New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-29
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Notes Of an srish JOurbey.

'''-' ''' 'P''''' CORK Arra &c, lse6
CORK IN THE PAST.
Americans making tour through Europe, sometime
land at Queenstown and as fast steam can shoot them
onward they hurry of to Killarney leaving Cork and us
cnyirons as unworthy of moments delay. Nor Is theH
stay at Killarney usually prolonged beyond few hours
they manage to and appreciate all the interesting
places and ruins Of this renowned locality by mere
flying visit is beyond comprehension: And why TINS
charming and inviting old town should be so frequently
ignored even for lightning trip TO Killarney Is to me
mystery Cork has not napty been called the AhehS vi
Ireland Measured blythe number Of men OF real genius
who here first the light, and by the contributions
which its children have given to literature anu "r' 'o
is IFS history so bare of event and incident as TO
render it unnercStng for the associations OF ITS past ~
Fonn Bar here erected monastery on the SITE o pagan
temple in the seventh century The Danes heizc9 the
place in the ninth century ana Det ueelsNe VAN 20
shelter it from the noursons of the neghborng chici
tains In 1883 PcTkin WaIbecS found recognition ana
shelter al the hands of It's Mayor The latter paid the
penay by being hanged and Cork WAS for hundred Feais
denrved of js charter in punishment Of tie oiiense
Cromwell in 16i9 captured the CITY by SURPRISE ana saheu
the memory and the cause Of the Coyonaners by me mas
sacre of many of its inhabitants. IL upon This occ
sion that he converted its bells INTO cannon anu
OF being demonstrated with, perPeraed ms famous eo ny
rcplving that priest had been ire inventor oi gun
powder he thought the best use iol beh Wouu pe 10
cost them INFO cannons" william Penn was here con-
vcrted into Quakersm, and with eighteen Others OF his
sect was cast into prison. how lar may ms experience
in Cork have shaped his destiny, and, through his destiny,
how Far may they have affected the subsequent history Of
CORK OF THE PRESENT.
But IL is Cork Of the present day, and not OF TIE past
that have to speak Cork, with It's winding nycr us
clearly streets It's beautiful enyirons Its fnn-loyIg ana
sparkug people its hospaltc its veneraon for learn
inc and art lis charitable institutions, It's ELEGANT luxury
and refinement, and its squald poverty aud ignorant
ooarseness-l might not inappropnotey add, Cork with
~ bsoul women fresh as the Ills with the dews of the
evening still lingering upon IT'S petals ,.
The people OF Cork possess chaTaciersic eney 'nel
rlra.fl nv
flavor that has made il almost world famous. One does
not need 10 remain here than II hours to saisi{ nm
self that the common yeidCt upon lAls lead d I1s6
earned The faculty belongs perhaps more gcneial! 20
the lower classes but it is here in large measure among
high and low The free living popensiues 81 mo people
are innate. Not lacking in business abilities ana IL
drstr ncnations as every street and lane tcstihes,
dyarshun' is, nevertheless, tho element when an az
light to immerso themselves in let the opportunity ilf thS
selfindulgcnce be slight. The result stttets
filled with genial faces and sparkling eyes and with ar
smaller percentage OF paupers than the visitor wouiu
naturally expect to see TO shock hs sensibes ny te
painful contrast
IRISH SENTIMENT
There is Characteristic no less prominent than WIZ
among the Irish people generally ana winch Is strongly
undcTles all their mature Last night young gTl OF SIX
teen or seventeen Summers, With an elderly man VINO
played carionet accompaniment to hei voice. came u
on the opposite side of the street fronting on my hot
and sang several ballads and selections nom popular
operas With a voice sweet flexible, ana powerful be-
vond expression she gathered around her hundred OF
more of the rough hard listed class such are manuac
turcd into good Democrats soon after thcy step upon our
shores-and held them splbould Tor haf ard horn by
the very pathos Of her melody Not rough Woru OF
ride remark was Spoken Perfect d,eOrum and order pre-
vailed the spirit Of the song seeming TO peTaie ana
enapure every heart. The singer finished her Isys am
ont mostatoa but as the objcc, Of degree of Difference
and respect approaching the reyercntiai.
THE CHARITIES OF CORR.
The charitable institutions Of Corr have done much TO
relieve il of instances OF individual suffering cthor from
poverty Otherwise Us streets are ir iom being rec
however al persons old and young, in every stage Of
misery and want hut the instances are far less numerous
than one would expect to meet with and too ofen they
are the result Of scposed drunkenness and eonseqnen
vagabondage The city supplies To- ihose VINO Sc. INC
aid Of snch institutions charitable hOsDts for cgcrs
unacv and other niimes, while It's educational lnst-
tutons are upon grand and benecont scale HE great
evil Is the PRO .ivy the part Of the ignorant masses
10 lead lives Incidence and bcega. These support 10
ess than thrty-three pdwAbrokcT, establishments IN
Cork, and give life 10 r1portonate number o. liquor
shops lmprOyidence and des'tuiipn 60 hand IN mana
among this class Perhaps ~ Is because Of the long su
ferng which unwise laws regulating The relations Of land
lord and tenant and oyocrowded population nave en-
dered and which have smothercd out the IRE 81 amb
ton DO WE'LL perhaps from yet other and more eb-rdse
causes which my limits forbid that should INQUIRE INTO
One thing certain, that az the rate that America has
deloed ireland of it, working classes f0r tho past few
wears the aboror here viii soon be worthy Of us hire and
we NAV hope that the days Of the regeneration OF this class
are therefore, not far distant II VIII remain win the Ia
\ borer himself TO say if IL shall not be 20.
TO change the theme for one more agreeable II DO
desired 20 lind health and beauty widely disseminated
among the faircr portion Of humanity, Cork j. The spot
toward which the Pilgrim, bent such mission, may
well wend his way. The flush Of the rose minclcs deep
With tho male hue of lie lily upon almost every check and
ewes that with radiant light and nser sparkle under
MANY brow. The old chrOnicer Ralph liongshead, in
speaking Of the early inhabitants o. Cork, when wake
tribes of OMah0neys and McCarthys surrounded IL on
every eide says: "1hey trust not the country adjoining
but match in wodOcke among themselves onlie 20 that
the whole cite IL well nigh linked one TO tic oihcT N
afhnte.'
IRIsH c.AUTY
Il would seem II stve OF beauty bad Tins early been
eneendered which has peryadcd in Cork since for the
women in the general average Of their wecut features
fine complexions, end beaming eyes, seem indeedas
whole 10 be "linked one 10 the other IN ahinite.
IRISH HOMES.
Tie hOspalfes which 10 be- met win 81 the fire
sides OF the many beautiful homes OF Cork frank and
generous. The acquisition OF riches seems 70 involve
nobler motive than that Of desire Of display. II has en-
crcled the city in every direction with charming villas
which, while they sufficiently striking and imposing
in an architectural point Of view, ond almost invariably in
perfect taste aud keeping with their surroundings
nevertheless more b. admired for the social air Of home
comforts which they seem to wear than Tor their mgnih-
cence
People here build homes uol os.eniatious palaces such
as Shoddv and Petrola inhabt, and which too often
only museums bad taste and vulgar splendor. The
single feature which IL all is the s5uao and poverty
that with at almost cvery lodge gate, watching
and waiting for the rejected moIse from the table OF the
master Of DE manor for the few pence that visitors
nav no interga bestow This 10 that adG ms the daily
life OF these delightful homes and blus The conientmcn
and happiness Of these Otherwise fortunate possessor
THE BELLS OF sHANDoS.
lut the ShandOn chimes warn me that the nouf d al
hand when must depart would fam lngeI mere, and
watch the coming summer days SCI their sea- Of beauty
uuou the hillside and upon the valley OF the Wind
ing Lee. This may moi be. A long journey Tres before
US and the hours are precious. am sure however, mat
shall find no more charming spot, no iareI Cline than
this; none whore the word farewell viii find more heart
felt meaning Of be more regretfuly spoken
ION thee ponder;