Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-12

straight and fine ard ali Inc tIalts Oh Wv ,ha
such as are recognized IN inaiViaua" =
White race. ch,r,nol.
linn Fiorac "was sun burnt or Drowned t0,"..a =;
Tho Erench, Nv The climate. This charac'el'eno
has been p = messed in The monuments, oy SN's
~ ihe nhvsioonomy OF the figures oil me men
red .isb tinee. and 10 that OF The women why az
near 10 have been less affected by lhe sun ~
iurins tinsed with yellow. These TWO ,'.'.e aa ~
Gaze with sufficient exaclness inc Sene'o' Nv.
color Of the Two sexes. Many muiniiiics nav
been opened in different countries: anG Of
hpen never recognized in the examination OF any -
these numerous bodies, The physical chaTac'ei's
,;cs oC The negro race; and yet these hoeies a!c
nreserved Tor The most part, en enter; Tue sHih
!. untouched. the hair, sometimes arlisllcally az
RANGED is in lis place, and adheres 10 Inc neau
with wonderful ienacity." Such are lne s ,Sa,
ments of Champollion Figeac, even sIohSe. s aa
those of Dr. Morton, for ne did dlscSvei =" :, =
of one negro and several OF mixed oloou. ~ 70
=. Gno s,n,e snrnr,se. that so few should have
been found; but this may have originated, plooa.
| hlv from The fact that being slaves, iheil oouieS
| were moi embalmed and preserved Win inc sdni'
care as those OF The nober race. -.
hive before me- al this moment TWO enSraV-
;rac One is stated BY Champollion flseac 10
| no an exact representation Of Inc heaas W "o
mummies The other IS a copy OF paih.ins ~
the iombs of the Kings al Bipan-ei-Moiouh' ne''
| Thebes. h., 81
In The first OF these engravings, The heads OF
| both The mummics are large, and the intellectual
| faculties well developed the noses aquellne, the
mouths large, and the distance from The nose 10
the mouth remarkably long; the chins long ana
ears large, the facial angle good, The hair slraignl
and fine. Never were Two heads more emihently
Caucasian in all their traits. These ponra,nns
may be seen in "Esype par ChamPoliion r.
geac," second engraving.
The second OF these representations is OF great
antiquity, mounting al least 70 Inc sl1'eehn Sen
tury before The Christian era, about the period vi
! Moses and is taken from one OF the many foyal
| ,ombs near Thebes, which contain numerous ex-
| hibtions of similar kind II presents the al
| fercnt races of men who inhabited Europe, ASIA
and Africa as known 10 the Egyp ians, and lhey
| were intended as representations OF the different
paus OF the world There are six figures ar
ranged in a series one before the other. nave
10 regret that the colors are not preserved as III
the originals But the great Champolllon, mat
is, Champollion le jeune, who saw and copied
them, has given detailed description oil them,
which corresponds perfectly with the copies be
fore me, and gives, in addition, the coors. he
describes the frs, parsonage in the series as OF
somhre reddish color, OF a well-proporloned STA
,ure, soft rhysoenomy, nose slightly aqueline
hair long and plated, and clothed 10 veslure OF
white; the legends Chat is, hieToelyphIc legends)
designate this race under the name OF Rol-en-ne
some, the race oi men, The men par excellence,
that is 10 say, the Egyptians. would add, maj
the forehead is prominent the facial angle beanti.
u and the eye oil that form which is designated
ammon.eyed, from lis resemblance 10 mat nut
II is verv common among The Circassians.
There can be no mistake as TO the second. he
stands forth as pure Sambo as ever walked the
sands OF Africa. Sixteen centuries before Christ
seven centuries alter the food, according TO Arch
bishop Ushcr's Chronology. which is endorsed by
act ol Parliament and accompanies our Bibles, he
is presented before us The same man he is al pre-
sent
The third is OF a very different aspect Skin OF
flesh color, inclinng 10 yellow. or oil swarihy
lin,. nose strongly aquiline, beard black, album
dant and terminating in point. short garment
AT different coors" This figure, according 10
Chamroloa, IS Jew or Arab.
TIE fourth is Mede or Persian, with features
aud costume like those found on the monuments
OF Persepois.
The fifth is a Greek, exactly such as the most
ancen, Greek vases exhibit 10 us, clad in The old
Chamys. with a culver upon upon his shoulder,
a bow in one hand, and a club in The other.
The sixth and last is 'of flesh color or
white skin, OF the mos, delicate shade, the nose
straight or slightly vaulled, the eyes blue, beard
white or red, stature lofty and lank, clothed IN a
cows hide with It's hair upon it; true savage,
tal,ooed in different parts of the body. Such was
the representation OF orr ancestry in those remote
ages.
II fastened" SAYS Champnllion lie Ieune 10
search ior a tableau in the other royal tomhs cor
responding 10 this and in finding II IN effect IN
many. The variations which observed in them,
convinced me that The intention was 10 represent
the inhabitants Of The four paris oil me world, ac-
cord,ns 10 The ancient Egyptian system, 10 vii:
frs, the inhabitants OF Egypt which OF itself alone
formed one part, according 10 the modest usage oi
the ancient population; secondly, The Inhabitants
proper Of Africa the negroes; thirdly, The Asiat-
les and foulhly, U am ashamed 10 say II, since our
race is the last and the most savage o. The serles)
the Europeans, who, al these remote epochs, TO De
lust, did no, make very beautiful figure in The
world"
Here. then, are the monuments as well as the
mummies vindicang the dignity the Egyptian
race. and proving in the most conclusive manner
that in those remote ages, and yet when The civil
iza,ion OF tina, country seems 10 have reached lis
| zenith, when there had already been constructed
works OF ART which, from that lime 10 this. have
been The wonders of the world which asiound by
their magnitude and delight BY their tasIe and the
exquisite accuracy Of their details, the inhabi-
| tan. of the Nile were whites, burnt, il is
true by the ardent sun OF their climate, but
\ OeVeTtDSlSSS GSsSuuclJ WIitC iu SOISi, III
| sioynomy in bone, in all the Characters
| tics of he Caucasian race. The Felahs,
their descendants after the lapse Of thousands OF
years, are still white, and do not differ from our
selves and the Inhabitants Of other northern eli
mates more than the Arabs and am inclined TO
saw from my observation but little if it all more,
than the natives of the South OF Spain and
South Of Italy,
But there is popular impression that Ham was
,ha t.th Of al The rir Nations that curse
was pronounced on him, and that in some way
the sable skins Of these, his supposed children,
are attributable 10 this maledclon. This beng
true, il would seem 10 follow, that The Egyptians
| his descendants, must have participated IN inns
misfortune.
Egypt was setlled by Myzraim the son OF Ham,
| This is a proposition on which there IS genera
concurrence among Eihnographers and Biblical
| commentators IL has been thought not mproba-
| HE that he was accompanied by his father, from
the shores OF The Euphrates. This snpposon de-
rives strength from The FACT that the valley oiihe
Nile was called Ham, by the Egyptians them
selves. from the earliest period oil Hieroglyphlc2
writing. Further, among the Hebrews, in the
Psalms, and elsewhere, it is called The tabernacle
| Of Ham" This hypothesis is perfectly consis'
tent with patriarcha longevity.
Blu, nothing could be more erroneous than The
! idea that Ham was the subjec, OF a
curse. A curse was pronounced on Canaan The
son of Ham and his descendants; and some fifteen
centuries after il was fulfilled in their conquest,
slaughter and election from Palestine by The
armies OF Joshua. Noah's prophetic denuncia-
| lion was "cursed be Canaan" The fourth and
younges, son OF Ham. And, yet this curse did
moi change The color Of his skin, nor that of his
descendants Much less did it mount up 10 his
father and change his physical organization,
varying his hair, his skim his astrological and
chronological conformation, and then altachto his
descendants
Ham, so far from being accursed, seems to
have enjoyed all earthly blessings. We have
seen that il is probable tina, he participated with
Mizraim the most fertile country OF The earth.
He was the prosenitor of the most prosperous,
most powerful and most enlightened nation of
antiquity. And again, "a portion Of Hams
blood flowed in the line of the promised seed,
through Rahab OF Jericho, a Canaanitish woman,
who married Salmon and became the mother OF
! D., tLa ndfa her of IPssp The father of Da-