Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-10

I They finally confess that ''iie sho,vs 70 vart Of
talents; but IS young man Whose errois are
those OF bad taste, and vine might have excel
| led, had he not listened 10 friends and Irohs'
rheN hope il is nc" TOO late 10 tcfGTGi and
candidly advise him 10 set about il, Is soon Us
possible
Sd. A very singular article is Review Of
! " Algebra. with Arithmetic AID Mensmratiou,
| from the SaDscril Of brasiinegur;a and Bias
| ezra. Translated by IL. T. Co,eLrocke, &c"
| BnascaTa wrote about tie liS0th year OF the
Christian era. The age OF Irailneg upia is
| considerably more remote" This publiCdtou
emb, aces ious different treatises in Sanscrit
| Verse, on the Arithmetic, Algebra and CCoine.
Try. OF liindostan. This singular tact appears
| from IL, iiat IN! hundred years ago The niu-
doJS h a. solved eel tam difficult problems which
| for long time after had Datfled the European
| mat ei.iaticiaiis; aud that tie solution of
very dInlcnit problem given b. an Ind an
Algebraist, more than i.0O Yeas go is such
eau vie viii those oil twU oil the MA clans
tn mos distiGe ashed for scnius and invention
whiIi, Europe can boast OF eVer having seen al
| Ia, rrG OF the 18th century" The Attachments
| OF the ~ Client HiDdoos ia ni aiheniatics are
sAown te be equally wonderiul-But what is
equally surprising, is, that ECO years lave
\ ded no S.-nai Improvement 10 Algebra in
| lncia. The doubt tAeu arises, we're these old
discoveries their Ow., Or from what dCiCHt
source did they derive them
We canUOI Close this subject without nc.
knowle deiUs cur Obligations 10 the J.. itt.l lev
| by accommodating ittoeeyIN nam, who shes 10
trace the nl',i eli O' the buann niI,d III 1uiOpe.
aus see what the aye is ahout.-No n.aa ous III
| TO consider has ub,ary a. complete. vilhnut
having copy Off GA Ia, shetland obtaining
| the failure Nos. a. they come ou;.
THE BOdBD or PUBLIC WORKS.
! TO TIL EDITOR az TItE EAQuIAfG.
SIR-It a jusICOiice tioH i v4stcgtau.C;i Of
the objects OF tie NirS.ssa IL iatUrC AN their
| liberal establishment of = A i;Haid Oi Public
! Works" IL is equally the interest and duty OF
! every iuuIs itiu.I! oil the community, - oncF
his mite towards their advancement. Aud
| whether this duty he attempted b. seckiug
| employ ment; on by an hnmnic appeal TO The
l patrons OF scIVnce, Though the c..HLHcis ct
| newspapers, submitting his scduty uvQuire
mcntS IN the arts OF generous Vonsi ration, II
Is ahke has right 10 eNl ect some small shate Ut
| favorable attention.. The COiIse4 ueuces that
may possibly flow from these g.eiG.Nas, - III
| probably awaken some influential character
10 full sense Of tbc present purpose, whose
| stronger pen and clearer understanding " ill
IN due time develope The advantages so vafi
| uusly distributed throughout our happy Cedu-
| trN and, which though hidden indeed u ON
Haobservng minds, yet lie Dot thiniy covered,
AND are easily detected by the most simple
! prOiessorUt physical geography. Let adopt
an approx riate fragment which questions whe
| theI, as " nainre has nothing made IN vain
| WY Ufa beneath The water" do lIdeoUs
( rocks remain. And, ,chere In InuititOTm strata
| beneath The hills ahd dLfarial planes OF this
vast continent, can he found ineXbanstii.ie
stores ct materials Tor constructing useful
| " - uJks. al iutai,um!
| The progress OF human genius Hgnung the
ahcienis marked its gradatio"S by rGT;s, as
| ! Siins a. time itself and whilst, from classic
| retrospect>, We learn the high de,Iec u per
| lection TO which Tie "A is and sciences i!ad ar
rived, we learn, moreover, sac sad lesson, thar
! there is no sold pedestal TO be found tor perpet
| uaiiug National Greatness Nor, M eei should
| tie pro sent generation mourn the Historic JGct
Lem
| tnre, 81 Peter $, Furnishes ourC oUtCmi iatlons
| with images nj once delightful 70 the eye, anG
gloomy TO the heart: ior, IN tiiat distinguished
| cdlfiCe we bphoi The effect corrlpt r,tiRement
| and Tie most liUir.3ic tyranny exercised over
| most degraded and ignorant multitude! The
| structure of the republican niiud via here b.
delauged tor amoihcrti ora-ain be composed
until ii shall he satisfied That C0uSeuiNi oeH-
milton OF tie tenn National CrCGihesS. means,
the happiness Of The Riday, as cGHtrGdiStiHgaisis-
I'd from tle Coasted greatness Of the !oaa'' Peo.
pie!
The people of America, mindful of great
| hrst cause, well IN political as religious
senss VIII i.s risir tshars to Tia, creation of
| sucn pccnliar works as shall minIster 10 the
wants and comforts OF the Whole, and TOi 10
| ESIahdize ana pamper the ambitious Gppe-
tItes OF the chosen few. They will poll sh their
own minds and public works Dy respectful
admiration OF ancient arts and sciences aud
| at tie same time remember that then Tncchan-
les ana idboreTs are kfCpSrs a. their OtA jgsclta
ces: they pay no trii'Gte for absoluiUn, the az
gregate OF which. after having De en-, ii. modem
| phrase, ,ceN shared, would 20 To resT "a mOnu-
i&eEt 20 their own fatal credulity Ia die mod IA
molten OF mans perectihility. Whist Their
motto should be g simpler mpRiih':." let IGoir
politico-moral he res pR6iica! taeir practice,
S0bri,ty.
| . People to whom the very name and idea of
| volcano is frightiui," may themselves
| that III some places within these United States
they live on and Fear the ruins OF eA tinct vol
canoes )" a in The progress OF time will be dc
| mOustrated 10 conviction by tlDse laborous
Investigators ofnaIHre, vino believe that" q cd
works hot by partial bur by general laws" 49,.
| They will live TO see aud acknO Wedge the
use OF the volcanic productions around them {;
and that acting engineers and mechanics Will
e4e long Confine their demands for materials
entirely 10 domestic origin!
EXILE,
Congressional Election.