New-York daily tribune., 1843-05-03
THE TRJRU n E.
National Academy of Design.

were lndeDtci w q iipSilu III i'iio1'''h -
ne fact. We passed a couple Of hours very
,orceaily in looking through the rooms on Satur-
tsv evening. The works Of Art exhibited are
snne four hundred III number, nearly al rant
mrs: tho Sculptures beng some halt a DOZEN
The Exhibition as a whole, we think better than
hat Of last year; at least one quarter ol the
Pctores being tolcrablc. It's lashohablet TO com
ss,i OF tie great prepondcrance OF Portraits IN
,,Lee Exhibitions; though how that's TO be avoided
.ben the public will pay for nothing else, we do
AT understand. COLE has several Landscapes
s,s or two of them of considerable merit, though
~ II bc oter-colorcd. The bcEt thing III the
.,or;;cal way, as seems to be universally agreed,
!. THE Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadlz,'
No. 1907 by Z. LEUrzE, a young Philadclphlan
now in Europe, Of whose maturcr efforts great
things are reasonably expected Sir Waiter
Raleiqh, NO 23l by the same is also good
The best Portrait, we think, is that of }. K.
lowell, the Poet, NO 2ll > by w. PAGE; who
has rather strong head Of himself, 49, and
,crv disaprecahIc picture of Cur Saviour crowned
nth thorrs, lGG); several ollis Portraits are good
i. 3. DgrAxD has, several good pictures. Among
The Miniatures, we noticed a good ono OF Mrs.
Embury, a speaking likeness of Bishop HCGnEs by
Nrs. BocARpus, (25O.) Tic best of the Nina
TIRES. however, arc those of QUEEN VICTORIA (349t
aud the DUKE of SUSSEX, (3i8) by Mr.. FREEMAN.
Roth were taken from h(c--that of the Queen at
the request of Mrs Stevenson, the lady OF our
former Embassador. The countcnanco is beau
tiful and expressive, SO far beyond the unmcanng
ysage given to Victoria the prints that arc cur
rent that we should believe it grossly fattercd but
for the autograph assurances OF Lord Norpeth,
tlr Stevenson and others, that 1t IS il truth
striking likeness as well as an admirable picture
Royalty is not apt 10 be so favored by Nature, or
even by Art. There is full length OF Governor
SEWARD by MOONEY 163) which is rather correct
than spirited and one or two by q. W. FLAGd OF
New. Haven, 49, which We ikcd-Wc shall try
to be more deliberate in our next notice.
TnE GEOLOGICAL LAssocATroN.-The Evening
Journal contains u sketch of the proceedings of
Che American Association Of Gcologists, now IN
session at Albany. On Thursday Professor L. c.
pecr read an interesting paper on lgncous action,
which elected some debate. Prof DANA, in speak
ing of the subject, maintained that water at the
bottom of the ocean might become heated to
degree much beyond the ordinary boiling point
by submarine volcanoes, and yet be kept IN ITS
position for u long time without rising or ming
ling with the colder water, by the mere weight OF
the suporinc,unbcnt iiilid This position was We
hemenlly co,ubated by member of The Asso-
Uiatlon, who insisted that it was impossible to
heat water as hot at the bottom Of the ocean as 1t
was III a kettle-inaslnuch as the moment vol
une OF water became heated the bottom 1t would
rise TO the top and give place to the colder water,
which in It's turn would rise, &c. Mr.. DANA's
position was maintained by Mcssrs. REpuELD,
EMERSON, and HoUGuroN. Prof. BAILEY, OF
West Point, read u paper giving the results of his
discoveries of the existence, form and character
Of CRYSTALS III the barks, leaves and ashes OF the
different kinds of woods. 1t was well illustrated
by beautiful diagrams More than million OF
these crystals may be found in single square
uch of the bcr of the wood. Dr. OWEN read Il
long and intescsting paper on the Geology of the
Western Statcs-principally of Indiana and the
Ohio Valley. This elected an interesting de-
bate
HrDRAuLlc ExrGRIMENrs.-Wc believe it is
conceded by all who have witnessed the operations
OF DR.. Ransom's new Hydraulic Engine, that,
throwing water from the top of a tall building, 1t
will add 81 10 IS per cent TO the power OF the
Croton. But some have doubted the capacity Of
the machine to throw water from the ground.
Tctest this point, an experiment was made early
the morning Of Saturday last, in Peck Slip. BY
ania quarter STREAM Que hundred and forty feet
horizontally. The same stream, when elevated,
was thrown entirely over Browcr's store on to
Mots store III Water street. Persons who are
Interested in these matters, can look ut the prem
lies, andjudgc for themselves as TO the capacity
IN question:
ltmay be well to remark, that the engine re-
ierFedtoo@rates solely by the force of the hydrants
dispensing entirely with manual or steam
power. 1t Also claims ability to throw five con-
,ihuouS streams from the top OF the highest
buildings,
Il a beautiful and instructive apologize is this
from Wil!iS's last New-Yor letter in the Nation
al lntelhgcnccr:
The city is full of strangcrs-all, of course,
more or less liable tc temptation but there is one
strange fish among them whose escape from
the bats OF Broadway ii he cscapc) should equal
the Ten $ tc''r,' as a passport through the gate
OF Eden. was attracted by crowd Yesterday
to the BASIN OF the Park Fountain-quite calm
gust now IRON the partial Withdrawal of the wa
Ter. l found abou, hundred boys fishing for u
solitary picksrcl, the sole tenant of the transpa-
rent water Every motion OF the belcagured fish
was distinctly visible, and at every inch he ran
ms nose between. baited hooks, shying them, how
ever, with every appearance of unsophisticacd
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