Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1873, Page 1

‘o, VOLUME 2. ___W...,..M_‘._I?}PER' RETURNED 2 el ] ‘Wo have returned to our former location, 110 & 112 T Mot vur West Side store will be Lopt open for the present.. BRADNER, SHITH & G0, PAPER A AAAAAARAAA 10 PER CENT DEDUCTION On all Garmonts ordored of us dur- ing January and February 1873. B X, Tailor and Draper. ‘Wedding Outfits a Specialty. 8hirts to mesasure, EXTRA DUR- ABLE and PERFECT IN FIT. 857 Wabash-av. Aftor March 1, 1873, ot Corner Bonrog-st. and Wabashar, ESTABLISHED 1854. 1510 20 PER CENT NEXT SIXTY DAYS. We wiil- make a discount for CASH of 15 to 20 per cent on all goods ordered for FALL and WIN=- TER wear, J. B. HALL, MERCHANT TAILOR, 130 Dearborn-st., Mo doors north of Madison. * _REMOVALS. REMOV.ATI. FASHIONABLE FURNITURE! V. V. STRONG: FURNITURE €0, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. REMOVATL GASSETTE, SPRINGER & YOUNG, Real Estate and Financial Agents, 149 and 151 Madison-st., Northoenst corner TnSalle-st,, {’lfl! and eoll Roal Estate on Cammh‘\‘llm\:, Collect Ront., T ‘o ay Taxos far Non:Itus|dente, S Aad Nogotiata Loans o 1eal Fatatn Seguriy. > Le88 TATAN T GAS: Late Olreult Clark niud o Deads, 10K W. SPRINGE] O A SEIINGE] ato Ajonis for 16 yo REMOV.ATLL. CERSTENEDIG COMMISSION MERCITANT, Uns Removed (o 199 Fast K it COAL! GOALT ard Goa, all ain 12 rio and Brlac J1 & Osnnsl...., 100 Plosabiia (Sioris i), 10 ndia T Wil .9 W, M, & J. F, . Yart Ko ot ROk N. A Till; JANUARY NUNBER OF Tiikt CHICAGO LIBRARIAN, Now in press, will botssucd tnn fow days, and will con® i n e < o1 alt fho. buoke, parlodicals, A p r bicago Pnblio 1ilraty: aleo tho Dauos ry: al donore, and othor Nibiracy Intormation of vatuo to uarantsod ofreatatfon tace which ndvertisers vill m ubscuptton, ouly £ cta & yoar. Ra ddvortiting kv ab tho ritico, No, 7 Tribune W DEAN & CO. Publishers, A. O. Slaughter, BANKER, Qoraer Clark and M . oudtau Gl Hocoman Iuys nad solls Htock oy on dapotit and fra | Hirokarage Bustnes BRANOE OERTIFiOATES il aull 4,00 808 Loy a1 warkot peica. R - D. STILES, South_Clark. At Wholesale and Rotail, at CUL- VER, PAGE, HOYN and 120 Monroe-st. " SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED E & CO,'S, 118 Far oll the Loading Periodionls at RUB- i SXIIIE, 14R Atata.at CHINA, GLASSWARE, &o. A e GREAT Clostng-0ut Sal (ROCKERY. Plain and-]—Sgnd China, (Hassware, Bar Goods, Silver Plated Ware, And Fancy Goods. These goods will be sold from half to two-thirds their actual value, and less than present cost of importation. Call, sec and sat- is_fy yourselves, KETGHUM, MARTIN & €0, 201 East Madison-st. ASSURANCE, London Assurance Cororation LONDOI. Iaocal Comamitteo. J. P. GIRAUD FOSTER, . GORDON N 8 Eoter ¥ Rlomanu: Gt Soormiacs danaton £ Co, OHARLES M. TRY, LOWARD POTTE Vo, 3 Wallot, O Beown Bros, & GOOLD 11, REDMOND, Of Donalstoun & Oo. Total Funds, Gold, - $13,234,425 Fire Assets, Gold, - - $5,064,000 GEO, C. CLARKE, Agent, S and 4 Bryan Block. Insuranco effectd on Businoss Bufldings, Merchandise Provisions, Dyellings nnd tholr contonts, ichefing> PIAITOI -1828 TO 1873, After fifty years of public crit- icism, is still conceded to be the Standard Piano of America, Fino assortment, Close Prices, Favorable terms, T A.REED & SON'S REED’S TEMPLE OF MUSIC, * No. 81 Sixteenth Street. About March 1st will ocoupy our new building, corncr of VanBuron and Dear- born-st. Extonsion, WRIGHT, RIGKART & 0., GENBERAL ' CommissionMerchants CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS. Nos.119& 121 LaSa]!e—sl., No. 105, Commercial-st, (Ovor Opon Board; OBICAGO, - - ILL/ ST, LOUIS, M0. At Israel’s Pharmacy, 522 Wabash-av,, corner Hanmon-court, can bo found a hoautiful solsotion of EIOLIDAY COOIDS, OF ALT, DESURIPTIONS. JOIN I, N'CLELLAN. LOTHROP B, HODALH, ‘McCLELLAN & HODGES, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, 131 TaBalle-st,, Ohiongo. —____OCEAN NAVIGATION, FOR BEUROPH. CUNARD TIAIL . LINE, Established, 1L840. From New York avory Woduoulay. [rom Dostan avo Faturdeys Cabia patsaks Satvand &ivy goid, Tter Garsion tickota &t reducad Taice: 30,00 currency. .00 carroncy. .00 curroncy. ritaln, Ireland and tbe Gontinont, i o ipgrehandiss to and frova s Steorago toand from Brltish polnt Buaerao 1o or from Uorman pioh Steerage (o or [ emd i a5 polnts. Drafts on Gr ‘Through bills o torn Agent, norilwoyt cor, Clark and Ran. uew Sherman Houso, SHEET IRON, &o, Chiragn PJ&[§ and Bar Mill Company, Manafacturers of Sheet Iron and Boilor Plate, Offico 762 Wabagh-av. W o and Wronght Tarcing L and Wrought Sarap, iND A oat, Mr, Gllow F, Clino, for many years hoad saleeman lo onr hout Ia this day admittod & partnur 1o tho samo, Tho mio will be gontinuod as heretofure, HALLOOK & WiHKELER 23 Wt Randolphat, it Masonie, Regular Communication of Oleveland Lodgo No, 211, A. ¥. & A. M, Thuraday Tvoning, Jon, 4, 1673, Installation of Offi- ors, and busindes of importangs will come Rofoko the Lodge, Bvery member in horeby notifled to be prosent. QEO, X, HAZLITT, Beoretary. e Ehicagy CHICAGO, THURSDAY, JANUARY OUR LIBRARY. ‘Another Grand Chi- cago Enterprise Established, Dedication of the Free Library and Read- ing Room. The First Day of the New Year the Appropri- _ ate Occasion. Hundreds of Our Best Citizens Participato in the. Ceremony, Chicago to Become ths Literary Headouar- ters of the North- west. The Old Water Tower Des- - tined to Hold 30,000 Volumes Within the Year. Addressos by Hon. Thomas Iogne, Mayor Medill, Dr, Ryder, and Professor Fiske, ~ They Predict Grand Things for ¥ the Library. Tha ¥roo Library of the City of Chicago, which waa yostorday formally openod to tho publi, is in many rospects tho most eatisfactory of all the gaina which have resultod to Chieago by renson of tho flro, sinco it is not, as is tho caso with many othor things, marred by the recolloction of & lose. Wo hinvo bottor buildinga than those be- fore the firo, and still we regrot those which wero dostroyed, but wo had 1o public, no free library, and_thoro was no immedinte likeliood of tho foundation of ono. Willing as our eiti~ zon8 generally aro to sid in advancing sciostific or literary objects, but fow of thom seomed to rocognize the importanco of & great public library, and whon the firat stop was takon it was in England, and not in Iitinols. PRION TO THE FIRE tho domand for books. was” partially mot by the libraty of the Young Mon's Assooation, and that of the Young Mon's Christian Association, while tho Historical Bocioty bad a large and valusblo collection, though mot of & vory gonoral character. But thoso wero all swept away, ond thero was but littlo probability of their restoration for @ long timo tocome, so that, whilo thonood of library was as keenly felt a8 over, tho city was the only instrumontality that could spoedily supply the want. Immedi- atoly aftor the fire soveral English anthors and othor gentlomon of prominonae dotormined, in- stoad of aiding Ohicago in money or supplies, to wend rolief in o moro durablo form, by gotting to~ gothor a collection of books which should sorve 28 the nucleus of TUE FREE LIDRARY OF ONICAGO books valuablo in themaclvos, but mado specially 40 by tho nutographe of thir writors, Tho nows of this intoution was Yocolved- hore with groat gratification, and, at a public mecting hold Jun. 8, nttonded by the bost citizens, it was do- terminod to got through tho Legislature such & bill a8 would eurblo the city to catablish it library and rececivo this donation. Tho Mayor and othor gontlomon gave tho mattor thelr carnost attention; and, finding that a bill had been introduced into the Logielature, carly in tho year, to enablo citios and villagos o estabs lish freo librarles, thoy made that tho basis of action, and, aftor undorgoing some slight modi- fieations, it becrmo o law. ACTION OF THE COUNOIL. Tarly in April, 1873, tho Common Counoll, un- dor tho provislons of this law, paesed an ordi- nanco providing for the establishment of a pub- lic library, and a fow days after tho Mayor nom- inated Mosara, Thomas Hoyne, D, L. Bhorey, Juliue Rosenthal, Willlam Woodard, 8..8. Hayes, Horman Rastor, R. F. Quoal, Elliott Auihony, and J. W. Sheaban aa the membera of tho Board, which organized on tho 23d of Aprt}, and olocted Mr. Hoyno Presldent. The noxt quoation which aroso was, as to whero the books were to bo stored. It was ab ono timo auggosted (bat tho Conersl Government ehould furn over tho sito of the Post OMco to tho oity in oxchango for ithat portion of Quinoy strect which it reguired for tho now Custom Houso, bub that projact was Bnally abandoned, and it was dooided to fit up tho tank of tho old resorvolr on Adams atrost, around whiok tho tomporary City Hall bad been built, Boforo tho work was completed, ths original sohomo was modified, and provision was mado for tho orectlon of a roading room, imme- diato adjoiniog tho library, which was to be provided with tho prominent daily, weekly, acd monthly publicatious of the world. THE OPENING YESTERDAR. Although the notico ot the intonded opening of the rooms hind beon very briof, a large num- ber of gentlomon wero in attondanco, and be- gen reading thoperiodicals and papors. Owlng to tact that tho covers for many of the unbound periodicals have nol yob beon received, many of thom cannot as yet be handed over for the in- #peotion of tho publie, Al 11 o'clack tho audi- occe which had assombled in tho capacious aud comfortablo resding room was called to order by the Ion, Thomas Ifoyne. ANONG THOSE PRESENT WERL Huporintendont of Publio Schools Piokard; In- speotors Wilco and Richburg, of the Doard of Education; Commissionor Prindaville, of the Bonrd ot Publio Worke; Alderinon Otls, Oannon, Bliorwood, Coay, MoGenniss, Bailoy, Btono, and othora; ex-Alderman 0. 0, P. Holden; William Hanry §mith, Agont of tho Associated Pross; ‘Thomae Moran, Robert Heryoy, Colonol Hame tnond, Judge Troo, Dr. Wickorsham, Jobm Lyle King, Oyrus M. McCormick, David A. Gngo, Qonoral Btiles, Judge Goodkins, Rev. Rabert Lalrd Oolllor, ‘Rov. W. N. Powors, Judge Rog- org, and tho Hon, Artomus Oarter. PRAYER. Tho Rov. Dr. Rydor, pastor of 8t. Paul's Uni- voranlfat Church, offored tho following prayor Almighty God, bolloving that tho purposo for which o linve nssombled fn this rovm this morn- Ing, is intonded to {»romoto tho highost intoresta of bur cityy and thono of ouc follow.mon, wo doom it fit l(ng to invoko '.l'hg ‘bonediction upon thoso oxorcisos, Wo desiro, Oh God, to connact Thy namo with ol laudabledhings, and toidenti- {{ Thy glory with the wolfaro of our clt‘y. o Thou with us whilo wo aro togothor. Sanctify thoso “procoedings to tho Ilargest and bost good of us all; and wo do bosooch Theo to ymnt that the knowledgo that shail bo acquired rom the library hore rocognized and formally aponod this day, may bo, undor Thy divino favor, another instrumontality for right living among our peoplo, and for tho largost_and best influ- onco of ussll. Hoar ue, O Godl ' In meroy anawor our prayors. Roconsocrate us this New Yoar's Day, and at last acespt us into Thy heay- only rest, Amon, MR. HOYNE'S ADDRESS, Hon, Thomas Hoyno, Prosident of tho Board of Directors of the Library, and Ohairman of tho meoting, thon addrosacd the nssomblago ag follows : " QGexrreszN: The Board of Directors of tho Chicago Publio Library bave thought tho Now Yoor's Day of 1873 an appropriate timio upon which thoy might congratulate tho *City Fathors,” and the gonoral public, on g0 Impor- tant an ovont a8 tho opening—to the £roo uso of tho pooplo, for the firat. timo—the Roading Room of thls now muniaipal inslitution, Thoso among us who—since tho yoar 1837, whon tho city was first organixod undor a municipal char- tor of govornment—havo witnessed during that timo o marvollous dovelopmont. Tho city, from a population of some throo thousand souls, has roachod fourhundred thousand ! It hasadvanced from a village sito to o groat metropolitan city. During this intorval wo have boon froquontly cailod upon to witnoss or inaugurato somo of thoeo uinFln ontorpriscs through or by means of which sll’ of this Loy como to pass. We have scon milo upon milo of lovel swamp and prairia land raiead up to town grado, many foof abovo tho original lovel, transformod into miles of paved stroots; tho waste placos covered with palnce shops, costly mansions, and mammoth storos and watohouses, Ten thousand miles of railroad havo boon rapidly concontrating at our doora tho commerco, tho traflle, aad the pro- ducts of tons of thousands of squaro miles of territory which tho commorofal position of the city 8o naturally commands, Along all tho great rivers to tho two gulfs, and upon aur groat Inkos, botwoon the two ocoane of our ' Ocoans bound Republic,” tho very spirit of the Gront Wost (using tho languags of nlate number of tha Financier), “lilko morning light, is polarized at Chicago,"” THE GREAT LOCAL OALAMITY which, & littlo moro than & yoar ago, drove into tho stroot moro hamolesa families, and destroyed moro rmpuny in buildings, than' had ever bo- foro signalizod the ocourrenco of so foarful an ordeal, seems to only domonstrato how this ver- itablo spirit of tho great West can robuild a bot- tor city now, within'o_year after the calamity, than kind beon built within tho thirty yoars of munieipal oxistonco that praceded that ovent. And yot, gentlomen, in viow_of all the mate- rinl and commorcial progress, I vonturo to_say that, in insugurating this antul?)riun of 5 Froo Public Library and Reading ltvom to-day, wo aro introducing » more poworful and important agonoy of moral and intelloctusl prograss, aud adding moro to tho true advancoment of our civ- ilization a8 & pooplo, than we have yot done by auy singlo, it may be all the works in which tho city has yet boen'ongaged. It maybe well for me horo TO NEJAPITULATE BRIEFLY tho stop of our progross in this ontorprige: Tt iu noarly a yoar sinco o fow gontlomon nddrossed & roquast to our Mayor in writing to call a pub- lic moeting of citizens at Plymouth Congroga- tional Church, on Wabash avenus, with a to the immediato adoptlon of somo monsurcs to ostablish a Freo Public Library in Chicago. Mr, Medill, the Mayor, at onco cnlled tho ‘meoting, through the nowspapors, for tho even- ing of the 8th_of January, A. D, 1872, At this meoting o rosolution was passed suthorizing the Mayor to appoint n committeo of &} Ieast fiftoon porsons to proparo the necessary logisiation for the purposo, aud, a8 80on as practicablo, call an- utbortmcnling, at which tho Committeo waa to roport. Pk Committen was appolated, consisting of somo 23 persons, and aftor maturing tho plan of o law or bil, by modifsing ono ‘Which “waa thon ponding bofore the General Assembly of the State Sinlrodn:ollb the Iate Mr. Caldwell, from Peorin)—roported the draft of & bill, na smendad, to & mooting of citizens called at the prosent City Hall, on tho 20th day of January, 1872. Tho Chairman of that moeting (Mr. Hoyne), who waa also Chalrman of tho Gomunit- too that had boon appointed, was authorizod to gond » Committes to Springfleld to soours the Enugn of the bill into a law as soon 85 possi- 0. le Tho bill maturod (in concort with the Commit~ too on Education of” the- Lower House of tho Logislature, and the Chairman &f tho Commitico of citizons, who made & journoy to Bpringfield) —becamo, and was fnally possed into a law, which took offect on the 7th day of March last. On tho 7th day of April, the Common Conncil, upon & roport of the Mayor, adopted an ordi- nanco dnof’arlug in accordance with the act, 4 That thore shall be, and_thero is Loroby, os- tablished o Froo Publio Library and Roading Room for the use of the inhabitants of tho City of Ohiu§o, ta bo known a8 the “Chioago Public Library,” and that ** thero should be provided and et apart, under tho direction of the Board of Public Works, o room for the reception of any books that ma{bo donated or procured for such Library, until a pormanont ‘location be otherwiso provided,” On tho 8th day of April, 1872, at tho next moeting of the Common Counoil, the Mayor ap~ pointed tho first Library Board of nino Dircotors undor the act, in which appointment the Council concurrod, and thoy at onco onterad upon the dinchiargo of tho truats assigned to tholr caro by law, On tho 11th of April, the Board ansemble for the firat time, and organized by nlnctlng a Presidont, and Mr, Bhoahan waa appointed Sogs rotary, to aot untll & permanent ono_could bo pald and golooted, As mmay be supposed, THE VERY TIMST DIFFIOULTY with which they contended was the mced of proper rooms or funds to provide ven tempo- rary quarters. As you aro awaro, the act author~ izing oities and towns to oatablieh and maintain frep publio librarios and roading-raoms, provides that the Counoil may lovy a tax of not to excosd one-fifth of n mill on adoliar annually, n all olties of over ono hundrad thousand inhabitants, on all the taxablo proporty of the oity, to be col- losted in like manner as all othor takes of eald oity, and o bo knownand set apart ns the “ Library Fund," to bo ozolusively undor tho control and to bo oxpendsd by the Library Board, But 1t required a year to elapso beforo this lovy of the fitth of a mill could be mado availablo by collection, The annual lists of 1872 aro only now boginalng to reslize eomo portion of this fund Jn_tho Oity Tressury. But, fortunately, your Board have not boon ontirely without resources. The invontion of the Mayor came to our aid. And [t was found that by bis oo-oporation, with tho'Bosrd of Pub- Mo Works, library quartors migLt. Lo improvised out of tho absndonod, apd, for momo yoars, ugelegs TRON WATER-TANZ, built some years ago onthis lot as a distributiog resorvoir for the Bouth Division of the oity, Being 60 foot in dlsmoter, 30 feot In_ Lelght, oir- cular (n shape, and construoted of irom, it was capablo of becoming a fire-proof rotunds, with room to arrango 1,800 volumes of books on sholvos: and, a8 auch, it has_been_ tranaformed into a Uibrary' by roofing and shelving, 1f tho objootion bo mado by some ihat it Is piaced too high up into the air” for convenience—standin as it doos wupon & solid brick &n stonowork of rathor ostontatious masonry ; about 85.feet high,—yet it towers above the City 11all, storn and dark-looking_dome of no mean proportione, and, when consldered in couneotion with its object, it may be rogarded a6 boncon light upou a Bill; & new resorvolr of Enowledgo, ustoad of wator, shodding light aud ‘wisdom upon tho counsols of the City KFathors. “Iaking it, however, as it ii—a really safe firo: roof recoptacte or vault for the ‘keopiag of ooks, and in connection with this largo room of 64x00, aléo construoted for us by tho Bosrd of ‘Works—wo have every reason io be thaulful for tho prosent tomporary quartors. Indoed, womay congratulato ourselyves that within u yoar aftor tho {iys weotipg of the olti- aily 2, 1873. ribn, e 5 LmvosgjokooR___ zons,—in uli(hi months slnco tho passnge of the Iaw, and in loss than ceven months sinco our own 3 lnalulmunt,—\m aro thus ablo to prosont, on 8 HAPPY NEW YEAR'S DAY of 1878, tho tomporary quartors wo now occupy. ‘Without a8 yot any monoy resources, oxcopt sttch 28 wo Liavo boon_ablo, through o kind- noss of Comptrollor B urloy, to anticipato or borrow, wo hnvo drawn upon the futuro, and vonturod to opon at onco the Reading Iloom of ;lmtl\vlll soon ba tho gront Froo Library of tho gaplo. Thoso rooms will bo furnished with many of tho loadlug publications jssued abroad and in this counfry. They wili compriso, during tho firat six months, magazines or nowspapors frow England, Qermany, Iroland, Franco, Hpafn, Heotland, Itgly, Norwsy, Lichomin, bLesides n Inrgo nuibor'of Americun publications. ny nccount I could give of our progross would bo notleonbly incomploto without n rof- orenco to the gonorous and noblo contributlons known as the Engllah foundation * for now Li- Drary at Ghicago,’ It will bo remembored that long boforo tho firet moeflnt: of our citizons, already roforred to, In this city last January, ns tha origin of tho prosent movoment,—thab imm.ediatoly attor our gront firo in Qctobor, 1871, L appoal wag gont ont in tho naturo of a clrcular from Thomns Hughos and his associatos st London to tho offcot that, AB A MARK OF BYMPATRY, i ¢hio poople of Englund should prosot n new Library to tho afilicted peoploof Chicago, A correspondenco found ita way into all tho publio prints of tho Dritish Empiro—among distin- gulshed living writors, stnteamon, publishors, and book men—warmly soconding this move- ‘mont. A copy of tho printed clrculsr, in tho naturo of an appoal, has como tohand, 1t bonrs tho load- ing and infuential names of Hor Majosty, tho Qucen of England, tho Promior, Giadstons, the rosont Lord Chancolior, Sir Roundoll Paimor, Lio Duke of Argrylo, and tha no loss diatinguished, although untitlod names of such groat writorsas Carlylo, Disracli, and others, In thia circular the work is urged upon tho firousd that thio new Library of Clicago In to o mark of eympathy now, and a folon of thnt eontiment of kinship_ which, indopondently of circumstances, and indopendently of ovory othor consideration, muat ovor powerfully affect tho difforont branchea of the English raco.” “ Accordingly,” it says, “while tho homo lit- grakuco of tlig prosent dag, aud of tho last bun, drod years, will form an important portion of tho now Ldbrary, tho charactoristic foaturo of tho gift will conafet in sonding to the Americans Worka of tho. thirtoon proceding contutios, which aro tho common lboritanca of both peo o, X 1t thon conclndes by roquosting tho suthors, writors, and publishors of booka—tho Loads of tho colioges “and socictios of tho United King- dom, and tho represontatives of historio and dis- tinguished names, to send in such works illus- trativo of carly English Listory ns may bo of raro morlt, or difficult to find ontsido of their rospoct= ivo colloctions.” Undor this call for thonow Library of Chica- 0, books rapidly began to accumulato on the Eundu of tho gontlemen who organizod tho on= torprise at London. This Board, soon aftor their appointment in April lst, learning that AR, JOUN NOBSON, (n resident of this city, sud formerly the Libra- vian of tho * Library Assooiation,"” which was lost in our groat firo), was in London, and that ho had voluntcored hia own sorvicos to rolioyo thoso gontlomen of tho labor of mcuivlugi and taking chargo of tho hooke,—this Board appointed him their agont to recoive all contributions coming in wn- | dor tho call; and to secaro and ship to this city all contribufions mado toward this endowmont, ‘Among othier contributions, is a largo sum of manoy placed at the disposition of out ngont— the npecl\nl gift of Thomaa Huglesand associatos —Lo purchaso such works of gonoral intercst nnd value a8 ho might deom beat suited to sup+ ply the immodiato demnand of the Chicago pub- fic, Mr, Robson in exorcsing this discrotion, under tho suporvision of this Board, to whom 1o recontly submilted a catalogue of 1,100 vol- umes to bo purchased for our shelyes. "Tho list hias beon returned, with some modifientious, and tho ordor will bo oxecutod accovding to our sug- gontions. . The Bonrd cannot yot, with sny nppronch to accuracy, stato the entire number of volumes which thoy are to oxpect from TIE ENGLISIL DONATION, Mr. Robson yrites that ho is making o cata~ loguo, which ho has promiscd to sond va ns noon e practicablo. In the moautimo, ho I preking up and shipping the books from tho Crysta $Elhcn o Badscham, near onflon, Shisre tioy aro boing sont in and collected. Wo havo ro- coived, por ocean stemmors, Somo nine cases, and wo'are advised by Mr. Itobson that ho has alrondy Bhi{vml B0me mnino casos moro, not yot roceivod, Wo havo put upon our sholves, of this collection, in all, somoe 1,200 yolumes. Among this numbor are 287 volumes rocoived direct ?mm the groat publishors, McMil- lan'& Co., of London, Among theso aro in- cluded special gifts of thoir works, donated by English authors, among whom aro Bright, Hux- h’tfi’ Kingsloy, Mandsley, Vaughau, Tougo, and othera, ‘Among othor donors of tho books roceivod aror Jobn Murray ; The Royal Scottish Bocioty of Arts ; the Universitios of Cambridgo and Ox- ford ; tho works of J.Btusrt Mill, prosentad by bimsolf; Sir Charles Lyell; Snmucl Smilos’;. Profossor Layard ; Arthur Burghor Stanloy Tropriotors of tho Afliencun:, 28 volumes ; Wes- loyan Missionary Sociaty, 186 volumes ; snd tho Art Journal, 23 volumas, Welave from tho Mastor of tho English, Rolls, 182 + viumes of the most valuablo collec- tion, porhaps, ovor published in Grost Dritain, ! undor an Act of Pe.liament _passed many years ago. Thoy comprige the Dritiuh caloudar of,] &8l Dapors, containing ol tho oarly corra- spondonco of tho Linglish Court with foreign countries,—constituting tho best sources of au- thontic hlstory from tho curliost poriods. Theoro {8 included 112 volumaes of tho chroni-~ cles aud momorials of tho oarliest timos 0!‘,‘ which any sccount or rocord can bo found, fn! rolation to Great Britain and Ircland,—among™ them tho copy of tho colebrated * Domesday Book," tho firat rocord of the lands of the King- dom, and coplies of all original records in_the Norman-Freuch and carly Baxon? as woll as Eng- lish, languages. Theuo arc all tho gifts of tho English Government, prosented thraugh tho Mastor of tha Rolls, under whoso diroction thoy wore published, : 3 NESIDES THESE, we hayo been prescutod with comploto sots from. tho Royal Commissioners of the Euglish Patent. Oftico, including 70,500 plates of speclfications, comprising 3,500 large quarto volumes of tho~ Englieh Patont Offics Roports, which bave boen printod at o _cost of £2,600, making, in gold, some $18,000. Tho gift includos tho addition of tho voluros to bo lssuad in ovory yoar cusuing, ; oqual to an addition of somo 140 yolumes in cacl your. By ruloof tho Commissionors, it is re- quirod id tho fow instances whon tho’ Govarn- ment makes such donations nsthis to go out of bor of pumplilot publicntionn, A commitao of two of tho lioard, Mosaru, Rosonthal and Rastor, liavo besn appoiiied to prapao il of tho ‘most valunblo portion of (his colloction as como to tiand unbound for nppropriato binding. Bosides thoso worky, the Board have nntlol. ntod thoir rosourcos #o fur au to ordor from Lolpele an ontiro copy of 1,210 volwmes of ““Pauchuotz Ldition” of Gorman (trauslatod) and Englinhi publications, neatly bound, whicli, with tha dutios romitlod fs provided on nll casos of fmportation mado for publio librarios, will glvo un tho wholo 1,29 volumes a n cost of less thian 40 cents for each volutuo, or about §500 for tho ontiro rot. ; T HAVE TO ADD that, sinco tho writing of thin roport, wa hava Daou favored with o grent many additional con- tributions from our own citizens. Wo shall linvo, at Lho closo of Lhig day, if wo have not al- rendy, 8,167 volumos upon our shelvos. Among tho dowors from tho. city are tho following Mayor Madill, Robort Horvog, Julius Itoyonthal, Elliott Anthony, Robort, I'. Queal, J. L Pickard, Josoph Huhn, Adolph Moncs, Rov. Walter For- sytlt, John H. 8mall, Profossor Fiok, Ming A. Brown, Profossor Dolano, Mr, and Mra, X, I, Colwoll, Edward A. Mill, Mra, 0. A. Hogs, Charlos’ T, Jilaon, 11 W. 8, Olovoland, I. 3. Goodich _(sot of Ilarper's Magazines), Dr. Willard, 3. 8, MoTutiro,” Tiov, 10, N, Dowos, Samuol’ Thornton, Edward T. Williams, W. IL. Zarsum, Gonoral Stilos, L. B. Jamoson, Thomas Wilco, Otis, W. 11, Olaro, B, B, Stono, Mr. and Ara, Lom:dor Stone, James W. Shioahon, I havo also to stato that Dr. Androvs, tha Prosidont of tho Faculty of the Chicago Modical Collego, proposes to turn ovor tho entiro colleo tion of ‘tho modicnl works of the ingtitution, with tho only condition that they shall bo rotains od {n tho library room ns hooks of reforenco, A Inrgo numbor of cltizony who aro prosont thia morning havo nlso donated books, but tho Bec- rotary hinving been unable torecord thoir nnmos, thoy will bo published Lioreaftor, Thus wo may oxpoct to havo on our sholvos within tho noxt threo months somo TEN OR TWELVE TIOUSAND VOLUMES. of works donated or purchasod. It is probablo that aftor our tox of tho fivat your, 1873, Ia ronl- izod, wo may Lisvo 960,000, sd aftor providing for {10 nocosuary oxponsos’of running tho insti- tution, and aftor ro-imbursing tho monoy alroady drawn by way of anticipation, fhat tha Board will be onablod to spond about 825,000 tho prosont yeur, in the purchaso of such & num- bor ot usoful and popuilac works as may onablo us to open the Library in connection with tho Reading Room,, Inrospoct to all tho books alroady roceived, or to como in 68 gifts from abrond, it will bocomo an important quostion, which the Board has not yot docided, whither thoy should Lo pormitted to go boyond the room of tho Library for uso aftor it i3 oponod. It will bo nocossary to considor the aharacter and circum- stances of such endowments. And, considoring tho number of important works Tocoived di- rootly from tho hands of somo of tho grontest writors of the country, conthining thoir auto- guaph signaturos, thoy should evor bo proserved and #ot apart ne souvenirs of that groat sympa- tby which 80 movod tho univorssl hoatt of mun- Kind aftor tho firo to reliovo our distross, in- #piring ua with now courago in faco of ouo of tho miost appalling disnstors, and making tho rostoration of Chicago fact oven moro notice- able than its dostruction, “Tho Board ia cautioualy and, it is hoped, sue- coasfaly, fooling its way, sud it has Incurred no unuecessary exponse, uind, 8o far, it lins retained only two nssistauts bosidos tho officiont and ablo Socretary, Mr, D. B, Wickorsham, who, for tho time boinf, alko ncta as our Librarinn. TiHE BENEFITS. At tho rink of uttering vory much that may bo considored trito and commonplaco, 1 cannot clozo thioso romarks without awword or two in cstima- tion of tho groat bonofits oxpected to acerie to ovory class of our pooplo from tho ostablishi- mont of a groat Froo Library upon such a_basis as will fnsuro 1t at all timos & relinblo and por- manent support. I#hpens to a largo and unpro- vidod cluss 1n ovory groat city liko our own tho means, and, in some iontances, tho only means, of mofal ard futolloctual fiyptdvomont. Au ot cons to good lbrarion, ns we know, cultivatos tho Dighor tnstes, and dovolops powors in human nofure which might otherwiso remain dormant. A large class of those whoso hours might other- Wiso bo wastod fn vico o folly, will woon find how much botter thoy can employ that timo in pursuits which, whilo thoy afford the highost Dleasure, aro 10t only harmless, but purifying aud clovating. Wa should, indood, congratulate oursolvos that, for the firat time in our municipal Listory, and T believo in tho history of this Stato, that & public law socurcs to tho massos of tho peoplo, and that reliablo means ero to bo provided for tho support and mainteuance of free library and ronding room advantagos. It i truo that beforo our grest fire the goner- ous and public-spirited portion of the citizons lad_succoeded, by taxing thomsolvos, in catab- lishing_many usoful moans of genoral instruc- tion. ~Wo had an Acndemy of Scioncos, and an Acadomy of Dowign filled with valuablo colloc- tions. Tho city had o Historical Bocioty, with o Jarge and valusblo collection of original and curlous documonts, illustrativo of all that con- nostod itsolf with ‘tio history and dovlopmont of tho Groat West. It had, bosides, tho collec- tions of tho “ Hoaley Gallory” that wero huug in its lills, whoso placo can_ecarcoly bo fillad with works of moro oxcoodiug merit. Wo had tho “Library Association,” with its roading-room und valuable, though limited, col- loction of books. The Young Mon's Chiristisn Union; the Catiolic, Baptist, and othor litorary agsociations of groat utility, ‘all endenvoring to 111 tho placo that inust_oventually bo flled by somo,ouo largonnd complato gollaction o Lools, freo for Uio uso of oM gocts, and schools, and classos. But without rogular and pormanent incomo, or means of support, the sucooss and progross of all voluntary offort or nssociation must, ju tho nature of thinga, bo always attond- od with uncortainty. Properly maneged, thero is 1o roason to doubt that this institutfon can bring this city within o short period tho best workis of anciont aud modorn litorature and art from nll conntries, I will socure n froo accoss to all works of tho human intollact in alt tho fiolds of thought. Thoro can bo NO EXCLUSION OR BECLUSION. Treo to ovory roador, it will nlso bo froo to thoir books, ~ Noither natiomlity, party, or croed can tako offenco, bocauso tho shelves aro ready to roceivo tha echools that may bo eont horo, or which tho moans of the Board will onablo’ thom to pur- chisso. rror (a gront sttoman s said) may always bo toloratod whorover truth I8 on- tiroly froo to combat it.” Excapt as to works of n positively vicioua charactor, no work should bo oxcludod” from o library intonded for tho uso of all clnssos, and maintninod by o tax-upon Lo proporty of tho pooplo. Lvory Church, creed, philosophy, pro- fossion, or kchool may, and in timo no doubt will, v its own boat” roprosontativos on our aliolyos, And ovory disciplo of each faith or profossion may Liera seelt its most oloquent ex- pounders, In this rospant tho Bor/d will not ouly follow tho pirit of tho law itself, but also tho ox- the Kingdom, that tho volumes shall bo bound for_projcrvation boforo lesving London. Ac- cordingly, wo Lavo glven our dircctions to Br, Tobson a8 to binding this' largo donation, of swhich thore are only five or six complote sots’ in tho Unitod Statos, besidos tho Astor Library copy, in Now York, holuding this 2,800 volumos of patont offico roports, it 18 probablo that we shall rocolvo from Eugland, towards tho foundation of our I'roe Y.ibrary, at loast 6,060, aud probably it may bo 8,000 volumos. ho volumog aleoady rocalvod ol buar nontly- rintod Jabola Insido tho firsk covor of oach ook, ndicating tho object, ay 1t in oxprassad, . thus : ** Progontod towarda tho formation of a Froo Library at Chicago, slnco tho great firo of Octo- bor, 1671, a4 a mark of sympathy,’—by tho suthor or'publisher of tho book, whato natie, or autograph, lu uaually writton into o blank space ot for that purposa. Hanco, among tho collection, will bo found the nutograph _signstures of ' Glndstono, John Tiright, Worbort Sponcer, Joba Stuart Mill, Tord Xomilly, Diaracli, Oarlylo, Arthur It. Btanloy, Smiles, ' Leyard, Kingsloy, Maudaley, lluxloy, Burray, Lyoll, Froemon, Rogsetti, Markham, Masuson, Keynolds, Fodhunter, Vaugiim_x, bosidos officors of British Musoum, and colloctions from Oxford and Cambridgo, all tho Auglican and ro- ligious moclatice; and wo aro informed by Mr, Robson that ths Irish and Bcoteh Mombers of Parliamont aro ca)locunfi. to sond in from thoso countrios, tho works of thielr bost authors, NOI 18 THE GERMAR COLLECTION TO BE OMITTED. 1t has boen prosonted to the Board througli the kindnass of tho dietingnisbed publishor ot Lelpsio, Aloxander Adelmun. Ilo Insuguratod tho collooion upon tho apjel wlich wau sont out from this oity aftor tho firo by our Gormau follow-citizons, Messra, Kilholiz and Dyran- furth, with whom Mr. Adclman hao boon in constant corrospondenco. Tho colleation em- Draces somo 800 valumes, bosidos & large num- porionce and oxamplo of all gieut publio libra- rios in Europo aud Awmerica, 1t is hoped by tho Board that tho timo may soon conmo whon on tho sholyos of tho Chicago Tublic Library ovory soholar moy flud whatover work that Lus over boen published which can afford ugeful instruce tion or harmloss nmusomont, And not nlope is it oxpected that mero test boolks shall bo found in our rooms, but othor publications illustrative of tho arts, as well as works of art thomsolves, 80 that art lovors may flud moand of cultivaling the highor tastes of the respective professions to which thoy belong, In thiuway itis hopod thattho young motrapolisof tha West, from thig day forward, will form hor- solt acoording to highor standards of excollonce than hitherto in all " that spliere of commercial progreas, and matorial aud moral achiovement, withiin which sho now appears us tho great cons tral figuro of tho American continont. Our much-respected Chiof Magistrato, Mayor Medill, said a fow wooks ngo, in his nddross ot the oponing of tlo Now Chambor of Commorco (tho first aunivorsary day of tho great firo), that “aftor all, our groat firc may provo to be o blossing in disguiso,” Iam n convert Lo his dootrino, aud tho estublishmentof this Library is ot tho least of tho Llossings which tho firo so providontially hus beon o proximato causo of producing, THE NEW OHAMBEN OF COMMERCE, begun tho day aflor tho fire, was finished within tho yoav, 1t in itwolf n bonutiful monument to tho ontorprixo 4 tho gront commorcial spirit that moves our business in Chicago, while it illustratos tho goniuw of our artivaus and work- men in rebuilding our dosolato placos in eucl o maunor us surprises ovon the donizons of Chi- cugo, Yot wo may doubt whothor tho groatnoss of ull the commerco which in London surrounds tho * British Musenm " is at all oqual in valuo 10 tho vilel offects produced by that institution upon tho vommerce wund struoture of our ooks of all creeds und soclal organ.. ing,—collootin| ol the knowledgo or oyt agos, and tho ugo of th. s tion what tho Bun ia in tho economy ot umyvi~ nol Life. Lot its light Lo withdrawn, and m darknoss must succoed moro porilous to all tha intoreats of our common humaunity than would tho dostruction of all the contres of trado in Ohbrlstoudom, ‘Thio long night of what 18 known In history ns tho “Dark Agos” noon onsuod mpon tho do- struction, by an_Arabinn conqueror in tho 7tls contury, of nll tho works collectod in tho Aloz- andrian’ Library, ‘Cho ‘“rovival of loltors™ ful Iowed vory soon upon tho discovery of tho prtof printing, whichsoon brought again o tho knowl< odgo of mankind ‘' thao lost arts.” Tho incrensar of books not only recovered what lind leon- lost, but added” o wpew stimulus to the discovery of tho thousand uselful inventiony which now so matarinlly advanco tho hppinen of our race, and add to the progresy of ouy mid- orn_ocivilization. Cominerce cannot afford to ha indifforont to thio library and tho reading-roon. Bho moro than othors, nceds the help of once, which las constantly ufonn(l up the p of hor progross and glory. Ul city has to congratulato Ituclt, that to-day she her other lnbors of the rebuildiug of hor eites mince tho fire, by this work of founding groat publio library. This alone gives proniiie of grontor securlty to proporty, whilo it saros in greator mensure tho' ixtoll 1 snoral improvemant of all her fnhe’ in the future, B 1IN CONCLUBION, T onnnot clogo this nddress witbont oxpr to tha Mayor, tho Bourd of PuLlic Wor Consptrollor, nud mombors of (ho U Opuncil tho acknowledgmonta of our Jci.:d Diragtora for tho genorous and prompt upis which thoy have o far_socoudud their ulFor tho progross already mads, To tho May owo cupecial thanks for tho uscful z tolligont coungol which ho Loy aliways plac our sorvico, “Hig own work will praiso it Hhio gatos of thoaity,” and Lo searcoly vi nood any othor ouloglat. Gontlemon, I couctudo rs I bogan, ing this holl hud thoro rooma to th lnes of pooplo, I wish you all tho grootings cf tla BORYON.. ) THE MAYOR'S ACDRESS. His Ionor the Mayor waa then introduced Ly Mr. Hoyno, and spoke as follows : TeLLow-C1rizeNs : Whon I recoived an invile.- tlon from the Proeident of this Board to Lo prau- ont on this occasion at the inauguration of tha Chicago Froo Library, I accopted it with o prom- 180 that T would maka s fow oxtompare rouarks, limiting myself, I beliovo, to ton minutes. ‘Ths Prosidont of the Board said that there would bo, porhaps, no formal specches and no prepared remarks, and, with this understanding, I promised to como. The truth of tho” mattor is, that I felt thak I bad no time that I could epare to propare such an address as the magui tudo of tho ocession ronlly deserved. Lut L lonrnod Inst night, somewhat to my terror, that the Progidont liimself was proparcd with o for- mal, ablo, and_ cloguent speech to doliver, ay that porhaps other gontlemon would folloy: hisf, ond would come oqually prepared. I was obliged, theroforo, to hurry to my dosk Jast ovening, un £ put togather s bost I could what [propgsotoeay upon this occation, and if my remarks full sho. & of your oxpectations, you must attribute it to v Jaclk of timo, which gmounts to unpreparednssa Lut, goutlemen, without any further profus will'commonco what I have to say THE OIICAGO LABRARY, its usos, and its futureis my topie. Soloziczy doslaras’ * that to overy thiug thoa is & season, aud s thmo for overy purposo undor heavou.t) Ono yonr aga o few public-spirited citizens can'e to tho couclusion that tho timo had come ff* founding o public library for tho peoplo uf G- cago. ‘Ihe fire had consumed ull tho associntion Jibrarics, and preparod tho ground for buikling up au oncyclopedian library {u keoping with tht characterof tho city, nud oqual to it future wants, Acting on thut t(hought, thoy called publio meeting to Lo prosided ovor by ihe Mayar, to consitor tho proper atops to bo taken to cirry thiné purposo into offcet. Vhab you now seo complished it the rosult of “tho “resoluiion adopted by that proliminary mooting. There would bo much moro progress oxhibit- od if tho Board of Diractors, when thoy organizod on tho 11th of April last, hed founl any moans at their disposal for providing suit- nhn rooms for tho recoption of books and fo.: their procuromont, But thoy woro obliged te bogit businoss without a dollar or ovon & Toom fn which to moot for consultation. Tho appro- priation ordinnnco was not passed until tho Lut of July, aud then thero was no monoy in Ll Trensury subject to the ordor of the Board, bo- onune tax-paying timo had not arrived. iow= evar, by Liook or by crook, onough Was squoezo out to iit up the Roservoir for tho reception of books, and to build this ronding-room and prc. vido it with furniture, Tho placo for shcl tho books is belioved to bo #afo from firo, o4 substontinily o groat vault, constructod of iroi and. brick, with . roof of comont end glust. Within tho (mm\inf uix months, the tax-rovenu of tho Board will be £56,000, from v dodnot eay 016,000 ulready pondad fn providing fhess accomniodation ', aud other expenscs, and thero romaind £40,000 to bo appliod in the purchase ‘of i and handling thom for tho uso of tho pu! L. With tho forolgn and homo donations yct io i3 roceivod, I shall be disappointed not to fi:d 80,000 volumes in the possession of this Duiil Doforo the and of this yonr, and on their recorl s at lonst balf that number'of names of Tegn'ns roadors, 1Irom now forth, thore will han vivilly daily increase of books, This li of slow, sickly, and doubtful gr progress with rapid strides, be sun, oxe IT WILL BHINE FOR This ontorpriso hns_enlistod pathy, and has behind it the 1 tho people of Chicago. [;\wm aud’ means will, thereforo, bo. its oxpansion nud muit prido of tho city is touche short of tho groatost popult library on tho continent will sat of Chicngo, [Applause.] Itw itan in {ts composition. Lvory ¢ our population is composed aturo of tho land of their bir tongue on tho sholves of this il tho air thoy breatho to all readc tho anticipated results from thi cost of it will nover bo felt by 1 Wo collact and oxpond now ovor 85,250,000 por annum, L1 4 tho support of tho library is on part of that sum. Wo nro spo & million a yoar in tho building and_maintonanco of schools o or 80,000 children, but nevor 4 orgunizod Lias It spout o dollar for tho Instruction and eulig) sons past tho sehioal ago. THE TIME IfAS KOW to turn over o now loaf in thi must bo something moro and our tons of thousandsof young men than billiard ¢abos, danco houeos, and tippling shops for their instruotion and swmusomont, [Ap= plause.] Moro matorfal pursnits havo engrossed tho thouglits of our citizens too intentiy and fully. Mon woro not fntended to dovoto their whols time, mind, strongth, and_affactions to monoy= gotting, to rearing mognificent palucos for trada aud commorco or privato habitation, and filling them with costly fabrica and furnituro, Othor objects than commorco, mannfactures, castles, monoy, and merchandixo should have o placo in tho thoughts of sonsiblo mon and womei, THE WISE STAN BAYS, ’ #Qot wisdom; got undorstanding, and forgnt it not, Wisdom is the principal thing; therefora got wiudom' and with all thy gottiug got undor standing. 'Talo fast hold of inatruction: lny ik not go; keop It, for it is thy lifa.” Tho lifo ot ono man s groator than auothor in proporticit to his suporiority of knowlodgo. If ho kuows nothiug, ho is an idiot; 1f only o Littlo, & savage or & barbarian, and gonorally & HOLL OF o plavo. Instruction is tho food of montal life. Tho moro of it i partakon, tho cloaror and brighter and groator is that lito, Thomind of the une tutored man mn% Lo likened to a ftapet in the dark, casting n_feebld ray, carcoly the room's length around; but 13 o incroasos in knowlodgo, his light shincs brightor and ponetrates tho darknesy furthui His'montal lifo thus grows and expands with h incrouso of information; and as tho amo of t1 Drummond light ovorpowors and obsoures tha of the tapor or candlo, 80 dovs that of ths great and highly educated brain bear sway over thd ignorant, aud enjoy & sweop and rungo ‘u{ thonght 'and undorstanding uttorly boyund tl.e comprohenaion of the illitorate, Wo send childron to school to study boaks, to (Contfnued on tha Jifth Page) g