The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-20

c,hsr evidence hsa thu, furnished * party Of persons 'D
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n have been o M a
Sons and sSrosa While sab.t.al.l Isu.ors
and tSsSss.~ss OVERLOOKED and rSsostsn --N
We regret that American olssr, protesting love
for science SHOULD far forget himself attempt
eeeen the fame and throw doubts tbs OF
The state nenis Of tho usrous Humboldt
who, in geographical science, saads pre- emi
| pept 10 charge sunh with haviag made grave
orr ors," and committed personal injustice, bis
Aspects OF Nature be present the progress
| o. discovery In this region, )" Is very serious.
Anxious 70 So what tho "persouA Injustice
which this illus,rious savsnt said to have committed
referred 70 he Aspects OF Nature" and We tnoro
6sd that speaking VI toe physical geogrostc know
ledge OF the mountain region and prsres II North Ams
Iica. he acknowledge the recent acquisition OF many
accurate data yielded by The admirable a,ors" GER
tan epterprsng travellers. but especially By the
comprehensive Investigations Of Captain Frsmoat" So
IN DIS iustrauons OF this work. which embrace many
Of the most important fass obtain I'd By explorers he
etASuy cites the excellent and authoritative repor1 Of
hgn estimation. He also cites the admirable rspors VI
Dr. wniizenus on New Mexico, scen.ac gentlemen wao
pretenong report Of Lieut. Albert Nowhere, h,wevsr,
do any reference 70 work entitled Notes or
IN rom Sy We n.ior ws Sta
rb s ooubtless the" personal tnjust,e nmittet by
Baron Humboldt rhe reas"n for this is obvious,
the learned geographer not choosing 90 the au
euage o hsor Emoryl to rely evidence furnished
by party VI persona travelling muieOsck at the top
OF their speed the Continent" Our author
then lieutenant in the army, little expsriunce
scientific knowledge, auc attached he stsses the
advanced guard OF Gepera Kesruey's regimen mskog
rapid march, probably muebAck" across cln,i
nebt Bis Does" quite clear under toe
but Baron Humboldt descsuog upor the geography Of
this region preferred, very naturally the c0mpre
hensve work OF Colonel Fremont, whch contained tho
evidence he Desired points. De does
consinen or be might have grsued Major Gm 5ry With
passing notice Of his NVtes VI Military Reconnaissance"
The charge, therefore, made by Mjor Emery, cndsni
fnsre which attention should be
called On this map OF Major EGory It is ia withholding
much valuable topography and geographical ia SIS do
rived IRON acta obser and entail survey"
otner reason suppose than because they would
reflect credit upon cerian Of bis brother officers rhus
says his map tina. the Topographic OF the CHA ia
from bis " Reconnaissance mace 10 l8a647" va'cn wa
msre, from astronomical survey Hss.ys, tns pre-
self IN these maps, 70 Instrumental survey" Why then,
ask ad DO not take eiAoor survey
Of Captain Wbppe, United States Army OF the Giis
ls6l'eZy Why, too, does he not put this map the
discoveries oi bis predecessors the B,uuaary
Captain wnppe, Lieutenant Beck ~tn Lieutenant Park
Mr. Gray all OF which 10 the hands Of the govern
men. true tina. A,jor Emory has family s.etoasd
the many mountain ranges seen at great distance, 80
beautifully portrayed in his maps, Aeitaer tue result
vi scius observation derived from instr neotsi
vey 70 which he says be has confined nmaeif from
the surveys Of others Here, then We have the psrai
system" fully carried (as the Major rem&ks)
"or attempting TO figure shs Hhoe" region merely be-
cause one has made few IA soms paris OF
with the sole object OF self gorhcAon and 70 "cary
out objects of their own"
We perceive chat author has attempted to imnor-
taize hs name by calling an emnence on tie Rio Graide
boundary Mount Emory, which Ia pictured 10 his
at page SO; and, to give prominence repeated
We don't object to this harmless vanity g-stidss
the Msor. We have long had Mount Washington In tne
East, and now We have " Mount Emory" he West
border How slight 10 the step from the sublime TO
bears the Majors nsme whelher fro any analogy
are not aware. /. Is described tnequs;eral,
ooquely nuncasea posteroriy, slaed obque Ribbed"
&c Previously the name OF "Qusrcus Enoryi," or
Emory oak had bees gwen tree In New Mexico, and
suppose that when the second volume OF the Majors
repor out wnicn natural history that
We shall had pictured Emory toads' asu Emory
virers"
lis 10 be regretted that among the varied subjects
which author has embodied his report, and
ali the sral ana many OF the physical scsn
that he has nothing 10 about tho OF vac in
nsbu the region ,iored Ge makes ths conessol
but gives reason for the omission lie rays little
about the territory purchased from Mexico by treaty Tor
millions Of dollars, aud which Is known 'Gads
Gen purchase, or "Arz To survey tue boundaries
VI shs the especsl mission Of the MAJOR, aud YET
strange ~ MAJ appear, hs sketch Of thus wide region
but three pages IL consututes chapter II
the volume, And 10 headed, "Area-how watsred-fsce
| OF tie counsrs-piAyas-vales and their cApany
agriculture Abandoned setteestsmipersl wealth aud
fanos Indians zee pages % % and rs rne remsindsr
~ the Commissioners Contributions are almost wooly
confined 70 description OF the country b,rdering the
lower Rio Gfaode between hi PAso aud The Mexico
This extends ~ " pages, and Is toe recruit Of
nSoe by him when u suDorans,e 10 sns previous
n isson As Commissioner under the GAtsdea treaty ne
had nothing ID do ~ish this district.
We should do iojusrce . msritorous officer Lieut.
Nichier, iii rie,iion excellent rep oy him
the western portion Of tae bounfscy IRON the iin
parallel 10 the Pacific This extends To Us pAges, and
though chiefly miserable DESERT ful ipicrest,
ana complete report could be. rns and the
geo cg'os papers, se really the only contributions
70 science Ia the whole volume.
SUCH 70 the work tor the printing aud engraving
alone has coat UEcd states 81 O0o according
reply recent cali from tee sonste Bat tbs Is not the
whole ooet 70 be addei the pay for several years,
c5mmencirg IN 1872 Of the botansts, geo oss, z,oOs
lists 6raus hismen &C alta he'd 70 the several comms
sions the resu Of whose ncof poratcd tns
volumes the pay Of the scientific nome, whose
vices we're necessary 10 prepare the drawings aud re-
poru such Hai Bard Torrey snd o,aers,
the artsts and opogrspncrs, vn tne expenses Of Ohio
work which cannot be ess lnao $40 oU0 or $50 0o0 ws
shall have sum total OF $500 600 Tor ihs report VI major
Emory sthe most wastsul EXPENDITURE considering the
little value Of the report that the government has
made for q work Of the kind We do bessats ssy
that Efficient ovd ne procured who. for $40 900,
would traverse the shoe ground surveyed and Explored
TIA, woaid be iuilsr. more comp'e.s ana better illus
trated, Than this Official report
| SPANISH LITKKAruRs- -IsrxRKsrISG HISTORICAL
PUBLICATION.
There has recently been published, By order Of the
Queen Of spain from he Department Of Foreign ArAs
the annals Of aeen years Of the reign Of Philip H., By
| his chropoog,ss Luis Cabrers-a work recovered
seventy ave ago by tbs scucs Of Musoz the his
toran bears the title "Reiaciones de las wcei
das Ia Cone de Epana, dsde 1899 pasta 1914" cla-
Of tho In the Court OF Spain from the
year 1899 70 ioi4D written In familiar STYLE though
somewhat dsjointed, much In The manner OF the time
In tbe reign OF the Austrian Princes and In The
time Of Charles w. all notable circumstances that affected
In any The vast monarchy Of spsin-he military
enterprises veil prosperous ~ unfavorable; the
nations and oaths q the Kings, the festivals the tourna
mens. the public rejocngs, catassrophes foundations,
oounssratons and prodses Of nature provisions q Bish
ops, vacancies marriages Of The mobility announced
by means Of letters reiaones 10 prnI that circulated
from band 10 hand zero published later In the pro-
vnces and finally crossed the Africa, 70 America
| 10 Asa, wheresoever waved the flag Of CAsne and
Asgos and the language Of D. Alphonso, the wise,
SPOKEN. they were kind Of esssse, that supplied In
perec, manner and with remarkable drectncn The null
tiped mechanism the later plans Rare and far be-