The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-13
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RARpYsDAYssoPrw WRIST q AUGUSTA
some rare and 1IntSrss.inlss Doesiarm1usnt
Ds69 About old.Tim6 virsiniahs.
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Sig.zsome rare and time.worn paper
and documents, concerning the early his
tory Of certain parts Of West Virgins
have recently come into my possession
One 81 them is signed BY Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson AMI
Richard Henry Lee, and bears tie date o
Philadelphia, July yee5, 1775. Another Il
Mr., Doddtidge,s account Of Dunmore,.
war with the indians, written about the
same date. Charles James Faulkner's re.
port To- the Governor Of Virginia, and q
letter b., John Connoly, May, q, IVA, \ are
also among them. Some extracts from
M III sSast han 4 a a., rs an that
such papers are generally buried deep In
the archives oil some historic soeietyi and
elIeGspally CONCEALED HSe from the common
herd. wed ilins1ry., ,is.g sitt e
3,si iJBFrRRsoS's ROCK. ! 5sli q
L The following Is an extract from a paper
published at Winchester in 1888 :slaIt is
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sunny wy s76e , ua vi ss AZ
aas ~ itvg, hneSi a;a; mss a .eu ~
pfoylI am ~ ,as1.s, .u as
greatly iniured' one Of the most interestitis
ichrfosi tisS 81 this place. "A rock Of extra
ordinary shape and Of Considerable size
stands on the brink Of high hill ON the
south sdeofthe tongue or pointofland inn
meljatelys in the fork Of the river. The
apex Of this rock was q broad, flat table,
supported onfa pivot, on which Mr.. jeff
.erson, during his visit to this place, In
scribed his name, from whence 1t took Its
name as Jetferson's Rock. The years 1893
and 100 were a period OF extraordinary
excitement. The two great political par
ties, federal and democratic, Of our coun-
try, were at this period completely or.
.Ranized, and nm Interesting struggle for
which party should have the ascendency
was carried on. This same Capt. Henry,
whether aetuated by the same motive
which impelled the Macedonian youth TO
murder Philip his king, or whether he
hoped to acquire popularity With his party,
placed himself al the head Of band Of
soldiers, and withthe did OF his nyrmi.
dous hurled otRthe apex OF this rock, thus
wantonly and to say the least, unwisely
destroying the greatest beautyof this ex-
traordinary work Of nature 9s',s9 Z
5Es r,,r rps. ~ 1r Ta, (, ovp p 10 :,
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me satne aoSutnent H!se Sol.a..s =
Toman1tioc aEeonhs % . giti tpyte n41 g,
Isabella Gohoon, VINO iatef lnl1eI settlea
n the nelsnpofnoou OF ,t I!I ~ aIeo w 2.
hef iathsf atla hio.hsf were Sliea w Az MY
Indians ana sue was LaKen prisoner. inns
was IN ~, ioo anu isstpeiA "as oi yeats
org, VIZ MFlset goes icy. sosay h. : ss.s
was ae ~ alq gteMiiuP AulYng tnesaY7
ages; peing peaut Hl anu intetessiiis
glfl tney sotd tler 70 q Saaadiah III Ganaua
1hefe = Young stensnplan nanea ha.a
soon peeanle ASquaihtle VIII ne. ...atls
monv Shn declined until'she could first
see her brothers and friends. The French
man accompanied her back to, Virginia.
Her brothers objected TO the marriage,
but lie young tirl couple started together for
PENNSYLVANIA. They we're oyeftakens at
Hunterstown, Pa, and, Isabella iorcibly
carried back ~ her brothers, and the poor
Frenchman was warned that II he ever
made any iurther,attempts to,take her OF
lie should pay the forfeit This storyis
familiar to several aged dandereepectable
individuals in the.neighborhood OF Mar
tinsburg. isabella Safterward married q
man ~. the name OF Met CLAIR; !. removed
ana settled n the,, neishboThood q Nor
rant own, and grew grew wealthy h r,tt, q
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