, 1873-07-09
THE LATE COL. FOSTER,
Memorial Meeting Of tho Acatl-
.elny Of Sciences.
Resolutions Adopted.-.Remarks Of Dis
tinguisllcd Citizens.

Resolutions Adoptcd.--Renlar Of Dis
. tinguis1lod Citizcns.
4 special meeting of tho Academy of Sciences
was hold yesterday evoning in Parlor No. l OF
Tho Pacific Hotel DR.. Johnson presided.
p THE CHAIR
called tho 1neetlng to order, sud announced tho
. death Of Col. Fostor, the late President. The
purpose Of tho meeting was to take suitable
action, aud ozprcss in fitting torms their senso
of their loss. At prosont they could only OK
preas In d fow worla their ruling sentiments,
aud not their iutellectun1 appreciation Of
his worth. IIo remembered lin for twonty yoaru
as man Interested in scionce and tho gene.al
affairs Of ltfo. Ho was broad man, Lis distin-
gushing characteristic being his general knowl-
edgc, and it's application to practical purpoaoB.
As o goologiet, ho had worked with reference to
tho practical value Of tliscoyeries,-the quail
Lies of soils, otc. such mon were benefactors
to all classes Of society. llo lad tho most
liberal yiows OF scionco, mud diollkod
to place n pocuniary vnluo on hts
discoveries. So while ho had brought woalth to
others, he himself never roaped tho results. Ho
WAS n,nn Of puro life, gouial disposition, aud
Bmplo manners, always ready to discuss acien-
liflc matters, and always ,nanifosting 1iboral
spirit for tho opinions Of othors. His intolleo&
did honor to humanity. uo concluded by trunt-
Ing that others would speak more fully on his
work as a scientist, and thnt proper resolutions
OF respect would be adopted,
Or. Andrews moved n committee Of threo DO
appointed to draft resolutions. It was agreed
to, and tho Chair appointed DR.. Andrews, Gov.
Bioss, and George q. Walkor.
Tho Chair road = letter from Z. J. Dlatohford,
Esq., expressing rogrot at his inability to bn'
present, and ouloglzing in tho warmest terms
the great abilities aud usefulness OF Col. Foster
years, and whose loss was an almost irraparablo
ono for the Academy With which ho had boon 30
prominently connected.
RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee on Resolutions reported the
following:
WHEREAS, It has pleased Divine Providence to
move from ua By death President, DR.. J. ".
lesolvtd, That In this afction tho Chicago Academy
Of Sciences IL bereft Of who houored not only
for his official position, but for his arduous scientific
tolls his high attainments hts noble personal chara
tor and the loss Of whose fabors and influence from
among ~ must met eslsa al oysrs Of se!enee to MOURN
desire to e1preas to s family sincere sympathy
aud sorrow It their deep af,iiction.
sion bs prepared By the Recorder and pnced upon tho
record.
Rtsorkd, That tho Secretary forward COPY Of thcso
resolutions TO the family Of tho President.
REMARKS OF DR.. ANDREWS.
Or. Andrews, in offering tho resolutions, ea1d
1t WAS difficult to give connected notice Of the
scientific life Of the deceased since he had
worked in so many aud various fields. He had
heard OF him first when surveying tho Lake su-
perior copper mines, assisted by Mr, Whitney.
Ho spont much time and labor in this work,
aud went over that wholo mining region
until then almost unknown. Ho sklrtod the
shores Of tho lake, visited Kewoeuaw Point, etc.,
and went to Isle noyale. Sketches ho had then
made showed that he was an excellent artist, and
from which he had rooontly made couple Of oil
paintings. After TINT ho became superiutond-
ont Of the fllinoa Central Lnud Department,
aud studied their territory with view to discoy-
SrinE erinE coal and lead 1nines He surveyed tho
and investigated specially, the tin rninea
tLere. He was in the indiana Geological
Survey. During lator years failing health made
him deyoto more Of his timo to tho Academy, at
he had contributed valuable papers. Ho had
also published two well-known books. Ho WIS
entitled to especial credit for new and broad
geological idea1-one 1 that on tho summits Of the
that they were the frHt land above the waves in
North America and possibly in the world. This
generalization WAS due to Col Foster alone.
REMARKS OF GOV. Dlos8.
Gov. Dross, in aeconding the resolutions,
spoke rs follows:
hin. pnEs1DENr AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ACADEMY:
Many and sad have been the caantes that huve be-
twice boen destroyed by ire-tho last IN our great
nru Of October, la5l, deprl'ing ua in some depart
our ase President, md Simpson. o,s accomplished
and indefatigabls secrstary, and what wo had lost
Months sRo o to sa 5
loss of Secretary, cut down In the mIdst Of his
yeara and Ills usefulncss but not till his researches In
ec!ence had male his nnno and that Of this Academy
known and honored BY all the lending seientsts al
over the world We all remember the meeting Of tho
our eaent erssd hs os a. Se wsra
~ own son e 5efeFred W most tenerly G Tho hopo
o Of usefulness aud In due time pay some tribute to
h!s OWL memory when hc was no nlofe: and We have
ro IT, sow ssy WITH s President
the loss Of one for whom 10 had hoped
for ,,a onz and most successful g career In hts
the memory o. own Kennicott, whose de-
ycted spirit He'd from earth by ts iesbound shores Of
Secretary say that IN the death OF COL Foster tho
Academy has suffered ita greatest bereavement No
Ata varied aud careful! culture, his ~ids, acute. aud
acsnrats knowledge q facts aid tie b5.adh md
lie sreste.t sehea Of o aao sS Whe his
geni.l nature and great simplicity Of manners ade
honor by al the lovera Of Hceucs from the fact that
ignoring thu most certain prospects Of great wealth
feFeryedy to SCIENCE He loved more to with
Nature than to nsen TO tho pl,uita Of the multitude.
asds lint 10 might teach Gis% % eioTmen te geo Geological
md mineral IT an sa nsy & q n:aa
noat conducive to the comfort and tho harp.-
WI h fully @ nq ne 70 sa
thst built and have reb9ll. cur city ana made 4 tho
nx earey q thu o wHs a ~
plsines, and found bis happiness In developing tho
character snd tho habis Of te people who built item
daily thoughts, and II was the thene of hs midnight
musings III thls special alabsorbtng devotion to se-
ence that must be regarded as tbs nobles trait in the
character Of Col Foster It tho aeGEet preat