Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-03-25
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TIL. Hon. @. P. Daieg, elected President
al the meering Of the Americsn Geoerapf-
ical and Statistical Society 10 New York
city, 10 his ANNUAL address enumerated tie
foliowiog as the principal note worthy
eyenis Of The lat year
l. The connecting Of the North Atlantic
With the Pacific 0cean by rail- 2. The
completion ofthe canal across the Isrhmus
Of Suez 3. The explrations and discoy-
cries in southeastern and east equatorial
Africa g. The additional aud conclusive
evidence now brought u light Of climate
in The ice bound region Of The Aric at
past and remote period Of time resembling
that Of the countries lying near The cquator
5 The marvellous results of The deep sea
dredgines of Professor Thompson and Car
perter, reyesling lhe existence Of animal
ie at enormons depths 10 tbe ocean. where
is has been supposed TO have been impos,i-
Die. 6. The very general disturbance
throughout this year. Of the earth surface
By earthquakes, dissinguishai5ie not 50 much
for the effects in particular localities as for
the vide distribution of the phenomena
over tie globe and us Appearances in parts
Of the world where such disturbances have
never been previously witnessed within the
memory Of man 7. The attractive power
Of mountains discovered in the pendulum
experiments made during the past year at
the observing stations upon the Himalayas,
in India 8. Tne discovery through the
speetroscope Of method Of determining
he proper motion Of the stars aud the fact
that the chemical and physical constitution
Of The whole stellar universe Is identical 9.
The invention and successful pIaciicaI use
Of seif-regi,tering compass by which every
motion of vessel can Be recorded and pre-
served from the beginning 10 the end Of her
voyage TO- The discovery Of trees Of enor-
NOUS hight and magnitude 10 Australia,
one of which was found to be sixty nine feet
ia circumference. H. OF great deposits Of
valuable coal throughout The whole OF New
2 .aland, aud the finding Of coal upon the
borders Of the Ca,pisn, verifying. IN the
last particular. prediction of Humboldt
made forty years ago. both of which dis
cDyeries are of the highest importance to
commerce. y The anthropological re-
searches in Europe, Asia and Africa, reveal
Ing the structure, mode Of life, and customs
Of the earliest inhabitants of the earth Is.
The assembling at Copenhagen last August
of the international Congress of Pre- historic
Archaeology, under the auspices Of The King
Of Denmark IN n'eresting in the circumstance
that il brought into communication with
e,ch other learned men from all parts of
Europe and for the valuable information
the papers aud descriptions elected in re-
spect to the three successive periods Of
mans early history. known as the stone,
the bro1ze and the iron ages. IA The re-
turn Of Captain Hall from the Arctic region
with information respecting that mysterious
country Is. The exploration Of DR.. Hayes
Of the remaius Of the early settlements made
on the southeastern shore Of Greenland. i.
I6. The return Of Captain Adams and his
men from the exploration OF the Colorado
and its tributaries, II. The complexion of
the French exploration Of the River Cambo-
dia tn The province Of Tunan, 10 China, the
official details of which have not yet ap-
peared. IS. The expedition of Sir Samuel
Baker, which started last October. 10.
The escape Of Dr. Livingston. of the Ameri-
can ship Congress, thru lgh . cyclone Of cx-
traordinary intensity and force, and the
gaining Of valuable information thereby.
20. Tie expedition Of the Russian merchant
Seidrow, in his own steamer, around the
coast Of Norway and through the Polar
Ocean to the mouth OF the Pitschora