Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-03
Adjourned for one week.

htlhe OF WV 10 lnnhNnce the mayor 10 pay n
just bill long due from the corporation, and
the hrst for being accessory thereto and In
completely with Cook In thiI ease OF motto.
rious bribery.
Adjourned for ono week.
PAoF. EDWARD DANIELS LECTURE
A very respectable audience assembled last
night at Lincoln Hall to hear the lecture Of
Colonel Daniels on "The Reptile Era and
First Land Animals" and the following
epochs In geological sciences full Of useful
information.
The lecture was illustrated by splendid
scenes and pictures, projected upon the large
canvas " the stereoptlcon aud electro
scope. 1t was shown that our globe was
tBt In q state Of gas or yapOr, then 10 a
state Of fusion, which finally cooled and
formed the primitive rock, the aEolc ag',
without life, aud no petrifaotlons.
Then followed the epoch when deposits OF
dissolved matter settled and stratlfled into
layers, having the evidences Of life existing;
and this Is what Is known as the snurlan
period, or secondary rocks. Then come the
coral Teefs-formed where the temperature
| does not often fall below about 60 degrees.
In time the coal.helds were formed, when
trees were found In the same location where
they had grown. Tho lecturer spoke Of the
| coal-helds Of Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia
aud their various peculiarities.
To form three feet depth Of anthracite coal
would require about thiTty-seven feet Of
vegetable Inattsy and soil, 80 compact aud
! concentrated 10 the coal. OF the two kinds
Dltuminus and anthracite coal, the soft and
hard, the bltumlnus Is the first or lowest
layer It Is mostly found In more level and
| less disturbed positions, while the anthra-
| cite Is found where It has been disturbed by
heat or volcanic action.
Petroleum was probably formed, in part,
from animal substances, as we'll as from the
Installations Of coal and vegetables. lie
spoke Of the strage fsh Of which Hugh Mil
Ter speaks.
Many bright views were shown upon the
scene which presented the different layers
aud eras Of rocks, Of vegetables, birds and
animals, that have characterized the differ.
ent ages OF the globe.
The lecturer closed with an eloquent de.
scflptlon Of the transition aud progress
from all these TO the advent or creation of
man-all the evidence OF high design aud
divine wisdom, lessons for the Instruction
and blessings OF the human race; and a
lively eulogy upon tho usefulness and
romance Of the study OF science, and par
ticulaTly the study Of national history, aud
acquiring q knowledge Of the laws OF all
nature.
Firth WARD WoRKINaNRN's AssoCn-
TIOh-A VOICE hoA1NbN
GovERNMESr.-AtA meeting OF this asso.
citation last night at the East First street
school house, 4. 8. Atkinson, president, In
| the chair, and J. II. Searles secretary, the
following preamble aud resolutions were
adopted;
Whereas the persons who are taking the
| lead In the movement for q TERRITORIAL EoY.
ernment" for the District OF Columbla are,
| with exceptions which cause US surprise and
regreD recognised as enemies OF that progress
r. NTa1A k -.
OF US have been so recently enfrsnehised, this
fact alone 10 Bufneisnt to cause ua to look
upon said movement with suspicion, and
| withhold our assent therefromi
| Aud whereas we firmly believe that II II
| prompted by the instinct OF property rattle
than by the love Of liberty by a desire OF per
| happier conditions for the masses OF the PEG
pleIthe SelfsAme spirit that prompted some
OF these teritOriallStH to maks merchandise q
therein instead Of houses and lots; and W here
rs, further, We consider this cunning ely devised
scheme as not only politically unsafe for US Al
the control OF Washington In the hands o
our ancient enemy the pFo-slATery Democracy
with the aid OF the votes Of the county, bu
also calculated to oompiicate and embATfass
rather than to simplify and facilitate our 20.
| litoAl machinery therefore be II
Rssoirsd, That we hereby denounee thi,
| scheme OF "teTFitoTiAllIAt lonh or "cOnHOlllA.
tion," by whatever name suEAr.eoated, as Al
once unjust, uuwiGe and dangerous and WI
call on the represe ntatiVen OF the Fifth WAR
In the Board OF Aldermen And Common COuu
ell, to support the resolutions offered b,
Counuilman Burgess when they shall cont
before them for nnAl action.
RSI0lUsd, That we aireutionAtely warn thos
hitherto trusted white friends Of the coloTel
race who have suffered either their PROPERTY
Instincts or their political ambition TO be
guile them into this territorial movement o
our ancient enemies, that unless they qul
| their bad company" they need not expect I
| continuance OF our personal confidence or our
political support, aelfpreGeTVAtlOn being the
irst law Of our nature, as well as OF their
| own.
A SURE WAY Of getting ones money back
aud u good chance to get much more too
Is now offered by the interchangeable managers
OF the Whitehurst Gallery Exhibition. Be