Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-09-06
Correspondence grhe ~ Y Daley Dadrcr-
,;,sr SMYRNA, April, 1882

ferred TO. in which that disease did not re-
spect the vaccination Of English physicians
m The Island Of Cerigo last year, and othe RS
which the writer Ia respectable Greek ply
,lcan) adduces as having occurred IN Smyr-
IA during the last three months. m yseif am
personally acquainted with four cases OF
rhiIdren.l m one family, who had been careful
~ vacinated, but who are just passing through
1ot the vartoLoid. hut the declhed small pox.
Is the modern Greek pronunciation adopted
IN your schools and colleges ! hear many
persons diplomatic, mercantile, and mlssi-
onary gentlemen--expressl their regret at
having become confirmed IN mode OF rea
ling Greek, which. to us seems barbarous.
DO not your scholars know that lew simple
rules and inucu tess ufne than IS usually
spent. would set them right on thus SUBJECT?
Tito this they would add little attention to
he modern Grsek diGtee, on coming abroad
they would as readily hold intercourse with
he better class Of Ionian Greeks as an an
lent Spartan would have done with an Athe
nian Have you no modern Greek professors
in yeur Institution? Sure am ii Greek should
ever become, eveR to limited extent, the
language Of conversation in your schools the
ancient historians, and orators; and poets
would be pcrsued wthnew Zest
At length, it seems, we have king Tor
Greece This trust, will put an end to the
ANARCHY which now distracts her. Better for
the prejudices of the people would have been
Protestant ruler; and thrice better were he
left without bis three advisers. Hydra has
refused to submit to the temporary ad minis
iration of the irnbecile aud tyrannicai bro
thor of the late President, and the other pa
triots under the command Of Navrocordato
, At NpSttya M the snuin
ern shore OF the Corin,hian Gulf When a
foreign prince makes bis appearance, they
will most promptly submit to him.
Ia the contest between the Sultan and his
great vassal, the Pacha Of Egypt. the whole
Ottoman empire is now most actively cDsa
ged The general impression, as you will see,
is that, as usual, the Grand Sesnor will uiti
mately triumph Others think three is an
equal chance that it may lead to disme IN
herment Of the empire Mohamed ail's fleet
is manned to a considerable extent by the
hravest Of the Greek scamen. whOme high
rewards have lu red into his service. For
some weeks past our r0Imteers Tor the Con.
stantineple feet have been seized IN the
stree or led in from the villages pinloned
to geather III companies OF two and three.
An immense land force is also pushed for
ward towards Syria, hut without the co ope-
ration OF the fleet will meet with many ob
stacies
How lamentabie is il that while the march
Of improvement is becoming every day more
apparent in Turkey, the demon oil war should
have raised his angry head Let those whose
thoughts love to revert 10 the haIlow
ed scenes of Jerusalem, Nazareth, Patmos,
Ephesus, and Smyrna, improve present op-
portunities for recovering the alters and tenn
pies OF Christianity, not by worldly weapons
but by bestowing the holy Scriptures, and
aflording the means Of instruction to the I'm
ploring muhtGdes.
.Nornonisnl in .Neg England 1t is stated
in the Boston Christian Register, that two
Mennonite preachers have recently visited
that city. and made about Is converts 10
their strange doctrines, who have been bap
Used and Joined the Mormon church. Some
Of them are said to be respectable persons.
All contemplate going to the west, and some
have already started for the promised land,
tae place OF refuge for the house oil Israel and
for all the Gentle world who will flee thither
for safety" in Jackson couRty, Missouri. The
females who have gone, had acquired by
| industry, one 1900, and the other 800 dollars
which they have given up 10 60 into the cen
| eral fund, and which they can never draw
out agaia Thus Gays the Register) are
people swiHdled out OF their property, and
drawn from their comfortable homes, by ig
norant fanatics" One Of the preachers has
been at Lynn, where four or ave persons
have embraced Mormonism and been i'm
mersed The preachers intended visiting
cities and principal towns of New Eng land.
Iondon Begp0ys In the report of the
House of Commons on Mendacity. Mr.. John
Daughty, much IN the habit OF visiting the
hab.tations Of the needy, was asked: "in
your opinion, do many worthy, honest, IN
dustrious persons have recourse to begging
in the streets, or de, this class of society
consist chiefly of the idle and prohIgatep'
Answer: "Ihe instances 10 which worthy,
honest, industrious persons have recourse TO
begging, are extremely rare" They will in
general rather starve than beg. a person of
veracity who some time ago visited 1900
poor families In the neighboFhood of Sp al
field, atiirmS, that out of 800 cases of abJect
poverty and destitution, and at least 100 Of
literal want and starva ton not dozen had
been found to have recourse to begging
Many Of the most wretched of those persons
had been not long before able TO support
themselves in some degree of comfort, but
ofwant Unemployment had-compietely ruin
ed them. They were at that moment pressed
landlord, baker, and tax gaiherer: had pawn
Cd aad sold every thing that could be turned
into money; were absolutely witbonta NOR
sci Of bread for themselves or family, but still
had no recOurce to begging AS general
fact, decent poor will struggle TO the utmost
and even perish rather than turn be.gars