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

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mhIk iho other iLco Lng. 4 The "eIcecds rrcA ci'y
"of ilco days Journey. That camel J'uf'!h ap'n'
/ equal to 20 milcs -.
now ten ycars zinc. The simultaneous en- prise OF WI
rua aud Mr. Layard probed the mounds OF Ninrnd hly
unk and khounbnd and dscloscd the monuments OF the
Apsyran Empire In -1- the results Of their eNp"rhoh
we've IuLIshod Ihoy d mOHsiraoi the former existence
of great proud and vHrkc lc' c ou the bans 81 tn
Tprr ncv cAhhi..d .. tom g. ata, IL rfl GOA o.
claracr IA the vivid manner and presented 90 the
shosr volumes 81 historical records, written in
! known tongue and undccphcrcd character Bat The
nc nal contributions made to history IN these irspub
hshcd researches. were comparatively Uncomfortable
In the sn years which have since passed, the eHcava-
cns have been continued. The suite of palaces at Nnrd
the earliest well az the latest Of the king- Of Nm
oyoh aud the sasi and agnccn structure az huyunk,
opposite the City o Mosul the monument OF the pane-t
of lie Assyinn Empire have been almost entirely *
humed The details Of wars sicges and battles and the
representation Of tie peaceful arts, Ia still greater minute"
nes Lave been found upon the sculptured slabs NJ,
articles Of ornament and use from the pckh ana
kitchen uions 10 the throne and IVORY scep'er OF .e
King himself have been dsnered from the earth winch
the ruins. national library OF inscribed tieS
has been discovered in somewhat ragneary CONDITION.
aud transferred the shelves Of the British Museum
Tree may have occupied the chamber 10 which the KING
sent when Le wished to learn the deeds OF Mordeoai.
Some think the inscriptions are Astronomical .eco'us'
other- that HAT they bills Of bank that - no" BROKEN
Further excavations have been made in c;leT mounds
20 that there ere few If the many - III Tue AelSi
bolhood Of Mosul which do not show, IA newly healed
scar M on the side ia the opening of tunnel
sign Of having been explored or a; e 81 tapped by
the picks Of Mr.. Layerd workmon.
While the traveller has been thus active abroad the
obolar in his s,udy has not been idle. From remains
of buildings hitherto discovered sad with infinite pam at
rakrg and fcraIug together the scattered rcds OF ov
dcnce the Persian snd Asyran palaces have been pieu-l
biz restored by Mr FERGUSON an ingenious arr htectua
writer But that without which the exp orations OF Mr.
Laysrd would have been OF little service to science IL the
ceciyheng and translation OF the inscriptions Inc IN
lde,a"n OF an unknown discourse, written Ia an us-
known character and unknown language, was prob
lem difficult indeed Of solution. The task proposed by
NcLuClaGnCzzar 70 the magcians the as;rOlOcC!s the
.orcerers and the Cheldean- hardly
. n1vlc he a. NsIu
Darius invited the scholars of Europe Inc accomplish
mont Of dis task from the frs; happy guess Of r-teeni
down 70 the translation the Anevite records Is one OF
the most marvellous achievements OF human science
AT the opening OF his last chapter Mr. Layagd introduces
the results Of these labors in the following words;
49, fu6,S me .'I Ieeysrod the ..
Of the buried ltte. were Al" snost ssssa pos, ~ a.
upon conjecture than upon any ahhed pathological
ier.s would t. Known With Lines; ccftsny they
found to furnish history previously snos unk9 n o. o@a o te
ihai ne he sbo1s Of LIss scholar, and o.
nlht 9',so.. On ne Con.n'i E ra'e n-i' s 10 le l
yery incomplete Of enlistment that
the lime which has elapsed since the s'csei Of the mona
.sS., e, sq s Sf le e '' r 20 s F
propose TO give IN plain and unadorne.l manner
view Of the chief points in which the Serpura narrative
il illustrated, confirmed and supplemented by these dis
cOveriCs.
The Biblical account Of Assyrian history may be com
pressed within short space. After the fact of the foun-
dation of Nineveh by Ninrod has been 'taied ten H.
morga and ausion to the power ol the na'ion IN the
prophecy Of Balaam Numb. XIV - wholly dsap-
ess from ,iewuness the invasion OF JUDGE by Chu-qn-
liishaihaim, King of Mesopoama, in the time OF the
Judges Jud ill., - may be considered as coming from
the banks of the Tgris;
In the early part of the eighth century before CHRIST,
lust after the reign Of Jeroboan H. at time when the
two petty kingdoms OF uGea and Israel are vexed with
internal anarchy mutual wars and with the aggresson-
OF the Syrian kings Of Damascus Nmeyeh Is again nitro
duced in the strange book of Jonah, Gallean prophet
1T is an exceeding great city, OF three days journey,
whoe "wickcdncss had come up before the Lord, but
whose punishment is delayed in consequence 81
the penitence OF the people few years later about 20
Il. c. lie As.yrians actually appear against tue land "i
Israel urcr Iul their king. = hings Ky, ~ Monahem
fine king of Israel buys transient peace at the price of
thousand talents of silver. Twelve years after this, 200
g. c. while the Isractes under the warlike reign OF
pokal conspng with the Syrians 10 Cypress judah
TiSath Piescr, King Of Assyrio AID conquered
all tie northern part of the kingdom of lsrael-' kee-h
land Hazor, and Gilcad, and Gallec all the land OF
"NsIhteli-and carried them captive 10 Assyra' u
Kings XIV. 49,
Notwithstanding this reverse the combined armies of
Lnd and SYRIA continued TO modest the little State of
Judah and threaten the capital itself The heart OF
King Ahaz twas moved, and the heart oi hs people, as
the trees of the wood, are moved by me wind al
though Isaiah pronounced some of his subme-t proPe-
Cos IN promise of the delverance OF Judah from these
cnemies aud although signs and tokens were multiplied
POINT out tie time when the abhorred land should be
fosaken OF both her kings, and when the riches OF Da-
ascus and the spoil of Samara should be taken away
before the King Of Assyra, still the fahless Ahaz was
terrified into sending humble embassy to Tagath Pile
ser begging his protection The alliance had the Usual
resu oi euch unequal confederacies The Assyran ae-
ccJed the silver and the gold sent him from the treasures
of he temple and the palace seized the city and the spoil
of Damascus. but for Ahaz, he came unto hun. ana
distressed him, but strengthened him not q. hinss
xvi, 10. Chron. xviii, l6-2l
III these Encouraging circumstance the dishOnocd
reign of Alaz ended Il. &. 726 and he was gathered To
Liz fathers be replaced by his son liezekiah Even at
tls time, when the huge empire Of A-syra was beginning
IN cost roeptous shadows over tie sacred kin dom, when
the powerful monarchy of Syria had been absorbed hio us
mas aud whenthe negbor state OF Samar" 20 be
the point OF ext now INC pFophes osC
into lofier strain of hope. The violent aud utter rum ."
the bloody CITY donounco in terms OF matches sub
Unity ly Nahum and Iephaniah, while The " eyangellc
prophet in the promised delvernee from the hand
Of the Assyrian the type ana tie assurance OF greater
REDEEM ption from worse ieiuy.
Ihe aggression from the Assyrians continue 4 new
hing Sareon. il mentioned a. sending hi Tartan
eral TO AshGOd. is. XX, L. About the same time b. G.
125 another king >halmaneser, found conspiracy IN
loshoa king Of Israel; in that he had formed treaty
with So king OF Egypt and refused 20 pay his annual trD
ute 10 the king of AsyTia Shalmane,er seized AMI I'M
rIisonod him No peace remained Tor the poor sta'e OF
Israel The prophet Hosea compares her to frightened
dove fyuc Lack and forth 20 escape the net. They
call Egypt they 10 Assyria. He threatens them
with invasion from the monarch whose cruelty had
"le oiled az Shaman spoiled Beth-aIbe in the day Of
battle tic mother YVES dashed IN pieces upon her emil
"dr,n. -,
m, prophecy did not wait LONG for its fGflmen II
came 10 pass in the fourth year OF King iezekiah which
was the seventh year Of lioshea King OF Israel H. l.
7aa that skamancser king Of Assyrla. mp against
Saais end lesiegod H. and AZ he end OF three year,
"lev took il, And the king of Assyra aid carry
away I-ree unto Assya, and put them in alah and in
Uabor bv the river OF Gozan, and IN the cities Of the
"Med1s" 2 Kings xviii, Gill
Tl,- w Tie end of the Kingdom OF Israel The vacant
territory was settled with monsre population gathered
from 6ious Ass riGn province and The boundaryne
If Ju0ca became the frontier Of the A.syrian Empire;
The rprravo Of the ODD Testament j. now clcaraud I'M
involved. Sonuacherb with his army invaded Juiea, b.
C. 7l3 aud seized al the fortified towns except Jrfus.
lem. HeztAiah cent 10 him at bis camp at Lach-h, Of
pc tribute and was relieved from the vasion by pay
inc rce lu dred talents of silver and thirty of gold 10