Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-07-22
TERRITORIAL LIBRARY

Jaws Clare. having been apPoiatsd by the
,ove-ao- Tsnisor;ai Librarian, has !1ss opened
- .-a,reo IN ccaTenIsss and herd-
.r,o,e s,y.s, fae neT Territorial Lsh.ay, IN
/. arre. sirv and oorTsniest hras rooEsa. an ;as
se-,,s seo-r OF ire eoasEoo5cs house al Inc cor
,.rof Colombia asd Main s,reets. directly Ops
.;:. TIE es, font OF the OgiscoS.s, Ho:ei kept BY
IA, r,soz. yro-1hy cI,zerand excellent pIbiican,
j. T. Ssee.h Iris Lib.ary IS qcite extensive.
aaS extrrFr.eiS veil selected. ihe chief credit OF
which is due 10 or essin1sbss Eiea5. r HUI Es-
.slr, Esq G. Dl B.eus. Etso was one. Add he act
',;as member Of ns.ee appointed ~ the Le-
rissa,,.e their last session. tos the purpose OF
draxing and expend;ns The aFs ihoassad dollars
ao,aocrfa:ed By Congress IN ;nc organic .aw, tor
,ss purchase Of library sor the Of the Terri
TORI The Iib-ery ccst nearly the whole Of the a.
uaoua. appropriated. and eoaiaias about twelve
auadred volumes of la. and miscellany. Ire
Law iibssry, containing about eight hundred vol
ures embracing :mpcs AMI safe papers, especial
i " us.iryi 70 ine iesialof. SIpivsa
Correspondence. Eiliotss state Coasentions and
Debates on the Federal Corsti.u,ioa, Congre
al Debates, Journals of Congsess, dc. &c. is seTy
complete, the hes; in tn. Territory certainly. and
perhaps the best in the Upper Mississippi cosniry
inGeed, considering the number Of solumes--and
liz is large eaough ia ali conscience Tor usit could
no, wei be surpassed. Aswe before stated. il ha:
tosea selected vita nice judgment and great Gaze
and embraces every thing which can well be desi'
red By ,he Executive, Legislative and uiiciai de
pa,tmenis OF tire Territo-y. fos hnse esperial uss
iii vas procured. aad !; coatains no uss!ss lumber
ire miscellaneous department is abont hat q.
large she legal, OF we shall term .t,t'e lesa
and political II is also well ssiec;e, is al
mirab,e foundation build Hilary upon u en-
braces Standard wo Ks upoa tie mos, important su
sjecss. among which may mention fe1 Of the
principal, siz: The North American Review, -
rolls; Encyclopedia American, 13ools.; Matte
B:un's Universal Geography, 6 vols: History Of
England, by Hume. Smoilei. and Miller, vols.
Miitofd's Greece, 8 vols: NJ H. British India. {
vols. Clsren6on's History Of the Rebellion, s OILS
British Essayisis. embracing the spectacle, TateT
Guardian. Rambler, IileI. Adrentaser. ofld
Mirror, I>ounger, Observer, Connoisseur, and 9TH
era, IN vols. Hume.s Philosophical works, vols
: Bu-z.'s wofkz, = vols; Bsn,ham's Rationale.
vols; with Stuau's. Paleyis. Locke's. Maishur's
Goldsniti's sismrndi's. Sw.:ts, 5ieEne's, and ma
ny other works of reputation, in prose and poetry
jim history and fiction.
With the help of this excellen, libfary---for as
the learned waits well terms them, aBooks are
son of dumb teachers" the labor of our public
functionare. viii he greatly facilitated and expe-
dted the session and il il tobe hoped tina, Is,
many other respects, they will be far better provi-
ded for, bot, respects comfort and business, the
ensuing session than they were the last. Ne mean
nothing iaTdious 10 this remark; but our capaci-
ties foI tner accommodation certainly greater
than those Of Bemont-the result probly of great.
CT age, &c. &c. Territorial Gazette.