New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-06

before the eve readily must discard NJ ieSs' tIee
quarters of the productions OF nature. 10 pau
fore struck him ths should deyse such Al arrange
merit M would bring he proper elasaihc it"n ofoI
usniIy into view, potbirg beog prepcnoeians. nc
hsd thought of receiving everything when ,ne ~ nv
g general where the specimens siYIiu uuue,,
determination. Then he world select suen
as were best adopted 10 form small eomprenens,,e
selection at the OF the museum, 20 thAS VIC
teenr vho had not made the first step IN zoology
the VISITOR at the establishment who was not con
with The objects of the institution, sn0old
within half an hour obtain an meek "a At We're, OF .ne
pireip of science The mad not been lef 20
an architect 10 be spoiled for lis object TIE dlmen
ions Of the rooms had been determined by the
uur1 os.s for which they intended. On the four
walls Of this fret would lie exhibition of the
ANIMALS representing the four great types o. the animal
XII Cd n. so tba al glatce 1t should be known what
EaTiates were VIA, Moluses were, what Articula,ss
vrere and what Vertebrates were. This should n-
cude OF merely animals # the present peroa but OF
All rerods 80 that the student should see az once the
gpe of ell bese types. Then there would he rooms
one or several devoted to each elass where special
study could be made Of each To study the most
numerous classes slch the hshes, tle
nse s and the brds II not necessary 10 nave all
the species together; all the genera were sum tent
Tts would enable The beginner proceed WITHOUT the
tewiloernept of a multitude of species Then there
was another necessary feature There w5fe no reAly
cosmopolitan animals even man occupied dihsrenl
parts Of The eartb's surface by diherenL races we
unst show the Distribution OF anlmas hitherto tuS
QerCrapf1cd 0ietT1DullOn OnlN occh -
lists witch required the utmost familiarity ~i,h the
objects 10 be OF use. They msde no impression upon
the minds of those who mad not devoted themselves 10
this special udy 1t had therefore occurredto MN that
he would have a representing the Zootogch
arciics where the gga tic aquatic animals SHOULD APP
rear iD company with the birds and lard animals pecl
liar 10 those regions. No could leave such room
without receiving permanent IMPRESSION lheSe
geographical limits OF animals Were 10 ore sfst an any
political lmirs; the animals were watched at every
point al stopped whenever they attempted 10 oversP
the borders. They never allowed to annex the
inhabitants Of neghboTing provinces. THIS was law
worthy Of being impressed upon civilized man. he
would have also the animals OF the Surian period to-
gther and the Devoniau together and so on, go tat
when tn. question should OF the age OF an ANIMAL
il might be Immediately compared with the animals OF
any Of the PaleODtols periods. And he hoped tne
time would soon when il would be as necessary
70 make geographical arrangement ofiosss as OF AMI
MALI now living. He bad already received greater
nun Der of specimens than the building could contain.
He believed that the Museum already ranked As the
ninth and he hoped to live 10 see 1t inferior to none
OF fishes for instance, of which 5000 species were
known The Museum OF the Jardin des Plants had
5000 The Brtsh Museum 600, and the Harvard Mu-
scum eco. lie hoped THAT by % stem OF exchanges
thu might be raised 10 1900.
Mr. j. s. Newberry gave IN paper on the Surface
Geology of Western America, description OF the to-
pogrsphy of the great table land OF the Rocky Noun
ians finely Illustrated by panoramic views showing
the wonderful influence of water IN eorodmg the sur
face ard Leaving the needles and castellated forms,
which in less pronounced form. seen in the upper
Missouri. He gave very graphic DESCRIPTION OF tue
Colorado, which has eaten ns Way down through the
strata in fOme places than 3UOO feet OF perpen-
deugr depth affCrdng fac section Of the strata rom
the carbohiferous to the lower sursn. He concluded
by a description OF the Mckee Indians and the great
stone structures which are found all along the San
juan River in New-Mexco. The result of the expe-
dition. which DR.. Newbery accompanied, VIII soon
be published by the Governor
Mr. J. d. Wtituev then read long paper the
Surface Geology OF the Northwest lt was based on
the remarkable faGt that there Is no drIt III the eao
In The afternoon Prof. j. S. Newberry spoke on the
petroleum wells of the Mississippi Valley giving full
description Of the method Of their occurrence and spe
Gin eue OF the OIL
A considerable discussion arose upon the probable
gin Of this oil. Prof Newberry suggested that as
the process Of evaporation was known To go on az low
ten persiure, il might be with distlLauon.
Nr. WE. + Blake read a paper Oh the Distribution
Of Geld in Veins, and illustrated il by some eeau-
tiful specimens of gold from the Fields Gold Vein
in the bed of Chestatee River, Georgia.
From this vein $4,000 worth of gold taken
ont of pit ten feet deep and bushe of he rock
yielded COO penny weghts. he also exhibited some
very large nuggets OF gold from the mines Of the Ma
coocbee Hydraulic Company, weighing respectively
3S7 J. Is and 50 penn weights, pairing favoraby
with the nuggets OF California and Australia in size
and richness. The 3S7 dwt. mass is the largest yet
four in Georgia. These and much larger weight of
smaller masses were washed by the hydraulic pro-
in Whist the miners call bill deposit.
DR. Hitchcock followed with some observations upon
the probable origin of the specimens.
Prof. Wilson, Of Toronto spoke on the Chronological
value Of the initiative faculty 10 relation to Characters
tics Of ancient aLdmodeTn American races. He thought
that perhaps we had here psychological clue which,
if carefu y traced might lead 10 important conclu-
sons. He had found total absenee OF the Initiative
faculty among SaxOns of the Continent, the Anglo
Saxone of England and Seandinavians, until the intro
duction of Christianity; all their ornamenation was
made up of geometTical lives. This in strongest
OPPOSITION to the initiative faculty of the Greeks aud
Egyptians which not only evolved their art bat their
alphabet the phonetic phabet Of the Greeks bengony
an ouigrowth Of the Geographic writing of the Egyp
iians while the Runc alphabet composed of arb
traiy lines In Western America found the imita.
tive faculty very active, that natural objects
hited with considerable accuracy bat did NOT
90 further than 10 make authorizations of these
az seen on the ghon Rock. Yet their phabet far
asitwent appeared 10 be of Runc character This con-
junction Of arbitrary alphabet with picture-writing
which occurred no where in the Old World, except
perhaps in Persia. From this he inferred argument
against the Od-Nord origin OF the ancient civilization
Of America.
Dr. Gbton stated nun Der of reasons for believing
IL foreign origin Of civilization.
Prof Agaseiz only glad that this question had
up IL was not necessary that because all races
Rad used flint they were all OF common origin.
The fact was that men arms much alike all over
the world and flint rocks had the fracture every
where hence the similarity. Man must have spoken
III The FIST generation everything which was human
elee ne would not have been man. He must have
STEPPED forth from creation perectin all the capabilities
OF manhood.
Pref. Whitney gave description of a new species of
TIilobes, the ConOeephalites Minutus. II was dis
covered by Frank II Bradley, and presented at the
Montreal meeting of the Association but not identified
there. The description was by Z. Billings of the
Car adam Survey.
Prot. Agassiz thought hatit rathera new genus
We had in the lowest rock Radiates Articulates
and Moluces, conclusive proof of the fallaey Of the
thscri NJ he rofa If