the Inhabitants here, and he is of Opinion that it may be accomplished by your Warrant to him grounded on the late Resolu- tion of Congress for that and other Purposes. As there is not a prospect of having a Congress or Board of War for several Days to give him authority, �and the Articles are

. United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1921 Description: 52-55 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 3 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.25

and America; and "Whereas, it would illy comport with these humane and Christian efforts to be silent spectators when this great cause of humanity is about to be agitated in Congress, by fixing the destiny of the new domains of the United States: Therefore, "Resolved, That the representatives in

humiliation and prayer." 7 The paper added : "From the accounts we have had of the existence of evil and tur- bulent passions among the people of the United States, there never 7 Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. 1, p. 513. �was a period in our history which more loudly called for the solemn

, now in possession of The His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, is dated, "12 Mo. 1763." The name of the author is unknown.1 The poem is as follows : "To paint this Deed in proper light, No tongue can speak, or head indite. Oh, Lancaster! most sure thou hears The piteous shrieks of infant years. Horror

him who would draw local history from the fountain-head, especially that which pertains to Strasburg and its environs, it is worth more than its weight in gold. It is one of three copies extant, of the other two, one is in the Library of Congress, and the other is in the collection of the Pennsylvania

festivity by a morning gun." The fare consisted of 780 pounds of the best beef, two shoats, weighing 142 pounds, two roasters, weighing 35 pounds, and four hams, weighing 63 pounds,—a total of 1020 pounds of meat ; 125 loaves of bread, two hogsheads of beer, 12 gallons of the best French brandy and 34

JOHN MARSHALL IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner John Marshall, one of the greatest among the great Virginians of his day and generation, won fame in a field in which there is but little of dramatic incident to relate,—that of the Supreme Court of the United States, of which, for more than

fire companies were requested to appoint from among their members a suitable person as director or captain ; that the persons so appointed from each of the companies constitute the board of management; that they wear a badge or mark of distinction, by which they may be known to all ; and that they have