New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-25
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD-
YANCENENT OF SCIENCE.
OF 1850
SESSION OF l-56.
THIRD DAY-ATTERNOON SESSION.
stm OR Own Reporters


ALBANY, Friday, Aug -, 1856.
.EcrIoy OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL scIEscE.
j. w FosrER N the char. The meeting hsvirg
been called TO order 6. p. M, the fret busine IN
o:de- was he discussion the paper of Prof Rogers
On notion TIE Section voted TO close the discussion,
and
Prot. f EnNoys spoke Upon the Perman and
Tiassic systems of Moth Carolina. The Permisn
ro:ks n North Carolina sandstoDes, slates, and
shalea which occupy trough nearly IN the central
portion of the State, and extending from Oxford, near
the northern boundary, to point sone six miles
across the bombay Of South Csrolins. There is
ano,heI small belt, similar 10 structure and conorma
ion, n the rorth- wes.ern part OF the State Red,
prsy and drab sendst0nes attrnste with cslcareous
sbsies bituminous slates and coal seams BE-; inn!ng
81 ire loves. in the series they occur IN the foowiIg
order: The .,stum which they rest bed OF con-
ylonle rste 50 hard thst it Is used for n'tones The
D. bib Of viii h THE is composed are mostly OF quartz,
ceriy III the Tia ,on.c series below la the Coitty
of Chatham this bed Of conalomotste attans
bis immediately res,s the frs. Of the Per-
mian rocks red sandstone occurring IN beta from
one ~ ,br, feet thick, separated oy mails Inc ay
g,ega,e thickness of h stratum reaches 10 some pos
! AGO feet. The next series consists OF shaes, caica'
n ops and buminous, interpreted with bells oi so'ter
materials. Among there shnes are found beds OF
bitumiiUls cosls Of very fine quality Thia coal mas
A Der r. 1T of volatile matt r makss per cent OF ash,
and rus txc eLt coke The thickness Vt this series
was given 500 feet. The third sere, c1n'so f oeds
of ls,d spd soft ssnd.tpnethe later properly csed
marls His obj Ct IVES 10 state facts which VIII
chow the poson Of these rocks. They rest upon sand
stores which contain carboni'erous fossils AID must,
therefore, be recent than these There "a evi-
IDENTIFY geat hiatus between the rocks underlying
and the fe,ies under c.ntsmplaion. Now whst are
the ages of ihis seriesf The Per nisn and rrassic
ba. ID the evidence Of this Facts derived from the
pect liar characters Of the fossils found IN them Inc
of thea. fs-ilI SAurlalS that
type which il considered charscteritic, namely,
the ThecOdoIt Ssuiiars Of Europe-those winch
s-e found in the Bristol cong.omerse OF En-
GLAND belonging 20 the lower part OF the fermiah
system The teeth of these Saurisns in sockets,
the '. 4. bra are peculiar in being con1ave at both
epcs and CONSTRUCTED az the stes, which are caarac'
terisc Of the Bristol Ssurisns The ribs are double
headed, and in the specimens now exhibited Ok tne
yeiteb,a the preston of his double head OF the no
was distinctly visible 1t is clear that these Saurians
were highly organized though thls was matter notn0w
to be oOLsideed. He called attention sgain to the fa1
fiat the teeth were in sockets and Of these teeth he
bad three or four ces al of which he considered as
being the same with tie Cepsyossurls Penrsylysai-
cus, first Uncovered aud named by Itssc Lea, Esq.
These specimens were found some mbedded IN the
coal and some in rock hard that acids we're ncces-
say to extract them. In one OF the specimens Two
vtte bIa in their natural position. Que tooth DO
sidered that Of the PaOsaurns another specimen
lie cor side be plates OF the he sd OF the Acu&go
.surus row found for the hrst tins in this country
The only specimens found hitherto from the Sae
brscA beds. This though of the same genus, prob
ably Of oifert Mt species. The o;her fo''l!s are
minute Cypris oh occurs in the states of Ssxony
similar in character and age. Drawings OF variety
of plants found in these cosl measur' were sho"n:
Leaving this series of shsles we conc to dreo ooore
.sLdttoIe variable in thickness but attaining maxi
mum of one thousand two hundred feet. Above this
l. IL other belt Of cong omerste, marking the con-
ueIcement Of another era Asove TINS, s9an ~
plaat bed entirely without animal Iemans 'or ssting
mainly OF ferns and Cycsdes- One OF these Is true
G, cas- snd the frst be thought, wbcht ID been found
In the United states though it exists ~ living spe
cies in New Holland. He mentioned slso spec, meas
Of Voltzio and Wschs. Next comes sootIer sand
ione in 80 or red snc containing PosidonIa, and at
tie very top some remarkable bones, which he exhb-
teo, but which he wss unable 10 Lame. With these
bones found Coproltes sDirg ,csles OF .hes
Tbk sandstone ie eight hundred thousand feet
thick aid referred by him TO the age Of toe keu
per OF Europe. bone WIGS clio exhibited encas IN
Jock from p siti.n below the plsn,bed. He spoke
Ct Il officially Of making out all thess strata, owing
to The great quantity OF biis; but Re rus:ed that be
had proved that the upper corglome-4 s is separate
from the lev. r. ard should be recognized SO different
bob fer archaeological and Theological ressoss
Tie New Rcd ssbdstons Of CQ,Isc;icV:. Nsv.Jersey
ard PEN ~ lvsuis probably belongs 20 one Of thcse
sere', and hs' the ripper for the h~er sandstone he
csh piose Tlsapp+an upon advancing north. while
the upper can Be traced. rhH the Richmond coal
field Il t.parsted from that Of Deep River 10 Moth
Carolina which hs Cor sders 50 OF the Permian sse,
willie hot at Richmond be refers 70 the Ttsssic.
Prof AGAssIz sad that here was no. in sryot
cur geological cabinets series If fsis 10 important
as hat lold before them by Prot Emmons- Hi' con-
c.usiols we're formed from but fey nome nt-, exam
ina i,n but certainly We tad here fossis az ta1 @ny
from he Upper JWa Ia tho Lower Fri .--r. ne III
Lot any Ting which be could refer 10 The fer'las
There f~sils her. which he recognized =, otcS
ing Only in Portland stone and on ths foros s
lie bad found a.o wcl,autheniicatec L,oyr-n' aodon
\ bone was here harded t, nimi / take %. cnle
il my bend for the -s. time, snd IafnenIoe' ,ah'
there il tgore Of il IL the werk Of h'h-Haa Vo'
Mayer 80 occunil z in MG-ctel ksls
Mr.. IsA.c LIZ, exoressed be graiE'a-i'n Of seea's
this be6utifu. coli, ction. - ,. a
Prof j. D. Dan, then read parr, :2p,yEs ne
ri, cjus, elcids.d 10 hi. -'';el n -fs-e do
liver, last Winner to 30 geological .is,cry d Ny-a
America. Coz sple. ioa the map % :as So'i1 he
gclo,al All, Of he ps,iOc . 49, "a -: n .ee
49, = 49,, c. Y,'-rl. r. IN. - sia