New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-23
I0LUME *.

The natur. and properties Of myrilds Of n
known plants have % be ascertain e1--the valuable
fostsred, improved and multiplied the noxous and
useless suppressed. SO q animals, for = IS IS
committed tho power Of noiding and Increasing
sGch srs serviceable aud OF annihiLathg other.
by removing the conditions under OF BY which they
alone can exist By the exercise u this pre-o1a-
two results have been brought about as sin GUAR
as any in vegetable aud artificial organisms. Di-
nenslons forms, ooCrs. proportions habits, tastes
and the very faculties Of the .oweT tribes have
been chsnged-so mech So as 70 make j, doubtful
whether species and subs pecic, may not be due
after 81 10 this strange Elasticity eliminated matte
The earth IS a laboratory, II which as chemist
Nan has hardly begun 70 operate. 4 few o1s
samples d what L IS composed 81 have been par
italy annyzet bat the bulk IL 70; got broken into
Then the iaknIty Of prOcesse. cea.eessly aid a.
cntly going or IN organized and inert matter hos
D. 10 erappl.d with A, factory 700, furnished
with implements and material, IN s1perabundsncs.
little hrs been done IN it--notbiIg worth naming
ia view o. what has n be done The rich stOck
has been neglected no, bali Of 1t has been yet even
seen. While forces ior isbrcating II have from the
beginning Of time been, some running 10 waste
others ying dormant f., wan, OF being called up 20
labor.
When every force sten, and manifest, IL brought;
into service and made the most Of when Man has
spread lis influence over every foot OF the esrii :
.grscc and brought the stores beneath H. within
bis reach: when mundane matter IN whate' or
form appearing made 70 contribute 10 Lis ends
when the planet IS wholly changed from It's natural
wildnoss as harbor for untsmed brutes and DoX
ous reptiles, into a tit thester for cultivated intelL
2euces. it VIII be time enough to speak OF human
Advancement as eliminating, and the arts as hoy-
ing reached the limits Of perfection.
TIL these things como 70 pass, instead Of poklng
ior more discoy cries we should be prepared for
q con slant succession Of them. Prepared or not
IN lfrf q n
lecls nterroesting Nature in our own country, and
the legons as busy in others are not entreat'ns
ber for nothing, nor for trifes.
Civilization may he likened to f statue, the cary
Ing Of which is the business OF the species. Il a.
cudes all duties aud furnishes appropriate employ
menls for the varied capacities Of al men, Tor al
time. Zach successive age withdrews one ban
q aborers and brings forw ard another whose faith
fitness RwkwarfDess, or negligence advances o.
rstrogrades the work Under barbarism, it was
sbapeless block with the dawn Of knowledge i's
features began n appear, and then nations occu
pied the mseves in chiseling any superf1uous mate
rial and bringing them into higher relief Dunn.
the last century some artlstIike touches were add
ed, more have been in the present one. and in the
ext this great moral sculpture VIII be farther I'm
proved for the time can never be when 70 It ne"
greccs md n hi sher polish cannot be given. L.
those no add nothing to it existence is blank.
DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS ENDLESS.
The Arts arc like plants, proferous, and Ike
them too can only be improved by culture. The
transformations wrought by hortcultursis and 20
biologists are all but incredible. Peaches were
originally poisonous almonds, and used to imprce
na,c arrows with deadly venom Cherries are do
rived from berry OF which a single one only gre"
On stem; nectarlnes and aprcots are hy bros Of
the plum and peach the chief OF csCulents, Will
It's relatives, broccoli and caulitower, come from
marine plant--from the common seacale-wh.ch
l.. Avfh
specimens Of vegetable metamorphoses brought
about by planting. aoolmstins. crossings and
culture
1t is much the same with the fruits aud flowers
Of Art They are nothing till improved by cultiva
tion and from very humble and ignoble sources
thoy too, spring A fowling-piece is child's pop.
gun elaborated clay huts were the germs OF our
marble mansion, ship is rpened canoe snd
the steam. engine itself may be traced 10 covers
elected from primeval oaldrons Tie highest ee.
gancies are descendants OF very homely proseri
tor, Our ladies' adjust their shawls of cashmcr,
in front Of glass mirrors supported by Psyohes
primitive bellies covered their shoulders with skins
Of ne wly-sl animals, and admired their unctuous
faces in pans Of water and polished stones \
Jacquard loom is an Indians weaving frame ma.
tnred and printed volumes are deducbe from
ouippos and historic belts Of wampum Like plants
inventions grow and multiply, and 70 coneene
minds present r class OF warned beauties, csptNs'
me as any with which amateur aud prof essionaI
florists are charmed.
Newly acquired truths in physics are keys,
each OF which unlocks world of wonders Every
new at gives birth 10 a thousand. The range Of
discovery is undoubtedly ihmitable--s truth that
has only dawned recently with full conviction upon
even Swans q century ago, lew pllnds were pre-
pared to receive it and fewer 20 act on II Pres
nsrt with hope with present and prospective &c
qulstions II is among the diynest OF modern con.
- L. Ia isla rds a
others continents, and the woolcomber son o.
Genoa gave hemisphere to geography Ih.s
done. comparatively little was left Of the earth :
surface 70 explore but Il is not 80 with science
nor the applications OF science. In them iresh az
ditions--new continents. new worlds, and new sys
tems-ars reAlzable forever. The studyo Nature
mechanisns Of Gods own applications OF the same
PRINCIPLES and materials He has SVEN inventors 70
work with, is only beginning. The INVERSE is'
before inventors and all It's elements and energies
invite their attention. There 49, therefore, no dan
ger In expecting or attempting too much provided
thcy aspire not beyond where Nature herself has
gone and even then illusions vanish with exper
ment.
THERE'S a GOOD moral to be drawn by daring nven
,ors from lathomless aud bounicss ocean on0vei
ues--itis this: Avoid crowds OF small craft ID quest
Of improvements and lauch out your barks IN search
Of Original things True genius Is rather ano''iooS
10 bring up pearls oil It's own than sohcltons
polish those Of other men SINCE tnerc u suOh
abundance Of room for al i; should be the deter
mination OF every 70 occupy some ground OF MS
own.-;o use another figure, 10 seek out 'PaoeTS
untouched in preference TO sitting IN old diseinss
DIGNITY or MECHANICAL PURSUITS
Its singular vsgary that men to whose genius
ana industry the world is indebted for what IS mo-
valuable IN II, should have always been held IN low
esteem. A habit OF modern. i, was a passion 10
srmer times to look sskant at those who use tie
hammer or spade, under the iond dension that TIC
less wise men have 10 do with gross matter the
nearer they resemble the Great SPIRIT; wheress
God is the greatest OF workers-the chief Of aini-
GERS. So far from locking up HIS wisdom IN aostrsc
lions He necessarily embodylng Il IN tansloie
things and in them it is that His intelligence, IL
eep1ity and resources are msde manifest. W hat
Is this world but one of His workshops and the
universe but collection Of His inventions Il
Him the squesuishness OF hshiorlned philosophers
snd of hish bred fsshisnsbes respecting manusi
and mechanical pursuits finds 10 sympathy but
terrible rebuke His works proclaim His prefer
ence for the material and useful to the merely IN a
ginative, and in truth II Is IN such thar the uu!
beautiful or sublime is 10 bs sound \ steamer Is d
mightier epic than the msd; and "m'tsmort'