Thomas Jefferson. The "momentous" period to which the address refers, was the difficulty with France, to which country the Jay treaty had been very distasteful, as the French declared that it favored Great Britain and denied certain rights to them. Happily, war was finally avoided. The Dispensary of St

acknowledging the commission of an offence — a stipulation for pecuniary compensation ante- rior to the discussion of the causes of discord, are debasements of national dignity, totally incompatible with the sovereignty and independence of a nation. Holding these to be self-evident truths, which men nursed in

nurses, and many inhab- itants died. Subscriptions for the relief of sufferers were solicited in the principal cities of the country. Lancaster city and county, never behind in deeds of mercy and charity, responded to the call for assistance from the afflicted inhabitants of the two Virginia towns. A

17th: "The vestry or board of trustees of the church which was the scene of the outrage in question, had previously (in October last, if we mistake not) stipulated with the Universalists (who are with- out a building of their own in Lancaster) for a certain pecuniary compensation, to have preaching by

was made from a species of grass never before used for that purpose. Soon women, and a great number of children at the public school in the city, mastered the art of plaiting the straw. The grass from which the hat was made grew abundantly, at that time, in Lancaster county. Joel Lightner, Jr., was

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

that paper it is stated that Ann Moore served as postmistress of Lancaster, Pa., from July 1st, 1798, to April 11th, 1829, a period of 31 years. Since that paper was published, my attention has been called to the obituary of Mrs. Moore which appeared in the Lancaster Examiner and Democratic Herald of

light. They are from citizens of Lancaster: One, Mr. Anthony M'Glinn, a 'gentleman of high respectability,' as Mr. Cox has it ;—the other, Mr. George Ford, now an Antimasonic representative in the State Legislature. The letters refer to one of those foul slanders which a prostitute press delights in