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

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

LANCASTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY By William Frederic Worner. In 1727 or 28, when Benjamin Franklin was about twenty-two years of age, he influenced a number of well-informed men in Philadelphia to unite with with him in forming a club to be named the "Junto." He states

sale. The Council of Safety issued an order punishing persons in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania for buying up large quantities of merchandise, particu- larly provisions and necessaries for the army for speculation and prices were raised. Any person caught buying up or forestalling bar-iron, salt

ultimo, [September], at his residence in Columbia, Pa., in the 69th year of his age, Mr. Michael Wislar. He was one of the worthies who early engaged in the contest for freedom, in the Revolutionary War. In his 19th year, he entered the standing army of his country, and continued therein until the

wounded. Ser- geant Mosher was among the latter, and remained a prisoner until exchanged, when he joined his regiment and served during the remainder of the war and then retired, covered with honorable wounds. His remains were yesterday [March 11th] attended to the grave by an immense concourse of

contains an interesting account of a court martial held in Lan- caster borough during the Revolutionary war, at which time two spies were tried, found guilty and executed. From local sources, it is discovered that this trial took place before the middle of March, and yet an account of it did not appear in

BRONZE TABLET ON ST. JAMES'S CHURCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE memory of ten Lancaster patriots who served America during the Revolutionary War is commemorated by a hand- some bronze tablet, four feet long by two feet and a half wide, which was placed on the south wall of St. James's Protestant

. The letter describes the crowded conditions of the barracks in Lancaster, at that time; and gives interesting information concerning British prisoners and convention troops confined in the barracks during the Revolutionary war. It is, indeed, a most valuable contribution to our local history, and is