Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-07-22

h0NS NhbSNAJ HS0hA htS ttsSf Nb VI At lttps
Never marry-if you do, never marry an
angel"
TYRE.
This city at present called Sour by
The Arabs, Is situated at the further
extremity Of the above men toned
Peninsula, aud seems 10 rise out Of the
waves. At distance you would still
imagine ii to be a new, beautiful,
white aud animated city, but it is
nothing more than liue shadow which
vauishes on approaching it. A few
hundred falling houses, In which the
Arabs fold large Gocks of sheep, and
black goats, with long hanging ears
which de6ed before US 10 The plain,
are all that remains OfTyreI She has
no longer a pert on the sea, no longer
roads upon Iandi the prophecies re.
specting her have been long since &C.
complished.
We travelled on in silence, occupied
with the thoughts Of this desolaton,
and Of the dust Of empire, which we
trod under our feet. Passing along
path, between the gray and nsked hills
Of Lebanon, which here descend 10 The
plain, we arrived at the city, now
hanked by sand bank, which seems
it's only existing rampant but which
will doubtless, ere long, bury the town
under Its mass. | thought Of the
prophecies, and endeavored 10 bring
10 my recollection some Of those elo
quent warnings with which the divine
spirit inspired Ezekiel. could not
recall The words, but | discovered the
meaning in the depIOable reality be
fore my eyes. A few lines which |
had traced ct random before my de
parture for the East came fresh tnlo
my mind.
i have NO, heard beneath The cedarS
old,
Resoundiug cries from busy hAtisus
roIPd;
Nor ssen, where Lehauon's black
heights aspire,
Gods missioned eagles dart from
thence on Tyre.
| had now before me the 'bIack'
Lebanon; but | said to myself, my
imagination has deceived me, 1 see
neither the eagles nor the vulrureS,
which, according TO the prophecies,
are to descend unceasingly from the
mountains, TO despoiI even The re.
mains of the city, accursed of Cod
and the enemy Of his people.
At tho moment | made these reaec.
tions, something huge, grotesque. and
motionIess appeared at onr lett on the
summit Of a pointed rock, which ad'
vancsd into the plain not FAR distant,
close 10 the route Of The caravan. ii
looked 10 me like fve statues Of black
stone placed on a pedestal; but from
certain motions almost iniperceptible;
of these colossal figures we fanced, on
approaching nearer, that they were
five BoudOuin Arabs, clothed in their
sacks Of black goats hair, who were
looking at US as we passed.
When, however, we came Of the
distance Of fifty PAGES from the rock,
we saw one of the FIVE figures display
a pair Of immense wings, which II
Tapped with noise resembling that
of sail shaking In the breeze, and il
now became clear that the figures were
those Of FIVE Eagles, Of the largest
kind had ever seen in the Alps, or
in the manageries Of our cities. They
did not take flight, but renamed un'
moved at our reproach. Seated like
kings Of The desert, they seemed 10
regard.Tyrs as their proper prey
whereunlo they we're going 10 return.
They appeared conscious Of possessing
it BY divine right; as if they were
willing instruments of prophetic
ven geanCe, which they were dslermi'
ned 10 execute upon man, aud in spite
Of man.
| could not cease from GOntempIa
ting this prophecy in action--thls won
deriul fulhimeht Of the divine rhena'
ces, of which chance had rendered US
witnesses Never had any thing
more Supernatural struck my eyes Of
riveted my mind; and it required an
effort OF reason not 10 see behind these
gigantic eagles, tho great and terrible
!