New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-07

TIA % a.s' 4 tree with bag limb, slender and
inte't"iEef' ~ denote ssPplss<s..
The number Of characters which have nov ex
moited and attempted to anslyzeis smbr.cins
'o0sIADtiAiy al Of the elementary chsy,c,,r.
ssh which the tree emblem seeu,to sntar
~ nay have escaped my observation. and thar.
Ne Peihsps hai dozen Of the symbollcal sgni.
a suoh' OF wnien do not ye. feel sufficiently con
I'"nt 20 venture conjecture on the .ubiect II
TIE s,iutiOhs which bage offered prov. i, an,
S'l degree, satisfactory 20 the learned then /
'te 70 state that am nOH able % give an canal.
'A''iSo'ory scoant OF many perhaps most OF
&c ieihA iAihs enoiems OF ths language through
%. their composition 10 the elementary oharGc.
iers while each successive day oil stqdv csrried
% in TIE spirit Of this kind al iuve,tiy.tior n,
veaii nee iscts and 0sw Beauties for the .dnirs
Ton OF the enthusiastic scholar. To nv MAD this
usthod q! iu4slry asses the Chinese Written
LknsusEe from the c0nditi1 n q a huge Illuminate
mass having . be .ii.ec and carried 10 thsdig.r ~,
Add interestots living creature instinct win rss.
s)u. when breatres aud moves By your side q,
y u journey 10, inParsns its own stock Of ob.e-.
'auons aud IDEAS u enllyen sad begaile the wear
news of the Vsy.
Let u, eadeavor - gain a neat and precise ides
Z hos moch Te have already sccom glished. AT
lrst view y miKnt seam thSl We have rendered a.
scout OF only ~ characters out 0l o. 900, the
whole body Of the lslgaaze. Bot Z nr,t be OBJ
served that al the CT ArActsrs winch have ex
aieited a. yet complicated 90 some OF them are
are components or elements OF Otner characters
ssill more complicated And hat VI these element.
Sry characters the ~ , number does not exceed
ooe thousand. and ~ most ie~ hundred,
snen tbs bumber Of characters "a once leaned
ne student eiil never meet with anything more
tnsn neE eomDtad''oAs. bat newer with ~ ~ Or
h1pef, ~oich are absolutely new 70 bin ..iu
en- aiming com pound character seen for m. ia,
~ a he -. p
2risteDess ri the combination y exure.s H.. ~
fsde 81 idsa dsnoted BY Il, or the sninscsl xtnt
% appropriateness y hich may have resulted f-m
the phOH>sic plan Of form ~ new chsJa...r.
shcn has been already explained. and when IA.
ceftaiLIy prevailed among the compo ais T. A
considerable extent, The memory indlng lbstas.
"a assistance In either case from the a., 40,
~ else 80 70 speak from 100 dss,ocia tor 4 idea,
No<, the IA Characters jasg snaly sd torra
ssy. cne-efgfth VI the vbo.e na1 Der o. tns sle.
neatsry Characters of tue language twill be
reacty perceived. then, that II oy acquiring only
eight times as 1ch a. nas been exhibited in thi,
shght exposition, Of matter similar in kisd and
n the interest Which attends the observation OF
he design which dictated III forms Of these early
monuments Of hamsn tbSozht, the staden. Of the
Chinese we're . hnd himself at a point OF sd-
Vsncs ment beyond which he woald never nee,
with any lev materials 10 Eas structure, bot on,
leW adjustments Of the old Caes-lE VII be
readily perceived, / thi1k that Il sach were The
case, the isbor Of acquiring the Chinese language
Eoaid De reduced immensely and though ali mi.
aatlcl anon may nOS Dc realized am Already ce--
tain iaas eiose APPROXIMATION Of j. NAV be az
aimed
I's sgain % be observed that al these ch,r,c.
'ers which have called ele5a>ntary, and which
Tere clearly constructed upon the tdeog,oDh,e
and nos on ne PA0rletle prIHclyle, while thew are
TIE Oldest are a. he same time the rost conmor.
1ad ne most 7sefal characters in the l,nxuag.
iney correspond IN this respect precisely 70 the
So'1-'TaI Of Tie sanscrit the Greek, the German,
oesn, Ok ofne, primitive language, 30 that
~ acquiring them the Learner bss ,ecair.d th,
cords 81 n~rs fregreas oceurrs.ce in the lsnsusgs,
No almost a. much relative certainty ~ could
~ obtained BY elaborate calculations They ere
nose words which express the sEss wants and