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THIS beautiful island has a capital of The
same naue. The moderns have corrupted
the pronunciation as well as the orlhogrspi,y
Of what was once considered the Paradise III
Gfeece. Let her name, however, be obter-
ated forever, since her destiny has been 50
wrelched. P;ufarch tells US mat for seven
hundred years not one instance of adultery
had been committed Its modern state how
altered Murder stalks abroad and the pol
luton of violating soldiers aud the shrieks or
their victims are the sounds and scenes that
now invade the soul.


Chios, Cor as il is al present called, Scio.)
once con.ended for the honour of having given
birth to Homer. But now her houours are
rayished, her temples profaneJ, and the blood
Of her children is shed by the hand Of the In
6del, more freely han formerly her generous
wines were poured along The festive board,
and refreshed those lips and cheered th ,se
hearts that have mmortalized the classic ayes
OF Greece


Pococke describes the island of Chos as
containing so Towns and Villages, 800 Latin
and 500 Greek Churches. The soil fertile.
The air salubrious, the people as happy IS they
could be under the mdest dominion of the
TuIks--lhe manufactures Of taffety, satan.
damask, DC. The men brave, The women.
beautiful--the population 10 600 Turks. TO-
600 Greeks, and 10000 Latins-probably
much undenaled.


10 the capital, the Capuchins erected
splendid cbucb-there were many other no.
tle edihces consecrated to Christianity be-
sides, Synagogues for the Jews, and Mosques
for the followers OF Muhamined. The Greek
Christians generally taught their children the
learned languages. Those children are now
IN bondage, Or their dead bodies floating on the
waves.--Ihe parents destroyed-the city ia
flames.


The contrast is awful. The lesson deeplv
instructive 10 all free governments. Retain
your dignity, your sell-respect cultivate the
arts, and honour vIiue--aod we may bid the
tyrants OF the world, defiance. But lose these
preserving and elevating attributes, divide
your power, and forget in Incidence or inter-
esi, The great bonds Of principle that hold us
together, and we shall one day exhibit the
spectacle OF modern Greece. Once, like her
own Apollo, with the curling lip that mingled
The smile OF victory with the CONSEQUENCES OF
Power-in attitude az graceful as il was firm



the glorious BEAU-IDEAL Of perfection, ricEI.
intellectual, enviable. tree.-.Noay, a mutiIa,-
ed, down.trodden image, sc aihed and black
ened by the lightning, defled in tie dust, and
trampied on by Balbarians.


Charleston Gazette.


young man named Richard David. was
lately bitten by a rattle-snakc, in jackson
county, Indiana, while in tie carch OF his horse
in the woods. Oh which hs intended to proceed
little way to be married. The bite was 60
fatal, that he appears TO have died on the spot.
Meanwhile the bride had made the necessary
preparations for the union; the marriage partv
were assembled, and in merry mood, LOOKING.
out for the approach Of the expected brid..
groom, when they received tie intelligence =
Lis death.