The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-07-22
Carthage In her Zenith.

Rich in the spoils Of Gwenty different
nations, Carthage was the splendid CAPT.
tai Of q great empire. Her ports, created
by the band Of .map, could receive vast
n0hber Of ships, both Of trade and war.
Byrss, her citadel, was two miles in cir
cumference. On the landward side, the
city was defended by triple wall, TWEEN.
ty-five stadia long and thirty cubits high,
strengthened by towers Of four stories,
and having accommodations for 1000
horses, 5000 elephants and 10000 in
fantry. She contained an immense pop
ulation; for even in her latter days, after
the waste ola century, she had still 7OO,-
600 Inhabitants. Her monuments are
worthy Of her grandeur. Among Others
there was the temple of Aschnon, cores.
ponding to the Greek EsculapiuS that of
the Sun, adorned with plates of gold, com
puted at 1000 talents and the mantle
wrought for the statue of their great god.
dess, which had cost I20 talents.
The empire Of Carthage extended from
the frontiers Of Cyrene '(Pays de Bearca,
region de Tripolo, to those of Spain. She
was the capital Of Northern Africa, and in
Lybra alone she possessed three hundred
towns Nearly all the islands Of the Mid.
land sea to the west and south Of Italy
had received her magazine Of commerce.
She had imposed her system upon all the
old Ph9nician settlements in those parts,
and levied upon them an annual tribute
Of men and money. In the interior OF AZ.
RIGA, she sent out caravans of merchants
10 boy elephants, Ivory, gold and negro
slaves, which she exported to all the com.
mercial ports Of the Mediterranean. In
Sicily she collected oil and vine; in Eliza
she sought iron in Malta she found price
less tissues; In Corsica she procured wax
and honey; in Sardinia she bought corn,
metals and slaves in the Ralearic Islands
she obtained mules and fruits 10 Spain,
gold, silver and lead in Mauritania, hides
and, skins. She sent her ships to the ex-
,tremities of Britain in search Of tin
Within her own walls industry flourish.
ed. and her wofkmen produced the most
celebrated fabrics.
No market in the ancient world could
be compared with that Of Carthage, to
which men Of al nations came in crowds
Greeks, Gauls, Liguriaus, Spaniards. Lyb-
ians, served under her banners The Nu-
indians formed . redoublable cavalry
The feet was powerful, amounting. at this
time, to 800 vessels She possessed a
considerable arsenal, the importance of
which one can understand from the fact
that Carthage surrendered to the victo-
rious Scipio 200, 900 stands of arms and
5000 warlike machines. Even after the
battle of Zama, Polybi could still de-
scribe Carthage as the'richest city in the
wOrld--[NaPOleon's Cesar. 1.--~-
GAVE her rose and gave her ring,
and asked her to marry me then; but she
sent them an back, insensible thing, md
said she'd no notion Of men. Told hef1
had oceans Of money and goods, and she
answered she wasn't brought up in the
woods to be scared by the screech of an
owl. / called hera beggar and every.
thing bad I sighted her features and
form; till at length Esucceeded in getting
her mad. and she ragged like the wind 10
storm. And than in a moment turned
and smiled, and called her my angel and
all {; she faF into my arms like weaFi.
some child, and exclaimed, "We1l marry
this fall !" .-.. ..