conciliation degrading to the national character and dishonorable to the government. If, unhappily, the United States be driven into hostility by the injustice and insatiate ambition of the French Republic, we trust that that benign Being, whose aid in our keenest distress we have so frequently experienced

states in which the subscribers resided. Among those accredited to Pennsylvania we find the following citizens of old Lancaster: Simon Snyder, Robert Coleman, William Hamilton, Adam Reigart, Charles Smith and Jasper Yeates. William Henry, Jr., who was born in Lancaster, Pa., on March 12, 1757, also

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

is, in reality, a small atlas. lts title is altogether misleading, as one would naturally suppose it to be a biography of George Washington. It was published in con- nection with Chief Justice John Marshall's admirable life of the first President of the United States. Vols. 1, 2 and 3 of this great

contains an interesting account of a court martial held in Lan- caster borough during the Revolutionary war, at which time two spies were tried, found guilty and executed. From local sources, it is discovered that this trial took place before the middle of March, and yet an account of it did not appear in

ANTHONY WAYNE IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. General Anthony Wayne, who had won distinction in several battles of the Revolution and had displayed remarkable skill and courage in the capture of Stony Point on the Hudson, was ordered to command the first detachment of Pennsylvania troops

Capt. Wiederholdt, a Hessian officer in the Revolutionary War. The first entry was made on October 7th, 1776 ; the last, on Decem- ber 7th, 1780—four years later. The diary was edited by the dis- tinguished scholars M. D. Learned and C. Grosse, and published in German. I am indebted to Mr. August

A Chimney-Sweep in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O NE hundred years ago and more it was the custom to employ a chimney- sweeper to remove the soot that had collected in the chimneys of the town. Wood was largely used as fuel. Anthracite coal had not been discovered. Cleaning chimneys became

. United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1921 Description: 52-55 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 3 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.25

authorized to call on citizens for the pur- pose of receiving contributions, and all monies collected were to be deposited in the Farmers Bank. and transmitted by the mayor or cashier to the persons authorized to receive contributions for the benefit of the sufferers. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, July