President was received by a committee from Lancaster which bad journeyed to Columbia to receive him. It was composed of the following prominent citizens: Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, Capt. Joseph Reynolds, Alexander L. Hayes, Col. George W. Hamersly, James Buchanan, John C. Van Camp, William Gleim, Ellis Lewis

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

tants of the borough and the adjacent country. During the late war, in the year 1775, a company of riflemen formed from the back woodsmen of Virginia, were quartered here for some time: two of them alternately held a board only nine inches square between his knees, while his comrade fired a ball

to the easiest port for shipment." The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Bowman, rector of Saint James's Protestant Episcopal church, and Reah Frazer, Esq., a member of the Lancaster bar. Committees were appointed as follows : North-west ward, Dr. H. E. Muhlenberg, Jacob Weaver, John

Kirk- patrick and John F. Steinman were appointed a committee to execute this recommendation. Whether or not the dispensary was established is not known. Lancaster's Contribution to New Castle in the Fire of 1824 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday, April 26th, 1824, a fire broke out in New Castle

scriptions have been raised and forwarded to these unhappy suf- ferers; and surely the benevolent inhabitants of Lancaster will not be the last in contributing their proportion. Let it not be said, that at the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union, the citizens were devoid of

"Therefore, Resolved, By the citizens of Lancaster in Select and Common Councils assembled, That it be and is hereby recom- mended to illuminate on the evening of the day on which Andrew Jackson may arrive, as a testimonial of the high respect and deep sense which is entertained for the

- �scriptions have been raised and forwarded to these unhappy suf- ferers; and surely the benevolent inhabitants of Lancaster will not be the last in contributing their proportion. Let it not be said, that at the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union, the citizens were devoid of humanity." In