New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-31

Asm'1)orjs pslilp 0ribul1t.
THE LATEST EXGAVATIONS AT NlNEYEA

or late lhe French Government has made some re-
newed attempts, Of which an scceunt gwen IN the
." Reyue des Ijeux MoDdes" The ensemble OF ruins IN
the nyirons of Khorsabad consists of large rectangu
lar space of great extent From distance q distance
email conicsi hills mark the spots where towers or ott
fed gates were defending the walls. NJ Place knew that
NJ Boua had not excava'ed these little elevations ana
therefore paid great attention 70 this task The rst oo
iects found consisted of some smaller articles OF agate
marble and cornean however OF such preseryaon ana
polish if they had only now issued rom tie hands OF
the artist In another of these hills was found sort OF
large stsscase rather series of succeeding terraces
made of burnt and inscribed bricks Below the lowest OF
these terraces double souterrdn OF whose destins
ton and idea could yet be formed It's buit win
great accuracy and mathematical correctness ana VIII
form sort of enigma be solved by further exam nann
Incsons which made in the east side OF TINS h ei
to the discovery brass hinges and pins which belonged
10 door, of which nothing but the metal and the stones
in which these fixed had remained In consequence
Of lucky hit NJ Place arrived through the door at hal!
which had received the of the Magazine OF water
"Pitchers No idea be formed Of the quantity OF va,
ses found in this locality they were OF oil shapes ana
sizes-pitchers large and small broad marrow" eom
pressed ard contracted at their Orce. Most OF them
had be broken by the weight of the earth when fell ana
re sted upon them still NJ Place discovered some which
were perfect and will form the nucleus OF collection Of
Assyrisn ceramic art They filled with clay which,
however had become so hard that was impossible 10 re-
move it, without, in many cases, breaking the vases.
Some contained articles m.de OF cast copper anon9
which were some be ad. # gazees faithfully resembling
those represented the bas reley and Place thinks
that they used for bang the wine or
In the ptchers On the eastern side OF the walls IS al
other hall which N. Place he'd excavated l. containei
pcher- metre ca high and the red preciptates found al
their bottom prove that these halls the vine cellars
OF the old monarchs sf Assyia NJ. Place examined al
parts the palace and wherever he found the
mean galleries he perceived that the Assyrian architects
had used both the pointed and round arch ~ Pas next
directed bis attention to what N Botta had called he
ruined building but had left it uneIplored He ethere-
fore opened his trenches towards the font OF one o these
halls but soon came the conviction that far from being
what NAV be called ruined building this part OF the pal
ace was in the way Of construct ut the time the wh9e
became ruin On inspecting the circumva vallation OF the
city NJ Place remarked the south west side pretty
high hill adapted to another unexPoreS mound o, he
a size and eaualng in extent Of area that OF the large
peIcce But i, is not single palace or palaces whcn
await here further examination but whole A'syrian
town lay yet be discovered and e1huned ms Daiaef
F,pr ,r To1Epo-The house on the bank of the river
Ne ar S,ick Point in the vicinity Of Toledo vas de-
- he I.nss a 600 S3.5OJ. Ihe