New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-28
CITY ITEMS.

I'll IL EMS.
The SORROWS OF A LEcTURER-If Job were
living at this present time, he would undoubtedly
have said; Oh that mine enemy would deliver
lecture| in place Of his famous phrase pro.
pbeticnlly setting forth the experience OF authors
If man write a book he comes before the public
in bis genuine shape, and however hardly he
may be used, he has no right to complain. If the
book does OF fairly represent him, that is bis
own fault But who can describe the trials Of
lecturer, who must appear-to all who are not
present when he speaks-in the words and too
often in the ideas, Of another person AS an in
stance which comes home to US, we quote the
following from the last Sunday Times:
MoEERN DEGENERAcY -BRyard Taylor has been le.
turing upon his sub al Hartford ana gather from
the Hartford Times that he assumed the moderns 10 have
degenersied the stock in the Of broad
chests sslwsrt frames, and noble bearing This s vul
gar error and into which public lecturer should not
have fallen We have day pretty extensive
assortment OF Roman Norman Ango-Nonnsn, spanish
and other ancient amor cOvenga period of many hun
dreds years feel certain that the dime
siens that ancient harness rather under than the
which would be required for the average Of the
races at present day tits that the powers of
ourence the Of old might have been greater than
are generally possessed by the " degenerate modem
wretch but do not believe that, with the phys
training he ANNA man OF the 9th century u Al nil IN
ieriOr ire OF old Rome of The age OF chivsry
" nat our lIlcuu 4NOdll 10 al FDiJ bAuS DN'
the lecture he speaks of was different thing en-
tirely. The lecturer made no comparison Of size
or stature between the ancients and moderns, bat
asserted that the pbysicol pigor Of the race, in
civilized countries, had considerably decreased
within a century or two. AS for the "broad
chests, stawsrt frames and noble bearing" that
is FROM the lecture Of the Hartford Times, not
from ours This however, is but slight misrep'
resentation compared with some other reports Of
the same lecture. Where we simply spoke OF
the general dread Of a current of air, we found
the expression wonderfully heightened, as fol-
lows; "Many persons would sooner encounter
the Jaws Of a crocodile than a current of air. In
another place, where we described the sensation
of perfect health, as harmonizing with the life of
Nature, what was our dsmay at reading: s. The
blood pulsated from one end of the landscape to
the other, and the wind blew through the frame
as through the trees" Not only, like the palmer
in Marmios "the very mother that him bare
would not have known her child" but she would
have turned him, neck and heels, out of doors, if
he had come back to her so changed in feature.
BIT
An AsTRoEoMIcAL OBSERVATORY IN NEW
YoRK.-The new ring of Saturn, the discovery OF
which was recently announced by the Cambridge
astronomers has been observed independently at
the English 0bservatories, and detailed descip
tons have been published by the astronomers
Dawes and Lassell. Why must every astronomi
cal discovery made in this country emsnate from
Cambridge and why should NOT new orA nave
an Observatory of its own, equal to any In exlst
epce7 A great Observatory in or near the City
If New York would be an ornament to the CI9y
and a noble contribution to science, as wen as Oh
rnr ,,ruu,e-. ,.lss 60 our commercial interests
Let not another year pass without something be-
inc done to effect this great object let not anoth
or week pass without beginning. There is in.
telligence enough among us to appreciate such
an institution, wealth enough to establish 1t;
let not the energy to push forward the project De
along wanting.
NEw.YoRK MEDICAL CoLLEGE-The COM
mencement exercises of this institution will take
place this evening" at u o'clock in the new build
ing on Thirteenth st, when degrees will be con-
ferred, and an Grafton delivered by Prof Green,
President of the Faculty.
THE INFANT DRUMMER.-By reference 20 our
advertising columns, it will be seen that the next
c5incert of the wonderful Little Drummer will be
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given on Wednesday evening next. From pre-
| sent appearances, it will be most successful
entertainment. The performance of the little
fellow, on Saturday last, seems to have astonish-
ed all who heard him. We see bis bright
babv.faee in the windows Of all the musicstores'
In addition to snonys handsome Autograph, we
have received a very neat steel engraving by
Forest, from a daguerreotype by Root.
"MEYDELssoBYs ST. PAUL. The great Ora-
torio Of St Paul, which is regarded by many cri'
tics as the masterpiece of its great author is to be
brought out, in an effective style, under the au'
spices of the Harmonic Society, this evening attne
Tabernacle. The Society embraces very large
and well.drilled chorus and has had this Oratorlo
!, rehearsal for a long tmer under the direction o.
Mr. Fisfeld. The solos are TO be executed oy
some of the best resident artists, and the full or
che.tra of the Philharmonic Society is to sustain
II This Society gives only four Concerts year
and has hitherto been remarkably successful IN Its
exhibitions. We expect a creditable and ehec
! tive performance
THE WEAvERs.-The following sums have oeen
rscavsd from persons in this City, for the benefit
of the Fall River weavers;
Ionrnsvmep Taors S25 OF George Parkinson; %
Jcn,rsymep Hatlers.. IS % NNibrshSin JscAson a.
men Csrpenrs sol MIR. Prendeville "
you,nsy Srnsn PTirteIs 50 Jno Whitsker....'' ~
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