New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-22
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CAnsarDsr Saturday, Az 9

inz four distinct bodies
In general session ins RECOMMENDATION o. the
Standing Committee 20 nod to- neNi meeting a. Ne~-
Maven. cane o. fsr saAl acHon and ~ss adopted Ia
the same connection however discussion sprans %
on H. pro9rie-y o. sr-i-aar-ai meetings, Prot. D.
Rosrrs proposed that 81 nterms5 sesscn be- held
Ia some ~ ne Southern STATE. - some period during
the Spring
DR. Gusrs ss0 urged the pr7pre;y Of sch A. AZ
rangenentcou.idsrngt that me s-cts o. the Assocs
ron would - advanced by extension o. .ts SESSIONS
o. .1c s.1lh Hr particularly recommended Charles
TN In he soonla q March.
Nr SOLOMON " RosEErs Of Pa Cd ~ contrary,
while be supported the choice % New Haven tor ne
succeedlg annual session. earnestly pressed upon the
attention o. menbers the claims OF Cincinnati Or some
other city Of the West due share Of these Assem-
oia.es
On motion Of Prof AeAssrz. the consideration Of the
subject finally referred the Standing Committee
Mr.. RosIlrs again expressed hope That the Com.
mitt4e would not forget CincinnatIle general meet
| ing then adjourned, 70 meet Ia Sections
In The Section on Ge o-y. the f-st communics-
tion was By Prot Il. .. RosEH. on tie Evidences Of
Aeueou. Action n the Drr formations Of the lake
and River Terraces OF the United states This SUB.
jet which thoug often brought Up ~ these meet
MT. seems suu ~ inaeterminste and far a. ever
from any generally acknowledged solution TIE two
sresi theories the aqueous and glacial action On
this point the Professors r disagree yet arrive At
thing that may be considered definite
Following the debate on THIS question, a. inter
esiing paper read BY NJ. W c. REDFIELD Of New.
YORK on some
Mammalian Reuaias f7und "a Bro0me County,
~ Y)-Ihe specimens exhibited By Mr Rsdssld
were received by him from Nj T Brown En-. ineer.
iuChisf on the New YORK and Erie Railroad and
sisted Of the lower Jaw and other bones OF mamma
referred the genus VDe' which had been found in
ane clay beneath Drift the eevstng ridge .-parsi-
ins the upper courses Of the MYERS Delaware and Sus
quehsnns some o. the bones we're parity enclosed 10
msfrix q this nn- clay. The remains were trst OBJ
tanned by Mr. Jonathan Case IN excsvsurg f0r the line
OF the Road NJ the Gulf summit n Bro1m- Couuty-st
depth Of fory fo below tne natural surface, aud II
! an elevation Of shout 315 feet shove rde
The line OF the Road ~ md near tns summit il aid
through natural oppression or hollow which inter-
diets The ground he dividing ridge between tie
t,rs of the Delaware and -usquehznns The superb
cal portions ~ toe hollow consist chiefly o. the Drt
most ~ which Las been derived from me boring
rocks but p.rsei With fragments from more Dis
tant sources These rocks sppeaT 90 consist OF hne
grts. rsgs ad shales belonging ~ the Hamilton group
of the New York Creole -i.ts-whch group borders the
| Erie Road i0r more than = hundred miles along The
| DE -ware and The Susquehsnna
Directly 10 the summit which 10 300 feet shove tide
the railway Inc j. crossed hy rdg- elevated plat
torn Of this rock. which h,d here BEEN rlptur-d by
some natural and the two sides ~ the fracture
| separated from e-ch other by distance of twenty
yards or more-th.s interval being filed In part win
broken ms,-es of the higher rock over aid With Dut
The opening thus made ~ the dividing ndge Is called
| the Gull The natural depression 10 the surface 81
| this point was deeper and more abrupt
| Whatever CAUSES. observed Mr. kedhed. may be a.
signed Tor the occurrence ui these animal remains IN
| ms locality must admit thst their deposit took
place 81 period anterior % that IN which the present
level OF the railway and the general surface Of the al
j'cent country became covered With me dnit Ia 20.
existing form IT least anterior 20 the vast period
LOO which the incumbent materials forty feet To depth,
| have been accumulated. The everything deposits ap-
pear not 90 dter materially from those which cover
many other portions 81 the couig uous country while
there other portion. and positions ~ posed
in which 4rge and rounded huu ders ,ud pebbles
are thickly dispersed The bone. have been deposited
nth The New York Lyceum OF Natural History. snd
by permission Of The Lyceum were shown on the pres
| rni occasion
Mr. Redaeld also presented specimens Of fossils
taken from Two hOudefs Of rocks ia the Drft II or
sns-. y (which belong generally 10 the d. thvr.
| Limestone and The Onskany Sandstone Of the Va
loft >ssfem These bouldefs mus have had their orr
su ~ point not lees distant than the Valley of the
hunaout thr nearest o4crop OF these rocks-nAving
thus been earned over the mountain elevations Of the
ShAwsngunk ana the Hg nands by the active agencies
| ~ The Duit period.
TINS remarkable occurrence elected consider
able discussion smons the geological portion Of the
nemosr., and wss justy considered important and
Interesting
An interesting communication has been pre-
scented by Prof PrseE on the
| Connection ~ Comets i-in he Solar Sysiem.-
The following s brief summary Of Prof PrAcr's 70
marks on hi. subject He observed that there hid
been century of accurate observations upon the phe
nomena OF Comets 80 that the inquiry nay now vel
come up whether they component parts II The solar
system OF strangers visiting us from other systems
| i.s own opinion that they component part.
o our own system snd iast - general rule. Comets
dir@rest systems belong o. and are k-slse essen
us component parts Of that system. he came 10 this
conclaslOu strengthened by classes argumcnts-
tle nrs arising from the nstur, OF their orbits. from
! their not being hyperoslc. OF the hundred Comets
which have been carefully observed and their orbits
sccu siey computed within the sst century. not one
h.s been shown O. have 20 decidedly hyper5oic orbit
| While. 10 they 90 Dot belong o. system be held
that ~ east one bali 81 them upon the average ought
| 90 move ia precisely tnst KIND 10 orbit
ln this connection Pot Pcirce c0rnbsf.ed la Places
doctrine Of chances illustrating hs ectious By
| Try charts. &c ID protested against using IT, doc
trne oi chances for the -osolte dets alton Of avs
and paced into mathematical investigation Of tie
whole matter 70 e.tsbish al belief
Iis Structural Fsat.rss u ne Aips sad other
DS4rbea Diaries Of Earofs Upon ihis subject md
10. kindred there have been number prolonged and
| hshly interesting discu.sions wherein Prof., Il. o
Ro0Ess. CvroT. and ASAssiI have borne TIE more
conspicuous parts Al these gentlemen have made
! personal explorations ugon the spot and their com
1neo results Ar not only o; scientific importance but
1t genera public interest The chief points Of The
| main debate ssetchea below
| In The tr.f ullczfou upon the subject Prot
RoGERs cOunned himself quite close 20 the sn.logi-s
N structure ~hicl hso discovered between Apa-
schlsn Nolntsiu chsln q the United STATES and tn-
disturbed mountain districts of k4rop- He sketched
the Characteristic features o: The Apslsch.ns their
southern SLOPE. where tn strata always found
doubled into onlsur 1rxures folds Further % the
north west these rrxlrrs -ss p-rceproe bat the
northwestern side % ne rcns curves ciIs much
more stee ply Than ire southeastern. Advancing s
f-rher this ch.n. these great seizures u n- ROCKS
expand progressively tat ~lfn TIE curvature OF TIE
NORTHWESTERN sop-s stil dipping very steepiy-~hile
n The orosd YIatrsus ~ me egncny Ard Cuuher and
l-ltsirs the arch s1nslte al catr into symmei-
rca un-u.arocs e ecusl and nte curvature Along
a. the Southeastern border q he chsln ne prevailing
tp.s thls toward tte belt of sctv- su-ols move
me g. where alone ire strata Perforated By vol
csnic rocks Prot Z g-rs then Neut % 1e-oustrss
tasi these srchrs q CREST len sth and 10
sl Kisses eNhi-.f remarkable degree u uniformity
.n t1ti- ~ u -x-re TIE pale xuic region - 81
Arlcnles and the hh.lr ssa itscr .er. and zee
ugn shHSn pssl. thr0ush tn- chain ~ Ire ArtrIncs
>a1 Tie br.-lsn "a. cr.cs Precisely analogous .ea-
iurts werr Shown o. belong O. iris NLlcl lad
| oren observed ln ear Aps.sc1sus.
Prot ho-ers Inrl prQcrrcr o. heightened cescrp
ton % tr- picturesque mourtSinchsin NJ the Iurs
proving that ihsre likewise me same oeauufg az q
| peculiar curvature prevailed. tie then passed o.
consideration % TOE APPS, showing that the cham
Of to principal zones of closely plcsssd strata