The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-25
THE SAVANS OF 1870.
Closing Up OF the Session--Nsettng Of Sec.
ton "a Valuable Paper by Clinton
Roosevelt" The BesSenier"
Again-Generic Laws W.
Special Legislation.

| guarded az they have been throughout the pro-
oeedings OF the Convention In other words, this
meeting was q grand burlesque on science In which
Mr. DuttOn, who from his appearance resembed q
lieutenant In the United States army. paid q high
compliment TO the HERALD. subsequently followed
BY another gentleman. who gracefully alluded to
the same subject. The meeting was something IKE
evening ut Tony PASTORS opera House, and here,
Us In many other instances during the Convention,
the Bessemer process OF blast furnace purery
was INDUCED. The owners OF these works
have wound their loving arms about the
Convention, and I. Sterry Hunt, the Presi-
dent ana Others have responded In reciprocal
and corporate hugs. Much merriment was had
In Section 2. This IL among the closing scenes;
but there already inkhngs OF important scientific
papers to be read at the Indianapolis meeting OF
1871. These Will. Judge, scarcely fail TO attract
attention whom mention That Professor Sullivan.
President la rnard, Of Columbia: Professor b. s.
Hcdrick. OF the Department OF the Interior Wash
lngton; Mr.. John Riley, tie inventor OF the famous
salamander felting, to which the attention OF the
Convention particularly directed as a great pub
| lie economy during the illustrations OF the same
| Oh the cOntr0verted Besscmer process; Professor
Agassz, A. l.. Holley. Professor Hunt are
already prengured to appear before the grand meet
| Ing OF 1871.
| Colonel J. Townsend Conn oily OF Governor Hon.
mans stan, has cleo ted member Of the asso-
| citation.
| Papers were read yesterday afternoon bv Dr.
Thomas Hill. +. A. b.; Barnard Orr. Morris, II. Il.
| Waling, II. H. vanderweyde Professor Pickering.
| T. O. Hligard and Professor Bickneil.
Other unlmpOftant papers were read but attracted
little attention. But Professor Agassez by proxy,
sent very important paper, on The Former Exist-
| ence OF Local Glaciers on the White Mountains"
paper read was ''The substitution OF General
Laws for Special Legislation by the Rev. George
A. Leakin, OF Baltimore. The Idea was that divine
government operates by general laws; the best civil
government Is that which assimilates to 1t. He re-
| apply Tor each charter land railroad ana The re-
suit was the cOrrupting influences OF their corpora
tons upon the Legislature. This Is all done away
with by the substitution OF general laws and the
rights are secured by application TO the proper
that legislatures attempted to establish values az In
France with disastrous results; but by letting these
laws alone, they are selfcorrectve ana assmilate
| themselves TO The divine law. A congress or
tons was called for to protect the interest Of
nations and secure entire populations from the
within Of one ruler, and it gratifying to note
that the American idea instituted in 1889, now
being recognized, and that Prussia had already
freely recognized this American doctrine, and that
IN view OF the extension OF this principle the Ameri
can would say, with greater PRIDE than the Roman,
OF competition In place OF the usual mode oil OBTAIN
ing Office would be placing premium upon merit
not upon local electlOneerlng. That with these
| principles our government would become uni
versal government Oh would seek its protection that
Professor Langley, OF tho Allegheny Observatory,
then read paper on an Improved form OF solar eye
| eye-pleCeB
employ single reelection from the surface VI an I'M
silvered mirror to diminish the light. which Is fur
tier enieebed by oarK glasses Tnis introduces ar.
other In general use do the true color or the
solar surface. radical Improvement Is obtained
by Introducing second reflector and polarZing the
light. This plan had presented itself independently
to others as well as to the speaker who had how.
| ever constructed an instrument, which he showed
the audience, employing some novelties which he
4 hoped were useful Three renect0rs were employed
: | the FIRST being immOvaby fixed the pOlariZinR
angle so as to receive the solar image centrally the
t other Two moving independently by mechan.
Ism resembling that OF mcrometers. In this
| form the great danger OF the first glass
breaking by the Irreguiarly distributed heat was
tails of the construction OF the instrument and de-
scribed the results attanable by its The eye
could be placed In the focus OF lens Thirteen inches
In diameter when thus protected, ana the being
directed TO the sun, the solar surface scrutinized
with entire ease every feature being presented with
precision and In Its natural color The speaker gave
verbal description OF the intricate details OF solar
spot on the sun, reserving more minute details Tor
the ala or graphical description aud another Occa.
sion.
the American Association for the Advancement OF
, Science, at Troy n. Y, by Clinton Roosevelt
Question-Ought true science OF national wealth
TO be excluded IRON the curriculum OF the Anne
Association for the Advancement of Science2
MI. Roosevelt Is willing TO allow, according to the
| motion OF Professor AgassiZ, made AT the last an
: nua meeting Oi the association at Salem Mass.
that the system OF political economy, as taught in
our colleges and universities, embracing only pro-
ducti0n, distribution, exchange and consumption OF
articles having exchangeable values, Is insufficient
|
RoseveIts science OF national wealth consists OF
three orders and nine genera, without counting the
species, varieties &c, as fOIlOws:-
! FISt-The creating arts and sciences, consisting
of:First, agriculture; second, manufactures; third,
Second--The conserving arts and sciences consist.
Ing ol-FIrst, law second. war; third, hygiene.
WtHd-The refining or perfecting arts and sciences
consisting of-First, physics; second. metaphy sics;
| third, politics.
These embrace sail that men can reasonably de-
sire on earth as useful or delightful to him. All
are founded on the wants OF man, the original evil
10 overcome being want-the higher law beng ne
cessty In the original nature or tbngs-the chief
good TO be pursued being happiness, and the rule OF
faith in evidence OF truth being consistency That
truth IN che nature OF things so that what
Is universally consist ent is true, whether we can
prove any single proposition oy itself alone or not.
ns aone nave wny M aeTs 81
earth and goodwill to all is that tue viii OF man is
not governed or to be governed, by The greatesst
motives but by the same general law that Ro-erf1s
III physics; thus accepting the science OF govern
ment as the. science OF motive powers. Motive
! powers are OF two kinds. :"
EHst, metaphysical; second, physical.
And whereas, In physics motive powers operate
saSs4a Of e ne u sesss X sna as s
motives govern the will Of ffiah In times fnus
men who verify believe In eternal rewards and pun.
a ssa te e prse Nes Ss ssH
nlent of punishment comes Thus as In the
railroad Company brlbed, all at once, the Leglsla-
Sss @ fhs ssSSSsaSs J y
porations mas failed to carry their designs In
any case unless opposed by q more wealthy S9mbi-
among WHOM some are superior 70 private gain. pre-
ferrng honor and good cOnsclences. For among all
classes the immediate and direct self-lnterest is
against the commonwealth, so that II men be let alone
things cannot regulate themselves things having In
themselves idea OF the kind. On the contrary
things let alone tend constantly to punish the indo-
lent. The same things II let alone destructive
to life and happiness II removed becoming benen-
cial In their proper places the ordl OF cities left
to find It's own level IN the lowest places send forh
malaria disease and death, IL transported to the
| surrounding country and covered in the soil pro.
duclng flowers fruits aud cereals Ior the support Of
life and happiness.
That there Is q law OF Providence under the higher
avu nfa In