The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-23
TIE CITY OF LIYERPooL.
An Interesting sketch-so1id Aspect or
tho PIace-Thc Greatness OF liverpool
Founded on tho nesro-Americansian and
American Manncrs-Curious Con-
trnsts, &c.

correspondent OF the New York Times
sends to that paper the following very pleasant
sketch of the great cotton market of the
| world, which thousands of our own people will
read with interest: -
have visited and written letters from most
OF the important towns in tho United King
dom, but this is my first. visit to Liyerpooi,
with the slight exception of once passing
through 1t on my way to ireland. Most Amcrf,
cans who visit Europe also pass through Liver
ay On or Paris They step for
make any stay In one of the most Important
commercial cities in Europe.
it is natural T. Hd enough but still mistake.
difference. And 1t is worth seeing. Liverpool
Cpd Birkenhead lie on the shores Of the broad
tiestuary of the River Mcrsey, like New York
and BrooSlyn on the East River; only the river
west. Steam ferry boats cross the river and
run 10 the villages along shore. There Is
Drown stone fort at the mouth of the river
surrounded by water at high tide, somewhat
entrance to the ioadstead is low and unpict,lr-
esque. The river itself, however, is very
grand and lively spectacle. hundred ships
and steamers Of oil nations lie ut anchor or arc
the stars and stripes floating from the toll ta-
per1ng masts of the finest vessels in the har.
Dor. a fresh breeze from north to west gives
enGagn san motion for comfort and along the
erpool, fflnged by five miles of the finest docks
IN tho world where large part of the worlds
shipping lies packed close as hcrrings at the
niSn ude Level. The lover of water craft can
wander here ut will, and have no end of en-
joy%Re1t rRs at,, ,,o, ,,,
the water to the breezy heights Of the eastern
Suburbs, so there can be no excuse for bad
drainage The formation is brown sandstone.
covered along the shore with yellow snnd 90
fine that 1t drifts like snow. The water is soft
and pure. l see no reason why Liverpool
world: The sad truth is, that It's death rate is
the highest in the United Kingdom-and this,
IN spite Of the fact that large portion Of 1t Is,
IN ma sanitary point Of view, everything that
nave Wide streets, good air, good water, good
drainage, everything but parks, squares, and
open spaces-so much neglected in most COM
built over as Cincinnati, without the excuse Of
inclosing hills. ~. - =
Most English towns have antiquities; old cas-
ties, churches, Roman remains, q dlgnifyIng
past. Liverpool has none of these-not an old
wall, tower, street, church, nor On old building
OF ruin Of any sort There was fishing village
at the mouth of the Mersey at an early period,
no doubt. In The time Of James I, 1918, Liver
tonnage would scarcely equal one good ship Of
the present day. The real trade, growth and pros
perity Of the town began about l710, when Liv-
erpool became one Of the most active ports en-
gagged IN the slave trade. In l760, Liverpool had
ninety vessels engaged in this trnde They could
carry about rs, $50 slaves. These negroes were
brought here In great numbers and sent to
America and the West Indies. The trade was
then considered highly respectable, was carried
on under Royal charters, and made Immense for
tunes for those engaged In It. Tho merchants
OF Liverpool werc also celebrated for pri-
vateering blockade running and similar enter
prises When the slave trade at length be-
came unfashionable, Liverpool still flourished
on the products of slave labor, and became
the chief entrepot for cotton, sugar, tobacco,
DC. The negro, In fhct, hns built Liverpool,
and given to 1t Its solldity, It's grehdeur, its
wonderful prosperity. liverpool has doubled
Its trade and population every sixteen years
for the past century, and though Lancashire
is now under cloud, and cotton If king, Is
like Bomo other kings, In difficulties, there
seems to be little check to It's growth and
prosperity. 'a3 D. q
What we Of our shiugly, make-shift now
world have to admire in 1fverpool ia the mas
sive grandeur and solidity of Its works. The
merchants Of Liverpool, If they not their
money BY the slave trade and other forms OF
what the world now calls piracy, built for pos
tcrity. The 6vo miles OF stone docks, making
perhaps twenty-five miles Of massive masonry,
which shelter the mercantile nayIes Of the
world, constitute work of which any nation
might be proud. They make tho rotting wooden
piers around New York seem very shabby
And tho public and commercial buildings OF
Liverpool arc Of corresponding grandeur, The
older ones, 1t Is true, have hot much architec-
tuf1al beauty to boast or they are about as uVly
a fha3 con hn - .No.I