New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-03
Biologists, and sntnralists, Convention.

TINS body yesterday commenced Us Session -
the Chapel Of Columbia College About - naeal'e's
appeared and took sheir The principal lhes=
Of the d-st .alf-hour the informal Organization
Dr.. C. T JACKSON, the President named the
Committees appointed to report before ne ton'elon
5u. very :ex Of The gentlemen composing taese o0'
r.cees appeared The Secretary commenced the P'o-
ceedinys BY reading Report % Prof J. Z LOOMS on
no sediment O. Rivers more particularly Of Ire kenne-
noe Dissertations were, for = short TINE. made esch
dav 70 determine the amount Of sediment daily dis
CHARGED By this For the year, tae amour: is six
billions grains which gives the cubic foo, Of water
ten grains. The Of solid mater deposited by
the Kennebec in one year Is 1000 millions l5s sror-
dgpois.
The subject Of the Sediment OF Rivers was COR
hnued By the reading Of similar papsr by I. Rid
dell Q: Ne7-O-leans on The Mississippi River. The sed
nent carried 10 the goa by ina. ver never essentially
va.ies in a-noun: NJ 2 drew pailtuI Of from
the river and experimental from May q August
g. l5ie. The mean average Of sediment pint Of
tina, water Gt32 grains i portion Of thi= vas al
tered b. repeated tsls in the fret week 0: July, by
direct end careful comparison wa distilled water, the
spscf> ernry OF me filtered -iver found 70
5e lo0I25; consequently pint Of such water Al 90
weighs 2s7+0i grains. Hence By weigh; the ratio O:
sediment the "d,.. Of I-ssa-s!tIp :
1853. Mr. Riddell mentioned in NE report the pre-
sence Of slicous clay the banks the Mississippi
ascertsined By boring there U7 feet for pure
The saline other impurities OF the Mississippi vary
much the quantity depending upon the purity Of is van
tributary streams
Mr. MEIGs.-The annual deposit OF rivers is In
ali probability very regular While Member OF the
Legislature at Albany in l7l. he had noticed 5evera!
rsv!nes in the vicinity @. hat City and spent nOch ie
N examining them He had thus made some INTEREST,"
Al
earth and the annual quantity 0! earth born. OF
by cubic foot odirlous->o prodIg.ous that ne
would l. for he might not be believed PROT
DEWEY wished 10 know the quantity o Uoier depo5!-
ted in the by the Mississippi other rivers mad been
stated The SECRETARY replied Yes, but NC did
not clearly near the figures.
Mr. DIcKERsoS OF Natchez stated farther facts
relative the Mississippi. He said there were three
distinct that rirerone up at the rate OF =
miles an hour one down, at the rate OF miles and
that this stops NacheZ where both currents meet
right anes and then becomes so strong that the Ut
most gth Of TWO men hardly sufficient 20 keep
boat from heading continually 10 the shore. The rslo-
city of the Missouri river stated by Mr.. D. 10 De ?!
; miles per hour.
The Convention here adjourned for hall an hour SO
TO give Members record their and present
titles OF reports.-On again assembling the PRESIDENT
begged resign his scat Chairman Of the Business
Committee-~ishing some gentleman appointed VINO
reside. in the CRY. On putting the question Mr. NEIGs
was chosen said Chairman Mr. L. a BRowS moved
that Committees be instructed TO observe the counter
Va aiu efOi lLtAtO'
adopted.
Mr.. MEICs mentioned various Lectures 10 be de
veTed during the session and stated that The Chapc! OF
the University had been offered the Convention tree OF
all expense, FOR tina, purpose "A communication ron
Mr. Blake read the Gold found IN West Ded'
ham, Mass. specimens Of which were sent Tor nsPcc-
ton Its found in veins inches IN width we He!i''
~ understood-,hc largest piece did not weigh uioie
than grain. -,
The PRrsIpExr remarked that this Gold Is found
in vein OF quarz-=caered through ffoi sill
thought very desirable that II there Feay VEL
any veins gold in Massachusetts, gentlemen saot'u
be well acquainted with Southern localities wneTe ms
metal is found in order 70 know how TO proceed N
New. England Gold is also found in quartz III virginia
Where perhaps perccptble 10 the eye nor even
the microscope the quartz being broken down quite
valuable quantity is often obtained Ii shall prove
tue iha; there is IN NewEneland supply OF this pre-
cious metal the subject may prove OF immense import
aace
Apaper was readir from Henry c. Perkins of Newbu-
IMPORT. Mass Earthquakes, those OF New-England
particularly Nearly 100 have occurred in that region
since June ]. 1898. Prot SILLIMAS judged that the
earth cuakes mentioned in the paper as occurring al
Haddam Mass. merely the effect OF local causes,
and not from vibrations at distance II can easily be
shown by the dynamics OF the earth that res exist III
interior and when this is noticed it accounts for the
many sudden elevations thrown up the surface. The
Professor recommended that minute examination OF
this subject be made.
Mr. DlcKERsoy o. Natchez stated the effects OF
the earthquake of 1911 in Mississippi. rarne had
been formed by on farm OF friend OF his IN that
State. which gradually widened 60 that even after being
OF bridge necessary 10 cross 1t
and then widened more that II was nna!ly neces-
sary to throw across it regular structure.
Mr.. w. C. REDFIELD remarked that he would IN
II few days take opportunity TO notice the Earth
quakes which had occurred in the present year Mr. r
OF opinion that these so.called earthquakes were
merely owing 10 conclusions Of the atmosphere, pro-
duced by mecorites true earthquake does not cause
any rafting The PRESIDENT here inquired how then
would Mr. Redhed for the levelIng OF stone
walls in Deerhed, Mass during one OF these earth
quake. Mr. Redhed replied that he did not intend TO
contradict the OF local noises produced by in
erna commissions of the carth-but still proper earth
quake produces rafting of doors windows. ETC.
Mr. HALL related incidents witnessed by himself OF
the effects OF meteorites passing above TIE earth
The Convention here adjourned until the afternoon al
o'clock.