New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-30


Female Institute, and the free Academy. Others
have been estshishsd ~ the eastern psrt ~ Long
lslapd. ard in Westchstter Go AL possible efforts
are being % sde TO Obtain snoltan e0us o0serya'hus
Prof @ hoped that the whole OF Nes Eaglaaa
would soon be included within the one System;
ns-t;colsrly that Vermont New Hampshire and
Maine would unite 10 the series OF observsnoos
contemplated. he considered IL OF great Import
ance that a Meteorological Journal should De
established in which resoi,s might be permanently
recorded as soon as Obtained This project he
urged with ereat esrEestpees
AUsetm OF obssry alton ia the army was also
recommended "A an invaluable assistant 10 scien.
sifc investigation. A line q observations along
cur estern coast, the Professor considered would
be one o the moGt important events Ia the hisrOry
Of Netemolofy. We hKve 4S forts beyond the
Mississippi, ct all of which the system might be
adopted with triaiDg outlay and Istle trouble, ADD
he boped 20 see II accomplished. Many OF these
posts have already been furnished with proper 10
strumens and observations are in progress; but ne
desired that the system should be extended beyond
the Rocky MoustaiDs, along the whole American
coast OF the Pacific and throughout California and
Oregon.
The Report upon the ASTRONOMICAL JoURSAL
lately established, was made BY Mr.. B. A. GOULD
Of Cambridge. The accounts given Of the founda
ton and growing prosperity Of this enterprise were
most gratifying to every lover Of Science. Start
ing with very limited means and with only slim
prorpect Of success TIE Journal rapidly gained
the confidence ard esteem Of the scientific circles
and 10 winning it's way 10 general favor. by tDe-
raj donations from Hon. Edward Everett, y. A.
Boyoen, ESQ. of Boston, Profs Bache and Aoder
son, and Nessrs. Appleton, BowdiEh Brooks, BAL
lard and others, II has been firmly established and
bids fair 10 equal any Of the scientific productions
of the dsy Thirteen numbers have already been
bsued twenty four constituting one volume
THE coHcLUsIoN.... HEw-HAvES, Tuesday, Aug S
Although the Convention was formally adjourned
on Saturday afternoon, and many OF the members
dispersed that night and yesterday to their various
homes, yet there remains enough material for
another epistle on the same general topic-th0usn
perhtUs little more discursive, and not wholly
devoted 20 the results Of scientific Investigation
mentioned In my dispatch Of Saturday evemos'
that the outstsp6ing business Of the Association
had been coDfded to the hands Of the Standiog
Committee. The members Of that Committee &C
cordipgy met yesterday, and proceeded to transact
a series Of important measures the most prominent
ofvbich I am permitted TO make public.
A resolution was adopted requesting Prof 10
sxpR Henry, Of the Smithsonian Institute aud
Presd snt OF the Association in 1880, TO deliver
an Address at the meeting in Cincinnati IN Mzy
next. upon the Present Condition OF American Sci
epce and the Means for its AdvSncement-The
subject need cot add will be ably treated By thu
lste President, whose ADDual Address before the
present Convention will be long remembered as a
6ne exposition Of the true dignity Of Sciences in
our country.
Another important movement was the appoint
ment Of a Special Committee to memorabilia Con.
gress for Corps Of Naturalists and Biologists to
be attached to the MEXICAN BOUNDARY CoaMIs.
SION This project is one Of the most important
that has be en- preached at this session Of the Asso
citation, and it is to be hoped that the matter may
obtain the favorable action Of Congress The
Committee consists OF Prof Agsssiz, Prof b Sill
man. Sen DR. Samuel George Morton OF Philadel-
phia; Prof VIM. B. Bosers Of Va; and DR.. VOL.
colt Gibbs of Nsx York. The Memorial will pro-
baby be drafed and for wGrded to Washington with
all possible dispatch, and will no doubt be a strong
Argument In favor Of the appointment Of the corps
referred TO.
A Committee, consisting of Messrs. Morrell Wy.
man Of Boston, Richard @. Taylor b. Siliimsn
ard Prof. Norton-was appointed TO examine the
experiments Of Prof WALTER X. JOHNSON on
Coal and to express their opinion az to the propr
ETY. Of memoriaizikg Congress to take measures
for extending them.
The Permanent Secretary has been requested
meeting list of all the COLLEGES whose Profess
sors are members of the Association, or who have
communicated papers at sny ofits Conventions
Profs Bacbe and Henry aud the Permanent Sec
rotary, were chosen Sub Committee TO prepare
and print in the form OF abstracts the RULES sP
proved at this meeting of the Standing Committee,
which have been Professionally adopted fos the
next meeting of the Association
The concluding business before the Standing
Committee wss the adoption of sundey re gulatlOns
txr olxtso 10 ha and di.cn = srahN
elected ia the public sttings OF the Conventions
A resolution was adoptsd d, directing tbs Perma
nent Secretary TO inform the authors of communi.
cations that abstracts entire papers must be for
warded to his address at Washington before the
lst OF December next or they cannot appear Ia
the published Proceedings. Ii 10 desirable that
the documents should be transmitted as much be-
fore that period a. may be practicsbie.--rhe ire
queDt occurrence Of that satisfactory Italic line
"hot Seceived, in the volumes Of the rransa tions
isfast becoming nuisance which needs abatement.
How shall We ever have a tue record Of the pro
gess oil Science IN the country, If the authors OF
important Investigations will refuse the triaisg
task OF writing abstracts OF their resatsi
- Thus much, then, Ia bshaif of the Standing
Committee, whose labors have been indefssiga6e.
The number OF papers communicated at the late
Session Of the Association ia about $50, by some
so authors. The subjects embraced have beea
OF remarkable diversity and extent, and with lie ~
exceptions have bee characterized by an exoDl'
lent adaptation TO the purposes OF the Convention
Among the most Interesting papers presented
In the General Sessions OF the Convection W as one
BY Mr.JAnEs ID. DANA on the Al alogy betweeA the
modes OF Rep 0daction in Plants AID the 10 yer
Animals Mr.. Dana IS widely known from bis
connection with the Exploring Expedition, aud by
several valuable contributions to the Scientific
Literature Of the country, among which bis works
on Zoopbytes and on Minerslogy stand foremost
Annexed u his paper presented 10 this Conven-
ton;
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Analogy betreea Ae modes ef Reproduction 10
Plants and the Alienation of Generation Oh
sevtd ia some R0di0ta.
d. DANA.
The very remark able fact that Polyp and q