The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-07

and duties Of the city Of New York, Of which w
present to our readers . verbatim report elsewhere
Miss Bacon delivered . lecture on the Hebrew
yesterday morning, at ii O'Clock, &C tho Stuy.
vesant Institute, before select audience. For
report see another column.
The steamship America is now over due ut Hall
fax, with one weeks later news from Europe. The
complicated state Of political affairs in England
causes her advces to be looked for with considerable
anxiety.
The CalOric Ship Ericsson.-rhe New Conn
mercial Enterprise.
We have to day the qualification of chronioling
An event in which the whole world is deeply inter
ssted, whose effect is to subject new element to the
power of man, aud which 10 destined to form new
era in the history Of commerce and navigation and
give an increased impetus to the strides of civx alton
On Wednesdsy last the Ericsson, tho pioneer Of new
system, the first ship constructed on the principle of
propulsion by means of osloric, heated air, made
her trial trip down the bay with tho most complete
success. The important bearings of this enterprise
on all great maritime and commercial interests, and
the universal anxiety felt in the issue of the export
ment, have induced to devote . considerable
space of this mornings HERALD to precise and
circumstantial detail of the trial trip, and to .
minute description of the magnificent ship in which
tho experiment has been tried. The report viii DO
found in another portion Of our olumns, and will,
no doubt, prove extremely interesting and sccepta
Bile to our readers.
The triumphant solution given to the oslorio
problem by this trial trip, s calculated to elate
to the utmost the friends of the enterprise, and
to dispel tho doubts and disbelief Of those who
smiled incredulously ut the very mention of the
word caloric. Few men could DO found sufficiently
daring to hazard the capital necessary for suoh an
undertaking, and Captain Ericsson was for more
than twenty years reluct Antly forced to make his
own brain the sole repository of the theory he had
constructed 1t il matter for pride, however, that
New York destined to give to the world the frat
realization Of the grand project, and that it was enc
Of our own enterprisiog merchants, who furnished
the means necessary to carry it into execution.
In this age Of invention the discovery of mo-
tive power ~ property Of heated air. ranks a. one
Of tho FIRST Amsng the wonders Of which this centu
~ has been 20 fecund. Not only il the establish
ment of the principle in ITSELF one Of the most ~
markabe and curious discoveries Of modern SCIENCE
bat it, practical application to the purpose Of loco
motion Is pregnant with the most beneficial effects
to mankind. The supplanting Of steam by csloric
which will in time follow the introduction Of the
new principle has numerous and incalculsble slvan
tages Chief among these il the immense saving
in fuel which viii attend the adoption Of the new
systsn. Iphis aea1'shtp Of the same sise of the
Ericsson scotsld commune on an Average sirty to
sevety Of cuut IN tN ce~,y Tow hours, the lat
ter soeud X fully supplied during the same time by
str tens, thus sffectiDg saving in this article Of
nine tenths, % that Q voyage round the world
can be naAe without stopping ct any intermediate
place for fuel. The space now required for slowing
coal can then be appropriated to carrying freight;
asd not the least item in its favor, the disastrous
accidents to which steamers are now liable, can
not by possibility occur with cAloric ships Be-
hides these advantages, the maehinery Of . ship
built on the plan of the Ericsson will be of COM
paratively small cost, and will not require half
the number of fremen and engineers; and so
simple and easily managed il the machinery,
that We learn that Captain Ericsson considers it
unnecessary to accompany the vessel on her Arst
voyage 10 London, but will eondde her to . oonps-
tent engineer, he himself remaining In New York
to engage in building other engines for the owners
Of the new ship. This Is the strongest proof that
could be afforded Of the complete, and We doubt not
well placed, confidence which he has In his invention
We wonder what sncs Caloric has become . real
entity, win - the thought Of those old fsgiss who
ssoEsd and ridisulsd the idsA Of employing II ~
motive power, and whs Are always - prone 70 ~
dress human intelligence % the ancient Saxon king
did the waves Of the ssa, Thas FIR mAyess then -,
and No further" Vain and ridiculous - wAs the
Injunction Of Canuts 70 the deaf ses, il the spirit
Esgrss in knowledge The idea Of using steam -
spropellisg power was, ~ We know, dsrisd BY the
wise men Of the day, just ~ the theory Of upplant
ing by caloric has been BY the sages Of tho pre-
sent And yet the former has, within geserssion,
rsvslutisnissd society and the latter has BEEN, BY
the succe ssfu experiment Of yesterday, estasshsd
- real, practical, and mighty fact.
IL the first half Of the ninstesnth century has
been distin gnshsd beyond all ages In the eer
nifty Of the past, for those triumphs of human
knowlsdgs-the telegraph and the steam engine
and for having subjected the elements Of sssa n and
electricity TO the control Of man, and nads them
subservient to his comfort and hsppinsss-so the be-
ginning Of the second half will DO no less remark
able in having made available to the sane ends
another element, In which . motive power vas
hitherto snknowu 10 exist The Asms Of Eriesson--
the inventor and spper Of this novel system Of loco
motion-deserves to be classd among tsese Of the
great bsnefactsrs Of their race; end Is psrhsp. ass
tined to occupy a. high . niche in the temple Of
fame as Watt, Fultoo, or Fitch. And this great
commercial metropolis Of the New World viii enjoy
the snviabie honor Of having hrss given form and
susst auce to the idea of the inventor It s impo.
sbe to estimste its effects existing interests
time alone can solve tho problem.
THs THEArRIchL AND oPEnArro MANA All
brilliant audience, ~ usual ut Burton's, 70 hear
Burton and Placide Mt he Broadway, TO hear the
peerless Alboni; at Nibos, to see Maseppa and che
chsning ROusssts; and At wsllsek's, TO see Speed
the Plough admirably performed Indeed, every
place ~ amusement was filed Twenty thousand
dollars, more or less we're paid q. the theatres alone