The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-02-24

trees into shiyers. sometimes, too, in forcing
outward the sides of buildings. Three years
ago, the, stone steeple Of church was burst
asqndef during thunder storm, the, walls
being dispersed in every direction, One
hundred tons Of stone were blown to dis
lance of thirty yards, in three seconds--ex-
mbltIng mechanical force calculated to have
exceeded that of over twelve thousand .hor-
ses.
A power that does these things, and geater,
only wants to be understood to make it turn
our carriage, paddle, and mill wheels. There
is enough TO turn them forever, can we but
find out, the means to tame it. 1t is sound
PHILOSOPHY, that all the mechanical perform
ances Of nature (not excepting that of light
ning) are imitable, and also applicable to
human purposes.
|. Toshow us what else it cando, Nature d.
sersifesahe experiment thus: thrusting down
a portion Of cloud in the form ofan elonga-
ted tube, till the orifce approaches the sur
face Of the sea, turns upon tuns of water Wis
IDLY ascend into the nebulous reservoir above.
When this is filled, the strange duct gathers
itself up toits parent body, and, then the
whole is borne away TO fill the pitchers Of
Aquarius. Here we have the phenomenon
of water beginning to boil and leap as the
hose descends, impatient as it were to rush
through it. When engineers becom au fail
in repeating similar experiments, oversbot
motive-wheels may become as numerous in
deserts, as by the sides of rivers. In water
spouts, the process is open to observation
from beginning to end-still it is an unsolved
problem
To include Notwithstanding those of
bygone and the more successful inquiries oi
recent days, but exceedingly few OF her Sc.
crets have yet been drawn out of Nature.-
Environed by her, it is but little that is com.
pretended of what she is doing above, be-
meath, about us; yea, with us and within us
little Of the grand scheme of creation and
Of the principles and processes at work in it.
Our wisest men are but pupils in normal
schools-freslmen i'll their rudiments True,
we know mucn compared with the deplora-
BILE ignorance Of the past, yet what we have
acquired is only the A B c of either science
or art. Those who fondly imagine the arts
at their elimination, and steam the last Of
inorganic motors, would shrink with awe,
could they contemplate the grandeur of hui
man destiny, in an epoch Of which our day
is but the dawning.
And, certainly, whoever confers this splen,
did gift of new motor on the world, will
be ranked with the noblestof earth's sons
The goal is tempting one, and the more SC
since the keenest spirits in two hemisphere
are striving to reach it. We are ignoran
who will receive tliegcrown, but we know
who will not, viz: those who pay divine
honors to pelf, and whose aspirations neve
: soar above the common objects of vulga
ambition. Generally, the rich revelation
of science are made to those who love then
for themselves, not for what they can be sol,
, for. They come down to those who seel
them, who, by industrial study and research
struggle to find them out, and who priz,
!; them ween found, as expressions of DIVINE
thoughts for the good of the species.
For months past, crowds have been has
tening across every latitude, on their way t
the newly discovered realms of gold Al
! epidemic RACES TO gather and hoard that
5 which, except as symbol, has little NOR,
value than its weight of inert sandstone O
granite. A peoples treasure is in useful la
Dor; there. is no wealth, and can be. non,
{ but what it creates. Every good, great o
! small, is purchased by it. Savages viii
boundless territories and fertile lands, arr
INDECENT and often destitute beause the,
work not A single days labor of peasan
e or machine, tends 10 relieve human want
E and increase human comforts. 1t produce
i that which is not to be had without it, ant
5 to which tons of glittering ore can contribute
n nothing. In fine, there is no wealth -bu
labor-no enjoyments but what are derive,
I from it.
But, to those who are ambitious of emo
; bling themselves and really enriching thei
s country, placers inexpressibly more preciou
! than any to be found on the Sacramento, ar
: invitingly open. Let them dig in TdE MINE
Il OF THE MOTORS, ami they will bring to light
! active, fruitful, and everlasting sources Q
s true opulence.