Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-27

A writer in Blaekl5s0d paints the fSIlswing
pictuFs sf tss desoissi0n WhsA surrounds aud
ssEArou5s the anse mighty Ba5yio1iAa empirs
In ths distance, high above the plaiH, lo0mss
. great mound Of earth. On both sides Of as
lay what Looked ike long parallel ranges Of hills.
TAsae lines are pronounced % be the rsnsils Of
those canals that once sonSueted the waters Of
the Euphrstes over the length and breadth Of
ancisni Bsbyloniz. What mighty canals nast
they have been, that siil showed, under the Tsl
Of centuries, such Substantial traces Now, not
sc Hush as q drop Of wataf-ng, HOt eVen
drop Of heavens pezrly dsw-eyof ghs.sRs,
where onae ships must have RRviEsssd These
n ghty banks iaat carried fertility 30 every cor
nsr Of the ancient kingdom srs now mars useless,
sightless mounds.
'sNo morning mist, m0istsning the thiTstY
earth, ever hangs ever them No Eaia siUuds
ever sha1oW thsa, tsmpsIiug TIE rays Of a
aaree daily returning san- The sud Of her that
'dwelieih upon many Hassrs' has been brought
saiy to. surely The aWfu prophecies mad
bssH fuliEe3. and dssslsti0n, in all iis naked
nsss, in 81 its dresrtuegs, was sfasnd us. Altar
riding soms two hours We arrived st the fog5 Of
the great mound that We had seen in the msrn-
iag We disneUHtad and scrambled to he top.
Ter as had even arrived az lie ruins Of Baby
len; aad this FTss! mound Of earth LBst re Wsre
en- was the grave OF ths golden city.
Il 5eisvs frOm the summit, raised some han
ared feet above the slsin, the walls Of the an
sisns city may be Traced. Bus hot wind dri-
wing burning sand aud The iHpslPaois dust Of
ages into the pores Of our sxins, made every Of
fort 10 open an sys So terribly painful, Shat We
gave up the IDEA n, sesPair ct either tracing
walls. o. indeed lssking shout Us Hach any
Whsrs.
remember seeing, away 70 the west, lisss
Of WileFgs. aud silver thread winding away
iRto distance; aBd, nearer, some unsighfly bare
moaris, locking az if volcanic Ere had beeR st
work underneath the smooth surface Of the
plain and bad thrown these mounds up in tas
spirit Of pure mischief Ilat silver thread was
sur first glimpse Of tbe waters Of the EHBbTssss,
sra tho mounds Of all hat ronaiRs8 CT the once
beautiful fxleing gardens Of Babylon; st least
80 eefsisctgra Of men Of research hzs sceozntsd
foT them Bat so completely have Tbs prophs-
sigs hseH falklled-gs completely has the naas
and the remnant been cut of Of al pertaining
ta tao oRce mighty city, thst even the great bill
OF which we we're Standing is only By eln-
iscturs supposed 10 be the ruin si some great
building OF royal palace that stOsd within tbs
walls-zpessiBly The palace OF semiTausis-
We descended frsm the grest m0uad, aid
usade for Eho lesser meunds which are supposed
to be On the site ef the haneiHg gardens q Ni5S-
sTiB sa5 semiramis. Ia enc spet-tha only
ef raiH-was a mass Of vItrihsd srickwolk,
piercing The old soii and aebris Of esEturies, an
gle upwards TIE bTicks were square, Of large
s;ss, and beautiful Hsks; the angle sf Esuns clear
snd sharp, a. if the brick had bul LEFT the kiln
yesterday, instead Of nearly lwics tive thsassnd
years $50. TsrniHg int0 . little kslleH way
bstWsaR the mounds, ne cane suddealy upon
the sslassal stsRe lion. Time with bis lssden
haas had knoeksd aEsy al the sharp angles o.
The statute. The features Of the lea ars con-
Blstsy obliterased as are also those Of the pros
irase lor1a thai lias 30 helpless, 50 utterly and
whoiy hzmas, beneath the aPgaised paw Of the
king Of beasts.
"Tbe group presents itself to the eye, ewing
TO lhe wear Of 0ld TiRe, much in ths appear
Ancs Of these vast blocks Of CsrrsIs marble
Wick the bold chissl Of Michasl ANGLE struck
into, aad then At ths PoIat thss tAs shspslssH
aagbls had hsgun 10 ASSUME the msrBst Abozzs'
OF the great scalBsor's idea, shs block vas sad
denly abandoned, aad Lett as q wonder and G
P=gzle % the iatuIe ages, % aees his gTUup Of
the lien and The nan now bear an unfinished
unWrOUghk appearance; but yeu ssanes leek at
it a measnt sHa not instantly aF0W the majesty
ans grandeur of Ehe idea tEat ones lay there SO
nightly smbadisd. This dark colossal statue,
whish nay enes have stood undef the gorgeous
rsof Of a tsmpls and before which the suaanl7
seniramis, proad and suPremsly beautifll, may
0nes have Bowed, stands new ssnePisd By he
Traadest Of eanoPies csrsainly-bigh heavan-
| bat never Reticsd bat By the wind last sweeps
aoa1iss ever Il and the jaskals that yslp
srsuad IS they hold high Fsvsi 9vsr ihe bones
Of ssu1e camel which has been good slough Il
/ die ia toe vicinity