The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-07

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White Star and Imam yards with ships in
every grade of perfection.
The rattle of the hammer is incessant,
the blaze of the furnaces tnges the day
light red and pail of dense smoke darkens
the sun until the steamer slowly floats UNI
der the lofty piers aud arched bridges of
Glasgow.
SCENES IN GLASGOW.
There is none of the old world inertia
about this city, of third importance in the
kingdom, since all romance is scattered to
the winds by the rush of commerce and
the dust of ages is kept in perpetual and
undignitied commotion by the hand of pro-
gress and advancement.
However, the city has a story of its
birth. when st. Mungo came in the year
500 and erected church of wood upon the
site OF the present magnificent cathedral
Previous TO 1875 the mercantile capital and
enterprise of Glasgow were almost wholly
employed in the tobacco trade, over which
the notorious tobacco lords" presided /;
but upon the opening of the American Rev.
olution the attention of all classes was d.
rected towards the West Indies, which
gave birth to the manufacture of cotton
goods to which branch of manufacture
Glasgow owes her prominence as COM
mcrcal and manufacturing city. More re-
Gently the coal and iron trades have been
developed with extraordinary rapidity and
have now attained gigantic magnitude.
And, in the wake of these pursuits, have
followed steamship building and marine
engine making.
To the labors and discoveries OF Watt
and Bell, Glasgow is largely indebted for
her position in the world, while no depart
ment of the progress of the city is more
conspicuous than that which relates to its
rapid increase as port.
The harbor has becu much improved and
a fine quay now.frnges it, II 900 feet in ex-
tent, along whichlthe vessels are constantly
moored, three and four abreast, in addition
to large amount of tonnage ranged in the
channel.
The commerce upon the Clyde surpasses
that of any other river in the world, while
at the masts Of the shipping futter the
flags and ensigns of every nation of the
globe
Argyle street is the grand thorOughfare
of the city, and is interesting because of its
varied collection of the sites of ancient in
terests. a few old tenements with narrow,
pointed gables and steep roofs here and
there attract the eye and form a contrast
to the modern elegance of the stores be-
ueath.
The street leads ON to the Cross of Glas-
gov where various streets diverge Here
was the Tontine with its piazza, the great
focus of business and politics. The ancient
jail OF the burgh, the scene of the midnight
adventure of Osbaldstone and Rob Roy
and in front of which criminals were for
merly executed, stood at the corner of this
square. All traces of this historical site
are now lost in tasteless pile of ware
houses.
The nucleus of the city exists in George
square in the center of which rises the
magnificent Grecian column, eighty feet in
height, to Sir Walter Scott, at the summit
of which a colossal statue represents the
novelist partially draped in shepherds
plaid. The square is bounded by many fine
hotels.
The cathedral is, par excellence, the lion
of Glasgow. This fine, old pile was foun
ded in the twelfth century by that most in
defatigablc of church builders, David l.,
and is of gloomy and massive rather thar
pleasing style of the Gothic architecture.
The interior is grand and imposing witt
its misty arches, banners and stained win
dows of enormous dimensions, while in the
crypt with its religious light and gray
tombs, where sleeps the great "under tn,
pale flag of DEATH" grim revcries force
themselves into reality and render thrice
pleasant the reassuring light of day. Thu
emincnce which forms the Necropolio rise'
abruptly to height of three hundred feet
forming, with its rich shrubbery and mul
titudes of monuments, noble background
for the cathedral
The hill is ledge of rock and is adorned
with tombs, walks and horticulture. A
the summit of the bristling column rise
the monument to John Knox.
STERLING CASTLE.
To the tourist returning from the High
lands and their picturesque confines, Ster
ling Castle rears its gray front and signal
the distant approach to the present capita
of Scotland. The castle is situated upon {
lofty bluff and commands view, avowet
to be the finest in Great Britain.
From the ramparts, the vale of Men
teith, plain of exquisite fertility, stretches
to the west, bounded by the Highland
mountains, raising their peaks upon thu
horizon. To the north and east are thu
Ochil hills, where the Forth sin meas