St. Paul Dispatch-Academy of Natural Sciences

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Academy of Natural Sciences.

There was a very good attend-
ance at the special meeting of the
Academy last evening; among those
present were several of our citizens
who should be but are not members.
The object of the meeting was to con-
fer with J. Q. A. Warren, Esq., in re-
gard to establishing a system of ex-
change of specimens with several Euro-
pean societies of which he is corres-
ponding member. By request, Mr. W.
addressed the Academy, explaining his
relation to those Societies, and
the object of his visit here.

He had a very large collection in
Chicago, which he was intending to
take to Europe this fall, but it was en-
tirely destroyed by the great fire, and
he desired to replace it as far as possi-
ble before his return to Europe, which
will be in December. He wishes to
exchange European specimens for
American, especially for Minnesota
fossils and shells. In the course of
his remarks he paid a high compliment
to the Academy, expressing both pleas-
ure and surprise to find so large a col-
lection possessed by so young a Soci-
ety, and urged the members to renewed
exertions.

He also mentioned some of its needs,
prominent among which are money to
carry on the work so well commenced;
suggesting that if some of our wealthy
citizens would come to its aid now
with a few thousand dollars they
would not only do themselves a credit,
but wold enable the Academy to ac
complsh [accomplish] immediately what without
such assistance it would require years
to attain; with funds now the institu-
tion would rapidly grow to be the
pride of the city and State.

It is to be hopped [hoped] that the members
of the Academy, and others, will im-
prove the opportunity now offered by
Mr. Warren to open correspondence
with the Scientific Societies of London,
France and Belgium, which will be the
means of adding to their cabinet and
library many volumes and specimens,
and also open a way for pleasant and
beneficial correspondence with the sa-
vants of the old world. Mr. W. will
remain in the the [sic] city until Monday,
and he will be pleased to confer with
ony [any] one on the subject. He is stop-
ping at the Metropolitan.