seven Pullman coaches was due in Lancaster, from the greatest battle field in American history, the crowd began to gather in the fields to the north and south of the Pennsylvania Railroad station; and fully an hour before the train was to arrive, streets in the neighborhood were filled with anxious

delivered a prayer.2 The Lancaster Journal of Friday, July 4th, 1834, made the following comment : "The eulogium, though the time allowed for preparation was by far too short, did honor to the young orator, who drew a lively and true picture of those great sacrifices and struggles in the cause of mankind

the White House he was elected honorary member, March 10th, 1858. He had also been a member of Chapter No. 43, Royal Arch Masons. Preceding the speech of District Deputy Grand Master, Thaddeus G. Helm, on "Buchanan as a Mason," a reception of the Grand Lodge officers of Pennsylvania and other Masonic