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Valley Spirit: February 6, 1861 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

The Revolution
(Column 1)

Summary: Reports many items of national news involving the secession crisis. Items include reports of an expected attack on Sumter, northern reaction to the crisis, reported Union sentiment in the South, and northern support for the Crittenden compromise.

Union and Compromise meeting in Detroit, Michigan
(Column 4)

Summary: Reports a large public meeting in Detroit in favor of the Border States' plan.

Reports Relative to Fort Sumter
(Column 4)

Summary: Alleges that the President expects an attack on Sumter within the week.

The Southern Confederacy
(Column 4)

Summary: Asserts that the seceding States are to meet in Congress in Montgomery.

The New State of Kansas
(Column 4)

Summary: Reports the entrance of Kansas as a state.

Conservative Efforts of the New York Democratic Convention
(Column 6)

Summary: Reports that the State Democratic Convention in New York reported resolutions supporting the Crittenden compromise, exhorting the seceded states to refrain from aggression, and calling the border states to use their influence in the South.

[No Title]
(Column 6)

Summary: Asserts that South Carolina will fire on Sumter if it is not evacuated by March 1.

[No Title]
(Column 5)

Summary: Asserts that there are 24 Republicans in the Pennsylvania House willing to repeal sections of the penal code in conflict with the National Constitution.

Democratic State Convention
(Column 1)

Summary: Reports the philosophy of the State Democratic Executive Committee, which accuses Republicans of being sectional, anti-constitutional, and of causing the difficulties that now face the Union. The Convention supports efforts to compromise with the South.

Democratic County Convention
(Column 1)

Summary: Announces that the County Convention will be held in Chambersburg on Friday, February 15th for the purpose of appointing delegates to the State Convention to begin the 21st day of February.
(Names in announcement: George Brewer, J. McD. Sharpe)

Democratic County Convention
(Column 2)

Summary: The Spirit urges that men elected to the State Convention be elected on their devotion to the Union and be animated by a spirit of patriotism.

The Value of the South to the Union
(Column 2)

Summary: Argues that the South is economically important to the Union.

The Secession Movement
(Column 3)

Summary: Announces that the "first act" of the second American Revolution is complete with the secession of seven cotton states. The article gives a schedule of border state conventions to decide on secession.

Force
(Column 3)

Summary: Criticizes the Republican's desire to use force to keep the Union together.

Select Good Delegates
(Column 3)

Summary: Encourages people to select good delegates to the County Democratic Convention.

The Valley Spirit Union Record
(Column 4)

Summary: Writer asserts that the Valley Spirit has always had a record of pro-Union sentiments and that its opinions in the present crisis indicate no change of position.

Trailer: Antrim

President Judge
(Column 4)

Summary: Writer wishes to draft Wilson Reilly to run for District Judge.
(Names in announcement: Hon. Francis Kimmell, Hon. Wilson Reilly)

Trailer: Kent.

Time the Rectifyer
(Column 5)

Summary: Laudatory article asserts that, of the candidates in the last Presidential election, John Breckinridge stands out as the true Union man who wishes not only to preserve the Union but also defend the rights of the Southern states within it.

Origin of Article: Columbia Democrat

Court Proceedings
(Column 6)

Summary: List of cases tried during the second week of County Court.
(Names in announcement: A. S. Senseny, Jacob Hoke, Addison Imbrie, Perry Rice, David Gossart, Samuel Speer, Robert Lindsay, Eliza Bowman, Joseph Bowman, Daniel DechertJr., George Corwell, Andrew Wilson, Henry Cautious, Joseph Cautious, Samuel Cautious, George Wolff, William McKinstry, Samuel Bohm, Charles Molly, William Phraner, Benjamin Phraner, John Phraner, Phillip Hamman, William Mackey, Dr. David Blair, Jacob Lightfoot, Jacob Beaver, Henry McPheron, Jesse McCamsey, Jeremiah Small)

Railroad Meeting
(Column 1)

Summary: Reports a meeting to consider a proposal to build a railroad connecting Chambersburg to the Pittsburgh line. Included is the report by an engineer who surveyed the proposed line.
(Names in announcement: William Seibert, John Orr, James Davison, Samuel Holliday, Solvely Strickler, W. Boyle)

Water Works
(Column 2)

Summary: Calls attention to an upcoming Town Meeting to discuss the subject of Water Works.

Rule of Court
(Column 3)

Summary: A new rule has been announced that states that no student will be examined for admission to the Bar unless he has read law for three years, one of which must be done in the office of a practicing attorney.

Crittenden
(Column 3)

Summary: An advertisement for Stoves Tinware, for sale at the Granite Front Stove Establishment, that compares the popularity of Stoves Tinware to that of John Crittenden of Kentucky.

Admitted
(Column 3)

Summary: George Seilhamer was admitted to the Bar in Franklin County.
(Names in announcement: George Seilhamer)

Married
(Column 3)

Summary: Married on January 29th.
(Names in announcement: Rev. M. Sulder, John Dice, Elizabeth Musselman)

Married
(Column 3)

Summary: Married on January 10.
(Names in announcement: Rev. Dr. Schneck, Henry Lohr, Catharina Snyder)

Married
(Column 3)

Summary: Married on January 10.
(Names in announcement: Elijah Martin, Margaret Kochenour)

Receipts and Expenditures of the Poor House
(Column 4)

Summary: Balance sheet for Franklin County poor house. Some names hard to make out.
(Names in announcement: John Bowman, John Stouffer, James Chariton, Jacob Strickler, David Spannon, J. Latshaw, W. Everett, John Downey, George Jarrett, A. Davison)

Annual Statement of the Finances, Receipts, and Expenditures of Franklin County
(Column 5)

Summary: County balance sheet of receipts and expenditures.
(Names in announcement: W. McKinstry, John Stouffer, H. Keyner, D. Lesher, W. Bussart, Charles Gelwicks, H. Finley, J. Smith, B. Hamsher, George Eyster, James Carson, H. Keyser, J. Brown, John Doobler, M. Keiffer, William McGrath, Jacob Huriton, L. Oyster, A. McGrath, J. Clayton, A. Winger, Joe Louse, John Lehman, Jonathan Streck, Daniel Sheller, Hiram Swisher, Dominic Doyle, A. Metz, Thomas Taylor, William Kennedy, J. Philips, H. Findlay, John Miller, Joe Cooper, Hugh Smith, G. Wolf, George Bowers, J. Good, J. Scott, George Foreman, George Jahrett, George Toms)

Meeting of the Democratic State Executive Committee
(Column 1)

Summary: Resolutions adopted by the executive committee call on the Federal Government to recognize the rights of the slaveholding states in order to prevent a dissolution of the Union and to avoid sectional violence.