New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-20

AwesD Asorr strrscr-whle cur csissas
are wholly. early and earnestly awake % wh&tevcs
ofinproveneas may tend % Increase the wealth.
the power and the siofyin riches-of this desrop-
ols; while they prosscass ssssasie enterprises q
Navigation IN remote secscns Of The globe. ssivsg
| 10 sever Continent and roake the waters q swv
Oceans their common highway; While they 81.
vxnce The iron arms o. csvtizsrsoa ssross he loas
Prairies. and over the spas Of the Rocky Mssa-
tsiss. tia, tire Steam Horse may take Ais nsuias
draasht frou, the sparkling croton and sake his
evening thirst in the placid wave OF the Columbia
while the DARK balls Of her Steam Fleet part Tie
waves Of every Sessnd Gull sndsr three renss;
while the slender Nerves Of her Commercial Brain
fash Der thoashss 10 the fsr,he., limbs Of the mighty
Body Of which she is the Soul while she sssnds.
IA al that relates 70 the great business enterprises
Of the Age. above the reach q al eus the envy
Of jealous rivals there Is point in which she 10
misersbly deficient With ali her wealth and So
tsrprise--sl her fame and power-she IL Almost
unable 70 roint ~ single monument o. Science
few common place Seininsries Cor ordinary edacsr
ton are the barren bases Ct her Intellectual capital
Deficient even in Theoy, she has not made an o.
fort towss, the Prsetscsl With al the light Of
modern Knowledge flashing sroeni her. ses v
dark spot--aaresolved Sebalr. field run 10
waste. Depending. arid ell her vast enterprises.
epon tn products o. Western farms. she has never
taken a step toward the Prscucsl Improvements q
Agriculture. Feedias far.of nations with her
Beef and Pork, she haa never cast thought upoa
the perfection OF b., ed, and species. Pushing h~
Railroads and Steam Engines over oil the word.
she has no place where an Engineer can set svee
tor money, decent edsestion- Sending her winged
Merchant Ship. 10 tho u,nOs, verge cf rops AMI
polar Seas. she has rot dreamed Of School o.
Navigation for her adventurous tars- Knowing
that her existence depends upon the intelligence
and virtue Of her People. she barely makes pro
vision for the education Of the Child leaving msssss
Of ignorant Men to the darkness in which kingcrsh
anu priesseraft reared them. Approaching the
value OF the Wisdom Of carrier days, she has not
A Volcme accessible to her hslfminion Of children
Envying another the tisle Of the Modern Athens"
she has never taken q step which would induce
man Of large sttsinments and scientific repatstsos
10 pitch his tent within her borders. TIE ccnss-
% enee is, while our too long backward ccarsry .
At last making some effort. here and there 10 mas
tor something above dollars and esn,s-to ancoves
some Of the arcaua of speculative and practical
Science, while Cincinnati has her Light house OF
The Skies" and smaller towns their various kin
lred objects Of honor and pride, Nrw-yoRx takes
not a thooght in that direction Al stated inter
walls. A Mitchell Lardner. Ncbol--drswn hshsr
by the efforts OF few lovers Of Philosophy with
his eloquent descriptions Of the wonders OF inc
galvanires the Dollar.worhipsr into
.ort Of stupid and ainless desire 70 DO something
Tor Nj. native City; the Press importunes, for the
credit at leas, Of the Metropolis, that a noble o.
sEavAroRY shall be built the real Philosophers are
encouraged 70 head n subscription paper of tho
purpose the Dollar Worshiper Is called upon, bat,
ia the meantime, he has read Of rise In cotton at
Liverpool and--has no money for non.rsEiunsrs'
tive projects The Astronomer departs. happy not
more than a hundred dollars out Of POCKET, and
Science is, by tscit consent, indefinitely pose
poned." II were proiten TO tell what should -
oar position; it would be 10 vain 10 point % tao
benefits that surely follow, In the better educsfoo
q the people, where Polytechnic Schools, Expsr
mental Farms, Laboratories, Observsinues, LII
braries. adorn and elevate the condition Of CITY
We have very little doubt FROM the apathy here-
tofore ruling, that New.Yorkers would see some
little villages Observatory towering before shsir
eyes, or send their children across tho Ocean s~
scientific education before they would do tho CITY
the credit and themselves the justice TO create sHch
Institutions where they are so much needed.
We have thrown out these hints with very
little hope that they will awake our somnolsns ossi'
gems. orr mind WA drawn anew to the suejsc<
by an invitation to DO presen, ss meeting In
Brooklyn tomorrow evening for forming an A.
Society and taking measures for he
erection Of an Observatory. We wish our yosnS
sister speedy and complete succsss In her noble
undertaking. and trust that her example may b
should have been anticipated hsf
century since--by our City. II thsre 10 anything
II which Ns~-Yorksrs should be particularly
ashamed, IL Ia her onscientihc. unphilosophle, NJ
scademic reputation. Almost, perhaps quite. No
hrs, Commercial City In the World and none u
hs.s things yet though, oil A deeply disgrace
i'll fact