The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-16
City Intelligence.

LECTURE on CHEMISTRY, As APPLIED THE ARrs -
Last evening, Professor Thomas Antse whose rs2uta-
ton is growing rapidly lecturer gave an sdmrs-
BILE lecture at the Tsbernscls for the American Ins
tute the application Of chemistry to the arts Sell
domhsvs wsshesrd lecture so useful and at the same
time. 20 Interesting He commenced by laying down
the position that there scarcely any substance
used in the arts that wss not changed less,
In manufacture nom the state in which 1t is given
by nature. He showed the processes by which iron
gas leather sugar, starch and sulphuric ac,d were
Manufactured also the mode Of dyeing and beaohing
and that beautiful invention the elsctrotyps the Sill
vering ofookiDg glasses by Draytons invention name
ly solution Of common silver raised to the boiling
point, and mixed with any Of the essential oils
observations on ventilation were very important aud
his remarks about gas were not less lie not only
showed how Il Is manufactured and purified but that
the price charged In this city Is by far too high He
demonstrated the value Of chemistry In reference to
the various arts there being scarcely In which the
msnts. amepg which were bleaching and dysing
iustaptsneously, and the burning Of hydrogen gas,
BY which he showed It's extreme subtlety in
passing through substances not porous to other
fluids for example, he held . piece Of paper over
the glass tube from which the gas rising. and sp
piled match over the paper. the result Of which
that the gas gnited above the paper proving 1t had
duced by q gaivanc battery, which Is one Of great
brilliancy and beauty and is proposed substitute
for sas while IL ss cheap, 1t has of the pur
ties Of gas. so detrimental to health In conclusion,
be oombated the doctrine that chemistry ought to bs
only stsdisd practically The abstract he contended
must always go first; and when first know what q
thing is tho practical application OF 1t viii then fol-
Sunday Herald
OF our French residents assembled last evening
at DelmoDicos Ia order to deliberate proposition
made by some members Of the French Benevolent So
ciety This motion. which appeared TO a great many
violation of the established constitution of this So
oiety was strongly opposed by tbs committee, and
jected, by an immense majority This meeting wa,
held for q long time In this city
FisE IN CANAL srRrEr At half past twelve O'Clock
yesterday morning. q fire broke out in the grocery
store OF MIR feriDe, los Canal street. The fames
rapidly communicated with the butchers shop next
door, occupied by Mr.. A. Broadway The fire
ultimately subdned by the exertions Of tho hre-
men but not before the stock in both buildings was
amost entirely partly by water and partly by
covered by insurance The families who lived over
head bad narrow escape, and one person, named
Linn, was compelled co l-sp from the second story
round him. He was uuded severely in the mead by
the fall and vas conveyed to the station house. where
he was attended by DR.. keiborne
TBr FOURTH WAND CIrixrrs' Guasp BnL-L
night the Fourth Ward Citizens Gaurd Ball came OF
at Tammany ball With great eetGt 1t nunerously
sttended the eancios was spirited and kept till
advanced hour this morning.
ARsor.-An attempt was made 70 fre the dwelling
house No 255 stanton street, lat evening and the
evening before by thromog spirits of turpentne into
It. The tcoundrel was detected but made his escape.
Hoe SrrALrrc- william Holden has had no less than
eight hogs value $50. stclen together from his pr mi
ees In Sixty third street, beiSeen Ninth and Tenth
arspusr.
NsAnLr Daowsrp. Archibald McGsrrigsu fell into
ths river az III o'clock rhursdsy night at tue foot
Of Grand street, and was rescued from drowning by
the police.
quest at No. 81 Duane street the body Of German
BY the name Of Harman Eldebols aged 2s years. clerk
ruptsred and ssois.a bsor. nsaosi sd
Gould be procured Verdict, death by the rupture Of