The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-17

tested by the ante bahamlc sculptures OF the old
Egyptian empire exhumed by lepslns from D. y 22OO
10 B. c. 5000 By establishing the positive existence Of
this civilization nduclye reason may attain glimpse OF
the days anterior 10 The pyramids when Egyptian human
ity was, so to speak, al lis primary school,
Creative Providence has concealed from each individual
man alike his origin and his end When arrive al
manhood we only trace back our entity by the
heipof memory, 10 certain period oil childhood. Every
personal event that occurred before that time must be
cepted trust, from the representations of others As
nations are but aggregatons OF individuals, II follows
that Their Origines must TO the historian remain
known, All That The Archaeological can hope for is 10
reach, by consecutive Investigations earlier period
OF humanys youthful history than we moders have yet
attained. What memory is 10 the individual man history
IS TO mankind in general At what age then, OF human
y, do the Egyptians--the oldest monumental people
present themselves on the painted sculptures IN The iombs
Rptssa 's Lsp'u' 'a'"s as lar back as s'''D century
The plates OF the great Prussian work (Which were
produced) themselves answer this question Al the very
earliest period OF which we possess any records The
Egyptian is already civilized man. The proofs e&h6'
tied Were as convincing as they were astounding MT
G's whole Argument, nevertheless, tended 10 establish
iha, Development in Egyptian IN all other nauonates
is the universal law. The following are few Items OF
this discourse, (which occupied nearly two hours IN de-
livery. I'VE speak always OF the pyrandal sculptures
ranging backwards IRON the 22d TO The 35th century B.
c., -.r.. -...,,
numbers at which were shown are Caucasian con-
formation il moi in lineage There nothing negro about
Them. II may be doubted, indeed, # The Egyptians knew
OF The existence OF negTo races Which are not now and
to Egypt than the 18Th degree OF north
latitude, before the twelfth dynasty, when KING Osorm
sen, about 1900 years b C., conquered Upper Nuba.
Alter this liked point specimens OF Nlsrlan populations,
exclusively Foreigners capuves, and slaves, abound
on Pharaonc sculptures.
In the pyramlda period the Egyptians had already do
mesticated such animals capable OF donestcaon
and then existed within their geological eglon-such
cattle, sheep goats dogs asses geese &c They had
not the barn. door fowl, but they tanned the ibis. Mr..
Gdon pointed 10 several nummles OF these birds which
he bad in case-mlions OF which exist in some Of the
tombs. The ibis is no longer met with IN Egypt; II
has receded into Upper Nuba. In lieu OF fowls un.
known probably in Africa before the per.aus, B. C. 5!5,
the Egyptians domestcated vast numbers OF geese anu
ducks.
In all Pharaonic ages and down 10 the Mohammedan
invasion, A. d Oil, the people Of Egypt cultivated the
lotus, the papyrus, and the perseapla now no
longer met win in the lower provinces OF The Nile.
They had horses before The days OF Abraham, and no
cames any time until the Persian conquest b. t. 525
None OF these animals are 10 be found among the pr.
mordia sculptures. Their was derived from Arabia
and Mesopoama, where they seem to have been common
at very early ages.
The horse introduced from Asia, certainly between
the 18th and the 18th dynastesprobahy by the Hyksos
invaders; repe whose cavalry the Egyptians invented
The CharIot-a vehicle not met with in the ahteceden
pyamda scu plures, though Astounding on those OF The
18th and OF every later dynasty subsequent TO b. e.
1900
The first archaeological APPEARANCE of The camel ir
Africa IS on the monuments OF Mefoe' OF date no
necessarily amIarto Abraham referred 10, however
IN Thoroughbred records NaccoFGns TO the highest au
18th century B. c. The Persians IN the 9Th century
b. c. doubtless brought il with them 10 Egypt but ths
invaluable 'ship OF the desert" was not disseminated
over the northern and eastern parts OF the African con
unent until the Mohammedan compassionate is, late
than D. 64l. Here the lecturer depressed upon cames
and dromedaTles with critical elucidauonspi producing the
beautiful plates OF Prsse Botta Fandln and Lay Il
snow the existence now OF the species and varieties
Of the Arabian single bumped dromedars and camel
OF the two-humpel Bacran camel, on the monument,
OF ancient Nineveh, &C., back TO perhaps Z 600 thai
have been scattered from Iiinbuctoo 10 ChIa at ou
modern age
Mr.. Glddon pointed out upon the sculptures OF the
old empire, back 10 $500 years ago. The hl ena the
wof the lacka the ioX and dogs OF almost every breed
known in our daythe greyh hound, the bloodhound, the
house-dog, &c.-arguiug IRON the TACT OF such monu.
mental existence the unaerable perpe;uaon OF species
.'prmodia organic y Pes"-quonng the triumphant refu
taon made BY Dr. Morton, president OF the Academy OF
theories OF DR. BacLman, oil Charleston South Carolina
Pathological Development in human speech came next
in order The paraeiisms among different nations and
the philosophical results, were at once extraordinary and
copous; but we must be content with mere digest.
After alluding TO the manner IN which our own Ian
gusge had increased IN words, aud illustrating method
scientific, because simple aud natural Anglo Saxon
linguistic Developments from the days Of Alfred TO those
OF Noah Webster, MI o. applied The same principle 10
the languages OF the Nile, which furnish the phologsi
with exicons Tor about 1000 years al all epochs The
Copuc Egyptian, IN the 9Th century after Christ, had
alphabet OF 81 letiers-2i Greek and Denote. The
Denote popular writing invented about b. {.
700. The Egyptians, 1000 years before this dale
before the 18th dynasty, the age OF Mose-bad only the
Hieraiic Tor priesuy) Whiting and hlerog yphcs. The
Hleratlc which is the current handwriting OF Egyptian
papyrc literature came into use before the 18th dynasy,
b. C. ROO; but the heroglyphic system already in
perfection in The 81 dynasty, b. {. $500 AT that day,
however the unsophiscaIed Egyptian had but 10 vocal
ariculaons, expressed by ~ consonants and yOwels
from which appears that IN 1000 years from the 81 dy
nasty down TO after the Christian the Egyptians had
developed their lang uage from Is authorizations 10 81 pho.
nec sounds, each progressive egochbeiRg faithfully
stamped upon Inc monuments. From a monosy Liable
tongue OF perhaps 500 lnguistcal roots the old Egypt
ian speech enlarged dynasty by dynasty, with in
cTeasIng civilization, until, alter the Christian era the
Copc becomes polysyabc, berayng proofs all along OF
its monosyllabic origin. Mir q. connected these facts
with the tIadtonary relics OF Greek, Ph9ncan, He.
brew and other Semitic nations, all OF whom trace their
alphabet 10 but IS or I6 primitive letters.
MIR g. then traced upon black board the heroglyphic
signs for the scnbe's palette and the IaIyrus SCROLL
found upon the monuments OF the 81 and 4th dy.
nastes explaining that pen, ink, paper aud books
therefore familiar 10 The Egyptians 1900 years prior 10
Abraham, BY showing these symbols Lepsiuss plates
AT the time, referring 10 the table OF aphabets pub
lsbed Ia his Handbo he maintained that there exlant
no purely alphabetical writing, dlvesled OF inermixed
symbolIeal gura.ye signs, prior TO the sth century
C. at is The said) 10 Egypt that we owe the blessings
that have followed IN the IRAN OF A, b, Z, d."
Numerals and decimal notation were then taken up
The lecturer explained how $500 years b. {. the Egyp
tans possessed already cphes for units tens hundreds
thousands myTiads hundreds OF thousands, millions
&c, indefinitely The builders OF the pyramids also had
apTactcal knowledge Of fractions that Mr. g. seems
justified IN ridcnng the common opinion that we are
indebted 10 either Greeks Hindoos, Arabs for tile
discovery OF decimal Enumeration lie showed these
ing them also on his black board for the qualification Of
his auditory.
Having disposed Of the three RS {" reading riting
and nthmenc he took up the ancient divisions OF