The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-24
NOTES or FOREIGN TRAyEL.
An Excursion in Ireland. and RambIe In
Scotland.

!. EDITOR NEWS II have the impress
sion that my last letter was closed
while at Port Rush and the Giants
Causeway. While at Londonderry 8
monument upon an elevation near the
coast, and beside u neat little chapel.
attracted my notice, which had been
erected to the memory of DR.. Adam
Clarke. also learned that the inhab-
itants of this vicinity are mostly Prot
estants, and that the Methodist and
Presbyterian denominations are the
ones chiefly represented. But the place
is not without its Roman Catholic
chapel.
The waters OF the ocean are lost sight
of soon after leaving Colerian, and
they are not again seen until near Bel
fast, when the road runs along the
shore of its Tough for few miles be-
fore reaching the city. l presume it
is understood that Tough in ireland,
loch in Scotland, and lake In other
Engllsh-speaking localities, mean one
and the same thing, only that waters
| which communicate with the ocean,
or deep bays, are sometimes designated
by these terms in those countries.
The general assembly of the Presby-
terrain church of Ireland was in session
at Belfast, and it seemed to furnish a
rare opportunity to obtain view of
the prominent men in that church, and
| m oh Of
Upon the Sabbath the various pulpits
in the city were Gas is the custom of
the different denominations at home)
occupied by members of the assembly
! and by other persons from abroad. The
Waldens.an pastor of Genoa, Italy,
Rev. Matho Prochet, occupied the pull
pit of st. Enoch's church, the place
where the assembly was held. After
listening to him once, am left with
the impression that he is among the
greatest of living preachers. But this
quality does not consist of anything
like finished method of utterance, or
of Oratory, (for they are almost wholly
absent,) but in the plain and direct ut
terance of his message. There is a
warmth, and vigor, and pathOs that is
extremely rarely to he found 10 any
country.
The questions which relate TO ma
tional popular education in Ireland
engaged due proportion of the atteR-
ton of the assembly. 1t seems that an
extremely small measure of support is
furnished from the national treasury.
This sum, although small, is enough to
induce some efforts in its manage
ment, on the part of the Catholics and
Protestants Gas such) that does not al
ways contribute to the interests of their
lat best) poorly paid teachers. There
are said to be between six and seven
hundred of these schools now in opera
ton in the whole country. And while
the teachers are under the meager
measure of national patronage, they
are not admitted-when they become
old and otherwise disabled-tO the
privileges and emoluments of others
who are on the civil service lists. 1t
was stated that no less than one hun
dred and thirty-three persons who had
become disabled from age, and other
causes, are now Inhabitants of the work
houses, which here means poor houses.
From Belfast we coursed down the
Tough, which bears the name of the
Tough of Belfast, and crossed the chan
mel 20 GreenOck near Glasgow. Hav-
ign observed that twilight fingers here
to q late hour, l concluded to remain
upon deck until it had entirely passed
away, but when the ship bell sounded
for half-past eleven, on inquiring of
the officer in charge of the deck, he
stated that there would be no more
darkness than at that time, and he
pointed To the slight increase of light
toward the northeast. 1t was some
what different from u former custom
to be engaged in reading by natural
light AZ ten o'clock in the evening.
Passing up the Clyde from Greenoch
to Glasgow furnished an opportunity
to obtain a view of the building of iron
ships that is going forward here. No
less than eighty were in process of
building. But some of these were
of small dimensions, and for the
coasting trade, while others are of the
largest class. One of the largest ella IS
afioat was launched on that day.
Our first point for delay in Scotland
was at Jedburg. This little town, of
about the same population as Empo-
ria, does not occupy one fourth its
space. 1t is situated upon the northern
border OF the Cheviot hills, which were
the locality where some of the sharpest
contests occurred during the period of
the conflicts between England and
Scotland. This old town deserves much
more notice from tourists and travellers
than it seems to receive. Here is the
ruin of an Abbey which is quite equal
in historic interest to its neighbor at
Melrose. A small portion of this old
ruin has been so far restored as to be
occupied by Presbyterian congrega-
ton of the established church of Scot
land. In the center of the village is an
ancient house where Mary, Queen of
SCOTS, once sojourned, while on her
last journey into Scotland. 1t is des-
ignated as Queen Mary's house, and is
now the residence of the village school
master.
This was the place of nativity OF
some persons of fame OF different pc
RODS. 1t is the place where Sir David
Brewster was born, and where he re-
ceived his early lessons in the village
school which was taught by his father,
and in the same school was Thompson,
author of THE Seasons" It was here
that Vietch, the astronomer, and the
discoVerer of q planet which bears his
name, lived and is buried. His son
now an old man, occupies the former
residence of his father.
An incident which shows that SONS
Ofthe old notions of these people, which
were induced by the prosecutions they
endured, still linger, was mentioned o
Mr.. Veitch, Jr. Some of the victims
of the Sepoy massacre at Delhi, India
, went from this place. The people con
ceivsd the plan of erecting memo
rial fountain to commemorate them
The most suitable place for its erection
, seemed to be upon grounds owned b.
Mr.. Vietch, and permission was asked
and freely given, to erect it there. Blu
the design of the fountain struetur
embraced cross surrounding it. A
Mr.. Vietch looked upon this as the em
f blem of their old enemies, rather thai