The New York herald., 1870-04-25

dscoraled WITH scriptures aad pAnt,,,,s oil tue ,ost
exlulspe Deansy. Acdtaonai ioTce IS also gwen
these pv toe fact that nsvinanayls ths sue
cessU OF ths busiris. ccieced inalniafe.s
noraiy ~ fnehes, callel .srlis Troasury oil RENT
uies iot DISEASES oi the son. wicl rpal inn,cate
tAt iioite learning had aa Ia considerable aivahei-
hiena ~ wen IN philosgphy as In rslieon. nis,om'
ans ais2 ihloIm Us that Cnan, tne ia0aef OF Wis
ria'n 1.-The same with scnes--was the seeold son oi
Noan ana IT ~ snpsbsei tras ne retlreo INTO A,r'sa
AFTER inc coniusion 0i tongues" We was "ouDtless
the iapiEer Amaoa so long worah ipped as o goa
| oy mo Egyptians. We are afo infnrned mat this
sei!ed Eihopsa; Pnut.. VINO settled africa
westwari nom Egypt. aud Canaan III tne country
whose 'i.wra descanaanss Ma' were eaei pas nisns,
| WncA we remember tne SO called bood; tnaL Cham
Was tue second sou of Moan ana 'c 'ather oi MencS,
laler osymandyas one OF MS successors was able to
| Mt out an expedition against the Bicfrana Of ASIA,
cOnss sting OF 10000 foot and 2o0)D horse t must
Ds conceded mat II the 1oodn destrovel al the pep-
pls existing on The face Of the earth except those
saved IN the descendants or Clan must ma We
| multiplied Win incoaceivabe rtpid,ty 10 have made
the collecting OF such an army possible. Bnt Ihis is
not more astonishing than the suppositlon would
oe that there could con,ained " the atmosphere
surrounding the earth Sufficient moisture % form
| the amount OF water wn,ch falling tlroIgh space
| OF forty days and nights, should cover ihe whole
EARN to the depth narratel " Noah's food; nor
| more 80 than tnat fie temperature OF the whole
eartn az tnat time 5iseal nave been 50 unlform as
to have permitted rali ,nsou,hout instead Of ha or
snow. IN irlgd portous thereof. And II we were to
inquire wnete such q quantity OF wa.er was bur
rowed RON ana returned 10, a consistent reply
| wonli be cquals snrprisug; for IL Ia now known
thar compose wateT a. present as there was then
considerable latitude cam he allowed the state.
nents resar1lng ,ne hood whol IL IS remembered
tnat tne knowledge OF geography astronomy anl
meteorooef must have been oxceelagly lilniiel at
tnat time. Bat II creience ls gwen it AZ having
oecuried--&nd 1t 10 conceaed tnat all the people
Noah knew were DESTROYED by it-aad u solution is
sought II can be imagined that u treuieudous up-
neayal OF lnou1talns 10 Northern Asia n,tnt have
thrown the waters or tlle Arctic ocean southward
over The country Moan dwst IN; bus Ehis could not
nave been result OF lorty DAYS and forty ngnts
All
ng that perlod and may have been
slaerea o, % sncn by Noaa, !ni, digression was
ol q lood having occurred 10 give additional
force 70 the historic that but lew generations
people did exist 10 mat portion OF the world border
ng Oh the eastern Mediterranean sea, VINO were
mense wealth. aad. for that age. good IDEAS OF
governmental Justice; beside these people iE must
existed IN the more remote parts Of Europe, ASIA
aud africa N whose origin ana condition nothing
Sede De eoaa no, eSs aay q
rom Noah's family through the common
course OF reproduction. what concerns this
the narratives OF ancient writers are entItiel to
credence, but how and in what directions
elves and became merged one with another.
Following the history OF Egypt from the
ccssors--Busiris, 0symandyas (whos, mausoleum
displayed such extrayagant magn!doence) aud
made It tHe Kew 60 the Nln-on tpronqn the spacs
q two hundred and sixty years OF the
shepherd Kings from Phrnica to Amoss.
Try, aad 10 Sesostns the mos: power
Iu king and the greatest conquoror the
creasiug proficiency In science ana IL found, but
much that the acquired standard was continually
being extended among the people and among sur
rounding natlons. With the reign or Sesostris q
lew era was ilaugurate1 and mignty impetus
nent, was Given py his wisdom and foresight
Amenophs tne father OF Sesosters, douot feeling
the wel2ht OF impending events, cresaw the necessity
OF preparing hn meet thcn. He only took great
care that his educaion ~ re ars and sciences te
PRINCIPLES oi government, philosophy and the art OF
war should be complete but also caused all male
children of Egypt born the same day ne was TO be
educated with hln with the dstlnct understanding
taat they were be hts future comrades his ON.
GERS. minister5 ana friends ia the aggressive wars
ne Intended be be should engage IN when he should
hlercurns had charge over thenl all, especially IN
poltt,cs. war ana government.
The drstiwar sesostrlsseugaged in was against the
Arabs, which his luther sent hm upon wAile vet
quite young that he mlaht acquire practical KNOW
isige Ia conauctng military campalSns. rnis peo-
Querod aud added their county to Egypt. The next
! year ne invaded LYDIA, country TO the southwest
/ III E5ypL During this expedition MS father died,
| leaving The throne to him. lie Immediately formed
no less design than OF conquerlng the whole
| probably the first OF the great conqucrors
Of ancient times who conceived the idea
meni, ana most assurcdly the first pos sessed OF
sufficient wisdom TO carry ont 20 gigantic an under
shall have OCCASION to compare hereafter with that
pursued and shown by others In alter time. snDiy
reinarking here CnaC IL Is Safe 70 conclude that
sesosfrls was great among the greatest; for
10 bouadess ambition Possessed by MANY
wnich lew can boast. While making the
most extensive pregaratons for raising
was lot less active Ia providing Tor sustaining the
dignity and power OF his governments during his
absence which he foresaw would glye opport1nity
beneht. HIS lrse army consisted or $4,000 foot
~ oSo horse aud n 900 armed cariots ana rs prn
educated with hin, and who now made it possible
for him TO secure perfect discipline ana tho creates:
WISn this army ne first invaded and conquered
Ethiopia aad made II tributary TO Egypt. he next
master OF all tue ISLANDS aad coasts or the Red Sea,
es preparatory step to Tia conquest OF ASIA then
even "bevond The Ganges." i;esHrn,ny westward.
he conquered Scsthla, Armcala, Cappadocla, Col
ana would PROBABLY hsvc subiued ali its natons
bad ne not encountered areat scarcity Of provis-
IONS In 1nIace, which caased him TO return. Hero
d0tua says tnat tue Egypuan Empire extended from
the Danube beyond the Canges and Included ali OF
Africa and thl all over this vast territory there
king OF kings aad lord OF or,a surdued this coun
try by the power OF hs srms;n whica. while it DIS.
played c0maendanlc spirit In marking the llln,ts
OF his conquasGs. at the time evinced grow.
Ing personal vanity that afterwards seriously
qaered almost the then eaure knowa World, sesos-
iris returned to Egypt wish innumeraole oaptlves
aud laden with spols and. by devoting himself to
enrching aaa beneftng Egypt rather than ex.
tending his domnions, fame Gnd grandeur, showed
that hrs amNtion had expended isself IN mis- lrsg
great campaign. From all that can DC gathered or
his reign over Egypt it rnust be iaferred that no
country before, since, ever more happily dis.
posed toward ,ts sovereign. The many monuments
OF his greatness, throughous his doMinions were
covered with inscriptions asserting that all Sesostrsi
mighty deeds were accom- plished without burdening
his subjectS but the contrary, they all had be-
come ape through them to pass The remainder OF
tneir days In ''caim and rsposeD
Having slbdued 30 much OF tbe world had he
been equally ambitious to extend over it che same
benefcent government that he held over Egypt
which he could easily have done, through the nu-
merous competent persons the foresight OF Ameno.
phs had provided hin with, WHO was well versed
IN bis polcy and administration OF affairs Sesostrs
undoubtedly would nave earned and nave been en-
titled to Misrepresentation Of tna worlds beneactor Is
appears however that he did exert hiscr at All
In this direction, but was content TO receive the "a.
nlal tributes he levied 10 enrich Egypt proper HIS
reasons for pursuing this course rather than that of