New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-30
CITY ITEMS.

After promising that the idea Of perfect society, in
which Man should be in harmony with Man, with Nature
and with God, implies a knowledge OF the springs OF
character and action In man; and that consequently
Fouriers Theory of Association must stand or fall with
the truth OF its Philosophy Of human naure,-the lee
,nrer proceeded 20 remark that every study Of man
hitherto has failed 10 recognize the motive springs Of
action in him tina; all Meaphysicans have only studied
the laws Of thought but not the impulses by which
thought as well all other forms OF human activity is
determined. This work was left for Fourier. He first
uttered the word ATTRACTION as the handspring in the
moral no less than in the material universe God IL
love and in It's essence Is the human soul; and al
the attractions Of the human soul are loves in their de-
gree lie went to analyze this unitary love, the
human SOUL into its radical elements, or more specific
directions, showing how the "passiona tree uniolds
into series of ramacadons according to the scale OF
! Class Order Genus &c. each embracing deterninate
number Of elements The first division is into three
Man is related % TO material nature by his senses 81
to the world of conscious beings by his social impulses
and 90 to the laws of order distribution which pre-
vail in all things by certain intellectual demands or
attractions of his soul These were then unfolded one
step farther into the scale Of the Twelve Passions five
Sensitive four Affective OF Social. which termed
Friendship, Love- Familisu and the Corporate sent-
inent; and three Distnbutve Regulating which are
the demand for Unity or Combination for Variety or
Alteration and for measured distribution or graduated
series by which infinite variety becomes perfect unity
These were described and illustrated at some length
and presented all together summary Of the conscious
springs Of life and action in for each to verify BY his
own experience.
The last half of the lecture devoted to the inquiry
applied to each ofhese passiona springs in turn What
| does it demand What is its true destiny and to
showing that the ondons do not exist in the present
organization Of society for the proper Satisfaction OF any
one of them that Friendship is not possible between
competitors for daily bread for the mere right to live att
all that Love is TO great extent necessarily venai In
such state of things that family relations are false
and bigoted and narrow and that the true demands of
Ambition or the Corporate Sentiment for donors &C.
cordng to usefulness and equal chances to each to be
all that his promises utterly denedto the vast
msjority Of human beings and that the equally natural
demand of the human soul for orderly distribution Tor
unity in variety in word for series in all things, as the
sole condition OF harmony, is refused In the general
chaos of conflicting interests With this was contrasted
Association. as the natural form Of the collective and
harmonious action of all the passions and inaienabe
wants Of
THE RIvER-The steamboat Rochester arrived
at o'clock yesterday from Hudson. During the recent
gale one OF her smoke pipes and one OF her wheel
houses were blown away Passengers In the Rochester
bring the information that the heavy rain here on Friday
above the Highlands and that the drifts were
so great at Hudson that the could not the
Berkshire Railroad. The sudden change of weather
had frozen the top of the to such an extent that
the roads were impossible for horses.
The Railroad is probably cleared, and communication
opened with Albany long before this time
BsA good deal of curiosity was excited IN
Walst yesterday, by the appearance OF nondescrpt
carriage with two large wheels and one small one, sup
porting black tube some ten feet or more In length at
first was taken TO be fashioned gun destined
TO operate against Mexicans but ii found that
had very different purpose. 1t was the great Tees
cope made by Mr. LEwESBERe Of which ihepapers have
said good deal recently. 1t was not destined to storm
Mexico but TO attack the sky and conquer knowledge
Of other worlds for Man. We understand that the
maker of the instrument intends to build refrsctor
which shall exceed Lord Roses famous reflector
in magnifying power.
PHREyoLoGY-Mr N. FOWLER has Just re-
turned to the City from Baltimore where be has recent
ly delivered two full Of Lectures, which have
been attended by large and intelligent audiences and
spoken Of in the highest terms of appreciation By the
papers of that Monumental City, This science seems to
be well established in the minds of al who have ever
given il an examination We hope Mr.. Fowler viii COM
ply with the numerous requests of our own citizens
and repeat his very instructive lectures Strangers visit
Ing the City will do well TO call al the chronological
Cabinet Of Messrs Fowers Wells, III Nassaust and
examine their extensive collection of Casts, Skulls and
Busts which have been gathered from all parts OF the
World.
SCHOOL ExHlBrriox-The Eighteenth Semi-An-
nuA Exhibition of the pupils of the Irving Institute, at
Tarytown, will be held at the Institution on Wednes-
day 3st inst Immediately after the arrival of the steam
boat Columbus which leaves foot Of Chambers ST. al or
n o'clock A. NJ Visitors will be able TO return to the
City the day after the Exhibition is concluded.
The friends of the Institution and others Interested
are respectfully invited to attend.
WHIP. LYON, Principal.
p. S.-The Summer Term OF this Boarding School
viii commence on the lst Monday in May
"a Hon ROBERT H. NORRIS. our able and
efficient Postmaster is TO deliver Grafton at Lyceum
Hail. this evening, before the NewYork Literary Union.
GEoLoGY-WM. o. BOURNE will deliver a Geo
logical Lecture Illustrated by numerous paintings sec
tons and drawings, a, the Lecture-room of the Typo
graphical Society, of Broadway and Howsrdst
on Wednesday evening Admission free.
NEw-YoRK farmers CLUB-We beg to call
the attention Of readers to the meeting Of the Far
mers Club the American Institute tomorrow tues
day at u O'Clock, NJ Choice Gratis and several yar
cites Of Corn will be distributed. See advertisement
AccIDEsr.--A boy at play ran against the horses
of Harlem Railroad Car, the Twentysevenih St
station Sunday. The horses knocked him down and
the car ran over his leg, breaking it badly.
u All the Telegraph Lines centerins in this
City is still out OF TX.
DEATH BY PoIsoS.-The Coroner was called
yesterday 10 hold inquest 1t % shert on the body
of Elizabeth Ann Wright (wiie of Jas Wrght) native
of SewYork aged "a years who died suddenly on Sun
day last From evidence sddueed before the Coroner
Il appeared that the deceased and her husband went 10
reside al the above place about week ago-that they
lived unhappJ together-thai Frdny night last the
deceased taken sick and vomiied during the whole
of that night and continued 10 do until about an hour
before she died DR.. Thomas Holmes, made post