The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-08-05

| drcd and eight square miles or, the
territory of the United States is more
than twenty-eisht times us large as that
Of England, Ireland and Scotland. But,
to return to the main subject in hand, it
lnny be said Of Glasgow that is both ali
old and new city. 1t is entitled to be
called city. not because Of the number
of it's inhabitants, or the importance or
extent Of its commerce or manufactures,
but because there is. within its corpo-
rate limits, a Cathedral. This seems
strange to Americans. The Inhabitants
Of little railroad depot towns, in our
country do not Hesitate to not hesitate
to use the word city: ns suffix to the
name of their town TO this, nc one
objects, and city is far more dignified if
not more sonorous than villa. Gn the
British lslcs NO town Is entitled t. be
called city except there tc il It an old
Cathedral, monument of architectural
greatness aud spiritual degradation ana
superstition If bygcrc days.
The founding Of Glasgow took place
about the middle IF the sixth century.
Here about $50, st. Mungo Or Kentigcrn.
built a cell. The spot on which this
Culd1e cell was constructed is sad to
have been about n mile ncrth Of tie
Clyde, some place hear the site Of the
Cathedral. It was place of no I'M
poItance, or OF but little importanc, for
centuries. While England ard Scot
land continued separate kingdoms, the
situation or Glasgow was unfav orab!a
to command trade. In fact, without
the Clyde, and the Clyde d,cdged out
and made navigahlc, Glasgow would be
nothing but an insignificant Scotch
town. The CatheIral, one Of the finest
architectural structures IN the Kingdoms,
IL fact unI Of the finest architl ctural
structures in tho world. might give il Il
kind Of semi-rrlig;cus Importance, ard
entitls it to DC called ii city, Tut never
could Glasgow DC Whit '. =. anI what it
- destined t. be without The CLYDE
dredged out. This suggests the ,ica
il.t If tbs 3bstructioGs were taken ont
Of Bread ,,vtr, the beds of iron on
King, :r.ek, WSrC= cr.ck AMI Duol;ttle
might b. utilized and mad, . source Of
i,nmstSt r.v.nue to tl.. State Of South,
C"roiiua There seems t. G2 10 natu-
r": 'eason why slips Il heavy burden
might not be brought rrvln th. mouth Of
the Sahtee tU Cherokee ford. as easily AS
shir irs Of tl,2 2heavilst burd:u are brought
from Grccnoch t. Glasgow Not only
so, but by system of canals, bouts Of
heavy burden pass from 0ban to Inver-
ness, almost directly across Scotland.
Ths only difficulty in our way is we
southern people arc too poor and the
natural recources Jf our Country are so
great tia. We 10 not feel the necessity
of r.sor;ing t. artificial m cans, either to
support life or t. accumulate wealth.
With the Glasgowsgians necessity was
and - the mother Of invention.
Since the Cathedral. tbe germ OF
which was st. Mungo's cell, entitled
Glasgow to be called 3 city, and was far
several centuries the most important
feature Of the place, it no doubt is cx-
pected that every traveller will give a
minute description Of this huge fabric
This attempted when on the ground,
consequently ] will be very brief at
rresen. The Cathedral of Glasgow IS
a relic Of lapal asccdarcy in Scotland.
From A. ID. $50 the year St Mungo
built his cell down to A. ID. Ills very
l;.tle is known abont the Cathedral. At
the latter period il was rude structure.
David, tht prince Of Cumberland, re-
founded it. 1t was no!, however, until
117G thst it was rebuilt and enlarged TO
its present siza by Bishop Jocalinc. Il
was in this year that William granted
the citizens Of Glasgow character to
hold weekly market and in 100 they
were granted royal charter to hold an
annnl fair. The present dimensions Of
the Cathedral are, length from east to
west, three hundred and nineteen feet !:
width, sixty three feet; height of the
choir. cighty-five feet and nave, nine
ty feet. A tower Of two hundred and
twenty five feet high rises from the ecu
ter Of the building. In the interior Of
the building there are one hundred and
forty seven massive stone pillars.
There arc one hundred and fifty-nine
windows Of various dimensions and fil-
led with stained glass from Munich
This was begun in 1859 and completed
in 1864 by private individuals. On
many, if mt NIL. of the staine. glasses
arto be seen more than the traces ut
Popery. They are covered with pictures
imaginary saints, or with pictures of
real snints. 1t is stated positively. but
n Il