Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-10-04

IEvssro.s-Ths world has been to- much 6spo.
sod to undevalue the services Of this class of man
kind The benefits they have conferred ~ the remis-
SION OF toll and labor, and in sdvancing eivizaton
Is Unreasonable. Strike from existence the mari
ners compass the art of printing the steam engine,
and the machinery for spinning and weaving, and
more than half Of the value of the productions OF
all Chnstendom would be arrested at once. large
proportion of these productions are essential to our
comfort, health and happiness. Civilization would
Inevitably recedc, instead of advancing. The great
object of the American Institute is to stimulate nven.
tion One Of the principal designs ct the Repository
in Broadway is to exhibit daily whatever is new and
useful For more taan two years has been open free
of expense to inventors. 1t is crowded with models
and machines. The annual fairs afford the most in
teresng display of industry and invention that our
country affords. AT the ensuing fair, the 18th inst
convenient steam boiler has been contracted for, Of
more than 20 horse power accompanied with all the
requisite apparatus for testing machinery in presence
efal who choose to witness it. free Of expense. Sc
veral useful machines will be shown, the inventions
of members of the Institute. Among these, the ia
nous pile driving and saving machine of Captain
Cram, SO highly valued at the South and Vest
Railroads, by this machine and the steam engine,
are formed over their Immense morasses with saw
ing of time and expense never conceived of until its
efficiency was exemplfed. Another machine, the off
| spring of the simc prolific mind, is constructing,
which promises advantages net less Important in
clearing their streams of stumps and snags, and
thereby removing those fatal implements that inure
the navigation of their great streams and also equally
important in Kidding the minor streams of stamps and
timber, and extending navigation where, hitherto it
has been considered impracticable. The chief agent
of the New Orleans and Nashville Rail Road was first
induced to employ Captain c. purely en- the recon-
mendaon of an officer of the institute.
We look forward to the day when an immense re-
venue may BIS derived from the expectation of ma.
chinery TO foreign countries Al this time American
steam engines in use in Egypt and Austrian rail-
roads are travelled in cars made in sister city If
We can in our infancy compete successfully with Bn-
fish machinery, is it unreasonable to conclude that
in time, with more experience, and greater Skill and
increased capital, which sure to follow, we shall
not be triumphant?
RICE (eryza saliva This important article Of
food cultivated in all the warmer parts OF the
globe. 1t was long known in the East, before il was
introduced into Egypt and Greece. Pfny, Diosco-
rides and Theophrastus mention it being brought
upon the bordera of the Mediterranean. 1t was in
troduced into Carolina about the year 1897, and is
now cultivated extensively in many parts of the
south of Europe. In Britain the chief supply rice
is from Carolina, and il is considered superior to that
of India. 1t supposed that the Chinese and Hin
docs owe their early civilization 10 this grain. I'm
mense populations are now dependent on the rice
crops, and when these fall thousands perish Of han
MI ~l,~,x h.
same ground, and cultivate it in this way from gene
ration 10 generation on the same soil, and without
any ether manure than the mud deposited by the wa
ter Of the river used in OVERLOOKING Aquatic rice is
cultivated by the Chinese even in the midst of rivers
and lakes by means Of RATS made of bamboo, and
covered with earth Mountain rice is cultivated on
the noun Of the Eastern Islands, and Of Cochin
China, much in the same way as our barley There
is kind OF rice hardy enough TO grow on the edge of
the Himaaya SHOWS, and which may probably, at
future time, prove valuable acquisition TO the
European cultvator: As article OF diet, rice has
been extoled superior TO almost any other veeeta-
BILE. Large quantities are annually imported into
Europe, and il is highly esteemed in buildings, and
numerous other culinary preparations. The editor of
the "Star" sometime ago, informed his readers, that
bread could be made of rice just as well as Of wheat
But Sweeny, who understands MS business better
than the Major assures US, that this is not the fact
for the simple reason that rice is destitute ef gsten.
II is well known that quarter Of pound of rice,
slowly boiled, will yield more than pound of solid
and nutritive food (See Sweeney on Detetics, vol.
2 q. 1881 The inhabitants Of the Eas, obtain from
rice vinous liquor, more intoxicating than the
strongest wiaes and ardent spirit, called rok OF
arrak, is ass made partly from it. The general
appella,ioh Of rice throughout the East Indies is
paddy.
This is the article used by sweeny, of Fuu street, Ia
preparing his celebrated pudaings etc. which In much
demand informed that those who make but
licle.
STAR or BETHLEHEM-( Ornihogatam unbeiidt-
um.-From the deep recesses Of our soul, we thank
our beloved Miss II. for this beautiful and curious
plant from her hot house. which received in good
order at one o'clock yesterday. The note which
accompanies the precious gift, stated that il expanded
and was plucked at 4 o'clock in the morning, and
would close in five hours from that time. II didcon.
tract exactly at o'clock This is no, characteristic
of Miss RS heart we sure. Would TO heaven that
Mr.. Bennett had been home To look on il and admire
it. and write some pretty lines about il. We believe
this plant is sometimes called Eiepen o'clock from