New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-03

AiTty s1eh were st worn, digging Up ne psna Win
.aIss hoes, in order 70 plant vineyard. The pro
pr.e.cr, handsomely dressed pslikar, with pistols
IN hi, belt was directing the labor. We now CO.
tered tangled maze Of rough aIavsl hills, thread
ed BY frequent streams which came down from
T.ysetus. Here We me: a procession of ragged
hu. very good-humored young fellows, the last oi
whom carried cross decorated with gilt paper and
laurel leaves. A Spartan, who was riding with U.s.
said they had been celebrating tie festival OF ST.
Lazarus There was the greatest Diversity Of char
scter in the faces We saT. 4 very few were OF The
antique type, some Turkish many Albsnese or Sls-
7onic, aud some actually Irish in every respect Our
sailors are accustomed to cal the Irish GreeLs, and
the term is more than mere chance. There are
very striking points Of resemblance in character
the ,sme vanity, t,lent for reprtee, tenscty Of re-
Hgious faith, and happy lack Of forethOusht If the
Greeks, on one hand are more temperate, the hish,
On the other, are more hospitsble; II the former
b.under less, the latter ches: less
We stopped for the night at the little Khan Of
Levetzays. When Francois last visited this place,
fourteen years ago. he found the khaDji lying dead
upon The floor, having just been murdered. 1t wa'
case of blood revenge, aud the assassin came all
the wsy from Smyrna to effect his purpose. asked
the preicnt khapj whether the country was quiet
Here it is very quiet" said he, "but as for for
eign parts, don't know how it is" saw some
COWS pasturDg here-quite rare sight In Greece,
where genuine butter is unknown. That which is
made from the milk of sheep and goats r. no better
A.. ,u(o al
ever that they mske cheese from cows milk, but
not during Lent. They are now occupied with
rearing Paschal lambs, quarter Of million OF
which will be slaughtered in Greece on Easter
Day.
The next morning We rode over hills covered
with real turf little thin, perhaps, but still rare
sight in southern lands. The red anemone mNtled
the slopes as with sheet of FIRE; the furze bushes
shone with a shower of golden blossoms, which
wholly concealed their Prickly stems, and on the
moist banks the daisy, violet, buttercup, crocus
and starwert formed mosaics Of Spring bloom.
The hills we're dotted with greves Of the oak which
produces valonia or nut-gals. But for the mastc
and Oleander and the carob trees, with their dark,
glossy foliage, could have believed myself among
the German hills at the end of May. In two hours
We entered the territory Of Mama, on the crest of
hl where we saw Marathonisi (the ancient Gy-
thiam), lying warm upon the LacOnan Gulf. The
town is steep, dirty, lsbyrinthins place, and 80
rarely visited by strangers that our appearance
created quite sensation. Francois, as usual, was
furious at being catechised, and snubbed the high
est officials in the most despOtic manner. When
demonstrated, he replied, What csn one dol II
ak, Where is the khan 2 instead OF answering,
they cry out Where do you come from where
are you going to who are the strangersi what
are their nainesl how old are they what do they
travel for = Di0ble, II it was Turkish country,
I should not be bothered in this way. We should
be entertained, we should eat drink and smoke,
before we heard 8 question; but good manners
among the Turks and Christians are two different
things!"
We took refuge in cafe, and ate our ham and eggs
in public, TO the horror Of the orthodox spectators
] made acquaintance with the teacher of the Gov
ernment school, who gave the people an excellent
character, but lamented their slowness in learning
Francois also found an old acquaintance, fOrmerfe
low..oldier in Faboier's expedition sgainst Sco,
who took us to his house and regaled US with coffee
and preserved ounces. His daughter, slender,
handsome girl Of sixteen, waited upon us. The
father complained that he had not yet saved enough
for her dOwry as he could not expect TO get her
married for less thsn two thousand drachmas
(S333). For this reason sons are more profitable
than daughters TO Greek parents, and Of course
much more welcome.
As the road beyond MarathOnisi is imprscticable
for laden horses, We engaged two mules, and set
out for Tzimogs, on the western side Of the Mai
note peninsula. This is the only road across Tsy-
getus which is psssable in Winter, SIS there is a
very sudden and singular break in the high sunny
range between the two ports. After leaving Mara
thonis and the barren little isle $50 by 200 yards in
extent) where Paris and Helen passed the first
night after their elopement, the scenery suddenly
changed. A broad, rich valley opened before Us,
crossed by belts of poplar and willow trees and
inclosed by sewicircle of hills mOst of which
were crowned with the lofty towers OF the Mai.
notes. In Mama almost every house is fortress.
Tie law Of blood revenge, the night Of which is
transmitted from father 10 SOD, draws the whole
population under its bloody sway in the course Of
few generations. Life lie running fight, and every
foe slain entails on the slayer new penalty of re-
t!ibu.ion for himself and bic de,cendants forever
Previous TO the Revolution most Of the Maiuote
fsnihes lived in state Of alternate attack and
siege. Their houses are square towers, forty or
fifty feet high, with massive walls and windows so
narrow that they may DC used as ioopholes for mus
kerry The FIST story is at considerable distance
from the ground, and reached by a lohg ladder
which can be drsvr up SO as TO cut OF all cOmuu-
pica!ion Some Of the towers are further strength
..oI ~ @ .au,i-rerlsr has.ion proiactipg from tha