New-York tribune., 1867-10-10

writer's. The pvmnasia are n stin higher class of
schools in which instruction is given IN ancient
Greek the Latin and French languages, the elements
of mathematics history, geography, logic, anatomy
and natural history. To be professor III gym
nasium it is necessary to be doctor OF philosophy
The university closes tine educational course NO one
is admitted as a student who has not completed his
studies at the gymnasium. 1t has 200 students, and
80 professors divided into four faculties, theology
philosophy comprising also literature and the SCI
enccN law and medicine. Tic course occupies from
three to four years Even during the most turbulent
periods at Athens the studies were neglected.
The young men attended the lectures of the pro-
fcssors with the muskct of the National Guard IN
their hands For theological students there is also
special seminary in Athens, supported by private
funds and three special schools in the provinces,
having together ll5 students.
In the midst of these encouraging symptoms OF
national progress there is one extraordinary draw
back, which Mr.. Rangab6 justly calls "a hdeo s
plague-spot" on the face of the country This is
brigandage though in a mder form than that which
has infested the mountains of Italy and SPAIN
The breand of to-day has inherited the noble traits
Of the Koph, hut he has preserved the manners
lie not AN assassin he is and civarous, and
he has OF patriotism Of his own II is now anout
te bTi.Ss. tHcv her with the utmost respect
and the most delicate attention. and restored her to lib
49,.
An the same way when OF any Importance has fdlen
into their hands They have been known to divide their
them he poor; others have paid to the peasants te
damage which they sustained from the soldier sent pur
suit of brgands In 1880 during the blockade OF the
@ncIs @ NY ny .G 5d it Greeec Wishing he said TO re-
from the enemies Of his country any preteX lot
abusing il. Finally, than once tho klephts nave
avoided the seizure OF foreigners or have made more
terms with them, for fear OF drawing Greece INTO dlplO
matte difficulties. The greater part considered t'h-
ecos a. lie oldier of the future They await the hour
xrltp f1.fir
sti1e Nv means which dmbfrSs do not Indicate very
clear ideas of right and duty The existence Of brgand
age in Greece greatly TO be regretted but it is proper
no observe that on this subject many others, there
has been very great eNaggcraon. From the romance OF
NJ About smallest of the opposition journals thee
is not sOrytecr who has not found pleasure III invent
ing feat OF bgaudagc; aud these terrible tales pass ire
quenty into diplomatic dispatches and into the Jouna
OF Europe. During the last years succeeding the reNo
On OF 1862 and which, for reasons which have teen eN
planned were the least favorable good administration
those which Turkey always maintained upon the frontier
consisted named kitsOs. who, with six or seven
companions concealed themselves III the most hncges
sbe parts the mountains Of Attica ana Beoua, ving
at the expense Of the wandering shepherds and renht
ing three or four times, since lc devoted nSelI 10 Dg
andagc, TO ransom some rich peasant; and one named
Lyngos, with band not more numerous, in the Pclopon,
neSuS, or the gOrgcS or the ArOdna mountains IN. Hlu
those OF Taygctus, winch served them as retreat rms
is the brigandage OF Greece. Never in EubGa never IN
the ISand>-parts Withdrawn from IuTkey-haS single
brgaud been seem
Theessay from which we have gathered tho facts
in this article respecting the present condition OF
Greece, was originally published in Paris where IL
excited no small degree Of interest both from its
novelty and ability The information which 1t al
fords is brought down to the most recent dates and
cannot be obtained elsewhere in a collected form
1t cannot fail TO excite the attention both Of our
pubhcists and phiauthropists, and to awaken a
fresh sympathv with the beautiful land which it
hbs in such an attractive light. The translation, ii
is understood, has been made by Mr.. Charles X.
! Tuckerman, highly esteemed man of letters III
| this city. whose labors in behalf of the suffering
Cretaus have done much to give ala impulse to tel.
cause and who introduces the essay with well con-
sidered and well written notice which prepares the
interest Of the reader i'll the work, and enhances It's
| value