said Commonwealth, thereon, was exhibited to the Supreme Court, who having perused and examined the same, concur with him in opinion that the objects, articles, and conditions therein set forth, are lawful. Witness our hands at Lancaster, the 28th day of May, 1832. John B. Gibson, Molton C. Rogers

.' It contained brief biographical sketches of the members of this most worthy organi- zation at the time of its inception in September, 1816. Since the publication of this paper, my attention has been called to several items in old local newspapers which refer to the noble and self- sacrificing work

foreign power or resort to arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and