Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-02
CITY AND STATE AFFAIRS.


frsi entertainment will consist of great variety OF
cxnpriments on Electricity. Galvanism, Chemistry
and Natural Philosophy. with explanations adapted
~ The capacity of ALL The lecturer will give eAler
y, n,s with the Certril q Machine, h,~ng how the
f,rm, of the Heavenly bodies were produced. rod
Of iron will he suspended in the air untouched by
a,ything A boy will he lifted 10y Electric power
Magnets will he charged and discharged Why the
Magnetic needle points to the North will he explained
The nroofs that the earth is n magnet. Water will
hs decomposed and formed. A small Cannon viii
he loaded with water and fred of with an irire--
Water will also he set fire and a bonfire knd'ed
with ice with many other Instructive ana pleasing
governments The Water Gas Light Experiment viii
he introduced, exhibiting beautiful Gas Light from
the comhu stion of water. An experiment will be
made illustrating The manner in which the English
nronoscd TO blow up the ships sunk in the harhor of
Sobastopol. Many interesting experiments VIII be
m,1e with G,lyanc Battery. The entertainment
will conclude with oeauliiui oai'oo" "sc'n''o' Win
net and car attached
Ds BoyroN's CoNcLUDiNG LECTURE on GEoLo
cy,-Tae Tertiary and AHur'oi Age.-A delighted
audience listened to the concluding lecture o! DR..
Boyton's geological course. on saturday evening.
1t commenced with a reference to the reptiles
treated OF ou the previous avening. and demon
stratel the pre-cxsteace of connecting links IN
the brute creation between the reltllian and mann
malian tribes Types of these marsnpial animals
were still with u.s. viz the orossuiu, and the kali
paroo In the lower orders of animal creation we
have the nrmadillo and ant-cater and still lower
those bird.likc auadrupsds, the principal Of which
il the ornithorl. yncus, combining within himself
the characteristics of the bird. the quadruncd and
the reptle Thus We have IL series al connecting
links between all the orders or divisions OF am
mated nature, until we arrive at that point IN the
worlds history when new order was introduced
that which Immediately preceded the rreaton ct
man, aud was made to contribute To hIs comfort
Hal ,rpI pll he cart
in the tertiary age. he c"ud not have found an
animal existing that he could tame. A large can
vuss painting was here exhibited showing the pro-
bable appearauce Of the earth in the tertiary age.
The remains of some Of the animals OF this age
had been found where Paris now stands but
which when they lived was submerged, and On
the receding Of the sea- alter thousands of year.,
probably, formed an immense basin. In these
remains lnot fossilized yeti we have another
link connecting the animals Of the age which pre-
coded with those that to follow them, or the
animals formed for the of man. Among The
animals OF this tertiary age, we find the dlno;he-
rum the most prominent. it had i'll combination
traits Of the whale, the seal, the mule. and the
elephant. and must have been than twenty
feet in length. 1t had both tusks and 4 trunk
the tasks however curved downwards. Judging
from the teeth Of some Of these dnotierii they
must have lived to the age of three bundled year,
The mastodon which came after these, had tuskS
curving downward which he afterwards shed, aud
these were succeeded by tusks curying upwards
like the eleplant--a still nearer approach to the
aluvial age. The mastodon race must have died
out about the time Of mans creation, and after 1t
came the elephant, or pachvdcrm ct Siberia. a
brief allusinn was made by the lecturer to the
other gigantic creations of the tertiary period IL
ter which he stated that the science OF Geology
had developed no evidence that, during all this
immense number of ages which had passed away
Lot no nlIuynl there tlant
shrub. Or tree TINT bore iruit-nohing to repre-
sent the pear peach, or ample OF the present Gay.
Another fact was worthy Of note among all
the species Of animals now existing, that one
which most nearly represents the last oil TIC ter
tia,v class-,he tGpi, Of South Americas the
first To die out, and, scarce are they becoming
that in FIFTY years from to-day not II taplr Will
walk the earth The last reptile type, the SER
pent made his appearance at the commencement
Of the alluvial age Here, too, we find etll
highertvpe of animals called into existence, the
monkey but it was of a lower class than those Of
the present day. The alluyial period had now ar
rived; all the creations Of former times had lived.
served the purpose Of their creation. and passed.
away some Of them had become fossilizcd, while
those of the tertiary age, preceding man crca-
ton have not vet, i'll any instance been found III
a fossil state. but merely casei in the earth below
the aluyiul deposits. The great Architect of the
Universe nov put the finishing, stroke to his work
-
image and likeness-Ile gifted him with an i'm
mortal soul, endowed him with infinite cararl-
ties bid him look forward into the bnundlcsS III
ture AMI cultivate these capacities, until when h"
shall put off this mortal coil and put on immor-
tality he shall ehold and understand the gieat
tLought Of that God which called this and millions
Of other worlds into existence. When MiS
ACCOMPLISHED God rested from His lah"rs-r"th'
ing has BEEN created since and as God cannot.
without surprising himself, create beng with
more than infinite capacity, man must he the
last noLlest of His works Nothing else that lives,
moves, and has being, has an Infinite capacity.
The honey-lee builds her cell, and the beaver
his dam precisely their predecessors did til u
sands uf years ago but man is improving hS
works daily, and generation will improve On gen
Grafton for there is no limit to that canacitv with
which man has been endowed. Nj zart, Handel,
HAYDN, Beethoven. AMI all the musicians that ever
lived, or viii live, il Intellectually combined IN
one, could not exhaust the houndcss harmoic
combinations of musical sounds, and II all the
great masters of music. painting, architecture and
Acul ptule, should look back on their Productions
isurposng CHI one to live TED times ten hundred
millions Of ages. there w"uld still he for each AN
of KIN ,wledgc boundies' and il.imitabie, Tor
the further exercise Of this infinite capacity.
We have not time, or space, to follow the DIR. in
the truly cqoquent rcrnruion of this lecture, but
will close hy sas'ng. tliat the audiences. through
out have been unusually larg IT. ii gent and APP
preciativs. and they have doubtless been prufted
ly his able Course of lectures.
REV GEORGE w. CAnrER-In n card published
in the last Issue of the jackson Nsstssppian, the
Rev. George w. Carter corrects prevalent mis-
apprehension relitive to the grounds of his resg
nation Of the chair Of Metaphysics in the Unyer-
eity of Mississippi. My resignation" says Mr.
Garter, had been determined upon p'evious to
thn ,f tba Iot ..uJlias and Ia