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Hhtiriril Sketchen of Carroll Coantj.-Brown Township,or a to. BAROim.CHAPTER IV.( Continued.)lit tli« spring of 1B14 Dirid Elkin mo vad into the township, from Sandyville, ■nd eeUlwd upon ib« tract of land oo which lie still widen, • liule south east of Oaeida. On thie tract there wis s fioe spring of running weter, affording in excellent, site for a distiller;; and m there was in successful! operation a grist mill at Pekin, .it waa thought by the neighbors, that the rail important improvement would be the erection of a distillery in the township.— Accordingly the next year Mr. Eakio yield ed to the wishes of bis neighbor*,and built ooe near where bis bsm now stands. The drat whiskey msnnfsctured st ibis distillery, wss sold for one dollar and fifty eta. per gallon, and the demand »aa always e-tpial to the eupply. Rye and corn were worth one dollar per bushel, thus it will be Mien that distilling liquor at that early day was a profitable business. Mr. Eskio con-tinned to run hi* distillery for a number of yean, and what is peculiar in bis case, is, that although be is uow seventy two yean of age, and in the enjoyment of excellent hoallb, and baa raised a large family of eons and daughters, not one of the family aver became addicted to the intemperate um of ardent spirits, being almost an anoraely in the cate of distillers and tavern keepers.Although the price of liquor at thisear ly period in the settlement of the township wss so high, and the means of procuring it so limited, yet it was kept as an article of entertainment in almost every family, aod no one thought of calling Ini neighbors together to assist him,either at a rais mg, log rolling, husking, or jrollick of any kind without furnishing it liberally.These ’froHicSr, as they were then called, were generally the occasion of a great deal of sport; jumping, wrestling, pitching quoite, throw ing Hie rail, Ac., were freely indulged in, even after a laborious dsysof Mxreb,Mra. Pugh started al.me.oo horseback to visit her relations oo Yellow creek, there being no roeda at thia early day, Mrs Pugh undertook to follow a blind path, through the woods, from her husbands rre-idanc* down,to what was called ‘the swamp' in Brown tp, and tbeoce along the bead water* of Pipe* Run, across the summit to Yellow creek.bteipe.A slight snow had falleo tbe night belt, difficult tonitsbodyeightbanMdapaiofbii to Sp have (or, f la Cdvr a rily i Thisrihbfold!and the wives ami daughters of the men were present,tin- night was generally spent n playing auJ dancing. 1 hero were bu'fore aha started, and the path, find at best, was traced with tbe utmost difficulty, by ooe not aocuaiomtd to roaming through the woods. A party of hunters had built a eamp in tbe fall,at a spring near where Thomas Murfin oow lives.—This fall of snow waa considered a favorable time for bunting, and the Messrs. Caa-selmen, living aasr where New Harrisburgh now stands, started early Ibis morning for a hunt io the direction of tbe aforesaid camp, and striking tbo path Mrs. Pugb ha 1 to travel before she reached it, tbey followed it for some distance, and seeing the track ol some gsme, they went in pur-euitofit Mrs. Pugh following after them, did not discover the point at which they left the path, and being some wbst bewildered by tbe fall of snow, continued to follow the tracks of tbe hunters, until she bo-carao perfectly lost in tbe woods. The horse returned during tbe night to its owner .but the rider was missing. The family became alarmed, and with the most painful solid tude for tbo welfare of the wife aud moth er, gathered up tbe few neighbors in the vicinity and started in search of tbo missing woman. By tbt* time the snow had melted and although tracks could be found in the leaves and mud, yet tbey crossed and recrowcd ench other so often that it impoaaiblo to follow them wiib any degree of certainty. Tbe first dsy passed away, and lbs shades of night bc^sn to fall upon the earth, the hooting ol tbe owl was heard in the distance, and occasionally tbo howl of tbe hungry wolf, but no trace of the lost one was discovered to gladden tbe hearts of anxioua friends. Despond-iug, dejected and silently they returned to their homes to reuew the search upon the coming day.Tbe next day the news spread through the entire neighborhood around, and alsliou pie, wortwork. And when quiltings were counec- woM wery one turned out to assist in the ted with the frollkk. as was often the case, fib*,ch' and *'ll11,0 mlt;*»- Plful ■V traced every track and sign of the missingENand . body plore tioo may bus lt;aod lt;hood Tl Dial of as York the Sena •mall ling, himpoeufearecspn is panone Ihey could possibly discover. Broken repri .......... .....__hushes were found and ether signs, where Htatifew or liter kw l'«d Wondered across old logs peetcomplaint in there .lav., aud the preoeuoa ,(1 lhrouBb 1,18 but »J» ofof a Doctor was rarelv wen in the families jlbo l*‘t,1n8 «un faded away behind the dera »f the early settlers. ’ : western hills,without revealing to tbo heart: chanRev. Thomas Higdon-brother of Sid- b«*« lbeiP°l •herelboir belov- e»aincy Higdon of Mormon notoriety—preach- ed mand lay, ,1- ■ • .... ti10 nexl tue search wss renewed cornwith increased interested towards the dose J— of day, near a small bridge not far from where Israel Miller now lives, the lost one was found—dead, on tbe opposite side of the swamp from the path she intended to travel. Benumbed, bewildered aud disheartened, it la supposed, tLatshe was lorn from the horse in passiug through a thicket of brush, she gave herself up to die,( To be Continued )nd the first sermon in the township, in the year 1815, in an unfinished building in P, kin. afterwards occupied as a tavern by Mrs. Ellouor Barr, and recently torn down in the const! ucliou of tbe railroad. Mr. Higdon was a regular baptist raiubtpr,and a man of considerable intelligence. He was afterward* elected a Representative from Columbiana county to tbe Ohio Legislature.The township was organized in the year I8l5, and was nsruoi after Mr. John Brow n—uncle to Rev. Jehu BrtBtii, late of Wayuesburgh, uow of Iowa—wh thou resided in Pekin, a mill-wright, who built the first mill in tbe township. In its first organization,the township was but six miles equsre, but in the erection of Carroll oo., two miles of! the east end of Saudy town ship were added to it, making it aix miles wide and eight miles long, which is its present dimensions.Tbe first election, for township officers, after the organization of the township, was held in the spring of 181G. James Reed and Ti-omaa Laita, were tbe opposing candidates for Justice of tbe Peace. Every voter iu the township was present at the election. Ttcenty nine vote* were polled in al). James Reed had fourteen, Tbos. Lalta fourteen, and one blank. As tbe candidatea were “tied, tbo J udges of tbo election proceeded to determine tbe matter by lot, and James Read was dodared tbe first Justice of the Peace for the township, which office be held for twenty one years In succession.In those days there were but few intricate questions of law to be settled by Justices of tbe Pesce. Almost every kind of action, exoept murder and horse stealing, waa considered a proper subject for compromise between the contending parties; and it was not an unusual thing for cases of assault and battery, and other otTences a gainst tbe criminal laws of the Bute, to be tbua disposed of. Tbe prosecuting witness, acting aa be agent of the State of Ohio, waa supposed to have full power, to settle aod discontinue Hny action be may have commenced in bejiolf of tbe Suite,As a general ihiug, cure of assault aud battery were settled,and tbe parties “drank friends,” before a prosecution was commenced; but when s cue of thia kind did go before a Juslioe, the moat intense interest waa excited upon the part of the frteoda of each party, aod a general turmoil of tbe whole neighborhood wu Ike result. The merit* of the case were fully discussed,and propositions made to “make friends,” and ret the ease “drap.Tbe queelion “who atruek first,”always had an important bearing upon (be tellle-m«Dt of the case, and when that point wu once settled,tbe case wu pretty woll throughVisitation and Search.In a state of war between Crent Britain nud France, an English man of war, having the right to capture French vessels, may ascertain whether a vessel carrying American colora is French or not. This we understand to be conceded, and the right of visitation, in the case supposed, is called a belligerent right.Now, under treaties between Great Britain and France, an English man of war may capture French vessels, but tbe question is raised, if tbey may ascertaiu by visitation whether a vessol carrying American color* is French or not.Without, at present, saying anything about the right of visitation io either case, we insist tbat if it exists in one case, it does in tbe other, sod that there is no difference whatever between them.It is said that, although anybody may arrest a robber or murderer, it is done nt the peril of the arresting party, who must be responsible in damages, if tbe arrested parly proves to bo an innocent man.— Tbi» is oomrunn tense, and it is good law, ■nd it furnuhosan answer to all ibeolamor of the pettifoggers and demagogs* in respect to tbe so-called right of visitation.A vessel, really American, interrupted or iD any wise damn Bed by a visitation, it entitled to all the actual damages which result from the visitation, no matter in bow good faith the visitation was made. The cruiser who makes the visitation, does it at this peril, but al no other. The case supposed a not a case for exemplary or penal damages, but only for actual damage*. Still lets, it la not a case for war, good faith being supposed. The utmost which Dauiel Webster c-mld make of it, when doing bit best to cater to Southern sensibilities and national vanity, wu “in-voluntary trespass, and certainly an “»»-volvniary trespass is n sor7 pretext for war.— Wash. Republic.ritb, for tbe proposition generally follow oufd treat the whole crowd,ed, that be aboul and pay the cost* or auit, and tbey would all part “good friends, which proposition was almost invariably accoptod, and tbe case ended.Early in Lbe spring of 1814, a painful occurrence took place in lbe township.—]ir. Aaron Pugb, father-in-law to Wifiiam Woods, with bis family, bad settled on (be tract of land, ib lisrriaon tp., nfterwards Owned and occupied by Mr. W, at the lime of hredeatb, In the last of February or firstgretWJ Glsncy Jones of tbe Berks, (Pa) District, bu Hut a bard chance for re-election to Congress, Tbe leading Democratic paper in bis district, lbe Reading Qaz else, denounces his free trade speech, and upbraids him with having violated bis pledge in favor of tariff interests, by which be secured bis pitifully small majority for Congress.Tu Douglas Democracy wore dominant in tbo 4lh Indiana District Congressional Convention. Gen, Foley,(be literary gentleman, wu turned losse” in the “Does irictTo go to grass aod William S. Holmes was nominated. This is a decided defeat of the Bright footion. The anti-Lecomp-lon Democracy are taking tbe inride track in Indian*.—£Sn. Cbre.
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