The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-31
:, ,.RALEIGH's. HOME.
A VISIT no RALEIGH's HOUSE AT
YOUGHAL, IRELAND. Et-

YOUGHAL, 1RELANu. .4f=
some Of the sights TO He seen There
"Reminiscences Of the JBiscOverer, WHO
Brought Tobacco and Irish Po-
tatOes to Europe.
Especial Correspondence of the Democrat
RALEIGH's HOUSE AT YoUGHAL,
March 10, 1878.
We had pleasant little trip from Lismore
to Youghal, by way Of the
BLACK WATER,
one Of Trelands most picturesque rivers.
From the beauty of it's borders it has been
called the Irish Rhine 1t curves between
smooth lawns, green rs emerald, stretching
downward from hereditary villas sometimes
it dashes up against a grim, dismantIed cas-
tle-laying quite bare by Its forcibIe current
the secret entrance, in other days 50 carefully
concealed by water-g growing shrub aud quaint
device of masonry.
Now, it gives to the delighted traveller
borne on its dark bosom, glimpses Of heath
covered hills, where in the ,olden time the
giants might have sported, for huge bout
ders lie scattered in mystic confusion in the
golden gorse. Again, 1t rushes in hurryi1g
eddies past the fern-clad borders and wooded
murky waters with the ocean.
But in all its windings, every one Of which
seem to terminate It's course In some exquisite
scene Of sylvan loveliness, never Is this TO
mantle stream more interesting than when it
forms by it's broadened m outh,
YouaHAL HARBoR
on the south coast Of Ireland, where stands
the town Of Youghal, full OF old associations
and historic interest. Through this we pass
to our destination, Ralegh's House, gift to
him from the Virgin Queen and his resi-
dence while in Ireland. After his politicaI
disgrace it passed into the hands of The Earl
of Boyle. From this family'it was purchased
by the present owner, Pope Hennesey, Gov
ernor OF Hong Kong.
Now we tread on ground teeming az Iux,l1t-
antly with associations Of the past as with
natures sweetest verdure and most fowery
freshness We stand beneath the four inter-
laciDg palm trees that mark the spot where
the enterprising Raleigh introduced from
become q national diet-the Irish potato
Perchanoe ON just such o delicious
summer day, in this same pleasant spot,
he soothed his active brain with the fumes OF
his favorite tobacco weed, and calculated the
chances of the Crop" from. the pale purple
what many less iIlustrious aRriculturist
has done since. How strange that he who
added food, gold and territory to England
should have enjoyed his morning hours la
this little. garden, shut out, from the busy
world. How passing wonderful that this
rustic, three gabed. old fashioned house
should still stand peacefully In the glnting
sunlight, dhying ruin, while he who bestowed
low built, small Widowed apartments filling
them with clouds Of smoke, peopling them
with visions Of grandeur, illumined by the
smile of royalty ITSELF should live only in the
"reminiscences of his vanished greatness scat
tered here and there.
We pass from the neatly kept garden, ,ln-
der the guidance Of the polite maid, through
q jessanine-crowned porch into an UMPIRE
tending hall The walls Of this are covered
ing scenes and events In the life of the man
who gave his name to the place, some of
which are familiar to everyschool boy student
OF English history, such as Raleigh In the act
OF ,a sp,reading BIZ cloak over The muddy pave
ta1ninatlon. Others, appreeiable only by those
acquainted with the customs and appearance
Of the peasantry OF Youghal. For 1nstan 3e
Ia one etching our hero is represented clutch
very long handle. This same handle. pass
ing under his arm, reappears ct the back,
holding the gentleman's ooat-tails. most
com comt hs.n elevated The classic re-
cepLtcle is evidently filled with
newly cooked, mealy potatoes on whose n.er-
it's Raleigh descants to the assembled and in
terested Irish natives-women with bare
feet and legs, short tattered petticoats,
shawls for head gear; children, small and
large, frowsy, dirty, but healthy. One man
has just tasted the PIRATES and is evidently
executing an Irish jig In approval. To say
nothing of the artistic merits OF this etching,
one can easily perceive it's design Is from ma
ture. The originals OF the motley group
may be seen IN any backward Irish village OF
the present day.
above tableau-Raleigh o la saucepan--to
contrast it with the marble bust confronting
us as we reach the last step of the stairway
on our way to the drawing-room. This is
mastery and solemn. 1t makes him much
our right as we enter the drawing room. In
this Original" the backward condition of the
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