Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-06-15
Letter From LovejOy.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, May 8. IL
EDS. HERALD The welcome num-
hers of your paper of the 18th and 10Th
ult. have reached me, via Glasgow, also
seyerad packages ofzletters, ,stliEough
our consul at this port.
After leaving Queenstown, the great
mail centre and first landing place OF
the trans Atlantic steamers, we had
twenty hours run up the st. Georges
Channel to this port 1t was Sabbath
morning, about nine o'clock, when we
arrived off the bar at the mouth of
the Mersey, end lay pitching about till
EGiik 3 b6'dloelc;1 ;1H afting for :the tide. 1t
was two hours more before we reached
our dock, and then the dancing of the
little steamer, which came along aside
to receiXe rs, prevented the passengers
from geatRg4lon it, 1until=our vessel,
with much difficulty, was run in the
narrow gate and safely moored within
the dock. We were then taken on the
little steamer and run around to the
custom House, where we had to under
g6a challing process All of our
pSrfys PASSED thceSamination without
! | Inconvenience just glance into one
trunk was sufficient, and the several
trunks and boxe5 were all passed.
Some of the passengers Jared very
differently. One of tne ladies had ali
Of Fer wardrobe tdrncd out and left
for her to repack;s y and two Cubans,
who had an extra supply of cigars,
had them taken in charge by the otfi-
GERS. and every possible nook and cor
f1Serof their baggage rudely opened,
A tfter I.idding farewell to our fellow
passengers. we took a cab, one horse
carriage, ano. dru ;-e to the North West.
err. Hotel. Here we found very com
fo4ta9bIe quarters, gust opposite tho
great hall of st. George, anu slso neal
| the railroad depot.
The cabman charged us twenty-tiY<
cents each, when the lawful rate is
twenty five cents a mile for one or as
lsqqQa;a.py lqqQa;a.p more as he can conveniently
convey, which is,five or six; and tho
distance being less than mile, they
cheated us, in the two cabs conveying
our party. out of dollar and a half
This was experience No. l. And here
lsLemay say, it is wonderful how every.
body seems to know at once that w,
are Americans, aad to take it for grant
ed that we've pockets full of money anc
Ea9dime or dollar is all the same t
us. They seem to1think that. they hav,
only to mention any price to get ]
in their hand. A trunk-shop man asktC
seven pounds for small leather trunl
and afterwards took two for it. Fo
; ~ilets9fifilfg. case, at another place, / wa
charged two pounds and ten shillings
or twelve dollars and half, when til
: man, at last, offered to take eiohteel
{ tsAiLjngs,. four dollars and half, 70
fft4,s hGayfng, by this time, discovered ii
IldSGG- -DOdFu lIllllalIou vi WOOO, L IOl
him l would not have it if he wouF
give it to me. We found in almos
every store and shop the article "
S asked for, represented as some wa
t connected with America, and the yer
best 4hat Swas,made and the price osIle
h vas what they supposed an America
It price, whfcil, sometimes, was almo:
e fabulous, aqlIl and ten times the real value
Sabbath evening VIC attended churc
: at the old Mt Pleasant Church, on til
!, street. of that namc. The pastor, Re-
: William Graham, preached very alb
: and popular sermon, on Esau's me:
IL of pottage. Selling birthrights, tim
y opportunity; friendships, the blessing
of the Gospel, eternal life, for the me-
5 sensual qualification of moment. He
II we found number of friepda, wi
. were not expecting us for couple
1t days yet. having learned that we we
'r not to aail until tue 18th, instead
d. the 18th of April. They received !