. I believe he has already been introduced to you; but lest you may have forgotten him, I give him this testimonial. "With sentiments of affectionate respect "I remain sincerely your friend "JAMES BUCHANAN. "General Andrew Jackson." �The Caldwell family of Lancaster came to Pennsylvania during the

NOTE ON THE TREATY TREE AND THE FAIRMAN MANSION. ------------- Verily there is truth in the everyday saying that if you want to buy or sell anything or know something about something else, publish it in the pa- pers. The underlying idea is that no- body knows everything and very many people know

county, Ky., in 1813, "changed the whole course of Ameri- can history." Briefly stated, the nar- rative goes,in that year the late James Buchanan, afterwards President, lo- cated at Elizabethtown,Hardin county, Ky., to practice law, his choice being directed by the fact that his father owned a tract of

The Jnliana Library. The library in Lancaster, known as the "Juliana Library," was established in 1759, under the name of "The Lan- caster Library Company." It was the third subscription library established in Pennsylvania. In 1763 it was char- tered, and, out of compliment to Lady Juliana Penn

the United States James Buchanan, $50- �Among those g i ving lesser amounts and books are Amos Ellmaker, Esq-, Benjamin Champneys, Esq-, John Yeates, Esq-, Hon- A. L- Hayes, R. Moore, M- D-, Samuel Park, Esq-, Red- mond Conyngham, Esq-, George Bry- an, Esq-, Newton Lightner, Esq-, Geo- Ford, Esq-, E

JAMES SPROUL. * The subject of this portrait, James Sproul, son of Charles Sproul, was born in Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland, in the year 1785. When James was eleven years old, his father, with his family, removed to Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania sea- port to which the majority os Scotch

JAMES ROSS, LATINIST. Two years ago, when the history of old Franklin College was written, we were greatly in want of information concerning the personal history of Prof. James Ross, who was a teacher in that institution one hundred years ago. We had of course, the brief no- tices contained in the

- came the friend of Mercer and Wash- ington. He published a sermon upon Braddock's defeat in 1755. John Penn, the proprietary Governor, was an admirer of Thomas Barton, and said, "He deserved the commen- dation of all lovers of their country." In 1759 he was elected pastor of St. James' Church