The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-02-14

mountains, nPen.wisich the vault Of hcave
seems TO rest; the magnificent sccner
around, and the voices of the shepherd
sounding from rock 10 rock the praise OF Il,
Almighty, must fill the mind of every travc
lcr with enthusiasm and awe.
Major Noah. in an interesting article i
his Sunday Times, is of the opinion that til
''ten lost tribes" Of Israel were the origlna
tors of the cities whose ruins strew Mexico
and Central America. He concludes thu
from a variety Of circumstances, and espe
cially from the fact that all our tribes Of In
dians, bearing the strongest marks Of Asiatic
origin, are identified with the Isracucs b!
the following religious rights.
|. Their belief in one God. 2. In thc
computation Of time by their ceremonies o
the new moon. 3. In their division Of lht
year into four seasons. 4. In their erection
of temple, having an ark Of the covenant
and also in their erection of affairs. 5. By
The division of the nation into tribes, with {
chief or general sachcm al their head. G
BY their laws of sacrifice, abutions, maria.
gcs, ceremonies in war and in peace, prohi.
bilion of eating certain things. by traditions
history, character, appearance, affinity OF
their language TO the Hebrew. and finally by
that everlasting covenant Of heirshp exhibit
ed in perpetual transmission of its seal ir
their flesh, custom only of late rclu luished.
The Phenicians (Canaanilcs) had discov-
cred the continent 500 years previous TO the
migration ofthc Israclites, and were. it s
assumed the builders of the pyramid, of
Mexico and Central America, and Of Pa
Ienqu, Choula, Olumba, Tiascala, and other
cities of which the ruins now excite orr as-
tonishmcnt; and also the inroducers ofhyc.
rogyyphics, pIenisphencs, zodiacs, temples,
military roads, vIaducls and bridges from
Egypt, Tyre, Babylon and Carthage. In
the apocryphal book of ESdrass, OF great
antiquity, it is said:
"Whcreas, thou saw"st another pcaccablc
these arc ten tribes, which were
carried away prisoners out Of their own
land, in the time Of Osea, whom SaImahazcr,
King of Asyria, led away captive, and he
carried them over the waters, so they came
into another land.
"Thcy took this counselamong themselves
that they would leave tho multitude flhc
hcathcn, and 90 into further country,
wherein never mankind dwclt, that they
might there keep their statutes. which they
never kept in their own land, (Assyria) and
there was great way to 60, naneIy,a year
and half"
According to Major Noah's theory, they
towards the north cast course Of
Asia-somc remained in farlary. and many
went into China. where they have been
1000 years, and arc numerous at this day.
Ghe nam bod v crossed at Behring's straits
o our continent, the mnrc hardy Keeping to
he north. i:udSon's Bay and Greenland
he more cultivated passed down on the
horcs of the Pacefic, through California to
Mexico, Central America. and Peru. where
hey met their ancient enemies tho Canaan.
les NhGnlclans) whom, as once before
hey dlsposscsscd of the country. Further
more it IS contendcd that they resided in
when the ships Of Solomon made
heir three years voyage, and furnished the
old of Ophir TO bnId the temple also that
hey arc the settlers and proprctos of Mcxi-
o, Peru, and the whole American continent,
nd have been here centuries bcf',re the ad.
cnt Of Christianity, and patiently await the
romiscs of redemption.
William Penn, IN writing of the Indians,
aid.
II found them with Ike countcnanccs to
lc Hebrew race. | consider these people
nder a dark night, vet they believe in God
nd immortality, without the aid of fmctapys.
$. They reckon 10y rnoons--thcy offer their
rsl ripe fruis-thcy have kind ofIcast of
bcrnacIes-lhey arc said to lay their altars
nth twelve stones they mourn year and
oscrvc the Mosaic law with regard TO scpa.
ltion.'
These facts with the opinions of McKcn-
c. Bartram; BeItram Smith, Penn, Menas
III Ben l>rael, the Earl of Crawford, I.o-
ez dc Ganara, Acosa Malvcnda, Ma jpr
ong, Budinot, and Catlln; all eminent wri-
rs and travellers, 90 TO prove thai the
en- lost tribes" were the prngcnitorS Of the
ices and ideas found in the New World,
! lis discovery by Columbus.
FUNERAL CUsToMs IN Russ1A.--Thc {
usSIans have very Singular custom at
cir funerals. Just before the coffin is shut
}, the father conlcssnr of tho deceased,
lis testimonial or pass to the other world,
writing, between the fingers Of the corpse. .
these words: ave, N. n. do certify hy t
csc presents, that The bearer hereof has {
ways behaved himself and lived among us |
IS bcca nc a good christian, protesting the '
rcek religion, and, although he may have !
some sins, he bath confessed the
me, where upon he has received absouiion I
I'd taken the communion for the remission {
his sins, that he hat, honorcd Gni and I
$ Saints, that he hath not neglected his {
ayers, and hath tasted on the days ami {