New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-25

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tho dusg,si The soap manufacturer the painter and
IYnUmeTsble other craftsmen, are constantly acNis
upon chemical substances-constanily desinis "nu
chemical laws-and hence. 1t Is clear, require "
Know what they are The greatest economy OF pro
cess ard perfection OF product can only De oo'anSu
where the principles of manufacture are uis'inOy
comprehcnded In such case the skliiui opera. -
enabled 10 work rih the natural avs, auu ~" y,
against or regardless Of them. IL IS saiu 'h" III
civil affairs It Is always be Il 10 keep the IA" on our
SIDE but IL dealrg with nature this Is vastly not
important because when natural lh"s are 'lo'"'e'
thee is no such thing as escaping the pehalues'
most ir sruotive illustration Of the effect OF neg
lecting chemical principles. while those OF mechan'
les thoroughly understood and anphec, ~ AZ
forced by the present CONDITION OF the nl'ed states
Capitol at Washington, The sPatisctgrel De tuty
ana mechanical excellence OF That edihce are wen
known but the freestone (sandstonel of which 1t IS
constructed was selected without due attention 10
It's chemical and ply steal properties, and is Totally
unfit for its purpose, beng rapidly acted upon anu
crumbled to dust BY The common atmospheric agents
This destructive process has been partially arrested
~ the free use Of paint but the Secretary OF the
Interior has informed Congress that this expediens
j. Intellectual and that unless scientific men come 20
the rescue and invent some new preparation. WHICH
by teng applied g. the stone. shall completely pro-
it from the action OF the AR the whole structure
viii be reduced TO mound Of sand IN ore.rifh the
time that K would last II built of common inaroie
Il S thus seen that chemical principles are involved
even in avoC ation> most purely mechanical 80 that
tie best reasons exist for making them objects OF
universal study.
Among the various occupations which require
Know edge OF this science 70 be successfully earned
co. that most noble, useful, and universal OF All
N, man pursults agriculture stands prominent. ne
fJrm Is great laboratory, and al NOSE changes IN
matter which II is the farmers Chief business 10
produce are OF n chemical nature. He breaks mp
and pulveTzes his soil with pillow. harrow, ana noe,
for The same reason that the practical chemist
powders his minerals with pestle and mortar name
H. TO expose the materials more perfectly TO me ac
ton of chemical agents. The neld can ONLY DC
looked upon as chemical mandatory 'ie az
soil. and msnurcs are the farmers raw male,laLs'
and the various forms Of vegetation are the products
of manufacture. The farmer who raises ouShel
OF wheat, or p hundred weight OF hax' uoe' hos
fahricate them out OF nothing he performs no
miraculous work OF creation. out " IS Dy taAing
certain definite portion Of his material ana con
vering Il INTO new substances through The action OF
natural agents Just as those substances are again
manufactured IN the case INTO DTeaO, ara III lle
other INTO cloth. When crop Is removed nom me
fC Id, certain substances are taken away rom the
ground which differ with different klrds oil plants
and If the farmer would know exactly what ana
how much his field loses BY each harvest ana now
IN the cheapest manner that loss may be restored,
Chemistry alone l. capable of giving him tue DE,
sired information. To determine the nature ana
propertes O! his SOIL Its adaptation 10 various pals
and the best methods Of improving Il TO economic
his natural sources Of fertility TO test The purity
and value Of commercial manuTeS, and OF peas OF
mari and muck 10 mineie cOmposts ana iuan
them 10 special crops 10 improve the quaiity oil
grams and fruits To- rear and feed stock ana con-
duct The dairy IN the best manner farmers require
knowledge OF this science. Nor can they, as CLASS
much Ion ger afford 10 be without 1t for II has AL
ways been found that the application OF scientific
principles TO any branch of industry puts power into
The hands OF the intelligent 10 drive ignorance nom
the field Of competition so that a. dlsco'enes uui-
tlpv ard information Is dlfused, those farmers VINO
decline TO inquire into the principles which govern
their vocation. who prefer the study ot poitcsto
that OF agriculture viii have occasion 10 groan more
deeply than ever over he appropriateness OF then
business.
Combined with the admirable chemical Chart
By Mr. YoumanS, of which we have formerly
expressed highly favorable opinion, we know
of no treatise which we could recommend to be-
slnners in the study with greater confidence than
the present Its interest, and perhaps It's IN
"a nsic value, is enhanced by the fact that like
one OF two other important American works, 1t
was prepared during the total OF partial blindness
OF the author
TlE ROSE OF SHARON, for 1882 edited by Ma. c. N.
SAWYER Boston A. Tompkns and b. Mussey
Sold by Haock. LYON Col
This tasteful religious Annual comes TO
L., this season with the variety OF interesting
and the beautiful and expressive
which have deservedly made 1t
a general favorte. 4 large proportion Of the ar
icleS are from the pen of the gifted edltress,
whose productions, both IN prose and verse, are
alweys distinguished by their elegance OF express
sion ard their high tone Of sentiment Among
the contributors find the names OF \. ID.
MAYO. ID. X. Lee, Mrs. NJ. A. LiyermOre, Henry
Bacon, f. II. Chaplin, and number of other
popular writers Horace Greeley contributes an
article entitled Spirit and Matter" with refer.
ence to the recent Manifestations using them
however as a text. rather than discussing their
nature and source We take the following pas
sage as an illustration OF his views on
THE MATERIALIsN OF THE PRESENT AGE.
Ours is preemlnently an age Of Material
ism. The strides OF Physical Science within few
years have been gigantic and ncessant and thus far
their results are as a whole unfayOraoe to implicit
Faith The Telescope, with Its majestic and ever
lenethenIug sweep seems, If | may express 1t, to
cr0ud hack the Divine Presence farther and stl
farther from the orb We inhabt. God no longer
walks IN the Garden, converslne face 10 face with
man lie AundeTs no more from SINAI nor holds Ills
cOurl on the summit Of Olympus and 10 the search
ing inquiries directed to all accessible, cognlzaole
portions of the Universe for the dwelling place Of It's
creator and Lord, the chilling answer comes back,
Not here Not here :" Meantime the number, inn
portsEce and power Of the intermediary agencies
between inert Matter and quickenng sptrit seem
steadily approximate the rank Of deml gods and
when az length some dogmatc COmte, some speclous
observer and analyZer OF the " The Vestlges Of
Creation" procIaims to us, II from the utmost
pinnacle OF scientific achievement. the conclusion
that planets. suns, systems, plants beings, men are
but inevitable results Of law which vet had no au-
thor and that intelligence has been so Wy, Ounder
ingly aimlessy evolved from ignorance, soul from
body. thought from dust, planets. With all their
diverse properties and uses, from one homogeneous,
universally dfused vspor or " hre.mst," our hearts
sink thin US as we falter out the expostula.Ion
20 o star yed Science hast thou wandered there,
To Watt us back the message Of Despair
These materialIst dogmas 10 not overcome but
they try our faith. They do not yanqulsh our con
viciions out they perpex our reason To our grosser
appTe nSons, Earth is so and Heaven so far,
Lie 3ud Death are so papable and certain while
Immortality is so vague and shadowy. that painful
doubt as 20 the verify OF our existence beyond the
grave l. the unutterec torture OF many d mind not
wholly iIrehgiOus willingly skepncal. Death
has so steasby gone forward from period anterior
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