Smyrna times., 1855-12-05


Of railways, which We subjoin. 1t will, no
doubt, tend to edifcation
Origin and Progress of Railways. The
Ancients and MOderns.
MI Wendell Phillips, one of The itinerant
lecturers, recently employed by the Mercantile
Library Association, Of Cincinnati, to enliohten
the public, Is reported, by the reporter of the
Cincinnati Gazette, to have suid that the a1-
cleHtS had steam and raiitoGyS! We assume
the report TO be correct; for we have recently
iound the gentlemen of the press to be more
correct, than some of those whose speeches
they report, are in their statements If MIR
wendell Philips did say that, he is either the
most learned or the most ignorant man of the
day. II true, he is the only man got the news
II NOT rue, he has made the statement in the
face OF all the learned men of the times
Has MIR. Phillips any information not POSSESS.
ed by other educated men, in regard to what
the ancents did know! AS all the discoveries
made IN Egypt, Assyria, Baby loniu, and EIom.
nave been recorded by the discovcrers them
selves and published TO the world, they are ac
cesslbie to all learned inquirers, aud there is no
information OF the sort exclusively possessed
by Mr.. Phillips.
W nat then, is the result of al modern dis
ceverleS Why, that the ancients had no such
things as Mr.. Il. 0itrtbUfeS to them. Irt ms
'eier i"F one moment 10 the authorities De
GOguet, President ot the Parliament of pa
! ris, published most learned work nm tb
origin ol i'lws, Ants, and Sccuces He irares
the knowledge and aris of the anc;rnts down
10 near the Christian Era, and no spch ,biuu.
us steam Machines, Locomotives or RailvaSs
are even hlntcd at The uncien,s were in .s
absolute darkness on the subjects of Steam Ma
ch!hefy' as they were on the nature and reve-
latlons OF the true God. AbOut I9OO Nanoloor
III hiS expedition to Egypt took with him the
most learned savans of France, that thew miobt
explore and record the monuments. arts and
wonders OF Egypt. They made IA most nccn-
rate survey, and there was not the l.as, ,y;-
dence OF anything like steam machinery
since That the ruins Of Hercuaneum and Pom
Pe!l' Two Roman towns, buried in lava, in the
"el9h' oI roman civilization, have been cyca-
|"'eu' ana hothn5 Of The sort found. Since
lleI, We nave had the interesting researches
OF Champlilon, ROssiilin Layard. and olL4rs
laying open all the social life of Envrt and
AsSyra' and where is the euidence ofany steam
machinery Absolutely no where not the
least scintillation of its existence
The truth Is, there is no learned man WHO
ms the least evidence of any such knswledoc
among the anclenis, although he NAV be viii.
ing 10 guess at 1t III the trrVUr OF his antjoua.
rlan zeal.
Mr. +. commenced his lecture, by affirmipp
Seg-cOnce to be one of the most marked cha.
ractcrlstlcS OF the moderns, aud verify if the
men who are now spoutng before the public as
philosophers sdvans, and scholars, be taken as
examples, the proposition will be confirmed
But IN spite OF that, We believe the mod,.rp>
10 have done somethng to improve mankind
that We have some men of real learning prG
science, and that We have some new nrts' nn.I
valuable and useful to society.
The Steam Locomotive or Railways is on,.
OF these. Like many other great inprovo |
tnehts' 1t mas been slow in reaching great util. |
". Steam may be said to be kAown bv the
Whole world IN one sense; for the EVAPORATION
OF boiling wafer IN Il pot, is nothing more nor
less than the simplest form OF steam boiler
nut It's whole power is in the app!icati07-
ne simple steam engine was used. As far as
we know, first by Captain Swassy in the Coal
wines OF England, more than two centuries
ago. About the same lime, lpOOden r0;IS var.
laId 10 the New Castle Mines, as conyenienccs
ior sliding coal along. But the two machines
were Not connected. Iron rails were used in
lnS, about 80 years since.
Inc grand step in steum lnco,nolion wa
made In the invention Of The Loc0u0tiyr .wbicb
was cOntrIved. we be.ieve, by the great Enollsb
X. d. Stevenson. THIS was made in
1874 Now, to illustrate The rapid advance in
The rate OF speed, we give the following exam. ,
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