New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-22
VOLUME TX.

"'Hi as ms fancy ana WISHES slEges' Sc getting
some as laooFers he adds musc.e and bone or with
draws them as strength speed Is required -
nus he produces race and drsneht horses from one
STOCK and works equal changes IN porcina. bovine
o'ine and canine families OF iowls take pigeons
ipf example tbcir figures far under his con
To! that he mgtipcs varieties till every apparent
affinity with the original is Jos, their coors to-,
producing spots where he plesses or. 81 tho pro
les'iona' expression is breeding these birds to 2
feather.
Large numbers q suimas are employed az che
mlcol msnipu.ators ior the production o. slch sub
stanccss he Ends useful Tor his purposes and which
be compels them 10 Weld in 'arge, quantities than
they would or could give out without hin. He con
tros the qualities Of these products also eiciting
ia excess constituent elements that b. most de
slTes OF insects he keeps myrlads at work as
oOnectO other tribes as spinners, and others
again as druggists to supply him with dyes We
may boast Of interesting compounds winch modern
chemistry has furnished, bat what are they com
pared to tie products Of these living labCaioues-
laboratories the most valuable Of which ne has I'M
Prov ed and multiplied. and will until analogous re
suits at chea per rate, are obtained from arnclal
ppsratus
Had nothing been told as Of ancient American
Arts va might have inferred the amOnnt Of refine
ment pervsding Chill and Peru from one fact alone
the employ ment Of the Llama as beast Of bur
Gca, tho only one within reach "a step this which
N
noes Of the North bad the bison. and IN the pro
portion that us strength exceeds that Of the Amer
can Camel, would they have exceled their Austria
kindred had they broken i TO the woke. Thei
elected 10 improve the talent committed 70 their
charge aud compelled IN make way FOR those
Tho viii. The bison for unknown ages has been
used in tilling the soils oi ASIA and Africa bad
our Indians pressed into ths same servlce here.
they would not now be nc iusitives and vagabouds
m the land 0f their fathers
The vast muttudes n Bisons slain yearly. the
ceaseless war carried on against them. Al contIn
ued. threatens their determination and must here
alter cause deep regret II has been remark cd
that eyery addition n country receives from er
tends 10 drive away animals fitted only to flourish
~ n state OF nature but here, IN the absence o.
art, the very agents TO introduce it-crestures
adapted above al others to human servltude-ar,
wantonly destroyed Their great strength and
dociLty when tanned. aud their capacity for being
drilled 70 the woke ought surely 70 put some limit
TO their wholesale bntchery. Ssvages Kill them
Tor food, while men Of another shade, who ought
to know better, JOIN in the slaughter for the pleas
ure Of the hunt, and sometimes II would seem for
material for a paragraph.
What one offender has SAID IS applicable 70
thousands Describing the grand and terrible
bearing If an old bull tearing up the ground how
one bsll was fattened by, without penetrating the
skull. how A second barrel drove aanih-r bullet
into tho victims vitals and brought it's dyn.
agouies-he adds was satisfied and takIn
the tongue the hunters perqusite, retired He
Joining his party, who had abundance OF food
he lett the carcass as is usual for vultures and
bears
Blu, for this genus. 1t is doubtful II man had ever
permanently emerged from the forest AS the
first ordained and most profitable o. his assistants
for working the soil. It should never be SAID that
the noblest Of indigenous ruminants have become
extinct As predisl laborers, they belong TO tn
most precious Of quadrupedal exlstences. and
viewed ia that character alone, their wanton de
s;ruction should be arrested. Reproductive loco
motive engines, they offer a power available b.
turn the widernssses and prsines they nhabit into
comheds and gardens
Onward is the standing order OF God Those
who refuse to obey must be pushed aside; such II
the iufex bic fat OF heaven They who PROSTATE
their Judgment 10 their sympathies are at a loss %
reconcile The melting Of the red race aud the sez
ure OF their lands by the whites with superu
tending providence How so terrible a catastrophe
as the disinheritng and consequent humiliation 81
the entire occupants Of halt the globe can accord
with divine Justice or how the righteous and Su
Irene Arbiter permits il. they cannot see, slmp.
because they have yet to learn that the Creator
ms ordained distinct and independent laws for the
material as for the moral world, and that obedience
To one class cannot under any contingencies com
pcnsato or neglect Of the other. nor evadc nor ii
minish tho consequences of their violation. The
neither be arrested nor accelerated by principles
Of ethics the wicked who obey them viii prosper
the righteous that neglect them must perish Nc
mans virtue makes his body bullet proof. nor cal
the better qualities OF an ignorant, idle, rowing race
induce God to throw the world of its hinges 20 IN
duge them forever IN such habits. Races and ma
tons saved by works, not by faith
INORGANIC MoroRs-Human and animal pow
crs are limited require repenishing by food ana
from,
unequal aud quickly worn out Had none but such
been within our reach. civilization had been arrest
ed ages ago 1t was necessary IN order 10 iulh
his destiny that other than living forces should be
under mans control, and IN the acts OF discovering
aud applying them his character and energies
were progressively 10 rlpen. The FIRST oi then
kind were forces naturally excited and ready iol
his service
WATER: Observing minds from the besinnine
noticed the momentum OF wafer IN cataracts, rapids
ard quick running streams nor could those OF al
inventive turn tail 10 perceive ats application t.
laborlOus operations In the arts stream tnh'
hurried along trees aud other heavy bodies, wouo
easily sweep round few boards arranged about
an axle aud made 10 dip IN it-an undershot whee
The first motive water wheel mentioned III history
was suspended between two boats mCored IN
Cprrent-though asses and mules had previously
10 some extent, relieved Roman women from the
eternal toll OF the quem. Breast and overshoi
wheels quickly met the diversified conditions OF
motive fluids.
A canal enthusiast once declared his convictions
tina; rivers were uale to supply artificial condnts
had ne said, the surface OF the earth was brokei
into mountains and vallies with the view OF afford
ing It's occupants motive powers IN running sno
falling waters he had been full RS near the truth.
La the case ct water We have an early example
how as knowledge increases, man rises from The
driving to the superintendent Of machines II
the first stages OF his career he IS OF necessity
painful toier but as new forces are found ont he
exchanges the druigery OF slave for the dignity o
a director. Instead OF consuming his sinews Sua
marrow in gross unmecbancal s;rivlnSs his intel
lect Is brought into action and teaches HIM by mere
~ openng a water gate or stops OF other mou'e
ressrv oirs to call into service energies SURPRISING
those of thousands Of men--to make gas or
LIQUID do the work Of 80 many human mschincs
He then begins 10 comprehend that nature has MOI
intended him to labor as brute any longer thsi
an he learns 10 manage other energies winch sh'
has placed at his disposal Many ancient peoPi,
eNceled in mechanical arts. but were bind % TIT
application oil inanimate motors Cities and ham
let's we're heated on the banks OF rapid streams
vet the weaker sex had daily to bear water from
them for domestic uses-the liquid power mean
while running UNDECIDED by.
WISp-At what period Wind was FIRST se1s1
mt