The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-02

We are glad TO announce that this exhibition continue,
10 be well attended AT Odd Fellows Hall. This after
noon half past three O'Clock, il will be open for the
benefit Of schools and children, and every evening
in the week al o'clock for the accommodation of the
public generally We have attended this interesting
hbi,ion several times and at eash with increasing curl
osy. The mummies. papyrus, and other relics, to-
ge,her with the inscriptions bassreefs iresco work &c
&c are OF the deepest interest 10 every well-nformed
pc rson and as they explained by Mr. Gddon whose
long residence Cairo has rendered him perfectly IA
miiar with all things practical and scientific relative TO
tina, country they become distinct and niellgi
Bile 10 every grade OF capacity. The panorama itself
represents series OF the most stupendous and wonder
fu scenes of which history preserves any memorial The
painters engaged in its preparation among the mos,
eminent in Europe and the effect OF the whole upon the
auditory is striking and animang in the highest degree
Mr. Gliddon each replaces the preceding in
few brief sentences points out the graphic beauty an.
,qui,y or historical importance attached 10 il and !,
requires bu, small effort Of The mag nation TO fancy the
whole arrayed in visible reality before the eve We
copy the following extracts f'om article in the Rich.
mond Examiner this subject which express in very
orcbe terms the general interest excited by this exhibit
ton OF Egyptian wonders;
From the Richmond Examiner.
Nothing Than vague description Of gigantic add
nconceivsbe masses OF architecture can be cleaned
by the reader. from the common books about Eyyp,
H.,ory tradition, and fable, have sunk with b. I'M I'D
and exhausted wing into the gulf Of which
divides the Phatsohs from Soltanr. Even Greece and
Rome things OF yesterday when think of Luxor md
Carpsc. Piny and Suabo knew more about tho pyr,
mid. than smpleton Stephens and the romantic MIS-
Romer
But the discovery Of the berogyphic alphabet ha. revo
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globe. The history Of the primcvsl world Is as fresh
thing in the literature Of TO day Macauays England
The Rosetta Stone the seal Of strapgs.t letter
which ever passed between the of the hu
The seal has been raised, and the story OF
Egypt Is unrollcd in day for the hrurms The
riddle 81 the sphyn1 IL read slss Memnon ha, found
his voice-spesks more melodious babble-to tale
old In two senses and only too nteigble and plain We
know about the anc lent Egyptians than we
about the citizens Of our city Each mummled ma,
Of Josophs adm ILLUSTRATION bears bis sbroud
the private and pubc history OF his e-the story of III
gefs and Joys, his hopes and Fears hi. morals and
his open habits. We know how they ate what ,bev
drank, how they made love- how they hated whom thew
dreaded, what they believed, aud what they Wi had f
We know their private pleasures, their public trouble.
their science is and the hidden myscrie. of their
priests perfectly patent TO the generation which
into existence three Thousand year. after their own race
bad isappeared from the bead-roll OF the nations
These discoveries all Of date recent f,r the new
knowledge TO be Incorporated In any books within
the reach Even the discovery OF the law or prp
cipe which the pyramid. bulr the chief y.ety
OF al, Is not Ave years old.
Without purchasing the costly works of tho French and
Prussisn academies, or similar expensive works. we kno
Of no means so sat'tsoioy and certsnly enter
tanning, by which decent smsscring Of all this new and
interesting information may be Obtained by few visits
IN Mr.. Gliddon's exhibitou. 4l
To stand in the presence e v-ri,rblc mumnya true
kvypt'sn OF the Phsrsohs-is enough to attract man
an ordinary imagination Mr. Gliddon has very
specmen-thai 10, none three four yeats
old But one which h. exhibits is priest OF high order
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