i a w v t .
,Hc he i V ; ' e iv; u; fcn Uc bow very oP.
firat tUrt of the Uiri, whuh 1 fu.ly where b h , . . rtnufK.
wrf 'llulllI.
dcicnU J W ipproaciH. ..T J 1 ,,ti the Utter, were to eitcuie ie
.trrn wi f much Interrupted bUree mad juci0.o. o.
niuri..
' ' ' i.-riiiu
f,j( amarairlli! fio ct '
l.r-A.tH BouhrMnf power,
' t t . i ., !., hrkk work. bucnuttcift - ,. .
miilcl Dl line .i , , i.t iiinrnuinn vw
pro uog frum arnong.t the far .prod- --e , y
-ftrh had tvUeatlf beta pari of lh M.nei o . Daby.
" -- - - - ,ii M. riimniiiinr
rU1nat fie nR of the lower raogci w. - . Wundtofour,
, ., I Ionian cneracicr, " k .
ih Biw;:::;i-w.rtr-.-.'--.v-i.... .. Hhut4houcafljaer
' The towtr-VAe rum on the '""".M 1-7 li tr .PC We miiionro(
U . aolid m.M. 28 leet broad, I rf P - tllBerior tv, p-
he corr.rhur.ion J ?W,T 1 J. " V ef
J r i.n ft !n . -.nTt.
.....U aoutnwc, III - , , .t. . m.ntc
form . JU. V"",l! I.r. .(.. k llA wo-
Arab, "the tivei w . ,f ment' l,,e.. ,linll4-.hcr weapon
1400 mUei,but 't ,U!n V"" I"
1 liMfft UC-p"M ""
5he .leal affliction1! Urfal rye,
ChtV Ut mlHrfftt in gh,
Jlnd polio world beyonJ the sky
Whl d!U creation's We. .
AN we V Pi1F',M' tiAet btf '
NU not otil.ame, or wno tbtre t
DV iwUaptHcd by Jntflnct r
T seek 1 own, hi natif sphere,
The lathle wi n;r '
Theflyelmnyl0PPre,,
Ye rictiwl.M tf dep
Bowed to ic earth b lonttmeaa,
' YwirVette? portion tre."
Onrwln;., Obi ffdcassoftr,
Ttrwrh rJuUr, orU your way explore,
fa Much f ln your "kre,-
faith pohej y i to the pkce.
Jrm V" jaylxnd rrWfi terrestrial,
. ' . v . ,..:.l
litt tho waronnr, mw
To foiden Harp whlAi seraphs
geek the balm that CiUU jkUs!
See, where opes the d W
mtr tb loourner! troubtrt MftMi
See, Hh aspect mUd, Unif.
"Who bUi ye CM
1 Vol with gloom, A brow auitere,
Insplrine; awe and senile ft" J
But look parental, smile to tweet,
Ae drtwi the mourner to b'u feet.
Know ye the cure ht eery ill
Til rtmgnatitn to H
"jWd friend proteWtc. or lore un'jnie,
Or ceueleM crt thy coune purwe,
- " or Fancy'e dreftipe Hhide j
fcich fitful chenge thou'lt meet eerene,
Tbroughlife'ktempetuoui,trniienticene
With ruth ,,0PC ,nutttu"
rectitude wrmyed.
:- The rHmde! tb lon loar !f
t C'U meet ftlj Me that would inmle,
" tnmiil-urWUanted-rtdiwftyd
- - : TlMHtgn fttt withour he dire end din,
K WONDtR?CL CHAKCt. -
yuongtimego,tolwerder
t put tm with yeirt her form 'n bent,
" Yei, think the noi that youth isepent!!
One day, tnirror'i fce diepUyed
llr ruined feawree to the maid
4 Horrid I Ue cned lit wndrtut itrangt.
That fating-glw 'uUS clu"lt !
constructea oi ni.ari i(i thoe I leven uosa
mawryt and pr.ci8 the fPPJ en p wUh fewer .urt
...U r .ome itructure or.gioally of eritampw . dfaW
.?.d 0.-th. .mi to. bright-;M J fen, th. fWB di gr.at.?l
and toth. .outn etire detached b.ick..H pc.i
convulsion oi nuir, -m,r.etranrd',n.rydetr'cuvc
rfloru
of man. ...iKfr. k
ry are furnce burnt br.cs . -
thinner fabric than moat of thoaa .whuh
,re found east of the mer.on the spot
i l - wr tpri ciiuiiiis ""
. ..ni.uu. I hid not cipl"red
mains - , . . , ....
. . i V,,r, I Arat visited the
' ... I I ...n minv OI
the BiHyloman bricks -t lldUh. form
. . ' A wulU of the hnuie I
W2 me tuuii ,
mhabitrd, and which haabern broagh
from the mounds oi mc ...v.v... b - - -citT,
to assist in erecting the modern
" ii. Th ctmcnt which
miserable -
holds the brick, together, in - -
po,e the ruin ol me sum .
Uirs.ts sonaMi
eirorts could ct neparatc them. Hjoce
I failed in Uncovering i.
any ta.criptivc stamps on ..v..
face, nark, invariably Jound where
they exist at ,U, on .he aide of the
brick whith faces downward 7
,hry were so placed we onnoi
' . . . ' .t . nrp rrmalilS
but so it is in aiunc pn '
in ancient Bab..touia ; but in th r ijnre
modern structures of Bagdad; H.Uah
and other placet erecteu
.. . : linrks arc et
... ..ii .i.riinnn. While on the
l( IIIR "1 ' UM v " . i
summit of the Birs. I ,m,nedmany
of the fine brick fragments .mu -.
near tne iooi ui y ... z
wall, to .ee whether bitumen had b
used any w rttre-m ucu ----7' . .
cement tnrt.ugr.out WalTIme. spreat' in
. . .... .v. in fr. nt thicker than a
quarter of an inch between each brirk
and it. neignoor; uu, - --
mmt was laid, it contained a jpreading
a I ' 1 A . I He
of straw through tne miusi ui iu .
r ' . I ftf aa rl an
standing piece oi rum is Fc, ...
ranees of square openings; through
which the ngni anu n v .... r
eftfttO ation -
aniftlell.gence, o , ,,,IIUIM,
rd a commana " " ' I' fm La.l T."-"
TM rrrI reader.; ' " w. - "7.
TOWEtt OF BABEL.
C. Dkrt Hrrr Poner. durine his
Visit to Babylon, road, an excursion to
the Tower cf Babel, the stupendous
artificial mountain erected by Nimrod
t .u. i ; ftf Shlnar. and on which,
in after agea, Nebuchadnezzar raised
ile.;wuth.WoS
'Pk. wtmr twit .ll.na t.M4 l t a. ... t K .
tut uitnui a.aic uiu uiuiciiaiuns
.. ri "if .
oi mis nuge mass ox ouuaings, wnen
.... 4 .U. ... - 1:1 u
bccu jiuiii nic rust, ijcia iiac mu uu-
long hill, sweeping irregularly upwards
tnarnrrli Sr wtrrn linrrl in a
. pyramidal form. It measures at the
. 1 ..JstA 1 OAAA r . .V I i .
' UH9C yaHHwq icci ) ai least as
"V . certain. On looking "towards its eas-
ii"iZirrj.tet'o!frci,3
' 1 1... r L!!l. .L
unci pxcsciua i wo Biagca ui nuis me
. ; .1 Am showing an elevation of about 60
. leet, cloven in ihe middle into a de p
? ' vainA knrf rtm&fttiA in nil ; a s'
f
v . . ... k Hn
The latter admission may
j J ,rv tn nreserve the inte-
atcnicu i ...
rior 6f the building from the abiding
inflnence ol damp, r or, ui-v y -
r ,K r.m..ir ol what tor-
enrg rem. i -
mcrlv constituted a part of some inte-
Vi:u:.;n. of the oreat Dile itself, I
rioi vii!"""" c .
i ii .tlu iitfinnl lO ahOW. At
snail nres7 r- -
-t.. rJ. f nifee of wall, on tne
i .,A wcktcrn sides. bellc8
Wunc iragmem I have just cn-
iHiniHMniui Bllillldl (tlic Ulilk'WUrt ,
ome enureiv cnangea to a stale ol ihe
hardest vitrifi atinn nwA niLn .nl.-
prtially so. In many mi&ht be traced
the rrathial efffrm nf thf rnniuminn
O
power which had produced so remark
able an annearanrr : enhiliiti. rr mn.
n i f "
ournt to that dark hue, even in ihe vit
" r
"... 1-....1 ikr kin. Ilcre.then,
beaide. tracing the firs, build, rj ,o
their verv exited ork, Go
p . .-. w- ,nd burn them
tO. Irt US "- ,
.K.r...h! r -rfind the exact sort o
I: u ri.Udren of
made dri g their capt.v.t) .n r
u j.,vt PhtraoH commandvd the tass
(..v. , ..
i..-.. I ...hi nommcKi"
rosters. anu -iu,,v -the
people suaw to make bncka, tic.
IVU iiiburn. bricks c.mm,.dy rrm
. . . -. ....fanv stronetoun-
the ir.ieri.if : - . .
. mini : and this is
.hecase with the great tower whil ,
is, or rather has been icu, - -
1 . tr.t f .Kr.r nf those manu-
more oeauiuu. . i;,ftm
, .u r..,,ri or kiln, l rom
acturea in u.c f
emy account left us by historians, of
c ' .l r,-.r'ims StrUC-
the auper-emmemiy
tureof the tower of IJrlua, w. muat
it on the b.nk, of the buphra e .
. .u- .-..-f Itahvlons and of H
ana on in. . , .
r mounds which remain
.l. idinor ruins, not one
among mc .--r;;;-, , . nlacc di.
fU Jt ..tsirt to all their pic-
tureai C IU"Y".
.i r iiaiM-i or jjeius,
me naius.uft r .
rr.-v inliaMtant 6T tne ockh.
BUIUIII1V ,
mael, by the name of Uirs imruu.
1 r .L . ...'.... .nil
n... .V- rmnartt or ine capiivur.
bidine am. ngt the waters of Baby-
Ion, when thev speait oi u, v-n
buchadiiczzar's prison.
ninri
c:-- ,Kav nf Alexander, we find
4 capitals at least, built out of her re-
mains i ociuca oy me vi,
phon by, the Parthi.ns, Almaidan by
the Persians, Kuia, oy u'c -..r.-,
with towns, villages ana carav,.Ba,..
without nnmDer. nai 6-
..S .ult also had hi. faults wetl M e
, 3 . WIH hardly be credited j.us-frowned with thorn., .nu e
nearmuM Wn ihroufih hi. enemle., ,v a .r.
tor a, andihe os.oi -r u 0ithy t-r M ,
,hi mismanage ment of poor JWPN".J. xhe biiirht seil ef .rmbthatbUi
V . L ..l measure! were nm wit u e k tmiint
rtnosepi...- . if,UflIiCT1 w" .,: r.5.nH;:ha
J eisastersnJn. J,.
on Soult, ho w,s r - " . s. I; - Ke. you C
hC v"3; , Ue. - I uld et.e.eniirne.ibut.e
wi,hed. but ,ntre.t. :.l Husband and rMSther.
speak to his w le, b) (o c pt,ftcuon n e. wt
i i ... th 101 oi iiui."' .
spcat w ... - . J d
hc expecuu -
sired him to teno .,
I . . IV. " -
a an . ' :
sumed an aa . ......
edlv told me that her ni
eoiy Cnain: that he
rrrtuinlv not rcium ,
i . . .,.;i-ri ui a little rc
Vice., , . t. i 0,
rinse. luaoara, - ,
P"sc t.u .w- of endur
- . .l fy t ll Willi ! '
aenu . om . vour
f :- 7 r should not
husbana, auu ii v
. :nriul to hear you.
be me moir - .
Thmjewwoourur
K,nii'inn. and was only anx-
11 U lit - - - -t-
... a fw conditions, to
luua m.uivi. .
.i u.r 1 hv no means acte
j.j mrrrlv concratulated her -on
IA t j a eaii J o
her willingness tojisttn to reason.
In critical cinumsianita, iwm.,
.:j i wife'a dutv to endcav
our to smoothe circuities Oo home
to vour husband, nd do not tormen
him by jour opposition
Signs 'Tis a good sipn to hear a
Bi.eak in praise ol
uuc . . . . r .i... Jrlur. 9f:unst a who.e Milage.
or repair the brant neat.. --; ,o sec Depple in
- r . i . . . u . . a ,.r.ni .rari am u vuvu i s
the hrst v.ewoi nc-Trr 1 -rilar rrctit,on
unlikely to aSyell but on traversn g ....- o .
the countrv Ictween the appioxima .B DI " n quacks and old
shorea ot tnt two rivera, " ,
ing all the Wiiitiea of waur carriage j wemes. xq .
" - - - . ..... i ti.ir rr I u ...v. . r t . ...11 . i
there be none but the worst of all to
see a dozen.
'Tis a very bad $itm to sec a Printer
. ...Ur n.ll r
wilUomcumei m.- j r. Um-diiappt-ititment
ruffle the sma unrt.
per. uu.'ivi . tconi.
r ... . .. r r . C . I :
miuinc.iB,M,e': rv iat
irim . ... . . . ' -
iiieYp'UCiilariy when scarce a d
MfftM MUV W V M 111 .. V l
rifled matter laying about in glass rn .n
Factorierr iTtf thtdtrgh the whole of
(wh ate ve r fire it was !) which, dou bi -less
hurlejd ihem from ihci r. or iginal el
evation, the regular lines of .the ce
ment are visible, and so hardened in
i . i .i . . . , .
vwi, b.w.v.i iu .iiw uiiuuiv iuiw un u i common witn tnf oririta. inat tviin h
. . .. . I '
ravine, ana intersected in all directions masses are struck they ring like glass,
by furrows channelled there by the de- On examining the by. of the nfmuiinc
fttcuuuiK laiuaui auctecuiuir aires. wal . cohtiiriiiiiia to ihnr irontmnH
The summit of this first a'lage stretch- suhstancen. it U fonnH f frnm aT-
es in rather a flattened sweep to the base similar changes, in short, quite in its
of the second ascent, which springs original state ; hence; I draw the con-
tnisiun mat ine consuming power ac
ted from aboveVarid that the scattered
f.TI .
uiu icu iiuui some irigiicr puini u itn
the summit of the present standing
fragment. -The heac of he fire which
prouueca eucn -amazing enects must
have burnt with the force of the strong
eat furnace;' and from the general ap
pearance of the clefc in the wall, and
-L. l . a-- a l t I "
tnese vurinea masses, l anouiC be
p.sst d without seeing people digging
the mounds of Babylon tor bricks,
which they carried to the verge of the
Liuf;iiinit.a aiu intuvc vunryru
i a
ooats to wnertver
led, they the Renu '"omed,
us klone me -.0
' L. m w
- .Amu av I n it iiira, 1
mer are """";, - a, ana iw
one of rekpectiui a'Uhhearethe.
ciliatory conduct. Cu.,uVxhe hearts-
kind and gentie "-"u'4 ,horn that
plant not, but crau.v.vs f Abo,e B,j,
grow In vow prtn?rrer br -
hour in your breast i j kln(J worA.
ttti tlon tmon tour erf . s . ,.;ninir
n.t4iimg acuon- h Mp
ceneern,haapoerr . f tI
of David in calminc cu,w ,
jjnpaiible with nap
Revenge is a. if fo rei Let
piness as it is hjf . mJ(t and
him whobe heart f lhr4Kh the
Biudiou of revr j atlorncd
vour
strife
fields l
rn eai.ftw .
.ireidn&
IJCftllllT 11 till IBB
mile c r ;
wi
ihr
bile eladAanobeatt-
hli nweis; if r't. jhfrattrai.ee.
Dark &s ltl bo
est sable, f
not up his bo
of he II i nge i
as muc ruble
of his hate.
But let hi
and say
Fttther
miea a
delightful
the meady niusick of the irove tie
tl en t car, and the smile cf virta
lihtfuLfove-ly to his soul.
... j
ri V; hut the furies
I i A trmrr him
fd wish the object
hand upon his heart
I rait thee from roc
e as 1 forgive my en-
re aatumea new ana
m. Then, indeed, are
mi and the flowers fragrant-
be
i I'usiaiiiij' utiucr iuc necessity or uun-j .
"Miiiiig ucuuijucm pairon?oui an ex-l int. acna.
thev mitrht bciceedinir onur turn tn fvrii'tnk.rri. ArU T.mlit. rinri,,. ho, Wn mil'
Wdn,et her pay for the paper agreeably to the Jd at Leipsic recently by a most
In my progress. I stopped several conditions. ,lar providence a. pious studenr
times to look at the broad prints of the Ahing to make a journey to see his
''t011 rlarllVll-,At!f !a.v , CQt'UlSBJP..- fiends, pawped.to.the Jew his testa :
srif; nnd,bythetr:.cV,I8wthatifwe An elegant writer had'satd, "tm"tnt for fiatta dollar irt his 'abserrce -
.i.H.uucii rvuac auui iuyi game, var penou or our cmrubtpia the)jthe .few read" it he was atruck"tn
we need not. go far to find their lair, piest of our lives." Ifnhirwrl..:,:ft1r".-' tK-tnrfeTrtfa re-
But while actnallv rnntcmnJ.Ti'ni'r ik ll,e trill. If ia imnhoc'iMa r m
savage tenants', wandering amidst tin
towers of Babylon, and heddirg the m
selvt s within the deen cavities of h-
out of the first in a steep and abrupt 'cl
m .iuit4iMJTHj, icTHrmairu ax ioc top V
' ' " a solitary standing fragment of briefc-
nun, nut uir iui.kn a luirer- A I Will
th foundatiotlof the whole pile, Jo the
b'aseof , this piece of ruin, measures
about 200 feet; and from the bottom
of. the ruin to its shattered top, aboi.it
. leet. ja tne western side, the. en
, tire mass risea at once from the plain,
in one stupendous, though irregular
pyramidal hill, broken in the alopes of
, ata avyeepingafcliyitirs by the deva6
' tatiom of .time and rougher desjtruc
.lio. !The5 southern and', northcro
uiese vurincu masses, i snotiKi oe in
clined to attribute the catastrophe to
the lightning from heaven. Ruins, by
the explosion fcf any combustible mat
ter, would have exhibited very diffcr-
cnt appearanfes.
" ft ft. . .
once magnificent temple, 1 could not
help reflecting on how faithfully the va
rious prophesies hach been fulfilled
which relate in the scriptures to th
utter fall of Babylon, and abandon
ment of the placet verifying, in fact,
. I . ...I. r . i .. .. .
me vcryjWoiua or isaian. " vvild
beiMlWlW
thf hrtMfB shall hm full nf i0f..l
gon ahall cry ln 'tire pleasant places. "
hid iiirnivAir.3,
(On whose banks I hd passed so ma
ny iateresting hours) though not ?6 ra
pid aa .its sister stream, is infinitely
more majestic, and claims a longer
rn),.
wuipH imuj H"UI till IE oi un.CS, a
mongst the mountains1 of Armenia.
After flowing in three currents to the
southwest, throucrh rnanv a wilrl nUn
... . . o v. Js..'
and rich valley, all unite in one chan
.1,-::..-.. - . .Al . .,
ie the prudence of a couple lat
r ' a" .
itncity lor 34 years,
should at last think it
unite in the bands of wet1
Kirff nroot that all
must some time orot
ave an end.
SAlLOIfS POf i . a ...
At the desolate 1: ... ar...
TiT 'j i pamcular Yrc
and Brazil, the" Jfli.
vice in a lartre
ng 'to inata or return
of vessels p ,;.... .v.... . u
irg, leave f, , . ......ii
send bgr vr"1:'
. . A.II Ut9llUIIUII UI lilt lllAI
taken to . . . .
hip th couniry urcc"on.
"lie I Vvll IVllvl"eiMU Via ,aav
iar tMtnf paid hira 4mndrd luuU
of gratuitously, anuoeggea permis,!1!""
erl keer?he-ttcred--velumer""- has.
to since become a member of the cnris-
isastri- tin church.
.... I ri'ii !. f.Km Pn.
n felicity cioie$t person wrucs iwu .
.'I a tti a l I . am l .
sacola, w e nave no preacumg,
only a few bibles which 1 got from the
agent for Louisiana, and distributed
last summer. Thert are Americant
het e who have not seen ajjblejoir twen-j
ry, end some for thirty years I u&
then help ua."
A bible was. given at St. LouTtld a.
Frenchman more than 70 years of age i -he
had never seen a 'bible before, and
received it with a flood of teafs , r:
' .Information, to the Ladies. Plaid
r : i! t -; .r .t. T..iLri I stutts Will neitncr snrina jpui u-v
'istory, as to assert that Job was a 01 Cleaning ;nem : vi waau ..."-
fie in the Court of king Solomon, and soap and cold water, and starch and tron
fcxarfder the Great one of hi. generals, thero before they art 'dry