New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-08

sophie tendencies, Who are SEEKING for such 10
depreciation Of revelation as .h.ll not derogate
from iIe Deity revealed in creation AMI the sout
-thtse seImobs-the hfe-studies Of u man of de-
v.uI spiri:. of rare gifts OF intellect and rioest
scboiar.biP-.iilb be sur- ~ -ad themselves,
as significant and eOpnssc expression Of =
genuine rel gou, spirit
CUrwICAL ATLAS. O.. ruE CrrN7s-sY ~ Fs~ili,s
CFt,r, BY EDw ,sD lorNANs ~ Up lv -
r.,f,u Co
" Yoln.sr- = Tot q r,e-e - tine tesche- { hs
f.vor,,e rc;cuce b., has biz uaon novel sui eff :ve
yer cs t,7 TIC illus'rai Of IL priucipes In o..
v1itlcs - vel A. ~ lectures. he i dis..g l,i-d
f,r the coupr-iep.i,e oid.r of be ,t.iemeu's h
syuueircel arrangement Of scientific facts, aoi &c,
hsptv m.urer in wnicn he addresses re ia;elec'
it.,vsh the meo.um Of ocular ccuo1s.raion' H.
ls last r.sp.ot, be method Is both or M sli s'o
etih, rcerious The Cbem col Chas; whicn he
published 'es years since as an EXAMPLE Of az
ncce c; Illustration ob'a,cd remark sole u ce's /
hecfuo favOrlte with practical teuchers. a1i gln
the highest coumendaiion from the mot eminent
sceI &c sOlhorti.s. In this chart. The DIFF reu
stons ere r,pr,.enred by colored diasrams wailc
the Iapognc exhibit tie number OF she atoms which
conSose hon. each atom retaoIug - speciic color
The Ala" now issued carries oui moe comp eie'y
lie p'ao Of The Char, Il Is extended % greater
var.iy ~ objects treats them in more systematic
folr and j. arranged in portable shape aispte! %
TIE couyopirCe Of classes The science o chems-
i1y ihus It Nere, made visible 10 tn eve of me
smt,it. BY tbs n.ean', an al IL afforded both %
the undermining and tlo memory, which can g iree-
is Be- ov,rrsied. The colored Illustrations in this
volume sIe Gccoml sniod by copious explanatory
,s.ays embracing the lau-t discoyere. AMI theories
Of ~ s,ituce aud written in a style OF uncommon
vieor.
A. or example Of the manner in which Mr. Younm'
combines gene raj views With rheiusraii,n n details,
We copy a portion OF hs remarks on ths connexon
between plant. Al mals, AMI the air:
lie common impression % he unn, ru'ted. who
.ce tie lid ,lau; ,puneiug up from the solid H.
is l,t ae plant formed entirely out of the SOIL and
hos 10 more o. O wih the air than that hsppens -
l.. surrounded by l. Net wc ui-ht inf from tNc
v.ry structure of plants that their tner'oq rim Pie
or l. IN son why OF the int importance They 1r"
f,iu ed upon piun WI ia bri - them i4to col'ac;
with IL largest amouat of air Rising upward 'o
greater lesser hight The stems or trunks divide Lo
lrLEohts, "hich are ag-u DIVIDED 100 i"~s"r
irsl Dies gnd those lLfo Wnuer nOers o'tNits, Wh
eNrsud ont into nnumerah ha'tened plates orleays.
immense surface Is tDus secured. The branche- AMI
f,t,talk- If lie aYts being yerv elssflc aud egsy
tent sway and rou bic i'm very breeze, BY winch
f.h ar j. continually supplied. AMI rs surface con
tact with he leaf is greatly multiplied No". All tns
vorc,riri conryalco an adaptation cannot, be With
ont some important purpose.
We Crcover tbs purpose at once, when We COM
pare What she mir Is nade II " m VIVA. me pIn' =
made Of TIE plant ana tie ar IN "ncn u grows ffe
,untt sd almost entirely # the same subsi m PCS
El,u ertali., tLey art almost Identical From one 81
five per cent Of the plant. it, Inorganic o. mineral
portion. ash comes from the col the balance the
nan bulk Fl the vege able structure, % 20 800 lbs IA
100 al ifs weight ha- the constituents f1e mir.
We Get cen tari proof III this ia the burning which
takes plnce IN fireplace. ard stoves, the consuming
wood a buy H. al, Dissolve, INTO giscs, anl r,ns
ur~4rd i In, actual couye rtrd into air.
- h.u a log of wood j. charred IN n pit II j. rou-
yerfed into a ack mass of carbon Of the same form
and rizr a. The log before charrng. Tbi- carbon,
as hae been before stated l. the soldtyUc element OF
all organized fabrics In the chaTTDg process certain
ca.t- have te expelled iaO the sIr the solid carbon
t.uan ing Now, thar ma.s II charcoal the elet
fod ,ousttu, nj Of the log WA derived by the grow
irg tree from the air II euerod the lenEes N the
slnpe + q ga.-,arbonic acid gas-"hieh u 10 ind
.. here fused IN email quantity through the AIR
About .OCOh the ght OF toe Atmosphere Il cir
bone acid and t22 of caibOulc AID ~ carbon.
IL. cerbonic acid is decempo'ed IN the plant and
furnishes this proportion OF soIll carbon l. i the
office OF the leaves and grt en- parts OF vegetation 10
L, form tbs work 10 effect the chemical -epTrflono 81
rarhon from carbonc acid-that -, 20 deoxidzo the
carbon. Wherever II green plant exists whether II
he those itch man cuityates as sOurces oi TOOL or
lie venerable forest trees or the wild weeds of Tue
vraiiie or The humble grass 10y the w8yslde Or the
hch grow IN the ocean; this IL IL essen
tIal iun,ti0I-ilat 10 Which vege able life consists,
tn ab.or b csibonic acid gas, decompose T. use ihe
csrb.n in foru ing .rgaDic ytget@le compound, ecd
losfore the gen back again iOlhe mir
The plart also decomposes water IN tue same way;
euIloys lis hydrogen IN the mabufaeure Of us
peclla products, and sets free the oxygen INTO the
ar. IL also decOmpOses ammonia and ni'rc a'id To
tIitfog,ue erd suphurc acid 10 get free 81 phur.
1l,s. Il m,nis. carbon hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen,
sulphur ara the erh.compOunds from the SOIL It
uabf- IRE of TO build up It's own fabrc-to grow. IL
Is thus The pTeTOgave of the plant 10 cres'e Or ami
laion, 80 tn d.comp,se AID recompound ths ele.
l. tLt. Of mater thsttley shall acquire tho quality
Of life. All vital -ruc ures in both worlds ~ org AMI
zGion orig mate here IL the iren Leaf. A this point
dsurgsLz alton ana q. 9TH coase, and lie begins.
Ho. wonderful tina. the vegetable world thus
sIrnes into beng from the bosom OF the inyi'6e at
nosI here We can hardly grasp the fact ~ reality,
that The beautiful forms which ornament the Land
scere are really the children Of the ethereal air that
tie fragrant and delicate flower has been really dig
titled r. M the pure end stainless medium when per
yGd. or that he oak which h4s stled With ~nds
and for hun drs0s of years, has, nevertheless
been I,uli-hed aIe developed by the very blast.
witch fhrcaiered it, ana stancs before Us in It's ma
i.,ty rs consisting OF but organized and embodied
gases o. tie ar.
Tic volume IS Brought out in q neat and apprOpri.
1te ely le Of typography, forming worthy costume
for -loable contents.
FUpCE DOlSGs BEING Tony FUpGr's RECORD ~ rHs
SANE ~ IL. NAVEL Zyl., l2uo CLar.e. ,cn5ueE.
Old solomon Fudge is the first member Of the Illus
,riou- Fudge family whose acquaintance We make
il this yeritGbe bograp hicalrecord He no, per-
con to be tDeeTed at. At the time are introduced
to hiu, d stout Of the old scboOl-with crsvat
ar white az bis blanc ned hair-yng in the Fifth
ayaLue-wth country seat At AstOria--an eminent