been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

obedience. "The gentlemen of the legislature [Lancaster was at that time the capital of Pennsylvania], generally, exerted themselves with a zeal that did them honor, and justly entitles them to the gratitude of the inhabitants of Lancaster. "The alarm of fire not having been given until the flames had made

Governor Clinton in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER E WITT CLINTON, statesman, was born in Orange county, New York, March 2nd, 1769; and died in Albany, New York, on February 11th, 1828. He served his native state in sev- eral offices throughout his life, having been a member of the state

South-east Ward. By Messrs. J. Gundaker, Slough and Diffenbaugh 86.45 South-west Ward. By Mr. Hugh Wilson 143.60 $681.51 Adam Reigart, Jr., chief burgess of the borough of Lancaster, remitted this amount to the officials of Newburyport, and received the following acknowledgment: "Newburyport, Mass