Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-09-14
No. "a.

we took The mail coach for Dublin, "A miles.
We passed through naturally beamlIul couTf-
try; not SO well cultivated as III Englands buS
as It seemed to us, Of better soil. We first
came 10 Srabane, "a pretty Iown also On Ihe
F0yle, then to NewtOwn, Stewart, then tO
Omagh. The county town Of Tyrone, where We
dIned, and making inquiry, learned there were
several of our name around there. From
Omagh, passing throug h several small villages
we reached Mona aghan, town of con~i1ertni-
size, about half way 10 Dublin al dark. where
we changed TO inside OF the coach, and sleep
ing most Of The way, arrived al Dublin about Is
O'Clock IN the morning. stopping al the Iinpe-
rial HOTEL Sackrllle street, the finest street Ia
this, one of the finest clrIes oi EUROPE.
We were much pleased with Edinburgh mt
more with Dublin. and regard it as upon lhn
whole, superior 10 the metropolis o either
England or Scotland, for uniform heauly 1t is
situated on both sides Of the Lllfcy, which is
quayed the entire length uI It's course Ihrough
the CITY, aud is crossed by eight splendid brIds-
es. These quays render the views up an
down very magnificent and form a Splrndl
avenue from easI Ia vest. combining elegance
with convenience and health. Sack,lIle sirprf.
said to be one Of the most magnificent street,
in Europe, is | should think, over 80 feet
wide, lined with fine buildings. We spent tb|
morning in examining the finest Of The buildings
and streets, sumo of which as The Bank of Ire
land and the Custom House are very fnaoififi-
cenl---aud about noon, hearing that there was
one of the old round Stone Towers about
miles out, we took car and rode To IL, We
III If,,ic n,
village of Clondalkin where we found the old
tower covered with ivy, and hunting up the
key climbed up crazy sci of ladders 81 feet
TO It's Top, from which we had most spendId
view, compensaling for the dangerous ascent
The curiosity Of these old Towers Is that nn
man knowelh their origin, or why they wer,.
built. There are a number Of them Standing
in different parts Of the country isolated. Not
on high eminences, as would have been Iher
locanies, if intended for lookouis
We returned by lovely road along the Lif-
fey and through Phoenix Park. In the eve
nng before dark we took another ride all round
and through the city, Here the advantages of
the jaunling cars are very evident. You can
see from them without any obstruction. They
used by all kinds of persons aud are most
capital conveyances for pretty girls, who abound
in Dublin. and indeed all over ireland, as their
sweet roguIsh faces are seen so we'll on them.
i have the pattern Of them in my eve aud
have half mind 10 have one when get bone,
it would be 50 fine for short drives about our
hills. If | was pleased with the appearance
of the buildings and streets of Dublin, | was
mure delighted with The good order and schrie-
~ of It's citizens. had beer led 10 expect
different sight, but | saw less drunkenness or
disorder in Dublin than in London or Edln-
burg. spent Sabbath here, when the people
are not employed, and have therefore leisure
for dissipation, and yet | never saw more
quiet city of It's size. They say ii shows tho
Influence of the priests. who have entered so
zealously into the temperance movements-G
can only say, am glad that they had such in-
fluence and exerted ii successfully in so good Al
cause. The Repeal agitation has deferred
many from visiting Ireland, looklRg upon it as
a state of almost open rebelion, and yet we
scarce heard the subject mentioned, unless We
first broached it.