Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-27
WHEE
The INTELLIGENCER.
pr. WINES. LAsT Lsor IIRa--
Tile IsLAND aEMMED AEaEAN.n-

Dr. Wines delivered his fifth lecture in the
basement room of DIR. Weeds church, on Mon.
day night last We were sorry that our outline
ot this lecture could not have appeared vester.
day norning-hut it is one VIC can assir,, Inn
reader, docs not spoil by age, and which
wlil edify aud interest an intellectual mind n,
Wen , to-day, or a year hence, as at any time past
Inc lecturer commenced by quoting those
beautiful lines of Byron, reading:
And e Soana TssaT Sesay y9i @s @Rss @ %Sss sIea
| That knoHs Ids rider"
After quoting these lines he then proceeded tn
remark that as the light or the sun to n culprit
long immurrd in the cells of a dungeon so il
tue ocean air and the ocean wave to a sailor
VINO mas tor live weary months, been pent M
an unwilling prisoner in winlerquarters With
the return of spring, both officers aud men on
board of a man of war become impatient 10 get
to sea. 1t was, therefore, with exhilaratcd feel.
| lngS that, when the winter was mast aud the
ram was over and gone we heard the loud whistle
ana the louder voice of the boatswain, calling
all hands to nnmoor ship" nnd mike sail for
the Grecian Archipelago. 0u: joy was, in the
present instance, increased to tuniold intensity
by the anticipation of visit to those hallowed
regions, around which cluster all the glorious
'ecoections and brilliant images of GrGcian
genius, Grecan heroisrn, Greclan art, and Gre.
cian learning
On the emorning of the 25th of April, the bay
OF Navarino, the coast of Laconia and the snow
capped summit of TaygctuS, were full in sight.
We had light bnt iavoiing breeze, a smooth
sea, and n clondless sky. We sailed all day
along the southern coast of Grecce--a wild,
rocky, iron-hound region, with here and there
a miserable little village planted in the midst Of
desolaton. But it was Grpciau soil, and that
was enough; the burial places of the memory
gave up their dead.
Towards evening we were becalmcd near the
entrance of the narrow passage between the
main land and the isnnd Of Ccrigo, the ancient
Cythera. There was not cloud to break the
SoftneSs Of the West. The san descended TO
his ocean bed like globe Of molten gold. His
rays spread gently over the heavens, noI caught
aud reflected from summit to summit of a range
of mountain clouds, but blending in one mnsSy
sheet of brightness over the vast and glowing
cUncayc. The approach of evening Was ir,di.-
ctibahy beautiful. The gloriodS spleudOfs Of
day, seemed To melt impcrceptiblv into the tni,l
er radianceS of night; aud when the last trace
of twilight had disappeared from the West, the
sky, unohScmred by the lightest cloud was so
pure that the very stars appeared 10 be parts Of
the same shining vault, differing from tho rest
only in their superiuT- GTiliIanGy. About ten
o'clock the full moon rose from behind the rug
gcd cliffs of Cerigo. 50 lovely aud so pure that
lively imagination might have fnncicd that 1t
behcld the goddess of beauty rising from the
ocean foam, aud advancing to take possession Of
the island destined to be forever associated with
her name. IL would bc vain 10 attempt a de-
scription OF the splendid scenery Of Oriental
moonlight. The sky is not, as with MS, an cbon
conceive, gemmcd with hrlliauts, bnt calm
expause of saddened blue-so soft that it seems
to blend with the outline Of the silvery moon,
and so bright as to form scarcely distinguish
able contrast with the twinklirg stars. Every
object is as distinct as in n Northern twilight
On this occasion, earth, air and SKY were in
unison, presenting that picture Of calm, still
reposc, which belongs peculiarly to the cline of
the East. The deep blue waters slept unruiled
beneath the equaly UNMARRIED sky, or gently
curled their rippling surface 10 catch the dan
cling moon. beams, and flash them back in mimic
splandor.
After this beautiful opening, the lecturer went
on to give descriptions of the different isles of
the Aegean. We would that we had room for
them all. As it is, must coninc ourselves
to his glance at