New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-29


TIE pitrtIt state Of knowledge, and 10 ilu trGto his
oral conn uLica'ionf. He usp was not Tub ihed nor
wac II lite Ddtd for pubicatIOn. lie moreover pro-
tetttd seein.t toe connection Of Mr. Marcus name
with hs own
Mr. LisLTr p,o'ested against such a prec -de q. as
tbir would b.. nnd ngie.d WITH Prof Hall Cenfe.sng
That, IN h. opn' 'n, map in question Is an outra
teObs can catuic s, 1T Couid moi agree TO bringing ne
after NJ n thss pace O. part OF the proceeolhgs
of tie Associs,iou, and moved that Mr.. axe be
requteftC 10 WITHDRAW his paper.
BIZ. j ID WHITSIY spoke Of the wide fusion Of
tho map in Eur Pc aId tie ceesIty of the A.sscca-
tor'r making an tXpo~We OF 30 Infamous circ =
tune Of AmtrcGL Geology, which must be supposed to
itpiet. Mt tic peseLt stat OF knowledge amJng our
g,oOgists and thus iei, ct its eros upon them.
Pot SWALLOW agreed with Prof isll bJth in biz
opinion Of ,he Gap aud in Tie propriety Of crcisios
il here.
Mr. BLaKf had DO persona feelings whstever in tbs
matter. He viewed u as question whether we rest
quietly when the ia ts collected By the neric .n
Geoiogsts, Trough long yeas OF laooI ale uus plun
derto al ulsrcpIeseLted.
Prof RoGFRs thought that, the subject is by this
debate euf1icicItly brought bsfor- the public, Mr.
Blake hso better withdraw his paper.
Prof DEwLY protested sgaiI st It's withdrawal He
would rather give the word formal expression Of the
opinion Of the Association.
Mr. WHITNIY spoke again of this being an excep.
tona case; ope in which the map has beer published
Is extensively circulated in Europe aud Is doing too
much Jury there to be passed over without notice
Prof Rooms "a d that as the aiding COMMITTEE
bad aon this paper, we should Lot now undertake
TO cxcluoe it.
DR.. HrTcHcocK was cheercd to find so many emi-
neut III, NJ aged in peri, ctipg map OF the Cnied
Statcs Such a work can be but one OF approxlmi-
top. aud IN perfectng il there is ample work for al
our eeolopits for a hundred years TO come. He did
not think il worth while on the whole TO make any
formal expression Of the opinion Of the Association.
Prof LtSIKY raid that this IS an exceptional case.
He sp ke nciguantly If the course OF Maroon n
ing to this uLtry, entering the service Of the United
States GovoImeLt, where his services Verc not aP-
81 L. - n tlat r..t Il
of, went back TO Europe, and now publishes maps
which all Il ntlt as in calling caIica,ures
Prof. RoGLRs entirely concurred VITA Prof Lesley;
he had put his finger upon the precise point. Marcous
not those arsirg from want Of attalIable
knowledge but those aislrg from not having studied
the works in every ones reach.
proposal to refer the matter to the Standing Com
mit,ee was here lost
cd the any too severely aud his only object had
been to prevent this Of criticism becoming pre-
ceOent.
Upon taking the question Mr. Halls motion was
lost AID Mr. Bake paper goes upon the records Of
th Ass oclatlon
Prof JAMES HALL followed upon the Carboniferous
Lmestobes Of the Mississippi Valley His object was
to show that the term Arcbimedes Lmest as Used
by Owen, is of no value in determining the relative
pOsion of strata the strata to which II i, thus ap
plied are in fact four dstiLct beds of limestone,
which the Archmedes occurs, widely separated by
other beos in which this fossil doce and
aLo 10 show a graoua! thiDn0g out OF the several
beds tie subcarbonftrous series toward the north.
Conside rable discussion followed, led by the West
ern geologisS, aid combining the views oi fioi.
Hall.
MIR. r. p STEVENS closed the session with some OBJ
seryatons on the coal fields of Illinois in support of these
propositions, viz: Fust, the Illinois cOs field IN is
IoIibtm aspect, Ii not underlad by the mountain
lin esoLe nor by any sub carbOnie Gus rocks, out
rests immt date upon the Slurian system, and often
upon its uptur ecges, Secondly in the trend OF it.
ba ins trough 10 not conornabe to the Appalachian
system but ecty the opposite, its troughs lying IN
north west and southwest direction Thirdly, that
there system of elevation long prior TO tue coal
era and this disturbing force was from the west raid
or south westward. FUurthly, that since the carbon
if.r rous there has been disturbing force thinning
the coal into gentle if from lateral pressure
Filthy that the coal seams in of the basins
found by lines of scturos proceeding from the
center outward, while lines o. fracture were subse
queLt TO the coal era and anterior to the DRIFT.
ZOOLOGY, BOTANY ASD ETH>oLoGY.
Mr.. GIBHoS III the Chair.
Mr.. ii. X SCHOOL CRAFT continued his paper on the
Algonquin Language. The whole mystery of the ln
caTpation was lost In the AgoLqun by the suosItu-
ton Of young woman for virgin. The lnoian always
prayed TO bis father ano never tO the tather o u
all although be had word for that. Their lat guags
showed too in some things a singular adaptation u
the expression Ct the delicate feelings they had
word tignifyng passed away" which they used as
euphomism tor cath.
Prof ANDrRsos asked whether the Indian languages
had proper decleDsion whether tboy were aSglu-
atet; whether this dgglulnatiOn, WINCH hdl Drch
fully exposed BY Mr. Schoolcrait. we've common to all
the In dian languages; and lastly, whether the la OF
syntactca construction were similar to that OF the
Tartar languages.
prof " sos made some remarks enbodying some
Queries htve TO some indications OF bunan Istinct
as illustrated by primitive acts lie began by deny
ing the opposition OF true religion and true science:
He oubted whether geology ever made skeplcs Dut
theology in collision wIth II had made much iase
science. The question of the unity of the race was
premature. Science was hot yet ready for IT. and
- raFa N
Piof Agassizs reiererce to the utility OF considering
the speech OF animals as aid in the consideration
of primitive language. This was OF grea' importance
but while we gave great weight, We must not forget
that man was something more than an anihal
we must consider his intellect, Prof Dawson had a.
luded to the Influence Of man IN the diffusion OF tue
horse over America. He wished to consider whether
man had bCen from tie beginning intellectual ana l.
canahe of instinct OF whether he had shown IN the
eafy ages Indications OF that faculty lie alluded 70
tie nt and bone, weapons Of saysges especlany the
inhabitants Of the Poy ynes sian I,ands. 10 these be
WAS able 10 trace very close resemblance to Imple-
mems of the same kind which were made by the ear
lest Inhabitants, vast was the interval OF centuries
betwe EN- them. From this be must conclude that II
wac natural to all uncyilized races to make such in-
srune nts that il part OF the original iasunct
OF man. lie knew perfectly well that man had To-.
stincts The infant Knew how to suck at birth, did
not need be taught that and when the necessity oi
it wes gone the fscu T was forgotten s1d wes a
g Then are al gone suckere.
Prof. HA1DEMAS spoke Of the similarity of the ar
row as perfec'ed by the English bowmen aud by the
Rocky Mountain lnoian. Both had three feathers,
and IL was necessary that the snoS should go par
right eide apparent by putting dilerent-colored
feather on it, the Indian did it by leaving peculiar
TUT on the upper side Of the arrow. He had motto ID
on breaking the egg Of a snaPping-turle thai tue
Young turtle snapped The peculiar quit 1ral sound OF
tie eiowl of the cog heard in the Hebrew and 1t
might lead to the inference that the dog had been
domestca cd when tle Hebrew languages were formed
facts and waiting for the ores until the facts evolved
were ipe for them Everything touched c'hnolozy-
al auslogies of fac in favor Of and agsr st the uni