Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-02-25
THE OLD IRON CANNON.


! While drawing yaur attention To the ole rcIi,-
niscenes the past, il may not be amiss give its
history. From the best information We have it
WAS broughl To Fort Augusta in the year I77@
from Fort Harris, (uow iarrisbGrg.) and placed
! upon the rimpart- "i Fort Augusta. From thcrc
Il taken To Fort Nancy where it remained
until il brought back To Augusta IN tie
year l774. In the Year l775, VIXEN Colonel Hun
ter was ordered with his command to report To
Harris Ferry, the cannon ordered TO be
IhIowu into the river upon the order given To
eNacuatc the fort. he cannon wac then thrown
into the river In the year 1888 it was taken
out the river hy GcoIgc MuutZ and several
others, the names of whom ! could not learn.
In the year 1929 il Was stolen 10y citizens of Ne"
Berlin, then Union county, here il remained
live years. Al the end o. that time George ani
Ez klci FoliIuer and jacob Kcrfer went over
that ancient burg 10 recover II. They we're dIsal
pointed IL their undertaking, and retJrHea with
ouI umllishIug anything other than Jacob
kuelei having lar back spEuiued 10y attempting
To iIlt lhe cannon out the cellar. The next tal
a paIiy ol myn. b,aGed BY Geo. Priuce, maur
the src"nd aItemls and captured the trophy
aud brought II over To Sudbury, where ii lie
maiDeI uutn the year 1893, Whcn The A!gerinu-
oi Sc.Ihsg rove, pi,eumIus Io hsYea claim. cam,
10 our town and captured 1t. 1t remained il
their possession untl The 4Lh of July, 1854,
when DR.. K. Ii. AwI, Chas. Rnehan, II. a.
Simpson, dAard Lyon, Geo. Nathan, Pete
Zmm,rnan, Thomas McEwen, Jerry NautZ,
Jacob RechsIinr, John keichsInc, Wcs,i
Zeisie aud Jonathan Pursci made descent on
Srlnsgruye aud captured il. They took II Iol.
the engine house near the bridge, on Waic.
strcct. Gnc hoisc used to draw the nat
taken ilom the Stable o. Hugh Belas, Esq, ana
pressed into The service. The morning being
the fourth oi Juy, the boy opened lire ou Ihr
river bank IN front of E-qurc Lcvy's residence.
Mr.. Levy became very enthusiastic over the VIC
tory. So much to that hc brought TO he scene
d musket ana s~ura and stood guard with dawn
swurd during The nTlng. lie WAS prcu ar
Ma III MANY rerpccis, aud MAS tie butt Of
great many joke bS The boys "f those days.
The neat imrurianl history ol the o.d lhuudrsei
sas during The Year lS4Y, wbeu abouI IhmIy
young men from DanSille under took TO capture it,
A young mar from tais place by the name OF
Clinton Fisher MAS learning the moulding bUs-
urss at Danrlie aud beard, Incidentally, that
{ he descrut was TO be made. tie lett Town eau
tiou.ly and Walked about Il niie, Where hc CON
fi,ctlcd horse belong gug 10 DR.. Up DeGr-n
| hat had been Put To pasture, aud rode Ia sun
buIy aud gave the alarm, after which he re |
IuIued aud lass,d the Dahvnic parry al the !
biiuI- about a mIe nom I0nn. The Suubury |
l,ruplc in thv E.vahIue, had not b,eu idle, bui |
bad rallied iheT Ioivcs and placed pieh,ls Un |
duty. The cannon was III the cellar Of the |
house Adjoining the old ferry hoUre then occu- |
pied ~ Benjamin Kiohn. Our friend, Wm. B. 4
Martin. had Tie losi OF honor, being guard !
ia iI,ut Of tie h"usc. Capt.. {. }. BruLrr Was /
cUuuaLoeI oi the iuIccs Which uuHUereI sOmu F!
hali duz men. When the Danville party pr.- |
scnied then al ltaIaucc they were surprised L. !
lind that they had been oul-gencralied. Thy /
were advIs,d TO retire and get out Of town ao
soon a. possihIc, oJhcTN isr some ol them nigh; |
return ieti iu.rtuu-t. Mrs. hrouu aud sryerUl /
other iaui,s had IhciI veal uIis d. gOUd condition,
suId wealvDs consisting Oi several kettles OI |
bniIIng water. There seyrrai other political 4
incidents connected with The cauuCn which VI
have omitted, bat may al some lulure time hunt
up.