New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-14
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ir,rtkr oN rne CONTRIBUTIONS TO bihii
VAi. STuNVr FROM rms RUINS or NiNEVEl

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/ A., .,cahe, Tho following Ia the lecture IN full
T., al, r,,rrrsp Il human soionco almost every consd
advance upon the n'tainmynr n prc,ou" age has
rsonicd itsoi with relation :" 'h, ''rnoS OF roy called
ion Iva two successive phhsCa In the hrsi phase we
90. Tho n,N discovery IN ia early slate crude and ms
sharcn taken UP hy skcpcs aud urged "a an argument
asainst revelation, Az once the drum eooiesiastic
heats io arms hcooeans harpcs FOR horcsy great in
soa prss,hy lees In knowledge, hasten 10 defend rcl
ion which io tho o little faith 10 be in jeop-
andy, Arguments scientific assaicd by objections thco-
logical The discoveries of the microscope robuiiei by
srue poinis IN oScgcsIs mathematical dcmcn-tr n'iohH
arc c, shouted with moiap s,lcgsms aud The law
oi the Lord which perfect and His testimony winch IL
suro ahorously compelled to contradict the reVea
,on Of Ills glory in tho heavens, and The worh Oh MS
hands in The armament. ia.
and by the gradual progress both OF 'cicnho ana
of thclo,ical research shows the whole matter in
new light The crudics Of tho new discovery have been
cut "wa cogt oturc la. gwen p".D 10 nI s,n ave-
rculc have had their dny and now ~ last me tehchhDc
mind secs the artillery Of inhdeiiy turned against ITS
uicnds Christianity, instead OF being conounded, IN
sic both of its ssans aad ts defenders is confirmed
and illustrated and the alarm which cried out against the
loncs. Of scientific historical research is Ia he
Ike that the nishtwSudoror scared AT the phantom
with ousr,t clcd arms, which out, view
he nought but the gudeposi which directs h way and
assures linn of safety.
,nccs and of many poomical discussions the recent
extraordinary discoveries IN The history and antiquities of
the Assyran empire form az exception Achieved as they
have been 10y men under special obligation ~ consist
cncy 20 the Christian, and prosecuting their parallel abors
in circumstances such make collision mistake
mpossiby the relation Of these discoveries to the Xt
Rev violation has been constantly and increasingly one OF
confederation and Illustration. The bodest skePcism
has for dared to claim them upon It's side
nor has the most tmorous religious faith been terrified
into impugninc their authenticity IL is perhaps this very
thing which will account in part for the fact that these
frmations fhe Holy Scrpturesthe most wonderful aud
complete combinations ever received ny n nls,Oflcal
document-haye received much less than their due at
tontion from the popular Christian mind. am confident
gentlemen that need make apology Tor making
of the opportunity with which you have favored me 10
present, in plain way view OF me coqfr1"o"s rh'cI
BbcGl so.cace has ycocgcd from tie runs Of A'aeDek
only beg your indulgence if sometimes seem 10 too
much of the latitude Of traveller at Others too much
Of the dullness of a compiler.
The American traveer toward the river Tisr finds him
self continually following I'D the of empire toward
lis source If be have the fortune land Glasgow, he
finds himself at the extreme northwestern limit OF the no
man dominion where the tide of conquest first began to
,bb from the foot of the Gramplan Hills until 1t was once
more confined within It's ancient limits lie passes the
capitals Of after another of her colonies, each more
ancient and less 5arbarous than the last. and rests finally
i'm the Every and center of her dominion. Thence
ward passing the monuments OF cities ana nations
stretching further and further back toward the original
of te raccbeyOnd the rivers OF Eden and the
region Of Arorat-he reaches the place where the same
nooddc broke at last against the savage mountains OF
Kurdstan and rolled back over the PLAINS OF Mesopota
mia in waves of blood.
The ancient fortified city Of Diarbekr the upper Ii
iris is the scene Of of the splendid descriptions
in Gibbons " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empi.
The eastern armies, when invading Syria or Palestine
were accustomed to march first to the north, above Meso
pO.ana avoid the desert and then 70 come d0rR
toward SYRIA Ii is for this reason that hey termed in
Scripture The armies of the North although Nnevoh
was in fact much ncrth of Palestine. Is from tins
point that the traveller begins his approach to Assyra
ploper AT the foot of the black volcanic Gill; winch
The city built flows the river in broad and rapid but
shallow stream On this he embarks, according TO the
practice of that country for at least 1000 years upon
raft inflated gOatskns covered with floor sf slender
poles and il rapidly carried DOWN. ird by the current
Soon the Tigrs enters between lofty mountains The
stream pet by rocks rushes furiousy through as cham
-, feuiu n IA
enormous hight. Their fantastic forms 10 Initiate the
work Of human builders In their sides caverns sepnl-
chra military have been wrought in ages OF indefinite
antiquity From chambers at midnight stairway. are seen
which down to tho water level; but SINCE they
cut the rapid stream has down its channel 50
leave these landing places far above it, la these
found IA wrcched race of Trosodyes. having
their dw cling among the tombs, neither abide they in
anv house In one place Il decaying city, in another
ruined castle mnarot and bridge If vast and massive
architecture attest the former pendor OF the empire OF the
caliphs.
mountains begin recede from the east bank OF the river
leaving the broad plain of Assyria-
Beneath the concsys of unciouded skies,
In the midst of it, q few broken cliffs spring up Ike
islands Floating slowly down the broad and mnos
tic river the eye Of the traveller detects new feature in
the scenery high and broad mounds, dstn-uhabe from
natural hills sometimes by slight regularity OF form,
sometimes by their rising with artificial abrupne.s from
tie level OF the plain, and omeimes by lines OF grassy
rampant extending about them and inclosng wide area
OF geometrical figure
These mounds have long been objects of wonder and
ro.ity Not only has the wild Arab fingered beside them
f ether his horse to his spear and strange e
conds of Nmrod and his idols but travellers from distant
and Christian lands have visited them and returned home
TO give cuousy diverse reports 81 ZEN Some en'u'-
astic spirits were actually disposed 10 think that some
where this plain might have existed the ancient and
wonderful and exceeding great, city OF Nineveh ono
acacous man discovered them to be The remains of
Roman camp OF the time Of Hadran;" while some, less
cIeduous turned up their noses at the whole affair, de-
cared hat the mounds nothing but peculiar natural
hills aud that the whole story about Nneveh was myth
only worthy of tie csodonce OF such simple people d. ac-
cept the Books of Moses and the -Four Gospels
An this is changed The ste of the greatest OF the
cities the East is identified The positions OF padces,
TEMPLES and ausoe um the OF m0ats, rainparI.,
and canals instead Of ieroXing the Traveller as singu-
lar conformation Of land otter ground for plausible coec
ture as to the Plan of the city and the long enues OF
sculpturod walls within give eloquent testimony 10 the
auth OF the sacred records, and of the doubtful ana
disputed fragments Thicl pToiane history HaI preserve"
As has been my good foruno TO be one ri he only
party of Amer travellers that has succeeded III feach
The ruins OF NncV eh since they discovered, viii
nor be aujss still Gctan yeu few moments from the
particular subject of the evening 10 describe the pres it
appearance OF the mounds TO the eye OF superficial
Crossing the TgIis (which a; Mosul is about the width
of the Hudson at Albany by rude bridge OF boats You
find in front of YOU at the distance OF about NILE oS
mound oxtencng about four miles IN straight Inc look
iur rot uni he n grassy grown railroad enbanklneni OF
TWENTY-FIVE or tlry feet in hight Ii a. about ii! 'et
in hight pierced here and there by roads Leading oWlrd
II noun an and by little stream which here fails INTO
o Iiars In several places the mound rses mo sali
pVran IDS Ike broken towers and twice swei- into hsSe
irregular InGsses he smaller OF wine s'iA' 'c "!o
mosque ami Village a. Nebi Yunas, while the larger u
alfod all over is top hy heaps of fresh earth from e
excavations within ana in rs side L; midnight by sandIy
nalcw holes, at which the eNcaNaors enter or 'nei "oh
A few minutes ride Will carry you 10 The base q the
mound Jld thirty feet u its tury side to one oil hese en-
frances Leaving your horses in charge of some Arab
serN ants you the aperture walk for some ya's III
single file through tunnel OF induTtod c'd! pass
tie broken base OF gateway sill marked by the c90ssa.
fec; Of sVhuXos and find yourself in long ccrior o
three or four fe, in width and eight fee, high lou are
ualacn Of SeInacleIh The Grenf AhnVe Nonr hcf1