The New York herald., 1845-05-25
Lancaster, PA.
Correspondence Of the Herald
LANCASTER, May 10, 1916.

LANCASTER, way ~, loio
description Of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania.
A resident of Western Pennsylvania, near the i'll
starred Iron City," which was and s the pride Of
all taat region have recently, for the first time,
ourneyed eisurey through the extended interior of
the ancient and populous commonwealth of my ma
tivity, until have reached itsmetropoltan city My
mind throngs with delightful recollections Of the
trip and now claim the privilege of an occasion
al correspondent" that may communicate some Of
my raptures to the dear public. / will give you my
Impressions the garden spot of all the State-the
city and county Of Lancaster.
1t is standing marvel with all foreigners who
have seen our country, thatwe Americans should be
in such hot haste to make the tour of Europe before
we have seen and made ourselves familiar with the
beautiful and magnificent, the sublime and stupen-
dous confgurations OF our native land. The
marvel IS both natural and just. Surely, surely,
there Is not In all the foreign world region OF
greater fertility and beauty than the county Palatne
OF which | would now discourse. Lancaster county
was of the earliest established in the State, and
although portions OF It have, from timeto time, beer
taken oil and erected into six other counties,
is still thousand square mes-it Il sill as large
the State of Delaware. In natural advantages, i,
is the richest in the State. The Susequehanna river
washes Its border for nearly fifty miles, beside
which, 1t IS bountfully irrigated by the Conestoga,
Pcquea, Conewango, Octorara Chiquesalunga and
other creeks, tributaries to the river The bowels Of
the earth are richly stored with minerals. With
population in 1910 of nearly ninety thousand persons.
It had more than thIrtyfour bushels Of edible grains.
exclusive of potatoes to every individual in it, IL
total capital IN manufactures is moreover milion
and quarter The valuation of real and personal
estate, subject to taxation by the county, in 1872.
was 1874 100, 600. The city of Lancaster contains d
population bordering on ten thousand. 1t was for
many years the seat of government of the State,
which was removed to Harrisburg in 1872 The
building is still standing in which the Congress OF
the Revolution held their deliberations, when
they retired from Philadelphia and before they went
to York. The city IS regularly laid out, with broad
streets, crossing each other at right angles and are
chiefly paved and curbed, and neatly kept The
houses more recently builtare lofty and commodious,
and equal in elegance and beauty to any in the State
The principal andholders of the county are equal in
point Of possession to the olden patriarchs or
dern nobility OF Europe; and in the city there also
many OF princcly fortune, who have covered the
rounding country with palacelike residences. Lang
don Cheeves once owned and lived in one of these
and w. M. Meredith, Esq, of Philadelphia has re-
Gently purchased another, ''Wheatland," Of T. +
modore Stockton. Colonel Cameron, the brotherof
the new Senator, Gen. Simon Cameron, is the
possessor of another of these splendid country re-
sidences, and his hospitality is princely as his
Ramsay, the historian, DR.. Eberle, Hugh Lawson
White, and many other persons of national fame
J. G. Cahoun's parents once resided here, and he
narrowly escaped being born here. Here is the re-
the county, and the large amount Of law business
transacted, has assembled in its courts some of the
ablest lawyers in the country. Thaddeus Stevens
here practices law to the tune of $40 900 per annum
and c. b. Penrose, late solicitor of the Treasury ol
the United States, has just moved thither. The
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Hon Ellis
Lewis, is universally considered as profound u
rist and as able man, the democratic party can
boast Of. Before jury he is unrivaed never
heard his equal in charging one, excep; Chief Jus
tice Taney. He is now in the prime ofIife, and
ere he is ten years older, will be as wei and fl-
vorably known throughout the nation as he is now
throughout the State. Gov. Porter, beEeve offer
ed him place, then vacant on the upreie bench OF
the State, which he declined He is now spoken of
IN connection with the bench of the Supreme Court
OF the United States, and in connection with other
high official trusts.
Whilst here, the town was crowded with stran-
gers, mainly attracted, like myself, to hear deter
mined the celebrated case of the Northampton Bank
VS.. Winder, the record of which was remtted from
Lehgh county for trial here under the provisions of
special act of the Assembly. Dallas, Meredith
and Stevens were retained as counsel, and the
amount involved was about 100000. At the same
term was also determined novel suit, brought by
the trustees of Mrs. Yates, widow of John Yates
deceased, to recover damages for the non-perfonn
ance of marriage contract entered into between
the parties, which stipulated that case the former
survived the latter she was to receive $50 900 from
his estate in lieu Of dover. Verdict for the plain
tiffs. ARIsT1DEs