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America
(Column 1)

Summary: Poem extolling the virtues of the Union and America.

An Act for the Commutation of Tonnage Duties
(Column 2)

Summary: Act concerning the ownership and use of the railroads.

[No Title]
(Column 5)

Summary: Reports that the steamship Star of the South arrived at Savannah from New York with $72,000 worth of arms for the state.

Democratic County Convention
(Column 1)

Summary: Announcement of the Democratic County Convention on Feb. 21. Item stresses the importance of the Convention, which will appoint delegates to the State Convention.
(Names in announcement: George Brewer, J. Sharpe)

The County Convention
(Column 1)

Summary: Encourages each district in the county to be largely and well represented at the County Convention. Item exhorts the county Democrats to keep in view the object of saving the Union and avoiding war.

[No Title]
(Column 1)

Summary: Writer advocates dealing fairly with the South and criticizes the intractability of the politicians in Congress.

Trailer: Upton

Railroad Legislation
(Column 2)

Summary: Calls attention to the importance of the Railroad Act for the Commutation of the Tonnage Tax.

The Northern Democracy
(Column 3)

Summary: Praises Northern Democrats for their advocacy of compromise and their avoidance of sectional prejudice as evidenced by the Resolutions of the Connecticut Democratic Convention.

Douglas on Disunion
(Column 3)

Summary: Letter from Douglas attributes disunion sentiment to the abolitionists of the North as well as Southern fire-eaters. He claims the abolitionists' opposition to slavery is stronger than their devotion to the Union. The Spirit questions Douglas's commitment to the Union, blaming his faction for fostering disunionism.

Origin of Article: Memphis Appeal

The National Crisis
(Column 4)

Summary: Covers many items of news dealing with the secession crisis including the election of Jeff Davis and Alexander Stephens as President and Vice-President of the Confederacy, seizure of Federal properties in the Southern States, and actions in the Border States.

A Tribute of Respect
(Column 1)

Summary: Reports on a monument erected in honor of former Odd-Fellows Grand Master Aaron Nichols in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Chambersburg.

Full Text of Article:

Among the many fraternal and benevolent institutions of our land, none stands higher in public esteem than the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. An off-shoot of an English parentage, with an existence of not quite forty-one years, it numbers its lodges by thousands and its members by hundreds of thousands. Our State alone contains over five hundred lodges, having over forty thousand members.

Among such a fraternity, it is natural that the memories of its earlier brethren, whose wisdom formed its laws, and laid deep and firm the foundations of its prosperity, should be treasured up; and accordingly we find that fraternal love is quietly raising monuments, here and there, over the land, to perpetuate their services, and mark their last resting places.

Such a Tribute has just been erected, in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, in this borough, by the GRAND and SUBORDINATE LODGES of Pennsylvania I. O. O. F., to the memory of Past Grand Master AARON NICHOLS, the first presiding officer of the Grand Lodge of this State.

The Monument is of Connecticut Brownstone--21 feet high--in the earlier Gothic style, and weighs five and three quarter tuns. The base is 5 feet, 3 inches square, and 10 inches thick. Above this is an enriched, moulded base, 4 feet, 2 inches square, and 1 foot, 3 inches thick, with Gothic foliage partly covering the mouldings. On this rests a third moulded base, broken around the die block, and intersected by a circular base which supports 4 columns of about 6 inches in diameter and 2 feet, 8 inches in height. Each side of the die is flushed with a deeply recessed Gothic panel, containing the inscriptions--thus:

ON THE WEST.

AARON NICHOLS,

First Grand Master
OF
THE GRAND LODGE
I. O. O. F.
OF
Pennsylvania.

Born 1778. Died 1856.

ON THE NORTH.

A

PAST GRAND, 1806.
GRAND MASTER, 1823-4.
GRAND TREASURER, 1821-6.
He rests by the side of his Wife,
SARAH.

ON THE EAST.

"Visit the sick, relieve the
distressed, bury the dead,
and educate the Orphan."
is the command of our laws.

ON THE SOUTH.

ERECTED
BY THE
Grand and Subordinate
LODGES
of Penn'a
I. O. O. F.

An embattled cap rests upon and protects the die block. Above this is an octagonal moulded base, supporting a circular fluted shaft, made of a single stone, 9 feet high, and richly ornamental with raised Ivy vines and leaves, in the spiral flutes, for two-thirds of its entire height. The base of the Shaft has on it four raised shields, upon which are carved in relief the following Emblems of the Order, viz: On the West, a Past Grand Master's Emblem, the Heart and Hand; on the North, the axe and links; on the East, the All-seeing Eye; on the South, the Bundle of Rods.

Surmounting the shaft is an octagonal moulded and embattled Cap, crowned by a beautiful, well-proportioned, draped Urn.

The NICHOLS MONUMENT excels in massiveness and beauty of design anything of its kind in this region of the country. It is a worthy tribute to the memory of one of the founders of American Odd Fellowship--an honor to the great brotherhood by which it was erected--a credit to Messrs Ashman & Co., of Baltimore, by whom it was designed and executed, and an ornament to our popular and beautiful Cemetary.

The idea of erecting this monument originated with Columbus Lodge, No. 75, of this place, and has been carried out, at an expense of about $550, under the supervision of a joint Committee of Columbus Lodge No. 75 and Chambersburg Lodge, No. 175. Its location, upon the highest ground in the Cemetary, is eminently beautiful, and when inclosed with a neat and substantial railing, it will form one of the most attractive spots in that "City of the Silent Dead."

The Storm
(Column 1)

Summary: Reports that a violent storm took place in Chambersburg last Thursday.
(Names in announcement: C. Eyster, William Wallace)

Union Meeting
(Column 2)

Summary: Reports that a Union meeting was held in Antrim. Resolutions adopted supported both the Crittenden proposals and the repeal of the Personal Liberty Bills or Fugitive Slave Laws in Pennsylvania.
(Names in announcement: A. Baker, William Binkler, C. Lecher, J. Crouse, F.T. HomerEsq., Simon Leckron)

A Man Frozen to Death
(Column 2)

Summary: A man named Christian Rosenburger froze to death.
(Names in announcement: Christian Rosenburger, John Shank, H. Davison)

Chimney on Fire
(Column 2)

Summary: Daniel Greenswalt's chimney caught fire and burned for a long time at a furious rate.
(Names in announcement: Daniel Greenswalt)

Our Band
(Column 2)

Summary: Reports that the Mechanic's brass band played for free at the railroad meeting.

In Memorium
(Column 3)

Summary: Reports the death of James Allison Sr.
(Names in announcement: James AllisonSr.)

Origin of Article: Greencastle Pilot

Meeting in Favor of Water Works
(Column 3)

Summary: Reports that the town meeting was in favor of a Water Works that would bring mountain water down to the town.
(Names in announcement: William Heyser, J. Douglas)

Decline of the Shoe Trade in New England
(Column 4)

Summary: Reports that the shoe trade in New England has declined. This decline is blamed on the sectional problems allegedly precipitated by abolitionists.

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on February 7th.
(Names in announcement: Z. Colestock, Jacob Walck, Susan Crider)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on January 24th.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. McHenry, Jacob Martin, Sarah Crider)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on February 5th.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. McHenry, John Hackman, Elizabeth Havley)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on February 7th at Riley's Hotel in Chambersburg.
(Names in announcement: Rev. Samuel Philips, Lewis Overholtzer, Mary Caldwell)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on February 7th at Riley's Hotel in Chambersburg.
(Names in announcement: Samuel Breck, Sarah Householder)

Died
(Column 5)

Summary: Daniel Cooper died on February 4th, aged 3 months.
(Names in announcement: Daniel Cooper, J. Cooper, Adeline Cooper)

Died
(Column 5)

Summary: James Allison died on January 25th, aged 63 years.
(Names in announcement: James Allison)

Died
(Column 5)

Summary: Susan Allison, wife of James Allison, died on January 29th, aged 65 years.
(Names in announcement: Susan Allison)

Died
(Column 5)

Summary: May Bell died on January 30th in Waterloo, Juniata Co., aged 2 years.
(Names in announcement: May Bell Little, John Little, Margaret Little)

Lincoln's Reputed Organ on Coercion
(Column 1)

Summary: Asserts that the Daily State Journal of Springfield ran an article entitled "The Right of Coercion and Making War on a State" under the supervision of Lincoln.

Senator Benjamin's Farewell to the Constitutional Men of the North
(Column 1)

Summary: In his Senate resignation speech Senator Benjamin lauded the efforts of the Northern Unionists who have stood by the Constitution and the rights of all the states in their search for a compromise to the sectional crisis.