New-York tribune., 1874-01-14

eSt cOnCius1Ou disputed the learne0 beKe, VINO
says that Mount Sinai further 70 the north tho
desert In the vicinity OF the Gulf Of Aksbah, ana he
out and search for it. He argues that Mount sna from
the account OF II IN the Bbe must have been an active
volcano in the time Of the Exodus, which he thinks is
0By an arrangement with the English Society, the
ynS east OF tn the jordan and 81 s eed
alton Society II embraces the of Palestine which
times as great as tho country surveyed by the English
IL abonnds 10 runs Inscriptions and objects OF great
edy throw great IAn dSai Of Sht not '1t only
ngon biblical history, but npon the former his,
Ancient Assyra and Egypt. 1t was here that the
Moabe stone was found. the interest OF which was not
upon IT, but the fact that it sheds moro light upon the
invention OF our alphabet than anything yet dis
"it illustrates TO hitherto mheard-of degree y
the origin and history OF the art OF aphabetlc and
seIonce The mesc@e ip%Ssd,,on ns sated in my
last address placed by the American society under
the command OF Lieut.. Seever, United states Army.
OF the Jordan lie has surveyed about 600 square
pofsons Wsre in Edom and IoaS Vso%s sites have
been satisfactorily Identified and tho position Of Mount
Nebo and Pisgah determined. The levels Of many i'm
portant spots were taken, number OF ruins in Moab
examined, and interesting inscriptions copied.
AFRICA.
Explorations in Africa represented to be less fruit
full positive results than those Of previous
The negotiations OF Sir Barte Frere the safo return of
at Zanzibar referred with due Difference to the
value their several reports In Equatorial Africa the
following points are noted
MN. Compelgne and Marche have undertaken to
penetrate equatorial Africa in the vicinity OF ithe Ga
boon Their object was to trace the course OF Ogoono
and the lakes to which IL Is supposed TO lead one oil
counts OF Dr. Candy, the Of the West Afri-
can Livingstone Expedition ~, that ne lett san odiVa
dor fa-thes point in the Portuguese domnlOns for
the country east which ia nearly blank upon our maps
German expedition. organized by Dr. Bastln ana the
Berlin Geographical Society left last Spring for tho
exploration OF Loango. The Doctor and his asso-
cates passed some time on the coast gathering informa
lion aud preparing for this Important expedition IN tho
course OF which they made several excursions Tne in
formation they received leads them to believe. that
reach an open country with metallierOus mountains.
where people dwell who understand the manufacture
OF CunpOwder, and that great river Is there spoken
of by the natives, varously called the Congo
BOnS Sot and h i6 ,iov InIy n5 are an SGreaa1
Of dwars in these lands smilar to those seen by
Du Chau, several specimens OF tins type having been
bOngo, or Vambuta but DIR. Bast0n declares their
proper TO be Bari or Bali The doctor went mp the
Congo EmbOmma TO ascertain the truth OF tho report
about DR.. Livingstone or that white man mad peen
approaching the coast aud learned that tnoo was
no Foundation lor IT, ihs uoctor mas 90, 90 u6 6
many. and the cxpaditioh suppose has st'red or the
interior.
With glance at the reports OF exploring expeditions
in Australasia Judge Daily concluded his survey OF the
geographical work OF 1873, as follows:
The teeTaphic event of the year has been the com
ple0n line OF graph across the entire extent OF
Australia, from south to north. from Adelaide III The
SOUTH to Port Darwin In the north distance OF 2Cl.
miles The line OF this tclc graph VIII bo nearly lnd
Gated upon the map of Austraa by the delnedtOn u
be found there of the route rYered by Stuart IN 1862
a route. however 80 impeIieclly known that the en-
gineers engaged In the work had III fact, 10 De
explorers. The work ono OF greal
difficulty, being impedcd by the tropical rams
the decImation of ANIMALS by disease ana otner npedl
mcnts The geographical results are that there Is gen
orally in the interior abundance OF paSturaS1 auG
water. The climate is good, tho soil fertile, ana the
greater part of the country 10 well suited for raising
ia. md zinc.
graph across Australia gives line from Adelaide u
Gibraltar r. i6l miles, of which 9li6 miles are sub
marine. Tie practical result that Australia now
RECEIVES news three weeks earlier than the latest
brought by the mail steamers, and with this remote
,nutlcasern re ZION OF tho oarth the thoator or the
latest civilization will take leave OF the geographical
| work OF tue wOrld IN tue year 1S7l.