsmore’s mdl, now Stewart’s Gov. M’Kean appointed Mr. Cochran Deputy Surveyor of Erie county July 9, 1801; and subsequently, July 5, 1803, one of ihe Associate Judges of the county. He was appointed by Gov Snyder Secretary of the Lind office in 1809, re- moved to Liucaster with his family, and afterwards to Harrisburg. He held the office nine years, when he returned to his home iu Mill Creek, near Erie. He lived on this farm until his death. May 1, 1836. Judge Cochran’s wife was a Laitimore; she died about 1840. They had two sons : Gtorge, who died in December, 182’7, unmarried. Robert, who married, about 1820. a Miss Justice by whom he had several children. Robert Cochran was appointed by President Jackson post- master of Ede. Febiuary 26, 1833, filled it seven years; and was again appointed by President Polk, July 23. 1845, holding the office four years. He died on the old Coch- ran farm, in South Erie, in December, 1869, aged seventy years. V. Annib. b. August 16, 1763, in now Dauphin county. Pennsylvania, d. April 12. 1857, at Winchester, Tenn. ; married in 1787, Sansey Dixon, son of John and Ara- bella Dixon, born in 1762 in Londonderry township. Dauphin county, died at Knox ville, Tenn., November 11, 1812. at the age of fifty. They had six children— Ju An, who died shortly after the removal of his parents from Buffalo Valley, to Rockb>idge county, Va ; Dt JifatthBio Lyls^ of whom see Notes and Queries-, Nancg, who mar- ried Charles G. Nioimo, of Winchester, Tenn. —removed to Louisville, Miss., where she died in 1848, leaving Hiram. Samuel, Elizabeth and Joseph Warren; Robert, who became a minister in the Cumber- land Presbyterian church, and removed to Cahaba, Dallas county, Ala., where he died about 1839; Mary Roan marned James H. Marlin, removed to Shelby ville, Tenn., and died in 1837, leaving children, William H., Jane and John; Margaret who married in 1830, M. W. Robinson, of Winchester, Tenn., and died June 1, 1850, leaving eight children, Rachel A., m. James R. Mankin, of Rutherford county, Tenn.; Samuel, Isabella White, Sarah Sloan, Eliz- abeth White, William Darby, Henry Clay and Mary, of which the first four are liv- t ing. In the Paxtang assessment, north end, for 1749, the earliest we have, appear the names i of William. Andrew, George and John j Cochran. Of George and his descendants we have spoken. The others were proba- aOly children of David or Stephen, pre- i viously referred to. La’^er we find the names of Samuel, James and William. Of Samuel, we have this informa' ion ; S4.MUEL Cochran, b. in 1732; d. April 8, 1816, in Middle Paxtang. He was a private in Capt Rutherford’s company of Associators, in 1776 and 1777. B.e left a wite, Margaret, and had issue as follows : I. [a daughter] m. [John] Hatfield, and had Margaret and John. II. Margaret. III. Jane. IV. Martha, m. William Forster, and had Samuel. V Isabella, m. Philip Reichart. VI. Rachel. VII William. James Cochran was probably a son of Andrew Cochran, b in 1742; d. July 16, 1822. and is buried in Paxtang. He was a private in Capt. Rutherford’s comoany of associators in 1776. He married Nov. 22, 1770, Mary Montgomery, of Paxtang, b. in 1744; d. August 6, 1803, and is also in-i lerred in Paxtang. They had issue, among others: I John, b. 1773; d Nov. ^6, 1845; m. Hannah Cowden, h! 1778; d.May 31,1850. II Andrew III Jane, m. Henry Peffer— of whom we have some biographical days of fliy Youth. [The following lines were written in 1854 by William Petersen, son of the Rev J. D. Petersen, who was the stated minister of the Lutheran church at Harrisburg, from 1800 to 1809, when he removed to Upper Canada where he died in advanced life. The au- thor was a printer and editor, and at the period when writing these verses, quite an old man. The re/ference in the next to the last stanza is to Dr. Luther Reily as he ex- presses it in a note “my estimable friend and schoolmate,” whom he had learned had recently died.] 0,'well I know my native hills — I have them in my mind. They’re Peter’s mount and Laurel (a) hill And others far behind. My native hills! my native hills! Where healthful breezes play; Where farmers sing and lambkins bleat The summer days away. My native hills — my native vales. Ye oldest friends of mine, I view’d you from the hillocks, near The cottage o’ “lang syne.” My native hills! my native hills! Though I he far from you, My fancy wanders o’er your sides. All whiten’d to the view. I see you through the angry gloom Of winter’s dreary day, When whirling tempests beat your sides. And toss their sleety spray. I see you when in April sky Appears the evening star; When ye show your tops above the mist Like ocean isles afar. Historical and Genealogical, I’ll never see you change with age, Nor wear the face that’s new; Alas ! for all my other friends^ They differ much from you. The hands of early friendship The love of youth grows cold; And few that ran with me, when young, Will see me, now I'm old. My native hills ! my native hills ! With summits, oh how blue ! My noble acquaintances, Still warms my heart for you ! And when it’s cold, may others rise To gaze with joyful eye, On Allegheny and Blue ridge, And on the lovely sky! 1 hear old fairy tales again With wondering in my eye, Of Pifer’s (6) and of Gallows (c) hill, And tanner Potts’ deep sigh. The school-house rises into view, Through memory’s moisten’d eye; The noble Susquehanna, too, The flowery banks glides by. I roam in memory’s cherish’d vale; I’ve been Swatara’s groves among; There told my love’s first trembling tale, And heard the soft responsive song. How oft I’ve strayed with rod and hook (My heart with school-boy love o’er- flows), Along sweet Paxtang’s sunny brook! — But ah! those scenes are changed and gone! Stands yet that bridge of stone— so strong — Stretched doubly arched across the stream, And built, ’tis said — and oh, how long — In eighteen hundred two, ’t would seem ? I have some old acquaintances, I once was glad lo see; I wonder how they’re looking now — They’re far away from me. “Should old acquaintance be forgot, And never called to mind ?” And guileless youth’s once happy lot To oblivion be consigned ? Oh how quickly — O how fleeting Will dark winter’s reign pass o’er* Other springs our senses cheating, Soon will bloom to bloom no more. What now is, is always waning. Flying time will no more fly; But ih’ eternal self remaining Seeks its mansions in the sky. Ah! whilst each succeeding season Steals a friend, till all are gone. Time is spinning, we are sinning. Life’s pale lamp is burning on ! Cares oppressing, fools caressing, Toiling till our span is spun ! Hope,- we find the only blessing. Waiting the eternal sun. [Accompanying the foregoing is an al- phabetical list of Mr. Petersen’s school- mates, concerning whom he desired some information. Among those mentioned, who are living to-day, are Simon Cameron, Catharine Beader [Kirk], G. W. Harris, Sabina Kelker, Samuel Shoch, Francis Wyeth and Catharine Ziegler [Kunkel] On some future occasion we may print the list in Notes and Queries, as there is much information in connection with many of those named. ] Notes.— a. Laurel Hill. The “ first mountain,” is the local designation. It terminates at Rockville. Peter’s. Above Dauphin or Green’s Mill, in the time of the writer. 6. Pifers Hid. Where the round house of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad is now on Paxtang, east of Eleventh street. The brick dwelling which once stood there was erected by Stacy Potts, before 1800, and his tan yard was there. c. Gallows Hill. The South front of the State House Park. Several early murder- ers were hung on this part of the ground. NOTES AND QUERIES — UX. IMPROVEMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA [Many of our enterprising forefathers supposed it possible to make the Susque- hanna navigable for other purposes than arks, rafts and fish; so directly after the acknowledgment of Independence, an earnest effort was made to magnify before Historical and Genealogical. the people and authorities *of Maryland and Pennsylvania, the great commercial importance of this noble stream. Critical examination of its capabilities was made by experts, the opinions of prictical men obtained, meetings held, committees ap- pointed, petitions to theLegislatures of both States presented, and every effort made to make it the great question of the hour. All progressed favorably until about the time this letter was written. To make clear its meaning it is proper to state that the first meeting that took place relating to the subject was held at Lancaster, Au- gust 17, 1789. Among other recommend- ations it proposed a more formal .conven- tion on Monday, October 19, ‘ ‘in the house of Mr. Arch’d McAllister, in Paxtang town- ship, Dauphin county.” This meeting was held. Jasper Yeates headed the list from Lancaster county — Generals Ewing and Simpson were present from York. It was made up of twenty-six of the most respect- able citizens from Lancaster, York, Cum- berland, Northumberland, Huntingdon and MiMn counties. General Ewing was chair- man. Active committees were appointed to solicit subscriptions for the purposes of a survey, and an earnest ap- peal made to the Assembly of the State to enlist in the project. An engineer was soon appointed by the State, and a commis- sion of supervision, consisting of Samuel Boyd, Bartrem Galbraifh and Thomas Hulings appointed, with directions to have a complete survey made from the Susque- hanna, Wright’s Ferry to the head of M’- Kee’s Halt Falls, and of the Juniata, from its mouth to Aughwick Falls. All this was accomplished in three or four years, at a cost of £5 000 or about $15,000. Be- fore this State had determined its policy, a company was incorporated to construct a canal “at Conewago.” The termination of this public enterprise was the opening of the canal at York Haven, and the abandonment of the original project of improving the navigation of the stream for shout 100 miles, as origi nally contemplated. After many years of delay, another commission was appointed, and what is now the “channel” was cleared of its numerous obstructions. This was about 1829 Canals and railroads soon took the place of the “Big River,” as a more rapid and safe conveyance of the rich products of its border to the Atlantic sea- board. The writer of this letter does not make use of punctuation, save paragraphs, in his MSS. The text is given as in the original. Messrs Hughes and Gale were merchants of Baltimore, and stockholders in the canal company at the Conewago falls. The Dauphin County Historical Society is under obligations to Mr. J. Brisban Boyd for the original letter. a. b. h.] Harrisburg, August 4th, 1797. Respected Friends, Samuel Hughes and George Gale: — With real concern 1 have to lament that the important design of the meet’ng at this place two years past should prove abortive, and all the pains then taken became ineffec’ual When I consider the magnitude of tbo object in contemplation, and the amazing advantages it promised to the numerous settlers on the immerse tract of improving country along the different branches of the River Susquehanna, as well as others, I cannot rest satisfied without endeavoring to exert the small ability, which time has yet left me in the possession of, to get so beneficial a work in some forwardness, if possible, before the close of my days. It was to me, a matter of surprise as well as regret, that so much zeal and earnest- ness as there appeared in the cause should all die away without effect, and therefore I have endeavored to discover what it might be attributed to, from which it appears to me, that however silent the members might be at that time, yet when returned to their respective constituents, they found much opposition to the measures proposed, from a circumstance which was even then hinted at, to wit, that if, by the exertions of the people of Pennsylvania, the river should be navigable through that State, for the free passage of all kinds of produce, it would be thought very hard to become subjected to whatever toll the Legislature of Mary- land, or their Susquehanna canal company, might think proper to impose, for the short distance it runs into that State Therefore, Gentlemen, as you are more interested than any other individuals, I would beg leave humbly to submit to your consideration whether it would not be ad- visable either for you as individuals, or the Legislature of the State of Maryland, Historical and Genealogical ^64 to adopt some plan which might remove this formidable objection, which seems likely to be an inevitable barr to tne prosecution of that desirable work in the manner proposed. I am sensible that much has been ex- pended by the State ot Maryland, as well as by indiv'duals, who may have a pros- pect o^" some compensation froaa Tolls, but I humbly conceive it might be more ad- vantageous to give up that more certain benefit arising from Trade & Grist mills with other Water works, than by retaining the expectation from tolls, and thereby loosing those other advant- - ages. And when we take into consideration the pleasing Idea of conlribuiing tojhe ad- vancement oi the Riches, Honour, Trade, & Navigation of the United States of Air erica, by improving their Naval powers, on facili- tating that valuable branch of business the Ship building and Commerce, by the great quantities of Staves and Ship Timber, which would be brought into the Chesa- peake bay, for want of that conveyance is now an incumberance to the improving Settlers up the river, it must add an im mense weight to the many other important reasons which might be advanced for push- ing forward the useful work in contempla- tion. In apology for delaying so long the mak- ing of this communication, I must plead a hope that the directors chosen in this part of the country, would have referred those matters to your consideration; in a more ample and satisfactory manner. With due respect, I am Gentlemen, Your friend, Stacy Potts. MOT£S ANU QUERIES— i-XI. Historical and Geneaiogicai. [In the Revolution. — The present number of Notes and Quenes refers to the period of the Revolution, and will be found very interesting to the majority of our readers ] “Cider-Royal.”— This beverage of our Scotch-Irish patriots of the Revolution was simply a mixture of cider and whisky. St A “Paxtang Boy’s” Definition op a Tory — In 1775 several Paxtang men were 4- ia Philadelphia. One of them, who be- . longed to that villified class of ten years • previous, the “Paxtang Boys.” denounced in the presence of VTr. Galloway and other gentlemen wh^se loyalist sympathies were pronounced, that those opposed to resist- ance to English oppression, as lories. One of the latter asked, “Pray, sir, what is a tory ?” “A Torv,” promptly replied the patriot, “is a thing whose head is in Eng- land and its body in America, and its neck , ought to be stretched.” The Declaration at Harris’ Ferry. —The Declaration of Independence was _ received in Paxtang on ths 8th of July, andy on the day following was proclaimed, in, the following order : “Colonel Burd and'- the other field officers of his battalion re-' paired to John Harris', the light infantryJ companies matching there with drutDS beating, fifes playing, and the] standard (the device for which is the Thir-j teen United Colonies) which was ordered^ to be displayed. After that the Declara-1 tion was read by Major Cornelius Coxf aloud to all who were assembled, who gave l their hearty assent with three loud b^z- zas, discharged their field pieces and fired | in platoons.” — Phla. Packet. A Wedding in Paxtang One Hundred Years Ago —We have the following mem- oranda from a lady in Ohio, a descendant of the Awl-, Greens, &c., who says she had it from her grandmother. It relates to the marriage of Joseph Green, son of Timothy Green, ot Hanover, and Sarah Awl, second daughter of Jacob Awl:* ‘ 'On the morning of the wedding the party accompanying Mr. Green came rid- ing “down the lane” to Mr. Awl’s house, ^ all in the style of the day The groom; wore his hat with three black plumes, long stockings, knee breeches, buckles, «&c. It was a gay affair for those days. On^e Sunday lollowing all went to the Rev. Mr.i Elder’s church. Jenny Awl, sister of the bride, it seems, was one of the singers toi tune raising on that occasion. She had made her debut, having sent to Philadel- phia for a handsome pair of stays, whicr she wore that day; but caused some stir bj fainting, and having to be carried out. Historical and Genealogical, 265 For Indrpendence.— Ttie following let- ter gives a slight view of the prevailing opinion among the people of this locality in the early days preceding the War of the Revolution. It is addressed to Judge Yeaies of Lancaster who was chairman of the committee of observation for the county. “Tinian, 13ch Decern. 1774. “Dear Mr Yeates I have this mo- ment Rec’d your favor of the 10th curr’t. The Township of Paxtang as well as the neighboring To wnships have already taken action in the matter, and are ready to join with the Generali Committee of the county in any measure they shall think proper to prepare to inforse the Resolves of that most Respectable Body the Con- g ress. I have Rec’d your list of the County ommittee, and dare say it will meet with Gen’l approbation. We have appointed Inspectors Cornelius Cox, Joseph Sheerer, or Will’m McClure to attend as Inspectors, one or other has promised upon their Hon’r to attend. They will deliver to you our Joint Instructions to support the Gen’l Cause at the Risque of everything. We am rejoiced to observe that our very Dear children are in a fair way of doing well We are all well here; the bearer is in a great hurry, so must Excuse, and be- lieve us all to be with our Love to all the Family, Dear Sir, Your most affectionate Father, James Burd, As to Widow Boyd’s Estate your Brother E. B. is to be here before our February Court; he is concerned in the affair. I will shew him her Titles, &ca., & you & he can consult & determine the mode of sale, and inform me thereof. Ut Supra, J. B. Per favor Mr. Hugh McKillip. A W HIG W EDGING IN DeRRY DuRING THE Revolution. — In Dunlap’s Pennsylmnia Packet for June 17, 1778, then published at Lancaster during the occupation of Phila- delphia by the British, we find the follow- ing reference to the marriage of Jane, daughter of the Rev. John Roan, to William Clingan: “Was married last Thursday (June 11, 1778), Mr. William Clingan, jr., of Done- gal, to Miss Jenny Roan, of Londonderry, both of this county of Lancaster — a sober, sensible, agreeable young couple, and very sincere whigs. This marriage promises as much happiness as the state of things in this, our sinful world will admit. This was truly a Whig wedding, as there were present many young gentle- men and ladies, and not one of the gentle- men but had been out when called on in the service of his country, and it was well known that *the groom in particular had proved his heroism as well as Whigism, in several battles and skirmishes. After the marriage was ended, a motion was made and heartily agreed to by all presenc, that the young unmarried ladies should form themselves into an association by the name of the Whig Association of the Un- married Young Ladies of America, in which they should pledge their honor that they would never give their hand in marriage lo any gentleman until he had first proved himself a patriot, in read- ily turning out when called to defend his country trom slavery, by a spirited and brave conduct, as they would not wish to be the mothers of a race of slaves and cow- ards.” All honor to the memories of those patri- otic women of Dauphin in the War for In- dependence ! [Paxtang’ s Contribution to South- ern Refugees in 1781 — In the early part of the year 1781, the tories of South Caro- lina and Georgia, by the aid of British dra- goons under Taileton, created great dis- tress in many sections of those colonies. They held cruel sway, killing such of the male inhabitants who were Whigs, burning their dwellings, and driving the women and children from those sections — who fled to Maryland and Pennsylvania. Such was the destitute condition of these people, that prompt measures were taken for their re- liet by the various county committees. Paxtang township was appealed to by the chairman of the Lancaster committee — but although “silver and gold they had none,” they gave of their substance. Several loads of flour and other provisions were procured and hauled to Philadelphia, from Frey’s and Elder’s mills. The following letter, written in reply to the committee’s request is sufficiently explanatory. It was, as we have stated, followed by a liberal offering. £56 Historical and OenealogicaL “Paxtang, lObh Oct., 1781. “Sir : — On the Rect. of yours, I com- municated the matter to a number of the Inhabitants of the Township, who seem’d willing to comply with the benevolent de- sign, and to contribute freely to the Relief of the distressed Exiles from the States of South Carolina and Georgia. But as the Inhabitants are not p-'ssessed of hard money, we concluded that an attempt to raise a Contribution in that way wou’d be to no purpose, we agreed to consult some friends in Philada. whether a quantity of wheat or flour would answer the end; and as soon as an answer is Rec’d from Town we intend to forward this matter with the utmost dispatch I am. Sir, with great esteem, Yr. most obed’t and very humb'e Servt. John Elder. “Jasp’r Yeats, Esq, in Lancaster.” A WASHINGTON RBBUKB. [“Stephen Moylan, E^q., Col. com maud ant of Horse,” must have been pro- foundly amazed when he received the fol- lowing. The original is in the collection of Samuel C. Perkins, of Philadelphia, and is not to be found in any public collection of the great commander. In .these days of official and political corruption, when the whole atmosphere of public life is tainted, it is refreshing to recall the character of such a man as Washington, while we wish, that for one day such an example as his might shine on the country. This sharp letter reveals much of the high sense of honor which characterized Washington. It is fair to add that Moylan was a brave and excellent officer, of high standing and sincere patriotism. a. b. h.] West Point, Aug. 12th, 1779. Dear Sir— Mrs. Moylan’s illness will readily obtain my consent to your being absent from the army a fortnight, provided a movement of the enemy should not re- quire your presence sooner. General Howe should be made acquainted with your absence. The sum you speak of as having ex- pended for secret services surprises me exceedingly, because I do not call to mind ever having empowered you to lay out money for such purposes, nor do I recollect ever to have received any intelligence of an extraordinary nature from you diflering in any respect from that which every officer at an advanced post, or removed from the main army regularly obtained (by his own observation and industry, or from the in- habitants) and transmit ted to head qrs. ; and because the sum exceeds the aggregate of the c^>arges of all the officers of the whole line for services of this kind, al- though some of them have been appointed and attended to this particular business. Under these circumstances, and as a public officer, my duty obliges me to call for such an acc’t as will justifie my conduct in ordering payment. With esteem and regard, I am. Dear Sir, Yr. most obed’t serv’t. Go Washington. Indorsed: Stephen Moylan, Esq, CoL Commandant of Horse. BRITISH FBISONISBS AT liANOASTEB* Letter to Ooogresg from the Oommtttee of Lancaster County. [Several years since, there came into our possession considerable of the correspon- dence of the Committee of Safety for Lan- caster county during the Revolution. Most of it is of value, and as a part of the history of this locality, we shall from time to time give portions of the same. In the sprihg of 1776, when it was feared that the British army pro- posed the occupation of Philadelphia, the British prisoners, captured at different times, were removed from Lancaster, where they had been committed to the care of the County Committee, to the towns of York and Carlisle. Among these officers was Major Andre, who, after his exchange bore such a prominent part in the history of the war by his connection with the treason of Benedict Arnold, for which he suffered the just death of a spy. w. h. e.] In Committee, Lancaster, April 11th, 1776. Gentlemen — The officers of the 7 th and 36th regiments, with those of the Royal Emigrants and Captain Chase of the Navy, having been lately removed from hence by order of the Committee of Sa^ty, under the direction of the Honorable the Con- gress, to the towns of York and Carlisle, in this Province, without having it in their power (as we have reason to believe with respect to some of them) to discharge the moneys due tor their lodgings and diet, at Historical and QenealogicaL the houses where they were lodged and me&sed in this town; and the persons, who have demands againbt those gentlemen for these articles, having laid their accounts before this Committee, and requested the assistance of the Committee in procuring them their moneys, we are obliged to trou* ble the Honorable the Congress with a state of the demands and accounts ot these persons, and request their direction in the matter, that these creditors of the ofldcers (some of whom, especially those whose claims are the greatest, are not in the most easy circumstances) may have their demands adjusted and paid. The Committee, gentlemen, are interested in this matter. The officers, when brought to this town by Capt. Mott, were placed by him in the houses of Messrs. Mathias Slough and Adam Reigart, whose accounts, we understand, have been transmitted to Congress, and aie therefore not taken no- tice of here. After those gentlemen haden* tertained and provided for the officers a considerable time they found it very incon- venient and requested their removal. The officers took great pains to provide them- selves with lodgings and accommodations, but without success. The gentlemen with whom they were first placed, at length re- fused absolutely to provide for them any longer, and ap;died to the Committee to relieve them. The officers in this situation likewise addressed the Committee, repre- senting the difficulties they were subjected to, every moment in expectation of being turned out of doors and having notice that no more provisions would be dressed for them. To gentlemen in that delicate situ- ation, though enemies, we could not avoid rendering every service in our power. We made interest with some of the inhabitants to aflord them private lodging with fire wood and candles. At these private houses they lodged and breakfasted, attended by their own servants, and as it was incon- venient for private families to dress dinners and suppers for them, we prevailed upon Mr. John Jordan, whose demand is the most considerable, to mess them at his house. And though we did not absolutely engage for the payment of their demand, yet as we assured them of our influence in pro- curing them satisfaction in case the officers should be unable to pay them, we have the greatest reason to believe these assurances from us were their principal inducement to entertain these gentlemen. They now re- sort to us, and we must look up to the Honorable ihe Congress. We must do that justice to the officers of the 7th regiment to mention that none of these demands re- late to that corp^ except the trifling sum of- £6 10s Od due to Michael Bartges, and that the residue is entirely for the lodging and accommodation of the 26th regiment. The Committee have been highly honored and very happy in the testimony they have received of the approbation of Congress, respecting their former conduct toward the officers and soldiers, prisoners here. We could not be idle spectators of the distress these gentlemen were reduced to. We could not, as a Committee, avoid taking no- tice of their application; neither could v»e place them in a situation which would have been leas expensive, without treating them in a manner different frem that recom- mended to us by the Honorable the Con- gress, who, we hope will in the present case, suffer onr conduct to pass without censure, and order in what manner these people’s demands are to be satisfied. We beg leave to ask if the former resolve of Congress, permitting the offic‘ rs to come at times from their places of residence to Lancaster, for the purpose of settling with and paying their men, and receiving the necessary receipts for their rations, are to be deemed still in force, and whether, upon applicition of the soldiers for shoes or any necessary clothing (those applica- tions now becoming frequent), this Com- mittee shall provide them, at the Conti- nental expense? We shall steadily persist in carrying into execution every resolve of the Honorable the Congress, and be strictly attentive to their directions and recom- mendations. The Committee. AND QUBKI1S8.— LXII. Historical and Genealogical. Gov. Archibald Roan,— The Kashvillo (Tenn ) Amirican^ ot the 14th of April, contains an address by the venerable his - torian of that State; and President of tho Tennessee Historical Society, Dr. J. G, M Ramsey, on Governor Archibald Roan. He acknowledges his indebtedness to our Notes and Queries for the biographical and genealogical data, and quotes in full all Wft Historical and Genealogical, $58 have published relating to the Roans, of Derry, and Archibald Roan. Or. Ramsey e includes hia article by his personal reminiscences of the latter: “In person he was about six feet high, tall and erect, slender, gra eful and dignified, exceedingly modest, rather taciturn, always retiring and unpretending — a . well bred, old-fashioned Virginia gentleman of the last century. 'I'he color of his eyes is not now recollected. A little scholarly in his conversation, his voice and his mien and general manner; unostentatious in his charities and his ben- efactions. He belonged to the Presby- terian church, and if the writer mistakes not, was an elder in Pleasant Forest church, near Campbell’s station, in Knox county. Like Cinciniiatus, he went from his farm to hia seat on the bench, from the plow to the executive office at Knoxville, Tenn., where the scepter of Ju- dah then was. He was the second Gover- nor of the State of Tennessee, and the im- mediate successor of Go Sevier, who was the first. But unlike Sevier, Gov. Roan was without ambition He had no aspira- tions to office or politic d preferment. He preferred the quiet of home and of do- mestic life. He m^rri^d a Miss Pampbell, of the Virginia Campbells He had three sons. James became a phjfsician, and was a successful practitioner in Nashville, Tenn Andrew, it is supposed, settled there too; while the third son the writer believes, went West, and died. A daughter became the first wife of Col. Reynolds A. Rimsey. * * * * Much more might be sdd for Gov. Roan. He left no stain upon his high and honorable character. The King’s Eng- lish is too feeble, not sufficiently expressive, to describe it, or portray his genuine worth. Another has used another language to de- scribe him truthfully — Integer vitae e scele- risque purus. THE McOOBMlOK BEOORD. [The following communication noting certain errors in Notes and Queries^ No, xlvii, we cheerfully give place to In the article referred to the object was simply to give the descent, which is undoubtedly cor- rect; the errors being in giving the names of persons to whom certain ones were mar- ried. These are not our own, having come to us from tbe late Judge Walker. The names Hugh, Thomas and James were very common ones in this family, and our in- formant was probably thus misled. We intend to make a thorough examination of the wills, deeds and administration ac- counts at Lancaster and Carlisle, and it is only by so doing that the record can be made correct. The writer, we are confi- fident, is wrong in several particulars, but these we shall not specify until we have all the information desired j An article in your issue of April 8th, headed “James M’Cormick,” contains some genealogical errors that should be c )rrected; and while I am at it I will also add some further data making the record more complete. The writer states the children in the first generation in the wrong Older, according to their respective ages, and also gives the wrong names for two of their wives. I am well convinced that the order of their ages was as I shall enumerate them, and which is in agree- ment with the order they are named in the will of their mother, Elizabeth M’Cormick, widow, dated October 10th, 1766. Concerning James M’Cormick, the sec- ond son of Thomas ard Elizabeth M’Cor- mick, the writer has evidently confounded him with his son, as be states that the said James married Margaret, daughter of James and Mary Oliver, whereas he mar- ried Mary Oliver, daughter of John and Mary Oliver, while his son James married Margaret Oliver. Concerning Hugh M’Cormick, son of Thomas and Elizabeth aforesaid, your writer is again off the track, and has badly “mixed those children up.’’ The Hugh M’Cormick in question married Catharine Sanderson, as will be seen hereafter; while the Hugh M’Cormick he names, who mar- ried Sarah Alcorn, was probably an uncle of the Hugh he was aiming to recora, and is the same person he referred to in the second line of the article as probably a brother of Thomas, John and Samuel. Furthermore, Hugh, the son of Hugh and Sarah Alcorn M’Cormmk, married Eliza Fullerton, and not Catharine Sanderson, as the writer stated. - I will now give the correct line of descent as I have it recorded, from the same start- Historical and QenealogicaL £59 ing point as the article under consideration began. Thomas and Elizabeth McCormick, of East Pennsboro’ township, Cumberland < 50 unty, Penn’ a, had issue six children, as follows, named in the order of their respec- tive ages : 1. i. Thomas, m. Jean Oliver. 2. ii. James, m Mary Oliver. 3. iii. Hugh, m. Catharine Sanderson. 4. iv. William, m. Mary . 5. V. Robert, m. Martha Saoderson. 6. vi. Elizabeth, m. Matthew Loudon. f. Thomas McCormick (Thomas) died prior to 1778. He married Jean Oliver, daughter of John and Isabella Oliver, about 1756. She died December 7, 1804. They left issue : i. lohn, m. Ann Sample, d. John Sample. ii. William, m. Mary Williamson. iii. Isabella, m. John, s. Wm. Walker. iv. Elizabeth, m. John Buchanan. V. Mary, m. John, s. John Sample. vi. Jane, m George Hammond. vii. Sarah, m. Wm L. Brown. viii. Grizelda, m. Ezra Wright. There are two grand children of Thomas and Jane McCormick still living, viz : William McCormick, of Centreville, Michigan, sou of John McCormick, and Ann Sample (born March 13, 1805), and Mrs Margaret Quail, of Washington, Pa., daughter of John Walker and Isabella Me Cormick, (born Nov. 23cl, 1789.) II. James McCormick (Thomas) married Mary Oliver, daughter of John and Isabella Oliver. The latest record I have of him is in the matter of two deeds bearing date Nov. 13th, 1797, whereby he conveys prop- erty to his sons Robert and William. His wife Maty died Nov. 2d, 1804. They left issue: i. James, m. Margaret Oliver, d. James Oliver. ii. Robert, died in 1809. iii. William, m. Margery Bines. iv. Elizabeth, died in infancy. V Isabella, died in infancy. There are none of the grandchildren of James and Mary McCormick now living, the late Dr. Robert McCormick, of Chariton, Iowa, (who died Jan 24, 1877,) son of James McCormick and Margaret Oliver, and the late James McCormick, of Harrisburg, (who died in 1870,) were the last of their generation. III. Hugh McCormick (Thomas) mar- ried Catharine Sanderson, daughter of G< orge and grand daughter of Alexander Sanderson, sr., of Middleton township, Cumberland county. He lived until 1798 in a large stone house, which is yet stand- ing, in Fermanagh township, now within the boundaries of Juniata county, about two miles above Mifflintown, on tbe Juni- ata river. He sold his farm in the year mentioned, and removed to Scott county, Ky., where he died in 1799. He was a sol- dier in the Revolutionary war. His wife, Catharine, died in 1810. They had issue : i. Elizabeth; m. David Logan. li. Mary; m. Samuel Glass. ,iii. George; died in 1816— bachelor. iv. William; died in 1839— bachelor. V Marthj; m. Rowland Chambers. There are still living three grand chil- dren of Hugh and Catharine McCoimick, viz: Mrs. Catharine Laird, daughter of Rowland and Martha Chambers, born in 1796, who resides about four miles from Lexington, Ky. ; Col. George M. C ha mber.s of Jacksonville, III., son of Rowland and Martha Chambers, born June 28, 1800, and Samuel Glass, son of Samuel and Mary Glass, residing near Shelby ville, Ky., born Oct. 16, 1804 IV. William McCormick (Thomas) married Mary — — (we have not yet learned her maiden name). He resided in Milford township, now inside the bounda- ries of J uniata county, and j ust across the river from his brothers Hugh and Robert. Having sold his farm in 1803, he removed to Fayette county, Ohio, where he died about 1812. They had issue: i. Thomas. ii. James. iii. William. iv. Hugh. V. John. vi. Elizabeth, m. William Rowland. vii. Anna, m. David Hardy. viii. Margaret. I think there are three grand children of Wm. and Mary McCormick still living, but having only lately got on the tr^k of them. My information on this branen is yet meagre. V. Robert McCormick (Thomas), was born about 1738; married Martha, daugh- ter of George; and grand daughter of Alexander Sanderson, sr., about 1770. He Historical and Genealogical. lived in Fermanagh township, adjoining his brother Hugh, as early as 1765, and until 1779, when he sold his farm, and removed to Rockbridge county, Virginia, where he spent the remainder of his days. He died Oct. 12, 1818. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and fought in the bat- tie of the Cowpens. He and his wife are both interred in the burying ground of the Old Providence Presbyterian church, in Augusta county, Virginia, about t wo miles distant from their homestead, of which church he was an elder. They left issue : i. George Elliott, m. Jane Steel. ii. James, m. 1st Irene Rogers ; 2d Rachel Nisonger; 3d Rachel Clark. iii. William, m. 1st Mary Steel ; 2d Sarah McClelland. iv. Martha, m. Richard Brient. V. Elizabeth, m. Hugh Gibson. vi. Robert, m. Mary Anna Hall. There are now ten grandchildren of Rob- ert and Martha M’Cormick still living, viz: John S. McCormick, of Henderson, Ky., son of George Elliott. Wm. S. McCor- mick, of Patterson, Mo., and Thomas Mc- Cormick, of Evansville, Ark , sons of Wil- liam. Mrs. Martha Waddell, of Mason City, W. Va. Robert McCormick, of West Mill Grove, O., and James McCormick, of Gallipolis, O., children of James. Cyrus Hall and Leander James McCormick, and Mrs. Mary Caroline Shields, and Mrs. Amanda Adams, widows, all of Chic i go, 111., children of Robert and Mary Anna Mc- Cormick. VI Elizabeth McCormick was born in 1740j married Matthew Loudon in 1760; died in 1767. They resided in East Penns- boro township; and left issue: i. Mary, m James McFarlane. ii. Archibald, m. Margaret Bines. iii. Catharine, died in infancy. There are, I believe, four grandchildren of Matthew and Elizabeth Loudon still living, living, viz: John Loudon and Mrs. Margery Bines Snowden, of Hogestown, Pa., and Wm. McC Loudon, of Hannibal, Mo., children of Archibald— and Andrew McFarlane, of Reedsville, Pa., son of Jas. and Mary McFarlane. As the Olivers and Sandersons have been rather prominent in the early part of this genealogy, I will add two interesting scraps of family history pertaining to them: James, Jane and Mary Oliver were the children of John Oliver and Mary Patter- son, and were all born in Ireland, where their father died; their mother then married Joseph Clark, and emigrated with her threo children to America in 1737. They settled on a farm in East Pennsboro’ township, ad- j oining the farm of Elizabeth McCormick, widow. Alexander Sanderson, Sr., is said to have come to America from Scotland, and his wife’s name is given as Jean Watson. Nevin’s History gives his name as one Of the first elders in the Presbyterian church at Dillsburg, York county, “which church is often known as Old Monaghan, because of its unquestionable antiquity,” it having been organized previous to 1745. He re- sided in Middleton township, near the Cone- doguinet creek before 1750. He died in the year 1760, and his will, dated Feby. 20, 1760, names his eight children, viz: George, Alexander, Jr., Barbara, Martha, William, John, James and Margaret. George San- derson, the eldest son of Alexander San- derson, Sr., married twice, his first wife was a Ross, the second Jane Aitken. He died about the year 1775, leaving six chil- dren by his first wife, viz : i. Robert, m. Mary . ii. John, m. Sarah McMichael. iii. Catharine, m. Hugh McCormick. iv. Margaret, m. James Elliott. V. Mary, m. David Elliott. vi. Martha, m, Robert McCormick. James H. Shields. GhicagOf 111. NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. NOT£S AND gU«Rl£S— liXIlI. Historical and Genealogical. Indian Burying Ground —In 1767, John Murray, of Upper Paxtang town- ship, became possessed ot the tract of land on Clark’s creek and the Susquehanna river, named the ‘ ‘Indian Burying Ground. ’ ’ What is known of this land, and have any Indian remains been found there ? If so, of what do they consist, etc. w. h. b. Turkey Island. — This island, “oppo- site John Harris’ ferry,” was surveyed to William Maclay October 13, 1763, contain- ing 31^ acres. It was subsequently kno«vn as Maclay ’s, then Forster’s, then Thomas’ and now, we believe, Longanecker’s, tak- ing the name of the various owners — in- stead of that named in the original war- rant. Girty’s Run. — This is a small stream emptying into the Susquehanna a short distance above the mouth of Armstrong’s creek. The run was so named as early as 1785, as we find two tracts of land located thereon in that year. “Bannock Hill,” surveyed to Wm. Kelso, and “Impor tunity,” to Joseph Simpson. Is this run named in earlier deeds or surveys.” Biographical, Sketches. — We have in preparation another series of biographical sketches ot representative men and women of Dauphin county in the past, and we trust those persons to whom letters of inquiry may be sent will promptly respond to our inquiries. Without undue eulogy, we de- sire to present the main facts in the life of each individual noted. It is accurateness of detail that is most desirable. w. h e. A Family Baptismal Record.— [T he following is a translation of a baptismal record of the family of Wolfarth and Elizabeth Lutz, his wife, found among some old papers. It is of value and inter- est. especially to those descended therefrom, and by thus placing it among our Notes and Queries will be preserved, at least be brought to the at'ention of the family referred to. We will be glad to learn if this record shall meet the eyes of those claiming such re- lationship. For the translation we are greatly indebted to Mr. S.robel, editor of the 8taatz Ziiiung.'\ Elizabeth Lutz, b. March 18, 1755; sponsors Thomas. Abner and his wife Elizabeth. Children: i. Christina Wolfcvrth.h 13th August, 1776; sponsor Christina Lutz. ii. Christina Woljarth, b 13th February, 1778, sponsors Christopher Lutz and wife. Hi, Catharine Wolfarth, b. 9th May, 1780; sponsor, Anna Catharine Lutz. ir. John Bernhardt Wolfarth, b. 24th Nov. 1781; sponsors, Leonard Immel and his wife Anna Barbara. V, Anna Mary Wolfarth, b. 13th Nov. 1783; sponsor Elizabeth Wolfarth. m, Mary Wolfarth, b. 26th Dec. 1785; sponsor, Mary Christina Hoffman. mi. John Michael Wolfarth, b. 5th June, 1788; sponsors, John Michael Mohr and his wife Elizabeth. mii. Eva Barrhara Wolfarth, b. 28th May, 1791; sponsors, Jacob Decker and his wife Eva Barbara. ix. Susanna Wolfarth, b. Sunday, 2d De- cember, 1791; sponsors, Isaiah Gish and his wife Margaret. X John George Wolfarth, b. 2d Febru- 1795, sign of the crab ; sponsors, John George Tress and his wife Catharine. xi. Eva Christina Wolfarth, b. 24th July, 1797, in the evening at 6 o’clock, the sign of the lion; sponsors, John Morgan- schlager and his wife Eva Christina. Elizabeth Zearing, late Wolfarth, late Lutz, died September '7, 1831, aged 76 years, 5 months and 19 days. [What Zearing did Mrs. Wolfarth, net Lutz, marry ?] Historical and Genealogical, Finley— Todd — I desire information eoncerning the family of Capt. John Fin- ley, of the 7th Penn’a Regiment of the Revolution. Prior to that period he was an Iniian trader. In 1772, with his brothers Andrew and Clement, and John Carnahan, he descended the Ohio as far as Wheeling. In 1773, with eight others, he started to lay out lands in the Kentucky country. At the mou»h of the 8cioto he met the party of Captain, afterwards Gen. Thompson, and with him explored this section of the State of Kentucky. Capt. Finley located his claim at the Upper Blue Licks. After the war he removed thither, represented his country in the Kentucky Legislature from 1800 to 1803 He died in 1837. I have received letters ot inquiry concerning the family of Robert Todd, who died in Montgomery county, Penn’a., in 1775. One of his daughters married a John Finley in 1762, possibly the John Finley above mentioned I am desirous to obtain any facts of the emigration, &o , of the Todds. w d h. Maysnlle, Ky. [John Finley was promoted from Fjrst Lieutenant to Captain in the Eighth Peun’a October 22, 1777; transfe red to Fifth Penn’a, January 17, 1781; and on the ar- rangement of the Penn’a Line, January 1, 1783^, transferred to the Second regiment. As Capt. Finley was only eighty years of age in 1834 — so stated on the pension rolls — it could ha^dlj have been he who mar- ried the Miss Todd in 1762. No doubt he was from Westmoreland cmnty, this State, and perchance there may be some wills, administration accounts or deeds at Gieensburg which would throw light on th’s subject. Will Mr. Albert inform us ? w. H. E ] Old-Time Schoolmasters.— In a recent number of the Charleston (111.) Plaindealer we find an interesting article on “The School- master of the Olden Time” vs ‘ ‘The District Teacher of To-day,” in which the old mas- ter does not suffer by the comparison. The author is a gentleman of Illinois, formerly of Pennsylvania, who obtained part of his education at the old school house at Pax- tang meeting house. We quote one or two paragraphs as illustrative of the estimation in which “Master Allen,” of the old school (W & Q , xlviii), is held by some of those whose memories reach much further into the past than does our own, and descriptive of a method of conducting schools not com- mon in our day. Of Allen he says: “ As an evidence that he and his rod government was popular, he continued to teaca within a radius of eight or ten miles for twenty- five years, and then resigned because he could carry his armor no longer. At the ripe age of eighty years he folded himself away, conscious that he had done his life work and duty well, and that the world was better off because he had lived in it A grand old character, a man of iodividuality and of genius, hia name lives in local tradition whilst his co- temporary brethren of the birch are forgot- ten. ******** “As the years rolled on, other teachers suc- ceeded of various characters, holding vari- oas opinioDS on the subject of teaching. Among these was one who taught a “loud school,” a method of teaching by no means singular then. * * * For the first lew days I thought, like all inexperienced per- sons, that I could learn nothing. With voices pitched to a high key, the little lads were busy reading, spelling and reciting their lessons previous to class ex- ercises. The teacher mending pens or looking over arithmetic work, was the qui- etest person in the house. If the din went down or died out, it was evidence of idle- ness, and a word or two started the “babel” going again.” ***** * * * “I am indebted to that “loud school” for at least one very great blessing. I can j read, study and reflect with comfort, whilst ' the tongues of a half dozen youngsters are j chattering around me.” | The author does not mention the name of the master, or give the date of his con- ducting the “loud school,” but it must i have been between fifty and sixty years ago. w. F. R. THB SW11ZBR8 LAND. [A document in the office of the Secre- i tary of Internal Affairs, endorsed “Return i of 6,500 acres, besides ye allowance of 6 p. ; cent, to ye Switzers, 1710,” is herewith i given as in the original. It will, no doubt, i prove interesting to the descendants of the : original purchasers: The Kendigs, Mylins, j- Herrs, Bowmans, Millers, Franciscuses and I >. Funks, many of whom are residents of our i : Historical and Genealogical, ms county. It give^ the date of the grant of land, the country whence emigrated, and other data ot value ] Whereas. Edward Shippen, Griffith Owen and Thomas Story, the Proprietaries Commissioners of Property, by their war- rant bearing Date the tenth of the eighth month, 1710, Granted to certain Swissers hereafter named ten thousand acres of Land to be laid out in this Province, for which they agreed to pay five hundred pounds; I do certifie that on the twenty- seventh day of the 2 mo’th, 1714, there was surveyed a Tract of Land on Pequin Creek, in the County ot Chester, and Di- vided into Lesser Tracts or parcels to sev- eral Persons of the said C( mpany of Swissers, the said Parcels bounded as fol- lows: Martin Kundig, One tract beginning at a Hickory tree at a Corner of John ffunk’s land and extending Thence East by North two hundred and fifty seven perches to gum tree; Thence South by East Six hundred acd Sixty Perches to a White oak; Thence West by South two hundred and fifty-seven perches to a hickory tree; Thence North by West by the saidjJobn ffunk’s Land six hun- dred and sixty perches to ye begioing; containing One thousand and sixty acres. And one other tract. Beginning at a post at a Corner of Martin Milin’s land, and thence running West by South two hundred and two perches to a Chestnut tree; Thence North by West flour hundred and twenty perches to a white oak; Thence East by North two hundred and two perches to a post; Then by ihe said Martin Milin’s land South by East ffour hundred and twenty ptrebes to the place of Beginning; containing ffive hundred and thirty acres. And also one other Tract, Beginning at a Hickery tree at a corner of Christian Heer’s land and running by the same North by West ffive hundred and eighty perches to a post; Then East by North seventy- four perches to a Gum tree; Then South by East by John Heer’s land ffive hundred and eighty perches to a Hickery tree; Then West by South seventy-four perches to the Beginning; containing two hundred and sixty -five acres. Martin Milin, One Tract of Land be- ginning at a small Hickery tree at a corner of Christian Heer’s land; Thence West by South thirty-seven perches to a SpanishOak; Thence North by West one hundred and six‘y perches to a Black Oak; Thence North by South fifty perches to a post at a corner of Martin Kundig’s land; Then by the same Und North by West flfour hundred and twenty perches to a post; Then East by North eighfy-seven perches to a Black Oak; thence South by East by Christian Heer’s land, ffive hundred and eighty p’ches, to the Beginning; containing two hundred sixty five acres. Christian Heer . One tract beginning at a small Hickery tree at a corner of Martin Milin ’s Land; Thence by the same North by West ffive hundred and Eighty p’ches to a black oak; Thence East by North One hundred forty-seven perches to a post; Thence South by East by Mar- tin Kundig’s land ffive hundred and Eighty p’ches to a hickery tree; Thence West by Sou’h one hundred forty- seven perches to the beginning; containing ffive hundred and thirty acres. John Heer. One Tract or Parcel of Land Beginning at a Black Oak a corner of Wendel Bowman’s land, and running West by South one hundred forty-seven perches to a hickery tree at a corner of Martin Kundig’s land; Thence by the same land North by West ffive hundred and eighty perches to a gum tree at another corner of the said Kundig’s lan J; Thence East by North one hundred for ty-seven perches to a hickery tree; Thence South by East ffive hundred and eighty porches to the Begin- ning; Containing ffive hundred and thirty acres Wendel Bowman. One Tract Beginning at a corner of Jacob Miller’s land, and From thence West by South one hundred twenty-nine perches to a black oak; Tnence North by West by John Heer’s land six hundred and sixty perches to an- other black oak; Thence by the land of John Rudolph Bundely East by North one hundred and twenty-nine perches to a post; Thence South by East by Stophal ffran- ciscu,s’ land and the land of the said Jacob Miller six hundred and sixty perches to the place of Beginning; containing ffive hun- dred and thirty acres. Jacob Miller. One Tract containing One thousand acres Beginning at a Hickory tree in a Line of John ffunck’s land, Thence West by South three hundred eighty-six e64 Hntorical and Genealogical. perches to a post; Thence by Wendel Bow- man’s land JHorth by West flfour hun- dred and forty perches to a white oak; Thence by Stophal ffranciscus’s land East by North three hundred eighty-six perches to a poplar tree; thence by the said John ffunk’s land, ffour hundred and forty p’ches to the Beginning. Stophal ffranciscus. One tract beginnicg at a poplar tree a corner of John ffunk’s land, and at a corner of Jacob Miller’s land, then by the said Miller’s land West by South three hundred eighty-six perches to a white oak; Thence by Wendel Bow- man’s land North by West two hundred and twenty p’ches to a post; Thence by the land of John Rudolph Bundely E<»st by North three hundred eighty-six perches to a post; Thence S3uth by East two hundred and twenty percoes to the beginning; con- taining ffive hundred and thirty acres. John funk. One Tract or parcel of Land, Beginning at a Hickery at a corner of Mar- tin Kundig’s land; Thence by a line of markt trees West by South one hundred twenty-nine perches to another hickery tree; Thence North by West two hundred and twenty perches to a hickery tree at a corner of Jacob Miller’s land; Then by a line of the said land, continuing the course last mentioned, four hundred and forty parches to a poplar tree at another corner of said Miller’s land; Thence East by North one hundred twenty-nine perches to a Hickery tree; Thence by the said Martin Kundig’s Land South by East six hundred and sixty perches to the Beginning; con- taining ffive hundred and thirty acres. Jacob Taylor. NOTES AND QUBKI US.— LXIV, Historical and Genealogical. Mercer. — Col. James Mercer was a resi- dent of Lancaster. He was Major of the seventh battalion of Lancaster county in 1777, and served in the years 1777, 1778 and 1779; in the battalion of Col. Stewart; in 1782 was colonel commanding a battalion, and was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Lancaster county during the years 1781, ’82, ’83. He died in 1804; his children were; i. John; who removed to Pittsburg, and later to Mansfield, Ohio, and died about 1837, leaving a widow, but, as is believed, no issue. ii. Samuel; was twice married; by first, wife had a son, Robert, who died about 1818, without issue. By his second wife his children were: James, died, 1820; Mary, died 1822; Margaret, married Robert H. M’Nair ot New Orleans, and had issue Stella, married Hon. Chas. D. Shoemaker of Kingston, Pa., and had issue; Penelope, married Rev. John Dorrance, D. D. of Wilkes-Barre, and had issue; and Wil- liam R. Mercer. Samuel, the father, died in 1813, and his widow died in 1821, iii. Margaret; who died about 1825, un- married. iv. Alexander; who left one son, Wm. O J. Mercer. Information concerning Col. James Mer- cer and his ancestry is desired. s. r. Bindley Murray. — We are indebted to a gentleman of New York city for a por- tion of the following genealogical memo- randa relative to the Murrays of Dauphin county, supplementing the same with such information as had previously come to our knowledge: William Murray (1) a native of Scot- land, emigrated to America between tne years 1730 and 1735, and settled on the Swatara. His wife was a Bindley, daugh- ter of Thomas Bindley, an emigrant also from the same place in Scotland, locating in the same neighborhood in Pennsylvania. They had issue, among others: I Samuel; went to the Carolinas about 1755. II. William; also removed to the Caro- linas. III. Robert, b. 1721; d. 1786; m. and had twelve children, the names of only two of whom are known— ZmdZey, the cele- brated grammarian, and John, known as “Quaker John,” who had a son Robert I., from whom a son D. Colden Murray of New York. IV. Arabella, m. John Dixon, and had issne— Isabella, Mobertf Sankey, Arabella,. Richard and James. Isabella m. James McCormick, son of Hugh McCormick, and had issue: Sarah m. Robert Sloan, of Har- risburg {see Sloan Genealogy), and Hugh m. Esther Kumbel, of N. Y., and had Isabella, Richard, Amanda. Emeline, Mary» William, Louisa and John. Historical and Genealogical, 265 V. James, b. 1729; (see biographical sketch, N. & Q , first series 1 VI. John ; whose son John, known as J. Murray, jr., “Presbyterian John,” and father of John li., of New York cicy. W. H E. Cider Royal— N. & Q. lx. — In your no- tice of this beverage you differ from all ac counts I have ever read of it. The name, I think, is a corruption of ‘ *ciier-oiL^' Cum- ing in his Sketches of a Tour to the West- ern Count! y and A Voyage down the OMo and Mississippi Rivers” in 1807-1809, p. 86, says: “VVe stopped at Wm. Croxton’s tavern, the sign of the Black Horse, on the Virginia side and got a bowl of excellent cider- oil. This is stronger than Madeira and is obtained from the cider by suffering it to freeze in the cask duiing the winter, and then drawing off and barreling up the spirituous part which remains liqu’d, while the aqueous is quickly congealed by the frost.” Bartlett's Dictionary of American- isms says : Cider-oil. — Cider concen- trated by boiling, \o which honey is subsequently added.” The records of Salem county, N. J., court for 1729, fixed the price of “each quart of cider-royal at eight pence.” The price of metheglin, an oyier old-time drink, was fixed at nine pence for each quart. In a nodce of the “Old Crown Inn,” at Bethlehem, Pa., it is stated: “The Bretheru before opening ‘The Crown,’ in Mt-y, 1745, shocked the house with gill and half gill pewter wine mejs- uies, with two dram glasses, two hogsheads of cider, one cask of metheglin, one cask of rum, six pewter plates, iron candlesticks and whatever else could minister to the creature comforts of the tired traveller.” Olossographia Anglicana Nova says : “Metheglin is a kind of drink made ot herbs, honey, spice, &c.” In 1685, Thomas Budd published his **Good Order Established in Pennsylvania & New Jersey in America,” m which he says: “I do not question but that we might make good, strong Beer, Ale and Mum, that would keen well to Barbadoes, the water being good, a'cd. wheat and biriey in a few years like to be very plentiful.” was a kind of b^’er originally made in Ger- many. In the accounts of the treaty with the Six Nations at Lancaster, in 1744, it is stated that “the Indians were plentifully regaled with punch, wine and bumbo. “Bumbo” was simply rum and water. Isaac Craig. Allegheny, Pa. [By reference to the definition given, it will be seen that our correspondent con- founds c\der-oil with cider-royal. The drinks were entirety of diff-^rent ingredi- ents. w. H. E. ] THS GHOSTS OF SWATARA ANU TRR MlfiGlON ROUj«D about. The superstitions of a past age are al ways interesting as well as instructive, for without a knowledge of them no just ap- preciation of the motives and actions of the people can be had. We do not, in this paper, intend to pre- sent anything like a complete view of the superstiti ins which have been, and to some extent still are, prevalent in this vicinity, but shall confine ourselves to a brief and necessarily imperfect review of its ghosts, reserving lor some future occasion a more interesting and more practical phase of the subject — toe Folk lore of our ancestors. These worthies brought with them across the seas the prevailing superstitions of Eu- rope, and as ihe population of every locdity is composed of the descendants of var ous nationalities, we have here the com mingling of the superstitions of the several countries, but principally of Great Bri'ain and Germany. The Irish Ben- Shie, the Scottish Wraith, the English Ghost, and the German Kobold, all abounded and formed a heirogeneous congregation of shades, the like of which could not be found anywhere outside of America. This motley assemb’age probably gave rise to the provincialism Spook, which seems to have been applied to almost every unearthly sight or sound seen or heard at night. For the present we shall not trouble ourselves to make the nice distinction which exists between the ghostly fraternity of the dif- ferent nations mentioned above, but be content with calling th^m all ghosts with- out inquiring from whence they are de- rived. Forty-three years ago, when the vote was announced which carried the free- school system in Swatara, the late Robert Wilson, of Highspire, prophesied that in twenty years there would not be a ghost in the township.” This at the time seemed see Historical and Genealogical, preposterous, for the hills of Swatara and the region around about were literally “fringed with ghosts.” Yet the prophesy has been so substantially fulfilled that few of our people under forty yearo of age ever “saw a ghost;” and an old resident of Chambers’ Hill, who, in his younger days, was very familiar with the “awful faces of other times,” lately said in tones of sad- ness, “They are getting thin.” The old man spoke as though the departure of the ghosts had deprived him of a part of his life, and left a void which it was now too late to fill; and doubtless his feelings were akin to those of the aged hunter whom civilization had overtaken, and with ruth- less hand swept away the haunts of his favorite game. Three quarters of a century ago ghosts were everywhere, although some localities were more prolific than others Of these ihe region lying along Chambers’ Hill, be- tween Churchville and “Fiddler’s Elbow,” on the Swatara, was celebrated above its neighbors. And here, had we the time, we might scop to express our admiration of the great law of compensation which ope- rates throughout the Universe. What this region lacked in material resources, was abundantly made up in ghosts. At the time of which we write, and for many years after, this ridge was an unbroken forest, with a line of farms along its southern slope, and to this day the wild glens and steep hillsides near the Swatara present almost the same appearance a** when the Red Hun.er trod the forest in absolute ig- norance of the existence of his pale-faced brothers. Within the limits above described, are several of those small neglected grave- yards, so common throughout our coun- try, that even to day, though in the midst of cultivated fields, are surrounded by an atmosphere which it requires only a slight effort of the imagination to fill with phan- toms and hobgoblins. These spots were surrounded by thick woods in the palmy days of ghosts, who held high carnival within their precincts. Many were the stories told of ghostly processions wending their way through the woods to visit friends in some neighboring yard, and one instance is related of a general muster of all the ghosts of Chambers’ Hill and the country southward, to attend some great gathering held somewhere to the northward. The rendezvous was near the place where the church now stan s, and those who wit- nessed it declared that when the ghosts took up the line of march, although they were four abreast, the head of the column had disappeared ov«r the Paxtang hills be- fore the rear had fallen into line. Ho one had the hardihood to follow and as- certain the place of meeting; nor has there come to us the slightest hint as to the business which called together this vast assemblage. Tne individual, upon whose authoxiiy our knowledge of this weird spectacle rests was an honest fellow of considerable experience in these mat- ters, but such a timid mortal that he rarely remained upon the scene long enough to obtain full information as to the proceedings of the ghosts he encoun- tered, almost invariably taking to his heels— and by this con^stant practice at the top of his spng these hills there are two localities deserving of men'ion. The first is a lonely spot, where three ravines meet, down each of which a small rivulet wends its way through tangled bushes and the de- caying trunks of tallen timber. Near the junction of these ravines is an old grave- yard in a sad state of neglect. Not far away is another, and bet ween the two, each in his narrow house, away from all others^ lie two suicides and “a crank.” Fifty years ago this spot was surrounded by the primeval forest, and was traversed by no road save a solitary bridle path forming a short cut between the val- ley and Linglestown. Its echoes were sel- dom awrkened by anything more than the hooting of the owl or the eawing ot the crow, both of whom built their nests here in security. It was also a safe retreat for the raccoon and opossum, as no dog could be forced into i^s haunted precincts after nightfall. We )(night relate the marvelous adventures of belated horsemen , and the many strange unearthly sceues enacted there, but prefer leaving these details to the imagination of the reader. This is yet haunted ground, but the woodman’s axe and the opening of roads have greatly re duced its terrors. The fate of the ghost of one of the suicides referred to has also had its effect. Some years ago, an old farmer living near the place, and upon whose land the person was buried, became so thoroughly tired of the unruly con- duct of his ghostly neighbor, that in selt- defense he cast about in his mind for ways and means to abate the nuisance, and finally adopted the following: He prepared a stout locust pin, about five feet long and four inches thick, smoothed and sharpened one end and at noon one day — when ghosts are always at home — with a sledge hammer drove it down through the center of the grave. This effectually settled that ghost, and the others, being wise, have taken warning. The other locality— “Gordon’s Hollow” and vicinity — was celebrated as the abode of certain invisible spirits, who exerted such an influence over all intruders, as ta so befog and bewilder them, that while they imagined themselves walking in a straight line, they were in reality travel- ing in a charmed circle, from which it was difficult to escape until daylight broke upon the scene. Many well authenticated stories are told of travelers, and even coon hunters wan- dering, some for hours and others all night long, in the vain endeavor to break away from the enchantment which held them. It is a well established principle that over against every evil lies the remedy. Within this charmed circle there grew a certain plant, a single leaf of which, or, in winter a small portion of the the dried stem, taken into the mouth, would immediately bring relief, but if trodden under foot it strength- ened the force of the charm. The difficulty was it was hard to find in the dark and unwittingly trodden upon, and many were unacquainted with the plant. These stories and thousands of others like them, however ridiculous and nonsensical they may be, once carried with them the force of verities. R. MOriSS AND QUISBIILS-L.XV. Historical and Heaealogical. Fleming — In the graveyard of Paxtang church is a tombstone, almost illegible^ with the following inscription: Here Lyeth the Bo dy of GEORGE FLE MING was bor n in the year of our Lord 1728 and died June the 21^ 1768. By reference to our transcript of wills at Lancaster we find that George Fleming, of the township of Paxtang, whose will was proved August 2, 1768, left a wife Martha and the following children: I. Elizabeth. II. Rebecca. III. Margaret. IV. Rachel. What is known of this family of Flem- ings, and how related to those of Hanover ? w. H. E. Bell, Thomas.— Among the Bells of Scotch-Irish parentage in Pennsylvania^ Historical and Genealogical, are there any descendants of Thomas Bell who came to America somewhere about the year 1800, and settled in Pennsylvania ? He was a son of John Bell and Mary Ma- caulay, of the parish of Castlegore, County Tyrone, Ireland ; and had brothers Robert and Roland. J. a. p. Boston^ Mass. [The name of Bell is a very common one among the Scotch-Irish of Pennsylva- nia, and especially in this locality, more particularly the names Thomas, John and William; Hanover and Pax- tang were well sprinkled with this surname. Among the earliest settlers near old Hanover church was Thomas Bell, and in 1759 both he and his son Thomas are on the Provincial tax assess- ment. Thomas jr. b. 1737, d. J une 23, 1815, was twice married. William a brother, owned a tract of land called “Bell’s Increase,” in Paxtang. He had children as follows: I. John, m. Elizabeth . II. George, m Mary . III. William, m. Dorcas . IV. Arthur, m. Eleanor . T. Thomas. VI. Andrew. William just named, and his wife died prior to 1785. They had children James, William, and Margaret who mar- ried James Richardson. It is a difficult matter, in the absence of church or town records to give satisfactory replies to genealogical queries. In the present in- stance some of the readers of Notes and Queries may help our correspondent to fur- ther data. w. H. E.] THUS BAI.SBa.UaH FAQ11I.Y. Among the earliest of the German set- tlers on Spring creek, in what is now Derry township. Dauphin county, was George Balsbaugh (1), a native of Fahrenbach.in the Pfaltz, Germany, where he was born in 1706. He married Eva Minich, born in the same neighborhood in 1716. With their little family they came to America pnor to 1750, and located among their old neighbors in the Fatherland, near Derry Church, on the farm now owned by the venerable Wendel Henry. Mr. Balsbaugh subsequently removed to Hanover town- ship, six miles further north, and pur- chased a tract of land of two hundred acres— most of it hilly and sterile — which has ever since been known as the “Balsbaugh Place.” Mr. Balsbaugh died there in 1775, his wife ten years later. They had a large family, and thtir descendants were quite numerous in Dauphin and Lebanon coun- ties sixty years ago, but like their Scotch- Irish neighbors, they have gone out from the old homestead, and sought new loca- tions South and West. The record we have been able to make of them is meager, it is true, and that mainly of one branch of the family. George Balsbaugh and Eva, his wife, had among others the following chil- dren ; I. George, b 1736; d. March 10. 1802. II Peter, b. June 27, 1738; d. June 26, 1796; m. Mary , b. December 12, 1742 ; d. June 19, 1798. III. John, b. 1740; d. March 24, 1802. IV. Catharine, b. 1743; d. at sea. V. Elizabeth, b. 1745. VI Eva, b. 1749. VII. Gertrude, b. 1752. VIII Valentine, b. February 14, 1755 ; m. Elizabeth Miller. II. Valentine Balsbaugh (George) was born near old Derry church, February 14, 1755. He was, however, brought up on the old Balsbaugh Place in Hanover, to which his parents removed about 1760. Al- though a practical farmer, he was a min- ister of the German Baptist Church, and emphatically a self-educated man. His knowledge of the Holy Scriptures was wonderful, and his grasp of revealed truths deep, spiritual and far-reaching. He was what is termed a “weeping” minister of the Gospel, and was never known to preach without shedding tears and causing others to weep. To the close of his long and influ ential life, he never used glasses. He died suddenly of apoplexy at the homestead on the 26th of November, 1851, in the 97th year of his age. Mr. Balsbaugh married August 3, 1777, Elizabeth Miller, daughter of the saintly George Miller, the first bishop of the German Baptist Church in Dauphin county. She was born May 2, 1753, and died in September, 1821. They had issue as follows: I. George, b. May 5, 1778; was a black- smith by trade, and was noted among his Scotch-Irish Presbyterian neighbors as much for his mental strength as for his leo- Historical and Genealogical, 270 nine physique: he was well read, and with strong reasoning powers, was the leader of debate— a veritable Elihu Burritt in knowledge. He married late in life and died at three-score. II Christian, b. 1779; d. s. p. , III. Daniel, b. 1781; d s p. IV. Henry, b. February 8, 1783; was a farmer; represented the county of Dauphin in the Legislature of 1843; died September 1, 1848. He married Hannah, daughter of Jacob Smith, who died at Foreston, 111., at the age of eighty five. Dr. George Balsbaugh, of Foreston, 111., is a son. V. Catharine, b. May 26, 1785; a woman of fine personal appearance and noble, self- sacrificing disposition; she accomplished great good in her long life. She married Rev. Daniel Reijhard, of Ringgold Manor, Md , a Bishop of the German Baptist Church. They had a large family, most of whom were quite prominent in the Church. The Rev. Reichard was a profound theo logian, and the pro'essors of St. James Col- lege said of him, “he is as tough as a fiddle- string, and genial as tough ” He was born May 1, 1780; died January 28, 1856; Mrs. Reichard died December 22, 1870. They had twelve children, VI. Elizabeth, b. February 14, 1787; married the Rev. Lawrence Etter, “an eloquent man and mighty in the Scrip- tures,” many years a minister in the Ger- man Baptist church. He died November 9, 1853, in his sixty- seventh year. Their son John is now a bishop in that Church. Mrs. Etter died at the early age of thirty- four. VII John b November 4 1788; d. in his ninety-first year, near Highspire; mar- ried a Miss Zeigler, sister of a prominent mioister of the church in Lancaster county. Their son, John, jr, who died recently, represented Juniata county in the Legisla- ture. VIII. Mary, b. October 7, 1790; d. Feb- ruary 27, 1882; married William Gibson, of York county, near Dallastown, Penn’a, where they resided all their married life. IX. Peter, b June 4, 1793; d. Novem- ber 21, 1871, at the old homestead; was for years a director of the poor; in the early days of common schools he was one of the most strenuous advocates ef that noble plan of education, and all through his long life he took the deepest interest therein. A plain, practical farmer, he was as influen- tial as generous. He married Elizabeth Longenecker, who deceased on New Year’s day, 1874. Their children were Valentine, b. March 19, 1817, m Mary, daughter of Rev Jacob Holiinger. Abra- ham, b. October 12, 1819, m Susan Seltzer. Benjamin, b. November 14, 1821, m. Mary, daughter of the Rev Mr. Miskey, of Berks county. Daniel, b. February 15, 1825, founder and first principal of Lebanon Val- ley College, d. in 1860; m. Laura, daughter of Andrew Henry, of Palmyra. Maria, b. September 18, 1828, m. John M. Zortman, a farmer near Palmyra Christian Her- VEY, b. April 16, 1831, now of Union De- posit, Dauphin county. Lizzie, b. July 3, 1834, d. at the age of twenty-eight. Da- vid, b. November 23, 1836, died at sixteen; and Samuel, b. July 30, 1839, m. Sarah, daughter of Rev. Mr. Keefer, of Dauphin county. X. Christina, b. December 10, 1795 ; died May 23, 1863; married Michael Friese. Their son Michael was a leading homeo- pathic physician, who died in Harrisburg in 1880. Another son, Valentine, a grad- uate of Dickinson College, died in 1875 at Fort Wingate, New Mexico XI. Anna, b. July 26, 1798 ; d. Decem- ber 23, 1868 ; married Peter Gingrich, a substantial farmer. Their son Aaron is a prominent physician in Virginia. [Information CDncerning the descendants of the other branches of the Balsbaugh family is desired. w. h. e.] THE MANOR OF FAXTANS.— 173 8. Following the policy of the father, the tra- ditional passion of the Penn heirs was for more land. Thus it appears that manor upon manor was reserved after every In- dian treaty, as reports reached the propri- etors of the most desirable locations in each purchase. Forthwith a portion was re- served, and a manor surveyed. If squatters were within its bounds they were removed and compensated with other land. The manor was thus guarded against adverse titles, and with the exception of Quit Rent disputes, these manor titles have provoked very little litigation as to bounds or loca- tion, whilst all other land office warrants have been sources of endless law suits, down to the present day. Among the half-forgotten manors was Historical and Genealogical, ^71 one in this locality. It was not of large area, but of excellent soil. A largo por- tion of the city of Harrisburg is situated on a portion of it. It was called the manor of “Paxtang.” It is described as bounded on the northwest corner by land of John Harris, the elder — that in 1732 was at a beech tree, on the top of the bank of the Susquehanna river, near where the present Front and Herr streets intersect. It in- cluded about twelve hundred acres ; the river line six hundred eighty-nine perches and three hundred yards, being over two miles. The land is thus described in a sur- vey made by Isaac Taylor June 4, 1733, “for Thomak Penn, Esquire “Com- mencing at a water beech; thence E, North E. 252 perches to Paxtang creek ; thence N. 120 perches ; thence N. by East 280 perches to a black oak ; thence North W. 100 perches; thence West by N. 380 perches to a black oak on the bank of the Susque- hanna river; thence down said river *680 perches.’' Taylor notes mat when he passed the Harris line, east of the canal, west of Pax- tang creek was all vacant land on the re- maining sides of the manor. These bounds would seem to include from the river to the present “Miller’s school house,” on the high ridge above the hospital, the grounds of which are within the survey. Its north line was the south one of the “John Reel farm.’’ This comprises some of the most fertile land of the river valley. The Penns, how- ever, were too poor to preserve it intact, and began to sell portions of it about the time of Braddock’s defeat, disposing of the last of it about ten years before the Revolution- ary war. In conveying this land we find no mention of quit rent, the instrunaent being for the fee; an important distinction be- tween this and the manors of Conestoga, Springett, Maske, and Lowther. Taylor’s survey was sent to the Land of- fice at Philadelphia, and very carefully criticised there, being deemed of such im- portance as to induce Thomas Penn to visit Harris’ ferry in 1736. While here he ob- tained personal knowledge of its value. We hear of it next in an application of James Galbraith, of Lancaster county, for two hundred acres, including a piece of this manor. The warrant was granted January 9, 1749. When the survey was returned the following was endorsed upon it — Mr. Scull was Surveyor General: “Mr. Scull: — One James Mitcheltree improved this land before the prop’r, Thomas Penn, came into the country, by express permission of Mr. Logan, and a part of his improvement was run into the manor of Paxtang, but with no intent to deprive him of a grant of land on the com- mon terms, &c., &c., whenever a patent is applied for; the purchase money is to be at £15.10 per 100, and ^d quit rent per acre, ent. & award from 1st March, 1732. “R Peters” This shows that the next tract above Har- ris, on the Susquehanna, was “improved” before 1732 The family of Mitcheltree had land in what is now Susquehanna township. Galbraith’s tract proved to contain 245 acres with allowance, and was that part of the manor east of “Paxling creek,” “the south line commencing just south of Dead Horse brook; thence N. E. 100 perches to lands of James Alcorn; thence north and west by sundry corners to lands of Thomas Armstrong; tbence W. and N. W. 158 perches along land of Arthur Foister; thence west 100 perches to the creek; thence down Paxtiog creek 266 perches.” The date of survey September 5, 1750. The part owned by Galbraith within the manor was found by subsequent survey to be 125 acres. The next survey was that of Bertram Galbraith, May 12, 1759, when “Mister Penn’s 1,140 acres without allowance” is thus described. It excludes James GaL braith’s 125 a«res : Commencing on the north line of “John Harris’ land, at a birch tree on the tank of the Susquehanna;” thence N. 65 E. 252 perches to Paxtang creek at an “elm;” thence north and north by east 220 perches ; 94 p. N. W. ; thence N. 80 west 338 per- ches to a Spanish oak on the bank of the Susquehanna; “thence down said river 689 perches,” making the western front 9 per- ches in excess of the survey of 1733. The adjoining lands are — James Alcorn, N. E, of Harris; James Galbraith, Archibald Forster, James Pots, Widow [Thomas] Armstrong; on the river, James Chambers. In 1760, Thomas Simpson was owner of 400 acres of the south part of this manor. His will is dated December 24, 1760, and devises to his two sons Thomas and Historical and Genealogical, Michael 386 acres, share and share alike. In 1778, Adam Eckart, who at one time was owner of a large body of land in and about Harrisburg, purchased 202 acres of the Simpsons, and subsequently nearly all of that land. The next above Simpson was Thomas Forster, “Esquire,” who held 400 acres. North of him was Thomas M’Kee, who held “about 400 acres.” The transactions in this land took place after the survey of 1759 In 1786, Adam Eckart, joiner, and Cath- arine his wife, conveyed to Joshua Cooper, tanner, and they to Abraham Huy, six lots of ground comprising the town of “New Philadelphia.” This town plot was three acres; a narrow strip along the river from Herr street to south side of Reily. It was known for many years as Pottstown, “Hard Scrabble,” and other fancy names — is now that row of buildings on the west side of Front street, which so much disfigures the locality of that fine thoroughfare. The adjoining owners on the survey of 1759 appear in the boundaries of this por- tion of the manor, with the additional names of “Reverand John Hersha, Thomas and William Gaullaugher, ” whose lands were along Paxtang. 1789 Capt. John Hamilton, my grand- father, purchased all of the Galbraith tract within the manor, 125 acres, together with 155 acres of the manor, running out to the river. About the same time other par- ties made purchases, the whole amounting to nearly 800 acres; so that it had all passed out of the ownership of Penn before Har- risburg was five years old. The next considerable transaction was in 1810, when Abraham Huy (corrupted into Huey, always, however, written by its owner Huy), conveyed 150 acres to Christian Kun- kel. Tihs was sold by George Kunkel and David Hummel to Luther Reily, John Whitehill and Adam Henry Orth. Then a number of owners of parts of the manor began to appear, and as we write more than 500 persons own parts of “Mister Penn’s manor of Paxtang.” The conveyance of any part of this land to “the low water mark of the Susque- hanna” is without right. Penn claimed only to the bank of the Susquehanna. The low water mark bound of modern deeds is an assertion of a right which did not origi- nally pertain to the land within this manor. A. B. H. Finley— Todd — I desire information concerning the family of Capt. John Fin- ley, of the 7th Penn’a Regiment of the Revolution. Prior to that period he was an Indian trader. In 1772, with hia brothers Andrew and Clement, and John Carnahan, he descended the Ohio as far as Wheeling. In 1773, With eight others, he started to lay out lands in the Kentucky country. At the mouth of the Scioto he met the party of Captain, afterwards Gen. Thompson, and with him explored this section of the State of Kenfucky. Capt.. Finley located his claim at the Upper Blue Licks. After the war he removed thither, represented his country in the Kentucky Legislature from 1800 to 1803. He died in 1837. I have received letters of inquiry concerning the family of Robert Todd, who died in Montgomery county, Penn’a.,. in 1775. One of his daughters married a John Finley in 1762, possibly the John Finley above mentioned. I am desirous to obtain any facts of the emigration, &c., of the Todds. w. d h. Maysville, Ky. NOTES AND QUBBIBS. Historical and Genealogical. “Fort Hunter.” — The tract of land, sa named in the warrant, was confirmed by thep roprietaries to John Garber, Decem- ber 5, 1774 John Garber and his wife Mary, on February 4, 1787, confirms the same to Archibald McAllister, of London- derry township. w. h. b. The Graveyard at Middletown.— I n 1795, for the “sum of five shillings,” John Fisher deeded a lot of ground on the “Great Road leading from Middletown to Sweetara creek,” to Francis Wilkinson and Thomas Stubbs, trustees of the Warrington Monthly Meeting in York county, “for a burying ground or place to bury the dead, of the Society of the people called Qua- kers.” Which of the three graveyard on this “Great Road” was the Quaker burial ground ? w. H, E. Historical and Genealogical, 27S Sha-d Fisheries. — We are anxious to obtain the names and locations of the dif- ferent shad fisheries on the Susquehanna, from its mouth to the “Forks,” at Sun- hury. We have had prepared an out -line map for the purpose of noting all such, and trust those having knowledge of them will forward the information with the earliest date. It is well known that the names changed with the owners, and this also should be noted. w. h. e. Cavet. — Richard Cavet, of Paxtang, died prior to 1790. The administrators of his estate were his ton John Cavet and Michael Whitley. Of Richard Ca vet's other children, Richard, Moses, Alexander and Mary who married Andrew Clark; they were residents, in 1792, “of Sullivan county, and Territory of the United States of America, south ot the River Ohio,” in other words Kentucky. Can Mr. Higson give us any information relative to these people and their descendants ? w. h. e. Moyer. — Henry Moyer, or Meyer, of Bubendorf, in the Canton of Basle, Switz- erland, emigrated to America prior to 1771. He located at Middletown and died there about 1798. His wife was Anna Thomas, of Neiderdoiflf, of the bailiwick of Wallen- burg, in the canton of Basle, Switzerland. They had children as follows: i. Elizal)eth, b. October 1, 1743; m. Mar- tin Nafsger. ii. Henry ^ b. Dec. 25, 1745. iii. John George, b. Jan. 5, 1749. iv. Barbara; m. Jacob Karn. Information concerning the descendants of these families is requested. w. h. e. Lutheran Church Records. — The Chimis, published in the interest of Zion Lutheran church, Fourth street, has been doing excellent work in the preservation of* its records by the publication of the mar- riages and other items of information con- cerning the history of that church. The record of marriages thus far given are of great value, not only to the descendants of the contracting parties, but to all interested in genealogical inquiry and research. At some future period, we believe, it would be advisable reprint these, arrranging them alphabetically. They would then be of easy reference, and the readers of Notes and (^uerries would highly appreciate their re- production in this form. w. h. e. Old time Fairs.— The fairs were a legal- ized institution sixty or seventy years ago, and were held twice a year — summer and fall — g«rere well attended from town and country, but became demoralizing and abolished by general consent. Young and old flocked to town, and after doing some business went to frolicking, dancing, horse- racing, gambling and drinking. Women would walk bare-footed for miles until they reached the Paxtang creek, when they would put on their shoes and stockings, “slick up” and be ready for the fray, which lasted fu two days. Peddlers attended withlo^ds of dry goods; hucksters with cakes, pickled oysters and confectionaries; booths were erected and places provided for petty merchants; gamblers paraded their sweat-cloths; boys had their jokes, and almost every, train had its fiddler for danc- ing. Girls and boys from the country went through the streets with fingers hooked, and everything was fair — all fair. s. Cider Royal or Cider Oil? (W. & Q. Ixii ) — Permit me to say, in reply to your remarks that I had “confounded cider-oil with cider royal,'' my object was to show the different accounts of the way in which it was manufactured or concocted. If I am in error, I must rely on the following authorities for excuse. Seymour p 159, says: “Cider Royal. A corruption of cider-oil.” Bartlett, 4 th edition, p. 121, says: ‘ ‘Cider Oil. Also called cider royal prob- ably the original name,” &c. An old army officer once related an amu- sing account of his first acquaintanca with cider-royal. The general last week cele- brated his eightieth birthday; he said that on his way from Kentucky to enter West Point, he and his mother stopped over at Ramsay’s Hotel in Pittsburgh to rest, and he, to amuse himself, wandered round the town until he saw, in a window, a sign which indicated that Cider-royal was for sale inside. Believing that cider-royal must be royal cider, he stepped in and tried it. The result was that his mother was horrified at seeing her young son carried up stairs in a helpless condition, and was so prejudiced against Pittsburg, that ever af- ter, she would avoid it, by passing by the Historical and Genealogical, ■way of Wheeling, Washington and Browns- ville. Isaac Craig. Allegheny, Pa. Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester.— On Sunday, the 28th of May, 1882, there died at London, England, a gentleman whose reputation as an antiquarian and genealo- gist was cosmopolitan. He was a native of Norwich, Conn., born in 1821. His tastes early led him to make special researches into the biographical h’story of his country, and pursuing his investigations for some time with extraordinary diligence and in- telligence into the ancestry of Washington, he published simultaneously in the Boston Heraldic Journal for October, 1866, and in ihe 'London Herald and Genealogist 2 bn es- say on that subject which provoked much discussion and criticism. No successful at- tempt was made to impugn his results. Shortly afterwards Col. Chester was called abroad by business which finally led him to establish himself in London. In 1876 he puplished a work of great value on the “Baptismal and Burial Registers of the Church or Abbey of St. Peter at Westmins- ter.” This volume at once established his reputation as among the ablest living stu- dents oi genealogical history. For the ser ■ vice thus rendered by him to English his- tory and letter-. Col. Chester received the personal acknowledgment of the Queen, and, on the suggestion of the late Dean Stanley, the diploma of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the University of Ox- ford. Recently he was engaged in editing the publications of the Harleian Society. Col. Chester took a deep interest in our Notes and Queries, and in a letter received two months ago he expressed himself as ‘ ‘astonished at the mass of information re- lating to the history and genealogy of this section which we had gathered” — and promised us aid from the Scotch Irish rec- ords in the North of Ireland in testimony of his high appreciation of our labors. His death seems to have been sudden — and his sun so brilliant set in a cloudless sky. His rare gifts endeared him to men of English letters on both sides of the Atlantic. Peace to his ashes ! w. h. e. THE BRITISH PRISONERS AT EANOAS- TER. [The following correspondence, gleaned from the papers of Jasper Yeates, is of value and interest. It relates especially to the prisoners who were stationed at Lancaster during the war for Indepen- dence.] THE committee FOR LANCASTER TO THE COMMITTEES OF YORK AND CUMBER- LAND, June 16, 1776. Gentlemen: We conceive it our indis- pensible Duty to inform you of the Con- tents of a Letter rec’d last night from the members of committee of Lebanon Town- ship — in this County. They acquaint us by an Express that all the Officers Prison- ers of war at Lebanon with their servants disappeared from their Lodgings on the 14th Inst — io the morniog before Day. The night before they made preparations to go a Fishing as they sometimes amused them- selves that way — by means whereof they were not suspected until the Evening before last One Barrington went off on Friday about 8 o’clock on Pritence of being of the Pishing Larty, and went by the way of Grubbs Forges. They further inform us that it was generally thought there that they had made toward New York by Pri- vate Roads over the mountain. And that persons had been dispatched to several places on the mountain side to alarm the country. The Express left Lebanon yes- terday at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and we have not since heard from that Quarter. We cannot take upon Ourselves to Deter- mine whether the suspicions entertained of the escape of the Prisoners are well founded or not. It cannot but be obvious that the Public is intimately interested to prevent Practices of this nature as well as to apprehend the Prisoners— who have meditated their escape Your good sense will point out to you what is fitting and necessary to be done— with Respect to such of the Prisoners as are stationed with you. We are convinced every Prudent moderate Precaution will be made use of by your Board to secure their continuance among you — and to preclude the Possibility of an escape. We are. Gentlemen, &c., A. Reigart, Chairman. Historical and Genealogical, ^6 ■ THE COMMITTEE FOR LANCASTER TO THE ■ MEMBERS OF LEBANON TOWSHIP, P June 25, 1776. ■ Gentlemen: Complaiut has been made ^ to US by Matthew M’Hugh, that he has » been threatened by divers Persons in Leb- 2 anon, on account of the Prisoners lodging at his House, and having made their escape { from thence. We mean not to offer our Sentiment, whether M’Hugh is in any wise Censurable for his Conduct respecting the officers. We are not possessed of any Proof on either side on which we can form any judgment. All we mean by our present’ letter is to transmit our opinion to you concerning the part we think Each member of Committee should take when Individuals assume to themselves the Right to punish persons for any supposed offense against the Common Cause. We need only refer you on the head to the Late Resolve of Congress, which is clear and Express in Point. In- deed the most pernicious Consequence must arise from private persons taking into their own hands the Power of judging and Carv- ing out Remedies in matters concerning the Public welfare, independent of the Resolu- tions of some public Body. We have no doubt. Gentlemen, but you will use your utmost influence in your neighborhood to prevent any Outrages on private property under the Pretext of serving the Public Interest. You will discourage all such violent proceedings, and as far as may be prevent them, by recommending a different line of Conduct as the duty of Every good man in the Community. We are, Gentlemen, Yr. Most Obedt. Hum. Sers. By order of Committee. To Messrs. Philip Greenewald and John Light. NOTES FROM LETTERS OF JUDGE YEATES. December 9, 1776. To Messrs. Lynch & Lruiis, Cont. Cong. ; The prisoners of the 7th Regt. Royal Pusileers, captured at St. Johns, arrived in Lancaster Dec. 9, 1775, under conduct of Mr. Egbert Dumont. The Lane. Com. in a quandary— what to do with them, ask advice from Congress. “The, Troops between 100 & 200 have been lodged in our Barracks.” No one having yet been appointed to supply them with provisions. Col. Matthias Slough pro- posed to the Com. to supply them. “The officers are at present lodged in a public house.” The Com . ask that the Barracks Lot be enclosed — “the peace of the Borough and good order of the Troops would be much better preserved by such a provision.” Mr. Dumont desires to intimate to Con- gress that the Captive Soldiers are in great distress for want of Breeches, Shoes and Stockings, especially the latter. “Prom the Return brought in to us we find the Commissioned Officers of the Regt. are Eleven in number — of whom one is left sick at Esopus, and two are with the Bag gage. The non-commissioned officers and privates 242— women 30— and 30 children.” January 10, 1776. To Congress ; The women and children of the prisoners complain that they are denied further pro- visions by Mr. Franks, Agent in this place. The Agt. says he has rec’d Express orders not to"" deliver any allowance of Meat or Bread to the soldiers Wives & Children. The Com moved by pity have requested Col. Slough to supply them. The Com. ask that Cong, will provide supplies for the chiidren & women. The Com. have taken up a number of blankets at the pub. expense for the Pris- oners — have added 72 new blankets to the 165 old ones now in the Barracks. They have purchased ciarse strong linen to be filled with straw for bedding. April 17, 1776. To Committee of Safety : Lieut. Dullhanty declines to go to York with the other prisoners, officers of the 26 th Regt. — he fears the small pox, now said to be raging in York — having with him a wife & 2 children. The Com. of Lane, ask if it would be proper for him to remain in Lancaster, where the privates of his Regt. are yet stationed. Lieut. D. requests to be permitted to go with his family to Reading. Historical and Genealogical, 276 NOT£8 AND QU£BI1SS — I/XVII, Historical and Genealogical, [To Our Friends. — Although the shadow ot a sever© bereavement has borne us heav- ily down, we feel it a duty owing our many friends from near and far who have sent us words of kindly sympathy, to return them our grateful thanks. It would .seem as if our affliction had drawn us nearer to them, and it has don© much to assuage the bitter- ness of our grief. Our boy was the light and hope of our household, and the shock came upon us with crushing power. We trust, therefore, w© may be pardoned any intrusion of our own private sorrow, by the publication of the record of a young and heroic life herewith briefly given. To our friends we can only say God bless you all, for your heartfelt expressions of loving sympathy. w. h. e ] Beverly Waugh Egle, the only son of William Henry Egle and Eliza Whit© Beatty, was born at Harrisburg, Pa , on the 2d day of May, 1861. He was named for his maternal uncle by marriage. Rev. Beverly R. Waugh, who had died suddenly in the month of March preceding. Enter- ing into life amidst the rolling of the drums and the march of armed men hurrying to the defense of the National Capital, it is not surprising that when just learning to talk and a thunder storm passed over the town, he should have exclaimed, “Ma, ma, do you hear the bum-a-laddies in the sky At the age of six years he was sent to the school of Miss Sabina Kelker under whose instruction he continued until he was far enough advanced to enter the select school of Prof. L. H. Gause where he remained two years.^ He subsequently went to the Harrisburg Academy under the car© of Prof. Jacob F. Seiler, A? M., continuing there until his eighteenth year. He was a boy of an ingenious turn of mind, and many are the souvenirs which are preserved of his child-hood life. He passed no idle moments — although he en- joyed the sports of boyhood. He never failed in what he undertook — and many were the mechanical toys he made. At twelve years he prepared his own objects for the microscope— and a large case ot cu- riosities, show how valuable a collec- tion can be gathered by mere energy and industry. He was an apt and observant scholar, and his perception quick. With all these qualifications, it was thought, al- though not expressed, that the work of a civil engineer would have been to his taste. But it seemed otherwise. Expressing a wish to study medicine, special courses were given him in chemistry and materia medica, and in the early part of September, 1880, he was sent to Chicago to the care of his relative. Prof. S. J. Jones, M. D., of the Chicago Medical College, an advanced med cal institution in the West, where the advantages afforded him for pur- suing his studies were unsurpassed. Re- maining there, with the exception of a few weeks visit to his home in the spring of 1881, he resized the necessity of the highest education in the profession he had selected for his life-w^ork, and became a devoted student. His hospital and clinical experi- ence lifted him as it were into the front rank of his class, while fellow students and professors alike ad- mired his mental achievements, and his courteous manners. He wa'i the acknowledged leader of the senior class, and a bright future was seemingly before him of position, and honor, and usefulness in the profession. Although completely ab- sorbed in his studies, he was not unmindful of other outies devolving upon him, and his rare social qualities gained him many friends in the city of Chicago. He never swerved in the performance ot his mission, and a few weeks before his death he re- mained by the bedside of a young man near his own age, dying of diphtheria, when others had fled the room. About the 1st of June he complained of a small boil on his left upper lip. Little attention, however, was paid to it, save to lessen the swelling of the face, yet alarming cerebral symptoms | soon set in, and notwithstanding the best { medical skill in the country, he breathed I his last at 11:30 p. m , on Wednesday, June 21 — St. Aloysius’ day — 1882. And thus in the opening years of manhood, with pros- pects as brilliant as any could possibly de- i sire, he passed from out the circle of loving l hearts to the blessed realizations of the i life eternal. He was a noble boy, intelli- ' gent, manly, upright, loving and dutiful, , and it need not be wondered at that his i sudden departure from this earthly life has ! caused wounds which time can never fully ; Historical and Genealogical, m heal. Yet the consolations given us by the Inspired Word of God are sufficient, for we well know “He doeth all things well.” We laid him to rest amidst kindred dust, in the cemetery, at Harrisburg, at the twi- light hour, Monday, June 26, 1882 At Rest. DAUFaiN COUNTY IN 1789. [Four years af er the organization of the ciunty of Daupnin, whica at the time in- cluded what is no w the rouuty of Lebanon, the following description was furnished to Jedediah Morse, the geographer It is from the pen of Cap Al*"xaudfcr Grayd «n, of the Rovoluiiou. the first prothonoiary of the county and the author of >he “Me- moirs,” so widely known i I American his- tory, and coQceruing whom we have a bio- graphical ske ch in preparation. For the cop/ we are indebted to the kindly cour tesy of the editor of the PennsyUania Mag^ mine, the organ of the State Historical Society, a periodical which should have a far more extended circulation than it has. Mr. Graydon’s letter is in reply to several questions propounded by Mr. Morse. It will be seen that the letter is dated “ Louis - bourg,” which was the name given to our town at its organization — a name, however, which the act of incorporatian injustice to the founder, nu11ifi‘-s — Harrisburg being the only one conoidered The let er is of value and interest, and an importmi contri- bution to tV.e history of Dauphin and Leb anon counties — w. he] Louisbodrg. March 5 h, 1789 Sir: A Hurry of Business added to a want of Health has hitherto prevented me from paying ihcit Attention I could have wished to >our Questions respecting the County of Dauphin. I now give you the Result of my Enquiries upon the different heads you propose, arranged in the order of your Queries. Answer to 1st Qu. Dauphin, formerly contained within the Limits of Lancaster county, but divided from it and erected into a separate County by Act of Assembly passed March 4th 1785. Ansr to 2d Qu. It’s Boundaries on the West and South West are the Western Shore of the River Susquehanna (the River being within the Limits and Jurisdiction of the County) on the South East Conawago Creek as far as the Head of it and from thence running in a direct Line to the south East Corner of Heidelberg Township where it strikes the Berks County Line thence north West by the Line of Berks County to Mahantango C'-eek 'hence along the same by the Line ot N »rthumberland and cross- ing the Su-qaenanna to the Line of Cum- berland County. It is thus described in the Act of Assembly, but perhaps it may be best for y ur purpose to say, That it is bounded on the West and south West by theCoumies ot Cumberlar d and York, on the South and South East by Lancaster County — on the East & North East by Berks and on the north by N -rthumber- land, the greater and best part of the Coun- ty lying in the valley between the Blue or Kittatinny Mountain, and the Conawago H 11 or South Mountain, which latter Name it obtains in Cumberland County. Its form is triangular and its Extent along the Sus- quehanna about forty-five miles from thence to the Line of Berks County about thirty- five Miles and from thence to the same River along the Line of Berks and North- umberland Counties about fifty-five miles. Ansr to 31 Qu . There are 3250 taxable Inhabitants in Dauphin from whence per- haps it may be estimated that there are not lets than 16 or 18,000 souls. These consist with a very few Exceptions of German and Irish or what are in Pennsylvania called Scotch Iiish and their descendants I think ab mt two thirds of the Inhabitants are Germans or of that Extraction. The principal religious denominations among them are Lutheran and Calvinists perhaps about an equal number of each— there is also a small Congregation of Moravians who have a place of worship about a mile from the Town of Lebanon. There are be- sides a good number of Menonists and a small Society of Roman Catholicks who have a Chapel in Lebanon Township The religious Profession of the Irish fam- ilies is the Presbyterian, They have three meeting houses, one in West Hanover, one in Paxtang and one in Derry Township. There are also a few Seceders and Cove- nanters who being too inconsiderable in nnmber to form distinct societies have gen- erally fallen in with the before mentioned Congregations. The English Episcopalians, Quakers, &c., of which we have a few are by no means numerous enough to have places of Worship. 278 Historical and Oenealogical. A?itr. to 4th Qu. The soil s generally good and in some pans remarkably fertile more particularly in Lebanon and Heidel- berg Townships and in 'h t part of Paxtang lying along the River. A great portion of the Counry is Lime stone land but as it ap- proaches the Kiitatinny Mountain which runs through it a D s ance of near thirty Miles it is generally a gravelly or light slaty soil which nowever produces very good and certain Crops of excellent Wheat, Rye, &c. Beyond the mountain to Northumberland County, which Tract of Country compre- hends upper and middle Paxtang Town- ships, The quality ot the soil is much in- ferior to the other parts and is very little cultivated. It is generally timbered with pine & white oak and watered with a num- ber of fine Streams which enable the In- habitants to erect Saw Mills and drive on a very beneficial Trade in Boards, &c, but tho’ the soil of th’s Country is some- what sandy & in other parts wet as may be inferred from the timber, yet it produces pretty good Grain and af- fords a great deal of good meadow Ground. From the best ipforma'ion I am inclined to think that the proportion of the Land un- der Cultivation will average at less than an half. The trade to Philadelphia and the Mills on the Road thither, our principal Export being Wheat and fiour — we also ex- port Bar Iron and the neighboring Country is supplied with Boards, Scantling, &o,, from Louisbourg and Middletown which are situated on or near Susquehanna down which greit quantities of these Articles are- rafted in the Spring and Autumn at which Seasons the waters being high the naviga- tion is rendered safe and easy. Our Exports (except what are taken off by the watermen who bring down lumber and Grain) are conveyed by Land, the navigation of the Susquehanna being at present too much obstructed below Middletown by Rocks, Falls, &c., to make it eligible to convey them by Water to Bal- timore and other Markets in the Chesa- peake which may possibly be the case in future when the Country has ability to re- move these Obstructions. Our chief Imports besides the Articles brought down the River as already men- tioned are European and East and West India Merchandise brought from Philadel- phia. The natural Growth of the Soil is generally Hickory, Oak, Chestnut, Poplar, and near the River Walnut, Locust, Linn or Linden, Maple, Ash,Beech, &c , with the Herbage u«ual m other parts of the State. Its productions from Culture are Wheat, Rye, Oats, Barley, lodian Corn. Flax, Hemp, &c. Ansr to 5th Qu. The Rivers are the Susquehanna, the Swatara a large stream which has its source in Berks County and alter watering a considerable Extent of Country in its windings empties into the Susquehanna at M ddietown — the Quita- pahiila which discharges itself into the Swatara, and the Tulpehccken which emp- ties into Schuylkill (about a mile from Reading) between the Head waters of which (i e the Tulpehocken) and the Quita- pahilla which approach within a mile of each other near the town of Lebanon it has been in Contemplation to cut a Canal and thereby by means of Locks, &c., to open a navigable Communication between the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, a work which though at present laid aside will probably one day be carried into Execution. There are besides these several less important Screams, vizt. Paxtang, Conawago, Spring Crtek, Clark’s Creek Sturgeon’s, Arm- strong’s, Beaver Creek, Monady, Wick- onisky, little Swatara, &c , most of which afford seats for Mills & every kind of water works. I know of nothing remarkable in the Mountains of which there are several in the County, viz. the Blue Mountain already mentioned and several other Ridges in its Neighborhood such as Peter’s Mountain, Berry’s Mountain, &c, and the Conawago Hill, in which there is a Mine of Iron Ore be- longing to the Estate of the late Mr. Grubb (part whereof is in Lancaster Co’ty) which appears to be inexhaustible. There is a Spring near the foot of the Blue Mountains much celebrated and re- sorted to by the Country People on Ac- count of its supposed Efficacy in the Cure of Rheumatic and oiher chronic Disorders, . but from what I can learn if it pos- esses any virtue it arises chiefly from its exces- sive coldness. There is also a Cave on the Banks of the Swatara about a mile fiom Hummel’s town : in Derry Township deemed a great Curiosity by those who have seen it. It’s Aperture ■ being under a pretty high Bank is from 15;.i Historical and Genealogical, S79 to 20 feet wide and from 7 to 10 in Height. You enter by a gradual Descent and in your Progress pass through a number of Passages and Apartments of various Di- mensions, some low and narrow others very high and spacious, vaulted by magnificent Canopies fretted with a variety of depend- ing Petrifactions, some of which are drawn to a great Length by means of their con- tinued Exudation. But much of their origi- nal Beauty and Transparency is obscured by the smoke of the Torches from time to time employed in conducting the curious Traveller through this gloomy Recess. From the Entrance of the Cavern to a small Fissure or Outlet at the Extremity which is b?.rely large enough to admit the Body of a Man is about 200 yards meas- ured in a strait Line on the surface of the Ground under which it passes, but the Dis- tance must be much greater to those who have the Courage to trace it in its subter- raneous Windings. This is the only nat- ural Curiosity in the County that I have heard of, and I know of no Antiquities or artificial ones. Ansr. to 6th Qu The Country was first settled by Emigrants trom Ireland. Ansr. to 7th Qu. The state of Agriculutre is much the same as in the neighboring Counties & will doubtless admit of much Improvement. The same may be said of the Manufactures, though some Branches seem to merit a particular mention vizt. A nail factory at Louisbourg which is car- ried on by means of a stamping Machine much cheaper and more expiditiously than in the usual mode of drawing — also a Pow- der Mill of Lebanon Township in which is manufactured Powder of a very superior Strength and Quality. Besides these I cannot omit a Grist Mill within a Mile of Middletown seated very ad- vantageously on the Swatara & about half a mile from the mouth of it. It is a very large and handsome stone Building, has four pair of Stones and is per- haps in every respect one of the most com- plete in Pennsylvania. But what is per- haps more deserving of Attention is the Race a Canal from twenty to thirty feet in Breadth and carried with such a degree of Boldness to a Length of 476 perches through Rocks and Hills and every Obstacle which occurred in its Course as cannot fail to ex- cite a very high Idea of the enterprizing Spirit & persevering Industry of Mr. George Frey the undertaker and owner. We have as yet no Academy or public schools but shall in common with the other Counties of the State have a Tract of Land granted & appropriated by the Legislature for the Establishment of one, besides which we are entitled to the annual proceeds of a Ferry across the Susquehanna at present rented for £155 per Ann which shou’d it (as in all probability it will) be applied to this Use will constitute a very respectable Fund. Ansr. to 8th Qu. The County compre- hends ten Townships vizt. Paxton (or Pax- tang which is the original Indian name), upper Paxtang, Middle Paxtang, East Han- over, West Hanover, Derry, Londonderry, Lebanon, Bethel and Heidelberg— and ten Towns, vizt. Louisbourg or Harrisburgh containing about 130 dwelling houses, a Gaol being a plain stone Building and a Ger- man Ctmrch a Log Building— Lebanon containing about 180 Houses and two Ger- man Churches built of Wood. Middletown containing 90 odd Houses & one German Church of Wood. Hummel’s town contain- ing about 35 Houses & one German Church of Wood — Anville or Miller’s town contain- ing about 35 houses; Heidelberg, or Shaf- fer’s town containing about 70 Houses & 2 German Churches one of which is a hand- some stone Building — Newman’s town con- taining about 25 houses — Williamsburg or Jones’ town containing about 40 houses and one German of Wood. N. B. In Leb- anon one of the Churches belongs to the Lutheran the other to the Calvinists, so in Heidelberg, but in the other Towns where there is but one, it generally belongs to both societies and is used by them alter- nately. Answr, to 9th Qu. The Name of the prin- cipal Town or Seat of the Courts is Louis- bourg so styled by the Supreme Executive Council in their proceedings as well as in those of the Courts, altho’ it is more gener- ally known by the name of Harrisburgh — it is a fine flourishing place & its progress amazing, having been laid out a little better than 3 years It lies between the 40th & 41st degree of Latitude and is somewhat more than a degree & a half West of Philada. its Distance from that place 100 Miles and its Bearing about West and by North. This is the most accurate Information I ^80 Historical and Genealogical, cou’d obtain with respect to the Objects of your Inquiry. I have probably been more minute than necesssary in some Cases, but agreeably to your desire was willing to give as full an An- swer as possible and shall be happy if it af- fords you any Assistance in your very use ful Undertaking, in which I wish you Suc- cess, and ' Am Sir, Your very hble Servt, Alex. Graydon. To Mr. Jedediah Morse. NUTISS AND QUJfiBleS-liXVlII. Historical and Genealogical. Queen Alliquippa. — Can any of your readers tell me who was the husband of Alliquippa ? Or anything relating to the killing of old Simon Girty ? Or of the M’- Kee family ? i. c Koppenhofper — Simon Koppenhoflfer, on June 30, 1768, bought of Tobias Bishell, ot Heidelberg township (now Lebanon county), 200 acres of Manor land, and 100 acres of “John Peen’s” land. He owned other land adjoining. s. e. The Graveyard at Middletown (Y. & Q, Ixvi )— -In reply to your query rela- tive to the grave yard conveyed by Mr. Fisher to Stubbs and others, in trust, I would remind you that there is a small graveyard on the “Pine Ford” farm, now be- longing to the heirs of Edw. H. Fisher, de- ceased, between the old town limits and the Swatara creek, a little north of the turnpike; and as the old road was some- what north of the present pike, I under- stand, and a number of the Stubbs family have been buried there, it is more than probable that that is the one alluded to. J. R. Chambers, Maxwell. — From the diary of Capt. Andrew Lee we have the follow- ing; “Memorandum taken by Col. Maxwell Chambers on his death-bed concerning his children’s ages, and that they might have justice; “Arthur Chambers was born Decem- ber 5, 1772. “Elizabeth Chambers was born April 14, 1777. “Jeremiah Chambers wis bora November 16, 1779. “Maxwell Chambers was born September 7, 1783. “Elizvb“th Chambers, mother to the above caildren, wa^ ma-^ried December 5,. 1771, and died October 3, 1784.” Notes Concerning Middletown.— On the 24th dav of January, 1747. John Fisher, merchant of Philadelphia, took out a patent for 691 acres and allowances; ride Patent Book A, V »1 13 pige364. The said John Fisher and his wife Grace gave to their youngest son George Fisher the above tract, upon which the la'ter laid out a “new Town” cilled Middletown, on the the 27th of January, 1759. On the 18th day of September, 1764 George Fisher and his wife Hannah of Lower Paxtang gave lot No 135 on High street 300 feet front and 50 feet deep, to Peter Wol'z. George Fry, and Deitrich Schob, for the “German Evangelical Lutheran congregation pos- sessing the Doctrine, Worship and Disci- pline agreeable to the invariable confession of Augusburg.” In this deed it is re- cited that John, Thomas, and Richard Penn sold this tract of 691 acres to John Fisher, merchant of Philadelphia, February 34th, 1747. The congregation above-named were to pay a “quit rent” annually one grain of wheat. John Myer, of Paxtang, bought 34| acres from George Fisher, Au- gust 3, 1768, which ran t ) “ Market House Square,” in Middletown ; and also on the same day George Fisher sold to Myer 30| acres additional, which began at “Mean” Street, Samuel Evans. CONTRIBUTIONS I TO THE I BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. I [As expressed on several occasions, we | desire to preserve the brief record of the j representative people of our locality, and to i obtain accurateness of detail it is to be | hoped those to whom we have or may j request information will freely and prompt- j ly reply. It is as much to the interest of ! Historical and OenealogicaL ^81 the descendants of these worthies as to us that everything concerning them be given. Some two months ago, we sent out a large number of letters a-»king for certain data which we are confident the persons written to can furnish, but unfortunately few re sponded. If, therefore, at aoy time an error may be discovered, we trust that it will be impated to the meagre information derived, and the neglec of their descend- ants. I'« a very short lime we ho je lo pre- sent another series of biographical contri" butions, and in the meantime, we trust we shall not appeal in vam to those whose plain duty it is to aid us. w. he.] I. Bucher, John Conra.d the s m of Jacob Bucher and Susanna Horter, was born at Harrisburg. Penna., December 28, 1792. He bore the ancestral name of his father’s family. He received such an education as the schools of the town afforded, and en- tered practical life in 1813 as a dork in the old ‘ Land Department” of Penusylv-tuia, under Gen. And»ew Porter and Richard T. Leech. In 1830 he was elected to the twenty-second Congress from the district comprisiag Dauphin and Lebanon. In 1839 he was appointed by Gov Porter an associate judge of th-: c 'unty of Dauphin, which position he held for twelve ytars. He frequently Sorve i as a member of the borough coutic 1, and was a school director from the adopt! n of the common school system until the day of his death. Few men have taken warmer and deeper interest in educitional matters. He was also a trustee of the Harrisburg Acidemy, of (then) F anklin College at Lancaster, and of Marshall College at Mercersburg. In the German Reformtd Church, among the “fathers” of which his grandfather, the Rev. John Conrad Bucher, of Lebanon, was a distinguished .minister, he was regarded as a devout and conspicuous man. He was well known in its ecclesiastical councils, having been frequently a member of Clas- sis and Synod, treasurer of the board of domestic missions and of the theological seminary. In private life, he was amia- ble, “given to hospitality,” and emi- nently just. His death was very sudden, having been found dead in bed on Sab bah morning Ojt^bjr 26 ",h, 1851— and occurred in his 59 h yeir, just after re urning from a chu ch meeting at Lancaster. Judge Bucher married Janu- ary 17, 1820, Eleanor daughter of Jacob Isett, of Huutiijgdon county, Pean’a, who survived her husband thir y years, dying at Barrishurg, March 6, 1881, at the age o': 83. They had John C.; Susan, m. Alex, Ray, of 'Vasuingf.on City; Eleanor; and Eliza, m Richard H Hummel. Mrs. Ray and Mrs Hummel, both ^vidows, alone survive. Cameron, Iohn, son of Charles Cam- eron and Martha Pfoutz, was born in 1797, in ’he village of Maytown, Lancaster coun- ty, Penn’a. He received the ordinary edu- Cition of the public §chools of the town, and at an early age apprenticed to the trade of a tailor. He came to Harrisburg ia 1816, where he started in busmess. Gov. Shulze appointed him register and re- corder of the county of Dauphin, January 17, 1824 He was frequently chosen mem- ber ot the borough council of Harrisburg. He subsequently engaged in merchandis- ing, dealt Jartrely in catile, and became in- terested in the through stage lines. In 1837, he lemoved to Lancaster, retired from business, and died there in 1841. Mr. Cameron was twice married — first to a daughter of Mathias Hutman, of Harris- burg; Sd<;ondly, to Mary Shulze, of Myera- lown, Lebanon county, a sister of Gov. John Andrew Shulze. He left a son and a daughter; the former died early, the latter became the wife of Dr. Muhlenberg, of Lancaster. Mr. Cameron was quiet and unobtrusive, an intelligent and enterpris- ing business man. Carter, Ezekiel (colored) probably of free parentage, was a native of Talbot county, Virginia, born in 1774. He was a lumber sawyer by occupation, and came to Harrisburg about the year 1800, where he pursued his trade and was also a carter. He was thrifty aad industrious, accumu- lating considerable property, and was much thought of by the citizens — although very eccentric in his habits. He died at Harris- burg in May 1834 He had three children, Wct&hington, who died unmarried; EzeTciel, who died previous to his father, leaving a son William; and Elizabeth, who married 282 Historical and Genealogical. Thomas EarL y of Hauover. York c luaty, Penna., where she died io 1878. Crain, Ambrose, sou ot William and Jean Crain, was born iu Hanover township, Lancaster, uow Dauphia county, Penu’a, about tUe year 1745. He received a good English tducatioo, aud was brought up a farmer, iu the outset of toe Revolution he enlisted as a pri >/ate in Capt John Marshal’s company, Mitch 25, 1776, and was pro moted quarter-master sergeant. Col. Samuel Mdes’ battalion of the Peuu’a Line, July 15, 1776 At the expiration of his term of service he jeturned home, became lieuten- ant, and subiequectly captain of a company of associatora — and was in active service during the inroads of the British, toriea and their Indian allies at the closing years of the war for Independence. Capt. Crain removed to the Valley of Virginia in 1793 or 1794, and died there a few years subsequent.. Inquiry has been made con- cerning nis history, but the foregoing are the meagre facts we have been able to gather up, Catrell [Ketterell] William was a native of the State of Maryland, where he was born in 1784. He learned the trade of shoemaker, aud established h’mself in Harrisburg about 1805, During the war of 1812-14 he served under Gen. Pike in the Western Department. Subsequently, he began merchandizing, and successfully carried on business until the close of his life. March 23, 1835, he was appointed by Gov. Ritner inspector of flour at Harris- burg, an office shortly after abolished. He served several years as a member of the borough council of Harrisburg He died at Harrisburg, April 7, 1848. He married, November 6, 1808, Letitia Wilson, sister of McNair Wilson, of Harrisburg who sur- vived her husband only a few years. They left no issue. By his will Mr. Catrell left several bequests to the Zion Lutheran church, of which he was long an elder one resulting in the founding ot the Catrell library. His pastor, the Rev. Charles W. Schaefifer, D. D,, now of Germantown, bears this noble testimony: “He was a man of very kindly, cheerful spirit, of pleas- ant manners, of good sound sense, and gen- erally well-informed. As a business man he bad been distinguished for his habiis of order and diligence, and his sterling integ- rity of principle. His confession and main- tenance of hU rtsligious faith was molest, though positive aud earnest, and m the highest d. gree sincere. He stood very high iu the rtgird of all who knew him, and was deeply lamented in his death.” EhreNpried Joseph, was a native of the city of Mayence, in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, where he was born December 25, 1783. He w^s destined by his parents for the priesthood, and educated to that end, but at the age >f nineteen he emigrated to America and b“gan leaching school in Lancaster county in 1803. He subsequently accepted the position of translator and book kebper . in Albright’s printing estab- lishment, Lancaster, where he acquired a knowledge of printing. In 1808, in con- nection with William Hamilton, he estab- lished the Volksfreund. which, in 1817, was sold to lohn Baer. He remained there in the capacity of editor, translator and com- positor, during which time he trans ated into German, Buck’s Theoloeical Diction- ary; wrote and published in Geiman “Eh- reufried’s Colloquial Phrases,” beside a number of other works. Previous to 1837, he made two visits to his native country, and upon his return came to Harrisburg and purchased the Vaterland^s Wdechterj which, in the interests of the Anti-Masonic party, he tdited with ability for some years, being succeeded by George Bergner. He subsequently established, at Allentown, the Friedensboteuy but, disposing of it, he accepted the office ot deputy register of wills for Lancaster county in 1845, a posi- tion he filled aocepcably until 1860, when increasing years compelled him to relin- quish it. He died at Lancaster, March 6, 1862. Mr. Ehrenfried married Ann Hubley Smith, a daughter of Bernard Hubley, of Lancaster. Elder, Jacob, eldest son of John Elder and Elizabeth Awl, aud grandson of Rev. John Elder, was born in Paxtang m 1780. He received a thorough English and classi- cal education, learned the art of pri iting, and iu 1802 commenced the pub oca’ ion of the Dauphin Guardian, one of the most in- fluential newspapers published in the early days of Harriifliurg. Iu 1815 he prepared and published “A History of the Late War,” and was the author of a prelimi- nary work on the history of the United States. Under his arduous literary labors, Mr. Elder’s health tailed him, and he died Historical and Genealogical, S83 at Harrisburg at the early age of thirty- six years. He never married His entue lire was an active and busy one — and he exeried a great influence m the limes he lived. Eyster, Jacob, eldest son of George Eyster and Margaret Slagle, was born three miles vest of Hanover in what is now Adams county, Penna., June 8, 1782. He was a descendant of John Jacob Eyster, a native of tbe kingdom of Wurtemberg, Ger- many, who emigrated to America between 1717 and 1727 Cbristian Eyster, the great grandfather of the subject of tbis sketch, was born in Germany in 1710. The family settled first at Oley, in Berks county; from thence Christian removed in 1736 to York county. The eldest son of Christian was Elias, born in 1734, who lived until almost a centennarian. His eldest son, George, born June 6, 1757, was a farmer and tanner, a soldier of the Revolution, cap- tured at Fort Washington and confined for some time on bo>^rd the British prison- ships. He married, in 1780, Margaret, daughter of Jacob Slagle and sister of Col. Henry Slagle, of the Revolution. About 1783 they removed to near Huuterstbwu, wiihin five miles of Gettysburg, where their son Jacob passtd his youth and early man- hood. When first enrolled among the militia of Adams county, he was appointed first sergeant, rose lo captain and then major, and in 1814 appointed, by Governor Snyder, brigadier general Second brigade, Fifth division, P. M. During ihe inva- sion of Maryland by tne British that year, he was employed by the Secretary of War (Aimstrong) and the Governor of Peunsylvania in distributing and forwarding arms and supplies to the militia who were called into service. In 1811 he removed to Gettysburg and en- gaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1818, he was a candidate for the House of Represent aiives, defeated by 62 votes, while the re- mainder of the Democratic ticket fell from 300 to 1400 behind. The year following (1819) he was nominated State Senator for an unexpired term, elected, and subsequent- ly for a full term. Previous to the nomi- nation of Gov. Shulze, Gen Eyster was spoken of as a gubernatorial candidate. In 1822 he removed to Harrisburg, and in 1824 he resigned his seat in the Senate and was appointed deputy surveyor general, an office be retained for fifteen years. He after- wards became cashier of a bank at Hagers- town, Md., but after a year’s absence returned to Harrisburg where he passed the remainder of his life. He died there on the 24th of March, 1858. He married in 1810, Mary Middlecofi, of Adams county, who died at Harrisburg March 24, 1867, at the age of Sdveaty-five years They had iisue: — Jacob M.'^ Juliana, m. Prjf. M. Ja- cobs, of Getiysourg; David A.\ Ruv. William F.\ Alfred and Louisa G. Fahnestock, Obed, third son of Peter Fahnestock and Ehzabeth Bolthouter, and grandson of Diedrich Fahnestock who came to America as early as 1726, and settled at Ephrata about 1749, was born February 25, 1770, at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Penn’a. He was brought up to mercantile puisuiis, and came to Harris- burg about 1795, where he entered into business He seems to have been a man of considerable inielligenceaud prominence as almost thirty years of his life were spent in office. He was coroner from November 3 1802. to November 3, 1805; director of the poor from 1811 to 18 13; one of the associate judges of the county from Novem- ber 12, 1813, to July 30, 1818, when, owing to his disbke of Samuel D. Franks, who had been appointed president judge of the courts, he resigned; was burgess of the borough, 1820 and 1821, and was frequently a member of the council. He served as pro^honotary from January 17, 1824, to Jan- uary 29, 1830. Judge Fahnestock died at Harrisburg ftlarch 2, 1840, aged 70 years. He married April 19, 1796, Anna Maria Gessell, b. Jan. 9. 1777; d. Dec 3, 1844. They had issue: Harris Charles; Hannah, m. 1st, James A. Mahany, 2d, James W. Weir; William Morrell; Dorothy; Adam K.; Mary Matilda, m. John A. Weir; Amelia Snyder; Walter Franklin, and Simon Snyder, Franks, Samuel Davidson, sou of Isaac Franks and Mary Davidson, was born in Philadelphia in 1783 His fattier was an officer of the Revolution, au aid-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Washington, and a gentleman of culture and high social posi- tion. His ancestors came from Saxony. Mrs Franks died early, the sou being only six years old at the time of her death. Samuel was educated at Princeton, and stu- died law with the distinguished jurist, Jared Ingersoll, and admitted to practice in 1805. He shortly after established himself at Historical and Oenealogical. m Reading, being admitted to the Berks county bar August 10, 1805. Gov. Snyder in January, 1809, appointed him Deputy Attorney General for the counties ot Berks and Northampton. During the war of 1812-14 he served as aid on the staff of Brigadier General John Adams, of Read- ing, and after the close of that war he was actively identified with military affairs, holding in 1822 the rank of maj r general of the Penn’a militia. In 1814 he was elected chiet clerk of the Penn’a House of Representatives, a position he filled several sessions. In 1818 he was appointed pro- thonotary of Berks county, and on the 29th of July the same year, on the resignation of Judge Scott, Gov. Findlay commissioned him president judge of the judicial district compos d of the counties of Dauphin, Leb anon and Schuylkill. Owing to political opposition, strenuous efforts were repeat- edly made to impeach him, but these failed, and Judge Franks continued on the bench until January 12, 1830, when he resigned. He afterwards removed to Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, and was actively engaged in the practice of law where he died very suddenly in 1831, in his forty-ninth year His best epitaph said one of the Harrisburg newspapers at the time, “a scholar of re- pute and a great wit ” Judge Franks mar- ried in 1804, Sarah, daughter of Jamas May of Reading, a retired merchant and a mem- ber of the Society of Friends, his mother being a preacher in that body at the time ot her death. Mrs. Franks died at the residence of her daughter Mrs Jacobs in Lancaster county, January 1, 1833, aged forty-eight years. They had six children: Mary, b. Feb. 25. 1806, m. in 1828, Cole- man R. Jacobs son of Cyrus Jacobs, a famous iron-master of Lancaster county; Theodore; Sarah; Charles Ingersoll; Richard Rush; and Ellen; of whom Mrs. Jacobs is the sole survivor. [All Rights Reserved.] NOTISS AND QUlfiKlBS.— 1/XIX. Historical and Genealogical. Bucher— Cameron. — {N. & Q., Ixmii.) — The wife of Judge Bucher was a daugh- ter of Jacob of Huntingdon county, and not as noted. John Cameron was ap- pointed register and recorder of Dauphin county January 17, 1824, not in 1830. w. H, E. Bartholomew Family Celebration. — We are in receipt of the following invi- tation which is suffici^ndy explanatory, save to say that at another time it would have afforded us pleasure to have met the deiceodants of Lieut Wm. Bartholomew: “Stony C RE BK, Conn., July 1, 1882,— On ye 10 h daye ot August next there is to bee a Gathering att Stony Creek, within ye towne of Branf ud Connecticjt, of ye de- scendants of Lieu^enint William Bartholo- mew, who 200 years ago aboade in Bran- ford “He built for ye towne its MiiK ground its Grist, commanded Its Train Band & was sent to ‘ve Bay’ to engage a Minister for ye Church. “The reord of this family is known for some 400 years. “Yourself and all members of your fam- ily are most cordially inviot-d to participate on this occasion, w’ch we doubt not will be to y’r enjoyment. “May we have the pleasure of y’r com- pany ?” Our Ancestors, a Genealogical and Bio- graphical Magazine, is the tit’e of the offi- cial publication of the “Genealogical Asso- ciation of Penn’a and New Jersey,’’ the iniiial number of which has reached us. Although a subscriber for this quarterly, we feel as if it deserves a few warm words at our hands Circumscribed as it will be in its local coitents, it is, nevertheless, a valuable addition to our biographical aud genealogical literature, and we h >pe that it will receive the support it richly deserves. Much is being done towards the elucida- tion of Penn’a history, and by the estab- lishment and successful carrying out of such periodicals as the one referred to, his- torical knowledge will be more widely known and diffused. The Burton, Gray and Van Horn family records are permanent i acquisitions to American genealogy. We would suggest, however, to the editor that the biographical sketches be confined to i facts — while articles like “The Old Prince- ‘ ton Cemetery” would be more valuable, if instead of the names given the tomb-stone record had been transcribsd. Let Our An- : cestofn publish the New Castle county rec- i ords and they will find a rich mine. Like l our own Notes and Queries which have been I so warmly received everywhere, we hope i Historical and Genealogical, 285 this publication may become a 6xed fact. Whatsoever of aid we can give will be cheerfully granted. w. h. e. The First Rolling Mill at or near Harrisburg. — The first mill for rolling bar iron in this section of the State was erected on the Conedoguinet creek, a short distance above its mouth, and near the then village of Neidigstown, now Fairview, on the pres ent site of the rolling and nail mills of Messrs. McCormick, by Gabriel Hiester and Norman Callender, of the then borough of Harrisburg, in 1833, who continued the manufacture of bar iron until the death of Mr. Hiester, the following year, 1834. His son, Hon. A, O. Hiester, then purchased Mr. Callender’s interest in the mill, and conducted the business for a number of years, fioally disposing of it to Jared Pratt, a gentleman from New Englaud, who erected the first nail works in this part of the country in addition to the rolling of iron. Mr. Pratt was an enterprising man. He established and carried on a rolling mill on the Le Barron property, on Second street below Vine, now owned by the heirs of the late James McCormick, Esq. The Fairview works were continued success- fully for some years and then disposed of to their present owners, the Messrs. McCormick. When the rolling mill was put into operation it was quite a curiosity to those who had never witnessed the process, to see the long red bars of iron drawn through the rollers, banding in curves like fiery ser- pents, or the bir iron slowly forged into shape by the ponderous hammers of the forges which were located in many parts of the country on the larger sized creeks. The only forges near Harrisburg were at New Cumber and, then called Haldemanstown, and owned by Jacob M. Haldeman, de- ceased, and near Lisburn, on the same creek, called the Lisburn forge, which is still in operation. b. Kamerer.— The following record of the family ot Ksemerer or Kamorer as now spelled, comes to us through the Rev. Joseph Hillpot, of Elizabethville, who translated it from the old family Bible in possession of Joseph Kamerer, of Sugar Valley, Lycoming county, Penn’a. This branch of the family settled very early in Upper Paxtang town- ship, Dauphin county. Ghnstian Kamerer. b. September 9, 1734; d. September 26, 1804; m. October 27, 1764; Elizabeth b August 10, 1744; d. December 16, 1812. They had issue as follows: i. Dietrich, b. Sept. 10, 1768; m Barbara Wieland. ii. Christian, b. June 1, 1770; d. June 6, 1807. Hi. Elizabeth, born October 26, 1771, d. March 19, 1834, iv Rosina, b. Dec 1, 1773 ; d. Sept. 22 1818. Henry, b. Nov. 9, 1775 : d. April 14, 1827. Di. Barbara, b. February 3, 1780 ; d. February 7, 1856. mi. Catharine, b. March 8, 1786 ; [date of death illegible.] Dietrich Kamerer — son of Christian — b. Sept. 10. 1768 ; m. June 17, 1795, Bar- bara Wieland (now spelled Wheeland) b. Sept 15, 1774 ; d. Sept. 5, 1835 ;, and left issue : Elizabeth, b. April 16, 1797 ; bap. July 0, 1797 ; m Shoop. a. Catharine, b. Sept. 7, 1799 ; bap. Dec. 9, 1799. in. Amalia, b. Oct. 7, 1799 ; bap. Dec. 13, 1801. iv. Anna, b. March 11, 1803 ; bap. May 4, 1804. V Henry, b. Tune 26, 1806 ; bap. May 31, 1807 ; d. Aug. 3, 1875 ; m. Anna Maria Sayford. vi. Christian, b. Aug. 2, 1808 ; bap. Sept. 2, 1808 ; d June 19, 1882. vii Samuel, b. Sept. 3, 1811 ; bap. Oct. 16, 1811 ; d. Aug. 9. 1877, in Kansas. via. ^arah, b. Aug. 15, 1814 , bap. Nov, 13, 1814 ; m George Weaver. [It would be interesting to obtain the family record of the other children of Christian Kamerer. w. h. e.] THB NBWSPAPEB PRBSS OF HAJBBIS- BUBG. I. The story of the press of Harrisburg, since October 20, 1792, when the first news- paper, of which any copy is preserved, was issued, is an interesting subject. It is pro- posed to present some information respect- ing it. This sketch is unquestionably very 286 Historical and Genealogical, imperfect, yet the information is worth preservation. The ventures which have been undertaken in this directioo, particu- larly in Harrisburg, have been more num- erous than stable. Wrecks are strewed all along, from the earliest effort to the present day, when the business has apparently as- sumed a permanent form, first commenced about 1866, by the employment of sufficient capital to save the business from fiuctua- tions, so common in all industrial enter- prises Tradition has it that a newspaper was published here befor the Oracle. One party gives the name of its proprietor as John W. Allen; another Eli Lewis,* who died at Lewisberry, York county abont 1807. I have not been able, after d ligent research, to discover a copy of the paper or ascertain its title Others may be more fortunate, and if they will print the tact it will be a full confirmation of what at present is a very dim tradition. So far there is nothing that clouds the claim of the Oracle as the first newspaper in Dauphin coacty. Mr. Allen is not on the assessment of Paxtang in 1791. Mr. Lewis is as a tenant, and sub sequently, for a year or two, in the town of Harrisburg, when his name disappears. ‘•That, cruel something unpossessed, Corodes and leavens all the rest.” Some industrious collector may hereafter construct a more entertaining page than this one about the press history of Harris- burg before Harrisburg celebrates its cen- tennial in April, 1885 — an anniversary that should be proudly commemorated, at least by the descendants of the hundred men who get up their “Ebenpzer” here, on the “lots” ot John Harris, between January and December, 1785. The Harris Ferry of that day has had a wonderful development in the Harrisburg of the present. It now affords a profitable field for a successful press, not dreamed of when the first num- ber of The Oracle of Dauphin was handed to its patrons. The Oracle of Dauphin and Rarrishurgh Advertiser (the first newspaper) was issued October 20, 1792, by John W. Allen & John Wyeth, was continued by Wyeth, and by John, Jr., then by Francis Wyeth for about forty years, up to the days of anti-Masonry. It is a valuable reference for most local events, but in many of its earliest years its notices of current or rather domestic news \ are far between. Partial files of it exist in bound form in the family of Mr. Wyeth; some have been destroyed in a fire which consumed the lather’s house and store at tbe corner of Market square and street many years ago. Early volumes are in the State Library collection. The first issue of the paper was made from a house “adjoin- ing the Register’s office, Harrisburgh.” That office was then at the nortnwest cor- ner of Second and Walnut streets, “near Bombach’s tavern.” The printers soon re- moved to “Mulberry street, opposite the residence of Adam Boyd , Esq , near the Bank,” where the Post office was also kept; then to the northeast corner of the Market square and Market street, where it was published as long as it survived. When this paper was c mmenced the territory of Dau- phin county included all of the present Leb- anon, up to the year 1813. It was edited with great prudence and without any at- tempt at brilliancy. Mr. Allen was post- master at Harrisburg in 1793, succeeding John Montgomery. Mr. Wyeth yeas also Postmaster for several years before the re- moval of the seat of government to this place, and very successful as a man of busi- ness. He died in Philadelphia. Mr. Allen has some descendants here. Messrs. Allen & Wyeth had a well fur- nished printing office of English and German type, and printed and published before 1803, “neatly bound, price 3 shillings, Reflections on Courtship and Ma/rriage in two letters to a Friend.” This -work is in clean print, on dark paper, from excellent type, with the additional recommendation to a bibliopolist of careful proof reading, and ink of a character far superior to that of the present day. Binney & Ronaldson cast tbe t> pe. Die Unpartlieuische Rarrishurgh {Morgen- rathe) Zeitung, was the imposing title of the first German newspaper published in Dauphin county. Its initial issue was March 1, 1794 — its printers Benjamin May-, er and Conrad Fahnestock — its politics Democratic, and for a number of years its proprietors were the leading politicians of the county. The subscription price one dollar a year— single copies “ ein cent ” — perhaps the very flrst penny pap&r in the United States. It was continued by Ben- jamin Mayer, as Die Morgenrathe until 1811; Mr. Mayer resided in a house on the S. E.' Historical and Genealogical, 281 corner of Chestnut Street and Dewberry alley, where the paper was printed. It afiorded a handsome living to its owners for several years, but as tradition tells it, they, like all politicians of that day, expend- ed the income, a shade more rapidly than they made it, and so came to grief in a pecuniary way. The senior partner died a very poor man. Mr. Fahnestock removed from Harrisburg to Middletown, where he engaged in mer- chandizing and there died. In 1811 John S. Wiestling, who had been taught his trade in the office purchased the establish- ment. Soon after, he had associated with him Christian Gleim, “a young man from Lebanon <01071.. ” They carried on the busi- ness several years. Mr. Gleim was after- wards sheriff of this county, while Mr. Wiestling ended his career as an iron manufacturer. Files of the earlier years of this paper are in the poss'^ssion of the State Library and Dr. Egle; subsequent years John L. Lingle and Gen. Cameron. It is probable the later volumes are in the possession of some of the descendants of the various editors. The regular publica- tion ended about 1838, making its age quite 40 years. The Farmers' Instructor and Harfisburg Courant, published by Benjamin Mayer, was issued January 3, 1800, first a folio, then in quarto, and so far as we have been able to discover copies of it, treated every other subject at large, except agriculture. Its original efiusions were very brief, and do not exhibit shining ability. Mr. John L. Lingle has a complete file of this paper in excellent preservation. There are a few numbers of it in the collection of the Dau- phin County Historical Society. The Dauphin Guardian^ “from the press of Jacob Elder, in Second street, next door to the sign of the Seven Stars,” commenced in June, 1805, and continued for five or six years Mr. Elder was one of the nu- merous grandsons of the Rev. John Elder, of Paxtang. I have never seen or heard of a complete set of its issues. The files, so far as preserved, give greater attention to local occurrences than its cotemporaries. At present, a most important and in- teresting department of editorial labor. Several volumes of the Guardian are in the State Library, and also in the possession of Dr. Egle. Mr. Elder died at a compara- tively early age, about 1816. His paper was merged in the Republican about 1811. The Times, “printed by David Wright,” issued September 31, 1807. Perfect copies of it to the time of its discontinuance, in 1810, are in the State Library. It was soon removed to and issued at Lancaster, the then seat of government. Its editor was Hugh Hamilton, then a young lawyer just admitted to the bar of Dauphin county, and he continued his editorial labors for nearly thirty years after this time. l^The Oracle of Dauphin, in noting the death of Major Eli Lewis, in 1807, states that he published the first newspaper at Harrisburg. The Chronicle in 1827, after quoting a stanza of the poem on “St. Clair’s Defeat,” says it was written by Major Eli Lewis, “who established the first newspa- per at Harrisburg.” This paper was the ‘ Harrisburg Advertiser. ’ ’ No copy is known to be in existence, although the descendants of Major Lewis aver that such was the name, which was coupled with that of the Oracle of Dauphin on its continuance by Allen & Wyeth. — w. h. e 1 NOTJKS A NP QU ti Bl iss— I.XX. Uiatorical and Genealogical. “The Wheel barrow Man.” — One item in the County Commissioners account Oct. 13, 1789, roads— “James Willson, for goods bo’t of Jno. Hamilton, for the use of the Wheel-barrow man of this county, £11:15:0.” Who and what was the Wheel- barrow man?” w. H. E. Correction.— Our friend. Dr. Draper, of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, says: “You err about Sullivan county in the Territory South of the Ohio, being Kentucky. It was in Tennessee — the northeastern county; for in 1793, Ken- tucky was a State — and never, indeed, a Territory, but a part of Virginia.” White, William. — Can you give me any information concerning one William White whose wife was Ann Maria Lowry, and who resided in Harrisburg until about the early part of this century, when they were married, etc. He had sons — Alex- ander, James, Hagh L,, John and Washing-. m Historical and OenealogicaL daughters Isabella and Nancy . They emigrated to Abingdon, Virginia. H. w. A. [William White was a native of Derry township, and purchased May 15, 1789, of John Harris, the Founder, lot No. 110 in the original plan of the town of Harris- burg. On November 3, 1792, an agree- ment was entered into, by which he trans- ferred the aforesaid property to “James White, of the Town of Abingdon, in the county of Washington and Slate of Vir- ginia, Drover.” We are under the im- pression that William White inquired of was a son of Josiah White, an early settler in Derry. As to his wife, marriage, etc. , our friend ’Squire Evans can furnish us in- formation. w H. E.] Harrisburg Markets Many Years Ago. — Previous to the construction of the Pennsylvania railroad from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, Harrisburg was rather a dull place; very little manufacturing was carried on, and consequently there was not much employment for labor. The citizens lived pretty much in the same way they had for many years, as a resident population would; until a new life was infused into it by the erection of industrial establishments, and the centering of several railroads— causing a large influx of laboring men — and 'conse- quently a great change in the early habits of the former inhabitants took place. Especially was this the case as relates to the markets, and providing provisions. In for- mer times families bought beef by the quar- ter or side, and one or more dressed hogs, which were prepared and salted for future use, and what was then called “butchering” was a general winter custom. Potatoes and cabbage were laid up. It was the custom of farmers to call upon many of the citizens in the Fall and take orders for meat to be delivered about the month of December, so that they could fatten and prepare such an- imals as were required. The markets were held as now, on Wednesdays and Satur- days, ever since the market houses have been built ; but there was early morning meat market every day except Sunday, which originated shortly after the construction of the market sheds. Two additions have been added to the original structures, making them the length they are at present. The butchers of forty years ago and previous conveyed all their meat on wheel barrows constructed, with a platform on which could be placed whole quarters of meat, and thus taken to the market house. In all seasons of the year the butchers kept their meat in bulk, only cutting off what was selected by the purchaser. The first butcher who cut and exposed meat on the hooks of the stall in the present manner, which had been customary in large cities, was Charles Pray, a Philadelphia butcher, who located here after the marriage of his daughter to George W. B >yer, who lived and died at No 208 North Second street. Mr. Pray had been a prominent Democratic politician of the county of Philadelphia, and represented his district in the Legisla- ture during the memorable buck-shot war. People in those days carried their meat home hung by hickory pins called skivers, which were plentifully supplied by the butchers, the best cuts selling at eight cents a pound, others at five and six cents. On Tuesday and Friday mornings at an early hour many of the farmers from the lower end of Cumberland county would bring their produce to the toll-house at the west end of the Harrisburg bridge, where all in need of marketing would repair. Oft times the supply was abundant with many pur- chasers. It was called the bridge market, and may have originated shortly after the building of the bridge in 1818. This market was continued until the Tuesday and Friday \ morning markets were established at State and Fourth streets The attendance of butchers at the early morning meat market at last became gradually less until only two attended, who were the late Nicholas j ; Reamshart and Alexander Koser. Mr. ' Reamshart, through age, and having accu- mulated a competancy by his many years i of untiring energy, withdrew attendance, while Mr, Koser continued alone for a short time, when finally about 1860 he ceased at- tending, and the early meat market in the i old market house ended, to be revived as i the bridge market was at the new market house at State street. b. Historical arid Genealogical, 289 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIOGKAPHIOAL. BISTORY OF U^UPUIN OOD»TY. liT Hall, Henry, soa of Elihu Hall and Catharine Orric», was born in Cecil county, Md., in 1772. His ancestor, Richard Hall, of Mt. Welcome, was one of the earliest settlers at the Head of the Elk. Henry studied medicine, and came to Harrisburg in 1794, where, as was usual with our early physicians, he kept an “apothecary shop.” Dr. Hall’s was “on the bank next to Mr. Elder’s tavern ” He was quite a successful practitioner, but died early, closing his young life on the 30th of May, 1808. Dr. Hall married A.pril 26, 1800, Hester, daugh- ter of Hon. William Maclay, and left four children, JSeo. William Maclay; Mary Elea noTy m. William Wallace; Catharine Ji, m. Hon. Garrick Mallory; Elizabeth Mary, m. George W. Harris, and Henrietta. Mrs. Hall was a highly intelligent woman; she died at Harrisburg, and lies interred by the side of her husband in the Harrisburg cemetery. Heisely, Frederick, was a native of Lancaster county, Penu’a, where he was born October 17, 1759. He learned the trade of clock and mathematical instrument maker, with a Mr. Hofi of Lancaster town. During the Revolution Mr. Heisely served in one of the Associated battalions, and was in service during the Jersey campaign of 1776. About 1783 he removed to Frederick, Md , whero he established himself in business. In 1812 he came to Harrisburg, and took a prorDineD<- part in the affairs of the bor- ough, filling the offices of assistant burgess and town council. He was treasurer of the connty of Dauphin from 1827 to 1829 He died at Harrisburg, March 12, 1843, and is there buried. Mr. Heisely married November 6, 1783, Catharine Juliana Hoff of Lancaster, b September 15, 1763; d. De- cember 3, 1839. Their children were : Justina Margaret b. July 3, 1785; d. at Har- risburg, unm; Sophia, b. Sept. 21, 1787; m. George Rigney, of Frederick, Md., and left issue; George /., b. Nov. 29, 1789; m. Anna Maria Kurtz; Frederick Augustus, b. July 3, 1792, m. Catharine Hoffman, re- moved to Pittsburg, where they died; John, b. Nov. 30, 1794; Catharine, b. April 22, 1797; m. Jacob Keller, d. at Frederick, Md. ; and Caroline, b. February 9 1800. Horter, George Reis, son of Valentine Horter and Magdalena Reis, was boin in 1784 at Germantown His parents came to Harrisburg in May, 1785, and his early ed ucation was received in the ‘ ‘Latin schools’ ’ of the new town. He learned the trade of a hatter with his brother-in-law, Jacob Bucher. When his brother-in-law, Henry Reader, was appointed register of the coun- ty, Mr. Horter served as his deputy. Dur- ing the second war with Great Britain he was appointed Third Lieutenant of the 16th Infantry, U S. Army, May 1, 1814, subse- quently promoted captain for meritorious services," and served until peace was de- clared, when he resigned He subsequently took a prominent part in the volunteer mili- ta y organizations of his day. He was transcribing clerk of the Pennsylvania Sen- ate a number of years. Col. Horter died at Harrisburg in March, 1830, aged about 46 years. He never married. He was a prom- inet politician and active free-mason, and was held in high esteem by the citizens of his adopted town. It is related, that on his return from a trip to New Orleans, about 1805, the bells of the town w ere rung in honor of his arrival, so highly was he re- spected for his geniality ai.d social stand- ing. Keller, John Peter, son of Charles Andrew Keller and Judith Barbara Bigler, was born at Lancaster, Penn’a, September 28, 1776 His ancestor belonged to one of the oldest families in Switzerland, and emigrated to America in 1735. John Peter learned the trade of a brass founder, com- ing to Harrisburg in 1796. In 1801 he es- taolished himself in business as “brass founder and ropemaker,” which proved successful, and afterwards in general mer • chandizing. He was a member of the bor- ough council almost continuously from 1810 to 1824, and was quite prominent and influential in the public affairs of his day. He was identified with nearly all the early enterprises of the town, such as the Harris- burg bridge company, Harrisburg and Mid- dletown turnpike company, and at his death was the last survivor of the original board of directors of the Harrisburg Bank. He was a gentleman of thrift, industry and in- domitable energy, upright, honored and respected by his fellow- citizens. He was i^90 Historical and Genealogical, no less decided and influential as a Chris tian, being one of the founders of the Lu- theran church in Harrisburg. He died at Harrisburg on the 1st o^ October, 1859, in the 84*^h year of his age. Mr. Keller was twice married. His first wife was Catharine Schaeffer, daugh’er of Kev. Frederick Schaeffer, D. D., of Lancaster, b. Nov. 6, 1774, d Dec 19, 1842, and by whom he had the following children: Frederick; George; Rev. Emanuel; Eliza m. James R. Boyd; Ufaria m. Lewis L. Plitt; GatJiarine m. James Gill iard; Peter; Sophia m Thomas Montgomery; William; Frederick George;Benjamin;Peter Charles-, and Charles Andrew. His second wife was Mrs. Rachel Cochran, widow of William Cochran, for merly sheriff of the county, who survived him thirteen years Kerr, Rev. William, was born in Bart township, Lancaster county, Penn’a , Oc- tober 13, 1776. His lather dying early, he was lefi to the tender care ot a pious mother. After some years spcnr in the schools of the neighborhood, he was sent to Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, where he graduated. For some years thereatter he was principal of an academy at Wilmington, Delaware. He subsequently placed him- self under the care of the Presbytery of New Castle, and was shortly after ordained by that body. He preached in Harrisburg about the years 1804-5, and upon the resig- nation of the Rev. Mr. McFarquahr was sent to supply the pulpit of Old Donegal church. In the fall of 1808 the cangrega- tion at Columbia made application to Mr. Kerr for part of his time; it was not, how- ever, until the year following that he as- sented to give them a portion of his minis- terial labors. He continued to be the stated supply there until the first Sunday in Jan- uary, 1814, when he preached his farewell sermon. Mr. Kerr also preached at Mari- etta in addition to his charge at Donegal. He died in that town on the 22d of Septem her, 1821, aged forty-five years, and is in- terred in old Donegal church graven ard. The Rev. Mr. Kerr married Mary Elder, daughter of James Wilson and Mary Elder, of Derry, b. 1788; d February 22, 1850, at Harrisburg, and their children were, Ma/ry m. Hermanns Alricks, of Harrisburg; William M ; J. Wallace; James Wilson; and Martha, m. Dr. Edward L Orth, of Har- risburg. As a minister, there were few who stood higher in the estimation of his brethren in the Presbytery than the Rev. William Kerr, McKinney, Mordecai, son of Mordecai McKinney and Mary, daughter of Col. Wm. Chambers, was born near Carlisle, Cumber- land county, Penn’a, in 1796. He was ed- ucated at Dickinson College, where he grad- uated quite youug. He studied law under Judge Duncan, ot Carlisle, compleliog his instruction at Harrisburg, being- admitted to the Dauphin county bar at the May term, 1817. In 1821 he was appointed district at- torney of Union county, seivlng three years. In 1824 he was chosen clerk to ihe county commissioners of Dauphin county, and Oc- tober 23, 1827, Governor Shulze appointed him one of ihe aasLciate judges of the same county. Suosequenily Judge McKinney turned his attention lo the compilation of law books, and published ‘McKinney’s Di- gest,” ‘ Oar Goverome -t,” ‘'Pennsylvania Tax Laws,’’ and other works of professional value. He died at Harrisburg on the 17th day of December, 1867, the result of inju- ries received from a street car three days previous. Mr. McKinney married Rachel, daughter of William Gray don, who died at Harrisburg April 12, 1856. The Rev. Dr. Robinson ro accurately summarizes the characteiistics of Judge McKinney’s noble life that we cannot refrain from quoting him largely: “His life as a man and a citizen Was completely transfused by his religion, sanctified and elevated by it. He was mod- est and unobtrusive in manners, free from all guile, a man of sterling honesty and con- scientiousness. He was remarkably free fiom all taint of selfishness and all pride. Spending all his years in comparative pov- erty, no more contented, happy and trusting man walked the streets of this city. As a citizen he was faithful to all obligations, a friend of all that was venerable and good, a | defender of law, and a supporter of all that i tended to the welfare of society. He was | distinguished as a philanthropist. There | was a nobleness ab mt his loyalty to prmci- | pie, to the cause of the poor, the oppressed ; and the despised, that might well command i universal admiration.” Meetch, John, the son of an Irish I magistrate, was born in Enniskillen, county | Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1724. He received | a good education. Marrying in opposition ( to his father, he came, with his wife, to Historical and Genealogical, £91 America ab^ut 1752, landing at New York. From thence they went to the headwaters of the Susquehanna, finally passing down that river, locating on the north side of Peter’s mountain, thus being one of the early pioneers of that locality. In 1756 his family was driven off by the Indians — but returned when the settlers had organized for their own defence. In the French and Indian war, Mr. Meetch took up arms in aid of the frontiers, and when the storm of the Revolution burst upon the country he was an active participant, beiog in Captain John Reed’s company during the Jersey campaign of 1776 7. Mr. Meetch died at his residence in 1794, his wife surviving him only a few years. They had five children who reached maturity": Nancy^ m. John Cavet, went to Knoxville, Tenn. , where she died at the age of ninety; Mary^ m. Brown, removed to Westmoreland county; Behecca, m. Dunlap, settled in Erie county ; Elizabeth, m. Robert Lyon, removed to Northumberland county; and John, who married and remained on the homestead. Mowry, Charles, was born in Litch- field, Providence county, Rhode Island, in 1777. He received a classical education, and came to Pennsylvania about 1800 and engaged in teaching. In 1808 he began the publication of the Temperate Zone, at Downingtown, Chester county. This was subsequently changed to the American Be publican, and Mr. Mowry continued its publicatiou until 1821, when he came to Harrisburg in the interest of William Findlay, who was a candidate for Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania for a second term, and became editor of the Pennsylvania Inlelligencer, previously the Harrisburg Be- publican. This paper he eventually dis- posed of to Gen. Simon Cameron, who had been associated with him as co-partner in its management, in order that he might as- surae the duties of Canal Commissioner, to which he had been appointed by Governor Shulze, During his career as editor he ac quired considerable celebrity as a political wiiter and exercised a marked influence upon the policy of his party. He died at Harrisburg July 29, 1838. He married, March 31, 1812, Mary, daughter of George Richmond, of Sadsbury township, Chester county. She died March 28, 1862, aged seventy -six years. They had six children — three sons, since deceased, and three daughters— i/hry, m. Samuel D. Young and is a widow; Susan, m. Hon. David Fleming; and Jane, unm. NUl'JBS QJJfiBiifiS—LXXl. Historical and Genealogical. The Latitude and Longitude of Har- risburg, as established by the United States Coast Survey in September, 1877, are — Latitude, 40^ 15' 44" ; Longituie, 76^ 54' 56". Eby, Herr, Kendig, Landis and Nis- LEY Families. — Lancaster, Dauphia and Lebanon counties contain numerous repre- sentatives of these the earliest German and Swies settlers in those localities, and con- cerning whom we are earnestly desirous of securing full and accurate genealogical information. There are individual mem- bers of these families who could gather up the necessary data relating thereto, and we believe that this request will not go long unheeded. Not only for their own benefit, but for that of those who shall come after them, should they do this. w. h e. Slough. — Among our papers we find the following genealogical notes concerning a very prominent family of Central Pennsyl- vania, and place them on record for future use: Mathias Slough, b. 1733; d. September 15, 1812; m April 23, 1757, Mary, daughter of George Gibson, of Lancaster; b. 1739, d. May, 1814. They had issue: Jacob, b. April 23, 1758; d. May, 1758. ii. George, b. June 27, 1759; was a phy- sician; d. October 25, 1840, at Harrisburg, m. Matthew, b. March 25, 1762; d. s. p. iv, Jacob, b. December 15, 1764; was a captain under St. Clair and Wayne; d. in 1838 or 1839. V Elizabeth, b September 3, 1767; d.s. p. vi. Mary, b. March 11, 1769; d. Octo- ber 8, 1823; m. 1st. Alexander Scott; 2d. October 16, 1814, Gov. Simon Snyder. nii. MauJiias, b. October 8, 1771; was lieutenanr of cavalry U. S. A.; d. Septem- ber 3, 1797, in Virginia. mi. Hmry Gibson, b. April 8, 1774; d. 1800. IX. Bobert G, , b. October 1, 1776. * Elizabeth, b. August 12, 1779; d. Historical and Genealogical. March, 1855; m. ia 1809, Joseph Clendenin, a clerk in the Und department of the State, who died at Harrisburg, November 14, 1818, in his 41st year. xi. Frances^ b. October 8, 1781; d. Oc- tober 27, 1837; m. September 25, 1813, James Peacock, of Harrisburg. W. H. E. THB NEWSPAPER PR«S9 OF HAKPrS- BUBO. II. The Harrisburg Republican was inued by James Peacock in 1811 and published by him for ten or twelve years, when Mr. P. was appointed postmaster. The paper then passed into other hands subsequently merged into the Intelligencer. If a complete file of it .^“ists, it is in the collection of Gib- son Peacock, of Philadelphia. The senior Peacock published his paper when the poli tics of Pennsylvania partook of whatever element of savageness was necessary to make it exciting, and an editor’s life un- comfortable. He survived it all and to a good old age; departing this life in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, regretted by the very large circle who had partaken of his liberal hospitality and enjoyed the pleasure of his conversation. The Rei ubll can was a continuance of the Guardian, Mr. Peacock having purchased that paper and its good will, by the aid oi John Downey and Jacob Boas, both men of importance in this then village. As it came out in subse- quent political squabbles, Downey and Boas became irreconcdable enemies on account of a personal quarrel of the latter with Gloninger, of Lebanon, a standard friend of Downey. Governor Snydey having mar- ried the sister of Mr. Peacock’s wife, was always ready to sustain his friend and rela- tive,* and the Republican was soon looked upon as the organ of Snyder and bis Cabi- net. Yet the editor, practical printer as he was, at last became quite as important a factor in the political and social life of Pennsylvania as those who “patronized” him in his early years. He deserved to be, for he was a courteous and upright gentle- man. The Chronicle or Harrisburg Visitor, first issued May 8, 1813, “by William Gilmor, next door to Dr. Agnew’s and one door from the post-office on W alnut street. ’ ’ In 1815 Hugh Hamilton came in as partner and its editor. In 1820 Mr. Gilmor retired and Hugh M’llvaine t jok his place. Soon the whole establishment came into the hands of Mi . Hamilton and it was con- tinued under his control, and that of one of his sons, until 1836, when it passed by purchase to Jesse R. Burden, Charles B. Penrose and Nicholas Biddle, and Mr. Guyer became the editor. It was con- tinued with varying success until 1842, when its publication ceased. Thus th’s paper had almost as long an existence as that of The Oracle, having been issued, as above noted, with regularity for thirty years, and elited during all that time with spirit, taste and abi’ity — its editor in chief for twenty four years being a gentleman of vigorous intellect, thorough education, and his editorials gave tone tw the State p. ss of his party for some twenty years. The Chronicle was libsrally patronized, at home and throughout the State. A num- ber of gentlemen afterwards prominent in public life, were taught “the art,” under its manager, Capt. Hugh Mcllwaine, a pu- pil of William Duane, a carefully trained workman and rigid instructor, as the late Chief Justice James I nompson would tes- tify, if he were alive. The technical lessons he received under Mcllwaine, on the Chron- icle, after his imperf<;ct training in a West- ern printing office, he always said “were the making of him,” greatly assisting him in that system of detail, which made him a “figure in the State.” Mcllwaine was a sergeant ia Walker’s company in its march i to Baltimore, and was noted for the man- j ner and care with which he performed his i duties. It was the first paper to report | “legislative p..’ccee^mgs” with fulness at 4 the seat of government, and to give to its f ; readers semi- weekly editions during the i ^ sessions of the General Assembly. A com- U plete file of it is in the State Library. It T was the organ of Gov. Hiester and his cab- i inet, as much as the Republican had been * that of Snyder and his friends. Much of the correspondence respecting the course proper to bs pursued by Gov. Hie^ier is preserved. It shows how much anxiety i: was felt about it, and also that the politfc'l > history of 1819-20, resembles that of to day, ■: retie jnce being the d istinguishing feature. | Decisions were not announced then before * they were published. • Historical and Genealogical, The Commonwealth^ by John McFarland and William Greer, commenced in 1818, printed at Third and State streets, and con- tinued without success for four or five years. No file of it is known to be in ex- istence. The Pennsylvania Intelligencer^ December 5, 1820, by Char es Mo wry. In 1822 Simon Cameron came in as partner — in a few ears, Cameron and David Krause — then ohn S. Wiestling, then McCurdy, Elliott and many others, until about 1838. The family of Mr. Mowry should have a set of the paper, Mr. Cameron also, up to the time he ceased be connected with it. There are a number of years in the State Library. This newspaper had its existence in a lively politic-il season. Its original editor and some of his successors were masters of trenchant pens, of which they made war- like use, and many a man about Harris- burg will detail the lively expectation wish which the weekly issues of this, and its antagonist, the Chronicle^ were looked for by their subscribers When the political complications arose re- specting a successor to Mr. Monroe, that portion of political opinion which had been led by the Intelligencer refused to follow. Then Gen. Cameron with happy fortune sold to Judge Krause, who carried on a stout contest with the Jacksonians until 1828. Samuel C. Stambaugh printing the Free Press, at Lancaster, which he had com- menced in 1818, then came upon the excit- ing scene. His Press had shown his ability, thus notwithstanding its careless make up, soon took rank as one of the brightest, most reckless a d successful of newspapers. Stambaugh was an energetic, hard headed, positive sort of man. He issued proposals for a new papar, to be called Ihe Pennsyl- vania Reporter^ at the same time offering to buy out the Intelligencer. It was accepted, and its career ceased, but only for a short time; for as soon as Gov. Shulze and the men about, him could prepare, it was re- issued by John S. Wiestling. He thus be- came the owner of the two leading news- papers, English and German. He had a “gay and festive” following, a liberal sup- port, was on the road to fortune when he was tempted to “sell out to David Krause and George P. Wiestling.” Mr. W. was an enterprising gentleman and respected citizen. For a long while he had his office in Second street, above Locust — now Dr. DeWitt’s— then in Market street, north side, near River alley — then opposite the court house, now Mr. Gilbert’s The career of the Intelligencer finished under the man- agement of Mr. Colin McCurdy. Der Unahhaengige Bedbacfiier, a German weekly, commenced by William White & Co., May 22, 1822. It was continued for eight or ten years with varying success, under several able editors, among others the Rev. Dr. E . W. Hutter. Of all its nu- merous editors our old friend Capt. Jacob Babb, alone survives. It was commenced as the German organ of Gov. Hiester’s friends and was a trusted organ in Jack- sonian days. NOTF8 QUKR1B8— 1.XXII. Historical and Genealogical. • Dock— Killian— Bigler. — PhilipDock, a soldier of the Revolution, was born Au- gust 2, 1757, in East Earl township, Lan- caster county, Penn’a; died at Newville, Cumberland county, Penn’a, July 15, 1830. He married Elizabeth Killian, born in East Earl township. August 27. 1763; she died at Newville, February 7, 1848, and there buried There were children, among oth- ers, as follows: i. Elizabeth; m. John Dean; removed to Ohio, where their descendants reside. a. Susan: m. Jacob Bigler; they were the parents of Gov. John Bigler, of Cali- fornia, and Gov, William Bigler, of Penn- sylvania Hi Amelia; m. George Gray, and left issue. iv. Jacob; m. Eliza KisseckerOtt, and left issue. V. William; m. Margaret Gilliard — See biographical sketch, N. & Q. vi. Philip; d, s. p. w. H. E. Harrisburg in 1818.— James Flint in his “Letters from America,” published at Edinburgh in 1822, gives the following ac- count of his trip through this section: “Sept. 21, 1818. The coach stopped at Elizabeth Town last night, for three hours and started again before three o’clock. We were near Middletown (eight miles on our way) before the light disclosed to our eyes a pleasant and fertile country. “It was near Middletown that we got the Historical and Genealogical, first peep of the river Susquehanna, which is here about a mile in breadth. The trees on the east bank confining the view to the right and left, produced an illusory effect, almost, impressing on the mind a lake in- stead of the river. The highly transparent state of the air, and the placid surface of the water, united in producing a most dis- tinct reflection of the bold banks on the opposite side, cliffs partially concealed by a luxuriant growth of trees sprung from the detritus below, and by smaller ones rooted in rifted rocks. Over these a r ising back ground is laid out in cultivated fields. The eye is not soon tired of looking on a scene so richly furnished and so gay. “Harrisburg, the seat of legislation of Pennsylvania, is a small town whicb stands on a low bottom by the river; a pleasant situation. Opposite to the town is a small island in the river connected with the east- ern and western shores by very long wooden bridges. The waters of the Susquehanna are limpid, but shallow at this place, and ill adapted to navigation, except in times of flood.” CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BlOOBAFHlOAIi BISTOKY OF OAU- FHIM OUUmTV. Ill Orth, Adam Henry, eldest son of Henry Orth and Rebecca Rahm, was born at Har- risburg in 1798. He studied law and was admitted to the Dauphin county bar at the November term 1822 He held the office of District Attorney for Dauphin county 1827 and 1828, and for several years, in ad- dition to the duties of his profession, he was transcribing clerk of the House of Rep- resentatives. He died in Harrisburg on the 15 th of October, 1833. He married May 3, 1832, Elizabeth, daughter of John B. Cox, of Estherton, who survived her husband several years. Mr. Orth was a promising lawyer, a faithful officer and was a gentle- man refined and courteous. Ross, Robert James, son of Andrew Ross, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, who came to America about 1800, and his wife, Hannah Templin, of Chester county, Penn’a, was born at Georgetown, D. C., in 1807. He received a good English and classical education, and was appointed by President John Quincy Adams, midship- man in the U. 8. Navy, August, 1826, and subsequently promoted for meritorious con- duct and services. Shortly after his mar- riage he resigned, and was appointed teller in the branch Bank of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, then under the cashiership of Jamos Leslie. In 1839, he was tendered the position of cashier in the Harrisburg Savings Institution, which he accepted, and when this corporation became the Dauphin Deposit Bank he remained its cathier until his death. Mr. Ross died at Harrisburg the 6bh of October, 1861. He was enter- prising and successful in business, and stood high in financial circles. He married in 1833, Mary E., daughter of Jacob M. Hal- deman and Eliza Ewing Jacobs, who died at Harris urg in 1873, aged 59 years. They , had children : Jacob H , d s. p.; Andrew; I Jacob Haldeman; Eliza) bannali m. Col. Reno, U. 8. A ; Roberta ni J. Wilson i Orth; and Robert. Of ihes-. Andrew, re- ; siding in York county, Penn’a, is the sole survivor. Rutherford, Levi, the eldest son of John Rutherford and Jane Meader, was born in Paxtang in the year 1826. After . the death of his father, in 1832, he was taken by his uncle, William Rutherford, in whose family he remained until he attained ! his majority. He received a liberal educa- tion, and read medicine under Dr. W. W. | Rutherford, of Harrisburg, graduating at the University of Pennsylvania in March, 1849. He at once began the practice of medicine at New Cumberland, which pro- mised bright, but his health failing, he was compelled to relinquish the duties of his profession. He returned home, and under- i took the superintendence of the farm, hop- ing thereby to re-establish his health. This proved futile, for he gradually failed, and he died at Harrisburg on the 8th of Feb- ruary, 1851. Intelligent, amiable and up- right, Dr. Levi Rutherford’s young life left a rose-tinted memory in many households. Shoupler, Valentine, eldest son of J ohn George Shoufler and Francisca Bendel, was born in Bethel township, Lancaster, now Lebanon, county, Penn’a, April 7, 1752. His parents came from Switzerland. The son received the limited education af- forded in pioneer times and was brought up as a farmer. He volunteered in one of the Historical and Oemalogical, S9S first companies at the outset of the Revolution, as sergeant, was taken prisoner but managed to escape. He was subse- quently a captain in the Flying Camp and wounded in the skirmish at Chestnut Hill in December, 1777. He served at Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown, and came out of the Revolution with the rank of major of the associated battalion. In the interval of peace which followed, he was a colonel of volunteer militia. Col Shoufler represented the county of Dauphin in the Legislature from 1794 to 1796. He died at his residence at Jonestown, on the 7th of August, 1845, aged ninety-three years. He was a salient soldier, a faithful official, and a highly esteemed citizen. His life was a long and honorable one, and he was the last surviving soldier of the war for Inde- pendence in Lebanon county. Steele, James, the son of William Steele, jr., and Abigail, daughter of Fran- cis Baily, was born in Sadsbury township, Lancaster county, Penn’a., in 1763. He received a good classical education He represented Chester county in the Penn’a Legislative sessions of 1809 and 1810, served in the war of 1812-14 in the capa- city of colonel, and for meritorious conduct promoted to inspector general of the State troops with the rank of brigadier. He was an enterprising business man, and prior to the war erected a paper mill on the east side of the Octoraro, and in 1818 a cotton mill in the same neighborhood. Gen. Steele removed to Harrisburg in 1839, dying there September 29, 1845; and was the first per- son interred in the Harrisburg cemetery. His integrity and zeal, whether as officer or private individual, made him universally beloved and respected. He was a Piesby terian, but his wife and some of his family were Methodists. His son, Franklin B. Steele, was appointed military storekeeper at the Falls of St. Anthony in 1837, and from that period was closely identified with the history and interests of the Upper Mis- sissippi. He died September 10, 1880. A daughter became the wife of Gen H. H. Sibley, an early pioneer, and at one time Governor of Minnesota. His son John was a prominent physician of Minneapolis. Tod, John, son of David Tod, and Rachel Kent, was born in Suffield, Hart- ford county, Connecticut, in November, 1779. His father was a Scotchman by birth and a man of an original turn of mind, professing much shrewdness, and a dry kind of wit, many of his sayings being familiarly repeated years after his decease. His mother was a native of the town Suf- field. Young Tod received his preliminary education at the public schools oi .the vil- lage, but his classical education was pur- sued under the direction of the Rev. Mr. Gray, pastor ot the Presbyterian church of the town. His rapid progress in his studies enabled him on examination to enter the junior class of Yale College where he graduated two years afterwards with great credit and honor to himself. After graduating he entered the office of hia brother, George Tod, then a practising lawyer in New Haven, and it is said was also a short time in the office of Gideon Granger, Postmaster General under Presi- dent Adams. He was admitted to the bar of Hartford in 1800. Shortly after he went to Virginia, where ho filled the position of tutor in a family in one ot the Northern counties of that State. In 1802 he located at Bedford, Penn’a, where he did some clerical labor in the prothonotary’s office, and the same year admitted to the bar there. His practice rapidly increased, and such was his standing and popularity in the county that he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1808, serving in that body until 1813 — the last two sessions being Speaker of that body. In 1813 he was elect- ed member of the State Senate, of which he served as presiding officer from 1814 to 1816. He was re-elected in 1816, but resigned the office December 20, 1816. In 1820 Mr. Tod was elected a member of Congress, and again in 1822. The tariff question was the leading measure of Congress during the session of 1823-4. His speeches on the subject — particularly his opening speech, delivered on the 10th of February, 1824, and that with which he closed the debate on the 7th of April— are remarkable ; the first for the data, facts, statistics and other important information it conveys — the second for its powerful and persuasive reasoning, fervid eloquence, wit, and satire, all expressed in chaste and elegant language. Few subjects have elicited more masterly and brilliant displays from American statesmen. On the 8ffi of June, 1824, he was appointed president ^96 Historical and OenealogicaL judge of the 16th judicial district, and thereupon resigned his seat io Congress. In May, 1827, he was appointed by Governor Shulze a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, “No man,” wrote a con temporary, ‘ ‘who ever had a seat upon the bench had a stronger sense of justice or a greater love of truth and equity, and which he always seemed desirous to see reached and fully attained in every cause that came before him, ******* Posses- sing in addition to his studious habits that quality of the mind most of all necessary for a good judge, a clear and discriminating judgment, along with good common sense; there is no doubt, had his life been pro- longed, but he would hhve attained to the first, the very first judicial distinction in the country.” He had been engaged with two other judges in holding a court at Lancas- ter, and becoming ill, hastened to his home at Bedford, where, after a brief illness, on the 27th of March, 1830, in the 51st year of his age, he breathed his last. “The char- acter of Judge Tod was that of a plain, practical republican — a downright honest man. Without the least ostentation or dis- guise, he remarkably exemplified, in a Spar- tan simplicity of manners the truth of his own sentiments — that there may be a social equality in the intercourse of men on all proper occasions without at all interfering with the difference conferred by intellect and education. He was too humble to think himself wiser than others, and too honest to account himself better. His unbending integrity, his inflexible resolution and his unceasing application to business were the chief causes of his baing successful in most of his undertakings- Had he possessed these last qualities in a less degree, we have reason to suppose he might have lived longer — but a prolonged life is not always either the most glorious or useful.” Judge Tod married Mary R., daughter of John A. Hanna and Mary Harris, and left issue: Julia Anna, m, John H. Briggs; Rachel m. Samuel A. Gilmore, of Butler, Pa.; Isa- hella, m. William M. Kerr; and Hennatta. Waterbury, Isaac S., son of William Henry Waterbury and Elizabeth Goddard, was born in New York city, January, 1820. He learned the trade of tailor and came to Harrisburg about 1840. Imbued with a military spirit he early associated himself with one of the military organizations of the Capital, and when the war was declared with Mexico, he volunteered and went out as third lieutenant of the Cameron Guards, and with them served in the campaign against the Aztec Capital from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. In 1852 he was elected a member of the House of Repre- sentatives. At the outset of the war for the Union Mr.Waterbury was chosen adju- tant of the Second Pennsylvania regiment, April 21, 1861, served through the Shenan- doah Valley campaign, and mustered out July 29, 1861. He at once went to work and raised company G of the 55ih regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, his commission as captain dating August 28, 1861. He served with distinction through the various campaigns up to the point of his death, which occurred on the 8th of May, 1864, at Bermuda Hundreds, Virginia. His re- mains were shortly after sent to Harris- burg, their final resting place. He married in 1843, Mary Ann Severs, of Harrisburg, who survives him. Capt. Waterbury was a genial friend and a gallant officer. Williams, Joshua, son of Lewis Wil- liams, an emigrant from Wales, was bom in the Great Valley, Chester county, Penn’ a, August 8, 1768. When he was about two years of age his father removed to York county. He received an early pre- paratory education, sent to Dickinson Col- lege, Carlisle — then under the presidency of the celebrated Dr Charles Nisbet — where he graduated in 1795 in the same class with Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who ever retained a kindly remembrance of him. His theological studies were pursued chiefly under the direction of Rev. Dr. Robert Cooper. In 1798 he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Carlisle, and in the following year was called to the pastorate of Paxtang and Derry churches, and was ordained minister thereof on the 2d of October, 1799. In 1801, at his own request, he was relieved from the charge, “owing to some matters of uneasiness which had arisen in one of his congregations.” In 1802 he was installed pastor of the Big Spring church, which he served until 1829, when, on account of physical infirmities, he resigned. He died August 21, 1838 His wife, who was a daughter of Patnek Campbell and Eleanor Hayes, of Derry, died at Big Spring, and is interred with her husband in the church- Historical artd Genealogical , 297' yard there. Mr. Williams was a ejeaileman whose talents and attainments were such as to command the highest respect from all who knew him. His intellectual powers were naturally strong and vigorous, and his judgment sound and discriminating. He was familiar with the science of mental philosophy, and had a remarkable taste for metaphysical dit-cussioos. He was learned and able in his proffssion and highly in- structive in his discourses, and Jefferson College honored him with the title of Doc- tor of Divinity. [Note. — Another series of biographical sketches is in preparation, which we expect to give the rfad*^rs of Notes and Queries about the first of October. In the mean- time it is hoped those to whom requests may be made for data will give us such aid as is in their power, without hesitation. w. H. E ] MOTES aMD QUlfiElES— LXXlll. Historical and Genealogical. "The Newspaper Press op Harris- burg.” — Part third, of ihis very interest- ing paper, will appear in the next number of Idotes and Queries As it is desirable to place upon record the names of all papers published at Harrisburg, those having in- formation, or in possession of files of the same, will favor us by sending us the data. w. H. E. . “Foot-Prints op Old ZioN.”--The Harrisburg Lutheran Chimes has recently pub- lished a series of illustrations of the old buildings of Zion church on Fourth street. They are vaiuable acquisitions to the illus- trated hisio y ot our ctty, and the thanks of the congregation referred to, as well as those of our citizens generally, are due John B. Simon, Esq., who, from personal recolle !doa, has presented to us those pic- tures of the buildings of the ‘ ‘long ago, ’ ’ with all their quaint style of architecture. No one else could have accomplished this. w. H. E. Longevity. —The situation of Harrisburg cannot be unfavorable to length of days, if the longevity of the families who gave it name is any evidence of such a suppoution. The first John Harris located here when he was thirty -eight years of age, and died at seventy-six His son John was born here and lived to the age ot sixty-five. His son Robert and daughter Mary (Hanna) lived here for more than eighty-one years. Of the sons of Robert. Davi 1 lived to eighty- one and George W. to eighty-four years. Oiher descendants of the two Johns lived long lives in other parts of the State. The present occupant of the old stone house is a hale gentleman of eighty-three, thus affording abundant proof that Harrisburg will compare lavorably with any other town in its number of aged natives, h. McClure — Richard McClure, of Pax- tang, died in November, 1774. Be left a wif<«, Jeao, and children as follows : i. Jonithan. ii> Andrew. Hi. Roan. ix). Alexander. r, Mary ^ m Joseph Sherer. Catharine^ m. Robert Fruit xii. Margan'et, m John Steel. mii Susanna^ m HamilonShaw. William McClure, of Paxtang, who died in April, 1785, left a wife, and children as follows : i. Robert, b. Dec 18, 1753; d. July 21,1839. a. Rebecca. Hi. Mary, iv, Sarah. V. Margaret. m. Jean la his will he speaks of Jonathan Mc- Clure, eldest son of Richard, as his brother, and makes him one of his executors As William’s name is not mentioned in the will of Richard McClure, we are at a loss to recoacde the statement of the former. Who can give us the desired information ? w. H. E. “Oliver Brown, Captain of Artillery in the Continental Army, 1175-1783,^^ is the title ot a neat little brochure sent us by our cor- resp^mdent. Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, of Wilkes-Barre. Capt. Brown commanded the party which desfroyed the statue of George the Third in New York city, July 9, 1776, and Mr Hayden has done good ser- vice by preserving the record of a gallant ofiS-cer ot the Revolution Brief though it is, the sketch is exceedingly interesting. Born in Lexington, Mass , in 1752, Capt. Brown was an eye-witness of the prelimi- nary struggles at Lexington and Bunker’s Hill, and an active participant in the bat- tles of White Plains, Harlem Heights, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, German- S98 Historical and Genealogical, town and Monmouth. He died near Wells- burg, West Virginia, February 17, 1844, aged nearly ninety-five years, one of the last survivors of that gallant band of heroes who gave us Independence, The pamphlet is elegantly printed, and the author deserves the thanks of lovers of Ameiican history for his untiring devotion and researches among the meager records of the past. w. H. E Kli.TjSB£MD OAFTiilN JOHN UOMBAD BUOHISB. In the seventh generation of a family record which embraces nearly three hun dred and fifty years, I find the birth date of John Conrad Bucher, June 10th, 1730. He was the son of John Jacob Bucher, Landvogt of the District of Neukirch, in the Canton of Schafibausen, Svvitzerland. Intending him for the ministry, his father afiorded him the best educational advan- tages of his time and c )untry. His Bedenk • Buck (Remembrance Book) or Album, still preserved, testifies to his connection with the celebrated institutions at Sc. Gall (1752), Basle, and Gottingen, and contains among its interesting and valuable contri- butions the autographs of Wagelin, Z fili- koflfer, John Laurence Mosheim, and others. About the age of twenty- five he was im- bued with a martial rather than a ministe- rial ambition, and relinquishing his studies is said to have entered the military service of Holland. How long he remained there is not known, but in 1756 we find him in Pennsylvania; and in the excitement fol- lowing the defeat of the British army under Braddock, when the frontiers were aroused to their danger and the necessity of self- protection and the consequent organization of ranging companies, Mr. Bucher’s knowl- edge of the military art secured him a posi- tion in the Provincial forces His name is firs trecorded in the Archives as ‘ ‘Conrad Bucher, Ensign^ April 1, 1758,” in the 13th company of “The Penn’a Regiment, consisting of 3 Battalions, the Hon. Wm. Denny, Esqr., Lieut. Gov. of the Province of Penn’a, Colonel in- Chief.” His head quarters were ‘thus far main- tained at Carlisle. He had doubtless con- cluded that America was to be his perma- nent residence, and also that it was ‘not good for him to be alone.’ February 26th, 1760, became therefore the date of his marriage with Miss Mary Magdalena Hoch, of York, a lady whose maternal blood was Huguenot, of the family Lefevre The marriage service was solemnized by that distinguished divine and orator Rev George Duffield, D D., who was supplying the Presbyterian pulpit in Carlisle at this time. It is proper to note here, that document- ary evidence and family tridi'ions give to Lieut Bucher the additional p )sition of Chaplain, Whatever the circumstances may have been which resulted in this | double duty, the fact is sufficiently clear that he was called lo a practical use c? the theological training he had received in the fatherl md. He doubtless itinerated from one military post to another, in the King’s service; and that he was frequently accom- panied by his wife is proven by her certifi- cate of church membership (still preserved) issued for use en route ny Dr. Duffield (then regularly installed at (3anisle,) November j 4, 1762. It would be interesting to know exactly | under what circumstances Conrad Bucher | was introduced to the active duties of tbe i ministry. It is gratifying, however, to re- ; fiect that several years participation in the ; asperities and temptations of military life had not alienated him from the rec itude of his former plans concerning the future, and that he preserved untainted those good qualities which he doubtless brought from j home. My own supposition is, that he completed his preparation for the ministr/ under his wife’s oastor. Rev. Dr. Duffield — as best he could, consistent with his mili- tary duties — and that his “ordination” was had through the instrumentality of that celebrated divine, sometime in 1763, that being the earliest date in his minister!'' ’ record. Lieut. Bucher was promoted to be Adjitr- tant ol the Second Battalion, July 12cl 1764; and only nineteen days afterward— July 31st— he was madd Captain [His commissions are all preserved.] Whatever this rapid promotion signified, it must have been for valuable service rendered; or if we reason that he had suspended the active military for the ministerial office exclu- sively, it may have been in order to assign him, officially, an adequate salary. It is my impression also, that being a man of liberal education, with a probable aptitude for clerical and departmental duties, it was Historical and Genealogical, IB99 in his power to render himself more th" i ordinarily useful at headquarters. At all events, we know about this time (1763-4) his hfe gradually merg 1 from the service of King George to ihat of King Jesus, and thus the earlier hopes of •his father were at last realized, through circumstances he could never have imag- int 3, We shall see too, how his military cxp3rienc?s introduced him to afield of missionary labor the scope of which at th'"« day is difficult to realize. . From an old baptismal record, which em- braces the period of transition already mentioned, I learn that bis ministiations vtdre as folio vv_ : At Carlisle, 1763 to 1768; at Middletown, 1765 to 1768; at Hummels- town, 1765 to 1768; at “Falling Spriner ne*»^Conococheague” (Chambersburg) 17o5 to 1768 In addition to these, his pastoral services were extended sti’i further westward — ac- cording fD his memoranda — embracing Bedford, “near Fort Cumberland,” Red- stone (Bxownsville), “Big Crossings 1 Y'^ghegeny,” and Fort Pitt; togethe' with t’ ^ nearer congr gations at “Shippentown on Susquehanna”*(8hippensburg), Sharpa- 1: rough, and Coxtown. What a parish I As early as 1761 the officers of the 1st and 2d Battalions, who served under Col. Co- quet, made an agreement at Badford that they would apply to the Proprietaries for a sufucient tract of land, conveniently situ- ated, whereon to locate plantations, and thus provide their future homes; and that such grant ‘ ‘shall be proportionally divided according to our several ranks and sub- scriptions.” In reply to their formal ap- plication of April 30, 1765, commissioners were appointed to carry out the details of the grant, but it was not until a delay of four years, when, after various meetings, the final allotment took place at Harris’s Ferry, May 16th, 1769, and the Rev. Capt, Conrad Bucher obtained 400 acres — now owned by the Pontius’s— on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, as his share. This land he exchanged for a house and lot in the town of Lebanon, where, as has been stated, he had preached for some time and was well known to the people. Thither he removed from Carlisle during the sum- mer of 1769, having most probably accepted a regular call to the German Reformed con- gregation there It is evident, however, that he did not go with the design of confin- ing his work entirely to the church at that place. His missionary zeal and enthusiasm in the Master’s cause seem to have been too large for such a restriction. There is no means of ascertaining the date of his actual resignation as an officer of the British Colonial service. It is not unlikely, however, that he occupied bis chaplaincy up to the time of his removal to Lebanon, and that he reliaqffished the ser- vice of his earthly sovereign only for the more exalted position of ‘ ‘a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” Continuing his labors from Lebanon as his new “headquarters,” his t3urs not only embraced some of his old preaching sta- tions, but include 1 new ones, and com- prised in all an extent of labor not un- worthy of comparison with those of the Master’s best heroes. On the pages of his pocket almanac for 1768, the appointments which he filled are enumerated as follows: Lebanon, Quitapa- hilla, Hummelstown, Middletown, Buffalo, Jonestown, Klopp’s, Chamberlin’s, Carlisle, Falling Springs, Doctor bchnebiey’s, Cone- cocheague (now St. Paul’s, between Hagers- town and Clear Spring), Hagerstown, Peter Spang’s, Sharpsburg, Bedford, Redstone, Heidelburg, Schaffers town, Weiaeichen- land. May town, Manheim, Rapho, Bias- ser’s, &c., &o. Up to 1770, this untiring ambassador of Christ had occasionally included the con- gregation at Reading in his visitations, and so pleased them as to elicit a call to become their pastor. But his ill health for some time prevented any consideration of this; and at last Cotus (the Synod) resolved that “the decision should be laid upon the con- science of the Rev. Mr. Bucher” himself. After prayerful consideration he declined this call “from love to his own congrega- tions.” In 1771, he makes record of a number of meetings held in the evening at private houses where he abode for the night- prayer meetings — as he “went about doing good” among his widely scattered flocks. We may here pause to contemplate with merited admiration the subject of this sketch. Through about fifteen years — since his ordination at Carlisle, 1763-4— did this faithful evangelist serve the numerous congregations scattered over his extensive field. With all the modern facilities for expeditious traveling, such an undertaking Historical and OemalogicaL would, at the present day, he regarded im- practicable, if not unwise. What then must have been the difficulties of such a task in these early times ? Imagination cmnot even picture them How fearfully such un- wearied eflfort, such ceaseless privation and vicissitude must have told up m tbe strong- est physical constitution is evident when we remember that the journeying was of necessity all done on horseback, over the worst of roads (if any), but more frequently over simple “paths” through the primeval forest — especially towards the western fron- tier; witn habitations sparsely located and lodging places wide«y distant; and these journeys doubtless made for the most part alone? Yet not alone, for God was with him, amid danger by flood and field “When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee.” When the conflict for American Inde- pendence arose, it found Conrad Bucher on the side of Liberty and his adopted land. He had, no doubt, many pleasant memories of grateful service to that government which had been instrumental in opening the way to a new life in this counUy; but he had also many loved objects to cherish and protect, and a higher ambition to sei ve the liberties of a free people. He conse- quently joined his fellow citizens in their formal oath of allegiance— taken at Lan- caster, June 10th, (his birth -day) 177f - and my uncle, John C. Bucher, of Harris- burg, recorded the fact that he also served for a lime as Chaplain in the Rewluhomry army. As we approach the fiftieth year of Con- rad Bucher’s life, it is found 'hat the ac- tivities of his earlier manhood have left ''',tal evidences of overwoik, or undue ex- posure, too continued strain of laborious effort for the good of others, and too little consideration of self. Some form bt heart disease developed itself to the great grief of his friends, but he continued, as regu- larly as possible, a good and fai?bful ser- 'wut to all his congregations. In the Cotal Minutes of April, 1779, men- tion is made incidentally of his “sickly condition,” and following this he was com- pe^’ed, on a?30unt of continued failing health, to relinquish his more distant f »n- giegations. To his last capable moment, however, he “waited on the Lord,” ana was f ssiduous ’n pastoral duties. On *he loth of Augast, 1780, he was in- vited to solemnize a marriage at Killinger’s, on the Quitapahilla, near Millerstown (Ann- ville). Whilst there, amidst the nuptial festivities, ne was suddenly stricken down — translated to the marriage of the Lamb, and to bis great and eternal reward. The occasion of joy was thus turned to that of mourning, for “a man he was to all the country dear.” In the conveyance of his mortal remains back to Lebanon, tbe reverence of his people was such taat, in- stead of using a yenicle, they carried him upon a bier the entire five miles; and thus “devout men carried him to his burial.” In the graveyard of the ancient German Reformed church at Lebanon, in whose pul- pit he had mini8te<-ed twelve years, reposes the dust of John Conrad Bucher, with four children who died in infancy. His venera- ble wife remained at Lebanon until about 1812, when she was taken by her youngest son, Conrad Bucher, to spend the remainder of her days with him at Alexandria, Hunt- ingdon county, Pa. She died March 11, 1819. The Reverend Bucher was equally fluent in English, German and French. His Bi- bles in the two foreign languages are still preserved, the German having his preach- ing texts all marked. Endowed with the genius of his fatherland, he was also a fine musician and singer. Mr. Frederick Kel- ker said his voice was of unu ual power and compa&s, a bass that could fill the church 1 Certainly an acquisition of no small value in his ministerial appointments He was very systematic in his general habits, and possessed a degree ot skill with the pen that was evidenced in his excelleat copying of music and keeping his books, and which — as has been noted — rendered him a valuable ! acquisition to the military service at Carlisle. The Reverend-Captain was represented to the people of Dauphin county in his dis- ! tioguished son, Hon. Jacob Bucher, of Har- I risburg. [8ee Notes and Queries His de- | scendants although once conspicuous among | the leading families at Harrisburg, have j passed away. The survivors remain in the i families of Bryson, Ziegler, Ray, Hummel, I Charlton, Kirk and Bell. Re was uoques- i tionably a man ot great cultivation. Indus- ! try, perseverance and zeal in his Father’s business. His name and services have been i properly assocattd, by Rev. Dr. Harbaugh, i : with the honored “Fathers of the German i Reformed Church in America,” and though ^ his life-work does not dazzle, it neverthe- i less endures, and he has his reward. George Bucher Ayres. NOTES AND QUERIES. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. M0T«GH and QUtuBllJi!*. — liXXlV. Historical and Genealogical. Vanlbar — Iq 1761, Christian Vanlaw (Vanlear) laie of Derry, left sons, John, William, James, Michael,Christian, Joseph, and a daughter Mary who married Robert Mathis. The latter lived at Conewago. 244 acres of Vanlear’s land was in Derry and Donegal, adjoining lands of widow Hall, widow Sample and Joha Kerr The patent was dated June 8, 1749 s. e. Glass.— Some months since an inquiry was made concerning Major William Glass. We have bien favored with a copy of the folio wing letter written by Senator Mel- chior Rahm, then ■ representing the Berks and Dauphin dlstric"^ in the Assembly at Lancaster, to Adam Boyd, Esq , of Harris- burg. Rtfla ive to the latter, aa extended biographical nodca has appeared ii Notes and Queries ; as to Mr. Ranm, a prominent and represenia’lve man of this I jcality, we expect in due time to give some informa- tion : Lancaster, Feb 28th. 1812. Sir: I have enquired of F M’Clure, Esq., concerning th*o heirs ot Major Wil- liam Glass. He tells me that there is a brother’s son, with the name of Johnston Glats, a rough carpenter, residing in Pitts- burg, and Mr. M’Clure thinks by jour writing to him you can find out all the others. He says this man has a brother; I don’t know whether systera He likewise states tha-c the major has a sisster, but don’t know wheiher alive, nor wether she has lefc any children. I am, respectlully yours, &c , M. Rahm. To Adam Boyd, Esq., Harrisburg. “The Buckshot War.” — Several months since, the Amerioan Volunteer of Carlisle, commenced a series of papers on this interesting episode of Pennsylvania history, but after the publication of Part V., which did not conclude the articles, there has not appearei anything furthe" Th's is to be regretted, inasmuch as it id neces- sary of limes in getting at the truth of his- tory to obtain the accounts of both sides of a story. That veteran edit'^r, Tneo. Fenn, Esq., who was an active participint in that political embroglio was requested by the writer several years ago to give us his ver- sion of the affair, and He is now preparing a full history thereof. Recently, the appear- ance of a work on Toaddeus Stevens, has called to mind the ‘ Buck-shot war,” which the author of the biography referred to does not seem t ) understand The fact is, no Neio Enoland author w%o has ex>er written un- derstands the 'people of Penn'^yhania or its history, and through pure ignor a 'tee our State has been wofu'ly maligned Its ethnological history remains to be properly studied and appreciated. w. h. e. “The Princeton Surprise,” 1777, by Gen. William 8. Stryker, of New Jersey, is a pamphlet of eight pa^es, controverting the state nent made by the recent biogra- pher of Gen S^ Clair, that the flank move- ment of the American army, on the morn- ing of January 3, 1777, was the conception of that gallant Pennsylvania oflicer, and not of “the soldierly mind” of the com- mander in-chief, Gen. Washington. Wil- liam Henry Smith, the editor of the “St. Clair Papers,” founded his assertion on Wilkinson, who was an aide to St. Clair, but that, like many other statements in the “Memoirs,” has no further authority than Wilkinson himself. Mr. Smith, in the main, has proved a faithful and enthusiastic biographer, and the memory of Gen. St. Clair has not suflered at his hands; but in this instance he has unintentionally — fol- lowing Wilkinson — detracted from the fame ot Washington, bestowing what does not enrich him the honor on St. Clair. Gen. ' Stryker, who has made Trenton, Princeton and the New Jersey campaign a study such as no writer on the War of the Revolution SOS Historical and Genealogical, has ever attempted, is deserviayt yrcat credit for correcting the error, which St Clair’s biographer made, as to who n we are in- debted for planning the “Piinceton Sur- prise-” w. H. B liICBRY NON-^SSOOUTOK'— 1777 [ The tollowiag assessment of Derry Non- Associators was mide August 21, 1777 It includes all persons exempt from military duty , ei h^r by age, or disability of some kind. Each individual was assessed the sum of £3 lOs. We give the names as in the original, although some may be almost unrecognizable.] Allemao, Heory Landis, Jacob Burkholder, Christian Land's, Jobn Br«nd, John Beret, Perer Ba'ton, James Bream, Joseph Bux, George Baum, Michael Brenser, John Brenser, Christian Biicker, Jacob Bricker, Henry Beyerle, Jacob Birkle, Jacob Bajer, John Byer, John, jr. Blowster, Charles Blaisly, Philip Balsbach, George, Chambers, Rowland Crape, William Cormick, Charles Dunbar, John Beam, Adam Dudweiler, David Dudweiler, Jacob David, John Emerik, Ludwig Emeiik, George Eckhard, Jacob Fridly, Jacob Fridly, Peter Fridly, Barnard Fox, John Fured, Samuel Farly, John Grossgloss, Peter Ginrick, Abraham Goss, Jacob Hover, Christopher Hamacker, David Landis. Christian Lang, Jacob Lohr, George McMagau, George McMagan Anthony Mite bell, James Meyer, John Meyer, Abraham Mexter, Jacob Masken, Johnathan . Masken, William Moonev, William McGomrey, Alexan- der Miller, Henry Mills, James Never, Christian Nisley, Jacob Peiffer, John Queen, Barnard Ritzell, John Reitzell, George Reifl, Joseph Russell, James Road, Mickell Reish, Martin Rikard, Melchor Rikard, Philip Rikard, Philip, jr. Rebel, Charles Ramsey, Samuel Rauch, John Schub, John Singer, John Singer, Peter Strikler, Jacob Strikler, Abram Shot, Fredrick Shaflfner, Fredrick Hamacker, Philip Hamacker, John Hundsberger, Jacob Hannah, Samuel Hatton, John Herofif, Jacob Herofl, Ludwig Humell, Fredrick Humell, Fredrick, jr. Humell, Valentine Hess, Leonhard Johnston, Samuel Juds, Anthony Kiflfer, Henry Kaufiman, John King, Peter Laird, John Laird, William Landis, Henry Landis, Peter Iseland in Sasquehanay Durry. John Russ, Absalom L m, Morris Lewis, Daniel Shalley, David Ensminger, John Dolplio, Patrick Loughry, Joseph Zearer. Btoufler, Christian Speidel , Jacob Sneider, Henry Sneid-r, Abraham Smith, Jacob Schredly, 'V.ndrew Speidell, Max Shorrott, Daniel Spot, Mickell Sheid, Ludwig Thomas, Adam Triby, Thomas Wittmor, John Wittmor, Jacob W lolson, Christian Wo >lson, John Weithdfhold, Jacob Wilkeson, William Zimmerman, Nichlus THB NBWSFAFBB PBESS OF HABBIS- BUBO. III. The only persons living in 1882 of all those who had ownership in these early newspapers are Messrs! Simon Cameron, Jacob baab, William Dick Boas, Francis Wyeth, George E. Luuwig and A. Boyd Hamilton. Di'igent inquiry fails to add to this limited rull. Having traced in order the story of the earliest newspapers, it is not deemed necesaary to follow at length the fortunes of a legion of successors. “Wnere voices over vo ces rise, All mau to speak— a void to Uearken ” The “quill” of that era was less regard- less of personalities than the smooth steel ins r ament which has succeeded it. To read the very able articles of the editors on public questions, one would not venture to say that the most degraded, ignorant scoun- drels in the State were Duane, Binns, Ham- ilton, Peacock, Harper, King, Underwood, i Grayson, Sterret, Krause, Wyeth, Pent- land, "Cameron, Maclean, Getz, Ritter, i Mowry, Reynolds, Miner, M’Dowell, |l Craig, and others, whom by the liberal |' abuse of adjectives, in these belligerent p days— by each other too— have caused their Historical and Genealogical, 303 descendants to fancy them a set of scamps, instead of polite, earnest, enterprising, edu- cated gentlemen, leaders on all public ques- tions, and in social life with families of the first consideration. Notwithstanding that the press of to-day is more polite, it scarcely equals its once a week predecessor in cul- tured ability. The American Patriot was issued in 1812 and 1813, with Alexander Hamilton as editor. We have never met with but one copy of this venture. Its life was nearly two years. The Ladies'* Souvenir, by George E. Lud- wig, issued July 21, 1827 It was pub- lished for about six months — a pleasant and cheerful quarto, but politics was then the absorbing theme, and its proprietor was wise enough to retire in time. A com- plete file of this paper is in the collecdon of A. Boyd Hamilton The Farmers' and Mechanics' Journal, by John S. Wiestling, is^.ued August 12, 1827, and continued to December 15, 1827, when it merged in the Intelligencer, with the title Pennsylvania Intelligencer and Farmers' and Mechanics' Journal. The Pennsylvanian, by Christian Gleim in 1824. This paper had a short life. No file of it is known to exist. Harrisburg Argus, by John Wyeth, Jr., in 1827 A file of this paper nearly perfect is known. Its career was brief. Pennsylvania Statesman, by John Mc- Cord, in May, 1828 This paper had en- tered upon its fourth year when, as narrated subsequently, it was merged into the Tele- graph. A file is in the possession of Dr. Egle. Mr. McCord had formerly edited the Elkton, Md., Press. The Pennsylvania Telegraph was started by Theopbilus Fenn in September, 1831. The following extracts from a letter of the founder will be of interest, and inform the curious how the paper came to be issued by Mr. Fenn fifty years ago: “In the winter of 1831, when I was living at Lancaster and publishing the Herald, which I had established in 1823, I received numerous letters from gentlemen of influ- ence in many parts of the State urging me to establish a paper at Harrisburg, saying that without an organ at the seat of government, to advocate the principles that I supported, the party could not become organized over the State. I was opposed to the undertaking, as I had succeeded in securing a large cir- culation for my paper and a large jobbing pationage, with my party also largely in the majority. My business being prosper- ous and promising, I peremptorily declined and urged that some one else be selected. ***** -c j gold my establish- ment in April, 1831. 1 soon afrer issued my prospectus for the Pennsylvania Tele- graph, which I purposed to commence in the following fall, before the meeiing of the L'^'gislaiure in December I also visited Harrisburg about the close of the session of the Legislature, and while there was called upon by John M’Cord, who proposed to sell me the Statesman, a newspaper which he had started there a year or two before; but I declined to purchase. * * * * i closed with Mr. M’Cord by paying him $3. 000. down for the Statesman and $700 to contioue its publication under his own name and ediiorship until I should take possession of the office in September fol- lowing, thus giving me time to settle up my business at Lancaster. As arranged, I came to Harrisburg in September and took possession of the office of the Statesman. ** ****** I issued the first number of the lelegraphm September, 1831. Neither Mr. M’Cord, nor any other person but mysell wroto* one line of that number, nor d d he ever write a line for the paper while I cr'n ducted it, which was until November, 1853, when it was sold to John J. Patterson * * * * I found less than three hundred regular subscribers to the Statesman. But being encouraged by the large receipt of subscri- bers over the State, and the letters from political friends, I pocketed the disappoint- ment, and tossed the loss behind me and went ahead, well knowing the unrelenting hostility and desperate encounter that was before me. I spent twenty-two years of unpaid toil, the prime of my life, in con- ducting the Telegraph, and made every sac- rifice in my power to build up the party, without receiving the benefit of office or even the acknowledgment of those who ob- tained the ‘loaves and fishes’ that were due for my services.” As stated, Mr. Fenn sold to John J. Pat- terson, who had a short time previous pur- chased the Whig State Journal of John J. Clyde, the Telegra/ph of course absorbing the latter newspaper. A few months alter S04 Historical and Genealogical, Mr. Patterson sold one-third of the estab lishment to Stephen Miller and another one- third to John J. Clyde. The year following Patterson sold the remaining interest to Mr. Miller and retired from the editorial arena. In 1856, prior to the opening of the Presidentai campaign, Messrs. Miller and Clyde sold the establishment to Alex. K. M’Clareaud James M. Sellers. The former had just retired from the Juniata Sentinel, the Telegraph affording a wider political field for his trenchant pen. In 1857 the paper passed into the hands of the late George Bergner, and became a financial success. From the death of Mr Bergner, until the present year, his bou Charles H. Bergner has had complete control of the establishment, it is now owned and man- aged by the “Harrisburg Telegraph Com- pany.” Many of the sets of its files were destroyed in a fire some years ago. The State L brary has as nearly a p ;rfect file as can be found. Indeed it is Very nearly complete. The present publishers should endeavor to complete their set. It may be accomplished now. In a few years it will be found impossible to do it, and thus a most valuable depoei.ory of events be lost to the future local political enquirer. Vaterlands Waechter, commenced in 1829, by Joseph Miller. It subsequently passed into the hands ot Joseph Ehrenfried, and then to the control of thela‘e George Berg- ner, who continued its publication until his death. Under the same name it was con- tinued by Fred. C. A Scheffer, who in 1876. changed it to the DaupMn County Journal. Since Mr. Scheffer’s death the newspaper has been published by Dr. J. R. Hayes. The Ooapel Publisher, the organ of the “Church of God,” was istued under the auspices of this religious body, June 5, 1835, edited by the Rev. John Winebren- ner. Atterwaids it had many editors, Messrs. Weishampel, M’Cartney, Mackey, &c. According to the history of this pa- per, by the late Dr. George Rcss, of Leb- anon, the money loss to the Church in the first decade of its existence was nearly $5,000. It was discontinued for some years, but subsequently revived, and under its change of name. The Church Advocate, has been a financial success. We believe a complete file is in possession of the family ot Dr. Ross, in Lebanon. The Republican and Anti Masonic Inquirer was commenced in 1833,by Francis Wyeth, former editor of the Oracle. It was con- tinued to a fourth volume when i<^s publi- cation ceased. It had a considerable circu- lation in Dauphin, Lebanon and Cumber- land counties I do not know of any com- plete set of its issues. Its editors private and public were Samuel Shoch, George W. Harris and Francis Wyeth, assisted by a knot of yonng lawyers, with more brains than business. They made a bright paper ot it; but no amount of capacity could ren- der permanent a publication founded upon so narrow a plank as opposition to secret societies; in particular that of Masonry, em- bracing as it did then and now, nearly the whole body of public men and professional politicians. Iron Grey, by John H Cox, in 1838. A file exists. The Plough Boy, by Rutter, in 1838. No file known. Pennsylvania Bulletin, in 1839, by Sbunk & Wtidler. This was a short lived publi- cation, a partial file of which is known. Der Stats Bothe, by Eiwin W. Hutter - and Samuel 8. Bigler, in 1839. It is pre- y sumed that full files of this paper exist. The Magician, by E. W. Hutter and J. J. Cantine, in 1839, a file of which has proba- bly not been preserved. Log Cabin Rifle, by Henry Montgomery, a campaign paper, 1840, in favor of “Tip- pecanoe and Tyler too.” The Yeoman, by E. W. Hutter and 8. 8. Bigler, in 1841. A file of this paper is known. The Watchman^ by James 8. Wallace, in 1841. No file known. The Signal, John 8. Steck, in 1841. No file known. Harrisburg Argus, by Valentine Best, in 1843. A file known. The Commonwealth, by William Lewis, in 1843. No file. The Penny Advocate, by Cherrick West- brook, in 1843. No file. The year 1843 was prolific of new enter- prises, as the Oracle and all its successors, save one or two, had ceased to bo pub- lished. I Historical and Genealogical, S05 ANO QUWKIB8._l.XXV. Hi<^toric»l a'^^d oeunalogtcal. Early Camp Meeting.— O a the 16 h of August ensuing [1810] ’here will be held a Camp Meeliujj ot religious people on the plantation of M r. Daniel Miller in Upper Paxtang near Millersburgh The pioprietor will expressly prohibit every kind of liquor being introduced on the premises. — Dau- phin Guardian August 1810. The “Murder op Morgan.” — In the Harrisburg Intelligencer for September 26, 1826, appears the following notice concern- ing Che man, whose sudden disappearance was the entire capital of the anti-Masonic party of that period: “The Masonic fraternity and others are cautioned against a man calling himself Capt. William Morgan, as he is a swindler and a dangerous man.” Biographical Information Want- ed. — Any one in possess on of in- form ition relative to the following named persons, will confer a favor by giving it to us at as ear'y a date as possible: John Dr 1749 He died in February, 1762, his wdl being p-o^ated the month foOowing. He left a wife Mary (probably a Barnett) and children as fol- lows: i James y b. 1706. ii Jean^ b 1708 in. Martha^ b 1710. in. Margaret, b. 1712 2. V. John, b. 17 L4; married Elizabeth — ni Aqnes^ b. 1716; m Thomas Maguire and had a daughter Sa- ah. At this lime it se. ms as if his youngest children, John aid Agnes, with his wife, were thi only members of his family in America, for iu the disp sidon of his estate he directs that the other children were to have their share ‘if they come to this country.” It is probable they came, and aberwards went with the tide of Scotch- Irish immigration southward, as the name appears in Virginia and the Caroliaas. II. John Wiggins (John, James), bom in Iielaud in 1714; came to America with his parents, and remained on the paternal farm. He died June 12, 1794. He married Elizabeth — , born in 1716; died June 5, 1784. They are both interred in Pax- tang graveyard. Their children were: i. Thomas, b. 1746; d. August, 1798. He studied medicine, and served in the War of the Revolution. Was surgeon of the New Eleventh, Pennsylvania, Line, Col. Thomas Hait'ey, commissioned July 1, 1778. Ow- ing to ill healtn, due to the previous expo- sure in the service, he resigned January 23, 1780. ii. John, b. 1748; d. October 21, 1830, iu Northumberland county. It is said that when a young man he was attacked by a panther on his way home irom Paxtang church, and killed the animal with his fists, although he bore the marks of its claws all his life. Hi. Elizabeth, b. 1750. $06 Historical and Genealogical, iv. James, b 1753; d. Jane, 1805 umn., bequeathing h s estate to his surviving brother and sisters. v. Jean, b. 1754; m in 1777, Dr. William Simon ton. — See biography vi. Margaret, b. 1756; m. March 30, 1787. James H^^nderson mi. Mary, b. 1758; m. John, brother of Dr. Willinm Simonton. who had deceased prior to 1805 leaving a son Thomas. via. Agnes, b 1760; m. William, son of William* and Isabella Brandon, of Hano- ver. who had deceased prior to 1805, leav- ing sons, Thomas and James and daughter Ann m James, son of Dwid Pettigrew, who left Hanover about 1793. w. h. e. * William Brandon, of Hanover, aied in Ap "11, 1753 leaving a wife, Isabella aa i chil- dren: Jam s, Catnaiine, Ann and William, PAP£RS BKliATI^G TO PAXTANO AND OlfiBtiY uaUBuauei. [The following papers are percbance of little va’ue separately, but taken in connec- tion with the history of those ancient land- marks of O'lr Scotch-Irish settlement, they throw some light on the troubles through which those congregations passed a few years subsequent to the death of the Rev. John Elder, who for fif^y-six years had ministered to them. To preserve them for the future historian, is our object in pre- senting them at this time. ] Letter Sent to Presbytery in 1795. Paxtang, Octr, 5th, 1795. To the Re'od. Presbytery oj Carlisle about to convene at Harsh Greek in the County of York: Whereas, Mr. Snowden has signified.to his congregatijn in D^rry Township that he is no longer able to officiate in his Min- isterial capacity to them on acct. of Ina- bility of body, & that he purposes to apply to Presbytery for a Discharge from said congregation which we cmceive, if he might be indulged in his Request, wou’d leave the congregation of Paxtang in a very distressing & Perilous Situation ; that the two congregations have lived for many years past in perfect peace, friendship and unanimity, and that we do not wish for a schism between us now; that of the union is once broke there will be no probability of us being united again; that of Mr. Snowden is rendered in- capable of undergoing the fatigue of the three congregations in less than three years in the prime of life, by all probability he will not be able in a short time to attend to two congregations, and of consequence we shall be left without a pastor and the means of giving a call to another We, therefore, pray to be considered as united with Derry, and that if Mr. Suowden should insist on being disunited from them, that Presbytery will appoint a committee of their body to enquire into the matter before anything de- cisive may take place; and that the majority of this congregation, how much soever they may be attiched to Mr. Snowden, wou’d rather he phould leave us as he found us, than submit to a disno ution of the union subsisting between u? By order of a meeting of Paxtang con- gregation. John Rutherford, Joshua Elder. Supplication Sent to Presbytery, 1796. Paxtang, Jan'y 1796. To the Moderator of Carlisle Presbytery about to meet at Big Spring : By order of the Committee of Presbytery which sat at Paxtang the 31 of Hov’r last, the Congregation of Paxtang was nolifyed the last Sunday but one which we had meet- ing that the sense of the Congregation wou’d betaken on the next Sabbath whether we wou’d adhere to Harrisburg & break the Union with D^rry, or whether we wou’d coutinoue the Union with Derry & break off with Harrisburg. Accordingly after sermon last Sunday the heads ot families were desired to attend, and after the busi- ness was explained to them, we proceeded to take the votes of the People, & it ap- peared that a Majority of the Congregation was tor continnuing the Union with Derry and relinquishing Harrisburg; they like- wise chose the bearer Capt’n John Ruther- ford as their Commissioner to wait on Pres- bytery with this Remonstrance, praying that Presbytery wou’d grant us Supplies & dissolve the Congregation of Paxtang from their Obligations to Mr. Snowden & that he might discontinue his labors to them unless ordered to supply them as any other Gen- tleman. Historical and GenealogicaL S07 Supplication Sent to the Presbytery of Ga/r- lisle— me, Paxtang, Sept. 3d, me. The Rev* d Presbytery of Carlisle: Gentlemen : Whereas we are now desti- tute of the Gospel Ordinances being regu- larly administered to us, and what few supplies were alloted for us at the last Presbytery we fell short even of these on account of the age and Inability of one of the members appointed to supply us ; We, the Subscribers, in behalf of this Congre- gation who met for that purpose Do most earnestly beg and entreat that Presbytery would be pleased to grant as many Supplies as they can with convenience ; we likewise wish that it there be any young or unset- tled Members belonging to Presbytery these might be sent to us that we might have an Opportunity of the Gospel once more regu- larly established and administered in all the forms thereto belonging ; and your Suppli- cants as in duty bound shall ever pray. Appeal of the Paxtang Qmgregation to the Moderator. Paxtang, Oct. 1. 1791. To the Moderator of the Rev*d Presbytery of Carlisle : Sir : — We again acknowledge our de- pendence and renew our request in praying Presbytery to give us such and as many supplies during the winter season as they can with convenience. The bearer, Mr. James Rutherford, is appointed our Com- missioner to present this remonstrance to Presbytery and to answer such interroga- tories as may be required of him Signed in behalf of Paxtang congrega- tion by Joshua Elder, Letter to the Moderator of Carlisle Presby- tery— 1798. Paxtang, Sept. 25th, 1198. To the Moderator of Carlisle Presbytery : Sir ; The bearer, Edward Crouch, is our commissioner, appointed by the congrega- tion of Paxtang to wait on the Revd Pres- bytery of Carlisle .with a call for the Revd Joshua Williams for the one-third of his labors in union with Derry, whom we ex- pect will apply for the remaining two- thirds; likewise to sollicit the Presbytery to grant us Supplies in the meantime. Signed in behalf & with the approbation of the congregation by Joshua Elder. AND QOeKIlfiS.— LXXVI, BIscoilcal and Genealogical. Revolutionary Heroes — We are un- der obligations to our frisncl, “J. B. L.,” for the following, culled from an old news- paper for January 21, 1832: “Jan’v 3, 1832, (55 th anniversary of the Battle of Princeton), in pursuance of no- tice, ttiere convened a meeting at Carlisle, of the Soldiers of the Revolution within the bounds of Cumberland county. Archibald Loudon was called to the chair, George Rinehart and Peter Duey, sec’ry. Jacob Osier and Michael Miller were appointed a committee to ascertain the number of Rev- olutionary soldiers present — their respect- ive ages, and to what division of the army they belonged. Of the Pennsyloania Militia. Jacob Osier, age 85 Michael Miller, age 80 Frederick Rinehart, age 80. John Slonecker, age 80 Archibald Loudon, age 78. Robert Wright, age 75. Of the Mying Gamp. Peter Duey, age 73 Of the Continentals. Geo. S Rinehart, age 85. John Mitchels, age 82. Robert Rirkley, age 80. Peter Tritt, age 77. John Fagan, age 76 Philip Lenhart, age 72. Martin Miller, age 72. “Owing to the inclement weather the attendance of the surviving soldiers was not as numerous as anticipated. The object of the meeting was to petition Congresr to include in the pension act those surviving soldiers wh under other acts were not enti- tled to pension.” Hulings (iV & Q.. The follow- ing is a copy of a lector directed “To John Hartshorne, at Israel Huling’s Hatter, at Burlington” (N. J.) Was the “hatter” mentioned in it father or uncle of Marcus Hulings of Duncan’s Island ? These by Thomas Fitz Randolph, 16 ; 3 mo., 1740 Loved Son Thine of the second of this instant I have before me which we received with a great deal of satisfaction— to hear that thou wast easy in thy mind and so well $08 Historical and Genealogical, pleased with thy Master & business and I hope will continue so, and my son I advise thee as a loving Father to be careful and honest in thy Master’s business and courte- ous to all thy fellO'V creatures. Be careful to read thy Bible and go to meeting and love God above all and then thou wilt be afraid to offend him — which will be thy great happiness and comfort to thy parents and friends — with these come all our loves to the wishing of thee well from thy Loving Father, farewell William Habtshorke. Armstrong — In the hope of securing additional data, we give the following in- formation from records befo e us : I. James Armstrong settled in the “North End of Paxtaog” as early as 1732. He died in 1743, leaving a widow and the following children : James\ died in Pax ang in Dec. 1758, leaving a wife Jean, bat no issue. a. WUliam; m. , and had among other children— Abel, Nancy and Mary. Robert, whose wife was Sarah, held in 1785 the patent for Armstrong’s Island in the Susquehanna. Hi. Abel; m., and had Margaret and Re- becca iv. Margaret, m. John Dougherty, of Pax- tang, and had a son John. V. Ma/ry, m. Bratton. I Elizabeth, m. John Thompson, of Pax- tang. Their daughter Mary married Robert son of Rev. John Elder. vii. Francis, m. Darleston, and had a son Thomas. mil. John, m., and had children, Eliza- beth, James, William, John, Abel, and Rich- aad. James Armstrong, first named, had a brother John Armstrong, who located in Paxtang at the same time, and had one child, Richard. He died prior to 1749, leaving a widow and the son referred to. w. H. E. TH£ NlSWSPa^PlSK PRESS OF HEKB18- BUBG. NO IV. In the long procession of brilliant and cultivated men who wrote for nearly all the newspapers enumerated, we should not ne- glect to refer to such as James Ross, An- drew Gregg, William aid William J Du- ane, James Buchanan, Henry A. IVIuhlen- s berg, Joseph Reed, jr., Richard Coulter, • Walter Forward, Samuel M’Kean, N B. Boileau, Charles Houston, John B. Gibson, i Ellis Lewis, Jesse Miller, James Thomp- son, William F. Packer, George Wolf, John M. Read and bome others who are yet liv- ing, deserve more than a mere iteration of ^ their names ; but an article intended to ^ command or invite perusal upon a subject which can only be treated briefly is not the j place to write of their able contributions, a trenchant wit and bitter repartee, or their 1 generous and manly private lives ^ Before approactiing an account of the J modern press- dskily, it is proper to mention,' J The Champion, a campaign paper of 1844, i published by Augustus Sprigman. It was conducted with remarkable vigor in favor j of Shunk. as against Muhlenberg. Whig Bugle, by Colin M’ Curdy, a cam- - paign paper in favor of Gen Taylor for' \ President, 1848 i Crystal Fountain, \n 1856, by John J. j Clyde. The organ of the then great tern- : perance movement in »he 8'a’‘.e. It was i continued for several years. I have seen a ' file, but forget in whose possession. j The American was established by John \ J. Clyde in 1856 in connection with his jj daily newspaper. The Herald. j The ritse and progress, the generation and 1 succession of the Pennsylvania Reporter,'M embraces so much, that an endeavor to 1 combine its history from 1837 to the pres- ■ ent has been made The result of somes labor is presented, in the hope that it willfi prove satisfactory to those who feel interest! in preserving the story of Harrisburg news- ; papers. " V The Reporter was issued in a time of great « polincai excitement, November, 1837, by! Samuel C. Stambaugh, and in its history is! the story of many other ventures. It has I been continued by a crovvd of able editors. .J The whole is now me’-ged in the Patriot,^ published by a company, and of necessity, without a “fighting editor,” as was always^ the case before 1856. About that period . editors be^ran to be impersonal. In the | good old times courageous personality, not ability, often made a popular newspaper, editor. My friend William D. Boas writes the following memoranda: ' Historical arid Genealogical. 309 “November, 18^7. — The Pennsylvania Inielligtncer was purchased and suspen ^ed Samu«-I t*. IS ambangh then ablishel tue Pennsylvania Reporter and Democratic Herald. “March, 1829 — Mr. 8imon Cameron, who was a silent partner of Mr. Stam- baugh up to that time, withdrew from the paper, and Stambaugh formed a couuectio ’ with Mr. Henry Welsh, at that time one of the editors of the York Gazette, and Hon. Jesse Miller, of the State Senate. The paper was afterwards published under the firm of Sfambaugh, Welsh & Co. “In 1829 Mr. Stamoaugh withdrew from, the paper, which was afterwards published by Henry Welsh and Jesse Miller, under the firm of Welsh & Miller “December, 1830 — Jesse Miller with- drew from the paper, leaving Mr. Welsh sole proprietor and editor. “May, 1834 — Henry Welsh formed a partner 'hip with Samuel D. Patterson, who afterwards published the paper uoder the film of Walsh & Pattersou, and added to the title Democratic tjerald ” The Reporter was greatly enlarged and improved in December of this year, and continued to be edited with vigor and success In the following spring Mr. Welsh disposed of his intere'^c to his brother-in-law, Mr. David Small. It is unnecessary to write that both retired in comfortable circumstance's. Both these gentlemen are aliv^e at pre.eat Tke Democratic State Journal, was started Match 28th, 183 >, by Geo. W Crabb & O. Barrett — “office near th( south end of the Court House.” It had a brief but stormy existence, and in the number for Jan. 12, 1836, Crabb bows himself out, and the paper was consolidated with the Penn- sylvania Reporter, David Small of the latter also retidog. As The Reporter amd State Journal it was published by Patterson & Barre't. On the first of June following in a three line paragraph Mr. Barrett informs the patrons of his paper that his connection with it terminated. Mr Patterson remained sole publisher until September 1, 1837, when Wm. D. Boas purchased an interest in the establiahmeut, and a mon.h later the j, whole concern passed into his hands. Thomas L Wilson, of Philadelphia, was editor. In April, 1838, William P. Coplin, Senator from Fayette county, entered into partnership with Br»as, the firm retai'dng tbe editorial ser- vices of Wilson. March 6, 1840 Coplan rented. For over a y<“ar Boas batn'*^d alone; but, as the ed toiial of May 4 1841, ex- presses it, “Simu>"l D. PauersoQ has re- turned to the arduous task of h Iping to conduct it as an iadepeadent, fa rhfui and zealous exponent of democracy,” April 29, 1842, Mr. Boas takes his leave of the Reporter and retires from the edi'or al field, Patterson remaining until October follow- ing, when John H Dimock, of Susquehanna county, now of Chicago, purchased the es- tablishment, who, in a whole column leader, takes occasion to advocate th"' claims of Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The last number issued was June 2, 1843 It was merged in the new arrangement. Two years after tr e name was assumed by Isaac R. Diiler, lo which we shall again refer. Al- most ft complete file is po?se:-sed by the State Library. The Keystone, started in August, 1836, by Wm. F Packer, afterward Governor of the f^ta^e, O Barrett and Beuj. Parke. The senior member remained until Febru- ary, 1840, when he disposed of his interest to Barrett & Parke, “the arduous duties appertaining to the office of Canal Com- missioner” compe ling him to relinquish it. Ovid F. .Tohnson edited this paper with great vigor. In April. 1841, James Pea- cock and Isaac G M’ Kin ley purchased the establishment. Mr. Peacock, in October following, sold his interest to Joseph M. G. L^scum, of Philadelphia, Messrs M’- Kinley & Le? cure continued its publication until the union of the three Democratic papers on June 7, 1843 In 1848 Mr. Barrett commenced a news- paper with the old title of Keystone, which continued for several years. The complete files of this, with other of Mr. Barrett’s newspaper ventures, were destroyed in the burning of a frame building corner of Fourth street and Cherry alley, where they had been stored, with the exception of some volumes which are in the possession of the State Library. ^'The Home Journal and Citizen Soldier' ' the title of the paper printed by Isaac R. Diiler in 1843. In August, 1845, the name was changed to The Pennsylvania Reporter and Home Journal. It was published a short time. The first volume is in the pos- 8i0 Jlislorical and Genealogical. session of Dr. Egle. It caused qaue a sea- satioQ by printiug iu its columns a local story founded on the Parthemore murder, by that strange erra'ic genius Geo ge Lip- paid. It was entitled, “Pasy, or the Pil- gnm'ige of St George.” State Capital Gazette^ by Wm. Henlock and John B Bratton, now of Carlisle, com menced July, 1839 and continued until Jun^, 1843. when it ceased for the purpose of unirirg with ihe Pennsyl'oania Reporter and Keystone^ under the title of the Demo- cratic Uaion. A. file is iu the State Li brary. It was undoubtedly in the tronc ranks of the so-calbd c >untry newspapers. In was ably edited, neat in typographical appearance and make up. This was suc- ceeded by the Union and Patriot^ in the hands of George M. Lauman, then came Richard J Haldeman, Christopher L. Ward, William H. Miller, John W. Brown, Thomas C. Macdowell, O. Barrel, Banj. F. Meyers and other prominent editors, po’iticians or men of tortune. That the present Patriot might “shed its beams upon a darkened world,” it was necessary to s shallow some 15 ventures, a manifest proof of the enterprise of the printers and young lawyers of Pennsylva- nia, who fcupposed the newspaper route was the exact and rapid way to fame and station. HOTKS QUJKulltS — LXXVII. Uistorlcsl and Oene>ftloglcal. Orphan Asylum. — By reference to the Republican of May 16, 1828 we find that the Sisters of Charity had previously opened a school in Pine street — and an or- phan asylum. What is known concerning this ins’itution, and where on Pine street was it located ? A Glaring Error on the Geary monu- ment we commend to those having the au- thority to See corrected at once. On the west panel is the inscription | Last Alcade \ and I First Mayor \ of J San Francisco^ CaL The second word of the first line should be Alcalde. Such an error is inexcusable, and the individual who erected the monument should at once replace the bronze panel by another. , w. h. e. “Wheel barrow Men.”— (N. & Q. Ixxi)— These were prisoners who worked on the street on some public work, and car- ried ball and chain. It was quite a com- mon thing one hundred years a 40 to make the prisoners seif sus aining so far as possi- ble. I find in Lancaster county that John M a thiol made breeches for w Reel barrow men in jail ninety-niue years ago. s e Gen. James Steele (N & Q Ixxii). — Gen. Steele’s wile was Miss Humes, of Lancaster county. After her husband’s dea.h she remo'red to St. Paul, where she died and is buri d. T a eir children were— Frank, who married a Miss Barney, of Baltim re, a granddaughter of Commodore Barney; Sarah, m. Gov, S bley, of Minne- sota; Rachel, m Gan Johnson, of St Paul; John, n pnysiciau of prominence, m Miss McGlung, of Lancaster rounty, Penn’a; Mary, unm ; and Abby, m Dr. Potts. THE PAXTANG BOYS. OK THE QUA- KEB’Sj WAOt.B. The massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the Paxtang Rangers, it is well known, produced at the time of its occurrence a powerful sensation It is not my purpose to give a history of this transaction except to remark, ihat in the last days of 1763 a band of these rangers, met by appointment at Matthew Smith’s tavern on the Jones- to wn road, preparatory to their march on Lancaster. It has been s ated that Parson Elder their superior officer met with them, but was uaab e to deter them from their bloody purpose. Tne Quaker Indian policy of that day was judt tkS unpopular among the Paxtang settlers, as it is to day amongst the frontiersmen of our border setilemenis. Both held as an article of faith, “that dead Indians were good Indians, and all live ones were bad ” It is a little strange that so few of the incidents of this expedition have come down to us. Great as was the i noise and uproar which followed it, the ; name of Capi. Matthew Smith, the le^er. is the only one, so far as I know, preserved historically of that brave but infatuated band. An authentic copy of the muster , roll of that company would be a striking I curiosity. Parson Elder’s infiuence proba- bly prevented those of the Rangers who lived in his own neighborhood from joining | Historical and Genealogical. 311 it; and that he deplored and condemned it there can be eo doubt whatever. Such seemed to be the feeling among old men in my ojvn early lecollections. They spoke sparingly of it, as it it were a disagreeable subject, and two of them who were old enough to remember it. staged with a satis fied air that the persons engaged in it ‘‘lived along the mountain foot.” Some of our antiquaries hold»to the opinion that the I’axtang Rangers were wholly composed of Scjtch-Irish settlers. The Rangers, as I understand it, were an organized body, furnished with a due pro- portion of officers, and Parson Elder was commissioned their colonel. They were the local militia, consisting of able-b jditd men, including such Dutch — German— set' lers as were in the locality. Many years ago I heard Peter Pancake, the miller, son of Felty, state that his grandfather, Peier, the elder or waguner, was a member, and did duty as a scout along the Beaver and Swataraatthe time of the Lancaster raid; and that old Peter justified the act on the ground of ex pediency and self-protection. Capt. Matthew ISmHh lived there Lmg enough afterwai ds to lead a company of his neighbors in the cam- paign against Quebec; and there is no rec- ord that he ever regretted he had made the Lancaster raid. A word no w in reference to the Smith house; a two-story, weather-beaten, log tenement, well known fifty or sixty years ago as the Plank Tavern; and where “Bat- talion musters” were annually held. Those musters were great gatherings of the coun- try peop e, ostensibly for military drill, but really as a holiday frolic. The field and staff sported bright regimentals, with heavy epauletts on the shoulders, and the old, time-honored chapeau on the head, to the intense admiration of the little boys and huckster women scattered around Gen- eral Franks, Brigade Inspector Joel Bailey, Colonels Roberts and Reader, and Major John Shell, were all in their glory. Guards stood at the gap whilst the companies filed into the field, which obliged us boys to climb the fence a little further on. When all were in a bar was put up (no farm gates then), and the guards joined their compa- nies for drill and inspection. It would take an abler pen than mine to describe a militia muster, consisting of guns, pistols and slicks, with personal costumes to corre- spond, An hour’s exerciso brought dis- missal, and then the crowd of men, boys, dogs and horses kept the dust of the road in a perfect cloud .around the house. Ama- teur fiddlers competed for smooth “fips, ” and gave in return tearing music to “hip- sef -saw dances.” Much gingerbread and “brodt- jrurai” wer<.^ eaten, and very much of E'der MeC.’s “rot-gut whisky” was drank As a rule, not less than three fights added to the entertainments of the day. Ah ! those were grand old days, with no peace officers to interfere with the public enjoyment. Some of the old men of Pax- tang will probably recollect what a sensa- tion was produced when Jacob Millisen, the Sampson of that generation, bent his ten pound rifie barrel over the head of Daniel Houser, the Harrisburg blacksmith, aed how a stiff bat and a thick skull suc- cessfully resisted the blow. In the spring of 1843 an old couple living near Harrisburg witu their son, by the name of Parthimore, were murdered. For want of a better clue to the perpetrator, public opinion settled down heavily upon me son, and as he shortly afterwards was found drowned in the canal basin, the mys- tery of the Parthimore homicide, so far as I know, will ever remain a subject of con- jecture. But at the time of occurrence, the name of the murdere - 1 man recalled to my father, a traditional incident of the Conestoga massacre; which, by the way, be told us to illustrate his opinion, to witj: That Quakers, like other people under temptation, would rometimes trespass the rules of their creed, especially that which forbids betting. It is traditionally stated that Captain Smith and his company en- camped on the farm of an elderly Quaker on the evening prior to iheir attack on the Lancaster jail. The follower of George Pox, moved by the spirit, perhaps, and, ike a modern interviewer, soon mingled amongst his unbidden and unwelcome guests; probably to see what they were do- ing and to find out what was up. Private Frederick Parthimore (grandfather of the before mentioned murdered mao) happened to be cleaning and loading his gun. The Quaker looked at this artistic performance for some time, with an air of curiosity and scorn, much the same as a turkey-cock is supposed to feel at the sight of a red gar- ment. The spirit moving, perhaps, he en- S12 Historical and Genealogical. quired, in a tone of irony, “Friend, what cm thee do with thy rifle?'’ “Veil, I shoots mit ’em; dat ish votlcmdo!” “When thee shoots, does thee ever hit anything?” “O, yez; I hies everyting I shoots at” “Friend, could thee hit that weathercock on my barn?” “O, yez; I hits tat e ezy — e-ezy.” “Could thee hit its bill ?” “Veil, yez; I hits him on te bill, too.” “I’ll bet thee a bowl of punch thee cannot.” With- out another word. Par ihi more raised his gun and flred. The weathercock lost his bill and the Quaker his whisky punch, a pleasing reminiscence^, by the way, of a long-past tragedy — the only gleam of sun- shine which has come down to us to gild the fading memory of that bloody raid H R NOTKS AND QU® Bln S-LXX VIII. PIstoricAl and Geaesiogical. The Paxtang Boys & Q. Ixxvii) —I read “H. R.’s’’ communication with con- siderable interest, but pray is fie not wrong? As I have read and understand the matter, it is far different than that given by your correspondent. Several years ago you delivered a lecture on this very subject, and I remember your views were in totals vari- ance with those given by “H. R,” OLD HANOVER. [ We would like to gratify “Old Hanover” and present a correct history of the “Pax- tang Boys’ Insurrection,” so-cal'ed, but our labors are such that we must defer the subject. We will say, however, that “H. R.” has merely for what he wiles. Tradition has been accepted for so many years that it seems like iconoclasm to de- stroy it— but in the light of documentary evidence, we are perfectly satisfled that the “Paxtang Boys” of 1763 only did what men under similar circumstances would do to-day. There are certain points in “ H. R ’a” article, which we deem proper to correct. Captain Mat- thew Smith was not in command of the men who killed the Indians at Con- estoga or Lancaster, nor was he present, although his house may have been the place of rendesvous. His prominence arose from the fact, that with James Gibson, he was one of the delegates chosen by the frontiers- men to present their memorial, signed by 1,500 of the settlers, to the Assem\)ly, and whose approach to Philadelphia, accom- panied by about fifty — possibly not over one hundred, of the back- woodsmen — was magnified into a raid. Caot. ' Smith, had he been a member of the “Paxtang Boys,” would not have dared go to Philadelphia, when a reward was offered for the arrest of all concerned, especially the leaders. The commander of the ‘ Rangers” was the brave Capt. Lazarus Stewart, who fell in the massacre at Wyoming. Again, it is doubtful if there was a single German among the men — Hanover, Derry and Pax- tang furnished the “Rangers” who were of Sc )tch-Irish descent. In a communication, published at the time, it was positively as- serted that not one of the “Rangers” was of German origin. We believe, in time we shall be able to make a list of these men. As soon as we can obtain the names of the families which followed the Rev. Mr. Sankey to Virginia — we hope to complete a roster — and none of their descendants need be ashamed of their conduct The story of the “Quaker’s wager” is “an ower true tale,” but the time and place, as we have understood it, occurred in 1775, when Capt. Patterson’s company of Asaociators march- ed from Paxtang to Lancaster. “H. R ’s” reminiscences are very interesting, and only wrong in the traiitionary part con- cerning the ‘ Paxtang Boys.” w. h. e.] HISTOBIOAL MBAIOBaNOA. Thomas Cookson came from Sunderland, in the county of Durham, England, to Lancaster county about 1740. He was ap- pointed a justice in 1745. He was one of the Proprietaries’ surveyors, and became a very large land-holder in Lancaster, York and Cumberland counties. Joseph Gallo- way, of Anne Arundel county, Md., who afterwards removed to Philadelphia, and was for many years Speaker of the Assem- bly, and became a noted Tory, whose im- mense estate was confiscated, married ThomasCookson’s daughter Hannah. There was a daughter Margaret who died in her minority. These were the only children. His wife Mary survived him, but did not wear the “widow’s weeds” long, for she married George Steveosoo, the surveyor who laid out the towns of York and Carlis'o. Margaret Cookson had but one child, who died in i»s minority. The mother died Historical and Genealogical, SIS soon after the birth of this child. Cook- son’s property then went to h's sisters’ childreo — except au interest whicb went to Joseph Gilloway — Sarah, who married John Rawlings, of Darham. Eogland, mariner, and Hannah Lindsey, spinster, the only daughter of Mary Lind ey, who was the only sister and heir of Thomas Cookson. A.t the time o( the latters’ death, in 1753, he resided on Orange street, in Lancaster borough, and left the following named properties : Two lots in Lancaster; two ten-acre lots adjoining the town; 250 acres in Manheim township; 210 acres at the mouth of Cone- wago creek, in Derry township, by Todd’s and Samuel Smith’s land. He also owned that part of the island opposite, which now belongs t.o James Duffy, Esq., and con- tained 235 acres Daniel Elliot, who mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Alex ander Lowrey in 1775, bought this island and 210 acres in 1772. The island descended to John Elliot, only son of Daniel Elliot. There was also a tract of 400 acres in Derry; 200 acres in Derry adjoining John Allison’s; 150 acres in Derry by David M’- Nair’s; 150 acres in Derry; 120 acres in Derry; several tracts along Cone wago by lands of Dr. Jacob Regar, James Sample, James Chambers, Andrew Hershey, Simon Singer, containing altogether 1823 acres. The lands in York and Cumberland coun- ties were described in deeds of record in those c unties The 235 acres on the Island embraced two-thirds ot it. It now contains 390 acres, which indicates that it has in- •leased instead of being diminished by floods. In 1769 Doctor William Plunket owned and resided upon a farm of 187 acres in Paxtang township, fronting on the river and adjoining lands of Joseph Swift and John Buzzard. This tract was the moiety of 300 acres which John Harris — who died in 1746 — gave to his two sons, Samuel and David Harris. On September 1, 1763, David Harris and his wife Mary sold their share to Dr. Plunket. On September 9, 1769, George Pry, of Paxtang, and “Katharine,” his wife, gave to Rev Thomas Barton and James Burd of Paxtang, then in their actual p 'ssession, lot No. 95 measuring 64 feet in fronu on High street, and 120 feet deep, upon which they proposed to erect an Ep'scopal church in Middletown. •loau Glen ot Hanover, sold 200 'acres on the north side of tie B ue m murain, to David Hays William, »he son of John Glen, was a blacksmith, and lived in Derry. Samuel Evans. GolumUaj Pa. THE NEWJiPAPiHiB PKI088 OIT HAKBIS- BUKQ. V. Harrishurg 8ta/r, by William J. Sloan, about 1830. It was not a very creditable sheet in its typography, as the editor was a mere lad, no': much of a printer, but with so much ability in another direction that came to be an able departmental surgeon in the U. S. army. One or two ot iis issues have been preserved, but no com plete file, except perhaps among the effects of its “responsible editor.” Whig State Journal, issued in 1850, by John j Clyde. Sold to John J Patterson, who subsequently purchased the Tele- graph, into which this paper was merged. For many years one or two of the weekly papers issued semi- weekly, and one, a daily, during the sessions of the Legislature; but no venture was made for the permanent establishment thereof un^il late in 1850. The Harrisburg Daily American was commenced December 26 1850, b/ George Bergner & Co. In due course it became a part of the Harrisburg Telegraph It was established as a Whig organ. In the course of time its opposition to the Know Nothing organization was very decided A file for several years is in the collection of the State Library. The Daily Times, 1853, was a venture of Wm. H. Egle and Theo. F. Scheffer, at the suggestion of a number of prominent citi- zens. The Morning Herald, by John J. Clyde & Co., was issued the same year. The borough not being able to support three daily papers, the Times was merged into the Herald. The latter paper was shortly after absorbed, or rather continue!, by the Daily Telegraph, It may be re- maiked that the Telegraph has absorbed al- most as many newspaper ventures as its contemporary, the Patriot, and its editors were of the picked men of their political party. Historical and Genealogical. su Hie Daily Borough Item, by George P. Crap & Louis Blanche. It commenced in 1853, a small p«nay paper, nor, very pre- posessinginappsarance, bur, g^ive a good re- sume of local evtjnrs, and a file of it would be useful for reference I do nor, think there is one in existence. On account ot its frequent pars jnalines, io failed to re- ceive tae general support of the commu- nity. Daily Herald, by Scephea Miller & Co. commenc.d December 33, 1853 and afcer and up lo 1858 in the hanis of Royal, Me- Reyno.d^ & Whitman, was at last merged in the Harrisburg Telegraph. Mr. Miller was at the dma the paper commenced prothoQotary of Dauphin county, after- wards Govtjrcor of Minnesota. A die of this paper is in the State Library. Ihe Platform, in 1854, a campaign paper of large circulation, by A. Boyd Hamilton, edited by a full dozen of the friends ot Gov. Bigler. I do not know where a copy of this publication is to be found. It was the first newspaper that thoroughly carried out the plan of payment in advance. Very many thousands of copies were ordered, but as the cash did not cover the order, the paper was not forwarded, and its circulation was lim- ited to ihose who did pay, about 15,000. The Harrisburg Daily Record was i.s- sued by Henry Omit & Co., January 3, 1854, edited by George F. Emerson. I have not been able to learn whether any file of this paper exists, although some of the company who established it are yet alive. The Penn,syhania Statesman, established as a campaign paper in 1860, by J. M. Cooper. It advocated the election of John C. Breckinridge for President. It was a lively sheet. The State Guard, a daily, published by Forney & Kauffman, commenced about 1866 and continued for several years I think Mr. Forney has a file. Some of its issues contain facts of permanent value and it is to be hoped a full set of this paper has been preserved. The State Journal, a daily, published by the Slate Journal Company, was begun in October, 1870, and continued until Novem- ber, 1873, when the ofldee was destroyed. Its chief editor was Wein Forney, and was just being established on a paying basis when it met its fate by the burning of Mr. Singerly’s printing office. Some omissions have been made, and many imperfections will be detected in this account of the Harrisburg press. Several necessary corrections present themselves, and are noted in the following: The Visitor, a religious paper, in 1834, by Michael W. McKinlev. One or two num* bers of its issue satisfied its edi or and pub- lisher. The Christian Monitor , a weekly religious paper, by John M. Ke>igy, M D , in Janu- ary, 1826. Only one or iwo numbers were issued, S') %r as can be ascertained. The Hwrisburg Argus ot 1837 was not published by Juh'i Wyeth, jr., but by Francis Wye'h. Som'^ fif een years after this another Argus was publi-hed by Val- entine Best, Senator from Columbia county in the State Legislature. The Penny Advertiser was the name of the paper publisned by Cherrick Westbrook, and not The Parry Advocate Tne firs^. num- ber was iSbUtd July 15, 1843, from ‘*No. 68 Market street, basement story.” It was a small quarto and published every Wednes- day and Saturday morning, at one dollar and fifty cents a year. The terms of adver- tising was “A penny a line for each inser- tion. The “Advertiser” reached twenty- two numbers— a file of which is in the pos- session of Mr. Westbrook. The Vaterlands Waechter we are in- formed was commenced by Joseph Miller in 1839; was purchased by Samuel Kling, father of Mrs. E. K. Jackson, of this city, in 1833, and at his death, Jun*) 5, 1836, passed into the hands of Joseph Ehrenfried, of Lancaster, wi^h whom Mr. Kling had learned the art of printing. The “Mercury” was a daily paper of 1875, by the Mercurjr company. The “Dawn.” a weekly of the same year, by J. Trainor King. The “Temperance Vindicator,” by Geo. F. M’Farland. The ‘‘Scroll-Keeper.” The “National Progress.” The “Harrisburg Chronicle,” by Thomas C M-icdowell. These three newspapers were unsuccessful ventures, and had a very brief existence The “Stars and Stripes,” Buchanan and Breckinridge campaign paper, 1856, by Geo. F. Weaver, sr. The newspapers published in this county at present— 1^3— are:— Historical and Genealogical, 316 DAILY. Harrisburg Telegraph, by the Har- risburg publishing company Twenty-sixth year. .“The Harrisburg Patriot,” by Patriot publishing company. Twenty-fourth year. “The Daily Independent,” by E. Z. Wal- lower. Bixth year. “Bteelton Daily Reporter,” by W. H. H. Sieg. First year. WEEKLY “The Item, ” Bteelton, by J. A. Work. Eighth year. The “Middletown Journal,” by J. W. Stofer. Twenty-eighth year. The “Middletown Press,” by I. O. Niss- ley. Second year. “The Hummelstown Sun,” by W. R. Hendricks. Ninth year. “The M'llersburg HeralJ,” by J. B. Seal. Eighth year. “Lyk^^ns Register,” by Samuel M Fenn. Seventeenth year. “Dauphin County Journal” (German), Harrisburg, by Dr. J. R. Hayes. Sixth year. “Harrisburg Siturday Night,” by Dr. J. R Hayes. Fourth year. “Pe nsylvania Staats Zeitung,” Harris- burg, by the executrix of John G. Ripper, deceased, W. Strobel, editor. Sixteenth year. “Church Advocate,” Harrisburg, edited by Rev. C. H. Forney, D. D. In addition to the foregoing are the fol- lowing periodicals, issued monthly or semi- monthly; “The Conference News,” organ of the Central Pennsylvania Methodist Confer- ence. by Rev. W. M Frysinger. “The Lutheran Chimes,” published by Zion Lutheran — Fourth street— church. “Church and Home,” published by Mar- ket Square Presbyterian church. “Odd Fellows’ Gazette,” by T. Morris Chester. “People’s Friend,” organ of the local temperance movement. “Bulletin,” organ of the Y. M. C. Asso- ciation. “The Itinerant,” by A. L. Groff, organ of the U. B. Church. Seventh year. There are several advertising journals is- sued occasionally, of which we have no record. 1883. A. Boyd Hamilton. MOrJES ANO 5.” The Queen, upon the sur- render of the unfinished fort at “the Forks,” by Ensign Ward, bad retired to this place, and “Alliquippa’s town,” “Alliquippa’s Gap” and “Alliquippa’s Ridge” in this neighborhood, are all laid down on old maps as late as 1770 On the 30th of June, 1756, Governor Mor- ris wroie to Captain M’Kee: “iSir — The In- dian, Newcastle, has a daughter at Taaflfe’s called Canadahawaby, wnich he desired might be brought to Philadelphia. I prom- ised she should be here at his return. He has proved a faithful friend of this govern- ment. and is now employed by me on a hazardous journey to the Indians on Sus- quehannah. You will therefore immedi- ately proceed to Mr. Taaffe’s and let the S18 Historical and Genealogical, Indian girl know that her father desired me to send lor her to be here against he return- ed, and bring her along with you, and take great care of her oh the journoy. * * * * * If sne has not had the small-pox, as it is now in town, I desire you will conduct her to Shippensburg, the Proprietor’s seat, near this city, and not suffer her to come into the city; if she has had the small-pox, you noay bring her to Mrs. Boyl’s in Cheat- nm street.” Shippensburg, in the forego ing extract, is no doubt a misprint for Spiingetsbary, the Proprietor’s seat near Fairmount. When Newcastle started on his journey to theSusquehannah Indians, as mentioned, Governor Morris issued a passport to “CashunyoD, alias Newcastle;” thus show- ing that the Queen’s son was rich in names; he having two Indian and two English names. October 29, 1756 — “Captain Newcastle having at the Governor’s desire visited Mr. Weiser, they came to town together. Cap- tain Newcastle was taken ill of the smali- poji..” — Col. Rec. vii, 307. At a council held at Easton, November 17th, 1756, Governor Denny, addressing Teedyuscung, said: “Since I set out I have heard of the death of several Indian friends by the smallpox at Philadelphia, and par- ticularly Captain Newcastle is dead, who was very instrumental joined with you as agent in carrying on this good work of peace.” Col. Burd’s Journal published Pa. Arch. N. S. Vol. II, p 790, contains the following information: On the evening of June 2d, 1757, one hundred Indians arrived at Fort Augusta (Shamokin) from the Treaty at Lancaster, under the care of Captain Thomas M’Kee; they encamped above the fort towards the old town. Col. Burd in his Journal writes of them June 4th: “This day all the Indians intended to go, but an accident happening, viz: One Indian girl shot another with a bullet and four swan shot through the arm, detained them; this girl that was shot was Newcastle’s daugh- ter.” In the narrative of Marie Le Roy and Barbara Lininger, what is now called Char* tier’s creek was March 31, 1759, called Alliquippa river. Neville B. Craig in the “Olden Time,” Vol. II, p. 403, writing of the first idand below Pittsburgh, opposite the mouth of Chartier’s creek, now called Brunot’s Island, says: “We recollect no- ticing in an early survey of the M’Kee property that this island was called Alli- quippa’ s.” 1 can tell you nothing more of Queen Alliquippa or her family. If any ot the readers of Notes and Queries can give the name of her husband, the place and date of her death, and the tale of her grand- daughter Canadahawaby, or any other facts relating to them, I would be much gratified. NOTCS AND QUERIES— L.XXX. Historical and Geneal9gical, The Old Church at Derry.— By the following circnlar, -it will be seen that ef- forts are making looking to the preserva- tion of this ancient land mark of the Scotch- Irish emigration to America, in our locality. Although it is impossible to restore the de- cayed structure, a memorial chapel erected upon the old foundation walls, will be suf- ficient to rescue from oblivion that historic spot. There are readers of Notes and (^eries whose ancestors worshipped in old Derry church, and whose remains are at REST in tne grave yard near by. To them, the eflort now being made, will commend itself — and they should lend a helping hand. Let this assistance not be delayed nor with- held. It is a noble work. The church at Conewago, whose graveyard has been ploughed over, and the tomb-stones bnried • out of sight, shows what the fate of Derry maybe, if something is not speedily done. w. H B. “Harrisburg, October, 1882. “It has been decided to restore, or if that^ is found impossible, erect a proper Memo- rial chapel fitted for preaching as a Mission Station, at the Presbyterian Church of “Derry,” in Derry township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. Some substantial aid has been promised toward this tribute to the departed fathers and mothers who founded this congregation more than 150 years ago. It is thought fitting that the descendants of those who are interred in the grave yard, or were members of the church should be asked to contribute to- ward this worthy object in such amounts as they may choose, and remit to the cuss- todian of the fund. Persons who have no Historical and Qe')walogical. 319 such motive for contributing have prom- ised assistauce. In this combinat-ion we hope to find success. The object is so praiseworthy that no such thing as a failure should be thought of. The work contem plated will not be expensive, and will be of so substantial a character as not to i equire further expense for another hundred years. The neglect of this beautiful and hallowed spot in the past 20 years has been shameful, and for the credit of the Presbyterian name it should be put and kept in repair. There is also in the growing community about Derry a rapidly enlarging field for Chris- tian enterprise, and prospect of reviving this decayed congregation.” This circular is signed by A. Boyd Ham- ilton, Esq., Rev. Thos H Robinson, D D , Dr. Wm. H. Egle, John Logan and Rev. Samuel A. Martin. William K Alricks, Esq., Cashier of the Dauphin Deposit Bank, has consented to serve as Treasurer, to whom all contributions should be remitted. The Original Grant for Derry. — Several years since we copied from the orig- inal survey in the Land department of the State, the following concerning “the Pres- biterian Meeting house aud Burying ground in the township of Derry.” As renewed interest has been taken in this old church, the paper referred to is of import- ance, and quite opportune at this time: w. H. B PennsyUania 88. “Whereas, By consent of the Proprie- tary there was surveyed on the 20th day of April, in the year 1738, for the use of the Presbiterian Congregation for a Meeting house and Bury)ng ground in the Township of Derry, in the County of Lancaster, a Tract of Land containing about one hundred acres. Now, in pursuance of a Warrant from the s’d Proprietary dated the 10th day of July, 1741, requiring me to accept the said survey, &c., and to make a Return thereof into the Secretary’s Office in order the said land may be confirmed to William Bertram, minister, James Galbreath, jun’r, Hugh Hayes, James Harris, William Morrison, Hugh Wilson and Robert Wallace, for the use and behoof of the said Congregation, I do hereby certifie that the metes and bounds of the said land are as follows, viz.: Beginning at a maple tree on the Northern bank of Spring creek, at a corner of An- drew White’s land, and extending thence by the same north north east two hundred and sixteen perches to a post; thence by vacant land south eighteen degrees west one hundred twenty six perches to a post; thence James Campbel’s land south eight degrees west one hundred seventy five perches to a post, by the af ores’ d creek; thence by the several courses of the same seventy five perches to the place of begin- ning; containing one hundred and two acres and allowance of six acres p’r cent, for roads, &c. “Returned into the Secretary’s office, the 17th day of July. 1741. “Benja. Eastburn,” Sur'D. Gen, Allammapees, King of tne Delawares. Allummapees or Sassoonan wa^ heredi- tary King of the Delawares, and originally resided on the Delaware river until after the Indians signed the release for the lands between that river and the Susquehanna in 1718, when he removed to Shamokin, now Sunbury As early as 1715 we have evi- dence of his friendship for the English, when addressing the Governor, and referr- ing to the “Great Elm” he said : “Let the peace be so firm, that you and us joined hand in hand, even if the greatest tree falls, it shall not divioe us.” On the 18th September, 1718, Alumma- pees was at the head of a delegation of In- dian chieftains at Philadelphia, who signed an absolute release to the Proprietaries for all the “land situated between the rivers Delaware and the Susquehannah, from Duck creek to the mountains on this side of Lechay.” The name signed to the deed was Sassoonan. On the 18th of April, 1728, the Provin- cial Council of Pennsylvania “Ordered, that three match coats be given to James Le Tort and John Scull, to be by them de- livered to Allummapees, Mrs. Montour and Manawkyhickon, and that a proper mes- sage be drawn up that the Indians may be induced to discover what they know touch- ing” certain reports of an intended hostil- ity on the part of some of the Western In- dians in which the name of Madam Mon- tour and Manawkyhockon was mixed up- In May great uneasiness was excited by the unprovoked murder of an Indian man s^o Historical and Oenealogical. and two Indian women, by John and Wal- ter Winters and Morgan Herbert, and the Provincial Council, on the 15th, at the sug- gestion of Governor Gordon, “Ordered, Nicholas Scull, John Scull and Anthony Zadousky be sent forthwith to Allumma- pees, Opekasset and Manawkyhickon, to acquaint them with what had happened and the care taken by the Government in apprehending the criminals, and to desire that they and their peoole may be at Con- estogoe at the ensuing treaty, with two strowds to each of the aforenamed Chiefs.” June 3d, “the Governor informed the Board that while at Conestogoe he received an answer to the message S:snt by order of this Board on the 15th ulto. to Allumma- pees, Opekasset and Manawkyhickon, which were in substance: That Allumrua- pees and Opekasset had received the Gov- ernor’s letter and presents; that they had nothing in their hearts but love and good will towards the Governor and all his people; that they would have apprehended some danger if the Governor had not sent to them, but that now their doubts are over and offer to meet the Governor at Molal- ton, because they cannot reach Conestogoe by the time appointed.” July 4th, Allummapees and other Indians arrived in Phi'adelphia, and on the 5th called the attention ot the Council to the settlement of the Palatines on the Tulpe- hockin lands, which Allummapees asser ed were not included in the deed made on the 18th of September, 1718, On investigation it appeared that the settlements were made by permission ot the late Gov. Sir William Keith, but by the advice of James Logan, the Indians consented to wait till such time as the matter could ba adjusted. On the lOihof the following October, Al- lummapees aod other chiefs arrived in Pniladelphia and spent two day sin Liendly council. August 4th, 1731, Gov. Gordon delivered a written message to the Ccuacil, in which he said ‘ that such frequent complaints of late had b^en made of the abuses, com- mitted by carrying large quantities of rum amongst the Indians, that it would be necessary for the Legislature to take the same into their consideration, and to pro- vide a remedy to so great an evil; that to this pernicious liquor a late unhappy acci- dent in the chief family of our Delaware Indians had been in a great measure owing, viz : the death of Shackatawlin, whom Sassoonan, his uncle, had in a fit of drunk- enness killed.” On the 20ch of August, 1736, Allumma- pees and twenty-four other Indians came to Philadelphia. He said “they were not come on any particular business, or to treat about anything of importance, but only to pay a friendly visit.” It appeared in the course of the interview that Allummapees was then an old man. On the 3d of October, 1738, Allumma- pees, “with divers of their anc’ent men, ” and Other old and young Indians, came to Philadelphia to visit Gov. Thomas Penn. Being called into the Council, he, in behalf of himself and his people, said; “That when he was at home, at his own house, he heard his brother, the Governor, was arrived in this country, and thereupon he resolved to come to Philadelphia to visit him, and that now he was dad to see him. His brother, the Proprietor, had told him he should come once a year 'o visit him, and that he was come on hearing of tha Gover- nor’s arrival and was glad to see him in good health.” He then presented three bundles of deer skins, which he said were a trifle and of little value, but he had no more, and desired the Governor to accept them to make him gloves. The next day the Governor presented Allummapees “a ma’ch-coat, laced with silver, and a silver- laced hat.” On the 1st of August, 1740, Allumma- pees, with sundry Delaware and Mingo Indians, held a council with the government ia the Quaker meetiog house in Philadel- phia. Allummapees in his address said: “I ' tell you we came from Allegheny, a long way ofl ” And again he said: “Your i young men have killed so many deer, i beavers, bears and game of all sorts, that j we can hardly find any for ourselves; there- i fore, we desire that your people would ab- i stain from hunting, that we may have the ; benefit of it to support ourselves, for God i has made us hunters, and the white peo- ple have other ways of living with- out that. I have brought down my gun and my ax broken as we have no smith living amongt us, and I hope you will get them mended for me. Brother Thomas Penn and Governor, we have brought you one hundred good buck- Historical and Genealogical. S2I skins, and not one doeskin among them. Brethren, I have said a great deal; I am now grown old, so that I coaid hardly come down to 3 ?ou for want of a horse, and I have been sometimes obliged to borrow one.” Although AUummapees’ name appears as present on the 9th and 13th of July, 1743, at the treaty held in Pniladelphia, I find no evidence of his taking any part in the busi ness, and this appears to have been his last visit to Philadelphia. In the spring of 1743, AUummapees being unable to travel t-ent a message to the Governor by Sachsidowa, who delivered it on the 33d of April, asfoliows: “Brother, the Governor of Pennsylvania: This belt is sent by AUummapees » ;niei of the Dela wares, in testimony of nis joy that the dif- ference between th^ inhaoitan sot Virginia and the Six Nations are liktly, by your mediation, to come to a good conclusion. He lives midway between the one and the other, and as both must pass through his place of residence, a state of war would be very disagreeable to him ; he therefore sends this belt of wampum to strengthen your hands to hold fast the Chain of Friendship, and not let ic slip through your fingers He prays you may go on with courage in your mediation, an l finish it to the common advantage of both parties. He is extremely glad to hear there is a good disposition m the Governor of Virginia to accommodate matters, and that their offers of peace have been accepted by his uncles, the Six Na tions. When we first heard the news, all was dark about Shamokiu ; we could not see at the least distance from us, and our hearts were filled with apprehensions; but when Conrad arrived with your message, the clouds were dispelled, the darkness ceased, and we now see as clearly and as well as ever, and return our hearty thanks for your kind interposition.” July 7th, 1734, James Logan wrote to Thomas Penn, from Stenton: “Sixth day last, I wrote a note to Jas. Steel, desiring him to acquaint thee that Sassoonan or Al- lummapees, with about half a score of his people, young and old, were that day come hither, and that they would visit thee the next; but the lad, not finding James in town, brought back the note unopened. The day they came they fared very poorly with us, comparatively with their former entertain- ment here, for we had dined, and because of the excessive heat we happened to have no fresh meat in the house, drest or to dress. My wife, therefore, doing the best she could with them, sent for a joint to make them a good breakfast in the morning, but they packt up, and were gone about sunrise, which really gave me some uneasiness, for the poor creature having formerly been al- wa>s well entertained, and with marks of respect while he had anything, I would myself have been at some charge rather than he should now think, as others also must take notice of it, that having parted with all his land and also with all the pay for ir, tho’ he holds the same rank with his people, he is slighted and d'sreg^irded when theie is no further advantage to be male of him. I am sensible this is below thy spirit, and since it fell out so unhappily here with me, I could not be easy without giving this hint of it, requesting thee to make amends for the appearing slight he met wi h here. And when I have an opportuni'y myself (tho’ I have no interest in the case), I shall endeavor not to be wanting.” Early in the spring of 1744, John Arm- strong and two of his men, engaged in the Indian trade, were murdered by two Dela- ware ludiaas on the Juniata, in what is now Huntingdon county, in consequence of which AUummapees sent, by Quidahick- quint, the following message to G ivernor Thomas whicu was delivered on the 31st of August: “Brother, the Governor: Al-> Jummapees, our Chief is sick, and has deputed me to speak for him. He had been often here, and always before this time, on occasions ihat have been good and agreeable. Now we are come upon a very unhappy affair, something worse than any thing that ever happened before, and which we are very sorry for. We remember all our treaties, and that by them we became one body and one people with our brethren; we remember every part of them, and the engagements we are under by them not to hurt our brethren. And we freely confess that blood has been spilt by us contrary to the Chain of Friendship, though we, on our part, have had no design: to break it. “The road from us to this town has always been clear and open, but now we own we have laid a great tree across it that has> almost blocked it up, and has rendered it Historical and Oenealogical, S22 impassable; and we are come down to en- deavour to take it away, and to make the road as clear as ever; and in token of the sincerity of our dispositions we present you this string of wampum. “This murder has, no doubt, filled our brethren’s eyes so full of tears that they cannot see us. We desire to wipe the tears from their eyes that they may see us, the •sky and everything else, as they used to do before the murder happened; and for this purpose we present you with a bundle of skins. “This murder has been as great a grief to our hearts as to yours; it gives us great pain when we think of it. We would, however, remove out of your hearts the spirit of resentment and revenge against us for it; and in order to induce you to mod- erate your anger we give you this bundle of skins. “By an article in all our treaties we mu- tually engaged, let what will happen, it shall not break the good correspondence that is between us; and now that this un- happy affair has happened, we are come down to desire it may not occasion a breach of friendship, but that notwithstanding this we may still continue brethren, and to induce you, we give you a bundle ot skins.” Gov. Thomas in his reply said: “I do not impute the murders that have been com- mitted to the whole Delaware nation. I impute them only to the people that com- mitted them; but it lies on the whole Dela- ware na ion to see that justice be done by delivering up the persons present, when the murder was committed, to be examined and punished according to law.” These persons were surrendered. June the 4th, 1745, Bishop Spangenberg wrote: “We also visted Allummapees, the hereditary K ng of the Indians. His sister’s sons are either dead or wortbl‘^ss, hence it is not known on whom the Kingdom will descend. He is very old, almost blind, and very poor; but withal has s'lll power over, and is beloved by his people; and is a friend of the English.” A year later Conrad Weiser writes; “Allummapees has no successor of his rel- atives, and will hear of none as long as he lives;” and on September 27, 1747, he writes from Tulpehockin: “I understand that Allummapees is dead, I cannot say I am sure of it;” and October 15, he writes, “Allummapees is dead.” Notwithstanding these statements in re- gard to his having no successor, he had a great-grandson three years of age when he died. John Montour’s mother, the first wife of Andrew Montmr, was a grand- daughter of Allummapees.' The evidence of this is as follows: “On the 20th [of April, 1756] the Indians had a long confer- ence with the Governor They put Andrew Montour’s chillren under his care, as well the three that are here to be independent of the mother, as a boy of twelve years old, that he had by a former wife, a Delaware, a grand daughter of Allummapees.” — Gol, Rec.y Yll 95. This John Montour held a captain’s commission in the Revolutionary war, and served with credit in the West under Colonel Daniel Brodbead; he must not be confounded with John Montour, the son ot Queen Catharine, who adhered to the Cro wn. In trying to answer your queries regard- ing Alliquippa and Allummapees I do not suppose what I have written contains much that is new to you, but it may be of inter- est to some ot your readers, who have not the time or opp ^rtunity to collect the widely scattered facts relating to taese unwaver- ing tawny friends of the English. Query. — Where in Pniiadelphia was Kanuksusy, alias Newcastle, buried? Isaac Craig. Allegheny, August 30, 1882. NOTES AND gUEKIES.— tXXXE JBLtstorical and Geaealogleal. The Pioneer Dentist op California. — In a recent number ot The Sm Diego Union we find an interesting sketch of a na- tive of Dauphin county, from which we gather the following biographical memor- anda: Gildea, William Brown, was born near Middletown, Dauphin county. Pa., N'lvember 12, 1818. When a boy he took a fancy to printing and learned the art un- der Hug'Ji Hamilton & Son, ot Harrisburg. He was an industrious lad, and at his ma- jority in 1839, started for St. Louis. He subsequently began the study of med- icine and dentistry under the direc- tion of his maternal uncle. Dr. B. B. Brown, of that city, who had 1 Historical and Genealogical. there located in 1834. He remained with his preceptor until 1845, having in the meantime [1843] graduated at the St Louis University. He was also a member of the American Society of Dental Surgeima. Dr. Gildea left St. Louis in April, 1845, for California in company with the “Emigrant Expedition” which left Independence, Mis- souri, May 6, 1845, and arrived at Sutter’s Fort, September 26, 1845. It was the second party which had crossed the Sierra Nevadas, going by the way of Ports Lara- mie, Bridget and Hall, the first being in 1841. Dr. Gildea remained wi h General Sutter, there being a great deal of sickness at that time. During the month of Decem- ber he was busily engaged attending some parties who had just crossed the mountains and were afflicted with the so-called ‘ ‘ win- ter fever.” In the latter part of the month he was taken ill with the same disease, of which so many had just passed away. Every attention was given him, but he died on Wednesday morning, January 24, 1846, in his twenty-eighth year. His remains were interred under a live-oak tree near the fort. Dr. Gildea was well posted in general literature as well as in medicine and den- tistry, He was a man of great ability and force of character, and was held in aflec- tionate esteem by all who came in contact with him. Captain Swasey, who crossed the Plains with him, writes thus: ‘‘He was loved and respected by all who kne w him, and his memory will be always cherished and treasured in afflclionate remembrance by his only surviving companion.” Not- withstanding he was only in his twenty- eighth year, he had made a broad start for great usefulness to his fellow-men, and being of such an affable disposition would soon have worked himselt into a lucrative practice under the shadow of the great Sierras, had he only been spared long enough for the mass of the people to realize the amount of manhood he really possessed. THK FIKST SUXTLBBS OF THE NAME OF JLEWiS ABOUXliFWlSBUKG. For a long time I was impressed with a belief that the town of Lewisburg, Union county. Pa., had been named in honor of a member of my family, as the first person who had a warrant for land now covered by that town. A statement appearing in one of the early numbers of Notes and Queries led me to examine the different authorities on the subject. While I am much wiser in this literature, I am unable to reconcile the confl cting testimony or to judge of iheir reliability. I will be glad to have the judg- of those well acquainted with this local his- tory passed upon the subject. The article in Notes and Queries referred to is briefly as follows : “Eli Lewis was a. native of York county. Pa., born about 1750, and was the first settler ot the town ot Lewisburg. Ho died there February 2, 1807. He was the fa her of Chief Justice Ellis Lewis, of the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvavia.” From the “Annals of Buffalo Valley,” by John B. Linn, I copy a few notes. Page 53, Journal of Richard Miles (surveyor), April 20, 1773: “Started from Sharaokin in company with James and Enos Miles, Abel Thomas and John Lewis (from Rad- nor, Chester county).” P. 70, in 1775 a Daniel Lewis lived in Beaver township.. P. 92, in an imperfect list of inhabitants of Penn township in 1776, aopears the name of John Lewis. P 336, The name of Daniel Lewis disappears from amongst the residents of White Deer in 1785 and Paschal takes its place. Daniel had ma>Tied a Mar- garet Paschal, daughter of a Philadelphia hatter, and widow of Mather’s. Paschal died June 17, 1820, and h’s widow, Elizabeth (Sonde). August 26, 1828, aged 71. P. 2J8, “Stephen, fhomas and Enos Lewis resided in Beaver township in 1789.” From the “History of Pennsylvania,’* by Wm H. Egle, M. D., we Darn, p. 1114, that Ludwig Derr laid out the first town- lots. Day in ‘ ‘Historical Collections of Penn- sylvania,” says the town was built on land belonging to a Ludwig or Louis Derr, and I inferred from this that the name was de- rived from this Christian name. Of the Lewis family of Chester county, I have the following: Emigrating from the North of Wales on account of some religi- gious disturbance, it is supposed ihey went to the North of Ireland, and from thence to America, settling in the “Welch tract,” in Radnor or U wchlan township, near Dow- ningtown. It is not known whence they came, but tradition tells us that it was shortly after the birth of John Lewis — June 1, 1722. It is possible that he was Historical and Genealogical. the one mentioned above in Richara Miles’ “Journal ” His second son William mar- ried Jan 16. 1796, a Sarah Miles; a broiher of John Lewis, whose name is supposed to have been Alexander, settled on the site of Lewisborg, and we always thought that he was the founder and gave name to the town. I will be glad to obtain further in- formation on this subject. w. s l. Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1882 [Our correspondent has misquoted our note coQcerning Major Eli Lewis. He was the founder of Lewis^gr-^^/, York countv, and not of LswisSwr^', Union county. We commend the foregoing to our valued friend, Hon. John Blair Linn, who no doubt can furnish us additional informa- tion.] w. H. E. liAZARUS STKWART. On the 15th day of September 1770, Philip De Haas, Esq., of Lebanontown, is- sued a warrant for the arrest of Lazarus Stewart, and gave it into the hands of Henry Johnson, carpenter, to execute and convey Stewart to Reading “goal.” Adam Sholly. carpenter, was ordered to assist Johnstn. It is orobable at this time or within a few days, that de Haas called upon 2 iposBe comita- tus to assist the officer in arresting Stewart. The citizens of Lebanon refused to aid in this work through fear or sympathy for Stewart. DeHaas and the justice of Lan- caster caused the sherift to go to Lebanon, where, on the 16th day of October, 1770, he arrested Johnson and Sholly. and Philip Gloninger, Christian Mies, Nicholas Ens- minger, and Emanuel Barting, citizens of Lebanon, for refusing to assist the first two in arresting Stewart. The conduct of Johnson and Sholly were the subject of a Judicial investigation. The former gave as an excuse for not arresting Stewart that he “was afraid” While in custody of the Sheriff. De Haas endeavored to get him to say that the other persons arrested had threatened to “sweep his bones together in the streets of Lebanon” it he arrested Stewart. Johnson refused to implicate any one, and said he was only “afraid of the Han- over people.” Sholly said he was “afraid the Hanover people would come and beat him half dead.” De Haas utterly tailed to prove his allegations of threats against the Lebanon people. He evidently worked himself into a “corner” and did not get out of the unpleasant pred cament he found " himself in without a good deal of trouble. The truth was that Johnson and the others were in sympathy with Stewart, and did not care to meddle with the matter. These few clues do not indicate the particular offense S ewart had been guilty of. The affair of the Conestogoe Indians occurred seven years before this date, but owing to the renewed pressure of the Quaker assem- bly on Governor Penn, six years after the affair, a reward was again "offered for the arrest of Stewart, and hence the action taken by J ustice De Haas. De Haas acted upon his own motion in issuing this warrant. Then these proceed- ings were had to inquire into his couductin arresting a number of citizens of Lebanon without just cause He faded to prove any adequate justification for their arrest. The incident related I came across in a de- tached form and picked it up. Whether there were any subsequent proceedings I do not know. From the phraseology of John- son’s affidavit, it is inferrable that Stewart was under arrest in Lebanon. Columbia, Pa. Samuel Evans. HOTMS AND QUBKIKS— IXXXlf. Historical and Genealogical. Readers of Notes and Queries will find, in lieu of the usual variety, that this and the following numbers are occupied with an article of more general than local interest. It is nevertheless an important contribution to the history of our State, and has been prepared with care and research. It is the history of an enterprise which, al- though not inuring to individual profit, was of decided advantage to the growth and prosperity of the northwest corner of Penn- i sylvania. w. h. e. THB HARKISBUKG AND PRBSQU’ 18I, and ih© purchase was ompieted. Tne Triangle contained 202, 187 acres. 326 Historical and Genealogical. Measures were subsequently adopted look- ing to the settlement ot the newly acquired territory, and in April, 1793, the Legisla* lure passed an act for laying out a to«en at Presqu’ Isle. In May following General Irvioe and Mr. Ellicott were appointed by Governor M'fflin to survey and lay out towns at French Creek, Le Boenf and Presqu’ Isle. From some unaccountable cause, th s movement on the part of the State was not lavorably received by the Indians on the head-waters of the Allegheny. The trou- ble arose from the influence of the British, who were opposed to the establishment of military posts on the Lake. The United States Government cautioned Pennsylvania from giving offense to the British garrisons in that quarter, and a sudden check was given to the laying out of Presqu’ Isle. The citizens, however, of Western Pennsyl- vania urged forward the measures contem- plated by the State, and considerable cor respond ence between the State and Na- tional Governments was had concerning the matter. Governor Mifflin, in writing to the Secre- tary of War, under date of June 24, 1794, used the following plain-spoken language : “Some old grievances alleged to have been suffered from the Union, the imflammatory speech of Lord Dorchester, the constant machinations of British agents, and the corruption of British bribes, had in truth, previously excited that hostile dis position which you seem to consider as the effect of the measures pnrsued by Pennsylvania for establishing a Town at Presqu’ Isle.” “I am not inclined, sir, to enter into a discussion of the ex ent or operation of those principles of society, or of that prac- tice of political communities, which, you observe, will frequently concur in postpon- ing the enj >yment of a particular right or interest of a part of a nation, to considera- tions respecting the safely or welfare of a whole nation; but it is obvious that a doctrine of this nature must depend essen- tially upon the terms of the social or po- litical compact to which it is applied; and that of a'l the modifications of which it is susceptible, the 'e^sr ad ip^’ed to our system of government (a Federal II -public) would, perhaps, be the acknowledgment ot a dis cretiouary power in the Execu'ive Magis- trate ot aparticu'ar State, to suspend, under any circumstances, the execution of a law, enacted by the only competent authority, and directed by legitimate means to a legiti- mate end. The question on the propriety of consulting the welfare and interest of the whole nation at the expense of a part of it, might, indeed, be justly proposed to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and would, I am persuaded, receive from that depart- ment of our Government a liberal consider- ation; but you will recollect, sir, that my difficulty occurred because the question was proposed to the Executive Magistrate, who, if be had not originally the authority to i interpose, could not, I was apprehensive, I acquire it merely from a consideration of the i weight of the reasons which might be sug- j gested on the subject. i “It may be proper here to remark that | my determination t ) continue the suspen- i sion of the Presqu’ Isle establishment till i the President shall vary the opinion which I he has delivered, is founded principal y on i the assurances I have received that the ob- : stac'es are ot a temporary nature, and, con- j sequently, that the success of the attempts, j which you inform me, are put in train to i remove them, may be so seasonably at- tained as to admit, not only of an accom- i modation of the views of the General Gov- i ernmeat, but als ) of the execution of the law of Pennsylvaaia, Witniu the period i contemplated by the Legislature. For, al- i thougn no argumenis can be necessary to j convince me of the patriotic attention of : the President to the interests of the Uaion, ' it would be c )ntrary to the ideas which I entertain of his j ustice, candor and wisdom, to suppose that, in order to faciii'ate the duties of his station, he would advise me to pursue a measure iQC3nsistent with the duties of mine, or that he wou'd deliver an opinion to tne Executive of any State which it might ba thought indelicate to disregard and illegal to adopt ” MOTltS AND QUEttlKS— I XXXIII. Historical aitd Uenealoglcat. The Bi-Centennial. — The 24 h of Oc- tober having oeen celebrated as the Peon Landing Day, we have taken very little in- t-irest in it. Assuming Proud and other Quaker author! ies to be correct, the day f u o’^iser Vance sh uld have been the 3d of November — although we are thorousfhly convinced that the 27th of October, 1682, Historical and Genealogical. S27 was the date of Pean’s landing at New Castle — which would bring the two hun- dredth anniversary to the 10th of Novem- ber 1882. We do not celebrate the 11th of February as the birth day anniverisary of the Fa her of his country. General Washington, but we do the 221 of that month. Exactly why the Pbiladelphians have observed tne 24 .h of October, we can- not see — but they are historically wiser, we presume, than o her peoole. No wonder the allegorical William Penn fell into the Delaware on Tuesday — he was in too great a hurry to land. The next thing in order will be the celebration of the so-called Treaty under the great Elm tree at Shack- amaxan — for which there really is no au- thority, save tradi ion, which every one knows is not reliable. The people should not be deceived upon these points in his- tory, and as far as our influence goes, we shall not countenance historical quackery. w. H. E. In a few months after, the disturbances in the Western part of Pennsylvania, ow- ing to the opposition to the Excise law, re- sulting in the so called Wnisky Insurrec- tion, occupied the minds and pens of the State and National authorities, so that the subject of the Piesqu’ I»le establishment was postponed. In November following a treaty of peace was again concluded be- tween the United States and the Six Nations at Canaudaigue, N. Y., which remove i all impediments to the further prosecution of the laying out of the towns proposed and the establishment of military posts in the country ref<^rred to. Accordingly, in the spring of 1795, M ssrs. Irvine and Ellicott continued their labors and effected tne sur- v< y of the towns as directed by the act of Assembly — that at French Creek was named Fianfelin, at Le Bo© uf, Waterford, and at Pre^qu’ Isle, Erie. On the 25th of July, 1796, an agreement was en'erei into by Thomas Forster, John Kean, Alexander Berry hill, Samuel Laird, Richard Swan, John A. Hanna. Robert Harris, Ri<;ha d Dearmond and W/lliam Kelso, to form an ass )cia ion by the name of the ‘‘Harriftburg and Presque Isle Com- pany,” with the object th rein stated. On the 13th of Auiiust following, owing to some imperfection in the compact or agree- ment, it was unanimously resolved that the same “is hereby compleatly obliterated, done away, and made void and of none ef- fect ” The following was then drawn up, unanimously approved of, and signed by the members present. “We the subscribers, taking into consid- eration the benefits and advantages which probably may arise as well to ourselves and our heirs, as to the community at large, from the settling, improving and populat- ing the country near and adjoining to Lake Erie, do, for our mutual beuefit and con- venience, and the better to accotnplish the objects aforesaid, associate and join our- selves together as and by the name of The Harrisburg and Presque Isle Compa- ny, and tor the good government and regu- lation of the said company, do mutually agree and conclude upon the following arti- cles, viz: “1. That the company shall consist of ten persons and no more, and shall meet to- gether as soon as conveniently may be done, and by a majority of votes choose two of their number, one thereof as treasurer, who shall be elected annually (and once in every year shall render his accounts to a committee chosen by the company for that purpose) and the other as secretary who shall be elected every two years. “2 That each member of the company shall pay into the bauds of the treas- urer so chosen the sum of two hun- dred pounds (which is the am >unt of one share) someiime between the present time and the first day of April nt^xt, in such order as two-thuds of the company shall direct and appoint. “3. That the sums so paid shall be a common stock for the use of the company, and shall be appropriated by them in the purchase of In and Out lots in the towns of E lie and others, and of the lauds in the State of Pennsylvania, N )rth a id West of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers, and in im- proving and settii ig the lots and lands so purchased, and the necessary previous preparations thereto “4. That all purchases of lots, lands, aud property, whatsoever, shall be made, im- proved, settled, and secured at the common exp«DSrt of the company, and be held by them and their heirs as tenants in common, and not as j >int tenants, until two-ihirds of the company shall atiree to make parti- tion, in which case, if they agree on the 328 Historical and Genealogical. terms, eleven persons shall be named by the company and five thereof selected by lott, who shall have full power and au hor- ity to make partition if practicable, and if not practicable, and they advise a sale, a sa^e i“hall then be made, and the amount equally divided. “5. That any member of the company shall be permitted to take any number of shares not exceeding five, paying for eaci share he subscribes for at the time of the organ Zition of the company the sum of tvvo hundred pounds, and for any share he subscr bes for af er that time such advance, as two-thirds of the company may think proper, hwiag due regard to the apprecia- tion of their property. “6 Any member wishing to sell his right in the company shall give thirty days’ notice thereof to the company, wno shall have the preterence in making the purchase, provided they and the member wishing to sell shall agree on the terms, if not, he may then sell out to any person who will com- ply with the rules and regulations of the company. “7. That whenever, and so often as two- thirds of the c >mpa*>y shall think it proper to make sa’e of any part of this property, it shall be effec ed in the following manner, viz: Each member of the company by two, three or more together, as shall be most convenient, shall execute by themselves and their wives, proper powers of attorney for that purpose, and transmit it to some agent to be chosen by the company, who shall, in pursuance of the warrants of the respectivs members so transmitted to him, convey to the purchaser or pure lasers the prop rty therein specified, the exp -uses of which are to be equally borne by the company. “8 That any member refu ing to com- ply with the seventh article thereof, when two-thirds of the company shall deem it necessary (after having due notice thereof) shall then and from thenceforth forfe t the whole share or shares to the rest of the company “9. Anv new rules or regulations what- ever which shall be hereafter made for the belter government of the affairs of the company, shall be agreed upon by a major- ity of two-thifda of the members or the company, which shall be regulated in the following manner v z : When any question is about to be taken, or new rules or regulations made, all the members shall have notice thereof, if within fifty miles distance, and the members who shall attend shall proceed to give iheir votes by ballot, every member having one share and not less than three shares shall have two votes, and r very mem- ber having the whole five shares shill be entitled to three votes, which votes being so given, a majority of two thirds shall be decisive ‘‘In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the thirteenth day of August, 1796 Tho Forster, [L. S.] J Kean, [L S ] Alex Berryhill, [L S] Sam'l Laird, [L. S ] Rich’d Swan, [L. 8.J John A Hanna, [L s] Rob’t Harris, [L. s ] Rich’d Dea.rmond, [L S.] Wm Kelso [L. S ] Samuel Ainsworth ,[L. s.] Witness present : Stacy Potts, Jr. J. Dentzell. Uawpliin county, ss : Acknowledged by nine persons the thir- teenth day of August, 1796, Coram me J. Dentzell, Justice Peace D . co. All of the foregomg persons subscribed for a single share, save Thomas Forster, who appears as a subscriber for three shares. The gentlemen who formed the foregoing compact we e representative men of the county, and it may be proper in this con- nection to tell who they were, Thomas Forster was a native of Paxtang, born in 1762, brought up as a surveyor, served as colonel during the Whisky In- surrection of 1794. an associate judge of Dauphin enunty, member of the L gisla- ture in 1798; subiequenily removed to Erie in the interest of the Harr sburg and Presqu’ Isle Land Company where he be- came thoioutih y iden'itied with its inter- ests and filled important positions, dying in 1836 John Kean, a native of Philadelphia, was one ot tne earl est settlers of Har'isburg, one of the first associate judges of the coun- ty; a county c tmmissioner for eigho years; two terms 8tate Seaator from Daupnin and Berks counties; Registrar General of Penn- Historical and Genealogical. gylvania; Presidential eelector in 1800, and for many years a merchant and justice ot the D ace. dying in 1818 a*, the age of fifty six Alexander BerryhiU, a na ive of Paxrang, born in 1738; one of the first, jus* ices of nie peace of Harrisburg ; a burgess of the bor- ough, dying m 1798. Samud Laird, a lawyer of prominence, admitt d to the Dauphin county bar in 1792, and for many years a leading actor in the affairs of the county He and Col. Forster married sisters, danqrhters of i.he Rev. Joseph Montgomery. Mr. Laird died in 1815. at the age of forty -four. Richard Swan was a native of Paxtang, born in 1757; served in the War of the Rev- olution, and was a gentleman of influence in this locality. He removed to Erie coun- ty, and there many of his descendants re- side. He deceased there in April, 1808. John A. Hanna, a native of New Jersey, was a lawyer by professioci; was a briga- dier general in the Whiskey Insurrection, and afterwards a member of Congress, and died in 1805, at the age of forty four. He mar- ried a daughter ot John Harris, the founder, and a s'ster of Robert Harris. Robert Harris, son of the founder of Har- risburg, born at Harris’ Ferry in 1768 He filled a number of important offices, and was twice elected to Congress He died in 1851. Richard Dearmond was a native of Han- over, born in 1743, a substantial larmer. He married Eleanor, daughter of Andrew Stuart and Mary Dinwiddle. He died in 1802 William Kelso,, the son of Joseph and Margaret Kelso, who located on tue Sus- quehanna in Paxtang prior to 1730. wa'^ a native of that township. He lived many years on the Cumberland Valley side in the old Kelso ferry house, where he died May 22, 1807. He was the father ot John Kelso, who went to Erie in 1802, there located, and the ancestor of the family in that county. Samuel Ainsworth, son of John Ains- worth and Margaret Mayes, was born in Hanover in 1765. He was a substantial farmer, a man of prominence, was a cap- tain during the Whisky Insurrection, and twice elected to the Legislature. He died in 1798 while in attendance on the latter at Philadelphia. Such was the personnel of the men who formed the original Harrisburg and Presqu’ Isle Company— men of integrity, enterprise and high standing in the community. NOTJES AND QUBRIBS — JL.XXX1V. Historical and Genealogical. Correction. — Much to our mortification a typ ograp deal error was made in a date given with our remarks on the Lauding of Penn celebration, the eleveath line where the 10 .h of November is given instead of the 6.h Such mistakes are certainly vexa- tious — buL what cannot be helped must very frequently be endured. w. h. e. John La.ndis — We are desirous of ob- taining some biographical information con- cerning John Landis, ‘ Pojt and Painter,” as he Was wont to dosigna e himself. We will consider it a favor to receive whatever data may be in tae po-sessiou of any ot the readers of Notes and Queries. w. h e. Pea-rson. — Richard Pearson, of Eng- land, and his son Thomas, were original purchasers of laud of the Proprietary, Wil- liam Penn, From a paper in our posses- sion we may prove of genealogical value. l. Richard Pears >n died intestate leaving is>ue: II Thomas Pearson, d in 1737; his wife Marger>^ in 1747. They had issue: Robert, m. and left issue. Enoch, m. and left issue. Hi. Lawrence. iv. Abel, m. and left issue, V. John. m. Sarah . mi Mary, m. 1st Nicholas Rogers; 2d John Eyre; bad a dau. m. Nicholas Young. riii Margery. Thomas Pearson purchased land in Mar- pie township, Chester county, “and made great improvements thereon, and after- wards there died.” w. h. e. A Descendant op Franklin Dead. — William Duane, a well-known citizen of Philadelphia, who was associated with its newspapers a half century ago, and was later a member of the bar, died November 4, 1882, at the University Hospital, aged 75 years. Mr. Duiane has frequently con- tributed iaformatioQ presented through the medium of “W. and Q and it is deemed fitting that its readers should know, that he was the great-grandson of Benjamin. 8S0 Historical and OenealogicaL FraokliD, beiog the eldest of niae children horn to William J. Dnane and Deborah B*che His Father was General Jack- son’s Secretary ot the Treasury in the time of the ba’tle over the removal of the deposits from the United States bank, and his grandfather, William Duane, was the editor of the famous Aurora. Deborah Bache, his mo' her, was a daughter of Richard Bache. from whom is derived the descent of distinguished Baches in the male line. Richard Bache married Sa’ly Franklin, who was the ooly child ot Benjamin Franklin and his wife Deborah. Another daughter of Richard Bache married Judge Thomas Sergeant, formerly IJecretary of the Com monwealth. This second William Dupe, was an upright citizen, of rare information, a born newspaper man, as were his father and grandfather, an antiquarian by taste and researches, scholarly and retiring. He was educated in Partridge’s Military Acad- emy, at Middletown, Conn He studied law wiih Charles Chauneey. He was a brilliant conversationalist, but his bent lay in writing, and he was a constant contrib- utor to literary reviews, periodicals and newspapers. He lived so en- tirely among his books that only a small circle of personal friends were aware, when they heard of his death, that a good man and a ripe scholar had passed away. We presume the papers collected by Mr. Duane and the Urge correspondence of his father preserved by him, will be found of great value as an historical and poliiical refer- ence. His disease was sofc^ning of the brain. He leaves oae son, the Rev. Charles W. Duane, rector of St. Andrew’s church, West Philadelphia. A. b. h. ME HABKISBURG AND FRESQU’ ISLE [L.ANDI OOfllFANY. Ill ' Immediately after the first compact, Messrs. Harris and Kean were delegated to go to Carlisle where public sale ot the lots in the towns ot Franklin, Erie, Waterford, Warren and Beaver were being made, and purchase such as they deemed proper in the interes s of the company. This sale was on the 3d and 4ih of August, 1796. At the meeting of the 13oh of August the committee reported as follows: “LIST OF LOTTS PURCHASED IN THE SEV- ERAL TOWNS FOLLOWING, TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE RIVERS OHIO AND AL- LEGHENY, IN THE STATE OF PENNSYL- VANIA, ON THE 3d and 4th DAYS OF AU- GUST, 1796, BY THE HARRISBURG AND PRESQUE ISLE COMPANY. Description. URIB. 1?48 82K feet front, 165 fe«t deep 1319 On Eighth sti eet nea»* Parade 1359 Corner S -venth ana Ge man streets, 1381 1 Between French and Holland oa 8th st 1403 '»n Sev^nih near State street 1993 On Sixtd.between «erman and Parade 2000 On Sixtn between German and Parade 200 II Corner six h and German 2906 On rif h near German 2007 Corner of Fifth near German 2008 Oor. er of Sixth and Germ m 20 Corner of Fifth and Holland 2028 On Sixth near Holland....... 2 > 5' Corner Market sqaare 2047 In Market _••• ;j048l orneriu Market square and Peacn.. 2097 Corner on Fiftb and Chestnut 2u9l|Corner on Sixth and Chestnut 2101 On nifth near Chestnut 2646 On Third near Parade 2656, Cornet of German ann Fourtn... 2673 Corner of Fou'thand Ho.land 2788 On Fourth near Jhe ry 2794 On Th'rd near PopUr. 27981 Oa Tuird near Poplar 2803 Come of Fourth and Liberty 2816 Corner ot T nird and Liberty 2838 On Third near mouth ol Cascade 3 90 On Third next Ke-jerve it Cascade.... 30^6 On Second near cascade 3t97 Oa I'econd near Cascade 3277jOn Second, coraer on road to Fort.... 3280 On Second, adj olni ag road to F ort. . . . 3^92 Corner Second and German 3420 Corner of Libeny t>n Lane 342 34-22 Next to Liberty on Lak Corner of Pinmo on ^abe BRIE OUT LOTS 277 Out lot containing 5 acres 278 Out lot containing f> acres ut lot containing 5 acres 378 On lot containing 5 acres 4 8 Oat lot containing 5 acres..... 619 onclotcontai dn^; .5 acres 523! Out lot containing 5 acres 564, Out lot contalninj^ 5 acres I FRANKLIN. 464iln lot, mouth From b ck.,70 m«of Erie WATERFORD. Ill In lot, 15 miles I ro in Erie 13 In lot, 15 miles from - rie 161 n lot, 15 -nil s from E le 17 In lot, 15 mile- from Erie 168 In lot, 16 miles from Erie 9 7 15 19 43 33 152 70 112 45 54 14 17 75 77 16 16 18 40 4L 21 23 21 Whole amount $2,583 Historical and Genealogical, SSI At the meeting referred to, it was unani- mously resolved that the ‘ ‘report be adopted, and that the said purchases be deemed and taken as the contract of this company and for which the company are answerable.” The same day, Gen. Hanna being in the chair, Robert Harris was chosen treasurer and John Kean secretary. Thomas Forster was appointed agent, and instructions for him Were directed to be prepared. On the 15th of October following the company’s agent was authorized ‘‘to pur- chase all such provisi >ns and tools and equipages, and make such necessary ar- rangements as he may think proper for the interest of the company; and do empower him to draw on the treasury for payment of the same.” On the 15th of March, 1797, permission was given Messrs John Kean and Samuel Laird, two of the members of the company, “to sell their respective shares to who they pleased.” Subsequenily Mr Laird sold his interest to James Willson, Esq., and John Kean’s passed into the hands of Thomas Forster. James Willson, Esq., to distinguish him from others of the same name, was a native of Dauphin county, born in 1755; was county commissioner in 1788 and 178^*; and a member of the Legislature from 1798 to 1803. He died in 1835, and is buried in Derry church grave-yard. Mills bad to be built in the newly ac- quired territory, to supply the wants of settlers as well as to enhance the value of lands. A saw-mill was first projected. Mr. Forster employed, March 3, 1797, John Kendig, Joseph Weaver and Jacob Weis, of East Hanover township Dauphin county, Penn’a, to build the mill in five months, for which they were to receive fifty pounds when it was completed. The agent was to “provide standing timber aed mill irons necessary for erecting the same; that he will cause to be dug the mill pit, and haul all timber when hewed to the spot, and deliver the other material; that he will lurnish raw provisions for John, Joseph and Jacob, provided they go with the ox team belonging to the said company to Fort Pitt. That he will furnish provisions for the mi'l wrights during the time that they may be actually working at said mill and works, and five gallons of whiskey; That he will carry out a sett of mill wright’s tools without any charge; That m case it may be necessary for the said mill-wrights to go from Fort Pitt to Presque Isle, on before the team aforesaid, that they will be allowed reasonable expenses for provisions only from Fort Pitt to Pre'-que I»le.” Mr. Forster hired Jeremiah Sturgeon, son of Samuel Siurgeoo, of Hanover town- ship, to drive and lake charge of the ox team, and the load which would be en- trusted to his care, and to start oq April 1st on his journey to the town of Erie, and when there, to be in the employ of the company seven months. He was also to be supplied with provisions. Capt. Richard Swan signifying his inten- tion lo acc impany the expedition to Presqu* Isle, it was resolved “that such of the C m- pany as choose to go with the waggon to Pit'sburgh, shall be at the expense of the Company, they being on the tare provided by the Company, and sent in the waggon, and that such as chooae to ride to Pitts- burgh, either before or after the waggon, shall pay their own expense to that place. From Pittsburgh to Presqu’ Isle, and while there and returning to Pittsburgh, shall be at the common expense of the Company, they going in Company.” The road to Fort Pitt, at that date, was comparatively in good condition, well traveled over, and places for acc immoda- lion all along the route. From Fort Pitt to Presqu’ Isle, there was only the old French road from LeBoeuf to Lake Erie, and the journey was an extremely hazardous one — in many places it was necessary for travelers to cut their way through dense woods and gloomy defiles. Apart from these obstructions, it was not sate to travel save in large companies and well guarded, owing to the hos'ile attitude of the unconquerable Ohio Indians, secret tools of the British or the Six Nations. Col. Forster, Capt. Swan and their party started the first week in April, 1797, but we have no itinerary of their journey, which is greatly to be regretted, as no doubt there were incidents, by the way, which would be interesting reading after the lapse of eighty five years. It may be stated that previous to the starling out of the party, on March 16, 1797, the company purchased from Capt. William M’Curdy, of the Pennsylvania Line of the Revolution, four hundred and thirty Historical and Genealogical, SS2 acres of land situated on Lake Erie, at the mouth of Walnut creek, for thirty five shillings per acre. Tuis tract was pecu- liarly eligible for mills, and here it was de- cided to erect one. The mill referred to was commenced June 10, 1797, aud completed the 21st of October following. It began running at once, and, as was the case with all new saw-mills, it was soon crowded with logs to be sawed, many of them on shares. For many years this, the first saw-mill in the county of Erie, continued in operation. The Company also, by resolution of Feb- ruary 5, 1798, presented each of the three millwrights a town lot. In November, 1797, Capt. Swan and Col. Forster returned to Hariisburg, and made their report to the Company, wbica was approved — “his conduct in the premises merits the thanks of the Company.’’ At the same meeting. Col. Forster was author- ized to lay out and ‘‘make sale of that part of the Walnut creek mill tract on Lake Erie that lays on the west side of the said creek from the mouth as far up as ihe pres- ent mill d i.m in Town Lots ” Two lois in the towns of Franklin and Waterford, on which houses had been erected by the com- pany, were also directed to be sold At the meeting on the 5th of February, Capt. Swan purchased the house and lot in Waterford for $816; and the agent was di- rected to proceed “next summer to erect a grist mill on the Walnut creek tract. Messrs. Forster and Swan proceeded to the Preequ’ Isle seitiemen% the grist mi 1 was begun, but not completed for grinding un- til the fall of 1799. The members of the company each paid $120 to apply on the the cost of it, and Jacob Weia was placed in charge at a salary of $30 per month. This mill for a long time was the only grist mill in the “Triangle,” and the customers came from far and near. Peo- ple came with grisfs from Painesville, Con- neaut, Ashtabula, Erie, and parts equally distant east and west. Owing to the mills and the tavern which was built about 1798, the place was of great importance in those days. In January, 1800, William Wallace, Esq., was directed to be consulted, and after- wards he was chosen Secretary of the com- pany for which services he seeured certain parcels of land which have proved exceed- ingly valuable and enriched his descend- ants. Mr. Wallace resided at Erie from 1800 to 1810 in the interest of the Harris- burg and Pregqu’ Isle Company. He died in Harrisburg in 1816, and is buried in Pax- tang church grave yard. In March, 1802, Col. Forster, very much disheartened at the state of affairs, writes to ihe company: “I am in hopes this sum- mer will put an end to the whole business. I beg leave to recommend a mee'ing of the members of the company, and agree on something dec ded. I do assure you, the property is suffering, notwithstanding all I can do, the situa ion of the country is very unfavorable to our interest, and the sooner something is done the better; perhaps it would be advisable for you to put a price upon the mills and land; there may be an opportunity of selling at private sale . I have rented the miPs to Capt Swan for one year commencing ll'h day of Aoril next, for $250— Swan to build a stable 18x20 feet, fence and clear a piece of land, which part of the timber had been cut by the company. This was the best I could do for the company. I will collect the former ren's as soon as possib’e, and will be a considerable loser myself. I have sold a number of lots in Erie to the best advantage by trade,” Owing to the difficulty between the Popu- lation company — of which John Nicholson had been the prime mover — and the State of Pennsylvania, there was great uncer- tainty as to the titles, and the lots of the Harrisburg and Presqu’ Isie company in Erie and Waterford did not sell as well as they expected, so that they could not fully pay for the mill tract. The minutes before us do not extend far- ther on than 1800, and for most of what fol • lows we are indebted to various sketches rela'ing to the history of Erie county. Tne land was offered at twenty dollars an acre, but no purchasers could be had. In 1806, Col. Forster writes: “If our speculation should turn out unfortunate — as 1 suppose it will— I will not be the least loser myself, and cm bear it as illy as any of you.” In 1810 a proposition was made to the agent by a member of the company tor the purchase of the late William Kelso’s interest, which he agreed to, and writes: “It was a great undertaking; do, my dear Historical and Genealogical. sss friend, wish me good luck— ib is what I have been a stranger to for some time.” For some years subsequent we have no record of the company. Oae by one, how- eve’*, lots were sold, to pay off some in- debtedness— but these must have been dis- posed of at a disadvantage. Col. Forster, we know, never accumulated much prop- erty, and, according to Mrs Hoskinson, three squares of the choicest lots in Erie were sold at Sheriff’s sale for the sum of forty-two dollars. Robert Harris, one of the original share- holders, then member of Congress, writes from Washington City, under date Decem- ber 16, 1824, to Col. Forster : “I agree with you, it has been an unprofitable business, and that the prospect is not very flattering. However, we have persevered for twenty years, and I am for trying one year more I am in hopes when the New York canal is finished, and some little in our section of this State, that it will induce good faimers to come to this country. I know of no part of Pennsylvania that looks more fa- vorable at this time, taking everything into consideration. It would give me pleasure to see you in this part of the country, as we are the only surviving persons belong- ing to this unfortunate concern, and we could settle the business better than any other persons.” In 1810 Col. Forster offered the company $4,500 for the whole tract, including the mills, which was not accepted. In 1824 Judah Colt, as agent for the Population Company, sold the 400 acres at sheriff’s sale, to dispossess the Harrisburg and Presqu’ Isle Company, so that deeds could be made to him as agent. Soon afterward, probably in 1829, the pro- perty was bought by Charles Lord for his brother Lynda, who held it until 1836, and then sold it and removed to Ohio. At the final sale, the amount left, after paying the claims of the Population company, was di- vided among the representatives of the Harrisburg and Prequ’ Isle company. But few of those concerned in the Har- risburg and Presqu’ Isle company made money, but they gave to the county of Erie all the indomitable will, energy and inher- ent faith of its Scotch-Irish inhabitants. Not only to us who have remained by the native heath, but to the descendants of those who located in the “Triangle” — will these memorials of the settlement of the Presqu’ Isle country be of peculiar value and interest. w. h. e. NUTISS ANI> QUERIES.— LXXXV, Historical and Genealogical. Sisters of Charity School, 1827.— We are informed that this school was kept in the house now 218 Pine street. It was for several years well attended, especially prior to the establishment of the Lancasterian school system in the borough, which pre- ceded the common school. The school was in charge of Sisters Mary Stanislaus, Mary Gonzigo and Lucy Ignatius. What are known of these devoted women ? ^* OLH INDIAN FURUHASB. The Indian Traders, of colonial times, who mide their annual visits to the Indian tribes at the forks of the Ohio and along the banks of the Mississippi river, were subject to great peril, both as to person and property The business was often a profitable one, and always fascinating; and few there were who embarked in it, who were willing to give it up, until the ac- cumulation of jears or the hosliliiies of the Indians admonished them that they must yield to the infirmities of old age, or run the risk of losing their lives, or goods and peltries. Those Traders who pene- trated the wilderness, as far west as the Mississippi river, were shrewd and observing business men, and they were not slow to profit by their great influence over the Indians, to secure 1 irge tracts of land from them. This was often followed by considerable expenditures of money, to induce the settlement of their lands, and to maintain a title to them. Often years of litigation followed, which ended in disaster, and impoverished them. On the 5th day of July, 1773, the chiefs and sachems of the different tribes of the Illinois nations of Indians, sold to William Murray, Moses Franks, Jacob Franks, Da- vid Franks. John Ingles, Barnard Gratz, Michael Gra’z, Alexander Ross, Da- vid Sproa^ James Milligan, Mo- ses Franks, Jr., Andrew Hamilton, William Hamilton, Edmond Milne, Joseph Simons, Levy Andrew Levy. Thomas Min- shall, Robert Callendar, William Thomp- son, John Campble, George Castles and James Rumsey, two tracts of land. The Historical and Genealogical. first tract was on tiie east side of the Mis- sissippi river, beginning at the mouth of * ‘Heron creek,’’ called “French River of Mar?,” a league below “Kaskaskia;” thecce the line ran back eight leagues over “hills,” ‘'plains,” to “Crab Tree Plain,” seventeen leagues ; thence to a ‘ ‘remarka- ble” place called “Big Buflalo Hoof,” sev- enteen leagues, to “Salt L‘ck creek,” seven leagues. The line crossed said creek one league below the “ancient Shawanese town” to the Ohio river, four leagues; thence down the river to its mouth, thirty- five leagues. This tract embraces South- ern Illinois, and known generally as “Egypt.” The other trac’: of land was on the east side of the Miasiisippi river, and com- menced at a point opposite the mouth of the “Missuree,” and ran up along the river to the mouth ot the liilinois river, one league; thence up the Illinois river to “Chiogow or Gaibck creek,” ninety leagues, to a “re- markable” place where a battle was fought forty or fifty years ago between the “Pewa- rice and Renard Indians,” fifty leagues; thence to ‘ ‘two remarkable hills, close to- gether,” in the middle of a “large prairie,” fourteen leagues; thence to a “rema’-kable” spring called by the Indians “Fogg Spring, ’ ’ fourteen leagues; thence to thegreatmoun- tain northward of the White Buffalo plains, fifteen leagues, thence forty leagues to the place of beginning. On the 24th day of December, 1778, Levy Andrew Levy soli the one-half of both ot the tracts to Aaron Levy for one thousand pounds. Joseph Simons, the most prominent of these traders, who resided in Lancister, Pa., and Robert Callendar, who resided in Cumberland county. Pa., near the mouth of the Conedoguinei creek, were probably the only ones of the number whoever pene- trated as far west as these land grants, and they doubtless made arrangements with the Indians for the purchase, and afcer- wards included the other parlies in the deed. One of the Levy’s, and Gratz, mar- ried daughters of Joseph Simons, and were in partnership with him in the mercantile and fur trade business in Lancaster. The Franks were merchants in Philadelphia and were con- nected with the fur trade. Thomas Min- shall about this time removed from York county to Middletown, Dauphin county, Pa. These names are all familiar ones, and belonged to influential and prominent families. I have not seen a history of the transaction herein related, and the subject would be au interesting one if followed up, to our friends ici Illinois. I presume the conquest of that country by General Roger Clark, wiped out the title of our friends in that State. The land marks given may have some interest to the Western reader. Samuel Evans, Columbia, Pa., October 19, 1881! . ALLIQUIPFA AND AL.LUMM APJSES. I have been much pleased in reading the articles on the above named Indians. (Notes and Queries, Ixxix—lxxx ) I have stumblea on a couple of items concerning the son of the former. In a council meeting in Philadelphia, August 15, 1755, Governor Morris thanks Cashuwayon as one of the seven Indians who fought with Braddock (Col. Pec., m, 52 Jf.: aUo,\His. Brad Expedition, p. 310), At a council he!d iu Uarlisle, Jan 17, 1750, The Belt informed Gov. Morris that Thomas Graeme had been adop';ed by the Indians, and that they had given him the name Kos Showeyba, which was New- castle’s old Indian name, and that New- castle was to be called Ah-Knoyis for the future. (Col. Pec. mi, G) So it appears that Newcastle had at least four Indian names. A most interesting question arises con- cerning the tribal relationship of Queen Alliqu'ppa. Mr. Craig is silent upon this point. I am of opin ou that she was not Delaware nor Sbawanese. Such a thing as a Queen was unknown among the Algon- quin races. It is well known that in the early part of the eighteenth century the Conestoga had a Queen ruling over them by the name of Canatowa. They were once a powerful nation. The early settlers in Virginia and Maryland called them Sas- quebannocks — a name they got from the Nanticokes at the head of the Chesapeake, and in their Algonquin tongue the word meant ‘ the people of the falls river.” The Dutch and Swedes called them Minquas. The French in Canada denominated them Andastes or Gandastoges. William Penn in 1701 called them “the Susquehanna Min- quaysor Conestoga Indians.” They had many was with the “Five Nations” of New York, and for many years bravely held / \ Historical and Oenealogical. 335 their own. In these wars the Mohawks took no part, no doubt because they were descended from l he Mohawks. Being deci- mated by smallpox and wars they were at last devastated by the Iroquois in 1G76, Miany ot them were carried oflf to the New York towns and incorporated among the four western cantons of the F*ve Nations. A colony was left planted on the Conestoga creek as a tributary people and as a tribu- tary people and as an outpost and a stop- ping place to warriors of the F.ve Nations duiing their incursions further southward. Being subjects of the Five Nations, in the course of time they were regarded as part of those nations, and ’heir old name Min- qua?, softened into Mingoes, was applied to all the Five Nations. The new white settlers did not kcow their history and did not discriminate. As might be expected, however, the conquered Conestogas, whether in New York or on their native manor, did not thoroughly amalgamate with their con- querors. They sat down by the Susque- hanna and wept when they remembered their ancient Zion. This feeling of restless discontent was imbibed by their children. Just before the “French and Indian war,” a large number of the Ircquois settled on the Ohio river. The excuse was that they went there to hunt. They were, however, largely composed of the descendants of the ancient Minquas, and the knowledge of their ancestral history was not the least of the causes that led them away from the lands of their conquerors. So well was this understood by the knowing ones in that day that they were peculiarly denominated Mingoes. In fact, this teim was almost exclusively used to denote these Ohio Indians Logan’s father, Shikellemy, though a reputed Oneida, was really a descendant of the ancient Susquehannas, alias Minquas, alias Conestogas. So were most of those who lived and figured with Newcastle and his mother Alliquippa. They, were all known as Mingoes, and this word included no Delawares or Shawanese. The story of having been presented to William Penn is just inline, for it is well known that the Conestogas were prompt in their efforts to welcome Penn and make treaties with him. It is, moreover, un- reasonable to suppose that Alliquippa would naeet Penn at Newcastle, with her babe, if she was a genuine resident of the Five Nations. I think also that all four of the Indian names given to her son Newcastle are Iroquois, of which the Conestogas spoke a dialect, and unless these names can be shown to be Algonquin, they furnish strong proof of his Conestoga origin This supposition, or I may say fact, shows why ihe Queen and her son moved, traveled and acted as they did, and were friends of the white people. And this theory alone ex- plains why she could be regarded as a Queen. Mr. Craig says the name of the husband of All quippa has not been ascertained. The words in Col. Bee vi; 5S0, “Alla- guipas, whose mother was now alive and living near Raystown,” have been re- garded as denoting that Alliquippa was the husband’s name, and that she is so called simply as his queen or wi^e. I confess this seems somewhat attenuated, but one who knows more than I do of such matters, once wrote me “Alliquippa had a town of his own,” &c., &c. It is yyorthy of mention also, that among the many spellings of the name of Alli- quippa we Pave a modified form in the word Allegrippis, a lidge in Huntingdon county, and Alligrippas, a station on the Allegheny mountain below Bennington Furnace. Still another form is Allegrip- pus. How came this name to these local- ities ? The oldest references that 1 have recog- nized concerning Allummapees, alias Sas- soonan, under these names, are in 1709 and 1712, when he figured with other Delaware chiefs in sending tribute wampum to the Ircquois, and of wh’ch he was one of the bearers . — See Col Bee. ii, 489, 571, 582. Fenn's Ed. He did not remove at once from the Del- aware river to Sunbury. He was “settled at Peshtang,” now Harrisburg, as early as 1709, or at least he was living at a point ad- jacent to this spot. I cannot agree that the reference in his speech, June 14, 1715, to the “greatest tree” has any allusion to the “Great Elm,” the whole story of a treaty under which is re- garded by able historians as mythical. The language has plainly only reference to ob strucLions to friendly communication. Several of his speeches must be admired for their beauty and kindness of heart. See sire for continued peace, and that his words come from his very heart. Still more af- fecting is his speech August 20, 1736, where he presents a string of wampum to Thomas Penn to wipe away his tears over the death of Governor Gordon. He says “that as the minds of men are apt to be decomposed by sorrow, he gave this belt with their earnest desire that by eating and drinking we should endeavor to forget our grief.” — Col. Mec,, iv: 54 Poor creature, he knew no consolation in limes of trouble, other than eating and drinking ! Allummapees was King from 1715 to 1747. As stated, he is named as a chief as early as 1709. Mr. Craig says he “was hereditary King of the Delawares.” This is correct; but from whom did he inherit the office? We are fortunately left in no doubt He succeeded “their late King Skalitchi,” or Scolitchy, in 1715. And who was this King? Their annals tell us : “We had three chiefs after Penn came— Skalichi who was another Tamanend, and Sasunan (Wikwikhon, our uncle the builder), and Tutami (Beaver-taker), who was killed by the English. ” The father of Allummapees, alias Sassoonan, alias Wikwikhon, alias Scolitchy, was none other than the immortal King Tammany himself, who in person welcomed William Penn to the shores of the Delaware, and bartered repeatedly and extensively inlands with our colonial found- er, and to whose peaceful disposition Penn was greatly indebted for the success of his Quaker policy. This 0 |>ens up a tremend- ous field, into which I cannot now enter. King Tammany afterwards can- onized into the Patron Saint of Amer- ica, had four sons, of the oldest of which he himself said — “Weheequeckon, alias Andrew, who is to be king after my death. Weeheequeckon is probably the same as Wihwickhon. The history of Tam- many and Allummapees tells a large part of the relations between the Delawares and Pennsylvania prior to 1750. Allummapees or Olumapies means “well girdled or bundled up.” Sassoonan— “our uncle,” was a title of respect. Tammany means “beaver-like,” that is affable, peace- able, social. A. L Quss. WashingtoUf D. C. MOT£.S AND QUS SIBS— LXXXVl. Historical and Genealogical. Notes and Queries, it would seem, pro- voke more interest than most persons sup- pose, as the articles on “John Landis” print- ed in this number testify. We have not yet received certain particulars in relation to his “last days,” but have been promised further information. Mr. Landis painted one or two creditable pictures, one of which, an early effort, was presented to the Luth- eran Sunday school, but destroyed when the church was burned in 1838. w. h e. John Landis (W. and Q. Ixxxlv.) ^The late John Landis was born in Derry town- ship, Dauphin county. He served out his apprenticeship with the late John Wyeth,, who then printed the “Oracle of Dauphin.” His fellow apprentices were the late Judge Murray and M. D. Holbrook. After work- ing as a journeyman for a number of years he opened a Lottery office in Judge Hum- mel’s (now Berghause) building, in Market street, near Market Square. This he con- tinued until a law was passed abolishing lotteries in this State, approved by Gov. Wolf, March 1, 1833 —(Pamph, Laws,p'jge 60 ) It was said that he drew a prize of $50,000. While engaged in this business he conceived the idea of portrait painting; spent thousands of dollars in pursuing it; abandoned it, and painted historical pic- tures. Among the largest and best was the battle of New Orleans. Tois he took to England: lost large sums in that enterprise. He returned, exhibited it in the rotunda of the Capitol building to induce the State to make an appropriation of $30,000 for its purchase. The late Col. Wm. A. Crabb had charge of the bill in the Senate. The late Wm. Grimshaw discovered the horse had five legs. This defeated the project. Mr. Landis corrected the error, but his fu- ture applications failed. He visited Europe .three or four times. Published a book of poetry here by “John Landis, the Baptist;” became poor, and finally died in an Insane asylum in Rome. Before his mind became diseased, he was among the best dressed, most polite and intelligent citizens in our then borough. But money, and as a writer says, “Ambition, how strong thy sway, though life’s the forfeit, thy purposes must be gained,” proved his besetting sin. p. K. 'Historical and Genealogical, 337 Dauphin County Newspapers.— The following additional facts have come to our knowledge relating to newspapers and news • paper men ; The American Sentinel was published in 1844 by Peter H, McWilliams The HarrWburg Argus in 1843 by C. C. Kaine and J. J. C. Cantine. Mr. Kaine died September 18, 1845, when the paper was continued for several years by Mr. Cantine. Ihe lemperance Reformer ^ Januaiy, 1845, by J. M. Willis Geist, now of the Lancaster New Era. It was devoted to the cause of temperance. The Halifax Herald, piinted and pub- lished by A. W. Loomis, at Halifax, com- menced January, 1844, and continued two years. The St%at8-2kiting was commenced about 1838, during the lirst campaign of Governor Porter, by George F. Weaver and Samuel S. Bigler. About one year after Mr. Wea- ver withdrew, and Rev. Edwin W. Hulter, then Deputy Secretary of State, took his place, and the name of the paper was changed to Staats-Bc te. This paper was afterwards merged into the Morgenroth, a,VL old German newspaper that had been pub- lished for a number of years, first, by Baab TE S AND QUIERIES^T* ' Historical and Genealogical. Si:?»rpsoN — Murray. — I have a commis- i slon issued in 1775 to my grandfather, John j Simp>'-on, wdio then lived near Fort Hun- ter, as a lieutenant in a battalion of associa- tors. It is signed by John Morton, Speaker ^ of the Assembly. Were these associate rs called into the service ? John Simpson was j in I he service, but in what organization I do ! not know, lie was a son-in-law of Capt. | James Murray (not of Northumberland | couaty, but he of Paxtang), and a nephew b}^ marriage of Col. John Murray. Capt. James, of Northumberland county, was originally from Paxtang, and according to flimily tradition, a nephew of the James ] and John above mentioned. J. s. a. 1 Dundore. — My ancestors settled in the ’ Tulpehocken country. The first date men- \ tioned is in the church book of the Host I Church in 1740. The name of Dundore is '• not found in Rupp’s “30,000 Names of Im- migrants,” nor in any published lycords, j save in Vol. II. , p. 378 and 403, 3d series of i Peiinsyluania Archives, where are recorded j' the names of Jacob Dender and Jacob Den- | der, jr., wdiich I am of- opinion, if properly ; spelled, should be “Dimdocr.” Can you , inform me whence came Jacob Dunder or Dundore? N. d. [ [Unfortunately, the records of foreign i iran .’gration inloPenusj lvania arc not com- plcte, and hence h is impossible to give the jj precise time of -the arrival of many f imi- lies. Between 1740 and 1750 there wars a large emigration of French-Swiss to Perni- sylvania — nearly all settling in the town- ships of Alsace, Oley and Tulpeliockep., Berks county. With this emigration came the Dundorcs, father and son ] FrLTtm^-STE-WAnT. Stcwurl owned a farm next to John Galbraith, hut Samut‘1 Fulton, who married Stewart’s daughter Elizabeth, owmed the third farm to the, north vrest. Stewart died in Febru- ar}r, 1733, in Donegal. His son James got the homestead' farm. I,Iis otb.er children were, besides Mrs. Fullon, John, Frank and Maiy. Samuel Fulton died in 17G0, leaving his widow, sons James and Samuel. To the latter he left 130 acres of land and his “leather breeches with silver buttons.” j The farm 'was subsequently sold to his brother James. The original tract, patented j in 17-14, was called “Fulton’s Choice.” The ' Stewarts and Fultons were inter-married with ilie Allisons, Crawford.s, Andersons and Clarks, of Donegal and Paxtang. s. e. “Snaketowx.” — John Burt, one of the earliest trader.s on the Susquehanna, resided at an Indian toyrn on the river, forty miles above the Conestoga, called Snaketown. Tills would locate it at this ]>oint. An in-: quiry is made as to its topography. CuCIRERLAXD YaLLEY HtSTOUICAL SO- CIETY.— A call signed by the Rev. Dr. Murray, of Carlisle, and others interc^-tecl in historic research, for a meeting at Doubling : Gap Springs on the 10th of July, to organ- ize a Historical Society, has been issued. The entire Cumberland Yallcy is rich with ’ incident and stoiy, and it is to be hoped that there will be such interest manifested in the efllort now making that the success of an organization may he secured. It has the , good wishes of sister societies. x. { Inforhatiox W'lXted concerning Wra. ' M’Cullougb, Darnell, James M’- | i Namara, William YA'iglit, John M’Clies- ; ne}^ John Miller, Robert Curran, Robert^ Lusk, Robert Foster, Henry Laughliii, i AVilliam Smith, R< >bert Marsliall and Samuel ' : Tliompson, all of wliom resided in this lo- ,/ cality in 1770 and 1780. • I^IoxTEiTir, Cart. James— Who was this j individual ? He appears to have been made ] a Mason in Perseverance Lodge, No. 31, (m tbe loth cf February, 1781. ■ ! Writlen for the Telegraph.'^ a ' i THE HASIUS FAMIEY OF PAXTANG. Among the earh^ settlers of tliis locality i was William Harris, a native of England, and no doubt related to John Harris, the pioneer of Harris’ ferry. He was born in 1701 and died on the 4th of April, 1754. His wife was Catharine Douglass, of the family of Sir Robert Douglass, of Scotland, born in 1709, dying August 7, 1780, aged 71 years. William Harris and his wife arc buried in Old Derry graveyard. The record ot the children ot these pioneers, as copied from an old Bible, marked ‘•James Harris, >- his Book, ” reads as follows: “James Harris wass born the IGth of Jan- uary, being Friday, 1739. “Sarah Harris wass born the 20th of March, it being Saturda}^, 1741. “John Harris wass bornXovember the 20th, it being Friday, 1740. “William Harris wass born November * the 20th, it being Wednesday, 1749. j “Mary Harris was born July the 22d, it being Thursday, 1752.” There appears to have been another entry ] in 1753, but it is illegible. As the young- j est son, Robert, was born that year it was -j evidently his birth record. i William Harris died the year after (1754). ' A distribution of his estate was not made, however, until 1703, when, on the Gth of September, the orphans’ court, held at Lan- caster, directed the following: “To Catharine Harris, widow of the de- ceased, the interest of one-third, in lieu of her dower; James, the eldest sou, one-third as the remainder, or two shares; while the other children — Sarah, John, Mary and Robert — were to receive one share ; the I dower to be divided among the same upon j the decease of the widow. The personal ' property was also distributed in the same | proportion. Robert Harris, the yoimgest child, studied medicine and served as a surgeon of the , Pennsylvania Line during the Revolution.,' He was a valuable officer and highly * esteemed by his confreres in that gloriou^ struggle. Dr. Harris died of quinsy at tli4 house of John Phillips, inn-keeper, th j sign of the Blue Ball, almost twenty mile j west of Philadelphia, in TredyllVin town - ship, Chester county, on the night of th 3 4th of March, 1785. His will was writte ” by Andrew Gordon, at his request, an is dated March 3, 1785, y ‘recorded | May 3, 1785, and remains in'^the regis- | ter’ s office in Paxfang, Dauphin county.” Letters of administration with the will an- nexed, were granted to ISIary Harris, the wife of his brother James. " Dr. Harris ' willed the interest of a part of his personal estate to his brother John Harris during his lifetime, and then the ])rincipal to fall to Robert, son of James. His land (donation laud), when surveyed, he allowed to Laird Harris, son of James. From a receipt still in existence, tombstones were purchased in Philadelphia, and as there are no records in the graveyard at'Derry orPaxtang, the pre- sumption is that hewas interred atTredyflrin. The papers of Dr. Harris, which would be of undoubted historic value, were burned by a member of the family some forty years ago, to prevent their falling into the hojids of strangers. His medicine chest is in the pos- session of his grand-nephew, William L. Harris, of East Buflalo township. Union county. Of Sarah and Mary Harris, daughters of William, we have no record. James Harris, the eldest child, married June 2d, 1708, Mary Laird, daughter of William Eaird and Catharine Spencer. She was born April 28 th, 1750 (O. S.), and died December 13th, 1842. She was interred in the cemetery at Lewisburg. James Harris died April 30, 1787, and is buried at Derry. * The children of James Harris and Mary Laird were as follows: William, born Wednesday, April 28, 1709, died February 2, 1785, and buried at Derry. Elizabeth, born Thursday, July 18, 1770; died May 20, 1842. Catharine, born Thursday, April 2, 1772; died December 28, 1784, and buried at Derry. Jean, born January 0, 1774; died Decem- ber 5, 1839. Laird, born Tuesday, February 22, 1770; died June 30, 1804. Robert, born Sunday, November 22, 1777; died at Lewisburg. Sarah, born Saturday, September 4, 1779; died December 30, 1827. James, born Wednesday, June 13, 1781 ; died July 1, 1808. Matthew, born Friday, August 13, 1784 ; died February 13, 1H73. ^ William Laird, born Thursdajv IMay 17^ i 178G ; died TsTovember 11, 1845. T ~^\ James Harris took and subscribed tlie j oath of allegiance and fidelity to the )State I and Colonies on the 14th day of July, 1777, 1 before Joshua Elder, magistrate at 1 Paxtang. He served in the army and was at the battles of Tren- I toll, Princeton, Brandywine and Ger , ; mantown.^ During the year 1778 he was in > service with his wagon and team in the Jerseys. After his death his widow removed about 1793 to Buffiilo Valley, then iNorth- umberland and noiv Union county. ' James Harris, the son of James, married October 39, 1819, Sarah Bell. Their chil- dren, William Laird, James Spencer, Sam- i uel Bell, Mary Laird, Robert Douglass, I Ann Berryhill, Sarah Clementina, Caroline ^ Douglass and Berryhill Bell. Of this family of Harris’ none remain in f this locality. Like their neighbors of a ; century and more agone, their descendants I have sought new homes, while only the : brief tombstone' inscriptions in deserted i graveyards, and the mere mention of a name here and there on the old records, tell of the brave and hardy ancestry. Vv'. n. E. NOTKS AND QUERIESr-n//7 Hahrisbuug in 1794.— The following in- teresting account of our “ancient burgh” j is from the journal of Major Wm. Gould, | of the New Jersey Infantry, during the so- i called whisky insurrection in Western Penn- \ I sylvania in the autumn of 1794. Brief I though his record is, it contains several im- | portant items: The abounding of the Siis- ' (luchanna with rock-fish, salmon, shad and i fowl— that previous to the founding of the 1 town in 1785 there were quite a number of houses and people here — it again opens up I the question where did Gen. Washington i' stop when remaining in town; and the ex- istence of a public ferry, which was dis- tinct from either the lower or upper ferries, taking in the island in the transit. 2 h ursday, October 2d. —Marched to Hum • melstown, a handsome village with kind in- habitants; we were invited into their houses and had good entertainment in taverns. Six- teen miles. iday, October Sd. — Marched one m ile to a river called Sweet Arry; crossed on boats, and marched to Harrisburg and encamped , ^ the banks of the Susquehanna river,^a beautiful stream’ abbuhding with rock-fish7 salmon, and other small fish, and fowl in abundance; also shad of the best kind in the season. The founder of this town, named Harris, buried in a stockade fort by reason that the Indians prevented burying in the graveyard. Twenty-five years ago there were but three or four houses, and now it contains more than 300, beautifully situated on the banks of the river; some elegant houses, good-market and full stores; a county town in Dauphin county. At 3 o’clock p. M. paraded and marched to town from where we encamped, saluted the President ofthePnited States, who passed by, after which returned to camp. Col. Forman, Major Kipp and myself accepted an invitation from the President to take a glass of wine with him, after which dined very agreeably, and returned to camp; the inhabitants received us with every mark of friendship; the artillery discharged fittceii guns at his entrance into town. Nine miles. Saturday, October Uh, 1794. — Marched to the Susquehanna ferry at reveille in the morning, with the first battalion, crossed in boats to an island in the river and from thence in oQier boats to the other side. Suflered much with cold in crossing, it be- ing a very cold morning. The President, General Washington, forded the river in a coach, drove it himself, &c. “Tokens.” — In the early days at Pax- | tang, Hanover and Derry, tokens were used by the officiating ministers. These were ] made cf lead or pewter, and had raised ' letters on one side with date on the reverse. J One in possession of the writer has the ] letters B. P. stamped on one side. A v;ag i at our elbow says they stand for Bad Pres- * byterian, but we opine it is for Baptized Presbyterians. Who can give us the meaning? Recently we were shown one used by the Rev. John Cuth- bertson, who missionated among the Reformed Presbyterians in this section of Pennsylvania from 1751 to the close of the Revolution. On the one side were the let- ters R. P., which stand tor Reformed Pres- byterian, and L. S. (which most probably stand for Lord’s Supper), and the date 1753 on the other side. The use of the token was this: The tokens were given to the in- tending communicants generally on the Saturday of the sacrament occasion, and then on the Sabbath when the comihtmi-^ I cant came forward to the table of the Lord, he presented his token to a member of ses- 1 siou, which was the evidence that the ses- / sion regarded him as entitled to participate in this ordinance. w. h. b. “The Paxtano Boys.”— Among the ( number of those heroic men of 1763-4, was j Capt. John Reed, who removed to the Buf- ' \ falo Valley prior to the Revolution. He j married in September, 1772, Margaret, I daughter of William Blythe, but died in j ^ 1778, leaving three children, William, •; James and a daughter, who subsequently ■ married John iVrmstrong. The family left the valley with the “great runaway,” and ^ resided for several years in -the Cumberland Valley. The widow subsequently married i Capt. Charles Gillespie, of the army of the Revolution, and raised a second family. When a second j time a widow she took refuge with her son, , William Reed, where she died, and is j buried in the old Kiester graveyard, on 1 Penn’s creek. William Reed, the eldest, had a son James, whose children are Rob- ert Reed, formerly county commissioner of Union county, and subsequently a mer- chant at Clearfield; Dr. Uriah Reed, of Jer- sey Shore, and a daughter, who is the wife of ex-Governor William Bigler. Captain Reed’s second son removed to the West in early life, but was never heard from. l. James Trimble’s Grave.— Out in our , beautiful cemetery is the neglected grave of j James Trimble, who for fifty-six years was Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth. , From the period of his coming here until his death he took a warm interest in every- thing tending to the prosperity of the then borough of Harrisburg. His remains were interred in the old Presbyterian grave- yard, but in the march of im- provement, which does not recognize the rights of the dead— even if it chances to do that of the living, they were removed to the Harrisburg cemetery. Instead, how- ever, of replacing the tomb in a proper manner, it was simply laid together, and at the present writing bids fair to be destroyed unless some measures are taken to have it preserved. The Presbyterian congregation, to whose interests he devoted much time I and labor, cannot do a nobler act than at . once see that the tombstone of the old pa- triot shall not be destroyed by neglect. William Harris, of Paxtang. — From'*i the records of the court we learn that the plantation of William Harris was on the Swatara, one and a-half miles above Mid- dletown. His family belonged to Derry church. w. h. e. “Long Bullets.” — Who can explain this ancient pastime? dauphin. CONTRIBUTIONS TO DAUPHIN COUNTY HISTOKY. Recently the library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society has been enriched by a collection of the papers of John and Isaac Taylor, who w^re surveyors of Chester county, when Lancaster and Dauphin were integral parts of .that locality, comprising in the thirty odd folio volumes of manuscript a great mass of material relating to the days of the pioneer settlers, and as occasion ofters we shall make such selections as may possibly be of interest, and especially of value to the future historian of our county. James Steel, writing to Isaac Taylor under date of “4th, 11 mo., 1726,” after mentioning various matters, says: “The bearer, John Harris, has seen his warrants, which are now at James Logan’s to be signed, which I expect will be done this day, there being now no objections, the original deeds being produged. “Thee knows the warrants had been twice drawn over, but what I received fro- ' thee for it cannot tell, but J. Harris hi s paid me 12 shillings, which, if too much, have told him it shall be returned. “I have no more to add at present, but kind love and respects to thyself, spouse and family. Tby affectionate loving friend, “James Steel.” Peter Bizalion, the first Indian trader in ; these parts, and who had located at Pax- tang previous to John Harris, and concern- ing whom a very interesting sketch was written by Mr. Hamilton several years ago, receipts to' James Logan under date of “20th, 6 mo., 1703,”,for “fifteen pounds in full for a score of bear skins sold him at 15 sh. per skin.” I IBenjamin Eastburn, who "was Surveyor General of the Province many yeais, of the : date of “April the 20th, 1736,” after notic- ing the appointment of Samuel Blunston as “Deputy Surveyor of the townships of Derry, Hempfield, Dunnegal and Leba- non,” at the same time alluding to “a scheme of his (Blunston) for appeasing the tumults and animosities among the inhabi- tants thereof,” writes: J ^1 r “April, the 20th, 1736. 1 “3Ii/ Friend John Taylor: Thine of the i 3d in St. with several Returns I rec’d, but , have not heard anything of the persons in j Gain thou expectest to complain because i thou refitsedst to lay out to them land al- ready surveyed to the Proprietor. “Samuel Blunston is deputed surve3mrof i * the Townships of Derry, Ilemplield, Dun- I negal & Lebanon, and upon a representa- tion of Samuel Blunston in behalf of the inhabitants thereof, and a scheme ot his for appeasing the tumults & Animosities among ' them. There was sent up to kirn a bundle of blank warr’ is by him to tilled up at dis- cretion w’ch after the same manner I sup- pose he executes the warr’ts are only di- rected to me & his Deputation is only to execute such warr’ts as are by me directed to him. j ! “One William Skillirn a late settler at ' , Pextang on 'part of tract of 300a sd. to | have been formerly settled by one Jno . Miller by leave of James Logan obtained ! a warrant for 150a dated the 23d of March • last, and Esther Harris, John Harris’s wife ! tells me there is a man at Pextang (she had forgot his name had lately got a Warrt. and is now making sad havock of the Tim- ber on thy Land there. I take it to be the same man: she says he is a dancing master, thou wilt take proper measures with him, he has a copy of ye Warrt. directed to Sam’l Blunston, but I then understood 1 nothing of his intent nor am I yet sure that is the man E. H. spoke of, but no other lias had any wart, lately here. “Andreas Scroop (alias Krobff), a settler on Cocalico & Hans Shinover his neighb’r each had a warr’t for 250a dated the first of Mar. 1733. Thou hast made a Return of l65a laid out to Scroop, who says that he & a widow woman both live on the land & expected and agreed for 125a each he has ’long since paid for about 200a & brought the rem’d of the money y’t would compleat the pay for 250a. Shinover has paid noth- ing nor intends to pay, his settlem’t being now offered to sale at 200£ the Buy’r being also to pay the Proprit’r. I suppose Krobf ought first to have his 250a before Shinover Return be made who has not yet applied for a copy or order. “I am thy real fr’d i ‘ ‘Ben.ja E astbukn. ’ ’ The Esther Harris here alluded to wng fi most estimable ladjL ^She was a native? of England, of the family of Say, and related to the Shippens of Philadelphia, where John Harris met her, and in 1722 married her. He -was her senior some fifteen or twenty years. After the death of the pioneer she married William Chesncy, or M’Chesncy, who resided on the opposite side of the Sus- quehanna, below the mouth of the Yellow Breeches. She died in 1757, but where buried is not known. She may ' possibly have been interred at Paxtang grave-j^ard, but there is no stone to mark her grave. Yv'. II. E. CAPTAIN JAMES MUKKAV’S COMFAtsY OF THl'J KEVOL.UTION. Ill the N. and Q. (June 28) inquiry is made as to whether ihe battalion, or rather the company of associators of whom John Simpson was lieutenant, was in actual ser- vice. We present herewith the roll of Captain James Murray’s company as re- turned by him March 13, 1776. This com- pany, with others, went into service in November or December, 1775, and were present at the battles of Trenton and Princeton. We give the roll as we find it, although a number of the names are evidently misspelled. The members of the company nearly all resided in what was then Upper Paxtang township, or in the section of country from the pres- ent town of Dauphin extending to Halifax. Beyond and around the latter locality was Capt. Reed’s company, tlie roll of wdiich is also in our possession. There is one name on the list, that of John Ayres, who was a member of Capt. Matthew Smith’s com- pany, of Paxtang, and was left with sev- eral others sick at Boston wTien that brave body of men marched to Quebec. The probabiliiics arc that as they were returning home, about the time of the arrival from Philadelphia, he at least joined his friends and neighbors, and shared with them_ the hardships and endurance of^that brief winter campaign on the Delaware. w. ii. e. A Return, of Captain James Murray's Com- pany of Associators of the Fourth Bat- talion of Lancaster County, Commanded by James Burd, Esq., 3Iarch loth, 177G. \ Vai)tdm. Murray, James. 'First LiGuUnant. Sturgeon, Peter. Second, Lieutenant Simpson, John Ensicjn. Ryen, John Privates. Ayres, John, Bell, George, Bell, Isaac, Bell, James, Bell, John sr.. Bell, Johnjr., Bell, AYilliam jr.. Bell, AVilliam, Bell, William sr., Boyce, John, Boyce, William, Brown, John, Brov/n, Peter, Christy, John, Cochran, George, Cochran, John sr. Cochran, Johnjr., Cochran, Samuel, Colligan, Joseph, Colligan, John, Dayis, David, Dice, John, Gartner, George Adam Goudey, John, Goudey, Robert, Hilton, William, Hoane, Anthony, Johnston, Richard,/ Lafferty, Patrick, Lindsey, William, Linord, James, Lockart, Moses, M’Closkey, Henry, M’Faclden, John, M’Gill, Robert, Mooney, Abraham, Peacock, James, Plouge, Samuel. Richmond, John, Smith, Robert, Smith, William, Sturgeon, Samuel, Sturgeon, Thomas, Thomas, John, Eyeman, Christopher, Thompson, Thomas, Eyeman, Jacob (1), Tinturf, Jacob, Eyeman, Jacob (2), Tinturf, Philip, Gallacher, Thomas, Vincent, William, ^ Yanelet, Michael, James Buud, Col. 4th Battalion, Lancaster County. NOTiSS AND y Historical and Genealogical. The Old Peter’s Mountain Road. — Having at various times seen it claimed ; that such an one “made the road over ; Peter’s mountain,’’ &c., in the interest of historical accuracy I would like to take ad- vantage of the opportunity aftorded by / Notes and Queries to discuss this question, taking it for granted that all who can will | throw upon it what light they are able. i At some future time 1 hope to publish the story of the Ayres family in Dauphin coun- I ty — as it was one of the very first in the ( upper end — but at present it will suffice to , note that William Ayres located at^ the eastern base of Peter’ sKjfmountam in October, 1773. One reason for doing so was the very impracticable road by which he would have to cross the mountain, and which to the female portion of his family (already exhausted by a long journey) was terrible to contemplate. ^ It was simply the “Indian Path to Shamokin’’ (Sunbury), and instead of winding around the end of the mountain, at the river, it ran due north and led straight up the moun- tain, and ovQr it. [See Scull’s map.] This path was partly on William Ayres’ land, and as he must need have a road up. and over the mountain, he— so the family tra- dition saith— labored betimes at this path until it was reduced to an angle of easier ascent, and otherwise made practicable. He died in 1785, but it appears that his son, John Ayres, took up the work of making the road still better.. I have in my possession “ the Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town- ship of Middle Paxtang,” to “the Honor- able William Augustus Atlee and his Asso- ciate Judges of the Court,” &c., &c., “now sitting at Harrisburg for the county of Dau- phin, at their March Term, a. d. 1792,” signed by thirty-one persons, some of them German, stating; “That your Petitio ners being highly pleased with the improvement made by John Heirs [Ayres] of the said Township on that part of the Road leading from Harrisburg to Sunbury, which lays between the South end of the meadow of said Heirs and the first offset in the old Road which was Opened by order of Court a few years since over Peter’s mountain. * * * * We pray that Heirs’s road be confirmed.” This ancient document is the indisputable evidence that John Ayres made what might be termed the second improvement. The reference of this petition to “the old road , which was opened by order of court a few years since,” I take to mean the road, or the old Indian Path, as improved by William Ayres, his father, and accepted [ “opened”] by the county, from him as a public high- way This, of course, w«s the first “road,” so to speak. The road in time became a regular turnpike, and passed into the con- trol of a turnpike company. , ^ In my father’s cash-receipt book I find an item under date of April 7, 1831, viz: “Turnpike company, pay as manager, $50;” and again “5lay 3, 1831, turnpike company in full, $20.50.” J These entries do not name the company , ^ for which he was “Manager,” hut under the circumstances I assume it to be the turnpike over Peter’s mountain. During his term as manager he made additional ; improvements upon the mountain division, j Documentary evidence in the possession ! of our family goes to show that William Ayers made the first road, John Ayres the second and William Ayres (my father) the third and present one. That is, they (or / through their instrumentality) altered the 1 ■ grades, changing the old Indian Path into I the turnpike road. But I would not make ) any undue assumption in this matter, and j hence I invite others to assist in establish- j ing the true facts of the case. I am disposed ' to believe, however, that the claim of the \\ family to this honor is assured to a large jj degree, at least, by the evidence alluded to, as well as by the circumstances of the case, until disproven. o. b. a. ; The tJisTOincAL Society of the Cum- BEBLAND Valley. — The Organization of , this body was effected at Doubling Gap Springs on the 10th of J uiy b}'" the'adoption of a constitution and the election of officers. The lion. M. C. Herman, of Carlisle, was ' ' chosen President, and J. B. Morrow, edi- tor of The Star of the Valley, Newville, Secretary. It was decided to hold its next annual meeting on the third Tuesday of I July, 1880, which occurs on the 150th anni- , | versary of the settlement of the valley, at such place as the committee shall arrange therefor. The society has our best wishes. It can and we believe will accomplish all its industrious members essay to do. “The Indian Town.” — In the Records j of Donegal Presbytery, in 1732, allusion is made to the Congregation of Paxtang and Derry having made over to Mr. Bartrem , and Ids heirs their right and title to the 1 plantation commonly called “The Indian ( Town, purchased from the Indians, over and above their subscriptions, ’ ’ and promis- ing “to deliver him all papers relating thereto.” Who can tell us whether Pax- / tang or Derry church is located on the site of “The Indian Town,” or where was Mr. 'j Bar trem’s land? | Alwahd— Eldeb. — “A. B.” in his ac- ’ count of the three-story brick houses on the / northwest corner of Second street and ' i Clierry alley, mentions that Henry Alward, one of the occupants, married a daughter j of Samuel Elder, as did also Gen. Joiin Forster. They both married the (laughters Uf John Elder, brother of Samuel. The present Mrs. Sarah Doll is a daughter of the latter. •i’AXTANG & WKKKY’S GALL. TO MR JNO. ELDER." The history of Paxtang and Derry churches has yet to be written, and no per- son is better fitted for this labor of love than i the author of tlie history of Old Hanover. : The, minutes of Donegal Presbytery, | although not complete, throw considerable light on the history of the congrega- tions which until June 17G4 formed an Integral part of that body. Unfortu- nately here and there are gaps in the minutes of the Presbytery, and especially is this the case from October 9, 1750, to June 5, 1759. The church records were not regularly kept, or if they were have been lost. But little light can be thrown, there- fijre, upon the following document, which we find endorsed as follows: ''Paxtang & Derry's Gall to Mr. Jno. Elder, Sept. 2Qth, 1754 — 128 — Call Unanimously.” The Rev. John Elder came into the Presbytery of Donegal as a licentiate October 5, 1737, and was ordained and installed pastor of Paxtang on the 22d of Decem- ber, 1738. The cause which occasioned the following call is difficult to explain, without entering into the history of the churches in question and the many troubles and dissensions which existed. Of the names attached to the call, those marked (*) were written by the individuals them- selves. The duplicating of signatures is perchance owing to the fact that the call was adopted at a congregational meeting, and some one who acted as clerk directed to append the names of those present. Its in- terest lies not only in the peculiarity of the document, but in the full list of members of Old Paxtang church one hundred and twenty-five years ago. w. ii. e. To the Reverend Mr. Jno. Elder: Sib — We, the Inhabitants in the Township & Congregation of Paxtang & Derry, Being now Destitute of a settled Gospel minister amongst us; Being also Deeply Sensible of the great loss & Disadvantage we & ours may sustain. In regard of our souls & spiritual Concerns by our living in such a Condition in this Wilderness; & having had Sufficient Proof of, & being well pleased & satisfied Avith the ministerial abilities & qualifications of y’u, the Revd. Jno. Elder, Do unanimously Invite* & Call y’u to take tlie Pastoral Car4'& oversiglif of us, Promising all due subjection, submis sion & obedience to the Doctrine, Disci- pline & Government & Ordinances Exer- cised & administred By y’u as our Pastor in the Lord. And that y’u may be the Bet- ter Enabled to attend upon y’r Pastoral & , ministerial work amongst us, without Anx- ious & Distracting Cares about y’r worldly Concerns, WE Do hereby CheerfullyPromise & Engage to take Care of y’r Support and maintenance for an Honourable & Credit- able manner Suitable to & befitting y’r Honourable Function & office as a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ amongst us; Knowing that the Lord hath ordained that they who Preach the Gospel should live by the Gospel. In testimony of all w’h we have hereunto Subscribed our Karnes This 26th of September, 1754. *Thos. fforster, *Wm. Armstrong, *John Harris, *Thos. M’ Arthur, * James Wallace, David Walker, j *Robert Chambers, I *Moses Dickey, j William Stoe, *Thomas Simpson, ' James Collier, Thomas Dougan, Henry M’ Kinney, Andrew Stephen, John Bell, j John Morrow,’ I Henry Benick, I John Johnson, ' Oliver Wyllie, Samuel Simpson, Thomas Renick, James Williamson, Samuel Galbraith, Hugh M’Killip, Matthew Cowden, James Houston, James Tom, John Starling, Andrew Hannah, Peter Corbit, : Wm. Kerr, Joseph Kerr, John Gray, William Wilson, Michael Whitley, Thomas Alexander, Valentine Stern, i Andrew Houston, Alex. Johnston, Samuel Stephenson, Thomas Rutherford, Mathias Taylor, Patrick Mongomery, Stephen Gamble, Richard Cavit, William Bell, Thomas King, Edward King, Robert Montgomery, John Wiggins, jr., James Gilchrist, James Mitcheltree, John Neal, William Hannah, John Carson, .lames Drummond, Samuel Hunter, Alex. Johnson, George Gillespy, Alex’ r Mahon, James Galbraith, Robert Wallace, *John Harris, James Foster, James Freeland, Robert Armstrong, Hugh Wilson, James Wilson, Robert Chambers, jr., Arthur Chambers, William Reney, Robert M’Callen, John Hutchison, Charles M’Clure, Patrick Gillespy, David Patton, James Potts, Joseph Wilson, John M’Cormick, John Cavit, William Harris, Robert Gilchrist, John Gilchrist, Hugh Black, ' Robert Snodgrass, Thomas Black, Jean Black, Wm. Laird, Matthew Laird, Elizabeth Park, Chas. Clarke, Mary M’llvain, William M’Alevy, James Harris, John Foster, Samuel Shaw, David M’Clanochan, Thomas Aikens, David Reany, Th. Strean, John Craig, Thomas M’Clalen, John Wyllie, William Brison, Thomas Mays, John M’Clintock, Hugh Hays, James Davis, Andrew Moore, James Rodgers. David Foster, Hugh Rodgers, John Hays, Joe M’Not, Henry Walker, Widow Rodgers, John Walker, Seth Rodgers, John Walker, Joe Snoddy, James Walker, Robert Harris, Hugh Carothers, Wm. Galbraith, James Carothers, David Jamison, Robert Walker. NOTE S AND QUE BIES^^/S^ Historical and Genealogical. The Three-Stohy Brick Houses, N. W. Corner Second Street and Cherry Alley. — The interesting article of Mr. Hamilton relating to the foregoing contains a slight error, which, however, requires cor- rection. The two houses now on the north- west corner of Second street and Cherry al- ley were built by John Downey, Esq., in the year 1812, and owned by him. George Loyer was the brick-layer. Mr. Downey, who was the first cashier of the Harrisburg Bank, resided in the upper house and rented the lower one, which was occupied by some of the first families of the town. One of the earliest occupants, if not the first, was Moses M’ Clean, a distinguished lawyer of his day. He removed to Lewis- town, from thence to Huntingdon, where he died. The next tenant was Mrs. Snyder, widow of Gov. Snyder, who kept a boarding house. Mrs. Snyder, whose maiden nayie was Slough, was a sister of Mrs. Clendennin and also of the first wife of James Peacock. Mrs. Rebecca Orth resided there subse- quently and kept boarders. Her family con- sisted of four sons, Henry, AVilliam, Adam?^ I and Edward L., and three daughters, Re-'*.; I becca, Elizabeth and Caroline. It was here that young Dr. Luther Reily made a begin- ’ ning in his profession, which proved so emi- nently useful and successful. He boarded with Mrs. Orth, and had for his office the one recently occupied by Dr. Ross Roberts. Dr. Reily married Rebecca Orth. Elizabeth | Orth married John Whitehiil, who lived j; and died on what is now known as the r “Reily farm,” above now Reily street. Caroline Orth married Dr. Witman, who ^ ; resided at Halifax. Adam Orth married I Miss Elizabeth Cox and resided near Coxes- I town, where he died. Edward L. read I medicine with Dr. Reily, and after gradua- ‘ ‘ tion became one of the firm of Reily & Orth. Pie was an eminent physician, dying April 15, 18G1, aged 47 years. Succeeding Mrs. Orth came James Ma- ginnis, who taught a grammar school for , boys. He was an Irishman, a fine mathe- matician and considered one of Harrisburg’s best teachers. He was a large, burly-look- ing man, a strict disciplinarian, who was feared and respected by his scholars, many | of whom in after life occupying good posi- tions. James W. Weir and others of our prominent men were his scholars. Mr. Maginnis was the author ot an arithmetic, which was the standard book of that day. Frederick W. Leopold, who was a clerk in the bank while Mr. Downey was cashier, and Thomas Smith, once county surveyor, were brothers-in-law, having married sisters. Mr.Magiunis had three children — Edmund, who was a druggist, Mary and James B. Mrs. Maginnis was a Roman Catholic. If her husband was one he did not live up to the rules of the church. Mr. Leopold belonged to the same persuasion. Mr. William Le Barron, one of Harris - burg’s“first and most enterprising men, pur- i chased, improved and resided there some ; years. He built the first steam grist mill -j and warehouse, &c., in the borough. IleJ was unfortunate, however, in business, and j removed to Pittsburg, where he died. Mr. Henry A1 ward, fopnerly a teller in . the Harrisburg Bank, resided there a short time. Mr. Alward and General John Forster were brothers in-law, having mar- ried daughters of Samuel Elder, son of Rev. John Elder, of Paxtang. Mr. AlwardT" and family removed to Pittsburg, where he died. The building was then purchased for a^ young ladies’ seminary and boarding sehool. The principal was Mrs. Kingsford, wife of the Rev. E. Kingsford, pastor of the Baptist church here. The school was well sustained for several years, but closed about the year 1842, the Rev. K. and family leaving town. Tlit^y were from England, and were much liked by our citizens. Many of the young ladies who boarded with Mrs. Kingsford were the daughters of prominent families living in Juniata, Cumberland and York counties, and this sketch will be read by some of them and their children. The Rev. William R. DeWitt, D. D., purchased the property from the Trustees of the Seminary, and resided there mauy years, and until he moved to the present residence on Front street. Mr. M. Einstein succeeded him, and he was succeeded by the present owner and occupant, Mr. Charles S. Segelbaum. The number is now No. 120 South Second street. The house occupied by Mr. Downey was purchased by Doctor James Robertsl^ who came from Cannonsburg, Washington county, Pa. He married Miss Emily Gold- smith, of this place, and had a good share of the practice of the town. In 1832 Ed- mond W. came from Cannonsburg, a young man, and read medicine with his brother, who removed to Illinois about 1835, and disposed of the property to Dr. E. W. The latter married Miss Caroline Ross, and had two children, Robt. Ross and Mary, who married the Rev. B. B. Leacock, D. D., pastor of St. Stephen’s church. Dr. E, W. Roberts died October 10. 1865, aged 58 years. He was succeeded by Dr. R, Ross , Roberts, who married Miss Mary Foote, and | resided there practicing medicine until April 4, 1875, when he died, leaving two sons, Edmund and Leacock Roberts. The Rev. B. B. Leacock became owner, and disposed of it to Mr. A. M. Cleveland in March, 1879. A. b. “Snaketown” (June 28.) — It is possible that this trading point was at or between Burd’s run and the mill run norlli of it, at the present town of Highspire, in Swatara township. Dauphin county. It was not at Paxtang creek where Bizalon established himself in 1707. Burt seems to have com- menced his career as trader about 1719. His name is found on the assessment of West Conestogue, Chester county, in 1721, rated at twenty shillings. Tlie locality des- ignated is famous for its water snakes to this day, and is about thirty-nine miles', by the Susquehanna, from the mouth of the Conestoga creek. Evans of Columbia states that Burt “was a troublesome trader, living in continual violation of the provin- cial laws” regulating trade with the Indians. In 1726 Burt, Wright and some Muncy Indians had a drunken frolic at Snaketown, in which Wright and an Indian were killed by Burt, and the latter with his wife Esther, “forced out of the inhabited parts of this province” by order of “Gov. Gordon and ye council. ’ ’ ANDKEIV STEWART OF PAXTANG. In the graveyard at Paxtang church are the following tombstone inscriptions: IN Memory of ANDREW STEWART who departed this Life, March the 31st 1774 ^ Aged 75 5mars IN Memory of MARY STEWART who departed this Life April 30th 1772 Aged 55 years. Andrew Stewart and Mary his wife came from Scotland prior to 1740. Ow- ing to the destruction of the assessment lists immediately subsequent to the forma- tion of Lancaster county, of which the townships of Paxtang, Derry and Hanover were an integral part upon its organization, it is very difficult to ascertain the precise year when the early settlers located here. Of the family of Stewart there were at least three distinct heads. The name is indiffer- ently spelled Stuart and Stewart, but rarely Steward in the old records. The origin of the patronymic— Stewart — is from icard, to guard, to care for. The first syllable sie is of doubtful origin, but is sup- posed to mean a place, a corner, a quarter. Stuart, Stewart and Steward have all the same origin, although those who use the Stiiart claim to have the bluer blood in their veins,, which, of course, is a fallacy. The u was substituted for the ic because of there being no lo in the French alphabet, tbe Stewarts having retired to France, or per- haps during the reign of Queen Mary Stu- art, the French courtiers having introduced or persisted in the French mode of spelling the name Stuart. Andrew Stewart was a.X'ovenanter of the most rigid faith, and the earliest Reformed Presbyterian minister in America, the Rov. John Cuthbertson, frequently tarried i at his house while oh his missionary tours. In his diary, under date of 20th of August, 1751, he notes the baptism of Eliza (Eliza- beth), daughter of Andrew Stewart. On the organization of the Covenanter Church at Paxtang Mr. Stewart and his wife be- came members. But little is known of this hardy pioneer, save that in his dB,y and generation he was ever loyal to the “Solemn League and Covenant.” Of the family of Andrew Stewart, his eldest son John, born in Paxtang, on the 24th of February, 1740, was educated for the ministry. While in England he was | ordained in the established church, re- j turned to Pennsylvania, where he was re- I ceived with aught but favor by his strict old povenanter father. He went as a mission- ary among the Indians in the Mohawk valley, and made a translation of the New Testament into the Mohawk language Refusing allegiance to the Col- onies, in 1781 he went to Canada, where he became chaplain to a Provincial regiment, and subsequently as a missionary traveled ^through the upper province of Canada, where he labored with energy and success. In 1786 he settled at Kingston, and for some time previous to his death was chaplain to the Legislative Council. He died on the 15th of August, 1811. » Of the children of the Rev. John Stewart, or Stuart, as our Canadian friends prefer to write it, we have been able to glean the fol- lowing data, hoping, however, that some member of the Literary and Historical So- ciety of Quebec will furnish us with fuller, if not more accurate information. James Stewart, the, eldest son, was born at | Fort Hunter, New York, MarCh 2, 1780, became an eminent C-anadian jurist and chief justice of Lower Canada. He was called to the bar in 1801 ; appointed solicitor general, 1805-9; attorney general, 1822-32; chief justice, -1838-53. He was created a baronet in 1840, and died at Quebec J uly 14, 1853. His son. Sir Charles Stuart, now resides in Endand during the summer sea- son, and in Italy during the winter. The second son, Andrew, was also a dis- tinguished jurist, and solicitor general of Lower Canada — decidedly one of the most talented men of Canada— many _ years pres- ident of the Literary and Historical Society^ of Quebec, was born at Kingston, U/^., in 1786, and died at Quebec February 21, 1840. He was the author of a number of valua- ble historical works. A son of Andrew Stuart is at present a judge — a gentleman of ability and ardent mind. George O’Neill Stuart, another son, became anarch-deacon. He married a daughter of Gen. John Brooks, a soldier of the revolu- | tion and Governor of Massachusetts from i 1816 to 1823. His son, of the same name, J is Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court at Quebec. «) John Stewart, sheriff of Leeds and Green- 1 ville, who resided at Brockville, on the , British side of the St. Lawrence, was also a. son of the Rev. John first named. We have given the foregoing to show the connection between the Stewarts of Paxtang and those of Canada. J The other children of Andrew Stewart, 1 the pioneer, were James, Mary, Elizabeth, previously named, who died May 1, 1773, aged twenty-three years; Charles, Andrew and Eleanor. Of none of these do we know the history save that of Eleanor, the others probably removing from this locality after the death of their father and mother. Eleanor married Richard DeYarmond, second son of | James and Mary DeYarmond. She was born May 4, 1753, and died February 19, 1830. Her husband, born in Hanover, Sep- tember 1, 1743, died November 17, 1802. They are both interred -in the old Hano- j ver church grave-yard'. Their chil- j dren were — James, born October 2, 1782, j died January 7, 1812; Mary, born in 1784, who married James M’Creight, junior; Eleanor, born in 1788; Andrew Stewart, born in 1791, and Margaret, born March 1, ; 1793, died May 6, 1824. w. n. e. ' {listorical and Genealogical.— /V. The Old Peter’s Mountain Road.— Having at various times seen it claimed that such an one “made the road over ■ Peter’s mountain,” &c., in the interest of historical accuracy I would like to take ad- vantage of the opportunity aflorded by Wotes and Queries to discuss this question, taking it for granted that all who can will throw upon it what light they are able. At some future time I hope to publish the story of the Ayres family in Dauphin coun- ty — as it was one of the very first in the upper end — but at present it will suffice to note that William Ayres located at the eastern base of Peter’s mountain^ in October, 1773. One« reason for doing so was the very impracticable road by wdiicli he would have to cross the mountain, and which to the female portion of his family (already exhausted by a long i journey) was terrible to contemplate. It was simply the “Indian Path to Shamokin” (Sunbuiy), and instead of winding around the end of the mountain, at the river, it ran due north and led straight up the moun- tain, and over it. [See Scull’s map.] This path was parti}'- on William Ayres’ land, and as he must need have a road up and over the mountain, he — so the family tra- dition saith — labored betimes at this path until it was reduced to an angle of easier • ascent, and otherwise made practicable. He died in 1785, but it appears that his son, John Ayres, took up the work of making the road still better. I have in my possession “the Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town- ship of Middle Paxtang,” to “the Honor- able William Augustus Atlee and his Asso- ciate Judges of the Court,” &c., &c., “now sitting at Harrisburg for the county of Dau- phin, at their March Term, a. d. 1792,” j signed by thirty-one persons, some of them German, stating: “That your Petitio ners 1 being highly pleased with the improvement made by John Heirs [Ayres] of the said Township on that part of the Road leading from Harrisburg to Sunbury, which lays between the South end of the meadow of ' said Heirs and the first offset in the old Road which was Opened by order of Court a few years since over Peter’s mountain. * * We pray that Heirs ’s road be confirmed.” This ancient document is the indisputable evidence that John Ayres made what might be termed the second improvement. The reference of this petition to “the old road which w^as opened by order of court a few years since,” I take to mean the road, or the old Indian Path, as improved by William ' Ayres, his father, and accepted [ “opened” ] by the county, from him as a public high- way. This, of course, was the first “road,” so to speak. The road in time became a regular turnpike, and passed into the con- trol of a turnpike Company. In my father’s cash-receipt book I find an item under date gf April 7, 1831, viz: “Turnpil^e company, pay as manager, $50;” and again “May 3, 1831, turnpike company in full, $29.50.” These entries do not name th^jcompany" for which lie was “Manager,” D^ut under the circumstances I assume it to he - the turnpike over Peter’s mountain. During |! his term as manager he made additional improvements upon the mountain division. Documentaiy evidence in the possession . of our family goes to show that William Ayers made the first road, John Ayres the , second and William Ayres (my father) the ■ third and present one. That is, they (or through their instrumentality) altered the !' grades, changing the old Indian Path into the turnpike road. But I would not make any undue assumption in this matter, and hence I invite others to assist in establish- ing the true facts of the case. I am disposed to believe, however, that the claim of the family to tills honor is assured to a large degree, at least, by the evidence alluded to, as well as by the circumstances of the case, until disproven. G. B. a. The Histobical Society of the Cum- berland Valle V. — The organization of this body wa-s effected at Doubling Gap Springs on the 10th of July by the adoption of a constitution and the election of officers. The lion. M. C. Herman, of Carlisle, was chosen President, and J. B. Morrow, edi- tor of The Star of the Valley, Newville, , Secretary. It was decided to hold its next annual meeting on the third Tuesday of Juy, 1880, which occurs on the 150th anni- versary of the settlement of the valley, at such place as the committee shall arrange therefor. The society has our best wishes. It can and we believe will accomplish all its industrious members essay to do. “The Indian Tovcn.” — In the Records of Donegal Presbytery, in .1732, allusion is made to Uie Congregation of Paxtang and Derry having made over to Mr. Bartrem and his heirs their right and title to the plantation commonly called “The Indian Town, purchased from the Indians, over and above their subscriptions,” and promis- ing “to deliver him all papers relating thereto.” Who can tell us whether Pax- tang or Derry church is located on the site of “The Indian Town,” or where was Mr. Bart rein’s land? Alward— Elder. — “A. B.” in his ac count of the three story brick liouses on the northwest corner of Second street and Clieriy alley, mentions that Henry Alward, one of the occupants, married a daughter of Samuel Elder, as did also Gen. John Forster. They both married the daughters of John Elder, brother of Samuel. The present Mrs. Sarah Doll is a daughter of the latter. < TAXTANO & WEKKY’S CALL TD j JNO. ELDER.” ! The' history of Paxtang and Derry churches has yet to be written, and no per- son is better fitted for this labor of love than I the author of the history Of Old Hanover. ^ The minutes of Donegal Presbyteryj . although not complete, throw considerable ’ light on the history of the congrega- \ tions which until June 1764 formed ■ an integral part of that body. TJnfortu- J nately here and there are gaps in the I' minutes of the Presbytery, and especially is ' this the ca se from October 9, 1750, to June 5, ! 1759. The church records .were not regularly kept, or if they were have been lost. But little light can be thrown, there- fore, upon the following document, which WG find endorsed as follows: * ^ Paxtang & Perry's Call to Mr. Jno. Elder, Sept 26 Vi, 1754 — 128 — Call Uiuuiimously." The Rev. John Elder came into the Presbyteiy of Donegal as a liceiriate October 5, 1737, and was ordained and installed pastor of Paxtang on the 22d of Deceni her, 1738. The cause v,Tiich occasioned the following call is difficult to explain, without entering into the history of th(^ churches in question and the many troubles and dissensions v/hich existed. Of the hames attached to the call, those marked (*) were written by the individuals them selves. Tlie diipiic.u ing of signatni-es i:> perchance owing to the fact that the call : was adopted at a congregational meeting, j and some one who acted 03 clerk directed to append the names of those presen t.j .Its in-^ Merest lies not only in the peculiarity of the "^document, but in the full list of members of Old Paxtang church one hundred and twenty -five years ago. w. 11. e. To the Pexerend Mr. Jno. Elder: Sir We, the Inhabitants in the Township & Congregation of Paxtang & Deny, Being now Destitute of a settled Gospel minister amongst us; Being also Deeply Sensible of the great loss & Disadvantage we & ours may sustain. In regard of our souls & spiritual Concerns by our living in such a Condition in this Wilderness; & having had Sufficient Proof of, & being well pleased & satisfied with the mini^enal abilities & qualifications of y’u, the Rmh Jno. Elder, Do unanimously Invite A Eall y’u to take the Pastoral Care oversight of us. Promising all due subjection, submis- sion ^ obedience to the Doctrine, Disci- pline & Government & Ordinances Exer-^ cisecl & administred By y’u as, our Bastor' in the Lord. And that y’u may be the Bet- ter Enabled to attend upon y’r Pastoral & ministerial work amongst us, without Anx- ious & Distracting Cares about y’r worldly Concerns, WE Do herebyCheerfully Promise ; & Engage to take Care of y’r Support and maintenance for an Honourable & Credit- able manner Suitable to & befitting y’r Honourable Function & office as a Minister i of the Gospel of Jesus Christ amongst us; Knowing that the Lord hath ordained tliatj, they who Preach the Gospel should live by the Gospel. In testimony of all w’h we have hereunto Subscribed our Karnes This 20 th of September, 1754. *Thos. fforster, "•^Wm. Armstrong, *John Harris, *Tlios. M’ Arthur, * James Wallace, Diivid Walker, ■'"Robert Chambers, ■^Moses Dickey, William Stoe, ^Thomas Simpson, James Collier, Thomas Dougan, Henry M’Kinney, Andrew Stephej, John Bell, John Morrow, Henry Renick, • John Johnson, Oliver Wyllie, Samuel Simpson, Thomas Renick, Patrick Mongomefy, I Richard Cavit, William Bell, Thomas King, Edward King, Robert Montgomery, John Wiggins, jr., James GilcArist, James Mitcheltree, John Keal, William Hannah, John Carson, James Drummond, Samuel Hunter, Alex. Johnson, George Gillespy, Patrick Gillespy, David Patton, James Potts, James AYilliamson, Samuel Galbraith, Hugh M’Killip, Matthew Cowden, James Houston, \ James Tom, John Starling, ' Andrew Hannah, Peter Corbit, Wm. Kerr, Joseph Kerr, John Gray, William Wilson, ; Michael Whitley, i Thomas Alexander, Valentine Stern, Andrew Houston, Alex. Johnston, ' Samuel Stephenson, | Thomas Rutherford, ,* Mathias Taylor, 1 Stephen Gamble, Alex’ r Mahon, James Galbraith, Robert Wallace, y *John Harris, J James Foster, ' James Freeland, i Robert Armstrong, j Hugh Wilson, James Wilson, Robert Chambers, jr., , Arthur Chambers, William Reney, Robert M’Callen, John Hutchison, Charles M’Clure, Hugh Black, Robert Snodgrass, / Thomas Black, \i Joseph Wilson, John .M’ Cormick, John Cavit, William. Harris, Robert Gilchrist, John Gilchrist, V/illiam M’Alevy, John Foster, David M’Clanochan. David Reany, John Craig, John Wyllie, Thomas Mays, Hugh Hays, Andrew Moore, David Foster, John Hays, Henry Walker, John Walker, John ¥7nlker, James Walker, Hugh Carothers, James Carothers, Robe KOTES AN Jean Black, Wm. Laird, Matthew Laird, Elizabeth Park, Chas. Clarke, IMary MTlvain, James Harris, Samuel Shaw, , Thomas Aikens, i Th. Strean, j Thomas M’Clalen, ! William Brison, j John M’Ciintock, James Davis, i James Rodgers. Hugh Rodgers, Joe M’Not, Widow Rodgers, Seth Rodgers, Joe Snoddy, Robert Harris, Wm. Galbraith, Da . id Tamison, ; Walker. ^UEBIES.—V. 1 1 Historical ajid Genealogical. The Eaiily Covenanters in Paxtang. —As early as 1720 six brothers of the name ot Brown came from the north of Ireland - and settled in Paxtang. They were re- ' formed Presbyterians or Covenanters, whose '< grand-father had been martyred in Scotland by the infamous Claverhouse for his attach- ment to the Scotch Covenants. The Browns were soon after , joined by other families of Irish Covenanters, and within twenty years we find such names as Gra- ham, Stuart, Williams, Taylor, Hains, M’Knight, Chambers, Means, M’ Cormick, Finney, Swan, Thorn and ^ylitchell. According to the rules of their Church they formed themselves into a religious society, and met in each others’ houses on the Sabbath for prayer and praise, and the reading of the scripture and religious i conversation. Occasionally a sermon was read, which was generally selected from those of Cameron, or Cargill, or Paden, or Renwick, or some other Covenanting i worthy. | At this time there was no Covenanter j minister in America, but the Rev. Alexander Craighead, of the Presbytery of Donegal, j strongly sympathized with them in their i peculiar views, and w^as in the habit of fre- quently preaching to the little Covenanter societies at Paxtang, and at Pequea, and Octoraro; and IMuddyRun, in Lancaster county. , ” , I’lie ivev;~Jolin''Cutlibertson, a; 5cotcu~ Covenanter, after- missionating four years in Ireland, landed at New Castle, Dela- ;i ware, on the 5tli of August, 1751, and for ) 22 years made a visitation almost every ;jj year to all the little Covenanter societies in A! what are now the counties of Lancaster, ' :| Dauphin, York, Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and Fulton. He preached his j: first sermon in Paxtang at the house of • William Brown on the 18th of August, || 1751. He held one communion per year I at some central place, to which the mem- j hers of all these societies came, mak- ", ing a total number of about 250 / communicants. His first communion was held at Stony Ridge, Cum- berland county, on the 23d of July, 1752. The services on the Sabbath lasted about NiNEliours. The next communion was on October 14, 1753, in Paxtang. These ar- rangements continued till December, 1773, j when two more Covenanter ministers ar- ^ rived from Ireland, the Rev. Alexander . Dobbinsy-who settli^d at Gettysburg amd re-.; / mained there until his death in 1809, and j the Rev. Matthew Lind, who settled at Pax- ; tang and Stony Ridge. These three — * \ Cuthbertson, Lind 'and Dobbins— met in ; \ Paxtang on the 10th of March, 1774, and ; constituted the Reformed Presbytery of| America. On the 24th of February, 1771, William , Brown, Benjamin Brown, Henry M’Cor- mick and Thomas Mitchell were ordained by Rev. Mr. Cuthbertson as ruling elders in Paxtang. It is possible there were no subse- cpient additions. The Rev. Mr. Lind resigned in 1783 and removed to Franklin county. The few fcimilies left either identified themselves with neighboring Presbyterian churches or soon followed their migrated triends, so that in four or five years the entire organi- zation had melted away. J. e. s. Wtcontsco tx 1775. — ThcfolloAvingisthe earliest list v.'c have been able to obtain of the “ Taxables of Wisconisky, Paxtang Township.” The names are given as spelled in the original document. Here and there is a surname familiar to the “Up- per End,” but the descendants of the ma- | jority of these early settlers have their homes in the Far West: ■i . Benjamin Buffington, Felly Brough, Joliii Chester, jr., William Cline, i George Cooi)cr, Mathias Diveler, ^[/ A1 briglit' Di vel cr, Anthony Fielich, Peter Hoffman, Henry Hanes, Abe Jury, Adam King, Stophel Lark, J ohn Motter, xibe Neighbour, Jacob Ne whacker, Richard Peters, (?) George Seal, B. Stone, Stophel Snjuler, Mike Sallady, Ludwick Spotts, Jacob Spotts, George Supes, Daniel Wolf, James Woodslde, Located Unimproved Lands George Fight, , Jacob Herman, Hansel Hoffman, Mathias Hunter, Samuel Jury, Francis Lera, John Miller, Jacob Meets, George Niggla, John Powell, George Riddle, Joseph Staver, Christ. Snokes, Henry Wolf, Robert Walker, Adam Wertz, Martin W eaver, Jacob Weaver, INlike Yetrack. Abe Riggy, Simon Levy, Stephen IMartin, Andrew Boggs, Nick Miller, Pat Work, John Shock, John Walder, Mike Roscolp, John Cline, James Beeham, Daniel Conn, R. J. Enderline, Anther Ticker, Lazarts Winger, Isaac Heeler," George Ekord, Isaac Haller, Simon Snjuler, Philip D. Horst, Christ. Lauer. LiinD, Rev. Matthew — Was born at Cairn Castle, county Antrim, Ireland, in the year 1732. He was educated at the [ A University of Glasgow and was ordained by . the Reformed ((Covenanter) Presbytery * of Scotland. For thirteen years he was^> pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian ; church of Aghadowey, county of London- derry, Ireland. In 1773, at the earnest so- I licitation of William Brown, of Paxtang, | who went to Ireland for the purpose, he, in ; company with the Rev. Alex. Dobbins, • came to America, arriving at New Castle, Delaware, in December of that year. In the spring of 1774 he became the first ' and only pastor of the Covenanter church of Paxtang, also officiating at Stony Ridge, now New Kingston, Cum- berland county.. When the Seceder and Covenanter churches united in 1782 and formed the Associate Reformed church he and his two churches went into that union. By this time German immigration had * largely pressed out his Irish families, so ' that in 1783 he felt compelled to resign aiid^ lake tlic pastorate of the Associate lle'-^f: formed congregations of Greencastle, ( Cliamhersburg, Mercersburg and the Great | Cove. Here he died on the 21st of*April, 1800, and was buried at Brown’s Mill, six miles south of Chambersburg, near which |i he lived. The Rev. Mr. Lind married I Jennie Fulton, of Paxtang, born in 1746 j and dying April 1, 1819. She too is buried ; at Brown’s Mill. Their son John subse- ' quently succeeded his lather to the min- | istry. He died at Hagerstown, IMd., in 1824. The Rev. Matthew Lind was univer- sally regarded by his associates as being both an able preacher and a zealous Chris- tian. Bnowx, John, of UrrER Paxtang. — He died in 178G leaving wife Rebecca, and «hiidren, Audley, John, George, William. Mary married Wm. Smith; Elizabeth m. Wiliiam Glover; Jane m. Robert Boyd; Rebecca m. Peter Smith. Can any one give an account of this family of Browns. It is probable the Rev. Audley Brown, who was a candidate on the Prohibition State ticket several years ago, was a descendant. ‘^CiNQUAS.” — John Sloan, who died in September, 1741, in his will mentions a daughter Cinquas. Can any one inform us what this means, or could it possibly be a mistake in transcribing the will in the ! office at Lancaster? If correct, it is at ! least a very singular name. EONDONDEKilY IN 1775. Within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington the able-bodied men of this entire region were organized for the defense of their liberties. The performance of military duty was no new thing to men who had been cradled amidst the clash of arms in the protection of the frontiers made desolate so many years by the ruthless savages — the merci- less Delawares and the perfidious Shawa- nees. The document we publish here- with gives the names of the first company of the Associators we have yet seen. Almost the entire company were residents of Londonderry township. Its I commanding officer, Capt. Jacob Cook, was prominent in organizing the troops through- out the war, at the same time being one of the Provincial magistrates, and as such con- tinued by the convention of Julj'- 15, 177G. First Lieutenant William Hay rose to be a lieutenant colonel in the Flying Camp, in 1770-7, doing pTranr“sei-^ vice in the Jerseys and at Brail dywine and Germantown. The M’ Queens, Robert and David, were subsequently con- nected with the Flying Camp, and if we ’ mistake not were at Fort Washington at its capture. Of these officers we hope soon to obtain fuller information. Of the men who composed this first Londonderry company, several served through the war from Que- 1 bee to Yorktown, while others fell martyrs I to the cause of Independence. The articles ■ \ of association, to which the men all subscrib- are worthy of preservation. w. ii. e. Ihe Aswdation of the Liberty Company in Lancaster County. j In order to make ourselves perfect in the I art of Militaiy, &c.. We the subscribers have associated, and severally Agree, Prom- I ise, and Resolve as follows, viz; 1st. That Jacob Cook be the Captain, Wm. I Hay the first Lieutenant, Robert M’ Queen 1 the second Lieutenant, and David M’ Queen the Ensign of the Company in London Derry called the Liberty Company, which I said Officers, according to their respective { stations to have the Command of said Com- pany, whilst under Arms, Mustering, or in actual ‘Service, and that the said Officers shall remain till altered by a Majority of the Officers and two-thirds of the Com- pany. 2d. That none of the subscribers or Com- ' pany shall disobey the Orders of either of i the "said Officers, whilst under Arms or Mus- I tering, or in actual Service, under the Pen- I alty of paying a sum not exceeding Twenty Shillings for every disobedience to be in- 11, flicted, and judged of, by a Majority of the ‘ Officers. I 3d. That each Person of the Company f" shall (if not already done) as soon as pos- j sible, provide himself with a good Gun or 'll Musket, in good order and repair, with a I Cartouch-Box or Shot-Bag, and Powder- II Horn, a half a Pound of Powder and two [ Pounds of Lead. 4th. That each of the sa\d Company shall attend weekly on Saturday, and on such other Times as tlie officers or a majority of them shall appoint, in the Town of Lancas- ter, or m thQ coufity of at suc^ ■ places as the said officers shail deem neces^ saiy, under the Penalty of forfeiting and paying the sum of One Shilling, for every absence. Sickness of the pierson or Business out of the Town or Townships,,* tq. excuse. This is to. be judged or." by •a majority- of tlie Officers; but in ease ; j > of absence at any Meeting, the Party so ab- | senting to slioTt^ Cause to the Officers against i ■ the next succeeding Meeting, or the Fine to j be absolute; every Pers<^n is to appear at such Meeting with his Arms and Ammuni- tion as aforesaid under the Penalty of for- feiting the said Sum of One Shilling, for every default, unless a Majority of the Offi- cers shall remit such Fine. 5th. That no Person of the said Company | shall appear drunk, or curse or swear whilst * / . under Arms Mustering, or in actual service, i under the Penalty of paying Three Shil- lings for the first offence; Five Shillings for | the second offence, and for the third offence | to be expelled the Company, a Majority of \ ! the Officers are also to judge ^ these of- | fences. : Ctli. That should any of the Soldiers, by i their Conduct render themselves unworthy : of being a Member of said Company, a I Majority of the Officers and Company may expel him; and in such case the Party ex- j pelled shall yet be obliged to pay off all ar- i rearages of Fines. 7th. All Fines to be paid or exacted in consequence of the Resolutions or Regula- ' tions of this Company, are to be paid to the Captain for the time being, or the Person appointed by him for that purpose, and are to be laid out for use of the said Company. 8th. That the said Company shall be in- creased to any number, not exceeding One Hundred Men. 9th. That the said Company shall not be , obliged to march out of this Province, with- out the Direction of a Majority of the offi- cers, with the consent of a Majority of the soldiers. 10th. That in case it be thought expedient the Companies of this County should form themselves into Battalions or Regiments, we do hereby impower the Officers afore- said, to join with the other officers of the County, in choosing Field Officers to com- mand such Battalion or Regiment. 11th. That this Association to continue for the space of Eight Months next following, unless the time be enlarged by a Majority of the subscribers, or the Association dis- solved by two-thirds of the Subscribers. 12th. That this Company and every mem- , bc;:s thereof shall also comply with anyjl other Resol utiotis that shall be entered intojj by a majority of the officers and a majority. of the Company for the Regulation, (iov-' eminent or Support of this Company. 3 v- ; 13th. That a majority of the officers shall appoint the Sergeants,"'Corporals, and Drum for the Company. 14th. That the officers arc to be fined for offences equal with ye privates. In Testimony whereof we have hereuntc set our Hands, the seventeenth day of JMay, 1775. . Primtes. Allimen, John, Bratton, John, \ Bishop, Stoplile, I Black, James, I Boyd, Samuel, 1 Bream, Peter, Brown, James, ! Buck, Robert, I Buck, Thomas, ; Campble, John, I Campble, William, Carnahan, Robert, Chambers, Robert, . Cook, Jacob, i Creed, James, Davis, John, • Dixon, John, Donaldson, James, Dougherty, Hugh, Duncan, John, Elliot, Archibald, ‘ Falkner, Joseph, • Farmer, John, Farmer, William, Flack, James, Foster, Andrew, Foster, David, Foster, James, Fulton, Alexander, Fureman, Daniel, Grimm, Dewalt, Hall, William, Hamilton, Charles, Hay, James, Hay, John, Hay, Matthew, Hay, William, Hunter, William, Johnson, John, Johnson, William, Kelley, James, Kelley, Patrick, Kelley, Thomas, Kenad}% John, Keyner, Adam, Lawser, Michael, Logan, John, Lynch, Patrick, M’ Cleary, Robert, • M’Clintock, Alexan- der, IVPClintockq Joseph, M’Dougal, Duncan, M’ Queen, David, M’ Queen, Jonas, M’ Queen, Robert, Moore, William, Moore, Edward, — - Morrison, James, Morrison, Alexander, Kotemurr, James, Null, Christopher, ‘ Null, George, Pooreman, Peter, Rheas, Robert, Roan, John, Shank, Stophel, Sheeley, Michael, Shier, Jacob, Stauffer, Christian, Stauffer, Jacob, Steel, Dennis, ^ Stevick, John, Thompson, John, Walker, Archibald, Weir, John, Wolf, Michael, Henry, Adam, Hoover, John, Hostater, .Tohn, Hunter, Robert, A true Copy, Certified by Jacob Cook, Chairman of Committee, and James Sulli- van, Clk. * [Communicated.] j WHERE WAS SNAKETOWN EOCATEU? /' iUnder the head of “Notes and Queries,” \ j in the Telegtiapii of July 12, 1879, ,, • undertakes to locate “Snaketown” at a 1| point 35 miles above Conestoga creek, and ; charges Burt with killing Wright and an ; Indian. Both these statements are incor- j rect. In the proceedings of Council, Mr. Logan ’ quotes John Wright, Esq., who resided at j Wright’s Ferry, now Columbia, as locating I “Snaketown” forty miles above Conestoga. | 1 See Col. Records, vol. Ill, page 285. By the | : route traveled from the mouth of Conestoga | ( creek to the site of Harrisburg in Colonial i I times and at present is just forty miles. Har- 1 risburg was always computed to be twenty- ' nine miles above Columbia and C'onestoga ' Creek ten miles below, the town of Columbia being one mile wide. ^ Burt, whatever his faults might have been, was not guilty of murder. Wright was killed by an Indian, a full account of, I which is given by Jonas Davenport, in I same vol. and page. The principal objec- I tion to Burt was thijt he persisted to sell rum to the Indians, and neglected very often to take out a license to trade with llie Indians. Couldy you not find room for Davenport’s statement, and the list of jurors at the inquest ? Inquiry has also been made as to th e location of Rev. William Bertram’s farm. James Galbraitli (the ' younger), who* married Elizabeth, tlie only daughter of j - Rev. B., owned tjie adjoining farm of Rev. I B. on the banks of the Swatara. There was a grist mill upon one of tlie farms. There is probably a mill there to-day, which may lead to the location of the Indian town. Sam’l Evans. ■ Columbia, Pa., July 22, 1879. NOTES AND (QUERIES.— VI. [ Historical and Genealogical. *- Some Heroes op 1776. — Recently in looking over some court records we came upon the following detached accounts of soldiers of the Revolution from this locality who “bravely fought and bravely fell” for independence; Simon Twoey, private. Captain Wm. Brown’s Co., taken prisoner at Fort Wash- I ington and died on prison ship December 8, | 1776. Jacob Neveland and John Dunlap, pri- vates, Capt. James Crouch’s Co., killecl at Chestnut Hill. Capt. John Reily, of the 3d Penna., wounded at Bonhamtown, in N. J. ; shot through the body. William Hall, private, Capt. Green’s Bat- talion of the Flying Camp, killed at Fort Washington (?), certified to by Lieut. Col. Wm. Hay and Lieut. Wm. M’Cullough of the Battalion, Jacob Loeser, private of Capt. Peter Ber- ry’s company of Col. Greenawalt’s Bat- talion, taken prisoner at Fort Washington and died on board prison ship. Lieut. John Dunlap, of Capt. Crouch’s company, killed at Chestnut Hill, Dec. 6, 1777. Capt. Michael Whitley, of Col. Robert Elder’s Battalion, wounded and taken pris- oner at Chestnut Hill Dec. 6, 1777, and died a few days afterwards in Philadelphia, aged forty-seven years. Lieut. John Gilchrist, of Capt. John Reed’s company of the Flying Camp, wounded in right arm near Elizabethtown, K. y., August 14, 1776.^ Henry Slotterbeck, private of Captain Oldenbech’s company. Col. Philip Greena- walt’s Battalion, wounded in the thigh at Chestnut Hill, December 6, 1777. Peter Boal, private of Capt. Collier’s company, Col. Elder’s Battalion, under the command of Col. Thomas Hartley, wounded in the attack on Fort Muncy, in North- I umberland count}'-, August 20, 1778. William Campbell, private of Captain Robert Clark’s company of Flying Camp, wounded and taken prisoner at Delaney’s Mill, October, 1776. William Johnston, corporal of Captain John Reed’s company wounded and taken prisoner at Delaney’s Mill, October, 1776. Patrick Lusk, sergeant, Capt. John Mur- ray’s company, wounded in right wrist at Princeton. Joseph Wood, of Bethel township, now Lebanon county, in 1786, at the age of 65 years, certifies that while lieutenant colonel of Second Pennsylvania, Col. Arthur St. Clair, he received a dangerous wound in the left leg, and subsequently wounded in the left arm at Lake Champlain, w. ir. e. Stewarts of Hanover. — The first Lazarus Stewart, of Hanover, died possessed of a valuable estate. When he died is not on record, but in tli^ ^stribu-’’ tion of his property in 1785, flfeation is made of the following heirs: 1. Lazarus Stewart m. and had issue— 2. John, b. 1714, died April 8, 1777. 3. Lazarus. 4. Peter. 5. James. 6. David. 7. Margaret m. .James Stewart. 8. Margary m. John Young. John Stewart (2) m. and had issue — 9. William, b. 1738, d. July 14, 1803. 10. George. 11. James. 12. John. 13. Lazarus. 14. Mary m. George Espy.- 15. Jane. Margaret Stewart (7),-who married James Stewart, had issue — 16. Charles. 17. Lazarus. 18. James. 19. Jane m. John Campbell. William Stewart (9), son of John Stewart (2), m. 1st — Mary— b. 1786, d. Feb. 22, 1780; 2d— Mary Stewart, b. 1743, d. Aug. 9, 1796. Margery Stewart (8), who m. John Young, had issue — 19|. William d. 1795. Charles Stewart (16) m. and had issue — 20. James. 21. Lazarus. 22. John. 23. Margaret. 24. Charles. 25. George. Lazarus Stewart (17), son of Margaret ' Stewart (7) and James Stewart m. and had issue— 26. James, d. 1823 (?) 27. Josiah. 28. Margaret. 29. Priscilla. 30. Mary. 31. Elizabeth. 32. Martha. .Tames Stew^art (18), son of Margaret Stewart (7) and James Stewart, m. and had issue— 33. James d. s. p. 34. Lazarus. Jane Stewart (19), who ni. James Camp-}j bell, b. 1732, d. June 1, 1781, had issue. — 85. William, d. July 3, 1804. , William Campbell (35) m. Margaret V and had issue — 36. James, b. Sept. 14, 1789. I 37. Martha, bap. Nov. 9, 1791. Can any of our correspondents give in- formation as to which Lazarus Stewart was tire celebrated captain of the Paxtang ' Rangers? w. h. e. “Long Bullets” (July 5) — was a pass- / time amusement fifty years ago. My father I had three or four balls weighing from a I pound and a half to two and a half (cast for artillery purposes). My brother was fond of athletic amusements, and exceeded all others I have ever seen throw them. n. r I “Jumping the BuLLiEs”-was another old- I time sport, which expired about fifty years I ago. It was often practiced at “singing school.” Sides being chosen, four or five | stood up against the wall in a leaning pos- ture, one behind the other. The game was for the other side, of an equal number, to jump up on their shoulders, and the last man jumping had to clap his hands three times togetlic!'. Quite a diffi.'tult feat, by the way. ii. r. A Hanover Man. — The most remarkable man present at the last General Assembly of the Presbyterian church at Saratoga is a native of Dauphin county— William Davis Snodgrass. He is the son of the last pastor of the Hanover (or “Monoda”) church on Bow creek, in East Hanover township, and was born there before the beginning of the present century. He has been pastor of a congregation at Goshen, New York, for forty or fifty years, nearly as long as that of his father James at Hanover, which ex- tended over fifty-six years. Rev. Dr. Prime, in his description of some of the men of the Assembly, says of Rev. Dr. Snodgrass: “I cannot see that the signs of old age appear on him any more than of fire on Abednego. .Fresh, active, firm and strong, he preaches twice or three times on a Sab- bath without weariness to himself or Ids hearers. Yet two full generations have passed away since he began to preach the Word, and it would not be more strange if he should survive another, his bow abiding ' in strength. His usefulness is undimin- I ished, and his hold on the afiections of I his people increases from year to year.” I I I I lilNDIiBY MURRAY, THE GRAMMARIAN^ I In Derry township, Dauphin county, Pa., '■ about one mile south of old Derry Presby- terian church, on the 7 th day of June, 1745, was born Lindley Murray. His father, Robert Murray, Tvas of Scotch-Irish birth, had settled some ten years previously in ^ ii Derry township, as did also one or two of j , his brothers. They were related to the Dixons, of Dixon’s Ford, through inter- ; marriage, and that circumstance^ accounts > for William Darby, in one of his letters, | alluding to Lindley Murray as the cousin II of Robert Dixon. The maiden name of Lindley Murray’s mother has not come down to us, although biographers have ven- tured the opinion that she was a Lindley. There was a family of Lindleys settled at i an early period on the Swatara, but whether Robert Murray’s wife bore that surname , there is no authority for saying. _ Singularly enough, Lindley Murray, in his autobiog- j raphy published at York, England, in 1826, gives neither the Christian name of his ' father or mother. Of them, however, he writes: ) “My parents were of respectable char- acters and in the middle station of life. My father possessed a good flour mill at Swatara, but being of an enterprising spirit and anxious to provide handsomely for his family, he made several voyages to the West Indies, in the way of trade, by which ; he considerably augmented his property. | Pursuing his inclinations, he, in time, ac- . quired large possessions, and became one of ,1 j the most i^spectable merchants in America. ( ( * * * * * * mother was a woman of an amiable disposition, and re- / J markable for mildness, humanity and liber- [ ality of sentiment. She was, indeed, a ,1 faithful and aflectionate wife, a tender || ; mother and a kind mistress.” > i Robert Murray moved to North Carolina about 1750, when the immigration thither was in full tide. Two or three years suf- 1 Seed, however, when he turned his face | northward and settled in the city of New York, where Ue entered into mercantile pur- : suits. Although brought up in the West- ( minister Confession and members of Old Derry church, whatever may have been the cause we know not, Robert Murray and his wife joined the Society of Friends . in New York, and it was therefore in the ' tenets of this persuasion that his large fam- i ily ot children were instructed. He died in j the city of New York, July 22, 178G, at the j age of sixty five. Lindley Murray, the eldest son, recelvGd a good education, but having a dislike to mercantile pursuits studied law and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty- one. The year after he married. His lim- ited practice was temporarily interrupted by a visit to England, whither his father had preceded him in the hope of benefiting his health. He returned to New York in 1771, and renewed the practice of law with marked success, tiring of it, however, when the Revolution broke out and New York was occupied by the British army, or having no sympathy with the cause of Independence, he removed to Islip, on Long Island, and entered a i mercantile life. We have always given ' Lindley Murray credit for his religious ' principles as having precluded him from taking part in the struggle between the Colonies and the mother country, but in a letter in our possession, written by William Darby, to his friend, Mrs. Anna Dixon, the true incentive is perchance given. Mr. Darby was- well acquainted with the men of his time — he was intimate with the patriots of the Revolution, and learned much of the in- ward history ot the people concerning whom, it is to be regretted, he did not give his reminiscences. As for Murray, Wil- liam Darby was born in the same neighborhood, was intimate with the Dixons and Roans, to whom tlie former was related, and through whom he learned more of Lindley Murray than biographers choose to tell. Unfortunately in the success and greatness of a man we lose sight of the grave errors into which he may liave fallen, and the defects in his principles and character. Nor would we dispel the bright halo which glimmers around the life of the celebrated gramma- rian. Sabine, it is true, classes him among j the Loyalists of the Revolution, but Darby in contrasting him with Robert | Dixon, whose blood was the first j Pennsylvania offering to the cause of In- j dependence, speaks of Murray’s taking sides with the enemies of his country. This we can easily understand. Surrounded by i his religious friends whose peace principles would not allow them to take up arms— although many hundreds did, who were subsequently disowned lor it — and in a city occupied by the King’s troops, he himself says he had little faith in live success- fill resistance of the Colonies.l^lt was thus | he became a loyalist. His father’s business ! and his own thrived, and the rule of Eng- * land was sufficient for him. 'Wn venture the opinion that there were really few in- stances ^ when religious principles made men tories. Mercenary motives were gen- erally at the bottom of it. Still, without doubting the sincerity of Lindley Murray, it is to be regretted that his influence should have been on the sidb of British oppression and tyranny. As it was, at the close of the war he had amassed a fortune, and when peace had dawned he sailed away from the land of his I nativity and the Home of Liberty. I His attachment to the home of his fathers, he said, “was founded on many pleasing associations. In particular I had strong prepossessions in favor of a residence in England, because I was ever partial to its political constitution, and the mildness and and wisdom of its general laws.” * * * * “On leaving mv native country, there was not, therefore, any land in which I could cast my eyes with so much pleasure, nor is there any which could have afforded me so much real satis- • faction as I have found in Great Britain.- May its political fabric, which has stood the test of ages, and long attracted the admira-' tion of the world, be supported and perpetu- ated by Divine Providence.” ^ In 1784, he went to England, and after vis- iting several localities purchased a small es- tate at Holdgate, about a mile from York, { upon which he resided until his death. ’ Jt Living in ease and retirement, he entered \ upon a literary life which proved a success- ful one and has inscribed his name high i up on fame’s portals. | In 1787 he published a small work en- titled “The Power of Religion on the Mind,” which passed through seventeen editions. His next work, and that by which he is principally known, was his “English Grammar,” first published in 1795, and such w^as the unexpected demand for it that 1 several editions were published during the I same year. Following this appeared “English Exercises” and a “Key,” an I - abridgement of which treatises were pub- 1. lished in one volume in 1797. Lindley ^lurray’s other writings are ^‘The English Reader,” with an “Introduc- tion and KSequel “liie English Spelling Book;’' a mnv edition ofhis Grammar, Ex^ eicises and Key in two octavo volumes; a i^eleclion from Hi)rne’s “Commentavy on the Psalms;” and “The Duty and Benefit of Kcadin g the Scriptures. ■' ’ Those who were scholars a# iSre as thirty or forty years ago remember with great p pleasure Murray’s Grammar and “The [ English Reader.” Many an old chest or \ drawer containing the old-time school books /' have recently been ransacked, bringing to 1 light much of the school literature of other 1 days, and none bears reading over so well as I the admirable selections in LindleyMurray’s i “English Reader.” Indeed so much inter- I est in the work has been taken of late, that ( its reproduction under the auspices of that : veteran scholar and editor, O. H. Worden, ' of Susquehanna county, Pa., is as eagerly i looked for, as it will be highly appreciated. I As Murray himself said, “that whilst they contain many selections which present the moral virtuesi, religion, and the Christian religion in particular, in very amiable points of view, not a sentiment has been admitted into any of them which can pain the most virtuous mind, or give the least offense to the eye or ear of modesty.” i Lindley Murray’s educational publica- tions were not alone confined to his mother | tongue. He prepared twm French Tvorks, “Introduction an L-ecteur Francois ” and “Lecteur Francois,” which soon caine into genccahnse, were highly commenried, and passed^ through a large; number of editions. LimTfey. Murray’s life in England was a busy one,, as it was an eventful one. Ho American who. made a, European tour failed to visit Holdgate. His personal appearance, his unassumaig dfemea nor and his conversa- tional powers efxcited. in the minds of all visitors an agreoable rsurpr.ise. On Thursday morning, the 16th of Feb- ruary, 1826, at the li pe old age of eighty- one, Lindley Miriiiiay' died at his residence' near York, Englmd^, sincerely lamented, not only in the laiad of his adoption, but in the land of his nalivi ty, which latter has always claimed him'ai id classed him among the eminent and * d istinguished men of America. And we wl lo reside within a few miles of the place wh ere he was born, can- not do better than to r ecall the main facts of his life, and honor oi arselves by claiming I Lindley Murray as b< ffonging to Dauphin ' county and to Pennsy Ivania. w. n. e. NOTJES ANI3 QUERIES— VII. Historical auU GTd^eftlogica,!. J 'i ,2'4 interview with your mother, and strongly | do I doubt if there remains now in existence any other two persons retaining in common the little, but soul-pleasing history of the society along Swatara from fifty to sixty or j seventy years ago, those rich recollections ' of early days, which return as a balm to ( our hearts in the down hill of life. Thomas | Elder, of Harrisburg, is still more advanced i in life than your mother; and when I saw i him last, retained all his faculties in full vigor, but his mind has been so long em- ployed on things of the world as they are, that he neither remembers or much cares tor the things of the world as they weiy. When I returned to Hanover and ilcMy in 1815, old John and Jane Robinson wft’e the only old people who remembered the days of my infancy. Of those who were born about or near the time I was myself, I found, alas ! not one. Eight years after- w'ards I found your Uncle .fames Dixon — who in a few more years followed his brothers. The Wilsons, Wallaces, Camp- | bells, Mayers, Bells, Dixons, IMurrays, j Lindleys, Rodgers, Roans, Greens, and j many more, where are they ? Many names } even echo does not ^epeet, of those w’ho ■ remain how scattered. But if your mother j and myself could meet, wdiat an immense I period compared with individual human life, would we have to draw against of past pleasing yet melancholy recollections. Just say to your mother that though this letter is addressed to the son, every word is as much or more addressed to the mother. Sincerely as I wmuld rejoice to meet either of you or both, and indeed any one of your kindred — such a happiness I dare not prom- ise myself. There is but one contingency, , and a contingency it is, the happening of | which would lead to my visiting Tennessee. Since my return from Louisiana, I have at times delivered lectures on Astrono?ny, Geography and History, in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other places, j and I can assert with flattering approbation. Sometimes I think of making a Grand Tour in that way, but advancing age and a family, small as it is, but who must go where- soever I go, as also an old Lady of the name of Prudence, all say ''sit still old man, you have already paid away your best days in traveling,” Prudence, you know* if she has much of “old maid’’ about her, is to us all a maiden sister, and gives her advice from af- fection and a wise regard to our welhire. “Fine Spun Philosophy,’’ it is likely you will say if you have patience to get through farrago in the mouth of a man who has never in his life been at the end of any ten years, where probability would have pointed out at the beginning of those periods.” Well ! well ! no matter, there is one thing I will dare, and that is to consider your mother and her children as my cherished acquaintances and friends, though I have not even seen one of the number or may ever have that pleasure. Now to your generous confidence, and to me truly inter- esting sketches of your life, and the situa- tion of your connections and family, I send you the inadequate but only return in my power; similar sketches of my own cheq uered existence. You are accurate in your conjectured^ | regard to me as to my family. I was tlie | eldest, and when you acquainted with him. i Patrick H. Darby was the youngest surviv- ing son of Patrick Darby. As I before | mentioned, I was born on your Grandfath- ; er’s farm, and in Hanover township, August || > ; 14, 1775, but Patrick II. was born west of 1' the mountains, in Washington county, Feb- i ; ruary 23d, 1783. With the Breading and ' j Campbell families P. H. D. was acquainted, I but with the earlier and far more interest- i i ing family history, he knew nothing except ; as you do yourself from tradition. The | Juda Kice mentioned by your mother was ii no connection of ours, and from the age of your mother, she could never have known | mine by maiden name. My father was a j second husband, and my eldest, but maternal > brother only was born in April, 1770. My | father began and ended by being poor, and his children had to find education where , and as they could. Whal little I possess, j was truly picked up along the Lanes, High j ways and Commons of human life. i Before leaving Swatara I had learned to | read a little, though only about two months ( turned of six years of age. Plunged into the West, amid savage war and almost un- | broken woods, the dangers and imperative . ■ wants of life would seem to preclude all j thought of improving the mind. Happily | for me, my desire of knowledge, even so l| , situated, grew with my growth, and m.ental hunger was sharpened by food. Every i book I could procure I read, and was aided | i by a tolerable good memory. Books were, , however, rare, and when found mostly ! confined to school books. Before I was ' twelve,, years of age I had read the Jewish i Scriptures five times, and many parts ten ► times over. Up to that age Sewell’s “His- / tory of the Quakers” was the only work on I any branch of general history I obtained, j Without making much more intellectual advances, I was, from the poverty of my ' . parents, compelled to labor more as my : bodily strength increased. ' I completed my eighteenth year; then by ' permission of my parents I commenced I teaching — don’t laugh at the attempt — since, , if I was ignorant, I can say without boast ' that I had outstript most of my neighbor boys, of course could teach them. Tho’ in many respects very irksome business, teaching was of invaluable benefit to me. I had the mornings, evenings and spare days to myself, "and as far as other means ottered, , this leisure was used to ellect. At. Wheeling, in 1793-4^^n the then outer border of civilized life, 1 procured the reading of several very valuable works, among which were Hollin’s Ancient His- tory, Ward’s Mathematics and Johnson’s Lives of English Poets. From Wheeling, in my twenty-first year, I removed to Fay- ette county, Pennsylvania, and there ob- tained the perusal of The Universal His- tory from Judge Nathaniel Breading. This immense work occupied my every leisure ! moments whilst I remained in the vicinity | of Red Stone, now Brownsville. In my ’ twenty-second year I removed to West- moreland county, Pennsylvania, and there became acquainted with a man of the nanie ; of Benjamin Gilbert, belonging to the So- ciety of Friends, like your cousin Lindley Murray. With Mr. Gilbert’s books an en- , tirely new species of reading was opened to i my mind. From this man I procured the reading of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding, M^ed on the Mind, Blair’s Lectures on Elo- 'htUon, Elements on Criticism, hy^^Ienry Home Lord Kaimes, and perhaps the deep- est metaphysical ’ work ever written, Ed- wards! on Free WM. Tire latter course of reading produced on ' my mind a change and course of thinking, which, if I had remained in Pennsylvania, would, it is probable, have led me into the clerical profession, but the death of my father, in 1799, and some other circum- stances of greatly less importance, induced me to travel, and I went to Natchez, where, very contrary to my expectations, I married, like your brother, a widow with a family of children, and quite handsome property. What led me into this connexion was a sim- ilarity of tastes. Like myself, Mrs. Board- man had been her own teacher, and had ac- quired a fine stock of information. As a wife she was everything I or any man could wish for, but her family involved us in liti- gation. I was compelled to quit the pur- suits, which habit had endeared to me, to attend to affairs which were, to say the least, to me very repugnant. Out of this troublesome state we would have finally extracted ourselves, it is most likel 3 ', but in the spring of 1804 a large and well-filled cotton gin belonging to the estate was con- sumed by fire, and again, by a strange uniqy of misfortune, two months afterward, an- other house also full of cotton and belong-^ [ ing to the estate was lost by a shnilaj^acci-’^' dentr Tills double loss involved in debt, to which I was compelled to yield. I have said these accidents happened by ‘V< strange unity of misfortune ,' I recall the words. Had I nor lost this properly, and been thrown once more on my own re- sources, I would no doubt have vegetated, a Mississippi cotton planter. I speak this in full respect to cotton planters, and only be- cause the business demanded what I did not possess. . '' And, in brief, availing myself of what mathematical knowledge I possessed, I en- tered on the surveying business, in the ser- vice of the United States. In that employ- ment I continued until the middle of 1809, when I conceived the plan of “A Map and Statistical Account of Louisiana,” and which I subsequently executed and pub- lished. "Well for me when I commenced this task that its difticulties were not to be foreseen, for though not much disposed to yield to slight obstacles, yet in that case I must have shrank, had the whole issue been before my miod. But I went on and i soon found that all the surveys made under , the Government produced documents fltll- l ing far short of what was requisite to the ( completion of my plan. I then relinquished ' the office of Deputy Surveyor, and com- ' menced the extensive exploration to which j ' you allude in your letter. I All these operations brought the middle | of 1814, when, with my projection and manuscripts, I was ready to set out from Louisiana to the cities of NewYm-kand | Philadelphia in search of a publisher. I had actually departed from my home, at Opelousas, and was on my w’^ay to New Or- , leans, when the news met me that Wash- I ington had been taken and burned by the j British. This so dispirited my friends that I I was advised to postpone my attempt, and ' did so. In the meantime I made an exten- sive tour in Florida and Southern Alabama. On my return to Baton Rouge, I learned , two distressing' articles of intelligence al- most at the same moment. One was the ; death of my wife, October 23d, 1814, and i the other the great probability that Lousiana | I would be invaded. Before I could proceed i j to Opelousas and make arrangements for the care of my little daughter and only child, | and again return to Nev/ Orleans, Louisiana was invaded. I hastened to the camp of | our army, below New Orleans, volunteered^ !| . iriy services as engineer, and in that cti^city"* made that campaign which humbled the British army and eventually gave the crown to our general. As general or monarch, I never made of him but two requests. As general I demanded and received the office of engineer, 'and when candidate for the sceptre I asked for and received the follow- iug: “^S^illiarnDarhy, Esqr. : Be it remembered, that during the late war, and whilst tlie enemy was before New Orleans, William Darby, E.sqr., acted as one of my topo ; graphical staff, performed his duty much j to the satisfaction of the commanding gen- t eral, and at the close of the war I gaj,ve him j a written testimonial that his' scrvic''!s had j oblained for him my full approbation. “Axduew* Jackson.” The campaign over and without a family or much else to impede my motions, I re- turned to Pennsylvania in the summer of 1815. Poor in purse, but rich in the accu- mulated experience gained from near six- teen years of almost incessant motion — ex- perience w’hich I had reaped with the briars in my fingers; and now in my fortieth year commenced my life as author. The first edition of my Louisiana wms published in 1816 and the second in 1818. In 1819 I wrote for Kirk & Mercaiu, of New York, “The Emigrant’s Guide.” In 1821 I was employed to prepare for publication “Brooks’ Gazeteer,” which I founds in many things relating to America so v'ery defective as to induce me to advise a sub- stitute. My advice was taken, and early in 1823 came out the first and early in 1837 the second edition of “Darby’s Geograph- ical Dictionary. ” In 1833 issued the first and in 1833 the second edition of “Darby and Dwight’s United States Gazeteer.” Mr. Dwight’s name is united with mine in the later work, he furnished all beyond New Jersey and New York inclusive and I the residue. In the second edition Mr. Dwight had no concern. Since 1820 qnd from the letters M I C II I have supplied nearly all the geographical articles for Philadelphia edition of “Brewster’s Ency- clopedia.” In 1839 I commenced supplying tales for “xitkinson’s Casket, ” and have written all that species of writing which has appeared under the signature of Mark Bancroft. Recently I have made a regular engage- ment with ]\tr. Atkinson for a long series of_^ border tales, and I may note liere asf jpecu-"^ liarly remarkable in oiir joint case, that the f incident ot the capture and recapture of | your mother-in-law and Boone’s daughter has been long since fixed in my eye as a i chosen subject, ar l this added to the exti-a- ’ ordinary fact of my having connected in the I same tale the families of both your parents I gives true interest to the series ok circum- , j stances. 1 In a life so foil of changes and in most part of it but scantily supplied with means of procuring books or securing leisur;?, most persons would suppose any chance of general reading was out of the question; but I must say I have went fiir to render such a conclusion doubtful, at least to anything approaching the usual extent given in such ; cases. My reading has been desultory, Im confess, and far indeed from that of manyj but it has been beyond what is commonl}^ attempted ,by persons of straitened means, and not professionally engaged. ^You seejf I am laying my heart naked to you, anq' hope no charge of mere vanity will be made} when I go a step farther in the dissection, 1 and do so to demonstrate that a tolerabl^ji education is within the reach of every frec,l white in the United States. I was in my thirty-second year when I i uadertook to study the French language,! | and long years past, full one half if not | more of all my reading is in that language, j The learned languages I never have studied ' but in their modern dress, in English ancfl French, have read every one of the most eminent classics. In the “National Intelli! gencer” of November 13, 1833, as an edi- ' torial preface to my notes on Switzerland, ! over the signature of Tacitus, it is ob- served — V a “To those who have been long readers oli the ‘National Intelligencer’ we need not say"^ that the gentleman who, under this signal ture, occasionally enriches our column^ with his communications is a person of great'l intelligence. We can add that he is proba- bly better versed in History ‘than any other individual in the Union.” Under any other, circumstance I should not dare enclosing^ such extracts, but take them as given. The man you saw in Mobile, and whd’(* was passing there under my name, was ar impudent imposter. The circumstancesf were these: When I left Opelousas in thd Summer of 1814, a very particular friend oW mine. Dr. Moses Little, gave me letters ofj introduction to his parents residing iii.^ the" city of New York. Detained for ihdny months as I have stated, a fact the doctor well knew, and wished also to write by me to his parents and sister, at the time of my really leaving Louisiana, he in January, 1815, made out a new set of letters, en closed them in one to me, directed to New Orleans, and entrusted to a young man of the name of William Garrett, a nephew of Governor Garrett of Ken- tucky, and as unprincipled a scoun- drel, as matters proved, as was ever nephew to any one. In phiteof coming to New Orleans, by some means, he found his way to Mobile, gave himself out as William Darby, who had explored Louisiana and Texas, told a long story of shipwreck, &c. Then ^found his way to the jCity ot New York, actually delivered my letters to Cap- tain Little and family, and repeating his shipwreck tale, lived on that family, bear- ing my name until he was detected by some person who knew me, and the bubble burst. I learned onlj'- a few weeks since that his father. Judge William Garrett, was still living at Opelousas. I believe the worth- less son is dead. This was the man you saw at Mobile. I was in the United States army at New .Orleans from the end of De- cember, 1814, to the 7th of May, 1815, as an engineer. , la February, 1816, the year alter my re- turn from Louisiana, J intermarriecU,^itii Elizabeth Tanner, a sister of the 'x^'ell known engravers of that name in Philadel- phia. My daughter, left in Louisiana with her half sisters, diedjn 1821. By my second wife I havp but one surviving child, a young woman in lier seventeenth 3 "ear, so ^ my entire family consists of my wife, child and myself. We live in a fine healthy country, twenty miles north of Washing- ton city, and on a rented farm in a country j place, I may repeat, possessing most of the | essential advantages without the enormous | expense ot a city. We keep our own cows, j and make their feed from the fields. Our source ofliving is, however, my pen, which is kept commonly bus 3 ^ In summer I give courses of lectures, and the rank of intelli- gence of the people around us may be esti- mated to advantage by the fact tliat last summer I had a class of about fill}’’ on general geograph}". INIy father and mother had eight children, four sons and four daui;hte;-s; my eidc.-^^ sister, Arabella, called gnind- mother and one of your aunts, died on the Swatara, and was bnriedat the Derry meet- ing house. Two more children died in Yfashington county, Pennsylvania. Onr/ brother, Robert, called for Robert Dixon, died also in the same county, as did my father in 1799. My brother Tliomas was drowned in the Ohio river, and your acquaintance, Patrick II., you know died in Kentucky, at Brandenbury, Meade county. ]\[y mother died in Tennessee, and her eldest son, and , ' my half brother, in Louisiana. My dear • sister Nancy, called tor your Aunt Camp- | bell, when I last heard tVom her, was liv- | ing in Stewart country, Tennessee, near ^ Dover. Her husband’s name is Hugh 1 Barr. They have several sons, I wrote to them upwards of a year ago, but have re- j ceived no answer. If Nancy is gone, then I am alone of all the family. None of my ; brothers ever married or had children, and , j ' with me my father’s name expires in his | | ! own offspring. j 1 ' Give my sincere respects and regards to | i your mother and all the residue of your j i I family and connections, and receive for j | ! yourself the expression of my unfeigned i ; I good wishes. William Darby. l P. S. — On reading the within to my wife and daughter, they both desire me to add j their respects and good wishes to you all. Should you ever come this way, if 3^11 ' come via Washington, if 3 "ou inquire of ]Mr. Peshey Tliompson, book seller, he will direct you to where you will find a lieart}'- J , welcome. j NOTES queries— VIII. Historical and Genealogical. 1 Stewart, Andrew (July 12). — Was this j Andrew Stewart any connection qf the Stewarts who owned the old Rickart place in the valley? James Stewart who lived there was physically a remarkable man. I ' have heard my father and Uncle Sam say ’ that he was in bodil}’’ strength more than the equal of two common men — that he could run as fast as a horse — that he could outstrip any man on his hands and feet, and that he could spring over a ten-rail fence without touching. I saw this man m his old age — a large fleshy man — on a visit to Paxtang. He lived at or near Spring- field, O., and was there killed by the fall of a tree. h. r. ^ “French JACOB; ”'-rl3 an 3 dhing known of “French Jacob,” a contemporary of An- drew Lycans, about whom old men, when I lived in the Valley, told marvelous stories. I think he lived near mouth of the Wic- onisco, and was famous for his Indian con- tests; and further, was supposed to possess supernatural powers, &c. Waifs and myths of early settlements are particularly interest- ing. H- R- Harris— Findley— W irtz. —Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the first John Harris, married John Findlay, or Finley, by whom she had two daughters — Esther m. William Patterson and Margaret m. William Wirtz. The latter was evidently from the neighbor- hood of Lancaster and had children — Marga- ret. Elizabeth, Esther, Christian, Hannah and William. Can Squire Evans give us any information as to the descendants of these Wirtz families? Bowman — Bauman. — A correspondent says his parents who are of German descent write their names RaMmfm,and asks whether it would be proper to change his to Bowman, By no means, if you desire to preserve your family name. The English name Bowman has an entirely difierent meaning from the Teutonic, Bauman. The first relates to archery — an archer; the other either from haum, a tree, or loan, to build. So from this signification of names, it \vill be seen that • Black has as much right to change his name to White, or vice versa, as Bauman to Bow- man. j Fire-Proof Buildings and Electric- ity in 1810.— Jacob Bucher, of Harrisburg, Edward Crouch, of Dauphin county, and John Dorsey, of Philadelphia, were ap- pointed the commissioners for the construc- tion of the State offices, prior to the removal of the Legislature from Lancaster, for the safe-keeping of the records and papers; and we quote from a document in our possession, under date of April 9, 1810, to show what were their ideas of what is “fire proof, and some curious beliefs about “electricity. It appears that Messrs. Bucher and Crouch were of opinion “that the heicjhih. of the stories would be itself nearly a security against an accident happening many of the lower rooms, from communicating with the upper apartments, if the ceiling was put up in the ordinary way; and with the addi- tion of sheet iron lining, we thought there could be no doubt of its safety. * We had derived assurances thaQft^ iron | ceiling' icould not attract lightning,'’ or en- ’ danger anything near it, as the electric j fluid it might attract could be conveyed to i the ground by means of rods, to be placed | at the outer ends of said buildings.” The 1 Italics are ours. ^ But this plan was too hazardous for Mr. Dorsey, and his colleagues continue — “We ■ now think strange to find the douUs sug- gested by him, w nether rods placed at the ends of the buildings would not incki^ase rather than abate the electric fluid,” and they offer to meet Mr. Dorsey in presence of the Grovernor (Snyder) and the officers | of the Government, “if, upon'furtherjinquiry !- and reflection, it should appear that an al- teration in part from the plan agreed on would be better.” Since then, the world has made some advance in science ! Pakson Elder’s Family Record. — On ) the blank leaves of a volume of Bishop i Atterbury’s Sermons, in tlie possession of the Dauphin County Historical Society, is the following Family Record of the Rev. John Elder, the long-revered minister of Paxtang and Derr}L It is in the liand- writing of his son Thomas, but, with the ' exception of that enclosed in brackets, is a i verbatim copy of the original memoranda ( made by Parson Elder himself. We have i in preparation a genealogy of this family, | and in the hope that further information 1 may be gained relating thereto, we give the I Record as originally preserved, w. h. e. | Deaths. | My D’r Mother departed this life Oct. | 25th, at 8 o’clock at night, 1742. j My D’r Father departed this life July ’ 28th, at 7 o’clock at night, 1746. [ My D’r Wife departed this life June 12th | at 2 o’clock in the morning, 1749. | My daughter Jane died the Cth day of August, 1763. y My daughter Grizell died Sept’r 18th at j , 10 o’clock afternoon, 1769. ! ; My daughter Eleanor died Dcc’r 12tli at | ■ 4 o’clock in the morn’g, 1775. i My daughter-in-law, Joshua’s Polly, I died the 21st day of November, 1782. My D’r Wife died Oct. 3rd, 6 o’Clock in the morning, 1786. [The Rev’d John Elder died the 17th day of July, 1792, in the 84th year of his age. [David Elder died 22d May, 1809, at ir" o’clock p. M., aged 40 yrs. r ^ [John Elder died Ap'l 27th, 1811, in the 54th year of his age. [Sam’l Elder died 26th Sept’r, 1815, aged 43 years. [Rob’t Elder died on Tuesday morning, 29th Sept’r, 1818, in the 77th }''ear of his age.] Marriages. I was married again Nov’r 5th, 1751. My Daughter Eleanor was married on thursday, 11th of Dec’r, 1766. My Son Robert was married on tuesday, 7th Feb’y, 1769. My Son Joshua was married Sept. 16, 1773 My Son John was married Dec. 16, 1778. My Daughter Ann went off Sept. 23,1779. My Son Joshua again May 27, 1783. MyDaughter Mary was married May 18th, 1784. My Daughter Sarah was married June 19th', 1787. Births. Robert was born on Friday, June 11th, half an hour after 3 in the morn’g, 1742. Joshua was born Mar. 9th, twenty min- utes after 5 o’Clock in the morn’g, 1744-5. My Daughter Eleanor was born May 21st, 1749, at 9 o’clock, afternoon of the Sab- bath. My Daughter Sarah was born Saturday, Octr. 19th, 1752, at 9 o’Cl’k afternoon. My Daughter Ann was born Oct. 8th, 1754, at half an hour after 10 at night. My son John was born Wednesday, 3rd Augt., 1757, f of an hour before 1 in the morning. I?Iy d^anghter Mary was born Saturday, 12th Jany 4, 1760, | of an hour after 9 a. m. My daughter Jane was born on Friday, 21st May, 1762, ^ after 1 o'Cl’k r. m. My son James was born on Friday, 15 June, 1764, at 3 o’Cl’k in the morning. My son Thomas was born on Friday, 30lh January, 1767, 40 min. after 6 r. m. My son David was born on Wed’y, 7th May, 1769, half an hour after 3 a. m. My Son Sam’l was born on Thursday, 27 Feb’y, 1772. 10 min. after 3 a. m. My son Michael was born IMonday, 9th Augt., 1773, 20 min. after 7 a. m. My Daughter Rebecca Avas bom on Wednesday, fifty min. after 9 i*. m. 1st Mar. 1775. The bad effects of impnideiice in eatina: and drinking are speedily removed, and tlie depression following eating is quickly ban- of Dr. Bnlbs Baltimore Pills. Price S3 cents. THE POSTMASTERS OF HARK1SBUKG7 AND WHERE THE OFFICES WERE HEED. f From 1789 to 1791, the mails for Harris- burg were served from Lancaster, and pos- sibly those from the West at Carlisle. Dui^ ing the latter year an office was established at Harrisburg, and John Montgomery, son I of the Rev. Joseph Montgomery, of Pax- i tang, appointed postmaster. Mr. Montgom- ery continued in office until the spring of ii 1793, when he resigned and John W. Allen, i one of the proprietors of the Oracle of ' Dauphin, v;as either appointed or held the j office ad interim until superseded by John 1 Wyeth. Originally, says Mr. Hamilton, the post-office was “next opposite” the Re- | gister’s office, which then was in Mulberry ' street. When Mr. Wyeth was appointed, , the office was in the building no\v owned by Frederick Gohl, No. 219 South Second ' street. In 1799, the Oracle notices the re- ; moval of the office to the residence ol 3Ir. Wyeth “adjoining the Rev. Mr. Snow^den, being nearly opposite to where it has been ! kept for several years.” As the Rev. Mr. I Snowden then occupied the brick house : southwest corner of Mulberry and Second streets, the “building adjoining” is easily ' recognized. I Mr. Wyeth’s successor was John Wright, | who was appointed by President John \ Adams about the year 1798, and resided and 1 kept the office in a two-story frame house i located on South Second street below I Chestnut street, now No. 112, owned by j Jacob F. Ilaehnlen. The salary of the ; postmaster then was only fifty dollars per annum. Mr. Wright taught "a school in connection with the office. He only re- sided liere one year and then removed to South Front street below Chestnut, in the house now J. Brisben Boyd’s, and is No. 111. For some reason he changed his resi- dence the next year to Mulberry street near Second, upper side, where he resided eleven years, continuing his school, and where some of our older citizens now living received their preliminary education. This property was purchased by William Root about the year 1840, who removed the^ original house and erected^- three -story^ brick building on the street anu a large tin- ware and stove manufactory on the rear of the lot. At this time the stage stables were lo- cated on the corner of River and Cherry alleys, the site being occupied by the baker}’- and spice mill of Mr. Haehnlen, at the present time. These stables were sub- sequently removed, probably to the east corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, as they were there many years, and the river was mainly crossed by them at the Upper, or Maclay’s ferry. These changes may have induced Mr. Wright again to move, for in 1812 his residence and office were at the corner of Front and Walnut streets, where he resided but one year. James M’Cor- mick’s residence occupies the ground at present. The next location was on Walnut street near Raspberry alley, in the house now occupied by Robert Bryson, No. 215. The post-office was kept here eleven years, and it was probably here that Mr. Wright died. As the State Legislature and the public offices were now located here, the business of the office greatly increased and of course more laborious, the salary was made $500 per annum. During the year 1822 or in 1823, Mrs. Wright, who was continued in office, removed from Walnut street to the southeast corner of Market square, next door above George Zeigler’s tavern. The salary was then raised to $900. Mrs. Wright died here during the year. Mr. Wright and family were from New Jersey. He came to Harrisburg at a very early day and lived and died greatly esteemed by the citizens of the place. Mrs. Jennette Forster is the only living member of the family. Mrs. Wright was succeeded by James Pea- cock, who printed a newspaper called the Pennsylvania RepuUican. He was appointed by President Monroe, aboutl823. The Zol- linger Brothers now own and occupy the place. Mr. Peacock did not remain in that location long, but removed the office to the house of Mr. Stine, north corner of Locust and Third streets, and the year following his office and residence to Front street above Market, now Mrs. .John Haldeman’s. It was here that the late James W. Weir served as Mr. Peacock’s clerk. Subse- quently the ofiice was trnsferred to the two- story brick house next to Mrs. Mary Han- na’s now A. J. Herr’s residence where Mr. Peacock lived many years. | The firsftime the post-offic^\ps separated ' from the residence of the posonaster was in 1833 or 1833, when Mr. Peacok removed the office from his residence to a room in Mr, Keller’s house on Second street, near Walnut, now occupied by Charles Smith, where it remained several years, when he purchased, from the heirs of Henry Miller, the three-story brick house now No. 7 North Market square, occupied by Charles A. Boas and Dr, Seiler. Mr. Peacock was scperseded by Isaac G, M’Kinley,'who was appointed by President > Polk in 1844. The office remained there until the appointment of Andrew J. Jones, 1*1 by President Taylor, in 1848, who changed : ^ it~ to the old Pennsylvania Bank house, on i' the south corner of Market square, now the j site of the First Presbyterian church. Here' , the office remained during Mr. Jones’ term, | and also during the four years John II. ! Brant was postmaster. The latter was ap- i pointed in 1853 by President Pierce. In ! 1850 Dr. George W. Porter was appointed | Mr. Brant’s successor b}^ President Bu- : chanan. He removed the office to his | residence, on Market street, near Fourth ^ street, now No. 336, where it was continued , until the appointment of George Bergner i by President Lincoln in 1800, who removed / the office to his residence on Market street, near Third, and next door to the Lochiel ' Hotel, now 335, where it remained several > years, when it was taken to its present location at No. 314 Market street. During the incumbency of President ^ Johnson, General Joseph F. Knipe was'/, honored with the appointment. On the ac- j. cession, however, ot General Grant to the Presidency, Mr. Bergner was reinstated in his old position, which he filled until his | death, which occurred on the 5th of August, ; 1874, having held the office about eleven | years. ' M. W. M’Alarney was shortly after ap- i pointed his successor by President Grant, reappointed by President Hayes, and re- tains the place at this date, August 1, 1879. Five who held the position of postmaster were printers or editors, three were mer- chants, one a teacher, one a physician, one a shoemaker and one a lawyer. Three are living of the twelve, namely. Dr. Porter, Col. Brant, Gen. Knipe and Mr. M’Alar- ney, and of Mr. Peacock’s clerks Col. F. K. Boas alone remains. e. NOTJ£S ON I.INJDLICY MUiUiAY. ^ The New York Ohserxer of 8th May i^t ; has the following in answer to an inquiry: “Bindley Murray, the grammarian, mar- ried Hannah Dobson, an American lady. His grandfather, John Murray, came from Perthshire to this country in 1733. While on his way his father, Robert Murray, was born. His mother, Mary Bindley Murray, was an American, I think of Philaaelphia. ” The name of the writer of that statement is not given, but the character of the Ob- server makes it certain that they are sup- posed to be reliable and authentic. Bindley Murray is a thorough Scotch name, and the current opinion as to his mother’s family is i here confirmed. The connection between Swatara and Philadelphia is indicated in the fact that Bindley, when six or seven years old, was sent to Philadelphia to school (we may presume, living with some of his moth- er’s family). His tutor was Prof. Ebenezer Kinnersly, a Baptist minister (noted for his connection with Dr. Benjamin Franklin in electrical discoveries), of whom as a teacher Bindley Murray wrote in the highest terms of praise. In this paper of the 2d inst., “W. H. E.” has an interesting sketch of Mr. Murray, ! and also discusses his position during the ‘ American Revolution, intimating that he was positively hostile to the Whigs in that period. We must bear in mind that differ- ences among relatives and families are sometimes especially unreasonable and un- just, and that there are radical extremes in each direction. Dr. E.’s Whig blood boils (as does mine) with the remembrance of Tory atrocities and Royal injustice of '•that period. But we must bear in mind how differently men are constituted, and how circumstances alter cases, especially when viewed in the light of the past. When a Scotch Presbyterian of the spirit of a Murray, came to be a Friend or Quaker, the change was indeed great. Resolved upon a strict neutral ity, he would act accordingly. He obeyed the powers that be, paid taxes as they were assessed, sought to mitigate the horrors ofwar, and, as much as in him lay, to live peaceably with all men. While some Friends bgcamc Whigs and some Tories, and each side had men who went to the death for their opinions, thousands sided with neither, and had the respect and esteem of the best men of both extremes. . •* ^ Murpy states IhaUvJ^eii liispros- peious law business was brcikeb up in Kew York City, be removed forty miles east hoping to remain -until the political storm blew over. So fVir from being in any way an enemy to the country, when Congress urged the establishment of salt works he and a friend laid out a large sum of money for means and men to manufacture that needed staple. “Wpen the British forces took possession of Long Island, ”he says the work was abandoned at considerable loss After living four years at Islip, the British holding New York, and seeming^-‘^ ducted one of the earliest if not the first regularly established school in the Scotch - Irish settlement. He died in February, 1785. His son John, born in Derry, 1733, , followed the profession of his father, whose' I death he survived but a fev^ months, dying I the Cth of September, 1785. His daughter I Mary becam-e the wife of Robert Moody, j Esq., and was one of the most amiable of I women. She died May 18, 1825, at the age of seventy-seven. w. h. e. Harrisburg Postmasters [H. and Q. VIII]. — One or two errors occurred in this article which require correction. The^i stage stables were removed to Fourth andi Walnut streets instead of Fifth and Wal-'^, nut. The second location of the postoffice, , under ' Mr. Peacock, was on the site now occupied by the Rev. Dr. Robinson’s resi- dence. Where Col. Herr resides was then a vacant lot, subsequently built upon by the late John H. Briggs. Previous to the j occupancy of the house by Mr. Peacock it had been the residence, if we mistake not, of several of the Governors — Snyder, ; Hiester and Wolf. Governor Findley re- sided in the adjoining house, afterwards oc- ' cupied by his son-in-law. Gov. Shunk. We believe that two of Mr. Peacock’s clerks are living — Mr. Mahon, of Washing- ton city, and Mrs. Mary Clendennin Beatty, of Harrisburg. b. Chambers. — Randle or Rowland Cham- ' bers died in the winter of 1747-8. He left a wife, Elizabeth, and among other children, sons John, Arthur, James and Robert. The Executors, Elizabeth and John Chambers, filed their account July .29, 1748, in £385. They paid James Letort £8; Hathaniel Lit- tle, £10; and for gravestone and carriage, £5. lU John Riddle was auctioneer. Justice Hoge ^ qualified the appraisers. u James Chambers died, in Derry twp., March 13, 1758: He left a wife Sarah and children — Ann, Elizabeth, Rowland, James, Benjamin and Joseph. Arthur Chambers and Robert Boyd were the executors, Rev. j John Roan and Robert Huston witnesses. |' Xrthur Chambers died in November, 17G2. He left a wife Jean, and children as fol- lows: i Arthur b. 1740 d. Sept. 29, 1784. ii Rowland b. 1743. iii Robert b. 174G. iv Maxwell b. 1748 d. July 4, 1785. V John b. 1750 d. Jan. G,*1785. Can any one give information relating to Rowland and Robert Chambers? Puglia, James Philip. — This gentleman ! resided in Harrisburg about 1800 for a num- ber of years. He was Worshipful Master of Perseverance Lodge No. 21, and was quite active in political affairs. He was appointed health officer of Philadelphia, and removing thither it is supposed died there. He was the author of several works in English and Spanish. Who can give any information concerning him? w. h. e. THK HEUALI3IC ARMS SOME DAU- PHIN COUNTY FAMILIES. We are indebted to the courtesy of B. W. De Courcy, late of the Ulster College of Arms, who was recently sojourning in our city, for the following heraldic descriptions ' of the arms of a number of Dauphin county families. To take an interest in these mat- ters is nothing more than what our ances- tors did long ago — and the distinction which arms may make is only that made by difference of surname. Neither is it following in the wake of aristocracy or titled nobility of foreign countries; for the arms of many a family in humble circum- stances are more ancient and more honor- able than that emblazoned and heralded by those who laud it over lands and realms. The arms of those which follow were earned by the bravery and valor of gallant men afore-time, and none of their descend- ants need be ashamed of their arms — the insignia of honorable services rendered their country or their King. We shall not attempt, save upon inquiry, to give an in- terpretation to the heraldic terms used, re- ferring our readers to Webster or Worces- ter. .* Harris. — Sa. three crescents, within a bordure arg Crest — on the stump of a tree raguly lying fesseways vert a falcon rising erm. beaked and legged or. [Ancient Motto of the Family, “Pro res pub. tra.’’] Barnett. — Sa. a Saltier or. Dixon. — Gu. a fleur-de-lis or. a chief erm Crest — A demi-lion rampant ar. Roan.— Ar. three stags tripping ppr Crest — A stag’s head erased ppr. attired or. holding in his mouth an acorn of the last leaved vert. Rutherford. — Arg. an orle engrailed gu. in chief three martlets sa Crest — a mart- let sa. ^ Simpson, — Per bend wavj^ sa. and or. a*ji lion rampant counter'Clianged..$:^.. Crest — Out of a tower az, a deini lion rampant guardant per pale or. and sa. holding in his dexter paw a sword arg. hilt and pomel bf v the second. ii Nisley. — az. a stag’s head cabossedor, Stewaet. — Or. a fesse chequy or. and az. Irwin. — A rg. three bunches of holly leaves, three in a bunch vert, tied gu. the strings flotant Crest— kru arm couped . above the wrist in armor ppr. lying fesse- ways holding in the g uantlet a bunch of ,i holly as in the arms. ^ | Bseeeton.—- A rg.^, two * bars sa. . . , , , j Crest. — A bear’s heaid ppr. issuing out of a }' ducal coronet. ' i Hill. — Erm. on a fessesa. a castle triple- i towered arg Crest — A tower arg. sur- '' mounted by a garlaiud of laurel ppr. t Maclay. — Az, thr^e wolves heads erased arg. langued gu. i Bergner. — Az. in* base a rock or. Swan. — Az. three swans arg. two and one a chief or \ Crest — a cockatrice’s head erased ppr. ducally gorged, ringed and lined arg. Snyder. — Gu. a Hon rampant arg. de- bruised by a chevron or. charged with ] three escallops sa. . ; Crest— Yiom the top of a tower ppr. a black-bird volunt of the last. I Downey. — Az. a fesse engrailed between ii three boars’ heads erased or. [a branch of f the Clan Gordon.] • ;|' Hanna. — Arg. three stags’ heads erased , az, ducally gorged or. Murray. — Az. three mullets ar. within j a double tressure flory counter-flory or. i Crest — a demi man wreathed about the middle and temples vert, holding in his dexter hand a dagger arg. pomel or hilt or. , in the sinister a key pp?-. , Bomrerger. — Quarterly, 1st and 4th arg. on a mount vert, a tree ppr. 2d and 3d gu., a rocky mountain or. Kunkel. — Az, two chains in saltire or. Moorhead. — Az. a cross crossletarg. be- tween 4 martlets or. on a chief of the 2nd 3 escallops gu Crest — A demi wivern vert, holding in the claws an escutcheon arg. Elder. — Per chev. az. and arg. a bordure . engrailled gu. Hummel. — S a. a cross arg. Mumma. — A z. a fesse fretty arg. Buehler. — Gu. a lion rampant or en- i signed with a ducal coronet. ' INTERESTING LETTERS OF JOHN HAK- [^RIS. >a if We are indebted to the Rev. Dr. Murray, of Carlisle, for copies of the following let- ters writted by the Founder of Harrisburg to “Coll. Robt. McGaw, Esquire,’’ of Car- j lisle. They contain several points of in- | terest, and will bear perusal : “Paxtang, March 27th, 1784. “Sir: ^ I am just Returned from Philada. Inclosed is the act of Assembly for the con- sideration of the people ab’t'my town. I miss’d Two Votes only of gett’g the law Inacted at this Sessionon Acco’tof the Con- stitution ab’t the law laying over for Con- sideration, &c., till the next Meeting of the house, w’ch my Enemys & fr’ds made use of. I carry’d everything else with ease, & make no Doubt of Having the County. I am. Sir, Y’r Most Humble Servant John Harris. “P. S. — The trustees of y’r College is to meet at Carlisle the 6th day of April next S’r y’rs, &c. j. h. The next letter is dated not Paxtang but. “Harrisburg, Oct. 14th, 1786. “Sir: Wee carry’d every member of As- sembly in this county, the Sheriff & Com- missioner; has, therefore, gave our antag onists a mortal defeat. Please to send me by the Bearer, Mr. George Page, a White Sword Belt for my son Robert, as ab’t 20 or near 30 young men have agreed with thu Lebanon Troop of Light horse-men yester- day to meet them at Lebanon on next Sat- urday to choose the QfBcers; therefore our men will Equip themselves by next Fryday, (If Possible). The Lebanon Gentlemen, with Colo’l Gloninger paid us a visit & were completely Equipt ab’t 12 file of them. Be- haved with the Greatest decorum, spent ab’t 24 hours with us, and returned yester- day. It’s Expected that the Greatest Unanimity will hereafter take place, in future (in this county), and parly spirit decrease. It you please to take the trouble to provide the Sword Belt- If to be got, shall be Oblidged to you. Uii derneath a list of our Ticket that Carry’d- I Expect a few lines from you, with a list of y’r Members & York County, If you have heard from them. •T am, sir, yours most respectfully, “John Harris. “Robert Clarke, 1 “Jacob M)-lyc, )■ Assembly men. [ “John Carson, J “Sheriffs, Kelkar & Berryhill. “Commlssionar Captn Jani6s Wilson only one to he choose, or we cou’d carry’ d them. J. H. “P. S. We are Well pleas’d at our Election for this year, and the prospects of uniting all partys in a few years, or Per- haps less time. j. ir.” Under date of “Harrisburg, January 24, 1787,” after alluding to some business mat- ters for which Col. Magaw was his attorney, he says, “ * * I have made free to trouble you to receive and forward to Baltimore some letters for me to my son David Harris and Mr. Crocket. I hope they are sent safe (ere this arrives). If any letters from them come to y’r care, be pleas’d to forw’d them by safe convey- ances only, as my s’d son has wrote me several letters from Prance and other parts of Europe, and will contrive to write fre- quently till his return. I depend upon your particular care of them if any shou’d happen to arrive. “I am, sir, your most Humble serv’t “John Hahris.” In this connection we reprint, by request, a letter written one year to the day prior to the Declaration of Independence by John Harris to Col. James Wilson, a member of the Continental Congress, and one of the Immortal Signers, which is characteristic of the man and the times. The inhabitants of this section of the then Province of Penn- sylvania were ripe for revolution, and it came not too soon for them. This letter was procured from a Philadelphia collector of autographs a few years ago. As the times are eventful, and it behooves us all to be loyal and true to our country and our God, its perusal will be interesting as it is apr(ypos : “Paxtang, July 1775. “Sir : Should it appear necessary to raise more troops for the Defence of American Libeijy, I have a son now living in Balti more, David Harris, who I gave a good Education to. He is a Competent Marks- man, Used to the Woods, as Surveyor &c., & I think Every way fit for the Army. You know him. It you please to speak in his favor, to the Hon’ble Congress for a Com- pany, I hope he will never disgrace y’r Recommendation, should it succeed. Messrs. Dickeson & Ross, I make no doubt of their interest. “If an Indian AVarr breaks out against uST I shall let my other son Johnne/'^e cheer- fully in the service, any where in America. Our all is at stake — and wee must act with spirit on the present occasion. My son David has Interest and Influence Enough to raise a Company ot suitable men in a short time in this or the Maryland Province, I hope. ' “To-morrow the Inhabitants of Paxtang Township will pay abt £130 cash, at least, to be forwarded Immediately to the Relief of the distressed People of Boston. You shall hear the number of Riflemen our Township turns out, w’ch I hope will be ab’t or near 50 men; abt. 30 of them marches this day for Lancaster, to be equipped for the Expedition of Capt. Patterson’s Com- pany. “I shall take it as a particular favor to get a line from you ye first safe opportunity. “I am, sir, with the greatest Esteem and respect, y’r most obt * Humble servant, John Harris. “P. S. Excuse Haste. To James Wilson Esq.” In a subsequent letter, written the same day to Col. Wilson, John Harris says: **“You see I am willing to send all the sons I have to serve their country with the greatest cheerfulness, let the consequences be to them what Providence turns upper- most.” * * “ * “My sons will not Presume to Disobey my Directions. I ex- pect therefore in such a case advising with them I think not necessary.” The sons alluded to both served in the war of the revolution. “Johnny, ” a mem- ber of Capt. Matthew Smith’s Paxtang com- j- pany, fell in front of Quebec. David sub- sequently became a captain in the 1st Penn- sylvania regiment of the Line. At the close of the war, with the exception of two or three years subsequent to the death of his venerable father, he resided in Baltimore, where he died, much respected and beloved, ’ November 16, 1809. w. h. e. NOTES AND QUEK1E5— X ' Historical and Genealogical. Heraldic Arms (N. & Q., ix). — A ty- pographical error occurred in the sixteenth , line of the article on “Heraldic Arms, ” ' ■which really makes the sentence ridiculous, j ■ The word laud should read lord. Despite ■ every care errors will creep in, but the one referred to is an annoying one. Those preserv- ing the articles will be kind enough to cor- rect it in their copies. Kerr, Rev. William.— Below will be j found a copy of a call made seventy -two years ago by the congregation of Donegal to the Rev. William Kerr to become flieir pastor. It possesses a double interest, be- i j cause of the place and man. Donegal, though the oldest of congregations in this i'' region, dating back beyond 1720, still sur- Auves in a small remnant of worshippers of .. probably the sixth generation. jj Mr. Kerr was the ancestor of some of our honored families. William ]\[. Kerr, Esq., late presidant of the Harrisburg National Bank, was a son of liis. Two children are still surviving, the widow of Dr. E. L. Orth and Dr. James W. Kerr, of York, Pa. CALL. “The congregation of Donegal, being on sufficient grounds, well satisfied of the min- isterial qualifications of you, Mr. William Kerr, and having good hopes from our past experience of your labors, that your minis- trations in the gospel will be profitable to our spiritual interests, do earnestly call and desire you to undertake the pastoral office in said congregation, promising you, in the discharge of your duty, all proper support and obedience in the Lord. And that you may be free from worldly cares and avoca- tions, we hereby promise and oblige our- selves to pay to you, the sum of one hun- dred and fifty x>ounds in regular yearly pay- ments, for the three -fourths of your labors during the time of your being and continuing the regular pastor of this church. In testimony whereof we have respectively subscribed our names this 20th day of April, A. n. 1807. We appoint Mr. Brice Clark commis- sioner to attend the Reverend Presbytery of New Castle with this our call, request- ing them to present the same to the Rev- [ erend William Kerr, and for transacting in our name and behalf hvliatever may be necessary respecting said call. John Hays, John Dinsmorc, Ephraim More, Thos. Bayley, Erancis Little, James Whiteside, James Starrett, Samuel Galbraith, Alex. Boggs, James Galbraith, Robert Spear, Brice Clark; John Watson, Randle M’Clure, Joseph Lytle, Adam Tate, Jno. Peden. ^ Attest:— ThdX the congregatioq^^ithih mentioned, had proper previous notice, met at Donegal church, agreed in approving and subscribing the within call, is certified this twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seven years, by Colin McParquhar. Mr. Kerr was “highly esteemed by his . brethren” of the Presbytery for his excel- lent Christian character and his worth as a preacher of the Gospel. He died in the ])astorate of the Donegal church September 22, 1821, being still a young man. Rev. Colin McFarquhar was his prede- cessor in the pulpit, and served the church with great acceptance and ability for about a quarter of a century. Rev. Orson Douglass succeeded Mr. Kerr. T. II. R. ^luRRAY. — John Murray, supposed to be the grandfather of Lindley Murray, on the 10th January, 1737, obtained a land war- rant from the Proprietary of the Province, and on “the U:th of ye 9th month,” 1739, had the same located upon two hundred acres and 12 perches of land adjoining the north-west side of “Swahatawro” creek, then in Hanover township, Lancaster county. Adam Reed then held an adjoin- ing tract on the north by improvement. On the 1st March, 1744, he obtained an- other warrant which was located about a year after ward, east of the other tract and between it and land of James Stewart. These tracts are now in East Hanover township, Daqphin county. The name of Murray does not occur in the tax list for either East or West Hanover for 1750, but in that year we find John Morrow (as Mur- ray was often corruptly written) among the taxables of P axtang township, South end. J. s. A. Finley— W iRTz— P atterson (N. & Q., viii). — I have the signature of Margaret Finley, daughter of John Finley and Eliza- beth Harris, daughter of the first John Har- ris. It is a subscribing witness to a deed conveying lands on D. O. run, which emp- ties into the Juniata river at Mexico, Juni- "ata county. The tract was warranted to Thomas Evans, No. 1862, November 10, 1760, and sold to Capt. James Patterson, and in the deed conveyed by him to Win. Curran, of Lancaster county, October 29, 1707. The other witnesses are Asher Clay- ton (in those davs well-known ip militari^ circles) and Susanna Patterson (a daughter I of said Captain James, and afterwards mar- ried to a Moore). There has of later years been a family of Wirtz’s living near Mexico, who are proba bly descendants of the Margaret referred to. James Patterson lived at Mexico. It was his son William who married Esther Fin- ley. He lived until about 1772 across the river from his father, where the Mexico sta- tion now is. He then removed to Pfoutz Valley, near Millerstown. This is the “Young Captain” Patterson spoken of in the Colonial Records of 1767, who arrested Stump and Iron cutter near Middleburg, Snyder county, and lodged them in Carlisle jail for the murder of the White Mingo and ten other Indians, and | whose rescue from the jail created a great sensation in the Province, and for which arrest Patterson was made a justice of the peace February 19, 1768, the first justice west of the Tuscarora mountains. It is cer- tain he had a son called William A. Patter- son. Many circumstances convince me that the Galbraith Patterson, who was an attorney-at-law in Harrisburg, was a son ot this William Patterson. Galbraith swears * Lu Lue signatures of William and Esther, January 21, 1794. He was admitted to the bar at Carlisle in July, 1787. ; He left Har- risburg about 1800, and lived near Williams- port and died there. He was the father of Mrs. Judge Hayes, of Lancaster, and Dr. Edward B. Patterson, of Lewistown, Pa. Can any one give us more particulars of William and his family? I might add that William Patterson’s sister Mary married General Potter, and another, Elizabeth, mar- riage unknown. James married Jane Har- ris, daughter of the John Harris that laid out Miiflintown. George married Jane Burd, daughter of Colonel James . Burd. These, with Snsanna, above named, | comprised the children of Capt. James Pat- | terson — three sons and three daughters, j Mary Patterson was the great-grand- j mother of Gov. Curtin. The second James | Patterson had sons, John and William. John married a Hays, by whom he had a daughter, Ellen; then married Mary Irwine, by whom he had Jackson, Gri- zell, Eliza, Samuel (living at Spruce creek), John (married a Wallace, (Jlear- field), James (living at Yellow Springs), George (died at Spruce creek, married Sa- rah Cunningham), Juliann, Jane (married ’"Wm. Hutchison), Calvin (Superintenaeni State Agricultural College^ married a Mat- tern. William married Mary Riddle, by whom he had Riddle (married Evaline Scott — these are the parents of Capt. Wm. II. Patterson, of Harrisburg), Mary (mar- ried Gen. Buchanan, of Bellefonte), Eliza (married a Smith,) Jane and Martha. George Patterson had a son Burd Patter- son, w^o removed to Pottsville, where de- scendants still reside; a daughter, Eliza, who married Peale, the artist; another daughter, Charlotte, married William Thompson, who laid out Thompsontown, Juniata county, where descendants still re- j side. Letters testamentary to the estate of Cap- tain James Patterson were taken out on January 22, 1772. He was one of the very first settlers west of the Tuscarora moun- tains, even prior to the purchase of the Juniata region from the Indians, July G, 1754. He was a leading man and able otfi- cer in the French and Indian war. See his letter to Col. John Armstrong, March 27, 1759, where he expresses a fear of losing the use of his limbs, and wishes to be placed in a fort, where he humbly conceives he could be useful to his country, as he is acquainted with the ways and humors of the Indians. Pa. Arch, N. S., Vol. II, page 722, The story told of him defying | the Proprietary Government, in Jones’ His- | tory of the Juniata Valley, do him great ' injustice. His place at Mexico was marked on some maps as Patterson’s, and he liad a block house which is known in Provincial records as Patterson's Fort. Can any one tell where this old captain came from? Who his wife Mary was? Or any additional details of the family ? Huntingdon, Pa. a. l. g. PARTRIDGE'S MILITARY StlHOOL AY HARRISBURG— 1845-7. BY GEORGE B. AYRES. A full generation has passed since the in- stitution of which I propose to write had “a local habitation and a name” at Harrisburg. Whilst it is only remembered as among tbe things that were, many of its children -- shall I say remain among uic foremost citizens of their native town. Some have loomed up conspicuously in law, theology, medicine, literature, and the prac- tical arts; many also perfected their military education amid scenes of deadly strife little^ dreamed of in their school-boy years! ^ , As was the case respecting the jutroauc tioii of water and gas into Harris6itrg many years in advance of the times, I must be pardoned in claiming for my father, William Ayres, the leadership of the movement which resulted in establishing the “Penn- sylvania Literary, Scientific and Military Institute” — v/ho subscribed my name as the first one offered to make up its roll. From his correspondence with Captain Partridge and other gentlemen of military proclivities, I glean that the matter was i first proposed during the winter of 1844-5. Captain Alden Partridge, who had been once Superintendent of the United States ^ Military Academy at West Point, having resigned, conceived the idea of associating military instruction and discipline with the usual collegiate educatipn, and had made a i successful test of this course at Norwich, | Vermont, and Middletown, Ct., wiiere his f military schools had attained great popu- ‘ larity. He brought his system to Pennsyl- ' ' vania and opened an institution at Bristol, Bucks county, in 1843, but wdiich was dis- continued upon the opening of the one at Harrisburg in 1845. While there he first corresponded with my father upon the ex- pediency of trying his system at the Capi- tal. “I have no doubt,” he wrote Jan. 31, 1845, “that Harrisburg is the best location in the State for an institution on this plan, and that if once established there it would flourish, if it was properly conducted.” A public meeting was shortly afterwards held in the old court house, the voice of which was highly favorable, and a com- mittee appointed to invite Captain P. to visit Harrisburg, in order that he might personally explain his scheme. Saturday evening, February 8 th, was j j fixed upon, and Captain P. went from |j! Bristol to Philadelphia en route for liar- [ \ risburg, but a snow storm “prevented tlie running of the cars for several days” (!) and the meeting did not occur until the 18tli. - ^ General Adam Diller, who was then Ad- jutant General of the State, was also much \ interested in the project, promising to lend the necessary arms and equipments, and General (Dr.) Seiler espoused the matter also with a zeal worthy of record. The all-important item of a roll of stu- dents’ names was next in order, and was se- cured as follows: ' [This roster of the cadets ha^^^een col-' lated from various sources, and especially from a memoranda roll made during the first term, which is perhaps the only one in existence. Only the last name of the cadet was used at school and the Christian names have been added from memory. In addi- tion, the residence of those who are living and the dates of death of those deceased have been affixed, while those of whom no information can be obtained, the names are printed in italics. ] KOLL OF CADETS — 1845-6-7. Adams, John Quincy (fifer), Philadelphia. Antes, John Forster, Missouri. Arnold Levi. Ayres, George Bucher, Philadelphia. "Baker, Napoleon Bonaparte, d. Miiy 1863 at Marietta, (la. Barrett, James, d. July, 1863, at Harris- burg. Barrett, Charles, d. August, 1849, at Har- risburg. Barrett, George, Weston, Lewis co., W. \ a. Berryhill, James Buchanan, Iowa. *Black, Thomas Jefferson (fifer), d. Mar. 3, 1872, at Harrisburg. *Blattenberger, Julius, d. Mar. 14, 1875, at Osceola, Pa. ■'^Bombaugh, Charles Carroll, Balt. Md. *Bomgardner,Cornelii:': (bass drummer), Harrisburg. '' *Boyd, Robert Sloan, Harrisburg. *Buffington, Thomas W., Md. Burke, John Michael, d. June 15, 1849, at Harrisburg. *Bush, JohnWilliam (drummer), d. 1867 at Harrisburg Cadwallader, Iredell, d. May 19, 1849, at Milton, Pa. *Camp, William Edwin, d. atWashington City. (iastle, Theodore Butler, Glassboro, N. J. Cunningham, Francis Robinson, Wash- ington City. *Dean, Richard Crain, Surg. U. S. N., -Camden, N. J. J)e Forrest, Thomas. *De Witt, Louis Be viere, U. S. A., Fort- ress Monroe. Dock William, d. Feb. 29, 1864, at Har- risburg. Doll, Samuel Elder, d. Feb. 15, 18i3, at 'Callao, S. A. ■^Dougherty, James Dennis, d. April 3, 1878, arilarrisburg. *Egle, William Henry, Harrisburg. Elmore, Charles. *Evans, William H., Erie Pa. Faunce, Eli, d. at Philadelphia. FtUenherger, . •'^Foster, Andrew Jackson, Harrisburg. *Forster, Benjamin Law, Harrisburg. Forster, John Elder, Erie, Pa. *Frazer, Christian Selzer, Texas. ‘'^'Hackley, Charles Edward, JNTew York City. Haehnlen, William, Harrisburg. Halabach, Jacob Martin, d. at Rockville, Pa. Haldeman, Richard Jacobs, Cumberland county. Pa. * Haines, Philip D., of Chester county. Pa. *Hammond, Lafayette, U. S. A., d. Sept. 6, 1873, at Port Yuma, Arizona. ^Harris, William Henry, d. April 8, 18G7, at Harrisburg. Holman, Samuel Augustus, West Phila- delphia. Irwin, William Bryson, Harrisburg. *Jennings, Elmer, d. Dec. 22, 1876, at Philadelphia. J ohnson, William Y oung, Por tsmo uth, Va. *J ohnson, Andrew Jackson, Dallas countv, Texas. *Johnson, John Bucher, U. S. A., d. June 24, 1871, at Harrisburg. Jones, John Andrew Williamson, Terre Haute, Ind. *Keefer, John Brua, Paymaster U. S, A., Portland, Oregon. *Kemble, James R., U. S. A., d. in Kew Mexico. Kline, Theodore Berghaus, Lebanon, Pa. Kramis, Amos, of Schuylkill county. *Kunkel, Albert (drumnier), Hannibal, Mo. Landis, , ’^Lawrence, James Kennedy, Brookville, irft* Leamy, James Crozier, d. April, 1875, at Baltimore, Md. *Lescure, Edward Porter, d. Dec. 26, 1869, at Harrisburg. Logan, James, of York county. Pa. *Markley, Arthur Donaldson, Montgom- ery county. Pa. *Maglauglilin, William J., Harrisburg. McAllister, John Boas Cox, d.. March 7, 1858, at Fort Hunter, Pa. McAllister, John Carson, d. May 3, 1859, at Fort Hunter, Pa. *McCormick, Henry, Harrisburg. McCormick, James, Harrisburg. ^ McGee, John. * McGowan, Alexander, Lebanon, Pa. Miller, Charles Adam, d. May, 1875, at Philadelphia. Miller. James Madison, d. in Perry coun- ty, Pa. Montgomery, Robert, Tiirbotville, Pa. *Mowry, Sylvester, U. S. A., d. October 17, 1871, at London, Eng. *Partridge, Frank, Burlington, Kansas. Parke, William, of Parkesburg, Chester county. ■"Parker, Gilbert Lafayette, Philadelphia. *Piper, Alexander, U. S. A., 'West Point. *Piper, James Wilson, U. S. A., d. Oct. 30, 1876, at Carlisle. *Rehrer, Erasmus Godfrey, Florida. Reily, John Whitehill, d. March 20, 1860, at Harrisburg. ? Seiler, Herman A1 ricks, Harrisburg. : Shunk, James Findla}'-, d, Jan. 20, 1874, at Harrisburg. ^Shunk, Francis John, U. S, A., d. Dec. 15, 1867, at Richmond, Va. Simon, Luther Melancthon, Harrisburg. *Sees, Egbert Taylor (base-drummer), Philadelphia. Snyder, Edward, Harrisburg. Snyder, George (drummer). Sterrett, Thomas, of Sterrett’s Gap, Cum- berland county. Storm, George Washington, Wheeling, W. Va. Strong, Henry Knox, Dixon, 111. Strong, Nelson, Dixon, 111. Stehley, Edward, d. May, 1875, in King Wliliam county, Va. Tait, Joseph LeCony (drummer); Har- risburg. ^ Visscher, Simeon G., Rome, N. Y. Wallower, John. Harrisburg. Wilson, Henry Stewart, W. Va. Wilson, William Kennon, Washington Territory. *Witman, Henry Orth, Harrisburg. • Wyeth, 'William Maxwell, St. Joseph, Mo. Wyeth, John, Philadelphia. * ■^'Zollinger, Elias Stecher, Harrisburg. Of the foregoing cadets those marked ( *) were in service during the Rebellion, being nearly one-half of the cadets then li\dng. Cadet Baker was a gallant officer in the Confederate army, and lost his life in a charge of Federal cavalry. May, 1863, near Marietta, Georgia Cadet Frazer, resid- ing in the South at the breaking out of the war, entered the Confederate ser- vice as an officer, but resign- ing, was allowed to return Nortli, where he remained until the close of tho, ^ivil strife Cadet Jolinson (A. J^^jrwas a volunteer surgeon in the Russian army during the Crimean war and received the Imperial decoration. On returning home he studied for the ministry, subsequently went South and at the outset of the R sbel- lion entered the Confederate service as sur- geon Cadet McGee, we are informed, was residing in southern Missouri at Ihe open- ing of the civil conflict, entered the Confederate service as an officer, and it is supposed lost his life in the war. | Cadets Hammond, Johnson (J. B.), Kemble, Mowry, Piper ( J. W. ) and Shunk 1 (F. J.) were officers of the regular army j and died as such Cadet Hammond en- I tered the service as Captain in the 1st Cali- fornia infantry, transferred as Major of 2d Ohio heavy artillery, and for meritori- ous services appointed from California July 2§, 18C6, as 1st Lieut. 23d Inf., U. S. A Cadet Johnson (J. B.) was appointed 1st Lieut, and died as Captain in the 6 th cav- alry, U. S. A., having been brevet major and lieutenant colonel during the war. . . , Cadet Kemble entered the volunteer ser- vice in 1861 and was appointed therefrom to the regular army. He was 1st Lieut. U. S. A. at his death. .. .Cadet Mowry, of R. I., graduated at West Point July 1, 1852, appointed 1st Lieut. 3d artillery March 3, 1855, resigned July 31, 1858 Cadet Piper (.1. W.) was an officer in the volunteer force and appointed there- from. He died as 1st Lieut. 5 th artillery, U. S. A Cadet Shunk (P. J.) was a graduate of West Point, was promoted Major of Ordnance March 7, 1867, and at the time of his death was chief of ordnance First Military district of ;Virginia. Cadet Lawrence was Captain of the 11th U. S. infantry, received extraordinary wounds at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and at the close of the war he resigned. i Cadet Dean entered the U. S. H. as asssist- ant surgeon April 17, 1856; commissioned as surgeon August 1, 1871; in 1870 attached to the Bureau of Medicine, and June 8, 1873, commissioned medical inspector. Cadet Piper (Alex.) graduated at West Point July 1, 1851; commissioned Captain Third Artillery May 14, 1861; brevet Major August 30, 1862, for gallant and merito- rious services; brevet Lieutenant Colonel June 15, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services at the siege at Petersburg, being chief of artillery. Eighteenth Army Corps; at present principal assistant instructor of ar- , tillery tactics at West Point. ^ l Cadet DeWitt is in the engineer service, U. S.A. Cadets Bombaugh, Egle, Evans, Hack- ley and Markley were surgeons in the Federal army 1861-5. Cadets Blattenberger, Dougherty (Capt. Ind. artillery co., 1862), Foster, A., J. (Qr. Mr. Sergt. 25th Penna. V.), Haines (Lieut. 124th Penna V.), Harris (Capt. 9th Penna. Cav.), Jennings (Capt. 12th Penna. Cav.), Keefer, McCor- mick (Capt. 25th Penna. V. and Col. 1st Penna. V. M.), Parker (Lieut. Col. 28th P. V. ), Partridge (Capt. — 111. V.), Rehrer, i and Witman (Lt. 6th Penna. V. M. and ! Capt. 36th Penna. V.M.) served their country faithfully as officers of the volunteer service. Cadets Bombaugh, Dean. Egle, Evans, Harris, Johnson (A. J.,) Markley, Parker and Witman became physicians. . . . Cadets Hol- man, Castle and Visscher, clergymen.... Cadets Dougherty, Forster (B. L.,)Halde- man, Johnson (W. Y.,) Jones, McCormick (J.) and Shunk (J. F.,) lawyers. (3adets Irwin, Markley and Montgomery have been members of the " Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Cadet Haldeman was a member of the House of Representatives, Forty-first and , Forty-second Congresses. s Cadets Ayres and Storm are artists, and | Cadet Simon, an architect. ‘ Cadets Barrett (C.), Burke, Cadwallader, M’Allister :(J. B. C.), McAllister (J. C.j and Reily died previous to the civil war. Cadet Mowry was elected delegate to the United States House of Representatives from ; the proposed Territory of Arizona 1857 and 1859. United States commissioner to run and mark the boundary line between the State of California and the Territories of the United States, 1860-61, and superseded by President Lincoln in 1861. Was arrested and imprisoned at Fort Yuma on charge of disloyalty, but established his innocence; went abroad for his health and died at Lon- don. Author of the “Geography and Re- sources of Arizona and Sonora,” 1865. Cadet Shunk (J. F.) afterwards grad- uated at the University of Virginia, where he fitted himself for the legal profession, and was admitted to the Penn- sylvania bar. He married a daughter of the distingui^ed Judge Black and became prominent among the leaders of the Demo- cratic press. As a journalist he was racy and incisive, upholding the reputation of his honored ancestry. — Cadet Ayres is the author oU^ow to Paint , Photographs^’^ now in its fifth edition, pub- lished by Appleton & Co Cadet Bom- baugh is editor and proprietor of the Balti- more Underwriter, and compiler of several literary collections, among which is ^‘Gleanings for the Curious,” the finest work extant of its kind. All his comrades ^ ; doubtless remember him for his beautiful penmanship, and the graceful ease and purity of his literary composition Cadet Egle is so thoroughly identified with historical matters in his native State that his name has become an authority. As associated with the editing of the Pennsylvania Ar- chices” (second series), and author of the latest and best -‘History of Pennsylvania,” he h^s developed a talent for research that only rivals his eminence in Masonry. I am "Indebted to him for kind and most valuable assistance in the preparation of this history. By way of coincidence, it may be noted that ' • the foregoing roll of young soldiers contains the names of Washington, Lafayette and Na- poleon; of Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Jackson and Buchanan, and Gov- l I crnors Findlay and Shunk. j ' A sufficient number of these names had , : been subscribed by the middle of March to I indicate that the proposed school would [ j surely open. The name of Charles Edward ! I Partridge, a graduate of Dartmouth Col- | [ lege, as professor of the classical depart- I ment, and Jabez C. Crooker, a graduate i ! of the Norwich Military Institute, as I professor of the English department and military instruction, were sent on by the superintendent. Captain A. Partridge, and the gentlemen themselves appeared in due time. Mr. Otis S. Tenney, a graduate of Gen. Ransom’s at Norwich, was also en- | gaged, after a few months, as professor of I penmanship, and assistant to Mr. Crooker. Meanwhile the local committee secured ■' the old Temperance Hotel building, on the northeast corner of State and Second street, for the use of the school; it being intended that State street— which was then not mac- j adamized, grass-covered and little used — t should serve DS our drill and parade ground; and the neighborhood being quiet and re- tired it was a really excellent location. The institution was formally opened here with brief exercises on April 15th, 1845. The season was not sufficiently advanced ! and the ground drv enough to allow of mil^ itary drill out doors.)?^Dur military instruc- tion was therefore begun in a third-story room of the old Exchange building, on Walnut street, near Third. But the vibra- tion of the floor, caused by our marching, was deemed injurious to the building, and our quarters were changed to the old Shakespeare Hotel, the floor of the hall there being more stable. Our instruction was limited, however, to facing and march- ing, as we did not receive arms until we drilled on State street. The cadets appeared in uniform as fast as the town tailors were able to make them — and it was no doubt the biggest job they ever had ! (I wonder whether a single one of those one hundred uniforms exists to- day!) [Yes; cadet Simon has his — w. h. e.] It consisted of a hussar jacket of dark Mm clo’Ji, with standing collar; a single row of silver bullet buttons in front; single buttons at cuffs and sides of the col lar. The breast was heavily padded, and the jackets of the larger boys were made with small tails. In winter the pantaloons were blue cloth, and in summer — especially on dress parade— white. The cap was blue, encircled with a broad gold band. Every cadet was expected to provide his own desk, provided with storing room for his books and a chair or stool. For a term of twelve weeks the tuition was $8 00, with no restriction of studies except for music and fencing, which were extra. These branches and broad-sword exercise were taught by Mr. Edwin S. Perkins, a native of Vermont, who also kept the boarding ! students and led our military band. j This martial music consisted of Mr. Per- j kins’ bugle; two lifers, cadets Adams and i Black; two tenor drummers, cadets Bush | and Tait, and base drummer cadet Sees and | subsequently cadet Bomgardner — all of whom were given free tuition in exchange ! for their musical services. | The military institute was thus auspi- ciously begun, and was a very conspicuous feature at Harrisburg in the summer of 1845. The staid old Academy on the river bank at first sneered at its upstart rival on Second street and thought it was only fuss and fe/ithers. But in a few months our military eclat became irresistible, and many of its scholars were enrolled with us. The classical attainments of Charles E. Par- tridge were not least among the attracting influenceg. The Democratic Union, of April 23, 1845^' alluding to the establishment of the school says: “Capt. Partridge so favorably known to the community as a gentleman pre-emi- nent in his profession, has opened a military school in our borough; and we are happy to learn, has already obtained a large class of scholars. The acknowledged ability of Capt. P. is a sure guaranty to those who < may place their sons under his protection, that when they leave the Captain’s quarters they are qualified for the counting house, the work-shop and the ‘tented field.’ ” Our military drill was had in summer at 5 o’clock A. M., and in winter at 4 p. m. — weather permitting. In good weather dur- ing the summer-time, we always had a num- ber of spectators, especially of the fair sex, at morning drill. “Girls will follow when they hear the drum, '' To view the tassle and the waving plume That decks his hat And the old song was verified in our case. The fair ones of the old borough were our early friends and admirers; and the dilapi- dated board-walk which preceded the east- side pavement on State street, was the gal- lery from which the fair beheld the brave ! — and the brave got too often “out of line” beholding the fair! Among our regular visitors all will re- | member Capt. R. B. Marcy, U. S. A., then detailed on recruiting service at Harrisburg, who bent his morning walk toward our drill- j ground. Tall, straight as an arrow, quiet, y with fatigue cap, and cane, he would watch our drill with interest, and when we heard of ' an occasional word of praise from him we * were highly pleased. Sometimes his attrac- tive brunette daughter Helen — now Mrs. j , Gen. McClellan — accompanied her father. In the military exercises, musket and rifle ^ (or light infantry) drill were used on alter- ' nate days. Forming in line just opposite the Catholic church, the roll was called, and we started ofi invariably with a slow march toward Third street; then changing to quick step through various evolutions, how we did sweat on the hot mornings! We drilled two hours, and there were few boys who went home lacking appetites for breakfast ! We were also instructed in guard duty and the forms of military review, reception of offi- cers, inspection and fortification. The latter science was a specialty with Captain Par- tridge, who delivered regular lectures to the whole school, which were illus- | drated by diagrams and the black-board. * ■ Our collegdate progress after all was the principal thing. The daily work /was always opened after roll-call by reading of the scriptures by Prof. Partridge, who was a member of the Congre^tional church, j One of the cadets was appointed “Officer of ' the Day,” whose duty it was to order the drum-beats for assembling, report absentees, misconduct, &c. The students of the classi- cal department had their own room up- stairs, whither they retired after the morn- ing exercises or Capt. P’s. lectures before the whole school. Only few a mornings after school had be- gun, Prof. Crooker handedmea note which (having been preserved) reads: Squad No. 1 ; Detailed and command given to Cadet Ayres. Bush, Camp, Haehnlen, Haldeman, Castle. (Signed) J. C. Crooker. I was too greatly surprised to appreciate the honor, or comprehend wliat I was ex- | pected to do; but it was explained to me j that, inasmuch as the young gentlemen therein named had been lately received into the institution, I was to put them through the military rudiments privately, in the yard, before they could appear with the company in public. This was the first so- called “awkward squad,’’ but I don’t re- member that they were any more awkward than the rest of us at the beginning 1 [CONCLUDED SATURDAY SEPT. 6.1 NOTKS AND VJUERIES-Xl, 'I Historical and Genealogical. Historical Society of Dauphin County. — On Thursday of next week, Sep- tember 11th, the first regular meeting of this society will be held. Since its organi- zation in 1867 the society has done more to develop the history of our county than had previously been accomplished in the one hundred and fifty years of its settlement. Our ancestors either cared little or else ne- glected to preserve the records of their own limes and of to them the past, and it re - maineth for us to gather up the meagre data here and there and preserve them for the historian, the genealogist and the anti- quary. And yet not to them alone are these of value. Every one who has a rever- ence for a pious and patriotic ancestry lias as much interest in their preservation. Old letters, pamphlets, files of newspapers, to the vast multitude are of little account, and vet the Historical Society preserves alj_ , these, so that any one can reter to them’ licreafter. The colie ctior/^hould be in- creased, and every citizen of the county of Dauphin can help it by their contributions. An Old Time . Deb-Viing Society.— In tlie OmcZe for January, 1797, “a Friend of Society” who v/as no*^less a personage than John Downey, Esq., proposed the forma- tion of a “Lyceum for Free Debate.” Act- ing upon this suggestion “the Patrons” lield their first rneeting shortly after at jMontgomery’s tavern, and orgaKized “The Harrisburg Free Debating Society.” Its officers were Stacy Potts, president; John Browne, secretary. Stacy Potts, Rev. Henry Moeller, John Browne, John Wyeth, John*^ Downey, Lancelot Armstrong and Stacy Potts, jr. Among some of the (to us) amusing questions publicly debated by the learned men of our staid borough were “Which is the most preferable for a wife, an old maid or a widow.” “Is jealousy a proof of love.” Snaketoavn.— (N. & Q. VII.)— Persists in locating “Snaketown” at a point j Avhich he does not establish by any proof ' whatever, but relies entirely upon guess work, which is dangerous ground for any historian to stand upon. Although John Harris settled upon land at the mouth of Paxtang creek, on the north side, between the years 1720 and 1730, I doubt very much whether he took out a Avarrant for the land previous to 1733. I also call in question the amount of land he is said to have owned at that time. On the 27th day of May, 1733, John Harris took out a patent for 800 acres of land in the rear of the place he was then settled. This is the earliest date of any of his patents of which I can find a record. The land upon which Harrisburg is laid out was surveyed for the Proprietary June 4, 1733, by virtue of a Avarrant dated May .12, 1732. It contained one thousand acres and allowance. By reference to the draft of this tract of land, I find upon the north side marked “Barrens,” upon the east side, ihe line at the north corner starts a consid- erable distance east of Paxtang creek, and I'uns south and crosses Paxtang creek to the west side, and from thence it runs a few lumdred feet to the line of John Harris’ land. It appears from the draft that tv/o streams of Avater flow from this tract of land into the river, another one flows through th^ J south end, thence through Johry Harris land to the river. Paxtang crcfcl; flows through the eastern side and empties into the river below Harris’ land. The thousand 1 acre tract owned by Mr. Harris was proba- bly this tract surveyed by the Proprietary, Avhich he purchdsed, if at all, after 1733. From this draft it does not appear that Bizalion or any other trader, except Harris, settled upon or adjoined this land. Subsequent research may establish the proprietor’s tract as the site of ‘ ‘Snaketown .’ ’ | I Some other statements are made which I am inclined to think are not in accordance Avith historical truth. It is a well known fact and can easily be established from the county records, that several Indian traders had trading posts around Canoy Town, not a fourth of a mile apart. There were several traders, also, who lived close to Conestogoe Town, and I presume the same rule applies to Paxtang. I could name a dozen traders who resided in Don- egal who owned adjoining farms. There was no rule establishing Indian posts, al- though some made a special application to trade with a particular tribe. A few traders Avere especially favored in this way. As to Rowland Chambers, the records seem to locate him along Conewago creek. David M’Clure, who married his daughter Margaret, OAvned a farm adjoining Randel Chambers. ' will have to try again, but I hope he will not shorten his line to suit somepre- . conceived idea of a fact. s. e. [Such industrious antiquaries as “S. E.” 'and should have no difficulty in locating Snaketown — or at least in settling the ques- ! tion whether it was at this point or not. Our early pioneers, and especially Indian traders, only guessed as a matter of course at distances. Burt’s forty miles might just as well have been ten miles above or ten miles below as at Harrisburg— and hence no reliance can be placed on his statement. As to where the classic Indian locality of Snaketown was located, neither ‘*S. E.” or really have proven. In this controversjq however, there seems to be some difference as to the locating of Jolin Harris, or rather to his taking up of land. John Harris was first commissioned a trader on the Susque- hanna with permission to cultivate fifty acres of land in 1707. He established his trading post at the best ford on the Susque- hanna river, near the mouth of_Paxtang creek. Near him were Bizalion, BurtjGncl Cliartier, but how near no one knowtfth. By reference to N. & Q. (No. 1.) it will he seen that prior to 1726 he was in posses- sion of a large quantity of land. Under date of Jan. 4th of that year James Steel writes to Isaac Taylor: “John Harris has seen his warrants which are now at James Logan’s to be signed.... thee knows the war- rants have been twice drawn over.” It is true the land was not susveyed for six or seven years subsequent thereto. There was a ferry, as early as the incident narrated, at the point stated by where Burt may have located, but even of this we are not certain; for we are inclined to the opin- ion that he was not a permanent but a itinerant Indian trader. ] History of the Pennsylvania Steel Works. — We are indebted to the Rev. J. ' H. Wood, the author, for a copy of his his- torical sketch of these local industriesj at Baldwin, now Steelton. It comprises the several articles printed in the Item, which attracted attention at the time, and which we are glad to see re-produced in this per- manent form. Mr. Wood has given a lull 1 and exhaustive account of the rise and pro- ‘ gross 01 tiiose extensive an^}.magnificent works which have added so* touch to the mechanical industry of Dauphin county. The pamphlet has merit and value. W. II. e. PAKTKIDGE’S MILITARY SOHOOL AT HARRISBURG— 1845-7. BY GEORGE B. AYRES. [CONCLUDED.] May 27th, 1845. — Capt. P. appointed a “committee of visitation, advice, and gen- eral supervision,” consisting of William Ayres, chairman-, Dr. Luther Reily, Gen. C. Seiler, James M’Cormick, Esq., and Francis Wyeth, Esq. This committee re- ceived instructions in detail from the super-, intendent, and the professors were directed to refer all important matters to its judg- ment. May 28th. — Captain P. writes that Prof. Crooker complains that “the muskets re- ceived from the Arsenal are too heavy, and too long for many ot the cadets. Would it not be well for the committee to ascertain from Adjutant General Diller whether he would feel authorized to have them cut off to such a length as Mr. Crooker may sug- gest. ” The fact here referred to was un- comfortably true. »• j I shall ; never forget the firsMorning we 1 attempted- to handle those* muskets — the old-tashioned, superseded, Springfield' flint- lock arm, and weighing pounds enough to I; sprain our young muscles. Such a squirm- I) ing and writhing as it required for us boys — especially those at the- ■smaller end of the line — to ‘ ‘carry” those ancient blunderbusses was a sight that would have conciliated Falstaff, or at this day would originate a suit fori he prevention of cruelty to chil- i dren. By daily practice, however, they grew lighter, but were always very un- wieldy for the smaller boys. Cadets Dougherty and Hackley, who were the smallest boys, had miniature muskets of j their own. In the location of the military institute at Harrisburg, Captain Partridge not only 1 looked forward to a permanent establish- : ment there, but his plan embraced also the foundingof similar auxiliary schools through- * out the State; alma mater . tral one at the Capital. To this end he de- I sired an act of incorporation, and special I i buildings to accommodate 150 students, &c. I He writes June 21, 1845: J I “I perceive there is at this time a great , ! rage for opening military schools at difier- I ent places. This is all very well in principle : i if it does not run wild in practice. I be- ' I lie\"e, indeed have no doubt, that combining ) , a correct knowledge of military science and of practical military duty with all the other I I branches of useful knowledge, much better prepares American youth to make his way independently through the world, and to ; ,! move in a more elevated sphere than has been done by the old collegiate system; and that it is also in perfect accordance with the principles of our civil and political in stitutions. I consequently wish to see the system pursued generally throughout the ji United States, but I wish to see it pursued (prevail) on the same broad, liberal and ' elevated principles on which it was first established by me at this place in 1820 (Norwich, Vermont), and on which it has ; ever been conducted under my superin- tendence. I have consequently a strong aversion to seeing it under-estimated.” On Thursday, July 24th, by invitation tlic Cadet company participated in the obse- quies solemnized at Harrisburg on tlie death of Gen. Jackson, ex-President, which ; had occurred on the 8th June preceding. The eulogy was delivered in the hall of thc^. House of R^resentatives by c/GrovernoP I Sliunk. The' procession of (^zens was headed by the military companies — Dauphin Guards, Capt. E. W. Roberts, Harrisburg Rifles, Capt. C. Seiler, cadets of Captain Patridge’s Military School, the Junior Guards, Capt. J. 'M. Eyster — together with a number of society organizations. It is re- membered that the cadets made a fine ap- pearance, mar’ched unexceptionably, and were a conspicuous feature of that imposing procession. On Friday, the 8th of August following, the school made an excursion to Middle- town, where we astonished the natives by our appearance and drill — for hoy soldiers were a novelty in those days. The father of your honored townsman, Mr. William Cal- ' der, generously sent us there by canal pack- et-boat, under command of Capt. Henry Lyne. We were hospitably entertained there, and we recollect one prominent citi- zen of that locality to whom we were in- debted for many kindly courtesies; that was Major Brua Cameron, son of Gen. Cameron-. At Highspire, en route, we were taken good care of by Mr. Robt. Wilson, whose sons were among us. Cadets Piper (Alex.) Bom- baugh, and M’Allister (J. B. C.,) commit- tee of arrangements, in a card published, re- turned thanks to “the citizens of Middle- town and Portsmouth for their elegant en- tertainment and untiring attention,” to Mr. Wilson, of Highspire, Mr. Calder and Capt. Lyne. At another time, in the fall, we made a ' “grand” excursion by canal to Columbia, and_ thence by railroad to Lancaster. Whilst in Columbia, we stopped at Black’s Hotel (I think it was,) and in Lancaster, at Hubley’s. Among the sights shown us at Lancaster was the bloody spot in the old jail where some of our historic ancestors among the “Paxtang Boys” had slaugh- tered the Conestoga Indian scoundrels in 1763. The magnificence and importance of this iour(!) cannot be appreciated by the boys of to-day. It was a greater event for us to be taken to Lancaster then than for an ex- cursion of juveniles woio to Boston or Cin- cinnati. The first public examination took place in the latter part of July, 1845, at the close of the first term. Professors Crooker and Partridge made a vacation trip to Norwich, Vermont, taking with them the committee^ report, dated August 8th, and m .response - to which, the Superintendent writ^8“"ion the 25th : “I have been much gratified reading the account of the examination, and of the respectable manner in which the cadets, as well as their instructors, have acquitted themselves. Under all the circumstances of the case, I do not apprehend that the in- stitution has sustained any injury in conse- quence of my absence. The cadets are generally young, and not very far advanced in the higher departments of knowledge ; and to all the branches to which they have, and probably will attend for the succeeding quarters, they can be as correctly taught by Messrs. Crooker and Partridge as by me. When they are further advanced, both m}'- instruc- tions and my lectures will be of more im- portance to them. I shall spend the winter with you; instruct in such branches as may be most necessary, and give my regular course of lectures, which will probably be of more importance to the welfare of the in- stitution than my other instructions. I shall be in Harrisburg during the whole session of the Legislature, and we will ascertain what it will do in regard to act of incorpo- ration,” &c. In the absence of record I presume the institution resumed operations in Septem- ber. Captain Partridge came on, as he in- tended, and gave daily morning lectures chiefly on fortification and military affairs, but varied with some on History, Engineer- ing and Moral Science. During this winter a number of the cadets, mostly those of the classical depart- ment, organized The Philoiiiathean — a lit- erary and debating society — the cadets be- longing to which were designated by the Greek letter phi, in brass, worn upon the cap. [I have mine yet]. Prof. Partridge was President; I was Secretary. In addition to the usual debates, we had a (so-called) newspaper, the Philomathean, of which cadet Piper was the accomplished “editor and publisher” (reader), at the first. Cadets Bombaugh and Egle edited sev- eral numbers. Many interesting, profitable and memorable evenings were thus spent. An out door item of this winter’s experi- ence is worth recalling. Once, during a ight infantry drill, and being in sections of four, we were ordered to the “trail arms — close order — double quick — march !” The day was a cold one, and down the street we went; breast to back, a solid mass; when, in an instant, we were tumbled pell-mell ^ into an indistinguishal)le conglomeration. Fortunately no one was injured|^ut oni"' course an evolution was “according to Cooper’s tactics,” and tbe cause of the disgraceful melee was sought out on the spot. It so happened that cadet Burke had trailed his musket too low for the free loco- motion of his neighbors — and hence the re- . suit. But here was an unexpected opportunity ' to increase our military knowledge by the practical institution of a Court Martial. Poor Burke was duly “arrested,” the j requisite number of cadets were detailed to, I try him according to the rules of war, and j the investigation proceeded with decorum ; and solemnity. I presume he proved him- self innocent — at least he was not shot. - 1| During the summer of 1846 our school q was at the height of its glory. The war t : with Mexico being then the absorbing pub- If lie theme, its progress and our army’s"! achievements were also of the most special I j interest to us military students. I remem- i J her that as soon as school was dismissed we 1 1 lost no time at noon in getting down to j Dan. Robinson’s newspaper agency, oppo- 1 site Herr’s hotel, where the Public Ledger — ! i the chief source of news — would be received ' by the morning train. As might be ex- ■ | pected, each battle received its due share of i j comment; but how meagre was the data, how poor the facilities for news, how lirh- j' ited the sinews of war, when compared to {| the opportunities during 1861-5 ! 1 I may add here that Gen. T. B. Ransom, ■ who afterwards fell at the capture of the i city of Mexico, had been one of Captain [ Partridge’s pupils, and a superintendent of ] | his school at Norwich, Connecticut. It was during this summer that, reducing Captain Partridge’s instructions to practice, Vj we cadets built a miniature fortification of eartii and stones, in the then vacant lot i bounded by State, North, Third streets and i Willow alley. It was laid out “according to I' Partridge,” with its rampart, bastions, ditch, covert-way, glacis, &c., &c., the ,j waters of the run which flowed through the ej lot being turned into the ditch surrounding! I the “fortified” space. It was really com- ■ I plete. ^ Some time in 1846, under circumstances j not remembered, the administration of the | school was changed; Prof. Charles E. ^ Partridge assumed the superintendency in j addition to his duties as classical instructor^ r ^rof Crooker bade us farewell, Cjand his ' place was filled by Mr. Fredef/ck W. Partridge, a graduate of Hanover, N. H., and brother of Charles E. — a tall, hand- some man of military bearing. The labor and responsibilities of the position, how- ever, proved too great for the delicate con- stitution of Charles E., and by mid-winter of 1846-7, the fortune of the school began to wane. At any rate it was passing out of the hands of the Partridge brothers, as will be seen. Captain Partridge, writing from Norwich, February 9, 1847, says: “Mr. Charles E.^ Partridge is now here. His health is deli-, cate, so much so that he thinks he shall be obliged to give up teaching; also that, his brother will probably en- gage in some other pursuit. Under these circumstances it appears that the insti- tution must stop unless measures are taken to continue after their year expires. As I first established it, I feel unwiLing it should tlius cease, and am disposed to continue it if there is any fair prospect of success. I have now arranged my business here so that I could probably give more of my personal attention to it, and would be enabled to fur- nish it with good teachers. * * * * I think H. a good location, and should be pleased to see a permanent institution on this plan established there. “ * * * Will you inform me of the state of the in- stitution at the present time, with such other information as you and the committee may think useful. In case I should again take the superintendence of it, I think, should it succeed well another year, that a proper act of incorporation might be obtained and other arrangements adopted to make it rank with any other seminary in the State.” This extract closes the data upon which I have based these reminiscences of the Penn- sylvania Literary, Scientific and Military Institute at Harrisburg. The loss sustained by the death of Prof. Charles E. Partridge and the resignation of Prof. Fred. W. Par- tridge was irreparable. The prospects for j a successful continuation of the school were far from flattering. In August Captain P. announced that the fall term would com- mence on ilonday, the 6th of Sep- tember, but no allusion was made to the instructors. In the meantime the trustees of the Harrisburg Academy having secured the Rev. Mr. Long as Princi- pal of that institution, strenuous.eflbrts wer^ ' made aad tiearly all the boys of academic age were obtained as scholars. Everything was uncertain about the military school, and not until the day of opening was it posi- tively known who were the teachers, el- even who would attend as scholars. Capt. Partridge sent on as Principal Mr. James W. Phillips, a graduate of the Nor- wich institution, with an assistant, whose name is not now remembered. The class of students- was very small, but the indefati- ^ gable committee — or rather trustees of the ■ Institute — were determined, if possible, to establish it upon a firm basis. On Saturday evening, October 16, 1847, a public meeting of the citizens of Harris- burg, favorable to the establishment of a State military and scientific college, agree- ably to the plan of Capt. Partridge, was held at the Court House. The assemblage was a large one. Judge Dock was chair- man, and after a number of brief addresses by Messrs. Ayres, K. J. Fleming, M’Cor- mick. Dr. Seiler and others, a preamble and resolutions were adopted providing for placing the institution on a firm basis. One committee was appointed to draft a memorial to the Legislature asking its aid to the measure; and another committee to obtain subscriptions, which were to be ap- plied to the erection ^f proper buildings. The object was a noble one, but the en- thusiasm had passed away. The first measure failed, and the citizens, unaided by the State, lost heart in the enterprise. Under these discouraging circumstances - Capt. Partridge withdrew all connection' from the institution. Without his manage- ment it became a complete failure, and ere the third term had ended, that fine school — which at one time seemed strong with hope for an auspicious future — was brought to an :| unfortunate close. Bequiescat in pace. During the autumn oi 1847 there were several excursions to Dauphin and again to . | Middletown, and the cadets acquitted them- selves well. The last public notice we :| have of the school was on the occasion of a drill in front of the Capitol, and “the fir- ^ ing of a national salute of twenty-nine guns” in front of the ^ate arsenal, on the ‘ celebration of Washington’s birthdav, February 23, 1848. ^ , I may add, however, for the .information of tiiose who have lost the track of events, tliat our able superintendent. Captain Al- den Partridge, died at his native home,v ' Norwich, Vermont, January 17th^’A854," after one day’s illness. He was sixty-nine years of age, and had been throughout his ; long life distinguished for good health, i much of which he attributed to the habit of walking, which exercise he kept up almost to the last. He had been an instructor for nearly fifty years, and had taught over twelve hundred pupils ! He was especially skilled in mathematics and the art of war, and was a high-toned man of generous impulses. Prof. Charles Edward Partridge, whom to know was to love, was a second cousin of Capt. P.’s, and died also at Norwich, April 6, 1847, at the early age of twenty- five. Looking back from this point of time, it seems scarcely possible that his intellec- tual capabilities and manly character had not exceeded this period of life. He will be remembered as a most capable and thor- ough instructor; quiet and gentle but firm, in his discipline; genial and kind in manners, very compamonable, appreciative of fun at the right moment, and a consistent Chris- tian, void of sectarianism. No occupant of a teacher’s chair ever elicited greater re- spect and love, and his memory is affec- tionately cherished by all. Professor Crooker was a New England- er, and graduate of the Norwich institu- [ tion. He was the locum tenens during ^ Capt. Partridge’s absence, a good military ' instructor, and had special charge of math- ! ematics and the English branches. Al- i though not large, he was a man of great. , I physical strength; could twirl one ^f those heavy muskets as if it were a rattaif/*tcane. On one occasion when two of his cadets (who shall be nameless) thought proper to | “pitch into” each other, and became locked j for a tussle, he caught each one by the coat collar and had the strength to pull them ' apart; and then to their mutual surprise, he I brought them into uncomfortable collision ,with each other several times until both cried enough ! They got more than i they were contending for. Prof. C. is now I a successful lawyer at Mendota, 111. ! Prof. Fred. W. Partridge became a law- yer, resident of Sycamore, Illinois. As ' might have been expected by his old stu- dents, he entered his country’s service dur- ing the rebellion, and rose to a brigadier generalship. After the war, he was sent as consul to Bankok, Siam, and returned from j that post about two years ago. He was a ! man of native dignity, energetic character, and higWy respected. . , Frof. Tenney was quite a favorite, genial, and boy-ish— the youngest of our ‘Taculty.^^ t He served his country’s cause also, and was I last heard of at Mt. Sterling, Ky., as a teacher. Prof. Edwin Sturtivant Perkins, the music teacher, was born at Woodstock, Vermont, January 18, 1805. He was a man of cheer- tul disposition, and a good, practical musi- i dan. He was also very expert in fencing and sword exercises. He remained at Har- ' risburg after the close of the school, and was engaged in the Pennsylvania railroad service at the time of his death, which oc- curred June 18, 1870. ' ADDITIONAL MEMOEANDA. *Holman, Samuel Augustus, was chaplain of the 48th regiment, P. V. *Rehrer, Erasmus Godfrey, captain of Company ‘E, 129th regiment, P. V., was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg. Cadets Holman and Rehrer, upon Cap- i tain Partridge’s resignation, attended the i Institution at Norwich one year. ‘Hiemble, James Robinson, captain 8d U. S. Cavalry and Brevet Major U. S. A., ' died at Fort Wingate (of which he was in command at the time), Territory of New ( Mexico, April 3, 1867. ' Logan, James Jackson, Dillsburg, York county. Pa. ^ *Castle, Theodore Butler, studied medi- cine and was in service as surgeon in the rebellion. Subsequently studied theology, and is now a clergyman of the M. E. Church. Lombard, Frank, of Springfield, Mass. Correction in Names of Cadets . — Elmore, Charles A.; Evans, William C. ; Sterrett, Thomas W. ; Kunkel,, John A.; Landis, Jeremiah. The arms and military equipments of the cadets were kept in a room known as “The Armory.” Here each one had a niche for his musket and hanging places for his cap and belt, which supported the cartridge-box and bayonet-case. He was required to , keep his arms and accoutrements bright and clean, and a periodical inspection was had to this effect. This was done in public, ! but I do not remember &f any one being , ordered off in disgrace; on the contrary, the cadets were generally ambitious to pre- sent a clean and unexceptionable appea^ ance. The cadets, as a rule^Telt a degiee of pride in their appearance and conduct. ; When not on military duty, the cap alone indicated that the wearer was one of “Cap- tain Partridge’s boys.” But it was the, talisman of general good conduct. Al- though it was the duty of “Officer of the Day” to report misconduct at any time or place, the necessity of so doing was very infrequent. At one time some of the smaller boys were found playing marbles — “boys will be boys” — but it was only necessary to remind them that soldiers were not expected to play in the dirt, and there- after amusement was sought for at a higher grade. I wish I could recall better than I can, the various qualities which distinguished many of my old comrades. It must necessarily follow that there be “some bright particular stars” — and there were. BombaughjPiper (A. M.), theMcCoripaicbs, Haldeman, Egle and Witman were' good linguists. Johnson (W. Y.) and Visscher * were the walking dictionaries; catoh them using an ordinary word if they could lug in one of thundering sound 1 Haldeman would not study arithmetic; nothing short of algebra ! Arnold thought that '•“compo- sitions” selected from standard authors were always preferable to one’s own; and on one occasion, after Professor Chas. E. had listened significantly to one whose au- thorship we all detected, he suggestively remarked: “I hope you have the punctua- tion correct !” But the two crowning specialties of the school were Egle and Henry M’Cormick, in mathematics. When these two — as it would sometimes happen in reciting geom- etry or algebra — were both at the black- board, the figures walked chalk in rapid style, I declare. No pons asinorum im- peded their Course, no problem seemed too difficult for these young mathematical ogres. It was music, figure-atively speak- ing, to hear those boys crack problems out of chalk. I wish that space did not forbid many other personal recollections. One of my valued fellow-students, now a prominent iron-master at Harrisburg, only a few ^ears after our school-days, wrote some lines for me which are so much more forcible after the lapse of thirty years, that I beg his leave to quote them in conclu- sion : . ‘If e’er this page arrefet eye, pause for a moment ; leod. a thought to days num- j bered with the past, when we proudly trod I to music of the soul-stirring drum — in huV lets all arrayed; and oft in the stormy de- ! bate, made the ancient walls of that old so- : ciety hall resound with thrilling eloquence and argument unanswerable! But our comrades, where are they ? What wondrous changes hath old Time wrought— and not t yet has he ceased; for in dark futurity, to us i unfathomable lie, awaiting development, the germs of many unlooked-for haps ! Still let us ever cherish with kindliest feeling the memories of men and things of yore, and may the bonds of friendship wax , stronger so long as we are exposed to the vicissitudes of this uncertain existence.,” Our cornrades! Yes, where are they? View the list and see how many are known to have answered the roll-call of death, and ! are. now “present” in eternity! Superin- ' terident, professors, cadets, have met again, i and avyait that Great Day of Review, when it will be revealed who among us all studied | best the all-important lesson of life, how to | ■ die ^8‘wbll as how to live — “the knowledge ' of tho glory of God”— and became “good I soldiers of Jesus Christ.” ^ Note— It may be opportune to add, for the benefit of any who desire Mr. Ayres’ address, that it is No. 2021 North Twelfth ^re^, Philadelphia. — Ed. MOTES AN» QUERIES— XII. i. James. ii. John. ^ iii. Jennet, m. Moore. iv. Mary, m. Strawbridge. V. Margaret, m. Williams. vi. William. From his will, of which James Cowden and James Rutherford were the executors, , we copy the following : “I bequeath to the Lodge No. 21 in Harrisburg Five pound to be put to interest forever if the Brethren thinks proper, for the charity fund of said Lodge.” The minutes of the Lodge from the year 1804 to 1819 being lost, it is not I known to any of “the Brethren” what dis- position \vas made of this bequest. Are there any documents among the Cowden or Rutherford papers which would give the desired information ? w. h. e. , Bindley Murray’s Position. (N. & Q. VI.) — Mr. Darby’s words as quoted by Dr. E., recently, carry the impression that Mr. Murray joined the Society of Friends to escape responsibility during the trying- period of the American Revolution. I think there is abundant evidence that the elder Murray and his family, Bindley included, : conscientiously embraced the creed of op- | position to all war some years lefore the Revolution. They were people of great moral courage. I wrote that L. M. was “no partizan, ” but the types make me say “a 'partizan.” o. N. "VY. ' Historical and Genealogical. Chambers (N. & Q., IX.) — Maxwell Chambers, son of Arthur Chambers, b. 1748; d. July 4, 1785. He left issue as fol- lows: , . i. Arthur, b. Dec. 5, 1772. 'f ii. Elizabeth, b. April 14, 1777. iii. Jerefniah, b. Nov. IG, 1779. vi. Maxwell, b. Sept. 7, 1782. Elizabeth, wife of Maxwell Chambers, b. 1751, d. Oct. 3, 1784, and with her husband lie interred in Derry churchyard. Who can give additional information concerning this family? w. ii. e. , Boyd.— William Boyd, a native of Pax- tang, b. in 1733, d. May 17, 1808. He was a soldier of the Revolution, an officer of one of the Lancaster county battalions, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, August 27, 177G. For a number of years he was the Master of Lodge No. 21. At his death he left a wife. Jennet, and 1 children as follows: , Paxtang Church, 1808.— In the year I 1808 the following persons subscribed the i sums opposite their names for “the repair- ^ ing of Paxtang meeting house.” Are any of them now living ? T. £. H. s. R. d. Robert Elder 3 15 0 James Cowden 15 0 Edward Crouch 3 15 0 Elizabeth Gray 1 2 G John Gray 1 5 0 John Wiggins 1 17 6 James Rutherford 2 5 0 Samuel Sherrer 1 17 G John Gilchrist 1 10 0 Samuel Rutherford 1 10 0 Vfilliam Rutherford 1 10 0 Roberr, McClure 1 10 0 John Ritchey 1 17 G Thomas Smith 91 5 0 Susan ah Rutherford .... 0 11 3 Thomas Elder 1 10 0 John Carson 0 10 0.. Josiah Esoy 10 J ames Awl 2 John Allison ■ 17 James Cochran .. 0 '15 Ann Stephen 15 John McCammon 15 Mary Fulton 17 Mary Rutherford 7 V/illiam Lamed .. 1 0 James Stewart 15 Joshua Elder. 0 Thomas Buffington 15 John Elder. . .T 10 Sarah Wilson. .. 1 2 John Forster .. 1 10 Charles Chamberlain .. 0 15 John Ross 9 Michael Simpson 10 Jean Carson .. 0 7 Joseph Burd 5 Robert Gray 10 Thomas Walker 17 William Caldhoon 0 John Rutherford .. 0 15 Michael Simpson .. G 0 James Awl 7 Joseph Burd . 5 David Patton 2 Robert Gray tt... .. 1 10 Thomas V/alker .. 0 17 John Walker .. 0 17 Jacob Richards 10 Jean Wilson 5 Frederick Hatton .. 0 11 William Caldhoon .. 1 0 John Finney . 0 10 Joseph Wilson . 1 2 William Whitely . 0 12 David Stewart 15 Thomas McCord .. 0 15 Eliziibeth Wills . 1 10 Hugh Stephen . 0 15 John Rutherford . 0 15 0 6 G 0 0 0 G G 0 0 0 0 0 G 0 0 4-h 0 ' G 0 0 G : 0 ' 0 0 G 0 G 0 G G 0 0 3 0 0 6 G 0 0 0 0 0 YE ANCIENT INHABITANTS— I. I The assessment lists of this section of I Lancaster county, prior to the formation of I the county of Dauphin in 1785, are very [ few, owing no doubt to the destruction by fire of the court house at Lancaster in 1782. We have in our possession, however, copies [ of quite a number, and as they are of value, not alone to show who dwelt in this locality a century ago, but important in a genealogical point of view, we propose, from time to time, giving the lists as found, verbatim. This will be the means of preserving them for future reference. ^ Y' EAST END OF James Andrew, Robert Bell, John Baker, Ferdrick Bezore, Wm. Brown, John Brown, Mathias Bezore, And. Brown, James Blaird, John Brightble, David Braugbt, George Countz, James Crawford, li Philip Consleman, William Clark, William Clark, jr., Benjamin Clark, Thos. Clark, I Adam Cleinan, I Thos. Copenhefer, Wm. Craig, Arnold Chearheart, Christian Couch, Andrew Carver, John Campble, Ambrose Crean, Andrew Cooper, John Cunningham, James Carrethers, James Dixon, Robert Dixon,. Henry Dowdy, John Evert, Andrew Ensworth, John Ensworth, Josiah Espy, Nicholas Earhart, Robert Even, Peter Felty, John Foster, Wm. G. Grenlie, Nicholas Gcrrah, John Grenlie, John Graham, James Graham, AVm. Gray, John Gilliland, Mathias Hiss, Thos. Hume, Robert Hill, John Hollenback, Slartin Hiss, Rudy Hook, Christian Henry, John Hume, Adam Harper, HANOVEH, 17G9. Alex. Martin, Walter McFarland, Wm. McCullough, John Miller, Robert Misleby, Adam P. Miley, Fred. Pickel, John Preaner, David Preast, Vendel Rattle, Peter Potz. Jacob Pruner,'/ Porgart Poor, Mathias Poor, Mathias Poor, jr'., J oseph Perkey, James Petecrew, ’ John Rough, And. Reed, ^ Casper Reader, Peter River, Jacob Riegart, Wm. Robison, Peter Road, ChristianRumberger, Jacob Stover, David Streain, Henry Segler, Ulery Seorger, James Sloan, Mike Straw, Nicholas Simon, Alex. Swann, Archibald Slowan, Charles Stewart, William Stewart, James Stewart, Lazarus Stewart, John Shaver, Alex. Slo\van, Isaac Sharp, John Strain, Simon Tuce, J ohn Tiller, John Tibbens, John Tibbens, jr., Jacob Tups, Edward Tate, George Title, John Todd, John Toons, John Thomson, Moses Vance, George Woolf, Hugh Watson, Adam White, I Aljraliani Hubler, Hugh Watt, Peter Hendrick, George Willy, George Hendrick, John Weaver, Brice Ines, Jacob Woolf, James Ines, Daniel Weaver, And, Kellender, Samuel White, Mike Kitch, Peter Walmor, Alex. Kidd, Abe Wingart, Philip Kister, John Winter, Fite Livergood, Henry White, Alex. Laughlan, Wm. Wreck, Daniel Leady, John Weaver, jr., Henry Lowmiller, Widow Graham, Anthony McCreight, Peter Wolf, Henry Miller, Jacob Wolf, Kellean Mark, William Young, Charles Mire, James Young, Daniel Muser, Robert Young. • Freemen. Robt. Billens, Samuel Brown, Alex. Greenlee, Cauplen Gourdain, Samuel Irwin, John Lard, John Linch, Christ. Long, Patrick M’Nay, Robert White, Wm. White, David Tibbens, Andrew Karson, James Grain, John Bumgardner, Wm. Moreland, John Moor, Henry Prunner, Alexander Robtson, John Toops,J Henry Tupsj Peter Wyrick, A!ex. Young, Robert Young. Inmates. Jacob Pickel, Henry Fensler, And. Tompson, Jacob Weaver, Christ. Bumgardner, Sam’l Holliday, Patrick Cunningham. John Bhunnhu. Cnbpptnr. NOTES AND OUElUES-XIIl. Historical and Genealogical. Reminiscences of the Military Acad- emy AT Harrisburg. — One ot the profes- sors of this institution, upon the receipt of , Mr. Ayres’ valuable sketch, writes; “After a lapse of more than thirty-three years, I received the roll of the Pennsylva- nia Military Institute, of 1845. I was more than pleased in looking over the names of the young soldiers of that day. Their bright faces came up before my mind’s eye as distinct as if but yesterday. Those morn- ing diills on State street, the visitors on the broad board-walk under the locust trees, Mr. Perkins with his E flat bugle, the fifers and drummers, and the suits we all had on those | cheerful June and July morninsrs.*^ Do you^i remember the mischievous,boys4^ho used’ to come and disturb our studies at the win- dows, and the detail of cadets Zollinger, Maglaughlin and two more whose names I now disremember, who were ordered to bring them in on one Saturday morning? “The fourth company of bright lads, the^ smallest of all in the school — Baker, Dock, Dougherty, Egle, Elmore, Hackley, Jones, Jennings, James M’Cormick, Rehrer and John Wyeth — who could execute all man- ual exercises, marchings, and firings more accurate and better than any of the other companies. Every one was an epitome of a real soldier.” Another correspondent has furnished us with the following additional data: Jones, .John Andrew Y/illiamson, was an officer of the celebrated “Burdan’s Sharp- shooters,” and served through the war. Miller, James Madison, went out as an officer of a Pennsylvania regiment, and served as a staff officer. He died at Mon- trose, Pa. Wright, Thomas Forster, was a graduate of West Point, served as colonel of a Cali- ' fornia regiment, made with his command the celebrated march through Arizona in 1861, was subsequently promoted in the regular army, and fell in the Modoc war. Dixon. — Robert Strain, a native of Han- ;• over, and until his removal to Ohio, about rthe commencement of the present century, ! I member of Rev. Snodgrass’ church, under ' date of “Dayton, Ohio, November 24th, i 1835,” gives this record of Richard Dixon: “A statement of facts with regard to the services of Richard Dixon in the War of the ; Revolution — “Richard Dixon, of Lancaster county, Penn’a, enlisted in Lancaster, Penn’a, in the early part of the year 1775, under Mat- thew Smith, a Captain, and remained under Capt. Smith until his term of enlistment was ended. He then enlisted for and dur- ing the -war, and said Dixon was promoted to the rank of either Quartermaster Ser- geant or Sergeant Major. I am very dis- tinct in my recollection of Richard Dixon. When he first enlisted I made a shot pouch for him and stamped on the cover thereof the motto of “Liberty or Death !” The whole of the four brothers of the Dixon family were in the service until the w^ar : was ended, and were of the truest kind of ui Whigs and Patriots. “Robert Strain.” How They Formeel^ Extinguished Fires in Harrisburg.— of the early ordinances of the borough required every householder to have one lire bucket for each story of the house. These buckets were made of heavy leather, long and nar- row in size, and were painted diflerent colors as the owner chose, with his or her name on them, and were kept hanging in some convenient place — frequently in the hall or entry — and it was the oc- cupant’s duty, in case of an alarm, to carry or send them to the fire. Double lines were formed to the nearest pumps, and sometimes to the river : men and often women and children joined in these lines, the latter being in the empty bucket line. The buckets were passed from one to another filled with water and emptied into the side of the engines, v;hich were worked by hand, the empty buckets then passed back by those on the opposite line. Often the buckets were not more than half full when reaching the engines, the water being spilled by passing them along the line. There were separate lines for each engine. Balthaser Sees, who built the old Union, the first fire engine in the town, also made about fifty feet of leather-sewed hose, which was intended to have water conveyed from the pumps through them. As sewed hose was not water-tight they never could be used. It was a difficult matter to maintain the lines at a distance from and out of sight of the fire, as every one wished to see it. It was hard, laborious work to pump water for the buckets and to work the engines. When the pumps failed, as they often did, lines were then formed to the river. This primitive means of putting out fires was continued until 1836, when to the great relief and joy of the people the Citizen engine was purchased. It was built by Agncw, ot Philadelphia, and sucked the w^ater and forced it through hose. Hose enough was bought to reach from either the river or canal to the center of the town, and by that means the engines at the fire were supplied, but not in suffi- cient quantity without the bucket lines. This continued until the water works were completed in 1840, and fire plugs and hose took the place of the primitive means. The Citizen should be No. 4 instead of No. 3 in succession, as the third company was called the Harrisburg, and was an or- ganized company for some years. Thcy^ had the most modern as well as thd^^iand- somest engine in the borough. It was made by Bates, of Philadelphia, but was not con- sidered efficient in throwing water, and was finally sold and the company disbanded. The engine house was located on Second street above Locust, east side. Alderman Kepner was one of the original members. The hard work of the firemen, at a confla- gration, at the engine brakes, continued until I the present steam engines were adopted. The Friendship being the first one, all the hand engines were gradually re- placed by steam until the whole five companies were supplied with steamers. The laborious work of the fireman was only partially relieved by the change, as they were compelled to draw the heavy steamers to the fires until horses were substituted. The council and the citizens should always be liberal with our firemen, as there is no better and more efficient department in the country. The first mode of giving the alarm of fire i was by the ringing of the old Court House | bell, followed by the different church belb, | the engine houses then were small frame buildings without bells. Subsequently the direction was struck by the bells on the different engine houses. The old Philadel- phia system was then adopted, viz: One stroke for North, two for South, three for East and four for West ; the other divisions of the compass were also struck. This alar ».i continued in boUi cities until the fire i alarm was erected in 1874. This was | adopted by couhcil over much opposition, as all new enterprises mostly are, at an ex- pense of ten thousand dollars. 9vOur present Mayor, John D. Patterson, when in coun- cil, was greatly censured for the course he took in advocating the passage of the ordi- nance. It has, however, proved so greatly beneficial in preventing extensive conflagra- tions that it could not be dispensed with. b. PJETITION OF THK INHABITANTS OF JHANoVBB TOWNSHIP AGAINST THE mVISION OF THE SAID TOWNSHIP, EEBBUAKY SESSIONS, 1760. In connection with the tax*list of “East End of Hanover township, 1769,” recently ' published (N & Q — xii), we present the fol- lowing petition to the court at Lancaster protesting against the division of the town- ’ ship. The signatures are originals, and al- though it confirms a statement repeatedly made, that our Scotch-Irish ancestors, witl^ ' scarely an exceptionC^ere able to read and^ ; write — we cannot saiy^as much tor their or* ' ' thography, as will be seen, quite a number did not know how to spell their names. Adam Reed, Esq., in affixing his signature, adds: “As I don’t Expect to be at next Court I doe not agree to any devision of this township.” To the Honorable Court of Common Pleas, j to meet at Lancaster the seventh February, j 17G9: Greetustg: whereas it has been reported that a Plan is now intended in order to have I Hanover Township divided, in which the undernamed Persons do reside, which if done, must necessarily prove to the Disad- vantage and dissatisfaction of the Inhabitants thereof, and Consequently be attended with fatal Consequences. We therefore beseech your Honors to put a stop to such proceedings and we will for- ever pray as in duty bound. Timothy Green, John Grame, - Sami. Paterson, James Willson, Danel Shaw, James Wilson, James Hutchison, Samuel Allen, James Low, Isaac Hannah, Patrick Machan, Matthew Hannah, David Forgusson, William Repet, Samuel Fergusson, Samuel Hutchison, William Fergusson, Thomas Scott, William Cooper, John Woods, John Cooper, Robert Hutchison, John Stewart, Joseph Hutchison, James Finney, Jno. Hutchison, James Irwen, James Hamilton, Thomas McMillan, Alexdr. Robinson, George McMillan, Jas. McClanachan, James McMillan, Joseph Hutchison, jr. John Shaw, Thos. Kenedy, Richard Johnson, Robert Kenedy, Mathew Snody, Willm. Brown, James Johnson, Jos. Barnet, John M. Cory, Wm. McCluer, Wm. Wright, Wm. Brandon, James Robertson, Thos. Finney, Robt. Hume, Joseph Wilson, Thos. Finey, Andrew Walles,i' Marth Barnut, Thomas McCluer, William ]^'^oorhead, James Rogers, Wiftiam Cathcart, William Rogers, Robert Porterfield, William Young, Thomas Strain, John Crawford, Jos. Thompson, James Crav,^iord, John Tompson, James Wilson, Thomas Meen, Robt. Wallace,' Thomas McElhinney, Robert Parks, ^ James McCreight, Samuel Sturgeon, John Thomson, Richard Dearmond, John McQuown, Joseph Allen, William Creain, Anthony McCreight, Lazarus Stewart, Jas. Petty crew, Jas. Robinson, Robert Sturgeon. Alexr. McCoy, Jno. Campbell, Richard Crawford, John Star, Adam Reed, Joseph Parks, ^ Joseph Snodgrass Michel Venlear, Willm. McCullouch, James Dixon, Samuel Brown, Andrew Endsworth, John Gilkeson, Brice Innes, Alexander Sloan, Mathew Thornton, John Andrew, John Todd, James McCreight, jr. Robt. Kirkwood, Anthony McCreight. NOTES AND yCEBKIES— XIV. . . 7 'Y Historical and Geneological. * ^ Sawyeu-^Family. — I n the fond hope of unraveling the tangled threads of Scotch- Irish Genealogy, we shall from time to time print such records as we have in our pos- session, with the request, however, that wliatever additional information can be given will be sent us, so that if possible they can be made complete: 1. William Sawyer, a native of Ireland settled with his parents on the Kennebec in Maine in the fall of 1717. Whether his father ever came to Pennsylvania is doubiM— but William located in London- derrv township prior to 1735. He was born in 1703 and died October 18, 1784. In old Derry Church grave-yard is this inscrip- tion:— In memory of WILLIAM SAW- YER, who dep- arted this Life Octo’rthelS, 1784, in the 81st year • of his age. Ilis wife Sophia (her maiden name we know not), b. in 1705, d. Sept. 9, 1788, and is buried by his side. They had issue, all b. in Londonderry township, among others— 2. i. John, b. 1735, m. Jane Allen. ii. Thomas, b. 1737, d. May 5, 1708. 3. iii. William, b., 1739, m. 4. iv. Benjamin, b. 1748, m. ir. John, b. 1735. m. Jane Allen of Hanover township. They had issue — i. Joseph, who died in Preble co., O. ii. John, who married Mary Bell of Han- over. iii. William. iv. Jane, b. 17G4; d. Nov, Robert Geddes. 20. 1803, m.j And five other daughters^bne of whom m. James Johnston, removed in 1827, to Fountain co., Ind., and died there. One m. John JM’Cord, in 1827 removed to JJrebleco., O., and died there. One m. John Allen; one John Boal, and thb fifth William Sawyer, a cousin. Concerning the last we- ; have the following information: Some year,s- after their marriage William Sawyer and his wife became thoroughly convinced that their marriage was’wrong and agreed finally to separate. Accordingly their farm was sold and the proceeds divided. Both loved each other dearly, and when the time came for a separation the ordeal was a i severe one. After embracing his wife, he ' would go but a short distance, then return, and so continued for some time, when at last, amid tears, he passed out of view. William Sawyer went to the then far West, engaged in boating on the Ohio, and was subsequently drowned in the Kanahwa river while taking down a boat load of salt. His ' widow married Joseph Cloky. By this marriage there were three children. A daughter Mary married Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Cannonsburg, Pa., 111. William Sawyer, b. 1739, d. August 20, 1785. He m. in 1703 and had issue. i. Jane, b. 1765, m. David Miskimins. 5. ii IMary b. 1767, m. AVm. Crain. iii. Margaret, b. 1769. iv. Joseph, d. 1771, d. Feb. 23, 1789. V. William, b. 1773. vi.. Elizabeth, b. 1776. IV". Benjamin Sawyer b. 1748; d. Feb. 5, 1792. His wife was Margaret . They had issue — i. Thomas. ii. William. iii. James. iv. Hannah. V". Mary Sawyer, b. 1707, m. in 1788, Wil- liam Crain, b. 1765; d. Jan. 8, 1802. They left issue among others — i. ]\Iary, b. May, 1789. ii. William Sawyer, b. October 1791. AV. H. E. A WedgewoodMasonic Pitcher. — We have in our possession an artistic example of the celebrated Wedge wood ware, which is not only interesting to those who appre- ciate Ceramic art, but is ^a valuable me- morial of Free-Masonry : The article was re- cently sent us from Ohio, by a descendant of Samuel Hill, a native of England, but who came early to America and resided for years in Harrisburg, where he died in the yearl809.j,. Mr. Hill was made a Mason in Pgr^everance Lodge, Ho. 21, and when during Uie yd^rS 1795 6 he visited England, on his return brought home the Masonic souvenir which after the lapse of eighty odd years in still in existence. It is a pitcher of graceful form, of white Avare, measuring eleven an^ a fialf inches in height, with a capacity ofjone and a half gallons: Beneathjhe spout, within a circular garland, composed of a grape vine in fruitage on one side, and blades of w^heat with roses intertwined on the other, linked together by a cluster of roses, appears the monogram S. II. On the left cheek of the pitcher resting on a Masonic p.Avement there are two Cor- inthian columns bearing spirally respec- tively the inscription; “Vide, Aude, Tace,” and “Sit Lux, et Lux Fuit,” and surmounted by the figures of Faith and Charity. « Within the columns are three candles, the coffin and sprig of acacia, the letter G within the center of a five-pointed irradiated star, the cock and bee-hive, the motto on scroll “Memento Mori,” the mal- let, crossed keys, ashler, hour-glass, pick and spdde crossed, crossed quills, the open Bible bearing the square and compasses, plumb, trowel and level, the All-Seeing Eye irradiated, the sun and moon and stars in firmament, and in ethereal space the figure of Hope seated upon the ark with the an- chor. The whole is gracefully garlanded with acacia, roses and wheat blades. On right cheek of the pitcher appears an oval wreath formed of acacia and roses. Be- low are the various emblems of agriculture, the arts, and literature v/ith the word ‘ ‘Inde- pendence” in a scroll. Above the center is the cap of Liberty with the word thereon, surrounded by a Avreathof acacia the w’hole irradiated. On either side of the Liberty cap are the U. S. flag containing fifteen stars, a U. S pennant, and a lighted torch. Within the OA^al are these lines: ‘‘As ho toils 3 'our rich g'lebe, the old peasant sh'til toll, AVhilc his i)OSom witii liberty glows, IIo\v vour vyurreu expired— how Montgomery And how Washixgt 0^' hu i bled your foes.” On the eve of the celebration of the cen- tenary of Lodge 21, such relics of the old- time are more greatly appreciated and highly prized. m'. h. e. KOIJKRT 1IABKI:!5, tt: ember of Congress 1833-7. •• t ■ ^ ^1 - M -' ^ r- ^ / ^ • A true representative of the Ilarri^ fam- • ily in the third generation was Robert Har- ris, son of the Founder, John Harris, and of Mary Reed, daughter of Adam Reed, Esq., of Hanover. He was born at Harris’ Ferry I on the 5lh of September, 1768. He was ' j brought up as a farmer, and resided in the jj early part of his life in the log and frame 0 building on Paxtang street, now used as a !|1 public school. His farm extended from the l| ? dwelling house down the river to about the ,ii present location of Hanna street, and thence ■. out over the bluff, including the ground oc- \ '■ cupied by the Catholic cemetery, contain- ’ = ing about one hundred acres. 1 By the death of his father in 1791, much i of the business affairs of the family was || early entrusted to him. He was possessed of considerable public spirit, aiding in the ■ establishment of various enterprises, includ- ing the bridge over the Susquehanna, the [ Harrisburg bank and the Harrisburg and Middletown turnpike road. In the first two ' ' of which he was a director and perhaps also [ in the last. Mr. Harris was appointed to | i various public trusts. He was one of the I State Commissioners to survey and lay ofi: a route for the turnpike from Chambersburg ' to Pittsburgh; also for improving the Susque- hanna, in the course of which the Com- missioners descended the river below M’- Call’s Ferry. When the Assembly of the State decided to remove the seat of Gov- | ernment to Harrisburg, Mr. Harris was ; ! selected as one of the Commissioners for fixing the location of the Capitol buildings, j . preparatory to the removal. i ' During the Mill-Dam troubles in 1795, ! Mr. H. was one of the party of prominent citizens who finally tore down the Landis j dam, the site of which "was in the lower ' part of the city, and to which was attributed much of the sickness ; then prevailing here. He was one of ; the first to rush into the water; and it was said that he was then laboring under an > ague chill, but never afterwmrds had a re- ' turn of it. During the war of 1813--14 Mr. Harris was appointed paymaster of the troops ‘ whiijh marched to Baltimore, hnd acted as such at York, where the soldiers were dis- charged. He was elected to Congress, and took his ; seat in 1823, and by a re-election served '£ therein until the 4th of March, 1827. On 1 one of the occasions he brought home v*^ith( j him a picture, made before the aays^jjfoi ua- guerreotyping, of the celebrated John Ran- dolph, of Virginia, representing him on the floor of the House of Represcfitatlves, en- veloped in a large coat, extending his long, lank arms, and his bony finger, as he pointed it at Henry Clay and others, in the course of his impassioned and sarcastic har- angue. Mr. Harris served in Congress during the Presidency of John Quincy Adams, and of course knew him. Wheii General Taylor, as President, was in Harrisburg, Mr. Harris was appointed to deliver the ad- dress of welcome on the part of the citi- zens. During the subsequent intercourse with Gen. Taylor, he observed to him that he had dined with all of the preceding Presidents. He was married in Philadel phia in the spring of 1791, during the Presidency of Gen. 'Washington, and dined at his table, and there or elsewhere with Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and probably Mr. Monroe. He was intimately acquainted with Gen Harrison when a lieutenant in the army, had entertained him at his house in Harrisburg, and was invited to dine with him during his brief term as President. He was on friendly terms with John C. Cal- houn, and 'Well acquainted with General Jackson. After the State Capitol was removed to Harrisburg the residence of Mr. Harris, who had in 1805 purchased the Harris mansion from his brother David, and from that period occupied it, was the center ot attrac- tion at the seat of Government. He enter- tained many of the prominent men of the State and of the Legislature. At his house might have been seen Governor Findlay, Samuel D. Ingham, Thomas Sergeant, Wm. J. Duane, Gov. Wolf, and various other persons of distinction, including Isaac Weaver, of Greene county, Speaker of the Senate from 1817 to 1821, a gentleman of marked presence, and^vho Mr. Harris said more resembled Gen. Washington than any other man he had ever seei^. During the Presidency of Gen. Washington, Mr. Harris, then a young man, accompauied the party on board the Clermont, the steamboat of John Fitch, when that vessel made its trial trip on the Delaware. The first prothonotary of Dauphin county was Alexander Graydon, and the first reg- ister Andrew Forrest, both sent from Phila- delphia, by Governor Mitlbn, with whonr I they had served as fellow officer* in the war - , of the Revolution. Gov. M’Ke^u for some reason refused to re-appoint Mr. Forrest and tendered the appointment to Mr. Han is. i He however recommended the retention . of Mr. Forrest; but Gov. M’Keau informed him that if he did not accept the office he would appoint some one else. He accord- j 1' ingly accepted it, but it is said divided the | i the fees with Mr. Forrest for some lime, ' and perhaps until his death. 'i Mr. Harris was not grasping in the acqui- sition of property, or he might have left a fortune. He suflered in his pecuniary cir- cumstances through building operations, the enterprises of the day in which he in- ,, ! vested, and the depreciation of real estate. He managed his farming operations with discretion. He had at his lower or farm house and also at the mansion, horses, cows, pigs and poultry in abundance, and laid up j for the Winter stores of fruit, vegetables etc. , and in the yard and cellars thirty or forty- cords of wood, with back logs tor the kitchen fire-place. In the room ' adjoining was a ten plate stove of a primi-| tlj tive pattern, weighing hundreds of pounds, ’ ,yi with plates near half an inch thick — coali i was not then in use here. He kept a car- ' ' riage and pair of grey horses and lived like a gentleman of the old school. He was fond of cider, either sweet or somewhat jj ' sour, and one of his children has the sil- (i ver pint mug devised to him by his father, it out of which he was accustomed frequently to drink it. When young, it is said, he played well on the violin, and could sing i' agreeably. He sent his children to danc- ! ing school and allowed dancing at Lis L house. He was a good shot, and was expert )| in the management of a canoe. He kept a l.j canoe, as did many ot his neighbors, and ' t had a sail-boat built for his children by a , ' Canadian who came here at the breaking I * out of the war. He was kind to his neigh- i| bors, freely lending his horse, or cart, or 1|_ wheel-barrow, and other utensils, and was q liberal in disposing of the fruit of his lot | and farm. He had a famous garden during J his whole life, and enjoyed tiie cultivation j of it. f Until the close of his long life iNIr. Harris r was quite active in body and mind. He died at Harrisburg on the 3d day of Sep- ® tember 1851, being within two days of four' I score and three years of ago. His remains | repose in the beautiful cemetery now with-^X in the bounds of our City by the Susque, hanna. His warm and life long frienc^'Rev' William R. DeWitt, D. D., deliverid the funeral discourse, which we recollect well of hearing, in which he paid a most glow- ing tribute to the memor}*- of Robert Harris. He was a man of genial manners, hospi tabl e, obliging, honest and honorable. He died, not unwillingly, in the faith and hope of a Christian, and in the respect and kind regard of his fellow-citizens. In person Mr. Harris was almost six feet n height and of tolerably robust form. iHis portrait, by Eicholtz, presents a favor- able countenance. His son, Thomas J., recently deceased, very much resembled his father in appearance, although the latter was taller. Mr. Harris married in Philadelphia, May 12, 1791, Elizabeth Ewing, daughter of the Rev. John Ewing, D. I)., provost of the University of Pennsylvania. They has issue as follows: i. John Ewing, d. June 22, 1790. ii. Hannah, d. s. p. hi. David. iv. George Washington. V. Thomas Jefferson. vi. Robert, d. s. p. vii. Robert. viii. William Augustus. ix. Mary. The third, fourth and eiglith are living. Mrs. Harris, b. in Philadelphia, Dec. 2, 1772; died at Harrisburg, iV.pril 27, 1835, and there buried w. h. e. NOTES AND (JUE'lIES— XV. Historical o'- id C'^nen logical. Old Almanacs Wanted. — The Pennsyl- vania Historical Society are desirous of com- pleting their collection of Pennsylvania almanacs, and have sent us, their list of wants, which is as follows: 1740, ’42, ’43, ’44, ’45, ’40, ’47, ’48, ’49. 1750, ’51, ’52, ’54, ’50, ’59. 1700, ’01, ’03, ’05. For either of these 3’-ears fifty cents will be paid. 1772, ’73. 1780, ’82, ’83, ’80, ’87. 1799. 1800. 1815. For either of these years twenty-five cents will be paid by forwarding to the office" of the TELEGUArii. "W. n. e. / M’ Gammon, John, of MicMletown,|k was' r born in the county of Down, Ireland, about , } the year 1774, and emigrated to the United! | States when about 17 years of age. He re- ! i sided a short time in Chester county, from j whence he came to Middletown, where he 1 followed his trade of stone mason. He i married there, and afterwards kept the ! principal hotel and stage office on Main street near Center square. When General i • Lafayette, on his visit to America in 1824- j 25, passed through Middletown on his way ■ to Harrisburg, he and his escort dined at the house of Mr. M’ Gammon. Mr. M’- Cammon was appointed postmaster eariy in 1803, and continued to hold the of- fice until December 24, 1829, a period of : nearly twenty-seven years. He died July . 24, 1838, aged 64 years, and is buried in . the old Presbyterian graveyard in Middle- town. Two of Mr. M’Cammon’s daughters ■ have served lengthened terms as postmis- tresses here— Mrs. Catharine A. Stouch, from February 17, 1849, to May 15, 1857, ; and Mrs. Rachel C. M’Kibbin, the present ^ postmistress, who was first appointed April ^ 5, 1867, and has received three appoint- j ments since, making in all a period of about \ ■ 47 years for the family as postmasters. Mr. | M’ Gammon was a consistent member of j the Paxtang Presbyterian church. Two * ^children are still living, viz : Mrs, R, C. '^^M’Kibbin, of Middletown, and David C. ^ ^M’ Gammon, Esq., of Gettysburg, j. k. CnAMBEiis(N. & Q. ix. xii.)— John Cham- i hers, son of Rowdand Chambers, who died ] in the winter of 1747-8, resided in Paxtang I ' at the time of his death, which occurred in i\Iarch 1770, He bequeathed to his wife his farm on the west side of the Susquehanna. Who can inform us as to the location of this farm? He left children as follows: i i. Samuel, j ii. Robert, j iii. Elizabeth. V, Isabel. iv. Esther. vi. jMary. w. ii. e, Paxtang Church, in 1808, (D. & Q. xii.) — In reply to the query of T. II . R., we are able to give the dates of death of the follow- ing. There are none now living, the last worihy being Gen. ,Tobn Forsfer. Name. Date of Death. A^e. Robert Elder, Sept. 2 9, 1818. .. .*77 ) James Cowden Oct. 10, 1810 61^| „ Edward Crouch. . . . . . Jan, 2, 18 26. . . .66 Elizabeth Gray. ..... April 18, 1 816 .... . 72 John Gray May 30, 1819 66 John Wiggins J une 12, 1794 82 J ames Rutherford March 6, 1809 62 Samuel Sherer Dec. 26, 1821 66 John Gilchrist Samuel Rutherford. . .Nov. 26, 1833 65 Wm. Rutherford Jah. 17, 1850 74 Robert M’Clure July 21, 1839. . . . .76 John Ritchey Dec. 3, 1831 56 Thomas Smith Samuel Rutherford — IS lay 8, 1813 63 Thomas Elder April, 29. 1853. ...86 John Carson, Oct. 10, 1817 JosialiEspy July 26, 1813 71 James Awl [removed in 1809.] John Allison March 17, 1816... 46 James Cochran July 16, 1822 80 i Ann E. Stephen Aug. 10, 18l4 60 John M’ Gammon July, 23, 1838 64 Mary Fulton Nov. 23, 1815.... 45 Mary Rutherford Wm. Lamed ; James Stewart [removed to Mifflin Co. ] j Joshua Eider Dec, 5, 1820 76 Thomas Buffington John Elder April 13, 1811. ...54 Sarah Wilson Mar. 12, 1823 70 John Forster May 28, 1863 86 Charles Chamberlain John Ross [d. at Middletown.] Michael Simpson June 1, 1813 73 j Jean Carson Joseph Burd [removed.] Robert Gray April, 27, 1848 .91 Thomas Walker March, 19, 1843. . . .54 William Calhoun John Rutherford Mav, 1, 1832 59 David Patton January, 10, 1832... 74 John Walker Jacob Richards Jean Wilson Frederick Hatton June 3, 1835, 61 John Finney [removed to Ohio in 1811 . ] Joseph Wilson 1826* William Whitley David Stewart [removed to Mifflin co. ,] • Thomas M’Cord August 22, 1810 Elizabeth Wills Hugh Stephen * Date of either removal or of death. Who can supply those left blank ? Stewart — R obert Stewart, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, removed to county Down, Ireland, in 1720. He had two sons Samuel and Hugh, v,Tio emigrated in 1735 and settled near Chestnut Level, Lancaster^ county. Hugh was then a youth of six-," teen. Samuel had twelve sons anc/one; daughter. After the eldest son Samue^ Templeton became of age, land was pur^ chased in Hanover township, where die set-i tied, but v^lien, I am 'desirous of knowing., It is the tradition that at the same time his uncle Hugh located in Paxtang township. Hugh married and had nine children— the oldest, Jane, was born in Paxtang, Nov. 1751. The fifth was Robert, born 17G5, who was the fiither of the late Robert Stewart who resided nearLinglestown on the farm devised him by his grandfather Hugh. But it is with the other branch I desire in- formation — especially the date of settle-' .ment. 13 . a. YK ANClJCiNT INHABITANTS .—II. The North JEnd of Taxtaiigr, 174:9. Lancaster ss. To Robert Wright, Collector of ye North End of Paxtang, These-. You being appointed Collector of ye with- in Tax are hereby Required to Demand of ye Persons within mentioned ye Several Sums wherewith they stand Charged; But if any shall think Themselves agrieved with what they are here Rated against them the Day of Appeal is ye 25, 20 and 27 Days of this Instant, at ye Court house in the Bor- ough of Lancaster; But if you Cannot meet with ye Persons of whom demand is to be made Leave Notice in writing with some of | ye family or at ye Place of their Last abode signifying ye Day of Appeal at wdiich time ; you are to attend with this Duplicate and 1 ye names of such Persons in your District as you find omitted herein, fiil not at your Peril Dated ye Seventh Day of December Anno Domi 1749. Edwin Cooper AVilliam AVilson Jolm Ilarriss, £1, 10s; James Michael, 9s, 6d; Widow Foster, 3s; James McNought, 2s; Moses Dickey, 4s; Thos. McCarter, 2s; Samll. Martin, 4s; AVidow Karr, 3s; Thos. Simpson, Cs; Robt. McGumery, 3s; Edwd. Faride, 4s; James Forgison, Is, Gd; James Alearn, 4s; James Poak, 2s; James Reed, 2s; James Armstrong, Gs, Gd; Robt. Pols, 3s;' Samll. Brice, 4s; William Bell, 5s; Jos- eph Davis, 3s; John Carson, Mer. 7£; Thos. Foster, Esqr. 10s. AVidow AVhiley, 4s, Gd; Samll. Simpson, 4s; Arthur Foster, Gs; Thos. Elder, 5s; Andrew Caldwell, 2s; AVill’m Chambers, 3s, Gd; AVilliam Coch- rcn. 3s; A"v’iniam Brown, 4s; Francis Johu-^ son' 3s, Gd; Alxr. Mcharge, 4s ^ James Giahms, As; AVillm. Barnet, 2s;-^Vidow Armstrong, Is, Gd; Robt. Correy, 2s, Gd; Stephen Gamble, 4s; Willm. Barnet, Junr. 2s, 9d. John AVagons, 4s, GJ; David Pau- lin. 4s; AVillm. McMullen, 4s; Hugh Inith, Is; John Caffet, 4s; Iml. Gillcries, 9s; AVil- liam Aarmstrong, 2s, Gd; Martha Cowden, 3s, 9d; Jno. Nell,, 4s, Gd; Richard Cavit, 4s; Jno. Thompson, 3s, 6d; Jno. Caldwell. 4s; James Toland, 2s, Gd; Jno. Rossis, Gd; Andrew, Coehren, 3s; Jno. McGumery. 4s; Joseph Ross, 2s; Robt. Degan, 3s, Gd; Andrew 'Stuart, 5s; George Gillespy, 2s; James Hains, 3s, Gd; Andrew Stone, 4s; Alexr. Johnston, 2s, Gd; Robt. Charhbers, 4s; John Dougharty, 3s; Jno.^ Seat, 4s; George Coehren, 3s; Samll. Coningham, 3s; Jerb."Stoi*gin, Is, 6d; FrancisKali, 2s; Jno. Welley, 3s, Gd; Robt. Smith, Gs; Jno. Smith, 2s; George Bell, 2s, Gd; Thos. Alexr. 2s; Thos. Larmer, 2s, Gd; Noah Coply Smith, 2s; Jno. Chambers, 3s, Gd; Hugh McCormack, 4s; David Deney, Is, Gd; AVil- liam Thorn, 5s, Gd; Jno. Jno’son, 5s; Thos. Lee,' '3s; Sami. Eaken, 3s. Freemen, James Means,9s; Jno. Coehren, 9s; Willm. Cowden, 9s; George Ross, 9s; Thos. Armstrong, 9s; Jno. Martin, 9s; Joseph Halley, 9s; Thos. Birney, 9s; AVm. Calhoun, Is, Gd; Joseph Breden, 2s, Gd; Alexd. Johnston, 2s, Gd; Jno. Barnett, 4s; Widow Willey. NOTES AND (QUERIES— XVI. Historical and Genealogical. Wit-son--Sterrett— James AVilson came from Ireland with his parents, at the age of seven years, and settled in Derry town- ship. He married first Martha Sterrett, and secondly Ann . They had issue as follows ; i. AVilliam. m Elizabeth Robinson. ii. Hugh m. Isabella Fulton, iii Martha m. David Hays. iv. Joseph m. Margand Boyd. ‘ V. Mary m. James Todd. vi. Andrew m. Martha IM’Clurc. vii. James d. unm. at Reading. viii. Elizabeth m. James Stewart. ix. Samuel m. Eleanor Bell. Information is desired as to the respective families of the foregoing. To which of them belonged, James AAGlson, who died in October, 180GV CoNEWAGO CuuRCii. — Rev. E. r. Rock- well, D. D., of Cool Spring, Iredell, co., N. C., wu'ites in reference to the account of^ this congregation as published^ by tiie't Dauphin County Historical Society, as fol- lows : I “It connects with a good deal of American i liistory. George Davidson, father of Gen. | William Lee Davidson, who fell at Cowan’s Ford, February 1, 1781, came from your section in 17b0, and settled in the lower end of this county. The ancestor of a large and influential connexion (Foote’s Sketches of H. C., p. 433), llev. John Thomson, came here about 1751, and died in 1753, near the same spot. He was the hither in-law of Rev. Richard Sankey, who, according to Web- ster’s History of the Presbyterian churcli (p. 350), seems to have come to Ruflalo, Virginia, earlier than Dr. Robinson’s His- tory of Hanover church would allow. “Some years ago I prepared a sketch of Rev. John Thomson, who was the first preacher that traversed this region, which was published in the “Historical Maga- zine.” Mr. Thomson took up several tracts of land near here — one of which he con- veyed to James Hall, on Fifth creek, near Bethany creek. I have the original deed, signed by him and witnessed by his daugh- ter, Elizabeth Baker. In the sketch of i Conewago chnrcli, p. 47, it appears the printing is wrong — this was Anson county until 1753, when Rowan was set off; then in that county until Iredell was taken from it in 1788. “We have a map of tbc central part of Iredell, reaching ten or more miles from Statesville, drawn with a pen in 1773, with- in twenty j’-ears of the first settlement. ’ ^ Over one hundred names are on it. James ( Hall ca^ie. in 175(|. . William Hall, said to be*, a cousin of his, about the .lame time, settled ; on the same creek, a little higher up. I have the family tree of James Hall. He ' had five sons — Rev. James, Moderator Gen- i, eral U. S. in 1803, and got D. D. same year; Rev, Robert Hall, Thomas, Hugh and Alex- ander; — five daughters, Margaret, Mary, Dorcas, Jane and Saiah at least three granddaughters were named Prudence, and three great-granddaughters and probably a great many more; a grandson, James Roddy, another Hugh Roddy. “Rev. James Hall, D. D., was born in Carlisle, Penna., Aug. 22, 1744 (Foote,' p. 31G). I suppose, then, that your Hugh Hall (Hanover church, p. 51), who mar- ried a daughter of James Roddy, was the ^ j father of the first James Hall here, 1750, * and grandfiithcr of Dr. J. Hall^^w’liose mother and grandmother both were named Roddy— that Hugh Hall’s son Hugh was the brother of our fir. >«t James Hall, who had a son Hugh. He then would have named a son after the grandfather on both sides — James Hall after James Roddy — Hugh after Hugh Hall. Rev. Thomas Espy (Foote, p. 3G3) was born August 1, 1800, in Cumberland county. Pa., and died near Beattie’s Ford, on the Catawba, in 1833. His daughter, now the wile of Gov. Zeb. Vance, often visits in Bethany. She told a friend here that when she visits her father’s connections in Penn- sylvania, she finds the same names as in Bethany, and seemed to be at home. So Scotland, Ireland, your region in Pennsylva- nia, and western North Carolina, are directly connected. The Scotch-Irish and the Puri- tans did a great deal to resist tyranny and preserve religious liberty on both sides of the Atlantic. “John and James Murdoch are common names here — on old tombstones Mordali, on ' old map, Mordocli. Hugh Bowman is on ' the map, about five miles from where I write — one of John Thomson’s tracts of i land. It is surprising that Dr. James Hall who graduated at Princton college, in 1774, • went to General Assembly sixteen times, not married, traveled in sulky with clock work to measure distances, never visited — we never hear of his doing it. “Can you not find out where the other branches of the Hall family went to? Are they all gone out of the region? I have . heard of a Rev. Dr. Hall at the West j somewhere, who was supposed to be of this famil}^?” c. F. 11 . Mrs. KiNcisFOiiD’s School. (N. &Q. iii.) — A contributor to this interesting and valu- able department some weeks back having made reference to the young ladies’ seminary of Mrs. Kiugsford, at Harrisburg, I am re- minded of one of its rolls. In the absence of date I fix it about 1839. It Mill be inter- esting to recall some of the names perhaps almost forgotten; .to note those who are numbered among the silent dead of Kalmia; and to repeat the maiden-names of the ma- jority who are to-day among tlie noble mothers (some may be grandmothers) of Harrisburg. o r.. a. Susan B. Ayres, Emily Neilsou, Mary Beatty, Agnes Nininger, Louisa Lerryliill, lUargaret I'lper, Julia Brooks, Elizabeth Porter, Elizabeth De Pui, . ]\[ary A. Roberts, i Julia A. W. DeWilt, Catherine Ramsey, Louisa Douglas, Mary Dwight, Ellen Dwight, Margaret Esp}^, Ellen Foster, Mary Fostei-, Susan Foster, Caroline Ileisly, Elizabeth Harris, Catherine Harris, Elizabeth Hickok, Susan Haldemau, Catherine Hover, Ann Holman," Johanna Hale, Eliza Jacobs, Catherine Kunkel, Sarah Lutz, Catherine Mytinger, Margaret Wallers, Clara Rehrei’, Sophia Sims, Mary Stimmel, IVIary Sprigman, Nancy Shunk, Elizabeth Shunk, Josephine Smith, Susan Shoch, Mary Small, Ann Small, Elizabeth Small, Isabella Todd, Anna Thompson, Harriet Thompson, Juliann Updegratl, jMary Wiestling, Fanny Wilson, IMargaret Wilson, Emma Wilson, Harrisburg. Catherine Bowman, Cumberland co., Margaret Brown, Hanover, Pa. Susan Es worthy, Bainbridge, Pa. Ann Elliott, Lewistown, Pa. Ann Espy, Paxtang, Pa. Rose Green, U. S. A. Francis Green, U. S. A. Hannah Glass, Philadelphia. Mary Henry, Coxestown, Pa. ]\[argaret Jones, Harrisonburg, Ya. Ann Keller, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Fanny Myers, Kingston, Pa. Ellen Mitchell, Halifax, Pa. Mary A. Owings, Owings’ Mills, Md. Mary Parke, Cumberland, Pa. Clarissa Powers, Rochester, N. Y. Cornelia Rogers, Little Falls. N. Y. Mary Rogers, Little Falls, N. Y. Frances S. Snyder, Philadelphia. Ann Thompson, Jersey City, N. J. Eleanor Updegraff, Coxestown, Pa. Maiy Wycolf, New York city. IMary Waters, Northumberland, Pa. Melinda Woodburn, Old Town, ]\[d. Amanda Y/oodburn, Old Town, Md, INSTIIUCTOKS. Mrs. M. Kingsford, Principal. mIK a Beebee | Associated Teacher: Mr. E. L. Walker, Teacher of Piano. JoUa II. Hickok, Voc.al Music. Pa. ’ 'The regions bT'CIie lower ttusqiVelianua, f having been overrun by so many Indi4u ■■ races, and subdivisions ot races, we may naturally look for remains of all these di- versely speaking tribes, in the geographical vestiges that have come down "to us. It is '' this that makes investigation so very diffi- cult. To get at the meaning of a term we ’ must first know the language or Indian na. ' tionality to which it belonged. To do this •would involve a knowledge of several In-*^ dian tongues and many more almost equally difficult dialectical variations. It is an interesting fact, also, that many of the names, given by the incoming tribe, were translations into their own tongue of the same names employed by the tribe that preceded them. Many terms used by the I Delawares were only translations of Susque- hanna or Iroquois terms previously used. I ; Even the English, on their advent, often trans- !, latcd these names into the corresponding ‘ English terms. This is apt to be the case in all such cases as Fishing, Beaver and Stony creeks. The historical idea remains, cling- 1 ing as with hooks of steel, even w'hen given i the new translated sound. The only one, in the old days, that did . posterity a great service in preserving|the I meaning of the Indian geographical names, was the Moravian missionary, Heckewelder. He lived long among the Delawares, and was quite familiar with their language and the dialectical of the sub-tribes. He has ;■( given us his opinion on many of these names, and lie is in general, of course, ' . good authority; but even he, in some case.'?, must be received with great caution. He was a great admirer of the Delawares and had strong prejudices against the Iroquois,- which often warped his judgment. In his | love for the Delawares he made all the I names emanate from them that he possibly j could. He made some undoubted Iroquois ' I ' or Andastic words appear, with far-fetched | kideas of Delaware origin. AVe receive liis I statements with caution jwhen they tend to disparage the Iroquois and extol the Dela- wares. Notwithstanding this, we must acknowledge him as liaving rendered a most valuable service in rescuing the origin of many words from obliV'ion. We come now to notice the word Susque- hanna. Our first knowledge of it is from the History of A'irginia, by CapUiin John Smith, published in London, in 1G21). He describes his exploration of the Chesapeake / Bay, at the head of -which he loui ■ rivers. He went up the largest oho/ as far , as his barge could pass for rocks. Here he awaited the arrival of some Sasquesahan- ouglis, for whom he had sent a couple of i interpreters. The interpreters were of the people called Tockicoghs, one interpreted from Powhatten language to Tockwoghand Sasquesahauough. The chief town was^, “two days journey higher than our barge; could pass for rocks.” They numbered “near GOO able men and are pallisadoed in f their towns to defend them from the Massaw omekes, their mortal enemies.” ) “Three or four days we expected their re- turn, then sixty of those giant like people came down.” Five of the chiefs came aboard and crossed over the bay. Smith took a picture of one of them, the calf of -whose leg was 27 inches in circumferenee. They had five other towns belonging to their nation beside Sasquesahanough, the sec- ond, Quadroque about 20 miles further up, beyond which there are Uvo branches, on the western one is Utchoioig and on the eastern one TcsinigJi. Which branch is the main river cannot be told/rom the map. By the scale tiiese .towns would be about CO miles from the bay. On a western branch, entering the river below Sasquesa- hanough, is Attaock, seemingly 16 miles from it. Smith drew this map from the representations of the Indians. The scale would place the first town only about 21 miles above the mouth of the river. But we know he w'as not very accurate, for he says he could not go two miles up the river for the falls, yet we know the first rocks at the head of tide are four miles; and the mark on his map of the distance penetrated along the river by the scale is some 12 miles, or more than half the distance from the bay to Sasquesahanough, to which it took the interpreters two da}-s to travel. It is prob- able that at this time the chief town was at the Conestoga, Columbia, or even as high as Marietta; that Attaoch was about- York; Quadroque, jat Middletown; Tesiuigh, at Lebanon, and Utchowig about Harris- burg. The sixth town, Ceq)awig, -was on the heads of the Patapsco, probably West- minister, Md. 1 Capt. Smith did not get the name Sasqut- j sahanoughs from those Indians themselves. i He does not tell us -wdiat they called them- 1 selves. He got his name lor them from a , tribe called Tockwoghs who numbered only^| th'e name of the nation or tfTIJc given to tne. stream on which they resided. East of tli^/; mountains dwelt the original Sasquesahan- ougJts, as described by Captain John Smith in 1608, living in six towns. They w'ere the last conquest southward by the Iroquois. The remnant of the Sasquehannocks, after their conquest in 1677, became known as the Conestogas, wdiose miserable remnant of impure blood, were finally sent to the happy hunting grounds by the Paxtang Boys in 1764. All these nations named above were of the Huron-Iroquois stock. The language of the Conestogas could be understood by the Iroquois. In fact we find it stated by Gov. Andros, as far back as 1675, that the Susque-' hannas were originally descended from the Mohawks. It is a significant fact that the Mohawks took no part in the final war against them, and never took any part in the sale of their lands, which the other four nations sold as a right of their conquest. Historians tell us the Tascaroras were an isolated bod}'- of the Huron-Iroquois family, living in North Carolina. This was not so originally. The inland country, from New York to the Tuscaroras, was at first cov- j ered with the Huron-Iroquois speaking, tribes', all of whom w^ere devastated by the Iroquois, except the Tuscaroras and a few other remnants, who assimilated to them The Iroquois seem to have been especially hostile to these tribes of kindred blood, and speaking the dialect of the same language. They fared worse than the Algonquin tribes, who were only made tributary, while , those of kindred blood were decimated and the remnants carried off and incorpo- rated into the families of the Iroquois tribes. The Tuscaroras alone escaped the all con- quering grasp of the Northern confederates. Being far South and strong may have had something to do with their preservation, but more likely it was owing to the fact that the attention of the Iroquois was diverted to the conquest of the Illinois and other tribes as far West as the Mississippi. In after years, when the Tuscaroras got in- to troubie -v^dth the whites in Carolina, in 1713, the Iroquois took them to the Juniata, and thence to New York, and adopted them as a sixth member of the Confederacy, licnee the change of the term Five Nations to Six Nations. After ihe Susquehanna was depopulated, 'aiid used oDlyas an Iroquois Imnting ground.^ the Siiawanese in 1098, and later, were allovyr^, j ed to come from rambling over the South‘ " 1 and settle on some of the deserted posts of the lower Susquehanna, and in the Cum- berland valley. Afterwards the Delawares, ' ' being crowded by the white settlers on their ancient river, began to cut loose and remove [ westward to the Susquehanna, and still [ ! later, 1727, passed over the Alleghenies ac- ' companied b}’’ t!ie Shawanese, never to re- turn, except to plunder the border set tiers. ; The French who settled in Canada called . all the tribes south ol the Iroquois, and' not of the Algonquin stock, b}^ the generic name of Andastes. This, therefore, included the Susquelumnm, which term the English in Virginia and Maryland sometimes em- ployed much in the same way. Likewise, the Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware called all the tribes inland, who were not Algonquin speaking people, by the name of ’ Minquas. This they especially applied to those on the lower part ot the river c.allod Sasquesalianouglis by Captain Smith. Hence Minquas, Susquehannocks and Andastes were terms often used genericalljq but often specifically also, and applied to the same ■ nation on the river below Harrisburg. | Geographical names are wonderful things | to cling to the soil. Mountains repeat and I rivers murmur the voices of nations dena- 1 tionalized and extirpated from their native 1 laud. In the unrecorded history of the past, a name glued to a mountain or stream often J has perpetuated nearly all we know of the ^ nation with whom the name originated. I For this and many other reasons, which i these remarks on Indian history will sug- j gest, every Indian has connected with it§ I origin and signification an interesting story. These names are not only beautiful in | themselves, but serve as suggestive land- ‘ marks in the interesting, but too little I cultivated field of aboriginal history. I am glad to see that a knowledge of them is be- ing more cultivated. A great difliculty attends their ixvesliga- tion. One and two hundred years ago when it could have been easily done, and well done, no one took time to do a liTle work for posterity. Death has cut down both the white and red man that were once familiar with the names, about which w’C may now inquire in vain. Even “the last of the iMohegaus” is gone, and we consult the living pale free in vain. ^ ' The regionk oT flie lower busqueliauua, having been overrun by so many Indi^iia races, and subdivisions of races, we may naturally look for remains of all these di- versely speaking tribes, in the geographical vestiges that have come down to us. It is this that makes investigation so very diffi- cult. To get at the meaning of a term we , mu§t first know tli§ laneuaeo or Indian na. , tionality to which it belonged. To do this ' would involve a knowledge of several In-- dian tongues and many more almost equally difficult dialectical variations. It is an interesting fact, also, that many of the names, given by the incoming tribe, were translations into their own tongue of the same names employed by the tribe that preceded them. Many terms used by the Delawares were only translations of Susque- hanna or Iroquois terms previously used. Even the English, on their advent, often trans- , latcd these names into the corresponding ’ English terms. This is apt to be the case in all such cases as Fishing, Beaver and Stony creeks. The historical idea remains, cling- ing as with hooks of steel, even wdien given the new translated sound. The only one, in the old days, that did posterity a great service in preserving|the meaning of the Indian geographical names, was the Moravian missionary, Hecke welder. He lived long among the Delawares, and was quite familiar with their language and the dialectical of the sub-tribes. He has given us his opinion on many of these names, and he is in general, of course, good authority; but even he, in soine cases, must be received with great caution. He was a great admirer of the Delawares and had strong prejudices against the Iroquois,- which often warped his judgment. In his | love for the Delawares he made all the names emanate from them that he possibly could. He made some undoubted Iroquois or Andastic wmrds appear, with far-fetched I 'Adeas of Delaware origin. We receive his I statements with caution }when they tend to disparage the Iroquois and extol the Dela- wares. Notwithstanding this, we must acknowledge him as having rendered a most valuable service in rescuing the origin of many words from oblivion. We come now to notice the word Susque- hanna. Our first knowledge of it is from the History of Virginia, by Captain John Smith, published in London, in 1G29. He describes his exploration of the Chesape^k^ Bay, at the head of which he foywi rivers. He went up the largest oho/ as far as his barge could pass for rocks. Here he awaited the arrival of some Sasquesahan- oughs, for whom he had sent a couple of , interpreters. The interpreters were of the I people called Tockwoghs, one interpreted from Powhatten language to Tockwogh and Sasquesahanough, Tlie chief town wasj “two days journey higher than our barge.1 could pass for rocks.” They numbered^: “near GOO able men and are pallisadoed in i their towns to defend them from the | Massavv omekes, their mortal enemies.” “Three or four days we expected their re- i turn, then sixty of those giant like people | came down.” Five of the chiefs came j i aboard and crossed over the bay. Smith I took a picture of one of them, the calf of ' wdiose leg was 27 inches in circumference. They had five other towns belonging to 1 heir nation beside Sasquesahanough, the sec- ond, Quadroque about 20 miles further up, beyond which there arc tw^o branches, on i the western one is Utchowig and on the ' eastern one Tesinigh. Which branch is ; the main river cannot be toldfrom the map. By the scale tliese -towns would be about GO miles from the bay. On a western i branch, entering the river below Sasquesa- hanou^h, is Attaock, seemingly 16 miles from it. Smith drew this map trom the representations of the Indians. The scale would place the first town only about 21 miles above the mouth of the river. But we know he w^as not very accurate, for he says he could not go two miles up the river for the falls, yet we know the first rocks ; at the head of tide are four miles; and the mark on his map of the distance penetrated along the river by the scale is some 12 miles, or more than half the distance from the bay to Sasquesahanough, to which it took the interpreters two days to travel. It is prob- able that at this time the cliief town was at ! the Conestoga, Columbia, or even as high ! as Marietta; that Attaoch w’as about York; Quadroque, jat Middletown; Tesinigh, at Lebanon, and Utchowig about Harris- burg. The sixth town, Cepaioig, w’as on the heads of the Patapsco, probably West- minister, Md. Capt. Smith did not get the name Sasqia- \ sahanoughs from those Indians themselves. tribe called Tockwoghs who numbered onl 3 r^ ■^l 00 men, and were probably of the Nanti^ coke family. The first part, Sasques%, meant Falls the second part, llanough, is the Algonquin hanne meaning stream. As applied to these 'people by their neighbors it signified very expressively the iwople of the Falls-riner : Through time the word was gradually" changed to S.isqaehannock, and finally to Susquehanna. It is possible that Sasquesa w"as part of the name by which these people called themselves, and that they appended to it the Moluiwk word, Ilaga, for people or nation, as in the case* of Onojutta-IIaga. At all events Smith and his party well understood its meaning, for they translated it, as appears from the ac count given by his companion, wiio says “the Sasquesahanock’s, river we called Smith’s Falles.” It is an interesting fact that the Sasquesa is the same word that still lingers in the creek, Siccasa-rongo, Sicasa- lungo, Chickasa-lungo, Chiquesa-lungo, now contracted into Cluckics and Chiques, and applied to the stream en- tering the river above Columbia, and below Marietta, on which there once was an Indian town of that name; and it strongly suggests that this may even have been the very location of Smith’s chief town Sasquesahanough. The latter part of the word still remains in such names as Rappahannock, Loyal Hanna, etc. Smith places the Susquehannas far above the Powhatan tribes in every respect. All the Huron-Iroqiiois were superior to the Algonquin races. Smith says their lan- guage sounded as a voice from a vault, which arose from their manner of speaking from the throat, as they' discarded all labial sounds as undignifii-d. The Swedish and Dutch authorities also accord to them the ruling power over the Delaware rivertribes, whom Campanius says ‘,clare not stir, much less go to war without tlie permission of Minuqas. They had unmolested access to the Delaware river through thcMinquas- kill or creek, now White Clay^ which emp- ties at Wilmington, 'Del., and which was the shortest route to the Susquehanna river. Their trade in beaver and other peltry to the Swedes (1G37 to 1G55) and t<^ the Dutch was tremendous. It was this that the Dutch so much begrudged and led to the conquest of the S wedes. In 16G0 to IGGl, the Senecas and other Iroquois first attempted llie subjugation of the Susquehannas. The English aided and armed them, by wliicli means iney suceess^ly fully resisted llie NoTlhem invadersX'Sin / the war of 1G73 to 1G77, the Iroquois were ' at first not more successful, but the Susque- hannas being finally deserted by the Eng- lish, and denied ammunition, were over- thrown. They have a long, but exceedingly interesting history, and this interest is en- hanced by Iheir scattered geographical names wliicli have come down to us. Most of those on the river called Iroquois names were r^lly Susquehanna. During the one hundred years that elapsed, from the conquest of tlie Minquasor Susquehanuas, to the Revolutionary vrar,^ there were many changes in Indian affairs, J but during the whole century the ruling i power and control in Pennsylvania was ’ with the Iroquois of New York. Because j of their aid to the British, Washington sent General Sullivan into their country, just one * century ago, who destroyed their towns, | broke down their power, and split and de- . moralized their confederacy. Y [to be concluded.] '' I NOTES AND (QUERIES— XVI f. *- | » Historical and Genealogical. Local Post Routes in 1805. — From the | Balloon Almanac for 1805, published at j Lancaster, we learn that the post route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh at that period gave Harrisburg the go-by. The Susque- 1 hanna was crossed at Chambers’ Ferry, fromj thence via Silvers’ Spring to Carlisle The i road from Reading to Harrisburg was as i follows — To Reynolds', 4 miles; Conrad ' Weiser’s, 0 miles; Benjamin Spyker’s, o ^ miles; F. Ilatheroad’s, 4 miles; John Gam-'j bel’s, 8 miles; Galbraith’s, 13 miles; Harris’ j! by Swatara, 3 miles; Harrisburg, 9 miles; ‘ The cross posts from Philadelphia to Car-', lisle were through Pottsgrove, Reading,ji Lebanon and Harrisburg. t! Ferutes Oveh the Susquehanna. — I d ' early times there wmre quite a number of ferries over the Susquehanna from Middle- town to Millersburg, all of which were'i named for their proprietor, and changed with the ownership. Harris’ was the oldest on the Susque- , hanna, and was known as such for one hun- I dred and fifty years. In later years, say I after 1780, the Cumberland side of the ferry j was called Kelso’s. This ceased to be' a [ ferry upon the completion of the Harrisburg ; bridge. Both the Harris and Kelso ferry i houses remain to this day. ' | " Chamrer’s’, three miles below^\^s also -established at a very early period? 4,nd for many years was oh ‘ ‘the great road fromPhil- adelphia to Pittsburgh” and Western Penn- sylvania. In early maps (French) it is designated as “Guy de Carlisle.” The west side of the ferry in later years became known as Simpson’s Ferry, from the fact that Gen. Michael Simpson owned the landing on that side of the river. Sheer’s ferry [1790] was located two miles from Middrletown and seven from Harrisburg, and at that period was kept by Nathan Skeer. Its location on the east , side of the Susquehanna is what is now called the “White House.” Maclay’s ferry v/as across the Susque- hanna, at the head of the I»»land, then named Maclay’s Island, while Harris’ ferry was at the lower end. The ferry house, adjoining the present water-house, was re- moved within a few years. The Cu.'*!iber- land side of this ferry was for many years named- Worfnley’ s, ‘ctnd at one lime / (J ornery’s. Cox’s ferry was at Estherton; on the vfest bank, at the foot of the first ridge of mountains, was Wolf’s, from which ran a road leading to Carlisle. i Oreen’s ferry was at Dauphin, although, owing to the great difficulty in crossing the ' river at that point, seldom used. j Clark’s ferry, established by Daniel ' Clark about 1785, and previous to thatj period kept by a Mr. Haling, and also by Mr. Baskin on Duncan’s island, and thus also called; still retains its old name. On the Cumberland side of the river, below the mouth of the Juniata, the ferry was named Ellis’ , being kept for a number of years by Francis Ellis. Clemson’s Ferry was at Fort Halifax. It took in the large island which to-day goes by the name of Clemson’s island. Lytle’s Ferry, and subsequently Jfoiit- gomery’s, then Moorhead’ s, was one of the best fords on the Susquehanna between Harris’ Ferry and Fort Augusta. It was used as such at a very early period, and it was at this point just below Berry’s mount-^ ain, wdiere John Harris and a number of , his Paxtang neighbors were attacked by the j Indians— that a “doctor,” whose name has j never come down to us, who had got on the ; horse behind IMr. Harris, was shot. Pfouiz' Ferry connected the cast side of | the Susquehanna, at Millersburg, with the^ ! west, leading into the rioutz valley, now in ^ I Perry county. Upon the location of TvFfimr at the mouth of ihe 'Wjiconisco, the ferry on the Dauphin side was called for him. There were undoubtedly other ferries, but at this writing we cannot call them to ' mind. ‘ w. ii. e. |,| TnE Paxtang Boys. — Charles Miner, the ! impartial historian ot Wyoming, daring the j i preparation of his valuable work, opened | up a correspondence with most of the his |‘ ^ tone students of his dajG From one of his j • letters, v/rittento a gentleman of this local- ity, whose information concerning the Pax- ' tang Boys was superior to that of any one then living, we take the following extracts: s “The history in which my pen is engaged ' is confined to Wyoming. But a portion of | I the Paxtang Boys settled here and took a i ; conspicuous part. I had read in early life, | with unmitigated horror, the publications of | l ' the day reciting that crimson tragedy and j not an'alleviating circumstance mentioned. / Whether to note their being here, their f agency,etc.,ortopassit over in silence as onefj of those dark occurrences of which the least J, said the better, was matter of doubt. But I resolved to investigate, and finally wrote a \ : paper to be inserted or not, as should, on re- | flection and consultation, be thought best. ; That paper is, I believe, in the hands of one who married a daughter of Stewart. I , therefore, from memory, give the heads of : ' my argument: “On settling in Luzerne, I found Hanover, a valuable township, full of most worthy and respectable inhabitants, which had been i specially allotted to and settled by the Pax- tang Boys. “1. Not only were they esteemed for hu- manity, integrity and virtue, but so also || had those been who were gone to the grave, \\ -for Col. Denison, our most staid, sober- 1 minded, religious man, had named hi^ old I; est son for Lazarus Stewart. He could not i have been ignorant of his true character. If he was the bloody-minded demon who, without provocation, had murdered women | and children, he would not, he could not : have done it. “2. Connecticut— religious, moral, politic or cunning — in establishing a settlement at Wyoming would have gone counter to principles, policy and common sense by en- gaging in their cause a set of men vdion the moral sense of mankind had exec^h- .municated from sqciety for crimes involvir^ ' cowardice and wanton cruelty. It ' not be so. There must be some other ver- sion of the affair. So I looked as far as my vision could extend into the times, when, and immediately preceding the event, and found — “3. That the preceding summer the In- dians bad murdered the Wyoming settlers. Massacre, conflagration and ruin, were driven like a whirlwind on all the white settlements, from 30 to 40 miles west of the Susquehanna to the mountains. So auda- cious had the Indians become that they descended below the Blue mountains, and committing murders in the neighborhood of Bethlehem. The whole frontiers were aroused to despair and madness. Under these general provocations and that frenzy of excitement the deed seems to have been done, deeply to be deplored and the vic- tims to be pitied. “4. Fifty Paxtang Boys entered Lancas- ter in open day. It was knov/n they were coming. If not welcome, why did not the people rise five hundred strong, as they might easily have done, and effectually ex- pelled the assailants ? “5. But there was also a Highland com- pany of regulars stationed at Lancaster. | They neither pulled a trigger or presented a bayonet. Is it not evident that authori- ties and people did not look upon the deed as a cruel, unprovoked murder? but that they connived at it, if they did not partici- pate; believing that the cruelties of the In- dians justified their cutting off. Without such influence, the conduct of the troops and the people of Lancaster would be un- accountable. ” > The foregoing are the opinions of one i whose research, intelligence and impartial i judgment “ puts,” as he himself expresses ! it, “a very veri/ different face upon it [the transaction at Conestoga and Lancaster] than has been given heretofore,” and to' those who have imbibed their ideas from historians warped in their judgment by' partisan rancor and puritanical zeal, we commend Mr. Miner’s conclusions. Onr opinions we have from time to time given, not unsubstantiated, nor with the view of detracting from the fair fame of any class of people, but for the purpose of throwing aside the veil of obloquy which fanatical fury for over a century has covered the gal- ■lant frontiersmen of Paxtang, 't^oTloved tlieir iiomes and their darling ones too well to tolerate a nest of copper-colored vipers in their midst. w. ii. e. INDIAN GEOGllAPHICAD NAMES. [CONCLUDED FKOM OCTOBER 11.] Our first knowledge of what was going on among the natives,, on the Susquehanna, after the days of Capt. Smith, comes to us from the Relations of the Jesuits, who had formed missions among various tribes sur- | rounding their settlements in Canada. In : 1617-49 the Iroquois were devastating the /. Ilurons in Canada, among whom were sev-^; ' eral Jesuits. The tribes of Northern Pehn-i; sylvania had no doubt fallen prior to this | date. The Susquehannas knew it was i likely to come their turn next. They ot- „ fered to make common cause with the Hu- n rons. They had at that time 1300 men, I' trained by three Swedish soldiers to the i use of fire arms, and they were well pro- !, vided. Either from apathy or some other \ cause, the Ilurons did not receive this prot- I fered aid. In 1652 the Susquehannas sold , their territories, on both sides of the bay, to i Maryland. There is an account in the Jes- i uits’ journal of a large town, by the Iro- ; quois called Atra' kouaer or Andastoe, in ; the winter of 1651-2, the exact location of which is undetermined, but it must have | been below Shamokin, and may have been i I down as far as Harrisburg. The identification and location of their town would be a sig- nal service to our interior antiquities. It may have been the final struggle with the : ; Onojutta-Haga, ov nation. At all H events it oi>ened the way for the restless | f Iroquois to the east of the Kittochtinny | mountains, for in 1663 they formed a grand ; expedition of 860 men to attack the Sus- ; ^ quehannas, and at a fort, which must have ' I j been located near Columbia, they were re- [ i pulsed aud driven back to New York with J ! disaster. After a predatory warfare for j some ten years, a terrible final conflict en- sued, and the downfall of the ancient Sus- quehannas may be set down as terminating , in 1677. The remnant were known for the next 87 years as Conestogas. Whether , this was the name they gave themselves or I what its origin is undetermined. In later J days it was the name of the people, their I town and the creek. The latter still bears ' ; the name. Tliere is possibly a connection I between Conestogues and the French An- dostogucs. The Jesuits had no missionaries soutlkipf the Iroquois, and among these they ram- menced in 1656. Their journals, called Re- lations, yeM'ly printed inParis,make frequent reference to the vrars with the Andastes, and relate the torture and burning of the captives brought in from the Andastes, many of whom the Jesuits baptized and sent to heaven. As they used this name generally for any and all nations soulh'of The Iroquois, it is hard to tell at all limes what tribe is intended. Afier the Car auto- loamiais, whom they termed Onnoniiogas, were oblitered, the successive tribes that fell before the armed Iroquois were termed Andastes or Andastoques. Of some of these nations only the name has come down to us. Of others, we have reason to be- lieve, not even this has survived the ruth- less hand of the Iroquois devastator. In the Jesuit relation of 1647-8 we have some idea of the i*rogress southward made by the conquerors. Andastoe is there described as a country beyond Va^Nomter Nation (which then lived about Niagara Falls), 150 leagues southeast, one-fourlh south from the Ilurons (of Upper Canada), in a straight line, or 200 hundred leagues by the trails. This course and distance certainly locates their country from Harrisburg to Uie mouth of the river, and identifies the An- dastes of the French, with the Minquas of the Dutch, the Mynquesses of the Swedes and the Susquehannas of the English. Further researches may throw some more ’ light on the location of these ancient native villages. As a rule historians have taken no notice ol these pre Pennsylvania towns, and very little of those for 25 years later. After the conquest of the Sasquehannas, a new Older of things began to prevail on the river. The little band of Conestogas were on the creek of that name. The whole country was a grand highway for the Iroquois in their incursions against the Indian tribes still further southward, through Virginia and as far as Georgia. Soon tlie remnant of Southern tribes were attracted by the friendly Penn, aud began to form settlements on the deserted posts of the lower Susquehanna. Thus we read that in 1705 Logan visited “the Gana- Avese, settled some miles above Conestoga at a place called Conejaghera, above the fort.” In 1707 Gov. Evans started from New Castle and came to tlie Susquehanna at [Octoraro, ] and then came to a^ I Sliawanesc town called Pequehan, located I Pequa, below Conestoga. He speaks arte^ of going “to JDckan-odgali upon the river Sasqueiiannagh, being about nine miles dis- tance from Pequehan.” He was visited by I Nanticoke chiefs from seven towns in Maryland. Tiiey stated they had been con- quered by the Iroquois in I'tSO, and wanted to settle on the river. From Conestoga the Governor went to Pelxtcm (P(ixtang, Har- risburg), to arrest a Frenchman, named Nicole Godin, whom they took by strata- gem, and conveyed to Philadelphia by wa}-- of Tarpylioclcon. Dekanoagah was a town of the Ganawese or Conoys, about the mouth of the creek still bearing the latter name, and near the site of Bainbridge. In 1727 we, read of Snalcetown, forty miles above Conestogoe.” which was probably a translation of an Indian name. It will be observed that most of the above appellations have perished. About this time we have some maps that give us some names now nov.dierc else found. In a new map of Virginia and Maryland and improve 1 parts of Pennsyl- vania, by John Lenex, in 1719, revised in 1721, in alias form, and printed in London, we have on the east side of the Susquehan- na, from Maiyland up, these towns marked: Canoonawengh [lat. 40^ 5'] Unondorneras, Ceskoe, Oequandery and Skaioaghkalia. The latter is no doubt our modern Swalara. The map extends to lat. 40^ 30'. The river forks at 40^ 25'. The right branch is called Onestega. On the left branch [Ju- niata?] at 400 12' is Kahetmge. These are evidently Iroquois terms. The author j says, the native-* are so much dimin- ished by civil wars that they have not over 500 men, mostly the eastern shore and employed by the Eug- to hunt deer. Atlas Noveam, by Covens and Mortier, Amsterdam, no date — London, 1733, on back — gives. No. 09, part of a large Popple. Has on the Susquehanna river, from ilaryland up — Concstogo, In- dian Fort, Sicasarongo. Conewaga, Sixalia- domri, Ganadaguhet, Enwaga Aratumquat, Chemegaide, Conahago, Codo coraren, Sio- nassi and Seawondaona (Towanda.) De Annville’s Amerique Septcntrionale; French Atlas, smaller map. 1740, gives from Mary- land up— Indian Fort, Skahndoiori, Cheme- gaide, Canahoga, Juragen, Codocoraren, Sionassa, Juragen, Seawondaona. It is said William Penn made two visits Jo*. the Susfiuehanna river, and was up as fa4*/s the Swaiara creek, and contemplated found- ing a city somew'here on the river. His last visit w^as in the spring of 1701, and it is believed the towns on the Popple map were all inhabited about this time and later. | They differ from those given in the Colonial | Records, probably because the French map j makers got their names from the Iroquois, { who often gave their own names rather than that of the residents. j The Swahadowri will be recognized as Swatara; Ganadaguhet as Conodoguinet, and Chemegaide, I think, should be Chen- j iegaide, and means the Juniata. I have : found the word spelled Sogneijadie, Chuch- niada, Choniata, Chinniotta, Joniad}", Sco- koonidy, and many other ways. The root of the word is the Iroquois term Omija or Otiia, meaning a btone. The first part, now written with a j, is only a breathing of some of the Iroquois dialects, which the English often designated by letters such as the above, but wdiich the French seldom expressed, as for example the French made the Iroquois call the governor of Canada “Onnontio,” w'hile the English mostly wrote it “Yonnondio.” The Onojutta- Haga, or Juniata nation, were the people of tlie Standing Stone. There can be no doubt but that Indian towns were lo- cated on Duncan’s Island, at the mouth of the river, at the different epefehs in Indian history. Rev. David Brainerd visited the , j “pagans” on “Juneauta Island” in Septem- ' I her of 1745. It may also have been the site of Atra’kouaer in 1G54. In the purchase of lands from the Iri- quois, in 1730, it is said, that it was to extend wmstv’-ard as far as the moun- tains called in the Delaware language, KekkacJitarm, and in the Six Nation lan- guage, Tyannuntasachta, both of wJiich words it is stated mean The Endless Hills. In the deed of 1749, the mountains are again referred to, and the names spelled Keckach- tany and Tyanuntasaelda. In the deed of 1754, the Iroquois term is omitted, and the Delaw'are word is spelled Kittochtinny, While scholars seem to regard this as t'lie proper orthography, the word has been cor- rupted into Kiltatinny. The name shows the Delaware, or Lent Lenaiie, idea of our geography, when they termed them the Endless Hills. In the deed of 1754, they are already termed the Rh/e mountains, a common name to this day. In ihe carl>; | days the settlers in the -^hfnb'eriancl valley ,! called 'that portit)n- adjoininfr them, tlieV- North nipuhtffiiU'and {he one oii the other side of tlie>alley, moiintain. So we have Kittoclitinny, Blue, aud North, all meaning the same chain. The Indian name , alone should be used; any mountain may be Blue at a distance, and an}’- one Is north of I some place. Let us write it Kittoch tinny all the time. !| Mahantango. or Mohontongo is one of ! those words whose orthography is still un- ) ^ttled. There are two creeks of this name. The one_ on the east side of the Susque- ' hanna divides Dauphin and Northumber- land, and the one on the west divides Juni- ah\ and Snyder. The oldest reference to , j this word is to the one on the west side. 1 1 In_ 175G, Gov; Morris ordered a fort to be ‘ ) built on this stream, at about the place ' where Richfield, Juniata county, is now located. It was on the Indian path that led from the river, at Shamokin, over land to the Juniata river. This path crossed, and probably forked, at Richfield. The building of it was entrusted to Major Burd and Captain James Patterson; but it is doubful whether it was ever built. It seems certain that in some cases where Pomfret Castle is spoken as a fort, the reference was really to Patterson’s fort at Mexico. However, this may be the the letter of Gov. Morris, of Feb. 1, 175G, speaks of it as at a river called Matchetongo, about 12 miles from the Susquehanna.” In two other letters he speaks of it as. a MaUhitongo. The Governor, I may say, was a careless ; and a poor speller. ' The stream on the east was crossed and f named by Count Zinzendorf in September, 1742, Benigna’s creek, aft^r his daughter, i the Countess Benigna, but the name did I not endure. Spangenberg, in 1745, men- i tions it by this name. Maps and other , authorities have since that day given the I present name in almost every conceivable j variation. - t The Posto-llice Department seem to spell [! it Mohontongo. Most map authorities now have it Mahantango; others have it Mahon - tongo, etc. The post office is on the west side of the Susquehanna. I believe all | writers now agree in spelling the names of ! both streams alike, whatever orthography ‘ they adopt. This is probably a mistake, and the cause of some of the variations. ^ If we wish to go to the bottom — to ge the merits ot the case— to find the ^ll Indian sound, there is but one authoriiy of which we know. Heckewelder gives the origin and meaning of our Indian names grouping' a number of counties together. If we understand him, the stream east of the river was, in his day, cal led Mahantango, and that this word is derived from a Delaware word Mahantango, which signifies, “where we had plenty of meat to eat;” and that the stream west of the river was, in his day, called Mehantanga, and that this was derived from a Delaware word Meheentange, which signi- fies “where we had been killing deer.'^ I have no doubt the words are of Delaware origin, and that properly there should be a difference of pronunciation to denote a va riation of meaning; but the v/ords are so nearly alike and custom has so identified them that it would now be vain to establish a difference. Heckewelder understood the Delaware language well, and his‘ spellings may be regarded as the real Indian pronun- ciation. The Post-office Department has lately been making inquiries of the postmaster at Mifflintown as to the correct orthography of this word. From the above it is clear that in the official Mohontongo the second and third vowels should be changed from 0 to a. There is nothing in the original sounds to warrant the sound of o in either case. The final o, in the name for the east creek and in the official office name, might be retained, though not the true sound of the original -western stream, from which the post-office got its name. It then remains to determine the first vowel. Local custom, maps and gazetteers incline to the use of the a, and the derivation seems to be violated in the long o. If, therefore, 1 were to give a uniform spelling for both these streams, and the mountain aud the post-office, I would write it Mahantango, and the Department should so change the name of the office. This would make it conform to the best and latest maps, gazet- teers and local authorities, and do much to settle the orthography of this word. It is a shame that Pennsylvanians knov.^ so little of their own Indian history. In this respect the people of New York are far ahead of us. Their Archives and Colo- nial Records are much more complete than ours are. Local historical societies havo4 worked up the matter to great perfectjlon3’ifl r the several counties. These an! iquities have [ been written up and published. They are far ^ f in advance of us. So, too, ot New England ! ; Indian history. Its books have found their way to our own State, and many of our people are more familiar with King Pliilip’s war and all New England Indian history ' than they are with our own Pennsylvania. These things ought not so to be. Eut they will be so just as long as our own Indian history is not properly written. We want bold scholars to take our Indian i tribes, wars, migrations, names, locations, I etc., in hand and elucidate their history as ^ they have never been before. We need ' active historical societies in every county to rescue from oblivion the first laud-marks ’ of the white man, as well as the receding ‘ J footsteps , of the Indian. a. l. guss. ! ' NOTKS AND QUERIES.— XVII f. Historical and Genealogical. ^ Wilson (N. & Q. xvi.) — We have re- ceived communications giving the families ; of the following : i. William Wilson m. Elizabeth Robinson. ii. Hugh Wilson m. Isab;dla Fulton, j V. Mary Wilson m. James Todd. 1 In the hope of obtaining the others, we ! shall defer publishing these for a week or ^ ; two. w. H. E. I Peterson, Rev. John Diedrich. — From ^ 1803 to 1812 the Lutheran church of this city ' I was under the pastorate of this able Minister ( j of the Gospel. He was a native of the city ' j of Bremen, Germany, where he was born 1 on the 23d of November, 1756. He studied ■ at the University of Halle, and was regu- | larly ordained in 1783. On the 23d of No- vember, 1791, he married a daughter of Gen. Van Borck, a nobleman of distinction of I Prussia Minden, with whom “he lived in I great harmony upwards of 56 years.” He^ I came to America in 1795, and in 1803 tooly I charge of the Lutheran church in this city. I Despile his inability to speak English, he- i was, nevertheless, an efficient pastor — and' I he done what most ministers fail to do — kept a full record of his official duties. We have heard our old people speak of him in the kindliest terms and with filial reverence. In 1812 he resigned his pastorate here, and i removed to Upper Canada, being one of ! the first pioneers if not the first, to the Ger- man churches in the wilderness of Mark-^ ham and VaughdJn, wh^e he faithfully ana zealously discharged Ihg duties of pastor to his flock for many years, until compelled by age and infirmity to . retire from active ministerial labor. He died at his residence, inthe township of Markham, Home District, Canada West, on Tuesday, January 18, 1845, at the advanced age of 91 years. It can truthfully be said of the Rev. Peterson, that he was a faithful minister of the Gospel of Christ. w. n. e. Harrisburg in 1787.— In July of this year the Rev. Manasseh Cutler, on his way to Ohio, passed through Harrisburg, and left this description of the place in his jour- nal : “This is a beautiful town; it con- tains about one hundred houses, all built in less than three years, many of them brick, j some of them three-story, built in the Phil- adelphia style, all appear very neat. A great number of taverns with handsome signs; houses all two story; large windows. About one-half of the people are English. People w^ere going to meeting; they meet in private houses; have no churches yet. People appear very well dressed, some gay.” This was the second year from the found- ing of the town, and is a pretty good de- scription of the place at that time. Middle- town and Lebanon were larger towns — but the location of the county seat at Harris- burg gave an impetus to its growth and ' prosperity, and it was in a few years ahead ; of its rivals and has rapidly maintained its ^ supremacy. " w. h. e. i Chesney or Machesney. — In 1752 Wm. Chesney married Esther, widow of John Harris, the first, of Harrisburg. In 1771 he purchased of John Harris, the second, 420 acres of land, situated in Penhsboro’ cow Newberry township, for £1100. In 1779 he was the agent for confiscated estates for York county. In 1782 he died, leaving a large estate. This he devised to the chil- dren of his sister Isabel, the wife of Richard [ Fulton, and to his (Chesney’s) neice, i Nancy Chalmers, and his brother-in-law, William Chalmers. Can any one give me a. further account of William Chesney, as to ' his coming to America, or of the descend- ants of William Chalmers or Nancy Chal- mers? J. c. A. NOTES OF TRAVEL, THROUGH DAUPHIN COUNTY IN 1745. O j[u '1745 that pious Moravian, Bishop Spangenherg in company with two other members of the Mission board of the church, , undertook a journey to Onondaga to treat , with the Six Nations for permission for the Moravian Indians to remove to Wyoming. His notes of travel have recently appeared in the Pennsylvania Mayazine, and as the ‘ route lay through the northern part of Dau- phin county, we make such extracts as may be of local interest to us The party set out from Bethlehem on the 24th of May. On the 30th, at Tulpehocken, Conrad Weiser and his two sons joined them. Spangen- berg then continues: “ * * After traveling ten miles we came to the Kittatinny Hills {a), which are high and rocky, and difficult for horses to climb. On reaching the top we came to Pilger Ruh (5), where we dismounted and , rested. After descending we entered Anton’s ' Wilderness (c), where we pitched our first | tents, built a fire, pastured our horses, par- took of a light supper and retired to rest. Our course to-day was N. W. I “May 31. Arose early, looked up our j horses, took a little breakfast and then con- 1 • tinned our journey in the name of God i ! our Savior. Bro. Meurer and Nicke re- li turned to Tulpehocken with letters to Mary Spangenherg, at Bethlehem. After passing j, i the Great Swatara we climbed the ‘Thurn- I stein’ (d), a high mountain, rocky and al- 'i I most impassable for horses. On the high summit "we refreshed ourselves at Erd- niuth’s spring (e), which flows through the^; j valleys unlil it empties into the Susque- i hanna. We were four hours in crossing the mountain. At Ludwig’s Ruh (/), at the foot of the mountain, we nooned. Here , Laurel creek ( i Notes : a. Written also Kechkachtany, and Kit- j tochtinny, in Delaware signifying endless hills. h. “Pilgrims Rest,” a plain on the top of the mountain. The passage of the moun- - tain was efiected at the Great Swatara Gap, called Toteheo by the Indians, corrupted in- to “The Hole.” c. Anthony’s Wilderness is noted on Lewis Evans’ map of 1749. It included the valley through which runs Stony creek. It was named for Anthony Seyfert, one of the nine colonists whom Spangenherg led to Georgia in 1735, where the Moravians proposed establishing themselves with a view of commencing missions among the Creeks and Cherokees. d. Peter’s mountain. It has been stated ; that this name was given to it byConrad Wei- ser no honor of Zinzendorf when guiding him to Shamokin in 1742. This is certainly a mistake. As early as 1725, Peter Allen was located at the foot of that mountain near the Susquehanna, and in 1729 it was thus named, and undoubtedly for him. e. The head-waters of Wiconisco creek, named in honor of the Countess Erdmuth, the first wife of Zinzendorf. /. Lewis’ Rest in Wiconisco township. Dauphin county. Zinzendorf was often familiarly called Brother Ludwig by the Moravians. g. A branch of the Mahantango, noted on Lewis Evans’ map of 1749. h. Named in honor of Anna Nitsch- mau, who accompanied Zinzendorf to Sha- ! mokin in 1742. It is what is now so widely i known as Lykens Valley. ^ ; i. The Spread Eagle is noted on Scull’s map ot^l759. _ - ; k. 'i'iie JVlaliantango or Kind ci;eek. Zinzendorf on his way to Shamokin gaw^fit this name in honor of his daughter, the Countess Benigna. The toregoing notes are those of John Ji W. Jordan, of Bethlehem, with the excep- tion of certain interpolations in c and cl. Those familiar with the localities al- luded to, no doubt have observed that not ^ one of the names have been preserved. The '! desire of the early Moravian missionaries ! to perpetuate the names of their special ' friends and admirers has failed, and it is (j surprising that amid the many changes which have taken place that even the f^ew X Indian names of the early times have been f‘' retained. w. h. e. Ylfi ANCIENT INHABITANTS— 111. East End of s. d. Jas. Galbreath Esqr., Jas. Willson, Jas. Cample, Jas. Walker, Jon. Walker, Hendry Walker, 6 0 Jno. M’Cord, 2 0 David M’Cord, 1 0 William Robison, 1 0 Archbald Walk- er, David Tylor, John Over, John Pinogel 9 6 4 G 9 0 5 0 4 6 4 0 5 0 6 0 6 0 William Willison,4 C Jas. Miller, Wim. Boyd, Robt. Boyd, John Colp, Wim. Syeis, George Esby, David Mitichel, Leaneard Dinie, John M’ Coloch, Charles Connoy, David Shank, fogal Haine, David Clinn, Micheal Hover, Hannas Palmar, Hendry Peters, Hanes Ketrin, Charles Clark, 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 G G 0 5 0 5 0 Herry — 1751. s. d. Thos. Logan, ^40 George Miller, 2 G John M^Callester,3 6 Joseph White. 1 0 John M’Cleland, 2 0 Robert Mordah, 3 0 Moses Potts, 3 0 David Jonson, 2 G Jacob Rife, 1 G Jacob Longneker,! G Andrew Rowan, 2 0 Hugh Hays, 7 G- Patrick Hays, G 0 John Keer, 3 0 Duncan M’Don- nall, 1 G Thos. Willison, 3 0 James Willison, 2 G John Cample, 4 0 Widow M’Clan,'^3 0 , Widow Sloanr— 3 0 John Maben, G 0 Patrick Kelley, 2 G James Duncan, 4 0 John Duncan, 4 0 William Hays, 4 0 John foster, 3 G Robt. foster, 2 G David foster, 4 0 Dison Cooper. 2 G John Strean, 2 0 John Cochran, 1 0 Hance AdemNai,2 0 Jacob Sailer, 1 Thomas Make, Andrew More, Jas. foster, Robt. M’Clire, Folti Fallopo, Hugh Hall, Vandall Row, 0 G Hugh Miller, 2 (3 4 0 John Goarley, 1 0 4 0 Thomas Aken, 2 0 2 G Anthoney Hem- 2 G pie, 1 0 G 0 Christan Cough- 1 G an, 1 G‘ Thos. Ritherford, 4 G AullbrightSiglee,3 G Willm. Rea, 4 0 Conrad Wisan, 1 G John M’Qwin, G 0 John M’Colouh, 1 John Ree, 4 0 John Kingre, 4 Neal M’Callester, 5 0 William Miller, 3 Crisle Snidor, 4 0 John Moar, 3 Neal Daughtery, 1 0 John Hays, 3 free men. John Hover, G 0 John Mordoch, G 0 David Rea, G 0 Thos. freeman, G 0 Willm. Huston, G 0 Colector, John Hays, West End of Derry — 1751, s. d. s. d. 8 G John Tise, 1 0 G 0 John Leard, 4 0 5 0 David Callwel, 2 0 3 G Andrew Morison, 4 0 5 0 John thomson, 4 0 2 G Alexd. fley, 1 0 2 0 Alexdr. Robison, 2 G 5 0 John Nicom, 2 0 3 0 John Keer, 7 0 James Semple, James M’Kee, . Joseph Candor, Thos. Hall, Jas. Clark, Randle Boo, John Allison, James Shaw, Robt. Ramse, Jas, Russele, Thos. Bom an, Jas, Chambers, Hugh Carithers, Robt. Bratehy, Hugh Black, Thos. Black, David Black, Robt. Chambrs, Jas. Long, David Cample, James Irland, Patrick Down, John Yanlier, Robt. Carithers, John Harris, Willm. Breeden Charles Nelie, Arlher Chambrs, 4 G John Singer, the man on David Jacob .Tenan, Walkr place, 1 G John Welsh, free men. Hugh Leard, G Willm. Poar, William Irland, G James Harris, Colector, James Russel. 3 0 Win, Blackburn, 2 G 3 G Andrew Lockerd, 1 0 4 0 WidowBlackburn,3 0 2 G David M’Near, 4 0 1 G Jas. Wiley, 1 0 4 G Wm. Drennan, 2 0 3 0 Cristian Saddeler, 2 0 4 G 4 G William Mithel, 1 G 4 0 Moses Wilson, 4 0 2 0 Micheal Hour, 2 G 3 G Moses Patterson, 2 0 1 G James Russel, 3 0 3 0 William Starrit, 2 0 2 G Robt. Armstrong, 2 G 4 0 DalintinClannin- 2 G ger, 1 0 Martin Brand, 4 0 4 G 1 G 1 G 1 0 NOTJES AND QUfiKIKS.— XIX. Historical and Genealogical. Wallace. — Robert Wallace- settled in Hanover township before 1738. He mar- ried Mary who, With himself, is buried in Derry church burying ground — af which church Robert Wallace was one of the founders. They had issue : i. Moses, b. April 22, 1741; d. November 11, 1803; m. Jean Fulton. ii. Isabel, b. 1744; d. 1755. iii. Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1740;. d. April 13, 1802; m. Joseph Boyd, iv. Ann Maria, b. March 15, 1748; d. September 22, 1793; m Thomas M’Nair. V. James, b. August 18, 1751; d. Decem- ber 15, 1823; m. Sarah Elder. vi. Andrew, b. 1755; d. in infancy. vii. Isabel, b. February 23, 1757; d. No- vember 9, 1784; m. Moses Gillmor. viii. Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1700; d. May 8, 1822; m. Hugh Graham. Can any one give me the maiden name of Mrs. Wallace, or any information con- cerning Robert Wallace and his wife, pre- vious to their settling in Hanover town- ship? J. c. A. “Cormick’s Plains.” — James Allison,' Sen., died in 1742, leaving a wife, Jean, and children, Isabel and James. He states that he is of “Cormick’s Plains. Where was this plantation, and whence its name ? The James spoken of was a brother of Willi im Allison, of Derry, who died in 1739, and of whose estate he was one of the executors. Ludingtgn. — James Ludington died September, 1742, leaving a wife Sarah, a son Thomas, and two daughters. As the witnesses to his will were William and Ann Barnett, and the executors named were John Morrow and John Guttry, all resi- dents of Hanover, it is presumed he too re- sided in that township. What became of this family ? French. — James French, who died in Hanover September, 1764, left a wife, Maf- garet, and children as follow's: i. May, b. 1730. ii. Thomas, b. 1732. iii. Isabel, b. 1734. iv. James, b. 1736. V. Agnes, b. 1738. vi. Elizabeth, b. 1740. vii. John, b. 1742. viii. Sarah, b. 1744. ix; Ruth, b. 1746. 7 , X. Margaret, b. 1748. John, b. 1742; d. August, 1783. He was the father of Captain James French, b. Jan- uary 26, 1777; d. July 19, 1851. Both are buried in Hanover graveyard. Informa- tion is desired as to the other members of that large family. w. h. e. Rutherford. — Family Record op the First Pioneer. — From an old memoran- dum book in the possession of one of his descendants, on the fly-leaf of which is the inscription “Thomas Rntherford, his book. Bought in Cookstown upon 26 day of Octo- ber, 1728, writen at the house of Aggness Mordach,” we take the following record — “wonderfully complete and satisfactory of its kind.” Little more is known of this first of the Rutherfords than what he details himself, from which it appears that he was born in the vicinity and had the honor to be' baptized — as the old song has it — in “Fair Cookstown.” The tradition in the family is that two of his brothers settled in New England, and we believe that we shall eventually, with the assistance of some friends in that localit 3 ^ be able to substan- tiate the averment. He is described by one of his grand-children as a person of five feet ten inches in height, heavy set, and of con- siderable force of character. There is a spice of romance connecied -with his early manhood, which no doubt will prove as interesting to our readers as to his descendants. His attach- ment to Jean Mordah, whom he afterwards married, it is said w^’as reciprocated, but her parents said no, and removed her with them to America, probably in the year 1728, On the cover of the memorandum book from which the record is taken is this note — “en- quire for Dennygall.” This was the loca- tion of the IMordahs, and Thomas Ruther- ford followed them either that or thefollow'- ing year. In 1730 they were married and it is probable they remained near the IVIor- dali settlement until the death of John Mor- dah in December 1744. The will of the lat- ter was proved January 9, 1744-5, and from it we glean the fact that he left a wife Agnes, son James, a daughter Eleanor, un- married; with two daughters, married re spectively to Thomas Rutherford and Henry M’Kinney. The witnesses to this will were the Rev. Samuel Black, Presbyterian min- ister of the Conewago church, and his brother, Robert IMoidah. Removing to, PaxiaDg about 1750, Thomas liutherford^ and liis wife lived to advanced age, lionor(^/ i beloved and respected by tlt^ir neighbors, j and revered by their numerous descendants. Thomas Rutherford died April 18, 1777, his wife Jean August 10, 1789. Both lie in- terred in old Paxtang churcli-j'^ard. I Of the daughters of Thomas and Jean i Mordah Rutherford, Eleanor married twice: firsb Wilson; secondly'’, > Davidson. Jane married' Thomas Mayes, and removed to South Carolina. Agnes m. William Gray, and removed to Buffalo Valley. Mary m. Andrew Mayes, brother of Thomas , and also removed to South Car- olina. Elizabeth married Patrick Gallo- way or Calloway. He joined Captain Matthew Smith’s company of Paxtang, and was in the expedition to Quebec in 1775, but never returned. His widow next mar- ried Patrick Harbison, and removed with him to the home of the Mayes’ in Spartans- burg district. South Carolina. The tories soon put an end to Harbison, and the times being too warm for him, Andrew Mayes removed his family together with Mrs. H. to the settlement of the Mordahs in Iredell county. North Carolina. Here Mrs. Harbison married Thomas Archibald. Some of the i descendants of these families reside in the ji; South and West. i: i As to Thomas Rutherford’s sons, they ! ‘ remained beside the paternal acres, and j i although the descendants in the female line are scattered over many States of the Union, ; but few of the male members of the family have gone out from the original settlement in Paxtang. We shall endeavor ere long to obtain more information as to the descendants of Thomas Rutherford, at least for the third, fourth i ■ and fifth generations. They belong to one i of the few families of the earlier settlers of i this locality, who are in occupancy of the | ancestral acres. w. ii. e. ; Record. Thomas Rutherford, born the 24th day of ! June, A. D. 1707, and baptized by the Rev. : John M’Clave, in the Parish of Derry-lou- j saji, county of Tyrone, living in Cooks- town. Jean Mordah, my wife, the 9th day of April, A. D. 1712, and baptized by the Rev. John M’Clave in Gorty-Lowry, Me and my wife was married the 7th day of September, a. d. 1730, by the Rev. James Anderson, in Donney Gall, America. Our eldest daughter Agnes, the 9th day of July, 1731, and baptized by the Rev. James Anderson. Died when four years^ old. Our second daughter, Ellenor, was born the 16th .day of Janur^ry, /1733, and bap tized by Rev. James Andeifeon. Our third daughter, Jeap, was born the 22d day of June, a. d. 1734; baptized by the Rev. Mr. Anderson. Our son John was born the IGth day of February, a. d. 1737; baptized by Rev. Mr. Anderson. Our son Thomas was born the 14th day of August, 1738. Died when about one year old. Our fourth daughter, Agnes, was born the 14th day of September, i740; baptized by the Rev. Mr. Richard Sankey. Oui» son Thomas was born the 12th day of February, 1743; baptized by the Rev. Samuel Black. Our two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, born the 17th day of February, 1745. Eliza- beth died when about eight months old; baptized by Mr. Black. Our son James was born tfie 28th day of August, 1747, and baptized by the Rev. John Elder. Our «on Samuel was born 13th day of December, 1749, and baptized by the Rev. Richard Sankey. Our daughter Elizabeth w as born on the 27 thpf February, 1752, and .baptized by the Rev. Richard SanViey. CAPTAIN JOHN 15ISAl>\. [In the Annals of Pennsylvania Pioneer Life, there are no more interesting scenes, no more stirring incidents than were par- tieipated in by the various members of the Brady family. From the earliest times they stood 'in defense of their homes and the frontiers. Among the most -prominent of them was Captain John Brady, who lo- cated on the Susquehanna as early as 1769, and in whose memory the citizens of Muncy and the West Branch, through the indomit- able energy and preserverance of J. M. Gernerd, Esq,, have recently (October 15) erected a monument near the spot where, on the 11th of April, 1779, he fell, a victim to Indian ferocity. The oration, by the Hon. John Blau- Linn, of Bellefonte, contains so much that is interesting and valuable rela- tive to the old Warrior of the West Branch that we transfer to our column of “Notes and Queries” that portion especially enter- taining. Mr. Linn recounts, with powerful eloquence the services of the hardy pioneer, and we feel confident our readers will ap- preciate the narrative which follows. ] j Captain Jolin Brady was born in what is now the State of Delaware, in 1733. , His father, Hugh Brady, was an emigrant from the North of Ireland; of that Godly Scotch- Irish ancestry who read their bibles by the light of the camp fires ot Oliver CromweH’s i army, who were the first to cross the Boyne ' and engage the hosts of churchly despotism ; and who at the siege of Londonderry slow- I ly starved to death for the rights of con- j science. ^ Captain Brady was as well educated as j the circumstances of his father would allow, ^ and taught an elementary school and sing- \ ing sch»ol oyer in New Jersey, prior to the I removal of his father and family to the * banks of the Conedoguinet, not far from Shippensburg, in Cumberland county, about the year 1750. In the quiet the Province had before the coming storm of the French and Indian war, he followed the usual avo- cations of frontier life; the primeval forest yearly bowing to the settler’s axe. His personal appearance has come down to us by tradition; he was six feet high, well formed, had coal black hair, hazel eye and of rather dark complexion. About the year 1755 he married Mary Quigley, who was also of Scotch-Irish extraction, and in the year 1756 his eldest son, the celebrated Captain Samuel Brady, was born in the midst of the tempestuous waves of trouble that rolled in upon the settlements in the wake of Braddock’s de- feat. Armstrong’s expedition against Kit- tanning was then organized and marched from Fort Shirley on the 30th of August three hundred strong, Brady going along as a private. General James Potter, his subsequent associate in the settlement of this valley, was a lieutenant in the command and was wounded at Kittanning. Kittan- ning was destroyed on the 8th of Septem- ber, and the settlers returned in triumph. But this severe retaliation did not deter the savages. As late as the 8th of November, 1756, they entered the Kittatinny Valley, killed a number of inhabitants and carried away captives. Forbes’ expedition against Fort Duquesne followed in 1758. His troops were com- posed in part of the regular forces of the Province, but Brady does not seem to have been along, not at least as an officer, as there is a very circumstantial account extant of every officer who accompanied tlie expedition. On J*''orbcs’ approach lh£, j French burned Fort Duquesne and ret ired^i ; thus terminating the struggle between the Freneh and thoEnglishfor the Ohio Valley November 25, 1758. General Stanwix built Fort Pitt upon the ruins of Fort Du- , quesne,in 1759, and on thel3th of September, upon the pldlths of Abraham, rendered im- mortal by the death of General Wolfe, Montcalm, with the “Lilies of France,” went down before the Cross of St. George, i virtually ending French dominion in N orth j America. This was followed by the peace j of Paris, February 10, 1763. But the end was not yet to blazing homes i I and border conflicts on the frontiers. Pon- * tiac had secretly organized his noted "Son- ] spiracy of the Indian tribes extending from the Lakes to the lower Mississippi, and called upon them, in fiery eloquence, to save their race from slavery and ruin, and to drive the English into the Atlantic. About the 27th of April, 1763, he assembled a Council on the banks of the Excorces, a small stream not far from Detroit, . and having aroused the chiefs in a speech of unparalleled fury to terri- j ble earnestness, he let the tribes I loose in vengeful wrath upon the I frontiers. While Nature was robing the forests of the West in the green mantle of May, they stole silently through them, , seized mbst of the forts unawares and mas^ sacred the garrisons. They even surrounded Port Pitt, and for five days threatened its capture, their scouting parties from the North penetrating nearly to Reading. Then John Brady sprang from the ranks appa- rently to the office of Captain. He was commissioned, July, 19, 1763. Captain of the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment “commanded by Governor Jolin Penn,” Turbutt Francis and Asher Cla}’’- ton, Lieutenant Colonels commandants. Then came Bouquet’s expedition for the relief of Fort Pitt, the battle of Bushy Run beyond Fort Ligonier (August 5, 1763), a hard fought battle of two days, in which Bouquet’s troops suffered severely, but he at last defeated the Indians by a bold strata- gem— a victory which saved For Pitt, re- lieved the Western frontiers, and the Provincials returned to battle wdth in- roads from the North. Thus closed the year 1763. With the return of spring in 1764, their incursions were renewed, and in the Penn- sylvania Gazette of April 5, 1764, there is an account of “the Indian depredations in. . the Carlisle region on the 20lh, 31st, an(% 23d of March; killing people, burning houses and making captives,” adding “Captains Piper and Brady, with their companies, did all that lay in their power to protect the inhabitants. Ko man can g^asleep within ten or fifteen miles of the m)rder without being in danger of having his house burned and himself or family scalped or led into captivity before the next morning. The people along the North Mountain are mov- ing farther in, especially about Shippens- burg, which is crowded with families of the neighborhood.” Bouquet’s second expedition followed, in which he was accompanied by the First and Second Battalions of the Pennsylvania Kegiment. At Fort Loudoun (about twelve miles west of Chambersburg) he was met by a runner from Col. Bradstreet, who had penetrated with a force to Presqu’ Isle (City of Erie now), who advised Col. Bouquet that he had granted a peace to all the Indians between Lake Erie and the Ohio. Bouquet was at the head of the Provincial soldiery of Pennsylvania, and he and they were determined upon a conquered peace. He, therefore, forwarded the dis- patch to Gov. Penn, with the remark, ‘‘that such a peace with no satisfac- tion insisted upon, would fix an in- delible stain upon the Nation. I, therefore, take no notice of that pretended peace, and proceed forthwith upon the ex- pedition, fully determined to treat as ene- mies any Delawares and Shawanese I shall find on my way.” He accordingly pene- trated the country of the Delawares to the Forks of the Muskingum (where Coshocton, Ohio, now stands) and upon the banks of that river dictated his own terms of peace; among these were the absolute return of about three hundred captives. I come now to the connection of Bou- quet’s expediton with the history of the set- i tlement of the West Branch Valley. On i the 30th of November, 1764, the First Bat- ■ talion of the Pennsylvania Regiment left Fort Pitt, for home, and the Second followed the next day. When they reached Bedford the officers made an agreement with each other in writing, to apply to the Proprieta- ries for a tract of land sufficiently extensive and conveniently situated, whereon to erect a compact and defensible town, and accommo- date them with reasonable and commodi- ous plantations, the same to be divided ac- cording to their several ranks, etc. Johi^ Brady was one of the omcers wiio signed k ]| this agreement. In their application to the.. Proprietaries, dated April 30, 1765, they proposed to embody themselves into a com- j pact settlement, at some distance from the | inhabited part of the Province, where, by ;j industry, they might procure a comfortable subsistence for themselves, and by their j arms, union and increase become a power- ; ful barrier to the Province. They sug- ' gested the confluence of the two branches of the Susquehanna at Shamokiu, as afibrd- ing a situation convenient for their purpose, and asked the Proprietaries to make a pur- chase from the Indians to accommodate their application. Meanwhile, urged by the restless, mys- terious impulse that moulds the destiny of the pioneers of civilization. Captain Brady had removed from the Couedoguinet fift}'- miles further northwest, to Standing Stone (now Huntingdon). Here, in 1768, his children. General Hugh Brady and tvvin sister Jennie, were born, and Captain Brady followed the occupation of surveyor. On the 5th of November, 1768, Thomas and , Richard Penn purchased from the Six Na- tions at Fort Stanwix (now Rome, N. Y.), With other territory, all that portion of the I West Branch Valley extending from the : mouth of Mahanoy creek to the mouth of Pine creek, and on the 3d of February, ’ 1769, the officers of the First and Second Battalions met at the Governor’s and ob- tained an order to take up twenty-four thousand acres. The surveys of 8,000 of it, in what is now Union county, were made by Samuel Maclay on the 1st, 2d and 3d of March, 1769, Captain Brady, with others of the officers, being along. The surveys of the second 8,000 acres, at the mouth of Chillisquaque creek, were made at the same time, and the officers returned to Fort Au- gusta (now Sunbury), held a meeting and determined that the remaining 8,000 acres should be surveyed on Bald Eagle creek, and Captains Hunter, Brady and Piper were selected to oversee it. The latter sur- veys were made by Charles Lukens in April, 1769, Captain Brady accompanying him, and embrace the land from the city of Lock Haven up Bald Eagle creek to where Howard now stands, in Centre county. During the summer of 1769 Captain Brady removed his family to the West Branch and cleared a place on the east ern side of the river, directly opposite Derr’s Mill, now the site of fjcwisourg. On the 21st of March, 1772, Northumber/ land county was created, and on the fourth Tuesday of May Captain John Brady was foreman of the first Grand Jury that ever sat, in Northumberland codnty. But the air seemed to be full of Jrouble in those early days. The Connecticut people, who had settled at Wyoming, claimed under their charter the territory of the Province of Pennsylvania, as far south as the 41^ of latitude, which would run a mile or so north of Lewisburg, and were determined to enforce it by adverse occupation. Be- tween the 3d and 7th of July, 1772, a large party of them reached the river at Hulings, where Milton now stands, when Colonel Pluuket summoned the Pennamites to arms and forcibly drove them oflT. This contest continued for some time after the trumpet of the Revolution summoned the combatants to fight a common toe. In De- cember, 1775, Brady accompanied Colonel Plunket’s force to Wyoming Valley as captain of a company, in which last en- counter of the Pennamite war Jesse ; Lukens, son of the Surveyor Gcnpral of i the Province, lost his life. Meanwhile the storm of war with the mother country broke upon the shores of New England, and when the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill reached this valley, its heroic settlers promptly accepted the arbitrament of the sword, and Captain John Lowdon’s company, one hundred strong, rnarched for Boston, Captain Samuel Brady, then a young man of twenty years, went along as a private, entering the trenches at Cambridge, with Lowdon, on the 31st of August, 1775. Two Battalions of Associators were or- ganized on the West Branch, one com- manded by Colonel Hunter, the other by Colonel William Plunket; in the latter Bat- talion Captain John Brady was commis- sioned First Major (March 13, 1770). On the 4th of July, 1776, he attended the Con- vention of Associators, at Lancaster, as one of the representatives of Plunket’s Battalion, where Daniel Roberdeau and James Ewing were elected Brigadier Gen- erals of the Associators of the Province. And now comes in order of time, August, 1770, the incident at Derr’s trading house, when returning in haste fromSunbury (laid out in June, 1772, just below the site of Fort Augusta) he entmed a canoe anr^ shoved swiftly over to Derr’s, to find _Jhe~ Indians in high carnival over a barrel of rum, with which Derr wals standing treat. In the midst of their drunken orgies he kicked over a barrel. To this interference some attribute Captain Brady’s sad fate, as the Indian appointed to be sober that day said, in effect, “He would rue the spilling of that rum some day.” Soon after this occurrence Capt. Brady moved to Muncy, having erected in the spring of 1776 the semi-fortified residence which afterwards went by the name of Fort Brady. The day of associators was soon over with nine months and one year’s ser- vice. It became imperative to raise regular regiments, enlisted for the war, if the inde- pendence of the States was to be maintained. Accordingly Col. William Cook’s Regiment, the Twelfth, was directed to be raised in the counties of Northampton and Northumber- land. Among the last acts of the Conven- tion which formed the first Constitution! of this Commonwealth, September 28, 1776, was the election of the field officers of this Regiment. Col. William Cook, whose grand- son, Jacob Cook, is with us to-day; Lieu- tenant Colonel Neigal Gray, then of North- ampton county, but who after the war owned and died upon the place now known as Kelly’s Mills, in Union county, and Ma- jor James Crawford, who died in Wayne township, Lycoming county, of which he was a Justice of the Peace in 1814, were elected. John Brady was commissioned one of its (Captains, October 14, 1776, and on the 18 th of December, in mid winter, it left Sunbury in boats for the battle fields of New Jersey. The regiment went imme diately into active service. Being composed of good riflemen it -was assigned to the same duties our “Bucktails” were in the late war, on picket, on the skirmish line, to commence the fighting, and to go through it. At Boundbrook, at Bonumtown, at Piscata- way, it left its dead, and the green mounds that decked the purple heaths of New^ Jer- sey left their sorrow in many a home in the West Branch Valley. When General Washington crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania to await the development of General Howe's plans, he detached Captain Hawkins Boone, of the Twelfth to JNIorgan’s Rifle Command, to assist in the capture of Burgoyne, and two at least (that I know of) of his wounded soldiers returned to this vajley to t(^l that Tiraotliy IMurphy, a West Uranch rIHemaa7 . had shot Geu. Fraser at Saratoga and ho-^' they, with Major James Parr, of Northum- berland, and Lieutenant Colonel Richard Butler, of Westmoreland, stormed Brey- mand’s camp, led by the lion-hearted Ar- nold. Within a few short months (July 26, 1779) after Clapt. Bsacly’s death, Capt. Boone bravely died in defence of this valley at Fort Freeland. In due time Howe made his appearance at the Head of fhe Elk, and General Wash- ington moved his army to the banks of the Brandywine to confront him. The Twelfth, with the Third, the Ninth and the Sixth, was in Conway’s Brigade, General Stir- ling’s Division, in the right wing command- ed by General Sullivan on the eventful 11th of September (battle of Brandywine). Gen- eral Wayne, with the two other brigades of Pennsylvania, was left at Chadd’s Ford to oppose Knyphausen while Sullivan’s right wing was hurried on to Birmingham Meet- ing House to attack the English left under Cornv/allis. When the Twelfth Pennsylva- nia arrived on double qpiick upon the ground, ‘•the cannon balls were ploughing up the ground, the trees cracking over their heads, the branches riven by the artillery, and the leaves were falling as in Autumn by the grape shot.” Capt. Brady had two sons in the light; Samuel, the eldest, was First Lieu- tenant, commissioned July 17, 1776, in Capt. John Doyle’s company, then attached to the First Pennsylvania, Col. James Chambers, and was with General W ayne fat Chadd’s Ford. John (subsequently, 1795, Sheriff of Northumberland county), then a youth of fifteen years, who had gone to the army to ride the horses home, was with his father with a big rifle by his side. They had scarcely time to obey the sten- torian order of Col. Cook, “fall into line !” when the British made their appearance. The Twelfth fired sure and fast, and many an ofiicer leaped forward in death after the sharp crack of its rifles. As the fight grew furious and the charge of gleaming bayonets came on, other troops that had not time to form reeled before “the burnished rows of steel.” But the Twelfth stood firm, and Lieutenant William Boyd (of Northumber- land) fell dead by his Captain. Littlejohn was wounded and Captain Brady fell with a wound through his mouth. The day ended with disaster to our arms, and the . Twelfth sullenly quit the field nearly cut to pieces. The wound only loosened some or me Captain’s teeth, but being disabled by a’ severe attack of pleurisy, caused by his' ex posures, which he never got entirely well of, he was sent home. On the invasion of ! Wyoming Valley, in 1778, he retired with j his family to Sunbury, and it was there, on the 8th of August, 1778, his son James was sent to his parents, cruelly wounded and scalped by the Indians, to die. The circum- stances of his death are very minutely detail- ed in a letter from Col. Hartley, to be found in the Pennsylvania Archives, vol. 6, O. S . page 889 ; also in Meginness’ history, page 222, etc. I will only add General Hugh Bra- dy’s recollections of his brother. “James Brady was a remarkable man. His person was fine, he lacked but a quarter of an inch of six feet, and his mind was as well finished as his person. I have ever placed him by the side of Jonathan, son of Saul, for beauty of person and nobleness of soul, and like him, he fell by the hands of the Philis- j ' tines. Pie was wounded and scalped on 1 I Saturday and carried on a bier to Sunbury, where he died on Thursday following, after ' reviving sufficiently to relate everything that happened.” On the 1st of September, 1778, Captain Brady returned to the army, ’\lean while, under an arrangement of the armv, which took place about the first day of July, the field officers had been mustered out and the companies and their officers distributed into the Third and Sixth Pennsylvania Regi- I meuts. Captain Brady was therefore sent home by General Washington’s order- with Captain Boone, Lieutenants Samuemand John Dougherty, to assist Colonel Hartley in protecting the frontiers. He joined Col- onel Hartley at Muncy on the 8th of Sep- tember, and aecompanied him on the expe- dition to Tioga, Colonel Hartley, in a let- ter to Congress (dated October 8th, 1778), describes the hardships of this march. “We waded or swam Lycoming creek up- wards of twenty times, met great rains and prodigious swamps, mountain defiles and rocks impeded our course, and we had to open and clear the way as we passed. We carried two boxes of spare ammunition and twelve* clays’ provision. I cannot help ob- serving the difficulties in crossing the Alps or passing up the Kennebec could not have been greater than our men experienced for the time.” On their return, after they left Wyalusing, the enemy made a heav^ NpTES AND QUERIES.— XX. axtack upon liis rear and the rear guard gave way. “At the critical moment Ca|rf tains Boone and Brady, and Lieutenant King, with a fev/ brave fellows, landed from the canoes and renewed the action. We advanced on the enemy on all sides, , and the Indians, after a brave resistance, conceiving themselves surrounded, fled with the utmost haste, leaving ten dead.” During the whole of the fall of 1778 the savages ravaged the settlements, and Cap- tain Brady was kept busy. He was onC' of. fuose of whom Colonel Hunter wrote on ' the 13th of December, who told him, “They would rather die fightiug than leave their homes again.” With the open- ing spring of 1779 these inroads were renewed, and in such force that William Maclay wrote, “He believed the whole force of the Six Nations was being poured down upon the West Branch Vah ley.” _ Amid these scenes of terror and confusion Captain Brady stood manfully at his post, and died by it, at a time when his services could ill be spared. On the fatal 11th of April, 1779, in the golden light of morning, its sunlight reflected by the myriad rain drops lying on the bushes and the trees, with the songs of birds among the branches, in all the hope and glory of coming spring, going forth to the duties of the hour, the sharp summons came, and in the twinkling ji| of an eye Captain John Brady stood before « his God. i; “The car of victory, the plume, the wrea'h, i Defend not from ttie bolt of fate the brave; ” But— “Glory lights the soldier’s tomb, And beauty weeps the brave.” After the death of her husband Mrs. i Brady removed with her family to her i father’s place, in Cumberland county, i where she arrived in May, 1779. She re- ’ mained until October of that year, and then , removed to Buffalo Valley, to what is now | known as the Frederick place, three miles west of Lewisburg, where she died on the ’ | 20th of October, 1783, at the early age of forty-eight years. Over her remains in the beautiful cemetery at Lewisburg, in the same grave with those of the youthful hero of Brandywine (John Brady, who died on the lOtii of December, 1809, at the same age — forty-eight', is a marble slab with the appropriate inscription, “All tears are wiped from her eyes.” Historical and. Genealogical. Bombaugh, Conrad, son of George Bombaugh, was born at Middletown, Pa., about 1750. He was a mill-wriglit by pro- fession, and established the first mill at Standing Stone, now Huntingdon. About J the commencement of the Revolution he i located at Highspire, and wh-en the county of Dauphin was organized h<|l7S5,- we find j him a resident of the new to'jfe. He was a ' prominent citizen of Harrisburg; was the 1 senior burgess of the borough during the ! Whisky Insurrection, and signed the address ' to Gen. Washington, on paswng through Harrisburg westward. He’ died in April ^ 1821, aged seventy-one. w. h. e. Browne (N & Q., v.)— Two brothers j named Browne(baptismal names not known) settled in the county Tyrone, Ireland, pre- vious to 1688. They were of the covenant- ing party in Scotland and left that country during “the persecutions.” They settled near JVlaghry Lock. There the descendants of both seem to have lived for a century, and the descendants of one of these brothers are supposed to be there yet. The other brother was m)' ancestor, through a son named Andrew who was a man with a fam- ily of his own, say about 1720. This. An- drew was father of my grandfather. He had two SODS and nine (or eleven) daugh ters. His sons were Andrew (2d) and David. Andrew (2d.) was my great grand- father. David had two sons, David and John. John was drowned emigrating to America, and his widow, with three child- ren, returned to the old neighborhood; be- yond which up to 1812, nothing is known. The other son, David, married, but left no children. The following table (i. ) shows the family of Andrew (2d.) whose wife was wee Mitchell. The (ii.) shows the family of his son James. I— The Family of Andrew Browne (2d.) i. Audley."' d. s. p, ii. James m. Eliz. Lyons. iii. Andrew m. Woods; removed to Kentucky about 1800. iv. David m. Esther M’Creaiy; settled in Westmoreland county — left no issue. j V. John, imm. settled in Ligonier valley. ) vi. Matthew, m. Jane M’Coskey; settled | in Ligonier valley and left eight children. vii. Joseph, m. Orr; remained at j the old home — ]\raghry Lock. | ? viii. Rebecca, m. — Woods; removed"] * ! to Kentucky about 1800. ‘ 4jiX i ix; Jane, m. James White; settled in I Western Pennsylvania. ^ 1 X. , m. Kerr; settled in ' County Connaught, Ireland. II. Family of James Browne, son of An- dreio{M). i. Andrew, m. Gibson; settled in Chester county. ii. Margaret, b. 1783, m. John Campbell. iii. Audley; came to the United States about 1800, and d. at the age of 18 years. iv. Jane, m. William Totten, U. S A; left one son, James, who graduated at West Point and rose to be brigadier general in the rebellion. V. Robert, m. Mary Steeser; had three sons, all deceased. i vi. David Lyons, b. 1793, m. in 1818, I Sarah Miller; removed with their "parents to | the U. S. in 1812 — and had issue — James j M., of Pittsbu.gh; Matthew deceased; Rob- , ert Andley, New Castle, Pa. ; George Greer, deceased; Margaret, deceased, first wife of A. Finkbine; Eliza Lyons, now Mrs. Finkbine, of Winchester, W. Va.; Andrew deceased; Sarah Jane, d. s. p. ; and David Lyons, d. s. p vii. John. d. s. p. viii. James, d. s. p. ^Audley, the first on record marked (?) The doubt is whether the name belongs to the family of the first or second Andrew , Browne. There is no doubt regarding the others who all lived to be men and women. Maghry Lock is probably in the parish of : Ardstraw, county Tyrone, Ireland. My , grandfather’s residence was in the village of Ardstraw. u. a. b. [Our inquiry of July 26, has elicited the foregoing interesting reply, valuable for its genealogical data. The query as to the dis- cendants of John Brown of Upper Pax- tang, whose eldest son was Audley, is yet unanswered. Our correspondent writes his name with a final e, and yet we are of the opinion he of the same family-, and per- chance of the Browns who settled in Pax- tang in 1720. w. H. E. I Beuryhill, Alexander, w^as a native i of Paxtang township. Dauphin county. Pa., where lie was born in 1738. He became one of the first residents of Harrisburg, on its being laid out in 1785, and after its incor- poration as a borough he was appointed onjg of its justices of the peace by Gov^^ Mittlin. He was one of the burgesses pf the^tbwn in 1794, and signed the address to Gen. Wash- ington then on his way westward to quell the so-called Whisky Insurrection. He idled at Harrisburg, Sept. 7, 1798. Mr. ^Berryhill was an excellent penman, and‘ many of his papers, still extant, are models of elegant penmanship. w. h. e. THE REDEEMED INDIAN CAPTIVES OF DOUQUET'S EXPEDITION OF 1764. In order to confine the extracts from the oration of Hon. John B. Linn, to data re- lating to Capt. John Brady (N. & Q. xix.) several interesting portions were omitted, especially that relating to the redeemed In- dian captives of 1764. As this has elicited the communications which follow, we give that to which the latter refer: ‘ ‘Some of my hearers, the descendants of the Cummins, the Gambles, the Irvines, the M’Cormicks, the Montgomerys, the Robbs, and others, who with me trace their lineage to the dwellers under the shadow of the North mountain, will recall the tra- ditions of Boquet’s return with the captives ' which were mingled with our grandmother’s fireside tales, and haunt the menory of our infant years, like the cadence of some far distant music, or the words of a well-nigh forgotten song. It was on a wintry day, December 31, 1764, when Col. Bouquet, having advertised for those who had lost children to come to Carlisle and reclaim them, brought out the little band of captives for recognition. Many had been captured j when very young and had grown up to boy- ' hood and girlhood in the wigwam of the | Indian, having learned the language of the savage and forgotten their own. One wo- man was unable to point out her daughter, and the captives could only talk in an un- known tongue. She told her sad lot to the Colonel, and mentioned that she used, many years before, sing to her daughter a hymn, of which the child was very fond. The Colonel told her to sing it, and she began — >‘Alone, yet not alone am I, TJiougli in thid solitude so drear, I feel my Saviour always nigl), He comes my dreary hours to cheer.” “She had not finished the first verse be- fore her long lost daughter rushed into her | arms.” The incident thus narrated elicited the following interesting letter to Mr. Linn,. from the disiinguishecl historian of estern Pennsylvania, Isaac Craig, Esq. Allegheny, Pa., Oct. 28, 18T9. — Dear 1 Sir: I have received and read your address at the unveiling of the Brady monument , V7ith great interest. Your notice of the German mother finding her lost child by : singing a favorite hymn, recalls an interest- ing sequel related to me about a year ago by the venerable and Rev. Samuel Wil- liams. In the old French war, two little girls who were on a peach tree in Tulpehocken were taken by tue Indians. The youngest | Re^jina was scalped without other injury by , - the Indian that first approached them, but another Indian approached who took a fancy to them, and instead of slaying them carried them into captivity. The scalped child was tenderly cared for and survived to be returned in the manner related by you. Mr. Williams, who is nearly eighty, told 1 me that he was born and raised in Bedford j county, where both his parents Vv^ere born. < He had often heard the story referred to. ;1 In 1825 or 26, whilst yet a licentiate in the ■■ ministry, he served a small Presbyterian , church in Schellsburgh and a small Baptist church in Somerset. About the close of 1826 Mr. Peter Schell, the son-in-law of Mrs. Statler, requested him to conduct the funeral services of his mother in -law, on the top of the Allegheny mountains, not far from Stoystown. When they arrived at the house, as it was customary among the Lutherans to give a sketch of the life of the deceased in connection with the service, Mr. Schell took him into the room where the corpse lay, to give him some particulars of her life. Approaching the corpse of a very aged woman, he drew back her cap and showed Mr. Williams that she had been scalped, and then narrated the story of ' her capture by the Indians seventy years 1 before. It was the very Regina who recog- ; nized her mother 'by hearing her sing the once-familiar hymn. She had grown up and married Mr. Statler and raised a large family of most respectable character. The funeral services were at the house of a Mr. Lambert, another son-in-law. Very truly yours, isaac chaig. [If I am not mistaken, the Peter Schell referred to in Mr. Craig’s letter was the ' , late Hon. Peter Schell, of Bedford, father of 1 ray friend, Hon. William P. Schell, presenU Auditor General of Pennsylvania. ' If' so, the laid joke of our College days, which attributed Mr. Schell’s premature venerable appearance to early piety, would, to express it in the language of our venerable President John W. Kevin, D. D., “have afar deeper meaning, historically consider edD Since delivering my address, I have found the whole story of “Regina the Captivje Maid” in the Friend, a Quaker weekly, 'volume seven, 1834, page 244, translated from the Danish of Pastor Roane of Elsineur. Much of the early history of Pennsylvania will be I found in letters of missionaries, transmitted to the societies that sent them from Europe; , and locked up in the German language in | the Moravian archives at Bethlehem. I J. B. L ] ! JOHN FENN’S VISIT TO HARRISBURG AND MIDDLETOWN IN 1788. The Pennsylvania Magazine, a quarterly publication of the Penna. Historical Society, j is a periodical which should be more widely j disseminated in our State, and which from j its high character, its value and its interest i to every Pennsylvanian, ought to number j its subscribers by the tens of thousands. It is in the third year of its existence, and every number is rich with historical and genealogical information. It is little known beyond the membership of the society, and yet there are thousands who are not con- nected with the State Historical Society, ‘ who would appreciate and value it. Its in- ! dustrious editor, Mr. Fbedebick D Stone; the Librarian also of the society, by his re- searches, and the material at his hands is making it a most valuable repository for much that is worth preserving in the his- »fl tory of our State, and we have no hesitancy in saying it has no superior as an historical publication. We have been prompted in speaking thus^ of the Pennsylvania Magazine by way of some prefatory remarks concerning the following extracts from the journal of John Penn, who visited Harrisburg and Middle- town in the year 1788. This John Penn i was the eldest son of Thomas, who was the ' second son of William and Hannah Callow- hill Penn, wa^ born February 23, 1760, and died in 1834. His mother was Lady Juliana Penn, daughter of the Earl of Pomfret. He published several volumes of poems and to distinguish him from the John Penn, ‘ who was Governor of the Province iroiu’ 1763 to 1771 and again from 1773 to 177% : has been named John Penn, the poet. His portrait, through a mistake, occupies the place among the Governors in the Execu- tive Department of the State, which should ‘ be filled by John, the son of Richard Penn. A portrait of the latter is in existence and, ! eflorts will be made to procure a copy of it. How the mistake occurred we shall not in- quire into at present. John Penn, the poet, came to America to look after some of the proprietary estates, and it was this which , brought him to this newly-founded town on his way to Carlisle. He set out from Philadelphia on the Cth of April 1788 on horseback, reached Reading the next day, where he tarried until the 9 th, when he pursued his w'ay towards the Susquehanna. We now quote from his journal, w. h. e. — “April 10. Rose by six o’clock, and after breakfast set out, in order to sleep at Harrisburg, the chief town of Dauphin . ' county, and which was proposed to be the seat of government. Passed some mills a - few miles from thence at Tulpehocken creek, which afterwards meets the road : somewhat farther in a very picturesque spot. On the eastern side of this is a most ! elegant new Lutheran church. On the western is a Calvinist’s, called here, byway of distinction, a Presbyterianchurch. After riding through a village I came to Lebanon, a handsome town containing some hundred inhabitants. This place is decorated by a spire, and the houses are well built; many of them stone or brick. It not being dis- tant enough, the horses were baited at Mil- lerstown, a small village half-way, and twenty miles from Harrisburg, or Harris’s ferry. About sunset, I had a fine view of I this town from an high part of the road {a ) ; ; the river Susquehanna flowing between its woody and cultivated banks close to the I town. Mr. Harris (Z>), the owner and founder of this town, informed me that three years ago there was but one house ' built, and seemed to possess that pride and pleasure in his success which -ZEneas en- vied. Felices illJ, ciuorum jam mEcnia surgunl ! Tho’ the courts are held here generally, Lebanon is infinitely larger. The situa- tion of this place is one of the finest I ever saw. One good point of view is the tavern, aim )St close to the river. This was the , -house which stood alone so many years. It is^ n caTTeM^tLe’UompessCc^ onebi thetirstT public houses in Pennsylvania. The rooiti/| I had is 22 feet square, and high in propor- j tion. “ApnZ 11, After breakfasting about eight with Mr. Harris, we walked together to the ferry, when he gave me two pieces of information, one of an island he pur- chased of us, which the war prevented us from confirming to him; and the other of the delinquency of one Litso, who wishes •| to detain the money due in. part for a farm ' over the Susquehanna, tho’ there is an in- 11 cumbrance in our favor, on it, to the amount of six or seven hundred pounds, going on upon interest. The waters being t high, we ferried across with difficulty, and ' almost dropped down to a very rapid part ; below the landing place; but at length es- b caped a disagreeable situation. About two !!f miles from the river passed the house of Whitehill the Assemblymen, (rZ) and arrived j!; about three at Carlisle, seventeen miles off.” [Mr. Penn remained at Carlisle until the ! 13th, when he commenced his return to ' Philadelphia. He thus proceeds.] April 13. Rose early in order to see a I' cave near Conedogwinit creek, in which ?i water petrifies, as it drops from the roof. "i Returned and pursued my route to a place called Lisburn, tho’ it proved somewhat out ^ of my way. Just at this spot the country is romantic. The name of the creek run- I ning thro’ it. Yellow-breeches creek, may, in- ! I deed be unworthy of it. From hence the J road lay thro’ woods till the Susquehanna, y and Harrisburg at a distance, denoted that ' the ferry was at hand. I crossed the river about three and a half o’clock, surrounded by enchanting prospects. The ride to Middletown is along the eastern bank, and exhibts a striking sample of the great, in the opposite one. rising to a vast height, ■ and wooded close to the water’s edge for many miles. From this vast forest, and the expansive bed of the river navigable to its source for craft carrying two tons bur- dens, the ideas of grandeur and immensity rush forcibly upon the mind, mixed with the desert-wilderness of an uninhabited scene. The first particular object on this i roadis’Simpson’s (e) house, theowner of the ! ferry wdiere I crossed. It is on a rock ! across the river. At Middletown I put up ; at one More’s, who was a teacher formerly at Philadelphia of Latin and Greek. He i-A talked very sensibly, chiefly on subjects. which discovered him to be a warm tory,. and friend of passive obedience. Unlike ' | many tories he is an enemy of the ‘ new Constitution. Here the Great Swatara I joins the Susquehanna, and a very fine \ mill is kept at their confluence by Mr. \ Frey, a Dutchman, to whom I carried a | ; letter from Mr. D. Clymer. ‘ ‘Several trees, before I arrived at the Sus- j quhanna terry, had been girdled, as it is ! termed, that is cut all around thro’ the bark, , so as to prevent their continuing alive. ; This operation in a country so abounding ; . in timber, saves the too great trouble of i cutting down every tree whose leaves j might obstruct the men’s operation upon I the corn. }i ^ “April 14. Before my departure, Mr. Frey J showed me his excellent mill, and still i ‘ more extraordinary mill-stream, run- • ning from one part of Swatara i for above a mile till it rejoins i it at the mouth. It was cut by him*self, jl with great expense and trouble, and is the ^ only work cT the kind in Pennsylvania. ' Middletown is in a situation as beautiful as it is adapted to trade, and already of a re- spectable size. I left it threatened by rain, ' which came on rather violently soon after, and the roads proved the worst of the whole journey, till that time. I passed thro’ Elizabethtown, eight miles oif, and over the creeks (or small rivers) of Cone- wago and Chickesalunga. As you leave t Dauphin for Lancaster county, the lands im- 4 prove, and at a place half way from Mid- dletown, where I stopped for my horses, I and to avotd the rain, it was said to be j worth £15 per acre. There are some hand- j some farm-houses nearer Lancaster. The 1 town itself has a far superior appearance to - any I had passed thro’. The streets are J regular, and the, sides are paved with brick, like Philadelphia, or else stone; and sepa- ’ rated by posts from the street.” i [NOTES BY A. BOYD HAMILTON, ESQ. ] а. This road was north of the present P. & R. R. R. It afforded an enchanting view of Kittatinny Gap, up and down the | Susquehanna for about 10 miles, and some I distance into the valley ol Cumberland and I ' York counties. The west side of the river '1 was^not wooded at that time, all the forest ? having been burned off twenty years before, il б. John Harris, the founder of Harris- j burg, a man of great energy, and the ■' owner of 1000 acres of choice land abouL’^ his fine residenece, built in 17G6-^et standing- pretty much as he erected a^t — on Front Street and Mary Alley. His father is buried directly in front of it. Mr. Harris was “born at the ferry,” 1726, died 1791, buried in Paxtang Church-yard. c. The ferry house, now occupied as a public school-house — built of logs, weather- boarded, low ceilings, large rooms— just ^ below the present Harris Park, on Paxtang'* place, about 200 yards below the Harris Mansion. d. Robert Whitehill; he resided at the present vilage of .Whitehill, where there is a large soldiers’ orphans’ ' school. He was horn ia Lancaster county, 1736, and died in Cumberland, 1813, and is buried^ Silver Spring Church-yard. He was long in public service — assemblyman and congress- man— for more than twenty years. e. It was the residence of Gen. Michael Simpson, is yet standing, and is very spa- cious. It is directly opposite the Penna. Steel Works; they are at the “Chamber’s ferry” of 1750. Simpson was a lieutenant at the storming of Quebec, and went through the Revolution with great credit. He was brother-in-law to Rev. Col. John Elder, had three wives, but left no issue. Born in Paxtanng 1748, died 1813, buried under a handsome monument in Paxtang Church-yard. At his death he was Major- General of the Pennsylvania Militia. See, also. Campaign against Quebec, by John Joseph Henry, Albany, 1877, p. 30. NOTICS AND QUERIES.— XXI. Historical and Genealogical. Mobdah (N. &Q. XIX). — JohnMordah, who died in December, 1744, . left an unmar- ried daughter, Eleanor. On the|Gtl^f No- vember, 1746, she married James Brown, son of John Brown of Paxtang — of whose descendants we are in hopes of obtaining, full information. IsENiiouR. — Casper Isenhour died prior , ' to 1803 and left a wife, Mary, and children, John, Mary, Elizabeth and Catherine. In- formation is wanted as to the ancestor of this person, and also of John Isenhour, who died about the same period and left^childrcn, j Margaret, ISIichael, Benjamin. Eve, Ann : Mary and Frenoni. Were not John and _ Casper brothers ? j SimbsonCN. a. Q. i )— Samuel Simpson, 1 ■ of Paxtang, died in 1791, He left children U as follows : i. Nathaniel. • I ii. Jane. ^ I iii- Margret, m. William Harris (dec’d) who had John and Simpson, both dec’d. , iv. Sarah, m. William Cook. V. Samuel. * ' vi. Rebecca, m. Thomas Cavet. ' , | vii. Many ,m. Robert Taggart. i Samuel Simpson was a brother of the | John Simpson referred to. w. ii. e. > Officejis op the Revolution, peom Paxtano and liANOYETi. — Oil tlic assess- • j ment lists of taxables, for the townships . named; in 1780, we find the following per- sons who are designated by the titles pre- fixed : I ITanaver for 1780. I Captain William Allen; Wm. Brown, Esq.; Sam’l Brown, jr., J. P. ; Captain Daniel Bradley; Captain Ambrose Crain; Colonel Timothy Green; Captain Wm. Graham; Joseph Ilutchieon, J. P. ; Major Abe Latcha; Wm. Montgom- ery, Esq.; Captain Wm. M’Cul- lough; Captain James M’Creight; Col. John-Rodgers; Wm. Stewart, quarter- master; Captain James Wilson; Lieutenant Wm. Young; Lieutenant James Rodgers; Second Lieutenant James Wilson; Second Lieutenant Henry Graham; Second Lieuten- ant Wm. Brandon; Second Lieutenant James Johnson; Second Lieutenant Balt- zer Stone; First Lieutenant Math(?W Gil- christ. Paxtang for 1780. ^ | Col. Robt. Elder; Major John Gilchrist; * Captain Hugh Robinson; Captain Andrew •Stewart; Rev. Joseph Montgomery; Cap- tain Johathan M’Clure; Captain George M’Mullen ; First Lieutenant John Mathews ; Second Lieutenant William M’Mullen; Abner Wickersham ; [was a brother of Elisha Wickersham, and a partner in busi- ness. They laid out the town at the mouth ofSwatara. ] Dr. Robert Canady, of Middletown; First Lieutenant Wm. Montgomery; Second Lieu- tenant, Geo. Turbaugh; First Lieutenant John Hallebaugh; Captain Samuel Coch- ran; Abraham Egle, Matthew Smith, Esq., Robert Rowland and John Chambers. Jacob Haldeman, 1779; Hugh Crocket, 1779; James Eaton, of Middletown, was a prisoner in 1779. s. e. A Hanover Spinster Eighty Years Agc^ — T he heroine of the Soldiers’ Tale was not unlike Matty, the most notable girl in Hanover. Let me give you a sketch of/ her. A person of great force of charat^er, • quick-witted, and a natural leader in her way. Like most uncultured persons, she used very plain language, spoke right out, and often used exceedingly rough expres- sions, a practice, by the way, more common seventy-five years ago than now. She as- sociated with the young until fifty, and at- tended all the winter balls of the neighbor- borhood; and further, as a matter of right and courtesy, led off the first dance. The contra dance was the fashion of those days, and when a particularly difficult figure was to be “run,” such as “the three merry dancers,” or the “Jersey Hornpipe,” Matty always led. Quadrilles she held as small j game, but never could resist the fast and | whirling mazes of the “Scotch Grounds.” j No funeral, wedding or other social gath- I ering was complete without her presence | and assistance. Let me tell you as ’twas ' told to me, a few items of a wedding in Hanover eighty years ago. The elders and matrons of the neighbor- hood were patiently waiting in the great i room of the house, disposed in a semi-circle converging towards the great “ten-foot” fire-place, In which, on a block, sat an old lady smoking the old long clay pipe of that day. On a round turn-up tea-table stood a pitcher of water, a tumbler, a stem glass, and a decanter of whisky. In the great arm chair, with his massive hair plaited and clubbed, sat the Reverend Nathaniel , Randolph Snowden. The youngsters were ^ out of doors; but in a back bed -room might have been seen our old friend Matty pre- paring the bride for the floor. Around her and about her was a lot of young, giddy girls, of whom my mother was one, look- ing with intense interest upon the artistic performance. “Ah, Matty ! why didn’t ymi marry? didn’t you never have any beaux?” “Well, dears, I never cared much about marrying; that thought always seemed to hamper me, and so I put it off. and off, and now of coarse I never will. Bnt then as to , beaux I had plenty, more than all of you ' ever will have put together. Why 1 never went to church but what one, and some- times two, came to ride with me. Coming back home, I always managed to have a dif- ferent one. There was plenty of nice young men, then.” “But, Matty, how happened it that you never fell in love, was’nt there some one amongst them that you liked well enough to marry?” “Well, no; but then there wa^.oae I liked better than the rest. He was very , handsome, and what is more he dressed to j perfection. His cocked beaver was of the ! finest quality, and’then he wore broad-cloth, think of that ! You could see yourself in the buttons of his coat, beautiful shining brass. And then the frills at his shirt sleeves and bosom, were five inches long. His sil- ver knee buckles and garters matched — wore gilded spurs on his lair topped boots, and then rode an elegant horse. Why you could have heard that horse nicker half a mile away, coming up the lane.” Here Mattie paused, lost in thought, and then slowly continued: “He went to the army, and never came back — give me a pin, girls. ’ ’ Such was Mattie —she lived all her long days, reaching beyond four-score — a maid — and died within my recollection. My father had so much respect for her, that he rode over to Hanover, ten miles, to attend her funeral. h. k. MONUMENT TO BKADDOUK’S MEN. An unusual interest has recently been awakened in Western Pennsylvania on the subject of a monument to perpetuate the memory of the 800 British and American soldiers who were slaughtered on the 9th day of July, 1755, by the French and In- dians a few miles east of Pittsburg. The Rev. E. B. Raffensperger, of Phila- delphia, has prepared a popular lecture^ on “Braddock’s March.” He recently visited the battlefield and “Dunbar’s Camp.” The owner of the land on which the latter is lo- cated has offered, through Mr. Raftensper- ger, a site of three acres for the proposed monument. The spot is only a few miles from Braddock’s grave, 3,000 feet above tide-water, and commands a view to the west for thirty miles of surpassing loveli- ness. Mr. Ralfensperger has been re- quested by prominent British and American citizens to deliver his lecture in England and America in behalf of the monument. It is believed that $100,000 can be secured for this object. The Pennsylvania railroad company has recently improved the ground known as the battlefield. Mr. Raffensper- ger has secured sundry relics to be exhibited wherever his lecture is delivered. One oi them is supposed to be the veritable sword of Braddock, in a fine state of preservation. This is the property of Daniel F. Cooper, Esq., of Unijontown, Pa., and has been I kindly loaned to Mr. Raffensperger for the purpose named above . — From the W. I". 1 Evangelist, YE ancient inhabitants— IV. , > East End of Hanover— 1751. s.d. 9 6 Widow Brown, 3 0 John Hums, 3 0 Andrew McMc- 3 G ken, Tomas Preast, 3 6 John Tomson, 3 G Jams Graham, Peter Hedrek, Niclos Warner, Milchor Hendrey Tomas Proner, Hendrey Bach- man, Conrad Clett, s. d. 3 G 4 0 Anthony Rosbom, 4 0 Jacob Bicer, Jacob Madgher, 3 G Lasares Stewart, Philap Mosear, Isac Pick bar, Jacob Pickar, William Clark, John Tibbins, John Sheaner, Jams Young, John Gilleland, Petter Halmer, Widow Werek, Fredrek Hoak, Jams Sion, Widow Gilaland Jacob Sops, John Sops, Rudey Hoke, Joseph Hufe, Bc.njamen Clark Kilen Mark, Georg Tittel, Isac Williams, John Wearer, Adam Cleman Adam Casnet, Jams Williams, Anton(^ Tittel, Dinis Keril, Mattis Poor, John Sion, Samuel Sion, Danil Ankel, William Young, Abraham Wil- liams, James Clark, ^lartin Light, Adam Reed, Lodwick Shits, John Stewart, John Foster, John Andrew, Walter McFar- land. Lorz Brightbill, William Robison, 0 John Coningham,3 0 G William Coning- G ham, G Stufal Seas, 0 John Mires, G Tomas Shiralo, G Patrick Broon, G John Andrew, G John Stran, G David Strain, G Georg Shekley, G Antoney Mc- G Creight, G John Sods, G Walter Bel, 0 Leonard Long, 0 Adam McMelvry, G John Henderson, G John McClure, G William Woods, G John Porterfeld, 0 Robart Heslet, John Crafart, William Watson, Hendrey Conts, Jams Grelcr, John Crage, Thomas Strain, 3 0 Hugh McKoun, 3 0 John Dikson, 3 3 6 Joseph Willson, 3 4 G Adam Millar, 3 Ed wart McMu- 4 5 rey, 3 3 0 Jacob McCor- 4 0 mick, 0 4 0 John Ramse}^ 1 4 0 Jams Stewart, 4 3 0 Petter Stewart, 1 3 G Humphrey Con- 3 G inghain, 1 G Robart Kirk- 3 0 wood, 2 0 4 G Jams McCoorey, 2 G 3 0 William Tomson. 2 Gv* 0 G 0 G 0 0 G G 0 0 G G 0 G G 0 G 0 0 0 9 0 0 G G 3 G 3 G 3 G 3 9 3 0 2 G G 0 G I Fhilap Coulp, 3 G Tomas Strain, fL i Onwalt lagle, 2 G Mathis Plants/ '30 : Tomas Croil, 2 G Jacob Stoner, 3 0 Alaxauder Swan, 3 G William Stoner, 3 0 AlaxanderTom- Pris Ines, 4 0 son, 2 0 Jams Todc, 3 0'' John Graham, 3 0 John Young, 4 0 Samuel Ensworth, Jams Dixon. 3 0 : J John Martin, 3 0 Barnet JMcYite, 1 c ' j freemen. | Robart Brieon, G 0 Willm. Kilheart, G 0 j, Willm. Brison, G 0 Willm, Crosbej', G 0 ; David Andrews, G 0 Benjamon Ens- < David Stevenson, G 0 warth, G 0 | Patrick Bown, G 0 Colector, Jacou Museh. ' \ ' West End of Hanover.— 1751. s. d. Jas. Rodgers, 3 0 Seth Rodgers, 4 G Hugh Rodgers, 3 0 Sam’l Sterat, 3 0 Widow Rodgers, 9 0 Jos. M’Knit, 3 0 Jas. Beard, 3 G Robt. Porterfield, 2 0 MathewThornton, 3 G Wm. Rodger, 3 G Wm. Thomson, 2 G Sam’l Tood, 2 G George Jonson, 2 G John Brown, 3 0 John McCavit, 3 0 James McCavit, 3 0 Thos. french. 2 G Jas. french. 2 G Jas. finney, 3 0 Tnos. Sharp, 3 0 John Sharp, 3 0 John Dobins, 2 G Widow McKoun, 2 0 John Hill, 2 G Philip Roboson, 2 G Jas Brown, 2 G Sam’l Brown, 2 G Willim Erwen, 2 6 Sam. Barnat, 2 G Alex.Mungumrey,2 G Thos. Bell, 1 G Samu’l Robison, 5 0 Jas. Ridell, 2 0 Thos. McQuire, 2 G Jphn McCoard, 3 0 Robt. Houston, 2 G J ohn Gamble, 2 G John Hendre, 3 0 s. d. Robt. Humes, 3 G James Roboson, 3 0 Jas, Ripet, 1 G Mathew Snodey, 2 G Hanall Martin, 2 0 John McCormick, 3 0 Jos. Willson, 2 G John Strean, 2 G Gain Strean, 2 G Robt. Park, 3 G Jas. Park, 3 G Hugh Willson, 2 0 Jas. Willson, 3 G Robt. Wallace, 3 G Robt. Snodgres, Wm. McClena- 4 0 han, Duchman in Jas. 2 G Harris’s place. 2 0 Jos. Ripet, David McClen- 1 0 naihan, sr., Alexd. Banot, 3 G 4 6 David McClen- naihan, jr,, 3 G Daniel Shaw, 2 G Samuel Stuart, 3 G Robt Love, 3 0 Wm. Leard, 2 0 John Hutchison, 3 G Samuel Young, 1 0 Jas. Finney, 3 0 John McHealey, 2 G Jas. McConnel, 1 0 Thos. Russel, 1 0 Charles McClure, 3 6 John Woods, 3 0 Andrew Woods, 4 0, Gain Jonston, Thos. McClure, Wm. Barnot, And’r. Wallace, Richard Jonston, Josias Whyte, John Snodey, John Cooper, Thos. Cooper, Francis McClure, ‘John Knox, Widow Derman, Michial Kealc, Hendry Hart, James Wallace, 2 G 2 G 2 G 2 G 2 G 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 G 2 G 2 G 4 0 4 G 3 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 Mathew Tytor, -y 2 G 3 0 Andrew Walker, 2 G 3 0 Robt Martin, 3 0 James Willsgn, 2 G George Miller, 2 G John McClure, Pattrick Greacy, Wm. Cooper, Thos. Martin, J ohn Stueart, Thos Robinson, Dutchman in John BrQwns place, 3 0 freemen. G 0 Micheal Wallace, G 0 Colector, Samuel Roboson. NOTES AND QUERIES.— XXII. Historical and Genealogical. John Penn’s Journal (K. & Q. xx ).— In the notes to this very interesting journnl of a visit to Harrisburg in 1788, there is a note of Mr. Hamilton’s which I desire to correct. Mr. Penn states that he “had a fine view of this town [Harrisburg], from a high part of the road.” Mr. H. locates this road as being “north of the present P. & R. R. R.” This is certainly an error. The only point really where this “fine view” could meet the eye of the traveler in those days coming from Reading would be “Chambers’ Hill.” This is therefore south of the P. & R. R. R. Paxtang. Pennsylvania Genealogies.— While | the descendants of the Puritans and of the Dutch of Kew York have carefully pre- served their family metnorials, there have not been, until recently, anyeflortsmadeby Pennsylvanians, especially those of the German and Scotch-Irish, towards the compilation of family genealogies. In our own locality but few have been prepared, yet we are glad to learn that quite a num- ber of our old families are looking up the records of their ancestors for perma- nent preservation. This is a dut}'' We all owe to the memory of a revered and ' pious ancestry, and even though the records be meagre, there is no one who cannot as- sist in the performance of this noble work — nor is it too late to begin. Those to come after us will honor the labors thus bestowed, even if we do not receive while living, the reward for well-doing. Several years ago, tlie Rev. Dr. Robin- | son prepared the Robinson Memorial^ A. j Boyd Hamilton, Esq., the Hamilton Record, and J. R. Hoffer, A Genealogy of the Hot- ter family. With the exception of families to which Dauphin county families may per- chance be allied, and printed elsewhere, no other published genealogies are known to us. Recently, however, A. K. Fahnestock, Esq. , has had printed in very neat form, a record of the Fahnestocks, and it is this I work which has prompted these remarks ' upon the subject of Family Genealogies. It ■ is a matter worthy of our most earnest and filial consideration — for he who cares noth- . ing about his ancestry, is only “fit for treason, stratagem, and spoils.” w. h. e. Montgoweuy, Rev. Joseph. —A corres- i respondent calls our attentioa to ihc fact^j that in Harris’ Biographical History of Lan - 1 caster county, is the sta»tement that Joseph I Montgomery, member of the Assembly ' from Lancaster county, in 1783, was from the city of Lancaster, apd the ancestor of John R. Montgomery, a lawyer of that ; place, etc. We do not know how such an egregious blunder could have been made. , The Joseph Montgomery who represented ; ' the county at that period, was the Rev. Joseph Montgomery, of Paxtang — one of j the most noted men in central Pennsyl- i .vania at that day, and of whom, we hope ' to present a full and interesting biographi- cal sketch ere long. ' w. ii. e. Ettley — David Ettley, of Middletown, j died in 1781, and left children as follows: ! i. John Philip. ii. Conrad, iii David. iv. Christiana, m. Michael Conrad. V. Catherina, m. Christopher Heppeth, [Heppick ] I Can J. R. famish us with any informa- tion concerning the foregoing generation of I that family? i PATRIOTIC HANOVER. On the 7lh of November, 1783, John ^ Dickinson, the author of the “Farmer’s i Letters,” and at the outset of the Revolu- : tion, one of the most energetic in the cause i of American rights, was elected by the As- i sembly of the State, and the Supreme Ex- ecutive Council, President of the State of Pennsylvania, under the Constitution of | r’ 1770. Alth ough Mr. Dickinson was forc;^ most in the defense of the liberties 5 ;of the Colonies, when the resolutions for' Inde- pendence came before the Continental Con- gress, he believed, and no doubt sincerely, too, that the “Declaration’’ was premature, and was one of the members who was not returned to Congress^by the Convention of ! July 15, 1776. There is no doubt that had \ he been chosen, his name would have been j affixed to that instrument. His course dur- ing the debates on Mr. Lee’s resolve, made him unpopular, and for several years he was not in active life. Nevertheless, he was not an idle spectator, and in October, 1777, he was madea brigadier-generalinthe Pennsylvania militia, having previously been in command ot a Philadelphia bat- talion doing active service in the Jerseys during Washington’s campaign there. It was during this period that the officers of the Lancaster battalion became acquainted with the statesman, Dickinson. Gen. Dick- inson, in 1779, was chosen by Delaware as one of her representatives in theConfederated Congress, and in 1781 he was President of ; that State. In obedience to the call from Pennsylvania, he accepted its Presidency, when at once it was maliciously reported that he was inimical to the Independence of the States. At this juncture his com- patriots in arms sought his defence. The Ninth Battalion commanded by Col. John Rodgers, of Hanover, as brave and gallant an officer as ever wielded a sword, met and issued the following: Hanover, November 28th, 1783. To the Colonels of the Lancaster County ilitia : Dear Sir: The officers and representatives of the ninth battalion of Lancaster county ^ Militia, upon consultation have concluded, from the complexion of the present House of Assembly, that the Constitution and Lib- erty of the State are at stake in some meas- ure; and sensible of the importance of what has cost us so much blood and treasure, we have thought it incumbent upon u^do exert ourselves for their preservation as tar as our infiuence extends, and to warn all who would wish to be free from the dangers 1 that seem to impend, not doubting at the i same time, but you are ready to take the alarm, as you must be sensible of . the same danger. We do not think it necessary to multiply words, tending to inspire your -qDirit, for we are of opinion that you possess the kme, and have been only waiting . to know tlie sentiments of your fellow friend'T '.t,o Liberty. Let us not then coolly simply Slider any of our rights to be taken i'roni us by any men, especially as our Oon- s.jtuiion invests us with full power to oppose any such attempt. Perhaps our fears are groundless; but in case of apparent danger, which undoubtedly is our present case, a v\d.-e man will be on his guanl ; .and there fore let such a number of persons as you ■ will please to appoint meet us at Manheim, on the 15th day of January next, in order that we may mutually contrive such meas- ures as may have a tendency to preserve our good and estimable Constitution and our dear Independence and sweet Liberty. 3e active and do not fail to fullil our re quest. By order of the whole. John Rodgers, Colonel. In pursuance of the foregoing ciomlar, the deputies from the different battalions met at Manheim, on the 15th of January following. There were present at that meeting the following: Colonels — Thomas Edwards, Ziegler, A.lexander Lowry, George Ross, John Rod- gers and Robert Elder. Majors — Jacob Cook, Kelly, Hays and II err. Captains— mg, Joseph Hubley and Laird. Mr. Clark and Mr. Chambers. On motion, Colonel Rodgers wns unani- mously chosen Chairman, and ■ Captain Joseph Hubley, Secretary. Colonel Rodgers made a neat and ap- . propriate speech explaining the objects of the meeting, that a rumor was in circula- tion calculated to do much injury, “that the President of the State 'of Pennsylvania was hostile to the Independence of America.” On motion, this question was put to each I battalion: L Is it the opinion of the members present t 'that they approve of the appointment of ' John Dickinson, Esq., as President of the : State of Pennsylvania, or not ? , Answer. The members of the Second i Battalion are unanimously of the opinion that a better choice of a President could not be made. Colonel Ziegler — Same opinion. Seventh Battalion — Same. Eighth Battalion — Same. Ninth Battalion — We hope the Assembly have made a good choice, and if they have WG thank them. Colonel Elder agrees in opinion with the } Ninth. ■ ■' '■ The loliowing resolves, after being duly . prepared and unanimously agreed to, -ivere ordered to be forthwith communicated to the x^ssembly, the Supreme Executive Council, and to every battalion in the State. Resolved, unanimously, That the people have a right to assemble together for their common good^ to instruct our Representa- tives, and to apply to the Legislature for redress of grievances, by address, petition, or remonstrance. Resolved, unanimously, Tliat in the opin ion of the deputies trorn the different bat- talions now met, that the complexion of the present House of Assembly is such that we have no reason to doubt that the Inde- pendence and Constitution of this Slate are safe, and that we highly approve of the appointment of his Excellency John Dick- inson. Esq., as President. Resolved, unanimously. That we approve i of Colonel Rodgers’ calling this meeting, as it has tended to remove doubts and un- just charges that were in circulation to the disadvantage of his Excellency^athe Presi- dent of this State, and two of dilr Members of Congress, James Wilson and John Mont- gomery, Esquires; and we conceive such meetings have a tendency to suppress false and malicious reports, and that thereby vir- tue may meet with its just reward and vice be depicted in its true deformity. (Signed, ) Johk Rodgers, Chairman. j J. Hubley, Secretary. Of the Col. Rodgers, whose motion in- stigated this meeting, which speaks so well ' for the intelligent patriotism of not only ' then Lancaster county but the township of Hanover, we hope ere long to give further particulars. _ w. H. E. COKKESPONDENCE OF THE KEVOLU TIOJN. j We have been favored with a portion of the correspondence of General Henry Mil- ler, some of which is very interesting, and as opportunity will allow, will print an occa- sional letter or document. The one here- with given is valuable in so far as it relates to the news of an engagement between the ' British and American forces at or near Guilford Court House, Virginia. The battle of Guilford Court House, Vir- ginia, to which this letter relates, took place j on the 15th of March, 1781, concerning full particulars of which we must refer our reacts to Kamsey, iviarsiiaii ana i^ossing. It AVfl a battle, in its effects highly befi*- ficial to the cause of the patriots, though resulting in a nominal victory for the Britfsh army. Both of the belligerents displayed consummate courage and skill, and the flight of the ISTorth Carolina militia from a very strong position, is the only reproach which either army deserved. It doubtless caused the loss of victory to the Americans. Marshall justly observed “that no battle in | the course of the war reflects more honor on the courage of the British troops than that of Guilford. ” The number of the Amer- : , icans engaged in the action was quite double that of the British— though it must be borne i in mind that two thirds of these troops were i raw militia; and not as Lossing observes “a much superior force”- beside the advantage of position. The battle lasted almost two hours, and many brave men fell upon that field of carnage. William Augustus Atlee, the writer of this letter, was the eldest son of John At- • lee and Jane Alcock, born in Philadelphia, i July 1, 1735. Removing wiih his parents ; to Lancaster at an early day, he studied | law under Edward Shippen, Esq. He was ' admitted to the bar August 3, 1756, and soon became prominent in his profession as one of the leading lawyers of his day. He was elected chief burgess of the borough of Lancaster, Sept. 15, 1770, to which position he was thrice subsequently chosen, and ad- miuistered the duties of said office up to Sept. 1774. As the breaking out of the Revolution, he became active in the cause of the Colonies and was chosen Chairman of the Committee of Safety for Lancaster county. On the 16th of August, 1777, he was appointed by the Supreme Executive Cuuncii, second Judge of the Supreme Court of The Slate, his associates being Thomas M’Kean and John Evans. During the years 1777 and 1778 in addition, he held the position of Commissary to the British prisoners confined at Lancaster. On the 9th of August, 1784 he was re appointed Judge of the Supreme Court, and under the Constitution of 1790, appointed by Gov. Mifflin, August 17, 1791, President Judge of the district, composed of the counties of Dauphin, Lancaster, York and Chester, which he filled up to his death, September, 9, 1793. , As a member of the Supreme bench i or Pennsylvania, he rendered efficient ser- vice; and it is samewhat noteworthy, say^"^ Mr. Harris, that a remarkable, uniformity' i of opinion is observed in the proceedings of : the Supreme Court at that early day. Lord 1 Mansfield, speaking of Dallas’ Reports in 1791, used the following language; “They do credit to the court, the bar, and the reporter. They show readiness in practice, liberality in principle, strong reason, and legal learning.” Judge Atlee was a gentleman noted for his high-toned integrity and strong adherence to his sense of right. Henry Miller, to whom the letter was written, was a native of Lancaster county, Penna., born Feb. 13, 1751. Brought up on the paternal farm, he was, nevertheless, v/ell educated, and, pursuing the bent of his p inclination, he began the study of law and ■ 0 conveyancing with Colinson Read, of Read- 1 ing. Before completing his studies he re- i moved to Yorktown, where he pursued his law course under the direction of Samuel Johnston, then prolhonotary of York county, young Miller acting as his clerk. He was appointed collecter of the excise for York county, in 1772, 1773 and 1774, in which latter year he became a clerk in the office of Charles Lukens, then sheriff of the county. In 1775 he w-ent out as first lieuten- ant of Capt. Michael Doudle’s company,' one of the earliest military companies which reached Boston after the battle of Bunker’s Hill. Owing to Capt. Doudle’s impaired health, that officer subsequently resigned, and Lieut. Miller was appointed to the command of the company. On November 12, 1777, Capt. Miller was promoted by Congress to major of the First Pennsylvania regiment, and in the follow- ing year he was appointed lieutenant- colonel of the Second regiment. Col. Miller took an active and gallant part Jn the several battles of Long Island, White Plains. Trenton, Princeton, -'Head of Elk, Brandywine, Germantown, . Monmouth, and a considerable num- ber of other, but less important, con- flicts. Owing to pecuniary circumstances— financial embarrassments at home— rin the spring of 1779, he resigned his commission ^ . in the army and returned to his family at York. In October 1780, he was elected sheriff of the county, and as such continued in office until November, 1783. From 1782 to 1786 he served as a member of the Gen- eral Assembly of the State. In May of *the^ - ' latter year, he was cominissioiiecl protiioiK^; tary ot York cnimty, and in August subs<^‘ queut appointed a justice of the court of Cf)m- mon pleas. He vvas a metnher ot the con- | stitutional convention ol 1789-90, and un- , der that constitution was reappointed pro- thonotary, serving until 1794. During the so called Whisky Insurrection j he served as quarter master general. The ! same year lie was appointed by President Washington, supervisor of the revenue for the district of Pennsylvania, serving until 1801, when he was removed by President Jefler- son. In November of ilie latter year (1801),' General Miller removed to Baltimore, where i he entered mercamile jiursuUs. The war of 1812 however, re kindled the fires of his youthful feeling, and relinquiTiing the cares of business, he accepted the appointment of brigadier general of the militia of the United States, stationed at Baltimore, and charged with the defense of Fort M’ Henry, and its dependencies. Upon the enemy’s leaving the Chesapeake bay the troops were discharged, and he again retired to private i life. In the spring of 1813 General Miller re- turned to Pennsylvania. He purchosed a farm at the mouth of the Juniata river, in Perry county, and devoted himself to agri cultural pursuits. In 1814, however, he was again called from h's retirement, and ' he marched out with the Pennsylvania troops to Bab imore in the capacity of quar- termaster general. Until the spring ot 1821 he continued to reside on his farm. At that time he received and accepted the appoint- ment by Governor Hiester of prothonotary of Perry county, when he removed to Lan- • disburg, then the county seat, where he re- sided until he was retired from office by ' Governor Shulze in March, 1824. The Legislature of Pennsylvania, deter- mined to show their high appreciation of the great services ot General Miller to his State and country, although at a late period, in March, 1824, passed an act dhecting that the Stale Treasurer pay him immediately $240 and an annuity of the same sum dur- ing the remainder of his life. But the old warrior did not live long enough to enjoy this righteous provision. He removed about the same time with his family to Carlisle, 1 where he was soon after taken suddenly ill, and died on Monday, the 5ih of April, 1824, at the age of seventy three. On day following he was buried with nhutary and Masonic honors at Carlisle.^ One of the most genial of men. General Miller, in public life, was brave, energetic and spir- ited. His biography, as of many another j\ Pennsylvania worthy, deserves to be fully - written, as a bright example to the youth of the present day. The following is the text of the letter in full : William A. Atlee to Henry Miller. Lancaster, ye-29th March, 1781. Sir : I have j ust now received the enclosed Letter & Warrant from the Chief Justice with a request to forward it to you by Ex- press. He writes me that they have a Letter from Governor Jefferson informing that Gen. Green with 4,000, chiefly militia, has had an engagement with Lord Cornwallis and about 2 500 regulars, about a mile and a half from Guilford Court House, on Thursday the ; 15th instant. The action continued an hour i & a half, & was very bloody. General ' I Green thought proper to retire about a mile & a half in good order. & Cornwallis was so crippled that he did not attemr>t to follow. The engagement would have been renewed the next day, but it proved rainy, &, Captain Singleton whowasin tiieaciion & brought the intelligence from camp to Governor Jefferson, then came away; he supposes there must have been another action as soon as the weather clearea up, as GenT Green’s army were in high spirits and resolved upon it. It is conjee i tured (the returns not being made) that we | have had about 300 killed & wounded, | among the former. Major Anderson & j Captain Barrett of the Maryland Line; and } among the latter. General Stevens, shot in the thigh & brought off, & Captain Fontleroy shot also in the thigh & left on the field. The enemy are said to have between 500 & 700 killed & wounded. Also, that on the same a battle was fought between the French and British fleets near the Capes of Virginia; it continued an hour & 45 minutes. The British were considerably superior in number & force, i having 12 ships to 9, and the consequen ce was that the British got into Chesapeak & the French returned to Rhode Island, i without a vessel being taken or lost on either side. You will oblige me if you will mention to Mr. Zachary Shugart of your towu, I shou’d be very glad to see him here, if he cou’d make it suit him to take a ride this^ rar, — the Uouncil having requested me to, make some inquiry of him respecting sonlfe transactions of some of our people while on Long Island. Please my compliments to Col. Hartley & your Family. I am, Sir, with esteem, Your most obedt. Servt. Willi’ M A. Atlee. Henry Milleu, Esquire. Indorsed: To Henry Miller, Esquire, High Sheriff of York County— p. Mr. Kil- lar. Express. The letter and warrant enclosed, to which reference is made in the correspondence, ; relates to the arrest of one of the Rankin brothers for treason. Concerning this family of tories we hope to obtain addittional data and information, in order that the citizens of our State may learn the more of the jus- tice meted out to them, and for which their I descendants seek to claim damages from I the Commonwealth. w. u. e. AND QUErtlES.— XXill. Historical and. Genealogical. The Anti-Masonic Investigation^ of 183G— I see my venerable friend “C. F. M.” is fighting his old battles over again and ap- pears determined at least to convince the old. ghost of Anti-Masonry, that there is “a punishment after death.” And poor old Thad, who lies so quietly in his grave at Lancaster will no doubt feel bad about it if he can. “C. F. M.” tells of one scene in his subject which it is. probable he did not see at all, and that is the appearance of the Rev. Tdr. Sproule, before Mr. S-evens’ com- mittee. “C. F. M.” says Mr. Sproule stood 'fifty feet from the committee, when he read his “protest.” The only time I ever saw that committee in session was. on Uiat particular occasion. It was in the Supreme Court room. The committee s.at in front of the judge’s stand. The witnesses were on their right, and the spectators were outside the “bar.” I was a few feet from Mr. Sproule and he perhaps a dozen from the committee. If he bandied words with chairman Stevens, I have no remembrance of it; certainly Mr. Stevens was not a meek nor a patient man enough to tolerate it. Mr. Sproule’s protest’’ rvas read in a low lone, but was remarkable for the superior character of its composi- tion. His cli nacteric senmp.ee was, to my - recollection, much as “Cl F., M.V^, states, — “If it is your purpose [the Committee’s] to constitute 5 murselves into a political X-ar of Juggernaut, roll on ! But remember, that theory of your crushed and bleeding victims will • ascend to Him w'ho hath de- clared, that it were ' better for you that a mill-stone were hanged about your necks, and’ .” Mr. Stevens stopped him and would not permit him to utter the closing words. ■ H. ii. The “Indian Town” (K & Q. iv).— Neither Paxtang or Derry church w^ere lo- cated OR this tract of land. The planta- tion in question was “scituate in Hannover Township, upon the north side of Suetara creek, adjoyning to* David Yvllson;” so reads the survey which wvis made August 9, 1737. It also gives this important infor- mation, “whereon he, the Rev. VYilliam Bartrem, minister, has been five years set- tled.” The original tract contained three liundred and fifty acres — considerable more j land than any minister would like to culti- vate now a-days. vr. n. E Revolutionary Officers in Paxtang IN 1780 (N. & Q. xxi) — In this list we find that of Abraham Egle. This was iruended for Abram Eagley, who removed to M'al- nut Creek, Erie county, in 1798, under the auspices of the Harrisburg and Pres- [ a’ Isle Land company, and some of whose de- ; scenciants yet reside in that localityu w. n. E. Rev. John Elder’s Marriage Record. — Several correspondents having requested a copy of this, the earliest marriage record of this locality, we propose publishing the same in the next number of “Notes A Queries.” F.S.TEK S^AZlLLiON'S WILL. A very interesting sketch of perch aree the first “squatter” in this locality, Peier Bazillion, was prepared several years ago by ilr. A. Boyd Hamilton. Since then, however, additional information lias been obtained relative to Bazillion, and what is interesting — his Will, which is herewith given. From this it will *be seen that he died in Chester county and not on the Ohio, as was then supposed. For these records we are indebted to our venerable friend Gilbert Cope, of West Chester. . “I Peter Bizaliion of Fast Cain in the County of Chester and Province of Penn^ ' Bylvania, yeoman, being Antient and weak in Body but of sound mind and memojy, thanks be given unto God, But Calling to mihd the uncertainty of this Life do there- ■ fore make this present writing ^my Last will and Testament, hereby .annulling and making void all other wills and Testaments heretofore by me made. Either by word or Writing, and as touching such worldly Es- tate as it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give. Devise, and Dis]jose of the same in the following manner & form: first, it is ray will and I do order that in the first place tdl my Just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid and satisfied. Item, my will is and I give an d bequeath the sum of five Pounds to such poor people as my Executrix shall think fit. Item, I give to- my well Beloved wife jVIartha Bizallioii (whom I likewise Constitute and Ordain my on!}'- and sole Executrix of this my last will and Testa- ment) all and, singular my Real Estate, Lands and Tenements, to her, her heirs, and assigns forever, as also all the Residue & Remainder of my Personal Estate, money. Goods and Chatties, and all of my negroes, viz:Betty, Ned, Jo, Nanny, Su, Judy, Pru- dence and Abigail. In witness whereof I have hereunto voluntarily & sensibly set my hand and seal this Ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and forty one two. t Pieeue Bizallion. [l. s. ] William Pim, Robert Mi] ler, i George Larow, Wm. Harlan. | “Proved Aug. 31, 1742. Letters to Mar- ' tha.” The signature is in a ver}’- trembling I liand, almost illegible. The follov/ing ad- | ditional record is given in connection \vith ’ the foregoing : ] “An Inviiary of The Goods and Chattels of | Pder Bezellon, Blscesed mz: £. s. r. i To his waring a Perril and Cash. . . 5 0 0 To Books 1 00 To four beads and fornitour 20 0 0 To two Pare of draws and two tabels, one chest; 6 10 0[ To twelve Chears and three spining j whels 2 0 0 To Pot.°, Puter and Brace 2 10G To a sarvent Boye 5 0 0 To negros 120 0 0 To Eaight.Cows and six stears 30 0 0 To three yearlings and seven Calves 9 0 0.-. To ten horses and mairs cO 0 0 To thirty two shepe 7 10 0 To Yv^hete, Ry, otes, in ye stack and Barne 0 0 To two Plows one harrah. o 0 0 To one Wagin and Ceart. . 12 10 0 To Gears for six horseses . . O 10 G To axes, hose, and other V/orkillg Toules 15 G To Bonds 182 10 0 To Bills 45 19 r> To Book Depts. 0 10 0 £573 05 11 ‘LVpraiscdby us this ninth day Aug^vst I one Thousand seven hundred and forty- | two. i (Filed Aug 31 1742) Robep.t Millsu, | James Love. ■ “Dec. 22, 17G2, — Martha Eazilion, widow I of Peter Bazilion late of East Cain. Deed to her nephew John Hartt of East Cain for 158 acres and allowance in East Cain in consid- eration of love and natural affection and the sum of £5.” This was patented Feb. 5, 1740 to Peter and Martha Bazilion (A vol. 9, p. 421) and became vested in the latter by right of survivorship as well as by the will of Peter. It was adjoining other land of Peter & Martha, perhaps a mile or more east of the present Coatesvilie. SWAN FAMILY BKCOKD. I In the jyi w England Historical and Gens- 1 alogical Register for October, 1879, Dr. William B. Lapham, of Augusta, Me., con- tributes a genealogy of the Swan family of ; New England. As the surnames of the | family correspond or rather are identical j with those of the family who settled in this locality, we have been induced to give so much as we have been able to glean from the court and other records relating to , them, with the hope that some of the de- I scendants will fill up the gaps which occur. The family of Swan is of English origin, ‘ but the ancestors of the Swans, who settled in Hanover and Paxtang townships, was one of the one hundred English families whom King James of England placed in posses- sion of an equal number of Irish confiscated ' estates. At what time Richard SWan came with his family to America .we have no re- cord — nor of all his children, save the ; names of six sons. | Upon an examination of the record? of | the Land Department of the State, we have^ the following data : “Alexander IS wan had sury^ed to turn i on the 23d of January, 1743,* GKAPii an interesting account of theDixmis of Dixon’s Ford, and as a descendant of the family, wish to correct one or two particu- lars, My great-grandmother w’as Isabella Dixon, who married James M’Conuick, not Hugh M’Cormick, as stated in the article. James M’Cormick was one of five brolliers, viz: James, Thomas, Hugh, Seth and John, who were yonsof Hugh JM’Cormick, i and lived, I think, originally in Carlisle, j James removed with his wife to Wliile Deer valle}q as represented, and sub-.c- qufently enlisted in the army. The story vif Mrs. j\rCormick fleeing from the IndiiUis is a famil}’- tradition, though it w^as wi h only one cliild, who afterwards died. What v/as tlic fate of dames I^l’Cormick I do not. nor docs* any of the familjq know. He must have been in Penn.sylvania as late as 1779 or ’80. That he wenl to Tennessee 1 never learned, and think tliat you must have confused him with some other mem- ber of the family. Perhaps tlie military records of Pennsylvania would tell. Anti Masonic Ii^'vestioation in 1836. — (X. & Q. xxiii.) — In a court of justice the jury are quietly obliged to listen to con- tradictory evidence. In your issue of Sat- urday evening ‘TI. II.” gives his recollec- tion of what Rev. ]\Ir. Sproule said on that occasion. I happened to be present at the same time, in the north corner room over i the Senate chamber, and I am s^rry to give i a different version from “H. R's.” recollec- I tion. When Rev. Mr. Spoule was called, he : was standing near the door, fie advanced a pace or tw’o and complained of the harsh treatment of the committee in tearing him away from his study, wliere he was prepar- ing for the services of tlie sanctuary on the approaching Sabbath. “If you intend to become political oppressors, roll on your car of Juggernaut,'’ at this point and as Cjuick as liglitning Mr. Stevens’ liapd cavuu Liowm on the table like a clap of thunder, at the same time crying silence. Mr. Sproule wanted to explain, but Stevens replied, “Not a w^ord, you have insulted the Legis- I lature already;” and he did not allow him to say another word. another witness. Hore Fire Company 1814 1816. — J The following “List of Members of the Hope Fire Company wdio have been furr.. Dished with Badges,” is furnished us;»;9y a gentleman who has been much interested in Notes and Queries. Those marked with a (■'“) were members in 1814. Only one on the roll survives — the genial and scholarly gentleman that he is— Samuel Slioch, Esq., of Columbia. John Lyne, Henry Antis, John C. Bucher, William Smith, Alexander Graydon Joseph Wallace, , John Peacock, Henry Colestock, Jacob Zollinger, John Smith, Henry Smith, John A. Pisiier, ' Jacob Hoy er, j Wm. Roberts, I James R. Boyd, ' John BnfRngton, i Samuel Weistling, Joseph Yousc, Wm. Burns, I •^'John H.iOandor, 1 JohnWhitehill, Samuel Sees, '“John M. Forster, Jacob Bogler, Luther Reily, J. Lindermuth, Krobergcr, Charles ShafTert, James Wright, Andrew Graydon, W. Crist, James Scull, Hughes, *Jolm Kunkel, •Jacob Baughman, Thomas Ruthogton, ttjames Mitchel, Thomas Martin, Snyder, John Williams, Samuel Shoch, Andrew Krause, Jacob Kiminel, Kurtz, “Moses Musgravc, ^David Gregg, *Ezekiel Gregg, ■•^Zeno Fenn, *^John Wilson, ^G. W. Hollis, ^^G. Taylor, [Scheatler. --■Hugh Roland, "^George llorter, ■^'George Mish. Of some ot the foregoing, we hope ere Isng to give information concerning. w. II. E. THE i.o CATION OF THE NATIONAL CATITOL. The following letters of AYilliam Ma- CLAY, of Harrisburg, one of the first Sena- tors from Pennsylvania in the U. S. Con- gress, and of Jasper Yeates, the eminent lawyer of Lancaster, are, perhaps, suf- ticientl}” cxplanatoiy. However, it may . not be generally known that had an earnest j and energetic elfort been made by the citi- , zens of Lancaster and Pennsylvania, the ! Capitol of the United States • would have been located on or near the Susquehanna. The defeat of the movement is due to the citizens and representatives of the metropo- lis, who, because the scat of Government ' was not permanently established at Plula delphia, opposed every other location. Perv.i haps it is just as well; and vie’wing i^^-om the Present standpoint, had the National Capitol been located on the banks of the Ohio, it would have been a wiser selection on the jiart of the then representatives of people. ’ New York, March 13, 17J9. Sir: I consider it as almost certain that tli^ permanent residence of Congress will be agitated at the ensuing session. Desirous as I am to bring forward information from every part cf Pennsylvania, to throw light On this important subject, you may guess i my mortification at receiving no answers I to my letters on this Head, from Lancaster. Let it suffice to .say that you have been : wu'ong, and be no longer so, but send me the Information which I requested. But you should not stop here. Hamilton should be spoke to, and he Pliould furnish i some Member of Congress with proposals ' under his Hand, relating to the terms on which he will give grounds for the public buildings and set out-lots for private Per- sons. With all the pains you may take, it is possible you may' not succeed, but with- out pains you need not expect it. j I am, Sir, your most Obed. & very Hum. Servt, i Wm. Maclay. i To Jasper Yeatbs, Esq. ; Lancaster, 23d j^Iarch, 1789. Dear Sir: Within this hour I have rec’d a letter from Mr. Maclay, a copy of which is subjoined; the Propriet}'- of being pecu- ' liarly active at this Period strikes me very forcibly, I shall answer this letter imme- diately. I beg you -will wait on M essrs. Clymer & Fitzsimons as soon as possible & inform them of yr. Intentions & Disjio- * sitions. A Letter from you to our friends i in Congress, and particularly to some if not all our Representatives, should express the same matter fully and at large. In one w'ord. My Dear Sir, I would almost, if no^ quite, give them a carte blanche. Mr. John Hubley tells me this moment, that by a Letter which Pars'Ui Muhlenburg has received from his brother Frederick he is informed that Congress will in all proba- bility settle at some place between the Dela- ware & Susquehanna. This is very encv)ur- aging. Do ask Clymer A: Fitzsimons to see our map forwarded to them, and let me know jT. Sen'iments. lam Dr., Sir, Very Affectior. tel}' Yrs., J. Y’eates. Wm. Hamilton, Esq. 4 FAKSON KI.DEH’.S MAIIRIAOE KECOKD FKOJM 1744 TO 1791. . At the request of a number of correspond- ents, at the same time in order to furnish to our readers with everything relating to the history and genealogy of this local- ity, we lierewith j^resent such marriage records of the Rev. John Elder as have been preserved to us. The record is one .of great value, and being the earliest, is of more than a passing interest. The data within brackets have been added, not being on the original entry: ' 1744. June 14. — Richard Fulton and Isabella M’Chesney. Sept. IG. — John Findlay and Elizabeth Harris. 1745. April 3. — James Wilson and Martha Ster- rett. 174G. June 3. — William Plunket and Esther Harris. 1749. May 3. — John Harris and Elizabeth M’- Clure. 1751. Nov. 5.— Rev. John Elder and Mary Simpson. t 1752. f ' Oct. 4. — William Augustus Harris and ! Margaret Simpson. ; June 1. — William M’Chesney and Esther Say Harris. 1757. May 23. — William Kelso and Simpson. Feb. 11. — Samuel Allen and Rebecca Smith. 17GG. Dec. — John Hays and Eleanor Elder. 17G8. June 2. James Harris and ^lary Laird. 17G9. Feb. 7. Robert Elder [son of Rev. John]^ and Mary J. Feb. 16. — John Reid. April 13.— William Clark. * April 27. — James Cavet. May 15. — William Smith. Sept. 12. —James Robeson [and Martha Cochran]. Oct. 19. — William Brown [and Sarah Semple]. Dec. 14. — William Christy. 1770. Moses Wallace [and Jean Fulton]. Robert Bowes and Mary Wilson. James liEonteith and Margaret Maxwell. 'l771. Jan. 24.- Jan. 31.- May 9.— Wallace]. May 30.- June 27. July 15.- Aug. 15. Aug. 22. Sept. 24 Nov. 5.- Dcc. 5 .- beth —Alexander Helhcriuglon. —Thomas Simpson. -Thomas M’ Nail* [and Ann "Maria —Tames Montgomery. — Robert Rhea. —Thomas Reid and ^lary West. — James Johnson. — John Gilchrist. — Elijah Buck. -Benjamin Fulton. -I\Taxwell Chambers and Eliza Dec. 12. — Benjamin Galbraith. Jan. 2. — James Rutherford and Margaret Feb. G. — William Rodgers. March — -.—James Anderson. I April 30. — Hugh Wilson [and Isabella Fulton]. May 7. — James M’Fadden. May 11. — James Shaw. JMay 18.— James Thompson. June 10. — Andrew Young. Dec. 1 .— William Dickey. 1773. ^ John Graham, of Allen township, and i Sarah Brown, of Hanover. ^ William Wilson and Elizabeth Robinson. _ Alex. M’CuUom and Mary Calhoun, both of East Pennsboro*. Sept. 16. — Joshua Elder. ‘ Oct. 14.— John Bell, of Cumberland Co., and Martha Gilchrist. ;^q-ov. 1. — William Forster and Margaret Ayres, both of Upper Pa:?(tang. Nov. 10. — Samuel Maclay and Elizabeth Plunket, ' ' , 1774. Jan. 9 ..— Mr. Dougal and Sarah Wilson. Feb. 16 .— Matthias Simpson. March 15.— James M’Cormick and Isa- bella Dixon of Hanover. March 31.— xile^ander Johnson. x4,— William Curry and Agnes Curry, April 21 —David Ramsey. June 15. — John Gowdie and Abigail Rvan. June IG. — Alexander Wilspn and Grizel Fulton. ^ ^ June 24 —Samuel Bell and Ann Berry- hill. Aug. 13.— John Byan and Jane Gowdie. Aug. 25. — John Trousdale. Sept. 15. — William Maclay [and Mary Harris. ] Sept. 29. — John Lerkin. Samuel Kearsley and Sarah 1775. Jan. 17. — David Kennedy. Jan. 31. — Andrew M’Clure. March 7. — Daniel Curry. April 13. — William Clark. April 18.— Robert Moody and Margaret Hutchison. Sept. 19. — William Wallace. Hov. IG. — xlndrew Robinson and Jane I I Dec. 19. — William Swan and Martha 177G. ' Jan. 12. — John Snodgrass. Jan. 25. — James Walker and Barbara M’ Arthur. Feb. 13. — James Wilson. Itlarch 14. — Samuel Rutherford. April 9. — Samel Thompson. April 14, — James Wylie April 25. — Thomas Miller. May 7. — James M’Namara. ]\Iay 7. — John Simpson. June 2.1.— John Templeton. July 3. — Walter- Jenkins. Oct. 1-5 — Samuel Patton. Kov. 28. — John Goorly. Dec. 10. — Isaac Hodge and ilargaret AVil- son, both of Hanover. 1777. Jan, 23. — David Wray of Derry and Mary Cowden of Paxtang. March 23.— Hicliard M’Clurc. March 20. — James Cowden and Mary Crouch. April 8. — Joseph Wilson and Margaret Boyd, both of Derry. April 22. — David Pinkerton June 19. — John Thompson. July 31. — Thomas Wylie. Nov. 4. — Thomas Foster, of Buflalo, and Jane Young, of Hanover. Dec. 4. — George Dixon, Dec. 23. — James Kyle and Eleanor Car;^^ others. _______ ' 17X8. Jan. 13. — John Dickey. V/ Jan. 22, — George Crain. April 9. — Archibald M’Allistcr and Hayes, of Deny. April 30. — James Todd and Mary )Vilson. June 4. — William M’ Had don. June 28. — Samuel Weir. Sept. 10. — Hugh Robinson. Sept 10. — James Laird. Dec. 10. —James M’Kinzie and Mary King. 1779. April 12,— John M’Gown [M’Evven]. April 15. — Adam Means. May. 27.— James Harris. Aug. 3. — Joseph M’Clure. Sept. 14 — William Moor and Boyd. Sept, 23. — Samuel M’Teer and — Quigley. Sept 23. — Ann Elder [daughter of Rev. John]. Oct. 5. — Andrew Duncan. Nov. 11. — Joseph Gray [and Mary Rob- inson]. Nov. 15. — David Watson. Dec. 14. — James Donaldson. Dec. 23. — William Sterrett, jr. 1780. Jan. 13. — John Chesney. Jan. 25. — Joseph Fulton. June 29. — Samuel Hutchinson. July 13. — James Dickey. July 20. — John Lyttle, . 1781. Feb. 27. — Richard M’Guire and Eleanor Gilchrist. March 1. — James Robinson and Boyce. March G. — John Fleming and Nancy Neill. March 8. — John Shearl and Margaret Thom. April 3. — John Patterson and Jane Johns- ton. April 12.— John Maxwmll and Mary Houston. May lOl. — William Young and Martba Wilson. • June 21.— William Trousdale and Eliza- beth Glen. Nov. 13. — Matthew Gilchrist and Eliza- beth Crouch. Dec. 11. — Somucl M’Cord and Martha i\l’Cormick. Dec. IS. — William Siwyers and IMary Sawyers. 1782. Jan. 31. — Thomas Smiley and Ann Tucker. I March 31. — James Reid. April 1. — Hugh Swan. '7 April s. — Hugh Ramsey and Margaret M'Hargue. May 6,— John Lewis. May 9. — James Spence. May 14. — Samuel Russell. Aug. 8. — Francis M’Clure. Aug. 19. — -Lambert Van Dyke. ^ Dec. 31. — Richard King and Mary VTy- lic, both of Paxtang. * 1783. Jan. 23. — James M’Cleester and Sarah Roan. Feb. 25. — Joseph Green, of Hanover, and Sarah Auld, of Paxtang. Feb. 27. — Matthew Caldwell, of Sewickly, and Mary Pinkerton. March 11. — Joseph Wilson and Margaret Boyd. May 12. — Edward Jackson and Margaret Lewis. May 27. — Joshua Elder and Aug. 7. — John Clark and Mary Smith. 1784. March 2. — Robert Boal and Mary Wilson. March 29. — William M’Cormick and Gri- z el Porter, both of Derry. April 15. — George Williams and Ann Meloy. May 18. — James Wilson and Mary Elder. June 3.— John M’Donald and Lydia Stur- geon. June 7. — Christopher Irwin and Mary Fulk, both of Londonderry. Oct. 21. — Robert Keys and Elizabeth Cow- den. Nov. 9. — Duncan Sinclair and Hannah Templeton. Nov. 9. — Moses Gillmor and Isabella Wallace. Dec, 14. — Robert Foster and Esther Rennick. 1785. Jan, 3 — William Buck and Margaret Elli- ott, both of Derry. March 7. — James Smith Polk and Jean Fullion. March 15. — Robert Templeton and Mary Boyd. April 28. — Alexander Wilson and Eliza- beth Carson. 1780. April 11.— -David Calhoun and Elenor King. I June 13.— Jo.sepli -Hulchinson, of Pax- ' tang, and Sarah Cathcart, ot Hanover. Tf Dec. 1^7— John Wylie and Sarah }Y.bit ]" 1 ley. I I Dec. 19. — Patrick Murray and Mary Brcrc- j i ton Beatty. I 1787. f March 13. — David Ramsey and INIartha ' ; Graham. I ■ ; April 3 — David Mitcbel and Susanna - Wilson, both of Derry. ' May 1. — William MTlhenny and Eliza- ^ beth M’Neal. June 19. — James Wallace and Sarah El- der. Nov. 20. — James Henderson and Marga- ret Wiggins, Nov. 20. — John CulOertson and IMary Augeer. 1788. • Jan. 18. — John Elder and Sarafi Ken- I nedy. ! Jan. 13. — Thomas White and Jane ' Spence. ■ Feb. 12. — James Laird and ISIary IM’Ear- f land. I March 11. — Joseph Sawyers and Eliza I beth M’.Farland. ; April 29.— James Anderson and Esther ; Thom. Sept. 27 — Thomas Hamilton and Mary i Kyle. j 1789. March 3. — Samuel Sloan and Prudence { Walker. J 1790. I Feb, 5.— Samuel Hill and Nancy Beatty. * Oct. 14. — Charles Clark and Elizabeth I, Robinson. 1791. Anri l 4.— r John Laird .and Rachel KOTKS AND QUSKIL<:S.— NXV. Historical and Genealosical. ^ Mokd.vh— Bhown.(N.&. Q. XIX, ^xii,— You stated that when John Mordali cued m 1744, he left an unmarried daughter, Eleanor. This same Eh^anor, born in 1724, married, November 6, 1740, James Brown, one of ihe oldestof the seven sons of John Bro'^n, of Paxtang. She died in 1752, In due lime James Brown mar- ried Mary M-Clelan, and removed to tae Conedogwinet, between Carlisle and JNew- ville. From this last, marriage sprang some of the Browns of KentucKv, and those of Browivs Mills, Mercer couuty, la., ‘ ad -Surgeon General Fin’kT, who cued la,t i in Philadcbtliia. &c. I ne hrst ±^leanor left four l•illldI■en, v7iiom died youQg. The third, Agnet?, "married a Mr. Boyd, of Juniata count 3’, who has left descendants named Boyd and Patterson. The fourth V7as John, born in 1752; mar- ried Margaret Truesdellin 1778. Of their- six ehiidren James is still represented in (Jumberland < ounty by one son and two daughters, and tiie lamily of a deceased son.! John, born in 1780, by four grand dangh- ter.s. Jane, born in 1782, married John" Scouller, near Newville, and left four sons and one daughter, still living. William, born in 1784, left one son and one daughter' in Clermont county, Ohio. Eleanor and Mary left no descendants j. b. s. IIauhts ■— SiirrsoN. — By the recopd^":^' Lancaster I find titat Simpson Mairls, a sol- dier of the Fixst Pj-nnsyivauia ilegiment of the RevoliUion, died' in hosiiltal at Ashly Hill, near Charleston, S. 0., on the rn inPaxtang, now Dauphin county, on the 17th of December, 1742. He was brought up on his farlier’s farm, but re- received a fair education under the instruc- tion of that old school master Joseph Hutch- inson of Deny (H. & Q. ix.) Daring the French and Indian Wiir, he served towards its close in Col. John Elder’s regiment on tlie frontiets. He was probably one of the celebrated “Paxtang Boys,” although we liavG only tradition for tln^ authority'-. At the breaking out of Ilia Revolution, as did every man, woman and child in Pax tang, he espoused the cause of Independence, and enrolled himself among the first associ- ators. Ho subsequently rose to be captain in Col. Ilazen’s “Congress’ Cwn” regiment, and was in active service during the whole period of tbo war. Captain Lee accompanied Sullivan’s ex- pecution to Staten Island in August 1777, and a portion of which force, including Captain Lee’s, after'a hard-fought engage- ment, surrendered to the 01100130 From his diary, recently ])ublijhed, he thus speaks of his captivity ; ^ L “The enemy ackaowiedgeef ^we maue a *'braveHlefense, and were surppised at the smallness of our party when they saw us : come in. Cur usage was rather cruel than otherwise : from this [Aug. 22d] to the 28th inst., hav- ing never eaten but lour times in seven clays, : and lodging two nights in tbe open field. Cn Saturday the 23d we were delivered to the Hanspac [Anspach] guard, tbe officers of tvhom behaved with tbe utmost politeness . to us, and showed a tenderness which tlie i Biilish seemed strangers to. Cn Sunday we 'il were put on board a ship and transportwl to Hew York, where we were lauded the J next morning, and conducted to the City '■ Hall through a multitude of insulting spec- j tators, Y/e remained in this place until the i 28th inst., when we removed to Frankfort street on parol, with the liberty of said I street, being 200 yards -in length. Herejvij.3 > continued upon two thirds allowance until the 4ih of November when we were removed f to Long Island to Flatlands, on c-on- . dition that we would pay our board. I. “Nothing material happened until the I 27ih of November, when the appearance of part of the American army on Staten Island * carried such fears in o the General com- manding New York as to determine him for . our betici; safety to remove us on board & ship; Accordingly two transports being ' ready we were the next day put on board under guard, being in number about 255. Here we expected a greater hardship than i we had yet undergone, having a scant al- lowance of provisions, and badly cooked as ; might reasonably’- be supposed, for the * want of materials to do it with, there being but one fire and one kettle to a ship, w’hich being fixed to the deck, rendere 1 it very diilicult to cook at all. Cn Wednesday, which happened very often at this season of the year, on account of bannard [ban- yan], days, as they term it, we drew musty I oaten meal. YHieu we could spare time from ■ the cittel, we used to pass the evenings in ; walking the deck, and playing a game at ' whist, and sometimes with dancing on the quarter-deck, as some of the gentlemen ; were performers on the violin. Cur even- ings wevQ generally ended in singing, which always began upon blowing out the light, imrntdiately after turning into our berths. ’ Cur situation was trully pitiable on many accounts, but more especially of provisions, which being altogether salt, without any kind of vegetables, must infallibly ' U brou<];l\t oa sickness and disorder jiaTr~vre' stayed long on board. Bat, the ^eaerars fears in regard to the prisoners having sub- sided, on the 12th day of o'lr coufinement he issued orders that wo siiould return to Long Island, and accordingly on December lOtli we reliiiided at Bn)ok!ya,” We are not informed as to the date of Capt. Lee’s release, but believe it w^as in tlio spring . of 1778. i It was during the year 1G78-0 that Captain Lee was sent home to Paxtang to recruit for the army. At Lancaster were yet confined the prisoners of war taken at Bnrgoyne’s surrender at Trenton and Princton, of whom there had been a large number on hand, owing to the dilficulries encountered in the negotiatioas for a proper exchange. As a result the American authorities found much difficulty in disposing of them. They had no po Is regularly fitted for the purpose, and they could suggest no better means lor" securing them than to place them under guard in a thickly settled part of the country, where the inhabitants were most decidedly hostile to the English. The town of Lancaster in Pennsylvania, ^vas of those selected for this purpose. The prisoners were confined in barracks, enclosed with a stockade and vigilantly guarded. But, in spite of all precaution, they often disap- peared in an unaccountable manner, and nothing wsa heard of them till they had re- sumed their places in the British army. Many and various were the conjectures as to the means of their escape; the officers in- quired and investigated in vain; the country was explored to no purpose; the soldiers shook their heads and told of fortune-tel- lers, peddlers, and such characters, who had been seen at intervals; and sundry of the more credulous could thing of nothing hut supernatural agency; but whether man or spirit was tlie conspirator, the mystery re- mained unbroken. When this became known to Washington, he sent Gen. Hazen to take this responsible charge. This -energetic officer, after ex- hausting all resources, resorted to stratagem. He was convinced that, as the nearest post was more than a hundred miles distant, the prisoners must be aided by Americans; but where the suspicion should fail, he could not even conjecture — the reproach of lory- ism being almost unknown in that region Having been trained to meet exigencies of this kind in a distinguished career, as coloj^ net in the British army, ¥is^an was formed at once, and communicated ‘t6 an officer of his own, upon whose talent he re- w Us snccessfal execution, ihis was Capt. Andrew Lee, whose courage and ability fully justified the selection. ’ I The secret plan concerted between them . j was this: It was to be given out that Capt. 5 Lee was absent on furlough or command. He, meantime, was to assume the dress of a British prisoner, and having provided him- self with information and a story of his cap- ture, was to be thiown into the barracks, ^ where he might gain the confidence of the , soldiers, and join them in a plan of escape, ft Hov^ well Capt. Lee sustained his part may 1 be inferred from the fact, that when he had disappeared and placed himself among the prisoners, his own officers and soldiers saw liim every day without the least suspicion. The person to whomwe are indebted for most of these particulars, was the Intendant of the prisoners, and familiar with Lee; but though compelled to see him often in the discharge of Jiis duty, he never penetrated the disguise. Well it was for Capt. Lee that his disguise was so complete. Had his associates suspected his purpose to betray them, his history would have been embraced in the proverb, ‘’dead men tell no tales.” i For many days he remained in this situa- tion, making no discoveries whatever. He 'thought he perceived at times signs of in- telligence betw^een the prisoners and an old woman who was allowed to bring fruit for sale within the enclo.sure. She was known to be deaf and half-witted, and was therefore no object of suspicion. It was known that her son had been disgraced and punished in the American army, but she had never be- trayed any malice on that account, and no I one dreamed that she could have the power to do injury if she possessed the will. Lee watched her closely, but saw nothing to confirm liis suspicions. Her dwelling w'as ' about a mde distant, in a wild retreat, where : she shared her miserable quarters with a ' dog and cat, the former of which mounted guard over the mansion, while the latter oc- casioned superstitious fears, which were equally effectual in keeping visitors away. One dark stormy night in autumn, Capt. Lee w^as lying awake at midnight, meditat- ing on the enterprise he had undertaken, which though in the beginning it had re- commended itself to his romanlic disposi- tioD, had now- lost all its c’narms.^t was -one <->f those tempests which in olir^limate ; so often hans^ upon the path of the depart- ing year. His cothpanions slept soundly, hut the wind whic^ shook the building to its foundation, and threw heavy splashes of rain against the window, conspired with the : state of 'his mind to keep him wakeful. 'All | at once tlie door was gently opened, and a figure moved silently into the room. It , was too dark to observe its motions nar- * rowly, but he could see that k stooped to- j wards one of the sleepers, who immediately * rose; next it approached and touched him on the shoulder. Capt. Lee immediately ’ started up; the figure then allowed a slight . eleam from a dark lantern to pass over his ; uice, as it did so, whispered, impatiently, > “not the man — hut come!” It then oc- ! curred to Lee that it was the opportunity he j desired. The unknown whispered to him to k^^ep his place till another man wss - called; but just at that moment something i disturbed him, and making a signal to Capt. * Lee to follow, he moved silently out of the room. * They found the door of the house un barred, and a small part of the fence re- ‘ moved, where they passed out without mo- : lesiation; the sentry bad retired to a shel- ; ter where he thought he could guard his post without suflering from the rain; hut Lee saw his conductors put themselves in preparation to silence him if he should hap- pen to address them. Just without the ; fnnce appeared a stooping figure, wrapped j in a red cloak, and supporting itself with a ; large stick, which Lee at once perceived ' could he no other than the old fruit woman . ' But the most profound silence was observed ; 1 a man came out from a thicket at a little ^ distance and joined them, and the whole * party moved onward by the guidance of the ' old woman. At first they frequently stop- ‘ ped to listen, but having heard the sentinel ' cry, ‘ ‘all’s well, ’ ’ theyseemed re-assured, and ; moved with more confidence than before. They soon came near to her cottage under > an overhanging bank, where a bright light was shining out from a little window upon ) the wet and drooping houghs that hung ; near it. The dog received them graciously, , and they entered. A table was spread with^ ' some coarse provisions upon it and a large jug, which one of the soldiers was about to «eize, when the man who conducted them withheld him. “No, ” saidjie, “we must firsL,^, proceea to pusmess.'^ ;^He then went toa - small y closet, from which he returned with what ’^seenied tb have been originally a Bible, though now it .was worn to a mahog- any color and a spherical form. While they were doing this, Lee had time to examine his companions; one of them was a large, quiet-looking soldier, the other a short srout man with much of the aspect ot a villain. They examined him in turn, and as the Captain had been obliged formerly to punish the shorter soldier severely, ho felt some misgivings when the fellow’s eyes rested upon him. The conductor was a middle-aged, harsh-looking man, whom Captain Lee had never seen before. As no time was to be lost, their guide ex- plained to them in few words, that before he should undertake his dangerous enter- prise, he should require of them to swear upon the Scriptures not to make the least attempt to escape, and never to reveal the circumstances or agents in the proceeding, whatever might befall them. The soldiers however insisted on deferring this measure till they had formed some slight acquaint- ance with the contents of the jug, and ex - 1 pressed their sentiments on the subjr'ct rather by actions than words. In this they were joined by Captain Lee, who by this time had begun to contemplate the dange.i of his enterprise in a new and unpleasant point of view. Ifheweretobe compelled to accompany his party to Xew York, his disguise would at once be detected, and it was certain he would he hanged as a spy. He had supposed beforehand that he should find no difficulty in escaping at any mo- meut, but he savv that their conductor had ! prepared arms for them, which they w<;re 1 to use in taking the life of any one who should attempt to leave them — and then the oaili. He might possibly have released himself from its obligations, when it be- came necessary, for the interests of his country, hut no honorable man could well bear to be driven to an emergency, in wdiich he must violate an oath, however reluctantly it was taken. He felt that there w'as no retreating, when there came a heavy shock as of something falling against the sides of the house; their prac- ticed ears at once detected the sound ot the alarm gun, and their conductor, throwing down tbe old Bible which he had held all the while impatiently m his hand, directed the party to follow liim in close order, an(^ ^ immediately quitted the house, hiking with him his dark lantern. They went on with great dispatch, hut ; not without difficulty. -Sometimes' j footirig would give way on some sandy ^ bank or slippery field; and when their path ’ led through the woods, the wet boughs dashed heavily in their faces. Captain Lee felt that he might have deserted his pre- cious companions while they were in this hurry and alarm; but he felt that as yet he had made no discoveries, and however dan- gerous his situation was he could not bear to confess that he had not nerve to carry him through. On he went, therefore, for two or - three hours, and was beginning to sink with fatigue, when the barking of a dog brought the party to a stand. Their conductor gave a low whistle, which was answered at no -great distance, and a figure came forward in the darkness, who whis- : pered to their guide and then led the way up to a building which seemed by the shad- ‘ owy outline to be a large stone barn. They entered.it and were severally placed in small nooks where they could feel that the ! hay was all around them except on the ' side of the wall. Shortly after some pro- visions were brought to them with the same silence, and it was signified to them that they were to remain concealed the whole of | the coming day. Through a crevice in the j wall, Lee could discover as the day came ( on, that the barn was attached to a small j I farm house. He was so near the house! that he could hear the conversation which ! i was carried on about the door. The morn- , inc rose clear, and it was evident from the | i inquiries of horsemen, who v occasionally j I galloped up to the door, that the Country was 1 I alarmed. The farmer gave short and surly 1 replies, as if unwilling to be taken off from | his work, but the other inmates of the j house were eager in their questions, and : from the answers, Gaplain Lee . gathered that the means by which he and his com- panions had escaped were as mysterious as ever. The next night, when all was quiet, they resumed their march, and explained to I Captain Lee that, as he was not with theni : in their conspiracy, and was accidentally associated with them in their escape, thet should take the preeaulion to keep him bo fore them, just behiud the guide. He sub^] mitted without opposition, though the ar- i rangement considerably lessened his \ chances of escape. F.e observed, from the i - direction of the stars, that they did not move in a direct line towards the Dffia-J ware, hut they changed Their cour^c^ so of.en that he could not conjecture at what point they intended to strike the river. He endeavored, whenever‘'any peculiar object appeared, to fix it in his memory as wcU as the darkness would permit, and suc- ceeded better than cuald have been ex- pected, considering tiie agitated state in which he traveled. For several nights they went on in this manner, being delivered over to different persons, from lime to lime; andasCapt. Lee i could gather from their whispered con- ! versations, they \/ere regularly employed on occasions like Uie present, and well re- warded by the Brili.sh for ilieir services, i Their-employment was full of danger; and though they seemed like desperate men, he could observe that they never remitted their precautions. They were concealed days in barns — ceViars-rrcaves made for the purpose, and similar retreats, and one day was passed in a tomb, the dimensions of which had been enlarged, and the inmates, if there had been any, banished to make room for the living. The burying grounds were a favorite retreat, and on more occa- sions than one they were obliged (o resort ! to superstitious alarms to remove intruders upon their path: their succe.‘-s fully ju^ti fled the experiment, and, unpleasantly situ- ated as he was, in the prospect of soon be- ing a ghost himself, he could not avoid | laughing at the expedition with which ! old and young fled from the fancied appari- 1 tions under clouds of night, wishing to j meet such enemies, like Ajax, in the face of day. Though the distance to the Delaware was not great, they had now been twelve days on the road, and such was the vigilance and suspicion prevailing throughout the countrjq that they almost despaired of effecting their object. The conductor grew impatient, and Lee's companions, at least one of them, became ferocious. There was, as we have said, something unpleasant to him in the glances of this fellow towards him, which became more and more fierce as they went on; but it did not appear, whether it w'as owing to circumstance or actual suspicion. It so happened that on the twelfth night Captain Lee was placed in a barn, while the rest of the party shel- tered themselves in a cellar of a little stone church, where they could talk and act with more freedom, both because the solitude iff | the church was not often disturbed, even on the Sabbath — and because even the -pro- prietors did not know that illegal hands had added a cellar to the conveniences of the bailing. The party was seated here as the day broke, and the light, which struggled in through the crevices, opened for the purpose, showed a low room about twelve feet square, with a damp door and large patches of white mould upon the walls. Finding, , probably, that the pavement afforded no accomodations for sleeping, the worthies were seated each upon a liule cask, which seemed like those ustd for gunpowder. Here they were smoking pipes with great dilitrence, and, at intervals not distant, applying a hugh canteen to their mouths, from which they drank with upturned faces, expressive of solemn satisfaction. While they v/ere thus engaged, the short soldier asked them, in a careless way, it they knew * whom they had in their party ? The others ' started, and took their pipes from their j mouths to ask them what he meant. “I [ meau,” said he, ‘-that we are honored with j the company of Captain Andrew L=e. of I the rebel army. Tne rascal once puaiHied me, and I never mistook my man when 1 had a. debt of that find to pay. Now, I shall have my revenge. ’ ' ' The others hastened to express their dis- gust at his ferocity, saying, that if, as he P! said, their companion was an American offi- cer, all they had to do was to watch him closely. They said that, as he had come among them uninvited, he must go with them to New York, and take the conse- . quences, but meantime, it was their interest not to seem to suspect him, other v^ise he ' might give an alarm, v.’hereas it was evi deutly his intentions to go with them till they were ready to embark for New York. The other person persisted in say ing that he would have his revenge with li!s own hand, upon which the conductor, drawing a pistol, declared to him that if he i saw the least attempt to injure Captain Lee, or any conduct which w’ould lead him to suspt'Ct that Ilia disguise was discovered, he would that moment shoot him through the head. The soldier put his hand upon his i knife, with an ominous scowl upon his con- ( ductor, but seeing that he had to do I with one who \vas likely to be as good as 1 his w'ord, lie restrained himself, and began to arrange some rubbish to serve him for bed. The other soldier followed his exam^ pie, and their guide withdrew, locking mi door after him. The next night they went on as usual, but the manner of their conductor showed that there was more danger than before; in fact, he explained to the party that they were now not iar from the Delaware, and hopt;d to reach it before midnight. They occasionally heard the report of a musket, which seemed to indie ae that some move- l ment was going on in the country. Thus w-arned, they quickened their steps, and it v/as not loug before they saw tho gleam of broad clear iighi berore them, such as it re- flected upon the calm waters, even in the darkest night. They moved up to it in deep silence; there were various emotions in their breasts; Captain Lee was hoping for an opportunity to escape from an enter- prise which was growing too serious, and < the principal objects of which were already answered; the others were anxious lest some accident might have happened to the ' boat on v/hich they depended for crossing the stream. , When they came to the bank th are were no traces of a boat on the waters. Their conductor stood still for a moment in dis- may; but recvol lectin g himself, he said it was possible it might have been secured lower down the stream, and, forgetting everything else, he directed the larger sol- dier to accompany him, and giving a pistol to the other, he whispered, “if the rebel officer attempts to betray us, shoot him; if not, you will not, for your owm sake, make any noise to show where we are,” In the same instant they departed, and Captain Lee was left alone Avilh the ruffian. He had before suspected that the fellow knew him, and now doubts were changed to certainty at once. Dark as it was, it seemed as if fire flashed from his eye, now he felt that revenge was within his power. Captain Lee was as brave as any officer in the army; but lie was unarmed, and though he was strong, his adversary was still more powerful. While he stood, uncertain what to do, the fellow seemed enjoying the pros- pect of revenge, as he looked on him with a steady eye. Though the officer stood to ap • pearance unmoved, the sweat rolled in heav}' drops from his brow. He soon took his resolution, and sprang upon his adver- sary with the intemion of wrestling thQ, pistol from liis hand; but the other •wa^ j upon his guard, and aimed with such pre-^" cision, that had the pistol been charged with | a bullet, that moment would have been his ] last. But it seemed that the conductor had trusted to the sight of his weapons to render ! therd unnecessary, and had therefore only f loaded them with powder; as it was, the shock threw Captain Lee upon the ground; ! but, fortunately as the fellow dropped the pistol, it fell where the Captain could reach 1 it, and as his adversary stooped and drew ' j his knife from his bosom Cape. Lee was able i| to give him a stunning blow. He imhiedi- ately threw himself upon the assassin, and a long and bloody struggle began ; they ( were so nearly matched in strengt h and ad- vantage, thdt neither dared unclench his hold tbr the sake of grasping the knife; the blood gushed from their mouths, and the combat would have probably ended in favor of the assassin, when steps and voices | were heard adv-'ancing, and they found ; themselves in the hands of a party of coun- trymen, who were armed for the occasion, , / and were scouring the banks of the river. ! They w-ere forcibly torn apart, but so ex- j [j hausted and breathless, that neither could < I make any explanation, and they submitted * t I quietly to their captors. | ' The party of armed countrymen, though , j they had succeeded in their attempt, and w'ere sufficiently triumphant on the occa- sion, were sorely perplexed how to dispose of their prisoners. After some discussion, one of them proposed to throw the decision upon the wisdom of the nearest magistrate. They accordingly proceeded with their pris- oners to his mansion, about twm miles dis- tant, and called upon him to arise and attend to business. A window was hastily thrown up, and the justice put forth his night capped head, and with more wrath than became bis dignity, ordered them off ; an^, John Harris, James Harris, BartholamewHanne , Robt. Heazlet, John Hearsba, Patrick Hoagan, John Hiltton, , Patrick Heanney, And. Huston, 1 ' 3iartin Houser, I Joseph Hutchison, ' Alexander Johnson, J John Jameson. 1 James Johnson, John Johnson, 1 David Jones, I Thomas King, 1 Edward King, j Margaret Kirkpat- rick, I William Keri’, J acob Kerr, 1 John Kneel, ii John Kaoop, ' Abe. Kuiedick, Geo. Kneeveling, I John Kiesener, Jacob Lane, i Stoppil Lalicaur, ' Mary Lusic, II Henry Larue, JeahBIdan, , ^ ' John Smith, William Sloan, Jeremiah Sturgeon, -■ . Mike Shearer, James Smith, Joseph Shaw, SainT Steel, Edward Sharp, !8, Slophel Soop, Henry Stoner, Elijah Steward. John Simpspn, Thomas Simpson, Michael Simpson, William Smith, HugTl Steward. James Thom, George Tevelbaugh, Robert Taylor, Daniel Vosbel, James Wallace, Robt. W^rigbt, Eliz. Wiely, John Wiggens, Hugh Wray, Joseph White, James Walker, Leonard Wallow, James Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Michael Whittly, Matthias Winagle, Adam Wagganer, John Winderly, Alex. Wilson, Thos. Willy, John Willson. Freemen. John M’Culloch, John Fr<“eman, Geo. Miller, John Hatfield, John Patton, Joseph Patton, John JVl’Glugadge, Moses Ramsey, Wiiliam Curry (weaver), Francis Larue, Barney Raferty, Jacob Brand, Francis Owens, Eirs Frenck, Robert Ramsey, Wi liam Bell, Jr., John Carson, Benj. Fulton, James Mordock, George Temple, James Finney, William Thom, George Williami, Samuel Smith, Henry Shearer, Wm. Gray, Thos. Murray, Vendal Frackner, Jacob King, James Kennedy, Abe. Money, Fred. Dingar, John Lively, John Brown, Philip Miller, I i I WiUiam Cowden, James M'Fadden, John Shaw, •Robt. Smith, William Calhoun, William Wilson, George Shanklin,. John Leany, Thos. Robinson, George Dickson, Cornelias' Cox, Mike’ Gross, - ^ Christy Seabough, r ^ James Ketch (Easter town), -George Bennet, Thos. Leman, Philip Davis; Robt. Conn, Thos. Leman, John Mitcheltree, David Ellis, Aquila Richard. Jnmates. John Hutchison, John McKinney, Dan’l McLeesGr William McWhor- ter, Sr. John Coulter, Jonas Eoak, John Robinson, William Cristie, John Barr, Jacob Eaten, Samuel Harris, William Plunket, Henry Flemen, John Henderson, Philty Snyder, George Avernier, Peter Brown, Jacob Streeker, Thos. Michael Troy, Matthew Lard, William Clark, Samuel Beaty, Robt. Smith, William Bell, Jacob Buckart, Stophel Amalong, Ed, Betts, James Cochran, Joseph Gray, John Crage, John Teaclle, G'eorgA Reist, Matthew M’ Kinney, Ludwick Gouts, William McClintook. John Lenan, Daniel Double, Norris. Middletown. ' Swingfort Albright, George Dougherty,*/ Conrad Wolfly, George Shoeken, William Mills, Godfricd CatchmaD, Robt. numel, Henry McCann, Abe Fora, John Bakesto, John Mitscar, George Loughman, Fred Zebcrnick, Jacob Spade, Jacob Walter, George Fry, Christ. Roads, John Myers, Anthony Wierick Ludwick Hemperly, Christ. Spade, Philip Craft, Peter Money, Nick. Castle, 1 / Jacob Gross, SarapsoD Leadie, David Etlin, Fred. Bickener, Thos. Bralman, Wm. Wabs_, Henry Davis, Philip Bartimore, Mike Fisher. AND QUJEiiir^S.— XXVII. ' aucver, their example is worthy of being followed even to day. The first paper is the “Warrant to the Super- visors of the Highways, ” from the Judges of our court, which reads as follows: “2b James Cochran and John Rutherford, ' Supervkors of the Highways in the Town- ship of Paxtang in the County of Dau- phin. ’ ’ ^'Whereas, The Constable of the said Township of Paxtang hath presented to the Justices of the County Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace now held for the said County of Dauphin, That a number of ; Wears, Racks Dams, Baskets, Pounds and ! other Devices and obstructions are erected in the River Susquehanna, adjacent to the said Township of Paxtang, whereby the navigation of the said River is* impeded, and the Spawn, Fry and Brood of Fish in * the same River are injured and destroyed; These are, therefore, to require and com- mand you and each of you forthwith to remove or cause to be removed every such Wear, Rack, Basket, Dam, Pound or other Device and obstruction aforesaid, and for that purpose to summon the Inhabitants of your said Township, giving them three Days notice to repair to, throw down, re- move and destroy such Wears, Racks, Bas- kets, Dams, Pounds & other Devices «nd obstructions so erected, built or set up; and That you make return of your proceedings to the Justices at the next Court of Quarter bessiODS of the peace to he held for the said county ; And that you also make turn of the names of all Persons who, be-^' ing so by you summoned shall refuse or neglect to attend in person, or to send an able Person in his room to assist in the throwing down, removing and destroying ; the obstructions aforesaid, that they may be • dealt with according to law— together with the names of every Person or Persons, who shall assault, hinder or obstruct any per- 1 sons in pulling down, breaking, removing i or destroying any of the aforesaid Devices | or Obstnmtions,that they may be dealt with | as the Laws direct. } “Given under our hands and seals at i Dauphin, the eleventh Day of September, j in the year of Our Lord One thousand j, seven hundred & ninety tw'o. “Wil’m. a. Atlee,” “James Clunie.” “John Kean.’’ From the notes of Oapt. Rutherford which follow we have this account of the action of the supervisors: “Sept. 11th., 1792. Warned by the constable to atend the Judges at Harrisburg on Account of the fish-dams. “Sept. 20th , 1702. Atended at Harrisburg, and then warn- ed the following hands to throw Down the j fish dams— 1 Robert Harris, i Landis, the miller, i Richard Fulton, , John Flekiner, ? Jacob Knoop. “September ye 24th., 1792. Met the following hands at Richard ’ Fulton’s and threw Down the Baskets and . Dams in the Riv er. Jacob Knoop, John Fleckiner, Robert Harris, Richard Fulton.” The geutlemen who composed this band of fish-wwlens done their duty well, and not an obstruction wn.s left in the Susque- hanna., at least within their jurisdiction. We give the foregoing as a portion of the history of fish protection in our Common- wealth. ^ A Michigan man has invented a fiying- machine, and on trying to fly wdth it found he had got to the ground quicker than he could get there by jumping. The thing will prove a tip -top well digging machine. DAUPHIN COUNTY MARKIAGF.S EIGHTY J YK AMS AGO— 1. y [Believing that a record of early mar- riages will bo acceptable to the genealogist and those of the descendants of the contract* , ing parties of the old time, we transcribe ’ the foliowing for better preservation. The major portion were copied from the Oracle of Dmipldii prior to the removal of ihe files of that paper; the oi hers from the Morgen- rothe and the Guardian. The expressions used are those employed in the original newspaper notices. Some are quite person- al, other extremely funny ; w. n. e. ] Alhicks — Hamilton" — On July 21, | 1798, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, James Al- ricks, of May town, to Miss Patty Hamil- j ton, of this borough. j Alhen — Caryeu.— On Wednesday, j February 11, 1801, at Mr. Andrew Berry- I hill’s, by the Rev. Mr. Snowden, Major Roger Alden, of Presqu’ Isle, to the lovely Miss Eliza Carver, of Paxtang. Aughenberg — Fahnestock. — In this town, on December 19, 1802, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Miss Christina, daughter of Ben- jamin Fahnestock to Peter Aughenberg, of Adams county. Albright— Atkinson.— “In this town ' last vreek [December 9, 1802] my dear Doctor Frederick Albright, late from Ger- man}', via. Lancaster and Hummelstown, but now of this town, to Miss Sally Atkin- son, daughter of the late Mrs. Atkinson, now ycleped the consort of Mr. Benjamin Mayer, printer, of this borough. Atkinson— Sommers; — On Saturday ' March 24, 1804, by the Rev. Mr. Peterson, j Thomas Atkinson, printer, to the agreeabl-e Miss Sally Sommfers, all of this borough. ^ Armstrong— Hatfield. — On Thun- i day, April 5, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, James Armstrong to Miss Jane Hatfiel 1, both of Middle Paxtang. Beatty — Greer — On the Gih of May, 1799, by the Rev. N. R. Snowden, Gawm Irwin Beatty and Letitia Greer, both of ihis borough. Brunson— White.— On March 27, ISOO, Hugh Brunson, hatter, of this town, to Miss Polly White, of Northumberland county, Be.\der— F/sher, — On May 13, 1802, Peter Header, hatter, to Miss Jane Fisher, bottj of this borough. Buchanan— Hatfield. — On Thursday, March 10, 18''‘3, by Rev. Mr. Suowdo. .John Buchanan to Miss Sarah HatfieL’, duinditer of John Hatfield, of Middle Pax-.#, tang. J iiiiADLEY— R obinson. — O n April '1804, I^Ir Bradley to Mrs. Jenny Robinson, iLite co-pa:trer of Mr. Jolin Robinson, both *of til's borough. ; Burnett— Wallace.— O n Saturday, 'April 21, 1804, in this town, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Gilbert Burnett, of Baltimore, to Miss Elizabeth Wallace, of Cumberland i county. V Bell — Watt. — On Thursday, February 1 14, 1805, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Samuel FBcU 10 Miss Isabella Vfatt, all of Middle S' Paxtang. (j‘ Cr.^bb — Kendrick— At Sunnury, Tdarch 17, 1800, William Crabb, of Middletown, to Miss Kendrick, formerly of Lancaster. Crain— Cochran. — On November 3, 1803, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Jeremiah Crain, of Hanover, to Miss Ann Cochran, of Middle Paxtang. Cochran- Hart.— On I\Iarcli 3, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, John Coctiran to Miss* Mary Hart, both of Middle Pax- tang. Downey— Beatty. — On June 5, 1798, by the Rev. Kathaniei R. Snowden, John Downey, Esq., to Alice Ann Beatty, daugh- ter of the late James Beatty, both of this town. DuctAl— Hilton. —On April 21, 1795, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Mr. Dugal, eldest son of Rev. Dugal, of Path Valley, to Mhs J enny Hilton, of Paxtang. Dougherty— Graybill. — On June 4, 1795, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, William Dougherty to Mrs. Jane Graybill, both of Ilarrishui’g. Dentzell— Gilchrist— On Friday, Feb- ruary 10, 1799, John Dentzell, Esq., to Miss Jane Gilchrist, both of this town. Dindorff— Hoster. — On Tuesday, Feb- ruary 19, 1799, by Rev. Mr. Moeller, Jacob Dindorff to Miss Catharine Hosier, both of W est Hanover. Elder— MIKinney— On Juno 4. 1795, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Michael Elder to Miss Kancj’ M’ Kinney, both of Middle- town. Elder — Cox. — On Thursday evening, March 23, 1799, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Thomas Elder, Esq., of this town, to the beautiful and accomplished Miss Catharine Cojj, of Cox’s town. Eicholtz — Snider. — On Thursday evening, April 7, 1803, by ^lev. Mr. Peterson, George Eicholtz, of Lancaster, to the beau- tiful Miss Polly Snider, daughter of Mr. Simon Snider, innkeeper of this borough. — Fisher — Mi^shall. — On ^ Wednesday November 9, 1795, Major George Fisher, attorney, to Miss Betsy Minshall, both of Plarrisburg. Fo rst e r — Elder — On Tuesday, Septem- ber 25, 1798, John Forster to Miss Polly El- der. Forrest — Patterson.— On Monday evening, May 12, 1800, by Rev. Mr. Snow- den, Andrew Forrest, Esq., to Miss Fanny, second daughter of Robert Patterson. Galbraith — Ruling. — On February 15, 1793, at Hanover, Bartrem Galbraith to Miss Harriet Huling. Graydon — Pettit. — At Philadelphia, on Monday, December 16, 1799, Alexander Graydon, Esq., of Harrisburg, to Miss Pet- tit, daughter of Charles Pettit esq., of Phila- delphia. Green — Murray. — On Thursday, April 19, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Captain Incis Green to Miss Rebecca Murray, daughter of the late Colonel John Murray, both of Middle Paxtang. Hamilton— Boyd. — On June 11, 1795, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, William Hamilton to Rachel Boyd, both of Derry. Harbison— Finney. — On April 14,1796, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Adam Harbison to Miss Martha Finney, both of Hanover. Hall — Maclay. — On Saturday evening, April 26, 1800, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Dr. • Henry Hall to the amiable Miss Hetty Mac- lay, daughter of William Maclay esq., both ! of this town. i , Henning — Rennel. — Cn Friday even- . ing, June 11, 1802, by Jacob Bucher, esq., | Jacob Henning, hatter, of this town to the i amiable Miss Magdalena Rennel, of York. Hehl — Henning. — On Sunday, Octqber 10, 1802, Michael Hehl of Hummelstown, to Miss Elizabeth Henning, daughter of Jacob Henning, innkeeper of this town. Horter— Fedder. — On Thursday even- ing, Februaryl0,1803, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, John Horter to Miss Mary Fedder, both of this borough. Harrison — Crain. — On Wednesday, April 27, 1803, Isaac Harrison, jr., to Miss . Nancy Crain, both of Hanover. . Hine.s — Clark. — On Wednesday, August f 10, 1803, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, James Hines to Miss Love Clark, both of Middle Paxtang. Hill — Todd. — On Thursday, Feb. 20, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Snov/den, Robert Hill to Miss Polly Todd, both of Hanover. Hamilton— Hays. —On Thursday, >farch 15, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Snowdeu, Mr. Ham- ilton, of Lancaster, to Miss Jane Hays, daughter of David Hays of Derry. ■ Harrison— Rodgers. — On Thursday, April 20, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Snodgrass, John Harrison to Miss Frances Rodgers, all of Hanover. i Houseman— Beatty.— On the eveningof December 12, 1809, by the Rev. Mr. Bu- chanan, Daniel Houseman, of Cumberland county, and Miss Rebecca Beatty, of this borough. IsETT— R odgers.— On April 14, 1796, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Henry Isett, of this town, to Miss Frances Rodgers, of Han- ! over. ! Irwin— Montgomery. — On Thursday-, | December 1, 1803, Jared Irwin, merchant of this place, to Miss Nancy Montgomery, second daughter of Hugh Montgomery, inn-keeper, of Milton, Northumberland j county. f Isenhauer—M’ Donald. — On Thurs- f day, June 9. 1803, Jacob Isenhauer, shoe- | maker and dealer in boot legs, to Miss f Nancy M’Donald, both of Dauphin county. i| Irwin — Weaver. — In Virginia, April, ■ 1797, Major John Irwin, of Harrisburg, to | the much admired Miss Kitty Weaver. I! 1 daughter of Adam Weaver, formerly of li, Cuinberland county. ' Ingram — Swan. — On Tuesday, Novem- ber 26, 1799, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, James ; Ingram to Miss Margaret Swan, both Of this town. Irwin — Maclay. — On Saturday, March 10, 18o4, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Major John Irwin to the amiable Miss Sarah Ma- clay, daughter of William Maclay, Esq., of this place. THE BUUKSaOT WAK. , Con, Robert Fatterson’s Kecollections of. I that Event A reporter of the Philadelphia Press re- cently interviewed General Robert Patter- son on the subject of General Grant’s con- duct in the Mexican war. In the course of the interview General Patterson gave his recoilection of the Buckshot War in the fol- lowing language : “At the time of the BuckshotWar I wasin c-immand of the troops that marched from the city to restore order and quell the riot. The di'fiiculty arose from a few of i he leaders of the party then in power trying to treat the ^eciion as a nullity and to. retain po ^ session of the government for three years longer. Governor Ritner, a perfectly hon- est and vfeil meaning man, was persuaded to co-operate in the matter. The friends of David R. Porter, who had received a de- 1 cided- majority of the votes, the Democratic | candidate, were determined not to submit I and astemhled in Harrisburg in immense numbers. They were led and com- manded by about 25 officers of the old regular army of the war of 1812. The mob, if I may use the word, surrounded the capi- tol and entered ihe Senate chamber and took possession, the Speaker and some, of the Senators jumping out of a back win- dow to save themselves from the fury of the rioters. Whereupon an order v/as sent . to me by the Governor of the State to proceed v?ith my division - of ■ -1,500 i men to Harrisburg. I, of course, i v;ished to go prepared for emergencies and obtained from the United States Arsenal, at Franklort, a full supply of ammunition. For the infantry mainly buck-shot cart- ridges, which consisted of a cartridge with twelve buck-shot, each as good as a bulle.t I did this certainly not from any desire to kill many of those then in possession of the Senate Chamber, many of whom were per- sonal friends and old associates in the army. Instead, I was prompted by a desire to save my own people, in the event of a conflict at close quarters, by rapidly laying over a ! few and dispersing the remainder. I had i good reason for this, as my command con- 1' sisted in the main of the flower of Philadel- | ’ phia — the best young men in it in fact. Tiie exceeding good conduct of the officers | and men of that command prevented a con- ^ ' flici between the troops and the mob. If - blood bad been shed the whole State would . have been involved in a civil w'ar. On my j arrival at Harrisburg I, with my staflf, re- I ported to the Governor at his residence, j Such was the panic at that time in Harris- ; burg that the Governor deemed it expedient to have his door locked and barred and we | could not get in until, after repeated knock- . \ j ings, a second story front window was opened, raised, and the Governor in person leaned out and asked who was there and wliat was wanted. I looked up, gave him my name, told him I was tliere with my division in obedience to his orders and had taken po.ssession of the arsen.al and put my command in a good position. He at once came down, opened the door and 1 s < 1 I I ( T < ( psked us in. After we were sealed I asked for ills instructions, and desired to know wbat he vv^anted me to do. He said he wished to have his Cabinet about him, and sent for them. Four or five responded, and he and they asked a variety of ques- tions, among others, if I would obey the order of the Speaker of the Senate. I re- i plied I would not, for that would be sus- taining a party, who, in my judgment, had acted very improperly and who ought not to be sustaiucd. I said that I had not come tor any political purpose and would not sustain any party in the wrong; that my command was composed of both parties, nearly as many of the one as the other, who would obey any command I gave, be- cause they knew me well enough to know I would not give an improper one. I was also asked if I would obey an order from the Speaker of the House. I said I would not, for two reasons : First, they had or- ganized themseltes into two houses, a Democratic House and a Whig House, and that I then did not know which was the 1 right one. But if there was a regular ! Speaker I would not obey him, as he had no right to give me orders. I was there in . obedience to the commands of the Gover- nor, and would obey no one else, but that I would protect the capitol and the public property and preserve order. “I was then asked, and pressed for an answer by some of the council or Cabinet, if I would obey the orders of the Gover- nor. I replied that I would obey all orders that the Governor had a right to give. One of the questions following was, ‘What would you consider a proper order?’ I replied, ‘I will consider that when the order is given . If ordered to clear the capitol and install in the chair either or both of the Speakers I would not do it. That must be settled by the Senators and Representatives them- selves. If ordered to fire upon those they chose to call rebels I would not do it, nor would I permit a single shot to be fired, ex- cept in self-defense, if assailed by the rebels or in the protection of public property.’ “The result was the entire restoration of order in a few days, both bouses reorganiz- imi and electing their Speakers and David li. Porter being installed as Governor, as he , ought to have been. “I desire to exonerate Governor Ritner from all that was wrong in this matter, and it was altogether wrong, because I believed i I I 1 -ihen and believe now that he was forced in ‘0 it by a set of unscrupulous officials who had surrounded him. “I heard afterward that some of the so- called rebels had given as high as five dol- lars for buck-shot cartridges to take home with them to show the savage disposition of the soldiery and the terrible dangers they had gone through.” NOTES AND QTJEKIEs._xxVIl J. Historical and Genealogical, Pahson Elder’s Marriage Record.— (N. & Q. XXIV). — In answer to our request we have received the following, the addi- tions being in italics: James Rutherford and Margaret Brishnn. William Swan and Martha ' Uenick. ^ John Simpson and Margaret Murrayr" Samuel Hutchins(m and Jane llutherfard.^ Samuel Rutherford and Smart Collier.'^ It was not Joseph but John Gray who married Mary Robinson. w. n. e. Pennsylvania Quakers in the Revo- lution.— From tbe “Horcs and Qneriey” in The Richmond {Va.) Standard of Dec. 13th we have the follovvong extract of a let- / ter dated, “New York, December iiO, 1779. ' —The friends to Government in North Caro- lina have taken up arms in favor of the King The Quakers in Philadelphia, to avoid be- ing thought ambiguous in their proceed in ss, have declared in favour of the King, and , have raised subscriptions in order to pur- ' chase provisions, which they cook and send regularly^ to the British prisoners. Num- bers of violent Whigs have got their C 3 ’Cs opened by d’Estaing’s conduct, and demand qt the surrender of Savannah in the King of France’s name, which, with the reports of tbe Germans [sic] rising against Congress, seem to speak a general disafleclion, and an abhorrence of French and Congressional tyr- ranny.” Chambers — (N. & Q. ix, xii, xv.)— On the tax lists of Milford township, formerly embracing the lower half of the west end of Juniata count}', I find the following; Thomas Chambers, 17G3, James Chambers, 17G7 to 1795, Randle Chambers, 17G9 to 1703, John Chambers, 17G9 to 177G, Margaret Chambers, 1790. This year (179G) is the last list on which the name appears. James Chambers received a warrant for a tract of land at - Tiionipson- town, Sept. 8, 17.55. A few years ago I •visited an old lady named Milliken, near Academia, in Juniata county, who told me her mother was a Chambers whose father’s name was James, and that ^Yilliam Chambers was the brother of her mother. Her mother married Wm. Barclay, that is as I understand it — James Chambers’ daughter married Wm. Barclay, and their daughter married Milliken. I can find no trace on tax lists of William Chambers. So far as I know the old lady is still living, and if these Chambers’ are of the family you are in- quiring after, she no doubt could tell you all about them. Can this James be Capt. James of the Revolutionary Vfar? a. l. g. William Denning, the Blacksmith oe THE Revolution. — That our citizens may take inspiration from the subject, and also to present the matter to those of our readers who may be interested therein, we present the following, relative to one of those brave souls of the Revolution, whose name and fame our friends “across the Susquehanna,” (of Cumberland county), seek, after the lapse of a century, to honor, by erecting a monument. Who Denning was and what were his services, we condense from the interesting address of Mr. J. B. Morrow, at the meeting inaugurating the movement re- cently held at Carlisle. One hundred years ( ago, spoke Mr. M. “a sturdy blacksmith as he w^as, became fired with the loftiest spirit of patriotism and undertook to make wrought iron cannon so that he could teach his br«)ther blacksmiths how to perform the work with a view of supplying the patriot army, then struggling with a foe rich in re- sources if not the most powerful nation on the globe. At Middlesex he succeeded in completing two — two wrought iron cannon, gentlemen blacksmiths, a feat (considering the meagre appliance of the day) which re- quired the most heroic eadurance, indom- itable will and highest skill. Blacksmiths now tell us, considering the mass of iron he was compelled to handle and the amount of heat he must endure, they cannot see how it was accomplished. As has been said two were completed but w^ere subsequently cap- tured at Brandywine and one is now in the Tower of London. What became of the other is not known. Stimulated by his suc- cess, Wm. Denning commenced another and larger one at Holly Forge, but the undertaking was too largo for .a single blacksmith to perform, for so great V . was the heat and so toilsome the work he ^ could get no one to assist him, and finally was compelled to abandon it, it is supposed, ^ at the close of the war. In attempting this last feat, so intense was the heal, that it is handed down as a veritable fact that the . pewter buttons on his coat melted. The , remains- of this unfinished piece lay for many years at the Carlisle Barracks, but finally disappeared and no one knows where ' it is. * * * * William Denning spent the remaining part of his years in Mifflin town- ' ship, on the banks of Conedoguinet creek, 1 about one and a half miles north of Hew- ' ville. Here he lived quite a number of years in extreme poverty, and died on Sun- day, Dec. 16, 1830, in the 94th year of his age. Many of the older residents were well acquainted with hiin, ho being a frequent visitor to the town, and doubtless there are some living who heard him relate the modus operandi and difficulties he encountered when constructing wrought iron cannon, j ^ While he probably possessed as much pluck j 1 and spirit as any other man of revolutionary times, he was always known there simpl}'- / as the quiet and unobtrusive William Den- ) ning. The British government oflered a large sum, and a stated annul!}'- to the per- j son who would instruct them in the manu- ! facture of that article; but the patriotic blacksmith preferred obscurity and poverty I in his own country, to that of wealth and I affluence in that of his oppressors; although that country for which he did so much, kept t her purse Closed from the veteran soldier 1 till near thC close of his long life. And it j often required the whole weight of his well | known character for honesty, to save him | from the severest pangs of poverty.” 1 ^ V THE FALLS UANAL. The history of this daring enterprise in the annals of internal improvements would form an exceedingly entertaining chapter. * It was one which shipwrecked a number of private fortunes, besides sinking a large sum of money appropriated by the State, With the active busin(?ss and representa- 1 1 live men in the early days of the (Common- 1 ' wealth the improving of the navigation of / the Susquehanna river was a great desidera- ^ turn. As in the present day, trade was sought for, and every avenue was opened * which could assist in developing the re- sources of the State. In the navigation of J.ie Susquehanna the greatest impediment I I I 7as* tlie falls at Conowago. Tlie passage )f tliis TTatery ordeal was a terror to tHe ' ■afiing community, and lienee the almost , mperimraan efibrts three quarters of t century ago to render the lassage down the river less perilous. The following letter, written by the Ilev. William Smith, D. D., Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, to General Henry Miller, of York, forms a part of the history of that enterprise which we hope at some not far distant period to give an ac- count. Without further comment we print the letter which has recently come into our possession. w. n. e. Lancaster, July 8th, 1792. Harry Miller, Esqr., Dear mr . — A Num- ber of your Friends in Philadelphia, v/ho are Friends also to the Improvement of our Roads & inland Navigation, and inter- ested in the Direction of the W orks now on Foot for that Purpose— having taken into their Consideration that the Plan pro- posed by Mr. Whitmer for opening the Conewaga Falls, by a Sluice Navigation vTilhiu Shore w^as not only dangerous in the Descent of Boats, but almost impracticable ’ in the Ascent, and that the Reports of all the Commissioners v/ere for a Canal Navi- • gation along the Bank, with two Locks 1 there b-eing 19 feet Fall — & considering fur- | ) ther that the public money, viz: £5,250, was granted by the Legislature upon the Estimate made by the Commissioners for a Canal & Lock Navigation, and that apply- ing the money to open any other kind of Navigation, would in a great Degree be losing the Money to the Public— it was Uiereibre resolved to make Proposals to the , Governor for opening a Canal & Lock I Navigation for the Money granted by Law, ' & take the Risk of purchasing the Ground^ i& upholding the Canal, for the Benefit of j the immense water works, which with 19 ' teet fall, the Company may erect adjoining I the Locks, with a never-failing and abun- dant Supply of the waste waters of the J' Canal not necessary for the Supply of the I Locks, the Canal being proposed 40 feet j v/idth & 4 feet Depth of Water. — The fol- lowing are the Names of the Persons con- 1 cern’din the Contract, viz : I Robert Morris, Wrn. Smith, John 1. Nicholson, Walter Stewart, Samuel r. Meredith, Timothy Matlack, Tench Fran- \ cis, Samuel Miles, Samuel Powel, John \ SteinmeLz, David Rittenhouse, William 'Bingham, John Donaldson, A. J. Dallas, I N Tlobert Harris, Henry Miller, oPYorktown, & Abram Whitmer, of Lancaster — being , 17 Names in the Whole. Mr. Nicholson, the Comptroller, signed the Contract on I your Behalf, and I signed in Benalf of Abram ''vVhitmer, of Lancaster, wishing that the Houses of York & Lancaster might be connected in the Execution of the Work, as they are greatly interested in the S ac- cess. We have purchased the whole of Robt. Harris’s Property, w’ch he describes as 240 Acres on the 'York Side and 100 Acres on the Lancaster Side of the River; and you are requested to search your Books and to give us an Account what Judg- ments, Claims or Suits of any Kind may be against Harris’ Estate, that may bind the same, so that we may discharge them. Mr. Matlack & myself, who are at pres- ent marking off the Ground for the Quit- tipahilla Canal, are directed also to view the Conewaga Falls, & to see what other j Ground, besides Harris’ may be necessary for our projected Plan of Navigation & Water kVorks, &c. We are to meet at tbe Ferry House on the Lancaster Side, for- merly Rankin’s (now R. Harris’ w’ch we have purchased), on Monday Morning the 16th Instant; Mr. Whitmer & some Gen- tlemen from Lancaster are to be v*uih us, and we request .your xittendance, that we may consult on this important Plan. Until wc meet, I wish that nothing may be said, as if more Land than Harris’s would be necessary, as it might set the Enemies to the work, about purchasing the same, in order to make a Market of the Company afterwards. I beg you not to fail meeting us at the Ferry, on Monday the 16th early — & re- main your most obed’-Serv’t — in Haste. WiLLiAii Smith. * P. S.— I go to-morrow from this Place j to Lebanon, DAUl’illK COUNTY MAKKIAGI£8 SIOnTY YJKAl!.S AGO— 11. Johnson — Johnson. —On Thursday, August 23, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, James Johnson and Miss Polly Johnson, both of Derry. J OIINSTON — PiiiLSON. — Oil Tuesdav, April 3, 1810, by Rev. Mr. Buchanan, Isaac i Johnston and Miss Lydia Pliilson, both of Halifax township. J OHNSTON — Bradley. — On Tuesday, November 2. 1807, by Rev. Mr. Sharon, John Johnston and Miss xinn Bradley, all of Hanover. Kelso — Morton. — On February 4, 1790, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, John Kelso and the amiable Mrs. Sally Morton. Kunkel— Welsauer. — On May 25, 1797, Christian Kunkcl, of this town, mer chant, and Miss Elizabeth Welsauer, of York county. Kucher— Yf ray. — In Philadelphia, May 24. 1808, Jacob Kucher, son of the late Colonel Kucher, and Miss Jane Wray, daughter of the late Wm. W'ray, formerly of this borough. ■ Knorr — Ebright. — On April 12, 1803, John Knorr and Miss Carry Ebright, both of this town. Karp— SiiAEEER. — On Tuesday, Feb- ruary 4, 1804, Michael Kapp, jr., merchant, of ibis tOY/n, and Miss Ciitharine Shaffer, of Lancaster. Kerr— Wilson. — On Thursday, April 28, 1808, Rev. Williaip. Kerr, of Donegal, and Miss Mary Y/ilson, only daughter of James Wilson, Esq., oi Derry. Ketterell — W iLSON. — On Sunday November, 0, 1808, by Rev. Mr. Buchanan, Y/iiliam Ketterell and Miss Letitia Wilson, all of this town. lioovER— Besiiors. — Oh Sunday. De- cember 11, 1805, by Rev. Mr. Gloninger Adam Koover and Miss Magdalene Beshore> daughter of Frederick Beshore, all of this borough. Kauffman—Grove. — On Sunday, Mar. 20, 1809, by Rev, Mr. Gloninger, Jacob Kaudman, of Manor townsliip, Lancaster county, and Miss Barbara Grove, daughter of Peter Grove, of this borough. Knepley — Beshore. — On November 21, lo09,by Rev. Mr. Gloninger, John Knep- ley, shoemaker, and Miss Mary Beshore, daughter ot Frederick Beshore, all of this place. Kremer — Sii'ERiG— On December 19, 1800, by Rev. Mr. Gloninger, Jacob Kremer and Miss Molly Sherig, both of London- derry township. Kettsr — Reid. — On Monday, December 15, 1808, by Rev. Mr. Petersen, John Keiter and Itlrs. Elizabeth Reid, both of Halifax township. Laird — Montgomery. — In thistov;n, on Friday, April 22, 1706, by Rev. Suownlcn, Samuel Laird, Attorney-at-law, and Miss Betsy Montgomeiy, daughter of the late Joseph Montgomery, Esq., of this place. Lytle— Rothnson.— On Thursday, Sept. 22,1706, by Rev. Mr. Snpw^CDj^J^amuel Lytle of Derry towmship, and Miss Nancy ‘ . Robinson, daughter of Thomas Robinson, Esq., of Lancaster county. Lannino— Yougiit.— O n March 9, 1790, ■ Jolm Lamiiiig and Catherine YougUt, both | of Paxtang. . j LiTTLE-r-DONKQrv.— On Tuesday, Junfi.24, * ' 1800, “after a courtship of three weeks, J. Little and Miss Sarah Connor. - Lechner— Orth.— On June 27, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Petersen, John Lechner and Miss Mary Orth, all of this town. Lytle— Green.— On Thursday, Jan.. 10, . 1805, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Major Jolm j Lytle and the agreeable and lovely Miss j Elizabeth Green, daughter of Timothy ! Green, Esq., all of HJiddle Paxtang. i Lyon — Maclat. — On Thursday evening, April 28, 1808, by Rev. Mr. Sharon, John Lyon and Miss Jane Maclay, youngest . i daughter of the late William Maclay, Esq., i ' dec’d. Long — Moser. — On Thursday September * 22, 1805, by Rev. Mr. Petersen, John Long I and Christiana Moser. ij Leininger — Etsenhauer.— On Tues- j day, October 4, 1808, by Rev. Philip Glon- ' inger, George Leininger and Margaret Eis- , I enhauer, both of Lower Paxtang township. J Lorentz— Sherk.— On Wednesday Feb- I ruary 22, 1809, by Rev. Mr. Gloninger, / Peter Lorentz, of Lower Paxtang, and Miss I Barbara Sherk, of the same place. ! Leopold — Brandon — On Thursday, May 17, 1810, by Rev. Mr. Buchanan, FederickW. Leopold, merchant of this town, ' and Miss Harriet Brandon, daughter of Charles Brandon, Esq., of Middletown. M’Kinney— Chambers.— O n June 18, 1795, Mordecai M’Kinney, of Middletown, and Miss Polly Gbambers, of Cumberland county. M’Ewen — Boal. — In East Hanover, on April 20. 1796, by Rev. James Snodgrass, James M’Ewea and Miss Frances Boal. “x\n entertainment was provided on this oc- casion at which about 120 partook.” Morrison — M’Cord. — On April 6, 1797, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, John Morrison, Esq., I, of Sherman’s Vallsy smdMiss Flora M’Gorcl, j ! of Middle Paxtang. | M’Creight — RowaZnL — On Wednesday I evening, January 1, 1800, by Rev. iVLr. I j Suow^den, John M’Oreight.tmd Miss Peggy ^ Rowan, both of this borough. I Montgomery — Fkdder. — On Timrsday \ evening, April 23, IbOl, by Rev. Mr. Moel- ler, James Montgomery and Mi- s Susan Fedder, both of this boroiurli. ‘i Moody — Ceawfohd. — On the 30ili of March 1802, by Rev. Mr. Snodgrass, Rev. John Moody and Miss Elizabeth Crawford, both of Hanover. MoonHEAD — WiLsois. — Oil March 30, 1802, by Rev. Mr. Snodgrass, Mr, Moor- head and Miss Ann Wilson, both of Han- over. M’Kinley — Dougherty. — On July 18, 1802, George M’Kinley and Mrs. Dough- erty. I Moody — Montgomery. — M Milton, August 3, 1802, by the Rev. Mr. Brison, James Moody and Miss Jane Montgomery, daughter of Mr. Hugh Montgomery, form- erly of this county. M’Callei^— Johnson.— On Thursday, December 23, 1802, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Thomas M’Callen, of Adams county, and Miss Elizabeth Johnson, of Derry town- ship. Marsh — Philson. — On Thursday March 10, 1803, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Peter j ' Marsh and Miss Ann Philson. i M’ Allister — MacLeod. — At Savannah, Georgia, on March 11, 1804, George Wash- ! ington M’Aliister, son of Captain A. M’Al- liater, of fort Hunter, and Miss Catherine MacLeod, daughter of the late Dr, Donald MacLeod of that place. M’ Creiqht — De.Y armond. — On Tiiurs- , day, November 15, 1804, John M’Creight, i son of James M’Creight, Esq., and Miss i Polly DeYarmond, daughter of the late Richard DeYarmond, deceased, all of Han over. , M’Cullough— Rohinson.— On Decem- ber 24, 180G, by James Reed, Esq., Alexan- der M’Cullough, widower, and Miss Jane Robinson, spinster, all of Halifax. “Sing lantarara, wives all, wives all 1” M’Elratk — M’Cabe. — In this town, on Thursday, August 21, 1807, by Rev. James Sncdgi'ass, Johu M’Elrath and the amiable and accomplished Miss Mary M’Cabe, both of Londonderry township, Mooorhead — Wilson. — On Monday, April 4, 1808, by Rev. I^Ir. Sharon, Col. Thomas Moorhead, of Northumberland county and Mrs. Jane ^Wilson, late consort of John Wilson, deceased, of Swatara town- ship. M’Fahland — Mitchel. — On Friday, May 13, 1808, by Rev. Mr. Petersen, John M’Farland, wheelwright, and Miss Nancy Mitchel, all of this town. Mitchel — Armstrong. — On Monday,' August 29, 1808, by Rev. Mr. Petersen, Nathan Mitchel and 'Mrs. Catherine Arm strong, all of this town. Miller — Houser. — On Tuesday, Octo- ber 18, 1808, Andrew Miller and Miss Annie Houser, both of Lowei Paxtang, M’Clintock — Buffington. — On Fri- day, January 20, 1809, by Thomas Smith, Esq., Samuel M’Clintock and Miss Marga- ret Buffington, dauglilerof Thomas Buffing- ton. M’Clean— Hamilton.— In Miffiin coun- ty, on Thursday, April 18, 1809, by Rev. Mr. Hutchison, Moses M’ Clean, Esq., and Miss Margaret Hamilton, daughter of the late John Hamilton, deceased. Neisley— Landis.— O n Tuesday, De- cember 15, 1807, by the Rev. Mr. Petersen, Martin Neislej- and Mrs. Landis, widow of the late Abraham Landis, deceased, all of Swatara township. Priestly— Foulke.— On Wednesday, February 3, 1796, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, William Priestly, second son of the cele- brated Dr. Joseph Priestly, and the agree- able Miss Peggy Foulke, a young lady possessed with every quality to render the marriage state happy. Potts — Boyd. — On Thursday evening, March 11, 1801, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Stacy Potts, Esq., member of the House of Representatives of this State, and Mrs. Mary Boyd, late consort of John Boyd, deceased. Potts — Sommers. — On Sunday evening, March 22, 1801, by Jacob Bucher, Esq , Stacy Potts, jun., and Miss Polly Sommers, eldest daughter of Mr. Leonard Sommers, all of this town. • NOTES ANki i Kl;.torical smu Oeijealogical. j The “UrrER End.” — We propose to ' devote No. xxx, of Notes and Queries, to be issued Saturday, January 24th, to the , history, biography and genealogy of the Upper End of the County. We make this announcement that our friends in that locality may govern themselves thereby. We hope, subsequently, to devote a special supplement to cimtTibutions relating to ether portions of our county Dauphin. Green—Murray. — In n. & q. xxvii, tlie publication of the mamage of innis Green and a daughter of Col. John Murray re minds me of the fJlo wing data, copied from tombstonfes..in.-l.he £emetery at Daupliin: / Timothy Gheen, dop^rrcd this life Fed)- riiary 21\h, 1812 ai^ed 77 years. Col. John Muiiray, departed tnis lile February 3rd, 1798, aged 08 years. Margaret Murray, departed this life June 22d 1807, aired 74 years. Hon. Innis Green, who departed this life August 4th, 1839, aged 63 years, 14 months and 10 days. Rebecca, consort of Hon. Innis Green, who departed this life January 6th, 1837, aged 60 years. I have transcribed tlie foregoing for refer- ence. J. s, A. “Laurel Kill,” (n. & q. xxvi )— la- the location and naming ot 'the Harrisburg cemetery, “Mount Kalmia,” antedated the vivid recollections of my boyhood, 1 might easily concur v.’iih your interence that Mt. Kalmia and ‘ L iUiei iidl” vvt-re idfii^oil. ,!H,or would I tion in regard to its locality; bur, 1 remeiii ber, as if but yesterday, liiat the hill upon which John H. Brant’s building stands, was thickly covered with laurel bushes along its top edges and sides; the table- land being under cultivation. The boys and girls of the il^orlh Ward vveiit there fre- quently for laurel dowers, and one of my sisters was a victim to their poisonous quali- ties. Mount Kulmia was previously known as •‘Hare’s Hiil,” and its ravine was called “Fairy Yaliey” — a beamiful and shady spot for picnics. This hill was thickly wooded and along the svvamp side (lowani the tow^n) was impeneiiubiy overgrown with vines, and wiUi undt-rbm.'h through out. Tne other hill — tnen o wned by VVm Allison — was more favorable to the growth of the laurel, and was thickly covered with it, as mentioned, W hilst I have only an impression that it was called “Laurel nil) ” in those days, I iiave cerlaia know'iedge that it teas a laurel hill; and more so than any of the adjacent ones. g. b. a. ' The T-wo Burrs and Gen. Hanna. — It is stated in a “romantic legend,” pub- 1 lished in the regular edition of the Tele- I GRAPH, of .fanuary 7ih, 1880, that Aaron ! Burr visited Theodore Bui^’, the original 1 constructor of the Harrisburg bridge, while 'he was Vice President. He might have done so, but not at Harrisburg. Theodore , Burr was not at this place us a resident until 1811, and Aaron was out of ofiice in March, 1805. Arron Burr went down the Ohio in November of the same year, ano was tried at Richmond in ‘September 1807, so he could not have ‘.net Hanna here, as the latter died in July, 1805. Whatever corre spondence was had between these gentlemen must-have been during the VicePresidency of the former, 'wdiiie Hanna was in Congress, and his duties in that position ceased before any charge of treason was made against Burr. The first iutimaliou of any crim nality was in Wilkinson’s letter to Jefler- son late in the year 1805. It is a loss, to be sure, that Gen. Hanna’s papers were care lessly scattered or destroyed after his death, yet if there was any constructive treason in them, it could not have affected himself or his family, o.s he was in his grave three years before Burr was arrested. He was a great friend ot Jefferson, and it is not be lieved that there was a line of Hanna’s cor- respondence, calculated to cast a shadow upon his political purity, or his friendship for the political institutions of his country ife was not a great man, but he was an up- right one, or he could not have maintained his high public station, from 1788, to the time of his death, in 1805. We hope the statement commented upon will not be taken as an historic fact. ^ -X- [We have been credibly informed that about the close ot the year 1813, Col. Aaron Burr visited Theodore Burr, who was then ■engaged in erecting the bridge over the Susquehanna. The latter had built a hou.-^e on the island and resided there at the time. Colonel Burr traveled in a gig, and was met somewhere on the road by Theodore. As to the relationship existing between the Burrs we have no reliable information, although the author of the Burr Genealogy, recently published, writes us that they were possibly full cousins. Since the foregoing was written Colonel Shoch, of Columbia, a native of this city, verifies the foregoing statement — see TelJ;- GKAHH, Jan. 14 ] w. H. E. DAUPKiN COUNTY M ^RKIAGES UIGHTT YK % f.S AGKP— 111. Porter — Dugal. — OnThursday,May 13, 1802, by Rev. Mr Snowden, George Por- ter, of this town, and Miss Mary Dugal, ot Lancaster county. Peacock— Orth. — On May 10, 1804, Thomas Peucock and Miss Peggy Orth, ot Paxtang. Potts— Sherm AIT — At Trenton, K. J., on Monday evening, Ajnil 6, 1807, by James Ewing, Esq., Miss Rebecca Potts, daughter of Stacy Potts, Esq., formerly of this town, and George Shennan, editor c>f the Trenton Federalist. ^ Porter — Fackler. — On Tuesday, June 16, 1807, by Rev Mr. Petersen, Jolm Pur ter, mason, aged 20, and Miss Elizabeth Fackler, aged 14, all of Paxtang. “These children deserve praise.” Philips — Fox. — On Thursday, Augu.st 20, 1807, John Philips and the accomplished Miss Margaret Ei'ox, daughter of John Fox, inn keeper of Hummelstown Peck — Stauffer. — On Sunday, Octo- ber 23, 1808, by Rev. Mr Gloninger, Jacob Peck and Miss Feronica Stauffer, both of Lower Paxtang. Piersol— Maver. — On Thursday, May 18, 18u9, by Rev. Mr.. Gloninger, Jacob Piersol, of Honeybrook township, Chester county, and Miss Magdalena Mayer, of Swatara township, this county. Porter— Steel. — On Thursday, Dec. 12, 1809, by Rev. Buchanan, Robert Por- ter, of Lewistown, Mifflin county, and Mrs. Ann Steel, of this town. Russell — Moore — On Tuesday, June 7, 1796, by Rev. Mr. Snowd'm, James Rus- sell, merchant, and Miss Frances JMoore, both of Middletown Robinson — Pollock. — On Thursday, July 9, 1799, at Silver Spring, by Rev. Snowden Dr. Samuel Robinson and Miss Mary Pollock, eldest daughter of Oliver Pol- lock, Esq. Rutherford— Swan. — On March 17, 1801, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, Lieuienant William Rutherford and Miss Sally Swan, both of Paxtang. Rutherford — Siiulze. — On Tuesday, June 28, 1803, by Thomas Smith, Esq., Thomas Rutherford and the beautiful Miss Mary Shulze, daughter of Mr. Jacob Shulze, both of Swatara. Rodgers — Allen. — On Thursday even- ing, February 16, 1804. by Rev. Mr. Snod- grass, Robert Rodgers and Etiy Allen, all of Hanover. Ramsey— Clark. — On Thursday. July 5, 1804, William Ramsey Esq., deputy sur- veyor of Cumberland county, and Miss Clark, of Clark’s Ferry^ j Robinson — Clendenin. — On June 23, 1807, Samuel Robinson, of Hanover, and ilVIiss Rachael Clendenin, of Paxtang. Rodgers — Carson. — On Saturday, Octo- i ber 31, 1807, by Rev. Mr. Snaron, John Rodgers and Miss Dinah Carson, of Pax- i tang. j Ryan — Stewart.— On Thursday, Nov. ! S4, 1808, by Rev. Snodgrass, John Ryan, of Middle Paxtang, and !Miss Lydia Stewart, 1 daughter of James Stewart, of Lower Pax- tang. Rees— Smith. — On Monday, May 2, 1808, by Rev !Mr. Snodgrass, Jeremiah Rees and , Mis'i Margaret Smith, both of this town. Rees— Powders. — On Thursday, Juno 26, 1810, iiy Rkv. Mr. Buchanan, Jeremiah Rcf^s. innkeeper, and Mbs Lydia Powders, both of this town. Smith— VlooRE. — On March 7. 1793, Thomas Smith and Misi Anna Moore, both of ?diddletown. Sturgeon — Ritchey. — On March 7, 1793, by Rev. Mr. Snodgrass, Jeremiah Sturgeon and Miss Anna Ritchey. Singer— Norton. — On February 17, 1793, by Rev. Moeller, Jacob Singer, mer- chant, and Nancy Norton, both of this to wm. i, Smith— Bruce. — On Thursday, April 24, 1800, by Rev. Mr. Snowden, John Smith and Miss Frances Bruce. Sommers— F edder. — On Thursday even- ing, June 2, 1801, by Rev. Snowden, John Sommers and Miss Barbara Fedder, both of this borough. Sommers— Chamberlain. — On Satur- dayi-, May 1. 180*, Henry Sommers, printer, and ^libs Peggy Chamberlain, both of this town. Smith— Robinson. — On Thursday even- ing. January 20, 1803, by the Rev. James Johnston. Mr. Smith, son of William Smitn, j late of Derry township, and Miss Peggy*: Robinson, daughter of William Robinson, ! of Wayne township, Mifflin county. | Stubbs— Tavlor.— On May 25, 1803, Thomas Stubbs, merchant and steel manu- | ficturer, of Middletown, and Miss Mary l Taylor, of Chester county. | Sellner— Hefply. — On September 18, i 1803, Ulrich Sellner and Miss Betsy Heffly, i both of this town. ' Sees— Rupley. — On Thursday, Decem- ber 8, 1803. John Sees, carpenter, of this town, and Miss Polly Rupley, daughter of Co!. Jacob Rupley, of Cumberland county. -r -Sommers —Shaefper. — On January 14, ^ 1804, Jacob Sommers and Mbs CiUharine Shaeder, both of this town. Seyfert— Sheily. — On 3Ionday, Octo- ber 29, 1804, by Rev. Mr. Petersen, Mr. ( /. A.nth‘.)Hy Seyfert, of this borough, and Miss , Jane Sheily/of Paxtang. SessaI’IAX — Puck — On Thursbay, De- ' c mlKT 29, 1804, Mathias Sessaman and Miss Esther Bnck, all of Hummelstown. Spa YD — D a Yarmond. — On Thu rsday , Oct. 10, 1806, Christian Spayd, merchant, of Vlitullelown, and Miss Betsy DeYarmond, daughter of Joseph DeYarmond, Esq., of Palnistown * Seller — Krieg. — On Tuesday, March 34, 18u7, John Frederick Seller and Miss Mary Krieg. SiMONTON — Clark. — On April 9, 1807, Vtiss Jane Simonton, daughter of the late Dr. Winiam Simonton, and Mr. John ■ Cl irk, both of Hanover. Si.MOXTOX — Bell — On Monday, April 9, 1807, by Rev. Snodgrass, James Simon- lon ami Miss Ann Bell, all of Hanover. Smitii—Toot. — O n December 10, 1807, bv Rev. Petersen, John Smith and Miss Magdalena Toot, both of Middletown. Shoemaker — Rhoads — On Sunday, April 17, 1809, Jacob Shoemaker, hatter, ’ and Miss Anna Rhoads, both of this town. . Stewart — Elder — On Tuesday, Oct. i 11. 1808, by Rev. Snodgrass, Samuel Stew- art, of the State of Ohio, and Miss Eliza- . both Elder, eldest daughter of Robert El- ’ der, merchant, of Hanover. Sharp — 1Yeis.s. — On Sunday evening, November 0, 1808, by Rev. Buchanan, Mi- chael Sharp and Elizabeth Weiss, daughter of Adam Weiss, Esq., both of Upper Pax- lang. Shrenk — Macheh. — On Tuesday, March 7, 1809. by Rev. Gloninger. Martin Shrenk i ftnd Miss Ann Machen, both of Swatara. Stewart —Buchanan. — On Thu rsday , July 5, 1810, by Rev. Johnston, David Stewart, of Paxtang, and the worthy Miss Molly Buchanan, of Lewistown. Toot— Shulze.— On Sunday, March 23, * 1807. Iw Rev Peterson, Col. George Toot and Mrs. Catharine Shulze. | Thome— Robinson. — On Thursday, April | 10, UOl, by Rev. Snodgrass, John Thome | and Miss Nancy Robinson, all of Hanover. I Taylor — VVentz. — On Thursday even- ing, May 26, 1808, by Charles Brandon, I Esq., Samuel Taylor, of Ontario county, N. Y. , and Mrs. Elizabeth W enl 2 , of Mid- dletown. Taylor- Hoover. — On Thursday, Oc- tober 73, 1808, by Rev. Petersen, Jacob Taylor and Miss Eve Hoover, all of this town. Upbegraff— Norton. — On Thursday, , Noveiiiber 17, 1809, by Rev. Petersen, * Jacob Updegraft and Miss Sarah Norton, daughter of John Norton, both of this town. Ulrich — Weidman. — On Thursday, October 4, 1810, by Rev. Hiester, Daniel Ulrich, of Snnbury, and Miss Elizabeth Weidman, daughter of John Weidman, of Union Forge, this county. Weir— Wallace —On May, 4, 1797, Samuel Weir, of this town, and Miss Mary Wnlbice, of Cumberland county. Willis— Lawyer. — On Monday, Novem- ber 20, 1797, by Rev. Moeller, Henry Willis and the anaiable Mary Lawyer, both of this town. Watson— Lytle. — On January 24, 1797, by Rev. Snowden, David Watson and Eliza- beth Lytle. Watson— Mitchell. — On Thursday evening, February 10, 1803 by Rev. Snow den, Thomas Watson and Miss Mary Mitch- ell, both of Derry. Wilson — W all ace, —On Thursday, , April 31 1803, James Wilson, jr., and Miss Polly Wallace, both of Hanover. Wallace — Forrest. — On Thursday, April 27, 1803, in Lycoming county, Wil- liam Wallace, Esq, attorney-at law at Presqui’ Isle, son of “Benjamin Wallace, Esq., of Hanover, in this county, and Miss Rachel Forrest, eldest daughter of' Dr. Andrew Forre«t, formerly of this town. Whitall — Tice — On November 14, 1803, by Rev, Snowden, John Whitall and Miss Mary Tice, both of Middle Paxtang, Williams — Neil. — On Thursday, March 5, 1804, by Rev. Snowden, Daniel Williams, of York, and Miss Jane Neil, of this town. WoLFERT — S haffer. — On I’hursday, , Marcli 5, 1807, by Rev. Petersen, Leonard Wolfert, near Hummelstown, and Catha- rine Shaffer, of Hanover. Wetherholt — Moser — On Tuesday, August 4, 1807, by John Capp, Esq. . Geo. | Wetherholt, of this borough, and Miss Betsy Moser, daughter of Mr. Moser, formerly of Carlisle. Waeth — Shrett. - On May 19, 1808, by i Rev Petersen, Richard Waeth and Miss I Barbara Shrt it, all of Fishing Creek valley, Dauphin county. / Weltmer — Weiser — On Thursday, I September 29, 1808, by Rer. Philip Glon- i inger, Abraham Weltmer, Jr., and the amia- ble Miss Margaret Weiser, both ofLondon- deiry. VVji NERiCK — W ONNEMACHER. ^On Tues- day, November 12, 1808, by Rev. Glon-j inger, Joseph Wenerick, of West Hanover, ; and Miss Maria Wonnemacher, of Lower i Paxtang. \ Wilhelm — Kocn. — On March 2,1809,1 Jacob Wilhelm and Miss Mary Koch, both' of this place. White — Mayer. — On Tuesday, May 16, 1809, by Rev. Gloninger, James White, of Lower Paxtang, and Miss Elizabeth Mayer, of the same place. Weaver — Kline. — On Tuesday, July 18, 1809, Philip Weaver and Miss Louisa Kline, daughter of George Kline, Esq., all of Carlisle. Welsh — Hardy. — On Saturday, Sept. 17, 1809, by Rev. Gloninger, James Welsh and Miss Eliza Hardy, both of of Middle- town. IYeltmer— Minsker. — On Thursday, March 13, 1810, by Rev. Petersen, Jacob Weltmer and Miss Catharine Minsker, both of Upper Paxtang. Elder— Espy.— -On March 7, 1793, by Rev. Snodgrass, Samuel Elder and Miss Margaret Espy. Brice— Kearsley. — On May 19, 1796, by Rev. Mr Snowden, Alexander Brice and Miss. Peffgy Kearsley, daughter of Capt. Samuel Kearsley. Haldeman— Jacobs. — OnThursday, May 19, 1810 by Rev. Lochman, Jacob M. Hal- deman of Cumberland county, and Miss Eliza Ev^ing Jacobs, daughter of Samuel Jacobs, of Colebrook Furnace. NOi' :yi . i'.-. to-..— XXX.. “The Upper End ”— We present in this number of lioies and Quei'ies only a por- tion of the data we have on hand relating to the upper end of Dauphin county, pro- mising to give in some future number fur- ther contributions relating to its history, biography and genealogy. We have con- fined our.-elves at this lime to the Ly ken’s Valley. Wo h»ve lUiie doubt that the ef- forts of the Telegraph in this direction will be properly appreciaterl by its many Bubscribers, not only in the “Upper End,” but wheres 'ever dispe-sed. To THE Descendants op th.«, Early Settlers. — Oacof the objects in Ilotes and Quertpsl-'to obtain reliable intormadon con ceruing the history ot our county of Dau- phin, and it is to be deplored that many of the records relating to the early setth-rs have been lost or destroyed. In the hope, however, of doing our part towards the j preservation of such which remain in old ; chests, drawers or attics, weappeal to those having anv '-^uch papers, to present Ihem to the Dauphin County Historical Society — where they will be properl}'^ preserved and cared for. Hoffman’s Creek. — la old deeds we find ft stream tlius named It was, we are ' credibly intormed, what is now called I Little Wiconisco In early warrants and j surveys the smaller stream-5 vvere named for ■ the first settlers or owners of laud along j them, and that v*as no doubt the casein j this instaiice. lykens. I Huguenot SE fTLEMENT IN the Upper .End. — It n>ay not be generally known, but many of the early settlers the Wiconisco j Valley were of French Huguenot descent. [The Jury, Larue, Sallade and other fami- jlies are all ifFr- nch extraction. Ahhough {coming among the German imraigran's, ! they were a part find p^rc^-t of tba' influx of Pitnch Protestants into the Ger- manand Swiss Pro-/ ncr.,-,, vii,oa followed lue Revocation of the Edict of Nante.s. It is the only secrioa ot our county which appears to have been setth d by the descendants ot ithe Huguenot refugees. As a people, they have all the peculi ir < haracterl.-Jics of our Scotch-Irish pioneer.s. w.. h b. Ferrer’s Gunpowder Mill — About 1812-13, Isaac Fenee commenced the man ufacture of gunpowder, at bis mill <>n Wi conisco creek, which was located some distance below Oakdale forge, at the place where the old pioneer, Andrew Lycanp-r Lyke.'i se.tlled As to the quality of the powder manufa' tured we have more know ledge than as to the qiiamhy. Itwasconsid ered equal to any made this country, and during Hie v/ar of 1812 14 was in consider able demand. It is not known how long Mr. Ferree continued the manufacture, bin probably until the Dupont mills es- tabli.shi-d at Wilmington crushed out o> exi.stence all similar enterprises. Mr Ferree was a native of Lancaster county, ■on of Isaac Ferree, an early settler on tln- Pequa, and of Fiench Huguenot descent He was an enterpri^'ing buoiness man, and it is to be regretted that our biographical details are so meagre. w. n. e. m*.SGK SK5,TCHES. Dr. Uobi'ct nolimnry. Dll Robert Auc.rmuty, tlie son of Samuel AuciliMiuty, wp^sbom oear SuJibury, North rim berl and county, Pmna., in the year 1785. He was descended from an old Celtic family of Scotland. Robert Auch rauty the first of the American family of that name, an eminent lawyer, was in prac tice at Roston, Mass , as early as 1719 Ht- died in 1750, leaving several children. Among these, Robert, who in 1767 becams- Judge of the Court of Admiralty at Boston; Samuel who vyas rector of rrioity Church. New York city, and Arthur Gates. Tin latter came to Pennsylvania as early as 1765, and located in then Lancaster county. In that ye.ar we find him commissioned as an Indian trader, with permission to trade v/is.h the natives at Penn’s creek, Shamokin and such other forts as may by his map^sty or tne Provincial authorities he established. lie first settled at the mouth of Perm'*s creek, on the Isle of Que and from thence removed to the opposite side of the Susquehanna, a few miles b low Fort Augusta, in what is no .’ Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county During the war of the Revolutiou Samuel Auchmurge unili the close of the war The veteran’s remains rest in the old btiriaf ground at Mi'lersburg, unmarked and the spot unknown. Dr. Robert Auchmuty re ceived a good education, studied medicim and began the practice of his profession at Millersburg about 1830 31. Apart from the duties of his profession he served man', years as a justice of the peace, being first commissioned by Governor Rimer. He was an enterprising, active citizen, and a warm advocate of the common school sys tern when that noble measure was adopted and was a gentleman beloved and respected by his fellow citizens. He died at Millers- burg in 1840. at the age of 6-1 and is buried in the new cemetery at that place. H<- was the father of S, P. Auchmuty, E^q., of Millersburg. yv. n. e. Joh^ F HoTs-man. •lORN P. BotY.MAN was bom in Lancaster county, Penna. , May 10, 1771 His fathei was a tanner residing on Pequa creek no' far from Strasburg. John F. was broughi up as a mill wrij^ht, but subsequently entere'' mercantile pursuits. In 1809 he removed to HaMfax, where he was a merchant from that' period. to 1830, when believing a large; sphere of trade was opened for him, be weir to Millersburg, where he successfully con tinued in business until his death, which occurred on the 6th of Novemb r, 1835 Mr Bowman first married in 1794 a daughter i, of Isaac Ferree, whose farm adjoined that | of his father. By ibis marriage they had the following children: i Ebza. in Maria. iii. George. iv. Josiah m. Elizabeth Rutter. Mr. Bowman, married, 'econdly in 1805. Frances Crossen, dauuhter of John Crossen They bad issue as follows: r, John J., m. Margaret Sallade. i vi. Levi. ^ vii. Louisa. ! viii. Isaac. . : ix. Mary E. m Rev. C. W. .Jackson. X. Lucinda in. Dr. Hiram Rutherford. 1 xi. Jacob I in. Eraeline. . ■* xili Benjamin. ‘ John F. Bowman was one of the repre sentafive men of the “Upper End,” enj;)yed a reputation for u,.u'ighTness and honesty, ■ / and highly estee liiHtoric record of the Upper End would fail of completenes* without souiC . . rnetii ion of the distinguished “Dominie” of I HolTman church. We refer to the Rev I Charles FRH©asicK Muench, a native of j Mettenheim, Wartenberg, in the Palatinate of Chur Pfaltz on the Rhine, Germany, born January 7, 1769. He was of Huguenot- French descent, his grandfather, Charles Frederick Beauvoir, fleeing France during the religious persecutions, and purchasing the “Muench Huff,” took his surname therefrom. Charles Frederick, the younger, . was early sent to Heidelberg, where he completed his theological studies. It was just at the commencement of the general war in Europe, when on the occasion of his home being invaded by the French aj;my, he received and accepted a commission as captain of a. company of huzziars in the Allied armies, in which service he was severely wounded by a pistol ball in the leg, and a sabre cut on the left hand. He commanded the g^uard that conducted Lafa yelte to the prison at Olmutz. On the 8th of July, 1794. he was prc»moted quarter- master under Sir Francis of Wiedlunger ■ On the very day of his promotion he married ' Margarelha Bieser. In 1798 he came to I America, where he taught a German school / successively at Shaefferstown, Lebanon I county, and Rehrersburg, Berks county, i hi 1804 he removed to Ly ken’s Valley, at I he Hoffman church school property; but discouraged somewhat at the wild appear- ance '*f the land, he went to Union county. Subsequently, in 1806, the congregation at Hwaman church requested his return, when yielding thereto, he once more entered upon the dui ies of his station. For a period of twenty-eight years he was a faithful reacher, and although not the ordained minister, yet very frequently conducted the religious services in Hoffman church, and officiated on funeral occasions He wa« greatly beloved by the people, aad his death, which occurred on the 8th of .Tanu ■try, 1833, occasioned sorrow in many a household His belovt'd wife, Marga retha, died in the following year, 1834, and their remains lie interred side by side in ihe graveyard of old Hoffman church. The Rev. Mu'-nch was exceedingly expert with ihe pen — had a refined art isiic laste as to •.irawing and designing — and in the crna- meatalion of b mks and inlaying of furni- lure. He was a musician of no ordinary tbility, and was an adept in all those essen- i iais characteristic of the home culture of | the Germans of the better class, w. h. s. I si -uou Hallade ’ There are few citizens of the county of Dauphin who are not familiar with the name and valuable services of Simon >ALLADE, one of the representative men of * this district 40 years ago. and concerning | vhom we have been able to glean the biographical data which herewith follows. Simon Sallade was born near Gratz, Dauphin county, Pa., on the 7th of March, 1785. Hib father, John Sallade, of French Huguenot descent, was a native of Bosel on the Rhine, born in March, 1739, emi grated, with other members of his family, to America at an early peried, and was among the first settlers on the Wiconisco. He died at the age of 88 years, in November L827, being blind about 10 years before his Jeath. He married on the 8ih of February, 1771, Margaret Everhart, daughter of vJeorge Everhart, born in Berks county in 1747, and concerning whom we have the following incident. Upon the Indian iu- ur>»ions on the East side of the Susque- hanna, subsequent to the defeat ot Brad dock, in the lali of 1755 she was taken captive by the savage marauders, near what !s now Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, ■^he was an unwilling witness to the scenes of murOer and atrocity, when the merci- less Indians tomahawked and scalped her parents, brothers and sisters, and beheld the home of her birth illuminating by its red glare the midnight sky, while only she of ad her friends was left — and she a pri «oner with the cruel and blood - ihirsty savage. Doubtless there was some aitrac riven ess of person or piteousness of appeal which saved her life, Ot the weari some years of her. captivity among the Indians, West of the Ohio, we have little knowledge. It was not, however, until the power of the French on the Beautiful River was broken by the courage and skill of Gen. F orbes, that the little prisoner vras rescu d Old returned to her friends in Berks county. She liv^jd to a ripe old age. John Sallade iuid five sons and two daughters, Simou i)eing next to the youngest. Simon Ballade, [ owing to the want of schools in those early | .lilt's in the Valley, was obliged to depend upm the educational instrngtion given by 'bis parents, but being an apt scholar, it was >iot lon^ before he mastered the main •ranches in a good education. He was a great reader, and, although books were few m those days, he read and re-read those falling into his hands. Later in life, to- wards manhood’s years, he acquired con ■^^derable knowledge by the aid of a teacher, : whom he ana some young men of his neighborhood employed for that purpose. He was quite a performer on the violin and ! being of a social nature, he was often the I Center and life of the many winter-evening gatherings of that time. &ir. Ballade was a mill wright by trade, acquiring much of his proficiency in that vocation fiom an apprenticeship to Jacob Berkstresser, of Bellefonte. Many of the )!d mills within 30 or 40 miles of his home, were of his disigning, and in fact the workmanship of his hands. A self-ma'-e man, energetic, social and industrious, he became in time one of the most popular men of the Upper End. His constant contact with the people of ill classes in social life or business relations resulted in his taking a warm interest in p ditical affairs. Although a politician, he ( vvas such for the advancement of the public | iood. He was a Democrat of the old school, j and when named for office, he appealed to | i he people instead of party for support. He > was four times elected to the Penn’ a House | >t Representatives. First, in the years 1819 and 1820, at the age of thirty-four; next in i 83fi-7. at the ago of 51 year*; and again ^ in 1853, when he was in his 09ih year. Each time the Wh'gs were largely in the -•■ajority in Dauphin county, yet always , when put in nomination by the Democratic | party, Mr. Ballade, save in one instance, | was elected. This defeat was due in part io a letter written at the time to Charles C. ' Rawn, Esq., chairman of the temperance committee, in which he amnounced his op position to the passage of the Maine liquor law. His letter was bold and outspoken. He did not conceal his opinions for the pur pose of sailing into ofiice under false colors. He might havo done as latter day politic- ians do, or as did his opponent at that time — evaded the question and deceived the voter. Simon Ballade preferred defeat to deception ilia.t the honorable career he had made and sustained for political integrity and honesty should lose nothing of its lustre in ins declining years. During his term in the Legislature he was the author of what was gen- rally known as ‘ 'Viconisco Feeder Bill ” To his zeal and t:ict, that important legislation for the Upper End of Dauphin county, owes its passage. Through this outlet the Ly ken’s Valley coal fields were first developed. He was the superintendent for the con*struction of the Wiconisco canal, and held the appointment through the Canal Commis- sioners. Bimon Ballade died at the old homestead, near Elizabethville, on the 8th ot Novem- ber, 1854, and is interred in the village graveyard at that place. His wife was Jane Woodside, daughter of John Woodside of Ly ken’s Valley. Bhe died September 3d, 1854, and is buried in the same graveyard. They had issue as follows: i. Margaret, m. John J. Bowman, of Mil lersburg, ii. Ann, m. Edward Bickel. iii. Jaae, m. DaaielK. Smitk, iv. Simon. v. Jacob. vi. John. vii. George. viii. Joseph. There are many hearth-stones, writes one who knew Simon Ballade well, and to whom we are greatly indebted for much of the information herewith given, in Lykon’s Valley where the story of his sociability, hospitality, humor, honesty and his many deeds of charily are rehearsed by rhose of the fathers ot the present generation who never saw or knew him, except from the traditionary history whicn is part and parcel of every family and community. w. n. E. Jolm Peter Williard. John Peter Williard was a native of Switzerland, born in 1745. He came to America as a soldier in the British service, but shortly after landing effected his escape. He then volunteered in the cause of the Colonies, and was with other dsserters stationed on the Indian frontier or as guard of prisoners of war. At the close of the Revolution, he took up a tract of land in Lyken’s township, called “Amsterdam,” where he settled, began farming, and subse quently married. He died in 1821, at the age of seventy-six. His wife died the fol- lowing year (1822) aged seventy-seven. They P ft the following family: i. Adam, who came into possession of the homestead. His children, Joseph, John A., Henry B., and Adam, Jr,, then divided the farm Part of it yet remains in pos- session of the descendants. ii Samuel remained in the valley, a farmer, and had a large family. hi. Anna Maria married John Philip Umhollz. (See Record.) w. h e. THE UM.HUL.1Z FAMIJLTf. We are not entirely satisfied as to the , orthography of this surname. Many of the old records have it Imholtz, some Om- HOLTz, and others Umholtz . We are of the opinion that the former is the correct orthography. As the present raemhers of the family adhere to the latter, it is this noiNcnclature we also shall employ. _ Hekuy Umholtz with a younger bro- i ther, came to this country from Switzer- I land, prior to the Revolution, and located j in what is now Lyken’s township, Dauphin I bounty, along the base of Short mountain, i about two miles from Gralztown, where ; John Umholtz now resides Here they ! took up quite a large tract of land and com- ■ i menced farming. The brother entered the army at the outset of the war of the Revo- i lution, in Oapt. William Hendrick’s com- pjfny, and fell in the assault on Quebec. Henry was also in s rvice during the war. as app*-arH by the r< -ils of Captains Hoflman, and Weaver’s companies. Henry Umholtz married about 1769 his first wife, v/ho was a Miss Rouch. Some- time after her death he married Magdalena S 'idensticker, daughter of Philip Seiden sticker, of Bethel township, now Lebanon county. Mr Umholtz died at an advanced age, and with his two wives are buried at .Hoflman’s church. His children were as follows: i John, born August 11th, 1770, was a farmer, and resided near BeiTy,sburg. He married Catharine Harman, and had a large family. ii. Barnhart, born October 23d, 1772, was a fanner, and resided above Gratzrown. He married Catharine Rissinger, and had Michael and Solomon, who resides on or near his father’s place; Philip; Susan, married Jacob Walborn; Anna Margaret, married George Hollobach; Catharine, married .Michael Fisher; and Esther, married Daniel Emanuel. iii. Michael, born August 31st, 1776, removed to what is now Perry county, where he married and raised a family. iv. John Philip, born September 14tb, 1779. He purchased his father’s farm, fol- lowed farming, and died in 1837. He married Anna Maria Williard, daughter of Peter Williard, and had: — Matthias, who settled in Starke county, Ohio; John married Molly Shoffstall, and resides on the old homestead; Samuel resides near Gratz; Christian removed to Mercer county, Pa. ; Susan married Daniel Loudenslager; Catha rine married Isaac Henninger of Starke county, Ohio; and Elizabeth married John P. IL.ffmaa. v. Henry, b. September 17, 1783; was a soldinr of the war of i812, followed farm- ing and owned a farm near Isaac Zitling- er’s. He married Susan Hoover, daughter of Jacob Hoover, of Hoover’s Mill. They had Rebecca, m. Benjamin Gise, fa her of Captain Joseph D. ; Leah, m. (leorge W. Ferree; Polly, m. J* hn Henninger and Henry, jr., who for many years was a distinguished teacher in the “Upper End. i vi. Anna Maria, b. July, 12, 1781; m. Peter Yartz. The family of Umholtz have all been substantial and representative farmers of the Valley, and we present the foregoing to show how taithfully they have preserved . their genealogical record, as an incent^e to many others to do likewise, w. n. e. HUFFMAN FAMILY, OF LYKEIS’S VAL- LJb.Y. Among the earliest settlers of the Wico- ' nisco valley was John Peter Hoffman, a native of Germany, born in 1709 With others of his family and friends he came to America in 1739. in the ship Robert and , Alice. Captain Walter Goodman, arriving at Philadelphia in September of that year. He first located in Berks county, where he 'worked at his trade, that of a carpeater. During the early Indian troubles on the frontiers he served some time as a soldier I in the Provincial forces. About the year 17.')0 he came to the end of Short mountain j in Lyken’s Valley, where he built a small log house, just across the road from the present residence of Daniel Romberger. Sixty years ago this was used as a blacksmith shop. -lohn Peter Hoff- man was the cotemporary of Andrew and John Lycan or Lyken, Ludwig Shott, John Rewalt, and others, and wiih them driven off by the Indians in their marauds of 1756. It was subsequent to this period that he brought his family to the Valley. Here he followed farming and died in 1798 at the age of eighty-nine \ears. His re mains wfth those of his wife who had de ceased previously were interred in the field near the present house on the old farm now owned by Mr Romberger, betore-named. He left issue, among others as follows: i. Catherine, m. Andrew Reigle, the head of a Isrge family of that name in the “Upper End. ’ They both reached the age of four score years. ii. Barbara, m. George Buffington, a solaier ot the Revolution, and the head of the family of that name. hi. Elizabeth, m Ludwig Sheetz, the large family by that name. 1. iv John, b. 1746, m. Miss Kauftman. 2. V. John Nicholas, b. 1749; m. Mar- garet Harman. 3. vi. Christian, b 1752; m. Miss Deib- ler I. John Hoffman (.Tohn Peter), eldest son of John Peter Hoffman, was a native of Berks county, born in 1746. He served in the war of the Revolution, and commanded the Upper Paxiang company in its expe- dition up the West Branch in 1778, and par- ticipated in the battle at Muncy Hill. He resided near Hoffman’s church, on the farm now owned by George Williard. He was a farmer, and served as a jusuce of the peace from 1771 until 1831, the year of his death. He and his wife, a Miss Kauffman, are buried ill Hoffma.n’"‘ church grave-yard. They had issue as follows: i. Elizabeth, m John Hoffman, a farmer. They resided near Hoffman’s church, on the farm now owned by George Row. ii. Mary, m. Joseph Ncagley, a farmer, who resided in the lower part of the Valley. They had a large family, and lived to ad- vanced ages. iii. Magdalena, m. Thomas Koppeohef- fer. He was a Captain in Col. Timothy Green’s Battalion, and was at the Battle of Long Island. Mrs. Koppenheflfer lived to be over four score years of age. iv. Catharine, m. John Buffington, a farmer, who resided on the farm adjoining Robert Elder’s, now owned by Jacob Hart- man. Mr. Buffington was County Com missioner from 1822 m 1824, V. Barbara, b. 1800; m. JohnN. Specht. She d. in 1879. Ti. John, m. Miss Deiblor. Til. Jacob, married and removed to Schuylkill county, where some of hU de- , Bcendants yet reside. 1 viii. Daniel, m. Mim Snyder. II. John NicholJlI Hoffman, (John Peter) was born in Tulpehocken Township, Berks county, in the year 1749. He settled on the farm now owned by Benjamin Rick - 1 ert, near Short Mountain He was the owner of a large tract of land, at present , divided into a number of farms. He deeded land to the congregation of Hoffman’s church, for church, school, and burial pur- poses. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and participated in the battles of Brandy- wine and Germantown. His life was an active, busy, and useful one. Ble was mar- ried April 22, 1772, by pastor Kautz, ot the , Lutheran church, to Margaret Harman, also a native of Berks county. They had issue as follows: i. Catharine, b. 1775; m. Peter Shoflf- stall. They resided near Gratztown, and died at advanced ages, leaving a large family. ii. Susanna, m. Levi Buffington, a car- penter. He built the Hoffman church. iii. Sarah, m. Jonathan Snyder. They removed to Starke county, Ohio, near Can- ton, where they were both living about eight years ago, upwards of ninety years of age iv. Margaret, m. Alexander Klinger, and removed to Crawford county, Pa. She died a few years ago at the age of 98. 6 V. Peter, b. September, 22, 1778; m. Miss Lubold. 7. vi. Jacob, b. 1782; m. Catherine Ferree. 8. vii. Daniel, b. 1784; m. Hannah Ferree . 9. via. Nicholas, h. 1784; m. 10. ix. John, b. 1780; m. *x. George, b. 179><; resides in Gratz- town; was appointed justice of the peace in 1834, and at present holds that office. HI. Christian Hoffman (John Peter), resided on the old homestead at the end of Short Mountain He died in Powell’s Val- ley. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and an active citizen in the “Upper End.” He married a Miss Deibler, sister of John’s wife, and they had issue — i. Anna Mary married John Pres, and left a large family. They resided at Sand Spring, in the upper end of Powell’s Valley. 11. Sasanna married Philip Shott, and raised a numerous family. iii. Catharine married Jonathan Novin- ger. 11. iv. John B., born 1790, married Margaret Bowman. y. Jonas was a farmer, and resided at the foot of Peter’s mountain, where he died vi. Peter was a farmer, married and resided near Fisherville, where he died, leaving a large family. vii. Christian was a farmer, resided near Snyder’s mill, Lyken’s Valley. vi i. Daniel G , born l^'QS, was a farmer, and resides near Fisherville. Was a long time Justice of the Peace, and held other i offices. I ix. Philip, born about 1800, is Justice I of the Peace for Jefferson township. IV. John Hoffman (John, John Peter) resided near his father; was a farmer, and held the office of Justice of the Peace until he received the appointment of Steward of the (’ounty Almshouse in 1824, a position he held until 1838, when he was elected Register, serving until 1841. He was mar- ried four times, his first wife being a Miss Deibler, sister to Daniel Deibler, senior, and left a large family. V Daniel Hoffman (John, John Peter), m. Miss Snyder and had one son, Daniel, ji., a distinguished civil engineer, residing in Philadelphia. John R , a son of the latter, also a civil engineer in the employ of the Summit Branch Railroad and Coal company, re.sides at Pottsville. Dan- iel Hodman, senior, died young, in Lyken’s Valley, and his widow subsequently mar- ried John Hoke. VI. Peter Hoffman (John Nicholas, John Peter) was born on the 22d of Sep- tember, 1778. He was a farmer and owned the farm now in the occupancy of William Hawk. He was a soldier of the War of 1812 and died in 1864, aged 80 years. He married a Miss Lubold, sister of Frederick Lubold. They are both buried in the Hodman church graveyard. They left is- ' sue as follows: I i. Daniel, m. Miss Rissinger and removed j to Crawford county, Penn’a., where his son Josiah now resides. Another son, Jonas, a carpenter, resides at Lykens. Daniel died a fevr years ago aged 78 years. ii. Jacob Peter, was quite a politician and died a few years ago in Lykens. where his widow and children now reside. iii. John Peter, b. in 1806, m. Elizabeth Umholtz, daughter of J. Phiiip Umholtz; is a farmer residing nearShortMountain. Their son. Henry B. was an aid on the staff of Gov. Pollock with the rank of Colonel, and represented Danphin county in the j Legislature sessions of 1866, 1867 and 1869; resides at Harrisburg. Another son, John P., resides in Powell’s Valley. iv. Catharine married Daniel Reigle. Mr. R. was County Commissioner, 1852 4, V. Elizabeth married Philip Keiser. Their son Daniel was a member of the Legislature, 1863 4. vii. Hannah, m. Samuel Thomas. VII. Jacob Hoffman (John Nicholas, John Peter), b. in 1782, purchased bis father’s farm. He was a well informed farmer, and was exceedingly popular; He filled several local offices, and in 1833 and 1834 served in the Legis- lature. He was quite prominent in ihe church, and a zealous Christian. He married Caiharine, Ferree. They had issue — i. Amos, b. 1809; m. Amanda, daughter of the late Gen. Thomas Harper; was for a number of years steward of the almshouse, and at present resides at Berrysburg. At one time he had five sons in the Union ari^, Col. Thomas W., Capt. Jacob F., John H,, Edwin A., and Henry. ii Jacob B., resides near Williamstown. iii. Hannah, m John Romberger. iv. Sarah, m Michael Forney. V. Caharine, m. Abram Hess. VII. Daniel Hof fman (John Nicholas, John Peter), was born in 1784; was a far- mer, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He died in 1830 at the age of 46 years. He married Hannah Ferree, and had issue — i David Ferree; was a merchant and justice of the peace. He died and is buried at Berrysburg. His son, Daniel C., be- came superintendent of a Kentucky and Tennessee railroad, and died of yellow fever in 1878, at U/uisville, Ky. ii. Jacob D. ; was a county commissioner and twice sheriff; resides at Harris burg. iii. Daniel; is a miner, and resides at Lykens. iv. Joseph, resides at Hummelstown. V. Hannah, m, Isaac Uhler, a miller. vi. Elmira, m. John 8 Mu^ser, who was county commissioner, 1860 62; resides at Millersburg. IX Nicholas Hoffman (John Nicho- las, John Peter), was born in 1790— a farmer, and served in the War of 1812. He died in 1874, at the age of 84. He had issue — i. John Nicholas; was director of tha poor; resides in Washington township. ii. Isaac; was county commissioner 1867- j I 70. i ii5. SaraL, m. ■' Sheaffer; their i daughter Mary married William 3. Meetch, piesem recti^^ter of the county iv. James, resides on the old home- stead. X. John B. Hoffman (John Nicholas, John Poier), born in 1794, was a soldier in the War of 1812; a tailor by trade, and resided near Berry:-burg, where he died. He left a large family. George, Daniel and Henry Katterman severally married daughters of John Hoffman, XI. John B. Hoffman (Christian, John Peter), born in 1790, was a black- smith by trade; served in the war of 1812, in which he was promoted a Lieut- Colonel. He filled a number o^ responsible offlcial positions, and died in 1875, aged 85 years. He married Margaret Bowman, and left a large family, most of whom reside in Powell’s Valley. What is remarkable in the foregoing Record is the great age the heads ot the diffierent families reached — few dying under four score. Several who are yet living have passed that finger board of time, and are as hale and hearty as many who hare not passed their sixtieth birthday. Indus- try, sobriety and pure morals no doubt have produced this extraordinary general longevity. . W. M, B. KOTSvJti QUK’.KiSilS.— XXXI. Historical anU G-Miealosicat. Parson Elder’s Family Record. — (N. &Q. XXIV.) — We have received the fol- lowing additional memoranda, etc. 1769. Robert Eider and 31ary J. Thomp. son. 1772. Jamo.s Anderson and - Mar^jaret Chambers. 1773 Joshua Elder and Mary 3Ic AlUstcr. 1783 J . shua Elder and Sarah Me Allister. 1779. Andrew Stephen and x\nu Elder. Cider a Cure for Rheumatism — The following ieilcr ol Sion. Wiliiain Maclay, one of the first Senators from Pennsylvania, to Joshua Elder. E>q., another prominent man nt the tinio in this Situe, is perchance eiplanafory in itself. The a-lla'icn to a “Companion <;f the Compass,” refers to ilie tavern which was so called, kept at that period by Robert Harris, son of the founder, and now used a school house, opposite the Harris Park, on Paxtung street. The letter will bear reading: “bUNRUiiY, 11th April, 1791. “Dear Sir: I am told that Cider is a good rem edy against the Rheumatism, and have some reason to believe that it has been of some service to me. I have, how'cver, experienced a severe disappointment in my arrangements to provide myself with this medicine, and instead of Two Barrels of fine racked Cider which I expected. Two .have been delivered that cannot be used. As you live near where Cider is often sold, I want you to help an old lame Companion of the Compass I tiave not a Barrel left, and I send you a Quarter Cask, v,^hich in better Times c ntained belter liquor. We have endeavored to season it as well as we could, and hope it will be true to its Trust both as to Quantity and Quality. This I hope you will have both leisure and opportunity to get filled with the best racked Cider. I have sent yoiiTwoDol lars to discharge the pecuniary expense ; as to the Trouble, I know not how you will devise avays and means to be reimbursed. Until that happens, I consent to be your grateful Debtor, and in the meanwhile, am with best compliments to Mrs Elder, Your sincere Friend, & most H’ble Serv’t, Wm. Maclay. “To Joshuah Elder Esq.” Heraldic Arms of Dauphin County Families (N. & Q. ix). — When the pre- vious article was piinted, we had in our possession the following additional descrip tions of tl^ arms of Dauphin county fami- lies, but retained them in the hope of secur- ing an additional number. The gentleman to whom we were indebted for them leaving the city, we have not been able to .obtain •additional data, and hence give those which follow: Porter. — Sa. a chevron between three church bells ... Crest — A church bell between two coiumns, with pyramidal tops arg. Von Trfupel. — A rg. on a moun^^aMoor wreathed around the middle with feathers or., in the dexter hand a bow, in the sinister a quiver Crest— demi Mo .r as in the arms. Thomas. — Quarterly — 1st & -4th Arg. on a chev. engrailled az. 2 grilfins rencoufrant of the field 'gorged with 2 bars gu. on a chief of the 2nd. 3 cipcquefoils pierced or ; 2nd and 3rd ar. a lion rampant ppr Crests — Out of a ducal coronat a demi sea horse sal. Second a lion rampant ppr. McIlhenk Y. — Ar. si x lioVses head erased, •a. bridled ar Cre&t — A horse’s head, as in the arms. CowDEN — Azure on a fesse argent between three annulets, or a lion passant sable .... Crest— A. demi-lion sable, charged wUh an annulet or. Boyd. — Azure a fesse cheequey ar., and gu in base a cross moline or. . . . Crest — A cross moline sable. Hoffman. — Ermine, three lozenges gu .... Crest — Out of the top of a tower, a demi I man, at tired in chain mail, pro the dex-hand brandishing a battle axe or. Haldeman — Sa. a chev ermine between three cats passant argent Crest — A cat passant ardent. V Buehlee. — G ules, a lion rampart or en- 'iiigned with a ducal coronet. While on this subject we may state that George W. Harris, Esq , at the time Mr, ' De Courcy was iiere, handed us an en- graved book mark of the Rev John Ewing, D. D., his grandfather, that a description might be obtained from Mr. De Courcy. On showing it to the latter he at once said ‘ it was the arms of the Ewing and Sargent family impaled. After inquiry we ascer- tained that the Rev. Dr Ewing married a I daughter of Jonathan Dickinson Sargent, of Philadelphia, and hence the description was ctirrect It is herewith appended : Ewing. — A rg. a chev. embattled az. ensigned with a banner gu. thereon a can ton of the second, charged with a saltire arg. between two mul’ets in chief and a Bun in base of ihe third. . . . Crest— A demi- j lion arg. holding in his dexter paw mullet ! gu Sargent. — Arg. a chev. between three dolphins embowed sa. — Motto — “Audaci- ter.” Lytle’s Ferry. — Joseph Lytle removed from Marietta to the spot which was after- wards known as ‘-Lyile’s Ferry” in the fall of 1773. Tbe property was obtained by warrants issued severally to John Krok ©r, Samuel Hunter and Joseph Lytle, and comprised about two hundred acres in all. Geographically, the location was about four miles north of Halifax, two miles south of Millersburg, and about a half mile be low Berry’s mountain — wi.ich was then a ; formidable barrier to journeying along the river. Here Joseph Lytle established a ferry, I which becaiue the most important crossing on the river betv/een Harris’ Ferry and Sunbury (Fort Augusta). The property was surveyed by Bartrem Galbrahh and styled “Fairview, ” in December of 1773 Joseph Lytle continued in this occupation until his death, about 1790 Tne ferry property was then purchased by his only ■on, John Lytle, and Michael Bauer. At the end of about sixteen years they sold the ferry to William Moore’aead, father of I the Moorehead brothers (J. Kennedy, of i.Pittsburg, J. Barlow, of Philadelphia, &c.). well known through Pennsy Ivenia, in | April, 1803. Mr. Moorehead came from Boudersburg, Lancaster county, and after Bome time also tried to start up a town— “Williainsville” — but I don’t thinii it was Buccessful. He changed tho name to ‘'Moorehead’s Perry, ” and at the expiration of his ownership he removed to Harrisburg in 1814, and died there in 1817. After Moorehead it was called “iMontgomery’s Ferry,” and is only remembered as such at this day I am under the impression that Joseph Lytle was connected with or had experi ence at, the feiries at Columbia, Marietta and the lower Susquehanna, and that, see ing a good openiiig above, he seized the op- portunity. When he arrived at Lvtle’s ferry he had a wife and three children Concerning him we hope to have additional information. g. b. a. A POLITICAL FOKIM IN LATIN OF 1800 [The author of the following poem in Latin doggerel was John Dov,^ney, Esq , one of the representative men of this local- ity seventy or eighty years ago, and as a fitting preface to its reproduction, it may he of some interest to know more of the gen- tleman who figured so conspicuously in po- litical affairs from 1795 to 1823, the year of his death. , [John Downey, the son of John and Saraii Downey, was bora at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in the year 1770. He re- ceived a classical education in the old academy there, and in 1795 located at Harrisburg where he opened a Latin and grammar school At this peiiod, in a letter to Governor Thomas Mifflin he proposed a *‘Plan of Education,” remarkably fore- shadowing the present common school sys r tern, and wliicli has placed him in the front rank of early 'American, educators. The I Hon. Henry Barnard, of Connecticut, whose ! numerous works on Education demand I retyped for his opinion, pronounces the “Plan” of Mr. !>owney; as being “far in adv^!nce of the age in whieh he lived.’' As one of the representaiire men tam terram videmus Gra idara vog • m ubi sumus ; Et quod graudes et petlti S- ni do nobis in atut-i , Totus raunduH currens ad nostra fixempla, Nos re...ai da. si-tut Dcos, t*,t nostris U: dlnaucils Prmc^pos et Reg a soumiasos videti*. Donqm- il est nostrea Sapientl 89 j Roni sensu-*, atqua Prudentise, .oe rortement iravUlare A nos bene conservare In tail Credito. Voga et Honore ; Et nrendere Garoam a non recevere In Scdl *U!s y 25, 1746-7, leaving a widow, Grizel Means, who died in November fol- lowing. They had issue— i. Si) muel. ii. Mirgaret. iii. Nelly. iv. Andrew. V. Jean. vi Isabella. vii. John, b. 1745, d. Ocfc. 3, 1793. viii. diary. From a memoranda in the hand writing of Judge Yeates, of Lancaster, we have this data— i. Samuel, d. unm. at twenty-five years of age. ii. Franci.’^, d. at eleven years of age. iii. Catharine, m. James Dickey ; removed to Carolina. iv. Agnes, m. Israel Holcup, and had issue — Anna m. Edward Dunn; Jonas; Israel, who went aboard a privateer and was never heard of afterwards. V. Robert, re moved to Cumberland county, twenty uiiies from Carlisle. f Lee (N. & Q xxv.)— From a memo- randa found among the Yeates papers we learn that William Lee, of Paxtang, “died in April, 1743 or ’49,’’ leaving a wife and children. On the back of the paper is the following endorsement : “William Lee, dec’d — qu. also on ihe estate of John Lee, dec’d — (Mr. Andrew Lee. in Colonel Haz- en’s reg’t.)” Could this William Lee have been the father of the celebrated Captain Andrew Lee? It would seem so, yet we assumed the statement made by another writer that Thomas Lee was the father of the hero of the Revolution. Can anyone give US the correct name, as also further in- formation ? w. H. E. ITINEK4KT OF PRESIDENT WAvSHING- TON DURING THE WHISKY INSUBKEU- TION. [Recently the Shippensburg Newi pub- lished au art icle fr uu the pen of one of the historians of the Cumberland Valley relative to Washington remaining over n-ight at Shippensburg, while on his journey to the Western ixii t of Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1794, to quell the so called Whisky Insur- rection. Impressed with the idea that an Itinerary of ilie same would be interest- ing, as well as valuable, in a historic point of view, we essayed to prepare one, but found it a labor we were unable to success fully complete. What was found, after i considerable research, we forwarded to the News, and which we transfer to the column of Notes and QacJes, feeling confident that it will prove iiueresting to the readers there of. w. H. E. ] ITINERARY. Wednesday, Oct 1.— President Washing- ton, accompanied by his escort, left Phila- delphia for the westwai;d, via Reading, reaching itarrisburg on the afternoon ot Friday, October 3, where he remained over night. We have not yet been able to ascer- tain where General Washington passed Wednesday and Thursday evenings. At Harrisburg, on the evening of the 3d, he was presented with the address of the bur- gesses, to which he replied next morning. Saturday, Oct 4. — General W. left Har- risburg in the morning, reaching Carlisle about twelve o'clock noon. This point was the rendezvous of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey troops, who turned out to re- ceive him The address of the inhabitants of Carlisle was presented on the 6th (Mon- day), and not on the 17th, as dated in the Archives. The latter date is the endorse- ment on the copy, and was evidently a mis- take of the copyist at the time. In the Philadelphia newspapers no date is given, but as the heading to the address is in these words, it is presumed to be the correct date —“Carlisle, Oct. 7, 1794. The following address of the Inhabitants of Carlisle was yesterday presented to the President.” From Saturday, Oct. 4, to Saturday, Oct. 11, the President remained at Carlisle, re- viewine: the troops, etc. Saturday. Oct. 11, General W. left Car- lisle, dined at Shippensburg, reaching Chambersburg Hie same evening Sunday, Oct. 12, was probably spent with Dr. Robert JohnsPm, who was a sur- geon rf the Pennsylvania Line during the Revolution, and a warm personal friend of th« Pr«iident. This is merely traditionary, but as he met Dr. Johnston, either going or returning at this time, it is presumed 1 that it was the 12th. Monday, Oct 13 —In a letter dated “Oct. 14, 1794 ” at Hagerstown, published in the Philadelphia papers, it is stated: “The President reached Williamsport last even- ing from Chambersburg. *He starts for Fort Cumberland this morning.” A letter also dated Chambersburg, Oct. 12, says: j “The President arrived in this town last evening. On Monday morning he will proceed on his journey to the westward by way of Williamsport and Fort Cumber- land.” Tuesday, Oct. 14. — “Early this morning General Washington set out for Fort Cum- berland.” — Letter from Williamsport, Md. Thursday Oct. 16 — General Washington reached Fort Cumberland. Next day (17th) he reviewed the Virginia and Maryland troops under the command of General Lee. Sunday, Oct 19. — General Washington arrived at Bedford from Fort Cumberland. Here he remained until Tuesday, Oct. 21, •when he set out on his return by way of “Strasburg and Burnt Cabins.” It was on his return he remained over night at Ship pensburg, which was probably Friday, Oct. 24. The next night he stopped with Gene- ral Michael Simpson, who resided on the Cumberland side of the Susquehanna at Chambers’, or as sometimes called, Carlisle Ferry. It is not definitely known where I Washington passed Sunday and Monday nights, but he reached Philadelphia early on the morning ot Tuesday, October 28. Owing to the exigency of afiairs, his return to the Capital admitted ot no delay. It is somewhat surprising that not one of the vast number of biographers of Wash- ington ever attempted to give an * ‘Itine- rary” of this expedition to the westward in 1794, and it is wonderful, notwithstanding the commotion and excitement relating thereto, that the newspapers of the period are so meagre in their details of this episode in the history of Western Pennsylvania. NAMK8 OF PERSONS TV HO TOOK THE O ATH OF Al.L.KOlANCifi TO THE STATE OF PKNNSVLVANIA IN PAXTANG TOWNSHIP, 1-J78-79. j A history of the Test Oath in Pennsylva- nia is an interesting subject, but we can ' only refer our readers to Yol. HI, 2d I Series Pennsylvania Archives, for a sum mary thereof. Suffice it to say that owing to the large number of Tories in and around Philadelphia during thu Revolution, it was decided necessary by the Conveniion of July 15, 1776, which adopted the first Constitution of the Slate, and by the first Assembly acting under it, to adopt an oath of alleg'auce, a measure which was abso- lutely necessary to restrain the insolence of the Tories. To this measure of self-prolection the Quakers of Chester, Bucks and Philadel- phia made stern resistance, and a number of the more prominent of them were exiled to Virginia, as an example to others of the fate which awaited those persisting in a re fusal to take the oath. In the interior counties there was little or no objection. The people were patriotic from the first, and had an inborn hatred to British oppres- sion and . British tyranny. Through the kindness of that indefati- gable antiquary, Samuel Evans, Esq., ot Columbia, we have in our possession the list of persons who took the oaths in Pax tang, Hanover and Derry townships, the first ot which we propose to give in this number. They are valuable contributions to the history of our county. The indorse- ment on the following is in these words: “The within is a list of Person’s Names who took the Oath of Allegiance before Joshua Elder, one of the Justices for Lan- caster county, from the 2Sth of January, 1773 to the 7ih of January, 1779.” "We, the subscribers, do swear {or affirm), that we renounce and refuse all allegianc^^ to j Oeorge the Third, King of Great Britain, his he>rs and successors, and that we will be faithful and hear true allegiance to the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, as a free and independent State, and that ice will not, at any time, do. or cause to be done, any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injuriov to thefretdom and independence thereof, a \ declared by Congress, and, also, that we tcill : discover, and make known to some justice of \ the peace of the said State, all treasons and I traitorous conspiracies which we now know, ‘ or here fter shall know, to be formed against i this or any of the United States of America.’^ j| Jacob Springer, Robert Brodie, Ij John Sprouls, John Graham, !| Felix M’Cuskey, Samuel M’Fadden, | John Spilenburg, James Curry, j , Christian Myer, George Louer, • Valentine Hummel, John Eversol, j Fred. Hummel, Jr., James Barber, • Abel Morgan, Peter Pancake, j Robert Chambers. Before the "2>Uh of March, 1778. Abner Wickersham, John Steel, Thomas Thompson, Richard M’Cluro, John Donley, James M’Cord, William Ashcraft, Samuel Smith, John Hinds, . William Steel, ! Joseph M’Elrath, Michael Shaver. Jacob Noss, Conrad Yonce, Rowland Chambers, John Millegan, George Williams, Jacob Derigh, Hugh Crockatt, John Darby, John Thompson, Jeremhih Sullivan, Frederick Hummel, Michael Spade, David Ritchey, James Kyle, Joseph Smith. Robert Crawford,, William Glover, John Brown, Peter DuSey, Thomas Crab, I Peter Shuster, John Steel, /John Brown, I ' Johd Boland, John Larkey, Mungo Lindsey, William M’Clena- ghan, James Means, Jacob Young man, Barney Shoop, Howard Moore, John Means, — - Thomas King, / Thomas Johnston, ^ ' John Adam Wertz, John Wertz, Daniel Steever, Adam Deem, James Work, Esq., Alexander Reynolds, Philip Ettele, John Garber, John Ryan,, Jun’r., Hugh Cunningham, Christian Gross, Colonel Matthew George Minsker, Smith, Marcus Ruling, Hugh Stuart, Hugh Jones, James Burd, Esqr., Edward Burd, Attor- ney John Foy, William Sawyer, Adam Shelly, Henry Fpght, Nicholas Cassel, Lary Smith, Conrad Tate, John Seibert, Joseph Flora, Jr.,*— John Banning, Sr., David Tate, -Jr., George Carson, Michael Lewis, ^ Peter Flora, * William Lindsey, Frederick Cundrum, Gottlieb David Et- Matthias Strean, Arch’d. M’Allister, Captain, John Mitchel, James Finey, Ludwick Hemperly, George Philip Shock- en, William Wall, telin, Anthony Plesson, JTohn Moore, Robert M'Gill, Henry Davis, Abram Holmes, Daniel Dowdle, Conrad Derr, Michael Wolf, Simon Raredon. George Wood,«^ John King, Adam Kitchmiller, William Palm, Thomas Murray, Col; a prisoner, Joseph Fearer, David M’Causland, Thomas Beard, John Maxwell, John Cavet, William Forster, Joseph Colligan, James Leonard, William Ayers, Robert Armstrong, Mo.-es Lockhart, Daniel M’Koy, John Melonov John M’Faddia, / Jacob King, James Robertson, — ^ John Cline, Francis Conway, George Fonts, Francis Burleigh, Robert Neel, Samuel Barnet, Philip Conser, John Richmond, John Wilson, . James Johnston, John Forster, James WaUtei, William Dickey, James Bell, John Cochran, James Walt, Robert Armstrong',, Sam’l P(>llock, George Neagle, Robert Wilson, Alex. AhderW'naep^ John Wilson, John Parker, John Kisner, Aqnila Richard, jHines Burney, David Shaw, Patrick Heany, — John Brown, Thomas M’ Arthur, Casper Byerly, James Boggs, Patrick Laferty, Adam Means, James Wilson, Arthur Brisbin, Thomas Moore, Joseph. Wilson, Jr , Fred K. Forster, George Fridley, Jacob Fridley. Jacob Poorman, Joseph Wilson, David Rose, . Henry Noramire, John Renick, John Elder, George Gray, .James Veecli, , Edward M’Atee, John Thomas, Ludwig Bretz, Thomas Wiley, ^ Jacob Kerr, John Wonderleigb, Robert Smith, ' Jacob Tiuturf; Anthony Hoan, William Bell, Robert Gowdy, John Bell, Stophel Lark, Jacob Sheerly, Michael Yonrell, George Adam Gard- ner, Peter Corbatt, Thomas Gollagher, Andrew Bell, John Bell. William Fulton, Joseph Fulton, ArthurChamber*, Mich’l Smith, James DeFrance, John Bowman, John Barnett, Thomas Nichols, Thomas Murray, Elisha Chambers, George Simmons, Paul Randolph, George Weatherhola, John Li le, Abraham Brunson, Maurice Sullivan, Benjamin Brown, Joseph Litle, Laurence Hatten, Edward Wilcox, ^ Charles *M’ Coy, Robert Boyd, Jacob Miller, Abraham Edgar, Michael Cassel, Frederick Cassel, Jacob Cryder, Martin Hemperley, Jno. Wonderleigb, Jr. John Sadler, George Pancake, John O’Neal, Andrew Smith, George Wreddle, Peter Patterson, John Whitehill, John Cochran, Michael Ault, Elijah Stuart,' Alex’ n, M’Compsey, Sam’l Cochran, John Burro we, Hugh Montgomery, John Dyce, Philip Tinturf, Abraham Mooney, John Peter Vee, Rich’d Carson, John Murray, William Wilson, John Bell, John Miller, John Raredon, N. B. One hundred and forty-three of the last rhentioned names on this list, begin- ; ning at Ge >rge Wood under the black line, 1 were sworn and subscribed since the first ; day of June. 17T8. i A true copy from the cJginal. j Given under my hand and seal, ] Joshua Elder, [l. s ] NOTES XXXill. Ilistorical aad Genealogical. Cathey — ]\Iooiuiead. — John Cathey, of Paxtang, died in tlie month of February, 1742-3. By his will proved October 1st, he left his estate to his wnfe, Ann Cathey; his children, Alexander, George and Jean Cathey; his grand-cliildren, Alice Cathey, John Calhe}', .lean Tiiadell and John Gra- ham; and Lis daughter, Eleanor Moorhead, *1f she comes to this country.” Who was this Moorhead whom Eleanor Cathey married, and did she come to America? w. H. E. Montgomery — Lee — Robert Montgom- ery, of Paxtang, died in October, 1748, leaving his estate to his wife, Elizabeth, his son John and grand-son Robert, daughter Jean w'ho married James Tolaad ; Robert the son of his daughter who married George Clark; and daughter Rebecca who married Lee. Could this latter have been the ancestor of Capt. Andrew Lee? (n. & q. XXV.). w. H. E. .Justice Eighty Years Ago. — One of the early dispensers of justice in Millersburg was ’w.quire Weaver, g^rand-father of the late Martin Weaver. Old ’Squire Seal used to describe Weaver's courts to me, He al- ways effected a compromise agreement'be- tween parties in suit. To thijend he used two persuasives. He placed on his table a bottle of whisky and a heavy stick. Par- ties litigant had first to drink, then to talk it over and drink again. If they did not agree by the time the third drink was taken, the ’Squire used the club argument, and that never failed. I may add that Mr. Weaver was a very popular .] u.sticc of the peace ir. R. [’Squire JMartiii Weaver, of whom the foregoing is related, vras an early set- tler near Millersburg. He was a sol- dier of Captain Matthew Smith’s com pany of Paxtang — was left ill at Cambridge and returning home, assisting in raising a company of associators of which he was a lieutenant, and m active service during the campaign in the Jerseys during the Bummer of 177G. He subsequently became captain of the Upper Paxtang company of Colonel Murray’s battalion, employed dur- ing the remainder of the Revolution on the frontier, in defending it from the marauds of the Indians and their hardly less savage allies the Tories. Under tlie Constitution ©f 1790, Captain Weaver was commissioned a justice of the peace, and held the office at the lime of hi- death, which occurred the 30th of August, 1303, at an advanced age. W. II. E.] Cahson. — Readers of Wotes and Queries will have noticed obituaries of John Carson ia late newspapers. All that we have ob- served are inaccuiate. It is here proposed' to tell somettiing of that gentleman, his family and his official services. Mr. Carson was appointed an officer in the revenue ser- vice as long ago as 1844, by the Secretary of the Treasury under President Polk, Robert J. Walker, who was a connexion of his family through the Duncans of Car- lisle. At the time of.his decease, Captain Carson was one of the oldest and highest in rank of the revenue officers. He served thirty- six years with integrity and distinc- tion. During the civil war his duties were very active and his labor great. With other commanders of the revenue navy, he \ participated ia several of the enterprises 1 undertaken to obtain command of the Atlan- tic seaboard, led of course by officers of the regular navy. As the men of the revenue service are not recognized as part of the military establishment, it may he that his femily will not be able to secure a pension, yet he is as much entitled to it as the survivors of any other officer, whilst technically unable to secure it. He came of good Dauphin county stock. His great grand- hither, John Carson, came to the spot, now the residence of Leander N. Ott, known as “Carson Hall, ” as early as 1740, possibly a few years previously. He was a successful trader, a soldier in the Braddook campaign, and a useful frontier magistrate. He married a Berryhill, of Paxtang, near Fort Hunter. One of his daughters married Captain Archibald M’- Allister, hence the connection between the family of Cox at Estherton, M’Allister of Fort Hunter, and many other families of the «arly residents of the upper part of the then county of Lancaster. His son, Judge John Carson, upon the death of his father, took the substantial residence and farm as his share, where he resided all his life, a ^ representative in the Legislature, a judge of i the county courts, a soldier of 177G, one of i the most esteemed and hospitable of gen- i tlemen. He married a Duncan, of Cumber- land county, sister of Judge Thomas Dun- can. His son. Charles Carson, born at “Carson Hall,” v/as both a merchant and farmer, a soldier of 1812, keeping up the reputation of the race for patriotism and activity. He married a Campbell, of Cum- berland, whose mother was a Duncan. His son. Captain John Carson, was born in 1819 at “Carson Hall,’’ was for a time a clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Comrnonweallh, then a clerk with Daniel D. Boas and David W. Mahon in the post- office in Harrisburg under James Peacock. Jonas Rudy was the messenger — a “car- rier” was not then known in coaching circles. After' his appointment under the treasury, as he rose in grade, he married Susan Rinney, of Hew London, Conn., by whom he leaves a family of four children. In his youth, when best known at Har- risburg. he was beloved by a large circle of social friends for his genial and frank de- imeanor. He was not a frequent visitor to I the land of his nativity for* the last ten or 1 fifteen years. When he came he was heart- lily welcomed by the friends of his youth, now grey-beards and grand-fathers. He I always expressed the greatest attachment to land pride in the prosperity and growth of Dauphin county. At the time of his death, Monday, Janu- j ary 26, 1880, he was stationed at Oswego,. ' New York, in command of the Revenue Steamer, Manhattan. He is buried at Os- ' WegO. NAMES OF rE‘«SOXS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF Ai 1.F.GI ANCE TO THE STATE OF PENNSYI.VaNI^, in HANOVER TOWNSHIP, 1777— ino. TFd, the iuhseribers, do swear (o?* affirm), that W4 renounce and refuse all allegiance to Qiorgs the Third, King of G-reat Britain, his heirs and successors, and that we will bs faithful and hear true allegiance to the Com- monwealth of PennsyUama, as a free and vn4ependent State, and that we will not, at do, or tctuee U he done, am matter or thing that will hs 'pre^udicicd or injurious to the freedom and independence tfiereof, as declared by Congress, and, also, that we will discover, and make known to some justice of the peace of the said State, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which we now know, or here f ter shall know, to he formed against t?iis or any of the United States of America.'^ July!, 1777. Willm. M’Collougti, William Young, John Armstrong, Robert Clark, William Brown, William M’Clure, John Hume, James Stewart, George Boal, . John Dups, Daniel Musser, Andrew Young, Charles Barr, Patrick Naitau, Hugh Calhoun, Henry Laughlin, — John Carter, Joshua Magus, Robt Frekelton, James Young, Leonard Brisben, James Connor, Joseph Riddle, Colon Campbell, William Watt, John Torrance, William Glen, Neal M’Coligan, Charles M’ Elroy, John Morison, Chas Dougherty, I James Ripeth, I William Moore, William Cuningham, Robert Hervey, Robt Alexander, William M’Cormick, James M’Millan, David Hoeney, Thos. M’Culldugh, Daniel Valency, Robert Barr, Robert Bedford, Daniel. Smith, Thomas Robinson, August 5. Thomas Hume, William Swan, Richard Swan, Robert Dalton, John Rogers, Henry Umbarger, John Plesant, William Allen, Jr., August 6. John Gowdey, Martin M’Clure, James Boyle, Thomas M’Clure, August 7. John Barnett, William Barnett, William Allison, George M’Millan, Robert Allen, JohnM’Ilhenny, Thomas Lintow, Ricnard Crawford, August 9. James Johnston, Joseph M’Clure, James Johnson, August 10. David M’Crokan, August 12. James Young, George Nord, John M’Cord, John Petoric, August 12. John Poc, William Hill, August 14. Albord Bowman, William Sterret, David Maffrot, Samuel Stewart, James Porter, Isaac Hody, John Kowlan, John Johnson, Randal M’Donel, Samuel Starret, David Davis, William Hume, Robert Dickey, Moses Swan, Jacob Musser, James Hambel, John Tbompsoh, Robert Craig, Edward Tate, James Webster, John Kirkpatrick, Wilbam. Allen, Sr., Conrad Helam, John Templeton, July 9. Philip Pleasly, Adam Fierbaugh, Milkey Rahm, Peter Eversole, Jacob Brunner, July 10^ Valentine Conspn, Peter Pearab, Henry Newfer, John Piesent, Henry Frits, July 19. Martin Miller, John M’Naughtou, Richard Johnson, Conrad Smith, Jacob Besoer, July 20. James Sloan, Williani Vance, Nicholas Brunner, Jacob Cleaman, William Hedrick, July 21. John M’Farland, Thomas Rowland, William Miskimins, Patrick Connor, July 22. James Low, James Long, July 23. Andrew Berryhill, James Taylor, July 24. Andrew Berryhill, Jr. Con rod Rhodes, July 25. VTilliam M’Roberts, Joseph Wilson, Robert Dunn, Robert M’ Coley, .Tames M’Creight, August 15. James Blackburn, Joseph M’Guire, August 18. Hugh Gower, Robert M’Culley, Robert Gilchriest, August 19. James M’Clure, Joseph Hutchinson, Francis M’Clure, William Snodgrass, August 22. Joseph Wilson, James Wallace, August 28. William Kilhcart, William Cowden, James Alcorn, Conrad Myer, George Peters, David Ramsey, August 29. .Jacob Smith, William Clark, David Young, John Barnett, August 30. John Ripeth, William Mitchell, Samuel Robinson, Sept. 1. Mical VanLear, Stopbel Heany, Andrew Rogers, John Miller, William Crabb, George Fleming, Bernard Fridley, Alexander Young, Sept. 3. John Deyermond, Robert Cooper, George Gilbarts, Josias White, John M’Clellan, John M’Quown, James M’Namara, David Kindan, Amos Thatcher, , Sept. 12. Thomas Sturgeon, George M’ Mahan, Francis Carson, Joiia Templeton, July 26. James M’Ewen, I Alex. Berryhill, ; William Carson, ■ July 27. F Joshua Elder. Esq , August 1. William Brandon, Abraham Ellis, Robert Kenedy, August 2. Leonard Umbarger, l, .lohn Hewey, August 3. Alex. M’ilhenny, Andrew Kerr, August 4. John Miseely, David Watson, Sept 17. William Brown, James Wilson, David M’Guire, John Breaur, Peter Brown, John M’Mullan, John Afford, James Beard, Thomas Srain, Michael Whitley, John Snoddy, William Snoddy Henry M’Coru. Sept. 28. Thomas Cook, John Adams, James Robinson, Richard Deyermand, James Rogers, James Willson, Hugh Ripeth, Christly Bomberger, Robert Hill, Absalom Charles, John Trousdale, Abram Ellis, Joseph Park, Thomas M’Nair. The aforegoing names is the persons who havejtaken the oath of Aledgiance and fidelity to the vSteat, Agreeable to an Act of Assem- bly of Pennsylvania, sertified this let of Ttm’y Green. 1778. Henry Miller, Daniel Till, Ludwig Sherrat, Jacob Heroff, Peter Graselet John Sayer, Robert Boal, ‘ mes Stewart, xhomas M’Millan, Alex’ r Johnston, James Patterson, John Fisher, William Romage, John Sbissy, David Caldwell, James Clendenin, Joseph Archer, j , . William Crain, I do hereby certify that the above named persons have been sworn and affirmed be- fore me, agreeable to an act of General As- sembly of Pennsylvania, past June last. Certify’d 6th May, 1778. Tim’y Green. Henry Bucher, John Cummins, Robert Lusk, Duncan Campbell, John Campbell, David Peticrue, Henery Scriver, Robert Henery, John Thompson, Michael Salser, Peter Stone, James Philips, George Tittle, Samuel Ferguson, Daniel M’Bride, William Wilkinson, Benj. Sayers, Barnard Fridley Thos. Finney, John Calins, - Francis Colter, Thos. Bell, Will’m Thom, Jacob Awl, Thos. M’Elhenny, George Wolf, Michaes Myer, Jas. Peticrue, Will’m Willson, William Wilson, John Reed, Jacob Gray, Nicholas Yont, Abram Brubaker, John Yont, Nicholas Brubaker, Emos Smither, John Dunlap, John Wiggins, Matthew Crowser, John Henry, Jacob Keaplar, Matthias Keaplar, Hugh Ramsay, Rob’t Sturgeon, Adam Harbison, John Duncan, John Ensworth, James Andrew, Eman’l Twoey, Sam’l Sturgeon, David Ramsay, Thos. Strain, Jr., Michael Wallace, SawiT M’Collougb, J acob Rahm, Tiios. M’Cord. John Brown, Thomas Walker, Joseph Barnet, And’w Rogers, Wm. Smith. James Long, Will’m Bright, Lancaster County, ss.- I do hereby certify that the above men- tioned persons have been sworn and af- firmed by me agreeable to the act of Assem- bly of Pennsylvania, passed June last oblig- ing the inhabitants to i^ay allegiance to the same. Sertify’dthe 4th March. 1778. Tim’y Green. Henry Miller, Wm. Trousdale, Christopher Capp, Henrv Miller, William Wallace, Robt. M’Callen, Christ. Kichwine, Michael Mplvear, Michael Mulvear, Jr., John Wiggins, Hugh Ray, .^.braham Jurey, Samuel J urey, John Campbell, VVra. Donaldson, James Todd, Michael Umberger, James M’Millen, ’ Kidd. W m. Kidd, Arch. M’Cullough, Christ. Fox, Christ. Brown, And. Brown, Matthias Beaker, John Todd, David Todd. Wendel Bartholo* mew. Michael Mower, Gilbert Graham, - Wm. M’Cauley/ John Miller, Conard Bombacli, Wm Whitner, John Ashbough, Win. Bollinger, DauT Hofimau, Wm. Carpenter, John Francis Fox, David Strain. Wm. Strain. Alex. Sloan, Wm. Ripeth, Thos. Wallace, Jacob Grove, Fred. Pickle, And. Cooper, Iffichael Ryan, Robt. Hill. John Miller, John Beaker, John Umberger, Peter Stone, Geo. Crain, Wm. Boys, Jacob Miller, James Dixon, Jacob Kitsmiller, John Hoover, Christ. Forrer, Philip Peter, Geo. Strieker, Dan’l Miller,' George Haine, John Carvery, Adam Poor, Peter Fitting, John Carvery, Henry Fitting, John Poor, John Bruner, Sr., John Bruner, Jr., Robt. Porterfield, Sr., Jame3 Cavet, James Breden, ' and his cmleagues gave such a wide , in the privileges asked for, that for -similar i reasons it also failed. Beside the authority petitioned for, the aid of the State was invoked. w. n. e * Williamseuhg on the Swatara — A correspondent asks for the location of this town, which, about 1806, was extensively laid out on paper. Who can give this in- formation. I Peter Killinger, Laneaster county, 8S . — The within is a just and triio account of the persons’ names, to whom the oath of 5 allegiance has been administered to, agree- ' able to act of General Assembly, since my last return as made. Certified May 1, 1779. by Tim’y Green [l. s. ] NOTES ANO QUERiES.-XXXlV. Historicjil ais;! Genealogical. Duncan’s Island —It may not generally * be known, but for a number of years prior to | 1819, strenuous efforts were made by Inter- \ ested parties to annex Duncan’s Island to Cumberland county. Upon the formation i of Perry county no doubt the opportunity would have been afforded the secessiordsts to be annexed to the new county, but that did not please them, and the excitement which agitated that fussy island was allayed, the inhabitants concluding to remain with their tiret love. w, h. e. PALvrsTOWN. — This towm, now Palmyra. Lebanon county, was laid o it by William Palm about the commencement of the cen- tury. Quite a number of people were at- tracted to the new place, owing to induce- ments hoM out by the proprietor, but it sud denly came to “a stand still” by a water famine. As to the cause of this we are not redibly informed, yet it was probably due to the want, of proper depth of the wells. All water had to be hauled a distance of ^ two miles, and in 1807 the Legislature -was petitioned for aid to build works for sup plying the town. The citizens, however, were left to their own resources, and in due time the evil wms remedied. HANOVER, Early Efforts to Supply Harrisburg With Water. — In 1792 petitions were pro seated to the Legislature, asking for the passage of an act authorizing a company to open a canal from Hunters Falls, on the Susquehanna, to the borough of Harris- burg, and a bill for this purpose was intro- duced in the Senate therefor. The main object v/as to afford not only mill power, bat also to supply the town with an abund- ance of water. It was proposed to erect a wing dam in the Susquehanna,, but the fear of obstructing the navigation of the river caused the defeat of the measure. A num- bei of years subsequent, the celebrated bridge builder and mechanic, Theodore Burr, proposed a similar improvement, but,«j in his plan the bed of Paxlang creek was to ij be used' for the projected canal. Mr. Burr^ The Rankin Traitors — The following document/ was recently found among the papers of/leneral Henry Miller, who, dur- ing a portion of the dark period of the Revolution, was high sheriff of the county of York. The order w^as issued at a time when it was absolutely necessary to make treason odious, and the patriots of that day had determined to get rid of all persons i who were mimical to the cause of independ j aace. The order speaks for itself, and | gives the charge on w hich It is based. Col. I Rankin was one of three brothers, who, ; having at the outset of the Revolution, sympathized with the Whigs, in a short time became the most virulent and disaf- fected of the Tories in Pennsylvania. Their arrest being imminent, theyescaped to the British lines, sought the protection of the enemies of their country, and were all handsomely compensated by British gold for the loss of their property, which, as a matter of course, was righteously confis- cated by the authorities of Pennsylvania. As efiorts are constantly being made to compensate the descendants of the Ran- kins for the confiscation of the estate of their ancestorfi, the following paper will be a valnable document in connection with / these memorrils. It will bear reading : Fenrm/lj)ania, 8S. The Commonwealili of Pennsylvania to the Sheriffs of the Counties of Chester, Lancaster, York and Cumberland, and to all and singular. Bailiffs, Constables and Ministers of Justice of the said Counties, and to every of the said officers, Greeting — Inasmuch as the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court is given to understand, and be informed, that William Rankin, late of the aforesaid county of York, yeoman, commonly called Colonel William Rankin, John Jackson, the younger, late of the fore- said county of Chester, and M’Laugh- lin, late of the said county of Chester, yeo man, hold a traitorous correspondence with the enemies of the United States of America, have given them intelligence, and traitor- ously engaged to join the armies of the King of Great Britain, together with one hundred troops, by them or some of them raised and inlisted for that purpose, and that they are guilty of other acts of treason. You, or one or more of you are therefore hereby commanded to apprehend them, the said William Rankin, John Jackson, the younger, and M’Laughlao, and them, or such of them, as shall be taken, to bring forthwith before our said Chief Justice, or some one of the other Justices of our said Supreme Court, to answer the premisses and to be further dealt withal according to law. Hereof fail not at your peril. Witness the Honorable Thomas M’Kean, Esquire, our said Chief Justice at Philadel- phia, the twenty fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- one, and in the fifth 3 ear of our Government. Tnos. M’Kean. Drummond Holly. F Farquarson Ferguson Forbes Frazer Yew. Gordon Iv3*. Graham Grant Gunn Lamont M’Allister M’ Donald M’ Donnell M’Dougall M’Farland M’Gregor MTntosh M’Kay M’Kenzie M’Kinnon M’Lachlan M’ Lean M’Leod M’Nab M’Nfcil M’Pherson M’Quarrie M’Rae Munro Menzies Murray Ogilvie Olipbant Robertson Bose Ross Sinclair Stewart Sutherland Badges of the clans of Scotland.— A correspondent furnishes us with the fol- lowing list of the badges of the Highland Clans, and as there are so many of the de- scendants of these Scots a.mong our readers, it will no doubt be a gratification to them to see it. It may here be remarked tha’ the chief of each respective clan wore two eagle feathers in his bonnet in addition to the distinguishing badge of his clan : Names. Badges. Buchanan Birch. Cameron Oak. Campbell Myrtle. Chisholm Alder. Colquhoun Hazel. . Cuming Common Sallow. NAMES OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THK i OATH O S.I/EO i A N4’ »*; IN LUNDON- i OERRY TOWNSHIP, 1777-1778, ! We herewith present the remaining list of persons who took the oath of allegiance as prescribed by the Assembly of Penusyl- rania. As to the arthograpby of the ' names, we are not responsible. The un- familiarity of the copyest with them no doubt, accounts for the many blunders, and we have pref«Tred that everyone should made the proper reading. In connection therewiih we give the fol- low'ng copy of the certificate given each person sub^c^ibing to the oath or affirmation of allegiance : Lancrirdtr cmmlg ss. j I DO hereby CERTIFY, That so?i hath voluatarily taken and subscrib- ed the Oath or Affirniation of Allegiance end Fidelity, as directed an Act of [ General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed the 13th day of June, a. d. 1777. Witness ray hand and seal, the \itli day of October A. d. 1778. [l. s. ] Joshua Elder, Pi’illtehb^OHN DUfiLAl*. do swear (or affirm), that I re- nounce and refuse all allegiance to Oeorge the Third, King of Great Britain, his he rs and successors, and that I will he faithful and bear true allegiance to the Com- rnonweaXih of Pennsylvania, as a free and independent State, and that I will not, at anytime, do. or cause to be done, any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injurious to thefrerdom and independence thereof, as dclared by Congress, and, also, that I will discover, and make kn.own to some justice of the peace of the said State, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which 1 now know or here fter shall know, to be formed against this or any of the United States of America July 3. .Tames Bailey, Alex’ d Barnet. July 19. - Cussedy. ^" July 21. James Kernachan, John Kt-raachan. July 22 David Cli ambers. Ju'y 29. Wichael Dermolt, .Tames Scott, William .Jamison, Andv/. Gross. ,July 31. Wm. ihii vey. A.ng 1, Henry M’Gee. I Aug 2. ' Arch’d Walker, Robert Aldson, Syms Chambers, David Ramsey, Sam'l Fenton, William Campbell, .John Dean, Thomas Ogle, Sam’l Ilanuab, John Campbell, James Russell, John L(»gan, James Riden. Any 11. Anth’y Bisman, John Blair. Aug. 12 John Kiinper, Sam’l Sherrer, George Bell, John Jamison, William Hay. Joseph M' Queen, John Johnston, David M’ Queen, John Ilagon. Aug- 22. David Jamison. Aug. 28. David Watson, David Hays, Patrick Hays, John Weir, Beniamin Boyd, Oct. 27. David Wray, John Smith. Nov. 1. Thomas R.imsey, Barney Queen, .Tame.s hioble, Moses Campbell, John Campbell, Samuel Bell, .Tosejfb Chambers, ^ Hugh Ilall, William Buck. Aug. 4. .John TIav. Joseph Shearer. Nov. 14, John Morrow. Nov. 17. .John Kain. Nov. 30. Robert Jamison. Bee. 8. David M’lutire. Bee 16. Flavel Roan. Jan. 3. Ilenrv Due. ^ Pcb. 10. .Tames Candour, Rob’t Rhea. John Riizel, Joseph M'CHutoch. Peb. 12. David Miichel. Keb. IG. James Smith, Sam’l Hiaeman. xfJar. 17. James Willson. Jfar. 21. Adam Ilenr^L Ifar. 28. Thomas Seaton. Mar. 30. John Tiiorlton. Jfay 10, Philip Rnard. Muy 13. David Johnston, M/y 15. James IJineman. May 18. John Black. May 19, Thomas M’xlllen, Ricli’d xVllison, William Allison. May 23. Jacob Shaliner, James Clnnie. May 25. Andrew Shill, Robert M’Queen, Nicholas Hite, Robert Moorhead, Thomas Clyde, William Boal, Samuel Willson, Robert Wtllson. May 2G. James M’Can, '78. Cliristley Eater, Valentine Wirick, George Louman, Christian Spade, Jacob Eater, .James Kile, William Braden, Matthew Gray, William Gray, Christopher Kelly, Samuel Campbel. Andrew Hunter, James Morrison, Alexander Long, James Notman, Timothy Conner, * Melchoir Rahn, John Bvers, Jacob Zeiter. Jane 1. Henry Eager, Nicholas Reds.icker, Conrad Meyer, James Donaldson, — Anthony Buck, James Kirkpatrick, Christian Pfisgar, Thomas Buck, Daniel Ulwehee, Robert Cunningham, Jacob Sheafier, Peter Capp, Baltzar Stotz, Charles Imhofl, •John Town, TIenry Metzler, ^ | John Shana. June 1 1.. j John Huffman, William Stewart. June 12. Adam Miller, Christian ShearU, George Wood, Jacob Holtz, Patrick Kelly. F'dward Brison, Thomas Foot, . William (rlineman.- Greorge Allison, John Mver. May 28. John Drubingstoltz, Peter Shefter, John Black. May 30. Henry lliue, Robert Bradon, Frederick Sellers, VVilliam M’Kain, John Willson, John Augufst 10. Matthew Dewlar, Edward Jackson, John M’ Donald, David Hunter, David M’ Donald, August 17. Michael Keiser, Matthias Blaner, John Guilford, October 29. George ISTuky, James Kenady, George Segrist, Peter Hiltzemer, Nicholas Stout, Keller. I do hereby certify that the above and within contents is a true copy from the orig- inal, certified by me November 4th, 1778. Given under my hand and seal, Jacob Cook. [l. s.] . A UONFAB WITH A STR^Y, ..'AOaET. BY “JOKK OS’ Voss,’' ‘Tha". warm rham I'a'&nr, brandy pnnchy feelins.»’_G' old r-artinular Wendell Uo’mes Last nls-ht whi’e dozing In my ebair, at “No Seventeen,” A-looklng t the coal grate, with its blaze f f red and g een. And r<>m-ir.M,ting fuUiro hopes, and .sighing f^r the r»ast, ® That, like the weather out of doors, was all a w'ntry blast, ’'ToSSh mv beS;'' P'‘>”P.sto-o Hoped be did not intrude at all, with a Prv-ish sort ot air, - j x Then took a toll of old eighteen and my only rocking-cbair. “Frien(V|^^aid the jacket ‘ I have come to have ^ ^ were all alone— not oven bad a And 1 thought the time bung heavily, tbo w'av your winkers waggeil. Like tales of slimy, spec.,;ied trout just after tbev are bagged How go the Times, of late, my boy, you do not seem io ‘swell’ As you d;d a month ago, sir, on that virgin snow that fell : “ Has fortune cheated yon again, the flcklc jade : then kick her— <=> i j - » Or have your ‘spirits’ fallen with a fall in Harry's I quor? There must he something in the wind, now yourts Is getting low. And you cannot ra se a merry breeze when you u‘ed to have a blow.” ‘ Sir J ohn,” .said 1 , ‘-for you’re a sir, though but ademi-jolin. I was thinking <'f the chequered pss% its joys, Fs griefs, its fun, old-time failing such as cemes when one gets tired of rout. And begins to scent the symptoms of the asth- ma or the g ut. I was thinking of a home— no more— a,nd thore 1 loved while there, Who used to gather flowtrs with me in the eat ly sum-mo’' air. And of one who now 33 sleep'ng beneath the orange t ree.s, jt' Whose mellowTrurtSare rineuxxig, y,nd whose blossoms ki s the breeze— Where the skies are always bright and pure, an * •''’ hose fl 'wp' s ever Db om Above the rtt’e - none that guards my brother’s A single name dab, but oh ! ’tis dear to m->, F or he and \ re: ..m In that land hcyoucl the ^ea. God keep his soldier spirit and guard ib " .a his care. For it h'ld Tts trials in this land, and they ■, .e not lighter there, But he alway.s bore them gall3% with a tins 'n<^ hope and heart. And bravely he come once l his march when he found ordo s to depart And I thought of elids burst, Your heart’s as gre- n as ever, and your bi’ain as bright aud quick, AS wtioii you played convivial and let him v. in the trick. 0^'wabd should be ?our irump, my boy, the word Is full o power, Frugality should be your left and hojjor your right bower." The jac»?et rose, another drink, another nod of head, Then clumsily crawled back again to sleep beneath the hi.d. I found I had been dreaming a good long hour or more. The caudle in the socket, my segar stump on the floor. Eut I sat and thought the matter o’er another houri* seems, ’Till I made my mind up that here was phi- losophy in dreams. WILLIAM CAKIIO uL TOilEY. [William C. Tobey, ibe author of the fore- going poem, was well known in Harrisburg thirty years ago, having served a portion of his apprenticeship here, in the office of the Keystone, published by Packer, Barrett & Parke. He came to this (then bor- ough) city, from Towanda, Bradford county. He was born at Caroline Center, a small town in Tompkins county, wilhm a few miles of Ithaca^ New^York. His father was a man of Tittle "note, Tying while William was very young; his mother, of French-Canadian extraction, was a woman of more than ordinary menial lorce, vivaci- i ty and beauty, which were inherited by her : son, whose volatile and imaginative disposi- ; lion directed all his actions in life, infusing the poetic to the rejection of the practical, I giving a rose tint to that which in other I men’s observation presented the surface of the corntnoa place. How young Tobey got to Bi-adford county, Pa., the writer has no knowledge, hut from Towanda he was J brought to Harrisburg by John C. Cantine.^ who was at that time foreman of the-1 Keystone office, in which the State,' printing was then done and in which ll office Tobey worked a short lime. 'This ;| was in 1837. Th^Keystone was published oy Packer, Barrett & Parke — Cautine was fore- man of the Keystone office during the time Packer, Barrett & Parke had the State print- ing Subscquen’ly Hickok & Cantiiie started a book store and -bindery. Hatter &Caatine published a campaign paper at the Keystone office. For some article published in that sheet, Thad. Stevens sued the firm for libel. When the case came up for trial a previous ! pardon was produced, signed by Gov. Porter, and “that settled it.” Tobey early developed i a taste for literature and music, and in the inspirations of the composing room ’ took to the pen as naturally as he 1 did to the composing slick. He Ix-came the i Hajrisburg correspondent of the Pennsyl- ‘eanian, the old Democratic organ of Phila- delphia, printed for years by Mifflin & Parry, and on which James Gord'«n Ben- nett, sr., began his editorial career m the Unittd States, and where Joseph G. Neal was nursed into literary life. From the Pennsylvanian Tobey went to the Spirit of the Times (a'so a Democratic organ), edited by John S. 00-^0110, at the period of which we speak (1839) one of the most brilliant writers in the country. During this period Tobey spent the winter in Harrisburg, regu larly corresponding with the Times, over his favorite signature of John of Turk. Mingled with the matter of fact of which his letters were necessarily composed, were many graphic sketches of individuals, and vivid descriptions of scenes in the Legisla- ture, which made him famous as a journalist and personally popular. To’ this he added a love of poetry and music, which was intense, absorbing and often interfering with his more practical duties. At the close of a legislative session, he spent the time principally in Philadtlphia, during which he held a situation on the Pahlic Ledger, on its city staff, when Bwain, Abel & Simmons were its publishers, and a correspondent of such New York’ papers as he could make engagements. While on the Ledger (about 1840) he made a trip by sea, to Boston, in company with the Captain of a coaster whom he knew, and while at the “Hub” was at- tracted by a portrait of Darnel Webster ' (then in- the zenith of his fame), which hung in a window. Then and there, on the edge of the window .Yame, Tobey wrote a poem on Webster, which was published in the Ledger on his return and attracted great attention, being copied widely by Northern journals. j Though a practical printer, be did not work j at case very long after his majority. His y love of men was unbounded and bis friend- I ships numerous and sincere. In Philadel- I phia he was welcome among men of I letters and the literary coterie of the Qua- \ ker City, having for his companions such ' men as George Lippard, Edgar Poe, Mayne Hied, James Reese (the dramatic criiic) Bayard Taylor, John S. DuSolle and others whose names have passed out of memory, but who were of the Bohemian tribe, many of them -wayward, reckless, but ligbt-hearied and honorable men of the quill, who dc- voted themselves to letters, leaving the more • sordid pursuits to take care of themselves, i At the breaking out of the Mexican war Tobey vent as a war correspondent. He was one of the first war correspondents of the country, writing f >r a number of Northern journals and maiutaiaing his identity as John of York until the end of that war, when he returned to Washington city, where he remained in very reduced circumstances, broken down in health, im- poverished and neglected. The poet and journalist could not withstand the fierce "fires of temptation. Lured by vice and tainted in passion and appetite, the sweet singer of other days became a wreck, in which condition General Cameron found and succored him, and by whom he was sent to Harrisburg, in the hope of his recovery. Several years betore, General Cameron of- fered to defray his expenses if Tobey w’ould study law, and had made arrangements for him with a well-known lawyer of Harris- burg to do so, but the gay Bohemian could not bring himself down to the stern studies of the law, preferring the more fascinating paths ot journalism. From the winter of 1853 to the spring of 1854 Tobey lived an invalid in Harrisburg, at the Washington House, where Gen. Cameron paid his board, his fatherly care never having ceased for his young craftsman until he was decently interred in the grave}’’ard of the Catholic church. State street. William C. Tobey was naturally a poet. His songs were the result of those flashes of the mind produced when the heart is warm d by generous emotion. Like Samuel Woodworth, tlie printer author of the ‘‘Old Oaken Bucket,” and J, Howard Payne, the author of “Home, Sweet Home,” Tobey published no productions except those of a fugitive character, but these were scattered like the golden grains found in the sands of a gently flowing river, to glitter awhile beneath its transluceni wave, until ; time’s flood washed them out into a bro^d^r surge, when they were lost beneath its fiercest billows. His was a blithe voice, while its music lasted — the flashes of his wir, and the cadence of his merriment never ceasing until Death darkened the one and chilled the other, We essay no biography of the printer, journalist, singer, soldier and poet. And alrhougn lii^ life was full of noble incidents and holy friendship, he nad no record as I he world goes. He now sleeps beneath the shadow of the cross of the pro-cathe- dral, having only embraced the Catholic taiih a few days before his death. But it was the fixith of his mother, and that en- deared it to him. We, the old craftsmen of . the dead .poet, still love his memory. Tliere j are those living who followed his remains ' to their interment, and helped to bear them to their last resting place. There are still others, now old, with the shadows growin darker in their path, who will feel a glow of the past, and ste a flicker of its lighC when memories of Tobey, the sw^eet singer and poet, are once more called up. Then arise the mystic shadows of a glorious company in the neighborhood of Second and Chest- nut street, where the Seven Stars shed their ' typical light on the paths of the old, old : typos who trod the same road with Tobey, j — Editok of the Telegraph.] NOTES AND QUERIES.— XXXV. Historical and Genealojflcal-. Williamsburg ox Swatara (N. &. Q. XXXIV) is Jonestown, Lebanon county. It was laid out by William Jones about 17G1, on a tract of land conveyed to him by a Mr. Kline, to whom had been granted "the warrant therefor, bearing date December 13th, 1753. It was located in or near the forks of the Big and Little Swatara, at that time on the main road from Harris’ Ferry to Easton. William Jones died in 1771, leaving the following children: i. Samuel; who was a man of considera- ble prominence and a Justice of the Peace many years. ii. Jane, m. Jacob Shelly. iii. John, d. s. p. iv. Margaret, m. George Dol linger. V. Rolert. vi. Charles. vii. Mary, m. Abraham Witter. viii. Thomas. For several years Williamsburg, or Jones- town, seemed to prosper, but with the (lawn of internal improvements, trade was diverted, and until recent years the town was at a stand. It is now becoming quite a prosperous little town, and with the de- velopment of the coal and iron resources, it may yet realize the dream of the founder. W. H. E. IMPRESSIONS OF HAIIRISBUKG IN 1838. , [In the autumn of 1828, a lady who had j 1 I f. i iraveled extensively throughout the United States, visited the Capital of Pennsylvania, and in a volume published at Washington City in 1829, devoted v?holly to her tour in this State, gives her impressions of our town and its citizens. The author was Mrs. Anna Royall. She was a native of Virginia, where she was born on the 11th of June, 17G9. In her childhood she was taken captive by the marauding Indians, and for the period of fifteen years was detained as a prisoner among them. Some- time after her restoration to her friends, she married Captain Royall, an ofTicer of the Revolution, and resided many years in Alabama. In 182G she published her first volume “Sketches;” in 1837 “The Tennes- seeans;’’ in 1828 “The Black Book,” a nar- rative of travels in the United St^ate8, con- taining criticisms of persons and places, which was supplemented by two other vol- umes, one of which was confined to Penn- sylvania, as before remarked. She pro- mised a second volume, but her venture on the first' was not properly appreciated, and the continuation never appeared. In 1830 she published “Letters from Alabama,” and in 1835, establishing herselfin the city ol Washington, began the publication of a series of papers under the titles of “Paul Pry” and “The Huntress.” Mrs. Royall died in that city on the 1st of October, 1834, well ad- vanced in years. She was a short, dumpy little woman, and very talkative. She wielded a sarcastic, and often a bitter pen, and for the truth of this statement we need only refer our readers to her sketch of Carlisle, which is full of invective. That relating to our own town will no doubt be interesting 1o all who peruse Notes and Queries. The notes which follow are from the pen of a gentleman who was personally acquainted with those of whom he writes. w. H, E ] We saw the mill {a) which was burnt the previous night, smoking, as we drove on through the finest country in the world, to Harrisburg. Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, is seated on the banks of the Susquelianna, in one of the most charming spots on the ^lobe. ISTothing could add to its beauty, if we except ships and steam- boats. The land here, and the whole dis- tance from Middletown, equals any of the rich bottom land on the Western rivers, iiarge grape vines, black walnut, locust, and level as a die. But the straight fence ! the green wheat, the green meadows, the great barns, the bursting apple trees, fhe profusion of gardens and summer houses, (I never saw gardens before), the neat white pailings, the net-work round the doors, the smooth columns, the massy mansions, the droves of cattle, while ‘ 'File groaniB" ciUer press is busy hoard. The fowls loud cackling, swarm about the yard, Tho snowy geese harrangue their numerous brood, And flapping flails re echo through the wood.” And the broad, smooth river astounds the ravished eye. The Susquehanna flows in a smooth but | f^uick current at Harrisburg, and is about a mile in breadth. At this place it is very much like the Ohio, and to add to the beauty of the picture it has a most superb ' bridge. The bridges I have already seen in Penn’a, without going further, surpass in number and beauty those of the whole of my travels in other States; their roads and bridges seem to attract, all their pride, to say nothing of their farms and barns. ' Intending to return from Pittsburgh to "Harrisburg, about the meeting of the Legis- lature, I hurried on to Carlisle, a place where I was much wanted. Having made this arrangement,! merely rested one day at Harrisburg and resumed my tour. It was quite late in the evening when I arrived, and leaving a card at my book- sellers, Messrs. Wyeths, (5) a very friendly, pleasant young man, called on me during the evening. He was the principal book- seller, and very politely tendered his ser- vices during my visit. Being desirous of seeing his excellency, 'Governor Shulze, Mr. W. said he would attend me to his house next day. I had | :more than common curiosity to see Gov. I Shulze (e), hearing, as I had, a thousand , / remarks and anecdotes of the man. My visit to Lancaster, to say nothing of the ' 'rest of Pennsylvania had effectually cured ime of prejudice, and I set off next day to see the Governor, perfectly convinced that I had never heard a word of truth respecting him. Such as “great, awkward Dutch- man, bigotted priest. Federalist, Jew, a Gentile, “did not know a spit-box from a tea-pot,” and again, “a good-natured fool, a tory, a Whig, a gentleman, a clown,”— but tongues, like wheels were made to run. The Governor lives in the town, on the riv- er bank, in a very plain, common brick-house, and the door being opened by the Governor liimself, Mr. Wyeth introduced me, and withdrew. I walked before the Governor into his parlor. It was just the kind of a parlor I like, and just in my favorite point on the North of the building. I do not like a parlor or chamber on the South, East or West; give me the North at all seasons. A small, simple furnished parlor, and a large chamber;— I detest a pigeon-box to sleep in. But you all want to hear about Gover- nor Shulze. Then you shall hear. I said I had discarded that fiend preju- dice. Not exactly as I expected to find Governor Shulze, a rough, black-faced old man at least. But to return ; Gov. S. is about 45 or 50 years of age, though he might well pass for 40, and in a Southern clime for 30. He is over six feet in heighth, remarkably straight and erect. He is ath- letic, with muscular, handsome limbs, and rather of the two inclined to cor- pulency. Now, if you can imagine as much ease of manner and grace as not to spoil the thing— just as much as you would incorporate, were you to mix the ingredi- ants yourself, and one of the fairest faces In nature, with fine features, and a lovely black eye, you have the exact portrait of Governor Shulze. His face could not be altered for the better, if anything it is too fair and smooth for a man — rather too effeminate, otherwise it is without a fault. His countenance is open and gay; and though he does 'not ware a barbarous brogue, you might perceive, by a certain lisp, that he was a German — so much for his person and manners. Nor is Governor Shulze at all that ignorant man he is re- presented by some; ho is a man, not only of a good mind, but well-informed in the common affairs of life, and gave me some very judicious instruction on the subject of ^ \p\j tour; and pointed out the objects most ‘ i worthy of notice. He was very affable, and conversed ireely on various topics, and laughed at the description I had re- ceived of him. He was a Lutheran preacher, it is said, but this ought rather to enhance his character, as it will be seen they are the most honest, upright men wa have. Such is Governor Shulze, a good, honest German, who doubtless, like all public men, has his friends and his enemies. I understood there was a den of blue- skins in the place, but I had not time to look after them; they may prepare for battle against I return, as they wish to retain feeir acquired glory, and so do I. Having received several marks of polite- ness from Mr. Peacock (d), the postmaster, through the postoflice, and a letter of intro d action to Mr. Stambaugh, the editor of the Reporter, I called to pay my respects ta them. Mr. Peacock is amongst the besx men of our country, and Stambaugh («) excels him. To say more of these gentle- men would only mar their fame, but I shall see them again, when I shall have more leisure to notice Harrisburg, a very beauti- ful, flourishing place. Dr. Keagy (/), Mr. Buehler {g), and several other gentlemen will also receive particular notice. ; But I must proceed, as “my purse is light and I have far to gang.” About two o’clock in the morning I was called to get up, but the stage did not ar- rive for an hour, when with a stage full as it could stow, we left Mr. Wilson’s (7i) tavern, a very good house. a. Whose mill this was we are not in- formed. Could it have been M’Callen’s, , now Lochiel ? h. This was Mr. Francis Wyeth, whose modesty “will mantle his cheeks with blushes” as he peruses this estimate of his polish fifty years ago. He then was fresh from college, and his suavity of so long ago, like old wine, has not lost its fla vor It becomes him now, as when he w lively youngster in the generation wh ^ virtues will be rehearsed, let u s hope ' ‘generations following.” (c) Oov. at this time and during his whole administration, resided in the house | now occupied by the venerable Mrs. Halde- man, on the South corner of Walnut and Front streets. This house was erected by Stephen Hill, the architect of the State House and buildings. He died there Its exterior presents pretty much the same aspect at present, as it did in 1828. Mrs. Royall was a profuse conversationalist, and embraced so excellent an opportunity to hold forth. Her victim was not a talker, but a good listener; a perfectly civil gentle- man withal. (f?) Mr. James Peacock was the post- master; a hospitable, polite and liberal , gentleman. Ills residence and the office was in the building, erected by Robert Harris, on Front street, torn down by and ^ now occupied by Rev. Dr. Robinson. Mr. Peacock v;as the postmaster for about a quarter of a century. e. Samuel C. Stambaugh^ a Lancaster printer, editor of the Reporter, a small, wiry man, at the moment a power in the State. Positive, polite, talkative and gay. I As a politician, decided — one of the very ! first to advocate Jackson and to believe That no one could be a good patriot who | was opposed him. On this account Gov. ! Shulze was of his anupathies. Mr. Stambaugh’s office waL on Market st'*eet, opposite the court house, now the M’Cor- mick estate, then a two story frame house, with a deep back building. He resided next door to Governor Shulze on Front street. /. Dr. John M. Keagy, principal of the Harrisburg academy, an intelligent and popular gemleman. He resig" ^ that posi- tion about the close the yc 1828, and kept a private school foi years, when he removed from Harrisburg g. Mr. JBuehler was Col. Henry Buehler I who kept the house at the corner of Market Square and Second street, “The Golden Eagle.” He was one of the most affable young gentleman of the town, intelligent, active and public spirited.' His house was the headquarters of the Calder lines, west by Chambersburg to Pittsburg, and north by Lew' Town to the same point. Mrs. Royall journeyed west by the former line, which ; had a trick of leaving Harrisburg at any I hour between two o’clock a. m. and two or 1 three hours later. It was not unusual for passengers for the West, to wait for the “Slaymaker lines” in bad weather, just in I the most disagreeable part of the 24 hours. I h. Matthew Wilson kept the house at the corner of Third and Walnut streets, where the Post office is at present in course of con- struction. It had then a great reputation for the excellence of its administration. It was the headquarters of the “Slaymaker line” of coaches from Philadelphia to Harrisburg. CAPT. JAMES COWliEN OF PAXTANG. James Cowdej?, the fourth child of Matthew Cowden and Martha Johnson, was born in Paxtang township, Lancaster, now Dauphin county. Pa., on the IGth of June, 1787. James was brought up on his father’s lann, enjoying, however, the advan- tages of that early education of those pioneer times, which among the Scotch- Irish settlers was remarkably comprehen-, sive and ample. Apart from this, he was well-grounded in the tenets of the West- minister Confession, which among our pious ancestry formed a part of the instruction given to all. Until the thunders of the Revolution rolled toward the Susquehanna, Mr. Cow- den remained on the paternal acres, busily engaged in farming. At the outset he was a strong advocate for active defensive measures, and in favor ; of independence. He was one of the lead- ing spirits at the meeting at Middletown, i June 9th, 1774, of which Col. James Burd was chairman, and whose action, in con- junction with those of Hanover, nerved the people of Lancaster in their patriotic re- solves. Suiting the action to the word, Mr. Cowden, and the young men of his neighborhood, took measures towards raising a battalion of Associators. of which Col. James Burd was in command, and a company of vfhich was entrusted to Capt. Cowden. His company, although not belonging to the Pennsylvania Line, was, nevertheless, in several campaigns, and done faithful service at Fort Washington, in the Jerseys, at Brandywine and Germantown— and in the war on the Northern and Western frontiers, defending them from the attacks of the savage Indian and treacherous Tory. At the close of the war, Capt. Cowden i returned to his farm. Under the Constitu- tion of 1790 he was appointed the Justice of the Peace for the district of Lower Paxtang, April 10, 1793, which he held up to the ' time he was commissioned by Gov. Thomas Mifilin, one of the Associate 'Judges of the county of Dauphin, on the 2d of October, 1795, an office he filled acceptably and creditably. i Capt. Cowden married, in 1777, Mary Crouch, a sister of Col. James Crouch, of the Revolution, a native of Virginia. She out-lived her husband many years, and is buried in the graveyard of Paxtang church, i They had issue — i. Hannah. ii. Martha. iii. Mart'aret. \ iv. Elizabeth. V. Matthew Benjamin. i vi. James. vii. Mary. Concerning some of whom we propose to refer at another time. Judge Cowden died at his farm in Pax- tang very suddenly on Wednesday evening, October 10. 1810. in the seventy-fourth year of bis age. The Oracle of Saturday, Oct. 13, 1810, in noticing his death, alluded to him as follows: “It is a tribute, but justly due to the memory of Mr. Cowden, to observe that he died universally regretted by all who had the happiness of his acquaintance. The ser- vices which he rendered his country during ' he Revolutionary struggles, will ever entitle j airri to the grateful remembrance of his I -ouutrymen ; and the many important offices vhich*he has subsequently filled, fully vinces the confidence reposed in his integ- itv hy ];'s fellow ciUzeus. His private irtues have been but rarely transcended,' In his disposition he was naturally social, * mild and obliging— in his friendship, sin- cere — and in his duties as a Christian and believer, firm, unshaken and inflexible. He has left a number of friends, and an affiicted family, deeply to lament th<-.ir irreparable loss; but, not, however, without the consol- ing hope, that a long life of exemplary virtue and piety, will, in another and a hef- Ur ijcorld, meet its just reward, iiis re- mains were yesterday interred in the grave- yard in Paxtang, attended by a very num- 3rous concourse of people. “ ‘ Feeble nature drops, periiaps, a tear, While reason and religion better taught, eongratulate the dead, and crown his tomb I Wi' h wreath triumphant.’ ’ ’ W'. H. E. JSOTii..S AN£i QUWiUE.’s.— XXXYl. Hist-ovlcal and the sum of 50 dollars, to bo paid and con’ | mind, the means of plenty and happiness, l^uildiug will be cheap and easy, as the best timber and stones are as convenient as may be wished for. From all which, and the very great probability of its being the seat of justice of a contemplated county, it is expected that the sales of tickets will be rapid. “The plan may be seen at the subscriber’s house. Tickets may be had, by calling on George Brenizer, Dan’ 1 Stine, Jacob Frid- ley, or Andrew Berryhill, iu Ilarrisburgh — where also the plan may be seen. “William Moorhead. “Lytle’s Ferry, June 9, 1807.’’ j ANDREW EYCANS!, THE PIONEER OF * THE WICONISL’O VALLEY. In 1732 Andrew Lycans (not Lycan) settled on the Swatara creek, where he took , up two hundred and fifty acres of land | adjoining lands of Robert Young and Lazarus Stewart, and which was surveyed to him on the 4th of April, 1737. About 1740 he seems to liave sold out, and re- moved, with a number of others, to the west side of the Susquehanna, where he settled and made some improvements on a tract of land between Sherman’s creek and the Juniata, in then Cumberland county. This not being included in the last Indian ‘purchase, the Shawanese, who had a few scattered villages on the Juniata, com- plained of the encroachments of these settlers and demanded their removal. To pacify the Indians the Provihcial author j- ' ties sent, in 1748, the sheriff of Lancaster | comity, with three magistrates, accom- [ panied by Conrad ‘Weiser, to warn the people to leave at once. But, notwith- standing all this, the settlers remained, determined not to be driven away at least by On the 22d of May 1750, after more de- cisive measures had been decided upon by the Provincial Government, a number of high dignitaries who had been appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, held a conference at the house of George Croghan in Penns- boro’ township, Curnberland county. Sub- sequently, accompanied by the under-sher- rift ot that county they went to the place where Lycans and others lived, and after taking the settlers into custody burned their cabins to the number of five or six.* They were subsequently released by order of the Governor of the Province, when Andrew Lycans removed with his family to the east side of the Susquehanna beyond the Kittatinny mountains, and by permission of the authorities “settled on a tract of about two hundred acres, situated on the northerly side of Whicon- escong creek. ” Here he made “consider- able improvement^” which we learn from a document in our possession. Until the spring of 1756 these pioneers on the Wiconisco were not disturbed in their homes, but following the defeat of Brad- dock, everywhere along the frontier the savages began their work of devastation i and death. Their implacable cruelty was stimulated by the promise of reward for scalps on the part of the French, beside the further one of being put into possession of their lands. On the morning of the 7th of INfarch, 1756, Andrew Lycans and John Ptew’alt went out early to fodder their cattle, when two guns were fired at them. Neither being harmed, they ran into the house, and prepared themselves for defense in case of an attack. The Indians then got under cover of a hog house near the dwelling house, when John Ly- cans, a son of Andrew, John Rewalt and Ludvrig Shott, a neighbor, crept out of the house in order to get a shot at them, but weie fired upon by the savages, and all wounded, the latter (Shott), in the abdo- men. At this moment Andrew Lycans saw one of the Indians over the hog-house, and also two V\?bite men running out of the same, and get a little distance therefrom. Upon this, "Lycans and his party attempted to qscape, but were pursued by the Indian_s, to the nmnboi of sixteen or upwards. John Lycans and Hew^alt, being badly wounded and not able to do anything, with a negro who was with them, made off, leaving An- drewLjcans, Shott, and a boy, engaged v/ii.li the Indians. The savages pursued : them so closely that one of them coming up ' to the boy was going to strike his i to'uahawk into him, when Ludwig Shott turned and shot him dead, while Lycans killed two more and wounded several in a.ddiiion. At last, being exhausted ami wounded, they sat down on a log to rest themselves; but the Indians were some what cautioits and stood some distance from them, and consequently returned to look after their own w'ounded. Lycans and all his party managed to get over the moun- tain into Hanover township, where they were properly cared for. Here Andrew Lycans died, leaving a wife, Jane Lycans, and children, John, Susanna, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret. It is not known when Lycans’ family, with the other settlers,, returned to their' homes in the Wiconisco Yallcy — but not until all danger was over; and although on a number of occasions they were obliged to leave all and flee before the marauding savages, yet the one alluded to v/as the only occasion where they so narrowly escaped witli their lives. Besides, the erection of the forts at Shamokin (Bunbary) and at Armstrong’s (Halifax) and at M’Kee’s at the foot of uierry’s mountain, was perchance ample protection from the annual marauds of the : Indians, which up to the year 1764 kept the ■ frontier inhabitants in a terrible state of apprehension and fear. John Ljmans, son of Andrew, becamo an officer of the Provincial service, commis- sioned July 12, 1762. In June, 1764, he ^ was stationed at Manada Gap. It is proh- ' able lie removed from the valley prior to the Revolution. His mother, Jane Lycans, in February, 1765, had a patent issued to : her, for the land on which her husband had . located. The Lycans’ cabin stood until ' about twenty years ago on M’Clure’s farm, owned at present by H. L. • Lark. Ludwig Shott died about ; 1790, and left a large family; some of his descendants remain in the ; Valley. Rewalt subsequently removed to the now thickly settled portion of the ! Province. i Andrew Lycans has given his name to | the bgautiful valley of-the Yriccnisco, owing perchance to the terrible encounter with the Indians as narrated. The orthography has been changed within the last fifty years, but we have not learned the reason therefore. Whether Lykens, or Lycans, we trust that no attempt may ever be made to dejJiive the first pioneer of the name which has been appropriately givea to it. vr n. E. ■^Note. — We have before ns the ‘ 'oiccount : >t Andrew Y/ ork, Sherill of Lancaster, for * removal of trespassers at Juniata,” wfo'ch iS as follows: “Dr. Province of Pennsylvania to Andrew Work, Sheriff of the County of Lancaster and Cumberland. “To ten days attendance on the Secre- tary Magistrates of the County of Cum- berland, by his Hon’r, the Governor’s command to remove sundry persons settled to the Northward of the Kichitania Moun- tains: “To paid the IMessenger sent from Lancas- ter my own Expenses, 3:7 :0 “To the Under- Sherill’ 8 Attendance on the like Service, eight days: “To his Expenses in taking down Andrew Lycan to Prison to Lancaster other Expenses on the Journey, 2:10:0 “Augt., 1750.” And. Wouk, Shcr. xxxix. liL-itoricai a.uti Gonealosical. Daupiiin. — Tne establishment of a post- office at Greeasburg or Green’s Mills, re- quired a c'naa^e of*, •me, as there was then one office so called, the county town of Westmoreland Cfmaty, and hence theappel la-tion. Dauphin, was given to it pn the^first of October, 1820, when John Peter Miller 'vas appointed postmaster. This postoffice name has been retained, and the town grad- ually ceased to be called afier its founder, lion. Innis Green. w. n. e. M’Cosh — Boyd — ^.John IP Cosh, of Derry, died in November, 17.54,l>squeathiim hisestate to his wile Jennett or Janet. The latter died in October, 1757, leaving considerable property, which she disposed of as follows: to her brothers William, John, Alexander arKl Robert P>cyd; her niece Mtjrgaret, daughter of John Boyd; to Alexander, Robert, William and Margaret, children of Alexander Boyd: to Benjamin, Joseoh and William, ch'idren of Y/’illiam Boyd; niece Catherine Boyd, who, we presume, was a i daughter of William B-oyd; to her sister in | law Jean Boyd; to her nieces Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary, daiiglv.ers,. we sup- pose, of Robert -Boyd; to Rev- John Roan; and “the vsum of twenty sliillings to Derry congregation,” The witnesses to the will were Mary and Margaret M’Cord. The executors were Robert Boyd, her brother, and Andrew Roan, son of the Rev. John Roan. Concerning the foregoing, we desire further information. Joseph Boyd, son of William Boyd, b. 1740, d. Sept. 20, 1781; his wife Elizabeth b. 174G, d, April 13, 1802. Benjamin Boyd, son of William Boyd, b. 1738, d. May 8, 1803; wife Jennett b. 1737, d. November 21, 1820. They are all buried at Derry graveyard, w. n. e. CAPTAiN ADAM BOYD. Tlie Firat Bargosa of tfie Boroagli of Har- risburg. Adam Boyd, the son of John Boyd and Elizabeth Young, was a native of Northamp ton county, Pa., born in 1746. His ancestors were of that sturdy and fearless race who, after winning religious liberty at home, braved the perils of the ocean and a life in the wilds ot America that they might establish civil and religious freedom in the New World. Early ia the year 1714, John ,Boyd and a y^ounger brother. Rev. Adam Boyd, sons ol Rev. Adam Boyd, sen., left Scotland and landed at Philad(dp!iia. John married there the year following, JaaeCraig, daughter of Thomas Craig, and subsequent ly became [1728] oncot the first immigiaJnS to the “Irish Settlement, ’’now Northampton couatyr, Hi 3 son John, bom in Phihulel- phia in 1716, married in 1744 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Young, “an Ulster baronet.” Their eldest son was Adam Boyd, the subject of this sketch. Of Mr. Boyd’s early education we know but little, save that from his papers, and docuinents extant, we should judge him to have been well grounded in the rudiments of a thorough English education. He learn ed the trade of a carpauter, and was follow’ - ing that avocation v,rheu the war of the Revolution called to arms. Ho was an early assoejator, and when the State of Peansyivania had formed its little navy for the protec'ion of the pores on ihe Delaware, Lieutenant Boyd received a commission therein. During Ihe year 1776, and the early part of i; ?;. he wis. ot the time m command ot the r.rmM sloop “Burke,” and rendered efficient 'service in the conflict between the Pennsylvania navy and the British ships Roebuck' and Liverpool in May, 177(). Growing tired of that branch of the* service, Lieutenant Boyd requested to be discharged, that he might volunteer in the land forces. Being honorably dismissed the navy, he at once entered the army proper, holding the same rank therein He was at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, with two of his brothers, one of whom was killed in the latter engagement. Subsequently, Lieuten- ant Boyd actea as “Master oi Wagons,” and as such remained with the array until after the surrender at Yorktown, lieturning to the home of his mother, near ksewville, he married and came to Harrisburg. While passing through Har- ris’ Ferry, in the spring of 1785, Mr. Boyd was struck with the immense advantages offered by the location of the proposed town, and subsequently purchased of the proprietor a lot on the corner of Second and Mulberry streets. In 1784 he became a per- manent resident. The dwelling house erected b}'’ him in 170,2, on lots 210 and 212 of the original plan of the borough, on Second below Mulberry, kyci inthe owner- ship of his descendants. Upon the incorporation of the borough of Harrisburg, in 1791, he was chosen a burgess. Dr. John Luther being the other. In 1792 he was elected treasurer of the county and held the office until 1806, when he declined a re election. In 1809 Mr. Boyd was elected a director of the poor, and during his term of office the county poor house and mill were erected: ” ' Upon the founding of the Presbyterian congregation in 1787, Mr. Boyd was chosen its treasurer tor one year, and at its organ- ization in 1794, one of its Ruling Elders, his colleagues being Moses Gillmor and Samuel Wier,the latter u fellow patriot inRevolution- ary days — venerated citizens all of them. Henry Fulton and John Kean were the treasurers of the church from 1789 to 1793, when Mr. Boyd again assumed it, and filled the position as long as he lived. Mr. Boyd died on the 14ih of May, 1814; was interred in the Presbyierian grave-yard, ' but subsequently his remains v/cre removed , to the Harrisburg cemetery. The Oracle speaks of him as “an inhabitant of this . town from its first formation — a man of j truth and integrity, and an eminently useful 1 citizen, both as to church and State. flis | character was wilhout blot or stain — | benevolent to every one. He was a firm j friend to his country when men’s squls were tried, and never ceased to be such; of a noble and masculine piety, trusting ! in God for future happiness, through the ' merits ot a crucified Redeemer. His re- mains were followed to their last resting place by a great assemblage of neighbors and weeping friends.” In private trusts ]\Ir. Boyd was very fre- quently employed. His correspondence and accounts show precision and method, particularly the case with which he man- aged the estate of the younger William Maclay. In person he was five feet eight inches in height, a stout, healthy, florid man, dark brov/n hair and eyes. At fifty- two years of age he bad no gray hairs. He is rated on the “Miil Purchase” at £23:2, being the fourth highest assessment upon that cuiious record. Mr. Boyd married, in 1784, Jean nette Macfarlane, of Big Spring, Cumberland county, daughter of Patrick and grand-daugbter of James Macfarlane, who came from Ireland to Penn’a in 1717. Mrs. Boyd died in early life at Harrisburg, leaving one cliild, a daughter, Rosanna, who married Hugh Hamil ton in 1807. This eatiinable lady lived until 1872, when she the conflict, and not able to render any astistance, Mr. W. having the key in his pocket. The verdict of the community at the time when this dreadful encounter tool: place, justified Captain Watson in what he did, because he not only acted faithfully as aq officer, but the facts showed that the last shot fired was necessary to save his own life. The above particulars were given me by G. L. Mytinger, the underkeeper, and Mr. and Mrs. Watson, oh my arrival at the prison. Gibbs was a man of over six feet, very powerful ; in color a bright mulatto. Capt. Watson was a small man, perhaps five feet, four or five inches in height. His weight did not exceed one huncred and thirty- five pounds The inspectors at that time con- sisted of Henry Peffer, Martin Lutz, Mont- gomery Kirk, W. H. Kepner, Abram Freftner and myself. In 1857 we made our last report as to the workings of the ^ institution. The board then consisted of the following inspectors: M. Kirk, H An- tes, W. H. Kepner, Wm. Calder, Henry Pefier and myself. It may not be out of place to mention Jiere, as showing the character and standing of Captain Watson, that he commanded the Dauphin Guards, one of the finest military companies of its j)eriod in the country. Captain Watson took this company to Philadelphia during the Kative American riot of that city. I can just recall now a few of the surviving members of that splendid organization: Capt. Jacob M. Eyster, who was drill master; Alderman Daniel Kepner, orderly sergeant; Capt. William H. Cleck J. B. B >yd, Peter K. Boyd, and amo. the boys who left town, J. B. Bratte . David IVIahon and David J. Unger. , lere may bo others ( (both in town and out of it) living, whom I cannot now recall. Capt. Watson was a man of excellent character, a general favorite of the commu- nity in which he resided. His departure to the West was the universal regret of all who knew him. The above statement will, I trust, place the memory of Capt. Williapi Watson in a proper light before an honest community. C. P. Mue:nch. Hare,isbur&, March 23, 1880. TON ON HIGH OL.'SMFUS. “Apollo, ” said the god of the by per Ion curls, in a weary tone, “put up that tire- some lyre; you make Minervas.” “You want the lyre, then,” said Apollo, “to be like yourself unstrung. Yv^ell, it shall he done; anything to keep peace betVeuus.” “Yes, indeed,” said fair Cythera, “quar- reling always Mars our pleasure. It puts me out to hear it. ’ ’ “Yes, it is very proVulcan,” began the god of the loud sounding sea, but the rest of the assembly immediately howled him into silence, and he sulkily appealed to his father if it wasn’t kind of rough to be Sat- urn in that way. Eat the old man told him that if he tried to ring him in on any of his puns he’d eat him up. “And serve him right,” said the gay young Hermes, “don’t Boreas with any puns. Jupiter’s Iris sufficiently aroused now, without making matters more Ceres.” “I say,” shouted Minerva, and when the blue eyed maid from Boston Comaion lifted her voice everybody was silent, “i say, all of you, Juao the difierence between Pluto and a section hand on the Chicago, Bur- lington and Quincy railroad?” “Because Pluto grovels in the shade and the section hand shovels in the grades.” i Loud laugh the gods, and the Paphian green declared that the conundrum took the apple. The applause that greeted Mi- nerva s effort inspired great Jove himself, , and he said he had a little one of his own. I “Only one?” asked Mercury, with such ^ an appalling emphasis on “only” and such ' a meaning accent on “one” that Olympus rang again, and Jove told him if he didn’t correct his elocution he might turn in his key and pouch an.l there’ d be a new carrier on number five next week. Then he went on : “Why is Venus like Horace Greeley’s daughter?” And, of course, they all gave it up be- cause none of them dared to guess it, and then, while they were ail whispering the ' answer to each other, Jupiter said: “Because she married a Smith.” Then they all said, “Ha,” three times apiece, and by and by Iris asked, inno- I cently: ! “J . Smith, of Smith ville V ’ 1 And then great Jove ordered an adjourn- ment, and told Iris that if he ever caught her sliding down the rainbow again when there was company at the hill, he’d marry her to some Indian god with nine heads and no legs, and a name that no Greek in free America could pronounce. He then retired I in great, ill-humor, saying that he didn’t feel very well to-day himself. Thereupon i Meacury, striking the caduceus in his hat- Iband, went into the shop and fixed up the f following prescription for a sleeping potion; R. Aqua pura, liottisslmus 3 vrzm Lemonls naturae 2slicz Sagari loaferls 1 spuiiU Spintus frumenti optimus 4 llngrz DiBBOTioirs.— To be absorbed per labial ori- fice unu3 every nocteum ante going to som- nu3. Thus did the immortal gods while away the happy hours on high Olympus in the brave old days of Andrews & Stoddard’s Latin grammar. — Hawkey e. ■ I.ANBI.OKD AND TENANT. j The following story from an English I paper is a very pleasant one, though told ’ in the goody-good style that people assume f when they seek to enforce a moral : I “A farmer called on the late Earl Fitz- ; william to represent that his crop of wheat j had been seriously injured in a field ad- ■ joining a certain wood where his lordship’s [ hounds had, during the winter, frequently met in hunt. He stated that the young- ‘ wheat had been so cut up and destroyed that in some parts he could not hope for any produce. ‘Well, my friend,’ said the Earl, ‘I am aware that we have frequently met in the field, and that we have done con- siderable injury; and that if you’can procure an estimate of the loss sustained I will repay you for the loss.’ The farmer replied that, anticipating his lordship’s consideration and kindness, he had requested a friend to assist him in estimating the damage, and they thought that as the crop seemed entirely destroyed, £50 would not more than repay him. The Earl immediately gave him the money. As the harvest approached, how- ever, the wheat grew, a d in those parts of the field which were the most trampled, the corn was strongest and most luxuriant. The farmer went again to his lordship, and being introduced, said, ‘I come again, my I Igrd, respecting the field, of wheat adjoining NOTES ANO QUEKIEJ.— XL. iIistoiL-ica.1 arid Gen-jalogical. The Pooh House Mill —In the notice of Capt. Adam Boyd (N. & Q. xxxix), it is stated that when Mr. Boyd was director of the poor, “the county poor house and mill were erected.” According to my recollection Dauphin county purchased the farm on which the poor house novv^ stands, and the mill at the same time,. It was called the Straw h'ill, on account of its be- ing thatched with straw, and w^as erected years before its purchase by the county. s. s. Campbell — Gilbert — Patterson — WiRTz. — I was very much interested in Darby’s letter (M. & Q. vii. ) The Patrick Campbell he mentions was not the constable of Donegal, but belonged to another family in Dauphin county, who were large landholders. Benjamin Gilbert was a Quaker, and whs taken prisoner with his father and family, by the Indians, on tlie 25th day of April, 1780, You will find a full and interesting narrative of the captivity of the Gilbert family in the Archives and State histories Some of their descendants now reside in Lancaster county. There is a long line of school teachers lunning throagh thi, family. Altnough they were men of talent, there was a vein of eccentricity running through them. Col. \Ym. Pattersonmoved Irom Donegal to Cumberland county,' and from thence to Juniata Valley. lion. A. L. Hayes mar- ried his granddaughter. Wirtz was a very prominent patriot. s. E. LuTngR, Dr. John (N. & Q , xxxix).— We have, from our “Octogeaariaa,” the following : “The Doctor had a gray horsn that he highly prized and provided for in his will, directing that he should ‘do m work, be shod and fed.’ I recollect the horse well and saw him after the Doctor’s death, roving over the Capitol Hill, .before it was built upon, and was an open com mon. The Doctor had ridden the gray one evening into Cumberland county, and on returning after night, being too late for the ferry, uudestook to ford the river, but lost his way, got into deep water and paddled ; about until daylight, vHien he found him- self approaching a sand-bar. He was so grateful to the horse, that he would not part with him.” Family EECORRS.—Hon. Marshal P. Vfilder, president v.i ihe Hew England Historic-Oenealoj-dcal society, iu his an nual address for"l8V9, thus alludes to the prep.aration and pre.servation of family record.s: “The first institution established by our benevolent Creator was the family, and it has been tlie chief school of human virtue. No influence for good is so great From it have emanated the principles, piety and patriotism, on which must forever rest the prosoerity and s'.rength ot nations. ‘The records of families,’ says Dr. Alexander Wilder, ‘constiiu.e the frame- v/ork of his- tory, and are invaluable auxiliaries to science, religion, and especially to civiliza tion ’ The ties of kindred are the golden links of that chain which binds families, States and Nations together in one great bond of humanity. Everything, therefore, which Dertahis to the history of our families | shoukrbe care fullr recorded and preserved for the benefit of those who are to follow us. He who collects and preserves his own I family history i.s not only a benefactor in j his way, but will deserve and receive the | grateful thanks of all future generations ‘He confers a priceless boon upon Ihos. whose names and achievements are thu ■ rescued from ohlivion, and preserves ihe experience and wisdom of ages for the emu lation and admonition of posterity.’ It is therefore a matter of special graiifica lion that so many of our wealthy and influential citizens have aided in publishing the history of their towns and the genealogies of their families. These praiseworihy examples are highly com- mendable, and permit m3: to say, that I have no s^'^mpathy v/ith those who care not from whence they came, or have no inter- est in the generations which are to succeed them.” Ko greater truths than the fore- going have ever been uttered, and we com- mend them to the earnest and serious con- sideration of every one of our readers. Every family should carefully preserve not only its own immediate record, but those preceding them, and if possible these should -be gathered in time together, and printed so that they may be permanently preserved. We are glad to note the increased interest taken everywhere in this particular sub- ject. Within the past week we have re- ceived numerous inquiries concerning the ancestors of the writers, to some of whom we were able to furnish interesting data. Unfortunately there are no church records of any account until recent years — and no public registry of marriages, births and deaths— so the genealogist must conflne his researches to tombstone inscriptions and records of the courts. Alas, ho w much Is lost; but again, how much there is left to collate and preserve. We can only close with this advice to our readers: that your own Family Record is complete. _ W. H. E. REV. DAVID BRAIN VISIT TO JU- NIATA ISILAND IN 1745. [The Rev. David Braiuerd, missionary to the Indians, was a native of Haddam, Conn., where he was born on the 20th of April, 1718. He entered Yale College in 1739, hut for some trivial oflense was ex- pelled therefrom in 1742. In July of that year, however, he was licensed to preach, and, having expressed a strong desire to spread the Gospel among the heathen, the Society for Propagating Christian Knowl- edge sent him as missionary to the Indians. He was first stationed at Kaunamuk, an In- dian village situated between Stockbridge and Albany. In 1744 these were removed to the former town, when his attention was called to the Delaware Indians. In June ot that year he was ordained by the presby- bytery of Newark, N. J., and took up his habitation near the Forks of the Delaware in Northampton county, Pa. Duringthis pe- riod he made two visits to the Indians on the Susquehanna. His mission here was not a successful one. He subsequently mission- ated among the India ns atCrosweeksung^ N. ;j., and was very successful, and nearly one ■hundred of the savages were baptized within the year. His- health; which was always delicate, completely broke down, and he returned to New England, dying at North- ampton, Mass , on the 9th of October, 1747. His biography was written by Rev. Jona- ^ than Edwards, who also edited his journals. President Edwards proved an unfortunate biographer, and from the full diary of the devoted missionary he eradicated everything save his religious expe- rience, and hence* very much relating to afiairs on the Susquehanna, narrated by an, intelligent missionary, has been lost to us. It w’as a period of which we know hut little of either the natives or pioneer settlers. The original journals are lost, or de-stfoyed, and, per-’ chance, some may say we ought to be thankful for what remains. Brainerd’s first visit was made in May, 1745, when he passed down the river from a visit to the Shawanese on Juniata, now Duncan’s Is- land. In September, 1745, he was at Sha- mokin (Sunbury) and traveled “down the river south westward.” We give such extracts from his diary as may be interest- ing to the readers of Notes and (Queries. w. H. E.] ■■ Bept. 19, 1745. — Visited an Indian town, called Juneauta, situate on an island in the Susquehanna. Was much discouraged with the temper and behavior of the Indians here; although they appeared friendly when I was with them the last spring, and then gave me encouragement t' come and see them again. But they now seemed resolved to retain their pagan notions and persist in their idolatrous practices. BepL 20. — Visited the Indians again at i Juneauta island, and found them almost universally very busy in mating prepara tions for a great sacrifice and dance. Had no opportunity to get them together, in order to discourse with them about Christi- anity, by reason of their being so much engaged about their sacrifice. My spirits were much sunk with a prospect so very discouraging; and especially seeing I had this day no interpreter but a pagan, who was as much attached to idolatry as any of them, and who could neither speak nor understand the language of these Indians; so that I was under the greatest disadvan- tages imaginable. However, I attempted to discourse privately with some of them, but without any appearance of success; notwithstandinff, I still tarried with them. In the evening they met together, nearly one hundred of them, and danced around a large fire, having prepared ten fat deer for the sacrifice. The fat of the inwards they burnt in the fire while they were dancing, which sometimes raised the flame to a prodigous height, at the same time yelling and shouting in such a manner that | they might easily have been heard two miles or more. They continued their sacred dance nearly all night, after which they ate >he flesh of the sacrifice, and so retired each one to his own lodging. ' I enjoyed little satisfaction; being entirely alone on the island, as to any Christian company, and in the midst of this idolatrous revel; and having walked to and fro till body and mind were pained and much oppressed, I at length crept into a little crib made for corn, and there slept on the poles. Lord's day, Sept. 21 — Spept the day with the Indians on the island. As soon as they were well up in the morning I attempted to insrtruct them, and labored for that pur pose to get them together; but soon found , they had something else to do; for near noon they gathered together all their pow- wows or conjurers, and set about half a dozen of them playing their juggling tricks, and acting their frantic, distracted postures, in order to find out why they were so sickly upon the island, numbers of them being at that time disordered with a fever and bloody flux. In this exercise they were engaged for several hours, mak- ing all the wild, ridiculous and distracted .motions imaginable, sometimes singing, sometimes howling, sometimes extending their hands to the utmost stretch, and spreading all their fingers; they seemed to push with them as if they designed to push pj something away, or at least keep it off at arm’s end; sometimes stroking their faces with their hands, then spurting water as ] fine as mist; sometimes sitting flat on the earth, then bowing down their faces to the ground; then wringing their sides as if in pain and anguish, twisting their faces, turning up their eyes, grunting, puffing, &c Their monstrous actions tended to excite ideas of horror, and seemed to have some- ihing in them, as I thought, peculiarly suited to raise the devil, if he could be raised by anything odd,* ridiculous and frightful Some of them, I could observe, were much more fervent and devout in the business than others, and seemed to chant, peep and mutter with a degree of warmth and vigor, as if determined to awaken and engage the pov/ers below. I sat at a small distance, not more than thirty feet from them, though undiscovered, with my Bible in , my hand resolving, if possible, to spoil their sport and prevent their receiving any answer from the infernal world, and there viewed the whole scene. They continued their hideous charms and incantations for more than three hours, until they had all wearied themselves out; although they Had in that space of time taken several intervals of rest; and at length broke up, I apprehended, without receiving any answer at all. After they had done pow-wowing, I at tempted to discourse with them about Cbristianity; but they soon scattered, and gave me no opportunity for anything of that nature. A view of these things, v/Hile I was entirely alone in the wilderness, de.s titute of the society of any one who so much as “named the name of Christ,” greatly sunk my spirits, and gave me the most gloomy turn of mind imaginable, almost ^stripped me of all resolution and hope re speciing further attempts for propagalinvi j the gospel and converting the pagans, and rendered this the most burdensome and dis agreeable Sabbath which I ever saw. Bat nothing, I can truly say, sunk and distressed me like the loss of my hope respecting their ^ conversion. Tnis concern appeared so great, and seemed to be so much my own, that I seemed to have nothing to do on , earth if this failed. A prospect of the’ great- est success in the saving conversion of souls under gospel light would have done little or j nothing towards compensating for the loss / of my hope in this respect; and my spirits now were so damped and depressed, that I had not heart nor power to make any fur ^ ther attempts among them for that purpose, and could not possibly recover my hope, jt resolution, and courage, by the utmost of . my endeavors. The Indians of this island can, many of them, understand the English language considerably well, having formerly lived in -some part of Maryland, among or near the ■ white people; but are very drunken, vicious and profane, although not so savage as those who have less acquaintance with the English. Their customs, in various re- spects, difler from those of the other Indians upon this river. They do pot bury their dead in a common form, but let their flesh consume above the ground, in close cribs made for that purpose. At the end of a year, or sometimes a longer space of time, they take the bones, when the flesh is all ' consumed, and w'ash and scrape them, and afterwards bury them with some ceremony, i Their method of charming or conjuring over the sick seems somewhat difierent | from that of the other Indians, though in substance the same. The whole of it among these and others, perhaps, is an imitation of what seems, by Naaman’s expression (2 Kings V. 11,) to have been the custom of the ancient heathen. It seems chiefly to consist in their “striking their hands over the diseased,” repeatedly stroking them, “and calling upon their god;” except the spurting of water like a mist, and some other frantic ceremonies common to the other conjurations which I have already mentioned. j When I was in this region In May last, I I had an opportunity of learning many of j tbe notions and customs of the Indians, as i well as observing many of their practices. I then traveled more than one hundred and thirty miles upon the river, above the Eng- lish settlements; and in that journey met with individuals of seven or eight distinct tribes, speaking as many different lan- guages. But of all the sights I ever saw among them, or indeed anywhere else, none appeared so frightful, or so near akin to what is usually imagined of infernal poicers, none ever excited such images of r error in my mind as the appearance of one who was a devout and zealous re-" former, or rather restorer of what he sup- posed w^as the ancient religion of the Indians. He made his appearance in his pontifical garb^ which was a coat of bear- skins, dressed with the hair on, and hang- ing down to his toes; a pair of bear skin stockings, and a great wooden face painted, the one half black, the other half tawny, about the color of an Indian’s skin, with an extravagant mouth* cut very much awry; the face fastened to a bear-skin cap, which^ was drawn over his head. He advanced towards me with the instrument in his hand which he used for music in his idolatrous worship; which was a dry tortoise shell with some corn in it, and the neck of it drawn on to a piece of wood, which made a very convenient handle. As he came for- ward he beat his tune with the rattle, an i danced with all his might, but did not suffer any part of his body,, not so much as his fingers, to be seen. No one would have imagined from his appearance or actions, that he could have been a human creature, if they had not had some intimation of it otherwise. When he came near me I could not but shrink away from him, although it was then noonday, and I knew who it was; his appearance and gestures were so pro- digously frightful. He had a house conse- crated to religious uses, with divers images cut upon the several parts of it. I went in, and found the ground beat almost as hard as a rock, with their frequent dancing upon it. I discoursed with him about Christianity. Some of my discourse he seemed to like, but some of it he disliked extremely. He told me that God had taught him his reli- gion, and that he would never turn from i it, but wanted to find some v;ho would join heartily with him in it; for the Indians, hei said, were grown very degenerate and corq rupt. He had thoughts, he said, of leavingi all his friends, and traveling abroad, in j order to find some who would join with him; 1 for he believed that God had some good • people somewhere, who felt as he did. He had not always, he said, felt as he now did; but had formerly been like the rest of tiie Indians, until about four or five years before that time. Then, he said, his heart was very much distressed, so that he could not live among the Indians, but got away into the woods, and lived alone for some months. At length, he said, God comforted his heart, and showed him what he should do; and since that time he had known God, and tried to serve him; and loved all men, be they who they would, so as^ he never did be- fore. He treated me with uncommon cour- tesy, and seemed to be hearty in it. I was told by the Indians, that he opposed their drinking strong liquor with all his power; and that, if at any time he could not dis : suade tl^em from it by all he could say, he i would leave them, and go crying into the woods. It was manifest tliat he had a set of religious notions which he had examined for himself, and not taken for granted upon bare tradition; and he relished or disrelished whatever was spoken of a religious nature, ' as it either agreed or disasrreed with/ii^; standard. While I was discoursing, he would sometimes say, ‘ ‘Now that I like ; so Grod has taught me,’’ &c. ; aud some of his sentiments seemed very just. ' Yet he utterly denied the existence of a devil, and declared there was no such creature known among the Indians of old times, whose religion he supposed he was attempting to revive. He likewise told me that departed souls went southward, and that the difference between the good and the bad was this; that the former were admitted into a beautiful town with spiritual walls, and that the latter would forever hover around these walls in vain attempts to get in. He seemed to be sincere, honest and conscientious in his own way, and according to his own religions notions; which w’as more than I ever saw in any other pagan. I perceived that he was looked upon and derided among most of the Indians as a ’precise zealot, who made a needless noise about religious matters; but I must say that there was something in his temper and disposition which looked more like true religion than anything I ever ob- served among other heathens. But, alas ! how deplorable is the slate of the Indians upon this river ! The brief re- presentation which I have here given of their notions and manners is sufficient to show that they are “led captive by Satan at his will,” in the mo'st eminent manner; and methinks might likewise be sufficient to excite the compassion and engage the prayers of God’s children for these their fellow-men, who “sit in the region of the shadow of death.” Sept. 22 . — Made some further attempts to instruct and Christianize the Indians on this island, but all to no purpose. They live so near the white people that they are always in the way ot strong liquor, as well as of the ill examples of nominal Christians; which renders it so unspeakaby difficult to treat them about Christianity. [In the summer of 1746 Brainerd, on his way to Shamokia, makes the following notes:] Aug. 19. —Lodged by the side of the Susquehanna. Was weak and disordered both this and the preceding da 3 ', and found rny spirits considerably dampened, meet- ing with none that I thought Godly peo- ple. Aug. 20. — Rode this day to one Cham- bers’, upon the Susquehanna, and there lodged. Was much afflicted in the even- ing with an ungodly crew, drinking, swear- ing, &c. Oh, what a hell would it be to be numbered among the ungodly. Aug 31. — Rode up the river about fifteen miles and there lodged in a family which appeared quite destitute of God. Labored lo discourse with the man about the life of reliuioii, but found him very artful in evad- ing such conversation. O, what a death it is to some to hear of the things of Goa i Was out of my element, but was not so d - jected as at some time. Aug. 23. — Continued my course up th- rivei, my people now being with me v/ho before were parted from me. Traveled above all the English settlements; at night lodged in the open woods, and slept with more comfort than while among an ungodly company of white people. Enjoyed some liberty in secret prayer this evening; and was helped lo remember dear friends, as well as my dear flock, and the church of God in general. [The next month, the missionary, en- feebled in health, passed down the river on his return home. He never came back. ] Sept. 9. — Rode down the river near thirty miles. Was extremely weak, much fatigued, and wet v/ith a thunder-storm. Discoursed with some warmth and closeness to some poor ignorant souls, on the life n.nd poieer of religion-, what were, and what were not the evidences of it. They seemed much astonished when they saw my Indians ask a blessing and give thanks at dinner, concluding that a very high evidence of grace in them; but were equally astonished when I insisted that neither that, nor yet secret prayer was anj- sure evidence of grace. O the ignorance of the world ! How are some empty outward forms, that may all be entirely selfish, mis- taken for true religion, infallible evidences I of it ! The Lord pity a deluded world ! j Sept. 11. — Rode homeward; but was very I weak, and sometimes scarce able to ride, i Had a very importunate invitation to preach at a' meeting-house I came by, the people being then gathered; but could not by reason of weakness. Was resigned and composed under my weakness; but was much exercised with concern for my com- panions in travel, whom I had left with much regret, some lame, and some sick. HABRISBUBQ VOIiUKTEEBS. For the TelegrapiI.] During the war with Great Britain, com- mencing in 1812, Pennsylvania was callea upon by the United States Goi ernment for a quota of five thousand men for public service. After the destruction of the Capi- tol at Washington, in August or September in 1814, four companies of volunteers marched from Harrisburg to Baltimore as part of the drafi made, and i;pmamed there in service three months. The first and oldest company called, “The Harrisburg Infantry,” was commanded by Captain Thomas Walker, numbering ninety-four men, all of whom at this date are dead, v/ith the exception of Mr. George J. Heisely, the sole survivor, yet living in Harrisburg, enjoying good health. The next company, second in date of organization, called “The I Harrisburg Artillerists,” was commanded by Captain Richard M. Crain, numbering I eighty- four men, all of whom, except Col. ‘ Samuel Shoch, of Columbia, have paid the debt of nature. He was born in Harris- burg on the 28th of May, 1797, and was the y oungest man of all the four companies that volunteered on that occasion, if not the youngest man of the whole quota, as he was believed and said to be. He is yet in full health and vigor after a service of more than forty years as chief officer of the Co- lumbia National bank, the presidency of which he still holds. The third comoany numbered fifiy-six men, was commanded by Captain John Carothers, and the fourth company, numbering sixty six men, was at first commanded by Captain Jeremiah Rees, and afterward by Captain Philip Cline. It is uncertain whether there are any survi-v vors of either of these two companies. The whole number of the four companies waS three hundred and were part of the First Brigade, commanded by General John Forster, of Harrisburg, and of the First Regiment, commanded by Colonel Max- well Kennedy, of Salisbury township, ^ Lancaster county. N«TJLS and GUEKtES— XLI. Bistorical autl Genealogical. , MSS. FROM Herculaneum.— In 1820 the I State of Pennsylvania purchased for the Library a valuable BISS, found in Hercula- neum. What became of tliis curiosity ? Capitol of the State.— In 1808 stren- uous efforts w^ere made by the citizens of Middletown to have the seat of State Gov- ernment fixed at that point. Had it not been for this division in the Councils by the representatives from Dauphin county, it is probable Harrisburg -would have been chosen several years before — hut at last our good neighbors on the Swatara gracefully yielded, and were just as enthusiastic as our own citizens to locate the Cajfitol here. Boyd— Wallace, &c.— Joseph Boyd, (N. & Q xxxix), son of William Boyd, married Elizabeth Wallace, daughter Of Robert and Mary Wallace, of Derry. She ' was born in 1745; d. April 13, 1802. They : left issue i. William, m. Martha Cowden. ii. Mary, m. William Baird. Hi. Margaret, m. William M’Douald. » iv. Ann, d. unm. “ V. Jane, d. uum. J. C. A. [Tk'e Mary Wallace, wife of Robert Wal- lace, above mentioned, and of whom inquiry has been made, we are of the opinion \\ras a daughter of Robert Ibxigers sr., of Han over. He had a daughter Mary who mar- ried a Wallace, aud as Robert Wallace, who resided iu Derry, was at Hanover at the death-bed of Robert Rodgers, jr., wit- nessing his will, the inference is very strong that there was such relationship existing. W. IT. E. ] The Old-Time Fairs. — “People have always had amusements and will patronize them.” Some of tlie annual attractions in the interior of the State, sixty or seventy years ago, were taim, which were legalized I by acts of the Assembly. They were held j on fixed days, at tlie different county seats, 'so that venders of eatables and drinks, as as well as those who conducted amusements went from place to place. The month of Blay was the time fixed, ;Und two days were allowed; but as most of I the men could only devote one day of time, Ithe first was the most important. Here they were held in the market house, and innumerable booths W’ero erected in the Square, where the tables were spread with cakes, beer, porter and ale. Most of the lads and lassies of the surrounding country attended— also the fighting men, who had regular set fights. The principal pugilist of Harrisburg was , while : a respectable farmer of Cumber- land county, often came here to fight. Tin y wmre large, atblAic men and well matched. Others also engaged in the same brutal sport. At an e irly day the ot Cumberland comity -were noted men for figbling. While the fair was going on in the Square, dancing was carried on with great spirit in the diflerent taverns in town. This was kept up most of the day and night. Other amusenienls, the circus,' puppet shows, flying lioises, and games of various kinds, vvere in full blast all over the borough. So demoralizing, however, did these fairs become, than an act was subse- sequently passed abolishing and forbidding them. -B. Huguenots in DAurni:i County.— We propose to gather up all data relating to the settlement of Huguenots in this section of the State. They were not many, it is true, but their descendants, no doubt, possess records and traditionsrejative totheir flight from France, their coming to this country, and their pioneer life in the wilds of Pennsylvania. These will be of great intere^t and value, and in the hope of preserving them for posterity, we request all who have any fact;.; that may bear on the subject to forward them. w. n. e. Campbell — Bowman — Clark — Samuel Campbell, of Derry died in October, 1747. He left a wife, and children as follows: i. Hugh, who m. and had Elizabeth and Samuel. ii. Mary, m. Thomas Bowman, and had' Jean and Elizabeth. Hi. Williara. , tv. m. James Ciark, and had John, Samuel, Isabella and Jean. The Campbells were early settlers in Derry. Among the oldest inscriptions in the graveyard there, -are those of mem- hers of that family : John Campbell d. February 20, 1734, aged 78 years. James Campbell, jun, d. August 25,1757, in his 33d year. James Campbell, sen. d. May 31, 1771, aged 80 years; his second wife, Agnes, d. April 3, 1757, aged 50 years. James Campbell, the third in descent, d. June 10, 1783, aged 25 years. Information, however, is especially re- quested concerning the children of Mary Bowman and Jean Clark. w. n. e. FAMILY OF JAMKS HALL AND PKU- KOi>8>Y,* Among the first settlers along the Cone- wago were the Halls, Roddys, Mordahs, Bowmans, MQueen’s and other familiar Scotch-Irish names, but whose descendants^ have all gdiie but from the old locality and become prominent in the South and West, knowing but little of the pioneer life of their pious ancestors, and less of the locality where soiv-e of those ancestors were born. Tn searching among the records of “the days which are past,” we come'across facts ;relating to these hardy pioneers, and if it is possible to trace up their after liistory, we essay to do it. Of course, llieie are but ‘few persons who cam for records beyond their own families; and though there are none probably in this locality related or connected with the family whose genea- logical details we present in this number of Netes and Queries, yet in the hope that the •interest of some may be aroused in the gathering up the scattered fragments of their own family history — we give that which follow. We have gleaned the facts from various fields, and as a record of one of our earliest settlers it is worthy of preser- vation. I. James Hall, son of Hugh Hall, b. in Ireland, 1705; m. in 1730 Prudence Roddy, bis cousin, daughter of James Roddy, b. 1710 in Ireland. Both emigrated to Penn- sylvania in early life, as their parents names appear on the first assessment list of Done- gal township, LancastNancy Tur- ner. I III. Huon Hall, b. 1742, m. Margeret I King and had issue: — [Hugh Hall was an ensign in Capt. Adam Read’s company, of Colonel (after- wards General) Hugh Mercer’s Third Penn- sylvania Battalion, in the Forbes expedi- tion, commissioned May 4th, 1758. On the rolls he is certified to as “of a reputable and good family in Lancaster county.’’ He went to North Carolina at the close of the French and Indian war.] i. Prudence m. A. Hill. 9. ii. Margaret m. Rev. L. F. Wilson. iii. Mary m James Cowan. iv. Elizabeth m. James M’Cord, M. D. 10. V. James m. Elizabeth Nesbit. 11. vi. Samuel m. Mary Gregg. 12. vii. Richard m Martha More. viii. Dorcas m. 1st, A. Knox; 2d, Robt. I Johnston. : I ix. Sophia m. Alexander Barr. j X. Sarah m. David Adams. | xi. Jane m. Mpses Hague. j lY. Thomas Hall, b. 1751, m. Elizabeth I Sloan, and had issue — i. Prudence m. William Stevenson. 13. ii. James m. Rachel Johnston. | iii. Fergus m. Margaret Bell; removed ' very early to Tennessee. 14. iv. Rev. Thomas J. m. Amy Wal- lace. 15. V. Alexander m. Adaline Sharpe. vi. Margaret m. James Hill. vii. Mary m. William S, Johnston, and had Rev. T. P. and Prof. Mortimer John- ston. viii. Ann m. Samuel Johnston. ix. Sarah m. Benjamin Knox. 16. X. William Davidson m. Elizabeth Gregg. 17. xi. Hugh m. Matilda Crawford. 18. xii. Robert Sloan m. Ann King. , Y. Joseph Hall, m. Dorcas Yandever, and had— i. Mary. ii. Elizabeth. iii. William D., m. Ann Hoke, and had Julius, d. in war — Merrill, Adaline, Mar- tha, Candace, Henry, William, John, and Laura, d. s. p. iv. Rufus Scott, a lawyer resident in 1 Tennessee, m. Jemima , and had issue. I y. Maria R., m. James M’Laughlin, and had Margaret, m. Rev. LeQuex, John F., William A., E. Irvin, Laura, d. s. p., and Walter. vi. Alexander. vii. Lorenzo. viii. Martha. ix. Hugh, m. 1st, Bolio, and had Julia and Betsy; 3d, Smith, VI. Thomas Hall, m. Mary Collins, and had — i. Prudence. li. Emeline. iii. Emma. iv. Robert Alexander, d. s. p. V. Mary Ann, m. A. Garrison. ‘ vi. Robert A., d. in the war of 1861-5. vii. Elizabeth, m. Richard Nesbit, and had Jasper and Udell. viii. Martha Clarrisa. VII. Hugh Roddy Hall, m. Mary Nesbit and had — i. Laura m, C. W. Smith. ii. Eugenia m. Wm. C. White, and had Hugh Ralph, Alvin Flake, Mary, Lizzie and Lavinia. iii. Anthony d. in the war of 1861-5. iv. Milroy Niabet m. Martha Adams, , and had Mary C., Ashley and Eugenia Rockwell. VIII. Robert James Hall m. Nancy Turner, and had issue — i. Sarah Ann m. Samuel Adams, of Ohio. IX. M AUG ABET Hall m. Rev. L, F. i Wilson, and had — - . i. Hugh m. Ethalinda Hall. ii. Lewis F. I X. James Hall m. Elizabeth Nesbit, and had — i Eliza m. Sheldon Lemmons, M. D. (Yale 1816). ii. John Nesbit m. — -^Alexander, ar^d had John G.. Hattie and Rose. iii. James W. m. Eliza Kearns, had Mary and John P. XI. Samuel Hall m. Mary Gregg, and had— i. Olivia m. Rev. William A. Hall, of Tenn. ii. Mary m. John G. Hall. iii. Sophia m. William Garrison. | iv. Elizabeth Gregg. | V. Samuel P. ' XII. Richard Hall m. Martha More, and had — i. Mary. ii. Elizabeth. iii. Hugh Addison m. and had .Margaret, Samuel, Franklin, Mary, Elizabeth Con- stantine, John Ramsey, Wm. Penn. James Monroe and Ann H. iv. James K. m. Fanny Rank. XIII. Jamcs Hall m. Rachel Johnston and had — i. Jesse D. m. Rebecca M’Gracy; re- moved to Tennessee. ii. Elizabeth m. Sloan Mathews. iii. Ethelinda m. Rev. Hugh Wilson. iv. Rev. William A. m. Olivia Hall, and had Emma C., Spencer H. and Julia. V. Thomas m. 1st E. Sharp, 3d, — Sample, 3d, — Perkins. vi. Rev. James D. m. 1st Isabella Scott, and had Rev. Wm. T. m. Witherspoon; 2d Brandon; 3d. Neagle, and had Elva m. Rev. Robert M. Hall. vii. Nancy E. m. James B. Gracy. viii. David J. m. Dorcas Sherrill. ix. Fergus A. m. Catharjne Sherrill. X. Johh J. m. 1st, Mr Sharpe; 2d, — Sharpe, XIV. Rev. Thomas J. Hall m. Amy' Wallace, and had — i. Cedilla ra. Rev. J. R. Wood. ii. Emma m. Rev. Calvert, of Ky • ' XV. Alexander Hall m. Adaline Sharpe, and had — i. Mary m. Alexander M’Rae. , ii. Ethalinda Catherine m. Robert M’Lelland. iii. John. iv. Matilda. V. Melissa d. s. p. vi. Alphosa. XVI. Wm Davidson Hall m. Eliza- beth Gregg, and had — * - i. Thomas. ’ j ii. James. ■* iii. Elias Gregg. , i iv. William. ' ! V. Sarah. j vi. 'Richard. I vii. Henry. , 1 viii. John. 7 ix. ‘ Robert. ^ X. 'Harriet. xi. Henrietta. xii. Ermina. XVII. Hugh Hall m. Matilda Craw- ford, and bad — i. Elizabeth m. Baker. ii. Pinckney. iii. Sarah. iv. David. V. Sidney, vi. Jane. I vii. Wilson. I viii. Claudius. j XVIII. Robeht Sloan Halt. m. Ann ; King (ot Illinois), and had — v i. -James. ii. Mary. ^ iii. Chalmers, iv. Amanda. V, Elizabeth. vi. Matilda. vii. Martha. viii. Caroline. ix. Electa. X. Rev. Robert M. m. Elva Hall. Vv'iih the exception of the Rev. James Hall, D. D,, we have little biographical details of those named in the foregoing re- cord. We are remote from those, con- nected, which will account for the lack of i data. , ^ w. H. E. feral secfurity to 'lof the amount advanced to me by Mr. Blaine and for no I'pose, and are so held to day. Vole transaction was purely* of a [character, fair on the part of Mr. I) every respect, and satisfactory If. W. D. Lee * )enite Hotel, Nein York City, Sept. 34. lEW OKLii<:ANS EXPOSITION. Jiobert H. Thomas, of Mechanics- i-lternate Commissioner of Penn- [afor the World’s Centennial Ex- (i, which opens in the city of New December 1st next, and con >pen for six months, has issued a Ir letter to the people of Pennsyl- [calling attention to the exhibition, is already an assured success. As [ghl}’’ important that the great State insylvania should be amply and J’.ghly represented, Mr. Thomas asks [o-operation of every farmer in the Those who are willing to assist in mrk will proceed as follows : each contributor give to this pur- [twoquartsof every kind and vari- )f wheat, rye, oats,' barley and other lis raised by him this season, placing [samples of each, separately, in a ig paper sack, marked with the name variety of cereal, vame of donor, hty and township. The entire contri- lons of each one to be packed in a f, and forwarded to R. H. Thomas, ihanicsburg, Cumberland county, insylvania, the freight to be paid by Do not ship by express if at all ^sible to send by regular freight, as the [mer will be too expensive to me. Samples of potatoes, winter apples, irs, quinces, etc., in cpiantity of ten 3h; corn, ten ears of each variety; dried fd evaporated fruits in one quart parcels, id other products of the farm, orchard jid garden that will bear transportation id keep without decay fora few months, iay be included in contributions Icr ex- libition. In order to make the undertaking sue- Cnas. il. Asay, Mr. Brock and i Dr. Giiilford. Dr. James W. Kerr c from York, and among those from vicinity were John Logan, of Coney/ tov/nship, who is now 85 years old, has been a trustee of the church for years ; Michael Moyer, and oth From Carlisle were present Kcv. Murray and Rev. Vance. . The nev/ church, which has been co pleted as far as the first story, is of sto from the vicinit 3 ^ and will be of Gotl design. Ro conception can be fornn of its beauty in its present uncomplet state. A temporary flooring is laid, upo which were arranged seats for those pa ticlpatiug, and all of which were flllec many standing during the services. 1 the corner was the pulpit of the ancien church, once more brought into use. space had been set apart for the choir, and a large organ provided. At half- past tea o’clock the assemblage was called to order by A. Boyd Hamil- ton, and Rev. Dr. Murray ascended the pulpit and delivered a devout invocation. A choir, comprised of the following la dies and gentlemen, then sang Dudley Buck’s “Te Deum Laudamus:” Mrs. j. W. Deeter, Mrs. G. W. Macauley, IVIrs. E. Z. Gross, Miss Sadie Chayne, Miss Helen Espy, Miss Mollie Bingham, Mrs. John Garner, E. Z. Gross, Br. H. B. Buehler, John P. Charlton, Geo. Rhine hart, W. A. Robinson, Geo. R. Fleming. IVliss Mary Sergeant presided at the organ. Rev. iVm. A. West, of Harrisburg, followed in prayer. lie recognized the hand of God in the work done in tlie past on this spot, and prayed for a continu- ance of divine grace in the future. Judge Simonton needed no introduc- tion to the audience, and stepped into the ancient pulpit from which as a boy he had heard many sermons preached. Judge Simonton made a brief address, in which he spoke of the importance al- W’ays attached to the laying of a corner stone, arising from the fact that it sym- bolizes the existence of a church w'hich is to be the center for influences of good M the S^tch-Ti’ish of tlie New World l^ght their faith with waa not forgotten, ji-light which light- [the stormy Atlantic iiess to found a new I eared their Bethels cries of Ireland and [low in becoming [n. They saw that iSO many that miii- l these followed in [(' Master’s work. and Cross, and die earliest of that jbyterian divines f d local it}\ They zealously in the iions were formed. Derry were or- iel the same time, re of the church Ince this dale has Ihe organization. |>"ears ago! Not of localities in sea, but here in dmek to the be Let us picture here at that fundings, and i.? transpiring In the Year of the change ! canopy — the b only sounds the preach- In ess and the ]g locomotive )nies of this that day an [have decided Their good [0 not perme- idience who lorial shrine half which [las fired the The filouth Deri^ Both are buriea m yon closure. Permit me to read tiie im lions on their tombstones: Over the Ilev. William Bertram’s is TI Here Lieth the Remains of the REV. WILTAAM BERTRAM first pastor of the Congregation leho departed this life ye 2d May, 1740, aged 72 years. Over the last pastor ot Derry, tlie 1’ John Roan — Beneath this Stone Are deposited the Remains of an able, faithful courageous successful Minister of Jesus Christ the RETD. JOHN ROAN Pastor of Paxton, Derry Mount Joy\ Congregations from the year 1745 till Oct. 3, 1775 When he exchanged A militant for a triumphant Life In the 59^7i year of his age. Bertram and Roan deserve to be he! in grateful remembrance. They wel both valiant soldiers of the cross, nev swerving from duty, battling for til faith as delivered to them in that not; era when the people ran after strand teachers. In the days of the Whitfief excitement, the Rev. John Roan w^as tlj only one of the Presbyterian ministej who in the presence of Whitfield dii puted his religious theories, and thescev at Fagg’s Manor, where the courageoil minister of Derry combatted the schisnl of Whitfield, was one of the grandest pi] tures which emblazons the annals fj American Presbyterianism. What hoped for he never lived to see, nor ani of his congregation. It was a hundrel years after his death that the Union l( prayed for was accomplished. Following Roan, came again as th| guardian of old Derry that good old hej civil and spiritual, Parson Elder; and fn 1775 to July, 1792, when he, too, paj to his final rest, was the revered istcr , of united Democratic victory ot The uresent publication papers like tile Philadel ing that the chances are to the Republicans; a confessions the sam before the Maine I they pretended to con jority, expecting the fij H^^HWnersTnits empiC/T same as a section-boss on a >es with the navies they direct, need of the day is. that peo- boards alike should learn, that at, ion of the teacher is necessary improvement of the school, and talent and cultivation needed in hers office cannot be obtained and [for the rate of pay commanded [heavers. I — - Lonsideration of the English spar- Icstion by the ornithological so- I New York on Wednesday re- in the same conclusion as has Iched by the people of Pennsyl- The English Lordi of discretion, and sobai their demand as to wi| to pass the iranchise \ distribution bill in a f< them is put forward v ing down is reported i indignation of the Qi I gards as an invasion ( I ative. The same I through her media I Prince of Wales, the! I to compromise with they should pass the f distribution bill is s time and is s? Gladstone concede! shall be laid before t pass the franchise 1 let them have any (I I the franchise bil J niil~tnn" ling erected [in time gave iTucture that Is was known re of Derry, ^nderson, of i-liftli of his ig the same le first stated [after be dis- javid Evans le people, of at first desig- IpringCreek, fishing creek. Donegal Pres- ipply to them was an effort possible to the )untry. The iscipline and been adopted IS near as cir fiiristian pru- |e none on the [enominations [round. The |em, and they congregations [squired them, jhe forming of [eeting house rer to another biles, thedis- fy the careful appointed by |.nd chain, and produced of a to sustain the we will see s of Don- [ang, Derry, Lbin less than ien the town the people organize a ife-time of against th^^(^rec- _ ertram, and Roan and holy men of God, with the flocks they tended, passed from the lane living. From the death of ParsouT Elde[ to the year 1803, there appear to havs been three ministers. In 1793 the Rev, Nathaniel R. Snowden was called. Two jrears after he applied for a dissolution trom Derry — but Paxtang, true to her first and only love, preferred Derry to Hariisburg, and declared in favor of holding the connexion therewith. Thus approved by Presbytery, Paxtang and Derry were declared vacant, Mr. Snow- den remaining as minister of the new congregation at the county town. For several years thereafter the pulpit of Derry was occupied by supplies. On the 29th of October, 1798, the Rev. Joshua Williams was installed pastor of these churches, and for four years con- tinued with their rapidly diminishing flocks. Then came the young and talented Adair — but before he was installed death called him away from the earthly to im- mortal life. In yonder graveyard is a stone with this inscription ; In Memory of JAMES ADAIR, Preacher of the Gospel, ^oho departed this life Sept. 20, 1S03, aged 32 years. Until the year 1807 the churches were without a regular minister. In September of the previous year a call was given the Rev. James R. Sharon. He was installed pastor of Paxtang and Derry on the 29th of May, 1807, and for a period of thirty- six years he ministered to these congre- gations. He was a man universally re- spected for the purity of his faith and the integrity of his moral character. He was a native of Lost Creek Valley, in nowj Juniata county, Penn’a. where he wasj born on the 27th of April, 1775. He graduated at Dickinson College, studied theology, and was licensed by Carlisle Presbytery. He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. McMean, near New berry, Lycoming rmei ixunuei ana iVlajOr iidbricige Me Conkey, and his report was based on their statenients alone. No statement was re- ceived from anybody else. The matter was then printed, and Mr. Bergner con tradicted it. I told Bergner he had told me the same story, and he said he had, but said nothing about checks. I told him he had said that Kemble had stated at Cincinnati that he had to pay Blaine twice to rule in his favor. IVIr. Bergner said lie could not vote for Mr. Blaine, because he knew him to be a corrupt man. I advised him not to publish his^ contradiction, but he nsislcd upon it. He never told me any- thing in the rooms of the Social Club, but on the streets. He said the Demo- crats wouln like to see Blaine nominated because it could be proved upon him that he is a corrupt man. I never spoke to a soul about it until the day after its publi- cation in the Patriot. Elbridge M’Conkey, the next witness, said he was Resident Clerk ot the House of Representatives. He said he had a conversation with Mr. Bergner in the social club room and Mr. B. deprecated the nomination of Blaine as unwise and predicted his defeat, telling at the same time the Kemble check story, and saying it could not be disputed. That he (Bergner) was present at Cincinnati and saw Kemble show the two checks he had given to Blaine, and remark that they were pay for buying Blaine. Mr. Berg- ner said he had seen those checks and had them in his hand. I gave this in- formation to Mr. Herbert. On June 15 Herbert told me that he had also been told the Kemble check story by Samuel Kunkel. The result was this publication. I). W. Seiler, of Harrisburg, sworn, and said he confirmed what Mr. M’Con- key said. Mr. Bergner said he saw the checks. Frank A. Boehmer, sworn : Said he never had a conversation with Mr. Berg- ner when he made those statements pub- lished. He denied the statements partly, and said it \vas not represented as he had staled. Low^ anon clairl trict, the Juniata hr non addedj ’80 Lebai represen tal the persoij In additk terms, Le^ represental gentlemani ther Congrl terms whilf with Schu:^ as I have has had U representati years of (| while Dauj certainly nc Our populafi clearly dems] other term tion. It is I the citizens nestly and c\ be now recoj conference of Mr. WiesJ nominated bj county. ThI mous choice] that he has this strongh( county ticket city and com nitiou of nee a matti the city of wj dent; and in nation, whieJ entitled to c[ composing district, tl)^^ more than )?ir wdll secure V faith Inland H bds NSiGi-TOK Capel bas not always spo- i;ii doctrines acceptable in this country, but in his remarks on the subject of sui- cide we think his wisdom will be recog- nized everywhere. He attributes the propensity to self-destruction to “moral weakness,” abnormally increased by the over stimulation of the mental faculties, through the process of forcing in the schools, and afterwards by the earnest worship of the golden calf. The remedy is the culture of the moral sense by Chris- tian Teachers, and the cultivation of the habit of self control in youth, which are too much neglected under our present system of education. The subject is one well worth the attention of educators and thoughtful men and women of all classes, that modifications of our systems may be adopted, which will save our schools from becoming a curse instead of a blessing. ■ A GOOD deal of sympathy is being evoked by the fact that the sulfering and death inflicted by cholera is not the only evil it carries with it. Demoralization and stagnation of business follow for months after the disease disappears, and in Soutliern France, Italy, and the af- flicted portions of Spain, it is expected that the hardship will fall this winter with peculiar severity. That region is usually full of life duringtlie winter from the presence of thousands of tourists, who make by far the greatest amount of the business upon w^hich the inhabitants depend, and that will be substantially de- stroyed for this season. Not only the keepers of hotels, the thousands employed in the hotels, but the various occupations dependent upon the presence of the so- journers in the hotels, will probably be equal to the idleness of half t trust traders to stand by thei?®; man, a]ic,AOW they want to hold the tar iff Demi ^irat's by denying that Cleveland ever wiote such letters. If Cleveland should s ly any thing that would put him on eithe ‘ side of the issue, one side or the other wDuld be offended, so they put a padlock on his lips, and force him to con- fine his utterances to the assertion of his own trauscendant personal virtues. They are running a campaign of deceit, which they must sustain by hard lying. The a.ddress of the Republican Hation- al Committee to the people of the South, in which it appeals to their manhood and intelligence, can hardlj'’ fail to have good results, even if it changes no votes. It will challenge attention at the South, and the fi’aternal feeling it breathes in every line must have an effect in softening the bit terness which the Democrats have so sedulously cultivated in the South, and tend in the near future to create a senti- ment there that will compel the Demo crats either to adopt a more patriotic pol- icy and permit the laws to operate there as they do in the North or pass out of power. Its appeal to the interests of the South 0.1 the question of protection is strongly and effectively stated, and can- not fall barren of effect. That some of the Southern States may vote Republiban this fall is not hopeless; that the people must see from its plain and faithful state- ments that a change is inevitable, is cer- tain. A Gooo deal of surprise was felt in this country at the attacks made upon the policy of our State Department in the matter of the Peruvian-Chili complica- tions wh le Mr. Blaine was Secretary of State, (j'orrupt purpose was violently ore iemorant ;ry IS withhm have to yield. The newspape Greenbackers in Bellefontc agreed fusion electoral ticl crats, provided the give them half the e be a very liberal ba backers, but as it is Democrats in this forlorn hope at that, that they will agree the real cause of th young chairman of tl to this city yesterday^ the bosses for their cc bargain ? we would n- thing in the way of ju the Democrats cannol late years been disc( effect such an arrange the result, would be t to twenty thousand t( The reports that cc that the Empress has vor of peace and that will cease, pending tt Admiral Courbet ha upon the Island of I further negotiations matter what successe achieve along the coa duce any effect upon 1 have no commerce to terests in common by being killed will car peace or war. These, all the points comprise of the last few da-' contradictory, but news authorities sj people must accepj harfielc L>ar,~iie I3aia, tlie laying of this corner stone is of more than ordinary interest and import ance. It is not the establishment of a new center of influence, but the gathering up and connecting of the spiritual influ- ences and for that have been excited here for generations. He contrasted the pres- ent condition of the region in which the church is situated with what it was when the church was first built, and showed how self-denying a work it was then to build and maintain a church. He spoke of the long line of worshipers extending from generations, who had here their splritaul home. In his early youth he had met here with the latest of these generations, many of whom now sleep in the churchyard near by, while others, and descendents of others, are spread abroad through the Western part of our country. As in some part the representative of these, the living and the dead, and in their name he rejoiced in the rebuilding of the church, and he thanked all those who had aided by their contributions and their labors. He congratulated the citizens of the neigh- borhood on having the church in the midst of them, and thanked them for their co operation. Especially did he thank Mr. A. Boyd Hamilton for his ex- cellent work. Rev. Samuel A. Martin, of Lebanon, followed in a commemoration sermon, delivered with an eas}" grace and heard distinctly by all. The following is i the full text of his sermon: “Loi*U, Tliou bast iDeen our a welling place in all generations. ”--Ps. xc, 1. Change and decay mark all things earthly. Summer and winter come and go; seed time and harvest succeed each other in un- varied order. Infancy glides into youth, youth grows into manhood, manhood into age and age descends into the silent tomb, while the soul returns to i2od who gave it.\±"amilies and nations- rise and tlonrish, then decline and fall and are forgotten. Cities and empires that are built to last for- ever pass away and are bat things of his- tory. A thousand voices echo the sadie- irain, all flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. Jlelentlessly the wheels of time roil on in silence, but in awful .niajesty. Ohr wild impatience can not hasten the years, nor can our deep reluctance holdithem ba<>k. Time ' will change and men chv^ til time shall be no,mor'a put deJay, and if at all possible have («"‘samples reach Mr. Thomas by No- ;mber 1st. As a people we are all greatly interested the success of this project. A failure ill reflect adversely on the cause of ag- 3ulture, while a grand suceess will give their calling a character and standing cond to that of no other. CUMBERI.AND COUNTY NOTES. jissorings aud Condensations from Bright Valley Exchanges. ^he old Chambersburg band will run [excursion to Baltimore^city on Satur- \ October 11. ^he Rev. H. Berghaus, the new rector 1 Trinity churcb, Chambersburg, wdll [er upon his duties next Sunday. ^he old brethren of the Tunker church hold a communion meeting at the trim meeting house, near Brown’s 1, on Wednesday, October 8th. The ;ting will begin at 10 o’clock a. m. and je at night. [ditor Duncan, of the Chambersburg ^Z(?,hasbeen entered in $500 bail for his jarance at court to answer the charge Ibel, brought against him by a party [agerstown. The suit will probabl}^ [e an interesting one. hile on a visit to relatives in K insas, lather of Mr. Benjamine Musser, who les near Greenvillage, had the mis- Ine to fall from a w'agou, sustaining [ies from which he died last week, remains have been brought home lie will be buried from his residence 1 . Joy to-day. leport comes from Roxbury to the that another murder has been com - Id in that now notorious vicinity, body was discovered on Wednesday ^ig on the road between Fannetts- ind Roxbuiy, a little beyond the dt of Kittatinny mountain. It was If a tunnel laborer, evidently, being clad and -wearing no coat or vest. IS of the average height and wore [ish mustache. A heavy club, clot- ^ blood and hair, -was picked up body, - yhich l^y on its. back, ^s and rocks. ni ioTIi 3Hl lINfl OLD DERRY CHURCH. LAYlNCi THE CORNER STONE OF NEW STRUCTURE. Ad:lre.?scs by Judge J. W. SimoiB Eev. S A.IVIavtin aud Dv. W. II El —The Stone i’hiec(i in Fosition I)! Ot^.soeudHr.is of a Former Ministe_> of Old Derrj— A Suecessfui Adair— &c., &c., &c, Could the staid old settlers of the I region have risen from their last re^l place In the old grave yard adjoij Derry church this morning, they wf have beheld a ditferent scene from which greeted them when alive anj the flesh and wont to worship God iif old kirk. Instead of the wooden eu of their day, with its quaint old heil ings, its naiTQw, elevated pulpit, its 1| stifl-backed seats, the heavy doors wooden locks, tne devout congre^ with their hearts and minds on Go^ famil^^ and an eye on the inimic man, the good old preacher with hisj mon divided into twenty -five sep? and distinct heads, the grove wf' grand old trees and the quaint costuj watchers while the others worshippJ instead of this they would have sceif assemblage gathered to perpetiixte| work began so long ago. The old ch] gone, and in the place the beginning! new edifice to mark the site of so n| good done. The laying of the corner-stone oj nev7 Derry chu.icli was accomplislu and with great rre present a great n Ion, the liim turn thing is to own your Jer skates and a neat basr in which hem to the rink. the Mozart and_ Thursday dubs riace indications of friendshin, >ne can tell what is boiling under - nobody is crying iiimself hoarse independent candidate in this it keep's a good hammer goino- lly to nail campaign lies. ' 'AMPAIGN JLIE KXPOSKl». om W. D. Lee in Regard to the TranKaction—Mr, Blaine ditor of the Trihune. I have read the statement in Pont of this date, sisrned bv ' Brooks of fioslou, wiai heaii 'oektng \ alley- AnotUv Blaine d Exposed.’ ' In justice to Mr desire to say tliat his ieuer t(i f“Ddy, dated Bar Har- . July 32, set foril, i„ said state- tiue. In 1880 I solicited Mr. hough the Hon. Tlionus Ewinir oey, to subscribe for one share m as styled the “Hope Furnace socialion,” u-liich he did, and I he was to pay $25,000. This loi) was made and paid upon the Inaf ]f at the end of two A’^eai s should decide not to take the r, then, upon notice to that effect to retund the amount paid with t. inteiest, and the transaction ' regarded as a loan. "nd of the two year/ FiiE WEE KLY TE LEGRAPH HARRISBURG PUBLISHING CO., M. W. McALARNEY, Manager i*(JBLISHED EveUY WEDNESDAY MORNING Single Copies by Mail One Dollar and Twenty-Five Cents a Year; Clubs of Ten OR MORE TO one ADDRESS, ONE DOLLAR A Year per copy, postage free. Advertisements Twenty Cents a Line in Daily and Thirty in Weekly, except by Special Contract. TiJE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Published Every Evening Except Sunday Telegraph Building. Third and Market St Delivered AviTHiN the city by carriers at Ten Cents a Week. Mailed to Subscribers at Five Dollars a Y ear, or Forty Cents a AIonth. The only Republican paper and the Oldest Nev/spaper Published in Harrisburg, AND THE only EVENING PAPER RECEIVING Associated Press Dispatches. All Letters and Telegrams should be Addressed to THE HARRISBURG PUBOSHING (X\, HARRISBURG, FjCNNA. TilP Weekly Telegraph Until the close ol the time we sons for. rently, L] A GIIJ upon j( ings, anJ who ch(| men or select aj tions, ai counec-; journal I notoriel manly, wanton! p]e,ontj cernei nalisc seek, ^ time w] evil pr not likl cliildrt the uo?J imaginj can noli their a to[ that t1 broken the buJ the D(\ and tkl SI3€Cta] )4 to ears, 3rms, n the 1 Kil- Mr. trms ; ears. Lrken Lhad Ihilst ■turn land luirn I the ided lung One of the most expert bicyclists in Salem, Oregon, is a man with a wooden leg. TiiANQUiL is the name, but not the na- ture of a particularly boisterous Kansas town.* In a single game of Lacrosse at Toronto Canada, one man was knocked senseless, a sccontihad a thump broken, a third in- jured his collar bone and a fourth his arm, to saj’- nothing of several out and out fights. A Boston girl, finding that she re- markably resembled the leading actress in a theatrical company; found diversion in ordering a large quantity of finery sent to her double, and signing that person’s name to numerous passes. From dawn till dusk in a Mexican market one hears the cake vender shout- ipg in Spanish, “Fat litile cakes! Fat little cakes? Here are good fat little cakes!’’ While the fruit peddler, the candy boy, the seller of beverages, and a hundred others carol in concei t their various strains. “Who wants mats from Pueblo — mats of twenty yards?” cries the seller of woven straw. “Salt beef ! Salt beef !” interrupts the butcher, and the vender of poultry, sitting among her fowls in the sun, sings lazily by the hour, ‘-Ducks and chickens! Oh, my soul! good ducks and chickers!” A Chinese pamphlet recently circula- ted in Hong Kong against the Christian mission work, affirms that Europeans do not belong to the human race. Imt arede sceuded from monkeys. The lace (d beings wo’sbips neither the heavens Bfc||^^h;they do not honor their respect for their forc- as moral any Should allow his fo great issues to be PT^y ogotistic passion, and ^Ihat he would be less immoral, Ttiougli he Vvere as lax in his per:^ sonal habits as Sir Robert Walpole, if at the same time his sense of the public wel- fare were supreme in hi? mind; quelling all prettier impulses beneath a magnani- mous impartiality.” The conclusion is therefore irresistable that if Cleveland was as bad as Walpole still the American people ought to make him their President. Now, who and what was Walpole. He was an English statesman of one hundred and fifty years ago; sometime a minister of George I, and a member of Parliament. He was a man of course mind, vulgar habits, ob- scene language, and brutal instincts. He was smart, without education; shrewd without intellectual cultivation or his- torical knowledge, but possessed of qualities that made him a political leader. He was impeached, expelled from Parlia- ment and imprisoned in the Tower for the misappropriation of public moneys. His language was so course and obscene as to be a marked charac- teristic in an age that was noted for its immorality and want of decency. Sensual, obscene, vulgar, dishonest, such was Sir Robert Walpole. If the Po^t finds in Cleveland the qualities that dis- tinguished Walpole, and for that reason advises the American people to advance him to the highest office in their gift, it must have a low opinion of the people and of the age. That there are traits in which Cleveland resembles Walpole we wdll admit, hut up to this Of coiif that kind it by vetoil stance of tl persuade t] he sees it. alas ! SenatoiI lermined t' part, shall He said Cl< could prove! his members cause he cam Mr. Cleveh should not bl cause his prj patible with] comfort. Yvl position now I fort of the ideas,” Hon. Theiacein all genei’a- This spot, so hallowed by sacred asssocia- tions, so closely bound up with the memory of many saints, is, alter all, only the old camp ground where generation after gen- eration pitched their tents and sojourned for a little while and then passed on to the better country, that is the heavenly. Poor and silly would be our musings over a few old rotten Jogs, a lew rough stones and the daist of this old church yard, if these are all we have left of Derry church. Only a sicklj" sentimentalism could have brought us here to day if this is all. But when we view these things as links to bind a living past to a living present, when we remember that “bur fathers’ God, from out whose hand the centuries fall like grains of sand,” is not the God of the dead, but of the living, then they become the symbols of that truth which gives a meaning and a purpose to our lives. They arc the emblems of continuity. Amid the crumbling ruins of the visible and earthly we hnd the promise and the potency of the. unseen eternal. The long px’ocesslon that has moved from the baptismal past that stoodhere to the long home in the church yard there may p -ss throughmemory to day as the shadows of clouds pass over the hills and vanish from our sight. But nothing gi eat has passed away. Every life that dwelt hare w^th God, dwells with Him there. JCvery truth that God sent to His people here, “at sundry times and in divers’ manners,” still is true. Very much is buried here that has no tlspO resurrection. The selfishness, the pride, the petty jealousies, the hard and bitten thoughts, the sonoAv and the fears that have been bui’ied here.thank God will never rise. , ‘ ‘B They belong to the dead and buried past,but life eternal life can not bo buried. It dwells)*^' , - with God. I ^ Let the dead past bury its dead, and let itlnot U be forgotten, but let us cherish that which Tnffr lives, and let us seek to realize “the munion ot saints” in Avhich w'e say we all believe. If the whole family in heaven and \ earth dwell in God. not each in turn, but al! together, it is evident that we have coni' crop munity of interest. And we must set ou{ stlOV hearts on those things which to day engagi r«=5f2SI: ;J"J“tS;5 ia handling, aPl»f* recog - Uedead Examining it at once, ana p letter St marks Oily, ’""S3a®“l867? arrived .«. ;ist~ 1867; Wasli- ° Hummels- Sepiemher ‘^:,es\“ou is Ihe kttl- was lying during all that • TVorlc in a Chicago Court, gmnt an ahsohtte divorce io^ 9,” said the judge. riaii tne -t the children, t‘“»mTeteach party take them, your 1 1 •»■ Thfil’s tbeir lookout, f;: Kritenextcase.’'-CT««go Ocean. ed bv frost. rejwrfc that the I their coavention at on Wednesday to a tet, with the Demo fatter would agree to lectors This w’ould I gain for the Green - ne only hope of the tate, and a mighty ;the probabilities are to it. Can it be that pilgrimage of the t eir state committee was to caucus with nsent, and close the )t wonder; for any- Idicial blindness that fall into, has not of vered. The only ment could have on p add from twelve [ Blaine’s majority. le from China say f,aken ground in fa- h-ench operations negotiations; that made his attack )rmosa and that no possible; that no the French may they cannot pro- j.e Chinese, as they >e hurt, and no in- thich any but those ^whether there is f believe, are about in the dispatches They are rather 17 are what the and we suppose veritible news, wrong is blai now pushing aj husband who is| On my table the title “Concl art b}’’ which th( short-hand are s] stenographic ch? have been look] ography would will help me out it is so simple thl mastered in a fe) daily practice foi writing, will enc with safety and After an explans is given an alph? most frequent ni tions, from whicl| as showing how across. Alwz, al R, are. Bfhnd, b^ Crtnl, certainly, elsewhere. Fevi Imdt, immediatl Shd, should. Arl began to think thj proposed to study me that I can ' densed long-hand which I have use^ when news-gi few examples. Al Smth, d. d. Tan. That looks like Gi| prescription, and follows: “John SI disorderly on Tan J was arrested and t| sent him to the st(| In court I con iens Xman, a. & b. pd^| means, “William assault and battery sentenced to six ml prison.” Take anc| held before Gov. req. on Gov. 111. forg. Gov. res. dec.l decipher it.^ndyj [ts of the ledemp- I religious nlic age, lid to re- ! Here |Ing place Ire — some Ibeautiful there in labors. I? At first ^e find |g against of him Irish and 'now, the ding and Igence, ol [as fervor; 3h blood the fires liag within i^hall offer h and to It is well :ell upon and un- [d liberty- '.aracter of [any coun- [nt, which their de- jCommon- Jal settlers, peculiar to jid Welsh h, Scotch- England. )een prop- |ter foreign Bancroft . American II to under- notch-Irish lieen done, Jicestors is ill you are |)f duty to It thatAou Union. It is probable the fii*st bill was a small log house, which! place to the more imposing sj for more than a hundred yeai to us all as the Meeting Hou^ In 1726, the Rev. James Donegal, gave Derry one| time — Paxtang also receivii service. He was evidently t] minister, unless it may her^ covered that the Rev. ~ preached regularly to thes| which we have strong belie! The people of Derry were nated as the congregation ofj while that of Paxtang as Upon the organization of by ter}^, the terms which we now were given. At first therl to conform as strictly as ij establishment in the old cl directory for worship, dl government there in use hac^ in Synod, “to be observed cumstances will allow and dence direct.” There werJ same territory of other d to contest with them their whole land was before th had only to map out their as the wants of the people Great caution was used inj new congregations — no iri was allowed to be built neal than ten or at least eight tance being determined IJ perambulation of person.^ Presbytery with compass uniil "^subscriptions were sufficient number of people new enterprise. Hence i that of the churchj agal, Conewago, Pax| and Hanover, none are ten miles of each other, of Harrisburg was founch who resided there desired congregation, but during the Rev. Mr. Elder, he pr<3 it, and succeeded in preye! tion of a church. Tlie^ urjfed me to take Hood’s SarsupaviJla, and from liio time 1 commenced tainiif^ ic until now 1 liavG been free from the ooinpliint, and feel th .nklul that I have received ef- feetnal relief.”— Joski'H I^ isher, or t'ishi'r & Colton, Montpelier, \'t. Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla Mr. GeoroeK. Kcssell, paper manntac- tnrer at JfeliOrtS Fails, Vt.. says he found uood’s Sarsaparilla the best remedy he ever used for constipation— the business man’s most serious alHiction— ami he wou'd on no account be without it. Take Hood’s Sarsaparilla “lhave l)een selling Hood’s Sarsaparill.t since i's introduction in this city, beii.g troubled tvitb humor in my blood* and see- ing the good results from its use, i con- cluded to give it a tiial myself, and it has greatly benetited me. I am recommending Hood’s !?aisaparilla to all my cnstoniei.s with good satisfaction,’’— \V. JIoebeker. Fort Wayne, liid. HOOD’S SARSAPARtL1..4 Sold by ail drugghts. $1; six for $o. Frc- paied by C. I. HOOD & CO., liowell. Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar - 111.' llll iiriSWN' & 'tiiy ,® recorder; PHILIP C. SWAB dtiiecior of poor: ADAM II. SHOPE. al’Dttors: ISAAC N. BONAWITZ, geoPvGE vv. fox. IVALFOI^Si; AiNl> CLKVliRAND. The New York Evening Post, for so many years thc^ organ of the noble- hearted, pure-minded and highly-gifted William Cullen Bryant, has fallen into bad hands. It onnounced early in the year tliat it would oppose James G. Blaine. This it had a right to do, al- though professing to be Republican ; and it might have done so for a good^ and honest reason. Jhe Post favors j^ree Trade, while Blaine advocates Pro- tection. But rather than put its opposition upon these grounds it chose to say that it opposed Blaine because of his lack of those moral qualities necessary to con stitute an honorable man and a safe pub- lic officer. Buck being its position we might reasonably have expected that it would have selected for its approval and support some one whose moral qualities were his most- prominent characteristics. But it did not«tlo this. It selected Grover Cleveland. And when the public was made familiar with Ids grossly immoral life, it put in the defense for itself and tor Cleveland that “there have been few great benefactors of the human race who have been chaste.” This did not add to its good reputation, strengthen its candi- date, Of convince a waiting public that that which was charged against Cleveland was not true. But the Post having once . taken its posith^ftandfinc^^ , though Ihll $10,0u0, anl in salary j $i\5,000 per I Ca«sidy neJ I that these aj cratic incurJ does at firstj when the uJ vention is I pleasantnej and folio™ maj’- not eral of then! hopes, thej upon of the It™ Cdripanyinl tale. I It is saicj Washing! J teters bet6M park, aro* city, w.'^B thirty f*' tion Wp^^B societ The !ie eharg- JwM the ereclioi work of a matter of r t rollers of point, to n throughout sculptor. O mental, bu ing obstacl respectful ( TThe onl Cleveland’ cojlintry, is lie DiTueli iijmyit to the race. Their zeal and] [•or remind us of' the Apostj bi a Paul aroused tlie woii Itance. [ere the Scotch-Irish settled found a home — seme a rest] ronder enclosure — God’s Ac] idered on down through thisj lley of the Kittatinny, andf ceased from their earthhl Id w'ho were the Scotch-Irish[ 3rm of reproach— for later ol Rev. John Elder complainii| leading Quakers who spok.j H h!s followers as “Scotch ler ill-mannered terms” — but! lonym of all that is ennoj inly, of enterprise and intellij [ucalion, patriotism and religicl litli German and Swiss-Frenl prsing through my veins, wi^ a Huguenot ancestry bun it may not come amiss if I" tribute to the Scotch-Irif- resbyterianism. iWho were the Scotch-Irish? (at for a few moments v/e d| history of that persevering] I, unted race — a God-fearing ai [vdng people — for it is to the cl] |e individuals who first settle or establish their governmij tnerally determines that of Icndants. What our great 3alth is she owes to herorigiiij this there was a diversity }| |cr alone — Swedes, English al luakei’s, Germans, Swiss- Fren j fish, and men from New lence our history has never rly understood, and every wrij our State, from the gr eat] [own to the latest of] [istorians, McMasters,has failel [tand our people. To the s[ jettlers the least justice has Ij j.nd as the character uf your a| )art of your inheritance, whir yound by every obligation Lce and defend, see to mrriag^, a good, sensil has a fellow. lies a liitle book bearing lensed Long-Hand,” an principal advantages of [ecured without resort to iracters. Here is what I mg for. To study sten- {et me wild — perhaps this The author claims that it its principles may be |w hours, and an hour’s a week, in reading and Ible the student to use it Jome degree of freedom. Ition of the system there Ibetical list of words in Ise with their abbrevia- I select the following [he system works: Acrs, [ways. Aybd, anybody, iforehand. Cd, could. )rng, during. Elswr, forever. Y, have. Prtclr, particular. Id so on, and so forth. I |s is a great scheme, and it, when it occurred to [eat that system of con- with one of my own, for years, especially jiring. I’ll give you a It the police court, “J. av. 1st. nt. 10 d. jg.” [eek, or a physician’s 'et I can translate it as Imith, while drunk and ler’s avenue last night |iis morning the mayor )ne jug for ten days.” led asTollows: “Wm. ,gy. 6 m. c. p.” That [rossman, charged with plead guilty and was bnths in the county ther example: “Arg. Ismorn in* mat. grant return Tli. Wlsn, ac. ril bet you can’t |;t it is easv. It means; Scl app] of l( in the reskl fortil inju] His and at Ml A effeci mitte The event burg sumni that poorl] He wi a rede ted wij nearj SEND /IN THE names! ui-:pi ibpi can ticket For Frosident: J AMES G. BLAINE, Of Maine. For Vice President;: JOHN A. LOGAN, Of Illinois. Flectors-at-L-arge, .John LBiSENiyNa, .James Dobson, Calvin ^yELLs. Dist. ]. Edwin S. Stuart, ■1. .John Mil n deli, .3. vym.J.M’Laughlin 4. Edmund L. Levy, 5. .Joseph B. Attemus «. Horace A, Beale, 7. AIL Eackenthall, a. Isaac M’Hose, i>. .J as. P. Wickers ham 10, Sam’l B. Thatch^^r, 11. .John Seaboidt, jr,, 1-2. Daniel Edwards, 13. r. W. Sheafer, 1.4. Lane S. Hart, •District Electors, Dist. 15. Jos. T. Jennings, 16. Joseph A. Ege, ,17. Joseph B. HileAian, 18. B.E . Junkin, ,19. Thomas B. Bryson, 20. Wm. P. Duncan. 21. Wm. J. Hltchman, 22. George T. Oliver, ,23. Josiah Cohen, 24. Michael Weyand, 25. Chas A. Jiandall, 20. C.crus Kitchen, 27. Tmraan B. Vr'ood. STATE. Consrress-at-Large. GENKKAL EDWIN'S. OSBOKNE, Luzerne County. CONGBESS : J03iiUA II. WIESTLING, (Subject to the Conference Convention.) senator: ALEXANDER F. THOMPSON. REPRESENTATIVES : First Dist.— CHARLES A. MILLER, Second Dist. -JOHN W. RIFE, J. B. SEAL sheriff: ISAAC MUMMA. COUNTY treasurer: ERA.3TUS J. JONES. S' ture iff a doti his col Republ^- tlieir pail in his bel will opcij of De'mcl the placij Gregor}^ Geor:j this sigh ol service ^ Which! the most or Hancotj said thii^ mam fool of hil Cleveland What will start on tin Novemberi cold as a bi| sheet ? Some Del reported, aJ Governor l| for the parti State. Thi neither Jie iij .tistration haj K;an- iwas lors. hrtb- lited tiie lit him 'to Help mi for a large sum to which me mm- revolniioDists became indebted to Jin 1848. Kossuth has answered him letter full of a certaiu bank, pathetic pJj^ity, The ex Dictator, who once , - bc:^sted that he Iiad held the fortunes of >ut tlie House of liapsburg in the hollo’tv of a I hyis hand, tells the correspondent that he I ip absolutely unable, not from lack of will fits /but from lack of means, “to render help yto you or an}’ other man in distress.’’ fjr Kossuth exiuesses his regret that ihe na- tion wiiich had taken on itself so many [ip- obligations to which it was not bound should have neglected to pay its lawful debts; but be delares that be liimself is absolu'ely poo-. His bands are pure and empty. Those who remember the wooden sogs and screws of the cider mill of the olden time would open his eyes at the process ot cider making now in New England. Gy means of a grinder, as many bushels can he grated in a minute as there aie yise powers u.sed in operating the ma- iinery. An eievalOi\canies the apples the hopper as fast as they can be used ’ up. The pomace falls diTcctly upon a platform and when llie cheese Is complete the platform revolves* like a railroad turntable. The cider is strained through racks andcloiha. Tanks in the basement are provided for catching the juiie, and by meats of a pump- it is brought into its various receptacles. ition tior. [less who snttev !i-om Uyspep.sia, Piliousnoss, headache, coristipalion, nervous' debility or other affections caused bj’ close applical iou to business and overwork, will hud in Hood’s Sar.saparilla a medicine which wilt give iiositive relief and renewed strength to the body, clearness and quickness lo the mind, and steadiness to the nerves. Take Ho:d’s Sarsaparilla “I have been ahticted with a blj ^acker. The di^.trik did" gl870, in 1872 and in 1874, Ito Northumberland four con- f-ms of representation- in the ^se of Congress. In 1876 Leb- f bd the nomination ot the dis- ^)unties of Union, Snyder and ®ving been removed, and Leba in their stead, and from ’76 to |on had the Congressional of tlie district in of John W. Killiiiger. In to Mr. Kiilinger’s two janon had a Congressional Jive in the person of the same from 1858 to 1862, and a iur- ^onal representative tor two same district I stated, that Lebanon reive years of Congressional Ion and Northumberland eight j/ongressional representation Ihin has had but four. This is m what we are entitled to have. Lion and our Republican vote j ^nd that w^e should have an- of Congressional representa- i matter of simple justice to lot our county, and we ear- >pnfidentlyask that our claims Lnized and that the vote of this '»e unanimously cast in favor ding, who was unanimously pty' the convention of Dauphin 56 lact that he was the unani- ' of that convention shows I ebind him a united pai-tj'- in Id of Republicanism. Our was so distributed between |,.ty as to make the recog- ,our Congressional nomi- •r of great importance to laich Mr. Wiestling is a resi- lacccrding to him this nomi \ Dauphin county is justly |im from her sister counties Fourteenth Congressional lonfercnce will do nothing plejustice to Dauphin, and : the district a competent, j^u-getic representative.” of ihp Haim of Dau I VvJcs^BlBB and a^'^S liad been named unan-»' perso]^ could _ be said in res;^ ^ ^ was qualification, party fealty^-^^^Xi- .t candic Dauphin and LebanI ‘"s of Northumberland, asi of thfii^ discussion of the cj;Snl Congf^^^;^^ counties to the honor of del almosP®^^’^^! nomination continuec^^^ the most of tjie membd^J speech^'^^^'*^^*^^^ participating. I pnsthP earnest and recited ’-f] the CcV^®"y tim district with respcc'" Apj^t^Siessional representation. 0i ferrees'^^^^^’ -^^^^etts, which the & l dates, supported their respective caHOc o’cloclFl^ conference adjourned untigx i in the evening. TwEi ) was years ago the Britan a remarkable ship. f - and her tonage \ , new cunarder, just launcl^^' Scotland, is 520' feet long A ( large as!®, scarlet fire, almost^ the pioiii ® harvest moon, was visible 'Sq c>i Kruehl, near Cologne,^ d ulL, l^tween 8 and 0 o’clockm - li^kM V dpi-ween 0 and 0 o clock u ig, Imv along and upward at a vai., great hei^^^^Ul '^t^ry rapid rate, until a_ the 2-i M. ll iip great I’^pia rate, until a J almost d'Sqh iqremained for some minu-?J most |el#§ ^ 2 - Rotonde, one of tS gers, is y*^2te^ resorts for Parisian lou^j revolqti^^^^^* In the days of the o'i| everylev ^ showed his head thC) I to talA ii^'iiingjnntil he was called upc. often' scaffold. Robespier Mmo.Cuf . ^neft’e to admire the beauty who *|i4ff-nier,thc wife of the propiieto sallo^afcf^^^t^ed. Young Bonapai te painters, of ru anj^ uneouth looks .-^^ere f r-hgii|aud and all the wits, poet pusilians and a goodly numb made up a hodf [intylhaily. In 1816 the deii aceinet there, and the cafe/ But tie nf^"# the Pavilion de la W duriaj4tW^*?I^J''^^® appropriate^ pre^nce of the allies iii podgf^so gates'of ^ came'kni ciP ford hourly betw Fveraor rec^^ives a salary of I5ecretary of State Steager, perquisites, $13,000 to k'ear, and Attorney General trly as mucli. Considering re about the best paid Demc- Voents of office at this time, it [sight look a little mean ; but :;tioii of the Allentown con Lhougbt of, and various un- tes which must have led to Id that queer affair, a reason. ]so hard to find; perhaps, sev- The smashing of Cassidy’s contemptuous sitting down l^r Gordon, and the shelving iibtabla Amerman, with ac- l: trimmings, probably tell the [cT^iTom re should te no appeal is unquestionably right. JTnment spends money on them^ y, and supports them in comfort ,nor. They are placed in positionl sponsibility, not only for the securitj* -ife and property but of the Natioi Lionor; and it is not too much to demaj that such servants should be gentlei The honor of the navy should be tl honor; and a man who is not sU’Oj enough and true enough to maintain own honor should not be trusted w that of the nation. A man who di to drunkenness is not a gentle) he should for that reason be the service, and not be restored Jthe site of the long talked of |i monument in Philadelphia, len George’s Hill, in the great |fd Washington square, in the a corner stone for it was laid | I’ears ago; and that the ques- ' settled at the meeting of tlm b.he Cincinnati, July 4, 1885, ittee ^having the matter in (ve $100,000 in hand toward j ii, it is said, and it is to be the{ (i Italian sculptor. It will be pgret, we think. That the con Kie enterprise do not strain Jake the monument American [ ^merican 'course the idea is purely senli- ,0 in the ajrsence of command- fs, one enVmently worthy oi li-msideraiion.' ^ ^relevant issue, in Governor ^opinion, now before the \it he shall be elected Presi- yu put it just in There is no doubt about the hone of the sentiments of Mr. Hendrix, Brooklyn, in his speech at a meeting that suburb Saturday night, in whicl said that since “honest}^ fidelity fortitude make mediocrity, let us t from the glare of meretricious smart! to hail its (mediocity’s) advent with v ing arms and with shouts as the nat of the upper Nile hail the rising si Mr. Bullitt, of Philadelphia, expre the same idea, though not with such fl eloquence, when he said at Horticult Hull that the Democrats did not i such brilliant abilities as Mr. Blaii they being content with the measui statesmanship found in Cleveland. T is -no doubt but that tbey both ex’ Democratic sentiment. That party r did cotton much to any sentiment good salaries and a chance to scatte surplus. .'Cleveland grows sick over the the disclosures of his immoral lit having upon the public mind, and i J‘ffiotbing is at issue bu ^a that Dubli llVl 1 - contest, that ar •gued Ihal II the -•>«— count If*., the sn^e maniti^s’ contii a dissension and that Chance, couW not com^ ^rwSngwa^unani. S: Jwd^mplied party stren Vrtir to restrict the aeiei claims of tire respecWe vears because Dauphin berland constituted a part t forthe last twenty SIX That if tbe district tvere “Xfe ft SSLfluri;^ klCrel— ru? „cS less than Dauphm i'^SsHS ion. last twenty rears during popu aihonghlhe ip , , RepubMeint Legis- 1 refined nt bdls ' Rorthumber- thinks: ‘“^rttdSelVitb Dauphin ‘ponJ“ mbe^fStLSislatuve sS=gsia ,gue 3 in that p;P- jollege opening, to beslrong^^^^^^^ ever. -. jn.tbe^n e“'hS , Qveek in tlM five 1.3gi%4 lbc, study of prepamtoiv d«artn'“i j c . ,.aiicb if a] senior :i,cl*|,s ^ = any pvevioU!l larger perialaii Iban ;“__an^^^l^^ j,:| ;%re p.iiw University n Ssicil c,l.rse|ieWing, to tim d^ ‘■muclsmni f^y ptoy'^o^jf" before.;” - In Balmont df “number ^‘ fet^ents in the mrtrnent h, ioeltasing, tv,' U4efl4ts ofjdress teioiu.e- « ^ lUar^ /(Otwilbstanding, ther 1 Twofan frills th ion lu bix,^ ^ iraiartistVe A -9“^ labrics ' she looked at th^i beau iml Ubims^ vets and PiusMs worthy of fra ^ 1 picluros oD^he of Muj thougU.s^^^. ^ cUp walked io-to ?J trial mastti^v ^,uere the coil adjointog *'epa4^^f'^» '\yop material w el pleted^arivai^f sl| on vie^Wi^.d ^'^^^^f^Jnine vanity -was iir a «^ho'^^of wpre '"fm 1 tolly. TbH.adniinbie ololbes UnKS; 17 Ke-V v,^orlda^ou], sight (>?anU .„, ionahl^ evlpiu take it^ for - closurv'^bo shape ?t th sdbre visitor from ah>d fd *lbis fonson get Hj mftican woman m al assemblage, and .ntfed that the eccoMrP rSv relation to the f >1 sure tcv conftulft that our J^l period oPglft t^be placed a in tht viAeriJe’s sideshow ot ^es, Heart “Lise; f tniDgs as they ar flmMhat 110 attentioTiSS|l| to regara the tariff as yyfODg and calling it rieht nnfn not comprehend the 4 l“h’Xt It. Party and candidate are well j bartnonious, but not acceptal — i,J™ Domocratic editors hare ^ginations whatever else they m, They are like the hoy. Who on Id SSKl ,enoy to kick themselves to death eo that Sments of dfemdere^b^'"' 2 s giVe thS ^immistration. He nrov3 . et-eo' bill passed at the in iSle .^"'^'^‘‘nnononlj wm work ,0 a charm. Gnidy of |at no mice make Ills Ireland ftain action on hi*,' position doubtful J was corrupt and ho f; ona now he has resivneA"' am Im Hall °-b J/ hot honorably support him .”1 •ud once asked that Gradv :/eturnea to the Senate, be'. I once there was not c'omi . wonder ,f the Senator’s ' 0‘Ws to the personal com i -icat exeinnlar nf if The difference betweeiTti^ .fceetraderandtheltepuhiit; seUorth with reinarkabl, 'Sttre in a^sh Watterson | gentleman at rest as t • IS a free trader or not some doubt. Tin i, that in this count lynewho, ‘■in levying -.-themsoastopr^S ^ Protectioni /^vying duties for Rev. so as to nourish ana s mdustrics.’’ And a easily applied, a Protc willing to tax resnectfni Nr fie Hinth District of Y^ 383 , as an IndeL„ ^ork tatic votes. ^110^ ®”^’'!’'”“'^'*“ Lvman h. J ? Blame I eccentric r emomatt f , < 3 <> ' bimselfi- Douncino- Blaine #^P*'esses ri“ . isli^ ^ cegtueir favor, if industries ” em.h Wiib|"whbiri' enuuve klassachusetts Irangis them' .STr,““ ^ith Lyman as fheir HU^ance to oarrv cio nirDiigiiout the stricken region. The prospect, which so far as it can be judged is inevitable, is well calculated to throw upon the generous and pitifully in- ■cnheu a Heavy nurden of chanty, and can be only partially relieved by the most active benevolence. lid^ of the D| revive campaigil that the I A POWERFUL reason tor the most stren- uous opposition of copperheads to the election of the Republican condidate for Governor of Connecticut, Henry B. Har- rison, might be found in the fact that he was the author of the “Bill for the De- fense of Liberty,” which passed the Leg- islature of that State in 1854, and forever ended slave hunting on its soil. It is a dead sure ‘thing that the party which then denounced that bill as unconstitu- tional and treasonable, is the same party which is trying to defeat him now. Em- pires rise and fall, progress goes on for- ever, but the Democratic party never changes its character. A LETTER written by a Mr. Fowler, an jj^^^Ohio wool grower, and a life-long Demo- thin bears, it seems to us, much more 'HOTS tipon the probabilities of the ^ved; of the State election in Ohio than Qf the columsn of dispatches they pub- ph about what the Germans arc going to do. ^ 'When Hoadly was running for {jprnor his party made pledges to re- ^the duty on wool to what it was be- V revision of the tariff in 1883. The gW^rowers accepted the pledge, and doubt gave Hoadly his ma- [pcV^^In Congress, afterward, four- party voted against the res- ^ the duty, and nro- '•nhem vo; the aftfl about tj revive if formerly! now rep] Govern) their att Departnj under f I Times a,- 1 a man oi to know] There n aff'air, au ments w many ot now un< ' Presi’ he is to of Temp oept wit, judgmei; cannot has befc| which ir may me: vote for tends •in cation, tempers g[ do not s| phet of iLj not be a PI Exuent to® the hrtion ;uch as the ef- it is «n rolled to Scotland. In t f ames Grahame, better 1 Jerhouse it is stated ]that ». ^0 Scotch Presbyterikns *f m various ways inTde fn_ League and fcw p s Headship over tlhe 1= o^er the list of names iuck with the fact t^t ’ P very surnames of the . f nts who settled herejon fy, so naming their rF^' pa in memory of the fcc ry, which even IMacauia |ege, the most mem ■1 the British isles.” pe passed away, i I Londonderry, say si IL ^iontgomery F( ^mm within the nast ^d are to the Prc It the trophy of Mq, ^enians. JJerry a plhe Protestant faj y liberty. You c Ihese defenders h ih^SRiot di^siof iwn as ^ is than jO'pi^.to ■fe lese Scotch sett]!, |nc3, when lheav<) I'cre opening ufj /the FasionallvMo sSg „ in hilf' h-* ■^10 It rst Bertram. He was born P. the city of Edinburgh on the 2d of Fe:^'uary, 1G64, w'as educated at the Univrsity there, studied for the ministry, and'icensed to preach by the Presbytery of langor. Ire- land, who gave him, says the lew Castle records, “ample testimonials d his ordi- nation, ministerial qualificurt^ns, and regular Christian conversatie.” He came to Pennsylvania in the yar 1731, and the following year we find Im unan- imously received "by Donegal Presby- tery, which he joined. At the y.ne time George Renick presented him a invita- tion to settle over Paxtang aniDerry, which he accepted. He was insta^cl No- vember 17, 1732, at Derry meelingiouse. The congregations then appof^l rep- resentatives, “On this side Th^^Js Fos- ter, George Renick, William'^ Jnning ham and Thomas Mayes; on ’^oother side Rowland Chambers, Hugh hek, Robert Campbell, John Willson, Wiam Willson, James Quigley, WilliairMc- Cord and John Sloan.” The fornierere of Paxtang, the latter of Derry, ^se representatives executed to Mr. the right and title to the “Jndi^Oi-bwn tract” situated in Hanover town^k on the north side of Swatara, contimig. three hundred and fifty acres. It wasu^ the settlement of Mr, Bertram that congregation took the name of Derry. In 1735, Mr. Bertram complained Presbytery of the “intolerable burden was under with the two congr lions, and on the 13th of September, if' he was released from the care of Pa., tang. He was an earnest ministeV of th New Testament. He died on the 2», of May, 1746, at the age of seventy-two His wife was Elizabeth Gillespie, siste of the Rev. George Gillespie In Mr. Bertram’s latterj^s helwas in feeble health, and resig-iTetTliis pastorate of Derry in 1742, when the Re\|. John Elder.^f Paxtang, gave one IhircB of liis hat congregation. In 17/45, how- !rry chose to be alone, ai^d called TTpril . . . On the nth of Aprik 1844, a ca ll wa ^ !iy ^ i.»u_yu mania Mr. Bergm r on tlie conversation willi * - - . ^niinafloiY;' ahd Ceyner say nnything abom years before Pax\angaolBeS^.fe^^ fer its a permanent supply. This was the Rev ^ J^icaiion when be heard liim deny it. AodvewD._Mitchc.l, who f,o,n the lOtli „.aV\.t1n?Sarn"aSnsrnkhc^ Of April, 1850, until the Wth of Febrn information against Herbert. the pastor of these people. lie was TMr Ti-TOin oci'^o i the last minister who officiated in old ? ^ continuance until an Derry church. AneW Din^^^^^^ ^'^tend- Mitchellwas a native of York county thp ^“otber witness. Pennsylvania, born the 2^ of FPh' ^i^erman continued the case un- ruary,^ 1829, graduated at 4 o’clock. h . efier- .hepnsoner, Herbert gave bail in .S500, son College in 1841, and from the Seminary at Princeton in 1844. In 1850 he accepted the call from the congregations of Paxtang and Derry, was duly ordained and iustalled.and until 1874 acceptedly served the little congre- gation of Derry and the diminished one of Paxtang, In 1876 be went as chaplain in the United States army, and died while on duty at Fort Grant, Arizona, on the v6th ot March, 1882. As a preacher he was clear, logical and forcible, and his memory is yet sweet in tlie congregation of old Paxtang. For years the ancient log structure was tenantle.ss. Pastors and people all passed away! One by one the former were gathered to their fathers Of the latter, family^ after family sought the homes wO.f their kindred and neighbors in distant localities, while others fell asleep in Je- sus. In yonder grave-yard they lie— the dust of several generations— the Boyds, ^Campbells, Chamberses, Clarks, Har- ^es, Hayses, Logans, Martins, McNairs, itcbells, Moodeys, McCords, Rodgers, .oddeys, Thompsons. Wilsons and Wal- ts— the vast major hy w ithout a stone 41 who rest b “ — - id wo .0 appear to morrow. [dun county n»n/i«f?i/ Jtiy liifr ^ was entitled to ‘■fcrtTOwarili, W.ST OF PATENTS. A veeklylifet of tT.S. patents issued p the inventors of Pennsylvania — Pbila iClphia omitted— for the week ending jept. 30, 1884. and each patent in the list vill bear that date. Reported expressly ^r the Telegiiapk by A. II. Evans Co., American and foreign pat- nt solicitors. South West corner of Fifth |ud Tenth streets, N. W., Washington, Cf^avge for obtaining a patent, ;20. A copy of the patent laws sent free u application. T. R^Bingbam, Pittsburg, gage cock; T. Dum, Allegheny City, device foi- ling window curtains; B. W. Grist, Unging jeading, steam engine; C., Marsh, Read ig, spectacles and eyeglasses; W. A. law, Pittsburg, electric cable; E. A, imead, Tioga, measuring tank; J. C. I'urgeoii, Erie, till alarm lock; E. A. fehling, Bethlehem, gas seal blast fur- jices; J. L. Wilson, Pittsburg, car coup- ■nonana’^ af Mr. Weisb there may i Mr. Bound, j mand the party, but tii mously nom bad the enti Tliat it was mination of counties to with North of the di«t years and o perchance counties, any given period, t would be sentation ment thei mer rotati that Noi county o of almos and a R half less, in the ing w district her of represei only foi six yea lation a port] laliue land and new t pass bility IT' ; \>a sk’i ITtnu^e stricken region. I lu' v^ospcet, wliich so Itir as it can be iiK'vi.ablo, is well calculated to !g t he j ibrow upon Liie gcucrou,s imd pitifully in- of the Ibinocralic papers have tried to revive 4je scandal during the present eampaig:.. It is noticeable, however, that the ;reat journals which led off in IS liLSU' ■: : e neav^ ourUen of charity, to I Mid can be (mly partially relieved by !he most active benevolence. A POWERFUL reason lor the most stren- uous opposition of copperheads to the election of the Republican condidate for Governor of Connecticut, Henry B. Har- rison, might be found in the fact that lie was the author of the “Bill for the De- fense of Liberty,” which passed the Leg- islature of that State in 1854, and forever ended slave hunting on its soil. It is a dead sure Ihing that the party which then denounced that bill as unconstitu- tional and treasonable, is the same party which is trying to defeat him now. Em- pires rise and fall, progress goes on for- ever, but the Democratic party never changes its character. A LETTER written by a Mr. Fowler, an )hio wool grower, and a life -long Demo- crat, bears, it seems to us, much more [lertiuently upon the probabilities of the jsult of the State election in Ohio than |1 the columsn of dispatches they pub- about what the Germans arc going do. TV hen Hoadly was running for ‘vernor his party made pledges to re- ^re the duty on wool to what it was bc- tiie revision of the tariff’ in 1883. The )i growers accepted the pledge, and md a doubt gave Hoadly his ma- in Congress, afterward, four- U of the party voted against the res- [ion of the duty, an^ pn of them V( tSc"aUfnr*^r"tI?e*'TuRe"ar^^ about tiphiagitnow, and the atti^mpk to revive itlanguishes. Mr. Charles Adams, formerljAmerican Minister at Bolivia, is now reorted as charging that the Chilian Goverment, paid certain journals for their aticks upon the policy of the State Department. The papers thus brought under re, are the New York Herald, Times ad Evening Post. IMr. Adams is a man f character, and was in a position to knovwhat he is now talking about. There nust be full development of the affair, a d it is likely that such develop- ments vill go lar to account for a good many ober ixeaks of these papers not now UP erstood. Presdential Candidate St. John, if ho is to live in history as an earnest friend of Tern srance reform, will have to ac- cept wi‘\ that re{)ort, the accompanying judgmeit that he was a foolish one. He cannot ;e held as earnest and wise. He has hen. making another speech, in which le admitte^l that “a vote for him may mein, a half vote for free rum, hut a vote foi either of the old parties” he con- tends a full vote for unbridled intoxi- cation.”' An attack like this upon all the tempereice men in the country, who do not believe that St. John is the pro- phet of the Temperence mellenium, can- not be a thf> same time sincere and wise. Exiient It. John. GexN'eual (iuAKT stii; retains the dis- tinguishing qualities tlGt made him great concert weaker mADy-^tijcenc^ that was insurmountable, sineVity that rto man ever dreamed of doibting. He retired from politics, but at Le crucial point in the present contest. Ye showed his strong sympathy with the Republican party by calling on Mr. Blaite and declaring the necessity to the coititry of his success. Almost immedialel upon this, comes the proposal that he shJl take a place on the electoral ticket; bi this he declines, be- cause ho “is out »f politics.” Never a word too many, never a word in the wrong place; fried and foe, always know exactly where to nd General Grant. The Massachvptts Humane Society did a graceful in conferring its medal upon Cjnmodore Schley, on Thursday. As the Commodore was the commander ofa United States expedi- tion, it may app^, at first view, that he hardly comes whin the category of those for whom, the puors of the humane so- ciety were desiaed; but in view of the peculiar characl^ of the service, and the splendid coursfe and fortitude displayed, all will agree ,iat the honor has never been more w(^bily be.stowed. - — • From the jports of the papers as to the recepti^given Mr. Cleveland in Buffalo, coGaring the fulsome extrava- gance of th'Dcraocratic papers with the rather low 'timates of the anti Cleve- land preset striking a general average, _we shou/teav the demonstration was a ^ble one. But inasmuch as spent in the ef- it “gjiontancons, ” it is inat- f/et that the “spontaniety,” fk propd^tion to the Gieek guu ernov this inoi i«g a requisitio . nois for the rctu aaijisel of _ served iusjdebli want iof learn can ahbj^viate liki^j shorthand?” ask eral years ago. learn it,” he said, ‘Jen {lines out of ten a reporter can wriU ^ betler speech from long hand notes the orator delivers.” I have since found be true. I saw Congressm|jk Randall in the cor- ridor of the Continem^al Hotel at Philadel- phia the other day.' KC looks just as he did twenty-five yesirs in the Senate herel Tim sime trick of sliding his hand liahf way inio his pocket and squinting at y^u as if th/e light hurt his eyes. What ai tunny p/osition he is in. "lie represent! ^ strongjtariff city and has to fight SUCH al »le.tree uraders in his own polHical ranks i as Franlk Hurd, Car- lisle and Morrison WhatJs that about a House being dividi >d against itself? The High Scho^ f^his come to the front agm'. — Sh, ‘ uses ^lang, hut she does it so nicelvJ/ at it d^i „JiUWiOit7 VVXII .ac(i - ^maUnow, and the attempt to riangiiishes. Mr. Charles Adams, I Anferican Minister at Bolivia, is lledascbarging^at^ " ' . ” asV^iel concert weaStei - concert woaivcv iusurmountablc, sme, ever dreamed of d(X\- from politics, but at tTcl A. iH I >rican M-inisier at poubi^t., --- as charging that the Chilian 1 present contest, . paid certain journals for I g^^pathy -with the ^ apon the policy of the ate .illing on Mr Blain s tipon Tc poto/of ®‘^tt 1 * 1 hATit The papers thus 1 necessity to the co iaij rp are the New York Herald, immediatel4tu] i,e, are Anams is ‘ . . . j VV . I iVilUU&b -J- {, Mr. Adams is ^posal that he shde rcharacter, and was in a position g^g(.toral ticket; huj I . ^ talking about. I rt-.Qo ViG **is out whathris now talking 1 cause ho “is out he full development of | too many: ^ d it is likely that such develop^ 1 place; frienC an Im go lar to account for a good ^tere to fk- • jlerCaks of these papers not I — .erstood. istai letin, The Massachi^oi did a graceful Identiae Candidate St. ^ Le inhistory as an earnest fo _ ^ larance reform, anying tion, it may appt^illian, h that report, the a®®o“P ^ jj® hardly comes wfornici lit that he was a foohsh • | ^ the II'T. medal upon Thursday. As Lg^ commander of (on. ■' rh^ra^em-^staMwi^ tor Wiiom. bhAv - - ,ield as ®®‘“®!; ““gpeech, in 1 ciety were^ desf making ancthei p peculiar charc^^„^ ^-r^riifcrtr^v:h: temperence ntelleuium.^an- Bj |;^the same.time sincere and w . • ,iobn. . If all will ar au w iaa rr- heen morf yam the Of tri'i i,, I of Bern : “to Elder, o think of othe^Bes. IrelaiT! the domain of th^ ancestors, deared to them by no tradi they sought and obtained in t; ness of Pennsylvania a better } they had in the Old World. j Coming thus to America hyi sands, their ministers eitiier aj them or, as in the case of tiates, followed shortly after. I Scotch-Irish settlements in fl Bucks and Northampton coij within a radius of twcij^ comprising the townshif^H Paxtang, Derry and quently Lancaster county, ffect. That l^hy of our fogs of God [rs, and our b-day ai’c es- athei’S cher- If ago rhey bhurch. Es- p forget that lAs brought if.' FBI BY A “TFB Xha Gratz Fair in te Subpoena— A Fe^ “Fate”— A Ne\^ Haiul— The and Slang— (W The Gratz fak^R While the fairs been few and farbS ^ the sturdy people made their annual right straight' \aloi^^' Gratz fair brings r old Harrisburgei^WL^ fair was first s tartest burg Democrat wa M Legislature, amt he® electionering at GralR kept up, by the way. R from this city aftotM He took with him aJ^ several whole ch«* crackers, and right up. Everybody ciii^* a drink and assti'^^® support, and th^ drink, at his ex^ He went home feelinjf lutionized the upper triumphantly elected by a large majority, k antly defeated. A1|P would meet the ca who opened a barrel licly. ' ‘ j some ciance to ■ ^ y West Virginia p in Its Demo- ority of the voters are s who never will vote kybody unless the label, bts, ’ 'is boldly displayed, ■nit an anti- Democratic Rorded even though it ^3 ears West Virginia’s »ed only a few thou- ®result was due to ^Rblicans, who,neglect- ^Re -canvass, did not in- ^Ho go to the polls. ^»lidly Democratic as ^®?ontinue to be so as ^Kfince ami control of in the Bomb can The Hepublicans ^^■ves with certain in West Vir- ^^^Btion is making a it will bo like a and regulars, but without ^^^HjTheir om^onents ouni I”. . -•onsei ot arth 1st. Uui gre test lenity in aco!fpi,i J i]i| r»ver the lotion of ind man, ie:>loaians most ad- results of .soiont^ ,es(.ai'?i]i. nor do reatest scientists •fnd theid helief in latiou shaken hv tflieii readfli’^s irom book of nature Th^stti-ja i^ lover. M- y roll and mutter o^th;fiioriion for a vv years longer, C tliere is •T little aangfi' 3 tli4 the /Ing generation of wiu i8ke shipwreck ol thcit;fal] 3 |on|h.e rocks icicnce, or that their lovTof .scmnoe will ; oy their religi^nsjestch^s. There think, no doubt abouA^ are ec- Jng upon a now era o§ regions thought, ^ vMtu new thought >^lljc*ome [new ae- .b, and with a wider ho|fz»i^,nd«l)roader 1 ture we may look ioiv m|oh more glori- ))i developments of Chris^u chatacter ust so soon ai the world is^vi’-illinl? to lic- •e what Christ has tiugUt, (mrnan, his ' indless possibilities, lifg %gnitifcent ca- a?ity for growth and his p%iiege^of vital ion with diviuitj', then theio will be un- 'iTotedly a clearer ap||re%nsioB of the i;amng ot these texts w^ch link^uman- ] together with divinitA^anc sjet before us mst glorious destiny throiijh ouf union th the incarnate Cod. “Rev. Martin’s sermon wa^ lislebetl to ry intently, and was weiyreceiV^d. At , close Dr. William H. tgle, t|ie liis- rian of the occasion, delij^eredlan ad- ess covering the history of ttie old urch. He said: i ^ Friends of Derry : It is not only to show ^iir love ibr the I which has brought us tc^ethei upon IS occasion, but also the i)|lvas pjompt- gs implanted in our nal^res hy our eed and its teachings, rdvere^e for e holy men of ages goneiby,^atid in ad iration for their efforts ij^- ^Irpeteatino- s Faith on ce delivered e have come up from our homes to lis- 1 to the leading events in our I,istory,and Iprove by our presence our aiipreciation the hardy pioneers who planted upon e “Barrens of Derry” the S(;ed of the imch. There is something saintly in records of the lives of the early mis- naries in this country — whither it be self-denying Jesuit or the pious, God- in g iVIoravian, who carried the’ Cross Jesus to the benighted— or yet the ch, unflinching CovenanUr, or the lies of itwingli or Luther viho with £c . -1 » reached, - pushed 1; pioneers of Derry. Into these roreste the Scotch-Irish hrc* them. Their religicjl for it was that beacd ened their way over] and into this wildeii home, and so they at once. The Presby! Scotland were not masters of llie situatiii with the departure of isters must go out, ani| numbers, eager for t] Gillespie, and Evans,] Boyd, wmre perchance | devoted band of Pref who visited this hallo^\i labored earnestly and vineyard, and congregal Donegal, Paxtang am ganized at about one aif Hanover came later. The first record we ha I is April, 1724, and he| been accepted as that of One hundred and sL^ty- many years in the histbrj the countries beyond the Pennsylvania it takes us| ginnings of our history.] to our minds the seen! day with all its surrl contrast it with what this bright autumnal dayi Grace, 1884. How vi Then, the sky was the onl] song of bird and stream thf to break in upon the voice' er; now, the hum of busi| shrill noise of the passir almost drown the cereml hour. But they reared on| altar the fires of which we ^shall not be extinguished, deeds remain — andlf they ate by their influence this have come up to erect a meil — through the century and a] have passed, their example hearts ants, t| and IfintSia and a .000 to 15,000. ia Democratic lia Times, say- ot unfavorable very like tbc paper made eclion. Then ;de 15,000 ma- Li'cs would only lOut of glee was ted Democratic Liis blocked this i » majority than jaded to concede. ried in W est \ ir- same papers are something while tic majority will sands. This is a k, and it any Re- reby it will be his it Teturned ^ hid , tho.t the witness service. TJzen th[ taking counsel Treed to modify iw their refusal unless the re- satisfactory to ,t. This hack- ee owing to the at what she re 2 Royal prerog- port says that and that of the 8 have consented Gladstone, that :hise bill if the re- nted at the same ictory to they lat the latter bill ,ords before them. t, he refuses to over it before of ilj^way service. Tjzen thj to read tl/ ^ub^pdf^ and the la^r waU^« o( the reading. ^dsaidhe swore a mild That evening - get the witness s^niy . barber he followed ^‘Shpcena, and at the shop and read the .« vritness made close ot T^nT Imow what he him believe that he atlorded was doing. The ^ those who considerable jf that deteclive quietly took it m. , ^ fj^miUar with his had been injmy f y hnown that to f.rnUhe svWnato the witness merely hand the SI . was sufdcient. “ 1 everytiung to Some )^Lne--it fate. It 1 No matter what ^ y^ung fellow makes handsome, witty in Hamsburg , reP, had a good m- and bright, ^^®^®®*.o,cpelor. The fair sis - come, and was a « Vtim. They couldn t tershad nocharmsfo ^ ^f catch to everybody s traps for him. especially— ke astonishment— to Q^er ears fell deeply, gU-l, socially not in love with a chjf |g educated his equal althoug (jo vou mean and bright as he. 9 - I asked him, hy such conduct ..pate. ’ and he rolled A^g wedding was set. Bosh! Tiiedawforms_w ^^o Heandhismte# ^JJ^^^. any good sweet towards see such geuu „se. Itwasapl^sme; hi weuam^ him what wah I met him and “Fate.’ matter. Oncem« guying hard Oh !-weH, Iheii ® when words. They » pppous and tlie other the fact IS one ^liqn’t gee worth a dyspeptic and iaey ^ ^ cent when they common se use^ the pure electrif hg, — , ' - ■"'Ss fe £t 'Sf»«‘ Jot ,f Deirt i? ®pcfce„ i p^«a:i“f, j'oSof Of d‘°;;/ J file ^ev Ar vietl K fl 'o"* 'S' J "AjSe;:,,^f';!inc • The ‘ lead the < souaJ as.«' vigor(/rj^ei’e ^leadepiester cara^^'^fiGiSi. take/^^e /iideg Cle/as / ‘-'^^>se- ;. ,7^^ Uie P-yp... / ;*“' Jt wweci Cf^ 'e.r to ' ^ooSU"?^' /'O'^er. / ftt the " Oie/r rclJ/ ^^ / Gyee,,<,,„^ov. j,^ °^;eland‘to/b" ‘'’o SoJj/'’®''' “P'st >uuty, I not /. natio/' ^ t VViesi imenfineV/un issiA^ej^aip' Itateiv 'f''a ubl .'i/tr^ ^io;ri2 i%as«sya/^-«r. ?"*5o floo;- “"•'''«• / S??H«'«'J' fc^t";/'o'"suS / St 7^enf,c 1 I r ^ v^'^C ition ce : dcieg'fo m^UiisP '.e con I ^hat th^e pub'.ic'migbt sVa? :01)t) DH, 61) onrVa -JM pTzifevrt* j4iimpg; JO)BU0g ;tji['j oj[ gq-j p^qgi^ kri s-iadud oui'bs jihj, t B *- tt ^ ' " 1 I i .iai9pni?is 0[q ■oo pu^ 0]'»uaqi[9p 'snoiosnoo 'b si laocnSpiif orn tuojj uooi isaaoq yCq ■aq 0 SBD s{qi ni o^-^ jo .laqsii ■ OBO Moq ^nq fsjo.ua joj vCiqrq ■mos.iad IUO.IJ ■loqsiToojS*: iuaco L and ibUcan ft othrr^vifto, k a» — > • • ? B wouUl i ■i Jeal of piiuU'i's iiit', iftft"'®®*®'' Jig women of wcallli.v ■in-osumably of onltivalo.W tastes, ■ . i ' iftt.dcoach Exuonl Lynjal A DKl.lHUKATK SLANII The New York Evening fc to nnnv their pau^t^jifoach clulcrmincd to remier itself i,l Iher en.ihoveft. If thoTliO'' menaacioiis assaults upon Ml - post- If this is its purpose, its taftk ' I wortiiy, a'bidefioiu thei' r<«i- ' ■ I the arteotiontlmtlea(ls|to the pltshcrl It ean now lake a rJ imis honest, the low ol'tle'' "f its last demon.stration is cnoughi in that forces them into ujssvory it in infamy forever. Any thing] • is contemptibly vulgar ■ jnd un- attempt to make it appear that Mr ' - ■ result bed, by pub.ishing the slatenul named Brooks that Mr, lilail rhtand paid for stock in.. 'J mJ I- is contemptibly vulgar r t If the escapades are the ' It tne escapaues are uioii — ;■ ■less, and lack of virtuous jjf rinci- -iwnarUfti the men and wornffttCOtt' JiwpaibuObemeu and womtt“ cott lltisthedSfrbfrespecritbrf .iottr- ">s vai.eyeum .u..,es, u lo refuse them the notoriell- they eriualled by any priors lid leave mention ol theaii |td the Blaine s statement was that ... a the law steps ensilies _ , which in sitcb lely to be long i alike are so vulgar ■letj If pareiifs and curit.y for money advanced to aj mrasto desire who was interested in tlie compain. 71 i»f on the production of bis (Ui.j ■ niurries a (•uauuiiiau, is lu su '*r ''' liness of the Owl, the P.iul «nt liar. Now mark |w ZIeiAjs and the Polia 0< Me, tins charge is made in the Lee, (whose letter appears in . _ umn), to whom Mr. Blaine le mau named Brooks that Mr, B bought and paid for stock in h ing Valley coal mine?, 1 a\^h 1 eonalled bv anv prior . oiiuuu s siaLciucul wivs owned an interest in i,uiii, __ limn holding eertain of Us stock] and curit.y for money advanced t iCly newspaper mention .. ig it is distinction, the nev,: papei receipt lor tiieso nonets, gives in If-M issue ndulccthem without sink "g to ol Tuesday the simple acknowled,:;«'mcnl, Ir^I ol upstart vulgarity. To make hy Blame of the receipt of tliis col«iteral, [of sensational comment th. 'act and upon it bases neaily .1 hip [le daughter of a wealthy stock cohiinn of editorial arraigumeMut o |m.arries'"a coachman, is to sti op to Blaine as a conscious and fiei-sist- - ■ • " ■ Pry. ent liar. Now mark, on tlie sailie day w mark, on tlie sai»ie daj made in ibo iW./w. I), ‘ft(>r nniTonra in iitfntSioi- (■•()] led the whole fiueiss ui uic A/twi-, luc i. t*« |,I/S and the Police ( L- sooner fiapers pretending [lility drop it the better. I - • • mjney, writes a letter detailing t I Democrats ot Wisconsin rave transaction, andshowing lliat Mr.pmme kted General Bragg for Coni ress, statement was cniirely true. Whit is the Uong fight. Bragg is the man who conclusion to be readied by fair men but ^i '‘the Irish to h- — that the Jhsf hastened to puli u cirjulations Edvocaiingt.hjl|^I^atmnof| ^cve il^Jfy. Ifylmi: ihi^ — tne N -.Imial Convention. *’ ■ t. .. l li'Shwill novy I vigorou.slv as a daU . ' ; I'^^'lcrship in S'eftn e o? ''•aratio eandidute. In this r 1 Clevel i„/‘’m''l"'‘'7^^ "f'lre veto by '■'.-called: The/wn^^^ Jlmpm-nt if it a. s ' “ and as w rong by the courts^ 'he people „re left win n o ■>yle rnormr*^ (hrneflciaries By tl.is kind of ®"BIwrters of Blaine. honorable men Hol'wijffi ' monize itself with itself 1^ Its uniting wit], f, ' “ the tliaehers tbemseltrs ‘'.® ol nifyLeir vocation It’ma^°/“'' fadn,^tomag,if. .fiei ^ ‘he true .tea., on; Init we do n ‘he hat failure i.s the fault oTt^'“'''® “'®' ‘f ‘hf rewards to he wn„ ""“'hers, eslalfs were as sinn^i "h 'he teadijrniay look forwft“''’i 'he their.estales would ont ‘aocy fyiiif/rom their nmfp magni- imporant position I - "mst im- State^theSiate4 'ls rH‘‘“h ,b':=F cleifehnt took no none "'r ‘■ufedequataparof !p Philadelpki — probability ofl WestVirgini I soheme to injJ ‘heir par,^. "1 that '® hide boiipl cracy. The nisi !-P-ulent Bourbo^ 'or anything or A ‘‘s'rafghi Democl and would not nef Victory to be reri ;^orewon. oflaJ rpajority has reacl aands, but sudil apathy among Ren* '“g'o makeanae j Virginia is as Georgia, and will «Pg as Bourbon viol ‘he election maehinel hold the masterv \ allied themsel miltpendem elemenf e.'h'aand the eomibnl ins i> 0 litical win they ] EdrijUfwjo ,, V thought tijat he it. Tu. I ' *^iiic'h Jeca i r«''-::‘!':;hr^hnm,:rs-o^ tlie Rcpnblioa n “"r “rst vof.' ^^Pomenb/Zedi^ •"»«. .it .i* ™. bmimm /l^a' of .'io mimitcs of * fe^luov.U«.:va,U.^ mini okcn r.ouops'l. '''-T nim" ‘ I'O f>“='* '"'“ " ’“'^r Mi" ■ f isiisi auiiso ihet‘>--‘i bwcvl south- av Valley tc 5h Uic Vir _; amUiCov- *ut Ike .V’-'a'' I>f jwople lUen ■f country now pi jK.i'i'*'- I '7^ VI (lev were ministers ofi ■ f country now ' rint; tin- same t'criocl. • iS» his tUeolmrical t,^“'^‘.^"p„“hvTcry o SVwTca'li^rAo Pevr,-. ami seqnemly became f Dm • Sl2e" oongregations -'f • ‘i . • ..!#» 4'aitlklll ■i lUeir rvjnii"^-- tUi of Ireland, to r.m clclU or ten j, crate, and ibou Lniing ofltomcs iaml valleys be- ■sh scUlement m Ind go down the Intry to the Al.a- |ud look over the Iind the same snr liy ot not only the I allied lamilics. |c flock of Perry •her we know not. ' Castle I'resbytery ■mht upon tbe sub known, bo« i'e a settlement ,a^ihecaeUated^';j>Sj beneeLbts n>nnl .lOlkf.- on riU»4HS* 1^1 on the ill of October, 1 . n> it«^7 “;'V A'Jn 1 Pertr.nn and Roan vv it imdmg no on 1 the rVl <>l * .t .a.altr .^ccTwimc’-o-;. afgTiTs uddresa, diicU was muhsuany interesting and edi- fying, ocemrod at tlio point where he ro fors to the march of progress, slust then a long train of cars came, along am made such a lacket that the ^ ’ to suspend his remarUs. whereat the audi- ence amilod. . , .1 . After the singing of a bymn >'.V '> choir. Mr. llamilton lumounccd that the ceremimy of laying Ijie corner stone would take place, and the audience as- sembled at the spot where the slone lay ready to ha placed in position. To Mrs. Charles P. Pally, of Harnshnrg ami Mrs Pr. OnilfoVd, of Lebanon, direct deceudantsorllov. .lolm Old Perry's pa.stors, was ilelegateU the ploasanttask of moving the stone into position, whicli was done willi care, those assisting lining Mrs, Mary K. llickok and Miss Mmlha Alricks, <>f Dr. .lames W . Kerr, of V mk.nll Im al de- semlants of worshippers at the old chuu li Tiie ceremony was watchca lUi a great dual of interest. In llic hox dc^ posiU'd in the stone were the names of trustees, builders cOminiltcc, date ot ceremony; pholcgraphs ol old ohurcli, photographs of.old imlpil. pliolograiihs ol grave yard, and ol'bnilding at present. Xames of those who led tbe services evionsly to llie laying the corner stone. hf the United Slates. ■ifewspapcrs llarrislmrg Daily If.i.k- II evil with an account of ceremony. 'iWriot. Indepatdent. ' /.t '/‘/l Church and Home. Jtmts, Ae’'o, Uiinch filandard. and Hummehcown Sun, bus issued calling public atlenlions to is memorial. A-iav of Lcliauon, delivcrciban imptes- yupWjr After t'm audience iuAJiL. sSfSltherv seats, a eollecl.ou wa.s taken ^RSS1;S£SiS»‘fe!:“ - $110 0!) realized. The cbnir tbe'n PlN'iS CLAIMS. loilt.l) IIAVK THEOON- LiKKS.SMAN. . M'CaiTol! ana .loll I) ’«'«• let''’ iV„ l«fi to 1880 , two' ^I'onr terms ofcigliti lylbeforo Lebanon wiisj djstrict with Paupliin-, it was mull I"!" ,.‘*t>ns, and na,,i 1 • ' 'P^*'''<'t until its nn (Wn Lauphin hal I- Hull 1 dist.,^„.,„^ _ Col, Dav' j fi maiiliind seerctarie lire.scaited.lthi filONAI. CONFKIlKNcJ wml ail Adjimi-nmciil J)iir.H(lay K.eiiing, r.^eiung. iferfcnce of this Congressl fet-milie Locliici liotelTinin'l (1 ®iggait was elected r:. iv»srs. Hoffman and Mo ||ller wiiicit the co^nr M 7,vr medentials as follows: I iNorl u> ftltolaml-Col. David TtrggJ -y. ■ rohS, R. M Prick. H !’• Moyer, Olivet i . totrt' IViilker. ' \ ■|?A :.n. .H'lm II. Weiss. ■ •'iT-' i 1 lie , .?»(.■ "cdentiJ dele. ! tin- (gill lan jeclareil nominations * Nortluimberlaml, 'i._. '■' u Round, of Nortluiil candidate (for 1 Mil Fi I LoiiSna; lieilaJrl c arcss.| H Lilhoul auT’ spec. -■ StieoubUcan .-p.p of ab^ tfe Wiestlins tbe vosolnrmn since "'^" YArh-t wiili tOongress.onal ^ had but , lince tbcu sbe .-eprcsenla- 1 It Cougressioua I Novlbumbcibind laud l-«bauou^«';„y a lears 't<=''“}tbal ber popuV.v- fuep'tbliean voiev— ^ Lecordmg '» "‘y„iation of ^.i \\\\n vp.\raUe\>ublicun c in 5 \ couu'y ,4 "I ic resoin'''*"’ ’ y nner agaj lapi=rs! =?r’ moretbanoim-”— tvland and a JLDliumberiand, , leiUbenoynatiotyof^U^^ " al ^^m'Aence slSsUbf d' been imsseil kr ami — ’fn-Mif Continuing, be] a;l;UAbe --'“Dlwbin Lebanon and Pm^P Icdtne Tkittc *idat,eYk-jyia-- „ and inu m-." iriSOStbeCimgrts I > L Mii'ef- . Tsame c'"'"\'‘‘i8C,8lbc Congtea fe";“o^n^ascUimedbyN^^^^^^ and i- - aunty’s Clam'S. noininl Wicss ' |7an empty Ij itiwed solithi/?.^^- ^‘n. Roan wm viiW ^'alle^to (.■‘;®"Side- congre«,i- oi E ;ir "?" ^ country nour I Derrv ^ u sim >r Joteci, cloubJecI / lirrf ^df ^ ^^^nist^^sofp ffever%7"->^ / The Re“# Perio?'''''*"” « t^Wirst T^‘;'f^^ofIre]ancUo / i'o ,x\^menn«e an eight or ten stud^f r a Jetvor w . issu^cj-ate, and then t^e jnin,V?7 ’ ’'Ct’aj: SI- :!:i^^'!- by Se”!?s «»%^'’HfC,'!?Jk,.„ ^ftitei,F',a? «:'"«« e„{i?r.]"'^''‘« n»b that the pubjic might share ju '' as gjv< oi« «V 5" '’•Jiu''^'*-'" ,0V\^ 7sv ,aoo«®' gjlO.'