The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-12-16
Various Wanderings.
EDINBURGH, Oct. %, 1871.

ASutu"s ACoso UaAAiuk oCats
All hail thy palaces and towers
Where once beneath monavch's fe.t
Sat legislators sovereign powers
From marking wildly scattering flowers,
As on the banks of Ayr strayed,
And singing lone the lingering hours,
l shelter in thine hlnored shade.''
You will see by this. my dear
W., that l am once more in Edin-
burgh, ,and to Use a decided Scotch
ism, an ''new homo" from Ayr
shire, the classic land Of Burns.
AS wander about. q waif upon
the tide If circumstance, cut loose
from family ties and home associa-
tions. have many and varied ex-
periences, both actual and emo
tional
When my good angel hides her
face behind lowering clouds, and
even Nature seems to weep in pity
for her sinful child, oh! then indeed
l am cast down; but when she gives
me her blessing, and smiles upon
me through fl oods Of golden sun
ligh', as sto-day, then l defy Apoll-
yon aad all his hosts. Oh, then
my face is like t',e face Of the
morning. aud q new song is in my
mouth.
The more see of this fair city,
the more am enchanted. It's nat.
ural attractions are so great, that
our infinite senses can not comprc-
hend them at oLce, but like our
own Niagara, its beauties are un-
folded gradually by degrees. This
! is q part of mother Nature beau
tiful economy, else what would be
the consequence TEese streets
would be full Of awe struck indi.
viduals, standing stock still, with
outstretched hands and upli.ted
eyes, until only the whites. were
visible. Ridiculous! The wise old
dame never made any such mis-
take. For q week past / have been
rambling about, exploring every
nook and corner consecrated by
history or otherwise and thus it has
appeared to me, that the beauty aud
fitness Of its architectural struc-
lures are in perfect keeping will,
its wondrous natural advantages
| On that magnificent cminencc,
Caltcn Hill, towers Nelson's mon-
ument. looking to the sea. his Lwn
domain; beneath, in the ligh,est aud
airiest part of the city, is Burns
monument, with the Salisbury
Craigs forming background o1
gloomy grandeur, showing fortl
the lights and shadows of the poets
lille, then towering above all is Sil
Walter SCOTS, the grandest mon
ument ever saw, and which in it,
loftiness, its workmanship, st
elaborate yet 80 chaste, its perfec
balance and nicely OF proportion
illustrate SO we'll the character q
his genius. And there he sits, v it'll
that kind smile, that seems to bles.
all mankind in 3 universal brother
hood. And then, amid the sof
|, grass, the waving fiowers,snd yer
dant shrubbcry of the beautifu
West Princes Street Garden j,
sweet Allan Ramsey with his tune
full face, while against the Dol.
outlines OF the Old Town is pro
fessor Wilson's powerful and M Jag.
netic form. showing his irresis,ibl
strength and force.
The institution containing th
picture gallery is fine structure
Its corner stone was laid by th
lamented Prince Consort two day
before his last illness, and wa
? ? consequently the last public act o
. his life. He also endowed it wit
. a very handsome sum. II va
: opened hy his second son, the Duk
: OF Edinburgh
] The collection Of pictures, whicl
is fine and considerable, ,opens|a ne,
world to me, for my advantage
in this line have hitherto been yer
limited. The building / shoul
!. Judge to be built upon the trues
]. principles, for the effect is Crane
: each picture seems to occupy 1t
own particular place, and to .eceiv
it, due proportion Of light an
shade.
On entering the gallery, I pal
my reverence to its central fgur'
q life sized statue Of Robert Burn