BY D. A. & C. H. BUEHLER
VOLUME XXIII.}
The Great are falling from us.
BY T. BUCHANAN REED
The great are falling from us—to the dust,
Our flag droops mid-way full of many sighs;
A nation's glory and a nation's trust,
Lie in the ample pall where Webster lies.
The great are falling from us—one by one,
A■ fall the patriarchs of the forest woes ;
The wind shall seek them vainly, and the sun
Gage on each vacant apace for centuries.
Lo, Carolina mourns her steadfast pine,
Which, like • mainmast, towered above her
realm,
And Ashland hears no more the voice divine
From out the branches of her stately elm.
And Manihilehl's giant oak, whose stormy brow
Oft turned the ocean tempest from the weal,
Lies on the shore he guarded long—and now
Our startled eagle knows not where to rest.
The Eleventh Commandment.
T. S. Arthur tells a good story, we heard
years ago, about a loving couple in New
Jersey, who belonged to the Methodist
Church. A now Presiding Elder, Mr. N.,
was expected in that district ; and, as the
ministers all stopped with brother W., ev
ery preparation was made to give him a
cordial reception. The honest couple no
doubt thought that religion, in part, con
sisted in making some parade, and there
fore the parlor was put in order, a nice fire
was made, and the kitchen replenished
with cakes, chickens, and every delicacy,
,preparatory to cooking.
While Mr. W. was out at his wood-pile,
a plain-looking, coarsely-dressed, but qui
et-like pedestrian Mlle along, and inqui
red the distance to the next town. He
was told that it was three miles. Being
very inclement, he asked permission to en
ter and warn, himself. Assent was given,
and both went into the kitchen. The
wife looked daggers at this untimely in
trusion, for the stranger had on cow-hide
boots, au old hat, and a thread-bare, but
neatly patched coat. At length she gave
Jinn a chair beside the dutch-oven which
was baking nice cakes for the Presiding
Elder, who was momentarily expected, as
he was to preach the next day at the church
a mile or two beyond.
The stranger, after warming himself,
prepared to leave, but the weather became
more inclement, and as his appetite was
roused by the viands about the fire, he
asked for some little refreshment ore he
set out on a cold walk to the town :myelin].
Mrs. W. was displeased, but on consulta
tion with her husband, some cold bacon
ant bread were set on an old table, and he
was somewhat gruffly told to eat. It was
growing dark, and hints were thrown out,
t hat the granger had better depart, as it was
three long miles to town. The wife grew
petulent, as the new preacher did not arrive,
and her husband sat whistling the air of
•'.'tnld Lany Syne," while he thought of
the words of the hymn—" When I can
read my title clear," and felt as if he could
order the stranger off without any further
ado.
The homely meal wan at last concluded
—the man thanked them kindly for the
hospitality he had received, and opened
the door to go. But it was quite dark, and
clouds, denoting a storm, filled the hea
vens---?"
"You say it is full three miles to
D--- ?"
"I do," replied Mr. W. coldly, "I said
so when you first stopped, and you ought
to have pushed on like a prudent man.—
You could have reached there before it was
quite dark."
"nut 1 was cold and hungry, and might
have fainted by the way."
The manner of saying this touched the
farmer's feelings a little.
"You have warmed me and fed me, for
which lam thankful. Will you not be-
stow another act of kindness upon one who
is in a strange place, and if he goes out in
the darkness, may loose himself and perish
iu the cold 7"
The peculiar form in which this request
was made, and the tone in which it was ut
tered, put it out of the power of the farmor
to my no
"Go in there and sit down," he answer
ed, pointing to the kitchen, "and I will see
my wife and hear what she says."
And Mr. W. went into the parlor where
the sapper table stood, covered with a
snow-white cloth, and displaying his
wife's set of blue sprigged china, that
WAR only brought out on special °cos
.sions.
The tall mould candles were burning
'thereon, and on the hearth blazed a cheer-
Ail fire.
"Hasa% that old fellow gone yet ?"
Asked hire. W. She heard hie vela , am he
returned from the door.
"No, and what do you suppose ? Se
,wants us to let kiln staykill night."
"Indeed we'll do no such thing 1 We
man't hive the like of hint in the house, no
!bow.. White mould he sloop ?"
"Not in the beet. zoom, even if Mr. N
; should - not Acime."
"No; 10,4 t"
"Bok really Y don't sae, Jane, how Int
,can turn hint out of doors. He doesn't
look like a very 'strong mut,' and its
dark and odd, and. full Win miles
. ,
•
"It's too muck Ha cut to II&TO
so pa on while he had daylight, and
not lingered here m he did till it got
dark."
"We can't turn him out of doors, Jane,
and its no use to think of it. He'll have
to stay now."
"But what can we do with him ?"
"He seems like a decent man at least;
and doesn't look as if he had anything
bad about him. We might make a bed on
the floor somewhere."
"I wish he had been to Guinea before
be came here l" said Mrs. W. fretfully.
The disappointment, the conviction that
Mr. N. would not arrive occasioned her
to feel, and the intrusion of so unwelcome
a visitor as the stranger, completely un
hinged her mind.
"0, well, Jane," replied her husband,
in a soothing tone, "never mind. We must
make the best of it. He came to us cold
and hungry, and we warmed and fed him.
He now asks shelter for the night, and we
must not refuse him, nor grant his request
in a complaining or reluctant spirit. You
know what the Bible says about entertain
ing angels unawares ?"
"Angels ! did you ever see an angel look
like him ?
"Having never seen an angel," said the
farmer, smiling, "I am unable to speak as
to their appearance."
This had the effect to call an answering
smile to the face of Mrs. W., and a better
feeling to the heart. It wqs finally agreed
between them that the man, as he seemed
like a decent kind of person, should be
permitted to occupy the minister's room,
if that individual did not arrive—an event
to which they both now looked with but
little expectancy. If he did come, 'why
the man would have to put up with poor.
er accommodations.
When Mr. W. returned to the kitchen,
where the stranger had seated himself be
fore the fire, lie informed him that they
had decided to let him stay all night. The
1
man expressed in a few words his grateful
sense of the kindness, and then became
si
lent and thoughtful. Soon after, the farm
er's wife, giving up all hope of Mr. N.'s
arrival, had supper taken up, which con
sistod of coffee, warm short cakes and broil
ed chickens. After all was on the table a
short conference was held as to whether it
would do not to invite the stranger to take
supper. It was true they had given him
as muck-bread and bacon as he could eat,
but then, as long as ho was going to stay
all night, it looked too inhospitable to sit
down to the table and not ask him to join
them. So, making a virtue of necessity,
be was kindly asked to come to supper—
an invitation which he did not decline.—
Grace was said over the meal by Mr. W.,
and then the coffee was poured out, the
bread helped and the meat carved.
There was a Sue little boy six years old
at the table, who had been brightened
up and dressed in his best, in order to
grace the minister's receptiou. Charley
was full of talk, and the parents felt a mu
tual pride in showing him off, even before
their humble guest, who noticed him par
ticularly,
though he had not much to say.
"Come Charley," said Mr. W., after the
meal was over, and be sat leaning back in
his chair, "can't you repeat the pretty hymn
mamma learned you last Sunday ?"
Charley started off without further in
vitation, and repeated very accurately two
or three verses. of a now camp meeting
hymn, that was just then very popular.
"Now let us hear you say the command
manta, Charley," spoke up the mother, well
pleased with her child's performance.
And - Charley repeated them with the
aid of a little prompting.
"How many oommividments are there ?"
asked the father.
The child hesitated, and then looking up
at the stranger, near whom ho sat, said,
innocently—
" How many are there ?"
The man thought for some moments, and
said, as if in doubt,
"Eleven, are there not ?"
"Eleven!" ejaculated Mrs. W., looking
towards the man with unfeigced surprise.
leven 1" said her husband with more
rebuke than astonishteent In his voice.—
"Is it possible, sir, that you do not know
how many commandments there are ?
How many are there, Charley ? Come, tel
me—you know, of course."
"Ten," replied the child.
"Right, my son," returned Mr. W.,
looking with a smile of approval. "Right
There isn't a child of his ago in ten miles
who gaol tell you there are ten oommand 7
meats. Didyou ever read the Bible, bir ?"
addressing the stranger.
"When I was a little ley I used to road
it sometimes. But I *desire I thought
there were eleven oci4andmenta. Are
you not mistaken about there being only
ten ?"
elate, W. lifted h3r bands in unfaigul
ed Satonielonelit, and ezeleitued, •
"Could any one believe it I Boob igno.
mica of the Bible!"
Mr. W. did not reply, but he rose, and
going , to one oortm of the room where thil
good Isiah 'lay a small inaho g s ß ii
broushito the. *de, and, •pnahT
lug away his Pme,, , vmp and miaow laid
the volume before him, and opened to that
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY - :EVENING, DECEMBERI7,IBSI.
portion whore the commandments are re
corded.
"There I" he said, placing his finger up
on the proof of the stranger's error.—
"There, look for yourself."
The man came round from his side of
the table and looked over the farmer's
shoulder.
"There ! Ten, d'ye see r'
"Yes, it does say ten,r' replied the man ;
and yet it seems to me there are eleven.—
I am sure I have always thought so."
"Doesn't it say ten here r inquired Mr.
Wade, with marked impatience in his
"It does, certainly."
"Well, what more do you want P Can't
you believe the Bible ?"
"0, yes, I believe the Bible ; and yet it
strikes me somehow that there must be
eleven commandments. Hasn't one been
added somewhere else ?"
Now this was too much for brother and
sister W. to bear. Such ignorance of sa
cred matters they thought unpardonable.
A long lecture followed; in which the man
was scolded, admonished and threatened
with divine indignation. At its close, he
modestly asked if he might not have the
Bible to read for an hour or two before re
tiring for the night. This request was
granted with more pleasure than any of
the preceding ones.
Shortly after supper the man was con
ducted to the little square room, accompan
ied by the Bible. Before leaving him a
lone, Mr. W. felt it to be his duty to ex
tort him on spiritual things, anti he did
so most earnestly for ten or fifteen min
utes. But he could not see that his words
made Much impression and he finally left
his guest, lamenting over his ignorance and
obduracy.
In the morning ho came down, and meet
ing Mr. W., asked him if he would be so
kind as to lend him a razor, that he might
remove his beard, which did not give his
face a very attractive aspect. His request
was complied with.
"We will have family prayer in about
ten minutes," said Mr. W., as he handed
him the razor.
The man appeared, and behaved with
due propriety at family worship. After
breakfast be thanked the fanner and his
wife - for their hospitality, and, departing,
went on his journey.
Ten o'clock came, but Mr. N. had not
yet arrived. So Mr. and Mrs. W. started
for the meeting house, not doubting that
they would find him there. But they
were disappointed. A goodly number of
people were inside the meeting house, and
a goodly number outside; but the minister
had not arrived.
"Where is Mr. N—?" inquired a doz
en voices, as a little crowd gathered around
the farmer.
"lie [insti't come yet. Something has
detained him. But I still look for him—
indeed, I fully expected to find him here."
The day was cold, and Mr. IV., after be
coming thoroughly chilled, concluded to
go in and keep a good look-out for the
minister from the window near which he
usually sat. Others, from the same cause,
followed his example, and the little meet
ing house was soon filled, though one after
another still came dropping in. The far
mer, who turned towards the door every
time it opened, was a little surprised to see
his guest of the previous night enter, and
come slowly along the aisle, looking from
side to side, as if in search of a vacant seat,
very few of which were now left. Still ad
vancing, he finally got within the little en
closed altar, and ascending to the pulpit,
took off his old grey overcoat and sat down.
By this time Mr. W. was at his side,
and his hand upon his arm.
"You musn't sit here. Come down and
I will show yeti a seat," he said, in an ex
cited tone.
"Thank you," returned the man in a
eoropowl voice. "It iIS very comfortable
here." And the man remained immove
able.
Mr. W. feeling embarrassed, wont down,
intending to get a brother 'official,' to as
sist him in making a forcible ejection, of
the man from the place he was deseora
ting. Immediately upon his doing so,
however, the man rose, and standing up at
the desk, opened the hymn book. His
voila thrilled to the finger ends of brother
W., as, in a distinct and impressive man
ner, he gave out the hymn beginning—
Help ID to belp 'sob other, Lord,
Bach other's cross to bear ;
Lit each his friendly aid •ford,
And &id I brother . / Care.
Th'e oongregatiit 4 ode'after the stranger
had read the entire hymn, and had repeat:
ed the first two lines for them to sing,—
BrOther W. usually started the tunes.--
Be tried this time, but went off on a long
mire tune. Disoovering his ,mistake at
the second word, he balked sad tried it a•
gain) but now he stumbled im short metre.
Alstusleal brother here mane to hie lid,
and lbid Off With ati' that kilted Mee.
sure ii'whielt the itinniWat
;he E441 4 editij,4 1 0441,t
*R4 axe PP, 40444 his IQ
ellianObtr•-ladrimilled the Aram otiGnme
with much faroor and eloquence: 'The
reading of wispier in the Bible ineetied-
..FEARLEVIS PREE."
ed. Then there -was a deep pause through
out the room in anticipation of the text,
which the preacher prepared to announce.
Brother W. looked pale, and his hands
and knees trembl ed. Sister W.'s face was
like crimson, and her heart was beating so
loud that she won dared whether the sound
was not heard by the siater who sat beside
her. There was a breathless silence. The
dropping of a pin might, almost have been
beard. Then the fine, emphatic tones of
the preacher filled the etrowded room.
...dad a new commandment I give unto
you, that ye love one (pother."
Brother W. haul be*, forward to listen,
but he now stink back_ in his seat. This
was the Eleventh. Commandment.
The serum we a deep, searching, yet af
fectionate and in tpreative. The preacher
uttered nothing that , could in the least
wound the brothel r and sister whose hospi
tality he had part aken Of, but he said much
that smote upon their hearts, and made
them painfully conscious that they had not
shown as much k indiums to the stranger
as he had been ee Aided to receive on the
broad principle of humanity. But they
suffered most from mortification of feeling.
To think that they should have treated the
Presiding Elder of the District after such
a fashion, was deeply humiliating, and the
idea of the whole at fair getting abroad, in
terfered sadly with their devotional feel
ings throughout the whole period of ser
vice.
At last the sermoti was over, the ordi
nance administered, and the benediction
pronounced. Brother W. did not know
what was best for him to do. He never
was more akpt loss in his life. Then Mr.
N. descended from the pulpit, but he did
not step forward to meet him. How could
he do that ? Others gathered around and
shook hands with him, but still he linger
ed and hung back.
"Where is brother W. ?" ho at length
heard asked. It was the voice of the min-
"Here he is," said one or two, opening
the way to where the farmer stood.
The preacher advanced, and, catching
his Ladd, said—
"liow do you do, brother W. ? 1 am
glad to see you. And where is sister IV ?"
Sister W. was brought forward, and
the preacher shook hands with them
heartily, while his face was lit up with
smiles.
"I believe I am to find a home with
you ?" he said, as if it were settled.
Before the still canbarmseed brotheraud
sister could reply, some one asked—
" How came you to bo detained so late
You were expected last uight. Aud where
is brother it -r'
"Brother It. is sick," replied Mr. N.,
"and I had to come alone. Five miles
from this my horse give out, and I had to
come the rest of my way on foot. But I
become so cold and weary that I found it
necessary to ask a farmer not far from
here to give me a night's lodging, which
he was kind enough to do. I thought I
was still three milm off, but it happened
that I was much nearer my journey's end
than I supposed."
- 111 - lUet - plan6tion was satisfactory to all
parties, and, in due time, the congregation
dispersed, and the Presiding Elder went
home with brother and sister W. One
thing is certain, however, the story never
got out for some years after the worthy
brother and sister had passed from their
labors, and it we. then related by Mr. N.
himself, who was rather eccentric, in his
character, and, lice numbers of his minis
terial brethren, fond of a good joke, and
given to relate good stories.
Look Torword!
Use good means to attain to success, rely
upon such means, and think more of them
than of the end in view. The boy who
turns to the end of his arithmetic and
wishes himself through it, makes but little
progress; while be who works hard to
conquer. each new principle is soon master
of the whole. ;The step before you is that
to which you ought to attend. They who
point to the highplaces of the world and
tell youth to shin at arriving there do
wrong ; they shohld only point to a posi
tion that may be easily reached, and from
that may point to another, and so on. Yet
it may be well to show what that kind of
incentive has dote. "Adams," says a
paper before us, "the discoverer of the plan
et Neptune, was the son of it poor , farmer
in Cornwall. Sir Wm. Cobitt, when a
boy, worked in hit father's mill in Norfolk.
Lucke's baiter was a bribernan at Barns
ley coalpit. rrolitssor Lee, of Pambridge.
we , in the ea rly ‘ p art oLhis life. n, working
carpenter. Lord , Campbell and Diokner
were both reporter, for the Morning °brow'.
thle, .Gibson,,the sculptor,, was _a *inst..
maker., Carlton lase ratty Irish peasant's
son, and has, painted hip own life in write
Poor , cOsien and garly le
were both
e ons of mlferthers—ths, one
in Sussex. the other is Dumfrieshire.—
W.- J. Fox was,:at alearlyo pan of 'his
life. a weaver boy. Joseph Brothertoo
was a factory lad. Dr. Kip was a poor
Dattem Paitinao;-tWhenflit Matthew
Halo !as made 'Chief .11mtlakiiiit consists.
slow was btiiiiight io Dlriiell
don, who 'told him that iiirdia king octirld
hat* (maid not ad honintit4llllllllool*
tot that innploymont;lai not' bare
advauced him to it."
The Whiskey Insurreetion.
The following Address on the subject of
the Whiskey Insurrection, was deliiered
in Mount Pleasant. Westmoreland &minty,
by John Lobinger, un aged gentleman.
who was an eye-witness, and in some de
gree, an actor in one of those scenes of
madness and misrule that sometimes takes
possession of whole communities as well
as individuals :
A DDREIIB
Before I proceed with my narrative of
what is called the Whiskey Insurrection,
in the year 1794, I will give you a short
account of the first settlement of this part
of Pennsylvania. with the manners, ens.
toms, and habits which the seulers acquit.-
ed under the peculiar eirenmstairen. In
which they were placed. The settlement
commenced about the year 1169. The
whole country at that time was in entire
wilderness, covered with a heavy growth
of timber. The, settlement progressed end
improved till the year 1776, when the
Revolutionary war broke out. which eon.
tinned till the year 1783. During that pe
riod, many of the frontier inhabitant were
driven from their. dwellings by the hostile .
Indian.. . Some lost their lives, and some
returned to the other side of the mountains
twin whence they had come. Others, not
willing to give op their settlement., erect
ed temporary furls and block-houses, into
which they occasionally fled when appre
hensive of danger. The men went out in
companies to work their little fields of
corn, with their guns on their eltotilders,
placing sentinels around the field, while
the others were at work, for fear of an at
tack from the Indians.
In this perilous situation they suffered
many privations, until peace was restored.
in 1783. After that periutl many of the
old' inhabitants returned, with increased
numbers of emigrants, and the country
improved so rapidly as soon to supply the
inhabitants with abundance of every kind
of provision.. Unfortunately about this
time, or a little before, they began to con
vert their surplus grain into whiskey.—
This was the more an evil, as they need
the whiskey principally among themselves.
From the great demand for it, it was the
principle article of wide, and became an
article of standard value for other articles ;
and the man who had plenty of whiskey
in those times, was regarded 6q his fel
low-citizens nearly in the same light as
is the man now who has more money than
his neighbors.
I am astonished when I look bark and
reflect upon the quantities of it that were
used. It was the medicine for almost ev
ry disease, and was a constant beverage
wherever people met together, whether
to assist each other in labor or amusement.
At military training.; at elections, funer
als and weddings ; at raising.. to .rolling.,
grubbing frolics; in harvest fields and at
corn bookings, in short wherever the peo
ple met, and whatever they met to do,
they must have whiskey. Owing to the
perilous times through which they had
passed, and from the very nature of the
employments in a new country, the people
gat into a habit of doing almost all their
ordinary labor in companies, and these
were a kind of convivial meetings that
greatly fostered whiskey drinking; in short
the custom had become so universal, that
the man was considered churlish or mean
that did not treat his neighbor, to a drain,
whenever an opportunity offered.
The country remained in this state until
about the year 1791, when Congress laid
a duty, or excise of four pence per gallon
on all distilled spirits. The long war with
England had greatly exhausted the public
treasury, and this was thought to be a tax
that would assist the revenue with as little
injury to the athlete as any other that
could be devised. The people, however,
would not submit to it. They considered
it a great oppresaiou. and tyranical beyond
endurance. •. What," said they, “shall we,
who within twenty years have succesa
fully contehded with Great Britain on ac
count of a tax on tea, now submit to 'be
taxed for whiskey 1" When the excise
officers came round to collect the duty,
they were hissed at and insulted, and
threatened to be tarred and feathered if
they persisted in executing the duties of
their office. Other officers were sent and
were treated in the same manner. Some
few recommended submiuion to the laws,
and that they should petition Congress (or
redress of the grievances. but they were
disregarded. The popular frenzy wee
such that the man who talked 6f submis.
sion or moderation was in great danger of
getting his person abused, or his house
burned. Public meetings were held In
different motions of the country, inflamma
tory speeches were made. and liberty Poles
raised..with such devices on them as these,
"Liberty, and no Excise ;" "No asylum
for cowards or traitors."
Thus a very great excitement was rais
ed, and a large majority were willing logo
any length in opposing the collection of the
tax. Whilst affairs remained in this sit-
nation, the Government sent out three in
fluential Commissioners to the disaffected
counties. in order to persuade the citizens
to submit to the law. The excitement,
however ' was so high that they ; would not
hear the Commissioners, and scarcely 'de
sisted from insulting them. They were
plainly informed by the Commissioner •
that the law neither could be. nor irouldlbe
repealed so long as the citizens resisted
end that the dignity and ahabilit,y of the
Government required that it should !Once
obedience to the laws by the alien( 'ern,
if nothing else would do. The effect 'of
this menace was that a general convention
of citizens was ca!led. to consider wheth
er they should submit to the law or realit
is. The delegates assembled at Parkin"
ton's ferry, (now Monongahela city,) in
the early pert of the summer of'l7l?4,—_
The majority of the Convention passed
resolution, that' the several exciiit'Maira
ehoold b brought in immediately by foto,.
and that their commissions should be taken
Men thins; ithd a ptomiiie extorted &Om'
themyhat they would not again act in that
And that if any resistance was
made by, them they should be burned out
Of house and home. Thus the affair wia
fait thawing to a crisis.
The insurgents., by a uumertrutbody of
armed men, made their first attack on,Aha
dwelling house Of lleneVal Neville. , thp ex.+.
Cibe officer in 'Washington county. Ne..
villa Wasolware.tof their coshing. mid pia
pared an armed fared to defend hitnieltr-c,
He warned them to desist. or ,be vrould
fire on them. They advanced, however.',
end Capr. bt'Farlana was shot derd: 'l 4 h.
assailants retired, and * day or' two' rifler
wards, returned to resume the- attsnit...--
Neville, in the meantime. had abandoned
the house, and the asanitents.meeting,with
no resistance, set fire to it and burpied it
down.
The next moyestent was Made 'Stalest
Philip Regani the deputy (stela. officer
in Westmoreland comity- • The etlsalt, was.
midew.the night, by., a,. nvinerapa
di'dien..'Regan expiated, to be attacked'
and hid prVipastidhlinself
of gusts,;and one's' two Mini •
ettipetemted from thehossmond
ants bred • „
d at it, same ti. on
,either side. 'The insurgents
.*
.sat fire
to Ritgad's 1110.; the y :barna dn.
and retired for thet tired.'' lei the ititiof
a day or two, shot, the assailadas,:bvith
force of, one handredtted filly OHM, mar*.
renew the attack,
,A,ftet SIR! pit
!Sittig, Ritgati,iither shed blood,. prod
potted to 'capitulate. 'With iliehi,"*Vitlittt
they would .do it an 'honntablettsrthe And'
give him assurance that they.-would
neither abuse nor destroy his. Pro
lend Would agree On his pan to twit tilp his
commission, aid' hover italittloiat asslor
excise titan, Theett, , stipujiktiqua. -wcwa
gieed to, reduced to writing, and **floc' by
the parties. Regan then opened his
came out with a keg oft;Whiskey, and
treated them all. In short time,,,bow
ever, after the whiskey vu ,Oily* .some
of them began to murmur, and to arty that
the old rascal was lett oft 4 too easy ' and he
ought to be set up as a target to hesliot it.
Some were for tarring andieathering him,
hut others took his part, and said ha hid
acted manfully. mid , -that alter aapitilating
with him they were bound by everything.
that was sacred, to treat hisnlionorably'At.
length they got to fighting among Meet
selves. Alter this it was•proposed: .and
carried, that tiny should march Alight
away to Ben Tells' of Fayette eminfi,
the excise officer there,ind catch end try
him and Regan both together: 'l s lieysetitut
aecordingly, taking liege!' along, but:whim
they arrived at ,Well's house,„lts wax Ant
there, - so they set fire to it, tinti.hPtile4.it
with all its contents. They left an am
bush near the ruins, in ortierjf the'
to seize upon Wells. Next moiling , he
was taken, but during the. niglit.-as•-Rev
gan had escaped, and Wells was very
submissive with them, they,
_left him off
without further molestatinit:
The next attack was mode on Captain
Webster, of Stoyetown, the exciesoguier
for Somerset county, by about one bun.
Bred and fifty men from Westmorland:—
they took his commission from MM. and
made him promise never again to act as
collector of excise. ,Altn attempt wee made'
by some of the party to fire hitt haystacks.
but it was prevented by others of them be
fore any injury was done. They marched
off homeward', taking Wender Si fear
miles along with them, and seeing him
very submissive they ordered him to, inotnit
the stump, end repeat his promise, nev.
er again to act as collector of'excise.
and to hurrah three time!. ler Tom the
Tinker, after which they dismissed
This Toff the Tinker was a dew grid ` id.'
ded to mythology at this time, Ind *as Bhp
posed to preside over whiskey stills ski
etill.houees. Whoever hariralied 'stoutly
fur 'rota the Tinker, was of ungunstiona hie
loyalty with the whiskey boys ; whilst
thine whit would not were branded as
traitors to this new deity, and to their
country.
Affairs arrived at'such a crisis that sup
er the Government dr the pibple"
submit, and for the goveinniint to hive .
done so, under the cirenntstancer l / 4 would
have been an end of Govern**. Noth
ing could restore order but the strong *rm
of the nation. The Preening called ,oe.t
the militia from the eastern pari ef,eeMetYll
vanis, New I PrieY. , hisrYilkod PHI
10° 4 . Upwards of five thousand men.
consisting of infantry,. cavalry, and a few
companies'( Artillery, promptly , obeyed
the call of the president. :Ilia, Paintayl.
mils and New Jerky troops came through
Boutereet. and halted in three divisliins tin
this side of the Chestnut Bridge. The
advanced divison came on to where this
town now stands : the second division're
mained at Lobinges's Mills. They Imam ,
ed in their encampment' for the space of
eighty day. ; during which time the caval
ry. conducted by the excise officers, wire
scouring the °Gentry for whiskey boys.
But chiefly all those Who had taken lib
active part in the late insurrectionary
movements, had either fled or accreted
themselves, so that few could be found.—
The part of the army in the neighborhood,
then struck their lents and marched to the
forks of the Yough, .in Washington county,
where they were met by the Maryland and
Virginia troops who had come up throigh
Cumberland and Uniontown. Whilit
there, few mote of the insurgents , Wel!
taken.
A proolaination was then lined eellii e t
obi
all personal,* few names only exrept ; to
come forwent, at it. certain time and place
and. accept ot gettenii.:asoposty for, all
put appeal. Tbi,o Wt. flenriy,,accedesli
to by thous who bad taken an active part
In the illegal mottemetini.'' The'rinninaid=
Ing.otficeve huh% now fell 'aunties:4llbn
the *PIP would! OlibM it I* the law', and
no loner resist the collectors, proposed to
the citizens that. if one or more, militia
comPouloo in each powoy.•wouid .pled g e
themselvu to the Government to support
the Cciaititution *Calais, when Called up.
iliVitiof Walt Iremolrei the' attnY frOitt
amongst ihim. Thitkpropoiltien was glad.
ly auppted to, for ah °Wasps were tired
of them, and the officers and men were
vary eueleui to return hiime. Idd not
muslin bow many companies pledged
themselves to support the laws, but one of
the Westmorland companies that did so I
Aid) the honor of commanding myself.—
The army came here to the beet of •my
recollection, some time in October, '1794,
and left about the latter end of November.
.
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°w'Fiiii&imilitolltieritreleMeti dieir.ti
inAinel`iiiiik:r4t9rilier opposition., ~ o
'pri t ehnitiii ' were faltro
.01 Ph ilsolei a.
wtitiett'Sree'ihen the.tieni of getierdsoverin.
1 1;
•Mini"tinder'ihe 'atiministratitin ol.Prepi.
dent' Washington and There in ardor/ to
eititete them aid mortify their ; feelings,
Bret' were marched through some., of the
preinfple streets, with white Paike.: ;cluck
on their hale. "Fit.y . , were afterwards
trititf i lo`the'Peileral Cinirt t two ottly,w.nro
convicted arid senteere,d hi,lie hangetk the
one for treasen Mid, the other for intercept-
Sok Intl hiesdang,tipen r the ,United
,kipeoe
I Mitif for thil'Onipine ohtecertaining„ whet
1'044 tholdvernMeni were .abitot , te,taite
ilelittiett torthe hisiii, l'ite others were ie.
' tpifittird, end those ediniikied were,pindoneti
and djlidittried: . ' l'ilite ettlied tilteAlY
dot diNditidot,' iiiiii . erlilh the ' iiitlzeitst !Hid
bean led by a l feet i het headed.oteptring.
yfdlitit l iftiedlitirogoes,'whq had raised their
ilobitti ut •iih ilititght.!B at one o.lelo°
IL intilittini'relitlii the cou n t r y.
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Lid l e lefts ' ,:4ird Peritildno, the att.
th*WAThe'' isiory of Itebe(iion,"
qo
was a Welch, pot-girl, who, beingextreme.
.I,x / Rtrt t p)-.her own •,twetntry. juwir r styled to
1 ' 1.,T!?511. 1 , 44 214. MI; her fortune , and became
!re, r. 4 1,,,, ,to,p,orgwer.,,. While, .4,state:tin
Inmpipgtpig, fl eappoity, the : wife. of. her tuto
r laill*,'Miii h e haßiteniok.to dx. hie sae.
1, 4 0 ff teilif,tf, phe, ber.ama his wife ; Maidens
d , 4.4/00g.etiter, 10; her heirta ,bie•pro
k
. 1010 op ;Lid An haye einountril .to
Vfin 4*0. 008 40.00.000. Amongst
~ osts,!ko,,Reguentedittte,ttip at , the brew
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ter, who iotteenfd , the , pre**, of ("Milt%
4 , ~ .itie Mr.
' till'? Rf ll4 al( rice witi her
t
Ad e , end VIM, led the brewey'stlittdow
to the attar. Mr., ,Hyde being seniewed
,vfikif St!. hdepu, . end twee at then sem
nllinit P i,lol,l,formtep..quickly,:towin
liiii{ r 4 el 4 f99*t*PAlPlCheltd.or ;ha Wean,
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. ilig,ll,ti . C4 . o !n. tok tiomileryisho.fpitoti
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:'l.,,mus. tif.4'Pli, it *pp ' , T i ,, ; gatto most
trii!lkeik.o„AithriAtt gemni,emied f tlietilse
marriage t stißoPt * ileistig u retifigslosed
k i i ) , ' 4 . 4)t 1 11 f a ''Iel l• ii: . :# . .lr l l l l l l44l4ll:ttroUlteltles.
?' ; ) !l ne P.:k , !..iP., (W,. IN` , .l.4o,,thgtesep Attiliniipae
not tura .fleato ir,uotreted,lide eiteiebior: otia
sl,4l4l„*4o°''4lPbrikriltifflkOt.itisiteiniablet
." '" ish .„' , V!. 931 1 400001414 0 treletrii wer e .
a i r% f i Ffrifil: lihitqf. W4lticti IlLtand
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tower" iapreeposueble •tfor''tbi :OM**
good story :
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' ber br Ifiele4al''ketesiiiitin;am,micot t r 1
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tiok'vAqi will Pi1f0'46,,,41119f100491tRr
'Ciiiiiii;iiiititeini ig Al jtjt sm i tmorep
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'Nit! kOrdikrtillt 1110 100%4; 4iti t ted il 9. ,
fir ...bliiiiiitireilii the Isig t e'eltl tacitifumil
'ftre-iiiide;,imr"fekilli(t")lh; 141 / I 'rfliElibtg
lii, the wind ili'4oriiii4 wriii,coptoiaers.bly
litilead; lio'dkililoii'id.',ooll l ,A4, a tt . " !
,un
eiiiilifiell tiviOtai Of a Iteing„fpl4,thp
wallet dblighti eta do my
,pdipw• p,Che
row
fartudi'"notidlitit therm rips, or mei ,
licilitely itifiniurid hint that he rout gp,to
blld ;at anydete. et iheoinne t un e R wirg
1 11 { 11 * ‘ Olll O likel( isrl 4 qie room, will**
Coitiir MON •hio eye!, bre,' 1 1 ,t1 tttrettttetloo
tiiii:liek:'lepiratei,d by a partimm,por, cut
tiik'fietn iheinein wherei) eat n6r ; frito
ei t ch other, the midtite'one of which seem
ed designate livy the fornier's leinti. , This
'vide l'ettitto rib '6dOtriet4l l l'Atolleity. ; --,
ri;
ite imbed a %hell' ertbei*litte teao .(t
ettritetitilfitl ivideitil • 4 46 "tide !le ;pia
more ' 'lliiildee," nattier gliiaeo n 'plw i t
7
the bailie 'ineesiedibit 'diet tkat ibp ?
Wholer phlei rot. beilaTA'it; aturAti,,,
..
ranilly tierd'iviefinilt' oneknom t
ett in these tiiiiiiiiid'ii (AWN Inid l • )m1
to d 6 lie did `inibitrliiii! !Vitt; fit,lo4llo
noi'sjotieir to tilidefehiud his ili..iltlyr iAl *l
h)tr 'iatifue aud'thyiviiitiniii, waa,ao reA,
'that' line Ily, taking ; i t Aii on 'e%
ladyood people of th e !mole and hiegAvgg
eordially wiftild'look ririidiiiltylie(4
in Mc di* while he tihilie4sed himaillpup
went hack to the middle and 'pet,O.
ed with the utmost alocrity to strip, rofqp4,
vests and panto, and jump tato it. , to
Mit aims for fitifnPp i c*PlittiPirli,i,MS
was not more t h an Nut way between the
floor and bed before ON, you% hiittnalted
after It iin, "W h*, ME; Cf!Xir to 314044140 5 14.
ei'a bed you are getting tut, r i '
Mr. Meter' Iseetted bie.,heed ; ,i. Ithe
sheeMr ind•W i lnighttbe recovered. hiattelll
Pthierasion usileiontlyt to .ebania • lb.&
balone enmity * atilt remained" a layer
A Alas of no Welloist. ,
European papers mate that there is.ntier
exhibiting in Paris a man named Juleti
Labaira, whO is the wonder of the age,-4.
Lehaire has, by some scientific proem*.
the secret of which is not disclosed, itte 4
needed in depriving his body of iur wildetts
cy, to gravitate, retaining the power: of rfa
calling it at will. He is, consequently:en:
*bled to perform the most marvellous feats.
tie walks, or rather glides, - with 'Walked
feet, along the edge id agigantic , ntse*
'without lever raising the skin. Me Ism
balance himself on his head , owiltir point
of the sharpest sword, and will nand on *
delicate uee4lc, placed point upwaodsi
without even bending I is last feat , wats
jumpiag from t h e top of the Are lir Apro
orophe. aptl,remaining in thesis for sin'ess
tire hour. All she scientific+ amnia N,
ace in smote pf the highest krzeitineedionimi
it is said that immense snots. harrbessi tedt
lered lo him to dicelosirabessseriqu
is certainly wonderful. tif trams
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