New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-28

40 miles. The auherngs Of Ola rlodr r,ilsg{r,g
/ Paekea 20 closely together many unable a Iia
down. ana number more srnotheTed in tbe ,ttgeef,
Isshs L. - "syoa description. They came ii the
obtain but was in al bad case nayseH - ~
had taken first class passage tbev iaei.tsss ~
| that was bound to remain in the cabin and n If
| go on deck, which was allotted TO and oesri = x
| by the pilgrims. Harems being confined to -
cabins for fear of being seen and PILGRIMS IN
deck unable to move from their places for fye
| days together, the smell became fnsufferabla and
the saloon unnhabitable.
After reaching S1ez, our position was aopra
yated by an order coming down from the yfeeToy
that although We were under clean bill Of health :
and all well in regard to cholera, we should per-
form another quarantine of fifteen days at Toor
lthe port Of Mount Sinai.) This was revolving, as
everybody foresaw that in case the pilgrims were
put in further confnementa fearful mortality, and.
perhaps, az epidemic was inevitable. In fact, on
arrival at Toor, being landed together with the
pilgrims from two other steamers in the same
case, they began dying off very rapidly
We, eight Europeans, including two ladies' find
ing that the place allotted to the passengers was a
barren desert shore, guarded by mounted soldiers.
exposed to a broiling sun, that the water We bad
to drink was obtained from muddy pool wherein
were standing some men with running wounds on
their legs, and that the head government physician
said he could get nothing to eat even at the vii.
lage of Toor, refused to land, obtaining from the
chief sanitary attendant a written statement to
the effect that it was impossible for US to live in
such place.
On returning to Suez we were not permitted to
perform what quarantine they unjustly required Of
Us at the Lazarette, but telegram was received
from the Viceroy to keep our steamer with com
piement of 100 men on board at Suez, and to send
u.s. eight persons, Immediately back to To0r by
another steamer. The captain of the friqate Ibra-
himah also received an order, in case we refused
to quit our steamer, to take us by force. 1t was
in vain that we demanded the protection Of our
respective consuls. They would not allow as to
communicate with the shore, but carried us away
IN another steamer, starting at / O'Clock in the
morning.
On arriving at Toor the second time, we found
that cholera was rayaging the pilgrims on shore;
but Notwithstanding this, and our being on board
clean ship, soldiers were brought on board, and
violently landed us without even giving us tent
Only five days afterwards, the chief police COM
stable came to say that tents had arrived from
Suez offering US one.
| must point cut here that permission was de-
| go to Alden.
We were detained in this desert until fifteen
days after the last case of cholera and for third
tune arrived at suez under clean bill of health.
But liberty was not obtainable so easily Another
| eight days quarantine was imposed on US. and
they proceeded to land the pilgrims at O'clock
in the morning seven miles from auez, on a sandy
/ shore, without the least vegetation, no shade no
tents, no water. Thank God we Europeans we're
permitted this time to remain on board, and our
hearts broke as we beheld the whole day those
unfortunate people little way of. There was
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thirst and exposure to the sun. AS the soldiers
hernmed them in all sides, one miserable crea-
ture IN desperation rushed into the sea and
drowned himself
At this time, when cholera is moving US down
the corruption of the Egyptian officials, and these
. unwarrantable proceedings of the government
by which so many hundreds and even thousands
lose their lives, being carried up and down the
Red Sea cooped up on board ship, and abandoned
on desolate wastes for months together. should be
takeninto serious consideration.
The government physicians themselves ac-
knowledge that cholera is brought on almost en-
tirely through the infamous treatment to which
the pilgrims are subjected.
For my own part, have been two months try
ing to reach Suez from sawakin, a distance Of 500
miles, but am still in quarantine, under a clean
bill of health, awaiting the viceroy's decision.
u | remain, SIR, yours truly,
/ OF Suez, August Is, VICTIM.
P. Sit appears that, out of 200 pilgrims sent
to Toor, only 1000 have returned to Suez. Surely
steps should be taken to prevent such wholesale
massacres.