The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-10

IS nov ENJOYING fn fruits a. INs bravery, hes
'aUsd bN his generous danor Nr W. IS a
respected ,nhab,'ant. aud lives in the town OF
Sintosa. IN this county
From Captain K-pnHl'. Personal Narrative.
TIE RUINS OF BABYLON The total
circumference has bern tom to br two thou.
sand two hund ed < 81 his.srS feel, which give,
~ the runs = much greater extent ofbnse II ~ To-
the otirinal building 1hcsurplus is er, grrat,
whcn one considers the quantity HAT must bavr
/ been removed by the Macedonian soldiers, and
how mech. IN the course of AGES must have
been taken by the workmcn employed in de
q - 10 bricks. lhe elevation OF the mound
Is irregular 10 the vest II X ono hundred aud
nino'y weight feet high 90 the top is that
winch looked like a castle IN the distance, II Is
I'D mass vi kin-burnt bricks 81 feet heh
and twcniv,ogh' hrpad, Ire bricks, which are
Of an excellent description, are lad in with a
me and scarcely prtccpnblc cement Al rcgu-
lai intervals, some bricks are omitted 50 rs t.
icav square aperturcS through the mess thesc
may possibly have been intended 10 procure q
trae current - an, That should prevent the adj
mission Of damp into the brickwolk 1hr sum
mt al lie n -, Is much beoNcn, aud the lrnc-
ialss afrso made rs 10 carry conviction that vio-
lonrc has been nsodto reduce II 10 this ytate
and lopor down on the north face Of The lafrc
,nannd IS iuplhrr mh,s exactly similar. Pie
ces ot mafb,, stones, and broken bricks. lie
scattered avoi The mn. The most curious nl
the irGm nts arc several mss happen masses of
b9elSwatk quite blacs, except IN a few places
where roeuiar 1aNcIs of kiluhurnt bricks are
dsccrnlhlr these ulve certainly bren subject
cd ~ SOM h'fc" heat. rs they are completely
matnnH-a strong presumption that fte vas nge,i
- Ihr destruction of the tower, which IN parts,
rezehbies what the scriptures, prophcsicd II
should become " i burnt inonn'uin"
Travellers who haYn visited this spot have
neea = II / with ,he curious appearance OF
'htsc fragments, and having only seen the
hi1ch suiarc. hlve altogether rejected the nloa
other beng bllcl.s. Ia the deaunclation re-
NprenS Babylon, he is paru rala,ly mentioned
as a. agent agan,st II. L. tbs jeremiah eyi.
denly alluded, when he savs that il should be
rs when God overthrow Sodpm aud Gamor-
I'm on which clues. It is said, the Lord
raned birthstone and fir" Again. " will
hmdle tiife IA ms eric, aud it shall devour all
round about hiR; aud IN another place "her
high gates shah he burned with fire. aud the neo
pie shal labour in vain, and the folk Ia the lire,
aad they shall be weaty,"
Taking INTO calculation the brick mass on the
top Of the laise mound, the runs are two hun
deed add thlty five feet high, which gives near
ly malt the height OF the tower in its perfect
state. Rich thought he could trace -four stages
O. storiesoi tbs building aud the united OBJ
sefN atoms OF our party induce tie same CON, &C.
ton
Wild beasts appeared 10 be as numerous here
as Al MDtheOe. MI Lamb ga,eup his exam
Watloh, tom seeing an animal Crouched in
one ct TIE square apertures. SAW another IN a
similar situation. aud the large foot pfint OF d
lion was 50 fresh. that the beast must have stolen
away ON our approach, From the summit We
had view oil the vast heaps which con.
StltG,c all that now remains of ancient Bah lon n
more cOinp etc picture ds,ot 4 On co Ill notweli
b imagined. Inc eye wandered oyera barren de
seft. m which the ruins were nearly The only in
d cation tildii had ever been inhabited II was
impossible TO behold this scene and not to be- re-
minded how exactly the predictions OF Isaiah Il
jeremiah nave been fulfilled, even in the an
pelrance Babylon WAS doomed TO present
'hat she should never be inhabited :" that the
Arabian should not pitch his tent there" that
she shog become heaps :" that her cities
should he " dcsolauoa, dry land and viii
derntss.'
Hoo 70 gi"e harmless Challenge The fire..
qucncy 1T dueis within short time all of
which, doubtless, would have had u most blao-
dy termlea'ion. hut tor some SAVING clause most
ueenloasly 10 rndreei either into the challengc
OF SOME subsequent partol the process verbal.
has reminded ns ui d story which an old fliend
a,ed TO tell rs Of ono OF these matters in Rhode
/, md
e'enefai - and Judge - were both mem.
hers 81 tne Legislature, aud during one OF lis
Sessions Al Providence, tue Man of War chal-
l'nG Il him ct the Law, To mortal combat The
latter having paid no sort ofattention to it. was
met the next day Ivy the challenger in the lolI-
10y, when the ioliowng dialogue ensued GEN
tfdt--Did yon receive nv note yesterday o.
Jafse-f's sir Gra.-Ncn, sir, don't you
mean TO attend TO 1t Juage--No, III see you
ID hfst f'er-Let me- tell you, then, sir.