The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-10-28
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LETTER FROM GERMANY.
SAARLoU1s, GERMANY, !
SEPTEMBER 10th, 1870.


from Glasgow, Scotland, Ipromised to give
you description of Glasgow; but before
| proceed shall give the line of my travel
In my last | took you across the Atlantic
borders of Ireland and part of Scotland
After we left Glasgow, having visited every
place of interest, as well as every place
shall mention, we went to Edinburg, and
visited the Castle, wherein Mary Queen OF
ter Scott, &c. Weproceeded to Leith where
we spent four hours, and put across the
North Sea to Scarbourgh, England hence
to Middleburg, England, and then over to
blessing and Middebrae, Holland, hence to
Antwerp, where we spent one night and
half day; and from there to Cologne
where we spent one night and the best part
of day. And from there we went to Cob
LEM, on the Rhine, where we spent one
night and half day, and passed on to
Saarbrucken, where we spent, (surgically
engaged) five days, after which we passed on
to the front of Paris, where we stayed but
two hours, and returned by Metz to Saar-
brucken. Here we spent two days, and
were sent to Trier, the oldest town in Ger
many, and the first captured by julius
Caesar, where we visited the old historical
castle, built before the birth of Christ, and
captured by the Romans. We here saw
many antiquities dated prior to the birth
of Christ. 'tAt
After spending two days in Trier we re-
turned to Saarlouis, where we are at the
present time, attending the wounded as
they are brought from Metz and other
places.
1 shall now return to Glasgow, and de-
scribe other places, &C., at future time
Glasgow is city which from the extent OF
its manufactures and commerce, and from
the beauty and regularity of its buildings,
may Justly be considered the second city
in the kingdom. 1t contains upwards of a
hundred miles of well paved streets, which,
running in parallel lines and intersected at
right-angles, give to the city cheerful
aspect, to be met with in very few towns
of such magnitude. On account of the
comprehensive variety of its manufactures,
Glasgow is less liable to severe depressions
of trade than most great working commu-
mites. Its cotton calico-printing and silk
manufactures, its iron works and blast fur
naces, its engineering, locomotive, and
wood and iron ship building, its chemical
works, potteries, and glass manufactures,
are continually supplying the store houses
of the civilized world. 1t is Glasgow that
has furnished most of the celebrated trans
Atlantic steamship lines with their fine
ships. Some of the finest vessels | have
ever seen, saw along the Clyde. In fact,
many of the finest and most successful
steamships in the world are off Clyde build,
as 1 witnessed, including iron-clads for the
British and other governments.
The following was related to me by Mr..
James Malcolm, wealthy merchant of
Glasgow, as we went up the Clyde. Glas-
gov. from being the cradle of steam navi-
CATION in 1902, when James Watt launched
his "Comet" upon her river, has risen to her
present eminence mainly from the extern
siye improvements that have been effected
upon the Clyde.
No department of progress is more con-
spicuous than that which relates her rapid
increase as a port. Upw ards of three mil
lion pounds sterling have been spent by sue
cessive trustees in widening and deepening
the Clyde, and at the present day the opera
tions are still being carried on. Fifty years
ago there was scarcely five feet depth at high
water, so that the river was only navigable
for vessels of about 40 tons burthen. In
1920, the available depth was nine feet
and now ships of the largest class can load
and unload within sight of her bridges
The river flows nearly through the centre
of the city, having about three miles of
quay-wall along which vessels from all
parts of the world are generally ranged
three abreast. Besides her navigable river,
Glasgow is we'll supplied with canals
The railway stations are at present rather
disconnected, but new central station is
about to be erected, which will be one of
the greatest recent Improvements. During
twelve hours of the day, about 600 omni-
buses pass along the main thoroughfare of
the city.
The town is supplied with water,
brought As miles from Loeb Katrine, at an
average rate of three million gallons per
day, the quality of which is remarkably
pure, and free from foreign matters. In
deed, the Glasgow water scheme is one of
which the citizens may Justly be proud, as
of an enterprise creditable to anation rath-
er than city, and not unworthy of being
compared with the great works of the Ro-
mans. One of the sights of the city is its
Cathedral, massive pile of Gothic archi-
lecture, no doubt closely identified with
the origin of the city. The stained glass
memorial windows, supplied by the mer-
chant princes within the last few years, are
we'll worth visit. The site of the ancient
University having been required to carry
out some modern improvements, new
University is at present being erected, on
the side of the river Kelvin, opposite to the
West End Park, on most commanding
elevation, and which, when finished, must
form great ornament to the city.
The population is over half million,
without including the suburban districts,
extending for miles around the city, and
from which throngs are drawn day by day
to add to the hustle of the great centre OF
commerce. Glasgow is within eight hours
sail of Belfast, with which port there is
daily communication one hours ride from
Loeb Lomond, and is in fact the starting
point for the whole of the Western High
lands, so much sought after by visitors OF
all nations. My pleasant rambles, and tie
kind attentions l received in Glasgow, have
indelibly fixed it upon the tablet of my
memory, never to be forgotten. In my next
/ shall give you a description ofEdinburg
Respectfully, yours,
A. Il. SHERTZER,