The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-01

1yessoss Ntslasis Lsssuss ss friday Jass,
yss is., ssu. T ss,a s. o. sss. "a
expanAtions we're certainly very Appropsss but they
Cd lectures W have listened the intsr.stiss
theories yet this does not lessen the merit Of the sctu
What simply wish to say Is that there was orgi-
n.isy no genius manifested by ideas and new as
ward the conclusion the lecturer vsntursd
mentaries Of his own, his views were Of the most
row and limited description. devoid Of ell boldnsss Of
conception and absolutely deficient In the planest de-
ouctions which common should arrive at
when reasoning from the known to the unknown
Think for moment that after tracing the movement
OF the planets round our .uu, and the mighter
movement Of our entire system, Of al the other
lar systems which form group orbit Of meal
cuable immensity, and declaring that mechanism
stamped the whole sngsment that he should aegs
that this the result of force power but that
these present movements sequence, uncon-
trolled by any mighty physical inauepce and conclude
by that refuge Of minds the that ali
s kept in Iuotion by Divine will alone, and hat the
wols msonapsry 1nat pons wnicn alone
every now realizes the fact that there 10
elect without pSysical cause; and the %srsst yro
would not be deemed by American parents as worthy
the bringing up
OF force 10 ITSELF when speak OF grsvitation? Has it
an idesi Is it tangible? Is it correct? l think Che
terns material force" Aud further he says he thinks
We receive the idea not from connection with the
| existence" 20
but among Americans with the narrow copcsp-
lions Of our Intellectual Development which often
manifested on the other side of the Atsntc rather
what fear is that he has himself come smoog us
without sufficient mental and Gcientihc expansion to
meet American audience. Who woald believe when
Newton the Herschel Is, Arsgo, Lspisce, and Struve
have in all their supeudous nd sublime inve tigstions
proved step BY step tie eternal presence Of order BY
demonstrations to those emanatng from the loiest
minds which science Car boast Of In every depart
ment, we have incontestioly proved the universal
operation Of physical law that should at this late
day have our und rstandng assailed land from dis
tnyuished proiessor) by the stale snnunoiston that
there exists boundary The physic law and order
Of nstuts point at which tns mechanism Of the uni
verse ceases to point which eject produced
without physical cause-thus annihilating At blow
the symmetry, the perfection, the subiuiy, Of the
mighty machinery whose movements ages have yet
but psrtaiy developed Are this day be- asked
What idea we have OF force 2! and to be taught TO
doubt the s pervsding power Of eternal physical
essence magne, IS vsing to us in rays OF
eternal truth the $50 caieo Of all the works
human mind itseli! Who now, for q moment, doubts
the universally Of its influence ? and when the
mind, rising gradually from effect to cause, in the long
chain OF ceclr!cA developments, to the
whence its influence first emanates, and diuses itself
throughout system 1t hnds itself reposing at last
that mighty orb which daily inparts its divine and vvi
flying influence TO the planets and satellites which
round it? Arriving that brilliant bourne
force, Cf power, that the idea is derived from
material world? And having travelled thus far to
which constitutes the harmony
ITSELF what course shall next ia order attain
has limits but superstition gno, and prejudice
Analogy and Inference based and effect,
waiting it to the utmost limits OF our universe,
and arriving at conclusions FOUNDED ON the physi-
Gal order OF nature and based in in. truth
The mind partakiny in q still greater rs 20 ad-
vances, OF the perfecting influence of thu. md
coDgenial Of which 1t il constitute,
ened into new conceptions by its sublime attII0utes
eanisnes oil that has seemed obscue and mysterious
sends forth its aspirations amid the mighty copyrighted
masses OF ILL defined light, unveils their separate exis
tences marks out their immutsblV orbts traces wisdom
harmony and perfection in all their movements, and
rsves amid the increasing gories CT myrads Of systems
until 1t finally rests tnat stupondous poser that ALL
controlling influences of destiny itself, which, be 1t
viviaed power Is in reality nought else but eternal
central magnet. NASSAU.
IMPORTANT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. send you
map or plan of basin which is contemplated
to be made in Harsimus Cove, on York Bay, on
the northern boundary OF Jersey City, and in
| front of the township of Van Worst. The in.
creaslng commerce OF the port OF New York
seems 10 require greater accommod ations than
the contracted limits of the shore around that
Jersey are capable of afordng ample accommo-
datlOns, At fostering Care is gwen by the Legls-
lature to improve our advantages Harslnlus
Cove has hitherto been OF but little use, being
considered nothing more than mud flats; but at
ter a careful sounding of the cove there has been
found rock below the surface, gradually de-
Ginning towards the channel of the Hudson
River. Upon this rock there is an alluvial de-
post, varyI ing in depth, from TO 40 feet. AT the
place selected for the basin 1t varies from 30 to
40 feet. After the bulk-heads erected around
the basin, the intention Is to excavate the mud
aluvidl deposit within the basin, and to place
the same betw cen II and the shore, aud thus as
sist towards retaining the land. After filllngi
up much expedient with the deposit,
| common earth, 1t Is proposed to cover 1t
to the depth of several feet, done
| for the site of the Cunard Buildings-
The basin, or dock, will cover surface OF forty
| five feet, and will be excavated SO as to have q
| the present depth at the entrance Of the basin.
| Around the margin of the basin will be admirable
sites for shp'yards, founderies, and other im-
! provements for mechanical purposes, while the
piers forming the front and sides of the basin,
Will furnish room tor more than one hundred
| store houses, at which steam and other vessels
OF the largest class can load and unload in safety
| Such dock, when completed, would compare
favorably with the Atlantic Dock ut Brooklyn,
Cat which place the general government are erect.
| ing large number of store-houses for the ware
| housing of goods, and the merchants OF New
York many more,) or with any at London or
give employment to a large class of citizens, and
| increase the commerce and wealth Of the State
OF New Jersey, by dlvertlng from the city Of
| New York portl. of It's business, which our
| very favorable situation will inevitably accom-
| pish, and their wants demand-L Letter from .Jer-
sey City, in Ne,oGrk Adv.
| Richard NJ. johnson arrived In Washington city on
Saturday morning He is in excellent health.
Arrival Slrang
| Jauus 81.