Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-07-23

Cural structures III CIle WOrlu, u1lSHC give IL
kind of semi-religious Importance, and
entitle it to be called city, but never could
Glasgow be what it is, and what it is des-
tined to be without the Clyde dredged out.
This suggests the idea that if the obstruc-
tions were taken out of Broad river, the
beds of iron on Kings creek, VOLTS creek
and Doolittle might be utilized and made
source of immense revenue to the State OF
South Carolina. There seems to be no natu-
raj reason why ships ofheavy burden might
not be brought from the mouth of the San
tee to Cherokee ford, as easily as ships of
the heaviest burden are brought from Green
och to Glasgow. Not only so, but by a sys-
tenn of canals, boats of heavy burden pass
from Oban to Inverness, almost directly
across Scotland. The only difficulty in our
wayis we southern people are too poor and
the natural resources of our country are so
great that we do not feel the necessity of re-
sorting to artificial means, either to support
life or to accumulate wealth. With the
GlasgoWegians necessity was and is the
mother of invention.
Since the Cathedral, the germ of which
was st. Mungo's cell, entitled Glasgow to be
called city, and was for several centuries
the most important feature of the place, it
no doubt is expected that every traveller
will give minute description of this huge
fabric. This 1 attempted when on the
ground, consequently will be very brief at
present. The Cathedral of Glasgow is a
relic Of Papal ascendancy in Scotland.
From A. D. $50 the year that st. Mungo
built his cell down to A. D. Ills very little
is known about the Cathedral. At the lat
ter period it was rude structure. David,
then prince of Cumberland, refounded it..
1t was not, however, until 1176 that it was
rebuilt and enlarged to its present size by
Bishop Joceline. 1t was in this year that
William granted the citizens of Glasgow
a charter to hold a weekly market and in
119O they were granted royal charter to
hold an annual fair. The present dimen-
sionsof the Cathedral are, length from east
to west, three hundred and nineteen feet /;
width, sixty three feet; height of the choir,
eighty-fve feet; and nave, ninety feet. A
tower of two hundred and twenty-five feet
high rises from the centre of the building.
In the interior of the building there are one
hundred and forty seven massive stone
pillars. There are one hundred and fifty
nine windows Of various dimensions and
all filled with stained glass from Munich.
This was begun in 1859 and completed in
1864 by private individuals. On many il
not all, of the stained glasses are to be seen
more than the traces of Popery. They are
covered with pictures of imaginary saints,
or with imaginary pictures of real saints.
1t is stated positively, but whether true OF
not, do not know, that the Cathedral Of
Glasgow possesses in its windows display
of stained glass more abundant and bril-.
liant than that of any other edifice in Great
Britain"
To describe the Cathedral of Glasgow re-
quires about as much architectural knowl.
edge as it did to write "The Last Days Of
Pompeii." The nave, which is the middle
or body Of the edifce, is one hundred and
fifty y-five feet long. The width between the
aisles is thirty feet, from which it is separa.
ted by two rows of pillars. The height OF
the nave is ninety feet. Formerly the nave
was cut off by partitions, and used as pa
rochial church. Of the nave it may be said
that tits Gothic in the style of its structure.
and is characterized by grand simplicity,
| ;c;t hoo,,fI, onI uiron nfia StrQnnfh
The choir is ninety-seven feet long and six
ty-three feet wide. The choir is now used
as place of worship, and is known all over
the city of Glasgow as the High Church or
st Mungo's Parochial Church. The pulpit
is in or near the centre of the space occupied
| by worshipers. The choir or band of sing
ers occupy the west end, but elevated above
the hearers, perhaps fifteen feet. There is
a grand organ-a part and parcel of the
building. The house is lighted with gas
and so dark it is that the gas has to be light
ed in daylight. The Cathedral of Glasgow
is the property Of the Established Kirk OF
Scotland. 1t is not by any means pleasant
place in which to worship. The place is
gloomy, nothing cheerful about it., and the
air is dank and peculiarly unpleasant odor
is constantly floating through the place.
This is true ofall the Cathedrals and Abbeys.
The crypt-from krupto, to hide-under
the choir, isa wonderful piece of architect
ure. 1t is one hundred and twenty-five
feet long. The piers from which the arches
spring are so constructed that grand view
is obtained from every part to the shrine
in the centre. 1t is regarded as one of the
best specimens Of vaulting in the world.
The crypt was at one time used as a place
of worship, but is now only used as place
of burial, the purpose for which it was
originally designed. The genius of the in
imitable Sir Walter Scott graphically refers
to the crypt in the tale, or novel, Rob Roy.
The Cathedral stands in the midst of an
extensive cemetery. The ground Of near,
or perhaps fully, one half this ancient bur-
ial ground is literally paved with grave,
stones while the other half is crowded with
what we call tomb-stones and monuments.
Some of these are memorials OF number
of those who gave their lives as martyrs OF
the Covenant.
At the northeast end of the Cathedral is
pointed out the very spot on which Alex
ander Kennedy and Jerome Russell, in 1888
were burned at the stake because they en-
braced the doctrines of the Reformation.
The student of Scotch Church history will
remember that there was something peculi-
arly affecting in this act of cruelty. Es-
pecially was it affecting in the case of Ken
nedy, q boy of eighteen years, of liberal