The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-01

/ Gulf Of McKee, or further hack, might be 30 re-
garded. At any point VI this region the G liz
itself the degrees of heat and tariff action might be
| attained which would produce the phsnomena in
| question.
Mr.. RsDY1sLD asked II the Northers did not
uniformity begin at the more southern point, Vera
| Crpz, for example, before appearing at Gonzales.
Mr.. BLopGEIT said, not uniformity, a. he was
| assured by residents
Mr. REDFIELp thought more careful invests alton
would show that they uniformity began at the
| more southern point.
Mr.. LOOMS asked whether there was regular
periodic in the region examined BY Mr.. b.
Mr.. b. pointed to region In which the south
east wind or monsoon prevailed TOR about six months
from the Gulf During the remainder Of the year. the
resultant direction is from the land but the dlrec
tons are very variable, Is In portions Of the CONT
nent.
Professor BAcHE said that some interesting results
connected with the subject, in possession Vi The
Coast Survey deduced from observations of winds at
Galveston, from which he inferred the prevalence Of
Northwest winds Mt certain seasons.
Mr.. REDTIELD did not believe in "winds of aspira.
ton, hut that II observations sufficiently
tended evidences o. rotation would be found. The
norther being at other places 1t the same time IN
eater, wester, or souther.
Professor BACHE inquired what distinction Mr.. b.
made between the north wind 1t Key West and Mo-
bile Port and the northers OF Tcxasg He believed
them degrees OF the same phenomenon.
identity but that the norther so far as identified
to justify the separ alton OF the district In which 1t
occurred, from the district in which the similar phe-
nomtIa occurred, but in modified FORM
SECTION B--NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY, MIN
ERALoGy, CHEMISTRY, GEOGRAPHY, AND Erhso
Committee of Section B Professor S. St. John,
Chairman; Professor H. L. smith. Secretary; DR.. j..
| l.. Riddle, DR. w. !. Burnett. DIR. Jos. Leidy.
xrt iu.I Vyfh "a III
her OF gentlemen and ladies attendance, IS In the
| case of the other section.
| The first paper read was " Geological Reconnoi.
sance of the Arkansas River by DR. j. A. Warder, OF
Cincinnati" Thus was voyage from Fort Smith to
Nap0lean at the mouth OF the river The lecturer di VI
drd the river into alluyial region; sertary and
cfetacious, an erustiye, mctamorphlc Duplicated,
| and the caIb0nif, rous. He traced the connection
| between the states and netamerp hosed sand rocks,
with the sbaes and saDdstons Of the coal measures
A large Collection Of specimens minerals and fosss
were exhibited in illustration OF the paper and list
of the plants observed, was appended to the paper
simply as indications OF the botany OF the State.
Dr. War6ers paper was quite able and will. with
the elaborate map by which it is accompanied, be
found very useful to all such would investigate
those regions We trust that the whole outline map
| will be engraved.
The second paper was On the Blood Corpuscle-
holding Cells and their relation 10 the Spleen, by
| DR.. w. / Burnett, of Boston.
The third paper was on the "Origin Of Quartz
Pebbles u the Sandstone COnglomerate and the For
nation OF the Sicous Strati6ed Rocks, by Prof. j..
BraiDerd, Of Cleveland"
meeting Of the association be had presented paper
ION quartz pebbles of the sandstone conglomerate,
and reasons TOR rejecting the theory OF water detr
| ton" In this paper the subject was examined
very briefly, that in consequence Of Dr.. Nswberry
having presented communication at the Albany
meeting, he felt called upon to present the subject
more fully before the association. The theory Of
Prot B. is simply that the quartz pebbles Of sCeons
conglomerates the sandst0nes, and other siliceOus
rocke-sre tie deposition of slick from solution, and
that the theory othese rocks being produced by detr
ton must be abandoned The general idea advanced
was, that the quartz from granite and the original
or primary rocks had been dissolved and afterwards
pIecipita,ed in the form OF sandstoues, pebbles Of
cong lOmCIates, coDcIetions in limestone, ints in
chalk, etc, etc In proof OF this, he cited authorities
to prove the occurrence of slick in solution in sea-
water &c. He also denied that in any former gepio-
gical periods there had been any force in operation
capable Of breaking up aud distributing over 50
wide area these material. he commended, that II
this had been true, fragments of all the other prn
ny rocks, called, would have formed part of the
same deposits, and that, moreover, we should fluid
cv,ry variety OF forn, from the extremely angular
to the perfectly rounded, and not by any means the
unto, NIFTY which we observe in the quartose congo-
merate. He commended, moreover, that these peb
bes were often in regular Ia, ers without intermiX
| tule Ct sand. and had they been deposited from
ter they woGld have mingled through every part OF
| tie Some Of the pebbles OF quartz contained
within ttemse,e s small cavities lined with crystals
which be Claimed az tDelr Also,
that Tor long liz u outcrop of this cong l0merate
where II rested directly shale the pebbles were
iat'eLtd On their lower side. This, he claimed,
wonld not have been exhibited bad these pebbles
been transported by water. Without following fur
Il er tie details given by the author, we extract the
following laIagrslh As u summary OF his vews:-
Il assLue, then frat, that the sndrccks Of the De-
yopisn prooaoly III 81 II not al q ths either ss
hm~ have b. for meo from solution OF siiceous mat
in N. waters Of the prini i've snd second,
that the RraD OF sand and pebbles ctyetazaa fom bis
solution, during their forus the vsrons geology,
c.. epochs Rave suffered h,te istu bsnoe, escops
shoals the beach Of the ocean, Or II streams Of run
nii wstsr."
Following this, the Professor undertook an slabo.
rate detail Of the and mode OF production OF
this slick in solutOn, citing in the end the ints
houstors Of tie limeston.s Of Tennessee and else
where, as having the same origin as the coDglome
| rates and sand tones.
| DR.. NLwBERRY remarked, in reply to the article
| of Pr,f Biaiuard that this discussion had arisen
from the di coyery by Prot B. of some Interesting
specimens, in which the impressions OF fossil plants
| were as distinctly transmitted to the pebbles which
arc Desc minated through the carboniierous conglo
merate, as ~ the interspaces of undurated sand.
Prot. b. accounted for the existence OF such speci
mems by supposing these quartz pebbles to have
been formed by segregation Of sihceous matter
subsequent TO the deposton Of the rock or by some
similar process-snd not as generally supposed by
the attrtion Of fragments OF quartz rock. DR.. N.
said that be was compelled to draw diifereHt in.
ference from these specimens from that deduccd
by Prof b; that Prof. BIS theory, II accepted,
would entail an entire revolution in regard " the
mode Vi formation OF not only the import ant rock ia
| question, but Of large part OF the siceous sed-
Meptsry portion OF tue earth's crast-that he wOaj
| rather endeavor to Had some mode by which these
pebbles might have been eroded subsequent to their
attri tion and cepOsitoD--that silica was 80 soluble
that it WAS readily taken mp by variety OF agents
| water alone, alkaline solutions, having so wide a
range Of continuation that there was no difficulty in
The way Of referring the erosion Of these pebbles to
chemical action. lie was confirmed in his adherence
10 the theory Of attrton by finding III this rock,
mingled with the quartz pebbles rolled fragments Of