Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-25

ordained from the besnnine Europe has lately found
0 pedient to consider, and we msy hope adopt. =
4 The world s now entering upon the Mechanical Epoch
There nothing 10 the future than the great ri
umphs which that epoch to achieve II has already adj
vanced to glorious conquests What miracles OF me-
chsnca invention already crowd upon Us Look abroad ana
contemplate the infinite achievements Of the power
Reflect moment oil that hes been done by the rsroad
Pause to estimate, you can, with all the help of imsains
ton, what is to result from the agency manifested in the
operations Of the telegraph Cast thought the whole
held Of scientific mechanical improvement and its appca-
non TO human wants. In the last twenty years. go fur
tner back and think what world has made how many
comforts has given to man, how many facilities what it
mas done Tor his food and ramen for bis dwelling and fur
ufe lot nus communication with his felow-man in every
elm for his instruction in books his amusements his a6
y 10: new lands has opened what old ones made made
accssse how has enlarged the sphere Of his knowledge
and convs '.asy wIn ns s:ciss oil great sstOund-
Ing MARVEL miracle which oppresses the mind to think Of
theme of inn mite and unexaseesbIe compass Il is the
smallest boast WI ch be made for 10 that IN all de
srabe facilities in life In the comfort that depends upon me-
chanm and in a that calculated to delight the senses or
instruct the mind the man of this day. who has secured him
self moderate competence, is placed IN IN advance of the
wealthy, powerful and pncey of ancient times might
not say of the times less than century gone by
And yet have only begun but on The threshold
Of this epoch geatcelebraon s drawfn to close
the celebration, BY oil nations Of the New Era vass null
tude Of a peoples nations and tongues has bcsn yes
greatest city Of the world illustrate and dsrsuish the
achievements Of at-no less ALSO to dignity and eIa .hss
great mechanical l:tsrniy who have filled that psscs with
wonders IL not this fact Of ITSELF charged with volume of
comment WHAT'S but the setting Of the greet distinctive
seal upon the nineteenth century advertisement Of the
fact that society has risen occupy higher platform Than
ever eslors-s proclamation, from the high places, a.
nouncng honor, honor immortal the workmen who d
this world With beauty, comfort and power honor to be fos
ever embamed in history to be perpetuated in
to DO written in the hearts Of hs and succeeding generations
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potent in its spell than Aadns Lamp built up. with match
less art gorgeous palace such the world had never
that the universal mechanical skill filled with rares rea-
sues picked from the workshops Of nations that showers of
gold, past all belief have poured upon it with profusion
ranscendng classical oriental fable and that Kings and
Queens and Princes and soldiers and states.
men nave mlnstered within its walls involuntary and de-
lighted homage to the whole company Of artists and artisans
who have made the "Word's Fair" what il is
Henceforh artists and artisans destined to wear these
honors and to see them multiplied in the increasing respect
and consideration of mankind Even now in England-as
every paper that comes the Atlantic informs uscrowds
are following American agricultural machines in their work
upon the harvest fields, with admiration that involunay
rises into exulng tribute the genius of our mechanics
which the proudes in the land proud to pay An Amer
can workman has sent the little specimen Of
naval architecture which almost to have ghed the
isle Of Britain from her proprey." One might almost
deem that yacht America had wested the scepe from
the Queen Of the Seas and moored the ancient ruler Of the
waves forever to the rock upon her shore Every English
man joins in generous acknowledgmenand not indeed
without come show Of honest joy the skill that can
overmach himse-of this triumph Of our counys genius
Our mechanics had, time before, them the New
York steamers to teach them the first lesson the Amerca
perhaps has not taught them the last But all this there
is something than the contest the victory and the ex
utaon there is great fact lying upon the surface Of all we
seehe exataon of mechanical art in the opinion Of the
wise and the great and by force Of their example and teaching
also in the opinion Of the whole Of mankind That
old proscrptve world which for centuries has turned its
back upon the mechanic finds something in him for adj
miration and psrceves the truth that all material
Of IS
ect and each kind in s degree paraking of the dignity
herent in intellectual products
The time is at hand if it has already come when tho
full perception and development Of this truth will impress
society with form ofecononic poty Mechanical pur-
suits will receive impulse that will drive them the
ascendant in the distribution Of personal vocaons they will
batter down and obterae the old prejudice which has hitherto
fostered the pride Of professional preeminence. Men will
find motive to make fewer lawyers and doctors out Of their
children ard mechanics ID that time already
here in America Why should every we'll wshe of his
couny-nay every l-wisher Of his chd-desre that
should Gomez We want the emen who build up nation,
who convert the secret forces Of into the living
working forces OF mechanism and With these subdue
want ignorance and vice. The trumphs of the bar and
the medical theatre have many votaries proes-
sons-easy emouments from them have more; but
know umphs Of genius gathered in these fields that may
claim ascendency in dignity usefulness the tumphs
achieved in mechanical art indeed, equal them.
The highest sores Of jurisprudence and physc snk my
appreciation, before the goes Of the steamboat the cotton
mill, tho telegraph When look upon this vast enginery
this infinite complication of wheels this exquisitely delicate
adjustment parts and this sure steady and invaabe re-
suit shown In the operation Of the perfect machine when
contemplate the tools and implements BY which it is made
the abstruse mathematics that have been employed in hem
and the extraordinary of the intellectual power that
has invented and conved hem am lost In admiration Of
the genius that the WHOLE and almost hopeless
the effort to comprehend, much less imitate My convc-
ton is, that for hundred who capable of making
respectable figure in professional e you will nd
than one who able to comprehend and apply the intricate
science and practical detail belonging the highest branches
of architecture and enginery.
Whilst society recognises these opinions and is adopting
them, and conforming susases them, corresponding duty
presses upon the mechanical portion ofhe community They
have destiny before them and ito FIRST demard cu
tivaon. II says them, throw your whole mind into your
improve BY study, penetrate the philosophy of
your craft apd make yourselves learned in the principles that
lie at the bottom Of all crafts Set up your schools Of
tual science. multiply your Institutes furnish yourselves
with all the apparatus and Of instruction, and then 60
work. all spare hours your minds with the know
ledge that will only render you expert and workmen
but will dignity and elevate your calling and place in the
respect Of mankind where God FIRST placed when he said
/" In the Of thy brow shalt thou thy bread"
TELEGRAPH REPORTS, &c.
BosToN, OcTopER 80.
Col Joax MouxTroRD of the U. 8, Army died sudden
ly at the Winthrop house this morning.