, 1859-02-19
C111cAco fiisroRIc@L SOCIETY.
monthly meetins'

rh;. s,e;.tr n It on The 18Th, Walter L New
bury, Esq, in the Chair. The library eone'.
inns for tns monsh-s1o, from t"ent7't"o
contr,butors-iuc,uded forty volumes Of Masonic
-o,t. chiefly in French and German. and
co+r Of the PIct4t, = newspaper paohsnea IN
Fi;.hkilt, y. T.. April n. l1ee, eqRs~.e'o9 .n'
nroelam stiou Of rescstt the Gloss Of the szar |
If the Reyolatior.. Tbs Jesuit Relations" in
.bree volumes. beautifully bound in Rusats, BY
Hessrs. Muu1on / Bradley, ss gratnisy to
the Society, we're exhibited 70 tho meeting, and
thanks were voted to these gest'suen.
1t this rnesting we're read soma old aud IN
tara. ing manuscripts connected with Illinois,
~biis On aps s~>udage Of The territory Of Indiana
Fi1.t the proced;,. ri Of q meeting held st Rss.
ta,ti. OF q 1906 I. u which Col George
Atcheson WAS Chairman. and r. @'o'ns0p' oe.
crstary, at which delegates from ST. -" SEQ
Randolph counties were present, for the pur-
pose Of petisioning Congress for division OF
the Indiana Territory. and the establishment Of
Territory In the Illinios, "simllar to that pro-
posed to be enacted in the Territory Of Michi-
kAu. AA6 mEWQ%lA4 ~ NQuE nA0tttA w
the meeting above named, which was sigusd By
nineteen persons, (probably the whole delega-
tion,) and authenticated BY J. Edgar II Chair
msD, (probably Of the committee.) Another
memorial Of q similar nature Was read, more
extended and detailed than the former, which
appears not to have been adopted, and bears no
siguiture. 3. 4 ietter Of instructions to E.
Backus, Esq, appointed agent at Washington
by the petitioners, to whom directions were
given for his procedure, signed by John Mes.
senger and Robert Morrison. and dated at Ksa-
kaskia. jan IL, 1sN.
The papers above noticed allude to memorial
on the same subject, submitted to Congress- at
the session Of lso5-G. They represent the pop
ulstiou of Illinois at 5000 souls, whose Settle
nents were wholly on the Ohio and Mississippi.
They complain Of their connection with Indiana
| Is !" an unnatural and destructive alliance, and
| wh1se interests, real or fancied, are not only
| aapazsts but opposite" Grave charges of mis-
! management ire sleged sgsinst the Federal
authorities IN lndiaaa, and division of the ter
| ritory il earnestly ptayed for.
| letter from the Hon. John Reynolds, giving
some particulars Of Individuals who participated
in tbs events referred to. Mr. E. bactus. the
| sgeat qf tho petitioners, and man Of some
promiueues, subsequently removed from Ili-
nois, and los. his life By drowning, at Carlisle,
Penn.
The Society then proceeded to take notice Of
the Iamented and sudden death Of the late Ar.
i Prescott, the Historian, an eyent which has
called forth q simultaneous and profound grief
7 throughout the country. Mahlou D. Ogden,
Etq., witt q few remarks, submitted the follow
| ing resolution8:
Essolrtd, That the members Of this Society,
haying learned with pain and sorrow Of the
death Of William Hickling Prescott, the Histo-
rian, desire to leaya on tbeir records . testimo.
nial of their profound respect for his memory,
and Of the grief they share with the American
public, and with the friends Of learning through.
ont the world, IN his recent sud sudden death.
In the marked and hsrmonious kaits Of bis
personal character, his varied learning and &C.
compishmeata al scholar, bis brilliant, attrAc-
tive and classic powers as writer, as we'll as in
the extent and 1alue Of hia tabers ~ m Histo-
rian, be has enriched snd elevated our Ameri-
can literature, and ahed new and enduring las
tro on American history, in the estimation oi
mankind; and has entitled his name and mem
o.y to the lasting honor and gratitude OF his
couutrymeu.
Rtsolped, That copy Of the abore resolution
be trana4ltted By the Secretary to the family
heartfelt sympathy and coincidence of the nem-
bers OF this society, in their most sudden and
at1l!ctlve bere8vemepta.
The reading Of the above was followed By
remarks from Ar. ". Hross, the Secretary, end
Col. Graham, presenting with feeling their re-
tactlous upon the great loss sustained by the
American people in the death of Prescott, the
distinguished services he has rendered to our
literature, as we'll as his eminent virtues and
e1ce!lepcies as = man. Col Graham offered
some personal "reminiscences Of the deceased, iu
Ehose 1ocety 10 had been, some ten years