New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-05
STEERAGE ABUSES.
A DOY'S LETTER.

To the Editor OF The Trtoune'
SIR: | inclose letter written by two boys
who came in the Oceanic of the White star me-
and landed Sept q 1872. 1t was not written at all ior
publication IL the testimony OF Children ana Is trust
worthy There are wrongs connected with emigration
that can easily he rghled have made six sea 'oy-
ares and know whereof speak Some OF them were
made in the stcerage before was elder f. W. Evans
the Shaker" / feel deeply upon the SUBJECT Your e4'
nose is admirable from ia fairness ana lmEiti.lly o
ward both OF the Interested iisScsrne az
IN passengcrs. hope 1t will result IN as appropriate
legislation sorey tested my Christianity u near tue
Their lives were seriously endangered THE TRIBUNE
power may it long continue to use IT'S nnnenee u, mo
M EeJaaon Sept. %. 1872.
MY DEAR MOTHER AND FATHER: Hoping you are quite
we'll write ut Last. We arrived at New-fork Sept 2
after very pleasant voyage, tie food was very bad
The first day We had dinner board 1t was MT fit for
pgs-boied beef rather salt; potatoes. filthy things;
the becf nut on our plates with tie stewards fingers
and fork, the potatoes WIN ms drty haIn TOT - we
had hard biscuits aud awful salt butter the TEA without
smear or milk Slept all night the first night rather
warm Il did nj smell nice. For breakfast we
roll IA hard as a cannon ball, aud as sour as 40 NJ
oys what bufter as salt as the water Arrived in
Queenstown the next morning al ii O'clock Tue same
food we had all the OF the voyage excepting on f
davis when we had salt fish. disgusting sui anu on ou
dan wien we had plum-puddug pretty good Fred was
dav alter we left Queenstown. When landed at Cas-
Tie Gardens there was letter Tor us from tne edr W.
ing Us TO 90 to Laight-st. Wate cure lhsltute we
sopped there for days We arrived here on Ihurs
dV: It's "A pretty place ana nee people. ana VIC ikc
them very well; quite content anu happy, iou
wouldn't know me now, in my 1rock, hgh boOts, anu
round hat with my stick driving my cows along mVtn
ING and evening, taking them 10 DC MIXED, ana Dah
inc pasture Fred milk, so can |; he's NOT V'Set
rian but an. Fine food can toll you. A. j. CLAkh'
ANOTHER SUFFERERS EXPERIENCE.
To The Edtfor OF The Tribune.
SIR: Noticing the answers of the agents OF
the different lines the charges brought against Them
feel il my duty to contradict OF the assertions inade
Inv the agents Of the Inman line sailed from Liver
mol ON April last in the steamer City OF Dublin. The
steerage passengers all ordered on board at a. m
and were kept without food until p. m, and would
not then have got any had not loudly demonstrated
with the agents Of the line who then on board As
FOR the bread il was baked m to be eaten. The Dill
OF fare calls three quarts Of water per day 70 eeh pas
senger. We were not allowed more than one, saw
sailor on duty at the pump strike French lad pc
| cause he came for water the second time. COM
pIpt was made the officers, Tut no notice was
taken OF the outrage During the whole voyage OF 10
I only saw the surgeon once IN our department lnc
stewards cooks &c were drunk nearly every night ana
even got 10 hglting No notice was taken even OF tnat
The stencil in department was simply horrloe Ine
mode of serving the food certainly beastly There
was but one small table about six feet ongfor 80 OF us u
the agents as they say any mprOpretles on
board their vessels surely Of them are not aware OF
| u|rat rccurr,d On Tho CITY OF Dublin. f. FAKE.
No IS aud 90 Gregory st., Jersey Oiy Sept Is, 1874