Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-12-27

ton of the dtslce, they would uob hnvs beta
ken to fancy for the nectar Of high Olympus.
Laugh as you please AT my enthusiasm but
remember the old saying, 4" Let him laugh
that wns;" and depend upon it, who drink
the milk am the winner. There is little
caution, however, that would give you, il
INV commentator should induce voyage.
Alter imbibng, do not curiously spy into the
sides and bottom of the vessel. Remember
Mrs. Buebeard, and he off with all reasona-
blc expedition. "Whsrs ignorance is bliss,
It's folly to be ,riss."
As an illustration of the pleasing variety
which may he enjoyed in Highland town,
let ne describe briefly my present situation.
nm in Oban, u celebrated watering place,
ON small buy opening into the sound Of
Null. From my open window j see the
Classic land of Morven. 1t is n peninsula
of mountains about seven miles distant, sepa-
I rnted from Oban by an arm Of The sen, and
/ though no longer entitled TO the name of
"woody Moryen," its wild and gloomy as
pcet well cOmports with the tradition, that
j here the melancholy Ossiun "rascd the
sonr.n | visited it IN n boat the other day,
/ and climbed up some of the eminences, TO
| visit a pair of localities with which the name
/ of Fngnl is associated. Fortunately, one Of
those columns of mist which the poet speaks
/ of, passed by us on the other side of the val
/ ley; while the top of the hill Oh which we
stood was great globe Of fire, 10y the reilec-
/ ton of the setting sun. Other favorable cir
/ cunstunces concurrcd; aud oh how wish
ed, Just then, that Mcpherson had not been
/ the prince of liars My wish found 10 res
I ponse, except very uniavornble one, from
the Gaelic gentleman, who had condescended
/ for halfa-crown TO he my feTymun. In
common with his couutrymen, he believed
( in the perfect genuinenesS Of the work, and
was greatly annoyed by my skeplicism, admit
I ting with true Celtic grunt the sofiening
which | gave TO the expression of il. | real
" enyied the man, so childlike in his fihl,
and so happy in it, MT without throwing in
n supplementary groun over the inconve-
nience of kno,cing TOO much, by which we are
deprived of so many pleasing Illusions
Without changing my position nt the window,
see the Island Of Mni, one of the most
ccIebroiej of the Ilebrides.
! II my curiosity has been satisfied with Oh
jects in the immediate vicinity, | enter q
steamboat and in two hours am walking
nmong the ancient tonibs and clOlsters OF
Iona, that luminnry, TO use the words OF
Dr. Jolinson) of Tho Caledonian regions,
whence savage clans and rowing barbarians
derived the benefits of knowledge aud the
blessings of religion" Impressed by the
awful influence of the place, return TO the
boat, aud within an hour have the opportuni-
~ of bowling down before my Maker in the
cathedral erected by his own mighty hand
in the isle Of Staffd usually called Fingal's
Cave" ! will not attempt n description, ns
it has received full justice from writer's well
known and generally read Perhaps felt
little disappointed, in consequence of the
high expectations which their descriptions
hud raised. The size was not what looked
for, being much inferior 10 i!iat of many
cathedrals on the comment. But after every
reasonable deduction, enough remains to
chain the mind in admiration; and to hear,
as did, the tune of Old Hundred sung with
in il to the words
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing TO the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell
Come ye before him and rejoice
forms an epoch in mnil's life. One thing
struck me with great iorce-ilie imneasura-
hle superiority of the human voice, when
due resonance and other favorable circum-
stances are Obtained to the organ, though
played with the finest taste by n frst-rate
artist. No man of cultivated mind could
say that the effect of such an accompaniment
would be other than nlarring the nOblest
raised the soul TO heaven.