Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-04-16

The committees have reported the operations
Of their respective departments, to the Execu-
tive Committee, and the Information thus 1ur-
nisled is here presented.
The report of the committee OF ways and
means, shows the receipts Of the Association
during the past year have been, S1G2l "a
The expenses, 1897 81
Leaving deficiency OF 1856 90
The receipts on account Of Lectures
amounted to S5Ol Il
Expenditures same account, G73 81
Leaving deliciencyof III Sc
Independent of the Lecture account, il has
required an expenditure of 1859, to sustain the
Association during the year
This outlay cannot be sustained, unless the
Association can have the constant support of
ut least hree hundred members. The total
number of nominal members, amounts to more
than this, but only % members have paid their
fee for the present half year The Executive
Committee Ito not see in this statement of the
inanca affairs of the Association, any reason
to be discouraged at tire prospect, but believe
it to be only an Indictment to more strenuous
cxcrtOns to make the Association more and
more worthy Of the support OF its members,
and as showing the necessity OF the most rigid
economy in its management.
The Executive Committee believe that in no
instance have they willingly authorized an ex-
penditure, which was not in their opinion at
the time, beneficial to the Association. If some
of those have resulted differently from what
was anticipated, they must charge their errors
10 inexperience in the management of thr AZ
fairs of an Association of thiskind Tb"y hal
M, ,,rnccd,rty a., ,,,,iIa IL M ny ll"
PEELED to make eSn.ri,nrr tn gnide tbai. Y,,c-
cessors. withnnt blyins III oyr;,,noa 81 ,ao
decessors to guide them. Thrv assumed ,,iice
lust when the charm of novelty was wnar;no on
of the Association Thar nyndoc,sss,, I'll
completed the orrnnization AZ n nrnmisinr Ia
brio The, nl.crd il in nroSnsrC,,s 81, Al;
tfon. in the hands of fh, cona'ni,t,, ut
to retire. Nothing seemed wanting ~ snc.
cessful prosecution of I'm obi.rts 9f tho ;nsti-
tuition But there war, M ci,orts IN omiia 80
in the unknown sons intn which va &C., 10
VOYAGE. IL. then. WE have sorna,innos tnr.or
wrong course ourselves. we have nj Last nd,
soundings, and drawn charts n pmide nm s,,c-
csssrrs 80 "'' N'""' 0''''''' " s"'ie our sue
AT the last Annual ucat;,r or tbo hss,oio
ton the Executive Committsa. ,yarn ,,iti,~,;,aj
to make such propositions of ,,nion to In, q u
brAry COMPANY As thrv m;gbt Jnan, ,,rnd',,+
and ndyislbl.
Propositions were mada accnr,lin,I,. f,. s,oI,
Il union but none OF them wnr,, arcert,.d Ir
the Library COMPANY. ~
They however mad. th, r,lI,u,;,,. ,,,,,,si
ton To- this Association viz
Unou m, novmrnl h,, th, Assoo;,,;o, .,
one hundred and fifty doIlors lie tnan,bers
were to he entitled to the priyileg4 of nsing
the books In the Library under the same reeti.
lations that govern their use bv lnembers of Iba
Library Company. This arranEeu mt ia rnn
tinue one year.
This proposition was accented by the Evecu-
tive Cuml4ttee, and under il our members are
now entitled 10 the use Of the books in the Ii
brary without mourning any additional EXPENSE
than their membership fees.
Owing to this arrangement mo nflurt yhntcver
has been made to establish library belonging
to the Young MEMS Association, The oneras
tons of tho Committee of the Library have
been confined to the binding of magazines and
such newspapers as the Executive Cnmn,ittan
direct shall be preserved There are now in
the Library . volumes belonging TO the
Young Mems Association, many of them nub.
lie documents, and the remainder bound neri
0dicalS.
ThcperiodicalS after being bound are allow
ed to remain in the reading room for six months
and are then deposited in the Library.
A Catalogue Of the Books belonging to tbp
Association which have been transferred TO the
Wilmington Library, has been prenored AMI
placed among the papers of the society.
The Association is indrbted ia vario,,a c,,,,
tlemcn OF this city, to oar members Of an
fl
books, &c., which are rcpnrtrd in iat,ii u,
the report Of the committee n, nnn.ti,nS ,'n'i
Subscriptions. We can only in,t,nce in tlis re-.
port, the b,nd,otu. don,ti9n h,, Inso,,b Shi,,
lev Esu.. ON at of Mans cnnvsni ,,,i,.
ed IN handsome case the wholr rostin,, t,e,
less than ST5.UO. me- attrnctjvnnnss a. 49, 49,
reading room has hnnn ncrnas,I h,, ~, .,io
and Inv tle nnntness VIII vi,i,i +; Iiiu'o iiais
been kent n nus h,nn vii a,t,II - ~ ~ az i
,,ti,,. Ii,,i,,7,, 49,. ~, -, Ao'' " 'hc
most himself i'm the 'uot1tians 1r a., H. ~
of articles in his linn or trada ~ 'i"i ,e
ss ,,,t ';,' ',',o ~ iSue' anu as quleliy
propgrty TO See tb" Warira roort' rm vessel
different tori,rn .nd dn,,osti 80, itoIii VIZ
to know the wGcrralnnts oC IL pV,rs, "n'A'ous
whether IL has snn;,rcd IN, H." I,t' -, W
storms and he ~ Iitorar,. "a, - suNeic
es the advertisements far now an intan"a.i,,'.
boot,s o,,J I H., ',,',II GU. interesting
atter H. l,,siyo u ~ u tne evening
what hos hsor ori,,,, ,,,, 80 one'l 70 see
world o,d Ia. H., 3,.,,,t,,I 10 ~ moving
I,,si,,,', s,i,y. ,n =, relsufp ana
tinny NJ tI, r Tt "; ~ ~ 'i"to ''ie w
,yoi 81 ie, ,'ii III Tue active ana varied
ia rr;,.iIi ~ u "no;i aoeiii 70 tppreciite
ancpnr,,,i9 ~ "a 90 uolns, thereby
dravnrs H. -, a',I ~ Gu
tr,c,;nrs "p, al." even increase tue at
Tsnra a ", t f'1, i4"ii
zines taken h, tGe Hssoni,'ipp,, ~" 'luea-
of the Reading Roal1' w VIC supply
Thesn are cIassr, os +, lI,,y,. .,,,,,.,.,..
s monthly N ,vanl,Iv a I'll viii, J 4|"'tellg
weekly. and 10 d,ilins '' "ot'-
The exnense Of snbsrrirtion aud ,,...,.-
on these publications nmonnt ta noorI,. s.nH W,
There have been II lectures JrIivar.5 $500 $3.50,
the Association during the yror e''N '''o'o
These lectures have bnsn n hn,yy ,I,,..,