New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08

| tie other, the earthquake was sensiely felt blt
wi,hou: producing the shehtest effect
The shocks which stIl continue are confaed 70
| the neigaborhood Of Cerir:h. They do not pass
the Geranean Mountains on the north o. tina: range
On the sos,h which dis.des tee valley OF Nenea
from the plain OF Argos. This limitation eli The
operations Of the earthquake IL i:s noe: singular
feature, ensbIDe us 70 determine very nearly re
een.rA peo: Of tie subterrsueau forces, witch
comedies with The center of toe Istomus a. ,ts
usrrowes. part. Tie G0ve-nnen. Las decided
TO remove the Town Of Coratt 70 a rew ste 90 The
plain Two o: three nice resre, the Coli. No coz
peLeeDent Lac yet been made, however, i1a |
doubt whether tie peop.e Will seco,d til, meas
urr. Tie IstLmus is Undoubtedly :he bsst site for
6 commercial city 10 81 Greece, add tie Klog AID
biz advisers committed great oversight. 10 estao-
l.shDg the capital at Athens, instead Of building up
new che here. Athens never can be al impOr ant
city; iis Life depends only cu tina. of the Court.
II is very email sOr, Of wsshio gtOn-a village
with pubic buildings. Here, however, is the sad
die OF Greece, wtOse WAITE haoEs are bsthed 10
!be Mediterranean, AID whose head snoring fs-
Constanincple, Ne thrust INTO Thessaly. city
mounted here, would have one foot IN either sea-
taking the commerce OF the Ad,iatc from Patras
that Of the Orien. f:om Sy:a and yet uniting the
conflicting interests and jesouses of Greece as
ro.biDg else could have doGe. An, what chince
was lost through the classic TASTE .nd practical s.u
pidity Of old Ludwig Of Bavaria
We paused awhile before the seven ancient Dorlc
columns Of the temple OF Neptune, o. the Germ
than JOve, or Minerva Cha ;dis, or whatever, else
they msy be. Rough 81 these monoliths are, evil
IDENTITY erected long before the perfect period CT
Grecisn srchitec. Ire, che nevertheless finds the
simple grace Of tbs Doric order in their worn, ~
wieldy nssses. One Of them tas been violently
split by the earthquake, AID very slight impulse
would throw il against rs nearest fellow probably
to prec.pi,ate tina, in turn.
Passing around the giant Acrop6.ls, whose sum-
nit vas epve.Oped in clOuds, We entered tae valley
Of stream which cones down from the Nemsan
Hills. II rained slowly aud steadily, and the do
serted iar dscape was doubly dismal under the low
eiiDg sky. We tced on for fCur hours, aud
flaly took refuge from the weather IN the khan
Of KOurtesss, near the site o! CleoDe. This place
zoo, lad Suffered from the earthquake. OF the
three houses, two were unnhabltable, the largess
belonging to Al officer of the geDd'a being
terribly shattered, 9th both gable-en thrown ou-
ward. The youbg keeper Of the kaan, Agsmem-
non By name, received Us kindly, and We whiled
away the evening in listening TO the songs of a
bLd, wandering Homer, VINO sang violently
through his nose, accompanying himself with a
either equally nasal and discordant. After dinner
came the same terrific, rambling sound we had
heard in the morning, with sudden, strong verti-
ca motion, which msde the house rock like reed
IN the wtd. The shock lasted from twedty to
thirty seconds ard the vibrations continued at least
= minute longer The tinbers cracked, aud the
walls gave signs Of splitting A very little sddi-
tional force would have brought the house down
upon our heads.
During the night, was awakened by the crash CT
falling wall belonging 10 the large house; the
shock was already over. But this morning az day
light, we were visited by The most powerful of all.
The violence Of the upward and downward motion
csu,ed the walls on either side of us 70 crack open
and separate, with h0rrId grinding sound while
many OF the smaller stones fell around US. We
we're in bed and felt rather concerned for safe
IT, but were TOO intent on watching the phenomenon
70 take measures OF escape. felt relieved how
ever, OF finding that the storm vas breaking away,
50 that We could soon put ourselves on a more stu
BILE sell than that Of C0rnth.
By ten o'clock we had climbed to the crest Of the
hills ar tue plain Of Argos, crossed by long stfeaks
of golden moraing light, lay below US. On the right
the mountains OF Arcadia rese in rsmpsrt Of gilt
ter.Dg snow, with the hills Of Erymanthls aid the
pyramida peak of CylleDe stA further to the vest.
Beyond re emerald pavement of the plain rose tho
Acropois Of Argos against ths purple line OF the
Argolic Gulf. TIE glorious landscape swan in a
transparent vspor, which sni further scitened It's
exquisite harmony of color. The PINK mountain
hesdlaIds painted with the tenderest sreaknss Of
silyery gray shadow, had a play Of Light Ike that
upon folded silk, and the whole scene was clear and
luminous in tone, as if painted upon glass IL 10 DIFF
fcult 70 picture in words the pure dehcacy saI
hyelness OF coloriDg whish tinted the Arg7e world
below us-and have not the magic pencil Of Tor
uer, who alone could have caugst lbs tTansitoIy
splendor.
We came hitler this afternoon, vlsltiog the
ruins of Myceae, Argos and Tnyus on the way
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