New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12

tbe mountain. looking down into the deep-blge val
Icy Il the Alpaeus, 81 item DESCENDED TO Andr't
zeDs, witch lie. n Wild rs7i9e, soplng 70 rard
the river. Tnis ss poor plsce' with lees tn.n
;ho1fand nh .btsrts. We passed the night I'll stnal
village, tao koaIs beyond, and the neIt day pushed
on down the yaiiey 70 OymPa. Astoe streams
were swollen With melted snoTs, We had Some dii-
fculty il fudIg place "here the Alpaens was
fordable II shout thirty yards vide, Win avery
swift current, and the asoya's were II mortal fear
during t5e transit although the water did no. reach
above cur sadie grths. Having safely resched
the northern paIk ,ge noW hsd the LsdJn sad the
Erymanttus TO cross, both Of witch we're nucb
swollen PeIic'es aod Arsiiles crossed them
selves. after these streams Rad been crossed, and
really. bad the water been si1 inches 1esper, We
should have been swept away. There is no bridge
over the Alpheus, and communication is frequently
cut Of during tie Wi0ter.
We now t-o,ted down tie valley, over beautiful
meadows, which we're anca!tivatd except in a few
places where Ibe peasants were QNwiog for maize,
ard had plo1ed away every trace of the road. T1e
bills oD both sides began 20 bs fri.ged with piae
while the higher ridges on our rgot were clothed
with woods If OAK. vas s1rprised st toe lGxariant
vegetation ot this region. Che surel and mastic
becsme tIees, the pine shot u a heat Of one han
dred feet, and the beech aud sycamore began 10 so
pear. Soue of the pines hai been cut for en- tim
ber but in the rudes. and most was,efll way, only
The bmbs which rad the proper curve being chosen
for Iibs. l did not zee s!oale ssw mill in the
PeopOuDesus, but sm told tina, there are 'eW 70
Eutpa srd AcafnsDiA. As We approached Osm.
pia, could almost have believed myself among the
pine. bills Of Germany or America In the old tines
ibis must have been lovely, secluded region, well
BETTING the hOnorsd repOse Of Xenophon, who
wrote hl. works here. The sky became heavier az
the day wore on, and the ram, which b.d spared us
so long, finally inclosed in i,s misty circle. To-
ward evening We reached lonely little house, on
the banks of the Al2heus. Nobody vas at home,
but we succeeded in forcing door and getting shell
ter for our baggage. T. had supper nearly ready
before the proprietor arrived. He hsd neither wife
nor child, though a few chicks, and took our bur-
slsIious occupation very good-humorediy. We
shared the lesky roof Uito our horses and the
aOundsnt fleas with the owners dogs.
In the morning the clouds broke away aud broad
sunsbiue streamed down On the Ol5mpian vale.
ride Of twenty minutes brought US to the remains Of
the temple Of Jupiter--subst strurfon, only, which
have been discovered by excavation, ss they are en-
tirely beneath the level of the SOIL Tas vast frag-
ments enable one t0 guess at the size and majesty
of the perfect edifce. The drums OF the Doris
columns only two three Of which remain in situ
sre nearly eight feet in diameter. The stone en-
poyed is the same hatd, coarse, gray limestone as
that Of the temple OF Apollo Epleurius- The soI
of OHmpis--a deep alluvisl depoSlt-undouetsdly
contains rich fund Of remains Of ancle1t art; but
when shall they be brought to light Prince Pick
lerMufk.u proposed to the Greek Government to
make excavations az bis own expenee, and to place
whatever he found in museum which he would
build Oh the spot, but bis generous offer was re-
fused, out Of a mean jealousy of permitting for
egner to DO that which the Greeks themselves Will
not do for hundred years to come. The latter
boat OF their descent from the old heroes, but (od
Pittakys excepted) they are grester Vandals than
the Turks toward the ancient monuments of their
country. Foreign influence bss preserved the
AcropOls from being still further deJpoled foregn
scholars have discovered the lost landmarks OF
Greece; and foreign money is now paying for the
few excavations and restoratioDs which are beng
Carried On. Atbenian boys hurl stones from their
sings at the cboragic monument of Lys'crates and
mutilate lis exqui,ite ftieze, and the sportsmen
who pass Colonos pepper with shot AID bali the
marble tombstone over Ottfried MuIler's grave. a
few weeks ago Sir Thomas Wyss prevented the
builders of the new Cathedral from plundering the
Theater of Baccnus and il s fesr of the opinion OF
the world, rather than reverence for the Past,
which saves many venerable relic from the like
fate.
The hills surrounding Olympia are low, and pic
turesquey wooded with pine. rbe scenery has 8
pleasing air OF seclqson and peace. Broken stones
and bricks marx the position Of the city, which
stood on shelf Of the valley next the hills out Of
the re.ch of uundstons from the riser. The tenn
pie stood very nearly IN the center opposite an
srm OF the ya which enters the bills to The north,
at right angles TO the course of the Alpheus Here
g.s the stadium, no trace of which now remains.
Az one end is small Roman rum of brickwOrk, re-
,embipg bath. We here found wild olive-tree,
from which we robbed enough of leaves 10 make a
yctors crown. TIE vale is nearly deserted, aud
most Of it's mellow loan is lying falow. Aud this
is olympia, whence, for neary 1900 years. the
chronology Of the ancient world was computed
which has Witnessed the presercs Of greater num-
Der Of great men than EOy oIher spot III the world
A journey OF tso days acToss the w.'d mountain
country of Ely nautilus took us TO kalavryta, in
A,haia. We Left the valley OF the Apbeus AZ
Olympia snd struck into hiuy district, covered
& i, h.,in, A nm lhar of