Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-04

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such was the experience of The ,r;o;d,.:.a ~
nc tariff of ice-water also changed mn,
from len cents per glnss its marker nric
oes"Ine twelve cents-or wholesale pur
enasers could obtain three plasses En
Mehty-nve cents. A decent, warm break
''s. "ould nave appeased at once MI M
petite and anger. But the unwashed . y,
""tea were now driven to desperation. AM
at nine o'clock an '''''
1ND1GNAT1oS MEETING
TOOK place on deck, uenr the wheel low,
Jumper .Il OF the passengers taking part
IiI Iil. u'mer was called to the chair. Dr.
lives appointed secretary, and, after som,
discussion, and the relation nv lifFerent -,
alV'dnals of their woful experience in ,,.a
!eF-Seeklng, towel-seeking and fond seal,
I Ius, ana tue disclosure of petty impo,itions
on rue pars OF the walters, the following
eSUtuIlohs W.l were unanimously passed:
,,,,;.... nkaEAs; .. from the previous reputation
III @ tne GREAT Eastern and her officers
i,S;os sG estNollshed, t'l' we, the gentlemen and
Cape May expected, and had riCbt iTD ~ ex1 ~
pect, decent accommodation and nrorora,
tentlon' rs it had been announced tLnt She
was capable of carrying an almost fnhn-
!i .H"s number of passengers and affordinr
tionS: ''" "cco'nmoua-
And whereas, We the passengers on
thls excursion to Cape Nav have hao,
Er'eVo"siy disappointed in every expecta-
tloni therefore '''-
c'e 1eS0t"e"' S5 That we, the passengers to
~ "Tpe Nay! nave been not only disappoint-
eu Out swlndled. That there was no water
~ m..sl, no toweis to wipe with, no berths
pT.tuo' ip,tI;aS' ana that many Indies were
oDtigeu 10 sleep on the deck or in the omen
s"oIhSi that there was not Il rlAss nr ...-s,.U
to be -hNh4s.",euLS were contemptible
and iisgiaceful. Pt'O'c
ReSol0ed, also, That we would advise
our ILlend 3 who propose to go to Annapolis
ana Norfolk in the Great Eastern to STAY
at home, for fear ofsimilnr treatment.
Money was subscribed on the spot tn
advertise these resolutions in the Ne,v
York papers.
From another Correspondents
Allow me brief space to expose IN tbo
P"oIlc the gross mismanagcment, or rather
no management, on board the Great Fast
ern IN her excursion to Cape Nav. which
we are now ending. need not dwell on
Tue OBSCURE and vacillNting advertisements.
which nave spoken for themselves. AR.
[,i.VIhg Mt the ship, the utter absence of anv
directions es ms to where to go, and how to |
unu Tue alotted places, began the Cissat-
iStactlon which soon became universal |
both rs to the persons whom it affectcd
ana tne subjects to which it related. How /
we we wished for an Americaa captains
once! IN NO one knew anything. All the
s135f fRs3 direct; aTee. f66fiGens SscsGS Is:
and port back ana nG T6fSl and fifth
cr, by the conflicting directions, when they
got any ut all. When at last the places
were found, the disappointment was pro-
portional Que gentleman found bare
mattress the sole furniture of his state
room; another had paid for two of them,
but found other parties, also with tickets,
in possession of them. When dinner came, !
the climax of confusion came with it. No |
systcm-no order-waiters blocking up |
one another, or walking purposeless TO |
and fro, and the entnbles uneat0ble; beef
pUtrid, ham raw, &c, and nothing to be
obtained without cxtraSagant fees. How
different would this have been with good |
New York catcrer
a{aThe horrors of the night, with its black
hole cells, I draw veil over. The morn
ing slowly came, but not with it the usual
abluti0ns. "Water, water, everywhere,
but not drop to" wash in, save in yellow
spooonfuls, and at exorbitant prices. Ger
tain other arrangements were frightfully
ulLnY. lCG-WdlCE WIS worm It's NGISuL III
slYcr-and cost it. The s'bar"f was Law.
ishly supplied with it, and the scarcity
elsewhere was probably intended to in
crease its profits. A single circumstance
will illustrate another feature. The re-
suit of some ones nausea remained on the
grand promenade decks unremoved nearly
an hour. On one of our packets it would
not have remained q minute. With all
these offences no one could be found to
appeal to. a person named Yates was
/ most often referred TO us responsible, but
! waS sought in vain-a committee of Ou
Indignation meeting, among others, hav
! ing failed to find him-and we came to
the conclusion that he WAS ~ myth, nomi-
nas umGra, or perhaps u scape-gont, invcn-
ted 10 bear the sins of these great sinners.
The next day was like the first, with the
additional fact that the tender-steamcr ut
Cape May, did not come off till two hours
after the arrival of the ship, and being
!promiscd to take off passengers ut T. NJ,
had not appeared at 81 o'clock, when, to
avoid being left, they hired an extra steam
cr themselves, at Jersey prices.
Gl0ucing over what have written,
find that my cndeuvor to be brief makes it
fail to convey IL tithe of the indignation
experienced and expressed by all on board
except, perhaps, some invited guests. But
W:ltc TO caution any american agalnS'
exposing himself to the inexpressible an
noyauces of an excursion on the Grcat
Eastern, short or long, willie she remains
under her present direction. I also wish
i'll bchalf of many hundreds, to protes
against the incompetency of the person a
the head of the management, and at the
manner in which he disgraccs ESQ far as i
is possibic) the noble vessel, the embodi
mcnt of the souls of Brunei, Stephcnso,
and Russell, and about whom, in the din
moonlight, it was easy to imagine hover
ing the spirits of the former who died il
the work.
Ny name, we'll known to you, is at th
snrvire nf nn,. nnn WIN nnr nrnSnmn II