Jin Address to the People, &c. 203 
self largely and personally conversant with them in their great 
deeds, we trust that the government will promptly second 
what we doubt not the united voice of the nation will de- 
mand—that the illustrious artist should dedicate the evening of 
his life to his country’s honour and glory. 
INTELLIGENCE. 
oe Bgu.- 
Arr. XXIII. 4n Address to the People of the Western 
. Country. a : 
4 
A NUMBER of the citizens of Cincinnati have recently in- 
stituted a society for the collection, preservation, exhibition, 
and illustration of natural and artificial curiosities, particularly 
those of the western country. The first efforts of the managers 
will be directed to the establishment of a permanent museum, 
on a scale so comprehensive as to receive specimens of every 
thing curious which they may be able te procure. In attempt- 
ing to form this repository, they must of course solicit the aid 
of their fellow-citizens in all quarters of the extensive region, 
Whose ancient works and natural history they propose to illus- 
trate, The following are the classes of objects that will espe- 
Cally attract their attention, and to which they are desirous, at 
an early period, of directing the views of the community : 
‘ 1. Our metals and minerals generally, including petrifac- 
ons, » 
2. Our indigenous animals, embracing the remains of those 
Which are now extinct. 
5: The relics of the unknown people who constructed the 
‘ncient works of the western country. 
is The various articles manufactured; for ornament or use, 
by the present savage tribes. 
The subjects of the first class are considered by the Society 
as extremely interesting. Every citizen of the western coun: 
