, 1869-11-10
ACADEMY Of SCIENCES.
Rotaniststo to be Admitted-The Shells
of Florida,
Tho Mound Hui1ders.

4 regular monthly meeting OF tho Chicago
Academy OF Sciences Was held ut the Acadsths.
No. 96s Wnbnsh avenue, last evening, the Pfesf-
dent, In. Andre 10 sn1 chair. The attendance
uas quite large. The minutes Of the previous
meeting we're read and approyed.
DoNAT1nNs. ...
The ssc.etsrY reported donations to tho muse
nm OF collection Of FOSSILS snd mLutrais, he!oG
chiefly kpcc.n.cns Of ores; Indian remains IRON
the halks Of the Uesplalne4 RIVER: Joun0 white
goose Iton Calumet; various tPectmetS o. uees.
petIire.a wood H. ron CsiH9ta'1;, ,sn.aopsesa
qua,to and inft1.etahs oc'aFo volumes, and s"ea'
y pamphlets. -
Colonel FosteF. Chairman U1 the ch1nmltftc ap-
pol1 Nd To Correspond VITA J. 9atre in Erlattou
10 couIse st 1eetutes, reported that he had re-
ioeDess . deliver tnIeu lectures. npoa .he !" An
ctr1t Mouun enta In Pefn,' during the ~eek pre-
ceutrE Chr&tm4.
empowered to lake al the neccassr1 AsrnnEr-
Mtntt. ...z...a.a
The Serfrtk1J frpUrtrd that letters hal bccu
received iron, III. 1thron nbt Mr. UfnIond Stone,
accepting resident nen nf'eFthips.
1HE BOTANICAL SOCIETY
Tro.eRs1f H051e etAted thnt H0'nneai Society
Was oTpanixeI last Sra1. atd wanted 10 bt re-
cttTed into the ACADEMY oi scltEct* soMn E':u-
tlcucn were utMhers Of oosh Societies, and lnGse
who verB mt titatrt.i to know upon what terms
the3 would tc admitted. ....
On motion, the SECRETARY waa lnatsuc'ed to re-
Glt lhaa shu acsle.h5 ~o9a " 9'aa 10 aamH M M INC
q atcction-tvrh1nxs 10 bc nsslKneh to them tor
holding meetings.
rttafJ cun.tMu.u Gun nltstra, to 1ry.sr and re-
~r'e thu hy-Iaws to nect thc waltz OF tue pfesent
tIuc.
Kcv. L. r. EhamOeflln MAS elected resident
nember.
fanns 81 he t,a,f u Nealco compared x1tn ia,
nf the Atapt,c coast Of The Southern atxteA.
.. 9 Ct the no-r Stirling IecnsArlsles 10 thr x:hh
trr of The llttrul side, Of me penn-ula. The
tpecin els tnu:h nfl either side were as
aaaenut ~ those which rsi ate ,,... toa;a 10 10
ec~p in tire ts,lI large .hells OF the heacar<
weIl ~ In the tallua taken ~ whole. Many
thtl,a at,uc liant on the ra-t coass were NOT onnd
Al nll On the nest coa.t. and re- rs!*a. Ee gaye
Int OF thfrc hHnn5ctt ant fourteen tpere~ ctl-
1cctca on the tTo coasfs "t E1oftd4
81! s1ss - taG So' onea G Of ee. e ap
GU GUtn sides Of The pentL Fula--ufty prcu-
ur 10 tile Gust and one hun iEetl and elsyeu 10 shs
Netr coast- These rrrutfs you'd probably D.
mod,net by future researches, some OF ,ha
more msLute s[A c,cs may bare escaped detection
on one os hi. o'hct shOrcs, although ex1st1a9
equsIlr on 10th; hut the main fact ~onld asill
rrtuaip, tpat u uia1E. a,nerence existed netwcen
The &auBa, u the t~o shuies. rot ]itnatantl:n4
tEeE pr x'u ,t!. and tho very recent otG1u Of sne
origin ttcse wus uut only geological evidence st.
dnctn ty AEars1z amt Hput, but Genealogical
ey1deoce not ,et adduced Although tho fanna
tath.f the wet coast Of Florida xns Of
> character far more tropical than that OF
tic wc>terp md boTshern portions Of The gulf.
TIE correfpordebce Oct xeea the shells uf Souln
Carolina aid tbasr Of Galse was connFu3e4i
hmm NON Brazoe, Fort Morgan, and o:nee pl4ces.
Ths correspondents indtcated vary rerens
connection oetseea the seas Of South Caro-
ltna1 land Georgia ana these Of Texat, NOW
sel+Iuttjt a. far AZ water connection goes. oS tue
sub-trop1cat region Of The Cape OF south Flofok,
e1 Dsa aaaion ot sons tpscie, Ia sto tae
colder para o! the gulf. 4u 6cc0anteat for tue
d,st1.nn.,on of ap.,ns, lie % TUG chores b me
e1rct OF the CUT Strcar. Which touched cersalu
shores and aTolneu nthe1B.
TIE INDIAN AoCkps.
e+p,1, ertd % Julian mounds ~ tie northwest
corpsr Of Ftostsa, Cook County. They weru 1vo
u nun bel. located IrAf tao eastern eank OF TIE
joubE iTees I'D uuoer6sua6, and tte soil Il cia5
l. ietsce11 Cd with gravel On the farm OF Mr.
THE, or Section &c Of the town nf feyIen ctrca-
eTrd. TGe nrss discovered was aa e!lsplcal
mourd lying near and parallel 70 the main O1ak
Of The tNes-favorablF soca1ed for 3 lookoat tta-
ton. This mount IL one nuntftd and twenrY-
four feet in circumference ann fuftt egnt in uiaE-
tttr, fFl1n north Scst 10 southwest, nnd twe1ty-
eiRht Ieet nortneas: to soutaeas. a. ths south
thts mouhd arc several hEack oak ssump-, tha
large%i of which Is sutuescer .ucuesi In dlanetes
snd ii eles sted iu1tt-t % lncaes a@ove th~ s1r-
rounding ground Mr. Ktnu.cots made an exo.n-
raso1, excavation to tue depth or thsre NOD half
fret, anti found the DluUh c0mpOoCd OF ctSFty
4o,l, very compact Fury-twn lee. snuta Of tina
ncor1. anil st1'y feet iron The bank OF the
% ct ,airs, .eseo @ III ;ncsrs' aul suTroaeasa 1 ssxst
hy . tr.l-deducd =hul ow trench stx ieet acf M
the II casaremenH are: circumference, 1ns ftrt,
laws H. fh.fF ahnrf
The Ero,.nd ss cnvrrsl a,th h4zsI-bzusn and
scrnh cAks, una tnste are four Epsil .srmpH, Six
ipchrs II dtanrHr. An excarat, 1n was
Of toc ho,t, uh!ch was clases IN character.
were FOUND. t'nt as sae depth Ut thirty NIX ,ncacs
thtrv "ns fo1rt srna!1 bonr, tsa91.en. Of M
M Q, Tut LhtktHR else. The excavation WIS con-
ytnued slx fnches beow the sUsruuuu,ng level, aa1
haEdeE clay. win IN lncn'n'ns Ut sm0val, sas
1oapo; loanSa F'ftsen ,est d.tta1t l. rcustkahic
ase fne asn hear ~. he "a, lea, orsa ra
Sn,nss to ., T. sns,es ssr eeseat! Ie.t
th'Ety iett Uti" Aui r'erused three an1 . natf
feet 1he e1tfsE:srs are loa er acd na:,er. Tae
lrpe,n, viii thr poetr,or ,rrttou is 1rE47aAr a-t
'otIrr To the earl OF the third moins ia well
Ea's. oae, T.: ,,,, ;ssi ~ ,s e'Fcam'srenrs
with an nld etnnp on tne FaTn,tf. was c:rcnla.
HUuEdt etx's feet In circumference. aad cse~at-ti
two feet. Al The deesh ot t.fcc tect. i.lrR co*cy
In m ssh!n of the teiFd 0ae skull hat been
l.unc' ure,i b. the r1a.r lin ~ a war cluh.
Mt. Charles ket nltosi foin~ea, nuh mole
rsdc Jeatcn1aE. lie found two
skeletons hurled IN 4 altrtas posturc, aud three
athtrt ii c1ose pfoxi1iitT. In his previous c1ca-
s<oDs ht ltaas' Part. he found In a A,pR1e manch
one veil preserved tke!etnn, b7rle.l With the head
to the cas-. and sixteen othets. grouped ioRe.her.
pfubxbly Aillsd II natte. two Of which were uuyed
Nith the !RCeA doNHNAm. Fir viii c0utipue h.s
hlt t1rlorsstons nnd report prnRraa-
III. AHuFcks then N1de aome remarks O1 the
bones eD'l EAults cx hsbted ~ 70 their ethnolnv-
icAi Import. flu thought they were bones os the
auc.cti mound bu!llera and that theso peopje
Gle sacrificed hJ victorious srbe. lie showed
aonc helss .n the shuf!a wh'ch we're nAsks OF
y1olcucc, - Of accienA OF the results Of o0mont
TIC sku1iA Ill tnre marks largely Of oar modern
AmsslcsD 1nd'zu. the henda being short antero-
Pestes1oft15. hut long t&tes1F. Ia this they dlf-
Jared from E1rnpeaus. and arc called bfdsai.
eepAaie, Ard tho latter do',eh c<phHlie lie cxps.
pteat1on which theae bhn1l* must hsve re-
eeived, owing 10 custom Of the abo9tatnca
IN lhe case Of children. lie also made compaF1-
fnnH OF the<c n iih ht other Taccx, and spoke Of
lheir civilization.
ku~Qr1TuE* AID YlInl
Professor Deal peIt spoh Of the naelan,oFpho4es
of the aor1nlo, and a..o Of tho a1nercnt lorms OF
upon Tho mesquite .u the ' ascr. anti when mature
tls,e. the snn3c. For t,oren moaths OF the
5rAr Il lived ln tho water. and WAS
called the s'wa'tr tt2rr." Many pconIe
thought I, eo1ld bt,nR; It could not, hrxe.ur, 10
causc It k1A no H1iDRinR implement, II has tso
rtAton Tor snrpos,ug 'ha, VIC are not osefrun oy
nuitbkH IN thH Rutnh1fr. Whk. that frnonn