occasionally by Beis- sel's attempts to bring new blood to his community. The years of the Eckerling regime had left a spiritually effete society. The toxins of disillu- sionment, cynicism, and near-slavery had permeated the fibre of the Cloister. Twenty-three years after the expulsion, Beissel was freed from

and of each congressional session after- wards until the end of the Civil War raised duties until by 1865 the average duties were nearly 50 per cent. Following the war, the iron industry expanded and prospered at an unprecedented rate. In 1864 Bessemer process was being used for making steel, and in

A SURVEY OF COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN PENNSYLVANIA Few problems cause more concern among county historical society officers than those of finance, and particularly, the matter of sufficient income. This is not surprising in view of the emphasis placed on the virtue of the fatted treasury. A

matter before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court �and hire a good lawyer. With Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Penrose, both new members of the Lancaster Bar, presenting their case, the oppon- ents were able to have the Lancaster County Court overruled. The higher Court was of the opinion the county Court