the United States in the Eastern District of Penn- sylvania, at Philadelphia. After serv- ing on several juries a fugitive slave case name up that was first tried in Cumberland county several times and was finally heard by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. It decided the State Courts had no

. Samuel Humes; of Dr. Sam- uel Humes, a son, and of another son, William Humes, who married Miss Harriet Church, of Philadelphia, and was a member of the company of State. Fencibles in the War of 1812, commanded by Hartman Kuhn, a Phil adelphia descendant of Adam Simon Kuhn, a conspicuous figure in old

sections of the country. It is cheerful to recall a Congressional discussion that involved more attractive topics than tariffs and treaties, battles with red Indians and wars upon United States banks. About the time Persico's statues, designed for the Capitol ex- terior, were transferred to the niches in

Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History

the law be kept in sight to guide one who would fitly study the .general history of the times and fairly estimate the signifi­ cance of the local events, to be narrated. The Union of the States was only effected by the adoption of Art. IV; the general purpose of which was to require each State to give