New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-08

Mr.. Sctoois.f: made son.e remarks upon he Dora & Ia
fofiDerpn Of Virginia. He merely ste Cd that, n reiaJa
20 this formation tho veins ca al had been dsDsced =
he seroe u feet, o'eryng the time hat he i Il
k duiy % state that much diversity Of opinion existed a.
10 the prCerctycreas q the region mentioned
Pre-soF Rogers opposed The reception q he p1Pe,
He objected becausc be considered il Ozt Of place Tor
Scientific Association IKE this to give IL inorseneni-ss
il would do such paper made Is appearance IN the pub
Ii he'd prcce.dings-to purely commercial matter he
had Cljecton 20 the Dora coal fields having he IN
dorsornent If fine Society in Wallet but he opposed
committing this Association 70 the utiersnos OF some
thing which had foundation IN fact he fnea proceed
cd t how that it was impossible FOR the Dors coal fields
10 be productive Of commercial coal because the veins
were irregular specifically, and ysrSns from Jour nehs-
10 The pont named BY Mr.. SehOocra and al the veias
,rodpre more coal slse than coal He moved therefore,
that the paper be not received The Asocatlon after
deDernton referred the paper to the Standing Com
Iaifoe where It viii be suppressed
Mr. schoolcrnft also presented paper the American
Deer He stated that he had discovered that the horn
f the Red Deer were solid and that al solid horned deer
we're destitute Of gsladder. He considered it rather
late 70 extraordinary physiological fact IN the
economy Of The deer but having found be would present
il 90 the Association.
Mr. Dsniels Geologist the State Of Wisconsin read
paper on the Lead Mines Of Wisconsin, which dis
cusscd by Professors Hail. Smith, Roger and other Inc
peper void Of interest
SIr Daniels was followed by paper on the Me,eorie
Stones with account Of recently discovered, by
Professor j. Lawrence Smith Of Louisville, Ky. Nh
Smith presented several specimens Of meteOrc stones
and Ineeorc iron among others a Of iron, weigh
ing hundred pounds, found near Sa,llO,
Mexico. The object OF the professor Wa 10 -ho"
that meieoc irons nos, as some suppose,
The falling stars which often seen. Neither we're
they portions Of planetary body which had been dis
ruped His hypothesis is, that they from the
he supported BIS position very pausby, showing TIA; all
the Ineieors possessed the same characerisiics ond
just such bodies might suppose to be found in
the moon. They were satellite matter and nothing else
Prof james Hell being called home by sickness in his
firmly the following papers registered by him were with
Ohservations upon the Geology Of the Mauvases Terres
Nehraska with notices Of the geographical and geological
range of some of the fossils Of that region.
Remarks upon collection Of Cretaceous Fossils from Ne
brake ard The absence Of species known in tbesouhen
extension Of the same formation.
Red Sandstone Of the Connecticut River Valley, and The
proofs OF lis O0liiic OF Liassicage.
Remerks upon the results Of extensive and continued
collections Of Fossil Species from portion Of the SluIa9
rocks Of NewYork. showing the number Of species and
individual, Of each species obtained from limited locality
during period cf ten years.
On the reproduction of similar types or representative
speccs in successive geological formation illustrated by
collection cf species Of the Bracopoda from the Niagara
and Lower Heidelberg groups Of the Paozoo rocks Of the
United States
lie Section then adjourned to meet in general meeting.
In the general meeting the election officers for tie
next meeting took place, as follows:
rcrn'Hei secretary err,
I[e,sgr: h 1870 htSSN s,,r.
The Association voted to hold lis next annual meeting in
Providence. on the 10th of August, lsj5
Adjourned to evening.
The meeting in the evening devoted 70 Dr. Hare to
eucaote his Theory OF Storms As i 10 gave the Doctor
practical Illustration of his subject, rain storm up
and poured its heavy wet right steadily for several
lOms.
The Association were invited to be present at he reccp
ton given by Mr.. Corcomn the banker, and several OF
the members availed themselves Of the inyi iaon
nun Der Of Nebraska Indians deckodin all their savage
gowgaws made their appearance in the ecturcroom ts
morning They for short time bat science was too dry
for ihC and they LEFT the wondering no doubt what
il all about President Pierce and members of the Cab
met were present in ;he afternoon
The Association will probably adjourn tomorrow. at
least such a contamination is deyouty to be wished.