Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-04-10

Mr. j. JuDsoN BARCLAY, Of Philadelphia, de-
hveTed lecture before the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, In the lecture room OF the
Smithsonian, on Friday night-subject, Egypt
and Palestine"
The lecturer commenced by stating that Egvpt
forms the background of Jewish history. Reinpg
the s3dt OF the earliest civilization and IearnipS
" v ds to the wandering tribes of Asia what the
Roman empire was to the Celtic and Gothic
races-a land of abundance; the neiphborinU
nations being but starveling exotics in comn,Ti
son to this garden spot of the primitive world
That the Turkish mosques over the cave of
Machpeiah and Shechtm contain to this day the
remains OF Jacob and Joseph, embalmed Eprp-
tian mummies. Joseph's shepherd brethren in
the plains Of Goshen were as truly Egyptjan
Bedoulns az those who have "f late spread de-
struction over that country. Under the Ptolo.
mes the Jews were again settled in that same
land OF Goshen, to which event we owe the trans
latlon Of the Jewish Scriptures into the Greek
SePtuaglnt, These facts render Egypt fit pre-
Jude to Palestine. Cambyses the Persian over
threw the sacred Osiris Apis and Isis IN thar
primeval grandeur
Egypt is truly the basis of kingdoms II. most
important city is Alexandria. Alexander found
colony of Greeks settled at Racotix nv hi.
keen perception he at once saw what NanoIeon
afterwards ttirmed, that this was the seaport to
all India. Taking its name from itt GREAT
FOUNDER, II ranked among cities as he d id among
men, the most magnificent in the world Its
walls We're fifteen miles in circumference II
contained 600 palaces, the temple Of Serapis
on Platform of 100 steps and the great library
OF antiquity, containing 10000 volumes Caliph
lunar consigned this immense intellectual treas
ufe 10 the flames, with this summary decree "If
these writings agree with the book of God they
are useless; If they disagree, they are pernicious
and ought to be DESTROYED 1t furnished mate.
ria to heat, for months, the 600 baths of the
city. Mark first preached the Gospel here Here
stands the pillar of Diocletan, falsely called
"PomPey's pillar" monument of buried en-
"A aHnfl inc a n Aall -
and mummies, it fas witnessed the decay Of
Egypt. Greece and Rome, and still disputes with
time the empire of the past. Herodotus, who
airms that Egypt is the gift of the Nile; ;, was
bewIldeIsd with its antiquity, before we occu-
pied place on the page Of history.
The lecturer then gave a beautiful and graphic
description of the favored region rendered so
highly productive by This wonderful river
Rapidly tracing the wanderinys of the Hebrew,
through the desert, he next gave brief sketch
OF Hebron; then Passing on to the pools of
solomon, in connection with them, he stated
that perfectly formed arch had been recently
discovered at the terminus Of the passage lead.
ing from the - fountain sealedn This fixes the
date of the arch about three hundred years ante.
rlor to the founding Of Rome
He next gave an interesting account of Bethle-
hem, which he said was the only Christian viii
laee of any note in Palestine. 1t contains the
Church of the Nativity, the grotto in which Je-
rome translated the Scriptures, &c
He then gave a full and interesting desert ption
OF the sacred localities in and around Jerusalem
compared the modern W it'll the ancient civ and
clore:l with description of Solomon's temple
the site of which is now occupied by the Mosque
OF Omar, into which, though closed ayainSt all
Christians, the lecturer once gained admittance;
liz the character of assistant architect
Having lived four years in Palestine the
speaker was perfectly familiar with this most
interesting subject and treated il in such an at
tractlve manner as to highly entertain and de-
light most retined and aprreciative audience,
many of whom had Travelled in the East and
therefore, Dpt ton I'm md Df
the lecture, which was so interspersed with ant
illustrations and appropriate anecdotes as to ELI
cit frequent applause.
WIN. BRADLEY and JAMES DAy1s.-Tbe above
parties were tried here for stealing certain money
and an eye-glass from Miss Lydia s English;
but, failure to identify the goods found Oh them
cleared them and they Were discharged
They were also presented to the grand Jury for
stealing large sum (some 500 Of money from
MIS-. Lowe; but, we understand, the prosecuting
witness could not identify the money found upon
them as that which she lost-the Toss being i'm
gold and the money found also in gold. She,
however. swcre positively that they were the
persons who picked her pocket; and had two
other highly respectable witnesses ready to testify
to that feet.
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Lowe was present
before the Court, and stated to the yudue that
the grand jury had Informed her that they had
not yet dismissed the case. She also stated that
Justice Dom had been 10 her and advised her to
take $40, and to let Daniel Radcliffe Esq , have
SD OF the money for his professional services to
the accused. (It seems that but S65 or s66 were
found in the purse which was taken from the
bo.s subsequently,, Daniel Radcliffe Esq had
told her (Is. Lowe, according to her state
ment to the Court, y that she had better have
taken the SO, and let the boys go, and that
ne wanted the other sos 70 give these poor boys
to pay their passage home to New York.
The Court Informed the lady that there could
De nothing done in the matter until the Court
could hear from the grand jury The Court could
have nothing to do with the parties until the
grand jury should find a bill The Judce ad .
vised her to wait in the Marsha's office until the
grand jury should meet, and then 90 before them
with her witnesses. and make all the statements
winch she bad to make, as they were the proper
tribunal to investigate the case.
In the meantime the birds have flown, of
course Where dces the responsibility of their
escape from justice lay?
HoP AT THE national HoTEL The hop in
tended for Thursday evening, but postponed in
consequence of the grand fancy dress ball at SEN
ator Gwin's: came of last evening. Many who
attended the ball on the previous night came i'm
thelf FANCY dresses Kings, Dukes, EArls, High
iandeIS: IA well as u p>eys, Dancing Girls High
lahd Lds5les and the like, who figured at the Dre-
vlouS ball, were present on this occasion We
noticed Il few in addition who were not at Mrs
Twin s. ana among the number Mrs Scott the
wife OF Hon Z; L.. Scott, of California, who ap-
Pcared IN an elegant black muslin dress repre-
sentlng Night, which was very becoming and
set forth this beautiful lady to great advantage
The Turkish Admiral and suite were present. as
well d, many officers of the Army and NAVY in
uniform Conspicuous among the former wa.
Gen Harvey, who remained Until the dancing
was over
Mrs. Crittenden received the company with
hef accustomed ease, assisted by Mrs Hale and
other ladies' residing at the National
The party broke up about two O'Clock In the
morning, and altogether, IA an Inpromptu affair
IL was one OF the most pleasant and az reedble par.
ties Of the season
The AssEssMKNrs.-Th following table ex-
hibits the value OF the Improvements erected in
the various Wards of this city during the wear
lS5I as also the assessments OF personal property
and OF bank sticks aud other securities i'm the
CITY, as returned oy the assessors in their recent
report:
Wards. Iup,orsve,t, p.~.,