The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-04

mug OF = Ae4ienlul ana tNo1ty-EVt
priTsihI, b b dationed a sRort Fin
CsstlsS 4 the nSGth q Wheeling, &c.
Thh gsEisol va ordered 70 Be inereased
% ~ Ia I576, bui Il Is dplbisl vbslh.
e. etthsE q fhsle regulations "a carried
into eject.
On the Oh Of Nay, INC, the Gsaeral
ConYentioa Of Virginia passed the decls-
tAtiou known y the Bill Of Right, and
On The 18th Of Nay, lTf6. With suitable
preamble, ERzlpsd unanimously, That
The delegates aPpointsd TO represent Ibis
Colony IN General Coggeal, bs instructed
70 propose 70 hat respectable BODY, 70
declare the United Colonies free Gnd
Ind spshdeht Sbtei, ahsolTed troEs al
alleEiAn6O 70, or dependsnee upoa the
crown OF parliament Of Great Britain;
and that they give the assent Of this Col.
ouy % GuSh declaration, etc. OnIhs 18th
June, I77S they formally adopted con-
Ttitution or form Of government which
labFogsded British Euls and established
government Of The people Tor the State Of
ViEginiS. The same day Patrick Henry
was elected Governor Of the State.
By these Varioas Aes The people were
Tally committed 10 tie revelation finally
iaAlgurltsd BY the passage Of the Decla.
ration Of Indepenaesce By Congress,
WhfehWa promulgated formally on the
4ih Of July, 1T76.
ID October, I7TG, Ohio county va
formed By oct Of Legislature out Of 3 por.
ton Of The District Of West Augusta
The name Of Fort RineRatle WaSrhanged
70 Fort Henry In honor Of the new
| Governor and I'm view Of the exposed ait.
lualioh Of the eounty the justices organ
lied and enrolled the militia, With suiia-
bic Geld and company officers duly con.
frmed by the Governor.
GAt thh period says Mr.. McKiernar,
aOhio county va 70 al inteDts and pur-
Iposes military Colony. Every able
bodied man was enrolled, and kept IN
readiness to take the field at 4 momtnts
warning. The company rolls furnished
I the list Of tithables for county revenue;
ADD Col David Shepherd, the eonnand-
4 ing officer Of the militia, was himsell the
4 presiding justice Of the County Court,
AID became High Sheriff, er-oseio, during
the year"
1. The convention Of l776, directed Two
companies 10 be raised in OhlOeouniy as
her quota Of EGix bAttali6hs iuT the Con:
tinental army OF the United States. Cha1.
simms, Secretary Of the Commonwealth
OF Virginia, in letter 10 Col. John Nc
Culloch, dated November 8, l1IG, gives
. directions Aboutr9ising these companies,
and also, 70 carry into eject the set Of
Assembly requiring Hlhe .landholdeFs in
the County Of Ohio 70 meet at the house
Of Ezekiel Dewitt, on tue Sth Of Deem.
Der next, TO vote for place 10 bold courts
In that county In iutuIe. Before you eau
/ hold these elections II Is necessary
1 you should take the oath Of office. The
/. dsdimuE enclosed empowers Mr.. David
Shepherd, Mr.. David Rogers, and hr
James MeMahan, or any Of them, to sd
: minister the oath.D There Is eKtant Por'
. lions Of a journal kept by committee aP
: pointed 70 carry outthe requirements Of
. the Legislature in the matter. Its inter
esting a. giving the names Of some Of The
J parties engaged, "a follows; Present
David Shepherd in tho chair, Zacharial
Q SprigR, GeorgS McCulloch, john Nc
CnllSeb, Saul Teter, David Shepherd
VIM, .McMeehen, Benjamin Biggs Sr.
? John, Williamson, ST. james Clements
: Joseph Tomlinsou, Jacob LETTER JOSEPH
ogle, George Cox, David .Hoseac1 slN'
3 Hedges, Isaac Taylor, Jacob Pratt, Job[
. HUI; Stephen Pair, George Dement, aRl
4 Saul Glass.S The two companies vert
ordered, and Captain John Lennon ant
Captain SilaS Zane appoiRted to the com
|. mand., Itdoos not appear whether thes'
companies were completely filled anC
: mustered in, or whether they were finally
: merged into the new organization Of Ih'
{. militia. ,.g
These military precautions were sooF
Z found 10 be Of great value IN the proIec
3 ton which we'll organized force had fol
!: the settlements, now thrown open TO thu
attacks Of their old foes under new ant
{ competent leaders. The seige Of For
I Henry by combined force Of Tories ans
Indians was really one Of the battles o
2 the revolution. The story has often beer
: told, but we can bear repetition Of II TO
day, and it il given in the language o
. Nj. MeKiernan, already quoted, who's
I account we deem substantially accurate
. Il ia a. iolloWS: .t
ala the spring Of l777, the frequency 0
Z aggression on The part Of the Indian
rendered quite certain . general outbreal
= would ensue. A lumber otsayage ioray
= upon the settlements took place in Ma!
!. and June, sometimes resulting in mar
pillage OF horses and cattle, but more IRE
auently in the destruction Of human life
and II the marauding parties at frat sue
: ceedsd in their designs, they were Away
Y pursued by the exaSperated Irontiersmen
g and generally visited With deserved pun
d ishment. As the season advanced, thes
o depredations became more frequent, an
Z were characterized With create
u holiness and 80, imminent wa
= the apprehended danger, that the peopl
I throw aside their private pursuits, ever.
J man became soldier, the troops Wer
!, constantly In, service, al civil iartsdic
ton ceased from June until the following
e Anil, and martial law in undispute'
. power prevailed, over the country. IL
L the early part Of September it was asesr
n tanned that an immense Indian army wa
6 concentrating on the sandusky river, un
Q der nc direction OF thu notorious. whit
i renegade, Simon GirtY. This schemini
Q outlaw had almost unbounded eomman,
. over the Wyandottes, and was so far intlu
= entail with the Mingoes and shawnees a
! 10 secure a large accession TO Ills fore
Il from those warliks tribes. The lndial
g army was we'll appointed, having receives
c an abundant supply Of arms and ammu
milton from Gov. Hamilton, n detroit
! Girty, himself was armed by this e1lighs
u ene,i functionary with full power 70 gran
> protection, II he saw iit, to such oil th'
2 settlers as might choose TO swear ALE
vtance 70 the British Crown, and was fur
+ nished by. the Governor with q proela
}; nation under his own hand guaranteeing
. the royal pardon 70 every rebel VIII
would accept the boon which Girty wa
= authorized TO- OAer, The savage host
: numbering, by various estimates, iron
= $50 to 500 warriors, having completes
!. every preparation for their campaign
9 left the SanduSky upper village and tool
. up their line Of march in the direction
: OF Limestone, Kentucky. Ignorant ant
Z cowardly as many represent Girty 70 hay'
!, been on thu field Of battle, he certainl!
possessed a degree Of cunning when no