The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-08
Meeting u shs ssw York Hl.sssio.a


Meeting ~ shs Usw York Hlsessiosa
rAPYR BY THE HON. y0HE A. DIX.
AresuAr messing OF tue New York Historical Society
vss held ~ the socie'ys hall, OF secoad
ana <veosh street. Tuesday evesins After the prsA
mnssy business the comnissse upon the purchase Of
'ne Aeoe" Collection reported thai they bad received
so"'ef On valuable plsies, representing Egg ptAs ssqa-
WEE ITO" NJ hSshs, and thai they hoped by rhe nen
'ne s"cA'y 10 report that the Abbosi Colisso
Vas she PrSpery OF the sociey Several new ne ~Sss
we're ben poninstea ana eecsed r-s Iih..,... c.r.1
the sssouoo Of the society y e,sh, u,r,.. - ,,a,.
ohie's. painted al wssbiBstoa by . os,.h,.,.d 80
artist, sbous The beginning Of the present os,,rx -
the long missing Directory for l7ei Ths DreoHov -
l7ss y sun mssins. letter read from . co-,~.
poDdiDs NE mber, " SALISBURY, niOrni.g u s,o..1~
thsa be vas engaged by the Eagiba sovsrnnsas n -
pairing the Enssh STATE papers relating the osss.ta
history Of tbs country, and enclosing the nrss prsse
sosets Of the work. BE onered 70 The eoleosu
70 the year l7ss end 70 nc<sass the number At ospss
only SEVEN hnDored and nsty-oroered BY the EsxwA
govepb largely ~ our ecvernmnst might dasre
he bon john A DIX, recehu, appointed PostnassaP
this cny hsn uIoduced. ana proceeded 70 rssl
Paper upnu TIE OF Ne Unitsd Ssies with fupul
The paper bryan with . bret Description Of Nssskssa
Africa, which In physical beauty u sxos1AsA
P".sc' sns s'0 ., ms, Is a'Ss:s o.
tbsee tho Of which SUI remain; and there ~
vas the peo'spols-s o. the i've srsa ctses-sreesns
former Glory. For the three husdrei ysAn pseoscnG
this ospSuy, the ssA,rs Of Ase,s, rns fpsl ssrs
prsiss Their dep eos,nSs aroused the i.rr~ ~ =
" retaiistory measures, Chases invaded runss
In i1w We made treaties win toess ssass,
and In th~ee tr~stsss We agreed to psy tribute =
thep, France bAo agreed pay ributs 1855 ss1
Also the DusOh, swe.ss .sd Vsnetans ana eva Grsse
leads OF naval frigsie present to tho Be1
On board the vesse vas Mr. Estoo Opasui =
Ton. sno vxs.a the Beg and expressed, in pry.s
hes sna an epssrs continent should be trtss-
tAIy % fellow ~ho.s whole naval feees
Eaton nsts,ed 'hs. oar government had begun wrssx.
and thst tia osE language 70 DO employed 70 h,se Ssa
Of s. isa ne:
that The Uni cd should mske good nth Of the o
hs Mr Ess,a rsfos@o 70 do ana sises wsny indlsass
be was okmssea By the 6~y, 10 l6C2 NJ catncart,
Consul 70 f,pou ives Aso engaged Ia perpetas ooaws
versy with tho bashsw of that STATE, who in the peer
Alesss, ana thress his ~as reisss1,
asserting that be bSd been for making the b
ssa ss no TOR n:s
xmber 1900 the Deg seized the UE~o States tfaaspsst
Washington. psr force, and used Y for his o~s par
wrote 10 O0asui Eaton, future te ~
inogpisy must b. rtsentd last the dispatches e
our people sDo Cssosore D.s, win Tires fs.ss sss
sent cut 70 the BAfossy coast, but carried ~nA ths0
many thousand dollars tribute those sasss lad ast
foreign dom~sc resuops and the distressed stse q
our nssnc4s, curing the administrations Of wsshmgssa
sooner Con modore Dale appeared OF ruus end rrpoa =
June 1901 the Boy having already declared var AZ iAs
Tipoitsp poscca snp with the 6nest o. their ssisrs
oB board. the former gained Q brilliant victorv r.
shp we ssd sent to the Boy Win ,hs mes
esge thst this wss toe only tribute he would ever
,sesvs rom our county l.pplsuse The Boy expsssA
the Anercsn oonperoe was ssfe. In 1909 our asss-
reinforced, invested Trpo and Kept Tunu Alsisn
SSs Our people .s,s noe tnsroassy srous. s.a .
tor his inactivity, and Commoc Prcbio took plsea
The frsAte Phiaaepha, CAPTAIN Baobdse, unforsassss
ran aground sno was captured By gubboAts and the
Bey oonmepced nstDg her up 70 ooasnue the vsr.
CAPTAIN cambridge suggested Commodore Prsbis ths
placed under the com nanc Of usuieuaat (sfsr waves
OcDpodore) Decatur. TIE reader gave Q dssais6 -
viva Description Of this memorable ana gssss sxpsA-
teu and IVES interrupted By frequent and hearty appsnse
In ten nDus<s the Phaoelphia captured and arsl
and Decatur and biz escaped Ca tbs "a Of Augsl
Intrepid loeoed viii oombususlss and - Are
10 the eneuyS feet, ana suodssy biew up, whistler ~
;ssS q Sess 3 bs.s 20 Sssd o"e. ~ s,, me .
the bodness, dsrsg and chvalry Of nation hardly pa
he Ind expsAuon General Eaton wss Dos sssos1
General EAsoa hssded expedition plsss The bsstr
D,re,y SUCCESSFUL shs siasd in forcing tbs Boy % .sss
peace for the IRA Tripon disovued her ptsasscA
pssctioss ssd The Pope sad 90 have sxciauea ts.e
America bed done f0s the OF humanity THAI Il
chrstendom. Tan years later oDnuodore Dsosssr
,osoed the same t:rns upos Ais.svs and ruas tsss
pa,oes ocassnsed 70 pay tribute bot that aus 6,sss
Britain sezsd she opportunity rid herself Of sh JOKE
sooa they w b. ovsrncodsd By oar cv,izsscs q W
vie with Italy N ~ at aoesoss 70 who dee froa sse
s sras ss.s
n. BAs.ovr moved ths usual vote q thanks, vassA