New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-31

have caused such a sensation, has now been seen
to weep repeatedly her tears being drawn form
probably. by the ncreduhty OF that portion OF the
world which refuses its assent 70 the former mira
Gle and may Do intended either as token oil
SORROW for their unbelief, or as new EFFORT 20
convince their scepticism perhaps, indeed Us
both. .
The " Uairsrs," a leading Catholic Journal, IS
more angry than ever, with the journals thst
auuse themselves with Laughing at this torrent oil
miraculous grace and speaks OF puoe1e. ers as
"brutes,H hOwlers,' "epileptic sceptcs, - a0-
iectlv impous beings lost IN their intellectual deg
radiation" &c.
The Cure Of Cherburg has just prohibited the
teaching Of elementary geometry Ia the CONNER
cal schools. and the Mayor has forbidden the
Theatre to bring out the Taaage Of MoIiere.
Tie French Academy by way Of keeping ap
with the age has just elected, as member oil US
august circle, h. &c Montaiemoeft tne ad,oc-.0
Of The Irouistion, the biographer OF Saint Eliza
beth of Hungary, and the conc0cter tine famous
law on the enforced observance OF Sunday. Inls
same BODY in former times, offered prize Ior
the best eulogium Of Noltaire.
Meantime the Inventive genius OF man - every
day achieving some new conquest 10 the material
sphere. for the general good, a comp0sitor mas
iust invented machine by the aid ~ which d
printer can set up 10000 letters per hou" WIN
the utmost ease. A model Of this invention IS 10
be sent to the exhibition.
NJ. Vubret. a notary of Labrugaiere iTarn) an
nouuces a discovery, by means OF "nNn, Win
the steam generated by the fame OF small lamp
from a quart of water, he can go on producing
steam 0d hbiiHRl: thus, by an arrangement OF
reservoirs and pipes, he proposes 70 heat, Dy
means # tie small central flame with winch ne
starts not only apartments and houses, Dat
streets cities fields aud continents raising tue
temperature Of the earths surface, and quadruP'
ling the harvests, by the ramihcations Oh neat
conductors with which he proposes 10 MI the sou
and that of the air by an adaptation OF the same
means 10 the atmosphere, converting the air into
n sort of boundess unenclOsed conservatory, and
ripening grains and fruit IN spite Of cloudy
weather and almost without AID from tue sun
Having thus at command an unlimited power OF
steam, obtained at a cost so small as hardly to be
spprecable, he proposes 10 force water up TO the
SUBMITS Of the highest mountains TO irrigate and
fprtilize them; aud 10 turn the machinery In all
the factories and mills on the earth surface
Such winter. abollshng invention would as
sureoly be very welcome to the lovers OF warm
weather; but it may be doubted whether any
elements drawn from the earth itself can supply
the vitaliziug Influences that come TO all living
things vegetable and animal, and mineral also Tor
aught we know, from the solar rays.
Professor Casper Of Berlin has been drawing
up tables of the comparative longevity OF the
various social ranks and it results from his sta
tistics that the average length OF lite among the
rich and aristocratic Is d0uJle that OF the poor;
Among the. "reminiscences called up 0y the iate
Christmas festivities is an incident which occur
red few wears ago in the book shop OF Gosselln
Il Co. famous for the elegance and richness OF
their bindings 1t appears that IN this shop were
two superb copies OF Victor Hugo's OT'eHtaeS,
which had excited the longings OF young artist,
q friend Of NJ. GOssen who frequently came into
the shop, and amused himselfwith admlring these
beautiful books, which were marked at $50 francs
each and were thus, alas, quite out OF reach OF
the slender resources OF an artists purse.
One evening, just before New FEARS, the young
man was in the shop, admiriDg as usual, the
splendid books, when q young lady, simply but
richly dressed, and followed by servant, entered
and addressing herself to the young man, whom
she mistoOk for the master OF the shop said TO
him. " | wish to End some very elegant book
something very choice and beautiful, and II possl,
bic little out Of the common way and shall
be clad. Monsieur if you can aid me 10 finding
what | want" The young man bowed, and re-
piled that he had precisely such work as she
described and immediately displayed one OF the
two beautiful volumes on which his heart was
set The young lady delighted with the book,
inquired its price. "Three hundred francs, re'
piled the artist. The young lady took fifteen
louis Tor out Of her purse, laid them on the coun-
ter and desiring that the book might be sent to
her without delay, left the shop.
The artist then turning TO the astonlshed DOCK
seller quietly remarked, You perceive, mon cter,
that have a decided genius for trade here IS
the price OF both the copies; the second, there
fore belongs to me-" and handing over the louis
dors he took possession of the long coveted vol
ume. The young lady was the Princess Marie,
So much beloved and SO much regretted.
QUANrUM.