New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-07

iaefs eent net have hen rerct nom saphrst, ov -.
action O. nap tykes Yoa HAY ni,li sa=aertt q S-
IN iurnaee ie0 tines, eit yea eau res.nee II 70 -
copper unless cathon ae preseu;- He also ts;-s
ihsi The eacareeus spar veius eoata!nrs espper rA
'0anG there are SreOus dykes cutting Cp tArces -
strata the sarrc the DYKES that rac Co-r
of that region IS part ot The primary copper OF Tic g
The ore Asd seea traeei for a rio. and cOa;sre - -
cent copper. But siili be ware the p1h,e ac,.,,
via goose speculstioas there.
TSAF SoCNS, &c
Or. IThsiprg then mace few remarks ,r -,
theory OF the Trap iccss OF the Coanec:!cut r,er
He Observed trat the re sandstone here ss b,,.
ridses OF primitive The dip 0, the ssadSiore vs. -
tcto the S=a;h O East aud the ;ssp ~ thrra ~
inraaie this dip The trsp goes ESsi Of Nosta A7.
Connecticut 10 Massachusetts. ScEpeRre ar srcr,f.,
principally cnuqcSe the Prn'i.ves on he so,Iez~ n
Whole OF Connecticut. the West h'f Of Mss.scha>c:-,
Yermca:. &c w,re covered with this led >sf,
Stone Il : seen iscla;e i, Woodbury., Conn vhsrs IA
tap pushed ny roush The sand I; has vi,-iss L. r
sandstone between the {. kes is soft and itiabSe.
Some considerable oIScuSslon here took place p,
lafve to the origin of the crescenr-Se form OF the
tap which by Mr.. Whelplsy was, thought 10 De ow.
Ing 10 the oohQui,y OF the trap IN the original ios.
m4;ion, aud BY Az Is SIlllman, Jr. 10 surface ds.
auGA,Ion.
FRESH WATER FORMATION IN ogrGcS
Prof BlLeU gave very interesting account q
s,,,sr. OF cror> snceoas lntr>oria Brought ms,
Oregon oy IL; Fremont they similar 20 these cgs.
now beneath the peat bOSS nf the United States. ard ss
ceased TO be object OF surprise Slteoceh they a.
ysv. NJ an object nercst- There WIS Gesua. a.
oe f interest atisched these 'nfsorA strata Ore.
,r ss they occurred under circumstances urparaeet
rhr, are a, fresh ufuScfia; and are rrS ;ss
river on the Eastern fsnk ct The Cascade Monnttas vh
an, volcano And sre 5000 hiSa. in long. l2 TO- a.
81 IS over these insorial sir1t. thsTc II aepoS
,crsccous basalt 80 feet thick. beside oiher suAa 81
chat te,e smallest specimens OF creation have been iAss
herrnetcally ssAled up 10 the present day
Prot Rogers observed Il was a sublect a. hs
highest interest that had AZ last cand gt3i7e sl
rate. fqrdi7a he 5RitsG Stres; and over ~hieA
mains the lava voicaric era,ers now extinct IKE VIA
IL met with In Central France. IL was most nie'es,:
matter; and az the proper time he would show that iAs
was also d fre,h water formation the Upper AsCa
prof Brilcy said that nearly all these tos>l. lBtq.
SOFIA thar he had examined were c species That Hs~ exist
al He ,hovcd drawings OF The
'N r,nn,is ,bsS. Spicals Of Spongila
cSuirp-lt, e,s,Ars Surica spcndiia
C;aliiouella nov. 50. So &c
P>of .SiHimaM said. then. that down "a the line,
store OF the Hudson River Serss sc Ne nal .ese nie7c
copic forms accompany ing US as TAR as we had any Pra
OF life ct al.
prof Hall said that L.. Fremont had found PSc.
mems In OREGON Of the cretaesous peoc and some very
similar IN lt,holocca formation 20 tho Bath Oole; s>a
south of TIN. he found a-sceous lmestore AID ss
ferns I'm hsle these east OF where tho InGso,"eis
r,rt The whole Of The Oregon region was OF the great
interest," n tho Ceoocst Through several degrees of
II 10 The south VI where The above were ouns there exist
al lmrerss salt LAKES and mountsns OF salt And through
all The recent limestone formations there the trap rcck
have rassed 10 ard disturbed the strata II ~ 'he Rocky
Nonrt,Ju. to The Facac shores. And over al there
srcn numerous extinct volcanic hills, and also some vca
uoes sl in ACTIVITY.
The meeting then adjonrned TO dinner.