New-York tribune., 1878-11-08

session Of the Island coud be Of no seivee either to the
kn & Of Eg$P5 or From %I b fcfae 1
the population Of Cyprns appears TO have rennineo
ALWAYS the same, whatever foreign m6narch II might
for the time be compelled 10 Pay trbnie aud
with thus unchanged population were h4haea GOWN m
art and handrat necessary 10 make the most OF the
natural resources OF the island In the earliest tunes the
TCn h3d come from the coast OF Syria To classical
writers. as have seen, that coast was Known az
and industry In working and unh7ng the products O
the soil were conspicuous amon5 anGeh Hnn3nS ccdors
pines frs and cypress: furnishing anahuat GO, M
naccs Of the sidOnan Glas'blowers and tho ealdrons
OF the Tyrian d>eTs Esrcdoius. sp9'AG o. GrcH lne
and the Barharians, tsils h that In the m nc tS
Dieans were the cause; Tor, having settled on lhe
dortoUk distant voyages; ana CARVING Lsyp,nm ~, , S
Assyran goods, they visited among othei places he
of Argos.
PHGNICIAN SETTLERS ~ CYPRUS.
In the history OF modern nations the establishment OF
colonies is usually late event indicating settled gov
enment redundant population, and Ihe possession OF
the means of transport 20 distant ana un'
appropriated shores. Ii Is not. however neccs
sary 10 assume any or oil or the'c cohm'
lions 30 have existed in PhGnicia, since the re
sources Of Cypru. Of the Lind and character
as those Waich the h9niciahS nd been raneo 10 WORK
with in their own country And In fact the GIsianSe
from Paoricia 10 Cyprus short that OV from tho
one place to the other hardly he called colonization
The means OF intercourse we're almost daily and at one
,toint the island is In sight OF the main land. By
the Phpncisns this island called "Chittinl" name
which survived in that OF the town OF Cunn NOV Lar
Name nsS5 E,gyoS was derived, it is thought from
grows in abundance and s as mnch priced by the
Sresent inhabitants as It Was by the aEceIts.
In after times the name OF FgpTos employed TO
designate the metal which the island produced 80
largely namely. copper which IN fact il HE same word
as E1ras tbjs heiug an instance OF transferring the
name place 10 an object lust as we eau falcnce the
vessels If cafthenwarc made in the Italian town OF
Faenza or as we speak OF China meaning chlnaWaTc.
Now IL Will be asked Wnat was the use o! aii ms
quantity OF metal forests OF splendid timber ana u'-
Hunted haIvests n small body OF men like tho PhDhi-
ciansf To this question there Is long
sneist Civilizations OF Issyrla and Egypt on the
one hand. and OF Greece and Italy ON the othsri
PGoenicans worked the mines and feed the trees OF
Cyprus and from the process ot heHe 70 nnd
ern civilization for instances the formation OF VIII
fen alphs shct and u system OF weights and measures
The Phsnicians Of Cyprus were not only inncf+, nnt
by experience in time learned INC Nuions uiVSe
most seryiceable different s for armors or
for service and this they must have achieved
a. r. S e snyin Ike cTtaty What we know is that in
the bronze age is called thingswere produced which
Hpd and that much II not the greatest part, of the
inprtus to this state OF thugs arose III cyprus
eghioen cenuies before the Christian find
Of bronze FOR oo Weapons aud other purposes - have
implements OF time of Thothnes Ill and even
lier Casting wa EnST" rb ~ eG .San 600 yesTs be
fore Cnrst III Greece not introduced according
10 tradition til POO years later; that 49, abOut COZ
years before our era.
NATURE oF PHGNIcIAN SETTLEMENTS.
To dispose OF the products either OF their skill or OF ma
ture aud obtain in return the special products OF Other
lands especially the with its purple dye, chips
were necessary capable Of making considerable voy
ages; and with the which attended them In
This branch Of industry, namely, shpbuding
If speedily followed that Ph9niciau merchantmen found
their way along he entire coast OF the Medliersesn
II not even bcyOnd the straits OF Gibraltar forward 10
CnrnIn md tho Solg Islamd., whence tln was 10 be