The New York herald., 1844-11-11
New York, Nov. Sth, 1874.


DEATH OF REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT. = Died on
Sunday, The goth ultlmo, Hon Needham Maynard,
patriot and soldier of the revolution Thus has passed
away another OF the remnant Of those who in the day OF
peril. jeoparded their lives the high places the
Reld," at Bunker Hill The subject Of this notice
born in Pennington, Mass in the year 1855. At the sg
few days before the battle Bunker Hill which
they were both engaged. In the retreat which the Anne
peled 10 make MI M perceived disabled soldier re.
Ginning itnce and eDdeavoring to reload his
ket This man was his brother, severely woundedin the
thigh and expecting to be slin by the enemy where ht
lay but preparing 10 sell his life dearly possible to
those no should .empt to give hm the finishing blow
He taken up by Mr. NJ and borne upon his uderS
Tor more than mile, TO place Of safety. MIR NJ
tnued to serve. at intervals during the war and after
wards settled a farmer in Ipsw ich, n. In 7ss, he
removed TO Whitesown Onedo co.. OF which he was one
the earliest and permanent inhabitants and where for
court Of Common Pleas, snd IN various other public
trusts well in all the relations OF private life, he
oysd an eminent degree the respect and confidence OF
fow citizens For the last few years his home has
been with in the family Of his son. Hon John May
and here he has been listened to by the young and
old as The accurate living chropcler and narrator OF
events whch he had witnessed and treasured up
ryand venei atd by them relict Of that generation
oibrave men, the latest lingering survivor OF whom will
soon be gone.
It was to him cause Of high satisfaction that he
eabled 10 be present at the grand celebration at Bunker
Hill Thither he weRt-not as when, in hs STRIPPING
years he marched there foot, with his gun aud bayo
net, and knapsack and caneen not yet as when hale
Young man, he wendea his way with his family and ef
ecis from the "od Granite State" to the new country
at th4 rate OF twenty miles per day the emigran style
Of fifty years ago but now, though enfe. blsd by age
and laaning upon his two slaves, yet by that node
travel which threads the Valleys and climbs the hills
hc in eb ThS h
Of the especially invited gueststhose lew honoied
venerable men, whose names and ages given in the
published proceedings OF that day. almost the sole
yivoTs ofthose who had seen the whites OF British eyes
at Bunker Hill. and there, the 10Th OF June, isa3,
where sixty eight years before tha soil had been STEPPED
the blood Of who would be Free and in the blood
Of those who would enslave them there Needham May
nard ejoiccd that ground TO free
ION in the transactions and suengs and memories Of
the past, such monument to patriotism had been erected
and its topstone laid
THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS -(From Mr.. Gliddon's
Fifth Lecture LIN Lower Egypt, beginning al
Memphis and stretching up the river tar as the
the western side OF the river, and the desert hills
he Ly bian chain which bound the Nio,ic Valley. H.
nave not ,ntered into any chronological classification
hriy nine Pyramids according TO MIR. Pcuing's
sey extend over space Of SO miles. from The most
northern to the most southern Pyramid between La
tede 49, 49, &c. and 80 > 30 The Prussian survey viii
add is understood the sites of several others There
three Pyramids Of Ghe,zch they called
the Great first r. ramid the "Py ramd Of Cheops,
and tbs first and second Py yramids The other 80 ar.
Of all sizes and shapes ranging from 20 feet 10 $50
eet perpendicular, averaging say about $50 ieet
each as the mean height Most Of them arc built
Of Limestone, cut from the Lybian quarries: ali
been less revetted with the fine white lime
OF the Arabian quafries which material lines the
interior OF many of hem One is constructed entirely o
Basalt MARBLE alabasitr and GRANTEES al various huas
nave all been found in these wonderful structures
An idea OF the amount OF masonry and other
ponent materials OF the Pyramids msy be- formed
from the consideration that thirty Of these Mansoea
dying al ng % miles Of the Memphtc Necropolis)
sumed when they were in perfect state 40 millions tons
stone. The three PJ ramids oil Gheizeh alone repre-
sent amount as follows;
LIST, Tons siS.000
%, Wg.00O
81, 7ol, ,a60
IL $50, 400
Mr.. Gliddon here introduced n series OF divoi,inp
aud curious statistical comments, remafking thai
he Great Pyramid converted into brick, woui
build up the whole CITY of Phadelphia tha'
he granite conts ned in II would construct all III,
churches and pnhlic buildings In the noble city q
IN, Key State and that the $50 tons Of thea
three Pyramids would suffice TO build every dwelling
every church, every public .dfce this day comprise
~ the statistics Of the entire state OF Pennsyva ~
u'ber observed that the splendid obelisk towering
Bunker Hill, monument worthy OF Boston's gloriou
cations contained 81 900 cubic ieet oil grant,
which, taken a i66 lbs to the cnb,c foot makes
ain lbs l44l20 600 and this divided by 2lO pound'
the ton gives 6s47 tons the specific gravity OF th'
stone in the Bunker III II Monument AID this being deter
mined shows that the OF the Great Pyramid alone
would suffice TO construct 1864 Bunker Till Monument,
- materials of the three yramids GhcIzeh