New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-28

TI-I', % =
he Astcele,icp, sc",e of confl-'on of sln', n,ne
ensued nuI q variety OF motions was IL ste, bn, q
lerglL On motion Of Pr Dawes, t1e W-o.e sHoe'-
vas laid UPON the table; az whist,
Pre.iieI. IlifL e2p'ain'-l t1at the GentsHsn III
que s'on rai besr reported 70 HIN as bsln deng len
ard by Il rule oi the As-ccis,iOr Deces:ery ot
biz cuy to call upon kim % rcrain from 'tihs 10 G
business Of the etTg. lie hso intended 20 d-F
any departure from the courtesy due h'm ana - Uo
AssOciaiiop be sincerely asked pardon.
The eIpisna ions Of Pot. il-l were recelVeu "''-
general -rd hearty applause. ADousneo.
TUESDAY MORNING-GESERAL SESSION.
Prof HALL calico the meetIngtO oder a. IL a. H.
and rCq1esttd Prof. Caswe b take the chaif, :, j
health forbade hlm from the eIertion OF speahn5
and prt siding.
1, yves evident 70 tie most careless eye ms, some
thing " u-uaI had occurred TIE Diembers before TIC
opening OF the meeting had Deen present IL iu iorce;
C. tcted INTO groups, discussing matters eagerly al
wearing more o! les3 sub.ued and anxious s.f -
could hardly have been owing . the effects oi lhe
reyelsn Of ast evening there cOLsls'ed ia at,en1
irg lecture from Prof Dane, inaddi Die iron the
c,utuson IN tie Aas; tAe destruction OF ice cIea Is
and cake, with an occasional frozen " SMILE ahI
prone nadng tie large empty rooms aud 1h.il?e u
the building. The trouble, We heard It e1ticlIeu'
arose from vi spered rumOr Of an inteuion on ,ne
Part OF the majority OF yesterday 10 GecAre tne
pIeteIt officers of the Association unooLs sutohs y
ep,oiLtec, aid 70 select an entire new board w
made careful Inquiry 10 the truth Of this innvr pat
wtIe unable to hno any foundation Tor wAl,soevcT'
AileI The usual voting upol admissions 0. IeN mem
bers end the reception OF an adverse report lon "
SaLdiDg Committee upon tne III alter oi printing tne
sCitbti6c seImoDs of Suucay ls't.
Prof DAylEs rose snd presented two !eso!ltof,
which sllsyed the excitement at once:
Heord That for the remainder Of the present meeting tn,
ole Constitution be continued IL fOTce ,rd hat the svf-d COs
suton 80 into effect On the opening o. the next meeurs
Reored That the cPreent n the As,)ca'lr tor ths
ne't meeting be sponed d9'ns tie resent seco,s 90 "a,
mode which applies u-der The od Constitution 10 he oe'
general officers.
The adoption Of these resolutions unanimously, wa.
like oil upon TIE waves, and general go3d humor once
more reigDed.
Or. HARE rose and requested permission to make
personal explanation in ara TO h's belief 10 super
natural agtncy in the product N Of noises and motions
Of bocies lie stated that the fac of such movement
rests upon tesmOny which cannot be controVeIed nor
denied wihOu, dcstOying all Conice 10 human ev
dence. He argued that the Association i. IN duty
bound 10 inquire whether these things take place
through spiritual physical agency. Ii they are not
from physical agency, ther, Of course, the ASSOCIATION
hos nothg to co with the subject but is bouni 70
inquie into and decide this Question. He ai-o gave
sone account Of his own exPenence and h1w his own
observations lad convinced him o: the realty OF the
so-called d sIirtualism.
Prof. PEmcE rose aud began 20 speak but was
esltd to oder ttele being 10 question before the
meeting.
member moved that committee be appointed to
look into this subject to meet il the fret lunatc Asy
lum Loud expressions of di-aDprcbationl.
Prot. MIIcHEL moved, for the purpose of bringing
the sntitc ct before the mcftLg, tbdl tht StdLuluS
Con mitiee sppon' ore hour Of sixty minutes length
during which Or Hsrc shalI have the opportunity Of
eII laiIing Bis vews ard of giving the reasons upon
which they ere founded.
Prof PfIEcE with 70 wish 70 treat Dr. Hare disre-
spectully would say these phenomena must either be
cue 10 spiritual inhutIcos, iu which case every one
VII admit tn,y DO not corle within the scope OF the
invest gttiOns of this Assoc aon or el-e II they sre
due 20 physical influences, ttey must be referred 10
juggery or deceit in which they ere also mani
f,stIy rot within our proper sphere OF labor. lie
wished 1t to he distinctly understood that he vas not
now rroIouIo oiDg iucgment upon the Phenomena,
hut simply taking DR.. liaIe's own judgment, and
affirming hat on either suppOsitioD, whether theya are
spiritual manifestations or not they were equally e1-
cluded from the objects of scientific research. lie
confessed that, in the io in which DR.. H4re had en-
tereo bis paper they would have been Obliged to hear
it; but, the Doctor has now leduced it u the ques-
tiCn of miracle o ugglcry he has himself excluded 1t
from tie sphere Of our studies.
Itwas with great difficulty that Prof PeiTce sue
CO odeo IT, mahirg these rcmeiks. owing to the con
tipu2l inttnupCns of DR.. Haze.
Trof NIIcHEL egreod fully With Prof Pelce, but
thought it due TO the Doctor that be saoud have an
hour fol his object.
Plof DAVIES was utterly opposed to the introduction
,ny topic of cscord into these meetings, aud argued
agaiI 81 g.snting the hour proposed.
Tie question was called for, and the Nays had t
most decd. .ly.
Prof RoGERs then invited the members Of the As.o-
citation TO attend meeting wbl,h DR.. Hare would ad
dress In full upon Bis favorte topic.
An il vitatitH was read fIoin Mrs. Dudeyto soiree
at Ter house this evening.
Prof DTWEY spoke OF the celebrated cedafs of Cal
iforLatees found newhere else upon earth surface
snd which il most desirable .houd be preserved and
concluded wi'h motion 10 appoint Prof. Henry ~
Committee 10 correspond with the Government Of Cal
ifona that of the Uri ed States aud request that
stch steps be taken as will save these magnificent spe
cinebs of the mower OF n.ture, which motion wIs
agreed 20 uDaIiu Ously. Adjourned.
GEOLOGICAL SECTION.
Some remarks were mace hy Prof EYHoNS ard oth
ers upon the topics of Mr.. Hunts papers read yester
day.
sir. A. II. WORRIES read paper upon the occur.
renee Cf fsh ICaiIs IN the carbonerOus lncstones of
llnois. The occurrence OF these remains has up to the
pr,sert time been considered extremely rare III the
mountain limcstOues Of the Western States; and eI-
copt in the thin bands OF limesone about TO he 6e
sGted, they among the rarest of the several beds
that c,mpcst the subcarbonIou. series of the region
under consideration Several yes,s since, while en-
gagged in col, ct;f the fossils of this formation near
Wai,aw H., Mr.W. observed thin band Of gray erin
oics Limestone which contained tie palate bones of fish
III CoIsicofabie Numbers and subsequent research las
reyeaedtwo more # these "patolms of des'h' lower
down in the series den~ely flied with these remains.
The ppper fsh bed is situated in the upper paIt of
what Mr. w. calls for the want OF better name the
LoRtr ArCkimfdeS Limestone, rpce 1t is tse loves,
bed at present known To contain fssl corals of the
geIus Afchmedpors. Toe remains from this bed,
Nih or two exceptions, nsst entirely OF palate
teeth associsted with cya'hop' !la-fomed coIals,
spIfer oIalis and spirifer cuspidatus. The middle
f-hbed is sitused at Inc bsse of the Archmedes ne-
stone and near is junction with the cheIty beds below.
TLs bed Las proved by fsr the most profile in these
remains and fiom il bIr. W. obtained more thsu
five LuI ditd well preserved teeth al single locaI'y,
ard Cn q surface not exceeding ten feet square
Tie fossils from tuie bed are mostly jsw.teeth with
comparatively iew pslateteeth and spne-. The
n,aIi1 in which hey are embedded il COATS :ly
granular ciiIOic6l m,-tone, Dot above four inches
thick aud sometimes 20 fIable as 10 he easily crum
bed beweeu the fl g,rs his character OF the mauix
erShl,s he collector obtain these delicate and beau
iifal fc-ss il rare state ofpreservaton Beside the
G., a.hOI byla.io,mcd cOras IN the upper bed, We
layc Al interStDg carsllne form occurring il elIal
sburdsrce and belonging 10 geius which be did no.
kIow H. also obtained the head .; ore specie3 OF