of the negotiations with France, and the determination of the business men of Philadelphia to support the government. Following this, a meeting of the select council was held, "expressing to the President of the United States the highest approbation of his conduct relative to the existing differences

It was not until 1850 that Millard Fillmore, then President of the United States, had the first bathtub installed in the White House. It was made in Philadelphia, of thin cast iron. It is interesting to note that nine years before Adam Thomp- son introduced the first bathtub into this country

difficulty, in a trade dispute, for satirizing one of the manufacturers, was imprisoned, and after his release emigrated to America. He landed at New Castle, Dela- ware, July 14, 1794, and walked to Philadelphia. After a few years of weav- ing, peddling and desultory observation, he became a schoolmaster

making the United States wholly inde- pendent of foreign countries in all articles of the first necessity, and in many of mere luxury and elegance. In the hour of war and affliction, the fostering hand of government was promised to these benefactors of the nation; liberal encouragement was unsparingly

people are not baptized, which is done by immersion in deep water, until they are full-grown and can give an account of their faith. In- stead of Sunday they keep the preceding Saturday. Their convent-sisters aforesaid frequently bring forth living fruits in patience." On October 10th, 1754, after many

. A meeting for that purpose was held on Thursday evening, June 22nd. Nathaniel Lightner, mayor of the city, was chosen chair- man, and John Mathiot was appointed secretary. The object of the meeting was stated by James Buchanan after which a corn- �

the habits of business, without relin- quishing those gentle virtues peculiar to her sex." Mrs. Moore held office under six successive Presidents of the United States : John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Meeting of Distillers By WILLIAM

Revolutionary war. The subjects of the maps are as follows: 1. Boston with its Environs. 2. A Plan of New York Island, part of Long Island, &, showing the Position of the American and British Armies, before, at, and after the Engagement on the Heights, August 27th, 1776. 3. A Plan of the Country from Frogs

from his excellency, the Commander-in-chief, a general court-martial was held at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, when Henry Mansin (who confessed himself an officer in the British army) and Wendal Myer, an inhabitant of the county, were brought before the court and charged with being spies, carrying on a