Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

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appeared, by one Of The Kings oil Baby
lon twelve hundred years before Christ
Ito discover the very spot where the
historical records were deposited. and
TO extract, to the utter z ment of the
scrutirlziug Arabs, from concealed cavf
ties in the wall, two large cylinders OF
baked clay, which he exhibited TO the
meeting. aud which were in as good a
state OF preservation now, as when Ne
b~uchadnszz,r deposited them IN their
hiding place twenty five hundred year
ago! These cJ finders, inscribed with
characters, were the records il: which
the great events Of The empire were on
tered. The curious f.ct was also elici!
ed, that the temple was named the
Temple of the Seven Spheres, and was
constructed according TO The Cha.dean
Planetary System, seven stages being
erec,eti, one above another, according TO
the order OF the seven planets, and each
being coIored afief tie hue Of the plan
ei to which it was dedicaled. In sever
al instances these colors were still clear
IS TO be distinguished. As ic the Diff r
eni %colors, The lower Stage, devoted 10
Saturn, was black; The second, To Jup,t
or. orange; The third. 10 Mars. red; The
fourth, 10 the San. golden, the fifth, 10
Venus, white; the SIKH, 10 Mer:ury.
blue; and the seventh. TO the Moon, a
si!very green. The mound was 81 erea,
heiga, aud prodigious extent: and large
v~ilriiiei masses Of bIi"k work, Gu The
summit vi The mound. presented the ap
pearance oil having been SUBJECTED Ia an
ia,ease heat. Ii now appears that these
viiflfird masses on the summ,i were The
result oil design. and no, of accident-thr
SIKH stage. or the one consetrated to
Nercars, having ;been sutJecsed 10 an
m'ense aud prolonged fire, 10 orde: 10
produce lite blue Stag cclor, which was
emblem itie oi that pi,ne, To the pc
caltartty az ne construction The temple
ownes - preservation, when all Others
around il have persisted, as The bfue Stag
cap at the summit of the pile was able
~ resist the rctlon OF The weather. aud
at he came time held together The lover
stages. which Other wise would have
erunbled and f%aller; while i, also served
as an immoyeabie pedestal for The upper
or seventh sgaee. and for The shfine winch
IS supposed 10 have crowned the wnoie
IL was also ascertained from The cyiin
ders, ilia, the name OF Birs. which was.
given 10 the mount. was only a o
tfariion for Borsippa, the maine OF lhe
city III whieb the temple was sitaa.ed
itis surprising ;hu With so much To
mark The mound az an object OF great
importance and promise, whose opened
depths could reveal mighty secrets, and
WHEN. too, such success had crowned
The enterprise Of opening the heaps al
kinefeli. no owe, had been sufficiently.
aiventurous 10 do, long ago, wha. Coz.
Rawinson did the las, autumn. The
earliest Chaidean his,orian, as is well
known, wasBerosus; in, regard to whom
Col. Rawlinson stated an interesting fact.
A famous slab Of Ne5uchadnezzar is &c
posted in the Museum oil The India
House. London, when conslns, . dc
scrip'inn If the various works executed
by Nyt' rrtlrezzar at Babylon aud
Borsiri'a, aiich so nearly corresponds
with lie account given ~ Berosus, as
quoted - lasephus, that il cannoi be
doub'cti b, he Cha.dean historian had
consn rs lie original autograph!c record.
Col. i.aat,beou also adverled TO a most
remarkable passage in the inscription on
The slab which seemed 10 be the Kings
own interpretation of The terrible vista
Non OF nadness which came upon HIM
in tie pride ii bis career. Abrupt,
breaking off fIom the narrs i've oil the
architectural decoration o! Bibylon, The
inscription denounces The Chaldean as
trolpgors; the Kings hears was hardened
agains, them; he would grant M htne
f~acllo:s Tor religious objects: he in.erm
rs The worship of Merodach, and puts
an end TO The sacrifice OF victims; and
all this. a Berosus states, is The eifsct Of
enehanimeni. How obviously does this
refer TO the insanity God sent upon ,hr
arrogan, King! Aud when the spell Is
broken, The thread Of he argument, hav
ing reference TO the architectural adorn-
ing Of The city. is resumed again.