Miscellaneous Intelligence. 159 
of this Journal, I would like to call your attention to some very 
similar remarks on the same subject in the ‘Report of the Com- 
mission of Inquiry to Santo Domingo’ (pp. 109-110), which was 
issued by Government about a year ago. 
“When at the spot in question I gathered about a quart of the 
oil from one of the pits, and a small bottle of the gas which bub- 
bles from the well, and still have them well sealed.” 
9 erican Association.—The next meeting of the Associa- 
tion will be held at Dubuque, Iowa, instead of San Francisco, 
commencing August 2ist. Dr. J. Lawrence Situ is president 
for the year, 
OBITUARY. 
the earlier part of the season on board the United States Coast 
urvey steamer Bache, in superintending a series of dredgings 
ape San Antonio, Cuba, and the coast of Yucatan; and 
however, was prevented y . 
not long since to the residence of his father-in-law, near Baltimore, 
he became gradually worse, and died there on the 26th of May. 
gee marine 
rvertebrates of Grand Manan, published by the Smithsonian 
Tastitution in 1853, and which is still a standard work on the zodl- 
— of the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. 
hortly afterward he was a pointed zodlogist to the North 
Pacific exploring exped first under Captain Cadwallader 
e 
0 Chicago to take charge of the general affairs of the Chicago 
" : is 
. During that interval he visited Florida on several occa- 
Sl0ns, and always obtained numerous interesting collections for 
the Academy, 
