Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-02-01

next visit: he has sent the portrait Of the
Princess redupAcated, and in every window
as bride elect; he is an accredited agent,
but dipiomdtist lie can be no longer, for
his " occupation is gono"'
PRESENT CONDITION OF GREECE.
socIgTY-LITERATURE-
GREECE has lately made considerable
progress in respect to security and order.
Traffic increases, as is proved, among other
signs, by the restoration of the hotels on
many Of the principal roads, which had been
destroyed during the revolution. 1t is not,
however, to be denied that many districts
are Infested with robbers, and it is indeed q
question whether the country can be entire
| y freed from these gentry. The govern
ment ordered the most difficult mountain
passes TO be guarded by armed peasants, in
bands ot'trom half-adozen to dozen: but
though the country Is thus, so to say, up in
arms, the schemes Of the willy plunderers
are seldom frustrated; for the Greek, when
he once enters the vocation, displays gen.
ius in it worthy of Mercury. If robber is
caught, the peasants have not now the sa-
tlsfaction, as in the good old time of the
| Turks, Of seeing his head at once transfer
red from his broad shoulders to the slender
summit of pike, but must be content to al
low him trial, in the formeIities of which
he often finds a loop-hole for escape, or q:
any rate is indebted to it for much less
severe punishment than he would have en-
countered formerly. With this new ar
rangement the Greek peasant is very dis
satisfied; he cannot be made to comprehend
its justice or phlanthrophy, thinking only
OF the trouble and danger, the loss of time
and expense, that the robbcr has cost him.
Beside robbers and tax gatherers, who are
for the most part shameless peculators and
farmers of tithes, the Greek peasant has also
to contend with a tribe, whose rapacity
here is unfortunately too successful, viz.
lawyers. The country abounds with numer-
Gus individuals who rejoice in this appela-
ton, without having just claim, at any rate,
as far as jlrdcal knowledge goes, TO de-
serve it, and who are sure never to let q
client quit them without they have seen the
bottom of his purse.
But let us now turn to q more favorable
side of the picture. sThe literary activity
of Greece is in the highest degree encour-
aging. The great number Of printing off
ces which have been lately established is
astonishing, when we reflect that they work
for population of only 100000; to whom,
however, may certainly be added, the Greek
inhabitants Of Turkey. Of the journals
which are now published, the most popular
is the .4lbene, which is edited by Antoni-
AIDES at Athens: it has been for some time
established by the same gentleman at Nau-
pIia. This journal represents the Opposi-
ton, now called the Constitutional or Eng
! sh party; it does not sell however more
than 700 copies. The .4eon, edited by Phi
lamon, sells about 500 copies, and 1t is the
organ of the Russian, CapodIstran, or Con-
servativa party, and is consequently not op-
posed to the government. The Tachydrom
Courier is published both in French and
Greek; this paoer, edited by Bailey, is the
organ of the government, and especially of
the Minister OF the lnterior, Glarakis, who,
though he is accounted n very upright char
acter, has not rendered the paper favoritc
with the public. The Socrates, a journal
of the Constitutional party, is clever, and
may perhaps have 600 subscribers. The
Softer, nicknamed the Weathercock, was
given up a short time ago, but is soon to
re-aDrear. Beside these newspapers, which
are printed at Athens, political journals are
published irregularly at Syra; but these are
of no value. A journal with copper plates,
like the French Universal Picturesque
Review also exists at Athens, and will
contribute much to the diffusion of useful
information, though it is mainly translated
from the French. There is medical peri
odical, .4stiepios by name, conducted by a
society Of Physicians, and Collection of
the decision Of the Areopagus,' or Supreme
Court Of Justice, is shortly to appear
There are four booksellers a. Athens, three
of whom are from Germany; one is also
publisher. The principal works which the
lltterh has sent out are: The ancient and
modern Greek Lexicon of Gogi, in three oc-
tnvo volumes; the Geography of Balbi, in
Greek; translation of Godsmlth's History
of Greece; Extracts from all Greek CJas-
sizes, in ten volumes, sc. Most cfh his works
are printed in his own office on German pa
per, and are remarkable ror their elegance.
The royal printing establishment has its
type principally from Paris.-Beside the
Athenian booksellers, there are thre others
at Syra, and two at Nauplia, but they do
very little business.--There is great want,
so far, ofa paper-mill; almost all the paper
used here is imported from France. There
is photographic institution, which belongs
to the government, and which sends out
some very good works, among which mayb
instanced the beautiful Map of Greece, by
Altenhofen.
AS the indulgence of personal slander
should be checked and resisted by every
legal means, so constant examination into
the character and conduct of magistrates