mm mm iAAA^ '^f^Arnf^f^mAAAv.r^. "^^^mnmsS^'p^^f^^ z^AA^^M Aa.^Ms ^^■^^^^^^^^^^WiililiW ssR?^^^^ M^m^m^- ^mh^^'L:Afk^^' ^^.AiSSAAi • LIBRARY OF CONGRESS J : ~~ t \i^h^J.J.S4 |op5rfsW |a I jMe^M^m I I UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. | msmm ^kfm^} i^fmn is^iMsftftfti ^0m^ ;AAA^.^§fs/?\/^iailiil iMfta-AJ^: ma®Ms' \kmAP'^, ^^M^WkPim^. mmm ?iA^«"A' iilii' THE HARRISBURG VISITORS' GUIDE, 18 7 6, FOR THE USE OF STRANGERS VISITING THE CITY, CONTAINING A Descriptive ''Tour of the City and Capitol Buildings/' distinctly denoting prominent objects of interest in the Capital City of Pennsylvania, and how to see them ; together with "Historical Narra- tives/' State, county and city official direc- tory, statistics, societies, and other valuable information. By J. R. OR WIG, ASSISTANT STATE LIBEABIAN. HARRISBURG: PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANT. 1876. NOTE TO ADVERTISERS The various Industries, Trades and Professions are designed to be represented in the advertising pages. This will constitute a main feature in subsequent editions, when every facility will be afforded advertisers for the most elaborate display. The nature and permanency of the work, the class of readers reached by sales on the trains, at news stands, at hotels and by local agents, and the low price and consequent large circulation, render the Harrisburg Visitors' Guide a first class advertising medium. For terms address the publisher. J. E. ORWIG, Harrisburg, Pa. Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1876, by J. R. ORWIG. In the OflSice of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. \-\ ^ IJS'DEX. 22 10,76 61 55 53,71 Academy, Harrisburg Adams Express Adjutant Greneral's Department Allison's Hill American Mechanics Arsenal, State Assembly, meeting of Attorney GeneraP s Department 10, 74 Auditor General's Department 10,74 Baltimore, distance to 79 Banks 55 Bergner, Cliarles H 78 Bethel church Board i f Charities Bolton's hotel Boyd's residence Brant' s hall Brant's residence Bridges ■.- Buckshot war Buffalo in Harrisburg Bureau of statistics 10,78 26 10, 23 48 42 11,75 Cameron, Hon. Simon 23 Cameron, Hon. J. D 22 Canals 53 Cannon, captured 9 Capitol, buildings 10, 11 corner stone 10 first occupied 45 to Harrisburg 44 Cars, street 6 Catholic church, St. Patrick's 20 German 6 Cemeteries 56 Charities, board of ^ 10,78 Chief of police 79 Churches— German Catholic 6 Bethel 7 Lutherans 7 Pine Street Presbvterian 8 Grace Methodist Episcopal 20 Episcopal 22 Market Square Presbyterian 25 St. Patrick's 20 Paxton 57 ! CityCouncil 79 j City Grays 57 Clerks, in departments 73 I Executive 73' State 73 Auditor General 74 Treasury 75 | Attorney General 74: Adjutant General 76 1 School 76 j Insurance 77 Internal Affairs 74 Bureau of Statistics 75 Cotton mill - 21 Counties of State 50 population of, 1870 50 organized 50 squai-e miles 50 county towns 50 Court house 26 Dauphin county, boroughs in 47 ofacers of 78 extent of 50 organ ized 41, 46, 50 Historical society 57 Departments, heads of 71 Depots 3 Directory, official 7! Distances, tablp> of 79.S'> Dome of Capitol, view from \1 Eagle WORKS 48 Eas't Hairisliurg 6 Elections, in State 53.68 countv 68,69 city 70 Executive mansion 22 Fever in Harrisbu'^o 42 Fire engine of Hope cnnipiuy 21 Fishery comuiissioaei s 78 Flag room . 16 Fort Washington 22 Front street '-2 Geological Survey 7>; Getty-l.urg, battle df 13 distance to 22 Governor 66 residence of 22 chamber nf, at eapitol 18 Governors, list oP 64 Grace Methodist Episconal church. . . . 20 Grave of John Harris, Jr 4') Sr 33 (irays, City 57 Harrisburg 27 Harris. John. Sr 28 burning of .- . . . 29 Jr 33 Harris mansion 23 Harris. George W 24,25 Harris Park 24 Historical Narrative 27 Historical society 57 Hospital, city 58 Ice flood 41 ludependi-nce island 21 Indian signatures 19 Insane asylum 9 Insurance Department 10. 77 Internal Affairs Department K). 74 Jail 8,26 Jones Hnuse 26 KALMI A CEMRTERY 56 Keystone Hotel 20 Knights of Pythias 63 Latitude OF Harrisburg 51 Legislative Record 78 Legislature, meeting of 53,71 Liiirary, State 13,77 Lochiel Hotel 7 ironworks 48 Lodges 60 M'Kean, Chief-Justice 43 Market house 26 Masonic Hall 7 JNlayor ' s office 7 Mayor, election > f 70 Mt. Kalmia cemetery 56 Monuments 9,20 Morris, Robert, autograph of 19 Mulberry Tree 24, 30 IV INDEX. Page NTarrative. Historical 27 N aticTial guard 57,77 Numbers of houses 4,59 Odd Fellows eo Official directory 71 Oldest book u Library 14 ()iiinii)usline 6 0))i-ra House 7 Oriaiual Cliarter of Pennsylvania 19 Orphan soldiers, department of 76 Pardons, board of 73 Park— Capitol 8,40 Harris 24 Superintendent of 77 Passenger railway 6 Patriot, Daily 8 Paxton cliurcli 57 Paxton Rangers 35 Penn, William 54 Pennsylvania 51 Philadelphia, distance to 80 Pine Street church 8 Pittsburg, distance to 80 Police, Chief of 79 Population of States 50 of counties 50 of city 48 Portraits of governors 18 Post office 7 Presidents of United States 67 Prison, County 8 Public Instruction, Department of — 10 clerks in 76 Superintendent of 72 Public schools in city 59 Pumpkin flood 41 Railroads, Pennsylvania 53 Philadelphia and Heading 53 Reading railroad depot 3 express 26 Record, Legislative 78 Register for visitors 13 Page, Relics— captured cannon in room Deputy Secretary of State, 19 flag room 16 Internal Affairs Department 11 State Library 13 Salaries of State Officers 53 School D-T-partment 10,76 Schools, public 59 Secretary of Commonwealth 71 Secret societies 60 "Shinplasters" 19 Societies 60 Soldiers'' Orplian Denartment 76 State Library 13,77 Statistics, Bureau of 10,75 Steelworks 48 St. Patrick's church 20 Street cars 6 Streets 4,5 Telegraph, Daily 7 Telescope of 1768 14 Temperance societies 62 The route for strangers 4 Tour of the Buildings- 11 Tour OF THE CiTT 6,20 Traitors ot the Revolution, list of 11 Travel in 1797 43 United States Senators 71 UnitedStates Hotel 6 Vice Presidents, list of 67 Vote for Governor 69 President 68 Mayor 70 Washington City, distance to 80 Washington, Fort 22 Washington, General, in Harrisburg, 25 Water woj-ks 21 Western Union Telegraph 7 Winebrenner, John 7 Y. M. C. A., rooms of 7 PREFACE. OBSERVING that there existed a great want, on the part of strangers yisitmg Harrisbiirg, of some simple, .practical and convenient book, that would explain the lo- cality and means of access to the leading points of interest in 'the Capital City of Pennsylvania, and especially to the Public Buildings and Park, I have compiled this little vol- ume for publication. It is sent forth on its mission in the hope that it may prove helpful and useful to citizens and to the strangers within our gates. » The book will be revised annually, and enlarged in scope ^nd improved as the public demands may justify. The edi- tor will be grateful for any corrections or suggestions. J. R. ORWIG. Haerisburg, 1876. TO THE EEADBK. More than one hundred passenger trains arrive and depart from Harrisburg daily. Incident to this immense .travel thou- sands of strangers are compelled to remain a limited time ; while many others, it is natural to presume, voluntarily remain to take a "bird eye view^' of the Capital of Pennsylvania. Thus, probably, hundreds of thousands are, annually, " strangers within our gates. '^ To this class, especially, ''The Route,'' and the " Tour of the City,'' and the " Tour of the Buildings,'' in the following pages, are commended, while the '' Historical Narratives" will be alike valuable to the visitor and the citizen, A few preliminary observations will be sufficient to enable any one, without other guide, to see, in a promenade of an hour or two — which may be indefinitely extended — the most prominent objects of interest in Harrisburg. All visitors by railroad, by whatever route ticketed, are landed at the great railway centre on Market and Canal streets, in or about one of the two Union depots of the great rival lines of the Pennsylvania railroad company and the Philadel- phia and Reading company, and their connections. The depots face each other, on opposite sides of Market street, with a large open space between them for omnibuses, carriages, &c. The railroad tracks all run north and south, through or by the depots. The streets of the city cross each other generally at right angles. Except along the railroad tracks — which do not run quite parallel with the streets of the city — there are no irregular places to confuse the stranger, so that having entered upon "The Route," on Market street, with a copy of the Guide, the visitor may easily pursue the line we have indicated, and see with composure, and doubtless with gratification, the chief attractions of the Capital Cit}'". Baggage, proiDerly checked, may be safely entrusted to the baggage dei^artments at the depot, or may be checked at one of the hotels near by. Market street, it should be observed, is the centre of the system for numbering houses, increasing both north and south, and from the Susquehanna river eastward, one hundred being allotted to a square. The streets crossing Market at right angles are named nu- merically, beginning at the river, Front, Second, &c., as high as Nineteenth street in East Harrisburg. The narrow avenues or alleys bear distinctive names, running both north and south, so also the regular streets running parallel with Market. '^^ See City Directory, for any street or names and resi- dence of citizens, kept at all public places. THE KOUTE. From depots, west, up Market street to Third street — three squares. To the right, up North Third street to Walnut street — one square. Enter the Capitol Park, corner Third and Walnut streets. Leave the Park immediately in front of the main building, at West State street — three squares north from Walnut street. West, out State street to Second street — one square. To the right, up Second street to North street — one square. To the left, west, out North street to Front street — one square. To the left, down Front street to Washington avenue — seven squares. To the left, out Washington avenue to South Second street — one square. To the left, up Second street to Market street — three squares. To the right, down Market street to depots — four squares ; total distance twenty-five squares. Names of streets of Harrishurg running emt and west, with • numhers of houses. NORTH OF 3IARKET STREET. SOUTH OF 3IARKET STREET. House number. i Xame of Street. House number. i 1 Xame of Street. 1 1.. : Market. 1.. Market. 100.. ' Walnut. 100.. Chestnut. 200.. ' Locust. 200.. Mulberry. 800.. Pine- 300.. 1 Washington avenue. 400.. South. 400.. j Tine. 500.. State. i 500.. Tuscarora. 600.. Liberty. | 600.. Nagle. Hanna. 700.. North. 700.. 800.. Briggs. 800.. Dock. 900.. Forster. 1000.. Boas. ! 1100.. Herr. ; 1200.. Verbeke, (or Broad.); Calder. i 1300.. 1400.. Reily. 1500-- Harris. [' •1600.. Hamilton. 1700.. Kelker. \ 1800.. Muench. |i 1900.. Pefler. S| ■ 2000.. Maclay. i; Streets running north and south are named numerically, be- ginning at the river, and their numbers indicate their location. A TOUE OF THE CITY. ON MARKET STREET. Emerging from either of the two great depots, with a copy of the Guide as a Chaperon, the visitor will enter upon " The Tour of the city." The large open space between the depots is the foot of Market street, and is on the eastern limit of the built up portion of the city, (geographically, however, about the centre of the present limits.) The streets of the city run not quite parallel with the points of the compass, but for con- venience they are so considered in the directions contained in the Guide. The railroad tracks at this converging point run north and south, and Market street crosses them in an east and west course. It may not be inappropriate to note here that Calder's line of omnibuses are always in waiting, at all trains, day and night, and will convey passengers, with baggage, to any part of the city — fare twenty-five cents. Also, that the City Passen- ger Eailwaj^'s tracks extend to the railroad depots on Market street, carrying passengers to northern and southern extremi- ties of the city, or to within a few squares, or convenient walk- ing, distance, of all the prominent places enumerated in the Guide — fare six cents. Having reached Market street, the large hotel immediately before you is the United States, and its prominence affords a most convenient rendezvous, or place of beginning, for the tourist, (the United States is a first class hotel, $3 00 per day.) A glance eastward, before leaving this locality, presents a view of East Harrisburg, or ''Allison's Hill," with Brant's private residence, built in the style of the Elizabethan period, and the massive columnar stone edifice of the Catholic convent, and St. Geneveves' Academy, as the most prominent features. Facing towards the city, you look upon the principal business street of Harrisburg — Market street — six squares to the Sus- quehanna, and singularly enough up street to the river. Proceeding westward to the first street crossing Market, we see on our right the abrupt angle of Fifth street, and a full view of the German Catholic church. Looking southward the street indicates the angle formed by the railroads and the streets, and is the southern terminus of Fifth street. On Fourth street, on looking to your left, half a square south, is the stately spire of the First Lutheran church, 175 feet high, Trith its chime of bells, the only chimes in the city. This church contains one of the finest auditoriums in the city. Looking northward, to youy right, we obtain a glimpse of the dome of the Capitol, and the Capitol park. The Bethel, church of God, half a square distant, was once the charge of the dis- tinguished Rev. John Winebrenner, after whom the denomi- nation is yet sometimes called the Winebrennarians. The Adam's Express office is on the north-west corner of Fourth and Market. No. 333 is the State Bank. The modest and rather dilapidated building at No. 314 is the present post office, and will likely be until the new United States build- ings are completed, to be erected at Third and Walnut streets. The large hotel now in view on the south-west cor- ner of Market and Third is the Lochiel, a first class house, $3 00 per day, and during a session of the State Legislature is the headquarters of Republican statesmen and politicians. The imposing six-story brick edifice just beyond, on Third street, is the Benjamin Singerly Printing House. The Mslj- or's office is in the rear of the Lochiel hotel. The prospect from this point is that of the business centre of the city. The white marble front, on the north-east corner, is the City Bank, and the fine edifice on north-west corner is the Daily Telegraph building, a first class printing establish- ment, well worth a visit. The Telegrajjh is published daily, every afternoon, and weekly. It is the State organ of the Re- publican party. On North Third street,' leaving Market street, the visitor will turn northward one square to Capitol Park. OX NORTH THIRD STREET. Number 11 North Third street is the office of the Western Union telegraph company. At No. 26, opposite side, are the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, open to visi- tors, and contain a public library. The imposing edifice south-east corner Third and Walnut streets is the Masonic Hall and Opera House, Stopping briefly to note objects of prominence before enter- ing the Park, the visitors will see, looking up Third street im- mediately before him, the State Capital Hotel, and near by the- towering brick building of the Patriot Publishing Company. This is the site chosen for the new Government building, which will be a magnificent structure. The Patriot is published daily, morning and evening, and weekly. It is the State organ of the Democratic party. The handsome private residence of Mr. P. K. Boyd is just beyond, and still farther up Third street, on the corner of Pine street, is the attractive spire of the Pine Street Presbyterian Church. This beautiful edifice- is constructed of blue limestone, is of the most artistic design; Gothic architecture, and contains one of the finest auditoriums. and Sabbath school rooms in the State. Looking west, to our left, out Walnut street, near by, in striking contrast, are the- frowning walls of the Dauphin County Prison, a castellated structure of granite stone, two stories, with an octagonal tower, flanked by two wing walls, which enclose the prison proper. The prison contains about forty cells and. cost forty thousand dollars. THE CAPITOL PAKK. We now enter the Capitol Park. The grounds are charming. At all favorable seasons they are a common resort for men,, women and children. The green sward is kept closely shorn, and the trees are stately, various, rare and oramental, with shrubbery and flowers, and the fountains impart an exquisite freshness most exhilarating to the traveller. The Park, wheii! clothed in snow and ice, and lit up by a winter's sun, as it fre- quently is, forms a scene fairly like and indescribably grand. There are about thirteen acres, enclosed with a neat and sub-' stantial iron fence, which cost about $30,000. The grounds are gently sloping from the centre, and the Capitol Buildings are on the summit. The site is most admirably adapted for its use, and was set apart for this purpose before Harrisburg was a city, and before it was chosen as the location for the capital of the State, This was the act of John Harris, tha^ clear headed and public-spirited pioneer and patriot. Leaving the board walk near by the monument erected to the Mexican^ 9 soldiers, from several points, passing to the rigiit a short dis- tance, the visitors obtain a fine prospect of East Harrisbnrg and the reservoir, and to the left the site of Mt. Kalma Cemetery and the tower of the new State Arsenal, formerly located near the spot where the visitor is now standing. The dome of the State Insane Asylum, of the Middle district, is seen in the distance. The beautiful monument was erected in 1868, from a design by Mr. Hamilton Alricks, Jr., of Harrisburg, at a cost of about $10,000. It is one hundred and five feet high. The sub-base is of granite, with a base proper of ten feet square and but- tresses at each corner surmounted by eagles. The face of the sides are panelled and contain the names of the different battles of the Mexican war. The Corinthian column is seven- ty-six feet high, of Maryland marble, surmounted by a statue of Victory, which is of fine Italian marble and was executed in Rome for this monument. The enclosure surrounding the monument is constructed of muskets used in the service by the United States soldiers in Mexico. In front of the monument, ''like warriors taking their rest,'' lie specimens of artillery, trophies of the Mexican war, and several others, th-e generous gift of General Lafayette. The Mexican guns, one a six and the other an eighteen pounder, were captured at Cerra Gorda. The larger one was manufac- tured in England in 1824, and contains the following inscrip- tion : "Captured at Cerra Gorda, April 18, 184t, by the Amer- ican Army under Major General Scott. Presented to the State of Pennsylvania by Major General Patterson. '^ The smaller one was cast in Mexico, and contains on the breach the inscription ''El Pegaso," (a winged horse, ) in raised letters, and bears the same inscription as the former. The other brass pieces were brought to this country in the fleet of Count D'Estang and were presented to the Continental Congress by General La- fayette . They are highly ornamented , bearing in their polished surface and exquisite carving, evidences uf superior workman- ship and Parisian taste. Their handles are carved to represent two dolphins, with bodies raised in centre. Encircling the breach of one of them is the inscription, "A. Doray, Par. Ber- ringer, 1756.'^ On the middle of the top surface is a plate upon which the figures, a sun, a crov/n, cannon and flags are grace- 10 fully combined, crowned b}- the words, ''Nee pluribus impar," (not an unequal match for numbers,) while on the other, bear- ing the French oriliamme, a bunch of lilies with spearpoints at the edge, has beneath it, half wreathing the muzzle, the stranglj significant warning, "Ultima ratio Regnum,'' (the last argument of kings.) Both letters and figuring are in bas relief, and for the work of more'than a century ago, are specimens of admirable skill. These have never "burnt pow- der'', since here, except on a single occasion, when General Lafayette visited Harrisburg in 1824,. when they were used to fire the salute.. Passing towards the buildings, and surrounding them, the labyrinth of walks, carriage ways, fountains, flowers, shrub- bery, evergreens, etc., justly excite the admiration of all ob- servers. The corner stone of the Capitol was laid at twelve o'clock, Monday, May, 31, 1819, by Governor Findley, Stephen Hill, architect and contractor, William Smith, stone cutter, and Val- entine Kergen and Samuel White, masons, in the presence of the commissioners and a large concourse of citizens : and was followed by a salute. The first, or most southern building, is the Department of Internal Affairs, including former Departments of the Surveyor General, and the Bureau of Statistics. The second, or main building, contains the Legislative Halls — Senate and House — Committee rooms, the State Library, Lieutenant Governor's room, the Flag room, Adjutant General's Department, In- surance Deparment, Attorney General's room. School Depart- ment and the rooms of the Board of Charities. The third, or most northern building, contains the Auditor General and State Treasury Departments, on the first floor, and the Executive Chamber and State Departments on the second floor. Visitors who propose making the tour of the city only, in the limited tVne, will of necessit3^ omit the ''tour of the build- ings" and resurne "The Route'' from the front of the main building. 11 TOUE OF THE BUILDIJS^GS. The CapitoljbuildiDgs and departments are always open to visitors during business hours, and the Llessenger in each department may be freely depended upon as an attentive dians, but where these came from was a mystery. 37 Indians bad been traced by the scouts to the wigwams of the so-called friendly Indians at Conestoga, and to those of the Moravian Indians in Northampton county. Suspicion was awakened. The questions, ' 'are these Christian Indians treach- erous ? Are their wigwams the harbors of our deadly foe ? Do they conceal the nightly prowling assassin of the forest ; the villian, who, with savage ferocity, tore the innocent babe from the bosom of its mother, where ifc had been quietly repos- ing, and hurled it in the fire ? The mangled bodies of our friends cry aloud for vengeance. '^ Such were the questions, surmises and expressions of the exasperated people. The Pax- tang Rangers were active in endeavoring to discover the per- petrators of those acts of violence, and, as the sequel shows, determined that the Indians "who had been housed and fed as the pets of the Province'^ were the guilty foes, and adopted "an Indian policy," that seems to have solved the problem when the Conestoga Indians were exterminated: The event caused considerable animosity between the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians and the Quakers. The policy of the latter was good enough during peace, but in troublesome times, from 1754 to 1765, amicable considerations were out of the question. The Quakers, who controlled the government, as heretofore remarked, "seemed resolved, '^ says Parkman, "that they would neither defend the people of the frontier or allow them to defend themselves, vehemently inveighed against all expe- ditions to cut off the Indian marauders Their security was owing to their local situation, being confined to the eastern part of the Province." That such was the case, rather than to the kind feelings of the Indian towards them, is shown by the fact that of the very few living in exposed positions, several were killed. The people declared openly that they no longer confided in the professions of the Governor or his advisers ; numbers of volunteers joined the Rangers of Northampton, Berks, Lancas- ter, York and Cumberland, who were engaged in tracing the midnight assassin. The discussions which ensued the policy enacted by the in- habitants of Paxtang may truly be said to have sown the seeds of the Revolution, and in a letter of Governor John Penn to 38 his brother in England, written at the time, he thus alludes to the inhabitants of Paxtang, "their next move will be to subvert the government and establish one of their own." No wonder then, when the first mutterings of a storm were heard, that the people of this entire section were ripe for revo- lution. The love of liberty was a leading trait of the people who settled this delightful valley. The tyranny and oppres- sion of Europe drove them to seek an asylum among the prime- val forests of America. Persecutions for conscience sake com- pelled alike the Scotch-Irish and the German of Palatinate to come hither and rear their altars dedicated to God and Freedom to man. With them Independence was as much their dream as the realization. Their isolated position — placed on the frontiers — unprotected by the provincial authorities — early in- stilled in their minds those incentives to action, that when the opportune moment arrived they were in the van. Two years before the Declaration by Congress, the people had assembled at their respective places of rendezvous, and heralded forth their opinions in plain and unmistakable language, while the citizens of the large towns were fearful and hesitating. As early as the spring of 1774 meetings were held in the difierent townships, the resolves of only two of which are pre- served to us. The earliest was that of an assembly of the in- habitants of Hanover, Lancaster county, held on Saturday, Juno 4, 1774, Colonel Timothy Green, chairman, *'to express their sentiments on the present critical state of affairs.'^ It was then and there '^ Unanimously resolved :'^ " 1st. That the recent action of the Parliament of Great Bri- tain is iniquitous and oppressive. " 2d. That it is the bounden duty of the inhabitants of Amer- ica to oppose every measure which tends to deprive them of their just prerogatives. " 3d. That in a closer union of the colonies lies the safe- guard of the people. " 4th. That in the event of Great Britain attempting to force unjast laws upon us by the strength of arms, our cause we leave to Heaven and our rifles. '' 5th. That a committee of nine be appointed who shall act for us and in our behalf as emergencies may require. 39 ^'The committee consisted of Col. Timotjiy Green, Jas. Ca. Tuthers, Josiah Espy, Robert Dixon, Thomas Copenheffer, William Clark, James Stewart, Joseph Barnett and John Rogers.'' Not to be behind their Scotch-Irish neighbors, the German inhabitants located in the east of the county, met at Freder- ickstown (now Hummelstown,) on Saturday, the 11th of June, • at which Captain Frederick Hummel was chairman, resolving to stand by the other townships in all their action. We say they were ripe for revolution, and when the stirring battle drum aroused the new-born nation, the inhabitants of Dauphin valiantly armed for the strife. One of the first com- panies raised in the colonies was that of Captain Matthew Smith, of Paxtang. Within ten days after the receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington, this company was armed and equipped, reacjy for service. Composing this pioneer body of patriots was the best blood of the county — the Dixons, the JElders, the Simpsons, the Boyds, the Reeds, the Tods and others. Archibald Steele and Michael Simpson were the lieu- tenants. It was the second company to arrive in front of Boston, coming south of the Hudson river. It was subse- quently ordered to join General Arnold in his unfortunate campaign against Quebec, and the most reliable account of that expedition was written by a member of this very Paxtang company, John Joseph Henry, afterwards President Judge of Lancaster and Dauphin counties. They were enlisted for one year. The majority, however, were taken prisoners at Que- bec, while a large percentage died of wounds and exposure. At one period the entire country was so bare of men that the old men, the women and the lads of ten and twelve years not only done the planting and harvesting, but took up arms to defend their homes in the threatened invasion by Indians ■and tories after the massacre of Wyoming. At Trenton, at Princeton, at Brandywine and Germantown, .a,t the Crooked Billet, and the Paoli, the militia of Dauphin fought and bled and died. There were over one hundred and fifty commissioned officers, including the gallant Burd, Crouch, •Green, Weir, Cox, Boyd, Graham, Forrest, Allen and Lee, and the-chivalric Stewart, Murray, Wilson, Wiggins and Rogers — 40 and that long line of heroes whose brilliant achievements shed an undying glory on the patriotism of Dauphin county in th& Eevolution. It is said that John Harris, Sr,, was once offered by the Penns, all of the land from the river to Silver Spring, and ex- tending across the Cumberland Valley, from mountain to mountain for £5 ,000. He offered £3 ,000 and refused to give more. At his death he owned about 2,600 acres, some- of which was on the opposite side of the river, where the old Indian town had once been, and included the ferry, Shriner's Island, &c. Of Esther, the wife of the elder Harris, several anecdotes^ are told, "which establish her promptness and energy of char- acter. The mansion house, situate near the river, as before mentioned, was surrounded by a stockade, for security against the Indians. An English officer was one night at the house, when by accident the gate of the stockade was left open.. The officer, clothed in his regimentals, was seated with Mr. Harris and his wife at the table. An Indian entered stealthily and thrust his rifle through one of the port-holes of the house, and, it is supposed, pointed it at the officer, but the gun sim- ply flashed. Instantly Mrs. Harris blew out the candle, to prevent the Indian from aiming a second time, when he re- treated. John Harris, Jr., the founder of Harrisburg, died the 29th of July, 1^791, and is buried in the graveyard of the Paxton church a few miles out of the city. (Elsewhere noted.) He was about sixty-five years of age. He was an active, energetic and indus- trious man. He farmed extensively and traded with the Indians for skins and furs. In his time Harris' Ferry became a cele- brated place. It is said to have been so well known in England, Ireland and Germany, that letters were directed from these countries "to the care of John Harris, Harris' Ferry, Northr America." He had an enthusiastic faith in the advantages of the position of his property. It is said that many years be- fore the town was laid out he predicted that this place would become the centre of business in this section of country, and would be the seat of government of Pennsylvania. When the town was subsequently laid out in 1785, he conveyed with 41 other propert}^ to the commissioners for laying out the town, viz : Jacob Awl, Joshua Elder, Andrew Stewart, James Cow- den and William Brown, four acres of ground, now composing part of Uapitol Park, east of the present buildings, '^ in trust for public use, and such public purpose as the Legislature shall hereafter direct.^' That he was patriotic the following account will establish : When Independence was agitated, he thought the Declaration premature, and feared that the Colonies were unequal to the task of combating successfully with Great Britain, but when Independence was declared, he took his wife and children aside, and read to them the Declaration from a Philadelphia newspaper. When he concluded it, he observed : " The act is now done, we must take sides for or against the country. The war cannot be carried on without money. We have £3,000 in the house, and if you agree, I will take the money to Philadelphia and put it in the public treasury to carry on the war. If we succeed in obtaining our Independence we may lose the money, as the Government may not be able to pay it back, but we will get our land.'' It was agreed, and he carried the money to Philadelphia, deposited it in the treasury and took certificates. After the war he sold these certificates for 17s. M. on the pound. The law erecting Dauphin county, and declaring Harris'" Ferry the seat of justice, was passed 4th of March, 1785. The town of Harrisburg was laid out in the spring of the same year by William Maclay, who was the son-in-law of John Harris. Mr. Maclay, with Robert Morris, afterwards represented Penn- sylvania in the first Senate of the United States under the Con- stitution. The great ice flood happened in the winter of 1783-4, and tfxQ pumpkin flood in September of 178G. During the ice flood the grave yard (now Harris Park) was covered with water, and the ferry-flats were tied to bars at the cellar windows of the store house. During the Pumpkin flood the grave yard was also covered, and the low grounds below were strewn in profusion with pumpkins, carried off chiefly from the Yankee settlements in Wyoming. At this time the grounds above Harrisburg were chiefly woodS; and bears came down from the mountains in large num- 42 bers to the corn fields of the settlements. In 1792 a wild buf- falo suddenly appeared among a herd of cattle that was graz- ing north of where the Capitol now stands. The cows were frightened and scampered into town, and the buffalo, true to its habits, followed the stampede into the place and was killed. About the year 1793 a fever, of a violent character, pre- vailed. At the same time the yellow fever was prevailing at Philadelphia, and fears were entertained of its introduction into Harrisburg. A patrol was accordingly established at the lower end of the town, to prevent infected persons from Phila? delphia coming into it. A mill-d^im, owned by two men named Landis, was generally thought to be the cause of the sickness. The citizens, after various meetings, resolved (March, 1795) on its removal, and a subscription was set on foot to raise money to pay for the property. The money raised was ten- dered, but refused by the Landises. The citizens then pre- pared for the forcible removal of the dam, and were threatened with forcible resistance. The citizens accordingly marched in a body to the dam on a cold snowy March day. The owners were there, with several men, armed with guns, and threatened to fire. The citizens, however, advanced into the water, and the dam was soon demolished. The Landises threatened a suit, and the citizens handed them a list of several hundred names to be sued, but the owners finally took the money. Moses Gil- more, Stacy Potts, Capt. John Sawyers, Adam Boyd, Robert Harris, John Kean, Samuel Weir, Gen. John A. Hanna, Alex- ander and Samuel Berryhill, and many others, were active in these proceedings. Some of the citizens who refused to con- tribute to the subscription were obliged to leave the place. No violence was done them, but they were refused employment, and they at length went elsewhere. The site of the mill-dam was along the present canal, a short distance below the Penn- sylvania railroad depot. John Hamilton erected the first permanent embellishment, after Harris' store house, by building a brick house on corner of Front street and Blackberry alley, also a large establish- ment for his store, on the south-east corner of Market street and Market square, subsequently became the " Washington House, '^ and was removed for the large hotel now there, the 43 *' Jones House." He was an extensive trader. He kept large numbers of horses and mules, and every few weeks his caravans set out for ''the west" laden with salt, powder, lead, &c. Chief Justice M'Kean, in 1778-9, resided here for some time. He lived in a one-story log house, (a short distance above Locust street.) He wore an immense cocked hat, and had great deference shown him by the country people and the Indians. After the country became quieted, when he and other judges of the Supreme Court came to Harrisburg to hold court, numbers of the citizens would go out on horseback to meet them, and escort them to town. Sometimes one or two hundred people would attend for that purpose. The sheriff, with his staff of oflScers, and other public officers, and the bar, would attend on the occasion ; and each morning whilst the Ohief Justice was in town holding court, the sheriff and con- stables would escort him from his lodgings to the court room. The Chief Justice, when on the bench, sat with his hat on, and was dressed in a scarlet gown. The earliest record of a court is dated third Tuesday of May, 1785. "At a court of quarter sessions, holden near Harris' Ferry, Timothy Green, Samuel Jones, and Jonathan M'Ciure, Esqrs., Justices." The names of the jurymen were : James Cowden, foreman, Robert Montgomery, John Gilchrist, Barefoot Brunson, John Clark, Rowan M'Clure, John Carson, John Wilson, William Crane, Archibald McAllister, Richard Dixon, John Pattimore, James Crouch, Jacob Awl, William Brown, Andrew Stewart, James Rogers, Samuel Stewart, John Cooper, Alexander Berryhill. The first prothonotary was Joshua Elder, and the first sheriff' Rudolph Kelker. On succeeding juries we recognize the names of many of the ancestors of our present citizens — the Coxes, Kelkers, Krauses, Hamiltons, Forsters, Buchers, Elders, Rutherfords, Espys, Orths, Foxes, &c. Several records ap- pear in which punishment was inflicted by lashes and standing in the pillory. The traveling accommodations were of the most advanced kind at that period as compared to the ''post horse" system, but contrast sadly with the present. In 1 797 the stages of Mat- thias Slough "set out from the house of Capt. Andrew Lee," 44 (afterwards the Washington House, ) running between Lancaster and Harrisburg — fare, two dollars ; to Carlisle, three dollars ; and to Shippensburg, four dollars. The stages of William Geer ^'set out from the house of William Feree, in Lancaster, every Tuesday and Saturday mornings at six o'clock, proceeding westward ; and from the house of Samuel Elder, in Harrisburg, every Wednesday morning, arriving at Shippensburg same evening. '^ This line connected with stages which started from the White Horse Tavern in Market street, Philadelphia, every Monday and Friday. The same proprietor also ran a stage every Wednesday, which arrived at Sunbury every Thursday; returning on Saturday, ^'so that passengers from Sunbury, destined for Lancaster and Philadelphia, could proceed thence on Monday." The conveyance of the mails was equally slow. In 1797 the Post Master General — General Joseph Habersham — issued proposals for carrying the mails, once in two weeks, as follows : From Harrisburg, by Clark's Ferry, Millerstown, Mifflintown, Lewistown, Huntingdon, Alexandria, Bellefonte, Aaronsburg, Mififlinburg, Lewisburg, Northumberland and Sunbury to Har- risburg. The mail to leave Harrisburg, from October 15th to April 15th, every other Monday at six A. M., and return to Harrisburg the next Monday by seven P. M. And from April 15th to October 15th to leave Harrisburg every other Saturday at two P. M., and return to Harrisburg the next Sunday week by seven P. M. In 1812 the mails were advertised to leave for the west every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at two P. M., and for the east every day (Sunday excepted) at eight o'clock A.M. The removal of the seat of government to Harrisburg, although suggested as early as 1787, and often moved in the Assembly, did not prove successful until, by the act of Febru- ary, 1810, when "the offices of State government were directed to be removed to the borough of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin," "within the mouth of October, 1812," and "the ses- sions of the Legislature thereafter there to be held." The first sessions of the Assembly were held in the court house, and that body continued to occupy the building until the comple- tion of the Capitol. 45 The first meeting in the present Capitol building was on January 2, 1822. Previous to the opening of the Pennsylvania canal, the transportation facilities of the town were confined to Troy coaches or stages for passengers and Conestoga wagons, great lumbering vehicles with semi-circular tops of sail-cloth, drawn by six stalwart horses, for goods of various descriptions. This was expensive— and the completion of the ^public im- provements was an eventful era in the progress] and develop- ment of this locality. Reatestate advanced, commission and other merchants established themselves ion the line of the canal, rope and boat manufactories were erected and various enterprises inaugurated, giving new life and thrift^and pros- perity to the people. Passenger packets were esta'blished and it was considered a wonderful thing when four packet boats arrived and departed in a single day. The consuming of three days and a half to go to Pittsburg began to be deemed slow, and the building of railroads opened up'^another era in the development of the country. In September, 1836, the first train of cars entered the limits of Harrisburg, over the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster railroad. Following this effort other rapid transit enterprises were car- ried forward to completion until at the present time — when no less than one hundred trains of passenger cars arrive and leave Harrisburg for different points. We give these'^facts to show not only how great the travel, but the wonderful progress made in transit. The town of Harrisburg, so auspiciously begun, has steadily advanced . The prophecy of John Harris has been fulfilled , it is the seat of government of Pennsylvania, and one of the most prosperous cities of the Commonwealth. It is surrounded by one of the most fertile and charming valleys ; railroads, canals and macadamized roads radiating from it in^all directions ; with a highly intelligent, industrious and prosperous] population, and the centre of a transient population equalled by few inland cities; the political centre of the^State; constituting such great and varied attractions that satisfy the resident and tempt the manufacturer, trader, the professional man and the stranger. With these and the manufacturing advantages offered 46 we confidently recommend to labor or capital to seek a home in Harrisburg. Careful statisticians, estimating from the past, pre- dict that Pennsylvania, will, in the near future, become the Empire State, and that another decade will give to its cap'tal city a population of 60,000. It may not be out of place to allude to the many citizens to whom this city and county is indebted for its position, prominence and influence. Within its boundaries rest the re- mains of Governors Findley, Wolf, Porter and Geary. Hon- ored and revered in the church were the Reverends Roan, Bar* tram, Elder, Snodgrass, Snowden, Lochman, Castleman, Cook- man, DeWitt, Winebrenner, Berg and Maher. Among the physicians were Doctors Luther, Agnew, Simonton, Fager,. Roberts, ReSily, Orth, Rutherford, Seiler, Dock, and others cele- brated in their day and generation. Of members of the bar^ the names of Graydon, M'Cormick, Elder, Fisher, Kunkel, Forster, M'Kinney, Wood, Alricks, Ayres, Rawn and Briggs present themselves. Of valued citizens, representative men, the Harrises, Maclay, Hanna, Hamilton, Berryhill, Wyeth, Hummel, Beatty, M'Clure, Espy, Sloan, Graydon, Bombaugh,. Kelker, Beader, Bucher, Cowden, McAllister, Potts, Boyd, Kean, Giimore, Rutherford, Ross, Gray, Allen, Haldeman, Elder, Cox, Ziegler, Forster, with hundreds of others, may be named the worthy ancestors of prominent Dauphin county citi- zens of the present. The townships of Peshtank, Lebanon and Derry covered the territory within the bounds of the county of Dauphin and Leba- non in 1^29, when Lancaster county was formed. From the time of the organization of the former county until 1813, when Lebanon was separated therefrom, the townships were as fol- lows, with date of erection : — Paxton, 1*729 ; Lebanon, 1729; Derry, 1729; Hanover from Derry, 1737; Bethel from Lebanon, 1739 ; Heidelburg, 1757 ; Londonderry, 1768 ; Upper Paxton^ 1767; West Hanover, 1785; East Hanover, 1785; Middle Paxton, 1787 ; Swatara, 1799 ; Annville, 1799 ; Halifax,^:1804, and Lykeus, 1810. When Lebanon county was erected, the townships of L9banoD, East and West Hanover, Heidelberg, Bethel and Annville were lost to Dauphin. Since that period there have been erected : — Susquehanna, 1815 ; Mifflin, 1819 ; Rush, 1820 ; Jackson, 1828 ; Wiconigco, 1840 ; Lower jSwa- 47 tara, with new lines for Swatara, 1840 ; South, East and West Hanover, 1842; Jefferson, 1842; Washington, 1846; Reed, 1849 ; Conewago, I8b0, and Williams, 1868. The different boroughs and villages were laid out as fol- lows : Harrisburg, 1785; Middletown, 1755; Hummelstown, 1762; Dauphin, 1826; Millersburg, 1807; Halifax, 1794; Gratz, 1805; Berrysburg, 1871; Lykens, 1848; Highspire, 1814; Linglestown, 1765; Rockville, 1839 ; Fisherville,1854 ; Wiconisco, 1848 ; Williamstown, 1869, and Uniontown, 1864. At the time of the organization of the county of Dauphin, it contained a population of nearly 16,000, although in 1790, when the first XJ. S. census was taken, the number was only 18, 177, due probably to the emigration of great numbers f>f the Scotch-Irish, who removed either westward or southward. In 1800, 22,270; in 1810, 31,883; in 1820, 21,653, a decrease, owing to the separation from it of the county of Lebanon, Feb- ruary 16, 1813, which by this census had a population of 16,- 975. In 1830, 25,243. In 1840, 30,118. In 1850, 35,754. In 1860, 46,756. In 1870, 60,740. In 1876, at least 75,000. Of its 233,835 acres of land— 61,249 acres, or almost one- fourth, is unimproved. The value of farm property, $20,000,- 000. As a farming community, however, Dauphin, owing to the large amount of untillable land, comes far down in the list of the counties of the State. And yet the portion of the county lying between the Conewago hills and the Kittatinny moun- tains contains as highly cultivated and productive farms as any in the United States. Thrift and intelligence character- ize the staid "Dutch'' farmers of Dauphin, and they vie with any community in all that appertains to enterprise and pro- gress. In manufacturing industries Dauphin is the sixth. Allegheny, Berks, Luzerne, Montgomery, and Philadelphia alone surpassing her. The earliest industrial establishment in this locality was the ^'nailery" of Henry Fulton in 1785, al- though we must give precedence to the enterprise of the ''no- fed Burney,'' who, five years previous, at his residence ''in Upper Paxtang,'- manufactured counterfeit coin. His estab- lishment was soon closed, however, the owner "sent to Lan- caster goal," and, although "he left a great quantity of his cash in the hands of several,'' he never returned to claim it or renew the labors of his manufactory. Fulton's establishment 48 was ODly a little remote from a "smithy.'' To look now at the industries of Ilarrisburg and the county of Dauphin the pro- gress within the last fifteen years is really wonderful, apart from the great contrast of fifty years ago. The number of man- ufactories, of iron alone, its furnaces, foundries, machine shops and nail works form a list as gratifying to the citizens as it is surprising to the visitor, The Pennsylvania steel works, the Lochiel iron works, M'Cormick's, Wister's, Dock's and Price's furnaces, the Harrisburg Car and Machine works, with a similar establishment at Middlctown, Hickok's Eagle works, lYillson's, Jenning's and numberless other foundries scattered all over the vicinity, only represent the iron indus- tries ; space prevents an enumeration of the other sources of wealth. All these are worthy the attention of visitors. The coal mines of the Lykens Valley, with its boundless treasures, the development of the entire county by means of the various railroads projected or running through it, are destined to bring the county of Dauphin in the van of mineral wealth. The future will open up the riches hidden as yet from our view. In the year 1860 Harrisburg received the highest corporate honors — that of a city. Although at the time receiving much opposition, yet its subsequent growth and prosperity have fully realized the fondest expectations of its earnest advocates. In size and importance it ranks the sixth in the State, and high up in the scale of cities in the Union. Population in 1870, 23,104; in 1876, enumeration by direction of city councils, 27,926 ; an increase of about 20 per cent. THE BUCKSHOT WAR. No historical resume of Dauphin county can be called com- plete without some reference to the so-called "Buckshot War" of 1838. At the October election of that year David R. Porter, of Huntingdon, was chosen Governor, after a hotly contested political canvas, over Governor Ritner. The defeated party issued an ill-timed and ill-advised address, advising the people ''to treat the election as if it had not been held." It was de- termined, therefore, to investigate the election, and to do this the political complexion of the Legislature would be decisive. The majority of the Senate was Anti-Masonic, but the control of the House of Representatives hinged upon the admission of certain members of Philadelphia whose seats were contested. 49 I The votes of one of the districts in that city were thrown out by reason of fraud, and the Democratic delegation returned. The Anti-Masonic return judges refused to sign the certificates, "and both parties made out returns each for a different delega- tion, and sent them to the Secretary of the Commonwealtb.'' When the Legislature met, the Senate organized by the choice of Anti-Masonic officers. In the House a fierce strug- gle ensued, both delegations'^claiming seats. The consequence was that each party went into an election for Speaker, each appointing tellers. Two Speakers were elected and took their seat upon upon the platform — William Hopkins being the choice of the Democrats, and Thomas S. Cunningham of the opposition. The Democrats believing they were in the right, left out of view the rejection of the votes of the Philadelphia district. However, when the returns from the Secretary's office were opened, the certificate of the minority had been sent in, thus giving the advantage to the Anti-masons. It was then a question which of the two Houses would be recog- nized by the Senate and the Governor. At this stage of the proceedings a number of men (from Philadelphia especially) collected in the lobby, and when the Senate, after organization, proceeded to business, interrupted it by their disgraceful and menacing conduct. The other branch of the Legislature was, in like manner, disturbed, and thus both houses were compelled to disperse. The crowd hav- ing taken possession of the halls, proceeded to the court house, where impassioned harangues were indulged in, and a com- mittee of safety appointed. For several days all business was suspended, and the G-overnor, alarmed for his own personal safety, ordered out the militia, and fearing this might prove insufficient, called on the United States authorities for help. The latter refused, but the militia under Major Generals Pat- terson and Alexander, came promptly in respone. For two or three days during this contest, the danger of a collision was imminent, but wiser counsels prevailed, and the Senate hav- ing voted to recognize the section of the House presided over by Mr. Hopkins, the so-called '' Insurrection at Harrisburg'^ was virtually ended. This was what is commonly known as the '' Buckshot War." 4 50 COUNTIES OF THE STATE. A Tabular Statement of their organization, square miles, loith the names of the County Toivns. Names. 5 County towns. Population 1870. Square miles. Adams. 1800 1788 1800 1800 1771 1752 1846 1810 1682 1800 1804 1860 1843 1800 1682 1839 1804 1839 1813 1800 1750 1785 1789 1843 1800 1783 1848 1784 1850 ' 1796 1787 1803 1804 1831 1729 1849 1813 1812 1786 1795 1804 ,1800 1789 1836 1784 1850 1752 Gettysburg Pittsburo-. 30,315 262, 204 43, 382 36, 148 29, 635 106,701 38, 051 53, 204 64, 336 36, 510 36, 569 4,273 28, 144 34,418 77, 805 26, 537 25,741 23, 211 28, 766 63, 832 43, 912 60, 740 39, 403 8,488 65,973 43, 284 4, CIO 45, 365 9,360 25, 887 31,251 36, 138 21,656 17, 390 121,340 27, 298 34, 096 56,796 160,915 47, 626 8, 825 49,977 17, 508 18, 362 81,612 15, 344 61, 432 531 AllGo'lieiiy . 757 Arnistroiig Kittanning. . ,. 612 Beaver Beaver 452 Bedford Bedford. . 1, 003 900 Berks Blair. Plollidavsburg. 510 Bradford Towanda 1,162 Bucks Dovlestown 595 Butler .• . , . Butler 814 Cambria Ebensburg 666 Cameron. Emporium. 381 Carbon Mauch Chunk 402 Centre . Bellefonte.. 1 227 Chester West Chester 763 Clarion Clearfield Clinton Clarion Clearfield Lock Haven. 572 1,130 857 Columbia Bloomsburg 479 Crawford Meadville Carlisle 1,005 Cumberland 654 Dauphin Harrisburg 523 Delaware Media , Rid"' way. .. 195 Elk 774 Erie Erie 772 Fayette XJniontown. 830 Forest Tionesta 431 Franklin Chambersburg 756 Fulton : . . M'Connellsburg Wavnesburg. 442 Oreene. 620 Huntingdon Indiana Huntingdon Indiana 899 828 Jefferson Brookviile. . 646 Juniata Miftlmtown. . 407 Eancaster .... Lancaster. 973 Lawrence Xew Castle 376 Lebanon. Lebanon, 356 Lehigh 364 Luzerne.. Wilkesbarre. 1,350 l,2ia 1,007 666 Lycoming M'lvean . Williamsport Smethport Mercer Mercer. .... Mifiiin Monroe. . Lewistown Stroudsburg 377 695 Montgomery iNlontour .. .\ iS'orthampton Norristown 484 Danville Easton 140 382 51 Counties of the State — Continued. Xames. o © & Coanty towns. ^"P^o!*"" ! Ssf 1 ■ Xorthumberland . , \ 1772 Perry | 1820 Philadelphia 1 1682 Pike 1 1814 Potter 1 1804 Schuylkill. . .' isn Sunburv ! 41,441 462 New Bloomfield ! 25, 447 476 Philadelphia 674, 022 130 Milford , : 8,436 i 631 Coudersport ...., 11,265 1,071 Pottsville : 116, 428 840 Snvder 1855 Middleburg i 15, 606 ' 317 1795 1847 1810 1804 1813 1800 1800 Somerset. .^ i 28, 226 , 1, 102 Sullivan Laporte 1 6,-191 i 434 Susquehanna Tioga Union Montrose ! " 37, 523 ^ 828 Wellsboro' ! 35, 097 ^ 1, 124 Lewisburg 1 15,565' 315 Venango Franklin 47, 925 658 "Warren Warren ' 23,897 : 914 Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York. 1781 1798 1773 1842 1749 Washington ! 48, 483 889 Honesdale \ 33, 188 1 747 Greensburg i 58, 719 I 1, 046 Tunkhannock \ 14, 585 | 403 York 76, 134 ; 921 Total, QQ counties. i 3,521,951 i 45,086 Note. — The enumeration of 1870 is classified as follows, viz : White population, 3,456,609 ; Negroes, 65,294 ; Chi. nese and Japanese, 14 ; Indians, 34; total, 3,521,951. PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania is situated between 39 deg. 43 min. and 42 deg. north latitude, and 2 deg. 17 min. east, and 3 deg. 81 min. west longitude, from Washington. Its mean length is 280.39 miles ; mean breadth, 158.05 miles ; its greatest length 302-1-1 miles,- and greatest breadth 175 miles and 192 perches. The latitude of Greenwich is 51 deg. 28 min. 39 sec. north, and the latitude of Washington 38 deg. 53.3 min. The longi- tude of Philadelphia from Greenwich is 75 deg. 18 min. west, and the longitude of Greenwich from Washington is 77 deg. 00.6 min. east. The latitude of the capitol at Harrisburg is 40 deg. 16 min. north, and the longitude is 76 deg. 53 min. west. 52 The declination of the magnetic needle at the capitol at Ilarrisburg, in July, 1862, was 3 deg. 44.5 min. west, and in October, 1875, was 4 deg. 53 min. west. The above statement has been taken and calculated from the best charts and tables known and accessible to the Land Office. According to the census of 1870 the mineral products of the State were valued at nearly half of those of the entire United States. The amount of anthracite coal produced that year was 15,650,275 tons, and of bituminous coal, 7,798,518 tons ;'iron ore, 1,096,486 tons ; petroleum, 171,207,622 gallons. The most extensive and valuable coal mines in America are in Pennsylvania. The production of coal in 1874 was 32,147,040 tons, including 21,631,118 of anthracite, 7,712,461 of bitumin- ous, 2,303,461 of semi-bituminous and 500,000 of block. Nearly half of all the pig-iron made in the United States is the product of Pennsylvania. The manufacturing interests of are of the highest importance. In 1870 the amount of capital in- vested and the number of establishments were larger than in any other State, while the value of the products was greater than in any other except New York. Large quantities of lum- ber are cut in the northern and central parts of the State, the chief markets being Williamsport and Lock Haven. The ship- ments from those two points during the first six month of 1873 amounted to 159,884,029 feet. On January 1, 1874, the esti- mated amount of lumber at Williamsport comprised 220,961,- ■922 feet of pine, and 19,872,444 of hemlock, besides large quantities of lath and pickets. Pennsylvania has two United States ports of entry — Phila- delphia and Erie. Pittsburg is a port of delivery in the dis- trict of Louisiana. The vast mineral wealth of the State has led to a system of internal improvements not excelled by those of any other State. In 1826 the State began the construction of a line of communication between Philadelphia and Pitts- burg, consisting of about 292 miles of canal, and 126 miles of railroad. Thjs line was completed in 1831, at a cost of $18,- 615,663 ; this liability was increased, in consequence of other works -undertaken and aided, to $41,294,462. After great losses had been sustained the State, in 1857, disposed of its entire interest and control in these works. 53 The two most extensive railroad corporations are the Phila- delphia and Reading; and the Pennsylvania. The former, chartered in 1833, was opened for through trains between Philadelphia and Pottsville in 1842. This company now ope- rates from fifteen to twenty main lines and branches, compris- ing more than seven hundred miles of railroad ; also the Schuylkill and Susquehanna canals. The investments of the company is estimated at about $125,000,000. The Pennsyl- vania is perhaps the most powerful railroad corporation in America ; nearly 2,500 miles of road in this State alone are operated by it, and its investments in the State are estimated at not less than $150,000,000. It also leases a large extent of road in other States. The canals, lying wholly or partly in Pennsylvania, are 880 miles in length. The receipts in 18^13 were $2,342,918, and the total expenses, $1,824,915. Total cost of canals and fixtures, exlusive of the Pennsylvania, has been $36,539,8^9. As an agricultural State it ranks as fourth ; as a dairy State it is next to New York. Under the new Constitution, which went into effect January 1, 1874, the Legislature consists -of fifty Senators elected for four years, and two hundred and one Kepresentatives chosen for two years. Eegular sessions are held biennially, begin- ning on the first Tuesday of January, in odd years. Extra sessions may be convened by the Governor, but annual ad- journed sessions are prohibited after 1818. Members of the Legislature receive $1,000 for each session, not exceeding one hundred days, and $10 per day necessarily spent after the hundred days, (not exceeding fifty days,) and twenty cents a mile to and from the capitol. The Executive Department consists of a Governor, annual salary, $10,000 ; Lieutenant Governor, who is President of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary of the Commonwealth, $4,000 ; Attorney General, $3,500 ; Auditor General, $3,000 ; State Treasurer, $5,000 ; Secretary of Internal Affairs, $3,000; Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, $2,500. The general election is held annually on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of Internal Affairs are chosen, by the people, for four years ; the Auditor General for three years, and the Treasurer fur two j^ears. The 54 Attorney General, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and Superintendent of Public Instruction are appointed for four years by the Governor, with the consent of two-thirds of the Senate. WILLIAM PENN. Admiral Penu was one of the most famous of old England's naval heroes. To liquidate a debt of £16,000 due the Admi- ral for services and advances to his country, the English mon- arch, Charles II, granted in 1661 to his son the charter for 28,- 000,000 of acres, constituting the State of Pennsylvania. His life was sadly clouded at its close. Few of the cher- ished aspirations of his manhood were realized. To the great misfortune of himself and his colony his cherished purpose of making Penusylvania his. permanent home was never accom- plished. Its legislative Assembly, three-fourths of the time, acted in opposition to his wishes. His revenues from his col- ony came in slowly ; his expenditures at home were heavy ; his English steward proved false ; his creditors became impa- tient, and he was confined for months in a debtor's apartment. The generosity of his friends secured his discharge, only to find that these accumulated misfortunes had brought on an at' tack of apoplexy, from which he never recovered. For seven years he lived lost to the world, and died June 30, 1718, and was buried on the 5th of July, at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England. The locality was discontinued as a place of worship about the year 1787. The author of the " Shrines of Bucks," writing of his visit to the grave of Penn, says : " Entering the grave-yard we found a spot where a number of little mounds marked the resting-places of Penn and his family. Here no monumental marble, or even a simple headstone, marks the spot where the founder of Pennsylvania found at last that rest and freedom from the persecution he had exi3erienced in his life- time. The fifth mound from the doorway of the little chapel was the one beneath which, and between his two wives, he was lowly laid. Jordans has not been inaptly styled the ' Westminster Abbey of the Friends.' " 55 Colonel John W. Forney, who recently visited his grave, writes : " 1 never supposed that my experience would be so full of interest ; nor, indeed, that the grave of William Penn would be found in a spot so obscure, or that his name would be forgotten in the very neighborhood where he lived and died. I am not without hope that the Friends of Philadelphia will take steps to remove the remains of their greatest leader to the State that bears his name, and to the city he founded in 1682. There is no place in the world so fitting as Fairmount Park, and no time more appropriate for the ceremony than the Centennial year. In any case, what I have written may quicken discussion and inquiry. The whole story of William Penn is the romance of truth, and there is not a region in the globe in which it is so well illustrated as in the forty miles around Philadelphia, including part of New Jersey and Dela- ware.'' THE STATE AKSENAL. The State Arsenal is located on the square between Herr and Broad streets, and Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. East Harrisburg, just inside the city limits. The location is ad- mirably chosen. The ground occupied is six acres, partly covered by a natural growth of forest trees. The building is one hundred and fifty by fifty-four feet in the main, and seventy- five feet in the center, which is surmounted with a tower one hundred feet in height. The arsenal was built in 1874, from a design by Mr. L. M. Simons, of Harrisburg, at a cost of $26,- S50. It is connected by wire with the Adjutant General's De- partment, at the Capitol, and with the Western Union Tele- graph, BANKS. The banking interest of Harrisburg is represented by nine banking houses, four of which are National, and five private and State Institutions, affording good facilities for securing -capital to carry forward any enterprise that will advance the interests of individuals, city or State. 56 City Bank. — President, Samuel S. Bigler ; Vice President,. John A. Bigler ; Cashier, A. L. Robinson. Organized Decem- ber, 1861 ; capital $100,000. No. 300 Market street. Dauphin Deposit Bank — James M'Cormick, Cashier. Incor- porated 1834; capital $100,000. No. 213 Market street. Dougherty Beos. & Co., Bankers^ 312 Market street. Farmers' Bank of Harrisburg — Daniel Eppley, President y capital $100,000. No. 21 North Third street. First National Bank — Wm. Calder, President; George II. Small, Cashier; capital $100,000. North Second, on N. E. corner of Walnut. Harrisburg National Bank — Dr. George W. Reily, Presi- dent ; Cashier, James W. AVeir ; capital $300,000. No. 16. South Market Square. Mechanics' Bank — Cashier, Jacob C. Bomberger ; Teller, George Z. Kunkel ; capital and surplus $100,000. Market, south-east corner of Third street. Real Estate Savings Bank— David Mumma, President; El- lis Mumma, Cashier. State Bank — C. L. Bowman, President ; II. A. Sturgeon, Cashier. Incorporated 1870 ; capital $200,000. THE CEMETERIES. Mt. Kalmia. — This most beautiful resting place of the dead is situate on the heights overlooking the city; the main en- trance being from East State street, in East Harrisburg, di- rectly east from the capitol, and about a half mile distant. The natural beauties of the place are of a high order, and those, with the artistic effects of the ornamented vaults, the embellishments of the inclosed lots and the varied and beauti- ful monuments, combine to reward in abundant measure the time and trouble expended in a visit. The act of incorpora- tion v^as passed February 14, 1845, and the grounds were dedicated September 30. The following were the incorpora- tors : Henry Walters, John Roberts, Henry Buehler, Her- man Alricks, Luther Reily, Hamilton Alricks, James Peacock, Valentine Hummel, John C. Bucher, William Dock and James M'Cormick, and under the title of the " Harrisburg Cemetery 57 Association.'' Hours of admission for visitors, from sunrise to sunset. The other burial grounds are the Free, or Colored, and the Catholic Cemetery. A new enterprise, recently projected, gives promise of the .establishment of a new and first class cemetery, in all its ap- pointments, located beyond the Arsenal. DAUPHIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The society was formed in 1869, and numbers about fifty members. Its ofScers are : President, Hon. A. Boyd Hamil" ton ; Vice Presidents, Hon. Hamilton Alricks, Hon. Samue^ Landis, Dr. Benjamin J. Wiestling ; Secretary, G-eorge W. Buehler ; Librarians, Rudolph F. Kelker, Esq., Hon. John B. Linn; Treasurer, John A. Weir, Esq. ; Corresponding Secre- tary, Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D. D. The meetings of the so- ciety are held monthly. The society is in a deservedly flourish- ing condition. PAXTON CHURCH. ^ This church and surroundings is worthy the attention of visitors. It is located about three miles out on the Lebanon pike. It was organized prior to 1725. The present stone edifice was erected in or about the year 1740, on the site of the original log church. Here the pious Pastor Elder preached with his rifle by his side, and served as Colonel of the provin- cial forces in the French and Indian wars. Here rest the re- mains of Elder, John Harris, Jun., founder of Harrisburg, William Maclay, Gen. Simpson, Gen. Crouch, heroes of the revolution, the M'Clures, the Forsters, the Gilmores, the Grays, the Mills, the Rutherfords, the Espys, and many others prominent in our early history. THE HARRISBURG CITY GRAYS. This company was originally organized in 1861, as the "First City Zouaves,'' by Captain DeB. Randolf Keim. It served with great credit during the war as Company' A, One 58 Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, F. As- bury Awl captain. On its muster roll in June, 1863, thirty- two of its members were commissioned in the regular and vol- unteer service. Re-organized in 1869, it at once took high rank amongst the military of Pennsylvania. On the promotion of Captain J. Wesley Awl to the rank of lieutenant colonel, A. A. G-., and chief of division staff, First Lieutenant Thomas F. Maloney, the present commandant, was elected captain, and shortly afterwards the company adopted as its uniform that of the Seventh National Guard, and also changed its name to the Harrisburg ''City Grays.'' On the re-organization of the Penn- sylvania National Guard it was assigned as Company D, Eighth regiment. In 1874 the Grays built a fine, commodious armory, corner of Second and Forster streets, and are, in all respects, a fixed and favorite institution in Harrisburg. The company is thoroughly drilled and disciplined. General Latta, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, in his last annual report, says of it : ''For drill and discipline it now stands the equal of any company in the State ; for soldierly bearing, deportment, appearance, neatness and cleanliness of arms, it is unexceptionable ; with all details, requirements and equipments fully complete.'' The Grays as- sisted in quelling the Willlamspot lumber riot in 1872, and served two tours of duty in the Schu^dkill coal region during the riots of 1876, the company responding almost to a man, at a heavy pecuniary and business sacrifice to the individual mem- bers. The Grays have participated in celebrations in the prin- cipal cities of Pennsylvania, always compelling attention and admiration by their drill, esprit de corps, gentlemanly bearing and conduct. At the Philadelphia Centennial parade, July 4, they were highly complimented by military men who witnessed their manoeuvering. The company is on a permanent basis, and bids fair to live a long life of usefulness. THE HARRISBURG HOSPITAL. | This Hospital was established in 1873. It is located on the -north side of Mulberry street, near Front. Its Board of Man- agement, from the beginning, has consisted of James M'Cor- 59 mick, Jr., President; A. Bojd Hamilton, Secretary ; J. Don- ald Cameron, Henry M'Cormick, Wm. Calder, David C. Kolp, D. W. Gross, Rudolph F. Kelker, Daniel Eppley, James Wis- ter, Henry Gilbert, R. A. Lamberton, Managers; and James W. Weir, Treasurer. It has- no endowment, but is liberally supported, and has met a requirement very much needed at a railroad centre of the importance of that of Harrisburg. Application for admission to be made to the attending man- agers at the hospital Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 2:30. Persons injured by accident received at all hours, provided they are brought to the hospital within twenty-four hours after its occurrence. Poor persons receive medical attention and medicine free of charge. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. There are seventy-two public schools— 2 high, 1 grammar, 9 intermediate, 22 secondary and 32 primary schools. There are alRO numerous excellent Select Schools and Semi- naries. IIARRISBURG POST OFFICE. (No. 314 and 316 Market st.) Open on Sundays from IJ to 9 o'clock A. M. Drop Letter Boxes are attached to lamp posts at most street corners, and at prominent hotels. M. W. M'Alarney, P. M. SYSTEM OF NUMBERING HOUSES. One hundred numbers are allotted to each square or block, commencing on the Susquehanna river, Front street, running east, and at Market street running north and south. The even numbers are on the north side, and the odd numbers on the south side, on the streets running east and west; and the even numbers are on the west side, and the odd numbers on the east side, for the streets running north and south. 60 SOCIETIES. MASONIC. Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, A. Y. M., meets in Masonic Hall, second Monday evening of each month. Eobert Burns Lodge, No. 464, A. Y. M., meets in Masonic Hall, third Thursday evening of each month. Perseverance Chapter, No. 21, H. K. A. M., meets in Ma- sonic Hall, first Monday evening of each month. Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 11, meets in Masonic Hall, first Thursday of each month. Harrisburg Sovereign Consistory, meets in Masonic Hall, third Monday of each month. Harrisburg Council, No. 11, K. S. and S. E. M., meets in Masonic Hall, fourth Monday of each month. Chosen Friends' Lodge, No. 43, A. Y. M., (colored,) meets at Odd Fellows' Hall every alternate Thursday. Geary Lodge, No. 42, A. Y. M., (colored,) meets first Mon- day evening of each month in Masonic Hall, Tanner's avenue. Morning Star Lodge, No. 47, A. Y. M., (colored,) meets second Monday evening of each month in Masonic Hall, Tan- ner's avenue. King Cyrus Chapter, No. 21, H. R. A. M., (colored,) meets at Masonic Hall, Tanner's avenue, the second Tuesday even- ing of each month. Paxton Lodge, No. 16, A. Y. M. (colored,) meets at Ma- sonic Hall, Tanner's avenue, the last Monday evening of each month. ODD FELLOWS. Harrisburg Lodge, No. 68, I. 0. 0. F., meets in Exchange Building every Wednesday evening. Degree night, second meeting night of each month. State Capital Lodge, No. 70, I. 0. 0. F., meets in Odd Fel- lows' Hall, 304 N. Second street, every Tuesday evening. Degree night, first meeting night of each month. Dauphin Lodge, No. 160, I. 0. 0. F., meets at 215 Market street every Thursday evening. Degree night, second meet- ing night of each month. Eintracht Lodge, No. 660, I. 0. 0. F., (German,) meets at Odd Fellows' Hall, 804 North Second street, every Friday 61 evening. Degree night, second meeting night of each month. Lamberton Lodge, No. 708, I, 0. 0. F., meets at No. 215 Market street, every Saturday evening. Dauphin Encampment, No. 10, I. 0. 0. F., meets at No. 215 Market street, first and third Friday evenings of each month. Olive encampment, No. 56, I. 0. 0. F., meets at Odd Fel*-- lows' Hall, 304 North Second street, first and third Wednes«f day evenings of each month. Miriam Rebecca Lodge, No. 12, D. of R., meets at No. 215 Market street, the second Friday evening of each month. GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Brotherly Love Lodge, No. 896, G. U. 0. 0. F., (colored,) meets at Odd Fellows' Hall every Monday evening. Degree night, first Wednesday night of each month. Hope of Friend Lodge, No. 1453, G. U. 0. O.'F., (colored,) meets at Odd Fellows' Hall every Tuesday evening. Grand Masters' Council, No. T, G. U. 0. 0. F., (colored,) meets at Odd Fellows' Hall, third Wednesday evening of each month. Ruth Degree Lodge, G. U. 0. 0. F., (colored,) meets at Odd Fellows' Hall second Wednesday evening of each monthv b'nai b'rith. Salem Lodge, No. 26, I. 0. B. B. (Israelite), meets at No, 215 Market street, every Sunday evening. IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. Cornplanter Tribe, No. 61, I. 0. R. M., meets at Odd Fel« lows' Hall every Monday evening. Octorara Tribe, No. 91, I. 0. R. M., meets in Rebman^s building, Broad street near Third, every Tuesday evening. Susquehanna Tribe, No. 12, I. 0. R. M., meets in Barr'shall every Friday evening. AMERICAN MECHANICS. Fulton Council, No. 35, 0. U. A. M., meet in Wyeth's hall, second floor, every Monday evening. Harrisburg Star Council, No. 61, 0. U. A. M., meets in Wy- eth's hall every Wednesday evening. 62 Harrisburg Council, No. 106, 0. U. A. M., meets in College Block every Tuesday evening. Eureka Council, No. 148,- 0. U. A. M., meets in Exchange Building every Saturday evening. Harrisburg Degree Council, No. 14, 0. U. A. M., meets first and third Saturday evenings of each month at Wyeth hall. Eureka Council, No. 38, Jr. 0. U. A. M., meets at Wyeth's hall, 216 Market street, every Friday evening. Fulton Council, No. 52, 0. U. D. A., meets every Tuesday evening at Wyeth's hall. BROTHERHOOD OF THE UNION. Harrisburg Circle, No. 31, B. U. (H. F.) C. of A., meets in Exchange building every Friday evening. Susquehanna Circle, No. 51, B. U. (H. F.) C. of A., meets every Wednesday evening in Barr's hall. State Capital Circle, No. 29, B. U. (H. F.) C of A., meets in Exchange Building every Monday evening. Olive Branch, No. 1, H. C. (H. F.) C. of A., meets every Saturday evening in Exchange Building. PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA. Keystone Commandery, No. 1, M. A. P. 0. S. of A., meets second and fourth Saturday evening of each month in College Block. Washington Camp, No. 16, P. 0. S. of A., meets at Segel- baum's building every Monday evening. Washington Camp, No. 102, P. 0. S of A., meets in College Block, third floor, every Friday evening, Washington Camp, No. 218, P. 0. S. of A., meets in Eeb- man's building, Broad street near Third, every Wednesday evening. TEMPERANCE. Washington Lodge, No. 1, I. 0. of G. T., meets in Barr's hall every Tuesday evening. State Capital Lodge, No. '791, I. 0. of G. T., meets every Friday evening. East State street, near Spruce. William Howard Bishop's Lodge, I. 0. of G. T:, meets every Tuesday evening at Elder street, corner Briggs. 63 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Phoenix Lodge, No. 59, K. of P., meets in Exchange Build- ing every Tuesday evening. Bayard Lodge, No. 150, K. of P., meets at No. 215 Market street every Wednesday evening. Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 93, K. of P., meets at Wyeth's hall every Thursday evening. KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC CHAIN. St. John's Castle, No. 17, A. 0. K. of the M. C, meets every Tuesday evening at Wyeth's Hall. Franklin Castle, No. 24, A. 0. K. of the M. C, meets every Thursday evening at Barr's Hall. MISCELLANEOUS. Post No. 58, G. A. R., meets in College Block every Friday evening. Patriarch Grange, No. 42, P. of H,, meets every Wednesday evening in College Block. Lily of The Valley Lodge, Masonic Ladies, meet in Ex- change Building every Wednesday evening. Golden Rule Council, No. 12, Sovereigns of Industry, meets every Thursday evening in College Block, Third street. Harrisburg Assembly, No. 13, A. 0. of M. P., meets the fourth Monday in each month in College Block. Harrisburg Beneficial Society meets at the First Lutheran Church on Fourth"" street the last Saturday of each month. Harrisburg Steuben Bund, No. — , V. 0. V. B., meets at Exchange Building every Tuesday evening. Harris Grove, No. 9, U. A. 0. D., meets at Exchange Build- ing every Monday evening. Central Lodge, No. J 9, A. 0, U. W., meets in College Block every Saturday evening. Keystone Grove, No. 15, A. O. F. D., meets at Exchange Building every Thursday evening. Paxton Grove, No 6, I. 0. F. D., meets at College Block every Thursday evening. Harrisburg Typographical Union, No. 14, meels in Court House second Saturday evening of each month. 64 LIST OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE COLONIES ON THE DELAWARE, OF THE PROVINCE AND OF THE STATE. DOMINION OF THE S WILDES, DUTCH AND ENGLISH. UNDER THE SWEDES. Peter Minuit « 1633 Peter Hollander 1641 John Printz 1643 John Pappegoya, (Printz's son-in-law). 1653 Johan Claudius Rysingh 1654 [Captured by Peter Stuyvesant, 1655.] UNDER THE DUTCH. Deryck Schmidt, pro tern 1655 John Paul Jacquet 1655 [165t to 1662, colony divided into city and company.] Jacob Alricks, (city) 165T Alex. D'Hinoyossa, (city) 1659 Goeran Van Dyke, (company) 1657 Wm. Beekman, (company) 1658 [1662, Colony united.] Wm. Beekman 1662 Alex. D'Hinoyossa 1663 [Captured by the English, 1664.] UNDER THE ENGLISH. Col. Richard Nichols, Governor 1664 Robert Carr, Deputy Governor 1664 Col. Francis Lovelace 1667 [Re-captured by the Dutch, 1673.] Anthony Colve, Governor. 1673 Peter Alricks, Deputy Governor. 1673 [Re-captured by the English, 1674.] UNDER THE ENGLISH. Sir Edmund Andross ...'.. 1674 THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT. William Markham, Deputy Governor 1681 William Penn, Proprietor 1682 The Council, Thomas Lloyd, President 1684 Five Commissioners appointed by Penn 1688 65 John Blackwell, Deputy Governor 1688. The Council, Thomas Lloyd, President. . 1690 Thomas Lloyd, D. G., of Province 1691 William Markham, D. G., lower counties 1691 Benjamin Fletcher, Governor of New York, Governor.. . 1693 William Markham, Lieutenant Governor 1693 William Markham, Deputy Governor 1695 William Penn. Proprietor. .,...- 1699 Andrew Hamilton, Deputy Governor, died 1701 The Council, Edward Shippen, President 1703 John Evans, Deputy Governor 1704 Charles Gookin, Deputy Governor 1709 Sir William Keith, Deputy Governor 1717 Patrick Gordon, Deputy Governor 1726 The Council, James Logan, President ■ 1736 Georg-e Thomas, Deputy Governor 1738 The Council, Anthony Palmer, President 1747 James Hamilton, Deputy Governor. 1748 Kobert Hunter Morris, Deputy Governor. 1754 William Denny, Deputy Governor 1756 James Hamilton, Deputy Governor 1759 John Penn, Lieutenant Governor 1763 The Council, James Hamilton, President 1771 Richard Penn, Lieutenant Governor 1771 John Penn, Lieutenant Governor 1776 IN THE REVOLUTION. The Committee of Safety, Benjamin Franklin, chairman^ from September, 1776, to March, 1777. PRESIDENTS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. Thomas Wharton, Jr March 5, 1717 Joseph Reed Dec. 22, 1778 William. Moore. Nov. 15, 1781 John Dickson Nov. 7, 1782 Benjamin Franklin Oct. 17, 1785 Thomas Mifflin Nov. 5, 1788 VICE PHESIDENTS. George Bryan , March 5, 1777 Matthew Smith Oct. 11, 17t9 5 William Mo ore Nov. 15, 17t^ James Potter Nov. 15, 1781 James Ewing Nov. 1, 1182 James Irvine Nov. 6, 1*784 Charles Biddle Oct. 10, 1785 Peter Muhlenberg Oct. 31, 1787 David Redick Oct. 14,1788 George Ross Nov. 5, 1788 GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1790. Thomas Mifflin Dec. 21, 1790 Thomas M'Kean Dec. 17, 1799 Simon Snyder Dec. 20, 1808 William Findlay Dec. 16, 1817 Joseph Hiester Dec. 19, 1820 John Andrew Shulze Dec. 16, 1823 George Wolf Dec. 15, 1829 Joseph Ritner Dec. 15, 1835 GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1S38. David R. Porter Jan. 15, 1839 Francis R. Shunk Jan. 21, 1845 William P. Johnston, (vice Shunk, deceased,) July 26, 1848 William Bigler Jan. 20, 1852 James Pollock Jan. 16, 1855 William F. Packer Jan. 19, 1858 Andrew G. Curtin Jan. 15, 1861 John W. Geary Jan. 15, 1867: John F Hartranft Jan. 21, 1873 GOVERNOR UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1873. John F.' Hartranft Jan. 18, 1876 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR UNDER CONSTITUTION OF 1873. John Latta Jan. 19, 1875 67 PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS OP UNITED STATES- PRESIDENTS. : t Name. Where Feom. ii Term of Office. 1789.. 1797 George Washington John Adams. . . . . Virginia Massachusetts A'^irginia 8 years. 4 years. 8 years. 8 years. 8 years. 4 years. 8 years. 4 years. 1 month. 1801.. Thomas Jefterson James Madison 1809 Virginia 1817.. James Monroe Virginia 1824.. 1829.. 1837.. 184] John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren Wm. Henry Harrison^. . John Tyler Massachusetts Tennessee New York Ohio 1841 Virginia 3 yrs. 11 mos. 4 years. 1 yr. 4 mo. 5 d. 2 yrs. 7 m. 26 d. 4 years. 4 years. 4 vrs. 1 m. 10 d. 1845.. 1849.. 1850.. 1853.. 1857.. 1861 James Knox Polk Zachary Taylorf Millard Fiimore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln J Andrew Johnson Ulj^sses S. Grant Tennessee Louisiana New York New Hampshire . . Pennsylvania Illinois . 1865.. 1869.. Tennessee Illinois 3 yrs. 10 m. 20 d. 8 years. VICE PRESIDENTS. Year of quali- fication. Name. Where From. 1789 John Adams Massachusetts. 1797 Thomas Jefferson Virginia. 1801 Aaron Burr New York. 1804 George Clifton New York. 1813 Elbridge Gerrv Massachusetts. 1817 Daniel D. Tompkins New York. 1824 John C. Calhoun South Carolina. 1833 Martin Van Buren. New York. 1837 Richard M. Johnson Kentucky. Virginia. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. New York. 1841 John Tyler 1842 Samuel L. Southard 5 1845 George M. Dallas 1849 Millard Fiimore. ... . . . . . 1851 William R. King§ Alabama. 1853 . ... David R. Achison§ Missouri. 1855 Jesse D. Bright§ Indiana. 1857 John C . Breckenridge Hannibal Hamilton Andrew Johnson .... Kentucky. 1861 Maine. 1865 Tennessee. 1865 Lafayette S. Foster§ ' Connecticut. 1866 Benjamin F. Wade§ Ohio. 1869 Schuyler Colfax Indiana. 1873. Henry Wilson || Massachusetts. 1875 Thomas W. Ferry Michigan. * Died in office, April 4, 1841, when Vice P) esident Tyler succeeded liim . t Died in office, July 9, 1850, when Vice President Fiimore succeeded him. i Assassinated April 14, 1865, when Vice President Johnson succee led him. § Ex-officio as President pro tempore of the Senate 11 Died in office November, 1875. ■ 68 VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA Official Vote of Pennsylvania, Nov. 5, IS1'2, ey Counties, for President of the United States. Counties. Grant. Greeley. 1 i Counties. Grant. Greeley. Adams . 2,735 25,846 4,297 3,517 2,901 7,741 4, 251 7,452 6, 613 4,015 2,841 554 2,452 3,142 9,249 2,658 1,970 2,003 2,009 6,938 3,895 6,954 4,231 679 7,502 3,881 4, 301 737 360 1,852 3,099 4,386 2,253 1, 306 14,288 3,429 2,580 9, 055 2,078 1,798 2,165 10,201 2,183 3,563 5,445 2,534 2,544 340 1,946 2,695 3,802 2,304 2, 329 1,758 3,001 4,887 3,557 3, 331 1,166 753 4,787 2,663 3,136 807 155 2,829 1,805 1,266 1,156 1,265 5,717 945 Lebanon Lehigli Luzerne Lycoming M'Kean Mercer 4,171 5,342 12, 966 4,423 1,040 5,517 1,685 787 8,080 1,384 4,841 4,271 2,563 68, 792 339 1,463 8,657 1,803 3,495 440 4,536 5,730 1,997 4,780 3,090 5,134 2,463 5,412 1,552 6,299 2,0)5 Allegheny Armstrong Beaver ... ... 5, 622 10,904 3,837 Bedford 618 Berks. 3,411 Blair Mitnin 1,127 Bradford Bucks. Butler Monroe Montgomery.. . Montour Northampton. . Northumberl'd Perrv 2,205 5,113 1, 333 Cambria Cameron 6, 155 3,356 1,741 Centre Philadelphia... Pike 23,407 '^^h ester. 797 Clarion.. Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan. .^ Susquehanna.. Tioga 554 Clearfield Clinton 6,983 915 Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delav»'are Elk 1, 383 571 2,907 1,777 Union Venango Warren Washington . . . Wayne 916 2,986 Erie , Fayette 1, 538 3,223 Franklin. Fulton Forest 2,152 Westmoreland. Wyoming York 4,719 1,339 6,753 Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Total Majority... 349, 689 211,961 211,961 Lancaster Lawrence 137, 728 69 Official Vote for Goveenor, 1872 and 1875, by Counties 1872. 1875. COTJN^TIES. a 9 1 2 Adams. .... 2,765 25,771 4,434 3,685 2,973 7,898 4,263 7,443 7,278 3, 985 2,823 572 2,444 3,292 9,386 2,727 1,995 2,018 2,110 7,031 4,176 7,450 4,339 628 7, 467 3,954 418 4, 505 797 1,795 3,249 4,472 2,407 1, 352 13. 774 3; 426 4,285 5,355 12, 341 4, 639 1,025 5,573 1,786 658 8,454 1,378 4,880 4,314 2,752 3,038 16, 490 3,469 2,882 2,977 13,947 3,244 4, 434 7,658 3,440 3,530 531 2, 533 3,712 6,510 3,583 3,432 2,632 3,826 6,473 4,614 5,113 2,638 1,193 5,271 4,631 340 4,182 1,125 3,450 2,690 2,146 2,247 1,739 9,064 1,705 2,824 6,895 14, 433 5, 056 950 4,598 1,765 2, 839 8,463 1,623 8, 121 4, 363 1 2,514 4 4 11 97 i' 141 4 ■""26' 26 7 98' 2 13 16 f 2 25 21 i' 75 30 16 215 i2' 62' 25 11 60 ....... 2,477 18, 707 3,605 3,086 2,906 6,864 3,711 6,526 6,713 3,796 2,325 552 2,347 2,097 7,015 2,196 1,819 1,771 1,643 6, 146 3,603 6,574 4,075 503 6,699 3,472 376 4,074 684 1,517 2,546 3,640 1, 923 1,198 12,725 2, 335 3, 859 4, 630 9,899 3,488 940 4,911 1. 446 '6S2 8, 364 1, 002 4, 364 3,691 2, 429 3,009 13, 246 3,121 2,702 3,099 13,433 3,166 4,265 7,000 3,891 3,399 476 2,728 3,504 5,005 3,221- 3, 273 2, 598 3, 757 5,526 4,309 4, 704 2, 079 1, 055 4,744 4,299 319 3, 954 981 2,699 2, 605 1,795 2,248 1,771 7,581 1,427 2,608 6,758 11,135 4, 641 976 4, 267 1,586 2, 630 8, 339 1,332 7, 248 4,567 2, 448 22 Allegheny 1,585 Arnistrouff. 196 Beaver 301 Bedford . 27 Berks 21 Blair 264 Bradford 466 Bucks . 280 Butler 503 Cambria 117 Cameron. 18 Carbon. 6 Centre. 590 Chester Clarion 739 157 Cleartield.. 53 Clinton 91 Columbia 107 Crawford 131 Cumberland 6G Dauphin 53 Delaware 50 Elk... 8 Erie 120 Eavette 98 Forest 37 Franklin 95 Fulton. 12 Greene. 9 Fluntiugdon Indiana. . 498 400 Jefferson. 458 Juniata 143 Liancaster 515 Ijawrence 676 Lebanon 17 Eehig'h. 3 Euzerne.. 503 Lycoming M'Kean 97 12 jNIercer. 502 Mifflin 50 Alonroe .. 6 Montgomery 244 ?.rontour Northampton Northumberland Perry 35 22 74 52 70 Vote for Governor — Continued. Counties. Philadelphia. . . Pike Potter , Schuylkill..... Snyder Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna . . Tioga Union.. Venango Warren Washington... . Wayne. Westmoreland . Wyoming York Total. 353, 387 317, 760 69, 278 246 1,466 8,980 1,906 8,430 431 4,333 5,604 2,069 5, 071 3,176 5,294 2,119 5,581 1,561 6,400 1872. 48, 841 1,134 1,042 9,378 1, 872 1,802 744 8,403 2,376 1,374 4,415 2,333 4,992 3,030 6,475 1,791 8,388 24 1875. 65,262 434 1, 223 7,699 1,701 2,989 336 3,517 3,933 1,784 2,958 2,057 4,917 1,854 4,957 1,365 5,263 1,259 304,175 292,145 CJq 47,980 1,056 1,010 9,087 1,869 1,689 719 2,951 1,909 1,177 2,940 1,740 4,763 2,185 6,242 1,610 8,285 Vote of Harrisburg. For Governoe, 1875. Foe Mayor, 1876. Waeds. First.... Second. . Third... Fourth. . Fifth. . . . Sixth.... Seventh Eighth. . Ninth. . . Total. Maiority. 387 187 317 403 273 351 227 292 218 2, 655 1,931 724 152 163 228 256 189 315 283 179 166 1,931 Wards. 1 First 828 191 812 880 277 889 281 261 224 109 Second. 127 Third 163 Fourth. 195 Fifth 170 Sixth 223 Seventh 171 Eighth. . . 144 Ninth. 180 Total 2,543 1,432 1,482 Majority 1,111 71 TIME OF MEETIiNG OP ASSEMBLY. General Assembly meets on the first Tuesday of January. The House of Representatives is called to order at twelve o'clock M.; and the Senate at twelve o'clock M. ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATOR. Persons to represent Pennsylvania in the Senate of the United States are elected by the Legislature in the following manner : Each House votes separately " on the third Tuesday of Janu- ary, at three o'clock P. M., if the Legislature shall have or- ganized before the second Tuesday." On the day following, at twelve o'clock M., the two Houses meet in joint convention, and the journals of the two Houses are then read and certificates signed. Nominations must be made and teller elected two days prior, and communicated to each House. Present Senators, Simon Cameron, Wm. A. Wallace. GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTORY. GOVERNOR AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, WITH THEIR PLACES OF RESIDENCE IN HARRISBURQ. GOVERNOR. John F. Hartranft, Montgomery county. Executive Man- sion, Front street above Pine. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. John Latta, Westmoreland county. Bolton's Hotel, Second street. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Matthew S. Quay, Beaver county. Lochiel, Third and Mar- ket streets. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. John B. Linn, Centre county. Miss Allen's, No. 404 North Third street. 72 ATTORNEY GENERAL. Georg-e Lear, Bucks county. Lochiel, Third and Market streets. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. Lyman D. Gilbert, Dauphin county. No. 219 Market street. AUDITOR GENERAL. Justus F. Temple, Greene county. United States, Sixth and Market streets. STATE TREASURER. Henry Rawle, Erie county. Lochiel, Third and Market streets; SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. William M'Candless, Philadelphia. Bolton's, Second street. Chief Clerk. J. Simpson Africa, Huntingdon county. Bolton's, Second street. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND SUPERINTENDENT OF' SOLDIERS'' ORPHAN SCHOOLS. J. P. Wickersham, Lancaster county. State Capital, Third and Walnut streets. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. Henry Houck, Lebanon county. Keystone, Third and State streets. ADJUTANT GENERAL. James W. Latta, Philadelphia. Lochiel, Third and Market streets. DEPARTMENT OF INStJRANCE. J. Montgomery Forster, Commissioner, Dauphin county. No. 303 South Front street STATE LIBRARIAN. 0. H. Miller, Allegheny county. No. 327 Herr street. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING. J. W. Jones, Dauphin county. ^ South Third street, above- Chestnut. 73 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. William H. Patterson, Juniata county. No. 708 North Third street. STATE PRINTER. B. F. Meyers, Bedford county. No. 224 Chestnut street. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Governor — John F. Hartranft, Montgomery county. Execu- tive Mansion, Front street. Private Secretary — Chester N. Farr, Jr., Reading. Lochiel. Executive Clerk — Warren B. Keely, Berks county. Lochiel. Messenger — J. C. Delaney, Luzerne county. 1241 North Second street. Page — James Delaney, Northampton county. 630 Hen st. BOARD OF PARDONS. Lieutenant Governor John Latta. Secretary of the Commonwealth M. S'. Quay. - Attorney General George Lear. Secretary of Internal Affairs William M'Candless. Recorder — Chester N. Farr, Jr. Clerk— W. B. Keely. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Secretary — M. S. Quay, Beaver county. Lochiel. Deputy Secretary — John B. Linn, Centre county. Miss Al- len's, No. 404 North Third street. Chief Clerk — Thomas M'Camant, Blair county. No. 301 Forster street. Clerks—^. F. Chandler, Dauphin county. Bolton's. S. M. Fridy, Lancaster county. State Capital. J. M. Jordan, Bedford county. No. Ill N. Third st. E. T. Beatty, Perry county. No. 512 North Third street. Lane S. Hart, Montgomery county. No. 236 Boas street. H. H. Hartranft, Lycoming county. No. 410 North Third street. 74 Clerks — M. N. Cutler, Erie county. Crescent street, Alli- son's Hill. George Holmes, Dauphin county. 212 Pine street. Messenger — B. P. Thompson, Montgomery county. Corner Forster and Grand streets. ATTORNEY GENARAL's DEPARTMENT. Attorney General — George Lear, Bucks county. Lochiel. Deputy Attorney General — LymanD. Gilbert, Dauphin coun- ty. No. 219 Market street. Clerk — George F. Ross, Mifflin county. No. 303 Briggs street. AUDITOR general's DEPARTMENT. Auditor General — Justus F. Temple, Greene county. United States. Chief Clerk~a. W. G. Waddell, Greene county. 302 Boas street. Clerks— W. J. Bayard, Greene county. United States. B. M. Nead, Franklin county. United States. W. J. Jackman, Juniata county. United States. C. I. Markell, Washington county. United States. A. J. Sanderson, Lancaster county. United States. C. F. Warden, Westmoreland county. Bolton's. Joseph G. Garard, Fayette county. United States. W. L. Sansom, Indiana county. No. 714 North Third street. Walter Dieffenbach, Columbia county. No. 311 North Second street. W. H. Reel, Allegheny county. No. 225 Herr street. John M'Murray, Jefferson county. 610 Boas st. Mght Watchman — Alex. Beltzhoover, Allegheny county. Keystone. Messenger — J. B. Temple, Greene county. United States. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. Secretary of Internal Affairs — William M'Candless, Phila- delphia. United States. Chief Clerk — J. Simpson Africa, Huntingdon county. Bol- ton's. 75 Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics — W. Hayes Grier, Lancaster county. United States. Clerks — Hamilton Alricks, Jr., Dauphin county. Bolton's. James Atwell, Philadelphia. G. W. P. Davis', Front and North streets. A. D. Boileau, Philadelphia. G. W. P. Davis', Front and North streets. John VV. Brown, Dauphin county. No. 210 North Second street. John Christy, Blair county. 238 North street - S. Larkin Fairlamb, Delaware county. Two-and-a- Half street, near Briggs. R. H. Forster, Centre county. No. 118 West State street S. George, Lycoming county. No. 216 North st. D. W. Henderson, Philadelphia. Jones' House. Richard M'Sherry, Adams county. Bolton's. T. O'Leary, Jr , Allegheny county. No. 907 N. Third street. A. J. Randall, Schuylkill county. State Capital. John L. Sexton, Jr., Tioga county. No. 228 Herr street. N. C. Wilson, Mifflin county. Lochiel. Messengers— Michael Bradley, Philadelphia. Davis', Front and North streets. G. W. P. Davis, Front and No'rth streets. Night Watchman — John P. Ryon. Davis', Front and North streets. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. State Treasurer — Henry Rawle, Erie county. Lochiel. Cashier — Wm. B. Hart, Montgomery county. No. 1009 North Third street. Clerks— G. W. Colton, Erie county. Jones' House. G. E. Hoffman, Northumberland county. West State street. Joseph P. Egan, Allegheny county. No. lit Washington avenue. Messenger — Wm. Searfauss, Dauphin county. Regina st. Night. TFa^c/iman— Thomas A. Dent, Sullivan county. Six- teenth and Walnut streets. 76 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. SupeiHntendent Public Instruction — James P. Wickersham^ Lancaster county. State Capital. Deputy SupVs Common Schools — Henry Houck, Lebanon co. Rob't Curr}^, Allegheny co. Financial Clerk — W. A. Lindsey, Cumberland county. United States. Statistical Clerk — Jahn T. Boyle, Schuylkill county. Two- and-a-Half street, near Boas. Recording Clerk — Joseph N. Beistle, Crawford county. Front street, near Boas. Messenger — R. A. Lucas, Centre county. No. 911 North Third street. soldiers' orphan school department. Superintendent — James P. Wickersham, Lancaster county. State Capital. Male Inspector — C. Cornforth, M'Kean county. Corner Front and Herr. Female Inspector — Mrs. E. E. Hutter, No.~ 614 Race street, Philadelphia. Chief Clerk — James L. Paul, Westmoreland county. No. 609 North Front street. . Clerk — Edmund R. Sutton, Indiana county. Sixth street above Boas. ADJUTANT general's DEPARTMENT. Adjutant General — James W. Latta, Philadelphia. Lochiel. Assistant Adjutant General — D. Stanley Hassinger, Phila- delphia. Chief Clerk — George C. Kelle}^, Union county. Corner Second street and Herr. Recording and Pay Department Clerk — Joseph Lincss, No. 135 Herr street. Ordnance (7Zer^— William K. Russell, Dauphin county. No. 303 Briggs street. Keeper of State Arsenal — C. W. Diven, Lawrence county. Fifteenth street, near Arsenal. Messenger — Thomas Numbers, York county. No. 317 Mar- ket street. 77 NATIONAL GUARD. Commander-in-Chief— GovevnoY John F. Hartranft. Adjutant General, Paymaster General and Acting Quarter- Master General — Major General James W. Latta. Assistant Adjutant General — Colonel D. Stanley Hassinger, . Inspector General — Brigadier General John D. Bertolette. Judge Advocate General — Brigadier General Geo. F. Smith. Surgeon General — ^Brigadier General Lewis W. Read. Aides-de-Camp — Colonels John W. Schall, John B. Comp- ton, Charles S. Greene, Jacob D. Laciar, Joseph F. Tobias, J. K. Haffey, William R. Hartshorne, George H. North, Thomas M. Walker, Aaron K. Dunkel, Charles J. Arms, George W. Grant, William W. Brown, Edward B. Young, Stanley Wood- ward, Richard R, Campion, William L. Elkins, P. Lacey God- dard. INSURAIS'CE DEPARTMENT. Insurance Commissioner — J. M. Forster, Dauphin county. No. 30.3 South Front street. Deputy Insurance Commissioner — L. R. Boggs, Huntingdon county. No. 25 North FrontJ street. Clerks — R. A. Hazleton, Bradford county. No. 9 South Market Square. Smith Curtis, Beaver county. No. 253 North street. Messenger — H. B. Weand, Montgomery county. No. 245 Briggs street. STATE LIBRARY. State Librarian — 0. H. Miller, Westmoreland county. No. 22^ Herr street. Assistant Librarian — Joseph R. Orwig, Union county. No. 313 North Second street. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING. Joshua W. Jones, Dauphin county. Third street above Chestnut. SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Wm. II. Patterson, Juniata county. No. 108 North Third street. 78 BOARD OF PUBLIC CHARITIES. President — G. Dawson Coleman, Lebanon, Lebanon county. General Agent and Secretary — Diller Luther, Reading, Berks county. Statistician — A. J. Ourt, No. T37 Walnut st., Philadelphia. FISHERY COMMISSIONERS. Benjamin L. Hewit, Blair county. Howard J. Reeder, Northampton county. James Duffy, Lancaster coucty. STATE PRINTER. B. F. Meyers, corner Third and Locust streets. Manager — James R. Piper, Franklin House. LEGISLATIVE RECORD. Publisher-^ Ghdiile^ H. Bergner, Third and Market streets. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Governor John F. Hatranft, ex-officio President of the Board. Secretary of the Board — John B. Pearse, Philadelphia. State Geologist — J . Peter Lesley, Philadelphia. Ario Pardee, Hazleton. John B. Pearse, Philadelphia. Wm. A. Ingham, Philadelphia. R. V. Wilson, M. D., Clearfield. Henry S. Eckert, Reading. D. J. Morrell, Johnstown. Henry M'Cormick, Harrisburg. Henry W. Oliver, Pittsburg. James Macfarlane, Towanda. Samuel Q. Brown, Pleasantville. DAUPHIN COUNTY OFFICERS. President Judge — John J. Pearson. Associate Laiv Judge — R. M. Henderson. Associate Judges — Isaac Mumma, John D. Snyder. Sheriff— WiWmm W. Jennings. Deputy Sheriff— 3. M. Eyster. Prothonotary — Thomas G. Fox. Clerk — William Mitchell. Treasurer — Isaac B. Nissley. Register — Simon Duey. Recorder — John Fox. Gleih — Simon G. Young. District Attorney — John B. M'Pherson. 79 County Commissioners — Samuel M'llhany, Eli Swab, A. Boyd Martin. County Solicitor — John S. Detweiler. Commissioners^ Clerks — Thomas Strohm, Christian A. Miller. Coroner — James Porter. Directors of the Poor — Jacob Umholtz, John C. Lyme, J. Amos Fisher. Clerk — J. J. Rebman. HARRISBtJRG CITY OFFICERS. Mayor — J, D. Patterson. City Controller — L. R. Metzgar. City Solicitor — T. S. Hargest. City Treasurer — David Ilerr. Common Council — J. D. Sprout, J. J. Zimmerman, N. R. Miller, George H. Tattnell, Bartholomew De Yout, John A. Hooker, William H. Cleckner, Abram Myers, W. W. Boyer, Benjamin G. Peters, Alfred Pancake, John T. Ensminger, Geo. E. Reed, Henry Gilbert, J. DeHaven, J. J. Hargest, Gillard Dock, W. H. H. Sieg, J. A. Slentz, E. 0. Dare, George Zol- linger, W. 0. Bishop, J. J. Reese, J. L. Dawson, H. C, Dem- ming, J. H. Santo, Charles Wilhelm, J. W. M'Crory, Wm. Kuhn, John Young, L. Lehman, John Beatty, George White- man, J. M. Bender, Samuel H. Kautz. Select Council — William Sheesley, Wm. K. Cowden, Jacob F. Haehnlen, William Calder, Joseph Strominger, S. S. Ens- minger, John A. Gramm, L. Chrisman, H. J. Forney. Chief of Police — H. A. Hoopes. AUentown . . DISTANC Miles. 90 132 21 ES FROM HARRIS Miles. Carlisle 18 BURG TO Dauphin Derry Dnwningtown .... Miles. 8 13 A.nnville . . . . Chambersburg 52 250 73 Id 85 276 Doylestown Driftwood Duncannon 110 Clark's Ferry Clearfield 14 159 174 Bedford 106 140 199 15 Conemaugh Conewago Corry .... IBS 18 .... 305 107 Ebensburg Emporium Erie FranKlin Crallitziu 158 Bloomsburg Brookville .. 78 236 193 Coudersport Cresson .... 210 147 342 Butler 300 373 Cameron — 187 Dauville 65 144 80 Georgetown 37 G-ettysburg 70 Greencastle 63 Greensburg 228 Haserstown, Mtl 74 Halifax 21 .Hanover Junction 40 Holliclavsburg 140 Honesdale 165 Humnielstown 10 Huntingdon 98 Indiana 215 Jersey Shore 106 Joliustown 171 Kane 247 Kingston 119 Kittanning 293 Lackawanna 130 Lancaster 35 Latrobe 208 Lebanon 26 Lewisburg 65 Lewistown 61 Loclc Haven ' 120 Marysville ..., 8 Mauch Chunk 120 Meadville • 346 Mecliauicsburg 9 Media ...,; 120 Mercer 375 M'Veytown 73 Middlebnrg 60 Middletown 9 Mifflin 49 Miffliuburg 75 Millersburg 26 Millerstown 33 Miiroy 74 Milton 68 Miunequa 134 Mt. Joy 24 Mt. XJiiiou 86 Muncy 82 Myerstown 32 New Berlin 7() New Bloonifield 33 Newcastle 296 Newport 28 Newville 30 Norristowu 94 N ortliuiuberland 56 Oakville 35 Orwigsburg 82 Farlvsburg 62 Fhiladeipllia 106 rii03nixville 84 Pittsljurg . 249 Fittston 127 Plymouth 116 Fort Clinton 74 Miles. Pottstown 72 Pottsville 89 Reading 54 Kenova 146 Eidgewajr 224 Schuylkill Haven «5 Scranton 136 Seliiisgrove 50 Shippeusburg 41 Smetbport ' 244 Somerset 200 Slate Line, North 162 S tate L ine, South 68 Sunbury , 54 Tamaqua 94 Treverton Junction. . . 41 Tyrone 118 Uniontown 320 Warren 276 Washington 280 Washi ngron, D . C . . . . 1 25 WatsontowH 72 Waynesboro' 300 West Chester 90 Wellsboro' 177 William sport 93 Wil ke sbarre 122 Womelsdorf 39 Wvoming 124 York 28 DISTANCES FROM NEW YORK CITY TO Miles. Adrian, Midi 775 Akron, Ohio 610 Albany, N. Y 143 Alexandria, Va — .... 238 Allegheny, Pa 434 Allentown, Pa 92 Alliance, Ohio 515 Alton, 111 1060 Annapolis, Md 222 Ann Harbor, Mich 716 Atchison, Ka 1368 Atlanta, Ga 1018 Auburn, N . Y 328 Augusta, Me 407 Augusta, Ga 887 Baltimore, Md 188 Bangor, Me 482 Bath, Me 382 Baton Kouge, La 1320 Belfast, Me 424 Bellefontaine, Ohio 658 Binghamton, N . Y . . . . 215 Bloomington, III 1037 Boston, Mass 236 Bridgeport, Conn 59 Bristol, R.I >... 215 Bucyrus, Ohio 632 Buffalo, N. Y 433 Burlington, N. J 74 Burlington, Iowa 1122 Cambridge, Mass 239 Camden, N.J 91 Canandaigua, N. Y ... 377, Carson City, Nev 2800 Charleston, S. C 874 Charleston. Mass 235 Cliattanooga, Tenn — 980 Chicago, 111 911 Cincinnati, OMo 744 Cleveland, Ohio 581 t'olumbia, S. C 744 Columbus, Ohio 624 Concord, N. H 308 Covington, Ky 745 Cumberland, Md 364 Davenport, Iowa , 1093 Dayton, Ohio 804 Denver, Colorado 1980 Des Moines, Iowa 1251 Miles. Detroit, Mich 679 Dubuque, Iowa 1100 Dunkirk, N. Y 400 Easton, Pa 75 Elmira, N . Y 274 Erie, Fa 508 Evansville, Ind 1021 Fort Kearnej', Neb . , . 1598 Fort Wayne, Ind 763 Fredericksburg, Va .. 296 Galena, III 1083 Galesburg, 111 1076 Galveston, Texas 1900 Harrisburg, Fa 182 Hartford, Conn 112 Indianapolis, Ind 838 Jackson, Miss 1498 Jefferson City. Mo. . . . 1210 Kalamazoo, Mich 822 Knoxville, Tenn 868 Lafayette, Ind 903 Lansing, Mich 785 Lawrence, Kan 1393 Lexington, Ky 840 Lexington, Mo 1554 Little Rock, Ark 1430 Louisville,. Ky 900 Lowell, Mass 261 Lynchburg, Va 404 Macon, Ga 1121 Madison, Wis 1049 Memphis, Tenn 1289 Meriden, Conn 94 Millidgeville, Ga 1100. Milwaukee, Wis 996 Mobile, Ala 1379 Montgomery, Ala 1193 Moutpelier, Vt.. 454 Nashua, N. H 275 Nashville, Tenn 1085 New Albany, Ind 903 Newark, N. J 9 New Brunswick, N.J, 82 Newburg, N . Y 53 New Haven, Conn 76 New Orleans, La 1550 Newport, Ky 744 Newport, R. I 162 Norwalk, Conn 45 Omaha, Neb Oswego, N. Y Faterson, N . J Peoria, 111 Petersbtirg, Va Philadelphia, Fa Pittsburg, Fa Portland, Me Providence, R. I Qttincy, 111 Racine, AVis Hahway, N. J Raliegh, N. C Reading, Pa Richmond, Va Rochester, N. Y Rock Island, 111 Roxbury, Mass Sacremento, Cal St. Joseph, Mo St. Louis, Mo St. Paul, Minn Salem, Mass Salt Lake City, Utah, San Francisco, Cal — Sandusky, Ohio Savannah, Ga Scranton, Pa Springfield, 111 Springfield, Mass Springfield, Ohio Staunton, Va Syracuse, N . Y Tallahassa, Fla Terre Haute, Ind Toledo, Ohio Trenton, N. J Troy, N. Y Utica, N. Y Vicksburg, Miss Washington, D. C — W^heeling, W. Va .... Wilmington, Del W^ilmington, N. C... Worcester, Mass Xenia, Ohio Yanton, Dak "^ oungstown, Ohio — Z ane sville, Ohio Hies. 1455. 237 17 1072 378 88 431 344 193 1176 976 20 669 128 356 451 1093 238 2900 1385 1084 1441 252 2410 3038 642 974 142 1062 138 828 486 302 1190 912 742 58 148 249 1542 230 522 116 734 192 685 1500 TIHIE HARRISBURG mmm rllDl FOR THE USE OF SmiEES VISITl TIE CITI CONTAINING A Descriptive Tour of the City and Capitol Build- ings, History of the Capital City of Penn- sylvania, Historical Narratives, Popula- tion and Elections of State, County and City, List of Societies, Table of Distances, and other val- uahle information. By J. R. ORWIC, Ai^sIfeTA^^T State Librariais'. HARRISBURG: 18 7 6. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Hotel SECONO STREET AND MARKET SQUARE, -*♦»- Harrtsbukg is the Capital of Pennsylvania— located on the banks of the Susquehanna, one hundred miles from Philadelphia. The mountain and valley scenery about Harrisburg is varied and magnificent. Traveling to Philadelphia from the west, Harrisburg is a desirable stopping off place. It gives the traveler rest, an opportunity to view the Capitol of our State, and enables one to reach Philadelphia by daylight. . Traveling west from Philadelphia, stopping off at Harrisburg en- ables trav^elers to go over the mountains to Pittsburg by daylight. Bolton's Hotel is a large, ^'rell established and comfortable house. In the centre of the City, and is the only hotel in Harrisburg running a free conveyance between the depot aiid hotel, thus enabling guests to avoid the*^confusion at the depot, without extra charge. Bolton's Hotel wnll make liberal terms for families during the spring, summer and fall. TERMS, $3.00 PER DAY. GEO. J. BOLTON, :e=:h,o:e=:e^ieto:e^. FIRST CLASS IN ALL ITS APPOINTMENTS, LOOHItElL HOTiEl lo GEO. W. HUNTER, Proprietor, Cor. Third and Market Sts. HARRISBURG, PA. ':^^ A first class Hotel. The best rooms, best taUle, best fsv'rvice ill the city. Location free from noise, smoke ami coufasion of trains; two s(|uares from depots ; directly in the business centre of Hie city. Porters, Cacria^^es and Baggage Wagons at all trains Parties desiring to walk can leave their checks with Porters, or at the Hotel office. Orders for Rooms by mail or by telegraph promptly at- tended to. GEO. \V. HUNTER, Terms So. 00 per Day. Propkietor. "-', i 7 DAILY&WEEKU ^ofi\ii(g' S: I/^A«/^A ^^mmimm • ^^ C^*ftSf*^^^^""^^^^^^ft^?AAlililS' iSiaiiiliiiiiiS ^Af^^A^ :r^:^-^K^'f^^Kr^ i.^^^f^^^^^'^ ■^■^£ft i^A^.^' Af^m '^m^ 'r\r^imf^>^mf^f^t*W f^AAAA 'f^^m ^^^^K^MAiAAi^?^S&«S^^®WM« :A^4»»S»: >-^/^'^A^>*^.^ Af^f^fSkiMi^AiM^ ^^f^^ ,fH^^, •:^-^A=Ks 2 A/^.A7^,,.»\A'A ^^fe^^ '!^«,&,^^^,>,« F^«^?^Aft^, ■fjj^0^ff^f^f^^^ ;^Q^OCAr^^\AAA^A/^, '"*:^ /^ r-:^f^P'P^m/^^!^t\t\AA frfiPi^mM'c'iile, nAAA'2'5^ RAA>^f^r^AAM^^AAI^A