New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-17
TRFITNENT or EMIGRANTS II In
ERPOOL.

1 Liverpool correspondent of the American and or
eign Emigrant Society this City gives the following ac
count Of the condition and treatment Of cngrants IN tha
port
OF all the crowds who throng port seeking passage
acros the Atlantic destitute anu hepies OF
are 40 cruelty treated as who with GER
tifcaes in their hands purchased and sent them by the
friends in America. The maj ory are females ana chi
rep following their husbands parents or oter rea'es
10 the land of promise They arrive with few shlilngs
in their pockets-sOmetmes perhaps, money 70 pay raV
cling expenses from the American seaport to he new
fched from ~ b. the mercess harpc5 with whom they
have do As there is commission TO DC got Tor o0ok
ing these passengers all that the runners can get oy mem
i by inducing them lay the few shiDgs they have
az shops 10 which they take them where everything Is sod
at an exrayagant rate the sharing the oyerchare
From fifteen to twenty per cent Is G'u'Hy pd " eve"
frst.class dealers sales thus erected
The keepers OF lodging houses next come IN ior ine
share OF the ptful spois set OF perfectly deVeized
men who drag the poor into smell cellars hlty
damp dark dens, where they are detained sometimes
week or ten days if IL does not suit the purpose OF hese
vretchs 10 get them board chip Thence they are
hurried board, feeeed Of every penny Without lhe
means often of buying bundle OF fresh straw FOR thelr
beds Can wonder that disease and deah shol SEIZE
them on the PASSAGE That more do not die would appear
miracle. II only DC explained by reference ~ 'e
stamina and power OF endurance when thee
loor people possess. -.
Such i the lot OF thousands emTan as can testify
from personal knowledge and es every one WIZ testiiy
who has the opportunity OF Observation
have spoken OF the frequent detention OF these pre-
paid passengers. This perhaps, requires e1Pi9hauon
and further illustration OF the wrongs which these
poor people suffer The sppassenger brokers are aecns
toned to charter the whole OF the between decks me
berihs OF the prepaid passenger excepted IL
in Tort ere numerous enabling the brokers to put up Tue
price Of passage ard FIJI the ship with peypessengers 'he
prepaid passengers who with certificates IN their
hanis ar kept back the bebs in the ship 10 winch hey
ere emitted by prepay nen being given 20 others VINO Ply
the brokers' prices. Ii is that the law lures ha
one shilling per day detention money shall be pai 20
each passenger defined, but the claimants are oen
49, H., hahn kltrri oil az
assurance that the captain win pay them aer they s9' 20
sea OF course the captnn when applied TO- knows MOTH
ing about H. Complaint may 90 made TO me owner or
eon-inee when the ship reaches port, but the reply ~
VIC know nothing about it, bat we Will "nie 10 our agent
The remedy that have heard proposed AID that strikes
LIE a. feasible and which hope Your society viii assist
IA carry out the shpowner 90 erect suitable lod
ing house whore persons waiting emberkaton may have
comfortable and economical accommodations. In con
necton with IT, shop where shipst0res mey be sold at
reasonable rate II Is thought that addition Of dol
Ter for prepaid passage tickets would defray the expense
OF the erection and maintenance Of this lodging house.
II any rate lei something be lone is, humanity Il
li-graced.