Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-12-09
BANDITTI IN GREECE.
Terrible Condition Of the Kingdom
Brigaudage Rampant in Country
and City.

danger five and twenty years az,
to coast the barren shores Of tn
Morea in "a sailing vessel. Tn
Greek pilates were tolerably Ger
tain not to lose the opportunity
when the ship was becalmed, of at
tempting to land her, and, if the,
were successful in the attack, it wa
no uncommon thing with them, a
soon as the work Of plumber wal
over, to murder all hands on boarC
and finally to sink the vessel, 81
that no trace might be left Of tho
decd Of darkness. If in these day:
piracy has diminished on the coast
brigandage is still rampant on tht
mainland.
While the young King is quietly
indulging his taste for yelocipedC
at Corfu, events are happening in
and about his capital which would
shame Il far less civilized age than
this. Ifthe Greek banditti of the
present day do not massacre their
victims, it is only because a more
refined system Of villainy has
taught them that it is unwise to do
so. Should you have the misfor
tune TO be taken, you are too val
liable to be treated otherwise than
well, and provided you are prepar-
ed to rough it" and to make long
marches on foot, you are tolerably
sure Of fair entertainment at the
hands Of your captors till the arri-
val of your ransom sets you free
1t is positively unsafe to venture
unarmed outside the town of Ath
ems. If without an escort you ven
ture to make an excursion even as
far as Eleusis, it is your own risk
that YOU do so-the British En-,
bassy will not be responsible for
your safety. The peasants work
ing in the fields are armed to the
teeth, and not a vehicle passes on
the road without being prepared for
a state of seige. Very recently the
son of q coffee house keeper was
carried off from his fathers doorat a
village in the neighborhood of
Eleusis, and 1000 francs was OBJ
tanned for his ransom, This, by
the way, is a small sum compared
with the $1,000 which is said to
have been obtained for the ransom
of one Of our countrymen a year ol
two ago.
Nor is it outside the capitol
alone that the banditti ply then
trade. A grocer and two butchers
carried off from Athens have lately
been among the redeemed, The
expedirnts of the brigands have for
a while relieved the mouotony Of
this proyerbially dull city. The
SqgeS, femmes have offered them q
fair harvest. More than one in
stance has occurred in which these
worthy people have been decoyed
by disguised brigands calling them
to the assistance of women who did
notreqmre their offices. The conso-
quences have been disastrous for
Sagcs-SemmeS, for rs these women
are usual y supposed to have collect
ed some money, the ransom de
mandad for liberation has been
comparatively large A doctor Of
some eminence in Athens narrowly
escaped captivity only a week or
two ago. He was awakened at
night by the visit Of some men, in
the dress ofordinary citizens, who
entreated him to accompany them
to the house Of a patient who he
was known to be attending The
declined to believe that
the lady, whom he had left con
valescent only q few hours before,
required his immediate assistance,
and positively refused to leave his
bed and enter the carriage which
had been thoughtfully provided for
him. His disturbers were there
fore forced to go away without
him, and he discovered next morn
ing that his patient was still pro
favorably and had not
sent for him.
Ifthe traveller crosses the 18th
mus of Corinth, he will see soldiers
at every few yards, since,
if only for the sake Of commerce,
this part Of the country must be
protected, while his baggage will
be preceded and followed by an
armed escort. The Greek villages
have good reasons for fearing the
vengeance Of the brigands, and will
not risk the devastation of their
homes and their lives by giving in
formation against them. The sad
dest features in the whole history is
that one who is high in authorityin
the kingdom, is constantly named
as conniving in this shameless sys
TEN ofvillainy. The people doro
hesitate to tell you that brigandage
is not put down because this digni
tQry-sprung from brigand's race
himself--will have it so, Foiledin
her intrigues in Gambia, Greece
may be said to have now turned
her eyes to the Europern Provinces
of Turkey. Greek schools are be-
coming widely spread, but in their
the Turk sees n po-
.itical rather than an educational
propaganda. Greece, however,
NAV rest assured thatno ambitious
lesigns on the part Of a country
which can not maintain internal or
Ter will meet with countenance
from the Western Powers of
Europc.-PaU MaH Gazette.
- What is the greatest want OF
tbe ace? Want of funds.