New-York tribune., 1878-02-01

son to hope that the bills now before Congress will meet
| with favorable consideration.
| MR.. BRYANTs ADDRESS.
! william Cullen Bryant next introduced, In q
pleasant manner by Judge Daily. and said:
Itake for granted that very direct commercial ad
| vantages aro expected from exploring the region
SonoreS 9 eEes Of the evening exercises the vice
regal power. that even the enterprise OF DE- Hayes
mrn ia likely to find in that quarter safe and Draci
cable path TO the coast Of northeastern ASIA But wno
comes forward and takes herself the office OF DIS
coyey we one party OF explorers saret ae pGne
| threading the rivers and measuring the iakes
that sagnate under the equator we are to send out ,
from this quarter party to the Artio circle where hi-
man life can exist only through constant battle with
the elcmcns party to establish an outpost in what we
which science may make excursions and gather facts
for use What we are about TO do may be com
perrd with the conduct of one who inh3bitS palace
and who. after taking an inventory OF the lower
resolves upon ascending to the attic and seeing how the
r. is hardly worth while to discuss beforehand what
will be the value Of the observations ABOUT 9 TO be
Suall beginnings In science often lead to great
results He who first observed tne properIties r 90. O
tcles of iron from loose sand and cInGing to
roc Ks that contained iron could have 1ad no ea OF
tho vast and almost mmeasurabe advantage which the
navigator of the would derive rom 1T when t should
laws OF the electric fluid first investigated. who was
there that thought of the wonderful uses to when IL
might be mt when tanned and taught carry messages
from pole to pole with the speed Of light and even to re-
neat thc words and musical tones uttered over the wires
on which II was running! VINO tn9ng' shs' co"i" "o
so viii Is perhaps be with the discoveries made by
Within the Arctic circle The my yscry OF the magnetic
30 he solved. The phenomena OF the atmosphere
served and recorded That beautiful meteor called the
northern lights is 10 be observed IN ITS brth9aee and
made disclose ITS causes. The individuals OF the ant
nal and vegetable Kingdom such as exist In the waters
the coasts OF that dcaolatc region are TO be made
the subjects Of familiar observation and every
particular relating tnem dnly recorded. what
viii be yet done with the facts thus gathered
Who shall say to what conclusions they may lead, or
what OF nature they may open UP tn orr view
quite ~ Is it that knowledge supplies invention
ton only gropes and stumDlcs in the dark
BAYARD TAYLOES ADDRESS.
At the conclusion OF Nh Byants address, Bayard Tay
lor was introduced and spoke AZ follows:
M. CHAIRxtN: have been requested TO discharge
the rabc duty OF calling the attention OF the mem
ber5 the Geographical Society o the presence here
this evening" OF gentleman whose distinguished posi-
ton is not The only stamp Of his abilities As the
Executive Head Of the great iDomlnion which n0ily
emulacs in carrying unbroken belt of vizaoD
from sea- the Ear OF Duftrin has special claim
10 orr welcome In political sense, we acknowledge
him as the best of ncichb0rs; and certainly one Of
his predecessors has ever 50 frankly and cordially
mingled Wlth Us IA soci way On t1lS OCCASION now
ever. IL is proper that should chiefly dwell upon those
qualities o. his mind and those features of his eXpe-
Tiencc, which claim recognition from tins Society When
", coued Dom Pedro IL, year and 4 half ago, it
was not the monarch alone whom we received; II was
,lsn without Doubt the mos; energetic and untiring
traveller Of this or my oAcr Lord DuAcrin Is the
settled portion of the DOmnon and. IN order 10
pish tins he has liyail ie Emperor of Brazil In the
extent hs journey without going outside OF Canadian
so II la, bCca trained. by his former travels in the
FAR North AMI the orient appreciate the vast difference
heprs1y and personal knowledge-a difference
which enters into the secret OF successful political
The power Of observing clearly correctly ana rap
idyI might almost call IL the percepve INSTINCTS not
an ordinary gift; but 1t Is which Lord DuHern pos
sos-cs in eminent degree. when visited Iceland
IN the Simmer of 1874. my first impressions of the
scenery immediately recalled his descriptions to mem
ory Tho transparency OF hc atmosphere the exquisite
.,S Sp.,o he
"-rm-kc purity" of the mountain 0utlincs-werc all
thcr. No previous traveller mentions them-yet they
are the leading characteristics of Iceland scenery There
be- no better test OF description than the tact that the
oee,o @ TGy1 I,nSrin n"ssed bevonJ the dcIi
o travel and fairly entered that OF EXPLORATION He is
the only present Tonight VINO has seen SpIZDergcn
aud Jan Maycns Land IN fact, he Is one Of some haf
dozen living men VINO have landed on Jan Mayen's
Land, and stood the base OF that wonderful peak
nearly 900 ce IN hei t, which feeds the lonely
nom nvo broad torrents Of descending ice Il Is f
ling that should tender to him such appreciation
lies IN our power; and therefore move Mir. Chairman
;h. III, Excellency tho Earl OF DOlfern. Governor
General Of the Dominion OF Canada. be elected an homo
raIy member OF The American Geographical Society.
SPEECH OF LORD DUFFERIN.
-.rd Dufcrm was unanimously elected an honorary
member the society, and when lie stepped forward
speak he heartily applauded. lie said:
Mr. President. LADIES ASD GENTLEMEN: In rising 10
respond tO the very kind o0servions which have been
made ID INV IssArd upon a, occasloh sohess '9si m g
hand feel that have not the least professional
right tide 10 intervene Ia" present occasion. On
nnifv Of rxurc.sfns TO You how very defniy
extended 10 Mn" me fpn on the prtspnt OCCASION
L 4, true some years ago sailed towards the North and
got PEAR 10 The Pole as WASHINGTON Is to Ottawa, bat
my voyage WAS ~ irutc>s rs the journey OF the
Ptl TO tie gates OF Paradise, and IL had but one
feature IN common with more seIions eX .orgtiQns,
namely tnt mad to turn back again. tLaushtcrl But
neither Indeed, was that ou'ncf Of any use TO sceucc
NOR was fc.tilu In personal adventures All that
ciau T. that able 10 establish the tenn erate 0f
the -cL cerin section OF tnc Arctic Ocean which
hal never been cXplorcd uy any YES ei.
BIt at al ev'nts thcre j. one capacity in which feel
have -ht 70 claim admission 10 these halls and tnat
g. "a member 81 III" Gc"grapmcai society OF London
Applau-c-l Now We all. know that geoeIaphcrs
pncr these lines Of chronological and pohl'
rd demm,ation which diytie nations do not
exist. All countries 10 .iu are what Italy once de
Lam ,hterl Tnr only heroes 10 whom nc gives "a place
upon ms c@en"ararr thos' mop spirits VINO, teueraon
after goUcrltior. naVc hlayod p.Vluen ANA c.d IL
frc cause o. science. aud point The way 10 their fellow
men sc,rct lands ana unknown regions OF the
Gabitliiou and advantage Of the human race.
II j.. therefore. lsdcS ana gentleman brother |
gro.raphrr only that venture l. address You. and
T,t & have ben made by Ills setirt{ for The mi.
varcefrcnt oi geographical knowledge And We fully
rprs, should b irtTied aad hCymrc1 il
ia on that cont ucu which owes ITS discovery and its
present glorious condition To the enterprise Of the great
est nlvIg,tnr That ever turlcd a sa or took a bear
should assure YOU that the names Of those ]
names Kane and Hayes and iaare a. familiar and
completely household names 10 us rs are those ot
Franklin, Mcclure and Bccher among you. And an
10 tank that tile two great representatives, Of the
AnsoSaxon race hye been TO intimately associated IN
common cnduIV,r both 10 loTc the any OF The
Arctic Ocean. ana, as may add the OF
Central Africa
But Feel that it is not in that capacity that am
really among you tonight You viii all rcmoui-
oer that when Columbus, to whom have
referred, retained from bis great discovery he
brought back with HIM. I'm chains, certain
~ the chiefs ot the nations with whom be had come in
contact both PROOFS Of the truth Ot his narratives and
specimens OF the strange ltOnalles he had discOv
-Ttd oar discussion tonight has been concerned
with those sHoWcOyercd lands when lie be
meath Arcturus, and lighted with the rt-
dance of INC lnrora Aud do Lelieve that, II | am