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

filing up OF ~ deep hbg th"H outlets, nss ~
toms would become clo'hco viis ~ssey "
feurshDg - long a. they bad suifoie nHst
H.uc. many OF the svamps sn1 p.S, -.
which tho mss'odon bas oeeu bdhd NAY
been formed at period very rema.i ~"
oomparsd With the adv-a of mar, atho lsn va
ca,ed shells belong 10 ttIl cIrtng so-se. o
eyid, rec 10 incontts'ible, Of "a s1,m-ntatsou N
prod ,cirg bsrri.is Of ice, Of ~ oepressrs oS -
nnsin the bor'h n port OF tbH cOnghent OF u.
ptron OF tOwlcer, OF toe form it'oa 81 t.rrs4. "a
+. .cbes and Of the depo.itioa Of ds,ntii rnA.-.
enveoplpg the remains of terrestrial AID rns.u -.
anima..
There are Two facts which nj tate aysrs 49,
potbee,s: !. The totre aosc.ce VI Insrne ,14.'
and ID With q oppressed consneft, Va ,ho,i
look for 81 eQuahle climate snd = v-ge'a,Son -,
oimipg Ia thu sOf tee iropcs. Hsvlng tho. -kkoA.,I
p.culsiitie- Of oit ctp"sir iuIn t,th-ir onsec.,
with the r, of 'he ,ephsDt Col F's,er 6n. .ok
OF the romano OF this animal 'sund the Hh,hnyr-
NAl.y. The 'ouudsiGn VI tbs val ey cosl,,r ~ -.
co neaurc- ring either side 70 tae hse, oi 10
500 feet The soil u c4'ey snd cont Nns no ~ sAe,.
or granite pebbles. Within the basin sschy Va
fsnk. OF tb.se hish's. on each q i tsr-@ licas
,xty feet abo~e The NJ. kirgum, composed OF heyl
l.y trff sno 10 tics upon be rocks fbe rvss boo,,
betvesr these terraces OF h.e sand of cay Tres foc
ose bock. sno boa@ocrs ui.nat" cescnpeoa d
the s,rs,s ard topography Of th. n ION OF soe Max
irgum Valley, rear IsnesVi'ic, 'nu'loe" y a'iTsst
utroc uced to rho the applca ION oi ia p1as.
PIES of irif In the early pai OF 1hls psNr ksunhs
10. 10 the remains of th~ mast"don found IN thr W.
lev, ard viicl ras specimen of nhcomm"1 aie slt
W.. pies.rved The speaker rho ~ed hat they w-rc
,r.ly COZ fnec 90 the odest OF these terraces. H. te
an.lyxeo the chact, Of he dep-'s III SJntbe'n No
Nd M.siern Virgiuis, Kentucky, NerOont, C.osdA
and the southern States where simuar rena aims hsys
been found He next Instituted Comparison bs-
tween these deposits and those o bLrOpe, Which COZ
tsiD the Flcok0s pr r0gc7ihs.
From al the facts IN the ciso the anthov believed
that the fossil elephant of America commenced bic
existence btfJre toe dr't agencies Ia entirely ceased
wien toe waters stood AZ u n,gh.r level-wn.n the
COZ tour Of the cootineDt were dnereBt, whea
different climate prevailed, sad whsn cub.
attic vegetation sAetched f~r toward the topios-ss
tin hen the vallt vs. were eNcavft"d by Tbs nfnS
waters ard the assumed n.afy th'ir pfeseni
dye ction IL was period of erosion shioa igh. to
be marked by dlstpct g.o- ,gical mou npout-i he
would de sigI ste il as the Fluria'Rc Poiod. Cc.c
,crsIy probably, With the elephant sts the ma, don
Of more Tondeious iiame but OF an in'onor The
fos. beaytl tenaltcd the streams anI akcs, he OF
ard the bison rosmed over tbe .G' whi'o tle spu
walloved in the eNamps, al o,.onsicg 20 cN'nS
species. In the nider regions OF tie S,ntb visited Y
tie -cph,nt and nastodon ia ihef NJ sr"uoas. iiv,t
the great l.si es,ins mog4thcrium the ny'Yion tue
ne gaoIyx, the hippOpO;sInuS, the elk The deer
are belong ng 10 extinct SPECIES while az the head
the carnyora stood tho colossal hon. which then, a.
now WIS the monarch OF the wlC'lbcss.
pen TIE conclusion OF MIR Foster paper,
Pfof SGLu.S spoke OF par, OF a skeleton Of :.
haIodon found by some lfi-hm'n ~ Ncy-Bruaio,
Com, zone pears sice, which discovery nas oeaG O
wllaytr, a. a Subsequent per Ol, some Il spec.
II eos OF teeth have been found IN the glovei formed
by dtcayug rcd sandstone inese are the only
irstsnc.s hc kIe~ of indiug th,s. remains 10 Now
Epgsnr II is very curious tAat gr, Il Inb-r OF
ua.todons eould have been 10 md il the 90 e'o pa-
OF N.n.Yolk snd in NowJersey, and 80 fe< on tle
other sde OF the Hudson. tan any reason b. gwen
nhy ths va the ga t.
Prof HuCHCosK expressed his bisa'ions 20 Col.
Foster for this communications, w.ch is ,he - a.:
temp to fix the true age OF tho Mas'Odon AMI fs-ii
Elt phlu Ii Nr Foster oe coir,ct III hls de-"ripo0
OF the erraccs in which tue sal haNr "e' 'ouna-
end he ! a. no Couot Of tbl-the aLrqulty OF tb,sc
ar imAs j. uch gCater than has heretDiors been
pct.d. lie has s'uci terraces MAJ y yetB, and y
roby1c that sbco the Ma todvn IN ed Niagara mus.
have receGed seven miles
Prof SIIIu,x remarked that Dr. Warren spec.-
men Of the MasoCon was rnark.b!e fIon the fSt
lLs; the ger,pe of the bone, had not been lOst
that the bones rquroo Lo insertion Of glue 20 sIypy
the want and prvrn ri them from falling TO pie IS. NJ
dd not iced 10 DO DIR. Bart,sd " s,d y ,aye
dol c boil the bones for geologic, so.p IL,rgnsr
Pspers were Rad on -ome points IA thr Geology oi
the upper Mis- issippl V.l : 10y Piot. Hall aaa on
he Geo,oey of tie Bload Top Goa X. gion BY J. p
LLsTEY.
stc1Ios 81 ZOOLOGY, BoT4SY .SD rrHSorocy.
hcf. WnsoN was elected to the clair, AID Dr.
Hawlcy Secretary.
Tie fi,st paper was on tho Narnea Of Anmss sib
r.f'rerce to EthnOogy, by DR.. WEIsLASD. iIs
SId that We were struck by the fact thaC in Amercs
Ic Aneo.S1A0n rbcc instead Of ocyislng ncs Ia nss
oT The aIinal OF America, hnd applied to them ,he
nsmtr Gi e. c'rgpopGng aniIn us IN Eiropo. H. bad
fouDd that IN 'he Prlagc, Teuo ic and SIC nrlc ao
guages the rames Of animas were th oarss
raocaly. TIE lion wac origna ly pstye o.
Greece; and the Greek Lnou was he odg
insi atne from which the T.u'onic nsne
were dtnved. The name of tiger was no. original %
any OF the European languages. 49, too wrh the
Camel IlE might sorm to pcovc ouly tina; the Euro
p an nations came fyJn As u and brought tho nA ~,
with them. But It was not The Ion md three
Altln fC CraRt a. ILL.,, "a -
occurred Throughout Eu opc had three radically dig
tinct names. SO, too wicA TIC fox which hsi no
rame in A.iO, whore LIE was no. found. Scn.eims
1 atons gov" TO foreign ann,ti-, ~ sniDcapg
and hpporot4mus. But theeo G. Is iLclcated some
peculiarly Of tac animal an tia, dcsile of nation 20
detcIihe 'oitisa atiiaa.s ~ reference Q, natA.
Ihefe was hody heilUn which vas ~ lrh m ~
n1mes Tor Gnilnas as the German. H. the uish.Gsr-
Non ltngu0ge there were lOoi nIuU- fo ne4ry ai iro
an.TG' q Southern q rmaIy, with the frhc; of the
falilc were cohed BY relative nuInee. This show ID
that the ilist-Gtnnau laDgu ge tHh been evolved in
Noutfern Gums,y; and thu sstne rule m'yh' BE- ap-
pAed 10 othtf ianSuaB'- "ifh Oeneiciai ethnoosea!
RENTS.
Prof. H.rDrs,y said tist the wor. pcorp'c VAS 49,
phtd to h7arS IN Virginia. Buzz .rd was Applied to
vulture IA tILs c0uury. Gopher Owed, ne Jrri1g
10 Lc COute, 10 thu Ma dan hO had cngrs'ed 10
tbs country. II was applied 10 ro1rn. in the wes.
sno 10 tortoise iI the 'Outb lIern be thought TO
BE- r,m the German worI h@ve, mauy, dIulmu.io A
Guinea p.g was neither pig nor aid he cone from
Gnn ca Tiger and The Ilsrr were fro % he noa,
sigr flying al arro~.
Or. WEnLAsD supposed that men felt their rsla,ion
To aInras inuch more deeply in tue Old tanes, wher
my Lamed them, than they co now. He hsd bahnl
kofr ID Berlin, when he int saw the hippopotln,s o
thr lnus' un huIt out with sord gnch Ss far mo,s
dttcipilve OF the animal than any detail
Proi HhLh'TsN said that toe PEG obseots called The
fo;e 90 Al iln With one toc a.rng upon tho ao,oy.
cal d'st"'On. In, Cnpps~ called /; tae aoirn. ~so
had Us pas lcvoIsod. Prof Agasoiz he s.id Wa seD
acquainted wi'a tie Maskinonsc, G-h in the great
lakes
fot ACts-iz-"O, know j, vcry vel; II Is writ
ten Muskeaoane.c; is nothing DOT M1,qr. iioagey;"
jG"s aDd snout.
Prof H'LD'rAs ssid TN. L wss Ind 40, moaning
10, .e-t pike.