, began the study of law at the University of Pisa. He was frequently employed by his brother, the First Consul of France, in various negotiations. The treaty between the United States and France bears his signature. Following the coronation of Napoleon, Joseph was made commander- in-chief of the Army of

interested in the drawing of birds, and conceived a plan to illustrate the ornithology of the United States. In 1804, largely for the purpose of collecting material, he, with two friends, walked to Niagara Falls, an inter- esting account of which outing he gave in a poem called "The Foresters." Two years

carpenter shop of William Russell, at that time located in the fifth block of North Queen street, directly opposite old Frank- lin college. The Lancaster Intelligencer of Tuesday, July 29th, 1823, states : "Notwithstanding all the exertions of our firemen and citizens, the fire could not be got under, until

- 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

less than twelve hours the prin- cipal part of the city was in ruins. Thousands of inhabitants lost their homes; and were left without the common necessities of life. At that time, this was the most destructive conflagration that had ever visited the United States. Collections of money, food and

, for during the war on the frontier in 1811- 14, he was of valuable assistance to our United States troops. He was born about 1751 and died in 1830. He was fifty years of age when he visited Lancaster in 1801. Lancaster's Contribution to Portsmouth in the Fire of 1802 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N

prosperity the whole Union is deeply interested,—whose enterprise and spirit have tended much to elevate the American character abroad, and call into action the domestic resources of the country,—they view this affliction as one in which the entire people of the United States must participate. "But

carpenter shop of William Russell, at that time located in the fifth block of North Queen street, directly opposite old Frank- lin college. The Lancaster Intelligencer of Tuesday, July 29th, 1823, states : "Notwithstanding all the exertions of our firemen and citizens, the fire could not be got under, until

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

his admirable "History of the People of the United States," Vol. 3, p. 240, states: "Hardly was the Constitution a year old when England began the prac- tice of dragging American citizens from the decks of American ships, and during sixteen years had carried it on in every portion of the civilized