Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-01

most the Only dHrients l1CoitA~ a. ei''-1N'
Their territory bounded or--tha east b. the
/. Pazxs lleotis, which separated Europe aud
Asia, and onthe west blythe 4t!aaac, COM
nrehended the vast regions OF Germany,
Gaul, and Spain. They are supposed to
have derived their name from Leitas,
son of Hercules or Of Polyphemns.------
The famous promontory no$ called
Cape Finisterre, corruption Of FINS Ter
rae, or The End Of the Earth, as 1t was cal
led by the Romans, originally bore the
name Of letacum. A portion Of this Peo-
Die, at very ancient period, emlgrated
from the East, and settled on the banks ol
the 1berus, the modern Enrol within the
limits Of what is now called Anogan. I'D
ding the name Of the river to their own orr
ginsa appellation, as the Romans called !, the
eogqomea TO the family name, they called
themselves Celtiberians. Lest the historl-
cal student should be bewildered, as we
have heretofore been ourselves upon this
subject. it is necessary TO remark that al
though Celtfe1 was noRle12 co!lectl01aa, or
general aPpellation, designating the peoPie
Of the immense territory thathas been men
toned, vet it was mare particularly green
to that part Of Gaul, called e,ailla Celtlca2
situated between the. rivers sequana and.
Garunlna, the modem Seine and oaIonne.
Thus the term Celtic is sometimes descrlp-
tive Of the peoplc Of Germany, Span, ana
Gaul, sometimes Of those Of Germany and
Cau1 only, sometimes Of those Of Germany
or Of Saul alone, and sometimes oil those OF
particular part ofthe latter country. lae
Iberians were the -15o,isi'aes OF SPAN, and
the Celt.berians the earliest emlg9antS to
that county, Of whom history has preserV-
cd an authentic record. These different ma
tons soon became amaIgamated.
1t has been supposed BY some learned
men that Spain is the same country as the
TarshiSh Of the Phoniciasa and hebrews
But this opinion does not seem to be well.
founded. II least there appears 10 us to
be one or two objections to it that are near
ly itrsuperable. We are told, 2 Chron. tx.
81. that tie kings SLIPS vccnt to Im@aash
witA tie se,uats ct HVQm : epsfg htrae
gears once cane the SHIPS q Iarsh'sh BRING
ing gall, o11d sil0er, ivofy, and G1bes, ana
peacocf&. Spain was certainly famous IN
old time for gold aod silver, buf It was not
the lard OF elephants, however II might
have been ofapes ant Iscacocks nor .wot'id
it seem that voyage OF three years dura-
ton could have been required, between !u-
dea and Spain, ven IN tie age OF Solomon.
But he following verses OF the Oh chap
ter of The Ersr boot of kings throw light
upon a subject that would otherwise be We
~ dark. And 691g Sakon:on 1.nGe a 'la2yI
q sdiha IN Asoage5er, 1ptich Is 6es,Ge T.
0th, n. Tie ohdYe u a!e red oc2t ~ re lq2aa
o,F EH0m. -d,la L7i1uaa Sent ~ the macy his
servants, shiPAsa that ha7%'fazole3S8,S g ne
sea, zoikh tn se1vmltg q S0l9m2n. h'3d
they ccnae % l,bh5r, and jetehfdJf0a1 Ate'lce
goid, j1ar huua1ed and ft2eatY tGlc''ts, md
6r0a9ht it ia htn8 .ss2l5m9n. lF'e find indeed |
in the ten,h chapter OF the book ot Kings, !
similar passage 10 that Which We irave
quoted from Chronicles. Solomon and Hi
ram seem to have becnas closely connectcd !
as Napoleon and Alexander. Iheir naval
and commercial interest was one ard die
same. We read in Kings that Solomon
butt the ships himself, bat III Chronicles
that Huram or Hiram, furnished both ships
s seamen.T his discrepance does not render
the history doubtful in our minds, bur wei
incline to the opinion that Iarshish ai1d OPP {
hiE were The SANE, and Ophir could not be
Spain.
The earliest accounts which we have Of
the Spaniaras represent them as very
brave and warlike people. Horace, IN no
less than three passages Of his inimltable
odes, speaks Of the Cantabrians (Riscayans) |
as not only warlike, but almost unconquer-
able. He speaks, not only Of the OoAaat