New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-19
aid and NV person was now as thoroughly dis.


nan,leo as my house"
All The rest of his labor poor Palsy had 10
encounter alone. though mis- hands were 80 cu'
and bruised with MS work, that ne was ooig'o:
he says, to eat his pottage as well as ne coHiu
with. hia hands wrapped in linen rags ihe hahu
MIL, in which he ground his materials, requireo
the power of two strong men 10 wofk II, YET ne
was wholly without assistance. Nor were MS
disaDpon,neliis yet at an end. After HAVING:
with Infinite pans and at considerable cost, con
struc;ed Few oven, it turned out that the fnoT-
tar he had used was full OF hin.s, probably tie
refuse OF his materials and when tae intaece
was heated, these iints flew, and attached them
selves to his pottery, SO that i, was completely
spoiled
"On passing the hand over my vases" says
ne. little fragments Of flint were perceptlbie,
which cut like razor. Instantly determined
to break them up, rather than sell them IN
deteriorated state for what they would fetch,
which might have injured the reputation OF my
discovery But no sooner bad | done so. than
WAS bcsct by the maledictions Of my starving
family, and the mockeIy Of my nelghbors, VINO
treated INC as a In.dman for not having realized
few crowns by my damaged goods"
Nevertheless the man OF genius toied reso-
u.eiy Oh -Satisfied of the strength that was IN
him, and Of the importance of his discovery, ne
wsni To work again. with an injured credit ana
constitution, an obect OF hatred to some, and
contempt to Others. From he eyhausting nature
of his labors his arms and legs had become like
sticks, 50 that, according TO ms own br.ei &c
scrptun there was nothing to keep up MS gar
ters and his stockings came upon his heeis us nc
walked, till he was the picture OF wretchedncss
and restitution. Between the action of the pro
4 q h., fItIptN rfll
the rain and frost on lis ili-cO"s;Tucted WORKS.
the place was frequently unrooied, compelling
him to borrow the materials for It's repsraI!on
But this was not always 10 he accomplished;
ond he tells US that he often remained watching
his oven through the WINTER nights, exposed to
wind and weather, with the owls hccting on one
side, and the dogs howling on the other.
"Wet TO the SKIN with the beating IN OF the
heavy rains, and cropping about in the dark, for
want of candle, | have often retired to resi- al
midnight, or even at day.break," says lie, look
ing Ike some drunken wretch who had been
rolling in gutter Bu, the worst had to suffer
was from the accusations Of my neigh50rs, who
had assisted nc, and who now regarded lie as
il robber and the reproaches Of my family, who
treated me as a selfish lunstic"
This is hut fam. outline Of the miseres and
fatigues sustained by poor Bernard Palsy, in
bringing TO perfection an art which has proved
so highly beneficial 10 his own and other coun-
tries The furnaces and ovens of his invention
are still in use at Sevres, and have been closely
copied in our owD and other porcelain works
The mouids in which the vases are baked to Sc
cure them from accident, were devised by Pallsssy
after his uulucky loss from the flying of the iiints
and his recipes for The mixing of colors are still
patent.
The porcelain Of p.'issy soon attained pro-
digious reputation. and few Museums, or coilec-
tons OF Objects, OF ri.;n, in our own time, but
ccntain specimens oi his works, under the name
of Ran!;acl., ware, or China of the middle ages
The cubosscd dishes exhibiting reptiles and anl
mais, in great perfection, were the invention OF
Palsy: and several of his dishes and vases
prcsen. copies after celebrated pictures, executed
m relief Table services, TO replace the wooden
and pewter vessels then in usc were the chei
ohlec,s to which he devoted his art and wih SO
much taste and skill that many of the original
designs exhibit The genius OF first rate sculptor
The fame of this discovery extended rapidly
through France, and orders were given lum b,
ill the mobiles of The court of Henri II among
others, by the Due De Montmorency, no EN-
ployed Inn 10 decorate his stately chateau oil
Ecocin. One of the chambers paved with
tiles of Palissy's porcelain, which sui remain
nerlect unless where the design has been de-
stroyed by the introduction of one oil those huge
uugraceful Ms, which, during The empire, were
made 10 distgure all the ancient public edices o.
France.