Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-14
Written expressly for the Dayton Empire
A SUMNER IN EUROPE.

tracted onr attention. Fifteen or twenty
men and women in group, we're shouting,
and crying, and gesticulatng violently around
a young man who was moving slowly along
! to take place in the third class cars. As he
was about to step in, the men, one after an
other threw their arms around his neck and
kissed him. crying all the while like children,
and the women redoubled their screams
"What is the matter p was our eager enquiry
of the guard. "The boy is going to Ameri-
ca, was the answer, "and his friends are
bidding him good bye The sight provoked
a smile atfirst, but when saw how sincere
was their sorrow and remembered that the
separation we witnessed was very probably
for all time, there seemed to be nothing laugh
able about it. And when, as the train moved
Oft, two of the women, an old one, prob
ably his mother, aud young one, psrhaps
his sister, "mavourneen' or wife, ran after
the cars with hair disheveled, moaning and
wringing their hands there was tendency to
moisture in my eyes which the most vigorous
winking could not wholly repress
The poorer classes in Ireland look upon
America place half way at least, between
the old country and heaven, and as soon as
the young men and women find enough gold
in their purses to pay for second cabin"
passage, thirty dollars eachis suflicent--lhey
are off by next steamer for the Promised Land
And although many of them as we all krow
when they arrive there work only enough to
obtain the commOnest neeessaries of life and
a supply Of whisky the great mass of them
are not forgetiul of the dear ones whom they
have left behind in the humble cottages in
which they were born Out of their wages
little by little they save enough to bring a
brother or a sister over--frequeutly whole
lamily-even to the old Father and Mother.
Every traveller hears OF instances of this
kind, and they cannot fail to inspire him
with something of respect, and admiration
for that people whom many Americans are
apt, without determinations to despise as the
"low Irish
1t is a ride of seven hours by rail from
Killarney TO Dublin through beautiful roll
ing country, under most thorough cultivation.
1t is so rich and green, indeed, that while
which has described Ireland as the
"Frst flower Of the earth aud first gem of the sea-
She may be "down-troddonu and "God forsak-
en- but it is not evident from the face OF the
country.
We expected to see something "wild" here
in the scenery but although it may appear
80 TO a Londoner or a Partisan, there is moth
ing that TO an American, familiar with our
great forests and wide prairies, over which
msn has never asserted dominion, would con
slider deserving Of that epithet There is
lno,hing that even seems new or incomplete;
no stumps, no underbrush, no decaying
trunks Of trees, no pools of stagnant water
by the way-all these were long since remoy-
ed, and the few trees that are still to he seen
were evidently left standing as ornaments,
when their ompanioAs, years upon years
ago were cut away.
Instead OF wood, peat is nsed for fuel and
we saw miles OF il piledup in rows like bricks
in the yard, drying 1t is composed of the
weeds, grasses and other decayed vegetable
matter of the bogs, and when seasoned"
makes very good fire indeed.
In every street in Dublin, and at every
corner, we saw something to wonder at
and admire The public buildings are
very fine, particularly the -Four Courts
the Post Office, the Custom House, and the
Bank. The River Anna LifTey, which divides
the city, is spanned by no less than nine spen-
did bridges. The railway stations are impos-
ing edi6ees Of brown stone The streets are
| generally wide and regular, and most scrupu-
lously clean. In the centre of Sackvlle street,
which if it were twice as long as It is, would
he one of the finest in the world, towers the
beautiful monument called Nelson's Pillar
In the front yard of Trinity College we saw
the fine statue in bronze of Oliver Goldsmith,
and near by, in the corner Of Wesimoreand
street one of Tommy Moore" ST. Palrick's
Cathedral, fronting on Patrick street, is no.
ticeable, principally from the fact that il oc.
cupies the site OF a church built by St Patrick
himself, early in the fifth century The streets
were filled with something of that bustle and
life which betokens business and wealth, and
altogether Dublin struck US as fine city far
ahead in everything, of sleepy Cork-equal
in many things to the best cities in America
The finest residences Of the city are cluster
ed around Merrion Square and Stephens
Green-two beautiful parks, open only to
those who live around them. We aud the
others of the slower millions could enjoy
their grass aud shade only with our eyes. We
were surprised when We were told that those
dingy, unpainted houses were heresdences
of the aristocraey of the city, but Dublin
gentleman, who was tn us, assured ns that
inside everything was in style of princely
elegance. They don't paint them, he said,
because the coal dust is 50 terrible bad in the
winter time they would very soon require paint
ing again. The same obieetionlhe boy argu-
ed to washing his face and hands-'they'd
get dirty again To the Dublin people |
would say ipAins them again" Just as would
say ''wRsh them again to the boy The