Pioneer Meeting

The ÍVashtenaw County Pioneer Society met pursuant to adjournment, at Firemen's Hall, on Monday last, June lst, at 10 o'clock A. M. Gen. E. Clark in the chair. M. H. Goodrich offered the following resolution whioh was adopted : Resolved, That a committee of three be appoiuted by the chair to take the necessary steps to organizo this society under an act of the Legislature to provide for the incorporation of State, county, municipal, historical, hiographical and geological societies. L. Davis, E. D. Lay, and John Geddes were appointed as such committee. A resolution was adopted requosting L. Davis to correspond with the publishers of the late atlas of Washtonaw County asking of them a donation of a copy of the work to this society. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Goodrich, was adopted : Resolved, That a committee consisting of one member of the Society from each township and city in the county be appointed to make the necessary arrangements for attendiug the semicentennial anniversary of the settlemeut of Ypsilanti, to be held in that city the Fourth of July next ; also to make special arrangements for a picnic dinner, the committee notifying the members of the Society of such arrangemeuts at least one week prior to said celebration. The committee consists of the following naraed gentlemen , Ann Arbor Uity, C. A Chapín. Aun Arbor Town, John Geddes. Augusta, Aaron Childs. Bridgewater, D. W. Palmer. Dexter, Wm. A. Jones. Manchester, J. D. Corey. Pittsfield, Nathan Webb. Northfield, Geo. Sutton. Lyudon, Orman Clark. Lima, Morrell Goodrich. Lodi, Chas. Allmindmger. Saline, Wm. M. Gregory. Salem, Geo. S. Wheeler. Scio, Jas. W. Wing. Sharon, John J. Robison. Superior, S. Crippin. York, Peter Cook. Ypsilanti Towu, E. D. Lay. Ypsilauti City, S. S. Derby. The committee were requested to provide suitable badges foi the members of the society to be worn on the occasion of the celebration. Dor Kellogg, Esq. presented to the society several specimens of scrip used as currency in the early settlement of the county. Mr. Geddes, of Ann Arbor, read some statistics for the years 1830 and 1834, the population of the State being in the foriner year, 28,008, and in the latter year, 85,866. Detroit contained in 1830, 2,222 inhabltants ; in 1834, 4,910 ; Ann Arbor in 1834, 830 ; Ypsilanti in 1834, 500. Some remarks giviug a short biographical sketch of the late Judge Dexter, were made by Mr. Davis. The society then adjoumed to the first Monday of August next.