76 



deprecating licentiousness, such patriarchs of the American Philoso- 

 phical Society as Franklin and Jefferson were not more sincerely at- 

 tached to liberty, equality, rational progress, and predominant peace. 

 Of this, the first and last volumes of King Joseph's Memoirs, in par- 

 ticular, are delightful and indubitable testimonials, as might be shown 

 by large extracts, if the President of this Society had not admonish- 

 ed me that brevity is indispensable to its obituaries. 



Stated Meetinf^^ January 19. 



Present, fourteen members. 



Dr. DuNGLisoN, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences, 

 dated Leipsic, Oct. 30, 1S54, returning thanks for Vol. X. of 

 the Transactions of this Society. 



The following donations were announced : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Flora Batava, of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche 

 Gewassen: Aflevering 176. Amsterdam. 4to. — From the Go- 

 vernment of Holland. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XV. No. 1. 

 London. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Reports and Charts of the Cruise of the U. S. Brig Dolphin, made 

 under the direction of the Navy Department, by Lieut. S. P. Lee, 

 U. S. N. 2 Vols. Washington. 8vo.— From the National 

 Observatory, Washington. 



Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, in Worcester, Oct. 

 23, 1854. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. 3d Series. Vol. XXIX. No. 1. 

 Jan. 1855. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



African Repository. Vol. XXXI. No. 1. Jan. 1855. Washington. 

 8vo. — From the Am. Colonization Society. 



American Journal of the Medical Sciences. New Series. No. LVII. 

 Jan. 1855. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Dr. Isaac Hays, Edi- 

 tor. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. Xlll. No. 145. Jan. 1855. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Blanchard 4* /^ca. 



