New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-01

sor,, Il w tBcogN TAT the time necessaV 'f
co,l;,s tie uMster woald be 40 great ~ to ds'ea'
he, practical useFulcese. Bat BY the machinery
.mn,o, ID for this purpo.e 5000 tans csn be s.keo
in in twenty four hours. very feS da''' 'n'''
fore. would suffice to furnish the l2.UO so''e-
power hicA it pcsse with food for the G'P o'a
WAYS. The other, s. 10 passengers and mer 'o'o'
disc nav a!so be dispatched; though it can
hardly he done unless theee giants should GrVe
all their lesser rivals from the sea All gren
changes in the methods of doing the worlds odsl.
ness are open to objections and to complaints anu
they ara justified By their success or made ridicu
lon. by their failure. And go it must be with shis
one. But. if successful, the conceotrsnon Oh
steam power in few vessels would double tue car
wing power aid Lalve the carrying time OF mat
slsye of the lamp. Many interests would Do d.
feeted injarcuLy By such an Innovation on the OH
established WAY Of GoiDg business Bu'such has oeen
the immediate effect of every Improvement IN 'he
machinery Of manufactures and OF transportation
This experiment hiss been attempted st great ei'
n. nee ard in the face Of much ridicue, aud cer'
t,inly At area. risk of the FINAL result. And We
uu.t soy, as wss said OF Lsfayettes experimental
trip 10 tn, country: "Wbatever may be thought
Of the prudence of its projectors, We cannot re-
Z" fu.e to admire their spirit
Going TO sea is q different affair, to be sure, now
from what it was huudGed years ago, when Dr.
franklin drew up bis advice 10 persons unoe rtiklns
a,a.yospe. TIE Crest Eastern, with iss ice
house containing a hundred tuns oil ice, ana US
vince liar absorbing whole cargoes OF the sunny
luce. add its IrOciglous harder, and lis army OF
co.k. and sculons would laugh with her whole
I2.CtO horsepower to heal Of what tue prudent
Doctor advised his Clients to take along win the'
Water they must be sure to carry, and 10 bottles
that Of the .Lip being sure TO be bad. "iou
ought. also, to carry with yod, he goes on
GOOD tea, erouLd CT flee, chocolate, "iue OF tn"
sort which sou like best, cider, died rais;ns'
almonds, sugar, caPlllsirs' (~hateyer that may
be il was what DR.. Johnson used to put 1910
b. port wine). "citrons, run, eggs dipped IN OIL
"pt rtsble soup. ard bread twice baked Somo
Of these articles such as the wine ono likes oest'
the cider, the csPillaite, and tue rum, IT VIII Dc
more necessary for those dependent upon sucn
creature comforts to carry with them to the enpo-
rum of tie Maine Law State, when they 60 10
visit tie ship that has come IN from ses'
Than 10 provide when they go in her The hrst
niece of advice, however, which the s'ge
propcunds is quite ~ much to the purpose no" a.
then. He particularly exhorts al persons conte n
plating a voyage, to keep their intentions pro-
found secret until tue latest possible moment His
only reason is to escspe the mportanate visits Of
friends He does not mention the more modern
instances Of modes. requests to take charge OF
parcels of all kinds, from yoang ladies to portio-
Ios Of prints or to smuegls goods for particular
friends, from Cashmere shawls to cigars. That
backward age had not got within sight of these TO
fnement. of later civilization. Nor yet that OF
asking frierd to spend his or her time in Pans 10
doing your shopping, with the additional privilege
Of advancing tie money for the same. The worthy
Doctor, however, would have r,joiced to see the
Improvements in the facility of going from one part
Of tbe earths surface to another, and would DO tne
fl.t to ow n that be was not up to the Nineteenth
century. however much be may have been ahead OF
the Eighteenth As, for instance. when he SAID
that twenty FIVE newspapers would SATISFY the Dc
maid Of the country for mspy years. Busas to tue
Great Ea.tern, there can be doubt OF the recep-
ton she will receive here on her arrival and We
think il will be admitted, shonld the experiment
succeed, that Mr. Brunei has accomplished greater
engineering feat in thus bridging the ocean than
bis father, in tunneng the Thames.