, 1864-12-06

and The = Fisheries" Of Green Bsy, Also On Il,
Esa3 4mssaa ndifD as In Il general and ID
IL aeoqRe up.an p ans pispatsa fl, r. >,
d. ~ % esa "sfls' q e nsass! Ss
yeers By he iea1ned s sbof aataoP II wss
Il. Banntster Of Evanston, fsithf1 transIsso1 etsn
was prspared and presented Of Muller's extended
Spill held Iy he Horh AefIesa e9 hs qna,s1s S5ss
Some Of the recollectons Il our respected towns
man, NJ. Gurdon s. Hubbard lupoa Which II Il 4 L
diana and Michigan were released to the fin;iai IN
%Gre to s Ss9stey in
Those veil known pioneers, and pioneer prln,
ters Or edItors OF Hlinois, MI. George Churchill III
communications Of historical value the Iast Of ~
Warren relating to the so-called ssBiack Lswas oj
Illinois with = retereuea to various publications
veyor General Of New Mexico was H. athn, ,, PM n
aGnor o. "a an interesting sketch Of the Navajo In.
eaan5Ithe PET o. NSw Mexico for more than two
Etnr1 p1e ~ aast 9ronght under By the mi
that department ''AAanu o'
ID d. y a A lzapham wrote npon the Indian Trsa-
| Wilson we owe interesting facts relative 10 The
early Taylor family Of Chicago, and The arst bridas
9uilt over ne Chicago river in 1Raa; The lnformn
BI9Wnsy5lle; in Texas, during is lste occupation ~
mi G enumeration of historical papers, With !.
the proceedings Of the year One Of these 81 r. -
passage OF resolutions BY this Society, which have
been recently forwarded to the State Executive.
recommending the estabiishmcn. Of STATE m
rcau Of Statiat,ca- Such Bureou exists already
N successful operation both In Ohio and Mime
soaa, @ and 1t is made moet valuable auxiliary to
grafton, IN respect to whose labors every WcsteTn
STAG should care for itself
ere The interests md honor Of onr growing
able to observe that no collection of aconplcte or
authorized character has ever yet been made Of tbe
etaustics Of Illinois. Such should not be long said
OF q State OF such magnitude and promise az this.
The Secretary may glance, in passing, at pleas
ing Incident Of the yearthc late visit to our city
fa Hstatx rooms q NJ Go'dwin Smith Ptotesso! of
America In her present gigantic struggle. The
Society appropriately commemoratcd the occa-
Sfon s a. y Il Placing Nh Smith with his consent
pcntcd visits to the SoCiety's rooms he expressed
With his esteem of its design and laboEa Ihe par.
1ecting and sending to England {where our mate
Iaal prospcr1fy is already we'll known) Uniforms:
Sn e Of sete1ce and
friends above all elsc.''
Hut, {onitting other matters Of minor intcrcst)
VIC have time hut to notice one other prominent
cvcnt Of tho year, which Is likely to effect most
scnrib1y the society'sfuure- Near Z year ago,
4EA E&.AtEUAs MEtuDeI8N III epC1GLy commenced
aprfvate subscription to secure iot and building
for our already Gnmanagcablc collection. C1rcum-
stances arrested their work near its happy end;
bu: the eociety at Its annual meeting, three weeks
ago. resuscicited and adopted tho project, com
hitting the subscription TO energetic hands. In
TVS weeks from thst time the lot was eecured-1aQ
and Dearborn strrets: al cost in cash Of $4,000:
while more than SO, 900 had been obtained beyond
that LEO n, towards the erection Of building II
now remains, only to augment this last named
amount till adequate to the erection OF commod1-
ous and safe fire-prooi buildingfsy 40 feet By G6
OF s fsst to Plae; e. this institution on footing
our natural eentiblilies for the good and honor Of
Chicago and the Northwest. -
The Secretary may be allowed in this connection
to call up ZONE striking Temini.c noes. In 1861,
(twcnty ysars ago} when Chicago was in it's
municipal childhood-just fye years old-there
were in The ni.ed States only public Libraries.
that Of this Society as reported this evening. The
1argcst Ntrary then existing, WIS at Philadelphia
q 'orty.1onr thousand volumes, followed next by
that ut Harvard College, having forty-two thou
eand. The Library OF the Boston Anthcneum
(ucxt in order) numbered less than thirty 1hon-
! sald.
In the quarter Of q century sinec elapsed, the
over ten thousand volumes, has risen from twenty
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland had in 1s56 iiat
forty-thrcc. and France, in the same year, but
thirtyeight libraries above the game standard. OF
that Of Harvard College being the largest 10 OO0
two have 5000 Of more; two g, ,oJv This Socie-
y occupies place midway in the scale, being the
onr rigorous test Of nha, is called a a bound book
Excluding those simply stitched and pressed,
Win covers Of Paper Or rasteboard. In the nun
We exceeded, Us before observed, b Two insti.
| Wereean these facts not in the splri. Of vain
to the generous Astors, Peabody. and Bateses Of
q ~ Intelligent and free pcopel the bibliosraph.
tcal and literary advancement Of America. within
quarter Of a century and this as a promise, and
amonition, too of what is likely to await ouE own
II within litt]e more than eight and half
years. uithont endowment md In tho face OF dis
e@onrngements @ not fey nor light this Young, strpg-
-: :snsiuye regasS io1 o&r &C eltys y's vi. 81
senee SaSe 1nSg eo
operative good will Of the many men of learning,
congreeatng here. DOVE mistake In Tie Belief
collections, with suitable provision for their ar
resort, when. desired. Of the cultivated of both
now felt want which should not he disappointed,
and the satisfaction Of which would soon and rich.
1J repay the ont1ay it may requiset
such giving this, rich .harrest from this SOW
., and seeing ADORE tts wcll-alled and venerable
Whose generous benetactions once .filled
those shelves with the treasures Of old
sa Wisdom lid lot for n taass Ssa Of ftu,
6 c AID m tse ss1t T. s
and never broken waa secured the true npothcosls
the genuine Immortality Of bene1ccnt Influence
therefore. these pressing cares Of ours. whcrh.
ef of commercial o professional Lie, which crowd
on 1nosf, debar us from complete appropriation IL
ourselves Of the intended benefits Of an institution
Ike ibis, will # not console us that the good we
and live io6s after us. vhen tiat eveq
event comee which reminds Us ali
"What shadows VIC and what shadows We puzsue',
II closing this meagef glance ct The record Of
ty's friends for al their timely and generous aid
to It 1t is but Justice to lay chaplet or honor upon
ton who hare passed from Us within that period.
One, the late Hooper Warren, II faithful and es-
teemed correspondent Of this Association, for forty
have become, In State, HISTORICAL died in Au-
gnst last in ful, with the bcnedictions many
friends upon bis truekcaEsed worth. The other,
IN The University Of chicaeo, as man, naturalist
citizen and a Christian, left memory Of worth
and Gl benefits to the general good q onr city
II! to know that the respectful sentiments be in
sepircd toward him, In afl who knew him, might
l0llO" ua HuEu NE euAil EO 1tlHF ulu I'd 14G
pale realms Of sLade,' snd to the communions Of
higher life.
,s.slnktnE vltaln D@es.h'e @ arms; As sink, the sun
Below the br.hest hills when hts day work Il done
At the conclusion Of the Secretary g report, Hon
Vim. Il. Brown was introduced, and read very
interesting paper upon the rise and progress Of
the anti,s1avefy sentiment in Illinois, t1sk for
which his early residcnce IN the Statc, and bis
ihdienn Th ta95s ssref rendered
Mr.. Brown said: Slavery has always been the
disturbing element In this government In the
North and East, on the adoption Of the Federal
Constitution human chattelism gradually died out,
but in the South, because the system YVES more in
conRonance with the notions Of not only the earlier
but the later settlers, 1t dourished and grew with
iss character and increased in arrogance until It's
labors terminated in the last great endcayor to
compass the destruction Of the government The
prosperity OF the free North, With the bIi.hting
cnrsc OF unCompenKated labor forever removed.
was happily connasted with the ehift1essness and
lick OF enterprise which distinguishes the South.
The fret direct conflict between the elements of
freedom and slavery was when Missouri applied
for admission into The Union with slave conati-
a bitter and relentless war which was only as
snaged BY the adoption OF what was called the
Missouri Compromise. With a faith more infn-
nous than the ancient Punfc filth, at least one OF
the high contracting parties to that compromise
bad shnmetully yiolated it. as nil the world would
know, whcn the efforts to Introduce slavery into
Kansas by the pzopagandists should pass into his
tory
The second grand conflict waa fought on the
soil Of illinois, to describe this ehould be the Oh
tcct Of his ad1rees. This battle between the hosts
1f freedom and elavery was fought in 19z3-al. At