The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-23
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Extracts, from Mr.. Dement'S Lecture.
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'Amasis'is tie only Eingof Egypt who.
The Island Of Cyprussand made
It pay tribute. He cbnilt' many nagni6i
cent temples, especially at sais, the place
Of his birth. Itwas this king who obliged
the inhabitants Of every town, to enter
their names in a book, kept BY the mag
istrate for that purpose, with their pro-
fession and manner Of living, he always
used to devote the whole morning to pub
lie business, to receive petitions, give au-
dience, pronounce sentence, and hold his
councils. - Rollin. Fl. .,,,.s : ,........,.-...
Amasis appears to have been, good
king and to have done much to repair the
sustained by, the invasion of. the
Babylonians.@ 1t, must be remembered
that he gained the threacl by the aid OF
Nebuchardnezzar, to whom, he and all his
people were subject There We're the for
ty years of the captivity Of. Egypt, fore
told by the Prophet Ezekiel, commencing
at the coronation; of Amasts. in; FIVE hun
dred, and sixty7nine and terminating al
the death of Cyrus, the great, FIVE hun
dred and thirty, Be. 4isdt u aao fnora n.
The following is from Rollin: iii'i'As
Amasis; was of but mean! extraction, he
met with no respect atthe beginning o.
of his reign, but was only condemned by
his ub;ects. He was not insensible o.
this, but nevertheless thought it his inter,
est to subdue their tempers. by manage
ment and address, andiwin their. affec,
-tions by gentleness and reasons,o He had
golden eistern in. which himself and
those persons who were admitted to bis
table, used to wash their feet. He meltec
it down, and cast it into a statue and ther
exposed new God to public whorship
The people hasted in crowds, to pay tbeiil
alteration to the statue. The king having
assembled the people, informed them 0
the vile use to which this statue had beer
put. which nevertheless, was made th'
object of their religious prostrations; th'
application was easyland had the desiree
success. The people thence forward paie
the king all the respect that was. due +
majesty.''its9 bzs 5qaosg 3sa4 h.sa .sas
aAmasis died about, 5,29. B. c. At thi
time Cambisis Of Persia was preparing
for the great invasiea~.o Egypt. Herr
ended the line Of native n1onarchs, ant
the history of Egypt" for the next tive
hundred years was involved in that o
Persia. ..eisf' E2Tsa Dsz1 odss egs4sxszdI Il
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fg,- THE EXPEDITION OF cAMBYsIs.
Now let us journey over the wide work
to distant lands and distant ages. W.
shall have, to cross the Atlantic, abou
three thousand miles, and then up tn
MEDITERRANEAN sea almost as much farther
here we approach the mouth Of the Nile
We will land and explore. Two thousanc
five hundred years ago. we eoul ID ,hav'
entered, by the eastern orsPelusic brancl
of the river, sailing up some forty mile
we come to the remains of the old city 0
Pelecium, This was a strongly fortified
place. Here Sesostlis built temple Il
Pluto, the god of fre,in gratitude for hi
deliverancefrom the conAagration. Thi
was the'city taken by Cambysses, the mae
Persian, by placing eats and other sacred
animals in advance of his army, Of whicl
I have spoken in the history iofsthatmon
areh.l Itwas here that. Ochus gained hi
first battle,g with Necktanebus, the las
Egyptian king Pelucium waslin the lane
ofiGotions But few fragments of tn
ancient city now remain Let us ascent
the rivera few miles. Here we are "a
Heliopalis. the On of the bible it was th'
locality of splendid temple dedicated t
the sun, here also was, the royal colleg
Of the ancient Egyptians, the seat o
science from whose learned priesthood ant
profound scholars, the Greeks received
their first Lessons in philosophy. Her
Joseph found his wife, the daughter Of
priest of On. This was probably his res
idence except when duty called him 10th
Royal Palace at Memphis. Near tn
temple of the sun was remarkable foun
tain of water, which was evidently con
nected in some way with the temple min
istration. Of all the splendid things 9
Egypts learned city of colleges, nothing
now remains except an Obelisk, fey
fragments of stone and the famous foun
tain. AS the eastern chanel Of the Mi
is not very free from sandbars, and til
others near it, are well nigh closed u
by the same obstruction, we will ente
Egypt by the western branch of the river
p From Alexandra. to Cairo, we ma.
proceed by theiMahomed canal, which j
about 60 miles in length, 100 feet wide
and deep enough for a small steamer. 4
Alta isis fed from the river and discharg
es its water into the lake Maratis, fron
thence channels connect it. with the sea