New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-06

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jects.
Nh Haldeprar. of Philadelphia, Introduced a
new and important Chromaric Wheel and explained
the same.
It was proposed TO appoint Committees Of men,
b-rs VINO live near The mouths OF all large rivers
going iate the sea, 10 note the amount Of sediment
annually carried BY the rivers INFO the sea.
Itw4s also proposed 10 Tnsr,orlaise the Secretary
! OF War 10 cause general observations 10 be mao
on t8e change oil The level OF the Coast also ob-
s.r.aiions mean Tide level.
4 new form OF improved Mountain Barometer
was introduced by Prot Jackson or Johnson, and
proper stress laid on ihe necessity OF improving the
Barometer on account OF lS great superiority IN de-
/ ierIninng tn hight OF Mountains
The meeting tnen adjourned. sad the members
/ went 10 Prot. SIiIman's residence 10 partske his
hospitality, whsre they e2Joyed mosf intellectual!
/ treat.
Fourth Day.l s.rusp.v. May Sd.
After tn. previous days minutes had been read
and corrected, the names OF several new members
were presented for approval as was the case We,
terday.
Prot c v Shepard then gave very interest
ing accosn, of new locality OF Meieolic Iron, a,
The head OF St. Augustine Bay, or the : W Coast
of Madagascar. The information came from Ii.
H. c. Flag, who touched at town al the head OF
that Bay in the John Adams [. : sh'p-ot war-
The people are IN the widest possible stale OF
saysgsS: hsir haI islong and black features eau
caslan clothes OF not much account: and their
only weapons The spear and fish hook When the
Jehn Adar>'- people offered these savages SOME
american iron Ia exchange for PROVISIONS &c They
rejected 1t with dlsdaln: saying that they had
native non n thelr own island OF far Superior
quality. and pointed TO some elsvatedland about
miles IN thu interior. where they SAID they found
1. nf .ht
large boulders OF t-one boulder being at least 10
feet IN diameter. This they siiltuily worked up
into spear heads OF very destructive and superior char
acter and h-hooks their great kin in working ,hs iron
they obtained from the Buccaneers who iTequenci
Island very often after tie capture af Mozambique BY Vs.
co dc CANA Prof Shepard said ne nal ansl par
these spesr-hesds and found it 20 be
iron il contained nickel Us specific gravity IS,
and rs analysis sAve-
Iron .-......-.....-.-......91 Go
Nickel and traces OF cobalt , 81
and the structure was different from that of any pure iron
that know II The largest spcGen Of
previously SHOWN was piece u about JeUU1 pounds ~
America. This piece oUns IN Mati-a-car. II
rec;ly tcscribe' uus be much the largest Certainly The
deposit in Madagascar i extraordinary one.
tits iron came from Heaven, al hough II
been put very purposes Just before the
ssp John Adams reached Madagascar ths crew Of Bc
in merchant vessel were murdered by these very natives
and The spear In the room probably drank the blood OF
son Of peradiuus Albion"
SEA HAAE.
Prot Sispard then exhibited a very fine spec-
men ~ curou. an rare animal called the Sea Hare hv
the ancients-Lu Jariaus. The aDims! is OF oval
form with ,e'r'seuurTi when tho snuS.
usovng In no water Its tsntacies look HE ibe e1rs ~
,a unn.g riiny frequently speHss OF this LsfSns
Aassus aith Dash Ae described the snirsi fnis
hre snInaI Supposed 10 Dc deadly poisonous;
and whoever touched the peculiar blue liquid which j.
from It's body. cnnsii rcd by 'he ancient Re-
die within as many days as there were
days in tie life Of the animal.
Prof SMimqn.-How did they get at the num-
har. a. i'm ba IN NJ he al
Pfuf SffpQrG That was determined, sir, by The
1inrr.5scJ laughter Nero was supposed to have
been poisoned BY it Domitian. it was said. poisoned
h brother with this mud and II WAS commonly be
loved that this luid was one OF the most powerfully
concentrated poi>ons In the world A. ueus once
rg,ed charge Of poisoning. merely because II wa
pyed that he employed person to eaten ore OF tese
little haes Whereas. IL IL TOW SuoNA 10 ne one OF
,ha most harmless and BoTensye IL tie animals Ia the
world II IS mCluscUla is ca-S IS TIE gasteropodh
ofCuver and Of the order eciehranohst aud aud his
s NE oBlgspeciss Of Ga, order ro,d IN t-diS
obtained Il on the shore q; Charleston. : {. IL could
scarcely when took Il 1 ON the wafer rs soon -
placed II IN white pocket handkerchief Il rencied the
with beautiful ceep purple iiluif.
A. though 4, had been dreched blood this sppears
20 only mode OF defence and is discharged iEon AL
appendace the gill, through millions OF pores, there
beg no general outlet; secreted Ike saliva h' no ins
ba Ike the cutie ash buhke it can di>color the waters
round IL II will hosheai OF water rs dark Is p9fi
wine II asns the shore feeds OF fIct the hod IS
inches long, and the foot is - Inches sus II could hot
come from the West Indies II slow traveller aud nus
many enemies \ different species Is found in America
other 4, MaIsellles AID Barbar y
COLD AND DIAMOND, or BkAzrr.
Prof Shepard then made f-w very interesting
remarks on the Elastic Sandstone OF the Colt Region lie
produced specimen from BunooDte COUNTY. y 9 which
very much resembles the elastic sandstone Of Brazil In
Charleston he met with very eminent scientific man
named Sceiyer IIesSia (ormcriy student VI Coffin
gem who had pass two IN Georgia making OBJ
serv.tios and WAC had several specimen, 81 thi, beu
fn sandstone HIS had iacuccd collect these from
the fact tha: Baron Eswe2e had ~ describing ie gold and
diamond region Of Brszi shown 'a this elastic sandstone
prevails extensively there This fact siSo Induced DE-
Fcehear; TO s-arch carefully the Ur Mountains and there
he found tits elastic sandstone in abundance He then pre-
i-,et tlla, diamonds and platns would be found IN
those ral Mountains and on searching that region po
diamonds and plana wer found there This mineral Nar
itacorie; inlrrismiIaied with prr mica slate
and tale slate Il 100 feet ;hick IN Hall county and
takes Y = and :. corrse on the East bank OF The
Ch.uahot chic through Habersham and Raebnrn coands
IL one locality IN Hall county thsy actually found
diamond At one the gold washing deposits II was
worth about SIS. Another diamond found By work
man which Was unfortunately broken IL PIECES NJ
Schreve- eNanlu this mine arer = abandoned AID
washed ssnt- there carefully E tyo weeks out fGnd
no more diamonds But st, said Prot shepard. there
ret the slightest, doubt Ia: that plenty Of diamonds w
vet b found IN those regions This place =; LunSe
Mountain Burke County, y c: II y spur VII eli pui'
cut from the Bee Range The BLACK Mountain the
Lruvle River the SOrIh side OF IL end he ka;sw a
k,yer /. on the South p miles of
Broad River. there must be many valuable gold inre-
From The course tie Rocks !rOi : though he would
spt il intermediate between Burke and Rae0uyn Counties,
sd on examination did find L there. b the report VI
The geology Ok south Carolina PAGE ~, ~ p- Tromey,
ths Mineral fuEd Piczens Co, :. c. with c'r one
m tale and oxide and 81 another locality 10 niles las.
IN YORK Co Thus. curious formation o; elastic sand
s.cna i yery extensive IN The south, and :. every where
c,- e.,.i win the Ausreus Gold Region. Ard from
the analogy Of rock with those in Brazil lrd TIE Ual
Maintains connected with the gold region there not the
i,-t du5 but that before isns shah hni IN Georgia
and the .-onas valuable diamond oeariug rpck This
r.s i rroosrlv Of trAascn CHARACTER; or although
fl.s /. soas !cuuiy in CLASSIFYING u, portions
~ s-rrg 20 partaze q the character q Rocks o. tne
.,i-f rie, et the diamond oea i1g rcck uroGbtet-
* ~ The transition cd.r X : IN LAYERS not cGr1rulssie
n ,h Specification Of the country; and search
orr NOT wne-e Il IS individually primary character
ba where Il pAakes soreaAt OF secondary eharaeer
Ia fe-t County, Conn. have also kind Of tsxAie
Sa-,.tour cs-d hresione l.c4 safe Sig ty flexible
be; he ,afcose slate usually found wh The sod ard ta-
-7,rJ hs.-iug rocks with u Tu-s cut.
Or JgrIson ssk-c II any plstins mas yet been
fsuas in tie Cni;e': >ts'es
Prof Sifpard-None-
urabod, IN vhh be SAYS ha; from the similarity q cur
M res on TO that Of Russia and sFszi N has1o doubt
/ -. xii 1uf- cl5 diamond.