The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-07-25
NINr.EH AID ms REMAINS.


The eres, sapi.-l "A he Assynan co..
pre-. Ihr ss,iy hl.Issy &c wharb appears
ai b. shToudsd a impe etr-ble sbsroriis.
hss suneus-d IL TIE dusi nas osei
loo = oss-nd wears. The prd IONS 90.
.persirg q. ui'sied b. Inc prophets q -
IasI. hsn n nr.eh as =; the bright ct
rs sl.,sy. hsss brsn lilsTsily inlhilsd. |
r@snsy-iisr 1enlarirs have proved the
diElne al,gi n.f ,hl.epIophseles. Tradition
only. m,Tks tie siIe Of the greal AssYFisn
eii,; aud " 81 Ihst greatness 80 sisidiy
dsstnbsd 10 lhr hsugh,s Esypusn klng.
bF lie Pfaphe, EIekri. bpl lew sesliges
rsna,n. On Tie east bank Of The f,giis.
these sesi,ges-huge moonds eo.eisd
with ssIdufe-hsye long excited ilie Gu
flesny oil The passing travelled. But, en- /
nj sisLia a leo years. no pbIecl aoiihy
ol note has rewarded The antiquarian Tor
his Tessssshes among teen. In The au-
luma II ls45. . youag EaRllshmsn. nam |
edi.ays,d. firmly believing ih.t these runs
could Do ma e 10 weld up The vanished
marcel. Of The pas" caDmsneed essasa-
mig lhe great mound a NImrond, village
a. the rIgris. shout eighteen miles below
hbsnl. uis explorations were successful.
With he assistance Of Arabs, and guided
b. the external appearance. Of he mound,
before Ihs ssc ini day's labor was finish.
I'd. he" found himself staining 10 : room
bghlol slsb ,slel slabs, the centres o. which
Nste covered with wIInaa." BY patience
snd indusliy IN The face Of many sbsls-
tiles, a. chamber alter chsnbsr was reveal.
eJ. and u length, sm,d tie Wild scream
iags Of the Arabs. end 10 his own breath
less cnnienimens. has re:lefs and painted
sculptures we're exposed 10 view. aud he
beg4n 90 sec what Ezekiel describes
Aholisb IL have seen thousands Of years
ago. /" She saw msn portrayed upon
the wall. the images Of the Chaldeans
portrayed with sermIhon. Gm,ird with
ger.ilss upon their Ions, exceeding 10
DYED attire upon their heads, sll Of them
princes :, look o.; captains and 20.
lers clothed most gntgeously. horseDen
RIDING upon horses. all Of desirable young
msn... An English traveller, uneonRec-
ted with Mr.. l.ayard, passed though
N,mroud. al the tine Of the excavaiIons,
and states that he descended 10 the . DIS.
buried palace 10 The evening. and passed
,i,reogh labyrInth OF halls, chambers.
sou galleries.. Nth bas-rel,el.. painted
a,weIs, and INSCRIPTIONS covering the
walls. He saw these walls crowded with
gorgeous phantom. Of The pact, depicted
slil in the oriental pomp OF Their richly
embroidered fUbes, snll II their audiences.
battles, sieges. and llcn.hunt', .ss when
they were mighty hunlers, warriors, and
sia:estnen beiole The Lord. He saw liy
porily forms OF Kings and ,izlers. so
llle.l,ke, and carved 10 such 6ne, relief,
that he could almos, imagine lheh step
ping from The. walls 10 question the rash
murder on their privacy. Mingled with
them. also, we've other mons;tous shapes,
the Assytian dellies Of did. with human
bodies, long dropping wings. aud The
heads and bsaks OF eagles; and he saw
sull fsi,hfully guarding the portals Of
hsi.s deserted and empty centuries ago.
The colossal forms Of winged lions aud
bull., with Riean,ic human faces. "All
these figures" he exclaimed. =" the idols
OF q rebpiunlnn sinre dead snd buried
like themselves, seemed actually in the
twilight, 10 be "a slng their de.'cra'ed
heads from The sleep 81 centuries" BE.
lure Mr.. Laysrd finished his excavations
twenty se,ghl chambers and galleries
The remains Of i" The Nlreveh. perhaps
o, Minus and Stmirsnlis of S.lmaneser,
and Sennacharih, oil Esarhadion and
S.Ijanapulus, were Brought 10 The lIgh'
Ut day, n -,
Before closing. we will quote one OF
tso ex tacts from Mr.. Laysrd's recently
published work, eulled, Nlneseh ant
1t. remams." In them the reader Wi
fad further Description Of some Of these
remarkable discoveries.
= rode TO the epcanpment Of SEekh
Abdnr-tahmao. and was returning 10 III.
mound, when | saw two Arabs OF his
Tube urging their mares 10 Inc top Of thei
sueed. On approaching ne they stop
ped. .Hss,en, o By EXCLAIMED on,
of ,hem. hasten To the dIggers, TOR the!
have found Nimrod himself. Wsllah.
j. wonderful bul u is lrue we have sect
him With our eyes. There is no God bn
Goi.' and both joining il lhls p,ons ex
clsm,tion, they galppej off. without fur
ib-r woris, IN the dlrecuoa Of their tens
i" On reaching the ruins, ! drscende
into the new trench, and found The work
med had disclosed an enormous huma
head scuIp,ured 10 full %, Of the slabas
ter of-the cuunry. Ttey had uneosere
the upper part o, figure, the remainder
uf wh,ah was still buried N the earth.
saw al nrcc sha, The head mus, belong I
winged l,oa Or bull. similar TO those
Kuorssb d aad persepolIs. |, was IN sd
mrable presersauon. The expression
was calm. yet maj ssnc. and the outline o
the features showed freedom and know
edge Of ar, scarcely To be looked Tor 4
the works OF so remote a PERIOD. III
cap had three horns, and, unlike that Q
The human he AIDED bulls htheItu fopnd i
A,syria. was rounded. snG without orus