New-York daily tribune., 1865-09-23

fed and we hereby aeknoedee TO have received the sum
OF 81 in payment The following qoaniis' 81 stS.S ss.S bv
aud provisions 10 be sued daily viii DC suPP
the master Of the ship required by law, VIZ 70
adult two q"aTts of water di exclusive OF wha y m 60 be
for cooking the articles Iqnirtd by tue Passenger @ ,;.
issued cooked state weekly allowance 9 heo
according to the following scale: ID on ol,aa en aonr
n OF Of oatmeal 10 az Of rice u OF OF re, ~
OF Or an sSq&ysI & II S S poTs Of tea Of
sugar o. of salt Of mustard o. o' s'0u"' p'Pp''
For TO G GTinne Tinker Morgan No L.adephal st.,
Amone the notices to passengers Isl ., ,.o
Passengers should carefully Keep 'ni' pai''i "' '
| until after the end of the voyage
N"''' TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM JOHNS.
| William Johns testified as follows; was s,eeraRe
messenger on the Villafranca got an ample supply OF
,vater and an allowance OF beef ana pork, tea ana
sngar they all very good he sold The sugar mas
followed the sea as steward ana storeNeeper IN nl'sn
vessels and has had experience III ship provsions II
was better on the Vairanca than usual; the pork was
very superior TO that on other ships; knows MT.
Schwartz; be very boisterous heard him call the
captain damned thief; saw him asking the passen'
gers TO subscribed paper; knows Jemma Qnintock;
She told witness she was quite satisfied that her
children healthy some Of the passengers showed
witness their beef and said they thought il was not
GOOD; witness showed them bow TO cook II and they
got satisfied: the beef was good; knows James
Johnston; heard him complain, except that Tue
biscuits hurt his teeth; the voyage was long through
head winds and calms Schwartz going TO have tie
captain and all hands hanged when he got to New
York.
conversation with him about the beei does not recoect
it; came out the vessel passenger beforebe eit
London supplied himself with biscuits pootoes Hour,
about four bings worth Of the latter butter and some
small things had been to in emgrant ship before
and krew how they were fed; has had some coh.eisI
tion with -; never tod him IL was the worst sup
he ever Travelled I'M may have said she was the sowes
did not take the beef and pork after the fourth week
took il the first four or five weeks was going 10 s.
the steward aud got from tnere have frequently
sold fresh meat TO passengers and got it out OF the cabin
Z d he
| it witness got oil the oabiD table. .,
| Ey the CommissiOner--There was no smell In the
meat il was perfectly wholesome IN every pa,''cnla,
never saw any the vessel which was not sweet;
there was pig killed the vessel ana the phssen!ers
ate Of il long II lasted IT vas in good condtoh
there were three pigs and two sleep killed on o .na
vessel during the voyage TO this port the caPlaln hau
the same meat as the passengers; can say whetne'
there than three pigs Killed IN thc Ne'sei
there might have been four had seen chiekeis cooheu
on the captains table, had seen tongue ana ham on the
! captains liable.
| TESTIMONY OF JOHN DOUGLAS.
John Douglts came in the second cabin with three
oHer believe we were served the same as the steeragc
passengers: had water enough; suihclency OF pro's
ions l. individually, YVES never short g't " q. Was
allowed by contract; beef ard pork were good as aI
as know and have seen very good there were ioui
cabin passengers; there w8s the usu"l comphlhlht
among passengers; Schwartz asked me to sign state
meat of grievances Which did not do; the general
treatment was good; there no iitreatment or IN
n Cross.examined-My party never complained OF the
quantity or quality OF the meat served out W t"en was
/ never short Of wafer
TESTIMONY OF wM. GAEDiNIR.
| Wm Gardner. second cabin passenger, testihNd
that there sufciency Of good provisions served
out on board and that the captains treatment oi Tie
passengers in general was good
Cross exarnined-I know Mrs. Robbins; went "a
her for biscuit on that week short by reason OF
giving the cook biscuits gave them To him as an Ia
dncenert TO get breakfast earlier: was short on
another occasion aso Saturday morning; al the meat
ever had was sweet; nothing thrown overheard
never went 10 the captain; have been on board the
ship since i came ashore; ! met the captain IN the
street ard had a conversation with him, but II
did not pertain TO this case; nothing was
said about my expenses being paid here;
neher did il have reference TO any testimony which
witness might give in court never had said anything
to giving testimony this 70 persons bui
the passengers then witness said he would tell the
truth when called upon
BY the Witness got ratons regularly
and they were good.
d @. How many biscuits lid yon get, Passengers II
of the lobby hold up each two fingers A. Well, ha'
all / wanted.
The then adjourned TO Monday at 10 ococl