The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-15
RAYMOND Il CO.'S
immense Mena geric


w of May and exhibit for four days only,
goth, 2lst, 22d, and 3D. on Four-and-a a. halt
street, near Pennsylvania avenue.
On the day of their entrance into Washington the
procession will be joined by new accession of an
mals, lately arrived in Philadelphia and New York,
and will Join the menagerle in this city, forming a
better selection and greater variety of wild beasts
than before exhibited in this place. The
ferocious lion used by Mr.. Carter in London the
monster white bear from the Royal Garden in Paris,
together with twelve large wagon-lOads Of animals
will be added to the menagere at Washington. The
performance Of the celebrated Mr.. Pierce with the
animals is Of superior kind. For description of
animals and Mr. Perce's performance, the public
are respectfully referred TO the bills posted in the
principal hotels.
U5TO the Public.-There is no study that
is more important TO the youth Of rising genera
ton, or to adult age, than that Of natural history
1t teaches man his superiority over the brute crea
tlon and creates in his bosom a knowledge of the
wisdom and goodness and omnipresence of a slI-
preme and a-wise Creator. Ii also teaches hi m
how entirely dependent he is on the providence of
God; it eevates his character, and fits him for the
discharge of the nobler duties ofhfe.
In the beginning Of the world, taught
by the Holy Scriptures, God said unto man, "And
every beast Of the EARTH and to every fowl of the
air, and TO every thing that creepeh upon the earth
wherein there is life, surrender to thy CONTROL and
thou shalt have dominion the FISH of the sea,
and the fowls Of the air, and every thing that
moveth upon the earth, shalt thou have domn-
ion."
When this power and dominion was given by
the Almighty to man, it was intended by his wis
dom, that he unto whom he had con6ded so much,
should become acquainted and familiar with the
subjects which he should exercise his rule
Hence it became necessary that man should study
the history of animated nature make himself mas
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pended, and which, when developed could not fail
to advance the great of civilization and learn
ing
So fully was all this appreciated, in the early
stages Of civilization, religion and light, that the
early founders of Christianity in Europe and Eng
and, collected immense menageres, to which they
introduced their children, and taught them that all
animated nature proved the existence of that God
whose gospel they taught, and whose law was par
amount to all others, and must be obeyed.
We read that ST. Augustin, soon after he estab-
shed himself at Canterbury, and there reared the
blessed cross, collected from all the remote nations
Of the earth that were accessible, specimens Of the
animal world and laugh his monks that the stud
Of natural history was not only essential to common
intelligence but to the propagation of religion itself
In more recent times, all of the enlightened States
of Europe, in obedience to the commands of their
sovereigns, have, vast labor and expense, estab
lished institutes, made up of the animal world for
the purpose of aiding the propagation and advance
ment Of science and useful knowledge England,
France, Italy, Germany-in fact, all modern Eu-
rope, have for centuries back, paid unremitting at
tention to this subject; and that nation Of Europe
which has not its national historical institute is re-
garded that backward course that leads, in the
end, to seml-barbarc ignorance and folly.
A superior brass band is attached to the establish
ment.
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