New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-02
MORALITY ON SLfIPBOARD.
To the Editor u TAe NJ u 7ys1psG

TO the Edi,oy Of T1e NJ " TSSSps.
SrR:-Hsyipg arrived this week in the AtlsLtio
mail steamer from Europe, 1 have jsst read, with
feelings CT deep disappointment, and grief and shsme
the nynerops notices in The TRiBrsE and other pa
pere fespe citing the sad condition to which some OF my
passenger in the City Of Mobile have been reduced
Il IS subject too painful to the relatives Of the par
,es concerned to refer to at length In justice, how
ever TO themselves ard 10 the public 10 this county
and In Eu,ope who Subscribed to the fund vi ch ena
bed he to send them aud others TO This cosR.'y'
think Il necessary TO remark that Capt MsrSn4. -, 20
tie best Of my belief mistaken ia his oshoH that
"seeersl Of Mr. Fosters girls were Of bad character
"Iefore they left Liverpool Those whose names are
row the most notorious had, not only good but ereef
tent characters at the time only four months ago. thai
selected them candidates for emigration TO tos
country and their clergy have, within the last three
weeks repeated to their conviction to this ELECT,
and their unwlineness 10 cooperate with ne any
longer in consequence Of the peculiar danger to winch
then acck are exposed at Their present unfor'
tur ate position TO the want Of discipline board
the chip.
In ell welLre gulated passenger ship, the sailors Gs
,0t allowed to that part Of the ship occupied ~
the passengers, especially female passenger; but in
Ills instance, the disrepu'abe crew. contrary to the
regulations OF the ship and the express promiAes Of
CAPT Marsial, were allowed access to the between
decks eveiy hour Of the day night throughout the
VOYAGE Several Of the officers have told me since
that they did sometimes 90 down with lanterns at
p 1T to turn out the sailors. but the latter broke
heir aDf.rps al d threatened 10 murder them they
rtertered, they eeostd 10 do SOL
After such sad experience viii ctae the practice Of
sci 6ire enc member only Ct family as hitherto, and
will send no parties Of girls 10 future unacconpanied
by their brothers, uness shall 90 in tho same ship
myself
Before coz cludibg with TO observe In justice !"
Messrs. Guion & Co., that b.ieye they propo-ed~
cary my passengers in the City Of Mobile WIN
,u,csl view 70 their coufor account OF tbs c'n'
feerce In u at Captain. Their good in'en'ions arc
shown in their having, contrary 10 esreeue"' o"1
mvLroyleege urtil the last nomenf' put Tue guns N
the second cabin, which lad ho"ever poiPose'y
;5.d,o .,caee because do not approve OF 'netosef
sucb . marty. Itis a pity that, wien they
%, a, 10 out I26 there, they did nor put the
,,,.o, ,be,e also. who accompanied the girls from
u.ir oup reghborhocd for the sake q protection. ]
h.ye reason to believe that any Of the officer. pur
,o,lv cornyed at the cor duct Of the crew. initiated
heir bsd example but, if intercourse between their
mtrircipled crew and the passengers had been coz
srtd TO the upper deck / believe that not such
irs.arce as has been recorded would have occurred
Darkness between decks, ard unlimited opportunities
Of access ii light, gave the saatic crew peculiar op-
porunities Of carrying Gu, their helsh design WIN
hearty Il axis to ycur.sN ard to the press OF NsW
yoik for having 10 warmly ard earnestly e'efs'Nd
themselves S in ihis .t e.se, am WERE rosrza.
srey'. Hot., BeeSmar ssss., Sgt. !, 1851