Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-08
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NH.'H ..' N.'H emu ..' 90 wv
maaI s,msri'. and even i1 those plyia. aP.
il1uH-H uH'gI depend uHo1 ihg mul OF mani
presenting. iH-i1l D. regions sl.1t1ei by
a.I.r population, all .u..ius blleaih i1s hama
.l .al4sfrH. Immense tract, uifau.nryr marked
by e...r..-. sisIal'y, aHl ls bare a. inhabitants
a. iHsfs % BABY spr.H..einat Ei.H n9'.e
cities Adorned by n,'e anI genius, bog Win
Fr.igHel mIt but r.asH aul pglpui bH
ugs 20 msa. possessing Indeed some -isflHs
qHIgu. 1lt 5000 isn rant l.eH..i proud aHI
NHl.eUgg, aui upt iss, separated irnu tte Ir,i
ul ,Hr world BOO tae.f .ymwiWe,, than ly the
peculiar il-mss W 'agE aith.
lbg Ietursr next gave Dis audience t1p1.
graphical .as,gl g. smyrna ard its sT1lni.
in.s ayug uat doe Gull OF Nuyfua extends
iH.4ui GO che distance OF 90 mI.s-, and that tnc
city gfuuu, its extremity. A'igF entering hi,
l4y, t.e sHF, Boz NH'.I d. Wines aas pascal
|grr, bal been obliged OBJ come 90 anchor several
lines 80 tlr winds i1 The universe seem.
the Doctor -l,d. 90 blow together 90 The Gulf ui
Suywa. ln tHs extreme oi the Gulf Doe bad
900 opportunity i0r observing the extreme purity
aud transparency oi Lc atmosphere iu that
climate, q. -l1gu DO tHc Act that Mount Athos
DO ilg.aIy. though distant I21 mi,e- va, ney.
rr,lylg,, distinctly visible lroiu the deck Of tho
vessel
smyrna, both i1 ITS physical AMI moral
elements, is pace differing from 40 Others on
the globe. seen 40 4 distance q seems 90 merit
tlc Im1l-si1Uel cpthyt-, Glory oi Asia, and
."CrUau Ul lluii, "lmIr tie Lovely given
90 it by ancient authors Tho immense mass
Of bl..l.uEs comprising the city ast ug4sIy al
visible 10 ihc apwoseh-,uc graceful m1Hu.
ment, that shoot up above them, a long line Of
consular residences along lbc bay With tle tagi
u their respective nation, floating above them,
and the slopes oi surrounding bills. studded
aita wh.te cottage, and yaTicsligd with plau,a.
tons Of olives aud ls trees, which stretch 90
.Ic rich gardens IT their base vast cypres,
groves climbing To the heavens aud waving i've
pgusiye beauty over l4r burial ground, Of the
faithful. all these cause the vo,a-sr 10 form
.bi.h exp,ctatiuas Batit is only at a distance
that SMYRNA appears either 'soveiy or glorious
The moment tie traveller enters The place. the
net work oi the luey is dissolved, aud It's
three lradin. chaTacttri,tirs are seen % be
miserable architecture, Hilhy streets and filthy
smells.
Dr. Wines said that he had scarcely set foot
lon the quay, when he was surrounded by, at
least, a score % Jews sHi Greeks, who offered
their services as guides and in,rrpreters Il was
shook them OIL lHderd. one fellow followed
aud c,uuE 90 us with such peEtinaciiy, that at
las, one. Of our party. dermir, his o,6tiou,uess
otherwise iusurablt. gave him several smar,
blows with his list The craven l,raclite re.
e,iyei the casti.a,ion without resistance or
complaint. aud sluuk away Ike 4 wbippel
spaniel.
Dr. Wines next gave his audience descrip.
ton Of lhe schools Tor the education of C;rerk
girls, which were taught by the Missionaries.
The schools Of our American Missionaries were
the FIRST ever established ia SMYRNA for the cul.
tivation Of the native female mind The ide,
Of female education threw the whole Smyrpiot
population into amazsmcUt. Fem,l,.--rI,ard.
eli by them as the mere slaves and pl,ythiErSof
men, not less By the seryile Creek, Than tho
naughty OttomanS, females cap,bI. oriptsIIer.
tual culture and r,lncucDil Tn, thing was
unhglrd oi AID il produced dreadful w6rl in
meas IDEAS OF rrppfisty. But The government
wa, made with faith aud PRAYER md srIfdrDv.
Ing labor; and the hoa,, Of IL, auib8r. ,rs-,
more than realized. lis effects ycrs NOT ,,piin.
ed 20 the schools established Tbrv were soon
sala IN the revolution effected in Inbli, scDti.
mcu,, and 10 the efforts made bv the NOR, Re-.
spectacle Greeks TO educate their daughters in
schools Of their own. The education of boys
had not been altogether pcrlcr,sd il, Smyr:,
said tic Doctor, before the e,tsffi,bmer, of ,b,
/ American Mission. 4 new inngr,, boTsy ~,e
was impaired to il by the lsb5rs ~ m. ,,i..ios,
aries The missionaries witb ,b.i- bor.cboIJs
are uos the only American ,osi,,y in Sn,rrn,
( There are many families Of America mr,,n,n,..
and i, is q singular ,irrlm,tsn,,, tb-t N, ,b,
. eoa,t II Asia and in the b,,ri NJ ,l,, Tnr,;sL
Empire vc should i,y, met MIN i, tc,-,;.,,,.I
come and found NOR, ihat r,,nindr.I ~ bonc
than We had in any rant Of chris,i,n Fn,onc2
The American society a, Smyrp, i in,"rIi.snt
cultivated aud agreeable. Their vast distance
from their own particular friends draws them
closely 10 each other. and tbrjr intercourse !,
marked by the freedom. harmony and affection
Of brothers and sisters. Thsre i, sI.o At s,p,rra