Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-17
TEhnEssnE LEeusLAEURE.
SENATE.
70 1aE0

Rev Mr. Smith. i.
Mr. LANE prsssntel a petition from one hundred
md tTsu.y c tizsns of McMnn county. praying the
nal of all rsirc i0us i'm pOssd on priVae esptta
and that every person whD chooses to enter mo tae
.rsde,s be allowed co uss money an1 saeh cur.
renew as is or may be Authorised {, circulate VITA
in he Stats upoa tbs sane teens and to the same
extent nat ih4 banks are aaihorissd to use IT,
aEoLoaIcAL sJNvsT OF Tas sTAFBg Il i
3 NJ, TRfdBLE presented tie fOlloaing report
from the SaAte Librarians:
~ RE f5sasraI Assembly Of the STATE Of T@aRsssss
By resolutioa of tAe Senate, No :, am direct
ed 20 mskes report embrasing the folleEing par
I Tns states of the Uniou in watch surveys by
authority, on Geology snd Natural History, nave
been made and published. ,-.,,.-,
IT Fhe best mode of procuring sud publishing /
suoh a s,Irvey of the Slate Of fsansssee-asel 1sr
: iii a abatement of the advantages Of such
To comnlving with this resolution, 1t ought to be
nreIaised thai / do not pre.ead TO any geoiogicaI
sI"S, and that waatsyer stats upon any of
ne poirts Of inquiry, is dcaWn, almost en'rely,
from such sources OF Information as are opeo 80 81
1ho will take the Touhle 10 e1nsat the proper TO
positofies i am a6srs, iRisei, th4t ne'hlhg more
il exoee.ei OF nae, upoa such t'pis bat 10 aooIe
ate the labors Of tIe members OF the deneral As
san,h1v Who loaking 20 the development OF the re-
sourefs OF Tennessee merely desire TO he informed
what has beeG done il sitter States ir TINS a.
/ reclicn, h)Wit hes 1oen done, an whst VAiuAole
] results are al ain able Ivy means CT s5ca 2 WerK'
/ 1 G. o!egicsI sarveys, more 'r l,ss c2Htie,e'
| have been made by legislative au-horityi III INC
s ates OF Alab Ina, Arkan'L Z Al fpFoiG C9hnecu
emit Delawarr, Iadi4 ma, Iowa, Ken uc<y, Name,
Maryland. Massac huaets, Michigan, MtnGesoiA'
| Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire Ne" Jersey
/ Nav York North Carolina, OaiO, PeunsyiVsHla'
| Rboda Island South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia,
and WISCONSIN. And the General Government mas
aausel geological explorations to be made ana re-
norris published Of Iowa Illinois, WssonsIn, the Oh
ezra Nevada ard Of the Coast Range and IN sli ine
explorations Of our Wesiera territories, uouer tne
authority of the General GovernmanE, the geology
IF every district has been made capital ohJ9Ct Tor
The most nous reas JHe. By iadi7idu4;s, also re-
norris have been published on The geology OF parts
culsr dis riots 10 v&ri1us sections OF me ohlob lh
he scientific journals Of the country. Ok the safe
surveys We have in the Safe Library taese OF A'A
hama. Arkansas C4ifornis, C5ansctcat, Iowa.
Kentuekv. Massachusetts, Missouri, New jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and YER
mlnt.
Among them, those of Massachusetts,, Pennsyi-
yauia. and Gew York seem TO be the most com
Plete. .. .s>7..-o-
History of New York" and consists at present o.
nineteen uuarto volumes. .! these, Tour volumes
: are IN Zoolorv two volumes 81 Botany. one volume
Minersogy, four volumes on geology i've 'olulne
g on Agricutcre and one volume on Metsorology; OIL
p Pala Jptoogy two volumes have been published, an
three rem tin 20 be pub .ished that when the se
ries is completed, il will consist OF tSehIy-s" VOL
e umes Each department has been assigned to sep
"a ara chiefs-the Zoology TO Dek'y, Botany 10 Tor
rev. Mineral gy TO Beck, &c lcgY to Ma'her, van
uTsm Fmmops and ALI Agriculture ~ Emm"ns
Meteorology to Hough, and Pale 5ntoiogy 20 nan.
e The first Appropriation 10 this greet work va
mad by an act Of the 18th Of April 1883, oy Whic
. the sum OF twenty-siX thousand dOliar- was appr6
priated annually for four years. 10 defray the eX
e peuses By an act of May 8, 1910, the Governo
Ell was authorised TO the work TO be continue
m and kv An act of the 9th of April 1872 another ap
proprias of twenty thousand dollars was msd
TO nav Cor the materials furnished and services rel
y darei under the act Of 1910 By an act passed o.
e the 9Th of April 1919 the Governor Is authorize
to 10 continue the work. and the Treasurer Is dIrecte
to nav, OF the COmptrollera warrant, the costs an
expenses already incurred, or Afterwards to be Ii
II Cured in the completion of the work Every orane
of If il most deliberately executed and illustrate
= by engraviugs when necessary
he II NAV be that the uneCualled prosperity OF tn
great ST ate is in part due to the clear knoEedge
n Its resources impaired TO its inhabitants by thl
.r elaborate exposition Of its Natural History
3 As TO the best method at procuring and pull
fishing such 4 survey of this state, as is contemP
r. ted by the Senate resolution perhaps the referep
n already n.ade to the laws of New FORK my be RI
e cardsd as p,in;iug out safe pattern. The sPiel
NJ, did resGhs oct lined in that Stats, however are al
70 tie in e lgence of those to whcmthe execution
~
raj appropriations made, more thar to the sche"
If the survey itself proposed in the original la
Or For il is true in regard TO such work, as well
to every other branch of the public administering
M that good results are obtained from even lnpeTfe
y, Legislation If Integrity aud knowledge preside oV
=, the execution Of the law
IN The laws Of several of the s fates have been e
ty anined, aud it has been found that good sugge
tions are contained in some of them, whore eompa
of atively unimpO Ttant reports haVebeenpu0lishea
work of thoroughly examining the Natural llisto'
of State and of preparing it for publication, In
manner becoming its Importance, requires great 81
varied talents ami requirements, such as are rar
Ae ly, If over, combined in single individual Az
Indeed if an individual oe1ld be found possessed
the REQUISITE knowledge, it wou require life tu
a. of assduous labor to achieve what could be done
- few years by the combined abilities and indust
of few competent persons
a Twenty-three years have elapsed since New 70
d. set on foot the preparation Of her natural hlstor
or and il is not vet completed The labor OF such
in vast amouut Of original research is far beyond
=, power of any single individual. We have seel To
6" the Geology alone is the work Of four dihere
hands: while Whist has been done in Tennessee
this important department of dge, has De
st the work oftwo individuals without assistants
ng for an annual compensation scarcely equal 10 l
earnings of a day laoorer.
Dr. TRoOsT was appointed Geologist, mineral
re- gist and Assayer of the State by The act OF 10
me chapter % which required him TO make Geoloi
cal WIN 2 view. az ldE hu SIOabC' "
IT. velope its mneraogieal resaurces-to examine IL
ef those mineral and metallic regions believed TO ex
re- the different formations fcuEdln The diheieht e
lions of the Stste;-to make the proper snalyses
On such substances as he believed TO be OF value
examine the soils Of different parts of the Sta
and the rocks of these parts, and report upon
Ell ! came accompanying his report with such remar
- as might lead the citizens to ar estimate OF comp
- alive value AID use, as we'll as 10 enable lhem
io jugde understsndiugly OF Its metals ana mhera
of All this that accomplished mineralogist, geo
In gist and chemist, TO do for five hundred COLL
ma q wear, which salary decreased for 1883 to G
=, thousand dollars was with great hculty contiIu
~" to hin until the session Of 1878 His hrst rep
as was presented to the legislature on the l4th Of
he vember, 1888, and We have an ana'yss OF It In
ala | House Journal Of that year. page 303-5. BIS i
report the ninth, may be found in the ApFendlx
the House Journal of 1847, P 14S-l6o, These
he ports are all full of important ntormaton Dut ID
~, present only an imperfect view Of the geology
" the State and of the kindred topics. because 1t
impossible to make the requisite explorations 10
ue full development, without means to jefray the
ias pensPs of it. and to procure he aid of assistants
hit These remarks are Applicable to the case of n
has SAFFoRD the present Geolcgst from whom, as tr
i've Dr. TRoosT, more lras been expected than can be
~ complished by any unalded individual "hate'
" his abilities and requirements.
The scheme that is best adapted to procure a tn
ns ough geological survey of the State, Is mat Wh
IA the most accomplished geologst would DEVISE a
of course 1t must be 1eiJ 10 nlEn5 Anu II "o WV
ION have the work DONE must devote to 1t such
It'll amount of money viii secure the services Of su
adj head and must furnish him with all toe AID viii
Mr. his arduous work makes necessary. A bill acco
psnies this report, which, if prssed will attain
~ end in view,
ent 8. AS to the third pJini:-the advantages OF
thorough geological survey of our State,-let us
feet thst the scope Of geology is to teach US
nat constituents of the cTut of the Earth, TO Vhae
Id depth it is possible TO penetrate;-not merely
os- crafty curiosity, which, however, would be
: mean object considering who mGde this planet
but TO enable the Inhabitants Of any district to 81
TX due the part Of the Earth which they dwell,
att to have real control over ito appropriate 10th
mt use and make subserVien to their wants, the va
ouz materials which constitute the external suria
the producer ofvegetatiOn, and tho INTERIOR wh2
= lie conccaled the metals and minerals, WItho
Va which humsn life. except in its most savage sta
les ould not maintained in any climate liable 10
ar great vicissitudes of heat aud cold.
fr This being So what material science can CO
III parc with Geology in importance; what oth
- branch Of human knowledg" 20 clearly demands
'' teui,n 1t the hs nds Of tho representatives OF
w people? 1t may safely challenge comparison wi
any other.
If We could cut cur globe, like an apple, 10
~ balves, ihcre would be exhibited 10 our sIght