candidate at the general election, but was defeated. He then retired to private life and died in his home on South Prince street, this city, on July 13, 1875, at the vener- able age of eighty-two. He lies bur- ied in the graveyard adjoining St. James' Episcopal Church, in this city. He served longer than

, neverthe- less the life of the people was not altogther intolerable. But, in a few years, all of this was changed. The King turned the ploughshare into the sword, and according to French historians, prepared his people for conquest. Dur- ing the wars which followed, much territory was added to his kingdom

A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL LANCASTER SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND LANCASTER TURNPIKE. When I wrote my article on "The First Long Turnpike in the United States," I was convinced that somewhere among the almost forgotten records of the State there must be a list of the

, and to enlarge the Commerce of mankind. By them Access is gained, not only to the necessaries and conveniences, but to the Elegancies and Refinements of Life ; particular Places become possessed of the Products and Riches of remote Places. It is probable that there is no circumstance, which will

James Hamilton laid out the townstead of Lancaster, and when, on the formation of the county, it was fixed upon as the county town, necessity, of course, arose for more direct communication between the provincial capital and the new town. A movement was, there- fore, started with a view of securing a

CITY HALL AND ITS HISTORY. I have concluded that the legend of the building now known to us as City Hall and of the lot which it stands upon may have some special interest, at least to those who live in the city; and in view of misstatements which I have heard at times concerning them, I have

paid for forage at first cost, the drivers' wages, and every other expenditure attending the business, of which said books the said parties and either of them, their respective executors or administrators, shall freely at all times have the sight and perusal, when and as often as it shall be desired

Hand, $1,000, and to each of his brothers-in-law, Edward Hand and Jasper Hand, the same sum. He gave to his wife $1,200 a year during life, and left the residue of his estate to his three children, Edward Hand Brien, Sarah Bethel Brien, wife of Henry Rogers, born Sept. 20, 1810, and Henry William Brien