Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-11-05

ErOWlcu IN VAIN. lou see l am becoming
classical at once.
BY the next morning. at Q O'Clock, we
were entering Csrriekfcrgus Lough, into
which the river Lagan, on which Belfast
stands. empties itself The tide was out,
and il was with difficulty that i've reached
Belfast by noon. Here we spent the day.
Belfast looks very much like an American
town. and is nearly all Of brick So much
does ii resemble some Of our American
towns. that when | saw some American
ships in port, the illusion for a while quite
amounted in my mind 20 a reality.
Belfast is ilourishing. and in IL there
seems TO be much wealth. II did not at
all resemble what supposed an Irish town
would resemhie-lor in IL saw none OF
that sqlallid Indebtedness that soon he
came visible in other parts Of Ireland. The
northern part OF Ireland, in which the
Protestants have fun control. is much more
prosperous than the southern part, where
the people are saddled hy two religions.
which quarrel so %fiercely together, that
either seems 10 be a curse, instead OF a
blessing-for | am sorry 10 say. that reii
gion. or rather, what is called religion. can
be made a curse as we'll as a blessing, AS
both catholicism and professionalism i made
in many parts Of the island-the Protest
ants plunderiug the poor people under the
character of the law, and the catholics. in
revenge, destroying property. and refusing
partake OF the blessings that an education
In a Protestant school would give their
poor, ignorant children. Belfast exhibits
all the sigi.s OF a lourishing town. The
charity in Institutions are very numerous -
The buildings arc good without being re-
markabIe. Belfast you know is celebra
ted for its business.
We debated at Glasgow whether or not
we should 90 10 see the celebrated Giants
Causeway, which would have cost US 10
and fro, and out of The way travel, Of a
hundred miles-but as we had seen the
superior specimen Of FingAl's cave in Stat
ia, we concluded 10 start for Dublin at
red and -four English miles, and eighty l.
llsh miles, for there are two kinds OF mules
here, eleven Irish miles making fourteen
English miles-a fact which is somewhat
important for an American 10 understand
even in America, when he is reckoning
distances with an irishman there. The
morning that we started, there was in the
coffee room, a party OF twelve Americans
without ourselves, three IN number, and
in the coach we found three more, bound,
with US, to Dublin. | was delighted with
the. precision with which we moved. At
The very moment appointed, we Slated.
AT every stopping Place. the time Of our
arrival was checked. The guard had IN
his hand a way bill, and the time beyond
which the coach must not be at certain
stopping places along The road All was
as regular as clock work could make II.
From Belfast TO Lisburn, 7 Irish miles,
the road was very agreeable. The banks
Of the Lagan, here, which we kept, are
fertile, and much adorned with elegant
residences, hedge rows, raised foot paths,
woods and conses. Hills borough, a pref
~ town, with plantations Of trees, and cnl
tivated eHvirons. next met our attention.
Dromore was the next considerable town,
and this is near the river Lagan, with a
cathedral, ADD a Roman Catholic Chapel.
But it is no use 10 put down all The towns
/ passed, where they are IN The old world.
About here, or soon after, the beggars be.
gan to appear, thronging our coach, and
begging a penny for the love OF Cod
beggars of every age, some with eyes but
without arms, some with legs m arms,
but no eyes-ragged and filthy, more
wretched structures OF mortality than !
have ever seen before. For the love oil
God give me a sixpence.' that would be
gin, or, give me a penny Il have not
had ANYTHING to eai-l don't know how
long lf you exhausted your pockets OF
pennies, more would thtoDg round you
and beg the harder. If you chatted with
them the Irish wit would leak out amid dill
their affection. They clung 10 The coach
ill the VERY momeht IL started-and thus
il was all the Nay TO Dublin. only the far
Their we advanced, the thicker the beg
gars became.
L.ouehbriekland, "tbe lake ofthe speck-
led troutn was passed. | mention this
place TO say that on this Loush, The Pro
~teslants were driven in the great rebellion
and the ice breaking hundreds sunk TO the
bottom. Newry we also passed. said 10
be the most nourisling place in the coun
~ of Down. But as we went on,-on
much farther than this-thc country be-
gan 70 look much worse. and The people
much more miserable. We passed a place
| think il was Lord Clermont's- beauti'
full place on the banks Of a beautiful riv-
ulet. near the sides Of a lofty htll,
all buried in aihickly clustering wood
aud this seat any man might envy the
possession of, were il not for the contrast
Of this beauty with the horrid ugiiness-
the dreadful poverty all around. Why
this was a paradise but the other pros
pect was-I cannot find words TO express
ny purposes. How can a mar live and
be happy therei How can he see such
sights and live in an Eden himself-such
muddy huts. such beggary. and such ha.
man degradation all about him! do NOT
wonder that the Irish nobility flee their
BONES. if they are such as this. A man
with a heart could not endure such existence
there. There must be something wrong
in the man himself, when there is about