in the states referred to. And what his difficulties were, especially in Ohio and Michigan, may readily be imagined when we remember the thirty years of Indian turmoil in this western region during the period of the French and Indian War, the Pontiac Conspiracy, and the American Revolution. We in the

and to others as the War between the States, it ill behooves us to deal in rancor, to reopen old sores, or to utter calumnious words. Rather let us recall with pride the martial deeds of the boys from our own county, marvel at the manner in which they en- dured hardships, and sorrow anew at the

Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days

to authorities in London, he states, “It is thought here is good Clay to make Bricke and Tyles and Erthen-Pots as needs to be. At this instant we are setting a Bricke-Kill on work to make Brickes and Tyles for the building of our houses.2a In New Life in Virginia, published in 1612, we are told that

penned these prophetic words : "The United States of America have more natural advantages than any other Governments, or Powers in the World, and if they judiciously turn to their own account those advantages which they have from the nature of the Country, they must become both rich and powerful." �In

, in August, 1846, Sutter took the oath of allegiance to the United States of America. Throughout that year and the following year, he maintained his own troops and kept order in the vast reaches of northern California. He did not receive a cent for his services during the war, nor were his soldiers

in the dedi- catory page to Lord Holland, in these words: "William Penn, the first states- man, who banishing political expediency, founded his public conduct solely on the principles of justice, by which he furnished a model of government, capable of producing to his own people, a superior degree of

from the Legation of the United States in London to his nephew Eskridge: Harriet has been an expensive article to me in England, but of this I do not complain, because she has conducted herself much to my satisfac- tion and her company has been very Agreeable . . . It is my intention here- after to