BENJAMIN WEST AND HIS VISIT TO LANCASTER. By Hon. Charles I. Landis. How history is falsified by careless writers is proverbial. An illustration of this well-known fact will be seen in the recent History of Lancaster County, wherein it is stated that the first Court House built in Lancaster in

ministers of the Lutheran, Reformed and Episcopal Churches. In the sermon which followed, the Church could scarcely contain the hearers, Rev. Herbst preached on Psalms LX XIII, 25, 26, who spoke with power and impressiveness. Altho the Church was very much crowded, yet there was great silence and perfect

Buildings, there are seven places of Worship. Of these, the New German Lutheran Church (Trinity) is justly esteemed one of the most elegant and finished Pieces of Architecture in the Province. There are three regular Fire Companies established here, who have two good Fire Engines, &c., and meet once a Month

in St. James' Cemetery, in this city. He was one of the most prominent citi- zens of the old town prior to and covering the War of the Revolution, and his intimate relations, not only with his fellow citizens, but with distlnguished Alen and officials residing in the Commonwealth, would, it seems to

1832 at Gettysburg, under the auspices of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Stevens was, as I have said, at that time practicing law in Adams county, and he resided there. In 1834 he was elected a trustee of this institution, and he continued to hold that position during the rest of his

A PICTURE OF WASHINGTON BY A LANCASTER ARTIST Some months ago, in a discussion concerning certain oil paintings of Washington, Mr. Stans V. Henkels, of Philadelphia, who for a long time has been one of the leading book auctioneers in this country and also an expert on that subject, mentioned a

lot in Saint Mary's 'Catholic Cemetery, of which church she had long been a member. The following are the in- scriptions of her monument and on those erected for her sons in that cemetery: LYDIA HAMILTON Relict of JACOB SMITH For many years the trusted housekeeper of HON. THADDEUS STEVENS. Born at

A Sidelight of the War of the Revolution.' (By HONi C. I. LANDIS) "With singular regret and concern we are compelled to address you. The good order of the Borough and the very being of its government must de- pend on the wise and prudent deliberations of the Congress upon an in- cident of the most