The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-18
LIVERPOOL. June 81. 1873,

LIVERPOOL, June 81, 1873.
Here we are at last, after most mag:
nihcept trip acyoss the Atlantic, during
which We "took in" (but not by force)
the interesting and well-worth.seeing
cities Of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and st.
Johns, Newfoundland. Until l arrived
at the last named place, had been in
the habit. with most other citizens of the
United States, OF calling it New fotndlahd,
with ths acceht on the Setohd syllable,
but the Newfoundanders call it New
foundhand, with the accentation on the
last syllable, doubtless correct. Geogra-
pliers and the teachers in our public
schools will please take notice accord
ingjy;
the steamship "Bjbernian," Of the Allan
Line, dti "Wednesday morning, the 5th of
Juno, 8 a. m. sharp. The "Hibernian"
is e magnificent boat Of 5000 tons, COM
manded by Captain William Richardson,
a bonny good Scotchman, from Lum fries.
shire, and thorough sailor. This boat,
in common with all the steamers Of the
Allan Line, is furnished with all the
most recent improvements, elegant state
rooms, apd saloon the entire length of
the ship. We had quite large party
from Baltimore who Saw OFF, number
of their friends, and we went down the
sparkling Chesapeake merry as a mar
ringe bell. But, alas the fun waa not
destined to last long. About twenty
miles down the Bny tho party OF Daiti-
morcans left us in the tugboat "Mary-
land" amidst the waiting Of hats, caps
pnd handkerchief, and then we we're
left entirely TO our own resources and the
ships officersl
Somehow or other, passengers on board
IN Atlantic steamer seem always to have
enormous appetites OF the first day out.
Every man, woman and child on 5uarG
promptly put in an appearance ut break
fast, luncheon and dinner on this our
first day out. Even those Of frail consti-
tutions secuted the idea of sessickness.
80 calm aud smooth was the water, and
there YVES scarcely as much motion in the
steamer as In railway train. The Allan
Limo of steamships are all constructed
with what is nautically termed "broad
beam;" hence, they soll !ess ttaH other
steamers of excessive length in proper
ton 10 their Width. and even ia d heavy
sea th are stauuch and steady ss COM
pared with other boats id which have
crossed. Congratulating ourselves upon
our good luck, we all turned in" ut ten
o'clock at night; but few OF lid turned
out" again in the morning. During the
night we had passed. the cape aid got
fairly out into old Neptunes domains,
who rocked us fatherly-like in the cradle
of the deep. Being we'll myself, l could
not help noticing that those of our pas
sengers who did have courage enough to
appear at the breakfas table seemed all
to have sudden and peculiar hankering
after PoTIidge," c: oatmeal Cruel and
the delicious salmon steaks, chicken and
lobster salads, lambs fries and tender
loin steaks went a.begging, and were
entirely discarded. There was univer-
aal demand for porfidge in the saloon,
and for tin basihs id the staterooms,
which kept the stewards as busy az bees
in the honey season. AT luncheon and
dinner. much the same state of affairs
prevailed, and q Baltimore gentleman
who made bold to appear at the dianer
table and partake of sucking pig, which
fare" told me confidentially three days
afterwards, when saw him again on the
deck as we were approaching Halifax.
that he had thrown his pig overheard
half an hour aftor dinner. Such is life
on the ocean Wsvew
But three OF four days at eea will cure
almost the weakest stomach of seasick.
ness; and by degrees the seats at the
tables became filled, and fui, iuatice was
done to the excellent fare Ale, porter
and sherry gradually usurped the place
of ginger-beer, as beverage, and our
captain pronounced the passengers con-
valescing. There was less demand for
the doctor, but more for cigars and chan.
pagne. An amateur minstrel troune"
was formed foy the amusement of the
passengers: Of which yonr correspondent
had the honor of being one of the "end
men," (my nnse is BLACK get, because the
burnt cork has rubbed into the skin and
wont get offN and we had games of
"shufiieboards," or "horse-billisrds," 40
the sailors call it, on the quarterback
every forenoon. We saw lots of whales.
dolphins and other funny animals, and
sailed into the harbor OF Halifax Satur-
day evening, June 9th, where we were to
remain till Tuesday noon following
This gave us abundant time to edo" this
interesting city, which we did in the most
approved manner, visiting, in q body,
the Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Cita.
del, the Armory, the Navy Yard and the
British ironclad "Bellersphon," which is
the flagship of the North Atlantic squad
ron. Wherever we went we were re-.
ceived with courtesy and hospitality !;
our only passport waa that of being citi-
zens Of the United States, brit that was
enough to insure us friendly reception.
Some of us visited the Colonial Asylum
for the Insane, which is situated ct Dart
mouth, just opposite Halifax on the other
side of the harbor, and 10 of about the
same aize, and managed very much like,
the Government Lunatic Asylum {no
joke on the CapitolD ut Washington.
Leaving Halifax at noon on Tuesday,
'wo arrived at st. Johns, Newfoundland,
the following Thursday afternoon, and
remained there about two hours and o
half. The entrance to the harhor of St.
John'a Is one of tho finest in the world |;
immense cliffs rise almost peFpendicularly
from the water TO q height of six nun
dTed feet, leaving narrow pass or sn-
trance Jnst vide enough for two ships TO
pasE each other. The scenery is grand
and wild in the town. itself there Is not
much to eoe except dried Goldfish and
nine breed, can 6s bought for about q
dollar and half, and it might pay an
enterprising yankee to come mp here and
buy up cargo of them Oh speculation.
Wholesale they can doubtless be bought
cheaper
The run of seven days from St. Johns
to Liverpool was attended by the finest
weather il has ever been my good for
tune to Witnesa on the broad Atlantic
sea-sicknees we legend Of the past, and