New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-08

of The ravnes; 20 bushels Of mar. hsvs seen 81, 70 m
=c-e snd ;he crop of et'u, ern. Ia, eeen much H.,
CREASED hy. ard exhausted cotton i,na. "a, A. -
uevea ey avoiding the necessity OF opens: rex r.,
;Aii1a,. this nis- contains IS per cent Q: e.rhon.t. ;,
lime. Specimens .: nearly 20 raasoons have hn s,,
aoovc ;he blue clay. ard IN such ss ;n >h,x 60
usveiy TIA, trsS rslstisRs per+sJ er, sv ar, S,,
The eetL. SC OF the fossil hos,e have beea oaH .s
;ha; these aEtedilpviia horses unfit ssstx 80.
;hc horses OF the present cay And above al osh.r =
lia5kaSte facts. there has been found actually r.,
kaEaGa stH ins In the ssrae bed with ssas,sr,p,
blind animal before described. and in >ise which 49,
that this Tiee OF the human skull he sacTun) has u-
deyOne precisely the chances the boaes OF TIA,
animal. and The desree oi ios ca;ion There can
De mistake In his being The sSul OF humar-ar .r
niSl that walked upright; sud that eave livel a.
the tnie wi;h that roGcescript animal Some re-
OF ;c large Ssufu also been found the lice
cray near Jackson. Miss the joints OF The boues eeac
uly Perfect. inches IA diameter. and II inches long
this animal 100 feet long, and believed 20 Dc fcun
Suy In The United STATES sharks teeth, Sc. as,
/ tcund IN the SAME SOL,
/ Professor Il g0s regretted that more had no,
been done towards determining the geological axe the
Ras.loro-SaugiSr Z0sbcdon. lie moved resolution
that committee Re appointed 20 enquire into ceer-
mine geolcc;cs of ,hst animal. Th, carried!
and Professor Rogers appcaiei that Committee.
| Professor BaiLsg read very curious paper On
| Fossil Coui:erou< Wood.
Hon Or. Tvh.pJlc made few remarks on what
he c4lc, the paste theory. He said he dd 10
upset Geoes!ss ami Geological theories entirely
blow eu, merely give Geology good sort up the
been puzzled for tho 81 thS world
TO account any way. But he lad at ss found
that every thing hx2 its oricn IN something and that
In what Re termed Paste system, And he therefore
called his plan the "raste theory" Now told
oy that rocks 6s miles thick and ys;
rrof Rogers tod Dr Jackson yesseTdy. that he wen;
down 10 mites. every thing would he ud: Now the Ques-
itou where id dajs leave of and where lid paste
begn? That the pivot which the whole world
swunc aud on which We alt hung. ailer all whai was
aGid What Is pastcs Now mechanics! action has
grra, deal with the ercn; operations Of ;h, worlds
cylindrical arG angular srIargemcnts Hcwas sorry
10 SAY that mechanical has been 700 Gch aessc'ei
Rv the appcatu mech mic paste could re S9ue,
out o, the cNtremitcs thing wnsre paste had not
pre- supposed existence independent ct dynanics. Bat
you squeeze oct paste At the end OF that which
thonrh sef-evient could he allowed independent
prcsuppessd pasty than the results Vt mcchan
cal acton prove the ruth OF the priRcpa postate
Racon's Sovuu Or an-n Paste by means dual thuugh
putty certainly and which In Its abstract but sltev
dent adhesiyenSsS GiSsuif; and the electric pro-
perties paste when brought into plihat Is fair play
clearly for every thing Under these ctr,uu
he exceedingly anNioas TO get ~ The sge oie
globe on which paste had been a; work. Aler general
tn;egraton all the general constituents Of matter Into
Issc. the pasty atoms were resolved luo new set OF
grooves hy which every form OF availability slid down
correctly INFO its placc; and thus all furms and shapes
were made every thirg paste; ard this proved
by the TACT that Tar IL regards huids hot maers
awa changing its meiillic FORM and thus rendering Il
self Svient hat nothing be definitely depended upon
In this ransitory world unless perhaps it be paste
He had however, meda' ed long on the subject. and
gathered vast every thing that had been done
and said su'ct. but in order thoroughly 10 inform
himself every he had thrown the whole OF them
away that he had at last obtained what
he believed to be the .iaa ue this subject And that
the
GxEAr PASTE THEoKr.
lst-Thc production Of uniform materials from melted
matter
zd-Locse rounded materials directly iom pasty natter
aided by agitation.
3-Saty structure produced by lam!nstIor while matter
Is IN state OF paste.
5,h-Acency Of Mechanical action in separating or mix
Ing peculiar compounds.
6,horgin OF Trap Dykes-some rocks more fnsbc than
others
7,h-Lamisaou frequently causes the Inclined dip in
rocks.
sth-Groovcs on rocks made while the rocks IN
pasty state.
eh-ltera,on In the tusibllty of rocks since first ,s
g!egaed together.
Mr. g. StiiRan, Jr. then called attention to rhe
abundance OF cobalt found in the mine La Motto, Mis-
souri.
Dr. Jackson then said that the slass-makers OF
New England much troubled by the cobalt In The red
lead made from the mine La Motto lead ore II makes
blue flint glass Instead Of white aud easily tested %
puitin, the lead tn cruciblc ani melting It with
borsx n blue bead results hen cobalt s IN tho red lead.
The Chairman then called the attention ot the
Association engraylpRs Ibid upon the table by
Mr. james Hail. and prepared BY him for his work on the
Parontooey OF New York. lie commended Ihtm to thu
attention OF members and remarked that their beauty
evident 10 ALL but that their chief value consisted IN the
accuracy Of the drawing which would render the work
indispensable avery who should hereafter nvesti
the Legislature Of New York deserved the thaks OF
scenuic for the mne aud liberal manner In which
they had permitted this Important work be Illustrated
The meeting then adjourned 10 dlnAer.