New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-02


To- % the delight and comfort Of life hn1 n peains
OF he seful Arts, mus Confne what have - s4y
Upon very large s-i jeCt 70 f.W b-c. moments !
WI speak %. Gl-es. O. Ai4s, aud oi te y chano Ar
hrd here allow ne O. say thu r. y hsve IA dee
thai lot - % Information derived rom a.
mon o. TIE odcn lnes. - th.; HerodJtus iro u nav
M been called DC fatie- ri History came - orr Tim
10 - called Pic ffLer O. Lies. b. these crrciml
upon C'd Writings are rot much -c-aric1
Anc List. an - speak Oi Gs-s-tAll tc4s'rul nste
tli ui-t lr- tr 20 IIlcL - orr dct- and co.li)f
Di1 the incents know O. il Ins arlce o. Of i-seii
enc o. he most razlnC Instance ~ the schooner. OF
winch before spoke Even ~ tue time waen soma
tk'pucs were dIuring upon TIE very guest %. the pei
sits oT'ke INTO hou-e among the ruins % PIm7c-
which vs. fl'e1 win T. Instead o. not known o.
Aid-f tc hnc.er' ECCw more tan We I'D about j.. Ia
me tu Iltc they unitrf0od tho process oil -rans-s
mc 'ht color 'hrol- IA the -lars sT GcOr-e Wlsl on
brought nom E-ypi q small piece Of nsss. IN which
tr'e was bcuTe a duck PROJECTED by Al = r /. -
az iAfn covered over s-alr and al this without d.
~ yug It. beauty
Bil p-ss to the inquiry wha-her tcy use glass fr
mcICscc pc. and tele-copes II you i)ok % t1s History
Oh Asucncmy, you All AMI that tlc H11-cw' aoi
fcyptLrs were acquainted win the shape Ol the esrt1
w also reed that the Had put MO nv hell ~
Alexander E0w this could not have been written ia 40
emfl ccmpns without thc al OF spectacle. We
ssc tod that Nero bad mig Of peculiar shlpr and
Ehture that be Looked down into the rug flt The
Coliseum. End could see me players drtn rtr We are
Aefc.ore led 70 before that Nero had op"ra-glass
Colon, niso ere known 70 the Ancents Tnc ypdsl
~ Nl-Lf- TO it-llut anything 10
II ~ Ic-co Al immortal paint has been the qssde
T0''1q Of oil artist One o. your own artist ~ PAGE
painted the feature o. mn whom / proud
10 cal NY iTlcnd, Cent Smith n used. II i sad.
new ana favcTe ruistuTc RIf - back % the pr0tuc
tors Oh Raphael TIE hrs; remark OF the b1nolier
gazing upon tLose Ge-lke pictures l. that thcy were
painted bat yesterday. 60 down into those chambers
Of The tyrsu Nero, and behold those painting w1i
have been there for 100 years: behold them now.
reeh and li,cSe when the tyrant frss looked up,p
them have seen, IN the Museum Of plas. q block
on which is painted the features OF Cleopatra now
ircfh and brilliant when she won the hr-t e pssr
THIS Is immortal painting And vet ", sometime.
think those old folks nothing Laughter Hou-es
among the ruins Of Pompen arc painted with color.
"nch L9'c %'hstood the Tayas-s Of 100 years, aud
ere 10" bright aud perfect
am next 10 speak o. Metals Now metals were the
very hrrt iumph Of early art We have the first re-
maIkabe account in the relation OF Moses-tna he took
the gold OF The golden cali and male the people drink
t. Wcll-we make gold LIQUID by acd- but Won
could not drink that II pound il forever il ia leaf
Ana IL dermany a century ago, II was problem Of
frequent experiment 10 find out the meaning OF that
Hebrew text. Modern science cannot 10 what M),cs
cid. In Rome. ofthenost beautiful structure. are
made q stones hard that they have VII stood the
storms of centuries These stones-there one in front
Of the Place de Ia COnoDrdc-are covered al over with
substance hard and enduring There are figures on
some Of Acm-prObably curved when the ancieuts did
not know the OF iron In the East there's stl this
same wonderful control OF metals. They manufacture
fAires and scimi0rs keen as the Damascus blade SIP
Waltcr Scott beautifully Illustrates the perfect control
which The ancicnts had over metals; and Byron YOU
remember. says
And there lay the steed. with be nostr all wide
But through there rolled not the breath o. ~ pride
Tire ioam OF biz gasping lag white on the turf
And cold a. the spray OF the rOck-beaten SUIT
' And there lay the rider. distorted and pale
With the dew OF his brow and the rust on h.a ms
AID the tent we've al silent. the banners alone.
The lance was unified, the trumpet uublOWu"
Mr. Phillips closed his lecture by some clo1uent re-
marks upon the Mechanic Ans. and argued that the
writing Of HerOdOus Aristotle, Strabo ami Phny
70 TO prove that the ancJcuts were not wholly unac-
qainted with this department OF scencetha they had
r,iroads canals and ssl vesses But these ars were
then kept secret and used toy bac purpOscs-
mote their own selfish ends But when CANDY
ses came down from Egypt, and trod down the
Priesthood ne tTOd out beneath tie hOois Of that
invasion all the and all the civilization OF Egypt ant
tie wealth Of 1900 years swallowed up in a night OF
berbarism. But we have taken learning from the
clients SheIO goes INTO the field with the farmer AMI
explnns to him the nature OF the soil We have made
leaning out from the clOster and clasp hands
on each side with the peope' The Democracy OF Chris
taty has taught the brotherhood OF the and in
flst We have anchored civilization and science TOO.
When GibbOn finished his history OF the Decline and
Fall OF the Roman Empire, In the last vol
umc hc concludes with this reflection that we
have now the uss II fire and roE and the arts
never be lost again He made that reflection he
sitting on one of the Roman hills just It the going down
OF the sun while the bare footed irnrs singing
pers in the Temple Of Jupiter Bur ne would have made
different reflection Thcbes II j. neither 70 fre
to iron or any chemical secret but to the democratic
ecrscnt OF that Christian religion which has bound
together in one great brotherhood oi mutual benefit
that wc are 10 the peunanence OF ai AMI our
civilization Great applause.