New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-19

ccLr utensils which the ship ohsndler sold to the em
grants became almost useless The spous melted on tes
kse- ard coffee rots handles or sauce pans a1f IN
fsce FIRE Of The galley barn, holes IN them sni reo'
dercd them comparatively useless FOR cuinsy purposes
few dav. more and starvation must threaten The msera
de passensers. About these Pnchins times ssvers
Their disease was dSrIhea. superlnincei ana az
sravaied by the prisst0ns which | have detated
" thout SIGH OF a kueN sao bodies were rolled
in their canvas collins ADD dropped into the sea Mt
sign Of civilized form PRAYER was m tc but Unknown
and uncartd for, the deep received tho col mortality.
with les ceremony than attends the 5lrh OF savage
As TIE passengers ssge became exhsGse they applied
60 tie oc,rs othc shpo sell them food Ihs for long
tine refused the ground that the were
Is fed bile the sori,yof the passengers ali Starved
Then commenced system Of robbery-a man night
retire to rest with The comfortable assurance than he wJai
have TO breakfast TO get ~ % in the m cnin Ih sae
Of things carried lar that 81 length many never re-
Hedto rest si al bu, sat up through the dark night to
cusr1 cir little stock of food ScScrs. culDrtS
,unmsriy punished by bourtifal application II cold
salt A, length the officers OF tn ship announced
that salt beef biscuit. and oatmeal might be purchased
Tie price ,haged Tor The latter two commodities do not
REMINDER lie beef sold a. siNpenee sterling ne
cent? per 70, and other food az equally eNarbitani
rates Tho brot when boiled in sal; waor dwnlod down
to ore urh Of IT, primal bulk and weight 1t wa,
hs and tough as 20 afford bat little nEtrion and TO
meal If excited thrs, that LAY allowance Of water
could not slsy. Nevertheless 80 destitute WERE nlns
tcnihs OF ,hc passengers .hai TINS ia'c " Sa' aoh were
such are few OF the discomort, saeTings and horrors
of he eaigTHpt= lut while maklng ihe NosaSe 10 Wv
York such have been a few OF ny own. u 'olasIns
,b,m hsye been imp, He'd by sense OF duty 60 my
fellow men Ii was not until began anu gave up
The attempt seyera times from deep disgust Il the mise
tiss whcb were again brought viydly before a. thai
rcsoutCly determined 90 write my choosing there
by TO suffer auo- A. moch in recalling Z a. It'd II,
realization Hut | have ut TOD Gii-wth shadderny
lave hitherto reained from limiting the forrest d>oa Of
no Eai-rdnt Syst,m. With paint0i sor'o" nov a.
Trcech Il, would that i were mot true ,ha were 81,
dream q the night which morning woal issipaie bnth
too true too real too horrible ana wlne shall u'e
anguage iocibo as propreiS vii "dn"t OF IA n'frM
ne iae shall apologize for LAYING before tae pabhc
ruth. hst should shame he b"astct christianity 81
nineteenth century civilization.
As a general rule European emigration ia conducted
after this fashion d ishgr and his sons come over drst
TO his country ard labor ard save until they have aceu
muaiod funls sufc,n ~ deay Tie expense ef bringing
the remainder Of the family ihercupon one OF th,m
will reihers come write Ia this City and pre- pay tho
rss6ce ct the whole family The agent then forwards the
arGer 70 tie Liverpool branch OF die house and the folks
in the 90 country notified f. DO Ia Liverpool AZ Ger
tain time take passage Those whose passage fares ao
uuspgCpai mainly iomais- mothers aignsers sweet
hearts and wycshe ccntess OF deep affection ana tho
lecs of ndoles love. To prov de ihe means t. bring
bs IA This country salwari arms level the mountain ani
bridge the river stretch long threads Of iron from Mine
Ia Mississippi uncOnsciou ~ binding closer tao teadnls OF
universal brotherhood ard labor unlrngy IN the bleak
Moth or the uIf South % TO those they love dearer
than life he comforts OF home and he oe''ing' OF inio
lerdeuce 1hese sSes AID daughters AMI no"
ard,rly their coming ookcdfOr how many bright plans
afs laid or their future haplues~ Who can tch. saVs
cso no have long been separated IRON the l Oh ones
home Buf the hopes 81 ilAig an hAh'A i'NNAs "
many longing husband are bisstod AMI IN ar aige that
seemed bright and joyous and happy made unaloyedy
vIsCled by the EUdl5ant system The beings "h' ien
home IN the proud consciousness OF virtue, whose cars ad
never been polluted by She toni breath OF the hbdni't
who would have shuddord az the bare mention OF such
degradation many Of hem destined, u'htne emlsram
ship T. lose that brig hect ornament Of~omin virtue with
Dut which she II elke destitute OF ali self respect all moral
dignity aud sooa value The bloom OF vc,aous mpdssiy
hn aous the check ofhe young woman when she steps on
board the mesni ship too often gives place to Tie ood
etsIe If brazon hamo and the young vito tha lOo&ei
forwsrd with iervid hope 10 happy re.nl'n wth
hcr husband. ere the voyage "a over hangs nor
D.. al in shame AID recnils nom the thought OF meot
ing her injured partner. II is fact tai worn Out "lth
the suhelncs Of a sea voyage recEtes5 from iohs
aiseuco flom homo and It's social amenltesi endur'
ing hunger and thirst breathng posoa aud postlence
hearing uOug ht but aud obsceui'es uncertain OF
tic future weak, deoshtaicd' ana nan lmOocNe ifoa
these and thousand other causes more "onfn Po'
,ud an the ao.sone storage on nc roySge teieefa 't"
lork and Lrcrtoo year than By eli ne broi4cb and
,iines an Nn York and london daSiag tse PERIOD
offms These arr facts that be sub,auatei conclu
i.ns that ere tho re-ut of long and searching nvesgs
lions facts that are borne out BIZ the estiG'ny OF emn
ent public officers whose long experience Wen qaby tnem
10 mako such assertions.
The law defines az among the duties Of shipmaster the
due separation Of the seses That al mses % and seovs
Of the chip and that oil females shall be lodged the after
part of the ship and that subsansai plrtton shs sep
srate the sexes Ii does not however, separate husband
from bis wife, but permits him 70 live with her in tho To-
Ihis law L now generally carried out to the letter but
rarely tohe spirit During the day aud male pas
,ep ets have free to the females sieerage converse
with the inmates take them water aa1 sometimes food
carry their meals to the galley and otherwise show them
This attention is well enough did il extend further .
but the general tenor Of conversation ia centou and
the amares INDUCED in during the dayar often OF the
character No does tho darkness Of night
envelop the ship than the after Storage oen becomes tho
OF The fouest proligscy have often gone below
with the doctor after tho miserable oil lamps with which
the place lighted had burnt o been extinyuished
We would take some commanding position, when he
would cast glance OF light from his dark lantern
around the foul den. Such degradation this glance
would reveal cannot be described in writing The dark
deeds enacted 10 the wort dens Of great city par
alood in the Storage Of the emgran ship There are
some facis which public decency compel me 10 merely
hint at II said have seen yirnou woman rayished,
il would scarcely be believed but il il nevertheless
fact SO reckless aud degraded does tho storage mako
It's inmates that such outrageous crime would rather
subject the victim 10 ribad iest than the villain who
perpotrcted il 10 morted punishment.
1t may be asked why the officers Of the ship do not
check this deprayy l would answer Of tho Off
Gers who conduct emgrant ships, sailing from this port
are honorable men, honorable in the strces VI tho
word and do their utmost 70 prevent such atrocities from
being IeFpetTated upon their rhpr and In
they are successful But this class OF are sorry
to say. vastly IN the minority among shp masters
large portion Of the ship masters sailing from
this port wink nj these enomltes, and
for little beyond shipping immense cargo Of passengers
and merchandise. Some shpmasters deem their passsn
gers human, and treat them kindly butthe majority would
much for cargo Of hogs "a OF human beings. The
petty officers and Of the ship 10 which have
peoisly referred were themselves guilty II seduction how
then could be expected that they would dscounenancs
II in others. ! know that many women submitted In
order % obtain food and vruOus women have told
NE, ard the doctor in my presence, that they were
compelled to sleeP beside those whom they knew to be
prostitutes and o. be unwilling witnesses OF the degrsds
lion Of their / have also al my command the unim
peachable testimony Of married women VINO have been
compelled to suffer the degrading advances Of commsndev
themselves for whole voyage. These INSCRIPTIONS
would continually paint to them the comforts Of the cabin
oonrasted with the misery Of their present condition,