The New York herald., 1869-06-14
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American Commerce Past and Present-The
Trade of Liverpool Then and Now-Smnh
Number Of Yankee Ships In tue Mersey-
Cause and Effect. ,o.o
LIVERPOOL, May n, 1869.
The eYects OF the war as regards our maritime In
terests are painfully apparent at this port and TO
those who have our national pride at heart the cond
tlon ofthings is sad in the extreme On the sa lpst
but eleven vessels were In port Under the United
States nag and scarce two score OF American vessels
arebound here from any part of the globe. Not
single American steamer comes here nor do we see
any prospects OF any coming. Three or four old
steam craft 1t is true. sailing under our nag to
German ports, but they are managed by foreigners,
and they are no credit to US either for
speed, beauty or safety. There are seven
ships two barks and one schooner, repre-
senting 1918 tons, all built in the United
States, offered for sale here now. The famous Col
Inns steamer Adratic, built by George steers in
1855, whose cost was not far from sl,000o00, gold
will soon be broke up, having been bought for about
$4,000. The ship Great Republic is now under the
British nag and is known as the Denmark There
seems blight upon everything American here. The
oices and stores Of Americans doing business here
seem more like undertakers' shops than places OF
tfamc ana commerce. Liverpool Is more dead tnan
alive and If the people viii only acknowledge it
they can trace the cause to the dockyard at Brken
head where the Lairds do business and where the
Alabama was born.
Among the higher classes fraud and trickery are
the order OF the day, while with the lower orders
drunkenness and misery prevail TO al alarming eX-
tent. Crimes OF the most revolving kind are COM
mitted so frequently as to cease TO attract notice
except when one exceeds by some fresh device to
make II more brutal or inhuman than
the one which preceded it, Things are in wretched
condition here The best OF theatrical talent fails to
draw q respectable sized audience Charles Mathews
and wfe have been playing here for week, and the
receipts Will not pay their hotel bills. II. Coleman,
who leased ST. James Hall for ballet, burlesque, &c,
has not taken in sufficient to pay onethird OF his
printing bills. McCabe with his humorous define
atlons, has taken IN q few hundred pounds. Not one
or the places OF public amusement Is earning a
penny In trade outside OF the heavy dealers there
Is but little doing The papers are full OF "Houses
to Let" Furniture to be Sold" and "Want Situa-
tions" In fact, the reaction has taken place, and
some OF the very men who cut q swell during our
war and wished us to Davy Jones' locker, have gone
10 the dogs long since themselves. The admiralty n
specting engineer. who was sent up Tor eighteen
months, week or two ago, on charge of defraud-
ing the government, was the consulting engineer Tor
the Confederate steamers built here. He is down
at the heels q bit now. Mr.. L. +. Stringer,
big gun in Confederate times, has been sued
ana Will probably be made 10 disgorge some
OF the plumber he Is said to have done his CO.
laborers out Of So that every quarter these chaps
are coming to grief. There can be no question that
the cause OF half the suffering. misery and crime
have here now can be traced to the war; and it
seems judgment upon them for their double deal
Ing and meanness. The pen fails 10 adequately pOr-
tray the sad sights to be here daily ay. hour
" stu !, for one can hardly pity them, because
they brought 1t upon themselves, and having made
their own bed they must lie upon IL. Every one Is
at loss to know what Is 10 be done TO revive trade
and alleviate the wants oil the people. 1t Is true
large bodies OF emigrants are leaving weekly, but
they do not come from this immediate vicinity, ana
tney do not affect the condition OF things here.