The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-20
The Way the United States are
Yeopled from Abroad.
The Departure of Emssrant Vessels from
Liverpool for America.
rue srow.AwAYs-rnE RoLL-cALI-scENKs AND

TO be adopted for the he tlth aud comfort of emf
grants, prior and subsequent To sailing NO pas
senger chip is allowed To proceed 10 sea untii
medical practitioner, approved by the eemigrauo,n
officer of the port, shall have Inspected the medi-
cine. chest and passengers, and certified that the
medicines &C.. are snihclen', anu thas sne e Fr
this service the medical practitioner receives a tee
of guinea per one hundred passengers The
hrst business, therefore, that the intending emf
grant has TO perform, after paying his passage
money, is TO present himself Al The medical IN
spector's office. Having do0e this, aud been
passed as free from disease, ms ticket il imped
to show that he has undergone inspection. Three
lists OF all the passengers are made out:-oue tor
the government emigration agent, one for the Gus
house, and one for the ship. But the Inspection
alluded to is not the only medical examination the
emigrant has 10 undergo. The city aud Safe OF
New York, as well as Boston, Philadelphia, and
other parts, have become very particular as to the
kind of emigrants they will permit To land They
were so much alarmed by The appearance of the
myriads of wretched creatures whom the potato
rot and the cholera drove from lreand across the
Atlantic, that they issued stringent regulations, not
only against the admission of persons suffering
from contagious diseases, but against crppes a1d
deformed people. Although the State of New
YORK does not poslhyeiy prohibit the lmnlgraiion
OF the helpless, disabled, aad detormed II readers
the captain OF every emigrant vessel which brings
them over, liable 10 penalty ct seventy-hye dol.
lars for every such immigrant, and holds him re-
sp0nsbe for the sustenance OF every such person,
Tor three years clear without burde ning the chari-
ties, public or private, of the city of New York
The only exception made is Ia the se OF deiormed
or helpless immigrants who belong 10 families al
ready settled in America, and who Will undertake.
the charge of them. poll tax, or communication
money, of dollar and half per passenger, Is also
levied upon all immigrants, tf- procerds of which
are devoted to the support of the hospitals OF New
York. The captain of every emgrant ship had
formerly TO sign a bond Tor the support, without
charge on tie publcchlrity, for three full years. OF
every steersge passenger whom he brought over,
but the obligation was never enforced, aud became
in fact, dead letter The regulation has siace
been abolished and the continuation money has
been raised from one dollar, former amount, to
one dollar and half, al which il Is now fixed.
In consequence ofthese regulations, "A Supplementary
inspection of the emigrant- by the medic al officer
of the ship takes place. soon after the ship has
left the docks as the list of the passengers be
called over
II sometimes happens that a ship cannot sail on
the advertised day, either because she has not
taken in her cargo, or because she has room for
additional emgrants, or because tue weather may
be adverse. In this case, should the passengers
themselves be ready 10 embark, they are eutitlrd
to recover from the owner, Oh irterer, master of
the ship, " subsistence money! al the rate of Is.
day each Should the detention ne solely caused
by wind and weather, and the passengers be main
tanned on board with he provisions and iter
as If they were al sea, the subsistence money is
not payable. In consequence of The regulation of
The Liverpool Dock Trust, which prohibits the use
of fire and light on board Of ships ia the docks,
these deteBtions, stated in previous letter Of
this series, often the of considerable
hardship TO the poor people
The Waterloo Dock is the principal station of
The American liners Ia the port of Liverpool. A
description Of the departure ot of these
vessels, and Of the scenes on board, both in the
COCK and IN the Mersey, ~ well as an account OF
conversations held at various times with all classes
OF emigrants, may serve 70 convey idea of that
busy and ntere sting scene, the departure OF large
emgrant ship with fall complement Of passengers.
IL was a beautiful morning when | proceeded 10
witness the departure cf The STAR of the West Capt.
Lowber, commander, fine n-w ship, then on her
first voyage, and registering 300 tons The scene
IN the dock halt The
busy and animated in the extreme All the cargo
was on board, consisting principally Of iron rails,
the expectation of which 10 America IL very largely
on the increase. The greater part of the passen-
gers were also on board; but every minute until
hslfpast nine there was fresh arrvalo OF enigrants
and their baggage. Ia consequence of the regu-
lations, both of the British aud American govern
ments, il to be presumed that the living freight
of the Star of the West III good condition,
and duly certified TO b. unlikely TO become
chareeabl. 10 our Transatlantic brethren OF
New York. IL must he confessed, however,
that they did not present a very favorable
specimen OF the genus man D-stuton and suf
ferng, long continued possibly for generations, had
done their work upon the create number Of them
IL was not alone their PERSONAL uncI-anilness and
their wretched attire, but The hggard, saIIow, and
,prematurely egsd expression OF their faces, that
conveyed the idea of aud deterioration
The retreafing for-bead-th~ small sunken nose
the projecting jsws-the prouuding t-eth-and the
'listless, vacant look, were common amongst both
old and young. and forcisy recalled the description
of the drsh u the southern ana western districts,
made by Mr.. Gsvan Dolly, himself Irishman,
and not disIossd II may b- pteSused, 10 exsggerate
description 10 thu disadv anaer of he countrymen
81 saw" eaid he, sin The streets Of Galway,
crowds Of creatures more d-based han the fahoos
of Swift; creatures having only distant and
hideous resemblance IL human Beings; grey headed
old men, whose facts had hardeucd into n settled
lcer OF men delaney. smeous aud sr'nth unaa and
women filthlcr and more f'lghuuI than the h,rP'rs
There were many such lnsh people as these on
board the Star Of the West on the morning OF her
departures and the general appearsncr Of the nsjo-
riiyto whom such description would not appiy,was
weakly and Gale worn, b--psaking rxtrrfn- poverty,
neglect and apathy There onr ftmiy OF Ger
mans bosTd-s father and mother, aud four
grown up and two Younger cbIldf-D-whose aP-
pearsnce ia striking contrast with that of the
lrish The rnan ~as from Bavaria-a tall, we'll
formed, strspping k.rl, fili fed and rudiy. aad
looking " he could do no ordinary duty IN fell
ing the prime,si forests of thu fsr west, and con-
yrrtipg The wilderness into Y rden There were
also two OF three Eaglnh iamiiie- ou bosfd-the
men easily recoanlz sble by 'h- ~mockrock OF the
English p<asantry, end fh- ~unIsp nv their supe-
nor nestaess 81 sIrr- With IA, - f-s rxceptioas.
the passengers werr 81 liish The whole num-
Der Of passengers war $50, of whom ab-ut 300 were
Irish.
As the hour 81 departure drew nigh, the scene
on the dock, on IN, quay. sud board, became
more and more animated. The morning sun shone
Brightly thc eky was without n i"ad-s forest OF
nssts frotn all he surrounding dtck- yoinrd their
delicate tscenes sRaiuH the deep blue OF the
heavens, and the stsr-pangl-d banner tapped 70
the fresh breeze. hnothcr -migrant ship IN the
same dock whose turn to h. toeed out vas before
ours, began To move slowly from her berth. This
vessel ives the Queen " the West Lake our own,
she was filed a. toll 49, she could bd with IRISH
emgrsnts IL wss ~ Interesting scene - she
moved slowly past ~. 10 observe her decks cram
med with passenRers, her flags Streaming To the
wind and 60 hear The sailors rslsng their peculiar
and joyous chaunt ~ hey ifot "a circlr at the
vindiess AZ soon az she q ne sd through the dock
vntes II was our turn o move, but all our pssecn-
gers were not on board Ustl the very last mo-
meut, they kept arriving ~ two- aud thrers, WITH
oil ntr l..ra heir Has. Here urr
strong fellow csrIying cnest 90 narfrl, and a
whole sssemhlage of ~ caa- ani cookng niensiisi
and there woman viii child IN Onr ~ ia and
her goods and chsttei- "a The Other When the
planks and gansways sefe removed, ~ least hfy
a our emigrantr ~ not arrived, aud MACY OF
them had 20 tos. their luggsge on board tro'i the