, 1873-08-27

From Our 0rn Correspondent. |
PORTLAND, No., Aug. ~, 1879.
Tho morning, and Nl day In fact, wan
rathor rainy. but that did not prevent goodly
crowd from coming togotllor. Ycsterlay was
todious but humorous iino pnpors wero road.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Tho General Assembly woro callod to order,
and proceeded to business. Tho following Rcion-
tiflc peraons woro elected aH nombora: LOWS
NJ. L. Jacleon, Cumberland, Mo. /; James ".
Miner, Waukogan, ILL.,; Edward Palmer, Waah-
ington, D. c.; George g. Merrill, Kansas; F.
N. Endloch, Washington, D. g.; 7. O. bartlett,
Portland, Mo. ]. N. Allen, Hartford, Conn.,;
j. W. Osborn, Washington, D. g.; Miss N. II.
Evort Chicago, ILL.,. Prof. W. q. Atkinson, New
York City; AliaH t. Stein, Chicago, ILL.,; G. y.
Daysnior, Massachusetts; Mrs. Il. Thompson,
Now York.
Tho following resolution was offered and
adopted:
Resolved, That full eet Of tho proceedings Of the
American Association for to AVnirenSnt o. ssieheo
be presented to tho Chicago Academy Of sclencea.3
Also tho following:
Rrsvlre Tint committee bo appointed by tho Con-
vcnton to memorable Congress- and tho several snto
Legislatures the importance Of promoting the cult;
to rocomnond proper legislation for securing those
objocta Aso, that tho Committee q to Assoeata9n
ba RtruCD TO Corporate N1tN tHc NAl1oHAA Asao1U-
lion appointed for Hmilar object.
It was voted that tho President and Permanent
Secretary bn addod to tho Committee OH tho Ke-
vision of tho Constitution.
Tho invitations Of tho Local Committee wero
Tho Secretary was requested to obtain reports
Of Messrs. Drunmond's and DawsonH romarks
| for printing.
Tho session thon adjourned to tho various aec-
| tions.
RECT1oN A..
The fret paper was road By Prof. G. Y.
| 1Iough: "A Description Of NJ. Automatic Regis
toring and Printing Thermometer" Tho paper
was good, but not Of public interest.
Tho second WIS by ". A. Rogers: "On tho
Periodic Error OF thu Right Aacensions OF tho
Nautical Almanac, md ItH Effoet on tho Longi-
tndes Which Depend on Them 2"
Coinage-Ita ProgroHs," was Of moro, public
| interest, md below wo give nh abBtract !:
It III generally conceded that a uniform md
simple baafa for natrical system iu thia couu-
Should bo on d gold mud silver basis. Gold
| should ho q legal tender tn payment III nll
amounts, wlailo silver should bo subsidiary. Par
tial progress toward tho establishment Of aucl,
Germany, in tho Scandinavian States, IN tho
Noshoriaslds also in tho United States. Japan
hns adoptod n complete system OF co!nnBo Oh q
gold and yilyor baBiB, nnl il tho only country Of
| us
by Japa', is thnt recommended to Congresn BY
this Association at its meeting i'll 9aon III IBID.
| Under tho lato action OF Congress, tho subBlts'
inry Hilytr coinage III upon a. strictly 1notrlc
basis; md 1t is hoped that oary Legislation
will put our gold upon similar basis.
Tho Gornlnu ttatos, Scandinavia, mud the Moth
orlant's Of u lato period, Ind systems Of coin
ago basod Oil silvor standard exclusively but
tic Hoveral State Legislatures haso eithor com
plated, or lavo in progress, change from silver
to gold basiB. It IL to be regretted that tht
now standard coinage will not hnyo simple rola
tiona with the graInulo, or metric unit OF weight
although Expressed III terms Of tho gtar.n'o
Enrly concerted action will doubtles soon be had
| hy which, for exchange and other interultiOna
purposes. common unit OF account upon +
aimplo metric basis, will be adopted BY tho diiror
ent commercial nations Of tue world.
voy, OH . lho I.ongtudoy Of Greenwich, Paris
and Howard ObservatorieH, determined by tht
Untol States Const- Survey" WAS good papor
but too long to publish:
"Tho Chemical Composition Of q Copper
AIatto," was Of great interest, mud an abstract il
given below: Tho ra,ne Of matte, or rogulus
is given to product obtained IN smelling part
sssns n gsat pat II s1e9 s au @
il tho result of a proceBs Of concentration. !
specimen Of this, holding Is por cont Of copper
bosidea iron and Hulphur, WIS found to givo "
tho greater part Of its iron to dilute acids, witt
tho oseapo Of FREQ hydrogen md sulphlrote'
hydrogen EasoB. It prccfpltatad metallic coppe
and metallic lend abuutlantly from their Holu
tions, and contained apparently tue groater par
Of ita iron in metallic state, When oxyal2e'
ore than 10 por cont Of g,ains Of pure magnotl
oxyd Of iron, aud tho dissolved portion contnino
about thirteen equivalents oach Of copper nnt
nulpl1ur, bosidos eight of iron, and little zinc
!, Tho nuthor insisted upon tho apparont anomal
exhibited In tho association, in furnaco-pru