The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-09

covered thee. The inhabitants Of Ndon and Arvsd
were thy mariners; thy wise men, 0, Tyrus thas
were in thee were thy pilots They Of Persia, and o.
war; they hanged the shield and helmet in thce;;
they set forth Thy come!iness.
1ars,sh Was thy merchant by reason Of the Iaul-
ttude of all kind Of riches; with silver iron, tin and
lesd they traded in thy fairs. Juvan, Tubal, and
Aeshich they were thy merchants; they traded ths
persons Of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
They of the house Of Togarneath traded In thy flr
with horses, and horsemen and mules. The men Of
Dedan were thy merchants; many isles M''re
the merchandise OF thine hand; they brou-. Mt
thee for present horns Of ivory and 1,n 81 y
OF the wares Of thy making; they occupie1 III thy
fairs with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work.
and fine linen, aud coral. and agate judah and ne
in thy market wheat and honey, and oil, and balm:
Damascus thy merchant in the multitude OK
the wares of thy making, for the multitude OF all
riches; in the wine OF Helbon. and white wool.
Dan also and Javan, going to and fro, occupied in
thy fairs bright iron, cassia and calamus were in
thy market. Decdan was thy merchant, in precious
cloths for charots Arabia and all the prince VI
kedur. they occ pied with thee, in lambs aud"
rams, ard goats in these were they thy merchas-
The merchants Of Sheba and Raamah, they were
thy merchants they occupied in thy fairs vita
chief OF all spices, and with all precious stones, and
gold. Huran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants
OF Sheba, Ashur and Chlma1 were thy merchants.
These were thy merchants in all sorts Of things in
blue clothes and broidered work, and in chests Of
among thy merchandise.
The ships Of Tarshish did sing Of thee in thy mar
ket; ard thou vast replenisbed and made very gl0.
rious in the midst of the seas. Thy r0wers have
brought thee tito great waters; the east wind hath
broken thee in tile midst OF the Thy riches and
thy fairs thy merchandise, thy Mariners and thy pi-
lois, thy caulkers and the occupying Of thy mer~
chandise, and all thy men OF war that are in thee
and in all thy company which is in the midst Of thee,
shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day Of thy
ruin.
In the prosecution Of their commerce, the Phoene.
clans found it useful to establish colonies for con-
Quoting trade with countries adjacent to the colo
nists. They said to have planted than forty
colonies on the Mediterranean. Among these the
most celebrated was Carthage. That city, situated
on the coast Of Africa, in the zenith Of its greatness
was about twenty three miles in circumference, and
contained population Of about 900. The Oar
thagenians exceled in the arts and sciences.
JOHN BULL HAS DONE IT AT LAsr.-t is report.
ed by the officers of the steamship America that the
Cunard steamship Arabia which left this port on the
18th Of june at halfpast II o'clock had arrived at
Liverpool at 10 A. M. on the 25th. If there be mo-
mistake in the given hour, the Arabia has made the
trip in days 21a hours clock time, or days 16k
hours real time, which is three quarters Of hour
quicker than that Of the celebrated trip Of the Arctic
IN 1907, WHICH, WILL Lnc pTescut, was Vic SuolG
est eastern passage 1t is but fair to say however,
that the Arctics passage was in the dead Of winter,
while the Arabias is in midsummer.
The following are the quickest passages both
ways
Clock Time. Real Time.
D. Hrs. q. Hrs.
Baltic-wsstern passage, lin August. 9 IA 10
Arctic-Eas,ern passage, Tin Feo'y).. I'm 17x
Arabia lin June). 21K IGN
This shows the Arabia's trip to be the shortest
ever made the Atlantic by three quarters Of
an hour