New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-30


very compact and simple fashion. whereof be-
Heye be is the inventor, arrived here not macy
DAYS since and has just finished putting mp three
of bis engines OF various sizes In AUne1e and be
informs me that lie has already French orders for
more engines than he can make in months 30
Yankee machine (frOm Boston, beliege,) for cut
ting Boiler Plate, whereof a Dir. Richmond is
the exhibitor If not the inventor, is widely
spoken Of as Of great utility, and likely to
make the fortune Of the pstentee. Thus all
the Yankee Sewing Machines (and believe
none but Yankee has ever yet iAVented
q Sewing Machine that satisfied even MN
self, are here busily at work under the auspices
no doubt, Of men who are not prompted soiciy oy
patriotism And herein is the answer 10 those VINO
peeyisbly say. 81 wish the States had sent nothing
"bere since they appear so miserably. why
gentlemen the States hare sent nothing except
Conmissioners), but certain individual Yankees
have seen ct 70 exhibit here, and some Of these will
make good thing Of it, while the rest will pocket
their loss and seek no sympathy. / think many
more Americans might have exhibited their inven-
tions OF their products here without loss, some
Of them with profit, and l with all these had
done so. If the Federal or State authorities had
seen fit to spend a few thousands judiciously, as
Canada has done, our country would have gained
at least in European reputation b. it; but whether
that is worth whatit would have COSTS question
which each will decide for himself
Mr.. Elliott of South Carolina who believe is
Commissioner from that state and also from GeOr
sa) Informs me that Algeria has sent here sam
pies Of Sea Island Cotton equal to any in the
world 1t has been supposed that this long staple
would grow nowhere else than on our southern
coast and vigorous attempts to naturaize il in IN
dia have proved failures yet it grows luXuriaDtly
on certain slopes of Mount Atlas, where the exist
ence of salt springs is supposed to favor it's per
ftctiOn-tbe underlying mountain being composed
in good part Of salt Algeria seems to be steadily
Increasing in commercial importance, and the
French determined TO prove therein their ability
to cOlonize AZ well as conquer. They could not
easily have chosen region more IN need OF induE-
trial social aud political renovation.
II have spoken as if no Americans become
contributors under any other impulse than the
hope Of pecunary profit, l have doubtless done
spiustlce TO some. Tie Manchester y. H. PRINT
Works aud the SOuthbri9ge (Alsss.) Wo ,len MINIS,
have each made ample and creGitaole displays oil
their fabrics which compare iavorably Ia price as
well ar quality with the rival products OF this or
an, other country. AS they could not have hoped
10 open markets on this side ot the Atlantic,
deem Them fairly entitled at least 70 this acknOwi
edpment SO ". Nsttemare exhibits IN De-
half OF our country, set OF the United states
standard Weights and Measures-the former
40 accurate that a hair placed in either scale
will suffice 10 overcome the equilibrium other
wise cNisting-sfo AudubOns Natural History,
and MANY Of the most valuable BOOKS, maps,
epprayibps &c, presented To him during the
course OF Lis long abors in behalf OF lnternatlonal
Exchanges. ] believe most OF these nave been
made over by him {, one OF the great Libraries OF
Paris; but as they are now borrowed for the TX
bibtion by NJ V, brought hitner and suitably dis
PLAYED at bis expense, (by no means trifllng) am
Glad to bear this testimony to his zeal and lib
eralty.
France. or rather Paris, is prominent in all the
arts which minister to luxury and sensual delight
1 need not speak Of all that pertains to costume,
wherein this is VIGOROUSLY the worlds metropolis,
the Vanity Fair of ChristendOm but the display In
tbe Palace of Gems, Jewelry, Gold aud Silver
Ware. Bronzes, Tapestry, Porcelain Cut Glass,
Stained Windows Paper Hangngs, &c, is beyond
trans atlantic conception. The BRAN reels ana the
eve is dimInod by the sheer fatigue ana 6ewlder-
ment induced by wandering and gazing ior hours
fro,n case to case, from court to court, oil such
da1zIno objects as Aladdin never dreamed OF.
MANY ,f these are marvellous in elegance and beau
~ but do not know that they suggest any thing
(to mel that would interest or proht the distant
reader. turn from these, ,Sc,s.~.e, ~ oy..-..--
grLcTciH hiS Exhibition cUhceS Progress "a the HSGm
Arts since that Of 1851, lin LOndon) which II rec
Oqizes as its legitimate predecessor.
The first thought presented in connection with
this subject. is that OF the immense majority OF
sfnguiuc homes raised by the progress of invention
Not one in hundred of those who in our day have
confidently believed that they had achieved fame
and fortune bv so,re great discovery IN science
some happy combination in mechanics, have had
their expectations justified by the event. Not TO
mention the contTiyers of Perpetual Motion, or
such Qenuses as Water-gas Payne, just consider
the golden prospects which have dazzled the eyes
Of so many inventors of Electric Motors, Aerial
Navieato g. Steam Wagons, (for common roads)
Ac-all destined to untimely blight, or at the
least TO heart-withering postpOnement. In 1901,
fls,.ssep'a Flax OttOn was the bright, partlcu-
lar star of the London ExhibtiOn-the focus OF
an interest A. General as aud far more rational
than that excited Nv the Qseens great ugly dla-
mond-but where is risX-Cotton now 80 win
a thousand other inventiOns-so prominently
with all devices for rendering Electricity practl-
cable, profitable MotOr-s0 with The many con
triysnces which promised 80 much for rendering
Gas an economical and universal iuel Here the
mention of Gas naturally suggests the FIRE Ami
biAtors1 of all these and many like them, 1t is
at least safe to say that they have not yet sensiby
Moderated the condition of mankind nor made the
fortunes of their projectors.
have looked through the Exhibition to see
whether the art of PHOTOGR Apply, as they now call
IL has made great advances since 1851, and my
concluson is not latterng 10 the side of Progress
In fact though quite understand that some OF the
materials have been changed while the process has
corrcspnndidely been modified, am not yet recon
ciled to the change Of name which ignores the man
who WAS unquestionably the inventor COR II you
please. oiscOyerer) of Sun-paintiDg mat improve
ments should be made by others on his primitive
nrocesses was inevitable; but these do not ln'ah-
date his claim TO be enduringly honored as an emil
uent beuefactor of his race; aud for one mean al