New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-26

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| vention passed unanimously most singing reso-
|ntion against the confirmation of JOHN c. SPEN-
GER. You can scarcely imagine the intensity OF
feeling in this vicinity in relation to that ques-
ton. I will only say with him Of old, g Is there
not cause? 2" Yours &c. WATCHTowER.
The TALKING DEMONSTRATING seen in
one or two papers an account of this new lnven-
ton we went with a friend yesterday to see It.
ar. Faher, the artist, speaks only German, yet
he has taught his machine to speak English, and
speak it too better than German. And what IS
still more curious, it gives some OF our dlfncult
sounds better than Mr.. Faber himself can pro-
nounce them. The TIL for instance, which is the
Rubicon in our language to a German, 1t gives
like a native-born American Indeed, we do not
believe the Native American Party" itself
could tell the difference. On asking Mr.. Faber
how it came to pass his machine could speak
better English than German, he replied: Why
shonld Mt it ?-itis American born" The sounds
issue from the lips of Mask that as they open
and shut reveal tongue that plays like the liv-
ing member, though not so kimberly 1t is re-
alIy laughable to see this bust placed upright
with turbaned head and whiskered face slowly
enuncialng in whining tone, sounds which we
have heretofore considered as belonging exclu-
svely to our species. 1t beats the parrot out and
out. 1t will 90 through our alphabet and hume
rails with great precision, and say . three hun
dred and thirty-thrcc thousand three hundred
and thrty-three" as a German may despair OF
ever saying. 1t speaks with decided tone, as
if it had lost it's palate and with great dellbera
tion. If Mr.. Faber himself could speak Eng
fish, we have no doubt his wooden pupil would
improve rapidly, and enunclate much more rea-
div. The grave, solemn countenance never
changes, no matter how funny the words may
be- Uncivl as 1t may seem, one cannot help
laughing in this mysterious creatures face, when
with head erect and CLASSY eyes fixed on some
distant object he says Good-mor-nln-gen-
tle-men and ladies'" He undertook to sing
/" Hail Columbia Happy Land" but we cannot
say he was Grisi or Clara Novea-howeyer,
he stopped now and then and performed some
shakes admirably. We thought he sung better
in Dutch than English. The perfection Of the
instrument may be seen in the correctness with
which it pronounces not only the full vowel sounds
but the middle sounds. Mr.. F. has been engaged on
it seventeen years, and it took him seven years
to get the sound of e. alone.
Mr.. Faber is good musician and composer as
well as instrument maker.
G7 The Manchester IN. H. Democrats very
imperfecty acquainted with the views of Charles
Fourier if it does not know that he invariably
discountenanccd all Political CONFUSION, and
especially all warfare of Labor on Capital as
means Of curing Social evils Educated in an
age of rampant Infdel;ty and Jacobinism he
cherished ever deep faith in Divine Revelation
and Established Government, and, by chance
little short or miraculous, escaped massacre as
| Monarchist at the hands Of the Jacohins on the
taking OF Lyons. One Of his last essays
forcible protest against any perverslon of his
views to the support Of Revolutionary agitation, or
any attempt to instgate hostility and hatred be-
tween Property and Labor-two vast interests
which ought to be in harmony, which, unhap-
PLY, are not wholly so, bat which never can be
made so by sowing strife between them.-We
are probably an earlier student of these views
than our contemporary, but we never bring
them before the public in connexlon with party
politics Of any sort. Let every tub stand on its
own bottom
RECOVERY OF STOLEN PRoPERTY.-Sherif ke-
logg of Utica, has made seizure Of stolen pro-
perty in AnnsviIle, Oneida county, amounting to
500 or $500. The persons taken are Samuel and
Leonard Eaton and Chylor, Nicholas, Johnson
Timothy and George Armstrong. The goods
were found at the houses of Timothy and George
Armstrong, Leonard Eaton and widow Camp.
bell. They consist Of silks, cloths, clothing,
books, &c; and large portion have been iden-
tilted as belonging to merchants in Utica.
u named Johnson was killed near Will
mngton, Del. on Saturday last, by being thrown
! from carriage. He was racing at the time with
Mr.. Taylor, whose vehicle struck Johnson's when
he was thrown to the ground with such violence as
TO cause his death. Taylor drove on pel nell
without even stopping TO inquire the fate of his
fortunate companion.
157 We cali the attention of our readers to the
Lecture of Mr.. SHEA, in Washington Hall, this
evening. The Lecture itself will possess the
deepest interest to the lovers of Ireland. Of
facts-naked, yet thrng-such Mr.. Shea
will give us, we want more in regard to that
country. Several distinguished vocalists and per-
| formers will give Concert at the close. Among
them we notice Mrs. Page, signor Bini and
Charles NJ. King, Esq. The Master Hughes
will also be present. OF Mrs Page this seems
favorable opportunity to say, that this is the last
appearance but of this delightful vocalist pre-
yous to her departure for the South.