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

, will again become auxiliary to the arms of freemen honestly- contending for the liberty and independence of their country. We assure you, Sir, for our- selves, personally, that in such a conflict no consideration of ease to our estates or safety to our persons, shall deter us from the exertion of every

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

number of the rioters were arrested. AID GIVEN TO NORFOLK AND PORTS- MOUTH IN THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC OF 1855 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the summer of 1855, the scourge of yellow fever was epidemic in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia. Business was paralyzed, much suffering ensued from a lack of

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

bird lore so sympathetically and so successfully that he will always be regarded as an authority on bird life in our country; but, better still, his remarkable accom- plishments should ever prove a splendid incentive to our boys and girls to make the most of their opportunities and not to be overcome

heights of affluence to the depths of want, be it, therefore, "Resolved, That the people of Lancaster heartily sympathise with the unfortunate sufferers in their deep affliction, and deem it one of their Chris- tian obligations to make a general public effort to contribute in some degree to the mitigation

Lancaster, where so many useful manufacturing establishments are in opera- tion, the citizens will not be backward in giving countenance to the exertions of their brethren in other sections of the United States." In response to this appeal, a number of persons friendly to domestic manufactures, met at Col

Mittelberger as being "inhabited by brethren and sisters. The men do not shave their beards; many a one among them has a beard half an ell long. They wear cowls like the Capuchin monks, in winter of the same cloth and color, but in the summer of fine white linen. The sisters dress in the same manner. These

, left Washington for Baltimore. He arrived in Baltimore in the evening of the same day and remained in that city over night. Early the follow- ing morning, he and his party left for York, traveling in a carriage and in an open barouche. "Jackson had won undying fame as a soldier in the war against the