The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1856, Page 7

THE SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 0ZONE AND THE YELLOW FEVER. weresting Reports on Geol , Zoology and br fiero se, er: and Inclination, &e., Ini &ke., ke. Our Special Correspondence. ‘Aunaxy, Aug. 26—A, M. Yesterday was along day. ‘The throo sections organ §zed for business about eleven, and wrought bard until fabouttwo. A full complement of members was present; and I suppose if was as busy @ day as we shall have, (0Z0NE. To take the sections in the order in which they come in the programme, there were three important papers read {athe Physical Section, besides Prof, Bache’s, or rather Mr. Charles A. Schott’s papers on secular variation, read by Prof, Bache. ‘The first of these was Prof, Rogers’ ob- servations on “ozone.” If your readers ask me what ozone is, I answer that I do not know, and I question whether anybody docs. It is cither a substance ora quality in the air, which can be detected and measured by the use of test papers in a machine called an ozonom- eter; it appears to be in excess on the sea coast when the ‘wind blows from the sea, and in smaller quantities when the wind blows in the opposite direction. Prof. Rogers bas been busily engaged in observing ozone for the last year. You may not eee at a glance the object of his ob- servations. Let Dr. Webster, late of Norfolk, explain— «+ Lest year,” enid Dr. Webster, “ while the yellow fever was at Norfolk and Portsmouth, I kept an ozonome- ter comstanily exposed to the air, and mever detected ozone. This year I have used the ozonometer in the same Place, and at the same period of time, and I find ozone in ‘ebundance.”” Now you see the importance of observing ezone, Who will hang out an ozonometer in New York? ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS. After this came an explanation, by Dr. Gould, of the Dudley Observatory, of the new instruments which he has lately purchased and ordered in Europe. The tran- ‘Bit metrument and the meridian circle are being made by Pistor & Martins, of Berlin. The meridian circle is 8 feet fm diameter, the tube is 8 feet long, with ap object glass of 8 inches English, or 734 French, in diameter. It will measure tenths of seconds. Mr. Gould explained why he preferred o German to an Englh instrument. The Eng- Meb astronomical instruments are the tools of engineers, ‘masive and ponderous; thoze of the Germans are lighter ‘and more beautiful, more like the tools of artists, The ‘Maost interesting point in Mr. Gould’s remarks, was his reference to Mr. Thos. W. Olcott, of this city, throngh ‘whose liberatity the Observatory was supped with such @ meridian circle. Mr. Gould proposed that, as a slight testimony of the gratitude of science, the circle be known ‘as the Olcott Meridian Circle, and this name was accor- dingly given to it then and thera amid uproarious ap- Plause. I cannot stop here, as I should like to do, to dilate upon the manificenge of the citizens of Albany, of wnom Mr. Oleott is x type. I will only say, that if New York desires “to retain her metropolitan character, her wealthy citizens must look to her laurels. The Dudley Observatory, the meridian circle, are not isolated cases; they are fmstances which are fast becoming the rule. This small city of Albany, which we so universally couple in our minds with { of ignoble legislative strife and petty political corruption, is exnibiting at the present time a palatial hospitality which New York might equal, but Could not surpass. I might mention names—a Hawley, @ Townsend, a Pruyn, and others—but let them pass. GEOLOGY, ‘The Geological Section was not particularly interesting. ‘The papers were, for the most part, of a local character, {and much more-{nteresting to professed geologists than ‘they would be to your readers.’ Perhaps | should draw ‘Attention to the two papers by Mr. T. Sterry Hunt, of Canada, which excited a good deal of attention. Mr. ‘Hont is a young man who been connected for some yeers with the geological survey of Canada, and bas bad advan‘age of being intimate with sir Wm. Logan. His generalisations were interesting, and his arrangement of particular facts striking and lucid. ¥or the rest, you have published a sketch of the papers, which needs no comment. THE GERM ‘The most interesting section was again that of zoology -andethnology. Prof. Agassiz’s communication on tov was not inferior in point of interest or novelty of the egg. The poiut of it was to show that so fa from the egg being a different substance from the germ and supply og iv with nutriment—as has generally ‘been supposed by observers—the egg is in fact the germ iiself, ‘the body of the animal in a word, in an early stage of de velopement. | howed how {long betore any organs were di r any blood formed, the liquid int) which the yoik resolves itself bas a circulation of its own. ‘Whe starting disclosure the learned Protessor imagines to ave been made by John Hunter, who died, liowever, ‘without dieclosing it. Agassiz discovered it airesh, aud Bow gives it to the world. RUNIC RuTysrns. A very pretty paper was read oy a young Dr. Hamlin, f Maing, on rome Runic inscriptions found on a wild part of the coast. An amusing inciocnt marked the discursion to which it gave rive. Dr. Hamlin presented a cast of the YWecription on the rock; and by way ot illustrating te sacter, drew on the blackboard several Runic inscriptions of known . authenticity. After the conclusion of his paper, octor Wilson, of Canada, rose agd made sone remarks in an off hand ma § Rer on the subject of Konic inscriptioas in general. 1 think Prof. Wiison was discoursing without a very great deal © attention being paid to him, when be happened, as Mf accidentally, to remark that one cf the admitted Runic inecriptions, and the best of them, had bern discovered ‘and first copied by bim. You sbould have seen how very attentive cveryboly was to Pro. Wilson after this. Our United States scientific men must look to it, or these Ca madians will overshadow them. Itis no child's play to es Logan, a Dawson, or a Wilson. tame Prof. Wilson made a commuvication on the ‘value of physical conformation as an element of physical Beience, Of which | am obliged to defer my abstract tll to morrow. It wee a very valuable paper, and led to a Ane discussion botween Agassiz and Dawson, As } am talking of the Canadians, 1 may say that the Fesolution to meet next year in Montreal ia revolved with satisfaction, | am sure {t will be efleotive in draw. the people of (he two countries closer together: and { take upen me tosay that the Canadians will snow, ‘when the time comer, that they understand the art of nos- Pitality. It is an event in our international history. The close ofthe day witnesse1 the final battle on the «great constitutional question. As i have had occasion to of this once er twice already, I will only add here d the question a issuc was whether the Standing Com mittee should govern the Association or nat. Prof. Rogers and his fr “, that they have governed and still geek togovern it. The commitice do not deny the im- peachment, but repky that itis best so. This being the Gtate of the case, in & mere nutshell, the bettie began by the announcement, made by Professor Bache, that the Com nitice on the — Koerrscanpe ad oe 4 minority aad a majority vapors mend C e rged the maintenance of the Standing Committee {pm all their privileges, while the former desired to throw the nomination of officers to the members at large. jor Bache suid litle or nothing, and Peofessor Ro- ,t7ho explained the,minopity report, alsc abstained ——, ‘and so tho matter was 1 to a vote, Colore} Foster dexterousiy choking off ussien with the hetp of “the previous gucstion.”” Now, it fails to my duty tocay a thing whick,: would much rather eayo un aid. { bave the greatest. respect for Protesser James Hall. <3 & man, be deserves esteem end ad- he stands among (he very fas: : do not suppose he has an @xemy or a detractor in the world; but I should «ote my duty bere as the historian Of this Gonvention were I to fail to say thet the ‘unfortunate oecurrences whick. onsued were clearly ¢-a20 to the Cladvieed and infacicious course pursued by Proteasor ive Throughout Uae discussion De actedJixe a nm, like a resident vidently unacquaig‘ed Sho parliamentary rules, he tr: etressed them trequest ; and it unfortunately happevor that the transgrossins Biss militated against the tnterests of the constitutions! a At thi crisis he com mitteda fatal blunder. Mr. elle, a publisher of New York,oud a member of the association. was observed to be voting on the ride a ‘Professor Pogere. Professor Hal! sgmarked that he saw persons S20 had no riget go ¥ote; If thoy por ‘Biated, ho would ell them to order ky name, S a gnoment afver, he galled Mr, Wells to order. The delin asserted his @etmbership; the rep dent referred to Secretary, who certified the contrary, The fact was (thet Mr. Wels had got paid his dues fur some time; and by.a rtrict reading Of che constitution (egsuming that be bad eived the ruqisite notice, whiet he denies) his forsested. Mr, Wels set down. The pracessional order, ag’ (he coustit fegetets won the victory by a majority ofaome twenty- On this, Professor ilcVoy, of South Cantina, moved to expzpge some words tcom fesaor Ri report, hich selected on the committee ; and the ir, Profes: Bor ali, decided the amendarent to be in ordler,,nO4,) the previous question had been qioved. McCoy's dmoadment ‘Was cartiod; and then Professor he, on the sige of the committee, moved to make tie adoption of the report upanjinuuc, which was dene aourdingly. ma far, you will nol ali bad passed pleasantly enough except the Wells episode ; but now Prof Regors, unity of retalipung Were moved. The secretary called Pref. Be @t last, and for agnement a positive aiterowfon seemed -AWolcovGibbs rose fleroely to dewounce the lasult offered to the President; and re, im whose check tho ‘warm Virginia blood was mantling, made iree of for weps towarce Gibbs. Happily, he had disoraion enough wo resume his seat; and Prof. Mi ehell tho agronomer, baffled the movement by moving an adjournment. ties sitered 8 low worde which tursod the lo begged pardon of Wells, if be had wronged bim, and also of the association, ant wound op raping that of him who could ecoure bim of lnteuuon fi most Leelee tees 4 Great applause foi + 7p and this lite epecch was hoi le to him, and Wnching ant So end: d this little bertie, 1 hot ay that the best Interests of solonee and Lf the association ure likaly to bo NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1856. prometed the result, Though it ts pe trae, as greene that the leading fomtterrorins hastciation were 40 the tpnevation, it is by 00 mvs ns certain to be unsound on that account. lll history shows us that men who Save been leaders for a long period of time ure not likey to be the wisest counsellors, and that experi- ence ® Only too apt to brdigie with undae attach- mext to precedent and routine. 16 question which has cenvuleed the Association is in fact, whieh has dis- curbed the life operations for centuries, namely, whether ap aristocratic or a democratic form of government is the best? The Commitee proposed an aristocracy— relf-copstituting, practically self clecting, almoet irrespoa- sible, and supreme; and though, up to this time, | am not aware that any bad appointments have been mate under this system, T fear that, like the Veepasians and the Tituses, the good men who have held offico have been “happy accidents,” and that there was no guarautee that they would not come day be replaced by individuals who migbt baye done serious injury to the cause of scieace. 1 hope the little bad feeling which the strife may have occasioned will soon wear off. The country cannot afford to lose avy of the energy or the mind of such men as , Rogers, Hall, Mitchell, Agassiz, Foster, Gould, or the others. And while it would be childish to feel surprige at the warmth with which men even of their eminence exter into disputes of this character, the public are of the opinion of Profeesor Bache, that the sooner they abandon covetitution makiog for science, the better it will be for all of us. Fiith Day’s Proceedings. GENERAL SESSION. Aupayy, Aug. 25, 1856. ‘The mecting was called to order attwenty minutes past ten o’clock, by the President, Professor Hall. A ligt of new members was proposed and admitted. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. An invitation was received from the Mayor and Cor- poration of Springfield, begging the Aseociation to meet there next year. A resolution of the Standing Committee was read by the Secretary, recommending that the Association moct next year at Montreal, and that the thanks of the body be tendered to the Maryland Institute and the Corporation of Springileld for their kind invitation. Commodore Witkgs rose and moved that the resolution be amended, so that Baltimore should be substituted in the room of Montreal. Baltimore bad frequently requested the Association to meet within its limits; and, besides, the two last meetings of the Association had been held in the North. Baltimore was said to be objectionable, on ac- count of its heat, but he was not aware that it was much hotter than Albany or Providence. He would have said more, but for a bad cold. Col. FosrEr seconded the resolution. He was averse to inaugurating a new policy, which would be established if the association were to meet in a foreign realm. The Bri- tish Asrociation had not only never crossed the channel, but had never met ia Scotland or Ireland. Prof. AGass% was prepared to show that the course proposed by the Standing Committee was not unprece- dented. Learned societies had often overstepped politi- cal boundaries in choosing a place of meeting. He had at- tended a meeting of the British Association at Dublin, and two in Scotland. The Geographical Soc‘ety of France had also met out of French limits—once in Switzerland, and once at Ohambery, in Savoy. The principle of these over steppings-ot political boundaries was the cosmepolitin character of science, and that principle, he held, was a wise one to follow. Prof. P:uxce said that Judge Parker, in opening the As- sociation, had ca!led this the American Association. Now, all America was not the Uvited States. It might be that it ought all to be af the United States, but the fact was that it was not. Therefore it seemed to him that the Association was either bound ‘to change its name, and to call itself the United States Association, or to meet in Canada as well as the United States, from time to time. Commodore Witxxs had no objection to the Association mecting in ‘Canada, but ho thought it should first meet at Professor Cuavvenet said they had members from Ca nadc on the Standing Committee. The question was put on Commodore Wilkcs’ amend- ment, and the ame twas lost, The vote was 60 for Montreal and 17 for Baltimore. a INKR then rose and said that, as ihe bearer of the invitation from Baltimore, he would now move that the decision to go to Canada be made unanimocs. He be- lieved in majorities, though at his own expense, and would submit with good grace to the defeat he bad met with. He would be glad w meet Mr. Ball at home. {Mr. Steiner continued for some length in a humorous strain, while the house was convulsed with laughter. } Dr. Wirsox, in reply toa remark which fetl from Dr. Steiner, assured the gentlemen of the Asecciation that ‘the Capadians would not assume paternal airs with them; bt that they ‘would try to entertain them ir the best way y cord. Present Hirencock, as the bearer of the invitation from Springtield, seconded Dr. Steiner's motion, and the was made unanimous. Professor Dawsoy, of Montreal, returned thanks, and said the Montrealers would do all in their power to make the meaabers of the Assoziation satisied w.th their deci sion. Votes of thanks were then moved and cerried, to the Baltimore Institute, and of the city of Springfield. ‘The Secretary read a recommendation frem the Standing Comm itice, to the effect that the subject cf the revised constitut. on be taken up that aftcraoon, after the reading of Professor Haldeman's paper on Ethnology. Colonel Foster, observing that the Standing Committee bad no rigtt to make any such recommendation, begge1 to move the resolution himself. Carried. Professor Roorrs requested that the copics of the re- vised constitution, which was pre for the Provi dence meeting, should be distributed. Put and carried. ‘The Cutm announced that Professor Feney, tho out going President of the Association, would cot be able to attend or-Jeliver the usual address. The Secretary read @ resolution from >the Standing Committee, to the effect that no paver whose length bad not been Gxed beforehand should be allowed to exceed 20 minutes in the reading. Carried. Prof, kam.oNs moved that the sermons dehversd yester day im the various churches, which had reference to scienee, should be printed. He spoke a ecme length on the point Dr. Bravrivorp seconded the motion, Prof, Pumxck moved that the subject be referred to the Standing Committee. Carried. Mr. Woonvortm announced that he hed written to various railavays to ask for tree tickets tor mombers; that he had obtained some, which were to be given to mem bers who bac used the roads in question on their way to Albany; that he bad also three tickets fer tho steamer Alida, and some for the New York and stew Oricans steomer, ant that be would give these t© members who applied to ines for them. ‘ho Assocacion then ¢ivided into sections, GEOLOGICAL SECTION. The first paper was the continuation of Prof, BiaKr's paper on the Orograpby of the Western portion of the United States. ‘He eaid that, until quite recently but littie«7as known of the vast territcry lying between the Misaissippi and the Pacific—nov:ing, in short, but the glimpses afforded by the exploraticns of Lewis and Clark, Long, Nicollet and Fremont. Lasterly eight expeditions bare .been sent @ ut to determine the most practicable line for a Pacific country near diferent paral- Jels of latitude, amd the Department e War wo construct five prod the country from the Masiesippi w the Pacific. Mr. @lake then drew attention co a may, and grouped the meuntains ipto three groups. , tae Rocky Mountains, easendivy from the table land of Mexi co toand beyond the northern a Secend, the Storra Nevada and itaprolongations vorth and socth; and Unrd, the Great Baan range and other broken ranges be tween the first and second groups. He then pre-eeded to describe these Ghsins. The length of the Grst, he rakl, was 1,400 miles, end its genoral direction NY. W ks. E "The secead chain is formed of many and pewly parallel ay oe] arhich enclose elevated velleys Thesbird extends from Sxvke river on the north 6 the ratiel of 40 degrees. Mr. Blake proposed now names there three ranges. The first he to call the Avabuacian : the second, ¢b- California chain; the wird, the Actecian chain. (ne ic struck by the paralleliom which these ct.ains exhib #.th each other and the coast. The next papers were— Notie> of a remarkahie jne‘ance of inclined stratification in Waree county, N.Y. By... W Whirwny. ‘On the deposits of the fossild.shes and reptiles of Lin top, Obi. J. 8. Newenne. railway. They csossed ee, a This led to a long discossion, ctiefly in reference to can nel coal. ‘The nem paper was— ON EUPHOW: 58 AND OTHER FRISPeRm © ROCKS, HUB, OF TNE GROTCICM SURTEY OF CANADA. ‘The following 1. an outline of Mr. Sterry Hunt's com euphotide waa Ly so by Bairy to certal’ the Alps and of raion, wile were com posed of an ag cregate of a felspagiuc cineral, more or lee compact, to wi.ich the name of samswrite wax giv some variety 6° augite or hornblende, whose ui ire bas caused the rock to be designeted as hyperstheni’s, ro, and euphotide, by diferent authors. Tor vite of the augbor’s studies of the #0 g-lled Labradorite 2 of the Laurentian system, show thst these altered mentary depacite consist essentially of time felspare of ty clinic system, holding small aod veriable amounts of &ypersthene or of pyroxene. The fekjpars vary in compesition, ytelding sometimes the formals of audesine, at others that of Labgadorite or anorthite, Scqetimes the: are coarsely crystalline; in other cases flac grained and almost impalpable, resembling sanssurite, ewd constita Ling, with their intermangied pyroxene, veritesie eupno tides, which pass by igsensibie degrees nto dhe coarse grained Lasradorite rocks, with which they ere chet! cally and gy neralogically identical In support of these conclusions, the author jmosented a series of specimens and a great ecimber of anayres. The altered Jower diluviag strata of the Green Moun. taine present, in close asseciation with serpentines, a reries of fine grained felepatkic rocks, sometimes crys talline, and at others almos impalpable, which are found, on carefel examinatian, to consist essen tially of a triclinte felspar, haring in the case of the specimens exbibited the comporitien of ite associated with an ae abcut 7.76, aod form larg katoretratified masees {i vicinity @f the serpentinos ‘TheyMure, according to the anthor, varie ble euphotides. Agher felepatbic rocks in the same series have the chy rootess of petrosilex, appear to be referable to th eurite of J. Halloy. The sj 8 exhivided were of tough, duety, sub-trapelucent h white gock, having adensity of ghout 2.64. The resulte of its anaiye)« showe: that it is to be ‘ded ag probably am intimate ae of quarts with felepar, having formula of aldive The sedimentary origin of these cleposite ia undowbtr and the conrideration of their motemorphoee present many prints of great it terest, Thep followee @ poper my TH. SreRRY | (ON THE SkKPENTINES AND SOME OF THEIR ASSOCIATED ROCKS, BY TH. STERRY HONT, serpentines of the Green to bim, the researches of Sir William Logan have fully ¢3 tab imbed the i of the serpentiaos a8 belonging to that portion the Hudson river group which cuntains the sparry limestones of Eaton. ser- tines are KomeUmes memicgensonsy and are bydrated pent Bilicates of magnesia and xide iron, without any admixture of carbonates; but frequently they astume the form of conglomerates, in which rounded or angular mass 8 of ser) ntines are imbedded in @ paste, which is @ car- Donate of lime, maguesia and irop, constituting a fernigin our dolomite. At other times a nearly pure carbonate of lime. or constitutes a rock by itself. Thallage is ofven intermingled with the serpentine same seriss of rocks presents great beds of silicious dolomite containing much carbonate of iron; at other times the lime ts want to and we have a mugnesite rock, which 1s sometimes mingled with a large amount of ‘nearly puro silicious matter, to which the carbonate serves as @ cement; at other times the silicious mixture is a mixture of tale with a silicate resembling felepar in composition. Small portions of oxyce of chrome and of nickel are always found in these maguesites, and these two metals are aiso frequently found associated with the serpentines, not only of Cavaca but of other rogions. Associated with the serpentines, and sometimes inter- mingled, is a white massive rock, having a about 8.50, and being a silicate of alumina o— of and time, being the composition of a lime garnet; other specimens having a density of 8.80 to 3.40, appear to be intimate mixtures of garnet, with a white pyroxene. The alamia- ous silicate in some of these rocxs may possibly be ro- lated to idocrare or epidote. ‘This remarkable variety of rock is evidently derived from the alteration of an argillaceous limestone, which hag lost its carbonic, acid by a process precisely similar to tbat by which serpentines and tales and clorites may be formed from silicious ar while the similar doiomites bestos and bornblende rocks. argiilaceoas magnesit», © rise to diallage and a3- ‘As @ general fact, it may be raid that the original sediments contain all the ingre- dients necessary to yield the different species, which are brought out by subsequent metamorphose, a proposition of the highest importance for the correct ‘understanding of the theory of the metam After some discussion, whic! the geological section adjourned, ZOOLOGICAL SECTION. Prof, HaupEman in the chair. RUNIO INSCRIPTIONS. bic rocks. The first paper read here was one by Dr. Hamlin, of Maine, on some supposed Runic inscriptions from the coast of Maine, It was a3 follows:— was of no public interest, I have the pleasure of presenting to your notice some casts of a supposed Runic inscription, which occurs upon the island of Monhegan, off the coast of Maine. It was my first intention merely to present these casts, without making et present any remarks, but as I have been requested te express my opinions, | will endeavor to give some explanation, Thave but ifttle doubt but that these characters are belong to that compound complex Runic, and if so, the; and pointed claes which renders an interpretation ex- tremely dificult. The ated class, however, belongs to those times in which the Northmen are supposed to have visited our shoree—the tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries. Tho earlier the rune the more sim- ple it was in form, and the more easy gree. of translation; but the modifications and corruptions of later periods bave confueed and changed the character in a great do- 1 have drawn upon the blackboard some illustra- tions of the binderuner and the pointed class. You will observe from this line of pure runes, that there is not much less deviation from the Runic character in this in- scription from Sodor, than in the markings from Monhe gan. tion of Snorre Thurleson. Here is another from a broock found at Largs, another from the Ferroe Islands, aud another from the Robelicher Urne. To illustrate the difficulty with which ‘the rude inscriptions of this class are translated, I have only to relate the instance connected with the assassina- The celebrated Snorre Thurleson, whose great talents justly note from a friend, written in neither he who was so deepl ‘voyages to this country, port the Runic theory of this inscription. Lief the Fortunate sailed in \he year 1000, with thirty. which Bjarne After passing Newfoundland, which they called Hethe- land, and Nova Scotia, to which they gave the name or sailing two days five companions, in search of those lands had asserted that he had seen. Markland, they arrived at an island afte and two nights. server at Lees ape ge island lay east ‘This is the posi: J were wafted into a lake teeming with the fineet salmon. called Liefsbudir, and’ passed the iuto the ocean close b: Bay, the so called coniluence Monhegan; ard fore mentioned. liamson, the historian of th the early settlers, when clearin, of the Ke appeared to bo the remains of chimne} ruins over which grew the primeval forest. centuries. If this scrawl was not made by Lief or bis companions, during the voyage made in search of the lost Torhall, ‘when, sailing nortu it may have been made by Karlsfne, from Vineland, be came to lands which view neble and majestic forests ; or, perhaps, by Thor- in the direction of Maine, in the wald, in his expedition year 1004. Yor three centuries the Icelandic accounts maintain rthmen visited our coasts, and it is not p probable that some of these bold Vikings wore attracted to this island, whose advanced position and lofty heights presented thé earliest view of land to the ma ner ap y have rudely attempted to commemorate their discovery, or in- to the memory of a departed comrade. I bave little doubt but that the strata on which this (n- scription occurs was fissured at first somowhat b; ed by the dinavian; but | would Irke to inquire of geologists wh: the fissures of crystalization could form tnis loug set characters ; and, the theory of diiuvial er glacial ageasy being precluded, whether any one would dare to ascribe terious, waich Tour nefert and Cumerarius were wont to call the play of that the N proaching the coast of Maine ; aud here taney scribe hurriedly ture, and that the advantage was embi them to that force, bidden ana nature. Tois ted to a long discussion, in the course of which Mr. ve him the title of the Northern Herodotus, was admonished of the danger of assassination by a warning Runic character; yet 7 versed in Runic lore, nor any of his immediate friends, could translate the note. re is among the Icelandic accounts of the early , & narration which serves to sup- This island may be supposed to have been Monbegan, from the following circumstances. The Northmen raw on the horizon mountains blue with dis- tance—such the Camden mountains he al to the ob- the main land. of Monhegan. From the island they sailed into a river close by, by whose tide waters they largest and Near by they built their booths which winter. river is well represented by the Kennebec, which flows Merry Meeting A the Levan and An- Groscoggin rivers, corresponds admirably to the lake be er Sereover, 1 am informed by Mr. Wil- ¢ State, that two centuries ago the lands on the banks nhebec above its confluence, discovered what and mouldering These may have been the remains of Liefsbudir—the relics of seven This Henry &. Scnoowcnart wok occasion to say that be bet uo doubt whatever of the landing of the Northmen; bat lauded, or bt Monhegan was a very likely place fer that this lasorip ey would be likely be knew nothing, of course, of where they id. He thot them to bave landed. He could cert) 140M Was not Algonquin. He thought ro understand it at Copenhagen. Dr. Hamu took opeasion ¢o say that he only knew of f which were in Greon- ppronounceable name, in tour Runic inscriptions, two land, and a third, with aa Bafla’s Bay. Frotessor Hatveaan made @ few remarks, after which Professor Wisow, of Canada, made a most interesting ‘al subject of Runic inscriptions. He rved that great caution wes neces ‘ary in examining not mistake other matters tor Runic inscriptions. ofessor was heard with the more attention atter he bad dieclosed the fact that one of the inscriptions which Dr, Hamlin bad written on the blockboar!, as a sample of Runic characters, had beoa first copied by Professor Wilson, He was averse to the pian of sending inecrip- to be decipuered. not three men in Copenhagen who The groasest mistakes had been mace by attempts to decipher such inscriptioas speech on the gen bee them The Pr tions of this kind to Co; There were understood the Runic character. without proper caution. Professor Acasa said that we ought to keep our mo purents and our collections at home, It was mistake to eend them abroad. Posterity a us every treasure that we found. T! besides, was bali the place where they were discovered. MORE INSCKIITION®, Dr. Hamu would tske that opportunity of reading a short paper on the inscription on [Dighton Rock ( bave here a section of a cast which | have lately taken of Inghton Rock, to whose inecr|ptions Mr. “choclorat has e this opportunity to ex this subject. The inscription we been made by some biunt jost made allusion, and I will press some new views w upon this cast eeems to instrument ratber by stone than by steel. I believe that the inscription is Algonquin, at least the greater part of it; but Ido not mean to assert that there did not exist any foreign characters beside the Ja- I bave not been able to mike « dian representation, caretul examination of its confused and indistinct lines The foreign rude letters may bave tren made by the In- dian ip derision of the pale face. Allowing this to be aa Algonquin pictograph, it may serve, from certain circum: the last great human wave stauces, to date eee of cispiacement in this part of Northern America, other wise the Algonq®@n invasion. if we believe the |celendic accounts of the Northern et Ppoditions to this country, and their colonization in parts thode Island, then ws must also of dfaseachnsetts and grve credit to other portions of their barrative. ‘Tbe only inhabitant: the Northmen found in this part of our.country were smal! and dwarfish Indiave, whom the; called ia derision ‘‘skrellings.”’ and sometimes “ & inge,’’ avhich in Icelandic means the same thing—-t. “small and puny men.’ These “krellings, Jonas Arn grim assurce ve, were i:lenticaily the same as those of Greenjand, which are now known asthe Fequimeax. states that it is evident lands far more south erly than their present domain-; and |atham also writes Kaquimaax has er red men, who glut thei bloodthirsty passions under the pretext that all Withia, then, the period the Algonquin has displaced the Eequi maux in the New England States: and since this Dighton inscription is allowed to be commemorative of a groat battle, why Got suppose that it illustrates the inga wa dinavian into the sea, and swept Humboldt favers this theory, ihat the Ksquimanx once oe that the transitional and more souther! been displaced by the Micmac and ‘oth the wretohes are sorcerers. of six eer Curis which drove the the feeble Eequimaux to the polar snows? AGASE ON THE OR The next paper in order was Professor Acassre on the Germ, being the second of bis papers on animal develope ment. ral conto general 'm between the mals their general st basis for another step. low does the originate? rial differences between the egg and the em! ‘esterday, Chey bad established that a coef of all ani Bs ep 1 this haw a Whether there were ma'e. onic germ? How it passes into the condition of that To apore- Understand why | ciate the course be toot, and to hy that the royerse of the course usually followe | ‘a other branches, he drew attention to what had tiken lace in other branches of ' Keon ke, had ail Been studied and stein ferences between them had been fully brought of thelr as it was understood that at some perio: ment they bad a common character, and abs the dif before enn —s strict homogeneity throughout. the second step tM the Tnvestgation. In the study of em- bryology, nothing —that is to say, the features which are common to all eggs. But as the analysis begia dweover material kinds there geneous character between certaia types, as, for in- Stance between ine vertebrates. This power of discrimi- nation bas been carried to sueh an exwut that he (Proves. fatal bad aclim value, lost when they were removed from ‘nis discovery wus eggs, the course purgued was the reverse, ann. vee iret observed it was microgcopic— could be detected but its general features When we to differences between the various of these differences, » And in es, and even a homo- of st extat resemb! sor Agassiz) waa able to distipguigh the ovarian egg of ‘ap articulate from that of a mollusc, without kuowing where itcame from; so soon is there a difference be- tween the aiflerent types of structure. a difference between the different classes which we can detect, but between different families also. He was not Not only is there Pr to stato that the means of distinguishing famt- ies were as yet very extensive, but he knew enough to say that there was a fair prospect of being able bereafter to distinguish different families clearly by a sight of the primitive egg. Whatever was the size of the primitive ogg, the dif: ferences were structural, not essential. The membranes were identical in all, and differences were only brought out by their growth’during the several stages of deve- lopement. Great differences existed in the time required to bring eggs to maturity. In the case of the common hen, as every one had observed, the time was short; bens laid within » year after their birth, But it requires seven years tor the ovarian egg of a turtle to be prepared to be laid. We must trace ite history during these seven years. It undergoes changes in growth bardly less im- portant than those of a child in growing seven years af- ter its birth. This opens an entirely new field of physio- logical inquiry. here Was an old error among physiologists to the ef- fect that the egg was in fact something distinct and sepa- rate from the embryo. In fact, the egg is itself the body of the animal, The embryo is nothing but the egg grown to a further stage of development; just as the batterily is in fact the caterpillar under a different form. There is no- thing new in the germ; it is only the egg in a new form and @ new condition. The learned Professor here drew a sketch of a hen’s egg to show its form and parts. The yolk, be said, was an internal mass, composed of iarge oil globules. Thero was no substantial diflerence between the constituent of the inside of the egg; the cells of the yolk were rr than the others; that wag all the difference. He noticed also that the cells were much smaller toward one side of the ogg; and he showed how this disposition of the cells enabled the yolk always to remain uppermost, in order that it, being in tact the body of the chicken, should be nearest the hen while she was sitting. He il- lustrated the changes which took place in the egg by re- ference to a bone, which at fret was a mere unformed cartilage, which expanded and hardened »y the addition of calcareous salts, till it became a bone with hard sides, joints, So the yolk of an egg was firet a uniform substance, then gradually a = substance, and, lastly, the body of the anfmal itself. It kad been faid that the yolk was a nutritive bag, from which the germ was supplied with food through the ali mentary caval. But he could state thatat no time was any portion of the yolk digested as food must be. It was transformed, not eaten. As the germ advanced in life streaks appeared in tne yolk; it appeared liquid. This he illustrated by the Cg ee of a meadow in which several pools were found. These pools migh: be supposed to increase gradually till they ran into a general reservoir somewhere in the Meadow, and trom that central point ‘ged. A similar movement took place in the . The streaks in the yoll: ran to a central point, and gradually the whole yolk became liquid and was set in circulation to the central point and again around the body, long before there was any blood. He would gay that ho was satisfied that this discovery had been made by John Hunter, That eminent man had never stated it, and there was not evena verbal tradition of his discovery, but after he (Prof. Agassiz) had re-discovered it, he saw on Jobn Hunter’s p! that which satisfied him that he must have been aware of the fact. This tluid was albu- men; its course could be traced by watching small dots which were carried itlike pebbles. Thus the yolk resolves itself into the body of the embryo, and is not digested. He would consider the changes which take place in the jual transfer of this mass, in which there is noanimal y lations as to perform tiors, and to control the play of the whole organization’ The next paper read was one by Professor Wiison, of Canad, on the value of physical conformation as an ele- ment of ethnological science. ‘This led to an interesting discussion, in which Profes- sors Acassiz and Dawson took part. The former was un- derstood to state that he distinctly believed in the indi- bear peg of man. pan 4 —_ atsome oe o vinse peonsated 700 lay by Professor Agas- riz in relation to the migration of races. Professor Agas- siz replied, charging Professor Oawson with advancing @ theory, and pleading to support it, rather than taking the facts and ore ee jen from them. The dis- cussion lasted till the hour of adjournment. PHYSICAL SECTION. Prof. ALEXANDER in the chair. Prof, W. B. RoceRs read a paper on ‘Ozone Observa tion: Ozone is a recently discovered substance, found torily determine’ ascertain this fe when the air was in motion, and less abundant in a calm. He bad arranged an apparaius which will bring through ‘a tube a certain amount of air per hour against the test Paper. Thus he expected to find exactly what proportion Of it was present in different localities, different currents, and at cillerent times. It had been ‘suggested that its presence in the air affected its salubrity, but this was ‘uncertain. Discussion followed between Professor Hosronp and others upon the latter point, and whether mountain air and sea air might not derive their healthfulness from the presence of large amounts of ozone. Dr. Kaen, of London, said he had found ozone in Lon- don air, although it was suppose that none was to be found in cities. Prot, B. A. Govp read a paper on the “Meridian In strumenis of the Dudley Ooservatory '’ Some of the minor instruments bad:been already received; the larger were on their way. Many improvements on the com mon forms had been adopted. He spoke of the different qualities of the German and the English meridian circles. he former was the instrument for the artist, the latter the instrument of the engineer. The German was the most preciae for the correction of errors; the English. by its solidity, endeavored as far as possible to prevent the errors. The tolescope for the Albany instrument was eight feet long; the circle three fect in diameter; the gradus tion: be read off by four microscopes. Th poorts were £@ arrange’! that the expansion or contraction of the brass was counteracted, apd would produce no variation. ‘The Greenwich instrument, he thought, was badly ar ranged, in baying a gas lamp so near the instrument as to produce errors by its heat, and by causing heated cur- rents of air, This in the Albany instrument was avoided. He described the other instruments of the Observatory at length, In consiusion ho expressed the deep obliga Uons the Observatory was or to Mr. Oloott, RXANDEN then read per on ‘Some Speolal ts of the Solar Systems, which seem to con frm the Nebular Hy pothes! Many nebulm, formerly vo called, been resolved into groups of stars, bit others and the comete, the zodiacal light and eclipse still exbibited nebulous matter, which had not been » Le eyratirg nebulous rings. He thought the asteroids were 80 formed. Tho earth prebably was formed of one ring. and Venus and Mercury both out of another. He pointed out the probably nebulous condition of other parts of the eolar system. The poxt paper inorder, which was read by I’rof. A. D Bacun, was— SOWLMENT 10 THE PAPER PURLISHEN IN THR PRovINENC PROGRKMING®, ON THR SROCLAR VARIATION IN) MAGNETIC DEGLINATION IN THR ATLANTIC AND VSPAD STATES, PROM ONSKRVATIONS 18 THY SRVENTERNTH SOANTONT AND NINRTRENTH CENTURTES, UNDER PERM SOX OF TIN AUPERINTENDENT., BY CHAS. A. * HOTT, Ja a paper communicated to the association at the Pro videos meeting the secular change of (he magnetic de clinasion waa investiZted by Mr. Schott. In the course of last summer he made some additional observations by direction of Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and in the paper now pres :nted the resaite are combined wit! thore ly obtained. The former delactions have ed copeiderably in accuracy, and have received im portart addiuens. The number of stations is increased t thirteen from ten. Tho recent observations appear to how @ slight dissinution in the rate of increas westerly declinattun, eating to the supposition that the infletion 0 the Kat ghar y~ | the secolar variation correspon:!« to about 1860, All the observations odnear tn placing th mipimom about 1#00, The rete of increase «' westerly declination is about five minutes annually alony the Atlantic coast, ‘Then caine @ paper entitled — DISCUSSION OF THR SECULAR VARIATION OF SAONETIC INCLINA TION IN THE NORTHRASTRRN STATES, COMMUNICATED, UNDA! PRUNIESION OF THE RDURREWENDENT AND AUTHORITY OF TH TREASURY DEPARTMENT, UY CHARERY A. LOHOTE, ‘The results are confined to the limits of 88 deg. and 4) deg. of North latitade, there being too few observation: i: the southern part of the United States to permit sa%- inferences there, The elements of magnetic dip, thong’ Jess important practically than that of deslinaion, i raluo m pavigation fn certain latitudes, aod frow its con nection, through Gaus’ estigatioos «ith the declina tion end intensity, sesumes a high degree of it Where the declination observations on this coast go bac’ to the seventeenth century, the dip bas rately observed for 23 years: for the earliest observation made in 1782 were, from the imperfection of the instrv me Daring thie period the dip bas d- creaved, ed a mia ‘and began again to iv crease, 80 that it has been a bighiy, interesting period tor observation. The lines of equal dip have been deduce by Profess Loomis, with bis usual ability, from the o> servations which had accumulated before the data of by paver. The present memoir inclades additional result and discusses 161 observations made at the dillerent sta tione between Toronto en the north, aud Baltimore on th: south. The same modes of discussion were adopted a in Mr. Schott's former paper, and the results at cavt. station are ily discussed, apd the compute se] result compared ia abies with the observed. Tne aver pT gente d error of the result at any one station about one minute and six-tenths ot dip, aad the time « minimum cip is ascertaired to be abouttwo years an! feven-tenths. This time was the year 1843, or rather tb. clote of 1842 (1842-7). Mr. Schott points out why thes results do not agree with Professor teen's, who ha but observations @ —7 to determine the epee of mia\ mom dip racy. on Western ecast confirm these results for the Fastern, ‘The following rs wore then read — An account of a large barometer in the hall of the Smithsonian Institution. By Josken Hewry On a method of determining the latitude of a ple from the observed times when two known stare arr.re the same alttude, By W. Chatvever, Alter these the section adjourned, to enter into chemical combinations. It has a disagrec- able odor. What it consists cf has not yet been satisfac- Prof. R. detailed his experiments to ; He found it present more largely By appointment, Prof, Harpmuan read his paper op Unguistic ethnology. ‘MAYOR WOOD'S LETTER. At the conclusion of Prof. Haldeman’s paper, the Secre- tary read the following letter from Mayor Wood, of New York — Mayor’s Orrice, New Yore, Aug. 23, 1856, Dear sir—I regret that official engagements will pre vent my acceptance of the invitation to be present at the sixteenth anniversary of the American Association for tne Advancement of Science. I bad earnestly desired to do 80, not only because the occasion is one of deep interest, but that I might in person call the attention of the aasocla- tien to the propositions made by/me to the Common Coun- cil of this city for the establishment of a great university of science and arts of s higner standard than avy similar insti- tution in this country. Without desiring to attach undae importance to my own opinions, or toask any portion of the time alloted to your association at its present session, to a consideration of other subjects than those already be- fore it, permit meto exjrees the hope that among so many and distinguished savants this vital subject of pub- lic education of a wore exalted grade than is now to be obtained in the United States, may not escape notice and discussion, Very truly yours,! FERNANDO WOOD. Professor James Hait, President of the American Asso- Clation for the Advancement of Science, On motion of Professor Caswe., the letter was referred to ihe Standing Committee, THE CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT, ‘The order of the day was then taken up, being the con- sideration of the revise 1 constitution. Professor A. D. Baciz, from the Committee on the Re- vised Constitution. said that at Cleveland, in 1853, a com- mittee had been appointed to revise the constitution. That committee bad reported at Washington, and the report had been published in parallel columns with the old consittution. The subject had then been postponed to the Providence meeting, bat has lain over to the present occasion, He¥ was instructed by the committee to say to the meeting that the committee were unanimous on the adoption of all the articles in the revised constitution, with the exception of the sixth, which he would read. That article referred to the Standing Committee, and reaq as follows:— RTANDING COMMITTEE. Rule 6. There shall be a Bends Committee, to con- sist of the President, Vice President, Secretaries and Treasurer of the Association, the officers of the preceding year, the permanent chairman of the Sectional Commit- tees after these shall have been organized, anc six mem- bers pregent from the Association at large who shall have attended apy of the previous meetings, to be elected upon open nomination on the first assembling of the Associa- tion, A majority of the whole number of votes cast 10 elect. Tae General Secretary shall be Secretary of the Standing Committee. Tho majority of the committee reported in favor of striking out the word “open’’ in line 7, and of insert the words ‘by the Standing Committee” after the wor nomination. ‘The minority has reported. Professor Rocers, from the minority of the committee, said he would read bis report, which was as follows:— Same as above rule to the nomination, 'then@to insert the words ‘by ballot,’ and after the words assembling of the Association, insert ‘it being understood that the Stand- ing Committee shall in no case have authority to make these nominations.” He added that he would move to take the sense of the house upon the two propositions without argument,provided the majority of the committee were willing to pursue the same course. Col. Fosrek moved that the majority he 9 be struck out and the minority report adopted, and he called the previous question. Prof. Bacue called for a division. ‘The Cuam decided that the two questions embraced in Col. Foster’s motion must be put separately. There was ‘a good deal of discussion as tothe mode of taking the vote, the Chair and Secretaries declaring that they could not distinguish the members fromf strangers who were within the galleries. The Chair decided that the vote must be taken by scrutincers, the members rising and passing between them. Prof. ,Rocxns objected to these ‘‘processional moye- ments.’ ‘The Secretary declared that he could not see the mem- bers voting. Prof. Rocrrs suggested that instead of the members rising and defiling before him, he should walk round and count members. It was best for Mahomet to go to the mountain. On this the vote was called by the Chair, in the usual way; the members voting aye, rising. While the count ‘war going on, the Chair observed it he noticed some persons who were not members voting; if he observed anything of kind, be must call the persons to order by mame. After a moment's silence, the Chair called Mr. David A. Wells to order. Mr. Waits—I am a member of the association. ‘The Cuain—On that 1 must appeal to the Permanent Secretary. 4 = Pexmangat Secretary (Prof. Lovering) shook his ead. Some confusion then ensued, and it was finally decided to adopt the suggestion of the Chair, and to vote by the processional movement, the Secretarics officiating as scrutineers. The operation took some timo. and caused much merriment. When it was over, the Secretaries announced thet the first clause of Col. Foster's m>tion— ‘that the report of the majority of the committee” be stricken out—was carried by 65 to 41. (Applause and some hisses.) ‘The Ona observed that if any more hisses were beard, he should send an oflicer to clear the gallery. Col. Foerer then moved that the second clause of his motion be putto the vote. This was the ado; of the minority report, which Prof, ‘again read. he ‘McCoy, of Columbia, 8. C., rose to ofler an amend- ment. Col, Foeren obrerved that he had moved the previous question, and that no amendments were in order. Mr. LeConr® rese, and with much warmth exclaimed that they were not a set of politicians to be governea by parliamentary rules, Let the amendment be heard. The Cuaim decided the amendment to be in order. Professor McCoy read his amendment, which was to the effect that alter the words “assembling of the asso. ciation,” the final clause—it being understood that the ‘Standing Committee sball in po case have authority to make their nominations—be stricken out. He thought this due to the committee. © Profeesor Korn rose to show why he thought the clause necessary, In point of the language of his article up to the words which Pr: Metoy proposed to strike out was identically the ame as that of the old constituticn, and {twas under that language that the errors of judgment of which he complained had crept in. He deemed the additional clause necessary to obviate the occurrence of such errors. Professor Baw. taougut the aldemdam quite unneces- sory. ‘The motion as amended was put to the vote and car. ried, by 52 against 42, l'rofessor Hall leaving the chair and Voting in the majority. Professor C\sweut having taken the chair, Profes- that the adoption of sor Bacwe pow proj the new constitution in tts entirety should be made una- nimous. It was accordingly put to the yote and carried unanimously. Professor Rocxrs by the attention of the Associa- tion for one moment, Ho did not wish the meeting to ad- Journ without noticing an occurrence which bad just taken place, They had among the mombors of the Association ® young man of unexceptionable character and abiilty, the publisher of one or two scientific is of marked value—he referred to Mr. David A. Wells. This gentleman, through imadvertence or forgetfulness, has omitted to pay bis dues last year; and, though none of the formalities required by the constitution had been complied with, Lm f bad beard bim rudely put down and —_ ly insull by the gentleman wi filled the ebair. Professor Gouin cabed the gentleman to order. Cries of order, during which Professor Rogers sat down. Professor Mivcimit moved that the meeting now ad- journ, Professor Worcort Gmrs rose to say that he could not permit the re-pected President of Association to be groesiy insu on that floor, ‘The Civ sald that the question before the house was op the motion to adjourn: a Woroort Gums insisted on his right to be The Cram put the motion to adjourn to the vote. Professor Mircuns. was willing to withdraw his mo- tion. Withdrawn accordingly. Professer Wo.cort Ginns moved that this Association do roe express their approval of the couree pursued by the man, Professor Hail, in calling DA. ells to order. A Mxwixn moved that the question be referred toa committee of three, to report thereon at their earlicat convenience. Asornrn Mrwnen asked if Mr, Wells had received the three notices required by the constitution : Mr. D. A. Weiss rose, and said he had received no no tices at all. He was to explain, whea a mem- ber exclaimed that he was net ® member of the Asso- ciation and bad no right to « there. Professor Da New York, saw no that could arise from the bagdling of the subject. moved that the motion of Professor Gibbs be laid on the table. Put and carried. Professor Hatt (the President of the Association) rose to few remarks. bad been notified some days since by the Secretary, that Mr. Wells had not paid his arrears for five years, he had becn sent the usual notices; but that be was still ptcadng the mectings of the Association and yous. He would say, that his de- wre im life, as all who knew him were aware, was to ive on friencly terms with every one. He never nev iter! any one intentionatly, and bad no intention what- ‘ver of insulting Mr. Wells in jing what seemed to tobe a bounden «uty. If the Association betieved hat he bad insulted Mr, Wells, or \t Mr. Wells believed tbat he had been insulted, he asked the pardon both of he one and the other: bat of him who, knowing him, be- lieved btm (Prot. Hall) capable of intentional Sasult, he bad no grace to ask. Mr. Woo.worrm announce! that an entertainment would be given to the members of the Association, at Geolegical Has), that evening. The meeting then adjourned. Coroners’ Inquests, Fatat Fart. Coroner Connery held an inquest yoster. day, at the New York Hospital, upon the body of Peter Schmidt, a native of Holland, 41 years of age, whose death was caused by injuries received on Saturday last, 1y follire from a ship's rail to the pier fot of Roorerelt treet, a dietance of about twelve feet. The Fut A ren cered a verdict of accidental death. Deceased 1 at No. 570 Grand street, where bo bas} left « wife and amily. A Souter Drowsen.—The body of a United Btates sol- ier, supposed to be that of Edward Muldroon or Mal doorny, was found yesterday in the dock at pier 22 East River, and Corener Gamble held an inquest upon it. The lecessed, with some rye in*Tottn and teamped by the. Fullon ferry woat Union, von et r " he teeta — bat his four comrades were Fresees to their quarters a Fort Mamond, The bod: deceased will Temata to- ay ot the dead house of Bellevac Hospital for positive identification, . ‘ More of the Wrecks of the Nautiias and the leven abana ae lesterda on nf ory yosterday, trom the Thmbalier Tsien with Rogers, Bernard. tedine tres ora pilot, pine seamen and three a> r? from the wrecked abip: Mavitla, which was pre- ‘vious! megoried lost on tbe 10th imei, off dhe dwn? pemed. Mr McLaughlia informs us that be w a charge of the Manilla as pilot, which was blown off fréna the Southwest Pues on Sunday morning, and strate olf the Timbaler island about 9 o'clock the same night ar 4 that three hours afterwards the ship went w te Every exertion was made to ‘ull. hands. “The chp. taiv, the crew—fourteen in number—and foarteen i gere, making in all twenty-nine souls, were on board»: the time. Five of ihe crew and five of the pemeneers were lost. Among the passengers there were three males, one of whom, in the cabin, was lost, The other two, who were in the steerage, were saved. mn Rogers, in clearing his way trom the wreck, was struce by a spar, which broke his right leg. Tne’ sufte of those who escaped to the is!and was very great, as they were on Timbalier Island five cays without provisions of water before assistance was rendered to them. They saved nothing in the way of clothing, but what they had on at the time of the wreck, Mr.’ Mclaughiia thinks tbat about two-thirds of the cargo cap be saved; but says that it is scattered about two up and down the beach of Timbalier Island. Capt. Rogers left his ee- cond mate and one seaman, and also one man bel to the lugger Lone Star, to look after the cargo that washed afhore. He also lett six of the passengers on Caillon Island, all well, except one, who was slightly in- : Capt. Rogers was washed overboard twice before the ship struck. She shipped # sea when in fifteen fathon § of water, which completely swept the decks. Mr, McLaughlin, the pilot, lost everything except his watch, One of the passengers who is left on the island bad some $400 which he saved; and as Caiilon Island hag some inbabitants, he and the five others preferred re- maining until some steamer or other vessel could bring ‘them to this port. ‘We algo learn from Mr. Mclaughlin that several doors and pieces of plank from a Fteamer, supposed to be the Nautilus, were seen and picked up ‘on the beach. A berth board, with No. 3, and doors, with Nos. 21 and several other materials belonging to « steamer steamship, were among the articles seen. ae Rogers was taken to the Touro Infirmary aud was considered likely to do well. We visited bim last evening at the inflrmary when ba enabled us to make the following addition to our report— He arrived at the Southwest Pass in the forenoon of Saturday, the 9tn inet. He then took a pilot and two tow boats, but could not succeed in getting the ship over the bar. He therefore backee into deep water and let down both anchors abead, and lowered the royal and top gal- lant yards, fore and att. On Sunday, the 10th, the gale still increasing, he taw bo ye ‘of holding en, therefore, at 8 o’clock A. M, slipped both cables and made all possibie sail on the ship the wind at the time being about E. N. E. At 10 A. My. the wiad still - ipg and hauling to the eoutnward and eastward, he had no command over the ship, all the sails having been lost. The ship then drifted to the westward, at3P.M. sbij ‘a sea which carried away the wheel house and Jee bulwarks; opened the waterways and rudder case, and carried away the long boat; while, at the same the ship was leaking badly. #he had three cabin eleven steerage passengers. Two of the former and three of the latter were drowned. LIST OF THE LOST. ‘The following is the list of the officers, hands and pas< sengers of the steamship Navtilus, as far as we have yet been able to learn:— Capt. John 8. Thompson, John Giles, Mate, Cornelius Huion, 24 Mate, Otecsusier, 2 Enginser, F.J. sobusce iat Enginee! C, Desouzier, ineer, F. J. Johnson r, ene sche T. Rare, Ist Clerk, - Bark’ers, or g M. Artegas, 2d Clerk, J. Frisby, colored, Steward, J. Bercer & bro., Six fremen, Eight deck hands. Two cooks, Hi. T. Kerr, passenger, brother of the Ist clerk. Wm.E. Muir, ‘ from New Orleans, Andersen Marsh, ‘* bed bd Rey. J. Pwichell, ‘* Houston, Texas. Andy Mayhew, “ “New Orleans. ‘Wm, Dean, " “| Brownaville, Jobn Willis, * “* Matamoros. Capt. McGovern, “* “* New Orleans. It is also stated that there wei passengers on board, but we have not been able to au- thenticate the report. WRECK OF THE NAUTILUS. Capt. J. Y. Lawless, of the steamship Mexico, which arrived here last evening, furnishes us with the following Teport:— Monday, the 11th, at? A.M, to the Ba- lize, where we arrived at 37. M. same day. Came to anchor, and staid there until half past 8 A. M. Tuesday, 50 as to have daylight to loek for missing vessels. Aboul 10 o'clock saw water casks, doors, chairs, deck timber: &e.; but no signs of any the trip down to see wrecks, if any, aiong the land. At 7 o'clock on Monday night saw a schooner on Timbalier, ip Inland; out it was bl beavy and dark, and the vessels appeared to be in four or five feet water. Ind not go tothem. Weather a good deal better on Wednesday, and we arrived at Galyesien at 6 P. M. that day. Nothing of interest occurred until Monday, 18th inst. when about 9 a. M., cast of Timbaler, saw many pieces of wreck, white grained doors, deck’ planks, &c., frou Timbalier to Southwest Paes. Picked up a wheelbarrow, (such as the steamers use a coaling,) marked “W. Lee,” the pereou's name who had charge of the coal wheelers on our ships some timo ago, and some of whose barrows the Nautilus had used 9 wheeling coal from (he vessel to the warehvuse ai Brazos Santiago. T£aw no large pieces of wreck, or hulls, spare, ke. 41 the pieces seem to be from a steamsh'p cabin, but saw no rosewood or maple doors, such as the Nautilus bac, cn'y polished white and grained work. A SURVIVOR'S STORY. A man was in the city lust evening, who reported bim- self as having been a passenger on the Nautilug, am co- gineer of the missing steams lip. Heveys that on Sunday morning the Nautilus became disabled, then sprang a leak. and foundered in the heavy gale whi-h was then prevailing. She was at this time, according to his account, about seventy miles fromthe Palize. He designates one or two of whore pame@ have already been publshed as passengers on the miz- sing steamship, and adds to them that of a Mre. Shu- macher, who, he:ays, was under bis protection. states that all hands went down with the vessel except himself and two others—one a er, the other a deck band—who are now on Ship Isiand awaiting assiet- ance. He himself was picked up by a schooner, which conveyed him to the lake end of the Mexican “ulf rail- road, where he arrived yesterday morning, bet that falling asleep, he missed tae train coming up, and there. fore cid not get into this city unui this eveni Messrs. Price, Walsh & Co , of this city, have chartered the schooner Bullrush, for the purpose of sending ser di- rect to Brazos Santiago, to communicate the particulars known here respe the steamsn:p Nautilus. The following is ant of, tho. passes isa list of passengers on board of the ship Manila at the time was wrecked—showing the countries to which they belonged, and distinguishing those who were saved from thore who were lost —Odde- ra Gaetan, edmont; lerre Hulorn, French French; Jacques !’er ition, Jean Excasaut, } Frenoh; Jos ok ; Antoine Brouchet, F ; Marie Laurent, j'ren: ugute M'me. Marie Mont, Frouch, lost; Dominique Latapre, French, lost; Henri Benoit Clarerie, French. lost. James Sprout, of Philadelphia, American, lost. ‘The following is a list of the seamen belonging to the unfortunate ship who were !ot-—Charles Lowel, Alerican; Frederick Osburn, London; Antonio }¢ Lisbon; l’eter, London; ove name not recoileted. France, Theatrical, Musical, d&e. Nimo's Garnes —Those who desire to obtain admin. sion to night should be at the door very early, for Mr. Burton is announced to play two of bis most ta charsctere—Mr. Toodles, in “The Toodies,”’ and Joba Thomas in “That Blessed Baby’'—eupported by Mre, Howard and other favorite performers, is - Bowsxy TiwraTra.—Mr. Brougham’s famous “Po-ca hoo tas’ and mense numbers of s; “Lite in New York,” still ace tae . who are kept \n conttart numerous loca! hits and plays overfiow. Gro. Cumsty axp Woon's Mixernxia are to their great burlesque styled ‘Ye-Loater-Torye”’ oa preceging which the facetious “George and also sing various choice songs, &c. Tr Becraera.—Thie favorite rong. it operatic “Trovatere,'? which is pronourced almost equal to the. briginal for met. fic, and a vast deal more funny. Ern. Hory's Joxrs, combined with the excellent - streley of White's Serenaders, are * i audiences at the Chinese Building. They issue a gramme for this evening. Tur Canrneits.—This band of minstrels, who 1 became very popular in this city, will raeels aes of two or three weeks. In the meantime they are ve Ae the Eastern cities, commencing in Norwalk to CommeNcine THE Sxasos —The members of pany bave been notified to assemble in the green rooms, to- pment we ramen to the opening \heatre, Philadel next Saturday, It was oe Abad Manager Marshall would be able tocommence his fll gea- son at the Broadway, tp this city, Cree na) from present appearances, instead of undermined, ¥ he will soon be fairly clined or invited to go to his rescue so long as he is upon by barricades of stone: and brreks, and while the sappers and miners are at work at ‘ounce Wasnrsorox, D.C Mr. and Mev. Florence firet arance sipce r return from Europe, Notional theatre, on Monda evening. Frory weal Sd te house was taken, and many distinguished persons present. Formos. —'‘A pair of born countosses,’’ ways nawm, “Madiles. Clara and Theresa Ponta, ra fully appeared at the Mutich opera, ag Romeo and Malle. Caroline Duprer, the Le | mi Opera Comique, bas just been tou Houven, gzeus Musician, without fortune. that the lady was captivated not more by the ualities of the jenial which he " fim lym qi i ih 5 ji % a z f & 3 ij az B