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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-08-27
Annual Report Of the Committee OF
Publication of the University
at LeWiSburg, Pa.

During the University year just closed,
the smiles Of Heaven have rested upon
our youthful but already vigorous Institu-
ticn for the promotion Of learning an!
rcty throughout this Commonwealth.
The lives of its Board of Trustees have
been precious in the sight Of the great
Dsposer, although they have been called
TO lament the loss of Henry Funk, a pa
tron and former Trustee One member of
our Board has been called away-Rcv. \.
a. Anderson, Of Huntingdon county,
having served his generation l., the VIII
If God, expired in the prime of life,
lcavinga good example for US who survive,
and an cxhortation TO work while it is yet
day. One of the students in the Acade-
my died during the last vacation, and one
was early called from the Primary Depart
ment-but 10 other deccase has occurred
among The members Of the Institution !;
and their general health has been good
Rev nr sIalcom, ly virtue of his Office
as President Of the University, is now a
member of the Board of Curators, in
place Of Rev Mr.. Anderson, deed. In
the Board of Trustees, the vacancy occa-
s'oncd by the resignation of Mr.. Harker,
Of Pittsburg, has been supplied by the
election of Jos. Lppincott, of Mt Plea
SAINT, WestmorclanI Co. Mr.. Walker
having resigned LIS station as Treasurer,
Joseph Mcixcll Of Lcwiskurg has been
appointed TO that Office.
Stephen W. Taylor, l.. L. D., the indie
fatigablc and highly useful acting Prcsi-
dent of the University from its origin,
having last year resigned, and accepted
the Presidency of Madison University,
~ H. 4 change has necessarily been made
IN the Board Of instruction. The Facul
~ has been enlarged by the election of
Rev Howard Malcolm, D. d., as President,
and Professor of Moral and intellectual
Philosophy; Charles S. james, A. NJ, as
Professor of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy; and of Mr. NJ f. Taylor, as
Assistant in the Academic Department
Professors Bliss, Anderson and Taylor,
and Mcssrs. Loomis and Ball, remain at
The head of the;r respective Departments,
and have performed faithful services, as
specified III the report oil your Committee
on Government and Instruction. The
well known crudition, piety, activity, and
experience of the new President, have
been excrting a salutary influence upon
the University, and upon the community ;
and the other new instructors have proved
themselves capt to teach"
In the Collegiate Department, last year,
as names have been added; in the Aca-
dcmic, co; and in the Primary, 9-ll7
in all. The whole number who have
been in attendance last year is 2li, from
all pants Of this State, and from New Icr-
acy, New York, Ohm, aul MARYLAND.
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The WhiSkey Insurrection.
Aug. u, 1852.

tThc following address on the subject Of the
Nhiskey lnsurrec,ion, was delivered in Mount
Pleasant, Wcstmorcland county, Pa, by the
Hon. JunN LoGINGIrR. We have no doubt il
Will be acceptable 10 many of our readers, as
furnishing them some facts and incidents, by
person who was an eyewitness, and, in some
degree, an actor in one of these scenes of mad
ness and misrule that sometimes take posses
SION Of whulc communities rs well as indi-
vid"als. Judge I.obingcr, though ninety years
Old Is still, we are happy to learn, hale, ac-
tive man, venerable for his aye, and esteemed
and beloved by all who know him, for the ur-
banlty of his manners and the integrity of his
life. Casper Tarr and Philip Regan, ESqrs..
mentioned in the narrative, have both died
since The delivering of the addrcss-Tarr in
about the scventy-ffth year of MS aye, and
ReGan al the very advanced age of one hun
dTed and sc, cn.-iuiS5urg Iisp4ich.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-08-27
ITR. L0DIWGrER'S ADDRESS.

r'se to give you my recollcctions o
the Western, or what is called the Whis
key insurcctiop, in the year 1871. In
DONG so, shall have to depend almost
entirely upon my OWN memory, having nc
documents to which to refer. | have, how
ever, lately had conference with Casper
Tarr and Philip Ecsan, both of this neigh
borhood, whose recollcctions aided me con.
siderably in the occurrences.
Before ! proceed with my narrative,
will give you short account of the first
settlement Of this part of Pennsylvania
with the manners, customs, and habits
which the settlers acquired under the De-
euiiar circumstances in which they were
placed. The settlement commenced about
the year l7G9. The whole country at
that time was an entire wilderness, cover
cd by heavy growth of timber. The set
tlement progressed and improved till the
year 1916, when the Revolutionary War
broke out, which continued till the year
1888, During that period, many of the
frontier Inhabitants were driven from their
dwellings by the hostile Indians. Some
lost their lives, and some returned to the
other side of the mountains from whence
they had come. Others, not willing to
give up their settlements, erected tempo
rary forts and block. houses, into which
they occasionally fled when apprchcnsivc
OF danger. The men went out in coinpan.
les to work their little fields of corn, with
their guns on their shoulders, placing sen
tinels around the fields, while the other
part were at work, for fear of an attack
from the Indians.
In this perilous situation they suffered
many privations, until peace was restored,
IN l1s3. After that period, many of the
old inhabitants returned, with increased
Of emigrants, and the country
improved 50 rapidly as soon to supply the
with abundance of every Kind
of provision. Unfortunately, about this
time, or little before, they began to con-
vert their surplus grain into whiskey.
This was the more an evil, as they used
the whskey principally among themselves.
From the great demand for it, it was the
article of trade, and became
kind of standard of value for other articles;
and the man who had plenty of whiskey
in those times, was regarded by his fellow
citizens nearly in the same light as man
is now who has more money than his neigh
bors.
am astonishcd when I look back and
reflect upon the quantities of it that were
used 1t was the medicine for almost ev-
,ry disease, and was constant beverage
wherever people met together, whether to
,ssist each other in labor or amusement
At military trainings; at elections, funer-
lis, and weddings; at raisings, log rollings,
,rubbing frolics; in harvest fields and at
,orn huskings; in short, wherever the
,coplc met, and whatever they met to do,
hey must have whiskey. Owing to the
pcrilous times through which they had
passed, and from the very nature of the
in new country, the pco.
pic got into habit of doing almost all
heir ordinary labor in companies, and
hcsc were kind of conyiyial meetings
hat greatly fostorcd whiskcy thinking; in
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WeeVil In Grain.

We are informed from various quarters,
OF the serious depredatiors of the wecvi.
IN the wheat granaries Of our farmers-l,,
some instances the grain being almost ell
tirely destroyed, or Injured to snch an ex-
tent as to be unfit to manufacture into
Hour. Several persons have inquired of US
remedy; and We see the same INJURY
made in several other agricultural journals,
without eliciting reply.
We have but a small amoant of tro,vI
edge on which to prescribe preventive for
this evil. We know of no better than to
thoroughly whitewash the granary, ia ereyy
part, inside and out, as we'll as the under
timbers if possible, before the grain is put
IN. This, We think, if well done, will
stop their entrance.
Where grain is already infested, ali
Stacked lime, perfectly dry, sieved Over
and mixed through the grain, a. the limo
can be blown away by running through the
fan.
We know Of nc other remedy; but if any
OF our readers possess a better, they will
be comforting favor on the agricultural
community, by forwarding it to US for pub
llcatlon withod Gelay.-Gymanso,cn TEL
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The UNCERTAINTY OF LIPE.-Only
about year ago, We witnessed, in all the
strength Of robust manhood, the l.te judge
Woodbury., presiding on an important pub
lie occasion, in his robes of masisfrac3, ,
upon the bench of the United States Cir
cult Court, Boston -Sindicating the laws
OF the land with the sternncss of Camden
and the urbanity of Mansfield. At the
same bar, on that same occasion, we wit
messed Robert Rantoul, in the maturityrf
lranhood, with apparently a long and
healthy career before him, stand up bold
ly, in the face Of his party, but true to his
sentiments through life, to support what
he believed the liberty of the friendless
and the stranger. Within only four months
from that time, that Judge was laid in bis
grave; within two months, Mr. Rantoul
delivered touching and beautiful eulory
upon the deceased, enlargiug most clo-
4uently and feelingly upon the fiestirg na-
ture of eathly things; and nov the orator
has given more startling illustration of
the grave facts he tanght, in his own sud
den and melancholy decease.-Bos.ou Be.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1852-06-02

CINCINNATI AND MARIETTA RAILROAD
The Board of Directors Of this road have
directed seventy miles more of the road to
be put under contract, which will CON.
plete the connection between Marietta and
Cincinnati. Seyenty-seven miles were
put under contract about a year ago, which
will be ready Tor tho iron and cars during
the summer of 1858. The Board has also
directed a survey Of a proposed extension
Of limo, from Marietta to Wheeling, to be
made without delay. The Wheeling Ga.
zetie says:
"The money for discharging the expen.
ses of this new survey has been pledged
for some time. rendering it unnecessary
to trench upon the funds Of the company
for that purpose. 1t is understood that a
good route, from Marietta to Bridgeport,
exists within the distance Of rs miles al
farthest; and it 10 believed the surveys
will prove a still shorter line. Influential
parties in Philadelphia are pledgedt to Sc
cure the filing up OF this link, between
their Hempield line, and the Great South
west, simultaneously with the completion
of our road to Marietta"
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WOMAN,s RIGHTS CONVENTION.
MAssILoN, Nav 81.

The Woman's Rights Convention MET
yesterday. Mrs. Emily Robinson, Of MARI
borough, President, pro tenn; Mrs. Fro.
hook, of Wellsvills. Secretary. A com.
mittee was appointed to report permanent
officers.
Whereupon, Mrs. Frances D. Gage was
appointed President; Madams Little, Sow.
erence, Irish and Johnston, Vice Presi.
dents; Madams Frohock, Stanton and Mr..
B. S. Jones, Secretaries.
Mrs. Gage, on taking the chair, deliv-
cred a beautiful address, which ELECTED
marked attention. A committee of eleven
were appointed to report resolutions, and
their discussion occupied the entire day.
To-day the resolutions were further dis
cussed, and adopted.
Several able speeches were delivered by
Madams Severance, f. Cleveland. Fro.
hook. Citing. F. Litchfeld and Irish.-
The report OF the select committee on the
subject Of a State Society was under dis.
cussion till 5 o'clock, p. M. The pro.
osedings throughout were highly digni6sd,
and ably conducted.
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Thebest Rcmedyev known to Man.

Coughs, Colds. Group, Bronchitis. Lafuenzn
Bleeding Of The Lungs. Difficulty Of Breathing,
Licer affection, Pain or tceakness in the breas'
or side. First stages Of Consumption &c.
In short, this Balsam is peculiarly adopted 10
eveyy disease cf fhe Lungs. and Liper. ichich
Iproduced in our euer-Uarying climate.
VKIlLD CHERRY. HAS LONG BEEN
known to possess important medicinal
properties. This fact is familiar to every mstron
in our land, aud physicians often prescribe II 10 a
variety Of forms for different complaints. Tar,
also has been equally noted for its %viltues: and
some physicians, whose nsmes are familiar to the
country. have pone so far rs to declare that even
CONSUMPTION could be cured by that alone.
III other hands, again, il was nearly vaIueless,
owing no doubt, to their ignorance 10 preparing
and administering it-a difficulty now entirely
obviated by patient experiment aud long expe.
rience.
The extraordinary medicinal qualities of these
two substances, are now, for The first time, CON-
bined and embodied in DR.. wistar's Bs,sam Of
Wild Cherry. By a nice chemical process. every
thing deleterious or useless is rejected. so that
what remains b the most extraordinary and truly
sficacious remedy for all kinds Of pulmonary and
diseases ever known TO men.
For sale by J.. A. 81 6. II. Davenport,
Woodsfeld; II. E Kotzebus, Malaga;
Pollock. Carter g. Co., Sunfish; NJ. P.
Miles & Son, So,nor,on; Cotton d
Buell, Marietta
May 20, 1852.
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Petition to Sell Lands.

Lawrence Shreiner, } Court Of Common Pleas
Administrator Of Eliza ) oi Monroe county, Ohio.
beth Shreiner, Decd. } Petition to sell Isnds-
Emanuel Lontz, Solo. Solomon Lon,r md
mon Loniz, aud the } the unknown heirs and
unknown heirs OF Eli. legal representatives Of
zsbeth Shreiuer decd. } Elizabeth Shreiner. de-
ceased, who are heirs aud legal representatives Of
Elizabeth Shreiner, deceased; you are hereby in
formed that on the first day Of May, A. D. 1852.
said Administrator filed his petition in the Court
of Common Pleas Of Monroe county, Ohio. tho
object aud prayer Of which petition IL to obtain
an order st the next term Of said fourt FOR the
sale Of the following described real estate. situate
in the county aforesaid. Of which the said Eiixs-
beth Shrehier, deceived, seized. to wit: Being
q part Of the south east quarter OF section No. ..
81 township No. s, Of range No, 6, beginning
for the same At the sonth west corner Of said sees
iion; thence north one-fourth degree west, I6O
perrhes; thence north SO and three fourth De-
srees easi sissy-6ve perches al ! one tenth; thence
south one.iourth degree east, $50 and xix tenth
perches to The section line; iheace with The sec
iion line IS and one-tenth perches to the place Of
beginning conisining IS acres Of Isnd more Or
less LAWRENCE SHREINER. Admit
BY HoLLrsrsH. oxsv & h~oLLIsrER, III
Nay s, 1852. bic A~ucrrsy~,.
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WAR ExcrrEmENr At MArAmoRAs

WAX ExClIEmENI Al ~AAAMOh
There is speck Of war in u Mexi-
can difficulties, but we much doubt wheth.
or our rights under the Tehuantspsc trea-
ty will not be suffered TO sleep in abeyance
until the incoming Of = Democratic Adj
ministration. However, we will give the
news, and hope for better things.
The greatest excitement prevailed at
Matamoras, by last accounts, caused by 4
report that Mr.. LErcHER. the American
Minister. had required that the Tehuante-
pee Company should be Unidentified for
all losses, or he would demand his pass
ports.
Il is stated that Mr.. WEBSTER had in.
structed Mr.. BENJAMIN. President OF the
Company. 10 60 on with the Railroad, and
the United States would sustain him; and
that a naval force had been sent thither
for that purpose.
The Mexicans were very belligerent on
hsaring these rumors, and rejoiced in the
prospect Of another chance to thrash the
observation-disclosures.
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ToBAcco.-The Tobacco market is &C.
tive, and sales Of some 600 hhds. have
been made during the week Of Maryland
at prices ranging from 8 to Sc for common
to middling qualities. The sales Of Ohio
have been only to a moderate extent. at
previous prices. Holders of oil kinds Of
tobacco are firm, and there is a free dis.
position to purchase. We quote As fol-
lows, embracing the range o present pri-
ces, viz: Brown and greenish common
8 so a a.; good and fair reds 4 so a IS
25. fine reds IS rs a 81; wrappery red,
fine, 80 a $40; extra do. 10 a $11; COM
non ~spangled "A IS; good do. ga 81
SO; fine do. 8 a 80 yellow 10 sic. The
inspections Of the week are l.l36 hhds.
Maryland, 1874 Ohio, and 103 Kentucky;
total l,433 hhds.-BaAimore Sun.
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nRDINANCE passed by the Town Council
" OF the Town of Woodsfeld, May oath 1852.

" OF the Town of Woodsield. May oath 1852.
Be IL ordained. by the Tosvn Council Of the
To,cn Of Woodgftld, That the Street Commits
sioner shall have cogniz.nce OF all complaints of
nuisance, and shall Immediately upon the com.
plant of any person or persons resident within tho
corporation OF Woodsfeld, examine the cause or
causes OF complaint; and il, in the opinion Of the
Street Commissioner, cause or causes complained
OF be a nuisance, and injurious to public health,
or to the health OF, any private family; or If the
the Street Commissioner he offensive to the public
or any private family. by reason Of any stencil or
other disagreesble or offensive cause or causes
attending such nuisance or nuisances, the Street
Commissioner shall order the person or persons
owning or having control Of such nuisance or
nuisances, to remove the same Immediately, Or
within such reasonable time a. the Street Com
missioner shal determine; and upon the failure of
such person or persona owing or having control
Of such nuisance or nuisances to remove the same,
the Street Commissions shall cause the same to
he removed at the expense Of such person or per-
sons owning OF having control thereof; and II 10
provided, that in all cases the complaint or cons
plainanis, the person or persons called I'd remove
any nuisance or nuisancss, shall have the right Of
appealing to the Town Council, IL they or any Of
them ieel sgrieved by the determination of the
Street Commissioner AL ordinances or parts Of
ordinances Inconsistent with this ordinance shall
be and the same are heseby repealed This ordi-
nance shall take effect from and after the notice
required by law.
JAMES MITCHELL. Mayor.
JNo. A. DAVENPORT. Recorder, pro TEN.
June 2, 1852.
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OF The Citizens Of Cambridge held a
meeting in the Court House a few even
ings since. and Resolved 10 subscribe
twenty thousand dollars Stock to the CEN
trail Ohio Railroad. Ton thousand dol
lars. to be raised by private subscription.
and ten thousand dollars, by a tax upon
the Corporation, as 500 as authorized by
a vote Of the people. The payment Of
this sum is upon this express condition,
that the Railroad Company establish, with
in the corporate limits, at the West end
of Cambridge, at a point where tho Rail-
road crosses the National Road, a freight
and passenger depot.-G Guernsey LETTER.
sonian.
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IMPORTANT TO HOLDERS OF LAND WAR.
RANrs.-Hon. J. E. HEATH. Commissions
or Of Pensions, decides thst when a party
dies before the issue of his Land Warrant,
under the act Of September, 1850, the right
to the Warrant dies with him, unless
there be a widow, or children who were
minors at the time Of ths passage of the
act.
If he left a widow, the application may
be renewed in her name; or. il none, it
may be revived in the name ofthe children.
If there be neither widow MOI minor
children, no right vests in any one.
The act Of March 22d, 1859, is silent,
as to the right Of the widow or children to
renew the application. If the party dies DO.
fore obtaining the Warrant.
If the claimant dies after theissue Of tho
Warrant. the title thereto vests in the heirs
in the same as real estate, and
can be assigned by those only who could
could convey a tract Of land descended
from the ancestor.
This is certainly a very rigid construc.
ton of the letter of the law, and we doubt
whether it will not in many cases, run
counter to the real intention of Congress.
1t will certainly exclude many from the
benefit of the law who have hitherto deem.
ed themselves entitled to the small pit.
lance OF reward for the service Of their de-.
ceased friends. 1t is to be the rule, how.
unless reversed by higher authority.
Statesman.
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|DOAD NOTICE.-A petition will BE- pre-
scented 10 the Commissioner Of MoaSo~
county. Ohio. ct their next Juns session. praying
for the location Of n county road commencing u
the forks of the road, on lands Of Stephen Brown,
in Malaga township, in this coontv. and south of
his house; thence the nearest sBd best route across
Bakers Fork Of sunfish 10 the line between the
lands Of David Kpkbride and Robert CIingsn;
thence south. with said lIne. to or near the sou.h
wert corner Of said Kirkbride's farm: thence tho
nearest and best route across Minors run 20 in-
tersect the Stste road running from Wnods6eid
10 Barnes lille. between the NORTH west corner Of
Johnston Leslie $ t,bacco patch On lands 81 WIN.
Rouse. aud a white oak tree standing q few rods
south Of said corner; also that so much of the
road running from Abraham Lsudis' TO Woods-
neld a. lies between said Landis' house aud the
south line Of said KTkbride' . farm. be vacated.
April %, 1852
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ND OAD NOTICE.-A petition will be pre-
County. at their next June session. praying tor
the location of a county road commencing ir the
Wopds6eld and Antioch road south Of the Town,
Of Woods6eld, on the lands Of Joseph Morris;
thence through the lands OF said Morris Down
the run, keeping the left hand side Of the run 40
much as practicable to the creek Of or near the
mouth of said run; thence the best route to m
tersect the road from Woodsfeld to Antioch rs
nsarJohn Hamilton's as practicable; said road to be
laid OH the best ground aud at the iowest grade
where . good road can be msde, aud 10 no case to
exceed five degrees above q horizontal plane.
April %, 1852.
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ID DAD NOT1CE-A petition will be present--
~ ed TO the Commissioners of Monroe county.
Ohio. at their next June session, praying for tho
locslion of a county road commencing at Al. or near
the house Of John Davis 10 Bethel township,
thence to RON ". Il. so as TO pass the house Of
VIM Nicholson OH the right. thence to run N.
W a. as to cross the Graysville road near the.
house of Jos McVsy. hence to the line between
the land of James Morley aud Euphronins Pryor.
thence to keep said Iiue as near ss possible, ard
from SAID line 10 John BtHton's stable, theme
the nearest aud best route so 40 to i~ntetsect the
State road running from Matamoras to Stafford,
Al a white oak OH the liue between Josiah r. Bry-
ant and John Boyer III the township Of Franklin.
April II, 1852
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HDOAD NOTICE.-A petition will be pre-.
HA scented to the Commissioned Of Moiros
county. at their next June session. praying Tor.
the loo cation Of q county road commencing AZ the
road leading from SummeIield to Marietta. At the
no't III west corner Of Isaac Murrey's orcha'd;
thence TO run the nearest and hest route TO inter.
sect the road leading from the Woodrf, Id road tn
Stafford ut or near a tobacco house on the land
of Andrew Barnett; thence with We said road to
the W oodsfsld road at a tobacco house; and also
to vscste so much OF the Summeifield aud Mari
eta rosd as lies between the Woodsfeld road and
the corner Of Isaac Murrey's orchard 10 franklin
TO wnsbip nf A. PETITIONER.
May S, IS52-pd.
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CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING.

Tho members Of the Democratic Cen.
trail Committee for Monroe county are re-
quested to meet in the town Of Woodsfeld.
on Saturday tho 9Th day Of June, next.
A'full meeting Of the committee is request
cd in order to make arrangements for the
coming campaign. The names Of the
members Of the committee are as follows:
Leonard Twinum, Jonathan Harris, John
L. Henihorn, W. T. Sinclair. Isaac MUIR
ry. VIM. Myers. Shadrach Sellers, John
J. Eggar, John fisher, Thos. Mitchell,
E. B. Cox, J. NJ. Stout. Jas. L. Watson,
VIM. Jeffries, Jacob Davis, Thos. A. Way,
and Stephen Conger.