The New York herald., 1845-10-24
Meeting of the Inventors Society.


The Society of Inventors, who are formed from
the body of the society that met on Wednesday last
at the Hall of the Mechanics and Traders Institute lin
Crosby street, hela meeting at the same place yes
H. ALLEN Esq, called the meeting to order, and they
proceeded to the election Of Chairman and Secretary
which resulted in Col Clark for the first named Office
and Mr. Charles St. John, for the next
Mr.. ANDREWS moved that the sum Of 6fty cents be
paid by each individual present to defray the expenses
! On motion of Mr. BLAKE, it was resolved that the
funds collected by tho Convention and this meeting be
applied their respective current expenses, and if
surplus be appropriated to future meetings and if
deficiency to be made up by this meeting
The Committee that was appointed the previous even
submitted their report Of constitution. which read
and accepted, but very desuory debate ensued upon
its adoption which resulted in the following part Off
Art Name and style of the Association shall be the
National Association of Inventors.
Art This Association shall consist solely Of inven-
tors.
After the passage of these two articles tho following
Resolved, That SO many of the articles Of the pro-
posed constitution relate to the election Of the officers
ofthe association be adopted and carried into effect
and that committee be appointed to draft constitution
and circulate it throughout the United States inviting
replies to the same who shall invite meeting Of in
ventors to assemble at New York at such times the
Committee may appoint for the consideration and adop.
ton Of said constitution.
Mr. PIRssoN then moved that a Committee of ten be
appointed to nominate officers and the chair nominated
the following gentlemen, viz.:-Messrs. Prison, Off
ford, Roosevelt Day, Barnum Mott, Dawes, Hotchkiss,
While the Committee were making their nominations
discussion ensued regarding the proposed const.
tuton during which they returned with the following
nominations, which were adopted
Professor Renwick, President pro TEN.
Thomas B. stllwell and Col Clark, Vice Presidents
DR.. Andrews and Mr4T. Rogers, New Jersey.
Moses Pierce Connecticut
Mr.. Morris and II. McCarty, Pennsylvania.
Henry Stanley, Vermont.
SEcRETARIEs.
Recording Secretary, l.. D. Gale.
Corresponding do J.J. Mapes.
Treasurer, MIR. Ewbank.
Mr.. DAY then moved that in addition to the officers
already appointed, Committee of should be added
constitute with the officers an Executive Committee
with power to act and add to their numbers This
ton was seconded, and the following gentlemen were
Mr.. PRISON, Clifford, Day, L. Blake Loper Harvey,
Bruce, jr., Barnum, E. w. Blake, Roosevelt
Ger and Secretaries also to Messrs Grier and Thfoop
who have offered the Of their american Journal Of
improvements in the us.a arts and Mirror Of the Patent
Office, which is published both here and in Washington,
for the promotion of the objects Of this society After
deciding that the society should meet again in two
weeks from yesterday at the Broadway House. they ad
jouIned.
SEDUcTIoN,-A case OF seduction was tried at the
Genesee Circuit, before Judge Dayton, which excl
ted much interest," Jonathan Hutton Benjamin F.
crot) that the young woman daughter of the plaintiff
was msed under apromise Of marriage The defence set
up was most infamous an attempt to prove the injured
in her favor overwhelmingthe so by the
with that brought against her. The result is yer.
dict Of 5000 for the complainant Miss H. is pretty
young woman with exprsssvely intellectual counte.
Her artess tale before the Court had powerful
effect in her favor; while the infamous ambiguity of he
destroyers had exactly the reverse. oopersforn f.
Journal
CONSPIRACY IN PRIsoN-There are in the jail at
New Haven two prisoners awaiting trial on capital
charges. Andrew Potter for the murder Of Lucius r.
Osborn and John s. Wetop for stabbng with inte mt to
kill II has been discovered that correspond.
two, devising and maturing plans for escape They
allowed writing materials and Potter having to pass
Weltons cell every day. managed to slip notes through
the grating o the door and receive in the
searched and number Of Potters notes were found
upon him In Poters cell shoemaker's knife was found
secreted
HEALTH OF TEE Gov. OF CANApA.-The follow
ing official bulletin the state of His Excellencys
under which His Excelency the Governor General has
been laborng, for a number of years, and which has
slowly and almost mperceptibly been producing
bid alteration in the cheek has within the last
the soft parts OF the cheek have been destroyed The
violence OF the action in great measure yielded for
day two but has not yet subsidized His Excelloncys
health has not materially suffered, although has been
necessary for him to observe very rigid abstnence-
Montreal Herald, Oct. II
SMALL ox-We have taken some pains to ascer-
tain the extent OF the disease in Alexander and
learn that tho whole number Of from its rst
has been about thirty OF those cases two only
have proved fstal-seventeen have recovered. and
eleven under medical treatment none of which
are considered dangerous and most of them
exhibited but very slight evidences of genuine small
pox, having been OF very mild character, or of O