Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-28
fwraen expressly Tor ths Di6lon Empire.l
A SUMNER In EUROPE.
NO. VIII.
GLASGOW.

evening on the r. NJ. steamship "Lynx, from
Belfast for Glasgow AS night came down
upon the waters, the black clouds rolled up il
the north east and the winds came rushing
toward us, stirring up the. waves until they
tossed our staunch ship about as if It were a
plaything in their hands. The seamen proph
esied "nasty night" but there was no such
thing as going on shore again, and so, resign.
ing ourselves to our fate, we laid us down,
and soon forgot, in peaceful slumber, the dan.
gers of the raging sea.
The line of steamships between Glasgow
and Belfast was the first one established by
the celebrated Cunard Company, whose won
derful success in navigation is the theme Of
every seamAns tongue. For the last twenty
two years they have sent one, aud sometimes
two steamships across the stormy North At
lantc between lhe two hemispheres, and they
can truthfully boast to-day, that they have
never lost q single passenger They have not
escaped accidents altogether, and one of the
vessels-the Columbia-went ashore, some
years ago, off Cape Race, and was totally
wrecked, but every life on board was saved
They owe this immunity from serious disas-
| ters, in part to good seamanship, and unceas-
| ing vigil ance, and in part, as all the officers
OF the ships will freely confess, to most extra
ordinary good luck.
The captain Of the Lynx, while perfectly
attentive to his duties, was affable and com.
municative, and, in this respect, was great
improvement upon the vinegar faced boor.
Captain Stone Of the Africa, who, believe,
would rather falsely say 81 don't know, Sir"
than fairly answer civil question put by
passenger. We told our captain, as we stood
by him on the deck next morning 1t sunrise.
looking first at one bank Of the Clyde and then
the other, as he would point out objects of in.
terest, that such courtesy from the captain of
"Cunarder was an unexpected pleasure
lie replied that sometimes an officers duty
required such close attention, that it would
not do for him ever to think of anything else,
but, he added, 'my first object is to make
the trip safe one, and then, il possible, a
pleasant one for all. Sentiments like these
are not uncommon in America, or IN other
civilized countries, but am sorry to say that
the young commander of the Lynx, whose
name never learned, is the only English sea
captain ever me, who possessed the ordinary
instincts of gentleman
"A sunrise on Summer morning. on the
water, is,a pleasant thing to enjoy anywhere
and the banks Of the Clyde, on which are
many pretty fittls villages, old castles, and
modern country seats, are more than "passing
fair to see. Here is the green and beautiful |
peninsula Of Roseneath, which has so long
been the residence Of the Dukes of Argyle. |
Here the remains Of old C6rdcroas Castle, ia.
nous in story, where Robert Bruce died, Here, |
the old mansion of the Earls of Glencairn -
There, covering the top of great rock, near
y six hundred feet high, which stands without
a fellow on great plain, is Dumbarton Cas-
tie, where the patriot Wallace, the hero we
boys all idozed when we read the Scottish
Chief" was so long confined, and, over there
to the left great cloud of mist, looking.as If |
it might be the soul of mountain that had
died in the night, is slowly ascending from
among the Highlands
The majestic river we have been admiring
at Dumbarton begins to dwindle, and by the |
time we reach the dock, it is a mean and
muddy little stream, so narrow that our ship |
cannot use her machinery to turn, but must |
have ropes attached to her bow and stern, and |
be pulled around by men on either shore IL |
IS only OF late years after expendng millions
OF money that navigation as far up as Glasgow
has been at all possible. Heretofore the stop-
ping place for ships'the size of ours, has been
Greenock, twenty miles below.
Even il we had lost our reckoning of the
days OF the week, we would have known il
was the Sabbath morning when we entered
Scotland, by the quiet which everywhere
relgned. Besides the cabs which were wait.
ing TO take US to the hotels, not single We.
hicle vas in sight and when "Cabby' asked
where he should drive us, he spoke in sub.
dued tone, as if his ordinary voice would be n
proclamation of the sacred day. As we drove
through the we'll paved streets to "The George
Hotel, a distance OF more than a mile, we
saw scarcely sign of life, and until the ring.
ing of the church bells at half past ten, the
people were as quiet as if the Angel of Death
had smtten them, as he did in olden time +,
Sennacherib and his host The church going
began at the time mentioned, but il was ali
on foot. No elegant carriages with prancing !
horses and liveried servants, no street cars,
no cabs, no omnibuses, not the sound Of sin.
gle hoot in all this great city, in which live ,
four hundred thousand people, and until the
coming OF the second day of the week releas. 1
ed the inhabitants from their self imposed re-
straint. 1t amazed me. l never knew what ,
keeping the Sabbath, meant before K
Joining with the throng we went ia the only !
Presbyterian Cathedral in the world TWAS !
built by Roman Catholics about the fear 100 !
and, as gentleman reminded md was two !
hundred years old when Bannockburn was =
fought The religious people of Scotland are J
all Presbyterlans, but there are almost as 4
many kinds OF PreSbyterians, as thFe are de- s
nominations IN other countries. 1he service
IN the Cathedral was that of the Iestabished 3
church. and although pictures, Orglns images, |
crucliixes, cushioned seats and Earpets are :
nWpluHad NIa |