, 1875-11-06

f,at,ytonia, ntao from The East md gradually
took possousion ot tho enliro Kingdom. complete
,nc Il. ca1.st,eat aLout 2,Gb9 years T. q. In tro
or thrco centuries alter ll,is The Accadiaa Ian"
C,laee was ,liHplaccd bv tho Semitic: yet still II
NJ, carefully studied BY scholars, for tue *ako
at tho treasures Of scnnco aud lor"tnse that
remained locked up II, 1t.
Tho volumes belonging to the Lib7arf Of Sar-
danhpnIus ut Ninovel,. .i,at have beau recorcrod
AMI interpreted by modern achol.re, furnish us
with toloraby clear iica Of tho condition Of ts'
trunou,y, as we'll as Of other Hctencep. among
both tho Accad,anA end shn Ao,nislc Baby
From tho former raco the latter lournod almost
all Of their civilization. Batoro the AocRdians
tntgrateu to Chaldea they Hcefn 10 have been dill
igent observers of thu 1,eavous mil, after tteir
eottIcmcnt In tho land Of th1ir adoption, St1.e
pbaervatOrlra vera maintained in tnutt Of tue
larger cities; and In later lmcs leass. REPORTS
EcFp sont By tito Astronomers loyal to tho hlhn
every fortn cht,
Tho o'doAs ri thceo reeonla that lare l'cen
discovered nro conthinoa i'll great "slE. III
neyrnty hooke, entislel "Tlo OGacrs.tol!A IT
i. H. 1abylona, heforo i, ,7o5 b. G: 4
| large portion OF this unrk wsa rnse-
" astrological. vet son'o OF thc nooks
| were moIo scientific. Onc nf them tFchsnn ot
of eomotB. or. as thor arc cat'ed. " SAT- Win
coronn iu front and Il tail hel'ind ': third, OK
lha movements OF ,lkis = fonftn. oi t's move
lacnts Of Venus AMI atti a' sao ii fo'o stas.-
| been recovered, but ron.c tnbletH Still llo amid
the s,ius Of Tue pa:ace Of sartss'iaraius.
| Tie records in tte work rens' bAck to semoto
us thas tic Accadiata ,,amod the signs Of tue
| Zodiac md tho dsra Of tho wook. Tiny divided
tic heavens inEo four parts, mud the passage OF
thu sun through escl, n'srkcd the four aoaHons
Tho ,Year wss divided tnso. twelve lunar
months, and into 500 lAga,-an Inter-
rcrtuln atar, called "the Star Of Stass,' M
{, Icu,--which vas just In a1vanco OF tho nnn
shon 1t crossed tho vern.l eqninok,-was not
parallel With the moon Nistsl .so days after tho
equinox. Occasionally, III addition to this, the
| calendar was rcctt[lea BY the INTERPOLATION OF
other so-cA'ed naonshs. consisting Of fc* days
cacll,
Cycles Of twelve years wcrs in use, 10 which
! tie weather was expected to repeat The same
successive phasca. The day WIS Divided into
subdivided into sixty minutes Of sixty seconds
encl. Tho mouth was divided in two halvos Of
| Iftcen days cael1 aud cAcll half was Aibdivtdod
into three periods OF five days. Yet the week Of
| aevco ttays was used from tho sarliost tmcs. The
days of tho week we're named from tho sun. moon,
| and five planets; and tho 7th. 1lth. 18th, 2le:,
| and 2atll Of the mouth wore termed days of
rest,'' on which certain kinds Of work wers for
| bdden. The names OF the mouth woro tukcn
from the corresponding sigma Of the Zodiac.
Dy the invention Of the ciepsytlra. something
like M accu1ate measurement OF t!Ilo waa OBJ
! ta,ned. .........
early pcr:od but thoy a1o recorded In ragno
and ,lnHcicntiio way in the 'tObseryatlunB OF
BEL" Long before tho date OF thla work, the
Accadians had discovered that lunar eclipses re-
cur after cycle Of 223 lunstions. The records
generally begin with the formula: " According
10 calcnlatlon;' OF nometlmss, "Contfary to
calculation" when tho astronomers had boon at
fAut In their computations. Ecltpeea OF tho
| sfnI tH tsy,i3 A IntR d
protected on = sphorc. Observations on tho
varying cnor Of tho aut were niado A. early as
tho limo Of Sargon Of Atgane. In ons plAce, the
record stasca that the Buu WAS "bsght yellow.
! and III another place. that It was .dlscolorod.'
Mercury. TcuuB. Mars. Jupiter, and Saturn,
we're tho ouiy plansts known bea1de tho Earth,
but they wore carefully studied Tie phasca
| und movements Of Venus aud 1fars excited par
ticular attention. great number Of fixed
Htses nere also observed, aud nanea given to tLe
principal stars, NJ wcll as to tue consultations
| to which they belonged. Tho modern repteseut-
ativcs Of soyera1 OF the Chsldcan consultations
havs beon determined md It is hoped tbat
eventually tho map Of the hcayens aH laid ont
by the Dabylonians will be wholly known to us.
1t il believed that tho Babylouianb unBt have
had at IeARt some rude form Of the tele6tope tu
assiet them In thoir observation OF tho heavenly
botlieH and the diGCovety Of a crystal lens in
Nineyoh. BY A1z. Layard, gves color to ths be-
.. lief
EXPLORATION OF PALESTINE.
Lieut.. Condar, OF tho British Palestine IL.
ploration Expedition. has sent loulo roport ol
tho progress Of the survey uudet Lis direction,
/ which presents the following account of wori
: accomplished during the present yoar: In Feb
1uary, triangulation OF $50 square miles Of tht
! daaort west Of tho Doad Sea was made. In th
, uoxt throo months, nearly the vholo Of phisti'
was surveyed. III juno and July. tho czreal
ton was At work In Galdee. when they were ht
tackled at Safcd, and their tabors temporaril!
u broken of. They Lad. however, at that time
= completed tho suryoy Of l80 miles, aud waEke
u up 20 of tho 30 miles composing the limo O
lasels from tho Mediterranean to the soa
! GAliles.
t Among the discoveries Of especial inlerss
:, to tho Biblical Btndont are those OF th
/ supposed sltea q Aaull.n' serar al.kteast L..
lilo report, "Lieut. Condor waa 40 fortunate =
J to tiud tho Asner1e, thu cruaadIng inn for pi
, grima II lies close to the irotto Of 5eromiah
,, and ID now partly oxcayatad. showing lonS line IN
!; nearly lie wholo Of the floor aud foundations q
4 tho early church built oser Jacob'a Wall exit
: still. hidden by modern vaults A
: sheta Amt, a uaaRnitlcent aepnlchre b.
? osp' "a, work. sa'": The W.T. pressns Church thes
= provee to be built Oh foundations older than Il
y = Latin occupation. At khorbot Rnmah. Alte {
!, great medieval Interest, . rude Jaw1sh tomb vi
. . roapouds with the story OF IN early Jewia
: traveller, that ut Itnma1l wcra to be soon Il
!. aepulehrenf Benjamin, and a tage nsar It 'hens
:, the htessiah was e1pectBd to appear"
Intelligence from Lieut.. Gaudet, dated Aug.
e ralasod that be MA still ut lit. Carmel, awaitr
- - of!lcIal tnsesigation into thu outrage at Safe
It 10 bclieyed that eix months work will compile
|. tho surrey OF Western Palestine.
J. sun.plcruHes ON PEACHES.
!. The Photographic Neics nctos tho pretty {