New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-25
AlBAsv. Thursday. Aug 81. 1851.


invitation from the City Council Of Cleveland OHIO,
through the Mayor, VIM Case. Esl. 70 hold It's next
Annual Meeting II the - Forest City" No acton
has ye' been taken IN the matter
Al invitation has also been received from TIE Me-
chancs Institute OF Baltimore to hold either an Al
nual or semi Annual meeting In that city.
\ letter from the lIudSons Bay Company was read
IL general meeting by Professor AgasSztenderlns the
cooperation Of the officers OF that Company IN the
meteorological observations now IN progress on this
Continent.
The Committee appointed a. New Haven % eX-
anime Prot. NlrcHEL's new system OF Astronomical
Obse-7afors. have made an additional Report
through their chairman, Prof PEIRcE. OF Cambridge
THIS subject. 1t vii be remembered. was brought
before The Association Cincinnati, ana the triumph
Of lie Superintendent OF the Observatory m that
CTS gave universal satisfaction. The Report nov
made fully sUSiau> tie opinion OF she high merits OF
the system then expressed by the Committee
~ the invitation of tie Committee and The Assoc
citation. Prof Mitchell gave an explanation oi the
details OF his plan ana the remarkable results already
attained. lie Is now, however, compelled ~ " ant
OF funds 10 suspend hl> operations when but fairly
| commenced ard IN order that ne may not remain
| manacled the Committee have recommended tac
| appointment OF Special committee Oi the ASSocia-
| Nou for The purpose OF memori1ilzng Congress IN
relation 10 the matter THIS COMMITTEE viii prOoa-
| biz tc appointed before adjournment.
| GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY
| In tie section o. GeoOgy AMI Natural History,
nun ter OF important papers have been presented.
J Prot JANls HALL presented some " comparisons
! ni Tie GGc,O.lCa Features OF tennessee ana New
| y OH III which ne traced similarity 81 structure
| lttWCeM tie geological formation OF DOih these
| S'aic- auQ iV;tIrcd 10 a collection 81 specimens
| ct the rocks of Tennessee brought 20 ili> cut by
! Prof.. Stafford ior the purposes OF comp rson.
| Pros. AGAssil. E'NAH>. HALL AMI W. ROGERS
participated IN lengthy discussion on ne subject
q ny Drnf 4 Y D Af
| New-uaycn. These were too technical IN their
| ualue to possess interest for the public generally.
In the course Of Prot. Shepards remarks, the err
| cUmSiancc of the existence ~ remarkable hCte-
one hill IN Nc XlcO was mentioned by Dg. LIE C0NrB
of New-NoIk While passing through The village OF
| Tucson, IN FEBRUARY last, he observed two large
| pieces of wCteorc uon which were used oy the
| olacksmlihs of the town tor the purposes OF An
| anvil lie was unable Ia procure any specimens
| from these bodies. but was guided To a canon be-
| tween two mountain ridges, IN the immediate Ncin-
iiv. from which both pieces had been taken. waere
q masses of the meieOrtcS were 80 abundant is to
have gwen are 20 the canon. tie bad not before
heard aLy account OF this remarkable circumstance,
ana had coI>eered u an Interesting subject io oo-
| seryhtCn.
The only paper Of a purely physiological character
! vet prosontedIS one by Dr. BURNETT OF Boston, on
| lhe subject of EmlryO.Ogy ana Spemataiogl. The
| subject OF Emhyoogy has engaged large snare OF
the attention OF rroi AsaSSz, who has sI'on pub
bic course OF Lectures upon 10 "a otnef natifaI,tS
! m This country and Europe aLd, IN connection WIN
! is kindred science of SpermalOlOgy II lies AZ me
| foundation OF all our knoNlcGge OF the primitive
! forms of lie The present paper therefore. though
not OF a character generally interesting Will NEE,
| the views of PSYCHOLOGISTS and professional men.
! send II entire
On the motion OF Prof AGAssIz, the Section OF
Geology and Natural History Was divided after the
reading Of The paper, and ore of Zoology was con
.tlutod or ne purpose OF entering INTO discussion
! OF tie subjects brought forward by DR. Burnett
THE RELATIONS OF EMBRloLOGA AND
SpERMATOLOGI TO SOME OF ThE IN
DAME\INI Doc THINE @ IHl SIOLOAT
ICAL StiENt T..
by DR. ". /. BURNETT, OF BOSTON.
When the influence of the study of organic chem
istry and microscopy was beginning 10 De u. IN nat
utai srIence the prospect held out that soon We
should understand fully the intimate ana pfunotdiai
relations that exist between the organic ana NOR
| larlc world.
| Thiswa promising too much. and a dlsappOnt-
mcnt has necessarily ensued sll, the quite thorough
| prosecute on OF these studies has THINK prOIucei
two 4 stinct results or opinions. with the chemists,
! the tendency has been 20 regard the movements OF
| the organic world A. simply the results Oh mOlhed
| chemical forces. In other words, that matter and
! chemical power include the phenomena oi hie.
IN the microscopes on the olrer hand, the ten
! Lency has been 10 consider org inir matter A. en-
! lowed with power above ana beyond thtSe ollers'
and that We ave t0 recognize, Ia the expressions ol
| lfe matter ard tai 3S Well a. chemical forces. !
peneye this Is the tenor of all carefully pursued mt
croscopcal studies. with chemists, vitality IS al
ways maioualztd, with microscopes, Il exists rs
! an entity above ana Oesond rdtcri dhI may Oc
! considered rs is thought or idea
There IS Il grcat difficulty IA investigating SUBJECT,
/ of tins hIuI, because We die IA constant want al
REQUISITE Cata rom which Sc can safety ara " con
/ chl,.oss But since my attention has been called 10
The mlcIO,copical study OF de'o!opng iorms, or 10
word 10 organic atoms. lave been lnducel I'D asopt
] the opnon that. beyond and isolated from mi,ter,
there exist not only what Is termed vital ioro' but
IDEAS and thoughts.
Iuropo,e 20 illustrate these views by consider'-
flou of some results al which | have arrived IN A
new and rather peculiar department OF microscopy
VIZ Spermaology. or that which relates - we m
timae nature OF me sI,vImauc particles Du' 'u''
these may be better understood, 1t is Necessary that
| should refer for moment 20 NE pfss'' 'oh'''
lions and relations Of this branch 81 Science.
In EmbU illogical studies, We commence WIN me
simple ovarian cell or even stiil iuriner back, WIN
nucleus. This We trace upward until 10 ha' grown
10 "A perfect cell We then watch the endogenous
formation Of The cells within II, uttI u D, great
compound cell. which is called ihe oyum anu theh
" T. observe the modification Oh IL contents lAto
sNmmetilCally- shaped body when is thc ne" peihg
Now throughout The animal kngiOn, not only mas
this primitive ovarian cell the same material aspect
but The same Is true of The great COMPOUND cen Oh
| oyum This. then j. the fundamental poiAl IN All
| deyelopment-aLd from the most careful examina-
! nation with the highest and Cest mlcroscopicr IN
| strunentS We are unable 20 perceive "hy one ceil
should ave RE spider, while another appearing
| erac.ly ike II, should give rise 10 bird. we can
reason ouly from what We know, and II IN studying
the ultimate atoms OftwO different portions Of mat
ter W. can deleci difference with our present IN
/ stnlmCnts, We certainly have right 70 a1uh wa!
these portions Of matter are identical IN physical
| character. We have a night 10 INFER, asO that uat
lower which prompts each cell 20 It's Interior cOndi-
/ ION VIZ the production Of spider or aoifi, mas,
! IA the cell 30 material expression BY "hich II can
/ - determined. bat that u resides As SIMPLE pure
! force or individual entity.
| Some may call It a dynamo power inherent ~ me
cell but this l. only expressing the same IN dnereht
terms We have, then, IN single cen me conpleIe
49,, ~ a bird existing not a. A material condition,
but A. a pure individuality which last IS SHOWN oy
the fact that the idea not that OF simply oiti Du
one ofGistinci characters, which mere exist nlhobg
or type 80 minutey a. 10 comprise even lhe cOoi Z"
| the Bin and length Of the feathers
Th.sy ley !, well supported by al facts OF hyofid
zaton Tor when allied specles unite anu thete = IA
20 tt,,9rg a urion Of the characteristics Of each
IN la,t could have occurred only at the time Of ie
] cnndation when the oyum was merely compouhi
&c and hen Il must have p0ssessel al ne sPeclc
character OF the female. IN THIS It4hoh caLO' no