Philadelphia on the night of March 4th, 1798. The next morning, President Adams informed Congress of their arrival; and two weeks later, sent to that body his startling message, declaring that the envoys could not succeed "on terms compatible with the safety, the honor, or the essential in- terests of the

meeting of citizens of Lancaster was held on Tuesday evening, September 11th, 1855, in the city hall, for the purpose of securing funds to aid the un- fortunates. Mayor Jacob Albright was called to the chair, and Francis H. Carpenter was appointed secretary.1 Committees were appointed to solicit

of their losses. "Resolved, That to this end we invoke the united and hearty cooperation of those in the different towns and townships of Lancaster county, who are blessed in their basket and their store, not knowing in what hour a similar catastrophe may befall them, appealing to the public

country, call loudly for counter exertions on our part. "Policy, patriotism and self-interest demand effort. The ex- ample set by our fellow-citizens of New York, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Pittsburgh, Washington and other places, ought to be fol- lowed ; and it is anxiously hoped that in the county of

citizens as to the legislature, which then held its sessions at Lancaster, that, on the decease of her husband, she was proposed as a candidate for the vacant place. Although the appli- cation was a novel one, the government was at length induced, by the urgency and respectability of those who pressed the

in writing it "James's." That the local congregation has been referred to as "St. James's" church for generations, is clearly proven by written records, legal documents, and published papers. We trust that these proofs, which cannot be successfully con- troverted, will serve to dispose of the claim

ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE DETECTION OF HORSE THIEVES By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER A MEETING of inhabitants of Strasburg, Leacock and Lam- peter townships was held on Saturday, November 9th, 1811, at the house of David Witmer, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the wisdom of forming an

Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania" ; and was addressed to "The Honorable the Congress of the United States." The memorial, which closed with this statement, was published in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, June 19th, 1812 : "Relying on their justice, wisdom and patriotism, we respect- fully pray that Congress

the honor and fame, hand in hand with a band of patriots, which never die. It was in his after conduct, in times of peace and in the bosom of his family, that the virtues of the private citizen shed a lustre on the character of a soldier. "Be assured, Madam, that the memory of the companion of your