Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-14
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TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST

TIE GOLDEN TREASURES or kURIliM Mr..
Wm. G. Prime says:
Long before the traditional period OF the
Trojan war, Cyprus had cities and commerce.
The Pi aiciau colony became Egyptian for a
while alter The fifteenth century Il. T.. kuriunl
had probably been founded before the Egyptiau
conquest in l442 b. g.; hence the accumulation
OF the art OF many centuries III the treasures OF
her temples.
| Gen. Cesnola, found at kurium on, 90;
heaps of ruin. Tho city was built on il btutt
! three hundred feet IN perpendicular height "a
three sides. The rcck Of the bluff was soft cal.
careous stone, and around the city, iu the sides
of the bluff, he found terrac, 4 hundred ieet
wide, cut and followed deep in the rock. in the
| sides of which were tombs. Among tue ruins
on the hill be identified the site OF Temple
| and here saw that explorers before him hal
| made excavations and abandoned them. Tie
was induced to 60 deeper than they had, under
| the mosaic floor OF the temple. at the depth
which lie penetrated till stopped by low stone
door. Bursting this, he found himself at the
entrance of a series oil vaucd rooms in the rock.
The rooms were full of iue earth which had
sifted through the rock walls.
The explorer did not know where he vas, 6llt
be was standing at the doorway which leads the
student Of art into tho hitherto unknown fields
of investigation among the early Greeks and
their PE@nicIan and Egyptian predecessors.
The General soon perceived that the room
which he was 10 enter was not tomb. Com
mencing 10 remove the earth in the slow aud
careful manner which the experienced cXcaTa
tor always practices, he began to find beautiful
objects 10 gold lying 10 heaps on the flor OF the
vault. Then came the evidence that hU had
opened the treasure chambers OF the temple.
Twenty five hundred years ago the priests in
the temple were suddenly alarmed by the rush
Of besicgiDg army over or through the lofty
walls of Kuriurl. In the wild haste Of the ur.
expected attack they swept from a!tar5 and
shrincs, where they were exposed, the votlvc
offerings Of generations OF worshipers, fastened
down the dark passage, ard threw them, heaps
on heaps, into the treasury vault, closed the
stone door, and doubtless also closed the
secret entrance to the paasagcWay. The cu
emy came iu, and hcwed down the priests
before the altars, or carried them away captive
to Asia. None was left who knew tho secre:
of the vault. The temple was desccrated, rob
bed, destroyed, its walls aud columns hurled
down in hideous ruin, and for twenty-five cen
turies the gold Of the old Pho lician and ligyp
tian and Greek worshipcrs lay dark and Ut.
known in tho vaulted chamber. From the gold
chamber low doorway, = feet I inches high.
opened into the next vault. which WAS the slI
ver room. Black, corrodcd, unsighlly as it j..
this treasure was not less Important than the
gold for ancient silver objects arc very rare,
especially cups and vases. There were p!lcA o!
these corroded into masses. But considerable
number were perfect, and arc OF the creates;
Il lI.,,,s tI,IJ
opened another low door into third vault, III
which wcro found objects in a!abastcr, tcrta
Gotta, &C., and beyond this vault and at rish'
angles with it., was fourth room, which con.
tained objects in bronze, many Of which We're
in very fair preservation. From this room
narrow passageway descended in the rock.
which the General explored for $50 eet and
then abandoned because OF The foul alr and tn"
difficulty Of proceeding
ARRESTED AND COMMITTED TO JAIL.-k.
II. Robinson. sheriff, assisted by Nlcssrs. Rob',
II. Smith and Il. Seymour Walker, last Tues.
day arrested VIM. Nj. Elmorc, keeper Of the
lighthouse at Bowler ), under warrant issued
by Justice Il. y. Boughan. The sheriff and
his psrty took boat and went down to the
lighthouse, but found that Fillmore was absent.
Being detained there short time by shower
of rain they saw him approaching tho light.
house 10 his boat, accompanied by his wito'a
sister and negro. Elmoro recognized tho
sheriff and his party and divinlug the object OF
their visit. changed his course and sailed Tor
| the Richmond county shore, which ho reached
and on which hc landed before hi. pursuers
came up. As they approached the shore I'll
more, who was armed with rifle, and had
taken position on the bank above, warned
them off and threatened 10 fire on them. The
boat 10 which wcro the sheriff and his party
grounded some distance from the shore, and
they were consequently unable to affect au I'M
mediate landing. Some persons 10 batteau
comprehending tho situation started to the
sheriffs assistance, when EImorc again took
to his boat which was ovcrhaulcd by tho
sheriff and his party, fillmore still threatening
to shoot.
Sheriff Robinson sprang into ElmOrc's boat
az soon as the boats were alongside each olhcr,
when Elmore, seeing further resistance to bo
useless, laid down his rifle and surrendered
himself. The sheriff at his request took him
| to Milton wharf, where he hoped to procure
bail, but failed, aud nc was brought to town
and committed to Jail. Tile Water Andrc.
turthor notice tho following will bo tho hour"
| for tho opening and closing Of tho mails
CLOSING.
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