The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-14

SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS Col. Fremont ar.
rved h. re on Tuesday on his way to the noun.
taps, and will leave for the frontier probably
men who have hitherto bee under his comma nd in
similar expedition, and who cheerfully Join him in
this which s undertaken at his private expepee md
from his devotion to science He has been engaged for
about ten years in scientific explorations of the vast
region stretching from the Mississippi to the Pacif,
ocean and If his labors had not been interrupted by
tie California difficulties, be would pr, badly have
completed by this time the great work which he has
been so long engaged and with which his name has
been thus far identified. He has coec ed nearly all
the materials necesfary for a complete map of that
vast region and during this expedition will finish the
surveys CURED After 80 long and unwearied devo.
tion TO this centifc enterprise he has naturally felt
unwilling thatit should be aban from any cause
whatever He has learned the geography of the coun
try thus far by the most patient observations and re-
searches, amid dc privatione of no oraina
~ character and, with knowledge Of the key points
10 be examined IN order to perfect the whole
he now undertakes this private xpedition II he had
not bee by pected during
the last Two year, be would, this, have the
mainipipg lines and examined the unexp lored dis
ricts, 80 as to have been able to give complete map
which 80 little was accurately known before his expe
ditions The various depart nts Of our government
tie people Of the United States generally and tina
scientific men of other lands, have heretofore felt
great interest in these explorations which have shed
much light not alone on the topography Of the vast
district tra,trsed but also on kindred sciences They
VIII rejoice TO learn that the work nearly COM
peted not TO stop but that the little which remains
10 De cone is to be executed by the hand which
II hitherto with so much Every one familiar
with the matter will readily perceive the uce of
sity Of their being conducted with the strctest
rscy and In exact accordance with the plan pursued
10 me present time slight error may mar the
woik OF years The system marked out and rigidly
followed TO this hour must be adhered to- or the result
VIII be piece OF botch-work instead Of q complete
AND Perfect whole honorable alike to scie
al The explorers II Is not strange therefore that
Coi Fremont should feel much anxiety aud enthu-
siasm on this subject as to undertake the compile
grpAf work hi.
eSptnfe rather than II should now be abandoned
TO leave The natter as IL Is at present would be the
treasures 70 persvrugly pursued for years within
his grasp We feel sure that every generous mi nd will
explorations himself, and without waiting for the slow
action Of the government The recent acquisition of
New Mexico and California renders this work Of vast
practical i'm portspce and, emigration will soon How
thither the eHgrants should be in possession as soon
as possible Of ell the Information these researches can
give. part Of Upper California north and east If
lake and the district the Of the
Arkabtas Rio del korte with the mou region
westward we believe has no yet been explored They
ool "nonts original plan which remain to be
mined aud surveyed. They stand, therefore, as the
sneh correctly the whole depends IL is rather late
Pio OF he season to ture forward on such m un.
u.aang hntCol Fremont and his compa mons are in
u,eo 70 hardship end familiar with the life to be led
Lbey WIZ be accompanied on their Journey and during
tneir tciennhc labors, with the best wishes of the
country lheir enps dton ia & peaceful one although
by no means free from peri,s bardsbin. snd snosr
Ing IL iooks TO results IA important TO mankind
ard TO Toe future prosperity OF THE country as the
more eufrpg scenes OF war Il promises no other
lsDrels ssrr those which sciepce bastovs ~, ~ 40.
vot.es and no rewards save those which Gov from
conscious merit and true devotion to a WORK in which
not only one nation IL interested, bat the whole
tcientifc world IL 10 duty which Colonel Frem,nf
owed alike to his own reputation, aud to science To
undertake the completion Of the tc,k on which he
has been so long employed, and we think IL will be
chtefuIy admitted by ALI that the cover MT ought
to have prov led for the expedition but 1t s the
merit Of Colonel Fremont will BIZ the greater Gene
feut entbusa'm In the Of science leads him TO
bark this expedition at his private pepse and
we uost he will not be left wholly unrewarded there
JET by HE countrynen.-Si Louis Union.