Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-06-28

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sofa. The compliment was duly appreciated by
| the citizens.
'. THE DINNER.
AT four o'clock, large number sat down to
a sumptuous repast prepared by mine host Of
the Wihslow House. 1..,....,.i,
f.. His Honor, Geo. L. Becker, was call to the
chair, who made a few remarks After a
blessing by Rev. E. d. Neill, the festive board
was duly cleared of its Injuries, when the first
regular toast was read by Captain Jones:
The Historical Society of Minneso,a-May
it only be called upon to record the worthy
deeds of worthy men. o
The response to this toast by Col. D. A.
Robertson was very fine. The Colonel was
exceedingly lelicitous in his remarks, and was
loudly applauded.
1t. Maury--The guest Of the day. An
observer worthy of the National Observatory.
BY the advocacy Of pure science, "sc ilur ad
as,ra"
Lieut.. Maury was forced to take the floor
by the loud and repeate., calls for him. and in
a speech of much interest, he spoke Of stealing
the mouth of the Red River OF the North and
making it tributary to the Mssissippi-of the
fact Of log being thrown into the water al
our levee, and landing at the foot of the Andes
showing that by water we could connect with
other places thousands of miles from US. We
have not room this morning to give even a
synopsis of Lieut.. Maury's interesting speech
Hon. WIN. G. Hasbruek of our in
vitcd guests, we recognize in him a worthy
son of that Empire State, the corner stone Of
whose commercial prosperity was laid by a
De Witt Clinton.
This toast was responded to by Mr.. Has.
bruck in humorous manner. If Minnesota
had De Witt Clinton to steal the mouths oil
rivers, alluded to by his friend Maury, he
would not be at all surprised 10 find that Min.
nesota had stolen even the 50 Excelsior of the
great Empire State.
| SPEECH or
JUDGE AARON DRICH,
| At THE DINNER.
Bancroft, SPARKS, Goodrich, Longftl ow, anC
others, who have been detained by engagements
from being present with US to-day.
Judge Goodrich replied to this toast in spir
tied manner. We have only room to publish
few lines. Among other good things he said
Gen,leInen, these names need no commen
at my poor hands They constitute much O
the living history Of our time, and when "lhey
shall rest from their abors, their works shall
follow Them" They have reared to themseIve
monuments as lasting as the pyramids upon ih'
plains Of Gish, their
| ..Ncm"s a,.,rn and dignity the scroll.
VIII ela v scon;aE tleirc .umti.'> hi tcry.''
Tney are men Of letters, of books, histori
ans. To Samuel Grswold Goodrich, are no
only the youth, but the man of letters, especial
ly indebted. e. Peter Farley" has. 10 the Anne
rican people, become a household God. 81
long as the English language shall be preserv
ed, man will remain his debtor
History constitutes the soul of the universe
Who has trod the Eternal City, and not felt
| As when the Roman Cato died
| Or when the tisecian victim Ic.''
In imagination, let US visit Rome-observe tina
traveller, he is inspired, he stands on classic
ground-now he steps upon the ruins of the Fo
rum; here is the Parthenon, there the Collissiun
he visits each memorable spot-where Remu
strove, Romuus stool, Tully spake, or Caesar
fell, he feels that
| There is a charm in footing Slew
! Across the silent plain,
| Where patriot battles have been fought,
Where Glory has been ga ned"
For this Intellectual repast, h, is Indebted tG
the faithful historian. BY TIL, test of histor,
arc weighed g the actions Of men ut the gates
Eternity. I5 fixes the seal of Immortality upon
their deeds.
Let US complete the work now SO prosper
ously begun, and deposit within its walls
books; let these be studied by ourselves ant
our sue ;essors. Books are important. At thu
last day the " books are to be opened" an,
we shall be judged according to the thing
that are written therein. While God is on
historian, how BETTING it is that we chronicle
our deeds
1t is history that has invested Sinai, Mara
thon and Calvary with an interest more attrac
tive or solemn, than that Of
| .sThe deepest shades of
| India's tiger ha V,trl,
| Or western
War; cfeucans panthcrs Turk fer blood.
Job was a historian, and while recordin;
his belief in the Immortality Of the soul, Ii,
furnishes us with fact important to the maj
fletters Of our time, q allude TO printers) H,