The New York herald., 1876-11-22


Subscriptions may be sent TO the Museum, Ma. l2s
West Fourteenth street. checks drawn the order or
the metropolitan Museum of Art That iuler uncer
standing may be had vi tho labors and results of
General di Cesnoa's enterprise account is sub
joined OF what he did and accomplished. He showed
throughout the instinct OF the scholar, and his inter-
pfcntons OF his discoveries are made IN the isht Of
classic history. The Island where the General made
his discoveries called Turium and with the exccps
ton OF Nco Paphos there Is place In cyprus which
shows larger quantity OF debris. IL was repeatedly
visited and explored IN times but no serious at
tempt until the present ever made 10 unearth
the treasures OF the toInple.
K1rium IS on tho ~e., coast OF the island and west
oi the ruins OF Amathus or PalGo Lirnsso, hs It Is
called il royal city, and like nm cuge's nest, as
General d Cesnoa says rock 300 feet hsa and IN.
accessible on three SIDES Tins rock, which Is about
live hours ride from the coast, Is cut with two quito
perpendicular faces south and east The marks OF the
chscl being still visible IN tho calcareous sandstone
Al iorty feet from the ground terrace Is cut
the slope 100 feet wide ana scoopcd
out TO the depth OF Twenty-Five feet, thus forming
dtci. But this forti1cation alone; IL was
Tor cemetery; Tor here found thousands OF rock
cut tombs. archcd and rather rude, Others rec
taugular ana well made soften containing sarcophagi
carved out OF the living rock. In these tombs were
lound skeletons, and IN some OF them carthenware
lamps iour PhGnician aunphora, a copper mirror,
with some gold rings and earrings and bracelets OF
silver. Here, however General d Ccsnola found
places where shafts OF columns, In marble
or granite, were lying hall buried as they Tell and the
well worn steps 10 the cstcrn where the Rebeccas OF
kurium came with their water jars on their
heads. Everywhere he found scattered broken pot.
ciy masses OF stone pavement with the ruts worn by
the carriage wheels, and hundreds OF small mounds
maj king the place OF dwelling houses. One spot at.
tracled him especially having eight shafts
umns irbcddcd IN the ground. TN cxhuming these,
which easured eighteen feet long ana twenty Two and
hal. inches diameter, mosaic pavement appeared,
which was a once recognized us Ol the Assyrian pat
torn, and large piece OF which ~ among the objects
III the collection. This pavement was found broken
up and had evidently been removed by some
oihcr treasure seekers, who gave up the task
after digging some feet below t.
The General not 10 be easily satisfied. and he
detected a certain hollow sornd by stamping on the
Garth below he ordered the digging to be carried 10
twenty .icct lower, and then, 10 his delight he came
upon an arched way in the rock, four feet widc and
ony five feet high communicat ng evidently with the
building above This followed ana found TO
lead TO door. closing ove shaped coll by slab OF
stone, but filled with loose earth, which was removed
to within short distance OF the sides, when
the General entered H. and while probing about
substance In thc torner. which proved to be
gold bracelet, with o:hcr gold objects, IN n
small heap. There were no bones, and consequently
IL not tomb. II with the other chambers,
which therefore considered 10 b. the for
quite months 10 remove In a rough way the earth
nng the other three rooms, each o. which communi-
Gated with the other by small doorway, while all
measured nearly tho samc-nHmey. fourteen feet SIX
inches hgh eleven feet wide and feet Tong
There inscriptions on the walls has relles,
but tho pavement well inlad with blue
pebbles upon sand and plaster 1t in
vault that tho gold objects were
found, and among them tho two MASSIVE gold
armlcts which the confidential digger, Theocharis,
suddenly came upon and handed TO his master with
shout of surprise which the General echoed his eyes
CaumCan letters cut upon gOlu. winch
made them more precious than any weight Of me al
II Is singular hat the different kinds of objccts-tbosc
OF gold OF silver OF aabaser terra Gotta and bronze
found sorted away INTO separate rooms but
placed in regular ordcr, and, therefore. II conjcc
turcd they we're hurcdy thrown together TO the
treasure OF the temple from pilapc at the hands OF the
Persans, and thus have lain undiscovered or nearly
g. 0UU years. The absence OF much in the way oil
tecura remains Is explained by the constant practice
of using every stoue that could DO moved the
strucion OF modern buildings, such as the large
vent nj Acroteri, near Cape Cato. Tho General
thar q N rel al n r M ad.
inval which is not decorated with capitals extracted
IRON the ruins.