Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-09-23

Ut possIblel state al cultivation ana Inc increa-
sed number Of mansions ADD villas. 10 every
direction, fax the eye could reach, the
bountiful earth yielding forth its treasures 10
all varieties and with the utmost pToiuson.
But am sorry TO say this bright picture has
its dark background. Upon canvass, The shade
is required 10 give effect 10 the lighter tInts; bot
| in te could wish The darkness which reflects
I the beauties of Ireland, were Dispensed with
The tenantry by whom these teem0g fields are
! cultivated, the hands hardened by tO, neitheI
possess nor enjoy The PRODUCTIONS OF prolific
soil They and they reap, II IS true, but the
harvest is for others. Their tts fruits and their
fittings enter not into their own dark, cherries
cabins They may look upon the bountsous gifts
of the soil they TIL, bat TO all their oher senses
these iuxuries are denied.
I But by far the most painful scenes have wit
messed, are in the crowds OF wretched poor VINO
surround and beleaguer Strangers, impsorng cha
riiy 10 oil the forms aud by every gesture Of sup
plication. The coach, whenever It stops, Is be
set by tho miserable and The manned, whose pi-
,eous appeals for relief would melt steel or ada
mant. Nor are these cases OF unreal suffering
Their distress is appalling as their supplica-
lions eloquent; and the bestowaI OF "A penny.
0 even a .'hafpenny," couters so much happiness
tina, IL is luxury 10 give II. Al one place, after
my copper coin exhausted, half dozen
wretched women, IN whose faces want and sick
ness had made deep burrows. were so lmPortunate
4 that told them ! could give them no more foi
the want Of change. 10 reply, they said, "if you
can spare Us sixpence we VIII divide 1t among
4 ourselves" One of them received the chit" got
it changed, and the coach starting they
all came, penny in hand. to give their bles-
sing. H. as | believe, these small alms 60 TO feed
The furnishing and destitute in their squalld ho-
wells, il is cheap way Of mitigating human mis-
cry.
In the mud-buil, and poverty-strcken villages
through which pass, rude signs Amos, as
4 Id.
ings' invite the traveller into at least dozen
doors, in places containing not more than thrice
many cabins, and these so lar as coutj 1dge
the best, re oice in bat two apartments, where
'man and beast bestow thensels es promiscuous
iy. In the other cabins the cohbier or The tailor
are seen plying the awl aud the needle, where
shops shared in common by their wives, chll
dren and porkers. Again you are informed in
badly speIt English, that Judy Fihnagan,' OF
some other petticoat publican Is licensed To sell
Spirits and Beer Ia ono place | a sign with
u frothing mug of Ale emblem. over which
was written This Coz gires good Nih,' and or
the opposite side of the street, board thro
which ran a stream Of water, with the inscription
| of This Cor gires better HHk.' Within a few
miles of DnbltD, is a block of neat, tasteful, rose
embow ered cottages, on the doors OF which 'WID
ow's HOUSES, IN garnished capitals. greet tine
eve, but as was Inside when the coach pas
sed, ! could not learn from Sam Weller the
intended 10 communicate. If they thus adyer,
iise for husbands, aud their charms of person ant
character correspond with their tidy and chaste
Icattages, will not do Irish gallantry the I'M IS
tice to suppose that they will remain long III q
state Of single bessedness'
/ Oar coach drove into the square court connec-
ted with tho Dublin Post Office. where it WAS
due, The clock told A. NJ We took lodgings
at tho 'Imperh Hotel" 10 Slskviiie ST. Re
membering with what eloquent Indignation Gov
SEWARD in his letters from this city, denounced
the cow ersion of the Irish Parliament House in
to receptacle for money changers, my fret visit
after reakfast, to the now Bank OF Ireland.
The exterior alone of what was once the evidence
Of IRISH nationality, remains as it was. All elst
has been desecraied ! walked through wild,
corridor, extending around the whole building
formerly occupied a f'tIouse d CommUHs.''-
The Lords occupied the Hall above, and an
told that the chairs IN which they sat while per
fiiously consenting TO disastrous "Unloo,' are
still preserved in one the apartments, but dix
not them. | should, however, dearly like L
see the table of tho money changers overset, ant
the noble pile IN which men chs4fer abou
rags and dust. resouuGIng with the eloqlence o
disenthraled Freemen.
Trinity College, far the most extensive seat O
learning | had seen, is nearly opposite tn
Bank. lis various edifices occupy three full
squares in the heart Of the city. This is The on
iv Protestant College in Ireland. 1t contains
monument TO Provost Baldwin, who bequea thee
iS0,000 to the College. and its organ pre-
scented bv Queen Elizabeth. lis Library contain
over 100 900 volumes. Trinity Park, in the rea
of the Collage, contains 20 acres.
But did not attempt TO describe Cork. nor vii
| now speak moro of the magnificent, Public In
situations of Dublin, for hope 10 see both Of lhes
cities when more al leisure.
| strolled along Georges Quay, where the ship
ping is wedged in, as with W, except that ther
are slips or piers. But commerce IS in mos
languishing state. Hundreds of vessels seer
wholly unemployed. Indeed, saw bur here an
there ship either taking in discharging cal
60 The busy hum and cheerful voices whic
greet the ear in Front and South streets Ne,
York. are not heard here.
The afternoon wet and cold In going GU
| wore cloak-przod more from the fact tbs
II was Nav Years Present fin 1881 from r0uc