..V s - ' IgiVil 3L;. 1 ' tr '4 , ;;;,','t 'am zt.-^2-•.•.,....: 7 ::- ' • ..'" ‘7.°l/4.7.'-ti'•::l,lZ.T,...23iizLA k . "7.rlic t'thigli 111c.gistii. IEI Circulation near 2000. ~, i TIMMY, JANUARY 23, 1851, i ' -__ t z '-'%' The board of Directors of the Common Schools, have lately resolved to build a new School House, in the North-east District of the Borough, on the lot where the old Church now stands. The plan of the Directors is an admir able one; they propose tearing down the old aura, 'and put up a new building 60 foot fronting on Margaret street, and 50 feet deep, three stories in . front and two in the rear. The basement` ill contain two . rooths, and the sec ond and third stories each 4.rooms, making ten rooms in thb honse,_alLeLwhiolt-will-berheat ed by two furnaces. Our Common Schools un der the present Directorship have been 'mana ged with very remarkable success, and the board deserves the highest, praise of the ciii zone, for their perseverance in the efficient man agement of the schools. State Agricultural Convention. This Convention assembled at Harrisburg, on Tuesday the 21st of January. "Lehigh" al though in territory small, but by no means lacking in Agricultural productions—we are sorry 10 say—was not represented. We have before made an effort to induce our citizens to aid in organizing; an "Agricultural Society,' but with no success. We are one of the rich. est and most productive counties in the State, and should by all means have been represent ed. We trust however, that our friend Lamy, our able member of the Legislature, will con stitute himself, the representative of "Little Lehigh," and attend to her interests. Heavy Verdict. Judgg'Sbarswood gave a verdict in favor of this Commonwealth against the United States B ank_foh_ Bl , 2o3 l7so, --- Witlreost s and interest, in round numbers, $1,300,000. The suit was brought to recover the htindred thousand dol lars annually, which the Bank, by its charter, agreed to pay as a bonus to the School Fund for twenty years. The suit will of course, be carried to the Supreme Court, and will, no doubt, be warmly contested, as there will be an effort to make this judgement take preced .ence of the assignments. For the poor share holders there seems but little hope. • . Silver and Gold. The vast increase of the product of gold, and the great diminution of the product of silver, says the New York Bank Note and Commer. 64'1 Reporter, is attracting the attention of po litical economists and statesmen of all nations. .1n France the subject has received the most marked attention ; and, in our opinion, her le gislators .have evinced more foresight on the subject than those of any other nation. The measure of discarding gold as a currency, and making silver only a legal tender, as proposed in France, is no shott•sighted movement. Sil ver is the prevailing currency of that nation, while gold is the main metallic basis of curren cy of the other leading nations. Nineteen. twentieths of the specie in the Bank of Eng. land and the banks of this country is gold; and we believe that nine -tenths of the specie in the hands of the people of England and the States is also gold. Believing that silver is to grow more valuable, and gold less valuable, France, situated as she is, is wise in adopting such measures as will rid herself of what gold she has, and secure the advantages of the aug7 merited value of her silver. Neither England nor this country can follow the example of France. The Bank of England cannel sustain specie payments a week on sil ver—the government cannot pay one quarter's interest in anything but paper or gold. Our banks and our government are•equally gold b6und. The Sub• Treasurers have not silver to meet the demands upon them for twenty,four hours. There is no alternative, then, for Eng land or this country, but to continue to receive and to pay gold as at present; and as silver shall become comparatively more valuable, we must debase its quality, or diminish its weight. It is impossible to foresee at what point the revolution will stop. We see nothing improb able in the idea that an ounce of silver will be . come worth an ounce of gold. In other words an ounce of gold may sink to the value of an ounce of iiker, The chances are, that the nation tvho.se,pol icy augments its silver is wise, in comparison to the nation whose policy saddles its people, with all gold at its present value. Bad Policy. The Harrisburg Union says Pennsylvania will not have great Men. While other States take a pride in their distinguished men, those of Pennsylvania are assailed by factions in the State, who take delight in tarnishing their fame, and robbing them of well earned laurels. There is too much truth in theseohservations. A nar row and selfiel2 policy seems to have infused itself into the politics of this State which is hard to eradicate. There's a better time coming, we hope, when this selfish and factious spirit will be sternly rebuked, and it will hide its "diminished head" in that obscurity where alone it should exist. Counterfeit. We were shown yesterday, says the Public Ledger of Saturday, a ten-dollar counterfeit on the Miner's Bank of Pottsville. The counter feit is a fao.simile of the genuine ten-dollar bills of the bank, but may be detected by its slurred and general bad appearance. Avoid all of the ten4lollar bills of the Beek is the safer course to escape the fraud.' Allentown, Pa. New School House .Censue of Northampton County. We are at length enabled to publish the cen. sus of Northampton county, as taken by the :U. States Marshals, for 1850. The figures show that our county has made a gradual and grat ifying progress. — We will be enabled to bold our own among the other counties of the Slate, in the next Congressional apportionment.- 1840. 1850. Increase. Allen, . 2,547 1228 / 114 *East Allen ) ' (new) 1133 J *Bethlehem Bore, (new) 1516 / 633 Bethlehem tsp., 2,989 2106 5 Easton (proper) Bush k ill, 23.11 1 4 a 3 12 1001 Lehigh, 2524 )865 3908 1381 Bushkin, ... 1,716 1839 123 Forks, ...e 2,166 2321 156 Hanover, ' 382 428 46 Lehigh, 2,019 2352 303 Low. MI. Bethel, 2,957 3117 160 Lower Nazareth, 1,201 1932 731 Lower Salmon, 2,710 2905 195 Moore, 2,389 2615 226 Plainfield 1750 4 -1753 252 S'llt. Easton, Boio, 661 1511 .850 Upper Nazareth, 1,118 . 1116 OOO Up. AFL Bethel, 2,643 2885 242 %Killiams, 1,937 2634 '897 33,831 40,94.1 7,111 * East Alten has been erected out of Allen township since 1840 and Bethlehem Borough out of Bethlehem township. The total population of Northampton county in 1840 was 40,996 but Carbon county, includ ing the townships of East Penn, Lausanne, Mauch Chunk and Towamensing., has since been taken front her.—Argus. Population of the Leading Cities. The leading cities of the United States rate as follows, under the new census, as to their popu- lation : lB5O. 1846. New York, 517,000 312,000 Philadelphia, 409,000 258,000 • Baltimore, 169,000 102,000 New Orleans, 145,000 102,000 Boston, 135,000 93,000 Cincinnati, • ' 116,000 46,000 Brooklyn, 96,000 26.000 Pillsbutg,_____________B3;ooo 411,000 St. Louis, Bl,OOO 16,000 Louisville, Buffalo and 'Washington are about 42,000 each. Cheap Postage. The object of cheap postage, says the Village Record, and the only object, at present should he, to give the people full and comprehensive views of whatever is interesting in their seve ral comities. This is best done, and only done through the country papers. Do thisond much will be lone—attempt to do more, and all may be, will he lost. All the local affairs, the local politics, the candidates to fill the county offices —the local taxes, &c., are discnssed . in the lo cal papers, and in them only. The proceed. ings of Courts, Commissioners, County meet ings, are found in country papers, and are not found in the city papers. These are the great points of interest to the farmer and tax-payer of the country, and he can obtain a correct view.of them only in the country papers. It is a benefit to himself, to the State and to the county, to enlighten him. For all these things he is dependent on the local papers—the local paper is, therefore, an article of necessity to him—and the question is whether Congress will allow him to obtain it without a tax, or whether the whole system must be broken down, by connecting foreign luxulles with it A man's county is a miniature of his country, Every man has a voice in its affairs—every man has a potent influence. To regulate and govern it well, it must be well understood. Let every city, county and district, attend well to its own affairs, and our country will be pros. perous and happy. But domestic papers, and not %reign or distant papers throw light about the people's homestead Schuylkill Count;, At this moment wants- to be connected to New York city, direct by rail, to compete suc cessfully with northerrcand more eastern coal fields. To accomplish this, a dozen rival car rying companies between Pottsville and Phil adelphia, even if practicable, would avail not. It is in economy of distance, time, and cheap ness of construction alone, that will enable a railway connection to New York to meet the wants of the trade here. That such a road would soon become highly productive, the figures of our . present coal tonnage in that di rection cannot fail to demonstrate clearly; but that capitalists with brains can be found at this time who would think seriously of investing in a new rail to Philadelphia, we cannot believe. However much the public . may have gained heretofore from' rival carrying companies, ex perience of stockholders attest that it is a se rious drawback on their dividends, and they cannot appreciate the popular word."competi lion" in the same sense ! Capitalists seek not to beggar themselves in experimenting for the public.—Mitring Register. Resolving Water into Hydrogen. Mr. Paine has published a challenge in the "Boston Commonwealth," to resolve water en tirely into hydrogen without completing the electric current, with the use of any battery and electrodes his opponent may chose. The challenge is for $5,000 to be given to some charitable institution. The . chalienge has been accepted. Here are the conditions "I stipulate, according to the terms of his proposition, that the electric circle is not to be complete—that there shall be no possible con nection between the poles of the battery, eith er by metallicyluid, or any other electric con cluder; also, that there shall be no oxygen generated, in a tree or combined state; and, further that Mr. Paine shall show jo the antis; faction of the supervising committee that ha purposes, n that but one current oT electricity pusses through the fluid,• by the agency of which, hydrogen alone is disengaged." Have a Trade.. By all means fume a trade. Don't go up and down in the. world, and find nothing you can put yonr hand to. No matter if you don't have to work for a living. You may not al- ways be prosperous as you are now. This is a mutating planet. That man that is up to.day, may be down to-morrow. Thank heaven, we live in no land of prirnogeniture, no heredita 'ry succession.. Each Man is morally bound to labor. • Have a trade, we repeat. Educate your hands. Have something.you can turn your en ergies to when times pinch. It will be'an ev-• erlasting resource. We never knew a man who, with a good trade, could not get a good living—aml much more with a right applica-, Lion. What if you are going to college, in in to a profession ? The case is not altered. you need it just as much. It will come in ply:ev ery day of your lite. It is much the better.— Disciplina of the hand sihould always be be fore that of the' tead.--1 •• • n:w a col lege oy who wasn't better for a substantial trade. He always graduates with the highest honors. He is sure to be a scholar. The story is, he knows how to storm—to bore—to con quer. Ile but transfers himself from the shop to the study. • Voting, man, decide at once to learn a trade. Apply yourself with all your mind and heart, and be its master. And when you graduate and ask you diploma, if you do riot want, or are not obliged to work at it, you have laid by so much, and such a kind of wealth can never be lost or taken from y . ou. • Jenny Lind's Wealth. A correspondent of the New York Home Jour nal has written a short article, which is going the rounds of the papers, stating that Jenny bind's wealth amounts to $1,000,000. Now we have the following facts from a reverend gentle. man who . knew her well in Sweden, and to whom both in Europe and America, she has imparted with the most childlike confidence every partic ular in relation to her pecuniary affairs, as well as to her future prospects and intentions. Jenny bind has neither a sister nor_a_brother - lost — a — Slgfir some years ago, but never had a brother, notwithstanding the num. berless stories to the contrary which have been circulated. Her parents are both !Mug in quiet and retirement in her native city, Stockholm, being supportrd by an adequate sum put aside for that zzpecific purpose by an affectionate daughter. Jenny Lind's annual income from property which she has laid by is less than six thousand dollars, (not so much as she could make at a single concert;) and she is fully determined nev er to increase it, for every farthing of her income and earnings above what she expends for her own personal wants is devoted to charity. The whole of the funds received from her American engagement, are set aside for the establishment of Common Schools in Sweden, and it is her in. tention to devote her personal services to the supervision and inspection of these schools. Her reverend and venerable friend once said to her: "Miss Lind, I think that you should have a large annual income secured to you, that you might be prepared in case you should lose your voice." "In that event," she replied, "one sixth of my present income would support me well in Swe• den, and at all events it is as much as any per. son with proper feelings ought to expend in a year. So lam still left five thousand dollars per annum forcharitable purposes." A woman with such a heart, would indeed be wealthy if she possessed not a dollar in the world.—/Vetv York Sun. Ohio Convention. The sections relative to the State Debt which have been under discussion in the Convention ,for several days, were adopted on the 13th in• slant. There is to be a sinking fund sufficient to pay the interest annually, and also SlOO., 000 of the principal. That applicable to the payment of the principal is to bo increasetl annually by compound interest at 6 per cent. until the whole debt is paid. The State is prohibited :hereafter from contracting debts which in the *aggregate exceed 6750,000.--. Sinking Fund Commissioners are to be ap pointed. A WealMy Man.—General Hartwell H. Tar" ver, of Twiggs county, Georgia, is said to be the largest slaveholder, if not the wealthiest man in that State. !Id owns a thousand negroes and fifty thousand acres of land, divided into ten plantations, in Twiggs, Pulaski, Houston and Ba ker counties, yielding two thousand bales of cot ton annually. At 13 cents per pound, his crop will bring $lOB,OOO. He recently added to his estate a tract of 2350 acres, in Burke county, at fifteen dollars and seventy-five cents per acre, or thlrty.seven thousand dollars for the tract. Clarnform a 3 an Antiperiailic.—The French Government has offered a prize of 4,000 for the discovery of a shbstittne fur Quinine in the treat ment of fevers. Prof. Deliouz, of Rochefort, re commends chloroform as a powerful auccedan. curn. Periodic fever's are common at Rochefort, and he treated numerous cases in the hospital there with such regularity of success that he feels warranted in recommending it as it substi tute for Quinine. He gave it in doses offrom 9 to 30 grains, according to the severity of symp toms, rubbed up with syrup and water. hi was administered before the access of fever and its use continued for scverAl days. Massactinsetts.—After taking the falh ballot in this Slate for U. S. Senator, in, which SUmner lacked eight of a majority, the House voted on the motion of Gen. Cushing, by a very large ma. jority to postpone the whole matter for• .one week. The general opinion is that no Senator weillbe elected at this session.. A National llioilday.-7tite Washington ""Na, tional Intelligencer" strongly recommends 'ob. serving the 22111 of February next as a general holiday,. In. commemoration of the Union.. Capi, tal idea. • • • Pennsylvania Legislature. HAnnisnuno, January 20, 1850. SENATE. Petitions presented.—For the incorporation of the Farmers' a nd Mechanics' Bank, °IA lien town. For the establishment of a Free Banking Law, based cin State Stocks. For the renewal of the charter of the Easton Bank. Otte for the - incorporation Of the Bank of Eamon. A petition was also presented for the repeal of the Militia Laws. One for the establiShment of free banking and the-issuing of small notes. In favor of incorporating the Mauch Chunk Bank, with-a capital of $200,000. . One for the repeal of the forty-eightlrand for ty.ninth sections of the Act passed April 16th, 1850, regulating flanks. One that the manufacturers of tip and co er ware . _ .. jut ; r ,s.,•e Asian i a-may-te imrmil d ~v end their wares in any part of the Commonwealth; without paying license. . . For the repeal of the Act laying out the State Road from Waynesburg to Reading: A bill Was also , introduced to extend the char , ter of the Schuylkill Bank of Philadelphia, to re. duce the capital thereof, Mid to restore the same by subscriptions. • , • One to authorize the several Ranks of this Commonwealth to issue notes of denominations of 'two and three dollars. Tii authorize the Adjutant General to issue arms to cadets in military schools. A bill was introduced to re-instate the capi tal 1 of the Mechanics' Bank of the city of Philadelphia. A bill to remedy certain defects in the char- I' ter of the Waynesburg •Bank. nango. The following resolutions were offered by , Section 2tl provides that after the first day of Mr. Crabb, and adopted : Resolved, By the Senate and House of Re 1 December, 1851, the salary of the-Chief JuStice p- I of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, shall be resentatives, that inasmuch as many of the sot- I $2200, and the salaries of the. Associate Justices diers recruited into. the service of the United ' of the said Court shall be $2OOO, and the said States before the conclusion of the war with judges shall also be entitled to receive, in addi Mexico were scarcely a month on duty, and_i tion_to_their-respective salaries, $3 per day yet received one hundred - and - sixty - affeTsOf I whilst on the circuit, and necessarily employed I'land, it is, in the opinion of the General As. in holding courts ; ur in travelling to and from sembly of, this Commonwealth, both just and the same to their respective places of residence, equitable that those who served in the war of l as a full allowance for travellitrg expenses. 1812, whether upon land or water, as well as 1 Section 3d provides that the salaries of the in the Indian wars, should receive the same a President Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, number of acres of public domain. * I and of all other Judges required to be learned in Resolved, That the Governor of the State be ; the law, shall be $2OOO per annum, except those requested to forward a copy of the foregoing for the judges holding courts in the city and resolution to each of. our Senators and mem- county of Philadelphia, and the County of Atte- tiers of the House of Representatives in Con press, and, that they be requested to vote in 1 ' favor of the grant herein recommended.. Mr. Frailey, a bill to lay out a State road dere(' to be printed. front Saegersville, Lehigh county, to Palo Alto, Schuylkill county. Mr. Shimer, from citizens of Pennsylvania. I gheny, which shall be $2500 per annum. Phis is a very important bill—in fact, the bill 1 of the session. It was laid upon the table and or• i praying for the repeal of the 46. h and 49th sec tions of the act of Assembly of this Common. wealth, approved April 16, 1850, entitled au act regulating banks. • Mr. Robertson, from the citizens of Lawrence county, praying for a system of free banking, based on State Stocks. . ,The following is the Senate Committee on Banks. Messrs. Crabb, Shunter, Savery, Ives, Frailey, Walker and Robertson. HOUSE. * • A bill to incorporate the Farmers' and Me chanics' Bank, at Allentown. Mr. Dobbins offered a joint resolution instruct ing our Senators and -requesting our Representa tiyes in Congress to use their best efforts to pro cure the modification of the existing tariff laws, so as to more effectually protect the iron and coal interests of this Commonwealth ; and also to advocate a further amendment to said laws,so that the duties may be levied at home, and not in foreign countries. Mr. Pentiiman moved that the' Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of funding Relief notes issued by certain banks, under the act of May 1, 1841. Messrs. Bight= and Brower presented peti tions in favor of Free Banking. Mr. Laury, a bill to incorporate the Farmers' and Mechanics' Brink, to be located at Allentown; also, two petitions in favor of the above Bank. The Counting of the Votes.—A committee from the House announced that that body were waiting the presence of the Senate, to proceed to open the returns of the election of the Audi tor and Surveyor General. The counting of the vote was then proceed ed with, and for Auditor General resulted as follows : I • Ephraim Banks, - - 1-13,812 • Henry W. Snyder, • - - 130,312 E. S. Neal, - - - 1,217 They then_ proceeded with the counting of the vote for SurveyOr General, which resulted as follows: J. Porter Brewley, - - 140,703 Joseph Henderson, - 131,486 Kimber Cleaver, - - 1.054 Ephraim .Banks and J. Porter Brawley were declared duly elected Auditor General and Sur veyor General'of this State. A bill was introduced for the establishment of a Free Banking Systom and the issue of small notes. A resolution w•as passed, giving the.use of the Hall to the Agricultural Convention; on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and even• ing. The following gentlemen compose the House Cotnmitiec on Banks: Messrs.Brintile, Bingham, Lect, Feather, Hart, Bonder, Dobbins, Dent and Jackson. General John 131. Ilickel.was nominated by the Democratic .caucus, for reelection to the office of State Treasurer. Ner Middleewarth is the Whig caucus nom inee for State Treasurer. The members of the Senate and• Rouse of Representatives met in convention on the 20th for the purpose of erecting a State Treasurer. The following is the result of the first. ballot—. John M. Bickel ) (dent), 73. NerMiddlesvrarthr. SO. Mr. * Rickel was declared duly elected. Judicial Apportionment. - In the Senate, on Tuesday, General Packer in troduced a bill in place, making a Judicial Am portion merit, dividing the State into twenty Dis tricts, entitled, 4.A supplement to the Act, entit led an act relative to We organization of Courts of Justice, passed April 14, 1834. . lat. District, to consist of the city and county of Philadelphia, to have three Law Judges. 2nd. District—Ducks, Montgomery and Dela ware. 3d. DistrictLaneaster and Chester. 4th. District—Derks and Lehigh. sth District—Dauphin and Lebanon. Gth District—York, Adams and Cumberland. 7th. District—Juniata, Perry, Union and North• umberland. • Bth District—Schuylkill and Carbon. oth D istrict — Northampton ; Monroe, Pike and Wayne. , 10th District— hanna and Sullivan. . I Ith District—Lycotning, Columbia, Montour and Clinton. 12th District , —Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and Somerset. • lath DistrictL-Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson. Forest and Elk. 11th District—lltintingdon, Mifflin, Blair and ,Cambria,. 15th Disirict—Bradfurd, Tioga, Potter and McKean. 16th District—Westmoreland, Indiana, Arm strong and Clarion. 17th District Washington, Fayette and Greene. 18th District—Allegheny. 19th District—Beaver, Butler, Lawrence an, Mercer. 20th District —Erie, Warren, Crawford and Ve Ladies Wastes Mrs. Swissbelm, in a savage article against the magazine fashion plates, says: "We know women now whn are dying; dying by their own hands, and piously saying their prayers every day, and for their death the Mag azine publishers are accountable at the bar of the Eternal. They are murdering them as truly as ever David slew Uriah by the sword of the Amalekites. No human agency can teach those victims of fashion plate mongers, that the long whale bones sticking down in their sides, the tight strings tied around the small of the back, and;weight of skirts dragging on them, are crush ing their lives out, and dragging them to :heir graves. They will not believe they are entailing misery and disease' and death upon their chi/. dren. Dui yet many of them do not know it,and with all their vaunted love for their offspring, would rather see their little ones suffer ten thou sand deaths than that they themselves should fall to look 'like Promethius in my picture here' —a long sided funnel set on a jug." • Missouri U. S. Senator.—. The election fa Uni ted States Senator in this State, was held on the 16th instant. Three anti•Bentonists voted for Geyer, the Whig candidate. The ballot was as follows: Geyer, 67 • Benton, 54 Green, 31 Necessary to choice seventy.six. Pennsylvania Agricultural Convention.—On the 6th instant, a meeting of farmers was held at York, Pa., and a large delegation appointed to .represent the county at the Agricultural Conven• tion, to be held at Harrisburg on the 3d Tuesday of this month. Every delegate who cannot go is authorised to.appolnt a substitute; and any five of the delegation are empowered, should they deem it expedient, to call a meeting of the farm : crs of Yo . rk county, after the adjournment of the state Convention. Great Pedestrian Peat.—A great foot race for e5OO a side came off at Longmeadow on the 15th instant. A young Englishman named Mole, underfook to run 5 miles in 31 minutes. He succeeded easily, with 49 seconds to spare ) although • the track was muddy. The , next day, for another wager of the same amount, he run:lo miles in 64 minutes; .-- Mammoth .Hog.—A mammoth hog raised And fattened in Ephrata township, Lancaster county, being twenty-ono months. old, was slaughtered, which, after being dressed weigh. ed 892 pounds. Who can beat this? Illiouri,—There have been 29 ballotings for U. S. Senator,.without a choke. Col. Benton has been abandoned, and Mr. fl. Bough, Anti-Benton, nominated. Mr. Green has been withdrawn. opal yet Curious Decision.—Some Judge in New York the other day decided that a /Homeopathy 'Doctor was not a physician.— An actor in the Opera. House refused to sing because he wus not well. The physician , of the establishment decided that he was not ill. Then the man sued. for Ills salary, the tes timony of our infinitesimal. friend was brought in, but !ha Judge dedided* that his opinion was invalid, because he was no physician. Judge Dally has since over•culed• this• alecisioa, and. placed homeopathy high bti its legs: *: ' 11=SIEM The inscripton. on the outside of this coffin' showed that the• body was that of Gol.mus.as-ank.. the daughter of G"bt-/iar.afunk, "the justified"— the father, a priest of Thebes. From the decla. thins on the coffin, it was probable that the body was richly embalmed. There were three kindl. ofernbalming—the richest style cost about $1200,. the second (rind $3OO, and that used for the com mon kind of E.xyptians, $2O. With the richer. corpses, jewelry. was often found, though the rel atives of the &Teased were generally deceived , by-the embalmers, who stole the jewels. The Arabs sometimes opened the coffins of rich mum_ mies, took out , the jewels and put the bodies. back. All these-were contingencies which naigha arise, and to which the mummy in question was liable. The probability was that. this lady had beep enalxiluted front 1000 to Otayears before Christ. • A committee, composed: of Dr. B. S. Pattenson„ Dr. David Gilberr, an& Dr Wm. It Grant, were , then appointed to supenin ten& the unrolling, and to assist Mr. Glidion nub Above, his. assists • The richly decoratett inner coffin was then. laid upon a hurdle, smd•a seetkin of , the heatb sawed off; the seam at thwback was itrippedt. and the 'body taken out; upoft.inspeetion Mr Gliddon pronounced it intact, NW as originally, embalmed. The committee then began to novirrap . the ban dages. They were of linen ; and some, with the selvage upon them, were wrapped eisenlarly , ands then pieces of linen placed longitudinally, anti. other circular bandages applied.. The-papyrus. —book of the dead—was, found on the breast., written as Mr. C. announced, in biezattic char acters, the symbol writing used by the priests.. The scarabaens, or sacred beetle, was also found,' on the breast of the mummy. ft was ao cov ered with pitch that it was Impassible to say whether it was accompanied by a precious. jewel or a piece of common pottery. The feet were found broken and one of the legs came oil at the knee; ..a result due to the injuries. committed by tha probes of the Custom.house officers. The body was then unwrapt to the last ban-• doge, which was found to be so tightly glued' to the body that it was evident that to take it off would be a work of considerable time. It was soft hoorever, abd showed the figure plainly.. One of the hands was entirely covered. The further examination of this mummy was themen trusted to the committee, who will reporton'Mbn. day evening next. The body of the child was then uniVapped.— It was embalmed.in better style than the corn-• mon Egyptians, with whom matting was gener ally used. It was wrapped in coarse cloth. and' embalmed in a different manner from that of ' Gatmus•as ank. Bitumen was freely used; so• much so as to make it probable.thet a hammer and chisel wouldhave to be used to loosen• • some or the bandages. The pitch has_beett'ap plied cold, as was supposed, some of the hair of the head having been obtained about half an• . Inch leng, and very soll'and tlne,. The exam‘ nation of this mummy was also entrusted to the . committee; who will report at the nextledture..4...; . • •. Ledger, Junuary ld. Tho Virginia,Congrensional, are unatiiraoubly in fauor cot &mit'.Dick..r ineon for IPresideniiahunninee:, • L..* Unawathing of Two Egyptian NUNIAIES. • Last evening, at the Museum, Mr. Gliddorr proceeded to the task of unwrapping the mum mies of an Egyptian lady and child, in accordL ante with a previous announcement. An audience of about one thousand persons, consisting of ladies, medical, scientiffe, and pro. fessional men were present. The back part of; the stage was decorated with several mama?' cases, outer and inner coffins, some mummies, papyrus, and ornaments; among them was the . body of a very large and powerful man, which Mr. G. said belonged to John L. Hodge, Esq , of this . city, which was partly unwrapped about 20) years ago. From the inscriptions, it was found' that his name was Pet-isse, he who belongs to. Isis, who died. at 'Fhebes, about 1500 or 2000' years before Christ. Gliddon-commenced die business of the* evening, bpstating that he had purchased the. female Mummy which was about to be unrolled,. in London, about two years since, under the ad vice of Mr. Buch, of the British Museum, and' Mr. Nash, a celebrated Egyptiologit, whose• opinions as well as-his own, were that the mum— my had never been taker. out of its original case. —but he pointed out to the audience where the• case_ad been mutilated at the feet of the mum my, most probably by Cavort). House officers,. and frankly stated that he knew no more of the contents than she apeetwors, , • The second mammy, a, child, obtained from Egypt, was purchased by Mr. Harris, of Alexan dria. The child appears to be in good condition,. as far as could be seen. It was swathed in lin. en, with the face painted on the cloth. Mr.- Gliddon said that mummies of children are vary rare. In all his life he has not seen more than dozen, and six of them were in the British Mu seum. Over five hundred millions of mummies are supposed to be in Egypt, and it is very strange that the bodies of children are rarely found. 111 r. G:iddon inferred this mummy to have been made during the Roman dominion._The _inference-that-it-was—ma-di—during that time was • deduced from the fact that it was not . until that period that the Egyptians began to paint the full , face upon the cloth in which the mummies were • swathed. This would maikb the date of this• muminied child about from 1500' to 2000 years • before Christ. Mr. Gliddon said that he .be. ieved this was the only mummy child in 'this • couniq The inner coffin of the lady who was about to• be removed from the clothes was richly painted.' and gilded, and covered • with figures of various kinds, the lines of which. were very vivid. Mr.. Gliddon said this inner coffin was composed of a substance technically called carionage.• It/ was formed ell strips of linen cloth glued to— gether and moulded' so as to fit the body ; it was.' then sewed together at the back and coveretP with stucc4 upon which some paintings were: =
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