New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-09

~ 81. Y h~f-i1f's .fs'h'f' tn - -. 80
TIE Second Of the series Of lectures on Egypt.
before The New YORK Historical Society came oil last
evening at the lecture goo OF the Society, corner EioV
onth.st and Secondary Benz. i. Winthrop the Vice
President of the Society. presided aud " iiliam G.
Prime esq, was tho lecturer. the audience was very
large ne room being completely hled. and many la
die ufr.,ut. The lecture was particularly npol the
ancient burial places OF he Holy Land and Egypt
Iron r'iYg introduced to .lic audience,
NJ PRIME said that History had been Justly apostro-
pizct as tho al ruuicler % tho grave. Commencing ~
,in. of fine son after Ire Delr@o the h orian be
cls MS research: agd 10 Palestine and Egypt he na
tufgy tuTrs. II is the cston ~ present. a. .o"A WIZ
contempt or The oTks oiiie aiceHt "Ay " d! i.,
uis b. so2 We have upstairs. the inuihmleS 81 men
who lived m the times al iOnasss aud AlszlndeT Eh"
thought their are - prominent ~ our OWN. ING
written record o Egypt sealed up -" lhaL 10 ehu ,h
RAD /, g. this dly and 70 the Egyptian upsiairs lies
silent o. the burial places the Old world conplfatlVr
Nv , cen be- identified IHi whoa we tab ct graves ~
she Holy Land We talk rfnen 81 whom We emo" III
TcgBl- success Oh irum the "aI!'.l 'hics '"""cI',
on he ftce OF the earth III There respgp!ico more
peaceful than tho Valley II Jehosophni, Nh'a II prop
1by buried twenty feep with tie bodies OF HtD""s'
Mo have 50 uniformly l5ngeo Tor that Icpus''
Tic speaker received ibe pTseoutions "A.en the
lows have undergone Their dcvo' ION 10 the
idea Of the sacrcdnc5s Of Jcrushan inc 'ty OF Foo''
vi ere they desire 10 Law their bone" ID 'Aor 'oHb 49,
The first historic gra.es g. consider ~" tn~e Oh me
Saracerr m syria NJ Cairo AID Other places Inc
rri'r, 81 Ba1lhcc re uneIrIcu bt even ihs .IE ="
I mt irt lecturer a very iNlfltntlhr ''r'ib
ts OF thee celebrated rnins, o. wc ~ ." iEo" ." tAc
Holy stpuchl. and adjoining runs. wien nave ueeh
rendered sacred ard interesirg Dy n.p.Yct hs,u''
Most ol thee toiubs said % le the resting p"es w VIZ
Old pltriarchs nrc simply anocryphm. Tong DhcA 20
rr'-ote ;ir,rg We ale enabled only g. Ht UPON ire
iomhs Of jos .pr Rachael. end tie Gave on hacpheinl
We find TIC lcc ,ifr OF the latter hut uyo" tus, W
c.f.pbiain nothing satisfactory a. ARM teSt.h""s
~ rthaf. Proceeding 10 the region % tue nif tNc
sponlcr gnv" ~ exceedingly iufrcsiiH account
of his subterran'an researches ID t"e ''ci,f
40. 80 I'D ID 81 q.
We reach ancient Egypt lac siAt oeheIeis
~ Egypt. gong n"rtl y" c,.re -.
'offhs ofihr ,irmelIkc, 81 Esiro ana tle il!hnnuf'
s,r 'to vrnrrias o Sauc'luh - The s'ruclIeoi tlr
y croi Ilnh wherein ne extends 81 immense gallery
lea vfh sarcorhaci ~ sacred hl.a and tho speaker
l,eNc,.d, m the manni ss OF bills iu tie Historical
Library were ken non Tvs p1ee, ,i i,Nt l'0 So So
cent y burial places ~ igypi nie ~ thtSe' -
ills are absolutely honey cuinhed WIN toohs wherein
rcpse the remains ~ ali cllss's Of th' AnolehtS M
changed lfoao Hcre e. say tha millions "l NFP''hi'
3D. fh.rr ,rfrr bod o. would npf .flaA iu - ga -
fhc lecturer discussed 3he origin AMI axe OF several o.
fhc antiquities ~ Dr Ab0oith collection. IN oloer 80
shov The great sweep ." history embraced IA thc re-
cords ~ afeicgi Egypt The first p-Iut To DC lip-
pressed upon the mind with regard 70 tAe Dlhi ptos
" ancient Egyl' Is th1i tie bodies 81 'o' a.''nts
ie r-ete Inc, have I'D long i,N. unchanged, win TIE
go,cr, uudccayod which ailcc;ion placed upon their
io-1ris oic The enplOymclis ~ the cd Egyptians
were ~ varied 90 OUf own. o. are eVdenccd Df lo IN
scIiptl0ns on their tomb The spcak"r ieie ahp.a!"
q sample Il Iryf Ian dfy-gopds Z" thc ga y iints ~
be1 -fcfnl u!ecc- Of .Ut each with tk, rrht SHOP
NAH on H. showing ihat The Egyptian lsdi's end others
wen, Shopping" tho sumo 49, 10 AMen'in !adies a.
The present day In iaci. those ancent' lEied iosel
drank ale and slept were fast OF SOW. ana iiYed
tre,ty much ns We do The oil horle sorry had the
same Old name tleTc. Eg.p. IS lhnd 81 graves.
There J. 10 land N wh.e! much g0fy and grandeur
came ,o norgh'. Greece never 'c1Irsr sn n-Ich ~
ECJ o, hld :og gotten before Socrates Wa norm 9e
Speaker concluded by SAYING hat he progress OF TIE
world should b. ~ the nilds Of men ana mo-
by the vor; ~ tier hands. And everything proves
ttat the Eyrlians Woi rcd God IN The .phii and DO
we wofshi ? liin in a nahes. bctcr way nov Egypt
advanced 10 uucaamr, glory DO disappeared ana she
Is now riddle 10 the world. Llsevhc except IN the
Uolv Land We Ind neither the dead. nor tie places
vhc,e thej src yiae i, ia not possible IN onr present
Inns seo 20 give anything lc sat siciofy report
Of the rc.carcE Interest frequently p'"cfl p'ssagss
ani general ability Of tits icctmc win "AHh Nj
Prime deehted lis audience .ur ~ LoHr aHc haii 81
more IL lnsl iii igHued 90 SAW ~ nnpafisol ahc
otherwise That the outward ~ rscn ail''iaf 'eot"ss
add spie n,lor Of national growth was p. no.nr u NJ
advancement Vac ncf morally ~ he s'me pfoi"fton-
iLal Right over wrong has 10 Inherent piel"'nhaac"
m he wo.!ll, sense t' mus b. firdcated p! slice ess
vigilance md 49,. IN cnrrgs. .
Amer .he coSclusioI U! lecture the audience spent
sonct.uo N examining the hrsfs srd rntccf ~ TIE
rooms ana galleries above fctriug between ~ anu
II O'clock.