The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-25
CARLISLE TO CELEBRATE.
The Historic Pennsylvania COunty's
Sesqui-


CARLISLE. Pa, Sept 25.-The sesqui-
centennial OF Cumberland county and the
founding Of Carlisle, the county seat. will
be celebrated by a two days demoustra-
ton IN October. Cumberland. the sixth
Of the counties in the order Of seniority.
was founded in 17J0. Of a part % Lancas-
ter, and originally included AL and sin
sular the lands lying within the Province
Of Pennsylvania. to the westward Of the
Susquehanna. and nOrthward and west
ward of the county Of York" 4 year
later Carlisle was selected as the county
seat The dates set for the anniversary
observance are October 3 and a.
In direct line of communication between
seabOaFd cities and the western parts Of
the State. Carlisle became a halfway
point for military and commercial oper-
atoms with the frontier. In 100 Governor
Morris came 70 Carlisle to send supplies
TO BraddOck on his fatal expedition. Lat
CT Col John Armstrong. a resident Of
Carlisle. took 2S2 men and utterly routed
the Indians at Kittanning, where they
were threatening the peace of the village
In l774 the citizens assembled in the
First Presbyterian Church and adopted
resolutions condemning the act Of Eng
lish Parliament closing the port OF Bos-
rect the wrong. The following extract
from letter. written by the committee
Of the county to the President Of Con-
gress, August 10. I776. shows how well
they backed their resolutions when men
were wanted: The twelfth company Of
our militia are marched today.
six companies more are collecting arms
and preparing 70 march"
During the whisky Instruction. in 1891
Carlisle was visited by General Washing
ton and Alexander Hamilton. Their head
quarters while here was the Denny prop
crty, now the site Of Denny Hall Dicki IN
son College. Another distinguished Wis
itOr 10 Carlisle about this time was Louis
Philippe afterward King Of France. Ma
1or Andre and Lieutenant Despard were
here as prisoners Carlisle was also the
home and Is the burial place OF Noble
Pitcher, the heroine Of Monmouth.
One Of the relics OF border town days
Is building occupied by the Government
Indian Training School, which is under
the supervision Of Col r. H Pratt The
school Is on the site Of the Government
barracks, which we're built by Hessians
while prisoners here. But one Of The orig
inal buildings remains Fire wiped them
out in 1886. and in 1868 all but the odd
Guard House were burned BY the Con-
fedeTates under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee on
the night before the battle Of Gettysburg
The school furnishes instruction 10 !. OOJ
Indian boys and girls. The display Of
the school, together with its famous In
dian band, VIII constitute one Of the most
interesting features Of the scsqui-centen-
NAL
In 173 Dickinson College was estab-
Nshed- While preserving her traditions,
this institution has. under the presidency
Of DR.. George Edward Reed. extensively
widened her field. The last year there
was added a handsome preparatory school
building Dickinson College was the Ina
mater Of President James Buchanan.
Carlisle. the scene Of many stirring
events during the civil war, fIrn. shed
many brave men, who distinguished them
selves In the defence Of home and COUn-
Try Among others Of Indian war and
Revolutionary fame were Gen John Arm
strong, Gen. William Irvine Cen Richard
Butler. and Major Ebenezcr Denny. OF
recent fame is Captain LambertOn. OF the
flagship Olympia. whose early home was
in Carlisle. Cumberland COuuty'E sons
and daughters are descendants for the
most part Of the sturdy ScOtch-Irish set
tiers.
The spectacular features Of the sssqui-
centennial demonstration will be he mill
tary, civic, and tiremen's displays. The
executive committee arranging for the
fete is composed Of j. +. Ernsteiu, presi-
dent. MCrkcl Lands. seCTetaTT. George
McMillCn. treasurer and the Chairmen Of
the various subcommittee: Walter Stu
art O F Connolly, John Under, VIII
liam NJ krOnenberg, J. NJ Riley, y. NJ.
Fissel. ]. Il. lands, Major ]. +. Pitcher,
J. r. Miller. Dr. George Z Reed, r. II.
Mauk. Charles Ramsey, Hugh r. Miller
J. L SeebOld. NJ +. Thompson, and J. A
Green