Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-09-14
Foreign correspondence.
DUBLIN, July II, 1913.

in The afternoon Of the l2lh of July and after a
| pleasant passage into Channel, retired TO our
berlhs about half past 10 P. NJ from which we
were aroused abou, A. NJ by the announce
Inent that we would reach our point of desllna-
ton IN a quarter Of an hour. We were there
fore in readiness, and as the boat touched the
wharf | was on deck. Although so early
more than half dozen ragged poriers were
waiting. and Immediately sprang on board, TO
secure what they could The scene was an
amusing one. They stood in no dread OF each
other, fighting, qaarell;ng and joking, 10 carry
their purpose and woe to The luckess stranger
who hestaled among them He would find his
luggage seized by one Of the nimblest that he
had glanced unguardedly al, 10 be pulled from
him by another stronger, asseverating that the
gentleman had engaged him, while another
using very emphatic language would insist that
it belonged 10 him, as he spoke first. | got
clear OF them very summarly by calling the
Porter Of Hotel saw come on board, d.
recing him 10 have my luggage safely convey
ed to his Inn which had heard recommended,
and turning cody on my heel, left him to fight
il out with the crowd who at once sprang upon
him for the job, looking over my shoulder TO
duce him to make selection. As early as we
found the people moving took stroll over the
city which is The great emporium OF the North
Of Ireland and seems a very flourishng town.
lis ancient name was Beal-a-F Farrhad, and
stands at the mouth of the river Lagan, 100
miles from Dublin, and is surrounded by see
merry of great beauty and variety as we found
on leaving it by the Londonderry Coach which
we mounted at 9 A. NJ. bound TO Coleraine
The ride about 35 Irish miles was through
naturally very good looking country, except
where The peat prevailed. which gave it
dreary appearance. The people seemed hap
py and good humored, though we saw many
evidently very poor in the Towns. We pass
ed through three of these, Antrim, Ballymena
and Ballymoney all of considerable size and
apparent thrift, besides several olher minor vii
lagos. The Causeway is about miles from
Coleraine, and our coachnan bright Paddy
and on the lookout for tourists, soon learned
our destination and profered his services to
drive us at once over " He had good car
and one of The fastest and best horses in Cole
ralne." I'VE would no. be kept waiting more
Than o minutes and be over in jffy-no bull
living of porers to carry our baggage from one
point TO another and every annoyance 10 which
strangers such occasions would be subject.
ed TO- avoided" With some liue misgirings
agreed 10 his proposal
We reached Coeraine about P NJ our
coachy usherad US through dirlv little groce-
ry into better apartment up stairs, and said he
would be with US again in moment. We saw
him for len minutes, from the window, attend
IN fha nd liuIr az
from the coach and receiving his fees from the
passengers, and then he disappeared with ano-
lher youngsler at his heels Alter waiting
some 10 minutes longer descended TO ascer-
tain the cause of delay, and found that the car
belonging 10 the man he lived with, and which
he expected to GET was doing service on the
road elsewhere, and he was on a hunt TO bor-
row another; but the woman said, he was
fine boy, jewel of a lad and would soon ge,
one Seeing the fix we were in took stroll
Of % minutes over the ancient city of Cole
ralne The inhabitants had been celebrating
The anniversary of The baule Of the Boyne
Two days before, and across most Of the
streets were hung cords high up, in the middle
Of which were suspended large figures of King
William on horseback, or the Queen, or some
otHei SUCH iihe peIsOHd9e, WIN various inOltOeS,
giving the streets quite laneiful appearance
On my return 10 the Coach Office | found our
Car almost ready and we soon were mounted
on the sides, with our fee, dangling down al
most TO The road. The cars here, or the launi-
ing cars Of Ireland, and which by the way, are
capital affairs for clear weather have no cover
ing but seat on each side, so that ihose on
one side si, with their backs 10 those Of the
other. You step a, once To your seat, facing
the sides of the road, and then keeping your
sell your seal, as you best may, proceed.
We We're hardly seated before the lad who had
helped Andy find Car, stepped up with Por-
ter Sir--b but says 'the bargain was we should
not need porter sOh Gentlemen always gives
us shilling for helping So We promised to
send his douceur, having no change, and Andy
look the horse by the head 10 get him off. We
soon saw the reason. He first boiled TO one
side Of the road-a crack of The whip and a
jerk brought him back. He then obs,inalely
pushed jam up TO sone fence on the other.
We laughed, Andy halloed, whipped and pull
ed ard we soon got clear of the town, trayer-
sing The road in worm fence fashion ANDY