The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-01-15

by the COMMITTEES. To still further
insure the ssfsty Of the relic, Il IL pro
Dised 20 pTecrde the traiu with
pilnt engine, aud frun the niumert
the bell leaves Philadelphia until re-
turned the three rustndians will never
leave 10. night or day. AZ another
prtcHuliOn, Mayor Smith said Ne~ter
day tiiat be would be very gl4d Ca de-
tail detachment Of would BE- police
men for service on the pilot engine.
Stops will probably be made A. vari
ous points % allOw citizens uf other
sections OF the csuntry 10 see the bell
The start will probably be inside "h
the 24ih 81 neat month. aud return
In june. &C the elIIse Of the exposition
THE OLD BELLS ORIGIN.
The present trip Of this venerable
cracked piece Of metal will be the
secODd one q has ever INSIDE since IT,
reception 10 Philadelphia. Ia l15l
the Peunsy lvauia Assembly uuthOr-
iEed Isaac Norris, ThuIuas Lepch aud
Edward Warner 10 procure bell for
the StHte House. Accordingly, UNDER
date Of Nov. Of that year, these gen.
tlemen wrote 70 Robert Charlie, OF
London, stating their order and au-
thUrity, and applying TO him TO get
them q good bell OF about 2UO0
pounds weight. /" which they faBcied
might cost zoo or more Including
charges. In the letter j. inserted
Let the bell be cast By the best work
men and examined carefully before Il
IL shipped. With the following words
well shaped IN large letters around II,
viz By order 81 the Assembly OF
the Province Of Pennsylvania for the
State House. in the city Of Philadel-
phia, 1902" And underneath {:
"Pruclaim Liberty Through All the
Land Unto All tie Inhabitants
Thereof. '-Levhx 10"
In due eUurSe Of time the bell
reached Philadelphia, and under date
of March 10, 1853 Mr.. Norris again
WriteS: In that letter | gave in
formation that our bell was generally
liked aud approved az. hut 10 few
days alter my writing 1 hud the mar
tifiuation 10 hear that u was cracked
by \ stroke of the clapper without
any other violence, as IL was hung up
"a try the sound though this Wa
not very agreeable 10 us, we concluded
Ca send IL hack by Captain Budsiru.
but be could not take IL hack an
board, upon which two Ingenious
wOTknien undertook Go east Il here
When We brnke up the old
metal our judges here generally
agreed IL WIS ton high and brittle, aud
cast several little btlls out OF IL tn try
the suund and strength, and fixed
upon All ounce aud halt Of copper to
une Inund ui the old hell. aud ia this
proportion we now have a..
THE TRIP o BETHLEHEM.
The casting WIS done hy native Of
the Isle OF Malta. named Pass, aud q
-un Of Charles stow IL WAS dis -uv
cred that too much enpptr had BEEN
used, und ~ second custIng WIS
fOund'tn I've necprsury, and ga the fret
week Of June, 1853. Il WAS rehung 10
tile hrlfry, iIs weight bting 1850 llir.
ia IVA the bare uf the wood work Of
tire sttrple was so decuypd that q was
taken down, aud b small btlfrey Hlune
covered the bell. Since then. how
ever, the steepie has been r~cOn-
rtFucted ~ it originally stuOd. la
III. at the time tile British were eX-
pteted to occupy the city, the hell
vas removed To Bethlehem. II ne
cupied one of the wagons eft Il train Of
700. all under the Chnrg- uf Colonel
Polk aud detafhments 81 North Caro-
lima and Virginia trUOps. Al B-thle
hem, sent q, III. the old bell met
with It's irst accident. the wagon
which carried IL breaking down. hut
fortunately il sustained no injury.
Alter the evacuation IL WIS returned
To the State House steeple, aud some
years afterwaFd IL was cracked, this
ending lie career Of usefulness.