humanity." In passing, it is interesting to note this reference to Lancaster as being "the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union." Lancaster was the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812. In the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, February 5th, 1803, appeared an appeal to the inhabitants

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

in Lancaster borough, reads as follows: "The Ex-King of Spain, Joseph Bonaparte, arrived at Lancaster about 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from Baltimore. He was accompanied by three persons—one (a young lad) is said to be his son, the next his secretary, and the third his guide, or equery, being

- tunate people of their property and left them, for the time, without homes or the means of acquiring sustenance. Immediately after the fire, a committee, consisting of promi- nent citizens of New Castle, was formed for the purpose of obtain- ing assistance from the benevolent in adjoining states. The Com

$4,000,000." Committees were appointed at this meeting to obtain con- tributions from the citizens of Lancaster, as follows: North-east Ward. Jacob Long, Peter Shindle, Jonathan Foltz, Emanuel Shaeffer. North-west Ward. William Dickson, Jonas Dorwart, George Matter, Esq., Jacob Snyder. South-west W J

passing, it is interesting to note this reference to Lancaster as being "the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union." Lancaster was the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812. In the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, February 5th, 1803, appeared an appeal to the inhabitants of Lancaster

citizens in the county. With the cash, the treasurer pur- chased and dispatched to the committee in Philadelphia 577 barrels of corn meal and 100 barrels of flour. A part of the flour and corn meal from Lancaster city and county was dispatched to Ire- land in the following vessels,— (the barrels being

famine to which they are now subjected under the dispensation of an all-wise Providence. "Resolved, That a committee of four be appointed in each ward of the city, to solicit and receive subscriptions from the citizens, for the purpose of relieving and mitigating the distress of these our fellow-beings