The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-02

Soda water Lemonade cream soda sarsapari each l2c
TO prevent mistakes passengers are requested 70 on
For the FIRST two hours at dinner by this means every
individual succeeded in having himself waited upon,
prescribed paid for it, and travelled At present, how
ever they Of little than many pieces of
laid aside People arc eating whatever they can get One
OF my neghbors at table said few minutes ago that he
had bad four consecutive rear ends Of chickens In two
meals and was then at work upon the nth, with view
TO test SIXTH and continue the experiment until he had
definitely ascertantd whether not any other part Of
that biped's anatomy had been brought on board.
II the question was asked, TO whom does the blame
beloDg' should say the provider head steward,
Of the shp-a person by the name of Cox BY
tract with company he the privilege feeding
all pcnons ON board the ship from director 10 vster at
certain prices, which mutually fixed was Informed
the speculation, and bet them all they have
0ed in eeehng The public 10 extent they win
the tact TO execute and far regards providing for
the wants Of two thousand people in the rough and tum
BILE manner they have set about, 1t would have been
quite as Use " have made miscellaneous mixture OF
all that ~ be eaten and drank in big pot divided
spoon among the multitude, and told them TO 20 at it,
MIR. Cox may be very good man personally. We don't
know him. he may have very excellent Intentions, q
violent disposition and strong constitution he may
be punctua in his church attendance reliable In his do
mestic duties and unmpeachable citizcu but, not
wthstandng all this, to-day has fully demonstrated that
whatever may be hs other virtues Of head heart or
son, Mr.. Cox "cant keep hotel"
THE MIGHT ON BOARD.
painter than the pen ola writer In fact the
Is not to be described While ndite, men and women
preparing TO " turn in, with such accommodations
the ship affords. But, notwithstanding the thousand
extra mattresses provided the careful arrangements that
supposed to have been made concerning the dspos
tiou of the staterooms and the boosted faces Of
big ship for carrying any number Of passengers,
lay their head but the iron walls OF the vessel coil Of
damp rope, what sailors call the soft side Of plank"
about eleven O'Clock me contemplated ball turns out
TO be hzze." As the story goes, OF the "heavy"
players has the bowel complant-rom drinking too little
water. The music has, accordingly, become exceed
ngy coetve and retired TO its quarters in the steer
age. The people In the saloons especially gentlemen
accompanied by ladies, francay flying from pillar 10
pcst nrst In search Of Mr. Bold then Of Sr Yates and
RTE r7sa until these gentlemen have got into such
sweat In their efforts TO accommodate that they have bad
70 shut Themselves up In their state rooms 70 cool OF
Something has gone wrong The staerooms have either
got mixed the people have and the result is that
occasionally finds himself place and his wife tuck cd
have been seprived of them entirely and take their
chances with those who have trusted luck disposed
Of thcmteves In regular campstyle
The picture OF the saloons from stern 70 stem-fOr
everything rcckoned back wards In this ships
thing like the 70 owngFirst is the bar, covered
with saturated table cloths broken glasses and empty
bottles Next q couple Of the dining saloons in which
the walters hurredy clearing away the debris q the
days work. Then VIC approach the ladies' saloon In.
tering here OF the velvet sofas brace Of
children spread out at length their mother watching
them Individuals laying under the tables and seat
fcuofly around the Inc scene -
repeated in the forward ladies' saloon with the exception
that more ladies' compose the tabeaux and make con
sideraby wider spread None Of them have coverings
other than their own sha~s and the me ody which u ar
sonorous snores create might well have suggested the
idea Of Eolan harp IL is hot and oppressive however,
and we hurry out
Here We get the creme De Ia Of this midnight
somnolescence. The secpers stretched out in ali
sorts styles, shapes ~ms, angles and conditions. They
emphatcally lay around loose, looking very much "
they he'd been poured out o. big bag state Of ~
luton and left to settle You begin describe ihc
anywhere. Some packed away the tops Of The
cabins, some arc laying close alongside the busas
somc are sitting bolt upright, rcpoeing ooquy
and stretched out the stralehtest horizontd
Two individuals, more enterprisng than The
mattresses, and trying 10 nap H. but every aud
then oker sits down the bugng pile and eiuces
series Of and maledctons that would wake the
seven sleepers New York reporter and one OF The de-
tectves-a very by the wayhave quite scusiby
crawled into for the purpose OF being unds
q,r u pS m e & ,ee minutes ,bev have BEEN
trying provoke the wrath Of The Gagged individuals 10
see whether the fat mao can get out
speculative individual mounts the pen and exhibits
them as Wild animals in strain something like the icl
lowing
freaks Of pature-snmas that won't live upon the land
and arc bound 20 die In water. We have 10 feed EN-
seventeenth proof whIskey, which shoots into
them with double barrelcd squirt gun, while another
holds their legs-a most interesting spec Gle Only
Eve cents and the refreshments thrown In Feeding time
great crowd gather around and sport that
In immense. Some gets and strs up the "ani
mas The reporter bess 70 be LET out has got lots Of
Of but they don't "tae aud battery "
nred OF between the bessescs and the besieged
laugh, ventures 70 inquire, "whO pu, the animals 10
"The directors" was the reply.
Cant you get outSp
"so they've fastened us in |"