The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-28

anu wnlch oy the hand of ruth
less man, have been despoiled and rent
to pieces at the instigation Of prejudice,
and Intolerance In the expectation that
some time in the future | would have the
privilege of more lengthy visit at Edin-
burg. My observation of men and things
must OF necessity be cursOry and short
Proceeding up the Cannongate we passed
the Toloooth, Trinity College Church, &c,
and making another detour, We traversed
the CO"gate IN the direction Of the Grass
Markets, and made our way to the Castle,
which We reached i'll due time. On in
curry | found that almost all the buildings
were OF comparatively modern construction,
but well adopted for defence, from their
natural positions; from very early ages,
this cltade. has been ia existence, anu has
Also ~IthstOod some Of the most trying
vlcISsitudvs If time aud ASA lants but to-
day the Castle 81 Ednburg Is perhaps the
best illustration Of mcdleI al defence To be
found ou tue Brush Islands. Its contents
are interesting u the military tudent, and
aIsu Co the antqutry, ami are too we'll
known a. require mention here. We eX
amtued IN detail all that Is usually shown
"a visitors. and recrossIu- the Esplsnade,
took our way down the Castle hill
Passing the free Church Assembly Hall,
the ASSEMBLY Hall, the remnant OF the
tam .us West BD@, entered st Giles
Church. This buildIug Is 10 Ednburg
what st Puls Is t. London. and has
many memorials If departed worth and
rccel suca state within ITS walls Indeed
the religious history II Scotland Is IdentI-
a
is held IN great veneratIou by the people
Near the church We saw the heart Of MID
l. lrsu, and passed. on to Parliament
= .t.-- = u IT.. u l-. " a short visit to
tae r-euur t o.. oll. my, We passed on
70 the A. ..ur 4 i from thence re
crossed the North Bridge ID the new town
aud visited Sir Walter SCOTS Monument,
III Princes street gardens Many descrip
lions Of the noble STRUCTURE have been
written, and many of you have seen 1t. |
for the first time looked upon 1t then, and
eau never forget its Gothic richness of de
tail and elegant proportions. To one who
has read the splendid creations of the man
10 whose memory 1t has been erected, the
numerous statues adjoining the inches, al
though incomplete, are suggestive i'll the
highest degree, and gave 10 me unalloyed
pleasure Having seen the Albert memo
rial IN Regents Park, london, aud heard
1t called the more elegant of the two, by
men capable Of giving an unbiased opin
ion. | have concluded that their tastes and
niue differ, and | here claim that the
Scott monument is the grandest Of the
two, most complete in conception, and q
fitting memorial to the great Wizard Of
the North.
Next morning we aNoke early, and look
ing out We found the mist still on hand,
and reg retted It much, as | had made a
view Of the city and country from Arthur 5
Seat. one Of special Importance and pleas
ure. This expectation still cherish. We,
however, took walk up to the Cation
Hill, and visited in detail the monuments
there If there had been clear weather We
should have had fine view from this
point dissatisfied, we went to our break
lasts, and made ready to leave for Glas-
gov, and as our train sped out towards
the west, we took a pleasant farewell Of
Aud Reekie.
August % To-day at noon we expect
to sail from Glasgow for New York on
board the steamship Olympia, of the An
NiloA A4iiAts Jul ate dAAN leth AiAdN shC iiCS ~
Greenock and special train at 1 p. IN.
would take MS there. Our baggage having
been sent on before, we resolved to pay
our respects 70 the guide auld toon O
Paisley for an hour or two. Paisley
shawls and Paisley thread have made her
famous as a manufacturing center, but as
We leave the Bridge Street station, and
Glasgow with its pleasant associations re-
cedes from our view, we begin to realize
that our pleasant visit To our former
homes and early associations has drawn to
a close, and the dreams of our boyhood
must now give place again to the actual
ties Of everyday life, with their varied
experience of pleasure and pain, success
and reverse. Life is a never ending sue
cesslOn Of compensatioTis, and as we have
enjoyed the leisure Of our vacation, so
must we grid on the armor of duty and
everyday responsibilities until another
opportunity for travelling presents itself,
if such may be our good fortune. Arriv-
ing at Paisley, We spent two or three
hours looking about us, out with the ex-
ception of the remains u the old Abbey
dedicated to ST. James aud st. Mirren, We
found all the surroundings modern, and Of
bleAchhelds and shipyards, and taking
train az tIu We we're landed At Princes
Pier, Greenock. and BY tender were taken
on board the Olympia at once. We
found some friends had arrived ahead of
us, and she was Just receiving her freight
from the dispatch boat, it was nearly
midnight Of the 22d of August before we
were under steam and steering for the
American coast. The Olympia is only
about |, 800 tons burthen, and we were
told not to expect fast voyage but she
was well and pleasantly offered, and real
ly we were not III any great hurry. This
being our condition and prospects, we
woke Sunday morning, August 23d.
and found a dense fog all around
us, and our ship barely making
steerage-way. This continued until Mon
day, ~hen, the fog lifting, we found our
selves of Rathlin Island, but closer to the
shore than was at all pleasant. Putting
on steam we soon entered Tough Foyle,
and reaching Neville we took on board
quite a number of passengers, cabin and
steerage, and steaming lout again to the
open sea, we made Tory Light by p. m.
At midnight we were fairly at sea, and our
Oce@u voyage west nAu reoLy Oekun
A HUNDRED fathorns deep.
Our first day out was pleasant and all
went merry as q marriage bell but the
next night the weather changed and we
ran into heavy sea, With westerly gale
right i'll our teeth. This continued for
five days and nights, our progress being
very slow, all the passengers except a very
few being confined by sickness to their
rooms, those of us who we're able to be on
deck receiving a drenching occasionally
which made it very uncomfortable Bat
Capt. Hugh Young with his officers and
crew did everything to make us comforta-
BILE, and the days passed. by rather monot-
onously. On the 18th Of August we passed
the Great Eastern steamship and three
tenders laying a new Atlantic cable. Our
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