CXIV 



Donations to the Library and Museum were announced. 



Professor A. E. Verrill made some remarks upon the 

 Iron ores found in the New England States and contig- 

 uous part of New York. Two kinds of ore were mention- 

 ed, the Hematitic and the Magnetic oxide. The bog ore 

 found in our low lands resembled the Hematitic in its 

 composition but is usually much inferior in quality. 



Francis C. Butman, and Francis A. P. Rust, of Salem, 

 were elected Resident Members. Professor Edward D. 

 Cope of Philadelphia, Professor James Hall of Albany, 

 and Baron Osten Sacken, Russian Consul General at 

 New York, were elected Corresponding Members. 



The Chair stated that at the last meeting, the news of 

 the evacuation of Richmond had been received, and that 

 on the morning of the Monday following the announce- 

 ment of the surrender of Lee's Army was published to the 

 Country. This day startling news of a different character 

 was received : the death of the President of the United 

 States, at Washington, on Saturday, April 15, at 7.20 

 o'clock in the morning, occasioned by a bullet wound 

 from a pistol in the hands of an assassin on the evening 

 previous. These events deserve a place on our records. 



Robert S. Rantoul introduced a series of appropriate 

 resolutions, which were unanimously adopted and ordered 

 to be placed upon the records of the Institute. Dr. 

 George B. Loring, on moving their adoption, paid an 

 eloquent and deserved tribute to the memory of the late 

 President. Professor A. Crosby followed Dr. Loring with 

 suggestive remarks. 



