, 1863-04-14
MEETlNG OF TIE BOARD oE
TRADE.
appointments of Comuaittces-ActIon
OF the Directors, &c.

4 special meeting Of the Board of Tad,
WAS called last evening for the induction intt
office of the new officers, and the announce
ment Of the new committees, &c,
The President called the meeting to order
and In few appropriate remarks thanked thu
Board for the manner in which they had aidcG
him In the business the Board, &C., and intro
duced the Presidcnt-clect, John l.. Hancock
Esq, Who made few remarks. expressing
hte gratitude for the favor conferred moor
him. n. &. Fairbanks and Charles Ranaolpb
First and Second Vice Presidents, were calIti
upon and made very neat and appropriate
remarks. The President then read the follow
ing LIST Of appointments as having been made
by the Directors yesterday afternoon:
Stcrftary-Jno. F. Beatty.
1Ttdsrrtr-Geo. T. Rumsey
t1olph. ~ '''o 1's''
." Groi" Inspection -Wolcott, Carter and Mel
n Flour Experimentation, Dinsmorc anil
0' ofhsr In<1'te'ion-pasker, Dore and Whit,
On Nfmxrs1iP-F Fairbanks Howe and Randolph
IMP IF UighHinff-Petric.
1','e@ie heigher-Jae MeNair.
The following resolutions having hccn
adopted by the Directors were read by tic
President:
Itselred. That the Board OF Directors, imnrcesra
With the Importance Of selecting suitable per,nn
ior Chief Inspector Of Grain, man OF rcnera1
grain, hayc deemed 1t proper to deter tho ciretna
OF taia officer, until the name Of some man whn.n
services are worth from 81 600 to 5000 shall bs
Flnur, Fish, and Provisions, was also deferred uu
til TIKI next ucrtinE Of the Board. on Monday eve
ming Eext, to give your Directors the opporinnity
different applicants for these positions.
The President read statement setting
forth the immense increase in the receipts Of
various articles Of produce during the past
five years, and suggested that with this show.
lnG OF Increase in business, and the constant
increase OF members, it would doubtless be Il
matter for tAeir serious consideration. the
building Of % larger Boazd Of Trade room.
Remarks were made upon the importance.
Of The offices Of Grain and Flour Ipspcc,ors
by tile President, Vice Presidents and Mcssrs
Col Tucker, I. T. Mum, Armour, Clary and
randolph, and others. The Office was a1Iudea
TO as being the most important of any IN tho
city or the Northwest; aud the rcsnons,h,o
cat1es TO be Performed were thoroughly dis.
Dedication the tSouth mt3xion.,,
The First Baptist Church, aided by the con
tsibutions Of generous friends, have erected !,
neat, substantial brick structure, in the Nor
man style Of architecture, 70 by 42, ploced
upon four lots donated for the purpose, on
Indiana avenue, near Rldgcly Place, north
west from Camp Douglas. This Mission was
dedicated, with appropriate ceremonies, on
SUNDAY last. Dcdicatory prayer By Rev. afr.
smith, editor of the Christian Things; sermon
~ he7- Dr.. E1arts, from tue text, eth Psalm,
SIN verse. The discourse was able and ap-
propriate.
At the close Of the exercises. Dr.. Eyarts
gave statement Of the cost of tho eaiace
&c. and stated that 1900 were sim 1ne nron
the building. The amount was m,5, m +,
few minutes. Dr.. Eyazts then states, a. =.
more Ind been subscribed than was a,rad ~
lie wonld appropriate the surplus towards
paying for the organ which l4d been purchased
for ;av Mission, and Mud b. oue Of twelve