Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-22
BRUTAL, INnumAN, FIrNDIsn.
A Damaging Report, II Not E4ng.
gernted.

The following article appeared in a
leading Jewish newspaper at the
North and is credited to the Helena
(Ark.) World. We hope that thereis
some mistake about it,but bring it to
the attention Of the Anchor Line, TO
which the Gold Dust belongs. and to
the public. IL not true it can be
easily corrected; ift-ue, there should
be some reconstruction in that line.
The article is already public property,
it has gone the rounds Of Jewish
papers and cannot be hid under a
bushcl. Here it is:
Saturday evening last twelve Rus
sian Jews, including a mother and two
children, aged 3 and 2 years respect.
lively, passed up on the steamer Gold
Dust for Memphis, having been pro-
yided with deck passage to that point
by friends at Greenville, Miss. They
were unable to speak English and
we're crowded in a small space far in
the rear of the steamer within a few
feet Of a number of dirty roustabouts.
This would not have been a complete
cause in itself for the notice that We
shall give, but taken with other things
is full, complete and terriblel The
poor creatures were first observed by
several passengers, as they begged BY
signs for something to satisfy their
hunger, and at this, efforts
were made by these passengers
to obtain food from the
steward who said that he had moth
ing to sell them; that they had bread
and that vas enough; that rebel sol
diers had lived upon corn and they
could do the same" Finally while
they we're begging %piteously, the mate,
q big burly fellow, drove them below,
not however until the second clerk,
Langlouis, had exhausted himself in
saying that he wanted no foreigners
in the country; Americans were the
only people who should live here
etc. At this the passengers before
mentioned went below TO the narrow
place where the poor creatures were
and brought them apples and other
articles bought at the bar, which were
devoured with ravenous rapidity
Again making an effort to obtain food
if only for the woman and her little
children, who pleaded strong enough
with the wan faces to melt a heart o.
anything but stone, the passenger
were told that nothing would be solo
at all, as the provisions had tt
be kept for the crew. Finding tina
nothing could make an impression
upon the merciless steward who was o
course Endorsed by his superior OF
icers on the boat, those men sat dowI
at the supper table, picked up tn
meals that were spread before then
and conveyed the food to the mothe
and her little ones as there was no
sufficient for all. When they hat
arisen from the table with the food il
their hands, that inhuman wretch, tn
steward, stepped up and said: wv
don't allow hat here thus putin
himself upon the lowest plane 0
bestiality. but we allow it," wa
.he response, and the beast in humaI
form concluded that it would not b
healthy to do anything or say an
more, and put his vile carcass out @
the way. The immigrants had alette
to that noble and high minded gen
tleman, Mr.. Elias Lowenstein, 0
Memphis, and will be properl
cared for when they reach tina
place. They had good faces
and belonged to the bette
class of the working people of thei
country. When given food, the littl
ones we're so overjoyed that the
rushed up to their new friends an
kissed their hands several times Will
the poor mother looked a thousan
blessings out of her eyes. This
written in no spirit of e%xaggeratiol
' and is a plain and unyarnished fac
! Judge Robt. j. Alcorn, of jackson
Miss, is one of the men who stroV
to relieve the sufferers; another is
4, young man by the name of Nuns, en-
! ployed by Col. ed. Richardson, an
, the third is the Editor OF the WorlC
whose name is given only to let I'll
public know hat we are not informe
! by rumor or report, but by o5servin
the awful things themselves. Brutt
in the shape of human beings are new
! so happy as when expressing the wea
l and the helpless and the vile stone.
hearted wolves Of the Gold DuI
seemed to be In one of their mo
u iovfnl moods