The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-09-03
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Triumphs Of American Skill.

The hostility Of the British Governmert % the
deyclopment Of domestic manufactures in the
American Colonies. while they were vet British
DR. Iviuces. was manifested enphaticdlly enough
In the declared intention that : not So much Us l.
wro lght nail should he made in America" The
world has moved since then. notwithstanding
all the wealth and pIwer of the seli-claimed mis-
tre-s Of nations, the once feeble and dependent
CJ!onies have become u mighty nation and the
Industry 30 cuntemned at the start Is 49, potent
now that Britain takes Lessons from its %triumphs.
Colts revolving five arms have long been an
adj pied and much prized addition To Engllsn
and Russian army weapons. And without stop
ping at intermediate points 70 go from the less To
the greater, the American MerTImac and Monitor
in one DAVIS Combat destroyed the value practIc-
ally Of the product OF fifty years OF European
naval art. By the time the plOdding British
EIind shall have embraced the latest American
imtrovemenrs in weapons Of war. we will prnb-
ably have new and equally stunning advance
ahead Of chem.
But. arc. riding to the ofr-quoted sentiment of
tho great Engli-h poet, (whOm We have not yet
had time 10 emulate.)
Peace hath her victories.
No les rerosn-d than war;
And while the American nation has been signal
ling it, genius IN the military line. it has still
devoted u liberal share of attention 70 the arts of
pace, keeping up its reFutIti"n won at the
Great L ,ndon Far Of IS62. We have L proof
of this in the following Quotations from an arti-
Gle in the London Daily Netcs of the Goth Of
September. The writer IL describing the closing
events Of the international Exhibition. now
drawing tn q close in London, and Is speaking of
the sale If the articles exhibited, which has been
permitted. before their removal from rhe build
ping. by the Commissioners Says the Ne,vs:
The Americans have been exceedingly sue
ces-ful. STEINwAY, Of New York. has sold his
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES piar0s to a West-end house,
and the latter has resell! them already ut a great
advance. OF the merits the purchasers must be
the judges; but II the brilliaucy Of tome. the
crowds who stop daily t0 listen To the perform
ances ON these INSTRUMENTS bear ample testimony.
The cow mixer has created quite q furure in
tire huculic mind, and, under the energetic man
agement of MI. SEAvY. has been Il grand COM
niercial success. An immense number OF orders
have been received, and the specimen exhibited
in the American department. is daily surrounded
by crowds Of country people. Another novelty
has just been added. which affords an amusing
proof of the wide field over which Jonathan
exercises his ingenuity. Ii il Il swing of peculiar
constructions. in which the sitter. when nnce set
going. car keep the motion up So long as he or
she has strength lett To pull the long bands which
stretch from the top Still more important hut
quite ~ ingenious, is the American cottOn-gin
shOwn il the Western annex. and which takes in
the pods at one end and delivers the cotton in
fixes ready for biling at the other. It's inven-
tors allege that IL completely removes the lint
and dust. and is capable of being used in the
open field with the same facility and efficiency US
In the gin-hOuse." &c.
Thus the people of America. that were to be
kept by England 50 rude in art, and so awkward
u not IL know hpw even TO manufacture q horse
shoe nail, have gone into the English metropolis
and established their TRUMP his over the skill not
OF England, but OF all cUm betting nations. At
one sweep the0irrepressIhle Ameri,a takes in
every rank of English suciety, and caters to his
wants 30 that tine mi < maid sings his praises in
her humble seeming aud morning avocitiOn,
while the highest lady of the realm i sulaced in
her sirstas hv the music bis genius has made
possible Nor To what are called the nOn-essen-
tails only does the American inventor cnnfine his
talent. lie sees the wide world languishing for cot
tDn-which there are few hands now To pick and
gin-aftrr the manner Of former days. What does
he do then. but present to civilization u machine
which almost renders aggregated Labor u nullity
in the Preparation of the staple. In India and
In Africa the cotton tree il indigenous ard ever
barring, aud EDurs it, wasting fbres on the frOlic
wind There are no fingers To- pick and preserve
the snowy fleece. The Yankee machine meets
the emergency. goes into the fields, Graves only
the Natural bDlls for ms food, and from his
bowels gives out the flakes in more pr1lusion
than all the mills of Manchester can spin
There Is en(ranchiSeInen in this American peo-
PIE after ali. Only give them Il chance. and if
1t IL not given they will take it, and they will yet
hber0te the old world, as the new.