Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-07-24


in resist it. The desgales ssse'Ihed AZ Par
lie kinson's ferry (now Mopone "a cityl Il
'le the early part Of the sumthet zoe. Th'
r majoriiyoft the eonvcnfionpa sesoiution
of fthatihe several excise o|lie1 shouId b
%, brough,yip immediaseiy b} png force
$, and thai their commissie be takel
n them thai they would not again Gin tha
ip capacity, and that if any resistance wsl
e, made bylhem, aheyl SHOULD be burned ou
le Of house and home. Thus this affair was
IN fast drawing TO crisis
d. The ingurgenls. by numerous tody o
- armed men, made their first attack on The
2 dwelling house Of Gen.. Neville, iheexcise
officer in Washington county. Neville. was
aware Of their coming. and had prepared an
ie armed force 10 defend himself. He warned
n them 10 desisl or he would fire on ,hem.-
o, They advanced, however. and Capt. M'Far.
IN land was shot dead. The assaiIanis retired,
10 and a day or two. alierward, returned
ID 10 resume the attack. Neville in the
ip meantime had abandoned the house, and the
Sc assailanls meeting with no resistance. set
le FIRE 10 il and burned il down. The next
y movement was made agains, Philip Reagan,
of the deputy excise officer in Wes,moreIand
9 county. The ailack was made in the night
Shy numerous body Of men; Reagan ex.
peS 'ied to be attacked. and had prepared HIM
self Nth number Of guns, and one or Two
men, The firing commenced from the
house. nj. d the assailanis fired at it for some
lime w,ho. t effect on either side. The in
suroen,s lbeS, set fire 40 Reagan's barn,
which they bu. med down, and retired for
thai time. In The course. OF q day or Two
after. the assaants,, with iorre Of one
hundred and fifty mel1, returned 10 renew
the attack. Alter SOME ,7arleying' Heagan'
rather than shed blood, prC,oosed to cap''u'
lale with them, provided they would DO II
on honorable terms, and give hi.n assurance
that they would neither abuse his person nor
d .stroy his property, and would as.rse on
his part 10 give up his commission, andSaevef
again 10 ACT as an exciseman. These sliEu-
la,ions were agreed! to, reduced 10 writing,
and signed by the parties, Regan then o.
pened his door, came out with a keg of
whiskey, and trea,cd them all. 10 shor'
time, however, after The w:hiskey was drank.
some Of them began TO niurm ur, and 10 say
that The old rascal was let OF tsso easy, and
that he ought 10 bs set up as ialeet 70 be
shot al. Some were for tarring and !, i,'a'her'
ing him, but others took his part, and sail' ne
had acted manful!y. and that after capiula.l
ling with him they were bound hy every
thing sacred, to lrea, him honombly. AT
length they got 10 fighting among themselves.
AiIer this il was proposed and canied, that
they should march off. right away, 10 Ben d
Wells of Fayelte county. the excise officer ii
there, and catch and try him and Reagan
both together. They sal oul accordingly, a
taking Reagan along, bu, when they arrived a
al Wells house, he was not there, so they Il
sci hire TO il and burned il with all It's con. n
tents. They left an ambush near The ruins, N
IN order, II they could, 10 seize upon w ellis. e.
Next moining he was taken, but during the il
night. as Reagan had escaped, and Wells d
was very submissive with them, they lie, {!
him off wilhoul further moleslation al
The mex, attack was made on Captain n,
Webster, of Sloyslown, the excise officer for q,
Somerset county, by about one hundred and Ia
tihy men from Westmoreland. They took ey
his commission from him, and made him W
promise never again TO ACT as collector of al
excise. Al attempt was made by soma Of DE-
the parry 10 fire his hay.stacks. but it was iii
by others Of them before any in. al
jury was done. They marched off home. ly
wards, taking Webster few miles along m
with them, and sseirg him very submissive, lr
they ordered him TO mount the stump, and br
repeal his promise, never again 10 act as COL II
ector OF excise, and TO hurrah three times OF
Tor Tom the Tinker, after which they dis lin
missed him. This Tom the Tinker was a
new god added TO Mythology at this time wi
and was supposed to preside over whiskey. st
stills and still houses. Whoever hurrahpd hi
'toutly for Tom the Tinker was Of unques. ns
iontble loyalty with the whiskey boys; 10
Vhilgl those who would moi were branded m
IS 'rai,ors TO this new Deity, and TO their III
country. en-
Affairs now arrived at such crisis hat ca
'ilher the government or the people must in
submit, and for the government 10 have pc
lone SO, under the circumstances, would In,
lave been an end Of the government.-- W,
No'hng now could restore order but the tia
Irong arm ofthe nation. The Presiden, 70,
;alIed out The Militia from the eastern part pI
'r Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland is
Ind Virginia. Upwards of five thousand i'll
men, consisting Of infantry, cavalry, and Pr
ew companies Of artillery, promptly obey. ra
ID the call Of The Presdenl. The Pennsy. W,
'ania and New jersey troops came through
Somerset, and halted in three divisions on pa
his side Of the Chestnut Ridge. The ad. co
'ance division came on 10 where this town lrt
low stands; the second division remained al ou
Lobing'er's Mills. They remained In their va
,ncampmenls for tho space of eight days; ch
iurng which lime,the cavalry, conducted by lyo
he excise officers, were out securing The IN
:ounlry in search Of whiskey boys. But mi
,hiehy all those who had taken an active lis
,arl in the late insuuectionary movements, II,
had either fed, or secreted themselves. so kr
haI few could be. found; ! believe, not more wi
han one or Two. The pan Of tho army in he
his neghborhood, then struck their tents of
lnd marched ~ the forks Of the Yough, in
Washington coLniy, where they we're me,
BY The Maryland and Virginia troops, who =,
had come up through Cumberland. and I'm ~
qnpwn. WhiIst there o few rnorp Of The y
Insurgents were taken. The precise liuin- sa
nar 1 do not remember, but ! think about IN
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