The New York herald., 1870-01-26
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL AND sTATIsTr.
CAL SOCIETY.

Annual Meeting Election or Onnccrs and Ad-
dress by the President, Judge Charles r.
DAILY.
large ana highly Intellectual audience assembled
last evening In the lecture room OF the American
Geographical and Statistical Society, Cooper
Union, on the occasion OF the annual meet.
ing Of the society. The principal feature
OF the evening was an erudite and closely studied
paper by the president Of the society," Charles p
Daily, Chief Justice OF the Court Of Common Pleas,
on ''Tne Recent Explorations ana Theories for
Reaching the North Pole" The proceedings oom-
mcnced punctnally at eight O'Clock when Judge
DAILY took the chair.
The secretary read the report OF the council or
rast year. which exhibited the society as IN -four
ishing condition, both financially and otherwise
The report was received and adopted The treasurer
presented his annual report showing balance in
the treasury OF $574 a. to which sum must be added
the unc0lected dues OF 405 members at i've dollars
each. The librarians report showed that 2So donar
tons had been made during the year In che shape Of
books Among the purchases has been q large COL
lection OF geographical books and aliases amount
Mr.. Hull, from the Committee on Nominations,
reported IN favor OF the following officers for the
ton:EPrssdent, ton Pre- 't Charles =. Dsiy' ILL., D. Vics
Presidents, Henry Grnnell, y. A. Conking, Rev.
Joseph P. Thompson. D.D.; = Foreign GORE
Corresponding Secretary, w. IA. II. Moore; Record
Ing Secretary, f. Il. STRANGELY; Treasurer, Henry
CIews; Librarian, II. b. Hammond; Council VIII
liam Remsen. 7. Bailey Meyers, w. 7: Blodgett,
W. =. Curtis, Theodore w. Dwight. LID; General
Rutherford, George CABOT Ward.
After the reading OF some correspondence from
sister societies abroad
Judge DAILY was introduced and proceeded, In
opening his address, to give detailed list Of the
great events that had taken pace and the dlscov-
cries that mad been made during the past year. He
said that the year which had just closed would for
ever hold q prominent place IN the geographical
and scientific world Among the important events
Southeastern and East Equatorial Africa. Next
the additional evidence brought to hight Of
q new planet IN the icebOund regions OF the Arctic
Next the marvellous results OF tue deep sea dredging
the existence or animal nle at enormous
have supposed the existence OF lne to
be impossible. The return OF Captain Hall
from the Arctic regions, bringing back remains and
mement0es Of the expedition or Sir John Franklin; !;
all these had great achievements OF the present
time. The completion Of the Pacific Railroad was
the realization OF the dream OF Jonathan Carver, the
Connecticut captain, and the completion OF thoSuoz
canal was the realization OF another dream which
Judge Daily then went on in an interesting manner
to speak OF the various expeditions which had been
sent forth for the purpose OF discovering the
North POle-alluding TO captain Dents NheOry In
1848-and concluded bis remarks. amid the applause
OF the audience, by saying that he hoped the govern
ment OF the United States would take the matter IN
hand and afford the facilities to enable some greas
mind Of this country to carry OIL the palm from 0tner
nations by discovery Of the Northwest Passage.
Among the audience were the following pr0minens
gentIemen:-James w. Beekman, Peler Cooper,
Chief Justice Davies. Henry Grinncll Augustus
6chen and DR.. ]. j. Hayes.