New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-17
AMERICAN SCIENCE.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.


WIrmUSGT0N. DEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY or Del
AWARE: Dee 9.-Tnc annual meeting was held, and
an address delivered by William Duane of Phlladel-
phia DR.. Bush read Il paper on " Aichlbdid HamIi-
ton Rowan.
SALEM. Mss: ESSEX INSTITUTE Dee. 1j.-Ihc
meeting of the evening held with special refer
ence to the death of Prof Aglssiz. Addresses were
made bv Dr. Packard. Mr. +. w. Putnam Prof. Z.
s. Morse, and Others aud series oi rcsou.ions SUP
mtted for adoption oy he institute
PHILADELPHIA: AMCRiCAv PuMosOPHICAL So
CITrY: Dec 19-Mr. Frederick lraley III the chair.
The meeting was principally occupied with the con
sideration and adoption of resolutions with refer
ence TO the death of Prof. Agassz. AZ the close of
the general business Mr. ID = Holman exhibited bis
new method Tor showing the circulation OF the blood
and sap By the gas microscope
Albany n. Y: ALBANY INSTITUTE: Dec. 1S.-The
President the Hon. j. " L. Pruyn in the chair. A
communication was made by james McNaught0n,
IT,. on the Yale Scientific Expedition to the Rocky
Mountains in 1872 in which q description of tho
country passed through was gwen, as well As incl
dents OF the adventures of tue party III securing
many Interesting fossils.
SAN FRANCISCo, CAL: ACADEMY or SCIENCES:
Dec. 15.-Regular meeting. A paper read by
Dr. Blake on the Pucbla Range of Mountains, toward
the north of Humboldt County, Nevada. and another
bv Prof Joseph lie Conte upon the Lava FOods of
the Northwest, particularly that of the Cascade
Mountains in Oregon, which ne stated exceeded III
magnitude anything OF Che Kind recorded III geo
logical history.
san FRANCIsCo CAL: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES:
Dec. 22-The special meeting of the evening was
called for the purpose of holding series of memorial
exercises in relation to the death of Prof Agasiz,
and was largely attended by members of the Acad-
emy and other residents of the city Addresses were
made by the President, Prof. Davidson President
Gilman of the State University. Gen; lIewston, Prof.
Ezra Carr, the Rev. DIS Scott and Stebbns, and
Prof Joseph lie COnte
BALTIMORE: MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Dec 1S-Regular meeting; J. II. b. Latrobe, Presi-
dent in the chair. DR.. Morris gave account of
his efforts to obtain a copy of Father Whyte's
Journal of his Voyage TO America with Lord Bati-
more and stated that it would soon he printed. Mr..
j. Thomas Scharf presented 10 the Society the paint
ings of three historical vessels the Merrimac
Virginia No. !. the Confederate States steamer Nash
VILE and the Confederate States naval Scholarship
Patrick Henry.
BosroN: ANGLERS ASSOCIATION: Dec 20-Dr.
Ordway IN the chair. Resolutions passed in
reference to the death of Prof. Agassz. The other
proceedings consisted principally of discussions in
regard to the protection of Holsters and brook trout
and n committee was appointed TO consider and re-
port on the best method of accomplishing this OBJ
ject. Most of the persons present agreed as to the
improperly of permitting Holsters to be sold weigh
ing less than two pounds, and urged that "a law
should be enacted for the punishment Of persons
having such Holsters In their possession.
CATION: Dec. 1S.-Semi-annual meeting, embrac-
ing representations from thirteen counties The
annual address delivered by the President, DR..
Bolter of Seneca i'll the morning In the afternoon
he read paper upon the Influence of Mind upon
the Body in Disease. DR.. Bennett of Onondaga
presented paper upon Consumption, in which he
endeavOred to show that this disease is hereditary
and that there be escape from it on the part
of children when, at the time of their birth both
parents are consumptive. paper Pepsn
prasented by DIR. Bennett, who recommended that
substance strongly as a valuable remedial agent.
NEw-HAvEN: CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS
AND SCIENCES: Dec 17.-Regular monthly meeting
A communication made by Prof. Marsh. giving
a statement of the results Of his recent expedition
to the Far West in search of fossil remains of ex-
tinct vertebrates. He said the richest field for ex
ploraton was found in the great basin of the pre-
historic lake which ia now drained by the Colorado
River. This body of water was originally rs large
all the present lakes Of the North West combined,
and had existed long that the sand washed down
from the surrounding hills had acc anulated to the