Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-04-22

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the scenery is beautiful The surface is
very uneven, often rising to great hight,
bur thickly studded with Vi lagos nes;' ell
among the hills We pass betwceh the
island of Ccrigo and the main land tya
very narrow strait. On the extreme
point of the main land onr attention is
called to hermitage. Here. far from
other inhabitants upon narrow point OF
land. near the waters, edge with the rocky
steep rising just back of his humble home,
lives hermit, who for some cause has
forsaken society, spending his days in sol.
isude. His home is cave in the rock,
but in front of the cave he has erected
small neat building which is probably
his chapel. He has small but we'll cul-
tivated garden near his cave. e'4
sH H. Oct. IL.
Early yesterday morning We dragged
anchor in the harbor of Syra, This is
small island belonging to Greece, located
in the Archipelago, only a few hours from
l1he city of Athens, to which port steamers
are constantly running. The first step is
to send an officer ashore to obtain permis-
sion to land. Soon, an officer of the
board Ct health comes on board and the
crew are all made to pass in single file
before him next the passengers are all
paraded on the deck, and each count2n.
tenance is carefully inspected. Fortua-
ately none are sick, or we should have
been detained at least fifteen days in
quarantine. AS we have large amount
of freight to discharge, we are detained
about thirty hours Here, as in all East
ern seaports, there are no docksor Nharves
and all cargoes must be discharged by
means of small fiat boats often with great
risk, and sometimes with much loss Of
property. The town presents fine ap-
pearance, when viewed from the harbor,
as the buildings are mostly white, and
located upon the side of the hill facing
the harbor. But on landing, the charm
is dispelled. The buildings, with few
EXCEPTIONS are poor and uninvitihg; the
streets narrow and filthy from neglect.
Here we had an agreeable surprise in
meeting Greek gentleman who had boon
educated in America, by the name Of
Evapgelides. lie had spent several years
in Amherst, Mass when a lad, and after
wards studied in N Y. city. 1t was very
pleasant to find in such place and at
such time, one with whom we could
converse in English, and especially one 50
familiar with scenes and associations Of
The deepest interest to us. II - -
Here we End active sympathy with
the poor Cretaps, now suffering SO severe
ly at the hands Of the Turks. Soon after
we arrived, an ironc clad blockade runner
"The Owl" left with supplies for Crete,
] which lies but few hours to the South.
!, When she returned to day, she was greet
ed with the firing Of guns and other dem
onstrations Of joy. She brings a large
number of wounded soldiers, besides wo.
men and children, who are fleeing for
sltty. Another vessel Of the same char
actcr lies at anchor, ready for the same
service. These vessels we're built in liz
erpool for the express purpose of running
the blockade of American seaports during
the late war, and have now been pur.
chased by the Greeks for this service, at
a merely nominal price, as they could not
pass inspection by the government off.
eials, for any other service. A large
number of such vessels we're left on hand
by the sudden close of the war, and now
lie useless in the docks at Birkenhcad,
near Liverpool. 81