. We cheerfully paid the additional dollar, and were full of gratitude for our crossing in safety. On Thursday, July 4 (1811) we heard firing on the other side of the river, celebrating the day. The war spirit was waking up Canada as well as in the United States, and the people answered �by firing

. This interruption in his life marked the end of his career as a minister and for the remainder of his life he served the young nation of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in civil offices, most notably as a congressman and Speaker of the first and third congresses. It was during

candidates of the Constitutional Union party— John Bell, once United States Senator from Tennessee and Secretary of War and his running mate Edward Everett, the peerless orator and edu- cator. This gathering too was held in front of the court house with Henry E. Slaymaker, Lancaster businesss man, in the