New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-22

,,.irsd why be could not consider the limestone
naIhed as Arvbimedes by NJ. swallow 10 be idens-
cal with the ArchGnedes Of Chester, in Iowa
After some further discussion, Prof Hall vas called
upor for b, paper, "On TIE Csrbouiercus Limesones
and Coal Measures Of the United St,tes; 6ut e1tus.'
himself from reading L, az the ideas which It vas m
tended 10 illustrate-viz, tia; these sSa.s are ei
depce of a series Of oscillations OF me hii1.e and
Western portions Of the United States when me ta7~
ern portion Of the Continent had already sen aoove
the ocean-bad been, in course Of tee arc i'''ons
upon other papers, sufficiently brought forward.
ETHSOLOGY.
Or. T. G. HILGARDs psper on the S'rnctnre OF the
Head in Vertebrate was read by DIR. Z. W. hiL"ihp.
four modified vertebra; Cams as CONSISTING OF SIX;
DIR. Higard shows, by critical ehatniua'sn nno
comparison Of the skulls Of men with nose OF o,ner
mammals and also birds and shes thar the shnil coz
sists Of FIVE modified vertebra. thus bringing II mo
one of the phyllotactic numbers. An emhrycioSicai
exam nation of the development OF Inc o,an SHOWS
also in that organ pbyotsctic generation ID poAuon
az well as in the number Eve. In second Psrt o.
the same paper he shows that the embryonic ieVei-
opmept Of the whole body in accordance with pnyl-
lotactic law. both in number and order OF position
Many of the anatomical facts ELECTED 10 'oese l1'ss
legations are extremely curious. lie mas found: LOT
instance in the heads Of fishes, bones similar IN form
to the wings of birds and the paws OF rabbits and he
shows that this resemblance not accidenIai' Out ac
tua in relation TO the ver.ebr9. -
Prof. HoRsFoRD read paper in when ne recon-
mended the painting Of pictures with pom nands' 20
as TO produce a stereoscopic effect =.
DR.. RAE appeared and exhibited such OF the rehcs
Of the Franklin expedition as he had found and had
not sent to England. They excited toe greatest
interest He said that he did not believe in the
murder Of the party by the Esquimaux. The Erghsh
found about that time that some Of their preserved
meats were putrid and that might have been the ca
with Sir Johns. At any rate, his party must have
survived for years, although he had provisions
for only - years and the fourvy must, at least at
the expiration Of that time have carried them on Ike
cholera The Esquimaux to the east of the Mckenzie
river were so peaceable that he could not believe
they had murdered the party. To the west OF The
McKerzie, however, they kill whites He believed
that they had perished in attempt to cross To Beh-
rings Straits and carry out the object OF the expe.
diiion. They wintered at Beecby Island. and had
been seen coming down Peels Sound, near King vii.
lam's Land. Their bodies might have been carried
away by the melting Of the ice. OF perhaps. after
time, have been devoured. The Esquimaux said thst
they had had books, but they were OF no use to
them they gave them to their children who destroyed
them. He had DO hope that any of them could be
alive. Even experienced hunters could not have lived
for half the time in that vicinity. An EsquimauI
woman gave DR.. Rae two leaves from book, which
showed that they had had some book, and he had
sent to England piece of wood on which was carved
"Mr Stanley, the name of the Surgeon of the ex-
pediiion.
This closed the papers to be read.