The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-07-12

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to Letter fsea Frs6essas Cox. az
We clip the following extracts
from q letter just received by Dr..
Leyetta, Of Indianapolis, from Pro
fessor Cox, the Indiana Commas.
nonsr to Vienna:
rr.,ts5 s nav LONDON, May ~.
We arrived here last week, my
family and Mrs B. on Wednesday
sveping and I on Saturday evening,
having parted with them for tha
Zine at Newcastle-on-T Tyne in order
e nlt the Cleveland coal and IRON
district, of which Middleboro is the
cspital. bra .nwoh nrvaId
As / have not written since leav-
iag Queenstown, it may prove of
interest to commerce at the begin
|nhg Of our land journey and briefly
elate some Of the Incidents which
Refel us on the route through Ire
land, Scotland and England. Our
party, through the 6rst part of the
district, comprised eight in mum
ber, having been increased by the
addition of three young ladies and
one gentlemen, who had crossed tho
country in the same vessel and were.
consequently not altogether strang.
els. ns-. .---Ex
Our first sally was to Blarney
Castle, which we did in good STYLE,
but forgot to count the immense
number of stone steps which spun
us to the top. Indeed we were 80
exhausted and dizzy from the as
cent that some of the ladies' thought
the number at least . thousand
The view from the top is very fine,
and well repaid the labor required
of reaching it. Who kissed the
genuine Barney stone is question
which has given us much perplexity,
as we find, too late for remedy, that
the right stone is matter of much
dispute among tourists - -.
At HI larny our party divided,
tho three young ladies Wishing to
spend two days, while we, with Mr..
c., Of Brooklyn, New York, thought
it possible to see all We desired in
one day. To do this carriage was
procured for Eve and we started
out with guide to cross the noun
tains by the pass of Dunloe, and
meet the boats at the head of the,
upper lakes After reaching the
pass we found ponies ready, and
tie carriage was sent back to the
hotel. -
Our guide is q musician, and
gave us far more delightful ideas of
the echoes by; the sweet notes from
his kent bugA I forgot to men,
ton that jast hators hhng the po
nies the 80 called great grandmother
Of Kate Kearney ran out from her
cabin with q jug Of whisky and .
pitcher OF goats milk. ass So
7 Peat or turf is very common u
this part Of Ireland. Indeed, we
saw them cutting it on the topmost
part Of the pass of Dunloe. It is
cut into square, blocks, about the,
size Of brick, and piled in stacks
to dry. a5 aniEfllsld lad IN
As we approach Dublin the coun.
try improves. in an agricultural
point Of view, and in that city we
had the pleasure of meeting Mr..
Glen. Here I also met two, very
old acquaintances who, when young
men, visited the United States and
made quite . long stay in the VII
lage whele I was raised One of
them is now Secretary. Of the Roy
al Irish Academy. He invited us
to tea and we enjoyed the pleas
ing conversation, Of himself and
two elderly sisters Mr.. G. is a
jolly old bachelor. full of jokes
and "reminiscences Of his visit to
America and the West e -
When We reached Belfast il was
nearly night, and raining, 70 we
Concluded to leave Ireland and
take the steamer for Glasgow at
once. We found the boat crowded
with tourists, but fortunately got o
good state room. When awakened
IN the morning the boat was steam
ing up the Clyde. One of the most
interesting sights to, me was the
numerous ship yards, which lined
both sides Of the river for miles.
Iron clad steamships are seen in
every stage Of completion, from
the mere skeleton frame to the
finished vessel Of 5000, tons bur
den. The magnitude and impor.-s,
tance Of this branch of business on