, 1877-09-17
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
The Revival Of the SACRED Band"
at Thabes.
1hs Great Fe,li.aIDay Of catAo!it Fran,s, liz
fe!t Of tbe assumption,


ATHENS, Ang. I'LL hNl gone n Thehea N
scc the camp which Is i,ctnR furue] there INT
foun1 IN MY sutprlae that the people thcmsclv.a ,
tnIk little interest In It's progrchs. Everybody.
fh'lect, was nyerflUvfny with patriotic snI'usi-
nsn, longing to he let lo,*e aullDst the Turks,
upbrnh.lnx the taovsrnmcnt for It's delays and
expressing Inc fcar that th.y would bc held hack
tD0 long; but no',rlv seemed to much atronk
the regular army. It was tho "eaered Band"
whlrh cuErnsscd all their zeal and warItkc FER
vur. It may, perhaps, salsc smile am"ny
classical scl.olarh tn rcna of the revival In
these degenerate and pEosaEc fars of the heroic
! battalion which brought sufl' great glory to
| tlscit and tic city It defcn'c1: hut to The
! Thedans tts MT matter Of lcsa. To mans nj
| them It means a horrible .,eaih. They harn
| determined hrarely to tiic a. ahnsn they cnrnt
| their forcfathcr. travcly died mnrc than 2cf1
| years a1u. l1nwevcr much psiil1fnCish ass,
c.nno1ouIAts ttsav question It, t':e men new 'v.
Ing At 1'Ilcbcs beiirv: th'snstlvrt 70 fe '''c
the draCpn's teeth. Einw ran they dn"'' IT,
wien, iIey irav "a'er every aar' ssn"
"St fSu' It Ii" thc, @ nne:f ssS hsa". ". s .sy
| intIrrittng Inc prowcse a,l thn t,orv Of ''lt'r
snrrstors, when the Foundations On which 'hs-
| build tllcs humble dwellings arc The very s'nn"a
whi,i. novel 10 the .lYro ef As"p'''o"f 'le~
drsccnl1pts Of the l!;cutfan Fn!rraf.a wh"n tbe
scenes whcsr rclnps,a., Epatnnon''as. Gar
gIaa>, and their cnlnrantons tn va'o',r tonanc.'
t!InInEy a,tt un.irnt history nf f'rcrce arr mt
tu the liclcncs Of to-day what thry are N 'I'~
rest of tic world. To tcfn they are. ~ II verc.
question. why, ',a,,a scry short rr,,,;' '.mS'
s.;'np,py sS1 ~ to cert"rm a "La Rcl'c fts!tnr''
uru,i,,crtl q riot III thr Athrn. ''rntr". TOW
tttIsj 6ftSHTt
Eu,i. aD hcsos:' To the t;rreks sl,c niAso,r
Of their country, associated as Il Et viii 'sst,
/ Hill and tvrry stream. Ia Il :.rtat -''n'"r. n'r
the mansrrtng af their 1ati,'lat We: n'""': y
A.6ahia,,s, Turks, slars, snr,i''nE; SM sh',,
lie Sacred Band meets tht 1nra'th 'rt,ors T.
will be the ihoughtu uf Fpa'ninond"s s'iyinG fapny
a. TIC icArs his victory prtrlaimrd. q prlrpihss
rushing aiuglcl!anett nganst The foo and cut 10
pieces Dy Il hundred swur,ls in tic same fdrs-
sally. tlat will inspire tue .ice.ls If saFlnx III
whirtl w may confidently look forwar''.
Is uu Trick Ia eatcl, rhIlheilenic eymrntiy The
n,,tlclcss people wl,u sent Joint telegram 70
tue tirau.i Vizier congratniating him IN Tho
promnlsation Of the Turkish constltntion ara
not equal to s1cb mantruvrc. The t;nscra-
mont .liscnlsages thu movement, pfefcfrt"E
Will. xun,e reason the patrlofs1' which !Mlutes
men to enlist III tho regular army: but tho
n,cnlrrs work harl, drilling often twh'c day
usitlrr tie brofllng sslE--n good test Of sincerity;
| Tie greatest enthusiasm prevails arnohE men,
Wol1lrt,, and even children, pocms are written,
AnI dechnlAtory spceclIes urc inado a!nlost With
| uttt interrogation, and woo 10 thu Visitor
whom urat'r Or poet shall ta.d alonc. The "a
crrd Hand III tue days Ut Epatntnnndaa nuH'-
bsrcI :tJN. Now 1t Is to he ratscd to ,tNo inrn
.Hii..c,l from thc whole district q b'rot@. AZ.
rrutly 1t Includes men in eyerE Rtaticn of rural
tlfe. Thcrr aru to be seven BTot archst each nl
whan III rotation viii lave his day ot cht;l
cunllanl, p1an which one might have Thought
thc llstors or Atcus would hare taught them
| Z Art,f,t. TtIn uUEJhFtD Ia tn lie While XIII
with black jacket and tap-that Is TO SAY, tho
pIaiNrst for1n of the national Dress On the cap
will bo tile tcttc1a ~. l..,m atand!nr Tor tue
wortt1 "1et0s f.octos." They Will hc armed
with brccct!oalcrs.
Two ceremonies have already marked tile cx-
Iste,,ce VI thu tjat.l. On the od Of last tuonth
they fcastc to 1natGsl their EoodIWill tuwarls
Ali rslnlc armed. loug!,s and vine.!eares serv-
I'll t!em fer tnblc. No knives, nor forks, nor
glasscs. nor a"s other utensils OF peaceful life
Yluc in the skin formed tlleir substantial rcpast.
Srarlke SONGS unl dances followed. Amid
SHOUTING ana tlIo Hiring Of guns and pistols
they rak to the sasrc'l Band. to the cu,lscFlpts
ol Fhe!4cs. tn tho regular arIny, to tho ktg WHO
would ,catl tlscIu Il. the paths ot honor as'el
duty. to tho war. to tl,c liberation Of tho c,l'
slascd urecks, 10 lhu whnlc human race, to
every struggle for freedom, and last, st,ey
tic svrrc hand, should tt.cy fail in their duty
to tllc!r country. THIS rtaIs like tho periurnl-
aocu Ut very young n'cl' playing ut leroistls; but
tt,oso Win ttok part IN thu rtycl haI for tho
most tart ta>tcd tue bters OF war to the lnll IN
tin terrible Cretan tnsurrect'on. 0n tl'u fotnw'
tut: Sunday lg Den,n w. surg III tii9 ehnrrll
10 to be n,a.!s weFs hasslcA to the tnatdena
Of the town, by tic wslole body Of whoni thu
work ID to br executed. Glowing spceclcs werg
delivered by tt!e pr!ssts, tAe warriors, aud tte
,na!dr,ls, wha tears run down thu checks Of
many stlllbt,rnt rustic. Tho 0aNncr IL to hear,
hcsilo tho Nrcck cross md tle figure q II.
tieorgc, thc words Of Homer. which Epa'n'non.
las onto quoted to revive tho courage Of Ills
traops. 1't.s wutncu ut Ttsltca Rcgsn avcu ttloto
patrolic tlian the sl!cn. They eneouraGr their
husbands, suns Alul 6rutlcrs fur tho fight, Atd
nre ready, wileli these laye gong, to tukc Ut.
arrla themselves III tcfe1lsu Ut thclr lives and
honor a.attst tho barbar1aus WHO may crosa
their frontier.
THE FET; OF THE ASSUMPTION.
Laev Hooper IN FsFaatsphia Tftfyraah.
PARIS, Aug. l7.-Last Wednesday was the
great festival tiay OF Catholic Frautv,-thc tetu
Of the Assumption, It WAS I,opnre.l accord
,ugly. TIC siops wcrs all rluscd, business oil
| every kind WAS suspended. and tho usually gay,
orderly crowd III hoilay.,nakiug Parisians fled
tue streets aud galleries and places Of public
amusement. It Wis tho fcte day Of all ladies
bearlng thu uamc OF Marie a. we'll, aud tho ton
sumption OF 'uwers--for every gentleman who
washes tu ,.lake l.n.elf agreeable to any lady
must prrseHt bouquet II her Oh her name
dAy-was necessarily something enormous, a
we!l-Ash uue-i,4il 0l tlio icnnie portion 0f The
Ffeh natI0n rrIo,cea IN tue nBl'!e of tho Virgin
II las tccil ro;npltrd tllat hure are 40 ,O0t
Muries tn taris alone. Fortunately for tho purse.
! ut thc pour, this great lalnu.1rtu cotaes III tlh
SUMMER, wleA flowers are comparatively
Cheap, ulsa when bullAuets can bc purchased
Ut prllca to auIk my poskrt, from tlle .sn,uIl
| cluster u Aalt-{alGu blossoms for ccnt III t.
Lie K'F9ettIa III lssea D! roscs that are vuttca NJ
10 unsl ~ frales. Not that thu expenditure o
uxtray4yulea ~ this direction palises at the
} latter limit ltou4uetgiylng Ia Itke the bestuw
III OF stlgar.plnnls; II u very capallc os Lelng
llsasls u prttext for the most lavish e1pcn1f
t,tt1. 1t wus Milo. Hcttlna 10 Rothschil1 wht
il s4i4 to llayo ln4asutatcd nuw method ot
! spending lurgu SUNS upon a bouquet, which
) siuee bouqupt-hoslrss vi gold and silver have
gon1 uIt ii flshlol., would scetn to 10 dflIcul
: process. uut BY calling tu the ail of art, the
tIiliculty IL oycFr0nlu, The stalks OF tbs aow
urs utu snelrelel will broad, Thick r!hbon tie.
..tLL- II kt-tu