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Newspaper
The Watchman
Location
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1822
Page
3
The court will commence at 10 o clock in the forenoon of Monday August 5th at the Danville court house and continue for one week. The county sheriff declines to have his name on notices in the Watchman.
The speaker urges electing proven, reliable leaders and endorses Jacob Rupert of Catawissa as a suitable replacement for the outgoing commissioner Bitler. The call emphasizes steadfast Republican principles and public trust in the county's current political moment.
A Watchman article copied from the Sunbury Inquirer urges E G Bradford as a suitable Democrat for the 10th congressional district. The writer argues Bradford has talent knowledge and industry and that his unbending republican principles would serve the public good.
Armstong county Democrats met at Kittaning directing township meetings on the second Monday in August to choose two delegates each who will assemble the following Monday to form a ticket. Beaver county Democrats revive the delegate ticket system. E G Bradford of Sunbury is named by a Public Inquirer writer as a candidate for Congress. Bradford is a capable, unwavering Democrat.
A Watchman reader shares a letter from a respected Dauphin County friend. The correspondent notes long acquaintance and trust in the friend’s veracity and information on political matters. The letter, though not intended for publication, is presented here for consideration.
The writer denounces the Federalists as reprehensible and urges publication to alert Democrats to aristocratic tendencies, recalling John Adams era laws like the stamp act and gag law as examples of oppression. Columbiana, July 13, 1822.
A July 1822 letter from Dauphin County to Columbia County describes a Philadelphia Harrisburg circulated plot by federalists to elect federal sheriffs in October and gain influence. It explains secret funds, help from sheriffs, jurymen, and sub committees to swing 150 to 200 votes per county, risking a governor election in 1823.
A fiery editorial decries federal overreach and calls the party’s morality and power a sham. It accuses the administration of trampling freeman rights and the purity of elections, urging citizens to defend ancestral liberties for their heirs.
The text attacks the Pennsylvania administration and Joseph Mester, calling it weak and corrupt while referencing October 2, 1823 burial of their regime. It notes a separate Norfolk board in Washington adjournment to October's third Tuesday and no extension for claimant memos.
A patriotic verse celebrates Independence and Washington with lines praising Columbia, the stars and stripes, and American liberty. The second part abruptly shifts to a veterinary tip about treating foundered horses with alum water to induce perspiration for the next day’s journey.
Captain Zeigler praised his men for discipline as he escorted prisoners to a British outpost. He urged them to appear orderly and formidable, saying they should “look great to look graceful to look like the devil to look like me.”
List of civil cases scheduled for trial in the court of common pleas at Columbia County. Names include Bernard Steller versus John Stetler Jacob Harts administrators versus Ebenezer Greenough John Evans Redmond versus William and John Robison George Kelehner versus Adam Seibert et al Andrew Crouse versus Henry Miller Evan Owens administrators versus William Sloan et al Caroline Weidel versus William Roseberry and Henry Miller Abner Moore versus William Harvey Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the use of Conrad Kreider versus Joseph Brown et al Diana Staples administratrix of Edward Staples deceased George Pange’s administrators Thomas Shipian executor versus Jacob Bower’s administrator Abrenam Mulers executor versus Berwick Water Co J & C Barton versus William Boone Jacob Boyer versus John T Webner Benjamin Klue versus Adam Kline John M Reynolds versus Daniel Cameron Eli Detmer versus Henry Winn Philip Seidel versus Joseph Prutzman Mary Stuck Jr. versus John Hower Palip Fenstermacher versus Dillman et al William Culp etc versus Peter Lair John Douty versus Caroline Weidel et al Simpson McCoy versus Philip Goodman Henry Gigger versus Henry Miller et al Edward Lowther versus Samuel Worman William Maxwell for William Clyde versus Joseph Auten Sarre v. Same Same v. Same Commissioners of Colombia County versus Josiah McClure et al Peter Baldy versus Rudolph Sechler James Read Water, John Craig, John Mordan versus Christian Brobst Jacob Kuder versus Jacob Narrowbone and Ed Gundy Lyon
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