sentiments on the important measures lately adopted by Congress. Resolutions, unanimously supporting the President and government in waging war and in compelling the British to yield to the justice of our claims, were adopted.6 4 History of Lancaster County, Pa., by H. M. J. Klein, Vol. 2, p. 593. 5

proving his property may have his horse. Rev. John Woodhull was pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation at Leacock and also pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Lancaster. He was also Chaplain of the 5th Battalion (Colonel Crawford's) of the Revolu- tionary War. Earl Town, December 2, 1777 December 31

MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGA INDIANS BY THE PAXTANG BOYS-A POEM By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XVIII, pp. 169-185, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled, "Mas- sacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763: Incidents and Details." In this paper the

, earnestly solicit the aid of their fellow citizens of the county of Lancaster, in contributing to the alleviation of the distress and wretchedness of that gallant nation, suffering in addi- tion to the misery of war with a most ferocious and sanguinary enemy, the horrors of a destitution of the necessaries

President's ratification of the treaty of peace was celebrated in the borough with clamorous rejoicings. Business was suspended and the citi- zens spent the day in celebrating the glorious termination of the war. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 24th, 1815, states : "The confirmation of the news of

having thrown Baltimore into a state of intense excitement, sailed to the mouth of the Susquehanna river. The presence so far inland of a British force numbering scarcely five hundred men, soldiers, sailors and marines all told, does not seem to be creditable to the men of Maryland and Vir- ginia ; but

been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

known by the good old names and kept by people of the best social rank." If many of us could have the fulfilment of our desires, perhaps we would restore the old days when Lancaster was the Eldorado of our great State of Pennsylvania, and gold and silver money was so plentiful that it was hauled through

any branch of home manufacture, or who, elevated above the sordid considerations of personal aggrandizement, extends his views to the ultimate welfare and real independence of his country, must feel a deep concern in the prosperity and spread of this society. The close of the late war found the United