New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-26


Aae ,ooa ths FAM. pacing s'.aad ~ a~Fe sey.
The question naturally srses-why such uniformity
IN the figure Of this utens and what has induced PEG
pie in distant cnes and countries 20 make II resemble
portion Of hollow sphere spherOid, instead Of
forming ID with plain sides and bottom' Its clear there
some controlling reason for this-else why should
the fsDcifu Greek and Roman Artists have permitted
retain IL primitive form while all other household
implements a. lamps, vases drinking vessels snd tr
pods Sc. were nodded by them into endless shapes
Brszen Csuldrons we know were highly priced They
were sometimes polished and their sides richly orna
men,ed, but .ti their general form was the same az
those Of more ancient people, In this respect both
Greeks and Romans left them they found them The
reason 10 obvious When LIQUID IL heated In 4 cyllnd
ricsl other vessel having perpendicular sides,
easily bOtis but when the sides incline irNdrds ~
the TOP IN these Caudrons It cannot well be thrown
By obulliton alone for the heated waves ss they
rise directed towards the centre where their force
IL expended against each other Dyers, Brewers, Dis
tillers Sc are well aware Of this fact The remote
Ancients had therefore observed the ineffciency Of
s,rsigh sided Boilers and applied simple and besut
tifu remedy which was possibly suggested by the
previous Of natural vessels As the gOurd SC This
e proof Il their sagscy and of the early pro
gress OF the arts Of founding and moldng. From the
extreme antiquity Of 9hese Csuldrons It is not mpOss
Die that their form Is similar 70 the pattern which gos
Cain himself used. and which he taught his pupils 70
initiate Similar vessels found in the workshops Of
Vulcan. (seo plate 2O) Brazen Csudrons were ormer
considered suitable presents tor nings-rewsrds OF
Agamemnou to sppease the wrath Of Achilles were
Seven Tfpods never .ulled set by ire.
OF gold Ten tasnis. r-ssrf Cartbtos. bright
They were among the goods which Prism took TO re-
deem the body Of Hector
He also tool talent. forth OF gold
n. . 49,. .o s q, LID. c.,s''o''
The Prizes at the funeral games on the death Of Pa
'Cap,,oas C.rls.o,, Tripod. bright
These unobtrusive vessels are used wi,hou,
citing thought of their worth, Of the ingenuity Of
those 70 whom we are indebted for them although
they have contributed infinitely to the real com
fort and innocent qualification OF than al the speu
did VASES that were ever made These have always
had their admirers and historians Volumes embelish
ed with costly illustrations, have been written on their
forms, materials. ages and authors but no modern
Hamilton has entered tAe Kitchen 20 record and Illus
trse the origin, Improvement notifications and yari
Gus Of the eau drOn. This vessel Ike despised
but necessary attend ant has been the nseparabe
psnion Of man in his progress from Bsrbarsm 10 Re
hnement and has administered 10 his necessities Al
every stage Yet il has ever been disregsrded while
literary cuisH0s he re expated in numerous treatses
the virtues of prepared mi Endless the
essays sauces, but the history of the more useful
Sauce Pan yet 20 be written An account of this
sci and of the Csudron. would place In very novel
and instructive light the domestic manners of the
world and an examination Of the various modes OF
hrafiH the latter would bring to view many excellent
devices for ecOnomizng fuel. ikwbsnks Hydraulics.
hfNfl ClNha-bfAlh W iAfA = 1 fhtif Gun
or Con- PERRY. AND OrHERs-We learn by the New
Orleans Mercury of the evening of the nth OF the
rival OF the ship Suyiel from the Baze the 9Th inst
for New ork having board the ith Regiment OF In
fantry from Pascsgoula under the command Of Brevet
Mai r. AlvOrd She encountered severe storm in the
Gulf and having lost her rudder, compelled 20 put
back, and arrived here on the 10Th inst On the 9Th
inst while the storm raging, Lieut. Christopher
Perry, OF the 4h Infantry aed six Of the men, died
on board and one man washed away. Lieutenant
Perry was son of the late celebrated Commodore
Oliver H. Perry, from Newport X l. and gallan,
officer
rg- The corner stone OF a Catholic Cathedral
wa. laid At Cleveland, Ohio Sunday last RI Rev
Bishops Rape OF Cleveland lie Fever of Detroit and
Iimon of Buffalo, were present
THANHsGIyiNc.-ln Ohio aud Mary and, Thurs
day November %
~ The snow was sufficiently deep for good
slcghing AZ Halifax on the 22d inst