An Anti-Slavery Reminiscence The Society is indebted to Dr. Geo. L. Cassel for the priviiege of abstract- ing from the diary of his father, the late Abraham Cassel, of Marietta, an interesting account of his experience as a juror in the United States Court in a famous civil case, growing out of the

AN ARTISTIC AFTERMATH I am indebted to Mr. John D. Chal- fant, artist, of Wilmington, Deh, for an opportunity to see a catalogue of the "First Annual Exhibition of the Society of Artists of the United States." which was held in Philadelphia, under the auspices of what is now the Academy of Fine

), my grandfather's eldest child, and received the follow- ing reply: "Chickies, Lan'r Co., Pa., "28 May, 1868 "John Wiley, Esq'r, "Dear Sir: "Upon returning from Philadelphia I find your letter of the 13th inst. Your impressions about the Fesslers are correct, although I do not recol- lect the fact you