Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-22

Work on hnCient anu ptooS'" %! ~
Yesterday passage respecting the ancient ne
bes, city which, in an age OF which we nave no
authentic account, and in country which was
among the cradles Of civilization, attained ,ns
circumference Of 81 miles, "a magnitude equa' 70
that of our greatest modern cap'ia's,3 WINE III
the soldty and spiendour Of its remaining con.
struct tons it far exceeds even $" Imperial ho"e
itself.--Bah. finer.
The following paragraph, extracted 'ro" "e
work Of Demon. the friend and companion VI
Bonaparte, is sufficiently striking
SAT nine o'clock, in making sharp turn
round projecting point we discovered d, at
once the site of the ancient lhebes III It's whore
extent This celebrated city, the size oil "nlen
Homer has characterized with the single e5P
ion of the hundred gales boast'ns INC poet
cal phrase which has been repeated WIN SO much
confidence for so many centur'es;-tnis nluS',a'
Gus city. described in few pages dictated TO
Hc>odotus by Egyptian priests that nave s'nss
Leen coined by every historian.--celebrated oy
the number of its kings. whose wisdom has rais-
ed them to the rank Of gods,-by laws which
have been revered without being promulgated
by science, involved in pompous and enlg-
NAUTICAL inscriptiops,--,he first monuments
of ancient learning which are still spared
| by the hand Of time;-thi abandoned sanctuary
surrounded with barbarism, and again restored 10
the desert from which it has been drawn fortn,-
enveloped in the veil Of mystery and the ooscu'
rity of ages, Whereby even its own Colossal mon
uments are n,asni6ed to the imaginaton,-st'l'
IMPRESSED the inind with such gigantic plantoms
that the whole army, suddenly and with one ac-
cord, stood in amazement at the sigh OF its scat
tered ruins, and capped their haetS with delight,
as if the end and object OF their glorious tolls, and
the complete conquest Of Egypt were accom-
r!ished aud secured by taking possession OF this
ancient metropolis.
Another traveller, less enthusiasts thae Demon,
describes the effect of first sight in the follow
ing terms:-" While i was leisnrely travelling
along, thinking only of our arrival at Luxor. one
of the party who had preceded US called to me
from rising eround to turn torthe left: aid hav-
ing gone few yards off the road | beheld unex-
pectedly the temple of Karnac. 1t was long at
ter reached my tent ere recovered from the
bewiIderment into which the view Of these stu
pendous ruins had thrown me. No one who has
not seen them can understand the awe and ADM.
ration they excite even in unscientific beholders.
When compare the descriptions Of Demon and
Hamilton find them essentially correct, yet
] without giving me any adequate idea of the glorl'
; Gus reality. They fail in describing what has
never been, and which, ! think, never can be,
described. No words can impart perfect con-
cepton Of the profasion OF pillars, Standing pros
trute, lnclining against each other, broken and
whole. Stones of a gigantic size propped up by
pillars, and pillars again resting upon stones
which appear ready TO crush the gazer under
their sudden fall; yet, on scond view, he Is con.
yiuced that nothing but an earthquake could
move them; all these pillars, covered with sculp-
ture, perhaps three thousand years old, though
fresh as if finished but yesterday,-not of gro.
tesaue aud hideous objects, such as we are &C
customed to associate with ideas of Egyptian my
thology, but many Of the figures Of gods, warri-
ors, and horses. much larger than life, yet ex'
hibting surprising beauty and grace
Travels in Upper and Lower Egyptian. vol.
l. P;s. c,... :. r.,
rope. By MIR. Charles Lusliington, p. 81.
"But he rthe President never dictated to the
families Of his Secretaries, or to the Society OF
Washington. He never dictated to his own ia
mily He received Mr.. & Mrs. Eaton in his own
house, and there formal courtesy was expected
Of all. But beyond his own DOORS he neUer clam
! Ell nor eracfed any turtSdtctton. ihe iemaies
ot,his own family did as they thought proper, in
othes circles. He never laid down any laws
nor asked eren compliance Nth his wishes.''
! So says the Richmond Enquirer of Friday last.
Now mark how single fact shall put him down.
Last winter, on the morning after Mr.. Berren
had given party, he received request from the
President to call & see him. Sucha request it was
his duty to obey-presuming his presence was
wanted on official business. On his arrival, how
ever, he was undeceived. The President had
sent to call him to an account for not baving in
vited Mrs. Eaton to the party on the preceding
evening! The Enquirer need not deny this state
ment. IT IS rRuE.-A. T. Com. advertiser
| The United States Senate.-There are now
forty five members elected to the next Senate of
the U. States, and three vacancies. Of the forty
five, twenty-six, if we include Mr.. Calhoun's
friends. are friendly to the Administration Of
General Jackson, and nineteen broadly and un-
oualifiedly opposed to it. The vacancy in Ken
lucky will be filled, no doubt, by the appointment
of John j. Crittenden, a distinguished friend Of
Mr. CLAW and the vacancy in Indiana will be