The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-05

emigfant vessels we do not sude TO any one In par.
SECULAR. The Constellation complied with the re
auirt ments of the law and the hu snity of her osp
tain ard officers il spoken Of in the highest terms of
praise By the passengers But we say that the regu-
Iations on board Of many most defective and no
attention whatever is paid - the cleanliness of the
steefage- The Constellation appears to be as well
ventilated as a passenger ship Gao be, aud has
never had so much sickness and death on
board Of her before during the three or four
years she has been running between this port and
Liverpool Should the cholera continue with the
same virulence hereafter board these vessels it is
believed that they will be compelled to stop bringing
enigrants. The sailors are, it appears, becoming
alarmed, and some have refused to engage on pas
senger ships in consequence of the dreadful NOR
tslity.
As soon as the emigrant vessel arrives st Qusran-
tine she is boarded by the physician, who examines
all the passengers and sends the sick to the hospital
The healthy emigrants are then placed board Of
a steamboat and landed at the Quarantine station.
where they are detained for forty eight hours before
they are permitted to land in the city. This is
very necessary pre- caution it sometimes happens
that the cholera makes its appearance after their re-
moval from the vessel. Their baggage il also well
ventilated before it is returned to them. The duties
of the physicians are, as may be supposed. of
very srduous nature. About five hundred
passengers are landed at one time, and
these must be provided with accommodations for two
days, during which time they are also boarded
Their sleeping apartments certainly not Of the
hest description, but they are far superior 60 what
they were accustomed to on shpbosrd. and their
'ood is excellent and well cooked. II consists OF
bread, meat, tea, soup, and coffee, all o. which is
distributed among them with no nj ygsrdly hand
After detention Of two days Staten Island, dur
ing which time their luggage and clothing is tho
roughly purified, they are transported by steam
boat and barges to this city. After their arrival,
those who are without means are taken care OF by
the Commissioners Of Emigration. who are bound to
support them till they can procure employment.
Very few deaths occur among them after they have
landed from the ship, and we have not seen Q case
OF cholera reported by the City Inspector for several
weeks How 1t originates on hipSoard has not been
satisfactorily determined by physicians but it is be-
heved bysome that it broughton board by emgrants
themselves. Others, however, are Of q different
opinion, and hold the belief that the cholera ex
tends over certain ATTITUDES, and that when the ship
enters these, it breaks out among her passengers
While we state these as the opinion of others, we
would direct the attention of our readers to the fact
that several vessels have arrived recently from Liy
erpooi and other parts, in very healthy condition.
Among these the Universe is particularly deserving
OF notice. Not single death occurred although she
bad 631 passengers, and was twenty eight days at
sea. During that time the vessel was kept admirably
regulated, the Storage cleaned every day, and
the passengers were forced to take exercise on
deck. If the same course we're pursued on every
emigrant ship we would have less to complain Of,
and there would be great decrease in the mortality
among cnigrants.