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


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IN processes or pursuits Of any kind-sre errors
and all errors. In extended sense, are sins-e-c
violations 81 Divine laws. And though sins OF ig
torrance they carry. and viii forever carry the;-
punishment with them. VIZ u imperfect results
and the infection of unnecessary Inconvenience.
expenses and toll in spending strength for nauglt
Not I'LL mechanical as well as ethical science =
fully explored and universally applied can Man ct
tain his destiny and EVIL be swept from the earth
II has been regretted also as al evil Of magnitude
that while the Arts administer 10 toe necessities
Of tho species a general knowledge OF them hiss
not been demanded as a feature Of Popular Educ
ton; TINT while the works OF historians. poets and
theorists have been adopted as models upon which
b form the taste and excite The ambition OF youth
the great doctrines Of life as exempiied In the pr1-
ceases 10y which the products Of the planet, lis
forces and the properties Of its substances
vcrtcd into the elements and accessories OF mater
al and consequently Of mental refinement, have
been neglected
But such are erTOrs belonging rather to the past
than 20 the present tie future. Their detection
IS Presage Of their disappearance. Evils inc.dot;
- the progress Of society, they. with many other
are only gradually to be surmountod. The phi oso
ply or physics Of the workshop is but beginning 10
he unders;ood--tue estimates OF It's value to be
appreciated :-Bdubitab proofs, however that
the movements Of civilization ara onward md NJ
wand II is now perceived that IN ordinary nvoca
lions principles Of science invoked that furnish
subjects Of research TO the proiOundest minis. sni
such as may serve TO quicken and enrich the percep
lions OF the most saeacious.
INVENTORS AND WHAT THEY HAVE DOM
world without inventors would consist only c {
tIrcst and swamp Before they appeared. it was.
and where they are not, it is Australian jungle
ID -olgh which men affiliated with beasts roam ~
quest Of miserable subsistence and shelter. Tho
difference between the Civilized and Troglodytes
ls, one class contrives. tbs other does not Notl.
ne il clearer than that mechanical inventions sTs
ordained 10 animate. c.othe and sdorn naked
and torpescent w0rld--to nfuie into the specie-
the elements Of Increasing vigor and felicity
Even as arts multiply and flourish the chief labor
IF working out the great problems OF existence
continues TO devove upon inventors. Without
hem tie prospects and hopes OF the present had
either been seen nor felt IL is they who. b.
discovering new physical truths. are estsblshlnl
The srandest Of moral ones-Perpvtsal Prorress-
..mitable advancement in social. civil and int
Iectual enjoyments.
The idea is common that savons discover and IN
vent0rs apply. Il IS not always so Tbs fact has
scarcely Il ever been glanced at. that nearly ever,
marked ADVANCE Of civilization began with and 3
Inc TO the latter. Without disturbing Old cord.
/ is enough TO turn Leaf Of modern history. The
substitute of Fire Arms FOR primitive weapons
las wrought an entire change on the face Of socie
X. Another and ever memorable epoch wss in
.roduced By the revivers Of printing and inventors
Of Type Founding another by Steam - motor
70 say nothing OF the revolutions brought about
more recently BY spinning lennies, power looms.
ocean stesmins, ga.hghts, TYPOGRAPHY, telegrsphs
-siirosds. &c. which so honorably distinguish OF
lines from al that preceded them.
Bus for the arthcers skill the sublimest OF the SCI
snces had not been attempted. nor the subimsst tn
umphs ofhuman reason and research achieved b.
means OF two inventions the extremes OF creation
are brought within the range Of human observ alton,
and the andest Of conceivable miracles demonstrs-
ted With the microscope, the human eye discovers
minated worlds in drops Of liquid and grains e
ieculs and may We, detect ultimate atoms in the
most attenuant Of the gases b. the telescope,
the same eve penetrates and wanders al leisure
hrouch space far beyond what was once thought
the limits Of an srchsprits flight Leaving the
satellites of remote planets behind. II resolves tn
Infinitely more remote nebule, and. sweepiDc
around the awful horizon. takes in Whist would
seem half the universe.
Alta more favorable time than Fitch lived IN.
Fnton rose and steamers began 70 creep up rivers.
aext dashed over lakes and inland seas, and now
are rushing IN fleets over every ocean. w htne!
appeared and forests were swept away 70 make
Dom tor cotton 6elds,-thus turning the SOL from
harborins beasts Of prey u raising clothing Tor hs
painters-exempifyins a classic myth. Stranger
,til Morse and his cOmpeers have brided the most
subtle ftial and terrific OF agents taught Il 10 wait
silent and prompt as page IN nlonaTchs ante
chamber and when charged with message, to
assume the character OF courier whose speed
-vals thought and approaches vo.ltlon- Fnm
| he beginning means more or less rude and refined
nave been employed for the conveyance Of material
things but no, until now has the transportation OF
thought--ol thought Invested Of aueht visible o.
| pondersble-boen attained Indian runners hasten
with information through foods and forests, over
! hill and dale but 10 carry IL they convey them
selves ss packages containing H. or as tablets OIL
! which 1t - impressed so also with the con
tents OF our mails-minds commune with distant
minds thrOagh the gross medium OF printed and
written paper whereas by means OF artihcialy
! evolved lightning, postal system Is established
akin 10 the spiritual for BY Il thou ghts are made
70 dart through space unclogged by symbols am
4 envelopes aud consequently unretsried by car
| ners and postrnen-
The widest freaks OF fancy have been strangely
verified in the telegraph as 0rtrs Bcttleimps and
more attractive FAIRIES giylaS color 70 the prOpo-
| sitlon that IN natures Srcana are germs OF every
populag superstition and that prevalent delusoI
/ without its corresponding truth Be this - Il
| may, the chiefs OF modern Prosperos BY means o.
/ A few strips Of metal. release from ars of acid
spirits so axle and obedient that, ;hs si-htes
| ssses over a hundred leagues Of lAtItude, delivers
diem. returns, snd IS in waiting Tor others before
the signals can be repeated or the palss beat
twice An sncien; eli boosted Of puttIns E.rdlo
vund the earth in forty minutes--these modern
spirits can really DO II within hal; Of one II ar
and science allied have done such things. what Is
! t they cannot do
| Ii machinery does not hink. il does that which
nothing bu; severe and prolonged thinking can do.
and il does IL incomParaby better In the comPosi-
non Of astronomical and nautical tables accuracy Is
everything. Many ship has been wrecked
through wrong figure. IN Guides to Navigation
but absolute accuracy oontinred through aestruse
calculations that occupy months, and sometimes
years is too much to expect even rom the most 50
/ gscious stndiOus and careful But suppose al
tanned the next difficulty is to transfer the results,
untainted with error. % printed pages source Of
mistakes which few BESIDE suthors and printers
an appreciate II ether psrsoas were TOD Of ne