Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-13

A 4setRFs ~ :. d. Ba Cnasilu.
BY consent sol the Society for the
Advancement of Science and Art, aud at
the invitati0n OF the Travellers Club OF
this city, p. B. D0 Chaiflu, last even
tng tleliyered anDe Instructive and
Firth Avenue, on sExpl0fatioiis In Africa, y
belofe 3 very select audience of ladies and
lenflemen, c0mpriaingo members aof, the
association and their friends. y e tlgf5lur
THE NEW ROOMS 0FsTHR rRAvELLKR's CLUB.
rTbesb to0msa are yeey elegahtly fitted ap
and have only been occupied by the club
since the lst6f April, tkSiS old establish
Ment atiN0sq West F0uEteeuth' street ahaR-
tnx been aoend d01ed fof the finer and more
9ha first fiooraof their new bnildiBg com
prises the 0offes room, Ftstaarant. and re
ceptiOn OF sittfng1Fooms the second floor
Or main saloon, which Is richly furnished
and elegantly adapted 20 the purpose, is
appropriately 70 lectures and social enter
alnnsnss. sna no, eomRFlsss as9 ssaalng
are occupied as billiard SALOONS, dressing
and 0zth r0Omz. &C.
This club, Whioh has been in existence
less than three years, having been original
y 0rkanized by Mr: Edward y. Dunbar,
their present Pfesident. embodied an idea
&C the start which has w>t with extraordi-
nary success. It numbers 1t present two
hundred uehbers 6f vaflous ,5atfonalflies,
and It's object is TO encourage the inter-
change Of social enkInaent and intel gence
from different porfions Of the world among
traEelled gentlemen Of wealth andcultiVas
ton. .la.3 k3zAR 01S4 10 aaTT8t
REMARKS BT howard E- DUNBAR.
AT eight O'Clock the lecturer was intro
duced to the audienee BY the President of
the club, who spoke as follows,:ss 80
LADIES sANDrCsENTIEmnN-.IE fs with no
ordinary feelings Of pleasure that / rise to
welcome you. TO the new and elegaut rooms
Of the Travellers Club and to Introduce 20
you the vofld-renowned traveller, Mr.. Du
Chaillus As this is the formal opening Of
these rooms, to which we have recently re-
moved, wiIh with your kind indulgence
and that Of our distinguished guest, make
&few very bffef remarks In relation to the
elubusIi will Hdetain you but a moment
There are great minds who have suggested
8 &congress Of nations. 4 meeting OF the reps
fesentatives of all the nations OF the earth
TO initiate measures ealcnlated to promote
the general welfare of mankind and pro-
mote peace and good will on earth. This
Is great and good idea. And this idea, to
Q certain degree, underfies the Travellers
Club and the motives of those who are
striving TO build Il up. We have here daily
alitte Congress Of nations. We have here
numerous representatives Of the principal
Ot New York. The effect. OF this cannot
beEbnt good. National asperities are soft
ened and social intefcourse Is built up and
friendships are formed " whfch are almost
entirely new in our city life. Our club Is
now just entering mpon' the third year OF
rs regular organization Financially.l
may it Is success perhaps consider
ing the manner in which it has started. eV-
erTthing taken into consideration the most
successful, financially, In this city. As cOs-
NRopolitan club, thus far, it Is also 3 success.
The experiment was considered hazard
Gus one, and perhaps it was soi but TINS
far It has not proved q Ueoplan scheme'and
the clubisrapidly aeqnie6g q position OF
Influence and power. And in proof Of tnls
IhaYe only to point to this ndieHce this
tBmDestuous snight--slleh an array Of tue
Beauty. fntellect and ihtelfigel1ee of the
great city Of New York and to our distln-
9uished traveller who gfayitates to the in
etitutien naturally. 4 wlshaI TO state that
Mr.. Du Chaill1 was engaged With the So
cietE for the Promotion of Arts and Sci
ences, to deliver his two first lectures be-
fore that ass0ciati0n, but that on learning
that we were anxious to open these rooms
akRs early q day as possible. he was will-
if4g,i and that society consented that ne
sh0hid make his first Appearance in these
rooms. He has been very busy preparing
himself for those regular lectures with his
diagrams, and, he thinks, has hardly had
che tire fn which to prepare and do him
self Justice here this evening. But he pro-
poses 60 meet with rs here on this anspi-
cfods occasion. 6nd 20 have what he iterlDs
afamiliar talk, and to entertain you in the
bestmannef he can. Now for the pleasantel
business of the evening. 80 have the pleas
ore aHd honor of Introducing 70 you MIR
Du Chaillus whose reputation is world.
wide, and whose name is already a house
bold word In our own land. We all remeIn.
bershoW . few years agoss when ne camt
from his first experience In Africa and gave
ff1e extraordinary accounts of his adven,
4ures and of what be found in the jungle'
and deserts OF tropical Africa; how be ~ ~
attacked by certain saVans of Europe; how
his story Of that extraQrd dinafy creature
the gorilla, who probably might be fonnc
% have one WIFE, and who went ont in thl
morning and got his food and came back a
night. acting more like good citizen IN th'
community than some black barbarian
around him. We all remember how ths
abatement that such an animal had beer
discovered was disbelieged, and we know
how the traveller has met the Statements
He went back co Africa, and now comes
With hoVerWhelming evidence Of all he ha.
before stated, and more IApplaase.l Y J +.
aO1 Id u sTfzE IKCifiURE. T I'D IIs
The lecturer was received with applause
and spoke as follows:
Mr. PREsIDEET, LADIEs AND GENTLE
NENI came to-day from Putllam county
ia the State of. New York, little thinking
Of the reception which awaited me to
night. told Mr.. Dunbar a few days ag'
should be happy TO come and talk here
but I had no idea that ladies would be ad
naftted, and besides was not prepared q
give q full lecture. have been In tn
country on purpose to be quiet, stayins
with friends, inorder to write three lee
lures have 70 deliver here and attend d
nv diagrams, to do the best can 0giV
an account Of what Ishave done during th
ten years while explored Africa. L tint
itevery difficult now to do this. DurinI
those ten years have collected aegrea
amount OF material j have studied q
much as could the habits of the people
their customs and their religion. hav
studied the natural history of the country
especially, insects, birds, quadruped, goril
las, chimpanzes, and the astronomy an
geography of the country. And have
put them all in two lectures. lind
very hard, I assure you. But as alway
saw. It Is far more difficult to put dow
your thoughts from your own Journals
traxels,s than TO go and travel in thos
foreign countries. During those ten yeal
] stayed there made large collections.
slleeeeded IN collecting twenty mine gorilla
every skin ofwhich have either here or j
England. 4 obtained twenty -one durin
the first Journey. Isucceeded in collectln
fifteen ehfmpanzes, the skins and skeleton
of which / have, more than two thousan
birds, thousands of insects and shells;
succeeded also in collecting one hun
dred and twenty skulls of negrO'
ILaugliter.] I bring the negro, N
for pleasure, but as matter
science. (Laughter] The negro coul
not understand what meant at first.
had to be very careful in obtaining I'll
skulls. They Thought / was crazy the
said, and would ask "what does that ma
want? Heis always hunting the wood
He is Wild. and always speaks of buyin
the, slulls,of our ,forefathers.n They we