The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-07-24

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part Of the contract that the emigrants
should furnish their own provisions
and they got such stores as they were
accustomed to at home. We are not
responsible for the quantity and quality
of these. IN addition to the supplies
which they provided for them,
selves l expended s1,1OO in Bos
ton for the purchase Of stores
sufficient to last them six months
after they got to Liberia. Ny
calculation was 2 liberal one; for
INSTANCE, the law requires one
pound of meat, one pound OF bread,
&C., per diem. Ipurchased stores
for double that supply Of food and
endeavored to secure a good quail
ity. In regard to the supply of
water, Capt. Holmes assured me-
that he had plenty for ninety
days at least, and be expected to
make the voyage in twenty-five
days at the outside. Great waste
must have been allowed. [ think
Capt. Holmes mlrst have gotten 9
little out Of his course"
CASE OF THE EMIGRANTs.
"Did the company make any
arrangements for the care of the
emigrapts during tho paleqage?"
"There were three directors on
board-Messrs. Gaillard, Clark and
George Curtis-who where to su-
perintend the affairs of the colony.
One was to look after the arrange
ments fog Agricultural work, ano,
therafter the shipments ofproducts
and merchandise, and the last was
to be the medical superintendent.
The control and regulation Of the
:emigrants during the voyage was,
however, in. the hands of Capt.
Holmes. / do not think the pic
tare is as dark as it has been
painted. Mr.. Williams, the cor
respondent OH board, is a fine
young man, but he does not seem
to have ever been away from
home before, and be was strongly
impressed by the events of Ii fe at
sea. He has of course tried to
make his account readable, and |
think there has been some exag-
geration. The deaths that took
place were due TO the negligence
of the parties themselves. None
of the cabin passengers took sick
nor any who took care of them
selves. Numbers did not come up
from between decks from the time
they started. What else could be
expected but disease ?"
WHAT THE PASSENGERS SAY.
Mr.. Porter then went on to
say that be had received seven
letters, two from Capt. Holmes
and the rest from passengers all
but one be had mailed to Charles
ton. He said that none ofthem
we're in a gloomy strain. The
captain wrote that the only thing
he regretted was the absence of a
regular physician ; that Curtis
was inefficient, and didn't know
his business; that the provisions
of the etnigrants werc not what
they ought to have been, and that
they were on o short supply of
water. The other letters, Mr.. Por-
ter said, gave similar accounts
and he regretted that he did not
have them still in his possession.
The one letter that he did have
was from the Rev. S. F. Flegler,
who went out as a missionary of
the Methodist Church. The letter
which was read by your CORES
pondent was very brief spoke of
the delay from calms, the deaths
and the short rations, but said
nothing about the quality of the
rations, and did not contain any
complaints.
MONEY FOR PROVISIONS.
A statement was made in a
Charleston telegram to the New
York Herald that drafts from
Sierra Leone to the amount of
$3.50 for provisions and towage
had been received by the com.
pany. Mr.. Porter says this is not
so. He says that the drafts
amount to only 81, ,250, which will
be met. The association, he says,
never had any large amount of
capital, but paid its bills as it
went along. 1t is not in debt
and does not owe a dollar TO a
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