The New York herald., 1878-02-28
Annual Meeting of the American
Geographical Society.
THE EQUATOR AND THE ARCTIC
Chief Justice Daily on Stanley's
Work in Africa.
DAYS OF TRIAL AND OF TRIUMPH.
The HeraIo's Weather Service and Other
Scientific Steps.

The American Geographical Society held their
usual annual meeting lass night In Cnickering HA,
Fifth avenue. The audience . very large. selset
and apprcciatve ono. Among The distngusshed
presons present were MessrA Peter Cooper,
John Haminsrslss. Francis A. Stout, Fred
srick Dcpsyster, William Cullen Bryant.
J. H. Baylie, Z T. Hail. II. E. Pierrepont, Samuel B.
Ruggles A 5. Southwork and many others Joe
Eberiing, the Esqumau GUIDE who accompanied
Captain Hall on his Artio expedition. was present
also. General George W. Cullun, United States Army
Vice President Oft society presided, and introduced
Chief Justice DAILY. who road annual report
Tns nowiy elected fellows Of the society were:--
Messrs. William Rhinslanaer stewart, Archer ". Par
sons, john c. Morrison. and G. Marrelle Brown The
subject matter of the report illustrated with fifty
stercoptlcon views OF places all OF the world
named in it. Daring the course Of the reading Jud
DAILY was the recipient Of repeated hearty applause
CHIEF JusrIck DALrs ADDRESS
Chief Justice Daily said that the explorations during
past year have beon chiefly in Central Africa
Eastern ASIA in the islands OF the Indian Archipelago
ana Australia In certain portions OF South Africa
and in our own Western Territories an unusual
number OF expeditions for geographical cxplora-
ton have beon sent out during the year.
Much attention has been gwen during the year the
question of the shifting OF tho oar.h's axis Against
the authority OF such great Jmathematicians as La
Place ana Le vorrie since tho discoveries Of Agasss
aud others tho opinion Is gradually gaining ground
that there has not merely bcsn one glacial
period, but many successive periods with Intervals
IN which semLtropical climate prevailed. II has
been ascertained within tho last quarter q century
that the ce-bound regions Of tho Arctic, we'll
those Of the Antarctic, were formerly very different
from what they are now. strong impress
sion now prevails that the explanation OF
NH yc "a IA utru1
causes. Mr.. W. L. Watts, who has recently explored
the vatna Jokoh or the tract OF ce and in
Iceland ovor threo thousand square miles In extent
that tho interior OF Greenland vast glacto
and tbis he believes. 10 encroachiny the coast.
The interest now taken msteoroogy has led 10
exceliens resuts How important this sclsnce hss
become msy Illustrated by fact that tho great
storm which burst over the British Isles and France
the 10th o February last occurred the very day
on which IL was announced TO occur our days IN ad.
vance by cable despatch OF the New YoRk HERALD
SUMMARY OF EXPLORATIONS. Is ssH
The speaker here glanced over other Important sci
entihc events OF tho year past such as tho discover
les ol Siliman Cssnoia aud others Under the head.
gineers under General Humphreys were detailed;
the explorations west OF the Tooth meridian
sa work s :ua o "a w.s
and on the Pacific coast wore a.d before the society
liza, Ux,uai and Akd and those OF the
once famous islands oi Azamcl aud Mugsrss. The
work Of Lieutenant Wysc, 0f The French Navy. who
conducted the expedition for asceraining route for
canal the lsthmus ot DarieD was related and
and Tambo. tributaries Of the Ucaya In the Peruvian
mountains, have been explored BY Major Rvire and
tion between them ANA tho Amazou, SO that railway
route might DO located along the valleys there. NJ
Ws,ner made The s ssccn, OF inc Bolivian I'm mountain
and Sehor +. Moreno has been exploring unknown
parts OF Patagonia.
During the past Thomas y. Barry, second mate
Of the whaler A .Haugnion. while his ship was
Bay, brought back with him q silver spoon with Sir
John Frankn's crest upon u, which he mad oOtsined
to be perfectly truswortny person, visited Chief
Justice DAILY nnd ctrcumstaptiay rclated all tho
dsuts connectei With The finding oi the last RELICS
when Barry was with Captaic Potter 10 Repuise Bay
In 1872 the Esquimaux built their winter snow huts
close 10 the vessel, and remained thcrs during
Netchelli tribe, from whom Captain Potter obtained
Franklin relics before referred to. Ono evening"
some entries IN his journal, be heard one OF the Net
cheli remark that the book Ia which he writing
S ~ o sso
spoke Esquitnaux, inquired respecting tho white
TO- whom they referred, aud tho TWO Netcheili
OF white msp camo 10 who're tner tribe was
then wintering. all OF whom died Of cold and
leader, who was stout man and wore coat with
three stripes of some KIND on the lower part
90 .hs las CAPTAIN fosr dS oa
board the vessel THAT whom the spring
came and tue leo broke up tho white men were al
remained buryng tue ono who died by wrapping up
the body In kepck. wnich IS the skin blanket with
which the EsquImaux covor themselves IN sleeping,
and laid The BODY upon rock near by, cover.
ing IL over with stones to keep IL from tho
Netchsi buried In ths same way IN the same
pacc. ThatRfter good many had died tho rest made
10 MScn Writing wSn vas c
lying open upon the table and which the Netcneli ex.
aminod.
The Netchell onerod 10 60 and poirt out tho spot
where the cAirn they sald stll romans, with inc
involved journey Of over Owe % Jour hundred
miles, and those In The vessel wore not
such an expedition This iniSrmasiou is very inter.
estnE. The parties under Captain Crozier reporvhat
nsss was Al large depot Of 81 ou;s a. vS;SA
In the vicinity Of the island where, according 70
Barrys Information. ths party Vi white men ded and
by Joe, being about hundred gcogra aphca miles,
little 10 the southeast OF this depot Of provsions
whom they met near Ingles Bay. Of King WILL
Iams Island, that these natives saw party oil white
the Great TIsn RIVER many Of wnom had bad mouths
aud breeding lips, which would indicate the breaking
When Sir leopold McCiintock found the boat with
two skeletons In he astonisned 10 nnd that tho
sodge was urccted TO tho northeast. He concluded
that the two men whoss skeletons were found 10 her
were lott thore BY their companions, with sucn
provisions could DO spared until the return OF the
others from the snip with irssn stock. But
whatever conjecturss may be INDUCED IN thors
10 sufficient Information communicated TO Cap
tain Potter 70 justify search tor
tho spot where the Nsschel say this party Of white
men died, and whcre they say tncr graves stli ro-
main ana the cairn they erected, which could be
from the interest that is iclt IN knowing
the nnal fato OF tho 0nlcors ami crews OF
this largo expedition, there the expectation that
whers the last OF them perishod some record Will be
found, and which will be OF scientific value II II
should contain the observations made ovor this part
OF the Arctic In the expedition.
AFRICA STANLEY.
Alter summarizing the work oi exploration done
during the ycar In ASA and Australia Judge Day
came 10 treat OF Stanlcy's accomplishments In Africa
Whcn he referred 70 stanley IN hs last addrrss he
said That exp orer had fuisned his expedition Of
Lake AkonEars, and was on his way 10