New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-08

80 fo,ce OIh4rs undertook 70 plain the tail OF the
oou.t Of 1871 by the theory Of rePo.ion bat
I.glecaed a auan'iiatye dete'miDst'oa- But Bes>-i
comuleied the vork gave the theory snd invssti
gated IL with great completeness making ony q ie y
rfiakes which PsDee 10 his dscn.sion E" DonA'i
comet ba6 avoided Moreover, Be s-is iofmu we're
orIv ,nnroxinaiiye and Perce bad employed vigorous
ueihods But the hoIe honor belongs 10 Olbers and
Be,sel afhoush our Prof. Norton hsd reinvent1d
the whole without the nosledge that : mad been pre-
viously done. The readers OF TIE IRlbUsE VIII re-
member that the very same bOn0r was due 10 the
50. aker Prof Peircs although he sad nothing IN this
paper bicb implied that fact. Ba; Prof Norton and
Bes,e ,el both in error in stIlbuurg sensible re-
pusive force to the nucleus sef a. Is clearly sho~n
by Bobds observations op the OF the envelopes.
The idea Of the central dsk hre IN the tail being
shadow is absurd 20 deserve onentsry consi1era-
tior-t lot directed from the sun q, sx degrees
from that line.
Tbe bour Of adjournment cut of Prof Peirce be-
fore be bad completely finished his paper, which was
listened to with great ateJtop, and, 10 spite ot inc
vote to adjourn at brief conversation eosuen 'e
tween PrOfs. ALExaSDER, PIERCE, and hESRf, on
the peculiar interest Of those invesgs,iJns on the
.. .maneLtly electrified and magnetic state OF The pan
cts aDd con,etary bodies.
In the Afternoon, the Assoclst'on ana large hnHiosi
of gentlemen ard ladies of Spnogfieh accepted sn
invitation from AInherst College aud tn rsiIosds
tbiiher TO make excursion 10 that place AT l2i
O'Clock the train OF SIX cars was started oy loc"9
tive wbUse paflofc decoratfohs 1euinoea one ''iHy
Of the Fourth Of July.
Oo reaching Anbers' the Association found the stu
dents drawn up with band and osnner-ths motto u
which was, "Honor TO Sc eoce"-tj receive them
Trey escorted through the principal streets 70 the
college buildings, where the Programme wa called
alouo ana the students resolved the selves into nm
ptou p,u Committees to show off the lions. OF which
there are rot few; Ine per-oni. tnSnRs 0i iht
The view from the town OF the c1apel building "a
scarcely equsled The beautiful ereenstone range Of
Mt Ho)yoke, with lis deep gorges, one OF them DONG
ing enough 70 let the Connecticut through Mt Tom
and ham
and scarcely less beautiful 70 the west north, and east
make up tract of country shich appeared to be as
fertile a. il ia charming .
The hb ares contain some % 600 volomes. There is
aver, good philosophical cabinet and excellent chem
ical lsbora raiory remarkably sell equipped. Inc Law
reIce Observatory contains 1lbch Telescope male oy
Clark and transit instrument, with an astronomical
clock But the chief sttTsctlon is III the caoinet OF
Natural History kept in two large buildings ln the
Geological cabinet 600 specimens OF the rocks OF
England ~ith the characteristic fossils rs maay OF Eu
rope and more than 300 specimens from ASIA, chiefly
from Palestine, Syris, Armenia, Persia, and iodl1
From the West Indies, 225 specimens Massachusetts
900; the United States generally, 2OOOi CONNECTICUT
so; Vermont, 1900, ana many more beside. very
large pumber Of add tiopal specimens have not yet
been sn anged and ticketed Some 100 Indian relics,
and a very good collection Of NDeveh mar Dies and
bricks. large collection of minerals IS arranged tor
conye epience after Da,as AineIaogy. There are me-
teorc from III localities from the oldest, which
fell at EnsisheD, Nov Z 1892, 10 the newest which
fell al Ausson also ID France, on the 9Th OF last DE.
ember-tbe best collection in the world next to that of
Vienns But the great attraction Of the collection is
the large number Of speciDeos OF Ornlthyichnites,
the fossil footprints of the colossal biids, which ona-
meped by goue ages when the sandstone OF the Coo
nectcus valley was as yet only red sand. vast nnm
Der OF tracks exabited Of all sizes up To nearly
foot in length, occupying the whole of large hall
Nothing If striking than ak or eight tracks, ao,u,
two inches deep aud nearly foot long, stretched
alorg in the continuous rock the great tird walked
or saded on hrs way 10 some mighty meal. Prof.
Hitchcock himself pointed out the more remark abe
spe cimeus in his collections they arrsoged and
moupted 20 10 afford the best possible opportunity
for exau nation.
At O'Clock the room above the chemical apparatus
was thrown open, and collation. prepared by the Ia
dies of Amherst was partaken of. There gas some
confusion about il, but still few speeches we're at
lergth made President Stearns of Amherst College,
welcomed the sa5 ans. Prof. Alexander responded.
1t was not until nearly 81 o'clock that the return
train arrived at Springfield.
Duipg the stay at Auherst there was much scstter-
ing about the grounds, and l imagined that dscov-
cred some double stars, which could scarcely have
been separated by the Cambridge or any oher re-
fitctor. ~
SUNDAY, June z 1859.
To-day has been spent by many Of the members of
the Association out Of the city; most of those who re-
NAMED listened to sermon by the Rev. Dr. Schah,
in the Congregational Church.