New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-22
The ART Union.

AS nearly all of our contemporaries nave gwen
full length account of the proceedings al the ahhua
distribution of paintings among the members Oh 'nIs
Institution on Friday evening, we hardly ihlnk II
ocossorv to enter into minute detail as we had at
( f-s, intended Mr. WM. Cullen BRYANT, as Pre-
.;, occupied the chair and opened the business Of
,to association with fe& remarks. After which the
Animal Report OF the Board of Mansgers-a very able
,nd interesting documeni-was read by Mr.. Benedict
Tho whole number Of members is 3222-making the in
r the yehr sl6l0 l2] paintings have been pur-
chased from artists motion print The Report for
the use Of The members being carried Mr.. T. HEAD.
LEY made excellent speech concerning the pro-
gress of Art in this country-iis position contracted
with that of Europe, sc &c. which was very wei! re-
ceved In the course OF his remarks he alluded TO
Powers and pointed him example for the young
Artists Of our land.
The ridiculous mania which to some extent prevails
among for everything from abroad TO the neglect Of
native artists he also reprehended He likewise advert
ed TO the fact that while Europe is rich in monuments
and paintings devoted to her celebrated men in all pro-
iessions America suffers the memory of her greatest
beneiactor Washington TO remain uDc onsecrated by
single column The monument OF Lawrence, he said,
was crumong dust in Trinity Church.yard-its loca-
ton almost unknown These remarks applied to LerG-
ture he said AS well Art He would have every
tst like PowERs-capaole of apprecating the genius Of
the Old World. but not Infatuated These are but few
of the observations oi Mr.. Readiey.
The nominating committee then reported the follow.
Ing officers TOR the ensuing year all OF whom were unan
mously elected:
President William c. Bryant
Recording Secretary, Benz. II. Jarvis.
Corresponding Secretary, Robert +. Frazer.
Treasurer George w Austin.
Managers same last year, with few exceptions.
The Drawing of prizes resulted follows:
No lll-A. a. Rabineaa; l0l-Samuel Babcock :
Sl-James r. Taylor; 24-J p. Mather, New-London ;
3T-F. g. Thurston 2}-J Z. BOssuet; DC. b Phil
lips Cleveland ll5-N J. Waterbury; 42-Henry Mes
scnger l2-Dr. T. Il. Burras; ll-Bowman Lowe; So
] H. Drnker, Fall River 43-F. j Belts, Newburgh %
Cyrus Curtis 69-E. b. Morgan 35-W P. Donald
son 39T. d. Harris Washington Csc p Beebee ;
AZ. c. Waterman, New Bedford BIZ. Gardner Bal
,imore; l09-J. II. Thompson, Rochester 4l-W. p.
Green. Norwich. CT; 3l-J H. Merritt, Columbus, Ga :;
32-Mrs. Maria Dana; 76-Albert Stsrer. n. Y; l3-
VIM Barker Columbus, Ohio 2l-C. ]. Starr, N. Y; ia
--Thos. w. Williams, New. London 20-Jos. Hyatt. 20
j r. Hitchcock SO-J. G.. Smith 73-Robert Blake ;
70-William P. Skidmore, \. " %-Wm o. Thomas,
Baltimore; 53-D. :. Richerson, Lowell; 22-Jobn
:. Conger; e7-George +. Cooke, NewYork; 1l2-
Joseph Burnett, Boston, Sd A. Hutchinson. Fitts-
bureh SIP Storer, Augusta, Ga: 9Th w. Tucker,
y Y: s9-Wm. NJ. Prtchard, N. Y; 9s-J D. Carhart
Macon. Ga 63-E. N. Mason; 81 II. Bush ll3-
Mitchell! King Charleston 66-J. +. Greenwood, N. y;
lOO-N. T. Mendenhal, Charleston 75-Adam Godfrey;
Alfred X. Ayres Columbus. Ga CLOS. Hussey.
Brooklyn; 49-J L. Schoolcraft Albany 93-R s. Bun
ker Mobile l02-Jas. Thompson, w; 9G-F. Il Trow
bridge n Y; 5o-B j. Clark Meriden, CT. 40-N. c.
Johnson Lexington Ky; l4-D. a. Rexman; IL
Daisy :" 3-R. X Swift. Chicago; 9s-R. Luckily. N
I 72-Na,han C. Ely 1G-G j. Wentworth, Alabama; ;
l05--Matilda Berg 64-J. 5. Voorhees, N y. lO4-E. s.
Derry. N. Y 3d.. r. Ewood, Albany 74-E. C. New.
ton, n Y. 79-Robt Gilbert; l07--F. H. Siisbee; II
j. w. Lighbody; 35-James S. Davis l09-J
f Atwood llO--J c. Hitchcock s5-J. L. Scheler;
2-Charles C. Alice, Lowell, Mass OH: +. Bray
ton ; CIV J. Rood 90-.L. McHenry, Baltimore;
62-J. 7 Heese &c IL Hedges; SEC lngersol Bur
lington VT; SIS c. Phillips Salem, Mass; 57-J c.
Campbell. Rochester 62--S. sisbec Salem; 2s-R. H.
Messenger; 25-W. a. Griffin, Natctcz; 47--John De
Wolf. N. Y; 9-W. A. Caruthcrs. Savannah; 9l-Asa
Farr st. Louis Ie-Henry lnman, n Y; l03-G. w. Git
ford, Michigan, 7l--D. Stuart; Baltimore; lO6-W. Flor
ence Philadelphia; 9g-Ph. Allen i7-G w. Eaton, Balt
more "a s Nelson New Brunswick; si-I. NJ Arnold;
65--Sam Barber 6l-J. l.. Roome; 45-W. c. Cutter ;}3
&C. T. Plu,t Phila 50-W. Shoer, Louisville; GOV
rutnam. Saratoga S6-R u. Kemp. Newburgh; 5S-Dan
Shark Troy; l5-II. l.. Voorhees,. N. y 30-T Town
send Albany in T. Crittenden, Cleveland; le-C.
Van Horne &c +. Spence Pittsburgh 5l--E. Bucking
ham; l9-F Tryon; 27-Lemucl Smith; I6-Nathan Burr,
Auburn, NY.