Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-25

man was anxious to hear from relative in | Rockford" but could not tell in what State
 it was. He was surprised when I told him I that there probably was 8 score of places | bearing the same name in the Union. Londonderry is city of ancient origin. It | IS situated on an oval shaped hill, the an- ] clent wall with four gates remaining though the place has grown immensely beyond the original barriers. Derry is the name by which it was first known, and the one most | frequently used in business circles to-day l The prefix ''London" dates from the time of l James II. who granted charters to twelve London companies after the rebellion at that period had been subdued.
 At the beginning of the siege of 1889, while the citizens had nearly lost their heads at the approach of King James, troops under Lord Antrim, several apprentice boys with l rare presence of mind closed the gates of the city against the invaders. A terrible siege of l one hundred and five days ensued. So great were the inhabitants pressed for provisions that dogs and rats were eagerly devoured- l more than two thousand persons perishing in the awful struggle.
 In commemoration of the noble action of the apprentice boys the event is duly cele- brated with an 'apprentices' holiday" once year. On this occasion the general com manding, who favored surrendering the city l to the foe, is burned in efigy. A fine struc
 ture known as the Apprentice Boys Hall'' mas aISO been erected. ALSO a me DOr1C col umn on which is statue of the Rev. George Walker, who assisted in the defense of the city with great courage and stimulated the dropping spirits of the brave and patriotic citizens. The river Foyle divides the place. A substantial bridge crosses the broad and beautiful stream to the opposite shore, which is still styled Waterside, though embraced within the city limits Our route to the Giants Causeway led through the picturesque villages of Coleraine, Portrush and in full view of Dunluce Castle and the borders of the great Atlantic. The castle exhibits it's outer walls and general outlines only. What traditions and historic tales finger around the spot-love, marriage, hate, war, the rise and fall of conflicting clans. How full of suggestive points to the poet, novelist and play writer.
 At Portrush an excellent and imposing monument to the memory of the celebrated Dr. Adam Clarke, the industrious, scholarly and profound Wesleyan commentator, was erected in 1859. Funds for the cause were contributed by his admirers in the United States and Great Britain. At Port Stewart a memorial building was also erected in ognition of his services to the Christian world. which is used as a church and school house. Dr. Clarke died of cholera, August 26, 1S32.
 The "Giants' Causeway" formed fitting and sublime climax to my devious and weary wanderings in seven distinct countries. Ma ture is here presented in some of it's widest and almost inexplicable aspects. The caverns into which gigantic waves seething and foam ing dash with relentless fury when the tide is rising, the basaltic columns stretching out a thousand feet or more, out, out, until lost in the deep blue sea, are alike objects of vast interest. Then the stone and arched gate way, looking like the work of mortals; the organ, forms resembling organ pipes on the sides of the cliff are called; the columns themselves, cut as if by square, compass and chisel, with regular sides varying capri ciously. They included the quadrangle, hep tagon, octagon, and possibly other forms in the strange aggregation.
 But few tourists were present, as the sea- son was we'll advanced and the morning pos itively cold as we stood in the bleak wind that swept toward us from the sea. An army of guides, hotel runners, peddlers and beg gars, regarding their lawful prey, de- scended on our party in full force like a swarm of mosquitoes around a belated trav e1er in Q gloomy swamp. Following my guide, as the water was too rough for the use of rowboats, I was led to the edge of preci pice where the Shepherds Path" would lead us to the prominent points of interest. After following him tor time down the dizzy heights, almost perpendicular, I gave up in despair. Hanging over the awful abyss by the ends of my fingers, with an inch of stone for one foot and the other nothing, it was critical moment. Weighing near ly two hundred pounds I could not long endure the unusual and terrible strain. My strength was failing. The probability of being dashed to pieces on the rocks one hundred feet below was manifest. Home was three thousand five hundred miles away. Encouraged by the guide 1 at last rested one foot in his hand and slid down to a better foothold in comparative safety. An hour of careful walking followed on the front of the frightful precipice in goats path, without a bush or support of any kind to prevent my fall. All things finally end and so did the descent. When I reached the bottom I was utterly worn out: My clothing much the worse for the trip. I dared hardly look at the wild waves at the base of the cliff coming down lest dizziness should cause me to fall. All points of the causeway were carefully examined, however, but the perils of that unhappy hour are ineffaceably engraven on my memory. Ow ing to the.severe muscular strain and nervous shock was so lame and exhausted for seve- ral days that exertion absolute torture.
 But cheer up. In two days we sail for home in distant America, the asylum for the victims of misrule and oppression in all lands, but dearer than all the world beside to her rowing children. Farewell, lovely Ire land, farewell: with your mountains of green, valleys of fertility generous hearts and hospit- able homes, bid you long farewell. May peace, prosperity and good order character ize your future career and cause the "Emer- aid Isle'' to ''bud and blossom as the rose." Each country has charms peculiarly it's own. Even if crushed by the iron heel of despot ism, or if it be simply sterile waste amid the awful solitudes of the north pole or in the dismal desolatIon of Terra del Fuego, some are found who apply to it the magic and endearing appellation of home.
 With the poet we may safely sing:
 ''There is land, of every land the pride,
 Beloved by heaven OCT all the world beside,
 Where brighter suns d:sperse serener light
 And milder moons mparadise the night;
 A land of beauty, virtue valor, truth,
 Time tutored age and love-eXalted truth;
 The wandering mariner, whose eye explores
 The weathieSt isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not realm so beautiful and fair,
 Nor breathes the spirit Of purer air
 Where shall that land, that spot of earth be
 found?
 Art thou man? patriot-look around:
 O! thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country and that spot thy home!
 Man through all ages of revolving time,
 Unchangipg man, in every varying cilme,
 Deems his own land of every land the pride,
 Beloved by heaven OCT all the world beside;
 His home the spot of earth supremely blest-
 A dearer, sweeter spot than all the restn