New-York tribune., 1871-08-28

I @ the progress Of various pdTi p1SSu
with the increased variety OF tner l9Uu ycgstSble ma
teria TO whatever extent the animals useu lor oo W. m
fed on variety OF plants or S ya pSered and that
was hence on 70 per cent of mental i9rCe orc many rn
changes were effected III the individual hence INC S
gnnnro tons reniired Cor Improvement. He believer
that civilization kept to the line OF the ffsses " %
largely aided Tv beef and mutton but 1t might have
begun I'm fruit bearing lOcllty-a Gardeh o EIen,
would come 10 standsA IN tOfeeN Ill Z" uo'0i' ''
The sTb,ecf Of the Eozoon Cnadense came mp again ag,
before the Association. II viii be recoiected lI 9
socaIed fossil was originally found in the Laurentlhn
rocks OF Canada previously regarded - aho ~ Sfnce
any amount Of previous geological hypotheSes ,y ShCp
tbsn n has been found III Massachusetts,, stu tutel
deranging accepted results. But now Wheh INV tU s, IL
fair nrosect OF having theories squared 10 new
hrcomcs doutful whether the sOced cocoon II tHC re-
mains OF an organism. Mr. L. Blctn"ll OF ClHOruse,
Mass has been in The habit Of nakDs S nauS Cl,do
tons of the organism EOzoOn Canadensc ilOIu DaHu
and from Massachusetts,. The first Lhat ne IuL & MS 70
geuteman i'm Ncw-YOrk This piece hir blchhe,l IrV ~
iccts confirmed in most particulars tle nEuIr nd gg
~. Poppiar Science Rerieg. Aftarward Mr. BIchnsn
cut niece for Prof. Marsh of Yale CoeGr, ~;
Ir Carpenfer ana which he has described as above.
This also gave in every parCuaI Eo't was also an
Of the f-ures clted AccompJh5ln- .Hl5 m ci,,, ct
other piece OF Canadian COCOON, which on ne.hS e
gave more doubtful r.snts Aa beS o yegi2v having
| made journey tlither to examine tAC % I' 'iit2.rJ
sitt November & lsGg ~. IHi5 5c,1a5an specnens
| the so-called shell or qsp.sl.i23iimm ~ iige ,,,Ic
| Yaor TX or
which were revealed by et.Al4I 'La - aila, Ioro of
beipg smaller than in the Canadian \. chclSi hoit ~
- -. 80, f.1i1d Inn tlgsc The Massachusetts, organism
has not the strJt.he1 appearance, 1Il l.s tna XXX XXX m
al,o at ~ ~ bV ca,cie dirng entirely in that respect
sIr, t1e Canadian The impressions received Dl 'iI.
Bckncll from reeated OBS tSa o 'i-y rS r iye
doubf. a. 10 its animal origin, and tat Wi'.eFSt is
essentially different from the Canadian cocoon l.s
doubt applies TO The Mt-ed.Al,rtI Hp ,.l h 2 .. n. i
Dr. Carpenter. discussion followed Dat AO'IIAs No''
"TS PrCf Richard owen. D. NJ Of the Indiana State
~ icr-v .fltel nm iuuartl fact which clmo, De TOO
lTdis.emnatod viz; That The intermauageoi bood
! saw with Our lmOwloJgc OF such nl.ieis, a etse.
Speaking from close olseIya jl3A on InS .5 ,s @
close ntermarage had been permitted; the cen GldImth a m
were either deaf mutes or were i"gi.u ~ , ,I ,,s
ri,ysi.an ana VINO should have known better thah 70
marry double cousin bat the cohselIeHCJ WIZ ~ ~ yn
man from the incrmarIilgc OF those III ~hlm e sllIc
material was deficient was RreVentgu @ 9 bt "a to or
tootIn deficient in his mental faculty. lie insisted
s Nv rnat crime for parents to grow mp with
the idea that they might ever intermarry with DoQd re-
ntcymariage with those connected by ties OF cOnsan
| gulnlty 5000 . 900 &, Ont, ,-rora so,,e On
faniiirs had married. and utermarcd until they could
no Longer tell theirrcaiJusip Most OF the progeny
were deaf muteS and the remainder Htlc ABOVE luI-
Prot. E b. Andrews made some observations on the
! stratigraphical geology Of Ohio. particularly re
ferrng the southern portion Of that state the dsrc
~ Pr6f W"rher of Illinois described the finding in bed
Of four feet OF pcaty matter In qmcksld lc remains OF
mastodon, one tusk Of which was nlng ic,t III ICna,n
humed the bones Of an elk, buffalo ana common dcei
which might bring up TIE question as 10 no" l''e '1e
Prot Richard owen possesses specimens Of the tooth
OF mastodOn which nc cXhumcd from the clay IN Ken
tucky and also the half of lower jaw, with the teeth
entire Of todon taken from tie swamps near inc
ncctOn with tho sulphur water o hat region seem 10
have attracted by its salt these ma-.Ec alnas' aiJ d
they have IN various sunk IN the hWd!p5' anu
there remained in good state oil PftsI ltc
Prof Kerr declared the range Of the masodon in North
mon af least found in the middle Of the division OF the
WHAT Is called the brf mud OF the coast which core-
spends to the peat beds spoken Of An entire specimen
was found mbedded with Indian remains; ana accord
! hesi c0ienporurcous with the GhOrgincs.
,ocdla Om o2a fl b % %Il%lne % Of for rcsur5ey
| of the surroundings ana surface geOlOsy OF NilEaia
since thc last survey 80 years ago AcJmmtiec was a
uoiutcd to mpuOriaize the Legislature OF Missouri for
made by PROF G. C. swallow A General Committee was
also appointed report ~ the next meeting on the best
| geological surveys in every state.
The following officers were appointed for the ensuing
lr5,e'eiiairro1 L'Troaee srf Of Louisville, E,,r,
T3ce-rrcsttsa'-PfoG Alex Hncie Of Ann Arlo- tirh -
Permanent Ssce0rg-lrof Joseph Lowering Of tamtnise Mass
| GtltrlI ssyfflrl- T.. S. Mors' Of salem. Mass
! Trersgrcr-W am S. NgGg OF Plilrde qh1. Penn.
fpafag C0tt-Nlers BUST, ani Nhcllai Of hslcalssfts
cloud resolutions Of thanks TO their entertainers
palscd in the evening, and there were many brilliant
was that Prof T. &. Andrews. stare GeOlo, oi ONO,
instauccd the many eminent scientists who had been
graduated into science TOIu other walks of life Among
those from press ne mentioned with many others,
benjamin Franklin and Hugh Miller He thought that
according to the definition OF science from ScO know,
the writer OF What Know about Farming should be
included I'm the list. The Association attended social
reception given by the pTOpIcors OF The Idt0HdpDtts
Journal az the residence of M l.. ". Hdssemau. and
passed most enjoyable evening. Not less than go
members are registered t. 20 the excursion 10 the
Mammoth Cave; they start at an early hour tomorrow
! morning.