The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-07

Rouge, is the fact, that large bodies Of
land, lie dormant in The hands Of par
ties who have received it from their
forefatbers, and hold it idly in posses
sion, to hand down to their children.
The direct cause Of this policy, SO pre-
judicial to the best interests Of our peo-
pie, can be found in the fact, that the
taxation on vacant land is merely nom
inal, whilst the cultivated land has to
bear the burthen of taxation to keep
up the roads and bridges. and main
tain the police and government This
10 evidently wrong and under diff
ferent policy the lands of which we
speak would soon come into market,
and by cultivation. add to the com
mon wealth. The Police Jury, it seems,
have not power to levy special tax
for roads, and yet we think some
course of policy might be adopted to
accomplish the object not inconsistent
with The constitution. 1t is perfectly
futile for us to look in any other di.
rection for the wealth and prosperity
Of our people than the agricultural re-
sources of the soil; and any movement
to open to cultivation the rich portions
Of our parish which now lie fallow'
should meet with encouragement from
every citizen permanently identified
with our interests. The general i'm.
preston abroad, is, that our soil can
not be proftably cultivated on small
scale. This is great mistake; for
experiment demonstrates that money
can be made-and fortune attained
by individual exertiop. On the line
of the Jackson railroad for instance
We find many enterprising citizens en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits who are
not only making money by individual
exertion, but are reaping, in country
homes, and uncontaminated places,
happiness that which all alike seek
aud SO few find, 1t is painful to trav-
81 over the rich soil Of Louisiana and
find SO much of il, in its primitive con-
dition--lyiDg fallow and untitled. The
interest of the merchant, the mechanic,
the artisan, all depend upon the pro.
ducts Of the soil, and could some poll
oy be adopted by our Police Jury, in
whose hands the care of this matter
is properly lodged-the change would
be soon felt in every branch Of indus
try. Do not say that the great staples
can alone be cultivated to advantage
there are a thousand other things to
which the industrious agrioulturist can
turn his attention with profit
The RUINS OF NINEvEH.--The
steamship Soho has just arrived at
London with the last consignment of
Assyrisn antiquities from the ancient
Nineveh. They consist of about fifty
cases of the most artistic sculpture yet
discovered in this earliest post.diIuvian
city, representing the queen of Assyria
feasting in the shadow of the vine, the
king engaged in lion cha and
afterwards in the act ofpouring forth
a ib,ation.
There is a splendid and almost un-
broken hunting series, comprising not
only lions but wild asses caught in
moose or lasso; also procession of
the sportsmen bearing away birds,
hares, ETC., with their dogs, nets, and
other implements of capture and pur-
suit. But still more interesting even
than these treasures of antiquity are
the slabs bearing the famous inscrip-
ton on the winged bull at the enter
ance Of the Palace of Senacherib, re-
cording his memorable expedition
against Hezekiah, the sovereign Of