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OL. V SUMTERVILLE, S. .MAY 21, 1851
The Factory Girl.
BY T. B. ATiUR.
(Concluded.)
The result was according to Mary's
rishes. Mr. Green was a true frieund
-of Mr. Bacon's, and he saw, in his
-daughter's proposition, the means of
?his refrornation. lie, therefore, re
'turned intop the village, and going to
'the ofice of Grant, satisfied the
anortgage on Mr. Bacon's property,
-and brotight all the papci s relating
thereto away and placed them in 21a
--s' hanlds.
Now,' sai he, on loing this, 'I
-wanTat your writteni promise to pay ine
Ahe-three itudrel dollars in the way
gproposcd. I will draw up the paper,
an you must sign it.'
The pa;.cr was accordingly drawn
aip and signed. It stipulated that
Mary was to start faor Lowell within
three weeks, and that she was to iave
two years for the full payment of the
debt.
'My brave girl!' said Mr. Green,
as he parted with Mary. 'No one
will he prouder of you than I, if you
accomplish the wvork to which you are
about devoting yourself. Happy
would I be, had In daughter with
-your true heart and noble courage.'
'Marvs heart was too full to thank
him. Buit ier sweet young face was
beaming with gratitude, as she turn
ed away and hurried homeward.
Mr. Bacon was walking uneasily,
backwards atl forwards in the old
porch, when Mary entered the little
garden gate. Site advanced towards
1dm with a bright face, holding out as
Rhe did so, a small package of pa
hershe exclaimed.
A90 3 -0144 and here is
release."" "'d arygtill holdiing
ut the paekge 'I" -papers.
Pail ! Paid, Mary! I I- '".
returned Mr P-- "'with the air of
, 6 ..wakening from a dream.
I have paid it, father dear!' an.
.swered Mary, in a tremblitg voice;
-and she kissel the old man's cheek.
.and then laid her face down upon his
' breast.
'You, Mary?' Where did you get
--money?'
'I borrowed it,' murmured the
happy girl.
'Mary ! Mary! what does this
'mnean ?' said the old mtan, pushitng
;back:hicr face-and gazing into it earn
estly. 'Borrow the money ! WVhy
who would lend you three hundred
dollars ? Say child !'
I horrowed it of Mr. Green,' re
plied Mary, and as s!o said this, she
glided past her father and entering
into thebhouse, hurried away to her
runother. 'B-t -ere she had time to in.
fform her of'what she had done, the
.father'joined them, eager for some
t further explanations. When, at last,
iho comprehended the whole matter,
Ihre was, foir a time like a man strick
een down by a heavy blow.
'Never,' said he, in the most soil
vemn manner, 'will I consent to this.
'Sir. Green must take' hack his monev.
iLet the far'm go! It shall not be
Isav'ed at this pr'ice.'
IBsut he s on comprehended that it
was'too'tate to recall thec act of hsis
-daughter.. 'Te money had alreadly
hpassed into -tie hands of Dyer, and
tthe mnrt-ga.e 'been cancelled. Still,
the was'fixed in htis purpose that Mary
>eh~ould not leave home to spendl two)
Uontg years of incessant toil in a fac
tory, and immediately called on Mr.
fGreen in order to make with him somne
'ailreerit arrangement for the p'av
mnent of the loan. But to his surprise
.and4 grief, he found that Mr. Green
'was unyielding in his deternination
'to keep 'Elary to her contract.
'Surely! surely! Mr. Green,' urg.
'ed the distressed father, 'yo~u will not
'hol~I my dlear chtildl to this pledge,
'nade under circumstances of so try.
img a natureo? You will not punish
--[ say pnunish-a gentle girl like
'her for-loving her father too wvell.'
''If there is any hardship in the
'case,' replied Mr. Green 'calmly,
"you are at fault, and not me, Mr.
Blacon?'
-Why do you say that?7' imquired
the old man. -
'For the is lity which drove
your child to tgs act of self-sacrifico,
*youn are respuonsiblo.'
Oh Sid is this ii tim 4 (me 3m
with words like these y Why do you
turn a seeting act of kindness into
the sharpest cruelty?'
'I speak to you but the words of
truth and soberness, Mr. Bacon.
These. no man should shrink from
hearing. Seven years a'o, your
f~irm was the most I roductive in the
neighborhood, avid you in easy cif
cutsances. What has taken from
you the ability to manage your affairs
as prosperously as before? What
lias made it necessary for your child
to leave her father's sheltering ro(rf
and hury herself for tw) long years
in a factory, in order to save Von
from total ruin ? Go home, Mr.
Bacon, ani answer these questions to
your own heart, and may the paiu
you now siiffler lead you to act nore
wisely in the future.'
'My daughter shall not go!' ex
claimed the oldl man passionately.
'I hold he. written pledge to re
pair to Lowell at the expiration of
three week-, and to repay the loan I
Made her in two years. Will you
compel her to violte her contract?'
'I will execute another mortgage
on my farn and pay you back the
loan.'
'Act like a wise man,' said Mr.
Green. 'Let your daughter carry
out her neoble purpose, and thius re
lieve you fru- emlarassment.'
o, n, Mr. Green! I cannot
think o4f this. Oh, sir! pity me! Do
not force my child away ! Do not
lay so heavy a burden on one so
yoiing. Th'nk of her as your own
daughter, and do to me as you would
yourself wish to be done by.'
Butt Mr. Green was deaf to all
these apicals. lie vas' a man of
great firmness of purpoqd, and not
easily turned to the right or the
left.
Du Ale oext three week8aiMr
O ta! 6entiftso h0
itiproperty, to raise the mpe
Wt In vain.. Exep.,
stance ---A. .. he would, in
.. .-speration, have accepted Dv.
-r's offer of six hundred dollars fir
is farm, and thus prevented Marv's
rieparture flor Lonell-that circimr.
Vance was his jii.-feet -obriety. Not
since the day when Mr. Green ehiarg
Di ion hin the r spons41iilitv of' his
child s hanishncut frot her father's
house, hatid lie tasted a drop of strong
rlritnk. His mind was therefore cleat-,
and lie was restrained h) v reason from
acts of rashness, by which his condi.
tion would he rend(lered far worse
than it was already.
Bitt' indeed %'ere the sufferings
>f Mr. Bacon, during the (puiek pas
3age of three weeks-at the expi
rationl of which time Mary was to leave
home, in compliance with her con
tract-and the more hitter, because
his mini was unolscnred by drink.
At last, tihe niotient of sepaiation
Came. It was a clear cold nu'rting
towards the latter end cf March.
when Mary lefr, for the last time.
her' little ebianmber, and came down
stairs dressed for her~, j:t mniey.
Ever. in the presence of' hie' faithier
mnd mother, dluring the br'ief season
>f prepjar'ation, had site mainiitainted a
chieerfid! atid cimfidlent exterior; biut,
in her' heart, there was ai painfuil
sbriniking back fromr the triad iupon
which she wais about enter'ing. On
going by the door of' Matry's chambiher,
afew tminu tes before shte came down.
Mrs. IBacont saw her dlaughiter'
kieeling at her biedside, with heri
face dleeplly l.uried among the clothes.
Not till that momnt did shec fully
compr'ehe::d thme tial through whici:
her child was passing.
Th'ie stage was at the door-, arid
Mary's tink strappecd up in the hoot
hifie sihe cemne down. .In thle purebch
stood her fathier and mother', and
her younger brothet' anid sister,
waiting her appearance.
'Good biye, fathier.' said tho ex
cellent girl, in a cheerfuml voice, as
hle reached out hecr hanl.
Mr. Bacon caught it eagerly, and
essayed to speak some tender atnd
encouraging woi'ds. lBut though his
lps moved, there wias no sounid upon
the air.
"God bless you:' wtas at length
tittered in a sobbing voice. A fet'
'et kiss was then pressed upon heir
:ps, and the old man turned away
and staggeredi rather than walked
back into the house.
Mot'o calmly the mother parted
ivith her child. It was a great trial
for Mrs Bacon, buit she now fully
compr'ehendeud the gr'eat use to flowv
from Marj's selfdev'otion, and there
gIre, with her last kiss, breathed a
word (if encouragement.
"It is fur your father. Lot that
sustain you to the end.'
A few moments more, and the
stage rolled away, bearing with it the
very sunlight from the dwelling of
Mr. Bacon. Poor old man! Rest.
lessly didi he wonder about for days
afte'r Mary's departure, unable to
apply himself, except for a little while
at a time, to any work; but his in.
qrietude did not drive him back to
the cup he had abandoned. No, ie
saw in it too clearly the cause of his
present deep distress, to look upon
and feel its allurement. What had
banished from her pleasant lome that
beloved child, and sent her forth
atong strangers to toil from early
morning until the going down of the
sun? Could he love the cause of this
great evil? No! There was yet
enough virtue in his heart to save
him. L've fir his child was stronger
than his depraved love of strong
d.-ink. A few more effectual efflrts
were made to turn Mr. Green from
his resohition to hold Mary to her
contract, and then the humbled father
resignedl himself tu the necessity lie
could not overcome, and with a
clearer mind and a newly awakened
purpose, applied himself to the culture
of his farm, which in a few
mnoriths, lin a mole thrifty appear.
ance than it had presented for years.
In the nican time, Mary had en
tered one of the mills at Lowell, and
was doing her work there with a
bratve aid cheerfv! spirit. Some
pairful trials, to onie like her, at
tended her arrival in the city and
entrance upon the duties assumed.
But daily the trials grew less. and
she toiled on in t1e fulfilment of her
contract with Mr? Green, happy
und or the 4ver present cqu'
dace 1of .the. fan ilY,.
I the endl of -three months, aho
came back and spent a week. How
her yoing heart boutided with Joy at
the great change apparent in every
thing about the house and farm, but,
mist of all, at the change in' her
rather. Ile was not so light of word
ud smilingly cheerful as in former
limes, but lie was sober, perfectly
3ober, and she felt that the kiss with
avlich lie welcomed her brief return,
ivas purer than it had ever been.
On the very day Mary came hack,
3he called over to see Mr. Green,
ind paid him thirtv-seven dollars on
wecount of the loan. for which lie gave
her a receipt. Then he had many
qiestimns to aRk about her situation
at Lowell, amid how she bore her
seraration from home. to nl of
which she gave cheerful answers,
aind. in the end, repeated her thanks
for the opportunity lie had given her
to le of such great service to her
father.
Mr. Green had a son who, during
Ihis term at college, exhibited talents
of so dlecided a character that his
fat her, after somne deliberation c->,n
eluded to place him uinnder the care
o~f an eminent lawyer in Boston. Ir.
this position hte had now been for two
years, and was about applying for
ashinissions to the bar. As children,
IHenry Green and Mary Bacon hiad
bieein to the saune school together,
and!, as cihlren, they were mneh
attached to each other. Their in
tercouirse, as each grew older, was
sispended by the absentce of Ihenry
at college, and by other circiumstanuces
that removed the two families from
itntimate contact, anid they had ceased
to think of each other except when
some remembrance of the past
brought up their images.
After l.asinig Mr. Green the
amount of money wuhich she hiad
saved from lier earnsings duiring the
first three months (of her facterv lf,
Mary heft his house, anid was wialkintr
along the carriage way leadhing to
the public road, when site saw a
young man enter the gate and
approach her.
Although it was three years since
she had met I lenry she knew himt at
a glance, but lie did not recognize
her, although struck with something
familiar in her fatce as he bowed to
her itt passing.
"Who can that be?' said he to
himself, an u wvalked thoughtfully
along. "I have seen her before.
Can that he Mary Bacon? If so,
how mueh she has impioved.'
On meeting his father, the young
man asked if ho was right in his cont
.feeturo nbhut u the, -.~,peo he
liiht threw nil t'ie nlunrereits pre
senited by these completely into shad.
SW.
Six months went bv. Henry
Green h1.1-1 been admitted to the bar,
and was now a practising attorney in
Boston. It was in the pleasia
imnth of Juno aid lie had come
home to s;-enl a few weeks with hais
faniil v. One morniing, a day or two
alfter his re urn, as he sat conversing
with is frather, the form -f some one
darkened the doIor.
"Ah Mary!' said the elder Mr.
Green rising anl taking the hand rif
Mairv Bacon, which lie shook unrmlv.
"M v son, Ilentry,' lie added. irese:it
ing the hlinshinag girl to his soln, w ho
i tuini, took her hand and expressed
the pleasure Ie Felt at ineetin, her.
Kiiuing the business upon which
MNarv hadt called, Henry, not wishing
to he present at its transaction, sooni
retired. A lie did si, Mary drew
,nt her purse and took therefrom a
small oill of baink hills, saying, as she
handled it to Mr. Green.
,'I have come to make you another
payment.'
With a grave. business-like air,
Mr. Greetn took tho ninicy and. nr
ter Coitittl it Over. went to his see.
retarv tid wrote otit a receipt.
'Let tie see,' said lie, thonghtfull V.
as he came back with the receipt in
his hand. '1[ow inidh does this
ainike? One two, three. four, five
quarterly payments. One limtdree:
and eigity-seven dollats and a la.
u'l soon lie through, Mary.
$lere is nothing like pntience, per
severance, and iidustrv. IHow is
Yo~t father this morning?'
-Vary, wvell, sir.'
labibia health _lsa rv
Pr ty goodi,' was replied; togli
not Witi mueMi ivartiness of mannr.
'Mr. (ree "-- aba ~'-e he:
more closely. and lsaw that ie" cheklis'
were thinner oal p 1air than arher
List visit. Ile didl not remark on it,
n .d, after it few words more
'11' conversation, Mary arose and
witliirew.
It was, r.erhiaps; an hour after.
wards that Ilrrv saidI to his father,
'Mamry 11acon doesn't look as veh
as when I last saw her.'
'SI it struck me,' returned Mr.
oGreen.
'I'm afrai. she has taken upon Ie r
more thii she ias the strength to
atccinliplishi. She is certainly paler
:ndl thiier thani she was, anil is far
f'r'mn loo iking. ae cheerful nl happ'
ais h I sa w her six mnmthE ago.'
Mr. Gr'een did not reply to this,
hnit his coiute. nice assumued a
thiutfi'il expression.
is a g al Iaighter,' lie at
em.th sail as if speaking to himself.
'T1here is not one in a thoiusandl
lik heI ' replied IIenry', with a.
warmthii of nmluneri~ thant eansed Mr.
Greeni to lift his e, es to his son's
faIc.
'I fuh'v agree with you in that,' he
answered.
hen lithe,'sad ery 'wh
thld he anyv ltng'r tohar cntractr
riail hasi prved h''I ier. You see the
l.imi g lbi ofher ebi'c'arac'ter.'
'lhaave hung seen it,' returned Mr.
Greeni.
'ler father is thorougbly reform
ed.'
'.Si Ibiare reason to believ'e.'
'Thieni act fr om yo'aurt own heart's
denirons iluipulses, fahher, and fee-.
ive the bahm~tei of the debt.'
'Are von cer'tain that shte will ne
eepjt what yo skm to give? \V'ill
heon senstii te ofjitce pemit her
to s~n ntilith whle claimi is sat
isfela as!hd Mr'. Green.
-I cannot aniswer forai that father,'
retmo i' I [--nev. 'lint, let mec beg
of you to a ek aetegnru
anl. tak'in-z a small piece of' paper
fromnt a draw'er', helid it iup, and said -
'ie s, o the ury, is her acknowledg.
upon it'satisfied,' will sn take it to
ther ant say:~, that I hold the obligat.
tioni no farther.'
'Gladiy'!' was the instant reply of
Ileiiry. 'You could not ask met'
jgreater pleasure.'
tMr~ rcon7 took up his pten an4
had just passed, and was answered in
the affirmative.
"Site was only a slender girl when
I saw her last. Now, site is a
handsomr young womtan,' said
Henry.
'Yes, Mary has grown up rapidlv,'
replied Mr. Green, evincing tit pr
ticular interest in the subject of his
remark.
'How is her father dong tow?' ask
ed Henry.
'Better than he did a short time
ago,' was replied.
'I'm glad to hear th t. Does he
drink as much as evt'
'No. ie has giren up that bad
habit.'
'Indeed! Then he must be doingz
better.'
'He ran himself down verv low,'
said Mr. Green, 'and was aouot Io.
sing every thing, whieit Mary, like a
brave, right-mniled girl, stepped fur.
ward and saved him.
'Mary! How did a do that, fa.
'Dyer had a mortgae of three hun
drad dollars onl his far ind was go.
ilg to sell him out in 4Jh1inier, when
nobody cared to befMdrid him who
had money to spare. n the -very
day I heard about It' hAM *, MAiry
cal'ed on .me aid asl 'e.I~an ofa
su'n sulicient to lift t ortgqe..
"But how could si af ypu back
that sum T" asked I .mrina in
surprise.
"I loaned her th eAU a:slF&
ed," replied , en' *i
she has just paid:" rft rom1i
ed instalment '' d
lars."
"Ilow did she
"She earned
hands.'
'Where?
'In
S81-has deoi P
in a factory?
'Yes, and the effect of stis elde.
votion has been'all that lioped it.
would be. It has reformed her fatl
er. It has saved him it a double
sense.'
'Noble girl' exclaimed te young
man, with enthusiasm.
'Yes, you may well say that, Tlen
ry,' replied Mr Green. 'In the
heart of that bun.ble fac tory girl is a
truly noble and' wonaly princihple.
that elevates her in my estimation.
far above any thing that rank, wealth
or social position alone can possibly
give.'
But father,' said Ihenry, ': it ri ght
to sublject her to so severe a trial?
It %%ill take a long time, for her t.,
earn three hundrel dollas. Does
not virtue like hers-i
'I know what vou would sav,' in.
terrupted Mr. Green. Trte I e, ithl
cancel the oblination and derive grea t
pleasure fmti doiiig so, hliit it is the
conclusion Af my better ja.!gment, Ill
thlin-s Conlsidere.d, that she I Ci
miitted to fill upj the entire mneasure~
of her contract. 'The trial widl full v
prove her, and briing to view the geli
nine gold of her chairacter. M':e.
over, it is best for her fiether that she
shtoid seem to be a siferer throucigh
his intemnperance. I sayv seem, for,
really. Mary experiences m 'repls
nrc than paini fron what she isi dlon.
The trial is not so gi tnt a~s itt apearss
11cr reward is with her dail v, andt it
is a rich reward.'
llenry asked no furtther question.
but he felt more thant a passinig ii.
terest in what he hadl heardl. lIn the
course of a week, Mary returnedl to
Lowell and lie went back to I Stiln.
TIhreo nmonthis afterwards, Mar
agvain camne home to visi t hier j'ar~ents,
and again calledl upon Mr. G reena to
pay over to hin m what she hadl beeni
able to save from her earningys. It
so happened that Ilery G reen wm as
on a visit hIfro Boston, andh that hie
met her, as hefoire, ats she was retir
lag from the house of his father.
Tis time ho spoke to heir and rene m
ed their old acquanitancre, eve g ingt
so far ats to walk a piortion of the way m
home with her. A t the endi of an.
A ther thre-e mointh s, lhey me~r it gin.
Brief though this mieetin watms, it, left
upon the mind of each then others iim.
age more s trongly impjrs-di than it
had ev'er been. In the circle where
IHenry Green moved in Bostont, lie
met many edluented, refiuned, and ele
gant young wmomnr, somel of~ whomrt
had attracted him strongLly, I uin the
hnmble Mary Bacon, whtio station
in life was that of a toiling factory
airl. he saw a moral heonom who.o
.vrote across the face of the paper, it
large lettets, 'satisfled,' and then
inariig it to his son, said
'Take it to her, Henry, and say ti
tier, that it I bud 1..ivel %y to III
e*eljngs, I would bave done this a
,#car ago. And now,let me speal
: word for your car. Never again
n this life, may a young woiman crosi
:our path, whose character is &.
(eel.ly grounded in virtue, who is s:
oure, so unselfish, so devoted in hei
love, so strong in her good purose's
Her position is 1aimlle, lint. in a life
comr.anion. we want personal excel
lences. not extraneous social adjuncts
You have my full consent to win, i
Von can this sweet flower, bloomin;
by the way side. A proud day wil
it he for nie, when I can call her nj
daugiter. Ihave long loved her ai
such.'
M.'re welcome words than thes:
Mr. Green could not have spoken ti
hiis son. They wirre like a responsi
to his own feelings. He did not
however make any answer, but tool
:he co itract in silence and quickl*
left tie ro'm. The reader can eas!
i anticipate what followt d. Marj
did not go back to Lowell. A yeai
:ftea wards she was introdnced to i
select circle of fGiends in Boston at
the wife of Henry Green, and she i!
now the warmly esteemed friend ani
companion of some of the most Intelli
gent, refined, right-thiiiking, ant
right-feeliig people in that city.
Ier husband has seen no reason tc
repent of his choice.
As for old Mr. Baeon. his farn
has continued to improve in .apear
ance and value ever since his:
ter t aid off the mo.rt
Fromm the New0*6y
Throne and Treasure.! N
danpatus..
Mr. Liyardl, the great Orieltileat
is now in Assyria, ilnstigRag
prol.hecies and establishig thetrnh
-if sacred history by the most remark
able diecoveries that have ever resilt
el from antiquarian research. 1-1i
last letters to his scientific friends, ili
England, annonnce the exhumation o
bie throne of Sardaiapalus, the las
.4 the Assyrian kin.rs, from the rnint
of his palace. at Ninrond or Nine
vebl. Tihe principal material of th1
birone, Mr. Layard says, is ivory
the ornaments of gold. Traces ol
the cloth with which it was drape:
reimain, and the gold thread witl
which the cloth was sewn and em
br-widered, is still in a good state o
preservation. although full three thor
sanl years imust have elapsed sinc:
tile work was executed.
In the samo ruin in which th:
throne w is discnered, a misellane
onis coallectioni of rich armor, nurtiqu:~
vessels. ct.st!y apparel, and othei
treasures wvere founid, and an Eng
hisn paper says their perplexing con
fuin is perfectly unnecount able.-.
We do not think so at all. The rr
lers of' a beseigedl city, preparing i:
escape f:-om its walls, would naturalb
heap tlh: treasures togethier in thi.
way for the purpose of bearing thieni
onff, an object which could hardly b:
accomplllishied, however, if the irrup
than of the enemy was as sudden an'
'averwhmehining as the prophecy o
Nahmum against Ninieveh would heat
11s to supipose. There is yet aniothei
solution of' the difficulty, suggested ba
a young Orientalist, and founded 01
a passagze of Diodlorus Sicul us. Sat
dlanapahiis, when the Medes, undo
A rhaces, entered Nineveh, througha
hreach in its w'alls caused by a sud
deni rise of thre Eiuphrates, collecte:
all his valuables, hirs vestments, hi
armor, his gold and silver vessel:
&c., into one v'ast funeral pile, on i
surmmit of which ho seated himsel
arid his wvives, concubines, servants
cimnuchis, andl causing the torch to b
ai'pliedl, taie whole was consumed.
Ihron's magnificent drama oif -Sai
danapahus,' it will be recolleotgd, tel
nainates with this gr'and coup de tAeA
tre, the poet, however, faor th6 sak
at' dramatic el :ct, represeting th
oncompanihn of' the entvgh..
Sebeefia favorite cononhine'Sir
passage from the 1man hipitratn
given in the followfg condesed fo;n
ban English paper : , j
'Diodorus relates diaMtid*
Oanuchbs, not yet tl.etolfe r o
bast havirig an in8U ia
tion to so hry a nuod Y
it, made his esepe, an -V
atlon to a BfbylonspteI 4j.
der the. ruins, of the ing 7
night be fouhd enormous e
The priest went straight -
who, in the niidst othida 1 trI' ,
wae distributing rewari- t
traps, and reminding tlei
tii. t ne had p-editedtpiAW
eveh, saP that in the" it '
battle h. had vowed a yo
,hat if the Babylonisiin Wr
one, hie would convoy the'rI'
palace to Babylon. an ere;
temple4 to that GodWhich,
t once a monument of the
ion of Nineven, and se f4,:
Mark to those wvho navigatd ier
i that rn through that geaj c ,
l'he Median kirig,*ho was dasr
hy Diodorus as Jossessinga
11nd generous disj osition, gr PIde
all the ruins of the rogni ce t"$
this purpose. The priest teh
the help of the eunuch, re idrij
-reater part of the treasnrelbn the
'raud was discovered, and' bbaTs
condemned to death.
The proceedings of the priest 4ire "
of course, secret, and, therefoe, .th&
investigatio,, of the ruins could
have been so complete asi
been open. 'This circu n
account for the inCongriefutskh
valuables exhumed by Mr. t
Assuming the hypothesis .tn r
rect, it iHl be seen that ifde A.
hiad not had so stron
the reasting' - -
starffhng a scovel* COn'
truth .of thu biI
cen made by M.
excavating the cityof
discovered the namne
ed upon the ruins. a
as our readers know, W
nounce to the peolIe ofd -ev
destrnction of .he city. G re
pented himi' of the doom he b
nonneed, and spared th8;t e
that tirre. Jonah then heemn e
prophet of Nineveh, and
by the ihabitants M
Oriental custom, they,W 60H
scribed his nawe in coto" s
places on the walls of the pi - di
tices, and the inscriptions eni; f
by Assyrian hands, a thousnd yars.
before the Christian era, )Iad.beeA
fnunti by Mr. Layard. This
of the most exti anrdinar# ei
tions of the accuraeg of 2i.gic~lao
ry we have ever heard o
As yet we have oniy seau be
ginnrg of the end. Tfhe 4It.
evehi hus scarcely yet beegi entered;
and when the excavatioitssbha~'ae
been dompleted;:it' homt n al
ousy shonid eet perii thi'tirnn.
tuntiont, wo I$3f aisect. ilhtras ns
d'tt bedIes that ulIstrIIe he
world with ite and ~~t
Great creciL is du ti~ s
ernent for the muise3
have exhibited ein oidin
Mr. Layard. p.laeing a f -
vessels for the nra'rgati
phrautes, convpng tp
magnificent seulptrt
disentomnbedad io .I
facility' whiche
A friend 'recentli -'
We~st, mentions the fbo '~
A atnmewhait 'ee i
on his daghtect~~~,f
Spuarchnaed a i ittVttt
fwhis.kov" 'f th ~ I
:edl in lii,.cel-r~
a ny when thi'sn a lu
marriedr. 7 tf
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