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

d." fss. which Is possbIe in the nature Of the
Tie additions made TO Jewish history src such Hs 10 spw
~. INDEPENDENCE Of the Assy riEn chr ce ana inc
lions from the Hebrew &C., orally li 'nc. ~
,ould Ice expected in the annals - i'.h1-t'' p,r;
In oonstrucng rom the naisra.' preset =. tho =
syrian inscfipons history 81 the grim lnaroh!
l. I,c,ssary 10 hy upon some iDft re.'e .'"s
f,,d date IN known history. IT, ~ = presenter
~ ON the baok oL.4sk The realers OF NJ
Javsr first work will remember the discovery Of TN.
monument in the trenches Of the second or central MIMI ID"
palace. ,. r,.fL,,aL MAJ
II il now IL tic Rri,l Nu-eunsn obelisk OF oIicA ms
ne gey,n fcG ii-h vi.A avo c bas-roefs in p,nne.s
ON each eide representing procession Of csYtV"- a.
preaching the hing with Tribute An inscription Oh ''o
hundred and Hn,s the uu-cuptur''i space on
,le .ides Of the obefsk. The animals represented N ihe
PROCESSION the Bactran twUhumped camel! the elephant
H.. u.ul eve &C. -s.la exhibit Ia. results 81 an Indian
csmpaicn and The IL Ct antiquarian exc;cnioni w.
Iavarl disposed to consider IL the trophy al some pr
eya Minus, who frs; carried his couquorng arms TO the
Indus Ganges. Recently, however after pursus TIER
researches independently and widely distant cogniTes
Dr Hincks and Col Rawnson, the great English IN
ye.iieaiors Of the subject have come almost snd'a-
ncously 20 the same conclusion On one OF the process
siops ii rbutehear.s they identify the If Jehu
the son Of Omri the king OF scmaria, Beth Onri. ;ae
house Of Our Kings xvi, 2Ii On another part g.
tho column is read the name o. azael kin, OF Syria
and that Of Ehbaal king OF the Idonans the laher
Of Jezebe whom Jehu slew. Sec Kings XVI, 90 There
can be no mistake in this. The in the inscription
do not vary from the Hebrew photography 70 the value Of
single letter, except that the name On L changed 70
krsNri.
Ih Gate Of this nor -mc then is fixed the former
mart If the ninth century before Christ aud the fact th.
commemorative constitutes clear and important adii
ton to our knowledge Of Hebrew history namely the
ayup Of tribute from the king OF Israel 10 The king of
Ass,rs more than hundred years before me nrs As
svran invasion Of ISRAEL mentioned IA the Scrip
NY asion of Pull during the rein OF Menahem.
A. the oieiisk records the history ~ imrtvone yelrs
If tie reign OF DiraaEbgr Tor mE5dT thee Is oas2n
for placing the date OF hi accession early a. 900 b. C.
Ihis date thon is the gro from which Ayran caF"noo
The name Of the King in these inscriptions is uniformly
followed with his royal pedigree From that upon me oo-
eik il appears Int the father and predecessor 81 DVhn-
utar was Asur-akhpc Il s otherwise read Asslr-
sJsn-pal SaIdanapelu the builder Of the ea-t exist
ing palace at Sneyeh the northwest padee q N,'l.
iii reign seems have been sho one, and the date
of lie accession il SGT at $50 II. 4.
The records Of the latter king furnish the names OF hYe
il not seven of his predecessors By placing ih-se IA
,hrr genealogical order estimate may DC made ot
the age Of the dynasty curious inscription dsc'verei
elsewhere affords however the means OF closer do'e
mnaon Of It's date The sea ures referred 10 are carved
Ike many oihels OF tie aud subsequent ages upon
the living rcck in the precpicc on the SIDE Of marrow
rocky ravne the right bank of bra~lng mountain
torrent issuing from the hills when bound the pam OF
Nineveh the northeast Figures of the gods -acre'i
and military symbols. accompanied by the portrait OF
tie King and record Of mis- deeds. This king proved
To be Sennaho First are rccounod the great pubic
works 81 his rerhe canals which he constructor Tor
tie capitol ard the poVnees After tins long obscure
rassnge rreccdes detailed account OF the expefi-
ton io Bahyo aud kar-Dmyas against VI foaich BaiH-
dan. And after giving particulars Of the campaign Sen
nacherb then mentions ms advance Ia BABYLON ms con
"Gues and plumber OF H. and concludes win saYng that
he brought back from that ely the hinges ~ the gods
which had been taken by Merodach-Ada>he, the King
cot Mesopoiama. from Assyria, four hundred aud
eighteen ycaD before, and put them IN their places
No, the name mentioned in his inscription the king
o; AssyIa from whom the idols were captured by Nero
dach.Adakhe, is identical with name IN the royal pedi-
gree Of the Saranaplus who built the early palace al
Nnrud This To fix the date OF the beginning OF
the dynasty AT III YEAR, before the Time e" >ehhachcro
or about ll40 Is. {.
Within few months | have given minute an
account OF these curious processes, show the firm
lass fle
nnoveh founded The records sntS' lueat 20
those of the obolirk king full OF interesting hustrl-
ti,ns Of tie Scriptures AFTER an interval OF iour
kings ana perhaps more WIS afn,i' 49, ~ I o
been discovered come To those 81 the KING VINO
rbuilt the second or central palace. ne Is uehlcI
through an important discovery, i"f which we ae m
dob;od DR. lIncks In an inscription on basrelief
rlrcseyiiug pant line of war-charriots he has de-
t ted the Of WHdhm, king of Israel, among those
q other inonarchs paying tribute to the king OF Asyra,
in The eighth year of his reign. This Assyian king must
consequently have been either tic immediate predecessor
Iho next king whose records are found. the builder
o. ti,e pairce 81 Nhorsabad.
HE though read with 'gl' variations o dferent inter-
nent.oi,d by ,sh' Of khorsibad furnish NJ
nstey inscription account Of caPaisn against
3D. But in orc sim prcser, described
IL eslIed NJ. epi b i from s.s. and The '.TIa
bic IIeGt ssoIs, great waror"
Nv friend and sponden n the city opposite Nine
web describes Col Rawlinson reading these characters
as easily a Latin inscription.
II is The opinion of Col. Rawlnson tina, Sta'maae,er I.
found tho monuments Ct khorsabad, az an ep'hot OF
Snrgon- opirion which would seem to be supported
by tie incidents of his reign. l. is not easy TO account
for the that there is otherwise mention O the
of this monarch in all the monuments Of Nineyeh
Beginning with Sargon. the liz, of kings Is complete
almost if quite to the fall OF the empire. H. success
sor was sennachob who built The vast and gorgeous
raacc upon the mound cled koyunjk aud engraved On
The great bulls Which guarded H. portal tie annals OF SIX
YEAR OF his reign.
Thcse inscription. in tho style OF cool arrogance
l.. 4 tho otsbf rttF tho Tnrg
delivered by his ocers To- liezekiah lie calls himself
Tie ubduer OF kings, from the upper sea OF me scttng
"un the Mediterranean to The lower "a" The r-nS sun
e. IKE Persian gulf. The first Of his reign was ds,in-
oui,l ed Ly campaign against Observation-Disclosures lte
King of Babyo who cent to kin. lezehhhl N when
sennacherh va. spendidy victorious. .le second year
occupied with similar expedition toward the North.
OF which ull details are given
memorable expedition of which we have an account; IN
the books Of Kings, Chronicles and Isaiah Alter giving
the route ard achievements of the army IA Northern SYRIA
the inscription unfortunately much injured and deiaced,
tell- oi he war inJUdea.
On the river Lvcus engraved on the rock are nscrp-
tions COMMUNICATING the del of the Egyptian mcnarch.
After these the Assyrans, and prepared smooth
surface the rock side by side with the Egyptian records
o which ;Lty ,cuptured their deeds also In due success
son the Greeks Romans. and sarscens came, and did
nhewi-e
there is one particular IN this campaign which -
repre-eited to with all the vvidnes o pictorial iu--
traion Portrayed upon the walls OF an itner chamber o
the palace found ull representation Of the siege AMI
caruie Of city, 1t needless attempt description
Of these relics which include al the pomp and oaroarly
Of Oriental warfare Al end of the series IN front oi
tic fortified camp. the iullengn portrait Of the hing
seated in hi chair Of st,e and above The heal the follow"
H. inscription. " Seaaactcrt. ttc nigty kag-s'@g y
m, ccr,rv - i,~yra .isg on the Taygaeot J4dymset
"l,jo,, The Gig y Lact.sA-I sre !arha'sso4 PR IS
acushtcr
There is one moro illustration OF Scripture history. o:
,t.l more wonderful character.
Chamber r4.sage the southwest corner " tts el.-
were ,rd srge piece me cl.y bearing - unrr
.o. sets which there had been sed defn
frc fa cf leather ps.yrn-, or
kutrt such wh seals N csY s attached nave