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BMdlf MM Huntingdon, 1MI, Mwnil under Act F. Biddlt General Hugh Brady, A Distinguished Son Of Old Standing Stone By ALBERT M. RUNG 820 NORTH KITH STREET, HARRI5BTJRX5, PA. On October 3, 1794, George Washington stopped at Harrisburg over night while leading an expedition westward to quell the Western Insurrection, or Whiskey Rebel Ijon, as it has been more widely known, thereby marking the only visit paid by the Father of his Country to the site John Harris had laid out for his town. The event was most memorable and word was spread far and near so that all eould avail themselves of seeing the distinguished American; the greater majority MR.

RUNG of citizens never having had this opportunity. It is not surprising that Washington's visit is today regarded as one of the most outstanding events in the annals of Pennsylvania's Capital City, but strange as it may seem, after all the furore of those days had subsided, no person ever thought of recording the place where their distinguished guests had lodged over night! When this unfortunate oversight was discovered all who had been present on that auspicious occasion had passed on, with the exception of a very few, and being of such tender age at the time, their identification of the place of lodging has been in a way accepted, but no action has ever been taken in erecting a marker at the site. Fort Standing Stone! Turning to Huntingdon we may find a similar example in an effort to determine the site of Fort Standing Stone. This haven of refuge in times of Indiar attacks has been mentioned so often in early history that its existence undoubtedly covered many -years, and next to the ancient stone, from whence it took its name, has taken its place as one oHhe most outstanding points in this part of 'the Juniata valley. It is therefore to be regretted that the definite site of the old fort was not preserved to us through those who had been so familiar with its times and location.

Historian Comments Huntingdon's noted historian, j. Simpson Africa, devoted much time in into the events of Fort Standing Stone, from his youth up to the time of his passing in 1900. We first find him quoted on this subject in the First Series of Pennsylvania Archives, published in 1856, which would almost lead one to believe that some old citizen was surely among the living at this time who whould have rec lied seeing the fort or a portion of the remains. If such opportunity existed it was not mentioned by Mr. Africa, as he wrote at that time that the site was believed to have been near the present location of Second and Penn streets.

Forty years later, during the borough centennial in 1896, the old historian gave an able discourse on Fort Standing Stone which was not only the most complete for historic data he had'gathered, but served as a fitting climax in the closing years of his life in emphasizing his unbounded efforts in the field of antiquity. Some of Mr. Africa's statements at that time were: Fort Erected Here "A Fort, called Standing Stone Fort, was erected here, but at a date that cannot now be fixed. One writer says it Included an area of ten acres. This is, unquestionably, an exaggeration.

Jones (author of the History of the Juniata Valley) says it was built in 1762, and rebuilt on the breaking out of the Revolution. "David McMurtrie (Africa here quotes from Day's Historical "Collections of Penna.) said it was built during the Revolutionary War and stood in the south-eastern part of town. The tradition of old residents fixed its location in the vicinity of Penn and Second streets. It was constructed of stockades and was provided with barracks, block-houses and magazines. The lower story of a blacksmith shop that stood at No.

205 Penn street until about 1 854, was constructed from hewn oak logs from one of 'the magazines from the fort." Mr. Africa then points out how Capt. Pouchot, a French military commandtr, had constructed a map in 1758 showing various points throughout Pennsylvania and among them was shown a Standen Stone." This proves an earlier existence of the site than at first recorded, but it may be of further inttr- est to recall that many years ago a map of America was found among French archives in Paris which had been sketched in 1754 and on this map was likewise shown "Ft. Standen Stone." Brady In Despite the vagueness of the fort's location, an outstanding incident connected with it is a certainty, for within its walls in 1768 was born Brady, who was to win high honors on many battlefields in the service of his country. Hugh was the son of John Brady, who had served throughout the wilderness of Pennsylvania in the armies of Armstrong, Forbes and Bouquet, which in his subsequent acquisition of much land in various sections of the province.

Afterwards known as Captain John Brady, he was born ir Delawart in 1733, coming into the Cumberland Valley in 1750, where he married Mary Quigley, ion, was born in 1756. Some time between 1760 ana 1762 ht moved to Woodcock valley, where continued to reside until near 1767, when driven off by the Indians, and then removed to the Standing Stone with a Samuel Brady, supposed to have been his brother. His Woodcock valley land was sold to Huntingdon's founder, Rev. William Smith. Of Brady An old draft of land shows the Brady horns to have been across the river from Huntingdon, along Vineyard, now called Crooked Creek.

Again the Indians became troublesome in 1768 and this time Brady and his family were forced to take refuge in Fort Standing Stone. It was during this time that Hugh and his twin sister, Jane, were born; the claim being made that their birth marked the first of white children in tht vicinity of Huntingdon. Judge Adams has mentioned the foregoing event in his manuscript written in 1845, entitled, "An Account of Huntingdon County, and the following from his account will show that erred in the year given for the Brady twins birth: "Mr. Brady and wife were among the first settlers of'the STAN DING-STONE, a monument of the aboriginies standing where Huntingdon now stands, the vicinity around which bore that name for several years, and amongst the first white children born in our county in 1767, was Gen. Hugh Brady, of the U.

S. Army, and his sister Jane, lately deceased at Northumberland." Pioneers Not Publicized Too little mention has been given this distinguished pioneer family during their residence around Huntingdon and yet it was during a most important period of their life, and of Samuel, their oldest son, especially, as the surrounding forests and streams were to furnish the training which was to result in his name being engraved in American annals as the foremost scout and ranger of the Revoiu- tion. In the light of events following, it would appear most unfortunate when John Brady again decided to move the year after the important natal this time to the West branch valley of the Susquehanna. Brady A Captain With the outbreak of the Revolution, John Brady was commissioned as captain and performed notable service in many battles. Later, when assigned to service in the West Branch country, he was shot from ambush by a treacherous Indian, near Muncy, on April 11, 1779; his son James being killed in a like manner not far from the scene a year before.

The tragic loss of his father made Samuel Brady so determined in his vengeance that countless Indians were to find a foe so familia with their woodcraft and warfare as to make them helpless in attempting to cope with his strategy. Consequently a fearful toll of lives was taken in the wilds, of western Pennsylvania by Brady and his rangers. Larly writers have claimed pioneer mothers to have calmed the fears of their chifdren at bedtime by telling them that Sam Brady and his fearless rangers were scattered throughout the nearby forests with eyes always upon their little cabin. Name Perpetuated It has often been said that what Daniel Boone was to Kentucky and what Simon. Kenton was to Ohio, Sam Brady was likewise to western Pennsylvania.

His adventures in the western part of our Commonwealth have been the means of perpetuating his name in various localities, as we note such points as Brady's Bend, Brady's Leap, etc. Brady married Drusilla VanSwearingen, of Washington County, in 1786. He died in 1795, at the age of 39, leaving his widow and two children. John Brady's widow, Mary, died in 1783, at the age of 48. With the death of his mother, Hugh went to live with his brother Sam and later joined in fighting the battles against western Indians, which was to lead in eventually reaching high rank in the U.

S. Army. Monument Dedicated At the dedication of the monument to the memory of Captain John Brady at Muncy, October'15, 1879, Hon. John Blair Linn, speaker of the occasion said: "To Captain Brady's descendants, time fails me in paying a proper tribute. When border tales have lost their charm for the evening hour; when oblivion blots from the historic page the glorious record of Pennsylvania in the Revolution of 1776; then, and only then, will Captain Samuel Brady, of the Rangers, be forgotten.

In private life, in public office, at the Ba.r, in the Senate of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives of the United States, in the ranks of battle, Captain John Brady's sons and grandsons and great-grandsons have flung far forward into future the light of their family name. "Of General Hugh Brady, of whom General Winfieid Scott said, 'God never made a better man nor a better I must speak: No character in all history, since the days of General Wayne, has impressed me like a kind, true-hearted man; an accomplished gentleman; an educated, lion-hearted officer. At Chippewa (during the War of Colonel Brady was severely wounded within fifteen minutes afttr the action commenced, and had to be upon his horse, yet he commanded until the dreadful drama nearly before his death at Detroit, in April 1851, he was thrown from his ca'rriage and severely injured; and when the physician told him he could not recover, with that calm stlf-possession, so indicative of true courage, he said: "Let the drums beat; my knapsack is slung." Others Seek Honors There have been numerous efforts to deprive Huntingdon, or Fort Standing Stone, of the honor of being the birthplace of Hugh Brady and his sister. It is regretted that many authoritative works give their aid in perpetuating this misrepresentation. By some the noted tvent is claimed to have taken place at Shippensburg; by others, at Northumberland; but the fact remains that any who care to take the trouble in making a search of the records will find convincing proof in a very short time that old Fort Standing Stone has undeniable claim to the honor.

However, the writer wishes to quote from General Hugh Brady's own The Courage That Wins The Reconversion Battle count which he had written of his family and read at his funeral in Detroit in April, 1851, by the Rev. George Duffield: "I was born on the 29th day of July, 1768, at the Standing Stone, in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and was the fifth son (they had six sons and four daughters) of John and Mary Brady. My brothers ill lived to be men, in every sense of the term, and at a period when the qualities of men were put to the most severe and enduring tests. While I was yet a child my father moved on to the West Branch of the Susquehanns river, and pitched his tent about eight miles above the town of Northumberland, At this time (as well as in later periods) titles could be obtained by erecting a log-house, and by girdling a few trees, by way of improvement or cultivation. In this way, my father, John Brady, took up a vast quantity of land, and had he not' fallen in the war of 1776, would have been one ot the, greatest land-holders in the State.

But, owing to the dishonesty and mismanagement of those connected with him, his family received but little benefit from his exertions." First White Children The foregoing is bur the start of General Brady's lengthy, but interesting record of his family, and will aid In substantiating the location of his'birthplace. A question would now appear to arise as to whether he could be rated as Huntingdon's most distinguished native son. If he and his sister can likewise maintain the claim of being the first white children there are then confronted by the strange coincidence that this first native son (for whom a nearby township was named) is likewise its most distinguished, as well. Edson In Washington BV PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent Important part of President'' Truman's veto of the Case strike-control bill was not that It too'? him eight long pages, single-spaced, to say "no" It was that in his mesSf-je ht spelled out a constructive 13-point program for the solution of labor troubles. Eliminating the negative parts of the message and accentuating the positive, one discovers that the President came up with this bill of particulars for congressmen, employers, pnd labor leaders to stick in their noodles: 1.

The outstanding domestic problem is that of securing an increase of production. Strikes and lockouts are the greatest handicaps to production. They should, therefore, be reduced to a minimum. 2. The temporary strike-control legislation is still needed.

It should be effective for only six months after the official termination of hostilities. It should be applicable only to those few industries which the government has taken over and in which the President by proclamation has declared that an emergency exists. 3. Permanent legislation is aTso needed. It should lead to a long- range labor policy designed to reduce work stoppages.

A Repeal of the SJsnth-Connaliy War Labor Disputes Act is called for by inferential statement that it promotes industriul strife. 5. The Department of Labor should be strengthened, and the U. Conciliation Service should be strengthened within it. 6.

The Hobbs anti-racketeering bill to prevent interference with i interstate commerce by robbery and extortion is endorsed in prin- jCiple. It should apply to both employer and employe. 7. Workers'-, welfare funds, such as that recently given John L. 'Lewis for Mine Workers, should be created by collective bargaining.

Any governmental restrictions on the administration of these funds need long and careful study before -enactment. 8. The full right of supervisory employes to the benefits of collective bargaining cannot be lightly thrown aside. On the other hand, management is entitled to protection. Labor unions should be held responsible for violations of their contracts, though not to the extent of destroying labor's protection against injunctions.

10. Injunctions requested by the government itself to restrain strikes against the government in a national emergency are considered essential to the maintenance of governmental authority. 11. A way must be found to prevent the jurisdictional strike. 32.

The anti-trust laws should be made applicable to conspiracies between employers and labor organizations designed to restrain 13. Finally, the President outlines again his program of legislation' designed to remove some of the causes of the insecurity felt by many workers and employers. He includes in this increased unemployment-insurance benefits, better health and medical for low-income families, a fair minimum wage, and continued price. measures. Moscow Attacks U.

S. Foreign Policy; Not FDR's London, June 14. On tte eve of the Big- Pour conference, the Moscow radio today unleashed a sarcastic attack on American policy in the Far East and Latin America. A Russian commentator said, "The foreign policy of the United States has veered sharply from the policy laid down by the late Prsident Roosevlt." He said the United States was tending- to restore the pre-Roosevelt policy "visualizing; United States intervention in Latin America." "The thought comes to mind," he said, "that the United States is unwilling to Consider the rightful desires of other countries aiming at establishing a lasting and steady peace." The Russian radio accused the United States of trying- to establish control over the armament of Latin American countries. It charged that American polity makers demand unconditional preference for the United States in the Far East.

"While the United States is for one-sided action in Latin America and the Far East, she is for many-sided action in countries lying along the western frontiers of the U.S.S.R.," a commentator said in English. "Washington at present is not only trying to restore the old order in Latin America, but is also endeavoring to establish a similar arder in countries situated in the western Pacific Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Eleventh and Moore Sts. Rev, F. L. Hartzfeld, Sunday Scnool 9.30 Morning; Worship 10.30 "Our Redemption Rights" Evening Service 7:30 "The Seven Sealed Book" Veterans Hospital Is Given Approval Wahsington, June Truman late yesterday approved construction of a Veterans Administration psychiatric hospital In western Pennsylvania.

The site is still to be selected. He also approved the purchase by VA of the Deshon Hospital at Butler, Pa. He ordered cancellation of plans for construction of a mental at Camp Reynolds, near Greenville. 'Pa. The Army, which has been using Deshon under lease from the state of Pennsylvania, plans to release it by the end of this month.

A VA spokesman said Deshon eventually would be used only for the treatment of mental patients. Until the VA general hospital at Pittsburgh is completed, g-intral cases also will be handled at Deshon. Plans for the Pittsburgh hospital were announced previously. The site for the hospital in WMterr Pennsylvania will be selected later. It also will bt for Explore LINCOLN CAVERNS Beautiful, Spectacular Natural Wonder Open Daily 7 a.

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He said it would accommodate 500 patients by the temporary use of gome emergency buildings until the Pittsburgh hospital Ls completed. Half of these will be general DELAY HEARING ON YINSON NOMINATION! Washington, June elderly Washington automobile 'dealer, who told reporters intended to file "serious charges," today delayed for one week Senatft judiciary subcommittee action on the nomination of Fred M. Vinson to be chief justice of the United States. The auto dealer was Edwin Q. Creel.

He was the only witness to appear at the subcommittee hearing on the Vinson nomination. Creel told that his charges against Vinson would be based on a receivership proceeding which his firm, Creel Brothers, went through starting- in 1933. Vinson, as a member of the court of appeals, presided at ont hearing in the case, Creel said. Chairman Pat McCarran, instructed him to present his charges and proof in writing to the committee clerk. Creel said he would be unable to present them until next Wednesday.

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In eath case, however, he suspended provided fines were paid "forthwith," and placed the defendant! on probation. Pttrillo Arraigned Chicago. June J4. President James C. of the American Federation of Musicians (AFL), arraigned in a TT.

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