New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-09
GENERAL NOTES.

lac suggestion is made by the Bureon NJ A..
rculture tha' Vie salt wells Of this country will ,n.
on examination 10 contain potash and ,Io, M t D''N
| industry may be created by manufac,n,,no ,t. ~
stance In condition fitted for Agricultural ao uat SUB
few years at the stossiurt salt W." r. in ~ wtAin
amount produced In 1870 being Of tie Iaa ,hs
Many mortal who has placidly sacrificed
sleep listen to the song OF the musketo wiz -
J0lce 10 know exactly what place that persistent ns.o
! occupies in the economy Of nature. Those who h.
dared 10 question whether there was any purpose in W
creation will forever hold their peacc after catnn.,,
medical savant has discovered that fever Il chez
mated by the loss Of the blood which tho midnight
tor sOOthngly extracts. This Is comforting A. liz
| assurance that bOils are healthy.
A company of Scotch capitalists have t.
Gently purchased Of land in County,
Ohio containing deposits Of back-band iron ore, from
three to 10 feet in thickness for which they paid ssOo
The ore is said be OF the description tbaB
which forms the basis Of the Iron industry on Scotland
Four furnaces % he Immediately put up by this
pany and large manufacture OF giron VII be begnn.
The land he line Of the Lake Shore and Tuscarawas
Valley Railroad in course OF construction from
Cleveland to Dennis0n station on the line OF the ftts
burgh and ~. Louis Railroad.
The Boston journal Of Chemistry has COM
rnunication from Prof. Young OF Dartmouth College,
giving many particulars about Enckcs comet which IL
now approaching the sun after the OF the minor
comets, e. tail foremost. The tail Is notvs-u ,ooo.
| The body Of the comet Il between 1000 and 5osn,
In diameter aud Is transparent that star OF the n4
agree Win and confirm those OF Higgins Il
England in determining the ghtgiying substance os
Of three bright bands of which the middle one bright.
est. The wavelcDsths 81 the less lefranglDe edge.
the respectively 1918, BIB, and 4OA mhonth'
| Of a mil,iIneter.
There is a great deal more smallpox prev
aent than there should be- but after all the noray ohs
that disease does 10 be very great The truths
Is that a few cases make deal Of noise ana NATURALLY
excite considerable public apprehension In bost0h inc
number deaths annually by the disease i gwen ~
foows: La 1862 10 IN 1863 IN 1894 ll3 IN 1865 lb
IN 1866 81 in 1857, lA; IN 1852 81 IN ls6y 10 no l IN
1871, ~ These returns We thlLK snow ua' Pssostbs
and thorough vaccination may be relied upon 20 Keep ho
disease well under Great pains are taken ia bo'Sn u
schools must submit 10 the process ana the ,y phl.
clans vaccnatc al applicants gI9tultousy. hacn zen caro-
all IA fresh and pure virus, hiG ws
doctor in bury il appears has shaved the abdomen ct
calf nd keeps the unhappy creature IN stale OF u
ceasing yariooid What does Mr.. Bergh say 10 TINS
In a recent Washington letter, George AHre6
Townsend tells The chicago Tribune something abous
the public buildings Architect Mulott mas designed
aud especially about the new P0stOmco WHICH 10 W De-
bu,lt in Chicago The material he Cincinnati FREQ.
stone Of darklbrOwn color hight three stories; style,
either ROmanesqUe, probably the latter res
.nng palace architecture with much stono
| ornament windows and portals supported by slender
shafts capitals richly dressed and Mansard roof Tho
first noor be neosed with rectangular corridor
running al around the building, and. the right hand
side of the south entrance, spacious money order and
registered letter Office Is 10 he PREPARED with yaus
guous above this Will he the SultlrCasuTy Office,
with similar vault and on 20 the third stOry-thrc5
tiers OF vaults overly Ing each other inc whole central
this building will he treated rs open court
will be good light among the letter assoris. Wh
the capacous shell OF the building will give ample
for court and Offices The new STATE Department,
at Washington also Mullets design. IL classical
Renaissance i've stories high 10 be supplied With e!e-
vatOrs the poticos two stories high, set hghs
and elegant columns with low flights OF steps and thu
central payons the roof ti-sected to MAKO
on each side sharp pavilion IKE 40 inverted wedgC
stat@ Departmept end of this ediace Viii front on th
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Summer OF 1873 The supcrstruCtuTe will be Of RchmOnG
granite, quarTied far from the city Of Richmond.
Among the interesting papers presented aa
the last meeting Of the American Oriental Society
description by the Rev VIM Hayes Ward, snperintend'
ing Editor of The Ldependen OF the slabs containing
Ninevtc cuncform inscriptions have been broug
IN this country They mainly mural taken from tba
palace at Nimroud-tbe Caah OF the Bibc-built by
A.syran monarch. Assur-nazrba bal, contemporary with
Ahab and Jehoshaphat The military proves OF this
! monarch extended his empire widely Mr.. Ward pre-.
scented photograph ~ one OF these slabs, and offered
translation OF IT, having no knowledge OF any other
derng OF It into modern tongues though Of opinion tina
this has probably also effected Ia Europe The FOL,
lowing extracts viii give some idea OF the TRANSLATION
The palace of servant Of Assur ssrvNns
OF the god Belts the god Nnh the shining one OF Ant
aud OF DsgOn servant of the great gods mighty hnF,
king OF hosts king of the land Of ASsyua son 81 Igsth
niub great king. mighty king king OF hosts sing OF 49,
strong warrior who in the service Assur his lord.
marched vigorously among the princes OF tn' ln n
| Oions" Assur-naZir-bal speeches toe regions on
lis couuucst and gives the following particulars OK Ibe
construction Of the palace where me saD W%s OSn M,
after mentioning that the city o. Caah had fallen nto
decay and that he had repeoped u with eapuveh
tu his eampaigs: IT threw down tue OLD mOuho, ans
leyeed IL with the laid IN order lIJ consezz
the bottom palace OF cedar box pPss Of roy'
atty for the iulness of my prpcedsSes9. ~ animals o. Oe
and seas Of wrought stone n, cnns
set them mp IN ts ates foldiuG doors OF cedar box,
TOoe ed I,EEan %s wood silver gold TN % soRTss
aud iron, weH tRered in great quantities, and placed
which r" se ipldsf thereof" In these reconde re-
them III h diffculties OF which Ouly be apprecl~
searches; e few have undertaken TO decipher to
a a ~ characters Mr.. Ward stands almost ~
cui sum- ,siitors OF American newspapers