New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-25


a. abundance ciusphthaC ~ b.tguel Nl'cl Sc. 20
the purpose % lime " mortar. Iuey had brir $
d., stone and slime hs- they i9r mortar The
houses were not bGIt IL continuous streets. tli
stood apart surrounded by gardens and even oy a.
able lands. Probably great city was made W %
collection oi sllases aid Lam.e-s which BY cc-
sIecs were enclosed IL one wa. The area %
Niaeseh vas immense I'D tie tlae Of Jolah y
gss represented rs Al excer1Ilz great city 20
thee uays journey. wherein also lta.lrt
much cattle. According - tie best means % in-
formation IS Circuit abou, 30 miles. ltssiruc-
t4re :" IS q2adrang1s-, AMI its walls 100 feet in
night, ~ vide that tl-ee c.4-rlDts might DIVE o.
them abreast, sud fortified wI.h l5Il oity to"els
]. Tue iour principal mounds % the AssyTisn piain
are 20 b. regarded as each covering aa angle o. TIE
city. we have these l..els.--s i-r tL-se mounds
Ic0ElLs Tx AID the T.str are D. n.--s sqa-t. az
those back 10 the Interior j. " ~, Which l.l
gise Us about the entire circuit
Tie Assynsa Empire Increased rapidly .-
wealth aDd power Tals IS apparent not o1'y
.-om tie vague traditions Of is first asiy i-pld
n de early historians. bat from occasional bret
.atimatloIs i4 the Scriptures Nlcl {. A. IS re-
ported Of Minus aad his Queen SemraDls Is ul
ggesti5nsb.y fabulous.
The history o. Herodotls, Il ever he wrote The
history Of the Assyrian Empire separate from hls
-rcsi wor., hes persisted, aad it IS remarkable
lsct IN this connection thst II was the very great
uess OF tbs Empire which has ca1sel Us 70 iail OF
having a minute history. for HerOcot4s purposcl,
Oh account OF is grandeur devote % u scpGr-
arc work, aud therefore made but bret a.usl "a
% 10 Ia lis general history. Ire fragments OF
CtesIss, winch are preserved 30 DiOiorus oi'uils'
are not ia the main reliable. tbs Minus, who IS
supposed o. have been the same with Nmrod. was
Al adventurous youth who first distinguished nun
sct by his foravs against the lions aud oiner
beasts q prey shat threatened the infant settle
ments. H. is represented as bold and reckless
spirlt y L3 gathered around bun band q young
men aud GIsclp pinned them TOR deeds % adventure.
lie Is SAID t. have EXTENDED hIs conquess 10 Egypt
Pheuicia aud all over ASIA Minor. even u the
He pOLt, ami as some say 20 the Danube. II IS
exported Also that on ooe occasion be bfough' into
the field an army " 100000 men, which tnoasn
10 seem inc-ed be IS not SO eAtra' asaut "n1n we
~ feet that individual cities IN ancient tunes used
% furnish hundreds q thousands Of men as their
quota 10 en- army. IL was al the serge Of Bacira
where he was for a long time detained, as re
story goes, that he f-st became cnanored OF
--mIrams. OF her ny thcsl origin. ! viii not
speak particularly. The fable II, that LETT by her
mother upon the bsnk q lake, she " as nolrish~d
by doves until found By shepherds, and then was
educated 30 n palace. Size became the vile
of p distincnishcd warrior who served Minus 10
this campaign. She visited him on the field and
made suggestions hat led 70 the suollsstiou OF
the city. NimrJd or Minus becoming cnam0red OF
her. determined TO possess her as his queen. Her
husband dc sroy cd his own life, and she was lifted
70 TIE seat of Empire. To her Is attributed the
building Of Babylon and the Tower OF Beius aud
ihe Hanging Gardens II is said that she. alter
he death OF her husband, extended her Empire
a over Media and Persia and into Ethiopia. sud
essayed IN vain the conquest OF India. she was
succeeded by her son, NlnyGs, OF whom Ne nave
100 particular account who as iOlOWeib By a sue
ccssion Of MoDarchs whose very names arc an
known. There is an intimation in the Scriptures
OF the Confederate Kings who went against 9oiOm
ia the time Of Abraham, as hsvi0g a relation oil
dependency TO the King q Assyria. fourtecn
hundred years c. we are informed that kIuc
# Mcsopo,ania subdu II the lsraelites Troy Is
said IN ancient story 10 have been adepenfeucy OF
Dee Assyrian Empire. As early rs the time OF Mo
ses. II Is evident that the Assyriens had become
formidable as conquerors, who carried INTO cap
tiv.ty those whom they subdned; Tor Balahm
prophcsIcd To Baiak that the kcnitcs should DE
wasted and As.hur should carry him away cap
tive and also that Asshur should IA turn be az
ilCtcd bv nations from the West la the reign OF
David, also. 200 3. G the Assyriaus are enumcr-
atel among the enemies Of Israel, 50 that their
dominion must have extended into y llA. a itiie
later than this begins the authentic record oi hat
IS commonly termed the scc0Hd Assyrian Dynasty,
Tor YOU viii find IA the Second Book OF Kings
rom the 18th chapter onward repeated allusions
made tn this dynasty 81 the Assyrlan MOnarchs.
Ihe first King mentioned Is Pui, who approached
the confines OF the Kingdom OF Israel about 30
3. c. and exscted from the usurper Menahem
thousand talents OF silver IL IS c0nJtctured by
Archbishop | sher that II was IN this reign that
Jonah was sent on his mission Of denunciatlon
against Nineveh. II is evident from the record OF
that prophecy that Nineveh was then great city,
having population of probably more than han
million. 1t was a proigate city IL was pro.
ane city. Yet IL retained some knowledge OF the
true God and some fear of his judgments for at
4. ,.t d Il he a
c.c OF humiliation seldom witnessed IN this apos-
tate world. From the King on his throne to the
meanest of his subjects all were clothed with
sackcloth before the God OF Heaven.
The successor OF this monarch, llglath PIlesef.
formed an alliance with Ahsz. King OF judah
a. ainst the combined armies OF the hing OF lsisel
and the ing OF Syria, in consideration OF which
Ahaz gave him the SILVER and gold OF the temple.
he besieged Damascus captured H. put 70 death
the SYRIAN Monarch and carried away ms people
with many OF the lsraelites into captivity beyond
de Eaphrates. The next Assyrian monarch was
Shalmanazsr. To him HnsheG, King OF Israel
became tributary, but aiterward reNolted ana
formed an alliance with Egypt whereupon the As
syrian monarch bes-iged Samara and AID II
waste transported the inhabitants IN mass 10
Assyria, and introduced new colonies IN their
stead Phenicia. also, was subdued with the
exception of the Is aud OF Tyre, about $50 y {.
This was probable the hight o. the Assyran I'm
plre. IL held sway over All PIPER ASH HoLu CT
STA o. the Mediterranean, from the Caspian 10 the
Persian Gulf Ii was a period OF Commercial
greatness, If opulence, Of high culture. OF luxury
and Of crminalty II was IN this reign or IN % al
of Ssrgon. bis successor. that Egy y as invaded
and No-Ammon, the Thebes Of Uppe- Egypt, tes
troyed. Isaiah, IN bis twentieth chapter, lore
tells the destruction OF that great city as the As
syrian General was marching against u
But Hczeklah King OF Judah, revolted and made
an alliance with Egypt. Hereupon, Sennacheno.
the next Of the Assyran line, sent a powerful
army under Tartan and Rabshakeh 70 besiege Je-
rusalem. You will call 10 mind at once the inia-
nous and bias phemous language OF Rabshakeh as
he stood under the walls o. the city, and tainted
The children OF Israel and asked them what were
he gods of the nations before him, So thst they
were constrained IN their fear to request him 70
address them in the Syrian language, and not IN
heir own vernacalsr lest the people within should
take the alarm Bat Jehovah rebuked that
naughty monarch The Lord gave his promise 70
HezekiRh that the King Of Assyna should not
,ome into the city
Nor shoot arrow there. nor come before Il win
hcld nor cast bank against IL. By the way that ne
anne by the shl he return, ard shall noi come
n,o this CITY, saith The Lord. For VIII dcieud tns
.iy 70 save H. for my sake, and FOR my servant
Davids .ake. And i 70 pass that nisat iAat the
.nce oil the Lord went out snd s0te IN TIE camp u
he Assvrians an hundred ourscore and I'VE thousand