Library of Chicago University.

The library of the University of Chicago has recently received 4,200 volumes of the annals, debates and records of Congress, the most complete set of its kind, it is claimed, which is in existence. Dr. J. Lawrence Laughlin, Professor of Political Economy, purchased the collection in Washington, in the name of the University, for five thousand dollars. The nucleus of the collection was made by Senator Barnum of Connecticut, who succeeded in obtaining a complete set of the first fifteen Congresses. Of all publications made by the government, these are the most rare; a complete set is not even possessed by the Senate or the House. Since then, set after set of annuals, debates and records have been added to Senator Barnum's original collection.