New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-26

w of The oh.erva,i,ns differed on.,enth
ef .. .ccnd of ere from the mean NJ niootenth-. 40
micromeuc work of any observatory y s1PP,''i -
CIV, such r,.,tr Prof Mtcnol cbo-,d BY sn ac")nnt
1 uary De- hcate .Ipeiiu eDtr 10 shpT The change 81
6yure pIoOuc,d ny the changes ot temp-rrure most
ore &e., in ,be air surrounding he lnstrumeots.
There was no discu,sion upon thus paper, snd TIE
second paper sss taken dp.
tides of Saturp observed that this subie W. app-
rtuy of snIall I'm 2ortarce even IN regHa 20 Nuu.n
osp sy,tem But knowledge OF ths - 1ect must eHn
T. horough rtvi'iOn OF Al that h's been oone o07o
the -uIi,.. OF the constitution Of SurDs regrs iee
,,des OF the ring therefore impotan. 10 DE- coo@d
cred Br.hy auding 10 the man ponH OF tue pre-
,ius oiecussons, and gtypg crrd!t !" L<pSTo iol
nap.r on the subiect which appeared sSfey 10 hsve
hen sdgotfep, he called upou the ph'sicsfs of the
4. cton TO listen carecly and ctli-e freely the phy'
cal ~ umpton- sbch be sooald De ooised 70 taKe a.
the bass If hs calculations lbe Professor tien 0o
ceeded 10 discuss bs abrure pro Dein, stepping occs
scnalv from the black board to desk III the ha' 10
nick no ba' by whose brm Re Illustrated me ques-
ton. warriI us 10 remember that tho rnS OF s"tu
nof was th in prop0rtpn 70 IT. s'ze thsn th' hf
brp the thickLess beng only one thoussnd'h ot l's
breadth Saying at one point Of his remark that be
.hould omit tie cRcu atons by which be had srnSed
at soGe OF biz results, be plsyhy added thtt they
were pant of that humbug Of science OF that uan,
telhgblo matter which had been 80 strongly oeeced
TO by come members cf the A--o tie ~)ud
apo ogz. for having brought o, any time such papers
before the Association, but they are The peooess leu
a. had abe to collect anO Oitr 10 the hrr -
toD sG6i"T- 10 their collection OF Treasures tley
might be upnvIting II appearance but they were OF
great price n his eyes, sln BE estinl+ted them oy
coft OF ,heu produc ion rather than by tde 'r.es
value iApplaustl. No jewels in the cro.n oil tae
poet sre More valuable to their Poesess'r than these
are bo~e who would offer them IN the most sncers
anu humble manner as ther coatnOutioLs TO the cao'
not OF Science Applause
The paper itsel deeply n'ereetug ore to those
familiar with mai hamatcs and phys, 81 inquiries, bnt
vas too technical to admit OF Jort. Inc interest
il points in the theory of S1turus rng 10 the genera!
reacer IRE that the ring hud ana taat It Is D. W
from collision with the planet BY the action OF toe
suelht,s. These points have been anncu cd before,
bur Pro P.uce in the present paper haf g'9en
much fuller and more complete nvesflgatlon oi the
whole phenonera a We'll az theory OF t'e subi-o
SECTION or GEOLOGY And PALhoNroLoGi.
Pref TUoAkY Pr-si lent took the char.
C.l. j. ". Foster, of Mass4cnusetts then reai
paper on the gtoog cal position OF the deposits 10
vhh occur the OF the fossil elephants OF North
America and otter niainmaLa. The true posiolon IN
The geological fcics OF these remains Is -tll mo)ei
p.iut among American geoleSsts. Many MAINTAIN
at the LirOductnn of The eleph ant was suh-ePieE
tO the acia or Ort epoch. and there are those even
Who assert hat their extinction bas taken place sitcc
tie vent OF man. | am dsp,sed TO refer then oogln
10 iar higher antiquity, when the earn "as telahtci
With different forms OF life, snd shen dereot physctl
conditions prevailed i,In what we now behold oil
proceed, wb mnuteness, to adJuce the evidence
on which this opinion il bast d; and toe accomplish
.r of the task it will be necessary b. Inquire ln'o
IT,, - remains 8re entombed From tue borders OF
the Arctic ocean, and extending ~ oS down as lat-
tudc 20 y. meet with sccumula'ions OF cay,
sanC al cfaye ntoTsp. rscd with boSldcr- Of North
EN- origr aLd .pgu ar blo ks derived from no great
distance. ln the asI o the great Lakes, these dr-
potts consls, Of marty cays yanously coorCd over
nld by coar,e pcb les and wateproan oo"id' 10 Iu-
T. mingled with tbtSe Gays are the reua'ns ot Ve?e-
table, ng id- mt fed, of red and white
c'dLr, pine, spruce, and cranberry, Indicating at TIA
tim. he cAisteLce of sub Arctic vegetation thus
fer. tbrous hout the entire are. oocnpied by tnese
opc,iis tw reUaips of sheAs have been found
but these of frcsh-waer odgiD. The-" mf'"rl AIS
eye somtt l- nit cltd together pH Dll!, bG, more
G6qntItly sre di-u'but.d IA s'raiiiied beds. lhe
bow occupy iiScc 20 tlon; bat sou luiee rest
upon the sUrfsce and at Others are found 'ep d)"n
il the COY. Wo toOap, 20 regard tae d1tt' sency
by vii ch thesc materials have been Dispersed. aso
hor- nance, but II may b. Presumed that loh9
uteiNal iutcry.h.d b, tween the first groov!ug and
l!ai.ps doan the rocks, aad tao cte.siDn OF the
howlder talspoltatOn which observers have tAI3 IA
iai,, o IN. icatc by ,lrtinct geological m"nume"'.
H. re are ohrr ph, noneJ Intimately cOr1eocf VIII
Tie cose uf the drlt Cpuch TO which shr p.oc"ef To
aCv,rt. AID .hese are the terraces. To tho,o wio
bay. vssiynted the teT'acts hch border the Jrth-
EN- Lakes ana the rlvels o. our country, II oU appear
c,icrt that they have Iltel from sh' buis ing
cf H., Goiroi- IL tboi vuilt bUt ionl tho gfahu]
re Of mon OF t'c cont mem, VIII sun ~ht p4e
III tho nov ms Mt to atm.: Is ttelr fofmH'"n lie
oCett river terraccs opptar to have been ioihoc
to~ar6 ia. T. nnibai On of the drtL pcnOd, eipCe we
hnG that they contain angular AID crcr'o blocks
which could 81 heyc been I0n ported To thelr present
70. iIoIs by txstIg agci clcs This u,i5 no. neccs
saiiiy fellow III all Instances for tie drift might have
been subs, Vuently nollisd by hIia'he agency,
Sbut We have no means Of ci.'inguisbing betTeca
primitive and modified orift. Even those terac's,
composed Ot tine assorted r0atefp5. might have beCh
ioItd at time when the sUumits If h. country were
above the elects OF the dilit agency, while hs de-
PrcetJ pOtors were exposed to th, full hrre OF It's
Iayag,s On the whole, Il - reasonable TO ioier that
The moet ohcent terraces are rt.n s'-ly corrected
urL ho cfif pL, non,cna and tia. their ornatJn Ii
due to " oge lleYatory movements by which tie
tn ents wtrc made 70 assume their pi.r-nt outlines
Wien We wltDoss the present operation OF rivers N
Nodng t,ir cbanne- a0d iUrIoilg aliuViii dep l.ts
wcnay vel suppos; that the more recent even Of tho
tnacts have lar higher antiquity than that ordinarily
afs2Ltd Ia the rlgn OF man, IL pretty vel a.reo1
amobg geoo2l-te that ice toe agent by which the
r,bs r'rc p..nGd down and sri.tcJ, aud ,be Lo, G,
were uapsp.Ted, bur II j. not agsccd whcth-r tbr
agent wa- IN TIC o'm Of glaciers or iceberg. p the
pitduc'ion Of glaciers these conGrions are necessa
The country must be broken by hg9l m "a, aims a
deep yaIeys he difference in TIE Summer and Wiu'er
ttmptrature must nc morked, and the stmosp1e,c 50
charged wtb moi tuvc a. 10 send down mirh sno and
IAN III nee, as DE B.snDOnt has remarked IN the
tropical ngloIs aC LAve AZ the p.eseut iay, Inoun-
tan vtlcb fise above tbe hue, but the varaDe
nes- of ibe climate Is hot such to the
accunuat, IN the form Of glaciers. In Arctic America
We have I'll b. conditions for the f,ma ioo OF glaciers
exc R the elevGiions and depression5 OF the soil. The
hgbt Of nDo, according tO Sif John Richardson, be-
tween Loke SUpIior and the Ar. tic Ocean, does not
exceed Ihe- hUhdrcd and forty fee above the lake.
SUI pore before the dr1t period The country elc
yaied few thousand feet higher than now ,he sun.
mts OF the Adirondack and White Mountni M ~oult
be within the hints Of perpetual snow, aud glaciers
might b" fo:lr 81, Which, o.scc.dpg toto the y4lcys
would groove and plish he ks and leave long hnes
oil roehy fragments, known a. moraines b.. ~ lie
es, where lnm the bern line Of tee drift 10 the
Ac c DC, there no elevation above twenty. live
buLcrcd tet, no glaciers coud Oe form. d, whatever
rc'e be cOueiiOs e the c;rnate. lie would acc u
n nate in InDerso quantities in the Polar Rcgio~e,
and sut-sTc ic vegetation wotlo cover the plains
and -Opos oi the his abe now W.. NEE. with lsHu.
Gus tres great variety Of facts prove the: The ,-
mate Of both c.nDens az much colder than now be-