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GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY.
Rule Aisa.
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes,
adjourned Term, 12th June, 1837.
IT appearing to the Court that Howel) Elder
in his life time executed his bond for titles to
''Villiam Appling, for one House and Lot in the
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STANZAS.
Oh I ’da sweet, at the Batin prime.
Before the golden sun
His azure path begins to climb.
His glorious course to rnn:
Before the first pale saffron my
Heralds ths gorgeous King of Day.
Peace reigns '. “Creation sleeps!’’—How calm
Is all around ! The breeze
Wafts on its wings a fragrant balm!
Oh, moments blest like these.
An age of sorrow might repay,
However fleet they glide away !
Tis pleasant, in the noontide glow,
Beneath the cooling shade,
By purling streams, where flow rets grow,
In brightest tints arrayed,
When the herds have fled the scorching ray
For the verdant turf, where fountains play.
'Tis silent all! The world again
Seems wrapt in slumbers blest,
And earthly cares might strive in vain
To break its peaceful rest;
Sure sorrow never could invade
The sweetness of its lovely glade!
’Tis lovely, at the solemn hour,
That hour to quiet giv'n,
To read the great Creator's pow'r
Engrav’d upon the Heaven,
Where thousand suns, with silv’ry rays.
In one unceasing glory blaze !
No voice is in the air !—no sound
Breaks on the wakeful ear,
Save the whirring bat’s unceasing round,
And the watch-dogs bay so clear;
The lowing herds have ceased to roam.
And the birds have gone to their leafy home ?
Ah! dearer far than noon or eve,
Or the tweet dawning ray,
Is the peace of mind worlds •• cannot give,
And cannot take away !"
A heart to Faith and Mercy giv’n,
And Hope unshaken, fixed on Heav'n I
E REMUS.
Athens, Geo.
From the Knickerbocker for July,
Kanibhs in Scotland.
THE HIGHLANDS PERTH, STIRLING, ETC.
Tuesday, June 15.—At 7 o’clock, on a fine
morning, 1 left Edinburgh for the lakes mid
highl aids. My route for the day was the same
us that of the Antiquary and Lovel. The coach,
however, was much more prompt than in the
days of Mrs. Maclenchar, and started off while
the clock of St. Giles was striking, from VVa
terloo-place instead of High street. Arrived
at Queensferry, seven miles, after a beautiful
ride, modern improvements were again visible;
for, instead of having to watt for the tide, as
did Oldbuck and his friend, we drove down a
stone pi«r, at the end of which the water is
always deep enough, and transferring our lug
gage and ourselves to a sail-boat just sufficient
ly large to contain the coach s company, guard I
and coachee included, the canvass was spread, i
and in a few minutes we were at North Queens
ferry, on the other side of the Frith of Forth.
Here we breakfasted. The landlord who could
produce a dinner ‘ peremptory,’ has been suc
ceeded by one who has it already on the table
at the moment the coach drives up.
The rtde from this place to Kinross is not
particularly interesting : neither is the scenery
about Loch Lev n. I stopped, however, of
course, at the village, and walked down to the
lake, over some marshy flats, made a bargain
with a couple of fellows to row me over to the
castle, on the same side from which Queen
Mary escaped. There, is a boat, it seems,
kept by the cicerone of the place, who charges
five sliilii ;gs sterling to each visitor—a great
imposition. My men had to keep out of sight
lest they should be fined for tn spass ! Tne
whole lake is owned by one person—Loid
Sane-bony, who leases the privilege of angling
in it, for £ 500 per aunu-n, and the lessee char.
i ges a gui :ea per day lor sub-privileges! It
abounds with file trout. The castle, which is
quite a ruin, only one tower remamiog entire,
looks more like a prison than a place of resi
dence.
' ‘No more its arches echo to the noise
i Os joy and festive mirth.; no more the glanee
j Os blazing taper through the window beams,
And quivers cn the undulating wave;
( But naked stand the melancholy walls,
j Lashed by the wintry tempests cold and bleak,
, That whistle mournful through the empty halls,
' And piecemeal crumble down the towers to dust.’
: The entrance to the chamber pointed out as
j Qtiemi Mary’s is not more than four feet high,
Iso that you have to stoop in entering it. The
i gate through which she escaped, with Doug-
I las, is on the opposite side of the castle from
i her apartments, and not the usual place for leav
' ingtho island. The spot where she lauded is
'yet called Queen Mary’s Knoll.
j After leaving Kttnoss there is some fine
' scenery, particularly near Perth, where 1 ar
■ rived about half past two. it is a large and
; handsome town, on the banks of the Tay. In
I my first walk through it, I noticed, as rather
I singular, a number of ‘ fair maids.’ There is
i one. however, an inn-keeper’s daughter, who
j seems Io bear the palm, and is distinguished, 1
I was told, par excellence, as * The Fair Maid of
I Perth.’ 1 saw several vessels, coaches, etc.
I thus named; and vet I could not find in the
j whole town a single copy of Scott’s novel!
I Wande.’itig down to the river, 1 saw a steani
i boat just starting for Dundee, twenty-two miles’
( sail on the beautiful river and Frith ot ’Pay,
I and the fare nine-pence ! So. not being very
i particular in my destination, 1 jumped on board,
and wnsoffiu'u trice, without my dttiner,
I which I had ordered at the hotel. The trip
: was very pleasant, for it was a lovely day ;
j and at six o’clock I dined tn the best style, on
j ‘three courses and a dessert,” in a handsome
I parlor at the Royal Hotel, Dundee, for two
1 shillings—the cheapest dinner and trip 1 have
bad in his Majesty’s dominions. Dundee is a
very large flourishing Nace, and carries on
more trade and commerce than any other town
jin Scotland, Glasgow perhaps excepted. It is
admirably situated, and has quite a city.like
appearance. The docks would be an honor
to New York. After dinner, 1 walked out to
Brot.ghty Ferry, four miles, along the banks ot
the Frith, to call on Dr. Dick, the author ot
the Christian Philosopher, and several other
very able and popular works. lie has a little
ot the pedagogue in his appearance and con
versation, but seems to be a very plain, kitul
hearted tn.«n. lie is very much interested in
our country and its literature, and had many
questions to ask r . spaettng his correspondents
‘•where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy. Jefferson.
here. He thinks we are far before Great
Britain on the score of education; and says
that such a work as Burritt’s Astronomy would
be quite too deep and scientific to be used tn
schools there. Os course, he touched upon
slavery. He did net understand why the blacks
should not bs admitted i-ito society, and corn
sidered as equals in intellect with the whites !
in the little attic room ate u variety of scien
tific instruments, such as telescopes, correries.
etc. Among the books was his last one, ‘The
?»lental Iliurnitiation and Moral Improvement
of Mankind.’ English and American editions.
After tea, it being ten o’clock, and yet light
enough in this northern latitude to read with
out a candle, the doctor kindly escorted me
nearly three miles ou my way back to Dundee.
Thursday morning, at six o’clock, I mounted
a coach returning to Perth, with a fine clear
sky, and the wannest day I have experienced
in Britain. The road is along the banks ofthe
Forth, and is very quiet and pleasant, passing
several splendid seats; among them Kiniauns
Castle, (Lord Gray,) in the bosom of the hills,
fronting the water. Near this, on the batiks,
are found fine onyxes, cornelians, and agates.
There is a handsome stone bridge over the Tay
at Perth. This is a lovely river, the current
being very swift, and the water deep, clear,
and dark. After breakfast, I walked two miles
along the banks north to the palace of Scone,
where the Scottish kings were formerly crown- i
ed. I saw the celebrated stone on which they
were crowned, in ’/Vestmiuster Abbey, w hith
er it has been removed. The present palace
is a modern and very splendid edifice, the fin
est I have seen of the kind, situated in an ex
tensive park or lawn sloping to the banks of
the river. It is occupied by the Earl of Mans,
field, grand-son of the famous Lord Mansfield.
The apartments on the ground-floor arc very
magnificent, particularly the drawing-room,
which I imagine is the ncplus ultra of modern
elegance, and a fine snecimen of a wealthy
nobleman’s apartment. The tables and cabi
nets are inlaid with brass, the ceiling carved
with great taste, and the wails covered with
superb silk furniture, furnished tn the richest
manner. It is as large as four or five good
sized parlors. The library is of the same
size. This, and some othei rooms, contain
paintings by Lady Mansfield herself, which
are vastly creditable to her ladyship, and would
be to a professed artist. The gallery is one
hundred aud fifty feet long, and contains a
large organ. In the chambers are bed-cur
tains, etc. wrought by Mary, Queen of Scots,
when at Loch Leven.
Rode in the afternoon to Dunkeld, fifteen
miles. Near this town we entered the grand
pass to the highlands, which here commence
in all their beauty and grandeur. On the road
we passed Birnam Wood, (which it seems has
not at all‘moved to Dunsinane,’) a mountain
twelve miles distant, and seen from the top of
Birnam. Dunkeld is beautifully situated, in a
vale on the banks ofthe Tay, which is here
even fairer than at Perth, surrounded bv lofty
and picturesque mountains, which closely o
verlook the town. Tliescenery here exceeds
any thing I have seen; yet this is but the mere
gate to the highlands; and I may us well re
serve tny enthusiasm.
The principal landed proprietor in this re
gion is the Duke, of Athol, whose pleasure
grounds alone are said to extend fifty miles in
a strait line. ’Ve walked through the charm
ing garden on the banks of the river, to the
half-finished palace which had been commenc
ed by the present duke, but now remains in
statu quo ; far the ‘ poor rich man’ became in
sane, a..dis now confined in a mad-house near
Lo idoti. Crossing the rapid current of the
i-iver in a boat, we climbed up to ‘ Ossian’s
H;d',’ a pretty bower on the brink of a deep
precipice, and in front of a beautiful waterfall,
which conies tumbling down a rocky ravine
from an immeu.se height, and is enchantingly
reflected in the mirrors of the bower. From
this height is a fine view of the Grampians,
where
• My father feeds his flocks.’
Sirling, June 17. P. M.— The Abbey of I
Dm.biane and the battle-field of Sheriff iViuir
w’.-re the only objects of interest during the
ride from Perth; imd there is little to excite
curiosity in the old aud irregular town of Stir
hog, except its noble castle, scarcely second to
that of Edinburgh in fame aud inip.jrtr uce.
Entering the esplanade. I happened to meet the j
commanding officer, who inquired if I was a i
stranger, and politely escorted me to every part (
ofthe extensive fortification. •• In that room,”
I said he, “ James VI. was born.” This palace
' was built by James v. (the ‘ Knight of Snow-
I don, James Fitz James,’) who often travelled
I alone in various disguises, etc. The views
I from the ramparts of the castle are very exten- j
I sive, and tn many respects have been prouou :c- I
' cd it..rivalled. They reach from Arthur’s Scat, '
I on one side, to the highlands on Loch Katrine |
and l.och-Lomond on the other, a distance of
sixty-five miles. Eh veil com ties, comprising
most ofthe places cekbrated in Scottish histoi v,
may be seen from these battlements. On the
sotuh, two rnili-s distant, is the. memoroble field
of Bannockburn, w here thirty thousand Scotch-'
i men, under Btticc. routed the English army of!
■ one hundred thousand men, thirty thousand of j
whom were killed. Dari: g the battle, when I
victorv was yet doubtful, the boys (‘ktllies') i
who had charge of the Scotch luggage, euri- i
ous to know the result of the contest, came I
with their carts lo the top of the hill nearby, !
and the English, supposing them to be a fresh !
arms, took fright and scampered. So the place I
is called ‘ Kilin s’ Hill,’ to this day.
At five r. si- si t off for Calender, fifteen [
miles, crossing tl“3 Foith, and passing ‘the
banks and braes ot Bo'.uie Doune,’ (but. not
Burns,’) aud the ruins of Doune Castle, a strong
fortress, where Wu <-rley was confined. A
little further, we ride along the Teitb, pass the |
seat, of Buchanan, where Scott spent much of j
his boyhood, and had iiis taste for the sublime j
and beautiful in nature ii.flamed into a noble I
passion, by contemplating the scenery spread I
before him.
Callender is a retired and quite a rude little i
village, at the south-west entrance to the high. I
lands, and is the usual stopnii’g-place for ton- '
rists. The people here gene.ra!lv speak Gaelic, I
and the children wear the highland kilt. The I
inn is the only decent house in the place. Join- |
ed an agreeable patty from Edinburgh, and |
walked out to Braeklinu Bridge, a beautifully- I
romantic waterfall. For eighteen hours out of
the twenty-four, at this place, nt presort?, (June,)
it is light enough to read without a caudle;
mid at elovcn r. m, it is ns light as our twi. j
light.
if'.ctcait s Inn, Lech Atichray, Friday Eve.— ■
This has been ii most delightful day. It. was 1
a soft and brilliant morning, and we walked j
eight miles before breakfast to the celebrated '
Pass of Leven, ui.u of the grandest in the high-'
ATMEAS, OEORUIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1837.
t lands. Ben Ledi,‘the Hill of God,’ (where
s the natives are said to have worshipped the
1 sun,) lifts its lofty summit on one side, and at
i its base are two lovely little lakes, their glassy
t surface reflecting clearly the splendid picture
s around.
After an excellent breakfast, M’Gregor, our
1 I host, furnished us with the ‘R >b Roy’ car, and
Iwe were soon ushered into the classic and ro
mantic region ofthe ‘ L :dy ofthe Lake ;’ Ben
Ledi being on our right, Ben An and Ben Ve
nue frowning upon us in front. Riding along
, the banks of Loch Vennacher, on eUr left we
t see Coilantogle Ford, where was the ‘ combat/
. in which Fitz Jamas mastered Roderick Dhu:
i ‘By thicket green and mountain grey,
A wildering path! they winded now
! Along the precipice’s brow,
Commanding the rich scenes beneath,
‘ The windings ofthe Forth and Teith,
And all the vales between that lie,
Till Stirling's turrets melt in sky.”
1 Our course was the same as that of the
' Knight of Snowdon, reversed ; aid every turn
' of the road brought new beauties to view in the
splendid landscape. O.t tne opposite shore of
Loch Vennachar, we saw the ‘ Gathering,
place of’Clan Alpine,’where, at the shrill whis
tle of Roderick Dhu, aud to the surprise of
Fitz James,
> ‘lnstant through copse and hsath arofie
Bonnets, and spears, end bended bows;
On right, on left, above, below, j
Sprang up at once the lurking foe; {
From shingles grey their lances start.
The bracken bush sends forth the dart; !
■ The rushes and the willow-wand
Are bristling into axe and brand;
And every tuft of btoom gives life
To plaided warrior, turned for strife.'
Every visitor here must remark the singular
accuracy ofthe pictures of scenery throughout
this poem. We can find the original of every
passage of local description, aud I cannot help
quoting some of them.
The ‘plaided warriors’are now scarcely to
be seen this side of the Braes of Balquiddar.
How similar is their case to that of our Amer,
tcati Indians! Like them, they were the ori
ginal possessors of the soil, and roved in law
less freedom :
‘Far to the south and eas', where lay,
Extended in succession gsy,
Deep waving fields and psstures green.
With gentle groves and slopes between :
These fertile plains, that so'ter.ed vsle.
Were once the birth-rightof the Gael:
The stranger came, with hon hand,
And from our fathers rest he land.'
And as Roderick continues, addressing the
king -
‘Think'st thou we will not sally forth i
To spoil the spoiler as we may,
And from the robber rend tie prey?’
A short distance beyond Loch vennachar I
we came to Loch Achray, about a half-mile ;
long, and so placid and beautilu), that an Eng- ;
lishman took it fora work ofnrt, ami remarked I
that it was ‘ very well got up !' On the banks j
of this lovely lake, surrounded by the grand
and lofty TYosachs, is the rustic little inn of Ard- I
chinchrocan. where we stopped for the day. I
It ‘ takes’ a Scott to do justice to this charm- I
ing spot, and the wild but majestic scenery j t
around. It seems far removed from the noise I
and trouble of the ‘ work-day world.’
After dinner, we took a walk to Loch Kat- !
rine, through the most sublime and difficult of (
all the passes through the Grampians—that
formed by the Troachs, or‘bristled territory.’ ,
All that is wild and stupendous in mountain '
scenery here unites :
‘High on the south, huge Ban Venue
Down to the lake its masses threw;
Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurled,
The fragments of an earlier world.’
Not a shrub nor a plant can be seen on these i
heights. Their rough, gloomy sides form a ;
strange contrast to the green vales below.— { 1
Tiie echo from them is remarkably distinct. |
We passed through the shady ravine, where I
I the green knight’s gallant grey fell, exhausted | 1
after ‘the chase.’ A few steps from this, the j '
charming Loch Katrine suddenly appears.— '/
The tipper part only is visible hi first, ‘ the isl- 1
and’ obstructing the view, so that new and va- i
ried beauties are discovered at every step.— 1
The scene is calculated to inspire and elevate '
j the nobler feelings of the visitor, passing ■
j along the banks, we came to‘the bench oi
j pebbles white as snow,’ opposite ‘ the island,
where Fitz Junies first saw El! -i:
“‘I well believe,' the maid replied, f 1
As her light skiff approached the side,
‘I well believe that ne'er before
| Your foot hath trod Lach Katrine’s shore-' ”
I The • promontory,’ the‘bay.’ the ‘brake,’/
I the ‘pebbles,’ are ail here; and to enliven the I '
; scene, there w as ati old man, wlw might have j
I been Allan Bane, playing wildly on a flute ; ' 1
| aud he gave us some fine old Seotcii airs, I 1
v> Lich were quite i treat. We had u thunder- • ;
shower, too, aud taking shelter in a cave, we ! '
heard • heaven's itruilery’echoed through these - 5
mighty mountains with most impressive gran, t
j detir. On our retain, with much exertion, I /
lai length achieved the summit of o-e oi the /
I miner heights, am! was amply repaid by the . ■'
prospect therefrom. It was at sunset; and 1
I tiie whole of the three Lochs, Kutri.ic, Achray.' <
and Vennachar, with the snow-capped Gram-
! plans on the north, and the distant ocean on j <
| the west, were distinctly seen. The cattle on : 1
I tiie nearest mountains appeared not larger than > >
cats. * ” i ’
! ■ 1
Itinerary, Head of Loch Fine, Saturday, . I■/
P. Al.— V» tin the moon-lit lake trader my i
window,! resume my disjointed narrative. — ■<
Yesterday we had seen the Troachs in the ; 5
clearest atmosphere, but to-day they were tin- i t
[ circled with the mists which rolled majestical-: t
I ly along their sides, while their summits were j t
| ■ bright with the beams ofthe morning sum’ I t
■ Our hostess at Loch .Achruy provided us witn ! j
I a boat and oarsmen, and we proceeded through \ t
I the pass irom which
‘Loch Katrine lay beneath us rolled— | i
■ In all her length far winding lay,
With promontory, crock, and bay.
And islands, that empurpled bright,
| Floated amid the livelier light;
| And mountains that like giants stand
To sentinel enchanted land.’
! .. i 1
How accurate and graphic the picture!—/
This lake is about seven miles long, and per-1 ,
haps half a mile wide. We sailed over its J
j smooth and brilliantly-dark, trnnsparei.t sur- ■ ,
I face, and touched the banks of Ellen’s Isle ; ' ,
i ‘The stranger viewed the shore around; : i
’Twas all so close with copse-wood bound, j ,
Nor track, nor path-way might declare I
That human foot frequented there-’
1 Our boatman here trave us a specimen of the I
I wonderful echoes. llis shrill call was answer-; '
j ed three times, with perfect distinctness, and
; apparently from a great distance. He had a
t pithy way of talki ig. this rower. “Do the
sun’s rays,” I asked, “ ever reach that glen uu-
« der Ben An?” who here
‘Lifts high his forehead bare.’
’ “Yes.” suid he; “they just give it a peep.
I to say ‘ How-d’ye-do?’ and are off again.”
“Is it five English miles across the next
> pass?”
“ English miles, but a Scotch road.”
I We passed the goblin cave, and enjoyed all
' at which ‘ the stranger’ was enraptured and
amazed; ‘that soft vale,’and ‘this bold brow,’
: and ‘yonder meadow far away.’ Ott landing,
our boat-party found ponies in waiting to take
us over the rough and dreary pass to Loch
Lomond. Our cavalcade, with the guides,
struggling along between these wild hills and
precipices, was a subject for the pencil. There i
were some odd geniuses among us, too, who I
contributed much to our amusement. Arrived
at Loch Lomond, we descended a rocky steep,
to the banks where the steamboat from Glas
gow was to call for us. The place is called
1 Inversnaid; but the only habitation in sight
was a little hut, at the foot of a pretty cascade,
where Wordsworth wrote;
• And I methinks, till I grow old,
As fair a maid shall ne’er behold,
As Ido now—the cabin small,
i The lake, the hay, the water-fall,
j And thou, the spirit of them all,”
i The boat took us to the head of the lake, to
I see Rob Roy’s Cave, (which also once gave
j shelter to Robert Bruce,) and then reversed her
i course toward Glasglow. As we proposed to
see Inverary, and some of the Western Islands,
we landed at Tarbet, opposite Ben Lomond.
The sky looked too black to warrant an ascent;
but with glasses we could see several persons
on the sugar-loaf summit. A tourist wrote on
the window of the inn here, in 1777, a chapter
of metrical advice to those
‘Whose taste for grandeur and the dread sublime
Prompt them Ben Lomond’s dreadful height to climb."
From Tarbet, we took a car and rode through
the grand but dreaqv pass of Glencoe, Ben Ar
thur frowning upon us for six miles, and went
tound ths head of Loch Long to Cairndow, on
Loch Fine, where we again took boat for In
verary, and had a charming moon-light sail.—
This is a very neat and pretty little village, be
i longing almost entirely to the Duke of Argyle.
The houses are mostly m bite, and evidently
! arranged for effect, being clearly reflected in
the quiet lake, like Isola Bella, in Italy. The
duke’s castle, near the village, is an elegant
modern edifice, of blue granite, with a circular
tower at each corner. We had a ride through
the extensive parks and p'eascre-grounds,
which are filled with every variety of valuable
exotic trees. The owner of this fine estate
has not been here for fifteen years;—no great
argument for his grace’s good taste, or justice
to his tenants. Some of the must eminent
British artists have found ample employment
for their pencils in this neighborhood. The !
lake is celebrated f.r its fine herrings, which |
is the chief article of trade of Inverary.
Alcnday morning.— At three o’clock we were
awakened for the steamboat, and were not more
than half dtessed when the steam ceased from
growling and the bell from tolling; neverthe
less, we caught up what garments remained,
leaving a few as wind-falls to the chamber
maid, and fled to the dock. The steamer whs
off, sure enough, but came to, and sent a boat
for ns, on seeing our signals. It is now broad
daylight, and was, indeed, at two o’clock!—
The sail down Loch Fine is rather tedious.
11 is a salt-water lake, from thirty to forty miles
in length, and the shores are low and barren us
the sea-coast.
We stopped at several places for passengers,
and passing between the isles of Bute and Ar.
ran, (celebrated in‘The Lord of the Isles,’)
we entered the Kvies of Bute, where the shores
are verdant and interesting.
At the town of Rothsay, on the Isle of Bute,
we saw the ruins ofthe famous Rothsay C is
t’e; and a few miles farther, we passed the
Castle of Dunoon, and several pretty summer,
villas on the batiks of the water. Entering
the Frith of Clyde, we stopped at tho fiourish
i g ports of Greenock aud Port Glasgow, and
the strong fortress of Dumbarton, built on a
lofty and pte'urescue rock, at the mouth of the
river Clyde. From here, is a fine view ofthe
Vale of Leven, and the whole outline of Ben
Lomond, about fifteen miles distant. The
pretty vale in the fore-ground is the scene of
drnollet’s beautiful ode:
‘On Leven’s banks when free to rove,
And tune the rural pipe.’
In sailing up the Clyde, the most remarka
ble sight was the immense number of steam
boa's which passed us in rapid succession.
We metoo less than twenty-one, ofa large
class, on the river, al! bound out; and I was
told that upward of eighty are owned in Gias,
gow alone. We landed at Glasgow, after a
voyage of twelve hours,during which we had
stopped at as manv difl'erent places. I waa
surprised at the extent and elegance of Gias- i
<row, as much as at its evident importance us i
a manufacturing and commercial city. It '
seems to be scarcely second to Liverpool, and
is certainly the third city in Great Biitaiu ou |
the scote of population and trade.
11 is too fat up the river for a seaport, so that i
Greenock is a sharer in its prosperity. The !
buildings, like those ofthe new town of Editi- !
burgb, are nearly all ofa handsome freestone, ;
which is found in great abundance near the i
ciiv, and is the cheapest as well as the best ma. |
ter'iul they cat) use. Loss by fire is especially |
taro. Some of the private residences would '
do honor to the west end of London. The !
streets fronting the Clyde, on both sides, are :
verv imposing, and are connected by four hand- i
some stone bridges, while the banks of the ri- I
ver are substantially walled with granite, sur- ;
mounted with iron tailings. There is a public ’
park, pleasure-ground, and gymnasium, near ,
the river. The streets, particularly the Brond- '
wav of the town, Trougute street, were literal, j
lv iliionged —quite as much so as Cheap-side j
and Fleet street in the Metropolis. Ii this!
street I saw the remaining tower ofthe Tol. I
booth, where Rob Roy conducted Frank, aud :
met Baillie Nichol Jarvie. From thence 1 i
walked up High street to the venerable Uni- ■
versity, of which Campbell, the poet, who is j
a native of Glasgow, was lately principal.— |
'l’he structure is very antique, and encloses i
three squares. I passed through college after |
colic,"o, looking as learned as possible, and I
"raduated in the ‘green,’ where Frank Osbal- I
liistonc encountered Rashleigh. Farther up J
the street, I arrived at the old cathedral, one
ofthe lamest in Brit in. It is now divided into
three churches for Presbyterians. The pillars
which support the great tower arc immense.
I measured my umbrella twice on one side of
a single square pillar. The crypt (basement)
I where Frank Osbaidistnne attended church,
i and was warned by Rob Roy, extends the whole
: length of the cathedral, ai dis the mostzlirious
■ part of it. In the grave yard monu-
ment to John McGavin, of the Pro.
testant.
* * The Merchants’ Exchange is a sp'.en.
did Corinthian edifice, and contains a noble
public hall, and an extensive reading-room,
where I was glad to fiud the Knickerbocker.
I was surprised at the extraordinary cheapness
of rents, both here and in Edinburgh, compar.
ed v-itb those in our good city of Gothum.—
The very best finished three.story houses, of
stone, of the largest class, and in desirable sit
nations, may be had for four hundred and fifty
dollars per annum. Our New York landlords
W’ould demand, for a similar residtnee, at least
twelve hundred dollars. In Edinburgh, as it
' is not a commercial place, rents are still lower.
I Very superior houses, with large gardens, etc.
are let for eighty pounds per year.
After seeing Langside, hbout two miles from
Glasgow, where the cause of the ill-fated
Queen ot Scots Atas finally overthrown, 1 rode
to Linlithgow, fortlie sake of a glance at her
birth-place—the palace oace so famous and
•fair.’
•Os all the palaces eo fair,
Built for the royal dwelling,
Above the rest, beyond compare,
Linlithgow ia excelling.
The walls remain nearly entire, but the in
terior was totally destroyed by fire during one
b of the civil feuds. The town, as well as that
’ of Falkirk, a few miles beyond, is dull and
gloomy. Some of the old houses in Falkirk
were once occupied by the knights of St. John
who had a preceptory near the placei The
field where the great battle was fought in
which Wallace was defeated, is ti short dis
tnuce from the town. I reached E liuburgh
at ten p. M. in the canal-boat from Glasgow,
which goes at the rate of nine miles an hour,
and landed under the batteries of the castle;
having passed the most of a week of delightful
weather among the most interesting parts of
Scotland. I have been agreeably surprised at
the evident marks of industry and prosperity
which are almost every where apparent. The
Scotch are uotorious’y shrewd, industrious, aud
thriving; bur we Yankees, like other nations,
are apt to think ourselves far before the rest in
the world in ‘inventions and improvements;’
and though a foreigner would sneer at my pre
sumption, I have really fell pleased w’hen I
have seen any thing abroad ‘pretty nearly’ as
good ustce can show at home. It is folly, at
the same time, for us to flatter ourselves that
we can in no wise take a profitable example
from our father-land!
From the Southern Literary Journal, for Joly.
A day «t Chec-ha. <
The traveller in South Carolina who pass- j
es along the road between the Ashepoo and •
; Comb h e rivers, will be struck by the ap
j pearance of two lofty white columns rising
| among the pines that skirt the road. They
| are the only survivors of eight, which suppor-
| ted in times anterior to our revolutionary war,
_ | a sylvan temple, erected by a gentlemat.* who
' j to the higher qualities of a devoted patriot,
1 | united the taste and liberality of the sports
j man. The spot was admirably chosen, being
’ j on the brow of a piny ridge, which slopes a
j way at a long gunshot’s length into a thick
’ I swamp; and many a deer, has, we doubt not,
j in times past, been shut from the temple whei
it stood in its pride.—as we ourselves have
struck them from its ruins. From this ruin
stretching eastwardly some twelve or fourteen
miles, is a neck of land, known from the Indi
an name ofthe small river that waters and al
most biscets it, —as Chee-h;>: or .is it is incor
’ j rectly written Chy-haw! It is now the best
1 hunting ground in Carolina, —for which the
; following reasons may be given. The lands
’ j are distributed in large tracts; there are there
j fire few proprietors. The rich land is con
' fined to the belt of the rivers, and there re-
i mains a wide expanse of barrens, traversed
I by deep swamps always difficult and somc
! times impassable, in which the deer find a se
j cure retreat.
| At a small hunting lodge located in this re
; gion, it has often been my good fortune to
I meet a s' lect body of hunting friends, and en
j joy ia their company the pleasures of the chase,
j I give you one of my “days”—not that the
I success was unusual, it was by no means so:
. I but that it was somewhat more marked bv in
j ctdent, than most of its fellows. We turned
i out, after breakfast, on a fine day of February
i with a pack ot twelve hounds, and two whip
) persin, or drivers, as we call them. Ihe field
| consisted of one old shot besides myself, aud
1 two voting sportsmen who had nut yet “flesh
led their maiden swords.” When we reaehe '
i the ground, we had to experience the fate
i which ail tardy sportsmen deserve, and must j
j often undergo: the fresh print of dogs feet, and j
the deep impression of horse’s hoofs shewed j
us that .mother party had anticipated us in the
i drive, and th it tho game had been started and i
| was off. Two expedients suggested them- i
j selves, —we must either leave our ground, and |
; in that case incur the risk of sharing the same
j fate in our nextdrive : or, ue must beat tip the
I groui.d now before us ia away which our
! predecessors in the field had probably neglect
|ed to de. We chose the latter part: and fi .d-1
I ing that the drive embraced two descriptions >
! ot ground,—fust the main wood, which we in. /
: furred had already been taken, mid next the !
j briery thickets that skirted a contiguous old I
I field: into these thickets we pushed. Nor hud i
| wo en'ered far. before the long, deep, quern- ,
j lous note of “Ruler” as he challenged on a t
I trail, told us to expect the game. A few min- j
; utes later, and the burst ot mus’C from the j
i whole puck announced the still more exciti g
fact, —“tho game is up.” The first move of
the doer was into a back-water, which he
j crossed while the pack half swimming, half
j wading, camo yelping at his heels. Ho next
! dashed across an old field and made far a
' thicket w inch he entered; it was a piece of
I briery and tangled ground, which the dogs
! could not traverse w ithout infinite toil. By
i these two moves he gained a great start ofthe
' hounds; ifhe kept on, —we were thrown out,
■ and our dogs lost for the day,—if he doubled,
■ and the nature of the ground favored that sup.
! position, there were two points, whereat he
I would be most likely to be intercepted. 1
| consulted tho wind, and made my choice. I
i was w ong. it proved to be a young deer,
' who did not heed the wind, and he made for
j tiie pass, i had not selected. The pack now
I turned, we fround from then- cry. that the deer
h.i I doubled, mid our hearts beat high with ex- ;
pectimi, as mounted on our respective hu ters
we stretched ourselves across the old field j
which he must necessarily traverse, be could j
* Col. Barnard Ellirt.
Vol. V—Ao. 18.
, regain the shelter of And now I
’ Saw my veteran comrade stretch his neck as
s if he spied something in the thicket; then with
• a sudden fling he brought his double barrel to
. his shoulder and fired. Hia horse admonished
by the spur then fetched a caracole; fromfthe
. new position, a new glimpse of the feet
• gained,—and crack! goes the second barrel.
. Ina few moments, I saw one of our recruits
. dismount and fire. Soon after the deer made
; its appearance and approached the second,
who descended from bis horse and fired. The
• deer kept on seemingly untouched* and had
gained the crown of the hill when his second
barrel brought it to the ground ia sight ofthe
whole field. We all rode to the spot, to coo-
i grate rate our novice on his first cxpleit in syl
! van warfare, —when as he stooped to exam.
i ie the direction of hts shot, our friend Love*
leap slipped his knife into the throat of the
. dee'-, and before bis purpose could be gut ssed
at, bathed his face with the blood of his victim,
i (This you must know.— is hunter’s law with
1 us, on the killing of a first deer.) As our
■ young sportsman started up from the ablution,
- his face glari like an Indian Chief’s in all
the splendor of war paint, Robin the hunter
touched his cap and thus accosted him,
“Matsu Tickle, if you wash off dat blood dis
day. you ueb‘.T hab luck ngen so long as you
hunt.” “Wash it off’! ” cried we ell withooo
accord, “whoever heard of such a folly,—he
can be no true sportsman who is ashamed es
such a livery.’’ Thus beset, and moved there
unto, by other sage advices, showered upon
him. by his companions in sport; he Wore his
bloody mask, to the close of that long day’s
.sport, and sooth to say, returned to receive the
congratulations of his young and lovely Wife,
his face still adorned with the stains of victory.
Whether he was received as victors are wont
to be, returning from other fields of blood, is
a point whereon I shall refuse to satisfy the
impertinent curiosity of any reader, but I am
bound, in deference to historic truth, to add,
that the claims of our novice, to the merit and
penalties of this day’s hu.it, were equally in*
complete: for it appeared on after inspection,
that Love.leap had given the mortal wound,
and that Tickle had merely given the coup de
grace to a deer that if unfired on, would have
fallen of itself, in u run ofa hundred yards. It
must be believed, however, that we were quite
too go terous to divulge this unpleasant dtscov.
ery to our novice ia the first pride of his tri*
urnph!
And now we tried other grounds, which our
precursors in the field had already beaten, so
that the prime of the day was wststed before
we made another start. At last, in the after*
uoott, a splendid burst from the whole pack
niude us a were that a second deer had sudden
ly been roused. I was riding to reach a pass
(or stand as we term it) when I saw a buck
dashing along before the hounds at the top of
his epeed; the distance was fully seventy-five
yxrds, but I reined in my horse and let slip at
h tn. To my surprise, he fell, but before I
Could reach the spot from which I was separ
ated by a thick underwood, he had shuflLd off
and disappeared. The hounds came roaring
on, and shvwed me by their course that he
had made for a marsh that lay hard by. Fot
that, we all pushed in hopes of anticipating
him. He was before us, we saw hitn p ! uug«
i >to the canal, and mount the opposite bank,
though evidently in distress, and crippled in
one of his hind legs. The dogs rush furious
ly on, (the scout of blood in their nos'rils)
plunge into the canal, sweep over the bank, and
soon pursuers and pursued, are shut out from
sight, as they wind among the thick covets
that lie scattered over the fice of the marsh.
••What use ofa horse now ! ” said Rnbi i, as
(sliding from his saddle where his horse in
stiuctively made a dead halt at the edge of the
impracticable Serbonian bog that lay before
him,) he began to climb a tree that overlooked
the field of action,—“what use of a horse
now?” From this “vantage ground,” howev.
er, he looked in vain to catch a glimpse ofthe
doer. The eye of a lynx could cot penetrate
the thick mass of grass,that stretch’d upwards
six feet from the surface of the marsh. The
cry of the hounds now grew faint from dis
tmee, mid now again came swelling on th®
breeze; when suddenly our ears were saluted
by a full burst from th ? whole pack, in that
loud, open note, which tells a practised ear,
that the cry comes from the water. “Zounds
Rooin.” cried I, in the excitement of the mo.
meet —“they have him at bay there, —there
in the canal. Down from your perch my lad,
or they’ll eat him, horns and all, before you
reach him.”
Robin apparently, did not partake of this
enthusiasm, for he maintained his perch on the
tree, and coolly observed, —“what use massa,
fore I get detn dog polish eberj' bone.”
“You are afraid you rascal! you have only
to swim the canal and then,”—“Got massa,”
[said Robi , as he looked ruefully over the
field of his proposed missionary labors; “Ifhe
■ be water, I S'vim ’urn—lf he be bog. I bog um,
—lfhe be brier, I scratch tru um,—but who
dedebbie, but otter, no so alligator, go tru all
tree one time!” Cha thought was just steal
ing its way into my mind, that under the ex
citement of my fevli <gs. I was giving an or
der, that I might have hesitated personally to
execute. —when the cry of the hounds lately
so clamorous, totally c ased. “There,” cried
I, ia the dis»pp«>i >ted tone of a sportsman who
had lost a tin ■ buck, —“save your skin you
loitering rascal! Yoh may sleep where you sit
for by this time they have et ten him sure
enough.” Tnis conclusion was soon overset
bv the solitary cry ot R i er, v hich was now
heard, ha fa mile to the Lit oi the scene of tha
late uproar.
“Again! wh it is this? It is the cry of Ru.
hr! ho ! I understand it.—the deer is not eat
en. but has taken the canal, and the nose of
that Fii’iceot hounds, has scented him down
the running stream—Aye, aye. he makes for
the wood, and now to cut him ofl'.” No soon
er said than don ’. i gave the spur to mv
horse, and shot off accordingly, but not in time
to pievent the success ot the masterly marce
vre by which the buck, baffli g his pursuers,
was now seen s. raining every nerve to rcgiin
the shelter ot the wood. I made a desperate
effort to cut him off, but reached the wood on
ly in time to note the direction he had taken.
It was now sun set, and the white out spread
tail ofthe doer, was my only guide in the pur.
suit as he glided among the trees. “Now for
it Boxer, show your speed my gallant hag.”
The horse as ifhe entered fully into the pur
pose of his rider, stretched himself to the ut»
m >st, ob die t to the slight st touch of tho
reins as he thread 'd the intricacies of the for
est; and was gaining rap div sit th ■ deer, when
p ush! he came to a dead halt, his fore legs
pin tged i t a q ragtnire, over wl ich the buck
with his split hoots had bounded in security.
TFhatabaik! “but here goes,” and the gun
was brought instantly to the shoulder, and th*