New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-16


Toaia drive stbis n wind he ehaf
While ptoao hoio.astrO Telegraph,
crrIed by the din impatient OF The rout
Tread on each othe q heei 10 geuog out"
He then calls upon bis dear mother. Yale, to
look out and her eyes shall see various points OF
progress made since the last semi-centennial
Light BY Gas.-This century, inst in the youth Of
its bright career, brought light from co,l.
"From etysisn dsrknsss It ushi light to sprnE,
And made The blacklist do the brightest ting
The Art Of Pr,ating .-He described the leaden
leaves, bark, tablets, pspyrus, leather, parchment
&c. on witch our ioreisthers wrote their thoughts
with cane, reed, &o
AID MOL kiih scribe, ezenp; from care or wife,
Could bos, one book The labor Of life"
We have taught, however Pegasus to pfiat, and
abandoning even horse power,
And letting all our horses 20 TO grlis'T
we harness steam to the press and throw of
moi G works
"Of bGrdI, saints, Sages, 10 q single hour,
Than ell the next half century viii devou.p
Phonogrdphy.-ln the tims Of Demos.heRes,
spoke en- language was call, d tpea ptero ntd -
winged wordL) They could not be taught. The
Roman too:
And roT eaissa tOlap was bis plant,
Ard Barie and Chatham, Snsil&n and Fox,
Alhe exclaimed 'pOlat snis,a en-"
But Ptman has appeared and taught the world
to catch and hold each word.
Ay, moi one winged Word can re, away
When cuce Jet loose by Webster, Fools or Clay
Nec Nodes Of IraVeL-Here he described bis
own journey to Yale. he described also the Col.
lege Building in 1900. The chapel, where
"Ths Students came
Daily TO pray and weekly to proclaim
The old Library-The Museum-The Dining Hall
on whose planned board were
"spresd
Our weekly Oysters and our daily Bread"
Winds, oars and currents were then the motors
on the sea. Nos steamships are out,
"Lpd wake old ocean or by day or night
'Bonlke POI making the green one whilo.
And 10 her voyage, 'efoss the Alanlieis
Butlhhce az oog a. Jonah took for his"
1t used to be no pleasant JOY to ride on raj"
But times have ehlI ged 1t 10 no longerso
And riding on raj" Is al the 90;
ksNer and man, ,he male and female ssx
AL ride arai-ihough some Insure lhsir necEs.
Telegraph.
When the hall century, that now expires
Drew Ito dTs, bIeslhi VI felegrsphle wires
Nothing was known sbonhre on hill
Had long announced approaching gooa or II,
The Hebrews hfesgn on Beh NsccsTem,"
Told Of the spoilers that was threatening them;
And The 50 ne sigma h,iled The Greek with Joy.
And knew from II The fate Of fallen Troy.
Bale FIRE that play ed on Chevors rocky head
Reflected from the feyiots CLASSY bed,
Advised the wary Scotsman OF " the hour"
When from the South approached proud EdwAri's
Nsy then he wooden Tel. grsphs long arm lpowcT,"
Had ju,i been taught to indicate alarm;
And, believe, Brequsi and setsue0an,
HAD also made The Gallo semaphore
To do GI much a. that s1d something more.
civil be remembered that The famed blae-ightA
Thai burned 40 tressonably on Grotors highLL
To show The British how TO run away
From our OWL guns, were of later ely)
But nov bS III editors H1e news boys laugh
AtbAe fres and tie TIMBER telegraph,
Quicker ihan you can Ia hi your beacon are
Morse yokss The lightning to his Of wire.
And The mesiage travels with The SUI,
In less .hsn no time "a the message doae.
On Hesvsn'sswec light and all the aa1sr d meg
A Hero Chiefian laying down bis pen,
Goes his eyes in Wsshie gton al ten:
The lightning courier leaps along bis Ina
And q 81 Louis tells the tale al Rias;
HAnpg thousand miles whence be departed
And getting there an hour before be 9 GrIsd"
DdgSer,eotyping.- made Apollo play
many parts His bow was long and made OF silver
Homer says so, though Homer sometimes shoots
with 4 long bow. Apollo was a physician and
archer
"Hh srrows killed more than his medicines cured
be was said also TO excel ia painting. His
flights and shadows were exquisite. His heads
were all in profile, however, and never would he
attempt 4" full face" But n1w DGguerre had
taken sPenci Of ApOllo's rays and paints,
Llis-lke the planes, OF The iAiresl face"
and learned Lstonas son to paint at a single sight
In five secoEds.
Here the poet brsncsed OF into eulogy on DR..
Buchanan and the doctrine Of PsyeAoHetry, which,
must confess, albeit used to atho omstrie, of the
day more properly D Met-iss for all these o athie,
O'GrAphies o Logies, &c were distinguished Gnd IN
Gent Irish fsn4iles) Sss snorGnt fti now Yot
is one Of the tsleSt onetres, AID according to nv
poor Greskity tfor LatDisys no use in calling
nImes) means s0uImeGsHriRg," or spiritual
mensuration The science, however, was earnest
", POLITICALLY, beautifully set cat AS understood
him i, il this thar Letter, note, or lice written
by any oae, will ia al future time Summon back
the SOL, when traced by other fingers, aud make
that soul tell exactly what the al. horS felt Gnd
we're, while tracing the characters with pen pen.
oilPoilt. shudder for the fate Of editors sho
writing all the time, and for autOsrGp his;s. Mn
Please destroy this page, for sos'd not have
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