The hydraulic press., 1858-09-18

mummy was found a roll of papyrus,
which, after three yea1s Of hard labor
was deciphered, ond furnished the
material Of the only novel of Egypt
ian life ever written.
The author gives the most minute
descriptions Of furniture, ornaments
and dress, of high and low domestic>
tiles, amongst the Egyptians, during
the time of Moses and the Jewish
captivity, as those antiquities can DO
learned from the paintings, the mon
uments and the scrolls Of that wonder
full land; and even has the boldness to
introduce into his story the miracles
wrought by the Jewish leaders for
the deliverance of their country
men from the rule of Pharaoh.
IMPRACTICAL MEN.-The follow
ing beautiful and Emersonian passage
is extracted from the Sacramento
correspondence of the S. F. Nation
al.
tits very rare that such thoughts
are found in political newspaper,
particularly as original contribution !;
and in this instance they are curious
ly accompanied by illusions to Bald
win. jackson and Buchanan, neither
of whom belongs to the class Of quiet
good men here so eloquently described:
"There is class of men who, sit
ting still, or standing with folded
hands amid the strife and hum Of the
world, achieve more essential and
solid labor for society, than the noisy
politician, the glib reformer, and all
the undertakers in ways and means.
Call them idlers, dreamers, what you
will. If they avoid the courts, the
markets, the legislative halls, the pop.
ular churches, the caucus, and the
meetings of stock holders, it is not
because they are Indifferent to the in
terests Of humanity. They work id
the very foundations of society.-
They are the very leavenin the lump.
Their virtue infuses itself, an immor-
tai fire, into the cold, hard clay Of
human sel6shness. While the prac-
teal men are makiug US richer, the
impractical men are making US happi-
err and better. While others are con-
irving new schemes of money-making,
shouting at mass meetings, studying
statistics, saving the country, RUM
ming after the political Offices, thes
are dropping golden dews q ioye and
wisdom npon the parched and arid
soil of our heats. Sometimes IN .
look they give US; sometimes in a sin>
gle word or smile; sometimes in .
song or story, they convey blesss
ing to oar souls, richer, sweeter, more
lasting, than any gift in the power Of
practical men to bestow. Their inau-
ence is incalculable. Though private
it circles onward from the centre, and
moves in time, whole society-per.
haps the world-as the eddies of a
pebble agitate the surface of whole
pond. And when they address hui
mainly through the medium Of inde-
pendent thought, though slow to action,
they obtain a hold upon the heart,
and wide spread influence which the
greatest statesman often fails to Sc.
cure. | might name one s'fction' as
he is called who, sending his thoughts
to US from the Atlantic side, Yields
thereby moral power in this country
entirely above and beyond that of our
most eminent and Thoroughly practical
men.
There is power in the human heart,
which though noiseless, revolutionizes
the world. A noble sentiment never
dies. Though uttered, or lived, by
the humblest one Of US, 1t Will work
its way in society, until it becomes
public opinion, law and gospel.
HE who feeds men serveth few;
He serves all who dares be trhe"'