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

PBklODICALS
The Atlantic Monthly.
Household Words.
Hunts MsrcbssVs Magazine.
Tho Knicxer bpcker.
The Churchman's Magazine.
Iattsl's Living age
Tho New jersey Medical and Surgical Reporter.
The Marine Med Cal aud Surgical Reporter.
The Hortcuit.rist New seriec
The London Quarterly. American edition.
fhc Coachmsxers xonthiy Magazine
Bryant & s,rxs,on's American Merchant
The North British Review.
Tho Historical Magazine
The Gentetnsa's Magazine.
De Bows Keyiew,
ous Hundred irish Airs-arranxed for the pAsoforts.
Y. N. Haver'y.
Ny Los, Carries Grave, by Mrs. Kate Luby.
ahoHY's REPORT on T1s MEXICAN BoUNDAR, YPUB-
LIsHBD BY COHGREss.
We have before asoher OF those large and costly
works sbous Snca much complaint has been made 10
Congress We have lost opportunity Of de-
ouucsng these enavagant publications. which appear 10
have been Cos 10 rather gory enrich their authors
than to supply public with useful Information.
Until wi,hp fe~ years knowledge Of the vast re-
gous lying the Mississippi valley aud the Pacific
was very limited works of Lewis aud Clark, Long Pe
years have greatly the literature of this region
both reports Of exploring parties sent out BY the
government and private works, and might have been
supposed there wss little more accompllsh Another
opportunity however presented itse to obtain iu
formation RELAXING portions Of the continent not before
examined b. Of The surveys for the Pacific rail-
road which advantage Of, may be seen in
the elaborate ~orks which have been printed by Con-
gross These embrace vas, deal OF Information,
bu, xhsther Il Is commensurate with the expense attend
ing It is another question.
Arovngs. ths aud most minute Of theeo pubca-
tons Is Repor, IL I'm H. Emory, MAJ, LIST Cavalry
aod United Commissioner in the Mexican Boundary
Survey the volume Of which has just been issued
by Congress Or this ponaerous volume about one half
relates 70 the country explored, while the re-
raDdor is occupied astronomical tab es reports
geology ana fossi remains The second volume ia to be
devoted TO history In pictorial embelsh nents
the work very proiuss-more no, indeed, than any
government work that has yet appearea-hero being
no ney steel copper And stone ensravags
IA IT, sides t~.ay ~ood GUS Or aulareu aad nine
teen iusrs.ons ALL Dot never have We seen SO many
iusaccs prsesnupg few features Of interest, sixty
four Of berg OF the desert directly on the
western portoo Of .be boundary consequently ofor
inf little variosy.
Major Emory, at the commencement OF ns work, IN
eps asmg OF Ole nap, SAYS
have dEe pys- IA these msps except the general
map derived from al survey
Which might given snem hao ineo por.iec ali me
rnasred Ia, e- sme h~s cone when b. poaecsi geo
yrsphJ should c-sse psreuis wnea "a. srspaS repre-,
the INIT { sAiss 90, he syse1 OF 1crrosi,s -lhsat
seko- edgmsn ns s ,l@t Of he .IaIor.,,as and sar
yeys Of b. ,ricn OF the coaaent and nss et
haTon 40 npse,s Of Ssars Ss TO
present the OF discovery IN thS REGION. fresee
mn A
This r precseiy as Is should be- In important national
surveys D. and surveyors with the best
tnsumenls al ther Command, an unlim,cd amount or
money % toa orer moreover, conniod 70 the hsnas
of officers OF United states army" wo do not want
ANY oose inios .,ion, or borrowing from others We
expect every tns LAID the maps 10 be the result OF
sctua obse.. .iiou derived surveys"
as Major tm1y promises, and with this expectation
spseaa oui hs beautifully executed maps Of the Major,
hpi the boundary line surveyed with the country 40
aureo irou aexco under the Gsosdeu treaty, aad the
p.,x Adjacent bow lar the commission has adhered 70
his pledge Nh. dow no has avoided the "pernicous
sytten xhcf repropsies, Of borro wing from
unreliable auinofues, wi DO shown from critical cx
amnAti,p Of bis msps. "Hypothcrcai geography oon-
tuues nsjOr Lmory, "hs proceeded far enough In Tho
United saAlss .sa In country has IL been carried 70
such an extent or ATTENDED with disastrous
consequencss," u. AZ How apt some people are to
discover the mote eyes Of others wno seeing the
beam winch tser o~n.
On the map -oca exhibits the Gull OF California and the
western portion the boundary there laid
raj ranges o. mountains, extending nearly . hundred
mes from not.A southeast and nearly filing the
large space b.s~vsn me gulf and the lower porsn Of tho
Colotsio river and the Pacific ocean rhe sopo-
araphy beautifully executed, and intended 70
convey the ,oes mat was made from "ac-
tual observation derived from instrumental survey"
Now we do nos say neither Major Emory
or any parry ever explored, muon lees surveyed
this bread d.s.nci 10 ali "nyposheucAi geograpny I"
and lad down ga Information, 70 language
OF the MAJOR "aSoy" mountains being all
up the plsns sp-cs give the araoshssmsn oppor,u-
py 10 show tne,r skill rnc range Of mountains about
ten miles west OF sew river, the California dssers sx-
tendns ssu,besa IRON signal Mount also erroaeously
laid do~n. There mountains ,hess, and
signal Mountain IL comparatively isolated.
Next &c nod q Tong compact and well defined range OF
mountains between Colorado and ella rivers called
the Dome Mountain rms we assert, too, mere "hypo-
the,lcsl seosrapny and surveyed by Major
Emory or ms party the Topography derived from
s,aotuaI observ s.ion." Tuese mountains my seen
from Fort luns distance VI % Or 70 miles, and also
from the Ga out, like al, Oner ranges In That region,
are doubtless aes.osd rcgcs, with Intervening valleys
No "sra2aio representation OF country, particularly
when counssd W officers Of the United states army
should be la dosn .h the precison Of that before u.s.
when seen a. dAaoe OF 20 miles. and the topography
extended for a laucn greater distance Again, We ind
range after r.sge mountains southwest Of Lake Guz.
man, others south Of the GuAdaups pass, OF
which ony BY the surveyors at distance and
others not AZ ALL the topography Of when given with
great precision All these laid dosn from the "oose
information winch upon the subject 80 properly
deprecated BY author, and from tne nstrume
survey" proin -ed.
We fully agree ~iih Major Emory, that such "hypothe.
tca geography has proceeded far enough the United
stses and Is 70 be regretted tina, officer Of suca
pretensiohs-aiter making sucn promises too -sbou "A
have encumbefe1 dis beautiful MAJ 70 30 great AN az
tent such VET deaned topography regions whic
ne never oUiAusI from "sctuAl infor tunsoa oarvs,
from umenssl survey" Al page ~ repor, IN
MAJOR Gays