Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-17

The marble walls are adorned inside
aud outside with tie most msgulfi cent
sculpture and engraving. There j, the
silver throne Of AerXes, on which he
was cOntemp plating the naval tau in
SAemius. On al Athenian holiday
the traveller was charmed with the view
81 the leaders Of 4 procession on horse
back aud IN carriage, and the graceful
young females ascending the rock 10 put
The yellow veil on the statue Of Helia-
dos. Passing the ruins Of the AcrOp7lis
j. the beautiful TBeseum, a complete
model OF an ancient Greek temple, thiT-
" years older than Partbeuoa, and
erected according 10 D0ric fashion.
ThiTty-siX pillars prop the top OF the
house; the whole building il one hun
d-ed and Twenty two feet in length and
fiffy-tWo feet ia width. Al! the engrav-
4 e on il represent the triumphs 81
TnessUs and the com bats % Hercules.
As iu ali the Greek temples, this 10
painted, toJ-the year 667 A, D.-snd
was converted into 8 church Uf -.
George: after that INTO q hospital, la'e-
" into q museum Fortunately, neither
powder was kept IN IT, nor bombsnelIs
OF Nenetials and Turks we're t1rgwn Oh
1t 80 now il il A. it wI- The Old Athens
was situsted on the west and south
west Of the AcrOpoiis; the new Athens,
on the contrary, is extending to the
north and northeast. Near the market
is = all, in which We ssw r1sny prison.
err. These miserable CT atuTes were
walking by Two and thy t.gethers
and though in heavy chains, were ak
ing and IN 1isiug cheeTfuiiy. Tbs ru
mOTs alb ut tue bng4nds are misiDter-,
pTeted, and to-day the country is in.
cOmpsraOly mole Sc IRE than before
Had the Turkish government cO-opera-
ted, the Williams would have been ex-
terminated many years ago. Whea
the villains are pers5cu!e by the Greek
government they pass into Tur-
KEY, through the boundaries, and
they find an asylum Of safety
tlele The Greeks by al means are
ambitious aud trying to reli, We he cqun-
try Of such evils. From the booths Of
Marathon they have se.zeu al u thee
hundred villains, seventeen Cf whom
were Condemned to be- execul-
cd q. the begiC.iug Of the present
yesr, and i. ws5 said that the officers
proposed to hang their remains fJr an
example. In the small kingdom aTe
four polite paris, causing o,ts1 a!tera.
tiOns of the government. | would Re
much better If the four parts be united
ia two. 1t is surprising what progress
has been made since the year 1888. The
government is employed more about ed
UcatiOn and public instruction than any.
thing else. The method and system OF
teschiBg in Greece is more perfect and
collective than in q good many other
countries. In the university CT Athens
are found over twelve hundred young
men, and in the female institute fifteen
hundred young females, besides in the
other public and private schools. We
know well that m8uy f.Teign auditors
went with zeal u Athens when b. c great
philosopher fiOurisbed there. " : also
know that when Greece bc ;ame q
Roman province. the coUqusrors hon
Ored the discipline OF the con-
que1ed and proved themselves
their scholars Not only Horace,
Cicero, and good many other Ro-
man al hoTs were laugh. in Athens, bu
many Others from the farthest ends of
the world. Around Athens were
T rssts which rejoiced and developed the
body and al. The garden Of Epicurus,
The court OF the >t9ics, the academy 81
Plato, aud the lyCeum Of Aristotle.
About the sixth century, Justinian
closed tie schools of Athens. Chris.
tisnity depOsed from the high position
philosophy aud polytheism; the temples
Of tho Greek gods were converted into
christian Churches; the ParUhenon was
cousscrated u tae Virgin Mary, and the
Theseum to St. George. a while after,
however, they organized everywhere
schools of Attic learning and wisdom.
Aristotle governed the middle ages
Athens had ceased being the hearth Of
The scienc g as long 81 Greece was IN
der subjugation, and The Greek schools
were furnishing elsewhere. no attempt
was made for organizing educational in
situations until the year 1887. The uni
versity at Athens is destined to be the
university Of East; and Athens will
again resume her ancient position.