New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19


"It does move, nevertheless Rightly ssld, U
Calico the world does move blournfuUy true as
il i, that krsyeIy. ard crime, aud bloodshed, and
vice. seem TO increase rather thsn diminisa-that
the streets Of proud and hourishDg Christian csp-
tails are probably as CHASTITY with harlotry' drank
epness and beggary a. those Of old Thebes or
Nneyeh ever were-thoueh the densest ignorance
and the most revolving blasphemy abound, and the
vsgaries Of MormoDism and Free Love" were
not surpassed by the widest delusions Of Antiquity
vet if we look into the domain ofPhysics, of Indus
try. of Material development, the cheering fact Of
constant and benefcent Progress is too plain to be
disputed.
In Manufactures, this progress h" been most
signal. The labor required a century since to
transform hundred tuns of Wool, Cotton, FLAX
and Silk into Fabrics, would probably suffice to
transform FIVE hundred tuns of those staples into
more tasteful aid equally serviceable fabrics at
present. In Cotton, the increased efficiency gwen
to human labor and skill by the achievements OF the
last century have probably rendered one man to-day
as effective as ten we're in 1853. In fact, if We
were suddenly thrown back a century, and doomed
Cylinder Presses, Telegraphs, &C., we should be
tempted to decline the undertaking impracticable
In Agriculture and the Household, the march of
Improvement has been far less rapid and sigma; ;
yet even here it is beginning to be strikingy mani
fested. Not merely cities, but modest villages also
are lighted with Gas, while recent inventions are
extending this convenience to private houses along
with baths furnaces and heating BY steam or
water. The Sewing Machine is silently working
radical revolution in the most important depart
ment, after cooking of female industry. There are
to dsy not less than one hundred subsisng patents
for Sewing Machines in this country, and half
dozen establishments are turning out the machines
at the rate of at least One Thousand per month. A
single concern in this City has now in use over
three hundred of the most costly Of these machines.
We have heard that net less than fifty applications
for patents for Few sewing machines, or improve
ments on old ones, have been made within the last
year. Most of these may prove worthless; but in
the end machines for sewing will be found in every
tolersble dwelling, as the "greatwhee and "little
wheel" were half a century ago. Machines for
mskirg Butter without labor through simple COM
prehsnslon Of ard obedience to natural law, and
for washing and cleansing clothes Of all kinds with
like facility, are among the lAtest that have been
brought to our notice, and in due season will doubt
less solicit the attention Of the public. Whether
these shall succeed or fail, there is no doubt that
We are on the verge of immense improvements in
the application Of human labor to household scr.
vice, whereof the influence On the entire domain
of Ipdustrv can hardly be oyerrated
In Agriculture, the advance already effected
within the present century is very great We est.
mate that each bushel of Indian Corn grown in
these States fifty years ago cost days labor, and
that now each days faithful labor produces an
average of two bushels of Corn. In the fertile and
facile West the product per day is much greater;
but two bushels for the whole country is enough.
In producing Wheat, owing to the deyastasions Of
insects and the exhaustion Of old soils, the pro-
greis has been much less decided; but Hay is made
at half the expense Of last century, while Cotton,
owing mostly to the invention Of the Gin, is pro-
duced with at least FIVE times the facility Of sixty
years siLce.
The most remarkable improvement Of our day
relating to Agriculture, is that effected with regard
to Harvesting especially Grass aAd the smaller
Grains. We recently attended two separate trials
of Moving Machnes-one of them of Massschu.
setts invention, made by Rusgles, Nourse &
Masen; the other the Allen machine made by the
Mesrs. Aliens Of Brooklyn and this City-Rhich
afforded some striking Illustrations Of what is going
forward. We shall not assume TO cay whether one
or both Of these machines are better than Others;
but each seemed very strongly made and did excel.
lent work. The Massachusetts machine did well
when well handled, in very bad grass, but seemed
to require q nicely Of management not demanded
BY its New. York rival, which was seldom choked
and essily cleared. There may be better machines
than either, for aught We know; and, if there be,
the point We make viii be so much the stronger.
For, right across little lane from the Flatbush
meadow in which ion Of Ethiopia was ridiog
quietly around and around several acres of excel.
lent timothy, suttrg four feet or more in width a.
fast - two farm horses could cleverly walk, there
were two good moWsn cuttirg similar, though
lighter, field With y.hes each making lees than
one tenth the headwsy Of the colored gentleman
perched 1t ease on his machine, where he might
have had an umbrella fixed on ore side 20 O. 10
shade him nd . glass Of ice water riding safely in
6 bracket % tho other, hs4 30 been disposed to