The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-07-05
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The Ancient Negro,

Ine ancient NegrO.ng4 36f
1t is noteworthy that an old error has
been recently revived and is now going
the rounds of the newspapers and is
sometimes repeated by public speakeraa
1t consist, says the New York. Journal
Of Commerce, in the statement that the
African, Of the negro type, is the des-.
cendant of the inhabitants of ancient,
Egypt. In other words that the an
eient Egyptians. were negroes. It is,
comewhat curious that such statements
as this can obtain currency in the face
Of so much knowledge and diffused in
formation as the modern world posses
ses. J; but the age is one in which men" men
believe very easily, and the temptation
to deceive, is very great. elaoaq aaiiail's,
+ Itwould be difficult to prove that u
the antediluviano race was not negro
race----if any one chooses to assert that q
it was, for we have no remaining eyi- VI
dence on the subject. SO of many 9TH y
er classes in various historical periods. =.
But the knowledge we possess Of the
features, complexion and physique Of ff9a
the ancient Egyptians is as complete .
and minute as that we now have of the u .
inhabitants. of Sumatra or of Hawaii 2ii
The Egyptian monuments and tombs
contain thousands of descriptive paint
ings and portraits, 1t is interesting To
notice, among them the differences
which existed between races as long ago
as B; G. 1000 and 1900, and even at a Y
more remote period. The whole world
seems to have looked to. Egypt at one
time as the centre of light and civiliza-
tion, and in the various conquests Of
the warlike Kings Of Egypt, they
brought numerous captives to the Nile
country, and the portraits Of these vari-o varii-oi
Gus captives are found in great album
dance ON the monuments to this day {
The negro was a slave in Egypt then,,
and his portraitappears frequently, with
the same peculiarities which now mark
it. He is represented in many of the
attitudes peculiar to the modern Ethio-s q
plan. The thick lips woolly hair black :
complexion, peculiar limbs, all are ac- !.
curately represented. The Assyrian IS
frequently found on the Egyptian mon
ument, and the type of countenance2 is !,
always marked and unmistakeable- ..
The Egyptian race was one of peculiar
and decidedly noble countenance and
appearance. It was as unlike the an
4 cient Ethiopian as the modern Cauca-i 70
Isian is unlike the modern African = Z.
There was no point Of resemblance and
i it should be impossible for any well-in-
formed person to fall into the error to {
which we have alluded. The numcr-
Gus books now published in which Illus
trations from the monuments are given,
and the presence I'M this country Of ma
| ny Egyptian antiquities, should prevent
| the mistake. And if the pictures from
the monuments are not enough, we have
thousands of examples, in the identical
bodies of the ancient Egyptians, mum
mied and preserved to this day. Thus
any one who has any curiosity on the
subject may go into the Abbott ColIec-
tion Of the New York Historical Socie-l
/ lty, and there examine the heads Of
various Egyptian ladies and gentlemen
The long braids of silken hair which
yet remain on. the head of the dead
Egyptian lady, abundantly attest her
| freedom from negro blood, while the
narrow foot, with its high arched instep
inclosed in the white kid slipper, speaks
Of a grace and beauty of form which
there are abundant other reasons to be. 9
heyeI was possessed by the ladies of
Pharaonic times. It's strange fact
/ in history that the negro, as depicted on
Egyptian, monuments three Thousand
years ago, was the negroof our day
Several meteoric stones fell, in. Nash
vile. on the 18th, near the railroad de-
! pot. They were of a Blush color and
were quite hot when first discovered -. y.
!, Geologists say that nothing similar has
been found in any other part of 1.-THE
world Two specimens have been for
warded East for further examination.
Provisional Governor Hamilton, Of
: Texas, disappointed in his political as !
pirations, is about to leave that State
for the North. The Houston Daily
Telegraph sincerely trusts "that his
, absence may not be damaging to the
interests Of the State as the journal is
perfectly certain that his presence has
never been'o of any benefit to it. ssa