The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-13

i b., Au!.rlr,n i'ah'>, lur Exploration party
ht- Iu!ycG At lJama>cu>. y correspondent
.; 'nr Ldtgt,u IUar$, writing from that
,.. unI,r date OF September 20. says:
3. inN haN" surveyed about live hundred
AL :i,;l square miles south Of Es-salt.
is,if Wprh lEi> i,ccn carried on i'll the midst
e' .;rth war, ana rl!luors OF wars. ana they
'.,m.r.yr> have been frequently a>Sallcd,
'rj "n, and captured; but they have thus
}Or ,-rdycd injury. They have gene on TO
tjr,. .r5anom anuIr Beryout, and as soon as
,ilr -I,ar heat is over they intend to return
J.. H." prosecution OF the survey. The most
,uuJr;uut discovery and identification which
t..y have mad" l. that OF Nebo (Which will
;. ,;s>, ribcu in their forthcoming quarterly
rrl"rD; and "ilal il perhaps more interent-
.H-. t.r,y express unqualified sccptlclsiu
with lc-i"r, t" the gcniiaenesS vi the Sha-
Irrl collection OF Moabitc idols
"'!hc collection o! Inscribed pottery at
i,ru-nI-u ta> been for ~uiuc time subject
II ,ocr interest t. arclrolo@i.tS. As arulc,
In-il>A nrrlieolcGis,s have little confidence
iu t,, GrnulacucSS Of Noabitc idols while,
al tn- u,!lcr hand, the PruS>lans have put-
ciI~"d fora sarge >una portion ot the pottery.
:ir .,la,rI'tii> iayc been greater portion OF
tI.I time beyond Jordan, i'll the region
n@H Which the pottery was SAID TO nave
t,-n brought. tut they state that they nave
ba.n unable 10 md any trace OF IL. They lave
Interpreters WnO are excellent Arabic 5cao-
:.l>. aad who know the Arab, and their ways.
Professor l'ain" has also seen great deal OF
IHr J. uir in his ccpicj.y OF physician,
From morning to night the people come to
him fGou far and Hear, bringing whatever
tArt can part with IN return for medicine,
l...t t,l.x tl,,.t.
wheat. bracelets. CONS, &c.: bat thouSh tGey
.&.dc the pottery special Sut9cct OF III
,juGv. they could hear nothing Ol II what
ever. Professor Paine suya he is morally
certain Tia; nothing Of the character OF the
No.:s,ilr ido!. has been taken across the
JuGuan to .i,Gti>alcm during the last SIN
months.
"A special element of suspicion to some
u4ud, Hliu rcIcrcncc to the M0aDlte Idols
y,a- tAc fact that The supply followed lmme-
dltr,} Oh the demand. But thi, objection
N,- inrI rs the statement that formerly the
pottery Va, taken 10 Damascus and ground
n, ior cement. \ ,iugularly able article re-
Gently appeared III the tJngrcg0hoadhSt on
lAr>.. .Io4bilc idols In this article it is
-lji: t;liici-!caus uuuum0ercd had been
cnr.rd - Damascus, where the powdered d.
N!uu!y. we're used 10 line the cleternS.' | have
tnhtu SPECIAL pains 10 ascertain Inc lrutn
% this statement. ] visited the places
"hcIc ;hc pottery is ground up III Damas-
GU, ana was told til1l the city had enough
Old pottery cf It's own TO supply cement 10
t!.r vi!oir province. Tho Shapiro
cSll"clion may be Us genuine lis II Is cXtraor-
dinuly, but the negative evidence to lie con-
trary Is certainly accumulatnS. On the
wIo!c, the question j. 80 Interesting and iEl-
pVrtanl that it il worth taking some trouble
10 discover the truth
Various practical experiments III The do
mc,iic science will be tried soon, now that
~. cold weather Is coming on. The rclrac-
tom Of Tie early suns rays can be studied
b, those who are Obliged TO get up early;
and INTERESTING facts concerning the effect
ol friction on matches, and heal on coul aud
Wv,d. may he cleaned 10y those whose duty
Il j. 10 li@tl tiIc ire