The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-11-03
NO. 49,.
Reported Discovery of IA Manuscript OF
thc Time of David.

lulnttG tlSttN tIttl III ~ hiii' >'''hN' ~
the Arabs Shinab- oil Gourna,a tomb cut
out of the rock, in which he found II
mummy case with gold spread-eagle
and golden asp; also Il tablet of green
stone, a box with four canopi of Orion
tai alabaster, and on the side of n mag
niticont mummy, with a gilded mask
and II large gilded scarabmus of porco-
lain on its breast, most remarkable
papyrus scroll, five feet long and ten
inches wide, written in the finest hicra-
tic and hioroglyphic characters. The
four Jars were sold to LordIlonry Scott,
II young Englishmn. The mask was
purchased by IL captain who purchased
and sold antiquities ut Thcbes and, was
transferred by him to the French con
sular agent at that place, and may bo
now either in his possession or in tho
museum ut Paris. The pnpyrus, as
also the scarabnus, the tablet, and tho
eagle, came into the hands of George
A. Stone, Esq, of RoXbury, Massn-
chusetts, then travelling iii Egypt. Mr.
Stone sent copies and photographs of
the papyrus to several Egyptol"gists
in New York, who attempted its trans
lasion, but failed, because thoy wero
only acquainted with Champollion
system. Finally, Mr.. Stone sent u
Photographic copy to Professor q.
Soyffarth, of st. Louis, Missouri, hav-
ing been informed that this gentleman
had published in tho year 1888 and
1885, tho key to the Egyptian litern-
turc and to the ancient astronomical in
scriptions and monuments. This sn-
want, the author of the Summary of
Recent Discoveries" &c, New York,
1857, and II largo number of other
works, has just published the trnnsla-
tions and explanations, rs requested OF
him, in tho Translations of the Acndc-
my of Science of st. Louis for the
year 1859, Opp. 527-5G9), with sixteen
lityographic plates. Tho biography of
Horsebe (tho sword of Horus) is to bo
found in the first column of the pnpyrus,
and we learn by it that he was the COM
manding general of Pharaoh ShishalS
|, who slew the last king of Manctho's
xxist dynasty, and suppressed by his
captain the rebels in five different pro-
vinces Of Egypt. This Shishak |, tho
head Of the xxiid dynasty, lived, accord
! ing to Mnnetho and the monuments, ono
hundred and twcnty-four yoars previ-
ous to Shishnk II, the conqucror of
Jerusulcm Gst Kings, II :4O-l4 :25)
| in tho fifth reign of Rohobonm, (o1l
B. G.. J Horsebo was consequently
contemporary of Saul and David, and
the papyrus in question has been writ
ten about the year 1850 B. c., or3oo
wears before the foundation of Rome,
and is at present 1900 years old. 1h"
residue of this precious manuscript CON
tains new religious book of the anci-
cnt Egyptians, and begins with the fol-
lowing sentences: "Ihc Book OF
Hymns for singing the glories of Him
who made Isis-- the earth the glo-
rics of that invisible Being who made
Osiris-Tt the sun --Ithe originator OF
the life of his nation, and the origina-
tor of the circle of the solar years with
it's Seasons; the builder of the sncri-
ficial qundrupeds, being convenient for
him in his house Of light, aud ordered
by his father, the Lord Governor tho
originator Of the priests for his race III
the frmancnt, and for Adon, the Lord y
who made Meni- the moon tho ori-
f ginutor Of the hax-sccd, of her own sex,
and of spinncrs and wcuvcrs for the rWCcs
in both the regions of Egypt, and also
for the makers Of clothes for the p""s
, plr:l who made the most holy ono, tho
, npothco-cd mighty chief of the Crcthi-~
fthc standing army the warriors of
the mighty Egyptainu-, those in tho
city Of the sun IThcbcs tho Gu
pitul of the sovereign Of Egypt, OF the
shepherd Of all born IN Egypt and it's
> vicinitic--muncIy. the mighty Horse
, be-" After this Introduction II grand
= hymn bcgins.-N. y. PAST
. s-gr A short time ngo II man named
@ CrnudaII, made hi- escape from tho
Allcghany county Jail. Fortbc informn-