description left an undefined territory and a disputed frontier. In reference to the etymology of the word Acadia, it has been written in dif- ferent ways: La Cadie, La Cady, Accadie, Accadia, Arcadie, Arcadia, and Quoddy. The etymology of the word is not certain. It is certainly not from the Greek "Arcadia

the resolution, 47 yeas to 7 noes. The Petition. MARTICK TOWNSHIP. To the Honorable the Representatives of the freemen of the State of Pennsylvania this Memorial Humbly Sheweth : That your Memorialists are of Opinion that frequent Changes in Government have a tendency to weaken it, and to Create

Centrical Situation will be best determined by the consideration of the following Distances, which pursue the Courses of the Roads now occupied, but may be shortened, and which we consider as accurately taken, viz:: Miles. From Lancaster to Philadelphia 66 to Wilmington 50 to Newport 47 to Head of Elk 45 to

-pound Parrots, relics of the Civil War, and these were gen- erally used as a saluting battery. In addition to these the "Lancaster" was given two small 6-pounders of the Hotchkiss type, which were mounted one on each broadside and were in- tended for use in case of an attack from torpedo boats. Thus

mentioned, married a daughter of Mr. Rhoddy, who died in the year 1733. He directed his executors to build a grist mill along Conewago creek for his son, Alexander Rhoddy, within two years after his desth. In 1745, James Rhoddy, son of above, sold the mills and 350 acres to John Forry and Joseph Sherrick