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

WAFER, lemonade cream SOFA each
10 prevent mis- akes passengers requested 70 pay
delivery
For the nrst two hours at dinner by this means every
individual succeeded in having himself waited upon,
ceived his dish full Of pabulum rather the quantm
prescribed paid for it, and travelled At present, how
ever they Of little more use than Sc many pieces Of
useless table furniture for practical purposes are
laid aside People eating whatever they get One
o. my neghbors at table said few minutes ago that he
had bad four consecutive ends OF chickens In two
meals and was then at work upon the hnh, with view
TO test sixth, and continue the experiment until he had
definitely ascertantd whether not any other part Of
that bped's anatomy had been brought on board.
If the question was asked to whom does the blame
Of the shp-a person by the Of Cox. By
tract with the company he retains the privilege OF feeding
all penons on board the ship from director 70 viser at
that two three others were also engaged with him in
the speculation, and bet ween them all they have
ced In eechng the public TO an extent they viii never
enjoy again. They have neither the ability TO plan nor
the tact To execute and far regards providing for
the two thousand people in the rough and tum
BILE manner they have set about, 1t would have been
quite " Use " have made a miscellaneous mixture Of
all that was to be eaten and drank in one big pot divided
spoon among the multitude, and told them 70 90 at IT,
Mr. Cox may be very good man personally We don't
know him. BE may have very excellent intentions,
be punctua his church ATTENDANCE reliable In his do
mestic duties and unnpeachable citizen; but, not
whatever may be his other Virtues Of head heart or per
son, Mr. Cox "cant keep hotel"
THE NIGHT ON BOARD.
How shall be dcscribcdY It requires the brush OF
painter than the pen oa writer In fact the
Is not to be described While indte, 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 have been made concerning the DISPOSE
tion Of the staterooms and the boosted aces Of tho
big ship for carrying any number Of passengers
than one third will fail to secure anything which TO
lay their head but the iron walls Of the vessel coil Of
damp rope, what talors call the so side OF plank"
II Is about eleven o'clock. The contemplated ball
play ers has the bowel compIanfom drinking too lille
water. The music has, accordingly, become exceed
ingy cosve, and retired 10 its quarters in the steer
age. The people In the saloons, especially gentlemen
accompanied by ladies', frsntcay flying from pillar
post nrst in search Of Mr. Bold then OF Mr. Yates and
rice rersd, until these gentlemen have got into such
sweat in their efforts TO accommodate that they have bad
70 shut themselves up In their state 10 cool on
Something has gone wrong The staterooms have either
got mixed the people have and the result that
occasionally hnds himscf In place and his wife tucked
away somewhere else. Many who have paid Tor bcrths
have been deprived Of them entirely and take their
chances with those who have trusted luck and disposed
OF thcmfelves In regular campstyle.
The picture OF the saloons from stern 70 stem-or
everything rcconed back wards In this ships some.
thing like the 70 owingFirst Is the bar covered
with saturated table cloths, broken glasses and empty
bottles. Next couple Of the dining saloons, In which
the walters hurredy clearing away the debris o. the
days work. Then VIC approach the ladies' saloon. In
teripg here Of the velvet sofas a brace Of
children spread out at length their mother watching
them. Individuals laying under the tables and seat
tered promscuoely around tho hoor The same scene
that ladies' compose the tableaux and make
siderably wider spread. None Of them have coverings
other than their sha~ls and the me ody which h.
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 creme Of this midnight
somnolesccnce. The sccpcrs stretched out in all
sorts styles, shapes forms, angles and conditions They
emphscaly lay around loose, looking very much "
they had been poured out Of big bag In state Of H.
luton and left TO settle. You begin TO describe tn
anywhere Some arc packed away on the tops OF TIE
cabins, some arc laying cosc alongside the bulsas,
tome are sitting bolt upright, rcposng obliqucy
and stretched out on the s,raehtesi horizonid.
Two individuals more enterprsing than the
others, have scwed themselves bet recn two
mattresses, and trying TO nap IL but every aud
then Joker sits down the bullying pile add educes
scries Of groans and maledc,ons that would wake TIE
seven scepcrs New York reporter and one OF the de-
tectivesa very Fat by the wayhave quite sensbly
crawled into sbeeppcn for the purpose OF being unds
their retreat and for the sst ten minutes they have been
trying 70 provoke the wrath Of The Gagged individuals TO
see whether the fat man can get out.
speculative individual mounts the pen and exhibits
them as Wild animals In strain something like the f.
Here, gentlemen arc some Of the most extraordinary
freaks Of pature-anmas that won't live upon the land
and arc bound TO die in water. We have 10 feed 'em
seventeenth proof whIskey, which shoots into
them with double barrecd squirt gun, while another
holds their egs-a most interesting spccta Gle. Only
Ave cents and the refreshments thrown In Feeding time
in fifteen minutes.
great crowd gather around and the sport that ensues
10 immense. Some gets and stirs up the "an
mails The reporter begs 10 be let out got lots OF
work 10 do; Is In a great hurry, and make quantity
OF but they don't and battery Of CONVEX
saton In red on between the besiegcrs and the besegd
Among the vsiters George wilkes, who, after good
langh ventures 70 inquire, "who put the animals IN
therefv
''The directors was the reply.
Cant you get outY'
"vo; they've fastened us In I"
"How do you like your penf'
"Tbe pen, says The xt man, in deep ventricuhr
voice. In my opinion, SIR the pen mish,er than the
sword.u
"Hal hal hal bel bel he hol hoi boi cscbinste the
crowd At this vitcism "rbree cheers for the fat freak
Of nature,n which given with will.
"Hov often do they feed youf" says one.
"Haint been fed nj all
"Csll the dircctorsl Here's case Of starvation cries
on individual on the outskirts
"Eo; get 'em something 10 eat !" responds another
Forthwith chap starts the ganswsy and though
II midnight In ave minutes returns With the
81 two Great Eastern chickens.