The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-04-19

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origin Of mankind; still vail Of mys
: ticism hangs over the subject, tina
may never entirely be removed
but through which, science may a
length, discover some of the main fact.
in reference to the matter, if not ap
proximate the very truth itself. Tha
important secret, locked up in the very
bosom Of the earth-the great vault o
the abyss, into which time has con.
signed every vestage ofcreation. The
appearance Of a work bearing on its
title page, such names, as u. G. Mott
Of Mobile, and Geo. r. Gliddon late
Consul at Cairo, opens new era in
the science of Ethnology. The work
is published by Lippincott, Gambo &
Co., of.Philadelphia-is gotten up in
the most handsome style Of the art
typographical, and is beautifully illus
trated. 1t is most valuable contri-
button to American science and phil
osophy-one that must have a wide
spread circulation in every civilized
nation Of the globe.
1t is only within the past century
that free and liberal discussion, has
had countenance in the eyes Of the
world; previous to that, science was
held in servitude to the popular theo-
cracy, and a limit prescribed, beyond
which it was pronounced Jersey for
the enquiring eye Of science to pene-
trate. That day is, we opine, at an
end forever, brighter period has
dawned-in which there is no fear
that reason will mislead us; and so
far from invalidating the truths Of
Holy Writ, they gain additional
strength from every additional discov-
cry. The mystic vail so long spread
over the sacred Nile, and the ruins of
Persepolis, Memphis and Thebes, has
been removed, and instead of Egypt's
being the Gland of darkness" the
most brilliant light has been shed
from thence on the primeval history of
our race. The mighty Bonaparte with
his invincible sword opened the way
and a scientific corps Of the first minds
Of his brilliant age followed him, and
the result Of their labors have been be-
queathed to posterity. Who could
stretch his imagination to conceive
the bare possibility of the truth, of
such accounts as the sacred scriptures
contain, Of gigantic walled cities, built
in sublime grandeur of art tbous-
ands ofyears before the christian era
in the desert waste of Egypt, where
the eye of man for centuries, had not
penetrated! And yet the discoveries
Of Champoillon, and more recently the
revelations Of "Layard," at Ninevah,
confirm, with ocular demonstrations
the recorded facts. In reference to
man himself, and the three distinct
varities Of his great family; many
facts remain yet to be accounted for,
and there is no subject, more worthy
his profound consideration. The work
before us, is a feast for the year-one
ut which the reader may set down to
The same table with Agassiz, Morton,
Usher, Patterson, Mott and Gliddon
md be served with the rich store of
Intelligence Of the first minds of the
zee, on this interesting subject-all j
he visable vestages Of Creation, are
before us; and the feast is one from
which the reader may rise, to be ele- !;
'ated in intelligence, to fully appre- a
late the Mighty Author of these f
hing, who has ordained that each s
ation shall write its own history. in