Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-11
NEWS OUR ANCESTORS READ.

| Qnnlnt Features Cnlieo from n Journal Q
1s41-A Year That Began in Mnrch. No
Ror,x Foreirr T.,d.- IN
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saves ana Otner Oo""Ooiues Ior sais
WRITTEN FOB THE DlsPATcH.1
The Philadelphia american Weekly Me1
curry on January 7, l74 was in its 23d year
From the ski leanet OF its babyhood, it ha'
1 grown into sturdy youth of four pages Thi
| two old woodcuts which for MANY Years ba,
adornad an .itla ,vara an -, : .h;-d
slo 'i'ie ~ IIp-o. W snii M :
/ a. larger one, qualnuy poLIaylng the narDol
and city. Let US glance at few Of the feat
/ ures Of this ancient publication, sidelights al
| it were on the history of the day
Turnino over its files one ia made o,,o-a ths
80, - -, - "a .--Uo @.o '"s
tne oio metnoo OF beginning tne year, In March
instead of January, was still in effect, and un
less the fact is borne in mind. the reader Il
likely to forget that the month after Decembe,
was in the sauaa year Febrnarv 174i nos h
49, - -, - y, -'-.' "1I ~
sequens 10 june h4li not prior thereto. unless
the relations OF the months are clearly settled
in the memory, the reader is apt to become
sadly mixed.
The Spanish privateers vere the ersatest
source Oh annoyance ana anxiety the colonies
hAo' 4hese plratleal craft literally sWarmed
from Florida to Newfoundland, and almost
n
M III ~ Vessels OOunu Ior OF from fnllaoelphla
we're we're selzeo; Fof one por. only TINS was very
neSSy loSsi Dut ING coioniSts "ere Po"eriesS 70
alu themselves, anu the nome Government
seemed Attle more aDie TO cope with the enemy.
iitA'eerS were nt1eu ous Dy tne Amerlcans,
~ - sne mann sney nLele; w"
~Hu UHen' no"e.ei, ono VI s"o IePIlsa.e "eLe
mAoe' anu We nnu Two spanish Vesseis' Win
sneIr st cargoes, aaVertiseo 1or sale IN one IN
In those earle aava our trade an,,aa-. to bava
been chiefly with Jamaica ana Bafbadoes, four
or nVe vessels advertising every week for car
soes from Wnlch " would appear tnat the Dusl-
H1sS seTn was PloHsaDle 1 LskS q
beonn IN I7ao ai5d tbs west inSiss Tsrs tSo
scenes of much tumultuous strife The col
onies were, Of course. expected to contribute
tbet 9uota OF men, ana we Teaa IN 1ne Merery
the shin li;1a Setb f.r Ta,naioa WaRroI 10 10
iT42 and the foIiowinc Weels q call FOR recrnits
is printed in English and German. Pardon is
promised all deserters who will re-enlist. and
bscn,5n,t are ~ t, saS Hrse %
sayna Tina ra Sards era nrn,1;sa, ~. ,,,-ab, ~
sion of fn0ifiVe soldiers and honseholders are
warned against entertaining them.
In gIancing idly over the pages of this paper
the eve catches snch ..news'' ss this. a lone
article nrintad NV roouost ,,,o,, +I,o -as,,--ao.
80 - lS4uoo1 uPOn 'ne .eSuiie0-
sion % ol tne Dody, taxing up nearly al the space
devoted to reading matter; a comet seen in
Philadelphia on March 4 i74l-42. and visible
few days later In New York. Saturday ApriI
"a l7a0 T,horoos sir,ith or,, rrEo..,as G,;a
- = NnoiAe SAnisu anu AnOnAS oAinnets %
Standing under shed on Society Hill. were
struck by lightning, and the former instantly
killed: in Anril 1742 two verv larOe whales were
washed ashore AZ Cane ma1 heer;no- bar,1oor,
- ~ . Doni.ns noI pun
"ounus anu were nelo lor demand OF owners.
Prlor TO the Revolution pennsylvania was un-
der the control Of Governor appointed bv the
with kha aTnrovaI of the Crovvn
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'. 80 - SOnOoA. VIII Sn0 OinsAo nOuSo VI INC
a assembly exercised tne government. AS may
pc supposed, the Assemblymen and the foreign
Governor did not always concord in their
views. and the diffaFances betJvaan than vvara
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oAten Serlous. 1oIernoL Anomas In particular
naa an unusually thorny path to follow. and
the dislike for him was so strong that 1t could
not be restrained. A matter trifing in itself
o.ns o.,..e..s AnAns " 'Apis. tne imlnig,Atlon
- - We ,u, scusseu one'
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ns .d Irist ,sdly,otso.'-s okroTe1 y 1s
.c,1tr.-,- 80 .s.,ast,,, - So. - .4 ~ suo
lions aver tho1ieh ths navcn,,sTa 1gaeo I;ttIs
more than slaves. Difieulties cniminated
when about January q, 1741. the Governor sent
message ne, TO the House calling their attention
~, sicT il11,gs+s ~ tH ia
ientiv far fro3 n1essed with the sT;g1ss+1c,,s
Tor it answered Immediately to the eject that
Is the Governor had applied the state funds to
2sneL ~ PuIPoses. IneIe was no money available
TSsrs 1sre rsnsvsd IS eha1ess Page;,st t,,,
however. and. as the House shut 81 replT b1
.djoqrning on the 18th, sine die, the Governor
Until Thursday, May 20, when he answers the i
charges at length claiming that his Is the cor
ect position and has the commendation Of the |
King. To still further strengthen his asser- |
ions, the next ship brings reply from the Pro- |
,rietaries TO an appeal made BY the Assembly |
n 0ctohar % 7recsdino in which thaJ c5oyay-
,o-Ss removoI AZ Tsstifio1sd FOR Tba PannS r,ot |
,niv decline To aceede to this refnest ihHt |
.pnrove of Thomas' course SO STRONGLY that fhe |
lssemblv was evidentlv badly stunned nv tha |
response Nothing more is heard |
rom them until three months later, when. in |
much more submissive spirit they ask the |
Governor whether he viii not agree to consider |
he business in hand, to which he Consents
nAucH AnoonVenieu.o "~S tcS u eno oiuen
lines on account OF the dissimilarity in the |
= O0! 80 S;.. = 1fs-.ie-s S-sI@ = -.
lao one Value IN maryland, anotner IN TINS
Itate and third in New York. Pennies were |
5ruo on tba market and could scarea1v ID /
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Sonman v M oJvsrt;sss ~ m Jsn1arv 81 i7a1 tbst Ss
All 20 tza sQ n,,t Y son mr. In nroonytion In tor
~. - q, oios - tta IA g.
MT nav. A few months later the merchants of
81 N. iai,1;s o,,,rarod ,5 ,,,it.5 ,,,o,, st..a
rd by which all foreign moneys were rated. |
1nono tho aio,eTs tn the aSreement We noth
y No - So Ds.EN-s 80"
uch names as Joseph Slms, nlcnaro NIXON,
oseph and Edward Shippen and Charles Will
no
f. closa tho voluma bafora ua uitbouf
.ti.;Srs 81 odvartjsamonts Tron1d ba 70 ovar
IN tIs 10 ssihIv ~ 1nost i4srssfno, faet
ne Of All: for instance:
No RE SOLD nv DERoRAH CONNOLLY At
the Market Street wharf a very likely negro
oman; at for either city or country business; |
ne has young child about Is months old, which
ill also be sold with her.
The following announcement of an old time
lerchant is rather long, but it is so quaint that
is well worth insertion here. 1t will reach