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for hundreds of miles are lined with the ruined stone houses and 

 towns of an extinct race. Dr. Newberry's report of this expedition 

 was published recently. 



Upon the outbreak of the war, Dr. Newberry was elected a mem- 

 ber of the Sanitary Commission, and in September, 1861, he was 

 chosen secretary of its Western department. He had supervision of 

 the affairs of the Commission in the Mississippi Valley, with head- 

 quarters at first in Cleveland, then in Louisville. In this position he 

 displayed executive abilities of a high order. Branches of the Com- 

 mission were, through his efforts, established in the chief cities of the 

 West, and measures taken for the permanent and effective care of 

 the sick and wounded. 



In 1866 he was appointed Professor of Geology in the School of 

 Mines of Columbia College, New York, which position he still holds. 

 In 1869 he received from Governor Hayes the appointment as State 

 Geologist of Ohio, and was commissioned to make a geological sur- 

 vey of that State. The work was carried on by Dr. Newberry and 

 his assistants with extraordinary vigor, and was completed at the 

 close of the year 1874. 



The report of this survey is now in process of publication. Two 

 " Reports of Progress," and four volumes of the " Final Report," 

 illustrated with a large number of finely-executed maps and plates, 

 have already appeared. Four volumes more, and a geological map 

 of the State, still remain to be published. This work, though exe- 

 cuted with unexampled rapidity, has not been carelessly done. The 

 record already made is proof of its thoroughness, and shows that it 

 will compare favorably with any similar survey made in this country 

 or elsewhere; indeed, it is in the highest degree creditable to the 

 State of Ohio, and to the geologist in charge. 



Prof. Newberry's eminence as a scientific man is unquestioned. 

 As a geologist and paleontologist he ranks among the foremost of the 

 time. His contributions to the literature of these branches of science 

 have been numerous and valuable, being chiefly in the departments 

 of general geology, fossil plants, and fossil fishes. He is a member 

 of most of our American scientific associations, and of many similar 

 European bodies ; he was one of the original corporators of the Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences, has been President of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, and is at the present time 

 President of the New York Academy of Sciences (formerly Lyceum 

 of Natural History). 



