Mobile register and journal., 1845-03-22

Tn Ms II from,
s,an,,noue annouuce ,hat M. Boua has nearly cam.
nl.Ied III. d,scovar;as in The snLierr,nean raace n,
lie auc;a,i N;n.y.h ua w.s hare on the noi,t n,
clearing the grand so,thcr, facade The vast on.
trance Of Ihs ron, i, entirely cleared six colossal
bulls with the heads Of men. and ,wo human statues
ulso eoloss,d s,,anonv hons m ,her aims farm its
principal ornsments These SIGNATURES are said IN
he of ereat bean,v and as fresh as if executed YES
terdav The two buii. in the centre IA seen from
the front. form the entrance piliars The animals
have uscrp,ous betveeu their feet. some of which
have. however. been Gu, away nv Nh. chisel az AZ
Ia leave ooIy their traces. :, circumstance which
would seem 10 Indicate that a new DYNASTY. or a new
monarch taking possussion of The naIace had re-
moved the ;n.crn,,ons ~ his n,s,aces.ors NJ RI,
IA ia .nxi ms 10 trausnort these 6pures 10 Paris
hui the nm, steal difficulties are very great Sill he
homes In remnye tIem an vynode1 rnllers IN tho
'Tioris winch ia 6y. leagnes from Kbors.bad.
whence thew osht on bv the frs, anod IN Rassora'
and ,ho,a he ,acai,ed m h,ard . sb;n If y,r C,r
France This discover, If NJ Ro,ta ia one of the
most valuable Which has been mad. for man, vears
in the field of archaeology supuI, inc an imnortapt
link hitherto wanting and believed ,o he i,,ecover
able in the history Of the Arts among The earliest
civilizations of the world II deserves therefore
some words of further notice which we collec, from
the French papers in general. and The Rerue Il, Pa
,is in par,cuIar The Crack bis,or,,ns and IN.
h oks of The OLD Testament Cnrpish The very
hints as TO the condition of Art among the Modes.
Assyrians and Rabvlonians. and bit6e,,o M noo
uments were known tn exist Inv which ,bay were
more fully represented Unlike the cities of ancient
Egypt which have transmitted to our ,imess almos,
in their integrity the arts of their builders The great
cities of Cen,rai Asia-Sus. Ec,.b.na R.b,,,n
N;neveh-bave nerisbed from The G,ce Of Tho .ssr,l
leavino /, Tho iano,.a. or nm anc;an, .onh..,
scarcely one stone ,,non apo,ber
DIearv mounds of rnhbish traversed bv doe, and
narrow rayines Ihat Indicate the lines of ibe s,ree,s
alone mark the s,,es If these mgh,v c;t;es Nine
yeh, the civ of i(iaeu hundred towers. wbnse wall.
were hundred fec, in height and had .n.ce on
on their SUNNI, for three cbsro,s abreast seemed
more utterly ruined Than even R.bylon. ve, from he
meath It's dust has the lone hurled ar, Of the Assv
riaHs been recovered, and an imuuIse been cummuo.
Gated which nav end in brno,ng ,hrouol, future ax
cayaions our know ledge nj 9ha Corner % sons,h;n
of "A level with nm, uudsr.,.nd;n, If Eomn,;an A.,
M. Borta. "A, our readers kuow S;s,;n.,;shsJ
arcl,eoIorist. who was consul ir The Fre"ch y, NJ
mi and liner. his ne;obbn,h,nd ,' ,ha ";"a - NJ;
ev.h ,nsnired him "a mi an e,rnas Iss; ~, ~, -
e,cava,,nn. i, Tho Iii If ,ba hs, u.s. ~ eono
:, nm, ,v,s M, tho moe, con.,,;,,,s ~, ct az
,ns IF ,h. ...;' .';o "a, '". w 'n '"e 'u
,",, ,ha a,r" sr".'o L, VI t quo present
m. y,cs IF N,nno.b .ui'nn.ad h ', ";,1 neaI
10 rs M;"' '"FPIseu ny "cu'uo" 10 ne
br,t hrcl and ;,sine;S,.,, G.'',', n"' Nv onS
az, III; ,, ",' a 's,'"'''. ""s"e"'si NC ope"-
whoss anmn';, >. mi, ,Ie ,;,'. ""o ar = ."
,sho1s I ''."n nu't 'ie v,ase Oh hnofsaoad-