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

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

papers do not contain any references to the subject. Collections in Aid of the Poor By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Lancaster Journal of Friday, January 8th, 1830, stated that the committee appointed in the south-east ward of Lancaster during the winter for the purchase and distribution of wood among the

to Europe, for the purpose of communicating to the world the result of his travels, which we understand he means to publish in the English, French and Ger- man languages. The observations which so skilful a geographer and so scientific a traveler must have made during his long resi- dence and

. Born to a life of obscure poverty, and handicapped by a limited education, he labored unceasingly to improve his mind and extend his knowledge. He was rewarded by being able to prepare his great work on ornithology, the pioneer of its kind in North America. Alexander Wilson was born in Paisley

to were justifiable." A 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

of the vice-presidents, to call a meeting of this society and express the object they have in view, it shall be his duty to cause public notice to be given in at least two newspapers printed in this borough naming the time and place of such meeting, which shall not be more than ten days nor less than

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by

continued on their journey to Lancaster. The Lancaster Journal of Tuesday, February 16th, 1819, con- tains the following : "General Jackson with his suite, arrived in this city [Lan- caster] yesterday [Monday] morning at 3 o'clock, from the South, and started in about an hour after for Philadelphia." The

10th, 1832, extended an invitation to ladies and gentlemen of Lan- caster and vicinity, who had a taste for science and art, to visit Mr. King's hotel, in South Queen street, and inspect the most per- fect and beautiful astronomical instrument ever seen "on this side of the Atlantic." The