Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-05-01
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
BY LEMON L. UHL.
NEAR MApRAs, March 7th, 1873.

NEAR MADRAS, March 7th, 1873.
At almost regular intervals the churcl
of England has her parish churches
many of them dim and dingy in thei
great sizes, from the exposure of NOR
than one century. On tomorrow, a
three O'Clock, p. NJ. a steamer sails from
Southampton for India. 1t is one of tn
Peninsular and Oriental Cos. boats be
longing to firm that has long been il
existence and whose boats traverse tn
Mediterranean and have first upon tt
Indian Ocean. Can we reach this boa
in time? Can We cross England's length
get all baggage through and stop il
London, yet reach Southampton insid,
of 2s hours? No. This land, wher
the sportsman issaid TO be able to start
in the morning, from London, and reaei
any part of England in time for th'
days hunting, is not able to do this
Few lines at Liverpool send steamers t.
Madras and none go before the New
Year. What must be done? In TIVE
weeks more a second "P. & o." steamer
sails from Southampton. By adver.
tisements and reply to a telegram, in
forma ton is received that the ''Orchis'
sails from London for Calcutta, calling
at Madras, starting Dec. 31st. This de.
cides our question, atpresent, and give:
a few days in Liverpool. 1 step down
the winding stone stairs leading to the
office in which my news has been
CLEANED, and seek the hotel. pass the
Exchange. 1t is in the heart of the
city, and is large court or open square
in the center of which stands a fine
government building, tall and sentinel
like. Here are merchants of all kinds
buying and selling arrived cargoes on
the sea and goods in distant ports. In
the buildings around, there are many
wires and operators communicating
with distant parts of Europe, Asia.
Australia and America.
1t isa general wholesale trading place
where thousands of dollars worth OF
American or Russian grain, of U. S.
or East Indian cotton, of tropical fruits,
of costly fabrics, fine lumber, etc., ex-
change owners by the day and by the
hour. They stand, they talk, they
ponder, they group together, all in the
roofiess court, those merchants, as they
barter and buy. 1t takes second
thought to fully CONCEIVE the amount of
business. ~ V z e--s - - -
Along the streets are many, many, in
tattered garments, and often without
covering to head or foot. In the crowds,
the rags and soiled garments of the
very poor, touch with the apparel Of
the very rich. Liverpool is also more
with the squalid and wretch
ed, considering its size, than any other
protestant city,. The sky is dimmed
with a thin mist, the air is not cool,
and the streets breathe of q pleasant
odor after the steamer air, but very
much as if a wholesale ventilation would
be q blessing. There go odd convey
aacesE The driyeris perehed above and
behind the passenger who sits in his
covered seat. They are "Hansome;;"
peculiar to England. As 1 pass along
notice umbrellas under nearly every
ARM This is the island that is subject
to aud sudden rains, in eur winter
months. I lose my way, a policeman
gives me all needed Information, as the
helmet capped, long coated and belted
English police always will. and after
many curves and turns and scenes, T.
reach the hotel and enjoy the luxury of
a quiet room on land again. There are
feelings of gratitude, joy, sep
aration and loneliness in our hearts.
Our room is commanding, an elevator
has raised us upto it, and we are on the
fourth story of rooms or the fifth from
the street floor. Post, wall, window,
and furniture betoken great
expense, and are in style new to us.
Our outlook is above the buildings
around, and the streets below curve
here and therelaronna the dense hotels
and business places. People of many
with their varied styles, crowd
.hese streets, The Greek merchant and
.he Jew. Irish women in rows, with
baskets and bundles sitting on their
heads; Scotchmen, bonneted, and
their fish; poor cartmen with
oads of the green English holly; and i
richly attired hearsemen with their four
horses and black plumes surmounting
the coach; these are part of the view.
This is Liverpool" / muse, compact,
and busy Opposite, and on
the rear of raised piazza, is St. Georges
Hall, the finest in the city. In it are
public meetings held, and there are the
courts where the aged judges of her
gray-wigged, and in large
white robes, sit like pictures of rever-
initial Justice. Upon the piazza, a dis
.ance in front Of the Hall, are large
bronze statues of the Queen and the
Prince Albert, each upon steed. This
IS land of royalty and these are roy
llty's honors.
The afternoon found me by the river
again. 1 looked down its swollen tide
to the horizon i'm the west. Thought
can fly when feet are still, and Twas on
the other side of the Atlantic, again. 1t
was far and yet it was not. A gentle
man on our ship had come from Cali
fornia and, without any delay, took pas
sage from New York. Seventeen days
before this, he was in San Francisco. In
a few hours more than two weeks and
three days, he has steamed across the
United States and the Atlantic. That
night gave me sweet rest, in England;
the next evening showed us market so
filled with all manner of fruits and
and flowers and in such rich
variety and tasteful display, as excelled
any county, or state or horticultural
fair ever saw; and the second morn
ing breathed pure and balmy air
through our car, on the railway to
London.
"Ah, this is liberty and refreshment,
I feel, as the level, lawn-like meadows
show their green colors at each hand.
1t is nearly january. No snow, no
frosty air, and green fields. The fences
are iron or hedge. The farm houses are
mansion-like with groves of trees and
stone barns stand around, while every