Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1844-04-27
CURIOUS RESEARCHES IN ARABIA.

i Inc Right Reverend Bishop DoAsE, Of New Jera
ssys mas communicated the following Interesting
particulars to the editor of the Newark Daily Ads
vertiser:
Dean SE: The following is an extract from Latte, from
my excellent correspondent the Rev. Charles For.s, -
whom The admirable Bishop Jsdd dedcas one Of his books
as ms daily companion and own familiar friend" He-
inc bishops chaplain, and has since been his
de is the author Of "Mahomedansm IT,
'seoa, anu feuafAaO' products Of the sge and Of
u...i ~.,ed critical work the Episle 10 the
he has just completed (his investig atoms on the
subject began in 1929 The Historical Cseoaanbv az
o' copy Of which hope to receive by tho next steam
or Meanwhile, cannot deny myself the pleasure Of COM
mendng to your readers the very curious and interesting
statement contained in the passage which follows from a
ef received by the Sheridan II is too much TO sneak s
as one Oh the most wonderful discoveries of an are fn
IN strange results Very faithfully. your friend.
Riverside. april H. 1874.
VOICE FROM THE PATRIARcuAI .cr
"As your copy Of 'The Historical Geogy.nhv 80
VIII, uust soon float across the Atlantic shou Isvs :
tel s own story were not for one result so beyond an
ana therefore SO likely get abroad on
inc wings OF ramor that do like il should 6r, 800
you IN newspaper advertisement or from anv In, -, go
pen The result alluded the recovery Of The l H..
and once famous Hamyac tongues and in il Of nscrn'
NPO"Ps s'o oiuost monuments the WORLDLY coptap
ing ni confession of the Patiarcha faith and an anti;
Pated Gospel These wonderful remains of Arabian anton;
" belong to period Of the world to reach which ali The IN
tena evidences ohge ascend g. 500 wears or within
ooo years OF the Flood for they records of the LOST
'oe OF Adj the immediate descendants Of Shem and Noah
people o. Arabia who persisted utterly not only long pro,
10 all Proane history, bat before the books of Moses
written The unknown inscriptions were published IN We'll
sted Travels in Arabia, who discovered them ON the
OF hadramant IN 1884 Copies forthwith Transmitted
10 Germany, TO Professors Gesenus and Rodper who an
pears have been at work them for years. as il turns ON,
without deciphering single word -
Ihelr existence first became known 10 me last s,mn,e
when my publisher sent down WeIsteds book on the ch
OF Its containing materials for my work. After eraminno
the unknown characters closely, had laid the inscrino
asde as altogether undecipherabe at least by me When Il
pleased Providence in way the most unlocked for 10 mt
tne Key into my hands. found it, without dream of ooL
ing for IT. In the Monumental Vetustiva Arabia Of
Schultens 1.-THE first glance thought detected in one
OF these monuments Arabic version of the longest If
Mr. Westeds inscriptions; and of this good guess ren
pushed not my grasp until conjecture had been converted in
70 demonsrave proof The are the recovery 81 The
alphabet and languages and with these of ucb
testimony to revealed religion Job desired xx "a 81
How wonderful the ways of Providence! But for chuItsns
incidental publication of two short Arabic poems these evil
dences revealed TRUTH contemporary with Jacob and Joseph
might have remained mystery the end of time Know
ing whence alone feel honored al once and hmm
bie by my own success have thus completely succeeded
where the first oentas in Europe have entirely failed n
brings to mind, IN lower sense the saying Of ST. Paul
corinthians !, 26 For details and vouchers YOU will await
the arrival OF your copy on the Delaware"