New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-03
MreGiux of IN. Ut.tor,~al @ertety.


re-- A. meeting Ct ths z stcr.cal Socleiy vas
bel On Taesdsy evening a. IA, Ron, ia The Ua.ver.
sIs-Aon LCrHSs BAADisH n TIE Chsr
TIE Niru;ss OF tie preceding meeting having been
resi sni approved the rrccps Of sewers letter, etc
announced ~ the Oorrc.,ir Correspoedias seer.
tsry O1e o. these wss ccmrlu niestsn from Mr. Van
s-lAicx 81 Msaius y corp slring Of The os,s,s,.
nan7~ rlleA isaiers are Saiosrepis a., 70 rssI
90 MSS To remedy ihls. Mr. Van SchAiek recon
ncnted tee sdeyu0l u syssem o. AssrxAcrs Of sgea
% document. a, may De portsn; Interesting As
sample lftAese &c iransmited soEe curious portions
o A. cd " 10 ID po,se.s 5-'-om which {; sppesrs
test Tr,-srs l'4ies ty kRNotp bs,-s rs
ntsog e |ssi P9'-i The papers from which hi, 10
tskn - to prove tie ssserioa in such uasnaer . g.
nc .ks u undou5ed
The table was covered with donations from
various lc.aues and ioiividlss The donor. ranes
~~r- raj ~ ,ae Lhrsrian snd made long list Many
II ,hr volumes ADDED to the collection OF the Society
lo~ng toe past iso months have been Of much value
Nri a'eres; -Among tho donations are proct'mpres
the Maps and Plans used N the recent Pub &c
Documents q ihs STATE contributed ey the Secretary
I'D. STATE.
R7l,rf F4toqs o,i,iaIi Acc1sai Boos was
presented BY M K BASrtErr lis fsrly.wrilteu
and moderately ibck book Of Is or % By 10 or l2ueh
toe cash received By Fulton, and all payments
made BY his Steamboats, the North River. for differ
ert years HIS calcu.s; ~. for the future wil seen
oct people ~ tn present isv. IL that In l>O9
the sost Rsrtan carried ~ passengers in ooe year
> E1zsosihtown POM. for four shi ngs each 'sO
g. Amooy, tor eight biluSs escht92 were landed 1t
Brunssics sttsclve st'l.nss each and % wore way
passengers le loal rfcr.ts for h. year o. SIS
OF which sGm TIC pa'cntees hal q s475i Contrast
ns win the Steamboat enterprise, capital snd pronI'
Of the middle OF the Century.
1his Is but ona 20 The many interesting memoranda
OF thu BOOB One ot the pew boats went weekly 10
Abany. toe pts for zach week varying frVm one
at i~o ~ i've HUNDRED donars-the average being
sbou. 500 The smaller boats averaged ABOUT 800
per week or not quite 50 500 per snnum
Another feature q ihess Mems Is the eudesvor OF
Fulton 10 mad soHs 0fiU name han Strdab1at To this
snl re appears hsve obtained from Dr. Mitchell
long let OF Greek nance from which he sought IN
struct compound word expressing the idea OF smoke
boat scme;hog similar Another memorandum IL
wherein Fulton calculates the resources OF tract
Of 10000 of wood ard lying at Egg Haroor as fel
Tor his boats. The tn thousand acres, be eacustes
suc.en. for FerpsAs! snrPy Tor the North River
boats
Hon. WM. W. CAMPBILL announced the names
Of Members approved when they we're unanimously
elected. ana number OF aew ones were proposed and
apyr 'pr-tey referred
Mr.. HENRY A. BRADY then announced the re
cent demise OF Hon. Benz THoHFsoS, suihor OF ID.
Hst0ry Il Long lssnd-a member OF this Society snd
procesded 70 oriof aud succiuct biographical sketch
~ the lle and OF the decessed-closng BY
Offering series Of appropriate Resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted.
Revolutionary Gem Rev. Or. ADAMS exhib-
tied haf dollar coined during the Presidency OF Gen
Wsshug ton-slruc& from a ole made upon tho Roys
pattern, z. on one side the Essl@-on the reverse
90 W.shog,on. President Let; 1872 But six pieces
we're coined. when, by order Of Gen. Washington the
dies wers broken and destroyed
Opr D4fca PrOccaitOrs.-.M MIR. J. w. kSEvELs
Of F.hsi, then Logan his valuable paper on the sab
let OF our Dutch Progentors IL was long, but abound
ed ia interesting details, and was listened T.
tiruu Khout with marked attention lie clearly vindi
-at-,i the historic of the Nether'sndsextolled
highly the general character and abilities OF the Dutch
traced thu coincidence between our history sDo
tina; Of Holland Like ours. federated Republic Il
achieved II, dependence not BY struggle OF seven
or eight years but II seventy or eishy-M h. con
sfered sl.o that tie Anel0 Saxons were nothing but
colony II Du,chmen snj went on TO prove the iden'
Try Il their language wiki that OF Filessnd. No PEG
le ho thous ht had moro than ourselves. 10 be-
proud of their sncestry-snd the namo Of DUrcH he
,sociaied with all that worthy OF applause and sppro
bstl,n
The thanks Of the Society were eudered 10 Mr knc-
wells his entertaining Essay and the meeting then
adjourned.