The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-23

turesque localities, o mngling Of ANTIQUE and
modernIliistoric mem0ries-but no town in
England has such public and COMMERCIAL edi.
ices as Liverpool. Those of London do not
compare with them They are vast, ndnrinS' n.y.
magnificent. And when you consider that
here is no capital, no scat of government,
SIMPLY commercial seaport, and; that the
or by the same men as members OF a corpora
tion, II is really wonderful. The line Of docks
anu shipping, the Exchange and itst surround
ihg p,f,a fH,d'Iees, st: Georges Hall, Browns Free
worth coming to see-assuredly worth stop
ping to look ut, when you have crossed the
Atlantc; for you may travel over Europe and
see nothing like them. $50
The public spirit which hos built those monu-
ments OF commercial enterprise and prosperi-
W mas done many other things, perhaps even
more more admirable. The corporation baths, sup
parts of the town, give swimming and other
baths at prices to suit oil classes, and some of
these are 30 large that public swimming
matches are held In them. liverpool has the
most iamous gymnasium In England, with pub
nc exhibitions three evenings q wcck It's
principal theatres are go good, and the audi
ences so appreclative, that 1t has been for sew
era, Sfal years inc practice to bring outpew pieces
Ine reading room of the Merchants Ex-
and an S;n the ,6Is free library given tofae town
merchants, is tae largest OF .;Sfiic Kind.
and such nn institution as does lot eyls. I'm
London. The museum, which occnbIes nearly
the whole OF the In, &C building, also given to
ranks next 10 the british Museum in lis extent
aud completeness, and is much better accom-
modnted as - space. When Will aiiy Ameri-
can city Of half q million population, ,awhen will
New York Itself, have such O librdrynnd such
n museum I do not forget the Astof Library
nor the Cooper Institute; but the Astor Libra
~ is not for the masses of the peoile, and
nave nave never seen decent museum in America.
There are fragments here and there, INT q free,
public museum, open TO the wholesi,eople, js'
country. - 5-...-57,.- -lsF -
ts S. dssgrges os Han ssnsa in an
dreds of Corinthian columns Of ,tie most
exquisite proportions, and the whole3 3eSifce is
one OF great beauty. 1t is SO beant. Iul in it's
can only see Its real size by contfnst viii.
s2ue other building. Near II on onetside is SO a
church., Georgian Gothic, of ordinary dimen-
eions,. about The size of an average, New York
church; It is SO lost, so utterly dwaSted by. st.
George Hall, that It looks Ikea tor church.
The Illusion is complete. The houses on the
Hudson, at the foot ofthe PalisadeA sfrom the
deck OF a steamer look Ike bird cagehs The gran
dear Of ST Georges Hall produceS1 1he Same
enect. xhe building contains the lay courts,
concert hall rs feet square andp 40 feet
high, an immense hall for public faneetings
169 feet'long, Is feet inches wide;and 81 feet
lucnes nigh. gThia room contains one of the
largest organs IN. the world, which h'played
the corporation organist. Besides t5tse great
halls there are ih the cdihce, "a a g3.de book
informs me, numerous suitable apartments
for the convenience Of parties engassd any
afford excellent accommodation to thdvarious
sections OF the British Aasoc'a Ion. (which Is
10 10 meet here next year, under the pyssidence
Of that most. distinguished descendant Of the
Huxley; naturally selected by the Daswlnians
at:est to preside oyerits ieIiberaiionss Thope
gnlshed descent, Win find,it conveniSnt to be
present on that OCCASION. q: ':t34 .
Liverpool is more IKE N6W: Y ork ,nssse Amtc-.
rican In Its manners and icastoms, an any
some hundreds periioIs I might4 biiss
ands-of Americans along the docks gath
cred about the centres of business. Yoli.rsee
everywhere American faces, and hear the va
Galveston. Yesterday on Change a swarthy
Southerner lounged up, TO nm English mef.
chant or cotton broker /" Look lere,n said
he "don't you know anybody that's got some
any quantity of them" We'll, by nave III YlI
come up to your office and see them"
There was not much in that short dialogue
only | have never met an Engllshman,
Will biic icd5I 10 Ut COnSluereQ q RentlG-
man, who would have compelled me 10 use
dash In reporting such conversation. Eng
llshmen above tho lowest class no more swear
than spit 1t Is very rare indeed that a we'll
dressed a Englishman Is seen In the least intoxi-
VIII soon initiate their 6ettcrs In the latter re-
spect, as they have In greut degree In the
FORMER. And wish that Americans who come
" Europe, go on Change, and mingle else
month or two before they start to rs much spit
Ting and swearing as would last them TIL thew
get home agnin 10 the land of tho free, Where
no one has my objections.
The Amcricansm In Liverpool Is generally
q matter of pride-but it Is in some things
matter of modification. Out of regard to olr
NATIONAL habits, the public resorts Of Liverpool
arc furnished with spittoons, which are never
seen In other English towns, and American
visitors to tho Liverpool bathing village of
New Brighton have compelled the authorities
% place oil over their elegant promenade pier
1n, me following notice1the like Of which lave
not to spit on the floor of the prone
1ade." And visitors are obliged to have this
staring them In the face at every .turn-or
worse. And Mrs. Trollope is gone, and Mr..
Sumner is still making speeches about the
Alabama III,
There are other contrasts, but they are COM
oarntively slight and unimportant. The Eng
ishman is always brushed and combed, and his
,oots shine, and he hos the general air Of hay
ng Just stepped out Of o bandbox. If an
American is drawn in Punch, his nationality
consists not more in mis- long nose and neck,
han his Blouching and froWzy appearance,
There is q musenm Of Greek statues, wax fig-
lrcs, &C., In Liverpool, which includes kings,
Iueens, murderers, revolutionists,i philoso..
phers, bandits-some hundreds OF attractive
personages; butt noticed that even in the cave
,f horrors, with long lines Of murderers pin
oncd for the gallows-this saves hands-every.
Wig was we'll brushed. The pirates and ban.
Hts have long black hair, but It is smooth
md glossy. There are only three person
lges who look as II they never saw comb;
hese are the late President Lincoln, on the
eft of st. John the Baptist, end Generals Grant
md Lee on, his right. As. Wilkes Booth Is
lown stairs among the murderers, his hair is |
rs smooth and glossy as the best Of them. By
'on finds himself thanks to Mrs Stowe, once |
more an object of interest. He walked up one |
morning and found himself {in)famo,is In !
Sax.works It does not matter much. Two
'hilling editions OF tho Byron controversy are
INT, by the editors Of two London wceklies,
md the st. Giles Press has Its catclipennies for
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