The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-06-25

| w alter street, and inquire what 'iliie
the "City of Washington" sails for
New York. CAT O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon, sir" is the reply. whats
the number Of your berth z" "87."
"Ah, you're the person I want to see;
by some mistake 90 has been given to
young lady, 80 we will have to locate
YOU somewhere else" ooh, if that's
all; if the young lady has no objec-
tions, we have none; VIC certainty
won't change unless the berth you now
give us is as good a one as that we Sc
lected on the 9Th of September" "You
can have 81 on the other side OF the
vessel" every well as chance would
have it, it is the same number as that
we occupied coming over; so 81 it Is"
lean right, sir; I'll change the number
on your ticket. Remember and be at
the Princess Dock tomorrow afternoon
by three o'clock precisely
Returning to our hotel, we call at
the Royal Exchange-one Of the finest
buildings in Liverpool, and by the
courtesy of the managers. are allowed
access to the files Of the New York
Herald, which, strange to say, is the
only American newspaper we can find.
As we have not had such treat since
we left the other side of the Atlantic,
its pages we eagerly scanned. The
: deaths of Senator Fessenden and Sec-e-
tary Rawlins-men of which any
country should feel proud, are an
nounced and also. the arrival of the
American labor delegate at the Basic
, International Congress.
On our departure, our attention Is
directed to practice which prevails
over the continent of Europe-that Of
carving the exterior Of the structure
after the rough hewn stone has been
placed in position. The designs are
elaborate and the workmanship superb
The scafolding looks as though it might
have been erected to compete with the
building in solidity, strength and en-
| durance-and forms q striking contras
) to the himsy man-traps, which our in
: haste to-be-rich contractors erect Al
t every corner, regardless of the lives Of
Q safety Of their employees.
e Of course we must see what til,
7 folks of Liverpool believe to be thu
q eighth wonder of the world-"St
e Georges 'An''-and a magni6cen
/ structure, indeed, it proves to be. 1t j
r situated on Lime street, directly oppo
Y site the mammoth hotel now being erec
8 ted by the London and North Western
s Railway Company. The day previous t
e our visit, the statues of the late Earl o
e Derby and a prominent merchant o
Il the city were unvailed with appropriat
o ceremonies, and as they are both tn
r productions of native artists, we fn'
!, their merits being discussed by groul
e of excited patriots, who pronounce
t them equal to the creations Of an,
: fOrag" sculptors. The organ said t.
occupies the entire end of the hal
The decorations and frescoing are 81
l. peril, though of a somewhat too sombr
It character, in our humble opinion. 1t
, pillars of Aberdeen granite, thoug
d marvels Of beauty and workmanship
s do not certainly help to remedy the de
! feet. Its exterior is commanding-it
location admirable-and its facade on
I of the most magnificent in Europe
t Posters at its entrance informs us tina
!. a meeting Of the amalgamated trade
S of the city, of which the Earl of DERBY
1 formerly Lord Stanley is to be chair
e man-will be held in few days. AnC
! here the weakness of the Englisl
!. workmen appears, although it is prob
D able that such an assemblage, preside &c
E over by one Of England's most noble
r sons-could command more attention
. than meeting presided over by Johr
Smith, president Of the Carpenter
: and Joiners' Union. Yet il is absurd
: to think that a man whose interests are
: Identified with the maintenance of the
most obnoxious laws which Cypress the
} working classes, has or can have any
sympathy with movement looking to
: their emancipation from such bondage.
The u tn is it is but part of a
teetLe game with which our American
mechanics are fsmiliar--an attempt to
wheedle the working classes into the
so-caLed CONSERVATIVE WOrkingmen's
Club.
Iii dlddle, diddls, the AL the adne-
The j1laped Ac moon
The little pup laughed to see the SPORT
Vide n, DOC aray Cah ne spooa
4 short distS wee from thr hall our at
tention il dlret "a 70 a group of re-
crmting officers, OF the Royal Artillery,
one of whom seems very anxious to
persuade rustic Briton TO enter the
service of her majesty, which calls to
mind A conversation we once overheard
between a color sergeant Of the 10Th
and hind, which may do to tell
During one Of the Californian wars,
which by the way, have neither been
few or far between, the officer alluded
to, was on recruiting service, and as a
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