The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-05

"A short note u hfw edtd respecting TIC growth OF
Wcstern trHdo and commerce, extracted from nd
dress before tho Rhetorical Socciy OF 0his by William
u. Gallagher, Rsq.. 15b0"A few 1leB will exhibit
veil volume tho wonderful growth a Western trade
and eoumcrcc Previous TO the year 1900 eight
tn kei boee q twenty or won't hvo tons oach per
Pi.sarr 'hf I. a. sso st government vessel sp
peaytd Lake Erie In 1911 tho nrst stosmbcst (thc
NJ. 1 a. At, pe%aa ty Tho h's
etesmboat pleasure trip TO Gvcu Ray being planned
and executed in tho summcs Of ellis yc.r. 10 1891
steamboat first appeared Of Chicago. At the present
tune, the crtir~ nunoer of tehzboats Mtg The
MisaseIppl and Ohio and their tritcsrss. more pro
baby than under ak hundred the aggregate ton
naTc of which v no. pio~, q one hundred aud for
ihoustDis larger number Of steamboats, than Euglaud
can ctam, and greater steam couiInrrci.. marine than
that employed By 0rcat Britain ard Dor dependencies"
10 he department OF Invention. there bayc beOn
d ri spp;cs. Of ceoc % are within tho sstsiyy
years. The spaclost bail Of ths Patent oeO 81
the r-positnrJ and the rror OF American inventive art
and genius Their rcsu,ts arc rccn 10 t4o nrmerTua
improvements by which human Labor L sriised with
cot going Into dtslis; Il may be scent 60 say that
usny Of the aprslcstloos Of steam TO iocomoon sni
nsurfscturs Of Electricity and megnctism, 70 tho pro
ductiou Of mechanical motion. TO thu elcet=csl toc
graph g. thc rgistraiion Of astronomical phenomina,
70 the art o. multiplying engrsvpgs. The intr,due.
INVENTIONS OF sf,~ Old world an stFklney indicative OF
tia sdvanco ~ THE country In tho usfu arts. Th'
Network q ruilrosds and t"iegrsps lines by ~heh
this vrst county Ia rvtleulstesi have net culy
developed It's rosouTcee, but united eDrhsucau
IN moseil'c bonds ola perts Of the Onion. Thehy.
syryass xtept and Inn thoso of anci, Mt
hut VIC have not conG.ed our attention tc the iFanc-
distc application OF science g the ufui arts havo
-nteE fd ~ crrinsi rcecsrcb and have enlarged
In bounds NJ scientific knowedgo. SIXTY years ago DO
fkes tho brilliant discoveries OF prsukin in !ectrciy
scrs~iy snJthing had ben done er0uR us IN thc wsy
Of original lnvvntou Osr Of acionco content
vita iercatlog The experiments. ano deUtnC know
kdse u thH dcCgevirs q the 81 The cd world
w'ir'ut attempting 20 pdd single now fact or ptD
cirle n tbs existing stock vii tbs Last twenty nvp
DIRTY ycsrs remarkable Improvement has taken
plscn this rCFp-ct. Cur net1rs history hiss been
rtd iD s tfs b-ar.es gSci0ay las boon iuve8ti-
ysicf 9Th results Of tbs higlsst intct &c practical
-id iie"rtcal scicncu. pircOvcrios haze teen made
10 pure ch. uetry snd ciectrscy which hay. received
~ srfSvhaiicn q Tie world ThC sissnce which laa
kVn made meteor strT In this country within Che
las liver Jsgrs Ia equal 20 THAI made durinc tho same
Tciicd ~ all tho vuro b. ides. In ifg3 there
fct ~ the United Ptatca an artT1ueut With rhicE
there irctruDerte ~ va hintcr. Cambridge.
a. int irns ual 70 toec nc the lest Durpean OBJ
ie'vscfi,F and tho original dccy,yicg ~ astroroSiy
shhn ~ lss i've ,tsrl IN ths country sucng tho
M = bfsnt o he sge. Our Euo~ledse of the gcogra-
81 std toTc fby ~ Tn American cont rent has tes1
ridif xt ndtc by tbs iASr sud rienSc % The ccers
th' NJ ttetr, srny.aI adrcOy RVS o'murh Interest,"
la 6Ssnt sss ihrs sul',s froDl tbe cutcre'e q or
lHvy in NH suvyo f the coFat ~ the United 5tates
ns a. which ss that tirao, " supposed no
mart coiByS,ent - diHct Ths WORK haa, how
Wv uvn within tSc l9st few yCar~ under native au
uiift.t IN iu,gs.raDc- ard extent teyond sny en-
trf si cfthe - ID fore attempted Thce fscts
cCiou.v,iy pryx. that greet advance na beon made
oily IL the application og se.cncs 70 the
Vsnts g csJinsry lf, bus % rcs7roc nsctt IN ~
4rtit atson e. sathy tis otsYnf- OF tho 1.cras MUD
~ ff<rl o. ht, vith tl tEcrFot ~ cue or two
20 81 hois sud othg rcosi loofs q IN irfer'os
~; st,c, cot sUe 'hrn g'st s.ai's,N - "bico ne