New-York tribune., 1868-08-14
AMERICAN SCIENCE CONTENTION.
ADVANCEMENT OF sCIENCE-PAPERs READ ON
SATURDAY EVENING THE ANTIQUITY OF
MAN-CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS.
lRRnM Our SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTl


| MAN-CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS.
| lPRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-On Saturday evening, after
the excursion on the Lake there was meeting OF tho
Sections I'm the rooms attached to the First Baptist
Church. SIX papers read, entitled as follows:
Notice Of New Vertebrate Remair' from the Tertiary Of New
On ne Physical Gsoguphy Of the Continent Of North America
during the d'afut Geological Periods By Newbeuy.
| 3 Geoos. cal section OF Olio. BY E B. Auilevs
! 5 The iIot Term Of JaIy, 1903. By o. ). stodlah.
The Principles Of Statistics +" spilled to the Census D. D.
Mr stoddard said there appeared to be some evidence
her North this year thau usual Mr. Iough pointed out
various defects In our method OF taking the census aud
Uncn into Districts Perhaps the Consressoha Districts
mcnded the LIST Of January instead Of the ist Of June as
a better time for getting Information, Prof Newton
made remarks tho subject, aud gave Instances OF inac
cuaces the returns. Many OF the persons a
pointed to read papers being absent the sections ad
The Association I'm General Session, held Its meeting
this morning ia the FIRST Baps Church IN the BODY ot
the house The church one OF the hnest IN the country
and Is highly commended BY the members of the Assocla
t0n Its appointments complete throughout, end the
Nestry and sunday fOOs are amply large enough
for the meetings Of tho sections. aud more quiet than
those in the Library Building first used for the purpose
Nearly hundred papers remain 10 De ulaposed OF ana
only day left. Most OF them can only he read by
their titles. The Standing Committee recommended this
morning the formation OF a SUBSECTION Zoology aud
Botany. Tho following resolution introduced by Presl
Vkors This A.,ociion Apprd that the naturalist
Chr.le Gosl ElrsnsIs s somPse datpa TIE Psss1 year
tn sincerely express their high appreciation Of the
microscopic organism by this distinguished and aboou investigator ard
Rri Tia. committee, Of three b. appointed to prepare ad
presented to Dr. Bhr,nbeg on the occasion Of h sppoae
lbg lbeln eonguag him On the ng aud honorable career
which b, been permitted I'm 20 enjoy and s,'unt h Of tho deep
President Barnard spoke at some length OF the eminent
services OF Dr. Ehronberg in microscopic science, and
mentioned the fact that this distinguished man WAS now
blind President Barnard, Prof AgaSsz Prof Lowering,
Prof Gould and Prof Dana were appointed the two last
being added a the suggestion OF President Barnard was
resolved the efforts beng made To secure an inter-
national copyright law be encouraged by the Association
The invitations OF tho Hon j. l. scalnmon and OF ie
prOpretOrs OF the Sherman House To entertainments THIS
and tomorrow evenings we're read TO tue pleslsdenh It,
further discussion Of the subject OF the antiquity OF man.
The famous skull from Caayeras County, Cal, was tx.
hbed and paper OF considerable iegh ON me subject
OF IL read 10 the Association by Prof. j. d. whitney In
and gentleman OF yeracity and seleutnc tastes wrote
10 Prof Whitney. with whom he had been long ac-
auainted that ho had In his possession human SKULL In
good preseryaton which ad been recently iound by the
Messrs Mattison in Bald Mountain, Altavile l30
feet SeSw e peea .e oa a Almost nS 70 @@ SSs
dately after receiving this letter Prof whitney visited
of DR.. Jones; He took all The measures
IN his power sif the evidence but could find nothing
to nvadate il. Mr.. Mattison stated that he took the
skull from the shaft In February with some pieces OF
terest carried 1t to Mr. Scribner OF Angels agent Of
Wells Fargo Co.'S Express gentleman also fayorably
Whitney that whom the skull was brought TO him 1t
mbedded In earthly and stony material that he
that when he took from the shaft he supposed TO be
piece OF a Of tree, and had idea 1t skull
first dscoveredthat the article was skull and shortly
after gave II TO Dr. Jones who was well known IN the
neghborlOod as n collector OF curiOsties. Dr. Jones
inquired at the time into the facts OF the He
was well acquainted with the parties concerned IN the
discovery and transmission OF the object and he could
find reason to question the authenticity OF 1t, the
genui1eIess OF the discovery Every person who had
back thoroughly convinced that there had been decep
tiOn. This morning three persons present at the
have passed great deal OF their time In CALIFORNIA; yet
three persons referred tQ said word against the genu
ineness Of the discovery Their attitude seemed to be
suspension judgment II Remains to Indicate what fol-
lows II the discovery be accepted as true. The
for ages beyond what goOloogists have ever
N that ancient watercourse by the side OF which this
sku was found, deposit of l9O feet OF earth lava and
basalt has been placed above it, and ANOTHER river has
Morn an4her on & yeey to depth @ Of hSusnds % & OF feet
valley The geologlst shrnks from naming the number
Of thousands OF years which forms the lowest period
necessary Tor bringing about such changes The tact
however, that such changes must have taken place since
the water ceased 20 flow In the ancient stream
geology W o, the region and the cbapges which mT have
taken place there IN the earths crust plainly shown
fact that the human remote period
staggers even the geologiss OF the Association s1>s
Prof Sllliman though In his stay in California could
get no testimony OF human remains relies OF mans
andiwork being found below the basalt, this skull
is alleged to have BEEN yet obtained four OF tho mOlar
teeth OF mastodon from similar position. The entire
skeleton Of the animal there but crumbed dust
exposure to the air. Prof Whitney had hesitation
IN declaring his belief that was cOtemporay with
the mastodon, though tho masodon may have started
that the solution Of the whole subject depends on whether
discoveries confirming those alleged already to have been
made do or do not take place The miners careless
and their method OF working by the use Of stream OF
water subjected TO an enormous pressure very desruc
tive TO crumbng fossils.
Prof Whitney Is confident of having now facts 10 pro
sent by the time the Association holds next annual
meeting.
Mr.. Gibbons paper the artistic evidence OF the re-
mote colonization OF tho American Continent which was
10 have been read In connection with that VI Prof Whit
nna Innund until