On motion of Mr. Fraley, and owing to the absence, through sickness, of the chairman of the committee on the condition of the Society, the discussion of the alterations in the Laws and Regulations, proposed by the committee, was again postponed to the next meeting. The resolutions of Council, relating to the Magellanic premium, implying an alteration of the by-laws, they were laid upon the table for consideration at the next meeting; and, on motion of Mr. Fraley, were ordered to be printed for the use of the members. Stated Meeting, June 17, 1859. Present, thirteen members. Judge SHARSWOOD, Vice-President, in the Chair. Letters were received, acknowledging the receipt of Nos. 57, 58 of the Proceedings, from the Society of Antiquaries, dated London, May 20, 1859; and announcing a donation for the Library, from the Royal Observatory, dated Greenwich, May 12, 1859. The following donations for the Library were announced: Astronomical Jour. No. 124, 125. Cambridge.-From Dr. Gould. Journ. Soc. Arts, Man. and Com. No. 324-331. London.-From the Society. Contrib. to Palæontol. New York, by J. Hall. (16 pp.) 1855-58. From the Author, Report, Geol. Survey, Iowa. I. II. Hall & Whitney.—From J. Hall. Reports of Explorations . . . Pacific Ocean. X. Senate Document. From U. S. Government. Med. News and Library. No. 198. Philada. June, 1859.—From Medical Heroism, an Address by J. Bell, M.D. Phila. 1859.-From the Author. Report of Committee on the Internal Hygiene of Cities, appointed by the Quarantine Convention at Baltimore, April, 1858.—From Dr. Bell. The death of Charles Robert Leslie, the artist, elected a member of this Society, April 21, 1836, was announced by Dr. Le Conte. He died at London, May 5, 1859, aged 65 years. Mr. Justice described a superior microscope stand made by Mr. Zentmeyer, of Philadelphia, for and under the direction of Dr. Hunt, of Philadelphia, and embracing all the important late improvements. Dr. Le Conte added his testimony to the admirable skill of the mechanician, and supported it by refering to the stand lately made by him for Dr. Goddard, and to the stand now making for the Academy of Natural Science, which promises to be one of the best extant. Pending nomination, No. 391, was read. Deferred business being taken up, and the reading of the resolutions appended to the report of the committee on the condition of the Society being called for, the chair decided that the present meeting not being competent to act upon the resolutions, for want of the number required to be present by the Charter, was, therefore, not competent to discuss them by entertaining motions. On motion of Prof. Cresson, certain amendments to the bylaws, offered by Mr. Fraley as a substitute for, was ordered to be printed with the amendments offered by the Officers and Council, and by the committee on the condition of the Society. On motion of Mr. Foulke, the consideration of the amendments was postponed until the first stated meeting in October. On motion of Prof. Cresson, the last motion was ordered to be attached to the printed amendments. Dr. Coates was permitted, nunc pro tunc, to read a retrospective notice of John Reynell, one of the original members of the Society, with a request that it be not printed, at present, in the proceedings. On motion of Dr. F. Bache, it was, therefore, ordered to be placed among the notices of deceased members; and the Society was adjourned. Stated Meeting, July 15, 1859. Present, six members. Dr. FRANKLIN BACHE, in the Chair. Letters were read, acknowledging the receipt of Nos. 57, 58 of the Proceedings, from the Natural Hist. Society, Northumberland, dated Newcastle, May 5, 1859; the Batavian Society, dated Rotterdam, March 7, 1859; the R. Saxon Society, dated Leipsig, Feb. 14, 1859;-and a letter acknowledging the receipt of Transactions, Vol. II. III. IX. 3, from the Franklin Institute, dated Philadelphia, June 16, 1859. Letters were read, announcing the transmission of donations for the Library, from the Upper Hessia Society, dated Giessen, March 30, 1859; the Central Phys. Observatory, dated St. Petersburg, Dec. 29, 1859; the Russian Corps of Engineers, dated St. Petersburg, March 1-13, 1859; Elia Lombardini, dated Milan, April 13, 1858, and C. F. Loosey, Austrian Consul at New York, dated July 2, 1859. A letter was read from Isaac Hazlehurst, Esq., dated Phila. June 22, 1859, resigning his membership in this Society. Boston.-From the same. The following donations for the Library were announced:Proc. Boston N. H. S. VII. 3, 4. Index, &c.-From the Society. Radcliff Obs. XVIII. 1857. Oxford, 1859.—From the R. Trustees. Proc. Amer. Acad. IV. p. 89-248. Boston.-From the Acad. Memoirs Amer. Acad. VI. 2. Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, July, 1859. N. Haven.-From the Eds. Franklin Institute Journal, July, 1859. Amer. J. Med. Sciences, July, 1859. Medical News and Lib. July, 1859. Proc. Elliott Soc. N. H. I. 1853-58. African Repository for July, 159. Wash.-From A. Col. Society. Concord Asylum for Insane. Report, June, 1859.-From the Trus. Proc. R. Geog. Soc. London. Vol. III. No. 2.-From the Soc. Monthly Not. R. Ast. Soc. London. XIX. No. 7.-From the Soc. Trans. Amer. Inst. New York, 1853-57. Albany. 8vo.-From the Inst. Astrm. Jour. Philada. From the Inst. Phila.—From Blanchard & L. Phila.- From Blanchard & L. Charleston.-From the Soc. No. 121. Albany. Index to V.-From Dr. Gould. Greenwich A. M. & M. Obs. 1857. London, 1859.-From the Board of Admiralty. Upperhessia S. N. H. and M. 7th Account. Giessen, 1859.—From the Society. En Vandring gjennern Jægerspriis's have og Lund; published by the R. N. Antiq. Soc. Copenhagen, 1858. (40 pp.)-From the Soc. Gelehrte Anzeigen. 46, 47. Münich. From the Academy. Festival Oration over J. Müller, and his relation to the present Standpoint of Physiology, by Th. L. W. Bischoff. Münich, 1858.From the same. Oration on the Historical Stages preceding the New Philosophy of Law, by Carl Prantl. München, 1858.-From the same. Contributions I. R. Geog. Soc. 1858. Parts 2, 3. Vienna. From the Society. Jahrbuch I. R. Geol. Institute, 1858. Parts 1, 2, 3.—From the Inst. Memoirs I. R. Inst. Lombardy. VII. 4, 5, 6. Milan.-From the Inst. Atti I. R. Inst. Lombardy. I. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.—From the Inst. Compte-rendu Cent. Phys. Obs. 1856. St. Petersburg, 1857.From the Ad. Mines. Annals of the Observatory. 1855, 1, 2.—From the same. On the French Inundations: a Memoir by E. Lombardini, (in Italian, 110 pp.) Milan, 1858. 4to.-From the Author. On the Changes of the Po, in the district of Ferrara: a Memoir by E. Lombardini. (50 pp.) Milan, 1852. 8vo.-From the Author. On the Importance of Studying the Statistics of Rivers: a Memoir by E. Lombardini. (35 pp.) Milan. 8vo.-From the Author. Other Observations on the Po, by E. L. Milan, 1843.-From the Author. 1840. Intorno all sistema idraulico del Po, &c., by E. L. F. Brünnow. Letters from Col. Graham, of Chicago, dated June 20, 1859, were read, accompanying the following communication intended for the Proceedings, and entitled: CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOGRAPHY, No. 3. On the Latitude and Longitude of eighteen additional positions in the North and North-west of the United States. Also a review of two positions (II. and VI.) previously reported. From astronomical observations, by Lieut. Colonel J. D. Graham, U. S. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Chicago, Illinois, June, 1859. To the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. I wish now to offer a third contribution to the geography of the United States, for publication in the Proceedings of the Society, if deemed acceptable. I will indicate the positions by a continuation from the numbers used in the preceding contribution, (No. 2,) published at pp. 352 to 388, of Vol. VI. of the Proceedings. They are as follows, viz:VII. ASHTABULA, OHIO. VIII. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA. IX. TOLEDO, OHIO. X. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WISCONSIN. XI. DUNLEITH, ILLINOIS. XII. DUBUQUE, IOWA. XIII. FULTON, ILLINOIS. XIV. LYONS, IOWA. XV. ALBANY, ILLINOIS. XVI. CAMANCHE, IOWA. XVII. CITY OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. XVIII. FORT ARMSTRONG, ILLINOIS. XIX. DAVENPORT, IOWA. XX. NEW BUFFALO, MICHIGAN. XXI. NILES, MICHIGAN. XXII. ELYRIA, OHIO. XXIII. CLEVELAND, OHIO. XXIV. COLUMBUS, OHIO. I wish, also, to offer a review, for the purpose of verification, of the following positions previously reported, viz: II. MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA. VI. MADISON, THE CAPITAL OF WISCONSIN. The instruments used in making the observations were the same as previously used, and described in page 353 of Vol. VI. of the Society's Proceedings. The system of observation was also the same as was described in the previous papers published in that volume. VOL. VII.-D |