The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-07

poIcls an mutual portion of information refpee Cling
difeaies in the Weiiern country, are a.ed in the
knowledge OF the country and its population. An
extract from journal OF l. Mckay, Efq. written in
French,in 1904, and communicable DR.. Mitchell
diicovers the route By which the whites have had
eommercalintercourie with the north welern lndi-
ans. The great carrying place is given on the north
hde OF Lake Superiour, and 60 leagues from its wet
ern extremity, and 500 leagues wen of Montreal
Hence the traders pats in with the articles OF
traffic. The traders PATS By the Rainy lake, the lake
OF the Woods and lake Winnipcek. This lat extend,
from so to So N. L. and from 1914 to los, w. Lon
gtude. On this route, ~ portages, from 90 feet
to league in length. Several rivers fall into Lake
| Winnipeck, the broadelt of which is Aihnipoul. Il
rifles in the Stony mountains and proceeds eaRward
to Wnnipeck From its mouth 200 leagues is the
afcent its fource, and Of it, fouth-weitern
branches i, CstePo, the furthe& poR of the Britih
traders Hence the Bsisi!h traders pals tie Mif-
iour aud Upper Loui!ana. 1t is ixty leagues from,
this pot to the place they Witt on the Miiiour go
! ing iouthward by land communication. The wri-
performed this journey in feventeen days. and be-
lieved in fumner he could perform it in ten, from
Catepoi to the Milouri. He fpeaks kindly ofh, re-
cePtion with the natives the Milouri, and of the
! advantages which might be derived from the COM
merce. Mr.. Evans attended the Miiloari to the
White River, about SO leagues above the Mahas, and
obierves that the country well watered by dreams
|
the MiHour RITES in 10 N. L. aud runs northerly to
Lat. 40 NJ ard then takes an eanerly courfa. He
lays there other cataract in the whole courfe Of
the Miiiouri than at the Stony mountain. The Milf
our unites with tile Niiifippi in IL. 4S, n. L.
| He adds information of the Natives, but re-
marks that the tribes which have imperfect know
ledge OF the whites, (beng yet in Gate of nature)
ara OF good aid plealant character, while toie who
have frequent intercourse with them feem to have
contracted great part of their vices without having
acquired any OF their virtues.
| Notwithstanding. the Iaf year, work
| appeared at Paris in two volumes Octave, IN
der the title of MemoireJ de Cbiwie. This
collection confiits of fome Memoirs that La
voiier had himirlf addrefjed to the Academy
! of Arts and Sciences, of the Memoir, of
| fuch as had adopted mis- new theory of chemif
try. Two very interefting and original com.
| municatons accompany this work. The one is
an hiRorical difquifition by Lavoifier himfelf, in
which he completely proves that this new
| theory of Chemifry, which connitues one of
the grandeft ocras of that fcicnce, is due to
hirntelf. The other is the notice prefxcd to the
work by Madame Lavofer, (now counter.
OF Rumford) and written with all the eloqucnce
OF real feeling. AS the latter communication
is ihort as it gives general account of the
nature of the work itief and as it proves that
there have been other men during the French
| revolution, bclides Cordorcet, who unintim-
idated by the daggers of aRaffins could devote
their lat moments to the competition of
profound and difpaifionate work; we have
deemed it an acceptable prefent, to be laid be-
fore our readers. E. E.
Notice prsGxea TO tie Memories de Chimie By
TIE eomfe5 ofRnmforG.
In the year 1899 M Lavolier had formed the de-
fgn Of making collection of all his memoirs which
had been read at the academy during the twenty
years prcce ding. Thi; would have formed in fome
degree the hiitory of modern chemifry
In order to render rS hftory Woodworking, and
more complete, he had Propofed iner the memoir.
of thoie, who having adopted hi: theory, had pubf-
ed experiments in fuPport of it.
This collection was to have been conpr(ed in about
eight volumes.
All Europe is acquainted with the eaurr which pre-
vented their completion.
The portion that have been recovered are the 6rfi
volume almoit entire, the whole of the feeond and
fome fheets of the fourth.
Several men of fcience expreGed deire Tor their
publication this received with heltaton---it
difficult not to be under approximations when we are
n;ruted with the power publifhing the unlimited
work of 4 man JULY celebrated. When we have
LOFT the objea Of affections and veneraton, we
fhoud employ impartial orticiln, in order TO offer
to the public theie of his works only which may aug
Inent his fame.
We fhould have perifted, and thele fragments
would not have appeared, had they not contained
memoir of M. Lavoiiier (inlerted below page s. in
which he reclaims the modern theory of chemi1ry as
belonging hmr, aud nates the facts in fnpport of
his claim.
1t is coniequently duty towards him to Fix tn. o.
Pinion' of men Of fcience concerning this point.
Their indulgence is reque0ed for the error, that
stay e4 iii foTne other parts of the collection Il will
be granted when they informed that the greaten
part OF the proof fleets revifed in the at days
of the authors life; and that Whit he knew that mis-
ailailins premeditating his death, IA. LavoiEer
calm and intrepid, employed his LAT moment, in
work which he conidered az ufeful to lcience and
gave great example of thai lerenity which vrtu-
Gus aud enlightened man preierve in tbs MIDI of
the mott levere calamties.
&" GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY OF THE
LAW"
n mOre RrihiHg indaAec, tbna TIE fsl1oeoiqg, iy
./eareeb 10 be .t1mna ia The annals ofjuiJbyn-
dence.
SINGULAR ANECDOTE
Of Timothy Byeekaoek, qubo qOaS exeeafe1 af
Cq9leGHr, in ireland, qOifb G. K. Fifxgeraid,
EH.
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