The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-25


relieve the place at a time when the |
hazards were infinitely greater. He
succeeded by what the people undoubt-
eddy believed, and by what does not /
look unlike a providential interpos1tion /
at a time when all seemed lost. and thus
on the 18th day of August. 1858. the
gates of Derry were opened to friends
and the seige was broken. was at this
place when the last celebration took
place, August 18th of the present wear,
and could not help thinking that if |
the defense were left to those who bowl
ed out their loyalty on the day in cnes-
ton, the degenerate sons OF those who
once defended this town, would never /
leave a tale of such. glory to be recount
ed in after years as did their nobler 1
forefathers. of all the vile and dirtv /
snd drunken rabies / ever beheld, the |
one I saw that day was the worst, and /
for once, but not the only time, l was |
thoroughly ashamed of KreIand's de- |
generate offspring. A tremendous |
crowd had gathered from all over the |
Province of Ulster ard INDUCED in the |
flowing bowl, which began with morn |
ing hours, and the consequent bravadO |
and bravery were maintained through |
out the remainder of the day. The
drunken they became, the more anxious
| GNGIH lEl0H WAS W AdNC slLC oCAeC IC-CI-
acted that he might have an OppOrtun-l
| ity of displaying the unquenchable fire
of loyalty and the overmasteri2g brav-
cry that SWelled within his tumultuOuS
and hiccOughing bosom. One instance
will suffice to show the character OF this
hereto arder. / saw about twenty
Orangemen after one Catholic, and be
cause the disciple of the Pope would
not stand and face this brave meb, but
maintained a respectful distance be-
| tween him and his assailantsy they pur-
sued him with StOnes which they Threw
with viciousneSS which was increased
| by the consciousness of immunity from
danger. Suddenly two policemen az
peared on the scene and the whole crowd
| took TO their heels and ran as though
pursued by an infinite multisade Of de-
mons. l have often had occasion 70 re-
mark, what a wonderful amount OF dis
erection there is; after all, coupled with
whisky bravery; and this was addition
| al evidence. Here was q mob OF Singu-
larly brave fellows for they atteste d
their utter disregard for danger by all
the oaths which, civilization and learn
ing have enabled mankind to coin, and
vet they displayed that better part of
valor, which is discretion, as soon as
two ordinary-sized policemen appeared
on the scene. It was enough to make
ones bosom swell witt pride to point to
q common manhood which made these
things his brethren. About eight out OF
every ten were drunk on the homeward
trip and such bowling and swearing
never heard. Their ancestors must
have rolled over in their rotten oohtns
and greaned at the manner in7Whleh
the event that made their names I'M
perishable is commemOrated by their
degenerate and ignoble offspring. 1t is
but Injustice to add that il was appar-
, emily the ''rag-tag and bob-tailn throng
! that predOminsted and that one does
not see the better class land they are
MANY given to such excuses ana such
! follies. Yet there was large sprinkllDg
! of "the white chOkered gentry" (sUch
the ministry is called here) and they
: did not seem aveFse to. slObbering,ogeI
the drunken thrOng, n0r 20 be slobbered
> | over in return. They rode irst-clasS
. while the people that supported them
: were glad enough to. get the outing al
. ! third-class rates
Y In addition to the old wall, there-is 1
h monument and q cathedral here the
: are interesting TO, behold and Ions
q barrelled cam on set On the wall Wblcl
Y reioices under the sobriquiet Of Roar
L ing Meg" She is said to have done
# good service during the seige, and eithe
S She or another is reported 10 have killed
= a captain standing in close proximity 4
e James No. ,. which is supposed to hav
-. been largely instrumental in leading I
Y the early and pee wish departure OF hl
/ Catholic Highness fer Dublin. The ca
q thedraISEI 'templemOre, Hgreat chur b.
II is said to have been built in g. 1t i
:. yariously stated to have been eight
es feet and eighty PAGES in length, and
IT now noted as having been one of To
is most distinguished ecclesiastical struc
<. lures erected in Ireland prior to Jh
70 Anglo. Norman period. 1t was PARTIAL
at destroyed by a gnn-pOwder explosion
We 1868, and was oTerthrOwn by DocwI
g. i'm 1909, 10 furnish material for the ne
80 work which he was erecting" 1t ";
be rebuilt in 1888 at the EXPENSE Of II
ge CITY OF London, and has been added
,e- since until, in 1S22, when new rO'
of was put on it. There is a mOvemeI
or now on foot to enlarge and alter it, 81
MT If is likely to meet with oppOSitio
he Within it are preserved standard
,et trophies and ether relics of the seig
&C. The Walker monument is well pr
ell portioned column of Portland StOn
.tv buiIt on the central western bastiOn.
nd is about ninety-three feet high, and
Oh surrounded bv a heroic sized statue
IN Rever n / Walker land in the right.hal
is of the figures there was originally
ed sword. 1t IS stated as fact, howeYt
that on the night of the Emancipaut
? is Bill passed the British Parliament {
icb sword fell from the outstretched al
to and it has never been replaced. ID
ID" TOP of the monument may be reach
re- by very narrow, dingy, dark and dir
led stairs. which are not often used, beeaT
the one has to crawl on his hands a
nto knees to get out on the top and is &C
de- siderably pinched for room on enter
an while his shoulders are forever hitti
IAN one side or the other as he deSeen
en- and ascends. But the view from
cir ton is beautiful beyond the power of p
len TO express. At the foot of the town I
900 Foyle River f1owes into the Tough
be- the same name-an arm OF She ocea
lad and its winding way into that broad a
ovs beautiful sheet of water is often lede
ice. by fair groves; while down almost
the the rivers bank extend green meado'
ngh we'll cultivatep farm fields and the Gle
ong white cottages :of farmers as far as
in eve can reach. Above the town
led. river still spreads out as 1t comes do
and between the sloping hills which are
< of tivated to the top land whereone gets
Iem O lcasiontI glimpse through the way