The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-17

velOped in shining grease, quite waterproof They
selves. ana enjoyed famous appettes. too they ate
all they could get and more than anybody else me
sailors themselves were astonshed at not nnding
any OF them to get seaSlck and v0mit. Among
others on board John Bull was also present,
although numerically far inferior. Some were
there who had left vile and family behind, trusting
to iuture good fortune to enable them to send them
over the means to follow suit.
GOOD REASONS FOR EMlGRATIN6.
There were wives who had abandoned their hus-
bands Tor reasons OF their own; children In arms;
ola men and women already past or very near pass.
Ing the allotted period OF life and who in all human
probability, would never cross the broad Atlantic
again Then came Poles, Hungarians, Swedes,
French and Italians On fair days they all stayed
upon decks laid outstretched, sleeping singing,
playing cards smoking, chatting and generally
standing all the movement the ship was kept
very clean and admirably ventilated, It's I'M
mense room being favorable in this respect.
There was no preacher on board, and no divine
service read on Sundays. few read religious
books or sung hymns; others played at cards,
Pat INDUCED in his favorte game at forty
There were several Jews from Poland and Hungary
resi- OF the asp a d na sa Of
AZ the same table. They had the privilege OF cook
ing their own provisions in the kitchen and serving
them up among themselves. they were very dirty
ana ragged, but seemed exceedingly plous. Night
and morning they stood up on deck, In cluster,
and went through the services laid down In their
Hebraic books. II their peculiar features had not
made us aware that we had Israeiites among US,
their peculiar usages, customs, readings and cook
BAD TREATMENT BY THE CREW.
have said the treatment was rough. On sun
| DAY, June l, an old Hungarian by the name OF
David Klein had his face BACKED on the upper
deck, amidst all the crowd, by one Of the sailors
species OF pet apparently with the otflcers. This
sailor was commissioned to keep clear passage
called up the Hungarian and BACKED his face out
| OF pure wantonness and solely to make others
DIT Of u mae o %an he ana
| mediately went to where the first officer was
standing on the bridge and appealed TO HIM for re-
that % d ds not the
saw HIM watching the whole proceeding, just as
was myself watching II, and only Just before ne
too hard, and carrying the matter with too high
hand altogether. Again, on the same gay, about
stout young swede, had his face blacked entirely
by one of the sailors stationed at the washing
sailor, who wanted to send him up on deck as
| laughing stock. The Swede became very indig-
to do; merely contenting himself to innocently use
| the few words OF English at his command anu ten
e sS Sm n So and af sn
and engaged himself in rubbing the black
ened at tins usage that he didn't leave his bunk
for day. talked with him in German He was
| unconscious that anything like a coronation had
occurred in those parts lately and did not to
as beSnd h rSya aSd was looking
| golden dreams to be realized in America On
Wednesday, June 4, another young Swede or eight,
| cen, by name OOf, was taken by the neck, called
s'son or b-h" and struck several blows on the
body with leather strap. All this because the
water pump always left open and iree and because
the sailor for some caprice did not wish him to be
away frightened and mortified. These are incidents
| OF, perhaps, something more than 'rough' treat
which f under my eyes, The Sters
| sengers, had however, paid their six guineas like
| the rest OF u.s. Perhaps the company might think
1t fair to try and prevent such conduct for the 1u
| ture l talked freely to all the foreigners about
these proceedings, and they all manifested the
claimed that they would never cross again In ships
! where such things are possible.
| A YOUNG PRUSsIAN.
Among the passengers was Maurice Bernhard
by trade gardener who Is from Gusow, small VII
lage thirty-two miles from Berlin. he is twenty
for forth the United States before, but he wished
requirements OF the military laws, as to preserve
his privilege Of returning to his native land with
] 80. His passage ticket s31, had been sent to him
from America; when 1t should be liquidated by his
Ice 'Gi like thy in
couldn't eat It, 1t made him sick, and Tor two days
he had had nothing to eat AT last, stung by hunger
! cook, and so procured something extra from the
kitchen. He was very intelligent, aud spoke Eng
lish remarkably, as Prussians do without accent,
sometimes. He had complained for one OF his
| countrymen to the first officer, but In vain. Did
irish toward the Germans He had found the best
! way OF dealing with the sailors was TO look
at them sternly, and they would turn
| were unaccustomed to deal with such men, He
had tried to associate with the twelve Asatians on
| HIM. Although German, they would not even
| speak their own language before him. he could
| being based upon unreasoning passion. He adj
| mltted that perhaps the French authorities had
been trine softer and milder Than the Prusslans
naturally were. and hence the loss of the softer
rule might be the cause OF the Asatian bitterness
towards the Fatherand and yearning after Ia belle
then worked IN Germany, then in France; then
four years in Germany again, and lastly fifteen
| be iazier than the Germans. He considered the
| treatment on board rough, or, TO use his own
| words, rs tSt robe Beltdndtung
YOUNG FRESHMAN.
Patrick Hesher, aged thirty from Galway.
| He had been earning eleven shlings per week on
| railway work. HIS worldly possessions left IN
| Ireland when he departed were one mich COW and
six acres of land; they were in charge OF his
little German, he replied, mo, bedad: They are
| the dirtiest creatures l ever knew" When in
@ s %h e haVs vea ON
alone but he had family He raised oats, potatoes
and wheat on mis- six acres-25o bushels OF wheat
to the acre. The turnips were given to the pigs
for food. He had found guano excessively dear IN
Ireland, and had paid fifteen shillings and six
pence per hundred and hence could not stand the
hardness OF the markets. He was his way to
Illinois to seek work.
AN ALSATIAN.
Louis Philippe Rogenmoser, q native OF the last
village next to Beifort st. Dannemarle, coded TO
Prussia. He was twenty-eIght years old. Being IN
Champagne at the time OF the option, he mad opted
for the French nationality and secured deciara-
ton to that effect from the French Mayor He Will
settle in Augusta, Georgia, where he has brother
established in business. lie had found the Prus-
slams, during recent visit to his old home, to be
looked upon by all as the plague wherever they
went. They had no regard for the people under
them.
AN ITALIAN.
Antonio Visconti, age 81, the perfect type OF the
Neapoitan fisherman, had just peen liberated rom
active military service. and was on his way TO see
his brother m Chicago. HIS brother had sent him
the means to come over, and had been some years
back compelled to 1y rom the Italian law to Chi
ca9o, where he had settled as stonecutteI. His
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