The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-24
EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL
HIS TRANSACTIONS WITH THE GAIIcIANs.
HAxBuRG, June 7, ls7d

A HAMBURG AGENTS EXPLANATION CONCERNING
HIS TRANSACTIONS WITH THE oA1IcIASs.
HAMBURG, June !, 1s7d
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALp:-
Tho sense fjustcs for which your valuable paper 10
known convnces me that you will not object 10 re-
cevc the following in reply 10 an article which ap-
peared in the HERALD OF the 21st May and which
saults my honor, repeating evident untruths and dis
torted facts The greater tho influence and power Of
paper like yours the more you viii DO caro-
full not hurt a mans reputation without enabling
him place the matter the right light before your
numerous readers Tho following the facts Of the
CASE
The Galcisns arrived here in the belief that they
could from here get Rio dc Janero for little
money 1t is very evident that somebody OF their
tive place has takes interest in making the
people believe tns for It has several times happened
hero that somc lots OF them arrived here who wore
sent ,ck partly at their own partly at the expense Of
our emigration charity fund.- others, who would not
return any price, have gone on 10 the States and
some even to England. There has never been a free
emigration to Rio de Janeiro. There has been such
to other ports the Brazs but probably not for tho
benefit the emgrants, as 1t ~ entirely prohibited by
the Prusslan authorities ana ,ns i1re emisaoa 20
ued TO the article OF your paper arrived here, ana
when informed that they could not got to Rio do ia
nero or to the Brazils free advised 10 return TO
their homes. Some OF their party were, in act taken
10 the Hamburg emigration Office anc there per-
suaded Gaca, but refused distinctly, ana
portion who had not the TO 10 the states pro-
erred gong England in spite oil all demonstrations
the part OF myself and our irst emigration oncer
The other party, who were forwarded by tho Cunard
line applied to me for tickets TO New York. and u
consideration OF the emigrants poverty, have booked
them at the undernoted very low rates
Now with regard the moneys Of the parties, they
arrived here with Austrian lorins. but with Ger
man reichsmark money and stated that when they
werc on their way to Germany at the bor-
ders oil Austria they wcro persuaded 70
change their Austrian into German money
Regarding the story OF sweeping the peoples money
into drawer beg TO state that there do not exist IN
fact have there been drawers at the counting
tables in my occ The money was, ia fact, not even
received at all from the emgrants at my Office. but u
that each family had handed their money 10 the
cciycd from him 81 on' tor the amount ian l. y. U)
and these bons took in payment and received thu
respective amolnts later on from the landlord They
all were aforesaid forwarded at reduced rates Il
New York, aud several families who had too LITTLE
money aud whom II was impossible TO take Tor thu
money they had, assisted by one charitable wo
man OF their own party OF the OF Sofia Vicenty
who paid several hundred reichsmarks out Of her
pocket for such aids merely add the sums paid ID
me for each family on the other side and have M
doubt this will convince all interested that thcre Is not
a particle OF fault on my part
Amer all IL Is evident that tho passengers must
have been induced by party having interest In
d,scredng the of forwarding passengers via
England 10 the states Everybody knows that II IS
rot the first that efforts have boon made to this
effect and always passengers OF ms little Intelligence
these in question have been used as tools.
But have steps already 10 secure the protec-
ton OF the against these proceedings and hope that
nobody will Judge me before tho matter IS duly
amncd by the respective authorities.
a"'' 40 GEORGE HIRsCHMANN