New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-29

~. vac fe,nS The cures:S w.. s,iseed BY 'he
AZ focupabg itg extract 3m the log book Of the Brit
"ilh st!b fIan uu-" Tte thip tete mentiopee c,
G. uspe ef Roc gers zee aiNgs sae s'aDch Iadisn nss
Sbcb bse eroouEetso tn, ypboon g. the dAae shove
n uet,ios.d in lst. Is deg ~, Ion lie deg 20 mo.
r TIE storm comrnenc-t 1t T. N. &; puins
,oor Ia N T. end crased 10 tet'ihc hurnc zoe.
ubioa d;,nasteo The sbip. Aboot , 30. g. m It fell
c.Im I'D tb. bs;omstsr stood - low ss 81 deg. 80
MI Az r. M, without warning, the WIND came
ait s.N. ", IN q most frigntfnl to'nsdo ,ee',n (
suhstnut n;y TO w. apd 5. W. The esosoe ct tue snp
fem ip is sscrb-d by the csbtsin to her beiax
ttt N upcp lie post tack CoLmsncar dsers die
vel il svocirg such stempeet If, at the commecee-
u,1t Of the Rs'r when the bttom-t7r beg "a is'uos
iapdy the master Of toe Hank bad put hs sap on
the stG bokrc tack and stood On u 'n ne c"ae '
OF The c, Clone he wouo then have Suffered 10 oan-
see Boby severe ie cons Of tli- practical sort have
beer gwen 20 navigator
CAPT GLiss gave an account OF his experience and
OF the teLeh-s be had derived from M heohe!d
Mr. n. Is. WEBSTER tten exhibited TO the cub sub
stcucn chart 90 ~nrh three curves, TePte'eot
iDg the moi'shy e. Portsmoutn g. during the months
OF Juy, August September and October lss,; tre va
ietGD- o ihe thermou et~r AID of the bNo oe&i. Oa
the charts were also iLccaons of the clouds the cleo
tnc' c"nt l'iODs'i the atmosphere the hg'toiIg and
the ~ind', 70 that the inquirer study ~ these
points at oIce. The cay Of greatest mortality VAS
SEPT l. al oneenh OF the White popu sricn tnen 10
the town died in oie week. Not sixty white per.ons
who RENAMED in town escspea the fever, and but g.
per cent OF the patients survived Among the blacks,
only PEI ceLt died. After some Conversation. the
next Paper was taken up.
FRAnKLIS Is HouGB gave some OF the general re-
snlis Of the observations Of m,teotolgy made a. the
New-iork Academies, Illustrating them by means Of
charts
j. B. CHERRIscS gave account of the OBJ
feivatory at Toronto. Org,n,lly fuocei for five
,esrr il prolonged until 1883 patty through tae
infu. nee Of this Association. Afterwatd the Inpera
Government induced to give tbe Obsery atory aud
lis il suments to the PrOvihc al Government, who are
keeping il up with lberalty. Il is well equipped aud
TO carry throughout Canada the system Of
m.tt Uroloe ca Obse which the Sn,t In
str utioD Is 80 obly carrying tois couLtry.
Prot ALEXANDER expressed his pie asuse at hearing
this report
P,ot ARNOLD GUYo1 then gave his paper upon the
Arerod Barometer. He Acknowledged its great con-
ytLieLcts but sgoinst dependence on for ulce
urtuents Of mountain attitudes be entered his for nal
protest The netumens are all indivlouas, tn-r .r-
rors subject to no rule except that OF great Vaaony
lie bad made many experiments en1 comparisons WITH
Cooo mercurai bare aid four them wor by OF
Tearce as q scentifc instrument only under the con-
diOn that it ke pit stationary ana dildivduauv Tested
to Learn the corrections for temperature Sc Hao he
rufteo to his anerOio barometer in his fecen v5t the
Black MOurtaibs lie would have been led to errors vi
400 to 500 feet, vas proved by the TWO goou er-
curial baron eteIs that he carreo. traveller WHO
csrres old alone with h1I, must not expect a.
Curacy within two three hunored ;et simply IRON
motion OF from having been sube ted to great cnsng-s
of pressure II will change ito zero without giving any
external isC icatiOn.
Prot. JosLIs of Schenectady read paper noou
email blue coucs frequently obterved In the northern
horizon, their being upCn the magnetic me-
rioian.
At2i D. Id. the section adjourned.
In the Section of P0y sics Prof HrsRY read pa
Der on he Pbe orneua of the Discharge ot Ordioary
Eectrct,; Pct. M.LLET the Atomic Weight Of
litbium; Prof 5. ALEXANDER and Prof. BKochLfs-
LEY alsO read papers. :,
After the aoiouinru nt many Of the members called
on Mis. Duolty, tae fouhdr.ss of the Observatory
bearing her name. They were bowed in senatm, in
troouced to her. had opportunity for teli,atoo and
then passed TO refrerhmeLts. Her house Was open
from to .. m. She stood resting on sort OF half
orutcb half cane richly but plainl, dressed, an adher
ent to the ola iegn. Of tiaras Sne must soon pass
away but she has enibamed her name 10 science