be directed to the relief of the sufferers. "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed whose duty it shall be to address the mayor and corporation of the city of New York in a letter expressive of the deep sense of sympathy entertained by the people of Lan- caster for the unparalleled distress

me of an earlier opportunity of acknowledging the favor of your address. But a testimony of kindness so flattering to me, and a display of philanthropy so honorable to yourselves, will be forever remembered with gratitude and respect. "The great objects of a free government must be to establish

woman journalist, the most widely traveled woman of her day, was in Lancaster. She has furnished us with the following pen portrait of General Mosher, written two years before his death : "I walked from Mrs. Dickson's to the library and found two very pleasant ladies there. After chatting and

paper was written my attention has been called to a meeting of the "Columbia Grays" and "Columbia Hunters" which was held in the town hall in Columbia, Pa., on Saturday evening, November 17th, 1832. Captain Michael Way was appointed president, Captain James Haughy vice-president, and Moses Montgomery