New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-06
oo,r+rv and the ccnters or lines OF eruptions
'i Ia traced NV the terraces The ground

could be traced by the terraces The ground
falling in OF the roofs OF old from one to four
miles In length which were old ducts Of the lava ne
had seen the same thing vesuvius in the eruption OF
ss9 e which was from the crater but at the sides
rs from bleeding wound The stream OF IaNa cools az
the sides and top protecting the hot stream beneath
Euay the orfce becomes ehoked with stones and eliot
ting lava at the eruptive point and the lava nows away
ea,s Which Tore np the duct In the ice caves the
roof had fallen at corners but on the Sides ana @
ON tM roofke door. Into these caves the water
rickies from thawing snow, in Winter freezing asn
to the top of the cave. This is great ,i deal
colder than common zee ana asss a an 10 be f"nnd
miniature paradise where all the icra OF the Paeltc
coast grew luxuanty attended by myriads OF hunnng
The great ShoshOne Fas second only to Niagara carved
their way through basac rocks remarkably distinct IN
their hexagonal and coumnar form GeoiogiGai sur,
veyors here make mistake In reading the text
He stood at time over cleft 10 inches WIDE ana So
feet deep The river had eaten out below the Disat,
which gravity and cearage had settled into broken
line ny s se the rye has
through the basa and there are zoo feet OF pophyr
the canon Of the Snake River where from perPondic
lar face of pophyry midway of the ch cascade issues
be found on the surface settlers pretend to dent
y it with river 100 miles TO the north This was prob
ably a volcanic drift from which the tuna had Deen
wrought out of the way and formed channel , nndGr
ground the water The speaker wished 10 see TINS III
teresting region thoroughly surveyed by the Govern
Mi Eos paper Redemption Periods had no icon con,
chiefly TO insurance Offices and Revenue Depart
ment. on the principle OF keeping strong wine 10 tne
rbly uninteigbe but wonderfully profoundso FAR as
anybody knew Prof. POeys Polarization OF Light nlled
posed that the essay enigma To every one but
himself and the President. Professor Gill followed with
ton of owen and Edwards and announced "Frst, The
anities of animals well plants are to he deter
Of their agreement Great care however; Should
be taken to balance against this principle another and
that morphOogy and not theology, foe physical aap
tation. Proceeding to apply this, man cannot be sep
arated from the monkey as distinct family, but
almost all the professors and naturass OF the present
day" The GOODNESS Of this-when the world has such
Philosophers make no scrnple Of demanding that we
accept the monkey on sight! "Cetaceans OF whales,
nivora, while the walrus, etc. should be placed near
the hoofed animals Neither the characteristics of the
BRAIN the notifications of the plaCenta, or the rcla
ton Of the embryo TO the mother, sufficient by
themselves to arrange the mammals in natural groups,
determining the relations Of beasts Mr. j. O. a. War,
rem, by recommendation from the Commissioner
Breeds of skwOrs Which paper feed on on osk SnG
aila1tus leaves, the latter Of which produce tho
washing fibre Of India foulards. Mr.. Warren is in
Washington for the purpose of securing an appropr-
alton of 5000 to the Agricultural Department to INTRO
duce the new speciesintO this country II Is Thought thd
the Appropriation will be granted President Henry
read an extract from the report Of the Academy to Con-
reviewing its establishment by Congress III 1868 Tor
purposes of counsel and direction IN all cases where
questions of scientific character connected with the adj
the charge which had been made against the Academy
Of excusveness arguing that as 1t was formed TO prose
cute special investigations, excsveness was not To DC
condemned in it more than i'll any association OF phy
clans lawyers for the promotion of their respective
professions He quoted from the opening address before
the Academy: THE organization may not be perfect;
the task was one of delcacy and difficulty; the mem
bers were necessarily limited, and the most
eminent men OF science were to be recognized
If injustice has been done, if mistakes have been
made time will, trust, correct the injustice and the
mistakes. Changes will surely Death Is in the
world, and the list of honoTed names will not long re-
main unbroken" Reference made to commission
appointed during the TO examine projects submitted
to the Government which, 1t Is not too much 10 say,
saved millions Of dollars TO the National Treasury In
return this Congress has failed make apprOpla
tons for derayng the expenses OF the sessions OF the
Academy or for the publication OF its transactions But
III aspect il well that the Academy should re-
main indie pendenOf all aid from Congress, as II could
then discharge its duty, and pronounce It's judgments
with greater freedom unnuenCed by the fear OF the
loss OF a subsidy. Honorable mention was made OF the
estate III trust for the purposes of science