Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-03

near OF lneu.
Southport is nice little village, has
many small hotels and private dwellings,
and some handsome streets. 1t is OF re-
cent construction and more modern than
a majority of English villages. sAlong the
ia an elevated road, about mile
in length, which is thronged in warm
weather by crowds of promenaders, who
await each cooling brseze from
across the water. Projecting into the sea
from this road is platform or pier, sup
ported by iron pillsrs. and upon the plat
form are cars for the comfort of visitors
who cannot walk the distance from end to
end, three quarters of a mile. Admission
to the pier, twopence, to cars, an addition
al penny. Fronting the sea are long rows
of tenements for the use of summer So
iourners, and named in a fancy manner
after members of the nobility ; for in
stance, Derby Villa" Switzerland Ter
race" etc. Many of the hotels of the
place are located here, also new and
durable public bath house, recently open
ed with great display, speeches and a
general gala. AS the road is wholly ar
tifcial and rises about twenty feet above
the surrounding country, the major por-
ton of Southport is sheltered by it from
any severe storms, and at the same time
the wall is not sufficiently high to totally
exclude the sea air. The principal street
is parallel with the seashore, and wide,
and only one side is occupied by stores,
the other being filled mostly by neat cot
tages, each having a spacious lawn inter-
vening between it and the sidewalk. At
one end the street meets half a dozen
smaller ones, and following any of these,
one soon becomes bewildered in maze of
rustic looking houses and we'll trimmed
hedges; perhaps secluded country
churchyard, or some private park is met
in the wandering. One would hardly
suppose that less than three.quarters of q
century ago. the entire vicinity was COM
posed of bleak sand hills but it is SO
notwithstanding. The citizens, however,
have shown just respect for the person
who made the frat innovation, in the
shape of an inn, and have erected mon
ument in memoriam, it being properly
inscribed with name and date, and fur
Their informing visitors that the deceased
was thought foolish for his venture.
Southport is altogether a charming place,
although the bad weather prevented my
seeing it in its best phase, and though
the day was cold and wet, I saw some
bathers carousing in the chilly waves op-
posite the town.
Returning to Liverpool l travelled by a
more direct route, near the seashore,
which was not visible on account of the
hills of yellow sand crowned with clumps
of dry grass, which were close to the
railway. The land appeared TO have had
little cultivation as the soil was so sandy
that scarcely anything would grow. 1t
was told me that the region was good
one for hunting, aud I think it SO too, for
person might hunt there a long time
and not shoot any game. The monotony
of the scene was interrupted at last by
sight of the ships in the lower docks of
Liverpool, and shortly afterward [ was
landed in town
The Liverpool docks are all named,
some in honor of persons who have figured
in the history, others after prominent
citizens of Liverpool, and several after the
members of the royal family. There is
Collingwood dock, Wellington,a Water
loo, Victoria, Georges, Princes, Queens,
Dukes, Brunswick, etc, and it is custom
airy to place all vessels in the same trade
in one dock. To some of them are at
tached dry docks, where ships may be re-
sheathed or otherwise repaired in their
hull. 4 walk about the docks and among
the ships is interesting. principally in the
thoughts which arise upon behold1ng Tor
eign products, and vessels or articles des-
tined for foreign countries, and In stroll
ing an hour or two one may see goods
from all quarters of the globe. Here Is
lot of unrefned sugar from the West
Indies. a heap of hides from South Amer
lea boxes of tea from China; crude
palm oil, for soap, from Africa quantl-
ty of bones from everywhere !; mahogany
from Central America bales of cotton
from India and America bundles of rags
from Egypt and Italy wheat and corn
from iCanada and the United States
lumber from Norway and fruit and veget-
ables from the Mediterranean, all being
removed from ships which may receive in
return cargo of machinery or cloth. The
warehouses at the Waterloo dock are the
newest and strongest, and are used wholly
for wheat and corn. The buildings are
composed entirely of brick and iron, the
floors being of brick supported by iron
pillars, and the doors and windows are
never closed. The warehouse at the
Dukes dock is the longest, while that at
the Salthouse dock covers the largest area.
Each dock has cUmmodicus SHEDS sur
rounding it, and they are built OF iron
and brick, and have large glass plates in
serted in the roof "Cotton is king" at
Liverpool, and more of that article is re-
ceived here than at any other port in the
world. There are some blocks near the
river composed wholly of cotton ware
houses, and bales are constantly being
stored or removed. 1t is not surprising
that the Southern States had great SYM
pathy in this city during the Rebellion,
for without their product half the trade
of Liverpool would be gone. At present,
however, East India sends large quanti-
ty, though the quality and distance of
carriage is in favor of the American ar