New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-22

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crlprits came forward sui sissfd our hancs AMI
,h,., OF AcLnet, and The villagers pronounced
,,,o,.r.,rs sentence Of "fe1t' (eoodD The
md screet youth again sTpesr,d- ana 'hIs time
with c,f,e, of which we pa'iooA Win much
relish Tor this playing he Can was rather a.
ticripc TIE sheik raised our hands TO his fore
head. AID accompanied Us 20 tne end OF the VII
lace. where We gave tie coffee bearer BACK
sbish. dismissed orr water bo,s, and turned orr
dopkeys' heads toward A0ouslr.
Achne,'s dark skin was pale from his wounded
prlde and was faint from ny Pyramld-cllmoing'
tu, 8 cold fowl eaten as We SAT IN the sun, on
the border Of tie glowing Desert comtorsed US.
The dominion OF the sand has here as distinct
bound as that Of the sea there Is not thirty yards
from the black, preguan, loan, TO the merry pam,
where 10 spear Of grass grows. Our path lay
sometimes on one side Of this border sometimes
on the other, for more than an hour and hail.
TIL We reached the ruinec pyramids OF AoousiT'
where it turned southwark into the Desert. After
seeing CheopS and Cephrenes, these pyramids
are only interesting on account of their dllapi-
dated state and the popularity Of their forms
half their hight. They are buried deep IN the
sard. which has so drifted toward the PLAIN, that
from the broad hollow lying between them and
the group of Sakkara more than mile distant
eydIy sign of vegetation Is shut out Vast, STOP
ing causeways Of masonry lead up 10 two oi
them. and large mound, occupying the space
between, suggests the idea that temple formerly
stood there The whole of the desert promon-
tory, which seemed to have been gradually blown
out on the plain, from the hills IN the rear, cx
hibits traces here and there of ruins beneath Its
surface My friend and /, as we walked over the
hot sand before our painting donkeys, C lme IN
stinctivey TO the same concluson-that large
city must have once occupied the space between
the two groups Of pyramids. 1t Is not often that
amateur antiQuarians find such sudden and TIL
umphant confirmation OF their c0nec;ures, as
we did.
On the way, Achnet had tod us of French
man who had been all summer digging IN the
sand, near Sakbara After we had crawled into
the subteuanean depot OF mummied ibises and
nearly choked ourselves with dust 40 trying to
find a pot not broken open, and after one OF on
donk eymeu went into a human mummy p.s aud
brought ont the feet and legs OF 4 male Egyptian
princess, for whose name you must ask Mr.. Gid
don, we saw before US the residence of this
Frenchn an a mud hut on high sand.5ank 1t
was an unfortunate building. for nearly al the
front wall had tumbled down. revealing the CON
,enis 81 bis kitchen. One or two Arabs lotered
about, hut large number were employed at the
end Of a long french which extended toward the
bills
Before reaching the house number OF deep
pits barred our path, and the loose sand, slrredb by
cur feet, slid back into the bottom, as ii eager to
hide the wonders they disclosed. Granite pave
nenfs. fresh as when first laid basement-wails
Of white marble, steps, doorways, pedestals and
fragments OF pillars glltered IN the sun, which
after the lapse of more than two thousand years,
beheld them again | sid down the side of the
pit and walked IL the streets of Memphis The
pavement of bitumen, which once covered the
granite, apparently to protect it and deaden the
noise OF horses and charotS, was entire In many
places Here marble sphinx sat at the base
of a temple and stared abStractedly before her
there .sculptured cornice, with heavy mold.
incS leaned against the walls OF the chamber
into which 1t had fallen, and over all were scat
tered fragments of glazed and painted tiles and
sculptured alabaster. The principal street was
and was apparently occupied by private
dwellings, but al It's extremity were the base.
ment.walls OF a spacious eddce. All the puts
opened on payements and walls, 50 fresh snt
clearly cut, that they seemed rather the founds-
tons OF new city, laid yesterday. than the re.
mains Of one Of the Oldest capitals of the world
We approached the workmen, where We ne,
the dscoyerer Of Memphis, Mr.. Augus,e Man
cite. On finding we were not Enghshmen, Coy
whom 1t seems he has been considerably an
noyed.) he became very courteous and commu-
ncaive. He apologized forthe little he had to
show US since on account Of the Vandalism OF
the Arabs, he was obliged 70 cover up all he
found, after making his drawings aud measure
ments. The Egyptian author ilas aye worse than
apathctc, or they would not hesitate 20 buInthe
.phinHes for lime, and build barracks for filthy
soldiers with the marble blocks Besides this
the French influence at Caro- Is now entirely
o,ershadowed by tina, OF England, and although
NJ. Mariette IS supported hy the French AGA.
DENY IN his labcls and 0y subscription headed
0y Louis NaPoleons name. ne must be conten,
with the simple permission TO Jig out these re
aIkable nuns and describe ihem He can nel-
ther protect them nor remove the portable
sculptures and Inscriptions, and therefore PIE.
fers giving them again INTO the safe keeping OF
the sand Here they Will 1e secure from H..
Jury, until some more fortunate period, when
possibly, the lost Memphis may be entirely
given to the world, as fresh as Pompen and
thousand times more grand AMI imposing
asked NJ Marlette what first induced hin 70
dig for Memphis IN these sands, since antigua.
Tians have fixed upon the mounds near Mira
benny, Ia village IN the plain below and abou.
four miles distant, as the former site Of the city