The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-07

the humber of the pilot and hundreds
of other doubtful events. Some bet
on and play cards, from the time they
enter the ship until she reaches port,
taking barely time to eat and sleep.
Only such sensation as that we mad
with the iceberg will call them from
their table. These men are constant
ly looking for some one to lose their
pound betting Americans never
bet dollars pounds or sovereigns on
ly will satisfy them with or win 1t
from. | could not but wonder wheth-
er the young gentleman sent out by
New York importers to Europe, to
purchase goods, charged their employ
ers, in their expense account, with the
odd pounds they might happen to
lose. After we had landed the few pas
gers and mails at Queenstown, we en-
tered a quiet sea, and the sick ones
came on deck. Our last dinner and
our last day were, indeed, enjoyable.
The passenger, by this time. has be
come good sailor, and can enjoy HE.
As we approached Holyhcad, all as
sembled on the upper deck. The al
tornoon was delightful, the cloud ef-
fects boautiful vessels and steamers
broke the horizon line on every hand,
and when the first outline Of the high
lands of water, could be discerncd, a
thrill Of Joy went through me, and |
began to live anew--for mp to that
hour, l had been suffering from head
ache and Just enough nausea to pre-
Guide all enjoyment We passed the
lighthouse and then we felt that our
voyage was ended, as we were told
that before any Of us were up from
our nights rest, the steamer would be
in Liverpool
We were then SO far north as to be
able to read fine print at nine o'clock
Saturday morning May 27th,) found
the borths omptied early Breakfast
was bolted several hours earlier than
usual, and then "A couple Of hours We're
spent in the examination Of baggage;
tobacco and reprints Of English books
only being contraband
The examination is perfect farce
One of The officers addressed my
friend e., taking him from his appear
ance to be an Englishman You see
we ave to hexamine the luggage OF
Hamencaus; we don't mind our folks,
you know; it's all right, sin
1t is q comical sight to see the ex-
pose Of trunks al around the ship.
Finally, the last passenger gets on the
tug, and we part with three cheers,
from the good ship, and are speedily
landed on one of the famous stone
docks Of England S great shipping port.
We went TO the Washington Hotel.
and in private parlor we had a cap
ital dinner and Jolly good time Ten
OF us. good-natured Scotchman, a
retired merchant who came to Aber-
deem to embrace his brother (one of
our New York bank presidents, sent
by his directors TO Europe for rest and
renewed health) whom he had not
seen for fourteen years, and David
Hunt, Esq, prominent merchant of
Liverpool, and brother Of George II.
Stuart, President Of the Christian
Commission, made the party Mr..
Stuart Is by birth, Irish; he spent his
boyhoOd IN Scotland. and since then
IN England The contrast between
HIM and the unadulterated Scotchman
from Aberdeen, and also between the
latter and his brother who. since a
lad. has been in the United States.
was indeed marked, and their pecul-
iarities interested as not a little Tie
ladies could not understand the
Scoichmau EHqish.
Our party of eleven having decided
10 take the late afternoon train tor
CHESTER, we had but little time to
spend in Liverpool 1t is much larg-
en- city, with finer streets, shops, and
public buildings, than / had supposed
from what had been told mo of il.
At six, T. NJ, we crossed the muddy
MERsEY evidently not strained , to
Birkenhead and took orr first seats in
a first class Railway Coach, holding
six persons, with divisions, elbow SUP
porters and most comfortably APP
pointed. We We're whirled along at a
much more rapid rate than ON trains
attain, and over track covered with
greensward, by stations surrounded
with flower beds and shrubbery, and
through a country that seemed one
immense, highly cultivated garden.
Here | am in pleasant room, sit
ting at a table under a chandelier,
from which the stars and stripes
that we brought with us) are hung,
surrounded by my friends, who are ex-
hansting adjectiyes in describing what
they have seen in this delightful town.
My turn at that will come, and in my
NEXT, ] will endeayor to interest YOU
n the delights and wonders of terra
frma.
Here in CHESTER, 1 should like to
spend a month, for it seems capable of
employing $50 long" one who is fond
OF studying the wonders of the Roman
Era, its grand old Cathedral, towers,
walls, churches, crypts; its charming
scenery and its quaint streets and
buildings. CD.