was sung at most weddings by the groom seventy or eighty years ago among the Scotch-Irish. Here it is-ridiculous though it may bewe give it as given to us: Barney Baskin broke his nose; Want of money makes us sad- With a ri tum tweedle dell, A yard of pudding's not an ell- Patriots say they'll mend the Nation, A gun's too big for shooting flies ; Lundy foot will make you sneeze Wig blocks are made of wood And pepper's good with butter'd peas. Times will get better, never fear Old maids in scandal take delight Candles now are very dear Roguery will come to light Chicken gloves ain't made for pigs Very seldom asses die Plum pudding must be stuffed with figs- Puppet shows young folks amuse- Wooden legs wear out no toes Eleven pence the quart for beer- We shall live until we die Barney leave the girls alone Catsup isn't good with pie, Church elder's hearts are made of stone Jolly tars are fond of fun Long live we all-we'll nobly shout, Now, good folks, my song is done, Can any tell what 'twas about? [Chorus.] After the wedding, there was no bridal trip. Very properly, the bride and groom stayed at home, like sensible persons ought. In this respect, at least, our forefathers were more prudent than we. In 1798, a newly-married couple rode on horseback to Duncan's Isiand, where they tarried a few days with some friends. At this the old folks shook their heads. We wonder what they would think were they here at the tour now made on these occasions? NOTES AND QUERIES.-CCXXVII. FROM FORT PITT WESTWARD, 1764. MEMO. OF DISTANCES FROM FORT PITT DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS TO PENSACOLA. To Cherokee 12, Cherokee Fort 12, To Mississippi, To the mouth of Ochaw River up the Mississippi, To Fort Chartres, . MILES. 24 1103 56 1159 96 24 1279 NOTES ON THE MEMO. OF DISTANCES FROM FORT PITT DOWN THE OHIO, &C. 1. Logstown. A large and important Indian town on the right bank of the river "seventeen miles and a half, fifty-seven perches by the path, from Fort Pitt." When Celoron visited it in August, 1749, he estimated the number of cabins at eighty, and says: "We called it Chininque, from its vicinity to a river of that name." Logstown figured prominently in the early history of the Ohio Valley. 2. Big Beaver. In October, 1778, General McIntosh "erected a good, strong fort" upon the Indian side of the Ohio, just below the mouth of the Big Beaver, and called it Fort McIntosh. 3. Yellow Creek famous in history on account of the infamous massacre of some Indians on the Virginia shore opposite its mouth, on the 30th of April, 1774. The mother, brother and sister of Logan the Cayuga chief were some of the victims. 4. Muskingum river. In the fall of 1785, a detachment of United States troops, under the command of Major John Doughty, commenced the erection of Fort Harmer, on the right bank of the Ohio, just below the mouth of the Muskingum. On the 7th of April, 1788, a party of New Englanders landed just above the mouth of the Muskingum and founded the town of Marietta. 5. Great Kanhawa. Memorable from it being the first stream in the Ohio Valley visited by white men. Capt. Thomas Batts, Thomas Woods, Robert Fallam, accompanied with Perecute, a chief of the Apomatox Indians, and Jack Nesau, a negro, reached the Falls of Kanhawa on the 16th of September, 1671, and marked some trees with marking irons. On the 10th of October, 1774, Gen. Lewis fought the memorable battle of Point Pleasant, just above the mouth of the Kanhawa. Here, too, in 1777, in Fort Randolph, the great and wise Shawanese king, Cornstock, his son, Ellinipsico, and Red Hawk were basely and treacherously murdered. Captain Batts named this stream New River. Celoron called it "Chinodaichta,' and in March, 1846, the plate he buried here in 1749, was found in a perfect condition, and on it the name was "CHINODAHICHETHA." 6. Sciota. The French called in Sinhioto. Lower Shawanesetown was on the right bank just below the mouth of the Sciota. 7. Great Miami. The French called this "Riviere a la Roche." 8. Christopher Gist in Journal under date of March 13, 1751, says: Here (at Shawanetown) I met two men belonging to Robert Smith, at whose house I lodged on this side the Mineami river, and one Hugh Crawford; the said Robert Smith had given me an order upon these men, for two of the teeth of a large beast, which they were bringing from towards the Falls of Ohio, one of which I brought in and delivered to the Ohio company. Robert Smith informed me that about seven years ago, these teeth, and the bones of three large beasts, one of which was somewhat smaller than the other two, were found in a salt lick or spring, upon a small creek, which runs into the south side of the Ohio, about fifteen miles below the mouth of the great Mineami river, and twenty above the Falls of Ohio; he assured me that the rib bones of the largest of these beasts were eleven feet long, and the skull bone six feet across the forehead, and the other bones in proportion, and that there were several teeth there, some of which he called horns, and said they were upwards of five long, and as much as a man could well carry; that he had hid one in a branch at some distance from the place, lest the French Indians should carry it away." The place where these bones were found is laid down on the map of the Middle British Colonies corrected from Governor Pownall's map of 1776. 9. Wabash. The French used this river and the lower part of the Ohio to get to their settlements on the lower Mississippi. 10. Fort Massiac, originally a French fort, built by the French troops which descended the Ohio after destroying Fort Du Quesne in November, 1758; it was called M. De Massiac, Minister of the Marine and Colonies from June 1 to November 1, 1758. Capt. Harry Gordon is the only English writer I have observed, who writes the name correctly. ISAAC CRAIG. CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY.-VIII. LIFE SKETCHES OF A HERO OF THE WILDERNESS. Some time during the year 1779 Brady set out from Fort McIntosh for Pittsburgh. He had with him two of his trusty and well-tried followers. These were not attached to the regular army, as they were but serving in the capacity of scouts or spies. They had been with him upon many an expedition. They were Thomas Bevington and Benjamin Biggs (the latter was with him at the capture of Col. John Franklin in 1787). Brady resolved to follow the northern bank of the Ohio. Biggs objected to this upon the ground, as Brady well knew, that the woods were swarming with savages. Brady had made |