New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-17

tracts but for service Municipal laws are made.
not for political capital. bat for order and police
regulations are enforced, not by accident, aud
SPANS Of efficiency but regularly, and for the pub
lie security.
Their educa is not for the display OF an even
ing, uor for the getting Of E marriAge,-but for
life Their plans are not laid for the mex. week,
but for twenty years 70 come. Even their coach
men take their fares, not for fall dinner to day,
but FOR coed reputation TO their stand.
And the analogy obtains even la their literature;
books are written more for s)berness than bril-
! lancy. They are the result Of study, more than
Of iervid enthusiasm. Their Sparks, Prescott,
and Ticknor. labor, not much for pretty CON
p.,meutary periods in the Literary journals, as
for nome on the catalogues Of Libraries. Boston
me have the power and the gift-to val, Boston
bellies DE il said in Parenthesis have little u the
sane.
The New Workers may temper their condemna
ton, and their sneers by what have set down
for il shames them, and yet It is irde IL will not
60 10 throw sarcasm lightly upon the compact aud
vigorous manhood Of the Massachusetts provisce.
There belongs to Bosionians a granite hardness,
thot will stand shocks-and that does not lack
either the felpar Of Puritanc morality, the sharp,
translucent quartz Of education, or the scattered
mica bangles OF various accomplishment.
~ "CHRoNIcLLs AND Characters or THE
STOCK EXCHANGE" by JoHN FRANCIS, gives q
succinct view Of the progress Of moneyed spec1ls.
ton in England with history of the principal
stock corporations and their influence the
Of ply steal Improvement in modern times. The
work is more remarkable for the singular incidents
which it describes than for the liyeness of its
style, the writer generally contenting himself with
the plain, unvarnished statements, that are appro-
pirate to the prosaic character of the subject We
moy find an exception to this in the account Of the
introduction Of canals and railroads into England
which illustrates with good deal of piqlan,y the
brutal opposition with which John Bull is wont 10
set bis horns against all schemes of innovation.
The narrative may minister wholesome catholi.
con to the paray tic conversative OF every country
TIE FIRST CANALS
Ii soon became public, that a strange, eccentric
noblemap known as the Duke of B ridgewater, had
queer crochet in bis head to create water car.
riege by cutting canals. Ii began also to be RI.
mored, that this same eccentric Dlke, seriously
determined to finish what he had commenced, had
reduced his personal expenses to $500 per annum,
and given up the remainder of his rental 10 carry
out bis project The many had no hesitation in de.
caring him insane but his Grace scarcely thought
of their opinions as he proceeded with his task
and the remark able frmness Of the Duke OF Bridge
water, aided by the great mind Of John Bnndley
his architect, produced effect which has already
survived the pecuniary results at which he aimed
Ii is impossible in the present volume TO do Justice
TO the resoute character OF the Duke or TO the OBJ
stacles overcome by the skill of Mr.. Brindley. Stu
peudous mounds Of earth were removed, which
seemed to demand Titanic power; supplies Of va
ter were procured sufficient 10 exhaust mountain
springs ard mountain rivulets; aqueducts were
built far above the surface of the river, riyslling
tEoEe which conveyed water TO the Eternal City
from the mountain recesses
At last the prejudces OF the ignorant multitude
were uprooted, and the scientific few delighted.
They who had gone to scott remained to praise
and an engineer, who bad sneeringly sad they had
heard of castles in the air, but no they were 70
zee them realized, began 10 wonder as much at his
own opposition as at the simple grandeur OF the
wo.k he had derided. The chief business OF the
Dukes sgent wss 20 ride about the country, Dor
rowing money on the promissory notes OF ms
Grace hos bond for $500 was refused IN the
CITY, " here great purposes are little regarded IN
less they promise a great per centage
In FIVE years the attempt was crowned with sue
cess and the effect upon commerce became mani
fest. Liverpool received the manufactures OF Man
chester at a cheaper rate, and Manchester was
supplied with goods from places hitherto compare
lively inacct ssbe. The neighboring woods and
wales were visited by the pale denzen Of the fac
tory on the day OF rest, and passengers were ena.
b!ed 10 travel along that canal which they owed 70
the patient endurance and undertaking hfmness OF
FraIcs, Duke Of Bridgewater, and to the singular
ability OF bis unrivaled architect to both OF whom
pereOI 81 comfort and public praise were nothing in
comparison with the achievement Of great idea.
FIRST SUCCESSION OF RAILWAYS.
Butan power was in progress which vas
to realize all the visions Of daydresmer, and a.
mcst TO annihilate both time and space. The pro
erees and development OF railways IS one OF the
most interesting features of locomotion. About
1916. a Mr. Beaumont was ruined in attempting to
convey Goals in carriages OF a novel construction.
The necessity Of some improvement IN the convey
auce of this article was, therefore, thus early re
cognized. Thirty years Nterward, saving OF
thirty per cent was effected by some tram roads
near Newcastle; and as informal spread, and
the great dogma that time as BlOHey began to be
appre ciated, further Improvements were made.
The wooden roller Of the wagon was changed for
an iron wheel with cast iron rails. Plenty Of claim
ants were found for this imperfect alteration, a.
though soon after II was necessary TO adopt rail
fixed a few inches above the ground. The next
Improvement was that which detached the horse,
and made him follow the wagon; and when the
road was constructed with two incllnes SO that a
descending train of loaded coal might draw up an
empty one, it was thought that all which human
ingenuity could effect had been achieved; and at
this point il is probable the rail would have re-
manned, but for the great discovery of steam.pow
en- and its application to practical purposes. About
1900, cceva with the introduction Of iron rails,
Watt entertained the idea OF employing steam as
q moving power but the design was abandoned
nor was till ls02 that the attention OF engineers
was devoted 70 locomotive engines on railroads
when a patent was taken out, aud the principle
tested with success at Merthyr TydvI.
TIE RAILWAY PIONEER
The name Of Thomas Gray in connection with
railroads ranks at present among the many whose
ideaswere derided by the very men who aiterward
adopted them. From ea-ly period he formed
the the opinion that railways would become the
principal mode OF transit. II was his thought by
day it was his dream by night He talked Of
ii until bis friends voted him intolerabe bore.
He wrote of il until the reviewers deemed MIN
mad. Coaches, canals, and steamboats, were in
bis mind, useless His wisdom aud far ken sha-
dowsd forth the path which the purse Of others
consummatedi and, while the protector died steep:
ed to the lips in poverty, the spectators realized
rroGfs His CONFORMATION was of world |