New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-03

have higher reverence Tor the virtue OF hospitality
than We seem 10 set upon il 1t present When
Turk resales Christian with ham (as it happened
at Athens this Winter) when lenten pres. roasss
his turky for you, when an advocate Of the Maine
Law gives his German friend glass Of wine, when
some of my own anti tobacco friends at home allow
me to smoke cigar in the back kitchen with the
window. spen there is q sacrifice Of self on the a.
tar Of common humanity. True hospitality involves
consideration for each others habits-not our e.
eesses mind you but our usual habits Of Efe-even
wheE they differ on such serious grounds as have
mentioned. But have dned with YegetArians WIN
said, Meat is unwholesome, 20 my conscience will
not let me give it to you" or with the VentlatOrs
who proclaimed that " fires in bedrooms are dele
terious"-and was starved and frozen.
The metropolitan, finding that spoke very lit
tie Creek nssted on dispensing with the aid of An
interpreter. The purity Of his accent, after the
har,h Cretan dialect in fact, made it compare
lively easy for me to understand him, bu. it kept
my brain constantly on the stretch to follow the
course of his conversation, and to find suitable
plies. He is . native Of Epirus, of which province
he was Bishop for ten years, before coming to
Crete He lie, therefore, Of Sl.vonic, not Hellenic
blood II is we'll known that Bishoprics and Arch
bishoprics in the Greek Church marketable COM
modties in the hands of the Patriarch, and Fran
co.'s says, with how much truth ! know not that
our hosts place cost him 300 600 pasters (SI2 oOo)
1t seems certain however, that he will not be al
lowed to keep it long-he is far too enlightened and
progressive for the Ows and bats who haunt the
darkness of Eastern Christianity His frt act was
to establish school at HeracleiOn, and already SIX
teen hundred children Of both sexes are receiving
instruction in IT, All bis influence has been exerted
in persuadpg the m0nasteries of Crete which are
the very hives Of Incidence and rapacity, to estab-
lsh schools for the peasantry with portion Of their
ample revenues; but only three or four have as yet
consented to do 90. In his endeavors also, to as
sst Vely Pasha in carrying into force the HAITI
humayoun, he has incurred the hostility Of the ultra
Greek party who call him, in dersiOn, the " Turk
opohte." 1t is very cheering to light upon an
evidence of true progress 10 the midst Of the dis
heartenng experiences which constantly meet the
traveller in Greece and the Orient.
The day after our arrival, the metropolitan &C.
companied us on walk through the city. The
place was totally destroyed by an earthquake year
and half ago, between five and six hundred peo-
ple pershing in the ruins. Advantage Of this has
been taken in rebuilding, to widen the streets and
improve the general plan of the town, though not
to such an extent as the Government designed, on
account Of the violent opposition of the people.
One sees everywhere heaps Of ruins. AZ We walked
through the streets, followed by the two secretaries
the tradesmen and mechanics in the bazaars sauted
the Metropolitan by rising TO their feet and In re-
turn he gave them his benedction by lifting two
fingers. We first called upon the Turkish Cover.
nor, young man, whom should have set down
anywhere az an American, from his face. He Of
feled us house, horses and everything else in bis
power but We only accepted an officer as guide TO
the Notifications and the old Venetian arsenal Ihe
former are of immense strength and solidfy, and
the bronze guns of st. Mark still grin through the
embrasures of the wall. The port is quite small
and partly choked up with sand. 1t is protected BY
q mole, which is tumbling down, with deserted
fort at the extremity. Considerable commerce is
carried on with other ports of the Levant and even
with England, the principal exports being soap, oil,
wine, silk and wool.
The arsenal is one of the most curious relics OF
the Middle Ages which have ever seen. It's
massive stone building in the Pallsdian style. one
aide was thrown down by the earthquake, and the
other walls cracked in many places from top 70 bot
tom, but fortunately not beyond the possibility OF
repair. 1t s completely stored with arms OF all
kinds, heaped together in great piles and covered
with rust. Scores Of cannon, with their carriages,
lean against the walls; great haystach OF swords
A.; uIt
spikes, lances arquebusses and morning stars are
heaped in dusty confusion along the length OF the
dark hail. In the upper story is a space evidently
devoted TO trophies taken in war. 10 every pillar
ia affixed a wooden shield with Latin motto
around which are hung helmets, pixies, rapiers and
two.banded swords. There are also multitude OF
tents. cordage, and kettles of balsan, which was
used in making plssters for the wounded. Every
thing appears to be very much in the same condi'
ton as it wasieft by the Venetam, two centuries
ago. The officers gave me leave to select an arrow
from the sheayes Of those weapons, csatoning me,
however, not to scratch myself with the point, a.
many of them were poisoned The MetroPohtan's
secretary, who longed for Christian relc, secretly
slipped one of Nem up his sleeve and carried 1t on
We then visited the Venetian cathedral, a.
terward q mosque, and now, owing to the earth
quake, beautiful ruin. While iketched it, the
two secretaries, who stood near, eonversed about
US. "How lie it." asked one, "that the Americans
have Hellenic faces The officers Of the Congress
all booked ike ancient Greeks and 80 do these
two" The remark was evidently intended to be
overheard, for nothing could be further from the
truth. We had at last sunshine again, and the