Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-04-29

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! You descend down aud down, and, GO
ing through long dark tunnel, you
come INTO The ''ci'y Of the silent" Far
above f'ow the dark-sinincd rocky
walls flied with iumhs the solid floor
oi Tins charne.-housc il paved IN mosaic
with grave-siuEes. A sia!e ivy. drooE
ing here and there from some cievice in
the rork, Is the only living Thing. The
very air Is the breath of vault, and It
4 shadow from deaths dusky pinIons
seems ever hrooliug over the place
II The ciltcng finger Cf Time, too, has
been busy with very many OF the
epitatphs and there has been no
" Old Mortality" here to irirace
them. Time and Death, twin brothers,
have here entered into partnership, and
/ sit enthroned in the mids, OF the heed
less, snul thronging city. How strange
| that lis inhabitants snccr AT their domin-
i)n
left Liverpool in the steamship "Roy-
al" The passage along the coast OF
England and Scotland was fine. and up
the River Clyde the scenery was truly
6eduiijM The shores Of iron-bound
England" are wild and full of rugged
II grauCeur and the dashing surf and
sea-hird's scream give them voices
which echo loudly over the billows.-
Il The green crested waves. the irowning
coast, anon the smooth undulatiDg
banks all dotted over with rural cottages
Il and straw-lhatched huts, and ivy-grown
\ ruins, and here and there princely
structure belonging to the ''lords o. The
land land the blue mountains in the
background, formed a picture more
lovely than poets fancy ever dreamed
OF, or artist, in his happicst moments OF
inspiration, ever imagined. We stopp-
ed a couple Of hours IN the quaint old
city OF Grccnock and then steamed our
way on to Glasgow. Here | remained
four days. and here found had had
| $50 stolen from me. saw all the Ill
ons" in Glasgow and vicinity but can
only name TO you some Of the chcl.-
The cathedral, university, exchange,
monuments OF Scott, Burus, Motherwtll,
Sir John More, Wellington, Nelson,
&c. Calhcart & Boihwell castles,
Hamilton palace, the Falls Of the Clyde,
and the birlhpIaces Of the poets Camp
bell, Grahane and Ramsay. present.
/ ed several letters of intro duct1n. and
! was received with great kindness. H.
deed, il is wonderful how far the mere
name american goes in this country; il
Is almost III i's,ll il suilicen, passport to
the best society. America occupies Il
large share OF attention here, and all are
delighted 10 meet one wlo can tell them
OF the growing Republic. In some OF
the families IN Glasgow, | first heard
the Scottish accent and peculiar intona-
ton land Immediately pronounced i,
! charming. And when the Rey. MIR. VS.
daughter, Il fine specimen OF Scotch
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From GLASGOW | went 10 LinlitLcow.
once the G,yori,e residence Of the Scot
,ish KINGS. II is delichtfully situated in
a valley and contains ,h. raL,ce ,yhore
| the uninr,u,,,c Ouo.n Nnrv WAS horn
7, &c , massive eouodran,nI,r oJifce and
s,,rJs u,on q, on;reo,, which ;n,s j..
% - I,le f. Ico,or, a, ocr. NJ n,ou,l
and ,bou,b i, ruin, ;s still moon;G-
cent oh;ec, Tb, building has M, be,n
repaired since the wear 1917. and has
conseouen,ly fallen into decay. Here,
also. a,e the picluresouc ruins of n once
splendid church formed by King David
the FIRST. From Linlilhgow came to