arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and continues to be, administered

with the French Republic." Similar meetings were held elsewhere and popular indignation at the conduct of France was rapidly in- tensifying. Following the example of Philadelphia, "a large number of respectable inhabitants of the borough and county of Lancaster" met in the court house on Thursday

perfected or not is not known, as subsequent issues of local papers do not refer to the subject. Seven years later, citizens of Donegal and Mount Joy town- ships met for much the same purpose at Elizabethtown, Lancas- ter county, Pa. On their recommendation, and public notice hav- ing been given, a largely

nurses, and many inhab- itants died. Subscriptions for the relief of sufferers were solicited in the principal cities of the country. Lancaster city and county, never behind in deeds of mercy and charity, responded to the call for assistance from the afflicted inhabitants of the two Virginia towns. A

extensive journeys in South America, will, it is believed, be singularly interesting. The great and important portion of our continent is little known to the world, — in respect to either its natural or civil history ; and, therefore, Baron de Humboldt's con- templated work may be expected to yield a large

Lancaster, which at that time was the capital of Pennsylvania. In a letter dated Pittsburg, February 22, 1810, and addressed to his friend and instructor Alexander Lawson, he refers to his sojourn in Lancaster in these words: 'From this first stage of my ornithological pilgrimage, I sit down, with pleasure

County, the Eden Spot of Pennsylvania." This was briefly responded to by a member of the Lancaster com- mittee. It would be interesting to know what became of this pitcher. If it is still preserved, it should have an honored place in Lan- caster's museum, when that fire-proof structure is erected. THE

reported a constitution for the government of the 'American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry', which was read, approved and unanimously adopted. Every inhabitant of the county of Lancaster who feels an individual interest in the encouragement of

West- cott's History of Philadelphia, Vol. 2, p. 864.) So far as I am, at pres- ent, able to discover, it was seventy years later before a representative of this "king of beasts" was seen in Lancaster. We know that in 1797 an African lion was placed on exhibition here, although this may not have been

Andrew Jackson in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER INVol.1,page742,oftheadmirablehistoryofYorkCounty,Pa., prepared by the late George R. Prowell, and published in 1907, appears the following : "On Saturday morning, February 13th, 1819, General Andrew Jackson, then the head of the American army