Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-10-13


self and my boat, but when all The facts and
circumstances shall be known 40 they Trims
PRED, must stand acquitted Of all culpabill.
". aud the condemnation Of the public will
rest where il belongs. entirely and exclusively
upon The Potosi.
All the papers which have published the
statement Of the passengers Of the Potosl, are
requested to give this an insertion.
CHARLES ROSS.
CAPTAIN OF The s. b. ST Louis Oak.
LETTERS PROM EUROPE--Ns. ,.
Correspondence Of the Burlington Gazette.
Journey from Londonto Observation-Disclosures
in England Birmingh -Stant d1d-on-A von
-Birfh-pi1ce and Tomb Of SaGkespcUe- War
u;ck Castle-Ruins IF Kenilcorth. DC.
BIaNIxaHAx. Aug. 9th, lS43.
Mr.. Editor AFTER sojourning more than
six weeks al London. on the morning IT the
30,h Of July, we took seats at the great north
rrn railway station (Enston Sqsa.e) for Biz
lDingham- distance no miles. The county
Appeared beaa,iful as we Jeff the Metropolis
passing through villages and parks The moist
atmosphere Of England gave the foliage deep
green and fresh appearance, such AZ is rarely
seen IN America. We see no wood OF frame
houses ia this country. Wood is loo eSpen-
sive to build houses, barns, OF even tessces
with.
The sys,em af police On the Esglish Rail-
roads is admirable. The cars p,ovs over The
track with great rapidly and with 90 iitiIe jar
Tia, person can sit and write with great con-
veaience. But miss the little boys and girls
,ha, we encounter at every village depot 10
Americas shutting you with, ANY apples!
boiled eggs' sponge cake ! &c.. end this
morning miss them very feelingly, fos we got
nothing tn eat until we arrived st the halfway
s,a,ion-6o miles from London. They don't
serve M breakfass here as they would in A..
merica. Every hing ,nnst be dssIt yUua sxs
ACT and spsS5pkly, aud fancy TIA. hungry
HooS'er' wSdS0 ,pear ,abouheI6kr the table in.
s,ant Twas a4itns a(sstised by the remarks
u,sGs BY comical looking person sitting next
IS me al breakfast. = rather guess sain he.
= they made this tea TO put folks to sleep.
Why don' you try the cnffee I said |. Its
darned sight worse than the tea rejoined my
nsighbor. l soon discovered my cap,ions
friend 10 De- a Yankee, who had crossed the
Channel The day before from Havre and was
on his way ,n-Liverpool, from whence be was
hound TO the Uni,ed States. Half past three
o'clock. brought US III sight Of the smoky at
mosphere Of Birmingham, with its thousand
furnaces, emitting their huge volumes Of
smoke and fame.
Birmingham is large city, containing a
population Of about 200. 900 inhabitants. Ma
ny Of the streets are broad and spacious, well
paved and lighted, resembling those OF Lon-
don. In location and extent it reminds me
much Of Baltimore in aspect. Of Pittsburgh or
Wheeling. Birmingham has been aptly term
ed The stoy-shop' Of England. Here is manu-
featured every variety Of hardware except cut
lery, which is confined to Sheffield. deliv-
cred a lecture 10 this city which attracted con.
siderable attention. There are several Amer
lean merchants here who received rs with
much courtesy and attention. have also lee
i0red al Bilslon aud Wolyerhampion, in Stat
fordshire. These towns are situated in the
midst Of the noted coieries Of Staffordshire.-
The distress among the laboring portion Of
the population Of this district has been.
and is now very great. ] could. would time
permit. exhibit to you some frightfnl pictures
Of wretchedness and destruction. Il was here
that Mr.. O'COnnel said ia one Of his speech.
es, that 10000 men were ready to march up to
London with pixies upon Their shoulders, 10
seek redress Of Sir Robert Peel for their star
wing families. But will no. dwell con,iou.
ally upon the distress Of England-it has lie
bright and beautiful aspect Notwithstanding
the whole system u things is fictitious and rot
ten.
Last Saturday morning bantered c. Cor
a pedestrian excursion ~ Stanford on von-a
sort Of classic pilgrimags--so pay ONT 1rihmle
to the shrine Ut genius. We left the Market
place Of birmingham just az tho old Cathedral
clock Of 81. Martins struck six. After walk
Of 20 miles through rural part Of Warwick
shire, the Vale Of Avon suddenly broke forth
upon our view the town Of Stafford lay spread
out before us-iis spires and tnrreis peefing
above the houses-ihe ripening hsrves. con-
,ras,ing beautifully with the deep green hedge
rows and the tai. elms by the rode side. All
those object refecting in The soft light Of The
setting sun. presented panorama Of ex:ren,e
beauty. Before descending The gentle hill 10
enter ,he town. sat down BY the road side 10
contemplate and enjoy The scene Oh On
those distant hills, though, |, has the l,nmor-
tai Bard gazedopon similar SCENE perhaps
c"nf'sd the muse "pon the very lawn on which
am sitting. Accusing ftoG, ing ssverie, en-
tered the town aud tock lodgings Al the Red
Lion. Notwithstanding shA fatigOes OF the
day, At e. supper We salIied forth IL qaess of
the old house where Shakespeare fret cav the
Iipht. II is ri, MD fashioned lwu story s,n,r.