New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15
,.,n,p or Water Witch Engine Go No. g, OF PrOvi
dence, from Philadelphia.
THE MICRoNEsIAN ISLANDS.
.Tss,Ina of the American Geographical and Stats-
ticaI rociety-Paper on the micronesian Islands.
a.. al " held ast

...,,.. nj rho American Geographical and Etatis-
ttcaI rociety-Paper ON the hiicronesian lslnnds.
A meeting OF the Geographical Society was held last
,;glt At the University Amer the usual routine Of bus
80 Dy j McCrNE SM1u, Of this City read the follow
i ;,erestine Geogral hcal and chronological paper:
GryrrImES; The paper. upon which have the honor
IN nresen the following report relate 20 several ISLANDS IN
.i;1ron.sia They written ny rev Dr H. H. ana
D. INN Guick natives of the Pacific aud sons OF an
American mi sonary They were educated rs missionaries
,k Tried States and have sgnalized their return to
h ne Of their birth aud future abors not only by de
,d aol IN Chri-aizing the heather bat also by these
ip,es,nr researches the object "ch Is Wen expressed
nv iIr Cvlck n the tuloAlng terms
"As we proceeded lin our missionary schemes) from
d q, Island the languages, manners and customs OF the
natives have been objects OF Interesting study as lnonu
vn.nts ON which craven the names OF distant sands
go The home of their forelaher, and as relies and tokens
received from their ancestors by winch they may prove
their direct descent from Adam and demand me rights OF
seboru citizens of the family OF Noah and by virtue OF
hcb ,bev NAV claim share IN the inheritance OF light
,nd know ledge possessed by their kindred IN Oher lands
II may be well to preface the analysis OF these papers
iii ,v remarks on the Geography, &c, OF Micronesia,
nv he Nicronesan Archipelago, which embraces accord
inc TO DR. Prichad a space IN the ocean nterspersed
with islands of small extent II compartments the west
4orn ri of the North Pacihcn other words, great
.sc oi that ocean ing 10 the northward OF the equator,
and between that limo and the northern tropc ana IN Ion
"gitudc included between the meridian Oh the fsgee
fard aud the extreme border toward the ocean OF the
apbVnppe Archipelago and the nsuiar Empire OF Japan
aNitn these limits Micronesia oomprehends the group OF
atha Isdrones or Marian lsles to the norhward, and
.rearer 10 the equator All those clusters OF Islands lying
"under the same parallel OF latitude which, III recent
shines lave beeA comprised under the name OF the Caro-
"ueArchpeago Ah the MicrohesSh Isles as ihe h"ihe
"imphes, are OF small extent
Tue origin of these islands is no doubt from the mp
heaya al the submarine crust of the earth which power
having IN most instances thrown up the craers OF extinct
caos to within the distance of the surface Of the
Inhabited bv the coral insect tins treess aOurer constructs
thereon what becomes the rim OF lag0on-hence the
coral islsnds Occasionally the same upheaval force
nrusis the peak of submarine mountain above the sur
face of the ocean Consutut second class OF Islands IN
these latter cases fud not only the soil ana the vegeA
ton but the human species presenting striking dher
enees from the products inhabitants OF the coral islands.
The Me.srs Guck state that the people OF Iarari and
Maxim coral islands il The hmgsnll Group are large IN
stature and gross and Corpu nj IN person while the in
habtsrs Of Naan and HonAhe mountainous Islands are
anal in stature and OF wen KNIT why frames Similar diff
fsrences are found between the hghGnde and Lowlsnd
ers Of Scotland. and elsewhere
The islands of Micronesia lie in clusters having definite
direction indicating the range Of submarine mountains of
which thev are the SUBMITS Although this and ada
cent portions Of the Pacific have been well and contnu
opsv travelled during the last two ana hi centuries by
Jesn in search of converts merchants seeking trade by
Adventures in search OF gold 10y ocean e0oOrs and by
exploring petitions specially sent ont Tor geographical
dscovery vel t is very remarkable that many OF these
Islands have been discovered within The last hall century
while others accurately laid down before That period have
dAnpear.d showing that The uphesVal and subsistence ID
the tahs submarine crust must be actively NJ work ee
waiting snd submerging the ISLANDS OF the Pacific
The race language anu history OF the AcronesiaI while
thew have little 10 distinguish them from tie rest Of Poly
nesa yet contain, in common with the latter proxmas
solutions e. some nter sing problems IN EianOg0phy and
Eihnoosy An the aboriginal inhabitants Of P0ysesis are
classed Malsys Polynesgns gnt the study and com
parison Of their languages thus far, indicate common
origin from the SnscIt they appear 10 be derived hOW
from the earlier rude form of at language,
that form which preceded tLo Classic Of that tongue
and il is from the Cssc that the language Of the re
lig OF The Greeks and subsequently the ermsns races
are derived.
Hence il follows that .he migration 20 the south.
west corner of Asia, from which the great Asayan rae.
and It's Poync9n o shoot sprsnc really dates snterorly
10 the great European migration An chronological f,ci
70 which we have analogue, on cur continent MANY
words now used in New England. alter ahorainy much
nrlh 20 modern English critics on careful comparison
have turned out be the iDtssma rcrba with the den
teal meanings attached 20 them by the English people of
the time Of the Puritsns. And Monsieur Ampere has
within the last year made similar discovery in relation 10
Tie paiois OF Canada.
But lhs most remarkable fact 10 the history Of the Great
NAsyo POlynessn race IS this they have spread over
100 deg Of latitude by 100 deg of longitude really 100
ceg longitude they found in Madagascar, or the
enormous area Of 5SOOO0oO OF square miles, And their
empire the which they have spread 10y
ether means Of conveyance than their small and rNl
noes No migration Of one variety of the human
snee the world began has been half extensive extra
Tdnary and We compare these island people, their fine
PHYSICAL condition Their Inventions Of the loom and the
pass their rude agriculture their highly poeca myths and
aer DIN recognition OF Supreme Being IL We compare
sse with the total ignorance and besta becity Of some