New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-30


Abort tbis time the annual emigration sets out to
Europe in full strength. The trade is lively in
steamer chairs, so many Of which go abroad ands
few come back, that it must in time affect the
oouilibrium of the continents. The young and
thoughtless are engaged in selecting coquettes and
attractive sea-raiment. which most OF them VIII
never wear; the labor Of unfacking trunk and tho
Sisyphus-to of dressing at are not conceivable
on land Every one anticipates sea-sickness and no
one comprehends it. The preparations made against
it only show how deep is the awe In which TINS
absurd visitation is held, and how Impossible are
all schemes for circumventing 1t. Each family
which sails from our ports goes provided wltn
recipes by the dozen, all certified as infallible by
travelled friends. and each Of which is morally GER
tain TO increase the malaise and misery of the pre-
destined victim. Champagne. sherry, stout, and
whisky arc recommended and condemned. You arc
told TO eat lemons and to avoid them like poison
TO take hearty supper and TO go to bed tasting;
to keep cool and to keep warm to be as quiet as
possible and to take as much exercise as you can
stand One friend will tell you to stay ON deck;
another land we have great confidence IN HIM 10
lie ON your back in your bunk as long as you are
uncertain of your state of mind. This seems wise
for many reasons. You appease the Foul Friend by
appearing to give way to him; you gam time for
meditation and for thinking over the subject Oh
Quick Transit; you are saved from exposing your
unloyely misery to scoffng word-and 1t is easier
IN lie still than to get up Even in extreme cases
Won cannot keep inside of your berth or OUTSIDE
of yonr breakfast it is far better to be alone win
your woe than to furnish spectacle Tor deIlsion !"
the seasoned promenaders OF the upper uecA'
We mote haste 70 correct a misrepresentation in re-
gard TO Capt. Puffer. That gentleman writes IL
Won will take the trouble to look at your own repou
~ the only point in the investigation at which my
mama appears YOU will find that it is an ambiguous
arran cement of the estim1 my only that makes SAN
born appear to say he paid me sum asgregatins
S5 OOO while in fact he never said he PAID me tna'
amount or any other" The statement IN dispute 10
in the following extract from the evidence Oh 'onn
D. Sanborn as given not by our special report pu'
In the General Press Dispatch ~
sapborn-I know that when wanted TO ge' .niuk
sent word either The Herald ohce orto the ou''''
house. ,,..,,.rs to,A
Q. What part Of the Custom-house ua 'Vu ''AD
To Mr. Puffer clerk there.
- A., ~, IAN officer OF Gen. Buteri A. Yes.
- Won maid him 500 q month as your private secr'-
tary Yes .Lo ,,;vate secre-
tory here referred to was not Mr. Puiter, Out ho'
renorter named Stiner alluded to III previous w,
| If the examination. What he had 10 uo WIZ ~.
| puffer and why Sanborn should nave sem 80.
| Pnaer when he wanted to get tnine' uoe
appear But Mr. Pufer adds to his ie''er % hat
~ (" desire now TO say most unquallneoGI anv
W Sa,born never paid me directly orindlrec.H ION
sn or any thing that never had any fon, ~ exist
| with his contract, and was not awsio u '
! ence until read OF 1T IN lHE iKiboNN'
The Pilot Commissioners have suspenueu - -;
Isaac Campbell, because he mistook BUOY
| h;,dinp storm and ran the ship Puritan 's ,,,1.
That is undoubtedly right; but now we should , liS.
to know if competent authority has not something nun
TO saw to the captain who deserted his vessel w,sn
soy n,nso in a moment of pauc. though according
ou' "a, vaa' Cnmm;ss;opers "a powerful steamer was
alongside capable of pulling her of and 0srlnS
try and sou The Sap'a al fa whVIi than the plot
whose error was of Judgment.