The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-03
THE IMMIGRANT ITALIANS
What Caused Them to Leave Sunny
~ Italy for America.
Shepherds, Farmers Carpenters and Stone
Masons Arriving as an Offset to the ss
Banditti and Lazzaroni.
The Story They Tell Of Trouble on
EH Land and Sea.


Yesterday q HERALD reporter, accompanied by
an interpreter familiar with the patots Of every
district of Italy, visited, for the second time the
recently arrived emigrants from the port OF Genoa.
These poor people. 1t seems, have been msunder.
stood upon all sides. The only truth that has been
reached by all the efforts heretofore made is that
they are poor and they are miserable. IL now
turns out that they have been the victims of every
phase Of misfortune. The representatives Of the
Italian government here, in their peculiar efforts
to defend them, only threw sand In the eyes OF
honest inqairers. The steamship companies
had faults OF Encouragement TO conceal
The interpreter at Castle Garden was often at fault
In his attempts to please all parties, aud the result
was that the HERALD alone came near the truth,
from its independent standpoint 1t discovered
that all were more less to blame; that certain OF
the men who arrived had been undoubtedly ban
ditti that many more had been laxzaroni, and that
all OF them had been victimized. They were VIC
timized in their own country before they left it;
they were victimized at their starting and during
every stage Of their journey to this country, and
they were victimiZed by their loudest-voiced
friends on their arrival.
Some of these men were shepherds, some were
small farmers or farm laberers in their own coun
try. They came from the poorest provinces OF
Italy-from the Abruzzf from the campagnes about
Rome and from Calabria. They all tell sad story.
They were identified with the liberal movement In
Italy They marched and fought with Garibaldi to
place Victor Emmanuel upon the throne, and.
loving the Pope, they loved liberty more. Ever
since 1860 their taxes, then merely nominal, have
Increased, gradually swelling up till they engulfed
all their soant earnings. Last year they we're
taxed nifty francs for the house or howell in which
they. lived, four francs for each member Of the
fr0n a fra fOr
goat and one franc for sheep. the highest
wages they could command were three
carpenters or stone masops, and were good work
this county which the agents Of t the shpp D
houses of Genoa, Naples and Turin represented as
o. awaited the
who came to It. Letters of Introduction were
handed in hs1diuis to each purchaser OF ticket
Baxter street, New York, and were supposed to
insure instant employment. The following will
give some idea OF the way in which many OF them
STATEMENTS OF THE PASSENGERS
Dominica MangusO, OF Armenia di BasilicatO, in
the vicinity of Naples, ST. am poor man, and
had large family. am about Gfty-five years OF
agent OF Pietro Baero. Of Naples came to nv house
and said to me that II came to America would be
some Gay soon able to return to Italy and live in
luxury The agent gave me O hill OF fare, and
read it. read that should receive three meals
each day. There was fresh meat fresh bread and
included In the bill Of fare So / left my wife and
came away. When got
ON BOARD THE SHIP
was given only salt meat, and the coffee was not
coffee; II was simply colored beverage given me
to drink, and which had to take. but was without
the taste or smell OF coffee. The soup, with
slice OF salt meat and potato sometimes raw
and sometimes falling to pieces, was our only meal
at midday. Some ofthe passengers fell sick. The
doctor came, and in very short time after he gave
them medicine they all died We all noticed the
eject OF the medicine. and the other sick ones
I NV mas from
Naples to New York, and came from Hayre on the
steamship Erin"
~ sailed on board the steamship Erin on Decem-
Der Is. The meals served daily consisted OF the
coffee, or, should say, hot water ana about three
ounces OF bread. At noon got some broth, or hot
water with an ounce OF rice In it, and three or four
which was unbearable"
FORM OF CONTRACT FOR PASSAGE.
The following Is literal translation OF the form
OF contract
Re1 mGys5 o. Acssoy
Michele as os Ds @S Of
veneni IN lieu rom Naples To Ne% ors W SGa
ss!samshiH SSank Captain blsnE which VII sail from
N. B.-The passengers that have deposited and don't
wish TO sai lose their deposit
ANOTHER FORM.
The following is the form adopted for a ship that
did not sail and was never heard OF In the port OF
Naples:-
FRANCISCO rALAzzI, NO IS COMMISSIONER ExPfDrroNFR
PRINCIPAL OFFICE NAPLES, LARGO DocANA, 8, CoRso
GARiBALDI IL Opposite RAILROAD rRACKl.
heceyed from NJ Jarmic hell Gatland for twelve and
oneDai persons the sum OF HTS francs for the
probation OF twelve and half persons third class
New YORK on steamer Francessc. -
Will sail from Naples on the 26th OF November, 1872
For Francesca Pnlal<i, the representative,
PA0LO MARENO.
STILL ANorprR
MALES, Nov. e. 1872
nece y,c rom MT DAngeio Pascuale the sum Of
Of francs a and M ior ~" n % on Price arranged
steamer Captain Tor VOYAGE from Naples 70 Nav Wrr o"
mean francs 23S.M
The authorized N0ICC0LA RICCL
Some of the passa gerq n, do contrac,s In uav.o