The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-08-03
nrnr.s. lung Is. 1883.

Mr. ] d. Eads:
DrBL,s, June Is, 1858.
This place seems IKE one whose glory
has departed lis streets are lined with
spacious buildings, many cfwhich are mag
nifeent Its rivers are crossed by noble
bridges. andis beautifully walled on each
eide Tor aeariy mile and half through
tn city. But ships are scarce now IN the
l.iffY, and the Dublin Custom Houss is SUI
;icient Tor twenty times the commerce OF
the capital of Ireland. The money chan
gers are IN her halls OF parliament, and bills
ofexchanse are now ho,gat and sold In
stead ivotes. IcwpCtsoas 81 wcSkneTyes
would be uoablea NTH the hustle of tusi.
ness in this beautiful city. She has more
10 be proud pf in her college with its two
thousand students than Of anything else
which eania discover; anu oft she ID just
II proud.
Irish character displays itself in humor-
GUS Ways iii more paris Of the weird than
Atae-ice. When landed here. ! ives &C
cos;ed with the inquiry OF, Maybe yer hen
or i'd like 70 rice to hoWtili, sir" ! an
swercd in the Affirmative, end Inquired il.
there were any good hotels in the place
.Bedad, an there is some OF 'ela iorenenst
any in the three Kingdoms; and the Ores
ham is the siap-up-est intisely." Being de-
sinous OF going 10 q slap-up house, | tod
him TO bring on bis vehicle and my bag
gage on soasd, and in few minutes
Was travelling towards the Gresham He
tel
A, the Lakes of Killarney, one Of the
same class informed me, in reply to Gly
request that he would take ne to the best
hotel there, that the Lake House Yves the
place; .or there @es where the Americans
and the remainder OF The nobility went to.
| ted him TO 60 to the Lake House by the
most direct road eli once
It's useless to undertake 10 paint TO you
the beauties OF the Lakes OF Killarney
They are most Lovely, but it would only be
q repetition of suparla,ires TO attempt q
description, while you would know nothing
about the reality, without personal insPec-
ton. The echo is one OF the greatest
charms about the place The 'Star-S2an-
gled Banner never rsverbsratei SO grand
II, and vet In tones 50 mellow, rs when re-
peated, note for note, ty the mountains a.
round. One would almost imagine they
loved to repeat the song -hattcld Of the lard
which had given 90 generous welcome 10
the sons OF Erin.
Belfast, although much smaller .hsn Dub
lin, is apparently far more prosperous. II
is decidedly the most promising city on the
Island, and Is a beautiful place. The man
ufseture al linen is very extensively Car
.ied on in and around the city. Ispent sew
ersl days there and visited many Of the fac
torres, some OF which employ over s thou
sand hands. Tie fax is principally spun
in these factories; the most ofihe cloth be-
ing woven 81 the homes Of the country peo-
pie, by haad-looms. Bleaching is another
branch Of business separately conducted,
and acres Of the beautiful hills around the
city are covered with the snow-whi;e fab
ric. The process Of manufacturing fine
damask table linen is exceedingly iGteres-
ting. visited one factory in which seventy
hands were employed Hand.loons alone
were used. Some OF the patterns Of the
most beautiful styles imaginable, and OF
quality 10 match. In addition 70 the very
large linen trade eff Belfast, cotton is ex-
tensively manufactured. TO our good
house keepers id The Union, this fact may
IN some measure, account for the difficulty cf
getting fine linen n0w-a-days clear of cot-
ton.
Limerick " fine fuurishing city and
will rank nextto Belfast in activity. When
/ was there the inhabitants ware congr4tu-
laiiEr themselves upon tae pros pect 81 Il
Eream line being established 10 New York.
Limerick has fine harbor and aplended
docks for the accommodation Of Shipping
ard hope will maze the line q permanent,
and profitable one.
The principal trade Of Cork appe4rs % DC
done az Queenston, on the Cove Of Cork,
and the same mag be said Of Dublin and
Kingston, seven miles further down on the
Bay of Doblin.
The crops from Antrim to Cork appear in !
fine condition, withou. any exception. In
fact, so far as vegetation Is concerned, the
whole island looks lie one vast garde n;
hedges intersec, il in every direction, and
divide the land into little farms Of from one
10 FIVE acres in extent. These must yield
b., small crops for the support Of u family
on each.
Ireland is 4 lovely country BEST with
q fne climate, rich soil, and admirable
harbors on every side. The Almighty
eeems to have blest her most abundan;ly
But the favors Of His kindly hand have been
sadly abused, through the evi. 90 .nsel Of
the wicked, and The nisrule OF the power
ful. On every hand are seen the sad EVIL
dences OF the terrible ordeal through which
she has passed. Monster poor houses,
whose inmates are numbered BIZ thousands,
squalId novels with floors of earth, and
roofs Of straw, and ragged beEgars with
shivering limbs, imPl0riHg charity with
tales or hunger and su1erng--these are the
witnesses 10 her wrongs, and they are seen
Throughout, the length and breadth OF the
land Even now when we know that the
condition Of this people is better than il has
been for years past we are PANIED in con-
templating the fact, for we know that FAM
inc and emigration, by depopu.a,ing the
Island have mainly brought about the re-
suit.
''nay God, ID Aerueea. Re her reiisf."