The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-25
NEW HERALD WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER s2-TR1PLE

given to steer1ge psssengers, who pay the ship
owners In D.ac6 greater proportion t. cabin pas.
Observation-Disclosures Ta Is the number
BILE over that number-the sum they would pay at
passengers would number ABOUT thirty, and at the
rate Of Ga5 l6s. per head would pay to Messrs.
gers several good house wives on board computed
TO be worth about ten shillings head consequently
the cost Of feeding the 100 would only be 1850 and
upwards Of $4,000. on the cabin passengers, who
only pay 245O and who are sumptuously provided
Sy with ess S Is ssea $
owners would be content with profit Of seventy
Ave per cent upon steerage passengers the condi,
the the wei-cared- for cabin passenger
os e s cns nnd es syw Sons
about fifteen hundred steerage passengers. The
deck below the one ON which we were was then
have been the sutierings Of the poor creatures
none but those on board can tell The windsail Is
used ia rough weather. How they escaped fever,
with so many persons on board. and 80 deep down
as the third deck is from the main deck, Is mystery
after having halicrossed the Atlantic, offered the
sailors all the money. he had (fl0 In gold to let
country. He prayed and entreated, but the captain
was Obdurate and WIS not to be dazzled by fl0 In
gold. heard one declaring, one rough night. that
him back to his mother. The sailors and
the sickness was more general than they had ever
known 1t before. think, In TACT am sure, That
to Becam me- s
quite dozen persons who were made sick while
below by the smell Of cooking: It was the prevail
ing opinion that II the odors from the galley were
more fragrant sea sickness ~ would be greatly
We were detained when near to Newfoundland
by dense ogs. and arrived at quebec after voyage
81 twelve days Several poor women were the
was sent out Of the hold. also noticed one man
ness and insufficient no1rishment, and was
naturally grieved that he should have been left in
SO Frustrated condition to right MS way IN q
sea two days that would have the best dinner |
could get In Quebec upon my arrival there and
state that after had been at sea couple of days
succeeded, by judicously disposing Of little money
to some OF the ofi,cials IN obtaining considerably
that, ofcourse, could not be obtained by all.
We all thought our troubles would have been
We arrived at Point Levi about seven O'Clock in the
morning and left it for Montreal about half-past
comfortable description, and we were joted about
to such degree that few did not lose their tempers
Al night the fn only Of sleep was
pillow, while my legs wandered over some other
PROSTATE form; another individual made my
body pillow, and thus we slept, to be- b,
the train in putting 1t in motion after a
stOppage. The shunting in the morning immedi-
ately before arriving at Montreal made many OF us
doubtful Of our arrival there without serious con-
cusson. The olting and jerking at last ceased and
about quarter OF an hour subsequently We found
ourselves at Montreal station and at the end of
the second stage OF our journey The travelling to
New York from Montreal was of a much more
pleasant character the emigrant train having pre-.
coded us, and both my friend and myself hope that
If we again cross the Atlantic we shall not do
6teerage passengers.