The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-30
Greece.

lives An account OF its position and character
which viii not be pleasing to the admirers oil .na'
vscc The Inhabitants number only mit'oh'
va, he asssrts that not one-nh Of the present pop
us,iou can With justice be called Greeks; tue TO
maipaer are siavopians, Albaniaus ana Iui~''
with a slight infusion of Venetian blood was
.r,v IN Mania. on the slopes OF Parnsssus an" III
nar,a OF Doris, that be found the ancient vpe ~
ANY considerable amount. Owing 10 THIS auniA
tafe. he saws there Ia great diversity In pasture
a, the moder Greeks. and their numoer Is stiii 20
..,, .h., ore muss he cautious In stating general
.n.rs,,sri.,ics. Nevertheless he ventures on
, .t,,a,,on ,icb We know will stir mp the bile OF
anne Of the admirers OF Greece, TO say nothing OF
4 "A Greeks themselves. We have our eye on one
Greek gentleman ia this rou0try, VINO iace'iouey
.av. th., bs II "descended from Alexander the
GRAFT. whom we would like to behoidin the ACT
a, reading this letter Of Bayard Taylor, devoheg
him 70 the hottest place OF Tsitsrus and the sharp
est lashes of the Furies.
Mr.. TAYLOR says that the present race Of ofeeks
preserys some features OF the ancient race,-"toe!
ARE vain, laxative, fond Of argument, add iona III
display. Their appreciation OF art, however, mas
utterly terished. Most of them profess a ieaning
toward democratic principles, get they are pleased
rs children at the tawdry pomp which snrrounosa
throne. They are psssionately fond OF sain' yet'
with the most elastic temperament In the world,
dislike manual labor. 0ne OF their best general
traits IL their eagerness to learn, put, uoIor'".
natsiy, 1t ceases as soon as they are capaoie OF
obtainiug sn office under Government. omciai cor
ruption 10 a. prevalent in Greece-as-as-as 'n
the United States, but there is no means of pre-
venting IL there. There is not an hones' ''c'e'S
sufficiently large to brand the genteel pick-pock-
k.,1t yx,F tba
no better condition than the Christian subjects Of
the Sultan while horde of leeches military, naval
and civil, thrive and fatten upon them. More
than one prominent man here, with whom ha We
conysrsed on the Of the country, has said TO
me: We want more people. What can we do
with million Of inhabi;an'sF Yet at TINS mo
ment numbers of Greeks are eaIgrating from
Acaruspia into Turkey There might have been
long ago. a considerable Influx tf German emf
grants, yet the government refused to permit 1t
1t 10 admitted, however, that the Greeks have
three leading virtues-they are remarkably chaste;
probably the most temperate people in the world.
and they are most unselfsh and devoted In their
family relatiops,--which, alone, MIR. Taylor con-
cedes. form basis OF good almost sufficient to re-
deem them.
The expenses Of the Greek Government are enor-
NOUS The revenues amount to more than s3,oco
Ol0 Annually, one twelfth OF which ia swallowed
up by the Court. Norway, Gays MIR, Taylor, with
a small revenue aId a larger population, supports
her roads, schools colleges, steamship lines, army,
navy, aud police, and keeps out of debt tirerce
has an army Of officials, such as no country IN
gurope relatively, exhibits. There is IN Der navy
about one officer to every iwoand a-haii men, 10
the army, which numbers 0ooo there are "centy
Generals. What will our friend, the descendant
of Alexander the Great" sag to that
Mr.. Taylor demolishes all pretensions Of Greece
10 Republication or Democracy. He Gays that the
liberal features Of the Constitution are sounding
no.hings, aud that the king has virtually the ap'
monument of the whole Legislature in his own
hands. However, our traveller comedies that the
Greeks manifest remarkable avidity for learning,
though he attributes II, in great many Instances
to the desire of escaping manual labor, aud Oh
tanning the consideration which place under TO-
yernment affords. Nevertheless, be speaks We'll
of the University of Athens, and IN emphatic
praise of the excellent school of Mr.. and Mrs Hiil
American missionaries, which, from twenty TO
thirty years, has rendered service Of the highest
character to female education in Greece. Mr.. lay
lor also adints that Gre zee has made decided pro-
sress In commerce. 1.-The blue Cross" he say
NOW floats, not only in every port in the Mediter
ranean and Black Seas, but In most o the ports Of
Ruro,e. The trade carried on at Constanfinople
by Greek vessels is larger than that Of all other
nations combined. Greek houses are now COM
mcA, not only in Trieste, Vienna, Marseiles, Lou
don, Paris and Manchester, but are also springiDg
u5 in the United States. In spite OF what IL said
concerning the commercial dishonesty of the
Greek merchants in the Orient, those who settle
in the Occident, bear generally as good chsrac-
ter a. their Frabk brethren. The race has natu-
ra aptitude fort trade, and upon this feature one
might also build hope for the future OF Greece.
But what that future will be, we cannot even con-
lecture"