The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-13
From the Baltimore Sun
MIR. GLIDDON'S FIRST LECTURE.


ference to himself and his labors, MIR. Giddon de-
scribed the Egyptians nation that in intellectual
moral and social refinement, less than in scientific
literary political and practical greatness had arrived
at supremacy long before the OF Moses and whose
sublime forethought had stamped noblest insttu.
tons and wisest doctrines with an Egyptian impress
The resuscitated annals Of Hams noble progeny, by
means Of exp0unded monuments and translated doc
uments, could not but be interesting as part of an
cent history, and afor ing beneficial comparisons
for modern poty. But they of still greater i'm
portance as interviewer with that Holy Record upon
which base every thing that is valuable and venera-
Bile, both in doctrine and in institution. The collection
preservation, and expOundng of the originals Of tho
chronicles and legendary traditions which time and
barbarism were hourly sweeping away, and to
hibt the glories of the Pharaonic epochs had been
the object of the great Champoon and other hero
logsts and the condensation of their labors and dis
coveres into popular lectures the effort Of the
lecturer In a single evening he could but present
brief abstract of the Pharaohs, yet that he hoped
TO make interesting and important to the historian,
the Biblical chronographer and general reader. In H.
lustraon the value of Thoroughbred researches in
relation to Scrptural history, he would adduce in.
stances throwing light upon the interval between
Joshua and the Hebrew captivity, from r.. c. 1850 to
B. c. $50. The first instance that of Pharaoh
Hophra,' Jer. Xiv 80, upon whom Jeremiah in chap
xxxvi, g. warned Jerusalem not to rely for aid
against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Who the pro het foretod
would return to Egypt (aiier having up, if
to assist Zedekah, (and leave the king of Jerusalem
to his fate. The name of the Pharaoh of Egypt, on
whom Zsdekiah relied, was 'Haphrah, or Hophrah,
according to Marontc punctuation, and was shown
to be the Ouaphre of the Septuagint, the Ephrae of
the Vulgate, the Haphres Vaphres of Manetho and
the Apres of Diodorus Sculus. He was the 7h
King Of the Goth or Saitic Dynasty, b.. C. $50.
1t was this Pharaoh Hophra who is alluded to in
the prophecy of Ezekiel xxx. 2, 3. "Son of man !!
sci thy face against the Pharaoh king of Egypt and
prophecy against him and all Egypt."-Thus saith
the Lord God Behold | am against thee Pharaoh,
king OF Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the
midt Of his rivers, &c, till the Almighty declares he
will make Egypt ''desoale from Migdoi to the Tow
er OF syene." This prophecy made while Hophra
in the zenith Of his power and boosted Of the Ne
"My river is mine own, and have made it for my
sel' literally fulfilled shortly after in his de-
feat, disgrace and death. Soon after, in the fulfil
ment Of double prophecy, his ally Zedekiah, king
OF Judah, is conquered and carried into captivity
his soldiers Embellishments sent to conclate them,
turned traitor, and suffered himself to be- elected
king-and Patabermes being sent by Hophra against
Amasis and being mutiiated in the and be-
cause he failed Of success, there in consequence
Of this barbari,y, an utter abandonment of Hophra
by his friends. He soon fell into the hands Of the
u'urping Amass who stranged him to allay popular
Indignation. He buried in the tomb of his an
csstors by the generous Amasis within the precincts
of the temple of Meth, at Sais a city now in ruins
where the lecturer has often mused in solitude and
conjured up the departed visions of her glory until
he has the Temple Of Meth, the Tombs of the
Saitic Dynasty and the Pharaonic City, rise from
the dust in all her pristine glory A lake overgrown
with sedge and teemiDg with wild fowl, still marks
the place of the waters which the aquatic excur-
sions Of the priests performed mounds of red
brick marble columns, friezes and other broken
lies, and broken sarcophsgus, mark the place Of
the Temple and Metropolis. Amid its ruins the lee
turcr has INDUCED in the sports OF the chase, has net
ted ducks on Minerva lake. chased Jaokalls amid
the ruins Of the Sanctuary shot wolves in the com
mercsl part Of the city, speared the wild hog where
Apries or Hophra srangled, and scared the owl
and the bittern from the sepulcbre of Amasis. We
were remin ed Of the parallel Of Baby on-"I will
also make Il possession for the btiern and pools of
water; and will sweep it with the bosom of des,ruc-
ton. Isaiah, xiv. % Near the first cataract Of Sy-
enc, boulder was found with cartouches containing
the name and title OF this Pharaoh. The same car
touches obelisk now at Rome and on 9th
in Europe, designating the of Psammetik II.
History points out Hophrs as the Of Psammetik
III so that the historical, iptura and monumental
identity is fully made out The lecturer read the
touches containing the name and titles Of Hophra
"Beue6cent Deity !" "Bord of the two worlds :"
Oower and upper Egypt "Sun who rejoces in his
heart,n titles beftting naughty and vainglorious
prince. On an Egyptian stature of priest is an in
scrpdon which states that he hourished in the reign
of Pharaoh Remesto, Amssis AID Psammetck H.
As all monuments bore the names of the relgnng
kings this presents the fact that probably owing to
his cruelty to Patsrbems, Hophra's name was chang
ed by bis subjects from "Sun, who IN his heart re-
joioeth" TO "kemesto," the sbominable Pharaoh
Of the morningw exclaimed the J. ciurer in the
words Of Isaiah GLOW art thou cut down to the
ground that didst wesken The nations ~
In the plenitude OF his power, little dceming Del
~ could dispossess him this va'nglorous King doom
ed by the Almighty, denounced 10y the prophets de-
serted by his allies, he cast down from The pima
Gle Of his glory, fplfng the prophetic OF Jere
miah "BehoId, | VIII give Pharaoh IIophra, King Of
Egypt, into the hands OF his enemies, and into the
hands of them thu, seek his life" And now, after
fhsl N liz. .fI nh,
proclaim, they shs do to generations yet slumber
ing in the womb Of time, the fate of Pharaoh Hophra
who has
LEFT a name at which the world grew pale,
To paint mortal aud adorn tale
The broken sarcophsgus and violated remains Of
the tombs Of Amsss aud his Queen Onknas, the Sis
ter of Hophrs, described found after lapse
Of ages from their violation by Csmbyscs related
by Hefodotus.
The lecturer noticed next Pharaoh Necho the
grandfather of 9ophra, of whom incidental mention
made in scripture and in the doubtful records OF
profane authors. lie pointed out and read the
ouche containing his name and titles, "Sun strong
IN justce,n Neko Inscriptions found the fune-
raj tablets OF two priests establish the time of this
Pharaoh, and the duration Of his life and reign to
day.
The next Pharaoh noticed by Mr.. Gliddon, was the
Tirhska Of the Bible u. 695. Tahraka of the mon
umenls In 1925 Ros,ellini discovered at Thebes
mummy 10 tomb with description Of Designating
her as Sezarinichur,n the nurse of the daughter OF
Tshrska. The next IN order was SO, then Zsrah or
Zlrak, and lastly Sbesbonk, the Shishak Of the BIZ
Bile. This last was very interesting. On the first
court of the Temple of kaonac, at Ihcbes, Is vast
,ablcau on which Is sculptured Pharaoh OF gigantic
size holding IN his uplfted hands poe-axe about to
smte group OF p isoners, whom, found together by
the hair of their heads he Is about 10 offer 10 the del
ties OF Thebes. Over Pharaoh's head appears IN HI
eroglyphies, "Sun Of the meridionaI parts Of the
world approved Of the SUM-" "Son OF the Sun, be-
loved Of Anon" Sh,sbonk Above The head of the
Deity Amun Ria, is long iosc Upton of twenty co.
lumns, IN which the god addresses the king The god