Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-14
ACROSS THE CONTINENT
OF EUROPE.
SCOTLAND.
LoNpoN. July 16. 1873.

EDS, HERALD:
My last letter was mailed at Moville.
Ireland, and was merely a sketch of the
ocean voyage. 1 will now give an outline
Of our travels thus far:
On Tuesday, July 7th, we arrived at
Greenoek, Scotland, where the Custom
House officers came aboard and took
charge of the ship; and after they had
gone through with the customary routine
of overhauling and chalking the baggage,
it was passed from the ship to a small
steamboat and conveyed TO Glasgow
there being ten tons of it-alI belonging
to our party. After waiting some time, a
larger steamboat came alongside and took
rs off the ship, when each one bid Capt
Hedderick and his crew farewell, and
proceeded up the river Clyde to Glasgow.
On our way up this sluggish stream-it
was not made by the Almighty, but by the
hand of man, is walled up on either side,
and Jredge-boats ply up and down it con-
tinually, supported by the city of Glas-
gov, that the channel may be kept open,
and thus give her an outlet to the sea-we
passed many places of interest, among
which we may mention DumbartOn town,
rock and castle, wherein William Wallace
was held prisoner; and though we could
not stop to visit the castle, it is said by
those who have been there, that Wallace's
sword, a very large, two-handed one, still
remains relic in the castle. The works
of Sir Walter Scott, and the Scottish
Chiefs, give an account of this place, and
of the exploits of Wallace. .'The Giants
Causway, - on the Firth of Clyde, was
also passed. On the river may be seen a
part of the old Roman wall; also, a mon
ument in memory of Henry Bell, the first
to operate steamboats, on the Clyde, and in
the kingdom. We saw the oldest steam
boat in existence, 'Industry," lying on
the bank of the Clyde, built in 1912. Some
ten or twelve miles of the banks of the
Clyde, out from Glasgow, are occupied by
the great ship-builders of Europe.
At Glasgow, Section 1 put up at the
Cockburns Hotel, the house where the
American Consul, Cooper, stopped. Glas-
gov has population of over half mil
lion. The city is built of stone entirely,
and the streets are all paved with stone.
Buildings are now standing, in good pre-
servation, that have stood from eight
hundred to a thousand years. The old
Cathedral, founded in 1926, is one among
the finest and strongest pieces of arehi-
lecture in that line we have witnessed. II
stands a monument to the stirring scenes
of centuries ago. Many kings and queens
lords, earls and dukes have passed
through its portals, and on through the
vale, and now sleep beneath the floor ol
the nave or lie beneath the cypt of the
chapel. 1t is a world of thought
grand pile of antiquity. The windows
are all memorials, placed there by friends
of deceased persons, at a great expense
the paintings on the same being executed
by the best artists in the Old World.
After a stay of two days in Glasgow we
passed on to the "Modern Athens" Ed
inburgh pronounced Edinboro), the mos
beautiful and solidly constructed city il
all Europe; so we are told. It is seat o
learning and literature, crowned will
| historical associations, and powerful il
| commercial interests-a place of 250, ,O0t
inhabitants. No wonder the Scotehmal
is proud of his Capital. No marvel tht
| tourist joins in admiration of a city tina
at once attracts and commands his atten
ton. At Edinburgh cabs were awaiting
to carry the party out to Craig Miller,
massive pile of ruins--of an old castle
covered with ivy. Its origin is not know
/ it is supposed to have been built durin
the reign of the Picks. Mary, Queen o
SCOTS, once lived here, as also did othe
kings and queens, early in the history Q
Scotland. The castle was built, like al
with high walls, towers, battlements, an
underground passages.
We returned by way of the "Queen
Drive" around the foot of FFArthur'
Seat,' an immense craig of rock risin
over 800 feet above the city, to Holyroo
Palace. and Abbey, where those who ar
afflicted with feelings of deep sympath
for Mary, Queen of SCOTS, one of tt
most beautiful, but most unfortunate
queens, can give vent to their feeling
/, The whole association of the palace
: bound up in the misfortunes of Quee
Mary, We passed through the pictul
gallery or ancient banquet hall, whel
hung on the walls about one hundred po
traits of Scottish kings. We next passe
, through Lord Darnley's room, and o.
, served the private stairway that comm
nicated with the Queens room above.
The ''Tapestry-room" lin that portion
): the palace, built by Charles H., contain
/ two large pieces of tapestry, portraits al
other relics of the past. Queen Mary
apartments are the most interesting
). the palace, and remain, to some extent,
the same state as when occupied by Il
" unhappy Princess. Passing through Il
: :, Audience-chamber, we entered Que,
: Mary's bedroom, which contains. t
30 same bed, chairs, pictures, and other
q ticles of furniture-one chair, upholster
40 in fancy needle-work by the hands of t
IL u Queen. On one side of this room is t
20 door of the secret passage, by which t
50 conspirators entered, and adjoining is t
i. small room where their victim, Rice
was dining with the Queen when he "
n, struck down and dragged to the ou
- door of the Audience-ehamber, where
was dispatched, and the spot where
= body lay is still marked by stains Of biz
on the floor. In the royal vault in Ho
= rood Abbey were deposited the rema
of David II, James II, James V and Nj
dalene, his queen Henry, Lord Darn
and other illustrious persons. We n
passed up Canongate street to the no
of John Knox, the Scottish Reform
whore he lived from 40 until hic 6ac
1572-three hundred and thirty years a
. We next approached Edinburgh Ca
from Canongate, High and Castle
streets, the ancient stronghold of Edv
king of Northumbria, which stands O
precipitous rock 400 #. above the city,
is the oldest ne rt of the Same THE