The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-07

VII, tic baked eya, tot ~ '"ehai mis"i ny
glass m4ailure lorests ~ers Jcsf"aoe my trees and
shru0 berry growing ,siuiiacOtns nn' III a1n'us wales
tho sarro, udns earth beus a srI, NseYfy snbstinoe
ressu,bhu. moss. Bf .agre are yis'see hceos oloash
all about tnd nosses Countless V"SrSes' macy o.
which crowaed tbe must besntHs "~oo Suns
Tue botalsts here hud All exh. lesess n'Ge npi a.
wealth, both IA ibe Upoef ,I, lower sheSdih hN5 !"
these AlP,Ue blossoms. we'll many varet's o. nv
hiae luernies abonud ~ the ges'er1 y, aries Dui
have seen larger butterflies IN tine prnes sh III NY "
, are native among the Alps . =,
AatAnai Rath Won anita although n, did not hssi-
late 10 reise the shelter his house 10 al 'aro'
~sen SONS think r-thec shabby HIM hos taby
ii open the magnificent halls his priacsV awelns
" tta houo abe members the Philosophers Assoc"'
ton, whose meetings he presided.
Tho country people, who all less iu4ere'ed
IN tha researches the ssr 'cmon either 70 .a.e ~
ano Their Is muHiinOts branches. all wed VIVA can
decorating the bod'ugs they occuniei a~ the
streets through which thes pass All The htt
viages hcreabouts had sonethsng peculiarly criera ~
the var Il publ aioreat. Que. whsse coat OF arms
cbsinois. had live ohsooss fresh from his Asphe
hills euclsed lattice work III evergreen. sSr
mounted upon tri.iu hal Of IN AMI Another.
tho Of VIII clt u arms Consisted ~ bear hsa
live Dear gariinded with Ainio which bey 10
marched ab"at with all The and circumstances
impppable Another whose fes1a aruasie was covete
great variety OF A,poe moss, was snfmounted nv
. " Sehrlx Mannii," the Snow IN refor having been
brought down from a Delahboios Alp. The day being
Of the WafIDcst the uAan" rrnahei pcrecs
uni evening. IN spite Of August ann tnn dug star
About hundred learned delegates bad assembled ~
were macy from Othev lands, especai'y
from ny and trunce an Informal meeting WAS
Natural Philosophers Congress opened che follow AZ
mnsp, Sunday, Axus 3D. Ia the little lower decked and
garlanded church o, Samaden.
n was the forty seveuth session OF tbs snctcty.
Their assembly Is to b. held nex year in Zurich.
tho place a s meeting twenty and that OF the
succee,iiug year. Ia November.
President planta hi, o,e.ns address. spoke the
culture the peols OF the tng,din IN the science OF
natural philosophy andk showed how mach hath Gu dooe
them durie the.pas Tor the cause and i'd
vancrnnont II tho Wn'uss lPissensrhrh."
roie c. Vogt, OF Geneva, antedlavna-tan, spoke Of
tho race m nknd whom cnes had proved
~ have existed la ages. aud 20 have dweit IN
PROFESSOR Heer Of Zurioh did moi consider tho proof
about tho icQate tho adonts the society It
beloS, he believed plausible affair so'sen s up oys
more thorough investigation. sad we shall prob
ably learn a. the next meeting u tho s"oiosy
wd beasts. or not lshould rot at oil wonder. indi.
viduaily. Il they had.
body ~ foot VI tho Moucrstch gnccr, two ana
hall hours distant. They occupied sixty carriages. and
followed BY many Mpnecrs IN mountain wagons aud
mute bnck and bv ihIry chamors huniors IN hunting
ccst,me. ON foot The day was III lancrnt, ana after
short stay 10y the beautiful Ris Of the Fstzbnch they
proceeded tho tho giacior and TO tho loo
hill. over the bllowy suburbs. Which remind one 81
frozen ocean waves or The fluctuations rolling prnires
to the gacie hody, preceded by Co'ani and I'll hs
slight msa.ep or two brought bore and thore digni
phiosorhcr that portion Of tho human organ,za
among the learned as the seat Of under
standing bat all these little Incidents attended
with uo serious results " science embodied In tho
honorable persons the gentlemen question. a' ~
somewhat pressed tor mo. they dill not visit the ~
fails around whose vicinity the fantastic ,ce boo S
tho most wonderful creations. but they s1~, glacier
lake. aud morefice towers and pnnaces. aud yawning
chasms; and rushing streams seen fa~ .y between tiny
ice cracks, than Can enumerate
From the Montereisch glacier convention repared
the house OF the President or panta whose
n riS,so sy. nothing aa1e was got ny 10 mag
DER II worthy s pv ,eIy aud nobe ,vsr Tao festival
s" vas, ~'s % decorated with flower ssrisnds. aud
the esai DOW which was or massive silver and eraced
tue cenIoV tho principal dining table, encrcled
."u arland OF ehe!wss, freshly gathered from the
All,n> tops Of tho meuat Ans or the 10 rpies
ae honorable geaen,on we're served by beautiful Al
ne girls daughters rom the best fsmiies " the Enga.
costumes with flower wresihT their heads aud bi
OF edei~iss upon their bosoms And tho old follows
and devonred Their dinners with much COMFY sure
they would have dno had they been served by negro
| walters IN white aprons instead That Ia what / call
| throwing pearls before-ph,iosophers
On tho secoud day tho convention was divided
into tn CO ns--that devoted 10 medicine most
| ting In the vicinity OF the mineral springs by
geological botanical and geological p,raeots. hold
ing their convention la tho hall OF "cotes house" a.
chemistry ted their c0nvocaou at tho noighoorBg VII
| age VI puntrcsin's.
| Tho reports wcrc given In tho following morning.
| The medicinal section determined 10 institute com.
mtee Cor tho investigation o tubcrc'cs on q lungs IN
all their stages as developed upon ndiedaals resid ns
among the mo intains hey asserted that tuberc.ious
Diseases rema' kbiy Ia Tie Upper nsadn, being
scarcey known ~ all among the native inhabanis, tins
scientific OF which they determined 70 fathom
| Prof. Theobald, OF Coire, VIII, has vri'ten vo
luminously thanany other author the OF the
Engad,n offered highly Interesting description OF It's
PROF. Mcisner Of Basic. reported the remarkable
bossc OF Victoria regs III the botanical garccus of
Bas o, which artificial heat could bring bloom, but
winch, upon being moetened with heated water burst
| suddenly into the most !uxurtant bioSsnm.
lilo Meteorological tommissn. which began It's service
In 1850, brought In It's report Eighty cgh: stations
Guiding those OF every height hayo been estsb he'd for
purchased with the money appropriated by the
Swiss government and the separate cautious fcr thai.
especial purpose The assertion will broader
observations. beginniog IN the LAT Of ilcccmbcr.
The congfcgaied philosophers were greatly astcnishod
and somewhat amused on receiving while IN
broth ry teegraphic ieet na iron tho momocrs ct ins
Protestant cersy then IN convention at Corc.
hsn 10 band with religion In promoting the advance
ment If b;,.sity. Th r ecciosiasca discussion npor
this ubect held H. tho wee hours around esai boart
| glowing with crystal "es VI rosy Se'o'ne'' wa
| remarkably fuuny, tn say the -"
| Nxws FOR iRoyoST nARs,-'-'' ..,.. 49,,
religious sect exists In Bern called News fasS
Baptsts. who prncpied against doing military duty
the attributes OF being IN harmony with their
belle and recently having come "a
tho MOTTO u the Edgenossesche In which Neutauier
fused TO do military service, that august national body
decided that every man has right B., hts religious
duty ana ,bs. ~nacysr docs no, fua Ills da.s q
the State must necessarily leave the sate therefore
the Mea's ,s,,o were a. liberty TO en.y .hci,
such they shonId nc to perform their duties
norAbe citizens. The Neatau IN not decided 10
his religious convictions no and has concluded
perform military service rather than accept the degrad
Ing alternative.
1 pwArH ~ 4 rRoFr10R ~
The latest teieg aphc dispatches che death
Pro-: Shrmev President o; the Academy OF Art al carls
ruhc. Germany. Prof 3. = most accomplished
pantse and founder u the Carsruhe School Of Art His
pictures we're characterized By natural simplicity ol
tone and no painted airs and breezes, and " rustns
trees" and Ripping waers. with sound II them such
= have sccn from any hand oesde his His
Ices will be deeply depored by ali lovers oe He wa
ofiy.sevon years of Tho Swiss Art Union has re-
atty purchased one Of his late picures-sabJsct,
.laad Landscape"
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