The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-25

&, STIRLING, SCOTLAND, June 20, 1862 1
Turn to the map or Scotland and you
will see that the spot from which I'Write
Is surrounded with historic names, and the
city and castle of Stirling are among the
most Interesting and eVentful of them all.
Near the fifty sixth parallel Of latitude it
sits enthroned among these Scotch hills and
lakes, q thousand miles north Of that part
of Ohio where we 1--we, and nearly in an
even line due east from the southern7ex-
evening, and before speaking further of
Stirling and environs, let me retraee our
steps briefly for the last week. -1 .s.l
We spent three days IN Glasgow and
vicinity, visiting places of interest and cor
recting the erroneous and inadeauate ideas
we had all entertained of this city,! We
derived much of our pleasure, as well as
information, in this thriving metropolis
from our intelligent guide and friend, Mr..
McNair-to whose genuine worth, no less
than his graceful scholarship and true
Scotch pride, I wish here to record my
most cheerful testimony Glasgow. is the
second city in size in Great Britain; having
about four hundred and twenty thousand
inhabitants. 1t has commerce with aeYery
part of the globe; hence its fpeponlati0n
has an Infusion of nearly every foreign !el-
ement; the prevailing rscs is naturally
Scotch, and / already in love, with this
race and country. The city is situated on
the river Clyde, and its greatest length is
nearly or quite eight, miles, Wjtlnanl aver
age width of over two miles. The CLYDE
is .nayigable for q hundred miles from the
sea, and Glasgow HaEbor .hAss1 been sosen-
Iarged and deepened that, shipsyef heaviest
burden come, freely to- its tWharEes. 8ere
are the famous ship yards, thirty stMo;in
number from which . the Clyde built
steamers'' come We visited that Of Meszs.
Laird, who supplied the .lConfederates
with their iron clad cruisers, andzsaw1tWo
new British menfof-waF also the ttCity of
Brussels, "a new steamer on the Ipman
line, which viii be launched in q few
weeks. ts,.-..r5 E...-+s- II ..I
In this city, one hundred and FIVE years
ago, James Watt made his, first model of a
steam engine, and if his name were insert
bed on every building where men are prof
iting by his invention, and have the giant
steam attached to their wheels and lathes,
James Watt instead of sleeping quietly
and forgotten, would be the most familiar
name, not only in, Glasgow but the wide
world. We saw his home, but the kettle
whose uneasy lid revealed to his mind the
subtle force within, has not been preserved
Glasgow, has vast iron, cotton and steel
mills, and no end of other manufactures Of
less or greater magnitude, besides twenty
/ odd newspapers and periodicals, cathedrals,
/ universities, exchanges, &c. 1 shall Only
mention the great chemical works of 81.
Rollox, which cover over twelve acres.
1 employ thousand men, and consume an
nually twenty thousand tons of salt and
seventy five thousand tons of coal. The
products of this immense establishment are
chiefly Eitriol, ehIorate of lime, soda, soap,
sc. 1t is said to sbs, the largest works OF
the kind In the world. .f.f = rs7stf s5-
| Our excursions from Glasgow we're tC
Dunbarton castle, the ruins of which art
extremely picturesque que-where Mary Queer
of Scots embarked for France when {
child, and where the brave Wallace wa.
imprisoned. We saw his old sword, +, 8!
feet long, his head and that of MonteIth
his betrayer, are cut in stone. Severn
small swords and battle axes, taken from
CIllOden and Bannockburn fields, are KEEP
here. 1t was here that Edward the First
nearly the first of that lOrdly line-of Plan
tagenets, in A. D., 1896 completely van
quished- the Scotch army and subjugateC
ScOtland;s aud later, in 1857 Charles th'
First, saw with composite the Scotch allie
routed by Cromwell for he dreaded tn
austere sanctity Of The CoYenantersz a
much as the bullets and steel of the Round
heads. Also to, Hamilton, town of nea
l12 900 people, once ten miles southeast o
Glasgow, but now one of its suburbs. Th'
attraction at this place IS the pEineely pal
ace and estate of the, Duke of Hamilton
the first peer of Scotland. The origin o
this most ancient member of the Seotcl
peerage have not been able to learn.
find the family possessed OfpoWer and dis
4 tinction, however, IS far back as 1470
i when Lord Hamilton WAS married 4
Mary, sister of James ILL., of Scotland
The pleasure grounds of this Royal per,
sonage, consist of fifteen hundred. acres
kept IN most perfect order. The palace
magnificent sffair=began in 1882 ant
finished seven years later. 1t is modele'
after the temple Of Jupitor Stztor at Rome
The present Duke IS q dissolute yount
Scapegrace,- who spends most of his tim
In Paris. His law agent who supeTintend
? matters in his absence land he Is Eeldor
here, twas Sbsent the day we were there
so we could. not gain entrance to the pal
ace, (which, in. addition to e6riosities rat
aud ancient, has one of the largest. and In
esq picture galleries In Europe. % fVNeiwef
permitted, however, to go into tie bFg
mausoleum on the grounds, built by ID
grandfather Of the present Duke Of Hsmi
I ton, known asLAlexandeR ths'Tenth Dnk
! of the HamiltOns. II Several years befOE
4 his death he got an Egyptian Barc0phagu
Z to be used for his own body, and in an, NJ
:. tper hall of the mGusoleGm it now stane
2 on an immense block marble base. . lIts
g ksaid to he the same cssket Ein- which. Cleo
, patra lay, lhUss l doubt IT. sho8sYef, it loOl
i ed very qlEint and curious. d The floor {
this halliis beautiful marble, worked
) mssalc- His body alone lies in this apar
ment; the other members of the famI