, 1860-03-26
CHICAGO, MONDAY, MARCH rs. 1850.


ANNUAL rErSM' vS xNp eE TIE r1ErStss GoEn1rfEE on
| At the commencement Of our term Of office,
We found that tue Association occupied the ill.,
rary, reading and Managers looms under u
lease from Ar. E, l. Tiukham, for 4 term Of
years, at m annua1 rental OF about Se ,0O0. This
lease had not been cancelled, therefore Mr..
! TinklaEu was entitled to demund the amount
| above named; but in consideration Of the EN-
barrassed circumstances Of the Association, anl
tho great reduction Of rents generally, he had
reduced the tant, and for the year pl.St it b. s
! been fixed at 81 500 per anuuu. TIE Managers =
| room has been occupied during the Jear hE Mr..
j. q. Wilson, at rent Of 9lo0 per aunun, thus
reducing The rent ss,'9s'ly paid BY the Assoeia-
During the past year important aud much
| needed cnaoRes have BEEN mnde BY the Execu-
| tive Board ID the mode Of distributing tue books
| Of the library, the plan adopted being in its
main features similar to that Of nearly every
other large circulating library IN o.her cities.
| On account Of these changes it Wae found neccs-
sary to make the prescnt arrangement Of the
| fixtures of the Library room.
The arrangement was Very carefully consi1-
| cred by the Executive Board. and was finally
adopted with the unEeserred appreciation Of
| every member Of the Beard.
| Tie cost Of the change and the new shelving
required was nearly elU0.
L prominent reason for The adoption Of the
present arrangement Was the well ascertained
fact that very large numbers CT books have nn-
| nually been sto:en from the library, and that
under the former system il would hare been in1-
possible for the most vj2ilabt librarian 10 pre-
liere from cst,m:tes, that more than one hun
drsd volumss have been sarcd to the library
duripg the past year by the present plan.
To show The rapacity uf the lh'eres rho have
Inflicted theu,selreso on the Association, We may
state that nftsr the present plan was adopted.
they wcre forced to find recourse for tue :.rati.
tcatinn Of their peculiar propenstFes outside Of
the "barricade," consequently sundry photo
graphs Of distinguished Lecturers, and various
movable articles, such rs shovcts, poAcre, spit
oons and coal scuttlcs belonging to the 4issocia'
ton, we're pilfered.
It's not surprising that these lght-fnccred
gentry with literary tastes should have bscome
eom VIII It rasenous With such scauty and appe-
tizlng diet, and rccolectiug the Glover" Of
former Times, they sh 'uld now be clamorous
with the cry Of "down with the barricudes"
They are like incendiaries. who care not how
much others may be injured, as it is the plum
der they aFe after.
There are in every community and associa-
lion. peraons who, for very disereditahlo 1eas-
OBS, are opposed to ''lax and order" Such
persons are Arrays CALLED by eyen Tho most
necessary and reasonable restraints.
Considerable clamor has been made by sun-
dry females, because their freedom Of soeiat IN
t.reourss WAS restrained. No Doubt their " area
Of freedom" has been sornewbat cu1tailed, but
we are not aware that it comes within the prof.
1ncc Of this us oclati5n to become accessory to
fr4ilty in either it's milder or more obnoxious
forms
There has been 90 much writing On The
part OF sundry persons mentioned, who pro-
Tess to be a9griesed in some andctplte .wsy
By The present system, that it is not surprising
that many well meaning persons should believe
tlut s0ulr one las really bseu injured: but we