New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-26
The Kecent p..eerer.es In Araa:a.

We have bofaro us letter from Bishop Doane
giving further interesting account oi The
lnafkable Inscriptions found on some ancient
monuments near Ador, on the Coast of Hadra
Jnant, and rst dcciPhercd by Rev. c. Forster, OF
England. These records, II Is sad, restore 10
the world lis earliest written language, and carry
US bsck to the tune OF jacob, and wi.lIa $50
wears OF the flood.
The inscriptions arc in three parts The long.
est is of Ten lines engraved On Il smooth piece OF
rock forming ore SIDE o. the terrace at lisn
Choral. Then there three short lines, fouuo
on small detached rock on the summit OF The
hill There arc alsc iw.4 lines Found near Iha irur
inscriptions, lower toSn the terrace. They al
relate 10 one IaLsactlOH, an lnclCcnt IN Adlie
history. The tt.De cf Az, according 20 MIR. sale,
were descended irurr Ad, the sGp al AVS or Uz,
the son Of Aran,, ;he son ol She!n, the sen Of
Noah The evcn: recorded Is ;ne rout and en-
tire destruction of Ii:e s9ns of Nc, an Arab tribe,
by lhr Avs or tflhc of Ad, VIE III lhey invaded
Ia Mr.. fors.ei's book fac sn,iits &c gwen OF tire
inscription; the Aditic and the HaJayay...c
alphabet; and a glossary containing every word
in them, its derivation ana It's explanation; with
notes OF copi0us illustration upon every point
which they involve The first inscription of lc:.
lines is thus translated:
We dwo living long usuliou'y IN the zenanas Of This
adversely Rolled IN through our channel
ihe sea, swSas h srSr nE M nhore 0
Tbs lofty palms whose Kcep. planted dry our val
ley date. grounds; ,hey sow.a . me ana nee nee u
with sns and snares beeuling drew fnth the fishes.
We walked with slow. proud gait necile.woked. many
coo,ed SILK Vetmen IN whole sk' III grass green ceGae'cd
soreG u. presided kos, removed from bascre.s sd ,,c,
chastlse ci teproJuic and wicked men They noted dow
hr US, according 10 me aoc'fue o iiehef
@ , 3S om, hc.S,n nnric. ri M IN M th- w .iu
INTO the no'tr,, % q, the Or, sih OF ne A.
forth we mud generous YOUTH sun sap point
ed ,peSsI,; tusnnS ,m~n,n ,. NM, ; ,b, ,,,.,,,
upon c"urstrs VIII long reck; dunce!oe. gray. and
enEh pay al, ,o,n;n, o,d ns,,n, on, ,svero,os
until eharsns hoo we conquered aud crushed this refuse
o, mankind
Inc snort inscription IN 'h'ee lines fcaos mus
Wsm Wnto'Id ho'I,ie haste, a, me men men 9' crime
Ou' hDnes. and uamplcj them under foot.
The two-iine inscription, WHICH is under tho
long inscription, IN the terrace, u as follows:
DIVIDED into pars aud inscribed from si to left and marked
Traa.peTee and su Ned dow and covered ;heir ac., with
'as Aa.4 nv: =. oI,'. - t'' NJ
Oii NC st"j'"' VI ''eS0 iiN'i -'i' va
IVY - .'' VI n' ',o ~ ''i'
w y ",u. 'eii'''AS
nat 'oo iwho' in'hS IN the opposite quarter O
1 I".,1 ,"' .ne ~ we sea,
au his so Gn u
mere reai;zed.' ON thai nv words were now % writ. writ
(ike the kindred creed o! the lost ri6e OF sd the,
~ere graren '''ih an t,on PEI" a7a ifaa IN NE rgs'
!or Gee, e4r ',''e = 'e''s anu ''iSr
o,, ,on ',an , h ..'ai
rho ssr,h and ,ho,, sSn dss,iyo,
this body. ,e, in the frsh shall see God: whom
shall for myself and mine eyes shall behold AID
not another"
But it is not the antiquity of these monuments
however high, which constitutes their value; il Is
tho precious central truths OF revealed religion
which they record and which they have handed
down from ihe first ages ot the post dlluviar
world, that raise Them above all P!ce Viewed
in this respect they strike at the very root OF scep