CHICAGO THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.-The Chicago Republican gives an interesting sketch of the growth of that city, during the past thirty-five years. It says: 66 46 "Up to 1833, no large amount of emigration "had settled here. Not a few of the adventurFous men from the older States, whose traces are the foundation history of points, far and "wide, throughout the Northwest, had, at the "outset come here, and hence, in disgust, gone "to other locations then deemed more promising. Many of them have lived to tell what they "might have done in Chicago, but did not. In "1832, there were not a dozen families in Chica66 go. There were strong deterring reasons The Sauk War was "against settlement here. "the terror of the frontier; and fear sat all "abroad upon the scattered settlements." 66 * * "The same year, came up the lake "the last vessels of a tall young officer, afterwards widely known on the world's best pages, "as Lieutenant-general Winfield Scott, who brought his force from Sackett's Harbor, and "met on the voyage a foe more grizzly than the "red man of the border, losing one hundred of "his men by the Cholera. So the Cholera and "the Indians together made a very bleak pros"pect for Chicago, in 1832. It cleared up.' The malady and the savages were beginning to be held less in awe, a twelvemonth later, such is the elasticity of human nature; and, in 1833, the framework of the town began seriously to be laid. "The Business Directory of the place, in 1833 “and 1834, would not be a long one. Then, as “now, the main business section was on the South "side. The postoffice was near where it was "sought to restore it when, a few years since, the "site of our present postoffice was in discussion. "It was in a log building, on the sharp angle of "Lake and South Water-streets." 66 * * * "In 1828, Mr. Archibald Clybourne "laid the foundation of the cattle-trade in Chi“cago, by securing the contract, under Govern"ment, to supply, with fresh beef, the posts at Chicago, Mackinaw, Green Bay and Fort Winnebago (now Portage, Wisconsin.) Mr. Cly"bourne bought his cattle in central Illinois, in "Sangamon, Morgan, Fayette and Macoupin"counties, already, at that time, begining to de❝velop their qualities as a great cattle region. "Between Chicago and Sangamon township, about fifteen miles from where Springfield now 66 "is, there were a few cabins at Ottawa, a set- THE GRAVE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER. -It is stated that, in the wild woods of Spencercounty, Indiana, unmarked by slab and unprotected from desecration by animals, is the grave of the mother of President Lincoln. The neighbors declare there is no doubt with reference to its identity. Mrs. Lincoln was buried between two oak trees, only separated from each other at a distance sufficient to allow the grave to be dug lengthwise, between them. The trees and the grove remain to-day as when first the pious woman was buried, only that the trees are a great deal larger, and the grave has sunken to such an extent as to destroy all appearance of a grave. Moy 29: Very cold and wet, woods green, "ground froze, apple trees not yet leaved. The June 6, 1816: The fifth very hot, the sixth "very cold, and snowed all day long. ground and other things began to freeze at one "of the clock in the day time. Plum trees in full "bloom. Black Ash not leaved out yet. "June 8: Froze all day. Ground covered "with snow all day. Ground froze five or six "nights. All the trees on the high land turned "black. “June 11: The apple trees have wilted, and "the ground is froze. "June 25: The Black Ash begins to look "cal history ever published in this State: Pome"green." 'roy Jones and two pioneers followed it with a The above records seem to have been made in "history of Oneida; F. B. Hough with several Brookfield, by Rufus C. Hovey, who was Grand-"histories of northern Counties; French completfather to the Hoveys now resident of Albany.Barton (Vt.) Standard. LINCOLN AND SECESSION.-The New York Evening Express vouches for the credibility of a gentleman who says, in its columns, that when Judge Campbell of South Carolina was in Washington attempting to arrange terms for the separation of his State from the Union, President Lincoln prepared a Proclamation giving his assent. The writer says that shortly after the breaking off of the effort to avert the dire catastrophe of War, a gentleman having free access to the private office of President Lincoln repaired to the Capitol of South Carolina and deposited with a high official of that State, a manuscript Proclamation by President Lincoln, duly prepared and ready for his signature, announcing to the American people that, rather than plunge the country into a Civil War, the Executive Government of the United States acquiesced in the dismemberment of the Union. With this was a column editorial article, in slip form, with corrections supposed to be Mr. Lincoln's, reciting freely the words of the instrument, vindicating the Executive act, and challenging for it the approval of the American people. That the document was not published was due to the intense feeling evolved by the firing on the Star of the West. VII.-NOTES. LOCAL HISTORICAL WORKS OF THE STATE OF "ed a State Gazetteer; and the work of collect"ing early history still goes on in the different "Counties with unabated zeal." Now, so far from being "the first local histo"ry ever published in this State "-so far from its having been the pioneer work that started so many other similar undertakings-several local histories were published in this State several years before; and Mr. Clarke's book about Onondaga was itself one of the consequences of the feeling aroused by other previously-printed local histories-especially by the volume published by Mr. Henry O'Rielly, twelve years before, entitled Settlement in the West, or Sketches of Rochester and Western New York-a book which, thirtyone years ago, (1838,) was commended as an example by the leading journals of Mr. Clarke's own City and County, as well as by many other papers through the State, including New York City, as well as Albany, Buffalo, &c., the N. Y. Evening Post itself, as well as the Commercial Advertiser, being among the number. The Onondaga-county newspapers furnish conclusive evidence on this matter. For instanceThe Syracuse Whig of 1838 announced the publication of Mr. O'Rielly's volume, which it styled A Statistical History of Rochester and Western New York, and mentioned "the deserved popu"larity of the work." The Onondaga (Syracuse) Standard, at a late period of the same year, (1838,) was still more emphatic in its commendation, giving a long article to an analysis of the contents of the work, saying, "Under this unpretending title, Mr. O'Rielly "of Rochester has given to the public one of the "most interesting and valuable volumes that has ever been presented to the citizens of this State, "particularly those of the Western part of it." We aim to present, ere long, a catalogue of the local histories in this and other States, and will thank our correspondents for copies, or for imformation respecting them, that justice may be * done to the labors of those who thus aid in accumulating material for the general historian. Such local publications are invaluable to men, like Macauley, who wish to look thoroughly through the popular movements in social and political progress. 66 * ** "It is one which should find an exten"sive sale among all those who wish to under"stand the history of our country. No library, 'whether public or private, in this country, can "be perfect without it. In reading it, the "thought has occurred to us, Why cannot Onondaga furnish the materials for a book as interA writer in one of the daily newspapers-a esting as the Sketches of Rochester? Old journal exemplary in its general accuracy, and "Onondaga has been the theatre of a thousand its mistakes therefore being more serious-has "spirit-stirring events; and nothing is needed Imade some erroneous statements about books "but the pen of a worthy chronicler of those concerning the local history of the State of New scenes-one that can make the actors in them York. In an obituary notice of the late Mr. "live and breathe again before us--to produce Joshua V. H. Clarke, author of a History of On-" a volume, second only, if inferior at all, to ondaga-county, published in 1850, the biogra- "these invaluable Sketches of Rochester. pher says:-"not such a person be found?" "The History of Onondaga was the first lo Can In fact and in short, it was the warm approba tion bestowed on O'Rielly's pioneer volume that aroused popular feeling in favor of local histories in Onondaga itself, if not in other sections. So far, therefore, from being the originator of such volumes in this State, Mr. Clarke followed the example furnished by O'Rielly in his book about Rochester and Western New York, twelve years before, as shown by the statements of the Onondaga-county journals above quoted. In this connection, we must quote a few words from a recent number of the Rochester Daily Express, concerning the proposal of Mr. Dewey, a publisher in that city, to re-issue O'Rielly's pioneer volume, along with another, to be prepared by the same author, bringing down the history to the current year : LETTER FROM THE REV. EBENEZER PEMBERTON, "We are glad to learn," says the Express, "that Henry O'Rielly, Esq., has resolved to act "upon the suggestion sometime since made by "ourselves and others, and re-publish his valua"ble History of Western New York, originally NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 1743. "issued in 1838, and now for many years out of It was with the greatest pleasure I received print, and constantly becoming more valuable to your kind and obliging letter, and earnestly de"those who feel any interest in the early history sire that the Moravians may ever show themselves "of this part of the State. Mr. O'Rielly devot-worthy of that charitable opinion you entertain "ed much time and painstaking to the prepara"tion of his original work, which includes in its cope the whole district then known as West"em New York. * * * The O'Rielly His"tory was the first of its kind in this State, if "not in the United States, and has been the par"ent of hundreds of kindred works." Some pamphlets about different towns on Long Island and other parts of the State, were printed earlier; but the remarks above made have reference only to volumes including matters of other than a merely local interest. If these town-publications (written by Mr. Silas Wood, Mr. Sol. Southwick, Mr. H. O'Rielly, and several others) were counted, Mr. Clarke's book about Onondagacounty would be placed still further in the rear as to date, though its interest would not be impaired thereby. of them; with us they are endeavoring to draw off the affections of the people from the soundest and most zealous Ministers in these parts. Had they fallen under any persecution in this Government, I should, to the utmost of my power, have opposed it; for everything of this sort I am fully convinced is contrary to the natural liberties of mankind and diametrically opposed to the genius of the Gospel. The imprisonment you mention in your letter, was in the Government of Connecticut, a Colony bordering on New York, and was of the most favorable kind: two of their preachers being only confined in the officer's house, till inquiry was made into their circumstances; and, upon giving security for their good behavior, they were in a day or two dismissed. This short confinement they underwent, I doubt not, was unjust; and it is melancholy for me to be obliged to say, that the Government of Connecticut is daily going much greater lengths than these, in persecuting-not the Moravians-but the most zealous Ministers in their communion, for preaching without the bounds of their respective Parishes. By a late law they have enacted, that every Minister who does not belong to their Government, who shall presume to preach in any of their towns, without the consent of the Minister of the Parish and a vote of the major part of the Society, shall be transported from Constable to Constable, to the place whence he came; and if any Minister that belongs to their Government transgress in the same NATURALIZATION FEES.-Foreigners were nat-manner, he forfeits all his salary. This is ceruralized in New York, before the Revolution, by special Act each paid on being so naturalized, It is to correct the error of Mr. Clarke's biographer, in claiming too much for him, to the prejudice of others, and not to under-value Mr. Clarke's labors, even though they were not the first in that line, that we make these remarks. We may add, that our quotations of Onondaga and Rochester newspapers are made from a pamphlet issued by Mr. Dewey in reference to Mr. O'Rielly's original work and its extension to the present time-a matter that we meant to have mentioned when we were favored by Mr. Dewey with a copy of his Prospectus. tainly going on with a high hand, and I am greatly afraid will lay a foundation for the loss RECENT PUBLICATIONS. [Publishers and others sending Books or Pamphlets for the Editor of THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, are respectfully requested to forward the same, either direct to" HENRY B. DAWSON, MORRISANIA, N. Y.," or to MESSES. CHARLES SCRIBNER & Co., Booksellers, 654 Broadway, New York City, as shall be most convenient for them.] A.-PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS. 1.-Historical Sketch of the Lower Dublin (or Pennepek) Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa., with Notices of its Pastors, &c, By Horatio Gates Jones, of Philadelphia. Morrisania, NY: 1869. Octavo, pp. viii, 39. In the number of THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE for August, 1868, we published a historical sketch of this ancient Baptist-church--the oldest in Pennsylvania-and it has been reproduced in this form, in very handsome style, for the private use of the author and some of the Dea Icons of the Church. It is a very pretty little affair; and will be welcomed by the Baptists of Pennsylvania and Delaware, as the only public record of the oldest Church thereabouts. The edition numbered one hundred and fifty copies. 2.-Town of Southold, Long Island. Personal Index prior to 1698, and Index of 1608. Compiled and copied for the purpose of having corrections suggested and greater fullness and accuracy attained and preserved, especially as to the first or early settlers of the town, including all named in or prior to the list of 1698. By Charles B. Moore. New York: John Medo Printer. 188. Octavo, pp. 145. We have received from its pains-taking author, a copy of this very important work; and we have pleasure in calling the attention of all who are interested in the local History or the Genealogy of Long Island, to its exceeding great merit. The first forty-eight pages of the volume are occupied with an Index of the names of those residents of Southold, "prior to 1598," which | appear on the Records; and the remainder of the volume is taken up with an Index of the names of those who lived there in 1698, as found in the Census of that year. The plan of the work is to arrange the names alphabetically, but separately, in each Index, for more convenient reference; but each name is and family of the person referred to, as far as accompanied with a description of the origin they are known; the place and date of his birth, marriage, and death; the names of his several children; and, arranged chronologically, references to that person, wherever his name appears in the Records and histories of the period, on Long Island and elsewhere. The importance of this work will be apparent to every one; but few can tell the immense amount of time and patient toil which have been expended in preparing it. Mr. Moore is entitled, therefore, to the gratitude of all students of the history of that period, whether of Long Island or the Continent; and it is to be hoped that he will be enabled to perfect his yet incomplete plan, by completing two other similar Indices.-one of 1730, the other of 1775which he is now engaged on. He invites correspondence on the subject, for the correction and the more perfect preparation of his lists; and we trust that all who can assis him will promptly do so. The volume was printed, we understand, for private circulation only. 3.-Analytical Alphabet for the Mexican & Central American Languages. By C. Hermann Berendt, M. D. Published by the American Ethnological Society. New York: Reproduced in fac-simile by the American Phot lithographic Company. (Osborn's Process.) 1869. Octavo, Pp. ii, 6, with eight pages of lithographic fac-similes. This is another attempt to form an Alphabet which shall correctly convey to those who shail see it, the pronunciation of a language which properly belongs to it. We have little faith in the practicability of these, so called, analytical alphabets; and, in the case before us, we rather incline to the opinion that the labor of learning and remembering the alphabet will be greater than that of learning and remembering the pronunciation of the languages in question, if written in the alphabet of the well-known Spanish. This little affair is a private edition, altered from another, issued by the Ethnological, Socieety, which we shall notice in another place. The difference between the two editions consists only in the greater fullness, in this, of the Memoir of the Author and in the addition of the Society's Constitution and a portrait of the Doctor. It was printed for private circulation only; and the edition numbered less than fifty copies 1869.] HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 4.-Memoir of George Livermore. Prepared agreeably to a Resolution of the Massachusetts Historical Society. By Charles Deane. Cambridge: John Wilson & Son. 1869. Octavo and Quarto, pp. 60. The subject of this Memoir was one of our nearest and dearest personal friends; and no more welcome addition could have been made to the cherished mementoes of those who have gone before, than these of Mr. Livermore, with which we have been favored by his respected widow. Our acquaintance with Mr. Livermore originated in one of his earnest searches for scarce books, wherein we were enabled to relieve his anxiety, from our duplicate copies, of the publications of "The Club;" and it ripened into an intimacy which we often recur to, with sadness and yet with pleasure-sadness, because it was so quickly terminated; pleasure, because it was never marred by the least shadow, never forgotten, even in his last days. most intimate of his personal friends; and it 5.-In Memoriam. A Discourse preached November 1st. The ancient Church, at Stockbridge, was o- Few Churches can boast such a succession of greatness as this; and, in November last, it erected tablets within its Meeting-house, to commemorate the greatness of those who, under God, have been the authors of its own standing among the Churches of New England. our senior, by about Mr. Livermore was twelve years, and his circumstances in life were still farther removed from ours; yet his personal intercourse with us and his private correspondence-even that portion of the latter which was sent from his "throne, [his] bed," during his last sickness-possessed more of the characteristics of a family relationship than that of a distant, and not long-time, acquaintance. Indeed, it was a marked peculiarity in all his intercourse, that he recognized the manhood of In this Sermon, which was delivered on that man, generally, rather than his mere wealth or his naked social position; and among those occasion, the peculiar traits which distinguishwhose friendship he evidently most tenderly ed each of these successive Pastors and the leadcherished were some of smaller means and small- ing incidents of their respective lives were faither fame, as the world goes, than many who clus- fully presented to the audience; but what tered around him, both in Boston and elsewhere. strikes us most forcibly is a well-prepared apolIn short, he was possessed of a most lovely charac-gy for the uncommon practice of putting up ter; and with him were very few of those more rugged traits which mark the ordinary man of business, and still less of that selfish conceit and exclusiveness which mark the intercourse of too many of our merely abstract scholars. He was one of the most untiring of Bibliopoles; but his love of books was no mere love of possession, such as the sordid miser cherishes, as he gloats over his ever inactive treasures: he was one of the most energetic of business-men; but there were clearly-defined and cheerfullyrecognized limits to the claims which his counting-room and the market had on his time and his attention: what he owed to Cambridge, to Massachusetts, to the Union, to his fellow-men, the world over, was discharged with no stinted measure and no begrudging spirit. The memorial before us was prepared for the venerable Massachusetts Historical Society, of which the deceased was one of the most active members, by Charles Deane, who was one of the such remembrancers within places of Puritanic public worship, which the preacher seems to have considered necessary, before. his Berkshire audience, in order to reconcile it to what seems to have been looked on by some as a Catholic innovation. The pamphlet is a very handsome one, from the press of Messrs. Baker & Godwin; and it was evidently prepared for private circulation among the congregation and friends of the deceased Pastors. 6.-History set right. Attack on New Orleans and its Defences, by the fleet under Admiral Farragut, April 24, 1862. New York: Office of The Army and Navy Journal, 1869. Small octavo, pp. 16. In this little tract, evidently printed for private circulation, that portion of the correspondence between Admirals Farragut and Bailey, concerning the leading ship in the attack on New Orleans, which was printed in The Army |