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

square. On the outside oil u arc uo e q, g..rh and
and censs which contribute at once 70 "ea h ~: ,h
safety Beyond IT, as far a. the sgh1 can 81 'I E
Main ;s dotted with mounds, and SUI iaftc ~ - Sch
r.cticns are the other great mounds anu c,.v
- he other three angles of the exceeding Srea0 y
rtb,ee Jays Journey That is camel Journeys ao"u'
c,rf.l 20 10 miles. .-,;.e ofMr
Il !. now ten wears since the simultaneous enterprise W.
p,,,s and Mr. Iayard probed the mounds oil Nnruu, ~
unik and Khorabad, and disclosed the monniien ~ w,
Assyrsn Empire. In lsis the results Of 'ne
xe,e nnbi.h,d They demonstrated the former existence
of a great proud and wake people on the banks OF 'e
Tigris icy exhibited its customs lis arts us reon ~
character, In the most vivid manner ana presence % e
scholar volumes of historical records Wri''oh III a W
known tongue and undecpbered character nut 'ie
actual contributions made TO history IN me- ntiPu
lished researches. were comparatively ~
In the six years which have since passed 'he SAoas1
ons have been continued The suite of palaces al ~
tho earliest as well the latest seat OF the hi Oh '
oveb and the vast and magnificent structure a, huy
,,;. .ba Civ N; Mosul the monument of the pamiest
eva If the Assyrian Empire, have been amos, enu'eY "a
buned III. details of wars, sieges ana oa'ue, ant no
representation of the peaeein arts M Sun ab Nm
p.ss have been found upon the scuiptursu sap'. "
nerous articles o, ornament and use from inc pcAA
Kitchen utens TO the throne and IVORY ScePier ol ue
King himself have been dsnterred from me earih winch
covers The ruins national library of inscribed tiles
has been discovered in somewhat condition
ard transferred the shelves OF the Brtisn museum
These NAV have occupied the chamber to when the king
sent when he wished 10 learn the deeds Of Moriecai
Some think the inscriptions astronomical records
others that that they bills OF bank that broken
Further excavations have been made IN other mounds
so ha, there are few of the many Ils IN the neigh,
borhood of Mosu which DO not show, IN newly heaei
scar upon the side in the narrow opening OF tunnel
sign of having been explored or al least tapped oy
the picks of Mr. Layard wOrkmen
While the Traveller has been thus active abroad me
scholar in Lis study has not been idle From the remains
of buildings hitherto discovered and with infinite pains at
rakng and scrapng together the scattered sreds 81 evil
dence the Persian and AsSyran palaces have been pa
Div restored by Mr. FERGUSON, an ingenious archectur
writer But that without which the explorations OF Mr'
Lavard would have been OF little service to science ~ the
deci herring and translation of the inscriptions Inc III
torreaton OF unknown discourse. written N an I'M
known character and unknown language, was prob
lem difficult indeed of solution. The task proposed py
hadneZZar TO she magcians, the asIroSes tie
"sorcerers and the Chadeans was hardly more hfeasH
able than that to which the monuments oil Sfiaoeo M
Darius invited the scholars OF Europe Inc ae'ohpnSn
ment OF this task from the first happy guess Oh "ro'ee
down To the translation of e Nnevte records - one III
the most marvellous achievements O, hu'na
At the opening of his last chapter MI Lay a, n''o
the results OF these abors in the following wo.us
Wien in 1919 published the d fo@ the remains
Of he buried paas,s were sii almost rld Wa Satb
nousn ~ onctnre than upon any we'll sabished Pholoscs
@ Sr o.t se y y, and that they would De
found furnish history previously Amos II JUG " -"
the sSor' Of E9s ' Se ssne1 raa and Ser
Gel Raw non ard Dr. HIM IS a have nearly led 10 the fa6
ncut authorizations Ine rsse oI"a that con-
eng The tine Inch has elapsed since the discovery que
msus much progress has been already made oS.
IF aimee, every S Assyrisn record Pr 6lsl2
"a give, in plain ana unadOrneu nidh"c.
view OF the chief points which the scrptura narrative
is illustrated confirmed and supplemented by these DIS
cOyeries. ,.. ,,, ho ,or,
pressed within short space After the fact OF the fou
dston of Nineveh by Nmrod has been stated Gen X H.
and an aussn TO the power OF the nation IN the
nrorhecy of Baaam Numb. XIV % II Wholly dlsap-
oi f3n, sv-unless the INVASION of Judea by Chushan-
Rshalhaim " King of Mesopotama, IN the time OF the
judges Jud iii, ~ may be considered as coming from
the banks of the Tigris.t
lust after the reign of Jeroboam at time when me
two petty Kingdoms of Judea and Israel are VeAeu VIII"
internal anarchy mutual wars, and with ne aggres'iohS
of the syrian kings of Damascus Nneveh is again intro
duced in the strange book of Jonah, Galean prophet
at is exceeding great city, OF three days Journey
whose wickedness had come up before the Lord, Dui
whose threatened punishment is delayed IN consequence Oh
the uentence of he people few years later about 'o
b. G. the Assyrians actually appear against me lanu OF
Israel under Pull their king. r. Kings XIV 49, henahen
the king of Israel buys transient peace at the price Oh
thousand talents of silver. Twelve years after tins l'oo
b. C.J while the Isroetes under the warke ieis Hb ~
PekGh consprng with the Syrians 10 oPPres
80 lsaih Pese M hng 1t Asyr na
land iiazor, and Glead, ana Gaihee All tie land OF
"Narhtal-and carried them captive to Assyna. y
Notwithstanding this reverse the combined armies OF
Israel and Syria continued 10 modest the nte state o
Iudsh and TO threaten the capital itself The heart al
King Ahaz moved, and the heart OF ms people a.
the trees of the wood, are moved by the wlnd. Al
thouob Isaiah pronounced of his submest pophe
ces IN promise the deiverance OF Judah from tne''
en,mies aud although signs and tokens were muuphe'
point out the time when the aohorred iand soud u
fosahen OF both her kings and when the riches OF ia
mascus ard the spoil OF Samarla should be taken away
before the King of Assyria still the fathless Ahaz wa
terrified Into sending an humble embassy TO lagt'h rme
ser begging his protection. The alliance had ihe usua
result Of such unequal confederacles lhe Assyrah ac
ceped the silver and the gold sent him from the treasure
of the temple and the palace, seized inc Guy anu o spo.
of damascus; but as for Ahaz he " came unto hnl AM
"distr.,sed him but strengthened him not Y King
xvi, 7s. Chr0n. xviii, lb-2l.l ,
In these discouraging circumstances, le d !,
reign of Abaz ended b. G. 1901 and he was ga'neieu
his fathers to be replaced by his son hezekla. Even
this time when the huge empire OF A'syrla was pegnh
10 portentous shadows over the sacred khguo,
The owerfu monarchy of Syria had been absorbed INTO 10
mass ard when the neghbOr state OF Samara seemed 10 OF
on the point of exiermnaoneven now the prophets '
into loer strain OF hope The violent ana utter ruin
the bloody city denounced in terms OF natchess sup
Unity by Nahum and Zephan,ah while the eyangeh'
rrophet saw in the promised deyerance from the hane
OF the AsyTan he type and the assurance oil gea'e
redemption from worse enemy.
The aggressons from the Assyrlans continue. ne"
king Safeon s mentioned sending his laEhn or gen
! ersf TO AsLdod lis. xx, H. About the same time U.s.
/ 1851 another king, Sbamaneser, found conspiracy
Hosaea king OF Israeli in that ne had formed treat,
with So king OF Egypt and refused to pay his annual tro
ute to the king Assyra. shananeser seized ana I'm
urisoned him No peace remained for the poor state
Israel The prophet Hosea compares her to fghtene
dove fying back and forth To escape the net. Inc.
cali to Egypt they go to Assyrla lie threatens hen
with new invasion from the monarch whose cruelty ma
,lreadv crown into a proverb. IAN thy forresses sha
lie sioed as shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day
battle the mother dashed in pieces upon her chi
"dren." ~ -
The nrophecv did not wal, long for its fulfment. 81
"came TO pas in the fourth year OF King llezekah who
was the seventh year OF Hoshea, king OF Israel D.
"7.3 that Shamaneser, king Of Assyra came up az AIM
saaia and Desieged it, and at the end OF three year
they took it, And the king of Assyrie did carr
away Israel unto Assyra, and put them in Halah ana
Habor by the river OF Gozan and in the cities OF ID
"Medes." q NDgs xviii 9-ll.)
This was the end of the Kingdom Of Israel The vacaF
territory was settled with mongrel population gathere
from various ASS ran provinces; and the bosndary-r