Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-04-15
VIEWS OF THE UNITED STATES

we nave many proofs Of the attention pa;d N
our history IN Europe. The progress of our set !.
t'sHiene cannot escape Particular notice rb..
increase Oh our domestic institutions for nj, ,he
purposes OF lie, and their success. ia s,I;a,.
OF asI praise The energy of our civil e.tab.
,. .n, ~ hot forgotten, and it is observed
with great regard in all its influence upon 90.
military and naval affairs The conv;ct;on :.
no" 'uii, mat we command the resources of !.
great ana WISE nation. We observe in tbe NJ,
moirs OF the Academy of Marseilles. 4 View 6
the present state of the sciences, nbyo,coi =,
Natural, in The United States. Tiis no,;oa ~
from the pen of DR. Valeniin, of that -FOUR hne,
ana ancient commercial city, and was COMM
,,,oa ..,s IN iouo' This gentleman has uncem !.
iioniy interested himself in our prosperitu ami
assisted very much the knowledge Of our o,,,,n ~
iTy IN France He introduces his notice vsr',
justly oy quotation from the Duke In Eoch.
Iaucauit Liancour, who made /. q to,r ,s =. :
United States in 1877, which has since hsso
published. The Duke observes: "Tbs IT,,
o,s.es are perhaps that part of the world n
winch 1t Is most ecessary "a travel in ordar 80
hno~ ~ 1t is country in which every th;nr
~ IN growth, and What Is true of its norui.; 20
THIS day, of its establishments, of its carn,,,J
tles' and OF its commerce, will not he. So CIV
lnoh'hs rom the present time, nor will that ac
count De true six months Afterwards II 10 t;L.
young man just entering the years of oub,rt,.
whose form cannot represent what IL will he T.
tue year to come. The representation which =
traveller may make at present, and for vear.
ne:eaiter, with the utmost care, will be ONLY
poA''s OF recoiection. and means of comparison
TOT future years, and in this way tbev Mill
very probably be useful" DR.. Valentin ant;
cPstes what the Duke has so Justly reported.
iie notlces The societies already begus even nm.
on the Natchez. He report our ravipat;on J,
rresoy extended into all parts Of the globe. and
Tue attention OF President Jefferson in eYnor;no,
the most distant regions which were in The fer.
ritory oil the United States. And observes that
the news OF success had already reached r.
- acknowledges tnas the enquiries had
removed many errors Many such have been
found IN Kobertson, Raynal, some in Buffor. in
the Letters OF the American Farmer and MANY
IN lie Ps~'s Philosophical Researches ~
then refers to list Of travellers who have v;s;,
ed Our states, and with Frencbman. the mo mes
oil me Duke above mentioned, and OF yoInsv-
would have high value. Thc fine arts he
views as III infancy. The mechanic arts he con
siosrS as 81 great progress, and nayaI arcb,tec-
ture as rapid in an extraordinary degree. and =,
already engaged in the service Of other nations.
10 Dr MIllers retrospect of the eipbteen,h
cehtuTy ne refers for a review more minute than
ms own, and entitled 10 regard from ;ts merit
In ilineralogy, he refers to the gold in North
Carolina, the sulphur of the Atlantic s,stes
ana tue lead OF Louisiana, and the saltspetre Of
InS western mountains. 4 he abundance OF salt
could not escape his recolIectioh. After an
enumeration OF the principal articles, he not ices
me extraordinary bones discovered, and the
real TO extend the knowledge OF the country
ne informs OF the purpose to complete what
had already been begun, a collection of plants
upon the Missouri, and Of the important sour.
ces Of the great rivers OF North America. in the
same mountains, in the same neighborhood, as
supporting the best expectations of poster;tv
10 DE-. Mitchell, who had been Just introduced
INTO The Academyof Marseilles as A member.
"e eo'l'esses hs obligation Tor valuable infor.
nation respecting Upper Louisiana. Crom a
frenchmah named so5Isrd, from whom ne has
concise view Of the Fur trade, which involved
some notice OF the indians of our territory, In
our Medical history lie notices five celebrated
schools, those at Piiladelphia. New. Yofk. cam.
bridge, Hanover, and Lexington, Kentucky. with
proper reepect TO DIR Barton for bis Botsn;.
ions and communications 10 adapted 10 inforr,