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May 8, Margaret, wife of Mathias Alsbaugh, born May 27, 1759.
June 5, Thomas Forster, aged fifty-eight. (Major in the Revolu- tion.)
September 13, Reverend Hugh Morrison, aged forty-eight. His wife died in April, aged forty-nine. They are both buried in the old yard at Sunbury. They left five children : Mary Ann, who after- wards married Andrew Hutchinson, and who died in Lewisburg, October 18, 1868, aged eighty-two; Isabella, married to Isaac B. Jones ; Eliza, John, and Jane. In 1822, these heirs sold their father's place in Buffalo to Conrad Dunkle, whose descendants still own it. Eliza willed her all to the Presbyterian church, at Lewis- burg. (I saw her broken tombstone lying about the church not long since.)
September 27, Honorable Samuel Dale, aged sixty-three, and left a widow, Eliza, who died April 23, 1835. Children : Judge Samuel Dale, of Lancaster ; William Dale, Chillisquaque ; James Dale,
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Esquire, late of Lewisburg ; Ann, afterwards married to John Ma- clay ; Elizabeth, afterwards married to Aaron Chamberlin ; Marga- ret Simonton, late of Lewisburg, deceased. In his will, he speaks of the black girl, " Dinah," belonging to his wife. Dinah was liv- ing within our recollection.
October 16, Esther Laughlin, wife of Adam Laughlin, of West Buffalo.
Michael Buttorf, of White Deer.
Peter Swartz, of White Deer.
Eve Iddings, wife of William.
John Simpson, former register and recorder. His handwriting looks like copper-plate engraving. He was succeeded by his son, Jeremiah, in 1798.
Jacob Dreisbach, of Buffalo.
Jacob Brunner, of West Buffalo, (now Limestone.)
Deitrich Wertz, of White Deer.
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SUDDEN ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-ORDINATION OF REVEREND THOMAS HOOD-FIRST ACADAMY BUILT AT LEWISBURG-DUEL BETWEEN JOHN BINNS AND SAMUEL STEWART-POLITICAL PARTIES IN 1805.
NITED States Senator, Samuel Maclay. Member of Congress, Andrew Gregg. Speaker of the House, Simon Snyder. Members elected in October, Robert Smith, Leonard Rupert, John Bull, and Abraham Mc- Kinney. Register and Recorder, John Boyd, commissioned De- cember 20.
Christopher Seebold, commissioned Justice of the Peace for East Buffalo, January 7.
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Prices, February 18, flour, $11 50 to $12 per barrel ; wheat, 135. 6d., and will keep up, as a war between England and Spain is almost certain ; Rye is 5s. 6d. to 6s. ; flax seed, 9 to 914 .- Thomas Stubbs, Middletown. May 28, flour very dull, selling from wagons on the streets at $10 50, at $II on credit ; but price is $1 1 50 to $11 75 .- G. & W. G. Latimer, Philadelphia.
A road was laid out in April, from the west line of Andrew Bill- myer's, by Mary Harris', to intersect the road from Derrstown to Japhet Morton's. This is the road from Kephart's to the turnpike, past W. L. Harris.' Hugh Wilson, Daniel Rees, and John Brice were the viewers.
For a singular freak of a Buffalo Valley boy, I quote from Binns' Autobiography : " During the session of 1804-5 I was in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, at Lancaster, when a well-dressed young man, of a respectable family from Northumberland county, about the dusk of the evening, threw open the inner door, and en- tered the body of the House. In a loud, clear and distinct voice he said : ' Mr. Speaker, I am charged by the Lord God with a message to this House, to direct them forthwith to pass a law for the removal of the seat of government from Lancaster to the top of the Blue Hill.' Many of the members called out, 'Turn him out.' Instantly the door-keeper and sergeant-at-arms, both elderly men, one at each side, seized the intruder by the collar of his coat to eject him from the House, upon which he tripped up their heels, and left them both sprawling on the floor. A motion to adjourn was promptly made and carried. The young man, who was laboring under insanity, remained three days about Lancaster, then started for home on horseback. It is said and believed that he never drew bit until he arrived home, a distance of one hundred and fifteen miles. In a few minutes after he arrived, the horse dropped dead."-See Roan's Journal, May 20, 1809.
Mr. Hood at Buffalo.
Mr. Hood preached at Buffalo from the Ist of April. He was ordained on the 2d of October. Mr. Stewart preached the ordina- tion sermon from 1 Corinthians ix: 16: " For though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory of," &c. Mr. Bryson gave the
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charge to the people. Mr. Hood's first sermon after was from Ro- mans v, 5 : " And hope maketh not ashamed." In which he showed the nature and advantages of evangelical hope, and the amazing dif- ference between the life of the believer and that of the hypocrite. His salary was fixed at $220 per year. In May, a resolution was passed to raise it to $300, but not carried out, as in 1809-10-11-12 he was still paid but $220.
September 5, trustees elect of Buffalo-George Knox, Gideon Smith, Andrew McClanachan, James McClellan, Christopher John- ston, Robert Forster, Adam Laughlin, and Hugh Wilson.
Removals out of the bounds-Tenbrooke Chamberlin, John Clarke, junior, Joseph Gilliland, Thomas Sutherland, and William Thompson, junior.
In 1805, among the names of members of Dreisbach's congrega- tion, occur : Barnhart, Lorentz ; Heinly, John ; Reber, John; Reedy, Andrew; Ream, George ; Spyker, Peter ; Wormley, George; Zel- ler, Benjamin ; Zeller, John.
The log cabin academy built by subscription. It occupied the pres- ent site of the parsonage of the Presbyterian church in Lewisburg.
Doctor Charles Byers was the principal physician of Lewisburg and vicinity.
Binns and Stewart Duel.
The duel between John Binns and Samuel Stewart is noteworthy as being one of the last fought upon the soil of Pennsylvania, and on account of the prominence of the actors, having special influence in causing the passage of the act of 31st March, 1806. The duel was fought on Sunday, the 16th of December. Tradition says Stewart spent the night before at Andrew Albright's tavern, in Lewisburg. I extract a circumstantial account of it from John Binns' Autobiogaphy :
On Saturday, November 5, 1805, while I was in the public ball alley, at Sunbury, with a bat in my hand, tossing a ball against the wall, waiting for Major Charles Maclay to play a game, a very tall, stout stranger came to me, and said, " My name is Sam Stewart, of Lycoming county ; your name, I understand, is John Binns, and you are editor of the Republican Argus." I replied, " I was." " I wish to know who is the author of the letters published in that paper
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signed ' one of the people.'"' "For what purpose," said I. He re- plied, "There are remarks in one of them which reflect on my char- acter, and I must know the author." I declined to tell him, but said if there was anything untrue it should be corrected. He was standing on my left, and instantly threw his left arm across my breast, and with it held both my arms tight above the elbows, and, at the same time, threw his right arm across the back of my head, violently pushing his forefinger into the corner of my right eye, evidently with the intent to tear it out of my head. I struck him with the bat with all my strength, when he left go his hold, seized me about the waist, and endeavored to throw me down. We were separated by Major Maclay and others, who came into the alley. In his effort to gouge out my eye, he left a scar which will accompany me to my grave. The ball alley was attached to Henry Shaffer's hotel. I went into the hotel and wrote a note :
SUNBURY, November 2, 1805.
After threatening me like a bravo, you have attacked me like a ruffian. Some satisfaction ought to be rendered for such conduct.
If you have the spirit and courage to meet me as a gentleman, and will appoint time and place, and meet me with pistols, accom- panied by a friend, what has passed shall be overlooked by
SAMUEL STEWART, Esquire.
JOHN BINNS.
To this note Mr. Stewart returned a verbal answer, "that he was going to the city, but would be back in two or three weeks."
On the 13th of December, a note was handed me by Mr. Andrew Kennedy, printer of the Northumberland Gazette :
NORTHUMBERLAND, December 13, 1805.
When I received your challenge I was on my way to the city, and had it not in my power to meet you; but now I am here, ready to see you. You will, therefore, mention the time and place, and you will have it in your power to try my spirits, that you so much doubted. It must be immediately. Let me hear from you.
SAMUEL STEWART.
I replied that as soon as I could get Major Maclay here I would be ready. That I had sent for him, expected him that evening, and the meeting could be the next morning. On the evening of the
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13th, a friend informed me that application had been made to a magistrate for a warrant of arrest, to bind me over to keep the peace. I immediately wrote a note :
SATURDAY MORNING.
SIR :- I have just heard that application has been made to a mag- istrate to prevent our meeting. I write to request that you will instantly appoint some other place, say Derrstown, Milton, or any other place more convenient to you, where my friend and myself will attend.
I then wrapped a pair of pistols in my overcoat pocket, walked about half a mile to the house of William Bonham, where I directed my horse, and any note that came, should be forwarded. Major Maclay soon arrived, and, after giving him a full statement of the occurrences, he went to Northumberland to settle the time and place. While we talked in the back room, the constable rapped and inquired if I was in the house. He was told I had gone up the road. On Mr. Maclay's return, he told me the meeting was to be at seven o'clock the next morning, at the end of a fence behind Lawshe's house, opposite Derrstown, where we agreed to sleep that night.
We were on the ground at seven o'clock, just in the gray of the morning. In a few minutes we saw Mr. Stewart and Mr. Kennedy coming down the lane. After mutual salutations, Mr. Maclay pro- posed that we should cross the swamp, and retire to a more private place, where the ground was perfectly clear. Mr. Kennedy proposed that the parties should settle the distance. I objected, that being the duty of the seconds. Mr. Maclay and Kennedy then retired, and, after some conversation, stepped eight paces, and placed Mr. Stewart and myself at the extreme ends of the line. Mr. Maclay then said, " It is agreed between Mr. Kennedy and myself that if either of the parties shall leave his ground before the affair is entirely settled, such party shall be regarded as disgraced." The seconds then retired to load the pistols. Mr. Maclay told me after- wards that he at this time suggested to Mr. Kennedy the propriety of an effort at reconciliation. Mr. Kennedy said " that was impos- sible, unless Mr. Binns would apologize for the language used in his message to Mr. Stewart. For my part, I think nothing should be attempted until the parties have at least interchanged a shot." Ma- clay and Kennedy drew near to us, and Maclay said : "When the
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word ' fire' is given you are to fire soon as you can. If either delay while one of us count three, and say 'stop,' that one shall, for that time, lose his fire. A snap to be considered a fire."
The seconds tossed up to determine which should give the word. Maclay won. The pistols were handed us, and discharged so simul- taneously that but one report was heard. Neither balls took effect. The pistols were again handed to the seconds. They retired a few paces, and Mr. Maclay assured me afterwards that he used every honorable argument to move Mr. Kennedy to present a proposition for settlement. This he did without effect. Maclay then raised his voice and said, you had better consult your principal, and I will do the same. Maclay's first words to me were : "Kennedy is a scoun- drel; he is determined to have you shot." I said : "you know the terms we agreed upon, and we will carry them out." The pistols were again handed to us. After a short pause, Mr. Maclay came between us and said: " Gentlemen, I think this business has gone far enough, and may be amicably and honorably adjusted." He proposed that Mr. Stewart should apologize for his attack, and that then Mr. Binns should declare that the publication was not made to wound the feel- ings of Mr. Stewart, or affect his character ; but because Mr. Binns believed it to be true, and that it was matter proper for public in- formation. Mr. Stewart then said: " If God has given me more strength than other men, I do not think I ought to abuse it. I never struck a man in my life that I was not sorry for it." This was not held sufficient apology. After a pause Mr. Stewart made the required apology, and I made the declaration my friend pro- posed. The parties shook hands, and at a tavern in the neigh- borhood, they and their friends breakfasted together. Mr. Stewart and I continued friends until his death, many years afterward. When he was elected to the Assembly from Lycoming, some years after, he voted for me, then editor of the Democratic Press, as a director of the Pennsylvania Bank. Major Maclay was then about twenty-eight years of age, and a man of much promise. Son of Honorable Samuel Maclay, at that time a United States Senator. He returned to Buffalo Valley; I to Northumberland. He died soon after this.
I found, on my return, that it was Joseph Priestly that had the war- rant issued for my arrest. He saw me leave with a small mahogany
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case, in which he knew Judge Cooper kept his pistols, and suspected what was about to take place. The termination of this business put an end to anything like personal rudeness by any member of the Federal party, so long as I remained in Northumberland, and doubt- less had its effect after my removal to Philadelphia.
This duel was fought beyond the marsh, near what was then called Allen's. Andrew Kennedy was the father of the late Andrew Ken- nedy, of Lewisburg. Lawshe's hotel was below the dam, nearly opposite Strohecker's, kept by John Lawshe, grandfather of A. M. Lawshe. Flavel Roan, in his journal, carefully notes the fact, that he always took a drink there before crossing the ferry to Derrstown. The house was burned down some years ago. Sam Stewart, as he was called, was sheriff and treasurer of Lycoming county, and the Federal candidate for Senator, in 1808, against General John Bur- rows, the Democratic candidate.
Political.
July ro. Extract from a letter of James Cochran, of Mead town- ship, Crawford county, to Robert Irwin : " On the call for a con- vention to amend the constitution and on our new candidate for Gov- ernor, the people are much divided ; but there will be a majority in favor of the convention and Simon Snyder in this county and many of the neighboring counties. From every appearance the majority will be considerable. From the insolent behavior of old Tom, (Governor Thomas McKean,) in my opinion, he merits no longer the approbation of the people, not only from his impertinent lan- guage, but for the last three years he has an undoubted right to be charged with wasting his Lord's goods ; therefore, agreeably to St. Luke, xvi: 3 v., he has a right to either dig or beg, whichever he thinks he can do best, for he will be no longer steward. The " Feds " and " Quids" are squealing like fell hyenas about it, and fear of being drowned before they see the water; but it will turn out like all the rest of their hot-water injections-they will burst like the bubble, with the weight of their own air, and leave them a blank in society, or rather, a vestige of contempt by all the true friends of the prin- ciples of seventy-six." A mingle of metaphors not often found in so short a composition.
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October 4, the Governor, by his secretary, William Thompson, writes from Lancaster to Robert Irwin : " The friends of Mr. Sny- der have circulated in the counties of Northampton and Berks, that Governor Mckean has promised, after his re-election, to appoint Mr. James Ross, of Pittsburg, Chief Justice of the Supreme court. I am authorized to assure you that the tale is wholly a falsehood, fabri- cated on the eve of the approaching political contest, for base elec- tioneering purposes, an idea of the kind having never been suggested to the Governor by any friend of Mr. Ross, or by the Governor to any person whatever ; nor, indeed, is it believed Mr. Ross would accept the appointment if offered to him."
In order that my readers may understand the allusions in the Cochran letter, I will state, as part of the history of the time, that Governor Mckean had vetoed an act substituting referees for jury trials, and prohibiting the employment of counsel in reference cases : also, the act extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, which, however, was passed over his veto. This, with the acquittal of the judges who were impeached, incensed the ultra Democrats, and they immediately started the project of remodeling the Consti- tution. The moderate Democrats took the name of Constitution - alists, and organized a constitutional society, and the other section of Democrats a club called " The Friends of the People," the Feder- alists looking on, and enjoying the strife. The ultra Democrats nominated Snyder for Governor, and the friends of the Constitu- tion, Mckean, who was elected Governor, and entered upon his third term on the 17th of December.
Marriages, by Henry Spyker, Esquire.
Peter Epler to Eve Christ. Witnesses, Henry Fulmer, Chris- tian Van Gundy, John Smith and wife, &c., (April 4.)
September 8, John Lawshe with Polly Sites. Witnesses, Nancy Robb, John Dreisbach, &c.
Deaths.
George Martin, White Deer. Children : Jane, Elizabeth, John, Robert, and Matthew. January 15, John Swineford, of Middle-
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burg ; born April 16, 1755. Martin Housel, West Buffalo. Chil- dren : Jacob, Joshua, Catherine, Mary and Elizabeth. September 22, Catherine, wife of Abraham Eyer ; born, October 15, 1752 ; married, May, 1776. Peter Jodon, of West Buffalo. Captain George Overmeier. Children : George, Peter, Philip, John, David, Jacob, Catherine, (Margaret, then dead,) Elizabeth, Eve, Esther, Magdalena, and Barbara. To Jacob he left his rifle and shot-pouch carried in the Revolution. Adam Shewel, of Centre. Jabel Fred- erick, of Buffalo. George Motz, Penn's. Children : John, Lo- rentz. December 19, Catherine Dunkle. She was born February 13, 1769 ; married October 24, 1784.
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ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS OF EAST BUFFALO, LEWISBURG, WHITE DEER, AND WEST BUFFALO-FIRST METHODIST CAMP-MEETING.
HOMAS COOPER, President Judge, commissioned March 1. Members, Simon Snyder, Leonard Rupert, Abraham McKinney, and Major Robert Smith, of Tur- but. David Taggert, Charles Maclay, and Samuel Awl, County Commissioners. John Frick, Clerk. April 1, John Thomp- son, junior, commissioned Justice of the Peace. July 4, William Poak. John Lynn, of Erie, was the principal School-Teacher of the Valley.
Additional Residents, East Buffalo-Ammon, Andreas ; Badorf, Michael, blacksmith ; Bostian, Andrew ; Brown, John, miller ; Culp, Peter, shoe-maker ; Daugherty, James; Geddes, James, single ; Gra- ham, Alexander, merchant ; Haverling, Jacob, weaver ; Hafer, Lud- wig ; Holmes, Jonathan, tanner ; McClure, Richard, chair-maker ; Marriner, James ; Mettlin, Patrick; Morrow, Alexander ; Reem, 23
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George, carpenter ; Reish, Daniel ; Renner, Jacob ; Renner, Fred- erick; Strayhorn, Nathaniel : Vaness, John ; Winter, Daniel, car- penter.
Lewisburg-Conser, John ; Crosgrove, Samuel : Kremer, George; Renfrew, Jacob; Wolfe, Christian, hatter.
Additional Residents of White Deer-Clark, John, William's son : Dersham, Jacob ; Farris, Dennis ; Lushbaugh, John ; Madden, Neal, tailor; Marshall, James; Monpeck, Nicholas; Reznor, David; Rora- baugh, Philip; Schock, Andrew, wagon-maker.
West Buffalo-Aikey, Lewis ; Betzer, Peter ; Bohr, Michael, miller ; Eilert, John ; Green, Abbot ; Hildebrand, Levi ; Kaufman. David ; Kimple, Jacob, potter ; Kleckner, John, tavern and still- house ; Maize, Jacob, tavern ; Mitchell, George, blacksmith ; Shri- ner, Jacob; Zeller, John ; Zeller, Henry.
In August, the first Methodist camp-meeting in this part of the State was held on Chillisquaque creek, one and one half miles from the river.
Marriages.
January 2, Ludwig Coasin with Susanna Olifant, in presence of both their parents, Joseph Stillwell, Thomas Nesbit, &c.
April 7, Frederick Renner with Magdalena Krause, daughter of Christian Krause, deceased, in presence of his father, and step- mother, and brothers, Jacob Renner and wife, Benjamin Renner, Daniel Sheckler and wife.
May 15, George Troxel with Mary Hoffman, in presence of Wil- liam Clark and wife, Doctor James Dougal, Andrew Heckle and wife, George Derr and wife, John Betz and wife, Andrew Ensworth and wife, Abraham Troxell and wife.
June 12, John Sergeant with Catharine Beyer, in presence of her parents, brother James, Peggy Evans, &c.
November 16, Michael Straub to Sarah Grove.
Deaths.
John Pollock, Lewisburg. Michael Smith. John Graybill, Ma- hantango. William Steele, Buffalo. Henry Richard, East Buffalo. James Adams, White Deer, left a widow, Margaret ; children : Agnes, Joseph, Sarah. James was his grandson, and son of Joseph. Mary Green, widow of Captain Joseph Green. Henry Myer, West Buffalo.
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PENN'S CREEK IMPROVEMENT LOTTERY-EXTRACTS FROM BINNS' ARGUS- COUNTY CONVENTION-GERMAN HIGH SCHOOL IN BUFFALO TOWNSHIP- ROAN'S JOURNAL-JOHN AURAND-CHARACTER OF THE LEGAL BUSINESS AND SKETCHES OF LEADING CIRCUIT LAWYERS, BY LATE GEORGE A. SNYDER, ESQUIRE.
NITED STATES SENATORS, Samuel Maclay and An- drew Gregg, the latter elected January 13. Member of Congress, Daniel Montgomery, junior. Senator, James Laird. Speaker House of Representatives, Simon Sny- der. Members elected in October, Simon Snyder, Leonard Rupert, Abraham Mckinney, and John Murray.
Commissioner elect, Samuel Bond. Total expenditures of the county last year, $5,716. Sheriff, Jared Irwin. Treasurer, Simon Snyder. Postmaster at Lewisburg, C. Baldy.
Additional Residents of West Buffalo-Harris, Amos, shoe- maker ; Lytle, Charles; Peters, Philip, tinner ; Reed, Robert and William ; Ruhl, Philip; Stitzer, John, junior; Stover, John and Samuel ; Wilkert, Jacob.
Mifflinburg-Keener, William, tailor ; Lemon, Thomas, school- master ; Miller, Doctor ; Smith, Doctor ; Swentzell, Jacob; Year- ick, Simon. Andrew Ensworth sold his property and removed from the Valley ; also, William Irwin, junior, Robert Harris, and Alex- ander Steel.
In White Deer new Names on the Assessment List-Anthony, Henry ; Anthony, Nicholas, shoe-maker ; Billman, John and Jo- siah; Chamberlin, Uriah; Clingan, Thomas; Heckle, George ; Huntingdon, Simon; McCorley, Robert ; Shaffer, John; Shamp, Jesse ; Pancoast, William, blacksmith; Yocum, Jesse.
Additional Residents in East Buffalo-Beidleman, Valentine,
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Daniel, and Jacob; Cochran, John; Eagler, Conrad, shoe-maker ; Forsythe, Samuel; Hight, Henry, shoe-maker ; Hummel, Christian, shoe-maker ; Jamison, John ; Linn, Daniel, miller ; Noll, Henry ; Trester, George ; Wagner and Kline, grist-mill ; Wallace, Wil- liam; Wilson, Charles; Wommer, Jacob.
Lewisburg-Bellman, George, clock-maker.
New Berlin-Berger, Jacob, millwright ; Miller, Philip ; Shref- ler, Henry ; Stain or Stem, Doctor Jacob.
By act of March 31, Samuel Templeton, George Long, Robert Barber, Peter Fisher, and James Duncan, commissioners, were au- thorized to raise by lottery $4,000, for the improvement of Penn's creek, from the mouth of Green's saw-mill. Robert Barber was appointed treasurer, and in October, they advertised a scheme of cash prizes, amounting to $30,000 ; nothing came of it.
April 10, the middle district of the supreme court was created, and Sunbury fixed for the place of holding the court, on the first Monday of July.
The Political Situation.
Argus, July 27, " appointments by the Governor : William Wil- son, major general of the ninth division ; William Hepburn, of the tenth. Both these gentlemen are associate judges, and thorough- paced Federalists. Elections by the people : Christopher Baldy, brigadier general first brigade, a Democrat, by a large majority. Colonel John Jones, Alexander Moore, George Weirick, and Thomas Youngman, all Democrats, by decided majorities. For brigade in- spector, Frederick Evans, 435 to 80 for Charles Drum, Quid."
February 4, Binns' Argus has the message relative to Burr's con- spiracy. The lot of ground on which the old jail stood, offered for sale. Binns says, at the court of quarter sessions of Centre county, held last week, there was no business for the grand jury, save one bill for keeping a tippling-house. So much for the peace- able demeanor of one of the most Democratic counties in Pennsyl- vania. He thinks Rankin's vote for Gregg for United States Sena- tor will prevent his return as representative of that county .. "Hugh White and other Federalists" contested the election of Isaac Smith, member for Lycoming; but Smith was declared the sitting member.
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