American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-02-21
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Tas' Librarian announced as received since his
lass report, a series of valuable autographs of
distinguished characters, from Lyman @ ORA
per-, Esq. vaSi9as works of interest from the
Library company Of Baltimore, Gen J. Spear
Smith, Hon John 2. Kennedy, Wm. Gilmore
Snlnls; Esq, and piece CT the garment in
which hlzarrG, the conqueror of Peru, was bu-
red. taken from the body, which lies exposed
in the vaults of tl.e Cathedral 1T Lima, from
H. DR. Lowry, Esq. The gentlemen nominated
for active membership at the last meeting were
UNANIMOUSLY elected; and Jno Campbell Wife,
Jr. Esa, was nominated as a candidate for &c
tive membership. The President laid before
the Society plan, drawn up by VIM. Rode
weld .Ese., for the erection Of building which
mig .t.accommcdate the Historical Society ard
the Library Company Of Baltimore. On mo-
ton, Gen. John Spear Smith and Alessrss G..
w. Brown, b. C.. Ward. VIM. hckim and R..
Cary Long were appointed . committee to con-
fer with comnsittee from the Library CO aapa-
nv an the subject. Gen. :. Spear Smith, the
President, than read his annual report, giving
an account of the progress and condition ofthe
Society during the past yeGr, from which we
lcar-s that it was formed at maeting of about
twenty gentlemen, convened fsr the purpose,
on shs eth January, lS4z.4 An act of moor
poration was obtained, and mG0thy m setings
held during. the year. The Society sIready
numbers 10 ,tgentlemen a. active members, and
iroml. The growing popularity Of the ms itntion
it is -bsleveat the list viii be largely increased
Correspondence with other Historical Societies
is becoming, extended The funds of the So
cety. are moi only adeQnate 10 meet q d neces-
sa,y, expenditures, but will allow of the pur
chase during the year G. many valuable work.
for, the library, which now containe 90 We,
lVwss, tho. greater par: being the donations Of
public spirited Individuals, besides sew spnl man,
lsoripts Of great value,e and numerous auto
graphs, acquired in siular manner, iogethar
With collections of various medals and CONS Il
lustratiSa of American history TIE SocieSys
! repositories hSve also been enriched by dctla-
: lions of charts maps and ALIASES cf, great att
lily ani WORTH They have likew :se received
many implements oE war, and tab,a.s of pete-
rial waaing Of the SGuth Sea Islanders. Other
3 and various collections, Ey donation and other
wise, have been made, and the Society !a.oon-
gratGlnted or the favorable auspices WHICH have
marked its progress
mo State in the. tUn1on,' (says the -epor,)
"ca2 boast more honorable orr In than Mary
land. The annals of none ags adorned with
brighter examples of public virtue, exalted pa
tsiotism, or an enlarged christian dey otioa, to
tic cause of humanity and civ hiEatioa. None
have come forward N the day of Peril more
freely to lavish their blood and treasure, for the
common good. The earliest colonists, geaur-
ed no possess d.. by force. Their course was
aminently distinguished by IS -forhearance, its
plety, lis severe ,prQbty, and, a geaerous spirit
Of tolelator. In the war Of the Revolution
the people of MARYLAND were foremost in theic
love of freelQm, whilst tie bayonets of thei-,
Cline" were eyeE present where the danger
was the greatest In the adoption of her own,
and of the Eedesal Constitution, hes counssls,
were temps-ed by wisdosa, by tho love of we'll
balanced free Government, and by q noble spi-.
rit of Compromise. When tao laws of the
Union wore resisted, heF, well trained bat.al-
ions marched, with alaosity, toAuphOld thern.-
In the war of 1912 she drove hack the invader,
rescuedher commercia. emporium from th-eat-
ened plunder, and preserved her banner, as
when FIRST unturlcd in '16,-With0ut a stain.
"With such gratifying "reminiscences, ought
we not, il not our Imperative duty, to collect
and preserve every document, or record, or TIA
dtor, that can transmit 70 posterIty The le-
gend of so honorable an ancestry, and of so
much virtue? may thea be permitted TO call
upon each member of the. Society to 10 unre-
hitting in the discharge Of the high :.ust we
have undertaken. We may now, seo, very
properly, go before our fellow citizens through
out the State, and confidently invoke, their aid,
and their contributions. They will thus have
it in sheir powar TO rascUe from destruction,
monuments of State hGnor and glozy, on which,
their children will look with Just pride, afford.
ing, at the same time, shining examples for
their imitation, Let them not reproach US, in
the after time, with having neglected this sa-
caed duty, and with leaving them but few and
indistinct memorials of the past.'
We regret that we have net room for the
report at length--~its substance, however, is
contained IN the aforegoing synopsis and ex-
tract. |. was, on motion Of Brantz Mayer,
ordered to be entered on the journal of the So
ciety and published. The following officers
were then elecaed to serve during the. ensuing
year.
Gen. j. Spear Smith, President, J. V. l..
Mcmahon, Vice President; Brantz Mayer, Cor
responding Secretary; Sebastian L. Streetsr,
Recording Secretary; John |. Donaldson, Trea-
sures; Geo B. Coale, Librarian; Messrs R. c.
Long, McElenry Boyd and S. Tackle Wallis,
Committee on Library.
The EiYderick-st. Fire. The late hour at
which the fire occurred OH Wednesday night,
precuded the possibility of giving full particu-
lars in yesterdays paper. The house burnt
was q large three story brick, and was occupied
as clothing store by Messrs. Wise s. Co.,
who had an insurance of $4,000, in the Fire
mans Insurance Office, on their goods, and
$4,000 more on the same, in the Franklin In
surance Company of Philadelphia. The house
was the property of Patrick McKenna. The
furniture, sc. in the tavern of Mr.. Wheelan,
adjoining, were somewhat injured by being re-
moved, but covered by an insurance in the
Firemen's. The engine companies were prompt
ly on the spot, and by their energetic exertons
saved the surrounding property.
Beautiful Suction. We yesterday had the
pleasure of inspecting new and beautiful sue
ton engine, built by George Myer, Esq, for
| the Union Fire Company. The body is placed