The New York Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1856, Page 8

8 THE SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. American Association for the Advancement of Seienee. INTERESTING REPORTS ON ZOOLOGY AND LANGUAGES &e., &e., &e. Our Special Correspondence. Albany, Aug. 24—A. M. ‘THE COINAGE, On Saturday morning the Association assembled in general meeting, nominally for the reception of Dr. Blatchford, who represented the American Medica! Asso- ciation. You have published that gentleman's specch, which explains itelf. But while the members were as- sembled, Dr. Gibbon, of the mint, took the opportunity of making © vigorous effort to rescue the subject of the coinage from the bands of the committee which has it in charge. When this committee was appointed, they wore @irected to consider the subjects of weights, measures nd coinage together. Dr. Gibbon thought the coiaage deserved a separate special committee, His arguments Were of a general churacter. He thought the time had come to make a vigorous effort, not only 10 regulate the subject in this country, but to endeavor to persuade al! foreign nations to sgree upon a uniform coinage. He Pointed out the loss of labor and art which was oecasioued by the re-colmage abroad of American coin after exporta- tion; and the method be proposed to expedite the remedy Was the appointment of a special committee. This was resisted by the leading memver of the committee, Prof. Bache, who argued that the present committee would do the work as well as avy new one. In this view he was sustained by a majority of the bouse™ Ihave no intention of qivstiouing the propriety of this decision, but I hope Ur. «ibbdon’s effort will have the ef- fect of stirring up the committee t> active exertion. The Subject cries for settlement In Great Britain and in Ger- many legislators are busily evgaged im review ing it, and within a very short period there is every prospect thata new metai currency will bo cclablished in both these countries. Now show’ t jentile Aseociation em- brace this opportunity of bringing forward a philosophi eal and comprenenrive scheme for a general uniform enr- rency for the whole con mre ial world, [ have no hesita- Gon in saying that its chances of adoption would be quite considerable. No one can «lance at the subject f. mo- ment without being sa. sic that euch a reform woulu of #i | advantag: to com nercial interests; it would largely facilitate exchacges and would promote inte tiopa! trade, and col ¥ international goot fee in a very marked dex ‘peat, therefore, I hope the commitiee—and when | sav tue mmittee I refer more especially to Professors Alesunder and Bache—will bestir themselves actively in th matter. TU C0 OWL FIGHT. ‘This point settled tae ,reat contest on the constitution Was renewed, Prof. es +> tsking Whe lead on the side of the coustitutiona iets Aver a (ow manceuvres on etther gic e, Prof. Backe muse a >! movement, vy saying, with a balf disguised enerr that he hoped the constitution makers would not consu-ue the time which the lovers of ecience wished to cevote to scientific exercises. This was effective ; it produced a (oud laugh, and the con- etittuionalists looked some ra: sheepish. But in the tnidst of the merriment uy rose the slenter form of Prot. Rogers, grave anc calm, aut very diztinct of utteraace. He said that it did net te Bim Chat the efforts of thoee who were not ouly ged in the duty of fettidiag & miasion entrust t+ the association, but who were etriving wilh ail spxth to restore harmony to this body, wer> a ect of ridicule. Ay this the laughers beoame v t, mdeed, and the scale Yegained the lev ug. Professor Rogers re- taliated upon the foe by uluding foreibiy to those who bad wilfally vieinied the « tution. This turned the scale egain, and brought io exsor Agaseiz to his feet, who observed witb bis Usual hemhomy that if Professor Rogers and his freves wo ald settle the constitution to their liking. he would end that bo apd hts friends ‘would sgree to whatever ¥ waste!. Protessor Bache again fpoke, and raiser a ght lnagh against Professor Rogers. by aliudmg t» the tact tuat the constitution which Professor RK. was +o an<ioas to amend, was in fact the werk of his brother, Profess D ‘There was a legitiator of « when be hat mude a contt his country to eke an o whole period of his and killed bimseit jon, obliged the perple of h to observe it ing the on a journey; then wert off order things dilferently now, it ‘seems. I fear I bare givenyou bot a interesting conte:t. 2 can between such atuletos cagre sketch of this very you that the struggle Sateeat Bache, Professor Agassiz and Projess« was well worth Watching. As happened the y= day, the discus ‘was postponed. Frofersur Rogers seemed to wis! continue it thi e; Dot the Louse took a dilterent y and thi view, end ibe Ch ot Ball, whose diag in favor of the Standing Comnitiee was very obvious, carried out de cecimoa with EROTIC MASTODONS The exercives in the Geological Section during the day were for the mo-t part reports of local surveys, possess ig Bo geveral interest. The only important paper was that read Dy Clove! Foster ou the foesii elephant ia America. This was exceedingly interesting, and I trust you have already |s)i as much of it before your readers ins the capacities of a daily newspapers will allow. You are aware that th's branch of palsontology has been but touched by ecie Low very tittle ‘or rather we knew very iro Colonel Foster read bia paper—of toe local thos: lic Creacar: befor hes wey was dry isted at all) po o reamed the American wilds {, and when Niagara (if it Uy int> tue foaming b2s0m of Lake Ontario in oho view, something awtal in thus carrying the range 01 science back through the Cark ngbt of Ume, and invading the haunts of these Wysteriovs pre-Acemite creatures to measure their bones, disturb their ashes, and examine their food;’ one shodders at fading oneself so near an ‘age when yet an unrealized man was problem. and ieary shared the universe Witly erally moustrous o4 the Creator of Tomard the close of the cveuitg Mr geologist of rome mars, [ gan te read a yarr on Will understand the googr ‘we ecuntry 1) Micsiestppi and the Macide It does not appear from the paper that Mr. Blave has we courtry be describes, though he may have Tt is @ sort of reewmed of the ¢iscoveries made he various exploring expeditions sent out to trace tie Kine for the Pacific Railroad, and uses copously the vaiuab’e material gathered by the great explo -er, Colonel Fremont. Mr. Blake proposes three new aames for the three ranges tying parailel 10 the Pacific coast. Hie pro rian raoge, the Californian rhs ETS, Section were not at a’ or Mitchell, of Cia explained his Of observation in his they were wh unintelligible to al) but tronomers, and would certainly not amuse Then Professor Perce explained the tidal Currents ia Saturn's rings, which were, ashesbowed, the means of keepi together. In cloring, tro’ Pierce made a graceful aliusion to the price whieh mathe maticians cet vpon the results of their abstruse calcu! tions, ard deprecated the impatience with which others - ! of the labour they involved—were iaposed to regard them. 1 remark was occasioned by the © Pierce's paper on Potential Arithmetic. i do not think it was. Moet ascuresiy | had no intention of turning Prot. Pierce's valuable labors into fidicule, though I must say that (hey appeared for the most part unintelligible to al) but a*cpts in transcendental mathe:natics. | am well aware that there abstruse exercises, toough they do not now appear to de of practical benefit, are quite likely to comtain within them the verminal speck of futare nactn! tee which a menial microrcope cf eufficient power might diooter; and if there be a man in the Assoc: m shafts of rificule would fali barmiessty, tainly Professor Pierce is such a one Iu the a'ternoon l'rofessor Alexander continued from investigations (nto the bulls of tle plametoids, ; YOU Will find & brief sketch of his views in osee 1 made of Prof the report. Lastiy, two papers were read on the heat of the sun's rays, by Mr. Eteba Foote, and Mrs Elisba, or, as I am requested 4 call her, Fanice, Foote. The latter was reas by Professor Henry, who prefaced it with w remarks i relerenes to bee charming person learned chiet of the graced with ever, accomplish: sept ay g&ther trom the brief # they would bardty inter Axial But by far the mt the three sections, on Saterday was that of Zoology, which was severed trom the two others in the morning It might be caliet Agassiz section, ‘or be is the su! of {i. This alone will ratiety you that it must @ been worth attending. The fret ovr ners was the rear ing of a paper on the names of onimals with reference to ethnology. by ir. Weinland— Vrot. Agaseiz's assistant tp the prblication ot his great wo k—a young German of very remarkadle attains «ats The gist of bis paper was ty show, by tracing the names of an Wo their rout, where certain lanawages, and y the raees which invented them, had taken tise, The argument rested upoo 7 assumption that a!i onimais were patives, aod « ways hat been re: cents of certain specitie regions of the earth. Now, ii it was fourd that in an) language the name of a certain an foal was a ron ame, that @ to say, wae not derived from the pame in any other language, the inference followed that the race speaking that language nad originated ia the region peculiar to the ammsl. You will at omee perceive the vast importance of this argument to the stady of neology. if we can get a table of all the toot M animate, we obtals at onde en 0 ight into the birthplace of ail the races in whose languages these root ames occur; and some of the most difficu't questions in - dy J are solved directly. foe gettemen leng digcustion, as was natural, rose and made a feeble attempt to bri thet direct collision with the Movaic acount mai te ioe and the priestiy theories of ‘animal life from the ark. Bat Pro. Pasian vets © crt ~ any an! ieee overstepped the bounds which tature the lady. She must quarter of what the mian said f only « Smith virtue, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1856. numbers, with but slight variations, Present; this rule applied not to the creation pes vulgar term), but to the high- ', whose jates from the enth"century, ont oy to be dis- covered. Let us rejoice that the Pri moral courage with p philosophical 7 Ben ‘that be suftered these pests to revile him week after week, ‘enti! an outraged public vindicated Americaa taught the lercrs that there were bounds even to clerical indecency. BOGS, Passing over two shorter papers—one Weinland. on a curious worm called acant hala, the other by the great linguist, Prof. ay the rela- Uons between the Chinese and ‘uropean lan. guages, | came to l’rof. ran great communication on animal deyelopement, ot which he gave us the first section, on the egg. Lreter you and your rea/ters to the report of this biguly important communication, in another column. The pomt of it was to show that all animal and all vegetable infe originated in the egg; that the ble egg Was at som ttage of ite progress precisely like the animal egg; and that all animal eggs, though deviating from each other as their development advanced, were also precisely similar in their origin. Thus there is @ point where the human embryo is identically the same in al ‘ance as the gerw of the bumbiest type of sea weed. x ‘or reeive the av-orbing importance of the reflections wtash thie view presents. One {s lost in contemplation of the ‘act; and one taught, I may add, a valuable lesson of humiiity. This human form, which bas been 4 tbe boast of mankind ever siuce the drst expression of man’s thoughts in oriepta! imagery, and in virtue of which we claim the sovereignty of whe'earth as of rigt! 4s, after all, potbing more than a peculiar developement a clobule of fat and aioumen, which under different cir- cturmsiances m’ght bave become a marine piaut or an unclean fowl é Tdo not think 1am doing any injustice to the many able meu who bave reac paperé here, when I say that this one is bitherto the supreme eflort of the association. I forbear, in this place from entering into any argument ch the subj whew | shal) Dave reported the whole, no ment will be needed. SOCIRTY ~THE SPIRITS, ‘The rooms on Saturcay were visited from tim? to time many distinguished persons, Who sat and listened toa p 1 noticed Birhop Poteer, of New York, Feuater Coviey, Commocore Wilkx.s, of the Exploring Ex: ymour—al] looking much inter- 0 far & ey are personally concerned, flou- green bay tree. Mr. waveau, the Bu- oo in Canada, [ also eived, in I hope he bas uot come “at with these visiters and the bany, the philosophers spend their y. Most of them hare t brought . ‘some their daughters, and the e Delavan, the Congress Hall, and 0 BAY As at present. ~pectacle ia the midst of this -or Hare, who is usually to be seen drawing other hou There gaieiy—that is Pi rounded. by s g Uribe of young ladies, aad coa- versipg with Thstered to him on Saturday, az he conversed. d, with the spirit of a general, vbo may baye been Washington, by ihe ald of a ne, like a perpendicular ' dial, with mor le needie, and I turned away from the Pitiable si 1 feelings more sad than { can readily des To see that poor old man, who ia his day has been the prite and the ornament of American science, Bow at the age Of seventy tive, serviug as the unconscicus jester for this group of children—to watch I irust, were no members of the Association, gathering tound bim and maxing cruel sport of his heavy infirmity—it was very melancholy. I kmow that Dr. Bare, iu ihe meetings of the Association, is very trytug to ence ai times; anc 1am aware that so tar from s of delicacy im talking about his ut nothing else, and is never so happy ag when in commut ication with * my dear General;”’ but auill, 1 th from which persons of right fee ing ovght to avert their eyes. sa calaniy over which a mau of trae bumavity would throw a kindly v. Y.ster re were sermous iu some of the churches bavin, lpg eu ibe proceedings of the Association. scopal church geology Was reviewed from the scriptural poiot of view, and the usual remarks which are familier to every awendant upon places of worship were freshly t:ttered” 1 confess that for my own part I found @ g-cater attraction ip the music of tae Romaa Catholic cathedral. which. both in respect of yocalism and acccmpauiment, appears tome to be unequalled ia The performance at Grace chureh is not to be ith it for a mnoment. the sketches contaived ip my last letters, I must say 8 Word Of PROFESSOR MEXR of the Smithsonian Ins: tute, who holds a high place here atong the votaries of science. The Professor ig a nave cf Albany, where, 1 believe, be was educated, and spent the earliest years of his manhood. While here his voca- tion deciared iteclf. He began a series of experiments in electricity, with a view to the discovery of the then un- solved problem of the eleciric telegraph. These, and papers coutributed by him to scieptide periodicals, gained ‘or bim so big® a reputstion that he was chosen to dll « professional chair at Princeton, where he remained for several years, ¢xtepding his reputation, aod advancing in scence. From thezce he was translated to the Smith sovian Inpetitute. active part which he took in the Gispetes which arose with regard wo the proper disposition of Mr, Smuithson’s bequest, and she ultimate victory which he wen over Lis opponents, has led to his being regarded as the master Fpirit of the institution. His office is that of Seoretary Inrector. Prefessor Henry is an industrious worler: bes constantly some scientific question on haad, aud rarely to make -everal valaable communications to the pobiic, in some shape or other. in the course of the year. His paper om acoustics (which was published ia the Hrnarp last week) is ope of the moat valuable scientific papers ever presented to the association; every builder and architect should procure and preserve a copy of it. Proferser Hevry is ® man of about fifty years of age. He ts tall and stout, with the {a,c of « fine old gen- tleman, aud a bold, manly carriage. His style of elucu- tion is dignifi d anc geptieman; PROFESSOR PaCMR, who naturally foliowa Professor Henry, ls, as every oue kno the great-grancson of Benjamin Frank- lim. He gradvaied at West Point, and iot it a second lieutenant im the corps of Engineers. A short while aiterwards, he received an oiler of a profes sorsbip in the Uuiversity of Penasylvania, which he ac- cepted. after gf this oflice for some years, he passed to Girard College, of which he became the ’resicent, and from thence wae taker to superintend the Coast Survey Iie labors in coppection with thie great work are well |.wown. they bave probably never been paralleled iy country. It has been remarked, without very much ex- eggeration, that the coast survey, now proceeding un- cer i'rofersor Dache’s directions, is the greatest Ameri- cau work in progress at the present time. Professor Bache is of the wediam height, Foutiy batit: bis feature. and bis brain are large. bis face wears a good humored expression, bis voice, whieh la very deep aad powerful, is LO sooner beard than silence pervades the room, for— let it not be whisy in Gath )—Profeszor Bache, who writes thee borridly tough papers on cotidal lines and such things, 1s understood to be one of the ‘“funniest’’ men of bis day PROFESSOR PERCE, of Combridge, has ‘ong been known af one of the first thetmaticans, i! Got the Orst in America. Gis life, so as lanaware, has been uneventful: the solation of D abstruse prod'em, or the dieco ery of » mathematical troth, have been, 1 presume, the milestones in his ca reer, He gained sowe distinction at the period of the disvovery of the planet Neptane; and since, on various occasions, be bes been velerred to as a foal authority on the highest questions of mathematics. consists with bis calling semewhat broacly built, bis loce ws bard spe cold. long wen gray bair, whi tease aside when It gets PNOFESOR PREEES, the get) in whe, a# you remember, was said certa'n letter, pablieBed about three weeks 4 the Havat, to be takiog observations in the Dudley tory. § @ pative of Alora, in Denmark, ted e tanh avec thiuty-eight yeare of age He embraced science as bis profession, abd was ¢ oy for some years in topo- graphical surveys of and similat work st Con- stantinople. In the year 1846 be ace jdentally discovered the comet, which, if it should reappear, as it ought, in the year 1859, will probably bear the dame of eters pom He ago pablisbed a series of papers on astro- my. which are regarded by scientific men as excellent autbor ty About two years since le came to this coun try, where be bas pursued his protession with unremi ting ardor, He is now engaged as Dr. Gould's avsistant in the Dudley Observatory, in arranging the insty uments, &e, and is also employed in connection with Bache’s const survey. He is a elight, spare man, with a very German cat of face, o light’ colored moustache, and froall philoeophic. of rather astronomienl, eyes, evic ently trained to glue themselves to telescopes, Fourth Day's Proceed AFTERFOON SESSION. Alnany, Aug. 23, 1856. The members areombied as usual at four, and divided nto sections GROLOGICAL SECTION. omy in the chair. A rosert, ay Prof. Hercncock read a khort paper in betail of bis ron, describing a fossil shell found in the sandstone of the Connecticut river valley, which seemed to excite a good deal of interest among the geologists. It seems to be the lower valve of a sharulite, In Rurope it is always (ound above the chalk, out in tl netance it was in the midst of a thick mass of sandstone. A disoursion aroee, in which Profs. Rogers, Foster, fall ‘and others took part. onoerany, Prof. Braxe commenced to read @ paper on the orogra. phy of the western jon of the United States, but be ¢ it was finiehed the members thinned out, and au «1. journment was moved till Monday morning. explaiaing a new we = « —, > br 9 pan ir \UGHAN rome which fell from the Professor, ie etondea then read on Prof. T PHYSICAL Prof. Avex«xper read & id ’ ef f i placed in the sun, which affected tly. = was a scientific —— of the subject, credita- a to the tady and ben to actence. ‘The section then adjourned, ZOOLOGICAL SECTION. Prof, WirSon ip the chair, AG. very great importance. developement of science have seen that many little parts in the animal kingdom, and gor observations made in the so-called lower antmal just those upon which rests a great part of all phy: 7, and also that of man, In thore lower animals, ine worm, for instance, we have ail the so-called logical 83 the re- juctery as well as the ive and tory organs, in the most simple form. we must study first all thoge processes Which go on in what we call ‘a living being. Two years since a yery strange very was made, in an intestinal worm in relation to its repro uc tion; and now this strange fact has @ law through- ont the animal kingdom, including mankind. This, I ink, is the true view of ‘these so-called lower animals, fame I discovered last winter, There bu ve, in zoology, re- mained still a large number of animals, which are -aid to have no distinet digestive apparatus. And this is cer- tainly true of the reisopodes, a family of infusoria—the lowest animals which we know, Jet us look at such a rbizopod, of perhsps t-400th of a Tine in diameter—a mucous water, which may now have the shape of a roond ball, now that of « star, without any ekin around it, bul with some globules tn its body, which are swal- lowed ag food balls, We near its margin a red- dish dot—this reddish dot is a heart, for it contracts once every minute. Now bow does this animal feed’ There is po mouth, no intestin«) canal. A frtend of mine, Mr. Capatice, bas seen it eating. When another ivfusorium (tor there are the food oe rhizopodes) comes into its neieuborbood we see the hi at once throwing allite body over it, and in the next second we see the prey in the centre of the rhizopod. A motion begins in the bedy, and a minute after, the eaten infusorium is a shapeless food batl. I bove seen this myself once—~a rare chanee, for it eats only once in aboul ten hours. But there are said to be many other apimal- which rank much bizher than the infusoria, who feed w ihout mouth and digestive apparatus by a mere imbibition through the ekiti, Among others, til! lately, all the sub-order of the wcanthocepha ous worm: have been cousidered as having no mouth, no iatestine. But last »inter J found @ mouth aud two intestinal ears, starting from it and hanging down into the body, in four different species of this sub- order; and we cait state, from al logy thet afl this sub- order ba~ a digestive apparatus Iihe thet other sub-order, trematoda Its gene: being found empty may ac- count for tts being overlo ved for so long a time by natu- raliste. Dr, Weimlund then exited the drawings of bis observations on heimintha generally. ‘The reacing of thie paper led to some remarks from Professor Baocxiesny, whe took that opportunity of intro during a specimen which he hed discovered, aud which he expiaiced with drawings. Profeesor At. paid Professor Weinlaud a high com. § researches aud generaliza pliment on ‘the valve ot Gone. ANIMAL DEVELOPEMENT. hext aubjec; wm order was the communication of on Avimal Developement. The learned Or Goes Lol write, but speaks without a single hat he pirposed to present a brief sketch of e sil important subject of animal cevelorement, which, as was known, engaged bis at- tenticn {om very larze extent. And for the better un derstanding of what he weuld say, he would divide the Rubee into three parte; —let. The esg 2d, Tue germ; Sd. Ope eclied animals. ‘The gepera! result of all investigation into the subject of annual cevclopement bad led to the establishment of the broad tact that si apimals spreng in their origin from eggs. Frem tbe lowest order of creatures, through all the Varied types of animal life, to the highest order of vertebrate animals. aud man bimrel!, the rule was inva- viably the seme—the begizning of life was an egg. The prineipic migtt be carried further. The egy was in aul Cases fitnilar iD appearance st some stage of i developement. It was microscopic at first; inhatien- fim ally small tbat it required a microscope ot a magnify- ing power ot two thovsand fold to recognise ite structure. At this stage it mere yolk baz, containing with: iteelt another bag, which was the germinal vesicic; and in al) cases ibis vesicle, when closely observed, was ob- served to be marked wth dark dots Now, such beiag the tacts diselored by physical observation, the questions Suggested themselves : ‘What was the egz? How did tt Our investigations bave led us to devermue a wg analogy between the various eggs which are tbe fources Of spimel life, at an elementary point io their de- clopement, But we must not son bers here. Thrugh twenty- cight jean Save clapecd since Prot. Pair (A. E. You Butr) first startied the world by the din discovery of egda ia memwal 4 oa progress . This bot, howe y aby means a final result; it was only we first step in nie et We must make further jnvesti- gat ons, ond ascertain, if we can, how the egg originates, * bat its materials are, how it germinates, and whether period when it contains no germ. the course to be pursued in tae inv ts is a comparison of varioun Kinds of parts of every bnown plant are mare ecllews bogs, in @ Worc—similar in every respect to eggs. An egg ts Caly a cell of a particular Kind, different from com mon cells by teing destined to give rise to a new being. Pisnts are wholly composed of cells. Nay, more; the booies of animals are themselves, for the mort part, mere cel's; €very one knows that the muscular and nervous tireuet are mere ceils. And thus it may be broaily stated ibet pot oply us there a og anriocy between the eggs of Ail animals, at some perio! or other of their develope- ment, but all these eggs bear an equally strbing resem- b atce to the germs of plats, and to the strectural parts of ali organized beings, whether animals or plants. all organic ttreetures are, in fact, mere celia. is fact must be caretuliy borne ip mind in the inquiry into the origin of the org. The learved Profeesor then proceeded to show on the blackboard how one of the simplest forins of seaweed was propagated. He drew sketch ofa weed, somewhat mi'arb sbepe toon elongated pea pod. This was the adult plat. ‘0 he showed that ihis plant was divided by portitions into different cells throughout the whole ‘s length. In there cells there were, as he showed, mail dark epecks, which at first could only be detected by the microscope. some of these—sometiiies one, some- 0 Or more—would grow and ep’ ual ey isolated themie!ves fiom the plant and assumed the Separate existence. They were then A Hi the other ceils, marked within by dark v After a time thin bryopic plant would enl ard spread, jn this instance, longitudinally, it would grow to Couble the length ithad when it cut itself adrift ‘rom the parent weed. But the cellular system was mainteiced: the moment it grew to a certain length, a partite D~ sod siterwarca several partitions—di vided it ‘to several cel) inhio each of which the reproducing of dark specks was distinctly visibe This was the plan of reproduction anic structures. order. The Professor took a com- in this order of organ To pase to « higi toob Lens egg, £8 a familiar iustration of th the egg ony visible with the aid of » po vit isa mere yolk in « bag, ani marked, certain dots. “After a time p nebulous fluid appears Towurround it: the casing of fluid thickene, and it, in its fore, 8 le protected by acasiny of more resisting substance. lb it becomes the egg with which tho break: fast io fermiliar: with ite rcund yolk " middle, protected by an clastic skin, and beautifully suspended vy cores toveltber end of the egg: with the white fluid ovteide of this, and the outer coating or sheilcovering all. It waa impossible to watch this process of developement wey, between the fowl’s made? Take Mf Gil {t with Gil, and pat a little albumen into it 7 nke 't weil, and you have eggs. The oil will form round globules, ard these will be coste! with albumen. There is nothing mere ip the egg. The contents of the peculiar appropriate receptacies in the bodies of avimals are nothing bet fat or oily matter, and albumen which is deposited and acoumuiated there. There is po doubt but eve may be formed in various ways; and he was far ag! that this was the only pian by which they jut, for the most part, ¢gs are mere globules of fat coated with albumen: & combimation ia the It be- ing of there substauces uncommonly like the oi) a). bumen in the bottie, The first process is the tsolation of the oil from the etrrownding parte, as when the bottle is shaken; the rreord | the gragual deposit of albumen on the exterior eurtace. All celivlar structures, whicb isolate themaelves from the parent snimal inorder that life may be given to new in ivicvale of the specter, are in fact eggs, and there eggs are identically the gate throughout the avimal kingdom. There are incicental and {mmateria! differences, For stance, the egg of a bird ts stillean egg when it hes acquired a considerable mars, whereas the egg of ceased tobe an egg at all before ih erases When it can be distinguished by the thing elee—an embryo, « fetus. —Fome eggs are white, others Fees diller im respect of the hardness cf varie «f the sheli—rome are brittle, some Sexibie. Lh 4 of vertebrated animals again present peculiarities w their own. [n short, the egg of each particular type presenta characteristics peculiar to itself, and which « anhe jestify the expectation that material differences will ex- ist in the animels which are to spring from each separate pe. The egg? being thus identical in their essential, espn diferent athelr fartionlar, features, can it be nes vmed that they all originate under like circumstances The question must be answered at another time. The Btity between (bem does pot interfere with the fact tthe eggs of each will end in th juction of aa ig from the others, but resembii every Characteristic feature, the creature from which the egg proceeved. There isa eae le that is not ae or reached in an exeminat: e form ofthe may build a body of fat end ciesmes, but the eagle wires the essence ¢f the animal will still be wanting. *rofearor Dawson rese to thank Professor Agassiz for hs very oterest ngand valuable paper. ‘The discussion was prolonged, and ultimately turned upen the paper read by Profeesor Weinland, ia morn- pg, on animals, CREATION OF ANTI In (he courre of some remarks, after some explagations by Protessor Warviaxp, Professor AGasiy entered upon the subject of s t male, and that fo far as bis knowle Went, there was no being on the face of the whore habitation was not defined by precise limite, So ge roame! a larger #phere. some a smaller: seme were Wideiy, some narrowly distributed; but al! had their epheres clearly and unmistakably marked out. This beog so plainly ehewo by \nyestigation, the question froge, i¢ this loeal hi tion, this domiciliation within Gerbeue WOLuLaries, @ spetilG aNd gssguLAl of animals? How far is this circumscription within A tive limits, which cannot be transcended, a pri and ined condition of their Lary vit be petaai ve and Beceesary, we are forcil a to com namely, that all satel their present limits, ald were produced in the harmonious ummerica! profusion with which we pow observe them. pity Robertson, who seemed to think that mals their sphere by tae f the said | that he was not aware of as he mss instance of the i bad been removed by the Land where the animals of man. He also ob- served that science did not lot oue to the conclusion ‘that the number of animais on the earth had ever been ewaller than it is now. Men had occasionally overfed animals and killed them, just as they manured their fields, and made them yield more than usual; but these were interferences with the order of nature. After some further discussio, in which Prof. Agassiz supplied Dr, Robertson with more iniormation oa the snbject, the section adjourned. PAPERS READ IN THE ZOOLOGICAL SECTION, IN THE MOFNING OF SATURDAY. ON THR NAMES OF ANIMALS WITI( REFERENCE TO BTHNOLOCY, ‘RY DR. DAVID F WBINLAND, He started from the fact that ‘he Aaglo Saxcn race did not form new names for the new animals of this coun try, but use nearly face eer English names, which mean in England herr somone imals, for the American animals are entire! nt from the the European ones, In lookirg over bemes ip other lan; which were familiar to him, he found the same fact wil them, namely, that every ‘4 nation has true names, tuat is, true roots of woras (or its native animals only, as well as for its native plants; and that no nation has our own true name for aforeign animal or piant, but that it uses for these either che pame of other langtiages or merely arti- fiat ames, (guimeapiz. for instance.) me ie proved this statement by many exam) le showed thi that the lion. tor instance, hag no own pame in the Teutonic languages; but has one, viz : leon, iv the Pelas- ic Greek, aud avother, ari, in the Semitic languages. Tae is known in zoology that the lion has never lived in Central Europe, the native country of the Teutonic lan- guagee. Theretore, he has po own ram» there; but he lived once in Greece, therefore be has an own neme there He lived ard lives in Arabia, the native country Of the Semitic languages; therefore he bas another true name, whi the Teutonic languages have borrowed his | sal from the Greek, the nearest ration which had the ‘The tiger, an azimal as typical asthe lion, has no origi- Bal neme in any European lapgiage. The Toot “tiger” is borrowed from an Asiatic language, for this carnivo. rious animal lives only ia Asia. ‘The elephant is auother example of the same kiad. All European janguag:- have borrowed the name from au Asiatic root, and there the aniwal is native. ‘The uame camel is Semitic (guemarl). A'l European languages have borrowed the name. ‘The camel is a na- ; therefore the Semitic languages have a e Light ‘it; but itn ver lived in Europe; therefore had to borrow it from the Ge noe ass,’’ is another example of exactly ows nothing else than brew. the same kind as the carmel. Now, one might think that this thot the Europesn nations all came from Asia, and natu- rally Kept the ret bunan (Adamitto) names for, the ie animals mentioned above. But which has a Peiasgic root pame, ther in the Semitic languages, Impossibility of this suppovition; and I will now bring eOme examples more, whivh show that this com- mon cofciusion involves @ great philological mistake. For the hare, a species of anima! spread all over Europe ‘and temperate Asia, we know three different root names yt by ct “* bare’? in Teutonic; yus, in elaggic: @ tn Semitic. he hart bas two diferent root uames in Europe, be- cause be occurs withia the boundaries of two different nations, “bart,” ‘‘hirsch,”” in the Tentonic, aud “clewug"” in the Pelasgic. —_ is no pame for this ru- ut in the Semitic region, because be goes yoy liye ‘Exactly the same Is the case witb the roe. And 60 we could goon. The vame of every typical animal shows the truih of the statement, that natious bave true eply for their native animals. And the « with (ants; and if ever aration forms @ name for a foreign animal, it is always @ merely comparative arti ficial name like riverhorse, guineapig, but never a true root Dame. Oaly mame lion, and again ano- bas shown the Bot !et us now take a broader view of this law. ig the infancy of @ nation, while forming her language, can she origivate root- words. No philologist will object to this. Moreover, it is very probable that these root pames of avimals were among the Oret words of the language of every nation, (Adam tamed the animais even before he spoke a word t0 a hu- man being, Genesis ii, 19), for the attention of man thus ‘n the state of pature woule naturally be drawn tothe arimals, thoze beings arouad bim animeted I'ke himsell. From this follows immediately the law, that wherever we find @ Iapgusge of @ uation having root names for al the typical epimats of « particular coustry, in that country origivated the janguage of that nation, aud that in this ‘COUDITY also Was passed the infancy of the nation itwel Let us ow sbow by an example how ctrikivg this law is and how important for ethnography. There is hardly u lnngvage £0 rich in pames for the animals of her country e¢ the high Germsn. I do not know ten among all (per- Leaps Oy) freeb water Ghee of Southern Germany by bave not tneir own root name; neither is there to be found ore typical mammal, or bird, or reptile, which has pot its own root name. And this language bas no names or the sea animals of those very seas which border upon Lower Germany. Ail those sea animals have merely arti ficlal avd comparative names, as sechund (seadog) for veal; reeschwein, (een hog), for dolphin: seeige!, (sex por CUpive), cohigus ; seemaus, (sca a for Fae aeete use, oo devil), for that curions fieh, —, Fro ts fact, We conclude that the io! 'y of the Cumes nition, the time when she formed her language, wes pared in the mountain regions of Southern Ger wany; while the Anglo Saxon uation, as far as I know ber —_ till now, ecms to be more an oceanic ua tien, Uke Scandinavians, whore languages are workable for their richness in rames for sea animals belcr ging to ocear’ ons. Thrs, however closely allied the diferent nations of the Teutonic family rtf be, still they seem to have deen divided already in their infancy when they formed their lange Mr LAND #aid he wished to add a mere! philologt cal view of those cames of animals. I see the Hebrew ond «ther dictionarics spent much labor in deriving all the romes of aptmals irom absiract noups, for instance, the Bebrew nate for “the serpent, * laria! from an abstreet noun, *daratl,’’ which means ‘to fly sway quiekiy?” or thie Apgio-Saxon uame for the horse, * Aeste,”” cerived from the abstract verb ‘‘hesty,”” which means “to be in aburry ” Now, [ask the philologist which t3 more patural, that a nation notices firs; the abstract and ben the concrete, or that she first notices and names the concrete, and then makes aa abstract of it; that is to say, = i ¢' first makes a aime for ay auitual—tor instance: ‘he rerpent—and then uses this name for ex; quckoeast He thougnt the latter, and would hy Cerivate * hesty,”’ to be in a hurry, from * here,’ horse, He thought that this reiirction was fully justified and illas- tated by the Egyptian bierogly;bics, which express, by the forms Of animals, abstract th vughts, ON 188 RELATIONS WRIWKEN TIE CHINKIK AND THE IYDO BUROPRAN LANGUAGES, BY PROFESSOR 8, 8, MALDKMAN, COLUMBIA, PAL Ti ove who seek for analogies between the Chinese and the fang ‘of Europe usually endeavor to find words which bave an identity of form and meaving: and if they finda dow n of such words, they think the analogy is proved. Bat this, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, is not a reliable test. Chinese is limited to a few bundred mo- cosy abic words, while there are tifteen hundred such words in English. Ci Me words must consequent rave many meanings. them some cor ing with fords, It tas tity different characters, winch are read sun, the several meanings of many of them are very diverse, as lelieve, real; trick, lnberal; nope of these numerous meanings egree with the Viable, sun, or vem. Thia resembles the lan- guege of children learning to speak, in whic! the same word may be used for duck, dog, cake, take, sick. In Chinese, ‘Batavia’ is cut’ own to ** Pa,” and if Latin were treated vimilarly, 1C TUS, a biow. might become ie and VRECOR, I pray, might become IEC or SEC, R being abecut, and we must reuce Latin to such posible Chinese forms before we can compare them properly. ‘The lecturer assumed cortain Chinese words like LEC, ¢, to be compounds, in which EC is the roo: and’ that the Greek word ‘ ech-o" a rain the Latia Chinese, Greet, Lau ing,) ie enlarged by the same ot od in the same ner, with the same result as to meaning, we have ap sdvance ip the direction cf the primitive identity of tue whole, A series of examples was then cited, in which the Chinese root was varied by the prefixes s, t, b, ia which they sgreed with Furopean forms. Thus, the Chinese ‘werd ek means the noise of splitting; Greek, AGO, 1 break; iC-tus, a knock, With the ag . got [a cut off, to split wood; Heb = SECO Tent off; Greek, ay split Weis nig v thatter; rechio, to hackney; Hebrew, relbeh, a miil- stone. With the prefix t, Chitese teuk to —, 8 hoe: tok, to rerape, to hack; . anything made what is abrupt; tee io, to dock; twe With the pretix 1,—Chineze lok, cut, scrape; Latin, 1.1GO. a hoe; and with k, Chinese, kex a fpear. Other examples, in suficiont number, were cited 10 show that this uniformity eouit not be accidental, TELEGRAPITS. FIFTH DAY—HORNING SESSION. Atnany, Ang. 25, 1856. At the meeting of the Scientific Congress this morning, the Standing Committee reported in favor of boiding the poxt meeting at Montreal, Commodore Wilkes moved an amendment to the report, substituting Portimore, Amend ment loet by 1710 60; whereupon Dr. Steiner, of Balti- more, Moved to toake the adoptirn of the report of the committee unanimous. Carried. Professor Dawson, of Canada, returded thanks on behalf of the Historical 80. ciety of Canada and the citizens of Montreal, A disous sion of the constitution waa fixed for the afternoon. Among the papers read in sections was a notice of obser- vations to determice the eof the increase of Sandy Hook, made by the Conet Survey for the Commissioners ‘on the Harbor Encroachments on New York, b; Baohe. A. ‘— Professor Agaae iz coatinued his inte Hal Cevelopementa. — reunion at the | rooms takes place to-nigl AFTERNOON SESSION. The asrociation was occupied all the afternoon diseuss- ing the constitutional question. No other business done. United States Commisatoner’s Court. Before Geo W. Morton, Faq. Avo, % —The late Case of Smuggling.—A ion has been presented to the poe & ‘State for the remission of the Nap the 3 x Good CR eized by t orities, Meonme'Ronacau's 40 tases of ailks, Inces, fe. "Se e Hiehed in 0 Siler, whew we examination of the xamination charge against Railroad Accident, OUR NIAGARA FALLS CORRESPONDENCE. Catanact Hovss, Niagara Falls, Aug. 24, 1856. ‘The 11:45 P. M. train from here to Elmira last evening, was thrown from the track about seven and a half miles out, by a cross tie or timber being placed with one end down in cattle ditch or turner, and the other in the air. ‘The locomotive broke the tie in two, and after striking it did not atrike the ground for twenty-five feet, (which teems incredible to any one who did not see the spot,) and then ran off the embankment in soft ground, about half way up. But little damage was done to the train, as the tender and locomotive were all that went off, owing, doubtless, to slow running at the t'me. No per- son was injured in the least. The train from Elmira came = but en minutes before we left, at a very fast son, bebind time, and from the time of Foing over a ours the tie was placed in by some flend in buman form, who wanted to spite some one at the cost of the lives of the passengers. At that very place, since, two hors¢s b: longing to the nearest resic i three fences and by getting on the track were ‘The company, although not considering themselves to diame, offered bim $200, which refused, and he has since boasted that they should pay pone ‘Yor it, and on that evening he was seen at Tonawaude (21; miles) =) ate late hour, Oflicers were ov the search for bim all day, but he was among the missing, Many thanks are due to Mr. Corwin, the conductor, for bis efficient auc deliberate action in getting us all back eafely to the Falls, and in his directions to the different employés show him equal to the emergency in case of accideat. Having been in the train at the time of the accident, 1 have gathered the particulars, and hasten t ferward them for your benetit. Jersey City News. Examixation or Counreararrers.—Yesterday Henry Jobson and bi» soa, Charies Johnson arrested in Jersey City last Thursday night, on the charge of counterfeiting, ‘were examined befo e Recorder Bedford Justice Pearcy, of New York, appeared as their counsel. The Recorder Held them for trial at the next tera of court, if indicted. M@ABITINE INTELLIGENCE. ALMANAC FOR MEW ¥ORK—T2115 DAY. 521 6B wea WATER. Port of N New Tom August 25, 1856, OLEARE! Ship Cynceure, Harris, New Or) Rhip Neriagansett. Edmones San ‘iano 4 Starch & Co. S! George—J P Bile Jon Hovey, Robins: ‘M Morris, Dagge' ane: Clara Windsor, au Prince—Becker & aves Rark F A Perley, Johnson, Matanzas~Patrullo & Esche- vaira Kark Monmouth Staples, St Johus—Draper & Devlin. Bark L0lias, Cottrell, Miramich|—Walsh, Carver & Chase, Erg Br macun French, Bordeaux—Seamith & Sons, Brig A Sprague, Chase, St Pierre—Wenderg & Weeks. Bri aH on ‘4, Sprague, Savannah—Dunbam & Dimor Brig Emily, Richardson, 7 uladelppie-- Yensand « Bros. Sehe British Queen (Br, Johnson, Nasa, NP Schr Runsem (Br) Lockhart, St John, Schr Southern Retle, 0’ Bren, Savantiah—D 0 Murray. Schr Adele, Hobert. ‘Wilming ton—D C TT Rehr Merchant Chadwick. leh —C Schr Washiegion, Wiles, Alemndrige Merril Abbot. recht E volinson, Tarnel Raltimore—Mailler, Lord & Que FeRchr Reindeer, Overton, Baltimore—Van Brunt & Slash. Sehr M Taylor. Nickerson, Philase!phia—Jas Hand. Schr Harriet, Lord, Portsmouth—C & EJ Peters. Sehr Silver Gloud Vhurc il, Portemourb=—s W Lewis & Co Sehr Flora King, Bragdon J Peters. vomed i Bavent Echr Leader, Bearse, Ber Eien Louisa, Thompson, New Haven—Master. Propeller Tacony, Wilson, Pliladelp hia. Propelier Bristol, Allen, Puiladelpia—W H Thompson. ARR(VED Steamship Roanoke, Bkis Bkinose, Norfolte, ‘te, git it nasseneors ty Latin “eagauts, Avg 2, al peak ag ae eta eeat inane wits Siaeac ohio High land Chie bound South, wit ack flying for Delawaro plot pilot gat in sight. Passed hs of Cromwell's propeller bound Ship Columbia. Hutebisaon, Licerpool July 24, with mise and 446 paseongers, to CH Marshal! tat 43:19. ton Goa exchanged tiguals with'e sup: showing a, wie sigaal welth 9 red croae, supLosed the Andvew Postce itl, Int 42 10, lon hip Ching (of Savanna) fom Livérpooi for Baitimeret aie Ziet, 10 AM, Tai 40 80. ton G9 15, eaw seamship Leerpeel 244, at 6 PM, Fie Taran bearing aw steamsip, Arago, hence for Havre, Cees 8 eg he Ih inst off Georges ‘tzetland. Trask. Livervool July 20, with mdse and agpumengers to Lene Wer & Co sir Chace ‘of Saxannsh), Dutton, Liverpool, July 19, with con!, to New York @: Bark Therese (rem) Hoborst, Bremen, July 28, with mdse and 268 passengers, to Rurchard & Isuck ‘nion (Brem), Bartsmaa, Newport W, 3t days, with sien toe, to er. Bark NP Talmage. MeKell Crentonnne, 10 days, with suger do tod F Alfpnso & Co; ltoW T Duggan. Pat ato Harans for part of a crew, having lest three meu with “Paik Nazarine, Smith, Boneventur, Cauada Kast, $1 lnat, with fish and shingles, to MM Backus. Bark Asa Fish, Woife, Mystic. in hailast, to Brodie & Petit, isrig Marisnna (Port) ‘Vera Cruz, Lisboo. 31 days, with sali and cork. {0 Figaniere & Co. ot Belfast), *bu'e, Gonaives, 12 days, with on & Co. Welfort), Doak, Saga, 14 daya, with eu kman & ¢ 3 Matthews. (of Boston), Devereux, Sagua, 13th fost Sinsucke to IED dirockmane aC Fehr AN ve Rorset? Coor er Witmingtoa, NC,S days. Beir © # Binns Cook, Virginin 3 days. Kehr WD Pits, Jones, Virgins Bele JP Arm Febr J Cu Bele Je: Fehr Propel'er Parker Vein Bamay Rialtimore. Pr: peller Novelty, Belt Phi'adeiphie Prepeller Beverly, Pierce, Phitaselphia BELOW Shin Marcha J Ward, 90 ays from Liverpool.—(By pllot boat jeliscn) Ship Wm B Kent, of Philadelp) Ship Marcia © May (of Bato), f Bark Luey Ring, of Lube Wind during theday, NNW. Bristol Telegraphic Marine BO! Na Aug ¥—Arr ships Atel, Cadz; Bombay, New Ontean Aug 25~Arr barks Franklin, Trinidad; Susan care. Terks island Correspondence. Ala sacar bark Andes. Merryman, tb, Davi, Portland: Minus, (Han) Schwat- ng Bremen, Henry: ciletelat. Key Wh St. John. NB: sebrs Helen MeOregor, Trinidad: Gazette, Growell, Boston London 0 A stetain. Cobb, Provine ‘criland. John © Brooks, Gra‘tan. R York: Martha Hail, storer Boston: Sata Newburg: John Rogers, Ellin, Sioirh, Keser Ct Larkin, Churbiich New Bedford; Flopeton, N ‘hompsou, Barnes, Boston, bec, Had, NYork, Jax Alienticn; er, St Baris; brigs Col Wm ins, Boston: Albatross, Dorr, Bostog: Zenith, Davia, sclire © A Stetson, Cobb, Weltteet: & W Pratt Mord: Hopetan, Briggs, Boston: NBT Thompson, Hall, Storer, do; John Rogers, Elliott Providsoce: Larkinchurbuck Wardha. Also eld br.ga Chicopee, P Piliots, » Mek pine, ine Port You: J Crocketido; schre HW Moree, Fullups, Taun on, Dazeie’ Venaie, Bi joston jeumer arrived here on 8a $ ug sustained any injury from being sabore in James River. She ix now discharging esrgo t pier 13 North River, and will be ready to receive freiebt for Borteik ard Richmor on Thursday morning, and leave at ber usual Lour on Saturday. Snir CD Munwiy—Capt Merwin, of the ship © D Merwta, maated in the Jato gale of | from Cardiif, whose sinp was ¢u New Crier ns, bas tarnished ihe folowing —Oa Satu {ih inst the gale commenced with sireng Northeast wit 2 o'cleck PM commenced to rhorten sail Diowing & ottong gaie st! trom K 1 fed at double én all saila, and @ hurricane. The tt cay, a morning, when it 16 During Saterday Might the gale was tremepdour” At S o'clock Am on the I the foremost went 6 feet from the deck, ard was quickly fol: lowed by ‘he main and mizen m Rach of the latter went ‘got clear of the floating apars At the moat critical moment the raitroed iran threatening to go thro Reports more than pace made inet water, was rushing. isto te ehh through holes broke in the sides by the wreck, and boch pumps were started ond were worked incessantly for eighteen howrs when the ship was found to bave only Is inches water in the hold. Tt was with great difficulty that the iron between decks A portion of the erew were engaged at it from onday until6A Mon Mouday. It appears ale was a rotary wind, revolving from eaat to north, and #0 'o the west, as Ficiding describes the “Cyclone” in the nosthern hemisphere. At o'clock A M Monday there was a calm for about live minutes: the sun shone brilliant, and there was every appearance of cleating off; but the wind snddenly struck the shun from the opposite point of ‘he en-npaas. “It had worked from the northeast to north. and now eame from the forth. The sun clouded in. and rain aud wind eame wiih re doubled fury, continuing for two hours, when the ved fément. During the gale the sea wes high but faoe covered with foam. The track of the “Cy. from south southeast to north northeast. When aied the ship was m.'es West southwest of the 8 arzow. Upton. nt Montevideo from Aalem, sprung t when 23 days out, ant was obliged to make the her passage under ersy sail. ¥, before ted ashore ding into Nal an ashore on Loar Hes n where she emajoed nt Inet neonunta, uninjured. She wil. probably be got of. Her cargo of wood would be sold wi. Sour Sea Nywrn—Capt © T. Manchester, agent of the un: derwriern. who’ wae deepaiched trom Provence by the a a of (he Sea Nymph. ae! ¢ near Quogue, L L, writes oar ctaot che sad inst, that he reselved thes place (het day, Prpenrances but inte srrained. al: th flows in her The cargo is about ail damaged. Mioety barrels flour at about twenty-five hun Gira bechels corn had been Iauded.. What eacgo was shipoed from the beaeh would have to be beated about two miles heroes tte bay. then carted abont one mile to the head of fic er Head Harbor—therefore Capt Manchester thinks it al- Tisenble to sell the corn ae it lies on the beael, whieh he thinks wil’ bring from twenty to twenty five cente per bushel. The four wonld anawer to forward to seme other place for a het ter market. Efforts will be made to get the vessel off and if the weather continues favorable, it was thougnt would prove sucessful cenm Moctt, of Boston, from Philadelphia for Salem, ashore two miles enct of Quos ay is a total wreck: hor effects were to he wold ny the 224 Masten, nnd echrs Routhernee, ant be wld ci iesen,aahore to the weelward of (ast place, are algo total wrecks. cate ais chia ake ny Rxow, of Rod not Lubec), from Lubec foun MAty a mahoreon Squam bar, morning of Ziat (an be. tagh thi PA, hy “Sy and became a total lone.” ier crew were taken ory | shane ‘She was loaded with paving stones. 4 Henny. of and from Rockland, with lime, eee beach, noon of Zia. The crew were en trom a Squam who dragred 8 dory two tilce tape om each In the greening the vessel took tire from the lime, and burnt up. She isa tat Aww, at @ wa steock by ning Sik an nalave names ‘March the By ie ‘gon, Instantly killed. what is unusual st) ning, hie Body a8 aS Jacerated. The vn bourd weve stunned om the shock, but aah p Saxe & Buna, Richaris, from Calale for NY into ‘Ghoweester 16th inst, leaking badly, and with losg of ‘pai aud art of deck ond of jumber, . Tha ini; te ailetwarda let 'ant volied pase Se which position alas fod ou Thatcher accor pear Milk Island. Ber crew ro 1 uantnles of Lumber, pieces of a veasal StF tein arta apa ee New Verani—A fine three pasted achr of 490 tons is now on the stoc! ‘he Merritang, Poy Ge a yk le lembe ply between Boston and North Carolina, She is built of t of oak and pitch pine. and is extra fastened. Her bo foreercying rare aceiont an Pee og ee vi will probably prove « fast sailer, as ber model is adapted for Lipper ship Atalanta, Cay wa, 288 tons, 16 cow on tye pec d ‘ced reeelving’ repa pov an a nt ggg Bares Aare gm paltepo pe ye Goo A Phelps gas sold at: Marsoilles Sth inst tow French house, for The Providence Post me: that hark gener ‘York) has been pi by partles in Ret: vate wie and co ibe cael nthe pine wond irae, vere appahannock, under command ing. She will hereafter hail from Providence. Pe Nar Star, Weeks, North Pi Cid at Ne ford 24 ships Polar 8. Lo cite Gceans Curavan, Liraga’ do do: Samuel Kobertwon. (of Faishaven), Pret Atlantic and Indian Oceaoa, ath of Montauk aa ult, an inward bound whale ship nding Sid from Pa ith, Riza Jane West of Tisbury, clonn, Bpoken—Fep 2 Wyss TOE, Ateseader Cott, ae n NP dy Tass te fram from Guam, Bound to Japan Sea, wi Aug 4, lat 39 50. lon 39, was ed whaling bark Fausy, ND, steering ESE. Lee . &e. eh eb Atlantic. hence for Liveroool, was sigualized Aug Ship John Bunyan, Nicho's, I2days from NYork for Liver- pool Avg 12. lat 42 50 olin, 8 Perley, York, 10m Cadis for Portland, Aug 22, off neering HE, hacing {he Howes rig on fore and main Aug 19. Jat 4225, ton 65 48. np atvering sowing ‘red flag with ABR init, was tig 12 ro Tat "ech Sea Dog. from Matanzas for Boston, Aug 22, of Nan: Wien Pea pilot boat Mary and Catherin: fark Veloolty, Beals, hence forSt Jago, Aug 12; 1 $0, loa ; sin Geo W Uorton, from NVork for Tiverpoel, Aug 10, ta 42 52. Hark Wexler’ Ses, Taylor, from Boston for Malta, Aug 29, lat 41 55, lon 66 40 A vari etcering Fr, ris painted port and ,skysall masts fore and aft wae seen’ Avg 18, Cape bale RNR ae bark steering N, painted blac wie white streak show- white burgee, with name inred letters, was seen Aug 7, 1 3, a white flag with a black bait 45°90. ; bari steer ne SR, showing a wi init wag seen, Aug 9, ed brig ateering SE, ehowing a white signs! with aithue hs ruta stripe in the centre, was seen Aug 15, lat 32 m Br oe Se Lark, 19 days from NYork for Porto Rico, Aug at 24. lou 87 ‘Bebr Henry ee. from Newark, NJ, for Dightoa, was passed July 22, mod SE cud of Pravence inland. Ports, Capng, Fury 21—ty port hips Goliten Gras, Title, for Bos ton 18 dine; Bete ceox, Welth for do 13; Kate Howe, Nore-oss, for do 1b; Northern ‘mplre, Hil, for Bath 10; Britaaaia, Wee iar orie-tn portbris Tueretin. Wallace fer Now TONAIWES, “At brie Bs orks ig. schrs Frank, for Boston next day; D Trow- te, eros bears in port, Going in, brig Ki Pah duly 23— mua, Pits, from NYork. Sid 2th brig Henrico, Fairfield, Ba. “font av Priver, Av T5-1n port brige Anglo Sexon, Con nor, and AG G'Washburn, Davie une: Hoblo, Rice, trout New %s do; ech: W 8 Brown, Richards, d ‘Quenro “Aug 21—In port achr Dean Richmon3, from Chicago for, Liverpool ‘wig el.ange of win to proceed. Sacva, Aug 13—Tn port bark L Dag, for New York ¢ day, bnign Getavia Weodgrard, for do wee lanchard, for, Boston, Co; sehr at ue te hYork S days. id ih brig Waecawam, NYor! “svoun, NB, Aug 17 ‘Humming Bird, Chisholm, New XQrAxpuEWS, NB, Ang 12—Arr sehr Julia, Y*¥oth Vane a, Ap Penel Lorde co. lome Ports. ALBANY. rei eye achra Orion Davis, and Grace Dar- lng Crew. Providence: Reaper, Avery, Greenwich; isesee Hebert River Head. decire Admiral, Nickerson, Boston P Williams, Brewer, Harford. BOSTON. Aug 24, FM—Air ship Cleero, vlogs Lave. pool, 7th A esta. falta. ship Jeremiah Thom aa Ariel, Delano, Weybosset, Stinson, Buono: anes L Hale, Lull, Talore; ‘Oak ys, Lauraetta Hailey, and Nashua, Led tries ‘Frederic: Baker, Par i Prince: Tay ams, Cienfuegos, J 1 Ceadace, Matthows, baltimore: Condor. ‘arlisle; Chimborazo, rowan, Delmonte, ‘Tehutelen, lavener,’ Philadelphia: sche, Leo, via Holmes's Hole; M ilatt, Day Newbern, N Lowell. and Norman, Nirks, Yeomico. river: gers apd Helea, Long, Richmond: Elta, Do addison, Child, Bell, Farrow, Balt more; W {aimed ‘Wheaton yooreen ©, Gandy Parker; us it Wi I a ~_ a oemppeeg. Skreet Pant eats, gers tiscr. Hul javelle, Somer orth Pacitie. fi comet, Se AF Linnell, Fi aman Pern eterson; iat Krnduskeag. Bray; Sarah les; 00) tery gua, Philadephia: Oras, ‘Francis, DW Rldridge, Suow: Wolcett, Hallett Toa: ‘A Appleton, an¢ EJ Munsell. Chase. Nork. tea, from Havana: Rilwin, trom Sere: mie via Belaware Breaktater. al for a barque and Bix weins, Sid Saturday: wind NW ‘SW, stearmers William ‘ins, Pa'metos ships ‘Bagnol Lert Wootbury, Leucoth niga Kentucky. mpron, J West, A Law: cela: Sunda, wind W to ¥ aed SE, bark tis: 2; brig Spire, ¥, America. Rxcelsior and Semose\ sarted, fe Rbchor ia Light me 1 "TALTINORE, August 23 Layfeld, ease € Vark aie and Pequonnock. Clark, Hon bella, Burr; 8 Telegraphed—Brigs ence: Ja Hlouise, (Chi Eacherama, Va : bark Helen Maria, erson, Boston; brig Jaber, (ibr) West Lidice: sehrs Stevens, West Indies: Wild Pigeou, Millikin, Providence; Foower, Rayner. Midpletown Ct BRISTOL, Aug B—Ace sche Minerva, Beckwith, Delaware HooTHBAY, Avg 10—Arr brig Vincennes, Saw} * ew York; 20th, sehr Renbeo, Thomas, Mork tor den. A Sid ri ae Rogers. Call, NYork; ATH a rig Catharine nares. ae a shia. A Are schrs Jas Miller Payne, and BR tenting Griffin, NYork. Cid brig Tybee. Ferguson, N | Aug 2l—Arr sehre Stranger Blackwe!l Bris- Latham, Philadelphia: Christopher Peatle- Bacel, Davis, Huntington Ll acid brig, Mary aiamuilton,, Botsford, | x Fanuin, Leddy, NYork; bark Nucces, fev en Tn ort barke NC Buchanan, Duscher, and Montauk, Lin- ofp from N¥ork Hugo cay Stevens, irom Reston, GEORGET: Arr brig Oliver Webber, arene, ihn, we ‘enningion, NYork tA de Douglas, co Cid 17h, sche F Nickerson, h, cehr ‘citizen, Blaseden, Boston; lat, schr & 1 Thomor, do, How TOLE, Ang %, PM—~Arr brie Contor, Alien, La ary for Phi dolphin. Castilian Merriman, Portiant hg te sehr Lebannol, Teal; G Homtuen. LCrawiord Wlackwan, Ires oston for do. Central America Eldridge, more: Nesth america. Kesman, and Enervy, Lem for eet Sebara, Huntley. Pordand for do: PranceA Ws He bo, Fraviacsiows for do, Jasob & Willan, Mat ewer port for do: Geo ‘Lunt, Dorchester NB for NYork; # ‘Patoe Round Pond, Fllen schus G oft: re bri a8 sat Mery hit, Grant, Feet ion stewart, = J Portland for jer md epreter, Wells, Finnadcipha for Boson © and Ass Wade a Cown, do for Beituate: Acadia, ‘Trompeon, Go for. " Me: D brane 1-3 Delaware fo eS Row: ipnia, Frank A Bee. Grecian. Matthews, Newburyport ( Kesiport for do. hag p bf ‘pee ing ington, Armsiron, ! ore Frankfort ~ do; Glenvie Partridge us =. Bat hes ware. Wore. pn es ‘Sid brige Bil yoked b, Cutty Advances ihompaon, ay L ‘cnr, bonneh. AL Crawford, EH yn cy. Sahwa, Francis A Hawkins. Jacod ‘iilem, Geo W Snow, Caroline © EB Paine, 2 Lagana, in FA To Hel, “rene jew Glove, Wilmington, atte Fil i ow, Irene, Me wind light trom NR, brig Tiyan: geen ct Ambassador, Lite Kook. role Chas Roberts Lewis Muiford, Challenge. MOBILE. Aug Arr brig Gre; hound re Boston. pA ARBIRD EAD. Ang 10—Arr scirs Julia & Marth’, Auld, ipbia. ‘a Sie . Boston, 2th, Elbe Bear River, Hero, v Ny fad sh 2A ete Twtigh, pares oe fe Bassin, Bt Croix; ache Taugala, Bram- y a NEW HAVEN Aug 23 28+ Ase be bark gain Ba. Thay Poree, PR; brine Nu rz Rainey mod once, PM Warren, Work: viten perkins — ‘Orlando, REENEACOU OE Awe hi—Arr phi Ellerslie, Coutte, MOr- | te Whalen "sturnes’ Gor CM ath bark Aniennes, a. epee brig Abby Taylor, Lindsioy, Aspinwall. PORTLAND. Aug 22—SI1 barks Alica, Glen: and others. | PAWTUCKRT, Ang 2—Are sloops lt Ann, evd Eliza A Jayne, Hulse, Rondout; Mary B Bay vis, PROVIDENCE, Augum Ast oy eaniip Potion, Altri | NYork: brig Cordova, Adamson, Barbadoes: sclire Rowns | Tanning. Fmithield, Va: iinens Vista, Lette, Alexandria; ra Head, Baltimore: Worcester, Rhodes: Rmelive Chi eater, Fiske Rytvia nei Hontey: Tohn noe , Hor at Thernpe Aya Gandy, and Stisan Orleam, Weetront, Troy Syivester con Rondowt, Mat- on Pies Port} Ewen, hallenge, Pecker Re a oapn Commeuaee, Hyley: Pot 0 ‘Cranalation, Hallock, ra Davis, Fondo, Wm H Bowen, jock. N tebrs AR Phare, Walter & Lemuel J b-] —_ Jeroleman, 4 Elmira Ri i, Bicatesume, Aw M— ace ‘ine, Philadelphia, Sarah Jane, Broth ti es je! rats Fae ers, Gartner, Paibany, Diamotid, Nor- * tra Pennie, Urocker, Allen, Bristol Pa mas, Nia ends: Mary Sat Goan Ee White, onertay alba: iim ry Orda a ely Givva, and RIL Hoaiwietn er scot rework, ‘Below sche Nep, W | re unknown. | 81d acc: a B, yea’ NNAH, As rr schra 8 J 4 Warin . Smith, New jena bid wee Eociantrers, thie, do. Sam ta an Wm E sat Africn: he aches I, b’ aaa a Henn Aa NOENANTS HARBOR, Aw Virgiciay Lb, Londgr, a,