The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-30

on account of She tide being down. The
harbor itself is filed with banks of sand,
which are continually shifting, so that ii
has to be surveyed once or twice every
week. We had splendid view of the
city as we rode up the harbor. It is
built OF brick, the houses ranging from
six to oight stories on the principal
streets, and solidly constructed. The
docks extend for a>>long distance up the
Merscy River, md are filed with ships
from NIL parts of the world, even from
China. The Exchange is magnificent
building, in the centre of the city, with
large courtyard, which is liuely deco
rated with statues. The principal one is
the finest bronze representation in Eng
land. 1t is the reward of heroes and the
shame OF descrters aud towards. On it's
top stands man falling in battlc, while
death stands behind him with its saeis.
ton hand on his heart, while an nneel
hovers over him with crown which she
is about to place on his brow. About
midway the pillar, and at the foot Of the
statue, aro six men in chains, with their
heads bowed on their hands. Th. who,e
is surrounded by circle embossed with
this motto. "Eugland expects every man
to do his duty" Not far from the Ex
change is st. Georges Hall, where the
court is held. 1t is of solid granite, AID
looks something like our public build.
ings at home. While looking in the
main hall, We beard the celebrated MIR.
Best performing on ono of the largest
organs i'll the world. Opposite to St.
Georges Hall is the elegant North west
ern Hotel. 1n the rear of it is the depot
OF the London and North western Rail
way Company.
The streets Of this busy city are
crowded all the time by lrays aad han
SONS. The hauso u is very odd and
peculiar looking vehicle, having two
wheels. with tho driver s&seat perched
up behind aud above the top Of the very
close little box in which the passeuger is
to tide. The prices here for cabs and
hansoms are fixed by law, aud are, there.
fore. very cheap; charging but one
shilling per mile, or two shillngs per
hour. The horses they use for carriages
are not as 6ne rs ours, but they use the
Normandy horse for draying purposes.
They nrc from seventeen to eighteen
hands high, and weigh between $500
and 5000 pounds. They never use more
than two to wagon, hitched tandem.
They pull about as much as eight ordi-
nary horses
Having seen all that was Of any into.
rest here, we proceeded to the depot.
Here we met our first disappointment.
Tue cars arc far Inferior to ours, aud arc
divided into partitions of five feet by
seven and six deep. They do not give
checks for Your luggage, but you have
to crowd around the car at the station
and claim your trunk from the heap into
which they are thrown. Ladies' as we'll
as gentlemen push and shove their way,
reminding one of the rush for the door
after the closing scene Of theatre. We
arrived in London after ride of five
hours. over 200 miles from Liverpool.
The fields the Who'll way we're under the
highest state of cultivation, and all en-
closed like those of Ireland. Their conn
try roads are superior to most of our
streets.
have just arrived here, and cannot
say anything about the sights Of London
until my next; until then, goodbye.
ALPHA.
TIE FAILURE OF Ii. 1. k1MBALL 1t
is now stated that the failure OF II. L.
hlmball. at Atlanta, Georgia, amounts
w WI obOtO'opo. MOTtOu, DIlSS ~ 20. anu
Henry Clews. " Co., of New York are
said to he involved; the first to the cx-
tent OF $40. 900 and the latter s 600, 900
in his failure. a despatch from Boston
to the New York Times says he was ma
tive of Maine, and engaged there and IN
New Haven, Connecticut. in the manu-
factnre Of carriages until the war de-
stroyed his business. After that, he
went West, und by the advice of Mr..
Pullman, OF car notoriety, settled in At
lanta, Ga, and soon succeeded in get
ting control of the railroads in That
State. Finally he built the kimball
Hotel there, which proved too much for
his resources, and his property went
under the auctionecr's hammer. He is
now residing in Switzerlaud
II. 5. Foote, in his "reminiscences. says:
Speaking of bad manuscript, james
Brooks, of New York, and L iward Stan
ley and W. S. Ashe, Of North Carolina,
wrote the worst hands thut lisgraced the
House OF Representatives of 1850. An
drew Johnson's was the manuscript of nu
uneducate1 man, but it was easily read.
Stephens, OF Georgia, wrote passable
hand IIun,nbrnr J,rehor', ,,on,,o,