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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 hie to his country's honour and glory. 



INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. XXIII. An Address to the People of the Western 

 Country. 



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 to 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- 

 cially 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- 

 tions. 



2. Our indigenous animals, embracing the remains of those 

 which are now extinct. 



3. The relics of the unknown people who constructed the 

 ancient works of the western country. 



4. 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- 



