New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-27

Law GALAXY and other sinsiogue ana 'sln .nal no ~.
had A. il seemed 10 him. gone - VIC 1871 -,
matter or given satlsia'toi' ~ 49,. 800 "a
- 80 "a ylItt.n sill stood out scientific nd
- 4. ,eouircd Little boldnets, perhaps some
may say presumprun eiieI the ialure o' 'u0N
.,isb.d scbolars 20 attempt 10 solve.
N, Andrews believes. however that it is not only
,,sccn,ble OF solution but that he 10 On Track OF IA
yestigaiion whch leading 10 that result hs re,hoo
pouiry consists OF tracing out the natural psychoOg
cal relation of 5fas g. each other, apart from ihe ~
y,,eHqfion IN anu iangud9e This has led him 10 te
discovery that ideas Ike the products oil 10. H
rial world distributed into geHtr9 and sptci"-tha, az
languages Ia their various developments are .-'
many witnesses each ,estfying in bis own way 70 tne
existence of this unvsryng connection ana distributor
Of ideas which il cOextensive with the human ~ ;.
The Chnese Spoken Language had when arfesleu ~
ia growth only progressed 10 the point OF eHpfes7ns
dess g,ueoalB Other languages have gone on 10 'he
point of expressing them specfcahy 30 hns the Cnns
Written system which j. the reason OF us 50 sioay
exceeding the number OF the spoken "oIuS; -
has the Chinese Spoken Language, as actusHy spoA.
biz the peoule but not IL j. represented ~ tne
systern aud as It probably was spoken "heh the an
guagc began TO be written. r.. ,-4s
The Chinese spoken Language has lew worms
each having great number Of meanings when are re-
prcse MED by different characters IN writing Vu' "a
Andrews shows that this IL Pnenomehoh p,o01S
similar 10 what must have been the case win the Lhs
lsb the attn and every other language az Ger "a"
STAGE Of its DEVELOPMENT, except mat they fcH"'u
uwritten-farther that this small complement % III
words would then. from the necessary laws OF ihio'
reurescut groups of ideas quite similar 20 thpse
la 80 Tho t,hincse spoken wOrdsthat these ic"
words were afterward developed into many ~ tn'
other languages by means OF consOnan, snu 'o"o'
changes the addition Of terninational enGings "c. ~
A. TO represent the specific ideas under eacn
this did not happen, rather SEAMS not 10 nave nap
pcred in Chinese-that the reason why inc feHuonsnP
of the various meanings OF Chinese spoken worn, W
each other has not been perceived but mas oeen
and the suppos,on OF the possibility Of connecting
them rdicued absurd. s that the natural groupings
of IDEAS according 10 the laws OF mind mas not Deeh
heretofore investigated in any scientific manner anu
the existence Of such laws has hardly been housh Vi
Whoever reflects on the meanings OF the knghsn "oIo
sfck Tor example viii perceive that u hsl oeho'eS
Lp0 niece Of ,oood Of kjad uhich generally has one u
mare sharp cuds hence proper instrument iOT thrust
ing and piercng-hence the next meaning 70 s'.'f e
10 thrust on Dfc; again i one thing is thrust lhto nj
other the other necessarily closes around II NOUS IL
fist hence il scks hence again the third meaning u
s.ck 10 b. defaiHcd he'd fast hence again sckg mans
,Lo,,,r is qqbesre as ucr &C. Now there not less
than two hundred meanings directly and Wernaog con
nected with the idea Of the simple wooden lns'ruer
which call suck in the minds oil all men lhe W. "a
over and this precise cOnneNion OF IDEAS eNhpt'
in every language in ways not exactly IDENTICAL ous
similar 10 each oihera great and most important acl
which has been quite overlooked.
What foreigner who should, without knowing any
thing of such relationship of ideas take up an English
Dictionary and find sck slender piece oil WOOD sth
10 adhere be held fast stuck, To thrust 10 siao &C
&c &c but would at once IN his mind accuse the Eng
only in less degree, are ready TO attribute 10
the Chinese What possible connection u there az hrst
blush between clGmDy Gdhesire, and slender P'eee o
rood
IMr Andrews after these remarks and adducing nu'
merous illustrations of the principle stated took up and
analyzed several Chinese words Many OF these words
had been used by Mr.. Williams the American Mission
ary 10 show the absence any connection between the
numerous meanings and by applying the same khd OF
reasoning which he had applied to the Enghsn "oid
al ha M
strate that any of those numerous meanings OF inc
same word was legitimaely and naturally associated
in idea with all the others.
mir A illustrated his remarks by the aid OF several
large Charts Of Chinese words, with their ramihed
meanings. executed in very complete manner
The facts developed, and statements made, IN
the course of these remarks, seemed 10 produce
strikingly favorable effect upon the audience. l
have since heard several gentlemen speak OF the new
features of the language demonstrated IN terms OF hlgh
sDprobation llf | am not mistaken, think Mr.. An
drews is about getting up series OF Lectures on TINS
subject in New York In his hands they can scarcely
fail to be very entertaining and useful
The next thing in the order of business was
paper by Prof ALEXANDER ATicaR GeoSrdpheat Dis
corers and Erporatons which have become matter
of History -. This was followed by few remarks
from Prof r. f. ROGERS on 1itdlimetry and AeidtHe-
rg Prof r went on length 10 demonstrate various
experiments and their results but being purely cher
cal and not likely interest the general resder very
particularly, will not give iarther
Aaalyses Of Paramount or SchuylkH Water
Prof NJ II. BoYE then proceeded to detail and demon
strate by the blackboard series of chemical expert
men,s upon the water Of the schuylkil-the Croion
of the Quaker CITY The experiments made by
prof Boyr and Prof b. SILLIMAN, Jr-the former IN
October 1912 and the latter the sd OF August lsi
and also by Prof HoRsFoRD the time not stated
Prof BOy6 proceeded 10 detail and demonstrate thest
three distinct analyses by means OF the following taouls