New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-24
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF INVENTION
FsoN Mr.. EwBASK's REroRTD

(gsoN Mr. EwBASK's REroRID
We give herewith the remainder OF that division
Of MI. EwBAYK's REroRr as Commissioner OF Pat
ants which treats Of the ORIGIN AND PRoGREss OF
INVENTION and the vast obligations OF manAind to
Inventors and DISCOVERIES with this VIC close
oar extracts from this mastery document OF which
we shall have published something more than hall.
Long as our citations have been. we Do not grudge
the two or three hundred dollars their publication
has cost u.s. and we are sure our readers VIII not
cr,dre the two or three cents respectively winch
# NAV have cost them The whole Report, we
trnst will very soon be issued by some entoipnslns
book seller in handsome dress-none Of your Con-
rressional shabbinossyet at price which shall
bring it within the reach OF every youth In the land
There is no man who lives by labor, especially 10
yol,h not vet settled in regard to his vocation IN
HE. who will not find in that Repor, truths sagges
tons indictments, more precious than any placer
IN California With that r sport read by or read 10
every youth ia the land, the mere material wealth
of the country would speedily be enhanced many
millions while the consequent Moral aud lnteuec'
tqal advancement would transcend all pecunisry
estimation-But our columns can hold no more, and
beside. we would have every one read the whole
Report in it's proper sequence and relations. The
portion Of which we quoted the greater part yester'
day concludes follows
The power inventors WELD is not less mani
fest in the changes they have wrought IN the habits
customs and occupations OF females than It Is obvl
Gus in the pursuits OF the other sex, IN the outdoor
world They have not only broken up the time
honored ARRANGEMENTS OF the kitclen. wash house
aud dairy but have invaded the parior and evon
houdoir 4 century ago the rock and spindle were
common in Europe are women who suu twls'
thread with their fingers. Fifty years since the
wheel had place IN every dwelling, and cardns
no less than spinning, was domestic duty' w III
thrifty housewives the shuttle. too, was not a
stranger Within twenty years knitting was indus
pensable; not few of our farmers still wear home
made hose Thea straw plating, tambour WORK
ina lace. making, plain aud fancy embroidery With
other delicate operations Of the needle, were and
are still taught as necessary accomplishments
Such they will hardly be held much longer, since
these and various other performances arc now done
by automatic fingers with precision, regularity
dispatch, decscy OF touch aud finish, that no human
organs can rival
Most. if not all the Fine Arts have been subdued
hv mechanism The lathe is still 10 be met with
IN its primitive forms in the potters wheel the
spring pole, and in the modern Egyptians ar
teloior-lseaied on the ground this artist employ
one hand to rcvove the object n be formed holds
the cutting tool in the other aud presses it on the
rest with his toes The lathe, SO long coahned IL
shane articles whose sections ere Circles now
produces oval elhpncal epicycloidsl and eccentric
work copies medallions. and even busts IN equal
enlarged or reduced neutrality-suspicious. the
WORK Of the engraver. dieslnker and statusry or
sculptor.
The richest figured tapestry and dsmssk in re
iaf t,oxV proAnca1 ~ magic mechanism
Looms rival the palette and burn beside gorge
o0Sy oo.ored carpets they weave landscapes equal
70 Oh paintings and portraits after the hnest line en-
cravings, Then from the increase IN number q;
sewing machines the time would seem not dis
tant when the needle itself and thimble VIII be eN
hibted in museums with ciStahs, spinning Wheels
knitting wires, tamtOur frames. hand looms, iace'
making hobbins. spilons, and other antiquarian ca
noSities, as evidences of imperfect civilization Ia
autobiography. automStoa artists nval the
finest touches "a old masters and shortly val mul
apply by millions then most esteemed PRODUCTIONS
Though not suspected, the power OF inventors
over human affairs is already supreme machinery
even now governs the world though the world does
not acknowledge II.
ERRORS ENTERTAINED OF INVENTORS.
IL is "a prevalent opinion that both ordinary and
extraordinary Inventions cost their authors little Ia
hor and thought % doVelopo nothing is more orFo-
neous Ii is an essential element OF mauS bcinc.
and of the constitution of things under which be
exists. that al truths mechanical or philosophical
caaonly be realized b. strenuous ami continued Ct
tort Our percepiive faculties arc too obinse ami
happily for US II Is 50. 70 Rpprehcnd them AT 8
glance In that case they would De he'd ioecheaI
obe hooked for. and deemed worthless when seen
Inventions required no cNerton 10 discover where
wound he their value If virtue cost nothing, u
would cease 10 DC virtue, No fact IS clearer thar
that Mans desiiuies are in his own hands. and ina
he alone can exalt and dehase them. To roast
Inn 10 be faithful to himself IS Natures cesSe!ess
esre. With powers dormant ia him and equal tt
every exisence she leaves hum 70 exert them o.
not She does naught for HIM that he can 10 io'
himself and has taken care that he shall know no
thug have nothing that he does net strive Tor.
Then how common IS it 10 hear ingenious men
dispsrsged By assembling their best things 10 lucky
of radon observation-disclosures cAdace ihNeo
toes. If such things ever were, are much rsrel
Than supposed Though appearing ior,u'tous, they
may be traced 70 previous reasonings o reflections
-sPOating seeds whose transient paintings had
been little noticed aud forgotten. They had never
sprung up had they not fallen on soils prepared by
Previous culture 70 receive them. Sparks set moi
sand 90 IRE, do fruitful ideas terminate IN bar
'Sa minds. Flashes OF thought, like those OF the
e'ectric tuid, may dart suddenly and unexpectedly
ufthey are not less the regular effects Of indu
ens causes Inspiration descends not in its high
sa or It's lowest forms but on those who seek 10 be
inspired.
nn not given 10 man to perfect ausht withou,
sol and seldom without long continued toll. The
Eosr Psees have been issued from his oRes fog sacl
"aeaass during Tie Pcs, year.