The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-05-18


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monuments, temples placcs, tol
umni tHIfmaes and piles ~ mtftlo,
mnnoi bo told. They would noi le.
lioyo mc The people ~ Tive hrcoaairy
Hny that iho ruins afe apfpd over q
circle " from ten 10 tWcly0 leagurs
IN dmmetet What was thc city that
.Wisiod there, and of what empire
WIS Y the cupilol7 | have acontcm.
pies ina good gate Of preservation
Except The vegetation thai had sprung
up IN them, which measured not
less than u league round. There arc
forests Of marble columns; every.
thing Is Of marble. Although mucl,
may have disappeared beneath The
soil what remains IL far above what
wc zee At Versailles or elsewhere. III
some places they are MS solid n.
though built yesterday But lor III,
underground and The effect of light.
ming, these monuments, which th,
people say are four or FIVE thousant
/ years old, might be to-day In com
plctc preservation. ] regret that
had no Photographic apparatus.
assure you, and believe or not, tho
the most celebrated monuments o
ancient or modern Europe are as mer,
barracks compared with these, Will,
our palaces and basilioas, the Vati
can and Coliseum are little bette
than dog-keunels in comparison.
wished 10 ascend TO a temple whicl
appeared to be in q good state of pre-
scrvation. There were eleven stair
eases, Of know not how many steps
which must be assembled to arrive q
the first of the five peristyles.
commenced my upward journey q
half-past six in the morning; at hall
past seven | had scarcely entered III
lower halls. Fearing that / migl
have to descend the steps in the hei
of the day, ! was compelled to shorl
Ell my visit. The walls are in ever
, part sculptured and ornamentec
The first effect which these mont
ments. produced upon me was one
amazement. | am no amateur to I
into ecstacies over small things. I'll
next morning | climbed the windin
| staircase OF an immence tower, sitl
, ated on an enhance. Arriving {
, the summit ! enjoyed a sight at Il
ruins. There are, in localities whel
! | have not penetrated, palaces Of
height and grandeur truly colossa
, With a field glass | exrmined Il
: details. Their architectural richnc
is unrivalled, aud they extend int
? the territory Of Cambotia, distan,
Of ten or twelve leagues. Picture
5 yourself how Paris would appear
, ruins. A few rough stones, scatter,
9 over a diameter Of two or thr,
6 leagues at the utmost. Here thcl
: are on the ground, and below its su
: face, marble already hewn in suil
: cient quantities to build, even as Il
/, giants have built here, all the citi
: of the universe. / have seen the L
( Of a statue, the great toe of whic
a was eleven times the length Of m
e hunting rifle. II is in marble iii
Y the rest-in fact, there is no 9TH
: stone near except the pieces Of colo
Y ed marble used for borders, and Il
/ the eyes Of the statues. There a
i pcdcstals of steps, reft of their sta
!, ues, which are more lofty and larg,
o than Saint German rAuxrroi
a Think Of octagonal pyramids cut {
c at the middle, and oil in marbl
i Who has done these things? If
: was some illustrious dynasty, th'
: can have but little satisfaction wi
O the Oblivion that has enveloped the
1 magnificent monuments. The poop
y of the country have no real concc
I ton Of the builders, although The
9 literature extends back into the Gel
G turies much further than ours.