Southern Christian Advocate

Washington Monument.—The society has just received a block of stone for insertion in the monument to Washington, taken from the ruins of the Brucion—from the spot where the Alexandrian library stood. It is probable that it adjoined a column: but this is uncertain. It was excavated from the ruins, which covered it to the depth of twenty feet. The temple of Asinoe stood near it, and it is believed that the stone came from that edifice. There is, however, little doubt that it is from the library, which covered a large space round the spot from which it was removed. The stone is of red sienite granite, from Upper Egypt, and is of the same quality as all the obelisks of Egypt, which are principally built from the ruins of Memphis. It may be three thousand years old.—Washington Sentinel.