Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-01

A@AeAAEOoAsp June zks We seated ourselves in the cars for York pass ing through more variegatcd' country than have yet seen. There are more hills and valleys, and now and then high ridge by the road side covered with trees likethOee by the HudsOG. All the riv- CTS here are very small, not wider than our canals. The Ayr has tow path, and is used as a canal. And have not the beautifully wooded banks that ours have. We passed some of the most beautiful little dells with little hamets situated so delight. fully on the rising ground. There would be a neat stone farm house looking superior to the small tiled ones about it, and then the good substantial barns and out-houses surrounding it, and last but not least, little stone church with its one square turrets, tower, and perhaps rivulet which we would not deem worthy bridge of any kind. spanned by single arch, built of stone, with it's | sides overgrown with vines and grass, The men employed in the railroad depots have here a kind of livery, red frock coat with gilt buttons, yellow facings, and band on their hatss and the post coaches have apostllion who rides on the back of one of the horses, and wears scarlet jacket, dFab vest and small clothes. white top boots, gilt band and buttons. As soon as we arrived at York and stored away our luggage into room in the hotel we sallied forth impatient to obtain view of the famous cathedral of York; or minister as it is more generally called. And what a glorious sight It is one can never forget. think it the most e. laborate work within and without, the most beau- tiful stained glass, and the most beautiful carving and statuary that could have conceived. The ground it covers should think equal to that cov- cred by four of our squares in New.York One window in it is equal to the whole gable end of one of our country churches, and all the. windows are of stained glass, the secret of which is not now known. The organ has 5000 pipes, and the organ screen is most eaborately carved, and at the bot tom are full length statues of all the kings from William the Conqueror to Henry 7th. Under the large window mentioned, on the outside, are the head of our Savior and the twelve Apostles, carved in stone, and on all the projections, outside and n are carved heads and images and in the niches full length statues. Within the church in the center you look up to tower 232 feet with nothing to break the view save the power or rather the want of power of seeing. We attended service, heard sermon from the Dean on the 24th June, St. John the Baptists day, in the choir (which is 9s feet from floor to roof. In the cloisters were very many monuments and very ancient ones, knights in armor and bishops and archbshops in their robes, reclin. ing under beautiful canopies and nobles and their ladies in full court dress, and standing erect and beautifully carveed on white marble. At the altar in one of the Chapels we were shown the sexton's chair, more than thousand years old, in which were crowned James VI. Richard III. and other sovereigns. In another place we were shown the robes King James was crowned in, and some things oldcrthan the chBir. Underneath the church we were shown the pillars of the old Norman church, over which the present one was tmn There is one circular window called the Maygold window, 27 feet in circumference, and also one called the five Sisters" It is in five divisions and was painted or copied from some embrodary by sis- ters, leach division division differently painted at their expense and given to the Minister. It is nearly as high as the large one before mentioned, but not so wide. It is however very large cannot call this description it is merely catalogue of wonders It would be impossible I think for any one without more than mortal gifts to give Q satisfactory description of this immense and elabo- rate pile. It has no rival in the kingdom save Westminster Abbey. There is here a museum containing the Roman antiquitses and remains that have been dug up in various parts n,and around the city. Near the museum are the ruins of St. Ma ry's Abbey, only one side remaining perfect with the Gothic arched windows and large pillars form ed from small ones united. Here are broken pil- lars formed from small ones united. Here are bro- ken pillars and parts of the walls so that you can trace the extent within what was the interior and there are the stumps of trees some 12 or 15 feetn circumference which have laid secluded since the abbey has been deserted and a ruin. Dear Cous.
 wish you to preserve my letters and not to print them bull should like yeu to preserve to lock them over when return. as keep no other journal It seemed very strange when we entered York by rail.road to think of passing under the walls with steam-engine but suppose wonders will never cease. We crossed the ouse in arow boat which is used oferry passenger, over, we walked over the walls quite acircuit, passing over Micklegate bar on which used to be stuck the heads of traitors and those slain in war, and then crossing the river again visited York Castle, which is now ,Prisonfor esp- tal offences, and like every thingelse it is the pc- ture of neatness itself The buildingis round and half of his divided into wards for the prisoners with paved courts or yards between in which, the prisoners take theirexercise together, They are allowed to converse with each other and there is schoclmaster comes every day to set taem copies and they amuse themselves in reading, writing,