New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-14

Tho arch Of Septmus Seyerus At Rome contained the
and ges, not only Of Sayeras hnse but OF bus
d,n;h OF the father in the strife for power eta had died
ycn 10 the force jealousy Of his brother, the latter
sr.,d ,s g.,c anil image 81 the murdered man to be
I,ro,ed fr.r tie arch; cld the nilisied marble sun
i,srs IN pr,--, witness to the inmate al ira'ricde
20 IN ihe faco Of Scnnachetlh whoever in following
lie nss Of sculpired sahs through "o 49, g I
trenches ono upon the portrait OF 'he P'ouI ss
himself h. finds almost always thar ~ hends shu
have been Intentionally cut away or deia'ed win s
instrument This does not look Ike the "ai'oh mr. -
criniI.ie mischief Of victorious enemy Il seems
indicate the personal hatred Of prf s;e oc prev
ia l. so! palace q Tie royal victim Is u no. p'ooaoe
that The DETACHMENT effected by the rake OF te Psi
cid. lrohers that Essarbsddon Ike the CafaeaH 81
RoHsu history chose % :EU tic walls o. rs pa.
ace tie 'snrcs o that unhagp! etlef by whose nn
murlr ;he throne had been made vaci. Cr las GccSssOn
TIE names and records have been frand more or les
rsrc,t Of three Ct SoERaceyb OF these ae
hrs. j. .sarhaddon his SON and the las probably >ar
daLsras, hose tTagsal deah contested win ine ID" q"
,ho ASS Empire.
Tie g. las lett it. record upon the palace. Of Mn
~ :, a-cucce which Il REQUIRES iabor;ous scholar
10 d, pher The .cull tured slabs, broken and cacine
Nv The hea cry from The wall and the ca-rcd beams OF
tr,ic- buried IN the -.me ruin answered then, u
hn. q 81 ba,al;h town w;h blood and es;abishe;h
civ ~ in uiiy II anything else could ne needed -
.lou tba; the g. tC with slow decline ~ the decron
tulc Of old age Cut IL tic mics; OF her prosperity WA
"th. noise If wh? am the noise OF ne ia'"nS 81 the
whsels and CT the prarcn- horses. and OF the jumping
"eh4rios with the lifting up both of the bright sword
ana Tho g;c ring smear Is iouGd n ru.aed gaze
which has been described by NJ. Leyerd.
To NJ mind this ruin was The mos: Impressive So
ecnr Ill the solemn remains OF Nincyeh In the northern
v al OF he enclosure @. kuyuBk Is MOUND "u'h ''es
high above the line OF the mounds Entering narrow
nr.l m il. s,,. We com. before tcae oi winged oui,
in Tic sobest s:ye Assyr:an Az: Cpon me co'oS1s
folm symbocel of swfness and strength rise, e husn
head not with that expression OF s0d rcpose which Marks
the Egg ptien scuI ives but instinct with thar cam h's
lsotua eXorahe minaton which chiracezes Tue
leroc sculptures Nineych But the scIp ures are IN
ni.he The curling Of the bead j. barely begun to be
~.A ffl af IfrNI
but scratched with his c-el the outline of the Pumage Of
the w. = when he interrupted by catastrophe
before lie had had time much to letter upon
ihe. base 20 BY whose command they erected
What thar catastrophe is indicated plainly enough by
the calcntd marble and by the thcN beams OF enarts
wood which NAV still be traced in perfect form. in the
u6s- 90 clay which covers them. hr. Layard SPEAKS
thus i..y OF Ills eloquent ruin:
The entrance formed By these colossal bulls VS. 'oleea rec
and quarter wide l. ~ss paved VITA aT SAos o. a
buried OF bicSs AID Garth ln Led via ehaco' ai
chsed wood Or hs .ates 81 ths Lana" A4 ossn sc 1 &
unto lie enemy. and the tire had devoied e oas W.
bf.d nom above i sha suns on the t"po ihe mola
II would be difficult d,cbs the elect p,aced o. me rem
.ufe,.,d by thse .olsun sud majestic hsnfr- dhS @
amid the gloom when winding through the unde ground
resses you suddenly INTO The presence o-"srs mem
S.urscheb end ms hosts had gone ioft m ai er sn ana o
10 the uqu.st d. and had returned ch with %
cares srors sy have he handm,tens and wea
lsrae 1ho ush ,Aem tee the lyman inoniiSn ha
h ca,a in shame his ist and fatal defeat Then the o
b.. cls ges O. lo" wave ne meunas nsd
far 70 TIE AID the lcta basonn, ot ftoue u
tain solid brick masonry, crowned with oaers AID 'ia''
WITH tTDwhiIg towers
Mr Bacon concluded by thanking tho audience for the
attentive hearing they had given hun and then handed
round several impressions in wax from the cylindrical
seals he had taken OF the ruins OF NiDevch lie sad
the execution was such would surprise those who
doubted the artistic skill of the ancient inhabitants of
that city.