Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-04-05
A GREAT NNsYLvANIAN.

| Among tne tnlrty thousand GprmanS WHO
undertook to emgrate to America in 1909,
was John Conrad Weiser. of Herrenberg, in
! Wi"tenberg He was one OF the detachment
which fell into the hands of Governor Hunter
of New York, and settled, first on the Hud-
son, and afterwards, at the invitation OF the
| Mohhwks, on the Schoharie. When the
mnchnatlohs OF the governor were again set
| aI WORK 10 dlslodge them from tins asylum,
'ney sent three deputies TO England TO plead
,ueIr VI, case oelore the queen ana parliament.
"e'Ser vas one OF These deputies. 1hey
| Socceeueo' hi''r great dlulcnities ana reverSes
III obtaining some concessions, bo' ,ne nam
purpose %! 'heir MISSION was not aehieVed.
N,'', nus return IRON, En@'aho' ne was re-
q"es'eu %! NJ mo"""k chleI latleu QuaEhHht
~ s""',oh We departure OF ms son conrad
rhel " "oy U. 'y"r'neh' TO 'ne ihdlsn villages
'or year s'hY; ne rei"'lons OF the Ger
man Srt',etS WIN 'he reu men were genera'iy
Suc.' 'nAt " '''lS rcqueS' was hot caFH'"reu 10
eNGI'e any surprise IN 'he breast oil 'he 'a'her
"nu ms l'auy u'q!ItScrnce upPe"fs 70 i'"Se
,""ee" ~" ~ 'e"a'Ne III the ,'C,e i" Mi.'cn ne
M. M "e ~" We"I "i,u 'ne o''5'' rigut
""n"SE 'no"E" ne ne PurCy 'epeh'cu VI MS
""'S"in ""t'o SIn,.'"s !'o'h lnI .v'' anu
s'", 'i"n VI Hn in"lah WINTER una thc oru,
{ amy " Gfnuhen SaVogcS; Du, ne acquired
! tno,"uS" hn'"'e"He o, tne inuiah Hn9uase'
/ In9 '"e confluence ana ,rIehush,p oi IEanJ
i"U.N"S' neIlHer ol "llieh ne ever ioS'.
on fetUrnlt%, rom his copper GoloFed
J,e =; nv 'uu'.u "'s ia'i''i se'.'eu u. p" o,'G's
I?t. 'r Vn"sH N"n'a. ne ,en'"'ne" ''"cI
/ MS roo 'Tr 'i.,e nu' lne ueS,re 'o r1rh'
- i" n'Cl. IA" iI'l r'''u n''n W s','u! 'nc 'n"luh
,""E"nEe una CHARACTER soon Grove MN loFth
1Eol'I ms German nome TO h''"g'e WIN the
F"@"si Popu'a'Ion oi 'he S'a'eS' anu acquire
as u'ucn o' an eGucation as the lheh S,H't o'
'"e province P'9cpd "Ilnth 'ne 'tac" %
E"G'h o. ms eohu'tIoh' ms ne was quail
nc" ~ uo'u PuSlu"H ol e4uM uIrl"ihess 10
/ ''e u''c "n''Uu"'lI'S ny W"'cn VI" coun''E
was 'hen ln"apiCu--'he EhgIiah' 'He ger
nun "n" tnG I"U'"n' "e Un'MoH,'y M"''m
'"Gl u'a"tW "Tct'E pet|een 'he "I"t'hes
an" III. E"5"sh miEhI nave leu inc eA-
cesSGS lar worse IMAM actnaiiy enSued' put
,nF M the DeIISh"ht influence oi such men as
=" eiSSr ana fianE'h. Ahn u more men had
peeh 'ouhd TO second lhe lormer' IL IL ny no
means certain mat me war o' eXtefmnation
Whch ultimately cAtermlnated the req men
might not have been STAYED oil, and that
these sous OF Inc forest might really nave
open o"ura'eu 10 take anu ho'u some peht-
uhg p1sit,oh ID omr present society
lie heId al ONCE which became extinct
a'ter ms deo'h' ana wh!ch might nave been
ehtl'ieu-H such l,ies were not 100 inuch
u'n"se" ny uoueEh unhooherf-tnat OF I'M
iS'er resident OF Inc Lehnsylvanla ana IT.
Elmn WIN 'he lhdlan 'rloes' but what makes
tie 'lIe inappropriate is mat he always com
manded me entire confidence both ol the
party scndlhg hlm ana o' the party to whom
Hc was sent lie seems TO present a genuine
specimen ol the 'heoretical virtue ol integrity
and the oblivion which covers his name lS
Wlhout dount aScr!habie manly TO the i"ct
That, though IN pnbHc me- he was an honest
man. 'He SaNaSes oIo almost everything he
suggested because us they said' " they had
i9unu MN 'rne ana eood man VINO spoke
'he words OF lhe government 10 them as Inc
government hlu spoken 10 MN. whoever
pears thIS G.c'un III hind' VIII hafdiy read