Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-01
The Greek RevOIufiOn-Hovv the Greeks
REGARD a.,

/ AhtAaFo AAs
| An Eng lshman in Athens in letter to the London
7e thus sketches the condition the city immediate,
y after the revolution had driven Otho from his throne
Knowing the excitable and defnonstratve character
of the Athensns expected to find that they had made
the most Of the 10 celebrate with decorations
6ags snd flowers suspicious event Remembered
Milan, Naples and Palermo and all the rest Of Italy
during those first holidays Of fresdom-never be for
gotten by any who witnessed then-when men,
men and Children houses ahd Streets seemed al to cele
brate the great feast Of redemption looked right and
left l tered the streets Of Hermes which leads
straight toward the palace but found nothing Of the
kind hers All was as usual in IT. every day business
garb-men, women, houses and streets-tbe people at
wOr, everywhere, and nowhere trace that anything
uneomInOa-such for instance, a change Of dynasty
had taken place week ago But at the western entrance
Of Athens lies poor part Of the town. thought let
wait TIL get to the so-called -Four Roads, where
the street Of Hermes is intersected by the long street
which from tho Temple Of the Winds acroEs the
town into the Patissa road This is the most crowded
and central poIathe connecting artery between the
town. TO the northwest and the old town, which
nestss the foot Of AcrOpos There is tho cafe OF
the Orsia Helss the headquarters Of %oung Greece,
which, IN ordinary times is the rendezvous Of the
1 crowd eager for Well, the crowd there
little larger than ususl and the sdd ion consisted Of
drawn and posted upon the wall representing the heroes
Of ths late events divesting King 0ho Of bis saH,ua
aud the Of his Greek nery while the Queen in tbe
corner, is wringing her hands in despair.
Not much more fruitful in novelties the resi Of
my drive to the hotel The result Of my search may be
summed up In number OF pictures and photographs OF
Cfrivas-with well gumned mustache and imperial,
mnding rather Of the Emperor Napoleon--a few
broken gas lamps large quantity Of red and tricolor
rbsnds in the button hoes Of the pssserby, and posts
Of students doing duty Nationa Guards the Bank
aud the chief guardhouse The most timd Of dplo-
mass and the most petrihed Of conservatives could
scarcely be frightened by the violence Of the changes
aud talk of anarchy aid dangers 10 the foundations Of
society; while the believer in popular rights could
but hail this dssrth d symptom that the Greeks
determined TO show to the world that they c0sld be
safely ntrusted with selEgoYernment even under ex-
ceptions circumstances.
/ sasntcred again toward evening. The crowd
had considerably increased but this s always the
in these climates The only thing unusual seemed
be the large proportion Of the military in the crowd
They quiet and orderly the rest not trace
Of excitement drunkenness; but considering that
there are little more than twelve or fifteen hundred
troops Of every nd in the lows they mustered strong
in the streets The explanation Of this be f0nnd
in the circumstances that il their last holiday The
success Of the revolution being in great measure due
70 their Joining the people it ieult TO tighten The
bands Of discipline ali stonce especially the Infantry
above s contains large number OF recruits Nothing
hard to the young sodier4s the eOnstra
posed upon the freedom Of iocom0tion which he has
been accustomed, and it be expected that he
would make the most Of the opportunity offered him
by The late events To-day appointed the taking
OF the oath the provisional government SO that the
anomalous position which the army has found itself
for he last ten days is at an end.