The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-06-08
Ancient Tyre.

We parted from kinla an hour befor,
day break, and assembled several barrer
ond rocky hills, stretching into tho sea
From the summit Of the las, end mos, els
waited of these ascea.s. Tyr is beheld, ap
poafing al the extremity OF a vast aud bar
rem elevation. B3tseen the sea aud tbs
las, heights Of Lebanon, which here, "a
p'diy diminish. extends a naked 5asief
p'a'u Of about twenty miles in length, and
Tour OF five ia breadth, OF a yellow tint
covered on y with ihofny shrubs, browsed
by the camels Of the caravan on their pas.
sage. Tyre is built on peninsula stretch
ING Into the sea, and connected with the
continent By a narrow neck of Land cover.
ed With golden sand. waited by the wind
from Egypt. This city, al ptesen, called
Sour, by the Arabs, is situated at the fartb.
est extremity OF the above. mentioned DO
niusula, and seems 10 rise out of the waves.
Aia distance, you would sui Imagine IT 10
be new, beautiful, wLitc aud animated
CITY; bat 1t is nothing more than fine
shadow, which vanlshes Oh approaching il.
\ Ee" hundreds Of falling houses, 10 which
the Arabs fold like 1pcks Of sheep. and
black goats, with hanging ears, which &C..
lied before US on the PLAN, are all ,ha, re.
main OF Tyre! She has no longer por, on
the sea, no longer roads upon land the
prophecies respecting her have been long
since accomplished.
Weltavellcd on in silence, occupied by
the thoughts of this desola,lon, and Of the
dust OF an empire which VIC tired under our
ieet. Passing along the paths between the
runs aud the gray AMI naked hills Of lie.
binon, which here descend 10 The plain, we
arrive al the city. nov hapked by q sand.
bank. which seems lis only existing ram.
part, bu. which will doubtless, ere long,
bury tho town under its mass. | though,
OF the prophecies, and endeavored TO bring
10 my recollection some Of those eloquent
warnings with which the di,iue spi,i. in.
spircd Ezekiel. could not recall the
words, bu, discovered the meaning in the
deplotabe waste before my eyes.
had now before me tho black" LIE
banoni bu, said to myself my lmagina.
ton has deceived me; SEQ neither the
eagles nor the vulures which, according TO
the prophecies, were to descend unceasine
~ ron the mountains TO despoll even the
remains OF the city, accused OF God, and
The enemy Of his people. AT the momen,
made these reflections, something huge,
grotcsque, and mo,ionless, appeared a; our
lett on tho summit Of pointed rock,
which advanced into the plain no, far dis
iant, close TO the route Of the caravans; il
looked TO me like five statues of black stone,
placed on the rock as on a pedestal bu,
from certain motions, almost lmpercepttle
OF these colossal figures. We lancied, on ap
preaching nearer, that they we're five Be.
doun Brabs clothed in their sack of black
goats hair, who we're looking o. us as We
passed.
When, however, We come at distance
of fifty PAGES from the rock, VIC saw one o
the five figures display an immense pair o
wings, which capped with a noise resem
bling that Of sail shaking in the breeze
and il now become clear, that the figures
were those Of five eagles, fthe largest kint
| have ever seen in the Alps or menage
RES Of our cities. They did nc, take iligh,
but remained unmoved at our approach. =
Seated like kings Of the desert, they seem
ed to regard Tyie as their proper Prey
| could not cease from contemplating lh
J prophecy in aciion--thls wonderful fulfil
men, Of the divine meuaces, Of which chanc,