New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-09
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD-
VAkCEMEpr OF SCIENCE.
SEVENTH DAY.
SENEN u DbIs
IEnr SiIth n.i,s Pioeee5ings. Gee S.yanth Paee.

The ARRIVAL VI the Bibb 1881 cvobuR, Icib ut-n VIII
astronomy, c.s I'd no lJle eDssion among the Asso-
eti,n The dangers ana the excit mems OF tbs voy-
age w.Ie the talk Of the evening To fa iiats social
IN ercourss be the voysesrs and their friends,
Prof Bocte gave an entertal neDt at the Bellevue,
vbe cot u ere a large attendance.
in the Ia sring the Representatives Hall was
crowded lorg before the b Or of messing, and ire
autt il tsr,st was manifested when the diagram OF
9 10 al eclipse seen at labrador vas put up.
The Stabdrg Committee recommended that the
Ass, ca,ip dpI0e into sections; that Prof Alexander
al d Pre- dent Barnard occupy the c. ion Of Mathe'
mai. anc Piy.Rs, with s6e account Of The Labrador
Ex,,d ton and that, in the s.cti,D Of Geology and
Nautal history Mr. doe. BsrTstt BE- sl'o~ed ~ pre-
..p, liz 0, p-r N the IA dttyus SubhumsDus, that
the Nv. Mr. HorOaD be p rnlt'ed - give his Theory
Prob sbihnes AID u at Mr.. Ja,. Hyatt have An op-
40 rru ity TO IT RENT something else Of eqna mt 1c
i.trS. Tnis ,istos Of Ih.se tJse geltleusn, con-
sgni, n EN- nj pie solitnd-, while Prof Alexander
s ulu give is account Of the eclipcs, excited yer,
general so,i -.
Ia. Ar ocia. on then divided into c.ipns; Mr. Bar
ia and Ms. HaTmsn went INTO The Senate Chamber to
nj, r. La re TIER vlea DIR Hyatt remaining, and the
Gilman of he Nsthe1 s,i al section Gated upon
F. Of s.pbep Alexandsr Chief Of The Labrador iuro-
noni al Ea redn,D. VITA emotion, 20 great as
ss'eyt be rDIpr.s.d,
Prot al.2,rd- said
eel o,ercou,e l,d,s and gentlemen, ny he kindly
rec. p'iun have Def f'"m the mo hent "e se5 our
ieet shore 10 All eNtDt n j. no. cay ~ pToss
w. a >. ., III. from q aDd VI moGumrniA d rUa ion
40 tie Md, VI tInds aid -orls intercourse aod de-
gum c.py-Is., hD0 # my ideas should nos he qni'e
c.aJ beg You all psrdvp uDder -uch ,te'esttnx
,n.uusa,,,s. Yol ace veil aoa Z that The obssrsi-
ii n.f ,hr toal eclipse Of lo6O, al point near be
cons, If Labrador nss undertaken nnd-r pttrUnage
# toe Cont suv.y. | wac The hubble agent u
ear, ing the eas Of the Sperntr ndent-that Is,
III, s,s cites lid myself 10, though the expedition
nd III Otteps'b. had that did OF imply superiority
y The port % sDy. We we're to place ouFselVss ~
Mar rs pos,bl. 70 he hbs of the Central Eclps-,
aid ,lI,s morpDg | AN 10 state 10 yOn as briefly
20 Iossine bow we sci c.ed our s,atlon, aud
vi NJ Hh-n We 90, hare. Neger IN Uy VIII
CT, have ser suc1 srenes OF .randsnr ae ae
raw vi go reariI or stiDat"D. For ths last nftj
i.s ~ uIbrOkeD cham OF mount'i Q seemingly
10 u I'd OF ca-t,ir,n rose teyosd the inis OF arb
e,et v g.'a'OD, Ya,cbe' VI sno~ still lingering On
III il ess nsiit from which there d. 4n Gs
sers e rhil Blu what discoufa, ed more han all
u,s at the a. OF ibaG long barrier. Thnngi tue day
WAT clear ov.Tbeso aioJg hal barrier ele bid Of
n,t L,l1 b. pIdrT tie ekJrsble law of cpndonsi.
rbe onDIars Themselves. Aud when We NJ.
r1v,d at our Isttu1e, aud were tFJiDg TO lind
sose little opeBiDg through which sc could
IN ct, looked upon these to%erng nlas-s1s
coo fee, high. How We were n get On the pla-
i,su was ,Ct uauIf's ~ az all Bn, there wss TIA,
mis- L. Nbs 4 beautiful illustration OF t6e laws of
no,,ure; luI CD, i had rainbow ABOUT it, aud all
b pIeraroiIoDs that sd been made 60 carefully and
al he ex, et tst iba bad been raisTd-al -esmed
10 have oppwtd ~ tuem barrier Us nsxordble 4s the
law Of nature themselves. One thing became evi.
dent; We n us take advantage of that very arrange
ELI; We must iDtsrpose that huge birirr Of noun.
tsip bcrus.n ours YES and the oeaD, or our work
us' con paught Ard, therefore, we peDerr .ted
IT. incl inDLd sfttr4 while Set OF terraces AVON
wi j. We hf lily pa.rd Ourselves, AID then The hugo
lncur'air ta ri shut tie g NJ DER The sane la ..
son eiDes III. fog CT, pit through like huge serpent
but 1t cam, down. on the warm SIDE of tue mountain
TAI ge and csy reached rs. Our mari Dor Vas
gOOG and snug sDd we sat Ourselves 10 Work 70 pre-
lhr- fer ,lse Na,iuus. When the weather in the re-
VI was ,lsar u very clear, but IL never remained
than i~o days At tine, and with An increis-
i, anHisty We looked forward 10 the great day. III
g. u ed " Or. nj that il would be very clear, bat II;
the vrIy critical moment Of all, bine-' enths of the
es,er we're o,erosst. And yet much that Gas 10
'eDs,ly interesting n great oea that was valuable
al gathe ed, ard ne felt thankful that We could
phen, NINA and I can oily ande 10 then
in yassi. 2 for this must be brief. No sooner
dos The moon prude upon the etgs Of ihe sun than
J er dye commonly appears very rough whea the
.cll AIM, It sDnuloT or tca, ths IA enormously
rough uhai. yer 81 { may htpp.p. We bad already
ARA q ouTseve. disti'ued ouc 30 rs. Before
~ tbtre called d formal cOGnii We discussed
ever, method; we a@ce'iaoe1 Who shonl taketas .nd
" no tn, uld tske tb4G. We had some OF sb1se very
draw ipgr around the cabin, and We prepared our
selves by ci CVrg ourselves each one 10 obs rye hs
oap jhenop epa a bot 10 be swe-struck aud int-r.
ut by spectacle so foil OF il'eras, so heartfelt 80
SUBLIME. We sere ranged together-your humble
serva 10 VI Q ceI ttr-so as 10 communicate easily
" IN all he photographers at my SIDE. Tue seconds
W, IL cell, Ls one individual and The psssicg minutes
by auorhu; go that, if one fs'l.d. another
C uld take it up and we should no; poe.
sib'y get the wrong minute. 81 we val ed nnil'
he critical lial.. Moody spoke until everything had
hsen obs reed. Wen was pc fectly sure OF the MO
u,r # oottact, oasd for i; iheD the photographed
let ny iii + bis instrument AID caught tho IT.
tie cur e and showed the ragged edge Of the moon
f. III tnl 10 tbr cI when bordering sht D4-ses by
it A Other phsponenon, is belt OF light which APP
ans outside Of The Noon on the snh, sh wing hi
lie rest VI Ih- eun lie taiDy brighter along bv the
dye OF re ne OD. We rtodied that time aud again,
IN different oooTed 81 SECS sou col I'd showlngi II
ore ri ulAy tb8n Others anG usual, the iltuful
pho oprsI cauglt it. In The daguerreotype impTes
si,I,-,f which bsve copies At home-tsken by ar
Csnlb, u IN 1854 IN " York, tbs Photographic Illus
ira telling the same siOry. Aud another curl ,ne
ph, n meDon ell by 0cly one OF our party. On
It's tide o. tie close % the edge oi the Sun,
som,how se along that edge protested on the sua
WAS tuish light. The eye It. WAS satisfied II
as n ere rel ori. it sp,cias and then opened
the pbotog sEhic p4e sDs then hat pheu eDon, snp.
ned o be 81 optical ilnsjoD in 1890 and TO lie
hi rsp p it 1885, photograph remembered i,,
and Iu it down, and ssld IL DOT seen jns bee ,se
on Lave mperit Ct eyet bat there Ii sJmethDg the
THE breatr o. silet O. which hid p,eoslled un II now
wss broken by ir.pre'sibe app ars, Th,se tbrAe
drawing. ave ius fcAlou 70 the Superintendent Of
TIE Coast Survey in all ZINE for sepiiog thar photo
graplic snsrg. ent 60 Tar. Cbesrs.l regard Them
ss inter rely ysuahle. a Il ECLIPSE advanced nothing
could be besnnfDl jus becsu-e tue couos we're
tleIe, and We did not need scre n gl,-s
most of us. Nothing could be more eau.
tfu han the eclipse as il approach d, and we did
no, w.Id,r that iiCse who kctw notbitg ATOM il
should he sed with ne idea tot son-I'os vas
d.ytprig he SUI, 81 some tsVages are, or that the
GLORIOUS oh was meltpg away. And through ttat
n IL him of cloud The beautiful are seeming crescent
could be loob, NJ by tbe bare sJe and il narrowed
ard narrowed II iecame h bit Of ragged silver wir.--
tie edeef il ragged ibt edges Of The sharp cusps