New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-01

riches square and an inch Thick are contained OF
ncnettr, thermometer, goniome,er. level magrjfyhs
kns, nessue for wire gl,lze, pummet. pls,ioa scales
| OF vsioos sizee, and thermometer. The traveller
ASCERTAIN hy its means The temperature the fone
ofi Wind tie lattudc, The position Of the rocks N
survey ard nap hisroue. The geologs can determine
ard drtw tie direction and amount Of the din Of Ne
els the angles Of cleavage and CRYSTALS zstion or az
en- me by means of tourmaiDe the bottom of pool o,
shsllow deTtlr along the coast lines o,berwise invisible
to the eye The miner can survey and level or roof or
foor Of his workings can ASCERTAIN the tenDora,,r Of
The sr nnder ground dRcover whether the ventilsiion
s deficient, or zee whether the wires Of his Dayy
lamp are in safe condition" .4
Our American Cambridge IL divided against itssaf
In it's OF inion Of the Darwin theory Of the origin a
sIecies TIE new doctrine ~ warmly supported BY
PIofesor Gray in a recent article, while tits announced
that Professor Agaseiz will devote large space in hs
next volume Of contribution 10 Natural History 10 .
rfuaiiOn Of what be believes TO be scientific errors
In English Cambridge Professor Sedgvick one 81 tho
mot venerable teachers Of that venerable institution
in commencing Liz forysecond course Of lectures.
INm.ifes 10 occuTy aportion OF bis time during she
pes season IN what hechaIaeterizcs a. the revived
heresy now known m Dar,xn's Theory" In Swner-
lar Piole tie en- inent geologist opposes the new
crinion in an essay which the Darwnians themselves
STYLE TIE mort moderate and temperate review Of Dar-
win yet published.
"A yisOn similar 10 tho far-famed spectre Of tho
Bocken to tbat beautiful phenomenon witnessed By
Forbes the Fura has just been observedn England.
few weeks since, gentleman climbed up the asep
down which shelters the pleasant seacoast village Of
BoDchucb in con pany with several of his friends On
Il sun nit at hight Of 700 feet, they snused them
selves by watching in front of them the deDee fog
wi ich WIS rolling in from the and pouring along
tie tanks Of the down. II was about O'Clock,
ard the sun directly behind them was apparently
AZ about their level. The nfrsction OF is rays
through tie NIT produced beautiful iris Of an ova
form While gazing at this they were suddenly con
scious Of several dark sepuchra looking forms Of 90
l.. sal dimensions in the center of the halo On rang
their arms and taking off their hats their actions
min licked by the images and they then saw that the
obj cs were their own shadows, projected BY the sun
at Il cir backs on the fogwall opposite. As tho mst
approached nearer and the sank lower the gigantic
figures at length vanished
M Mariette, after uncovenng the almost perfoc.
workshop Of ancient Egyptian artisan, and finding
a multitude of vases and satuettes has jus, dison-
tOmbed TIE mummy OF roydi pr'nctS" hcp"~th u
magnificent ssrcOpbsgus. But none of these oejects
are likely 70 reach the European collections for the
viceroy, for whom NJ. MaIet,e is working, is having
Luilt in France an iron Iasce in the pures Saraoessc
STYLE. which is to be ereccd in Alexandria and used 10
the national - Egypt, where such antiquities
as NJ Mariete may bring to light will be deposited
At the Village of Zugra, not many miles from
Cornth bronze has just been found containing 10
lees than $40 Greek cons Of great antiquity the rno
modern being of the time Of the Achsan League. Al
York. in England famous for its yield of Roman roles,
seIucbra stone has recently been discovered in tbs
cellar Of an old convent, with Latin inscription signi
fyIg that it erected to the memory Of DeciminA
daughter of Decimius. An Ango-SaxOn grave has
teen oJencd at Sarr MILL in the Island Of Thanet; ia
contents we've a large bronze bowl full Of bones
beautiful fbuls Of gold bua, four gold medals beads
of amber and ametbystine quartz, and number Of
iron weapons In Northampton, during some
recent excavations, the workmen came upon
a macs of weapons and other implements OF the
ante Roman period. Beyond the Mediterranean, Mr..
Davis las been employed BY the British Government
for four years in exploring the site of old Carthage
He il about to return Great Britain, with the bulky
esus Of hs long researches, and is said TO have mado
discoveries which shed vast deal Of new light upon
Punic History.