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THE EARLY PAPERS OF BEAVER. The Crisis. The "Crisis" was started May 22, 1813, by J. & A. Logan. It was on a sheet the same size as the "Minerva," and same general style. Displayed in its columns was this : "Printed every Saturday morning at their printing office Centre avenue, adjoinuig the Court House." The last number of this paper that the writer has seen, was dated April 30, 1814, without the name of the publisher. It contained the receipts and expendi- tures of the county for 1813, amounting to $4,877.38. Among the other items of expense was one of $30, paid to Joseph W. White for publishing the receipts and ex- penditures, doubtless for 1812, showing that the "West- ern Cabinet" was in existence as late as February or March 1813. The "Crisis" was still published December 25, 1813, by J. & A. Logan, a copy of that date being in existence. November 10, 1815, Beaver council passed an ordinance, "Authorizing borough notes in the aggregate of five hundred dollars, in denominations of 6 1-4, 12 1-2, 25 and 50 cents each, to be signed by the treasurer and placed in the hands of the burgess to be placed on the market. The treasurer to procure paper and have the notes struck by the editor of the 'Beaver Crisis.' " The name of the editor is not given, but the transaction shows that a paper by the name of the "Crisis" existed at that date.