402 Intelligence and Miscellanies. 



in consequence of leaping from the stage when the horses 

 were running in ful! career. He was on his way, by partic- 

 ular request, to attend the examination in the Rensselaer 

 school at Troy. It is well known that Prof. Griscom and Mr. 

 Barnes originated and have conducted, with great reputation 

 and public benefit, the high school of New York, which has 

 sustained a great, but we hope not an irreparable loss, by 

 Mr. Barnes' death. We annex a catalogue of Mr. Barnes' 

 scientific labors, so far as the results are exhibited in this 

 Journal. 



1. A Geological Section of the Canaan mountain with a 

 map. Vol. V. p. 8. 



2. An elaborate memoir on the genera Unio and Alasmo- 

 donta, with numerous figures. Vol. VI. pp. 107. 258. 



3. Description of five species of Chiton, with figures. Vol. 

 VII.. p. 69. 



4. A memoir on Batracian animals and a monograph on 

 the doubtful reptiles. Vol. XI. p. 268. With an additional 

 communication on the latter subject. Vol. XIII. p. 66. 



5. Reclamation of Unios. Vol. XIII. p. 358. 



6. On Magnetic Polarity, ibid. p. 70. 



His papers were generally presented first to the Lyceum 

 of New York. It is superfluous to speak of the ability by 

 which they are characterized, as this is universally acknowl- 

 edged. 



Mr. Barnes was a man of pure moral and religious habits 

 and principles — a clergyman of the Baptist persuasion. He 

 was a distinguished naturalist in several branches and par- 

 ticularly in conchology — he was an excellent classical 

 scholar and an eminent philologist, especially in his native 

 language, which he was able to illustrate by a comparison 

 with several modern languages — he was eminently success- 

 ful as a teacher, presided, at different times, over several 

 respectable seminaries, and declined to accept the Presiden- 

 cy of the Columbian College near Washington.* 



In relation to the interests of science we record his death 

 with a sensibility which we wish not to separate from a sen- 

 timent of sympathy for his family and friends. 



" O fallacem hominum spem, fragilemque fortunam, et 

 inanes nostras contentiones ! quae in medio spatio soepe 

 franguntur et corruunt." 



* Report of the Trustees of the New York High SehooT, Nov. 29, 1S28. 



