The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-11

charge Of the prosecutor will prove as successful
in their duly we have been in oars, which
being done, The public will have the satisfaction OF
- ENG si,ilsd from further mischief band OF VII
lains, whose unexamped daring and powers OF
evil have written misery on many a heart, and
whose os'fnsible positions IN society have, TILL
now, dtfied and discouraged every attempt to
break them up. IL may be subject Of congratu-
lauoD, nOrsover, that We moved in proper time,
for rs apparent TO the view, that had We not ar
rested Drury we did, the arrival of the nine
ihoussnd dollar note from Illinois would have been
collected against the estate OF dead man, and
the $4,000 mortgage obterated by Proctor Ope-
ration. by Drugs arrest, however, all the plans
against Mr. Foster were dlsjolnted, and the Sc
coDd great copsplrator. General Bennett, tell
victim To The common blow.
We feel the peril WE have incurred but we will
abide it; and shall rely for our compensation upon
Just appreciation by the public OF the service we
have rendered 10 the cause OF Justice. The only
thing ftr which we now feel called upon to apply
tor an excuse, is for the length of this account;
but the nature OF the subject makes il necessary,
and il is our doctrine, that every man who for
the pubic, should show his hands, the end of his
t4sk, by tuli report. When other public authO-
mites follow the same rule, the community will
know more about It's own business, and have less
TO complain of in the way OF maladministration
For further report in this matter, we refer to
our ohce column.
DE. AnSissiI's Lecture on Geology.
Dr. Antisell concluded his course Of lectures &C.
oloey. at the Hope Chapel, in Broadway on Monday
evening last According to the manner into which
ne divided his subject the nsdsrn epoch Of the worlds
formation was that which he lectured upon last,
epoch which, be said although not rich in mine
rails Is embel,isbed by the animal creation than
any ~ the others He then passed on to description
OF the tertiary beds consisting of chalk clay rand
limestone. and mari deposits These tertiary beds are
not all Of the char cter but vary in different
psrts of the word but wherever they are s,tuated
they contain within Themselves the history Of their owl
by the remains Of the various animals found
imbeddsd IN them Alter explaining by diagram the
wsy In which these tertiary beds formed he said
they occupy almost the whole Of south America, .
large portion Of Brazil large portion Of the United
States. Epslsnd France and other countries; but the
tertiary oi nations in South America probably the
moot inicr~stipg in the world The city Of Ps.is is
built the centre OF gre basin OF tertiary depo
sits, and go II London iu England; but the bed on
which the latter Is built Is much smaller than the
other. and there fewer remains iDtermingled with
IL than found IN the Paris deposits. Burr stone
potter clay and pipe clay Of tertiary formation
Be Of " slso found In these beds well
beds Of amber ana ignite The large bsulders de-
tactsd rocks, which are seen In this neighbornood
and o'hsr parts Q, Inc county, we're n,a snsn re-
occupied the stteDticn Of some Of the ablest
R.olog,sts, without satisfactory coscluiion being ar
~ to the manner In which they have been de-
posit@o in the places where nnd them. They
Ia q dir .cti, invariably from northwest southeast
and il We examine their structure and formation,
ind they belong to parent stones in northerly dreo
ton We mud the bouders on the eastern extremity
VI Long ltlsnd came from Rhode Island those which
from Cor necticut. and such as We ind In Brooklyn,
Newburgh. 40, came from the Highlands There are
Q great many Of them in Iceland, and they can be
truced like manner to Greenland and the coast Of
Labrador Their angles ere S~ays worn and smoothed
by coming In contact at the bottom OF the sea Some
geooste beev ed the origin VI boulders to bs In the
elevation of mountain cbsins for they say, II exam
ise mountain chains the boulders to dverge from
q nmop centre, like epokes In q wheel. Professor
Aegassis takes Q different view He thinks they
away the action Of glaciers Not afew Of the
large coming from the north pole are seen at
~ Asv And fIQu mt IN q
Newfoundland In consequence Of the shallowness OF
thu water and remain there until melted; aud 1t Is
probable that II those banks elevated above the
water. that We might see some bouders. This would
explain too. Why boulders are found on the highest
land because where the highest land there would
be- when It Vas covered by the sea the shaowest wa
ter and the most hkey place TO obstruct the icebegs
In addition to boulders find deposits Of gravel and
eskd containing the remains Of animals OF the tertiary
period Similar r.msins likewise found in lime
In England and those animals Of snala-
gou species many which exist at the present day
The lecturer then described the animal life peculiar
to the tertiary period The fishes not OF the same
character those Of the ndary period Msokere
herring sc srs Of this period There was no salmon
there sharks and cells in various forms. or rep
tiles there not that predominsnce which there vas
In the ebdary formation Lizards and crooodles
spskss and seIents the only glasses that may be
sad To be peculiar to that period The snakes were OF
ty but not In number-such as vutures, curews bus
Yards. qus,is &c &e. but the species very few
character the wolf raccoou opossum &c There we're
alss number Of animals represented BY the hippopota
mus elephant, &C. OF The present Day. Those animals
belong, the class termed thick skinned, generally
beveIous and come OF thsm capable Of doing great
injury. fev Of them carnivorous. Very few Of
the animals Of the present day resemble those Of that
period The elephant does In degree aad does
the horse In 81 them the feet divided twice
som~times thrice. and sometimes there four div
ei-ps We have the remains OF animals Of which We
have at the present day bearing any bapcs
To them q his dsappearance OF certain races Of ami
mais L. not uncommon In the history Of the world.
Caesar IN HE commentaries mentions animal which
has disappeared sisee Ms day. An animal vas found
In New Zealand and presn 10 Charles the Second,
IN live state, Of which there nov living aud
~ which all that Is LETT II portrait. The lecturer
then commented upon the wonderful discoveries Of
getlogifts IL was supposed before that science
but by geology end that he the last be-
ing ON IL. The nIHt living things were corsls, aud
snims, nature progressed upwards regularly. We then
bsd sbsll hsh. thsn FISH then reptiles then ala,
then monkeys and last OF all mau with higoer endos.
eLts perfect anatomy than all he rest The
Law Of eevelop.ment then IL appears Is well marked.
TO curious cont-mplstiops We are led to consider
how u the notion that tho world Vas mado
Tor man tor appears that he merely takes his place
his reception IL shows that countless millions Of years
sap,sd IN which he took no part. Looking At these
things therefore a. Ia Impossible that mao may be
IN. last occupant Of this gob In his present form IL
u,t poe sble that human nature may be mproved
much hereafter ~ ve are an improvement the
sboiigines in intellect aud greatness Possibly this
wora may be made for something else than the posses
sion Of mantbst 10 that other beings haviug disap-
pearsd msy have Go make for beings offs higher
nature 9th nober ends aud greater intelsetual en-
doyments.
The California Movement.
There IL NO abatement In the rush Tor california
restcls have departed during the past two
than during tn. nrst fortnight OF December On Mon
day last, tine little steamer, belonging to Nessrs
Ho~lsbd Aspinwsl tsles from this port for Panama
she has been built expressly tor the navigation Of the
Pacific
The spl.ndid steamer Empire City, capt stoddard
left her pier. No North River, on Thursday after.