'Johannes Rueff, the Pioneer Settler at Fort Stanwix, New York: Dr. F. H. Roof. November 11.-(First) 'De. scription and Analysis of the Massachusetts MSS. in the State Library, relating to the removal of the Seneca Indians in 1838 :' (Second) 'The ompey Stone, with Inscription and Date Decemof 1520 Henry A. Homes.

ber 23. The Civil, Moral and Social Condition of the People of England at the Commencement of the Reign of George III.:' Daniel Batchelor. 1880. January 13. 'Incidents Connected with the Early History of Oneida County.' Annual Address : Honorable William Tracy. February 17. A Glance at the First Volunteers from Central New York, in the Early Days of the Late War:' William H. Christian. May 11.-The Palatines and their Settlement in the Upper Mohawk Valley :' Valley Honorable Samuel Earl. July 13.-' The Syracuse and Utica Railroad' Honorable Daniel E.

Wager. November 9. Andrew A. Bartow and the Discovery of WaterLime in this County: Honorable Samuel Earl. December 31.- The Continental Congress: Some of its Actors and their Doings, with the Results thereof.' Annual Address: Honorable William J. Bacon. 1881. March 2. 'Letter of Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchell, relative to the Louisiana Purchase, with Biographical Sketch of Dr. Mitchell :' Morven M. Jones. April 6. Biographical Sketch of Dr. Matthew Brown of Rome, and afterwards of Rochester, New York: Dr. M. M. Bagg. May 31.

1882.

The Early History of the Mohawk Valley' Rev. George A. Lintner, D. D. Read by C. W. Hutchinson. December 7. 'The Golden Age of Whitesboro D. E. Wager. :' January 10.- Historical Sketch of the New York Historical Society.' Annual Address: Dr. M. M. Bagg. February to May. Golden Age of Whitesboro:' D. E. Wager. 1883. January 9.—'A Long Lost Point in History.' Annual Address: L. W. Ledyard. April 10.'Extracts from a Journal of a first Sandwich Island Missionary: Mrs. Maria S. Loomis. Read by A. Seward. May 8.- Political Poem:' John H. Lothrop. Read by Dr. M. M. Bagg. June 5.-Antiquities of Onondaga :' Rev. W. M. Beauchamp. September II.- -Eulogy on George P. Marsh :' Rev. Dr. S. G. Brown. October 9.

Familiar Talk about Mexico:' Dr. E. Hutchinson. November 13. - The Streets of Utica:' L. M. Taylor. December 11.- Cannibalism:' General C. W. Darling. 1884. January 15.— 'Social System of our New York Indians.' Annual Address: Rev. Dr. Charles Hawley. February 12.-'Ancient Utica:' George C. Sawyer. March. 31.-' Memorial of S. Wells Williams :' T. W. Seward. Extracts from Military Journal of Colonel Frederick Visscher:' S. G. Visscher. April 28.'Colonel John Brown:' Rev. Dr. G. L. Roof. November 24.- Fort Stanwix and other Forts at Rome:' D. E. Wager. 1885. January 13.-The Greek Idea of the State:' Annual Address: Professor Edward North. March 30.'The Gazetteers of New York:' S. N.

[THE following, from the pen of D. W. Cross, esq., needs no apology or explanation. It is worthy of permanent preservation, as illustrating the poetical side of the Great Bridge War. -EDITOR.]

CANTO I.

On hills, like Rome, two cities might be seen,
(Meand'ring Cuyahoga flowed between);
Whose rival spires in rivalry arose,

The pride of friends, the envy of their foes.
Each rival ruler of each rival town

On HIS would sinile, but on the other frown.
Each sought for greatness in his rival's fall,
Regardless that the world was made for all.
The mighty theme that filled their hearts with woe
Was fear that that faster than this would grow.
Envy and hatred waxed to frenzied height!
Naught could appease but fierce and bloody fight.

The culmination came! A peanut stand
Erected by a combination" band

Of desperate men of capital, who swore
No trade should be diverted from their shore.
They claimed that Clark and Willey, reckless, sought
To build a bridge. The right of way was bought
Already! And they then designed to build
Columbus street and bridge! This rumor filled
Their souls with madness and their eyes with tears!
To think that peanut stand, the toil of years,
Should for the want of patronage decay,
And trade and barter turn some other way.
They all agreed this could not be allowed,
And boisterous bellowings agitate the crowd!

Then the great ruler blew his bugle strong!
Instant, responsive came the motley throng.
"To arms!" he cried, "and to the bridge repair,
And save the peanut stand or perish there.
Bring oil, and fire, and guns-the d-d concern
Shall be consumed. We'll laugh to see it burn."

CANTO II.

The other party, cool, but not less firm, Sadly observant of the growing germ Of war intestine, on Cuyahoga's shoreOf people slaughtered, welt'ring in their gore, Resolved to meet the crisis and their fate, Like pugilistics of the "heavy weight !''

Then rang the voice of noble Willey, loud,
Respect and firmness sway the listening crowd:
"Let Craw and Sanford be detailed to bring
The rusty bull-dog' in the fighting ring.
Tom Colahan and John R. St. John, load!
And B. O'Conner, make the thing explode!"

With wond'rous promptness "Jim" brought out the gun,

His face lit up with mingled fight and fun. "Tom" charged her full to squelch the dreadful

row,

O'Conner fired--and killed the Mayor's sow!

With pistols armed and fired with martial rage, Our gallant Colonel,* eager to engage, Rushed to the conflict at the Mayor's call, Resolved to nobly stand or nobly fall. Skilled in the art of arms, his actions fill The halting crowd with new desire to kill.

Good-hearted Mills and Sheriff H. renew The flagging conflict-but they both fell through The gapping holes the planks removed had made. A trap, sardonic, to destroy them laidBut happily they caught a friendly brace, Their bodies safely dangling in space.

Filled with revenge well mixed with rage and fear, The East Side shot at a West Sider's ear; But haste and fear obscured his misty kenThe erring buck-shot struck his abdomen ! His anxious bride, claimed but a month his own, Received him groaning. But without a groan With loving fortitude she probed the wound, And-joy ecstatic-not a scratch was found! The shock and impact of the buck-shot spent Caused him alarm-his bowels but a dent. A cry of horror came from t'other side. They filled with sadness, these exulting pride. "Cease firing!" Sheriff Henderson commands; "Let no more blood be shed! I wash my hands Of this whole business! Cruel and fraternal Murder! No less, and nothing more infernal."

CANTO III.

Now turn we to the other side, to find Designs, most hostile, rev'ling in their mind.

* Colonel Charles Whittlesey.

Thrice armed is he whose cause for fight is just !
To arms, and conquer! Conquer them or bust!
'Tis true my aids report: No guns on hand-
No war-like 'quipments fit to make a stand;'
But to give up before a blow is struck
Might argue cowardice or want of pluck.
Let some bold heroes, stripping to the shirt,
Man the fire engine-on them water squirt!
Such cooling missiles will their ardor fix,
And may, forgive us, gods, their whisky mix!"

In desperate cases cooler heads arise. Laden with wisdom kindred to the skies,

And on the troubled waters oil they pour,
Ending all conflict and the flow of gore.
Timely arose a wise and prudent man
And craved a hearing to disclose his plan;
'Twas this: "In council let the fathers meet,
And by decree resolve to grade the street;
Select a band of rough and ready men
More used to pitchfork than the scholar's pen,
With vig'rous arm to wield the hoe and spade,
Destroy the street and call the work 'a grade!'"

Applauses loud these words of wisdom greet,
And, bowing low, the speaker took his seat.
The men selected to the bridge repair,
They delve, and dig, and sweat, and curse, and

MEASURES are already under way in Pittsburgh and Allegheny for an appropriate cele bration of the centennial of Allegheny county, and prominent men and associations are engaged in preparations that will make it one of the great events in the history of the two thriving and busy cities at the head of the Ohio. A history of the county is to be prepared, and when it is said that the work is committed to the hands of Isaac Craig, William M. Darlington and Rev. Mr. Lambing, no further guarantee of the high character and reliability of the work is needed. Pittsburgh is wonderfully rich in history and reminiscence, and it is fortunate indeed that so large a share of public attention has been, and is turned toward the placing of it upon permanent record.

THE series of articles upon the early days and the beginnings of things in Northern Ohio, promised some time since, is continued in this issue by an able and carefully prepared paper by George F. Marshall, one of Cleveland's oldest and best-known citizens, upon the early builders of the Forest City-a paper of which it may be said, like Charles Reade's "musty chronicle written in tolerable Latin," "Every sentence holds a fact." Mr. Marshall does not leave anything to guess work, and when he is not sure of his information, he braves the winter winds that he has braved so many years and goes out and makes sure. The things he tells of the old buildings all about us, and of the men who built them-some of whom are yet hale and hearty in our midst-are not only history, but under the deft touch of his pen they take on the interest of story-telling, and enchain the attention to the end.

IN perusing the first article in this issue, that of General M. D. Leggett, on the "Early

School History of Ohio," the part taken by its distinguished author in the formation of the educational system of the state must not be overshadowed by his eminent services in the army, nor in civil life of a later date. Himself a teacher of several years' experience, he entered heart and soul into the work of arousing public sentiment to the need of an enlarged and free common school education; and when the system was inaugurated he was one of the executive means by which it was made a grand success, and won even the tardy support of those who had doubted or condemned.

MAJOR ROBERT DAVIS, a distinguished officer of the artillery in the Revolution, and who subsequently attained the rank of brigadier-general, was the maternal greatgrandfather of Honorable Charles W. Dana of San Luis Obispo, and of General Charles W. Darling, formerly engineer-in-chief of the state of New York, on the staff of Governor Fenton. Major Davis was an active member of the Boston Tea Party, and helped to throw the tea overboard in 1773. History states that his resemblance to Washington was so striking that he was often taken for him, and he also enjoyed the confidence and personal acquaintance of the great leader of our armies in revolutionary times. When the Yankee troops followed the retreating British to the outlet of Boston harbor, he sent to his wife, by a special messenger, the earliest news of their final departure, written on part of a barrel head, the only stationery then at hand. was brother of Honorable Caleb Davis (speaker of the house of representatives, Massachusetts, 1780,) and of General Amasa Davis. All the brothers resided in Boston, and were members of the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts." A daughter of Major Robert Davis married William Ely, a promi

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