Nebraska advertiser., 1870-12-28

eens. Not far from the quays is an
open space where the poor hold q
market or bazaar. Here is liveliness
and business enough; ragged women.
chattering and crying their beggarly
wares ragged boys gloating over
dirty apple and pie stands; fish fry
ing, and raw, and sinking: clothes
booths, where you might buy a ward
robe for scare-crows; old nails. hoops
bottles and marine wares old bat-
tered furniture. that has been sold
against starvation. In the streets
round about this place. on sunshiny
day, all the black fiaping windows
and m0uldy steps are covered with
sprawling, lazy, figures-women.
with bare breasts. nursing babies
ragged children padding everywhere
1t il but two minutes walk out OF
Patrick street, when you come upon
a fine flashy shop o plated goods or
a grand French emporium of dolls
waking sticks, carpet-bags and per-
funlery.
The markets herr have q rough
old fashioned. cheerful look; its n
comfort after the misery TO hear red
butchers wife wing after you to buy
All honest piece of meat. 1t. Patrick
street begins at the bridge of the
same name, and forms a kind of ere
scent sweeping round in a westerly
direction tn join the Grand Parade.
IL is a Wild open thOroughfare, and
lined with handsome shops; but the
effect is sadly marred by the irregu-
lar construction Of the houses, which
seera to have been shaken down, in
all sizes and shapes, from q gigantic
pepper-castnr; Grand Parade, South
Wall, Great George Stree, Western
Road, and the Mardyke are the prin-
eipal thor0ughfares. On South Wall
is situated the Stamp Office, the Bank
of Ireland, the Cork Library. the PRO-
testant Hall, the Imperial Hotel. the
Commercial Buildings, or News Room
and the County Club House. Thr
suburbs of Cork are diversified by
landscape of much beauty. Its chief
experts are grain, butter, cattle and
provisions-it imports, wine, tea,
enter and clear out of the port Year
ly, the value of the exports in butter
alone exceeding Sll0.0IO. Vessels o.
603 tons can lie alongside the quay
here, al low water, the depth is fui
Iy seven feet. The public buildings
Of Co k are neither numerous nor re-
From an architectural |
point OF view, the Court House is the |
most interesting. It's pOrtico consists |
of eight columns, supporting an en-
tahlituTe and cOrnice, with a well |
sculptured group OF Justice between |
Love and Mercy. The effect is very |
fine. and the facade has truly Palla- |
dunn character. The Queens College |
occupies noble pile of bull ings, |
with IA massive entrance tower, erect |
Ell on picturesque rock, Immediately |
above The south branch of the river |
Lee, and at distance of half mite |
from the city. 1t il built # carbon T.
erOus limestone, in the Tudnr style,
from designs OF Sir Thomas Dean -
The three deans of Residtnc g. are
an Episcopaean, Presbyterian and
Roman Catholic. The District La
matte ASYLUM il handsome Gothic
pile. The Custom House, Corn Ex-
:hange, City and County .'ails. M i
,al Charities and hospitals, are Il Q
,tTucturee aud Institutions
The populatiOn of Cork. proper. i
about 50, ,0J0. There ar. eight PrOteS-
ant ard eiyhl Roman Ca hplIc church
-. The Cathedral 0i sjt. Finn Barr.
Vas modern Doric editice, pain,
magnificent and tu-teless. bat a new
Ind handsome Cathedral is approach
Ug completion. Ii consists of nave.
lorth anu south aisles, transepta. ap
idal chair, and ainbuiatOry. Close hy
: the Episcopal Palace. and a Gene
cry in which il il said that seventeen
bishops and 7a0 holy people are in
cred. -. Mary's Church is semi
lassicai -tEucture, with IA portico sup
'nued by eight lofty columns. The !
ulI!!o on the roof rests npon
'Orlutnian pillars. each OF which j.
by figure of one of the
apostles. =. >. Peter and Paul il -
ichly decorated building. The Pres
yterian Church is rema-kah Y i
leasing specimen of church decora- .
"n. More celebrated than these. but
sr inferior in architectural merit, is
[. Anne's ShandOn Church. The 4.
Bells OF Shaud0n" belong to the T.
lions Of Cork. and Great Tom" 1
Lincoln, or Big Ben" of West
mas scarcely wider famr.
ne steeple in which they hang is ,l4h /
1t high, ana being rai>ed upon M Il
ninence is conspicuous from every
art Of the city. 1t was built 1722;
: steeplp Was built of hewn limestone
ON the Franciscan Abbey. where
,meS II heard mass, and from the :
in- Of Lord Barry's CaStIe-Sh0n-
)a or Sedn6Iu, signifying, i'm Irish.
p "o!d fort" or castle" The
lines of Shandon are celebrated fer
e.r melody. There is nothing, after
!. like the associations which early
fancy sttaches to the well known
'd long remembered peals of our
arch bells, ands no music can
ual them to our eaF, when returning
me after long absence in foreign
fhe finest peal of bells in
2 most gorgeous cathedral, CON :
'Ucted ny the skill and devotion o. :
an, can nerer produce that magical =
iuPnce in the heart which i pro-
ced by the simple peals from the
nrrhes rising among the trees of our
n Brownville.
OCCASIONAL.