Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-09-18

determined TO win.
After three cheers for Gen Cameron and
as many more for the great state from whence
he comes, the meeting adjourned.
THE COUNTERFEITER's REWARD.
On Friday, Dr.. Jacob II. Gitner, of Lime
stone township, Mouiour county, was con-
signed TO Cherry Hill prison, ('lhe felon's
doom,") where he is 10 remain until the ex-
pralion of The term for which he has been
sentenced. Doctor Gilner had many friends
and received an education fitting him for
another and higher sphere, one Of useful
ness 10 his fellow men but he chose to be
law breaker, and now, in bitterness of
heart, and by sad experience, is realizing the
great truth, that ",he way of the iransgressor
is hard.n Doctor Giltner has for years been
concerned in the manufacture of those coun-
lerfeit bank notes which have flooded the
Commonwealth TO lis utmost bounds, the
burden OF which, in all its qualifications
eventually rested on the shoulders of those
least able TO bear it, viz : the poorer classes
The partners is his iniquity were old Abe
Hause, Abe's son, Lewis Hause, his son.iu.
law, James Brass, and brotherin.law, John
Mengas. Abe and his son kept the Limestone
Tavern in Limestone township. Brass kept
the Eagle Tavern in Muncy Mengas KEEP, a
store OH the West Branch Canal, about 4
mile and half below Muncy dam. Their
engraver was James Allen, called the Judge
also. Abe Hause and his son Lewis are now
| in prison al Danville Brass is held in $4,000
to appear a, Sunbury Northumberland county,
| to answer, and Mengas has kept himself Sc.
creied aud is at large.
! The location OF this gang was we'll chosen,
at point OF Limestone township, Montour
county, contiguous 10 and within a few hun.
| dred yards of both Northumberland and Ly.
coming counties, leaving access 10 either
county TO be readily accomplished in case oil
a surprise. They had also their mountain
and swamp forlresses, and spies on every
road for miles around. 1t was not an easy
every day thing for officers from The city &c
90 into a strange country, among strangers
not knowing but that the simplest quer,
might excite suspicion, and undo all, anc
meet with such successful results results
alike credible 10 hose arranging the plans o
operation, and to the officers who Iesolne
ly, boldly, and unnnchingly went 10 thel
work.
The last heard fom old Abe Hause wa,
that he had no hope of escape he was 6t
years of age, and he expected 10 end his day,
in prson-''a felon's DOOM"
For 25 or 80 years has this old Abe Haust
exercised his communicating vocation Of coun
terfei,ing, &c. His tavern, at Limestone
was the constant resort of counlerfeiiers
showers, and horse thieves, from Western
New York, Western and Northern Pennsyl
vania, Canal Boatmen, &c, &C., by ant
through whom most of The "stuff" made, O
brought there, was showed" off. As man,
as forty vehicles have been seen at time a
Hause's, and coming in from all parts OF tn
country, the parties going there 10 buy III
"slutf" when a new and good thing was ou
al The rate of s, 10, 10 or % dollars goo
money, for 100 cUgniac, according 10 IN
quality. Many of the horses rode 10 Lime
stone, were stolen previously, and there ira
ded off for cognac. These horses were in
mediately sent of 10 the next "slagen in III
mountains, or otherwise, painted, stained
dyed, cropped and altered, so as not TO b
recognized by their owners, if in pursuit.
brisk trade was thus carried on there
"hoFse flesh" The good quiet residents
the vicinity were kept in continual subjeC
ton and fear, and dare not 10 open the
mouths against the "snspeced iniouity,
for fear OF the burning Of their barns and III
destruction Of their property, as a const
quence if they were 10 do so.
Il is said, tina, on one occasion "man" 7
ding a stolen horse, was closely pressed
: the party owning the horse, and his friends
the stolen horse was rode 10 Abe's Ilause'
, and Immediately alter, on the arrival of tn
pursuers the stolen horse was found covere
with foam--lhe gray clothes the 'Man' wor
were found, but the rider was missing h
could not have gotten away, the pursue
, were so close Oh shin" One of Abe
\ daughters was, however, discovered in
f highly excited and perspirng condition, lea,
;, ing hardly any doubt that she was the MAJ
o riding the stolen horse, and had managed
n divert herself OF her "habiln and reassuu
l. female attire.
Is The good people round about in those r
70 sioAs leel that the roofing out of this NOR
]. 'upas" is indeed great relief to them,
as VIII also our citizens, who have suffered fro
es the "Inunda'ions" of the so called Monte
It. Bank.-Phila' Neps, Of 18Th inst.