New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-23
SECOND DAY-AFTERNooN SESSIONS.
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SECOND DAY-AFrERNooS SESSIONS.
PHILADELPHIA Thursday. sep; PIP ~
TIE 3d. Section of Naturs History and Geology,
sc met again AZ o'clock
The CHAIKWAS proposed another Secretary ani
D. GOULD was 80 appointed. Dr. DicNsch .o.
Medicine and Prof Hall tor geology were also ADDED
% the standing COMMITTEE when no" consists % A1
FOL OWN. members
Prof AsAs.rz Chairman. o.. ; Il DicgsoS'
Dr.. r. ". GIRsEs secreilry Fi.i J.Nt' -
DR. A. \. GOULD ssst. SC .ie-ie4Ae Hn1 Oeo.'ty'
Tine Section then proceeded O. business. Prot.
Hall exhibited numb, Of specimens OF the tracks
Of Moliusca upon Sandstone snd -, his views upon
them evidence o. beaches !" ta' .ur'a" pei1'u
From the tracks OF Molusca on tae me FRO
iessnr was led 90 the belief that ga beaches Formerly
existed far IN the interior Of the land
NEW Fish Is TIE HUDSON RNER.-Mr l..
PowERs. OF Lansingburgh, observed thAt Two ne" Va
rie. Of fish have existed in the Hudson River that
douttedly have come from the Lakes since toe opening
of the Canal He recolected that the first black bass
he ever saw was caught in the HUDSON. above Troy,
and that when found % excited general remark
THE Fossils or SOUTH CAkoLiNA.-Ihe paper
OF Prof TURNER. relating his investigations in the
Tertiary OF South Carolina pre-ented just before
adjournment IN the morning, through d.. MoRroS Of
this City.
Prof r. has found that the Eocene Of sou:h Carolina
Is composed OF three well characterized divisions OF
these the lowest In the series Is the 6urrsone orms
ton consisting Of beds OF sand. clay, gravel and grit
resting upon the crctsceOus beds The fossils, which
are all scifed occur In the upper part o. the lorna
ton and along the verge Of the suPcrncum5, nt caca
reous strata they tor the most part Identical win
those Of CsibOurue and represent literal Falna Al
though the fossils Of these beds include nearly all OF
those considered characteristic Of tie EOcene Of the
United ~tstes nevertheless there are among them wei.
characterized cretaceOus forms. Prot /. observes
farther, that the coaii Oi Soutn OaIona presents no
evidence Of very recent subsistence stated by some
writer's but that al the phenomena attributed q mat
cause are the result of the horizontal changes going on
al this moment.
sroN-The following the last additions ~ the titles
Of papers yet to be presented
D. Upon the Fishes Of Lake Superiority Prof LOTS
AeAssIZ.
=. On ZONE Improvements in Recording Magnetic Tee-
graph by Prot WALTER r. JOHNSON.
p Comparison Of the Alpine snd the Northern Vegetation
Co. on he structure Of The Phonetic Apparatus Of the Cck
So on The onsa Of tie Actual Outlines OF Lake superior
81. or the Terraces and Ancient River Bars the D the
Bowders and he polished surfaces around Lake su'
penor ard Lake Huron. By Prot AGissK.
s. On The CLASSIFICATION Of the Animal X ngdon BY The
49, Monograph Of the Garpikes Cepdorai BY the same
g. Critical Remarks upon the Black banded Cypnrdi...
By tie same.
IS Notice Of some new Cypinodants. TIE same.
36 Ga The fossil Ceacea u souh Carolina BY h- same
81 Comparison of the structure Of Cnnof-s with the tm-
w. brfforic state OF STAR Fish4s....B y ihs same
49, On the Currents OF the Ocean. Ry Lieu " MAURY
3d. On the Tracks Il MOuscs, &c a. evidence Of Beaches
in the Siunan period BY Prof JArEs HALL.
iar substances By the same.
g. Ol some Fossils Of the Onondaga salt group from Can
ada West....By The same
q On he Absorption Of C4bouc Acid by Liebigs dilute
solution o. Pho,nha ofsoda BY Prois. K. T. ard
W R0GERs
s On the Action Of Mineral Acids fedsper...By the
think this includes about all the regular subjects 10
be preached. They viii be amply sufficient to occupy
the full attention of both sections for several days
some of them, it wiz be seen, have already been com
mcnccd upon.