Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-08-28


"Oh did YOU ne'er hear Of the Blsrney,
That's iounl near hunks of Killarney?
Believe u from me,
No girl'a hear II lfre
once she hears the sweet sound of The Bsi neg
Z "ph ~ would you hndthh = De Blsrney,
ihefv's castle not ar frm Killarney,
Ja ti'e Top sf the wAli--
hli tnteCare yOu dOnt tall
Iiiere- stone bat contains all this Biarney
'f...Elss e,asaet IT, iqau ;net. siei, is.
q Frhetaltactloi il yisss all u lJUehes,
Tiat IRON that besstdtay,
Houmay kiss whom yot plsze wi'h your blarney.
one OF our party WAS Vandal enough to
knock oil two or tbrsr hIl- iragmeuts wah
his knde--on- OF which, ! blush TO actnow
ledge ii, now occupies sale corner of my
picket book.
The castle was built twruiy years belora
America was discovered. Il is said Cromwel
once bpmhariedit lf 50 his artillery was
nothing 10 Lrug Of Parrot gun on the
erysion west Of il would level il ia shoit
0l der The ruin aud 5,j50 acres OF ground
atunnd it belong to Sir George Colthursi, aud
10 only une Oi his numerous land estates
Our ride back, on the banks OF the river
See was equally as pleasant MS the ride out,
and was made amusing by various races with
boys on donkeys, not larger than Laiee = dog,
aud hy little brggars of both sexes running
by the carriage SIDE crying, give us ha'-
penny, now sir, now sir, with endles repeii
uons aud Unsuitable pockets One OF them could
moi have been more than three years old, but
he rau ike little deer aud Kept up with US
Ia, $50 or three hundred yards, aour,shiog
hf. lidir blackihorn shilala, calling out tor
"Lu pt nnits' as lusIily rs ATTY Of his fellows
Que eitl OF ten ran alter us tor more than a
mile She drained our pockets Of coppers
ami .hli camored Tor more '1.
The begphrs both IN country aud city, were
numerous aud impottunAle beyond any previ.
ous conception of ours. They instantly rec
o.ru led us as Americans, aud we could not
appear IN the streets without being beset ON
all sides About 6Ve clock in the evening,
while walking on one of the principal streets,
an old woman ranged along side OF me and
walked at my elbow for nearly two squares
Not wishing 10 be an escort oi hers, at last
gave her penny 10 purchase my freedom, but
alas she insisted walking With me
two squares 10 thank NE told her finally,
that she was giving me too much for the pen
ny, aud that she must stop or | would run.
Rid of her lame man took charge OF me
then blind man--then another old woman,
aud so on until turned about hastily to re-
trnce lny steps to the hotel AS walked
4 back, / SAW girls picking up manure from The
/
aud as | was about 10 throw away the stump
Of nay cigar, half dozen boys sprang up
aud brged it as charity man in ciTeus
costume vas giving an acrobatic perform
anee in the open street with his little SON
sweet little l0ddisr. certainly not over three
| years old-which would have won applause in
| u nippadfOme. He did it, he said, to get a
! few pennies to keep his family from starving
| la the midst Of his tunbliugs with his baby,
their faces came near together aud the iAIher
suddenly gather d him m his arms aud kissed
him with the intensity OF affection that
! thrilled me and when the little one came
around with his cap, he carried it from me
heavier 10y some pennies than It rane
All the while, elegant equippages, contain
| ing gentlemen aud beautiful women in suDp
tunua apparel whirled by, aud their was no
token irum them that they knew or cared any
lhing aboHt the wretchedness around them
Next morning we attended Christ church
and heard gospel sermon from u gsnlleman
and scholar lhe service was the same AS
that ui The Episcopal church of America
eX, e that they pray frequent for th' Queen,
Prince of Wales and other members Of the
! Royal Family, she Nobility and The people
and sang four hymns
In the evening We Jumped upon aunling
car--the most peculiar vehicle we have yet
diSroVtred-to make II more extended survey
Of hr city This ear cart carriage az ma
chino, runs upon two wheels, which are enl,r,-
ly covered by the body Of it. The passengers
sit sideways, bach to back two on Il side and
aud the driver is perched mp in trout A
strangers sensations on mpnniing Que OF
them Tor the first time are peculiar-he don't
understand exactly why he don't tumble OH,
Los ha vii a
sides of the seat as the horse ruahes on at
the top ol his speed over the stony streets
and round The sharp corners. He finds him
self however, very securely seated, and is very
apt to fail in love with this mode Of locomo
lion Erula The hills IN the vicinity We had
fine views Of the city IL lies on both banks
of the river See and its beauties have been
celebrated in prose and verse for years and
years gone 10y. Ii deserves all the praises Il
has received Most OF the houses are solid
/. aud enduring STRUCTURES, with so Gnceut an
appearance, that one might slmOst be txcus-
led for believing they were built when the
, world was, and Of such rusty exterior, il
| woud not sound al all incredible II one
. should say they have not been painted sincC
the d-upe In all the city we saw bat oar
unfinished house, aud there was nothing ~
4 the shape al material or debris about 1t u
! show that anything had been done TO IL Tor !
NJ generation or would be inT anotLer. Scatter
/ I'd all Rrqand, sometimes ia the very shad'
: OF the hup residences ul the rich, were th'
V matched cottages Of The poor. The WALL
| are Of brick or ", ne very low aud the roofs
are straw nat lhatch is four or i've inehe,
q thick, lf,,sB, yrar or eighteen months, an'
N then a new one IS laid ovsrit Some Of th'
. roofs srein'd In be iva leet thick The slrlk
!, ing i,iltrcs ~ lie hovels are dirfwe woulI
! ,nt lsi am, ,s.siti % A,netica live ia ,inres a