New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-14

pl, ased with God because he di make the Stars
TO represent some figure a circle o. hexlgon or DO.
lyon. DR.. x. proceeded to explain Bscons eter.
nifty OF matter. Is Bacon, then deserving et the
name Of ihs father OF science when he has procured
such sbortiols who leads Us into such quagmlres'
He certainly Is not deserving the name OF phoSo-
pher but was be sto we'd npon hia BY the French
Encyclopedias for the advancement OF lnnieiity
and Atheism. Can this audience consider such a
man IS Bacon, that dosnatlc AMI abusive writer
true light Of science Let us then eschex all con.
nection with Lord Bacon and look 10 other and
brighter names than ever rightfully claimed by
Lord Bacon or his admirers.
DR. KRAIrsIR's LKcTUREs.-Dr. Kraft
sir, on Monday evening, particularly happy in
bringing before his hearers the great subject Of Ian
gusse, In such manner that the practical bearings
of his science on the method Of learning languages
with thoroughness and rapidity could be seen
He showed that the world without and the mind
within man. were IN a certain correspondency
aed with reference to their symbolzing the one by
the other, according TO certain principles OF utter
ance which had been acted on ins,inctvely, even
! II they had not been seen clearly as dTs But he
| showed that there was reason to believe that they
had been seen lars, In that early time when the
( Roman alphabet was invented, or that scheme OF
writing could not have been, as he claims it Is, an
organic whole, arranged in an ,nteLigble and sug-
/ gestlye order
He proposes to show that the European languages,
exclusively studied among US, VIZ the Latin,
| Greek, German, French, Spanish. Italian &c, are
all dialects of one language that their identity
be demonstrated BY applying his science OF the
| alphabet to them severally-and that their charac
teristic differences Can be shown to be superficial
as to be easily classed and commanded from sne
point of view that he takes. THIS evening he Will
! treat OF the English language, as the medium of
learning other languages, to which, he says ITS
cullarltes especially NJ IT. He then proposes 70 tell
the proper method Of acquiring each separate Ian
| guage Mr. Crosby Professor of Greek In Column
bra College, spoke after the lecture Monday, with
great enthusiasm, and called on every one present.
20 make il a mar er OF conscience TO bring many
hearers possible, If only for the sake of science
! and good leaning.
MECHANICS INSTITUTE LEcTuREs The
Introductory Lecture OF the Course before the Me-
chanics' Institute was delivered last evening by c.
| EDWARDS LESTER, Esq. His subject was " The sus-
tanning of Scientific Institutions as the true source
OF National Wealth and Glory" The lecturer treat
ed his theme not so much as profound discussion,
as a series of thoughts and illustrations often apt,
satircal and humorous, with a vein OF wholesome
| truth running through the whole-an under tone of
deep homage to Labor, the great source OF Ma
| tonal Wealth and Progress, and Science as the d-
recting, discovering controlling power by which La
/ Dor is ennobled and quckened, and its manifold re-
sources developed. tie illustrated the progress OF
mechanical invention, and the results OF scientific
| principles applied TO mechanics, IN giving vastly
increased powers of production, and multiplying
source OF wealth, not only TO this country but to
! England, was spoken OF BY the lecturer. lie held
that Labor had been first dignihed AS 1t demanded,
III this country. Here labor Is honorable. Here the
mechanic and worker can take an honorable post
ton which elsewhere he may not attain The IN
huence Of education, selfelevatlon, and scienuhc
| knowledge, grand agents IN winning Tor LABOR
better and higher reward, was hty discussed ana
| illustrated. The lecture was received with IRE
quent applause by the audience, and MS union OF
the pleasing with the grave, well calculated TO
| open the cOurse. The next lecture Will be delivered
BY Prof Renwick, to be illustrated with apparatus and
| experiments.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or A
BANNER TO THE SCARF GUARDs-Y esterdsy morn
ing the Scarf Guards paid visit to our Hungarian
guests at the Irving House, where they were pre-
sented with Hungarian tricolor, BY Col Ber-
zenczey Mr. Woodbridge, the Captain OF the COM
many addressed Colonel BerZencZey and the other
Hungarians, as follows
sons of Liberfy-chldren of oppression we bid
you welcome TO this best land OF liberty. We con
/ graduate you on your escape from the dangers OF
| YOUR unhappily terminated struggle for freedom.
Our % as e HEARTY wed
feelings of JOY and sadness, of your noble deeds and
bloody battles OF your daring cbyalrous, noble Kos
suth and OF you his supporters IN and through those
trying scenes. and the hre Of patriotism smothered
in our land, has IN our mdst been kindled till the
people OF this Union are wrapped IA II III conha-
grafton full Of sympathy for you, and long for the
/ day when you may say OF Win pleasure
! and satisfaction, Ills my own, my native land
/ Again the Scarf Guards of the City and County of
/ New YORK bid you and yours welcome and invite
you to share with US IN the participation OF our go
nous institutions.
In behalf Of the Scarf Guard Battalion
To this address Colonel BerzencZey replied As fol-
lows.
r Friends Let us be allo wed 10 have the honor of
calling you by that name, and let us Halter ourselves
that YOU are friends indeed II being our in,en-
ton not TO participate IN any PUBLIC demonstration
of your sympathes before the arrival OF our beloved
chief, Kossub the respect We owe to him foroids US
TO express all our feelings. But we accept your ad-
dress with greatiul hear as token that our strug-
giles made us worthy OF your sympathles.
In return please accept the flag under which we
fought with It's three ceors. on have IN 1t the red,
the emblem of the blood OF the thousands Of Hunga-
riaa warriors who have fallen for the cause of oer-
~ In The white, that the chastity Of this nag never
was polluted by cowardce and III the green, our
homes now strengthened by your sympathes, that
We may yet achieve the Liberation OF our country,
when our flag, together with yours, as protector OF
ours VIII be waved over the runs OF despotisn and
slavery.
AsylrM FOR IDloTs.-The Trustees ap-
pointed under the act passed last Winter, for The
establishment Of an Asylum for Idiots, have selected
the building known as the ." Bull's Head Tavern"
for the commencement OF their operations. We
Learn that the building has been put in order, circu-
lars sent to the apple who had been selected for
admission and that pupils began 10 arrive ABOUT the
hrst inst There now In the Institution seven
state and six pay part pay pupis-thrteen IN the
whole Eight State pupils selected have not YET
arrived There are five vacancies IN the number OF
state pupils in each Of the lid, With, Win and
With Judicial Districts, and one from the state al
large One pay pupil has not arrived, and there Is
room for three more pay pupils Applications may DC
addressed to Henry b Wilbur, D., superntend-
-, ., tho ASYLUM IL s decided that the vacancies
should be filled as practicable and persons
ACQUAINTED with proper subjects IA Tue oineIen'
n,tt,,cts would confer a favor on them Dy CON-
urcat,pe their cases 10 the Superintendent, or one
-, ,hs executive Committee Aud Editors OF news
Tsners would promote humane purpose oy giving
h substance OF this article that the Institution
90 no nromptly filled