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course of distinguished people from various parts of the country. 
On behalf of the museum, Mr. Robert L. Stuart, the President of 
the Commission, briefly recounted its history, its incorporation in 
1869 by the Legislature of New York, the award of Manhattan 
square, adjacent to the Park, for its use and that of the Metropoli- 
tan useum, with the donation of five hundred thousand dol- 
lars to each for the commencement of the buildings. The plans, of 
which the present portion form only the commencement, contem- 
plate an expenditure of $6,000,000. _ Addresses were made also b 
Messrs. Wales and Stebbins on behalf of the Park Commissioners, 
and by General Dix as Governor of the State, all fully adopting 
purposes of such a museum as a means of diffusing a knowledge of 
science, and, by proper instructors and endowments, fostering a 
spirit of scientific research and promoting the general advancement 
of science. Under a wise administration of its a irs, the Ameri- 
can Museum of Natural History will not fail, for the want of means, 
to carry out its proper purposes, and will thus become a source 
of delight and of advancement to the great communi t 
it, and an honor to American science in the eyes of the civilized 
world. 
B. 8. 
21. Note on the Recent Earthquakes of Bald Mountain,in Ruth- 
erford County, North Carolina ; by Professor F. H. BRADLEY.— 
So far as direct observation upon the disturbances there in progress 
was concerned, my trip to the Bald Mountain region was a failure, 
for there was not the least disturbance during our visit. But from 
crevices and smoking pits. e phenomena actually observed 
seem 
the center of disturbance, and causing cracks in walls and chim- 
wing down loose articles, 
1. ere W. 
nothing properly volcanic about them; and the region shows no 
1 Bald M 
volcanic rock. 
of the easternmost range of the Blue Ridge proper, and consists 
