Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-11-04
From a Student in EurOpe-NO. l.


As you see, have arrived safely at my
destination, and on this-the first day of
"the month of the sere and witbered leaf"
hail from the banks of the Spree, in the
realms of his majesty the king Of Prussia.
1t would be folly to attempt to give the
details of my voyage to Liverpool, or ev-
en- to describe the principal incidents Of
the passage, as it would occupy too much
of your paper, and perhaps be unin,ercst-
ing to your readers. The truth is, ac-
counts of voyages are so common, nova
days, that unless they are flied with anu.
sing and startling incidents, well-sand-
wiched, they are apt to digest with diff
Guilty. Besides, the various little occur
reuces which excite an interest in the
minds Of those subject to the monotonous
routine of ship-iife-and very trifing
things serve to give variety-can not,
when recounted, have the same effect up
on persons unipauenced by the same cir
cumstauces. You will therefore excuse
me when l merely say, that We had very
pleasant passage, Of eleven days and a
quarter, in the "Ci,y of Washington" in-
cludiDg the detention at Cork to land pas
sengers. Our accommodations we're every
thing that could have been asked, and our
cabin passengers, of whom there were
forty, comprising persons of six different
countries, soon became acquainted with
each other, and, before dropping anchor
in the Mersey, many friendships had been
formed, whose remembrance will always
be cherished with pleasure.
Once landed, our friends the Custom
House officers took the trouble to see that
our luggage was all right, for which, as
they were not at all overpowering in their
attentions, We felt truly grateful. Like
some of our Western "Ipjuns," their fret
cry was for "baccah y but, on telling
them l had none, they kindly passed my
trunk, barely looking into it. BY a little
misunderstanding in regard to the time of
the London trains, had several hours to
spend in Liverpool, and through the kind
ness of one of our passengers-a Scotch
man, wellacquainted with the place. was
enabled to see the principal objects of in
terest in the city. Among these are the
Docks, known all over the world for their
extent and solidity of construction-thc
Nelson Monument-the Exchange-and
St. Georges Hall, which, besides other
things, contains the finest lecture and mu-
sic hall have ever seen.
In company with two young Ameri-
cans, passengers by the City Of Washing
ton, who were going to Paris to study for
the priesthood, l came from Liverpool to
London, by the Great Western Railway.
Our route lay through, or rather by, the
ancient town of Chester-a very quaint
looking place, we'll known in the Welch
border wars, and still surrounded by a
wall in a good state of preservation. At
Birmingham, we stopped for the night
For some miles before reaching it, the
road is literally lined with furnaces and
forges, whose glare lit up the sky, produ-
cling the appearance of grand conaagra-
tion. From Birmingham, tho train took
US, next morning, to London-a distance
Of $50 miles-in three hours. This is
not an uncommon rate on English roads,
some Of the express trains running at the
greater speed of fifty miles an hour: and
yet, the roads are SO firmly constructed,
and ably managed, that there are seldom
any accidents. The scenery, along the
whole route, is extremely beautiful. Ev-
erywhere are neatly trimmed hedges, beau
tiful clumps of trees of fantastic appear.
ance, smothly-soddcd bauks, and graceful
cottages surrounded by the most elegant
shrubbery. Every foot Of ground bears
the marks of cultivation. In some places,
farmers we're still busy with their hay,
and We saw q number of women in the
fields, assisting to spread the grass out to
dry. One we observed engaged in the
more laborious occupation Of scattering
manure.
Arrived in London, I scarcely knew how
to employ the time Of my stay to the best
In SO large a city-in com
parisou with which, New York is only
moderate sized town-and where there
Ire so many monuments of interest to be
,een, one feels utterly confused, at first,
md knows not what direction to take. As ,
ny stay was to be limited to week, there
vas no time to lose; SO, having taken I
odgings in the very heart Of the city, be-
,eath the blackened dome of st. PauPs,
nd armed myself with "shilliDg Handy
Book" l sailed forth to 'see the sights" :
with the tide which flows along {