Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-08-06
Foreign Correspondence.
LETTER NO. 2.
LIVERPOOL, England.

LIVERPOOL, England. |
june 9, 1867.
DEAR My last to you was pencil
scrawl, written on the trembling table of my
knees on Friday last, as we were entering st.
Georges Channel, land not yet in sight. Well,
shortly after that, the rocks of the South of
Ireland began to come clearly into sight, and
presently we were running close to Cape Clear
with curious looking island on our right, call
ed 'Fastnet Island, on which is lighthouse,
nothing but rock shooting up out of the sea,
the whole establishment being apparently no
larger than half of our front yard. Presently
we came off jamestown which is the port of
Cork, and were met by little tug. (small
steamboat) which brought down few passen-,
gers and took away from us about thirty of
ours who were going through Ireland by the
route of the Lake Of Killaway. Have ye not
heard of Kate Kearney to Dublin?
The coast of Ireland is rocky, and yet grass
or some other vegetable seems to grow finely on
the surface. The shores are not high, though
precipitous, and most picturesquely and oddly
indented. 1t looked strange to see the black
steep rocks covered with the beautiful green,
without tree or shrub so far as we could see,
the grounds splendidly laid off with bitches
and hedges, &c., fairly realizing our idea of the
home of the island, the Emerald Isle" On
Friday night, we crossed the Channel, and on
Saturday morning awoke to find ourselves coast
ing by the shores Of Wales, the topography Of
which and general appearance of surface as to
greenness and want of trees do not differ much
from that of its Irish neighbor;; At about u
M. yesterday, we were off the bar of the ''Mur-
ry,'' and laid there for three hours, waiting
for the tide to float us in. We arrived here at
about P. M. in the midst of heavy rain, and
were soon quartered at the Washington Hotel.
The hotel is good one; rooms fine, and fare
substantial and nice; everything very English,
i. e., solid, without show or pretension. MY
bed is big enough for six, and [ lie in the mid
die of it, the Isle of man. in an ocean of mat
| tress, &c There is a tremendous canopy over
the head Of the bed, and a washstand in my
room about six feet long with two sets of bowls,
| pitchers, &C., Of splendid English ware which
| would do you good to look at.
The streets of this city are really remarkable
| for their splendid paving and sidewalks. The
architecture in the main, with few exceptions,
plain squatty and neat-Philadelphia like
| without blinds or shutters of any kind to the
| houses.
We went through st. George Hall, splen
| did building near our hotel, hearing in it the
largest organ in England worked by steam
| then through the fish market, where we saw a
very great variety of curious fishes, crabs
shrimps and snails, (which they sell by the
| lheaSufe as we uo GROUND peas: m0Heeft uoihe
nearly all the selling cleaning fish, opening
oysters, &C., &c. then we went into the meat
and vegetable and poultry market which pre-
scented an odd appearance. Women doing
much of the work, skinning rabbits, squirrels
&c. -
examine the great stone docks, which may be
said to be the great lions Of Liverpool They
are wonders of art, seven miles long and splen
| didlv huilt y
| Yours &c