New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-19
Imnnaition nn The pariGc.

way from Panama 10 San Francisco, q elrcum-
staptia statement Of abuses suffered by himself
and fellow passengers on board one Of The Paoine
Nal Company $ steamers but more especially By
ladies', from the utter want Of convenences Is
seutia to comfort, cleanliness aud decency on
board said vessfL We did not publish that letter
although wc mad the fullest conviction Of its rratn
for we considered THAI the public vouId no: have
the same reason 10 place confidence in the writer's
statement thet We, well knowing MN, a5ondan.ly
had. The following statement, however cones
signed by az array Of names which we think viii
intufe It ample cEedence, aad We do not feel at
liberty to exclude it We think ita allegations
imperatiyely require answers from the owners Of
tie Pacific steamers.
TO TIE PUBLIC
Tho Undersigned passengers in the Pacific Mai steam
lisp CaHY angs Ship Carolina, agents ,5eq YorE How
6AspnwaI desire 10 mskefor the Information Of he pub
lie brief statement of facts 10 connection with taer PCS
saee from Psnsula 10 : an Francisco.
The Carolina sailed from Panama September Is, le59
ard arrived al san Francisco Ocoaer7 1885, passage Of
over weu'y DAYS During thst period One Hundred aul
Ninety passengers (besi1e fte officers, crew &c of the
slo fry iu aorherj were coafned n vessel OF hardy
Five Hundred sad fiiy TINS burden, or inly buiii
oa % carry forty Sly passengers between PIadel-
Pima end Cate=on aud certainty aeTer adapted 70 ac-
comm 5da-e much larger lghero pa seascrs anywhere
nor even much Smaller uuuher in he warm ATTITUDES be-
tween Panama and San Francisco
In the cabin tbree four persons were crowded mo
.saie Rooms $50 called vide by ABOUT feel long
and feethigh Iuths see7age, Oae Hundred aud Ffg.
fye persons were confined dara, foul, and uu,fhoe-
some Enclosure eona ~ hostile to comfou and health
From tie small size Of the ship every abomnauon on
board was constantly assainc the The orwart
deck assigned 10 line Storage passengers was crowded
with pens Of oxen, swine sheep pol trscoops &c the
odoT from which under tropical Sun, was literally pes
enal in the midst Of the quarterback was the yentla
tor from The lower hold, and the engiaeroon, constantly
emitting hot stencil Of mingled bilgewater, grease and
steam which was al times oyerr0weHng and aways nm
healthy il the extreme
Win regard TO some other points only say tla'
tie nosl ordinary and pensabe coayeuences were 80
placed az to be d continual outrage upon decency. This
i'll be sufficiently understood when we state that those
places which elsewhere are removed far as possible
from observation il the Carolina situated in the most
public parto only cabin. How such ship IS suited
for the reception of female passengers must be obvious
Among our Cabin passengers were twelve ladies' TO whom
every day spent board brought with it some sew and
! cruel en- barrassment
For many days ofour passage the heat was intense and
most prosatng The condition Of Two Hundred anu Forty
human beings vessel we have described
can hardly be imagined
As natural consequence nearly all the passengers were
more or less affected in health Very meuy sickeued Of
Asiatic cholera Dysenery Remitent Fevers and other
disorders induced aggravated by bad air and unhealthy
diet Fourteen died. OF whom II much ID say that
ten directly the victims OF the ships deficiencies,
Butor exertons of the passengers in cleansing and
disuecr the Steera aier which bpt three neo cass Of
sickness occurrtd which resulted fatally and our getting
into cooler latitudes it is believed The mortality would
| have been much more serious.
So of the ship in other respects Bohin the Cabin aud
Steerage the very interor at times miserable
The attendance was mere farce. There chamber
maid hoard for the ladies' and the walters were with
one or two exceptions mpetent dsorderly and rude to
an intoerable degree. Many of the SateroomsP in the
Cabin constantly neglected and the beds made up
scarcely once week. In the Storage the pillows and
mattresses were go filthy as 10 be revolving
Instead having very superior accommodations as
many of frauduenty informed by the agents in
Ncw-York found the Carolina 10 be miserably small
hot as sen boat most uneasy and uncomfortable in nearly
ali weathers with accommodations throughout of the
meanest descplion aud the entire administration OF her
supplies dictated by parsmontous and nggardly spirit
In word we found her wholly unfit carry he smallest
number OF passengers the Pacific coast with comfort or
decency By aoes voyage her should not be thought
Of under any circumstances.
In any passenger trade the Carolina would be inferior
snip VI id0 attn iNAtl7' a. 'L- '--.'-J &c
passage exacled the cabin and steeage she is u5
inc nv our experienced Simply an of me gro5sest
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the Pacihc Mail Steamship Company.
San Francist0 oct 1850
Stoned. ] B Cornwall Sacramento
"'5 EiwIn BRYANT san Francisco
n McNab Halifax Nova Scotia
Eugene Casserly Newly
& tones NnrtDIs Va
Ed,per1 w O.gO0d New.Yo-k
feorDe Chas4 Salem Mass
" n Rornrk Neuy YDrk
] 2a5rsIia Sacramento
l. Whuney Jr 81 LONG
" II TuSker New-Y0rk
q " SctIeukburg N.w.York
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