The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-29

TO heen ieet where he has come To building compose
OF slabs OF marble In this place. which forms the north
western angle of the mound he hasseu upon the interior
.ss e. Of nss
bas'Teels and nscr pons in the cuneiiorm
sos's 1 scs, mss bowers % in
brightest coors and the roofs which were OF WOOL nave
dirsction The time of day when fret descended into
these a TO Dc Ss s sod 1
of The surrounding objects Ii was, Of course, with
no iuls sxoissnsnt thai 1 suddenly found myself in
the abode OF the old Assyrian kings, where,
moreover it needed the slightest effort Of imagna-
ton copjure up visions of their long departed pow
or and grea The walls themselves crowded
with phanos OF the past In the words of Byron Three
thousand their clo.dy wings ouePread unfolding to
view a vivid representation of those who conquered and
possessed so large portion of the earth we nhabir
There they we're in the oriental p;o%p of richly
battles, sieges lion-hun &c My mind was overpower,
ed by the contemplation OF strange objects and
some Of them the poy forms of kings and vizers,
lifeke, aud carved in such fine relief that they might
ton the rash Intruder their privacy Then, mingled
with them, were other industrious shapes.he old AssyTsn
dees, with human bodies, long, dropping wings, and the
heads and beaks OF eagles still faithfully guarding the
portals o Of The deserted halls the colossal os Of Winged ,S
figures, the idols oil religion long since dead and buried
ns hs heads om the ds, of eenures
ainy the feeling of awe which they inspired me with
must have been something akin to that experienced by
their heather votares."
We have now said quite enough TO enable readers
to Judge of the almost inestmabe value OF Mr. Layards
Inc OlStOrlans the
blical critic We must take glance at the matters Of
more popular interest with which these volumes abound
As "book Of travels" it is of the most attrac
tive have had the pleasure of perusng; the gmpses
which we catch OF Arab life are vivid and impressive in
the highest degree the account OF the HISTORIAN Chal
dean Christians, who have lived. untained by Romish
detection from the TRUTH from the earliest ages OF Chris
tianty, among the mountains Of Kardistan, is oil the
very highest interest for the multudes of Protestants
who have chung to the example Of the Vandos being
The most consistent historical refuta0n of the Romish
system The personal dangers to which Mr. Layard was
continually exposed, from the neghborhood of the plum
derng, Arabs, and sangainary Kurds. keep constantly
OF partakng; while that genemans nvncibe courage
unweaylng perseverance, and admirable management of
the strange company he was Occasionally cast among
when, thanks to the new police we can, most OF us,
easily dispense with herosm of the sort exhibited by
tracts Which will Illustrate e our fa remarks and show The
justice of praise Mr. Layard thus begins the de.
scpton OF his wanderngs in the desert regions OF Nine
veh and kurdstan
During the of 1880 and winter of 1910, had
been wandering through Asia Minor and Syria, scarcely
one ruin consecrated by history. was accompanied by
no less curious and enthusiastic than myself We
both equally careless of comfort and unnindl of danger
We rode alone only protection vase
behind our saddles wardrobe and we tended
a 0 s
tent Thus unembarassed by needless luxures, and
Dy the opnlGn ana pdlaaIes OF as we
manners, and enjoyed without alloy those emotions which
scenes so novel ana spots rich varied association
NOT fail to produce look back with feelings ograe de-
light to those happy days when hee and pnheeded we
l,'t AZ cav me nooc coase OF cnee',n ,et, ana I'M
7onnd onrseves a. The ann wsn down mnaar sone nar,
min enamt,d Nv he yandsrnn ,ah mr. in come cr,n
hing VILLAGE sin hearing a weIlnnwn' name No arnn
rianSaT dsoo,n' ,,aasH,nd nnr nnros n,d no;piJ
nscha. nor ala wa .eeL INV ciuii,ies fro, wv
pe;,heT draw 10, ,"r cnrsss for, he v;l,Sars h,
heir horss. ~ ,,,a hn,sas tor hk
weco,mc vas sncs1e hs;r scanv fare "a niacad bar
us; ate, and came, and went in peace"
hsaih' SpedAB Vi TIC h'do me- MI baydiu says
"The.e is charm in this wandering existence, whether
have had experience in IT, and look backward with
pleasure to the days have spent in the DESERT notwith
standing the occasional inconvenience Of such ife
the least OF Them being strong tendency the Of all
nomads profess kind of communist philosophy, sup
posed in Europe 10 be the result OF modern WISDOM but
which appears to have been known from the earliest
the East Friends and strangers always exempted
from the rules OF this philosophy; and as reciprocity is as
little understood IN the Asatc us in the European system
their properly is made no less free with than that Of Job
by Arabs and Chadees some four thousand
Still this mode OF life has not always bad effect on human
nature. On the contrary, il frequently acts iavoaby. One
cannot but admire the poor halnaked Arab, who ntrnst
e WIN eite or essaRe foh ms snek 70 tue Pasha OIL
Walks proudly 70 ne ereat man SOFA anu seats
uAsen' rno'uucn upC" ~ 40 al cI'aI ~ iuls ms er
aha US nc were nil as.aeo o IT, ~ IL DC 700 late 10
,e.uin 70 .s t,h .ia, msu., 90 u SUI. Keep MN
me oesef. ne s're.nes ntnsel nnaer Tree outside
aer !ooi OF Wtn whs nc oelltVes mat the '0wn cor
arp . 1--we ' an % Una, ui.l uie shelk
Oh to ucscL vsea lno caens, ana wee ieas.ea Ia e
Pnaoo VI toi kovois oPPio'io" I'LL" 'ices ios' oul-