The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-09
Dublin. June I3. 1853.

We make the following extract from letter
written to the st. Louis Evening News by Mr.
J. B. Eads:
Dublin, June l3, 1853
This place seems like one whose glory has
departed. Its streets are lined with spacious
buildings, many Of which are mag agnficent. Its
rivers are crossed by noble bridges, and is beau
tifuiIy walled on each side for n, arly mile and
a half through the CITY. But chips are scarce
now in the Liff,y, and the Dublin Custom House
IS sufficient for twenty times the commerce OF
the capital of Ireland The money changers
are in her halls of parliament, and bills Of ex-
change bo,igh, and so,d lnsiead of vote 8
Few persons OF weak nerves would be troubled
with the business in this beautiful city She
has more 10 be proud of in her college with its
wo thousan students than OF anything else
which | could discover, and of it she is Justly
proud.
Irish character displays itself in humorous
ways in more parts Of the orld than America.
When landed here, | was accosted with the
inquiry of, "Maybe yer honor i'd ike to ride to
hnwtl, slr," | answered in the affirmative, and
inqu red if there were any good hotels in the
place. s'Brdad, an there is some of 'em fore
nenst any in tae three kingdoms; and the Gres
ham is the slap up est intirely.' Being desir-
us of going to the slap up house, told him to
bring on his vehicle and my baggage on board,
and in few minutes | was travelling towards
the Gresham Hotel.
AT the Lake of Killarney, one of the same
class informed me, in reply to my request that
he would take me to the best hotel there, that
the Lake House was The place, for there was
where the AmerIcans and the remainder of the
nobility went to | told him to go to the
Lake House by the most direct road at once
It's useless TO undertake to paint to you the
beauties of the Lake Of Killarney. They are
most lovely, but il would only be repetition OF
superlatives to attempt description, while vou
would know nothing about the reality, Wilton,
personal inspection The echo is one Of the
greatest charms about the place The "Star.
Spangled Banner" never reverberated so GRAND
lv, and vet in tones so mellow. as when repoat.
ed, note for note, by the mountains around One
would almost imagine they loved to repeat the
song that told of the land which had given so
generous a welcome TO the sons of Erin
Belfast, although much smaller than Dublin
,s apparently far more prosperous 1t is decid
edly the most promising city on the Island, and
is beautiful place The manufacture OF linen
is very extensively carried on ia and around the
city. spent several days there and visited
manv Of the factories, some of which employ
over thousand hands. The f,A is principally
spun in these factories he most OF the cloth
being woven al the homes OF the country peo
pie, by hand'ooms. Bleaching is another branch
of business separately conducted, and acres OF
the beautiful hills around the city are covered
viii, the snow white fabric. The process OF
rring fine damssk table linen is exceed.
tnply interesting ! visited one factory IN
which seventy hands were emrioYed' Hand
looms alone were used Some OF the pat erns
of The most beautiful styles imaginable, and OF
quality to match. In addition to the very large
linen trade of Belfast cotton is extensively man.
ufaetured, To our good house keepers in the
Union, that fact may in some measure, account
for the difficulty of getting fine linen nova
days clear of cotton.
Limerick is fine fourishing city and will
rank next to Belfast in activity When |
was there the inhabitants were congratulatiug
themselYes upon the proanecf nf a ateam line