, 1865-10-27
PROF. AGASSIZ'S EXPEDITION.
Els Reception in Brazil-Importhut
DIseoverIes-DfyiHIon Of tho E1plo-
ring Pafty-Agns&tx Going up the
ANluZoN.

Dlst0verIes-DfvaKlon Of the E1plo-
ring Party-Agnsstx Going up the
AnluZon.
rFrom the New York Evening Post, ssd.]
Profound interest has been excited in sci.
cntifc md popular circles IN this country and
In England By the expedition Of Professor
AEnssfz to Brazil but in consequence OF his
aversion to notoricty and Of the serere labors
in which the scientific corps under his dfrec.
uon las been engaged, no definite account OF
hts movements, go Important to science, nas
been received in this country. 1n CONVERSE
t1on with ley. J. G. Fletcher, who has Just
returned from South America, We havo OBJ
tanned some interesting particulars OF tue pro-
g1ess of the expedition, the publication OF
which, we hope, Is no violation Of praracr.
and his assistants LEFT New York in the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company's steamer Colorado,
and after pleasant voyage Of three Weeks
reached iRio Janerio. The Emperor Of Bfa-
zi1 {wno had been In previous corrcspondcnee
mfth Agassiz) no sooner heard Of his AIriFa1
than he sent a message to Him to come to the
palace OF st. Christopher, where the Professor
WAS received with The warmth Of m old
friend, tbs Emperor welcoming him in person
and With great cordially, and placing at his
disposal every facility Tor advancing his ina-
portnnt mission.
On the o5th Of April, when tho solar eclipse
took place, Agassiz, at the Enperor'a invita-
ton, spent the day with linn In the obscTyA-
tory OF the palace. Tho conversations Of that
aay CAUSED Inc rroacssos 70 H. lemash ~ taat III q,
Inc previous accollnis OF Ing AccuIatG anu n
realiy aDstIuse sclentlac ae4G1rcnlsns o. tno
emperor were en!Hei5 connsulea anu ns
was beard 10 say tEat, "hlic II hau oeen NJ
| fortune to sec many Of the monArchs Of
| Europe, the Emperor Of Brazil wns the first
| for whom he had felt Inspect tor his atiai1,
| ments aud character, as transcending official
| position. It Was NOT, however, In tho scieu-
| fi1c point Of view alone that Agassiz's ad-
| mlratton was excited but It was to find In
| the Emperor the most accurate knowledge Of
our current literature, and a high moral tone
| when speaking on such subject as slavery
subject Ia regard to which the Emperor. by
| his deeds aud by his expressions, has left no
Nor was il only Ia the imperial circle that
| Aeassiz found warm and cordial greeting.
| Every public journal hailed Ills coming; his
| rooms were bcseigcd with BRAZILIAN nobiemcn,
senators, deputies and other citizens, offering
| their services His laboratory {whefe he and
his assistants we're engaged in putting up for
tie great museum Of Cambridge the lunu-
merable specimens that flowed in from all
/ sides) was also the scene Of many visitors,
who aid uot interrupt the important work III
hard.
Professor Arnsslz WIS not unknown In Bra
I'll, Tor Il is an intcrestiur fact that before he
| was Of agc. Snix. thc coinnanIon of Won Mar
Inns to South AmcrIca. In 1920. having
| died. Vnn Martfus couid find no onc in Ell.
rone' with thr excemion Of Aqnssziz. to
classify The larrc COLLECTION OF Brazilian fishes.
Tbe volume In oucstion vas the earliest work
OF Arnts,z. and is fo-aay Standard On the
subject.