318 PROCEEDINGS OF [1843. 
Proceedings of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, in honor of the 
memory of Leibnitz. His genius and labors, &c. 
From Capt. P. St. George Cooke, U. S. Dragoons, Fort Leaven¬ 
worth, August, 1843: Describing the “buffalo grass” of the West, 
which he believes he has discovered to be a new , and hopes will be¬ 
come a valuable “grain.” 
From George E. Chase, Pensacola, August 10, 1843. 
From H. Wheaton, American Minister, Berlin, August 14, 1843: 
Labors of Professor Lepsius, of Berlin, in Egypt; antiquities; ancient 
canal across the isthmus of Suez. 
From Isaac G. Strain, U. S. Navy, Norfolk, August 15, 1843: 
Acknowledging membership, with thanks, and expressing a hope 
that he may be useful to the Institute in the course of his contem¬ 
plated travels in the interior of South America, &c. 
From S. M. E. Goheen, (to Dr. Pickering,) Columbia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, August 15, 1843 : Stating that he has a variety of African 
curiosities which he offers as a present to the Institute. 
From A. Thomas Smith, Chief Clerk, Navy Department, August 
16, 1843 : Will affix labels to the four boxes from Florida, collected 
by Mr. Conrad, and send them to the Institute. 
From D. Porter, Plainfield, Massachusetts, August 19, 1843: 
Transmitting further specimens of plants of Massachusetts, to the 
Institute. 
From Col. Trueman Cross, IT. S. Army, New York, August 21, 
1843 : Sending a box for the Institute, from Bangor, Maine, and a 
bill of lading, &c. 
From Edward Winslow, Boston, August 21, 1843: Enclosing bill 
of lading for four boxes, &c. 
From W. Snethen, Washington, August 21, 1843 : Sending copy 
of meteorological table kept by D. T. Lillie, of New Orleans, and 
asking to become a resident member of the Institute. 
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From S. M. E. Goheen, Columbia, Pennsylvania, August 22, 
1843. 
From J. Hamilton Couper, Darien, Georgia, August 27, 1843. 
From Dr. Robert E. Peyton, Fauquier County, Virginia, August, 
1843 : On the cicada septemdecim, as it appeared in Fauquier County, 
Virginia, in 1843. 
From Col. T. Cross, U. S. Army, New York, August 28, 1843 : 
Stating that the box sent on by him is from Capt. Babbitt, of the 
Army, stationed at Houlion, Maine. 
From W. Snethen, Washington, August 30, 1843. 
From Joseph Taylor, Jr., Baltimore, August 16, 1843: Bill of 
lading and transportation, &c., to be delivered for freight, and 
$3 25 charges. 
From Brantz Mayer, Baltimore, September 2, 1843 : Informing 
Secretary that he has been drawn on for $45, expenses upon the 
boxes of rare and valuable mineralogical and geological specimens 
