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 THE WESTERN ARGUS. 83 part of 1857 or in 1858, the exact time not being known, and A. C. Barclay became a member of the firm, father and son now being in fuU control of the paper. While they were in possession, Thursday Jtme 30, 1861, the office of the "Star" was entered, the press was taken apart and the arms carried away, with several cases of type, and dumped into the Ohio river. Nearly all the type, and the parts of the press, were recovered, so that not much loss was sustained. It was a dastardly outrage, condemned by almost all persons, and the "Argus" edi- torially denounced it severely. July 10, 1861, A. C. and N. C. Barclay disposed of their interest in the paper. The establishment then fell into the hands of O. S. Long, late professor in the Beaver Seminary and Musical Institute of Beaver, as editor, and associated with him was William Pusey for a short time. The latter was from Allegheny, Pa., in attendance at the Institute, who later studied law and afterward died in Pittsburg. Mr. Long volunteered under the call of Governor Curtin for men to defend the State from invasion in September 1862, and when the emergency was over, he returned to his editorial work, where he remained until August 1864, when he leased the outfit to E. Gregor McGregor and Samuel K. Alexander. In 1865 Mr. Long sold the paper to James H. Odell. He went to Wheeling, W. Va., where he was engaged in newspaper work. Mr. Long gave his support to the "Union" movement in politics in the county, and was very severely judged by his political associates. He was handled without gloves, and so mercilessly condemned, that he was com- pelled to speak in his own defence. In the issue of October 11, 1861, Mr. Long had a column editorial on his treatment by his party associates, from which these extracts are taken: "Now that the election is over and no man dare charge that the state- ments we are about to make are made for political effect;