Valley Spirit

Chambersburg would become a trading center and possibly a city if the railroad were built through it.

A Breckinridge and Lane Club was formed in Greencastle.

Encourages farmers to sell their own grain rather than selling it to speculators.

Account of the celebration of the Methodist Sabbath School held at the Caledonia Iron Works.

The Douglas and Johnson Club met and resolved to support Douglas, Foster, and Schell.

Further discussion of the County Convention (see Aug. 29th issue for the initial report). While C. T. Campbell wanted peace and harmony in the party, other members wanted the meeting to declare Douglas and Johnson the regular nominees of the party. The latter resolution was passed.

School opened on September 3rd.

The Wide Awakes had a torch-lit parade on Saturday night.

A black man who had been stealing sheep has been caught.

A camp meeting was held near Scotland.

A sheep thief who stole sixty head was chased by a party of men on foot and horseback. However, he escaped.

The Republican Congressional Conference met at Chambersburg and re-nominated Edward McPherson of Adams County, even though Dr. Duffield was entitled to the nomination according to a previous agreement.

Argues that Lincoln is an Abolitionist who seeks to defeat the people of the South by making blacks equal with the free white voters at the polls."

The reprinted article advocates doing away with property qualifications for voting.

The Post argues that the Cresson Compromise "gives every Douglas man an opportunity to vote for Mr. Douglas and his principles." Forney's movement to create a straight Douglas ticket rather than a unity ticket should be ignored because Forney is attempting to foment division within the party.

Hendrick B. Wright, "president of the late 'Rump' convention" endorses the Cresson Compromise and repudiates Forney's movement to create a straight Douglas ticket.

Account of the Wide Awakes, a Republican organization of young men who march at night wearing military uniforms and who have pledged to protect Lincoln "when he shall come to approach the White House, and all the Southerners begin to kick up their heels."

Discussion of the case of Sherman M. Booth, a Republican who had been arrested for refusing to carry out the Fugitive Slave law and who was subsequently freed by abolitionists.

Andrew Curtin, the Republican candidate for governor, made an insulting comment about Germans. The Spirit believes that the German farmers of Pennsylvania will be smart enough to reject him.

George H. Mengel, the owner of the Spirit, states that he is the sole proprietor of the paper, contrary to the "various rumors [that] are afloat in relation to the ownership."

Explains the logic behind the Cresson compromise.

Forney is pushing the Douglas elective committee to embrace the straight ticket quickly.

Urges Democrats to unite behind the Cresson compromise.

The letter states that the Democrats of Franklin county have rejected fusion and are supporting a straight Douglas ticket.

The Spirit rejects the statement of the editor of the Times that his paper has the confidence and respect of the party.

Douglas will speak in Harrisburg on September 7th.

Discussion of the Democratic County Convention, which was marked by great unity except for the "unpleasant scene at the close of the Convention." Includes brief descriptions of the men nominated for county office.

Wilson Reilly presided over the Democratic County meeting in August and made a "wise, conciliatory and patriotic speech." James Nill, however, made a highly inflammatory speech that led to a bitter fight. Nill supports a straight Douglas ticket.

The Bedford Gazette announced that Thomas B. Florence franked a bundle of documents to Peter H. Shires in an article with the above headline.

The Berks county Democrats have been a model of unity. Both the supporters of Douglas and of Breckinridge came together to unanimously endorse the nomination of Henry D. Foster for governor.

Anecdote about a Douglas supporter's reaction to a Wide Awake parade.

States that the county doesn't need another Democratic paper "unless it is needed to keep up our troubles and insure our defeat in the future."

"The town clique are very anxious to drum up subscribers for their 'organ' and endeavor to trap every Democrat that comes to town into their straight-out treason to the party."

Reminds voters that Col. Curtin, the Republican candidate for governor, made an offensive remark about Germans.

Calls on all good Democrats to come to the Democratic County meeting on September 15 to support the fusion ticket.

The Sentinel claims that Chambersburg people went wild when the Republican candidate for Congress came to town.

Claims that Forney has an old grudge against Foster and that Forney printed a letter supposedly written by Foster that was a fabrication.

Sixty-six Pennsylvania Democratic newspapers support the fusion ticket.

The Fulton Democrat supports Wunderlich for the state legislature.

The Pittsburgh Post favors the Cresson compromise.

The men named invited the Democrats of Franklin County to come to a meeting to be held on September 15th to support the fusion ticket agreed to at Cresson.

William C. Bryant, the editor of the Evening Post, claims that the Republican platform doesn't call for a protective tariff while Mr. Curtin states that it does. The Spirit believes that both cannot be right.

Married on August 30th.

Married on August 30th.

Married on August 28th at the White Swan Hotel.

Caroline Reamer died on August 21st, aged 3 years.

Prints a letter that states that Hannibal Hamlin, the Republican candidate for Vice President, was paid a fee of $7000 for lobbying a claim through Congress.