, 1865-04-26
NORTHWESTERN FAIR.
mtet1ng Of the Ex' cutiye Commits: "a :
l2eportfaE Prouxeax.

1ne regular weekly meeting OF the Executive
Committee Of the Northwestern Sanitary Fair
was held at the rooms Of The Sanitary Commission
on Monday afternoon. T. B. Bryan. Esq, the
Chairman, presided.
a letter vas read from Emory Cobb, ESQ.,. de-
clinfng to act es Chairman Of the Committee On
TelegEaph,ng. His rcsignatfon YVES accepted and
a. e. sWtet, Esq, appointed in hls place.
On motion Of Judge Bradwell the title Of the
committee, Of which he is chaiEmau. v IS ENLARGED
60 o. to include "'Relics and Antog1aphs''.
Mrs. Hoge reported that D. B. Cooke, E,q., de-
eltned to act as chairman Of the committee on
public meetings would be held in different por-
ttons OF The State, at which eloquent speakers
would speak in behalf Of the Fair. She reported,
chsirmen Of he several departments, vi Whieh Us IS
omitted fOr obvious reasons.
ns m0gs 4gsesns p Ii Of sopq
Judge Bradwel thought that all chatEmeu who
lad Leen properly notified Of their appointments,
and bad Tailed to properly respond, should bs
A donation ofss550 fro4.. Romaine Hodsman,
Princeton, ILL.,, was reported, throueh s. Il. Fas.
sett, chairman Of the COMMITTEES on Photography
Judge bzadwell, from the Cumrnlttee On the
Fair Paper, reported progress. The name dec1-
ded upon, he said, was Tie Fotce Of tAe Fair. It
was to te published as weekly until the Fair
FIRST numoe would appear on ,Thursday next, M
der the edltnria! charge OF Andrew s3hnnan. The
subscr1ption price Was 81 81, or ten cents per
number: Advertisements would be taken at the
rate Of Is per equare for each insertion. In
point ol mech anical execution, 1t Would ba supe-
Itor to any similar paper ever published East Or
1t was resolved that 10,00o copies Of the first
number be published, the number OF copies Of
the succeeding numbers 10 be determined BY tho
The Secretary was directed to preserve 100 copies
fcr The use Of the Executive Committee.
A donation Of IN opeu carriage from Shelton &
Tattle, Plymouth, conn.,, was reported and ac.
K Letter wa reid ftom Mrs. N. B. Judd, wife Of
the O. y. Mtni.ter at Prussia enclosing list OF
articles shipped to the Fair,
a letter was also lead from E. Horford, giving
information Of sundsy donations; among Others,
saw Mill by Chapman ponnelly s Co.; and q cast
sugar mil, range, hell, ana s1ol9 in stores and
hardware from !nndry parties II Cincinnati;
Ihe oaes Of the Of Sp5asues Si.oas
visitors, provided the Executive Committee
would pay the cost OF its manufacture was referred
to ihe Committee On Gas With power to ast.
Generals Meade and Sheridan were by vote Of The
commiitee laylted to be present during the con-
tfnu2ncc Of The Falr-
a letter was read from Mrs. Plumb, Of Au.onsa,
New Haven county, Connecticut, lady 81 years
DID, offering to denote box Of articles collected
and manufactured By herself. Donation accepted
4 special committee, conslst,ng Of Messss. Mur-
#, Mlson, 7. y. Baxter and J. j. Eradwell, was
appointed. to whom all applications to sell goods
a6 upoR s p a o. dlyI4 ~ q!
10 act. This Is modification Of the rule hereto
fore adopted BY the committee.
4 committee, consisting Of Judge Hsadwelf,
Mra. 4. 4. Hose, and Mre: D. ?. HsermoEe. was
appointed to confer with The committee Of Prof
MtCoy's c1asses, to arrange for public ezhtbi-
ton i. .Piof: McCoy's talents as . reader Of The
which are to be donated 10 the fair.
T. ". Blatchford, Mr.. Lewis and Ara. 4. u.
uoEe wcrs appointed committee to dx the price
Judge DeardslJ read the following. letter from
E. a. btanebury. It will explain itself:
Nsw YoaK, April ~, 1855.
Hon. J. J. Bcardsly:
MI Dn.E Sin; The thick coming events og the
last three weeks, some Of them q9ite pslsona, :,
ne:lecdng yonr Tesy welcome letter.
The 5e!Ic q the au:hor Or the PLEASURES Of
igent search, and assure you sincerely regret
ii; for though prize it highly. 1t would oe but
eight faelifee to make IN the noble eaqse n
But though cannot precisely fulfill your Wishes,
can give yon some otaers from NY small sock
Of treasures. scarcely less yalned which i am only
unqucstlunao1t autographs Of Lord Ashb1rton,
the Marquis Of Lansdowne, ths Earl Of
IL Ss;op1 d'Gy < f@ kass. fes Fl assa ssmas
nosere. the poet, GrJan Waller Plocter Z. BURY
Cufnwall ", and that llbera! and enlightened
Statesman, the late Earl OF Carlisle (then Lord
Morpeth}. They ure ali upoo envelopes aadrcas-
cd to Hon. Edward Everett while he was Minister
tn England. They wero given to me by the Rev.
Oliver ": 3. Peabody, pastor Of the unitaslan
them from his lister, the widow Of -Alsxan!er
Hill Everett, to whom they were given BY Hon:
Edward Everett. There Is ons exception, most
interesting letter from Barry Cornwall to n, P.
Willis. which WAS given me BY Ar. Willis him
sell.
Nay hope that these will be accepted in lieu
Of the precious zctc you requested, az a elf2ht
token Of the te7erent 1nd gra'eful admiration
with which remember the wonderful and varied
services which my count1ywoucn hare SO freely
and gladly rendered 10 their husbands, cons and
fitt:.s IN thi. most gigantic struggle with des.
potism TINT the world has eyer witnessed.
Fsteh aud green in thousand valleys, shall be
their graves among those Of the beraes Of this war;
and 70 record from the frst mad shot that III the
1res Of disccrd, down 10 the last murderous blow
Of fanatic nalfgnity that has Laid low our nobfest
and our beet, ehall be complete without celebEat.
Ing the lore, the t.ish, the courage, the devotion
OF the women Of America.
Ever youft, E.A. STArsBURY,
The above donations werc received with thanks.
THIS meeting then adjourned to meet on the after.
noon of the Sd Of May.