New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-15
AMERICAN SCIENCE Association.
OF AMERICA BY AsIATIC RACES.
THE ANTIoTTY OF MAN AGAIN-rHE GALA
. yERAs COUNTY SKULL VERSUS PHRENoLoGf
TITLES OF PAPERS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


TITLES OF PAPERS READ-ENIEhIdH'iEH1
AT THE SHERMAN HOUSE. ..'..l
TPRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT rt O.. f
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE first business before
the General Session this morning vas as usual the eiec
ton Of about 30 new members The President called the
attention OF members to the excursions IN different dec-
tions TO which they had been invited by the various
railroad companies Section was authorized to with
draw from the General Session. and also to form sub
secton Of chemistry and physics. Some members OF
Section we're disposed to ask tho privilege OF Withdraw
ing also but out Of courtesy Prot Gbbon, who was TO
read paper before the General Session. they did not
ress the matter DIR. John Torrey of New-fork ana '"
8 suIliyant esq., of Columbus, Ohio, were on motion OF
President Barnard, added to the Ehrenberg COMMITTEE
~ c RSI c. On the Artistic Evidences OF
Remote Colonization of the Great Western or American
hc Moaen Era This was one Of the Antiquity
OF Series and was to have been read yesterdy NJ
fspcifn nature and did not call forth any discussion
lie endeayored TO prove that maritime people sucn as
so S 0r and Although they had been subugaed by the
aboriges had yot left traces OF their eiyization ne
W SSS oTI there We're found Ii characters Of the Pnnc
alphabet, apparently used as numerals 10 IncaIo
sailors women priests, and classes and Kinds OF men
different from those OF the native races OF Amerloa anu
resembling those Of Asia He believed that the mounds
Of Wisconsin were older than the time OF Moses me
style OF building these mounds he believed 20 resemble
that of the nations Of the Euphrates and those OF
tr island OF Ceyion In the collection Of DR., Davis OF
York, who has given great attention to the anqu
ties of the mounds OF Ohio was found rock wegnt OF
about half pound avoirdupols, q standalI lhIo
duced by the syrans into Cadiz SPAIN long before the
Christian era The above will serve To give an idea OF
fhe matter OF Dr. Gibbonspaper The discussion whchIo
lowed had special to put
OF man Prof True said that exaggeratlon' crednnV,
and justification were the tendencies OF the age: NON
those OF the mastOd0n 1t would be expected Tor year OF
two to come that every mastodon found would nave
Ia uOf
amazing antiquity Of the Prof Blake said that as
the continents OF the discovery 81 the stone
had been called in question, he would wthdrs S
hi. is to that f 10 lie s skull w SHOWN By
prof. Whitney, he could not see that It's frac-
tured edge bore any OIL yd 81 @ the snail
shell found with the SKULL 1t was OF species now exist
Ing IN Wa. fonF aSuSapt or e
Geological survey which was conducted under the charge
Of Prof whitney, There Is not srore .S F seSs to
the remarks Prof Blake said that IS per cent OF the
sti existent on the earth Prot. Cope confirmed the
statement of Col Foster and added that the fact OF the
tain had been overlooked Prof Andrews had never In
Ohio found any remains OF mastOdon OF great antiquity
He thought there was practical joke at the bottom OF
the Caayeras County skull discovery Prof. Grimes SAID
he had the same impression the moment he behed the
skull He voted great part OF his life to cranioogy
and thing was quite clear to ls mind that the skal
those of most OF Prof Waterhouse Hawkins objected
TO the exhbitOnal shape In which finders were IN the
in every case portions of the original material in which
FOSSILS were found preserved along with them The gen
Several Of the papers read In Section were OF great
importance, but they mostly Of such nature that
can ON nc the Of the planets received
tho highest commentator Prest. Gould, In remarking
well had been carrying on against obstacles and almost
unparalleled disbursements series OF the most refined
OF te highest value by carrying back the earths ecce
tricy for long period and enabling them to judge OF
Cured other members Of the section expressed them
selves in q similar aud the section only refraned
thanks s to Prof. socfSe In the remarks on the seventh
paper Prof Watson 81 Aqn Arbor stated that by the
ne Of the heOtrOpe they had succeeded IN the Lake Su
R base line Of ID miles .. the observations
made from the SUBMITS of high hills.
The tooYpg are tue te' Of tue papers reSe To-Day
IN eT The Nature Of Electric Discharge BON sOai.r On th.
Epo,e Power q the Sun near the Base o. Tie ssr
ton between Volume OF Dereut Metals and their Para
AID r y. I1 by A S.F W. o,s.
Barker Theory Of Che Prediction Of Star Places By T. H. Sa1oI
the Eight r1R, p;as ~ S SsS Rsnoo Ps . a
% Hs b, Michael ssa M. Tide. "a IE
By IL newton On The Tides Of Lake MIsh!san b. W. FeTeL
Some New Facts yv, concerning Asunum By Henry wul
,. TA b B% S'' Is Atomic a BE- E4
The Higher Law Of CGeaon " o. n SodGad H. The Periodic
their Insurance. BY George LeAEin le On Methods Of Amaama
Sps Po Of MOstar Values Which Sovs LIE counsen
ces by b. Elliott 10 the McA uni6eaiOn Of international
Jerome Alien 20 o. New Method Of Measurement Map Drawing or
es:, w Df upon the Fomou o G BY
Peckham r. Note BPtoehOdAlI Teeth Dy William Watson %
posed New Mechanism study GasAnic Baers By O. w
The paper on lightning rods was an hour in length and
proved such inietion that 1t voted that there
after no paper occupy longer than ten minutes The
eprochoial teeth the teeth OF cOgwheels aud not
those Of any extinct Sea Sauria or Elasmognathus,
The following the titles OF the papers read In Sec
ton b. in tho OF the forenoon. afternoon, and
Petite Anse By Eugene Hsa Fossil Fishes Insects Cras.
eS' q eT3 f PS.. RON p As.
10 By s DS sS' 4 A sos o. o.
Gradual besccaon the Portions Of North America BY W.
Old nS sIs Beds fi he Frame F%s R ss wsac o1su
and ss;f n fp' GSs sn;s
by A. b EngstOm TO- Superficial Geology Of the Lake Shore
The Mississippi RIVER By Warren IA Ca d: Surfass Geology
% s 81 S sans s s ss e. sSP.s N ccs Valley &.
Side Of tue American Continent By j. d. Whitney Ia On the
PST: d. s vS S ne sSI' IL.
esP'p one ~ 4 C. a On s iGs . DsSss'1 Iseo
Equivalents ofthe Marshal! Group BY A. wncheiL :.
his productions delivered before tho Association lie
discussed the distribution OF plants ad trees throughout
changes in the geographical distribution of plants
under nearly equal lines or temperature, not due TO
to the variable supplies OF moisture That in the
Winds the agents OF the distribution OF that moisture
we have an adequate cause 10 explain all the phenOmena
" forest prairie, and desert Prof Whneys paper was
illustrated by number OF large photographs OF the Yo
emte region. '| Do
There have been entered 5l papers, OF which only |
about ehalf have been read In those omitted from
he programmes there supposed to be large mass OF
was some IN those papers that
cad. The sessions this evening finished the scientific
business the Association. Tomorrow morning meet.
ng is to DO held at which officers will be elected and
'laco designated FOR the next annual meeting. Bal.
Last evening Prof Waterhouse Hawkins delivered one |
u his interesting lectures In Library Hail. and this eve
ling Prof HOrsfOrd makes OF the place for the
delivery Of his paper the Preservation OF Meats which
Of the regular of tho Assooa
ion.
The entertainment at the Sherman House this evening
IA tina occasiOn soma I'm xvboh