Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-10-18
FrOu lbe Journal Of COmmsres.
ExeaYatiuns at NineYeh.

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diseQveries IN Babylonip and Assyris.
slsars BEEHUE. SERIL, July S0th. 1855.
"a my last communication referred 10 the
generous efforts Of the American missionaries
10 place galpable monuments Of ancient Nine.
Eeh in The cabinets OF several New England
Colleges. ID is 10 Be hoped every College in
1he UniOo may ultimately possess more or less
spsei&sns 81 these disinterred treasures for
shat might be sacrilege At Rome, at Athens.
Jerusalem. and Bethlehem, is nc sserilege here
iRhers oFdsr and beauty are not impaired, and
Ehers ere no eyes 10 admire or intellects 10
appreciate them. The subject thus introduced
is suggestive Of other matters Of interest con-
neetsd With these almost miraculous discover
.ies. ssd instructive as well as gigantic re.
lies.
From the most recent inform ltiou, Il ap
pesEs -lb.t The FreRdh Consul at MOsul Nj.
'Fietor Place, animated by the spirit Of Mr..
IavaFd and Mr. 5otIa, has zealously and most
Unnecessarily prosecuted the labors they COM
nand. having secured such mass Of anti.
fouitias, that the French government has sent
'sut n three masted vessel to bring the
Objects djScOYered by Mr.. Place to Paris
She has already sailed for the Persian Gulf
and as The vessels cannot ascend the Tigris, the
monuments will be conveyed down the river a
distance Of nearly 300 miles, on large RATS
tsupportrd by skin bladders, according to The
usage and necessities Of the country. to Bassor-
Al, where theY will be shipped. The dificul.
lies and dangers of this method Of trasporta-
tioa sre eohsiderable: but it is believed can be
iSurmountet. Mr.. Place has already done
'What was more formidable, in conveying anti
ouities. some Of which are Of enormous weight,
from Khorsabad to the banks Of the Tgris-a
distance Of some leagues, and across country
which is not only without roads, but traVersed
,bv torrents, over which he was obliged to con-
slruct bridges TO accomplish his object, and
which he did without any Of the facilities in ap-
paratus which aid Europeans in similar enter
prizes.
Among the monuments discovered by Mr..
Place, and which the vessel yill convey to
Franee, is one Of the ancient gates Of The city.
four gigantic bulls, Feveral basso- relieves, a
great number of utensils OF earthen-ware and
cooper and iron, and . number Of statutes Of
greater antiquity than any yet discovered
The liberal spiIit of the French government in
the mstter Blll secure great attraction TO the
present Exhibition, the antiquities being ex-
pected 70 arrive in season 10 make part Of it,
and at the same time will add to the perma-
nent interest Of Psrjs and glory OF France.
In the meantime, Col. Rawlinson, who Las
long been honorably known for bis patient and
successful RESEARCHES in the same direction, and
who had expected to receive the appointment
Of minister Of the Coast OF Persia by reason OF
'bis long iesldence in the East and bis intimate
acqGaintance with Persian manners and poll
tics. having been disappointed by the recent ap-
- L.. II s,fo-
hgnanty thrown up bis commission as Consul
ct Bagdad and taking with him his valuable
collection Of antiquities, which he has spent
many years in~sssumulating is on his way. to
l's9E6giahd, ifindeed he has not already arrived
there. II will be deposted in he British Mu-
Seum, which has so long been enriched BY
public pride and prispte iiberality
Col Rawlnson being in Bombay on his way
home in the month bf April last. exhibited to
m Antiquarian Society there, .hs rare collec'
tion which he had obtained, and which, in
stead OF being confined to one locality. were
gathered from Chaldea, Assyria and Babylonia.
The antiquities were arranged In three classes,
and designed to illustrate three different pc
Tiods OF history.
1. The most anoient class was Chaldean,
consisistipg OF relics found at the primitive cap
jlals OF Southern Chaldea, which are now rep
resented by ruins Of Magheir, the Ur Of 1he
,Ohaldeas Of Warka, the Erech of Genesis OF
Ten .Keleh.the Essar Of Genesis; and Of Niffer,
the Accad Of GenesisI and from the nighbor-
ing localities. Among these ancient relics are
stamps Of the cuneiform legends. or IN wedge
like, or arrow headed characters. impressed on
The bricks Of the palaces and temples and, also
. number Of cones of baked clay covered with
inscriptions together with q small tablet Of
black marble, .beaying we'll preserved nscrip.
ton in The ancient sacred character. Go
Rawlinson believed and showed that these
monuments belonged to the period between the
thiFtsenth and twentieth centuries before
Christ the detailed proof Of which this is not
the place 10 give. But Col. RawhEson stated
that though the names Of the Chadean Kings
were unknown in history. list Of above TWEEN.
tyhad been obtained from the ruins of the
Lover Tgris sqd Euphrates: while he enter,
tanned hopes, that as materials accumulated.
al the names might be classified and connect.
ed. II not genealogical series, al least in dy.
pastcal Succession.
II. The second class OF relics, for he most
part consisted Of tables Of terra Gotta. and be-
longed TO the AssyTian period, which extended
from the thirteenth century before Christ down
u the capture OF Nineveh. about e2s years
before Christ To this period belong all those
specimens Of Assyrian art. which have recently
been disnterred, and created so intense an in.
interest throughout the civilized world. Previ-
GUS 10 the long period when Chaldes was the
leading Eastern power, evidence is furnished
that Assyra occupied very inferior position.
4 vast amount Of Information has been fur.
hished by these monuments Of Nineveh, as ev.
~ ons knows who has read Layard and other
writers, aRd more recent discoveries have made
: great addition Of important historical facts
The most valuable relics Of NineYeh, in the
judgment Of Col. Ravlinson, were the tables
Of baked clay, Of Which the incredible number
OF to. 900 had elready been exhumed. all Of
whieh we're inscribed or written oyer with As.