New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-15

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itSiHG EexeShe deter .nna,on which chsaciorkes The
herc scapsurvs II Nincvvh But the sculptures are un-
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executed and apon The sides Of the bulls me srs had
A srSchc with his chscl tho outline of the pumage oil
To WINS when he interrupted by some catastrophe
lsss he had had time much as 10 carve letter upon
their base IL by whose command they were erected
What thar catastrophe is indicated plainly enough oy
the calcnS marble and by the thick beams oil charred
rSsi whSh NAV still be traced in perfect form, in the
mas Of clay which covers them. Mr.. Lsyard SPEAKS
thus City of this eloquent ruin;
BY these colossal bulls was fourteen fee
quarter vide !; paved with large slabs OF limestone
u k<srr Of chAro: wheels The sculptures were
barred Of bricks aud earth mingled with charcoal and
ehrrd wod the land had been set wide open
Rsh.sS Nv deep sha unh from the top the mound
describe the elect prodnced OF tue ieS
suggested BY these solemn and majestic hgutes army N
and the oom when, after winding through the ds
Won suddenly into their Between mem
S<unsheb and his hes had forth IA al Their ngn ana
and had returned ch with spoil and
cspsive have been the handmaens aud wesh
Through them the Assyrsn monarch had
his srit. in shame fatal defeat Then the lofty
vii, bn long lines Of low mounds had stretched
ard the lea basement stone Supporting cur
Of solid brok crowned with baeens ana suoae"
with frUwning towers"
Mr. Bacon concluded by thanking the audience for the
attentive hearing they had given him. and then handed
round several impressions in from the cylindrical
seals be had taken of the ruins of Nine web. lie SAID
the execution was such would surprise those who
doubted the artistic skill of the ancient inhabitants Of
that city.