for the manner in which he took care of the Lancaster delegation on the jaunt to Chicago. The cane bore the inscription "Presented to Gen. B. A. Shaeffer by his Lancaster friends, St. Louis May 22nd 1860." Bartram S. Shaeffer was a native Lancaster Countian, influential Republican leader and a member

saw him again when on review below Fort Harrison. I was a member of the 22nd Regiment, Colored Pennsylvania In- fantry. We were at Richmond, and while enroute to Petersburg got a dis- patch to come to Washington, for the funeral. General Draper was in com- mand. In the procession about one square from

, he had an opportunity here to develop it. He concluded his letter by stating that, although instruction was offered in numerous branches of learning, "the chief end of all our teaching and care was the general welfare of our boys."22 The extent to which Beck carried this individual approach to educa

Lancaster." In that paper is described the unsuccessful attempt of the three American envoys, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Elbridge Gerry and John Marshall, to establish diplomatic relations with the French Republic. The first dispatches of the envoys, sent from Paris October 22nd, 1797, reached

-attended meeting of inhabitants of Lan- caster county was held in the court house in Lancaster on Wednes- day, August 22nd, 1827. John Lightner was appointed chairman, and Jacob Hibshman and N. W. Sample secretaries) A committee, consisting of G. B. Porter, John R. Montgomery, John Rohrer, John Hoover

, "Jacob Albright, Esq., "Mayor of Lancaster, Pa." STANDARD PRESENTED TO WASHING- TON GRAYS By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 26th, 1830, con- tained the following : "The anniversary of the birth of our illustrious Washington, was celebrated [Monday, February 22nd] in

. Lefever; Warwick township, Peter Felies, Col. George P. Geyer; Washing- ton borough, Dr. A. Bitner, D. Urban. In the Lancaster Intelligencer of Tuesday, August 22nd, 1848, appeared a partial list of contributions, as follows : Collected in North-west Ward, Lancaster city, " " Southwest " " North-east

a Lancaster Woman Exhibited at Franklin Institute By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Journal of Friday, October 22nd, 1824, con- tained an announcement that a hat of grass, made by Mrs. Hopkins, of Lancaster city, was on display at the first annual exhibition of Franklin Institute. The hat

. A meeting for that purpose was held on Thursday evening, June 22nd. Nathaniel Lightner, mayor of the city, was chosen chair- man, and John Mathiot was appointed secretary. The object of the meeting was stated by James Buchanan after which a corn- �

mischief from them and were preparing to demand suc- cor from the gov"t of the Province in case these disorders should be con- tinued." This subject was then considered in the Council March 22nd. It was resolved that "messengers be forthwith sent to Conestoga via New Castle to investigate this information