Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-14
MISCEI.LAN EOCS.

+ From The Boston I'rGyeNsr, jUne
UNRoLLING OF THE MUMMY.--aIr. Gliddon de-
yered second lecture to-day II O'Clock and the
unroled in the presence OF very large assembly
of ladies and gentlemen, comprising the cite Of Boston
Cambridge, and vicinity Every vla5!e seat was occu-
I'd before the hour of meeting.
Mr.. C. began by explaining the hero.yphics in front 81
the body he had been able 20 translate them lie
said the inscriptions found on nuiines were g.neTiy parts
OF the ornuari,ics in the BOOK 81 the Dead ihis bod!
was sumounted Is winged Beetle holding the Creator
Sun. Below il s-n which musical instrument,
and sign for the word r&ieSS, On side was The od
OF science and beind the Wcs the symbol on The other
side he could find Below, Tho emblem OF cer-
On either side the wives oi OSIRIS, the god %
the dead, symbols Of justice and corruption. Below were
the words, "Dedicaed 10 Osiris the god OF the house OF
the living and the dead" Reiow The Syrian The
deceased beloved Of the GOD OF the Western ea, Corn
TnorH,-ANCH- ph," which means eternal life.
Mr. Glidden turned The 10 the scientific
gentlemen present IL" stated IN reference 10 the bandage
that every bandage known in modern science had been
found mummies. Professor AgaSsiz and D.s. Wyman
and Jackson then proceeded 10 unrol the mummy The
height feel inches and Mr.. Gliddon said that was
of the alest female mumes he had seen. The
bandaces were strips Of linen al Of one kind and Mr.. G.
said all the cloth found mumnles linen. Prof Agas
sz said he had examined with the microscope and found
10 be linen Some large pieces taken oil OF coarser
quality After the outside dry cloth taken oil, they
to cloth that thoroughly gummed probably gum
arabic secured by Two leather straps which Mr. Gliddon
said usually contained the name of the person. Little
pieces of wood taken the ends of which were
stamped with figures Of deities
scarf taken of about ten feet in length, with FIRM
ges each end large piece OF gumncd linen was cut
OIL containing the leather straps, which species oi
red morocco, in perfect preservation.
When the body unrollcl 10 disclose the face,
Mr. Giddon said il had been plunged in boiling bumen 50
that il a vi bumcn and even the eyes anu
the sockets burnt After further unrollng ne brought
the " Book OF the Dead rolled M, and Mr. G.
said would have be dAnped and carefully nnroled be-
fore could be read There also found Scarabeus,
winged beetle the figure Of which placed outside on The
head OF the mummy. The clon being removed from the
face and upper par, al III. body placed in
and exposed IL full view oi the audience.
The boiling bituncn hdi reduced the body 10 crisp
that il was a. brittle burnt bone and The features
nearly destroyed. The extended upon the sides
the hands resting rio.: the abdomen On the whole,
rather disgusting object 10 look upon though interesting
of science, relic OF anti1uity while the
ras it suggests reduction upon emptiness of human
greatness and the folly OF attempting peeua;c the
Inory thereof by any monuments OF human device,
[From the Boston Times, ,J.ne 81
Ma GLrppoS AND HIS MUMMY Great Excitement among
the LiteratiThe third lecture upon The Egyptian Munm
fcaon given in the fremont Temple yesterday morn
ing The mummy was exposed TO view, and presented
distinct the bitunen having been
scraped oil. Mr. Glddun presented female hand sent in
by Dr. 0. W. Holmes, which mad beeu embalmed by the
natural process oil drying Dr. Holmes stated that the nails
and epidcnis were gone and tina; the removal of these
with part of the cucle probably the secret OF ancient
embanent MIR. Gliddon gave highly interesting descrip
ton of the Egyptian places Of buills. formerly they bu
ried their bodies the sand which was account OF Its
dyness natural mode OF n'nlert The foundations OF
the Nile brought up the crocol.cs who exumed and de
voured the bodies. The Egyptians then began bake the
bodies of their friends and bury them IN ih2 creyices of the
rocks Soon the y.a;n!s built
beng the tomb OF ki:s they formed nucleus around
which all other bodies Inferred. The burial places OF
the ancient city Of Memphis referred 10. Memphis
had less than 100000 inhabi,nts during period OF
1000 ycarss burial groun. contains millions OF tombS
The bodies first baked wrapped in woclcn
cloths and inferred Afterwards they simply dipped
boiling bumen and swahed IN linen handlges The age OF
rnummes ascertaincd by the the collins,
they generally correspondent with those OF regnng kings
The priests obtained ebalmlny bodies
there three classes Of sc first the price
was 81, $50; the second, $500 the RI. so.
The which indeed the Egy inns erhalm bodies
has been fruitful subject OF discussion Nolney and Others
commended that was from noticsa refuge 1ns
The plague; bu the !aiacv VI this ide. Is apparent AS the
plague known I'LL B. C. 635 and the process of
balrnen used fifty centuries previous The proba
bic is found in the fact that the Egyptians always
desired TO be buried In some particular place, aud that
balment made the bodies more portable and easier OF tbs
ter ., a., 80. ,b,, y, .,,,,s ,.. ,,.,,
statement which would cause some surprise 1t was cp
parent that tho faces botn cotne OF The before
them those of femaes that iae inscriptions clearly
stated thai the occupant was icals-5u SUI the doctors
had found that the body that 81 man. and not wo-
mani The speaker then proceeded ausb 10 prove that this
might have been mistake the part Of the priests who
embamed the body This has been frequently found 10 be
tine casemae bodies had been found IN female co!ns and
rice This accounts for The facts that no ,auateS
found about the corpse. r. Gldion read letters 20
prove that he did receive this from Egypt and
who much disappointed in this result cheeuly ad
nit that Mr. Giddon is free from all blame in the matter
w sieve him be perfectly sincere Every present
seemed 10 be of ouropnon BY marks upon the body il was
oud that the lived in the year 900, b. c., in the reign
of King Orsocan ILL., Mr. Gddon closed his lecture with
Brilliant peroraton and thus ended the "openng Of the
mummy"
THE CARDENAS FUGITIvES.--A despatch from N.
Orleans dated on the 7h that ortyone officers and
privates attached to the invading expedition Cuba
have arrived there from Key West and Tampa Adyces
from Key West to the 25t u that nearly all the Gu
ban invaders had left that place Capt Lewis OF The
Creole was under arrest, and would be tried before the
U. s. District Court. The wounded were IL doing we'll
MILITARY VISITATION.-TheN Norfolk Light Artillery |
Blues one of the finest volunteer companies the State
propose visiting Petersburg the 4h of July They are TO
be the guests of the Petersburg "Greys"