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\ As members Of new community We
witness daily the rriein and growth &c in
situations or Improvements, Is wh'ct the
relation OF man 10 his f.llsw man Is not
only modified or materially altered, but in
many insta, ces the very face of nature'is
di-guised hy physical charges Laws are
ordained for the government Of our rela-
1--WE conduct, but the dates of their origin
and tieir authors are soon forgotten. For
ests are levcled, and towns and villages
reared in their siead, as the wo,k- VI. only
. few years, but their pioneers pass ON 10
some other promised Lard. there 10 re-en-
act the same scenes, or are removed By
death, and in few Years the historical
facts, which we're familiar 10 them alone,
are IN great degree los, 10 tile inhabitants
Of the very places which owe their oriuia
10 III. ir enterprise How few Of tie citi


gems ot onr own place posses al lis lime
any personal or other correct knowledge
Of the particulars OF lis first settlement:
And vtt j, is less than a dozen Years old
and how contradictory and nnsatisf cto, J
as to dates and events, would Le the ac.
counts thereof If g,ihered from mere ru'
NOR! Few Of onr pioneers remain 10 wit
ness Ter prosperity; and even now, Will,
we wrie =, il is known that sone OF then
are founding new cities on the waters .
the Patif;c. and others are continu; lly 'ol


lowing in their wake, lea, ing scarcely ;
tangable fact teLind them, by which III,
particulars Of their enterprise en- be &C
cnrately traced. These facts admoni>h u,
Of the necessity OF renewed e erlions il
tie collection and preservation Of correc
iniormatio" as 10 TIE history Of the Terri


tory and her Institutions