The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-15
Miss B.eon's Historical Lectures.

Miss Baeoa's Historical Lectures
Yesterday, Miss Bacon delivered, before . large
d!ence the NTH Of her series Of historical lessons Bhe
took for her subject Tho Indo GermAaic Group In ths
Primitive State Of Oriental Antiquity" She bcgaa by
saying that he wished to give them the history Of the In
dependent States Of oriental antiquity and give de-
scption Of those States sepsrstey they existed On
those points alone she intended to lecture but for
minute description she referred them to Hseran's work
which they would not be likely get from library as
IL very valuable book-they should buy 1t in
Of the large bookstores of this city she would then call
their attention to portion Of the last lecture whcn
the group that formed the AssyriAn empire which
called the semitic race and to shsw the distinction be-
the city Of Babylon and then the city Of Nine
web Which was the capital Of that great emptD Next
she adverted 10 Damascus and then proceeded Psy
r., shich is on the crest highrosd from Babylon to
Phonic:a also Balbes The great con nerce that
vae transacted between those I've great ces tho
Of the wonderf that existed the present
day These Assyrsn groups u States which had been
enumerated Preserved the only whsh history dis
sShsa to disirsUh those states 1A from f tho
Ind !ndo Ge,nsn,c group which vas her snejeot
pepa and Asia Minor, were altogether . different
nd Of people from those whom they found the other
side Of the rers the coast OF the Mediterranean
unlike those FUND at the present day in India
The races Of INDIA we're very speculative and iher Ian
gusge wss icrnta - express their numerous idsA There
bad never been period In the history OF Babylon or
Nineveh IN which the arts we're wanting In the history
Of the lDdo 6trmanio group there had sscn period
when the arts neurhed and the people civised,
Here they found the first ss<e OF the history Of that
county There "a . maIvslcus eeamhlance In the
monuments Of that country to those which renAnsd In
strange thsf in thoee ancient times the Persians aud
HiDdOos unaffected the desires and thoushs 8 the
broken lines yet there . succession Of evsnts 1t
would thns nature could net keep ctvlxa-
s1a nsm For .s ana : .res a'a thew hsd
remained without the nrst rudnents Of civilization No
hsd been civsed the. had not had some con-
tact with the Semitic when you Gross the ngrs
period " oriental antiquity India aud Persia
connected with the cvised States the banks
Of The rivers rgrs and Euphraes She then alluded to
the religion the iphsbitants Of the IRdo 6srm4nic
gTenp In their ancient oays they believed in supreme
ana om tho, p.rod Ir. "ss Hs,
downward tendency ldoAtry thea began 20 APPEAR In
Psrsia and at stsr Isrod in India Idoiatry ut this
plants. The worship Of the spirit trans
rred tbs temple wherein he was before worshipped
the similarity that sxsted ruins of Europe
and iAese Of Persia and Ia5iA After which she read
some Per'iau poetry Which she eontended vAs very
Huch like the poetry Of the present day TIE theo-
logical questions Of fate and pred.stinston we're d..
cured BY the Brshnins Of Ind,a in these ancient
NAMED the religious works Of the aindoos which
were ssd shout fourteen Ausdred years Christ
In the patr1srcLa u Jss lad that symbols
fo bdsen. although idoistry had not Jet become
mt Yet the prohib ton Of those symbols
inaicati0, tbst purs religion vas being corrupted We
po that time reversl esstss Of society First the
BrshDins, vine ranked the highest and thu most
powerful PEOPLE In th- country nssdiotioa Of tbers
voUls have destroyed the hing and his whole army. The
gres,est Grimes committed by them passed uano
iced. But they earDd their poser seD the 6rsI quar-
ter Of the Br.hmius HE va tpest Ia doing pentenos
drawing water ard cooking feos for his superiors He
got 70 but bad 70 Rom door 20 door for It, bat
murt not take aoy from these Who we're bad. Tue
quarter 81 his life be spent With his faUly In
tar, D.nt, at the third quarter he abandoned toe
sntes, and Vas clothed with the fkins wild
and eVefv usfC - h&an nm
hjm during tots prriod. There wa fourth quar-
ter Which devored 70 n-ditatoa By these triSs
were then white and from MS hung large soid
ripg, IN. second class Of society abe military,
nom wbish tue king chosen. There . clse Who
s.rs lover than any the above sDoned whose rights
totally ssB,gsrdsd and Who we're trodden usier
foot BY tsoss Who hghr than them In rAss tssse
we're the Sut-ess The ininal code at that tins
very we're; but TIE civil code remarkable Ter II.
.xhb,tsd the degree OF ovss alton ats,sei
AZ that period The government OF the towns and critics
we're very much hss 81 the Anglo Ssxops former
years In Northern India each tosn governed By
nan she hold ths sane posm a. mayor. There v.s
twelve VINO pied the p to, pal office. suoh
. collecting taxes ~ You voad - amazed At the
high Ea'e Of civissscn vhsh the HiDd,o. attain
at that poroa The rnsisns very bad his
torisps ssd ibcr fore st ainopit 90 trase their
history; thy have rscua Il Darius sc Xrrxs..
Their historians kns~ netbiag Of the baths Of Msshs
Wien the Greeks krst intfosnced si'izs INTO Pers
there y.oerd kept 81 ~ 30 Ia India rhsre
No svtssstio hiftor, Of thss essstty sre'os 70 lie
hvssiop ~ The xstoDs'ans asdsr 1.omui 82EH
il Psripcs sLich 81 frs suppossd . be sa,isnt
city, there ss5 tsen f.usa 10 Sr 5.i0ss 90 81 proved
that the ciry .y - n~ss. ssci.st The tnscrp
tiops dyted skept 'ss ua- ,h- s~u-sfy ga osss
By DAyius 10 geographical ssosiedgs t9s III stoos
vsr. deficient TisJ svss tss .esd 70 % several
uiuioas cf nee srsarf-resos sBd tsas there vsss
r,eontsis- ave k1nsrss Wiies Sigh Is< pshs ps
the nnost luyariant esusfry n ne v3rH fhsre
t. be seen the ossnss s.upoer eineamoa peso.r gu
ole, aud escs1hut trscs. Ths riBss nBh sDt
produced The rrret gold D1@Ir1s are frssc tasrs
large qoss tiles, srd tbe larg-t snefsa, fsoa3 Ia
that stry Gpger and shsr spicss gss 10 tn- opsn
telds without any cultivation Large trsc's Of land
WITH iroso ava o,htr psDts rhsn Jieasd
the tghsest dJss No wonder hat the ~s.ivss Of
country ~sSet 70 shut tt sssyrN roua he rest Of
the yord Tkshs wa ssaanful count:y could
be wsbed for This the chief reason Tor TIER
teiup qood recgrapnsrs They viso
reogfspby " bss country only Thus art ostns
Jndr S.rnsnc group had come isto cont,ct eth Semitic
group they would be in the stsP Of darkness toa.
they IN st prepent We Rad not lxsd With tbs
hsrbitis Cup Europe could at this day be Pesis or
81 Insis The lecturer then unosd tina. sae would