Washington telegraph., 1845-01-22
s'r!ie Sanfower.
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Rrs.,,c,trs rS EsyPr-Tne Boston Transcrirt
publishes following interesting I,eHls, derived
from tine private correspondence o Mr. Gliddoa re-
crIved by Ihe last steamer
DIR. L-pslas with the Prussan COMMISSION was
expected at Phii9-lst Cataract--by the end Of
Aarst, ,taving terminated those invaluable expiora-
EtnIopIa- that nave reduced the iabiec an
ilqity oI Mzrote Monuments 10 the Inteil-ible
lniits- Commencing about the 10Th Dynasty, OF
40 b. C. They had opened one Of tine Elhsepan
Pyramids and found lew unimportant relics Of a
mode-n date The PrlrsSians will remain some six
months at TheJes, to re-Inspeci kaown lero-lyph-
C Il data AM to make such corrections and additions
as will pTu.abiy leave nothing above ground under
m.n-d. When Tncbcs has been sat sfacioTly con-
clu-ei. they will descend 10 Caro-. and cxcavac
Hrliopoi.s where the of the aiinv:al soi has
covered Immense Remains Some me wear
the party VII proceed 70 Ssri- and thence 10 Asa
Minor 10 seareh for the TaIiris recording a. Asi
atic welcomes OF Sesostrls three Of which are known
to exist
The Ra-sia1 govern mcnf had commenced its
labo-s arnonr the t0rnbs around the Pyramids Of
Memphis fn-y will copy Egyptian monuments
alol the Nile up 10 the I'd cataract Mons fTsss,
a gentleman wac has resided eighteen years
Egypt, the last zen Df which have been devoted to
monumental researches, has brought iir blSs
licfs OF the famed genealogical esgHJ-F ot hGraae
u Parss, and presented them TO the French Gov
ernnIent Inc scene IN this CHAMBER represents
rno-mra lV. tiils-l!ni' q 10 ilI -y-B. C- l14Ol
I'll 10 N y-e gl. 1f i5 Para 'Isc predecessors,
tae ar.an.scIne Of which Is Vel mystery un-
solved A. ihe reward of The iabo.s Of Mons.
PrlSsc the man.fi-ent French Govern nmrnl i 4blut
send him back the valley of the Nile ID prose
cute his hIero-ypncai explorations for three years
and he London when the Acadia eis
making preparations
Tne French Royal Academy has proposed
gold medal for the best dissertation the Dy-
nasieS Of MIEefa0, which will exct- the keen st
competition among hie-oslyphical SavalEs; and
great will bc the lanrcls 81 him, vino cones in
sccoad-bcStl
The syro-EEyPtian Society OF London is in full
activity, about to publish Tablets, inscriptions,
&c, &c
The profound Sinaloruc Hierologist, and un-
versiLy erudate scholar, Birch, Of the British Mu-
scum, Corresponding Secretary of the ArchaOleg-
cal Institute of Rome, ha completed his ie~earchcs
on the language and writings OF the Egyptians,
and, if LePsus and Panther have the honor Of
establishing what may be termed the '-organc
laws OF human progress IN the art OF writing, to
Birch will be the meri of determin NJ the various
ages Of Hs advance in Egypt, from The earliest
pictorial sign TO the introduction and exclusive
adoption Of purely aLphcbefic characters, such as
use.
Mr.. Osborne, Of Leeds, author of the Anti
qEtes Of Egypt, illustrative Of the Sacrrd Scrip
Iures,' was progressing with his researches INTO
early hierogtyPhieai geography in elucidatiou Of
the Mosaic records This subject has long formed
the private study cf Mr.. GIiddon who informs Us
that II opens vast untrodden field OF inquiry in
Eihnology, history, and geography. Mr. Gliddou's
occupations compel him to defer the publication
oi his own extensive collations of heroglyFhicai
&c conhrmations OF fhe science and accuracy
~ n'ses-and he cordially halls fellow Iaborcr in
Nj I'M thorny, though intens " curious field
ut. bonomi, having accompanied MqLonlraed
awo sons IN their visit to Paris, was expected in
iSonoon 10 put forth his recent ~r, n,;,,,io - N,
Gent and Modern Egypt. "a
ne frst three volume, of Baron R,,,s.n,s -rr,t
rna m.,n, win hls profound views on Egyptian Ian
gnages, writing, history, and cbronoingv were
T.tP tPea, u, IN Germany on the Both September