New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-23
ANIMAL SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION,
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Reported exclusively for The Tribune
CAxsHrDsE Monday Aug ~.


morning. recommendation Of the Standing Commit
Tee was adopted 70 deposit All ehsrts specimens &c
presented % the Association n the sitnson an lnst
raaon- The matter further explained By Prof
Henry, the Institutes Secretary The Association hsv
ing 10 Museum fixed place Of meeting the institute
expressed re willingness 70 take the expense upon
itself Of sending the copies some hundred and fifty IN
number Of the Assooistons Proceedings % foreign
societes-recevinz in exchange therefor such sPeci
mems may be seposited with the Assoc.aiion-
A resol1ri u vas likewise adopted providing
that At succeeding meetings Of the Association, no pa
per shall b res1 unless abstract il previously fur
nshed the Secretary for publication his . an in
portani movement, which II i 70 be hoped viii Be en
forced The Proceedings Of an Association Ike this
have general public interest and have been already
too far neglected. / conceive that complete summa
Of every communication presented At these yearly
meeiings-embodied In full fair volume Of TAANs-
ACTIONS, and regularly and promptly Issued, would be
quite a valuable addition 10 our Sations Literature.
Not only would this be Of service to the man Of sciencs
but also an entertaining and useful series Of Work. for
the People The sbor Of writing out their remarks u
does seem should not weigh In the balance with the
Professors against the good which might accrue from
4, spread Of the results OF their Investigations
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with a recommendation heretofore noticed, that the
semi snnua sessions Of the Convention be commenced
By spscia msaiu9 At Charleston, toe second Tues
day VI March nert-The adoption Of the plan met lit
tie or no opposition in this instance but members
we're again reminded by Western representatives. Of
the proprieiy Of session in Cincinnati Ia this sus
gestion Prof MITCHELL led the way to-day, As Mr..
Roberts did on the previous occsson-and was warm.
y seconded by Professors Bsche, Hall, Redheld and
Roberto excessively.
The present Officers Of the Association will probably
preside At the Charleston meeting the Officers elect
entering upon their duties al the commencement Of the
next year at New Haven 20 this matter ia finally set
tied for another t~elvemonth.
The subioined series Of Resolutions was offered
ia general session this morning BY Dr. GRAF, and re
ferred to the Standing Committee for action. It will
be seen that the object aimed at Is Of great i'm
portsnce
Re,olred That MAyuAL or sciESTiTIc OBsERvA-
nos AND RESEARCH especially adapted % the use Of the
American nqnrer 1nsi1g directions Tor properly OBJ
serving phenomena 10 every department OF physical
.cience ana FOR making collection. ~ Natural History
Nc heiher on land j. much needed A. the pre-
sent time and hat such pubncauon place1 m the
snd. of GERS Of The Army and Navy. Of vOyager and
travellers would greatly tend deve op the natural
Of extended country aud 20 TIE general ad
ysn-ement of Science.
% Science cordially recommend The Smithsonian lnsu
uon TO undertake the preparation Of such WORK under
the editorial supenntendence OF ls Secretary 70 Dc pun
THAT thi. Association will cordially cooperate in the
production Of such manuals IN whatever manner may be
best adapted to secure The end 10 view
The following Resolution was offered by Mr.
THOMAS Moss Of Philadelphia and likewise referred to
the Standing Committee
Reolred That the Standing Committee be Authorized 10
appoint Committee Of three or more Nine aosl.t. o.
duty 10 shall be report At The next annual Getting th-
P,og,e'' Of ne Sieaes Of h'ne'aLgy any new species
whether made here or In The Old word
The following gentlemen were appointed a com
nittee on Lieut. Msurys communication on Wiads and
Currenfss
President Sparks Of Cambridge Prof Lewis Ghbs q
no ina P9n ~ peee 9 a9Rsss s OF o.
ton and Prot Guyot Of Cambridge
In the Section Of Geology, this morning, very
Interesting communication was made on
The Nafire Copper Mines q LIKE Superior
By DR.. c. T. JAcKsoS-After few Introductory OBJ
the general aspect Of operations At the
Lake and deprecstory Of the late speculative fever
which as in nearly all projects, has Injected the
Copper Region. he reviewed the relations Of the
French Jesuit Fathers who visited the Lake two hun
dred years ago. and who mention the Indians great
abundance OF native Copper from the Lake shores
aud from the beds OF river. flowing thither The In
dams regarded these Jumps Of Copper As presents 70
them from the Mizszppi the Great Spirit Of the Wa
ters who threw them up from the bottom OF the Lake
They cherished them as holy thinsS and sPsse q
them with mysterious reverence
The Jesuits nowhere describe veins Of Copper or
any metal in place and do not mention any proper
mining operations as having been performed by The
a art L.H yfrys - Ia
River in IA that the Aborisnes had extracted the
metal from the veins and had msde knives and
heads Of the sheet copper which they bad obtained
This observation possessing htte interest, DR. Jack
.on was led a search At the other mines and inva-
sby found Indian stone hammers and proofs OF super
iciai mining by the native tro-s Ga the attention Of
the Directors of the Mines being called 10 these Gun
osltles they readily entered INTO the work u search
NJ for them and cartOsds Of Indian tool. have
r.ady been excAvated Al the North West Company
Mines near E-sle Harbor there was depression OF
,x feet In the metserous lode. where the Indians had
mined out the sheets OF copper b.rreisial or nam
,n.r. much worn. were thrown out OF this excsv--
ron and = numbcr OF these have been preserved Tor
the Government Collection. IL is an error, Gays DR..
Jackson. 10 suppose that any more civilized or supe
dor race OF people DID this work for the tools hetrsy
their true Chippewsy origin and are such As al North
ern Indians made OF prior % the coming OF kuro
yesn.. Dr. Is perfectly convinced inst most OF IN
veins now opened and wrought by European and
American miners known and worked .u9erneisl-
~ by the Red Men hundreds % not thousands oi years
before America was discovered by Columbus
Ii seems however that ~ the time OF the early Jesuit
Missions If the French l6fO the natives had either
ceased 70 work tbs metal from the veins In place or
that they concealed the fact from the Jesuit ahers
The latter most probably tue case tor they were BE-
the priests acknowledge, very unwilling % tel them
where they obtained their native copper and 10 j.
probable mat they never did confess them the true
loo sltiss OF the copper lOdesior the relations pub
ished by the Missionaries although they mention the
abundance of native copper and the probability OF there
being good mines that might be probably wrought Do
NOT mention any vein or mention any copper 10
the rocks-Dr Jackson has fall details OF all that was
published by the Jesuits In their Relations relating 20
the Copper Re.ion and viii give abstract Of them
10 his Report to the Government during the next
Winter
Soon after the close Of the French War Alexander
Henry, Al enterprsing English trader, set out on
voyage to Msckinsv, IN 1860, and wss taken prisoner
by the Indians on the capture Of Fort Mackins~ d.
was adopted As a brother by an Indian who rescued
him. and Travelled with bin extensively on the shores
OF Lake Superior. This voyage extended rom lluO ~
no and In lS0q his Travels were printed 10 New
York he describes the Copper Of the lndisns, even
he does not mention any locality where the metals
occur In place In more modern times We have me
observations Of Henry r SchOo.crAft who secom-
panied Gen Cass IN his travels the Lake and wno
visited the great block Of native Copper on the "a
tansson. During the asst war with England or soon
after Dr. Francis lie Baron Of Plymouth visited the
Lake, and brought home piece Of the same great
rock
The hrst proper scientific explorations however, 10
the Mineral ands OF lake Superior made By the