New-York tribune., 1882-04-19
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The National Acad
ey OF Science held its meeting to-day at the National
Museum in this city. Professor Cleveland Able Henry
L. Abbott Professor Alexander Agassiz Professor 8. F.
Baird, George F. Barker Professor George j. Brush
John H. c. Coffin Edward D. Cope william Ferrel Pro
fessor Walcott Gibbs Theodore N Gill; Professor Asaph
Hall George W. Hill, General A A. Humphreys I.
sterry Hunt Professor o. G. Marsh General NJ C. Megs
Professor Simon Newcomb Professor H. A. Newton, {.
II. F. Peters, Professor william b. Rogers, Charles A.
Schott Professor S. H. Scudder, Professor Benjamin Sill
man and other members were present.
business meeting was held in the morning. at which
routine matters OF no public interest were disposed or
The following papers read, or rather stated, the
members in most speaking without notes: " Ihe
Course of the Gulf Since the CretaceOus PERIOD,
by Professor Alexander Agassiz; The Pre-Cambrlan
Rocks OF Italy," by T. Sterry Hunt; Notes on the
Geology Of Yucatan" by Professor Alexander Agassz
On the Brain OF Phenacodus by Professor T. ID. Cope
"On the Young Stages OF Few Osseous Fishes, by
Professor Alexander Agassz The Ainities OF Paleo
campa Meek and WOrtheD, as Evidence OF the VIDE Dl-
versty OF Type In the Earliest Known Myrlap0ds by
Professor s. H. scudder; On the Geneses ana Develop
ment of the Chiropterygtum from the Ichthyoptery-
pum' by Professor Theodore Gill. The Academy Will
remain in session four days Before the ADJOURN
mcn there VIII be an election of new members OF the
Council.
SUSPENSION OF SILVER CERTIFICATES.
WASHINGTON, April Is. - Representative
,Dingley from the subcommittee OF the House Commit
tee on Banking and Currency, to whom was referred
that portion OF Presidents message relating to silver
certificates also the pending bill to regulate the
issue Of coin certificates and for other PURPOSES submit
ted report to the full committee to-day in which he
advocates the passage of the following bill:
bill TO suspend the issue Of silver certificates and to
limit the coinage standard silver dollars TO the require
Be it eDacted. etc, That from and after the pas,
sage OF this oct, and until an International
agreement on COINAGE ratlo for the nse Of
silver. II in full legaltender coinage, shall be
made by the leading commercial nations or until the
eauvaency of value between the standard SILVER ana
gold coins United States In the markets OF the
world shall be other secured the Issue Oi silver Ger
ti1cges authorized by the net Of February - 1873
shall be suspended provided that the silver cerlcaes
now outstanding may from time 70 ne as paid no the
Treasury DO reissued the deposit OF standard silver
dollars. - ..,.,..
SIC 2-That from and after the passage OF this act
and until an international agreement on coinage rao
for silver In full legal coinage shai be
made by the leading commercial nations or untll the
eauivalency between the standard silver ana
gold OF the United States IN the markets o1 the
world shall be otherwise secured the Secretary OF inc
Treasury shall To be coined only such number o
The standard silver dollars authorized by mo hct OF
February 49, 1873. may be required TO supply tho de
mand for actual circulation IN lien Of the minimum coin
age provided by said act.
Members OF the subcommittee express the opinion
that decided majority Of the full committee VIII adopt