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"As to the affairs of the nation there is little doing in our body at present. The bill for the Missouri to be admitted as a new State into the Union is now discus- sing in the Senate. The friends of slave . holding have got the bill coupled with the Province of Maine, in the view to in- troduce slavery in the State of Missouri. They will doubtless be able to attain their object and some are of opinion in our bouse also; but I hope they will be disap pointed, unless the Governor of the Uni- verse sees fit to punish us for our many national iniquities. I hope we will not be saddled with so great a curse. The members of the slave holding States are using every strategem for the spread of slavery. The members from Pennsylva nia will give a unanimous vote excepting Mr. Baldwin, of Pittsburg. He will, it is ex. pected, vote for spreading the evil of slavery.
HARRISBURG IMPRINTS. - O'Connell Refuted ; Wesley, Methodism, and the Protestant Bible vindicated; and Popery exposed. By Rev. William Barns, Har- risburg. Printed by Barrett and Parke, 1840, 8 vo. pp. 40.
Public Scbool Song Book Harrisburg. Publisned by Theo. F. Scheffer, 1861; 48 mo. pp. 64.
A brief view of the formation, Govern- ment and Discipline of the Church of God. By John Winebrenner. an Elder of the Church of God. Set in order the things that are wanting, Titus i:5; and so ordained I in all churches, I Cor. vii:17. Harrisburg. Montgomery and Dexter Printers, 1829.
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INDIAN NAMES GIVEN MISSIONA- RIES.
Contribution to Aboriginal Phiiology.
The following paper was prepared by the Rev. John C. Pyrlaus, the well- known Missionary among the Indians, and Mohawk scholar. It is written partly in German and partly in English.
Tgirhitontie, (a row of trees), was the name given to Bishop A. G. Spangenberg. He received it on his journey to Onon- daga, in 1745, and it was the name of an oid chief of the tribe of the Bear. (Och- quaeri )
Anousser acheri, (on the pumpkin), was the name given to the Rev. David Zeis- berger, on the same journey. It belongs to the tribe of the Turtle. (Anawa. ragoa )
Hajingonis, (one who spins tobacco or makes twists), was the name given to Rev. Joseph Shebosch, on the same journey.
Tganniatarecheo, (between two seas), was the name given to Rev. John C. Pyr- læus, in the year 1748, and belongs to the tribe of the Wolf. (Oquaeho.)
Gallichwio, (a good message), was the name given to Bishop J. C. F. Cammer- hoff, at Bethlehem, April 15th, 1748, as the assistant of Tgirhitontie (Spangen. berg). It was the name of a chief of the Oneidas in Anajot of the tribe of the Turtle.
Ganachragejat, (tbe first man or leader of a company. ) This name was given to the Rev. Martin Mack, April 15th, 1748. It belongs to the tribe of the Turtle.
Anuntschi, (the head), was the name given to Bishop Nathaniel Seidel, and belongs to the tribe of the Turtle.
Tgarihontie, (a messenger), was the name given to Bishop John von Watte- ville, on the occasion of the renewal of the treaty with the Five Nations in Phila- delphia, July 6th, 1749. Bishops Spangen- berg, Cammerhoff, and Seldel heing pres- ent. This name, too, belongs to the tribe of the Turtle.
Z'higochgoharo, was the name given to Rev. C. H. Rauch, in Shamoko; and
Rachuistoni, to Anton Schmidt.
Ziguras, was the name of Conrad Weisser, until July, 1743, when he re- ceived another in Onondaga, namely Tharochiawacu.
Gannerachtaeheri. (on the leaves) was the name given to Richard Peters, secre tarv in Philadelphia.
Ganagaratochqua, was the name given to Conrad Weisser's brother-in-law. Brandt, who kept a tavern at Fort Hunter.
In reference to Conrad Weisser there is the following note:
"Conrad Weisser came to America, with his parents, in the reign of Queen Anne. His father was a blacksmith, and lived on the Mohawk river, near the Mohawk Indians He sent his son Con- rad to reside with an Indian named Taju»janont, in order that he might learn the Indian language. Conrad dis tingui-hed himself amongst the Indians to such a degree, that he obtained great influence over them, and, in his twenty- sixth year, was adopted into the family of the Turtles, which is considered the most nohle."
The following note in English is also interesting :
"At the treaty held at Lancaster with the Six Nations and the Governor of Penn- sylvania, and the deputies from Maryland and Virginia, because they got it hy con- quest; for they conquered the Indian na- tions living on Cohongoronta or Cohon. goruton (Susquehanna or Potomac rivers ) and on the back part of the great moun- tains of Virginia, the
Ganajaehsaehrohne,
Gachnawasrohne, (N. B .- These are Oanai.)
Tohoairoehrohne, and
Gannutskinoehrohne."
The last page contains the following in German :
"The Nantikok or Sganiateratichrohne method of numbering :
Killi-one.
Filli-two.
Sabo-three.
Nano -four.
Turo-five.
Woro-six.
Wollengo-seven.
Hecki-eight.
Collengo-nine.
Ta-ten.
"The Nantikoks (as they call them- selves) passed by Shamoko, on the 21st
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of May, 1741, on their way from Mary- land in ten canoes.
"The Mohigans call the Nantikoks 'Otajachgo,' from Tajachquan, which means a tree bridge across the river, prob. ably because the Nantikoks do not like to go into the water, but are accustomed to cut down trees, as a pathway across streams."
JOHN W. JORDAN.
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY.
Genealogical Notes of Early Settlers.
DUNWOODY [ DINWIDDIE 1
Thomas Dunwoody, of Peters town- ship, d. July 1782, leaving a wife, Agnes, and children :
i. James.
ii. Ann.
iii. Sarah.
iv. Agnes.
A brother, probably, Samuel Dun- woody, was executor.
STEEL. The Rev. John Steel, of Carlisle, d. May, 1779. leaving issue:
i. Lydia, m. Robert Sample. .
ii. John.
iii. Elizabeth, m. - - Mckinley.
iv. Margaret.
v. Mary.
vi. Sarah.
vii. Robert.
viii. Andrew.
ix. Jean, deceased, m. and had An- drew and Stcel McLean.
BEATTY.
I. John Beatty, of Rye township, d. in October, 1790, leaving a wife, Margaret, and children :
i. Andrew.
ii. John, of Greenwood, d. February, 1795.
iii. James.
iv. Robert.
v. Elizabeth, m. - Marshall.
vi. Alexander.
vii. Samuel.
viii. Joseph.
ix. William.
II. Samuel Beatty, ensign in the Sec- ond Regiment, U. S. A., made his will
September 24, 1791, at "Miami River, fifty miles from the mouth." It was probated at Carlisle February 11, 1794, Alexander Beatty being administrator. What is known of this officer ?
ELLIOTT .- James Elliott, d. at Carlisle in 1795. The legatees named in his will are given in full. He states that he is "from near Maguire's Bridge, county Fer- managh, Ireland:"
Wife Mary, now in Ireland.
Brother John's son William now in Ireland.
Cousins James Brownlie, William, Nancy and Archibald Elliott all of Ire -- land.
William Lyon, of Carlisle.
Samuel Weakley, sisters of whom are married to David McCurdy, John Dil lon, David King, Nathaniel Gillespie and . Stephen Groves.
William, Thomas, Edward, Robert and Nathaniel Weakley.
Widow Arthurs, of Carlisle, and her daughter Elizabeth.
Brother John Elliott.
James Elliott of Middleton, Cumber- land county.
Sidney Johnston, of Carlisle.
Sidney Case, of Chamberstown.
Margaret Elliott, of Middleton.
Samuel Liggatt, of Cumberland county. William Ferguson, of Hamilton town- ship.
William Brotherton.
John Elliott of county Fermanagh, Ireland.
What is known of this testator, and how related to the legatees ?
WHITESIDES.
James Whitesides, of Carlisle, d. prior to 1761, as in December of that year, his widow was the wife of John Giles. The children were :
i. John.
ii. Samuel.
iii. William.
iv. James.
v. Ayles, m. Thomas McGee.
vi Margaret.
vii. Elizabeth.
viii. Ann.
Ralph Whitesides was one of the ex- ecutors.
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BUCHANAN. Andrew Buchanan, d. in April, 1774, leaving issue:
i. William.
ii. John.
iii. Catharine, m. Moses Boyd.
iv Jean. m. James Gilkison.
v. Sarah.
iv. Mary.
THE EFFECT OF WASHINGTON'S DEATH.
The following letters are interesting so far as they show the feeling of the peo- ple of America upon the death of him, who "was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." The first is trom Gen. Samuel Dale, then a member of the Assembly from Nor- thumberland county; as to the writer of the second letter, which wholly relates to "G. W.," we have no information.
Samuel Dale to Col. Robert Clark.
LANCASTER. January 7th, 1800. DEAR SIR :- This day, by order of . General Hand, all shops are closed- workmen of every kind are to refrain from all manner of occupations, and the day to be observed as a day of mourning and deep humiliation, A solemn proces- sion is to take place at the hour of 12 in memory of our late celebr.ted General George Was sington; both Houses are requested to attend.
We are not likely to agree in the mode or manner of electing our Electors; the Senate have passed a bill for the purpose, dividing the State into districts ; the House of Representatives negatived the bill and in their tura they have sent us a bill to elect in one general election. On Monday next we are to take their bill in like manner. If so, the matter rests with the Governor to issue his proclamation to the sheriffs of the several counties direct- ing them to hold an election agreeable to the former laws. On this ground there may be some reason to conclude that Congress may dispute the validity of our election.
The accounts from Hamburg are not favorable; several of their most famous trading houses have shut up. I am in- formed that Baltimore and perhaps New York will suffer amazingly through their failure.
We are not able to ascertain what is the fate of the Duke of York, he must have fled, or is a French prisoner by this time. Field Marshal Suwarrow is a fugitive in the mountains of Italy. After his defeat we hear little of him; he had an oppor- tunity of flying, and he has made use of it.
Our Governor in answer to the ad- dress presented to him from the citizens of Philadelphia, enumerated a'l the sev- eral grades of opponents to Republican- ism. The classing old tories, apostate old whigs and office hunters in one group have roused the indignation and resent. ment of our Federal gentry to the ut- most degree.
In the House of Representatives, on the answer to the Governor's address which ne presented to both houses on his being sworn into office, they divided nearly equal, and a warm debate, ensued. In the course of the debate, a Mr. Blair from Huntingdon county moved a sub. stitute of the most inflammatory nature, heaping abuse on the Governor for the several answers to addresses. The Re- publicans are most numerous in the House of Representatives, therefore the Answer was agreed to and the substi- . tute was rejected.
I am, dear sir, with every sentiment of respect, you friend and Humble Servant,
SAMUEL DALE. To Coll. Robert Clark, Chillisquaque.
John Hutchison to Andrew Hutchison. HARRISBURG, Feb. 22d, 1800. Saturday Morning.
Dear Sir: I wrote you by Mr. James Storey, of Warrior Run, which probably may not have come to your hand before you receive this. I shall make no ap- pologies for obtruding this upon you, but inform you that this is fast day or day of mourning with us, as I expect it is with you. Mr. Snowden is to preach a sermon this afternoon, suitable to the occasion, which I intend to hear. Whether he will deify G. Washington, I know not, but from the eulogiums pronounced by several of the public panegyrists who have, in different parts of the U. S., become very vociferous in his praises, and from the great number of funeral processions with which he has
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been honoured since his decease ; we have reason to fear that numbers of peo- ple think there is something divine in him. I think it was very proper for the Congress to manifest their concern and grief by going in mourning, especially as they represented the whole nation ; but the various processions, I apprehend, could have no meaning in them, unless those who projected them were impressed with the belief that G. W. is omnipresent; for what else can be infered from the carrying an empty coffin, than that they supposed he was in it and knew of the honor done him by his obsequious admirers ? It must be acknowledged that greater honours should be done to his memory than any of his contemporaries; but an enlightened nation ought, while they pay him every tribute of respect, compatible with the principles of Christianity, to avoid any ceremonies that savour in the least of heathenism. The first Jupiter of the heathens was nothing more than an eminent and illus- trious king of the Island of Crete, until his deification by those who looked upon him as a divinity after his death. Other heathen nations imitated the Cretans, by paying divine honours to their deceased kings, and therefore every nation had i's Jupiters. The inferior Deities originated n similar ways until their numbers in - creased to thousands. And, if Ameri- cans proceed in this manner, they may, in a few centuries have a multiplicity of gods as well as the heathen who were ignorant of the True God. General Washington has rendered his character conspicuous by his great, prudent and wise procedure, and his atchievements will transmit his name unsullied to the latest generation, without any divine honours.
I am, with respect, your affectionate brother,
JOHN HUTCHISON.
Mr. Andrew Hutchison, Washington, honoured by Col. Clark.
TROUBLES OF EARLY SETTLERS IN YORK COUNTV.
II.
Minshall and Hendricks wrote a letter to Thomas Penn of a similar import but
after they jointly signed the letter. the following was added:
"I thought proper to add something further as concerning my committment. Some time last July, to the best of my memory thesecond day of the same Instant I was Committed by Grissop and Re- mained a prisoner during seven or eight days and now being taken by one Guinn and my name not being mentioned in the Warrant; this same Guinn is a man of ill repute, he has been whip: and pillowed in Seycill County; if such as them are fitt persons to be putt in any office to disturb Honest men from the welfare of their families itt seems strange to me and I doe belive will doe soe to all men yt hears of itt; but however as for what we wrongfully Suffer by these Kind of people wee shall entirely comitt yt to thee who is & better judge in those affairs then wee can pretend to bee. Soe to Conclude wee subscribe as before.
JOSHUA MINSHALL
"To Thos. Penn."
" ANNAPOLIS GOAL, May ye 6th, 1734.
"Honourable Proprietor: Upon the 5th of this Instant Thomas Grissop came down here to the Governour with a full Packett relating to him yt there is Daily a num- ber of Scotch Irish which lyes
in Ambush for him to the quan- tity of one hundred and fifty,
lyeing about Fences, soe yt he dare not bide att home for fear of his life. This wee had from his owne mouth, for he came to the Goal Door Semingly with great friend- ship to us, but wee imagined he came on some other Design which wee found to be as we supposed, for he Endeavoured to pick what he could from us, but wee regarded not what he said, but told him as he had before disturbed us yt he had no business to disturb us here as wee were in custody; he told us yt he had more business here than wee had; wee then replied and told him if he had his desserts yt this place was fitter for him or there were a worse place to be gott; he then finding wee would not aquest to his desire he went of in great anger and is still in town. Upon ye last of Aprill there was to men com . mitted to New Castle County goal owne
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Thomas Rothwell and Jarred Rothwel!, both brothers; the crime is because they will not submitt themselves to be in the jurisdiction of Baltimore; when they were taken by eleven men with arms. They bound them hand and foot for all noe resistance made by them in the least -- I believe James Steel will inform thee about their Land; having noe more to add at present, wee conclude with our best respects to thee.
JOHN HENDRICKS JOSHUA MINSHALL.
"ANNAPOLIS GOEL, May ye 8th, 1734
"Honourable Proprietors : Soon after wee written the other letter of ann older date, wee were informed yt the Gov- ernour has sent letters to England, Upon ye acc't of what complaint he had from Grissop against us, as concerning this affair, but finding this Secrett of theirs outt, which they seem to keep very private but wee finding it outt by chance, wee thought proper to acqt thee with; itt all from thy Respectfull tenants,
JOHN HENDRICKS, JOSHUA MINSHALL.
"Had wee been butt at Liberty, wee could inspect into more of their Spitefull proceedings, but being close confined wee have no opportunity to learn much, but what wee have by some friends yt comes Downe from our Neighbouring Parts yt has some dealings in Towne."
"Anoples gayl ye 20 of ye 12 mo 1733. "ffrd Samuel Blunstou:
"These are to let thee know we were comited to prison ye 19 day of this instant by Robert Gordon; and John Hendrick is very bad with a fever and Stiches; he lise at one Peter Overs, so not in preson with mee, yet I am in a nasty stinking lousey hole, and they will not take money, am like to suffer. The Governour and counsel paper are to sit this weke and then wee shall be examined. I have not got a copy of the warrant not yet, nor mitemus. I don my indever but am put of; I have got an ex- treme could; I make a shift yet to hold up; yet pray remember my kind lout to my wife and frend; hasten her up; I hope to see her in a littel time; so no more att pres-
ent but kind love to all my frends in gen- erel from your friend to home.
"JOSHUA MINSHALL.
"For Samuel Blunston, living in the county of Lancaster, township of Hemp- field; with speed there "
This letter was evidently the first one written and it should take precedence of the others. Although it
is dated 12 mo 1734, it refers to February 1734 as that was the 12 mo in the Quaker calen- dar, March being the first. His Quaker teaching did not entirely prevent him from giving expression to his Irish indig- nation. It will be seen, therefore, that Minshall's arrest was made January 31, 1734
I infer from the following letter that both Minshall and Hendricks were liberated on or before August, 1734 :
"August ye 23rd, 1734.
"Most esteemed Friend:
"It is with no small troble I am obliged to intimate this to thee, to let thee under- stand that att this very instant of time came here Thomas Grisop with seven men of the Marylanders with force of arms & took of my canno before I was aware of theyr cuming; and had not my family cum on them unawares they had laid hands on my Flat and would a taken it away, only they were prevented, the find- ing there was a good many peo ple and some of the neighbors stand- ing present at the time, Also some boards of mine they took with them; and Grisop swore in a month's 'time he wo'd have possession of all and that the land properly belonged to him, also a man that works for me that lives by my Doore. Grisop gave him warning that he must lease the little house he was in and it he did not lease the house immediately he wo'd send all his family to prison. All that I want is to know how I shall manage in this affair in case they cum again to be trublesum or to take anything away be- longing to me. I expect thee will favor me with an answer being what offer from thy friend. JOHN HENDRIX.
"Grisop also said that he thought he might take away the Flat as well, as his neghbor Right was Devouring to take away his Ferry. The Bearer Abraham Harr was present when the came all in arms and saw how the acted.
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"To Thos Penn
Probably through the influence of Hendricks' wife, he joined the Marylan- der, and assisted them in various ways to drive out the German settlers. Hen- dricks was a carpenter and first settled in Conestoga Manor. He belonged to the Society of Friends, and was given permission to settle on the west side of the river in 1729, with the- hope that he would be a valuable acqui sition to the interest of the Penns He must have been a coward, and was overawed by the aggressive force of the Marylanders, and supposed that the Penns would lose possession of all the land west of the River. Mrs. Hendricks was probably a sister of Nathan Worley, the surveyor. In order to get rid of Hen- dricks and his wife, Sam'l Bluns- ton bought his land, but
was forced to throw Hendricks into jail
for drunkenness, &c., and had to use force to eject Mrs. Hendricks. This was in the early part of the year 1736. The family removed to Maryland and probably left the Quakers. Blunston sold this farm to Samuel Taylor, who married a daughter of John Wright, a bout the year 1745.
Joshua Minshall, was the son of Thomas and Martha Minshall, who re- sided in Lancashire, England. On the 25th day of July, 1715, their son John brought a certificate from Hartshaw Monthly Meeting in Lancashire, to Ches - ter Monthly Meeting in Penna. On the 14th day of August, 1718, "John Minshall of the Borrough of Chester, Cord wainer," was married to Hannah Saunders of the same place, at Chester Monthly Meeting. Joshua Minshall is the first witness to his brother John's marriage. He removed to Sadsbury, Chester county, and died there in 1736, leaving a daughter Martha. His widow Hannah married .William Boyd, son of John Boyd, who came from Ballynacree, Ireland, in 1736.
It is probable that the Minshalls worked for the Barbers in Chester, who were all cord wainers. Joshua probably came to the Susquchanna in 1726 with Robert Barber, whose daughter
he married. The Minshalls were Irish Quakers. Joshua must have been sorely tried when he languished in
the Jail at Annapolis, and forgot to use plain and mild language. He died a few years after his imprisonment. Thomas Doyle, a Tavern Keeper in Lancaster Borough, was his Executor. Doyle's daughter who lived with Minshall was one of the legatees. It is probable that Doyle was a Quaker. He was intimate quite wealthy and on very terms with Minshall.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Historical, Biographical and Genealogical.
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ONLY MISTAKEN .- "Ivan" of the Tele- graph recently stated that Spofford's Di- rectory of Harrisburg was the first issued. The first was Peter Sturtevant's in 1839.
THOMPSON (N. & Q., co. )-It is stated that John and James Thompson emigra- ted from county Antrim, Ireland, about 1735, to Hanover township, then in Lan- caster county ; but tradition in my family says they first settled in Bucks county, and that there were three brothers, John, James, and Isaac; that the latter settled in New York State, and then removed to Ohio. My great grand-father, John Thompson, had the following children:
i. MARGARET, m. Mr. Greenlie, who was killed by the Indians at Sunbury.
ii. SARAH, m. 'Squire John McAlister.
ii. ELIZABETH, m. Robert McAlister.
iv. WILLIAM, m. Jane Mitchell, of Chestnut Level, Lancaster county.
v. ROBERT, m. Sarah Mitchell, sister to Jane.
vi. SUSAN, m. Capt. David Boal.
vii. JANE, m Robert Wiley, of Wash- Ington county, Penn'a.
viii. ISAAC; called Captain and Old Uncle Isaac
ix. JOHN; supposed m. a Patterson, ard removed to Butler co., Pa.
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X. ANDREW, m. Jane Stuart; in 1816 removed to Chillicothe, Ohio.
xi. PETER, m. Mary Patterson.
xii. THOMAS; d. unm.
William Thompson, son of John, b. 1754; d. January 3, 1813; m. Jane Mitch- ell and had issue :
i. JOHN, b. Dec. 28, 1780.
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ii. JAMES, h. 1782; d. Dee. 14, 1847, at Mexico, Juniata county.
iii. SARAH, h. 1783; d. July 29, 1880. iv. WILLIAM, h. 1785; d. March 18, 1834.
v. ROBERT, h. 1787; d. Jan. 3, 1866.
vi. ISAAC, b. 1790; d. May 3, 1835.
vii. JANE; mother of William Thomp- son Walters, of Baltimore, Md.
viii. ELIZABETH; b. 1795; d. February 11, 1866.
Among my memoranda are the follow- ing marriages:
James Thompson, May 18, 1772.
Samuel Thompson, April 9, 1776. John Thompson, June 19, 1777.
The same family names having con- tinued down to the latest generation are very confusing. T. S. T.
REMINISCENCES OF OLD TIMES.
The Stage Coaches.
Peter Pancake, who died in 1860, at an advanced age, was one of the early stage drivers in Harrisburg, He delighted in telling of his experience in staging, when turnpikes were unknown especially west of Lancaster (the one from Philadelphia being made at an early day to Laneas- ter.) The stage had straight bodies, with three seats, hung on the old time braces; trunks were little used then, leather sad- dle hags instead, containing the travel- ers wardrohes, these heing hung over the sides or on
placed the floor. Only two horses were used to draw the coach. Mr. P. said that in the spring when the roads were bad and the mud deep, it would take from the time of starting which was four o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock at night, to go from Harrisburg to Laneaster, or from Lancaster to Harrisburg. He said he had frequently stalled in the streets of Lancaster, the mud being almost up to the axle; he said it was more like wagoning than staging.
Elizabethtown was the dining place, being midway. On one occasion the passengers were all of the legal fraternity going to Laneaster to attend the Supreme Court. While Mr. Pancake was eating his dinner, (having to change his horses while the passengers dined, Judge - I have forgotten his name,
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